Author's Note Thanks for the review...please keep 'em coming. I really appreciate it. To those who would want to know, this is more of a U/M than a U/S. don't worry, i will write a U/S story soon.
Chapter 5 - Taking Sides; Starlights and Outer Senshi returns
At the Crown cafe, Usagi and Kaosu sat at the corner booth. At first, they were exchanging notes and studying but then they began to talk and forgot about studying. Usagi never met a guy like Kaosu. He was very different. He didn't mind being up front with his feelings at all. He would touch Usagi's face and hold her hand. In some weird way, Usagi felt comfortable with him. Especially everytime she looks into his deep black eyes. It was like she was in a trance when she was with him.
Outside, Mamoru had been worried about how Usagi was acting. True, he's probably the one to blame for what Usagi's been going through. He hasn't been the best boyfriend lately and also not the most loyal. Still, he knows that they've been having problems since her fight with Galaxia. There were times when she was just staring blankly into space and times where she would be mad for no reason at all. Then the fact that she started to doubt his love and their existance. She would usually ask weird questions like, "Is this even what we're supposed to do?" or "Maybe we died because our love was not supposed to be." It is true that in the ancient world, their love was forbidden. Lunarians cannot be involved with Earth people. But their love for each other was so strong that it even transcended death. He can't lose her...not like this.
Usagi and Kaosu left the Crown cafe and decided to take a stroll in the park. Usagi looked like she was in a trance that she didn't even notice Mamoru. The two bumped into each other. Usagi was back...she recognized that scent. She loved that scent. She remembered times when Mamoru would hug her and she would be lost in his warmth. For a split second, she has forgotten her troubles, her worries. A part of her wanted to stay in that reality, to be with Mamoru but something was stopping her. Flashes of Mamoru kissing Yasui went through her mind.
"Oh..Usa..Usagi." Mamoru greeted. He refrained from calling her Usako since it would only make matters worse.
Usagi just stares at him, not greeting him back. Kaosu saw the tension between them and decided to break the ice himself.
"Hi...I'm Sakuma Kaosu. Nice to meet you..." Kaosu trailed and offered his hand.
"Oh...Chiba Mamoru." he replied and shook Kaosu's hand. A sudden wave of what seems to be a great power almost overwhelmed Mamoru. Kaosu was no ordinary student.
"Let's go." Usagi said and went ahead, ignoring Mamoru.
Kaosu looked at Mamoru, not really impressed. He smirks and followed Usagi. As he leaves, another wave of energy went through Mamoru. This time he recognized it. It was the same as what he felt in the airport. Suddenly he hears a deep, evil voice in his head as if someone whispered to him, "She will be mine." Mamoru turns to the direction of Usagi and Kaosu. Fear went through his body. Fear of impending doom...fear for his beloved Usako.
That night, after Usagi and Kaosu separated. Usagi wanders to the park. She looks up in the night sky and for some reason, she saw a dark shadow surrounding it. Usagi shrugs it off, thinking that it was just all in her head. Then she hears a deathly scream near the lake. She ran towards the lake and saw another monster and it was stealing another woman's life force. She takes out her communicator and told the others what was happening. After that, she transforms once again to Sailor Moon.
She grabs a rock and threw it straight on the monster's head. The monster realeased the woman from it's grip and turns to her.
"Who dares disturb me?" the monster growls.
"Oh c'mon! do you really want me to do the speech?" Sailor Moon sarcastically answered.
The monster heads towards her and just like the past monster, he unleashed it's whip-like weapon and aims at her. She dodges the first and second strike but gets hit with the third. Sailor Moon falls and checks her bleeding arm. The monster snarled and hits Sailor Moon again. As he was about to hit for the 5th time, a bolt of electricity hits him. Sailor Moon turns and sees Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury.
"It's about time you guys got here." Sailor Moon said.
"Are you ok?" Venus asked as she helps Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon flitched as Venus helped her up. "I'm fine." she replied.
The monster regenerated and uses his weapon to tie each scout on a tree except for Sailor Moon.
"This is between you and me!" he snarled.
"Fine." Sailor Moon took her stance. Then in the corner of her eye, she noticed a familiar rose slicing through the air. She jumps and snatches it in mid air. Tuxedo Mask who was standing near the tied up Sailor scouts was surprised. So were the scouts.
"I thought I told you not to fight my battles." Sailor Moon insinuated. She was busy staring angrily at Tuxedo Mask that she didn't notice the monster running towards her.
As she was about to be clawed, the monster was hit by 3 energy balls. Surprised, they look at where it came from. 4 familiar figures appear in the shadows. It was the outer senshi. Then three more energy balls hit the monster but this time, the monster was able to move out of the way. Sailor Moon and the others were surprised to see the Starlights standing in the tree.
"Starlights!" the Sailor scouts exclaimed in unison.
Sailor Star Fighter, Sailor Star Healer and Sailor Star Maker helped the 4 inner senshi out. The monster got up and aimed his whip on Sailor Neptune. Sailor Moon pushes her aside and the whip wraps around her.
"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Uranus exclaimed. She was about to rush to her aid when Saturn stopped her.
"Wait...watch." Sailor Saturn said. They all watch as the monster started to take Sailor Moon's energy. Again, the others hesitated to stand there and watch but Saturn's glaive prevented them from helping.
Then, just like before...the table turned. A bright light illuminated Sailor Moon and she is now drowning the monster of it's energy. At first the light was white and warm but then it changes into a dark, cold wave of aura. After that, the monster falls to the ground and vanishes. Sailor Moon faces her crowd.
"Uranus, her wings." Neptune obsereved. The once immaculate wing of Eternal Sailor Moon had hints of black in them.
"It's starting." Uranus replied.
"You know what to do." Pluto said.
The outer senshi nodded and stood next to Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Mask and the rest approached her. He was about to say something when Sailor Moon punched him. She punched him so hard that he stumbles to the ground. She then throws his rose back to him.
"You never listen, do you?" Sailor Moon asked. The inner senshi were surprised by this and ran to Tuxedo Mask's aid.
"What's wrong with you?" Venus asked. Her eyes were filling up with tears.
"He was just trying to help!" Mars exclaimed. She was about to ran towards Sailor Moon but Saturn pointed her glaive at Mars and stopped her.
"So this is the side you choose?" Sailor Moon asked. The once angelic eyes that sees the good in everyone are now dark and full of hate.
"We don't have sides, Sailor Moon. We swore to protect this planet." Mercury replied.
"No, we swore to protect the princess. Nothing more." Uranus coldly responded.
"It is time to choose. Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter...choose wisely." Pluto proclaimed.
"Don't you remember what you said. You said that you'll protect this planet because this is where you met everyone. This is the planet that is important to you. Your future...our future." Jupiter cried.
"Why are you doing this to Tuxedo Mask? You love him. Look deep into your heart, you know that you love him." Mercury pleaded.
All their tears and pleading didn't get into Sailor Moon. She stares at the four scouts, not getting affected, as if she didn't hear them.
"Lunarians cannot be involved with Earth or it's people. The evil that is in this planet is after the silver crystal. Therefore this is not Earth's battle. It's my battle. You've chosen your side...deal with it." Sailor Moon said.
She held out her hand and one by one, the 4 inner scouts' transformation crystal flew out of them and into Sailor Moon's hand. The 4 inner scouts were back to being their ordinary self. They were stunned by Sailor Moon's move. Makoto tried to get it back but Uranus pushed her back down.
Sailor Moon and the outer scouts walked away. The starlights helped Tuxedo Mask and the 4 girls up.
"W...What happened?" Ami asked.
"That person is no longer Sailor Moon. Evil is rising. It is better for all of you to stay way from the fight." Sailor Star Fighter said.
"We can't do that." Tuxedo Mask replied.
"There's nothing you can do now. It had already begun and you're not ready." Sailor Star Maker responded.
"We swore to fight for this world. Sailor scouts or not, we will fight!" Rei exclaimed.
"Then you'll die. The future is changing as we speak. There's no Crystal Tokyo...no Neo-queen Serenity, no King Endymion...no Small Lady...There's only darkness." Sailor Star Healer explained.
"I can still fight for Crystal tokyo. I'm in charge of this world and I will fight for it. I will fight the evil that's destroying it." Tuxedo Mask said.
"How can you fight what you can't see?" Sailor Star Fighter asked. They looked at him, curious about what he just said.
"Your love for Sailor Moon...for Usagi blinds you from the truth. You say that you're ready to fight evil? That you're ready to destroy it. But are you ready for the consequences?" Sailor Star Healer asked the masked man.
"What?" Tuxedo Mask frowned.
"Are you ready to destroy the one person you love? Are you ready to make that ultimate sacrifice? Are you ready to fight Sailor Moon? Are you ready...no...will you be ready to kill her?" Sailor Star Fighter asked. The group gasped at what was just revealed.
"No...it can't be her." Minako cried.
"There's no way...she might have been possessed by evil." Makoto said.
"Listen to us...don't go into this battle if you're not prepared to lose that person. You will die." Sailor Star Maker implied. The Starlights started to walk away.
"Wait!" Tuxedo Mask called out. "Which side are you on?"
"Right now, we don't have a side. But by the end of days, you will know." the starlights replied and disappears into the night.
Tuxedo Mask felt the anger swarm his body. The starlights were right. They've always seen Sailor Moon as their light that they never noticed what has happened. He blamed himself for loving her too much to see what was really bothering her. The starlights were right. In order for him to save this world, he must forget his love. He must forget Usagi because if he didn't, they will all die.
In the shadows, Chaos was again watching what had happened. He smiles evily. His plan was taking form. Slowly, he is destroying eveyone who had caused him misery. Slowly, he is killing this world. He laughs in silence and disappears.