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Moonlit Sakura

Chapter 31 – Reunion and Contact

"Ami-chan!" Serenity cried happily as she sensed the arrival of yet another friend. Hope blossomed in her heart. 'Now we can get home! Ami-chan will surely know what to do!' she thought to herself.

'Oh no, not Ami-chan,' Super Sailor Venus thought to herself as she looked around cautiously for the intruder they had sensed. 'Now what…' As she glanced at the other senshi, she could see that a similar thought was running through their minds.

Serenity began to rush towards the place that she sensed Ami, but was suddenly stopped short as King Endymion grabbed her wrist. As she gave him a surprised look, he turned his gaze from the mist to her face. "Careful, Serenity. Don't go rushing off. Someone or something is out there."

"Eh?" she queried as she cocked her white head to the side. With a little frown, she closed her eyes and reached out with her psychic senses. "I only feel Ami-chan and… two more of those people," she said as she reopened her eyes and gave her husband a puzzled look.

"Serenity is right," Super Sailor Mars said with a nod. "Whatever it was is gone now," she continued as Super Sailor Neptune looked up from her Mirror and nodded as well.

Reluctantly, King Endymion released his wife's wrist and let her go. With a smile, she began to run towards Ami again.

"Ami-chan!" she cried once more waving one arm widely. "Ami-chan! Over here!"

The three distant figures turned towards her. As they began to move, one quickly pulled ahead of the others, racing to meet her.

"Usagi-chan!" Super Sailor Mercury cried as she enveloped Serenity in a strong hug. For a second, she closed her eyes and reveled in the feel of her oldest, dearest friend. But almost as quickly as she had closed them, she re-opened her eyes and pulled away. She spun around to stand defensively in front of Serenity as the other two creatures came up to them.

"It's all right, Ami-chan," Serenity said reassuringly as she put a hand on her friend's shoulder. "So far, they don't seem to want to attack us."

As Super Sailor Mercury glanced towards Serenity over her shoulder, her eyes went wide. More of the strange creatures surrounded the group from Crystal Tokyo looking at her curiously.

"Yeah," Super Sailor Venus agreed. "So far, they've left us alone. Mars says that they're pretty powerful, though, so be on your guard."

As Super Sailor Jupiter and Super Sailor Uranus nodded, Serenity rolled her eyes and changed the subject. "Small Lady… How are the girls?" she asked tentatively, a little afraid of the answer.

Super Sailor Mercury smiled widely. "They are doing just fine, Serenity-san. In fact, they are doing very well indeed. Helios has arrived. Lady-san joined her powers with his and summoned Pegasus from Elysian." She turned to look at Super Sailor Pluto. "They are currently guarding the Doors for you, with some help from Diana." As the Guardian of Time nodded with a small smile, Super Sailor Mercury turned back to the rest of her friends. "Vital-san helped Pallas-chan to decipher the spell they are using to banish us. With that bit of information, we were able to determine that you had been shifted to a different plane. I left the girls to guard Lady-san and set out to track you down."

"You mean you finally managed to track him down, went and attacked him, and tricked him into banishing you, too, so that you could use your computer to chart the path," Super Sailor Mars said glaring at her blue-haired friend. As Serenity paled, Super Sailor Mercury gave her a hard look in return.

"Something like that," she said noncommittally as she avoided Serenity's gaze.

"Well, did it work?" Super Sailor Jupiter asked a little impatiently. "And who is Vital-san?"

Super Sailor Mercury looked at her in surprise, and then quickly brought her computer up. "I don't know. I haven't had a chance to check yet. And Vital-san is Helios."

"All right then," Kero said in a suddenly determined voice as he ignored the interplay between his Mistress and her love. "Let's do it!"

"Mmm!" Sakura said with a wider smile and nodded her head sharply in agreement. She closed her eyes and turned her attention inward and outward. She felt her friends' power reach for her.

In the spiritual plane, she lifted her face to Yue's cool, relaxing light. The pure white light surrounded her for a moment, and then was tinged with gold. With a smile, she reached out with her hands to Cerberus' warm, invigorating light. It flooded the white light until it momentarily overshadowed it, and then settled down. With the light half gold and half white around her, she slowly turned and opened her eyes to look behind her where she sensed Shaoran's reassuring strength. His rich green aura surrounded her for a moment, and then joined with Yue's white and Cerberus' gold.

Slowly she took a deep breath and turned her inner eyes towards the Cards. The unchanged Sakura Cards glowed a warm reddish pink, adding their strength to the pool around her. The modified Cards shone in their individual colors. All of the colors of the rainbow were there in addition to black, silvery-white, and gold.

"Windy…" Sakura said softly in a commanding voice. Everything was still for a moment, and then a slight breeze began to blow. It ruffled her hair playfully, but it didn't affect the auras around her.

Suddenly, the auras from the Cards condensed and changed. The people she had seen in her dream appeared full-sized in front of her. As she waited, she watched them talk amongst themselves ignoring her. She waited quietly and patiently, but they did not seem to sense her.

"Mirror…" Sakura said.

The group of people suddenly started and spun to stare at Sakura. The Knight in the Garden put his arm protectively around the shoulders of the Lady on the Moon as the other women moved quickly to form a protective ring around them.

"I'm a friend!" Sakura exclaimed quickly as she held up her hands.

"Who are you?" the man called out in a challenging voice.

Before she could answer, the Fire Dancer blinked and spoke. "I know you… I've seen you before… Ah! The girl from my vision! The one with the card!" Most of the other women turned to look at the speaker expectantly.

"Vision? What vision?" the Lady in the Tree asked excitedly.

"Can we trust her?" the Golden Priestess asked in a serious voice as she turned back to face Sakura.

Before Sakura or the Fire Dancer could respond, another voice filled with anger interrupted them. "No you don't!" it howled. Sakura turned towards the sound, and then stepped back with a screech of shock as she saw a black cat flying through the air towards her.

It landed, and then spun back hissing to leap at her again. Its blue eyes blazed with fury as it jumped at her with its long claws extended. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a white streak aiming for her as well. "Shield!" she cried instinctively as she stumbled backwards again. A flash of light surrounded her, knocking the cats away. A curiously shaped wing floated in front of her.

"Freeze!" she cried again.

As she spoke, one of the women in the circle cried out as well. "Luna! Artemis! Stop!"

Freeze surged up from the mist under the black cat, its humongous fish form phasing through her easily. It arced through the air, then came down through the white cat and sank back into the mists. The two cats were frozen into blocks of ice. The white one was looking back towards the circle of people uncertainly, while the black one was still glaring at Sakura ready to attack again.

"No! Luna! Artemis!" several of the women cried out as they stepped forward. "Why you…" the Lady in the Tree growled as she brought her hands up. A ball of electricity surrounded them and she drew them back as if she were going to throw something.

"STOP!" the first voice yelled again. With a start, they all turned to look at the Lady on the Moon. "Just stop it! They attacked her first." She turned her fearful blue gaze to Sakura, and raised one hand to her chest. "Are… are they all right?"

Sakura nodded reassuringly. "Yes. I just asked Freeze to stop them, not to hurt them."

The Lady by the Waterfall nodded and made an agreeing sound as several of the others looked to her. "Yes, they are all right," she said as she put away the computer she was holding. Slowly, she walked towards the frozen cats. She held her hands up in the air to show that she was not a threat. She knelt down by the black cat and looked up at Sakura with gentle blue eyes.

"I'm sorry. This has been very hard on her, and she's a bit confused right now. If you'll release them, I will try to calm her down," she said quietly.

Sakura nodded and made a gesture. The ice melted quickly releasing its two captives. The Lady by the Waterfall quickly grabbed the black cat before she could leap again and stood up. "Luna! Serenity-san said to stop," she said as she spun away from Sakura and faced the circle of women.

"Serenity?" Luna growled as she struggled to get free. "Serenity is gone! Just like Artemis and Diana. And it's all their fault! Let me go, Mercury! I'll make them pay. I swear I'll make them pay!" she howled.

"Luna!" the Lady on the Moon called as she ran towards them. "Luna, I'm all right! You're all right! Oh thank goodness, you're all right!" With tears streaming down her face, she took the shocked cat from the other woman and cradled her in her arms.

"Se… Serenity?" Luna whispered in a disbelieving voice. "Is it really you?"

Still crying, Serenity nodded and hugged her adviser tightly. "It's all right now. I promise. Oh, Luna! You scared me so much when you wouldn't wake up. Are you really all right?"

"Can't… breath…" Luna gasped. Immediately, Serenity loosened her grip. Luna took advantage of this to stand up in her arms, place her front paws on her collarbone, and lick at the tears on her face. "I'm all right. You're all right? I've been so worried about you!"

As Serenity nodded and the two continued to reassure each other, the remaining humans turned their attention back to Sakura, who was still focusing on the Queen and her cat. Suddenly, Super Sailor Mars stepped forward and bowed slightly. "I am Sailor Mars, Guardian of Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen Serenity," she said in a neutral voice.

Sakura started, and spun to face her with a slight blush across her cheeks. "How do you do," she quickly replied with a bow. The floating wing drifted back into the crowd of strange creatures. "I am Sakura Kinomoto of Tomoeda. It's nice to meet you." She cocked her head slightly, and then continued. "Crystal Tokyo? Where is that? I know Tokyo of course, but…"

"It is in another universe," Super Sailor Mercury replied with a small smile as she, too, stepped forward. "How do you do, I am Sailor Mercury, another Guardian of Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen Serenity." She exchanged bows with Sakura, and then continued. "We were sent here by a spell cast by an enemy."

Sakura shuddered as she remembered the evil, orange-haired man from her vision. Suddenly, though, she realized something. "Wait, Sailor Mars? Sailor Mercury? Are you all named after planets?" As the women nodded in surprise, her face lit up. "That explains it! I was wondering where the planetary link came in!"

"Huh? What's she talking about?" Super Sailor Jupiter asked Super Sailor Neptune. Super Sailor Neptune just shrugged her shoulders and shook her head slightly in confusion.

"You are a magician, right?" Super Sailor Mars interrupted. As Sakura stared at her in uncertain surprise, she continued. "In my vision, you were holding a card which had the aura of a powerful elemental. And, you have a very powerful aura yourself."

Sakura nodded slowly. "Yes, I am a magician. I am the mistress of the… the elementals...? that you see around you." She turned her attention to her Card Spirits for a moment and gave them a relieved smile. "I've been so worried about you. I'm so glad you're all right."

She paused, and looked through the assembled group again. "Wait… Firey, Watery, Windy, Mirror… Where are Light and Dark?" she asked in a worried tone.

"Light? Dark?" Serenity asked looking up. "Would those be the twins with blonde and black hair?" As Sakura nodded a little uncertainly, Serenity pointed to where the two figures still slept a little distance away. "They haven't woken up yet. I'm not sure why..." She let her voice trail off as Sakura began to run towards her missing Cards.

"Can we trust her?" King Endymion asked softly.

Serenity and Super Sailor Mars nodded their heads. "I feel no evil intent in her," Super Sailor Mars said. "And, when I saw her in the vision she was surprised by what happened. I don't think she's an accomplice."

"She's only tried to defend herself without hurting others," Serenity pointed out. "And she's genuinely worried about the elementals or whatever they are. If she were evil or an enemy, she wouldn't care about hurting us. Especially since we attacked first."

As her friends nodded their agreement with her logic, Super Sailor Jupiter turned to Super Sailor Mars. "Again, what was your vision? What did you see?"

"Just her in a crystal hallway of some sort holding a big, pink card. The card had a very strong aura to it, like an earth elemental. Then it flashed, and she cried out in protest, and I felt Endymion-sama's aura merge with the card." As they stared at her in shock, she continued. "That's how I knew he was in danger." Her friends nodded their understanding.

"Mercury, did you determine whether or not your plan worked?" Super Sailor Venus said, turning to look at her blue-haired friend who grimaced and sighed.

"I was only partially successful. Apparently, there was a power surge at one of the turns, and I lost all of the data. Fortunately, I had set up the system to restart collection immediately if that should happen, so I can get us back that far at least. Hopefully, the main computers didn't go, and we can meet the girls on the way."

Super Sailor Venus grimaced as well. "Well, I guess it's better than nothing."

"But what do we do about her?" Super Sailor Uranus asked as she pointed at Sakura.

"We will need her help," Super Sailor Mars said quickly. "It's not as simple as following the path Mercury found. We're… bound here. Linked, somehow, to those elementals." She turned to look at Sakura who was still kneeling beside Light and Dark. "And I think she's the key…"