By: Silver Nights
Chapter 22
"Where is he?" coldly asked Sailor Moon.
Prince Endymion snapped his fingers and a red ball came flying and it capture both him and Sailor Moon and took them straight to Queen Beryl's kingdom. The whole them they were in that bubble together, Sailor Moon wailed, which greatly annoyed Prince Endymion.
The bubble came through the ceiling of the palace and it popped and dropped Sailor Moon on the floor. Sailor Moon looked around at the dark and horrible place. A voice then rang out, "Good work Endymion, thank you for escorting Sailor Moon here"
"The pleasure is all mine" bowed Prince Endymion.
"You are useless to me now" spoke the voice and a giant black pillar came flying at Prince Endymion and stabbed him right though his stomach. Sailor Moon quickly closed her eyes and screamed at the gory sight.
"Welcome Sailor Moon, to my Dark Kingdom, the Negaverse" spoke the feminine voice. Sailor Moon heard her footsteps coming closer towards her. A little bit of light then shined on the evil Queen.
"You're Queen Beryl" nervously said Sailor Moon.
"Correct" chuckled the Queen.
"Where's Duo? What did you do to him?" asked Sailor Moon.
Footsteps were heard once again and from the left side of Queen Beryl, Shinigami stood proudly next to her. Sailor Moon covered her mouth and gasped at the new Shinigami. He looked more evil, more powerful then he ever was before.
"Shinigami, I want that Imperium Silver Crystal now!" ordered Queen Beryl. Shinigami's eyes quickly opened wide and glowed red.
"Consider it done my Queen" bowed Shinigami, he then turned towards Sailor Moon, "It's been sweet Sailor Moon" and with a blink of an eye, Shinigami quickly flew up into the air and whipped out his scythe and charged at Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon screamed and rolled over and Shinigami missed the attack. "Duo No!" cried out Sailor Moon as she took out her crescent moon wand. "Moon Healing Activation!" and Moon dust scattered everywhere but Shinigami showed no sign of effect.
"It's no use! You can't heal him!" laughed Queen Beryl. "Even your crystal can't break the spell that I cast. Shinigami is mine and forever!"
Shinigami flew up into the air and his wings stretched open and he twirled his scythe and went to go try to kill Sailor Moon again. "No! Duo stop!" cried out Sailor Moon. Shinigami then slashed his scythe at Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon fell to the ground and the wand flung out of her hand, she looked at her arm as it started to bleed. "Duo..why?" she asked with tears rolling down her cheeks. She looked over towards where her wand was, "My wand"
"Its mine as it was meant to be", greedily announced Queen Beryl. "You're mother kept it from me for years but alas it's finally mine! Shinigami, get rid of Sailor Moon for get and give me that wand!"
Sailor Moon weakly tried to grab the crescent moon wand as Shinigami watched over her body. Sailor Moon then weakly sat up as Shinigami was about to attack her, "Don't listen to her Duo" and her tiara started to glow and she took it and cried as she slapped it through Shinigami's body.
She cried as she heard Duo scream in pain. Shinigami fell to the floor and Sailor Moon gasped for air and started to cry as she saw Duo laying on the ground in pain. His eyes then shot open once again and he used his scythe to help him get off of the floor. He continued to scream.
"No matter what you do you can't turn him against his Queen!" evilly laughed Queen Beryl.
"No! That can't be true" cried Sailor Moon as she stared at Shinigami. She then looked up at him with watery eyes and rosy cheeks, "Duo, she may have your mind but your heart belongs to me"
"You're the enemy!" yelled Shinigami
"No I'm not" softly spoke Sailor Moon as she weakly stood up and started to slowly walk towards Shinigami. "We've been lovers ever since the Moon Kingdom days, don't you remember?". Shinigami grunted angrily still holding onto his scythe. "Nothing can stop us, not with the love that we have" and she got closer to Shinigami.
Sailor Moon then slowly reached out to Shinigami's face, she felt his cheeks and he looked at her with glowing red eyes and growling. She started to cry just watching Duo suffer. She then closed her eyes gently and moved in closer and kissed Duo right on the lips. Shingami's eyes grew big and his body started to glow. He screamed as all of the evil went out of him.
"NO!" screamed Queen Beryl as Shinigami went from bad to good.
Shinigami then dropped his scythe and fell to the floor but Sailor Moon caught him before he could hit it, "Oh Duo" cried Sailor Moon.
Shinigami then looked up at Sailor Moon with tired eyes, "Thank you, Usagi". Sailor Moon looked at him with watery eyes and smiled and hugged him, "We're free" whispered Sailor Moon in Duo's ear as she brought his body close to hers.
Queen Beryl grunted angrily, "How sentimental" she said sarcastically, "You won't win this time Sailor Moon!" she roared as she formed a big dark energy crystal and threw it at both Duo and Sailor Moon. Shinigami turned around and gasped and he quickly took his scythe and threw it causing the dark crystal to shatter while Queen Beryl had a big slash across her chest, she then went through the ground of her kingdom while she was crying in pain.
"Duo! Can you hear me!" cried Sailor Moon as Shinigami was laying on the ground not saying a word. Sailor Moon looked and saw that some of the pieces went into him causing him to bleed all over his body. Duo's eyes slowly opened and he looked up at Sailor Moon weakly, "I'm sorry, Usagi but I can't help you anymore".
Tears rolled down Sailor Moon cheeks, "Oh Duo" and she watched as Duo's head went back as he laid there dead in Sailor Moon's arms.
Queen Beryl was crawling closer and closer towards the dark energy of the Negaverse, "I can't be defeated again, tell me how to win this battle!" begged Queen Beryl.
"This is your last chance Queen Beryl! Here is the energy from the Seven Shadows, they shall help you succeed" promised the dark energy. The energy broke out of its case and flew over towards Queen Beryl. Queen Beryl screamed as her body was being taken over by this new dark energy to help her become more powerful to defeat Sailor Moon. She then flew out of the volcano and had a new physical appearance, she was huge and was very noticeable you could tell by her appearance she was powerful. Her eyes continued to flash red, "Come on Sailor Moon show yourself!"
Sailor Moon walked calmly alone as she was about to face Queen Beryl, "You're time has come Queen Beryl, I won't let you win as long as I'm around"
"We'll see about that Moon brat" spat Queen Beryl, she then put her hands together and formed a big purple energy ball and threw it at Sailor Moon. There was a big crash and Sailor Moon was gone, but not for long. Icicles came together and formed a big pillar and formed a platform on the top. Queen Beryl gasped and has no idea what she was expecting.
The appearance of Princess Serenity was standing on the platform alone, "I will defeat you Beryl, in the name of the moon." She stood their quietly while she held crescent moon wand in her hands.
"You defeat me! We'll she about that" laughed Queen Beryl.
Back at home, all of the power went out causing everyone to wonder what was going on. Luna and Artemis panicked as they started to loose hope in the Scouts.
"Queen Beryl was too much for them" said Artemis alarmed.
"No, Sailor Moon! Everyone's counting on you! Believe in yourself! You can do it!" called out Luna with tears in her eyes and she looked up in the dark sky.
Princess Serenity's eyes then shot open, "I hear you Luna and don't worry, I won't let you down. " thought the Princess. The crystal began to glow and she aimed it directly at Queen Beryl, "I'm not afraid of you anymore!"
"You should be!" yelled Queen Beryl as she threw more dark energy at Princess Serenity.
"Cosmic Moon Power" whispered Princess Serenity as the wand started to glow more. "Fight this evil, in the name of the Moon, my friends, and my dearest Duo". The dark energy then hit Princess Serenity, but the crystal was protecting her like a shield. The battle had just begun.