"Sailor Uranus, I am afraid that I must ask you to fight again," said the little girl.

As Haruka raised her head, she further inspected the young reincarnation of her queen. Amazingly, she had arrived fully clothed in a smaller replica of the princess' dress. Her pale blond hair was held in buns tied by silver ribbons that complemented her wide blue- grey eyes. It was definitely Queen Serenity.

"What is it that I must do?" Haruka asked.

Serenity sighed. "Beryl has returned again. If we do not stop her, she will bring the same destruction here that she brought in the Silver Millennium." Serenity rested her face in her small palm. "There may still be time to recover her, but we need to act fast."

"I apologize, Your Majesty, I do not understand."

"She who was reborn to the name 'Michiru'. You love her, do you not? You always cared so much for her. If we make haste, we still could bring her back from Beryl. She intends to use her as vessel, and if she completes that process, Sailor Neptune will be lost with no chance of recovery."

Haruka shifted her position so that she could take the girl by her hands and gently cupped them in her own. Tears welled up from her eyes as she thought about what Michiru could be going through if Beryl was even around her. Without even being aware, Haruka's casual clothing again transformed into the uniform of Sailor Uranus.

"Please take me to her. I'll do anything."

Queen Serenity nodded. "Hold me."

Without questioning the girl, Haruka picked her up and held her against her chest. Queen Serenity gave her a small smile to try comforting her, but Haruka only awkwardly returned it with an equally sad expression. The child sighed again and then the same light that she had made her entrance in engulfed the two.


Sailor Mercury pressed her earring and removed her VR, confirming their location..

"Michiru is definitely here. I see traces of Haruka's presence, but she is no longer here. I also picked up a dark energy reading-"

Pluto and the rest of the inner senshi stood around her in confusion as Mercury reactivated her VR. Sailor Mercury shook her head in disbelief.

"This energy is giving of the same signature as Metallia!"

Before the rest of the senshi could react, the small white room that they had arrived in filled with a golden light. As the tremendous life dissolved, the figure of Sailor Uranus became apparent. Shortly after, the blinding light had completely dissipated and the child that she was holding also came into view, include the golden symbol on her tiny forehead.

"Uranus! You made it-" Venus began to exclaim as her former object of obsession appeared. Then she saw the child sleeping in her arms. "Uranus," she whispered solemnly, "Is that- is that Usagi?"

Pluto shook her head. The girl did resemble their princess, but her hair and eyes were fairer that Usagi's had ever been. The rest of stared in confusion as Sailor Pluto lowered herself on one knee. Pluto looked sharply around and insisted the others followed lead.

"You will bow before the Queen."

Serenity opened her eyes as if she could sense her warriors humbling themselves before her. Haruka, having previously shown her respect, continued to awkwardly hold her. The child had come from b>her /b> body after all. Although it was far from a normal pregnancy, she felt responsible for protecting her. Haruka never would have guessed that motherly feelings could kick in so quickly. The small queen swiveled her head and loosened her grip on Haruka's shirt as she became fully aware again.

"I'm sorry, It's just that this body is so tiring," she apologized. "I can stand."

Haruka embarrassedly lowered the girl to the ground. She straightened out her little dress and cleared her thought.

"Sailor Warriors," Serenity began. "I assume that you are aware that Beryl is here as well."


After only a moment of Malus' embrace, Beryl pushed her father away and frantically looked around.

"Where is she?" Beryl asked. "Where is mother?"

Beryl examined the entire room until there was nowhere to look but behind her. As Beryl turned around, her foot fell upon something warm. Until then, Beryl had not noticed the metallic scent in the air. The child took in a deep breath as her eyes followed the still-growing pool of blood up to the stained bed sheets and then to the remains of her mother. Malus sighed sadly as Beryl realized what she had done.

Instead of showing any sign of sadness or remorse, Beryl gathered Michiru's innards from the floor and the remaining parts from her hair and placed them on top of the body. She placed her hands over Michiru's chest and a red light emanated from her hands. In merely seconds, the woman's displaced parts sunk into her body and regained their former arrangement.

Michiru sat up and got up from the bed. Malus' heart nearly skipped a beat as she glared at him. For a moment, her eyes seemed to glow red.


"Metallia has grown stronger," Serenity reported. "Not only does she control the powers of darkness, but now she controls the power of the ginzoushou."

"What did you say!" Mars shouted in a mixture of anger and confussion.

Serenity sighed softly. "I am afraid that Sailor Neptune retrieved it from the princess when she-"

If Uranus had still been holding the child, she would have dropped her on the white marble floor without any hesitation.

"Then Michiru…Michiru did that to Usagi?" Rei cried.

The rest of the senshi shook their heads in disbelief. Neptune, along with Uranus, had always worked in strange ways, but she would never have betrayed Usagi. Usagi was her princess whom protecting always came first.

"It wasn't her fault! She was being controlled!" Uranus said, defending her lover. "That man was just using her to do his bidding. And it was his child that she-"

"No!" Serenity exclaimed, clutching her hands before her face. "If she was carrying Beryl, there is nothing that we can do for her. She will have already been controlled by her," she sniffled. "It may not be Beryl that we have to fight."


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