Alone

Haruka stroked the young girl's head, her eyes watering with tears. What was wrong with her koneko? Why were things falling apart like this?

Michiru was talking to the mother, asking her questions of all sorts, the woman's broken sobs gave little information. But Haruka didn't care, she couldn't make herself. Her little Koneko was hurt, and this time, she didn't know how or why. She couldn't destroy something she had no idea of.

"Haruka," whispered Michiru's comforting presence, "I think we need to call Setsuna, she'd know what was wrong..."

Green eyes snapped to meet worried teal. Call Setsuna? But that meant transforming, and that meant Ikuko would know who they really were. Could they take that chance? Could they show themselves as they really were before a woman they didn't know?

Looking down at the pitiful girl lying in pain on the bed, Haruka felt a lump rise up in her throat. She'd do anything for Koneko. Anything...

And that meant she'd transform in front of this stranger, this woman who had trusted them with her daughter...

"Uranus Planet Power Make Up!"

"Neptune Planet Power Make Up!"

An explosion of power transformed them, changing them into their beautiful counterparts, the the stern warriors who protected the world.

Haruka turned to see the mother's reaction, but only saw hope shinning through shocked eyes. The tears still rolling down her cheeks.

"Please," she whispered her voice scratchy and raw, "please save my daughter. My baby, I can't loose another. I just can't..."

Sailor Uranus turned to her partner, and they both nodded. It was time to call in Pluto.

They united their hands and held tightly, concentrating with all there might, a soft glow forming around them. There tiaras disappeared and in there place stood there signs. The symbols of there status shinning brightly before them.

"Senshi, you have called?" asked a young woman, her hair pulled back in a bun, the deep green, almost black hair spilling down from it. She wore the same type of fuki as the other two, only the bow was darker, and the broach in the middle was almost black. In her hands she held a majestic key, tall and regal.

"Sailor Pluto," they both bowed, the woman just shook her head at them, wondering why she had been called. She had not foreseen this, but she tried hard not to look. It was so boring to know the outcome of everything.

"Rise my fellow warriors, why have you shown yourself before this mortal? Why have you called me here?"

"Please, Sailor Pluto, the girl, she is special to us, please save her..."

The ancient woman looked down before her crimson eyes widened. How could it be possible... But the princess...

"Please, Sailor Pluto, I'm begging you," whispered the golden haired Senshi, she turned shocked eyes to stare at the proud wind warrior of the heavens. What was going on? This wasn't suppose to happen... But them again, that what she got for trying to center the future on one thing... Time was not written in stone, it was a pool of moments, each passing by, rippling through past to the future.

But that still didn't answer why the princess was lying on the bed like that. What had happened to change this? What had sent this proud warrior begging?

Looking at the broken child lying before her, thrashing around, she realized exactly what.

"She is lost in her dreams," spoke the warrior of time. How had things turned themselves around so quickly?

"To save her, you must enter her dreams. She fades as she forgets to live, the monster is haunting her with her past, you must stop it from doing anymore damage and reawaken her to the light. Usagi drowns in the darkness."

The Senshi each looked at each other before the green haired woman spoke once more. "One of you will have to remain behind to keep the one who enters the dreams grounded. It would do us no good to have people lost in the minds of each other..."

Sailor Uranus and Neptune looked at each other, each questioning which would go and which would stay behind. In the end, it was the blond who was chosen to venture the darkness.

"Lie on the bed and I'll send you to her dreams, make sure that no matter what you do, do not, I repeat, do not use an attack in her mind. It could cause terrible things to happen, just drive the monster out, do not kill."

Sailor Uranus nodded her consent and lie down next to the young woman, her eyes closing as Sailor Pluto glowed purple.

"Be careful," whispered Sailor Neptune as she looked down at her two friends, friends she'd do anything for...

"Please be careful..."


Dark eyes stared around for light, but there never was. Always trapped in the black nothing that swallowed at her. She wanted to cry, to scream for her father, but he couldn't hear her, no one could... They all had left her, all of them...

She wished she had a friend, she was so very lonely here in the darkness, all alone with nothing but the quiet around her, not a sound to pacify her heart. Not a sound...

She was so very alone...


Sailor Uranus stared around herself, the darkness was so overbearing, but where was koneko? Where was her koneko?

All that she saw was the darkness and the terrible silence that filled it. Where could the young girl be?

Then, out of no where, she saw it, she saw the small woman curled up like a fetus, her hands wrapped around her legs, the darkness suffocating her brilliant light. It was koneko...

Running towards her, she collapsed beside the girl, watching the intense light falling off her nude form. And she looked so beautiful, and so broken at the same time, her image clouded by the bright barrier of pale pink protecting her.

"Koneko," she whispered and reached out her hand to touch her, when she did, she felt it go through her. Wide eyes greeted this information before she was thrown into a swirling mass, the darkness behind her disappearing as she screamed loudly.

What the...


Sailor Neptune screamed at the searing pain that took hold her heart. What was that? She wondered, her eyes glazed in pain. She turned to look at the time guardian, only to see her slumped over as well. Ikuko rushing towards both of them with wide eyes. What was happening?

"The princess," whispered the red eyed woman, we fell her pain...

Sailor Neptune turned wide eyes at this proclamation. The princess was in trouble? She had to save her! But Usagi...

She turned her eyes back to the whimpering girl, sweat pouring from her crow as she shivered. She couldn't abandon Usagi! But her duty was to her princess...

She needed to make a decision, who could she choose, the princess she'd only met thrice and who'd she sworn to protect in her last life, or the young girl before her falling into darkness?

Sailor Pluto didn't move but simply bowed her head, allowing the warrior of the seas to decide. To abandon the princess was a treason that would befoul her planet terribly, she could loose her powers for such things, lose her life...

But as she stared at the child before her, rocking with pain and sorrow she made her choice... She would give up the powers, lay down her life, take on the world for the innocent creature in pain. She ignored the burning in her heart and soul as she thought these thoughts. The Neptune princess's choice was made. She'd protect the child with her life. Even if it meant betraying her princess, the princess she couldn't remember...

"Forgive me," she whispered softly, her eyes closed as tears leaked from those watery orbs. Only to be wiped away by a soft hand.

She looked up to see the mother, Ikuko, wiping away the tears with a sad smile. A smile that gave her hope...


Sailor Uranus opened her eyes to find herself in a familiar park, the lake serene and the trees lush. But why was she here?

"How could you?" asked a voice, the voice of a little boy, filled with hate and anger, "Why didn't you save me?"

Tears and sobs, answered the question, Sailor Uranus ran to her koneko...

"Koneko!" called out a voice, the sobs turned to heart wrenching terror as blue eyes, now red from tears, stared at her. She was afraid, just like before...

"Please, koneko... Usagi, I'm not here to hurt you. I promise I won't hurt you..."

The eyes opened wide and she found those pale arms wrapped around her, and even through the sailor suit, she could feel the cold leave her, could feel the darkness flow away. She petted the young woman's head softly.

People were appearing again, this time images of women, women in suits similar to her own, glaring at her. Telling her how clumsy, how stupid, how much of a pig the young girl was. Sailor Uranus's eyes widened before narrowed to slits.

The inner Senshi were haunting her koneko's dreams? She'd stop that soon enough!

"Your a fool Usagi," came a low growl, Haruka turned to tell of the person when she met stunning blue eyes filled with anger. The eyes of no man she'd ever seen.

The young woman in her arms shook more terrified than ever, Sailor Uranus stared at her for a moment, not understanding the importance of this stranger. What was so great about him that sent the girl to her knees in fear?

"How could you betray me so? How long did you wait while I've been gone? A day? A few hours? Slut-"

His words were interrupted by a powerful fist slamming into the man's jaw, sending him falling backwards. How dare this fool call her koneko such a name. She'd show him a thing or two... But the guardian of time's words came back to her. She must not use her powers, no matter what...

"Damn," she cursed, her eyes moving upwards and around her. She called out to the darkness that was closing in on the wooded landscape. "Come out you bastard! Show yourself coward!"

The darkness swallowed up the two, and Sailor Uranus grabbed the girl before they could be separated. What was going on?

"Ah, I see, your the one who has messed with my plans, such a noddy thing you are. I was having such fun. It's amazing how completely vulnerable she is here, all alone..."

"SHUT UP," roared the Senshi, her hand twitching achingly as she glared, she wanted so bad to blast this creature apart. Wanted to O so bad...

"Struck a nerve did I? You couldn't care for this little fool could you?" the mocking voice surrounded her, swallowing her with its darkness, with its nothingness. "You know, it was because of you I brought her to such a state. It was so easy you know, Sailor Uranus, or should I say Haruka Tenoh?"

Blue eyes whipped up in surprise, staring at her with those watery orbs that sent her weak at the knees. She broke the gaze and pushed the younger girl behind her. She'd protect her no matter what. Come hell and its fury she'd protect her koneko.

"So what if I am? What could you do about it?"

The malicious cackle that erupted around her made her glare all the more. What the hell was going on?

"Show yourself coward!" she screamed. Her power was spiking with the obvious fear her Koneko held. She needed to hurry and get her out. Needed to hurry.

A figure stepped out from the darkness, black eyes glaring with anger and red hair peaking out from beneath the hood of iniquity.

A gasp had her turning around and she stared at the young woman, sputters falling from those tasty pink lips.

"No-no... it can't be..."

A wicked laugh plunged through the air, Usagi's fear permeated the air.

"Beryl..."


The great fire roared to life, Ami sat beside her, a paper clutched tightly in her hands. Rei ignored her and continued chanting, the words from her memory jumping to life without a thought, doing as though she'd done it a thousand times, she had.

Thoughts formed in her head as she continued the chanting. Thoughts of the words written so clearly on the white paper. The words could be lies, she knew, but she doubted very much they were. They spoke to heavily of sorrow and love, she didn't know how it had been done, but it was.

They also spoke of something else, the warrior that haunted her nights, the warrior with those sad eyes, with those tear-stained cheeks... Of a princess they had searched so hard for...

"Great fire, I seek your guidance once more. The woman, this Sailor Moon, is she the woman of my dreams? Is she the crying warrior that haunts me?"

The image of the woman flashed before her eyes once more, she knew the answer was yes, even as she couldn't hear the words the warrior spoke.

"Please why does she haunt me? What is so great about her that she has such power?"

An almost chuckling sound flowed from the fire, a laughing she'd never heard before sputtered to life, the fumes of it's breath floating to kiss the ceiling. And then there it was again, the image of the girl, only this time, the warrior was changing, her skirt growing longer and her gloves disappearing. She was becoming a princess before her eyes!

"The princess..." she muttered softly, "the warrior is a princess!"

A collective gasp at her side broke her concentration, she turned to stare at the blue haired girl. Only to see her form flicker softly, her eyes were wide at the sight.

"You- You're Sailor Mars!"

Rei once more looked at the girl in confusion. Sailor Mars? But that was impossible, she'd remember if she were a warrior... wouldn't she?

Turning back to the fire, she knew there was only one way to find out. She didn't know how such things came to be, but she was fairly she sure the great fire knew.

"Please, Great Fire, heed my call, are these warriors- Are these people trapped within humans?"

The flames leaped out once more, only this time nodding it's fiery tongue in ascent. They really were... But that meant that the warrior was trapped within...

She was the bonds enslaving the trapped soldier.