The Fight for Crystal Tokyo
Summary of Events: Crystal Tokyo is threatened by a force that endangers their peace and joy – The Kin of the Black Crystal. They want to turn the tide of energy in order to release an even greater and more powerful evil than ever before seen. But the Senshi are in luck, a bishoujo Senshi from the future, Neo-Sailor Moon last known to them as Chibi-Usa comes to help them. Going by her full name as Usagi, the pink-haired young lady is helping to stop the present from becoming as dark as the future. Where we left off, the Kin has planted Tide-Changing Crystals in two different points of Crystal Tokyo and the Senshi have gone to stop them but negative energy arises all around. Now, the Kin's leader, Nise, the green-haired villainess, remembers why she wants to destroy Crystal Tokyo in the first place.
Chapter 8
Calm before the Storm
"Daddy!" the teenage, green-haired girl exclaimed happily. "It's your little princess!"
"Not right now, Nise." The man coldly replied. "This... purification of Tokyo... it's mad I tell you! There has got to be something I can do about it."
"But daddy, the king and queen seem nice!"
"King and queen! Since when do we need a king and queen! I refuse to let this continue!" The man's face was shadowed, but round bifocal-like glasses were fixed upon his face. "The Dark Moon Family calls. They'll find a way to get rid of this... this sham."
"But daddy, how about me?" Nise asked.
"It's your own decision, Nise-chan. You're old enough to make it... I'll be back for you."
The teenaged Nise let tears flow from her face as her green hair swayed in the wind. "...Daddy."
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"He never came back did he?" the transparent man asked the grown up Nise while they were in the darkened room. Nise shook her head and without a word sighed. "Do you know who is responsible?" Again she shook her head. "It's the fault of Neo-Queen Serenity and the Sailor Senshi!"
Once he said that, a green aura surrounded Nise as the cyan in her eyes became brighter and brighter. "I'll put a stop to them all!"
"That a girl, Nise... you can rule as long as you get me that crystal." The man said.
"Then I will go get that crystal, now!" Nise shouted.
"Don't be stupid, let the tide-changing do the work for you." The man replied.
"No! For my father and for the Kin of the Black Crystal, I'll get that Crystal!" Nise shouted again. Anger and wretchedness lit the fire and fanned the flame within Nise and without a thought; she blasted the room she was in, destroying the chair and created a space in the wall.
"I'm done with you anyway," the man whispered then he disappeared.
There she was, in the air surveying what her evil had done to the city and she fixed her eyes on the Crystal Palace. "SERENITY!" she shouted. A Black Crystal formed in her hands and when she had it, she invoked, "Black Crystal Power!"
It was as if the whole city had heard Nise scream especially her generals. Tei looked up into the sky and was flabbergasted. "This wasn't in the plan! Nise, you'll destroy us all!"
Meanwhile, the power within the Black Crystal concentrated until a beam a beam of black energy shot towards the palace and then it made impact! Smoke of green and black rose from the impact point and Nise had thought she had managed to break into the palace. Floating closer to it, she realized that she was wrong. A translucent force field was around the palace.
Inside the Crystal Room Neo-Sailor Moon and Neo-Queen Serenity were focusing their energy into the Silver Crystal. "Thank you, Neo-Sailor Moon." Neo-Queen Serenity said. The young Senshi nodded.
"No! I should have broken through!" Nise was at a loss. She had no where to turn and no where to hide. She wanted to destroy that palace especially the queen inside of it. She looked at the Tide Changing Crystals in the different points of Crystal Tokyo and conceived an idea.
The energy that the crystals were absorbing could easily be transferred to her Black Crystal. "Tide Changing Crystals," she summoned. "Feed me your strength!" With her plea, an earthquake began shaking the grounds of Crystal Tokyo.
"NISE!" Shei and Tei yelled. The magnitude of the tremor grew until the 170 meter structures shot out neon green beams towards the Black Crystal. "You can't overpower the Crystal!" Shei shouted. "Please stop!"
Even though she was floating in air, she could hear Shei in the corner of her mind but at that moment, she didn't care what was happening. Her personal vendetta had gotten the better of her. "Daddy! This is for you!" she shouted aloud.
"No problem, I say we finish her!" the young lady replied. The two women concentrated their thoughts and prayers onto the Crystal until it started pulsating with energy. An enormous white beam shot out through the Crystal, and out towards Nise.
"NO!" Nise yelled in disbelief! "Black Crystal Power, contend that of the Moon!" Another black energy beam shout out and battled the Silver Crystal's power but then the black power began flickering. "Daddy!" Nise shouted out. With that, Nise gave up and let the white light engulf her. She gasped for air and noticed something about her. "This light... doesn't seem bad at all."
Back on the ground Tei desperately tried to keep the Senshi thinking negative thoughts to feed the Tide-Changing Crystals but slowly they were recovering. He looked up into the sky for the answer to the sudden change of events and found Nise engulfed in the white light. He was filled with rage and focusing his power onto his power crystal he suddenly shot out a beam of neon green light towards Nise.
The white light was purifying her and she felt a new understanding produce within her. Maybe her father was wrong about the purification of the crystal and he was killed for it... but not by Neo-Queen Serenity. An image was coming to her. It was of Tei and the mysterious transparent man that stood in her apartment. She saw her father and many other people grouped together and then Tei destroyed them all. "Tei... Tei, you did it!" she shouted but that would be the last thing she'd say. The neon-green beam shot right through the white light, into Nise's back and out the other end.
"Daddy," she sighed in contentment. "I'm coming to see you; we'll finally be together again." As Nise took her last breaths she rethought the last few days. "I'm sorry Tomoshibi." With her apology, Nise disappeared.
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Once Nise disappeared, the Tide-Changing Crystals exploded, sending Shei flying into a wall. As he got back up, Shei looked to see the Senshi regaining strength. "No," he muttered in disbelief.
Sailor Venus slowly got up and looked up at Shei. "Yes!" she exclaimed. "Senshi…"
"We're ready!" Sailor Mercury, Sailor Saturn, and Sailor Pluto stood ready to fight again.
"Just because we stopped the flow of energy doesn't mean we still don't have our powers. Black Crystal Power!" and with another flash of green light, Shei was a Tetsu-Fighter and almost invincible. Sailor Pluto was the first to attack as she landed a spinning round-house kick to his face but didn't faze him.
"Mercury... Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury invoked but again Shei jumped out of the way. Shei jumped in front of Sailor Saturn and was about to attack until he felt his arm harnessed by a whip. It was Tuxedo Asteroid.
"This is no way to treat the ladies," he said suavely before pulling Shei back with all his might. Shei turned his attention onto Tuxedo Asteroid, and Asteroid began to duck and dodge Shei's punches for he knew that one blow could probably knock him out. "Sailor Venus, if you would like to help."
"Certainly," Sailor Venus said. "Venus Love Me Chain!" she shouted and the 'Love Me Chain' encircled Shei's arm and Tuxedo Asteroid was able to throw his own punch.
"Was that supposed to hurt?" Shei asked. He took Asteroid by the neck and threw him and using Sailor Venus's own attack, he pulled her in to grab her by the neck. "You'll pay for our setback."
As his grip tightened around Sailor Venus's neck, the other Senshi looked on ready to attack but couldn't; he was using her as a shield. "Get back or I break her neck off!"
"North Star Reflection!" a male's voice shouted. Shei gasped in fear as he heard that voice and everywhere was engulfed in a blinding sheet of light. As Shei covered his eyes, he felt Sailor Venus leave his grasp. When the white light disappeared, Shei could not believe his eyes. There standing with those he was fighting wasTuxedo Star. "Did you guys miss me?"
"And don't forget about us!" a female yelled from behind Shei. The rest of the Sailor Senshi along with Tuxedo Kometto and the returning Tuxedo Sun stood ready to fight him.
"Did you defeat Tei so easily?" Shei asked aloud. Shei was frightened and then he felt the need to exit. "Well, it looks like you've won this round," Shei wanted to take off running but he didn't get more than five steps before he felt a cane hit him on the back of his head. He turned to see Tuxedo Kometto catching the cane that had just hit him.
"Sailor Senshi," Sailor Venus called out. "Sailor Ring!"
"Right!" they all shouted in agreement. "Venus Crystal Power... Mercury Crystal Power... Mars Crystal Power... Jupiter Crystal Power... Uranus Crystal Power... Neptune Crystal Power... Pluto Crystal Power... Saturn Crystal Power... Sailor Ring!"
The colors of all the Sailor Senshi created a very vast ring surrounding Shei and he tried to exit it but the power was too great to move. The colorful ring encircled him faster and faster until it encapsulated him. The aurora of colors tightened and released him and the only thing left was his little power crystal on the ground which cracked and turned into dust.
"Dusted!" the Senshi laughed.
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"Let's celebrate!" Makoto suggested.
"But, it's raining outside." Rei answered hearing the sound of thunder and rain hitting the ground.
"Sounds more like hail to me," Usagi said to her self.
"Besides," Rei continued. "We don't even know if the enemy has been defeated." The Senshi, the King's Generals, Usagi, and the king and queen sat to talk about last week's activity.
"Well of course the enemy has," Makoto said confidently. "Without their leader, the Kin of the Black Crystal is nothing! We've torn down the remains of those tide-changing crystals, we've defeated the generals and we've defeated the boss, just like all the other times. We're back to normal!"
"Then why doesn't it feel normal?" Minako asked who was sitting between Roiyaru and Rei.
"Yes and why hasn't Usagi returned to the future?" Hotaru asked.
"And we don't know that the enemy has been defeated because remember, we don't even know where the other general ran off to. We didn't defeat him, he just got blasted back when the Tide-Changing Crystals exploded." Rei told everybody.
"It has been a week and the people are calm, I think we've succeeded." Makoto said again.
"Yes," Haruka agreed. "But has our mission been accomplished?"
"Usagi," King Endymion asked lovingly. "After defeating Nise, what happened?"
Usagi sighed. "To tell you the truth, I didn't even know that woman had anything to do with it, really. I thought she was a mean, oily, old lady but I do remember the Senshi destroying the tide-crystals but that wasn't the end of it. It was like the calm before the storm and suddenly... all I remember is the sky going dark and the Senshi and my mother protecting the remains of Crystal Tokyo." Usagi paused and remembered the future and sighed heavily.
"Do continue if you are able," Setsuna asked.
Usagi smiled and went on. "The people, all of them are asleep. They are full of such dark energy that mama had to put them all to sleep so they wouldn't turn the tide any more than it was."
"How did the people get affected?" Ami asked.
"I don't remember." Usagi answered. All I know is that if I'm wrong and I go back to the future with the same darkness, I don't know what I'd do."
Neo-Queen Serenity stood up. "Well, it's no use waiting for evil to come upon us. We should continue living our lives and be ready for the call of duty once more." The Senshi agreed with her. They would just have to be ready if anything would happen in the future they would just have to be ready.
The Senshi were to go there own separate ways exiting the palace until the Outer Senshi put their hands out as warnings. "Something strange is upon us." Michiru said. The Senshi looked around but could not see anything. All they saw was Ryoku and Chibi-Usa playing tag on the front lawn. The Outer Senshi continued to look in the distance to find out what was happening until Hotaru saw it. Falling from the sky was a little black jewel; it fell onto the ground where a sea of black jewels was already laying.
"Look minna-san!" Hotaru called their attention to the ground. "What are they?"
"I don't know," Haruka answered. "But whatever they are, they go straight into the distance."
"Could they be bombs?" Ami asked.
"They fell from the sky like rain, though!" Minako answered.
"Whatever they are, we have to warn the Queen!" Setsuna answered. Setsuna turned to go back into the palace to find the Queen already standing at the doorway. The other Senshi went inside calling for the environmental and kitchen staff to give them brooms or anything else they could find that would clear the pavement.
Soon Queen Serenity, King Endymion, his generals, and Usagi came out to see the sight. The sight instantly touched Usagi.
"This is it!" Usagi shouted. "Where are Ryoku and Chibi-Usa?" she asked in a panic.
"They ran towards the side of the palace," answered Rei. "Why?"
Usagi didn't stop to explain but had taken off running. "Follow her," King Endymion asked. The generals were gone once Endymion had finished the statement. Usagi tried her best not to step on any of the jewels but of course it was inevitable. She finally saw Ryoku and Chibi-Usa sitting in the grass and then she saw Ryoku pick up a jewel.
"Ryoku put it down!" Usagi shouted but Ryoku was too far away to hear her. "Put it down, Ryoku!" The generals had caught up to her and heard what she was shouting. Taking out his extendable cane, Kasai threw it towards Ryoku and it hit the jewel out of his hand.
"OUCH! That hurt!" Ryoku asked. As the jewel fell to the ground, green lightning began to emit from the jewel and soon all the jewels behind the two kids began erupting the same way.
"Run you guys!" Usagi called. The two children began running Usagi's way as the sea of black jewels began erupting with the same lightning behind them. "Faster, let's go!" The kids had caught up to them and without even thinking Ryoku jumped into Roiyaru's arms and Chibi-Usa into Usagi's and they were off back to the front of the palace.
"They're catching up to us!" Tomoshibi exclaimed.
"I'll take care of it!" Zachary answered. Taking out his extendable cane, he called out his 'Asteroid Belt' and with a great 360 turn, he whipped the black jewels behind them away. "Let's get inside!"
In the front, the Senshi had transformed and tried blowing the jewels away with their powers. "Shine Aqua Illusion... Oak Evolution... Crescent Beam... Fire Soul!" with each attack the jewels either disintegrated, froze over, or broke.
With great proficiency, the Senshi managed to clear the front of the palace of the black jewels but they looked into the distance to see the entire ground erupting with green lightning. Usagi was watching the little jewels erupt with the lightning and remembered that feeling, the feeling of hopelessness and then she looked at Chibi-Usa whose eyes expressed everything that Usagi had felt at the same Age.
Looking at the Senshi, Usagi stood up and breathed in heavily. This was the point where she'd either see Crystal Tokyo receive the same destruction that the future had or do everything in her power to help the present Senshi stop it. No matter the outcome, Usagi knew that she would not return to the future unless she was victorious.