Chapter 11: Reunion with Tears of Blood
It had been six months since Koaru was taken, and the search had been called off. The Scouts continued their training and studies, always wishing to hear Koaru piss off the teacher. Luna had become the most depressed, since she had treated the young prince as a son. Artemis had been comforting her constantly, always trying to cheer her up. Lita and Amy, both who had had feelings for Koaru, were spaced out most of the time, and it worried Greg. As a result, his constant worrying about Amt caused her to ask him to quit seeing her for a while (in English, they broke up).
"No, and that is final." Queen Serenity said as she sent Luna away again after another request that the search continue. Serenity sighed and sat back in her throne, depressed. She also missed the boy, but she couldn't waste power searching for him. Serena then came running into the room holding a card. "Mommy! Here! Read this." The Queen took and read it, a slight smile spreading across her face. It was a notice informing her that Serena was to be part of the year end celebration at the Crystal Moon Academy. "I'll come, honey." she said.
The day of the celebration arrived, and the Academy's stadium (think of the Roman Coliseum ) was packed full of people coming to watch what the five princesses had learned. Up in the Royal Box, Queen Serenity settled herself between King Jupiter and Queen Mercury. Jupiter leaned over to her. "So, do you think our children will entertain us?" Serenity smiled. "I know I will be entertained no matter what." Queen Mercury looked at the sky, puzzled. "Did either of you hear anything about a storm today?" The others shook their heads and also looked up.
In the center of the arena, Artemis walked out and shouted for attention (no microphones back then). "Ladies and Gentlemen, if I can have your attention please! You will now witness the powers and talents that our princesses have learned and mastered over the past year!" The stadium erupted with applause, and Artemis had to cover his ears before continuing. "Now, if you will all kindly welcome, the Sailor Scouts!" applause burst forth again, and the five girls entered the arena, ready to show what they had been practicing.
Sailor Mars (Raye) started the show by doing an ancient Mars summoning ritual. As she danced, a ring of fire ignited around her, and then a twelve point star of fire burst through the ring, with Sailor Mars in the center. Then all the flames gathered together into a large ball, with exploded, and a flaming phoenix flew out of it, and towards Sailor Mercury. Amy concentrated all her powers into a ring around herself, and then shot a gigantic jet of water at the phoenix, which after contact, turned to ice. Sailor Venus then used her Beam Smash to slice the ice into perfectly shaped hearts, which fell to the ground, point down. Sailor Jupiter gathered energy into her antenna, and shot three bolts of lightning at three of the hearts. The resulting angles og the hearts caused the lighting to ricocheted around the stadium, each time hitting another heart and bouncing in another direction. Then all three bolts hit the final heart, and they flew up to a center point in the sky, which was where Sailor Moon had just jumped to. She removed her tiara and gathered energy into it, then threw it away from the bolts. The result was that the three bolts merged together into one large bolt that chased the tiara around the stadium, directed by Sailor Moon's energy. After a while, all the energy dissipated, and that was the end. The stadium erupted with applause again, and the five girls took a bow. Then the lightning struck from the storm clouds.
King Jupiter stood up to get rid of the storm clouds, but after the first bolt struck, a second one flew straight at him, and struck him through the chest. He collapsed to the floor, dead, and everyone else ran for cover from the storm.
On the ground, the Scouts couldn't see what was happening, but they figured who it was. "King Soul." Sailor Venus said, gathering energy for battle. King Soul's voice then thundered from the clouds. "Congratulations, Princesses. I was trying to think of a gift that all five of you would like, and this was all that came to mind." Another lightning bolt shot out of the clouds, struck the ground, and in a flash, the storm vanished. The Scouts looked to where the bolt and struck the ground, and what they saw shocked them. Lita and Amy didn't know what to think.
Up in the stands, Luna ran to the edge to look down. The site that met her eyes filled them with tears. "Oh...Koaru!"
