I don't own sailor moon. Usual disclaimer just like playing with the characters

Now a small note on this chapter my Beta took big part in this chapter namely the ceremony So a big thank you to the most awesome beta Sailor Silver Ladybug

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"Ceremony?" Hotaru asked.

Maboroshi nodded, "In order for the crystal binding ceremony to be completed all the warriors must be gathered.

Hotaru nodded; now she understood.

"Hang on. There are a few more people I want to collect before we do this. They're not Senshi, but they do have power to a degree," Yume explained.

The group looked at him in confusion.

"Naru, Umino, Haruna-sensei,Osaka-sensei Motoki, Reika, Unazuki, Etsuko, Katsuo, Judge Saichirou, Kobayashi Akio, Senator Hino, Grandpa Hino, Doctor Mizuno Saeko, and your parents Kenji and Ikuko. They are targets and, if they aren't protected, you may as well put a giant sign above your home saying easy targets."

Rei paled. "I haven't spoke to father since..." she trailed off looked visibly frightened. Jadeite placed his arm around her waist to comfort her.

Yume nodded. "I know," he bowed his head. "He knows as well."

Rei now looked as if she was going to be violently ill. "I had to. He loves you, but ever since your mother died, part of him died with her."

"Soulbonded Soulmates," Minako gasped.

Both nodded. "How has he lived beyond her then?" Rei managed to choke out.

Wala took her hand. "I'm sorry Rei, this is going to maybe make you cry."

She was thrown into hell.

Remembering her mother's death hit her first. The silence in the day, but the desperate sobbing in the evening, and even her father's suicide attempts, but he was always thwarted by an unknown entity. Then she'd been taken to the shrine, where her grandfather would be able to look after her.

Then the attempted sexual assault on her, setting fire to the jerk's jacket. Her father seeing everything, but being unable to help her because he was being held back. When they finally disappeared he'd fallen to his knees praying to the Kami above and even mentioning Selene, praying and praying to keep his precious girl safe.

Rei came back to herself, felt wetness upon her cheek and realized she was crying. Jadeite was holding her tight and rocking her gently.

"I'm sorry Rei," Wala whispered, holding back tears of her own. Rei smiled weakly and patted the young one's head

"I needed to see it, otherwise I would have probably barbecued him if he came near me. Don't forget Phobos and Deimos," she choked out.

Yume nodded and, in a flash, disappeared.

One by one their family and friends appeared with Yume, who quickly disappeared again after each arrival.

Hotaru watched as everyone else appeared and remembered, "Tsuki and Tomatsu," she gasped. Just then the two pups came out of the temple before them and leapt into their charges' arms.

"We were brought here by Luna and Artemis a couple of surface hours ago." Tsuki spoke, her voice filled with cracked emotion. Tomatsu still looked visibly shaken and was whimpering in Shingo's arms.

"Were you attacked?" Shingo asked, noticing both youngsters had wounds on their bodies that could have been fatal if Luna and Artemis didn't react so quickly when the attack happened.

The pups nodded. "It was amazing though! Both Luna and Artemis transformed into adults and the scary men ran away. They were training us with Patrols." Tomatsu managed to speak, he wanted to be excited but the men scared the wits out if him. He looked at Tsuki, who looked visibly less traumatized than he was feeling.

Luna and Artemis appeared in human form visibly angry.

"What the hell happened?" Mamoru asked.

Setsuna took one look at Luna and Artemis and immediately figured out what happened.

She moved away from Haruki and placed her hands on Hotaru's shoulders. "The first of your prophecies have come to pass Hotaru. Who was it?" she asked Luna and Artemis.

They both looked at each other with doubts in their eyes and both visibly swallowed. "Two previous Saturn court members. They just came out of nowhere, saying it was the pups' faults that Silver Millennium ended. They were only just born, so I don't know how they got that idea. We had to remove their links to Saturn. They would have been a problem in the future if we had not."

Hotaru looked visibly upset. "Two of my people?" Luna nodded sympathetically and Hotaru squeezed Tsuki in her arms. The pup yelped and Hotaru started apologizing profusely.

"Put them on the ground. We can heal them," Mamoru commanded genly.

Hotaru's eyes lit up with hope. "Are you sure? It won't be any issue will it?"

Usagi and Mamoru nodded. "It will be fine Hotaru," Usagi smiled as she spoke.

Shingo and Hotaru placed the young pups in between Usagi and Mamoru and they placed themselves so the four of them created a circle of protection while the others stood around them even though they were in the safety of Elysion.

Usagi and Mamoru closed their eyes and focused on healing the two young pups. A wave of gold and silver light enveloped them and soon the wounds were healed. Usagi and Mamoru looked barely exhausted. Elysion really lightened the burden of power on them.

Tsuki and Tomatsu jumped up pain-free and were thanking the prince and princess profusely. They said it was no problem and the pups ran into the fields to play with the younger children.

Yume reappeared for the last time with Senator Hino. "Papa," Rei managed to choke out. The Senator's eyes widened and he ran and embraced his only living child.

"The Ceremony must begin," Maboroshi spoke softly, not really wanting to break up the reunion.

Rei separated from her father and squeezed his hand as the Senator eyed Jadeite with weary eyes the younger man bowed out of respect and Katsuo blinked. He was not expecting that.

"The ceremony is simple. I need you all to concentrate on your hearts," Yume said.

Zita, Tomatsu and Tsuki ran back to the group as they needed to be involved as well.

Tsuki and Tomatsu closed their eyes and soon enough two young children, appearing to be around ten years old took their place. The group gasped they were stunning creatures in both Human and Wolf form.

The children blushed, took Zita's hand, and placed themselves in between Hotaru and Shingo.

They all closed their eyes and concentrated on their hearts.

Yume, Maboroshi, Wala and Àine watched with intent as the large group brought their hands to to their hearts.

They moved one step closer together and held the crystals towards the center of the circle. Each opened themselves through their planetary power, and Usagi, going mostly on instinct, reached out to them. She waited for each person to shift their will to her own, knowing the protection would not work if it wasn't done willingly.

She took the powers of each into herself and began to weave the threads of light together before sinking it into each person, weaving a connection to each soul in the group. She wrapped the threads several times around her own soul then linked the women to it strongly, then the men, including Mamoru. Next she wrapped the light around Mamoru's and added the men and then the women, including herself this time, to his soul. They were the strongest and therefore were adding another layer of protection in this way. She connected the threads of light through each crystal and then into the two felines, the two birds, and the two canines to protect them, then back through each person in the group.

Usagi continued to weave, now adding their crystals, which they pulled out and held to the center. She pulled back to herself and added each new person to her soul, then to Mamoru's. She threaded the weave through all of them again, adding first the Outer Senshi, She bonded them together, then repeated the process with the Inner Senshi and then the Shitennou. The last two, one her cousin, and linked to their planet's sun, and the younger who had been her brother in both lifetimes and then worked the light through every person in turn before pulling it back to herself adding more and more strands that sunk deep into them.

When she had linked the warriors to herself and Mamoru she focused on the 'non' warriors and focused her power once more. She felt the warriors shift and her family and friends surround her, again she wove the Gold and Silver threads through them and then to each other and back to herself and Mamoru before expanding it to the warriors so none could be turned without all being turned at the same time.

By the time they were done the maidens had bought out food and drink for all of them. Usagi fell to the ground exhausted she hadn't felt this exhausted in such a long time. She knew she needed to rest. Mamoru hovered over her protectively.

"Eat, rest. Days will pass here but on Earth it will be just hours." Yume smiled

Usagi nodded gratefully not forgetting that time flowed differently here.

Shingo hugged Hotaru. "How do you feel?" he asked, concerned.

"Much better and safer," she replied kissing him. Hope filled her.

Zita made a gagging noise. Shingo and Hotaru pulled away from each other and panicked but Zita fell to the ground in peals of happy, childish laughter.

Unknown location

A bright fire blazed, sky blue eyes looked into it with fear setting in, shrine robes feeling constricting. Shifting slightly did no good.

"Please save me from the monsters," came a whispered plea.