The Silver Crystal Appears!

The same night when Sonic put Lita back in her home to rest after fighting Knuckles Darien was staggering around his apartment clutching the wound where Zoisite stabbed him. He was leaning against the door with anger.

"Damn!" He cursed as he pounded the door. "I couldn't protect her. Sailor Moon." He limped from the door leaving a blood stain on it, and sat on his sofa in front of his television.

"Wow! What a nice place you have here!" Laughed the voice of Zoisite. He flashed on the television screen.

"What are you doing here?" He snapped.

"Well, once I knew who you were, it was very easy to find you, Darien." Zoisite laughed.

"What do you want!" Darien yelled.

"Well." Zoisite laughed. "Now that we both know who we are, let's settle things once and for all!"

"Settle things?" Darien said with disbelief.

"Yes." Zoisite responded. "How about a duel, with the Rainbow Crystals at stake? A fair fight, one on one. I acquired the ones from Eggman and Knuckles once I take care of you then the hedgehog is next."

"All right." Darien smiled. "I accept your challenge."

"You're a very good boy." Zoisites snickered. "Shall we meet at the high rise in the bay area, the starlight Tower?"

"Fine!" Darien sighed.

"Then we'll meet at five this afternoon." Zoisite laughed. "Nighty night!" His image vanished from the screen."

The next day Serena was just saying goodbye to Ms. Haruna.

"Ok teacher." She said. "Screw you! Er… I mean see you!" She left the school and ran down the street. "Stupid Haruna! Every Time I have to meet with everyone she makes me stay after! I bet Rei is going to pick on me again!" She looked ahead and saw Darien but he was walking funny and was slouching. He was still clutching his wound. She approached him from behind.

"What made you so depressed?" She laughed. She smacked his back unfortunately right on his wound.

"OUCH!" He yelled, and he winced in pain.

"What's wrong?" She asked with concern.

"Dumpling head?" Darien asked, noticing who he was talking to. "You're always cheerful, aren't you?" That irked Serena.

"Sorry, sure!" She yelled frowing. "I'm the year round energetic and cheerful girl."

"That's good." He smiled. "Always stay energetic." He walked away.

"What's wrong with him?" Serena sighed. "He took the wind out of my sails." She noticed her hand was red and moist. "Blood? When did that…...Is he…injured?"

Later Darien was standing in an alley when a hand reached from behind and grabbed his shoulder. He swung around and attempted to karate chop the person behind him, but the person ducked, it was really Serena.

"Dumpling!" Darien shouted.

"What do you think you're doing!?" Serena yelled.

"What are you doing here?" Darien sighed.

"I came because I was worried about you." Serena said.

"Me?" Darien said shocked.

"Your shoulder." Serena nagged. "You're hurt. If you don't rest, you won't get better."

"It's no business of yours!" Darien sneered.

"Well." Serena shrugged. "It isn't but."

"Go Home!" He shouted, and he walked away.

"Don't talk to me like that!" Serena shouted. No response. "Hey, stop!" He was already gone. "Huhhhhhh." She chased after him.

Darien was on his way to the designated location for the duel. Halfway there the atmosphere became wavy and all around him the area began to wobble.

"Zoisite!" He shouted.

"No Way!" Serena cried behind him. He looked and there she was clutching her school bag and began crying again.

"You idiot!" Darien screamed. "Why did you follow me?"

"But!" Serena cried and they both just stared at each other. The next thing they knew they were engulfed in an orange sphere and they vanished.

Meanwhile at the Hikawa shrine everyone except Mina was there, even Sonic and Tails.

"So Zoisite has Knuckle's Rainbow Crystal?" Ami asked.

"I'm afraid so." Sonic said.

"Geez what's taking Serena so long?" Rei scowled. "Even for a turtle this is a bit much."

"She's not at home." Ami said.

"She wasn't at school either." Lita said.

"She never said anything to me." Sonic said.

"We can't raise her on the communicator." Luna said. "Something's wrong."

"I have a bad feeling!" Ami said. "Let's look for her."

"She's at the Starlight Tower!" Said a female voice. Everyone looked to see Mina and Artemis walking up the stairs.

"The enemy seems to be planning something at the Starlight Tower!" Artemis said.

"If you can't use the communicator, there's no doubt." Mina said. "Serena's gone into the Starlight Tower by herself." Everyone just hung their heads in stupidity.

"If Serena did things like that voluntarily, I wouldn't have to work so hard." Luna sighed.

"At any rate, let's go to the Starlight Tower now!" Mina said.

Meanwhile at Eggman's base he was talking to Knuckles over one of his computers.

"So Beryl has betrayed you?" Knuckles asked.

"She tricked my incompetent minions out of a rainbow crystal and she refuses to hand over the Chaos Emerald." Eggman said.

"Doctor!" Scratch called. He ran inside with Grounder and they both got stuck in the doorway and they both fell to the floor. Scratch had a piece of paper in his hand and Eggman walked up and took it.

"Starlight Tower? What does that have to do with my plans?" He asked.

"We detected some mystical activities there." Scratch said standing up.

"We think maybe Zoisite is there." Grounder said.

"Well let's go see, my ultimate creation is ready maybe it's time I test it out." Eggman said. "But for now Knuckles can you meet us at Starlight Tower in Japan?"

"Yes." Knuckles said and the screen switched off.

"Oh and good work you two." Eggman said and he walked to his egomatic.

"Woohoo!" They both cheered.

"I told you I was his favorite!" Scratch said.

"No way! I found the location! He made me the better robot!" Grounder argued proudly.

"If you two don't come here this instant I will take that comment back and give you many insults in exchange!" Eggman called and he rose and flew out as his badnicks ran after him on foot.

Later that evening Darien and Serena reappeared at the Starlight Tower, Serena was out cold, Zoisite was there holding the Rainbow Crystals.

"Welcome!" Zoisite said, and he walked forward and stopped halfway in the middle of the big empty room they were in. "I'll put the Rainbow Crystals here." He did just that. "Now put yours there to!"

"Before I do that." Darien said. "Send this girl back!"

"Not until I see your Rainbow Crystals." Zoisite said walking back to the other end of the room.

"Fine!" Darien said standing up, he walked to the center and placed his there as well.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" Zoisite laughed.

"What's so funny!" Darien said.

"No." Zoisite laughed. "I'm just happy because you're so dumb. Malachite appeared in front of the pile of crystals."

"Damn!" Darien screamed.

"I'll be taking the crystals." Malachite said, and took the six crystals in his hands. "Now Sonic has the last one!"

"How dare you!" Darien shouted.

"Careful." Zoisite warned. "Any funny moves and that girl behind you will be burnt charcoal."

Then the roof was broken through and Knuckles fell in and Eggman followed him inside. Scratch and Grounder fell through and hit the ground like the idiots they are.

"Eggman and Knuckles, what do you want?" Zoisite asked annoyed.

"I need you to cough up the Chaos Emerald you've stolen from me!" Eggman sneered. "You cheated me with a false Chaos Emerald!"

"We had to!" Malachite said. "It was essential to ensure that our Queen could rule all." Darien took out a rose while they were arguing, he threw the rose at them and Malachite vanished before he got hit by the rose and went to Zoisite after a cutting noise Serena managed to wake up.

"Zoisite?" She said weakly. "Why is Zoisite with this guy? Why is Eggman and Knuckles here?"

"You!" Zoisite screamed clutching the cut on his cheek. "You scarred my face!" He vanished. "Darien if you want the Rainbow Crystals back I'll be waiting on the top floor!"

"HEY YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK YET!" Eggman screamed. "To the roof!" He turned and floated up to the top and Knuckles climbed the walls and punched through the roofs to get up floor by floor, Scratch and Grounder ran and took the stairs.

"Rainbow Crystals?" Serena thought. "What does he have to do with the Rainbow Crystals?"

"I hope you live long enough to make it!" Zoisite's voice said and fog began to fill the room, and the room began to freeze and the ceiling got icicles and they began to fall on top of them both.

"Run!" Darien screamed and they both ran for the elevator as the floor began to crumble and break beneath their feet.

"That injury to his shoulder…" Serena thought. "It's exactly the same as Tuxedo Mask last night. It can't be. Please no!" As the floor continued to crumble.

"Hang on until we reach the elevator!" Darien said. They reached the elevator door and Serena pounded the open button.

"Open up Dammit!" Serena screamed, it finally opened and they stepped inside and the floor stopped crumbling. "Whew! Safe!"

"No we're not!" Darien said, Serena looked and saw the room they were in looked like it was alive, it had flesh, muscles, and veins strung out all over the walls.

"Oh, no!" Serena panicked "What is this?" The door vanished behind them, but it was still an elevator and it moved up.

"I don't think we can run anymore." Darien said.

Outside the others are standing outside the tower.

"This is the Starlight Tower?" Sailor Mars asked.

"It looks like an ordinary building to me!" Sailor Jupiter said.

Sailor Mercury put on her visor and scanned a moving figure in the side of the building and she saw Serena and Darien in it.

"Serena and Darien are inside it!" Sailor Mercury said.

"What's going on!?" Sailor Mars said worried. Sailor Mercury scanned the entry ways here.

"All the doors are locked!" She shouted.

"No problem, me and Tails will get up there easily." Sonic said. Jupiter tried her attack.

"Supreme Thunder!"

The lighting managed to break the door open.

"Or Jupiter could blow our way in for us!" Tails laughed. Then everybody ran inside.

At the roof with Malachite and Zoisite.

"Those ants." Malachite said, seeing the group enter the building. "Looks like the gangs all here!"

"Now we have six Rainbow Crystals and the last one is on its way, and Darien will be captured." Zoisite said. "Then we'll blast Eggman away."

"You will have revenge for your scar!" Malachite said.

Back in the elevator Serena and Darien were still riding it to the top.

"Long elevator, isn't it?" Serena said. "We've climbed up pretty high. Hey, why are you after the Rainbow Crystals?" She stopped and jumped. "I'm sorry. If you don't want to talk, never mind."

"To recover my past." Darien said. "To regain my memory, I need to gather the Rainbow Crystals and obtain the legendary Silver Crystal."

"He knows about the Silver Crystal, to?" Serena thought. Darien continued.

"When I was six, I lost my parents in a car accident. I've never remembered anything from before. Ever since then, I've had the same dream over and over. A girl in the moonlight, I cannot see her face but she asks me to find the Silver Crystal. I have to find the Silver Crystal and recover my Past. Hmmm. I wonder why I told you so much."

"I used to think you were the most disagreeable person in the world." Serena sighed. "But I could move you down to… Second place."

"Thank you!" Darien smiled. For a moment Serena saw Darien in the form of Tuxedo Mask.

"Tuxedo Mask?" Serena thought. "No, that can't be! Right! There's just no way!"

Back at the roof Malachite was awaiting his adversaries.

"Sailor Warriors." He said. "This is a worthy place for you to die!" His eyes began to glow and all the lights went out. Eggman blasted through the wall and the badnicks arrived from the stairs. Completely out of breath and Knuckles smashed through the floor.

"All right!" Eggman shouted. "I'm through playing this game of yours, hand me my Chaos Emerald NOW!"

"We'll close this deal once I get rid of the Sailor Warriors." Malachite said. "So either help me or stay out of my way!"

"So be it!" Eggman growled. "KNUCKLES! Take him down!" Knuckles and Malachite stared each other down, then leaped at each other to attack.

Down near the center floor the others were making it all the way to the top, Sonic and Tails thought it would be wise to stay with them so they're not running at their top speed. They noticed the darkness that Malachite summoned and how it began to blanket the tower.

"What's going on?" Sailor Mercury said, a dark wind engulfed the tower and it became a tower as if it was created by the Dark Kingdom.

Back at the roof.

"This freaky magic show won't scare me off!" Knuckles shouted.

"Don't worry I trust Knuckles, but in case he fails, I have something I know you can't win with!" Eggman laughed. Knuckles was annoyed hearing Eggman's lack of confidence but decided to ignore it.

"You think you can beat me!?" Malachite laughed. "OHHHHHH that's rich!"

"I…" Scratch panted. "I need a pint of oil!"

"I need my hinges greased!" Grounder whined, as the two lackeys finally arrived.

Back in the elevator it stopped.

"Power outage?" Serena guessed.

Zoisite was staring at them from the top of the tunnel and he created some fire and got ready to throw it at the elevator.

"Farewell." He laughed, and he threw the fire down the tunnel.

"What's that!" Serena panicked, seeing a glow from the roof coming down on them. They noticed that it was a blaze ready to incinerate them.

"What should I do?" Serena wondered. "If I transform into Sailor Moon, he'll know who I am. But if I stay like this we'll both die". She knew what had to be done.

"Moon Prism Power Make Up!"

"Sailor Moon!" Darien shouted. The fire kept moving down the tower. There was a huge explosion from the tunnel and Zoisite laughed and turned around.

"I must report this to queen Beryl." He said proudly and he began to walk out. "Darien was killed in an accident."

"What accident!?" Called the voice of Sailor Moon.

"What!?" Zoisite cried whirling around to see Sailor Moon and Darien standing directly behind him.

"For misleading everyone with your tricks and for picking on us." Sailor Moon said. "I'm going to make sure you pay!" She did her pose. "In the name of the moon, I will punish you!"

"Sailor Moon, I'll take care of you and Tuxedo Mask!" Zoisite laughed.

"What are you talking about?" Sailor Moon shouted. "I don't see Tuxedo Mask anywhere!"

"He's right there!" Zoisite said, pointing at Darien. She turned to Darien and he pulled out a rose. It flashed white and he became Tuxedo Mask.

"No way!" Sailor Moon shouted she remembered how he kept making fun of her almost every time they met. "You're Tuxedo Mask…"

"Thank you!" Tuxedo Mask said. "You were very brave today. Leave the rest to me."

"I can't!" Sailor Moon cried. "Because you're injured! I want you to run!"

"Sailor Moon." Tuxedo Mask sighed. "I will protect you!"

"Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon said blushing.

"Enough with the games. Let's settle this now, Tuxedo Mask." Zoisite declared.

"Sounds good!" Tuxedo Mask said, stepping forward. "But you need to promise not to lay a hand on Sailor Moon."

"Of course!" Zoisite laughed. "Let's fight fair and square!" Behind Sailor Moon a crystal shard appeared from the floor and was pointed straight at her. "Yes, fair and square." They both paused. "Victory is mine!" They turned around to see the shard heading straight at Sailor Moon. There was a stabbing noise but as it turns out Tuxedo Mask took the shot for Sailor Moon.

He was stabbed in the chest and he fell over. Sailor Moon shrieked.

"Hang on!" Sailor Moon cried as she caught him before he hit the ground. "Hang in there!"

"Are you ok, Sailor Moon?" Tuxedo Mask asked weakly.

"Yes." She responded with tears wallowing in her eyes.

(Background Music Begins, song, Maboroshi no Ginzuishou - Silver Crystal.)

"Why do you look like you're about to cry?" Tuxedo Mask asked. "I'm glad you're safe."

"Tuxedo Mask! Tuxedo Mask!" She cried as he closed his eyes. Just then the others showed up in the room.

"No!" Sailor Venus cried. "We came too late!"

"Watch it!" Sonic warned, just then something in his pocket was beginning to glow he took out the Rainbow Crystal.

"The last crystal is among us!" Zoisite cheered.

"Why didn't he just use the Chaos Emerald?" Tails said. "Does he just plain not know how to use it?"

Tuxedo Mask opened his eyes after hearing Tail's statement.

"I never really used it because I was afraid that the power would corrupt me." He said shakingly. "I didn't want to get attached to it because I was seriously going to trade it for your Rainbow Crystal." He closed his eyes again.

Sailor Moon just began to cry and a tear rolled down her cheek.

Malachite was throwing magic spheres at Knuckles just had he just spin dashed towards him and Malachite just kicked him back and he landed perfectly on his feet. The fighting stopped when they all noticed the Rainbow Crystals began to react to something the crystals flew and left Malachite.

"After them!" Eggman cried. "Maybe we still have a shot to gain the upper hand against these fools!" Then everyone followed the crystals, Malachite stayed behind. They did all make it to the floor below while everyone did notice the mad scientist and his lackeys had arrived, the sight was just too distracting for anyone to care.

They all joined in the room below with the others, the one held by Sonic left his hand. They all began to fly into each other one by one once they all stopped. A small diamond no bigger than a fat pearl appeared and everyone stopped and stared at it.

"It's the Silver Crystal!" Artemis announced. The Crescent Moon Wand left Sailor Moon and the silver crystal attached itself to the crescent.

"It's as if she was destined to have it!" Knuckles said in amazement.

"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Venus cried. "Please have faith! Sailor Moon slowly stood up."

"What's going on?" Sailor Mercury asked.

"That must be it!" Eggman cried. "The source of your power! It will surely serve the Eggman Empire well. Sailor Moon had a blank look on her face and her sailor outfit changed into a pure white silk dress."

"The Moon Princess?" Luna gasped.

"I can't believe I was in the presence of royalty this whole time!" Sonic chuckled.

"I'm not bowing to you!" Knuckles grumbled.

"The great power!" Eggman gasped with hungry eyes.

"No way!" Scratch sneered. "That dippy little girl is really a princess of an orbiting space rock!?"

"I must be the prince of the Empire since I'm the Doctor's favorite!" Grounder said.

"Oh shut up!" Scratch yelled as he pounded Grounder's head.

"She has finally awakened!" Artemis gasped.