Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 2: Rebirth.
Act 2: Dark Moon Rising.
Episode 37: Time and revelations.

By Razor Knight
Last update: April 15, 2013
Last edited: May 30, 2017

"Are you okay?"

ChibiUsa smiled at Moon. "Yes."

Moon knew the smile wasn't honest. "Don't worry, I won't let Rubeus hurt you. I'll go and-"

"I'm going, too."

"No, you can't go."

"I have to. He said he wanted you to bring me to him."

Moon sighed in defeat. The girl was quite smart for her age, and she was right, Rubeus wanted to catch them both. She would just have to make sure Rubeus couldn't touch her. "Guess you're right."

Something told her she shouldn't wake up, but she decided to open her eyes anyhow. As she did, she realized she was standing, and as she looked around, she saw her friends tied to X-shaped crystal constructs... And so was she. "Hey, what's going on?"

Rubeus turned and noticed some of the Senshi were waking up. "Oh, good, I was afraid you wouldn't be awake to witness my victory."

Venus glared at him. "What's the idea, pervert? Untie us right now!"

"Sorry, I can't do that, I need you as bait for your leader. And by the way, I wouldn't try using any magic attack if I were you."

"Good thing you're not me. Twilight V-Laser!"

Rubeus chuckled as Venus' magic was absorbed by the pillars she was tied to, causing her to scream as the energy backlashed, zapping her. "As I was saying, I wouldn't try using any magic attack if I were you, because the pillars you're tied to will return it right back to you."

"Could have said that last bit before I shot, jerk," Venus snapped weakly.

"Oops," Rubeus said with mock concern. "Now stand still kids," he added turning to a monitor, "your leader's here to surrender."

"As if," Mars said. "You're so sure of your victory, but you don't know Moon. She's going to kick your ass."

Rubeus smiled. "We'll see." He turned to the console he had walked to and pressed a couple buttons in it. Moon suddenly appeared in the room, along with ChibiUsa. "Welcome, Sailor Moon. I hope you're here to give up."

Moon stared at him, her face unreadable. "If I give her up, will you keep your word? Will me and my friends be able to leave this place?"

"Of course," Rubeus said, sounding as convincing as he could manage to.

Moon laughed humorlessly as she put ChibiUsa down. "I'm not that naive. If I give up, you're still going to kill us all."

Rubeus glared at her. "That's right, so why fight?"

"Because I'm going to win."

Rubeus laughed, then his eyes shone red for a second. "Die!"

Moon gasped in shock. She could feel something pushing her down, her whole body felt heavier. She could barely kneel on the ground, and even moving her head up to look at Rubeus was hard. "What is this?"

Rubeus smiled, but it was a cold, sinister smile. "I can control gravity, girl. I guess your friends are about to see the show of their lives, they'll be able to watch you be crushed by your own weight, before I kill the Rabbit and them."

Moon slowly stood up, glaring at Rubeus. "I won't... Give up."

Rubeus was shocked for a second, but then shrugged. "I see, you're stronger than I thought. Still not enough!" He increased gravity around Moon, causing her to fall flat on her face. "Stop struggling, you can't win this."

ChibiUsa had, meanwhile, slowly moved to where the others were. "Everyone... I'm sorry, because of me you are-"

"Don't worry, Moon will win."

The girl looked around, and noticed the console was unguarded, as Rubeus seemed focused on Moon. "A little help won't hurt," she said and walked to it.

Meanwhile, Moon was struggling to stand up. It was not fair, Rubeus was just enjoying her struggles, and she knew if she gave up, then her friends were as good as dead. "My power's not enough to defeat you," she said.

Mars gasped. Was she giving up? No, she could see a thin line of light surrounding Moon. Things were about to get interesting.

Rubeus laughed. "Finally, you realize that you're hopeless."

"Never said that," Moon snapped, and again stood up.

"What? How can you resist that much gravity, it's impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible for us," Moon said. "Moon Twilight Power!" The transformation only took a second, and as the light faded, Rubeus flinched as he sensed her energy. Moon's suit was much like the other Senshi's, except it had an extra, transparent skirt below her blue one, and her bows were slightly smaller than before.

Rubeus glared at her. "You're still too weak to defeat me!"

ChibiUsa had, meanwhile, reached the console. "I have no idea how to use this," she said, then smiled deviously, "but as someone once told me, if you can't fix it, break it." She summoned her Luna-P, which turned into a rather large metal mallet, and she slammed the console with it, wrecking it.

Rubeus heard the noise and turned to see the Senshi were all free. "No! What have you done?"

Mercury used her visor. "His energy's much lower than before. He must have been feeding off the ship's energy to create his attacks."

Moon stared at Rubeus. "I'm not heartless, I'll give you a chance to escape."

Rubeus glared at her. "Never! Ruby Laser!"

Moon looked at the incoming red beam dismissively. "Too bad. Moon..." She rose her hands, two large balls of mana appearing around them. "... Twilight..." She then lowered her arms, and the balls started shrinking. "... Beam!" She shouted that last word just as the balls seemingly vanished, and her hands lit up for a split second before a rather large, white beam surged forwards, knocking Rubeus back ad straight into the console, causing it to explode.

Jupiter saw the fire was spreading fast, and heard an explosion in the background. "Crap, I think we broke something."

Mercury nodded. "The ship's generator's overloaded, it could explode anytime now."

Moon ighed. "Let's go, we'll have to use the Sailor Teleport."

Dragon Venus smiled. "No need for that. Mass Teleport!"

Rubeus crawled out of the flames just in time to see the Senshi leave, along with his target. He was barely able to move, as Moon's attack had damaged him greatly, and the fire hadn't helped at all. "Damn it, I cannot die like this..." A woman appeared near him, and for a moment he thought it was Esmeraude, but he realized it wasn't her as he stared up at her. "Who are you?"

"Someone who sees potential in you. Do you want to kill the Senshi?"

"Yes."

"Then you should join me. But let's discuss this somewhere a bit less... Scorching."

And the woman vanished, along with Rubeus, a few seconds before everything around them exploded.

Moon looked up as the ship exploded. "Guess we left at the right time."

"Is anyone else exhausted, or is it just me?" Venus asked.

"Unfortunately, you have little time to rest, Senshi."

The group all looked at the newcomer, and only three of them knew who she was. "Pluto?" Saturn asked.

"Yes and no. I'm Sailor Pluto, but not the one you know."

"Yeah, that makes things clear as water," Dragon Sun noted.

ChibiUsa stared at the woman. "Puu, why are you here?"

"Because it's time for them to know what they're really facing."

"I think we should move to a more secure location," Dragon Mercury noted.

"Agreed," Pluto said, and they all vanished.

Yukiko wasn't surprised to see the Senshi back, but noticed there was a new one. "Hey, who's that?"

"Sailor Pluto, guardian of time."

"... So time is your element."

"Time and space."

"Sounds impossible, so that must mean it's true."

"Where are the others?"

Yukiko shrugged. "They left. I don't think they missed that explosion, though."

Moon looked at Pluto. "I suppose you're going to tell us about ChibiUsa and those aliens."

"Where did you meet this girl?" Saturn asked.

"The right question isn't where, but when. The Dark Moon Family is the leading clan of planet Nemesis, and they seemed peaceful at first, but they revealed their true intent a few years after first visiting the Earth."

"Wait, visiting the Earth? Are you talking about the ancient past?" Jupiter asked.

"No. The Dark Moon Family will come to the Earth during the thirtieth century."

"Thirtieth Century?" Saturn asked. "So that's what you meant. You're from that time."

"Yes, and so is ChibiUsa. She lives in the city of Crystal Tokyo. Her mother is the queen of that city, but unfortunately, the Nemesians injured her and the King, and the rest of the Senshi are trying their best to fight the invaders."

Moon looked at ChibiUsa. "You mean she's from the future?"

"Yes."

"You mention Senshi... That means there's Senshi in the future as well?"

"Who are they, our descendants?"

"Yes and no," Pluto said.

"I see a thousand years didn't change your habits," Dragon Sun noticed, "you love to speak in riddles."

Yukiko had been listening to it all, and she had to admit it sounded quite unbelievable. Still, she stared at the pink-haired girl. It had to be a coincidence, but still, coincidences seemed to happen a lot around the Senshi, from what she had seen thus far. "So you say she's from the future. And she looks just like Usagi. Her name's Usagi, even. And her mother's a Queen, who has Senshi of her own."

Mercury seemed to know what Yukiko was trying to figure out. "Moreso, she wasn't too shocked to find out Usagi was a Senshi, and seemed to recognize us first time she saw us..."

"Because she already knew us," Dragon Mercury said.

"What are you saying?" Venus asked, quite lost.

"It's a crazy theory, but what Yukiko noticed leads me to think it may be true," Mercury said. "Pluto, would I sound crazy if I told you I can guess we'll still be alive in the thirtieth century?"

Pluto smiled at that. "You would sound crazy, but it would still be true."

Mercury looked at ChibiUsa, who was smiling as if she already knew what they were trying to guess. "What's her mother's name?"

"Her title is Queen Serenity of Crystal Tokyo."

"Queen Sere-" Moon gasped and looked at ChibiUsa, then at Mamoru, and her face turned beet red. "No. Way."

Venus could guess what the others meant, but it sounded insane to her. "You're saying that kid is Usagi's daughter?"

"It makes sense, looking at the whole picture," Mercury admitted. "She's Usagi Tsukino, she came from the future, and her mother's Queen Serenity... Only thing that doesn't fit is our longevity."

"It's a consequence of magic itself. Magicians may live for a couple centuries, thanks to mana."

Dragon Venus nodded at that. "Yeah, I've heard that before."

"It sounds-"

Dragon Venus smiled at Venus. "Mina, how old do you think mom is?"

"I don't know... Forty? She doesn't look old."

"She celebrated her hundredth birthday half a decade ago."

"What?" Venus shouted.

Pluto nodded. "In the case of magic as strong as that of the Ginzuishou, its owner and other magicians close to them may live for many centuries. It has been theorized that it will keep Serenity and her Senshi alive for eternity, unless they're killed by something else."

"Wait, if our future selves couldn't defeat those guys, then how will we?"

"To know all that, you need to see it for yourselves."

"You mean, going to the future?" Dragon Mercury said. "Okay, I'll just go home and get the DeLorean out for a ride."

"I already said time is one of my elements. I can't send you there directly, but I can bring you to a place where you'll be able to reach your goal on your own."

"The time tunnel," Saturn guessed.

"Alert. Strong energy readings detected nearby."

Pluto looked up. "As expected."

"Another enemy?" Moon said. "We're in no shape to fight again."

Pluto smiled. "I know. Come with me."

The Senshi realized it wasn't a request as they saw they were outside. And most of them noticed the woman waiting for them out there. Light green hair, green eyes, a green dress, green shoes, even her nais were painted green. Only thing that didn't match the rest of her setup was the pink fan she was holding close to her face. "About time you show up, Senshi."

"Damn it," Dragon Mercury muttered.

"What's wrong?" Mercury asked.

"Why are all evil women so hot?"

Mercury sighed. "Should have expected that."

Pluto took a step forwards. "Esmeraude, if you're looking for a fight, then I will fight you myself."

The woman frowned. "We already defeated you once, time wench."

"You didn't, I just didn't see it fit to destroy you back then. It wasn't your destiny."

Esmeraude laughed. "Destiny? We're creating our own destiny."

Dragon Mercury saw Mercury was staring at Pluto. "Heh, should I be jealous?"

Mercury blushed slightly. "No, it's not that... But her power's much higher than Twilight."

Esmeraude was tired of waiting, so she decided to attack. She swung her fan in front of her, creating a crescent-shaped energy blast. Pluto, however, stood there and took the hit without flinching. "What? You can't be that strong!"

"I can, and I am," Pluto said.

Esmeraude noticed the Senshi were all focused in her. That meant the Princess was an easy target. She decided to take her chance and win the war in one single blow. She vanished, reappearing right besides the small girl, but was rewarded by a staff hitting her from the side, knocking her away. "How..."

"Your fight is with me," Pluto said.

"Fine then, I'll kill you first!"

Dragon Mercury was, probably, the only one who had seen what happened clearly. Esmeraude had run straight at Pluto, but the Time Senshi had vanished, reappearing right behind her and hitting the woman's arms, legs and neck with her staff in a split second. "No way..."

Moon saw Esmeraude kneel on the ground and gasped. "Huh? What happened?"

"She used the Alphard?" Dragon Venus guessed.

Esmeraude was shocked. She couldn't move her arms or legs, and she couldn't speak. What kind of magic was this?

Pluto frowned. "I hope you realize your situation. You're completely defenseless, and any of the Senshi could kill you if you remain here. The effect will be gone in an hour, but until then, I suggest you consider a tactical retreat."

"That was awesome," Dragon Sun said as Esmeraude teleported away. "But why didn't you just use the full attack?"

"It's not my fate to kill her. She will eventually be defeated if she continues down her current path, but that was neither here nor now."

"Okay, so now what?"

"Now you begin your journey," Pluto said, then turned to Warwitch. "They will be back soon, but until then, I trust you can keep an eye on this era."

"I'll do my best," Warwitch said.

"I know," Pluto noted, then everyone vanished.

Warwitch sighed. "She's a weird one." She then saw a white Mooncat rushing to her, and smiled. "Hey, you're late."

"Not accidentally," Artemis said. "A certain lady in green told us she was taking the Senshi for a trip."

"So, why are you here?"

"Unfortunately, some enemies won't wait until they're back. Luna and Shade were going to warn the others, but I think we'll need all of you there for this. Come with me."

"So what is that foe?" Warwitch asked as she run after the cat.

"Something the Senshi fought before, something we thought would stay dead."

A/N: Pluto knows Kung-Fu. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or not, since she hardly ever fights.

What will the 'sidekicks' face? You'll find out soon enough.