Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 2: Rebirth.
Act 3: War games.
Episode 49: How many Omega does it take...

By Razor Knight
Last update: May 3, 2013
Last edited: June 1, 2017

Hana looked down from the building she was standing on. Terry's house in Tokyo was almost as large as the one back in the States. She had spent the whole week back home, but even though she was glad to see her parents again, she soon realized she couldn't go back to her old life. Not just because Terry would be a continent away, but because Hana Thompson was dead. Her family and many people close to them saw her lifeless body (her former body, Hana thought with a wince,) so she couldn't miraclously be alive again without raising too many questions.

And she didn't want to stay there. She would go visit her parents whenever she could, she had promised them that, but even if he was no longer with her, she was still drawn close to him. So she would start a new life in Japan, with a new name.

"Are you planning on staying up there all day, or will you come on in?"

Hana looked down to see Terry standing in the yard. "I think I'll pass."

"Huh? Why?"

"Don't want Ami to get jealous," Hana noted.

"But she's here too, she's the one who detected you," Terry admitted.

"Still, I think I would be intruding." She looked at him and sighed. "Hey, is that school you go to a good one?"

"Sure is," Terry said, "why?"

"I was planning on entering school. I'll have to study hard to make up for the year I missed, but I think I can do it."

"So, I'll have a certain miss Thompson as a classmate soon?"

Hana smiled slyly at him. "Who knows?"

"Starting today, we have a new student in our group. Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Usagi looked at the girl standing next to Haruna. "Eh, she's back?"

"My name is Hana Niwasaki, nice to meet you."

Terry had to stop himself from laughing at the pun in that name. "Hi."

Hana walked to her seat (which was close to Terry's,) and nodded. "I think this will be fun."

Terry noticed Umino was staring at Hana. "Hey, won't Naru be jealous?"

"It's not like we're dating," Umino said "and I'm just trying to figure this girl out. I have no information on her."

"Good," Hana said, not sure she wanted that guy to know too much about her.

"Don't worry, she's not an evil alien queen or anything," Terry said, "she's a childhood friend of mine."

"Oh, guess that's good enough."

"Don't mind Umino. He's been that weird since he was a kid," Usagi said.

Later that day, Hana appeared in the base, but saw there were few Senshi there. "Taking a day off from training, huh?"

Ami nodded at that. "So, what brings you here?"

"I thought Terry would be here, actually." Hana looked at Aiko. "... Okay, I just have to ask, who's that?"

"Aiko. That's just a hologram, though, she's the base's AI."

"I suppose that's Terry's idea."

Ami smiled. "I helped him with that, too." She noticed Hana looking down, and sighed. "Are you okay?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." She hoped Ami wouldn't insist, because she still felt a bit of jealousy, even anger, when she thought about all she had lost thanks to the youma. Knowing the youma were dust in the wind now didn't make her feel any better, either.

"So, why the name change?"

"I don't want anyone to recognize the name Thompson. So the story is, I'm Hana Niwasaki, was adopted by a wealthy Japanese couple when I was a baby, a couple which, conveniently, died in a plane crash a couple years ago. I'm living on my own in a small appartment close to our school."

Hotaru had, along with Usagi, been listening to them, but decided to speak her mind. "Are you sure you want to be here, and not with your family?"

Hana sighed. "It's not quite about what I want, but about what I can do. Hana Thompson has been dead for one year, I can't magically go back without raising many questions I would not be able to answer."

"If you need help with anything..."

She looked at Usagi. "I'll be fine. I said it's not about what I want, but... I want to be here, too. Terry was my best friend, my only friend."

"Just because Hana Thompson didn't have many friends, it doesn't mean Hana Niwasaki has to be the same way," Usagi noted.

"Are you saying you would want to be my friend too?" Hana asked.

"She befriended me," Hotaru said, "so she could befriend anyone."

Just then, three more figures appeared in the room. They immediately noticed two girls they didn't know about. "Hey, who's-"

"This is Hana," Usagi said, "and the see-through kid is Aiko."

Emi looked at Hana. "I think I've seen you before..." She then realized where she had heard that name before. "Hana? Wasn't that the name of Terry's-" she stared at Hana in shock. "No way."

"I was brought back by an enemy of the Senshi, and they altered my memories, so I attacked them. They made me see I was wrong, though, so I've decided to stay here and help them."

Usagi realized something. "Do you know who sent you here?"

Hana nodded. "A guy called Onara, he had an ally but didn't tell me her name."

"Onara," Ami said, "the guy who built the Omega."

"So you know him," Hana said. "He and his ally left the city shortly after I left their base. I've already gone back there, and all that's left is an empty building."

Ami was using her visor to scan the three Hunters. "This is quite impressive."

"What is?" Usagi asked.

"They have as much power as you, me or Rei. Their attacks should be as strong as a Star level Senshi."

Hotaru nodded. "Kage told me about that. That's the limit of a Demon Hunter's training."

"We'll keep on training on our own," Aki said.

"So, does that mean you're as strong as the Primes?" Hotaru asked.

"Not quite. Ares and the others have all trained on their own, created attacks of their own. We still have a bit to go before we can compare to them."

Hana smiled. "I had heard about some strong magicians who aren't Senshi."

Emi smiled. "You could say that." She closed her eyes, and lightning, fire, ice and dark bolts started circling her.

Maria smiled. "That's Emi for you, always showing off."

"Uh, not true," Emi said as the bolts vanished. "And the more elements we use at once, the weaker each attack will be. That's why we try to stick to one element."

Maria was staring at Aiko. "What's the deal with that?"

"Make a guess," Hotaru said.

"... The Ghost of Christmas Past?"

Aiko looked at her. "That's incorrect, although the humor quotient of that joke is slightly better than average."

Maria turned to Ami. "Somehow, I think she sounds like a computer. Tell me she's not a computer."

"Technically, she's just the AI running this base," Ami admitted.

"Oh, that is... Something else."

"She's not going to go haywire and try taking over the world, right?"

"The effort involved in such an endeavour would most likely not be compensated by the benefits I would get," Aiko said.

"Good," Maria muttered, "I think."

The 'computer girl' looked up. "I'm detecting at least a dozen entities out there, and they're closing in."

"Can you identify them?"

"Their data matches that of the entity known as Omega."

"A dozen of those things?" Usagi said. "That's going to be tough."

"Correction, two dozens," Aiko added.

"We need to call the others," Hotaru said.

Aiko looked at her. "Already done."

Ami smiled as her friends looked at her. "That's one of her functions. She'll alert us about enemy attacks when we're not here or wherever the enemy is."

Hana flinched. "Onara must know I'm not on his side anymore. Are these Omega strong?"

"They are cyborgs, created with our DNA, and they can use our powers."

"Sounds fun, I'll join in," Hana said.

When they run out of the dojo, they realized the rest of the group was already there, and that the cyborgs were waiting. "Damn, looks like the OmegaCon started earlier this year," Dragon Mercury commented.

"We are here to eliminate the Senshi. Those who are not Senshi are free to leave the area."

Nova smirked as a couple psi blasts knocked the Omega who had said that back a few meters. "I'll have to pass on that offer."

"If you insist on staying, you will die along with the Senshi."

Nova frowned. "Nobody will die, ED."

"Eddie?"

"Nevermind," Nova said, and the blast she shot this time knocked the robot away.

"So, there's technically two of those things for each of us," Mars commented.

"Sounds like a challenge," Dragon Venus said.

"Should we show off?"

Circe looked at Mira. "Damn, why do you insist on running out of power before the fight starts?"

Calisto smiled. "But this is what we trained for. Let's show them our new tricks. Burning Glyph."

"Frozen Glyph."

"Poison Glyph."

Large, shining marks appeared under three of the cyborgs. One was red, and the cyborg was suddenly wrapped by white flames. The second was blue, and its target was trapped in an ice pillar. The last one was purple, and a foul-looking gas surrounded its target, causing it to fall to the ground, dead.

"Correction," Mercury said, "they're slightly above our level."

"Go us," Calisto muttered as she staggered back, "we burn out all of our mana to do that."

Warwitch smiled. "I'm not going to let you get all the fun." She reached her hand up, fire and ice gathering above it, and the resulting ball of energy then swiftly turned into a large lance, its color shifting from blue to red and back. "Witch Shot." The blast turned two of the robots to dust, but Warwitch was kneeling on the ground as it ended.

Moon stared at Warwitch in shock. "That was awesome!"

"There's still many bugs left," Earth commented, "but we'll take care of them."

Moon nodded, but she wasn't so sure about that. No, she couldn't give up even before the fight started, that was not her way of fighting. "Moonlight Flash!" Four of the cyborgs were blown to dust, and Moon gasped. "Whoa, I didn't think-"

"While their offensive abilities may improve with time," Mercury lectured, "their defense is always the same. The Zero is a strong alloy, but far from unbreakable for us. Everyone, Twilight levels should be enough to take care of these bugs. Use your weapons to conserve energy, shoot only when you're sure you'll hit your mark."

Moon flinched as she looked at the small army of robots. Ami was good at planning, that was obvious. But this battle would require more than a good plan to be won. She hated this, she knew her friends might get hurt, or worse, and the battle itself was pointless. What was Onara really after? Were these creatures a part of a bigger plan, or did he just found it fun to send them out to fight them?

She had no time to think about that right now, however. She would just have to make sure nobody got hurt in this battle.

"General, the Senshi are fighting a group of robots close to their base."

"What's the situation?"

Saiko was talking to him through a screen, since she was close to the battle. "The enemy's numbers have dropped to about half in just a few minutes, but the Senshi seem to be tiring down."

Tomoe, who was standing next to Kino, nodded. "Those creatures are called the Omega, and are apparently able to copy Senshi techniques and use them against them."

Kino frowned. "Keep me informed, but don't try to help them. If they can really use Senshi attacks, then they could kill normal humans easily."

Saiko nodded. "Of course, sir. I don't have a death wish."

Nova used her senses to scan the battle, and saw things weren't looking good. Ten Omega left, but only Moon, Mars and Mercury were still up and fighting. The others were either too tired to fight, or had been injured. Saturn was apparently the group's healer, but even with her healing those who got hurt, the battle still seemed to be one they could lose.

Mars and Mercury had stopped using magic attacks, which meant they were also tiring down. Nova herself was starting to feel the effects of exhaustion, but... She looked at Moon. She should be as tired as the others. No, she should be already resting, like the others, but the girl kept fighting, using weak magic attacks and her weapons, even though the Omega didn't seem to be affected by either. Where did she get the drive to keep fighting from?

"Oh, screw this!" Mars suddenly shouted. "Mars Flame..." She held onto the fire arrow for longer than ever, leaping back in order to avoid a light blast from one of the Omega. She then smiled as she let the arrow fly. "... Sniper!" The blast destroyed one of the Omega, but Mars fell on her back. "Damn it, not now."

Mercury sighed. "We have to finish them, even if we run out of energy. Frozen Rage!"

Nova winced as she saw that attack. It turned one of the Omega into an ice statue, and Nova saw Mercury punch the cyborg, causing it to explode in a million pieces. She then saw Mercury kneel on the ground, and sighed. She was busy fighting three of the cyborgs, so she had to trust Moon would take care of the rest.

"Moonlight Flash!" Moon's attack blew three of the creatures to dust. "Moonlight Fl-" Moon staggered back. "Damn it, not now! Moonlight-" This time, she screamed in pain.

"Moon, don't force it!" Mars said.

"But Nova can't fight them alone!"

Nova looked at Moon. The Senshi had done all they could, but there were still five cyborgs left, and two of them were heading for Moon. "Oh no, you won't!" Nova snapped, and unleashed a massive wave of psichic energy. It blasted two of the creatures to pieces. The other three, however, decided Nova was the biggest threat for their mission. It would have been good, if not for Nova also being out of energy.

"Eliminating target," one of the Omega said and rose its hand.

"Nova, no!" Moon staggered up, but then flinched. She couldn't use any more attacks, not even her weakest one. "Someone get that thing!"

"Double Flight."

Nova prepared to use what little energy she had left to put up a barrier (even though she knew that would be pointless,) but then gasped. The discs's trajectory was off, how-

Mercury was wondering the same thing. "The Omega missed?" she asked in shock as the discs flew past Nova without touching her.

"That would be my fault."

Everyone saw a new figure standing on a rooftop. She was wearing a Senshi outfit, and her bows, boots, gloves and neckline were brown. "Unknown Senshi found."

"I'll agree with the robot," Dragon Venus said. "Who the heck are you?"

The girl leapt off the rooftop, landing amidst the cyborgs. "I'm Sailor Lilith."

"There's a planet Lilith?"

The Omega all rose their arms. "Threat levels unknown. Eliminating objective. Burning Soul."

"Supreme Thunder."

"Twilight Beam."

Lilith simply stood there as the attacks shot at her, then smiled as the three missed her completely. Two of the Omega were hit dead on by them, exploding almost instantly, and the third's arm was ripped off by the fire blast. "Lucky me, huh?"

"Shit, she's either impossibly lucky, or..." Dragon Mercury started.

"Luck's a bitch," Lilith said, "but it's my bitch."

The remaining Omega didn't seem to be impressed (not that it could have been impressed to begin with, as such a thing wasn't in its code,) and simply decided to try a different approach. Lilith dodged as the cyborg tried to punch her down, but then tripped on a piece of debris, and fell on her back. "Eliminating target," the Omega said as its hand lit up.

"Not today!"

Nova blinked in awe. The Senshi had all used their weapons against the cyborg, and it had been taken completely off-guard. Moreso, Saturn's glaive had cut off its remaining arm, so it had no way to attack, or defend itself. It was quite aware of it, so it decided to use a strategic retreat. "Damage levels critical, aborting mission."

"Like hell you will!" The others gasped as Jupiter rushed at the cyborg, punching with all her remaining strength, and they saw her fist come out of the creature's back. Jupiter noticed the cyborg's body cracking and flinched. "This is going to hurt," she muttered before the cyborg exploded.

Nova caught Jupiter as she was sent flying back. "That's some mighty punch you have."

Moon walked to Lilith. "Who are you?"

Instead of replying, Lilith walked up to Earth. "I suppose now you won't have any complaints about me training for battle, right?"

Earth looked at her in confusion for a few seconds, then smiled. "Chie?"

"That's me."

"Wait, since when are you-"

"A week ago, the kitties told me they had sensed Senshi powers in me. I've trained my powers with a certain lady in green, and she thought I was ready for battle."

"But you didn't use any attacks..." Moon commented.

Mercury had been typing in her computer ever since the battle ended, and smiled. "Sailor Lilith, the Senshi of luck and illusion."

"Luck?" Nova repeated. "Oh, so that's how that attack missed me, and how you got the robots to hit themselves."

"Yeah, but it has a drawback," Lilith explained. "You saw it yourselves."

Mercury was still reading her computer's database. "Luck works both ways, and the more Lilith uses her powers, the more she risks having bad luck strike her. I guess that's why she tripped and fell."

Earth smirked. "Nah, that's just her, she's quite clumsy."

"Eeeh... Shut up," Lilith snapped.

"Make me," Earth teased.

"Okay."

Warwitch blinked as Lilith kissed Earth, who didn't seem to protest. "Uh, I thought those two were just friends."

"Yeah, that's just a friendly kiss," Mars joked. And unlike others, these two didn't seem to mind having witnesses.

Earth finally broke the kiss and smiled at Lilith. "You know, you really looked awesome, making a fool of those robots."

"Thanks, I try," Lilith said.

Moon frowned. "I still don't get it. Luck, that's all she can control?"

Dragon Mercury looked at her. "We've been saved by luck in the past. And being able to control it directly... I think she could have her foe 'accidentally' fall into their own blade and kill themselves."

"Oh, that..." Moon's eyes widened. "But wait, what about illusions?"

Lilith smiled, and suddenly another Lilith appeared besides her. "Does this answer your question?"

"That could be useful in battle," Dragon Mercury admitted.

"Let's go back in, the Mooncats are already there," Lilith said, "and they know a lot more about these powers than I do."

A/N: 'Niwasaki' means literally 'in the garden,' but could be also read as 'garden.' And you thought I was running out of name puns...

This battle ended differently in Cyber Moon, but hey, I did say some things were going to go different in this one. Adding illusions to Lilith's skills won't make her broken, but that's going to be explained better in the next chapter.