Chapter 12: Off to the Galaxy Cauldron! The Battle with the Dark Diamond!

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The Senshi did meet in Uranus and set off for the Galaxy Cauldron. Galaxia had the key to opening the barrier, so she had to let go of Chibi Chibi's hand for a while. But her transformation didn't fade away. Instead, it kept there.

"Why..." she said. She felt a light around her, and a familiar face smiled to her in a ghost-like form. Sailor Galaxia gasped as she recognized the figure. The figure was only hers to see, hers to communicate, hers to keep. Galaxia used her power to conjure the Galaxy Key, the key to any galaxy which is desired to go, even the Galaxy Cauldron.

"LISTEN TO MY PLEA! GALAXY KEY! TAKE US TO THE GALAXY CAULDRON!" she summoned. Sailor Moon and her Senshi were enveloped in a warm light and they were slowly fading away. But they noticed that Galaxia didn't fade with them. Fighter held out her hand to Galaxia and put on a worried face.

"Why aren't you coming with us?!" she shouted. Galaxia put on a smile.

"The user of the Galaxy key can't be teleported with the others whom the person wishes to teleport. So I'll be staying here, waiting for your return." Kakyuu transformed into Sailor Kakyuu and tried to protest, but the kind smile said it all. She was confident in them to get Hamano back. Chibi Chibi nudged Sailor Kakyuu to stop talking and concentrate on getting there. But Sailor Moon wondered where was Chibi Moon. She didn't see her ever since yesterday.

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In the Galaxy Cauldron, Hamano was facing problems with herself. She cursed and cursed, why did I ever have a good side? Then, she felt a sharp pain in her heart and she grasped herself from screaming of pain.

"You insist on going in and going out, don't you?" she said to herself.

"Don't fight with Sailor Moon! Please, if she comes, you must not fight her and her company!"

"SHUT UP! Do you realize...how much I care about you..." and Hamano sobbed to herself. The figure of Princess Seraphine appeared vaguely and seemed to be embracing her. Light with dark, and the light is helping the darkness.

"I do know, Dia. But you must not do this. I was born with two sides. Yes, it was true that mom gave birth to me with an evil father, but that doesn't mean that I have to be evil too."

Dia seemed to understand. Her destiny was to follow Chaos, but she can always change that. All of a sudden, the spirit of Chaos possessed her once again, causing Seraphine to scream in pain. She disappeared and there were only a pair of evil eyes coming from the vessel of Chaos.

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"Hamano-chan!" Sailor Moon shouted. The calls echoed in the palace of the Galaxy Cauldron, and Hamano appeared, as in her Senshi form. But this Senshi form was far more chaotic. She wore a completely different outfit and her eyes showed cruelty to those who ever approached her. The Senshi flinched a little but they stood firm.

"Are you really Hamano-chan?" Uranus spat. Sailor Black Diamond just smirked and said in a cold tone.

"Maybe, maybe not." The Animamates decided to use their plan. Nezu and Nyanko advanced to her attacking with "Animamates Lead Duo!" , but Diamond just blocked it. They kept punching, kept kicking, but to no avail. She was just too strong for them. The Starlights and Animamates attacked unitedly, but Sailor Black Diamond destroyed their attacks with one blow.

"She's too strong, chuu!" Sailor Iron Mouse exclaimed.

"We can't do anything now! Our plans have backfired!" Sailor Lead Crow shouted.

"Finally giving up?" Diamond laughed. The Animamates weren't planning in doing so, in fact, they stalled her for quite a while. Then Nyanko attacked her from behind, but Diamond blocked it. Sailor Moon used her Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss, but it failed too. Sailor Black Diamond laughed and held a certain pink crystal.

"Do you recognize this, Sailor Moon?" she smirked. The Pink Moon Crystal shone brightly in Diamond's hands. Sailor Moon couldn't bring herself to ask who's crystal was that, but as she saw the moon symbol in it, she cried for her daughter's loss.

"Chibi Moon...." she cried. "CHIBI MOON!"

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Agonize in this chapter! Part 2 will come shortly!