Well, here it is. The last chapter of Charmed Senshi. Yes, it took long enough but it's here. After this chapter is the epilogue and then it's done.
I made this chapter longer since you had to wait a year for it. I've just been focusing on other things but I finally got motivated and…here it is.
I don't own Sailor Moon or Charmed.
ENJOY!!
They arrived in two groups. Leo orbed one half and Paige orbed the other half. And the sight that greeted them was enough to make them all gasp. The park was in ruins. Trees were burning, a nearby playground was just a pile of ash, grass no longer existed, and there were a few burning bodies of bystanders that didn't get out of the way fast enough.
"Oh God," Piper muttered with a hand over her mouth.
It took a huge fireball landing at their feet to get the sisters and the senshi moving.
"Okay," Sailor Moon said with her voice full of authority. "Remember the plan. And if you need healing, call Leo."
"And be careful," Piper added before Paige grabbed Venus' arm and orbed the two out. Phoebe and Mars sprinted over to the other side of the park and the outers, Piper, Mercury, Sailor Moon, and Tuxedo Mask spread out.
"Call me when you need me," Leo said to Piper before he, too, orbed out; but keeping close so he could watch over the battle.
Paige and Sailor Venus orbed in behind a tree. Watching the demons and youma destroy anything in sight, Paige took a deep breath.
"Okay," she said as she looked back at the blonde beside her. "You remember the plan, right?"
Venus nodded, her blue eyes (so much like the Princess') never leaving the destruction going on before her. "Hai," she said. "Let's go."
That said, Paige grabbed the blonde's arm again and orbed them into the middle of the group, not giving the demons and youma a chance before they started attacking.
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
The flaming arrow pierced the demon's heart, causing him to scream in pain as he was engulfed in flames.
But Mars didn't see any of that. She had already sent two more arrows out to another demon and a youma.
Phoebe was behind her, throwing potions and kicking anything that came too close to her. Every once in a while she would levitate and throw a potion a short distance away, killing demons and youma further away.
But somehow, an energy ball made it's way past Phoebe and hit Mars in the back, causing the black-haired senshi to gasp and fall to the ground, her flame arrow disappearing.
Phoebe heard the gasp and after throwing one more bottle of potion she looked up to the sky. "LEO!"
"You ready for this, Ami-chan?"
The blue haired senshi nodded. "Hai, Piper-chan."
And from inside Mercury's Invisible Shield, Piper blew up the nearest demon, causing the other demons and youma surrounding it to look around in confusion.
"Keep the shield up, Mercury." Piper said as she blew up a youma. "Let's keep our cover as long as we possibly can."
Sailor Moon grunted as she used her crystal at low power to kill a youma coming towards her and Tuxedo Mask.
"There are so many of them!" She said as she blasted another youma.
"Just stay close, love," Tuxedo Mask said as he held off a demon with his cane.
Pluto twirled her staff and nodded, even though the only thing who saw her nod was the demon that was about to die from her "Dead Scream."
"We must stay together. And tell us if you get hurt."
Sailor Moon nodded but then winced as a youma's claw scratched her stomach. "Um, I'm hurt," she muttered as she gripped her bleeding stomach.
"LEO!" Tuxedo Mask yelled.
"Take some of them out, Jupiter," Uranus said.
Jupiter nodded and closed her eyes, summoning her new power. "Jupiter," she brought her hands in front of her, like she was praying, "Electric Storm!" Then she spread her arms wide, making lighting surround her then spread out around her, hitting any demon or youma in the near vicinity.
Youma and demons screamed in agony, some of them reduced to a pile of ash and others just in pain. And those that were in pain were soon dead by Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn killing them off.
"They are killing our forces, my liege."
The Source growled and clenched his fist. "Send out the darklighters. And tell Mortaguy that it's time to find his favorite witch."
"Darklighters?" Chaos asked from his perch on a small throne like chair beside the Source.
"They can kill whitelighters and we happen to have two fighting against us. If we take them out then the others won't be a problem."
Piper didn't notice the demon shimmer in at her side. Her eyes were focused in front of her, her hands working constantly to blow up demons and youma. But one voice brought her back to herself and her eyes widened.
"Hello, witch."
She closed her eyes, her mind going back to the torture she endured just days before. The hitting, the laughing, and the fear.
"No," she whispered, backing up and unwittingly stepping out of the shield.
"Piper-chan?" Ami said, her eyes full of worry as she stopped the attack she was about to throw.
A whimper escaped Piper's throat as she opened her eyes and saw Mortaguy, the demon that had kidnapped her and tortured her, before her, sneering. "Oh, God, no."
"What's the matter, witch?" Mortaguy asked with a smirk. "Lose your courage?"
Piper shook her head and closed her eyes, trying to focus on the love of her family and friends, on the memory of Prue, and the feeling of saving an innocent.
When her brown eyes reopened there wasn't a single thread of fear lurking in their depths; only determination and anger.
"My courage? No, I haven't lost that," she said making Mortaguy step back in shock. "I just lost my temper." She stepped up to the demon, her eyes flashing. "I'm not weak," she said to him. "I'm a good witch, sister, wife, and friend. And you are not going to tell me differently."
Mortaguy watched in horror she brought her hands up. He knew deep inside that he was about to die. And he didn't want to.
But he couldn't help but get one more thing out. "You can't kill me, witch. You're not strong enough."
"That's where you're wrong, demon. I'm stronger than you will ever be. And it's because I'm surrounded by love."
The last thing Mortaguy saw was Piper's face and Sailor Mercury's proud smile behind her. And then all he knew was pain; intense pain all over his body.
"Our forces are dwindling, my liege."
"And Mortaguy?"
"Dead."
"What about the darklighters?"
Venus saw the man right as he appeared and she knew he was trouble. It may have been the smirk on his face or maybe the deadly looking crossbow in his hands but she just didn't like the look of him.
"Paige?" she said as she threw another attack.
"What?" the witch asked without pausing in her orbing objects to her.
"I think we're in trouble."
"Well, we are surrounded by demons and youma but why do you think that?"
Before Venus could say, the man shot the arrow and it flew through the air, heading right at Paige.
"Paige!!!" Venus shouted, knowing that the arrow wasn't just an ordinary arrow when the man disappeared in what looked like black orbs.
But it was too late. The arrow had embedded itself into Paige's leg, making her fall to the ground with a grunt of pain.
"Leo!!!!!" Venus shouted as she ran over to the witch.
The whitelighter appeared beside the blonde senshi and Paige with a concerned expression on his face that quickly turned to shock when he saw the arrow protruding out of Paige's leg. He didn't waste any time. He grabbed the two young women and orbed out, barely missing getting hit by an arrow from behind.
Piper paused in her blowing up of demons and youma when she saw black orbs leaving the battlefield. "Shit," she muttered to herself. "They've got darklighters."
Leo, Venus, and Paige appeared back at the shrine.
"What are we doing here, Leo?" Venus asked when she got her bearings.
Leo knelt beside his sister-in-law and studied the wound in her leg. "Paige was shot by a darklighter's arrow. It's tipped with poison to kill whitelighters."
"What?"
Leo nodded and quickly snapped the head off the arrow. Paige had long since passed out and Leo was thankful for that small detail. He knew what it felt like to have an arrow pulled out of your body.
"Can you heal her?" Venus asked with concern covering her face.
Leo nodded, his mouth set in a grim line. "Hai, just give me a moment. And then we'll go back out there."
But the blonde senshi and the whitelighter both knew that the Dark Side now had a small upper hand.
It seemed like only an hour had passed. But from the fatigue she was feeling, Piper knew it had been longer. After blasting away a very weak and struggling demon she looked up at the sky and held back a gasp of surprise. The sun had set long ago and the moon was at it's highest, bathing the park in a soft, blue glow.
'Thank goodness it's a full moon,' she thought as she blew up a youma.
And when she looked back to find another evil being to blow up, she blinked in surprise. There was nothing left. There was no demon or youma coming at her, no fireball or energy ball to dodge, no randomly thrown knives or crossbows to duck. There was nothing.
"Ami-chan?" Piper muttered.
"There's nothing left," the blue haired senshi said in shock. She turned to look at the witch at her back. "Did we win? Is it over?"
Piper glanced at Mercury then looked back at the battlefield. "I-I think we did." Her eyes scanned the moonlit park for her sisters and friends. And then she noticed a nagging little pain in her right leg. Looking down, she gasped at the blood that was seeping through her jeans.
"When did I get this?" she asked herself but just loud enough for Mercury to hear.
The senshi knelt down beside Piper and gently rolled up her pant's leg. "It looks like some sort of knife grazed your leg," she said. "It isn't deep, so you probably didn't notice it."
Piper felt a smirk cross her face. "Just like you didn't notice that small burn on your shoulder?"
Mercury looked over at her left shoulder and smiled when she saw the small burn, made by an energy ball, covering the top. Giving a one shouldered shrug she looked back up at Piper. "Seemed too small to get Leo to heal. And besides," she said as she stood up. "I could still fight with it. It wasn't life threatening."
"Piper! Sailor Mercury!"
Phoebe's voice was coming towards them and she sounded excited.
Piper and Mercury looked over at her, noticing Mars right behind her, both of them with huge grins on their faces.
"We did it!" Phoebe shouted as she got to them. "We actually did it!"
"I dunno," Piper muttered as she looked around them. "It seems too easy."
Mercury raised an eyebrow. "Easy?"
Piper nodded and looked back at the other three. "I didn't see the Source at all. Did you see Chaos?"
Mars and Mercury both thought for a moment and then shook their heads. "Iie, not even a glimpse," Mars said softly. She looked around as well. "So, what now? And where are the others?"
Piper shrugged and felt her heart start to beat faster. "I saw dark orbs at one point. So, there was at least one darklighter in the middle of all this. I hope Leo and Paige are okay."
"Darklighter?" Rei asked softly. "Scary looking guy with a crossbow?"
Piper and Phoebe nodded.
"I shot him with my flame arrow. Killed him instantly."
Piper felt relief flow off her in waves until panic gripped her once more. "But what if there were more of them?"
"Minna!"
The four turned to see the outers, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Moon, and Tuxedo Kamen running towards them, huge grins on their faces.
Sailor Moon launched herself at Mars and gave her a huge hug. "We did it, Rei-chan! It's over!"
"Foolish humans!!" A deep sinister voice said from behind them.
They all turned as one and gasped. Standing there was the Source of all Evil and Chaos, and they both looked pissed (or as pissed as a blob of evil and a hooded demon can look).
"You actually thought that you would be able to beat us?" The Source asked with an evil chuckle. "We are evil incarnate! What made you actually think such idiotic thoughts?"
Piper sneered at the two and put her hands on her hips. "I guess since we've kicked your asses before we sort of thought we could do it again."
The Source growled and formed an energy ball in his hands. However, right as he threw it, a large green leaf flew towards him and exploded, sending him flying back a few feet.
Everyone turned to look at Jupiter, who shrugged and said with a smirk, "He was pissing me off."
And that seemed to open the floor. Each senshi and the two witches threw whatever they had at Chaos and the Source, filling the park with lights, shouts, and explosions. When everything finally died down, the Source and Chaos were on the ground, both very weak and in shock. And both were very close to death.
"Shit," the Source said, "How in the name of all that is evil did this happen?" He winced as he tried to sit up.
Chaos gave a groan of pain before answering. "We had 8 senshi, the Moon Princess, the Earth Prince, three of the most powerful witches in the world, and a whitelighter against us. You do the math, baka!"
The Source slowly turned his head to look at Chaos. "What did you call me?"
White and blue orbs interrupted their humorous conversation as Leo, Paige, and Venus appeared between the two groups.
"Hey," Venus said. "What'd we miss?"
Piper gaped at the three. "Where were you guys?"
Paige shrugged. "I got hit by a darklighter. Leo orbed us out to heal me. Why? What's going on?"
"Well, once someone kills these two," Piper said motioning towards the downed leaders of evil, "We've won!"
"Nani!!!???" Venus asked in shock.
"We won." Mars stated with a grin.
"Demo…" Paige muttered in shock.
Sailor Moon suddenly stepped up from the group and sighed. "Listen, as wonderful as this is, I think we need to hold off the celebration until these two are dead."
The rest of the group nodded and slowly stepped back, leaving Sailor Moon and Phoebe in front of the two evil entities.
And at the edge of the park, pedestrians could hear two loud screams of pain as a cloud of smoke and a bright pink light filled the sky. And no one, save the senshi and the Charmed ones, knew what occurred that night; how lives were changed forever.
"So, who is going to tell them?"
"It depends."
"On what?"
"Who's the oldest?"
"How does it depend on that?"
A snicker. "Whoever tells them is going to be very popular for a long time."
A smirk. "Not if we change the past. Then they won't remember."
Silence.
"Well, great. Fine, paper rock scissors."
"So, you guys are leaving?"
Piper nodded and looked over at her sisters and husband. "We need to get back to the States. Even if the Source is dead, there are going to be rogue demons popping up for a few weeks until someone else takes on the Source's power."
Minako gasped. "You mean he's not fully dead?"
Paige nodded. "Hai, the power just leaves him and enters someone else; some other demon will show up soon claiming to be the Source. It's kinda tiring actually."
"I bet," Rei muttered.
The group of senshi and witches (plus one full whitelighter) was standing at the top of the stairs to the jinja , getting ready for the Charmed Ones departure from Japan. It had been two days since the battle and everyone was ready for a chance to relax.
Usagi smiled at the witches from her place at Mamoru's side. "Are you orbing home?" she asked.
Piper nodded. "Hai, no more flying in a plane since we've got 'Leo Air' right here. It's free, fast, and reliable."
The group burst out into giggles but slowly quieted down. "We'll miss you," Usagi said softly.
Phoebe pulled the odangoed blonde into her arms. "You guys will have to come visit us. I mean, it's just a teleport away for you!"
"And you must come back here!" Makoto stated. "After all, it's just an orb away for you!"
"Hai," Piper said softly before she pulled Usagi into a hug. "So, it's not good-bye. It's just 'see you later', ne?"
"Hai," Usagi whispered.
However, before the Charmed Ones and Leo could orb out, another sparkle of blue and white lights shone. And when they cleared, two Elders stood before the group with Sailor Pluto right behind them.
"Good afternoon, Halliwells, senshi, Leo, Mamoru," the youngest looking Elder said with a bow. "We've come bearing good news."
The other Elder rolled his eyes. "Brian, must you be so theatrical?"
Brian just grinned and winked at Minako, who in turn giggled and winked right back.
The other Elder sighed and shook his head. "My name is Virgil and even though my partner is theatrical, he is right. We do come with good news."
The group just stared at the two before Pluto just rolled her eyes. "Virgil, Brian, tell them already!" She said firmly.
Brian jumped and with a sheepish grin, nodded. "Hai, hai. Gomen!" He cleared his throat. "There are two things, actually. The first is this…two new lives have begun." He looked at Piper and then at Usagi with a grin on his face. "These two lives shall change the world as we know it now."
Silence fell throughout the group as everyone tried to process what was just said. And the first to understand was Leo. His eyes rolled back in his head and he fell to the ground with a thud. Mamoru soon followed. And that's when the screaming started.
"Piper's pregnant!"
"Usagi's pregnant!"
"You're gonna have a baby!"
"Chibi-Usa's about to be born!!"
"I'm gonna be an aunt!"
"Leo?!"
"Mamo-chan?"
"Chibi-Usa is in there now! Hello, Chibi-Usa, this is your Aunt Minako! Hello!!"
"Stop screaming at the baby, Mina-chan."
"Your baby will be so cute, Piper!"
"Wait, he said two things!"
Brian and Virgil smiled as everyone's attention was brought back to them by Ami.
"Hai," Virgil said after everyone quieted down. Piper and Usagi were at their husbands' side but were watching him with rapt attention. "All of you have done so much for this world. And we, the Elders along with other Powers That Be," he looked over at Sailor Pluto, who smiled at him. "Have decided that there will be some changes. First, Crystal Tokyo will not come into being for years now, giving the senshi some time to rest. I know you thought it would come to pass soon after Chibi-Usa is born but we know how much you have wanted a normal life. So, do not worry. You shall receive that normal life you so desperately wanted."
Every one of the senshi felt tears of joy well up in their eyes.
"You mean," Rei whispered. "No more youma or Chaos?"
"Correct," Brian said with a nod. "You have defeated Chaos for the last time and you have deserved this break. However, you will not age. So, in 15 or 20 years, Crystal Tokyo must be formed. Until that time, though, you are free to live as you wish."
Tears were now rolling down each of the senshi's faces and huge grins spread from cheek to cheek.
Virgil then turned to the Charmed Ones. "And as for you," he said with a small bow. "You have fought evil in America for years now, losing more and not seeming to gain a thing."
"Well," Phoebe said. "We did find Paige."
"Hai, that's true," Virgil continued. "But we have decided to change something in the past. It won't change the future too much (things will come to pass as they have before) but we believe that everything will be much easier for all four of you."
The girls didn't know what to think about that until Paige's eyes widened.
"Wait," she said. "Four?"
A bright flash of light covered everyone and the last thing Paige saw was Brian's smiling face.
To be continued….
