The Battle Plan
"How come we don't remember?" Mina asked.
"Because he wasn't on the Moon when the Moon Kingdom fell. I don't know about all of you, but that's the only day I remember." Serena stated.
"But wouldn't Darien remember him?" Lita asked.
"Not if the only day I remember is the last day. And that's all I remember. I don't remember my mother, father, or anything about the Earth."
"Luna, when will we remember everything else?" Serena asked.
"I don't know."
"I wish we could all remember." She sighed.
Suddenly, a bright light engulfed everyone as they entered their own flashbacks.
…
Serena slowly opened her eyes as she heard a loud beeping. What the? Since when is Dare's bed so hard? She then took in her surroundings. Darien's arm was securely around her waist, but they were on the ground. She then noted they weren't in Darien's bedroom, but in Raye's temple. Then everything that happened the previous day came flooding back. The loud beeping interrupted her thoughts. She slowly untangled her body from Darien's and went to the source: Amy's laptop. She opened it. There was a map and the words 'location found' at the top. She walked over to Amy and shook her. "Amy, wake up."
"What is it Serena?" She groaned.
"You're laptop is beeping. It says 'location found.'"
She shot up immediately, took it from Serena, and looked at it. "Everyone, wake up. We found the location of Beryl's base." She called.
Everyone slowly sat up and rubbed their eyes.
"Why'd you wake us up?" Darien asked.
"You're starting to sound like Serena." Raye said sarcastically.
"I resent that! I'm the only one who woke up to Amy's laptop. So there."
"You sound like a four year old."
Everyone stood and Darien thought a minute. "HEY! Wait a minute!" And slapped Andrew.
"What was that for?" He asked nursing his aching cheek.
"You tried to steal my Serenity." He said wrapping his arms around her protectively.
She sighed. "I had to end this once already, are you two really going to make me do it again?"
Both looked down. "No."
"Good." She turned around in Darien's hold. "Do you even remember why he did that?"
Darien thought a moment. "No."
"It was because he was trying to get me uninterested in Prince I-have-a-stone-wall-around-my-heart. He swore you'd never let me in."
"Well look how wrong he was." He said gently pecking her lips.
"Excuse us love birds, but we want to go defeat Beryl, and we need Serena for that."
"Alright, alright. Keep your pants on."
"I think that's something we should be telling you." Mina snickered.
"Remind me to pummel her later."
"Will do Dare."
"So we'll go in as scouts, defeat any youmas they throw at us, and head to Beryl."
"They don't have very many youmas." Serena stated."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well think about it. Beryl sends her generals to do her dirty work and the generals send the youmas to do theirs." Everyone started at her in confusion. "Beryl probably ordered Zoicite to come get the crystal from me, but he hasn't come."
"You're right. That does make sense." Amy said.
"So we should go now." Mina suggested.
"Yes we should."
"Everyone transform!" Lita shouted.
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
Darien pulled out his transformation rose and became Tuxedo Mask.
"Hmmmmmmm." Serena closed her eyes and used the crystal. She shimmered silver and a sailor uniform appeared. It was the same as the other scouts' only completely silver. "Now for you." She used the crystal on Andrew and his clothes shimmered. When it stopped, his clothes were much like Tuxedo Mask's only in white and an orange liner on his cape.
"Lookin nice." Venus said.
"Stop flirting and let's go." Mars said.
"Mercury, how do we get there?" Jupiter asked.
"Teleport."
Everyone clasped hands, forming a circle around Serena and Darien as Darien held Serena close.
"Solar Teleport!" They all shouted.
They all shimmered their respective colors before vanishing.
0.o
"Where are we?" Jupiter asked as she stepped away from the circle.
"This is the room I was kept in. Beryl's throne room is near by."
"Where were the youmas?"
"That room. But there weren't many."
"Serena and Andrew, you two stay here. We'll get rid of the youma."
"We can help."
"We can?" Andrew asked.
"Yes. You have powers too. You have a weapon much like Darien's. You have sunflowers (original huh? Lol) and Heat Wave. Your Heat Wave attack stuns the opponents."
"There, you're more useful then me."
"Not really. You have your Atomic Wind. Remember?"
"No."
"It's a strong wind with dust, dirt, and whatnot. It distracts the opponents. And I have my own attacks."
"Well then we'll all go out."
"Darien and Andrew, you two go out and use your attacks. Mercury follow and use you bubbles. That will give us an advantage. The rest of us will head out after and destroy the remaining youmas. Then we'll deal with Beryl."
"Good plan Serena."
Darien, Amy, and Andrew braced themselves at the door. They slowly opened it and peeked around it. When they saw the hallway clear, they quickly headed to where Serena pointed. They suddenly heard Beryl's voice.
"What's taking so long Zoicite?"
"I'm trying to rebuild our forces your highness."
"I want that crystal and moon brat back here NOW!"
"But your highness-" He stopped when the room became foggy.
"What the hell? Zoicite, summon the youmas."
"Right away." He said before disappearing.
"Who's there!?" Beryl inquired.
She was greeted with silence.
Zoicite finally reappeared with seven youmas.
"This is it?"
"Yes. I haven't had time to rebuild them all."
"Heat Wave!"
"Atomic Wind!"
The room became a sandstorm and tornado combined. Zoicite fell to his knees while Beryl shielded her eyes and the youmas fell.
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!!"
Darien and Andrew sent out their roses and sunflowers towards the youmas.
The attacks all combined to cause a ball of attacks with daggers heading straight for Zoicite and the youmas.
The group recovered just as they were about to be hit with the attack. They all began to disperse until Serena shouted, "Crescent Moon Shield!"
A shield immediately surrounded the youmas, Zoicite, and attack.
Everything exploded inside the shield and all the scouts took cover, Darien shielding Serena with his body and cape.
The shield faded and smoke poured out.
After it settled, Serena and her fellow scouts stood in front of beryl.
"It's you return now Beryl." Serena spat.
"Now, now, now dear Princess," she began lifting her orb, "don't speak too soon." A dark purple shield surrounded Serena and Beryl.
"SERENA!" Everyone shouted.
Darien ran to the shield, but as he neared, it sent out a lightening bolt and shocked him back.
"DARIEN!"
After they helped him up, they looked to the shield. They couldn't see anything because of the dark color.
"Sere." Darien breathed.
.0.o
"Are you ready to meet your match?" Serena asked holding out the crystal. With a flash, her sailor fuku was replaced with her Princess dress.
"You…defeat me? I think you're loosing your mind." Beryl laughed. "You will never defeat me."
"Never say never. You will be proven wrong. I am stronger than you think. I have the power of love and friendship behind me. What do you have? You have evil and hatred. They will get you nowhere."
"Your mother couldn't defeat me, what makes you think you can?"
"Our power has amplified over the years. We are stronger than you give us credit for."
"We'll see about that."
Without warning, Beryl released a dark beam heading for Serena.
"Moon Prism Power!" She shouted as she held her crystal in front of her. A silver beam shot out of the crystal and combined with the dark beam from Beryl.
They struggled for several moments. The silver beam would over power the dark one, so Beryl would pour more energy into it so it'd over power Serena's. In return Serena would pour more of her energy into the crystal, evening out the beams.
Serena felt herself loosing the battle. Her strength was quickly disappearing as she poured it into the crystal. She began to feel weak as Beryl's beam approached slowly.
0.o
Darien gasped as he fell to his knees. His special bond with Serena was reacting to her battle.
"What's wrong?" Andrew asked quickly.
"I-it's Serena. S-she's loosing power."
"We need to help her."
"How? We can't get in there!" Lita complained.
"Can our power go through the shield?"
Mercury had been scanning the shield with her computer. "No. The power won't make it through there."
"Then what can we do?" Andrew sighed.
They all thought, Darien panting as he felt Serena loose more energy. Then a thought struck him. "What if we transfer energy through my bond?"
Everyone looked to Mercury. "Could that work?"
"It's possible."
"We've got nothing to loose."
"Everyone focus your energy on Darien. Darien, you absorb the energy and push it to your link. It should automatically go to Serena."
"Let's do it."
The scouts and Andrew made a semi-circle around Darien. They closed their eyes and concentrated solely on Darien. Each glowed their planetary color – Andrew glowing a golden-yellow. The color rose from each and met above Darien's head before plummeting into his body. He began to glow a soft golden color as the energy transferred through the bond.
0.o
Serena felt her world grow darker as Beryl's beam became closer.
"Thought you said you could beat me dear Princess."
"I will defeat you." She said feeling a new power enter her. She closed her eyes and welcomed the power. My friends, my love. I welcome your powers with open arms. Help me defeat this evil and let this planet live peacefully. Her eyes shot open as the beam was just feet from her. "MOON COSMIC POWER!" She cried out. A golden ball surrounded her crystal and it grew, then a beam shot out of it, crashing into the dark one. The beams collision caused a huge explosion, blasting Beryl and Serena back into the shield which was crumbling to pieces from the force of the explosion.
A/N:Okay, so I'm really sorry for not updating. I've been stressed with picking classes for my Senior year next year. Plus finals were last week, and one of my best friends graduating, graduation parties...all sorts of stuff. I don't really have an excuse for not doing this sooner. I've been out since Tuesday the 10th, and I haven't written until five days later...I've just been exhausted...and I'm writing at 1 in the morning...wonder why I'm exhausted, lol. Well hope you guys haven't lost interest in the story! Again, I'm sorry. Plus, I don't like writing the battle scenes as much. This chapter has been half written for a while. I stopped writing right when they got to Beryl's place. It was there for a month or so. Had writers block and didn't know what to write. lol. I'll try to get the chapters out sooner and focus on Serena's pregnancy more now...maybe I'll even write tomorrow...I'd write more now, but I'm about to fall asleep typing this, lol.
Thanks for reading, and sorry again. Plz review! I don't even care if you want to yell at me for my long time between updating.
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