Crystal Senshi: The Legend Continues

Savagekitty

Chapter Six

"I'm coming too!" Serenity said as the Planetary senshi walked down the hallway towards the exit. They were dressed for battle, in fuku that Emerald had only seen in history class, but you didn't need good outfits to kick ass. Mars turned and put a hand to Serenity's shoulder, "Usagi," Emerald had never heard that name before, but she didn't say anything as Mars spoke to Serenity, "Your daughter will be safe, I promise you that. You need to stay here."

Serenity covered her eyes and started to sob. Mercury wrapped her arms around her. Neptune gave Emerald a little push, as if say, go on, we'll be right there.

Emerald went out to the others, they were milling around. Topaz and Tigress had been removed to the infirmary. Emerald had to stop and calm herself. She would have Topaz by her side for this fight. Her shadow, her best friend. She grit her teeth and a tree fell beside her, startling the others. Emerald giggled nervously, "Yah, sorry…"

Aquarius blinked at her and came over, speaking quietly, "Who's coming, Anniee? We could do this."

"Sailor Teleport? No we can't, Jo. Not unless we want a severe depletion to our power reserves. Guardian's power works differently then a Planetary senshi. We can go for hours, unless we have to use a huge reserve to our magical power. That's why most Guardian senshi use their physical weapons before their magical power."

Aquarius nodded and then looked up, "Holy…"

Sailor's Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune walked towards them, grim and ready for battle. Mars went to her daughter and talked quietly to her as Opal looked at Saturn, scowling. Saturn only shook her head as Jupiter came to Emerald, "We're ready. You lead off, Emerald."

Emerald's eyes widened. She was to lead some of the most seasoned senshi in the galaxy? Aquarius put a hand on Emerald's should, "She's ready."

Emerald looked up into Aquarius's eyes and smiled, "Thanks."

They formed the circle, grasping hands and pooling their power, more so the Planetary senshi then the Guardians. There was a lightness that flooded them and a wind that lifted them and then they each felt it. Sailor Teleport.

They appeared inside the darkened tent of a regular enough looking circus. Mercury popped her mini computer on, taking readings, as did Garnet, looking about with her eye.

"Lets have some light in here." Emerald said. Venus raised her fist and there was a flair of golden light. The circus tent was empty, but there were signs of recent activity. They spread out, to get a better look at things. Aquarius stayed by Emerald's side, to her relief. She was confident leading her own girls, but these legends? She would have to put that out of her mind. She and Aquarius followed the tent seams, to see if there was another way out. Aquarius started humming to herself and Emerald stopped, turning to look at her, "Are you humming… Elvis Presley?"

Aquarius stopped and blinked at her, a faint blush rising in her cheeks, "Um…yah… I hum when I'm excited."

Emerald shook her head, turning back to look at the canvas wall. She gasped and Aquarius gave a yell as the wall yawned out and grabbed Emerald. There seemed to be equal traps set for all the senshi. The ground sunk inward on Garnet and Mars. Red lightning shot up from where Garnet sunk. Huntress and Venus fought tightropes as they grabbed for them. Mercury and Jupiter screamed as the bleachers sucked them under in sticky ropes of cotton candy. Neptune and Uranus stood back to back, wrapped in thick ropes as Opal and Saturn tried to fight off empty clown costumes. Emerald struggled against the canvas as Aquarius tried to pull her free. She gave a great mental boom that knocked Aquarius to her feet, but it didn't work on the canvas. She was up to her chest when she reached out to Aquarius, her face frozen in fear. Aquarius, a large woman, grabbed her around the wrists, and pulled, hard. There was a tug and Emerald stopped for a second and then was pulled up, Aquarius coming with her.

Emerald looked around her surroundings, a little confused. Why was she here, of all places? It looked like the moon palace. There was construction of the new moon palace going on, yes, it never seemed to be finished, but this place wasn't like the one she had seen before… She walked slowly and cautiously around the corner of one building when she ran into Jo, who was out of uniform. He blinked at her and then grabbed her, pulling her into a bush as some guards came near. She slapped at him and finally he took his hand away from her mouth.

"What the fuck, Jo! Why are you out of uniform?"

"I don't know! When I woke up I was like this, and naked, might I add, I had to steal this uniform."

Emerald put a hand to her head, still working off a headache as Jo lookout out of their hiding place, "This looks like the Moon palace, what year, I can't make out."

"It wasn't the year we just left, I can tell you that. This is some sort of trap." Emerald pinched herself and winced and then thought, hello, if you have a headache, an arm pinch will hurt too, you idiot.

"What did you do that for?" Jo said, looking down at her.

"To see if this was a dream. I mean, Dream King, dream traps might be his bad guy cliché."

Jo blinked at her, "What?"

Emerald closed her eyes, "We've made a study of bad guys, through the war and past battles my mother and her comrades had. It's just a pattern we've noticed among bad guys."

Jo shook his head and stepped out of their hiding place, "You remember anything from history class about the moon kingdom?"

"Had to, my parents met there… here. Damn it." Emerald grimly stood and walked out with Jo. She studied the uniform. She made him go first and try and catch a glimpse of senshi, if she could see a uniform, she could tell what time period they were in, if one at all. They still didn't know what to make of this. Why were they on the moon? What did this new villain have in store for them?

Emerald peeked around the corner of a building and saw it. Her eyes widened and she pulled back, panting, "Oh no…nononononon….OH GODDESS NO!"

She watched as Serenity stood in the rose garden, with…her. Catherine. They talked together and as Serenity turned to pick a rose, Catherine brought out a dagger and stabbed her in the back. Serenity gasped and fell to the side. Catherine wiped her hands on Serenity's dress and fled.

Jo came up behind Emerald, "What happened, I heard you scream."

"Emerald… I mean Catherine… my mother just killed… Serenity… But why would she do that? She loved her! I Don't understand!"

Emerald turned to Jo, sobbing against his chest, "This is when my mother and my father met, in this time but she…she… why would she do that?"

"Because she never wished to be a senshi." A voice behind them said. Emerald turned, seeing her mother. Emerald backed up into Jo, who put a hand on her shoulder to calm her. Sailor Earth, in her fuku, stood before them, naked sword in hand, "Isn't that right, daughter? You've heard me talk of the burden of being a senshi and in your heart of hearts, you agreed. You even wished…ore then once…. Serenity never lived, maybe then the senshi wouldn't have been created?"

Sailor Earth took a step forward, Emerald seeing her eyes were vacant of any emotion.

"This is a trick, you aren't my mother. My mother is on Earth, in the hospital."

Earth snickered and flew at Emerald, her sword raised. Emerald brought her sword up, the clashing of metal on metal drew sparks.

"You could never beat me, Anniee. No matter how long you practiced. Remember? You stayed up for three days practicing the butterfly sweep and passed out. The Dream King allowed me to come back in time, and you too, to watch me stop Serenity. With her gone, I could go with Kunzite, and live like we wished to be in the first place. Together."

Emerald's eyes grew far away, no one knew that, except her mother. Her mother had found her in the practice courts and took her home. No one knew that. She knew her mother and father went passed through several lifetimes to be together. A love that couldn't die. But her mother wouldn't hurt Serenity for that love…never…

"No…."

"YES!" Earth said as she brought her sword down again, "He gave me a chance! He gave me a chance to go back and fix it all! I would never have to be senshi, Kunzite and I could live together in peace!"

"Kunzite?" Jo was confused, pressed to the wall as Earth hacked at Emerald. Emerald ignored him, defending herself against her mother.

"NO! This isn't you! You would never wish harm to Serenity!" Emerald cried.

"You don't know me, Anniee, you never did!"

"That isn't TRUE!" Emerald screamed as she came down hard, forcing her mother to her knees. Emerald grit her teeth, both women's eyes blazing white.

"I know my mother is kind, loving, and cares for those she watches over, including me! I aspired to be her when I became a senshi! I feared I wouldn't be good enough!" She stopped and smiled for a second, "But I am good enough because I'm not you! I Sailor Emerald the Second. I am the Blue Emerald!" She brought her sword down and in a swift flick, Earth's sword was gone.

"You aren't my mother." Emerald said, slowly drawing a line of blood down Earth's cheek. Earth screamed shrilly and her form wavered. A womanish looking man lay where Earth had, clutching his cheek, "You bitch! MY FACE! MY BEAUTIFUL FACE!"

Jo stood, looking over Emerald's shoulder, "Fisheye."

"Joseph! Hii…" Fisheye giggled, high and womanly. Emerald could see how each sibling set were like exact opposites of each other. Jo was large, manly, and protective. Fisheye was cowardly, womanish, and dainty. She switched cheek and pressed it to Fisheye, "You have some explaining to do. First off, where are we?"

"You're in a dream trap. The Dream King didn't want you alive, Jo, because of what you might do. This girl on the other hand, she's already so confused about her senshi-ness…. He figured she might be of some use. The other's are already trapped. He's gaining a pretty army, the King. You though, can die!" Fisheye spat at Jo.

"Sorry to disappoint you, Fisheye. How do we get out of here?" Jo growled.

"I'm not telling you." Fisheye said as he eyed the sword in Emerald's hand.

"I have to find Small Lady, before the Dream King hurts her to get to the Dream Door." Emerald pressed her blade to Fisheye's cheek, drawing blood, "Tell me, or this finds its way into your brain."

"Joseph, you wouldn't let her…?"

Jo looked unsympathetically at Fisheye, "You've done bad things, brother. She is the senshi of the solar system you're currently in. I have no jurisdiction."

Fisheye shook as he licked his lips, "Alright, I'll tell you! The way out is through the throne room, behind a curtain… let me go…please…?"

As he spoke, he inched his hand out from behind his back and brought out a small black ball. He threw it as Emerald stepped back in surprise. Emerald waited for it to hit her, but it didn't. She blinked, looking at Jo, who was trapped in a full length mirror. He looked frozen in time. She gasped and moved around the mirror to see Fisheye about to shatter it. He had raised a large rock over his head and Emerald lunged in, driving the rapier through his chest. She felt it hit bone and then skitter off going deeper. Fisheye gasped, dropping the rock behind his back. He stared at Emerald, eyes wide, "But he promised…" and then fell to the side. Emerald pulled her sword free and wiped the blood on Fisheye's clothing.

She turned back to the mirror, walking around it, looking at Jo. She frowned, touching the cold glass timidly and then leaned up, kissing him on his frozen lips. She stepped back, then, turning, she ran through the garden to the throne room. She had to find Small Lady.