Sparrowflyaway: Oh my gosh, we're so incredibly close to the end, people! I've been waiting for this for ever so long.
Sora: Why? Is it a happy ending?
Sparrowflyaway: I'm not telling. You'll just have to wait and see, Sora-chan. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter! ...Of course, I don't know that ANYONE could like this chapter, but I hope you find it... well, a good read.
Sora: does something bad happen in this chapter?
Sparrowflyaway: Again, I'm not telling, Sora. Wait and see.
Sora: Oh, alright. Can I do the disclaimer?
Sparrowflyaway: Sure, go ahead.
Sora: Sparrowflyaway does not own Sailor Moon or Nintendo.
Sparrowflyaway: I don't think Nintendo would be as good if I owned that, Sora. I'm good with the imagining thing, but not so good with the technological stuff.
Sora: You could create some awesome games, though!
Sparrowflyaway: Well, if someone else handled programming, then sure, I'd be able to make some games.
"Wow, it's freezing here! Why do we have to have such short skirts?" Orion asked, hugging herself and shivering.
"Well, it'd be kinda hard to fight youma in long skirts," Sailor Sun said, squinting through the snowstorm that they had landed in.
"Come on, guys, this is no time to be standing around. We need to get moving and defeat Beryl before we freeze," Mars said.
"There's a lot of negative energy coming from that direction," Mercury said, pressing buttons on her Computer. The group set off, with Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury leading the way, and Sailor Sun trailing behind. What if David has been captured by the Negaverse? she wondered. Is he alright? Are we going to be able to get there in time to save him? Orion noticed Sailor Sun's mood and slowed down to walk with her.
"You OK, Mel-chan?" Orion asked quietly.
"Yeah, I'm OK. I'm just worried about David," Sailor Sun said.
"You reckon he has been captured by the Negaverse?" Orion asked.
"I hope not, but that's what my instincts are telling me. I just hope I'm wrong," Sailor Sun sighed.
"So, they're finally here," Beryl murmured, watching the Senshi using her black crystal ball.
"May we go and greet them, Queen Beryl?" asked a figure that was hidden in shadows.
"Ah. Yes, you may go and greet the Senshi. And make sure that their reception is unforgettable," Beryl grinned. The figure who had spoken and four others beside her bowed and vanished. "Let's see how you handle some of my best minions, Princess," Beryl sneered into her crystal ball.
"I feel like I'm going to turn into a popsicle!" Sailor Sun moaned.
"Maybe Mars could create a flame and warm you up," Orion smiled. Just then, a cry of horror reached their ears, and they looked up in time to hear Sailor Moon wail,
"Oh no! Mamoru!" Sailor Sun and Sailor Orion exchanged glances, then ran to catch up with the rest of the group, both gasping when they saw what the others were staring at. There, suspended in midair by vines, was the bruised form of Tuxedo Mask.
"Mamoru, don't worry! I'll save you!" Sailor Moon said, running towards her love.
"Usagi-chan! NO!" Mars yelled, before she, Jupiter and Venus tackled her to the ground.
"Let go of me! I have to help him!" Sailor Moon cried, struggling under the weight and strength of her friends.
"Usagi, it's probably a trap! Can't you see that?" Mars yelled.
"I..." Sailor Moon trailed off.
"I'll run a scan of it," Mercury said, pressing one of her earrings and creating her Mercury Goggles over her eyes. She began pressing buttons on her Computer and checking the form before them, who moaned and opened his eyes.
"Sailor Moon... Help... me..." Tuxedo Mask moaned. Sailor Moon began struggling frantically, trying to get up.
"Let me go!" Sailor Moon cried.
"Don't be stupid, Sailor Moon!" Mars yelled.
"Shut up, Mars, and let me go! I have to help him! It's not right to leave him there! It's our job as Senshi to help those in need!" Sailor Moon wailed.
"Yes, but it's not a good idea to just charge right in! It could be a trap!" Mars said.
"It's not a trap, it's not, it's-"
"It's not him!" Sailor Mercury called as her scans finished. Tuxedo Mask grinned and began laughing.
"Clever girl, you saw through me. Too bad it won't help you," he said, rapidly changing into a youma that resembled a blue-skinned human girl. Cackling filled the air, and four similar youma emerged from the snow behind the first one. Jupiter, Mars and Venus helped Sailor Moon to her feet, before stepping between her and the youma.
"So, these are the famous Sailor Senshi. I must say, you're not as impressive as I expected," the first youma said.
"Who the heck are these guys?" Orion asked.
"We, little Senshi, are The DD Girls," the first one declared.
"And we are your worst nightmare," the pink-skinned DD Girl giggled.
"We serve Queen Beryl and are here to defeat you," the red-skinned DD Girl smiled.
"We will stop at nothing to ensure our Queen's happiness," the green-skinned DD Girl said.
"And we will ensure that she rules your world!" the purple-skinned DD Girl yelled.
"Not if we can help it! Supreme Thunder!" Jupiter yelled, sending a crackling arc of lightning at the DD Girls. The purple one caught the lightning with one hand and grinned at Jupiter, who stared at her in shock.
"Thanks! Now here's a present for you!" she shouted, throwing her hand up. At the same time, vines emerged from the ground and wrapped around Jupiter, who struggled fruitlessly beneath them.
"Don't worry, Mako-chan! We'll save you!" Sailor Moon shouted, taking off her tiara.
"Don't worry about me, just get moving!" Jupiter yelled as the purple youma hurled a cloud of ice crystals at her prisoner. The DD Girls laughed as the ice crystals surrounded Jupiter, but their laugher was interrupted by a shout of "Supreme Thunder!" and a huge bolt of lightning, ten times larger than the first one, shooting out of the cloud of crystals and connecting with the purple DD Girl, destroying her instantly. As the remaining four DD Girls screamed in anger for their falled comrade, the cloud of ice crystals vanished to reveal that Jupiter had been frozen in a large block of ice.
"Mako-chan!!!" Sailor Moon wailed, sinking to her knees in the snow, her eyes filling with tears.
"I'll get her out. Mars Fire Ignite!" Mars yelled, shooting a fireball at the ice block. The Senshi gasped as the fire bounced off the ice without leaving a mark.
"Nice try, but you'll need to do better than that!" the blue one cackled, before the four remaining DD Girls sank back into the ground.
"Are they gone?" Orion asked, staring at Jupiter's frozen face, which was contorted into a look of anger and pain.
"I doubt it. There's still six of us here, and they'll want revenge for that one Mako-chan destroyed," Sailor Sun said, glancing around.
"Guys, you go on ahead. They won't be able to fool me, and I'll be able to slow them down," Mercury said.
"No! It's not worth it, Ami-chan! You'll end up just like Mako-chan! I don't want to lose any more of you! They... They can just have the Crystal if they really want it that badly. It's not worth as much as you guys..." Sailor Moon said quietly, tears forming in her eyes once again.
"Usagi-chan, if you just give them the Crystal, then they'll destroy us all without a second thought! Would you rather hand them the rule of Earth or make them fight for it?" Mars asked, putting her hands on her hips. Sailor Moon sniffed and looked up at Mars, who was staring at her with courage and determination. Swallowing hard, Sailor Moon got to her feet.
"You're right, Rei-chan. We can't just give up. Ami-chan, as much as I hate this, you stay behind and slow them down. The rest of us will try to get to the Negaverse," Sailor Moon said.
"Don't worry, it's all for the best," Mercury said, winking and pushing the others in the direction of the entrance to the Negaverse. When the other Senshi got a few paces away from Mercury, there was a scream from behind them, and they whirled around in time to see Mercury flying backwards into the clutches of more vines. The pink DD Girl stepped forward and giggled as she examined Mercury
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Mercury yelled, sending a spray of bubbles at the youma before her, who swept the bubbles away with one hand as though they were ordinary bubbles.
"That's a cute trick, little Senshi. Now tell me where your friends went before I make you not so cute," the pink one said.
"I'm not telling you anything, you witch!" Mercury spat.
"So be it," the pink one said, stepping back and throwing another cloud of ice crystals at Mercury. The other Senshi turned away in horror, knowing what was going to happen to her.
"Come on, we'd better hurry," Orion said, tears trickling down her cheeks and freezing there.
"Yeah, you're right," Sailor Moon said, casting one final sad glance back at Mercury.
"Look out!" Venus yelled, noticing a glowing patch of ground beneath Sailor Moon's feet and showing her off it. As Sailor Moon fell hard onto the snow, vines shot out of the ground where she had been standing and grabbed Venus.
"Minako-chan!" Sailor Moon wailed, grabbing at the vines and attempting to free her friend.
"Quick, get her outta here, guys!" Venus yelled to Mars, Sun and Orion while struggling against the vines.
"Come on, Usagi-chan, we have to go!" Mars said, grabbing Sailor Moon's arm and dragging her away, with Sora doing the same for Melina.
"Well well, you're not the Senshi I was expecting. You're cute, though," the pink youma said, smiling.
"Betcha don't think this is cute! Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Venus yelled, pointing the finger of her free hand at the pink youma. The Crescent Beam flew through the air and vapourised its target, causing the remaining three DD Girls to yell in anger.
"You little pain, you'll pay for that!" yelled the red one.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Venus yelled back, destroying that DD Girl as well.
"Time to rethink our plan for this one, sister," the blue DD Girl said.
"OK, let's see if she can handle the cold!" said the green one, hurling yet another cloud of ice crystals at Venus.
"Minako-chan..." Sailor Moon said faintly as Mars dragged her away. Suddenly, Mars stopped and let go of Sailor Moon's wrist.
"Melina, Sora, take care of Usagi. I'm going to finish those freaks off," Mars said angrily.
"OK, but be careful," Sora said, taking hold of Sailor Moon's wrist with her free hand and slowly dragging both her and Sailor Sun away. Mars turned away from her friends and glared at the DD Girls, who seemed to sense her gaze and turned away from the newly-formed ice block to face her.
"Mars Fire Ignite!" Mars yelled, shooting an enormous fireball at the two youma. The blue one managed to dodge the flames, but the green one received the full force of the blast and disintegrated.
"Oooh, you're so going to pay for that, you brat!" the blue DD Girl roared. Mars replied by sending another fireball at her. "Oh no, you don't!" the DD Girl yelled, creating a huge cloud of ice crystals and using it to block Mars' fire. Slowly but surely, the fire got closer to the DD girl, who roared with anger when she noticed. "You will not defeat me!" she screamed, forcing the ice crystal cloud forward until it completely engulfed Mars, extinguishing her fire.
"Rei-chan!" Sailor Sun gasped, watching the scene unfold, her breath getting shallow again.
"Looks like it's up to us two now, Mel-chan. Are you ready?" Orion asked, letting go of both girls and staring up at Sailor Sun determinedly.
"You bet. She's going to pay for what she and those other freaks did to our friends. Let's get her!" Sailor Sun said.
"Guys, no, please don't-"
"Usagi-chan, you have to go on without us. You're the only way that Tuxedo Mask is going to get back to normal. We can't help him, only you can," Sailor Sun said.
"And besides, we'll toast this creep and then catch up to you," Orion grinned. Sailor Moon nodded and turned away.
"Good luck, guys," she said, before continuing her trek through the snow. Orion grabbed Sailor Sun's hand and grinned at her, then the two Senshi turned to face the single remaining DD Girl.
"You're going to pay for what you did to our friends! Orion Silver Cyclone!" Orion shouted, creating a huge cyclone that almost sucked Sailor Sun in as it went speeding across the snow towards its target. The DD Girl countered the cyclone with another ice crystal cloud, which was instantly dispersed by the cyclone's fierce winds. Orion giggled as she watched the DD Girl try to run away from the cyclone, not noticing that Sailor Sun's beathing was getting incredibly shallow. As the cyclone found and trapped its target, Orion jumped in surprise as a black sun shape flew past her and connected with the DD Girl's stomach, severely wounding her and dispersing the cyclone. Orion turned to find her friend pointing her flute at the youma, black-eyed and angry.
"Mel-chan?" Orion asked timidly, watching as her friend walked slowly towards the youma, whose wound was rapidly trickling dust.
"I'll take you with me," the DD Girl gasped, creating another cloud of ice crystals and throwing it weakly at her target.
"Mel-chan, watch out!" Orion screamed. The scream seemed to snap Sailor Sun back to her normal self, as the black rapidly faded from her eyes. She looked up in time to see the cloud flying towards her, but not quickly enough to get out of the way. Just as she was preparing to be frozen, Orion focused her mind and split the cloud in two, managing to temporarily avert disaster. "Mel-chan, are you alright?" Orion asked.
"Yeah, I'm OK," Melina said faintly, still recovering from her momentary possession.
"Mel-chan, leave me here. This freak can't hang on much longer, and one good attack from me will finish her," Orion said.
"Sora, I'm not leaving you here."
"Your instincts tell you that David's been captured by the Negaverse, right?"
"Yeah, but-"
"Well if he is, then he'll need you to help him. Just like Usagi-chan's the only one that can help that Mamoru guy."
"Sora..."
"Go on, Mel-chan, I'll catch up to you."
"What if she freezes you like the others?"
"Well then you'll still be able to save the world anyway, won't you," Orion said, before pushing her friend away towards the spot where Sailor Moon stood watching the battle.
"Good luck, Sora," Sailor Sun whispered, before turning away. Orion turned without a backwards glance and walked towards the remaining DD Girl, who was clearly fading fast. She cackled weakly when she saw that Orion had returned.
"So, you came back, little Senshi. Well, I'll make it worthwhile, shall I?" the DD Girl said.
"I only came back to finish you off, freakazoid," Orion spat.
"Well, isn't that interesting," the DD Girl wheezed.
"Orion... Silver..." Orion's words were cut short as the DD Girl threw an ice crystal cloud, point-blank at Orion, whose attack was not formed enough to counter it.
"SORA!!!!" Sailor Sun screamed, watching as the cloud dispersed to reveal Orion frozen in yet another block of ice. The DD Girl cackled weakly at the Senshi's anguish, then collapsed and turned to dust.
"What'll we do now, Usagi-chan?" Sailor Sun asked, turning away from the battlefield, her eyes brimming with tears. Sailor Moon swallowed hard to stop more tears, then took a deep breath and said,
"We go on, just like they wanted." She put her arm around Sailor Sun's shoulder, and together the two remaining Senshi continued through the cold, barren land towards the entrance to the Negaverse.
Author's Notes: Stay tuned for the ending!