Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the Sailor Moon characters. To keep that list short, let's just say that the Watcher (to be properly introduced soon) and the villains are mine.

(A/N: Nobody has asked yet, but Maboroshi means chimera or illusion - I thought it was a good name for a villain. ^-^ On with the show!)

Chapter 2

Yoake

Three spheres of Power hit Maboroshi all at once, lifting him up and slamming him backwards through a few threes and into a nearby pond. Panicked ducks flew in every direction ... feathers were everywhere.

Four new scouts ran up and stood between Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask and the path of destruction created by Maboroshi's flight. When nothing immediately appeared again, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn stood watch while Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune ran to the other injured Senshi, helping them up and regrouping with the others.

Uranus turned to Venus. "Sorry we're late but ..."

"Better late than too late!" broke in Venus, a tired smile on her lips.

Mercury groaned and looked at Venus.

"What?" Venus asked.

"Never mind. It was close enough," Mercury sighed. She was kneeling beside Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon fretting over her shoulder.

"... we were delayed with a few fights of our own," continued Uranus.

Mercury looked up. "Venus. Uranus. We need to get the Prince to a ..."

Sailor Saturn quickly glanced to her side. "LOO ...!" A blast landed at her feet, shoving her back. Jupiter caught her, falling backwards with the force. The others were showered with debris.

"DID YOU REALLY THINK I COULD BE STOPPED BY A LITTLE DUNKING????"

"SILENCE WALL!"

Saturn's shield countered the next few blasts but could not hold and soon shattered.

"Silence Glaive !!"

"Garnet Orb!!"

"POWER CANNON!"

The dual attack was deflected by another blast of power from Maboroshi.

"Is that all you have? I'm disappointed! And ... I HATE BEING DISAPPOINTED!!" Maboroshi raised his hands above his head ... building up power for his final attack on the tired, Senshi.

Watch and Remember

~Eternal Sailor Moon~

Sailor Moon raised her head at the sound of the voice. The ground began to groan as Maboroshi sucked in more power for his attack.

Watch and Learn

~Gather the Scouts together and prepare yourselves~

Sailor Moon stood and faced Maboroshi. Venus reached for her shoulder.

"We're going to stop him, Venus." Venus looked at Sailor Moon and nodded.

"Yes. We'll use Planet Power. Together we'll bring him down."

"Get ready then ... we're going to have help." Venus gave her a questioning look but said nothing. The Sailors gathered in a circle and joined hands. They stood between the unconscious Tuxedo Mask and the Enemy.

Watch and ...

PROTECT!

A pink rose landed in the middle of the circle of Scouts. The girls looked startled, but did not move from their positions. Maboroshi, having reached the highest power level he could handle, threw the blast with a wild scream. The rose flashed and a shining rose mist formed a shield surrounded the Senshi. The blast dissipated in a bright light around them. The Scouts clenched their eyes, waiting.

~Now!~

"SILVER MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MARS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!"

"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"URANUS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"NEPTUNE CRYSTAL POWER!"

"PLUTO CRYSTAL POWER!"

"SATURN CRYSTAL POWER!"

"SAILOR PLANET ATTACK!!!"

A great beam of white light with a swirl of pink around it slammed into Maboroshi ... shredding his shadow armour and revealing his true form. His orange shaggy head reared back in pain, his fangs bared to the sky above as he howled. His clawed hands came up in an effort to protect himself.

"More power!!" called Sailor Moon! But the Scouts had none left to give. they began to shake with the effort of not falling. Determination alone held them up now.

~I come!~

"Hold on, Scouts! Just a little more!"

The pink sparkles intensified in brightness, swirling faster. A rose shot through the Power beam and struck Maboroshi in the chest. He disappeared in a shower of light.

The Senshi collapsed and lay there breathing heavily. Sailor Moon raised herself up and looked to Tuxedo Mask. There was a mist shield covering him ... a pale rose nearby.

"We are not safe yet." A figure of a woman appeared, walking toward him. The Senshi gaped at her.

"Who are you?!" demanded Uranus. She dragged herself up and stood in front of Sailor Moon protectively. The woman ignored her.

"I am not sure if Maboroshi was destroyed or merely banished, but he was not working alone. We are not safe just yet."

Sailor Moon looked at the woman. Her red hair was pulled back in a bun with three long braids trailing from it. Her uniform had a lilac skirt and a pale pink bow. Her gold neck ribbon held an amber pendant in the shape of the sun. There was another piece of amber in her tiara. Sailor Moon put her hand on Uranus' shoulder and Uranus stood back but did not take her eyes off the stranger.

Sailor Moon stepped forward. One step, then another. She stood before the stranger and looked into her eyes. Such deep blue eyes. She nodded.

"Take us to safety, warrior."

The Watcher went down on one knee. "Gather around the Prince, please, and I will take you, my Princess."

Cautiously gathering around Tuxedo Mask, the stranger dissipated the shield and carefully lifted him into her arms. Closing her eyes in concentration, she muttered under her breath. The rose that had shielded Tuxedo Mask began to glow brightly. It darkened to a deep red and gave a large flash. Sailor Moon wobbled a bit as it felt like her stomach dropped her feet. She looked around at the others and noticed that they were no longer in the park where the battle had taken place.

They were in Elysion.

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Commercial!!

Just kidding! I had to grab a cookie and stretch my legs though ...

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The stranger walked quickly but carefully to the temple. Helios came running out to meet them. His face was pale as he directed them to the chamber where the Menards were preparing a place to lay their Prince. Having deposited her burden like it was delicate crystal, the warrior turned to Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon nodded and called her staff, automatically transforming to Queen Serenity. Pointing her staff to Tuxedo Mask, and then to each Scout in turn she healed them all before gathering the power to herself for her own healing. Opening her eyes as she transformed back to Eternal Sailor Moon, she smiled at the Senshi and at Helios, who looked less pale, and turned to Tuxedo Mask. His eyes fluttered as he began to wake.

"Darien!" She ran to his side as he began to rise.

"I'm okay." He looked around, "Elysion? How did we get here did we win?"

"We had help," smiled Sailor Moon and she looked around to find the stranger. But the stranger was not in the room. "Where'd she go?" The others looked around as they, too, realised she was gone.

Moving back to the entrance, they found her looking fondly at the roses surrounding the temple. Helios stepped forward.

"I thank you, warrior, for saving our Prince and Princess. But you are unfamiliar to me. Who are you?"

The stranger smiled but did not answer in words. Instead she reached out a hand and summoned a staff of her own. A pale ivory staff topped with a golden sun. Within the sun was a silver crescent moon, points up, and between the points of the moon was a sapphire blue teardrop. The stranger was now dressed similar to the Menards in a flowing gown that shimmered a pale blue. Her hair remained the same, but was now decorated with silver and blue ribbons. I velvet blue ribbon was around her throat, the amber sun hanging from it. A symbol shone on her forehead ... a blue crescent moon, points up.

"Yoake," gasped Helios.

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I am stopping here because I have school tomorrow and it's bloody late. It was a really long chapter, but now you know who the Watcher is. For those who haven't figured out the main details yet, I'll be explaining it later.

A/N: You'll notice that I called Serena and Darien Prince and Princess and yet transformed Serena into Queen Serenity to heal Tuxedo Mask. There's a reason for this. One, Sailor Moon called her staff ... Serenity's royal symbol of Power, thus she was Queen Serenity. Two, Although the end of StarS showed us their coronation, they have not yet began their kingdom of Crystal Tokyo. Until they renew the Silver Millennium, I'm not giving them the full promotion yet. So there.

Hope you enjoyed the long chapter! Don't forget to review!!

JadesRose @}-------------