Emerald reached her hand out and yet again released an energy attack upon the Sailor Senshi.
"I took you all to be better fighters than this!" Emerald sneered, as she continued the assault. "But I guess it's only when you all are in one unit and attack at once. Where is this amazing power of the Silver Crystal that I so often heard of? Was its power really something of the imagination?"
Sailor Moon slowly rose after crashing to the ground from Emerald's last attack.
The only ones that remained conscious were Sailor Mars, Monoceros, and Sailor Aquarius.
"Sailor Moon.... Don't..." Sailor Mars whimpered.
"If you use the crystal...."
"I know I can't use it... at least not now..." Sailor Moon said calmly.
The reply took Sailor Mars aback .She never heard Sailor Moon talk in such a clam tone, and she's been with her through it all, except for that one time... with Sailor Galaxia.
Emerald chuckled.
"Do you really think you're a match for me, Sailor Moon?" Emerald asked.
"You don't even know how to use your crystal to its fullest extent. Of course you had to release it in the past, but that was not its full potential..."
"What are you babbling on about Emerald?" Aquarius shouted.
"My sisters and I were born from crystals. I can e able to see into the aura of sailor crystals. I can see their full power and abilities. Sailor Moon has yet to unlock the ultimate power of the Silver Crystal. She's far from it. What happened here at the cauldron long ago was just a spark of luck..."
Emerald started to walk closer to Sailor Moon.
"You don't even know how you purified the Cauldron, do you?"
Sailor Moon stared back at Emerald, who was now looking eye to eye with her.
"That's what happens when you give the ultimate weapon to a little girl..."
Emerald blasted Sailor Moon again, causing her to fly across the space.
"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars cried out.
Emerald raised her hand high above her head, as a sword formed in it.
"This is the end, Sailor Moon..." Emerald said, ready to strike.
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Sapphire continued to attack the Zodiac.
She also kept reflecting the attacks from Mamoru.
How is it possible for someone to have this much power? Mamoru thought to himself.
Sapphire had other things on her mind.
What is this? Shouldn't Prince Endymion have more power than this? With the Earth Princess gone, he should be the holder of the Golden Crystal, but the aura around the crystal isn't at its fullest. It's like it's been but in half...
After one last energy blast, all the senshi were at their knees.
"Damn it..." Leo said, clutching onto the cut on her arm, turning her once white gloves red.
Sapphire eyes narrowed.
Something isn't right... she thought to herself.
"Endymion..." Sapphire said. "Why is it that the Golden Crystal is slowly dying?"
The Zodiac looked up, fear in their eyes.
How could the Crystal that once held the hopes and dreams of their kingdom be diminishing.
"Wh...what are you talking about?" Mamoru asked.
Sapphire sighed.
"I thought as much. It's unusual for a crystal such as the Golden Crystal to be held by a male royalty. Zodiac, wasn't it the tradition of the Royal Family that only maidens with royal blood can wield the Crystal to its full extent?"
"What are you getting at Sapphire?" Taurus asked.
"Don't you find it strange that the Crystal is weakening even though a member of the royal family is keeping it?"
The Zodiac thought for a moment.
"The Crystal's aura may have lasted for a few millennia, but the odds are, if it doesn't return to the hands of the Maiden, then its light will fully diminish and the holder dies."
Sapphire's smile returned, as she readied her glaive.
"On the other hand..." she said. "It would make my job easier to kill you all and take the Golden Crystal as its power's weak..."
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The Sailor Quartet, Chibi Moon, and Helios were on the ground, trying to catch their breaths.
Ruby proved to be a more powerful opponent that they thought.
"And now... this peaceful future that Endymion and Serenity were destined to create will fall..." Ruby said, readying a huge energy orb.
"You will now witness the power of Lord Cronus and the destruction of the Earth Kingdom..."
Before Ruby had the chance to throw the orb and destroy the crystal palace...
"Silent Glaive Surprise..."
Ruby screamed, as blades of light pierced through her body. The Quartet, Chibi Moon, and Helios had to cover their eyes from the blinding light that consumed Ruby's body.
All that remained was a small pile of ash, and a small ruby gem.
The attacked appeared slowly out of the shadows.
"Sailor Saturn!" Chibi Moon cried, running to Saturn and hugging her.
"Where did you come from?" Ceres asked.
"Rei- san told me specifically to stay at the shrine, while she went off with Usagi to the concert..." Saturn calmly explained.
"I guess things happened so fast that by the time I got there after the explosion at the concert, you all were gone. I went to the time gate to find Pluto, but her after image system showed that she was also taken down by the enemy. And thus, I rushed back to the 30th century to check on Chibi- Usa- chan. I guess I arrived not a moment too soon..."
"So... Puu-chan's..."
Saturn nodded her head solemnly.
"We can grieve later..." Juno spoke up, after cracking her neck.
"Sailor Moon and the others are going to need our help!" Vesta said next.
Chibi- Moon straightened up.
"Let's go back to the 20th century." She said.
Pallas smiled.
"Said just like the Neo- Queen." She said.
Chibi Moon smiled.
"Thank you..."