Chapter 4
It took a while but Chibi-Usa, and Sailor Moon finally made it to the Crystal Palace. While walking to the entrance they found a rose garden. "I'm really starting to get tired of seeing roses nowadays" Sailor Moon thought. "Chibi-Usa where did you see your mother and father most of the time at the palace"? asked Sailor Moon. "Chibi-Usa pondered it for a while but before she could respond another voice spoke out. " I am glad you are here" Sailor Moon held on to Chibi-Usas hand. "Who is there"! "Show yourself"!
The two suddenly saw a figure walking up to them, the fog then dissipated showing who the figure was. Sailor Moon gasped and said "wait you... you're…"? The figure looked at them and smiled "I am Chiba Mamoru's future self". Chibi-Usa however started to cry and yell "papa"! Chibi-Usa tried to reach for her father only for her to go through him. Chibi-Usa looked at her father with confused and sad eyes. The man signed and said "unfortunately my body was damaged during the attack I am but mere hologram". Sailor Moon however did not let her guard down and looked at the man that was supposedly her boyfriend's future self strangely. The man caught her look and told them "come follow me and I'll explain everything"….
Back in the time warp….
The scouts have made it to the door to the future but they were facing a small problem, the Genie of the Time Warp. "Guys what are we going to do without Sailor Moon were defenseless" said Sailor Venus. "Guys try to buy me some time and I'll try to find her weak point" said Mercury. "Right" said the rest of the scouts. Tuxedo Kamen did his signature rose attack to get the genies attention. While she was distracted Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter attacked her from behind.
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON"
"BURNING MANDALA"
Sailor Mercury was using her visor and typing furiously on her scanner finally realizing how this genie was using her power. "Guys don't!" said Mercury, but it was too late because the two senshi had already unleashed their attacks now having to dodge them. "Mercury what is going on?" asked Mars. "This droid can use time to turn our attacks against us" said Mercury. Sailor Mercury kept typing away on her computer "Aha" said Mercury, "guys when she stops attacking time goes back to normal the second she stops attacking strike her down". "Got it" said the scouts. Tuxedo Kamen ran towards the droid looking like he was going to attack her, the droid attacked Tuxedo Kamen only to miss. "Now senshi do it now!" said Tuxedo Kamen. "Right" said the scouts.
"MERCURY STAR POWER!", "MARS STAR POWER!", "VENUS STAR POWER!", "JUPITER STAR POWER!" "SAILOR PLANET ATTACK!"
The droid screamed for she didn't have time to stop the attack. The droid turned into dust her jewel blackening showing that she was no more. "Good job everyone it's good to be able to stop a droid without the need of Sailor Moon we need to learn to work on that more" said Tuxedo Kamen. "But Tuxedo Kamen without Sailor Moon the scouts would be completely defenseless they would not have enough power especially against the enemy we are fighting now" said Luna. "I know that Luna but if it were the case she couldn't make it to a fight because she was fighting someone else we would have to learn to beat the enemy ourselves" said Tuxedo Kamen. "He is right we would have to prepare ourselves for that situation" said Sailor Mars. "Well that will be a senshi training technique for another time, look there is the time gate my instincts are telling me that Sailor Moon and Chibi-Usa have gone through" said Luna. "Alright Luna we will always trust your judgment "said Venus while she looked at Tuxedo Kamen with a curious look. "Let's go senshi" said Artemis. They opened the door and went through, but like Sailor Moon they fought they went through the wrong door as well. "Umm I think Chibi-Usa forgot to mention a couple things" said Mars.
The senshi looked around them to see the desolate place Sailor Moon and Chibi-Usa saw not too long ago. "It looks like a bunch of bombs were dropped here several times all at once" said Sailor Jupiter. "Well let's start walking we should get to the center that's were Chibi-Usa said she lived" said Sailor Venus. "Let's hurry and find those two even though Sailor Moon has the silver crystals power, without the help of all of us she will not have the strength to handle all of its power" said Luna. "Alright senshi let's move" said Sailor Mars.
Inside the kingdom…..
Sailor Moon was holding Chibi-Usa when she followed King Endymion deeper into the palace. The king then led them into a large what could be described as a control room. "What you saw outside is the remains of what is left after we were attacked by the Black Moon Clan" said the king. "Why did they attack?" asked Sailor Moon. "Do you know the story of the planet Nemesis?" asked the king. Sailor Moon shook her head no. A large hologram appeared before her. "The planet Nemesis was discovered due to the reason of the mass amounts of negative energy that radiated from it. "There are actually people living on this planet?" asked Sailor Moon. "Yes the people who live there were able to take in the negative energy that was on that planet and become living beings called the Black Moon Clan" the king explained. Sailor Moon looked at the planet and grimaced. "It looks so cold and lonely there if it's like that all the time on their planet it's no wonder they would want to stay on earth" thought Sailor Moon. The king however continued on with this story. "When the Black Moon Clan attacked we tried to use my wife's power from the silver crystal to defend ourselves but the crystal disappeared and it left us defenseless, as of now only I and the four senshi are the last ones who are awake" said the king as he looked down in sorrow. Sailor Moon gasped in horror. "They have to be very powerful to do this, if that's the case how in the hell are we going to beat them, or can't we try to talk with their leader" Sailor Moon thought.
Sailor Moon looked at the king with determination on her face. "Can we not try making contact with their leader maybe we can try to negotiate? We can make them an ally and try to make them apart of the White Moon's court" asked Sailor Moon. The king however suddenly had a dark look appear on his face. He looked at Sailor Moon with a filthy look. "Do you not think that is not what we tried to do the first time? I refuse to let you ANYWHERE near that filthy animal leader of theirs especially since that vile person who calls himself a man has an unhealthy obsession of you!" snapped the king. Sailor Moon backed away a few steps. "I'm sorry I just want to try and avoid a fight since it always seems to worsen things" said the scout of the moon. "He is acting like Mamoru's past-self in the vision I had" Sailor Moon thought. "Well it seems that fighting is the only way these people know how to communicate which is why you will have to use the silver crystal to beat these things and restore Crystal Tokyo" said the king. "I feel like I'm not the rightful heir to the crystals power it completely drains my energy even if I barely use its power" thought Sailor Moon. The king finally noticed that Chibi-Usa was asleep. "I would have rooms that you could stay in but most of the wings here have been blocked by debris so you shall stay in Chibi-Usas room, follow me" said the king.
Sailor Moon followed him through several hallways when they approached a large mahogany door that was covered in dust. "This is Chibi-Usas room" the king said as he pointed to the door. Sailor Moon opened the door and looked around. In Chibi-Usas room there was a large canopy bed that looked that it could hold seven other people, a large window that opened to a balcony, a large wooden vanity that had a crack going down the middle in the mirror that attached to it, a table in the middle of the room with a broken tea-set on it with the chairs that were knocked over around it, a closet that possibly had more clothes then a child could wear in a lifetime, and a chandelier that hung in the middle of the ceiling despite the mass amounts of dust that clung to it the crystals that were still attached to it still gleamed through the moonlight that came through the large window. "Pretty much the perfect room for a princess if it wasn't destroyed and ended up like this" Sailor Moon thought. "I will keep a lookout for the senshi I'm sure they will be here soon, it will be a long battle ahead of us you should rest and try to get some sleep you are definitely going to need it" said the king. Sailor Moon nodded and shut the door; she carried the sleeping Chibi-Usa to the bed and laid her down.
While Chibi-Usa continued to sleep Sailor Moon thought about what the king had told her. "A planet with dark power caused the creation of people like this?" Sailor Moon thought back to when she first saw the four sisters: Coonan, Beruche, Calaveras, and Petz. "But they didn't like how they were and they accepted in being cleansed, and they told me they are more happy then they could ever dream" thought Sailor Moon. But then the moon scout remembered when she met Rubius and he seemed evil down to his core, and then there was Esmeraude. "It was too late to save Rubius but maybe it's not too late to save Esmeraude I can cleanse her with the silver crystal and she can help us" thought Sailor Moon. "Then again I would have to find her" said Sailor Moon out loud. Chibi-Usa muttered something unintelligible and rolled over to go back to sleep. "What exactly did the king meant when he said the Clan leader had an unhealthy obsession of me?" thought Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon looked at the sleeping child "poor Chibi-Usa it must be terrible when you have to lose your childhood early and literally have the weight of the world on your shoulders" Sailor Moon thought. Sailor Moon suddenly yawned. "I guess I better get as much sleep as I can apparently there is a long battle to come" said the moon scout. Sailor Moon laid on the bed and put her arm protectively around Chibi-Usa and closed her eyes.
Sailor Moons dream…..
Usagi was having another vision of her past self's life. "Why do I keep having these things" Usagi thought. Princess Serenity was roaming the halls and looked to be deep in thought. "I hope the meeting is going well I really hope we don't have a battle on our hands fighting only seems to worsen things" said the princess out loud. "What the hell I just said that to the earth king, no wonder it felt strange when I said it" Usagi thought. Princess Serenity was suddenly being approached by one of the servants. "Wait a minute I seen that woman before that's the one that attends to her personally" thought Usagi. "What troubles you dear princess" asked the servant. The princess signed, "Oh Hama-chan I'm very worried about this Black Moon Clan that is visiting us my mother told me that they live on a planet that is corrupted with negative energy making them very powerful" Usagi gasped, "Wait did she just say…" The servant looked at the princess and told her "I'm sure that it will all be alright princess I'm sure they are going to be good people we should not judge a person from where they come from or what they look like". The princess looked at her and smiled "you're right Hama-chan I'll stay positive on this". Hama-chan giggled and told her "who knows I hear their leader has a son close to your age I bet he is a very handsome man" said Hama with mischievous look. "Hama-chan, you know I'm being courted by Prince Endymion" said the princess. "Ah yes how is that relationship coming along dear?" The princess suddenly got an irritated look on her face and told Hama "that man infuriates me every time we are forced to spend time with each other, he has such sexist views I just want to take the sword I'm learning to use and stab him where it hurts!" "Wow my past-self is a badass that's so cool" thought Usagi.
The servant was about to respond but a man who worked as a messenger came up to the princess and told her "your highness Queen Serenity demands you to come to the meeting room at once" said the messenger. "Thank you I shall start my way there now" said Princess Serenity. The messenger bowed and walked away. The princess looked to Hama and said "I wish we could keep talking Hama-chan but I have to go meet with mother". Hama smiled and said "do not worry princess besides I must tend to my other duties now". Hama bowed and too walked away. Princess Serenity started walking to the meeting room when she suddenly heard giggling.
She then heard a girl start to talk "Prince Endymion is such an amazing man to me out of all the girls in the universe and he wants to marry me" said the girl. Princess Serenity gasped and got closer to hear the girl talk more. "So he really wants to marry you Haruhi –chan that is so romantic" said who the princess assumed was one of the other girls. "Yes and he says he wants to marry me really soon so he can take me back to Earth with him" said the girl named Haruhi. "I thought that he was courting Princess Serenity?" asked the other girl. "He told me that isn't courting her he is only spending time with her to please his father" said Haruhi. Princess Serenity decided that she heard enough and confronted the girls. She stepped around the corner behind them and spoke up "lovely day we are having don't you agree?" "AAHH" screamed the girls as they turned around. The girl who the princess assumed was Haruhi suddenly looked pale. "Umm your highness when umm did you get here?" said Haruhi nervously. The princess gave her a mischievous look and said "ohh just enough to hear your recent conversation" Haruhi looked like she was going to faint and her friend was just as pale as her. "I do however ask a question of you though, do you love Endymion?" asked the princess. Haruhi couldn't speak and could barely nod her answer of yes. Princess Serenity held her hand and looked Haruhi in the eyes and said "Then you can have him he is all yours" smiled the princess. The girl Haruhi got a bit of her color back with that statement she wanted to say something but couldn't make her mouth say the words. "It's truly alright I do not want Endymion for a husband he and I really do not have anything in common I give you my blessing to marry Endymion and do not worry for bad reputation I will handle it" said the Princess. Haruhi got on her knees and bowed "I am sorry you found out this way your highness neither of us wanted to hurt you" said Haruhi. The princess helped her up and said "it is truly alright one of us was going to break it off I hope the best of luck with your marriage Haruhi, now if you excuse me my mother called for me if I don't hurry I will get another lecture from her" Princess Serenity waved good bye and walked on to the meeting room.
"That was much unexpected but at least I don't have to be courted by the earth prince anymore now that is the best part on the other hand mother is going to be very angry about this which is the absolute worst part" said Princess Serenity out loud. "Wait Mamoru's past-self cheated on mine what the hell!" Usagi thought. Princess Serenity finally made it to the door to the meeting room and opened it to see her mother sitting with a man that she couldn't see because his back was turned. "Ah finally my daughter arrives" said the queen. "I'm terribly sorry mother I got sidetracked several times along the way" said the princess as she stood in front of her mother. "Well my daughter I would like you to meet King Sekiei of the planet Nemesis. The man stood up and turned around showing his face. The princess did her best to stay composed but she was sure she had a shocked look on her face. The king had a crescent moon on his forehead but it was black and turned upside down. Princess Serenity shook his hand and said "it is very nice to meet you" The king smiled at her and said "to you as well dear princess". "King Sekiei has two sons that came here with him why don't you go and keep them company while we continue to talk in here" said Queen Serenity. "My sons should be in your magnificent gardens my oldest said that is where he wanted to go first" The princess blushed for one she was complimented for her gardens and two out of all the places his son wanted to go to he picked her gardens. "I shall go meet up with him then" said Princess Serenity bowing before she left the room. "Everything is friendly between them what made the Black Moon Clan hate us" thought Usagi
It took a bit of a walk but the princess finally made it to her most favorite place on her kingdom. The princess looked around to see where the king's sons could be. "I should have asked what they looked like first" said the princess to herself. She then however saw two figures sitting around and looking intensely at the violets she just started growing last month. The princess got closer to them and heard them speaking. "Onii-san these flowers are so beautiful I hope they let us come here a lot we never see beautiful flowers like these on our planet" said who the princess assumed was the youngest. But then the princess heard the other figures voice "no onii-san because of our planet always covered in darkness so without sunlight it would be hopeless for flowers to grow on our planet" The princess then got closer for now she knew these were King Sekiei's sons. The youngest looked up, princess Serenity was able to look at him clearly now. The king's youngest son looked to be about eleven or twelve years old with short blue hair and very expressive blue eyes, he also had the same crescent moon on his forehead like his father. The boy then saw her coming and stood up walking to her "are you Princess Serenity?" The princess looked at him, smiled and said "yes I am you must be King Sekiei's son, what is your name?" The boy beamed and said "my name is Safiel" he then took her hand and pulled her along, "and this is my big brother Demando" stated Safiel proudly.
The man Demando stood up and turned around giving the princess a better look. The princess let out a breath for this man was in shorter terms beautiful. He was about three or four inches taller than her had white and silver hair that went to his shoulders, and the most beautiful violet-colored eyes she had ever seen. Demando seemed to be looking at her with the same shock, for he had never seen a girl as beautiful as her. Princess Serenity quickly took out her hand and said "hello my name is princess Serenity, do you like the garden most of these flowers I grew myself". "Demando took her hand and replied "My name is Demando and yes even though I have not seen your entire kingdom I will still say that your garden is my favorite place". Princess Serenity blushed for having the same comment about her garden given to her again. He let go of her hand "Well do you have a particular flower you favor the most?" asked the princess. Demando smiled and said "why yes I absolutely love white lilies". Princess Serenity gasped and said "you like white lilies too!" The princess was startled for she did not know anybody who liked the same flower she did. "They're my favorite" said Demando happily. Safiel then piped up "where do you plant the white lilies here Princess Serenity we have been looking forever and we can't find them" The princess giggled and said "I planted them near a fountain it shouldn't take long to find them" The princess saw that Demando was blushing a little bit most likely about his little brother being too forward, the princess took Demando's hand into hers and said "well come on we will not find them if we stand here"
End of Dream….
Sailor Moon sat up quickly for these visions were getting more intense. "I met the Black Moons Clan's members before?" Sailor Moon looked at her planet that she supposedly could never go back to. "I felt all warm and happy inside when I met Demando, like it was love… No it was love that I was feeling." Sailor Moon signed and laid back down, "I wish Luna was here so I can talk with her about this vision" thought the scout of the moon. Sailor Moon however was so deep in thought she did not notice the shadowy figure watching through the window…..