Chapter 5

Sailor Moon was so deep in thought she did not have time to hold her ground when the figure burst into the room, breaking what was left of the windows. Chibi-Usa was awoken from her deep sleep with a scream. "AHHHHH what is going on?" shouted Chibi-Usa. Sailor Moon got back on her feet with her moon scepter in hand getting ready for a fight. Sailor Moon however immediately knew who to expect for she knew that high-pitched cackle of a laugh anywhere. "AHAHAHHAAA well, well, well, I would have to say it's my lucky day to have both moon brats to go" said Esmeraude while she floated above them. "Well it is about to turn into a bad one because you will not win, I have beaten your droids you keep sending out so you should not be that much of a challenge" declared Sailor Moon. Esmeraude just smiled and said "oh please with that toy stick of yours, alright then let's see how you take this!" said Esmeraude as she threw a blast of negative energy at Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon however was not able to completely dodge the blast. "AHHHH!" screamed Sailor Moon as she fell to the floor, for the blast had hit her right leg. "How pathetic I only strike once and you are already down" Esmeraude chortled. Sailor Moon looked at Chibi-Usa's wide and scared eyes. "If I keep Esmeraude distracted long enough Chibi-Usa can get out of the room and get help" thought Sailor Moon. Chibi-Usa looked at Sailor Moon as if she read her mind and was not waiting for a signal. Sailor Moon nodded at Chibi-Usa to confirmwhat she was thinking. Sailor Moon took her moon scepter and had it aimed at Esmeraude. "Give me your best shot Nega-hoe" Sailor Moon said smirking. "WHY YOU LITTLE!" screeched Esmeraude as she threw a larger blast at Sailor Moon. This time however Sailor Moon was able to defend herself.

MOON PRINCESS ELIMINATION!

As Sailor Moon was holding her own against Esmeraude Chibi-Usa took that as the distraction to go find help. When Chibi-Usa got to the door however Esmeraude did not fail to notice that she was making an escape. "Oh no you don't I will not leave without both of you" screeched Esmeraude as she threw a second energy blast with her other hand this time aimed at Chibi-Usa. "NOOO!" yelled Sailor Moon. Chibi-Usa however was not hit by the blast because Sailor Moon took the hit; however the force of Sailor Moon being hit caused her to push Chibi-Usa into the wall making Chibi-Usa hit her head, and fall unconscious to the floor. "AHHHH" screamed Sailor Moon for being hit by all that negative energy made her feel like she was quickly doused in fire. Esmeraude laughed for she knew this will not take much longer to finish this fight. Sailor Moon lied on the floor by Chibi-Usa groaning in pain. "Oh God she is much stronger than Rubeus, I don't think I'm going to hold out much longer without the scouts I'm pretty much alone, even if I used the silver crystal odds are she can overpower it, and that will just make me even weaker, it looks like this is going to be an all or nothing fight" thought Sailor Moon. "If I allow myself to get captured the scouts will just ask Sailor Pluto to send them to wherever Esmeraude will take me, I don't have another plan and it looks like this situation will not get better" Sailor Moon looked down at Chibi-Usa to see that her head was bleeding slightly. Sailor Moon stood up and raised her hands up in surrender. Esmeraude floated down to her level smirking and said "Hard to believe you and your sailor brats have beaten us so many times who would have known that their leader is the weakest one" said Esmeraude laughing. Sailor Moon held her head high glaring at her. "My Prince Diamond will reward me greatly for bringing the both of you in" Sailor Moon gasped "Wait did she just say … maybe it is a different man, I mean a lot of people are commonly named after monarchs" thought Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon did not have a second longer to think on that because Esmeraude knocked her out with another blast. The last thing Sailor Moon saw was Esmeraude's smirking face as everything faded to black…

In Crystal Tokyo

The scouts have made it to the crystal palace, they also seemed to have taken the same route that Sailor Moon and Chibi-Usa had taken because they ended up in the same rose garden. "I know Sailor Moon had to be here I can faintly feel her aura" said Sailor Mars. Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter tried to see if there were any entrances going inside, but the fog was so thick they couldn't see anything. Luna looked to Sailor Mercury and asked "Mercury do you think you can find a way in with your scanner?" "I can try but give me a minute" said Mercury as her scanner appeared over her eyes". Tuxedo Mask looked intensely at the rose gardens while Mercury was trying to find an entrance. Sailor Mars was about to say something until Mercury announced that someone was coming. "Is it an enemy?" asked Jupiter. "No I am not" said the voice that the senshi heard earlier. "Who are you?" questioned Venus. A figure soon appeared in front of them, revealing King Endymion.

Everyone gasped for the figure looked like Tuxedo Mask. "Welcome to Crystal Tokyo, or what is now left of it, I am King Endymion" said the king. The king turned to Tuxedo Mask and said "I am your future-self". The senshi all looked shocked. "Where is Sailor Moon, and Chibi-Usa?" asked Venus. "Follow me I will bring you to Chibi-Usa's room they both are staying in there" said the king. The senshi followed the king into a side entrance of the castle, as they followed him the king explained what happened to Crystal Tokyo. "After the Black Moon attacked, we had to protect the rest of the palace, your future selves are as of now putting up a barrier to hold off the Black Moon Clan, Chibi-Usa successfully brought all of you back here so it won't be long until we defeat this Clan and restore Crystal Tokyo" said the king. They soon came up into the door to Chibi-Usa's room but Luna and Artemis saw that the door was slightly ajar. "Uhh guys I don't think they are in here the door is almost open" said Artemis.

The senshi looked worried as Sailor Jupiter opened the door to the room. "Oh no!" said Jupiter. The rest of the scouts gasped as they saw the destruction of the room. Sailor Mars looked around and then saw the wall, "Guys I see blood here and by the color of it, this is fresh blood" said Mars. The senshi looked at the wall with grim faces. "Looks like the enemy took them both" said Tuxedo Mask looking at the bloody wall. Sailor Jupiter looked around to see areas that looked more damaged. "Well Sailor Moon definitely put up a hell of a fight lot of areas here that looked like they were hit, and it seems from the marks on the wall Sailor Moon kept aiming for the window, most likely the person that took her and Chibi-Usa" said Jupiter. "Do you think it was Esmeraude? She seems to be able to find us no matter what we are doing" asked Venus.

"Well whoever it was it had to be our enemy, and I think it is time we paid them a visit to their turf," declared Jupiter. The king who has been quiet up to this point finally spoke; "I think I have an idea where they were taken to, come with me to the control room". The senshi took a final glance at the room as the followed the king to the control room.

The king showed them the control area, the same one he took Sailor Moon a mere few hours before. "After the attack my body was damaged I am just a hologram right now, I came to the control room to see if the enemy had stationed somewhere. It turns out they created a base a few miles outside of Crystal Tokyo. The king brought an image of the base on the screen. "Wow this technology is amazing" said Mercury. "Look closely at this, I have found that the base has a barrier similar to our own, but I have found some areas that are defective that you can get into explained the king.

The largest one is of the south-side wall I know that you cannot easily teleport without Sailor Moon but I know you will easily get through if you got in the base this way" said the king. Sailor Mercury looked at the screen closely, "I'll type the coordinates into my computer" said Mercury as she got it out. "I have hang gliders that will allow you to get there faster" said the king. "Alright let's go get our princess back, and get rid of that clan once and for all" declared Sailor Mars. "Right" said the senshi.

Usagi's Dream

Usagi looked around to see that it was dark in the moon kingdom. "Must be the evening here" thought Usagi. She wondered around and soon enough saw some women wearing fancy gowns. "Hurry up or we will be late to the ball besides I want to see the princess in her gown she always has the most beautiful gowns" said one of the woman. "Hmmm should follow them" thought Usagi. Usagi followed the women to reach a very elaborate ballroom. "This place is amazing, parties here must always be so fun" Usagi thought. Usagi looked around so she could find her past-self soon enough finding her sitting down by her mother, Queen Serenity. Usagi got closer to them to hear them converse. "My daughter I cannot believe you, how could you turn away from the earth prince, Endymion he was the best husband that could have been provided for you" said the queen. Usagi could tell that her past-self really wanted to roll her eyes from that comment. The princess signed and said "Mother I told you that we were not even getting along, he had such sexist views about women, and he wanted to marry a woman here". The queen looked even more appalled "If that were true that man would not have come here and try to court you" said the queen. The princess looked like she wanted to leave the table, "Mother I am sure he came because his father is doing the same thing you are doing to me right now" said the princess. The queen was about to respond until a man that Usagi recognized from the meeting room came up to her and said something in the queens ear. The queen signed and turned to her daughter "I have some important business to take care of I will be back but we will continue this conversation later my daughter". The queen got up from the table leaving the princess by herself.

Princess Serenity got up from the table and started to walk away from the party with Usagi following her. "Now that I think about it Mamoru and I have the same thing going on, it is like we only dated because our past selves were in love… Or so I was shown" thought Usagi. Usagi continued to follow her past self only to end up in the moon kingdoms garden, princess Serenity sat down on the fountain that was near the white lilies. The princess looked deep in thought as she picked one of the white lilies and smelled it. "I take it you are not enjoying your party" said a masculine voice. Usagi gasped and saw that prince Demando was still in the kingdom. Her past-self looked shock to see him too. "Demando I thought you went back to your planet already" said the princess. Demando smiled at her and said "No not yet my father wanted to discuss a couple of things with your mother before we went, but they told me to go to the party I was trying to look for you but I could not find you anywhere, so I came to see your lilies again". The princess blushed, "Well here I am, I was there but mother upset me so I decided to come see my favorite flowers" said the princess. Demando sat by her and said "I do not mean to pry but what comment did your mother make that made you so upset?" The princess sighed and told him "My mother will never stop pestering me about finding a husband she kept pushing me to get along with the earth prince hoping that it would work, but ugh I could not stand that man plus I found out that he was going to marry someone else"

The princess looked at Demando to notice he had a rather upset look on his face. "I'm sorry if I am boring you or anything with my problems" said the princess slightly stammering. Demando signed and told her "No it is not what you said it is more based who you just mentioned". The princess looked confused, "Person I mentioned… you mean the earth prince Endymion?" Usagi looked at Demando's face to see he looked a little more upset about Endymion being mentioned. "Did they go to earth before, and had a problem there?" thought Usagi. "I shouldn't be telling you this" said Demando as he got up. "Did Endymion do something to anger you; if he did you can tell me, I mean you should tell someone at least," said the princess stammering again. "I guess my past-self and my future-self is not that different" Usagi thought. Demando however smiled at her antics and said "Well in basic terms Earth banished our ancestors to Nemesis, we have tried to establish a treaty with them but they did not want to be cooperative, so we are going to planets that are more accepting of us. Demando said looking down. When we say we are the Black Moon Clan everyone immediately thinks of us as being dark and evil, that is not necessarily true it is just a name. Even though we live on a dark planet does not make us evil but we have been there for so long all we want is to make peace with other planets and possibly live on another planet that has sunshine and flowers like the ones that grow here." Usagi was star-struck from this man by his looks and his words "If that was all they wanted then why were they banished from Crystal Tokyo, surely they wanted the same thing when they came to earth again the planet has plenty that to offer, this does not make any sense" Usagi thought.

She saw her past-self look just as crestfallen at his words like she was. The princess stood up and put her hand in his. "Well that is unfair how earth could cast your people away like that, but since all you have is good intentions I'm sure your family will accomplish your goals, and for what is worth I'm sure it will go fine with the treaty your family is having with us, besides we are getting along great." said the princess as she rambled off. Demando however did not seem to mind for he still smiled at her fondly. "Thank you princess your words make me feel much better". They continued to converse about other things, mostly finding stuff about each other. "It's strange I have more in common with Demando then I do with Mamoru" thought Usagi as she listened to them talk.

Usagi heard loud bangs only to look up and see fireworks going off. "Wow these seem more impressive than the ones I have seen on earth" thought Usagi. Demando stood up and looked at them in awe. "What are those?" he asked. The princess giggled, "Haven't you ever seen fireworks Demando?" "Fireworks?" questioned the prince. "Yes we have them almost every night, you would think one would grow tired of seeing them, but I have always been awed by them" said the princess.

"We don't have any fireworks on Nemesis, or grand parties like this". The princess saw that Demando looked upset again and tried to change the subject, "So where's Safiel?" Demando blushed slightly and said "Well for his age he can only stay awake for so long before he drops" The princess giggled again and asked "What is it like to have siblings?" Demando looked surprised at the question. He looked deep in thought when he answered, "With Safiel around, I don't have to be so alone, and it used to be just me since both my parents were busy you tend to get tired of servants being around you all the time. With Safiel around, him being so young and cheerful all the time, I don't know Safiel always cheers me up when I am upset.

"That sounds nice" said the princess. "Well it is getting quite late would you mind walking me to my room Demando" Demando looked shocked for a minuet but then bowed "It would be my pleasure, lead the way". Usagi followed them up a few flights of stairs and several hallways. "On second thought it would be a pain in the ass to have to walk this far everyday just to get to my room, and if I was late for school forget it" thought Usagi. "Well here is my room, thank you so much for walking me Demando". The prince blushed slightly, "Well mother told me always make sure a lady get where she needs to go safely". "Well I am happy you follow that advice" said the princess. The princess was about to walk in but hesitated and looked and Demando intensely. Next then Usagi was seeing was her past-self kissing Demando.

"Whoa… okay was not expecting that, it is funny Im still that forward" thought Usagi. When the kiss broke Prince Demando was now blushing intensely, "Umm… your highness…" he trailed off. The princess looked embarrassed, "Im sorry I thought… well I thought you liked me too… I thought" said the princess trailing off. Demando looked surprised "Oh no it's not that, I do like you Serenity really but I don't think this is a good idea to be with you, with the treaty going on right now…" said Demando trailing off. The princess looked up in surprise. "Then what we are doing is not wrong, if we both like each other" said the princess. Demando looked at her and smiled, "No I guess not" said the prince.

Usagi followed them inside the room, "Wow this looks kind of similar to Chibi-Usas room". Usagi saw them sit at a tea table but it was larger and looked like it was used all the time. Usagi heard them talk for a while, except this time it was just random chatter rather than getting to know each other. "Even with Mamoru, I am never able to just randomly talk like that; usually when I do Mamoru does not really participate with the conversation" thought Usagi. All of them slightly jumped when they heard a clock chime loudly. "Oh dear it's very late" exclaimed the princess. "I better get back to father before he wonders where I am, I am sorry Serenity I wish I could stay longer" said Demando as he held her hand. The princess looked sad, "How long are you going to stay?" she asked. Demando looked sad, "Only another three days". The princess however seemed to want to stay optimistic, "Well let's enjoy those three days for as long as we can". Demando perked up a bit at the princess saying that. "Come meet me at the garden tomorrow and we will spend the day there together, I've wanted to plant some new flowers, would you like to help me?" Demando smiled even brighter, "I would be delighted Serenity".

The princess walked him out of her room, but before leaving the princess kissed him again, but with more passion this time, since it was less awkward between them now. When they broke the kiss, both were smiling. "You better get to your father I guess" said the princess. Demando kissed her forehead and said "Sweet dreams Serenity I look forward to seeing you tomorrow". "The same for you Demando" said the princess. When Demando left the princess got ready for bed. Usagi wanted to see more but for some reason she felt pain shoot up inside her head. "Ow what's going on" thought Usagi as she clutched her head.

End of Dream

Usagi gasped and sat up panting, and sweating slightly. Usagi groaned and looked down to see she had changed back to her regular clothes. "Oh no" muttered Usagi. Usagi looked around to see that she was on the floor in a small but dark room. Events from what happened to Esmeraude started rushing back to her. "Oh god where is Chibi-Usa?" Usagi looked around not a second later found Chibi-Usa in a corner still unconscious. Usagi crawled toward her and picked her up. "Oh Chibi-Usa, Im so sorry", said Usagi as she saw the dried blood on Chibi-Usa's head. The door opened to reveal a smirking Esmeraude. "Well, well, well, who would have thought that this would be Sailor Moons true identity". Esmeraude walked over to Usagi and grabbed her hair to pull her up. Usagi groaned in pain. "Now walk Prince Demando will reward me highly, now that I have brought both of him to you".

Usagi shakily made the walk, clutching Chibi-Usa tightly to her chest. On the way Esmeraude kept pushing her, taunting her to walk faster. Usagi gritted her teeth, for she did not want to antagonize Esmeraude anymore. They soon made it up to two large doors, they were of black crystal and had several designs engraved into them that looked mostly like vines. Esmeraude opened the doors with a wave of her hand. Esmeraude pushed Usagi through. "Im amazed Esmeraude, I expected you to bring all the scouts but instead you bring their leader and the rabbit" said the blue-haired man in the room. Usagi gasped "Is that…. No it couldn't be…. Safiel?" thought Usagi. Esmeraude smirked at him; "I told you I was going to do it now weren't I" Esmeraude however seemed to now look interested at the man that was sitting on the throne. "Your highness I have brought you Sailor Moon and the rabbit" said Esmeraude bowing. The shadows covered the man's face. "I am very pleased see that Esmeraude. However, said the man standing up. I did say to bring them both here unharmed". Usagi was in shock "that voice, no…. it can't be…." Usagi's right leg was starting to falter slightly, because of the injury before. The man walked towards her and Chibi-Usa. "She apparently uses this locket to hold the crystal and change into Sailor Moon" said Esmeraude as she held up Usagi's locket. Usagi tried to grab for it but Esmeraude pushed her hand away. "Oh you will not be getting this back moon brat, especially with that comment earlier, it hurt my feelings. "I would say that I did expect for your identity to be a common schoolgirl" said Esmeraude.

The man however got up from his throne and spoke. "Welcome to my palace Sailor Moon. The man was now in front of her. Allow me to formally introduce myself, I am Prince Demando"…

Finally Demando is introduced.

Sorry this update took a while guys College takes a lot of your time, plus Im still upset over the death of my pet tortoise I have had Shelly for my whole life my brother had him since he was five. So in total we have had him for almost 24 years.

Well R.I.P Shelly you were a chill tortoise Im sorry you had to go. :(

So Im not sure how I want to start the next chapter should it start with Usagi being on the enemys base or with the scouts traveling to the base. As I said this is my first story so I am always open to your guys's ideas. :)