Sailor Moon S 'Rise of the Messiah'

by max333

Weeks after the Wiseman is defeated and the dark crystal destroyed, the lives of all that were there or involved have changed, and not all for the better. With the approach of a new enemy and two potential allies do the senshi have what it takes to come together once more? Why are the senshi now acting disorganized? And will Usa's dad ever accept Mamo? SEQUEL to 'Roses & Diamonds'

46. verbal battles & entering Pharoh 90

damonika2009: there's more to come.

Taeniaea: your review just made me think of the theme song 'fighting evil by moon light', lol.

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Slow Burn: well I hope you stay on there are only a few ch/ep's left to go. At the very most 3 I think…Then a small break…possibly an 'Alt Uni' story on the in between that would be barely 15 chapters long…if that before the Supers would start up.

kera69love: no that was a HUGE pet peeve of mine in the anime that he stayed at home. I changed that definitely.

Spike: believe it or not the Pluto thing was re-written a few times. At one point I wanted her to have a stupid 'sci fi' scene where she does a trick from the chopper but then I kept seeing every bad B movie and declined that avenue. I will give you a small tid bit since you seem to be loosing faith…she's not dead. I just had a hell of a time figuring out how to keep her there and keeping her alive from the exploding chopper without it being to ridiculous plot wise. I want you as readers to be able to see it not just read and try to configure it.

lunaluna2709: not sure on the Crystal Tokyo thing…that's a might bit…honestly I wasn't expecting to go past 'R' but I got such god feedback that I tried to figure out what I wasn't to thrilled with a went from there. As for the judging on Usagi. she's a 15ish year old girl living with her boyfriend now as she's not going back, I've just decided to leave her there as it seems more fitting. Not to mention her track record of the past isn't exactly something to look up to. Sometimes you get so used to the backlash that sometimes it can come off as everyday talk. The girls have been on her case since day one and in the anime she seemed to be worse with it by not seeing it. The anime made her more naïve so at least here she has a little more snap back. Luna is going by what she remembers as properness form the moon and from her time on earth and Rei is a future temple priestess that's discovering love for herself. i don't think temple priests or priestess's view living with and sex before marriage as an 'okay' thing. Amber prego with Akito's child…that was something new thought up of…and while that would be near perfect…I'll talk with 'shaydoe' about it. I think he'd be more responsible than that. Lol as for mamoru's fatherly role…I do believe that is coming up cuase he needs to. I'm not trying to jump on you here but this is my reasons or what I think would be theirs. Please continue to read and review!

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Sailor Moon S 'Rise of the Messiah' ch/ep.46

("Your reign of terror and silence ends here. We won't let you destroy this planet." Neptune stated, her voice was high pitched and reckless. I turned around hoping to talk some sense into them. It was hearing a sad small voice, filled with misery and pain that had me spinning back around. "Gomen a sai Chibi Usa, Papa, Usagi – chan…" it was Hotaru…her voice had come out of Mistress nine's mouth.

The vile woman ground her teeth and cursed the little girl, clutching her head and forcing Hotaru's spirit to submit. Hotaru did not go quietly, she cried out in pain as she was suppressed once more.

Seeing that loss of control, gave me hope. I had a chance to save her, I knew it. I just had to figure out a way to bring her out and convince Uranus and Neptune to NOT kill her.)

Easy as pie.

(I was mentally refocusing my tactics as I surveyed the dimly lit chamber. There was a strange machine sitting behind Mistress Nine, with a glass bell shaped lid on a small platform that was crackling with dark energy. That alien aura told me it wasn't something out for display. It gave me an ominous feeling, the darkness it was forming over this area was absolute.

I just hoped that I could save everyone this time. It was different than other battles and boss fights from before. I was on my own this time, Uranus and Neptune may be Senshi but they were not loyal to me. They had their own objectives that clashed with mine. )

This would not go well or as planned…oh right…there was no real way to plan this out. Just make it up as I go along.

("Finally the brat left the building." Mistress Nine cheered, her star symbol on top of her forehead glowing, "Hotaru – chan don't give up!" I yelled desperately to her. "Seriously, Sailor Moon. This is getting obnoxious! Hotaru or whatever is left of her is dead! Deal with it!" the harsh words, came from Uranus. I knew they were from someone whose never dealt with this type of possession before. "I will not just deal with it! I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get her back." I snapped.

"Don't bother, your fellow senshi is right. Hotaru – chan is finally dead." Mistress Nine concluded, "LIAR!" I shouted, refusing to believe her. I felt Hotaru's presence still, her mysterious energy was faded but still around. I don't know how or why but I did. "Right now there is a gargantuan amount of dark power fast approaching our universe from the Tau Nebula. That power is Pharaoh 90, Master of all of us Death Busters." Mistress Nine praised, as she laughed in glee.

It was an evil childlike laughter that one would hear in a horror movie. It gave me the chills...

"He is the ruler of silence and once I get ahold of the 'chalice' he will appear and the age of silence will begin." She giggled once more.

"Then we will destroy you now." Uranus quipped. I looked back to find her powering up next to Neptune, "Say hello to 'Kali'…in hell." She said. While I had no idea whom 'Kali' was I could only assume someone it was someone 'kami' like before they let their powers go.

The wind began to howl as Uranus gathered her strength, the temperature in the room dropping as a heavy pressure similar to the depths of the ocean swelled along with the wind.

"Deep Submerge!" Neptune screamed, "Earth Shaking!" Uranus cried, as twin balls of power spun and reformed together to form a super powered attack. That exploded across the solid darkness of this summoning chamber. Straight for Hotaru...

I couldn't let it hit Hotaru's body though. She was still inside. "Stop this!" I shouted to them, but I was to late. Managing only to put myself in the path of their assault, arms spread wide, and eyes closed I released a resigned sigh preparing myself for the pain. I was hit full on, the shock of their combined powers took my breath. It was like getting hit by a mack truck, my mind went blank and my body felt broken.

"Not the smartest move in my book but Hotaru – chan is still safe…" I muttered to myself. Their blast had picked me up off the floor and slammed back towards Mistress Nine. I ended up flattened against an electrified barrier, that rippled over my body stunning my limbs, left to scream and writhe in pain. I hadn't even had time or the chance to whip out my scepter and try to deflect any of it.

Strange thing was that Mistress Nine didn't even move. She didn't even flinch behind me. I fell forward but there was no response physically from her on the assault. "Wow…I never would have thought you'd pull such a selfless act for your enemy." She observed scornfully.

I looked back to her, panting trying to stay on my hands and knees. Which were trembling from shock. "I didn't do it for you I did it for Hotaru – chan!" I shouted. "No one cares for her. There's no point in it." She stated with a higher than thou attitude. "I CARE! The young girl whose pure heart you took, Chibi Usa, she cares, Hotaru – chan's father cares! WE care!" I snapped back angrily. "BAKA!" Uranus snapped at me totally pissed off, "How many times do we need to tell you to NOT get in our way." Neptune demanded, but there was real fear in her eyes.

The tendrils of hair came without warning, Neptune and Uranus cried out in fright. Like slithering snakes they wrapped about both Neptune and Uranus. Winding and squeezing them so tight they couldn't make any noise, it was a struggle just to breath. If you could combine the effects of a boa constrictor with the appearance of mummification over their bodies, you would have their current predicament.

I couldn't help but feel guilty for them as this was partially my fault…at least it felt that way, "Now if you don't want your comrades killed in front of you. Hand over the grail now." Mistress Nine demanded.

"You wouldn't. Their the leverage you need." I tried. She sent out two more hair pieces to wrap around their necks and tightened, "I could care less about them. I could care less about the insignificant Hotaru or that girl whose pure heart I have. All I care about is the silence Pharaoh 90 will bring." She stated in a dead tone. "You kill them you kill your chances to get to the grail." I tell her. She merely smiled knowingly at me.

"Do you even know what it's like to kill Sailor Moon? A real kill. Not just destroying some soulless creature like a daimon." She asked, I narrowed my eyes. I understood full well what killing someone was like. I had done it numerous times before in defense of my friends, myself and this planet. It was a burden I dealt with on a daily basis.

"Killing them means nothing to me. Now if you hand over the grail I'll make their deaths quick and simple, they won't feel a thing. Promise." She stated sweetly to me, "And if I tell you to get bent and go to hell?" I snap sarcastically, "Then I'll ditch this body and reside in yours." She commented. I gulped not liking the idea of her in my own body. If she were able to take over and get in touch with the silver crystal…

"Between you and me Mistress Nine, with all that I've seen, done and been through it's a bit of a horror show up there." I tried. I hoped she wouldn't see through my façade. I knew that I had been through some rough times before, but thanks to the girls it wasn't to bad. We always beat the enemy at the end of the day even if we were worse for the wear by the end. "It can get worse." She grinned, "I can put this planet through hell for your intolerance, for your refusal by using your crystal." I gulped at her words.

"You're bluffing. You can't gain access to my body like that without my consent." I called her out on it. "True, but considering how willing you'd be to protect your friends is it any wonder that I'd try." She told me. I looked to them as they struggled for breath, "How about this. You hand over the chalice and I won't kill them." she supplied. "Don't you dare do it! I will detest you if you do!" Neptune screamed. "Just kill the bitch Sailor Moon!" Uranus yelled out even as she was being strangled.

I stood up and held out my hands, seeking the power of the Chalice that resided deep inside my soul. The 'should I' or 'shouldn't I' question kept tumbling back and forth in my head even as the incredible power from the chalice came forth. In the end I couldn't just forsake my friends. I could feel Mistress Nine's eyes boring down upon me, on the forming chalice coming to life in my hands, above my head.

I felt a small part of me doing something incredibly right and wrong at the same time. It was confusing me but I refused to believe that Hotaru nor Neptune or Uranus couldn't be saved by my actions. "Sailor Moon please don't!" Uranus begged me, I could tell she was close to crying and it broke my heart to hear her sounding so hopeless.

It was the sounds of an injured man coming in that stopped me, I spun around, lowering my hands and allowing the chalice to dissipate back inside me. "Hotaru…" It was Professor Tomoe, struggling into the demi light of the dais. Clutching his bloody soaked abdomen. I could only guess that he had suffered a great blow and was free of the evil that harbored a home within him once and for all. He was pale and shivering from blood loss, yet he struggled onward determined to reach his daughter's side.

At first I was on guard till I saw the defeat in his eyes, his bodies slumped posture and the way he said Hotaru's name. It was her father once more. This proved it to me now, if her father could be saved – then so could Hotaru. It renewed my faith in her ability to take back control.

He came forward as a broken man, a struggling father to his very much loved child.

"See Hotaru – chan?! Wherever you are in there your father was able to come back to you. I'm here for you and I'm NOT going anywhere. This Mistress Nine will end today. I promise you that." I spoke up as he finally got to her.

"You should not give the useless brat false hopes." Mistress Nine snipped back, "Well according to you she's dead, unless you're just full of lies like we all know you are." I snapped back.

"Hotaru you're like this because of me. Please forgive me for being to weak to save you when I should have." He begged, falling upon his knees before Mistress Nine, gripping her dress in trembling hands.

She looked down to him like he was nothing but gum on the bottom of her shoe, "The empty shell of Germatoid…? How filthy to be touching me." She slammed him away with a force pulse of dark energy, as she backhanded him across the face. I ran to try and help him only to get slapped away with her hair, as another end of her hair wrapped around his neck and began to strangle him. "Hotaru – chan I know you can hear me! Fight this!" I cried out.)

Outside the Inner Senshi were in the power struggle of their lives. Having retreated to the four corner's of the Infinite bank using their powers to create a barrier to aid in keeping the daimon contained where they were.

Similar to the one they would create in the future to protect the Crystal Palace they united around the Mugen building far enough away to let their powers connect to one another without any disruption. But the daimon were multiplying and getting stronger while they were starting to weaken. Fighting desperately to keep their barriers up to prevent them from getting into the city beyond. Their future counter parts were the only living knowledge that this could be done for a long period of time…and they would to.

"We won't lose this fight." Jupiter stated strongly, sweat on her brow. Kneeling upon the crack remains of a street, amid the commercial sector of the Delta. Huge office buildings and department stores lined the streets, all damaged from their battle already. With her arms outstretched her Emerald Senshi energy glowing over her body, snapping and crackling like lightening. Head craned back in deep mediation.

She stubbornly kept her connection to the other's strong as the army of Daimon's converged upon her howling and screeching in victory as they saw her struggling.

"Their getting stronger." Mercury winced on her end, kneeling at the edge of a cable bridge that led to the inland. Her arms outstretched and head bowed in supplication to her powers. Her body glowing a soft blue, rippling like the water's themselves as a red wave of evil was swarming down the expressway towards her.

"We can't let these daimon loose in the city." Venus clarified, kneeling amid the war zone at the edge of a residential area of the delta. Her body glowing gold, like the rays of the sun were given life from her very body. Her head held high, eyes closed focusing upon her powers. Mansions and apartment complexes surrounded her, all looking mostly destroyed already as evil oozed over the building converging upon her in unrelenting waves.

"We must stay strong…for Sailor Moon, for the people of our city…our earth." Mars stated bravery, kneeling at the edge of the huge multi lanes highway that connected the Delta to the rest of the reclamation area. Her head was craned back, eyes closed and her mind locked in a deep mediation upon her powers. Her living flames flickered over her body. They all were wearing down as the waves of Daimon kept ramming into their wards.

The massive amounts of energy they were using to keep the shield up was taxing their bodies and minds. Even Mamoru could feel the energy being used to protect his planet. Like a comforting blanket he felt their energies echoing out from the Delta. He glanced up from his worry of Chibi Usa and looking soberly out his bedroom window out towards the growing darkness converging over the reclamation area beyond the city skyline.

He could feel his planet feeding them more energy in their powers, aiding them in a small way so their powers could fuel the barrier that much longer. It wouldn't be a lot but it hoped it would be enough to prevent the darkness from spreading. "Stay strong girls...I believe in all of you." He whispered, closing his eyes and reaching out with his own senshi powers. Watching over them all in his own way.

Back inside the tower however was another story. Uranus and Neptune had been incased in a pillar of black stone. Mistress Nine wanted them to have a great view to watch the world as it ended. Moon was trying desperately to get to Tomoe as Mistress Nine seemed to be enjoying his misery. Dragging his death out like a lion cub playing with a mouse. Tossing him around the summoning dais by his neck over and over again.

That is until a small voice came forth that shocked the hell out of everyone, Other than Tomoe who was, crouched in the deep shadows amid the bordering pillars, now nursing a bruised and slightly swollen neck. His lab coat was shredded, his tan dress pants torn to the knees. His dress shirt was ripped open at the stomach where he now clutched desperately to the mortal wound there. His hand covered in blood, the area around his stomach soaked with his blood.

His face was pale and worn, eyes dull but still vital wanting to make everything right with his little girls before he allowed himself to die. Even Mistress Nine seemed shocked. She hadn't expected for Hotaru to gain enough strength to come out, again. Clutching at her chest and heaving in pain, as she reasserted her control.

However once she saw the startled looks she garnered. Mistress Nine figured she could use the small voice of Hotaru to her advantage, as a way of gaining what she wanted most. Moon was far to gullible and idealistic to figure out it was a ploy. It was perfect. "Not possible!" She snapped, writhing and screaming in pain. Acting as if Hotaru's body was in fact rejecting her when in reality she was gaining full control once again.

It was a highly convincing act to dupe Moon. She released the hair around Neptune and Uranus's necks hoping that by doing so she'd gain favor with Moon. But in order to use her voice. She'd have to let go of her control over Hotaru's host, just enough to let the pained voice of the dark haired child come through. It was risky since it would mean giving her some semblance of control. If she were to be severely injured Hotaru would have a chance to truly cast her out. But she wouldn't let that happen, Moon would NOT be her end.

("I don't believe it!" Mistress Nine gasped, clutching her throat as if Hotaru was choking her from within. I looked at her with both worry and confusion, hoping it was Hotaru taking back control. I could hear Hotaru's voice clear as day. There was no doubt it was Hotaru, now I knew I could save her. "This hurts so much papa." She gasped in pain, clutching her chest and whimpering. Looking so frail as she collapsed to the floor, her suffering far greater then she could contain. I wanted to help her.

"Please Sailor Moon, give me the Chalice, with it I can cast Mistress Nine out my body!" She pleaded to me. I took several steps forward, overcome with sympathy. I wanted to help her, to heal her. I would do whatever needed to be done to safe her.

"End her now Sailor Moon!" Uranus yelled at me.

"NO! Hotaru – chan is still alive within her! Give her a chance!" I begged. "Don't be fooled! She's only acting to gain your trust and get the chalice!" Neptune yelled. I refused to believe it, "NO! That's Hotaru – chan's voice, not Mistress Nines. She can't fake that kind of suffering." I reasoned, "You cannot be that much of a baka Sailor Moon!" Neptune snapped in anger, "How you ever became leader of the inner senshi is beyond me!" She continued.

"Because I believe in her. I believe in Hotaru – chan." I answered, "And I'm leader because my inner senshi believe in me." I retaliated towards them. I saw Mistress Nine collapse in pain as Hotaru was taking back control of her body. Her broken father crawling to her side to see if she was okay. Tears of remorse streaming down his face as he begged for forgiveness. Then I clearly heard, "PAPA!" in Hotaru's pained scared voice scream out.

Seconds later Mistress Nine's voice screeched out in agony, as the war within broke through to the physical realm. Showing all who witnessed this feat of will power that Hotaru was not as weak as she seemed. )

Mistress Nine for her part was in actual pain trying to keep Hotaru at bay now. Having given the dark haired child to much freedom she was having trouble shoving her back down. Her struggle became partial act partial truth. It was the glowing light from Moon's hands that gave Mistress Nine a sly smile. Moon believed her half true act and was forming her chalice. She screamed out in agony again. Her hand stretching and twitching towards the glow in Moon's hands.

(I had to do something so I started to form the chalice. Maybe if it could give me the power to cleanse Hotaru, to destroy or even weaken the evil enough. For Hotaru to expel Mistress Nine from her body. It was a theory mind you. I held no guarantee that it would work, I hoped that by giving it to Hotaru. She could regain enough strength to take back control over her body. She was a sailor senshi after all. If her senshi side could touch the chalice why not use its power to take control.

Mistress Nine was being rejected from the body anyways, this way Hotaru could use the power and gain full control back. "Why? Sailor Moon…you have to know its all an act!" I heard Uranus's words but I refused to believe that Hotaru would have to be sacrificed. The power was growing in my hands as I approached her. Hotaru was alive and fighting and needed help in taking back her body.

"You are NOT the messiah of light Sailor Moon. The chalice is NOT yours to do with as you please! STOP this!" Neptune yelled, as the glowing form of the holy cup was coming into existence again.

"You have no right to do as you please with that much power, its not even yours to begin with!" She bellowed. "Arigato for the reminder Sailor Neptune…but I know deep down that we don't have to sacrifice Hotaru to save the world. She's still alive and I refuse to believe that her sacrifice is needed. When we start to sacrifice people to save the world as we see fit who does that make us better than? Does it make us right or like the evil beings we fight, for killing someone else?" I demanded of her.

"If this world needs sacrifice's then it'll be US. NOT the innocent lives we protect and Hotaru – chan is an innocent life I must protect." I confessed with a stern resolve. The chalice fully formed in my hands as I walk with it to Tomoe, as he now cradled Mistress Nine's trembling body in his arms. Hotaru was in control, I assumed. "There it is." She said in her sweet little voice. I offered the chalice for Tomoe to take. Ignoring the angry hateful glares Uranus and Neptune were throwing my way as Uranus growled, "We are so fucked."

"Please…she's my only child." Tomoe begged, "Here…she'll be fine now." I could only hope I was right. He took it and gave it to her. I felt relief flood me, hope that Hotaru would get strong enough to pull through and wipe Mistress Nine from her system. Instead cold, hard reality set in when Mistress Nine took full control back and cast both Tomoe and myself away with a swipe of her hand. Her evil laughter filled the room.

I was slammed hard against the ground, very far from her. I could feel the impact vibrating threw me, the pain of my body was nothing compared to the loathing I felt at my mistake. As Tomoe's battered body was thrown even further back, bouncing away out of view beyond the pillars. I felt for him as a father…a parent. That sense of feeling worthless when it counted most and being unable to save you only child.

"Sailor Moon thanks to your wise choice I will give you the pleasure to be the body to a daimon when Pharaoh 90 comes here." She gloated, holding the chalice proudly in her hands.

No! No I refused to believe I had been duped! "Hotaru – chan I know you can hear me!" I yelled in a panic. I knew she still lived or else why would Mistress Nine cringe in pain. "NO matter the cost I won't let you have either Hotaru – chan or this world." I spat, pulling myself off the ground to crawl forward. Humiliated and angry, I refused to look at the Outer Senshi. Feeling their 'I told you so' glares upon my back.

"Just make it easy on yourself and let it go. Let me clue you in here, this grail is an 'ultra-pure crystal' among all pure hearts, its love, hate, happiness, sadness all of that combined together and elevated to the highest level." She explained. "To put it simply to win against Pharaoh 90 after he gets here you'd have to produce a heart more pure than that of the chalice. And considering you can't even take on the second transformation now. I'd say your chances are nil." She smirked, her eyes glowing with eager anticipation.

She pulled out Chibi Usa's crystal brooch from beneath the glass bell, and threw it away like it was trash. Before putting the chalice into the bizarre holding glass. It shimmered for a moment, staining under the glass force field then it exploded into glittering dust. She pulled out a strange amber crystal hidden in the neckline of her black dress. My heart froze at the sight of the grail being destroyed beyond repair. As the glittered remains of the grail was then absorbed into the ominous crystal, my body froze.

The hope I had been desperately clinging to started to falter. The whole building rumbled and shook as if we were at the epicenter of a massive earth quake. The container broke, unable to hold back the massive amounts of power the Chalice contained. I was stunned into absolute shock by the sheer force of that power. "The grail…" it had been shredded like it was nothing more than a pillow.

"Hai! Please come this way Pharaoh 90!" Mistress Nine called out, holding her hand out that held the Taorian Crystal, as she walked to the edge of the dais. Power kept exploding from the shattered remains of the jar, releasing in bursts that pulsed over me like rapidly increasing gravity. The strange crystal in Mistress's Nines hands began to pulse. Sending out intense flares of dark energy, creating abnormalities in the space around us.

It pushed me flat to the floor of the dais. I didn't know what else to do other than use the scepter, "I hope you're happy!" Neptune raged. "Look at what you've done! Your stupid idealism has gotten us all killed. Are you happy now?!" Uranus snapped. I looked up to her, "Really NOT helping!" I screamed back before calling upon the scepter's power. Struggling against the building force back onto shaky feet.

"Moon Spiral Heat Attack!" I charged my wand and sent my attack straight at her. A last ditch effort to subdue her.

It did nothing as I she batted me away, I landed hard amid the pillars, losing my grip upon my scepter. It clattered away, spinning out of reach. "Such a pathetic attempt to stop my master. I shall rule at his side, as his most loyal queen!" The evil raven haired woman said, facing the massive vortex that was coming to life above the tower. It was just like the Tau Nebula that had formed in her throne room. Dark, oppressive and deadly.

The billowing dark clouds collapsed and expanded like an angry sky about to open up and swallow us all. That crystal was acting like an energy beacon, piercing through the dimension's calling that great evil to this planet. All the energy the grail had contained was being channeled through it and into the building Nebula.

But I saw what she didn't see and I knew I had to do something. Seeing Tomoe crawling forward, behind her. We both nodded our heads, acknowledging what he was going to attempt to subdue her.

As he went to grab her, an indescribable force pounded into her. A power from the evil source behind the Nebula, slammed down upon her. She screamed and cowered as the pressure from the power sought to crush her, Pharaoh 90 did not care about the person who was bringing him here. She had served her purpose, with the gate open and the energy from the grail invigorating him she was now insignificant. She screamed at the top of her lungs, "IMPOSSIBLE!"

Tomoe wrapped his arms around her wounded body, I charged into action. Shielding her, acted as her main defense against the incredible power coming down. Apparently Pharaoh 90 didn't want to rule with anyone by his side. Typical. But the power though, it was like gravity had compounded upon me. My body was shivering from the pressure, my bones ached, and a fiery pain was crawling over my muscles. I was posed over her, scepter and arms crossed over my head like a shield. For her and her father to be safe as he held her dearly.

The strain got to be to much and I fell to the floor unable to support my own body weight any longer. The burning pain like acid, coursed through me. I had no defense in this weak form against the power of Pharaoh 90. I was in massive amounts of pain, my body convulsing in shock as the dark force ebbed from me. But I would live. It was Hotaru and her struggle for life that I worried for.

The unknown war happening inside of her, that internal battle of wills with Mistress Nine was still uncertain. As the entity inside of her lay dormant, struck down by her evil lord as mercilessly as she had sought to kill Tomoe. She was now cowering deep inside Hotaru's subconscious, healing. Hotaru's body already taxed and crippled thanks to Mistress Nine, was now to weak to continue. It started to give out after Pharaoh 90's brutal assault.

Keeping my tears in check, I forced myself to stand once more and shield her. I would continue to guard her in what seemed like her last moments. I could only hope that the power stored inside of her, that was going to come out, didn't do significant damage to the senshi or the surrounding buildings.)

Out beyond the tragedy at the apex of the Mugen tower. The inner senshi were struggling to maintain the barrier. As the daimon's eventually became no more, the power of Mistress Nine no longer feeding them. They became frozen, the energy once animating them fading away. With the life force gone, their bodies deteriorated back into the formless goo they had come from. The vortex that hovered over the Tower, expanded over the delta. The dark cosmic cloud mass swirling in thundering waves to swallow the island.

A solid darkness fell over the Senshi as the ground below them shivered, the wind picked up to hurricane speed. Still they did not even flinch, maintaining the barrier. Their hearts were strong, their faith in Sailor Moon never faltered in the face of coming death.

The earth groaned then began to tremor, cracks widened in the streets. Forming casems that swallowed whole blocks of city buildings. The end of times were upon them, and the Senshi refused to flee. Kneeling calmly before the apocalypse, holding the barrier together at all costs. A concussive blast pulsed out from the center of the vortex. Slamming into the earth and expanding outward with the power of a nuclear bomb. The Senshi hung on till the bitter end as the wave of pure evil exploded from the tower, slamming into them with incredible force.

They were sent into the air screaming in agony, as the wave overtook them. Swirling in the debris helplessly, sucked up into the air in a maelstrom. The connection on all sides severed as the senshi collided with pieces of concrete and steel beams, all knocked unconscious. Then the tornado faded away, leaving them in broken heaps upon the remains of the city streets, valiantly trying to regain their connection to each other.

Moon was gasping for breath as her own energy from protecting Hotaru's body had been depleted drastically. Having done nothing to protect herself from the warped space, she was taking the full brunt of all Pharaoh 90's attacks. She could feel Mamoru on the other side of her link begging to let him heal her. But she knew that would take healing power away from Chibi Usa, she couldn't never do that.

Keep her safe Mamo – chan…I'll be fine…

She gasped and huffed, needing to find some way of recovering. Please let me send you some energy…just a little…he begged. He loved Chibi Usa, she was his future daughter, but he loved his Usako more than his own life. He'd happily sacrifice his own to protect her, not just because she was his princess, the future queen of the planet, or the carrier to the silver crystal but also because he loved her more anything in the world. His planet he loved, he fought for it since he could remember. But he was nothing without her by his side.

No you need to keep your connection strong with Chibi Usa. I'm fine here, please trust me…

(I knew he wanted to save me again but right now Chibi Usa needed him more than me. She was hanging on by a thread I wasn't. I lowered the connection just enough to prevent his thoughts from distracting me. I couldn't block the physical pain since we were to deeply connected for me to do so. To do that I'd have to severe our connection as a love and I knew I couldn't do that unless I knew I would die.

"Papa?" Hotaru's faded voice caught my ears. I let the connection for Mamo – chan open up enough to hear everything I could hear. "Papa where are you? Where am I? I'm so scared." Hotaru was calling out from the darkness, her body was cold and still. Yet her spirit had managed to pull free of its hold, it hovered somewhere nearby scared and alone. My heart was breaking and the tears were finally free. Streaming down my face as I searched the void for her disembodied soul.

"Hotaru, I…gomen a sai…" he spoke. His voice breaking in sorrow. Cradling his dead daughter close to him, his fatherly love shining brightly.

"I thought I was saving you…after your mother passed I couldn't let you go. You were my world…my baby girl…" He confessed, regret thick in his tone for allowing Mistress Nine to inhabit her broken body. For but a moment I wondered how my own papa would take it if I were to pass. No doubt he'd find a way to blame it on Mamo – chan.

"Papa I need to get out, to save Chibi Usa…" She called, I managed a small crack of a smile. Even possessed by evil all she could think of was helping Chibi Usa. What a brave little soul she was. "Please forgive me, I don't know how to help…" he admitted, tears flowing down his cheeks as his face crumpled into pure misery. I wanted to say something, to try and comfort him but Hotaru needed to talk to her papa, so I remained quiet focusing my strength on keeping the power of Pharaoh 90 at bay.

"I wish we could go back to those days…" he sobbed. The tears were in his voice I could tell as he tightened his hold on her. He loves his daughter very much…I heard Mamo – chan state in our link…so do you…with ours…I reply back. It was Hotaru's curious, yet remorseful. "Papa…?" that echoed from the darkness. I was biting the tip of my tongue from yelling to Uranus and Neptune 'I told you so!'

But just as fast I heard Mistress Nine gasp as if regaining control before screaming out in utter pain and tossing Tomoe from her, "Get the hell out of here you meaningless pest. You mean nothing to no one here. No one cares and your existence is futile. So leave and never come back!" Mistress Nine snapped and gasped her words out. Trying to remain in control, but it seemed Hotaru was finally fighting back. The Senshi soul of Saturn was unwilling to allow Mistress Nine to occupy her dieing body any longer!

"Don't listen to her Hotaru – chan! We all care about you. Your papa loves you, Chibi Usa needs you and you're a good person, Usagi – chan told me so." I knew it was a large risk to say my name the way I did but as far as I saw it Mistress Nine would hopefully be gone soon. "Shut up! She will only get in our way!" Mistress Nine gasped in rising anger, "That's kinda the idea!" I yelled at her.

"NO! I refuse to bow down and surrender anymore!" We heard Hotaru tell her back. Mistress Nine gripped herself making the star on her forehead appear. A sign of desperation for sure, "I…I have my papa, my friend Chibi Usa and Ne-chan, Usagi. They care about me, believe in me! I can't give up! I won't!" Hotaru spirit screamed. The star on mistress nine's forehead crackled before vaporizing off her forehead. But the glowing symbol that lay there now, it was Saturn's symbol.

Mistress Nine screamed in rage and agony, bending backwards in her death throes, as in mere seconds later her host was destroyed. A swirl of mysterious power casting her from Hotaru's body. The pure spirit of Hotaru shimmered into view, hovering over her broken father. She whispered to him how much she loved him and that this terrible outcome was not his fault. He was not to blame.

Tomoe listened through his tears, sobbing in anguish upon the dais. Holding his daughter's cold body to his chest overcome by his misery. Hotaru's silent body faded away from his arms, leaving him weeping and screaming at the darkness. He was unable to repent or repair his failures as a father.

A new entity glowed to life within Hotaru's disembodied soul, her body reforming within the darkness. As a mighty Senshi in a dark lavender battle fuku who was the spitting image of Hotaru. Gripping a long vicious glaive in her left hand. A many faceted crystal was hovering in the middle of her bow, a lonely aura surrounded her. Filled with melancholy and foreboding that reminded me very much of my own power's when I had become the dark side of the Moon.

"I am finally free." Saturn stated, her dark lavender eyes bored down upon me. "Thank you Sailor Moon."

Uranus muttered, "Great, the revival of the senshi of ruin…" I looked to her, "Maybe her powers aren't bad like you ASSUME they are!" I snapped. "I am always an unwelcome guest." Saturn replied. "For I am the emissary of death. The Guardian of the Abyss, called upon at the end of times. To destroy everything and bring forth the Silence.")

In the deep shadows amid the pillars of the summoning dais, Chibi Usa's silver crystal flared to brilliant life. Sailor Saturn responded to the call, floating away to the track down the tiny bead of unlimited power.

"It seems not so long ago, when I was called to end things." She reminisced quietly as the floated amid the pillar's searching for the hidden object. With a small smile she lightly picked up the crystal and shimmered away.

Mamoru was going stir crazy, the only thing keeping him from bolting to her side, was his future daughter who suddenly began to glow with a bright silver light.

"What the hell?" He questioned. "Chibi Usa!" he yelled as she eyes snapped open.

"Chibi Usa!" He screamed in fright as she began to convulse.

Chibi Usa pure spirit was floating through a void of darkness. Casting worried looks over her shoulder as she felt a presence following her.

"What is this scary place...who's following me?" She whispered. Her heart beating in terror as she felt trapped.

"Chibi Usa - chan!" Hotaru's voice called out merrily to her.

She spun around finding her tiny silver crystal flickering just below her. Her spirit dove through the dark clouds, as the light of the crystal began to brighten as she drew near. As her small hand grasped the eternal object it flared to life, blocking out all the darkness in a blinding flash of white light.

Chibi Usa cradled her crystal to her cheek lovingly. "I am so glad I found you. It is so hard to be separated from it. It's like it's become a part of my own body by now." Chibi Usa breathed in relief, closing her eyes and curling up as if falling asleep.

"That's right Chibi Usa. Much like Sailor Moon did with hers you have bonded with it. The crystal is very much like your own heart. You must never let yourself get separated from it again or reveal it to easily, you must protect it." Hotaru's soul shimmered to life before her. Smiling sweetly at her as she pulled her resting soul into her arms.

Chibi Usa sighed, basking in Hotaru's comfort. Feeling safe and warm without a worry in the world. "Don't worry, I shall protect you. I will never allow them to touch your beautiful pure soul, or the Silver crystal. I promise I will save you." Hotaru pledged, her eyes burning with determination. "I have never felt so strong before, but with Saturn now inhabiting what is left of my body. I know I have the power to fight. I will risk my life to ensure that this evil will not gain this planet."

Mamoru was scared, not knowing what to do but wait the convulsions out. As Chibi Usa settled into a deep sleep, her heart beating on it's own again. Mamoru took in a shaking breath then gasped. When the faded spirit of another Senshi, looking to close to Hotaru to be a coincidence shimmered before him. She hovered over Chibi Usa with a fond smile upon her face. "Are you Sailor Saturn?" He asked quietly, the aura of deaths judgment humbling him.

She smiled, "Hai…Chibi Usa…I promise you'll be okay now. But I must go back and help Sailor Moon." She produced the girl's pure heart crystal as it fell back into Chibi Usa. The little girl glowed for a moment as the crystal seeded itself back into her soul.

"I am so glad you are alright now. I was able to save you. I felt that perhaps it was destiny that we met. That we were able to become friends. Thank you...Goodbye." She whispered, before fading away as if she was only a dream.

"Hotaru...chan...Please don't go..." Chibi Usa mumbled in her sleep, tears creeping out of the corner of her eyes. Mamoru watched Saturn fade away and held back his own tears. Unwilling to concede that Saturn's fate was going to be so sad.

Luna and Artemis, long having forgotten about their fight, came in and saw the senshi of Ruin, "Sailor Saturn." Luna was stunned. Last she had heard of Saturn was during the silver millennium. She hadn't been allowed to train with the rest of the girls for fear of her powers and keeping them contained had been at the forefront for her own parents of Saturn. Though if Luna recalled correctly Serenity had taken to acting as a big sister to the young girl on the moon during diplomatic visits, "It seems times really don't change much…" She muttered.

Once her pure heart was back the umbilical connection to Mamoru was severed. Mamoru quickly kissed Chibi Usa on the fore head. "Luna, Artemis! Watch her! I need to go to Usako's side now. I can feel it she needs me but is trying to do everything by herself…again." He explained. Grabbing his jacket and shoes he bolted through the door of the apartment. He knew he could trust the two cats to keep Chibi Usa safe.

It was back with Moon and the others that things were getting worse, "Pharaoh 90 is almost here." Neptune stated in defeat. The stone that had contained her had crumbled upon Mistress Nine's destruction.

"We're powerless to stop the silence now. It's only a matter of time before Saturn returns to end it all." Uranus stated bitterly, clenching her fists tight at her sides as she morbidly watched the immortal dark being emerge from the nexus of the sinister cloud mass. Pharaoh 90 was going to possess this planet and turn it into another planet Tau. Or Saturn was going to destroy everything. There was no hope anymore.

The power from Pharaoh 90 erupted into a solid state of darkness, as he finally made it from his universe to theirs. The ground around them all shattering as Tomoe and Moon were thrown far from one another. Uranus and Neptune dashed into the gap, facing the evil creature defiantly, staring upward at the black void that was his form, this glowing red eyes smoldering down upon them with murderous intent.

The school and surrounding buildings were twisting in the warped space Pharaoh 90 created. His massive essence was now spreading over the Delta. Pharaoh Ninety groaned in relief as the last of his vaporous form emerged from the portal. Eager to devour this planet full of life, to silence this reality forever and create a new planet Tau in it's place.

His dark power began spilling out to the shoreline of Tokyo bay, attaching like a parasite upon the earth as he began to suck the very life from the planet, a living abyss consuming the world they knew. Martial law was quickly enforced over Japan. The army was called in and began a mass evacuation of the survivor's of the Delta. Humanity was scrambling to save itself, as their sense of reality was being twisted into a demonic hell.

As Moon managed to sit up, her fuku torn and stained with her blood. The skirt hung in tatters around her waist and upper thighs, her bow was only still in place due to the locket she had, the shredded red ribbon was now fluttering the wind. Her odango's had become loose strands that were hanging in a disarray over her face and body.

Sitting up on hands and knees as she didn't have the strength currently to do much more then endure Uranus snapping at her, "I don't believe it…in the end regardless of our sacrifice's and hard work it was for nothing." She looked to Moon with rage in her eyes, "Tell me…is this what you wanted? Saturn will end this planet, the very one you SWORE to PROTECT! You once asked how can I be a Senshi due to our selfish methods…how can you be a Senshi when you're willing to sacrifice the world for ONE individual?!" She was trembling with held in fury.

"ANSWER ME!" She screamed, lunging for her. Neptune held her back, she bowed her head in defeat. Uranus wanted nothing more than to strangle Moon, to make her suffer for her idealistic protectiveness over Hotaru, "You had a chance to gain our acceptance and end Mistress Nine BEFORE she got the grail and you blew it!" Uranus yelled. So had so much wanted to accept Moon as her leader but now…

"Now Sailor Saturn has been reborn and she will end everything! You were already dead when she destroyed the Silver Millennium...selfishly took your own life when your prince died for you! You don't know what her power is like! I can't watch another world die!" Uranus broke down into defeated sobs, as Neptune held her close.

(I wanted to yell at her, tell her I felt absolute pain when I died. When Endymion risked his own life for mine. How his sacrifice broke me in ways I never believed I could break. I took my own life because the pain was just to much in my heart, mind, body and soul. I felt my insides tear and my soul rip apart. A part of me was already dead with him gone. I just finished the other half off to end the suffering. But I didn't say anything.)

Pharaoh 90's demonic laughter only made Moon feel worse. She had been unable to choose, she had tried to save everyone and had failed.

(But I heard it all and my heart ached with a cold, jagged pain. I had wanted to bring peace back to this planet so people would no longer feel burdened by fear and anxiety. I felt in order to do that I had to save Hotaru, Chibi Usa's pure heart and her Silver Crystal. I felt that there had to be a reason why my instincts were to protect Hotaru, beyond her just being a friend of Chibi Usa's and a Senshi. Though it is the end of the world when Sailor Saturn is awakened. Is it even possible to restore this peace...this planet now?)

"Sailor Moon." I looked up to see Saturn before me. Her fuku was much different from ours, as a senshi. Perhaps due to her powers alone made her wear one that was more attuned to her as a person. "Arigato for protecting my body. It seems you and I have a common bond that surpasses even lifetimes." I looked to her. "You used to visit the moon…" I remembered.

"When I was a small child. You took me in, protected me from those that hated and despised my very existence. You made me see that I could have friends and loved ones. The other senshi…never accepted me." She looked to Neptune and Uranus behind me, "It seems the reactions are the same regardless of the lifetime." She smiled mildly, as if expecting it. Then she confront the twisting darkness that was Pharaoh 90 hovering over the sky.

"Saturn…please." Neptune began, as Uranus began to stalk towards her. Intent on a kamikaze attempt to stop her. "This cannot be our preordained fate!" She raged.

"Hotaru…" Tomoe and I spoke together. Uranus stopped, stunned to find the crippled man crawling towards Saturn, desperate to reach her.

"Hotaru – chan is still here, deep down inside but had to relinquish control for me to do what I have to do." She confessed sadly. I was confused. "Her soul was still deeply weakened by Mistress Nine feeding off her for so many years. I took control over her so I could do what was needed to destroy the evil here." She sound so calm, I was stunned, "Wait! You need help!" I begged, prepared to argue my case to help her further.

"No, but in order to defeat Pharaoh 90 you need to reach its center and annihilate him all at once or else he could regenerate." She explained, a somber resolution in her eyes. I looked pleadingly up to her, "Let me help!"

"As Super Sailor Moon their might have been a chance, but as you are now. You can't even breach his outer self, or enter his core now that he has the power of the grail." She told me. I didn't want to accept it, "What will happen to you?" I asked her, hoping that there was a chance of her to return. "The reason I am called the 'warrior of ruin' is because I hold the power of annihilation."

She inclined the deep lavender crystal that adorned her chest. "This is the crystal of ruin, it hold enough power to end everything but it's use much like the Silver Crystal has a price. As I drop my Silence glaive I will end everything even myself. Your silver crystal is a gift of rebirth, protected down through the Lunarian line to give new hope to each generation that the next will maintain the peace it provides." She gave me a weak, understanding smile before she turned away from me. I was fighting a losing battle but I didn't want her to give up her life.

"However upon the use of my greatest power, I will also perish. I will drop my Silence Glaive into the Heart of Pharaoh 90 and everything will come to an end." She formulated her glaive once more, as she said her final words she took determined steps towards the edge of the roof. I couldn't let her do it. "NO!" I screamed, lunging after her. But she spun and held the scythe up to my face, preventing me from moving any closer or risk getting cut.

"Arigato…for the warmth of friendship, you provided me. You have proved once more that people can be saved, that evil can be eradicated from a host and that a young girl could find her place among the legendary sailor senshi. I will treasure it in both lifetimes now." She jumped backward and into the black mass of Pharaoh 90, disappearing from my sights.

"This isn't happening." I snapped, a cold sweat beading over my body as I crumpled on all fours. I couldn't breathe right, all this was to horrible to fathom. It just couldn't be true. I wasn't going to let it happen! I rushed to my feet and charged the sinister fog.

Just as my body struck the outer tendrils of that darkness, I was electrocuted more strongly than before. It felt just like Mistress Nine's force field but hundred times stronger. I screamed, my voice echoing over the summoning chamber making Uranus and Neptune cringe. Then I was flung back, smoking and numb. My body felt singed, my muscles twitching. But I refused to give up. I grabbed my broach that had finally come loose, and did what I did best, made it up as I went along. I needed more power!

"Crisis make up!" I screamed for the chalice. Desperately calling to the holy object that I had been granted, that I had given up to save Hotaru. I called for it a half dozen times, sobbing and wailing in desperation. Over and over again but nothing happened. I could hear Saturn fighting within the solid darkness that was Pharaoh 90. Could hear him growling and cursing her as he fought back.

"NO, NO, NO..." I pounded my fist into the ground, I didn't know what else to do. I was frustrated and angry at my own weakness. When my power's were needed the most I was found lacking. All my doubts and anxiety's of not being good enough were coming true! Hotaru was fighting all alone...dieing all alone...)

She wept bitterly for Sailor Saturn, who seemed destined to have such a grim existence. It wasn't fair! This whole wretched situation was so unfair! She felt all alone, knowing Uranus and Neptune did not support her. She was scared and overwhelmed.

Then a tender hand, bracing her shoulder and pulled Moon from her misery. She sniffed and looked up to find Uranus crouching before her, tears flowing silently down her face. As moon felt the same hot tears streaming down her own cheeks. Uranus's bleak expression was smudged with dirt, her fuku looked battle worn and her eyes were tired. But she was seeking to comfort her, to show finally that she cared.

"It is our way..." She started softly. "You want to go to her, but that is not how an Outer Senshi fights their battles."

"What...?" Moon gasped.

"We have always been seen as cold, single minded Senshi who would never follow you into battle." Neptune knelt beside Moon, holding her hand gently.

"But we were never meant to fight alongside you. We were the solar systems perimeter defense system. We were supposed to make the enemies fear us before they even got to you." Uranus brushed her hand upon Moon's wet cheek. Brushing away her tears with her thumb, a small, understanding smile upon her face.

"I'm scared...and I feel so alone." Moon confessed brokenly. "I can't help her!" She broke down into gasping sobs unable to hold her composure for long.

"Solitude..." Uranus laughed bitterly. "No, true solitude is something infinite. It is the fate of all Outer Senshi. It was we're we used to be."

Moon gasped and blinked away her tears, alarmed by her sad words.

"Uranus..." Moon breathed, placing a trembling hand over the Wind Senshi's who was still cupping her cheek. "Neptune...even Pluto...?"

"We were all stationed during the Silver Millennium in very lonely places." Neptune explained to her. "There was no one else. It was just you. Left to guard and defend a very isolated place. No one was around to have your back, you were on your own."

"But whenever we felt overwhelmed by the loneliness, when we needed to draw hope. We could use our Talisman's to bring forth an image of the distant beautiful Silver Millennium. To gaze upon our proud Queen and our sweet princess's bright smile. It was our ray of light in the far off darkness of the Solar System. It always fortified us, gave us the strength to never give up, reassuring us that her light would always guide us." Neptune finished, silent tears now welling in the corner of her eyes.

"Your smile would always shine so brilliantly, we knew there was nothing we couldn't accomplish. When bathed in that light, new strength would flow into us. You have given all of us Outer Senshi the most wonderful experience. These last few months with you have been so full of love and happiness. Trust in Saturn...she knows how much you love her. She will die happy, to an Outer Senshi that is the most perfect gift."

Uranus consoled her, pulling her into her embrace as Moon fell into deepest most profound sadness she had ever felt. Sobbing uncontrollably against Uranus, clutching at her desperately, as her body shook and trembled with the pain of being forced to witness Saturn's death and then the death of this world. "We will all die together this time...finally united." Uranus sighed, brushing Moon's hair tenderly as she held her.

Her body ached with a bone sore weariness, she could feel her Senshi beyond the tower now. They were fighting, hurting...calling out for her to be strong. She cried harder feeling their own bodies pain. Even in their last moments they thought only of her. While she was thinking only of them, how she needed them, yearned for them to be by her side. She laughed softly, it was almost funny. Even the Outer's with all their pompous posturing of being lone warriors, had drawn strength by thinking about her.

I am not alone...I am never alone...I have my friends around me. The light I hold deep within myself. Is their light that guides me, reassures me and gives me strength. With them at my side their is nothing I can't accomplish! I will never give up!

"I need your help…" she felt the Inner Senshi all mentally agreeing with her. Laying prone and broken amid the battle scared Delta, they each spoke her name in reverence. "Sailor Moon…" They felt her need and sent her the last remaining energy they had to aid her.

Uranus and Neptune gasped as they felt a connection to Moon coming alive in their hearts. By reaching out to her, finally opening up and being truly honest about who they were and why they acted the way they did they had created a powerful bond with their princess. They could feel her yearning for more power, then complied willingly. Bowing their heads and offering her the last of their energy.

Her silver crystal lit up and unfurled as their powers collected with it's facets. Spinning out from her broach as Moon found the strength to pull away from Uranus and stand strong before the coming Darkness.

(I screamed my Super transformation phrase, till I was hoarse. Trusting in my friends, and finally trusting in myself that I had the power to change the course of this bleak future. My transformation came in blinding waves of Senshi energy. I could feel the pulse of everyone's Senshi heart, all beating as one within me. As if all of our hearts were now in complete sync with one another's.)

They were offering their messiah everything they could give. The power was indescribable. As the brilliant light created from their joining shone forth from her crystal, it also transformed into her pure heart. An elegant strata of beautiful crystal that shone like a new born star.

She levitated upon this incredible energy wave, spinning and bending as her Super Powered fuku came alive over her nude body. Thrusting her hand up over her head. She proclaimed with an indomitable spirit. "I have become the Guardian that will shine with the power to defeat this darkness. I will become the holy light that will pierce this dark heart and I shall never bow before evil again!"

(The added Senshi energy fortified me, keeping me from passing out, as I had when I had my pure heart exposed before. I could feel my body act on auto pilot, a single minded need to save Saturn. To save this world...

I strode towards the solid mass of darkness, with a self-assured gait. Nothing was going to stand in my way now!

As if by obtaining all of their powers it was enabling me to surpass the massive drain this transformation usually put my body under. Giving me the boost I needed to fight for the ones that I loved. I pushed into the vile miasma that was Pharaoh 90. Hitting against a solid field of darkness deep within, that felt thick like diving into far off depths of the ocean. A limitless mass of black void surrounded me.

I could hear the dull echo's of battle further in, so I forced myself deeper. Feeling all of the energy within me, pulsing with the beat of eight hearts as one. I even sensed Pluto nearby, offering me her loyalty and Senshi strength to conquer this evil. I hoped she was safe wherever she was out there.

All of my friend's energy was vibrating through me, I knew without a doubt that I could win. I wouldn't let Hotaru die, now that she was free of Mistress Nine. When she had JUST been awakened as a Senshi. It would not only devastate Chibi Usa but also I'm sure alter time as it was. I didn't know how but Saturn was needed as not only as a Senshi but as a friend in the future for Chibi Usa.

I was battered, but not beaten, and I was going to face the devil himself. I had to if I was going to save the earth and get Hotaru out alive. I could still hear her farewell words as the tears in my eyes blinded me. My fists gripped so tightly I suspected my muscles would tear. Entering the core, I instantly felt suffocated. The darkness here was smothering me, constricting my breath and making me struggle to find air.

The heat of Pharaoh Ninety's rage, blasted against me. It's frustration at being torn apart so easily by Saturn, hummed in waves of wrath and vengeance all around. It felt like I was being devoured by it all, his 'core self' slammed into me like acidic bile. Making my body start to smolder and burn, as the echoes of the battle grew louder and more frenetic.

It was worse than being near Beryl during our final battle, being near Wiseman during that battle…that was child's play compared to this overwhelming exposure to raw evil. "Saturn!" I screamed, looking franticly for her. I felt Pharaoh 90 grab me, his hold tightening around my neck. What I had for oxygen was quickly cut off, till I was ready to pass out. I fought at the invisible figure strangling me. Kicking and punching at the darkness seeking connect with something solid.

Then I saw Saturn, fighting him. Her small body glowing a magnificent lavender, swinging her Silence Glaive with precision and grace. Shredding the darkness one layer at a time, keeping the bulk of Pharaoh 90 back. She had literally ripped him away from the earth and now we were hovering over the Delta.

I would not be useless! I called upon my scepter, igniting it in my hand. It appeared in flash of silver light in my right hand, even as Pharaoh 90 was choking me. I gripped my staff and screamed out my attack. "Rainbow Moon Heartache!" I sent out a blast of white that annihilated a good chunk of the abyss.

"How beautiful the agony in the moment of destruction." Saturn whispered to herself as Pharaoh 90 screamed in pain, as a large chunk of his core self was vaporized.

"Please..." Pharaoh 90 pleaded, knowing his end was here. "At least send me back to the Tau System, that graveyard of dense gravity and limitless darkness."

"Hush...now. You chose this fate." Saturn crooned, as if soothing a wailing child. "The end will come soon. I shall guide you death and seal you within the void." Saturn paid me a small smile and a nod as she dropped her scythe. It was a simple fatal strike, her face was set in stone. Calm and resigned to her fate until the end.

"Saturn!" I screamed in a panic.

"There is now need to grieve, with every ending their is hope and rebirth. You have the power to bring that forth Super Sailor Moon." She sought to comfort me in these final moments before everything went white.

As she ended everything.

Beyond Pharaoh 90's dieing core, Uranus and Neptune had called upon their talismans. Kneeling at horizontal corner's of the alien pentagram, they held their mirror and sword up. Seeking a salvation they would never come.

Pluto strode upon the dais, standing before them forming a perfect triangle. She struck her Garnet Rod into the black stone, it created a sonic boom that startled her fellow Senshi into looking up.

Uranus and Neptune sucked in a cold breath at what greeted them. Pluto had changed, she had not died as they had thought but had been transformed into a strange timeless entity. The aura that surrounded her was fearsome, filled with surrealism of no longer being in sync with the mortal plane. It made Uranus and Neptune somewhat nauseous to be in her very presence. They both swallowed hard.

Her fuku was similar to Super Sailor Moon's now with the thin ribbons flutter behind her dark layered skirt. Her bow had changed from a maroon to a deep purple. Her gloves reformed into silver gauntlets, but the most startling was her eyes. The pupils were now hourglass shaped, giving her a very feral appearance.

"Pluto..." Uranus gasped.

She smiled gently. "I sought penance from my father to spare my life. Defending my choices of breaking the Taboo, to save our future. He granted me new life but at a price."

"That price might have been to high?" Uranus questioned.

"That has yet to be seen." Pluto responded. "I realized upon the moment of my death that this planet had been travelling down the path of destruction since it's rebirth a millennia ago. We had no choice, Saturn was destined to be reborn and swing her scythe once more." There was no sign of emotion coming from her on the subject.

"Without us knowing, the past had been manipulated. Causing cracks in the future plane of events. Before I knew it history had been twisted just the slightest bit. The accident at the Tomoe Lab that should have led Hotaru to her eternal rest, resulted instead as her body becoming a host. Something long ago had called out these creatures, inviting them to our planet. The concentration of power from our princess and all her Senshi here on this planet lured them here. A fate we had no way to oppose. "

"Then we have no future?" Neptune gasped, as the world went white.

(I was watching in morbid fascination as Saturn's transformation faded away and Hotaru crumpled before me. I rushed to her, held her close and tragically felt her body slipping away from me.

Her death from using all her powers to save the world from Pharaoh 90 having drained her body fully. I felt her body grow stiff and cold as her life force slipped away. I couldn't allow this to happen, then Pluto's voice echoed softly through white nothingness around me.

"This is the chosen land in which Crystal Tokyo will one day rise. It's scared power is your alley." She stated, I didn't understand at first. Then I felt him...Mamo - chan was close. He was frantic but transformed into Tux and moving faster than he ever had towards Mugen. "I must seal off this twisted future that was never meant to exist. Call upon your Silver Crystal now! Protect yourselves now!"

So I called upon the Crystal of Rebirth that now adorned my chest. I bowed my head and used the strength given by the Senshi and the silver crystal to make things right again. A brilliant golden cocoon surrounded me and Hotaru as the reality we were currently in began to collapse around us. "You will have a second chance Hotaru – chan…Sailor Saturn. This isn't your end. I promise you that.")

"I call upon my eternal father. Chronos, deity of space and time. Grant me the power to shut this taboo door. Dark Doom Close!" Pluto thrust her garnet rod above her head, kneeling in supplication to the raging torrent of power now expanded from her glowing blood red orb. Neptune and Uranus were amazed at the extreme power Pluto now possessed, as a giant door formed within the angry sky above them. The grim reality of this end mirrored inside, as the massive doors closed that reality was sealed away forever.

The world of white began to soften, as the reformed pure heart Silver Crystal upon Super Sailor Moon's breast gave off a limitless flare of light that dwarfed Saturn's powers. The powers willingly offered for her to have a second chance. As the brilliance ebbed away, her pure heart had returned to her soul. Leaving the lotus formation of the Silver Crystal behind.

Moon had felt all the energy draining away from her, entering Hotaru's dead body. Leaving her in a terrible state beyond exhaustion. The energy had taken Hotaru's soul, her spirit, her essence as a senshi and reincarnated her as an innocent baby girl. Moon held the helpless infant, her whole body trembling and ready to give out.

(I smiled, letting the last remaining currents of the energy waves carry us from that horrible reality and into a new one. The threat was now gone from our world. But we still needed to be delivered back to earth. I felt the power deliver us in the form of dozens of translucent butterflies. But then the energy that transported us from the center of that evil dimension left the moment we were standing back on earth.

I felt the power drain like nothing else ever had before in my life thus far. Not even seeing Tux standing amid the crater that had once been Mugen, made me want to move. All I could do was stand still, holding on to Hotaru with the last of my strength. If I moved a millimeter I would drop her and I couldn't do that.)

Tux was amazed at first, seeing his beloved look so tattered and battle worn. Her fuku shredded, golden hair snapping wildly around her. Her blue eyes dull and tired. He dashed to her side, as the final wisps of dark matter faded away behind her. He hoped and prayed to all that was holy that she was okay. He would regret it if she wasn't. He saw her coming out of the butterflies as he overheard Uranus's bleary words, "Was she the…messiah of light all along?"

His head briefly turned as he wanted to say yes but seeing Moon's battered form before he fully turned his head made the words catch in his throat and tears form in his eyes.

"Usako…" he breathed. Her red boots were scuffed up, her pink bow undone and snapping in battered tails along her stomach. Her skirt slightly torn towards the bottom, the fabric having been singed in the intense heat ended up blackened. Her hair was loose as the heat from Pharaoh Ninety during the attack had pulled it free from multiple directions. The intense pain of having her odango's yanked out hadn't distracted her from retrieving Saturn.

Her gloves, bow and translucent shoulder pads all showed signs of her incredible fight, as she held baby Hotaru tightly to her breast. Her silver crystal still sitting in front of her chest having guided her with her senshi's remaining energy back to them. The white feather darts in her hair were now somewhat missing as what was left of her odango's were looking ready to fall out. Her eyes faded, blank blue, just like when she had her pure heart taken the first time. She looked ready to collapse, with her knees shivering and legs trembling.

It tore at Tux's heart as reached her side, just as she fell to her knees as the energy loss toll finally took her. Uranus and Neptune came forward quietly as Tux took the baby but gave the sweet bundle to them when Neptune insisted on it. Trusting her not to harm an innocent baby he took Moon gently into his arms, cradling her as her crystal returned within her chest and her transformation completely faded. Passing out he felt the tender bruises upon her flesh and started to see the true effects using her crystal had on her.

The bruises around her neck, and any other part of her body. He was pissed as hell but was unable to do anything, "Better get her home for rest, prince." Uranus told him. He wanted to be upset with her but saw a shift in her stance when it came to Usagi. As if she had a new found respect for her but was uncertain. He watching them leave, waiting until they disappeared through the emergency exit back into the halls of Mugen. He hauled Usagi into his arms and began carrying her towards the metal door as well.

As he left the campus, it was Mars battered but unbowed that stopped him, with a hand on his elbow. "We need to see - " but she stopped. The look in his eyes was enough. He had wanted to be there during her fight and had been helpless but to stay at home and give energy to their future daughter for survival. He'd do anything to protect his daughter that was a given but he had wanted to also be there for his beloved in the end and he hadn't been. He needed his time with her even in this small amount.

He needed to protect her and get her back to being able to walk. She, Venus and the others would get information on the battle later. Right now Usagi needed to get nourishment and pass the hell out. She doubted she would even be able to talk past a few syllables. "I don't think I need to tell you to take care of her." Mars stated seriously. He simply walked away as Venus came hobbling herself up to her, "We do need a status report but were in no condition to take one let alone demand one. We need to go home and recoup." She told Mars.

Agreeing each girl powered down and left. None talking as their energy levels had been severely diminished. Getting some food before passing out would be the only thing the girls would be doing that night. Not necessarily in that order either.

It was Neptune and Uranus that seemed the most conflicted. On one hand Moon hand proven herself correct but in their minds eye she nearly let the planet get destroyed to do so. "She must be tested…judged." Neptune stated harshly, soothing a now fussy Hotaru. Watching Tux walk away down the sidewalk from her vantage point in shadows a nearby alley. She needed to know they didn't have a weak minded Queen in the future.

"She will be…but even we need to gather our strength." Uranus stated. Both powered down before taking the young baby with them. It was the sounds of a man grunting in agony that stopped them. Seeing Tomoe sprawled under a mass of debris just beyond the rubble of the Tower. His legs pinned beneath the remains of an obsidian stone pillar. His head was bleeding heavily, as was his stomach wound.

He was creating a pool of blood beneath him, as he struggled to dislodge his legs. The sight of him fighting to free himself, not giving up and dieing right there gave Michiru pause. Hotaru was now wailing at the top of her lungs, her tiny arms flailing towards the mortally wounded man. "He was just a host, not evil." Haruka agreed and used her remaining strength to go over and help haul him from the wreckage.

Mamoru carried Usagi into their apartment, kicking the front door closed with a foot. Chibi Usa bounded into the entry way, eager to give Usagi a full inquisition as to what happened. Wanted to talk to her and ask her about Hotaru but upon seeing her lifeless form hanging from Mamoru's arms, she began crying. "Will she be okay?" She was truly worried for Usagi. Mamoru gave a reassuring smile.

"She just needs sleep…lots of sleep." He then nodded to the two cats, who led Chibi Usa to the kitchen. "Let's make Usagi some tea and get you set up on the couch. Time for you to sleep to. Your body took a toll without your pure heart." Luna ordered motherly.

Still feeling the dregs of her pure heart being gone for so long she nodded with a weak smile. If this was all she could do for her mother, then she would make her the best tea ever before heading to bed herself. Even though she was dying to know if Hotaru was okay or not. She would be patient and wait.

Mamoru entered their bedroom and set Usagi upon their bed. Gently and slowly he pulled off her clothes. She was half coherent, moaning and muttering as her head flopped from side to side as if she was in the throes of a fever, trapped in a delirium. As if her body wanted to pass out but her mind was still a bit active, "Mamo – chan…" She touched his cheek, "I told you I'd…" she had to breathe again just to talk more. He kissed her, "No more talking, wait till morning." He soothed, leaving her side momentarily to retrieve the first aid kit.

Her mind could no longer protest nor her body as she was only able to smile before passing out. He tended to her wounds, cleaned her body and lovingly tucked her in under the covers before he curled up with her in his embrace. "Not letting you go." He told her unconscious form. He settled himself against her, as his golden aura seeped from him and into her. A healing power that he was unconsciously pouring into her body to mend her from the inside out.

Luna saw this gentle, soothing glow from under the door to his room. "Could it be…?" she wondered, "Nani?" Artemis asked, leaving Chibi Usa. But just as soon as she looked back it was gone, "Probably my imagination." She waved it off. Not seeing how that crystal could be near here when the last she'd heard it was being kept in a temple in another dimension. "But he is the prince of earth…could his connection be strong enough?" She wondered. Artemis as curious, "Mamoru – san's connection to what?"

She looked to him, "To the earth's golden crystal. It would be his rightful birth right as prince of earth." She told him quietly as not to wake the exhausted couple. Artemis looked to the door, "Even if his connection were growing strong enough he wouldn't have full access to its powers unless it was in his hands like Usagi's is to her." Luna nodded in agreement. "But he doesn't know about it. Or else he would have mentioned it." Luna deducted. "So we don't unless he does?" Artemis asked.

"The golden crystal was the only crystal to be able to rival the silver crystal. Its source of energy endless as the silver crystals. And just like the silver crystal it has been passed on and protected throughout the ages by the earth's royal family. Or in times of great crisis when the royal family of earth could not then by the Elysian Temple's priest. Where it was normally kept hidden from outside forces." Luna explained.

"Just like the Lunarian back up plan to have it protected by the most trusted Mau's until the Lunarian royal heiress came to her birth right." Both looked to the door, "We cannot deny him his birth right." Artemis spoke, "And we can't tell him where Elysian is because we don't even know. So why bother?" She reasoned. He nodded his head, "Either way they need time together to rest." He conceded and left the hallway. Neither knowing a certain dark haired man with sharp eyes trained on the door heard the whole thing.

He had been slowly falling asleep when he heard their voices and their conversation. Then like a hawk he honed in onto it and found out another piece of himself that they were planning to keep from him. He had a feeling that if he focused on the power that was granted to him, he would be able to call forth more and maybe even someday formulate it from its protected place to aid his beloved princess even further.