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Chapter Eleven

Mamoru felt this need, this urgent need to transform. He knew what it was now. He had managed to decipher why he was able to transform. Every time he did become Tuxedo Mask, he felt like something was missing. Then Sailor Moon came on the scene. The first time she had been in battle, he had this dire need to go and protect her. He so much as watched her during her first battle. He didn't help her even though he wanted to. He didn't trust her regardless of how he felt. But he was drawn to her, he knew that. Every time he resisted the urge to go and protect her; he would start shaking and sweating. It was as if his whole body was burning him from the inside. Then after the battle, a sense of relief followed by intense guilt would spread throughout him. It was that same feeling engulfing him now. He knew she was in trouble, he could feel it in his bones.

'I am going to have a monster headache after this' Mamoru thought as he ignored the urge and decided to sit and meditate.

Marcasite's words had struck him, he would find the location, but only when Marcasite was ready for him. He couldn't depend on that, he had to find another way to Elysian. Just why couldn't he remember? He knew that Elysian wasn't simple in a physical location, he gathered that from meeting Marcasite. It was in a completely different dimension, on earth but hidden from human eyes. So to get there wasn't simply finding a mystical looking cave and walking in. They might have to teleport there which in Mamoru's eyes, made sense to protect the Golden Crystal. So you needed to find a link, a connection that allowed you to teleport there.

Sailor Moon is the key….

How could she be the key? She has nothing to do with Earth. She has everything to do with the Moon. And yet, where not these Marcasite's words? He didn't want their help. It was his duty and his alone to protect his planet, whether the civilians realised his role or not. Closing his eyes, Mamoru tried to focus, tried to pinpoint any memory that might provide a link to his past, anything that could help him get to Elysian. Why should he wait on Marcasite? The earth was in peril, he had to do something!

His mind then switched to the last time he had seen Usagi. Why he was thinking of her he didn't know, but his mind wondered to her. She was passionate and a pain in the ass, but he couldn't imagine her being any other way. The last time they had met, they had another argument. She had proceeded to call him 'Jerk face' and he called her 'Odango Atama'.

'Hmmm, maybe she'll be at the arcade, I do need a distraction and she is always perfect in that capacity' with his mind made up, he got himself ready to leave his apartment and seek her out. Of course, he wouldn't tell anybody that he was looking for her, no, he was simply going to meet his friend Motoki for a coffee and if she so happened to be there, well, then, that couldn't be helped now could it?

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'I'm Sailor Mars…. I'm a Sailor Senshi and it feels…. feels so right….like fitting back into an old familiar glove' Sailor Mars stood tall and proud, her violet eyes filled with such intensity and passion. Pointing her hands forwards, Mars released a fireball, hitting Gaius square on in his chest and forcing him to collapse on the ground. Usagi, seeing her opportunity, transformed into Sailor Moon.

"DEAD SCREAM!" Pluto called out, her attack hitting Gaius, pushing him back further as he struggled to keep to his feet. He knew he was meant to be out gathering energy, but he couldn't help it when he saw Usagi, believing her to be vulnerable.

"Damn it another one!" Gaius shouted as he shot out his left hand and produced a black sharp ended spear made out of pure dark energy. Pushing himself forward, he used his bended knees and then propelled himself forward at speed, crashing the spear onto Pluto's rod. She parleyed him, but his hits were coming in thick and fast.

"MARS FIRE IGNITE!" Sailor Mars cried out, shooting a fire blast into the sides of Gaius, knocking him sideways. Gaius recovered and seeing Sailor Moon seemingly defenceless, went after her. Sailor Moon used her arms, clutching her hands into fists and the moment he reached her, she used a move Venus had taught her. She kicked him solidly in the stomach. Gaius felt blood trickle from his mouth as he dropped to his knees. Sailor Moon jumped out of the way and then clutched her knee.

"I AM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN!" Sailor Moon wailed. Sailor Mars rolled her eyes before readying an attack. Gaius looked up but before any of them could attack, a blast of bright red energy incinerated him. Sailor Mars, Pluto and Sailor Moon stood wide eyed and shocked as Gwendolyn appeared, chuckling darkly.

"How stupid, leaving yourself so tantalizingly open. Queen Nehellenia will be pleased knowing we struck a blow to the false Queen. I will be seeing you soon Sailor Moon" Gwendolyn said darkly as she disappeared. Sailor Mars wanted to attack her, but Gwendolyn had disappeared.

"What the hell?" Mars asked looking at Pluto.

"It seems the two Queens are now seeking to kill each other now, how interesting" Pluto said as she went to check on Sailor Moon.

"Pluto, what just happened?" Sailor Moon asked, shocked still.

"It seems we have now moved into a new phase of the battle plus, we have found another of the Inner Senshi" Pluto looked at Sailor Mars who was still looking at the very spot Gaius had been destroyed.

"You guys have a lot of explaining to do" Mars said, not even looking at them. Pluto nodded, a small smile creeping up on her face. Finally, they had found one more of the Inner Senshi, now there was two more to wake up and she knew Usagi was the key. Once they had all de-transformed, Rei invited them both into her shrine, into a quiet area where she was able to pour out some green tea. Her mind was still reeling with flashbacks scattered throughout her mind.

"So, I am a re-born or reincarnated Sailor Senshi, protector to Princess Serenity. I am to help find our Princess and the Silver Crystal. There is also a Prince Endymion with his Generals searching for the Golden Crystal. He is Prince of the Earth. These two Queens are both evil, both want power and both want to kill each other. I want to say all that is crazy, but I can't….it all makes sense to me" Rei said as she sat down, holding her cup. Suddenly realizing how mad she must be to just simply invite them into her house and offer them green tea, speaking about such fairy tales that she truly believed to be true.

"Yep, that's pretty much it" Usagi beamed. Rei smiled a little before looking back at Setsuna.

"There are two others you said, and Usagi can find them….how did you find me?" Rei asked. Setsuna shifted uncomfortably in her seat as Usagi also looked at her.

"I have broken a few rules to speed up the process. I brought Usagi here knowing who you could be but only Usagi can aid to wake you up. Your desire to save her awoke you" Setsuna revealed. Usagi nearly spat out her tea.

"You used me like some sort of Guinea pig!" Usagi moaned. Rei slapped her forehead as Setsuna shook her head, sweat-dropping and waving her hands.

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Setsuna had dropped Usagi off at the Crown Arcade whilst she brought Rei to meet up with the rest of the Outer Senshi. Minako had said she'll meet Rei at the Crown Arcade when she was done shopping for home. So here Usagi was, sat alone slurping up her chocolate milkshake.

'How am I going to wake up the other two….I'm the weakest of all the Senshi' her eyes remained on the milkshake with a visible slump of her shoulders. She didn't notice the jiggling sound of the bell, indicating someone had just entered. She didn't notice Motoki's broad smile, serving a hot black coffee. And she didn't notice the man, carrying his coffee, see her and then, without being able to control himself, walk straight up to her.

"Hello Odango, I would say it's a surprise to see you here but…." Mamoru let his words hang in the air as Usagi scrunched her noise.

"Huh, for a second I thought I heard Jerk Face but maybe it was just the air" Usagi said, relaxing onto her left elbow as Mamoru sat opposite her. He chuckled a little, but it hadn't escaped his notice how sad she looked. Well, Usagi being sad was not what he came here for.

"Another chocolate milkshake? Do you want to get diabetes early?" Mamoru asked.

"Dia-who?" Usagi stared at him blankly. Mamoru raised an eyebrow at that before bursting out laughing.

"Oh Odango, how priceless!" he spluttered out. There was no way she was this stupid. Usagi's face went red, she picked up her milk shake and looked as if she were about to throw it at him. But then, as Mamoru expected, she looked at the half-full glass of chocolate and decided against it, returning to drinking it. It was then she realised what he had meant by diabetes. Jeez just for the one moment she wasn't concentrating! Once a quiet fell on them, Mamoru sipped his coffee.

"So, what is wrong with you?" Usagi blinked a few times at Mamoru. He wasn't laughing anymore, rather, he looked at her seriously.

"Erm…who said there was anything wrong with me?" Usagi asked, shifting in her seat. Mamoru gently shook his head.

"You looked as if someone stole your last cheesecake, something was wrong" Mamoru couldn't help himself as he saw visible steam blowing out of Usagi's ears.

"The only thing wrong with me right now is you Mamoru-BAKA!" Usagi shouted. Mamoru pretended to cover his ears.

"Ah you're so loud Odango Atama" Mamoru muttered making Usagi want to hit him. Once Usagi relaxed back into her seat, Mamoru looked seriously at her again.

"Come now Usagi, what is wrong with you?" he asked a bit more kindly. Usagi didn't look at him as she fiddled with her straw.

"Look, I just have stuff on my mind" Usagi said.

"You have stuff on your mind….I guess there's a first for everything" Mamoru again, couldn't help it. This time, Usagi sucked up some milkshake into her straw and before drinking it, she threw her straw at him, hitting him in the middle of his forehead and then landing in his coffee.

"Oh Odango!" Mamoru yelled in annoyance as Usagi started to giggle.

"That's what you get!" Usagi laughed out, feeling a lot better than she had as a little of her milkshake had landed on his forehead and some on his top. Mamoru had taken her mind off her own feelings and she appreciated it.

They walked out around the same time as each other, Mamoru holding the door for her to go out. Usagi blushed a little as she whispered thank you to him. Across from them, Minako was speaking with Katashi who she had just bumped into.

"So, looks like your friend has just come out" Kastashi said, looking towards the front doors of the Crown where Mamoru was still speaking with Usagi.

"Yes, probably threatening your friend" Minako giggled as Katashi shrugged his shoulders.

"Likelihood is, he deserves it. He can be difficult sometimes" Katashi folded his arms in front of his chest, dressed in a grey shirt and black trousers. Minako tried to ignore his lean muscled arm.

"So can Usagi, the two fit very well together I think" Minako said, trying to keep her attention on Usagi who had stuck out her tongue at a visibly annoyed Mamoru.

"I think you might be right there, I have never seen him like this. It may be hard to believe but he looks very happy right now" Katashi admitted, looking at Minako from the side. She had such lovely long legs…'Stop it stop it Katashi!' He had to shake his head, glad Minako wasn't looking at him.

"Really? That's funny, I haven't seen Usagi look so animated like that in a while" Minako added 'not since the Youma attacks' Minako thought mentally. But things should be easier now, they had a new Inner Senshi with them now and the Outer Senshi were dedicated to helping them find the Moon Princess. But the thing is, Minako felt as if they were missing something. Yes she knew they still had two Inner Senshi to find but, something felt way off. Katashi noticed Minako shiver a little. He wanted to wrap his arms around her but then had to restrain himself again.

'You are not some childish little boy Kunzite!' Katashi inwardly chastised as Mamoru spotted Katashi. Mamoru then turned back to Usagi and narrowing his eyes at something Usagi said, he pointed towards Minako. Usagi looked triumphant and strode over to Minako with her head held high and giggling. Mamoru looked to be in a darker mood but Katashi was sure he could see a tugging on the corner of his Prince's mouth.

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Queen Nehellenia looked a little happier today. Having received the news that they had killed one of Beryl's generals, she found herself drinking her wine a little more elated. Gwendolyn, Zirconia, Arianna and Nero were all bowed before her great throne, waiting for their next orders.

"Well done Gwendolyn, your success has brought great joy indeed but there is still the small matter of the Golden Crystal" Nehellenia couldn't help but dig that knife in. She was still angry they hadn't uncovered anything but Gwendolyn was certain they would find a way in. Clucking her tongue, Nehellenia smirked at them.

"I may have found a way in but it will require a great deal of energy. For now, your assignment is to kill off the rest of Beryl's weaklings, destroy any Senshi or Earth's Generals, capture Sailor Moon and if Prince Endymion or Princess Serenity are to show themselves, capture them too" Nehellenia ordered. Her generals all nodded in agreement. Now, time to delegate.

"Gwendolyn, Nero, your task is to capture Sailor Moon specifically. Arianna will assist you in killing off anyone who gets in theway, Arianna, gather more energy in the meantime. Zirconia will be working with me" Nehellenia commanded. Again, they all agreed with her. Once they all left, Nehellenia slumped into her throne, clutching her chest. She had started using her own energy to try and locate Elysian, more specifically, the current High Priest Helios. Tapping into his energy frequency was nearly impossible but she was certain she had done it before.

Beryl was fuming. She was steaming mad! Now she only had three generals left. Why did Gaius have to be such a hot head?! She had to plan more carefully.

"Where are you my Prince?" Beryl murmured, her mind worried about Elysian. She had thought she had located Marcasite but alas, he was disguising his energy signature to her. So, he knew what was coming. That was a good thing in a way, he would make plans hopefully. She needed the Silver Crystal and fast. Queen Meteria was getting impatient, wanting Sailor Moon and needing more energy. Beryl was also aware that Nehellenia was out to kill the rest of her Generals. Suddenly, Althea appeared, her green eyes flashing. Beryl narrowed on her best Generals form, waiting. They were in the ever expansive throne room, surrounded my shadowy figures of the Negaverse.

"I have a plan my Queen, to avenge our fallen brother. I will release a powerful Youma I have been working on with Arron. I will release the Youma to cause havoc in the Juuban Shopping Mall, draw out the Senshi but also, catch the attention of Nehellenia's generals who I am certain want Sailor Moon too. We will then strike a blow" Althea said, her voice thick with anger, malice and rage. Queen Beryl smirked at that, Althea was certainly a prize to be had. A great warrior and politician from Earth, she was powerful and had manipulated the dark arts before. Beryl knew she had to keep Althea on side.

"Good, you are the best at what you do. I give you my permission to follow through with your plan, but know that it is not just I who watch but Queen Meteria, she grows impatient" Beryl inwardly snickered when she saw the shiver run down Althea's back. Althea was scared of Meteria, that she was certain of.

"You will have my powers at your disposal, I want you to strike Nehellenia, make her pay for what she has done to our Gaius" Beryl added. Again, Althea bowed and then disappeared into the darkness.

Althea then reappeared in an empty clothing store. She pulled out a seed disappeared only to reappear by a fountain. The seed was dark blue in colour, slowly pulsating and throbbing in her hand. She looked at it intently before dropping it in the fountain. Bright flashes and sparks burst out of the water, lightning strikes hitting the store windows and doors but not causing any damage. Althea smirked as she watched the light show, clenching her fists together and biting her bottom lip. Her shadow stretching out behind her, the lightning strikes started to die down, the bubbling of the water stopped and then everything went back to normal. Althea walked away from the fountain, Violet appearing in front of her.

"I am stepping away from my normal duties to get involved in this Althea, I want revenge" Violet said. Althea nodded.

"So do I sister, so do I" Althea stated, black electricity circling her hands "We will kill as many as we can and capture Sailor Moon tomorrow, we cannot fail" Althea stressed. Violet nodded, an evil grin spreading across her features.

Hi

I am really sorry about how long the update took, still got a lot going on in my life but hopefully things will settle down :-)

Thank you all so much for reading this story and for the great reviews :-)

Mars has finally arrived! Now two more to go.

Might not be able to update for around two weeks but if I get the chance to do so beforehand I will.

Until next time! See you all soon