Sailor Moon Aeons.
Book 3: Crystal City.
Act 1: Generations.
Episode 3: Nuclear threat.

By Razor Knight
Last update: February 21, 2019


Since his daughter had been a Senshi for a long time, he could say he had seen enough strange things in his life to make it hard for him to be surprised. And yet, his daughter had found, once again, a way to leave him speechless.

"Dad?"

"I'm not sure I heard you right, Hotaru. You're pregnant?"

"Yes."

"And the father is..."

Hotaru chuckled. "Chibi. Also, she hates being called that."

"I don't want to sound rude, but how did it happen?"

"The Ginzuishou. Chibi's one absorbed the one Black Lady was using, so it's stronger than before."

The old scientist nodded. "Oh, that makes sense. Somehow. That crystal is the one thing I could never fully understand."

"Thanks to my powers, I already know it's going to be a girl."

Tomoe looked at his daughter. "Well, congratulations. And I see your dear wife is still not fond of giving weird news."

"She's training Rei's daughter right now. In a few years we'll have a few more Senshi around."

"Not many alien invasions these days."

"Yeah, but we know of a powerful creature that's heading our way. It's still ten years away."

"Ten years?"

"We got better at seeing them coming. It's several light years away, and it moves much slower than light."

"How powerful is it?"

"It survives by eating planets and stars."

Tomoe smirked at that. "Does it have a silly helmet and a silver man in a surf board?"

Hotaru hated to admit it, but she had also thought about that. "... Fortunately, no."


Minako looked at the creature standing on the other side of the city's shield. "Oh, one of these bugs. Been a while."

The mantis-like monster glared at her. "Pitiful humans, fear the might of Mugale!"

The woman laughed. "Okay, bug brain, listen. You're not getting through that shield, and unless you want to be dead ten seconds after I'm done talking, you better go back to whichever bug world you live in, and tell your friends to stop trying."

"Your threats won't scare me, human. I will destroy-"

"Aaaand ten. Time's up."

Minako started walking away a second before the mantis was vaporized by a light beam from above. "Even Hisako could have killed that one."

Serenity appeared near her. "Oh, you're already done."

Minako could understand why Serenity was upset. "Sorry, I'll tell the others to leave the next one to you. You could have probably killed it by staring at it, though."

"Having nothing to fight... I like peace, but the old days got me used to having a new thing to deal with every few months."

"Maybe you could try some training fights?"

"What if we start-" Serenity shook her head before finishing that thought. No, she knew her friends all too well. They weren't bloodthirsty, like the Senshi Rex had told them about. Even Haruka and Michiru, who had been away for a while, had yet to kill any human that took the path of evil. And it's not because they couldn't, as the strongest "Lesser Senshi" - a name she disliked, but was constantly used to refer to mages who emulated them - weren't even as strong as a Star Senshi.

"I've been doing some training," Minako said as the two walked. "Brad's been helping me, and also Mako and Naru."

Serenity sighed. "I guess I should too. Not just because of that thing heading our way, but... There may be stronger foes out there."


Time flies, as they say. Minako looked at her daughter (who was already ten years old) and smiled. "Congratulations."

Hikaru was wearing a Senshi outfit, and her mother knew what Rei had said was right. If not for the slightly darker tone of hair, and green eyes, she would have thought she was looking at her past self.

The girl smiled. "Now I can finally start training with Hisa."

Minako nodded at that. "Sure, as long as you behave and follow Usagi's rules." It almost fell wrong calling the pink-haired woman 'Usagi,' but it had been her request a few months earlier. Perhaps having a daughter had made her feel "Chibiusa" did not fit her anymore.

"I can't wait to show Hisa this suit."

Minako smiled. "Just don't expect to be able to beat her. She's a Star Senshi now."

"That's not fair."

"You'll just have to catch up with her."


Usagi watched the small girl petting Diana. "Guess Hotaru was right. She's quite well-behaved despite our choice of name for her."

Serenity smiled. "I'll apologize in advance for all the spoiling I'll give Kyouko when she grows up."

"So, you can feel it, right?"

Serenity knew what she meant. "I can see... She's got Senshi magic in her, but she won't be a dual Senshi."

"So whose power-"

"She has powers from Saturn, the Moon, and Earth."

Diana gasped at that. "Wow, a triple Senshi?"

"Tri-ple." Kyouko repeated.

Serenity looked at her. Her hair was a darker shade of pink and her skin was pale, but one could still see this was her daughter's child. "Where is Hotaru?"

"We're taking turns training the Youngers."

Diana sighed. "I told you, you can leave Kyouko to me."

"When the two other Youngers' powers awaken, we may have to do that. Even two can be a handful to train."

"Remember, they are still children. No need to go all Hakko on them yet."

"I know. We're always trying to find new ways to make training fun. You should show up and surprise them, if you want to check on them."

"I may do that, someday."


"Light Grenade."

Mars dodged the ball of light easily, but it exploded right behind her, knocking her down. Twilight level attacks did not hurt her much, but it still stunned her. "Damn, your win. That's a tricky move."

Venus smiled proudly. "I can make it explode on impact, or when I want it to."

Saturn was watching the two girls' mock battle. "It's almost embarrasing to see a ten years old Senshi already figured out how to modify attacks."

Mars nodded. "Mom once said you had been taught magic 'backwards.' I don't understand how that could happen."

"We didn't know we had magic. Back when I was a kid, magic was considered a fantasy, something that couldn't exist. We only learnt of our powers because we needed to fight our enemies."

"The old youma."

Saturn nodded. "Back then, only some of us had some training in combat, and for a while our group relied on luck to win. We learnt many things you girls already know about magic, years after we first became Senshi."

"Wow, I didn't know that. But how did you, uh, level up?"

"Hikaru, your mom became a Twilight Senshi fighting a very strong youma. It was a tough fight, and we were all out of energy, but such things can force Senshi to upgrade."

"So being in danger lets you level up?"

"Yes. The bad thing is, we usually could only use one attack before we ran out of magic, because it was an 'emergency' thing, our body wasn't ready to use that much power yet. But when we started training, soon we figured out training could let us get stronger and be ready to 'level up' when we needed to. One time, there was an enemy so strong, Moon had to level up twice, right then and there, to beat them."

"I think it's good we don't need to fight yet."

"I don't think your parents would want to see you risk your lives like we used to. At least not for a few years."

Aiko appeared near them. "I'm sorry, but you'll have to end your trainin session early."

Saturn looked at her. She looked quite worried. "What's wrong?"

Aiko looked at the two young girls and then back to Saturn. "A terrorist group known as 'Black Hand' has decided to launch a nuke at our city."

"Shit."

Saturn looked at the young Venus. "Language, Hikaru. Anyhow, go back to your homes, we'll deal with that."

Just as the two girls left, Serenity appeared, floating in mid-air. "There's no 'us' for this one. I'm not letting it hit."

"What are you planning, Usagi?"

"I'll use an old trick. If it worked back then, it'll work much better now."

Younger Moon appeared right next to her, just in time to hear her mother's plan. "Mom, last time you did that, it almost killed you."

"Last time I did that I wasn't at even one percent of my current power. Stay and watch if you want, but I have to do this. It will let them know even mankind's most destructive weapons are useless against us."

"Take a bully's power and they'll run home to their mommies," Saturn said.

Moon let out a frustrated growl. "Okay, fine, but if you get hurt doing this, I'll be saying 'I told you' until Kyouko graduates from college."

"Fair enough," Serenity said. "Aiko, please record everything, and send it to as many news agencies as you can."

Aiko smiled at that. The older Usagi didn't usually show off, but when she did, she pulled no punches. "Will do."

Queen Serenity did understand her daughter's worry, but she knew she could do it, and she would show the world that she was far beyond human weaponry. She saw the large missile heading her way, and smiled. She grabbed it, and just like the time during the Kh'Sun invasion, she absorbed its power. However, two things were different. The first - something that made those near her understand she hadn't been overestimating her powers - was that she didn't even flinch as the energy flowed into her. And the second thing was, she absorbed that energy much faster than before. As she tossed the now empty shell aside, she looked at Aiko - who was in this case the 'camera' - and smiled. "Thanks for the meal, Black Hand."

She then looked to the south, in the direction of the ocean, and Aiko knew what she was looking at, the submarine which had launched the missile. "I know you are there," Serenity said as a white aura appeared around her, "and, if I was the monster many of you think I am, I would destroy that ship. But I am no monster, no murderer." She turned to Aiko again. "You just saw how useless your best weapons are, and it should not surprise you. I've fought creatures who could - and did - blow up the Earth, and won."

She sighed. "To the rest of the world: Hate us, respect us, fear us, or simply ignore us. I can- We can take it. And we'll help you even if you keep hating us, because we Senshi were born to protect mankind. Crystal Tokyo is here to stay. I hope if not this one, then future generations will learn to accept us."

As Serenity floated back down, Aiko mentally stopped recording, and summoned 'another' Aiko inside the city, who would take care of sending all that to the media. "Usagi, you can really look and sound... No, not scary, but- Would it be weird if I said I was a bit intimidated when you talked to 'me'?

Serenity smiled. "Well, I was trying to scare away any other potential attackers. Hard to play the part when the one I'm looking at is a friend."

Usagi frowned. "But wait, what will you do with the excess energy from that nuke?"

"Skip lunch, probably. I feel like I ate a ton of tasteless, stale food."

'That's a nice way to describe it,' Gin said in Serenity's mind. 'Still, not as disgusting as Beryl's soul.'

Aiko saw Serenity cringe in disgust and chuckled. "I sometimes forget, but Usagi will always be Usagi, huh?"


It was only a week later that the consequences of Serenity's display became obvious. While Serenity would not attack the Black Hand, she also hadn't ordered her friends to do the same. Uranus and Neptune had followed the trail of the Black Hand, and, in less than two hours, dismantled the organization.

The world as a whole was shocked. It wasn't just how quick they acted, but the fact there had been no casualties. Two women in their thirties had, in a single night, made every anti-terrorist organization in the world look like rookies.

And Serenity had called them back, and was now staring at them both in turns, her face unreadable. "Haruka, Michiru, while I am a bit annoyed that you didn't even ask before you went to fight the Black Hand... I am also impressed you managed to still keep your promise."

Michiru nodded. "We didn't even fight much. We let them shoot at us, Haruka tossed them around a bit with an air spell that would have tickled Jadeite, and they mostly surrendered on their own. When the leader surrendered, the few who were still willing to fight us dropped their weapons."

Haruka looked at Serenity. "We won't apologize, though."

"I would not accept an apology for doing what you thought was right."

"What we thought..." Michiru looked at Haruka. "We could fight every terrorist group out there, but it won't fix a thing. The 'Black Hand' started out as a bunch of farmers who, and I quote, 'were sick of working just to make the rich richer.' They found some 'sponsors' and their power grew enough through the decades to let them buy a submarine and a nuclear warhead."

Serenity thought about it for a minute. "I know what you mean. The 'sponsors' will just find the next group of unhappy civilians and arm them up." She shook her head. "I'll talk with Mamoru about this, he knows much more than me about diplomacy. But I think us going against the 'sponsors' could be bad."

Haruka sighed. "So, our hands are tied, huh?"

"I didn't say that. I understand your point. These 'sponsors' are likely the rich from some other country, using these civilians to get richer. If I could, I would gather all their money and throw it into the sun."

'You could probably do it.'

'Not now, Gin.'

"So what are you saying?"

"You two are not my 'soldiers' as the world often calls the Senshi, but my friends, so I won't force you to stay. I can't, as Queen Serenity of Crystal Tokyo, suggest that you try and make any of those 'sponsors' lives miserable by undermining their operations. I can't tell you that I want you to do that. And I certainly can't tell you I'll probably send help when needed, with the excuse of hunting you down."

Haruka shrugged, feigning disappointment. "Yeah, it's a pity you can't."

Serenity's clothes morphed into a simple dress, and she smiled. "Off the record, however, I can tell you I hope you kick those bastards around for me."

"Usagi..."

"Our mission is to protect mankind, even from if they hate us for it, or attack us."

Michiru looked at Usagi. "We'll be leaving the city this week. We already have a lead on who the ones backing the Black Hand was."

Usagi sighed as her clothes morphed back to what was, quite unfortunately, becoming her usual attire. "I can't wish you good luck on your, uh, rebellious rampage."

Michiru smiled at that. "Again, it's a pity you can't."

Luna had been mostly silent through all that, but as the two 'rogues' vanished, she sighed. "You say Mamoru is the one who is better at diplomacy, but from what I heard in the last few minutes, you're not bad at it."

"Diplomacy is all about who lies better. I hate it."

"... Sorry. Unfortunately, you can't get rid of diplomacy overnight."

"I know. I guess I'll have to figure something out."

"At least you're not starting wars to end wars. That's what mankind has been doing wrong for thousands of years."


"I've been thinking about what you told me before."

Aiko looked at her lover with a smirk. "That's quite specific."

Yukiko sighed. "You know, about us becoming... Parents."

"Oh," Aiko said, then her eyes widened. "So?"

Yikiko smiled. "I'm probably going to live for a long time because of magic, but... One day, maybe not this century, or the next, but one day I'll be gone. Leaving a kid or ten to look after you when that happens sounds like a good thing."

Aiko blushed. "Ten?"

"As long as it makes you happy, I don't care how many."

Aiko smiled. "Thank you."

"So, which Usagi should we ask-"

"I think the elder would be okay."

"Yeah, nothing awkward about asking my teenage crush to help me have a child with my gorgeous girlfriend."

Aiko rolled her eyes at that, but then smiled. "Hey... Think Usagi could make you immortal?"

"I never thought about asking her. You sure you won't get bored of me after the first five centuries?"

"Ask me again in a thousand years."

Yukiko smiled at that. "Sounds like a plan... Actually, I'll think about it."


A/N: In the previous version of this story, I did a lot of "time skips" too often. When I went back to read it, it made the story feel rushed. So this time around I'm trying to take things a bit slower. There will be some skipping too, as writing about several centuries of near-absolute peace in detail is not something I see myself doing.

And yes, Serenity technically ate a nuke. Another normal Tuesday in Crystal Tokyo.