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Sailor Moon/Rifts Crossover (Revised Edition) By Simon Woodington

Book One: Kokoro Aku (Spirit of Evil)


Prologue

His crimson glare caused her to flinch. Her angry expression somehow
managed to portray the fear of the consequences regarding her failure
rather than her usual calm fury. She had cost the NegaForce a great
deal of valuable energy. Furthermore, she was defeated by the Bishojo
Sailor Senshi. Living seemed like the worst of options under the
scrutiny of her elder. She rather hoped to die. There was no telling
what would happen after this.

'Beryl, I should send you to the Abyss!' his voice crackled, short of
sounding menacing. 'I cannot believe you were defeated by such foolish
girls!'

She said nothing. There was no excuse.

'It amazes me to think you masterminded the destruction of the Moon
Kingdom, just to fail here!' His robe was nigh aglow with his fury.
'What will you do next, steal candy from a child?'

Resentment became clear in her eyes.

'A child! Uraki-Ayo-sama, that girl - Usagi! - she was no child! She
had the ginzuishou.'

'Silence!' he growled from his throne. A slash of bluish light struck
her weakness bound body to the marble floor and disappated as if
mocking her. She fell with practiced ease, her training protecting her
when her reflexes could not. The cold shudder of the attack reminded
her of his greater power. Still vague in retaliation, she met his eyes
with a waning ferocity.

'Have the sense to know your place, you ridiculous woman! Your
dishonour betrays you,' his glare held firm, demanding submission.
'The facts speak to us well, and best you heed them, for I will not
tolerate your ignorant chatterings.'

She sighed internally, tension and fear in her beaten frame. She gazed
around briefly, noting that none of her senshi had relaxed. Nor should
they. Should she survive this, they would have much to answer for. Nor
may it yet be by her hand. The midnight tones around them shimmered
with dark streaks of blue and red energy, indicating the strong
presence of the NegaForce. It made sense, of course, that the lines
should be so obvious. They were in the Temple of Galaxia, after all.

'Perhaps you failed to notice my presense during your quest to destroy
the Heir of the Moon Kingdom,' he began, getting to his feet awkwardly
with the aid of his staff. 'Sepukku is not an honour that will be
yours."

Suddenly, she found herself trembling. Whether it was by pure shame,
being so dishonoured, or by the sheer fear of his whim. He was
ensuring she would never gain a place in the ranks of Galaxia's
warriors.

'So you will have them to yourself? Hai Uraki-Ayo-sama? Gozemashita.'

'As you would, but not as you did. Your presumptions tempt my desires
woman - slave or entrapped I wonder, neh?'

She did not revel in the thought of eternal sleep, or eternal service
to him. Belaying the depressing contemplation, she gazed down at
herself, as much in submission as to review - once again - her
physical status. The remarkable healing power once granted her by
Galxia's power now seemed vacant, and only the robe served to cover
her badly war worn body. Being reduced to less than atoms did little
for comfort. She found regaining the strength to merely stand took
several long, anger inducing minutes. Her wavy, waist length red hair
appeared flawless, despite her downfall. While the robe did cover her
body, only her stiffly unemotional face could mask the agony she had
been subjected to under the possession of Galaxia. Another scar of
pain to add to the rest, she relented, accepting it on her faith in
the NegaForce.

'Galaxia was wize to possess you, but for you to create such
emergency,' he muttered fiercely. 'It cannot be forgiven.'

'You would call me presumptous - you have not tasted the power of that
girl! Even as we were once beated back many ages ago by the Queen of
their fallen Kingdom!'

'It is only by Her whim that you survive to spout such nonsense!' he
flared, a bright red aura flashing about him briefly. 'Certainly you
can appreciate the significance of that, hai...'

She curled up inside. This meant that Galaxia had plans for her, and
idea which almost spurned her onward to cause her death by his fury.

'My foe, the senshi...' she muttered.

'They were never yours, woman,' he snapped, walking up to her and
studying her eyes, watchful of rebellion. 'You will leave, and await
Galaxia.'

She looked back at him, gaze steady, yet indomitably furious. Even as
she thought to speak, her mouth formed not a single sound. He did not
relent his hard gaze, working to bury her pride with it. Finally, her
eyes fell, and her head bowed.

'Hai my lord,' she muttered angrily. 'I obey.'

He paused, knowing she would not leave immediately. What seemed a
decade passed before he spoke again. Finally, as if tasting the
sweetest bit of victory, he added: 'Go.'

Her well-figured form faded into darkness with a scowl written darkly
across her face. Egotistically pleased with himself, he snickered, and
grinned, 'and now, my dear Queen, I show you how it is done.'

---

'Mercury, no!' Sailor Moon cried as her friend jumped at the flame
lion that had appeared out of the strange portal only minutes before.

'I won't let you hurt my friends!' the blue haired scout said, calm in
her anger. "Shabon Spray Freezing!"

A cold wind blew across the park, where they had happened into the
shimmering blue gateway. As the icy uttering swept nearby trees, their
leaves froze, losing their earlier animation. The flame lion stood,
the intensity of its fiery coat waning under the frigid attack of
Mercury's summoning.

The lion had yet to speak; and the first vocal castings left a chill
down Mercury's spine. The deep voice let out in an animal war cry.
Mercury could not miss the implications as the creature leapt at her,
claws tearing, and jaw snapping. She fell limp to the ground, the
lion's teeth firmly caught in her shoulder.

"Supreme Thunder!" came a voice. A bright flash snapped through the
air and seized the already fazed flame beast, which dropped Mercury's
motionless frame.

'Jupiter!' exclaimed the blond haired leader of the senshi.

'I couldn't let that Nega-creep get the best of you, I...' her voice
faltered as she took stock of why her friend had not moved to help
Mercury.

Sailor Moon looked up at Jupiter, tears trailing down her face. In her
arms she held a badly wounded Mars.

'Th-that...' Jupiter stammered as she knelt down next to Sailor Moon.
Mars' eyes trembled as they opened again, and came to regard Jupiter.

'Makoto...' she said, her voice faint.

'What happened...?'

'The... lion came through that,' Usagi supplied in hushed tones as she
pointed to the portal, 'and attacked us... we barely had time to
transform...!'

Sailor Jupiter merely bowed her head for a moment, before raising it
again and standing. Her eyes glowered angrily under the brown locks
and ponytail of her hair.

'Jupiter you can't! It'll...'

'Jupiter! Wait! I'll help you,' Minako ran up to stand next to her,
her long straight blond hair flowing out behind her.

Jupiter simply nodded, looking deeply wronged and darkly intense.
Minako regarded her friend for a moment, noting uneasily that she
could not remember her seeming so fierce.

Minako raised her hand, her transformation pen turning aside it before
it closed as she cried:

"Venus Star Power - Make Up!"

Moments later, that same voice rang out:

"Crescent Beam!"

Just as the yellow beam sought the flame lion, it began to change
color. It came to match the tinge of the flame lion, which had turned
a dull sapphire. The sliver of blue light touched the lion, and as it
did, Venus screamed.

'Venus!' Jupiter cried, eyes wide.

'No!!' Usagi shrieked, and burst into passionate tears.

Venus stood, her face transfixed in an expression of pain, before her
form wavered and faded in a nimbus of blue light. A sapphire point of
light appeared and hung in mid-air. The breach in reality expanded,
forming an oval portal. Jupiter looked aghast, as she noted Minako,
gazing helplessly at them.

'Okay Nega-jerk, you're going to get moon-dusted!' Jupiter snarled.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"

A brilliant shard of electric blue light oriented on the flame lion as
Jupiter gave a powerful underhand motion. Before she had even
completed the arc, the lion roared, and the shard halted. Jupiter
gasped, all at once astonished and scared. There was a moment of
silence, and Jupiter screamed.

'Jupiter!'

Before Usagi could utter another word in desperation, the lion gave
out another low war cry. The blue portal uttered out, grasping the
forms within reach. Usagi held tightly to the badly wounded Mars,
determined not to let her go.

Each of the five Sailors fought against the consuming blue light as it
gripped them. Moments passed, and the struggle reigned. Mercury
dropped to her knees, her shimmering transparent form falling
unconscious.

'Ngggh... Mercury!' Usagi managed tensely. She grit her teeth as pain
wracked her body. Minako fell, no longer able to hold against the
force that struggled to overwhelm her. Usagi found she could not even
cry out at her friend's collapse. Somehow, she felt that this was one
battle that the senshi might not win.

'I'm so sorry Sailor M- uunn,' Jupiter gave, and fell to her knees,
her strength failing her.

Usagi winced against the blue light, the grasping blue portal. She
felt the fight leaving her as a warm faint feeling began to consume
her.

As Mars slipped from her arms, taken by unseen hands, Usagi found that
she lacked the strength to struggle. She held for a moment, but her
fingers slipped easily. She fell forward, darkness grasping her mind.

As felines always do, the deep blue flame lion appeared to grin. If
one was to pay attention, one might hear a low chuckle rise in its
throat. As the portal took the last of the Sailor Senshi into it's
frame, it faded, and disappeared, leaving only the stale evening
breeze alone in the darkness of the evening.