Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Fragility of Time ❯ "The Rules of the Game" ( Chapter 4 )
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By: etj4Eagle 
Sailor Venus and another traveler from the future make their appearance.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 5 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 273 | Status: Completed
Sailor Venus and another traveler from the future make their appearance.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 5 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 273 | Status: Completed
The Fragility of Time
Chapter 4: "The Rules of the Game"
Author: etj4Eagle
Email: etj4Eagle@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/etj4eagle
Lasted Edited: 8/31/00
Disclaimer: A reminder I own none of the characters of this story,
all rights are owned by others.
If you distribute the story, do only
so freely and inform me of where you post it.
_______________________________________
It was late that night that Luna returned to the Tsukino household.
While she did chide Artemis for his deception, she was glad to have
that fur ball back. It was good to know that there was someone else
who was going through the same things that she was with her charge.
Though, he did have a nice expression on his face when he learned
that the warrior whom they had been sending out to battle was none
other than the princess that they were supposed to find and protect.
She did not bother telling him then about ChibiUsa, he would have not
believed it anyways. Besides, it would be fun to watch his reaction
to finding out that ChibiUsa is the daughter of the princess
tomorrow.
As Luna entered the household, she noticed a light still on in the
living room. Heading over to investigate she found Ikuko sitting on
one of the chairs, obviously trying to come to terms with all that
she had learned that night. Hopping up onto her lap, Luna cuddled up
to her and began to purr.
The effect was quick in coming. Ikuko's mind started to clear, no
longer quite besieged by the number of questions that it had been
only moments before. Looking down at the cat she thought "Luna can you tell
me about my daughter as Sailor Moon?"
Luna looked up at the blue haired mother of her charge and began to
recount her observations of Usagi. Her account seemed to help
reassure the elder woman, letting her know that while her daughter
was also a soldier, she was still the same girl at heart. Luna also
continued on to tell her about her vague memories of what Usagi was
like back as princess Serenity.
Later as Ikuko headed up to bed, her worries had been put to rest.
She still had some concerns and twinges of doubt concerning when
Usagi recovered her memories. But for the most part, she was
reassured. And while she should feel a little guilty for this glad
feeling, she was glad that Luna had as much trouble as herself in
getting Usagi to do anything other than eating or sleeping.
Checking in on her daughter and granddaughter, she saw the two of
them asleep in Usagi's bed. Usagi had her arm protectively wrapped
around the smaller child who was snuggled up against the elder one.
* * * * * * * * *
Late the next day saw two still sleepy eyed Usagis finally return to
the land of the living. As the two sat down to breakfast, Luna
sighed.
Ikuko saw Luna's sigh. "Usagi was a late sleeper even as a young
child. I guess she needs all that sleep for the bottomless energy
that she has during the day."
As Ikuko was finishing up her statement, there came a knock at the
door.
* * * * * * * * *
Earlier on the way to the Tsukino household
"Artemis there better be a good reason why you got me up early on a
Sunday morning. Otherwise someone is sleeping outside tonight and is
not getting any tuna for a long while." Declared a blond, who was not
in the best of moods.
"Minako-chan you remember how I said there were others?" At her nod,
the white cat continued "Well we will be meeting them today.
Additionally they have located the Moon Princess, princess Serenity.
That is who we are going to see now."
"A princess, I am going to get to meet a real princess?" Bubbled
Minako excitedly. Seeing where this was about to go, Artemis decided
to burst her bubble before she got to wrapped up in her star chasing.
"She currently does not remember her life as a princess. We are going
to meet her so that you can start to protect her, remember that is
the primary reason why you are a Senshi. Do to some circumstances
that Luna refused to explain last night, her family knows the truth."
A few minutes later, the two arrived in front of the Tsukino
household and Minako pressed the buzzer. As the door opened, Minako
realized that she did not know what to say. She could not really say
I am here to see princess Serenity, what if this was the wrong house.
Plus that seemed the wrong thing to say anyways.
As it turned out, she did not have to worry as a black cat
accompanied the woman who opened the door with a crescent moon on its
forehead. "Artemis, I see you were able to find your way here,
without too much trouble." Turning to look at the blond whose
shoulder Artemis was laying on Luna continued. "And, you must be
Sailor Venus. Come on in Usagi-chan will want to meet the two of
you."
Leading the two in, followed by Ikuko, Luna lead them to the living
room. While Ikuko sat them down and chatted a bit with the two
newcomers, Luna went to retrieve the two girls. "Usagi, ChibiUsa this
is Artemis and this is Minako-chan. Minako-chan is Sailor Venus"
Realizing that Luna was not describing all of who she was, Minako
decided to finish her introduction. "I am also known as code-name
Sailor-V" While swiping her trademark V-sign in front of her face.
Ikuko realized what was about to happen and chuckled slightly as Luna
for the next few minutes lost full control of the situation. "V-chan!
You're V-chan!" screamed Usagi as she raced forward to grab hold of
the now slightly bewildered other blond. The rest of what Usagi said
was lost to most, as her mouth moved at a mile a minute with no
pauses for breath.
"Hey Odango-Atama why don't you stop drooling over Minako-chan."
Chastised the pink haired child. This was enough to temporarily
divert Usagi's attention away from Minako. Minako took that
opportunity to move back a bit. Since her identity as Sailor-V was a
secret and Artemis never let her stay around after stopping a crime,
she had never experienced the crazed fan syndrome. For just a
fraction of a moment, it caused her to reconsider her desire to be an
idol, but only for a fraction of a second.
Loudly clearing her throat, Luna once again regained control of the
floor. "As you may have noticed Usagi is a major fan of Sailor-V.
Even though she is now Sailor Moon, she still sees Sailor-V as her
hero. Maybe you will be able to help her with her training Minako-
chan. Now to continue from where I was interrupted." The last part
she stated while looking at Usagi, who at least had the good grace to
look slightly guilty.
"This is Tsukino Usagi, Sailor Moon, and the Moon Princess, Princess
Serenity. This small child next to her is from the future; she is
also named Tsukino Usagi, though we call her ChibiUsa. She is the new
Senshi I told you about last night Artemis. Since, she is the future
daughter of Usagi she is Sailor ChibiMoon and is back here in the
past to train as a Senshi."
"NANI?!?" Came the expected response from the two newcomers. They had
not really made note of Luna's mentioning of ChibiUsa being from the
future. Luna gave a little sigh and prepared to explain to them the
circumstances surrounding ChibiUsa.
* * * * * * * * *
The lake
With the sun starting to reach high in the sky, a redheaded man
appeared near the large body of water in the park. and, with that he
vanished, having only been present by the lake for a few minutes.
About an hour later, the redheaded man reappeared, having gathered
what he could from the remains of his ship.
Moving away from the edge of the lake he began to walk around the
park like any normal person lost in their thoughts. Rubeus was
considering his new mission objectives. His original one of obtaining
the Ginzuishou and the rabbit before returning to the future was now
long gone. Now he was to make the moves to take over Crystal Tokyo by
destroying its ruler before she could come into her own. This was
going to be harder, as he remembered from his history books she was
protected by strong glamour magic until she came of age. Though with
the rabbit here, he might be able to use her to find Serenity. But he
was going to need to exist in society, he no longer had his
spaceship.
While the redhead had been walking, he initially had been oblivious
to the stares that he was receiving. But, now when he looked up,
taking a pause in his ponderings, he noticed the looks he was
getting.
As he was heading out of the park, he passed an aqua haired young
lady, who was probably in her late teens. Not knowing why, the young
lady suddenly shivered and felt as if someone has just walked in her
grave. Looking up she saw a redheaded man walking away, and realized
that he was the cause of her sudden discomfort. However, as quick as
the sudden shiver came it was gone, leaving her to ponder it's
meaning and its cause. She just hoped that the evil feeling that it
had left would be fully gone by her recital tonight. It would not do
any good to have her playing influenced by that dark energy.
* * * * * * * * *
The park later that day
Usagi watching the pint-sized version of herself swinging on the
swings sighed. Looking around again she was happy to see that there
was no sign of the other Senshi. Luna had even finally given up
trying to keep a vigil and was now basking in the sun on the grass.
It had been a real fight earlier today to keep Minako and then later
the other Senshi from accompanying her to the park. Now that they
knew that she was their princess, they did not want let her out of
their site. It had taken a royal order and the
promise of taking additional training from Sailor Venus to convince
them to not follow her. Normally she hated training, but she now had
a child to protect, and anyways it was going to be V-chan giving the
lessons!
ChibiUsa originally had no thought in the world as she swung on the
swings. But now she was thinking about Usagi, after seeing her
involved in deep thought. She was now currently musing over the
differences between this Usagi and the one that she had remembered
from her previous trip into the past. This one was much less sure of
herself, and from the way that Ami-chan, Rei-chan, and Luna-chan were
talking earlier today she was not a good warrior yet. She wanted to
be able to tease her mother's younger self, but something told her
that this was not yet the time. Maybe later after her mother gained
some confidence in her abilities.
Elsewhere in the park, a man dressed in a gray uniform came across
what he was looking for. In front of him lay a young lady who
appeared to currently be on a date with a young man with blond hair.
To those who knew the young lady's date, they might not have
recognized him at first, as he was not wearing his typical apron. The
newcomer stood in front of them waiting for the young lady's
attention. "Can I help you sir?" She questioned with a slight quiver
in her voice when she noticed him.
"Yes, you can. You can return to serve our great leader." And with
that, he pulled out a crystal, which began to emit light. Moments
later energy started to glow from within the lady's chest as another
crystal began to surface. Her screams echoed throughout the park. Her
Love attempted to defend her, but was easily knocked into a tree by
the attacker.
Both ChibiUsa and Usagi's heads immediately popped up with the sound
and they bolted for its direction. Peaking from around a bush, they
recognized the man as being a Dark Kingdom general. Luna quickly
summed up the situation "Henshin, yo!"
After giving a quick call to the other Senshi the two girls called
upon the power of the moon. "Hold it right there Dark Kingdom sleaze.
How dare you interrupt the love of two young lovers. I am the pretty
suited soldier of love and justice, Sailor Moon."
Her young companion added "And Sailor ChibiMoon."
"And in the name of the Moon." Moon continued.
"And the future Moon."
"We will punish you."
Zoisite turned to observe the interlopers. she thought as she turned around. "You are too late Sailor failures, as this crystal is
mine." With that, the crystal finally emerged from the victim's body
and was caught by Zoisite.
Black energy began to emerge from the victim and caress her, in much
the same way that Usagi's energy caressed her as she became Sailor
Moon. There was good reason for this similarity as the source of this
black energy was the soul of the victim. Unlike the soul of her
lover, hers was an ancient one; one that had last seen life about a
thousand years ago. The crystal that had just been removed had
trapped the true nature of her soul in dormancy. But with the crystal
removed, the soul could finally return to its former glory as one of
the Dark Kingdom's Shadow Warriors. However, the presence of a human
body prevented it from actually assuming its true shadow form,
instead it had to settle for altering the human's body, much the same
way a youma spirit would.
However, none of the other's except for the victim's love was paying
attention to the transition at this time. Instead, they were focused
on the crystal that Zoisite now clutched. ChibiMoon vaguely
recognized the crystal and wondered from where, when her broach began
to glow. In response, the crystal that Zoisite now clutched also
glowed. And, then the crystal vanished from Zoisite's hands only to
appear in front of ChibiMoon. Grasping it, she quickly placed it in
her dimensional pocket, before getting ready for the imminent attack
from Zoisite.
"Why you little brat, you are going to pay for the taking of that
crystal. At that moment, the Shadow Warrior's transformation was
complete. "Shadow Warrior destroy the Sailor Senshi, in particular
that small one with the pink hair."
"Sailor Moon moved in front of ChibiMoon, determined to protect her
child. She braced herself for the energy that had just been hurled
her direction. Normally she would have dodged, but doing so now would
mean that it would hit ChibiMoon instead. Then like clockwork a
single rose connected with the attack and dissipated it. "Tuxedo-
kamen" came the happy call from the two moons.
"Be strong Sailor Moon you can defeat this evil." While he had
planned on saying more it was lost in his throat as he noticed for
the first time the other Senshi that was with Sailor Moon. Instead,
he was left pondering why there was suddenly now a Sailor Senshi who
was obviously only a child.
The distraction had been enough for Sailor Moon and ChibiMoon to jump
to another part of the park. ChibiMoon attempted to use
her Pink Sugar Heart Attack on Zoisite. However, unlike the limited
minded monsters, Zoisite was not amused nor was she severely
distracted by the attack. Instead, ChibiMoon found herself cowering
behind a rock as a non-stop barrage of attacks flew by.
"Hold it right there! How dare you disturb the peace of this park. In
the name of Mars, Mercury and Venus we will punish you!" The Calvary
had arrived.
Zoisite seeing another new scout in the group that had just arrived
decided that a strategic withdrawal was the best option open to him
now. He
teleported out just as a golden beam of energy blasted through the
space he had been standing in moments before.
The surrounded Shadow warrior now had the undivided attention from
all the scouts. While it had with the presence of Zoisite been able
to keep Sailor Moon and Tuxedo-Kamen fairly well pinned down, it
flanks were now exposed to attack. And, the attacks came, a crescent
beam blast from Venus and a fireball from Mars. Mercury, with her
only attack being the fog bank, had decided to check on ChibiMoon.
The girl was uninjured, though the same could not be said for the
landscape around her. she thought to herself.
"Sailor Moon finish it off." Shouted Mars.
"I can't, that youma is Motoki's fianc'e." Replied Moon.
Mars was about to tell her that they had no choice when Luna provided
a second option. "Sailor Moon, use the Crystal Moon Wand, to heal
her." With that, she performed a back flip, which deposited a wand on
the ground. Grabbing it, she brought it to Sailor Moon.
Grasping the wand, understanding immediately flashed through the
young warriors eyes as she straightened up. Bring the wand up she
began to carve out a circle. "Moon Healing Escalation" following the
end of incantation golden energy flew out of the wand towards the
Shadow Warrior. The energy penetrated the warrior's body seeking the
dark soul. When it found the soul, the soul was blasted into non-
existence, leaving behind the only the human soul. Without the
previously dormant soul controlling the body, the magical energy
released the body and a young lady once again stood in front of the
Sailor Senshi. Her energy spent, she collapsed to the ground.
Thankfully for her, she would not remember anything of the battle,
and only have vague memories of Zoisite. All that she would remember
clearly would be waking up in Motoki's arms.
* * * * * * * * *
As was normal bystanders had immediately fled when the fighting
began. While the public was interested in learning more about these
mysterious Sailor Senshi, no one was stupid enough to actually stay
and watch a battle. One man however did stay to watch, but he was no
normal human. Rubeus had returned to the park finding that his
thinking worked best there.
Floating up in the sky, he got a good view of the battle. He also did
not like what he saw, but for different reasons. The first was the
presence of the mini-Sailor Moon.
However, what troubled him the most was the presence of the Dark
Kingdom general.
As Rubeus returned to the ground another disturbing thought crossed
his mind. The
only question remaining was how was he going to be able to keep tabs
on the Senshi, it was not like they were going to call him when they
needed him.
End Chapter 4
End Notes:
That little bit with Rubeus surprised even me. I was originally
looking for a reason to force him to lay low for a while. But,
that last paragraph just flowed out onto paper and I like the
potential possibility that it has. Don't worry revelation time
will slow down for a while. There are still four other
Nijizuishou holders to deal with, plus an additional Senshi to
find.
Chapter 4: "The Rules of the Game"
Author: etj4Eagle
Email: etj4Eagle@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/etj4eagle
Lasted Edited: 8/31/00
Disclaimer: A reminder I own none of the characters of this story,
all rights are owned by others.
If you distribute the story, do only
so freely and inform me of where you post it.
_______________________________________
It was late that night that Luna returned to the Tsukino household.
While she did chide Artemis for his deception, she was glad to have
that fur ball back. It was good to know that there was someone else
who was going through the same things that she was with her charge.
Though, he did have a nice expression on his face when he learned
that the warrior whom they had been sending out to battle was none
other than the princess that they were supposed to find and protect.
She did not bother telling him then about ChibiUsa, he would have not
believed it anyways. Besides, it would be fun to watch his reaction
to finding out that ChibiUsa is the daughter of the princess
tomorrow.
As Luna entered the household, she noticed a light still on in the
living room. Heading over to investigate she found Ikuko sitting on
one of the chairs, obviously trying to come to terms with all that
she had learned that night. Hopping up onto her lap, Luna cuddled up
to her and began to purr.
The effect was quick in coming. Ikuko's mind started to clear, no
longer quite besieged by the number of questions that it had been
only moments before. Looking down at the cat she thought "Luna can you tell
me about my daughter as Sailor Moon?"
Luna looked up at the blue haired mother of her charge and began to
recount her observations of Usagi. Her account seemed to help
reassure the elder woman, letting her know that while her daughter
was also a soldier, she was still the same girl at heart. Luna also
continued on to tell her about her vague memories of what Usagi was
like back as princess Serenity.
Later as Ikuko headed up to bed, her worries had been put to rest.
She still had some concerns and twinges of doubt concerning when
Usagi recovered her memories. But for the most part, she was
reassured. And while she should feel a little guilty for this glad
feeling, she was glad that Luna had as much trouble as herself in
getting Usagi to do anything other than eating or sleeping.
Checking in on her daughter and granddaughter, she saw the two of
them asleep in Usagi's bed. Usagi had her arm protectively wrapped
around the smaller child who was snuggled up against the elder one.
* * * * * * * * *
Late the next day saw two still sleepy eyed Usagis finally return to
the land of the living. As the two sat down to breakfast, Luna
sighed.
Ikuko saw Luna's sigh. "Usagi was a late sleeper even as a young
child. I guess she needs all that sleep for the bottomless energy
that she has during the day."
As Ikuko was finishing up her statement, there came a knock at the
door.
* * * * * * * * *
Earlier on the way to the Tsukino household
"Artemis there better be a good reason why you got me up early on a
Sunday morning. Otherwise someone is sleeping outside tonight and is
not getting any tuna for a long while." Declared a blond, who was not
in the best of moods.
"Minako-chan you remember how I said there were others?" At her nod,
the white cat continued "Well we will be meeting them today.
Additionally they have located the Moon Princess, princess Serenity.
That is who we are going to see now."
"A princess, I am going to get to meet a real princess?" Bubbled
Minako excitedly. Seeing where this was about to go, Artemis decided
to burst her bubble before she got to wrapped up in her star chasing.
"She currently does not remember her life as a princess. We are going
to meet her so that you can start to protect her, remember that is
the primary reason why you are a Senshi. Do to some circumstances
that Luna refused to explain last night, her family knows the truth."
A few minutes later, the two arrived in front of the Tsukino
household and Minako pressed the buzzer. As the door opened, Minako
realized that she did not know what to say. She could not really say
I am here to see princess Serenity, what if this was the wrong house.
Plus that seemed the wrong thing to say anyways.
As it turned out, she did not have to worry as a black cat
accompanied the woman who opened the door with a crescent moon on its
forehead. "Artemis, I see you were able to find your way here,
without too much trouble." Turning to look at the blond whose
shoulder Artemis was laying on Luna continued. "And, you must be
Sailor Venus. Come on in Usagi-chan will want to meet the two of
you."
Leading the two in, followed by Ikuko, Luna lead them to the living
room. While Ikuko sat them down and chatted a bit with the two
newcomers, Luna went to retrieve the two girls. "Usagi, ChibiUsa this
is Artemis and this is Minako-chan. Minako-chan is Sailor Venus"
Realizing that Luna was not describing all of who she was, Minako
decided to finish her introduction. "I am also known as code-name
Sailor-V" While swiping her trademark V-sign in front of her face.
Ikuko realized what was about to happen and chuckled slightly as Luna
for the next few minutes lost full control of the situation. "V-chan!
You're V-chan!" screamed Usagi as she raced forward to grab hold of
the now slightly bewildered other blond. The rest of what Usagi said
was lost to most, as her mouth moved at a mile a minute with no
pauses for breath.
"Hey Odango-Atama why don't you stop drooling over Minako-chan."
Chastised the pink haired child. This was enough to temporarily
divert Usagi's attention away from Minako. Minako took that
opportunity to move back a bit. Since her identity as Sailor-V was a
secret and Artemis never let her stay around after stopping a crime,
she had never experienced the crazed fan syndrome. For just a
fraction of a moment, it caused her to reconsider her desire to be an
idol, but only for a fraction of a second.
Loudly clearing her throat, Luna once again regained control of the
floor. "As you may have noticed Usagi is a major fan of Sailor-V.
Even though she is now Sailor Moon, she still sees Sailor-V as her
hero. Maybe you will be able to help her with her training Minako-
chan. Now to continue from where I was interrupted." The last part
she stated while looking at Usagi, who at least had the good grace to
look slightly guilty.
"This is Tsukino Usagi, Sailor Moon, and the Moon Princess, Princess
Serenity. This small child next to her is from the future; she is
also named Tsukino Usagi, though we call her ChibiUsa. She is the new
Senshi I told you about last night Artemis. Since, she is the future
daughter of Usagi she is Sailor ChibiMoon and is back here in the
past to train as a Senshi."
"NANI?!?" Came the expected response from the two newcomers. They had
not really made note of Luna's mentioning of ChibiUsa being from the
future. Luna gave a little sigh and prepared to explain to them the
circumstances surrounding ChibiUsa.
* * * * * * * * *
The lake
With the sun starting to reach high in the sky, a redheaded man
appeared near the large body of water in the park. and, with that he
vanished, having only been present by the lake for a few minutes.
About an hour later, the redheaded man reappeared, having gathered
what he could from the remains of his ship.
Moving away from the edge of the lake he began to walk around the
park like any normal person lost in their thoughts. Rubeus was
considering his new mission objectives. His original one of obtaining
the Ginzuishou and the rabbit before returning to the future was now
long gone. Now he was to make the moves to take over Crystal Tokyo by
destroying its ruler before she could come into her own. This was
going to be harder, as he remembered from his history books she was
protected by strong glamour magic until she came of age. Though with
the rabbit here, he might be able to use her to find Serenity. But he
was going to need to exist in society, he no longer had his
spaceship.
While the redhead had been walking, he initially had been oblivious
to the stares that he was receiving. But, now when he looked up,
taking a pause in his ponderings, he noticed the looks he was
getting.
As he was heading out of the park, he passed an aqua haired young
lady, who was probably in her late teens. Not knowing why, the young
lady suddenly shivered and felt as if someone has just walked in her
grave. Looking up she saw a redheaded man walking away, and realized
that he was the cause of her sudden discomfort. However, as quick as
the sudden shiver came it was gone, leaving her to ponder it's
meaning and its cause. She just hoped that the evil feeling that it
had left would be fully gone by her recital tonight. It would not do
any good to have her playing influenced by that dark energy.
* * * * * * * * *
The park later that day
Usagi watching the pint-sized version of herself swinging on the
swings sighed. Looking around again she was happy to see that there
was no sign of the other Senshi. Luna had even finally given up
trying to keep a vigil and was now basking in the sun on the grass.
It had been a real fight earlier today to keep Minako and then later
the other Senshi from accompanying her to the park. Now that they
knew that she was their princess, they did not want let her out of
their site. It had taken a royal order and the
promise of taking additional training from Sailor Venus to convince
them to not follow her. Normally she hated training, but she now had
a child to protect, and anyways it was going to be V-chan giving the
lessons!
ChibiUsa originally had no thought in the world as she swung on the
swings. But now she was thinking about Usagi, after seeing her
involved in deep thought. She was now currently musing over the
differences between this Usagi and the one that she had remembered
from her previous trip into the past. This one was much less sure of
herself, and from the way that Ami-chan, Rei-chan, and Luna-chan were
talking earlier today she was not a good warrior yet. She wanted to
be able to tease her mother's younger self, but something told her
that this was not yet the time. Maybe later after her mother gained
some confidence in her abilities.
Elsewhere in the park, a man dressed in a gray uniform came across
what he was looking for. In front of him lay a young lady who
appeared to currently be on a date with a young man with blond hair.
To those who knew the young lady's date, they might not have
recognized him at first, as he was not wearing his typical apron. The
newcomer stood in front of them waiting for the young lady's
attention. "Can I help you sir?" She questioned with a slight quiver
in her voice when she noticed him.
"Yes, you can. You can return to serve our great leader." And with
that, he pulled out a crystal, which began to emit light. Moments
later energy started to glow from within the lady's chest as another
crystal began to surface. Her screams echoed throughout the park. Her
Love attempted to defend her, but was easily knocked into a tree by
the attacker.
Both ChibiUsa and Usagi's heads immediately popped up with the sound
and they bolted for its direction. Peaking from around a bush, they
recognized the man as being a Dark Kingdom general. Luna quickly
summed up the situation "Henshin, yo!"
After giving a quick call to the other Senshi the two girls called
upon the power of the moon. "Hold it right there Dark Kingdom sleaze.
How dare you interrupt the love of two young lovers. I am the pretty
suited soldier of love and justice, Sailor Moon."
Her young companion added "And Sailor ChibiMoon."
"And in the name of the Moon." Moon continued.
"And the future Moon."
"We will punish you."
Zoisite turned to observe the interlopers. she thought as she turned around. "You are too late Sailor failures, as this crystal is
mine." With that, the crystal finally emerged from the victim's body
and was caught by Zoisite.
Black energy began to emerge from the victim and caress her, in much
the same way that Usagi's energy caressed her as she became Sailor
Moon. There was good reason for this similarity as the source of this
black energy was the soul of the victim. Unlike the soul of her
lover, hers was an ancient one; one that had last seen life about a
thousand years ago. The crystal that had just been removed had
trapped the true nature of her soul in dormancy. But with the crystal
removed, the soul could finally return to its former glory as one of
the Dark Kingdom's Shadow Warriors. However, the presence of a human
body prevented it from actually assuming its true shadow form,
instead it had to settle for altering the human's body, much the same
way a youma spirit would.
However, none of the other's except for the victim's love was paying
attention to the transition at this time. Instead, they were focused
on the crystal that Zoisite now clutched. ChibiMoon vaguely
recognized the crystal and wondered from where, when her broach began
to glow. In response, the crystal that Zoisite now clutched also
glowed. And, then the crystal vanished from Zoisite's hands only to
appear in front of ChibiMoon. Grasping it, she quickly placed it in
her dimensional pocket, before getting ready for the imminent attack
from Zoisite.
"Why you little brat, you are going to pay for the taking of that
crystal. At that moment, the Shadow Warrior's transformation was
complete. "Shadow Warrior destroy the Sailor Senshi, in particular
that small one with the pink hair."
"Sailor Moon moved in front of ChibiMoon, determined to protect her
child. She braced herself for the energy that had just been hurled
her direction. Normally she would have dodged, but doing so now would
mean that it would hit ChibiMoon instead. Then like clockwork a
single rose connected with the attack and dissipated it. "Tuxedo-
kamen" came the happy call from the two moons.
"Be strong Sailor Moon you can defeat this evil." While he had
planned on saying more it was lost in his throat as he noticed for
the first time the other Senshi that was with Sailor Moon. Instead,
he was left pondering why there was suddenly now a Sailor Senshi who
was obviously only a child.
The distraction had been enough for Sailor Moon and ChibiMoon to jump
to another part of the park. ChibiMoon attempted to use
her Pink Sugar Heart Attack on Zoisite. However, unlike the limited
minded monsters, Zoisite was not amused nor was she severely
distracted by the attack. Instead, ChibiMoon found herself cowering
behind a rock as a non-stop barrage of attacks flew by.
"Hold it right there! How dare you disturb the peace of this park. In
the name of Mars, Mercury and Venus we will punish you!" The Calvary
had arrived.
Zoisite seeing another new scout in the group that had just arrived
decided that a strategic withdrawal was the best option open to him
now. He
teleported out just as a golden beam of energy blasted through the
space he had been standing in moments before.
The surrounded Shadow warrior now had the undivided attention from
all the scouts. While it had with the presence of Zoisite been able
to keep Sailor Moon and Tuxedo-Kamen fairly well pinned down, it
flanks were now exposed to attack. And, the attacks came, a crescent
beam blast from Venus and a fireball from Mars. Mercury, with her
only attack being the fog bank, had decided to check on ChibiMoon.
The girl was uninjured, though the same could not be said for the
landscape around her. she thought to herself.
"Sailor Moon finish it off." Shouted Mars.
"I can't, that youma is Motoki's fianc'e." Replied Moon.
Mars was about to tell her that they had no choice when Luna provided
a second option. "Sailor Moon, use the Crystal Moon Wand, to heal
her." With that, she performed a back flip, which deposited a wand on
the ground. Grabbing it, she brought it to Sailor Moon.
Grasping the wand, understanding immediately flashed through the
young warriors eyes as she straightened up. Bring the wand up she
began to carve out a circle. "Moon Healing Escalation" following the
end of incantation golden energy flew out of the wand towards the
Shadow Warrior. The energy penetrated the warrior's body seeking the
dark soul. When it found the soul, the soul was blasted into non-
existence, leaving behind the only the human soul. Without the
previously dormant soul controlling the body, the magical energy
released the body and a young lady once again stood in front of the
Sailor Senshi. Her energy spent, she collapsed to the ground.
Thankfully for her, she would not remember anything of the battle,
and only have vague memories of Zoisite. All that she would remember
clearly would be waking up in Motoki's arms.
* * * * * * * * *
As was normal bystanders had immediately fled when the fighting
began. While the public was interested in learning more about these
mysterious Sailor Senshi, no one was stupid enough to actually stay
and watch a battle. One man however did stay to watch, but he was no
normal human. Rubeus had returned to the park finding that his
thinking worked best there.
Floating up in the sky, he got a good view of the battle. He also did
not like what he saw, but for different reasons. The first was the
presence of the mini-Sailor Moon.
However, what troubled him the most was the presence of the Dark
Kingdom general.
As Rubeus returned to the ground another disturbing thought crossed
his mind. The
only question remaining was how was he going to be able to keep tabs
on the Senshi, it was not like they were going to call him when they
needed him.
End Chapter 4
End Notes:
That little bit with Rubeus surprised even me. I was originally
looking for a reason to force him to lay low for a while. But,
that last paragraph just flowed out onto paper and I like the
potential possibility that it has. Don't worry revelation time
will slow down for a while. There are still four other
Nijizuishou holders to deal with, plus an additional Senshi to
find.