Beginning Notes:
All of the Sailor Senshi, their names, their past, and their relationships
are property of the people who created Sailor Moon. (As if you didn't know)
If you are looking for a romance story, keep on looking because you won't
find one here as I am terrible at writing that kind of literature. Of course
if you're looking for an action epic read on!
When I began this story I had only seen the original NA version of Sailor Moon (82
episodes of the first two seasons). However, by the time that I started the
third part I had seen all 200 episodes. As a result it is quite confusing
(even to me)as to when the story actually takes place. The characters act
sometimes as if it took place after Sailor Moon S and then sometimes after
they've beaten Nehelenia. Mostly I've aimed for the latter since since chronologically
i need the characters at that point.
For the most part, this story uses the Japanese names for the senshi.
I chose not to use honorifics in this story since I didn't start
off that way but I still shortened some of their names when they're speaking
to each other.
Watch out because I do sometimes like to change the point of view to keep
things changing.
Some authors like to write on Hotaru's ability to heal wounds.(Although she
only does it once and she is possessed at the time) I have also used this
since it is just so darn neat and useful.
Well, anyway, here we go...
Sailor Moon: World Rebirth
Prologue 'World Apocalypse'
The whole planet wavered in its reality. All land disappeared. It shrunk to
half size, and then giant cones came out of the surface. One out of each
side; 6. The 6 mountains were so tall that if you were at the top of one,
you'd be able to see the top of four others. Six different types of land
formed around each mountain; plains, desert, forest, mountains, arctic, and
volcanic lavalands. Each separated by a channel of water. Each mountain
housing a being of pure evil. A fraction of the Earth's people scattered
across the land; the others, gone. An evil world, reshaped by cruel
ambition. An experiment in creation. Is there hope?
Rei woke up from her fire reading drenched in sweat. After she had seen the
world, she had seen all of the people suffering, as the evil presence did
whatever it wanted. She wrapped her arms around herself and shivered. Is
this really what the future held? Or could it be prevented?
It was a couple of weeks after Sailor Moon had finally set Nehelenia free.
Life was fine at the moment, with no worries about having to go out and
fight. All they had to work on was their own lives. For the last couple of
weeks, they had all lived normal lives, and everyone was happy. Was this
about to change?
********
"And in today's news, the crisis in North America continues. Someone or
something or some organization has been destroying main facilities all
across Canada and the US. There has been the destruction of almost all
communication devices and power plants. Any city that contained nuclear
facilities has been leveled from nuclear supernovas. There is death
everywhere and now two of the wealthiest countries in the world are now the
poorest. This crisis is spreading across Europe and Australia now also, but
only in small scale. There has been no evidence found as to what it has been
caused by. The situation will be updated when more is known. In other
news......."
Ami turned down the T.V. Something was coming. The senshi were still
recovering from their last hardship and it seemed that something else was
coming. This time it wasn't centered in Japan, although she had been getting
strange readings even here in Tokyo. There was something here, only it
wasn't evil. It was above evil. But she couldn't seem to figure it out.
********
"Sorry miss, I have not seen anyone by that name. It is very hard to find
anyone or anything intact. Don't worry, there's still hope. Sorry, but I
have to go now. My help is needed. Just stay calm."
Mina set down the telephone receiver. It had been three days since she had
last heard from her parents who had gone on a business trip to Canada. There
was some kind of crisis there and she was worried that something happened to
them. Maybe the senshi could help her and they would take a trip there. A
side mission.
********
Bang! Bang! Bang! "Open up! We know you're in there." So far the door was
holding up, but pretty soon they'd force themselves in.
Makoto was frantic. Her home as it was at the moment was in danger. It had
all happened when she wasn't able to have a guardian sign some forms for
high school. Since she didn't have any, she had to improvise, and for a
while it seemed like it had worked. But then people began to become
suspicious. Makoto told them that her guardian was out most of the time.
They had never actually wanted to see the guardian that took care of her and
now for some reason they did. The idea that she had no guardian for all that
time got to the adoption services. They had just researched and phoned her.
When she had slammed the phone down they must have decided to come see her
at her house. She was in trouble now.
Makoto was pacing back and forth in her kitchen when they people broke down
her door. She ran to the back of her house to her room and closed the door.
She quietly set a dresser in front of it. She grabbed a backpack she had
just packed that contained everything she wanted to have if she never
returned, and a coat and jumped out of her window out onto the fire escape.
Makoto followed the stairs all the way to the top of her apartment building.
She set a foot on the top of the fire escape's railing and launched herself
across the alley below on to the neighbouring building. "Hey you!" someone
yelled from below but Makoto kept on going. She sprinted across the building
and went down the fire escape on the other side. Every so often she jumped
off it and grabbed on to a lower section. When she reached the bottom she
reached for her transformation wand and looked both ways down the alley.
There was no one there.
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!" Sailor Jupiter slipped into the shadows
where she couldn't be seen. She traveled through them to a place where she
could hide.
A horny drunk who had just seen her transform stumbled down the alley. The person
got about half way through the alley before losing their balance and falling on their face.
********
Usagi was happy. She was so happy she was actually doing a school
assignment. Homework! Mamoru had taken her on a date last night and it was
wonderful. Just her and Mamoru, no Chibi-usa.
Luna and Artemis were on an undercover mission to North America. They said
that they feared something was amiss there and they said they had found a
way to interact with people so that they could gather information. Usagi
knew nothing of the crisis there.
********
Rei went to her room and changed into a fresh robe. Someone knocked on her
door. "Rei," her grandpa called. "One of your friends is here."
"Okay, I'll just be a moment." Rei wondered why one of her friends was here
now. They usually called her first. Rei went out to the front room of the
shrine. Makoto was standing there tapping her foot. She looked nervous.
"What's up Mako?"
"Can I hide out at your place for a while?"
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Somehow the adoption officials found out that I didn't have a guardian and
decided to make a big deal out of it. I had to leave my apartment."
"Sure, you can stay here until you figure out what to do. There's a guest
room at the end of the hall. Just put your stuff in there. I'll tell grandpa that
you're not getting along at home and need to get away for a while."
"Thanks Rei. By the way are you okay? You look a little shaken up."
Rei blinked. "Oh it's nothing. I just have a lot on my mind. Follow me." Rei
led Makoto off.
Outside the window Sailor Pluto turned away. "Sorry Mako. It had to be done.
The only way to have you leave with all that you really needed without
telling you." Sailor Pluto faded away.
********
It was an alien being. One with no more than the intention of reshaping the
Earth in its own image. That's what its kind did. This one had decided to
travel farther than most to find a planet of its own and had succeeded. In a
matter of days it would have the whole planet. But it was not evil; this was
its nature. The scary part was, it looked like it could succeed.
Hotaru awoke from her meditation. Although she had just witnessed something
dreadful, the expression on her face didn't change. She looked around the
field. The wind was blowing and the tall grass and her hair were swaying all
over the place. In the distance, there were two figures. Her adopted
parents. Although they didn't have her sight talent, she knew that they knew
that something was coming. Sailor Pluto appeared behind her. "What do you
think?" Hotaru asked.
"Don't worry. Everything will be okay. At first, things might not seem for
the best but everything will be all right, eventually."
"Even YOU can't be sure about everything. I'm sure you could have found a
better way to save Makoto."
"You keep on surprising me. Exactly how much do you see?"
"Of the future? Of the present? I keep on surprising myself. I feel like I'm
losing myself to the power. It would be better if you did not know."
"Very well." Sailor Pluto held the time staff in front of her. The garnet
orb flashed and Sailor Pluto wavered and faded.
"I have a feeling that I see more than even you. Especially since i know that
the coming darkness is something that even you do not see coming." Hotaru looked
out at the two figures again, and then focused into herself, back into her meditation.
The world zoomed to herself.
********
Haruka and Michiru looked from the field, out over the ocean. "It's coming."
"Don't worry. We'll be ready."
"I'm sure that most of the senshi know that something is happening. They'll
have a meeting."
"It's their mission to protect the princess. It's ours to challenge outside
threats to the solar system."
"You still think our two groups should work separate? After everything that
has happened?"
"I don't know what I think. All I know is that we will face it together."
"Yes." They clutched their hands together tighter.
********
"Rei? Rei? Are you there?" Rei walked over to her dresser and took her
communicator off of it.
"Yes Ami, what is it?"
"I just heard that Kakuki Apartments are going up in flames."
"Isn't that where Makoto's apartment is?"
"Yes. I'm on my way over there now. Come join me."
"Don't worry. Makoto's over at my place. She had to bail from her home
because of adoption officials. She has most of the valuables from her
apartment that mean anything to her."
"This is too much of a coincidence."
"You're not saying that Makoto planned this?"
"No. I think that someone who knew that there was going to be a disaster at
the apartment building made sure that Makoto wasn't there. There are many
weird happenings going on. I think it would be best if we had a senshi
meeting tonight. I'll call Minako and Usagi and have Mamoru come too. If I'm
right, the outer senshi are already on it."
"Very well. See you then."
********
"So I'll see you then Usagi?"
"Yes. Bye."
"Bye."
Usagi set her communicator down. She wished Luna was here. She always guided
her when something was wrong. "I'm coming too." Chibi-usa stated.
"Yeah. Whatever." Maybe if she went to see Mamoru she'd feel better. "I'm
going to go see Mamoru, would you like to come?"
"Yes!"
"USAGI, CHIBI-USA, DINNER."
"But wait until after dinner."
"Naturally." Chibi-usa and Usagi raced off to eat dinner.
********
Mamoru reached to open the door of his apartment. He had had a long day at
work, and just wanted to go to bed. "Mamoru," a voice called. He turned to
see Usagi and Chibi-usa coming down the hallway. He turned the door knob and
went into his apartment. All was dark. He reached to the right to hit the
light switch but then he remembered that it wasn't working. He crossed the
room to turn on a lamp. Just before he turned on the lamp there was a crash
behind him. He switched on the light and turned around. There was Usagi with
her face planted into the floor. Mamoru helped her up.
"Are you all right?"
"Uh, yeah, of course. There's a scout meeting tonight and Ami asked me to
ask you to come."
"Sure. Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, I've just been kind of uneasy for the last couple of days. I'm sure
it's nothing." Usagi laughed off his worried look. It was probably just her
mind play tricks on her anyway.
"When do we have to be there?"
"Oh no! We're supposed to be at the temple right now." Usagi grabbed
Mamoru's hand and zoomed out of the apartment building. Chibi-usa had
trouble keeping up. When they were in Mamoru's car and on their way Usagi
mentioned, "I hope that old man I hit on the way down from your apartment
was okay."
"You were taking me so fast I didn't even see you hit anyone."
"Don't worry, after you travel at high speeds a lot you get used to it."
Mamoru shook his head. Usagi gave him a hopeful smile.
********
The senshi were gathered in the front hall of Rei's temple waiting for
Usagi. Usagi came bursting through the doors towing along Mamoru ten minutes
late. "Sorry I'm late guys." Chibi-usa came bounding through the doors as if
she had all of the time in world.
Rei turned towards the room where the great fire was. "Yes well, make sure
you don't do it again."
'What was this?' Ami thought. 'Rei's not going to scold Usagi? There must be
something really wrong.'
The senshi went into the fire room and sat down around a table. Rei stood up
and walked up to the fire. "As I'm sure you've noticed, there's something
strange going on."
"What do you mean?" Usagi asked, half paying attention to Rei, half to
Mamoru and the way Chibi-usa was clutching him. Obviously she had no conception
of what was going on in the world.
"First, here at home, there's the fact of Makoto's apartment building being torched.
And it just happened that at the time Makoto was over here at the shrine with
everything from her apartment that she really needed because she was staying
away from adoption officials. Too much of a coincidence."
"Next, I had a bad vision earlier today about the future." Rei briefly
described what she had seen. By the time she was done, she even had Usagi's
full attention. "I'm sure that you've also seen some sign of something
happening."
"I think it's starting in North America." Ami said. "The television is covered with
news reports about much of North America being destroyed. Whether it's terrorism or a
new enemy it's quickly spreading to the rest of the world."
"My parents are on a business trip in Canada, and I haven't heard from them
in three days. I think something has happened to them. All the disasters there
only began in the last few hours but it's still odd for them to go this long
without calling." Mina said.
"I've been feeling uneasy for the last few days, like something's going to
happen and I have to be prepared for it," Usagi said.
"I think we should go to North America and get to the bottom of this, so it
doesn't get any worse." Makoto said.
"That's exactly what I was about to suggest," a familiar voice said.
Usagi turned to the door of the room. "Luna, your back." She turned to meet
her but it wasn't a cat. It was a young woman in a summer dress, and a young
man dressed casually. "W-who are you?"
"I told you we had found a way to interact with humans." The two people
glowed black and white and morphed into Luna and Artemis as cats.
"I'm so glad you're back. What happened?"
"Recently Artemis and I discovered that if we tried we could take our human
forms which we once had back in the early times of the Silver Millennium.
The cat form granted us immortality, but it was unknown at the time that we
could change back. And your suspicions are correct. The cause of the recent
disasters around the world are being caused by something foreign to our solar
system. We would have returned sooner but we had a lot of
trouble when we went to find a plane that would return us to Japan. I
suggest that we return as soon as possible. It seems that it all happened in
mostly 24 hours. Destruction ranged across the whole continent in a wave. At
the time we were watching from a satellite. It was quite saddening. I fear
that this is only the beginning."
"That means that my vision could come true."
"All right let's do it." Usagi exclaimed. Everyone nodded.
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Mars Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Moon Crisis, Make Up!"
Mamoru took out a rose.
A few seconds later the Sailor Senshi were standing there. They made a
circle around Sailor Chibi-Moon and Tuxedo Mask. Luna jumped on Sailor
Chibi-Moon's shoulder and Artemis on Tuxedo Mask's. They all concentrated on
leaving where they were now. Luna directed where they went. They raised a
foot off the ground and their fukus floated around, and then they vanished.
Even though they were just transporting themselves, the amount of energy
they had to use left the room in quite a mess of destruction. Grandpa Hino
slid open the door and looked into the room. "Oh dear, what a mess. I'll get
Rei to clean it up when she gets back."
Little did he know, she wouldn't be returning.
********
The senshi appeared on the trashed remains of a city. Ami took a quick look around.
"Why did you bring us here Luna?"
"When Artemis and I were investigating we found that this was the origin of
the destruction. And anyway, the outer senshi are here." The senshi turned
around to find the Outer senshi behind them.
"See, I told you that they'd be here," Sailor Neptune pointed out.
"I know, I guess we'll have to work together."
Sailor Pluto stepped forward. "Small Lady, you must return to the future at
once."
"But I want to stay here."
"It is very important that you return."
"Oh all right." Sailor Pluto held her time staff out and a portal formed.
Sailor Chibi-Moon gave Sailor Moon a hug. "Don't worry Usagi, I'll be back."
"See you then." Chibi-usa stepped through the portal and it closed.
Sailor Pluto changed the subject to the problem at hand. "You said that you
know where the attack originated from Luna?"
"Yes, it's just in that crater where a hill used to be." Suddenly the ground
started to shake and from the crater a small mountain arose. A beam of energy
shot out of the top of it and landed quite a ways away from the senshi. A black and white mist
appeared there. The mist glowed and flashed and took the image of a person
in a black cloak."
"SO THIS IS THE DEFENCE OF THIS PLANET?"
"Thrown right at you! Mars, Flaming Sniper!"
"Mercury, Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter, Oak Evolution!"
"Venus, Love and Beauty Shock!"
The attacks fired at the figure, but blew up the ground all around him. He,
(Or at least they figured he was a 'he' at the time) held up his hand.
Explosions occurred at the feet of the inner senshi and on them and they
fell back. "Pathetic."
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Dead Scream!"
The next wave of attacks had the same effect and the same result. Now only
stood Sailor Saturn and the man. Sailor Saturn paused. She was unsure
whether to release her attack or not. That pause cost her her chance. He
held out his hand and shot a beam out of it into Sailor Saturn.
"NO CHALLENGE." Sailor Saturn was blasted back to the ground.
"You still have to deal with me." Sailor Moon stated. "You have invaded our
planet and I will not forgive you for it. I'm Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon and
in the name of the moon I'll punish you! Everyone, please help me!" Everyone
concentrated their powers on Sailor Moon. "Moon Eternal, make up!"
"You will, will you." The man waved a finger and Tuxedo Kamen was blasted
back.
"***can't remember her eternal attack!" The beam of hearts sped towards the man but he
just deflected it away with a brush of his hand. "NO!" Sailor Moon
cried as she fell to her knees and reverted to her normal sailor fuku.
"YES. YOU HAVE LOST. FOR CHALLENGING ME I PUNISH YOU!" Sailor Uranus charged
the man with her sword and swung to attack but the man just blasted her
back. Then he blasted her again and again, until she stopped moving. He
transformed into a mist and vanished.
"Uh oh. Where'd he go?" Suddenly the ground started to shake and the ground
opened up beneath Sailor Moon. Luckily she was able to just grab on to the
side. "Help me! My grip is slipping!" Sailor Moon tried to hold on but she
slipped and fell in to the chasm. At the last moment Sailor Saturn jumped
into the chasm after her and grabbed her hand and the top. Sailor Pluto
arrived at the top of the hole and pointed her staff to a point below Sailor
Moon. A portal formed there.
"Drop her into the portal," Sailor Pluto instructed. The other senshi
arrived at the edge. Acting on instinct Tuxedo Mask followed Sailor Moon
through the portal. "Follow them, Luna," Sailor Pluto said and Luna jumped
into the portal. It closed after her.
"Where did you send them?" Sailor Jupiter demanded.
"Where they will be safe." All around the senshi in the distance the Earth
was breaking up and the shaking was getting worse. Sailor Neptune ran over
to Uranus who still hadn't gotten up. Sailor Pluto knelt down to help Saturn
up but she just grabbed Saturn before she fell in.
"Don't worry about me." Sailor Saturn assured. "I'll be reborn in the new
world. Just remember that Sailor Saturn won't return until she's needed."
And with that she let go and fell into the chasm to her death.
Sailor Pluto spoke to the inner senshi. "The world is coming apart. You're
going to have to combine your powers and connect them to the Earth in order
to survive the coming darkness."
"What do you mean? What do you want us to do?"
"I need Mars and Mercury, and Jupiter and Venus to go back to back. It will
be easier if you only combine your powers in pairs. Hold each other's hands
and summon your power to yourselves." The senshi did so. "Now combine it."
Suddenly a burst of water came across the land and washed Mars and Mercury
away.
"Where'd they go?"
"Don't worry about that. Now concentrate your powers on the essence of the
Earth." When Sailor Jupiter and Venus were done they glowed their colours
for a second and then it died down. "Good. Now you're guaranteed to meet up
again if you get separated. The only thing is, you have to transform
together."
"Okay." Sailor Jupiter said. "But what about Mercury and Mars?"
"I don't know. We can only hope that they were able to somehow combine their
powers with that of the planet, or that they will survive."
"I'm going after them." Sailor Jupiter jumped into the raging waters beside
them and was swept away.
"Makoto!" Venus called but didn't follow. One of the chasms was filled with
molten rock and some of the ground caught on fire. When Sailor Venus fell to
her knees her hair caught on fire. "Oh ouch! Help! I'm on fire." After the
fire had gotten up to about her shoulders she jumped in the water to put the
fire out. She rejoined Pluto who was with the other outer senshi.
Sailor Pluto went over to Sailor Neptune and Uranus. Neptune looked up with
sadness and hope in her eyes. "She's dying."
"I know. Give me the deep sea mirror." Sailor Neptune handed the talisman to
Pluto and Pluto then took the space sword out of Uranus' hand and the garnet
orb off of her staff. She held them all together and then they all merged
and formed a medallion. The artifact rose above them and disappeared.
"What was that?"
"This world is coming apart. It was to guarantee that we'd meet up again
and-" Suddenly the ground in between Sailor Pluto and the other two split
open and they were separated. "Keep us alive..." Sailor Pluto continued to
herself.
Sailor Venus came up behind her. "Now what do we do?"
"Survive." Sailor Pluto formed a Portal in front of her. It took longer
without her talisman but she was able. Artemis jumped through it. But just
before she stepped through an energy beam shot down from the sky and blasted
her back into Sailor Venus. The beam surrounded the two senshi with a sphere
and then they disappeared.
Tears fell from Sailor Neptune's eyes. She held fast to Uranus' hand.
"Please wake up." Suddenly Uranus stopped breathing. "No! You have to stay
with me! You can't leave me now. PLEASE!" Sailor Neptune burst into tears as
she was swept away by the water.
The Sailor Senshi, defeated?
All of the Sailor Senshi, their names, their past, and their relationships
are property of the people who created Sailor Moon. (As if you didn't know)
If you are looking for a romance story, keep on looking because you won't
find one here as I am terrible at writing that kind of literature. Of course
if you're looking for an action epic read on!
When I began this story I had only seen the original NA version of Sailor Moon (82
episodes of the first two seasons). However, by the time that I started the
third part I had seen all 200 episodes. As a result it is quite confusing
(even to me)as to when the story actually takes place. The characters act
sometimes as if it took place after Sailor Moon S and then sometimes after
they've beaten Nehelenia. Mostly I've aimed for the latter since since chronologically
i need the characters at that point.
For the most part, this story uses the Japanese names for the senshi.
I chose not to use honorifics in this story since I didn't start
off that way but I still shortened some of their names when they're speaking
to each other.
Watch out because I do sometimes like to change the point of view to keep
things changing.
Some authors like to write on Hotaru's ability to heal wounds.(Although she
only does it once and she is possessed at the time) I have also used this
since it is just so darn neat and useful.
Well, anyway, here we go...
Sailor Moon: World Rebirth
Prologue 'World Apocalypse'
The whole planet wavered in its reality. All land disappeared. It shrunk to
half size, and then giant cones came out of the surface. One out of each
side; 6. The 6 mountains were so tall that if you were at the top of one,
you'd be able to see the top of four others. Six different types of land
formed around each mountain; plains, desert, forest, mountains, arctic, and
volcanic lavalands. Each separated by a channel of water. Each mountain
housing a being of pure evil. A fraction of the Earth's people scattered
across the land; the others, gone. An evil world, reshaped by cruel
ambition. An experiment in creation. Is there hope?
Rei woke up from her fire reading drenched in sweat. After she had seen the
world, she had seen all of the people suffering, as the evil presence did
whatever it wanted. She wrapped her arms around herself and shivered. Is
this really what the future held? Or could it be prevented?
It was a couple of weeks after Sailor Moon had finally set Nehelenia free.
Life was fine at the moment, with no worries about having to go out and
fight. All they had to work on was their own lives. For the last couple of
weeks, they had all lived normal lives, and everyone was happy. Was this
about to change?
********
"And in today's news, the crisis in North America continues. Someone or
something or some organization has been destroying main facilities all
across Canada and the US. There has been the destruction of almost all
communication devices and power plants. Any city that contained nuclear
facilities has been leveled from nuclear supernovas. There is death
everywhere and now two of the wealthiest countries in the world are now the
poorest. This crisis is spreading across Europe and Australia now also, but
only in small scale. There has been no evidence found as to what it has been
caused by. The situation will be updated when more is known. In other
news......."
Ami turned down the T.V. Something was coming. The senshi were still
recovering from their last hardship and it seemed that something else was
coming. This time it wasn't centered in Japan, although she had been getting
strange readings even here in Tokyo. There was something here, only it
wasn't evil. It was above evil. But she couldn't seem to figure it out.
********
"Sorry miss, I have not seen anyone by that name. It is very hard to find
anyone or anything intact. Don't worry, there's still hope. Sorry, but I
have to go now. My help is needed. Just stay calm."
Mina set down the telephone receiver. It had been three days since she had
last heard from her parents who had gone on a business trip to Canada. There
was some kind of crisis there and she was worried that something happened to
them. Maybe the senshi could help her and they would take a trip there. A
side mission.
********
Bang! Bang! Bang! "Open up! We know you're in there." So far the door was
holding up, but pretty soon they'd force themselves in.
Makoto was frantic. Her home as it was at the moment was in danger. It had
all happened when she wasn't able to have a guardian sign some forms for
high school. Since she didn't have any, she had to improvise, and for a
while it seemed like it had worked. But then people began to become
suspicious. Makoto told them that her guardian was out most of the time.
They had never actually wanted to see the guardian that took care of her and
now for some reason they did. The idea that she had no guardian for all that
time got to the adoption services. They had just researched and phoned her.
When she had slammed the phone down they must have decided to come see her
at her house. She was in trouble now.
Makoto was pacing back and forth in her kitchen when they people broke down
her door. She ran to the back of her house to her room and closed the door.
She quietly set a dresser in front of it. She grabbed a backpack she had
just packed that contained everything she wanted to have if she never
returned, and a coat and jumped out of her window out onto the fire escape.
Makoto followed the stairs all the way to the top of her apartment building.
She set a foot on the top of the fire escape's railing and launched herself
across the alley below on to the neighbouring building. "Hey you!" someone
yelled from below but Makoto kept on going. She sprinted across the building
and went down the fire escape on the other side. Every so often she jumped
off it and grabbed on to a lower section. When she reached the bottom she
reached for her transformation wand and looked both ways down the alley.
There was no one there.
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!" Sailor Jupiter slipped into the shadows
where she couldn't be seen. She traveled through them to a place where she
could hide.
A horny drunk who had just seen her transform stumbled down the alley. The person
got about half way through the alley before losing their balance and falling on their face.
********
Usagi was happy. She was so happy she was actually doing a school
assignment. Homework! Mamoru had taken her on a date last night and it was
wonderful. Just her and Mamoru, no Chibi-usa.
Luna and Artemis were on an undercover mission to North America. They said
that they feared something was amiss there and they said they had found a
way to interact with people so that they could gather information. Usagi
knew nothing of the crisis there.
********
Rei went to her room and changed into a fresh robe. Someone knocked on her
door. "Rei," her grandpa called. "One of your friends is here."
"Okay, I'll just be a moment." Rei wondered why one of her friends was here
now. They usually called her first. Rei went out to the front room of the
shrine. Makoto was standing there tapping her foot. She looked nervous.
"What's up Mako?"
"Can I hide out at your place for a while?"
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Somehow the adoption officials found out that I didn't have a guardian and
decided to make a big deal out of it. I had to leave my apartment."
"Sure, you can stay here until you figure out what to do. There's a guest
room at the end of the hall. Just put your stuff in there. I'll tell grandpa that
you're not getting along at home and need to get away for a while."
"Thanks Rei. By the way are you okay? You look a little shaken up."
Rei blinked. "Oh it's nothing. I just have a lot on my mind. Follow me." Rei
led Makoto off.
Outside the window Sailor Pluto turned away. "Sorry Mako. It had to be done.
The only way to have you leave with all that you really needed without
telling you." Sailor Pluto faded away.
********
It was an alien being. One with no more than the intention of reshaping the
Earth in its own image. That's what its kind did. This one had decided to
travel farther than most to find a planet of its own and had succeeded. In a
matter of days it would have the whole planet. But it was not evil; this was
its nature. The scary part was, it looked like it could succeed.
Hotaru awoke from her meditation. Although she had just witnessed something
dreadful, the expression on her face didn't change. She looked around the
field. The wind was blowing and the tall grass and her hair were swaying all
over the place. In the distance, there were two figures. Her adopted
parents. Although they didn't have her sight talent, she knew that they knew
that something was coming. Sailor Pluto appeared behind her. "What do you
think?" Hotaru asked.
"Don't worry. Everything will be okay. At first, things might not seem for
the best but everything will be all right, eventually."
"Even YOU can't be sure about everything. I'm sure you could have found a
better way to save Makoto."
"You keep on surprising me. Exactly how much do you see?"
"Of the future? Of the present? I keep on surprising myself. I feel like I'm
losing myself to the power. It would be better if you did not know."
"Very well." Sailor Pluto held the time staff in front of her. The garnet
orb flashed and Sailor Pluto wavered and faded.
"I have a feeling that I see more than even you. Especially since i know that
the coming darkness is something that even you do not see coming." Hotaru looked
out at the two figures again, and then focused into herself, back into her meditation.
The world zoomed to herself.
********
Haruka and Michiru looked from the field, out over the ocean. "It's coming."
"Don't worry. We'll be ready."
"I'm sure that most of the senshi know that something is happening. They'll
have a meeting."
"It's their mission to protect the princess. It's ours to challenge outside
threats to the solar system."
"You still think our two groups should work separate? After everything that
has happened?"
"I don't know what I think. All I know is that we will face it together."
"Yes." They clutched their hands together tighter.
********
"Rei? Rei? Are you there?" Rei walked over to her dresser and took her
communicator off of it.
"Yes Ami, what is it?"
"I just heard that Kakuki Apartments are going up in flames."
"Isn't that where Makoto's apartment is?"
"Yes. I'm on my way over there now. Come join me."
"Don't worry. Makoto's over at my place. She had to bail from her home
because of adoption officials. She has most of the valuables from her
apartment that mean anything to her."
"This is too much of a coincidence."
"You're not saying that Makoto planned this?"
"No. I think that someone who knew that there was going to be a disaster at
the apartment building made sure that Makoto wasn't there. There are many
weird happenings going on. I think it would be best if we had a senshi
meeting tonight. I'll call Minako and Usagi and have Mamoru come too. If I'm
right, the outer senshi are already on it."
"Very well. See you then."
********
"So I'll see you then Usagi?"
"Yes. Bye."
"Bye."
Usagi set her communicator down. She wished Luna was here. She always guided
her when something was wrong. "I'm coming too." Chibi-usa stated.
"Yeah. Whatever." Maybe if she went to see Mamoru she'd feel better. "I'm
going to go see Mamoru, would you like to come?"
"Yes!"
"USAGI, CHIBI-USA, DINNER."
"But wait until after dinner."
"Naturally." Chibi-usa and Usagi raced off to eat dinner.
********
Mamoru reached to open the door of his apartment. He had had a long day at
work, and just wanted to go to bed. "Mamoru," a voice called. He turned to
see Usagi and Chibi-usa coming down the hallway. He turned the door knob and
went into his apartment. All was dark. He reached to the right to hit the
light switch but then he remembered that it wasn't working. He crossed the
room to turn on a lamp. Just before he turned on the lamp there was a crash
behind him. He switched on the light and turned around. There was Usagi with
her face planted into the floor. Mamoru helped her up.
"Are you all right?"
"Uh, yeah, of course. There's a scout meeting tonight and Ami asked me to
ask you to come."
"Sure. Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, I've just been kind of uneasy for the last couple of days. I'm sure
it's nothing." Usagi laughed off his worried look. It was probably just her
mind play tricks on her anyway.
"When do we have to be there?"
"Oh no! We're supposed to be at the temple right now." Usagi grabbed
Mamoru's hand and zoomed out of the apartment building. Chibi-usa had
trouble keeping up. When they were in Mamoru's car and on their way Usagi
mentioned, "I hope that old man I hit on the way down from your apartment
was okay."
"You were taking me so fast I didn't even see you hit anyone."
"Don't worry, after you travel at high speeds a lot you get used to it."
Mamoru shook his head. Usagi gave him a hopeful smile.
********
The senshi were gathered in the front hall of Rei's temple waiting for
Usagi. Usagi came bursting through the doors towing along Mamoru ten minutes
late. "Sorry I'm late guys." Chibi-usa came bounding through the doors as if
she had all of the time in world.
Rei turned towards the room where the great fire was. "Yes well, make sure
you don't do it again."
'What was this?' Ami thought. 'Rei's not going to scold Usagi? There must be
something really wrong.'
The senshi went into the fire room and sat down around a table. Rei stood up
and walked up to the fire. "As I'm sure you've noticed, there's something
strange going on."
"What do you mean?" Usagi asked, half paying attention to Rei, half to
Mamoru and the way Chibi-usa was clutching him. Obviously she had no conception
of what was going on in the world.
"First, here at home, there's the fact of Makoto's apartment building being torched.
And it just happened that at the time Makoto was over here at the shrine with
everything from her apartment that she really needed because she was staying
away from adoption officials. Too much of a coincidence."
"Next, I had a bad vision earlier today about the future." Rei briefly
described what she had seen. By the time she was done, she even had Usagi's
full attention. "I'm sure that you've also seen some sign of something
happening."
"I think it's starting in North America." Ami said. "The television is covered with
news reports about much of North America being destroyed. Whether it's terrorism or a
new enemy it's quickly spreading to the rest of the world."
"My parents are on a business trip in Canada, and I haven't heard from them
in three days. I think something has happened to them. All the disasters there
only began in the last few hours but it's still odd for them to go this long
without calling." Mina said.
"I've been feeling uneasy for the last few days, like something's going to
happen and I have to be prepared for it," Usagi said.
"I think we should go to North America and get to the bottom of this, so it
doesn't get any worse." Makoto said.
"That's exactly what I was about to suggest," a familiar voice said.
Usagi turned to the door of the room. "Luna, your back." She turned to meet
her but it wasn't a cat. It was a young woman in a summer dress, and a young
man dressed casually. "W-who are you?"
"I told you we had found a way to interact with humans." The two people
glowed black and white and morphed into Luna and Artemis as cats.
"I'm so glad you're back. What happened?"
"Recently Artemis and I discovered that if we tried we could take our human
forms which we once had back in the early times of the Silver Millennium.
The cat form granted us immortality, but it was unknown at the time that we
could change back. And your suspicions are correct. The cause of the recent
disasters around the world are being caused by something foreign to our solar
system. We would have returned sooner but we had a lot of
trouble when we went to find a plane that would return us to Japan. I
suggest that we return as soon as possible. It seems that it all happened in
mostly 24 hours. Destruction ranged across the whole continent in a wave. At
the time we were watching from a satellite. It was quite saddening. I fear
that this is only the beginning."
"That means that my vision could come true."
"All right let's do it." Usagi exclaimed. Everyone nodded.
"Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Mars Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
"Moon Crisis, Make Up!"
Mamoru took out a rose.
A few seconds later the Sailor Senshi were standing there. They made a
circle around Sailor Chibi-Moon and Tuxedo Mask. Luna jumped on Sailor
Chibi-Moon's shoulder and Artemis on Tuxedo Mask's. They all concentrated on
leaving where they were now. Luna directed where they went. They raised a
foot off the ground and their fukus floated around, and then they vanished.
Even though they were just transporting themselves, the amount of energy
they had to use left the room in quite a mess of destruction. Grandpa Hino
slid open the door and looked into the room. "Oh dear, what a mess. I'll get
Rei to clean it up when she gets back."
Little did he know, she wouldn't be returning.
********
The senshi appeared on the trashed remains of a city. Ami took a quick look around.
"Why did you bring us here Luna?"
"When Artemis and I were investigating we found that this was the origin of
the destruction. And anyway, the outer senshi are here." The senshi turned
around to find the Outer senshi behind them.
"See, I told you that they'd be here," Sailor Neptune pointed out.
"I know, I guess we'll have to work together."
Sailor Pluto stepped forward. "Small Lady, you must return to the future at
once."
"But I want to stay here."
"It is very important that you return."
"Oh all right." Sailor Pluto held her time staff out and a portal formed.
Sailor Chibi-Moon gave Sailor Moon a hug. "Don't worry Usagi, I'll be back."
"See you then." Chibi-usa stepped through the portal and it closed.
Sailor Pluto changed the subject to the problem at hand. "You said that you
know where the attack originated from Luna?"
"Yes, it's just in that crater where a hill used to be." Suddenly the ground
started to shake and from the crater a small mountain arose. A beam of energy
shot out of the top of it and landed quite a ways away from the senshi. A black and white mist
appeared there. The mist glowed and flashed and took the image of a person
in a black cloak."
"SO THIS IS THE DEFENCE OF THIS PLANET?"
"Thrown right at you! Mars, Flaming Sniper!"
"Mercury, Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter, Oak Evolution!"
"Venus, Love and Beauty Shock!"
The attacks fired at the figure, but blew up the ground all around him. He,
(Or at least they figured he was a 'he' at the time) held up his hand.
Explosions occurred at the feet of the inner senshi and on them and they
fell back. "Pathetic."
"World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"Dead Scream!"
The next wave of attacks had the same effect and the same result. Now only
stood Sailor Saturn and the man. Sailor Saturn paused. She was unsure
whether to release her attack or not. That pause cost her her chance. He
held out his hand and shot a beam out of it into Sailor Saturn.
"NO CHALLENGE." Sailor Saturn was blasted back to the ground.
"You still have to deal with me." Sailor Moon stated. "You have invaded our
planet and I will not forgive you for it. I'm Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon and
in the name of the moon I'll punish you! Everyone, please help me!" Everyone
concentrated their powers on Sailor Moon. "Moon Eternal, make up!"
"You will, will you." The man waved a finger and Tuxedo Kamen was blasted
back.
"***can't remember her eternal attack!" The beam of hearts sped towards the man but he
just deflected it away with a brush of his hand. "NO!" Sailor Moon
cried as she fell to her knees and reverted to her normal sailor fuku.
"YES. YOU HAVE LOST. FOR CHALLENGING ME I PUNISH YOU!" Sailor Uranus charged
the man with her sword and swung to attack but the man just blasted her
back. Then he blasted her again and again, until she stopped moving. He
transformed into a mist and vanished.
"Uh oh. Where'd he go?" Suddenly the ground started to shake and the ground
opened up beneath Sailor Moon. Luckily she was able to just grab on to the
side. "Help me! My grip is slipping!" Sailor Moon tried to hold on but she
slipped and fell in to the chasm. At the last moment Sailor Saturn jumped
into the chasm after her and grabbed her hand and the top. Sailor Pluto
arrived at the top of the hole and pointed her staff to a point below Sailor
Moon. A portal formed there.
"Drop her into the portal," Sailor Pluto instructed. The other senshi
arrived at the edge. Acting on instinct Tuxedo Mask followed Sailor Moon
through the portal. "Follow them, Luna," Sailor Pluto said and Luna jumped
into the portal. It closed after her.
"Where did you send them?" Sailor Jupiter demanded.
"Where they will be safe." All around the senshi in the distance the Earth
was breaking up and the shaking was getting worse. Sailor Neptune ran over
to Uranus who still hadn't gotten up. Sailor Pluto knelt down to help Saturn
up but she just grabbed Saturn before she fell in.
"Don't worry about me." Sailor Saturn assured. "I'll be reborn in the new
world. Just remember that Sailor Saturn won't return until she's needed."
And with that she let go and fell into the chasm to her death.
Sailor Pluto spoke to the inner senshi. "The world is coming apart. You're
going to have to combine your powers and connect them to the Earth in order
to survive the coming darkness."
"What do you mean? What do you want us to do?"
"I need Mars and Mercury, and Jupiter and Venus to go back to back. It will
be easier if you only combine your powers in pairs. Hold each other's hands
and summon your power to yourselves." The senshi did so. "Now combine it."
Suddenly a burst of water came across the land and washed Mars and Mercury
away.
"Where'd they go?"
"Don't worry about that. Now concentrate your powers on the essence of the
Earth." When Sailor Jupiter and Venus were done they glowed their colours
for a second and then it died down. "Good. Now you're guaranteed to meet up
again if you get separated. The only thing is, you have to transform
together."
"Okay." Sailor Jupiter said. "But what about Mercury and Mars?"
"I don't know. We can only hope that they were able to somehow combine their
powers with that of the planet, or that they will survive."
"I'm going after them." Sailor Jupiter jumped into the raging waters beside
them and was swept away.
"Makoto!" Venus called but didn't follow. One of the chasms was filled with
molten rock and some of the ground caught on fire. When Sailor Venus fell to
her knees her hair caught on fire. "Oh ouch! Help! I'm on fire." After the
fire had gotten up to about her shoulders she jumped in the water to put the
fire out. She rejoined Pluto who was with the other outer senshi.
Sailor Pluto went over to Sailor Neptune and Uranus. Neptune looked up with
sadness and hope in her eyes. "She's dying."
"I know. Give me the deep sea mirror." Sailor Neptune handed the talisman to
Pluto and Pluto then took the space sword out of Uranus' hand and the garnet
orb off of her staff. She held them all together and then they all merged
and formed a medallion. The artifact rose above them and disappeared.
"What was that?"
"This world is coming apart. It was to guarantee that we'd meet up again
and-" Suddenly the ground in between Sailor Pluto and the other two split
open and they were separated. "Keep us alive..." Sailor Pluto continued to
herself.
Sailor Venus came up behind her. "Now what do we do?"
"Survive." Sailor Pluto formed a Portal in front of her. It took longer
without her talisman but she was able. Artemis jumped through it. But just
before she stepped through an energy beam shot down from the sky and blasted
her back into Sailor Venus. The beam surrounded the two senshi with a sphere
and then they disappeared.
Tears fell from Sailor Neptune's eyes. She held fast to Uranus' hand.
"Please wake up." Suddenly Uranus stopped breathing. "No! You have to stay
with me! You can't leave me now. PLEASE!" Sailor Neptune burst into tears as
she was swept away by the water.
The Sailor Senshi, defeated?