Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Knock ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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Title: A Simple Knock
Author: Maetel
Email: maemaechan@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/dawnbabu/
Rating: M 15+
Summary: I'll let the plot of the story remain a mystery until people
start reading.
Chapters: 4/16
Status: Incomplete
Year Completed: N/A

"Sailor Moon!" exclaimed Sailor Jupiter as she saw her friend suddenly double over in pain. "What's the matter?"

"HAHAHAHA!!!" cackled Zoicite from where he stood watching. "Queen Beryl will be glad to know that her power worked... Now, destroy them all, my banshee, and do be quick about it."

"Hai, Zoicite-sama! This will be a piece of cake!" shouted the youma. "I'll even bring their heads as a trophy!"

The blonde general rolled his eyes at the youma's words and simply nodded before teleporting back to the Dark Kingdom.

"Urusei!" snapped Tuxedo Kamen as he threw a rose at the offending creature, the sharp end of the stem, piercing the thing's throat. He then ran to Sailor Moon's side and knelt before her. "Sailor Moon, daijobou?"

She could utter a response, so instead, the blonde shook her head. The look on her face was one of pure agony.

"Where are Mercury and Mars when you need them?" sighed Jupiter as she silently cursed herself for forgetting her communicator. It was at that moment that a muffled cry was heard and the room began to fill up with an icy mist.

"Speak of the devil?" quipped Tuxedo Kamen nervously as he kept Sailor Moon from falling to the floor. "It'll be ok, Sailor Moon. The others are here. Mercury can help find out what's wrong and think of something to do about it."

The two remaining senshi ran up to the three and Mercury slipped into doctor mode when she saw the shape her friend was in.

"Jupiter, what happened?" questioned the blue haired senshi.

"I don't know. We had just arrived on the scene, and the first next thing I know, Sailor Moon suddenly calls out and she is doubling over. It's just been getting worse since," filled in the tall brunette.

"Can you scan Sailor Moon and the youma to see what is causing her this pain?" Tuxedo Kamen almost pleaded as he heard a soft whimper of pain escape the blonde. "And hurry please..."

Mercury nodded as she pulled her minicomputer from her subspace pocket and quickly did as asked. "I think I've found it. The two bracelets on its wrists are the source of what is causing her pain. From what I can tell, they were designed to emit a signal which only she could hear. I'm not sure how it works, but what I can tell is that the two bracelets need to be destroyed at the same time."

"Hear that, Jupiter?" asked Mars who received a nod from the taller senshi.

"Fire..."

"Supreme..."

"SOUL!" "THUNDER!" the two cried simultaneously as they unleashed their attacks. The energies struck the creature's bracelets as it lifted its arms to shield itself from the oncoming attacks.

"IIE!!" exclaimed the monster as looked at its wrists to see that it's main weapons against the leader of the senshi had been destroyed. It then looked behind Mars and Jupiter to see that the young blonde hadn't moved, and laughed. "I think you were too late..."

The two senshi looked behind themselves to see that Sailor Moon was unconscious in Tuxedo Kamen's arms, with both he and Mercury trying to wake her up.

"With Sailor Moon out of the way, the queen should be pleased..."

"Mercury, Tuxedo Kamen, take care of her... We're going to deal with this piece of nega-sleeze!"

"For endangering others, you are going to have to deal with me. In the name of the planet Mars, I'll punish you"

"And for hurting out leader and friend, you had better start praying to your precious queen. In the name of the planet Jupiter, I'll punish you."

The two quickly moved from the poses they were in and attacked the creature responsible for Sailor Moon's weakened stated. They each launched attacks, some combined, some separate, in attempts to injure the monster before them, but instead they ended up wearing themselves out.

"I need to help them," whispered Sailor Mercury. "Take care of her. When she wakes up, see if she has enough energy to launch her tiara at the creature."

The masked man simply nodded and watched the senshi of wisdom walk towards the creature. She skipped over the speeches and instead immediately launch her "Shabon Spray" defensive.

The sudden cold seemed enough to snap Sailor Moon back to reality.

"What happened?" she murmured softly as she looked up at him. 'Endymion... It can't be...'

"You're awake..." breathed Tuxedo Kamen happily as he hugged the small blonde to him causing wince in pain. He gently pulled her away and looked at her. "Your senshi need you."

"I- I can't..." she whimpered softly as she looked up at him. 'How could I help the senshi... My mother is the one who can control the crystal... not me... Endymion knows this... I knew he couldn't have been real...'

"Yes, you can. I'll be right here helping you the whole time..." he told her with a gentle, reassuring smile.

"How... How can I help them?" she questioned fearfully, causing a look of worry to cross the dark haired man's features. She was so confused, and her body was in so much pain. Why was she in a battle? Why would the senshi need her help? How was Endymion alive? Not that she was complaining about that last part, but still.

"Your tiara. Just like you have done before. You just have to trust in yourself, and like I said, I'll be right here," he assured her, tenderly kissing her forehead to emphasize his point.

She stopped caring as to whether or not he was real and smiled lovingly at him, confusing the tuxedo clad man for a moment, before struggling to her feet, despite the searing pain which ripped through her with each movement, bringing tears to her eyes. The blonde felt her dark haired love supporting her, keeping her steady as she struggled to think about what she was doing. A vague memory, played over and over in her mind... Muffled words shouted over and over.

"Mother, please let this work," the young blonde whispered softly. She then closed her eyes as she lifted her head to her brow and removed the golden tiara. She gasped when she saw the way it powered up in her hand before hissing at the unexpected burning. She forced herself to block out the pain like her mother had taught her during their few training sessions with the ginzuishou. She fought to recall the words which kept repeating themselves over and over in her mind.

Tuxedo saw the look of doubt on Sailor Moon's features and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "I believe in you."

She smiled softly before launching the tiara in front of her as she cried out the words, "Moon Tiara Action!"

The blonde almost jumped up and down happily as she felt the earlier pain recede completely when the youma was destroyed. The three senshi raced over to the two.

Mars immediately took her from Tuxedo Kamen's hold and wrapped her arms around the small blonde. "Kami-sama... Don't ever worry us like that again!" she snapped.

The blonde looked down guiltily. "My apologies, Mars-chan..."

The fiery senshi sighed and was about to say something when her leader turned her head over to where Tuxedo Kamen was leaving. She excused herself from the senshi for a moment. Stepping away from the group, she called out something that no one expected.

"Endymion!"

Tuxedo Kamen froze just as he reached the window. Thoughts of, "What did she just call me?" and "Only one person has ever called me that," ran through his mind. He turned his head and looked at her. "Masaka..." he whispered softly as he studied her. Her hair was the same as in the silohuette. He remembered the same silver eyes from the dream. The tone of voice was even the same now that he thought about it.

"Endymion! Don't go! Please..." she called out softly as she slowly walked up to him.

"S-Serenity..." he trailed off softly as she finally reached him.

"It's really you..." the blonde trailed. "I was in so much pain that I thought my mind had been playing tricks on me once I saw Mars... I just... I thought you... I thought you were dead because of your garb. The last time I saw you in this..." She fought back the sobs that threatened to rack her small body.

Tuxedo Kamen was at a loss. All of this time, the princess he had been looking for had been the girl he was saving. There was something off about her though. She thought he was dead. After all of the time that they had been fighting together. The last time she had seen him in the Tuxedo.

"Serenity... Perhaps you should go with the senshi to somewhere where you can rest. I would take you somewhere, but I do not want to risk putting you in danger, and I doubt that your senshi would appreciate me running off with you," he told her.

The two looked back at the four senshi, and the blonde sighed softly.

"I just... Endymion, I am scared of this place... I woke up this morning... and I was in a place which I did not recognize. Then... Then I feel you near and I just... I wake up in a room in which we are both asleep... Then I am here, in battle, without any sort of idea as to what I am doing... I- I just want to go home.... I want to see mother... I..." Tears started to roll down her cheeks, and Tuxedo Kamen wrapped his arms around her, silently allowing her to cry herself to sleep in his arms.

Sailor Jupiter walked up to the two when he finally made the motion that it was all right.

"What happened to her? We heard her call out the name Endymion, but that was it," stated the brunette.

"I'm not sure... Something... I don't know... Just, please, get her somewhere safe for the time being. Let her rest..." He carefully handed the slumbering blonde over to Jupiter with a wistful sigh. "For now there is something that I need to think about. Sayonara..."

The tall senshi carefully lifted her friend as she watched the mysterious figure leap from the window and to the ground before heading into an alley.

"What do you guys think that was about?" asked Mars as she and Mercury walked up to the two.

Mercury looked at her leader and sighed. "I have a feeling that she is not going to tell us until she deems us ready to know. Considering Rei-chan's and Luna's attitude towards Tuxedo Kamen."

The other two sighed.

"I suppose we should get her to my apartment. I don't think that it's going to be very productive if the police catch us here," Makoto said as she looked out the window to see police cars and ambulances pulling up to the building.

Mars and Mercury nodded before they leapt from the building and to the fire escape of a nearby establishment. Using the rooftops, the three raced to Makoto's apartment and entered through the window once again.

"Girls, I read Ami's note about the youma. Are you all right?" questioned Luna as she raced up to the four senshi as all of them but Usagi powered down. The feline jumped up onto Ami's shoulder and inspected the young blonde. "What happened to Usagi-chan?"

"The youma had some sort of attack designed especially for Sailor Moon," explained the blue haired girl. "Jupiter and Mars destroyed the source of the attack, but shortly after destroying the youma-"

"She had some sort of discussion with Tuxedo Kamen which, from the look of her face, caused her to start crying until she fell asleep," Rei finished. "We were hoping that you might be able to do something about her broach."

"Yes, the crack. Ami made sure to leave that in the note. I looked for it in the apartment when I woke up, but I couldn't find it. I simply guessed that Usagi-chan took it with her when she left. Lay the broach down so that I may look at it," said the cat. Mars nodded and gently removed the trinket from Sailor Moon's bow, causing the blonde to power down. Luna looked at Usagi's feet with a curious expression.

"Mako-chan, you were the one to locate Usagi-chan, ne?" inquired Luna. Seeing the brunette nod, she continued. "What happened to her feet? Why are they bandaged like that?"

"She ran from my apartment almost to the arcade with out any shoes. Mamoru-san ended up finding her and taking her to the arcade. He bandaged up her feet when they got there. That is what Motoki-kun told me anyways."

"All right. Well, her powers should have healed them, but I think Ami-chan should check them out because of the crack in the broach," Luna suggested. "Usagi-chan may be able to henshin, but she might have lost some of the healing attributes."

Ami nodded and carefully removed the bandages from Usagi's feet and sighed when she saw that nothing appeared wrong with her friend's feet. "At least the healing aspect of Usagi's powers is still working. Now we just have to wait for her to wake up."

While Ami inspected Usagi's feet, Luna looked over the broach and gently touched it with her paw. She hissed softly when she felt a strangely painful sensation rip through her. Ignoring the pain, she quickly used the same magic she used to conjure the small broach to repair the crack before she felt a great deal of pressure in her head. 'What's happening... to me?' was the last thought to go through her mind as she fell from the table, reaching the floor quicker than she had expected.