Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Knock ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

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Title: A Simple Knock
Author: Maetel
Email: maemaechan@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/moon2/multifaceted/
Rating: M 15+
Summary: In one of the middle paragraphs, those of you who follow PGSM will notice an indirect reference to the new episode, Act 37.
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Chapters: 9/16
Status: Incomplete
Year Completed: N/A

"Kunzite, how much progress have you made?" questioned Beryl as the silver haired shitennou stood before her.

"At first, Serenity resisted the energy we were feeding her, but then, she, like all others, gave in to the Dark Kingdom's will," Kunzite reported. "She is in her chambers resting."

"Good. Send her to me once she wakes," the red haired queen commanded. "I want to test her loyalty to me before sending her out to battle the sailor senshi."

"Hai, Beryl-sama," said the silver haired warrior before turning and walking out of the throne room. Once outside of the chamber, a pair of arms wrapped around Kunzite's waist and Zoicite leaned against him.

"What did she say about the moonbrat?" questioned the blonde.

"Beryl said that she was going to test Serenity's loyalty to her. She didn't specify how, but something about the way she said it made me almost sick," Kunzite told his love.

"Well, hopefully, the brat will fail and Beryl will kill her. She deserves to pay for all of the trouble she has caused. She and that pathetic cape boy," Zoicite stated as he raised a hand to her face, where a small scar remained from where Tuxedo Kamen had cut open his face with a rose during one of their battles. "Bastard. I'd like to slice him open with a few of his own roses."

"Calm down, Zoicite. Don't you think that it'll be better for him to be destroyed by the very girl he has protected for so long?" inquired Kunzite.

"Do you honestly think that Beryl will have enough control over the princess to do it?" asked the blonde haired shitennou. "Sailor Moon is a formidable opponent."

"That is where you are mistaken. From the battles I have observed, Sailor Moon was nothing more than a weak little cry baby who depended on her senshi to protect her from the youma that have been sent to Earth. She stayed out of the way until the creatures were destroyed before destroying them. Serenity, however, could be a completely different being. She could be the courage and strength that Sailor Moon never had. Sailor Moon's weak will combined with the princess' strength could give us the advantage that we need. Besides, once her job is done, I am sure that Beryl will allow you to have fun torturing the brat to your hearts desire."

Before Zoicite could reply, a small youma ran up to the two and bowed. "Kunzite-sama! The girl has awakened. I have given her what you commanded me to."

"Good, then tell her to report to the throne room at once," ordered the silver haired warrior. He looked at his love who glared at the creature as it raced off to carry out its order. "Go prepare for the next battle. I'll join you once Beryl is sure of the girl's loyalty."

Zoicite sighed and nodded before teleporting. A few moments later, Serenity, dressed in a perverse variation of the Sailor Moon fuku, with her pink boots coming up past her knees and to her thighs, the skirt turned from fabric to thin pieces of deep midnight blue metal that rested against her thighs. On her now blood red bow, rested a new brooch with a double edged sword design on the front shining from it's black cover. Her choker was turned the same color as her bow, and as the final signs of her full conversion, the young blonde's eyes were no longer the vibrant blue, but turned a dark blue that could match Mamoru's in color, but held such a cold hatred that whoever looked into them, would feel shivers rip through them.

Kunzite smirked when he saw the once cowardly leader of the senshi stand before him with a new strength that he knew would bring the Dark Kingdom victory.

"You said that Beryl wished to see me?" questioned Serenity as she stopped directly in front of him.

"Follow me," Kunzite told her simply before walking once more into the throne room.

"Ah, Serenity," Beryl said almost in triumph. "Welcome to the Dark Kingdom."

"Why did you call me here?" the blonde asked impatiently.

The crimson haired queen growled softly at the girls impertinence. "Remember who you are talking to, Serenity," warned Beryl. "I have called you here because I wish to test your loyalty to me."

"How would I go about doing that, Queen Beryl?" inquired Serenity.

"Why was I called here?" snapped Zoicite as he teleported into the throne room. "I was told that I would not be going back to Earth for a few days."

It was in that moment that Kunzite realized just how the newest recruit was going to prove his loyalty.

"No, Zoicite, you will not be going back to Earth at all," stated Beryl coldly. "You have failed me too many times. As punishment, and as well as testing of Serenity's loyalty, you must die, Zoicite." The queen smirked at the blonde general. "Serenity… Kill this miserable failure."

"Hai, Beryl-sama," said the former senshi of love and justice as a pair of daggers formed in her hands.

Before Zoicite could blink, a powerful blast struck him in the chest, knocking him back. Then a moment later, he felt one of the two blades pierce his chest and rip through his heart. The general looked to Kunzite, who was forced to watch with a heart wrenching look on his face. It was the last thing Zoicite saw as darkness closed in around him.

Kunzite felt as if his entire world had fallen out from beneath him, and that he could do nothing about it.

He heard Beryl's laughs fill his ears as hatred for both Beryl and the young blonde filled him. They would pay. He just didn't know how. Until he did, he knew that he would have to act like the good little trained monkey Beryl thought him to be.

Beryl was taken aback by the utter obedience the girl showed. She had expected the blonde to hesitate before killing the general.

"Very good, Serenity," praised Beryl. "Tell me, when do you think you will be ready for your first fight with the senshi?"

"I feel ready now, Queen Beryl. I feel as though I could destroy the whole Earth if I wanted," stated the young warrior. She clutched her weapons and held her head up high to try and emphasize her point.

"Very well," said the fiery haired queen with a nod. "Kunzite, go with Serenity to Earth. Show the senshi just who is going to win this battle!"

"Do you wish for us to take a youma as well?" questioned the silver haired shitenou.

"No. I want you to go as a test of Serenity's true power. If she starts to show any sign of…" Beryl hesitated for a moment as she tried to think of the right word. "Weakness, I want you to bring her back here immediately. This is just a test run to see how she fairs against the senshi. If she does as well as I think she will, then I will allow you to take a youma and destroy the senshi after a few days."

"Queen Beryl, I believe that I need to keep up an appearance where I am from. In order to keep from raising suspicions. Tomorrow, I would like to be allowed to return to Earth, if only to maintain some sense of secrecy as to my identity in Tokyo."

Beryl thought about the proposition for a moment. "You must have a plan to gather energy ready by tomorrow after your day at school ends. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to return."

"Hai, Queen Beryl," said the blonde before she turned to Kunzite. "Shall we go, or are you just going to stand there staring at a corpse?"

Serenity yelped as Kunzite stalked up to her and gripped her arm in a bruising grip. Before Beryl could reprimand him for his actions, the silver haired general teleported out of the throne room and above a schoolyard full of uniformed teenagers.

"Tell me, am I holding your arm too tight?" he asked harshly as he tightened the hold on her arm.

"You're still holding it?" she retorted in an attempt to belie the pain on her face. Tears were threatening to fall from her eyes, but she refused to let them fall in front of the general who was deriving so much pleasure from her intense discomfort.

Her holder chuckled coldly as he looked out at the crowd. Kunzite had been told that the senshi who had thwarted the attempts of the Dark Agency attended this school. He smirked when he thought back to how it was believed that the girl was the princess.

"Sailor Senshi! Show yourself before I destroy every person here!" shouted Kunzite causing the people below to scatter fearfully away from the buildings and the immediate area. "Including your precious princess!"

"You want me, Dark Kingdom Scum!" cried out a voice from behind the two.

Kunzite spun around, still tightly holding Serenity. He took note of the look of pain on her face as the skin on her arm was pulled before her body could catch up.

"So the information I received was correct. The infamous Sailor V does attend this school," Kunzite chuckled as he materialized a sword in his hand and lifted it to Serenity's throat.

'What the hell is this bastard thinking?!' thought Serenity as she felt the cold metal pressing against her throat

"Let her go!" shouted Sailor V.

"Make me," replied the silver haired general.

'I can't attack him… I might hit the princess again,' V thought fearfully.

"Sailor V! Tatsukete!" cried out Serenity, carrying out what she hoped was Kunzite's plan. "Attack him!"

"But I might-"

"Sailor V! Onegai!"

The blonde warrior nodded before raising her arm in front of her and, making sure to lower the power she was putting into the attack, cried out, "Crescent Slender Beam!"

A thin beam of light erupted from her fingertips and struck Kunzite's hand which was holding Serenity, forcing him to drop her. Once released, the blonde felt gravity start pulling her down.

She heard a second exclamation of, "Venus Sulfur Smoke!" In an instant, the fresh air was replaced by foul smelling sulfur. The falling girl could barely breathe without gagging, until she felt something ram into her, causing her to be shoved out of the smoke, and to a relatively soft surface.

"Sailor Moon, daijobu?" questioned V as Serenity rose off of her.

"Hai…" replied the blonde as she rubbed her arm lightly before lifting her eyes to look at the young senshi. "I'm fine, but I'm not so sure about you though."

"Nani?!" cried V before she felt and intense amount of energy smash into her midsection, causing her to fly back into a wall.

The soldier of Venus felt as everything around her was swimming, but lifted her head to look at her princess. It was then that she noticed the differences in the girl's appearance.

"What is the matter, Sailor V?" questioned Serenity, a smirk growing on her face as she walked up to the fallen senshi, her blades in her hands.

"Serenity-hime… what has happened to you?"

"I've become what everyone has wanted me to become," the odangoed blonde stated.

"We didn't want you to become a psycho who went around attacking her own protectors," snapped one voice which sounded both condescending and filled with emotional pain.

"Ah, yes… Sailor Mars," said the senshi formerly known as Sailor Moon. "And Mercury and Jupiter as well. All of my senshi are here. Tell me, where is Tuxedo Kamen? I would like for him to be here to see me kill each and every one of you before I kill him as well."

"Usagi-chan? What happened to you?" inquired the wise ice warrior as she moved a step closer to her friend.

"Stay away from me. Do not call me that. My name is Serenity. Remember that," snapped the blonde as she swung out wildly, releasing a blast of raw energy from the dagger in her hand. Before she could release another blast, she felt an arm wrap around her, binding her arms to her sides.

"Do not destroy them. Not yet. Beryl only wanted to test your strength," Kunzite reminded her.

"But this is the perfect opportunity, Kunzite. They are down and weak!" exclaimed the blonde as she struggled against his vise like hold.

"Weak?" questioned Jupiter, her aggressive side taking hold, clouding her common sense. "Usagi-chan, I couldn't believe that Kunzite had brought you here when Venus contacted us, and now I know. You aren't the Usagi-chan I know. For impersonating my friend, you will pay."

The struggling warrior watched as the green clad senshi rose to her feet slowly and summoned her attack.

Serenity laughed as she saw the lightning started crackling around the brunette.

"Jupiter! You can't -" exclaimed Mercury.

"SUPREME THUNDER!" shouted the senshi.

"Jupiter, you can't hurt meeeeeeeeeeeeee!" cried out the blonde as a bolt of lightning ripped down from the sky striking her just as Kunzite pushed away from her. Serenity was forced to her knees, her hand clutching her chest.

For a moment, Serenity's fuku changed to the old form more commonly adorning the blonde, causing Jupiter to gasp in horror at her own actions.

Crystalline blue eyes looked up at the senshi of thunder in pain and betrayal as Serenity struggled to her feet. "You really tried to hurt me, Jupiter. How… How could…"

"Usagi-chan… oh Kami-sama…"

"How could you be so stupid as to think that would defeat me?" asked the blonde as she lifted her hand and released an unfocused blast which knocked the senshi back as well as caused the walls of the school to be blown in, destroyed the structure of the building.

'Please don't let anyone have been in there…' were Mercury's last thoughts before she lost consciousness.

"Ami-chan!" exclaimed Mars as she hurried over to her friend. She knelt next to the unconscious senshi, and glared at the fallen senshi of the moon. "How could you do this?!" She then pulled an ofuda from her subspace pocket. She charged it with both her own spiritual abilities but her powers as the senshi of Mars as well before launching it at her former friend with a cry of, "Akuryo Taisan!"

Serenity lifted her dagger and sliced the charm in two before it reached her. "Pathetic."

"Serenity, let's go, now!" commanded Kunzite as he stalked up to the blonde and once again grabbed hold of her arm.

"I'll see you at school senshi. Sayonara," smirked Serenity before she and Kunzite disappeared.