Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alone ❯ Chapter Eight: Diamond ( Chapter 8 )

Alone
Chapter Eight: Diamond

By Selenity Jade
Rated: PG13

 

Disclaimer: ...Don't own

 

Pairing: Mamoru/Usagi

 

AN: Edited 03/21/08

 

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Tuxedo Kamen blinked in surprise. "Another Sailor Senshi?"

 

Sailor Pluto nodded. "Yes. There are nine Senshi in all. I am one of those nine."

 

Sailor Moon didn't appear to be shocked at this news. "Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Saturn."

 

The Time Senshi nodded, smiling softly. "I see you remember the time you spent as Princess Serenity, Sailor Moon."

 

Tuxedo Kamen frowned. "I don't remember that. And I remember being Endymion."

 

Sailor Pluto nodded. "Of course you do not, my Prince. Earth was always left out of the meetings between the planets because of the darkness that was growing within your planet. The existence of the Outer Senshi was a secret to most of the Solar System. They're duty wasn't to protect Princess Serenity from the evil within. They're job was to protect the Solar System from evil that came from beyond our system. The Inners were to protect it from the evil within. And I... I was to guard from evil traveling through time. Sailor Saturn was - is - to destroy it all if necessary."

 

He started slightly. "Destroy it?"

 

Pluto smiled. "Don't worry, my Prince. Now is not the time for her to awaken. In any case, I am glad you are here. Your future selves are in danger and the Senshi's barrier cannot last forever."

 

Sailor Moon frowned. "What barrier?"

 

Chibi-Usa chimed in. "The barrier around the palace. The one that was supposed to keep Mommy safe..."

 

Both warriors looked to Pluto for a more thorough explanation. "I will let the King explain it to you."

 

Sailor Pluto extended her staff, and before the small group a tiny door appeared. "Go through that door and follow Small Lady to the palace."

 

Tuxedo Kamen nodded. "Okay," he agreed, taking the child's hand.

 

"Tuxedo Kamen. Sailor Moon."

 

The heroes glanced at her. "Yes?" Tuxedo Kamen asked.

 

"Please take care of Small Lady for me. I cannot leave this place. Not while the Dark Moon family is using it to travel in time."

 

Both fighters for justice nodded. "Of course we will," Sailor Moon agreed.

 

Then the small family walked through the door that Sailor Pluto opened for them.

 

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Sailor Moon looked around in awe. They were in a large crystalline city. A deserted one. Everything stood completely intact, but there wasn't a sign that anyone had ever lived here. "Where is everyone?"

 

Chibi-Usa sighed sadly. "Gone. They were all killed by the Dark Moon family."

 

Tuxedo Kamen was also looking around as they walked down the deserted street. The empty city gave him an overwhelmingly lonely feeling. It was a beautiful place, but it lacked life, energy... people.

 

"Is this Tokyo?" Sailor Moon asked.

 

"Yes, Sailor Moon," a masculine voice stated from in front of them. "This is where Tokyo once stood a thousand years ago. It is now called Crystal Tokyo."

 

Tuxedo Kamen gasped, his eyes narrowing at the shadow emerging from the fog in front of them. He stepped protectively in front of Sailor Moon and Chibi-Usa.

 

Sailor Moon watched as the figure grew clearer, and a masked man dressed in dark purple stopped in front of them. Her eyes widened at the resemblance to her Tuxedo Kamen.

 

"You..."

 

The man nodded at Sailor Moon's small utterance. "Yes, Sailor Moon. I am Endymion, King of Crystal Tokyo and of the Earth."

 

"Daddy!" Chibi-Usa cried, rushing forward to hug the figure. However, she passed straight through him.

 

Endymion smiled sadly at Chibi-Usa. "I'm sorry."

 

The small child finally let the tears that had been threatening ever since she stepped back into her own time fall. She sobbed as she stood behind the misty figure and then she ran away from them.

 

"Chibi-Usa!" Tuxedo Kamen cried, moving forward to follow her.

 

"Don't. She will be fine here."

 

"You... You're the voice in my dreams."

 

The King nodded. "Yes, Mamoru. I am the one who gave you those dreams. I had to test the love between you and Sailor Moon."

 

"Why?" Sailor Moon cried, aghast. He was Mamoru's future self! Why would he try to test them? He knew them; he had once been Mamoru after all!

 

"Because it had to be done. It was in preparation for what you will now face. If you would like the whole story, come with me." The misty King then turned, and led the way deeper into the heart of Crystal Tokyo.

 

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"Recently, a small planet was discovered beyond Pluto. It had such negative energy that it escaped detection until nearly too late. It was approaching our Solar System rapidly, and there seemed to be life on it. The Senshi, the Queen, and I decided to take precautions, just in case, before we attempted to contact that wandering planet."

 

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen listened intently to the King's story of what had become of the beautiful Crystal Tokyo.

 

"Because we had enjoyed perfect peace for the last few centuries, we were lax in our preparations, and didn't expect an all out attack as early as it happened. The shield Mercury devised had not yet been perfected, but we had thought we would be ready should they prove hostile. My wife always did see the best in everyone..." The holographic image of the King looked away, sadly, before he continued.

 

"As soon as we deemed the planet close enough for contact, and before we could open a communication channel, our Earth was invaded. Hundreds of youma appeared out of thin air. Chibi-Usa had turned up missing and the Queen left the safety of the palace to search for her. Because the shield had not been tested, when it was finally put into place, it only protected the palace, not the entire city as we had hoped. My wife was caught outside the barrier, and was attacked by a strong concentration of negative energy. The Senshi with her at the time could not prevent it, but instead used their powers to encase her in crystal. She still sleeps within her crystal coffin, waiting until we can save her."

 

"What about the Imperial Crystal?" Sailor Moon asked confusedly.

 

The King smiled sadly. "Unfortunately, it was stolen shortly before the attack on Crystal Tokyo. And even if we were to have access to it, only the Queen can use it. That is why Small Lady, my daughter, was sent back to your time to bring help, and the Crystal back with her. In order to save my wife, and the people that are left on this planet."

 

"There are people left? Chibi-Usa said everyone was killed," Tuxedo Kamen said in confusion.

 

The King nodded. "Yes, there are a few. A small percentage of the population are in stasis below the earth."

 

Both Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Moon looked at a loss. "How are we supposed to do what the Senshi, my future self, and you could not? How are we supposed to beat that?"

 

The image of the king flickered. "I do not know. But you are our only hope."

 

"What rubbish!"

 

Three heads snapped up at the sneering voice that should not have been there.

 

The King of the Earth gasped softly. "Diamond."

 

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AN: That chapter was amazingly short...

 

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