Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alone ❯ Chapter 11: A Choice ( Chapter 11 )

Alone
Chapter 11: A Choice

By Selenity Jade
Rated: PG13

 

Disclaimer: I write mediocre fanfiction. I highly doubt that anyone would think I'm making money off of this. That's flattering though.

 

Pairing: Usagi/Mamoru

 

AN: Edited 03/23/08

 

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"Diamond."

 

The white-haired prince of the Black Moon looked up at his brother's insistent voice. "What, Sapphire?"

 

His younger brother glanced at the sleeping woman on the bed, then at Diamond. "Wiseman would like to speak with you."

 

Diamond snorted, leaning back in the chair. "Now, I suppose? The creep is getting above his station..."

 

Sapphire hesitated. "I think...he has ulterior motives, brother."

 

The white-haired brother made a dismissive motion with his hand. "Oh, I'm sure he does. They do not concern me."

 

"But Diamond-"

 

"Enough, Sapphire." Prince Diamond stood from the chair as he set his wine down at the small table beside it. "I will see what Wiseman has to say."

 

Sapphire choked back the rest of his comment, cursing his brother's obsession. He glared back at the sleeping princess, hating her for simply existing. She rendered his brother's mind empty except for her. He wasn't even heeding the warning signs...

 

Perhaps he should talk to Emerald. She was bitter over Diamond's capture of Sailor Moon, she would be happy to help her get out of there.

 

Or kill her.

 

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Prince Diamond walked into the small, dark room. His shoes clicked quietly on the cold marble floor as he approached the one known only as Wiseman who stood - or rather floated - near a dark crystal ball.

 

"You wanted to see me?"

 

The skeletal figure turned around. "Yes, Your Highness. I wanted to introduce you to the newest member of our family."

 

The pale-haired man arched a delicate eyebrow sardonically. "Oh?"

 

The hooded creature nodded. "Yes." He then motioned to the dark energy swirling just across a glass divider, almost like a test tube.

 

Prince Diamond obediently looked, his eyes widening in surprise despite himself. "That's... Princess Small Lady Serenity..."

 

"Yes, that is Small Lady. Soon...she will mature into a woman, and with her powers of the Moon twisted to the dark, she will become a formidable ally."

 

"How did you get her? She's been protected for so long... The Four Sisters and Rubeus failed... We failed to stop her from going back in time. She was so hard to capture..."

 

"It was quite easy, Your Highness. All it took was to understand the child."

 

Prince Diamond frowned at the dark figure. "Understand her?"

 

Wiseman nodded. "Yes. You shall see. When she emerges."

 

"Fine," the Prince said. "Is that all?"

 

"For now, yes." Wiseman suddenly turned to peer at his prince. "You have kidnapped Sailor Moon, correct? How is the dark crystal's affect on her?"

 

"Slow. It's very peculiar. As a human, she should have succumbed easily. But apparently...she isn't human. She's Lunar."

 

Wiseman nodded. "She is Princess Serenity, born thousands of years ago on the moon around this world."

 

Diamond made an irritated sound. "I know that. But since she was reincarnated on Earth, she should be human. She's not. She's full Lunar. Meaning her body will resist the power of the Dark Moon. Our races are exact opposites in power."

 

Wiseman appeared to shrug. "She will succumb. No one is immune."

 

"Perhaps... But she is unlike any other. You've never tested the power of my kind on a member of the royal family of the White Moon." Diamond then turned and left the small room.

 

The Wiseman chuckled to the unconscious form of Chibi-Usa. "It may kill her before she is under our control... but either outcome suits me just fine."

 

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Tuxedo Kamen entered the stream of Time nervously. He glanced around the dark void, uncertain how he was supposed to find Sailor Pluto.

 

"I am right here, Your Highness."

 

Tuxedo Kamen glanced behind him and sure enough, a tall Sailor Senshi stood before him. "Please, don't call me that."

 

She smiled mysteriously. "But you are the Prince of the Earth, and you will be King..."

 

The dark-haired man shook his head angrily. "I don't care about that."

 

"I know. Nonetheless, that is what you are. You should start getting used to it. Why have you come here, Your Highness?"

 

He sighed, deciding to let it go for now. "Chibi-Usa is missing. We were hoping you might know how to find her."

 

"Her toy should lead you to her," the mysterious Senshi stated calmly.

 

He shook his head. "It isn't leading me anywhere. It just bobs in the air."

 

Sailor Pluto nodded. "That might be because she traveled through the time stream."

 

Tuxedo Kamen blinked and then grew angry. "She what? Why didn't you stop her?" he demanded angrily. Wasn't Pluto supposed to be the little girl's friend?

 

"I could not. She was not as she once was. She was also accompanied by the one you call the Doom Phantom. Diamond and Sapphire should still be in this time."

 

"Shit!" He didn't know what to do now. Should he travel back into time to save his future daughter, or stay to figure a way to save the woman he loved? Not only were they separated by distance as before, now they were separated by time! How could he save both? Could he save both?

 

Would he be forced to lose one of them?

 

"You must choose, Prince Endymion. Your love or your future child. You are only one man. You cannot go after both."

 

"Can't you help? I don't know what to do! I can't lose either of them!"

 

"I cannot leave this place. I must attempt to keep Diamond and his men out of the time stream, or at least limit their movements. You must decide."

 

"I can't! I won't choose between them! Usako is my life, she taught me to trust, to heal, and to love! I won't lose her to Diamond. But Chibi-Usa is the result of the love between Usako and I... How can I give up on her?"

 

Sailor Pluto took pity on the man. "I will tell you this: Small Lady will not be harmed any time in the near future. She is safe. Sailor Moon, however, is fighting for her life as she's being bombarded by Dark Energy."

 

Tuxedo Kamen frowned at her. "You swear to me that Chibi-Usa is safe and will be safe?"

 

Sailor Pluto nodded. "She will be safe. She is being used by the Doom Phantom, and he has no plans to destroy her yet. I swear it."

 

The dark-haired superhero nodded firmly. "Then I will save Usako first. If... I can get there."

 

Pluto smiled her mysterious smile again. "There is a way for one who is not of the Dark Moon family to traverse the distance between here and Nemesis."

 

"How?" he demanded.

 

"Travel to the Moon, Your Highness. Seek out the old teleportation device below the Crystal Palace. Even King Endymion does not know it exists. It was a way that the Earth and the Moon could keep in constant contact when you were Prince of the Earth. It is still operational."

 

Tuxedo Kamen frowned. "How will going to the Moon get me to Nemesis?"

 

"You will know when you get there. Now go, Your Highness. You do not have much time if you are to save Sailor Moon."

 

The tuxedoed man nodded, and darted back into Crystal Tokyo, intent on saving his Usako.

 

Sailor Pluto watched him leave sadly. "I hope you succeed, my Prince."

 

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AN: Ack!

 

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