Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Celestial Atlantis ❯ Now and Forever ( Chapter 11 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
~ Part 11: Now and Forever ~

Suddenly, everything stopped. The air, the sound, everything. Time itself had stopped. Libra opened her eyes to find herself face to face with Sailor Antares, who had not been there during the fight. Antares smiled jovially as if it were any other day.

"But how?..." Libra asked.

"I can stop time." Antares answered.

"Queen Ceres, she..."

"I know. Don't worry. We'll beat her." Antares smiled again. Libra dully noted that this was the most she had seen Antares smile in one day.

"How?"

"Get up." Libra did as she was told. As she did so, she noticed her uniform had changed slightly. The button on the front bow, which had been a heart, was now a star. She had two transparent sleeves on each arm that overlapped each other. Where the leotard met the skirt in the front, there was a dark blue jewel with the ever present Libra sign. The trailing ribbons on the back bow where also longer.

"Take this." Libra took the white staff presented to her. It was topped by a kneeling angel with its wings outstretched, a dark gem between the top feathers. "Is this... the Angel Wing Glaive?" she asked.

Antares nodded. "Look behind you."

Libra craned her neck back to find a pair of white feathered wings. "I have WINGS!?!"

Another smile. "Yes. You're the leader of the air signs. Now fly your little butt up there and kick some demon ass. Everyone's been healed, so you won't be alone."

Libra did as she was told.

~oO Oo~

At the top of the cliff, everything appeared as if nothing had happened, except now, Virgo had butterfly wings and a staff with a hummingbird and a flower, Aries had bat wings and an intricately carve scythe, and Scorpio had wings that looked suspiciously like fins and held a trident.

Not to mention that the demon was now on the losing end.

Eight figures could be seen making their way to the cliff. The Sailor Senshi. Chibi Scorpio, in the uniform of Chibi Moon, was leading the way.

"Virgo meteor STRIKE!"

"Scorpio deep sea CRUSH!"

"Aries fiery DEATH!"

"Libra maelstrom SHOCKWAVE!"

Some old attacks, some new ones. Infinitely more powerful all around. The Sailor Senshi had made it to the cliff. "Every one!" Mercury cried, "we must combine our power!"

Libra held out her staff as Gemini and Aquarius stood on either side of her. The other Senshi gathered around their respective leaders. The Sailor Senshi had gathered in a circle and joined hands. Lima Bean was in the center of the circle, holding up the Silver Imperium Crystal and floating precariously above the ground. Sailor Chibi Scorpio stood in the center of the four points the Zodiac Senshi had created.

"Zodiac Senshi, concentrate your power!" Sailor Uranus called to them.

Libra shut her eyes tight and concentrated her power, which combined with that of Gemini and Aquarius and coursed it's way up the Angel Wing Glaive. The streak of energy it created ran into the other three from the other Senshi. Chibi Scorpio appeared high in the air, at intersection of light, holding a rainbow colored crystal. The condensed energy from the Rainbow Crystal and the Silver Imperium Crystal shot towards the moon and star on the Time Constellation Scepter, held by Sailor Antares who was also floating above the ground.

"Demon, remember this!" She cried to the dark form. "Love and Friendship will conquer all adversity!" Pure energy flowed forward from the scepter into the demon.

"I will have my revenge!" it cried as the dark mist that was the demon disappeared into the sky.

Both Senshi found themselves tired and in need of sleep. They headed back to the palace, amazingly still intact. But not before Libra was able to turn around and watch the darkness fade from the sky.

The sun was rising; and from the looks of it, their world would see many more sunrises.




~oO Finis Oo~