Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Celestial Moon ❯ Chapter Four: The Mysterious Ginzuishou, Identities Revealed ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Celestial Moon
by: drama81

Chapter Three

The senshi had gathered at Luna and Artemis's house for a meeting. It had been a week since the
previous attack that led to Jadeite's death. The senshi were still on their guard. The Dark
Kingdom had already shown that they like to wait until things look like nothing will happen, then
striking with extreme fierceness.

"Ami, have you found their base yet?" an angry Rei asked.

"No Rei, I haven't. Unfortunately they are able to hide their energy from me. As much as I hate
to say it, I think we are going to have to wait for the Dark Kingdom to reveal itself," Ami said,
typing away at her miniature computer.

"This waiting is killing me. I won't be able to take it much longer," Rei said, standing up.

She quickly stalked away from the blue haired girl. She walked into the room that the guardians
had set up for her. Inside was a small fire. Although it was not the sacred fire that she had
at Hikawa-jinga, it was more to help her relax. She quickly changed into her miko robe that she
had at the house and kneeled down to meditate.

Her hands began to gesture as she chanted words that she had memorized when she was still a
toddler. "Rin, hyou, tou, sha, kai, chin, zai, zin," she chanted, getting faster as she cycled
through it again and again.

As she said it for the fifth time the fire seemed to flare and take on a life of its own. Rei
immediately knew that she had to make her request or she would lose the chance and the fire would
return to normal. "Oh wonderous flame, show me where the Dark Kingdom is located," she said.

The fire seemed to flare again and Rei found herself lost in another world. It looked like a
dark, damp cavern. A sound caught her attention and she turned to see a woman with long, red
hair sitting upon a throne of obsidian. "Nephrite show yourself to me!" the woman demanded.

A man with long, wavy, brown hair appeared and kneeled down. "You called Beryl-sama?" he asked.

"Hai, I did. You are to attack the Earth now. We've waited long enough. This time, though, you
are not to gather energy. I have found a source of energy that will benefit us more than those
pitiful humans. You are to find the Ginzuishou. The silver crystal of light will give us all
the energy we would ever need, and with it in our possession nothing shall oppose us," Beryl
said.

"I shall find it at once. I have heard of a special gem that will be making its way to our
access point soon. It is said to have been passed among the long generation line of a royal
family. If the Ginzuishou is as powerful as you have told me, then surely it would be in the
hands of a royal family," Nephrite explained.

"Yes, that would be very logical, do it at once," Beryl commanded.

The man stood and bowed. He then disappeared. Everything around Rei began to disappear and she
recognized the end of her vision. Slowly the fire came back into focus and Rei found herself to
be drenched in sweat. She quickly changed clothes and decided to rejoin the others. The sight
that greeted her, however was not one she expected. In front of her was the senshi that had been
seen during their battles.

~~~~~~~

*One hour before*

As Rei stormed off, Ami shut her computer. "Whatever happens, we'll just have to be ready for.
I can't find out anything right now," she said.

"I don't like it, but if that's all we can do, then that's what we'll do," Makoto said.

"Do we have anything else we need to talk about?" Minako asked.

The senshi looked at each other and then shook their heads no. As they began to get up to leave
a bright light outside the house caught their attention. Makoto quickly ran to the door and
threw it open. The senshi that had been helping them landed with her usual grace and let the
light that surrounded her die. The senshi were finally able to get a good look at her. All the
times she had appeared before was during a battle and the senshi had quickly turned their
attention back to the dark general they had been facing.

She made her way inside, after absorbing her wings into her back. Her long, silver hair had been
tied up into two buns atop her head. On her tiara sat a white gem. She was much shorter than
any of the senshi had thought her to be. Even Hotaru, who was the shortest of them at five feet
and two inches, stood above the new senshi. "Hello," she said, her voice tinkling with what
sounded like silver bells.

Haruka quickly stood in front of the new senshi. "Who are you and what do you want?" she
demanded.

"I am a senshi like you are. You may call me Sailor Celestia," she answered. "And what I want
is the same goal you have. I wish to rid this universe of evil. The Dark Kingdom is an ancient
evil that has escaped punishment for too long. I wish to help you in your quest."

"Why should I believe you?" Haruka asked.

"Because you need the help. Plus I need your help as well. The generals of the Dark Kingdom are
not evil like you believe them to be. Metallia has placed demons inside them. I wish to return
them to their original state. I know they were possessed because I saw it in a vision. Their
spirits came told me of the past and how they were tricked into Metallia's service. Before you
say that they are truly evil, remember Jadeite. He was healed before he was killed," Celestia
said.

"Maybe, maybe not. I don't trust you, yet. I will tell you that much, but if the rest of the
team decides to fight along side you, then I shall too," Haruka said, sitting back down.

"We cannot make that decision at this moment, for we have one person that is not here," Minako
said.

Just then Rei appeared behind the group and gasped. Celestia turned and saw Rei. "Hello Sailor
Mars," she said with a smile.

"Wh-Who are you?" Rei asked, a bit stunned from seeing the senshi she had only seen glimpses of
during battles.

"I am Sailor Celestia," she said simply.

"Why are you here?" Rei asked, getting used to Sailor Celestia.

"I am here to help all of you destroy Metallia and the Dark Kingdom. That is, if you will let
me," Celestia said, hope shining in her eyes.

Rei gazed into Celestia's eyes and found she could not deny the small senshi. "Of course. I
don't know why, but I trust you. Your aura is one of purity. In fact, I don't think you could
lie if you really wanted to, or at least you couldn't get away with it," she said.

"Then it's settled, I will fight with you," Celestia said, turning back to the rest of the
senshi. "You know, I think I should go with a disguise while I'm here. After all, none of you
are in your senshi attire all the time. How about this..."

Celestia's form shimmered before it settled down into a petite girl with long, platinum blonde
hair, in the same style that she had worn as Sailor Celestia. Her eyes had gone from a silver
color to a blue color. Her aura stayed the same, and if it wasn't for that then none of the
senshi would have known it to be the same girl. "While I'm like this, why don't you call me
Usagi," she suggested.

"Why would you want to be called rabbit?" Hotaru asked.

"Not rabbit, bunny. Bunnies are so cute and timid. I also have heard the legend here about
the bunny that eats moshi on the moon. Now it so happens that I like the rice cakes here, and
with my hair it looks like I have long bunny ears. Does that answer your question?" Usagi
explained.

"Yes it does, thank you," Hotaru said.

"Alright, then it's settled. I'll see you guys later. I have to go to my apartment now," Usagi
said, giggling.

"Wait, how do we get a hold of you for battles?" Ami asked.

"Don't worry about that. I'll know when there's a battle and where it's at before you do," Usagi
answered.

"Then why haven't you beat us to battles, and why did you not show up for one?" Makoto asked.

"I don't beat you there because although I may know about it before you, I can't always get away
immediately. Oh and I was there for that one. You just had it under control, so I saw no reason
to interfere," Usagi explained.

With that she quickly bounded out of the house and left for her apartment. The rest of the
were about to disperse when Rei stopped them. "I had a vision. I know what their next target
is," she said.

"Really, what is it?" Minako asked.

"It seems they are going to attack some royal family that should be here soon. They're after a
crystal called the Ginzuishou, I think," Rei said.

A gasp and a crash of glass against the floor caught everyone's attention. They all turned their
heads to see Luna bending down to pick up the remains of her glass. "Luna-mama, what's wrong?"
Makoto asked.

"I-it's n-nothing," Luna stammered.

"Don't lie to us, please. Something is wrong, please tell us," Makoto pleaded.

Sighing, Luna stood and bowed her head. "Alright, I'll tell. The Dark Kingdom is after the most
powerful relic of the Silver Millenium. The Ginzuishou is what was used to seal the Dark Kingdom
away by Queen Serenity. Those of the royal line are able to call upon its power and can work
miracles with it," Luna said. "Fortunately, I can assure you that they shall not find it."

"And how can you do that?" Rei asked.

"Because I have it hidden away where no one will find it. I grabbed the crystal after Serenity
passed. I shall hold it until the princess is found," Luna said, sounding like she wanted to
close the subject.

The senshi got the hidden message and decided to end the meeting. It was already late and dark
was settling over the city of Tokyo. They dispersed and went their seperate ways. Luna sat down
in one of the chairs and sighed. Artemis kneeled down next to her. "What's wrong my neko-chan?"
he asked.

"The Dark Kingdom is after the Ginzuishou. I told the senshi what it was, but not what it was
truly capable of, or the price of its power. If they knew what the cost was then I am almost
sure that they would want to destroy it. I mean didn't you suggest that it be destroyed when you
found out that to use its full power the queen would die?" Luna said.

"Hai I did. You are right, we shouldn't tell them of its full power. The only that really needs
to know is Princess Serenity anyways, that is when we find her" Artemis said, reassuring his
wife.

"You know that new senshi has the style of hair that the line of Serenity wore. I wonder if she
could be our princess," Luna thought out loud.

"That is one idea, but I'm not so sure. She didn't have a crescent moon on her brow," Artemis
said.

"That could be handled easily with a glamour. You saw easy she changed to a civilian form. I'm
still not convinced that she isn't, but until we find out for sure I'll have to wait," Luna said.

"Why don't we go to bed, we can talk more about it in the morning," Artemis suggested.

"Alright. We'll talk more in the morning, though," Luna said standing.

~~~~~~~

The next day announcements were made across Japan of a royal family visiting Japan, bringing
their heirloom to show. Rei immediately realized that was who Beryl and Nephrite had been
talking about. "We've got to guard that family. It'll make them think the Ginzuishou is there,
but we don't have any choice. No one should be made a victim of the Dark Kingdom," she said.

The other girls agreed and that night they all appeared, dressed in their most elegant dresses,
except for Haruka, who looked debonaire in a pale blue tuxedo. Usagi had shown up as well,
though none of the senshi would recognize her. She had changed herself into a security guard for
the event.

'The Ginzuishou could be here. With that in my possession I will be able to stop the Dark
Kingdom once and for all. I just hope the senshi will forgive me for not telling them the
truth,' she thought. 'But if they knew that I was Serenity, then they wouldn't allow me to fight
with them. Instead they would try to protect me like before. This is the only way I can prove
that I don't need protection.'

Unseen by any of the senshi Nephrite had also shown up to try and lay claim to the Ginzuishou.
He made his way to the back room, where the royal family had decided to stay until the showing.
Nephrite walked up to the door and paused as two guards stopped him. "Halt, you have no business
here, go back to the front," the guard on the right called.

Nephrite smiled at the guard. The smile caused the guard's nerves to crawl. "My dear man, I am
allowed where ever I please. You cannot stop me," he said.

Nephrite touched the man's head and a symbol appeared. The guard cried out in pain as the symbol
drained his energy. The other guard looked on in astonishment. "Wh-What did you do to him?" he
asked.

"The same thing that I'm about to do to you," Nephrite said, touching the other man's head.

The same symbol appeared and the man fell to the ground, his energy taken. 'This should help me
out if they don't have the crystal,' Nephrite thought as walked into the room.

Inside a few more guards jumped to attention at the door opening. Nephrite stepped into the room
and smiled at the guards. "Is this all that stops me? The Earth shall soon be ours," he
laughed.

The guards leapt into action, trying to stop Nephrite. Nephrite held out his hand and an
invisible force smashed into the guards. They all flew back and into the wall. Each of them
slumped down to the ground, unconcious. Nephrite walked up the small family, who had shrank back
into the corner of the room. "Give me the crystal," he demanded.

"W-we don't have it. We won't get it until the actual showing. It's kept locked up," the older
man said.

"Then one of you will have to get it for me," Nephrite said. He pointed at the small boy, "You.
You will get the crystal for me. I want it, now."

"No, let me get it, please," his mother cried out.

"The boy will do perfectly. No one would suspect that he would be getting it for me. They will
think it is for you," Nephrite said. "If you went, then they would assume it is for the showing.
That would be a disaster."

Nephrite pulled the boy away from his parents. The boy's screams fell on deaf ears as Nephrite
drug him out of the room. After he was out of the room he set the boy down. "The sooner you get
that crystal and bring it back, the sooner you will be with your parents again," he said.

The boy nodded his head and took off down the hall. Nephrite smiled as the boy ran. He walked
back inside the room and to the parents of the boy. He touched each one on their forehead and
stole their energy. 'The stars are showing a glorious future to me,' he thought.

~~~~~~~

The boy ran towards the room the crystal was kept in, but thought of alerting the security guards
that were at the event. He ran to one that wasn't too much taller than himself and blurted out
the story. The guard gasped as she heard the story. 'The Dark Kingdom is here. I should have
known,' she thought.

"Alright, I want you to go get as much help as you can. I'm going to see if I can do anything,"
she said.

The boy nodded and ran off, looking for other guards. Usagi walked off towards the room the
royal family was staying in. Along the way she spotted Haruka dancing with Michiru. She walked
up to the couple. She cleared her throat and caught the attention of the two. "You should
gather the senshi. The Dark Kingdom is here. I'm going on ahead, so please hurry," she said.

Haruka took a moment as it registered that it was Usagi there. She nodded and pulled out her
communicator. She pressed the all call button and told the rest of the senshi of the situation.
She then looked up to tell Usagi that everyone was on their way to find the small girl had
slipped away. Haruka looked at Michiru. "When did she leave?" she asked.

"I don't know, I was doing the same thing you were, alerting the senshi," Michiru said.

The two took off, hoping to find out where the Dark Kingdom was attacking. They quickly met up
with Ami and Rei. Ami pulled out her mini-computer and located where the royal family's room was
at. The small group started to search around for their missing comrades.

In the mean time Usagi walked up to the door that led to Nephrite and the royal family. "It's
time to change," she said, letting her spell fade.

The disguise faded away to reveal her fuku. "Alright, time for the main event. I hope the
senshi get here soon. I'm betting it's Nephrite from from that kid's description. If it is,
this will be a long fight," she said, steeling herself to open the door.

Reaching out, she grasped the knob. With a final nod of her head she opened the door and rushed
inside.

~~~~~~~

Ooooohhhh, my first real cliff hanger in this series. I hope no one hates me too much. Don't
send your death mobs, yet. I'll get the next chapter out soon, I promise. This one just took so
long because I wasn't sure of the right place to end it. Trust me, if I hadn't done it here,
then it would have taken me much longer to get this out. Next time it's Nephrite vs. Sailor
Celestia. Who knows, maybe the other senshi will help, maybe they'll just get in the way. Tune
in next time for the answers to these questions and more.