Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Celestial Moon ❯ Chapter Nine: Rescue of the Senshi from Above, The Princess is Revealed ( Chapter 9 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Celestial Moon
by: drama81

Chapter Nine: Rescue of the Senshi from Above, The Princess is Revealed

Usagi watched as the scene faded before her eyes. Just before it completely disappeared she saw
Kunzite drop Luna into the water below. As soon as they reappeared and she could draw in a
breath, she cried out, "Iie! That wasn't the deal! If she is dead, no one will be able to save
you!" she roared.

Kunzite appeared next to Endymion and Usagi. He slapped her across the face. "That woman is
fine. Her wimp of a lover rushed out to save her. As for you, you should consider yourself very
lucky that I swore an oath to Endymion not to keep you and torture you myself. I hope you burn
in hell for the pain you have caused me," he said before spatting in her face and disappearing.

Endymion clucked his tongue at the spot Kunzite had just been. "Such rude manners," he said in a
light tone. "I would reprimand him myself, but Beryl is the alcolyte of Metallia and he is her
general. Besides, I don't think going to Beryl will help you. She is rather disgusted with you
at the moment."

"I don't care what Beryl thinks of me. I made a vow to destroy this place, and I will," Usagi
said vehemently.

"And how do you suppose you are going to do that. You are surrounded by millions of youma, a few
generals, and three of the most powerful mages you can ever encounter. Nearly everyone here
wishes to see you dead simply because of the uniform you choose to wear. I, myself, find it
rather sexy. Then again, I've always loved women in revealing clothing," Endymion said casually.

Usagi turned to slap him, but he caught her hand an inch from his face. Instead he turned his
head and began to smell her hand. He moved up slowly, casting glances at her face. A smile
broke out onto his visage. "So should I make the first move, or should you koibito?" he asked.

Usagi quickly broke the hold he had on her wrist and finished what she had started. "I am not
now, nor ever shall be your lover!" she said, her anger flaring dangerously. "I can't allow
anything to stand in the way of my mission."

"So you admit your feelings then," Endymion said, making sure it sounded more like a statement
than a question.

"I...I admit.." Usagi began before Endymion interrupted her with a passionate kiss.

The kiss caught her by surprise, but she quickly returned it with just as much passion as he put
in. They remained locked in place for several minutes before breaking apart and gasping for air.
Endymion smiled at Usagi. "That's enough of an admittance for me, and it answered my question.
I make the first move," he said.

Usagi mentally berated herself for allowing him near enough to do that to her. She quickly
stiffened up again. "That's also the last move you're making. CELESTIAL SEPERATION!" she cried,
summoning her attack.

The waves of purifying light washed over Endymion, causing him to groan in pain. A shadow
started to seperate itself before a blast of dark energy countered Usagi's attack. Usagi fell
down and looked up at Endymion, terror in her eyes. Her attack had never failed her before, and
now she had met someone able to overpower her. Endymion looked down at her with annoyance.
"Don't do that again. Next time I won't be so forgiving koibito," he warned.

Usagi cowered on the ground as the realization of the situation hit her. She was now trapped in
the Dark Kingdom and could do nothing to them, unless they allowed her. Her eyes rolled up into
the back of her head as she fainted from fear and exhaustion. She had been repelling the dark
energies around her since the moment they had appeared here. Endymion clucked his tongue again
as he lifted her up and placed her on his bed.

*Endymion!*

Endymion lifted his head at hearing Beryl's summon. As much as he hated her, he had to go along
with her so that he could one day finally kill her when she least expected it. He quickly put on
his mask of evil and disappeared. He reappeared in front of Beryl. "You called?" he asked.

"Hai, I hear that you and Kunzite were successful in capturing a senshi. I want her, now!" the
red haired, mad woman demanded from her throne.

"Iie. She is mine. I will do with her as I wish, and you will not receive her. If anyone is to
make a sacrifice of her, it shall be me. You may be Metallia's alcolyte, but I am her favorite
and you know that," Endymion shot at the queen.

"Fine, since you seem to want to make a sacrifice of her, it shall at mid-day tomorrow. The
sooner we get rid of her, the sooner we shall take the Earth!" Beryl called.

The crowd roared in approval, drowing out any attempt of Endymion to protest. Of course a
protest would signal that he was weak and unworthy of Metallia. Beryl had been waiting for such
an opportunity, and he would be damned if he gave it to her. Without another word he disappeared
back to his room for the evening. Tomorrow would be his angel's last day to live. He wanted to
bask in her light for one last time before she was killed by his hand.

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Usagi drifted in sleep for sometime before any image came before her. It looked like a scene out
of a fantasy romance movie. A great castle loomed before her and looked to be made of solid
moonlight. She looked down at herself and saw the multi-tiered, silk, white dress she wore. A
man, dressed in black armor with silver highlights walked up to her. Upon closer inspection, she
realized it was Endymion. She wanted to back away from him, slap him, anything except what she
was doing. She lifted herself upwards and their lips met in a kiss that looked to be one that
could only happen in a romance novel. When they broke apart Endymion smiled at her.

"I don't belong there. Please free me from their grasp. I'm so close now, but I need you for
that final nudge. Please help me be free," he pleaded.

The dream began to break up as everything began to turn a dark ebony color. "Wait! I don't
understand! You don't belong where? With the Dark Kingdom? Please stop!" Usagi called out
pleadingly. The dream, however, seemed to ignore her request and continued on dissipating.

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Usagi sat up in the bed she was in, sweat covered her brow. Endymion laid next to her. She
glared down at him before her expression softened. 'Was that dream a message of some kind?' she
thought. She didn't like being in the same bed as him, but seeing no onther place to lay she
nestled herself back down and quickly fell back to sleep.

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Makoto awoke to the sun shining into her room. She sat up in bed and stretched. A smile nearly
made it to her face before the events of the previous night came crashing back down on her. Luna
had been saved, but it was at the cost of Sailor Celestia. She jumped out of bed and raced into
the living room to grab her communicator. She stopped when she saw that both Artemis and Luna
were sleeping on her sofa bed. Their faces were close to each other and showed contentment.

Makoto saw her communicator and grabbed, heading back into her room. She closed the door and
turned the device on. She hit the all call feature and waited for the other senshi to pick up
their own communicators. Quickly seven answers came forth. "Listen, we need to meet at my place
and discuss something. We have to go on a rescue mission and do it now. Everyone get here in
thirty minutes," Makoto said before turning off the device.

She quickly set to making some breakfast and waking her parents. After she finished cooking, she
took a quick shower. She emerged from her room fully dressed and saw Luna and Artemis finishing
their breakfast. "The senshi are going to be here in a few minutes. Luna-mama, no offense, but
most of them are still pretty angry at you. You might want to wait in my room," she offered.

"Thank you, but no. I will face this with the rest of you. Celestia gave herself up for me. It
is the least I can do in thanks. I will also give you the Ginzuishou to give to her. She must
use it to eliminate the Dark Kingdom. Their evil must be extinguished now," Luna replied.

The buzzer rang, interrupting any further discussion they might have had. Makoto pressed the
button to allow the senshi in. When Rei entered the apartment she immediately noticed Luna.
"What is she doing here? I thought we agreed she was not a part of the team so long as we didn't
trust her?" she spat out.

"Rei, calm down. Luna is here on my invitation. She and Artemis are staying with me for the
time being. The Dark Kingdom attacked their house three days ago and took her hostage," Makoto
began.

"Why didn't you call us?! We would have helped!" several of the senshi blurted out.

Makoto held out her hand to silence them. "I didn't tell you because they told me not to. As it
was, Endymion told Artemis to have Celestia and myself meet him at Pier 14 at midnight last
night. Kunzite was there as well. To make a long story short, Celestia traded herself for Luna.
Now we must rescue Celestia," she finished.

The senshi seemed to be thinking for a few minutes before Haruka stood and looked at Makoto. "I
may not like her, but I think we are all in agreeance that we will save her. We should go now.
They won't be expecting a rescue attempt this quick," she said.

The rest of the senshi nodded and raised their henshin sticks. With several flashes of light the
senshi stood together. They gathered in a circle and began to concentrate. A pillar of light
engulfed them and they disappeared. Luna stood outside the pillar and looked at them as they
vanished. "Good luck, my children," she said, a tear slipping down her cheek.

~~~~~~~~~~

The senshi reappeared inside a dark cave. Mercury immediately activated her visor and brought
out her computer. "From everything I can tell, we are at the North Pole. I think this is where
D-Point is. I can't be sure, though. My scanner isn't working properly here," she reported.

The senshi slowly began to trek further into the cave. They fried several youma before they
could call for reinforcements. The senshi reached a large room inside and looked around. They
could see a formation that if they could have sworn looked like a skull. From one of the "eyes"
dark energy flowed. A gathering could be seen at the base of the formation. Thousands of youma
were crowded in and looking at the skull. The senshi looked up and could make out the outline
of someone looking to perform a sacrifice.

"We can't let them do that! They could be sacrificing some innocent human," Venus called out.

"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!"

The other senshi nodded and quickly summoned their own powers to join with Venus.

"SHABON SPRAY FREEZING!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"BURNING MANDALA!"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"
"SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE!"
"Dead Scream!"

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Endymion stood above Celestia, tears in his eyes. He did not want to do this and sought some way
to keep the inevitable from happening. Seeing no way he slowly raised the silver dagger to
finish the job. An explosion of power stopped him from completing his task. He silently thanked
whatever guardian stars were watching at that moment. He looked up and saw the senshi at the
back of the cave, releasing attacks everywhere.

Beryl stood up from her throne, angered by the interruption. "DESTROY THEM! I WANT THE HEADS OF
WHOEVER IT IS THAT DARES TO INTERRUPT THE SACRIFICE!" she shrieked in rage.

The youma turned and looked at the senshi in response. They quickly began to advance on the
girls. Each senshi threw attack after attack at the youma, but they kept coming. Jupiter looked
up before being covered and notice one long, silver pigtail. "USAGI!" she screamed before the
youma overtook her.

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INSERT SONG: SERENITY AND ENDYMION - YOU ARE JUST MY LOVE
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Usagi began to stir at hearing her name. Endymion looked own, his heart was racing. He smiled
as he dropped the dagger. He eagerly hugged Usagi, thankful that she was still alive. Kunzite
watched as Endymion embraced his sworn enemy. Without a second thought he ran and grabbed the
dagger. He let out a war cry as he plunged the blade into Endymion's back.

Endymion reared back in pain as the metal sunk deeper into his flesh. He fell to the ground, his
body writhing in pain. Usagi's eyes snapped open at hearing his cries of anguish. She heard the
cries of the senshi below. Something inside her snapped and memories came rushing out. Her
tiara disappeared as the pale, golden light of a crescent moon made itself known on her forehead.

She floated up off the stone table and righted herself. Kunzite and Beryl both gasped at the
revelation of their prize. A silver glow appeared in the crowd of youma. The youma surrounding
the senshi backed off as the youma on top of them dissintegrated. The Ginzuishou flew from
Jupiter up to the skull. Celestia's staff appeared before her and the Ginzuishou fitted itself
into the crescent moon at the top. Celestia's fuku slowly shimmered until it was the dress that
she wore back in the Silver Millenium. Pure white wings adorned her back.

"Well, it seems that we have more than we could have ever hoped for Kunzite. You were right to
force Enydmion's hand. Now, not only do we know he is not faithful to Metallia, but that his
prisoner is his former lover, Princess Serenity of the Silver Millenium. Good work, you shall be
richly rewarded," Beryl glowered. "Now destroy them!"

"It would be my pleasure," Kunzite said as his body crackled with power.

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Yes I know, it's a horrible place to end, but I couldn't resist. For anyone who has complained
about Endymion being bad, you can now see that he is good again. This was my intention the whole
time. I'm thinking that maybe next chapter I will reveal what happened to make him evil. For
the song played here, please visit http://sailormusic.net. Until then, ja ne.