Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Something to Stay Awake For ❯ The Power of Love and Friendship ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter Five: The Power of Love and Friendship

"The faith of everyone and everything depends on you. Do not let Earth and the Sailor Senshi perish! Remember, Sailor Chibi Moon, that against nine evil senshi, the battle will be hard, but if you use love and friendship as a weapon, you will be victorious! The power of love and friendship never fails! Good luck!" As Sailor Chibi Moon went into battle with the Sailor Senshi, Sailor Uranus's encouraging words echoed through her mind. She wasn't quite sure how the power of love and friendship was supposed to aid her. She knew that all of the Sailor Senshi loved and were friends with each other, but she really didn't know how to use that. The power of love and friendship certainly didn't seem like much of a weapon to the pink-haired senshi.

"Crescent Beam!" The subjugated Sailor Venus screamed, as Sailor Chibi Moon hurriedly back flipped out of the way of one of Sailor Mar's attacks, which had been aimed at her only moments before. Unfortunately, the crimson-eyed senshi flipped right in front of the ruinous laser beam Sailor Venus had shot from her finger, and the blast of yellow light painfully grazed her arm. Sailor Chibi Moon gasped from the sudden burning sting, as she clutched her hand quickly to her second wound. Blood spilled lazily through her fingers.

"Deep Submerge!" Sailor Neptune shouted before Sailor Chibi Moon could recover, and a gigantic tidal wave of water appeared out of thin air. The youngest senshi screamed, as the water exploded into and flattened her onto the broken pavement. She tried to catch her breath as waves swirled and splashed around her, but water kept filling her lungs every time she tried, and she began to suffocate. Water churned and splattered through the cut on her arm and the deep wound at the back of her head, and she cringed from the dizzying pain. She tried desperately to get above the water, but it was too strong and there was too much of it. It only pushed her swiftly back down, taking all the skin off her back. Tears filled her eyes, as blood blended with the water surrounding her.

Just when Sailor Chibi Moon started to panic and fall unconscious from the lack of air and the devastating pain, the attack suddenly stopped, and all the water disappeared. She laid awkwardly on the concrete, frantically gasping for breath, her entire body in total agony. She was completely exhausted, and the pain was so extreme that she couldn't even think. But deep in her mind, she remembered that she had to be strong, and she got a grip on herself. With great trouble, she managed to stand.

Sailor Chibi Moon suddenly realized Onihiko was laughing at her. She spun furiously around to face him, but with her head injury, this sudden movement made her become dizzy. She fell down clumsily to the ground. Her eyes got even blurrier, and she closed them momentarily, trying to clear her vision. Onihiko laughed even harder. "Finish her off, Sailor Senshi! Someone that pathetic doesn't deserve to live!" He commanded.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury yelled, and Sailor Chibi Moon opened her large, crimson eyes just in time to see the stream of water hit her straight in the face. But this stream of water was much different than Sailor Neptune's, and as soon as it made contact with the pink-haired senshi's head, it turned into a chunk of ice. The ice spread all over Sailor Chibi Moon's body, and in a matter of seconds, she was unable to move at all. Through the thick, freezing ice, she faintly heard Onihiko laughing hysterically.

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Sailor Jupiter screamed, hurling a powerful lightning bolt at the disabled Sailor Chibi Moon. Seeing through the ice made things distorted, but Sailor Chibi Moon knew exactly what the glowing light rushing right for her was, and with all her strength, she starting spreading her arms and legs. She tried not to panic, as the lightning grew closer and closer. The ice began to slowly crack apart from her fierce efforts, and some pieces broke off and fell to the ground with a thud. The electricity hit the massive ice cube just as Sailor Chibi Moon shattered her cold prison and jumped briskly to safety. She rolled out of the lightning's way totally unharmed. She sighed in relief, as the Sailor Senshi growled in frustration, and Onihiko raised an eyebrow.

"Pluto Deadly Scream!" Sailor Pluto shouted suddenly, jumping in front of the entire group of Sailor Senshi and pointing her key-like rod right at Sailor Chibi Moon. The pink-haired senshi, who was struggling to get off of the ground, let out a terrified shriek, as the Keeper of Time performed the fatal attack. A ball of black-colored energy was suddenly produced from the end of the rod, and Sailor Pluto launched it off with no mercy. It went sailing through the air, and everything seemingly went into slow motion.

Sailor Chibi Moon looked around at all the Sailor Senshi, as the ball of energy flew closer. There they all were, her family and friends, which she had longed for since that notorious day eleven years ago. They all stared expressionlessly at her, their multi-colored uniforms blowing around in the wind created from Sailor Pluto's attack. Her mother's beautiful, blond pigtails twirled around and around, shining brilliantly in the moonlight. It hurt deeply to have the senshi simply look at her in this situation and do nothing or show any emotion, but to have her mother just gaze at her was absolutely heartbreaking. Tears welled up in her red eyes, and the ball of energy continued to fly closer.

As Sailor Chibi Moon started to feel the heat from the ball of energy, a thought suddenly struck her. Through the entire battle, she had been trying to figure out how to use love and friendship as a weapon, and now she finally thought she knew the answer to her question. Love and friendship connected Sailor Chibi Moon and the senshi, even if they were being controlled. They lived deep in each other's hearts, and no matter how hard Onihiko tried, he couldn't make any of them truly forget what they shared with each other. To use love and friendship as a weapon to finally defeat Onihiko, Sailor Chibi Moon realized that she had to make the Sailor Senshi remember each other and the strong bond that tied them together. They had to be reminded that they loved one another. She wasn't entirely sure, but she was almost positive that that was the power of love and friendship. The ball of energy flew closer.

But with Onihiko's firm, powerful hold over the Sailor Senshi's minds, only the thing that would shake the most emotions from the senshi would probably be able to save them. The ball of energy flew closer. Sailor Chibi Moon raked her brain desperately, her heart pounding, and then she suddenly realized what had to happen to save her family, friends, and all of Earth from Onihiko. It all came together, just like a puzzle. One of the senshi had to die. The death of one of the senshi would stir enough emotions in them all to break Onihiko's control.

Sailor Chibi Moon took a deep breath when she realized what she had to do. She wanted everyone of the Sailor Senshi to live and wake up. After eleven years of being under mind control, she wanted them to have their own lives and be happy. She figured that with all the injuries she had suffered, she wouldn't survive anyway. She was a senshi too, and her death would wake them up. She wasn't completely sure if it would work, but she didn't know anything else to do. She had tried her very best, and either she saved everyone and Earth, or she died trying. And the ball of energy flew closer.

"Sailor Senshi! Get ready to wake up or destroy Earth..." Sailor Chibi Moon exclaimed, and she drew in a deep breath as the ball of black-colored energy blasted into her. She felt her insides ripped apart immediately by the incredible power, and the pain was so intense that she couldn't even scream. Everything went black, the ruins of Tokyo and her home swirled away from her, and Sailor Chibi Moon would never know if her plan had worked or not.

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