Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Fragility of Time ❯ "Ceremonies of Light and Dark" ( Chapter 13 )

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The Fragility of Time
Chapter 13: "Ceremonies of Light and Dark"
Author: etj4Eagle
Email: etj4Eagle@yahoo.com
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Lasted Edited: 9/9/00

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"Well done Zoisite, you have managed to actually accomplish your
mission for once." stated Beryl. "Now we only need to recapture the
Nijizuishou Crystals that you have lost. Kunzite has a plan and you
will assist. Understand that if you two fail, my wrath will know no
bounds. You are dismissed."

Zoisite bowed to his queen and left her audience, Kunzite followed
him out of the throne chamber. "What is this plan that you have
Kunzite?" asked Zoisite.

"I have been researching the various attacks that Sailor Moon has
been involved in looking for leverage against her; something that we
could nab which would force her to come face us on our own terms.
There is a certain pink haired child, which a few months ago Sailor
Moon rescued. From what I have gathered her actions showed that she
is very attached to that child."

"And if we nab her, we can get Sailor Moon to give us the Nijizuishou
crystals." finished Zoisite.

"Exactly. The Shadow Warrior will get us the child and bring Sailor
Moon to us."

* * * * * * * *
Rome Italy 9:30 AM

Morgan walked towards his meeting with other members of the church
escorted by a young lad dressed similar to the one who picked him up
at the airport the other day. While waiting to be fetched, he had
taken the time this morning to read the material that Sebastian had
dropped of for him. Unfortunately the material that Sebastian had
provided was fairly meager. Essentially it amounted to descriptions
of two angels, described as such because they had appeared out of
thin air. While it appeared that Jesus of Nazareth must have
conversed with them, the context of that exchange was not in
contained in the documents.

What the documents described as two angels were obviously two of the
Sailor Soldiers. One was dressed in an orange-outfitted uniform with
a very short mini-skirt and the other a similar uniform with dark
purple colorings who also carried a long pole arm topped with a
curved blade. He recognized the first as Sailor Venus from the Sailor
Senshi in Tokyo. However, the other he did not recognize. The
documents went on to describe subjective feelings that were gotten
from those two warriors. The first was that of love and boundless
energy. The other warrior apparently caused those with Jesus to feel
a chill and believe that they were looking at death.

The lad brought him up to a large ornate door and knocked. Upon being
acknowledged the lad opened the door for Morgan and then closing the
door left. Morgan had expected to walk into an office like the one
that he was in the other day, but this room while elaborate,
definitely felt out of place in this building. Instead this felt like
a nation's war room, as one wall was filled with various flat panel
monitors and the spaces at the table were equipped with computer
equipment.

Sebastian rose to greet Morgan. "Come on in and have a seat." Moving
his arm to indicate the room he continued, "As you can see we take
our task of preparing for the Second Coming and acting as the
spiritual leaders of our faithful very seriously. Allow me to
introduce the others: this is Kosh, Sinclair, and Garibaldi." he said
while pointing to the each of the other three archbishops in turn.
None of the members of the room were very descript in their
appearances.

"I am sure that you understand that what we are about to tell you is
of a very sensitive nature, and that you cannot reveal what you learn
till it is time." stated Garibaldi.

"Of course, doing so would not be in the Messiah's desires at this
time." replied Morgan.

"You need to understand that the church has held a secret for nearly
two millennia. The secret has till now only been known by the most
inner circle of archbishops and the pope himself. The trial of
Galileo is an example of how deeply held this secret has been. He was
tried not so much for postulating that the earth was not the center
of the universe, but that he came too close to gathering the real
truth about our solar system: that once a kingdom known as the Silver
Millennium existed." began Sebastian

"The Sailor Soldiers that now protect the people of Tokyo are the
fulfillment of prophecy: the return of the Moon Kingdom." continued
Kosh. "You see these warriors are the very same warriors who died a
thousand years ago protecting their kingdom from an army of Tehrans
led by the devil incarnate. You already know that you were one of
demons who fought against the Sailor Soldiers."

"How do you know this?" asked Morgan.

Sinclair replied "There have been numerous sources for our
information. You already have gotten a glimpse of one of them. We
also have had seerers over the ages give accountings, artifacts
recovered some of which are non-Tehran in origin. And finally
appearances of this woman." Finishing the final statement Sinclair
pushed a button and an image of a silver haired elegant woman with a
golden crescent moon on her forehead appeared.

"Her name is Queen Serenity, the last ruler of the Silver Millennium
an empire that included all planets in the Sol system except for the
earth. The Moon Kingdom, our moon, ruled it. Following the fall of
her kingdom she sent her daughter and her royal guard here into the
future to be reborn."

Making a connection Morgan continued, "Then the Tsukino girl is not
only Sailor Moon and the Messiah, but the heir to this kingdom as
well."

"Are you sure, we have not seen any basis that the one known as
Sailor Moon is Princess Serenity." questioned Garibaldi.

"Yes she is. I can't really describe how I know, only that it was
contained in her aura."

"Very well, that solves part of the prophecy, Kosh if you please."
replied Sinclair

"Of course. This here is an accounting of the confrontation between
Jesus of Nazareth and two of the Sailor Soldiers." Kosh said while
handing Morgan an electronic pad. Taking hold of it Morgan began to
read.

* * * * * * * *
Somewhere in what is now Israel ~30AD

A man called by those who listened to his teachings to be a prophet,
who had earlier been nothing more than a carpenter, walked through a
patch of wooded land with some of his followers. The three of them
were on their way to a town to meet with others who followed his
teachings. Sensing something Jesus of Nazareth stopped and turned. To
his and his companions astonishment two balls of light appeared and
quickly coalesced into human forms.

In front of them now stood two young ladies, dressed in the skimpiest
attire any of the three had ever seen. A look at their eyes and
stance they stood in, quickly negated any thoughts of them being
tramps. In fact the one who wore a very dark violet mini-skirt
emanated a quality, which instantly instilled fear in the man's
followers, causing them to quickly shrink behind him.

Jesus not fearing the newcomers stepped foreword, but was quickly
brought up short as one of the two called forth a long pole arm
tipped with a blade and placed its tip before his throat.

"I would not try anything human, though we are not quite sure about
that part for you. I suggest you not do anything to give Sailor
Saturn a reason to use her Silence Glaive. Nothing can block it, and
it is always lethal. Allow me to introduce ourselves. I am the
commander of the Sailor Soldiers of the Sol System, Sailor Venus;
this here is the Warrior of Death and Destruction, Sailor Saturn.

"The Silver Millennium watches over the people of this planet,
protecting them. You are not a true Tehran. The penalty for
interfering with Tehran development is death. Explain yourself or
Saturn will finish her task."

As if to emphasize the last point the blade of the Silence Glaive
started to glow with a violet light. "I sleep until needed, as my
powers are those of destruction. Your arrival on this planet awoke
me." added Saturn.

"My name is Jesus of Nazareth. I am a messenger sent here by my
father. Your awakening Saturn was not to terminate me, but so that
you could bring back to Queen Serenity a prophecy.

"Soon the last full blooded moon princess will be born. She will be
the strongest warrior this universe has ever seen. It will be her who
will end forever the Sailor Wars. But, before that can happen she
will be strengthened by fire, everything that she holds dear will be
ripped away and lost. A mighty kingdom will turn to dust only to rise
again.

"I am here to set in motion the cleansing of the Tehran soul. Tehrans
will before the true Messiah ascends the throne join the Silver
Millennium. But, before that can occur their sins need to be taken up
and forgiven. Only then will a Tehran be born whose soul is that of
the planet."

"You speak of the rise of another Sailor Soldier: Sailor Earth."
stated Venus.

"Not quite Princess Venus. I do speak of the rise of another powerful
Soldier, but not a Sailor Soldier. There however will be before the
end of your term as a Sailor Soldier the rise of a new Sailor
Soldier, one who will take your place as the commander of the Sailor
Soldiers.

"Now if you are done interrogating me, I do have to get someplace
before night fall. And, my companions look like they are about to
pass out from fright."

"Yes you may go. You are not the real cause of the shadow that will
befall the earth, but are instead needed to ensure that it lifts."
simply stated Saturn as she pulled back her glaive and teleported
away. A confused looking Venus followed Saturn away.

Jesus turned to his two followers. "What you have seen today must be
passed from generation to generation, but always kept secret.
Remember this, those warriors while possessing unbelievable power are
here to help not harm you. My father shall send the one who will
bring fulfillment as their princess. When she moves to reclaim her
throne, our people need to be ready to follow. Now come it is getting
dark and we still have at least an hour till we reach the town."

* * * * * * * *

Morgan finished reading the account and sat back in his chair with a
stunned look upon his face. "Kind of unbelievable isn't it?" asked
Sebastian. "Who would have thought that our Lord was almost killed
that day, and that we have known for almost two thousand years about
the existence of other races in the universe."

"The secret of the return of the Silver Millennium is one that the
church has carried since its founding." continued Garibaldi. "The
time of prophecy is now upon us. A war between good and evil will be
fought. If good wins the war, the kingdom of heaven will come down
here to the earth, ushered in by Princess Serenity. And, if good
fails, our souls are dammed forever."

"There will be a judgment day. However, it will be up to each person
to judge himself or herself. Those who agree to follow the new queen
when she reveals herself will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, while
those who reject her will be dammed." spoke Sinclair

"You my friend will need to let the princess know that we are
awaiting her return. You shall be the bridge between the world's
religions and its future ruler. In the years to come this room will
become a true war room for the world's religions as we attempt to
shepherd our flocks through the final moments. For the past hundred
years, the world's religious leaders have all been informed of the
pending fulfillment of prophecy some of the information you see in
this room was obtained by them." Explained Kosh "Now come we have
much to discuss and to brief you on, plus you need a true debriefing
over what you saw. And then we need to show you your new laptop you
will be bringing back with you."

* * * * * * * *
Tsukino household

"Hai, let me check with my mom." ChibiUsa placed the phone down on
the counter and went to find Usagi.

"Momma, can I go with Hotaru-chan to the mall?" asked ChibiUsa. "She
said she could stop by here on her why over to pick me up."

"Hai." answered Usagi happy that ChibiUsa was spending at least some
of her time with someone around her age instead of needing to be with
her all the time.

"Agrito, okaa-san." happily replied ChibiUsa while she gave her
mother a large hug and then ran back to where she had left the phone.

"Hotaru-chan, my mom said I could go with you. . Twenty minutes, I
will be ready." Hanging up the phone ChibiUsa headed up to the room
that she shared with her mother to get ready.

Twenty minutes later Usagi watched as her daughter went of with
Hotaru, a happy smile crossing her lips. Turning back away, she left
the window to go back to the book that she had been reading. Ikuko
came to join her daughter in the living room.

"Usagi, I am very proud of the way you have been handling everything.
You really are making a great mother. I don't think most kids your
age would have been able to handle the responsibility, but you have
taken it very well."

"Thanks, that means a lot." replied Usagi "It has not been easy, but
every time I feel like giving in I just remember her face when I
first met her, how scared she was and how much she needed me. And,
now I have Mamo-chan, being with him makes everything so much
easier."

"Does he know yet about being her father?" asked Ikuko

"No." simply stated Usagi. Ikuko already knew the reason and knew not
to press the issue. Usagi would not tell him until she was sure that
he really loved her. She herself could see the love that both of them
had for each other, plus anyone who was willing to face Kenji had to
really love her daughter (even if he was being kept tamed by
ChibiUsa). She still remembered how the day before Usagi's first date
with Mamoru, ChibiUsa had henshin and told him straight out not to
ruin anything or that she would order the Senshi to restrain him in
the future. Her white-faced husband reluctantly agreed to that deal
and had not given Mamoru anything more than glares and some
grumbling.

"Usagi I am sure that he loves you deeply, but you should do what you
feel best." With that Ikuko got up and gave her daughter a light kiss
on the forehead and left.

Returning to the book she had placed down earlier she began
reading again, enjoying a few rare moments entirely to herself.

* * * * * * * *
The mall

"Hey ChibiUsa take a look at this." announced Hotaru as she held up
some indescribable object from the science store. "Any idea of what
it is?"

"Nope, though the goo inside looks like anything momma tries to
cook." ChibiUsa replied. Initially she had been wary of coming into
this science store, but Hotaru would not take no for an answer. And,
she thought to herself there were some really neat and weird things
in here. Now just as long as Mercury-sensei did not show up and start
giving her a science lesson she would be fine.

Walking over to examine some other object that caught her eyes
attention she bumped into a girl about Usagi's age. She began to say
she was sorry, but the girl suddenly morphed into a creature as black
as night. She did not get
much chance for worrying as the creature very quickly blasted her
unconscious, and in the process sent her flying across the store.

Her unconscious form landed next to where Zoisite had appeared. "Yes
this is the one." he said while bending down to pick her up. However,
he was knocked out of the way when a large object flung across the
room hit him. "What!?" he exclaimed while picking himself up. Seeing
the girl who dare challenge him he commanded the Shadow Warrior "How
dare you strike me, a general of the Dark Kingdom. You will pay for
that. Shadow Warrior, kill that girl."

"Of course master." it responded. Zoisite bent down once more to grab
the child and then teleported out away. The warrior advanced on
Hotaru looking forward to this kill.

Hotaru stood glaring out the creature and where the 'general' who had
kidnapped ChibiUsa had been. She did not feel the slightest fear or
desire to back down from the advancing creature. was the
only thought that crossed through her mind. As she focused on that
one thought she fell into a trance. Her eyes began to turn an eerie
violet as the alchemic symbol for lead appeared on her forehead.

Following these two changes her whole body began to glow in a dark
violet energy. The energy played up and down her skin. As it extended
away from the skin the violet energy turned to a black, a black for
more black than anything: the black of death.

The Shadow Warrior came up short as it noticed the energy that now
coursed across the child's skin. Very few things could make a Shadow
Warrior scared, this turned out to be one of them. Somehow the image
in front of it brought up the primal fear of death. Forcing itself to
look more closely it noticed the symbol for lead on the girl's
forehead, suddenly making the connection it knew itself to be in very
deep trouble.

"How could you hurt ChibiUsa-chan. I cannot forgive you." Hotaru
stated in a disembodied voice. "You have killed Sailor Soldiers, you
shall die." With those final statements translucent ribbons burst out
from Hotaru's outstretched hand. When they intersected with the
Shadow Warrior the accumulated energy suddenly detonated.

The blast was vast, total, and confined. The store was leveled to the
ground, but the rest of the mall remained untouched. Thankfully all
the patrons had fled the store when the Shadow Warrior appeared,
otherwise they would now be dead. The only thing remaining standing
in what remained of the store was Hotaru. Exhausted Hotaru collapsed
to the ground, a faint smile on her lips.

* * * * * * * *
Moments earlier

Naru left one of the shops with some recent purchases.

Naru made to move over to the science shop to get a closer look at
the pink haired child. But before she could take more than a few
steps she heard screams and patrons began to flood out of the store.
Looking back at the store for ChibiUsa she saw her in the arms of a
man wearing a gray uniform.

Naru watched Zoisite disappear with ChibiUsa and then felt her body
buffered by a strong blast. As she looked around, at first everything
looked fine, but then she looked towards where the store had been.
What she saw caused her to gasp as nothing was left, expect for a
young girl near ChibiUsa's age standing upright momentarily before
collapsing to the ground. Fear for her best friend's cousin
catapulted her into action and she ran up to the young girl. "Are you
ok." she asked.

"ChibiUsa-chan." was the only thing that Hotaru could croak out.

Hotaru appeared to be in prefect condition, except for being very
weak. Making a decision Naru picked up the frail girl and dashed to
where she knew a bank of pay phones to be. As she ran she tried to
reassure the girl. "Don't worry I know someone who can help." Picking
up the phone Naru quickly fed it money and waited for the other end
to be picked up.

"Moshi Moshi." came Usagi's voice

"Usagi-chan, ChibiUsa has been kidnapped by Zoisite. They hit her
with some sort of blast and then Zoisite disappeared with her." Naru
hoped that she was right in her hypothesis of who Usagi really was.

"How dare those bastards attack my daughter! They will pay for that."
angrily muttered Usagi, not realizing that Naru would hear her words.
After pausing for a moment Usagi continued "Naru where did this
happen and what about a dark haired sickly girl, Hotaru, who was with
her?"

"I am at the mall and have Hotaru with me, she seems to be okay. How
I am not quite sure, as everything else in the store was destroyed."

"I will be there shortly." came Usagi's reply and she was left with
the dial tone.

Hanging up the phone, Naru bent down to try to comfort the other
girl. "Don't worry Hotaru-chan, Sailor Moon will be here shortly and
she will save ChibiUsa. Just save your energy and rest, you are lucky
to be alive, as everything else in that store was destroyed in the
blast"

* * * * * * * *
Tsukino household

Usagi hung up the phone, her face was as white as a sheet. The
whiteness was not from fear put from anger that coursed through her
blood at the moment. Unknown to her, her aura glowed brightly, the
glamour magic barely concealing her true identity. "Luna, Shingo come
her please." she called out

Shingo and Luna quickly responded to Usagi's call, both of them a
little disturbed by the iciness in her voice. "Usagi what is the
matter." asked Luna softly, actually slightly scared by what she saw
in front of her.

"Shingo, ChibiUsa has been captured by the Dark Kingdom. Tell mom and
dad when they return that I have gone after her. Come Luna we need to
get going."

"Sure thing Usagi. Don't worry I am sure that you will get her back."
Shingo tried to reassure his sister. He released a pent up breath
when his sister had left the house, the sigh was unintentional, but
she had him terrified by the look that was on her face.

Usagi strolled down the street and into an alley where she became
Sailor Moon. Stepping out, she took to the roofs to speed her trip to
the mall. Every moment that she ran, she ran faster and faster. By
the time they arrived Luna had dug her claws into Usagi's shoulder in
a death grip to avoid falling off.

In a different part of the city Mamoru was suddenly besieged by
strong feelings of sadness and then anger. The emotions were so
powerful that they forced him to his knees. He thought as he
tried to stand. Midway back up he felt her transformation to Sailor
Moon. Fearful of the emotions that she radiated he quickly
transformed himself and ran for all he was worth toward where he
sensed that she was heading.

The two of them arrived at the mall at the same time. Noticing the
gaping hole in the ceiling, they decided to enter that way. Landing
in the rubble they looked around taking in the devastation. they both thought. "Usako what is wrong?" asked
Tuxedo-kamen.

"Those bastards, they have taken my daughter. In the name of the Moon
I will make them pay for that!" she exclaimed.

Mamoru could feel the sadness that accompanied the first statement
and the anger with the second. Putting an arm around her, he tried to
calm her down. He wanted to find out what she
meant by that, but knew that this was definitely not the time. Those
thoughts, however were quickly dismissed from his mind by a familiar
voice.

"Well if it is not Sailor Whinny Moon and her Cape Boy."

"Zoisite, you will pay for what you have done!" Said Usagi as she
removed her Tiara and then threw it at the hologram.

As the tiara passed through the hologram it continued speaking. "You
must not think me that stupid Sailor Moon, this is a holoprojector.
However, if you are interested in speaking more civilly with me that
can be arranged. I really don't have any interest in that child, she
was just a way to get from you what we want."

"And what would that be." asked Sailor Moon.

"Why all the Nijizuishou crystals, of course." Come to the Tokyo
tower now, with no one else and I will give you the child back in
exchange for those crystals. Ta Ta." and then the image was gone.

Sailor Moon collapsed to her knees, sobbing for ChibiUsa's safety.
"Muzume, don't worry I will come save you." Feeling another
comforting hand she looked up to see that Naru was now kneeling down
next to her.

"Usagi, I believe in you, you will get ChibiUsa back. I will watch
over Hotaru till you get back." said Naru. Usagi looked up while Naru
was talking and noticed Hotaru lying on a mall bench nearby.

Getting her firm again she stood once again. "No one, but no one
messes with my family and gets away with it. In the name of my
kingdom as the heir to the empire of the Silver Millennium they will
not get away with this." declared Usagi. With a leap she and Tuxedo-
kamen leaped out of the hole in the mall's roof to begin their
journey to Tokyo Tower.

"Good luck Usagi-chan." called Naru after the departing heroine.
Moving next to the child on the bench she helped her up and the two
began walking out of the mall. "Why don't you come back with me, I am
sure we will here of ChibiUsa's safe return shortly. You also look
like you could use the rest, and you can tell me about ChibiUsa, I
don't know her that well, but her cousin is my best friend."

Luna watched Sailor Moon and Tuxedo-kamen disappear and bid them a
silent good luck as well. Deciding that the other Senshi needed to be
alerted she went off to find them. .

* * * * * * * *
Tokyo Tower

"Don't worry little girl, Sailor Moon will be here soon. Too bad
neither of you will be leaving this building alive." said Zoisite.
ChibiUsa sat bound and gagged before Zoisite on the floor.

Tears streaked down ChibiUsa's face as she knew the danger that Usagi
was about to face for her. with that last thought ChibiUsa sniffled
some, much to the delight of Zoisite.

Out on the roof Kunzite awaited the arrival of their two guests.
As the two entered the base of the tower he
chuckled. "It is time for the rise of the Dark Kingdom. Let all bow
down in front of our power, tomorrow begins a new age for humanity.
No longer will we be slaves to non-Tehrans, we will control our own
destiny.> with the end of his statement a spatial distortion field
grabbed at the tower, changing its very shape. Left in its place was
a twisted version of a mage tower from long ago, a tower whose image
and layout is shaped by the image of its mage: Beryl.

* * * * * * * *

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo-kamen arrived at the base of Tokyo Tower. "You
do know that this is sure to be a trap." stated Tuxedo-kamen.

"I know, but we have no other choice. I can't let them have ChibiUsa,
we just have to hope for the best." Unconsciously moving a tad bit
closer to Tuxedo-kamen the two of them entered the tower. They had
barely gone ten feet when Usagi shivered feeling the transformation
of the tower. Before, the tower was a relatively neutral location,
but now it radiated pure evil. Moving even closer the two of them
continued to an awaiting elevator and up the tower.

The trip up the tower was unusually long, an effect of the new
spatial design of the tower. An effect designed to give those who
rode up the elevator an extreme sense of uneasiness and dread. Mamoru
noticed how Usagi seemed to be getting tenser every minute the
elevator climbed, hoping to distract her from the journey he asked
her the question that had been on his mind. "Usako, this afternoon
you have been referring to ChibiUsa as your daughter, why is that?"
as he asked the question he brought her up against his chest and
wrapped his arms around her chest to make her feel more secure.

His actions had the desired effect and she began to tell him the
truth. "She is or will be my daughter. She is from the future, the
daughter of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion."

"You mean she is our daughter." stated Mamoru figuring out the
unspoken truth. As he said that he squeezed her a little tighter
letting his love for her pour forth. Usagi relaxed even more in the
warmth of his love, knowing as her mother had promised her that he
really did love her.

The two of them remained like that for the rest of the elevator ride.
Mamoru spent his time thinking back over how he saw Usagi and
ChibiUsa interact, and realized that things that had puzzled him made
perfect sense now. Heck, as he chuckled to himself he realized why
Tsukino-Kenji was reasonably civil to him and that child was always
right near Tsukino-san as well.

All too soon the elevator reached the top. However, its intended
purpose of putting its occupants at ill ease had backfired. Instead
the two occupants were for the first time since the crises began
fully at ease and ready to face the situation. Stepping out Sailor
Moon was followed a half step behind by Tuxedo-kamen and she marched
over towards where Zoisite was with ChibiUsa.

"I am so glad you decided to show Sailor Moon, this girl is too cute
to have to kill unnecessarily. Now just place your Nijizuishou
Crystals down on that table to your left and you can have the child
back." greeted Zoisite.

Sailor Moon took out her crystals and placed them on the table as
instructed and then walked back to where Tuxedo-kamen was standing.
"Ok now give me the child."

"You Lunarians are so foolish." announced another voice belonging to
Kunzite. He appeared next to the table and scooped up the crystals
and then disappeared again.

"You think we would let you go this easily Sailor Moon. You do know
that you have to die, and well this is the perfect opportunity
without any of your other Senshi here to make up for your complete
lack of skills. But, first let me take care of a loose end." With
that statement Zoisite picked up ChibiUsa by the neck, as he did the
gag vanished. With a laugh he began to send large amounts of dark
energy into the child while choking her. ChibiUsa attempted to avoid
screaming out, but after only a minute it was too much and she began
to scream in pain.

"Bastard, how can you do something like that!! She is only a child
let her go!" screamed Sailor Moon collapsing to her knees under the
pain of seeing her daughter tortured.

"Very easily, you see even without your Sailor Senshi you are a
formable warrior, but this way I break your spirit first. Now watch
as I kill this pathetic child."

"NOOOOOO!!!!!!!" screamed Usagi. Unnoticed by Zoisite a crescent moon
had already appeared on ChibiUsa's face in response to the pain she
was being subjected to. Now a large white energy enveloped Usagi and
a golden one Mamoru. The energies caressed their bodies and then shot
between the two flowing and mingling. When the light died down,
visible in front of Sailor Moon was a final silver Nijizuishou
Crystal. With its appearance the other crystals winked out of
existence in Kunzite's hand only to reappear in front of Sailor Moon.

"Huh?" thought Mamoru, with similar thoughts echoed by Zoisite and
Kunzite.

The other Nijizuishou crystals began to quickly orbit around the one
that had just emerged from Usagi. With each orbit they spiraled
around the crystal faster and closer, till they began to merge. All
present quickly realized what was happening, the Ginzuishou was being
formed. With the crystal formed, Sailor Moon and ChibiMoon's forms
shimmered, to be replaced by their true forms as the princesses of
the Moon.

An energy blast emitted itself from the crystal towards Zoisite and
then mother and daughter were standing beside each other. Tuxedo-
kamen had not remained untouched by the changes, his form too had
shimmered and now in his place stood Prince Endymion of the Earth.

"How dare you try to take my daughter's life. For that I cannot
forgive you. I am Serenity crown princess of the Moon Kingdom and you
will now pay the price."

"As the prince of the Earth I too will extract my vengeance on you
for harming my daughter." added Endymion as he removed his blade from
its holster, the metal gleaming in the light.

"What! Sailor Moon is the princess, wait how can there be a child
already?" but Zoisite did not get much chance to verbalize his
thoughts as very quickly Princess Serenity gathered a large amount of
energy with her Crescent Moon Wand and flung it his way. The blast
impacted Zoisite and sent him flying across the room and into a wall.
Slumped to the ground he tried to stand, but found Prince Endymion
blocking his path. He did not have time to sort out his thoughts as
Endymion's sword pierced his heart, killing him.

Kunzite had teleported into the room just as the Moon Princesses and
the Earth Prince were revealed. He knew Beryl's anger would be
extraordinary high and tried to salvage some of his hide. However, he
was disheartened as he saw Serenity easily take down Zoisite.
Noticing both
Serenity and Endymion collapse and change back their other forms, he
grinned. The child also lost her princess form and became ChibiMoon.


* * * * * * * *
Earlier, Crown

Minako was enjoying an ice cream at Crown when Luna ran in breathing
heavily. Other patrons stared at the cat that upon seeing Minako made
a beeline over to her. Minako quickly picked up Luna and offered her
some of her water.

"Miss I am going to have to ask you to take that cat outside, we
don't allow animals in here." informed one of the waitresses.

"No prob." replied Minako as she put down on the table the money for
the bill. Then carrying Luna she left Crown, knowing that whatever
possessed Luna to run in like that had to be very important. "Luna
what is it?" she worriedly asked.

"ChibiUsa has been captured by the Dark Kingdom. Usagi and Mamoru
have gone to Tokyo Tower to barter the Nijizuishou Crystals for her
life." Luna finally managed to say between much huffing and puffing.

"Nani ka!!" exclaimed Minako. Then opening her communicator she
called the other Senshi. "Minna, ChibiUsa has been captured. Usagi
has gone to the Tokyo Tower to try to rescue her, meet me their
ASAP." As the chorus of 'On my ways' with assorted curses came across
she placed Luna down next to Artemis and henshin into Venus. Then
picking Luna and Artemis up she began a mad dash to Tokyo Tower.

She had only a short wait after her arrival for the other Senshi to
show up. "Any ideas on what that is?" asked Jupiter, referring to
what had been Tokyo Tower.

"I am not quite sure, but it appears to be warped both spatially and
temporally." Replied Mercury after she had scanned it. "I am not sure
how we are going to get in as all entrances appear to be locked."

"That is easy, leave it to me." announced Jupiter. "Guardian Jupiter
give me the strength to blast open a passage so that I can save my
friend, Supreme Thunder. The static electricity that Jupiter
unleashed swarmed towards the main entrance and blasted both doors
off their hinges. With a smug look she turned to the other gaping
Senshi "This way." she said while indicating to the opening.

"Now what way?" asked a very impatient Mars. Every moment that she
did not know how Usagi was doing was making her more irate.

"Up" replied Mercury as she led the way to a staircase. "I hope you
are all up for some climbing as my scanner indicates that the stair
well is about three times longer now."

"Well no pain no loss. Right?" replied Venus

"Yeah, sort of." Jupiter responded to Venus's mangled expression.
"Come lets go, the princess awaits." And then the four warriors and
two cats were off, climbing the steps as fast as they could.

They arrived at the top of the stairs moments after Kunzite
materialized in the room. They saw their princess revealed and then
saw her and Endymion take down Zoisite.

* * * * * * * *
The battle once again

"Time to die princess. Too bad you could only manage that power for a
little while." As he walked towards the slumped body of Sailor Moon
two red energy blades appeared in his hands. However before he could
take her out, the irate Senshi of Mars tackled him to the ground.

"If you want to get our princess, you will have to go through us
first." announced Venus as she and the other Senshi took up flanking
positions in front of their princess.

"That will not be hard." replied Kunzite as he threw Mars across the
room. Turning to face the three standing Senshi he let them make the
first move.

Jupiter quickly charged at him, lightning playing along her body, as
she closed in she unleashed her attack. However, to her dismay he
just outstretched his hand and deflected the shot right back at her.
The return blast sent her flying across the room and onto the
unconscious form of Mars.

Venus and Mercury moved to block any advance by Kunzite, but for the
moment were weary of actually attacking him. ChibiMoon hearing
Jupiter's screams awoke and seeing the situation crawled over next to
her mother. "Momma you have to wake up, wake-up momma." she called
out to Sailor Moon while shaking her.

"I will have the princess, move aside now or join you friends in
death." announced Kunzite. His hands once again formed the red energy
blades.

"Never." stated Mercury and Venus together. Usagi opened her eyes to
see two of her guardians standing before her and the Dark Kingdom
general. She saw him unleash his energy blades and saw the two of
them cut down.

She called in her mind. she thought. Then she remembered what
her mother had said about using the crystal with her Sailor Senshi
form. Standing she pulled off her brooch and summoned
the crystal from the wand. Placing the two together in her hand she
called out "Moon Crystal Power Make Up!"

With the final words of the new transformation phrase the crystal
pulsed with power and its energy enveloped her body. As she underwent
her Senshi transformation the crescent moon glowed on her forehead,
till her tiara hid it. Additionally no longer was her aura fully
masked during the transformation. Her angel wings appeared
momentarily before her body suit formed.

At first appearance the Sailor Moon who now stood before Kunzite was
no different than the one before, except that if the tiara were
removed a crescent moon would be visible on her forehead. But she
radiated more power than before, however this went unnoticed by
Kunzite.

"Nice transformation, but that is not going to help you live longer.
Now die." And he sent two energy blades this time at her. The energy
blades flew towards her body and impacted her causing her to drop a
bit for a moment. But, then surprising him she straighten and stood
back up.

"Now it is my turn, to eliminate trash like you." With a flick of her
wrist she pulled a long rod like object, the Moon Scepter out. "Moon
Princess Halation." As she finished her attack phrase, golden
crescent moons of energy flew out of the rod towards Kunzite. He put
up a shield to protect himself, and it worked at first. However, he
was quickly overpowered and the energy of the scepter plowed into his
body and soul.

As the stream of power ended, a barely alive Kunzite stood up from
the far end of the room, where he had been flung. "The Dark Kingdom
will triumph in the end." called Kunzite before he used the last of
his teleportation energy to retreat.

Exhausted by the battle, the emergence of her previous form Sailor
Moon collapsed to the floor to sleep for real this time. ChibiUsa
moved and warped herself around her mother in a hug, happy to be back
with her. The only other individuals left alert in the former Tokyo
Tower, now a mage tower were the two Lunar cats.

-End Chapter 13

-Well I am back to the getting the chapters written quickly.
This chapter's title is particularly appropriate, considering
the plot of that particular B5 episode. And, no I did not plan
that this episode would happen at number 13, I did not even
realize that until I had partially written the chapter.

-I believe that Beryl might just be a tad bit peeved following
the happenings in this chapter. Her lust for Endymion just got
another blow, considering that it has been revealed that he and
the princess have a daughter. I wander what that will do to her
mental stability. Poor Kunzite, he is now the only around to
face her anger.

-I figured that with Naru knowing Usagi since they were little
kids, she would have to notice the change in Usagi's behavior
with her becoming a Senshi. And, also that she is smart enough
to eventually put two and two together (she does near the end
of R, but then that plot line is completely dropped). Given how
much faster I have forced Usagi to mature, Naru had to make the
connection before too long.

-Next chapter will see the return of some character not seen in
a while, and might see another victim of the time explosion's
arrival.

-Finally I want to give thanks to Comet Moon who has been
proofreading all my chapters since 11 (grammar check is still
not perfect). In addition he has been helping with suggesting
various plot lines and scenes some of which may appear in later
chapters (the addition of the golden earth energy in this
chapter was his idea).