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The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 5

"Mercury Knight Revealed"

Written by Jose I. Ramos

Portions based on "Mercury Knight stories" by Ryuuen No Miko

"Sailor Moon" and all related characters are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, TOEI Animation and other agencies.

Storyline © 2002 Jose I. Ramos

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The Saga of Mercury story is copyrighted by me, however content in some chapters is based on the Mercury Knight Stories as described in the Chapter 1 Introduction.

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Chapter 5 - Mercury Knight Revealed

"Mercury!" yelled Sailor Moon.

The four other Sailor Scouts, along with Sailor Mini Moon, Luna, and Artemis, stormed their way into the den.

"Oh, no. Greg!" said Sailor Mars.

"He's frozen," said Sailor Mini Moon.

"Are we… too late?" said Sailor Venus.

Sailor Moon was starting to talk to Sailor Mercury, but Sailor Mars stopped her. "No, leave her alone," Sailor Jupiter said.

Sailor Mercury was still sobbing out loud. Still crying, she looked at the others, and said, "Does it have to end this way? So soon?"

Sailor Mars stepped forward. "Stand back, Mercury, I'll see if I can get him out of that ice."

With Sailor Mercury back a few feet, Mars began to bring her fingers up to her face…

"FIRE SOUL!"

The fireball, thanks to precision aiming from Mars, slammed straight into the ice. The intense heat from the fireball was enough to melt the ice around Greg.

Greg was out of the ice, but still looked lifeless on the ground. Mercury ran to his side and shook him, trying to wake him up.

"GREG!" yelled Mercury. "Don't do this to me!" Mercury began to wail again.

The other scouts were starting to get teary-eyed. "Poor Sailor Mercury," said Sailor Mini-Moon.

Artemis said to Luna, "I wonder how we can get Greg back."

While the two cats were planning a strategy, Sailor Mercury was having no luck with Greg.

"Oh… Greg," sobbed Mercury. "Greg, I… I… I don't know what words can describe my true feelings for you…" She began to remember the times that she spent with Greg. She remembered when she aided Greg after Zoycite attempted to steal his rainbow crystal. She also remembered giving Greg a new photo of herself at the train station, replacing the infamous "hamburger" photo. She remembered the first time they played chess. She remembered the time that Greg took her to the amusement park for her very first date. And she remembered yesterday, at the train station, when she and Greg shared a kiss of true love for the very first time.

"Greg," Mercury softly said, "you are like… a soul mate… to me. The two of us were… perfect together…" Mercury began coughing from all of her tears. "Greg… ever since I first met you… you became one of the most important people in my life… and, now that you came back, my feelings for you have become stronger…"

Mercury clutched Greg's limp body and brought it close to hers.

"Greg…" she continued, "If you're gone, I just want you to know… that I really cared about you, I always have…"

Amy bowed her face and leaned it against Greg's chest. Then she looked at Greg's face.

"I love you, Greg."

Mercury bowed her head down again. Her tears fell on Greg's mouth and cheeks.

Artemis then stepped forward and said: "I think there's a way we could get Greg back… It's a long shot, but it's worth a try."

Luna looked at Sailor Moon. "Use your spiral heart rod to try to heal Greg and restore him."

Sailor Moon nodded with a confident "mm-hmm." She took out the spiral heart rod, twirled it around, and moved it into position.

"MOON SPIRAL HEALING… AC…"

"WAIT!" yelled Sailor Venus. "Something's happening!"

It seemed as if a breeze was beginning to blow by Sailor Mercury's face, and by Greg's face.

"What's happening to Greg's forehead?" said Sailor Mars.

"Something is appearing," Sailor Jupiter replied.

A blue light was starting to emanate from Greg's forehead. Amy raised her head back up, and looked closer.

The bright blue light turned out to be the planetary symbol of Mercury.

Sailor Mercury's eyes went wide open. The other Sailor Scouts gasped. Luna and Artemis looked at each other.

Greg started to open his eyes. He had a tiring look on his face. "A… A…" he struggled to speak. "Amy… S… Sailor Mercury… Princess…"

Sailor Mercury's tiara disappeared and the planetary symbol began to glow from her head as well. "Greg… Mercury Knight… My love…"

"MERCURY KNIGHT?" said Sailor Moon in a surprised voice.

"Is it him?" asked Sailor Jupiter.

Artemis looked at Luna, then at the scouts. "Yes, see for yourselves."

Greg and Sailor Mercury kissed. When this happened, something that was a sight to behold took place. Amy's tears began to float in the air, and started to come together to form a small dagger. The dagger was a small knife with the symbol of Mercury right above the handle.

Greg grabbed the dagger, and started to remember everything about his past. He remembered the very first time that he met Princess Mercury, on their home planet…

"Your highness," the herald announced, "This is Gregory. He has been assigned by her majesty the Queen to protect and defend you from any entity that may pose a threat to our planet. We may refer to him as the Mercury Knight.

Mercury Knight took Princess Amy's hand and kissed it. "May I say," he said, "it is a high honor to finally meet you."

Princess Amy responded by speaking as fast as a horse racing announcer: "Uh… hi there Gregory… er, Mercury Knight, knight to meet you, uh… I mean, NICE to meet you too, I really don't need a protector, I can defend myself because I am a Sailor Scout, now, I have to go now."

"Go?" asked Mercury Knight, chuckling. "First, `now I have to go now' isn't a proper way to end a sentence. And second, with all due respect, Princess, we just met!"

"Uh… uh… I promised to go see Serena on the moon… bye!" the Princess said, running off with sweatdrops.

Greg smiled, and then remembered all of the times that he defended the Princess as the Mercury Knight. Then both he and Sailor Mercury started to remember their recent dream in full detail, when Mercury Knight rescued her from the evil forces of the Negaverse and brought her to safety…

Princess Amy was horrified at the sight she saw.

A huge cloud of dark energy was becoming visible east of the Sun, and was closing in fast.

Princess Amy thought that it could only be one thing. It was the Negaverse coming to attack her palace and her planet.

"Mercury is ours for the taking!" said a dark, booming voice. "Then Venus, then Earth, and eventually, the entire Moon Kingdom! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

Princess Amy looked back at her palace, then looked into the sky, and thought, Oh no! Our deflector shield is losing power!

The dark cloud shot through the weakened deflector shield, and was aiming for Princess Amy.

Princess Amy let out a huge scream, a scream that seemingly could have been heard for miles, and started running towards the palace. She knew that the palace would come under attack real soon, but had no choice but to run there, because her Mercury Power Transformation Pen was left in her bedroom.

When Princess Amy was a few hundred feet from the palace gates, she was stopped by an invisible force field that flung her back to the ground. "Oh No!" she cried.

The palace was starting to crumble into dust under the intense dark energy. "Mother! Father! Someone! Help me!" she said as she collapsed onto the ground, tears of sadness flooding her eyes.

Princess Amy then turned around, and saw the dark soldiers of the Negaverse staring in her face. She tried to crawl back, but was once again stopped by the Negaverse's force field. "PREPARE TO DIE, MERCURY!" said a soldier. Three others stepped forward, swords drawn, and charged toward the Princess.

The Princess, eyes opened in horror, quickly shut her eyes, covered her face, and let out what would have been her last horrifying scream.

A few seconds later, she could feel the wind blowing across her face, blowing her hair back and blowing the tears away. She opened her eyes to find herself in the air, moving away from the palace at an incredible speed. She looked back to see that someone was carrying her…

"Are you all right, Princess?" he yelled, trying to make his voice heard over the loud gusts of wind in the air.

Princess Amy looked back… and saw holding her…

"MERCURY KNIGHT!" she said with beaming eyes.

"Hi, Amy," said Mercury Knight. "Does that mean you're happy to see me?"

Princess Amy nodded her head.

"Okay, everyone is safe at the palace on the other side of the planet. I'm taking you there right now."

"Are my mother and father there?"

"Yes they are, and they're worried about you. So is everyone else. You were the only one left there."

"I was ready to fight them all on my own."

"Wow, Amy, it's not that often that we get to see your aggressive side! Anyway, you were very courageous to try to save your palace, but you wouldn't have been successful, there were too many of them."

Mercury Knight then held the princess closer to him. "Don't worry, Amy, everyone is planning the next attack over in the other palace." He then looked behind him, then back at the princess. "We're in the clear now."

"Oh Gregory, thank you... thank you for saving my life," Princess Amy said with a smile.

"You're welcome, Princess. It is my duty to protect and defend you. That has been my job every single day since I've known you. I must protect you because it is my duty... and because..."

"Because?"

Mercury Knight looked into the eyes of the princess.

"Because… Amy... I've been a bit shy to tell you this, but now is the perfect time to tell you... that I love you."

"Oh, Mercury Knight." the Princess said, looking at Gregory's eyes. "Before I met you, I didn't have time to court with other gentlemen. But you've been exactly that to me, and more. Now that we've known each other this long, and now that you've been truthful with me, it is time for me to be truthful to you...

"I..." the princess started to say, bending her head forward and closing her eyes. "I love you, too."

Princess Amy and Mercury Knight shared a romantic kiss as they flew back to the other palace in safety.

Greg then clutched tightly onto his dagger, and said to Sailor Mercury, "I think it's time for me to show my true colors… MERCURY KNIGHT POWER!"

Then Greg was raised above Sailor Mercury's head and transformed into a handsome young man, donned in a military dress uniform, with a blue sash and a sparkling silver sword. He placed the sword into his sheath and then looked at Sailor Mercury. He bowed and said, "Good day, your highness."

Sailor Mercury stared at Mercury Knight… then ran up to him and squeezed her arms around him as tightly as she could. Tears from her eyes were now tears of joy. "Oh, Greg!" she yelled.

Mercury Knight then said to Sailor Mercury with a smile… "Hey, Amy, is this wicked cool or what?"

Sailor Mercury smiled and hugged him again. Then Mercury Knight turned his attention to the others.

"I remember you guys!" he said. "You are Sailor Moon, AKA Princess Serenity… you're Sailor Mini Moon, or Princess Rini… you three are the other inner scouts and princesses from your respective planets… and Luna and Artemis! My two favorite cats! Come here you two!"

Luna and Artemis took a step back, sweatdrops appearing on their face.

"Well," Mercury Knight said, "why don't we continue the pleasantries. My name is Greg Urawa, and I happen to be the one sworn to protect and defend the young, beautiful princess known as Amy Mizuno, or, Sailor Mercury."

Sailor Mercury blushed.

"Mercury Knight, I just have one question…" Sailor Mars said.

"Go ahead."

"WHERE'S MY KNIGHT?? IS THERE A MARS KNIGHT??"

"Oh yes, that's easy, if we could find him around here I'd recognize him instantly, his name is…"

Luna interrupted. "Mercury Knight, you and I know who the other knights are, and I believe it's best we keep their identities a secret until the right time comes."

"I understand you completely", Mercury Knight said. Then he saluted the other scouts. "Well everyone, if you need my assistance, do not hesitate to call."

Sailor Moon was puzzled, but was able to say, "Er, well, Greg… uh… Welcome aboard!"

Meanwhile, in the Negaverse:

"Aquina failed me!" yelled Sorinya. "How could she be defeated even without Sailor Moon and the others there? How could she lose to Sailor Mercury?"

Sorinya pondered her failure for a while. "And that Greg guy IS her protector. If I want to get my hands on Sailor Mercu-brat, I'll have to get through him first."

Sorinya thought for a while, and then smiled an evil smile.

"I know just the way to get through to that Greg, and it'll be worse, but more interesting, than taking his energy… BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!"

What is Sorinya's next plan?

And will Mercury Knight get together well with the other scouts?

Find out in the next chapter of, The Saga of Mercury.

[A portion of Chapter 5 is based on the "Mercury Knight stories" by Ryuuen no Miko.]

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