Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Saga of Mercury ❯ Failure and Restoration ( Chapter 7 )

The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 7

"Failure and Restoration"

Parts one and two

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

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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WARNING

Due to a graphic scene, the following scene is recommended for readers over the age of 13. You have been warned!

Chapter 7 - Failure and Restoration

"I am sorry to have failed you, my Queen," Libroria pleaded with Sorinya.

"Do not worry," Sorinya responded. "I am very pleased with your progress with Greg so far. Now, from studying Amy's past, she may go back to find Greg soon. Whether or not that actually happens, we must proceed with our next plan."

"May I ask what that plan is," asked Libroria.

"This plan will make sure that Greg and Amy - Mercury Knight and his princess - will never be together again! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"

Amy was back in her house. Back at the train station, Amy had slipped onto the Tokyo-bound train when Greg was still covered in the fog generated by her Shabon Spray attack. Greg hadn't even noticed.

The next morning, shortly after Amy woke up, the phone rang. Amy was still lying down in bed, and decided to let the answering machine pick it up.

"Hello, you have reached the Mizuno residence. I am not able to answer the phone at this time. If you will kindly leave your name, number and a message I will return your call as soon as possible. Thank you." [BEEP]

"A.. Amy, this is Greg calling." Amy's eyes went wide open. She started to reach for the receiver, but decided to continue listening to the message. "Amy, please answer. I'm very sorry about what happened…[knock-knock] [Pause] … Lillian!" [CLICK]

Amy screamed and turned around in her bed, covering her head with a pillow.

The next-door neighbor, who was watering the lawn, could hear Amy's wailing. What's up with her today, she's not like that, he thought.

Meanwhile, at Greg's house, Lillian was leading Greg out the front door. "It's a special moment for us," she said with glowing eyes. "What is it," asked Greg. "HAVE A LOOK", she said loudly, dragging Greg into a dark portal.

Greg opened his eyes and looked around. "W.. What's this?"

Standing in front of Greg was Libroria.

"Wait a minute… I saw you attacking Sailor Mercury yesterday… it was you all along??" said Greg.

"I'm afraid so," responded Libroria. "It's all part of a plan to kill her once and for all for what she has done to our family."

"WHAT!" yelled Greg. "I won't allow you to do that."

"Actually," responded Libroria, "I don't think I'll be the one that does it."

"What do you mean?" said Greg.

At that moment, Greg found his arms and legs strapped on a table… and in stepped Queen Sorinya. "Ah, perfect." She turned to Libroria. "You are actually one who has succeeded. Your services are well appreciated. Thank you. I will call upon you in the future when the appropriate moment arises."

"Thank you, your majesty," Libroria said, and disappeared.

"Now, Greg, you are going to help us get rid of that Sailor Mercu-brat!" Sorinya said to Greg.

Greg was shaking in fear as Sorinya approached him.

The next day, Amy took the train back to Greg's house and rang the doorbell.

The door opened… revealing a middle-aged man dressed in a business suit.

Amy was startled. "Oh… are you Mr. Urawa? The one that travels a lot?"

"Heh-heh, yes I am! Wait a minute, you look familiar… You're Amy Mizuno! I've seen you in Greg's pictures! It's finally an honor to meet you. With me traveling, and all…"

"It's an honor for me too, sir," Amy responded. "Is Greg here? I was mean to him yesterday and I've come back to apologize."

"Mean?" Mr. Urawa responded with a puzzled look. "Well, anyway, I'm afraid he isn't here now. At this time of the day, he's normally studying at the Oceanside Park, about a half-mile down the street. You can see if he is there."

"All right, I'll check. Thank you very much, Mr. Urawa."

"You're welcome, Miss Mizuno. And don't hesitate to stop back here if you don't find him."

Amy made her way to the Oceanside Park. "Greg! GREG!" Amy yelled, searching all around.

"I'm right here," said a familiar voice.

Amy turned around to see the Mercury Knight. "Greg! What are you doing…"

"MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!"

Amy dodged the attack. "What are you doing Greg?" she asked.

"Who is Greg? I don't know any Greg. I am the Mercury Knight… defender of Queen Sorinya of the Negaverse."

Amy gasped.

"The queen has requested that I kill you, and I shall be successful! PREPARE TO DIE!"

Amy whipped out her transformation pen and yelled, "MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"Please stop! I'm sorry about what I did yesterday! It wasn't like me, and I let my emotions take over my senses. Please forgive me! I would never hurt you!"

"OH SHUT UP," responded Mercury Knight. "I was ordered to kill you, and I will carry those orders out!"

Sailor Mercury thought for a moment. "Then you leave me no choice. SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"

"MERCURY ICE SHIELD CHARGE!" Mercury Knight's ice shield absorbed the attack.

Then Libroria appeared. "It looks like you need help, Mercury Knight. Allow me!" she said. At that point, several drones appeared behind Mercury Knight. It was now many against one.

Sailor Mercury took several steps back. "What shall I do?" she said.

"DIE!" replied the Mercury Knight.

"NO!" shouted a voice.

Sailor Mercury looked behind her and saw many tall shadows.

"Mercury Knight, stop yourself now! You are being brainwashed by the Negaverse! Let us help you!"

"Never!" Mercury Knight responded.

"Well, if you want to stay on the side of evil, so be it, because we shall triumph over it! For love and justice, we are pretty-suited sailor soldiers! I AM SAILOR MOON!"

"I am the protector of fire - I AM SAILOR MARS!"

"I am the protector of thunder and lightning - I AM SAILOR JUPITER!"

"I am the protector of beauty - I AM SAILOR VENUS!"

"I am the sailor soldier in training - I AM SAILOR MINI MOON!"

"And in the name of the moon," Sailor Moon said, "we shall punish you!"

"You came just in time!" Sailor Mercury responded.

"Well, we wanted to check up on you to see how you were doing," Sailor Moon said, "but it took us so long because we took the wrong train. Blame Mars for that."

"BLAME ME?" Sailor Mars yelled. "Why is it that you always blame me for all of the mistakes?"

"Can it, guys," Sailor Jupiter said. "We have work to do."

"Come and get us, stink weeds!" Sailor Venus said to the drones. The drones charged at the sailors.

"Time to heat this battle up," said Mars. "BURNING MANDALA!" she yelled. The attack took out some drones.

Sailor Mini-Moon even took one out with her Pink Sugar Heart Attack.

Sailor Jupiter followed with "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE", and Venus used her Love-Me chain to eliminate the rest of the drones.

Sailor Mercury yelled "SHABON SPRAY" to confuse Mercury Knight once again.

Libroria then came forward and said, "how about I write a new story about the sailor scouts… about their defeat to me, Libroria!" With that Libroria took out several pencils and threw them at the scouts.

"Watch out," Sailor Mercury yelled, "they turn into knives!"

Sailor Venus stepped forward. "Let me take `em out! VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!"

The Love-Me chain had no effect on the knives. The knives struck all of the sailors, pinning them to the ground.

Libroria took out six books with the Negamoon symbol. "Now for the final chapter!"

Libroria started to sling the six books toward the sailor scouts… then suddenly dropped the books onto the ground. The books burned themselves out. Libroria looked… and saw a red rose stuck to her hand.

"Tuxedo Mask!!" said Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon with joy.

Tuxedo Mask was standing on top of a tree limb. "Human lives are meant to be cherished. Each individual tries to live a happy life. You are taking this man's dream away by controlling his actions for your benefit. I will not allow it!"

"Oh," said Libroria, "leave me alone. I'm trying to get this red thing out!"

"Now, Sailor Moon!" said Tuxedo Mask.

Sailor Moon wasted no time. "MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK!"

"AAAAAAH!" yelled Libroria as a large heart punched her. She vanished in a wave of purple smoke.

"I think we did it," said Sailor Moon.

"Sailor Mercury… YOU'RE MINE!" said Mercury Knight, struggling through the clearing fog.

Sailor Mercury gasped then turned on her computer visor. "There's some kind of stone on his head, maybe that is what's controlling him."

"MERCURY ICE BLADE CHARGE!" Mercury Knight yelled with force.

Sailor Mercury took a big acrobatic leap up, and knocked the stone away from Mercury Knight's head.

Mercury Knight fell to the ground. The other scouts and Tuxedo Mask gasped loudly.

Mercury Knight struggled onto his feet. "Sailors! Prince Dar…ah... Tuxedo Mask! Where have you been?" He then looked around. "Where's Mercury?"

"Uh… right behind you," said Tuxedo Mask in a low voice.

The other scouts were starting to cry.

Mercury Knight turned around. "You sure, Tuxedo Mask?"

"Look down," said Tuxedo Mask.

Mercury Knight looked down, and gasped. He collapsed onto his knees.

Sailor Mercury was dead. The ice blade attack had killed her.

"WHAT!" yelled Mercury Knight in disbelief. "Oh, god, now it happens to me. Sailor Mercury! AMY! PLEASE!!" he yelled, shaking her to no avail.

Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars were hugging each other, crying their eyes out.

Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus were crying, hands over their heads, shaking in disbelief.

Sailor Mini Moon was holding tightly to Tuxedo Mask.

Mercury Knight sobbed and sniffed. "AMY! I am so sorry, Amy."

Sailor Moon stepped forward amid her tears, and said, "I could try healing her with my moon rod."

Mercury Knight responded. "No, Sailor Moon, that won't be necessary," he said, standing up. "I know how to deal with this situation."

With that, Mercury Knight instantaneously whipped out his sword and stabbed himself in the midsection. "UHH…" was his response.

Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars let out piercing screams.

"MERCURY KNIGHT!" Sailor Venus cried.

"GREG! NO!!!!!" yelled Sailor Jupiter.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" yelled Tuxedo Mask, covering Sailor Mini Moon's face.

Mercury Knight, blood pouring out of his stomach area, looked at everyone as his knees began to shake from the loss of blood.

"I failed," Mercury Knight said. "I was Greg, the Mercury Knight, sworn to protect and defend Princess Amy of Mercury… and now, she is dead. I have failed at my task."

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT," wailed Sailor Moon, "I COULD HAVE SAVED HER!"

"No, Sailor Moon, I know that you are all friends and that you care for her as much as I do, but in the end, she is my responsibility." Mercury Knight collapsed onto his knees and struggled to speak at this point. "She died… she wanted to become a doctor… she won't be able to… live out that dream… Now I must join her…. I had to do this… to… myself… It was the right thing to…"

And with that, Mercury Knight collapsed lifeless onto the ground, next to Sailor Mercury's body.

Sailor Moon said, "I've cried enough already. MOON SPIRAL HEALING ACTIVATION!"

Showers of stars appeared to fall on both Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight's bodies.

Sailor Mercury then moved slightly, and then opened her eyes. She sat up, and then looked at Mercury Knight.

"Greg? GREG!!" Sailor Mercury let out a loud scream and sobbed.

It seemed that Sailor Moon's healing was ineffective on him.

Suddenly Sailor Mercury felt something.

She took out her transformation pen… and the most magical thing happened. Her transformation pen telescoped out, and grew into a rod similar to the one Sailor Moon had.

"What is that," asked Sailor Mars.

Sailor Jupiter looked… and thought… and said, "The Shabon Rod? Is that the Shabon Rod?"

"Yes," replied Sailor Venus, "I remember Artemis telling us about that once before."

"You're right," responded Sailor Mercury. With that, Sailor Mercury removed the bloodstained sword from Mercury Knight's body, then raised the Shabon Rod high in the air, and said, "SHABON HEALING ACTIVATION! I hope this works!"

A ray of light shone brightly from the rod, and bubbles appeared to absorb the blood from the ground. The bubbles then entered Mercury Knight's body with the blood, and the wound was healed.

A minute later, Mercury Knight came to.

"What… Sailor Mercury… am I…"

"We're both alive."

"Are you sure?"

Tuxedo Mask walked up to him and patted him on the back. "Yep, you're alive all right," he responded.

Mercury Knight turned to Sailor Mercury and smiled. "Then, I've succeeded in protecting you… Amy… my sweetheart."

"Oh, Greg!" Sailor Mercury responded.

They stared at each other. And they kissed. They kissed like they had never kissed before. Well… it was only the second time that they kissed each other, but it seemed that way.

The other sailor scouts then approached both of them.

Mercury Knight looked at the scouts and embraced them all. Then Mercury Knight snapped, "Hey Serena… I mean, Sailor Moon…"

"Yes?"

"What is 88 divided by 11?"

"Uh… that's easy!" responded Sailor Moon. "88 divided by 11 is… er… uh… 100!"

The other scouts shut their eyes and sweatdrops appeared on their heads. Except for Mercury Knight. "Yep," he said, smiling and looking at Sailor Mercury. "Everything is just fine!"

Join us next time for Chapter 8 of The Saga of Mercury.

[Portions of Chapter 7 are based on the "Mercury Knight stories" by Ryuuen no Miko.]

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