If Not For You.
Rights: All rights to Sailor Moon and all related characters belong to Naoko
Takeuchi, Kondansya Comics and Toei Animation. (To my knowledge.)
The rights to the lyrics at the end of the story belong to the Walt Disney
company, and are excerpted from `The Little Mermaid' reprise for the song `Part
of Your World.' (C.D is available for soundtrack!) (Also to my knowledge for
rights. E-mail me to correct!)
I'm not making any money of this, it's probably good advertising, so please,
please don't sue me. I don't have any money anyways. I'm in grade 9! If anyone
has any complaints about the rights or legal stuff, e-mail me and I will take
this story down. Okay?
Welcome to the revised version!!!
Well, after receiving to comments about it in 1 day, both asking for some more
explanation, detail. etc, I felt obligated to take "If Not For You," down.
*Sob* (I'm really not fond of work-revision, since it always makes sense to me!
But that's what comments are for, right?) I'm going to add in some "Author's
Note:" to help explain, in case anything may be unclear...
After Note: Well, there, it's done. Hated putting a note near the ending
though, but I suppose some things needed clearing up! But, now that I'm reading
it with the notes, I'm finding it makes ever more sense to ME!
Thanks for reading it, and please tell me, (If you read the original,) if the
revision is any easier to understand. Please?
I can be reached at: tomoechan@hotmail.com
B.T.W: I would really, really like to thank all those people that have sent me
comments! (I think I've gotten about 5.) I appreciate it so much, and it
eventually led to the evolution of this fanfic. I think that getting comments
is definitely one of the rewards of having a web page! So, thanks again to
everyone out there who has taken the few moments to e-mail me!
Story Notes:
I can't be stopped. (Maniacal laughter.) Yet another fanfic. For all you
Haruka/Michiru/Setsuna fans out there, please don't kill me. I thought this
would be a good idea for a story. After all, Setsuna must have been to hundreds
of alternate dimensions, each with a VERY good possibility for a fanfic! I hope
you enjoy it, and any comments are MORE than welcome. Actually, I am willing to
beg for them. As said before, flames may end up being used for kindling by one
of my friends and owner of Rei's Temple, so I might not get them. Questions?
Feel free. Enjoy!
There is a Sequel! If you liked this, please read, "Where My Heart Is."
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If Not For You.
-Time crashes like waves on the ocean shore-
"DARK DOME CLOSE!!!"
Pluto's most powerful attack froze life in the area.
"Pluto," said Sailor Moon, in her Eternal outfit, "You didn't have to do
that."
"You know the laws of time. We could have used you against Demando," It
was about twenty years before Small Lady would travel back through time to ask
Sailor Moon to save her mother, Neo-Queen Serenity. Now, Neo-Queen, henshined
as her senshi form, Sailor Moon, stood defiant against the oncoming attack of
Demando. It would regrettable that Pluto would not join her in the upcoming
battle, but the soldier of time knew how to take care of herself, and would not
have used her last line of defense if it had not been necessary. Sailor Moon
looked over her shoulder to her comrades. The other senshi had all sustained
wounds, but Sailor Neptune had red gashes all over. Neo-Queen recollected as
she had jumped in front of Haruka when she had become the centre of one of
Demando's attack. Mercury stood up.
"We have to teleport him back to Nemesis!" The other senshi nodded.
"Moon Eternal Power!"
"Mercury Star Crystal Power!"
"Mars Star Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Star Crystal Power!"
"Venus Star Crystal Power!"
"Uranus Star Crystal Power!"
"Pluto Star Crystal Power!"
Neptune closed her eyes. With her powers, she could sense Pluto weakening
under the strain of holding the Dark Dome closed. She had to help her
friends...
She held hands with Haruka.
"Neptune Star Crystal Power!!!" Pluto began to flash as though waves of
energy were passing in and out of her. Even as it began, she could feel the
force of Time summouning her to the Gates, to pay penance for her crime.
Everyone closed their eyes to draw upon more energy. Neptune did the same. She
could feel Haruka's hand held tightly in her own. She looked at Pluto. Without
the power of each of the energies, teleporting would become difficult. She sent
her power out to Pluto, watching as she seemed to return from her ghost-like
state. Neptune smiled. It was good that she had had the opprotunity to help a
friend. Pluto opened her eyes, shocked.
"Neptune!" she shouted, "No!" No one should ever interfere with the laws
of time. Ever.
The past.
Garnet energy filled the kitchen. Kaiou Michiru looked up. Her wavy hair
was set gently upon her shoulders, but the hairs at the back of her neck
tingled ever so slightly, like a warning of a storm, She was eating her
breakfast, and combing her hair with her silver brush, inlaid with an aqua-
marine.
"What the-" she suddenly blurted out.
The garnet energy swirled around, striking Michiru.
"What are y-" she screamed as she began to fade.
Her brush clattered to the floor, making a hollow clanging sound in the
empty room.
(Author's Note: Pluto used Dark Dome, thus she dissapears for awhile. Neptune
wanted Pluto to help in the "Sailor Power scenario, so sent some of HER energy
to Pluto, interfering with the Time powers. Time isn't happy about this, so
decides to "erase" Sailor Neptune from the past.)
The Past, a year later.
Haruka looked at the pen floating in front of her. The youma had slammed
into her hard, knocking her to her feet. She didn't know what the pen was, or
what it could do, but it couldn't possibly put her in a worse situation. The
words flowed into her mind the moment she touched it. (Author's Note: Episode
106 in alternate dimension.)
"URANUS PLANET POWER....MAKE UP!!!" She glared at the youma, then smirked
as a slight quiver of fear revealed itself in its eye. She half-noticed the
dark blue fuku she was now in, the weight on her ear from a gold hoop earring,
and the yellow bow on her chest. Instead, her attention was focused solely on
the enemy before her.
"WORLD...." she said, feeling the globe of power form in her hands,
"SHAKING!!!"
Setsuna fell to the ground. She felt...different. Michiru never should
have done that. Already, the new reality was trying to fit her to its standards
of Sailor Pluto. Garnet energy was swirling around her, but she raised the Key
Staff and it dissapeared. She stood up and looked around. A few tires sat
forlornly in a corner, oil and grease sat on shelves, along with various power
tools. Where am I? she thought. Somehow, it seemed familiar...as if in this new
world, in a way, in a new life...she had been here before...in the shadows.
She peered out the corner. She could hear the tell-tale sounds of a
battle going on somewhere in the garage. Sailor Uranus lept in front of her,
her back facing Setsuna. She didn't see me, she thought gratefully. Why do I
care? In this reality...maybe I'm not to show up until the talismans are
discovered. Maybe not. Setsuna held her breath as Uranus jumped away. Where was
Neptune? Where was... she paused. She didn't want to think that way, she
thought to herself, as possible fates of her friend drifted in and out of her
mind.
"I don't know what you are," said Sailor Uranus, "But you're going to be
going back from wherever it was you came from! WORLD SHAKING!" Uranus sent a
more powerful globe at her opponent, who disappeared in the waves of energy.
Uranus looked down at her hand.
"Getting pretty good at this." She smiled, and her transformation faded
away. "I remember..." she said, putting her hand to her hair. "The
talismans....I must find them, at any cost..." Haruka suddenly felt weak, as if
the energy that had come so quick had given her a rush, and was now fading.
Setsuna listened to Haruka talk to herself and pressed herself closer to
the wall. On an instinct, she leaped to a platform and spoke from the shadows.
"Sailor Uranus, we must stop the senshi of destruction. We must battle
the Silence. We must find the one of light. If we do not, the world will be
destroyed. But do not be afraid, do not give into any fear. I will fight with
you."
(Author's Note: No clue why Pluto's here? She's sent back to the Time after the
timeline was altered, to fix everything. She left before the time-change would
affect her. Now she's starting to adjust to the new dimension's Sailor Pluto.)
As Haruka stepped closer to the figure in the shadows, Setsuna stepped
back into the Gates. She looked around, but there was no one there...who else
could know? Thought Haruka to herself. Who? Another senshi? Another
senshi.....her...partner? Out on the seas, in the mists... who was she?
The sunlight cascaded down in a radiant brilliance as Haruka stepped hard
on the gas pedal. She veered a hard left, flying past the other cars. She poked
her head out the window and waved at them.
"See you at the finish line!" Truthfully, though, she wasn't feeling that
optimistic. It wasn't the race, but the emotions she had been having. She knew
that in the Silver Millennium, there had been a senshi that she suspected must
have been her lover. The problem was that she didn't know who. She hadn't met
any of the other senshi yet, excluding the figure in the darkness. Another
world...something different, about them....
Setsuna stood watching from a distance. The cars were all going so
fast...it was a wonder Haruka had survived this long. She didn't know why she
was still here. It was her job to fix the glitch in the time line. To find
whatever had changed. Obviously, Michiru was missing. She thought back to her
last moments in the first timeline. Michiru had sent her life-force, the power
of Neptune, to her, probably to keep the teleport going. She had intereferred
with the laws of time. Either time had stopped her, or a Setsuna from further
in the timeline had, to keep the world from disaster. It seemed unlikely that a
STOP of time would cause a great change, so she decided it was the force of
time reacting to a potential enemy. (Even Time had self-defense if threatened.)
She thought about when she came to the garage...it was like, in a way, she was
Michiru. She had absorbed some of her life force.
(Author's Note: When Neptune was sending her own power to Pluto near the
beginning.)
Some character traits may have transferred when she entered the new
reality. She had felt so drawn just to stare out into the ocean, to look at the
fathomless depths, to feel the waves crashing against her...Setsuna looked back
to the race. If something had happened because of Michiru, she had to keep it
under control. She couldn't let this new situation diversify her focus on the
glitch. Haruka's car lept into the lead. Setsuna felt her heart raise as she
saw a Haruka laugh at the other racers and go for the line. Setsuna felt a
dizzying wave of strange memories wash over her, and she grabbed the rail. This
was unlike anything she had ever felt... she shook herself. She had to
concentrate, and not let her guard fall. It was peaceful, here, in its own way.
Too bad she wouldn't have the luxury to enjoy it. Tomorrow, she would be back
at the Gates, and examine the future of the new world. If everything would be
alright...no. Everything wouldn't be right. Michiru wasn't here. She had to
save Michiru. She would have to go through some news articles and find out what
had happened to her...
"Hey!" said a voice behind her. Setsuna turned. Haruka was grinning at
her, holding her red helmet under her arm. "Like the race?" Setsuna felt her
dark skin turn the lightest shade of pink.
"Uh, yes. You're an excellent driver,"
"Have I seen you before?" Haruka's eyes squinted in the bold sunlight.
"In a way. Ms. Tenou, I'm afraid I have to go," Haruka stood straighter
and stared right into her eyes.
"Ms?"
"Yes. You're a girl. A t-" Setsuna caught her tongue. Baka, she shouldn't
have known that yet. Yet, Haruka smiled more warmly, and Setsuna found herself
forgetting about the mistake.
"You're the first person to figure me out," she said. "Would you like to
go to lunch with me?" Setsuna almost gagged. Lunch... with Haruka?! The idea
made her dizzy. She had been to the cafe with her and Michiru, but that had
been, well....her and Michiru. Setsuna thought about it. It just wouldn't seem
right, without Michiru there...
"I'm sorry, Tenou-san. I don't think..."
"Oh, come on. Indulge. You don't seem like a person who has fun to
often." Haruka gave her a trademark grin.
"No," said Setsuna, looking at the ground sadly, "I don't."
"Well then, come with me to lunch."
"Well..." Haruka grabbed her arm.
"Do you drive?"
"Apparently you're much better at it then I am," said Setsuna, smiling.
"Probably." she said with another grin, "Maybe. Anywhere you like to
eat?"
"There's a cafe on 17th..."
"So," Haruka said as they drove along, the wind hitting her face,
although she didn't seem to mind, "What's your name?"
"I am called Meiou Setsuna."
"What? That not your real name or something?"
"No, it isn't, not exactly."
"I'll leave it with that. Some secrets meant to stay buried, right?"
Setsuna smiled at her, then cranned her head out the window.
"There it is," she said, pointing.
Haruka sipped her coke. This girl Setsuna was actually a friendly person,
when you could get her to talk. She thought back to the Silver Millennium. Out
on the ocean....she had been swimming...
"You been here before?" She asked of Setsuna.
"A few times...with old friends."
"Hmm. Maybe I've met them."
"Wouldn't surprise me." Setsuna suddenyl had the urge to change topic.
"So, what got you into racing?"
"The wind." she looked at Setsuna's smile, and blushed. "Alright, I know
it must sound pretty stupid, but..."
"It doesn't sound stupid. I connect well with time and earth."
"How many sports do those entail? I suppose there's always golf, but
really.." Setsuna laughed.
"I don't play golf."
"That's good. Because, in my expert opinion, golf is bad."
"I agree completely." Haruka looked at her watch.
"Look, Setsuna. I've had a great time. Would you like to come to my place
for dinner tomorrow?"
"Well, I don't know if I'll be around tomorrow..." Haruka looked at her.
"Alright," she sighed, giving in. Haruka grinned, and helped her up. As she
did, she gave Setsuna's hand a light kiss.
"Till tomorrow, then." Setsuna blushed uncontrollably. Michiru! Haruka
needed to find Michiru. Must find Michiru. "Do you need a lift home?"
"Um.." Setsuna said, trying to get over the fact that in this dimension
Pluto and Uranus might be....
"Well?"
"No. I, I live near here. I'll just walk."
"Okay. My house, actually, an apartment of sorts, is in the Tenou Tower
in the Infinity zone. Just go to the fifteenth floor. I'm the only person that
lives there."
"Alright. And Haruka?"
"Um hm?"
"Thanks."
Setsuna spent the rest of the day trying to forget about Haruka and
trying to find Michiru. She had gone to the public library and pulled out
hundreds of old news articles. It seemed the Kaiou Michiru had disappeared from
her house one morning about a year ago. Setsuna would have to go back and see
what happened. Too bad she didn't have her mirror, it would make things so much
easier...
Setsuna shook herself. Michiru's mirror. The aqua-deep mirror belonged
only to the senshi of the ocean. Sighing, Setsuna disappeared.
(Author's Note: Setsuna has became more and more like Michiru to the point of
registering some of her memories as if they were her own.)
When she reappeared, she was standing in the Gates,
"Guardian Chronos, open the Gates of Time to me and enter into the past,
to discover the fate of Kaiou Michiru!" The Gates creaked open, streaming light
all around her. Sailor Pluto stepped in, guarding her staff closely.
"What are y-" Michiru shouted. Pluto stood in the shadows. the red light
left no doubt that it was Time working against Neptune. Pluto raised her orb
and concentrated. She had just begun to draw back on the energy when she heard
Michiru's final scream.
"Uhnn..." Pluto let out as she fell. There was no air. She grasped at her
chest, trying to breath. What was wrong? She looked at Michiru, who seemed to
be suffering the same problem. The blue eyed girl disappeared in a final flash
of light. She had failed. Now able to breathe, Pluto opened the Gates again and
walked through.
(Author's Note: Since she's part Michiru, Pluto can't change the original
Michiru's life, since it will directly affect her own, making a paradox.)
(Author's Note: Gee, I'm beginning to like these "Author's Note's things!)
At the Gates she sat and concentrated on what had gone wrong. She had
tried interfering with time destroying a friend. She had become connected to
Michiru. This connection had arisen in the original time line. Michiru had to
die to create the new one. In effect, Pluto couldn't save Michiru without
destroying herself. If she saved Michiru, none of this would have happened, and
she would still live. If she succeeded, then, she would create a paradox.
Someone else would have to go and correct time. But for now, she had her first
dinner date in over five centuries.
Haruka glanced in the mirror. Her tie sat perfectly along her throat, a
rich dark blue, in a unique contrast to her black tuxedo. Her hair was well
combed and neat. She grinned at herself. She didn't know why she was going to
such lengths to impress Setsuna. She hadn't been in a relationship in...in...
well, quite a long time at any rate. But this Setsuna kept bringing back
memories of the Silver Millennium. She had been swimming, and had such
beautiful hair....the violin brought strains of music more beautiful then the
finest sunset...The door bell rang.
"Coming!" She shouted. She opened the door. Setsuna stood there, looking
lavishing. Her green hair was done up, curled in places, letting a few curly
strains hand from each of her ears. Her bun had a garnet jewel sitting in it.
Around her neck was another garnet, this one a cabechon, almost glowing in the
dim light. Her dress was medium-low cut black, with its own glow, though she
couldn't tell where it was coming from. It too, was set with a single garnet on
the collar of her neck, a single black band with a cu gem. The band came down
into a X which joined to the dress. Setsuna blushed and smiled.
I seem to have gotten Michiru's fashion sense, Setsuna thought. She
looked at Haruka's face, who had almost gagged and was now staring at her with
the reddest of all cheeks. Setsuna let out a giggle. (A Michiru giggle! She
accused herself. You've spent far too much time in this dimension!)
"You look pretty good too." Haruka smiled and gave her her hand. Haruka
had prepared an excellent meal, some American meats, a wok, some fresh
vegetables, a red wine, and a sundae topped with a coffee-chocolate type of
gratings for desert. They ate, each mouthful limiting their conversations.
"So, do you live around here, Setsuna?"
"Um...no actually."
"What's it like, where you live."
"My home has a very ornate gate. I imagine that's the best thing to say
for it. How long have you lived here?"
"About a year. Some...business brought me to this part of Tokyo."
"Me too."
"What's your business?"
"To save a friend. To do that, I may have to sacrifice everything."
"I know about sacrifice." Haruka looked out the window, the luminous
lights of Tokyo starring back at her. Her eyes glinted for a moment, almost as
if she were going to cry. Suddenly, her attention was drawn to something else.
"Setsuna, I'm so sorry. I totally forgot to do something."
"I'm coming."
"I think that that would be a bad idea."
"I don't."
She hadn't wanted to argue with Setsuna, so had left her with a long kiss
on the lips, causing both of them to blush furiously, and seemed to make
Setsuna think about something. But she had bit her lip, so she had told her
she'd be back in a minute or two and had gone out the door. Haruka wasted no
time putting her bike in gear and roaring down the streets. This attack was
close.
(Author's Note: If you don't know, Haruka and Michiru could sense when a daimon
was going to attack in Sailor Moon S.)
Setsuna knew where Haruka was going. She had felt the heart crystal at
the same time. And there was no way she was letting her go alone.
"URANUS PLANET POWER MAKE UP!!!"
"Sailor Uranus! You're back! Give us that heart crystal!" Sailor Moon
shouted, standing over Makoto's limp body. Haruka looked briefly at Sailor
Moon. She really did look like Odango. Uranus shook her head.
"No. I can't. I must find the Talismans. For that, I will sacrifice
everything." The youma lept up.
"MOON SPIRAL....HEART....A T T A C K!!!" The gigantic pink heart flew at
the youma, who lept out of the way.
"It's too fast!"
"WORLD SHAKING!"
"SHINY AQUA ILLUSION!" Uranus' attack was sidestepped, but the pink
haired youma, with glaring red eyes, was hit by Mercury's. It seemed to take a
lot of damage.
"It's fast," Mercury shouted, "But weak. All we need to do is hit it a
few times."
"Not so fast," said the youma, in a high pitched voice, "Prepare for
meltdown! Fire Buster upgraded model 7!(Patent Pending,) I had to go through a
lot of trouble to get this...but it will destroy all of you!" To prove her
point, she shot the red flames at Mercury and Mars, who fell instantly. Sailor
Moon and Venus huddled by them, trying to revive them. Sailor Uranus growled,
but threw the heart crystal back. It wasn't the talisman. Now she would have to
deal with this youma. She found the others interfering, but this youma was too
dangerous to leave. Too fast. She was the wind, but if it could get a crystal
before her, there was no reason not to teleport with it before she got there.
No, it had to be destroyed.
"WORLD SHAKING!" The youma easily dodged.
"Are you insane? Get over there now so I can toast you at one time!" She
sent another fireball at Uranus, but she also dodged.
"Two can play this game." The youma went berserk and began firing off in
all directions. Uranus kept dodging, but she was getting tired.
"HAH!" the youma yelled as the attack finally hit Uranus on the back.
Everything seemed to go in slow motion as she fell, rejoining the other senshi.
The youma laughed maniacally as she rose the gun, aiming it carefully. The
Inner senshi looked in horror at the weapon. Uranus just looked mad.
"STOP!" yelled a commanding voice.
"Who's there?"
"On behalf of Time, I am the soldier of Reformation and Time, the
guardian of the planet locked in a single moment, Pluto. On behalf of Pluto, I
am Sailor Pluto!" The youma looked around, but could see no one in the thick
black void of the shadows. Uranus clapped her hands once. The youma turned its
head to look at her.
"DEAD....SCREAM!!!" The purple orb hit the youma in the back...
"No...you can't kill me...I'm chib..." It cried as it faded into ashes. ;
) (Oh, come on. We all have to get our little kicks in, right?)
The solitary warrior stepped out of the darkness and stood before the
senshi.
"Sailor...Pluto." said Sailor Moon.
"Hello, Sailor Moon. My battle here is over. I must leave." The Inner
senshi nodded as Pluto walked away. Uranus didn't. Leaping, she followed Pluto.
"Who are you?" she said when they were safely out of the Inner's earshot.
The dark soldier just smiled, and her fuku faded, replaced by an elegant dress.
"Setsuna..." Uranus said.
"I've always known who you were, Sailor Uranus. Always." For a moment,
they just stood staring at each other. Uranus finally removed her henshin,
fading back into the tuxedo. She offered Setsuna her hand.
"Shall we?"
(Author's Note: Well, they're still on for dinner, aren't they?)
Two Months Later.
"BLEEP!" screamed Eudial as the flames from Fire Buster 2 hit her again.
This was the last time, however, because her torn body fell backwards into the
gaping ravine below. Sailor Uranus stood panting. She had left Setsuna at home,
Eudial having singled her out. Now she knew the carrier of a Talisman. Looking
for a moment forlornly at her gun, which was hanging limply from her right
hand, and she raised it to her chest and closed her eyes.
"Uranus! NO!" screamed Sailor Moon as she ran into the room.
"Odango, I have a Talisman. I must sacrifice for myself."
"No...I don't want you to...we'll save the world without the
Talismans...I promise...."
"Odango...if you were in my place....wouldn't you do the same thing?"
Uranus then shoved Sailor Moon to the floor, which she hit with a sharp cry.
Fire Buster 2 glowed as it powered up, then a beam of red light shot out.
Setsuna screamed as she ran in. She was too late. The heart crystal formed the
Space Sword, the first of the Talismans to be discovered.
"Sailor Moon," said Pluto softly.
"Yes..." she said through the sobs.
"We need the second talisman, and we won't get the third for a long time,
at best. So the grail can save us."
"Us?" Pluto picked up the Fire Buster. Sailor Moon lunged, but not fast
enough to stop the red beam from hitting her.
The second heart crystal was a different shade then most, a dark garnet,
glowing until it formed the Garnet Orb. The two fallen senshi held each others
hand.
"NO!" cried Sailor Moon, "NO! GINZHUISHOU!" she shouted. Her broach began
to glow. "You brought us back from a death...bring these heart crystals back
too...." The talisman sparkles. The signs of Pluto and Uranus appeared as the
two senshi's tiaras disappeared. The heart crystals glittered, and began to
shimmer out of the two talismans.
"Keep going, Sailor Moon! You're doing it!" shouted Minako encouragingly.
Sailor Uranus blinked. Everything was so hazy...so much pain...Pluto lay beside
her, her chest rising heavily. Her eyes were closed, feeling the pain from
losing her heart crystal. She opened her eyes for a moment to look at her.
"If we don't make it..."
"They may have my heart crystal, Setsuna,"
"But you've always had my heart," they whispered in quiet unison. The
ginzhishou glowed a final, bright light, then the two crystals floated back to
their owners.
(Author's Note: In the original time-line, it was all three Talismans appearing
that allowed Haruka and Michiru to be saved. Since Michiru is already dead,
Usagi's ginzhuishou was Haruka and Setsuna's only chance.)
One Month Later.
"RUN!" Screamed Pluto to Uranus as the red blast caught the two of them
off guard. Mistress 9 was laughing maniacally on top of the Infinity building.
"Not without you!" Mistress 9 finally had the two cornered. She laughed
harder.
"The two pathetic Outer senshi. Ha! You were so easy to-ack-what.? No--
you ca---I w--" Pluto looked on with a stern gaze. Uranus just looked confused.
"What's happening to her?"
"The soldier of destruction is emerging. Come, my love. We have to leave
here. Now." Pluto's voice spoke of urgency. Already, her own failure was
weighing heavily on her. She hadn't found any way to bring the Aqua Deep mirror
back. No way to... she let a tear fall from her already stinging eyes, no way
to stop the Armageddon.
(Author's note: Don't you just love that word? Say it! Arm-a-ged-on!)
Far above the ruined Infinity building a black mass was coming, covering
the blue skies. Mistress 9 was still leaning over, coughing.
"Get out of my head!"
Mistress 9's screaming continued, obviously in unimaginable pain an
purple beams began shooting out from her body. It was as if she were in the
middle of an arguement with somebody, somebody from the inside, that only she
could hear...
Sailor Moon and the Inner senshi ran towards the two Outers.
"What IS that?" Sailor Moon said, pointing to the skies, black with red
eyes.
"That's Master Pharaoh 90. But he doesn't matter right now. We have to
defeat Sailor Saturn. She's emerging."
"Can we?" Shouted Mars over the screaming winds.
"I don't know. If we had the seihai..."
"But there was no third talisman!"
"No. There wasn't." Pluto couldn't explain everything, she couldn't tell
them that they weren't even supposed to exist. Maybe if she had, this could
have turned out alright... maybe she wouldn't have fallen in love... Sailor
Moon spun her heart wand.
"I'll stop her, if it will save the world." She began running. Uranus
looked to Pluto.
"Do you think she'll make it?"
"No."
Sailor Saturn twirled her Glaive. Dark skies and clouds surrounded her.
She heard footsteps to her left.
"Sailor Saturn!" said Sailor Moon, "I won't let you destroy everything I
care for! MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK!" Saturn merely rose the Glaive. It let off
a little white glow, and the giant heart shattered.
"It is my destiny to destroy this world. There is no one else to save it.
Pharaoh 90 is coming closer. I can end it, or you can be enslaved to that," she
said, pointing the head of the Glaive to the dark mass above her.
"I can beat it! I can!" Sailor Moon said, "I'll use the ginzhuishou!"
"The ginzhuishou? I doubt that will help. The tairon crystal is almost as
powerful. And, you don't seem to understand me, Sailor Moon." Sailor Uranus
clawed up the side of the building, and finally stood before the two glowing
senshi. She nodded to Sailor Moon.
"She doesn't care about the fate of this world. If she is here, if she is
awakened, that means that she must destroy the world. She doesn't have a
choice," she said, panting, "and she doesn't want one." Pluto appeared besides
Sailor Uranus.
"Sailor Moon, we must not let her lower the Silence Glaive!"
Saturn smiled.
"Pluto, you understand duty better than any of them. I will lower this
Glaive of Silence. First the destruction of that monster," she said as she
looked up to Pharaoh 90, "Then the destruction of this world." Saturn lept up
into the skies.
"DEATH RIBBONS REVOLUTION!" she screamed, and the purple ribbons engulfed
90. The creature screamed as its power were sent into a nothingness. It faded,
but the Tau Ceti system still loomed above. Saturn returned to the ground.
"He has fled to his world. It is the end. In the name of destruction, by
the power of Saturn," she said, raising the Glaive,
"The end of the world."
(Author's Note: This is anime/manga crossover. Death Ribbons Revolution is only
an attack in the anime. In the manga, when her Glaive lowers to the ground, the
world is destroyed.)
The pearly white head of the Silence Glaive swished down, and for a
moment, there was no colour, no time, no sound. Everything stopped, and
everyone turned to the feeling of dread which rose up in their souls as the
world began to shatter.
The senshi were floating in the debris of space. None of the inners had
been able to stop crying, with the exception of Mamoru. The Garnet Ball floated
aimlessly.
(Author's note: There is such a thing as a Garnet Ball. It's a red orb Pluto
has the power to create in the manga. She and the senshi can fly around in it,
even in space.)
"Pluto," said Venus, through the sobs, "You should have just left us
there," Pluto nodded. She knew time. In a glow of the orb, the Inner senshi
faded. These were her allies, and she wished them no pain.
"They've never been here, right?" Haruka asked her. The Sky Senshi's
understanding of time had greatly increased over the last year.
"Correct." The grey eyes met the garnet eyes and they embraced for what
they would know would be the last time.
"Setsuna....why did we fail?" Even as she said it, debris from the planet
were flying past them.
"We couldn't find the last talisman. We couldn't get the seihai. If we
had, Super Sailor Moon would have risen and saved us."
"Odango. What of Saturn?"
"She's returned to a cold sleep on her planet, to be awakened for the
next armageddon."
"We are the last?" Uranus pressed her hand to the side of the garnet
power, looking out into the vastness of space. Little stars shone brightly
light years away, the earth's dust and some rocks floated by. A dead leaf,
somehow had managed to survive, floated aimlessly by Haruka, lost in he sheer
vastness of space.
"Yes. We are the last."
"Then everything was for nothing. There was no way to save everyone,
everything. The other senshi preferred to die than to live the few days like
this."
"Yes." Setsuna closed her eyes. She had known that this was the way
everything would turn out. But for once, for once, she had let herself live in
the knowledge of doom, and found a love. Now she had to give the sacrifice that
Uranus had prayed for.
"Go save her, Haruka."
"Save who?"
"Your true love." She raised the Keystaff. "Don't forget me," she
whispered as Sailor Uranus disappeared, leaving her floating in the expanse of
space, once more, alone.
"Where....am I?" said Sailor Uranus, looking around at the elegant room.
A violin stood on a stand in one corner, the morning light reflecting off it
and giving it a warm glow, a flute in the other. Long white drapes blew in from
the window, which, when she walked up to it, she realized revealed the sea.
Blue/green waves crashed wildly on the shore, and the powerful salt air
overwhelmed her. She felt the urge to sit down, to say `I'm home.' She had been
here before, it all felt so....familiar. Uranus looked down at her hands, which
was strangely pale and translucent. She was like a ghost...invisible...watching
this life, this world. The wooden door creaked open, revealing a tall girl,
with aqua green hair. She stood tall and confidant, but moved so carefully, she
cascaded through the room, each step so coordinated it looked like she was
merely a wave, passing through the wonders of life. She pulled up a chair in
front of Uranus and withdrew a silver brush from her pocket. It was her....the
girl from the millennium....
Neptune....her love.
Carefully, Uranus pulled her hand through a few strands of hair.
Michiru....*her name was Michiru* didn't notice. She sat back and sighed
contentedly.
Suddenly, red waves of light cascaded through the room, like lightening
demanding a sacrifice. Uranus watched as Michiru screamed.
"Michiru! Get out of here!" But Michiru gave no answer or sign of even
having heard her. Uranus watched as the red light began to envelope her. "NO!"
She lept in, pushing Michiru as Time began to destroy her.
Sailor Uranus, who never was.
(Author's Note: Pluto couldn't stop Neptune from dying because they had become
so intertwined. Instead, Pluto let Uranus go and save her. Because she lept in,
(Pluto doesn't 'leap in' to things,) she was erased from the real time line
instantly.)
Pluto let out one more tear. She had created a paradox, now she had to
finish it. `Uranus...' she whispered, feeling her pain. Raising the Orb, she
withdrew her from the pain of time. Her action had reopened the original
timeline. She had only a second before Time would realign.
(Author's Note: Pluto went to hide at the Gates.)
I'm....still alive? Uranus looked around in confusion. Where was she? All
around her, the figures of senshi, much more powerful...older...were dancing.
Some sort of crystal ballroom... and Michiru was there. Waltzing with...her?!?
Uranus looked softly at the older version of herself, who asked Michiru to
excuse her while she went and got some punch. She walked up to her. For a
minute....let me be here for a minute....in the name of Uranus... She looked at
her hand and watched it grow solid. Not only that, but she was fully garbed in
a tux. She walked up to Michiru.
"You've already gotten the punch?"
"Uh...there wasn't any."
"Alright. Would you care to dance?" Haruka blushed furiously. this wasn't
her reality. She imagined the other Haruka would be furious with her stealing
this dance, but, one last dance...
"Haruka?" Michiru said as they glided gently over the floor, "What's
wrong?"
"I've....um...Setsuna wanted me to tell you something."
"What's that?"
"She can't tell you yet. She doesn't KNOW yet, Michiru. In the
future..there will be a battle...you'll be wounded, but they'll try and pull
off a teleport. You musn't send your power to Pluto. Focus only on the
teleport. Promise me," Michiru looked up with concern at her lover, who, for
the first time in a century, had tears in her eyes.
"I promise, Haruka." she said, tightly grasping her hand. She walked
backwards.
"Thank you, Michiru."
"Haruka...how do you know all this, if it happens in the future?" Haruka
just gave a sad smile as she began fading. "Haruka?"
"Farewell, Michiru....I was glad to meet you..." To her left, Haruka
walked up and gave her a glass of punch.
"Michiru? What's wrong?" her love asked of her.
"Nothing, Haruka. Nothing. I think everything's right now."
"Of course it is. I'm dancing with you!" And the two turned and danced in
the gentle waltz of ocean and sky for the rest of the night, Michiru shedding
only a single tear for the mysterious figure when the two gave a parting kiss.
"NEPTUNE STAR CRYSTAL POWER!" she remembered the message, and watched as
Demando disappeared in a flash of light. Everyone looked at Pluto.
"I have to go now,"
"You'll be back," said Uranus, "You always come back." Pluto smiled to
the others, and waved the staff and disappeared. Uranus winked at her once, and
then held Michiru close to her.
(Author's Note: Hate to ruin an ending, but here goes. Haruka had to go to the
future, (Sent by PLuto before she was totally erased,) to warn Neptune not to
help Pluto later on. (Paradox would have been created.) But also, Pluto sent
her Haruka into the future to show her that everything turned out as it should,
that she had finally sacrificed all she could give, her very existence, to save
the world.)
What would I give
To live where you are
What would I pay
To stay here beside you
What would I do
To see you smiling at me
Where would we walk
Where would we run
If we could stay all day in the sun
Just you and me
And I could be
Part of your world
Setsuna let a single tear fall from her eye at the Gates. Not for the
past, not for the present, not for the future, but for what could have been.
`If not for you...'
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