Terra awoke, groggily. Her head spun. Groaning, she winced at the
sharp pain in her body. She slowly opened her eyes.
"Good, you're awake," a voice said.
Terra blinked. "Nani?" she gasped. She involuntarily scooted away
from the four girls surrounding her, who all looked like her. "This
is some sort of dream!"
"No," the girl in the white robe said gently. "This isn't a dream,
Terra."
"Who are you?" she demanded angrily, scared. She looked around the
room, noting its grey, cold appearance and seeing a man on the
ground. "Why am I here?"
The fading, blurred girl gave her a look. "We are you, Terra."
Terra started, recognizing the voice. "God, it's you," she
whispered, horrified. "You're the one who's always haunting me...
You're the one who caused everyone to think I'm crazy! You're that
damn voice in my head!"
The girl in the odd, yellow outfit sighed. "Terra, please calm
down. We don't have much time... _You_ don't have much time."
The girl gave a hysterical, high pitched laugh. "Calm down? You're
telling me to _calm down_? I'm here with a bunch of people who look
exactly like me, one of whom is the one who wrecked my life? That's
funny, really, it is."
The little girl shook her head. "Terra-san, please listen to us.
You don't understand."
"You're right," Terra snapped. "I _don't_ understand. I'm crazy,
remember? The crazy girl who sees and hears things! The one who
everyone always avoids, the one who no one likes."
"Except for Usagi and her friends," the robed girl interjected
softly.
That gave her pause. "Usagi-chan..." she whispered. She smiled
gently. "She was my friend... She and minna always invited me
places... They came to my house..."
"Terra," the fuzzy girl said commandingly. "We don't have time for
this. Athena, just do it."
"Demo-" the little girl said.
"She's right," the girl in yellow said. "We have no choice.
Whether she likes it or not, she's a Sailor Senshi."
"Hai," Athena agreed. Staring at the confused Terra, she lifted up
her Crystal Staff, pointed it at her, and said, "Crystal
Remembrance..."
It all came back in a flash. Every single memory of her past she
had ever denied, every thought she had every hidden, every feeling
she had ever blocked away flooded into her mind and soul in an
instant, leaving her stunned and silent.
"I... I remember everything," she said, her voice barely above a
whisper. "Endymion, Chikyuu, the Moon, the Earth... My parents, my
true parents... and my adopted parents..." Her hands went to the
crystal rose necklace that she wore even as Gaia. Gaia... Her eyes
flooded with tears as she recalled her deception, her treachery to
her friends. "I betrayed them..." she murmured.
"Terra," Earth said quietly, kneeling down next to the girl, "we
are all a part of you, for better or worse, for all of time... Don't
push us away again... Your friends need you."
"What happened wasn't your fault," Chibi Terra added solemnly.
"But if you want to make up, make-up and do it."
This joke took a tiny giggle from Terra. She stared at the four
girls around her, each a different section of her.
"Terra..." Athena said, "please do what you want. We don't want to
force you to do what you know you can't."
Silence.
Finally: "I think... I want to be whole again. I want to start
over... with my friends this time."
The memory sighed with relief, and the others smiled.
"Arigato," Earth murmured, her form dissolving into mist. The
others vaporized as well, except for the memory, which was already
misty, and reemerged together, forming the sign of Earth. The symbol
glowed, vanished, and reappeared on Terra's forehead.
Closing her eyes, Terra wrapped her arms around herself, kneeling
on her knees. A bright yellow light flooded around her, and her Gaia
suit disintegrated once and for all, leaving her nude. The Crystal
Rose appeared in front of her face, and her yellow crystal appeared
in front of her body as well, her right hand reaching up to grab it.
Opening her eyes suddenly, she stood up, throwing her right hand into
the air.
"Wakusei Earth Power, Make-Up!" she yelled.
Yellow nail polish appeared on the hand in the air, and she
twirled the crystal around herself. Spinning around in a circle,
yellow roses flew out from her crystal, circling her with their
petals. The petals formed around her body, creating her white body
suit. Spiraling downwards, the petals disappeared on her skin, her
yellow high heels with the star charms forming on her feet. Roses
spun around her waist, and vanished leaving a double layered skirt,
yellow on top, white underneath. Her yellow sailor collar appeared at
the same time as her yellow choker, which had the Earth symbol on it,
and her shoulder pads were the triple flingy, transparent types. Her
yellow bow in front materialized along with a yellow Earth symbol,
and her long trailing bow was in back. The tiara with the another
Earth sign appeared on her forehead. Holding out her arms, petals
wrapped themselves around them, forming her white gloves, with her
Crystal Rose in hand. The yellow rose petals dissolved as she landed,
forming her cape. At last when she was on the ground, her eyes
opened, and her white mask finalized the henshin sequence while faint
lipstick appeared on her lips. "Sailor Wakusei Earth!"
Taking a moment to revel in her fuku, which she finally wore after
1000 years, she went to check on her brother, Chikyuu, who was still
on the ground, out cold.
She knelt down beside him. Putting her hand on his forehead, she
softly murmured, "Heal."
His blue eyes fluttered open. He gazed at her for a moment. "A-
Athena?" he whispered, confusion and awe in his eyes that were empty
of the cold malicious need for revenge.
Earth nodded, tears forming in her eyes. "Hai," she answered
quietly. "Chikyuu... it's been a long time... but we're
reunited."
She hugged him, and they held each other for a long time.
***
"Hecate!" Cynthia screamed, staring at horror next to Phoebe.
"Matte!"
They were in a huge, empty room, which wasn't really a room, more
like emptiness... like the space outside the palace. Hecate had her
back to the two cats, her arms outstretched, forming a glowing ball
of blackness.
Hecate turned her head around, her eyes red, laughing. She
smirked, her eyes dangerous slits. "Hecate isn't here right now," she
said with Beryl's voice.
"Beryl!" Phoebe hollered. "Let Hecate go!"
Hecate turned around fully, the black ball growing larger and
larger, suspended in air. Sighing, she put her right hand on her
chin, as if in exasperation. "Really... Why would I do that? I'm
perfectly comfortable with this body... It's very useful. Besides,
you're only a pair of sniveling cats. Are _you_ going to stop
me?"
"No, but we will!" a female voice shouted, twenty figures
appearing behind the cats.
Hecate's eyes narrowed. "Princess Serenity," she hissed.
"And the Sailor Senshi," Uranus added.
"And the Magic Senshi," Aphrodite interjected.
"And in the name of the Moon," Wakusei Sailor Moon said.
"In the name of the ice planet Mercury," the Mercury twins
said.
"In the name of the fire planet Mars," Mars and Ares said.
"In the name of the lightning planet Jupiter," Zeus and Jupiter
said.
"In the name of the planet of love, Venus," the princesses from
Venus announced.
"In the name of the planet of silence and death, Saturn," Saturn
and Cronus said in union.
"In the name of the planet of time, Pluto," Pluto and her sister
said.
"In the name of the planet of the oceans and seas, Neptune,"
Neptune and Poseidon said together.
"In the name of the planet of the heavens, Uranus," Uranus and
Sunaru said arrogantly.
"In the name of the star of all life, the Sun," Sun said.
"And in the name of my sister, Earth," Tuxedo Kamen added, feeling
he ought to add something in to make the episode longer.
"We'll punish you!" they said finally together.
"Minna..." Moon said after a moment, "did you have to take so
long?"
Everyone sweat dropped, including Hecate and the four cats.
"Minna!" Cynthia called, running up to them. "We tried to stop
her... but Beryl's too strong."
Hecate giggled. "You're really too late, you know," she said in
affirmation. "I've already summoned the armies led by my lord, Master
Jade. They'll be here very very soon... and then we'll have this
pitiful planet on its knees!"
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
"Hermes Caduceus Freeze!"
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
"Ares Burning Whip!"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Zeus Electric Javelin Strike!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" (Using her chain, as in the
manga)
"Silence Glaive Surprise!" [*Note: Formerly "Silence Glaive
Apply", when I was under the impression her attack was
different]
"Tranquillity Spear Utilization!"
"Dead Scream..."
"Death Shriek..."
"Submarine Violin Tide!"
"Poseidon Tsunami Wave!"
"Space Turbulence!"
"Sunaru Heaven Fall!"
"Arashi Rings Flame!"
"Tuxedo Smoke Bomb!" [as in the manga]
The combined attack rammed itself towards Hecate, who watched with
an amused smile.
"Matte!" Sailor Moon shrieked. "Hecate!"
The others, remembering too late that Beryl occupied Hecate's
body, could only stare horrified as the attack hit Hecate. An intense
explosion leveled the area. When it was all over, Hecate was on the
ground, unmoving.
"Hecate," Moon whispered.
Giggling. The Senshi stared in disbelief. It couldn't be...
Hecate, no Beryl, couldn't have survived the attacks?! Could she?
Hecate slowly pulled herself up, giggling intensely. Her eyes
flashed mockingly as she stood arrogantly in front of the surprised
senshi. "See? You can't defeat me... It's already been decided by
Jade! Foolish moon children! Princess Serenity, Hecate, and Apollo...
The three sniveling little sisters will all die together!"
"Sun?" Moon said, looking at the girl.
"Nani?" Sun gasped, looking at the Moon's face that mirrored her
shock. "I'm... your sister?!"
Hecate clucked her tongue, shaking her head. Sarcastically, she
said:
"Didn't your precious mother bother to tell you of you heritage?
Princess Apollo, Princess of the Sun, heir to the throne, half-sister
of the Princesses of the Moon, Serenity and Hecate. Your _father_,"
she spat out father vehemently, "was King Sun."
She sniffed, then smiled wickedly. "Too bad his little, uh,
accident killed only him. You survived, you little brat. I almost had
the Sun within my control too! The fates were kind... but they won't
be again!"
"You killed my father..." Sun hissed, taking in the meaning of
Beryl's words, clenching her fists together. "And you killed my
mother too..."
A rumbling sound shook the ground. Hecate turned, her eyes
rapaciously wide, holding out her arms as the large black energy ball
turned into a portal. In the distance from the other side came the
sound of long, vicious laughter pealing through the air.
"No!" Saturn screamed out.
"We can't let it get through!" Hermes cried.
"It's too late," Hecate said, smiling. "Here is my lord, Master
Jade! Come, Master!"
With a burst of black light, an eerie, black mass floated
outwards, followed by a hoard of shifting, undefinable black things.
The force of their entry sent the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen flying
backwards, hitting the ground.
"Master Jade!" Hecate bowed immediately.
"Beryl," the black mass hissed slowly. It was the color of black
jade, a rare, powerful stone only found on the other side... Wherever
that was. "You have served me well."
"Hai, my lord," she said ecstatically. "I have pleased your
grace?"
"Hai..." it hissed. "But unfortunately, you've failed to defeat
the Sailor Senshi once again."
"Gomen," Hecate/Beryl murmured.
The black mass frowned. "Sorry? Sorry isn't good enough, I'm
afraid. You've outlived your usefulness, Beryl."
Hecate gaped in disbelief. "You can't mean that! After all that
I've done for you! You can't destroy me!" Beryl's form leaped out of
Hecate, who fell to the ground, unmoving, and turned into a streak of
red matter.
The black mass laughed, and as Beryl struck towards him, he turned
into a man with a sword, and sliced through her. Screaming in agony,
Beryl, still the red matter, fell to the ground with a splat.
Drifting away into dust... The final confrontation with Beryl was
complete.
Jade sneered at the Sailor Senshi. "You thought you could really
stop me. That's so... amusing. But as you can see, you are too late.
The Second Passing is coming!"
"Second Passing?" Pluto whispered, thinking frantically, her eyes
narrowed. "No... It can't be... It's too early!"
"Nani?" Mars demanded. "What is the Second Passing?"
Before Pluto could answer, Jade's minions flew towards them
attacking them. They separated, each fighting two or three of the
enemies.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" Jupiter shouted, spinning in a circle,
the lightning mixing with the leaves that hit two of the black
masses.
"Poseidon Tsunami Wave!" Poseidon held up her Tsunami Trident, a
surge of water coming from its depths, the tsunami crushing more of
the dark servants.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury played her Mercury Harp, fingers
drawing a stream of cold water from the strings, which swept over the
masses.
"Dead Scream..."
"Death Shriek..." Pluto and Hades combined their oddly silent,
pink energy balls, which merged to strike five of the black
things.
"Shimatta!" Uranus cried. "There are too many of them!" Her Space
Turbulence took care of more of the enemies.
"We have to seal off the portal!" Neptune shouted.
"Aah!" Mars fell to her knees after two flying enemies hit her in
the back.
"Mars!" Ares said, then fell to on her side as other masses hit
her in the stomach and side. Mercury, Hermes, Venus, Aphrodite,
Hades, Sunaru, Cronus, Zeus, Jupiter, and Pluto followed, all being
beaten to the ground.
Jade laughed at their weakness. Throwing up his hands, his voice
thundered through the room. "You can't prevent the Second Passing,
you weak mortals! It's predestined..."
"Moon Rainbow Wakusei Blade!" Wakusei Moon shouted, slicing
through several of the enemies that surrounded her and Tuxedo
Kamen.
"Tuxedo Smoke Bomb!" Tuxedo Kamen said, a burst of smoke and fire
flying from his hands.
"Arashi Rings Flame!" Sun cried out, her Solar Katanas letting
loose flying rings.
"Silence Glaive Surprise!" Saturn said, destroying all the enemies
in her path.
"Submarine Reflection!" The light from Neptune's Deep Aqua Mirror
broke through the darkness of the masses.
Lord Jade narrowed his eyes. "You Sailor Senshi are getting
annoying. Let's just end this now."
He flipped his right hand, and black energy flew from it, knocking
Saturn, Neptune, Sun, Tuxedo Kamen, and Moon down.
Moon's sword clattered away. "No!" she whispered. She reached for
it, but Jade stepped on top of the sword. He smirked.
"Moon brat... Can't defeat me... The legendary power of the
ginzuishou is going to end right now."
He drew out his sword.
"Sailor Moon!" the others cried out.
"Your future ends now!" he said, and he flung his sword
downwards.
To be continued.
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