Sailor Moon: Destiny of the Stars

Chapter 13:

Tanya panted hard as her feet pounded the cold street, and her heart beat fast and furious as she sped on, Yaten running just as hard beside her. In her mind, Tanya didn't even want to consider what would happen if she lost little Tilly. The child had became such a big part of her life, it was like she was the smaller sister she desperately wanted but never had. The loneliness and self-consciousness Tanya dealt with ever since she lost her mother seemed like a forgotten memory when Tilly came into her life, and she didn't know how she could deal with it if she too disappeared as her mother did. She just HAD to save her, somehow!

Right next to her, Yaten was also dealing with the terrible fact of losing Tilly. When he first came to Earth, he cared about nothing and no one, except for finding his beloved Princess Kakkyou. Now that she was found, and his home nearly restored, Yaten was hoping to finally gain a sense of a "normal" life with his friends and the one he now admitted he loved. When he came back and met Tilly, it was almost as if that dream of a normal life came true. Now, the possibility of all that being lost infuriated him, and even though the young idol singer didn't show much affection, he loved the little girl like his own, and a feeling to protect her and Tanya like none other rose up in him.

They tore down the street with determination, their eyes narrowed with anger. Soon, they heard the weak screams of Tilly and they ran even faster. They turned a corner... and stopped dead in their tracks at the horrific scene before them; A fierce looking creature, resembling the two aliens but much bigger, held Tilly in the air by her throat. Unlike the other aliens, he was only clothed with sharp looking green scales that rippled and moved over his hard muscles. At the child's whimpering, the immense lizard-like monster only laughed more and began to squeeze harder. The child's face turned a deathly pale, and her wide eyes began to close in unconsciousness.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" screamed out Tanya, anger racing through her veins. At the sound of her voice, the monster turned and held Tilly in front of him. With a shocked gasp, Tanya could only stare and watch to see what the monster intended to do next. He reached up and touched a device over the place where an ear should be, then looked back up at the intruders.

"Oh? And just what do you think you're going to do if I don't?" hissed out the gigantic alien, his eyes glowing red.

"You asked for it!" Yaten quickly looked around to see if they were still alone, and with a nod of his head, signified that they should transform. With a glare at the monster, Tanya drew her hand across her jewel on her necklace, raise her hand in the air, and yelled, "SIRIUS EMERALD STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"

Immediately after, Yaten's microphone headset appeared on his silvery-blonde head. He narrowed his shining eyes at the lizard like warrior, and shouted, "HEALER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"

Within seconds, both were enveloped in a silvery and violet light as their clothes melted away and was replaced by their fuku. Tilly, opening her eyes slightly, saw the transformation through a growing haze from the loss of air. Yaten-san is...Star Healer? the little girl thought to herself. For some reason, deep in her heart, she wasn't surprised. It was if she somehow knew.

The Vishtri warrior laughed deep in his throat and looked down scornfully at the humans before him. "So, you are the ones called the Sailor Senshi," he chuckled, almost amused at the situation. "You don't look like much to me. I am Ga'vrani, the greatest of all Vishtri warriors, and I was sent here to destroy you and your pathetic race," He looked down at the child still in his large hand. "Starting with her. Say good-bye to the brat!" Long claws extended from his free hand, and Ga'vrani prepared to dig in hard.

"NO! I won't let you!" yelled out Sailor Star Healer. The Starlight Warrior quickly jumped into the air. He did a front flip, and on his way over the alien's head, he kicked out his leg and knocked him down to the hard ground. Surprised by the attack, Ga'vrani dropped Tilly from his grasp as he fell down. Almost as quick as lightning, Star Healer landed behind the monster, ran over to the child, and picked her up in his arms. He ran back over to where Sailor Sirius was and set her down gently.

Groggily, Tilly looked up to see Sirius and Healer desperately breaking apart the slick black ropes that still held her. "Sailor...Sirius? Sailor Star Healer?" the child whispered weakly. Tears formed in the Sirius Senshi's eyes as she gathered the child in a soft hug when the ropes were broken away.

"You're going to be alright Tilly. We're here for you," Super Sailor Sirius smiled, wiping away her tears as they fell. Then turning very serious, she held the little girl's hand in her own as she stood up. "But what were you doing out here alone? Why did you run off?"

Tilly turned her head away slightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run away like that. I saw...I mean, I thought I saw this funny man, and Yaten-san was so mad at me..." Shamefully, the little girl looked up at the Starlight warrior.

"No, Tilly, I was never mad at you!" said Star Healer as he knelt down on one knee before the standing child. He suddenly realized the blunder of letting out his identity, but when he looked into the child's eyes, he knew that somehow, she had knew who he really was.

But before he could say anymore, the touching scene was broken when a rage-filled roar ripped through the night air. They turn to look behind them, and as Sirius quickly grabbed Tilly in her arms, they barely moved in time to avoid an energy beam that blasted the sidewalk they were just on.

"Awww, such emotion and tenderness!" mocked Ga'vrani. He landed in front of them from seemingly no where. "No wonder you pathetic humans are dying where I just came from. Your future is filled with nothing but death!" The Vishtri's body began to blow a dark green aura as he began to power up.

"Our future? What's that supposed to mean?" demanded Sailor Sirius, holding Tilly protectively close to her. Instead of an answer, another green energy blast streaked out of the alien's body. All three jumped high into the air to avoid it, and landed in the street a few feet away. Already becoming exhausted, Super Sailor Sirius knelt and placed a hand on Tilly's shoulder. "Tilly, when I say the word, I want you to run as fast as you can, alright? Run fast and find someplace to hide. This monster is very powerful, and you might get hurt..."

"No, I can help!" interrupted Tilly, looking up at Sirius with wide green eyes. "Please, let me help fight! Those aliens, they're the ones who..who got my Mama!"

"What?" asked a shocked Sirius, but before she could ask more, Star Healer turned eagerly to them.

"Tilly, there's no time for this! Just do as you're told!" Seeing the no-nonsense determination in his eyes, Tilly lowered her head and nodded. All three turned to Ga'vrani as he slowly advanced towards them, his body and eyes glowing brightly. As they came into focus before him, the alien gave a sinister smirk, ready to end this game once and for all.

"Go Tilly, NOW!" shouted Sirius, pushing the little girl away from her. Panting heavily, the child ran as fast as she could down the street an into a small alley.

"NO! Come back here!" screamed out the Ga'vrani. He growled in frustration at the sluggish way his body moved in this low gravity planet, and moved to chase after his target. Just as he raced off, Super Sailor Sirius raised a hand in the air.

"SIRIUS KISS OF DEATH.. CAPTIVATION!" she shouted. Red energy gathered in her hand, and bright red aura surrounded her body. She closed her fist, brought it down to her lips, then opened her hand and kissed it. She threw the kiss at the alien, and a black ball of crackling electric energy raced to the monster. At the same moment, Sailor Star Healer grabbed his medallion, and shouted "STAR SENSITIVE...INFERNO!"

The two powers came together in the air right above Ga'vrani, hung in the air for a few seconds, then shot and slammed heavily into his scaly body as he screamed loudly. At the impact, a huge explosion erupted, sending flashes of light and sparks everywhere. When it finally dissipated, the alien's huge body lay still in the middle of the street, smoke rising from his body.

Moments later, Sirius and Star Healer cautiously approached the body. They were about to turn away to look for Tilly, when the little girl suddenly ran up beside them, startling the Star warriors for a moment. "Is he dead?" she asked, looking down at the figure. Just then, an arm twitched, and large bulging eyes flew open. With a grunt, Ga'vrani struggled to stand.

"N..n.n..not yet!" he stuttered out. Green blood oozed from his mouth and nose holes, and cuts and fissures ran all along his body.

"Masaka!" shouted Star Healer as he, Sirius and Tilly backed away in shock.

"I t..t...told you, I am the strongest warrior, I can n..nnever be defeated!" wheezed out the alien fighter. He flicked his forked red tongue, raised his arms above his head, and weakly powered up to blast them again. But it never came; a flash of light appeared, and O'mashki and Va'trini shimmered into the scene, floating above them.

"Ga'vrani, save your strength. There will be no more wasting of great warriors tonight." O'mashiki turned to the three humans below him. "Do not think this is a victory, human pests. We'll be back, and when we do," He pointed a green finger at Tilly, "The hatchling will be ours!"

"And until then, here's a little something to remind you of us!" smiled Va'trini. He quickly reached into his uniform jacket and produced a small, box-like black crystal. He threw it, and it fell with a small clink on the ground. "Hmmm, let's see, what was that Earth saying again?" He cleared his throat and sneered. "Tuta loo!" Va'trini laughed evilly, unable to help himself. Both then raised their arms to chest level, pressed a button, and disappeared. A second later, Ga'vrani disappeared in a white flash.

"What are they up to?" whispered Star Healer to himself as he looked curiously at the box. Just then, the crystal flashed a dark purple light, and before they knew what happened, the crystal rose into the air and started spinning around very quickly. There was another flash, and a huge black vortex burst open up in the air above them. Grey and black clouds swirled around the outside, and lightening streaked out in deadly beams from inside. The wind picked up to near hurricane strength and blew around debris and tree leaves everywhere.

"What's going on?" shouted Sailor Sirius above the roar of the wind. She held Tilly tightly to her as she knelt and tried to hold ground. Pushing against the wind, Star Healer slowly made it over to where they were, and knelt down with them.

The wind picked up stronger, and Tilly was suddenly lifted out of Sailor Sirius's arms. "NOO!" she screamed out. She reached with both hands towards the child. She barely caught the little girl by her wrists as her small body swirled around in the wind toward the black hole.

"Tilly, hold on!" begged Sirius as she felt the child begin to slip from her grasp. Star Healer desperately sprang forward and clasped his hands over Sirius's to keep Tilly from flying away.

In Tilly's mind, she recalled the events that happened earlier in the evening; how she broke Yaten's beautiful doll and wrecked the shelf that held all his books. In the background of those images, one thought kept echoing: Yaten-san's beautiful doll is broken because of me! They both hate me now!

With tear filled eyes, Tilly looked up at the two warriors before her. "Go, save yourselves! I..I don't want to break any more of Yaten-san's pretty things. I'm nothing but a bother!" She felt her small hands slip even more.

"No, Tilly! Don't say that!" cried Sirius, holding on tighter as she herself felt tears run down her dark cheeks. "We don't care about that, believe me!"

"Tilly, please, it's okay!" continued Star Healer. "I can always get another one. But you're special! You're not a bother Tilly, I promise! We all love you...I love you!" Never in his life did he have to confess such a thing, but pain and the realization that such an innocent, caring life could be lost was enough to make Star Healer want to fall to his knees in grief.

At those words, Tilly's eyes flew open in surprise. They...love me? Memories of older people back at her home telling her to go away because she was too curious and too clumsy raced through her mind. Then, they were replaced by images of her crying and being held by her Mommy, and being told she was indeed loved. The images suddenly stopped, and she looked down at Sirius and Star Healer. By the looks on their faces as the tears streamed down, she now knew they also loved her. They cared for her, and they wanted her to stay! A spark of joy entered the child's heart then, and she decided she wanted to fight...fight and stay with those who really loved and cared for her.

Her grip began to tighten, and she smiled in gratitude at how the Star Senshi and Starlight Warrior were trying to save her.

"Sailor Sirius!" shouted out a new voice. When she looked behind her, Sailor Sirius saw Sailors Mercury, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars running up high speed to them, followed by Marco, Luna, and Artemis.

"What in the world is that?" said Sailor Moon, her hair whipping about her. Sailor Mercury touched the side to her earring, and her visor flashed across her eyes. Immediately, calculations and equations flashed across the visor's surface, reading what the anomaly was.

"It's an unstable rip in time and space! We have to destroy it before it gets bigger and engulf everything!" the Senshi of Knowledge and Water replied. She touched her earring again to make the visor disappear.

"Alright everyone, we've done something like this before! We've got to put our powers together and blast whatever is inside making that thing. Let's move!" commanded Sailor Venus. Each of the Inner Senshi nodded to each other, then pushed against the heavy wind and faced the growing black hole in a circle as they held hands.

"VENUS..LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" began Sailor Venus.

"JUPITER OAK...EVOLUTION!"

MARS FLAME SNIPER!"

MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"

SILVERMOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!"

With a burst of bright colorful lights, the powers of the senshi raced right over Tilly and into the vortex. For a second, nothing happened. Then, a bright light burst through the opening in a series of beams. A second later, the black hole swirled in on itself and began to shrink smaller and smaller. With a last wisp of wind, it finally disappeared. Tilly's small body fell, and she landed safely in Sirius's waiting arms. "Oh Tilly! Praise be to Allah!" breathed out the dark-skinned Senshi, unknowingly reciting the ancient praise from her native country.

"Sailor Sirius, what happened? Was it another attack already?" asked Mars as she and the other senshi stepped in closer to see if Tilly was alright. The little girl was now unconscious in the kneeling Sirius's arms.

"Yes...but this time, they have a much stronger fighter. Tilly almost didn't make it," said Sirius, looking down at the small form. Marco quietly walked up and gently licked the child's face. "At least she's alright now," he whispered gratefully.

Just then, police sirens blared through the chilly air. "We'd better go now," said Jupiter, looking around at the approaching cars, then back down at Tilly. "She going to need a lot of rest."

"She's right," Luna stepped forward next to Sailor Moon with Artemis. "And I believe she also has a lot of questions to answer when she wakes up. Let's move out."

In quick movements, everyone raced away from the scene as the stars above twinkled down from the black sky, oblivious to everything.

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