Galaxia's Revenge
Chapter 3:
Sailor Sirius could only watch in terror and fright as the demons kept jumping out of the vortex one of the weird ladies had conjured up. Her heart pounded with fear as she balled her fists in frustration. They each landed expertly near Sailor Minotaur, ready to destroy those that dared opposed them. The three figures floating towards the ceiling snickered when they saw the look of pure helplessness on Sirius's face. Like a pack of hungry wolves, the demons surrounded and closed in on her.
Tuxedo Kamen then gave Sailor Sirius a hard and unforgiving look, "Now we will see who's the freak, little one! For taking the galaxy away from the all powerful and benevolent Galaxia-Sama, I will never forgive you!" He nodded, and then turned to the waiting demons. "ATTACK!"
"Wait a minute! Just what are you talking...?" Before Sirius could even finish her question, one of the demons rushed up behind her, and immediately grabbed her in a choke hold and held her arms in place behind her. Sailor Sirius could only let out a small scream before her airway was nearly crushed. Feeling herself beginning to go unconscious, Sailor Sirius tried with her failing strength to release herself from the monster's grasp, but she was so weak by now from the lack of air, she couldn't begin to shake him off.
Another one of the demons, looking like mix between a parrot and a man, ran up to Super Sailor Sirius and swiftly punched her in the midsection. Sirius groaned in pain, barely able to move due to the strength of the punch. To her horror, she felt bile rising to her throat and tasted blood. I'm so sorry Dad! I just wanted you to be proud of me! Goodbye everyone.... Sailor Sirius thought sadly, feeling as though she was going to die at any moment. An image of Yaten came into her mind then, and a tear slipped down her cheek. Regret rose in her heart for not being able to help the Starlight warrior who lay hurt and bleeding not too far from her.
Sailor Sirius gave in to the intense pain as the demon punched her again and again in the stomach. Dark spots of an upcoming black out danced before her eyes. "Enough playing around! Finish her off, NOW!" yelled out Sailor Lethe, growing hungrier by the minute for blood.
"As you wish, my mistress!" yelled out the parrot-headed demon. He raised his arms, and his hands crackled and sparked with gathering energy and strength. He cackled with pleasure and got ready to fire. Sirius's eyes grew wider with fear and gasped loudly, thinking the end was near. Suddenly, just as the Anima-mate was about to give the death strike, there were fierce growl and barking from out of the shadows. When Sirius looked over the demon's shoulder, she saw Marco running up, baring his sharp teeth. Upon hearing the barking behind him, the monster turned around in surprise, and immediately, Marco jumped up and began tearing away at the demon's face. Taken by the element of surprise, the demon could only scream in pain.
While Marco was attacking the demon that was about to destroy her, Sirius saw this as her chance to escape. The demon that was holding her by the choke hold was distracted by the dog's sudden appearance, and the grip loosened slightly around her throbbing neck. Sirius gathered up the strength she had left, and twisted herself out of the monster's grasp. The iguana-headed demon looked in shock at the young girl, and a moment later, she quickly punched him dead hard in the face. He fell down heavily on the ground and grunted in pain. "NOBODY touches me like that unless they want to die! SIRIUS KISS OF DEATH, CAPTIVATION!" She kissed her palm gently and then raised her hand in the air as a red aura surrounded her body. Energy gathered in her hand, and when it finished, she closed her palm into a fist and threw it hard at the demon. The power turned into a black ball of crackling energy that engulfed him as he hissed his rage, shrunk quickly to smaller than a fist, then exploded, sending pieces of him everywhere.
Sirius turned to where Marco was still on top of the demon, biting fiercely at his face. "Marco, watch out!" she warned. When the golden dog safely jumped off, Sirius made her move. "SIRIUS INFRARED LASER, DISINTEGRATE!" Her body began to glow a bright red aura once again, and a massive beam of red laser energy shot out of the Star Senshi's left palm, striking the monster hard on impact. He screamed once, a howl that could send ice down a person's back, then melted from head to foot. Soon, all that was left was a pile of black sand that blew away in the soft night wind.
"Princess, are you alright? Are you badly hurt!" shouted Marco in concern as he ran up to her. He looked her up and down to assess any damage. Sailor Sirius took a deep breath, nearly exhausted beyond endurance. She looked over sadly to where Star Healer was still laying unconscious. Sirius sank to her knees and gave Marco a sad and tired look. She opened her mouth and was about to answer, when she was interrupted by a raspy voice.
"Well, well, that wasn't too bad, if I may be so bold to say." said Mnemosyne, clapping her hands slowly in mock approval. "But it's all going to be in vain." She looked to Lethe, and both nodded."ANIMA-MATES OF GALAXIA, AAAATACK!" they screamed out together.
Slowly the demons, lead by Sailor Minotaur, all started walking towards Sirius and Marco, growling loudly under their breath. Sailor Sirius slowly stood up straight, and with a determined look on her face, she assumed her fighting stance, ready to fight to the end, yet feeling her heart beat hard inside her chest. Beside her, Marco growled loudly, ready to fight also. If I'm going to do down, then I'll go down fighting! Super Sailor Sirius thought sadly to herself. Good-bye Dad, all my friends...Yaten-kun... Once again tears pooled in her dark hazel brown eyes.
Suddenly, the front double doors to the large club was thrown open hard, and a bright light filled the gloomy room. "MACHINASAI!" yelled out a brave young voice. "How dare you come into this place of happy thoughts and entertainment! That will not be allowed! I am Sailor Moon, and in the name of the Solar System, I will punish you!" Out of the bright light, Eternal Sailor Moon stepped in, followed by Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and lastly by the two remaining Starlights. "We are the Sailor Senshi, and we will defend this galaxy from all evil!" they shouted together.
"Minna-san! Everyone, you're here!" shouted Super Sailor Sirius, relieved beyond description. Marco barked in relief and happiness.
"Of course!" replied Eternal Sailor Moon. "As soon as Marco contacted us and said you might be in trouble, we all had to come and help out our fellow senshi, ne?" She winked as she stood in a fighting stance besides the other Sailor Senshi.
Sailor Lethe, Mnemosyne and Tuxedo Kamen, hiding high up in the ceiling, looked at each other in satisfaction and nodded. This was going exactly according to plan. Sailor Lethe floated down, then pointed the senshi out to the more than 12 demons. "Who are you?" demanded Sailor Mars as she looked up.
The floating woman didn't even bother to answer. "DESTROY THEM!" she commanded, a smug smile on her face as she floated back up to the ceiling. Immediately, chaos and mayhem erupted as the demons jumped to the attack. Marco, knowing he did not have power like them, ran quickly to the back of the building for safety. Sailor Star Maker and Star Fighter rushed to where Sailor Star Healer lay in a pool of blood.
Just as they were about to reach her, two demons jumped over and landed right in front of them, snarling loudly. They looked at each other with determination and nodded. "SERIOUS STAR LASER! STAR GENTLE UTERUS!" they shouted together. The powers shot out and came together in midway towards the monsters. It continued on for a few seconds, then slammed into the gigantic demons at the same time, destroying them completely.
The Starlight Warriors rushed forward and knelt down together to check on their fallen partner. "She's got a concussion, but she'll be alright if we get her to safety," observed Star Maker. Concern showed in her face as she watched Star Healer's shallow breathing.
"All of this could have been avoided if those senshi would have just left this to us. We had a perfect plan!" Sailor Star Fighter said angrily.
Sailor Uranus, having just finished off a rather nasty demon, turned and looked back. "Never mind! Just SHUT UP and get her out of here, NOW!" she snarled at Fighter. Sailor Star Maker snorted once in annoyance, picked up Star Healer in her strong arms, and rush away to the back with Marco so he could watch over her. When they were done, they quickly came back out to join in the fight.
Meanwhile, after just destroying another demon, Sirius looked towards where the Starlights were tending to Sailor Star Healer. When she saw them take Healer in the back room and come back out, she breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the injured Star Warrior would be alright. She then looked up front and saw a demon sneaking unknowingly up behind Sailor Mercury. "MERCURY! LOOK OUT!" she screamed.
Sailor Mercury quickly turned around and shot a hard look at the demon. "Trying to sneak up on me, huh? That was NOT a smart thing to do! MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" The Mercury harp landed in her hands as before, and playing a few notes, she destroyed the demon with a heavy dose of water mixed with powerful energy.
Chaos was everywhere as all around, the Sailor Senshi and Starlights were screaming and shouting out their powers to destroy the demons. Each time one was beaten, the trio up in the ceiling hiding in the darkness grew angrier and angrier. Sailor Moon expertly landed on her feet in a squat and turned to the last demon, Sailor Minotaur. She had barely jumped out of the way as he tried to rush her and slam her to the ground. She stood up and pointed her Eternal Tier at him. "That was a big mistake!" Sailor Moon started to power up her Tier to destroy him.
"NO! Wait!" shouted Super Sailor Sirius as she ran up to her and covered Sailor Moon's hands around the Eternal Tier with her own. "Sailor Moon, you can't destroy him. He's human! You have to change him back, please!" begged Sirius. "The others were just demons from Galaxia's dimension, but his Star Seed was taken."
"Are you sure?" asked Sailor Moon with an uncertain look on her face. Sirius nodded vigorously. Sailor Star Maker walked up besides the Sirius Senshi, and nodded in agreement. Suddenly, before she could say anything, Sailor Moon quickly jumped back as Minotaur lunged forward again. She raised her Eternal Tier above her in determination. "STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!"
Immediately Minotaur was a washed in healing Eternal energy. "BEAUTIFUL!" he screamed. Slowly he started to shrink again to normal size. Caesar once again appeared un a flash of white light and fell unconscious on the floor as he Star Seed merged in a soft glow back into his body.
Sailor Neptune and Mercury quickly rushed over to where Caesar lay, and check for his signs. "Is he okay?" asked Sailor Venus, walking up uncertainly to both intelligent Senshi of Water and Ocean.
"Yes, but he still needs some medical help. We need to leave now if he's going to get the attention he needs." Sailor Neptune nodded her head after she quickly examined him.
"He may be alright, but you're not going to be!" shouted out a dark sinister female voice. The senshi all looked around wildly to find out who was speaking, but saw nothing.
"Whoever you are, show yourself! We have no time for games!" demanded Sailor Uranus, holding on tightly to her Space Sword. There was an evil laugh, and slowly three figures descended from the ceiling and landed softly. One was a woman wearing a green dress, and four braids in her thick hair. The other woman looked pretty much the same way, except was wearing a purple dress, and the last figure was a man in a tuxedo, holding a black rose and giving a charming yet evil smile.
For a moment, Eternal Sailor Moon was quiet, blinking in confusion as she looked at the handsome man. Could...could it be? Recognition shined in her eyes as she realized who it was. It was her true love, and he was alright! "TUXEDO KAMEN-SAMA! Mamo-chan, you've come back to me!" She started running to him but was held back when Sailor Mars grabbed her by the arm.
"Sailor Moon, don't be stupid!" Mars shouted to her as she pulled the one time Moon Princess back. "I sense something very wrong with him," The Fire Senshi stared hard at the tall masked man. "He's not the Mamoru we used to know! He's working for Galaxia now!"
Sailor Moon continued to twist and squirm in Mars's hard grasp, then started crying, yelling Mamoru's name. Tuxedo Kamen just stood there with a look of confusion on his face. Mamo-chan? Why does that seem...familiar? the man thought to himself.
"She's right Sailor Moon!" said Sailor Mercury, looking at him through her Mercury Visor. "I don't know what Galaxia did to him, but he's filled with negative energy!" The Water Senshi gave Sailor Moon a sad look.
Sailor Saturn raised her Silence Glaive, her eyes filled with determination. "Then we have no choice but to destroy him!" she whispered determinedly, no hint of mercy in her eyes.
"Silence!" yelled out Sailor Lethe, pointing her tall staff at them, "You are not going to destroy ANYONE! I am Sailor Lethe, Guardian of the River of Oblivion!" Mnemosyne slyly walked up next to her. "And I am Sailor Mnemosyne, Guardian of the River of Memories,"
The two women stood back to back. "And we are here to take back what is ours!" they said together with a smug smile.
"There you go again!" said Super Sailor Sirius, standing besides the crying Sailor Moon. "What are you talking about? We didn't take anything from you! You're the ones trying to destroy us!" She clenched her fists tightly, outraged at the accusations.
"Don't worry little one! You'll find out soon enough. GALAXIA-SAMA! OUR MISTRESS! COME AND CLAIM THE ONES YOU HAVE VOWED TO DESTROY! shouted Sailor Lethe, raising her arms to the sky. There was a loud lightning crash, and suddenly, the large and spacious building started shaking, making the Senshi and Starlights stumble and fall.
Suddenly, high above them, Sailor Galaxia appeared out of thin air, larger than before. A gold aura surrounded her body and she slowly floated down, her eyes closed. When she landed, her red eyes snapped open, and she fixed the Sailor Senshi a cold, hard stare.
To be continued...
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Galaxia's Revenge,
Chapter 4:
In the dark enormous hall, her face only illuminated by the quick flashes of the angry lightning, Sailor Galaxia took pleasure in the shock and hopelessness that emanated from the senshi and laughed deeply.
"At last, just as I planned, the Sailor Senshi groveling in fear before me." Sailor Galaxia smiled smugly. "I will defeat all of you, and reclaim what has been rightfully mine since the beginning of time! Before long, all will learn that revenge is a dish best served cold!" Sailor Galaxia fixed the senshi a cold, evil stare, waiting to see what they would do next.
"NO! This galaxy was never yours. It belongs to all those who were born here. It is also the place where stars are born, and where they can shine the brightest they can," said Eternal Sailor Moon, walking up to her. Her face was stained with dried tears as she looked sorrowfully at the Golden Senshi.
"We will never surrender to the likes of you! JUPITER OAK...EVOLUTION!" Sailor Jupiter jumped in front of Sailor Moon protectively. A wreath appeared in her hands, and she shot forth a flurry of electrified and razor-sharp leaves filled with destructive energy.
Galaxia laughed evilly as she raised her right hand. A shield suddenly appeared before her, and when Jupiter's powers struck the shield, the energy merely absorbed into it. "Oh? Is that all you've got, tough one?" Her lips curled into a mocking smirk.
The Golden Queen raised her arms with the golden bracelets clasped around her wrist. The bright red jewel on the top of her heavy gold crown began to glow brightly along with her bracelet, and suddenly, the same electric powers that Jupiter used glowed brightly around her as the Jupiter Senshi and the others looked on in shock.
At the last second, Galaxia aimed her right wrist for the ceiling directly on top of the Sailor Team. It blasted through loudly, leaving a gaping hole and sending bricks and concrete falling down everywhere. Sailor Jupiter grabbed Sailor Moon in her arms and quickly jumped away just as a large piece of ceiling came crashing down. It smashed heavily on the spot they were just standing in, leaving a giant dent in the floor. Sailor Jupiter quickly stood back up and looked at Galaxia with pure disbelief.
"That was only a small taste of what I'm about to do to you!" sneered Sailor Galaxia. She raised her hands again, and shot forth another blast from her gold bracelets on the hard ground before them. The floor the senshi were standing on suddenly turned to a thick, liquid ooze, holding their feet in place and making it impossible for them to move.
Sailor Moon raised her Eternal Tier over her head. "You won't win this one Galaxia! STARLIGHT HONEYMOON..THERA..." Sailor Galaxia narrowed her eyes, and a laser beam shot out and knocked the Moon Senshi's weapon out of her hand, sending it flying across the large room. Sailor Moon gasped in surprise as she struggle to remain standing.
"I can't move!" grunted Sailor Sirius, struggling with the others. "What are we going to do? We have to stop her!" She looked to Sailor Mercury, hoping she would have a plan or suggestion. Mercury looked helplessly back at her. Suddenly, and idea came to Sirius. Wait a minute, I don't think she remembers I have a weapon too! she thought hopefully to herself.
Sailor Sirius placed her hand behind her back so that Galaxia would not see what she was planning. She concentrated hard, and the scepter appeared in her hand like a loyal friend.
Sirius smiled and gave Galaxia a sly look, "Hey, Galaxia!" The Golden Senshi looked at her in annoyance, "You know what, lady? You've got one BAD attitude! SIRIUS SCEPTER...ILLUMINATE!" The intense beam of white light shot out from the scepter and struck the red jewel in the middle of Sailor Galaxia's crown. The gold senshi screamed in frustration and pain as the power of the jewel was disrupted and it cracked slightly.
Almost at once, the floor turned solid under the Senshi Team's feet. They turned toward Galaxia and went into a fighting stance. "Not bad for being pathetic, huh?" smiled Sailor Sirius, pointing her scepter at Galaxia's chest.
"BAKA NINGA! Lowly humans!" screamed out Galaxia, rubbing the sides of her aching head. "I will not lose what is mine to some sniveling little girls!" She turned to the other three watching figures that were besides her. "KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!" Her eyes glowed red with bitterness and anger as she tried to collect herself and regain her strength.
Sailor Lethe rushed forward first, heading straight for Sailor Uranus. "Surrender now, or face an unbearable death!" Uranus barely ducked her head in time to keep it from getting smash by the large staff Lethe was swinging at her.
"I don't think so!" shot back Sailor Uranus. "URANUS...SPACE SWORD BLASTER!" She made a slice in the air with her Talisman, and the golden arch that appeared raced toward Lethe. The evil Senshi raised her staff to strike again, but as she did, the power sliced through it, breaking it in two and leaving her defenseless as she was flung through the air by the sheer force of the power. She landed on the ground with a loud thud.
Suddenly, there was a scream, and Uranus, forgetting her opponent for the moment, turned to see Sailor Moon falling heavily to the floor. Tuxedo Kamen stood over her, his cane poised at her throat and ready to end her life. Sailors Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars lay wounded on the floor, badly beaten while they were trying to protect their princess from her one-time lover.
"OH NO! Sailor Moon! We have to help her!" gasped Super Sailor Sirius, stopping her fight she was sharing with the older Senshi and Starlights against Sailor Mnemosyne.
She started to run over to the Senshi leader, but Neptune suddenly grabbed her from behind. "No! She has to do this on her own! Only the love that they have for each other can break Galaxia's spell. It's all up to her now!" Neptune explained as Sirius struggled to get out of her grasp. Sirius stopped struggling and looked back at Neptune in surprise. Sailor Neptune nodded with confidence, knowing how much Usagi truly loved Mamoru.
"She will never succeed!" Mnemosyne sneered weakly as she tried to pick herself up from the floor, after being blasted by Sailor Star Fighter's power. She finally stood up painfully and watched to see what would happen.
"Mamo-chan! It's me, Usako!" pleaded Sailor Moon as she struggled to sit up on the floor. A wound bled slightly on the side of her head. "Please remember everything that we've been through. Remember how much we loved each other. Remember Chibi Usa and the fun times we had with her!" Tears spilled down her cheeks. Moon raised herself up to her knees, and reached down inside her fuku shirt to pull out a small necklace.
"Look Mamo-chan! It's the unicorn necklace you gave me on our second date! I have kept it ever since. Please touch it with me, and say that you remember!" begged Sailor Moon, agony in her eyes.
Tuxedo Kamen's eyes began to flicker behind the white mask as the names began to register in his mind. In a half second of confusion, he reached for the necklace and gently touched it. Immediately, like a flash of lightning, bits and pieces of odd memories and feelings flowed through his brain, which only confused him more. "What's..going on?" he cried. He dropped his cane, and held his head in his hands.
"Enough of this foolishness!" yelled Galaxia. "I have planned for this for too long to have stupid mortals like you to defeat ME! Me, who has destroyed countless worlds and brought more powerful galaxies down to it's knees!" Her eye's flashed red again as she pointed a finger at the senshi. "I SAID TO DESTROY THEM NOW!"
"But...but this is wrong!" the masked man said in confusion, looking from Galaxia to the Sailor Senshi and Starlights and walking up to stand bravely before her. "These can't be the evil ones you said stole your galaxy!" For some reason unknown to him, he stood protectively in front of Eternal Sailor Moon. Would evil enemies have such emotion...such love in their eyes? They can't be evil, especially this one kneeling in front of him!
Sailor Moon let out a frightened scream as suddenly, Sailor Galaxia gave an angry shriek and shot out a beam of energy from her eyes at Tuxedo Kamen, knocking him out cold. Sailor Moon quickly got up and ran over to him. Kneeling down, she gently laid her love's head in her lap, softly calling his name.
"Hold it!"
Sailor Mnemsosyne suddenly appeared before Galaxia, stopping her from blasting Tuxedo Kamen again. "Just what do you mean, "destroyed countless worlds?" " she demanded. "You told us THEY where the ones who destroyed our world and subdued this galaxy!" She indicated the senshi and turned back to Galaxia, her four thick braids swinging.
"She lied! She was only trying to use you to bring out her evil plans!" said Super Sailor Sirius, helping Sailor Moon stand after she took Tuxedo Kamen's head out of her lap and gently laid him down. "She lied to you and everyone else!"
"She's right," continued Sailor Star Maker, stepping up forward along with Sailor Star Fighter. "She destroyed our homeworld and everything we loved and treasured! Because of her, we nearly lost our princess, whom we swore to find on this planet and protect!"
"Galaxia also plans to destroy you when she thinks she's destroyed us!" finished Star Fighter. "She doesn't care about you. She cares only for herself and collecting as many Star Seeds as she can get!" Fighter fixed the two women a sympathetic look. "I'm sure she destroyed your home planet just like she destroyed ours..."
Sailors Mnemosyne and Lethe narrowed their eyes and fixed Galaxia a look of pure hatred. "MONSTER!" shouted Mnemosyne, "You destroyed our lives!" In her anger, Mnemosyne started blasting away at Galaxia with energy from her staff, but Galaxia just laughed as the power was merely absorbed into her body. Sailor Lethe next ran up, determined to scratch out her eyes. Galaxia slapped her away with hardly any effort, knocking her into Mnemosyne. Both fell heavily onto the floor.
"Fools! Who do you think gave you your powers! Now you will all feel the wrath of my revenge with your dying breathes! DIE, ALL OF YOU!" Sailor Galaxia laughed evilly as she powered up to give her death blow.
"NO, this is IT Galaxia! It ends here and now!" yelled out Eternal Sailor Moon. She closed her eyes and concentrated, and her Eternal Tier flew back in her hands. "Your time is up Galaxia, and I only have one message for you: Get out of our galaxy!" She turned to the Senshi Warriors standing with her. The Senshi leader then knew what she had to do. "Minna....everyone, we have to combine our powers!" Sailor Moon raised her weapon high in the air, "STARLIGHT..HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!" Each of the warriors nodded and raised her henshin stick in the air:
"MERCURY AGUA RHAPSODY!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION
"SATURN SILENCE GLAIVE!"
"URANUS SPACE SWORD BLASTER!"
"NEPTUNE SUBMARINE VIOLIN TIDE!"
"SIRIUS...KISS OF DEATH, CAPTIVATION!"
"SERIOUS STAR LASER!"
"STAR GENTLE UTERUS!"
"SENSHI POWER!" The whole team called forth their powers, hope filling their hearts. All was silent for a moment as auras in respect to their senshi colors surrounded each of the girls. A bright white light suddenly erupted out of their bodies from their souls, and joined together in a gigantic mass of energy above them. The light grew brighter and brighter as Sailor Galaxia, shielding her eyes from the brightness, backed away in horror, nearly stumbling to the ground. Light shot forth from the many windows in the tall building, bathing it in an ethereal glow. The ball of energy then shot forth a massive beam of light, and it hit the Golden Senshi dead on. Sailor Mnemosyne and Sailor Lethe slowly and painfully got up, and raising their staff, shot forth their power along with the group. Suddenly, the brooch on the bow of Sailor Moon began to glow. It opened, and the legendary Ginzuishou shot forth it's own powerful energy. The Senshi all gasped in shock as they looked at Sailor Moon, knowing that if their leader used the power too long, she would perish.
"NO! It can't be! This galaxy is MINE! MI...!" Galaxia never got to finish as she screamed in pain, then slowly began disappearing, her energy being drained away. The team watched her fade more and more away, until nothing was left accept for her echo as she was blasted back into her dimension.
The bright white light around each of them suddenly dimmed, and the Sailor Senshi and Starlights collapsed on the ground in sheer exhaustion. After what seemed like an eternity, the girls pulled themselves together and slowly began to stand up. Venus's eyes shot wide open as she looked at the three former servants. "Look! The bracelets!" she pointed. The golden bracelets around the two women and Tuxedo Kamen's wrists started to crack and crumble off, and when they hit the ground, they turned to dust.
"This means that you're free from Sailor Galaxia!" said Super Sailor Sirius joyfully. She then looked down sadly at Tuxedo Kamen as Sailor Moon knelt down beside him to stroke his cheek.
Sailor Mnemosyne, a sorrowful expression on her face, walked over to Tuxedo Kamen and slowly knelt down on one knee. "Drink. Drink from the River of Memories, and remember your loved one, brave warrior." She outstretched her hands, and magically, water appeared in her cupped palms.
As the water touched his lips, the masked man drank heavily. After a moment, he moaned painfully, then opened his dark blue eyes. He smiled at Sailor Moon. "Usako! There you are, my odango!" he said teasingly.
The other group laughed hard at the nick-name, but Sailor Moon was too happy to care as she kissed her Mamo-chan. Sailors Lethe and Mnemosyne stood next to each other, smiling at them in satisfaction. Raising their staff, they nodded one last time to the group, "Thank you, Sailor Senshi of the Sol System," they said softly together.
"You've shown us the truth, and for that, we are grateful. Good-bye, and know you will not be forgotten for your kindness!" Lethe said. She winked at them all in joy, and with a shimmer in the air, the Senshi of Memory and her sister vanished as the others smiled in appreciation.
Then mere seconds later, before anyone could react, Tuxedo Kamen's body gave out a flash of light, then slowly began fade. Sailor Moon's eyes widened in surprise. "Ma...Mamo-chan? What's wrong? What's happening?"
But the young man looked up at her helplessly as his body slowly faded away with sparkles surrounding him. "USAKO!" he screamed out. He desperately reached out a hand towards her.
Sailor Moon tried to hold onto as he lay in her arms, but it was too late. "NOO! Mamo-chan! Don't go!" she cried. Her arms simply went through him as there was one final spark of light, and he was gone. The other senshi looked on in complete shock. What was this? Where did he go? Tears streamed down Eternal Sailor Moon's face she sobbed uncontrollably. Sailor Mars was the first to walk over and lay a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered. "We..we have no idea what happened..."
Everyone was too shocked to say more, and merely stared at each other helplessly. A long moment later, another bright light suddenly appeared. When it dimmed, a small transparent figure appeared before them. Sailor Star Fighter looked up in shock and gasped when she recognized the figure with red hair in two loops. "PRINCESS KAKYUU!" she said in glee. Sailor Star Maker bowed, tears streaming down her face.
"Yes, my loyal warriors, it is I. But this is only a projection of myself right now. I cannot come forth in my true form because Chaos and Galaxia are still a threat." She looked down sorrowfully at the Starlights." Sailor Galaxia isn't destroyed, only merely weakened. But do not give up hope. You have dealt a powerful blow to her, and soon, we will be together. Be strong, my brave warriors!"
"We will Princess, we will!" promised Star Fighter as the hologram image slowly began to fade out.
Sailor Moon finally looked up, desperation in her eyes. "WAIT! Mamo-chan! What happened to him? Where is he?" she called out.
Kakyuu looked down at her with soft, understanding eyes. "Sailor Galaxia has taken him back with the last of her weakened strength." At the surprised gasped of the senshi, Princess Kakyuu's eyes misted over. "Please, Sailor Senshi of the Sol System. Stop Galaxia before she causes more pain. This is only the beginning. She will be back, and you will have to use all of your strength to defeat her!" With those words, her body was surrounded by sparkles, and she too was gone, leaving the area darkened once more.
After a moment of tense-filled silence, Sailor Sirius walked over and gently helped Sailor Star Fighter to stand. "So that was your princess, huh?" she asked. Star Fighter nodded and wiped away a tear. But before she could say anything else, there were suddenly sounds of movement from the other people as they began to moan and wake up.
Sailor Uranus took that as a sign everyone was alright and prepared to leave. "Come on everyone! Unless you want to answer unwanted questions, let's go!" The other Sailor Senshi nodded and made a quick exit. The Starlights headed for the back room to get Sailor Star Healer, and after they got her, also exited the building just as the police arrived.
Hope filled Star Maker and Star Fighter's hearts as they detransformed and quickly headed to their apartments. It was true, their princess DID come to this planet! They were now closer than ever in finding her, and nothing could stop them now. Soon, they will find her, and seek revenge on the destruction of their world. But they also knew that their fight with Galaxia had only just begun. Maybe they could work with the Sailor Senshi soon. It was possible if they worked together, maybe they could beat her in their upcoming final confrontation....and that gave them more hope than they had in a very long time.
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The End!
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