Unazuki couldn’t help but laugh as she stared at the collection of people in front of her. “Usagi you have a lot of friends now!” She commented.

The group was collected around three tables at the Crown Restaurant, Mamoru, Usagi and Clarissa at one, Minako, Ange, Makoto and Storm at another, and Rei, Flamme, Ami and Frost at the third.

Usagi laughed. “I like to have friends!”

“Well your going to make us run out of tables Usagi-chan!”

“Well my Pretty girl,” An amused voice commented. “Can you house another table full?”

Everyone looked at the door. 4 young women stood there, the one who had spoken was a tall shorthaired blond who was dressed like a man, in a jacket and slacks. Holding her hand was a very pretty girl with wavy blue green hair who was clad in a loose aqua dress. In front of them was a younger girl with short dark purple hair cut around her face. She appeared weak, being very thin and was wearing dark colours. An older woman stood in the rear. She was quite beautiful in her fashionable clothes, which were offset by her long dark green hair.

“Haruka-san! Michiru-san! Hotaru-chan and Setsuna-san too!” Usagi leapt from the booth to hug her four friends happily. “I’ve missed you all! I’m so glad you’re back in town!”

“Who are they?” Ange asked his girlfriend curiously, seeing her staring at Haruka.

“They are the Outer Sailor Senshi!” Makoto announced for her friend when no reply was forthcoming.

Frost glanced at Flamme and both frowned. “Do you think…?”

Flamme nodded grimly while Rei looked confused. “What do you mean?” Ami asked curiously.

“Well we overhead Sean having a talk with some people and…” Flamme trailed off and smiled to calm their fears. “It is probably nothing so we don’t want to worry you until we are sure.”

Ami looked like she was going to protest, then she shrugged and smiled. “Alright then! You know best,”

The group decided to leave the Crown for the park to free up some room for Unazuki to seat other customers shortly after that.

“So, Clarissa,” Haruka started, obviously targeting the girl as the weak point of the Knights, “Does this Sean possess any danger alone?”

Clarissa flinched, and Frost slung one arm around her shoulder, hugging her to his side. “Actually he isn-” He was cut off by Flamme, who elbowed the blue haired man in the side.

Haruka narrowed her eyes. “He isn’t what?” She demanded.

Frost’s classic features assumed an innocent expression, and Flamme quickly covered for his friend. “Frost just meant that Sean isn’t to be taken for granted. He is probably the strongest of as all, especially with his anger at losing so often fuelling his powers.

Haruka looked like she was going to protest that explanation but was silenced by Michiru, and she slowly nodded.

Haruka continued to grill the Knights, and soon had Clarissa almost in tears. Usagi took her friends hand and smiled at her. “Haruka-san,” she began. “Sean has just been misled, brainwashed by another force. Him and Clarissa have a relationship much as the Prince of the Earth, her brother, and I had in the Silver Millenium. A Knight on the Moon, a protector, and Clarissa was Princess of Earth. When Endymion would come to visit me on the Moon, he would bring Clarry along to meet with Sean.

Haruka flinched, and then bowed her head a bit. “Gomen,” She mumbled.

Clarissa relaxed and smiled. “Arigatou Usagi-chan,” She squeezed her friends hand and smiled her forgiveness at Haruka. “It is true though, we were all evil and know the power and thoughts that Sean continues to think about us. He will stop at nothing to destroy the ‘false peace’ that the Sailor Senshi spread.

“How come there are only Opposite Senshi, Knights of the Inner Senshi?” Michiru asked in her soft voice.

Luna, Artemis and Setsuna were the only ones to notice the glance Flamme and Frost shared.

“It’s only a rumour Michiru-san!” Usagi answered. “Demo the dead King of the Earth from the Silver Millennium, told me there used to be Opposite Senshi of the Outers as well! But he said he did not know their location, and because they were loners and not part of the Moon Kingdom as much as the Senshi they may not have been reincarnated along with the rest of us.”

“What do you think Setsuna-momma?” Hotaru asked.

Setsuna looked thoughtful. “I can not sense their deaths at all, Hotaru-chan. “I believe, like myself they may have lived through the thousand years between then and now. I have never thought about it before, as I confess to have forgotten about them.”

Rei frowned at that. “That’s strange Setsuna, do you think it could have been a spell to make you forget?”

Setsuna nodded. “That’s the only explanation I can see to it, Rei-san, and if that is true, it may be because the Outer Opposite Senshi know about us and are evil.”

Luna spoke up finally. “Frost and Flamme know something about the Outer Opposite Senshi,” she proclaimed.

The two men looked at each other again and sighed.

“It’s true,” Frost began. “Just before we attacked to try and turn Ange, Clarry and Storm back to our side, we heard Sean in The Room,”

The Senshi looked confused and Clarissa explained. “The Room is what we call a room we were never aloud to go into. Sean would go in there fairly often, and when he came back out he would be angry and usually order us to attack. You actually spied on The Room?” She asked sounding faintly awed.

Flamme chuckled and nodded. “Hai, anyway while listening at the door, we heard Sean talking. There were 5 other different voices, and one of them sounded much like The King.”

Storm cursed. “The King is awake?”

Makoto glanced at her green haired friend confused. “Who is the king?”

“He’s the one who came to us, and convinced us that we were being treated as less important than the Senshi.” Storm explained.

“Hai,” Ange continued. He came to us just before the battle with Queen Beryl on the Moon, that’s why we weren’t there, we believed that the Senshi were evil then.” He looked sad and Minako squeezed his hand with a smile.

“If The King is awake again and allied with Sean and the Outer Opposite Senshi, there is no way we could stand up to them.” Storm stated in a quiet voice.

“Well, why can’t we just turn the Outers to our side like we did with you guys?” Minako demanded with naïve innocence.

Haruka grinned. “Well if the Outer Opposite Senshi have the same strengths, like Storm fights as well as Makoto for example, the Outer Opposite Senshi will be just as stubborn and unwilling to co-operate as we would have been!”

The whole ground shared a laugh at that, relieving some of the tension of the statement.

“So tell us more about this king?” Ami asked after a minute.

Frost thought for a second then shook his head. “We don’t know much about him, when he turned us we only heard a voice, only Sean has ever seen and talked to him. All we know is that he is very powerful, more powerful even then the energy we sensed when Galaxia was attacking you last year.

Makoto paled. “More powerful then Galaxia?” She asked, her voice whisper soft.

Clarissa nodded grimly. “More powerful, far more powerful.”

“Could we beat him together? All the Knights and all the Senshi?” Mamoru asked his sister.

Clarissa shrugged. “It might be possible…”

“Of course it’s not possible, for you will not live to see the Opposite Outers! I don’t need them! I can finish you on my own!”

Screams split the calmness in the park as the Senshi scattered out of the way of the strong energy blast from Opposite Moon.

“Minna! Henshin Yo!” Usagi cried out.

"Mercury Eternal Make Up!”

“Mars Eternal Make Up!”

“Jupiter Eternal Make Up!”

“Venus Eternal Make Up!”

“Earth Eternal Make Up!”

“Saturn Crystal Power Make Up!”

“Neptune Crystal Power Make Up!”

“Uranus Crystal Power Make Up!”

“Pluto Crystal Power Make Up!”

“Moon Eternal Make Up!”

The Senshi transformed quickly, then looked to the knights.

“Mercury Knight Transform!” Frost’s guitar appeared in his hand and he strummed a loud cord on it. Water poured from the guitar and wrapped around his body. The water solidified into ice and he flipped backwards, shattering the ice. As he landed on his feet, attention was drawn to his dark blue guitar by the shimmer of the light blue symbol of Mercury. He wore a black bodysuit and his armour was dark blue. Golden Mercury symbols decorated his breastplate, set off by the shining symbol on his forehead.

“Mars Knight Transform!” Flamme snatched his crossbow from his dimensional pocket and fired a bolt up into the air. Fire rained down around him and as they touched his skin he was standing in his transformed outfit. He also wore a black bodysuit but his armour was red and he had the mars symbol. His hair blew back in a breeze and he held his cross bow in one hand.

“Jupiter Knight Transform!” Storm pulled his gloves on and punched the ground in front of him. Lightning crackled around his fist and then grew up to surround his body. The lightning disappeared after a second, forming his black bodysuit and green armour. A grin played across his lips as he punched his fist into his palm, then the spikes grew out of his gloves.

“Venus Knight Transform!” Ange grabbed his whip then cracked it. The links on his whip started to glow, then beams of light shot around him covering his body. After only seconds of the warmth the light faded, leaving him transformed as Venus Knight.

“Earth Knight Transform!” Mamoru joined the other Knights in calling out the phrase for the first time. Always before he had just transformed with a thought, never knowing what to say. Now as he lifted his rose into the air he felt a sense of rightness, knowing he had found the group he had yearned for while watching the unity in the Inner Senshi. The rose petals blew around him and left him standing for the first time as Earth Knight. His outfit was much as the others, although his armour was mixed brown and green, and a rose was imprinted on it over his heart. Instead of the symbol on his forehead, he wore a slim crown.

“Oh Mamo-chan!” Usagi stared at her boyfriend, hearts in her eyes.

Earth Knight looked slightly embarrassed at being stared at by most of the Senshi, then he relaxed as each of the Knights bowed and clasped his arms.

“Lets bring your guy back Clarry!” He called to his sister.

With a nod, brother and sister joined hands and attacked. “Double Earth Blizzard!” They cried in unison. They lifted their hands over their head, and a flurry of sharp leaves and rose petals flew from them, wrapping around Opposite Moon and cutting at him.

“Dark Moon DESTROY!” Opposite Moon screamed out. He slashed his glowing sword in an arc through the petals and leaves, and they flew away from him. The energy erupted from his sword in the shape of a black crescent moon and hit the Earth siblings hard, throwing them back so their screams mingled with the tune of Opposite Moon’s laughter.

“Mamo-chan!! Clarissa-chan!” Eternal Sailor Moon started forward but was held back by the Senshi. “Let us first Usagi!”

They attacked in pairs, the Mercury’s, the Mars’, the Jupiter’s and the Venus’. All were knocked back by Opposite Moon, who was now weakened and bleeding from the constant attacks.

“Our turn,” Uranus said with a grin. The Outer Senshi had been standing guard in front of Moon and they now stepped forward. “We will protect our princess!”

Eternal Sailor Moon’s tears hit the ground. She had watched all her friends fall and felt like she was breaking apart inside! She had to help!

A beam of light came from the moon on her forehead and hit the Outer Senshi. Opposite Moon fell back, covering his eyes as he was momentarily blinded. When the light cleared the four Opposite Senshi were floating a bit off the ground in their Eternal forms. Hotaru’s was different from the others as her fuku had always been different. Her only change was the lack of tiara and the double layer on her skirt. The other Outer’s outfits had been changed much like the Inner Senshi.

“Silence Glaive Surprise!” Saturn cried out.

“World SHAKING!” Uranus yelled.

“Deep Submerge!” Neptune joined in.

“Dead Scream,” Pluto whispered.

The four powerful energy masses combined into one, and slammed into Opposite Moon’s chest.

He screamed in agony as he fell back, and for a second lay on the ground unmoving. Then, unbelievingly, he got back to his feet, and grinned. “DARK MOON DESTROY!” His attack had even more power now, and the angry beam of energy took out all four of the Outer’s before they could even scream.

Eternal Moon stared in surprise as the last of her friends fell.

“No,” Moon murmured.

Opposite Moon laughed. “Who well protect you now, little girl?” He said smirking.

“Sean-san,” Sailor Moon whispered.

Opposite Moon paused. “I wish it could be another way, Usagi-chan. But you are on the wrong side. You oppose our king. You must be destroyed.” He raised his sword. “Good bye, my Bunny. Dark Moon Destroy!”

The energy hit Sailor Moon in a flash of darkness. Opposite Moon started to turn away. “I did it.”

“Matte.” Usagi’s voice wasn’t weakened at all.

Opposite Moon turned surprised to see Eternal Sailor Moon standing unscarred.

“Terran Moon Healing SHINE!” Sailor Moon yelled out.

“Nani??” Opposite Moon cried as the white light and vines wrapped around his body. “NO!” He screamed as the light burst out of him and covered the clearing.

End of chapter ten.

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