Part Two; Embracing Their Destiny
"Haruka? Do you think that you and Michiru could come to the dojo? Something major has happened," Makoto said over the phone.
"What happened?" Haruka asked.
"Something has happened to Usagi-chan and Mamoru-san…I can’t really explain it," Makoto replied.
"Okay…we’ll be right over…" she said as she hung up the phone.
"Now all we have to do is track down Hotaru…" she said to herself, " any luck you guys…" she asked as she walked into Rei’s room.
"Not yet…wait a minute…here! There are several in here. One of them is for Tomoe labs though," Ami said.
"We’ll try them all then…" Minako said as she picked up the phone and dialed the first number.
"Hello?" the voice at the other end said.
"Hello…my name in Minako Aino…I’m looking for Hotaru Tomoe," she replied sweetly into the phone.
"I’m sorry dear…you have the wrong number…" the voice said.
"Sorry...bye," she said as she hung up, " wrong number…" she said to the others. Minako dialed the next number. No one even picked it up, so she dialed the next number on Ami’s list.
"Hello?" the voice said through the phone.
"Hello…my name is Minako Aino…" she was cut off.
"Mina-chan! Oh, my gosh! How did you get this number?" the voice asked.
"Hotaru? Finally…" Minako said. The other girls cheered.
"What’s up Mina-chan?" Hotaru asked.
"We need you to come to the dojo…something’s happened to Usagi-chan and Mamoru-san," she said, "Haruka and Michiru are on their way now too," she finished.
"Okay…I’ll be there as fast as I can…" she said and hung up the phone. Shortly after Minako hung up the phone Haruka and Michiru walked into Rei’s room.
"Hey guys…what’s up?" Michiru asked.
"We should wait until Hotaru gets here…" Makoto said.
"Oh, you found her…we didn’t think of it…we could have called her since we have her new number," Haruka said. Minako fell on her face.
"Now you tell me," she said as Ami and Makoto helped her up. Shortly afterwards Hotaru was let in by Rei’s grandfather.
"Well, we’re all here now," Rei said.
"Well, most of us anyway," Luna said.
"Okay. So are you going to tell us what happened?" Hotaru asked. Luna looked away with tears in her eyes as Artemis placed Serena’s transformation locket in the center of the group.
"That’s Usagi-chan’s" Michiru stated. They all heard the beeper at the same time. Ami quickly lifted the lid on her portable computer.
"What is it?"
"We have and unidentified daimon attacking the OSAP shop," she quickly said.
"Let’s go then!" Hotaru said.
"MARS STAR POWER!"
"MERCURY STAR POWER!"
"VENUS STAR POWER!"
"JUPITER STAR POWER!"
"SATURN PLANET POWER!"
"NEPTUNE PLANET POWER!"
"URANUS PLANET POWER!" They all yelled and they transformed into the Sailor Senshi, (minus three). As they entered the OSAP store they saw the daimon holding Usagi’s friend hostage.
"I wondered how long it would take you to get here," the daimon said as he released the girl.
"You’re going down daimon!" Sailor Saturn yelled, "DEATH REBORN REVOLUTION!" but the attack missed. The daimon trapped all of the Senshi in a liquid force field that was getting smaller and smaller.
"We need Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars said.
"I know! But what can we do?" Sailor Venus asked. Suddenly…
"DEAD SCREAM!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!" two voices yelled at the same time. The two attacks hit the daimon and the force field disappeared.
"Pluto! Chibimoon!" Sailor Neptune yelled.
"Need some help?" Pluto asked.
"Sure could," Uranus replied.
"Well now…there are two more of you, but that won’t stop me," the daimon said with confidence in her powers.
"SATURN SPACE BLASTER!"
"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"
"DEATH REBORN REVOLUTION!"
"DEAD SCREAM!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
"SHABON SPRAY!"
"CRESCENT BEAM!"
"MARS SOUL FIRE!"
"SUPREME THUNDER!" the senshi yelled their attacks and the monster was destroyed.
"Hey…where’s mom?" Chibimoon asked. The senshi looked at their feet.
"Sorry Chibimoon…we don’t know," she said. Just then their vision started to swirl into colors. When their vision cleared they were no longer standing in the OSAP store, they didn’t know where they were. Chibimoon was cautiously watched three figures approach them, the other senshi hadn’t seen them yet.
"Chibimoon?" the voice of one of the figures asked. The other Senshi turned around and took a battle stance until they saw who the three people were.
"Queen Serenity?" Luna asked.
"Yes Luna. My dear friend, thank you for all you have done to help the princess," Queen Serenity said. Endymion and P. Serenity stopped in front of their friends.
"Mother?" Chibimoon asked Queen Serenity, the resemblance was very astounding.
"No, Chibi Usa. This is your grandmother…Queen Serenity," Endymion stated as he picked up his future daughter.
"But how is it possible, your majesty?" Artemis asked her looking at Luna who once again had tears in her eyes.
"I have been granted life for 48 hours to help my daughter and the Sailor Senshi into the time of darkness," she replied picking up Luna and Artemis.
"Time of darkness?" Saturn asked.
"The time of darkness just before the age of the New Silver Millennium," she replied. The scouts and the royal family headed to the palace of the New Moon Colony.
***
Minako had returned the Ginzouisho, (Silver Crystal), to Usagi, who was now using her real name and title.
"Mother…I need to ask you a favor," Serenity asked her mother.
"What is it darling?" the queen asked.
"I would like to say goodbye to the family I was born into in this life," she replied.
"Very well," she said.
"I would like it very much if you would come with me," the princess said to her mother.
"You would?"
"You are my mother…I want you there so they will know what I say is true. And I believe you should meet them."
"Alright then. We shall go now, Endymion thought that you would say goodbye so he is staying here with the Senshi and Chibi Usa," the queen said and in a flash of light they were standing outside the house of Usagi Tsukino.
"Are you alright?" her mother asked her.
"I’m fine, mother. You?" Usagi asked her.
"I will be, I have waited years to meet the people who looked after you," she said as Usagi led her to the front door and opened it. Shingo was walking by when he spotted his ‘sister’ and a woman that looked exactly like her.
"Uh…mom…dad, you’d better come here for a minute," Shingo said still looking at the pair in the doorway.
"What is it Shingo?" his mother asked as she walked into the hallway and froze, "darling, come here please," she called to her husband.
"Huh? Usagi…who is this woman?" Kenji Tsukino asked her.
"Maybe you had all better sit down," Queen Serenity said. To lessen the shock Queen Serenity and Princess Serenity were wearing civilian clothing from the present time period.
"Okay where do I start?" P. Serenity said to herself.
"How about who this woman is?" Ikuko said.
"Well…okay. Ikuko, Kenji, Shingo…" she started to say.
"Why did you call us by our first names, Usagi?" Kenji asked.
"Be quiet and let her talk," Ikuko said hushing her husband.
"As I was saying…this is Queen Serenity…my mother…" she said. Her ‘parents’ stared at her in shock.
"Usagi what are you saying?" Ikuko asked in shock.
"Serenity…let me," the queen said.
"Serenity? But her name’s Usagi…your name is Serenity…" Shingo stammered.
"You are very right young man. Up to a certain point. You see 1000 years ago, Usagi, as you called her, was princess to the moon kingdom in the Silver Millennium. But the dark forces escaped and the peace was shattered. Her court, the Sailor Senshi, was killed, as was Prince Endymion of Earth and herself. I sacrificed my own life to save her court, Endymion, and herself and send them to a future on earth. I thank you for keeping her safe all this time," Queen Serenity said. Both Serenity’s left their disguises and sat before them as Queen and Princess.
"So what you say is true…but if you’re dead…then how can you be here," Ikuko asked the Queen.
"I was granted life for two days to help my daughter into the dark times which will lead to the New Silver Millennium," she replied, but before she could go any further a beep was heard from P. Serenity’s communicator.
"Your highnesses, Chibi Usa must leave for the future before the daimons arrive,"
"Thank you Pluto…we’ll be back in a minute," P. Serenity said.
"What! You’re leaving! Chibi Usa is going too!" Kenji stated rater loudly as the two royalties stood up.
"Chibi Usa is from the future, my future…I’m sorry. I love you all goodbye," Serenity said as she and her mother disappeared into a cloud of mist.
"USAGI!!!!!!!" Ikuko yelled when they were gone and collapsed into her husband’s arms crying.
***
"Goodbye everyone!" Chibi Usa yelled as she walked through the time gates. P. Serenity waved as she watched her future daughter return to her own time. The time of darkness that was fast approaching could not be as bad if Chibi Usa came out of it.
"My darling…my time is almost up…listen carefully. I will always be with you in heart, in mind, and in spirit. I’m sorry things had to be like this, but we can not change our destiny. You have learned of you own and know what to do. I love you Serenity. And Sailor Senshi…thank you…Luna and Artemis…I am sorry I could not stay longer to be with you, I have enjoyed talking with you once again and I shall always remember this time in my heart…goodbye all of you…" she said as her body disappeared and turned into star dust. The silvery dust swirled around the Princes and clung to her tears, then it disappeared all together.
"Goodbye mother…I know we will meet again someday…I just know it," Serenity said. Then slowly all of the Senshi, Serenity, and Endymion entered the Palace. All of their rooms were marked with the symbol of their planet, as had the original Moon Palace. Endymion and Serenity were standing on the recreated star balcony. The very place they had been killed together over 1000 years ago, watching the world turn black, then freezing over completely. They both knew there was nothing that they could do for the people of earth. Nothing yet anyway. But they also knew that they would free the world eventually. And it was that knowledge that kept them from going to earth to share it’s fate.
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