Project: Sailor Earth
Chapter 22: Is This The End?
By: Tory L. Brown
Legal Stuff: Sailor Moon is copyright by Takeuchi Naoko. All other
characters made up here belongs to me! This chapter takes some weird
turns and shifts..partly because I'm just having fun before the big
bang...The last chapter was more of a hmm catalyst for the rest to come.
Nova watched from her throne room. She was gazing into the large
silver ball that was held in place by a large claw like table, when she
saw Adonia destroyed by those annoying senshi. She removed her helmet and
flung it across the room. Oddly, Titanium's head was in the path of the
flying object, ducking, she rolled out the way to the other side of the
room. Nova's dark eyes widened as she let loose a primal scream.
"Nova-sama..what happened?!" Titanium asked, once she was a safe
distance away from Nova and any flying object.
Nova held her head down, her dark hair hanging around her face. She
clinched her fists as she looked up, her dark eyes nearly flaming with
anger. "Brimstone and Adonia are now dead...those damn senshi!" she cursed
loudly, releasing every known swear word from her memory. Titanium
cringed, she was the last one left.
Titanum swallowed audibly. "Maybe it was a bad..idea to come here in
the first place.."
Nova glared at Titanum, making her feel only two inches tall. "Ever
since Galaxia was defeated, I've sworn revenge on Sailor Moon..." She
nearly spat out Sailor Moon's name. "Unlike dear Galaxia, I want to
destroy the world, forget stupid crystals!" For the first time, Titanium
saw a tear slide out of Nova's eye.
Titanium asked, "What happened, that made you hate Sailor Moon so
much.."
Nova sniffed a bit. "My sister..is lost to me forever...." She
suddenly stopped, a sob pushed it's way out her throat. "Galaxia took care
of the Galaxy while I took care of the stars....She became goody goody
thanks to Sailor Moon and the good relationship we had became defunct."
She turned away, looking back into the silver ball. "I want to destroy the
earth for what Sailor Moon done, and I won't leave until I've done
so!"
Titanium blinked, is that why they were here?! "You mean we've lost
Brimstone AND Adonia because you want to destroy the world?!"
"Hai," Nova said, her dark eyes storming.
Titanium grimaced, her face twisting with disgust. "I thought we were
going to take OVER the world, not destroy it!"
"Are you challenging the way things are being ran?" Nova asked,
standing up from her throne.
Titanium backed away a bit. "Iie, it's just that I'd rather not
destroy this world than take it over! Think of all the people who will
perish if this world is destroyed! My home world was destroyed, by a crazy
someone..."
"Silence!!" Nova boomed, slamming her fist on the arm of the throne.
"How DARE you, tell me what I should do!!"
"I'm not telling you what to do!" Titanium nearly yelled. "I just
think we're going about this the wrong way. Should you still want to
destroy the world..I want nothing to do with it!" She struck the floor
with her staff and vanished.
Nova stared at the empty room in shock, Titanium defied her! "Don't
EVER come back..you hear me you tratior!!!!!!!!!" She threw her head back
and screamed over and over until she felt her throat began to close.
* * * *
"Take that!!!" Moshi screamed at Usagi as she splashed water over her
head. They were at the beach that day because it was so hot but also they
had only half day classes because of government elections.
"Blurb, blurb!" Usagi mumbled angrily as she appeared from under the
cold waves. Her odangos were drooping with moisture. She reached back and
churned her hands under the water rapidly, sending a huge wave not only
over to Moshi, but to Minako as well.
Minako spotted the huge wave coming and tried to move but to no
avail. Seconds later she was drenched, her hair hung around her in wet
clumps. "Ooo Usagi!!!!" she screamed. She turned to Moshi and nodded.
Moshi nodded in return. Together they splashed huge fountains of water
over Usagi's head.
Before she could retaliate Moshi and Minako sprinted out of the water
laughing. They plopped down on their beach towels and used their smaller
towels to dry themselves. Moshi wrung out her ponytail and started to
braid it.
"Mo-chan? Why are you braiding it?" Makoto asked as she lifted her
sunglasses up to watch.
"I'm braiding it so I'll have waves tomorrow!!" Moshi said as she
giggled.
Ami looked up from her book. "A date ne?" She grinned as she closed
the book.
Moshi nodded. "Hai, Hoshi's taking me to a picnic. His school is
having one before the summer break!"
Minako sighed. "All those guys!!" Her eyes turned into to large
hearts, as she clasped her hands over her fast beating heart.
Makoto sighed also. "Sempai....." Her green eyes grew large as she
sighed with content.
Moshi laughed. "How about I ask if you can come?!" She finished
braiding her ponytail and flipped it back over her shoulder.
"Really?!" Rei asked nearly falling on her face. She rushed over and
grabbed Moshi in a tight embrace. "Arigato Arigato Arigato!!!"
Moshi oofed, she had to put her hand behind her so Rei wouldn't
knock her over. "Usagi should be there too..aaaarrrggh AIR!"
Usagi nodded, she'd just came out the water and had started to dry
herself. "I spoke with Mamo-chan earlier..he said you and Hoshi were going
to be there too!"
Minako stood up putting her hands on her hips. "Tomorrow is the day!!
We shall have boyfriends!!!"
Moshi laughed again. "Minako-chan sit down!" She threw her smaller
towel at her.
She pouted, sticking her tongue out at Moshi. "After all, I am Sailor
Venus, the Senshi of love and beauty!!"
Moshi laughed as she laid back on her towel and put her sunglasses
on. "I'm going to take a little nap, wake me before it's time to
go...ahhhh," she said as she placed her hands under her wet head and
closed her eyes.
' Please..don't let this be the picnic from my dream...'
* * * *
Posing as a normal person, Titanium was dressed in a smart grey
business suit, with matching shoes and purse. Her steely eyes looked
around as she searched for someone. She walked up and down many of the
downtown streets, in search of the girl called Sailor Earth. 'She
wouldn't walk around in her fuku would she?' She thought as she
paused in front of a dress shop. She looked inside where she could see a
tall woman with dark greenish hair, using a piece of chalk to mark some
fabric.
The woman inside looked up, sensing she was being watched. Titanium
gasped and hurried along, her face darkening with a wild blush. Not
paying attention to where she was walking, she collided with a small
figure. The impact sent them both sprawling. "Nani?!" Titanium yelled as
she picked up her purse.
Moshi opened her eyes and looked up, it was Titanium! She jumped to
her feet and pulled out her henshin wand, the golden infinity sign seemed
to be magically hovering over the stick.
Titanium blinked, there was no way she could fight them all!
Especially the tall evil looking one, whose green eyes bored right into
her soul. "Onegai, I didn't come to fight, in fact im hiding!" she
pleaded, the tall auburn haired one snorted loudly, folding her arms
across her ample chest.
Makoto stepped in front of Moshi. "What if we don't believe you!" Her
eyes darkened with anger as she balled her fist.
'Oh boy..' Titanium thought as she tried to place the most
innocent expression on her face ever. "Nova is insane, I ran away. She
wants to destroy the earth, not take it over!"
"Oh please!" Minako said as she walked forward. "You expect us to
take this as some kind of excuse? What are you really up to?!"
"Minna," Usagi said from the back. "I believe her.."
Five heads turned around. "Nani?!"
"Well..something is telling me to believe her. If she was going to
attack us she would have by now," Usagi said softly, twiddling her
thumbs.
"Hai!" Titanium said. "I've come to warn you, she might be attacking
soon..be prepared!!" She turned and ran back in the opposite direction
she came from. Hoping that they wouldn't try and follow.
"That was odd," Ami said as she looked at Usagi.
Rei nodded, the hair on the back of her neck was almost standing
straight up. "Silver," was all she uttered as she blinked.
Moshi's ears perked. "Did you say Silver Rei-chan.."
"Can't be.." Minako said.
"I think it is," Rei said as she closed her eyes and took a deep
breath.
"If it's what you think it is..then you all better be prepared,"
Luna said, finally speaking now that Titanium was gone.
"Hai," Artemis said, leaping down from Minako's arms.
Moshi could feel the shudder creeping down her back. "For the first
time in all my lives...I'm scared..."
"Doushite?" Ami asked.
"If our dreams come true..I might have to do the unthinkable," Moshi
said, of all her attacks, this one she liked the least.
Makoto questioned, "What's that?"
Moshi looked down, her eyes shimmering. "You don't want to know
Mako-chan, you don't want to know..."
* * * *
"Well I'll tell you this the answer is 42!!!" Ami yelled folding her
arms, she then turned her nose up at Moshi.
Moshi groaned and shook her head. "Ami how in the hell did you get
42? Look at my calculations!" She held a piece of paper out for Ami to
examine. "The answer is 4 friggin 1!" She was starting to get a bit angry.
Ami could be very stubborn, specially when it came to comparing answers on
the calculus homework.
"I got 40," Usagi said quietly, looking back and forth between her
papers, Moshi's and Ami's.
They both turned and yelled at Usagi, "You're wrong!" Usagi blinked
in confusion. So what if they got different answers.
"I say the answer is 42 and I'm right!" Ami said, her blue eyes
glittering hard.
Moshi balled one fist up. "Ok..which rule did you use? did you use
chain?"
Ami snorted. "That is not what you use! You don't need the chain rule
all you have use is the product rule!"
Makoto sighed, the two had already been arguing over 41 and 42 for
almost an hour. She looked at her paper, she had 41 also. If she said
her answer, Ami surely would snap. "I got 41 too!"
Ami screeched. "NANI!?"
Moshi barked, "HAH!"
Makoto nodded. "yep 41. You have to use the chain rule. sensei
talked about it today."
"Well actually, I got 42--" Minako added.
"Right back at you! HAH!" Ami crowed, folding her arms. "See there!"
Ami said, sticking out her tongue at Moshi and Makoto.
"...but I rounded up...I got 41.8 making it 42..so we do have the
same answers."
Moshi's and Ami's face darkened. "You what? Minako-chan?" Moshi
said, her voice thinning with anger.
"I said I rounded up. I had 41.8 making it 42...so you're both
right." She huffed and flipped her hair back over her shoulder.
Ami tittered nervously. "heh heh..um..gomen nasai for yelling at you
about your answer Mo-chan," Ami said, almost holding her head down in
shame.
"Gomen nasai for swearing," Moshi said, a blush spreading across her
face.
"Serves you both right for feeling stupid. Always think the blonde
couldn't come up with an answer," Minako said, making a fist. "Well, I
showed you all..muhahahahahar!" She threw her head back and cackled madly.
Makoto narrowed her eyes into green slits as she slowly moved to the
otherside of the table, away from the nearly insane Minako.
"Minako-chan stop that, you're scaring me!" Usagi said, slowly moving
away also.
"They never take us blondes seriously! Usagi what was your whole
answer!?" Minako said, her eyes nearly flaming.
"I got 40.9....but I didn't round up," she said, chewing on her
fingers, Minako was really scaring her with the nutso act.
"SEE! Usagi-chan got it right too! Blondes will rule the world
MUHAHAHAHAHHAR!" she cackled even louder. Artemis looked at her then at
Luna.
"What the devil has gotten into that girl?" he asked Luna, who only
shook her head in answer.
Rei hurled a pillow for Minako's face. "Sit down..you're disturbing
me!" She glared at the now red faced Minako.
Moshi muttered, "She's luckly it was just a pillow.." They then
settled down and moved on to their next assignment, Physics.
Makoto noticed the looks on Moshi's and Ami's faces when they glared
at each other. "ohhh no..you're NOT going to do that with physics too!"
She snatched her book and papers up and moved to a corner by herself.
Following suit, Usagi went over to the corner as well. Together they
worked on the homework assigned. Not more than ten minutes later a
shouting match developed again between Moshi and Ami. This time they
fussed about the color spectrum.
"Dangit Ami, it's Roy B. Giv!" Moshi said as she ticked off the
colors on her fingers. "Red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo and
violet!"
Ami shook her head, her short blue hair flew out. "It's Roy G. Biv!!!
The green is a mixture of yellow and blue!"
Moshi picked up her heavy text book. "I say it's Roy B. Giv.."
Ami's eyes widened. "Yeah? well I say it's Roy G. Biv!!" she spat
out.
Moshi fought the urge to hurl the book at her head. Dropping the
book she noticed the time on her watch. "Ohh you're luckly I have to go.
I promised my mom I'd help out at home today."
"Bah you're just leaving because you know I'm right!" Ami said,
folding her arms and turning her nose up into the air.
"Baka no Ami!" Moshi said as she threw her shoes on and packed her
book bag.
"Look, if you two don't shut up now, I'm throwing you BOTH out!" Rei
yelled, she needed the quiet to practice her english. "I can't
concentrate with you two banshees yowling at one another!"
"Don't bother, I'm already leaving!" Moshi said as she gathered her
things. "Ja ne Minna-chan! I'll see you tomorrow in class, Rei at the
picnic!"
"Ja ne!" they all called.
"Now go!" Rei said in the back.
Moshi rushed out and skipped down the stairs heading to the bus stop.
She still couldn't shake the feeling that her dream might be happening.
Titanium made it no better by running into them. ' Who can I talk to?'
she thought as she boarded the bus and paid her fare.
"Konnichi wa," the driver said as he closed the door behind her.
"Konnichi wa!" she responded with a smile and went to sit down. In
the back she noticed Mamoru reading a book. She bounded down the aisle
and plopped down in the seat next to him.
Feeling someone near him he looked up from his physics book. "Midget,
genki desu ka?"
"Genki Ru-chan, genki. I'm soo tired though!" she said folding her
arms behind her head and settling against the seat. Too short for her
feet to reach the floor, she swung them back and forth.
"Let me guess, another fight with Ami?" he asked, removing his
glasses.
Moshi looked at him and nodded. "That girl is stubborn. She never
wants to admit she's wrong!" she huffed.
"Nah, maybe it's _you_ who is stubborn," Mamoru said chuckling.
"Nani!?" She sat straight up. "I am not stubborn!"
Mamoru nodded. "oh yes you are, ask your mom when you go home..."
She sighed. "Please brother dear...tell me how am I stubborn.."
"Ok," He started, looking skyward as if he was thinking. "Take your
shoes for instance. You know you're not suppose to wear purple sneakers
with your fuku!"
She glanced down at her purple sneakers. She fell in love with them
when she saw them in the window. "There's no real regulation on
shoes! Besides, they're real kawaii!!" she squealed as she bumped them
against the seat again.
The driver called out the next stop. "Shinkoto drive!"
Moshi's eyes widened. "Oh, that's my stop. Ja ne Ru-chan. I'll see
you tomorrow at the picnic!!" She grabbed her book bag and ran for the
door.
"Ja ne Midget!" Mamoru called as he put his glasses back on and
finished reading his book.
Moshi waved at him as the bus passed, but he was so engrossed in his
book, he didn't see her waving. Turning around, Moshi headed for her
apartment. "Okaa-san..Tadaima!!!" she called as she closed the door
behind her. She kicked off her shoes and walked into the living room.
Usually her mother was watching tv having her lunch. Today her mother was
dressed in a pair of old shirts and a t-shirt that read 'Kotobuji', Moshi
guessed it was her college shirt.
Her mother entered the livin room. "Mo! Good you're back. We have
alot of cleaning to do today."
Moshi groaned and rolled her eyes up at the celing. "Not cleaning
again!!" She dragged her feet as she went to her bedroom to change.
* * *
Hoshi twiddled his fingers as he looked at the phone. Should he call
her now, or wait. He couldn't wait to hear her voice. Picking up the
reciever, his fingers trembled as he dialed her number.
Miko: "Moshi Moshi, Takanera residence."
Hoshi: "Moshi Moshi, Can I speak with Moshi?
Miko: "Hold on." Miko called out, "Moshi, denwa!"
Moshi: "Moshi Moshi?"
Hoshi: "Moshi..it's me Hoshi..."
Moshi: "Hoshi-chan!!"
Hoshi: "Ready for tomorrow?"
Moshi: "Hai, I just don't know what to wear though. What exactly are
we going to be doing that day?"
Hoshi: *blushing* "Well we're just going to have the picnic, play
some sports I guess and then..well..um.."
Moshi: "Maybe a Movie later ne?"
Hoshi: "Hai!" *sigh of relief*
Moshi: "Is it ok if Rei and Makoto come? I know Minako and Ami is
going with Usagi and Mamoru."
Hoshi: "Sure, that is if Makoto and Rei don't mind being squashed in
the back seat of a corvette.."
Moshi: "Yipe! Makoto is the tall one remember, hmm I'll sit in the
back."
Hoshi: "Oh man that tall one, she scares me a bit. I'm afraid if I
ever do you wrong, she'll beat me up."
Moshi: *smiling* "That's my Mako-chan, and of course, she will beat
you up if you do me wrong.."
Hoshi: "gulp, she can ride in the front, heck she can drive if she
wants too!!"
Moshi: *laughs again* "Hoshi, you make me laugh..well, I have to help
my mom out, I'll see you tomorrow at noon ne?"
Hoshi: "Noon it is. Sayonara, Mo-chan." *he then makes kissy
noises into the phone*
Moshi: *giggling* "Ecchi!"
Moshi replaced the reciver in it's cradle. Thinking fast she picked
it up again and dialed Rei's number.
Rei: "Moshi Moshi, Hino residence. Kore wa Rei."
Moshi: "Moshi Moshi, Rei-chan, Kore wa Moshi. I just finished
talking to Hoshi-kun. He said it's ok if you and Makoto come. you'll
have to be at my house before noon so he can pick us all up."
Rei: "Arigato Arigato Arigato!!"
Moshi: "ok ok no problem, is Mako-chan still there?"
Rei: "Hai!" *She turns away from the phone. "Mako-chan..denwa!"
Makoto: "Hai?"
Moshi: "I just talked to Hoshi-kun, he said you can go tomorrow, you
just have to be at my house before noon. Oh yeah, he has a corvette, which
means you get to ride in the front since the backseat has zero leg
room."
Makoto: "you'd sit in the back for me?"
Moshi: "Sure, whats a little leg room between friends?"
Makoto: "Arigato...oh wait, Rei's chewing at the phone cord..here she
is..see you tomorrow then."
Moshi: "Ja ne Mako-chan!"
Rei: "Ok, I have to go now, but I'll be there before noon
tomorrow..Ja ne!"
Moshi: Ja ne Rei-chan!"
They both hung up. Moshi was dragged back into the kitchen by her
mother where they spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning.
* * *
The next day Moshi rose early and showered. Standing in front of her
closet, she pondered on what to wear. Should she wear a dress? Nah, Hoshi
said they would be playing alot of sports. She spotted one of her
favorite outfits in the corner of the closet. The outfit was pink and
yellow. The shorts were a bright pink color, which reminded her of her
Yakomoto fuku. The shirt was a plain t-shirt with one pocket that was
pink and yellow striped.
She tried to squeeze the shorts on, but to no avail. "AHHHHHHH! I'm
FAT!" she yelled as she tried to buckle the shorts.
' I forgot, I grew when I went away...crap! ' She tossed that
to the side as she looked for another outfit. She found a second one that
was similar to the first, but instead of pink and yellow it was purple and
yellow. Miko purchased the outfit after she noticed that Moshi grew out of
most of her old clothes.
"This is odd..it's my senshi colors," she thought outloud and
suddenly clamped her hand over her mouth, hoping her mother didn't hear
her. The ringing of the doorbell caught her attention. Grabbing her
socks, she padded down the stairs to answer the door.
Opening the door, she was greeted by Rei, who was wearing a red and
white short set. Next to her was Makoto wearing green pants and shirt
with a pink vest. "Ohaiyo!!!" they both called out as they entered and
removed their shoes. Oddly Rei was wearing red sneakers and Makoto pink.
Moshi spied her purple sneakers sitting in the corner.
"Ok..am I the only one freaking out here?" Moshi whispered as she
looked around, wondering where her mother was.
"Nani?" Rei asked as she sat down on the dark blue couch.
"I mean look at us!" Moshi said as she prodded Makoto in the
shoulder.
"Wait a minute...why are we in our..you know..colors?" Makoto said,
catching onto what Moshi was hinting at.
Rei looked down at her white t-shirt with the red boarders.
"Sugoi...I wonder if the others did the same?"
"I hope not!" Moshi whined. She turned towards the door. "Hoshi's
here!" She threw on her socks and sneakers and raced outside.
"HOOOSSSHIII!!" she called as she ran into his open arms.
"Moshi," he said breathlessly as she pushed all available air out
his stomach.
She smiled and planted a kiss on his mouth. To this he started to
blush wildly. "Ready?" she asked.
"Hai!" he answered. "Is Rei and Makoto here?"
As if on cue, Rei and Makoto emerged from Moshi's apartment and
walked over to the car. "Ohaiyo Hoshi!" they both said in a singsong like
voice. This only made him blush more, he knew they saw them kissing.
"Well ladies, your chariot awaits!" He bowed exaggeratedly. Moshi
pushed back the seat and hopped in the back behind the passenger side.
"Move!" Rei said as she tried to climb in.
"Dangit Rei..go to the other side. My legs are shorter than yours,"
Moshi grumbled.
"Doushite!" she demanded, folding her arms.
"So Mako-chan will have leg room you ninny, or would you rather the
seat be pushed back on your legs?" she said, as both pairs of violet eyes
flashed silently.
Rei flushed. "Gomen.." She walked over to the other side of the car
and climbed in the back.
Moshi pulled her legs up and folded them crosslegged wise. "Ok
Mako-chan!"
Makoto released a sigh of relief as she climbed in. No leg crushing
for her today. "Moshi..daijoubu?"
Moshi grinned at her in the rearview mirror. "Daijoubu..let's
go!!"
* * *
Ami looked at her watch. "They should be here soon," she said to
Usagi as she ran a hand over her pale blue skirt, trying to flatten out
the little wrinkles.
"I'm hungry..I hope they hurry up!" Usagi said eyeballing the feast
of treats laid out before her. Minako kept slapping her hand away every
five minutes or so.
"You're such a pig sometimes Usagi-chan," Luna chastised as she
curled up next to Usagi and Artemis.
Usagi made a sour expression. "Bah.." She sneaked out one slender
hand, aiming for the box of twinkies.
Minako looked up, noticing the hand snakin out. She slapped it, hard.
"Yamate, Usagi-chan..can't you wait like five minutes!?"
"Gomen," Usagi said as she twiddled her thumbs.
Mamoru chuckled. Out the corner of his eye he spotted a group of
four making their way over towards them. He turned and noticed his sister
with her hair fallin down in dark waves over her shoulders. "Kami-sama!"
he yelled, clutching at his chest and falling over.
Moshi saw her brother grab his chest and fall over. "Ru-chan!" She
called as she ran over and kneeled next to him.
"Who is this lovely creature with the black hair..Where is my sister,
what have you done with her!" he gasped, throwing one hand over his
forehead.
"Baka!" Moshi said as she pushed her brother back down on the
blanket.
Makoto tugged at Rei's sleeve and whispered in her ear. "They're
wearing their colors too!" To this Rei nodded.
In a spot next to them Hoshi laid out his blanket, doubling the size
of their picnic spot. Since attention was diverted away from Usagi and the
twinkies. A fight was on, sadly one of the twinkies lost and was
consumed.
"Ohhh twinkies!" Moshi said as she headed towards Usagi. Usagi
turned and licked a bit of cream that was on her upper lip.
"Usagi-chan!" Minako yelled. "You weren't suppose to eat the
twinkies!"
* * *
Nova watched from her chamber, her dark eyes glaring into the silver
ball. Now was as good as time as any to strike. She cackled as her silver
fuku formed about her. The embossed metal gleamed in the dull chamber
light. Holding her hand out, a spear of silver appeared in her grip.
"Here comes Nova..."
* * *
Titanium sat up in bed, jolted out of sleep. "She's going to attack,
I have to find the senshi-tachi!" She scrambled out of bed and transformed
into her metallic fuku. Rushing outside she took to the air to find the
sailor senshi and warn them about Nova.
* * *
Makoto flopped down, tired after a game of tag football. Soon
everyone was dropping to the blankets with exhaustion.
"Usagi, word of advice. When you get the ball, you're suppose to
run, not stand there and stare," Rei said as she helped herself to a
deviled egg.
Usagi stuck her tongue out. "I never played tag football before, how
was I suppose to know I had to run."
Moshi laughed as she flipped her waved hair over one shoulder. While
they chattered and ate, poor Hoshi and Mamoru were knocked out on the
blankets, snoring softly.
Moshi stuck a bit of cotton in Hoshi's ears, he only murmured
something and rolled over. "Guys...why are we wearing our colors?"
Usagi blinked. "Say...we are wearing our senshi colors.."
Rei nodded. "It freaked me out when I saw Ami-chan in her pale blue
skirt.
"That's because Nova's attacking today," a voice said as a figure
shimmered into view. Moshi threw a jacket over Hoshi's head.
Before anyone else could say anything, a bright flash of silver
appeared and voices, male and female, started to scream. Titanium looked
away and could hear Nova cackling madly. "Hurry," she whispered as she
faded from view.
"Ohno..ohnoohnohono.." Moshi said repeatedly. She had to get Hoshi
out of here.
Hoshi murmured a bit more as he sat up. He scratched at his hair and
focused on Moshi. "What's wrong?" He shook his head and dug the large
cotton balls out of his ears.
Moshi stood up and tugged on his arm. "Hoshi run, something is
happening!!" she yelled, another flash of silver occured, blinding
everyone for a few moments. Together they all ran back to the cars.
"Minna," Moshi started, whispering. "When another flash occurs,
go!"
Several heads nodded in agreement. A few seconds later another flash
occured and they splitted off, heading back towards the blast. Soon it
was just Hoshi running alone. He turned to grab Moshi, but she wasn't
there. "MOSHI!!!" he cried out as he was pushed ahead by the screaming
mob.
* * *
"Titanium Wall Push!!" Titanium screamed as she created a wall of
titanium and shoved it towards Nova.
"I think you've forgotten something Titanium..I'm the stronger
senshi!" She pushed the wall away and aimed her spear towards Titanium.
"Super Novatic Flash!!!!" Light gathered at the tip of the spear and shot
out towards Titanium. She created another wall of titanium to block the
shot. As the silver light connected with the wall, the wall itself
disentegrated and broke into many pieces.
Nova sighed as she watched Titanium put up a pitiful fight.
"Titanium, why the sudden change of heart?" she asked as she raised one
dark eyebrow, her voice heavy with sarcasm.
Titanium growled, "Like I said, I would rather defend this world than
to let you destroy it!" She brandished her staff again, preparing to
relese another attack.
Nova threw her head back and laughed. "Novatic Silver Blast!" she
screamed as she twirled her spear over head and heaved a bolt of silver
towards Titanium. The blast rocked her off her feet and sent her
sprawling backwards. Nova chuckled to herself, Titanium was really weak.
She often wondered how she would fare in a fight against her. Obviously
by the way the fight was happening, Nova was the strongest.
"Infinite Boomarang!!" SuperSailor Earth yelled as she heaved her
large infinity sign at Nova. The boomarang clipped the bridge of her
nose. Nova covered her face and gasped.
A thin golden chain of hearts appeared as SuperSailor Venus yelled,
"Venus, Love me Chain!!" She forced the chain to wrap around Nova's
midsection. With a sharp tug, Nova toppled forward onto her face.
Nova looked up with confusion written across her face, where in the
hell did they come from! With a deep snarl tugging at her vocal cords, she
leaped back to her feet and released a sliver blast, much similar to the
ones she hit Titanium with.
"Sailor Moon, look out!" Mars said as she shoved EternalSailor Moon
out of the path of the blast.
Mercury called forth one of her first attacks. "Shabon....Spray!"
Soap bubbles filled everyone's vision, rendering them sightless for a few
seconds.
Nova staggered inside the soap cloud, wincing as various attacks hit
her from behind, the front and both sides. She thought she felt a cane
hit her in the back of her legs as she fell forward once again. Cursing
loudly she gathered her energy and projected a large shell of silver
around her. As she screamed the shell broken into sharp spikes and shot
out into many directions. From the wail she heard, she knew one of her
spikes met a target.
As the fog cleared and everyone could see again. SuperSailor Earth
was holding SuperSailor Jupiter in her arms. "Mako-chan!!" she whimpered
as she spied a large gaping wound was where her stomach should have been.
She quickly tried to use her healing power, but to no avail. One cannot
heal the dead. "Iieeeee...Mako-chan!!" Earth screamed again, her best
friend, gone..
EternalSailor Moon's eyes clouded. "Mako-chan," she whispered,
frozen to the spot with shock. Each senshi was taken aback by the sudden
death of SuperSailor Jupiter.
"Space Sword...Blaster!" "Deep Submerging!" "Dead Scream!" the three
outers yelled as they relased their attacks on Nova. Nova glared as she
returned yet another Silver blast, knocking the outers off their feet.
"It's going to happen.." Earth whispered as she laid her friend down
and closed her eyes. She folded Jupiter's arms over the wound and stalked
forward.
Her dark hair, still wavy, fluttered around her shoulders in some
unknown breeze. Her violet eyes glittered hard with anger as she could
feel her power, the power of life, flow through her very being. '
Mako-chan...this is for you!' "Mugendai no Senshi, SuperSailor Earth,
call upon the powers of energy. Ball.." She clapped her hands together
creating a thunderous sound. Pulling them apart slowly a small ball of
bright yellow energy grew. She held the ball of energy in her palm and
slowly spun around. "..Lightning Strike!!" She threw the ball of energy
overhand towards Nova. As the ball approached it's target it rapidly grew
in size and then consumed Nova whole.
Nova screamed as the energy coursed throughout her body, her metallic
fuku acted as a conductor, making the shock even worse. She threw her
head back and screamed louder. Her helmet flew off, and her dark hair
flowed down her shoulders. As her hair fluttered, one could see that the
crown of her hair was pure sliver. As the hair went down it turned into a
deep dark black.
The next few seconds proved to be the most deadly for the
senshi-tachi, Nova crossed her fists and uncrossed them again, breaking
the field that held her captive. "That's it!" She roared as she brandished
her spear. "Novatic..Silver..Surround!!!" Spikes of silver appeared from
the tip and sprouted out around her. Each senshi scrambled for his/her
life. Uranus tried to push Neptune out of the way, but she wasn't fast
enough. A silver spike pushed it's way into her back, embedding into her
heart. Her mouth opened in a silent scream as she crumpled to the ground.
Neptune turned to help Uranus, but another spike caught her in the side as
well.
Mercury planted herself in front of Moon. She twisted her earring,
creating her visor. Scanning Nova, she noticed a white spot where her
heart should be. ' I think that's the weak spot!' "Minna, aim for
her heart!!"
Admist the carnage that was taking place. Earth bounded up from her
hiding place and created another boomarang. "Infinite Boomarang!!!" She
carefully flicked her wrist, sending it careening towards Nova's heart.
Nova being fast, batted the boomarang away.
"Shimatta!" Earth cursed as she scrambled out of the path of another
silver blast attack. Each round she did the same attack over and over,
the senshi couldn't gain their ground fast enough to plan a method of
attack.
"Venu--ack!" Venus yelled as she prepared to do her attack, before
she could finish it a spike caught her and pinned her to the ground,
ending her life as fast as it hit.
"KUSO!!!" Earth cursed again, first Jupiter, then Neptune and Uranus,
now Venus. Who was next?
As if to answer her question, Mercury was the next to go. She tried
aiming her attack at Nova's heart. Since her attack are mostly blasts,
this didn't work. Something sharp would be needed to pierce the armor.
The only people who had swords was Endymion and Uranus. And Uranus was
dead.
"Tuxedo Kamen-sama, become Endymion!!" Mercury said in her last gasps
of life. Her blue eyes rolled up into her head as her limbs went weak in
the final moment of death.
Closing his eyes, Tuxedo Kamen became Prince Endymion. His black tux
was replaced with black armor. At his side was a sword in it's scabbard.
Drawing it slowly and wielding it, he looked at his Usako and smiled a
weak smile. He crouched and waited. five seconds passed, ten, twenty.
He waited until he saw her dirverted by another infinite boomarang.
Silently he charged forward, both hands holding the handle of his sword.
Nova suddenly noticed the armed man charging at her. She tried to counter
but she wasn't fast enough. The tip of the sword pierced her armor,
scratching her chest.
She pushed him away with another silver blast, making sure one of
them took him out also. Looking up grinning she noticed three Senshi
left, Mars, Moon and Earth.
' I wonder where Pluto is? ' Mars thought as she pulled back
on the flame bow releasing the arrow, hoping it would hit it's target. If
it hit, she would live to see another round. If it didn't, she knew she
was dead meat. The arrow whizzed past Nova's ear, singing a bit of her
hair. She quickly recountered with another silver blast, knocking Mars off
her feet.
Mars felt a stinging sensation in her stomach, she knew a silver
spike had caught her also. Moon screamed in frustration as she ran
forward, wielding her eternal tier. As she powered up, silver tears flowed
down her cheeks, making water marks on her fuku.
Earth's eyes widened as she saw her dream act out before her very
eyes. Moon's therapy kiss was not enough to do any damage to Nova. Earth
ran and tried to push Moon out the way, but Nova's reaction was much
faster. Tears flew out of Moon's eyes as she was pushed backward by the
silver spike that entered her heart. She clutched at her chest and fell
forward onto her knees, her eyes pleading with earth.
"Don't...let...her...win," she gasped as she pitched down onto the grass,
her blood staining the sunflowers. Her arm twitched and then she was
still.
"It's just me," Earth whispered to herself as she tried to think of
what do to, no matter what super attack they used, Nova was just too
powerful. She sniffed, she knew she would have to use the dreaded
attack.
"Awww, what's the matter, Earthie don't have no more friends to play
with?" Nova teased as she carelessly twirled her spear in her hands.
"I'll destroy this world before I let you do it!" She spat as she
prepared for her very last attack. She summoned all her power, the power
of her first attack, Life force and her last attack, Splash Fount. Her
form started to glow a soft yellow as she whispered her last words.
"Revenge.....of...." She held her head back, feeling the power
of every senshi flowing through her. The gentleness of the Moon, the
firey rage of Mars. The eletric shock of Jupiter and the icy chill of
Mercury. The love of Venus pounded in her heart as she felt the oceanic
waves and the cold breezes of Uranus and Neptune. She felt time halt and
death approach, the powers of Pluto and Saturn. Her wavy hair fluttered
up above her head like a funnel. Suddenly, everything went white.
The End?
*** Japanese Words Used in Chapter Twenty-Two ***
-chan -- suffix added to a name to denote affection (girls)
-kun -- idbid except it's for boys
-san -- suffix added on a name to denote respect (formal situations)
-sama -- idbid/lords, kings and queens
Arigato -- Thanks
Baka -- stupid
Daijoubu -- Are you ok/I'm ok
Denwa -- phone
Doushite -- why
Fuku -- uniform/school outfit
Genki desu ka -- How are you feeling (Genki desu = I am fine)
Gomen nasai -- I'm very sorry
Hai -- Yes
Iie -- No
Ja ne -- til we meet again/see you soon
Kami-sama -- God
Konnichi wa -- Good afternoon
Kuso -- S*it
Minna -- Everyone
Moshi Moshi -- Hello (said on telephone)
Nani -- What
Ohaiyo -- good morning
Okaa -- mother
Onegai -- please
Sempai -- Older student/someone you look up to
Senshi -- warrior/soldier (NOT SCOUT!)
Sugoi -- Weird
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