Dark Senshi Chapter 08

Chapter 08: Death of the Eternal Senshi
The Senshi lay on the ground battered from their first meeting with the Dark Senshi. All is quiet on top of the smoking Tokyo Tower as Luna stares wide eyed at the Senshi. Luna got to the roof of Tokyo Tower the Senshi did not appear to be breathing but then slowly a light begin to shine around the Senshi.

Luna did not notice where the blue light was coming from until she saw Eternal Sailor Mercury’s body floating off the rooftop. Luna noticed that the same thing was happening to Mars and Jupiter. Artemis arrived just as an orange ball of light was coming from Venus’ chest about where her heart crystal came out when they were fighting the Death Busters.

The same thing was happening to the rest of the Senshi. At the same time, a colored ball appeared from their chests about where their brooch was and their tiaras disappeared replaced by their planet symbol.

Looking back at Mercury Luna noticed that the blue ball of light began to take form. First, the blue light took the shape of the Silver Imperial Crystal when Serenity first possessed the crystal. Quickly as the light had formed into the shape of the crystal the light changed shape once more and finally ended up in the shape of a glacier.

All the other Senshi has something similar:
Mars’ light turned into a red arrow.
Jupiter’s light turned into a green laurel wreath.
Venus’ light became a yellow/orange crescent.
Pluto’s light took the shape of a maroon orb.
Uranus’ light took the shape of a sapphire cloud.
Neptune’s light took the shape of an aqua wave.
Saturn’s light changed into a purple star that resembled her first brooch.

Eternal Sailor Moon had the Ginzuishou, which the form of a lotus flower, which it had taken during the fight with Galaxia. Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon had her Pink Ginzuishou floating above her chest but instead of turning into a lotus flower like the Ginzuishou; her crystal took the shape of a pink heart.

Now conscious and still floating in the air the Senshi could see each other in their minds. What Luna and Artemis saw next was the most amazing transformation that they had ever seen. Luna was closer to Eternal Sailor Saturn and could see her more clearly.

A purple light engulfed Saturn. The bow on the back of her sailor fuku turned in the two thin ribbons, which were a pale shade of purple. Her body suit and skirt seamlessly came together with the white part of her sailor fuku turning purple to match the color of her skirt. Her purple star shaped brooch became a clear globe, which contained the symbol of the planet Saturn. The brooch was sitting in the middle of a pair of wings and there were four pearls on each side of the globe. Saturn’s pale round should pads turned into white shoulder pads that her super sailor fuku had. The only thing that remained unchanged was her collar. There was now a small globe with the symbol of Saturn adorning her choker. Saturn’s earrings are silver and resemble the planet Saturn. Lastly, Luna noticed that Saturn’s tiara was gone and instead was the symbol of Saturn. The symbol was glowing brightly on her forehead as it had when she was Princess Saturn from the Silver Millennium.

When the lights faded before Luna and Artemis stood, ten newly transformed Sailor Senshi.

“Amazing,” breathed Serenity, “I did not think we could grow beyond Eternal.”

“Serenity,” said Cosmic Saturn, “To answer your question from before the Arrow of Mars and the Laurel of Jupiter must be Rei and Makoto’s crystals just as you have the Ginzuishou” as she held her glaive which now has a pale 16-point star shaped crystal at the base of the head where it connected to the staff.

“Then that means we have all have something similar,” exclaimed Cosmic Venus hold up her orange crystal that was in the shape of a crescent.

Looking at her mirror Cosmic Neptune said, “Since the three of us already had talismans our crystals just added to what we already had. My Aqua Crystal replaced the glass in my mirror, Uranus’ Sapphire Crystal replaced the metal of her sword, and Pluto’s Maroon Crystal changed her orb by adding a small crystal on top of the larger orb.”

Stretching and wincing Cosmic Moon said, “We should probably change back to our normal clothes and head home to get some rest. Leveling up always did wear me out plus we did just get severely beaten.”

Ami went home to Urawa who she knew was worried because his vision had come to pass. Thinking about the vision Urawa had told her about made her frown she never did get the chance to tell the other Senshi that the night before Urawa had told her about a vision he had of all of the Senshi laying on the ground dead with there sailor fukus severely tattered and torn. As she talked in the door she said, “Urawa we need to talk about your vision.”

Rei went back to the temple to Yuuichirou. She hurt and knew she needed to soak her muscles and get some rest but the scared flame seem to be calling her. Rei sat down in front of the flame in her miko clothes saying, “Rin, Pyo, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen!” Staring into the flames Rei waited.

Setsuna stayed with Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru as she had when Hotaru was a baby.

Mina and Artemis went back to Mina’s apartment and Makoto went back to her apartment.

Usagi stayed with Serenity and Mamoru. When Serenity and Usagi returned home to find Mamoru was awake. Serenity and Usagi told him about the battle that occurred and Luna described the transformation that the Senshi went through.

Mamoru said, “For the Senshi to transform to a new level this new enemy must be even more powerful than Galaxia.”

Serenity looked at Usagi and then at Mamoru and said, “This new enemy is more powerful than Galaxia because we are fighting ourselves. The Dark Senshi knew what we were going to do before we attacked. Their attacks are stronger than ours too.”

“I wonder what new attacks we will get,” beamed Usagi. “Makoto looked beautiful with the Laurel of Jupiter in her hair. It was really cool the way the Wave of Mercury wrapped around Ami’s right arm. The coolest thing was how you could not even see the Arrow of Mars once Rei sheathed the arrow on her back. Mina’s crystal looks like her old Crescent Compact,” continued Usagi as she rested with her head in Serenity’s lap as she drifted off to sleep.

Slowly getting up Serenity and Mamoru draped a blanket over her and walked upstairs to bed leaving Luna and Diana curled at Usagi’s feet. Once they were upstairs Serenity said, “It is strange to think all those years go she was a little brat who I truly thought was trying to steal you away from me,” as she smiled and kissed Mamoru. “Still I wonder why only a few of us have remembered our past life encounter with the Dark Senshi.”

“You should have seen them Mamo. These Senshi look so much like us because they are us. How are we supposed to fight ourselves? They knew all of our attacks and they knew what we were going to do before we attacked. The Dark Senshi knew that it would be easier to defeat us if we were not fighting together so that is what they did. Somehow, Dark Pluto opened up another dimension to use as the battleground and then everyone was off at a different place fighting someone that looked like them. If their powers are suppose to be similar to ours, how could Dark Pluto transcend dimensions? Setsuna can only move backwards and forwards through time not go to other dimensions,” said Serenity close to tears that came from both frustration and exhaustion.

Pulling her close Mamoru put his arms around her and said, “You have been through enough tonight Usako. There is nothing you can do right now but get some sleep,” he kissed the top of her head. “We can figure things out tomorrow. Plus do not forget now that you and the other Senshi have shed your Eternal forms you now have new powers that you need to learn how to use and control before you can face the Dark Senshi again.”

Agreeing Serenity closed her eyes and fell asleep in Mamoru’s arms although her mind was not at ease she knew she needed the rest.