dd204@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew J. Currie)

Hi! Well this is the final part.. Probaly no one reading this story.. Wele
acutaly I know 2 people are.. Well give me feedback O.K?

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Luna sits atop Usagi's parents house.  She always came up here when she was worried or wanted to alone.  She looks up to the dark clouds which are gathering in the sky.
"I wonder if their doing all right?", she says aloud to herself.
"Oh I think they might have a few problems....", a familiar voice says behind her.
"Sentua?", she says turning around, and seeing her standing their dressed in a black with silver trim outfit, holding the time staff in one hand.
"Your not Sentua.", she says, her other senses felling the presence of  something not quite human.
"Did the outfit give me away?", she says, looking at her clothing
"Who are you?", she says backing off slowly.
"I am Aspu.", he says revealing himself, as black tentacles start to fly around him.
Some reach outwards Luna and entrap her. Aspu walks over to her. The tentacles lift her off the ground.
"What do you want with me?", she says, struggling.
"Just as you witness the destruction of the Silver Millennium. You going to witness the destruction of this civilization and the death of the rest of the senshi."
"No....", she says.
"Oh yes!", Aspu says. "Come Luna, we have a date with destiny.", and they both disappear in a flash of black light.

Sailor Moon Crystalis - Conclusion

The reaming senshi, Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune along with Tuxedo Mask and Wren, arrive back in Tokyo, in the remains of  Michiru's and Haruka's condominium.
"Now what do we do?", Wren asks.
"We wait.", Uranus says turning a chair up right ways and sitting down. "He will make a move soon."
"I think he already has.", Jupiter says, "Look.", she says pointing out the window.
"Holy sh", Uranus says, seeing a large black crystalline tower where the Tokyo Tower used to be.
"Do you think we have an invite?", Wren says.
"I'm getting very unusual reading coming from there.", Mercury says pushing a few key on her computer.
"What do you mean?", Neptune asks.
"I getting spatial and temporal distortion coming from near the top of that tower.", she says looking slightly concerned.
"What is he trying to do?", Jupiter asks.
"Does it matter?", Uranus says "We still have to stop him.".
"We will end this, at any cost.", Neptune says.
"I don't know about that.", Wren says, "But I still have to pay him back for previous grievances."
"Yes, ", Jupiter says, with a forceful tone, "I pay him back tenfold for what he done to us, right Ami?"
"Yes..", she says monitoring her hand across the small leather pouch she carries at her side.
"Let go then.", Neptune says and they start to head towards the tower.

****

Aspu stand in a large room, it is entirely made of black crystal, behind him a large white spherical orb floats a few inches off the floor, occasionally a flicker of energy cascades off of it and disperses into the air.  colours can be seen mixing on the surface of the sphere, eventually being absorbed by the white.
Off to the left and behind a male figure hangs on a cross suspend in the air. He looks severely beaten and tortured. Nearer to Aspu, Luna floats in a small clear spherical ball. Kingu stands near to him awaiting his orders.
"You know, my lord,", Kingu says, "the senshi will try and stop you."
'I know, ", he says, "I guess I'll need someone to wear them down before they face me?"
"What do you mean, my lord?"
"I need someone, no someone's, that have had previous experience with the senshi, powerful and will obey me."
Kingu look worried, "I have served you faithfully for many years."
He looks at him, "I know that Kingu? But you alone stop the senshi? I think not.", he waves his hand a portal opens up above them and two figures fall to the floor.
"Welcome back to the land of the living Kunzite and Zocitice.",  he says.
"What?", Kunzite says lifting himself off the floor. "Who are you?"
"Tch. I surprised you've forgotten Kunzite."
"Aspu.", Zoictie says.
"I see you haven't forgotten Zocite.", he says, "Now I have a proposition for you..."

****

The senshi, along with Tuxedo Mask, and Wren, were approaching the  large black crystalline tower, which had replaced the Tokyo Tower, and the top of it could not be seen as it reached into the black cloudy sky.
"Wait", Neptune said, motioning to the rest of them. "Something is not right here."
And the chained figure of Sailor Moon appears before them.
"Usagi?!", Mercury, Jupiter say simoutainously, Jupiter immediately runs toward her.
"Usagi!", she says almost to the point of tears.
"Wait!", Uranus says "I could be..", and green plant-like tentacles hit near the ground near to Jupiter.
The colour drains from Mercury's face as she see a very familiar figure standing where the illusion of Sailor Moon used to be.
"Oh no..", she says.
"We're back!", the figure says and four other figures come out from behind her.
"The DD girls..", Jupiter says, looking at them intently.
"You know these...youma?", Wren says.
"They killed us the first time around.", Jupiter says.
"Now will finish the job.", the one in the lead says, and they disappear.
"This is not good.", Mercury says, typing on her computer.
"You defeated them before..", Neptune says.
"We'll let you deal with them then", Uranus says and they continue on.
"Wait a minute.", Wren says.
One of the DD girls appears in front of  Uranus and Neptune.
"We won't let you escape!", she says.
"We don't have time for this!", Uranus says. "Space Sword Attack", and swings her saber at her making a large gash along her foes chest, she disintegrates into dust.
One of the goes tries to ensure Tuxedo Mask, but he parries it with his cane, Wren goes to help him.
"Where are they?", Jupiter says, looking around.
A few tentacles reach out from the darkness and ensnare her.
"Jupiter!", Mercury says as she get pulled upwards almost out of sight, 3 of the DD girls surround her getting in close.
"Oh great!", Wren says looking back and forth between Tuxedo Mask and Jupiter.
"Not again..", Mercury says.
"Time to end this quick", Wren says and a ball of flame start to build up in her hand.
"Move!", she says and launches the fireball towards Tuxedo Mask and his opponent, he lets go of his cane and rolls out of the way ,the fireball encompasses and the DD girl gets consumed by the flames.
"One down..", Wren says looking up, "Three to go."

****

"We'll make sure you say dead this time Sailor Senshi!", one of the DD girls that have Sailor Jupiter in their tentacles says.
Jupiter just looks at them, "You tried this trick before..." ,she says, and the two blades come out of her sybinat on her arm. "And I'm better now.", and cuts some of the tentacles freeing her.
"What?", one of the says, and Jupiter stabs her in the head.
And Jupiter begins to fall.
"You bitch!", one of them says and fires of a few tentacles toward Jupiter.
"Shine Aqua Illusion!", and the DD girls just turns in engulf time to see a wave of water hit her and freezing her, she beings to fall to her death.
The remaining DD girls looks over seeing this.
While falling Jupiter says, "Sparkling Wide Pressure!", and the remaining DD girl gets hit with a ball of lighting and force knocks her into a window it shatter and pieces of glass impale her and she falls as well.
Jupiter hits the ground with tremendous force.
(authors note: This scene would probably look really cool if it was animated...)
"Jupiter!", Mercury says walking over to the impact site where Sailor Jupiter had landed.
Sailor Jupiter starts to get out of the crater.
"Jupiter..", Mercury says.
"I'm all right..", she says, getting out of the crater.
"I'm amazed by your reliance now Jupiter.", Tuxedo Mask says.
"Sometimes it even amazed me..", she says.
"I wonder what else Aspu has drudged up from the past.", Wren says looking a little concerned
"We won't know unless we enter that tower.", Jupiter says.
"Then let's find out.",  Mercury says and they start to walk towards the tower.

 [Eye-catch: Side shot of Sailor Mercury with the Imperial Crystal floating in her cupped hands
looks up toward the moon]

[Eye-catch: Side shot of Sailor Mercury with the Imperial Crystal floating in her cupped hands
looks up toward the moon]

Uranus and Neptune arrive black crystalline fortress that Aspu has created.
"How do you supposed we get in?", Sailor Uranus asks.
"Maybe we knock?", Neptune answers back.
They start to walk around the tower and part way around they see, slightly above their heads, a large plaque.
"What does it say?", Uranus asks, unable to read the script on the plaque.
"It's in Latin.", Neptune says, "It reads: Abandon all hope ye how enter here.", and part of the fortress wall in front of them disappears revealing a doorway.
"After you.", Neptune motions.
"I think it best we go in together.", Uranus says ,and they enter the tower, into a large room.
Inside they see that it is much like on inside as it is on the outside, the wall black crystalline. the floor much the same, a hazy light from some unknown source illuminates the area.
"Not much for decor is he?", Neptune says as they proceed on looking for a way up.
Laugher echo's across the walls.
Neptune and Uranus get into their fighting stances.
"Well, well,", a  clearly male voice says, "Two new senshi to play with"
"Who there?", Sailor Uranus asks, and a male figure walks out dresses quite ordinarily, pants and a shirt. He has short reddish-brown hair, on his forehead is a black crescent moon.
"I am Rubius.", he says looking at the two senshi, "The new gatekeeper for Aspu. I do not recognize you two senshi who are you?"
They introduce themselves.
"Invited by a new age, I'm the magnificent Sailor Uranus."
"Also invited by a new age, I'm the elegant Sailor Neptune."
Rubius was not impressed. "We'll die anyway, and fires a bunch of marble sized energy spheres at them ,they dodge out of the way the spheres strike the floor creating a small hole.
"Shit!", Rubius said. "I get them this time for sure."
"I think not.", a calm female voice says behind him.
"Who?", he says and he sees a large blade get shoved though his back and comes out his chest.
"The senshi of creation and destruction, Sailor Saturn."
"I won't die this easily....", he says as blood starts to trickle out his mouth.
"Yes, you will.", and the glave starts to glow, Rubus screams and there' and explosion and where Rubius was is a crater.
"Sailor Saturn..", Neptune says.
"How did you get here?", Uranus asks.
"From the future, or should I say a possible future.", and she shows them the time key around her neck.
"Did Pluto send you?", Neptune asks.
"She did, before Aspu had taken her over in the future. I have to stop him here, before he completely controls Pluto's abilities."
"You mean Pluto consouness still exists?", Neptune asks
"No, the Pluto we know is gone. Aspu doesn't fully grasp Pluto abilities yet.", Saturn says.
"Then we have to destroy Pluto body before he is completely in control.", Uranus says.
"Yes, even time must eventually end.", and they continue deeper into the tower.

****
"We've arrived.", Tuxedo Mask says looking strait up at the looming tower.
"Now how do we get in?", Wren says walking towards the structure
"Give me a few seconds to see if I can find a entrance.", Sailor Mercury says, quickly typing a few keys on her computer.
Wren puts her hand on the crystalline structure. It's cold.", she says as she removes it, and shakes her hand, warming it up to a torable temperature.
"I'm tired of this waiting game!", Jupiter says. "Supreme Thunder!", and fires off a lighting bolt towards the tower. There's a small explosion as debree flies everywhere.
Wren coughs, "We'll  that one way to make an entrance."
A large group shadow creatures appear  meld out of the wall off the tower and surround them.
"Not these things again.", Mercury says.
"You familiar with these creatures?", Tuxedo Mask questions.
"Yes.", Jupiter says. "They were their when this whole mess started.", and the blades come out and she charges toward the shadow creatures and slashes at them. The rest of the shadow creature charge at them.
A ball of fire forms in Wren's hand an the tosses it toward a few of the creatures, it hits one and it explodes annihilating a few.
Tuxedo Mask parries one clawed hand and strikes another and it disappears.
"Shinning Aqua Illusion!", and Mercury fires a stream of water at a few and they disintegrate leaving no trace of their existence.
But for every one they destory two replace it.
"This is not good.", Wren says, firing a energy bolt to keep the creatures away.
"Jupiter is getting overwhelmed!", Mercury says seeing a 20 piling on her, she disappears consumed by the creatures.
"Through the hole!", Tuxedo Mask says, "Well hold them off there."
"Shabon Spray!", and a fog covers the area giving them some cover, as they head toward the hole in the tower.
"Sparking Wide Pressure!", and the pile of creatures that covered Jupiter explodes destroy a few sending the remaining of them flying in all directions.
"Your not going anywhere without me!", Jupiter says heading towards the group.
She looks at them, "I'll hold them off here. You go on ahead!"
"But Jupiter..", before Mercury can say anything else someone roundhouse kicks one of the shadow creatures destroying it.
"You.", Tuxedo Mask says, seeing a the familiar young man this long blond hair blows in the breeze. He is still wearing his simple white top and pants and a red bandanna around his forehead.
"I'll hold them off.", he says.
"Who are you?", Mercury says.
"Isn't it obvious Ami?", and he rips of the bandanna off his forehead to reveal a yellow crescent moon on his forehead.
"Artemis?", Mercury says quite surprised.  Everyone else is also, except for Wren.
"Go!", Artemis says. "Get Wren to explain everything."
"But.", Mercury says.
"Come on  Mercury!", Wren says dragging her along. "You heard what the man, um I mean cat.. said. He do fine.", and they head deeper into the tower, leaving Artemis to fend of the shadow creatures, alone.

****

Elsewhere deeper inside Aspu's fortress Sailor Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn are making their way up a long flight of stairs.
"I surprised we haven't met much resistance.", Neptune comments.
"He just wants us to have a false sense of security.", Uranus answers back.
"Be prepared for anything.", Saturn says calmly.
Before them, at the top of the stairs they see a normal wooden door.
"I guess we go in?", Neptune says looking a the door.
"We can't go back look.", and Uranus point that the stairs behind them have disappeared, and the only thing that can be seen is a light fog and blackness.
Neptune opens the door. "After you.", she says, and Sailor Uranus walks thought the door, quickly followed by Sailor Neptune and Saturn and they enter into a large gladiatorial area. The stands are empty, expect in the empor's box, Kingu sits. The door behind them closes and disappears.
"I see you've come to entertain me!", he says.
"I don't think so! World Shaking!", and fires off a ball on energy towards him but it hits a invisible wall and disperses.
"I was going to be fair but now..", Kingu says, "Release the dragon!", and off  to the side a metal gate opens up and loud growling sounds can heard coming from there.
"I don't like this...", Neptune says, preparing for battle.
And out of there walks a green scaly reptilian creature, it body slightly towers over them it full body length takes up at least half of the coliseum grounds.  It tail flickers back and forth and it's from it mouth, it's spittle hits the sand covered ground burning where it has hit.
Kingu looks at the dragon, "Go kill them Spot.", Spot roars and charges at the two senshi.
"Deep Submerge!", Neptune says firing off her attack at the dragon, the green ball of energy slams it in the face, it snaps back, and the dragon pause for a second, looking slightly dazed.
Uranus charges at the dragon, her space sword in her hand, she thrusts her sword upward,  forward stabbing the dragon, underneath the chin.  Green Blood spurts, from the wound. The dragon screams in pain. She pulls the Space Sword forward, enlarging the wound. The dragon legs collapses underneath form underneath it and it impacts with the ground, and sand flies up form where in had collapsed. Immediately afterwards its head does the same.
Kingu sighs, "They don't make dragons like they used to.", he snaps his fingers again, and the dragon disappears,. He leaps from off the podium, a long red and black cape flutters in the downdraft.
He pulls out his foil from where is was from his belt, it seem to cut the very air itself.
"I guess I'll have deal with you myself.", he says.
"We'll see about that.", Sailor Saturn says point the Silence Glave towards him.
"We ready when you are.", Uranus says, "Right Neptune?", she nods in agreement.

****

"This is getting us nowhere!", Wren says, looking around hallway, which is illuminated by a glowing globe which she a conjured.
"Patience Wren., Sailor Mercury' is trying to find the path to where Aspu is.", Tuxedo Mask comments back.
"A bit further down this hall.", Mercury says as she is typing on her computer.  They come to a 2 way junction in the hallway.
"Now which way?", Sailor Jupiter comments looking down the two corridors.
Sailor Mercury types a few keys on her computer. "We should go down the left corridor."
"Sure hope your right.", Wren says.
"When has she ever been wrong?", Jupiter says smiling.
After a while they come to another two way junction.
"Another one?", Wren sighs. She looks over Mercury's shoulder. "Now which way pathmaker?"
"Now we go to the right.", and they do so.
"Not another split path!", Wren comments looking a little frustrated.
"This is starting to get a little repetitive.", Jupiter says.
"My computer says we should..",
Wren interrupts Sailor Mercury. "I think we should spilt up, me a Tux we'll take the left path. You and Jupiter take the right. That way one of us is bound to take the proper path."
"Sounds like a good idea.", Mercury says.
They split up, after while Tux and Wren see two figures in the distance.
"Who's that?", Tux says.
"I don't know.", Wren says looking a little concerned. They both quicken their pace to the two figures and see that is Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury.
"How did you get here?", Wren and Jupiter says in unison.
"Something is not right here.", Mercury says.
Wren lifts her arms up, "What ever gave you that idea?"
Mercury activates her goggles, and punches a few keys on her computer. She gets a look of surprise on her face. "This is interesting."
"What is?",  Jupiter comments.
"We appear to be in a small pocket dimestion. It's distorting the special integrity of the area."
"I see.", Wren says nodding.
Jupiter looks at Tuxedo Mask. "Did you understand any of that?"
"I just as confused as you are.", he says. "How do we get out?"
"I don't know.", Mercury says, "This shouldn't be possible, but it is.
"Let me see the data Mercury.", Wren says.
"Sure.", and they both look at the viewscreen of her computer.
"O.K.", Wren says. "Now I can get us out of here."
"Why couldn't you before?", Jupiter asks.
"Because I didn't know what exactly was happening. I had some idea. ", and with her finger he draws a large slivery outline of a circle.
"Give me a few seconds.", and she begins to draw other figures in the air and mutter unitellible words. Then theirs a bright flash of light, and before them is a glowing golden portal.
Jupiter looks at it. "Where does it go Wren?"
"Out of here anyway, deeper into the tower. Where we want to go. Go ahead I have to bed the last one through t close it.
"I guess I'll be first.", Tuxedo Mask says and steps through.
Next Sailor Mercury steps through quickly followed by Jupiter then Wren steps through, and the portal close behind her.

"We'll at least we aren't in anymore hallways.", Jupiter remarks, looking around a the large empty room they are in.
"I hope Aspu got anymore surprises for us.", Tuxedo Mask says.
"Oh I  think he's got one more.", a voice echo's across the wall of the room.
"That could be..", Tuxedo says looking around.
"Yes it is Mamarou!", and before them Zocite appears.
"Zocite!", Mercury says, "But how?"
"Oh, Aspu brought me back from the dead.", he says flippantly.
"Now I can take you all on..", before he can finish his sentence Jupiter slams into and slams him into the wall. Jupiter punches him in the face, turns and look at her friends.
"Go!", she says, "I'll deal with Zocite! I'll meet up with you later!", she says.
They nod and continue on.
Zocite manages to pushes Jupiter off him.
He wipes the blood off his lip, "Your friends won't escape me that easily.", he says.
"You'll have to deal with me first.", she says and the blades extend from off her arm.

****

Elsewhere a battle rages on Neptune Uranus and Saturn have not been able to hit Kingu, though he has given them a few scrapes with his foil.
"He too fast!", Neptune remarks.
"Any attack we send a him he just reflects off of him!", Uranus says examining the tears in her costume.
Kingu laughs, "There's no way you can beat me!", he says slicing the air with his foil.
"Let's go Kingu,", Saturn says point the Silence Glave at him.
"You tired  to hit me with that earlier.", he says not looking impressed. "Oh well it your deathwish.", and he charges her, slicing at her with his black foil. She parries it with her glave, and brings the glave up toward his chest, but with a blurring motion his foil meets to parry it.
"You see.", he says pushing back the glave, "My defense is imprentable!"
"I have you!", Uranus  says leaping up to preparing to strike with the Space Sword, but Kingu's foil is there to meet it and pushes her back, Saturn strikes with at Kingu with her glave but only hits air. Kingu, now behind her, slices with the foil along her back.
Sailor Uranus charges toward him striking at him with her Sword, but again he meet to parry it.
"Shit!", and Uranus backs off.
"Anything else you wish to try?"
"One more trick Kingu.", Neptune says and taking out the Aqua Mirror says, "Submarine Reflection!", and a cascade of water comes from the mirror toward Kingu.
"Easily met", and he parries with his foil, and they connect and there's and explosion and Kingu screams in pain as he realizes his hand was just blown off from the force of the explosion.
He staggers for a second a looks at Neptune, "This is not possible.. How?!"
"It wasn't an attack. It was show your weakness. When you tired to send it back at us, well that happened.
"I'm not finished yet, senshi."
"Yes you are.", and Saturn shoves the Silence Glave through Kingu chest, and pulls it out, blood pours out of Kingu's chest, staining the sand red.
"World Shaking!", Uranus says launching a ball of yellow energy towards Kingu.
"Oh sh...", is all Kingu gets to say as he is slammed into the wall, then the wall crumbles and proceeds to fall down the ground below.
 Saturn looks at the other two senshi, "Shall we continue on?"
Neptune and Uranus both nod in agreement and they all proceed through the next door, one step closer to Aspu.

****
A short while later they come upon a large set of intracly designed metal doors.
"I guess this is the place.", Sailor Uranus remarks.
They walk closer to the door, as they near them they swing open wide. Inside they see a Aspu,  in Sailor Pluto's body, black tentacles dart around him. He is standing in near to the center of the room, next  to him, d slightly, imbedded  in the floor is a large white glowing sphere of energy, the only thing illuminating the room, patterns of colours rise to the surface then disappear. Far to the right of Aspu, they see a figure planted on a cross floating in the air.
Uranus see this immeadly charges at Aspu, brandishing she space sword at him. Before she can even get close to him from the left a blot of energy just misses her.
"Who?", she says turning.
The person look at the three senshi, "I am Kunzite. Which Sailor Senshi are you?", he pause for a second, "I does not matter. Aspu has promised me a world of my own to rule, if I destroy any intruders. I guess you first on my list!", he fires a spread of energy bolts toward them.
"Silence Wall!", Saturn says, and the bolts are absorbs by an invisible shield.
"What?", Kunzie says surprised by this.
"I deal with you Kunzite.", and Saturn walks toward him,  lifting her glave above her head., and it starts to gain a purplish glow around it.
"What?", Kunize says, "Whatever you are doing I'll prevent you from doing it!"
"World Shaking!", and  ball of yellow energy  forms in Uranus' hands, and it heads towards Kunzie, his shield absorb it.
"Deep Submerge!", and Neptune does the with her attack, but it too is absorbed by Kunzie shield.
But that's all the time Saturn need, and swings her weapon toward him saying, "Silence Glave Surprise.", and there's a large explosion, and a flash of light overtakes the room, Luna's prison shattered and Yuuchiro on the cross flies backward into a wall.

****

Elsewhere, in the tower Sailor Mercury, Tuxedo Mask and Wren, the hallway they are shakes and the ceiling slightly crumbles.
"What was that??", Wren asks looking around.
"I have no idea.", Mercury says, "But I have a felling we're going to find out soon.", they quickly hurry down the hallway and come to a large archway, on the other side of the room they see, Sailor Neptune, Uranus and Saturn, their is large crater in front of Saturn. Near  the center o they see Aspu, next to him they see the large sphere of energy.
Saturn see them. "Hello Mercury.", she says, "Where Jupiter and Adrastea?"
Aspu looks at both groups, "Now that all the players have gathered, ", he says walking around the energy sphere. "I eliminate my last annoyance."
"World..", Uranus begins, but some of Apsu tentacles wrap around her and slam her into the wall.
Saturn charge at him with her Silence Glave extended in front of her, and slashes at him with it, but he easily dodges out of the way.
"That was your only change Saturn.", he says and one of the tentacles grab her and lifts her above him and throws her into the energy sphere. She doesn't even get a change to scream as her body disinergrates ass soon as it contacts the sphere, the only thing reaming of her is the Silence Glave as it hits the ground
"Saturn!", Neptune yells.
"Hmm I guess that portal wasn't as stable as I thought.", he says looking toward it.
"You bastard!", Uranus says attempting to free herself from where she is pinned against the wall by Aspu's tentacles.
Six of the tentacles start to head toward Neptune trying to strike her, she manages to dodge a few but one get through and scrapes along her arm.
Aspu walks away from the combat towards Mercury and the others.
"Now to deal with you three.
Tuxedo Mask throws a rose at him, one of his tentacles catches it and throws I back at him hitting him in the shoulder.
"Those really do make good weapons.", Aspu says.
"Shine Aqua.", Mercury begins to say.
"Venus love a beauty shock!", and a beam of light strikes the floor near to Mercury.
"I can't be..", Mercury says slightly shocked, and out of the shadow walks Sailor Venus, around her wrists there is wide golden bands.
He walks over to her, "Do you like?", he say foldoling Venus, "I pulled her out of and alternate timeline. Now Sailor Venus go and kill them."
"Yes.", she says, starting to walk toward them
"Minako!", Mercury says trying to reason with her, "It me Ami."
"Crescent Beam!", Venus says firing a bolt of energy towards her. Tuxedo Mask pushes her down to the ground.
"Venus love-me chain!", she says and her chain wraps around Tuxedo Mask, and with it her lifts him up and slams him back down into the ground.
Wren says, "Aspu!", her eyes start to glow green. He turns, and launches a fireball towards him, but it his a shield and disperses.
"Dead Scream!", he yells and a black ball of energy forms on the Time Staff ,and he fires it toward Wren, it hits her and the force of the attack pushes her into the wall making a considerable dent. She falls unconscious onto the floor.
"Supreme Thunder!", and voice says and lighting bolts fire off toward Aspu, but his a few of his tentacles easily parry them.
A batter a bruised Sailor Jupiter standing in the doorway, the two blades on her left arm covered in blood, Zocite's decapitated head in her right. "All right. ", she says taking a deep breath, "Who's next?!"
I'll deal with this one, he says looking at Jupiter, "You finish Mercury my pretty Venus.", he says.
"Yes.", Venus says coldly ,and she brings her arms up in front of her and put the two wristbands together, and two small energy disks fly out of each one headed toward Mercury.
"No!", Jupiter screams, somehow manages push Mercury out of the way of the disks and they hit Jupiter instead.
She screams in pain as a small green diamond shaped object comes out of her forehead, and her costume disinergrates putting her back in her civilian clothing. Her eyes close as she falls onto the floor.
"Makoto!", Mercury yells she tries to get over to her but Venus blocks her way.
Aspu walks over her body and picks up the green diamond shaped object.
"I wonder what this is?", he says examining  it, "Oh well, I'll keep it anyway.", he says clenching his fist around it.
He hands Venus a sword. "Use this instead to kill Mercury."
"Yes.", and lift the sword over her head preparing to strike.
"Minako..", Mercury says.
"Healing Escalation!", Mercury says, holding the Silver Crystal in one hand in front of her towards Venus.
Aspu covers shields his hand from the blinding light.
Venus screams as the two wristbands evaporate from her hands, and she falls to her knees onto the floor.
"What have I been doing?", confusion ringing through her voice.
Sailor Mercury also fall to her knees and proceeds to cough of a considerable amount of blood.
Venus looks at Mercury. "I'm so sorry Ami."
"Well that was unexpected.", Aspu says.
Venus stands up. "You're responsible for this!", she says holding the sword in both hands.
"So what are you going to do about it?", he says.
Then quite suddenly, two blades come through his hosts chest. He screams in pain.
He looks back and see that Makoto has done this.
"Never turn you back on a opponent.", a deep resonance going through her voice.
"Away with you!", pushing her away from her, dropping the small crystal ,Makoto picks it up and the sybinat absorbs it into itself.
"Space Sword Attack!", another voice says, and a blade strikes him in the shoulder.
He steps back not totally stable on his feet.
"Enough of your feeble venture!", he says waving his hand toward all of them. "Dark Dome Close!", and time stops.
He steps back, "That ability drains much from this body.", he says. "But it doesn't matter."
He walks over to Sailor Mercury is standing, "I start with you.", he says, and point the staff at her and energy start to build up on it. He then suddenly steps back, shaking his head, "No. I destroyed you. No!", and on the forehead of Sailor Pluto, her symbol appears once more. Time resumes it's normal course.
"What going on?", Sailor Neptune says noticing the struggle and that the Pluto's symbol has re-appeared on her forehead.
"Pluto?", Mercury says walking slowly forward.
"Stay back!", she say motioning her hand toward them.
"No! I destroyed you for sure this time!", she/he says.
"This ends now Aspu.", and starts to walk over the energy sphere in the center of the room.
"No!", Aspu says trying to remain in control of Sailor Pluto's body.
Sailor Pluto, with her symbol glowing ever brightly on her forehead looks at Mercury
"I'm sorry it had to turn out this way Ami", and she throws herself into the sphere ,and disappears
"No!", she says running closer ,but Makoto grabs her and hold her back.
"There's nothing you can do Ami.", she says ,and the sphere shrinks into a small point and disappears.
Wren walks over to them supporting a bruised and battered Tuxedo Mask.
"What did I miss?", she says.
"Sentua just sacrifice herself to save us all.", Mercury says quietly.
"I wouldn't say that quite yet!", Uranus says.
"What?", Neptune says.
Uranus then slashes at her with the sword but she moves out of the way. He laughs at them.
"Do you think I could be so easily defeated?", he says.
"Aspu.", Neptune says, see the black tentacles have gathered around Uranus.
He holds the Space Sword above him.
"Die!", he says, "Devastation Quake!", and bolts of energy come out of the Space Sword hitting the floor it starts to crack and shake, part of the floor start to give way.
He laughs, "The power within this body will be enough to destroy you!", he says
His other hand grabs the sword and start to pull it down.
"What are you doing?", he says. "Ending this.", and turns the blade of the sword towards himself and shoves it into Sailor Uranus' chest. Two voices scream simoutaeously as Sailor Uranus drops to the floor, blood pouring out of the wound.
"Uranus!", Nepune yells running over to her.
"My lord...", a voice says coming from the doorway.
"Kingu.", Wren says seeing him covered in blood.
"Take my body!", he says reaching out with his hand.
"Of course", he says and a ball of black engery comes out on Sailor Uranus' body hover in the air for a second then enters Kingu's body.  A voice screams, then his wounds heal and where his missing hand was a dark hand, almost seems to be made out of shadows takes it's place.
"Ahh. I/we have forgotten what a willing host feels like." , Kingu/Aspu say, almost like their are two voice speaking as one. "I/We have enough power to destroy you Sailor Senshi.", he says, firing a bolt of energy toward them it strikes the floor near to them sending them flying backwards across the floor.
"Doesn't he every die?", Wren asks.
"We'll make sure of that this time.", managing to stand up holding one of her hands across her wound.
"World Shaking!", she says firing of her attack towards him.
"Deep Submerge!", Sailor Neptune says also firing her attack towards him,
Aspu holds out his black hand in front of him and both attacks hit a invisible shield and fly off toward the ceiling, pieces of it fly off where the attacks stuck.
"Watch out!", Wren says seeing one of the larger pieces land nearer to her.
Venus charges toward him, and she swings her sword at him, but one of his tentacles parry it.
"You don't even exist.", he says, looking at her.
"It doesn't matter. I'll destroy you!", she says, cutting away at one of the tentacles.
A blast of energy hits him in the back.
"Who?", he says turning seeing Artemis, still in his human form, standing in the doorway holding a very large gun.
"Away with you.", he says and a force knocks Artemis back knocking the gun out of his hands and shoving him into the wall.
Venus see and opening and strikes, shoving the sword into his chest, he doesn't even flinch.
"You die.", he says and from nowhere in front of Aspu some of his tentacles for and fly through Venus chest and out her back.
"Venus!", Sailor Mercury yells.
"Minako!", Artemis yells running over to her.
"You shall all meet the same fate as she did!", Aspu says, walking over to the rest of the senshi.
"Damn you.", Artemis says.
"Oh what are you going to do about it?", he says turning to look at him.
"You killed the one I cared about more than anything.", he says, as energy starts to gather in his hands.
"What the?", Aspu says.
"See if you can deflect this! SHISHI HOUKOU DAN!", and Artimis fires off a wide blast of energy toward Apsu. It consumes him and pushes him back into the wall, making a considerable dent, Artimis tuns back into a cat, and falls down.
 "Artemis!", Luna says, coming out of her hiding place, running over to him, Mercury follows.
"Artemis..", she says seeing him, not looking in the greatest of shape.
"I read about that trick in a book once in the Silver Millennium.", he says slowly, gasping for air, "Didn't think I could ever pull it off though.."
"Artemis...", she says slowly, tears streaming down her face. "Just rest now.
"I'm not finished yet!', Aspu says pulling himself out of the hole in the wall.
Makoto charges at him. He makes a quick motion with his hand and the floor in front of  her lifts, forms sharp edges and impales her throughout her body.
"Makoto!", Mercury says.
"That should keep out of the way for a while.", he say.
"Flames Strike!", and from behind him the Silence Glave, it's blades covered in flames removes his arm from his body.
He screams and falls down onto the floor.
Everyone looks to see a male figure holding the Silence Glave he's wearing a simple light red shirt and pants, and a wide brined had also red.
"Yuuchiro?", Mercury says, recognizing him.
"Sailor Mars has returned!", he says.
"Nice shot Mars.", Tuxedo Mask says.
"Not as good as you Price Endymonion.", he says, then blink and pauses for a second. "Who's Endymion?"
Another figure charges into the room.
"Negral.", Tuxedo Mask says recognizing who it is.
"I'll finish you Aspu!", he says preparing to strike the now prone Apsu.
"I think not.", and quite suddenly Negral shakes and smokes starts to rises off of it.
Aspu gets up. "I created you. Do you think you even had a chance against me, Negral?", then Negal's screams and his body bursts into flames, and gets quickly consumed by them.
"Do you think any of you have a chance against me!", he says looking at all of them. "Beryl could only confine what chance do you think you have?"
Mercury looks at Wren. "Take are of Luna and Arteimis for me Wren."
"Ami, ", she says, "What are you going to do?"
"The impossible.", she says and the Silver Crystal start to glow in her hand.
"Oh no.", Sailor Neptune says.
"What going on?", Wren asks looking at Neptune.
"She going to use the Silver Crystal.", Sailor Neptune says.
"Using it will kill her.", Tuxedo Mask says.
A large white luminescence aura appears around Sailor Mercury.
"No Ami don't!", Jupiter says try to lift herself from off the spikes. "I don't want to lose you too!"
"Die!", Aspu says firing off and energy bolt towards Sailor Mercury the white aura surrounding her just absorbs it. She hold out the Silver Crystal in front of her, it now glowing brightly, illuminating the room.
Apsu covers his face with his arm trying to avoid the light. He launches a few of his tentacles at her but they disintegrate as soon as the touch the white aura. He screams. A shaft of light coming from the Silver Crystal, head towards Aspu but a black shield forms in front of him and he parries it.
"This is impossible!", he says.
The shaft of light starts to break down his shield.
"No", he says, "I will not..", then the light consumes him, then the Silver Crystal shatters and light envelops the entire room and  Apsu fortress explodes destroying it.

Epilogue

The next day,  a man stands over a grave marked Usagi Tsukino.
"Hello Usagi.", he says quietly. "I'm going away to America for a while to study. I wish I could stay but, I just need to get a away from this place for a while. Too many memories.  I hope you understand.", he bends down a places a single red rose of the grave and walks away.

Elsewhere Makoto, Wren, Ami, Luna and Artimis are at another gravesite.
"So this is what it like to be dead.", Makoto says, noticing the gravesite is marked Makoto Kino.
"I wish you didn't have to go Makoto.", Ami says.
"I wish I didn't have to either Ami.", she says the words coming difficult. "But I have to go see Saffrite and Yasa, I promised her I'd be back. Don't worry I'll be back soon."
"What about you Wren?", Luna asks.
"There's nothing for me here anymore.", she says , "Mamoru has someone else in his heart."
She looks at Makoto, "Need a lift back to the Dark Kingdom?"
"That would be helpful Wren.", she says.

>From a distance Michiru and Haruka watch.
"They have lost so much.", Michiru says.
"Yet so have we.", Haruka comments. "There will be other battles."
"There always is."

Wren opens a gate.
"Well goodbye Ami.", she says, "I wish my trip had been under more peaceful circumstances."
"So do I. Good luck in whatever you do Wren."
Ami turns to Makoto, and they hug.
"You be back won't you Makoto?", she says holding back the tears.
"Of course.", she says tears steaming down her face. "I could never abandon my friends."
"Goodbye Luna, Artemis.", Wren says.
"Goodbye Wren.", Luna says.
"Goodbye.", Artemis says.
She steps through the gate.
"You'll have to show Yuuchio about what is means to be a senshi. Luna. Keep an I on him."
"Oh I intend to.", she says.
"Bye, for now." ,Makoto says stepping through the gate waving to them and it closes after the has stepped through.
"Now. I'm alone again.", Ami says quietly
"No your not.", and Urawa steps out from behind a tree. "I could never leave you.", he says.
"Oh Urawra.", she says rubbing the tears from her eyes.
Then they go off together to face what the day, will bring them.

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