Konnichiwa, minna! *g* Any comments or critz will be accepted and appreciated! goddess_avalon@hotmail.com I do not own Sailor Moon, the creator and all of the companies that dub and all that kind of thing do. Don't sue me, I'm just a wanna-be author *g* Now ONTO THE STORY! *g* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "He's too powerful." Galaxia gasped, and cringed in pain. "You have to go now, Usagi-chan. Whether you're ready or not. Remember the hope..." She said, and Galaxia disappeared. Phi managed to give Usagi a small hug and smile sadly before she, too, disappeared as well. "NO!" Usagi cried, and stood up. "This will go on no longer!" She yelled. Rei came rushing in. "Sorry I was gone all day!" She noticed that there were only a few left. "Oh, no." Usagi walked up to Rei, "We have to go, now." She said, and turned to the others. Cosmos had came in and was standing next to Papillon. "Rei-chan, Hotaru-chan, Seiya-chan, Cosmos, Papillon, I regret to say that I seriously doubt that we will be able to win this battle." Usagi sighed and pulled out the heart wand. "I failed in discovering what it was I was supposed to discover before this happened. I failed everybody. Even if I die doing it, I WILL destroy Illsus-baka at any cost." She finished, solemnly, and stood in the center of the room. The other five formed a circle around her. "Eternal MAKEUP!" she yelled, and put her now-white sword in the air. "I call upon the powers in the moon to take us to this evil. Let us destroy it once and for all. TAKE US TO ILLSUS-BAKA!" she yelled, and the six disappeared in the bright flash of light that filled the room. And they appeared right in Illsus' trap. "So you have finally arrived." The voice of Lafira said. "Lafira-sama? I thought I healed you!" Usagi exclaimed, and looked around only to see Illsus. "You didn't. All you did was combined me and Illsus, making him twice as powerful!" Lafira's voice laughed evilly and slowly turned into Illsus' voice again. "You won't get away with this!" Rei yelled, and stood in front of Usagi. "Mars flame sniper!" She yelled, but the attack was simply absorbed and sent right back at her with ten times the force. Cosmos pulled Usagi out of the way just in time. "Rei-chan..." Usagi gasped. "You won't win, Sailor Moon." Illsus said, and disappeared, leaving the rest of the group in a maze of craters and cliffs. "One wrong step and you're history." Usagi heard, and then everything was silent. Hotaru motioned for Usagi to give her a boost and she hooked her silence glaive onto a tree branch coming out of the side of a short cliff. "We can climb up on this." Usagi whispered to the others. Seiya gave Usagi a boost and she climbed up over the edge and pulled the glaive to safety. She then helped pull Seiya, Cosmos, and Hotaru up before the four of them pulled Papillon up over the cliffs edge. "That was too easy." Seiya said, as the other three still pulled Papillon up. Suddenly, Usagi's and slipped. "Too easy indeed." the cliff grew as Illsus' laugh filled the air. He fired a blast that sent Papillon sailing over the edge and down into the ravine below. "Papillon!" Usagi yelled, and turned around, fire filling her eyes. "You won't win this time, Illsus-baka. I don't know what it will take, but you won't win!" Usagi charged at Illsus but was held back by Seiya while the others looked on. "Usa-chan, don't. You'll only kill yourself before you even have a chance to kill Illsus-baka." Usagi stopped struggling against Seiya's hold and shrugged him off. "Fine." She said. "I'll get you, Illsus-baka." she whispered, "You just wait. I'll get you and you'll pay for killing my friends!" Usagi led the group into a patch of woods and they were able to make fairly good time towards wherever they were going. After about two hours of walking, they stopped to rest in the shade of a large oak tree. They were near the edge of the woods and Cosmos was able to see something through the branches. "Look! A building." Seiya stood up, "Illsus-baka's hideout, no doubt." He said. Suddenly, a large roar filled the woods. "Attack!" Illsus thundered, and a large bear looking beast appeared in front of them. "Remember me." Hotaru said, softly, and went to attack the beast. "Silence Glaive Surprise!" The blast of energy that came out of it killed both Hotaru and the beast. "She died doing what she was born and raised to do." Cosmos said, sighing. She stood up, "Let's get this overwith." She said, and led the way out of the woods and towards the large building in the distance. After about twenty minutes, something started rumbling and the earth underneath their feet began to shake violently. A hole began to open up and swallow Cosmos into it. "Help!" She cried, and Seiya and Usagi each grabbed onto a hand and pulled. "Come on, Cosmos! Can't you anchor your feet in anything?" Seiya grumbled and heaved up as hard as he could. The shaking stopped and they managed to get Cosmos out of the hole. "That was close." Usagi panted, but was cut off by Cosmos' scream. The sand beneath her began to shift again and she went sailing over the edge into the hole. "Cosmos!" Usagi yelled, but all she got in reply was Cosmos echoing scream from out of the hole. She stood up slowly, her hands trembling. "Usagi-chan, be careful!" Seiya warned, but as Usagi started shaking harder, he backed away, quickly. She rushed at him and pushed him backwards. "How can you say that?" She demanded, "Everybody's gone! *Everybody!* I hardly have the powers to injure Illsus-baka, let alone kill him, and you're saying to control myself?" Usagi drew her hand back to slap Seiya, and he attempted and avoid the blow. He stumbled backwards onto the sand as she smacked him. "It's not fair!" Usagi cried, "All of my friends... gone!" She gasped. Seiya struggled to get up and wrapped his arms around her and held her while she cried. "Usako you can't give up now." He said, "It may be just you and me left, but I have confidence in you. I believe in you, Usako, believe in yourself." He said. There was a loud crash from somewhere between them and the building, and something blasted Seiya and Usagi into the air. "Seiya-chan!" Usagi yelled, when she landed first, and ran towards where she saw Seiya falling. She managed, somehow, to catch him and keep him from hitting the ground so hard. She set him down and went to his head. "Seiya-chan? Seiya can you hear me?" Usagi asked, making sure he was still breathing. "Seiya, answer me!" Usagi demanded, "Seiya come on, don't play this game with me. Answer me!" She demanded. Seiya only managed to groan. He opened his eyes, slightly, and slowly the blurry image of Sailor Moon came into focus. "Odango..." He managed to whisper. Usagi looked up and noticed they were right in front of the building. "Seiya, I'll beat him. For you... for us. I'll kill him, he won't be alive another day. He'll pay for causing this!" Seiya started slipping in and out of consciousness again and Usagi shook him to keep him awake. Finally, Seiya said one last thing. "Odango, don't give up. There's always someone there to help you. You're never alone." He said. "No... Seiya don't go! Oh, Seiya, I love you..." Usagi felt powers surge through her suddenly and she was filled with a new energy. "Illsus-baka caused this! I'm all alone, nobody left... he will pay!" Usagi yelled. She ran into the building. "Show yourself, Illsus-baka!" Usagi growled, and Illsus appeared in front of her. "Do you really want to try and defeat me? It will only cause you death." He said, and laughed. "I'll kill you even if it DOES kill me, Illsus-baka. You caused me pain more than anybody has ever before in my life! You'll pay for that!" Illsus laughed again. "It's true that I caused you pain, to tell you the truth I enjoyed it immensely. You won't kill me. I'll kill you." He said, and fired a blast at Usagi. Usagi didn't move at all, but just stood there, in a final stand against Illsus. As it hit her, she reached for the heart wand... "Believe in yourself, Usagi-chan!" A familiar voice said. As if in a dream, Usagi looked up to see the faces of Nephrite, Galaxia, Katzie, Birdie, Prisma, Averie, Ail, Ann, and lastly, Seiya. "Remember what you taught us." Nephrite said. "Remember that there's always good," Nephrite said, "Hope," Galaxia said, smiling down at Usagi, "and friendship," the four sisters and Alan and Ann said in unison. Seiya only smiled at Usagi. Usagi stared at the group. "For you guys. For you I'll defeat Illsus-baka and the Wiseman once and for all." As the others slowly disappeared, Seiya said one final thing. *Cue music for Power of Love* "By the way, Usako," He said, turning around, "I love you, too." He said, winked, and disappeared. Usagi felt a new power rush through her heart and she screamed as loud as she could, coming back to reality. She gripped the heart wand, stood up slowly, and shouted. "SERENITY MOON POWER, ENGAGE!" and threw the heart wand in the air. It twirled a few times, then stopped perfectly straight in the air and started spinning around. Glitter fanned out from it and covered Usagi. The glitter turned into an all white sailor fuku with the white sword, white wings, white puffed sleeves, and a silver collar with a silver skirt layer underneath the white one. She grabbed the Heart Wand, which was now a long tier, and turned to Illsus. "I'm your worst nightmare, Sailor Moon! I fight for those who still believe in good, hope, friendship, and love! You killed everything I loved, and didn't even stop to think about it. Not even the consequences. Well I'm here to show you that you made a huge mistake in doing that, Illsus-baka. Justice will prevail!" Usagi yelled. She swung the heart tier in a large arch, and energy sprayed out at Illsus in all directions. Illsus just laughed, "You think a little energy will kill me? Guess again, Sailor Brat." He said, and fired a ball of fire at Usagi. It simply bounced off of the shield the energy spray had formed. "I believe you underestimated me this time, Illsus-baka." Usagi said. "You should have known that by now. Sailor Moon never looses." Illsus fired another blast, twice as powerful as the first. "The power of love is stronger than anything." Usagi said, still standing there with the heart Tier in her hand. "I won't loose!" Illsus yelled, and fired yet another blast. "Please, Illsus-kun. I don't want to fight anymore." Illsus laughed. "You will fight, Sailor Moon. You'll fight until your death. It's your destiny!" Usagi sighed and pointed her tier at Illsus. "Don't say I didn't warn you." With a simple "fire" said, a wave of fire came spiraling out of the tier straight towards Illsus. He didn't do anything but with a simple flick of his wrist, deflected the attack, but he could feel the burn the fire caused. Fighting to maintain his composure, Illsus laughed, even though it came out a little shakier than he would have liked. "Piece of cake." He said, "Take this." He said, and fired an even stronger blast at Usagi. She didn't even have to move, and the attack was bounced away. "What the..." Illsus cried, shielding his eyes. "I already said it, Illsus-kun. You won't win." Illsus trembled. "I must!" He cried, "Wiseman!" He yelled, and disappeared from sight. Usagi walked leisurely out of the building as it started to crumble. When the building was fully collapsed, Usagi disappeared behind the rubble. Illsus, possesed by the Wiseman, materialized, facing away from the building. "Where did that annoying little brat go?" He grumbled. Usagi spread her wings and floated above and behind the Wiseman. "Looking for me?" She said. The Wiseman spun around. "Thunder." Usagi simply said, and a bolt of energy from the Heart Tier caused the ground around the Wiseman to break apart. "Where is this power coming from?" The Wiseman shouted as he jumped out of the area of collapsing earth. "You may be able to destroy lives, Wiseman." Usagi said calmly as she prepared for another attack, "But you will *never* be able to destroy love. Love, as you wouldn't know, does not die. It may move from person to person, but it will never die. Never." Usagi leveled her Tier at the Wiseman. "The power of love is unfathomable." She said, and spirals of a combination of ice and fire raced towards the Wiseman. He was able to dodge it, barely, but he felt the heat. He became enraged. "Fathom this, Sailor girl!" he launched an attack so powerful it almost managed to break through Usagi's barrier. Usagi was shaken inside, but didn't let it show. She thought of Seiya and her shield was enforced ten times stronger. "I don't want to have to hurt you, but I will if I have to." Usagi said, swinging her Tier in an arch around her. "I will win, Sailor Moon!" The Wiseman shouted, and lifted his ugly hand in the air. "The negamoon will rule rystal Tokyo!" Dark clouds and lightning swirled in the air around the Wiseman. "Trying to resist me will only lead to death." He said, and hurled the ball of lightning and dark energy at Usagi. At the last second, Usagi managed to strengthen her shield. "I won't let you live another day." Usagi said, and prepared for her final attack. Holding the tier in both of her hands, she placed the wand above her head and it seemed to levitate above her hands. The Imperium Silver Crystal emerged from her brooch and merged with the Heart of the Ocean. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled as the two faced off. After making sure her shield was secured, Usagi took a deep breath. 'I can't do this without you, Seiya!' She thought, and suddenly felt his presence. -I'm here, Usagi. You're never alone- she heard from somewhere, and felt overcome by a new power. Usagi threw her Tier at the Wiseman, "Serenity Love Overpower!" She yelled. There was a bright flash as the tier made contact with the Wiseman, then, there was nothing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Well? What do you think? Should I write a sequel? If people don't like this then what's the use of them finding out what happens, ya know? Anyway, let me know what you think and if I get enough responses I'll write a sequel! CIAO! ~*~Goddess Avalon