Kimiko Gaia (Sailor Earth)
The 50 post count-up is going to be a little late. I've been a little busy this week.
Title: Sailor Moon E-Earth’s Power and Codename-Sailor Earth, Season 1
Writer: TuxedoDumah
Summary:
1: “This is my first Sailor Moon FanFic. The Sailor Senshi are up against their toughest challenge yet...their own kind. But they'll be getting help from an unlikely ally. Final chapters finally up. Rated PG-13 for some graphic violence. Please R & R.”
2: “Kimiko Gaia is a regular girl until she encounters a talking cat. Now she must follow her destiny as the Senshi of the Earth. Follow-up to Sailor Moon E-Earth's Power. Please R & R.”
Canon: Manga/Dub mix
Rating: 3
Name: Kimiko “Kim-chan” Gaia
Senshi Title: Sailor Earth
Hair: Bright red
Eyes: Emerald green
Unusual Markings/Colorations: None
Senshi Outfit: “a red fuku with rainbow-colored bows and red high heels” Her Super form has a rainbow skirt. Later, her regular form is changed to “a white sailor suit with a red skirt and neckline and elbow length gloves with red trim. There was a green bow on her chest with a gem in the center that looked like a mini globe. There was another green bow at the small of her back and she was wearing red high heels. A gold tiara with a red gem on it and a pair of globe earrings completed the outfit.”
Possessions: The Rainbow Crystals, a rainbow colored watch, “a golden locket with seven circles surrounding a larger circled painted to look like the Earth. The seven outer circles each represented one of the Nijizuishou.”, the Rainbow Terra Sphere (“In front of Sailor Earth appeared what looked like a globe of the Earth on a golden base with a small golden top.”), a time key, and a choker that her father gave her as a gift. (“a black choker with a silver disc molded to look like the Earth.”)
Guardians: Eclipse, cat, white with black patches and bright green eyes, crescent moon on the forehead
Origin: An alternate dimension where everyone else is pretty much the same except for a few personality differences. She lives in England during the second story. Her father and the ambassador to India, Alexander Gaia, died in a car crash 4 years ago. Her mom, Nayuka, is Japanese, as if you couldn’t guess from the name alone.
Silver Millennium: Endymion’s little sister. The King of Earth was angry at Queen Serenity because she separated his children when she sent Endymion to the future with the others (as opposed to the fact that his son was dead.) He asked her to send Princess Kimiko to the future as well, but Queen Serenity only had enough power to split the Silver Crystal into the Rainbow Crystals. So Kimiko was given the crystals, she unlocked their powers, and she used them to send herself, Eclipse, and Helios to the future. She helped the senshi of the future fight the Black Moon and the Death Phantom, but they managed to kill all of them except for Kimiko and put Sailor Moon into a coma.
Connections to Canon: She comes out of nowhere and prevents Cooan, who has become Sailor Phoenix, from stealing a rainbow hourglass from Sailor Moon, then she helps them defeat the rest of the Weird (Ayakashi) Sisters and Mistress Chronos.
Senshi Moves:
(Earth) Rainbow Beam Illumination: “A ball of multi-colored light formed on her fingers. She pulled her hands apart in an arch that stretched the ball into a rainbow over her body. She then brought her hands together and the rainbow shrank back into a ball. […] The ball shot a laser of rainbow colored light at Sailor Phoenix”
Rainbow Terra Sphere Invocation: “The Terra Sphere began to glow in bright rainbow colors. As it began to glow brighter, it drew Sailor Unicorn's energies into itself until the air was still once more.”
Other Special Abilities: Due to her affinity for the planet, cats, dogs, and birds cling to her like a Disney princess and her mother’s garden and houseplants stay green all year round. She also gets a terrible pain in her gut whenever something is wrong and has taken self-defense classes at the suggestion of her mother since her father is famous.
Annoying Traits: She’s the strongest senshi ever. Pluto erases the memories of everyone except Rini and Kimiko at the end of their battle for… some reason. But Kimiko’s memories are erased shortly after she is sent back to an alternate timeline of her alternate timeline where none of the senshi in her dimension died or went completely batshit when faced with the possibility of gaining more power.
Comments:
"So, uh, Eclipse, exactly how am I supposed to go about saving the world? Do I get, like, a sword, or a magic car or something?"
Yeah, but it’s just on loan from David Hasselhoff.
I have a feeling that the AlternateDimension!Earth, with its red and rainbow Sailor Senshi must be pretty interesting…
Samples:
The girls prepared themselves for whatever Sailor Phoenix had planned. Phoenix raised her hand. A mass of swirling black energy grew in her palm and became the Onyx Hourglass. She lunged at Sailor Moon.
"Look out, Sailor Moon!" Sailor Chibi-Moon yelled. She raised her wand above her head. As she did a quick spin, she called out "Pink Sugar Heart Attack!" She aimed the wand at Sailor Phoenix's torso. Pink hearts shot out of the wand, slamming into Phoenix's stomach, knocking her down. Wow, Sailor Moon thought to herself, not only is she older, but Rini's powerful too.
Phoenix immediately stood up. "I see I'll have to take care of you first you, little brats," Sailor Phoenix growled. "Ash Rising Rebirth," she yelled. A golden flame appeared in her hand. She shot it at Sailor Chibi-Moon and Sailor Saturn. The fire didn't even hit the girls, but the energy coming off of it was enough to throw them almost across the park.
Sailor Phoenix chuckled to herself as lunged at Sailor Moon and managed to grab Sailor Moon by the neck. "And now, for you."
The Onyx Hourglass began to glow with an unearthly purple light. Sailor Moon could feel it pulling on her aura and cried out in pain. Her fuku exploded from her body, leaving her in her regular clothes. Her locket opened on it's own, revealing the Ginzuishou. The crystal floated from the locket and absorbed itself into the Onyx Hourglass.
"Oh no!" Usagi cried. "Give me the Ginzuishou back!"
Sailor Phoenix only grinned. She flipped the Onyx Hourglass over in her hand. A beam of red light shot out of the top and hit Usagi in the chest. Usagi screamed again, louder this time. A beautiful hourglass with a golden base was drawn from her chest. It was filled with rainbow colored sand that fell grain by grain, second by second. As soon as it appeared completely, Sailor Phoenix grabbed it.
"At last I have it! Your Rainbow Life Energy is mine!" She looked down at Usagi. The once pretty girl was now an old woman.
"So that's what happens when you take them," she pondered.
Sailor Chibi-Moon and Sailor Saturn managed to pull themselves up in time to see the aged Usagi hit the ground.
"Usagi!" Sailor Chibi-Moon yelled. "No!"
"Give that back to her!" Sailor Saturn yelled.
Sailor Phoenix laughed. "Oh and who's going to make me? You little girls?" She laughed again.
"No, I am," came a strong willed voice.
Sailor Phoenix looked around. "That voice! It can't be! We left you for dead!" she screamed.
"Who was that?" Sailor Saturn asked Chibi-Moon.
Before the other girl could answer, a red haired girl in a red fuku with rainbow-colored bows and red high heels jumped down from the branches of one of the trees.
"So, now you're attacking people in this timeline, hmm? Well I don't think I'll let you do to them what you did to us." The girl crossed her arms over her chest. "I won't let that happen, not again. In the name of the Earth, you shall be punished. I am Sailor Earth!"
Sailor Chibi-Moon and Sailor Saturn stared at each other in disbelief. "Sailor Earth?!" they cried in unison.
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Ami looked puzzled. "Comet Senshi?" she asked. "What are they?"
"A group of Sailors-gone-bad. I'm not sure how the Weird Sisters got these powers, or how they managed to get to this time, but I followed them. I want my revenge." Kimiko clenched her fists.
"What do you mean revenge?" queried Makoto.
Kimiko looked down at the floor. "The Comet Senshi killed the Senshi of my time."
The girls gasped in horror. "I'd better tell you the whole story, so you understand where they, and I came from." Kimiko stood and walked over to the bed Usagi was resting on.
"In the past, you were all princess of your planets, during the Silver Millennium. Then came Queen Beryl. She destroyed the Kingdom of the Moon, and the forces of the Dark Kingdom killed all of you. Then, using the last of her powers, Queen Serenity sent you all into the future to be reborn and live a normal life." The girls all nodded at the accuracy of this story.
Kimiko continued. "Queen Serenity also sent Prince Endymion, of Earth, into the future. In my time, the first King of the Earth was furious with Queen Serenity for doing this. Not because he lost his son, but because his children had been separated. Prince Endymion had a little sister, you see. Before she died, the King of the Earth pleaded with Queen Serenity to send his daughter to the future as well. The Queen was too weak, though. The last thing she had the power to do was split the Ginzuishou into the seven Nijizuishou.
"The King of the Earth, in desperation gave the crystals to his daughter. She managed to unlock their powers and she sent herself, her animal guardian, and the priest of Elysion to the future. She also became the Senshi of the Earth."
"That means that you're--," Rei stammered in disbelief.
"Yes, I am Princess Kimiko. Princess of the Earth, holder of the Seven Nijizuishou, and Senshi of the planet Earth."
Minako crossed her arms. "Okay fine, that explains you, but what about the 'Comet Senshi'?"
"I'm getting there. When I came to Earth, I immediately set out to find the Moon Princess and the other Senshi. After a long search I finally found all of 'you' locked in battle with the Children of the Black Moon. I helped you defeat the Four Weird Sisters, but it was odd. Every time we defeated one of them, their bodies would be teleported away. At first, Sailor Mercury thought that Ruebus was bringing them back to the Black Moon, but when we confronted him for kidnapping Sailor Moon, they weren't there.
"It wasn't until after we defeated the Death Phantom that they appeared. I don't know who brought them back to life, or who gave them their powers, but they are incredibly strong. I've only met Cooan, now calling herself Sailor Phoenix, in battle so far, but she decimated our forces.
"Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, and myself went up against her in a battle similar to the one we had with her tonight. She killed Sailor V, my best friend, and put Sailor Moon into a coma." Kimiko looked down at Usagi's still body. Tears welled up in her eyes. "I'm sorry I couldn't do any better for you here, dear Princess," she whispered.
Minako put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. We'll make her better, you'll see. Besides, if it weren't for you, we might not have her, Rini, or Hotaru at all."
Kimiko smiled. "Thanks, Mina-chan," she took a deep breath so she could finish her story. "Before Sailor Phoenix could kill the Princess, I managed to use the powers of the Nijizuishou to form the Ginzuishou and seal the Princess inside. I left the Ginzuishou under the care of Sailor Pluto before she sent me through the gates of Time Space to follow the Comet Senshi. They somehow managed to cross timelines from mine into yours."
Ami raised a hand to interrupt Kimiko. "But if you gave up the Nijizuishou and the Ginzuishou the help the Princess how do you have powers now?"
"The priest of Elysion," Kimiko said matter-of-factly. The girls, save Rini, stared at her uncomprehendingly.
"Who?" Rei asked.
"Helios..." Rini said. She smiled, but then realized that the other girls had yet to meet him. They stared at her, but she waved her hand dismissing the conversation.
Kimiko nodded and returned to her previous line of thought. "I followed the Comet Senshi here to destroy them. Now that I know what to expect of them, I think we can beat them and save Princess Usagi. I believe that the only way to heal her is with the powers of the all the Senshi and the Ginzuishou."
[Snip]
"Tell us about your time, Eclipse. What are your Sailor Senshi like?"
Eclipse stretched. "Not unlike yours, really. There are a few differences in appearance and attitude, but really they're just alike. Except our Senshi are always all together."
"Well then why couldn't the Outer Senshi prevent the murder of the Inners?" Artemis asked.
Eclipse made a face that clearly said 'No, no! Don't bring that up!' but it was too late. Kimiko whirled on the cats.
"Because Uranus and Neptune betrayed us!"
The cats, and, behind the door, Rei, all looked at Kimiko, shocked. "What do you mean, betrayed you?" Luna asked, puzzled.
Kimiko turned to face the felines, hatred naked in her eyes. "When we went up to the Black Moon satellite for the final battle, we encountered the Death Phantom. He invaded our minds and made us all these promises. Power, riches, love and whatnot if we joined the forces of Darkness. I thought we'd all overcome his lies, but we were wrong.
"After we defeated Diamond and the Death Phantom, things returned to normal. Or so we thought. One day Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru didn't show up for our daily meeting. We didn't think anything of it because they were always rather solitary. Four days later they were still missing. Mars and Mercury set out to find them, but their house was empty. Hotaru still hadn't returned and her mother was devastated.
"Mina-chan and I were heading to the mall when Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune appeared. We were happy at first, but we realized something was wrong. Their eyes were vacant and they bore the symbols of evil. They had joined the side of Darkness, and killed Sailor Saturn to gain the powers of the Silence." Kimiko bowed her head and tears began to flow from her eyes.
"After a long battle, I managed to defeat Sailor Uranus, but Sailor Venus was forced to kill Sailor Neptune. Uranus was so upset she ran herself through with the Space Sword." Kimiko wiped a tear from her cheek. "That's why the Sailors in my time couldn't stand up to the Comet Senshi. Three of them were dead, and Pluto refused to fight because she didn't want to risk leaving the Gates unguarded, not to mention she was the only Outer left."
Rei, hearing this, wiped a tear from her eye. Kimiko seemed so sad. She couldn't believe that Sailors of any time could betray their allies. It all seemed so unreal.
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There was a horrible pounding in Sailor Earth's head. She realized she was lying on the floor and she gingerly pushed herself up on her knees. She rubbed her aching forehead and realized she'd lost her tiara. She opened her eyes and realized all she could see was...nothing. It took Sailor Earth a moment to comprehend the vast emptiness.
"W-where am I," she said out loud to know one in particular.
"The void," said a voice behind her.
Sailor Earth got to her feet, spun around and raised her fists all at the same time. She lowered her fists, though, when she realized that the voice had come from her own mouth. Well, to be more accurate, from the mouth of Gaia Kimiko. The girl standing before Sailor Earth was indeed, herself. A circle with an equal armed cross inside glowed on her forehead.
"The symbol of Earth," Sailor Earth whispered.
"That's right," Kimiko said. "I'm you. Well, I'm a part of you."
"But why am I in 'the void'," Sailor Earth asked.
"Because Mistress Chronos sent you here. She's removed you, us, from time." [Mistress Chronos is the ultimate form of the alternate universe Sailor Pluto who went insane and turned evil because she was forced to guard the time gate.]
"It's not her fault, though, she's being controlled," came another voice from the void. Sailor Earth turned to her left and came face to face with...Sailor Earth. She was wearing the original fuku.
"Controlled by who," Eternal Sailor Earth asked.
"By Tempo, a dark energy that seeks to use time to its advantage." [Shouldn’t that be “Tiempo”?] Eternal Sailor Earth turned to the next voice. This one was wearing a fuku with a rainbow skirt as opposed to the regular red one.
"Super Sailor Earth," Sailor Earth said before Eternal Sailor Earth could ask.
"How many of you...err...me are there?" Eternal Sailor Earth asked no one in particular.
"Just a few more," Kimiko said, pointing over Eternal Sailor Earth's shoulder. Eternal Sailor Earth turned. Behind her there stood a young girl in a white spaghetti-strap dress with rainbow pleats down the front. Beside her was a woman in the same dress but with a golden crown on her head and a sheer bow on the back. And finally, standing beside the other two was another woman, older looking than the last, in, yet again, the same dress. This final woman's dress was different though. It had a red bow on the back and she had what seemed like fairy wings on her back and the symbol of Earth glowing on her forehead.
"We are your past and future incarnations," the young girl said. "I am Princess Kimiko of Earth."
"I am Queen Gaia of Elysion," said the second woman.
"And I am Terra, Goddess of the Earth, your final transformation," the final woman said. Her voice was melodic and almost sounded like bells.
"We are here to help you," Super Sailor Earth said.
"We'll lend you our powers to increase your own and the powers of the other Senshi," added Terra.
Eternal Sailor Earth blinked. It all sounded too unreal. "Are you sure this will work?"
Kimiko walked up to her Eternal counterpart and put a hand on her shoulder. "It has to."
Eternal Sailor Earth nodded Super Sailor Earth and Queen Gaia took her hands. Princess Kimiko stood between Sailor Earth and Kimiko and Sailor Earth took Super Sailor Earth's other hand. Terra took Queen Gaia's hand and Terra and Kimiko closed the circle.
"We are now in the proper formation," said Terra, "starting from Kimiko we are in ascending powers. Now, everyone, concentrate."
All of the girls and women closed their eyes. Slowly they each started to glow with the various colors of the rainbow.
"We are one," they said together. "We are the strength and spirit of the Earth. We shall triumph."
Slowly, starting with Kimiko, each one of the different incarnations lost form and turned into a glowing ball of color. They then melted into Terra's body. When the last one melted in, Terra began to glow with a bright white light.
She opened her eyes and said, "I am Terra. I am the vengeful hand of Mother Nature." She raised her hand in front of her and grabbed at the nothingness. As she pulled her hand away, the void tore and Terra could see through to Mistress Chronos's throne room.
"I will punish all evil," Terra said as she stepped through the hole in the void and materialized in between Sailor Moon and Sailor Pegasus. The Comet Senshi took a step back.
"You should not exist in this world," Terra said. She pointed a finger at Mistress Chronos. "And you have tampered with their lives. I will correct this."
Suddenly the Ginzuishou flew from Mistress Chronos's hands and came to rest in front of Sailor Pegasus. It glowed with a golden light. The white fuku on Usagi's body exploded away, once again leaving her in her regular clothes. The symbol of the Moon began to shine on her forehead.
"And now for the other Senshi," Terra said. She turned around and held out a hand to Sailor Moon. "I need your help," she said.
Sailor Moon stood up shakily and took her hand. When she did, the throne room was bathed in a brilliant silver light. When the light cleared, Usagi and Rini were standing next to Terra in their princess dresses. Behind them stood the other eight Eternal Senshi. They all looked equally confused.
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"NO!" Kimiko screamed as she sat bolt upright in bed. Her breath came in ragged gasps. It took her a moment to realize that she was safe at home. She sighed. She'd been having that same bloody dream for the last four days. And not just at night. She had it during the day too. Whenever she fell asleep there she was getting murdered again. She wouldn't mind so much if it didn't seem so real. She always woke up screaming too. That had caused quite a big uproar in Mr. Coyle's class on Wednesday.
She swung her feet out of bed and padded to the bathroom. She clicked on the light and looked in the mirror. Jeez, she thought, I look terrible. She splashed cold water on her face to wake herself up some more. She clicked on her bathroom radio. As the music filled the bathroom she began to feel better. She hummed along with the radio when the deejay interrupted the song with a news bulletin.
"This just in, ladies and gentlemen," he said, "there has been a robbery in downtown London. Police reports describe the perpetrator is woman in her mid-twenties with black hair and black eyes. The reports say that the woman attacked the police with knives strapped to her fingers. She is considered armed and extremely dangerous. If you see this woman, call the police immediately, do not try to apprehend her yourself."
Kimiko stared at the radio as the music resumed. That was the fifth bulletin she'd heard this week. The crime rate was up. She brushed her teeth and hair and got ready to meet Julie, her best friend, downtown at the mall.
Julie was so cool. She loved to have fun and always made Kimiko laugh. Kimiko chuckled to herself at some inside joke as she got dressed. She put on a black tank top, her favorite pair of black leather pants and black combat boots. She looked herself over in the mirror and decided to put a white dress shirt over the tank top. That looked better. She looked more refined rather than an escapee from a Goth girl band. [That would be Goth Lolita. You just look like a weak biker.] She smiled as she put on a black choker with a silver disc molded to look like the Earth. She paused for a moment and touched the choker. It had been a gift from her father. Kimiko's throat got tight whenever she thought of him.
Alexander Gaia had been an ambassador from Britain to India. He'd died in a car crash there not four years ago. Neither Kimiko nor her mother had been quite the same since.
It was from him that Kimiko got her looks: her bright red hair and emerald green eyes. It was from her mother, who was Japanese, that she got her name and demeanor.
Kimiko shook her head to clear her thoughts. She took one last look in the mirror, grabbed her black leather jacket and headed out the door.
Title: Sailor Moon E-Earth’s Power and Codename-Sailor Earth, Season 1
Writer: TuxedoDumah
Summary:
1: “This is my first Sailor Moon FanFic. The Sailor Senshi are up against their toughest challenge yet...their own kind. But they'll be getting help from an unlikely ally. Final chapters finally up. Rated PG-13 for some graphic violence. Please R & R.”
2: “Kimiko Gaia is a regular girl until she encounters a talking cat. Now she must follow her destiny as the Senshi of the Earth. Follow-up to Sailor Moon E-Earth's Power. Please R & R.”
Canon: Manga/Dub mix
Rating: 3
Name: Kimiko “Kim-chan” Gaia
Senshi Title: Sailor Earth
Hair: Bright red
Eyes: Emerald green
Unusual Markings/Colorations: None
Senshi Outfit: “a red fuku with rainbow-colored bows and red high heels” Her Super form has a rainbow skirt. Later, her regular form is changed to “a white sailor suit with a red skirt and neckline and elbow length gloves with red trim. There was a green bow on her chest with a gem in the center that looked like a mini globe. There was another green bow at the small of her back and she was wearing red high heels. A gold tiara with a red gem on it and a pair of globe earrings completed the outfit.”
Possessions: The Rainbow Crystals, a rainbow colored watch, “a golden locket with seven circles surrounding a larger circled painted to look like the Earth. The seven outer circles each represented one of the Nijizuishou.”, the Rainbow Terra Sphere (“In front of Sailor Earth appeared what looked like a globe of the Earth on a golden base with a small golden top.”), a time key, and a choker that her father gave her as a gift. (“a black choker with a silver disc molded to look like the Earth.”)
Guardians: Eclipse, cat, white with black patches and bright green eyes, crescent moon on the forehead
Origin: An alternate dimension where everyone else is pretty much the same except for a few personality differences. She lives in England during the second story. Her father and the ambassador to India, Alexander Gaia, died in a car crash 4 years ago. Her mom, Nayuka, is Japanese, as if you couldn’t guess from the name alone.
Silver Millennium: Endymion’s little sister. The King of Earth was angry at Queen Serenity because she separated his children when she sent Endymion to the future with the others (as opposed to the fact that his son was dead.) He asked her to send Princess Kimiko to the future as well, but Queen Serenity only had enough power to split the Silver Crystal into the Rainbow Crystals. So Kimiko was given the crystals, she unlocked their powers, and she used them to send herself, Eclipse, and Helios to the future. She helped the senshi of the future fight the Black Moon and the Death Phantom, but they managed to kill all of them except for Kimiko and put Sailor Moon into a coma.
Connections to Canon: She comes out of nowhere and prevents Cooan, who has become Sailor Phoenix, from stealing a rainbow hourglass from Sailor Moon, then she helps them defeat the rest of the Weird (Ayakashi) Sisters and Mistress Chronos.
Senshi Moves:
(Earth) Rainbow Beam Illumination: “A ball of multi-colored light formed on her fingers. She pulled her hands apart in an arch that stretched the ball into a rainbow over her body. She then brought her hands together and the rainbow shrank back into a ball. […] The ball shot a laser of rainbow colored light at Sailor Phoenix”
Rainbow Terra Sphere Invocation: “The Terra Sphere began to glow in bright rainbow colors. As it began to glow brighter, it drew Sailor Unicorn's energies into itself until the air was still once more.”
Other Special Abilities: Due to her affinity for the planet, cats, dogs, and birds cling to her like a Disney princess and her mother’s garden and houseplants stay green all year round. She also gets a terrible pain in her gut whenever something is wrong and has taken self-defense classes at the suggestion of her mother since her father is famous.
Annoying Traits: She’s the strongest senshi ever. Pluto erases the memories of everyone except Rini and Kimiko at the end of their battle for… some reason. But Kimiko’s memories are erased shortly after she is sent back to an alternate timeline of her alternate timeline where none of the senshi in her dimension died or went completely batshit when faced with the possibility of gaining more power.
Comments:
"So, uh, Eclipse, exactly how am I supposed to go about saving the world? Do I get, like, a sword, or a magic car or something?"
Yeah, but it’s just on loan from David Hasselhoff.
I have a feeling that the AlternateDimension!Earth, with its red and rainbow Sailor Senshi must be pretty interesting…
Samples:
The girls prepared themselves for whatever Sailor Phoenix had planned. Phoenix raised her hand. A mass of swirling black energy grew in her palm and became the Onyx Hourglass. She lunged at Sailor Moon.
"Look out, Sailor Moon!" Sailor Chibi-Moon yelled. She raised her wand above her head. As she did a quick spin, she called out "Pink Sugar Heart Attack!" She aimed the wand at Sailor Phoenix's torso. Pink hearts shot out of the wand, slamming into Phoenix's stomach, knocking her down. Wow, Sailor Moon thought to herself, not only is she older, but Rini's powerful too.
Phoenix immediately stood up. "I see I'll have to take care of you first you, little brats," Sailor Phoenix growled. "Ash Rising Rebirth," she yelled. A golden flame appeared in her hand. She shot it at Sailor Chibi-Moon and Sailor Saturn. The fire didn't even hit the girls, but the energy coming off of it was enough to throw them almost across the park.
Sailor Phoenix chuckled to herself as lunged at Sailor Moon and managed to grab Sailor Moon by the neck. "And now, for you."
The Onyx Hourglass began to glow with an unearthly purple light. Sailor Moon could feel it pulling on her aura and cried out in pain. Her fuku exploded from her body, leaving her in her regular clothes. Her locket opened on it's own, revealing the Ginzuishou. The crystal floated from the locket and absorbed itself into the Onyx Hourglass.
"Oh no!" Usagi cried. "Give me the Ginzuishou back!"
Sailor Phoenix only grinned. She flipped the Onyx Hourglass over in her hand. A beam of red light shot out of the top and hit Usagi in the chest. Usagi screamed again, louder this time. A beautiful hourglass with a golden base was drawn from her chest. It was filled with rainbow colored sand that fell grain by grain, second by second. As soon as it appeared completely, Sailor Phoenix grabbed it.
"At last I have it! Your Rainbow Life Energy is mine!" She looked down at Usagi. The once pretty girl was now an old woman.
"So that's what happens when you take them," she pondered.
Sailor Chibi-Moon and Sailor Saturn managed to pull themselves up in time to see the aged Usagi hit the ground.
"Usagi!" Sailor Chibi-Moon yelled. "No!"
"Give that back to her!" Sailor Saturn yelled.
Sailor Phoenix laughed. "Oh and who's going to make me? You little girls?" She laughed again.
"No, I am," came a strong willed voice.
Sailor Phoenix looked around. "That voice! It can't be! We left you for dead!" she screamed.
"Who was that?" Sailor Saturn asked Chibi-Moon.
Before the other girl could answer, a red haired girl in a red fuku with rainbow-colored bows and red high heels jumped down from the branches of one of the trees.
"So, now you're attacking people in this timeline, hmm? Well I don't think I'll let you do to them what you did to us." The girl crossed her arms over her chest. "I won't let that happen, not again. In the name of the Earth, you shall be punished. I am Sailor Earth!"
Sailor Chibi-Moon and Sailor Saturn stared at each other in disbelief. "Sailor Earth?!" they cried in unison.
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Ami looked puzzled. "Comet Senshi?" she asked. "What are they?"
"A group of Sailors-gone-bad. I'm not sure how the Weird Sisters got these powers, or how they managed to get to this time, but I followed them. I want my revenge." Kimiko clenched her fists.
"What do you mean revenge?" queried Makoto.
Kimiko looked down at the floor. "The Comet Senshi killed the Senshi of my time."
The girls gasped in horror. "I'd better tell you the whole story, so you understand where they, and I came from." Kimiko stood and walked over to the bed Usagi was resting on.
"In the past, you were all princess of your planets, during the Silver Millennium. Then came Queen Beryl. She destroyed the Kingdom of the Moon, and the forces of the Dark Kingdom killed all of you. Then, using the last of her powers, Queen Serenity sent you all into the future to be reborn and live a normal life." The girls all nodded at the accuracy of this story.
Kimiko continued. "Queen Serenity also sent Prince Endymion, of Earth, into the future. In my time, the first King of the Earth was furious with Queen Serenity for doing this. Not because he lost his son, but because his children had been separated. Prince Endymion had a little sister, you see. Before she died, the King of the Earth pleaded with Queen Serenity to send his daughter to the future as well. The Queen was too weak, though. The last thing she had the power to do was split the Ginzuishou into the seven Nijizuishou.
"The King of the Earth, in desperation gave the crystals to his daughter. She managed to unlock their powers and she sent herself, her animal guardian, and the priest of Elysion to the future. She also became the Senshi of the Earth."
"That means that you're--," Rei stammered in disbelief.
"Yes, I am Princess Kimiko. Princess of the Earth, holder of the Seven Nijizuishou, and Senshi of the planet Earth."
Minako crossed her arms. "Okay fine, that explains you, but what about the 'Comet Senshi'?"
"I'm getting there. When I came to Earth, I immediately set out to find the Moon Princess and the other Senshi. After a long search I finally found all of 'you' locked in battle with the Children of the Black Moon. I helped you defeat the Four Weird Sisters, but it was odd. Every time we defeated one of them, their bodies would be teleported away. At first, Sailor Mercury thought that Ruebus was bringing them back to the Black Moon, but when we confronted him for kidnapping Sailor Moon, they weren't there.
"It wasn't until after we defeated the Death Phantom that they appeared. I don't know who brought them back to life, or who gave them their powers, but they are incredibly strong. I've only met Cooan, now calling herself Sailor Phoenix, in battle so far, but she decimated our forces.
"Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, and myself went up against her in a battle similar to the one we had with her tonight. She killed Sailor V, my best friend, and put Sailor Moon into a coma." Kimiko looked down at Usagi's still body. Tears welled up in her eyes. "I'm sorry I couldn't do any better for you here, dear Princess," she whispered.
Minako put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. We'll make her better, you'll see. Besides, if it weren't for you, we might not have her, Rini, or Hotaru at all."
Kimiko smiled. "Thanks, Mina-chan," she took a deep breath so she could finish her story. "Before Sailor Phoenix could kill the Princess, I managed to use the powers of the Nijizuishou to form the Ginzuishou and seal the Princess inside. I left the Ginzuishou under the care of Sailor Pluto before she sent me through the gates of Time Space to follow the Comet Senshi. They somehow managed to cross timelines from mine into yours."
Ami raised a hand to interrupt Kimiko. "But if you gave up the Nijizuishou and the Ginzuishou the help the Princess how do you have powers now?"
"The priest of Elysion," Kimiko said matter-of-factly. The girls, save Rini, stared at her uncomprehendingly.
"Who?" Rei asked.
"Helios..." Rini said. She smiled, but then realized that the other girls had yet to meet him. They stared at her, but she waved her hand dismissing the conversation.
Kimiko nodded and returned to her previous line of thought. "I followed the Comet Senshi here to destroy them. Now that I know what to expect of them, I think we can beat them and save Princess Usagi. I believe that the only way to heal her is with the powers of the all the Senshi and the Ginzuishou."
[Snip]
"Tell us about your time, Eclipse. What are your Sailor Senshi like?"
Eclipse stretched. "Not unlike yours, really. There are a few differences in appearance and attitude, but really they're just alike. Except our Senshi are always all together."
"Well then why couldn't the Outer Senshi prevent the murder of the Inners?" Artemis asked.
Eclipse made a face that clearly said 'No, no! Don't bring that up!' but it was too late. Kimiko whirled on the cats.
"Because Uranus and Neptune betrayed us!"
The cats, and, behind the door, Rei, all looked at Kimiko, shocked. "What do you mean, betrayed you?" Luna asked, puzzled.
Kimiko turned to face the felines, hatred naked in her eyes. "When we went up to the Black Moon satellite for the final battle, we encountered the Death Phantom. He invaded our minds and made us all these promises. Power, riches, love and whatnot if we joined the forces of Darkness. I thought we'd all overcome his lies, but we were wrong.
"After we defeated Diamond and the Death Phantom, things returned to normal. Or so we thought. One day Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru didn't show up for our daily meeting. We didn't think anything of it because they were always rather solitary. Four days later they were still missing. Mars and Mercury set out to find them, but their house was empty. Hotaru still hadn't returned and her mother was devastated.
"Mina-chan and I were heading to the mall when Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune appeared. We were happy at first, but we realized something was wrong. Their eyes were vacant and they bore the symbols of evil. They had joined the side of Darkness, and killed Sailor Saturn to gain the powers of the Silence." Kimiko bowed her head and tears began to flow from her eyes.
"After a long battle, I managed to defeat Sailor Uranus, but Sailor Venus was forced to kill Sailor Neptune. Uranus was so upset she ran herself through with the Space Sword." Kimiko wiped a tear from her cheek. "That's why the Sailors in my time couldn't stand up to the Comet Senshi. Three of them were dead, and Pluto refused to fight because she didn't want to risk leaving the Gates unguarded, not to mention she was the only Outer left."
Rei, hearing this, wiped a tear from her eye. Kimiko seemed so sad. She couldn't believe that Sailors of any time could betray their allies. It all seemed so unreal.
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There was a horrible pounding in Sailor Earth's head. She realized she was lying on the floor and she gingerly pushed herself up on her knees. She rubbed her aching forehead and realized she'd lost her tiara. She opened her eyes and realized all she could see was...nothing. It took Sailor Earth a moment to comprehend the vast emptiness.
"W-where am I," she said out loud to know one in particular.
"The void," said a voice behind her.
Sailor Earth got to her feet, spun around and raised her fists all at the same time. She lowered her fists, though, when she realized that the voice had come from her own mouth. Well, to be more accurate, from the mouth of Gaia Kimiko. The girl standing before Sailor Earth was indeed, herself. A circle with an equal armed cross inside glowed on her forehead.
"The symbol of Earth," Sailor Earth whispered.
"That's right," Kimiko said. "I'm you. Well, I'm a part of you."
"But why am I in 'the void'," Sailor Earth asked.
"Because Mistress Chronos sent you here. She's removed you, us, from time." [Mistress Chronos is the ultimate form of the alternate universe Sailor Pluto who went insane and turned evil because she was forced to guard the time gate.]
"It's not her fault, though, she's being controlled," came another voice from the void. Sailor Earth turned to her left and came face to face with...Sailor Earth. She was wearing the original fuku.
"Controlled by who," Eternal Sailor Earth asked.
"By Tempo, a dark energy that seeks to use time to its advantage." [Shouldn’t that be “Tiempo”?] Eternal Sailor Earth turned to the next voice. This one was wearing a fuku with a rainbow skirt as opposed to the regular red one.
"Super Sailor Earth," Sailor Earth said before Eternal Sailor Earth could ask.
"How many of you...err...me are there?" Eternal Sailor Earth asked no one in particular.
"Just a few more," Kimiko said, pointing over Eternal Sailor Earth's shoulder. Eternal Sailor Earth turned. Behind her there stood a young girl in a white spaghetti-strap dress with rainbow pleats down the front. Beside her was a woman in the same dress but with a golden crown on her head and a sheer bow on the back. And finally, standing beside the other two was another woman, older looking than the last, in, yet again, the same dress. This final woman's dress was different though. It had a red bow on the back and she had what seemed like fairy wings on her back and the symbol of Earth glowing on her forehead.
"We are your past and future incarnations," the young girl said. "I am Princess Kimiko of Earth."
"I am Queen Gaia of Elysion," said the second woman.
"And I am Terra, Goddess of the Earth, your final transformation," the final woman said. Her voice was melodic and almost sounded like bells.
"We are here to help you," Super Sailor Earth said.
"We'll lend you our powers to increase your own and the powers of the other Senshi," added Terra.
Eternal Sailor Earth blinked. It all sounded too unreal. "Are you sure this will work?"
Kimiko walked up to her Eternal counterpart and put a hand on her shoulder. "It has to."
Eternal Sailor Earth nodded Super Sailor Earth and Queen Gaia took her hands. Princess Kimiko stood between Sailor Earth and Kimiko and Sailor Earth took Super Sailor Earth's other hand. Terra took Queen Gaia's hand and Terra and Kimiko closed the circle.
"We are now in the proper formation," said Terra, "starting from Kimiko we are in ascending powers. Now, everyone, concentrate."
All of the girls and women closed their eyes. Slowly they each started to glow with the various colors of the rainbow.
"We are one," they said together. "We are the strength and spirit of the Earth. We shall triumph."
Slowly, starting with Kimiko, each one of the different incarnations lost form and turned into a glowing ball of color. They then melted into Terra's body. When the last one melted in, Terra began to glow with a bright white light.
She opened her eyes and said, "I am Terra. I am the vengeful hand of Mother Nature." She raised her hand in front of her and grabbed at the nothingness. As she pulled her hand away, the void tore and Terra could see through to Mistress Chronos's throne room.
"I will punish all evil," Terra said as she stepped through the hole in the void and materialized in between Sailor Moon and Sailor Pegasus. The Comet Senshi took a step back.
"You should not exist in this world," Terra said. She pointed a finger at Mistress Chronos. "And you have tampered with their lives. I will correct this."
Suddenly the Ginzuishou flew from Mistress Chronos's hands and came to rest in front of Sailor Pegasus. It glowed with a golden light. The white fuku on Usagi's body exploded away, once again leaving her in her regular clothes. The symbol of the Moon began to shine on her forehead.
"And now for the other Senshi," Terra said. She turned around and held out a hand to Sailor Moon. "I need your help," she said.
Sailor Moon stood up shakily and took her hand. When she did, the throne room was bathed in a brilliant silver light. When the light cleared, Usagi and Rini were standing next to Terra in their princess dresses. Behind them stood the other eight Eternal Senshi. They all looked equally confused.
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"NO!" Kimiko screamed as she sat bolt upright in bed. Her breath came in ragged gasps. It took her a moment to realize that she was safe at home. She sighed. She'd been having that same bloody dream for the last four days. And not just at night. She had it during the day too. Whenever she fell asleep there she was getting murdered again. She wouldn't mind so much if it didn't seem so real. She always woke up screaming too. That had caused quite a big uproar in Mr. Coyle's class on Wednesday.
She swung her feet out of bed and padded to the bathroom. She clicked on the light and looked in the mirror. Jeez, she thought, I look terrible. She splashed cold water on her face to wake herself up some more. She clicked on her bathroom radio. As the music filled the bathroom she began to feel better. She hummed along with the radio when the deejay interrupted the song with a news bulletin.
"This just in, ladies and gentlemen," he said, "there has been a robbery in downtown London. Police reports describe the perpetrator is woman in her mid-twenties with black hair and black eyes. The reports say that the woman attacked the police with knives strapped to her fingers. She is considered armed and extremely dangerous. If you see this woman, call the police immediately, do not try to apprehend her yourself."
Kimiko stared at the radio as the music resumed. That was the fifth bulletin she'd heard this week. The crime rate was up. She brushed her teeth and hair and got ready to meet Julie, her best friend, downtown at the mall.
Julie was so cool. She loved to have fun and always made Kimiko laugh. Kimiko chuckled to herself at some inside joke as she got dressed. She put on a black tank top, her favorite pair of black leather pants and black combat boots. She looked herself over in the mirror and decided to put a white dress shirt over the tank top. That looked better. She looked more refined rather than an escapee from a Goth girl band. [That would be Goth Lolita. You just look like a weak biker.] She smiled as she put on a black choker with a silver disc molded to look like the Earth. She paused for a moment and touched the choker. It had been a gift from her father. Kimiko's throat got tight whenever she thought of him.
Alexander Gaia had been an ambassador from Britain to India. He'd died in a car crash there not four years ago. Neither Kimiko nor her mother had been quite the same since.
It was from him that Kimiko got her looks: her bright red hair and emerald green eyes. It was from her mother, who was Japanese, that she got her name and demeanor.
Kimiko shook her head to clear her thoughts. She took one last look in the mirror, grabbed her black leather jacket and headed out the door.