Sailormoon Neo: #7 - Jisei no Fusoku, Neo Sailorsaturn no Zannin na Chikara - A Lack of Control, the Brutal Power of Neo Sailorsaturn - By. Janelle Jimenez (miaka@bishounen.org) Official Webpage: http://www.sailormoon-millennia.net/ [http://bishounen.org/smmillennia/] (Go there for episode translations, character info, latest news, etc etc.) Notes before you read: Shimatta! means 'Damnit!' in Japanese. In Japan, badwords aren't exactly as big deal as they are here. They aren't even really 'bad words'..It's just a cultural thing, I mean, fourth graders say them. Anyway, since certain words offend some of the readers, if I choose to 'cuss', then I'll make sure it's in Japanese. (If ya REALLY wanna know what it means, email me.) Also, in the second scene there are alot of references to the former Sailorsaturn, these are a mix of the manga version and the anime version of the story, coupled with Sailormoon Zodiac references. "SHIMATTA!" Queen Rage screamed as she threw down her wine glass. "I can't believe this! You are so incompetant! ALL OF YOU! This is the worst thing that could happen to us..." she said hysterically, she pulled at her hair, her red eyes raging. "Sailorsaturn has been reborn...just like I remember happened. I was hoping we could have changed that..." she muttered to herself. Gallium raised his eyebrows in confusion, "Queen Rage-sama, what exactly are you talking about?" he asked. "There is no way that I'm going to be able to get the Opaque Prism now that Saturn's alive...do you have any idea the power she posesses?" Queen Rage demanded, she fell back onto her throne and propped her head up on her head, resting her elbow on the arm of the chair. Queen Rage sighed and crossed her leg, she looked thoughtful for a moment. A strange cruel smile formed on her lips, "I want all three of you to go down to Earth." she finally replied, "You want us to WHAT?" Vandium exclaimed, he looked at Gallium warily. He severely disliked Gallium. He would have much rather just gone to Earth with Thulium alone, there were places on Earth he'd love to show her...Earth really was a beautiful planet.. "Your majesty, I don't think that's a very good idea." Gallium said. Queen Rage smiled softly, "Of course it's a wonderful idea...The Sailor Team is very strong now, no thanks to you. I want you three to go down there and get rid of Sailorsaturn. If you don't, you'll come home to a cruel and UNUSUAL execution." Rage said coldly. (Note: BTW, Rage isn't a Japanese name so it isn't pronounced Rah-geh...if you thought that, you are thinking too hard :)) Thulium gulped, the situation was to either die on Earth...or to die here, kill or be killed...but it was doubtful they'd be able to destroy Sailorsaturn. Vandium hestitated for a moment, finally he sighed, "Yes, Queen Rage-sama." * * * * The dark hand reached forward and grabbed Seishi around the neck, she gasped for breath and clawed at the cold hand. "Stop it.." she begged, she reached her hand forward and grabbed a fistfull of hair, pulling the perpretrator's head forward..."Otou-sama?!" Seishi woke up with a start, her skin was damp with sweat. It was all a dream...of course...She slowly got out of bed..how long had she been asleep? Her eyes gazed around her room and stopped upon a sleeping figure... Ryuu. Seishi's eyes widened, why was he in her room? She looked down, she was dressed in bed clothes...she blushed slightly. Had he seen her like this? How long had he been there? Ryuu's eyes suddenly opened, as if he sensed her conciousness. "Sei-chan! You're awake!" He exclaimed, jumping out of his chair. His eyes fell on her body and he quickly turned his head, "AH! Gomen nasai!! (I'm very sorry!!)" he said with a blush, "I should have...er...I..I was just so happy.." he began, "Don't apologize." Seishi replied and climbed back into her bed, pulling the blankets over her. "You can turn around now.." she said, when she was safely under their cover. Ryuu turned around slowly, "As I was saying, I'm glad your awake.." he said, regaining his happiness, "Why are you here? How long have I been asleep?" she asked. Ryuu's eyes looked up at the ceiling and then back at the floor. "You don't remember?" he asked softly. Seishi closed her eyes, thinking back...healing a wound, a fight, transforming...a funeral. Seishi opened her eyes as they filled with tears. That's right, okaa-sama is dead, she thought. "I..I remember.." she whispered and turned her head away from him. She wished she hadn't remembered, she looked at her wrist, the scar that should have been there from when she cut it was gone. She looked at the palm of her right hand, a six-pointed star shined faintly for a moment. "So, you also know that you are Sailorsaturn...aren't you happy?" Ryuu asked, trying to find a bright side in all of it. "Why would I be?" she asked coldly, "I didn't want to be her. I never asked to be her...she died...to give this power to me." Seishi whispered. "Sei-chan..Hotaru-mama wanted it this way. She wouldn't have given her life up to you, if it weren't for a reason." Ryuu said quietly, he held up a book in his hand. "I took this out from the library, Sei-chan, it's the history of the Sailor Senshi..I'm going to go downstairs to the living room, get changed and we'll read it together." he replied and walked out of the room. After getting dressed, Seishu walked down stairs and found Ryuu standing next to a shelf, looking at the pictures that sat there. She noticed in particular he was looking at a picture of herself that was taken rather recently, she was smiling. His hand reached up to touch the picture. Seishi cleared her throat, Ryuu pulled his hand back quickly and turned around. "Good, that didn't take long." he smiled, he walked to the couch and sat down, opening the book on the coffee table before him. Seishi sat down across from in on the floor. "Eto..(let's see..)" he said, flipping through the book. He stopped on a page, "Here we go, Bishoujo Senshi Sailorsaturn.." he said, stopping on a page. It had a picture of a girl that looked almost like Seishi did, dressed up in a Sailorfuku. Ryuu flipped the pages behind it, "Wow, look, there's more pages on her than almost anyone else.." he commented. "Real name, Tomoe Hotaru.." Seishi read, she looked up. "Why hasn't anyone ever come to Mother about this? Why do only the former Senshi know who she is? Is everyone that stupid?" she asked. Ryuu shrugged, "Well, I didn't exactly get this from the public library..I got it from the Crystal Palace Archives.." he said. Seishi raised an eyebrow, she was about to ask how he got in there in the first place, but decided against it. "Sailorsaturn is the Goddess of Ruin. She appeared when the three talismans were brought together to bring the Silence upon the world with the Silence Glaive." Seishi read, looking at the caption underneath the picture. "Sailorsaturn was reincarnated into the form of Tomoe Hotaru on Earth, she was never to be awakened lest the end of the world come. However, she died in a laboratory accident when she was only eight." Ryuu said, looking at the paragraph on her background. Seishi's eyes widened a bit, "Her father, Tomoe Souichi sold his soul to an entity named Mistress 9 to get her back, but he did not know that he was going to be posessed or that Hotaru would be as well. Sailorsaturn was eventually awakened and almost Silenced the world. However, Mistress 9 died, but also, so did Hotaru. But she was reborn and given to Kaiou Michiru, Tenou Haruka, and Meiou Setsuna to take care of. Later, during the Zodiac Wars, she was awakened and then later killed again by Sailor Scorpio." Ryuu said continuing on. "However, once again she was reborn..but this time in a more disturbing way. After awakening Sailor Moon, she was called to the future by Neo Princess Selenity, Sailorsaturn and Neo Sailormoon returned to the past to help defeat the Golden Millennium.." Ryuu finished. He looked at Seishi, "I don't see the relevance to me." Seishi replied. Ryuu looked down, "Wait...Let me finish. There must always be a Soldier of Silence to balance the world from Good and Evil. The next rebirth of Sailorsaturn will be in the form of the former's daughter. She will have powers which are unimagineable at the time of this publication, without a doubt she will also have twice the power of her predecessor." Ryuu read. "Really?" Seishi asked, she really didn't care...but it was still rather interesting. "Wait..." Ryuu said, he read on and looked up, hestitating for a moment, then continued to read with worried eyes. "However, this reincarnation will also inherit the evil of which lay dormant in her mother. This evil will awaken in her and consume her. The prophets tell us that this new Sailorsaturn will be the Soldier of Death, and those whom she loves will undoubtly feel her touch. Once again there will be the Messiah of Silence to bring upon the ruin of Earth." Ryuu looked up at Seishi who had an emotionless look on her face, he cleared his throat, but he could only manage a whisper, "Sei-chan, that's you.." * * * * Kasumi sighed heavily and sat down on one of the swings in the park. She leaned back and swung into the air, back and forth, her eyes gazing at an irrelevant location in the sky. She was running away again. She had just left her house moments ago...to escape. She couldn't take it anymore. This wasn't merely sibling jealousy, it was so much deeper. Nothing she did was ever good enough for anyone but herself. At first she didn't mind, she just let it build up...it grew into a resentment for her family and a hatred for her sister. "But I'm human...I have feelings...I'm not made of ice..." she said to herself. But nothing I do will ever matter to anyone, she thought. "I'll never get a 'we're proud of you Kasumi-chan', I'll never get words of encouragement, I'll never get Morino Ryuu, I'll never be popular, never be beautiful...never be anything...never have any relevance to anyone's life but my own.." Kasumi murmured to herself. She felt warm tears forming. She closed her eyes and opened them, tears catching in her eyelashes and some falling on her cheeks. "But...why...?" she asked. She sighed again and swung higher, some things will remain unanswered... "Kasumi-chan?" said a familiar voice, Kasumi put her feet down to stop swinging. She looked around behind her and her eyes darkened, of course who would interrupt me but Hisakino Karei, she thought angrily. "What do you want?" Kasumi asked. Karei brushed a strand of black hair out of her face and sat down in the swing next to Kasumi. "Megami-chan and your mother and father are worried about you..." Karei replied, she tried to ignore Kasumi's rudeness. She could never understand why Kasumi was always so cold to her, she didn't think she had ever done anything wrong, per se...well, before they became Sailor Senshi, she didn't think she had done anything to her. "Why would they care.." Kasumi muttered, she lowered her head and looked to the dirt ground. Karei was silent, tears filled Kasumi's eyes. She looked up abruptly, "You can't think of why they would care, can you!" she shouted, her anger quickly died away. Karei's face looked frightened, her eyes were full of terror. "Something..terrible is going to happen. There's evil around us, Kasumi-chan, someone is going to die.." Karei whispered. Kasumi reached into her pocket and pulled out her henshin wand. "I don't think transforming is going to save this person.." Karei answered. "Well, if it's going to be me, I'm NOT dying without a fight." Kasumi snapped, she raised her henshin wand to the sky, "MERCURY COSMIC POWER, MAKE UP!" she shouted. Karei stood up as well and raised her red henshin wand to the sky, "Mars Cosmic Power, Make UP!" she exclaimed. They both quickly transformed. Neo Sailormercury heard a clapping coming from in front of her. Three figures slowly materialized, Neo Sailormars instantly recognized them. Vandium, Gallium, Thulium. "Good show, ladies." Vandium sneered. "No one has to die, not any of you at least. We're looking for one girl, and one girl alone." Thulium replied. She found it rather annoying how infantile Vandium and Gallium could be. "Although, I wouldn't mind destroying all of you, Queen Rage ordered us not too." she added. "And who exactly is it that you want to destroy? What makes you think we'll let you?" Sailormars demanded. "Only one girl. Shino Seishi, Neo Sailorsaturn...and why wouldn't you give her to us? If you don't, Lord and Lady 9 will just get her and assimilate her into their useless cause." Thulium replied. "Seishi...why does everyone want her?" Neo Sailormars asked, it was more of a rhetorical question that one that seriously deserved an answer, but Gallium answered anyway. "Simple. She is by far the strongest of you Sailor Senshi on this planet, in this system, perhaps in our entire galaxy, and one of the strongest in the Universe. The Tau Ceti want to tap into this power, we simply want to abolish it." "Enough of this. AQUA ICE PURIFICATION!" Neo Sailormercury shouted, sending the icy ball around all three of the villains. The ice surrounded all of them, Gallium yawned and waved his hand over the ice. It instantly disappeared, "It's not going to be so easy, this time." Thulium said. She raised her hand and a gust of wind blew roughly, then materialized into a long green ribbon of air which flew towards Sailormars and Sailormercury and wrapped around both of them tightly. "Ah, look at you all tied up...like a birthday present for me." Vandium said with a perverse look on his face. Thulium rolled her eyes, "Just tell us where Shino Seishi is and you'll live. Otherwise, you'll die." she said to Neo Sailormars and Neo Sailormercury simply. "She doesn't have to tell you anything." a voice said from above Thulium and the rest. Vandium and Gallium looked above their heads and saw a female standing on a tree branch almost directly above them. Vandium's eyes just about fell out. "Crescent Eclipse!" she shouted, and threw a golden crescent moon at the two tied Senshi, it cut free their bindings then headed towards Vandium, striking him on the head. Neo Sailor V jumped down from her position and stood with Mercury and Mars, "That's what you get, you pervert." she muttered. She flipped her long blonde hair over her shoulder, "In the name of the Victorious Moon, I will punish you!" she said pointing to the three villains before her. "I think you already did.." Vandium muttered, rubbing his head. Thulium's eyes raged and she let out a cry of frustration. "I've had enough of this! I don't care what Queen Rage says, kill them all!" she ordered. A ball of lightning appeared between Vandium's hands which he threw at the three Neo Senshi. "FIRE BOMB!" Neo Sailormars shouted, blowing a kiss which turned into a ball of flame that then exploded near his feet. The ball of lightning continued to fly towards the three Senshi, but suddenly there was a flash of a cape. "Chikuso, not another of these imbeciles." Thulium said pulling at her hair in frustration. Jupiter Kamen stood up and brushed the dust off his cape. He had jumped in and protected the three Senshi just in the nick of time. "It's four against three now, there's no way you'll win." Jupiter Kamen said cooly. "Oh won't we?" Thulium asked raising her eyebrows, she smirked gently. The wind surrounding them began to pick up violently. The trees rained leaves upon the Sailor Senshi. There was a clap of thunder, four bolts of lightning cut through the thick air and struck down four confused Senshi. Screams filled the air, four bodies fell to the ground. "Idiotic fools." Thulium muttered, kicking aside Neo V's leg so she could walk between the bodies. She leaned down and kissed Jupiter Kamen's cheek, "If all of them are as weak as these children, then Neo Sailorsaturn won't be as difficult as I originally feared." "You'll reverse that statement shortly." said a cold voice. A chill ran up Thulium's spine, there was only one voice left that this could be. She turned around slowly and met the cold violet eyes of Neo Sailorsaturn, standing behind her was Neo Sailormoon. "Now, it's six against three. In the name of the Neo Moon, I will punish you all!" Sailormoon exclaimed pointing at the three villains. "Ah. Shino Seishi, exactly who we were looking for." Thulium said, ignoring Moon. Thulium stood up slowly, Saturn's cold eyes following her every move. "No one will die, if you surrender yourself to us." Thulium replied. Sailorsaturn smiled slowly, cruelly, "You really believe that we are so stupid to think that once you've killed me you'll leave Earth alone?" Saturn asked. Thulium frowned slightly, "If you won't go willingly, we'll take you by force. Let me put it that way." Thulium said icily. "Is that a threat?" Saturn asked. Thulium's eyes darkened, she motioned for Gallium and Vandium to attack. Neo Sailorsaturn raised her right palm and held it before Thulium, a six-pointed star glowing brightly. "SATURN! NO!" Neo Sailormoon screamed, she leaped forward and brought Saturn's hand down. Neo Sailorsaturn glared at Moon harshly and shoved her away. She raised her left hand and a long staff appeared in her hands, at the end was a deadly sharp blade. The Silence Glaive. She twirled it expertly and brought the blade down, stopping just inches away from slicing Neo Moon's head off. "Stay out of this." Saturn replied, "Saturn, no. I'm the leader of the Sailor Team. You can't kill them, they can be healed...they're human!" Moon pleaded. Neo Sailorsaturn moved the Silence Glaive away, "I don't HAVE to listen to you. I could destroy everyone if I desired to do so." Saturn answered, narrowing her eyes. Neo Sailormoon was stunned, what Saturn said was very true. There wasn't any possible way to stop her if they wanted to. There wasn't any possible way to control her... But to think that she would blackmail the Team with that fact... "Fools! Kind hearted fools.." Thulium laughed, the wind began to pick up violently. Thunderclapped in the distance, a bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere, cut through the air and split in half, striking both Neo Sailormoon and Neo Sailorsaturn. Thulium laughed and commanded the wind to blow the smoke away, Moon was unconcious...but Saturn still stood. She had raised her Glaive in the nick of time which channeled the electricity around her. Her eyes were glowing bright purple, there was a dangerous aura surrounding her. She jumped into the air faster than anyone could see and fell towards the ground in a purple flash. She twirled her Silence Glaive, Thulium predicted that Saturn would strike her with the weapon and moved away. Neo Sailormoon coughed and slowly sat up, her eyes widened in fear, "Noo..Saturn...don't..." she whispered. Sailorsaturn ignored Moon's words, the Silence Glaive disappeared from her left hand. She was moving to fast for anyone to see much of anything but a blur of purple, by now the rest of the Neo Senshi were concious. Sailorsaturn flashed before Thulium's face, Thulium shivered...Saturn was wearing a cold smile... "I underestimated her...she tricked me, she was never going to use the Glaive. And now for my misjudgement, I am going to die.." Thulium whispered, she felt a hand touch her abdomen and she cried out in surprise. "NO! SAILORSATURN! I COMMAND YOU TO STOP!" Neo Sailormoon screamed and jumped up to stop Saturn. Neo Sailorsaturn smiled cruelly at Thulium, "Silence Death Song." she whispered, her hand which lay on Thulium's abdomen glowed with purple light, Thulium shrieked in horror. She pulled away from Saturn and fell back, incinerating as she fell. Neo Sailormoon stopped and collapsed to her knees, tears filled her red eyes. "No...I..I can't believe you...How could you be so CRUEL?!" she shouted at Sailorsaturn. Saturn said nothing, she turned to Vandium and Gallium who looked at the burning body of Thulium helplessly. Gallium's face was filled with anger, "I'll destroy you..I swear it.." he cried as both he and Vandium disappeared. The wind blew gently and the body of Thulium stopped burning, it disintigrated into a pile of dust that was picked up by the wind and blown away. "How...How...could you? She was human...she could have been saved.." Neo Sailormoon stuttered, she was in total shock. Sailorsaturn gave her a small glance, "Save your friends before you worry about saving enemies." she answered after a moment. Sailormoon moved her eyes over her hurt friends, "I order you to never do anything like that again! It's wrong! It's barbaric and inhumane. It's murder!" Moon said firmly. Neo Sailorsaturn gazed at her, a shadow falling over her body as she detransformed back into Shino Seishi. "It's a survival of the fittest, Sailormoon. They wouldn't have cared if they killed you, so you shouldn't care that you killed them. It's kill or be killed." She replied and began to walk down the path out of the park. She then stopped and slowly turned around, her violet eyes looking emotionless, "In this game, the strong survive and the weak die...You, Sailormoon, are weak."