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Soma nodded in agreement |
It did not take long for Minako to find where Michiru had run off to. She only had to follow the screams. When Minako came upon Michiru by a stream outside her and Soma's palace, the Muvian empress was huddled on the ground, clutching her hair and rocking back and forth manically. Few people who knew Michiru back in th... |
Minako knelt beside her old friend. She pulled Michiru to her and cradled her softly. It seemed like an eternity before Michiru could calm herself down to where she could finally speak |
"Did she ever make it? Did she survive the end of the Silver Millennium?" Michiru eeped out softly. |
"I wish I knew." Minako answered. "I tried to keep her safe, like I had promised you I would, but I have no way of knowing if she survived that cataclysm." |
A moment of silence passed before Minako spoke further. |
"Have you ever told Soma?" |
"Yes. I don't think there is anything we *haven't* shared with each other these last five centuries." |
Minako sighed with a smile. |
"It's awesome that you have someone like that in your life now." Minako told her. "You have a whole new family in *this* age, including a new baby daughter, all of whom you seem to have one hell of a bond with, and they're not going to let anything bad happen to you. And neither will I, not this time." |
Michiru smiled and nuzzled herself against her friend even more snugly. |
"Now, you should probably try and get yourself together." Minako finally pushed her. "We probably aren't leaving too good of an impression on our alien guests." |
"Crap! It got away again!" |
Yumiko realized her mothers probably wouldn't appreciate hearing her use such language. It wasn't exactly appropriate for a ten year old. Her mothers probably also wouldn't appreciate her being out and about doing what she was doing right now. But it had to be done |
She glared at the creature as it sped away from her. It was fast, but so was she. And observing its movements was all she needed. She darted after the monster, her own movements mimicking that of her target. |
Within seconds, she caught up to her target, and was even able to get ahead of it to cut it off. She took in her opponent's form. It was like a giant fungal growth being carried along by a multitude of legs. Yumiko wasn't sure if the growths shooting upward from its body were tentacles or spores. |
"I have you now!" Yumiko declared, not caring if the monster understood her or not. |
Her confidence did not waver as the monster decided to stop running and prepared to attack. Like one of her two mothers, she could easily reproduce any attack the monster threw at her. The creature would not get its chance, however. |
A sweet sound filled the air. It was like a string instrument, though one Yumiko did not recognize. The monster began to convulse violently. Its body began to expand, almost bubbling. At last it burst with an explosion of slime that Yumiko barely dodged. |
Hearing a playful chuckle, Yumiko looked upward to nearby rooftop. It was night, so she couldn't completely make things out, but there appeared to be two figures standing there, one drastically taller than the other. It was too dark too get a good view of their features, but smaller one appeared to be a girl about Yumi... |
Before Yumiko could call out to the mystery pair, they vanished like a mirage. Yumiko questioned whether they were just a figment of her imagination. |
She glanced back at the monster's remains. Whatever the case, her job was done. Now, she needed to get back home before her mother found out she was gone. Lady Sasami was a little too protective for anybody's good. |
Yumiko snuck into her room through the window as quietly as she possibly could. Thankfully, it looked like her older sister was still asleep. As she tiptoed to her bed, her assumption proved to be false."Out hunting fungus monsters again, huh?" her sister said, still remain with her back turned to Yumiko."Not so loud!"... |
"These are the enemy you spoke of?" Minako asked the Neptunian shark."Indeed." she answered.Minako's skin crawled as she gazed out at the procession that greeted them. For her companions, the feeling was mutual. Through the blue haze they could make out beings that seemed more like something that would be growing out f... |
One would have expected fungoid beings to worship some incomprehensible eldritch horror as their deity, and it was said that these being did so at one point in their history. Yet, that was not what towered over Michiru and her group as they approached the heart of this temple. Looking down upon them was the statue of a... |
Umi looked out over the ocean glumly. The beauty of the moonlight over the waves did little to ease his sadness. Several weeks had gone by since the disappearance of famed violinist Michiru Kaioh. His idol. It seemed silly to grieve over a girl he did not actually know, but he couldn't help himself. It was too bad that... |
A loud boom like that of a drum woke Usagi from her slumber. |
"What was that?" Luna asked, having also been woken up by the thunderous noise |
A loud "gah!" came from both of them as another boom struck even louder than the previous one. This time, it was followed by sirens. |
"Everybody, get to the harbor now!" Artemis called out to the Senshi from the intercom Usagi placed by her bed. |
The Senshi were all stunned and dumbfounded as they observed a famous movie monster crashing through buildings at the edge of Tokyo's harbor. |
"And, unfortunately, it's not the goofy version of him from the 70s." Rei noted. |
Indeed, the heavy-muscled frame of his body and his height 100 meters showed that this was the Gojira of their modern 1990s. |
"What are we gonna do?" Usagi wondered. "This may be out of our league." |
They all quietly realized that, in their current state of power, the remaining Inner Senshi had no attacks that could hurt the monster. Usagi still wasn't sure of her mastery of the Silver Crystal. And Hotaru's Silence Glave would be too dangerous to use on Earth. Without Soma's Blue Ring, the Glaive's destructive powe... |
They all looked to Setsuna. As before, she was reluctant to use the attack that she knew they wanted her to use. |
"Dark Dome Close is risky." she told them. "Chrono's power over time and space is not to be called upon lightly and I do not know how to open a path to *his* universe." |
"I really wish Yurlun was here." Chibiusa said. |
Setsuna’s lips tightened. She would have to try. She hit her Garnet Rod to the ground. Her eyes closed, and she called out an enchantment to summon Chronos. |
It was not Him who answered. In her mind, Pluto saw them. Slitted reptilian eyes. Though the face was expressionless, she could see venom in those eyes. |
"I don’t think so, mammal.’ The entity spat at her in her mind. |
Setsuna cried out as an unseen force threw her aside. |
"PLUTO!" Usagi cried out. |
The Senshi rushed to Setsuna’s side. Makoto lifted her up. Setsuna quickly got back to her senses. When she did so, a feeling of shock and despair overtook her as she looked at her sacred Garnet Rod. The jewel at its heart had been broken. It was now useless. |
"Nothing can save the city now." Setsuna told everyone with her newfound grief. |
Gojira’s roar echoed through the night as he made his way into Tokyo. |
"My sweet little Nesirie." The spectral voice said to Michiru. "My dearest princess of the waves. You are as beautiful a sight in my eyes in your new life as you were in the past." |
Michiru never thought she’d hear her voice again. Masela Neptune. Queen of Neptune during the Silver Millennium. And the mother of Princess Nesirie Neptune, Michiru in her past life. |
Though Maesla was still not visible to human eyes, Michiru could feel her spectral embrace. It was every bit as warm as she remembered it to be. She felt as if she could melt in her old mother’s arms once more. |
Minako shivered. So many feelings were going through her soul at this moment. She did not know how she should feel now that the infamous and greatly maligned Queen of Neptune, the so-called Sorrow of the Seas, had returned, how she should feel for Michiru, or how she should feel for *herself*. |
Minako felt a hand on her left shoulder. She looked at Soma who stood beside her. Even though the serpent woman was in her snake form, Minako could still see the warmth and care in her eyes. |
"It’s alright, Minako." Soma reassured her. "Go to her." |
Minako glanced at Sekolah, who grudgingly nodded in encouragement. She took a deep breath and meekly made her way to the altar. After a moment of silence, Minako fell to her knees beside Michiru. It was now her turn to feel the Queen’s spectral embrace. |
Princess Venus was known to have engaged in many romances and flings. However, there were only two lovers who truly captured Venus's heart, and she was overwhelmed with emotion to be with both of them again in this moment. |
"Beloved Masela, I never thought you’d return to us." Minako finally said, breaking down with pent up tears. |
Soma stepped forward. While human eyes could not see the ghost, Soma could see her just fine. And she could see the ghost turn her attention towards her. For all the horrible things people believed about this queen during the Silver Millennium, Soma only saw love in the eyes that looked upon her. |
"I am happy you have returned to them, Mother Neptune." Soma greeted the ghost. |
Maesla’s ghost drifted up to Soma. |
"Thank you for loving her, Soma." Maesla told her. "She needed someone like you in her life. I wish you had brought my granddaughter with you so I could see how beautiful She really is." |
There was one more that the Queen wished to thank. The Goddess who gave her daughter new life, and became her mother in this age. Masela looked up to see Sekolah’s disapproving glare. |
"So, Queen, what trouble do you plan to bring in this age?" Sekolah asked, nearly chiding the Queen. |
"I know you do not view me favorably, Shark Mother, but you should know that I love you dearly as my own kin." Maesla said to her. "You have given my girl new life, and I don’t know if I could ever repay you." |
Sekolah noticed that she didn’t answer the question. |
"Listen, Masela, I know our daughter and Princess Venus both mean the world to you and that you’d never deliberately harm them, but certain *things* happened during your reign of Neptune that should not be allowed to happen again." Sekolah declared. "And I sure as the hells will not allow our daughter *or* Minako to be... |
Sekolah and Soma could see pain shoot through the ghost. It was a pain not exactly caused by Sekolah’s words, but from the memories that Her words invoked. |
"And that is why I am calling upon all of you, and why I wish you had brought Jaziria with you." Masela began to explain. "I do not want any of you to get trapped in the middle of what is coming." |
Umi cried as he heard the explosive noise of carnage coming from the shore. He tried to remain afloat in the water, but a part of him questioned whether he should even continue on. His whole world was destroyed now, and he wondered what the point of living was now. |
"Hey, there, don’t give up." A female voice called to him. "She would what you to keep fighting as you always have. |
Umi thought he was hallucinating. It seemed like the waters themselves were rising up before him. No, it was more like a spirit rising from the bay waters. Blue mist took shape, and his jaw dropped. |
"M....Michiru?" he asked weakly. |
No. The girl that stood before him, was too young to be Michiru Kaioh. She looked no older than ten. Still, with that green hair and blue eyes, along with that serene smile, he couldn’t help but be reminded of his lost idol. |
The girl took his hand and began to guide him to the shore. |
Explosions rocked the night as fighter jets launched their missiles at the city’s attacker. Gojira bellowed defiantly as he continued storming inward. In reality, it was silly for the people of this world to assume that their weapons would be any more effective at stopping him than the weapons humans threw at him in hi... |
Usagi rushed home. The other Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn were helping with guiding evacuees from the section of the city Gojira was destroying. If they could not fight the monster directly, at least they would do what they can to help the people in the city. |
Usagi, Rei, and Ami, on the other hand, were concerned about their immediate families. Usagi finally reached her home. The car was gone. |
"Oh no, they’ve already left!" |
"It was a really dumb idea to take the car, Dad!" Shingo shouted. |
"He’s right. We would have done better going foot." Ikuko added. |
It was hard to argue with their logic being stuck in this traffic jam. |
"Alright, let’s get out and..." Kenji began to say. |
He did not get to finish his sentence. They did not know what hit them as a flaming jet crashed not far from the front of their car. The force of the explosion threw their car aside. |
Ikuko did not know how long she was out. When she came to, she found the car on its side. She felt a warm trickle running down her face. She quickly looked around. Kenji and Shingo were unconscious. She could not tell if they were alive or not. |
She wept in despair. First, they did not know where Usagi was or if she was alright. They had no choice but to evacuate without her. And now, the three of them were like this. |
She shivered as a dark shape loomed over them. Gojira stood above towered over their car, the monster not even paying attention to what was below him. Ikuko said a prayer to the Gods that she and her family would be together in Heaven. |
The beautiful sound of a string instrument reverberated in the air. Gojira stopped in his tracks. |
Paying no regard to what may be below him, Gojira paused. A strange melodic sound echoed in the air. That's when he noticed a presence before him. A rival. He readied himself for combat. |
What lumbered out from the shadows was a surprise even to him. The monster towered over him at a whopping 121 meters. It was a new monster to him yet incredibly familiar all at once. |
Gojira was looking in a mirror. Another of his own kind, no, another incarnation of *him*. And his other looked at him with a curled lip as if to sneer at him. |
In a challenge to Gojira, Godzilla leaned forward and let out a wail that was like Gojira’s roar, yet its high pitch shattered glass for miles. |
The battle was on. |
"What is that music?" Hotaru puzzled about to Setsuna. |
All of Tokyo could hear the melody of this string instrument. Like those under the spell of a siren, many almost forgot that the city was under attack by a monster. |
"I would have almost thought that was Michiru, but that is not a violin." Setsuna commented. |
Their attention turned back towards Gojira’s location. |
"It appears that something else has arrived." Setsuna announced. |
Those that watched the face off between Gojira and his other self were puzzled and dumbfounded. Clearly, this was another incarnation of him that arrived, but none of them recognized this one. As the people of this Earth were currently living in the 1990s, so they, and indeed anyone living prior to 2014, would not be f... |
Neither Godzilla’s deafening cry nor his greater size did anything to intimidate Gojira. He had fought foes of such imposing size in the past and had emerged victorious. The only thing that took Gojira aback was how Godzilla seemed to grin at him before launching his attack. |
Gojira’s head cocked back as Godzilla charged at him. Despite his imposing size, Godzilla was far speedier than most foes Gojira faced. And it was enough of a distraction that Gojira did not notice another presence. |
Down below the monsters, Ikuko watched helplessly as the two monsters prepared to fight. As Godzilla launched himself at Gojira, she screamed, thinking she and everyone in the car were about to be crushed. That’s when something yanked their car out of Godzilla’s path. |
Ikuko could hardly catch her breath as she realized the car was being lifted into the air. She continued crying out, as this didn’t exactly ease the terror she had been feeling. |
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