Miru 
by Black Beyond
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	The battle stopped as everyone turned to 
stare at me as the lights began to build up, 
swirling around me furiously. I hacked away at 
them, telling them to hurry. I needed to assist 
them...
	And there I was. Even the Elder Senshi, 
even Neo Sailor Moon, who had seen it before, was 
standing memorized.
	"I *am* the messengar from the depths of 
death. Carrier of the protection of the planet of 
ruin, Saturn. The soldier of Silence, Sailor 
Saturn!" I could feel the raw power inside the 
glaive, awaiting my command.
	So, I gave it.
	"Silence Glaive Apply!" I sent a wave of 
power rippling over the ground, passing harmlessly 
under the senshi, only to slam into the army of 
demons with such force it threw us all back.
	I noticed that they crumbled like a 
smashed sandcastle against it.
	It clicked. They could protect themselves 
from attacks they were used to... like bugs and 
pesticides... 
	"They can form a resistance against your 
attacks!" Elder Mercury screamed at the same time. 
She held up her hands. "Mercury Aqua Illusion!" A 
diiferent attack flew at the few youma left.
	"Shabon Spray Freezing!"
	"Crescent Beam Shatter!"
	"Fire Soul Bird!"
	"Supreme Thunder Dragon!"
	"Silence Glaive Apply!" I had a good idea 
that they didn't *want* to form a resistance 
against my attack simply because they were afraid 
of what I'd pull out next.
	They really didn't want to see what else I 
had. Insert evil villian laugh here, please.
	Now there was nothing but a mountain of 
dust that was slowly disappearing as the wind 
swept it away.
	That went unnoticed to the Neo senshi, who 
were staring at me like my skin had suddenly 
turned green.
	Uh oh.
	"Heh heh.... Hi, guys. Princess. So... I 
saw you guys getting canned, so I thought, hey, 
why not help out a little..." Big long, 
uncomfortable pause. 
	"I'm in trouble, aren't I?"

~**~



	"It was *after* the youma appeared!"	
	"But still, you were told not to..."
	"What are you going to do, take away my 
henshin wand?"
	"Probably!"
	"You can't. I'm Sailor Saturn."
	"Not really. Not yet. We have no proof 
that any of the Neo-Senshi are senshi until your 
marks surface!"
	"But I kicked butt out there. They would 
have been dead meat."
	"It doesn't matter."
	"But Serenity!"
	"No buts."	
	"It doesn't matter that I probably saved 
your daughter's life?"
	"No."
	"Oh, I'm sure she'll be thrilled to hear 
that."
	"Miru..."
	"Serenity, no. You don't understand. All 
my life... these dreams and feelings of something 
I've never been able to identify have always been 
there, and finally, I get something that doesn't 
let it all come out but a little, just so that I 
don't go out of my mind, and you're telling me it 
may not be mine and not to use it!"
	"Dreams? Feelings?" Luna pipped up. "What 
kind of dreams? What kind of feelings?"
	I went pale. Oops, did I say that? 
	Busted, Miru. 
	"Just dreams. I'm inside other's minds... 
I can see everything, their hopes and worries. 
I've done it a few times when I'm awake, too. And 
feelings of... I don't know how to say it..."
	"Of what?" The cat pressed.
	"Of something hidden beneath everything 
else! It's like the whole universe, only not, 
because it's just so much... I guess power, and I 
don't know how to say it. But it's all packed 
down. When you told me to say the words, there 
were the words I said, and a different set of 
words. That's why I asked. And I just don't know 
anything anymore! Just when I think I've got 
everything figured out there's something else 
thrown at me and I JUST DON'T KNOW ANYMORE!"
	"What words, Miru?" Luna asked gently.
	"Words."
	"Say them."
	"I couldn't. They're transformation words. 
I don't even know if they work."
	"Try them, then." Serenity was curious 
now.
	"Alright." I held up the transformation 
wand.
	"FOREVER CENTURY MAKE *UP*!"

~**~


	At first, nothing happened. Not a thing. 
Just the slightest of glimmers.
	And a mark appeared on my forehead. 
Serenity descirbed it later as an infinity sign 
with an arrow weaving through it.
	Silence.
	And then, everything was on fire. 
	Or, at least, I was. I was on fire. I 
could actually feel it burning me, charring my 
skin, and I could see Serenity scream.
	And then the flames began to build up, 
higher and higher, and there wasn't any pain 
anymore. Just power. The fire swirled around me, 
and then imploded, falling back towards me. 
Forming my fuku. Changing me. Turning me into a 
being that at that moment was stranger than any 
before. 
	There was a crack of thunder in the sky as 
the lights disappeared.
	It was the same fuku, expect instead of 
red, my eyes were green. I knew it without 
looking. I knew that they were a pure green. As 
pure as the blood that had been there before. And 
not regular green. Not the emerald color of Mako-
chan's; not the cloudy, mixed-with-blue of 
Haruka's. They were bright, neon, almost-but-not-
quite glowing green, the kind you'd find on those 
plastic blow-up alien dolls. My hair was 
different, and in place of the normal hair that 
had been there before, it was fushia. No other 
color fit, but fushia. Later, I would be told it 
was just a tad more pink and just a little more 
purple than the infamous Chibi-Chibi's. It was 
longer, too, reaching about half-way down my back.
	I was different. I felt the true power 
that was mine rushing through my viens, and I knew 
that nothing could be more wonderful, more 'right' 
than that feeling. That feeling was what mattered. 
The feeling of utter calm and peace, the feeling 
that everything was alright.
	Four words begged to be spoken. 
	"I am Sailor Century."
	There was silence. The worst kind of 
silence that is louder than any noise, the silence 
that fills your ears and makes you wish something 
could take it away.
	"Luna. Explain." Serenity's eyes were 
locked on me. Only me. And nothing else.
	"Sailor Century..." Luna was dumbfounded, 
frightened out of her mind, and I knew it. I felt 
it. I could sense the fear in the air.
	"A being of mists and thunder, the 
Imperial Sailor Century." A new voice said, and I 
turned to see Sailor Pluto, Hotaru at her side. 
"The one with the immortal powers of Death and 
Life, Healing and Destruction. Her coming means 
the peace of the world, the Neo Sailor Saturn, the 
Original Sailor Century!" Her words rang through 
the room.
	"I'm only supposing you knew about this, 
Sailor Pluto." Serenity sighed, standing up to 
greet her friends.
	"I do. I did. The youma attack was 
unfortunate, and true, they would have failed if 
she had not taken action. But now, the initial 
attack is over."
	"Serenity, The people will have heard 
about the attack. They will have heard of the Neo 
Senshi. Perhaps it is time for us to introduce 
them to Crystal Tokyo."
	"If you think it wise, Luna." Serenity 
nodded. "Sailor Century-- uh-- turn back into 
Sailor Saturn and go tell the Elder Senshi to come 
here. You can go now."
	"Yippee!" I transformed into Saturn, 
albeit a little annoyed at the lack of strength, 
and ran and told the Elder Senshi.
	And then, I had a date to catch.

~*~*~*



	I went as Miru. The shock of fulling 
returning to human was a bit severe, but I was 
used to it by the time I found the cafe again. I 
bumped into Fuji just as he was going in.
	"Hey, Fuji-san." I said, as he led me to a 
booth. We ordered chocolate shakes and then turned 
to me intently.
	"Let me guess-- you want to hear about the 
activity lately."
	"Yup-- and the atack yesterday."
	"Geesh. Alrighty. Well, actually, there's 
nothing to worry about. They received a tip-off 
from some old friends of theirs, and yesterday 
they finally got truth of it. But it was perfectly 
alright, because the senshi took care of it."
	"I heard there is a new crop of senshi."
	"Yup. They are called the Neo Sailor 
Senshi. And that's all I can tell you-- but don't 
worry. The Senshi and King are returning to 
Crystal Tokyo and are holding a ceremony to 
introduce the Neo Senshi."
	"I don't suppose you could give me any 
info..."
	"Nope." I didn't know yet if they were 
going to tell the people that there was indeed a 
new Sailor Saturn. The thought of two Sailor 
Saturns was spooky.
	"Is there a new senshi for every old 
senshi?"	
	"Yup."
	"Is there a Neo-Sailor Pluto?"
	"Pluto? Not that myth again. Nope. No Neo 
Sailor Pluto." We were told that pluto had to 
remain a very top secret. Don't ask me why.
	"What about Neo Sailor Saturn?"
	"Why do you want to know?"
	"The people have a right to know if there 
are two senshi of destruction."
	"Destruction? Saturn is not about 
destruction! She can heal and is a very nice 
person. WHy everyone's afraid of her is beyond me, 
because she's not allowed to destroy the world. 
She wouldn't go against a direct order from 
Serenity!"
	"Alright Alright.. geesh. What about the 
Queen's new bodygaurds?"
	"You'll see everything at the ceremony. 
I'm supposing she'll introduce them. Endymion 
won't be very happy, but hey! He'll agree or, in 
the words of her highness, 'He'll be sleeping on 
the couch'."
	"You seem to know the Queen very well."
	"Nope. I hear things."
	"Ah. About how old are these Neo Senshi."
	"My age. Sixteen, Fifteen, Seventeen."
	"Do you know any of them?"
	"That's not a fair question, Mr. Burnett. 
If I said I did, you'd hound me for info. If I 
said I didn't, then you'd still hound me for info. 
I resign from answering."
	"You're pretty smart for a teenager."
	"And flattery will get you no-where."
	"Miru! Miru!" Yumi burst in, her face 
panicked. And Yumi doesn't naturally panic. So of 
course, I did the natural.
	I panicked.
	"Yumi, what's wrong?" I asked. She pulled 
me close to whisper in my ear.
	"Small Lady has fallen into a coma." 
	If I was panicked before, it was nothing 
from what I felt right now. Adreniline was going 
through my system at twenty thousand miles an 
hour.
	"Yumi, let's get out of here. See you 
later, Fuji. Family crisis." We ran out of the 
cafe, into the alleyway, henshined, and ran back 
out, not caring who saw us. And believe me, two 
unknown senshi running through the foot-traffic 
like the hounds of hell are at our heels attracts 
a lot of attention.
	"How long has she been in a coma?"
	"A few hours. You left your communicator 
at the palace. I had Tenshi figure out where you 
were, and then I came after you."
	"Do you know why?"
	"No one does! Serenity is ready to kill! 
She's contacted Endymion. Venus and Jupiter are 
going to pull off a teleport with him."
	"I'm going to murder the person who did 
this."
	"Rei thinks it's someone inside the 
palace."
	"Not for long. When I get my hands on 
them..."
	"I know. Come on!" We rushed through the 
palace to Small Lady's room, where Ami and Tenshi 
were bent over the princess, working like mad. The 
Queen was pacing back and forth while the pair was 
told by Neko that there were senshi at every 
single door and all the windows on groud floor. 
The only people in the palace were the senshi.
	"Miru, you're to go to the front entrance 
with Elder Saturn. She says to power up, whatever 
that means. Yumi, Mars is at the back entrances. 
You're to go there. See you." She ushered us out, 
and only then did I notice that Elder Neptune was 
kneeling over the princess behind Ami.
	They've got each pair looking over 
something.
	"See you later, Mars." I shouted over my 
shoulder to Yumi as I headed for the front doors. 
I'd almost gotten there when I remembered Neko's 
words. I ducked into an empty room and henshined 
into Sailor Century, and took the opposite side of 
the doorway from Saturn.
	"This is bad, isn't it, Hotaru?" I asked.
	"It is. Endymion and the others arrived a 
few seconds ago. We have to find out was has 
caused the Princess to do this. We may need her 
help." She answered, her eyes gazing intently over 
the walkway before us. 
	"When I get my hands on whoever did this, 
they will not be having a nice day." I growled, 
tensing as a woman passed in front of the gates.
	"There will be a lot of questions. Haruka 
sent everyone but us away from the palace. All the 
servants and advisors. Everyone. That in itself 
will be enough."
	"Will the ceremonies be tomorrow?"
	"Yes. But the Queen will not be present. 
If there's an attack on the crown then they must 
be protected above all costs."
	"I will not be presented?"
	"Yes. But only as Neo Sailor Saturn."
	I didn't know what to say to that. Was it 
good or bad they were keeping my true form as 
Sailor Century a secret? Probably. Because then we 
would have a surprise factor if we needed it.
	"What are our orders?" I asked.
	She sent me a quick grin before answering.
	"We're supposed to stop anyone from 
entering the palace and if they refuse to stop, in 
the words of Haruka, 'Take 'em out."
	We found this outragously funny. We were 
fit to be tied by the time we were able to take 
control of ourselves, Saturn noticed a man 
entering the large, golden harp-like gates of the 
palace. 
	We waited patiently as the man approached.
	"Halt." I ordered, when he was right in 
front of us. "Who are you? What business do you 
have in the palace?" Saturn added.
	"I'm here to see the Queen." He answered. 
His face was vaguely familar to Saturn and I both.
	"I'm sorry. We're both under strict orders 
not to let anyone into the palace, sir. We must 
ask you to leave."
	"I'm afraid it is quite urgent." The man 
said. There was something off-- not quite human in 
his eyes.
	I saw it.
	"Sir, we are under orders. We have 
permission to take action. Please leave!"
	"Who are you, anyway? You're not one of 
the senshi." He directed his attention to me. 
	"That is not your concern." I answered. 
Who was he? I purposely moved my glaive into the 
sunlight to show him I meant business. "Leave 
now."
	"Century! Saturn! It's okay. I asked him 
to come." Serenity said from behind us.  We let 
her through to see him.
	"Rigel, this is Sailor Century. And of 
course you know Sailor Saturn."
	"That's where I know you from!" Saturn 
said. "You're that magi from the Silver 
Millenium."
	"Over my head." I muttered. Silver 
Millenium? Who knows?
	"Yes. He has come to look at Chibi-usa." 
Serenity, and then I noticed she was carried 
herself like she was in a dream. And Chibi-usa? 
	I was silent as Rigel was led into the 
palace. Saturn turned back to her post, and said 
quietly as an explanation, "Chibi-usa is what the 
princess was called when she traveled into the the 
past."
	"Oh." 
	It was silent, all the way to sundown. I 
was surprised that I didn't feel tired. I supposed 
it was the adreniline. I was ready for anything.
	Even Saturn's head began to droop, and 
finally, the slow methodic breathing told me I was 
alone. I figured that most of the Elder Senshi 
were probably asleep, with the Neo Senshi awake 
for action.
	I got confirmation of that theory as my 
communicator went off, turning itself on for a 
seven-way link.
	"Miru, is Saturn asleep too?" Otome asked 
me.
	"You betcha." I answered. I was glad that 
they couldn't see me through the watch. "She 
drifted off a while ago. Are all the other sleep 
too?"
	"All the Elders." Hiko answered.
	"That's bad. I mean, the palace is up to 
us to gaurd. Us and the Starlights." Iku corrected 
herself.
	"We'll do." Yumi said.
	"Where's Neko?" I asked.
	"Up in The Room. With Neptune. And you can 
be sure that neither of them are asleep." Tenshi 
said. I heard a murmur of agreements. "I can't 
believe this is happening."
	"I wish it had been me instead of the 
princess." Otome said darkly. 
	"Maybe it's natural." I said hopefully.
	"Doubt it. Too big of a coincidence. We've 
got an attack, a debut tomorrow, and she goes into 
an unexplainable coma?" Yumi punched through that 
theory.
	"It's awful. I'm a bit relieved, though. 
Up there, she's got four people standing over her. 
Nothing can happen to her." Hiko said.
	"But what if we need Neo Sailor Moon?" Iku 
asked.
	"We won't. I'm allowed to fight now, and 
the Elder Senshi are back, all of them, and we've 
got the added helped of the Starlights." 
	"Why weren't you allowed to fight before, 
Miru?" Iku asked.
	"Pluto had a crazy theory that the enemy 
was tied to my transformation-- but she was wrong. 
Not that wrong, but still wrong. So I'm allowed to 
kick butt." I looked up to see a trio walking down 
the pathway to the castle. "Guys, I've got 
company. See you." The communcator went off and I 
woke Saturn.
	"What business do you have here?" Saturn 
asked them. I stepped back into the shadows.
	"We'd like to speak to Princess Usagi." 
The woman said.
	"That's impossible. I must ask you to 
leave." She answered. 
	They remained, staring her down. I was 
getting angry.
	"Who are you?" She asked, after a long, 
deafening silence. They grinned evilly. At that 
split second, I knew they were trouble.
	I was right. They began to metamorph, and 
then, instead of three more or less normal looking 
Crystal Tokyo citizens, there were three very ugly 
youma.
	"We can take 'em." I whispered, stepping 
out so they could see me. My golden glaive was 
already in the air by the time they registered my 
presence.
	"Silence Glaive Apply!" Saturn screamed, 
knocking them back as the words to my attack 
flashed in my mind.
	"Death Ribbon Entangle!" I moved forward, 
my glaive glowing with a dark light, slicing one 
of the three to dust as Saturn finished of 
another.
	We didn't have to destroy the last youma. 
A fireball blew past us and incinerated it. Saturn 
turned around to see which Mars was there.
	"Yumi!" She exclaimed.
	"You said company, so Rei-chan sent me to 
make sure everything was okay." She explained. 
"That was a nasty youma."
	"No kidding." I said. "Thanks for your 
help, Yumi-chan."
	"Hey, it's Sailor Mars, remember?" She 
waved two fingered style and vanished back inside 
to wherever her post was-- the back entrances, I 
think.
	"Miru, you should power down. I don't 
think Yumi noticed, but Sailor Century has to be a 
secret." Saturn said. 
	"Saturn Planet Power Make up!" I shouted, 
and felt the slightly restricting powers return, 
and my features return to normal. 	
	Thankfully, we had no more trouble that 
night.

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End Part 4

-Black Beyond