Justine's Memoirs chibahana pg Chibahana@aol.com chapter 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 10- How We Rescued Darien and Got Rid of Beryl Well, I should say I wasn't surprised that Darien didn't follow his brother after killing Lea and hurting Serena, but it was obvious that he had been brainwashed quite fully and Hiro had his memories masked. As I said, I wasn't very surprised. I was actually glad. This way I could find out how to make a revenge sweet enough to destroy the Negaverse and then get Darien back. The scouts agreed with this entirely. As I had said in chapter nine, Darien wouldn't be easy to get back and I should know. I had to do this one time already. Let me tell you about a few times we almost had him back. The girls wanted to go to a ski resort for a contest. Lea was getting better and Hiro and I wanted to get out in the snow, so we all decided that we would go up there. The real reason I went was to help Hiro keep an eye on Lea because of her back, and I knew this contest was a trap to get the crystal halves away from Sailor Moon and Sailor Sun. I wanted to make sure that both princesses remained safe from the slimy claws of Beryl and Malachite. I wanted the crystal halves safe also. The reason I wanted the girls to be saved first was because they were the people I cared for the most. I cared about the scouts too, but the princesses would be the destiny of Earth and the Sun. I really wanted the girls alive. They were my only hope of being with Nephlyte ever again. If they didn't live, I didn't. If they didn't eat, sleep, or talk, neither did I. I would die for them. Well, on with the story. Now, Darien was really being stupid when he tried to go up against my power, but he didn't know any better because he was working for the Negaverse. They had taken everything that was right out of his head. Well, he really didn't go up against just me. More like Lea, Hiro, Raye, Serena and I. We may not have gotten him back at that time, but he was starting to remember. Then there was the time Darien saved Serena at the skating rink. He didn't think it was saving her, he still did though. Then there was this time when Lea, Serena, and I went to this really neat resort. And who should be there, but the guy we wanted back. Darien. He was there because he had somehow found a way to get an enemy from the water. Well, we again almost got him back , but yet again failed. After that I went to the Negaverse to find out what they would pull next. Well, I wasn't disappointed. Beryl was planning on getting the seven rainbow crystal carriers together so she may be able to create the Invincible Shadow, and was using the same I knew I couldn't let that happen, so I whisked off to tell the girls. Apparently, Lea and Hiro had done the same thing at the same time. She had told the girls what she had heard. I wanted to have a small argument with her, but we really didn't have much time for that at the moment. Well, we, again almost got Darien back. This time Sailor Moon had healed him, but we were too slow in retrieving him and Beryl transported him back to the Negaverse, before we could revive him. At least iit set her back so we could fool her a little. Since the fooling Beryl doesn't have anything to do with saving Darien, I might as well skip that part. The really important parts are right here. Luna had gone to the arcade to talk to Command Central about fighting Beryl. Command Central told her there would be a portal to the Negaverse inside a coffee shop. After we decided to do what Central Command told us to do(which was go through a porthole to the Negaverse), we took the chance to and we definitely found something. Actually, we found someone. Malachite. The one guy I really wanted to kill, stood before the scouts and I. I gave him an angry look, but he just looked at me with one of his evil smiles. "Good evening, Princess Justine," he hissed. "Malachite," I growled, "give Prince Darien to us now. We won't be to happy if you don't follow our orders." "And your orders mean everything to me, Princess," Malachite said in a sarcastic tone. "I am not the princess anymore. I am the Masked Defender, and you are gonna get dusted, Malachite," I shouted at him. I threw a laser at him, which he so elegantly blocked and threw right back at me. It hurt, but not badly enough to kill me. "Justine, you and the scouts are no match against the Negaverse, so just let me take those crystal halves off the princesses hands. It will much easier for you to lead a normal life, and once you let me have what I want, I will not hurt you or your little friends." "We will never live a normal life if the Negaverse is ruling our every move, so I don't think you're getting these crystal halves. Just try to get them. You won't be too happy when you end up the loser." We fought for a bit until Malachite threw our weapons right back at us. That's when the crystal halves did something very strange. First Mal almost got them but it disappeared before he could get to it. Then it took us to a very familiar place. Well, as familiar as I remembered it in ruins. It was the Moon Kingdom. I knew that any minute I would be seeing three people who probably wanted me to hang from the tallest tree in the world. I was very nervous. I was talking to Lea about something when I felt three people in back of me. It was King Tranquil, Queen Serenity, and Prince Luc. "Justine, you aren't going to get away with this one," said Luc, kind of smirking at me. This is going to be a very painful punishment, I thought. "Don't think of punishment right now, Justine," said Queen Serenity, "you are needed more than ever for my daughter's and niece's well being." "Who are you?" asked Serena, "Where are we? Why have you brought us here?" "You haven't changed a bit Serena, still asking a million questions. Just as curious as a kitten. Well, I am not surprised you don't remember us. That's how my brother I arranged things. I am your mother, Queen Serenity, and this is your uncle, King Tranquil." The girls stood there with there mouths hanging open. "You're our parents?!!!!" The two exclaimed in unison. I was still backed up in a corner. I hated seeing them again in the form they had been in when they died. It was so easy to be on the right side of the tracks, I thought to myself, why did I have to go to the other side and make things go the wrong way. I wanted peace, not war. "Justine," said Tranquil, "I want you to do as you have been doing lately. You have been surviving your punishment well enough to be able to be with us again." "Justine," said Lea, "what is he talking about?" "When I was reborn I was cursed to see Nephlyte again lose him and to protect you. I don't think the protecting part was punishment because I really enjoy saving you. I want you to remember when I was about to resign from being on the Sun King's army, and then the Negaverse attacked." "I don't remember that," Lea said starting to break down. "Here, let us help you with that," said the king, and the two showed us a vision I had seen before and remembered. "Once there was a time where everyone was happy. The moon and sun were the happiest places of all. There were parties every night. Princesses, we were teaching you to follow in our footsteps, but you had fallen in love with 2 young men from Earth. You looked at Earth every night," said Queen Serenity. All of a sudden I saw myself running with Princess Lea and going through all of it again. I almost fainted from the torture when I saw Neph again. So wonderful and handsome and witty. I was really detesting this whole scenario. Why must I go through this all over again? I thought to myself. "Because of what you did," whispered Luc, who was standing next to me. I wanted to kill him, but I remembered he was already dead. I was then staring at another sight. Nephlyte was lying next to my dead figure. He was trying to revive me or something. I wanted to touch him but I was afraid that it would ruin the whole picture of it. I was just wishing it wasn't in a battle that he ended up with me in his arms. Once that was over we were sent back to the present "They did this to save us," said Jupiter. "They sure did," said the cousins. "Well lets get going then," said Malachite who had appeared out of nowhere. "Malachite, on behalf of the Moon and the Sun Princesses I will get you for all you did to us. Sun Aide Power!" I transformed into my past self. I was very happy to be in my strongest of all forms at that point in time. I then got out my dagger that Neph had given to me when I had first come to Earth for our first date. Okay, I thought, I can probably use this when the princesses use their wands. I was ready to fight. Malachite, of course, had something up his sleeve. He had given the cats a bit of a beating up before we had come back. Mina, Serena, and Lea immediately tried to save their cats. It was strange how all the blondes had cats that talked. Well, as it turned out, we got Malachite and then we were off to kill the queen of all sleaze. The next day, Lea, Serena, the Scouts, Masked Tuxedo and I, as the Masked Defender, went to a very cold climate where we were almost beaten. What can I say? The Doom and Gloom Girls were very efficient. Well, we lost the four scouts but I was somehow left in one piece. I don't know why, but I was. We, Serena Lea, Hiro, and I, were taken to the court of Queen Beryl. I was welcomed to a certain extent. That was until Beryl decided to attack us with "Prince Darien" and then she planned to do something even worse to me. I was to fight her. She knew Darien would betray her anyway. I decided to fight Darien, even though she was the one I was supposed to fight. Darien was a more suitable match for me. I would fight Beryl later on anyway. Darien was taking a few whacks at me until Serena decided to go up against him. Lea Hiro and I tried to stop her, but it was no use. When I tried to help Sailor Moon, Lea had to jump on me to keep me from doing anything. I just wanted to help her and no one was going to let me. Just when Darien was healed she got off me. Then I saw a large spear like object coming straight for me and the princesses. Better to be killed than have them killed, I thought. I swung into action. I jumped into the line of fire knocking the two girls out of the way, but the guys threw their roses and they were stuck directly in her black heart. The guys weren't so fortunate though. The were hit in the back by shards left from the weird object that had tried to kill me and the girls. I, as usual, wasn't too badly hurt except for a scratch down my leg. The guys died. I couldn't believe that the guys were not going to be able to fight with us. They could have really helped. But we still win. Okay this is what happened. The girls and I went to fight Beryl, she tried to freeze us but it didn't work. The girls turned into the princesses and I turned into the Sun Aide. The scouts came back to help us, and we destroyed Beryl. When the scouts woke up they didn't even remember me or the scouts or the princesses, and Lea and Darien were in the hospital. I had was the only one who remembered every thing. I missed talking to the girls but if there was to be peace once again I had to keep my mouth closed on the subject of the scouts and the princesses. In the end everything turned out for the best. But that's for next chapter. [Note from Author: Hey could I have some feed back on my stories here. Stay tuned for Chapter 11- The Scouts and I Return.]