Author: Deathangelgw

Disclaimer: same as always! Hush up…I know they ain’t mine!

Warnings: the beginning of the end…violence coming up

Rating: R violence

Pairings: TK/SM and added hints of SU+OC, SN+OC, SP+OC, and SPxSN

Note: Almost forgot the movie! How many of you saw that coming? *cackles* Thought so! Enjoy and please review!

‘thoughts’

Tightening the scarf around her neck, Genaisa looked around as the wind whipped up along the street on her way to meet up with her three best friends. Winter had set in rapidly and with its usual viciousness. She ran a hand through her hair and sighed as she adjusted her purse on her shoulder and then glanced at the bags in her hand. Christmas was coming even with all the problems with the Daimons, but she had gotten presents for the Senshi as well as her coworkers at the spa she worked at. But it was getting too cold to be out. She shivered and stopped again as a feeling of foreboding flashed through her and she looked ahead. She gasped as she saw a woman made of snow appear and start freezing people.

With a sigh, she placed her items to the side and transformed into Kinroze Senshi before running over. Her golden roses flew out and struck down the woman, but then she had to dodge as a freezing blast struck out towards her, breaking the windows of a nearby café. She brought out her sword as she was surrounded by laughing ice maidens and stood ready as she watched them warily. They flew at her, laughing cruelly and she slashed at them, breaking them as she avoided their attacks. But to her horror, they kept growing back and multiplying.

"World...Shaking!"

"Deep...Submerge!"

"Deato...Scream!"

Looking over with a grin as the ice maidens were destroyed by the attacks, Kinroze rubbed her neck before sliding her sword into its scabbard and going over to them as the people who had been frozen melted free and went about as if nothing had happened. "Looks like we have another enemy to deal with," she commented as she tugged her scarf around her neck after transforming back to normal and grabbed her bags again.

"Daijoubu?" Haruka asked gently as she placed a gentle hand on Genaisa's neck and rubbed.

"Nothing a hot bath won't cure!" Genaisa replied cheerfully and they grinned before glancing up at the cloudy sky.

"Whatever it is...I don't like it," Michiru said softly as she leaned into Setsuna.

"Let's do some investigating," Setsuna suggested as she hugged Michiru close and they nodded in agreement before going their separate ways to see what they could learn.

Rubbing her head as the headache that had started earlier in the day pounded, Genaisa dropped her stuff off at her apartment before going out and searching for signs to what might be going on. She sensed a strong energy force that was steadily growing near the astrological observatory and went there, but she couldn't get closer as her head all but throbbed with pain. Following her dim sense of where her friends were, she met up with them at one of the pedestrian bridges in the city where they had been walking with the Inner Senshi. She smiled as she watched the younger women gathering around a seemingly returned Luna before Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna joined her nearby. They went to a café and ordered hot tea as they discussed what they had found.

But Genaisa couldn't focus and leaned her head on Haruka's shoulder while closing her eyes, trying to stop the pain that was radiating from her head and throughout her body. Concerned, Haruka held her close. "What's wrong?" she whispered, but Genaisa could only whimper in pain as she nuzzled closer.

"Let's get her to the hospital," Michiru suggested, but Genaisa shook her head.

"Just get me home...onegai. I'll take a hot bath and sleep some and I'll be fine. You'll see," Genaisa mumbled. Worried, the three Outer Senshi helped her back to her apartment. Michiru got the bath going while Haruka scrubbed Genaisa gently with Setsuna's help. They stared in shock when they saw that Genaisa's skin had a bluish tinge and that it was ice cold to their touch. Quickly, they moved her into the bath and stared in shock as steam roiled up around her while she curled up, shaking with shivers.

Sitting close to her, Haruka stroked her hand through Genaisa's wet hair before gathering it into a towel. Michiru and Setsuna sat nearby as well, worried as they tried to figure out what was wrong. But Genaisa couldn't tell them what was wrong, since she didn't know herself. With a shaking hand, she gripped Haruka's hand as tightly as she could and whispered, "The conservatory...the astrological conservatory. I felt great darkness there." Haruka nodded in understanding before they all worked together to bring Genaisa out of the bath and into a warm nightgown that Michiru had brought in.

Haruka carried her best friend into the bedroom and tucked her into bed, where she passed out almost immediately. Her three best friends watched over her in worry and knew that somehow it was connected to the recent enemy that had shown up. They kept watch over her for the next few days, but it was touch and go as she worsened with the increasing darkness that was swooping in from space.

Finally, unable to take anymore, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto set out to confront the evil that was killing their friend and threatening to kill their planet. Sensing this, Genaisa's spirit followed them and sought to protect them from the evil of the Ice Queen, but she was dismayed when she couldn't. She watched in horror as they were attacked along with the Inner Senshi, but could do nothing to stop their pain. Her desperation grew as she observed the attacks until Sailor Moon stood up and brought out her crystal. She suddenly felt power flooding through her and her body was suddenly healed from the attack. Without thinking, she remerged with her body and appeared with Sailor Moon amidst the other Senshi and helped her increase the power.

When the light had cleared, the enemy had been destroyed and Kinroze and Sailor Moon fell to the ground, weak.

"Kinroze!"

"Usagi-chan!"

"Usako!"

Genaisa smiled as she opened her eyes and gazed up at her three best friends before looking over at Usagi and her friends. "Arigato...Sailor Moon. You broke the spell that had been over me," she whispered thankfully.

All of the Inner Senshi cried out in dismay and the four older women started laughing softly before standing and helping Genaisa back home. At least, in this battle they had managed to get the win. But unfortunately, the easiness didn't last long.

*~~**~~*

"It's sad that this place is a home of evil when it is showing as a place of learning," Michiru commented softly as she and Haruka watched the test takers at Mügen Academy.

"Hai…I wonder what these walls would say if they could speak. They would most likely tell of horrors we'd rather not know," Haruka murmured grimly as she looked up at the cathedral-like ceiling.

"Or they may tell of secrets worth knowing. You never know with walls." Genaisa's soft voice startled them and they looked over in surprise. She came over, smiling innocently, dressed exactly like Michiru in the Mügen female uniform.

"What are you doing up? You should be resting!" Haruka exclaimed softly, worry shining in her eyes as their friend joined them.

"You will need me, especially since Suna-chan is watching over Chibiusa. Plus, I thought you might like this to aid in your search," Genaisa replied with a grin as she waved a master key in front of them.

"A Master Key?! How did you get that?!" Haruka hissed out then looked around before leading the way out of the hall, arms wrapped firmly around the other two females' waists.

"All prize pupils had them. And I know mine is still good," Genaisa answered softly when they were in the halls, looking sad.

"Arigato, Nai-chan. Demo you should be home resting," Michiru murmured as she took Genaisa's hand worriedly.

"Iie…I need to do this. Besides, I'm the best one you have here who knows all the secret spots. You'll need all the help you can get," Genaisa stated firmly, sighing.

"All right then. Let's hurry before anything else happens," Haruka said, smiling as she placed gentle hands on Genaisa's shoulders. Genaisa nodded, smiling up at Haruka before they headed for the underground labs.

They ran swiftly down the stairs, but suddenly stopped as Genaisa gasped and looked up, stopping. "Nai-chan…what is it?" Michiru asked as they looked at her in concern.

"They are…they are attacking. I felt something horrible and evil just come alive and it is attacking the students," Genaisa whispered as she looked back the way they had come.

"Then we had better hurry and stop this evil now before it awakens fully," Haruka said firmly and the other two nodded before all three began running again down the stairs. They came to a pair of large doors that were sealed and Haruka smirked at Genaisa. "Let's see if this works," she murmured with a wink before swiping the card in the slot. They all breathed a sigh of relief and apprehension as the doors slid open at their push and they looked inside.

Gasping in shock, they stared at the near shadowed figure on the throne before them. "It's the Messiah of Silence!" Michiru cried.

"Hayaku! Let's get her before it's too late!" Haruka cried and Michiru along with Genaisa nodded before running in to attack.

"Matte!" They all stopped suddenly as Ami's voice cried out, stopping them in their tracks in surprise.

"Ami-san?!" Haruka exclaimed in surprise, noting that Genaisa had stepped back slightly to be shadowed.

"Don't try to stop us, Ami-san! We have to destroy the Messiah of Silence before she awakens!" Michiru stated firmly as they turned back to continue their job.

"Iya! Hotaru isn't the one to blame! You mustn't kill her!" Ami pleaded as she ran in and put herself between the three older women and Hotaru.

"You are letting your fondness for her get in the way of what must be done, Ami-san," Haruka answered angrily, clenching her hand into a fist.

"Get out of our way!" Michiru cried, angered as well.

"Why won't you believe it's not her fault?!" Ami demanded, looking determined.

"Because…in order to save her and our world, she must be destroyed. That is all we can do," Genaisa stated softly, painfully as she gazed over at her foster sister.

"What are you doing here?! This is a private lab and you don't belong here!" A voice behind them startled the four and they turned in surprise to see a pale blue haired young woman glaring at them in amusement. "Kaioh Michiru, Tenoh Haruka, Mizuno Ami…I know you, but let me introduce myself!" the girl declared, transforming. "I am Viluy of the Five Witches and I'm going to take your pure hearts to serve the Messiah of Silence!"

"I don't think so!" Haruka snapped out before they ran at Hotaru.

"Mosaic Energy Blaster!" Viluy shouted out as she hit them with a powerful burst of energy. Michiru and Haruka screamed in pain as they were knocked down and pinned by an energy field.

"Yada! Mi-chan! Ka-chan!" Genaisa cried out then glared at Viluy as the other girl laughed.

"Michiru-san! Haruka-san!" Ami yelled in horror then faced Viluy as well. "Take me! I'm the one you want, just let them go!"

"Such goodness…you make me sick!" Viluy snarled as she blasted out another shot. She blinked as the 'unknown' female pushed Ami out of the way and took most of the hit, while the rest of the energy hit the balloons.

Genaisa panted in pain as she struggled to keep standing while fighting off the attack. "I won't let you harm them!" she cried, then transformed.

Ami stared at the unknown girl as she became Kinroze Senshi. 'Who is she in real life?!' she wondered at first, and then smiled in joy. 'She's ok!! I'm so glad!! But not for long!' she thought as she saw Kinroze face off with Viluy.

Viluy snarled. "I know you…you betrayed Dr. Tomoe and this school! You were the best…you could have had everything!"

"And yet that would have left me with nothing, for without humans and love, there is nothing," Kinroze replied softly as she brought out her sword. She smirked as Ami transformed, startling Viluy.

"Science isn't for evil! It should be used to help others!" Mercury cried out angrily before attacking. "Shine Aqua…Illusion!"

"Then help yourself to my Nanodes!" Viluy cried as she counterattacked, hitting them both and cackling as they cried out in pain and curled up slightly. "Now there will be nothing left but your pure hearts!"

"Hold it right there!" Sailor Moon shouted as she and the other three Inner Senshi came in. "You won't get away with hurting our friends!"

"Oh really?! Then you can join them!!" Viluy cried as she blasted at them.

Kinroze looked at her two best friends and nodded, which they did in turn before getting up and transforming. Kinroze looked over at Viluy as she was distracted, then unsheathed her sword. "Golden Petal Blast!!" She attacked, sending a swirling blast of petals and energy at Viluy and confusing her.

"World…Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"
 

The two other attacks hit Viluy, weakening her as she screamed in pain. Sailor Moon finished her off with her attack and they watched sadly as she disappeared, destroyed by her own Nanodes. Kinroze smiled slightly then wavered on her feet, barely caught by Uranus and Neptune. "Daijoubu?" Uranus asked softly as she and Neptune held the rose Senshi up.

Smiling reassuringly at them and the Inner Senshi, Kinroze nodded and laid her head on Uranus' shoulder while holding Neptune close. They all gasped in shock as the room began to rumble and break apart and they looked over to see Hotaru floating up. "The Messiah of Silence!" Uranus cried in horror.

"Hotaru-chan!" Sailor Moon shouted, reaching for the young woman as she was floated up.

"Let this be a warning to you, Bishoujo Sailor Senshi…the war has just begun. We know who the Messiah of Light is," Hotaru proclaimed in a raspy voice before cackling while she disappeared.

"Matte! Who is it?!" Uranus cried, and then growled in anger as Hotaru disappeared. She looked down to see Kinroze crying softly. "Kinroze?" she whispered softly in concern.

"She's not there…I can't sense her at all…" Kinroze sobbed out and buried her face into Uranus' shoulder. Uranus frowned sadly as she wrapped her arms around Kinroze comfortingly, locking eyes with Neptune in worry.

Sailor Moon sniffled as she watched. 'If Kinroze is giving up on Hotaru…what chance do we have?' she wondered in despair as she looked at her four best friends. They all gazed back at her, just as worried before the group left for the outside world, hoping to figure something out in time.

*~~**~~*

"It's coming…I can feel it. The heavens are drawing back in fear," Genaisa whispered softly as she and Setsuna gazed out at the city. Haruka and Michiru were ahead of them, checking up on the activities that had recently sprung up at Mügen Academy.

"I know…and I fear that Chibiusa is at the center of it as well as the Messiah of Light. If only we knew for certain who it is!" Setsuna declared fearfully as she looked at her friend.

"We will learn soon enough. The agents of darkness know who our Messiah is and we have to find her before they do. I just fear it'll be revealed too late," Genaisa replied softly, her hand clenching in her shirt slightly. She looked at Setsuna worriedly. "Go and watch over Chibiusa. I will go and back up Michiru and Haruka."

"Hai. We'll reconvene later. Be careful," Setsuna whispered softly as they hugged tightly.

"You too. I want you and Michiru to get to spend lots of time together," Genaisa stated, smiling up at her friend. Setsuna returned the smile as she nodded firmly then headed to go and trail Chibiusa. Genaisa watched her friend go fearfully, feeling that this would be the last time she saw her friend. Firming herself, she headed for Mügen Academy…and the final confrontation.

*~~**~~*

Haruka watched in grim horror as the final 'witch' of the Witches Five called the students of Mügen Academy to her, causing them to give up their pure hearts. She looked over and smiled tightly at Genaisa as she joined Haruka and Michiru and they watched as the Inner Senshi were captured. "To the roof?" Haruka asked quietly and the other two females nodded solemnly.

They headed for the roof and stopped near the top, drawn to a strange fluctuation that they felt. Cautiously, they went inside as a dimensional rift formed before them. They had long transformed already and were wary as they entered into what they figured was the home base for the Daimons.

Kinroze stopped suddenly, staring at the ground unseeingly as she held her hand above her heart. Uranus and Neptune frowned in concern as they too stopped and watched her. "Kinroze? Daijoubu?" Uranus whispered softly.

"I…am not sure. I felt Pluto call to me, warning me, and then I felt the Inner Senshi' fight. I know not how they do," Kinroze answered softly as she lifted worried eyes to gaze at her friends.

"Don't worry. I'm sure that they'll be fine," Uranus said gently as she placed a hand on Kinroze's arm. Kinroze smiled back and nodded, taking heart, and then they continued into the strange world they were in.

They stopped as they finally came to a room that held a strange altar at the front. Kinroze held her breath as she saw Dr. Tomoe and shivered when she felt no trace of the man she had loved as a father. Uranus smirked along with Neptune as they watched their enemy.

"Well, well…looks like you got my invitation for our little party," Tomoe sneered out, laughing maniacally as he watched them with glinting glasses.  "So good of you to come."

"At last…now we get to see your true self," Uranus commented smugly, smirking up at the shaded form of the professor.

"Oh, but we must wait. The party has yet to begin," Tomoe replied with an evil chuckle.

With gasps of horror, the three Senshi stared at the altar as the lights shone dimly on the form. "Oh no!!" Kinroze cried out, horrified.

"Sailor Chibimoon!" Neptune shouted in despair and Uranus growled lowly before launching herself at the altar.

"Matte!! Uranus iya!!" Kinroze yelled, and then sobbed slightly as, with a scream of pain, Uranus was flung back and skidded on the ground, blocked by a powerful shield. "Uranus!!"

"Uranus!! Daijoubu?!" Neptune demanded in shock and fear as the two knelt next to the fallen Senshi, holding her close as she groaned in pain.

"There is a powerful shield in place, Neptune, Kinroze…couldn't get through," Uranus groaned out in pain as she sat up with difficulty and leaned into them, glaring up at the cackling doctor.

"Uranus!!"

"Neptune!!"

"Kinroze!!"

The three looked over as the Inner Senshi ran in, shocked at finding them there already. They turned as Dr. Tomoe mocked them, laughing evilly as he watched them. "Who are you?! What did you do?!" Sailor Moon demanded angrily as they faced off against the professor, placing themselves protectively in front of the other three Senshi. They froze though as they saw the altar. Gasping in horror as Tomoe laughed again, they stared at the fallen figure. "Sailor Chibimoon!!"

"Yada!! Matte!!" Uranus cried too late as Sailor Moon ran to save Chibimoon then was flung back with a scream of pain by the force shield.

"Sailor Moon!" The four Inner Senshi ran to their fallen leader, holding her up carefully in worry as they looked over at the altar.

"It is now time for the Messiah of Silence to come forth!" Tomoe cried in triumph as the shadowy figure in the back stood up slowly and an arm of energy slowly extended to take young Chibimoon's heart crystal.

"Yada!! Yamete papa!!" Kinroze screamed in terror, sobbing as they all watched helplessly while Chibimoon lost her heart crystal to her 'best friend'. Tomoe just laughed maniacally, ignoring them as both Kinroze and Sailor Moon pleaded for it to stop.

"Yada! If Sailor Saturn is released, we are all doomed!" Uranus cried in horror as the crystal was swallowed and the transformation began. Kinroze cried out in pain and fell to her knees, clutching her chest in agony as Hotaru transformed into a beautiful woman with hair that didn't seem to end around her. She radiated with dark energy, her violet eyes dark with evil as she smirked at them in triumph. Uranus and Neptune held Kinroze tightly, shaking with the shock and horror of what they were seeing. "That isn't Saturn!!" Uranus cried.

"Who is it then?!" Neptune asked in shock as they stared up at the revealed woman.

"Nan de sute?!" the Inner Senshi demanded fearfully.

"I am Mistress Nine, the Messiah of Silence. I am now free and my power is unstoppable with the help of the heart crystal energy that was gathered," the transformed woman purred out darkly, smirking as she gazed at them.

Tomoe laughed in delight, and then looked over his shoulder slightly. "Kaolinite, I must apologize for all your trouble," he said in a dark tone, smirking evilly as she bowed to him.

"It was no trouble. I live to serve you," Kaolinite demurred in delight, and then suddenly screamed as she was flung by some lightening that radiated from Mistress Nine into the shield. Her screams of agony mingled with Tomoe's cackling as she was fried before falling limply to the ground, dead.

"She served her purpose and we have no need for her. The prophecy must come to pass. But first…we must take care of all obstacles," Mistress Nine stated commandingly, her smirk turning even more evil as she gazed at the Senshi who watched in horror.

"We'll never let you win!" Uranus cried as she and Neptune stood while helping Kinroze to her feet. She gasped along with the other two and Mars as their vision flashed at them.

"The future is now! The future…is ours! And now…we shall take what you need!" Mistress Nine proclaimed before cackling evilly.

"Yada! It can't be!!" Mars cried in shock, eyes as wide as the other three as they finally saw whom the Messiah of Light was. But their revelation was too late as dark hair shot up from the ground and wrapped around their chosen one.

Kinroze screamed in terror as she was captured, writhing to get free from her prison. "Yada!! Let me go!!" she cried in fear as she fought to get free while being dragged towards the shield. She was suddenly lifted and carried swiftly towards the shield and cried out in fear. "IYA!!"

"YADA!!" Uranus' scream rang out as she ran and grabbed Kinroze's hand, joined swiftly by a stricken Neptune as they fought to keep her free.

"Uranus!! Neptune!! Onegai don't let them get me!!" Kinroze screamed in terror as she held onto them. They struggled to hold her, joined slowly by the other Senshi.  But a blast shot out, hitting the Senshi and knocking them away, stopping them from helping Kinroze. "YADA!!!" Kinroze's scream of panic as she reached for Uranus' hand. "URANUS!!"

"KINROZE!!!" Uranus' scream of agony ripped out as the three disappeared in a bright flash, taking her best friend from sight. With an agonizing sob, she fell to her knees, shaking in fear and fury at having failed to save her best friend…who was now known to be their Messiah of Light.

"We have to get out of here!!" Mars cried as Sailor Moon ran in and grabbed Chibiusa, then they all ran out as the space around them collapsed. The Inner Senshi ran out and joined Tuxedo Kamen to take Chibiusa to safety and to get her stabilized.

Uranus and Neptune watched, almost numb, as Pluto joined the younger Senshi in concern, ignoring the heartbreak the older Senshi were in. Uranus looked at Neptune and nodded then wiped her face of the tears. They had to succeed now no matter what. They had to free Kinroze…and stop the Silence.

Before it was too late.

TBC

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