Sailor Moon Millenium #22(b)  - A Battle Aganist All Odds -
Created January 31st, 1999
By: K.W. Isenor (sailor_sun_@hotmail.com)

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The queen stared in horror as the information slowly processed in her mind. 
"All this time you, Sailor Sun and you, the Daystar Knight. Each of you held 
a part of the Golden Illusion Jewel within you." So much fear could be seen 
in her eyes.

Prince Daystar turned to face his princess. A small quick smile escaped his 
lips. "Princess Cassandra, you have come back to fight with me, now together 
we can do this. We can do this for the world, our friends and family, and 
most of all for each other."

Princess Cassandra's body slowly sunk to the floor, her feet still didn't 
touch the floor but she was now eye level with Prince Daystar. She smiled.
"You are right we shall do this for everyone." Her arms extended out to 
the Golden Illusion Jewel. The golden light continued to flow from the 
jewel. She raised it above her head as she closed her eyes tightly.

A look of determination spread across her face. Her eyes opened again as 
she moved her arms in front of her chest. A Beam of golden energy went 
straight towards the un-expecting queen.

Her shrill scream echoed through the walls. Everything went quiet, Queen
Hecate sat on the floor, she could barley move. She looked up at Princess
Cassandra and Prince Daystar. "Well I guess my time has come, and to be 
killed by your own niece. How heartless." The queen looked down at the 
floor.

Silence came again. Princess Cassandra's body fell to the floor; the 
Golden Illusion Jewel fell to her side. She too now sat on her knees. 
Her head fell into her hands, then the tears came, streaming down her 
cheeks. "I can't, I just can't. If I were to kill her, Queen Hecate, my 
own aunt. That would make me just as heartless as she. For she, who killed 
my family and everyone I held dear. If I were to be her destroyer then 
I'd be just as bad as her."

Tears came down her cheeks more quickly now. The princess' blue eyes looked 
up into Prince Daystar's. "I . . . I'm sorry. But I can't." She turned to 
look at where her friends hung from chains. "I'm sorry everyone, but I 
can't!" She screamed out the words as she threw her head back.

Prince Daystar went to her side; he put a comforting arm on her shoulders. 
"You can do it don't be afraid, she killed for a very cruel reason, she 
wanted to over throw her own brother. But you, you have a good reason, you 
are doing this too not only save yourself and your friends. You are doing 
this to avenge the death of your parents, family. And most importantly you 
are doing this to save the world, without you, every human, and every living 
thing will perish. And only you can stop it."

The prince walked over and stood in front of the princess, he took both of
his hands and placed them on her shoulders. He pulled her to her feet. "Now, 
you can do this, the only thing that you need to do is believe in yourself."

Princess Cassandra looked up at Prince Daystar. "Do . . . do you believe in 
me?" She asked, tears were still running down her cheeks, her eyes were red, 
and the collar of her dress was wet from all of the tears she shed.

With his hand he wiped away the tears. "Oh course I do, we all do." He said 
as he gently kissed her forehead. With that he stepped back, brought his 
hands to his side and continued to stare at her beautiful blue eyes.

His words repeated over and over again in her head. Then suddenly the voices 
of her friends could be heard in her head. They all spoke encouraging words. 
Eight voices stood out the most, they were the voices of her best friends.

'I believe in you Jessica, Sailor Sun, Princess Cassandra. You can do it." 
Sailor Moons voice spoke softly.

'Sailor Sun, you can achieve any goal no matter how hard it seems.' Tuxedo 
Mask's voice was inspiring.

'You can do anything if you put your mind to it.' Sailor Mercury's voice 
was also soft spoken.

'I know I can be a bit bossy at times, but this time I think there is an 
exception. You go and do it!" Sailor Mars' voice was pushy as usual.

'Go get her!' Sailor Jupiter's voice was very enthusiastic.

'Just think of the love that everyone shows towards you.' Sailor Venus's 
voice was the same as always.

'Jessica, we both believe in you and so does everyone else. Why we wouldn't 
be this far without you.' Luna and Artemis' voices were very reassuring.

'Princess, I have been watching you all of this time, I don't know if you 
have noticed what an interesting person you have become, you have become 
stronger, smarter, more beautiful. It would be a shame to see everything 
that you have become, everything that you have worked all your life to 
achieve, it would be a shame to see all of that gone to waste. So please, 
please do this for me and most importantly yourself.' Eclipse's voice was 
the one that stood out most of all; it was filled with so much love, and 
trust.

Princess Cassandra looked up from her feet; the Golden Illusion Jewel floated
up to its place, right in front of her chest. Her arms raised to meet the 
jewel. Determination spread across her face as her eyes went to look into 
Prince Daystar's eyes.

During the time that the princess was getting a boost of self-confidence 
the queen had rose to her feet and had been gathering all of her strength 
into a Power bomb. Just as Princess Cassandra turned to face the queen, 
she was greeted by a blinding ball of energy, which was hurdling towards 
her, and the prince with tremendous speed.

Without anytime to block the oncoming attack, the prince and the princess 
were thrown off their feet. They were flung at the wall as if they were 
useless pieces of garbage. The queen's laugh rang throughout the walls.

"Stupid human's, those who have a heart can feel guilt, and your guilt will 
be your demise. If you had only taken your chance then you would not have 
to worry about this little predicament that you have gotten yourselves into." 
She raised her hand and shot a ball of fire at the two badly wounded soldiers.

The prince and the princess both let out pain curdling screams. Princess 
Cassandra tried to stand, her attempt was in vain. The prince also tried, 
but much like the princess, it was in vain.

"How stupid you are, to actually think that you'd be able to stand after 
two powerful attacks like that." The queen threw her head back and laughed.

'I can't do this, I'm sorry everyone but I have failed in what you have 
asked me to do, even after you all gave me every bit of faith that you had.' 
The princess thought to herself as she let her head fall and rest on her 
shoulder.

Unexpectedly the voices could be heard in her head all over again. She 
shook her head, and looked to the right, then her right hand inched its 
way across the floor to where the Golden Illusion Jewel lay. Her fingertip 
touched it and pulled it closer.

Her hand wrapped around the precious jewel. Her entire body was filled with 
strength; she could feel the energy coursing through her veins. All of her 
wounds were healed, and with the power of the jewel she was brought to her 
feet.

The queen stared in disbelief, "N . . . no this can't be, you were to die
by my hand, there is no way that you could be standing before me, no wounds, 
not even any scratches." Her mouth dropped open, a gasp escaped.

"Ah, but really, an intelligent woman like you should know by now that not 
even you can stop me nor any of the others. For we fight with all of our 
heart. And I'm also sure that at this point you should know that good ALWAYS 
triumphs over evil." Princess Cassandra stepped forth without any fear.

"And guess what, I'm the good and you are the evil! So prepare to die for 
I am the princess of the red star the sun, fighting for all within the sol 
system! With the flames of the sun, and the power of fire, prepare to burn 
because I will punish you!" The princess got into her fighting stance.

The queen was speechless, she now knew that there would be no stopping her
niece now. Nothing could be done to save her life, unless . . .

"I call upon the great power's of the star which is the center of the Sol 
system, bring forth the legendary Sun Fire Saber!" Her tiara then emitted 
a blinding light. She stood with her feet apart. Her right hand was slightly 
above the left. The Fire Saber appeared above her head. It hovered there 
for a few seconds then Princess Cassandra reached her hands above her head 
and the Saber floated down into her hands.

Princess Cassandra then closed her eyes and brought the Fire Saber down in 
front of her chest. She then cried, 

"SUN FIRE SABER . . . . . STAB!" 

Her body became surrounded by her golden aura, as did the sword. Princess 
Cassandra jumped into the air and did a flip and swung the Saber right in 
front of the queen. 

First she swung to the left then to the right causing the imprint of a "X" 
in front of the queen. Princess Cassandra the jumped back and the marks in 
the air begin to glow and move closer to the queen. Once the mark touched 
the queen she became engulfed in bright golden energy. Her scream's could 
barley be heard because the energy which surrounded her was strong.

Once the light died down the queen lay on the floor, the only thing that 
was moving was her chest, which slowly rose up then, went down. The princess 
stood still, she knew it wasn't over yet. She was right, the queen 
astonishingly stood up, even if it did take her a few minutes she stood to 
her feet.

"You think that you have won princess, but I assure you that you haven't. 
No matter how much you believe in yourself there is nothing you can do to 
stop what lies ahead." The words barely escaped her lips. Her arms were 
scorched, as were her legs.

"Right now as we speak the, the planets will still aline, and once they do 
then there will be panic, terror, death, and victory. Even if you kill me 
now, I will still be victorious, I'd die knowing that I was victorious in 
destroying everything that you hold dear yet again!" The queen said with 
a sneer.

Princess Cassandra's eyes grew wider with surprise and wonder. She looked 
at the queen.

"Surprised, you should be, just look out there, towards the planets, soon 
enough they shall all be alined and then a power like no other will come 
down through them destroying everything in site. Including every planet in 
this solar system, even the sun shall be destroyed.' The queen looked up 
towards the ceiling. The blackness of the ceiling faded away, she looked 
up into the sky through the glass like surface, as did the princess.

"Originally I was going to seize the energy, make it my own, I was going 
to do it just before everything was destroyed, just imagine, with all of 
that power I would be supreme, every living being would fear me, I 
would be the supreme ruler over this entire system." She paused and looked 
at Princess Cassandra.

"But now I will just let the energy destroy everything, including you and 
the other sailor failures. So if you have any last words you had better 
say them now, because it has begun." She looked back into the heavens above,
A distant light could be seen, it was all the way at Pluto. The light began 
to come closer slowly.

"You must stop this, for even yourself will be destroyed." Princess Cassandra 
said, she was unable to take her eyes away from the light, which inched its 
way towards them.

"I already said that I do not care if I perish, I'll still be victorious." 
She looked up into the stars.

'What can I do?' The princess thought to herself. She then felt Prince 
Daystar's hands rest on her shoulders. His arms were full of cuts and scraps. 
Princess Cassandra turned to face her prince.

"Use the Golden Illusion Jewel it is the only chance you will have." With 
those words he fell to the floor, he was tired; it had taken almost all 
of his energy to get up from where he had fallen.

"But will the power from the Golden Illusion Jewel be enough? I don't think 
it will, this is something that is bigger then anything that we have ever 
gone up against before.

The voices could be heard in her head again. They all talked together this 
time. They said, 'Princess, we will lend you our power, with all of our 
strength, it should be enough to save everything.' The voices trailed off.

Princess Cassandra turned to look at each of her friends, they all began to 
glow the bright colors of their auras. They were giving up their energy to 
help her.

The aura's left the bodies of her friends and floated towards princess 
Cassandra. She turned to face the oncoming energy. In front of her hands 
was the Golden Illusion Jewel, the auras flowed into the Golden Illusion 
Jewel causing it to glow even brighter then before.

The light that it was giving off was blinding even for the princess, but 
she kept her eyes open and focused her energy on the task at hand. Her 
eyes then closed, thus making it easier to concentrating, the light had by 
now passed by Jupiter, it was coming at a quicker pace now.

"Solaris Star . . . . . POWER!" 

Her voice could only be heard faintly, the energy was practically on top 
of her. The energy was an inch away from the Golden Illusion Jewel, her 
eyes snapped open, she raised the Golden Illusion Jewel at the energy, 
which was before her.

Her arms were under much strain as she forced them to hold the jewel forth. 
The energy didn't go any further, it fought with the jewel which the princess 
held onto.

Sometimes the energy would force her arms back, but she was quick to thrust 
her arms forth, not allowing the energy to pass by her. The battle went on 
for sometime.

Her teeth were clenched together; her eyes were squinted against the blinding 
light that was given off. Then the voices were heard again, giving her the 
encouragement that was needed. Their smiling faces could be seen clearly 
before her.

Upon her shoulders were Prince Daystar's hands. He could barley stand but 
he stood up with his true love, he had to lend more energy to help with the 
battle, the battle which was against all odds.

The sailor scouts and Tuxedo Mask broke away from the chains, which had held
them, they made their way over and stood around the princess of the sun in 
a circle, the held hands. The five girls went into their princess forms; 
Tuxedo Mask went into his prince form.

They gave more energy as the yelled out their transformation phrases one 
by one.

"MOON STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"MERCURY STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"MARS STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"VENUS STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"TUXEDO MASK COSMIC STAR . . . . . POWER!"

"DAYSTAR COSMIC . . . . . POWER!"

Each gave the remaing power to Princess Cassandra. The light of the Golden 
Illusion Jewel grew stronger, it grew larger then that of the energy which 
would destroy everything. The golden light surrounded the ball of energy, 
it covered it entirely, it then began to grow smaller and smaller, 
causing the great ball of energy to slowly lose its power and shrink in 
size.

The strain that was on Princess Cassandra's arms began to reside. The energy
was no more, the golden princess fell back into Prince Daystar's arms, her 
face had gone blank, her eyes were closed, her chest still moved, scarcely.

The five-sailor scout's fell to their knees, everyone was exhausted. Prince 
Daystar slowly went to his knees, being careful not to move the princess 
too much.

He lay her head on his lap. Her ran his fingers through her hair. The others 
all looked towards Princess Cassandra, the one who had saved them all.

The princess still didn't stir, she lay motionless on Prince Daystar's lap, 
worried looks came across their faces. "Is, is she alright?" Princess Serenity 
asked as she looked at her dear friend. "Please say that she is alright and 
that didn't take too much out of her." She crawled closer to her friend. She 
lay her head on Princess Cassandra's chest. She could feel the heart beat, it 
was slow, but it was there.

"Come on princess, you can't leave us now, you have saved us, and everyone 
else. You can't go now, for if you go now then there was no point of you 
doing this for everyone. Life isn't worth living without you." Prince Daystar 
leaned closer to the princess' face, his eyes got wet. He tried to hold back 
the tears but his attempt was in without success. The tears streamed down his 
face. I single tear dropped onto Princess Cassandra's forehead.

The sign of the sun began to glow brightly. Her eyes flinched, then slowly 
opened. She looked around at her friends then up at Prince Daystar. She 
opened her mouth, "Did we win?" She asked softly.

Everyone began to laugh with delight, tears now ran down everyone's face 
with tears of pure joy. Many congratulations were heard in Princess 
Cassandra's ears.

Once she got enough energy she rose to her feet, she walked over to where 
Queen Hecate lay. "Please, please let me heal you with the Golden Illusion 
Jewel. You have nothing left, nothing but me. I would be willing enough to 
give you another chance at life. Now if I have your permission." Princess 
Cassandra said as she kneeled by her aunt.

The queen turned to look at her niece with questioning eyes. "You would do 
that, after, after I nearly killed you and your friends, I even killed your 
parents and you feel no hate towards me." The queen turned away. "Why?" She 
asked.

"Because, because you are the only family that I have remaining form my 
time." Princess Cassandra held the Golden Illusion Jewel tightly in the 
palm of her hand, waiting for an answer.

"Yes, I give you permission." The queen turned back to her niece.

With those words Princess Cassandra stood up and held the Golden Illusion 
Jewel above her head. The golden energy poured out of the jewel, it flowed 
down to towards the queen.

The golden light touched her body, and covered her in light, blocking her 
from everyone's view. Once the light died away and everyone lowered his or
her arms, the form of the queen lay on the floor. The queen's form then 
began to glow a mysterious black and gold color, she disappeared.

Princess Cassandra stared in shock. "Well I guess even she couldn't be 
saved." Prince Daystar said as he lay his hands on he shoulders.

'I don't know, I have a really weird feeling about this.' Princess Cassandra 
thought to herself. Then she shoved it into the back of her mind, she didn't
want tp think about the different possiblities for why the queen had dissapered.
So she turned to face her friends. "Well we did it everyone, I say that we 
should all go and celebrate! What do you say, ice cream and cake for all!" 
Princess Cassandra said with a smile.

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Well that is it, Sailor Moon Millennium is over sadly. But don't worry I have 
already started to think of new ideas for a whole new adventure of Sailor Sun
and possible a few new scout's. Well anyway moving on . . . I would ask anyone 
who has read SMM to please write to me and tell me what you thought. Oh and
don't forget to sign the guestbook before you leave! Well until I write again.

~Sunrose aka K.W.Isenor