Note: Characters of Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon belong to the guy that created the manga Naoko Takeuchi and not me, but the characters besides that belong to me!

PEACE SHATTERED
CHAPTER 5

Starfighter saw her begin to fall and rushed to catch her before she hit her head. She carefully picked up the unconscious Soul Senshi when something began to happen. The Soul Senshi de-transformed in Starfighter’s arms . . .

The rest of the Senshi chose that precise moment to arrive. There was a collective gasp as the Soul Senshi de-transformed into their friend, Neko.

"Neko is the Soul Senshi?" Starhealer gasped.

"Who’d have thought?" Mars exclaimed.

Mercury was busy scanning Neko with her computer. She gave a sigh of relief.

"Nothing serious, she should be snapping out of it soon."

As if on cue, Neko stirred and opened her eyes. When she saw she wasn’t transformed anymore she heaved a sigh.

"I guess you know now ne?"

"Yes, we know. But since we’re working together it’s only fair to show you who we are." Sailormoon said as she and the others looked around first and then de-transformed.

"Usagi! Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Usa, Mamoru, Seiya, Taiki, Yaten!" She exclaimed.

The large crystalline egg suddenly appeared in her hands and began to wobble. Everyone watched as a clean crack ran over the smooth surface, a large dragon came from the egg and stood in front of them all, everyone prepared to transform when Neko yelled.

"Iie! This is my brother from my past life! His name is Ryulithe."

"Thank you for the introduction Sienran-chan." He turned his attention to everyone.

"Sailor Senshi, your attacks are not powerful enough to defeat the youmas of the Dimensional Marauders, there may come a time when Neko is unable to help you. Give me your henshin wands and I will boost their power." He said, extending his hand.

"You can trust Ryulithe, he’s a Guardian like me. He’s the Guardian of Spirits." Neko said as she gave him her wand.

Everyone followed her example, Ryulithe’s eyes glowed white and then returned the henshin wands to their owners.

"It is done. You will know your new attacks when the time is right. Sister, I can no longer hold this adult form. I will revert to my hatchling state and ask you to care for me."

"Hai Ryu-chan."

Ryulithe shrank and transformed into the cutest baby dragon anyone could ever lay eyes on.

"How long will it take for Ryulithe to mature?" Ami asked.

"Only about three centuries."

Minna facefaulted at the nonchalant tone in her answer.

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"So Neko! How did you become a Senshi?" Usa asked.

"Actually, I didn’t know for the first two battles, my soul left my body to fight while I collapsed. Then Ryulithe came to me in a dream and told me who I really was. He gave me my henshin wand. But I’ll tell you one thing, whenever my soul returned from battle I would always wake up with a nasty headache!"

Everyone was at Crowns talking, but Ami was studying baby Ryulithe.

"Neko, would you let me scan Ryulithe, my computer doesn’t have anything on dragons and I think this is an ample opportunity to gain some data."

"You’ll have to ask Ryulithe, I can’t make decisions for him."

"Ryulithe?" Ami asked.

"As long as it doesn’t involve poking and prodding then I’m fine with it." He responded.

Ami whipped out her mini-super-computer and began initiating the most detailed scan of Ryulithe while he sat contented in Neko’s arms. He looked up just in time to see a look of worry briefly flash across Neko’s face.

"Neko, we should talk, now."

"I understand Ryulithe. Gomen minna, but there are matters that require my attention. Ja ne."

Neko stood up and walked out of Crowns and to the park, but, as Usa was insatiably curious, she sent Luna-P after them to record what they were saying. Ami scolded Usa but everyone else just grinned and waited for Luna-P’s return.

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Neko carried Ryulithe into the park and sat down on a bench overlooking the lake.

"What is the matter Sienran-chan?"

"My body must rest soon Ryulithe, and there is no other for me to occupy. What if the time comes and I’m not ready? Then we’ll both be blown right out of the water. Ryulithe, I think we should tell the Senshi that my time is limited and my existence right now is living on borrowed time. They might be able to help me."

"How long do you have until you must transfer to another body?"

"A little more than a week."

"We had better get looking then."

"Ryulithe, I really think we should tell the Senshi, I mean, they are going to wonder why I look totally different. And the possibility exists that my next body will be male!"

"You raise a valid point Sienran-chan. Very well, I’ll think about it."

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At the shrine, everyone is talking about what they just heard. A sudden gasp from Ami causes them to look at her as she stares in shock at her mini-computer.

"Ami, daijoubu? You look so pale." Usa asked, concerned.

"Minna, I’ve been in the police computer trying to find something about Neko. Unfortunately I found something quite disturbing. Remember Neko said her parents were murdered?"

"Hai . . ." They all answered.

"Her parents weren’t the only victims of that attack, she was too. Neko was murdered with her parents."

The blood drained from all their faces.

"Hai, it’s all true . . ." Came a saddened voice from the door. Everyone jumped and turned around to face Neko.

"Neko-chan, we didn’t mean . . ."

"Iie, it’s alright, it’s only natural. Ryulithe has finally agreed to let me tell you the whole story. He didn’t want to be here in case he changed his mind." She paused before beginning her story for them all. Including the Starlights.

"Roughly three millennia ago, my brother and I were dragons who were the Guardians of Spirits and Souls. I was the one who guarded the Dimensional Sabre and Scabbard from those of the Dimensional Marauders. All was well until about a millennia ago when the Dark Kingdom attacked the Moon Kingdom, the Marauders got bold that day and launched an all out assault upon Ryulithe and I. I knew they were after the Saber. So, moments before death came to me I separated the Saber and Scabbard to hide them in the souls of soulmates. But I never knew who.

Ryulithe wasn’t re-incarnated until it was almost too late. And I hadn’t been re-incarnated at all. Knowing it would be too late when Ryulithe hatched, I sought out a body and came upon the soul of Neko who was ready to make a long journey. I stopped her and explained my predicament. She agreed to let me inhabit her body for a short time. I had heard of the war between you and Chaos so then I sought you, hoping you would have the power to help me. I remained as obscure as possible until I found you. Now I have and I ask your help to defeat the Dimensional Marauders. Any questions?"

"What sort of power does the Saber hold?" Ami asked warily.

"Power enough to destroy a solar system in the blink of an eye. Mainly, it is a tool that opens the gateway to two dimensional planes, I don’t believe you would want to know the rest of the Saber’s capabilities."

"Well, if we’re going to look for it, we need to know everything it can do." Taiki told her.

"Hai, you are correct. I will tell you then, but I don’t think that you’ll like this at all."

"We insist Sienran."

"So be it. The Saber is an intense unit that is at best difficult to control unless you are accustomed to such power. It opens a door to the planes of Heaven and Hell, allowing access to either one. The Scabbard’s power is great for it restores the dead to life and heals injured, and cleanses soiled souls." She sighed heavily.

"If the Marauders ever got the Saber and Scabbard . . ." Usagi gasped.

"Doom." She told them sombrely.

Just then, there was a scream, a youma was attacking Yuuichirou and Grandpa was unconscious.

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Well, what do you think is gonna happen? Suggestions at this point will be *very* welcome because I’m suffering from a very bad case of writers block.

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