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Sailor Moon Defenders
By AmandaDoE
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Next Move
Rick was terrified at what was happening to him. Because of Cathleen's control, these mutations progressed faster than the Sailor Guardians originally thought. He also blamed himself for letting things get as far as they did. He wished he didn't listen to her in the first place. Why would she have the audacity to make him think everyone was using him and against him when the contrary was true?
He then thought about Jedda. What was she going to think when she saw him like this?
Rick noticed his mutated feet which caused him to bust out of his boots. "This is just great. I've turned into some sort of freak!"
"Don't talk like that, Rick!" Flash told his son. "We're going to get that cure one way or another!"
"When Cathleen controlled him," Artemis said, "it appeared to cause his mutations to progress faster."
"Where is Cathleen now?" Luna asked.
"She vanished from sight after Sailor Moon took care of Sailor Lead Crow." Mandrake answered.
"Coward!" Makoto exclaimed.
"We need to get the antidote to reverse the mutations!" Flash exclaimed.
"The antidote is on its way as we speak." Kakyuu told everyone. "I already informed the Kinmoku agents and the antidote should be on its way within the day."
"It couldn't be here soon enough." Rick muttered.
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Jedda made her way to Monitor, wanting to know what had happened in the past battle. Chibi Chibi was behind her. She had hoped Rick and the others were okay.
"Rick!" Jedda called out, walking into Monitor.
"Rick!" Chibi Chibi echoed.
"Jedda?!" she heard his voice. That was a start to know that he was alive. She walked further into Monitor to find a terrifying truth. Rick looked a lot different than she last saw him. He was looking more like a monster than a human. His feet were twice its normal size, his skin was beige in color, his fingers were black claws, his curly blonde hair grew to his neck and his ears were pointed upwards.
Chibi Chibi gasped in shock. Jedda screamed at the sight as the others noticed their presence. She felt the touch of her arms, looking to see her father and Mamoru in sight as if they were going to have to catch her if she were to faint.
"I… I'll be fine." Jedda assured.
"Are you sure?" Mamoru asked.
She nodded. "I… it's just a shock. What happened?"
"We have Cathleen to thank for this." Ami answered. "She was turning him against us and making him think he was all alone!"
"What?!" Jedda exclaimed in shock. She mentally kicked herself for not doing anything. She had a feeling something was going on with Rick but she wasn't for sure what it was exactly.
"I wish I could have been there to help!" Jedda stated, angry. "If I had, I could have used the Necklace of Oros to help somehow!"
"It's not your fault, Jedda." Minako assured her, giving her a comforting touch. "You had no way of knowing what was happening. Cathleen's control was powerful and Rick could have hurt you and the babies."
Jedda gathered all the strength she could to be there for Rick and try to help him through this crisis. She walked towards her boyfriend, surprised to see his blue eyes had turned red. "Rick."
"Don't look at me!" Rick exclaimed, turning away.
"Rick, now listen to me." Jedda sternly spoke to him before speaking in a gentler tone, not keeping her eyes off of Rick. "You're not hideous to me. You are still the Rick Gordon I came to love."
She stepped forward and gently touched his hands. "It's going to be fine. You're going to be cured from this soon. I swear it."
Rick finally made eye contact with her. "That's what I am hoping, Jedda."
"I believe it." Jedda smiled before asking the others. "Where's Cathleen now?"
"She went into hiding like the coward she is!" Lothar exclaimed.
"I see." Jedda muttered before asking. "What about the antidote?"
"It is on its way." Kakyuu answered. "It should arrive within the day."
"What will we do in the meantime?" April asked.
"We can't take any risks of Rick using his powers any further until the antidote arrives." Flash stated. "He will have to be kept at our holding cell until that time."
"What?!" Rick exclaimed in shock. "This is insane! Being locked up like an animal!"
"It's for your safety, Rick." Jedda gave him a comforting touch. "They're trying to make sure you don't completely transform into a monster."
"And that is an order, son!" Flash barked. Rick sighed roughly.
"We should at least make him comfortable if he's to be contained." Jedda suggested.
"We'll see what we can do." Mandrake stated.
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Galaxia looked down as a young woman with long blonde hair wearing a long slit green dress knelt before her.
"Lady Galaxia," the woman informed her, "I realize that Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Aluminum Siren and Sailor Lead Crow have all failed. I beg your forgiveness and I take full responsibility."
Galaxia smirked upon seeing the two red star seeds in her hands. "But you did obtain two significant star seeds. For that, you have my praise. Well done, Sailor Phi."
"I swear by the power you so graciously bestowed upon my Sailor Animamates," Sailor Phi vowed, "the Sailor Crystals and the one with Quasanite powers will be yours."
Galaxia chuckled. "Now we know for certain that your Sailor Animamates are worthless against the Sailor Starlights and the solar system's Sailor Guardians. They are even worthless against mere scum known as Defenders of the Earth."
"I, along with Sailor Chi, strive to make this grand finale one which you can enjoy to the fullest, Lady Galaxia." Sailor Phi vowed. "To that end, I assure you, I will obtain the Sailor Crystals and the Quasanite powers before they truly step into the Battle Arena!"
Galaxia smirked as looked at the star seeds of Phobos and Deimos. "They are bearers of star seeds, Sailor Crystals, yet they cling to their fragile star seeds."
She watched as the two star seeds vanished. "The star seeds of mere humans are no better than microscopic dust."
She then looked up with a sinister smirk on her face. "I have already sent another soldier to Earth to succeed where the others failed."
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LJ looked down at his desk, thinking about Rick. He was enduring so much in such a short time. First, he had these powers that nearly killed him. Then Cathleen was manipulating him into thinking he was all alone, which was ludicrous.
Now, Rick was becoming more of a monster than the Sailor Guardians had originally thought would happen. He was his best friend and the fact that he was becoming a monster was concerning. LJ didn't want to lose his best friend to this terrifying mutation. He hoped Kakyuu would give the antidote to Rick soon and before it was too late.
Before he left for school along with the Sailor Guardians and Kshin, Rick appeared to be annoyed over having to be contained, which Flash considered him to be sulking albeit he wasn't used to this situation. None of them were.
"Gordon!" he heard the teacher call, pulling him from his thoughts. LJ glanced up, seeing the empty desk Rick usually sat in.
"Gordon!" the teacher called again.
LJ stood up and answered. "He's absent, Mr. Hill!"
"I see." Mr. Hill repiled before continuing on with role call.
LJ sighed sadly. He glanced over at Haruka, who gave him an acknowledging nod. Then, he looked at Michiru, who gave him an acknowledging nod as well. Then, he looked back at his desk, continuing to think about Rick, hoping that he would be okay.
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Usagi couldn't help but to feel horrible for Rick and what he was going through. She hoped that Princess Kakyuu would be able to give him the antidote before they lost him forever, something she hoped would not be the case.
"Do you think Rick is going to be okay?" Ami asked, pulling her out of her thoughts.
"I hope so." Usagi answered. "I hope Kakyuu gives the antidote for Rick before it's too late. He was terrified at what was happening."
"He was kind of annoyed with having to be kept in the holding cell at Monitor." Makoto stated.
"Jedda did say that she was looking after him along with Setsuna and the other Defenders not in school." Minako added.
"Even if he is cured," Rei reminded the others, "don't forget, Rick will no longer be human. He will officially become a Quasanite."
"Yeah." Minako nodded. "That's true."
"I saw a surprising vision last night." Rei spoke up. "It's regarding both Rick and Jedda as well as another significant crystal."
"What was it about?" Makoto asked.
"First I saw what appeared to be a red star seed with purple edges. I suspect it might be the mysterious Quasar Crystal, another star seed Galaxia could be interested in." Rei explained. "Then, I saw Rick and Jedda."
"What were they doing?" Ami asked.
"You may not believe it." Rei answered. "They were dressed in royal attire."
"Royal attire?!" Usagi exclaimed.
Rei nodded. "Jedda was seen as queen of the Netherworld and Rick as her consort and eventual king of the Netherworld."
The others exclaimed in shock.
"I figured that Jedda might become Queen of Netherworld after Hadea, but Rick?!" Minako exclaimed.
"Why would Rick be King of the Netherworld?" Makoto asked.
"I'm not sure." Rei answered. "It might be something to do with Rick's Quasar powers but I'm not too sure."
"Excuse me!" the teacher shouted. "Am I boring you girls?!"
"No, Mr. Thompson." Makoto answered. "You're not."
"Well," Mr. Thompson replied, "you five need to settle down. The lesson is about to begin. However, before that, um, this is sudden but we have a new transfer student. All the way from Tokyo."
Usagi looked on in surprise upon seeing a girl wearing a Japanese school uniform, with a cat bell on her chest and on her choker. She looked to see the girl with braids on her pointed cat ear like hair.
"I'm Nyanko Suzu!" the girl introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you!"
"A transfer student?" Rei quipped.
"Suzu's family runs a trading firm and lived in Tokyo for the last three years." Mr. Thompson told the class. "I hope you'll show her the ropes and make sure she knows her way around."
"Ohh, wow." Nyanko cooed. Usagi and the others were startled when the new student sat next to them. "You five seem so cool, and Usagi, those hair buns are purr fectly adorable! Nyanko wants to wear her hair like that too! Want to teach me how to do my hair sometime, Usagi?"
"Um, okay." Usagi answered awkwardly. "Sure."
"Nyanko sounds like a cute name." Minako spoke up before asking. "Do you like cats?"
"Hmph!" Nyanko turned away before she faced the girls again. "Sorry about that. You can call me Nyanko."
"Okay." Makoto noddded.
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Seiya looked on outside the school with Yaten and Taiki in tow with him.
"The new transfer student, she just reeks of alien pheromones." Seiya stated.
"Says the alien." Yaten scoffed.
"I can't believe they're sneaking into the school now." Taiki stated.
"But more importantly," Seiya stated, "we must keep Rick from using his powers even further, at least until the antidote arrives."
"Right!" Yaten nodded in agreement.
"Let's go!" Taiki told his teammates. They vanished from the area.
Rick was terrified at what was happening to him. Because of Cathleen's control, these mutations progressed faster than the Sailor Guardians originally thought. He also blamed himself for letting things get as far as they did. He wished he didn't listen to her in the first place. Why would she have the audacity to make him think everyone was using him and against him when the contrary was true?
He then thought about Jedda. What was she going to think when she saw him like this?
This was the immediate thoughts going through Rick's mind after he had transformed at the end of the previous chapter from the lies Cathleen fed him to the transformation itself. The silver crystal was able to free Rick from Cathleen's control but it couldn't reverse the mutations.
"What?!" Jedda exclaimed in shock. She mentally kicked herself for not doing anything. She had a feeling something was going on with Rick but she wasn't for sure what it was exactly.
"I wish I could have been there to help!" Jedda stated, angry. "If I had, I could have used the Necklace of Oros to help somehow!"
"It's not your fault, Jedda." Minako assured her, giving her a comforting touch. "You had no way of knowing what was happening. Cathleen's control was powerful and Rick could have hurt you and the babies."
Jedda gathered all the strength she could to be there for Rick and try to help him through this crisis. She walked towards her boyfriend, surprised to see his blue eyes had turned red. "Rick."
"Don't look at me!" Rick exclaimed, turning away.
"Rick, now listen to me." Jedda sternly spoke to him before speaking in a gentler tone, not keeping her eyes off of Rick. "You're not hideous to me. You are still the Rick Gordon I came to love."
She stepped forward and gently touched his hands. "It's going to be fine. You're going to be cured from this soon. I swear it."
Rick finally made eye contact with her. "That's what I am hoping, Jedda."
Jedda clearly feels guilt for not being able to be there to help Rick from Cathleen's control but she wasn't able to due to her pregnancy as the others didn't want to put her babies in danger. After calming down, Jedda was willing to do what it took to be there for Rick and help him get through the current situation.
Galaxia looked down as a young woman with long blonde hair wearing a long slit green dress knelt before her.
"Lady Galaxia," the woman informed her, "I realize that Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Aluminum Siren and Sailor Lead Crow have all failed. I beg your forgiveness and I take full responsibility."
Galaxia smirked upon seeing the two red star seeds in her hands. "But you did obtain two significant star seeds. For that, you have my praise. Well done, Sailor Phi."
"I swear by the power you so graciously bestowed upon my Sailor Animamates," Sailor Phi vowed, "the Sailor Crystals and the one with Quasanite powers will be yours."
Say hello to one of Sailor Galaxia's second in command: Sailor Phi! I was surprised that she and her partner Sailor Chi were among the Sailor Animamates that didn't appear in the anime, but she wasn't the only one, of course. It will surely be interesting to see her, Sailor Chi and the rest of the Sailor Animamates that didn't appear in the anime appear in this volume as well as the upcoming two part finale that will happen soon.
"Gordon!" he heard the teacher call, pulling him from his thoughts. LJ glanced up, seeing the empty desk Rick usually sat in.
"Gordon!" the teacher called again.
LJ stood up and answered. "He's absent, Mr. Hill!"
"I see." Mr. Hill repiled before continuing on with role call.
LJ sighed sadly. He glanced over at Haruka, who gave him an acknowledging nod. Then, he looked at Michiru, who gave him an acknowledging nod as well. Then, he looked back at his desk, continuing to think about Rick, hoping that he would be okay.
I felt compelled to write LJ's thoughts on what was happening to Rick, given that he was his best friend and let's just say school life's going to be different for some of our heroes.
"I saw a surprising vision last night." Rei spoke up. "It's regarding both Rick and Jedda as well as another significant crystal."
"What was it about?" Makoto asked.
"First I saw what appeared to be a red star seed with purple edges. I suspect it might be the mysterious Quasar Crystal, another star seed Galaxia could be interested in." Rei explained. "Then, I saw Rick and Jedda."
"What were they doing?" Ami asked.
"You may not believe it." Rei answered. "They were dressed in royal attire."
"Royal attire?!" Usagi exclaimed.
Rei nodded. "Jedda was seen as queen of the Netherworld and Rick as her consort and eventual king of the Netherworld."
The others exclaimed in shock.
"I figured that Jedda might become Queen of Netherworld after Hadea, but Rick?!" Minako exclaimed.
"Why would Rick be King of the Netherworld?" Makoto asked.
"I'm not sure." Rei answered. "It might be something to do with Rick's Quasar powers but I'm not too sure."
This premonition in which Rei had are two pivotal moments in the future of Sailor Moon Defenders . The Quasar crystal as well as Rick and Jedda's future in the Netherworld. This should be interesting to see.
"I'm Nyanko Suzu!" the girl introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you!"
"A transfer student?" Rei quipped.
"Suzu's family runs a trading firm and lived in Tokyo for the last three years." Mr. Thompson told the class. "I hope you'll show her the ropes and make sure she knows her way around."
"Ohh, wow." Nyanko cooed. Usagi and the others were startled when the new student sat next to them. "You five seem so cool, and Usagi, those hair buns are purr fectly adorable! Nyanko wants to wear her hair like that too! Want to teach me how to do my hair sometime, Usagi?"
"Um, okay." Usagi answered awkwardly. "Sure."
"Nyanko sounds like a cute name." Minako spoke up before asking. "Do you like cats?"
"Hmph!" Nyanko turned away before she faced the girls again. "Sorry about that. You can call me Nyanko."
"Okay." Makoto noddded.
Say hello to Sailor Tin Nyanko, the latest of the Sailor Animamates to appear and the last of her team to appear in the anime. I figured this would be interesting to see Tin Nyanko in manga form. When you see the next chapters, you'll see what I mean.
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Chapters
Volume One
Using the power of the Necklace of Oros, Queen Hadea conquers the galaxy. The Defenders seek help from a group called the Sailor Guardians.
Rei notices the effects of battle on Usagi. Meanwhile, both teams make desperate efforts to end the clash. The Sailors approach Hadea's temple, and Flash's daughter returns to lend her aid.
Each side becomes more powerful.
Issues in Jedda's past and present lead to a monumental decision.
Princess Jedda begins embracing Hadea's cause. Ami and Rick continue to bond.
Members of the Sailor Outer Senshi join the battle. Princess Jedda is faced with a decision as a ruler. Later, she explores a startling possibility.
Now divided, the teams fend attacks off while struggling to reach Hadea.
As Rick and the princess finally reunite, a climactic showdown with Hadea begins.
The Guardians and Defenders continue their clash against the queen.
In the aftermath, revelations emerge and choices are made.
Volume Two
The younger team members begin adjusting to the changes. Others strive to fit back into normal society.
As his companions reflect, Mandrake begins to sense a mystical disturbance.
Mandrake is reacquainted with a major figure in his life.
Ming returns.
The group scrambles to counter Ming, who is aided by Krotan.
16: The First Abductions: LJ and Mars
Once again, Krotan makes his move on Jedda.
17: Closure For Rick and Mercury
The groups scurry to save their friends. Ami and Rick have a personal discussion.
As Minako and Jedda connect, Krotan continues closing in on members of the group.
Krotan has an enticing proposition.
The Defenders and Guardians make their stand against Krotan.
Volume Three
Rick's dreams signal a great change in his life. Mysterious figures begin moving behind the scenes.
Rei and Rick sense more darkness on the horizon.
Ming and Galaxia engage in discussions.
An unexpected battle occurs at a concert.
Rick considers the effects of his transformation.
The team has a confrontation with a group knows as the Three Lights.
Rick's abilities make him a target.
As Rick continues healing, the Sailors assess the situation with the Starlights.
Rick is targeted by the Sailor Animamates.
The team searches for Rick, along with information on their new opponents.
Volume Four
As the struggle against Galaxia continues, Hadea and Jedda discuss the Netherworld's future. Meanwhile, Usagi's power grows.
Cathleen initiates her effort to control Rick.
The team manages to locate Rick and his manipulator.
Rick frets over his mutation while others seek to reverse it.
The Sailors and their allies face a new threat in Tin Nyanko.
Nyanko becomes the latest to seek Rick's power.
As Rick's humanity begins slipping away, his friends continue their quest to cure him.
Rick runs amok, and a massive battle against Nyanko begins.
The Sailors make a stunning discovery.
Jedda and Rick take a huge step forward.
Volume Five
Rick and Jedda begin their new lives.
A girl arrives to meet Mandrake.
The group begins getting to know the newcomer.
Rick is visited by a servant who gives him access to valuable information.
Amy's special abilities are revealed.
Rick learns more about his power, and how it might relate to the current events. Hadea attempts to console him later.
The group endeavors to rescue Mamoru from a mystical prison.
Usagi and her friends confront Mamoru's captor.
The battle in the dream realm reaches a conclusion.
The aftermath of the dream clash brings several people closer.
Volume Six
Rick senses that the Netherworld could face an imminent attack.
The groups begin learning more about the Kings.
Hadea and her companions take preemptive measures against Zorelda.
Hadea and Phantom explore their bond, as do several others throughout the day. First appearance of Tori Gordon.
Rick and Jedda work to resolve recent issues. Minako explores life in the Netherworld.
Ming reenters the fray as the Kings converse with Zorelda.
The groups decide that it's time for the confrontation.
The Guardians and Defenders engage the Kings in the Netherworld.
The Kings begin to realize the truth.
With Zorelda seemingly thwarted, the groups begin moving on. A woman named Rachel arrives at Monitor.
Everyone begins learning more about Rachel.
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