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Sailor Moon Defenders
By AmandaDoE
Chapter Thirty-Five: True Colors
"I still think this is ridiculous!" Rick exclaimed in annoyance as he faced Setsuna in his cell.
"You do know why they need to keep you here though." Setsuna calmly replied. "We can't…"
"I know." Rick cut her off. "You can't take any chances with me using my powers until the antidote arrives."
He took a deep breath, trying his best to make the most of things. He knew there was no point in sulking or being annoyed with the whole situation as this was supposed to keep him safe.
"I know you're frustrated, Rick." Setsuna spoke up. "However, there's no need to be upset here."
Rick sighed in response. "I know. It's just something that I'm not used to."
Setsuna gave out a small smile. "That's understandable."
"Rick." Jedda called out as she walked into the room and walked near the cell.
"Did you eat something, Jedda?" Setsuna asked.
"Yes." Jedda answered, annoyed. "There's no need to worry there. I want to be there for Rick now."
Setsuna sighed before she turned her back. "Do you need anything?"
Jedda shook her head. "No thanks. We'll let you know if we do."
"Okay then." Setsuna nodded before leaving the room. Rick waited until she left the room to talk to his girlfriend.
"Are you okay?" Jedda asked, concerned.
"I will be." Rick nodded. "This is just a different place for me."
Jedda gave out an assuring smile. "I understand how you feel. When my mother told me I was part Netherworlder after the blood transfusion that saved my life, I felt shock and it was a new place for me."
She looked down a moment before looking back up and asking. "Remember what you told me after we discovered you were part Netherworlder?"
"I believe so." Rick nodded. "Yes."
"You told me I was still the same person that you first met even after being part Netherworlder." Jedda said.
"Well, I was the one who caused the accident that nearly killed you in the first place."
"As I was the one who caused your death at the Hall of Wisdom."
There was a pause of silence as they both took a deep breath. Then Jedda continued. "We seriously need to let go of our past mistakes. I've been trying to do just that because what we did is done and we can't go back and undo what we did at both moments. We both have to live with what we've done as we see before the both us."
"Yeah." Rick nodded in agreement. "I'm hoping that the antidote comes soon so that I won't be this monster anymore."
He stared at her for a moment. He wanted to embrace her and to kiss her but through his barrier induced cell, he knew that he couldn't at the moment.
"Given all that's going on," Jedda spoke up, "do you think that either of us can go on being Defenders?"
Rick looked down, giving that some serious thought. He wanted to stay as a part of the Defenders, but he realized that he won't have much of a choice for his own safety given how Ming and other threats, including Galaxia were after his powers. He wanted to spend his life with Jedda but he never thought things would turn out the way that they were.
He also couldn't help but to think the Netherworld appeared to be a safe but how long would he be safe from those evil forces? He sighed, putting his future with the Defenders into consideration.
"How are you guys holding?" Kakyuu asked. Both Rick and Jedda looked to see her along with the Sailor Starlights in the room.
"When did you guys get back?" Jedda asked.
"I never left." Kakyuu answered. "The Starlights however just came back not too long ago from patrolling the city."
"You guys might want to be careful." Yaten warned the couple.
"Boy, isn't that an understatement?" Rick quipped.
"We could sense alien presence at your school." Taiki stated. "So this is a serious matter."
"At our school?!" Jedda exclaimed in surprise.
"That's right." Seiya nodded. "Not only that, Cathleen is still present at this area, so that makes two evil threats that are after Rick Gordon's powers."
"Make that three." Jedda reminded. "Counting Ming the Merciless."
"Ming?" Taiki looked confused, as did the other Starlights.
"I trust this Ming the Merciless is their usual evil threat." Kakyuu assured her team.
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Cathleen glared at the mansion as she was standing at the cliff side of the area. She was so close to having Rick Gordon for herself but his family and the rest of the heroes took him out of her grasps, especially Flash Gordon and Sailor Moon's silver crystal.
She couldn't help but to wonder just how powerful those Sailor Guardians were and how much of a threat that they were to her. They were truly powerful and they helped the Defenders foiled her plan to use Rick for his powers.
Taking a deep breath, Cathleen decided to wait around here and to bide her time. She considered herself waiting in the wings in this case, waiting for the chance to make her next move.
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Usagi met with Rei, Ami, Makoto and Minako outside the school.
"LJ, Haruka and Michiru should be here any time now." Minako stated.
"Then we'll meet with the others before heading home." Ami added.
"Usagi! Guys!" perked the voice of Nyanko. They turned around to see her grinning like a treasure cat.
"Nyanko!" Usagi exclaimed in surprise.
"Heading home?" Nyanko asked.
"Yeah." Rei answered. "We need to meet with the rest of our friends first."
"Okay."
"Usagi!" she heard LJ call her name. The six girls turned around to see LJ arrive at the scene, with Haruka and Michiru in tow.
"I see you guys made a new friend." LJ quipped.
"Yeah, we sure did." Usagi stated with a smile, not acknowledging the suspicious stares of Haruka and Michiru as she was introducing them to her. "Nyanko, these are Haruka, Michiru and LJ."
"Nice to meet you guys!" Nyanko cheerfully greeted the three. "My name is Suzu Nyanko but you can just call me Nyanko! I just transferred here from Tokyo."
"Well," LJ replied, "nice to meet you."
"We should be going." Haruka suggested.
"Yeah, we need to meet up with Kshin, Hotaru and Chibiusa and head on home." Michiru added.
"You don't mind if I come along, huh?" Nyanko asked. "It would be a purr-fect visit."
"It's not a good idea." Haruka stated. "There's something about her that doesn't seem right."
"Haruka's right." Michiru added. "We can't take any chances, especially with Rick in an unstable condition."
Usagi looked down, discouraged. It was very typical of the both of them to be untrusting of strange people, especially in their current situation with Rick Gordon.
"Come on, you two." LJ glanced. "Don't be so paranoid. I think the others wouldn't mind meeting Miss Nyanko here. I'm up for it. I'm sure my Pop and the others will like you."
"Purr-fect!" Nynako exclaimed happily.
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Haruka looked on with suspicion at Nyanko. There was something about her that just didn't seem right. She didn't expect Usagi and the others to believe the same thing however. At least, Michiru agreed with her when it came to Nyanko and the mission to keep Rick safe. She knew the others wanted Rick to be safe but wished that they weren't so trusting of strangers, especially Usagi, their princess.
Haruka looked on as everyone arrived at the grade school where Kshin, Hotaru and Chibiusa were waiting.
"The others are here!" Hotaru exclaimed.
"Who's the new girl with you guys?" Chibiusa asked.
"She just transferred here from Tokyo recently." Usagi introduced Nyanko to the younger group. "Her name is Suzu Nyanko."
"Nynako," Minako then introduced the younger group to Nynako, "this is Kshin, Chibiusa and Hotaru."
"Good to meet you." Chibiusa replied respectfully.
"So what do we call her: Suzu or Nyanko?" Kshin asked.
"You kiddies can call me Nyanko." Nyanko answered. "That would be purr-fectly fine with me."
Haruka noticed while Chibiusa and Kshin were accepting of the stranger, Hotaru was slightly more weary. She gave her an approving nod, noticing that she was aware of the severity of their current situation.
"We should be heading back home." Hotaru suggested. "Mandrake will have a fit if we're out too late."
"That's a good idea, Hotaru." Kshin replied.
Haruka smiled and nodded as the others made their way to the mansion, which took a little longer to walk there as she and Michiru were doing their best to ignore Nyanko talking to the others. Haruka noticed LJ wasn't as talkative with the new guest as the others were. She figured he was more concerned about his best friend and his situation rather than talking with a new friend.
The group finally made it to the mansion. The door opened to reveal Mandrake, April and Flash at the doorway.
"Welcome home you guys." Flash greeted the group.
"Guys!" Chibi Chibi chimed in as she approached the group with Lothar in tow.
"So, who's the new girl with you lot?" Mandrake asked.
"My name is Suzu Nyanko!" Nyanko took a brave step forward, introducing herself to the group. "I recently transferred to their school from Tokyo and you can just call me Nyanko."
"This is my pop." LJ introduced Lothar to Nyanko.
"His name is Lothar." Michiru sternly spoke up.
"And the rest are Mandrake, Flash and April." Usagi introduced the rest of the group to Nynako. "And of course, Chibi Chibi."
"Chibi Chibi." Chibi Chibi replied nervously.
"Well, nice to meet you Nyanko." Flash replied.
Haruka noticed Flash wasn't as interested in the new guest as Lothar and Mandrake were. She figured he was more concerned about his son's situation than anything at the moment.
"Mind if she visits us, Mandrake?" Usagi asked.
"Do we really have to?" April asked in response.
She saw the distrusting look she had with the stranger. April appeared to be in the right in this case.
"I don't see why not." Lothar answered. "We'll show you around."
"Yes, please." Nyanko chirped happily. "Can you show me Monitor first?"
The group looked around, confused. Then Mandrake looked at her. "Okay then, sure. You can meet the Phantom there."
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Luna perked up. First, she glanced at the Phantom. Then, she glanced over at Artemis and Diana.
"Luna?" Artemis looked over at her in concern.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Diana asked.
"I sense something." Luna answered. "But it can't be!"
"What is it?" the Phantom asked.
"What would someone with power like ours be doing here?!" Luna asked.
The Phantom looked at her with confusion. "Power like yours?"
"You know it's so great to meet you guys!" a familiar voice chimed in. Everyone turned to see the others arrive at Monitor with someone that appeared to be familiar to her as well as Artemis and Diana.
"Well, it is an honor to meet you as well, my dear." Mandrake replied.
"Well, it would be purr-fectly lovely if we could have some sparrows for dinner." Nyanko prowled as the others looked confused.
"Sparrows?" LJ quipped.
"Yeah, that would be scrrrumptious." Nynako stated.
"Stop right where you are!" Luna barked at the apparent new person. Nyanko glanced at the cats in response. "Artemis?! Luna?! Diana?! Show me who you really are, Imposter cats! I finally found you traitors!"
"What?!" everyone but the cats all exclaimed in surprise.
"You are imposter cats and so am I!" Nynako exclaimed before she revealed herself to everyone in a flash. She was now wearing a black top with a matching skirt, fishnet stockings, gloves, collar, blow, hat and boots with a black cat tail. "Meow!"
"What's going on here?!" Usagi exclaimed in surprise.
"Luna!" Ami added.
"Artemis!" Minako gasped.
"Diana!" Chibiusa chirped.
In a flash of energy, Luna, Artemis and Diana changed into their human selves. Artemis had long white hair and was wearing white. Luna had wavy black hair wearing a yellow dress with yellow and black ruffles on the bottom. Diana had gray hair and a gray dress.
"This is bizarre here!" LJ exclaimed in surprise.
"You three will not get far!" Nyanko exclaimed.
"She's an enemy!" Mandrake exclaimed in surprise.
"I knew it!" April added.
"Venus Crystal Power…"
"Jupiter Crystal Power…"
"Mercury Crystal Power…"
"Mars Crystal Power…"
"Uranus Crystal Power…"
"Neptune Crystal Power…"
"Pluto Crystal Power…"
"Saturn Crystal Power…"
"Moon Crisis…"
"Moon Eternal…"
"Make Up!"
In a flash of energy, the Sailor Guardians were all powered up.
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"And don't forget the Sailor Starlights!" Seiya exclaimed as he, Yaten and Taiki all arrived, fully powered up, bringing Flash by surprise.
"Sailor Star Healer!" Yaten posed.
"Sailor Star Fighter!" Seiya posed.
"Sailor Star Maker!" Taiki posed.
"The Sailor Starlights are here to help as well!"
"Oh please." Nyanko retorted before unleashing an attack. "Galactica Puppet!"
The attack knocked down the Sailor Starlights.
"Are you guys okay?" Usagi asked.
"Sailor Guardians, Sailor Moon, Defenders of the Earth," Nyanko glanced at the heroes, "the Sailor Starlights know who I truly am but allow me to introduce myself! I am Sailor Tin Nyanko!"
"I knew it!" Luna exclaimed in anger. "You're from Mau! How dare you usurp the sacred title of Sailor Guardian?! You dishonor the great name of our planet's champion, Sailor Mau!"
"The Mautians are a peace loving people." Artemis added. "How could you sell yourself out to those mysterious strangers! It doesn't make sense!"
"Just as Iron Mouse did with Sailor Chu, Aluminum Siren did with Sailor Mermaid and Lead Crow with Sailor Koronis." Mandrake told the others. Flash looked up in surprise.
"That's right." Seiya as he, Yaten and Taiki got up. "Exactly as it sounds."
"Like you know anything!" Sailor Tin Nyanko glared at the three. " You are the traitors! You abanoned Planet Mau! Shadow Galactica turned it into a world of death and now there is no Planet Mau!"
"What?" Luna gasped in shock.
"What do you mean?" Artemis asked.
"What happened?!" Diana added.
"Shut up!" Sailor Tin Nyanko shouted. "All of you, just shut up! I am going to win this fight and take Rick Gordon to Lady Galaxia, then she will remove my bracelets and make my physical body whole again. She will give me my very own Sailor Crystal and my own planet! I will be a real Sailor Guardian!"
"So Luna, Artemis and Diana are from the Planet Mau." Usagi stated. "They left their distant home world and came to our solar system to help us."
"Just like Phobos and Deimos being from another planet." Rei added.
"Everyone, please!" Diana pleaded. "We shouldn't fight each other!"
Sailor Tin Nyanko launched an attack for Diana, Artemis and Luna.
"Supreme Thunder!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Silence Glaive Surprise!"
The attacks from Makoto, Minako and Hotaru canceled out the attack from Tin Nyanko and spared Luna, Artemis and Diana in the process.
"I'm not going to let you take my son!" Flash shouted. "Over my dead body!"
"You've met the right person!" Sailor Tin Nyanko prepared to unleash another attack.
"Star Sensitive Inferno!" Yaten leapt in front of her which canceled out the attack.
"I think I will take your star seeds while I'm getting Rick Gordon's powers." Sailor Tin Nyanko smirked, preparing to launch another killing attack.
Suddenly, she is struck down to the floor.
Flash and the rest of the group turned to see the last person he wanted to see: Cathleen O'Connor.
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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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