Chapter 7:Final Battle?!:Haruka's Tears 
 Ki makes her way to the park. She always felt calm 
surrounded by nature,she needed this,she needed to 
think. She sits on the same bench that she sat on the
day she met Haruka. She begins remebering and pondering
on all the events that took place,that day,the day she became Sailor Earth. She shuts her eyes tight and grits her teeth,exhaling, as she pulls out her henshin stick and studies it. It begins to rain, lightening lights up the sky and thunder roars in the background."I don't want it!" Ki says as she tosses the stick into the lake. She looks at the sky,tears well up in her eyes."Take it d*mn you! I don't want it!",she kneals down on her knees at the end of the lake and examines her reflection,angered by the image she sees. Again,she looks toward the sky,holding her arms wide open,her hands clinched in fists,"You want me?! Here I am! Come take me!" "Intresting choice of words sis." Ki doesn't even turn her head,instead she lowers it,facing the ground,"Long time,no see brother. To what do I owe the honor of this visit?",she says dryly. "You know why I'm here. It's time." Ki rises and faces her "brother"coldly,dead in the eyes,"Then do it. Kill me,get it overwith." "Nakushita,no!",it was Haruka,jumping out of the Tenoh-maru,that she landed right in the middle of the 
park. "You again? How many times must I kill you?! You
 sailor senshi are like cockroaches!",exclaims Ryoku.
    "Get used to me kid,because wherever my sister or
Neptune goes,I guarentee you I'll be right there at 
their side.",says Haruka. "Your sister is willing to
die,are you willing to folow her there?" "I will go to
the bowels of H*ll,but Nakushita will not die,not 
today!"
  The other outer senshi finally catch up with Haruka,
Michiru went to get Ki...."Don't touch me Michiru!" the
lightening flashes in Ki's eyes,"I have a choice,I will
escape my fate. Sailor Earth is suposed to die,not 
Nakushita Tenoh. Good,evil,what's the difference? My 
hands will always be stained in blood,no matter what
path I choose. I am no longer Sailor Earth I will 
escape my life, I will-" !SLAP! Michiru open-handedly
slaped Ki across the face.She grabs Ki by the 
shoulders,shaking her,"Come to your senses Nakushita! 
Are you a woman of your word?! You said you'd fight it,
that you wouldn't embrace it! You said that you'd never
hurt Haruka,what do you think that you are doing?!" 
   "I,I-" !BAM! Ryoku sends a blast at Ki,knocking her
unconcious and hurling her into the lake. As she drifts
to the bottom,she hears a voice,
   "Kodoku child,come to me." She then hears bits of 
conversation people had with her before: 
   "I am Sailor Pluto,the keeper and guardian of time. You are the
missing link to the puzzel,Sailor Earth."
  "I'm so happy you are finally here. Haruka-papa,and 
well,all of us couldn't be happier. Now,we are all 
together." 
   "What?! Ki,you're a sailor senshi?!" 
   "I'm scared,and if you're anything like your sister,
I know you are too." 
    "Ilove you too,my daughter." "
    " Nakushita! Promise me you'll stay here!"
  Ki then awakens and makes her way to the bottom of 
the lake floor,asking the Earth and it's spirit to
guide her,she finds her henshin stick.....
   "I'm here child,you are lost no longer....",says the
voice. 
   Resurfacing and gasping for air she discovers all 
the sailor senshi fighting Ryoku and his yoma,the 
senshi are clearly outnumbered,there's about twenty of
those evil creatures. 
  "Earth Planet Power,Make-Up!",Ki quickly transforms 
into Sailor Earth. "Call off your minions brother,if
you want me,then let's do this...one on one." Ryoku 
smiles grimly,calling off his yoma and motions for 
his sword. "Well brother,if that's the way you want 
it,"Earth Katana!",Ki calls for her katana and recieves
it. 
  "Either way Ki, I win today." "Then you wouldn't mind
it if we take this battle elsewhere?..." "I'll take 
that as your last request,dear sister.",Ryoku says as 
he transports them to an astroid in outer space. He
then motions for his five best yoma to attack the
senshi as the rest dissapear. Both Ryoku and Ki charge
at each other with their weapons as they engage in 
armed combat. 
   Meanwhile,the other senshi were teaming up against
the yoma,"Oak Evolution!" "Flame Sniper!" "Love and 
Beauty Shock!" "Dead Scream!", nothing was working...
....... 
    "Now, females fighting males in duels,are you 
enjoying women's rights now,sis? 
  "I love every minute of it,can't say the same for 
you,Ryoku.", Ki says as she knocks the sword from his
hand,grabs it,and holds both his sword and her katana's
blades facing him. "Call them off,and I'll let you go."
   Ryoku sends his yoma away,Ki backs up just enough to
let him up. Ryoku then makes a sudden move,grabbing a 
hidden sword and stabbing Ki right in the abdomen. 
"Aaaag!" 
   "Nakushita!",screams Haruka and is echoed by the 
outer senshi.
  "Ki!"the inner senshi scream in unison. 
  "Fools! All of you!", Ryoku says,using his foot to 
help push Ki off his blade. Uranus is about to call for
her space sword,but before she can,Ki,gasping for air 
and cleching on to her wound with her right hand,rises.
   "The only...the only cure for a fool is death,
brother. But if I am one,so are you,and you too,must
die." Ki thrusts both arms forward and cries,"Earth
Total Destruction!" 
   "No Nakushita!" Uranus screams. "You can't die,not
again,not this time!" Ki says nothing as her katana and
all of the outer senshi's weapons assemble on her
guantlet bands. The gemstones start to glow....
  "Mother Earth,hear and grant my last request,take
your children home!",calls Ki as the talismons start 
to glow. 
  "No Nakushita,you can't do this!" screams Haruka as 
they are teleported back to Earth,all but Ryoku and Ki.
  A brilliant flash of light encompasses and highlights
the Earth's sky. Not even a moment later,the outer 
senshi's talismons appear before them and Ki's earth
katana twirls in the wind,landing blade firts,slanted
in the ground. 
  All the senshi wheep,knowing what just happened.
   "I won't accept it! I won't!",cries Haruka as she 
breaks down,as always,Michiru is there to comort her.
Haruka's face is toward the ground,trying to hide her
tears.
 "We,we failed.",Rei wheeps. "She knew,she had it all
planned out. She had Ryoku take the battle away from 
Earth to save it,and us.", Setsuna whispers. 
  Then, as if carried by the wind,Ki's body gently 
lands on the ground by her katana. Haruka breaks from
Michiru's grasp and rushes to be by her sister's 
side. 
  "No Nakushita,no......no...oh God,no.",she wheeps. 
  An image appears behind them. 
   "Haruka,look!",Setsuna cries. It's Ki! But how? 
  "I"m the former princess of Uranus and Earth,I am now
it's spirit and guardian of her children. Do you know
the story of the goddess of Earth?",she questions
Haruka. 
  Haruka ,in shock and amazement,shakes her head,"No".
  "Like the pheonix,Earth rises again,answering the
cries of her children. Take her home,she will awake in
three days. There is some work I must do before her
and I can bond again.Your love for your sister will 
keep her alive until that time." She turns to Usagi,
   "Usagi,forgive Sailor Earth's actions from earlier,
you did what you could." Usagi shakes her head in 
understanding,not being able to say a word. 
  Now,turning back to Haruka,she continues,"My sister,
it has always been my dream to actually be there when
you get married,looks like now,I'll have that chance.
You were right,I won't die,not this day. This is the
final reincarnation. We are the lonesome,lonely sisters
no longer. See you in three days.",Ki says with a smile
and dissapears. 
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