Sailor Moon Millennium #6 - The Death Of A Warrior -
Created July 4th, 1999
By: K.W. Isenor (sailor_sun_@hotmail.com)

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"Rhodonite come forth do you have a plan yet?" The queen swung her legs over the side of her throne.

Rhodonite stepped out of a ball of fire. He walked up to where the queen sat. "Yes my queen I have a plan and it is already in progress, I am sure that I will not fail you this time my queen." He said very confidently.

"You have better not fail me! You sound very confident Rhodonite, are you sure that your plan will work this time, all your other plan's have failed and I have lost good warriors!" The queen swung her legs back over the arm of her throne. She stood up and walked towards Rhodonite. "If you fail it 
is your life!"

Rhodonite nodded his head. "Yes my queen, if I fail you may have my life, but I ensure you that I will not fail this plan. I am very sure that will 
not fail."

"It had better not for your sake Rhodonite!" The queen said as she walked back over to her throne and sat down. She snapped her fingers and a man walked over, on his hand was a tray with a gold chalice. The queen took the chalice and drank the blood red wine.

Rhodonite nodded his head then turned and disappeared in a ball of fire.

"He will fail I am sure of it." The queen said as she turned to look into the shadows.

"You are most likely right my queen. He will fail." Said a voice out of 
the shadows. An arm reached out of the shadows, in the hand was a gold chalice. He held it out to the queen's chalice. "To the failure of 
Rhodonite."

"To the failure of Rhodonite." The queen's chalice and the man's in the shadow chalice clang together, the sound of the two chalices rang through the throne room.

* * * * *

"That's odd." Jessica said as she sat down on the towel beside Serena and the other's on the beach.

"What's odd?" Asked Serena as she reached into the cooler for a can of pop.

"Well don't you think that it is odd, we haven't heard of or seen anything to do with Rhodonite for a couple of weeks now." Jessica grabbed the chip bag that lay beside her.

"Yeah I guess, maybe they decided that we are too strong and gave up." Raye said as she pulled her sunglasses over her eyes and lay down on the towel.

"I don't think it is that easy. Maybe they are going to spring a surprise 
attack on us." Amy said as she stopped reading long enough to look up from her book.

"I think Amy is right maybe they are waiting to surprise us when we least expect it." Lita said as she fixed her green bathing suit strap.

While Serena was fighting with her pop can trying to get it open in the background. Mina lay down beside Raye. "Come on guys lets try to get a tan! School is going to be out soon and we all want to start the summer with a great tan don't we?"

The other girls except Serena who was still fighting with her pop nodded and lay down beside Raye and Mina.

"Almost got it." Serena said as she made the last turn and the cap was off. "Uh oh!" Serena said as her pop began to overflow and fizz.

"What's wrong Serena? Jessica asked as she sat up. She saw the pop in Serena's hand. Then in one big blast the pop shot up in the air and was all over everyone.

Everyone was laughing at Serena and at the spilled pop. Serena's face went a number of shades of red. But decided to laugh at her misfortune as well.

Raye sat up with a very irritated look on her face. "SERENA! Look what you did you ruined my brad new bathing suit!" Raye said as she pointed to the pop stains on her two piece bathing suit.

"Oh come on Raye, it will wash right off in the water!" Jessica managed to say between bursts of laughter.

Raye let out an angered puff of air. And lay back down on the towel.

Jessica signalled with her hand to get the other's to come over to her. She whispered something into each of their ears. Serena let out a giggle. But Jessica and the other's put their hands to her mouth.

The next thing Raye knew was that she was getting picked up and carried away from her towel. Then she felt the coolness of the water around her body. When she came to the surface she saw Jessica and the other's all standing on the beach with guilty faces.

Raye stepped out of the water totally drenched. Jessica and the other's all thought that Raye was going to blow up in their faces. But she surprised them.

"That is it!" She said as she stepped towards her friends. "Now it is your turn!" She said as she grabbed Serena's and Lita's arm's and threw them in. Then before they could run Raye grabbed them by their arm and swung them around and tossed them into the water.

Jessica and Serena stood up and both grabbed Raye's arms and pulled her into the water. It turned into a big water war. Water being splashed all over.

At the end of it the six girls staggered out of the water, their hair was 
all messed up going this way and that. They were an odd site to see.

* * * * *

"Rhodonite!" The queen's great voice echoed throughout the dark throne room. "Come forth now!" The queen spoke in a very demanding voice. The room went silent. Queen Hecate's face became full of anger and announce. 'If he doesn't show up soon I will have his head.' The queen thought to herself.

A great ball of fire appeared before the throne where the queen sat. When the fire died down, Rhodonite stood where the ball had just been. "Yes my queen." Rhodonite said with a graceful bow. He looked and saw the angered look on his queen's face. "I'm sorry about being late I was getting the final steps of my plan seen to. . ."

Rhodonite didn't get to finish what he was saying because the queen interrupted him. "I don't have time for your pitiful excuses. I have heard them all before!" The queen said as she signed one of her servant with her hand. The servant brought over a tray with a gold chalice on top.

"I'm sorry my queen." Rhodonite said as he looked up at the queen with sorry eyes.

"Anyway I don't want to keep you from your busy squeduel for long." The queen said sarcastically. "I want you to bring back lots of energy and remember if you fail I will have your life!" The queen said as she took a sip of the bloodred wine from her chalice.

"Yes my queen I will bring back the needed energy, I will not fail you." 
Rhodonite said proudly. As he stood up tall.

"You better not fail you know what your fate will be if you do fail me!" The queen said as she griped the chalice tighter in her hand. She held it so tight that it shattered in small pieces. The glass went everywhere. Some of the pieces cut deeply into her hand. She didn't even flinch in pain.

"Yes my queen." Rhodonite said as he looked down at the queen's hand, blood trickled down the palm of her hand and down her arm. With a final bow Rhodonite disappeared in a ball of fire.

* * * * *

Jessica and the other's walked along the gravel path in the Tokyo Park. Jessica looked down at her watch and gasped. She turned to her five friends. "Hey guy's I'm sorry to leave you like this but I have to go to the hospital to visit Ben and Kevin."

"Don't worry about it Jess, we all have to head home for some reason for one reason or another." Lita said as she turned to the other's.

"Yeah I think that we all need to study for final exam's coming up." Amy said as she looked at the other's, then she looked questionably Serena.

"Okay then see you all tomorrow!" Jessica said as she turned towards the Tokyo Hospital.

* * * * *

Jessica walked into Ben and Kevin's hospital room. Ben was sleeping and Kevin was reading. When the door opened he lifted his head to see who had entered the room. When he saw that it was Jessica he put his book down and smiled.

"How has it been?" Jessica asked as she pulled a chair up to Kevin's bed.

"Not fun, but the doctor's did allow me to go outside." He turned and smiled at Jessica. "It has been torture, cooped up in her all day with nothing to do."

"Don't you talk to Ben?" Jessica asked as she looked over the peacefully sleeping Ben then back up at Kevin.

"He sleeps most of the day and when he is awake all he talks about is himself and how "popular" he is! It is really boring to listen to him go on about his looks and talents all day."

"Why don't we go for a walk?" Jessica suggested as she stood up off the chair. Kevin nodded as she pulled off the covers. He looked down and noticed that he was wearing one of the hospital gowns that showed your backside.

"Hold on a minute and I will be out in something less reveling." Kevin said laughing.

Jessica nodded and walked out of the room and closed the door. She was trying so hard not to burst out laughing. When Kevin walked out of the room Jessica had tears in her eyes. She quickly wiped them away.

"So where to?" Jessica asked. I was thinking the gardens. They are so lovely this time of the year. All beginning to bloom." Kevin led the way.

* * * * *

"My queen I am ready to make the attack." Rhodonite said as he stepped out of the ball of fire. Then bowed before the queen.

"Ah, good. Now go and fetch the needed energy, still much is needed. There are still many energy crystals to be filled with human's energy. And if you do well then I will reward you for your services and you will get a promotion and be my right hand man. Or left hand man which ever you prefer." The queen said with a smile. "But remember if you fail me I will have no choice but to punish you." The queen said with a saddened look.

"Don't worry my queen I will not fail you. And if I do I will take the 
punishment as given." Rhodonite said with a very reassuring tone then gave the queen a sly smile. "But not to be rude but I must go now and carry out my plan." Rhodonite bowed before his queen again and disappeared in a ball of fire.

The queen signaled for everyone to leave the throne room. And from the shadows came an angered voice. "But my queen I thought that I would always be your right hand man. What if Rhodonite does succeed in his plan? What will happen to me?"

The queen turned to face the source where the voice came from. "Don't worry he will not succeed and if he does I will still have you as my right hand man. Do not worry."

"Yes my queen." The figure reached for the queen's hand and gently kissed it.

* * * * *

Kevin sat on a green bench with Jessica. They sat in silence as they looked up at the sky. In the distance the sun was slowly setting. Kevin opened his mouth. He was about to say something but was interrupted by screams. Jessica and Kevin both turned their heads in the direction of the screams.

"Come over here Jessica." Kevin said as he grabbed onto Jessica's arm and pulled her into the garden shed. "Now stay here I'm going to see what is going on and get help if it is needed."

Before Jessica could protest. Kevin closed the shed door and locked it. "Kevin don't leave me here! I can help. Let me out!" Jessica screamed through the door. When Jessica realized that screaming wasn't going to help her any she decided to kick at the door handle hoping that it would break.

After a few hard kicks the doorknob broke off. Jessica reached her hand through the hole where the doorknob just was and unlocked the door. She jumped out of the garden shed looking to see if there was anyone around.

"SUN STAR . . . . . POWER!"

Jessica then closed her eyes then her transformation wand disappeared into many little orange and gold sparkles and caused her body to shimmer in the colors of the sparkles as they fell onto her body. 

Then her silver tiara appeared with the red jewel in the center. The jewel them emited a blinding flash of orange light that surrounded Jessica giving her the feel of the bright morning sun on her body. 

Then a swirl of orange and gold sparkles that wraps around her body moving upward as it spun around her body. The body suit of her uniform then appeared. And the bow came out of the heart in the center of her chest. 

Sparkling golden rings went around her feet forming boots. Then more sparkling rings went around her arms forming her gloves. Soon afterward the golden sparkles went around her waist forming her skirt. 

At that point there was a large burst of golden sparkles that flew up into the air, when the sparkles fell to the ground Sailor Sun was reveled fully transformed. She did her transformation pose. She stood with one hand across her forehead and the other across her stomach with her legs together. Her long red hair blew to the side.

"Now I'm going to kick some major bad guy butt!" Sailor Sun said as she ran towards the hospital.

* * * * *

On the other side of town . . .

Eclipse lay peacefully on Jessica's bed. He lifted his head. He got this gut feeling that Jessica was in trouble. He jumped of the bed and bolted down the stairs and out the front door. He jumped off the front to the ground. And instead of using the gate he took the faster route over the brick wall that surrounded the house.

'I must get to Jessica before she gets hurt.' Eclipse thought as he ran towards the hospital. 'I wonder if that girl would be able to stay out of trouble for once! I was having a good dream.'Eclipse mumbled to himself as he ran down the sidewalk.

* * * * *

"Ha, ha, ha! I will have all of your energy!" Rhodonite said as he stood in the main lobby of the hospital. He held a man by his shirt collar in his left hand. And he used his other to drain the energy from the man. The man's body went limp. Rhodonite tossed it aside as if it were only a piece of dirt. The man landed hard on the ground and let out a grunt of pain. "Now who is next?" Rhodonite asked as he looked around the room at everyone's scared faces.

"How dare you! I can't believe that you would stoop this low Rhodonite! Even for you this is low, attacking poor already injured people and the people that try to heal them!"

Rhodonite dropped the woman that he was holding in his hand and looked in the direction that the voice came from. There standing in an open window was Sailor Sun.

"Oh it is only you. Where all of your sailor suited friends?" Asked Rhodonite, he looked around curiously. "Well where are they?" he asked again.

"I am Sailor Sun! I am the sailor scout of the day and in the name of the sun and all the planet's within our solar system, I will punish you!" Sailor Sun got in her fighting stance ready to attack.

Rhodonite laughed a high pitched historical laugh. "Very amusing! No I mean very amusing! You come in here thinking that you are all miss mighty. Oh I am Sailor Sun blah, blah, blah!" Rhodonite said mockingly. "Now if you are done with the introduction's may I get back to my energy stealing?" Rhodonite asked as he lifted the woman that was already half drained of her energy.

Jessica put her hands together as if she was going to pray. 

"SUN FIRE BEAM . . . . . BURN!" 

Sailor Sun stood with her legs together, then she put her hands together as if she were going to pray. She closed her eyes and slowly lifted her hands towards the sky. During this whole time Sailor Sun's hair was blowing fiercely around her. There was a bright flash of golden and orange light which caused her body to shimmer, then a large golden fireball spin around Sailor Sun. Then it turned and headed towards Rhodonite. When it reached him the fire ball spun around her a couple of times and each time the fireball got closer 
to his skin.

"No, no, no. I don't think so you silly sailor girl." Rhodonite said as he 
shock his index finger back and forth. "Now for that I'm afraid that I will have to destroy you. He dropped the woman once again and held his hand towards the ceiling. "Claymate's come forth!" He demanded.

Five clay monsters materialized around Sailor Sun. She was surrounded. Then she remembered the training that Eclipse had given her. She jumped high into the air and began to spin around in a complete circle with her leg outstretched.

She only got to kick three of the monsters, which she knocked unconscious. But the forth one grabbed her leg which caused her to fall to the ground hard. When she hit she moaned in pain.

Rhodonite laughed again and went back to collecting energy from the helpless victims. Sailor Sun managed to stand back up. The clay monsters weren't paying attention to her. They were leaning over their two fallen comrades.

Jessica put her hands together again. 

"SUN FIRE BEAM . . . . . BURN!" 

Sailor Sun wisphered so the clay monsters would not hear her. Sailor Sun stood with her legs together, then she put her hands together as if she were going to pray. She closed her eyes and slowly lifted her hands towards the sky. During this whole time Sailor Sun's hair was blowing fiercely around her. There was a bright flash of golden and orange light which caused her body to shimmer, then a large golden fireball spin around Sailor Sun. Then it turned and headed towards Rhodonite. When it reached him the fire ball spun around her a couple of times and each time the fireball got closer to his skin.

The one standing clay monster that turned to face Sailor Sun. It lunged at Sailor Sun. But she skillfully did a flip over top of it and was out of its reach. "Ha, ha. You missed me!" Sailor Sun said tauntingly.

Sailor Sun was hit unexpectedly in the back of her head. She fell to the ground. She looked up at the three-clay monster's that hovered over her. She found it hard to focus on them. Then before she could do anything one of the monster's reached down and grabbed her by the neck. It had a tight hold, which was getting tighter.

Sailor Sun could feel herself losing consciousness. She found it hard to keep her eyes open. She saw a flash of black and brown fur in front of her face. Then she heard the painful scream of the clay monsters. The one that was holding her by the neck let go of its tight squeeze. Sailor Sun fell to the ground.

When Sailor Sun opened her eye's she could see Eclipse standing over her. She hugged the big dog. Eclipse playfully licked her face. 

"Now come on Jessica you have to fight these monster's." Eclipse said as he indicated the knockedout monster's that lay on the ground.

"Right!" Sailor Sun said standing up. As soon as she stood up she fell back to her knees she was too weak. The monsters were beginning to gain consciousness. "I'm . . . I'm still too weak." Sailor Sun said as she lay down on the floor.

Eclipse looked at the clay monster's as they began to stand up. Then he looked back down at Sailor Sun who still lay on the floor barley moving. One of the clay monsters was getting ready to throw a ball of clay at Sailor Sun and Eclipse. But they were picked up off the floor where they had just been. A big glob of clay hit the floor where Sailor Sun and Eclipse had just been.

Eclipse looked up at the person that had just saved himself and Sailor Sun. It was the Daystar Knight. He set them down on the floor safely away from the clay monsters. Sailor Sun was still unconscious. He knelt down beside her. "Come on 
Sailor Sun get up. You must help me battle these monster's." The Daystar Knight shook Sailor Sun carefully trying to get her to wake up.

Sailor Sun slowly opened her eyes. "Oh Daystar knight you saved me again!" Sailor Sun said as she snuggled closer to her hero.

"Come on Sailor Sun we must battle the remaining clay monster's." The Daystar Knight said as he stood up with Sailor Sun in his arms. "Now you must use your attack to destroy the monster's." The Daystar Knight said as he pointed to the advancing monsters.

Sailor Sun managed to gain enough strength to stay standing a yell out her attack. 

SUN FIRE BEAM . . . . . BURN!" 

The attack went straight towards the three monsters. They were all turned to ashes.

"No how could you. You destroyed the powerful clay monsters. But that will not stop me!" Rhodonite yelled in a very enraged tone. He held his right arm to the sky. Then he held it back out in front of himself. Sailor Sun, Eclipse and the Daystar Knight shielded their eyes from the blinding light, and then they were knocked over by a powerful gust. Rhodonite laughed a triumphant laugh.

"How dare you hurt my friends. I am Sailor Moon champion of love and justice. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil like you!" Sailor Moon stepped through the main doors. Behind her stood the other sailor scouts and at her side was Tuxedo Mask.

After everyone had finished his or her introductions. Rhodonite let out a high pitched historical laugh. "Funny, like I said before you can not beat me!"

"I beg to differ." Sailor Sun said stepping up to Sailor Moon's side. She turned and looked at Sailor Moon and the other's she smiled, her smile said thank-you.

"You are going down Rhodonite!" Sailor Mars said as she boldly stepped up in front of Sailor Moon and the other's. 

"MARS FLAME THROWER . . . . . TOURCH!" 

Sailor Mars skillfully aimed her attack at Rhodonite.

"I don't think so!" Rhodonite held his hands out in front of his chest. A 
powerful gust blew out Sailor Mars' fire and threw her to the ground ten feet from where she was standing.

"JUPITER THUNDER SHOCK . . . . . ZAP!" 

"VENUS LOVE ARROW . . . . . STRIKE!"

Sailor Jupiter's three thunder bolt's formed together into one large bolt. And Sailor Venus arrow made of hearts was aimed at Rhodonite. The two attacks combined together and headed straight towards Rhodonite.

With another laugh Rhodonite held his hand out in front of his chest and a powerful gust destroyed the attack, it also knocked the girl's off their feet, they landed beside Sailor Mars.

Sailor Moon looked at her friend's. "Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor 
Venus!" Sailor Moon said in a terrified voice. She turned to face Rhodonite. Tears were pouring out of her eyes. Sailor Moon reached her hand into the air, her Moon Scepter appeared. Just as Sailor Moon was about to use it Sailor Mercury yelled out her attack.

"MERCURY BLIZZARD STORM . . . . . ENCASE!"

Rhodonite was to late to stop the attack but he did manage to aim his attack at Sailor Mercury that was sent flying into the air. She landed hard on the ground beside the other's. Rhodonite was enchased in a cube of ice.

More tears poured down Sailor Moon's face. She looked at her friends that lay on the ground then the cube of ice that Rhodonite was enchased in then at Tuxedo Mask. He nodded at Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon got a determined look on her face she looked at Sailor Sun and the Daystar Knight then back at Tuxedo Mask. Sailor Moon held her Moon Scepter out in front of her.

"SUN FIRE BEAM . . . . . BURN!"

"DAYSTAR LASER LIGHT . . . . .STING!"

"TUXEDO ROSE STEMS . . . . . STAB!"

"MOON SECPTAR . . . . . ELIMANAION."

The four attacks combined together. Just before they hit the ice cube that Rhodonite was incased in. He broke out and was greeted with the four attacks.

"NO!" He screamed he held he hand's out as if that was going to stop the attack but he was blasted into a million pieces.

Sailor Moon and Sailor Sun grabbed each other's hands and began to jump up and down in the air and squealing with joy. Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury all woke up one by one. They had a couple of bumps and bruises but nothing too serious.

Sailor Sun looked around for the Daystar Knight which was no where to be found. Sailor Sun hung her head in disappointment. Then a familiar voice could be heard above. Sailor Sun looked in the direction of the voice. There standing in the open window was the Daystar Knight.

"You did good today Sailor Sun. Keep up the good work and remember to never give up. Think positive and believe in yourself." With those final words the Daystar Knight disappeared in a swirl of the black and yellow of his cape. He left only a small golden star shaped flower.

* * * * *

"Told you Rhodonite would not succeed!" the queen said turning to face the shadows. "It is too bad too, he did such a good job at getting lots of energy too! But now it is your turn to show me and those sailor scouts your true power's and what you are capable of!"

The queen and the man in the shadow's laughter rung throughout the throne room.

* * * * *

Jessica ran around looking for Kevin. She had feared the worst. She had been looking for the past hour. She had been through the whole hospital a number of times but she didn't find him.