A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 165

"Th-The Outer Guardians!" exclaimed Solaris in bewilderment. "I don't believe it!"

"Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn, too," Sailor Venus murmured as a tear of emotion fell down her cheek. "You're here."

"But... wasn't Saturn a baby the last time we saw her?" she inquired. "I'll say this much: she's gotten one doozy of a growth spurt."

Then, Sailor Venus suddenly remembered. "We need to let Sailor Moon know what's going on!" she cried. "She doesn't even know we're here!"

"Then, let's hurry and contact her!" urged Sailor Mercury.

Solaris immediately used his bracelet and tried to call Usagi. "Usagi? Usagi, this is Solaris. Do you copy?"

But all he could hear was the sound of white noise.

"Usagi, can you hear me?" Solaris tried again. "Please respond."

Again, there was no answer.

"It's no use, Solaris," said Sailor Uranus. "You won't be able to reach her right now."

"What do you mean by that?" asked Sailor Venus. "Do you have any idea why we can't?"

"And for that matter, what are you all doing here?" asked Sailor Mars. "Why have you come back to us after all this time?"

"We've received a sign about the prince and princess in trouble," replied Sailor Neptune. "And Specter brought us here."

Solaris and the Inner Guardians couldn't help but be shocked.

"That is the sole reason why we came back and reunited with you," added Sailor Pluto. "It is our fate to protect them at all costs. It's a destined path none of us can escape or avoid, but one we have to accept and overcome as we make way for our new destiny. That is our true duty as the eleven guardians."

"You know, a simple "we came to help" would have been more suitable instead of all the verbosity, Pluto," quipped Solaris.

"But what do you mean the prince and princess are in danger?!" asked Sailor Venus worriedly. "What's going to happen to them?!"

Just then, they were rudely interrupted by VesVes and Pallapalla leaping out from the jungle, each visibly cross and raring to fight.

"I'm sure there are a lot more questions that need answering," said Sailor Uranus as she summoned her Space Sword. "But first, we got to take care of business."

PallaPalla waved a hand with a finger pointed. "TAMA-ARARE!" she yelled out.

"TAMA-HAGANE!" VesVes shouted as she summoned a dagger and threw it.

At their commands, a shower of large boulders came falling, and the dagger multiplied into many. But Sailor Uranus and Neptune got ready with attacks of their own, Uranus holding up her sword high as a giant crimson sphere of energy came forth while Neptune held her arms above her head as a sea-green orb of water appeared in her hands.

"URANUS SPACE SWORD BLASTER!"

"NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"

Sailor Uranus sliced her sword down as the crimson sphere exploded into multiple blades, each one shattering and destroying the daggers. Sailor Neptune launched her orb, sending it toward the boulders and destroying them upon contact, making water rain everywhere.

VesVes and PallaPalla could only glare as they fled back into the recesses of the jungle. The Guardians took this minute to regroup.

"As much as I hate to say this, Sailor Uranus is right," said Solaris. "We have to take care of one problem at a time. And our current problem is taking care of this whole mess. So here's what we'll do. Sailor Venus, you, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury get to the dream mirrors and put them back in their proper homes. We can't afford to let any of them get gobbled up or destroyed."