Written by BHart
March 20, 2008

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Act LXXXII
Awake the Sleeping Giant

They were 50 feet deep in the ground. Their path was obstructed by a giant stone wall. "Looks like we've been led to a dead end," said Vasteel.

"We have to break our way through this wall. This wall is part of a giant stone cube. The walls are thirty feet thick," explained Omatase.

"How are we supposed to break through it?" asked Feral Heart.

"This isn't an ordinary stone structure. This is known as a mental block. Physical force won't budge it, only our mental prowess can break through it," answered Omatase.

The others didn't know how to do it.

"You need to focus your mental energy and concentrate on breaking through this wall. Block out any outside distractions while concentrating."

He meditated for a few minutes. A surge of mental energy coming from him struck the stone wall, causing a small hole to appear. He broke his concentration to show them how to do it. "I'll need everyone's help."

The wall repaired itself. "After we make a hole all the way through the wall, we'll have to hurry through it before it closes up."

"Let's do this," said Kousagi.

"No matter what happens, stay focused," instructed Omatase. There was utter silence in the room. They had broken their way through almost half of the wall in a fair amount of time.

A laugh echoed. Some of them opened their eyes to see what it was, breaking their concentration. There was a taru taru there, who looked almost identical to Omatase.

It yelled out their names, running around the room. Omatase was blocking out the distraction as best he could.

"Who is that?" asked Vasteel. She, Rie, Feral Heart and Nami were busy chasing a disappearing-reappearing taru. He was too fast for them to catch.

He shot clear bubbles at everyone, hitting them on their heads. They were mental bubbles that caused images to flash in their minds, making them lose focus. Omatase, Kousagi, Tokamo and Mia opened their eyes to see what was going on.

"He looks just like you," noticed Mia.

"It seems the mental block decided to distract us with something that looks like me."

"I am Omakase. It's been left up to me to stop you from getting through."

"I'll have to kill you now. I'm sorry I kept you waiting so long," taunted Omatase.

Omakase struck them in the foreheads with more mental bubbles. This time instead of being random images flashing through their minds, they saw images of Kousagi kissing Armin.

Everyone was surprised at what they saw, especially Rie. "When did this happen?" asked Rie, angrily.

"It's not what you think," replied Kousagi.

"Oh really? It seemed pretty clear to me what it was about."

"I know you're upset, but you can't get distracted like this. Look at the wall, it's repairing itself," pleaded Omatase.

"We can bust through that thing later. I deserve an explanation," demanded Rie.

"Can't you see this is exactly what Omakase wants?" reasoned Omatase.

Rie backed Kousagi into a corner.

"It looks like we're going to have to deal with Rie's temper right now," realized Omatase, sighing.

They tried calming her down.

"I want to know what the hell that was about!"

"You need to calm down first," said Tokamo.

"There wasn't anything behind it. I asked him to help me get my memories back, and it worked. Touch is a powerful thing," explained Kousagi.

The flames of fury were building up within Rie. "I really wish the two of you would've asked me about it first."

"It was the only thing I could think of at the time to get my memories restored."

Rie gave herself a few minutes to calm down. "You know me. I have a strong tendency to get jealous. I'm still pissed, though," said Rie.

"Let's put this behind us and continue with our mission," suggested Omatase.

"I was hoping you would've been distracted longer than that," said Omakase.

"You again! I'll teach you to take on my likeness."

"I've had just about enough of you," said Rie. She attacked him with her fiery flames of rage and Omatase cast some powerful spells on him, destroying him once and for all.

"He wasn't so tough," commented Tokamo.

"What'd you expect? He was just a cheap knock off."

They finished breaking their way through the wall, preventing it from repairing itself ever again.

They entered a room filled with a lot of sand. Omatase raised his hands, causing the ground to rumble a little. A metallic object could be seen, slowly rising from the deep sands.

Omatase wiped the sand off it, revealing a stasis capsule of some sort. The window to the capsule was very dusty, making it hard to see inside. "Is someone in there?" asked Kousagi.

"Yes, a sailor senshi is in there," answered Omatase.

"What's one doing in there?" asked Nami.

"This capsule preserves her strength."

"How do we get her out? Do we just bust her out?" asked Mia.

"No, she's going to have to do that herself. The only spots weak enough to break open the capsule are inside."

Vasteel's dagger only scratched it a little.

Sailor Telesto appeared before them.

"Have you come back for another ass whooping?" asked Feral Heart.

"I hope you all savor this moment because this will be the end of your journey."

"Don't you remember what happened last time?" asked Vasteel.

"I've got a surprise this time," replied Sailor Telesto. She began glowing, shedding her sailor senshi uniform and gaining a long, turquoise colored dress in its place.

"How did you transform into a princess? Don't you need a powerful crystal to do that?" asked Mia, confusedly.

"I managed to ingest a small, shattered piece from the barazuishou fragment. It has been absorbed into my body and has made me stronger, by allowing me to transform into a princess."

"Then we'll have to dethrone you," threatened Sailor Ares.

"Stay back." She used the small crystal piece inside her to incapacitate them. "This absurd rebellion of yours ends here."

She walked over to Kousagi, grabbing her by the collar. "I'll start with you. Taking out the leader is a great tactic; don't you think?"

They were helpless to intervene.

Sailor Telesto threw her on the ground, pressing her foot on top of her. "The council cannot be destroyed." She used her oceanic rock attack.

Kousagi was struck by cold rocks, splashing sea water on her. She was bruised, scratched and bleeding with salt in her wounds.

"Had enough yet? Are you ready to die?"

The tiny crystal piece appeared in her hands, having a dim pink color. "I am the barazuishou's chosen moon princess. I'll make the council stronger than ever."

A small ball of light from the crystal piece struck Kousagi. Lavender ribbons of light surrounded Kousagi, causing the light from the crystal piece to retreat.

Sailor Telesto was surprised. "How can you show such resistance?"

The lavender ribbons embraced Kousagi, dressing her with a lavender princess dress. Sailor Telesto stepped back, taken by surprise. "How can you transform into a moon princess without a crystal?"

The crystal piece stopped emitting a pink light. "I won't leave here until I kill you." Sailor Telesto used her strength to bring back some of its light to strike Kousagi.

Kousagi was holding back the crystal piece's light as best as she could.

"I can still overpower you with this small crystal piece."

The door to the capsule flew off, with a sailor senshi emerging.

Sailor Telesto was too focused on destroying Kousagi and would take care of the others later.

The sailor senshi that busted out of the capsule walked up behind Sailor Telesto. She punched her in the back of the head, breaking her skull and making it protrude out of her forehead. A hole was made through the back of her head. She collapsed face first onto the ground.

Kousagi walked up to the sailor senshi from the capsule. She was 6' 2", had long black hair, and was wearing a sailor senshi uniform with earth tones.

"Thank you for your help, Sailor Titan."

"I'm glad I woke up in time."

"What got you to wake up?" asked Rie.

"I felt a bunch of warm light calling me back from my long slumber."

"It was probably the light from you, Kousagi," thought Omatase.

"Let's go. I don't want to be around this bloody mess," said Nami.

"Let me take care of one last thing," said Kousagi. The crystal piece rose up into the air and into her hands. It was drawn into Kousagi. She absorbed the rest of its power, making it her own. The crystal piece fell on the ground, being an ordinary, fragile crystal.

"How do you feel?" asked Omatase.

"I feel great. How long was I sleeping?"

"A few years. I'll catch you up to speed on what's been going on."

They went back to the surface, where they were once again in the western altepa desert.

A sandstorm covered up a large portion of the dead Antican soldiers.

They came across the partially sand covered bodies of Sailor Mimas and Iapetus. They had a moment of silence.

Afterwards, Omatase had everyone stand close to one another. He warped everyone back to Basdor. They stayed at Metalworks, in a secret room in Cid's laboratory. "I'm going to meditate for a while. Relax for now," said Omatase. He left to another room.