"Well, yeah. - Long time no see, A*0-1."
" - Sia?"
A*0-1 whispered. Ryouga sighed.
"Sia, huh? So that's the name you remember. ...Typical."
"But..."
"Well yeah, the name does ring a bell a little bit, so maybe I was "Sia", once upon a time. - I'd think I'd be remembering other names then that, though, if I were you. If I were you, ha ha ha..."
Nike stood near the edge of the building, clutching her useless right arm. "Why? Why, Sia?" "Because you are Sailor A*0-1," said Sia, nodding to the others to spread out on either side of her.
Sia... Sia didn't remember. She - He - didn't even seem to remember being Sia.
Ryouga stared at her, expressionlessly.
She remembered. Everyone feared her. Everyone hated her. Not because of what she would do, but because of what she COULD do. Not because she was a problem, but because of what might be.
"Che'. Why do I bother? I wonder about myself sometimes, y'know?"
Ryouga muttered.
"By the way, A*0-1 - we have company. In case you didn't notice."
A*0-1 blinked. What?
"Com-pa-ny, A*0-1. And no, I don't mean those Senshi girls who blasted off that ridiculously massive Purifying and Healing spell..."
Ryouga gestured behind them. There was a audible sigh, then...
And four other Sailor Senshi appeared from nowhere.
A subspace bubble? A*0-1 narrowed her eyes.
A slightly older-looking woman with dark skin, two girls who looked a bit older then herself probably, and a much younger girl. All in the distinctive Senshi uniform so common around this particular area of the universe, of course.
"Sailor Pluto." The eldest Senshi introduced herself.
"Saturn." This was the youngest.
"Neptune" The girl with sea-green hair nodded at him, and then turned towards the sandy-haired girls besides her. "And this is -"
"Hello, I'm Sailor Uranus, and..."
The girl blinked, short hair waving in the breeze. A*0-1 blinked right back. This felt strangely familiar, somehow.
" - Say, haven't we tried to kill each other a couple of times, over the lifetimes?"
The other three plus Ryouga all almost facefaulted, at that.
"Uranus, there are good conversation starters and not-so-good conversation starters, you know...?"
A*0-1 was not in a mood to pay any attention to what anybody else was talking about.
"We're friends, Sia. We grew up together," said Nike, looking from one to the other. "Kina. Rain. Silver. You know me."
"Yes, but now you're Sailor A*0-1," said Sia. "The Sailor of Ultimate Creation & Destruction. I'm sorry, but you can't be allowed to fully awaken."
"Sia?" asked Nike tearfully, shaking her head. "No. This can't be happening. I'm not-"
"WORLD BREAKING!" "FIRE WAVE!" "METAL BURST!" "THUNDERSHOCK!" "DEPTH CHARGE!"
"...Kina?"
A*0-1 whispered. This was a nightmare.
"Kina. Kina? - Is that all you remember - Kina? Well, well, well..."
The other three Senshi were sending distinctly odd looks "Uranus"s way, but it didn't seem to be phasing her in the least.
"But you were always like that, now that I actually remember you a little- You and your selective memories..."
And then Uranus smiled, coldly as the winter wind.
"Ha'shel."
A*0-1 reeled.
Ha'shel.
No.
Ha'shel
No!
"Nike! I was Nike!"
She remembered. Everyone feared her. Everyone hated her. Not because of what she would do, but because of what she COULD do. Not because she was a problem, but because of what might be.
"I was Nike!"
"Oh, sure you were. As surely as you were Ha'shel. And Lancran. And Benarre. And so many others, isn't that so, Ha'shel!!"
A*0-1 clapped her hands over her ears.
Lancran - A light that spread over a planet, breaking, crushing - but I got it back! I got it all back, I remade them again, they didn't remember a thing, I did, I did -
Oh sure you did. Except for all the Starseeds which were lost, and all the data that was lost, and -
Benare- The Dark thing inside her, which giggled and took her over longer and longer, it'snotmyfaultit'snotmyfaulteveniftheworldisSilencedAllLifeGone -
And Ha'shel - Laughter echoing as the Star System she was born in dies, serves them right for notlovingmetryingtokillme, she's the strongest she could always go elsewhere -
No
A*0-1 pounded on the ground. She wasn't sure just how she got there, but the ground was always hittable, yes -
I was Nike I was Nike I was Nike and I didn't do anything but everybody my friends yes tried to betray me kill me -
"Shut up, Kina!"
"Ohhh, can't take the truth, Nike dearest? Oh, yes I do remember you now a little, I do - "
Uranus smiled, hungrily, madness lurking in her eyes.
"So what about a little - bout, then? Friendly-like, you know?"
Pluto, Saturn and Neptune looked at her like she had suddenly grown two heads. As did Ryouga.
"Bout? Bout? With me? You've lost it, Kina - "
"Suure I have, "Sailor Overkill" - what, scared to take on lil' old me? Maybe you should try calling yourself "Sailor Overhyped" sometimes, then!"
Uranus waved her arms then, and A*0-1 closed her mouth. A opening had opened up in the air, right above them. Pluto, off to one side, was slowly starting to swear in several dead languages, but nobody was listening, including herself, to be truthful about such things.
"Come on to 'round Uranus, then, so we have less chance of blowing up the only planet with a viable ecosystem in this Star System - You're not as good at the Making as the Breaking, you ought to know that much by now at least -"
"Well that does take a bit of skill, not to mention aesthetic sense, yes"
Ryouga mumbled, and started creeping towards Pluto, a little bit at a time.
"You."
A*0-1 whispered.
You.
Neptune was staring blankly at the scene in front of her. Saturn was facepalming, not that that really helped anything...
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