Beryl had not immediately gone to harvesting energy and conquering the world. Instead she had begun operating cautiously. A little energy harvesting operation out of a country where such wasn't likely to be noticeable, moving from place to place with no set pattern. Her main attention was on reconnaisance. What powers of magic had been developed in her long slumber and how could they be utilized by herself?
The books and notes of Clow Reed were recovered during one such pursuit.
When Queen Beryl had begun operating in greater measure, at first she had been confused. Sailor Moon?! There was no Senshi of the Moon. Had one been created after her defeat?
Beryl had slowly expanded her operations, running into more and more of the Senshi while trying to find the ginzuishou and more information. Finally she'd felt herself ready, with the mind-controlled Endymion at last by her side.
Using the secrets of Clow Reed and two other sorcerers who'd tried to duplicate his work - Beryl captured and contained the Senshi who stood against her.
The Moon Card
The Freeze Card
The Fire Card
The Thunder Card
The Love Card
With the Senshi sealed, and the information missing about how to bind them completely, she simply set the cards aside. She would deal with them later at her leisure.
Beryl expanded her operations, destroying much of Azabu Juuban. Suddenly she found herself facing other Senshi. This battle was more difficult, these Senshi understood tactics and attacked from ambush and fled before she could organize a proper force. She set her own ambush when she could turn her personal attention to it.
The Water Card
The Windy Card
Oddly enough, her next conflict was against another villain who had other plans for the Earth. This was a long and difficult battle, but Beryl consoled herself with the idea that when she discovered the mechanism of control, she would have all the power of these forces she now struggled against.
Because they were not at their most powerful, they too fell eventually before her. Five witches. A possessed professor. And another Senshi.
The Destruction Card.
The Red Witch Card.
The Gold Witch Card.
The Silver Witch Card.
The Twin Witches Card
The Head Witch Card
The Green Witch Card
During that battle, another Senshi had seen an opportunity and had attacked. Beryl had nearly died but had managed at the end to finally defeat the last Senshi and had stood in triumph at last.
The Time Card.
Setsuna had not come alone though. Having known this was possible and that only by depleting Beryl at this point where she could not draw further power from Metal'la did she have a chance to free the Senshi and that was a long shot.
Enter Ranma Saotome to fight the last youma that Beryl had available while the evil queen tried to get away and recoup her resources. A cat-youma. Ranma had seen the bodies of the dead and dying, and when he went into the Cat Fist there had not been a playful kitty revealed who could be distracted by a ball of yarn. It had been this reason that Setsuna had chosen Ranma as her backup and then left him behind far enough that he would only catch up when he had seen her apparently die at Beryl's hands.
Beryl had died less than three minutes after her youma had been shredded.
When Ranma recovered he did as the note Setsuna had written earlier told him to. He used the method of sealing the card so that only he could command the card. Then he was able to go off and storm Beryl's base, collecting and sealing the others from her base with the help of the Time Card and the Destruction Card.
Metal'la was defeated. Which brought them to now.
Setsuna had intervened before Ranma could go to Nerima. He was using Setsuna's apartment while he tried to master the power of the cards.
At his current level of experience as a CardCaptor, only two of them could be released at a time. Only when he fully mastered the magic of the cards would he be able to sunder their prisons and return them to something like their normal life. Right now it was Setsuna and Hotaru who were outside their prisons. Tomorrow it would be another pair.
However, as the Time Card, Setsuna knew that their situation was about to change.
She was right.
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