Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Her Battle ❯ Encounter with a Sorcerer ( Chapter 7 )

Hello once again. This chapter was difficult for me to get started, but now that the idea of what I want to happen in this chapter came to mind I think I'll finish writing it quickly. Since I didn't get much comment on whether this chapter should be more fight oriented or story oriented, I decided to do both. (I do thank Ravenfeathers587 for giving me his/her opinion) It will be story filled at the beginning and fight filled at the end, so I will be switching to and from different characters since I separated all of them at the end of the last chapter. This chapter will probably be the most balanced, character wise, of all the chapters I have written so far. I hope this works ok; see ya at the end of chapter.

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Chapter 7 - Encounter with a Sorcerer

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"See, there was nothing to worry about, I'm home and nothing happened on the way here." Usagi said as she stopped in front of her house.

"Yeah, but I just needed to make sure for myself." Rei said blushing slightly. Rei hoped it was dark enough for her princess not to notice. Rei quickly glanced over to Usagi and sighed, `Good, she didn't notice, but I know something is going happen; I can feel it'

"You know, you're the one who should be careful. You're not in any condition to guard anyone." Usagi said breaking Rei out of her train of thought.

Rei gave Usagi questioning look, "I don't recall saying that I was guarding you." Rei remarked offhandedly.

"Really, then why did you insist upon walking me home then?" Usagi asked.

"Oh, well I just wanted to make sure you didn't get lost, it's rather dark already, Odango Atama." Rei said teasingly as she looked around the star filled sky.

"Rei, why are you so mean to me?!" Usagi wailed.

`I guess that did the trick.' Rei thought happily since she finally succeed in lighting the mood, it had been pretty depressing since their conversion at the jinja. "Come on Odango, you should get inside before you really worry your parents." Rei said.

"Oh yeah!" Usagi ran for the door, but before she opened it she turned around and waved good-bye to Rei, "Ja ne!" Usagi said with a big smile on her face.

Rei couldn't but smile too when she saw how cheerful Usagi was. Rei waved back until Usagi shut the door, `At least I know she's safely home' Rei thought as she looked at Usagi's house a little longer before turning to head back to the Hikawa Jinja. `It's possible that I'm wrong and that the enemy won't do anything tonight.' Rei just finished her thought when she realized she wasn't alone. Rei stopped and reached into her jean pocket and grabbed hold of her desired object, her henshin pen.

**SNAP**

Rei heard a twig break to her left so she whipped around in that direction all the while clutching her henshin pen in pocket once she focused in the direction of the sound she shouted, "Show yourself! Now!"

A tall figure with long hair stepped out from behind the large tree that Rei was fixated on. Upon see who stepped into her line of vision, Rei's faced changed from one that was angry to one of total shock.

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Haruka had been driving for a good fifteen minutes and neither she nor Michiru had spotted anything suspicious, Haruka sped up the car in a display of her frustration, "I know it's frustrating, but the fact that we haven't come across anything is a good thing." Michiru said.

"I know, but I still want to punch a hole in a wall." Haruka said and let out a frustrated sigh.

Michiru smiled and put a comforting hand over her lovers' which was gripping the stick shift, "It's only natural for you to be frustrated, but the enemy isn't going jump out of shadows, we need to be calm."

Just as Michiru finished her statement a rather large ball of orange energy shot across the up-coming intersection forcing Haruka to slam on to the breaks, the car skidded and left tire marks in its wake. The energy ball collided with a parked SUV, causing it to explode sending flames high into the air. The explosion blew out the windows of a clothing store on the corner, while the flames ignited a second car that exploded as well, doing similar damage as the first explosion. "Where the hell did that come from?" Haruka said once the car reached a complete stop.

"I think we have him to thank." Michiru said pointing at the silhouette of a figure in the smoke.

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"So Minako, do you want to better explain what's going on?" Artemis asked when he jumped on to Minako's bed.

"What do you mean?" Minako asked casually.

"What do you mean, `what do I mean'? You've been acting strange since we left Rei's and the only thing you said was weird too, if something is wrong you should tell us." Artemis said.

"Yes, especially if it involves Usagi. If you think she's in danger…" Luna started, Luna had decided to go home with Minako and go to Usagi's place later since Usagi was going to stay a little while longer at Rei's.

"No, it's nothing like that; at least I don't think so. It's just a feeling I had, but like I already said it's nothing you need to worry about." Minako said cutting off Luna, `I knew I shouldn't have said anything'.

"What kind of feeling?" Luna questioned.

"Really don't worry about it, I'll figure it out. So, if you don't mind I would really like to go to sleep, all of your questions are just making my headache worse." Minako said rubbing her temples as she sat on her bed next to Artemis.

"Minako you can't avoid these questions. You were the one you originally brought this up." Artemis said.

"Then I'm sorry I brought it up in the first place." Minako said turning to both cats before continuing *sigh*, "Look, I need to speak with Rei and Usagi first; it's not right for me to say anything yet. I'll talk to them and if I need to I'll you about this, but only then will I talk to you about this again." Minako finished in a commanding tone.

Minako waited for their response and after the cats shared a look they slowly nodded their heads. "Alright, now that that's settled; I really need to go to sleep." Minako said and fell back in her bed tiredly.

Artemis then jumped off the bed and joined Luna on the floor and they walked far enough away from the Minako so she couldn't hear them, "Sometimes even though they are still young they prove to me how strong they've become and when they are really serious about something, I can see what great women they will become. It kind of makes me feel a little useless though. They don't really need us anymore." Artemis said with a bit of sadness in his voice.

Luna gave Artemis a little smile, "I know what you mean Usagi has grown up so much in the last few years. Not only is she stronger magically, but she has matured greatly. However, they still need our guidance. The fact that Minako wouldn't tell us about this feeling worries me, especially if it involves the princess." Luna said worriedly.

"I know, but I also trust Minako. We should let her deal this for now and if need be we can also investigate this, but not yet, we need to have faith in Minako." Artemis said and motioned for Luna to follow him out of the room to give the sleeping senshi of love some peace.

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"What's up Ames, I mean you've been really quiet since we dropped off Minako?" Makoto said after the two had walked a few blocks away from Minako's home. `Ami's been quiet since they had left Rei's, actually.' Makoto thought.

"Huh…Oh well was just thinking." Ami replied.

Ami thinking isn't unusual, but her not talking about what's on her mind is. "Think bout what?" Makoto asked curiously.

"Not much really: about the enemy, what Minako said earlier, and some other stuff." Ami said leaving out the thing that was most on her mind, the tall brown-haired woman standing next her. `It wasn't a lie though.' Ami reasoned with herself, `I did say other stuff, maybe she will leave it at that.' Ami silently hoped.

"Oh." Makoto said sounding a little disappointed.

`Is she upset I didn't tell her what other stuff' Ami thought as she looked at Makoto as if she could figure out what the other girl is thinking just by looking at her. She turned away when she realized she was staring. Makoto didn't seem to notice however, she seemed to be the one in thought this time.

"Umm…Ami…I didn't do something to upset you, did I?" Makoto asked.

"No, why would you think that?" Ami said a little confused

"You've been acting unusually distant with me, but you've been acting the same way you normally do around the others." Makoto said sounding a little hurt.

Ami did little to hide the shock, `I didn't…at least didn't mean to. I only wanted to make everything easier for me, I was selfish and didn't think that I would hurt you, I never wanted to do that.' Ami thought when she saw that she was hurting Makoto. "I'm sorry Makoto. I know I've been keeping to myself a lot recently, but that's only because felt I had to think about some things. I didn't do it to hurt you or because you had done anything, I just needed to think about stuff on my own." Ami told her truthfully.

"Really?" Makoto asked cautiously.

Ami nodded, "Really."

"I'm glad." Makoto said happily, but stopped a few seconds later.

"What is it?" Ami asked curiously.

"I think we passed your house already." Makoto answered. Ami looked around and saw that she was right; her house was on the last block. Ami looked at Makoto and they both started laughing.

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"S-Setsuna?" Rei asked not believing her eyes.

"Yes, Rei." Setsuna replied simply as she stepped into the light of a nearby streetlight.

"Where…? What…? I mean it's good to see you in all, but why were you hiding?" Rei finally got out.

Setsuna couldn't suppress a little chuckle, which of very unlike her, but it was even more unlike Rei to stumble so badly over her words. "Which is it you would like me to answer first, Rei?"

Rei took a deep breath to compose herself better before speaking, "First, where have you been?"

"I've at the Gates of Time, searching for something to aid us against this new enemy." Setsuna stated calmly.

"Did you learn anything that would help?" Rei asked anxiously.

"I did learn so things." Setsuna said cryptically.

Rei gave her a puzzled look at first, but quickly realized the she was most likely being so vague because she would be `endangering the timeline'. "I guess that's the best answer you can give, so I'll move on to my next question. What are you doing here? If you're here to see Usagi she's already home and probably asleep by now."

"I'm not here to speak with the princess. Actually I'm here to speak with you, Rei." Setsuna said calmly.

The same puzzled looked from moments earlier returned, `Speak with me? Why?' Rei asked herself. "Why do you want to speak with me?"

"It has to do with what I have learned at the Gates of Time, actually. I just need to ask you a couple things, but I need you to be honest with me." Setsuna said in professional manner.

"I'll be honest with you, but please stop avoiding the reason you came here and say what it is you would like to ask me." Rei said concerned about what she had to do with anything.

Setsuna smiled, "You're right I should stop avoiding my questions. I knew you would want me to get straight to the point, sorry. You must answer this sincerely, Rei are you in love with Usagi?" Setsuna asked seriously.

Rei's eyes widened and she suddenly found it difficult to breath, she had *never* expected that to be a question Setsuna wanted to ask her. `Can I tell her the truth? I said I would be honest and I can't go back on my word, but how can I tell her. There's no way she could understand, what I feel for her goes beyond love. Why is she asking me this?' "W-What?" was all Rei could say.

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"Do we call for back-up?" Michiru asked turning to Haruka.

Haruka seemed to think for few seconds before speaking, "No, we transform and destroy this thing." Michiru nodded her head, but hoped this is the right decision.

URANUS PLANET POWER, MAKE-UP

NEPTUNE PLANET POWER, MAKE-UP

"World Shaking!"

Uranus hauled large yellow ball of energy at the seemingly unsuspecting youma. The collision caused another explosion that rocked the ground and created more smoke. After a few minutes the smoke began to clear and laughter could be heard amidst the smoke filled street.

"Is that the way women of this planet introduce themselves? Horrible manners." a voice in the smoke said between laughs.

"Show yourself!" Uranus commanded.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Very well." a figure then stepped into view.

The very human looking being could finally be seen with out smoke obscuring him. Black was obviously his favorite color because his outfit was all black expect for trimmings of gold. He wore helmet type object on his head that had golden blades extending from the sides and top. The helmet covered most of his face as well, only his yellow eyes and blue lips were visible. His skin was a purplish white, it look as though he was dead. He had black leather pants, black leather covered with golden spikes that protected his shoulders, and black leather, spike covered bracers that covered his forearms. His chest, upper arms, and hands were unprotected however.

"Who the hell are you?!" Uranus demanded.

"I was right; you have no manners at all. You expect me to tell you who I am before you two introduce yourselves. Of coarse I know the two of you are Sailor Senshi, but which two are you?" the figure asked as he inspected the two senshi.

`I don't like how casual this guy is, but if we want to know who he is...' Neptune thought. "I am Sailor Neptune."

"And I am Sailor Uranus."

"Now was that so difficult." he smirked and continued, "I am called the Sorcerer of Chaos. Do you wish to fight me, Sailor Senshi?" the Sorcerer asked with a smile on his face.

"What are you doing here?" Neptune asked.

"I am here to do exactly as my name says, cause chaos. And I was having fun until you butted in." the sorcerer said as he look at Uranus.

"If that is the case you will stop you right here!" Uranus yelled to the sorcerer.

The leather clad youma began laughing again, to which Uranus responded by balling her fists tightly at her side in anger. "This guy is really pissing me off." Uranus muttered under her breath. "What's so funny?!" Uranus yelled.

"Why you of coarse." the sorcerer said still chuckling. "Forgive me I should be more serious. You actually believe you can defeat me? Call the rest of Sailor pals and you may have a shot, but if you think you can defeat me with that level of attack that you used earlier. You don't have a chance in hell!" he said in more serious tone.

"You talk too damn much!" Uranus shouted and toward him to start the battle.

"Uranus don't! He wants to charge blindly at him!" Neptune called, but Uranus was too fixated on killing this guy.

"Space Sword Blaster!"

Uranus' energy blades went flying toward the youma and even as the attack came closer and closer to the sorcerer he remained remarkably calm. Just as the blades were about to hit he made a movement with his hands and a near invisible shield appeared in front of him and the energy blades collided with it instead of him.

`He must have used that same technique earlier against Uranus' other attack.' Neptune concluded.

"Futile, but if you insist upon do this. It's my turn." the youma said before smiling.

The sorcerer held his hand above his head and began chanting something and soon dark clouds formed over head, "This doesn't look good." Uranus said looking from the black clouds back to the sorcerer. When he realized she was looking at him the small smile on his grew to a wide grin. Uranus then heard him mutter the last words of his chant, "Black Lighting"

The sorcerer began lowering his hand so his palm would be pointing at Uranus, but stopped and instead turned to the left slightly and pointed at Neptune. Once he was pointing at Neptune the clouds started to rumble and somewhere between 15 and 20 bolts of black lighting came shooting down towards and unsuspecting Neptune.

"MICHIRU! MOVE!" Uranus screamed as she saw what was about to happen.

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"I mean exactly what I asked, are you in love with the Moon Princess, Rei?" Setsuna asked again.

Rei began racking her brain for an answer, `should I tell Setsuna the truth or lie. Hell even if I were to lie Setsuna probably already knows the answer to her question anyway, so why was she asking me this? Is she trying to get some kind of perverse pleasure out of having me tell her something she knows will lead to nothing anyway? No, Setsuna is like that, how could I think such a think? But why then?'

"Please Setsuna, why are you asking me this?" Rei asked holding back the tears that threatened to spill out.

"Rei…I wouldn't ask this if I didn't feel I had." Setsuna said sadly. But just by judging Rei's reaction she had already surmised how Rei truly feels about the princess.

"I…I…" Rei started, but stopped, she felt an ominous aura, and turned around to look at downtown Tokyo. There was large black cloud covering the city. `What timing?' Rei thought as her attention turned to the black cloud.

"What is it?" Setsuna asked.

"There is an enormous evil aura at the center of that black cloud. Something is happening there, we need to get there. Fast!" Rei said turning back to Setsuna.

"I know. I had hoped we could have finished this before this happened." Setsuna sighed and continued, "We can continue this conversion later; Uranus and Neptune need our help."

"Alright, we can finish this at the jinja tomorrow." Rei said though she didn't look forward to, but she couldn't be thinking about that now. Rei thought back to what Setsuna had just said and remember she mentioned Uranus and Neptune, "Wait, Uranus and Neptune? Damn it, I told them what they were doing was unwise." Rei said.

"How are you physically though, I know you are injured Rei." Setsuna asked as they headed to her car, which wasn't parked to far away.

"I can still fight, if that is what you're asking." Rei said a little defensively than she would have liked.

"If you say so, get in." Setsuna seemed not to notice the tone of Rei's statement however, since she had other things on her mind. Once they were both safely into the car, Setsuna drove away.

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Once Neptune realized the danger she was in she tried to get out of the path of the attack, but lighting was attracted to her and after she only able to take two steps the lighting came down upon her mercilessly.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Neptune screamed in agony as the bolts of lighting struck her body, each one sending thousand of volts of electricity through her. Neptune couldn't move once the lighting started hitting her, it was as if she was paralyzed and that only made her an easier target.

"MICHIRU!!" Uranus yelled and ran to try to help her love, somehow. When she reached Michiru she was struck in the chest by a stray bolt and sent back into the direction she had just came from, landing on her stomach. Haruka felt how painful it was to be hit by one, but Michiru was being struck by 20 times as many and that had to be excruciating. Haruka began getting up again to make another attempt to get to Michiru, "M-Michiru." Uranus said weakly.

Uranus was one all fours and preparing to stand when a black boot smashed into the side of her face sending her back down into the pavement. A pale hand grabbed her hair and pulled head up, "Did you honestly think I didn't still have control of those lighting bolts? Now just sit back and watch." the sorcerer said as he turned Uranus head so she could watch Neptune.

"It's almost over, but the last part is the best." he said and smiled as the last lighting bolts hit Neptune. When the lighting storm ended Neptune fell to her knees and no longer able sustain her transformation she reverted back to Kaiou Michiru. Michiru fell forward onto the pavement unconscious and as she lay on her stomach she started convulsing.

"What the hell kind of sick bastard are you?!" Uranus yelled trying to turn her head to face the despicable creature.

"You know, I'm hurt by that comment. I was nice enough to end her torture before she was fried to death. Hell I was even kind enough to *let* you watch. I'm done with being nice!" the youma said and drove Uranus' head into the ground and got up from the crouching position he was in and kicked Uranus in her side which sent her skidding across the pavement.

"It's time to end this. I had even considered only injuring you because you made me laugh, but you have sealed your own fate. It's too bad your friend is in no condition to watch your demise, but I'll be your audience." the youma jumped back a couple time to give himself space. He held his left hand in front of his face and his right hand in front of his stomach and both of his hands switched positions in a circular motion then a circle formed between his hands. An orange energy ball formed in that circle and it grew until reached his hands. "Sayonara Sailor Uranus."

The sorcerer prepared to fire the energy ball when…

"Dead Scream!"

"Mars Flame Sniper!"

The two attacks collided with the sorcerer's unprotected back from the left and right, the force of the attacks propelled him face first into the ground and the shock of actually being struck was enough to break his concentration. With his concentration broken the energy he was building also disappeared. As he lay there motionless Rei and Setsuna turned their focus to Haruka and Michiru and saw they were both in awful states.

"Check on Haruka, I'll see how Michiru is doing." Mars ordered and Pluto nodded her head.

They separated and Pluto reached Uranus first, she quickly inspected her injuries to determine if would be alright to move her or not. Haruka obviously had a broken nose as well as several other lacerations to her face and arms. She had a burn on her chest and boot impression on the side of her fuku. Setsuna decided to risk moving her onto her back; she was lying on her side at the moment. "Haruka, you ok?" Pluto asked softly as touched her shoulder.

Haruka opened her eyes sleepily, "S-Sets…Setsuna?" Uranus asked not quiet believe her eyes; Pluto merely nodded and gave her a weary smile. Her smile faded when she heard Mars call to her.

Mars reached Michiru and could see something horrible had happened to her, Michiru was no long Sailor Neptune which wasn't a good sign, only if you sustain some very serious injures would a transformation fade. Mars bent down to touch her, but her hand was struck by a small bolt of electricity which forced her to withdraw her hand. "Chikusho." Mars cursed under her breathe. Rei made another attempt and as her hands got closer to Michiru they were shocked more and more, but Rei didn't stop and finally she was able reach Michiru, she grabbed hold of her arm and she carefully turned her over so she was on her back. Rei brought her hand to her neck to feel for a pulse, she had one but it was barely noticeable. Rei then proceeded to check on her breathing, it was slow and shallow; this wasn't good she need to get to a hospital fast!

"Pluto! Michiru is barely breathing! We need to get her to hospital as soon as possible!" Mars called over to Pluto who was tending to Uranus.

Once Rei's words reached Uranus' ears she began getting up, "Michiru…" Uranus mumbled as she attempted to stand.

"Wait!" Pluto yelled grabbing Uranus arm to stop her, "You can't do anything for her right now! I'll call for an ambulance, but you stay where you are!" Pluto got up, but before she could go anywhere a black energy ball hit her in the chest and sent her flying back into a car parked on the street. Since the attack was unexpected she wasn't able to put up much of a defense against it. Pluto's back slammed into the windshield of the car shattering it. She also didn't move from where she landed either, she appeared to be unconscious.

"You didn't think I was done in just yet, did you?" the sorcerer sneered.

"Shit, this guy should be dead. He was hit by my strongest attack and Pluto's `dead scream'." Mars said and bent down to tell Michiru something, "If you can hear me Michiru, hold on a little longer we'll get you to the hospital. I just need to take care of one scum-bag." Mars said quietly before standing to face the reawaken sorcerer.

"How is Neptune doing over there?" the sorcerer said cocking his head towards Mars.

"That's none of your damn business. I will be you opponent now!" Mars yelled angrily.

"Well let's get right down to business then." The sorcerer said now giving his full attention to Mars. He gave Mars a curious look and spoke once again, "You are the Senshi of Fire are you not?"

"I am. What's it to you?" Mars asked. `This youma is much more intelligent than average youma. He doesn't just attack without thinking; he has to be planning something.' Mars thought.

"Oh nothing really, I just want to know if you were the one to leave this burn mark on my back. It's rare for two fighters to hit me with their attacks. I must have been too preoccupied with Uranus to feel the two of you coming." the sorcerer said offhandedly. "But now I'm ready for you, Sailor Mars."

"You talk big, but let's see how you fare in combat." Mars said itching to finish this guy off because her friends were in serious need of medical attention.

"Fire Soul!"

Mars shot the fire ball and her aim was dead on. `I'll end this with one shot. Why isn't he trying to avoid it though' Mars thought. The sorcerer then performed the same technique he used against Uranus' `space sword blaster' and created a shield to block the fire ball. "Masaka!" Mars said in disbelief.

"Come on, that was as effective Uranus' attack. That's pathetic." he said as if he was displeased by Mars' effort. "Allow me to show you real power!"

He proceeded to crouch and hold his right hand in front of himself. Mars look at curiously, `what the hell is he doing?' Soon Mars felt an up-surge in his power level; he was collecting energy into his right hand. A black energy ball appeared and grew from the size of a softball to the size of a basketball, the caster then smiled evilly at Mars.

"Darkness Orb!" The sorcerer released the ball of energy and threw it straight at Mars.

"Oh Crap!" Mars shouted and ran to the sidewalk. She turned towards the intersection in hopes of getting around the corner and avoiding the energy ball, but it seems to be following her. `Damn it. How is this thing able to track me?' Rei thought, just then out of the corner of her eye she saw the sorcerer directing the energy ball with his hand. `There's only one way to get out of this…' Rei thought. Quickly she changed course and ran straight at the sorcerer, `Hopefully he won't understand what I'm doing until its too late.'

Rei continued her run until she was no more than an arms' length away from the youma. She gave him a quick smile and jumped high into the air. The sorcerer's eyes widened when he realized what she had just done. Before he had a chance to do anything his own attack struck him causing a huge explosion and Mars, who was still in the air, was sent soaring back into the wall of the store on the corner by the effect of the blast.

"Aaagghhh!" Mars cried as she collided with the wall. Crashing into the brick wall had aggravated her sore ribs and shoulder, `this pain is a small price to pay if it meant destroying that youma.' Mars thought as she landed gracefully on the ground. Mars cautiously walked over where the youma was standing moments ago. She began looking for the remains of the slain youma, but she could find a trace of him.

"Damn it! Where the hell did he go?!" Mars said and frantically searched the area, but again found nothing. "Screw it! I don't sense his presence anymore anyway. Besides I have call for couple of ambulances." Mars said as she gave up her search for the missing youma.

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"That bitch almost killed me! What the hell kind of psycho is she? I didn't think she would pull a crazy stunt like that, I wasn't told she was nuts. I'm going to give my lady an ear-full when I get back." the sorcerer said as he stumbled away from the battle area.

He was limping because his leg had a deep gash just above the knee from some concrete that had struck his leg. The ground had creaked when energy ball hit him and some pieces of the pavement flew in different directions. His left arm was limp at his side because he vainly tried to protect himself with that arm, it was most likely broken. He also had numerous other wounds on his body, but most were minor cuts.

"That bitch is going to pay! I'll be back, but with allies of my own!" the sorcerer called out in a rage.

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`Good thing there was a phone booth close by.' Rei thought as she ran back to her friends. Rei noticed as she got closer that Pluto or rather Setsuna was finally up and tending to the fallen senshi. Uranus had also detransformed and was sitting next to Michiru, who was still unconscious. "Hey I just called for an ambulance, so they should be here any minute." Rei said once she was in hearing range.

"I assumed that was where you went." Setsuna said calmly, considering the situation.

"How's Michiru doing?" Rei asked cautiously.

"She hasn't woken up, if that's what you're asking. I think she's in the same condition she was in earlier." Setsuna said. Haruka though remained quietly staring and Michiru's still form. "What happened to the youma?" Setsuna asked.

"He got away, but he was injured so he shouldn't recover anytime soon." Rei said and upon finishing her statement she heard sirens getting closer. "Sounds like help is almost." Rei said as she sat down on the curb next to Setsuna, wincing slight as tried to give her tired body some much needed rest.

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Wow, I really didn't expect this one to be longer than the last one. Only took me three days to write though, while the last chapter took me about two and half weeks. This chapter just flowed so easily for me. I hope the rest of the chapters are as easy to write as this one was. Hope I did make many grammatical mistakes, because as I reread the last chapter I caught so many little mistakes, probably because it was long and I think of what I want to type before I actually type so my fingers can't keep up.

I thought of making this a two-part chapter when I had that youma sneak attack Pluto so Rei's fight could be longer, but thought I would give Rei a little break and not hurt her too much (there's plenty of time for that *laughs evilly*). Ahem…as I was saying Rei really deserved a break so I gave her one. I don't there was much else I wanted to say other than ask if people would prefer shorter chapter that may come out quicker or longer ones like the last two that will take time for me to write? Just Curious. Oh yeah, I'll include the translation to the only Japanese word that most people may not be familiar with. If I am wrong and I use any other Japanese words that you are not familiar with just tell me k ^_^. Till next time, Ja ne.

Japanese English

Masaka! It can't be!