Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Her Battle ❯ Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru ( Chapter 22 )

Minnie - It's fun and a bit of a challenge to write fights, but honestly, I find it easier if their one on one fights or one senshi verses a number of enemies. I'm always afraid of leaving a character out or giving one character too much spotlight when it comes to larger scale fights. As for Queen Serenity, you're essentially right on.

 

Hofftailing - Kei's plans…I've been slowly giving you more pieces of what she might really be planning. I guess I was kinda curious to see if someone would be able to figure it out, but I just my clues have been too vague ; ) No worries though, all will be revealed very soon : )

 

Shiori Kaiou - I'm good, maybe a little over-worked though ;) Setsuna and Queen Serenity? I'll let you draw your own conclusions on that. As for whether I think there were senshi for Queen Serenity's era; definitely. I personally believe there is a line of senshi for each Serenity, excluding Pluto and Saturn. I exclude those two for reasons I won't go into here because that would take me too long.

 

freaky-icefairy - You would be correct, I changed her primarily because I think it's completely illogical to think that only Usagi and Mamoru had different names during the Silver Millennium. Her name also has a meaning that I think suits her well. I think I said this before, but I think a lot of authors focus on their normal lives because it's frankly easier to write. It's challenging to write fighting scenes, but I like a challenge ;)

 

Lokiador - That whole, `Kei being a kind of Dark Rei from the future' isn't that weird. I actually read a Rei/Usa story a long time ago where that was the case, I can't honestly remember the name of it or now though, I don't even remember if it was ever finished or not either.

 

BTW, points to title, the return of Japanese titles : P This should be the last one though, since I already know what the remaining titles are going to be ; ) but that's as long as some chapters don't take longer to write then I think they will. A cookie to anyone that can tell what the title means ; )

 

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Chapter 22 - Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru

 

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Usagi snuck another peak out the window at the scene outside. She could hear what they were saying, Pluto said something about him leaving, but that wasn't what she wanted. `Why isn't she asking him about Rei?' she thought, when she heard the youma make yet another loud comment.

 

“I guess this is the loyalty of royalty! I guess you care not that I have information on the one you lost last night, the one that controls fire! Will you let this one opportunity pass you by?!”

 

`I won't. If Pluto won't ask him, I will.' She thought and clutched her brooch on her chest.

 

“Moon Crisis, Make Up!”

 

In only a few moments, Usagi was transformed into Super Sailor Moon and was out the door. She heard Pluto say something else to the youma, but she didn't pay any mind to what she said. “Tell me what you've done with her!” Sailor Moon demanded.

 

Pluto turned around to see Sailor Moon standing outside of the house. She looked at her with a mixture of disappointment and worry, `You're doing exactly what they want you to do Usagi.'

 

Kenjiro gave Sailor Moon a cocky smirk, “Maybe I'll tell you…if you can defeat me, that is.”

 

“Fine, but if I defeat you, you have to promise to tell me where you've taken Mars.” Moon said.

 

Kenjiro continued to smirk at Moon and shrugged his shoulders, “Sure, but that's only if you can beat me.” Kenjiro watched as Pluto stepped in front of Moon protectively. “I do have one stipulation; Pluto is not to interfere with this. If she does, our agreement is off.”

 

Without even taking a moment to think about it, Sailor Moon answered, “I agree to your stipulation.”

 

Pluto turned around quickly to face Sailor Moon, “You can't agree to such a stipulation. You don't even know if you can trust his word.”

 

“Well, you're certainly one to talk after you just lied to me.” Kenjiro said, but neither senshi even acknowledged he said anything.

 

“My mother told me something else in my brief time with her. She told me to `follow my heart' and that's exactly what I'm doing now. The worst case is that he's lying and using Rei as a ruse to start a fight, but what if he's not? What if he's telling the truth? I can't risk letting this opportunity pass by, Pluto. He's our clue to finding Rei.” Moon said honestly.

 

Pluto looked surprised by what she just heard, “…Sailor Moon…”

 

“I'm only doing exactly what Rei would do for me if she were in my position.” Moon said quietly and stepped around Pluto. She now directed her attention to youma in front of her, “You have my word that Pluto will not interfere with this.”

 

Kenjiro smiled when heard what Sailor Moon said, “Good. Now let us begin then!”

 

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“Give up our lives willingly? You must not know who you're dealing with.” Uranus said.

 

“Oh, on the contrary I know the two of you well enough. It is the both of you that don't know me; my power far surpasses that of my bothers.” Ichiro said and looked between Uranus and Neptune.

 

“Why don't we just see about that?” Uranus said and gave a quick nod to Neptune. Uranus then took off into a sprit and made it behind of youma in mere moments.

 

“What's this?” Ichiro asked, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he looked from Uranus to Neptune and back again.

 

“We're going to take you down a peg or two.” Uranus explained.

 

“Big words.” Ichiro said with smirk.

 

“World…”

“Deep…”

 

“Didn't you two already do this?” He yelled over the two girl's attack calls.

 

“Shaking!”

“Submerge!”

 

Ichiro shook his head and waited for the two attacks to collide with each other. Then just before that were to happen, he darted to his left and out of harms way. He looked ahead to find the shorthaired girl and make few comments about how useless that attack was, but she was nowhere to be found. He quickly looked around to find the senshi, `How did I lose track of her?' he thought when he saw a glimpse of someone to his left. He turned his head fully in that direction, but he found nothing.

 

“I'm right here!” Uranus yelled from in front of the youma.

 

Not giving the youma time to react, Uranus threw a punch at the youma face. She smiled as her fist meet it's target. The force was enough to push youma back several meters. He quickly stopped his momentum by crouching down and digging his claws into the ground. Once he stopped himself, he glared hatefully at Uranus and started to stand , but he remembered something, `Where's the other one? Neptune…' He looked his right just in time to see that very Senshi baring down on him.

 

Ichiro leap away from her when he saw her clenched fist, only to be pursued by the blonde who just punched him. Uranus attempted to kick him in his midsection, but he blocked that with his forearm. She followed her kick with a number of jabs to youma's upper body and face, but he was able to either slap the strikes away from his body or simply avoid them.

 

Ichiro cursed under his breathe as he saw Neptune hurrying to join the fight. He tried to put some distance between him and Uranus, but she only seemed to double her efforts to strike him. He dodged another punch from Uranus, only to see a new fist enter the fray. He raised his arm and guarded himself Neptune's fist, but with his attention on Neptune, Uranus was able to connect with a punch to his ribs. Ichiro bit his lower lip, `This isn't the way to fight these two.' He thought and guarded himself from more attacks. `It's about time I showed them how I really fight.'

 

He smirked when he saw that the two Sailor Senshi were trying to punch him at the same time. He reached up as the fists came closer and caught them. Ichiro held both girl's fists as tightly as he could, he didn't want them to free themselves. He smiled at them and said, “I do believe I'm going to enjoy this more then I thought I would.”

 

Ichiro released their hands and quickly performed a leg swipe and knocked each girl to the ground before they could react. He took this moment to leap away from the two senshi, “Now I have a better idea of what you two are capable of but…” He said and cracked his neck to the left and then the right, “Now this is where the real fight starts!”

 

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Sailor Venus stood in front of the three youma and look from one youma to another. “Tell me where I can find my friend, now!” She demanded. The youma just looked at each other and laughed. Venus looked angrier at their lack of a real response, so raised her hand and pointed it at the youma to the far right.

 

“Crescent Beam!”

 

The youma were still laughing until they heard Venus call out her attack. The concentrated energy beam flew that the youma target at great speed. The youma on the right eye's widened when he saw where the beam was headed. He tried to escape its path, but by that time, it was already too late. He cried out as the attack hit him square in the chest. His scream was silenced only moments later as he fell lifelessly to the ground. The two other youma stared at where their partner fell, as he slowly became nothing but dust.

 

“Don't take me lightly! Either one of you tells me what I want to know, or I'll send another one of you to the netherworld with your comrade.” Venus said dangerously.

 

The two youma looked at her angrily followed by both growling at her like some feral beasts. Without any hesitation the two youma charged at Venus. She stood ready in a defensive position and prepared herself for what ever the two youma had to throw at her.

 

Rather then attacking individually, as they did before, they attacked together. Venus held her ground and waited for the youma to reach her. The first youma to reach her telegraphed his attack, `A right handed punch to my left side' she thought and sidestepped the strike to her right. In the same motion, she stuck her foot between the youma's feet, tripping him as he went by.

 

Venus' attention now turned to the second youma that was just reaching her. Having obviously seen her handle hand-to-hand combat with his fellow youma easily, he took a different approach. She saw the youma stop before he reached her and point his hand at her, `An energy attack.' She thought.

 

“Venus Love Me Chain!”

 

A glowing golden chain appeared in her hands. Before the youma had a chance to fire off his attack, Venus threw one end of the chain at the youma. The chain wrapped itself round the youma's torso tightly and Venus gripped the chain more firmly, with both of her hands. She could feel the youma struggling to free himself, but she didn't intend to let the youma go until she was ready. Out of the corner of her eye, Venus saw the youma she deposited on the ground earlier leaping at her once again. Venus waited a moment before acting, she didn't want the youma to be able to avoid her attack somehow. Venus let go of the chain that was holding the one youma, causing him to fall backwards. With her hands free, she turned around quickly to meet the youma and called out her desired attack.

 

“Venus Wink Chain Sword!”

 

Golden chain appeared in Venus' hand, similar to `Venus Love Me Chain'. However, instead of it being a flexible chain, it formed into a solid sword-like weapon. Not wasting any time, Venus swung down with her sword at the oncoming youma. He didn't have a shot to evade it, nor was he even able to scream as the weapon sliced through him and severed him in two.

 

The last youma watched on as another of his brethren died at the hands this Sailor Senshi. What remained of him lay on either side of the blonde warrior that killed him. Despite the amount of blood shed, the Sailor Senshi had very little on her person. `She's good, there's no doubt about that.' The youma admitted to himself.

 

Venus swiftly swung her weapon towards the ground to her left, cleaning it of most of the youma's blood. She looked at the final youma, “Do you have an answer to my question?”

 

Youma's only response was to grit his teeth and glare at the blonde warrior.

 

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Mercury looked at three imposing youma warily and backed away from them slightly. `This isn't good; I don't think can handle all of them.' She thought and hastily looked around the area.

 

“You can't escape…” One youma said.

 

“….there is nowhere for you to hide…” The youma beside the first said.

 

“…and all your friends are too busy to help you now. So, you're all ours.” The final youma said with a smile.

 

`I don't like this…' Mercury thought. “What do you know about my friends?” she asked.

 

The youma that was the last of the three to speak moments ago was the one to answer her question, “They're being taken care of, so don't worry about them.”

 

“What's that supposed to mean?” Mercury demanded.

 

The youma smiled and looked to his left at the other youma, “Spread out!” he ordered. Mercury watched as one youma ran and positioned himself a good distance from her left, the other went the opposite direction but positioned himself the same distance from her right, and the other remained in front of her. “Make this easy on yourself and don't put up a fight. We'll end this quickly if you take my advice.”

 

Mercury didn't say anything; instead, she reached up to her ear and pressed her lowest earring. The youma's smiled seemed to widen even more at Mercury's choice of action. With her visor down, Mercury could see all three youma were calling on some sort of various energy attacks. Her eyes widened and she looked for someway to escape the attacks, but only one way came to mind. Mercury watched the youma released their attacks and waited a few moments before taking the only action she could. Just as the attacks were about to hit her, she crouched down and jumped as high as she could.

 

Mercury rose above the explosion caused by the youma's attacks. She silently hoped the smoke gave her escape some cover, `Maybe they'll think I was hit and give me an opening.' she thought. She looked at each of the youma and hopes were dashed. All three seemed realized the girl wasn't hit and were currently searching for her. Thankfully, none of the youma seemed to realize she was in the air, rather then on the ground. She noticed one particular youma turned their back to her from her position above. Mercury realized she quickly descending and she had to take action before she landed and brought more attention to herself. `This is my shot to get at least one of them.' She thought and started to call upon her powers.

 

“Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!”

 

The youma turned around when he heard the girl said something. His eyes widened in shock when he saw the wave of energy charged water headed right for him. He looked like he tried to escape the inevitable, but it was useless as the attack was moving too fast for him to avoid it. The attack collided with his chest and since he was able to offer little defense from the attack, it didn't stop with just hitting him, it sailed straight through him.

 

Mercury landed gracefully back on the ground and smiled a little at her small victory, she'd finally taken out one of the youma. Her smile faded quickly when she a stinging pain in her upper left arm. She turned her head and saw four deep cuts on her arm. She fell into a sitting position and held her arm. `He must have gotten behind me.' She thought.

 

Mercury looked up and saw that the two remaining youma were stand together in front of her. The larger of the two licked his claw-like nails. Mercury could see they were all stained with red. Once he was satisfied with clean his nails he turned his head to Mercury, “You taste good human.”

 

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Jupiter took a deep breath and eyed the three youma warily. Each was different color, green, blue, and red, respectively, but all three of them wore long black trench coats to cover their distinctively inhuman appearances. `This just great, I'm supposed to be looking for Usagi to make she's not trouble, but I find some of my own.' Jupiter took a step back as one youma took a step towards her. `I should end this as quickly as possible. If they found me it's likely Usagi and the others are in trouble too.' She thought. “I didn't know you freaks came out in the day.” Jupiter remarked.

 

“So this is what a Sailor Senshi looks like…I'm not impressed.” The red youma said.

 

Jupiter directed her attention to the youma that just spoke, “The same goes for me.”

 

“Enough chit-chat! Take your positions!” The blue youma ordered.

 

The youma started to move when Jupiter called out, “Stop!”

 

“What?” the blue youma asked impatiently.

 

“A friend of mine was taken, another Sailor Senshi. Can any of the three of you tell me where she is and if she's alright?” Jupiter asked.

 

The three youma looked at each other for a moment, before the green one spoke up, “We don't know of whom you speak of, but knowing her…the Sailor Senshi you speak of is already dead.”

 

Jupiter's eyes widened at the youma's words, `She can't be dead.'

 

The three youma smiled and took this moment to act. Two of the three ran to opposite side of Jupiter, while the blue one remained where he was. The movement caught Jupiter's attention and brought her mind back to the situation at hand. `These youma don't know what they're taking about, Rei can't be dead. They're just trying to make me lose focus.'

 

“This is the end of you.” The blue youma said, interrupting Jupiter's thoughts.

 

Jupiter glared at him, `I need to even the odds a little bit here.' Jupiter looked her left, her right, and then back to the youma in front of her. `This is perfect, I just need to get rid of these two for a few minutes.' She thought and took a quick glance to her left and right side to make sure the two youma were still there. She put her hands together, “You three don't know what you've got yourselves into.”

 

“Don't act so cocky, Sailor Senshi. We know where your strength lies and we won't be engaging you in close combat. We've been told to dispose of you and that's exactly what we'll do.” The youma to the front of Jupiter said.

 

“Don't think I'll go down that easily…” Jupiter said in response. She extended her arms out towards the two youma on her sides, “Here's a little taste of my power.”

 

“Jupiter Coconut Cyclone!”

 

Two large funnels of wind flew from Jupiter hands and hit the youma on both sides of her simultaneously, sending them high into air, as if they were caught up in a tornado. Jupiter took that moment to run challengingly at the youma straight ahead of her. He took a step back as Jupiter closed the distance between them in a split second. She noticed his surprised state and decided to use that to her advantage. Jupiter punched the youma as hard as she could in his chin, but he only staggered back. She followed up with four successive punches to the youma's torso. The youma grunted after each strike and Jupiter took that to mean that they hurt him. Jupiter realized the youma weren't likely to remain in the air much longer, she performed a quick spinning kick to the youma's chest, sending the youma back a few steps. `It's time I finished this one off, before the others land.' She thought.

 

Not wanting her attack to have any chance of missing, Jupiter ran up to the shocked youma and pressed her hands to his stomach before calling forth her attack.

 

“Sparkling Wide Pressure!”

 

The electrified ball of energy left Jupiter's hand and pierced the youma's belly. The attack sailed straight through the youma, leaving a wide hole in his torso. The youma dropped lifelessly to his knees and Jupiter turned around just in time to see the two youma she sent in to the air crash loudly into the pavement.

 

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Sailor Moon approached Kenjiro cautiously, she remember this youma. Not only was he present when Mars was taken, he also was the one that attacked Rei in the hospital. She remembered that when he attacked Rei at the hospital, he'd hurt her, `Because protected me. This time there isn't anyone to help me.' She thought to herself. She smiled though when she felt someone approaching, `I guess that's not entirely true.' From when she last fought with him, she knew he was no push over.

 

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Pluto back away, seemingly to give the youma and her room. In the back of her mind, she realized that even though Pluto agreed not to interfere, she knew if she did get into serious trouble Pluto would still step in. This was her opportunity though, their only clue to finding Rei, and she was glad Pluto seemed to stand down.

 

“I see Pluto has no choice, but to obey you.” Kenjiro remarked.

 

“She has a choice, but she, like I, understands that if this is the only way you'll tell me where my friend is then she respects my agreement to do this.” Sailor Moon said.

 

“Whatever, that's not important anyway. The important thing is that she keeps her nose out of this.” Kenjiro said.

 

“You already have my word on that.” Sailor Moon said.

 

“Good, I'm eager to see if you can put up a better fight then Mars did.” He said and saw the surprise in Sailor Moon's eyes and took this moment to act.

 

Kenjiro charged the girl as fast as he could. Sailor Moon blinked a few times when she saw the youma running at her before she expected him to. As soon as he was close enough, he threw a punch at her face, but she hastily raised her arms and guarded herself from the blow. She was able to get her arms quick enough to affectively blocking the punch. He didn't let the unsuccessful strike slow him down though because followed up with a kick aimed at the girl's side. This time Moon couldn't react quick enough, so the kick hit its target.

 

Sailor Moon grimaced as she felt the kick hit her and stepped back from him, waiting some distance between them. Kenjiro merely advanced on her quicker. He attempted a quick jab, but Moon rolled away from it. She stood and ran further away from him. When she had created enough distance between them, she reached up to her tiara and turned around to face the youma again.

 

“Moon Tiara Action!”

 

She threw the golden disc at the youma, but he just shook his head and waited for the disc to reach him. When the projectile closed in on him, he simply sidestepped the disc and looked at Moon questioningly, “This is the best you have?”

 

“I'm not done yet.” Sailor Moon declared loudly and charged the youma.

 

Kenjiro couldn't stop himself from smiling, `She has no skill in hand to hand combat.'

 

Moon went for a quick punch, hoping to catch the youma off his guard. The youma however, simply ducked her attempted punch and noticed the girl left her midsection completely unprotected so, he countered with a quick uppercut to the girl's stomach. Sailor Moon hunched over on to the youma, but he just backed away from her, allowing her to fall to the ground.

 

Kenjiro looked down at Sailor Moon, “That's the best you could offer up?! Is this the extent of your power?” He watched in disgust as Sailor Moon coughed and held her stomach. He shook his head, `Did she lie to me again? How can this girl be the Moon Princess of legend? Where is that great power that all of that family possess?' he thought. `Let's see this gets her show me a bit of her power…'

 

“I thought you wanted to know where your Sailor Senshi was? Or is it that you don't really care after all?” Kenjiro asked.

 

Sailor Moon looked up at the youma angrily and pushed herself off the ground. She quickly ran at the youma, her previous pain forgotten for the time being. Kenjiro smiled a little at the girl's eagerness, but that faded quickly when he realized Moon was upon him quicker then he expected. Moon threw a fist as hard as she could at the youma's face. Kenjiro's eyes widened slightly at the unexpected move. Kenjiro knew this attack was unavoidable, so he did the only thing he could, he took the blow with a smile.

 

Kenjiro was knocked to ground from the force of the punch and he could feel a trickle of blood leak out of the corner of his mouth. He licked away the liquid when he heard footsteps approaching him. He could tell girl had somewhat let down her guard when she knocked him down, so he took advantage of it. Kenjiro swept Sailor Moon's legs out from under nether her with a quick leg sweep as he lay on the ground. He jumped back on to his feet and threw a vicious kick at the blonde senshi, but he only caught air as she quickly rolled away from it. Kenjiro was thrown off balance long enough to allow Sailor Moon to get back to her feet.

 

Once standing again, she ran at the youma, hoping to catch him off guard again, but she wasn't so lucky this time. Kenjiro saw her coming and when she threw another punch at him, similar to the one she connected with only a short time ago, he caught her fist in his hand.

 

“That's not good enough!” He yelled and pushed her fist back, causing the blonde girl to stumble backwards a little. Seeing an opening, Kenjiro spun around quickly and kicked Sailor Moon in the chest. Sailor Moon was knocked back several meters into a tree. She gasped for breath when she hit the object and fell to her knees.

 

Pluto watched as Sailor Moon fell to her knees and looked sadly at her. She could see the girl was trying her hardest, but her attacks were all ineffective. Her grip on her staff tightened as the youma approached a prone Sailor Moon, `I can't let this continue like this, he'll kill her.'

 

“Good-bye Sailor Moon.” Kenjiro said and held his hand out at the blonde.

 

“Catastrophe Ca…”

 

His attack phrase was cut off when he felt something pierce his hand. He looked at it to see the cause and saw a rose had pierced straight through his hand. He growled angrily and looked around to find the culprit.

 

“I won't forgive anyone for attacking a maiden with such brutality!” a voice called from the tree Sailor Moon knelt beneath.

 

A young man dressed in a tuxedo and top head leap down beside Sailor Moon. He offered her his hand, which she accepted. He pulled her up to her feet and the duo stood together, looking at the youma.

 

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Uranus and Neptune stood together and faced the youma. “Don't hold back on our account.” Uranus said confidently.

 

“If that's how you want it…” Ichiro said and raised his hands above his head.

 

“Darkness Wave!”

 

The youma called his attack and threw his arms down. Both Uranus and Neptune took guarded positions, but to their eyes, it seemed like the youma didn't even use an attack. The smirk on the youma's face and their intuition told them otherwise though. Suddenly Uranus and Neptune were thrown backwards by some unseen force. Both Senshi fell to the ground hard. They lay on the ground for a few moments, before both sat up and looked the youma.

 

“An invisible attack?” Uranus muttered to Neptune and she nodded in response. Neptune stood up and summoned her Deep Aqua Mirror to her hand.

 

“Submarine Reflection!”

 

Neptune pointed the mirror at the youma, but she found nothing unusual about him. She turned to Uranus for second and Ichiro threw his hand in Neptune's direction. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the youma's movement and turned quickly back to her mirror. The image of the youma was gone and the mirror was covered in darkness. In the darkness, Neptune started to make out something white coming at her, fast. She opened her mouth to say something, when she was thrown back to the ground, and lost her grasp on her mirror.

 

“Neptune!” Uranus got up and started toward Neptune, but she felt herself being knocked away from her and into the ground.

 

“Foolish! Do you want to take me up on that offer from earlier?” Ichiro asked.

 

“Like hell we would!” Uranus shouted and summoned her weapon to her hand.

 

“Space Sword Blaster!”

 

Uranus swung her sword downward causing a number of blades of wind to fly at the youma. Ichiro watched the blades approach him, but before the blades could get too close, he decided to take action. He swung his hand in front of himself and in a few moments the blades that were once flying at stalled in midair. Suddenly the started back in the direction from where they came. Uranus raised her arms, to offer up some protection, and braced herself. She gritted her teeth as the blades cut into her arms. She cursed as her own attack had been used against her.

 

“You don't get it do you? I'm way out of your league.”

 

Uranus got up and charged the youma, but the youma seemed unimpressed with her effort and merely swept his arm out in front of himself, similar to how he dealt with her attack only moments earlier. Before Uranus even got close to him, she felt herself struck by that same unseen force again. She was knocked to the ground with enough force to cause her skid across the grass. He saw Neptune start towards him so he threw a punch in to the air, in the direction Neptune was coming from. She, like Uranus, felt herself be struck again and was knocked back to the ground.

 

“I think I forgot to tell you, I don't need to summon that attack every time I wish to use it. I merely need to summon it once and then it is at my disposal for as long as I wish.” Ichiro said with a smile.

 

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Jupiter watched as the two youma got back to their feet. She observed their surprise to see their ally was already slain behind Jupiter. The Sailor Senshi smiled at them as they glared at her, “Which one of you is next?”

 

Both youma seemed to answer her question because they ran at her with hate in their eyes. Jupiter prepared herself by taking a defensive stance as the youma came at her. They reached her at the same time and both threw punches at her. Jupiter blocked the two attempted strikes with both of her hands. The two youma then switched to their other hands, but she blocked them as well. They backed off slightly and seemed to decide on different approach.

 

One youma stayed back while the other charged the senshi. The youma threw another punch at her and she shook her head a bit, they were better off attacking together. Jupiter grabbed the youma's hand and threw him over her head. The youma landed head first, cracking the ground as made contact with it. Jupiter saw the other youma coming her way, but she performed a quick kick to the youma's midsection, knocking him back a little. Before he could recover, Jupiter decided it best to try to take down one of them.

 

“Jupiter Oak Evolution!”

 

Several electrified leaves sailed from Jupiter the unsuspecting youma. He wailed in surprised and pain as the attack tore through him mercilessly. He fell to his knees without saying another word and then onto his stomach.

 

With only one youma left, Jupiter hoped she had demoralized the youma enough to the last one the easiest. She turned to where the youma was laying, but her eyes widened when she saw the youma was no longer there. She looked around, `He can't be too far.' She thought. Just then, Jupiter heard loud footsteps from behind getting closer. She started to turn around when the youma ran into her back. The Senshi was knocked forward into the brick wall that lined the street. She was quick enough and had enough presence of mind to put her hand in front to lessen the blow.

 

She could hear the youma laughing behind her, obviously thinking that he had won or at least injured the girl. She cursed silently, her arms stung painfully. Even though they were nothing serious, the numerous cuts Jupiter pushed herself away from the wall, “Attacking a girl from behind…that's lowest of the low.” She said dangerously.

 

The youma stopped its laughing when he heard Jupiter and even though she still had her back to him, she could have sworn she that she heard shuffle backwards a little. Jupiter finally turned and faced the youma again and without another word, she charged him. The youma stepped back, dropping his defense, and Jupiter wasted no time taking advantage of it. She threw a myriad of punches at the youma, each landing in a different spot. She finished off her assault with a kick to his midsection. Jupiter stepped back and called upon her powers once more.

 

“Jupiter Oak Evolution!”

 

He didn't have a chance as the attack flew at him with great speed and in only a few moments the youma was dust. Jupiter sighed looked around, she was sure her friends had run into the same trouble she did. `No rest for the weary I guess.' She thought and ran to her left, hoping she would be able to reach one of her friends if they needed her.

 

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Mercury forced herself to stand and grimaced as she did. Sure, she had finally taken down one of the youma, but her moment of success was short lived. She covered the cuts on her left arm as best she could with her opposite hand. She winced as she held the wounds; it hurt, a lot. `I have to stem the blood flow.' She thought to herself. The brief respite was ended when she heard the youma that injured her say something.

 

“It's over for you, Senshi. You can't beat us one-handed.”

 

Mercury glared at the youma that just spoke and stood up straighter. She let go of her injured arm, silently hoping she wouldn't loss too much blood, and pressed her earring. A blue visor dropped down over her eyes, causing the two remaining youma to laugh.

 

“That won't work, don't you remember you already tried that before.” The larger youma said and continued to laugh. Mercury didn't say anything, but kept a hard gaze at the youma and raised her hand.

 

“Shabon Spray!”

 

As soon as she called forth her attack the battlefield's temperature dropped significantly. As well as a temperature change, the area steadily became less and less visible, until the visibility was nearly zero.

 

The slightly shorter youma looked to the bigger one and asked, “What is this? It suddenly so cold and I can barely see anything.”

 

“Calm yourself, it's merely a trick.” He replied calmly. The youma looked around his foggy surroundings, `She trying to make up for her poor fighting skills by reducing our visibility.' He thought and then realized something else, “Get away from me, you fool.” He said and pushed the youma.

 

“Hey what's the big idea!?” He yelled angrily.

 

“She wants us to stay together; we'll be easier targets then.” He hissed.

 

The other youma nodded even though he knew the other youma likely couldn't see him anyway. Everything was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The two youma began to wonder whether girl had escaped. Suddenly out of the corner of his eye, the larger youma could have sworn he saw the faint glow of blue off in the distance.

 

“Mercury Aqua Mirage!”

 

The larger youma watched as the attack flew in a different direction then where he was. He distantly heard a loud cry of pain, but didn't concern him, the Sailor Senshi made herself known to him and that's all he needed know.

 

“There you are!” The remaining youma called when he saw where the water based attack came from. He pointed his hand at the blue haired girl and a bright red ball of energy flew at her.

 

Mercury's eyes widened when she saw the energy sailing at her. She raised her good arm just before the attack could hit her. The force was enough to knock her to the ground. She gasped as she felt the wind being knocked out of her from her collision with the cement. Mercury lay there for a few minutes to allow her to regain her breath. `I can't stay like this. He'll find me.' She thought and forced herself to sit up. Once in a sitting position she saw that very youma standing over her.

 

“Looks like the effects of your attack have worn off.” The youma said and started to make his way towards her. He seemed observed her heavy breathing and poor defensive stance, “You also seem to be low on energy. I'll end this quickly then.” The youma stopped a few steps away from the girl and lifted his hand above his head.

 

Mercury's eyes focused in on the youma's hand, his claws seemed to grow right before her eyes. She saw him rear back his hand and shut her eyes. `I don't have the strength to defend myself. I'm not strong like…like…'

 

“Jupiter Oak Evolution!”

 

The youma gritted his teeth as the electrified leaves pieced his back, almost refusing to cry out. He fell to his knees in front of Mercury, “This isn't over…you don't have the strength…to stand up to her.” He got up before falling face first into the cement.

 

Mercury looked up from the quickly decomposing youma to Jupiter. She was more then a little surprised to see her fellow Sailor Senshi there, not to mention her saving her from a nasty fate at the hands of the youma that now lay dead in front of her. Jupiter hurriedly made her way to where Mercury sat. As the tall girl made her way closer, Mercury could see her body was marred with cuts, dried blood, and spots where bruises were already starting to form. Mercury gave a relieved sigh when she realized nothing the other girl had sustained would be too serious. However, another thought crossed her mind then, `She didn't get those injuries here. She must have been in a battle before arriving here.'

 

“Jupiter, how did you…?” Mercury started to say, but she was cutoff before she was able to finish.

 

“Don't worry about that.” She said quickly and knelt beside her. Jupiter's attention became focused on Mercury's bloody arm. She could see four deep cuts just below her shoulder and on the upper part of her arm. “We've got to get that taken care of.” Jupiter said worriedly.

 

Mercury shook head `no', “We have to find the others, they probably need our help.” She said, wincing even as she spoke.

 

“No, I'll take you somewhere to have that taken care of first. Then I'll go and find the others to see if they need help.” Jupiter said and put her arm around her friend's waist. She carefully eased the girl up to her feet and started to help her walk.

 

“Usagi's wellbeing comes before mine, Makoto. You such find her first, I can make it just fine on my own.” She protested.

 

Jupiter stopped for second after what Mercury said. “Undo your transformation first.” She said and Mercury complied, believing the girl had listened to her reasoning. Instead, Jupiter swiftly picked the girl up and started running as fast as she could.

 

Ami blushed at the way Jupiter held her, `bridal style', but she couldn't let herself be distracted. “Jupiter, wha…” Ami started say, but Jupiter interrupted her.

 

“That's all the more reason to get you treatment as fast as I can, so I can get back out and look for her.” Jupiter said and picked up her speed. “I'm not as fast as Uranus, but we'll be there in no time.” Jupiter said and looked down quickly at Ami and winked at her before speeding up her pace even more.

 

~~~~******~~~~

 

The last youma looked a Venus angrily, his two partners were killed with such relieve ease. He wasn't told the Sailor Senshi possessed such strength as to kill two of his fellow youma without

 

“Why do you fight as you do?” The youma asked.

 

“Because you took someone precious from me and I want her back.” Venus said, pointing her sword at the youma accusingly.

 

“That's all. You fight with the ferocity of a demon because of some stupid human emotion?” The youma said.

 

“Call it what you will, but my power thrives on my emotions.” Venus said.

 

“And that's why you're weak.” He said.

 

“What?”

 

“I had only heard tales of you senshi, and now after fighting with you I understand why your reputations are what they are.” He said and drew his own sword. “However, you can't win on emotions alone.”

 

“Why don't we just see about that?” Venus said and readied herself for combat again. Venus held her sword in a guarded position, in front of herself.

 

The youma must have noticed that Venus wasn't going to make the first move, so ran at the girl with his own weapon in front of himself. He swung down at Venus, but she parried away the blade. He quickly followed with a horizontal slash, but even as Venus blocked it, the youma continued to press further. With him focused on her hands, Venus saw another opening. She gave him a solid kick to the chest, knocking him to the ground.

 

The youma quickly got back up and charged Venus again. He stabbed his sword at the Senshi, but Venus ducked the stab attempt and grabbed the youma's wrist with her free one. She tightened her grip on her sword and thrust the blade upward. The youma gasped in surprise and pain all at once as the golden sword impaled him. He tried weakly to free his hand, but Venus twisted the blade causing the youma to cry out loudly before becoming limp. Venus withdrew her sword and pushed the youma aside and unto the ground.

 

Venus looked around; all the blood and bodies of youma had disappeared. Their bodies decayed into dust and were taken by the wind, as was their blood with them. She dropped her golden weapon, once it left her hands it faded in a bright flash of gold. The golden senshi dropped to her knees, she just killed three youma and she wasn't even short on breath. She got no satisfaction in this; it was nothing more then a hollow victory. Three youma were dead by her hands, but she didn't gain any knowledge as to where Rei was or even if she was all right.

 

In the back of her mind, she heard a voice telling her to `get up, what if Usagi needs you.' She tried to ignore it, but it grew increasingly louder and harder to ignore. She knew the voice was right, her duty lied with protect Usagi, above all else. Venus stood and silently chastised herself forgetting that, `Rei would never forgive if I let Usagi get hurt.' Venus looked around again, but this time to try to decide which way to go, she didn't know where the girl was after all. Venus decided on continue in the same direction she was originally going. She took off as fast as she could, when she realized something, `If I keep going this way, I should run into the outers' house. Maybe one of them knows where Usagi is…' she thought and increased her speed a little.

 

~~~~******~~~~

 

Kenjiro pulled the rose viciously from his hand and threw it to the ground. He cradled his bleeding hand against his chest and glared at the tuxedo-clad man standing protectively by Sailor Moon. `What the Hell is this? She told that as long as Pluto didn't interfere, she would take care of the other nuisances.' He thought and directed his anger at the only one he could.

 

“You agreed that there would be no interference!” Kenjiro yelled to Sailor Moon.

 

Tuxedo Kamen spared a sideways glance at Pluto; he had wondered why she wasn't aiding Sailor Moon. `It looks like this youma has just given me that answer.' He thought. `It did seem like she was going to step in just before I did though.'

 

“I gave my word that Pluto wouldn't interfere, I have kept that promise, and I expect you to do the same.” Sailor Moon said.

 

“That deal is off! Your senshi's whereabouts shall remain with me!” Kenjiro yelled.

 

“That's not fair! We had an agreement!” Sailor Moon shouted.

 

“Yeah, we had an agreement and that no longer exists.”

 

“Please, you have to keep your word! Tell me what you what from me to keep your word. I'll do it!” Sailor Moon declared.

 

Tuxedo Kamen turned to Sailor Moon, clearly surprised by her words. `Usako…'

 

Kenjiro smiled when he heard what Sailor Moon said, “Tell that man, he mustn't interfere either!”, pointing at tuxedo-clad man to further drive home his point.

 

Sailor Moon looked to her side, to the man that just protected her from some attack the youma was going to use. She saw he was about to say something to the youma, but she put her hand on his arm. Tuxedo Kamen looked down at her, “What?”

 

“Please, stay with Pluto and let me do this by myself.” She said quietly.

 

“Why?” He asked.

 

“He-he promised to tell me where Rei is if I fight him alone.” Sailor Moon explained.

 

“You can't trust him.” Tux countered.

 

“I don't have any choice. If he can lead us to Rei, then it's all worth it.” Moon said and looked at her boyfriend, hoping he understood.

 

“I don't want to see you get hurt.” He replied and turned away from her, no longer able to maintain eye contact with her.

 

Sailor Moon reached up and turned his face back to hers so she could look into his eyes once again, “I won't get hurt.” She reassured him.

 

He stared at Sailor Moon for sometime before finally sighing. “I won't interfere if you truly feel this is what you must do.”

 

Moon nodded, “I do.”

 

“Then I'll adhere to your wishes.” He said.

 

Tuxedo Kamen then proceeded to bent down to Sailor Moon and she in turn leaned up to the taller man. He started to move closer and closer to the blonde's welcoming lips, when at the last moment he turned his head slightly and kissed the girl on the cheek. He turned away from her quickly and started to walk towards Pluto. As Moon watched Tuxedo Kamen walked away from she wondered why he didn't kiss, really kiss her, like he used to.

 

Kenjiro watched as Tuxedo Kamen joined Pluto, “Shall we continue?”

 

Moon forgot the thought, turned to youma, and nodded. She quickly reentered her fighting stance. Kenjiro took this to mean she wanted him to start things off, which he was happy to oblige. Kenjiro ran at Moon before jumping into the air and trying to kick the girl, but Sailor Moon easily sidestepped it. With his next attack, he went low, attempting to take her feet out from underneath her, Moon jump over his legs as they swept under her.

 

As Kenjiro came back into a standing position, Sailor Moon took this opportunity to take to offensive. She threw a flurry of punches at the youma. Kenjiro however, was able block all of Sailor Moon's attempted punched and was even able to counter with some of his own, but Moon blocked them as well. Kenjiro couldn't help but smile, he was enjoying himself, but he knew all good things must come to an end. He blocked another of Moon's punches and reared back to throw one of his own, but stopped and performed a kick to the girl's chest instead, knocking the girl to the ground.

 

Sailor Moon pushed herself off the ground and saw Tuxedo Kamen start to run towards her, “Don't come!” she called to the masked man. She forced herself to stand, swaying a bit in her effort to try to find her balance. Moon looked at Tuxedo Kamen, almost apologetically, “Please. I have to do this on my own.”

 

Tuxedo Kamen looked as though he still wanted to act, but he felt a hand on his shoulder stopping him. “She wants to do this on her own. We can't enter this until the fight is over.” Pluto said quietly. She gripped her time staff more tightly as she added, “No harm will come to her here. I won't let it ever come to that.”

 

Tuxedo Kamen looked at Pluto for a second before nodding his head slowly, “I just hope she knows what she's got herself into.”

 

Kenjiro looked at Sailor Moon, “Would you like for me to end your suffering now?”

 

“You haven't told me where Mars is yet and if defeating you is the only to get that information, I won't stop until that happens.” Moon said and reached up to her tiara.

 

“That attack won't hit me, so don't even bother with it.” Kenjiro said confidently.

 

Sailor Moon smiled at the youma's declaration, “You haven't seen all of my abilities yet.”

 

“Moon Twilight Flash!”

 

After Moon uttered the words of her attack, a bright white light emitted from her tiara and engulfed the area, blinding anyone unfortunate enough to have not protected their eyes. Kenjiro, who had his eyes closed, cursed mentally, `I can't see a damn thing.' He tried to open his eyes, but he shut them quickly after barely opening them a fraction of an inch. “What doesn't this accomplish? You can't see a damn thing either!” Kenjiro called out.

 

“You're wrong. You are currently surrounded by the light of the Moon and I can see you just fine.” Sailor Moon said.

 

“You're bluffing!” Kenjiro yelled in the direction her heard the girl's voice come from.

 

“Moon Gorgeous Meditation!”

 

Kenjiro opened his eyes as wide as he could and frantically searched for where the attack was coming from. His grew more and more frantic as the moments went on, `If I can't see where the attack is coming from, I can't avoid it.' He thought when he heard a gust of wind to his left. He turned that way only to be hit full force by Sailor Moon's strongest attack. The attack sent the youma flying into the air backwards, only to crash back to the ground a few short minutes later. Kenjiro looked up at the sky again, everything was clear.

 

On the outskirts of the mansion's grounds, a dark figure could be seen running into shadows and away from the place where the battle took place.

 

~~~~******~~~~

 

“I'll admit this was more fun then I thought it would be, but it's over now.” Ichiro said. He raised his hands high above his head. Within a few seconds, they started to glow a bright yellow. Just as Ichiro reared back his hands and opened his mouth to shoat some attack, a new youma jumped in front of him.

 

“It's time to return. Kenjiro has failed in his mission. Sailor Moon has killed him.”

 

Uranus and Neptune looked up at the other youma, `Sailor Moon?' they both thought. Uranus was the first voice her shock though, “What did you just say about Sailor Moon?”

 

The large demonic creature turned around slowly to the girl that just spoke and smiled, “It's exactly as I said, Uranus. Your Princess has killed the youma that kidnapped Mars last night.”

 

Uranus' legs shook unsteadily as she forced herself to stand. Neptune moved beside her love to help support her, being the least injured of the two. Neptune looked at the youma questioningly, “When did all this happen?”

 

“It appears the two of you were too busy to realize how much danger your Princess was in.” Ryuji said with as smile.

 

“You son of a…” Uranus said and started to head towards the two youma, but Neptune held her back.

 

“I would save up that energy of yours for when the real battle begins. I look forward to that day, Uranus and Neptune.” Ryuji said with a broad smile and turned around. “Come along, this fight is over.” He said to Ichiro. The other youma merely nodded and followed the larger youma. Ryuji raised his hand and summoned his weapon to his hand. He sliced down and created a tear out of thin air. Before stepping through it he turned back to the two Sailor Senshi one more time, “You might want to return home, your Princess is already there.” He said before stepping through the tear, closely followed by the other youma.

 

Neptune looked at Uranus, “We've got to get go back home.” She said and Uranus nodded in agreement.

 

~~~~******~~~~

 

“Now, tell me where she is!” Moon yelled.

 

“She's dead.” Kenjiro said without emotion.

 

“You're a liar!” Moon yelled and ran up to the fallen youma, but Tuxedo Kamen blocked her way by stepping in front of her. Tuxedo Kamen proceed to head to the youma instead. Tuxedo Kamen knelt down beside him, grabbed his shoulders, and pulled him up forcefully.

 

“She's not dead so don't lie to us. You promised to say her whereabouts after you were defeated, now tell us!” Tuxedo Kamen said angrily.

 

Kenjiro tried to laugh, but only ended up coughing up black blood. “You believed me when I told you that?”

 

“Don't you have any sense of pride in your own words?” Tuxedo Kamen asked.

 

“I just want to know where my friend is.” Sailor Moon said sorrowfully and fell to her knees before starting to cry. She was trying to be strong, but she just wanted Rei back, she wanted her to tell her to stop being such a cry-baby, she wanted to bicker with her like they always did, she just wanted her friend by her side again. `It hasn't even been a day and I already miss her so much.' She thought.

 

Kenjiro looked over to a crying Sailor Moon, “It seems, I wasn't lied to this time, you truly are the Moon Princess then?”

 

“Wh …?” Moon started to say, but Tuxedo Kamen talked over her.

 

“Who told you that?” Tuxedo Kamen asked.

 

“The one behind the attacks on this planet.” Kenjiro answered and looked back at Sailor Moon, “She holds a great grudge against you.”

 

“Against me?” Moon asked confusedly.

 

“What is her name?” Tuxedo Kamen asked.

 

He looked at the tuxedo-clad man, “Hell if I know. I wasn't important enough to know that.” He said and paused to look at Sailor Moon again. “Beware of her; she seems to want to go to any lengths to ensure you suffer as much as possible.” Kenjiro said before coughing up some more blood.

 

“Why are you saying this?” Moon asked.

 

Kenjiro smiled, “Who knows? Maybe because, you've released me from this life.”

 

“Then tell me one more thing, where is Mars? How can I get to her?” Moon asked frantically.

 

“I don't know. What I said earlier was only to be used as bait to draw you into a fight.” Kenjiro said and coughed up a little more blood. “After seeing you today…I realize now…that she has…always has at least one ulterior motive…in taking her.” Kenjiro said, but by now, he was having a hard time breathing.

 

“What do you mean?” Moon asked curiously.

 

“She always…always told me…our goal was…to kill her. Then she…went and did this. I thought…she might hate…her more, but I think…she hates…both of you equally.”

 

“Equally?” Moon asked and Kenjiro nodded. “But why?”

 

Kenjiro opened his mouth, as if to say something, but instead a coughing fit shook his body. `My time is at an end, but there's one more thing I can tell her.' He thought to himself. “I don't know…where Mars is…but…if you can find…her… you'll find…your Sailor Senshi…” He trailed off.

 

“Where is she then?” Sailor Moon asked quickly

 

“She's…she's…” Kenjiro said and opened his mouth to say something else, but nothing came out. His eyes slowly closed and he became limp in Tuxedo Kamen hands.

 

“Where?!” Sailor Moon asked again, more franticly this time.

 

Tuxedo Kamen lowered the youma to the ground and turned to Sailor Moon, “He's dead.”

 

Sailor Moon looked at him, hoping she misheard what he just said. Tuxedo Kamen shook his head slowly, without Moon even voicing her question. Crystal tears filled her eyes and she bowed her head dejectedly, “Our only clue to finding Rei is dead.”

 

Tuxedo stood and walked closer to Sailor Moon and knelt beside her. He put a comforting arm around the girl's shoulders and held her. Moon leaned into the welcoming embrace. She turned so she could lay her head on the dark hair man's shoulder. She buried her face into Tuxedo Kamen's dark clothed shoulder and cried.

 

Pluto watched silently as the youma became nothing but dust. Her gaze didn't stay on the decaying youma for long because she unconsciously looked over to Sailor Moon and lowered her head. `You want me to tell her what she faces, Serenity? You put this decision on my shoulders?' she thought and looked at Sailor Moon again. Pluto sighed and started to approach the kneeling girl. When she reached Sailor Moon, she put her hand on her shoulder, “Usagi?”

 

Sailor Moon turned her head and looked up to Pluto, questioningly. “I think it's best to tell you what's going on. That I tell you, what Rei is up against as long as she remains in her hands.”

 

~~~~******~~~~

 

“Of being what?!”

 

Kei smiled and turned away from Mars, “There's plenty of time for that. First, let me apologize.”

 

“ `Apologize' ?”

 

Kei turned around to address Mars, “For striking you yesterday. You see, it occurred to me that I might have given you the wrong impression. It's not really you that I dislike; it's more that I dislike what you represent. I hate that I know what you would do…what you have done, to continue this endless cycle. You would blindly follow the Princess of the Moon to what ever end, wouldn't you?”

 

“What would you know?!” Mars asked.

 

“More then you could possibly understand. I know all too well how very strong the bonds of destiny can be. You can't avoid it. I'm sure the threads of fate have already ensured your future.”

 

“My life is mine to live as I choose.” Mars said.

 

“Is it? Do you honestly believe that? Did you choose to live in the unsightly way you have been?” Kei said and waited for Mars response, but she remained silent. “You understand then. The impenetrable wall that is destiny will always be in your way and preventing you from getting what you want. It's not hopeless though, I've taken steps to see to that. However, a small problem has become all too clear to me. I've come to learn from past experiences that I can't beat destiny alone.” Kei said.

 

“So, you aligned yourself with these…creatures around here for that purpose.”

 

Kei shook her head and knelt in front of Mars, “No, no, no. You still don't understand, do you? They are simply a means to an end.”

 

“And that would be…?” Mars asked.

 

“To help me obtain my key.” Kei said simply.

 

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?!” Mars said angrily. She was really getting tired of these stupid riddles.

 

“You, my dear, are going to help me bring about an end to this god forsaken destiny of servitude and bring in a new era.”

 

“Help you? I would never help you! I would die first!” Mars yelled.

 

“I expected that answer from you, but you say that only because you don't know everything. You don't know how very similar you and I are. Once you know that you'll understand.” Kei said.

 

“I'm nothing like you!” Mars countered.

 

Kei couldn't help but smile when she heard that, “Oh you are, but you know so little right now. I don't know if it was by your own choice or someone else's, but you've forgotten. Would you like for me to enlighten you?”

 

“I don't care to hear your lies!”

 

“Lies? Are you saying that what you feel for Serenity is a lie?” Kei observed at Mars' angered reaction and said, “Would you be more comfortable if I call her Usagi?”

 

“I would prefer if you shut you mouth entirely!”

 

Kei smiled even wider at Mars' reaction, “No, I don't think you want me to shut my mouth. Deep down I know you want to know.”

 

Mars opened her mouth to counter what Kei just said, but she put her finger on Mars' lips and muttered some indiscernible words before whispering, “Silence.” She watched in amusement, as Mars still tried to speak, “Don't strain yourself now. Just sit back and let me give you a little history lesson…”

 

End Ch. 22

 

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I think everyone knows what to expect in the next chapter, a lot of explanations. That doesn't mean everything will be explained. I still have a lot of surprises up my sleeve before everything is all said and done, believe me.

 

I actually meant for the senshi's fights to be longer, even though they didn't end up that way, I think they were long enough. Because their attacks after awhile get boring and repetitive I threw in many of the senshi's `manga only' attacks. It was such a waste to be so limited in the anime. I may have taken some liberty with the attacks since I haven't seen them being performed (and haven't read the manga in while), looking at pictures of them and seeing them in action is quiet different. Oh, and don't think I've powered down Uranus and Neptune. There's a big difference in fighting nameless youma and youma I actually give a name to and in case it wasn't obvious, none of the outers are Supers.