Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Power Of Fire ❯ Chapter 21

"Stop fighting! What the hell is wrong with you?" yelled Furo-Ien still trying to restrain Haruka.

"Let me go!" yelled back Haruka.

Furo-Ien sighed, pushing Haruka forward into a mountain of pillows, "All you had to do was ask."

"Don't be obnoxious to our guests Furo," said Inamu, sitting herself atop another huge pile of pillows.

"So we're your guests are we?" questioned Haruka as Samson threw Michiru to the floor roughly.

"Yes, you're our guests and you're free to leave at any time you please," said Inamu calmly causing the three males to look at her in surprise.

"What're you saying Inamu? That we just captured them for nothing?" questioned Samson angrily, his hands tightening into fists.

"No we captured them to make a point, you're forgetting we can't harm them," replied Inamu.

"So you say," hissed Isaiah as he placed Makoto on the floor gently beside Haruka.

"What's that supposed to mean Isaiah?!" shot back Inamu angrily.

"You know exactly what it means! How long have you been planning to betray us Inamu?" questioned Isaiah, completely sure of himself.

"How dare you accuse me of such a thing!" screeched Inamu, standing up and walking over to Isaiah, the similarities between them were startling.

"I will accuse you of whatever I want," hissed Isaiah, his nostrils flaring in rage as he glared down at Inamu.

"Well then, maybe you're the one that's going to betray us," said Inamu, calm returning to her features as she spoke.

"And how would you come to that conclusion Inamu?" growled Isaiah, his body leaning forward over the shorter girl.

"For all we know you could be just trying to throw the light onto someone else so that nobody will notice you're being two-faced!" replied Inamu trying to keep the edge out of her voice.

"That psychology doesn't work here," smirked Isaiah, barely remembering the three females behind him.

"A lot of things don't work here Isaiah," teased Inamu, turning her back from him with a sneer.

"SUPREME THUNDER!" shouted Isaiah, the attack hitting Inamu square in the back and throwing her into the far wall, her head making a horrible cracking sound as it collided with the solid cement. Inamu's body fell to the floor in a heap, blood gushing from the head wound and her eyes rolling back into her head.

"You monster," said Haruka in quiet anger as she moved over to where Inamu had fallen, gingerly touching the deep stress fractured in the skin that had been created.

"I'm no monster, she's the monster. You have no idea what she's planning for this world, and if you did you wouldn't want to be near her in anyway," hissed Isaiah walking back to lean against one of the walls, furthest from Inamu's fallen figure.

"Well if you're not a monster, tell us what she has planned then," said Michiru, her breath coming in awkward gasps.

"Sorry, but that would ruin all the fun. I'd hate to take away the surprise because I just can't wait to see all your faces when it happens," laughed Isaiah, Haruka and Michiru both scowling at him.

"Why are you all so evil anyway?" asked Michiru, "You're meant to be part of us."

"We aren't evil, we're human you stinking alien trash," growled Samson, Furo-Ien restraining him with an arm.

"So being human means you're allowed to terrorize others then?" questioned Haruka, the threat in her voice only too apparent.

"No, being human with extra human-potential means we're allowed to terrorize others, though we don't think of it as terrorizing. We're just trying to help this planet," replied Furo-Ien.

"How, by destroying it?" questioned Haruka incredulously.

"By re-birthing it; all these pesky humans have contaminated it so we're just planning to rid it of them and then have Inamu re-birth it," stated Isaiah.

"And is that Inamu's plan?" asked Michiru.

"No, she says we could find somewhere else to live. She just wants to destroy the planet with the humans still on it," said Isaiah.

"But she can't…" whispered Makoto, causing everyone to turn and look at her as she finally woke up, "She's just as human as everyone else."

 

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Ami bent low over Omani-Kaye, giving her a little shake, trying to wake her. "Please wake up," whispered Ami as she gave Omani-Kaye another defiant shake.

"Ami," said Rei softly, coming to lean over Ami and taking Ami's hands in hers, pulling her to her feet slowly, "Come on, she just needs to rest."

Ami nodded sadly, her eyes not leaving Omani-Kaye's form as Rei put her arm around the blue-haired beauty's shoulder comfortingly.

"So what're we going to do?" asked Minako looking around to the faces of Mamoru, Chibiusa and Usagi who sat with her at the table.

"I have no idea," replied Mamoru.

"Does anyone know what happened to Setsuna or Hotaru?" asked Rei as she helped Ami into her seat.

"They both left," stated Mamoru with certainty.

"Together?" questioned Rei raising an eyebrow.

"No, separate," replied Mamoru, keeping one arm around Usagi's shoulders and the other arm around Chibiusa's.

"I think the only way we can find out what to do is to release Omoikane again," whispered Ami, looking over at Omani-Kaye sorrowfully, "But I have a feeling it won't be that easy as it was last time."

"What do you mean?" asked Minako, her eyebrows furrowing.

"It's just the feeling I got. When Omoikane was released she was strong, and it reminded me so much of when I first met Omani-Kaye… But now, it feels as if both of them are growing weaker, like Omoikane's released strength is killing Kuriri's body with its intensity. I think if we don't separate them soon, they're will be no one to separate," Ami's voice was hideously tortured, suddenly reminding her friends of how she used to sound only a fortnight before.

"I'm sure they'll both be fine Ami," comforted Usagi, reaching out to hold onto Ami's forearm.

"Yeah, of course they'll be alright," confirmed Minako confidently, giving Ami a grin.

Usagi and Minako waited for Rei to agree but when they looked over to their raven-haired friend that could see that agreeing was obviously what Rei was not about to do.

"I'm not so sure," whispered Rei, looking down at the table. She didn't want to cause Ami anymore pain but she also felt that what Ami was saying was entirely true.

"Anyway, what are we going to do about Haruka, Michiru and Makoto, I mean, we can't just leave them there," said Chibiusa, drawing everyone's attention back to the bigger problem at hand.

"Maybe we should just attack head-on," suggested Usagi, shrugging her shoulders to the girls.

"That's too dangerous," said Mamoru, clearly concerned by the fact that Usagi was meant to die soon.

"But it's the best option we've got," said Usagi.

"It would be if we knew where they were, but we've got no idea," replied Rei, pointing out that obvious.

"Well we can't just sit back and do nothing can we?" said Minako defiantly, standing up.

"I want to stay with Omani-Kaye," whispered Ami softly, catching everyone off-guard.

"I don't think this is a good idea," said Mamoru, pulling Usagi in closer to his body.

"Well we don't have a good idea, we've only got an idea," said Minako, somewhat startling everyone with her reason.

"Mina-Chan's got a point, anyway we'll have four of us, so it should be equal," said Usagi.

"Four?" questioned Mamoru, his eyebrow lifting again.

"Chibiusa, Minako, Rei and I," said Usagi, counting on her fingers to reinforce her point.

"I don't think Chibiusa should go," said Rei, concern in her voice as well.

"We need as much as we can get," said Usagi back.

"I'm coming with you whether you like it or not!" said Chibiusa defiantly, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Okay, well that was settled easily, so let's get going, I have a feeling that we might have some more help soon anyway," winked Minako mischievously as she set off at full-pace for the door.

 

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"Who's coming?" asked Samson, listening to sound of the running feet on the floor just outside their room.

"There's four of them," said Isaiah angrily, going to stand in front of the door as the footsteps halted.

"Do you think it's the rest of them?" asked Furo-Ien, going to stand beside Samson and entwine their fingers together.

"Of course it is, though how they found us so quickly I'll never understand," said Isaiah, hissing, his eyes flicking over to the still unconscious form of Inamu being gently cradled in Makoto's arms.

"Just be read-" started Isaiah, his words getting cut off as a huge ball of fire engulfed the three of them, temporarily blinding them of their attackers.

"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"

The attack threw the three men up against the furthest wall, stunned looks on all their faces at the force of the attack.

"They're using their attacks defensively," growled Samson as another shock rolled through the air pressing them harder against the solid concrete.

"Mars! Venus!" Exclaimed Makoto, also taking in the two forms of Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon in the back. Makoto's voice awoke the unconscious Inamu as Mars threw another fire-y attack at the men.

Just as Mars' attack was about the hit the men it was diverted, throwing it against another wall.

"What the…" trailed Haruka with her mouth slightly open as the form of Omoikane slowly materialised in front of them.

The anger on her face was horribly apparent as she turned around to face her fellow counterparts.

"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" Bellowed Omoikane, her fury cracking the concrete wall on which the men were stuck against in the wave of the attack.

"Omoikane! You traitor!" hissed Isaiah.

"I'm no traitor Isaiah! You just couldn't understand why we were put in this time and in this place! You refuse to help them because you believe yourself to be higher than them!" Omoikane's voice filled up the empty concrete room as she thrust another ray of icy water at the men.

"Please stop Omoikane," pleaded Inamu her eyes alight with fear as she watched Isaiah be attacked again.

"But how are you here?" questioned Mars, shocked at the image in front of her.

"Ami found her way," whispered Omoikane in response, holding out her hands and Ami's limp body slowly appearing in them.

"I'm sorry Mars but she'll be better soon," said Omoikane as she turned to hand Mars the unconscious form of her lover.

"What did you do to her!" screamed Rei in her own anger.

"MARS BURNING FIRE SOUL SNIPER!" The words surprised Mars as they flung themselves out of her mouth, the attack hitting Omoikane square in the torso and knocking the form backwards before it was sucked back forwards straight into Ami's body.

"They're conjoined!" Hissed Isaiah, breaking free from the previous attacks and plunging forward at Mars as Ami's form was dropped in the air.

Isaiah grabbed the closest weapon he could find, the broken shards of a sword and thrust forward, the sharpened end of the shard making an odd squelching sound as it entered flesh.

"Sailor Moon!" called out Haruka, instantly reacting and bounding forward to cradle the fallen Princess in her arms, the blood thick and fresh from her chest.

Venus stood back from the fray barely believing how Sailor Moon had driven herself between the forms of Mars and Isaiah.

The power that emanated from Sailor Moon's sacrifice flavoured the air knocking all the counterparts back, and odd sucking noise coming from their choking mouths as transparent limbs slowly extricated themselves from the human bodies.

"Sailor Moon… Usagi…" Haruka's voice was hurried and choked as Usagi's uniform disappeared, the ribbons still curled around her body as her power began to fade.

"We've got to get her back to Mamoru!" said Makoto, her eyes wide, barely paying attention to the figure lurching forward behind her.

"Mako-Chan!" screamed Venus but as she reached her hand forward it was too late, Isaiah's other form had already embedded itself into Makoto's, a horrible shriek of pain and misery abounding from Makoto's lips at the action.

"Michiru! Haruka! Stay back!" called Venus, stepping forward over the forms of Mars, Ami and Makoto.

Michiru dodged the transparent body as it slowly took form in front of them. "Susanoo," whispered Michiru in acknowledgement, trying to fight the overwhelming urge to step forward into her counterpart.

The now solid form of Susanoo bowed down to Michiru's feet, a small tear running town the pale, scarred cheek.

Michiru reached out hesitantly, wanting to comfort him…

"Michiru! No! It's a trick!" Venus's call stopped Michiru, the form of Susanoo changing once again, into a more powerful and beautiful body than before.

A hideous smirk contorted the features on Susanoo's face, the voice rough and coarse as it spoke, "We finally meet again Neptune."

"And for the last time too," said the quiet voice of Izanami, formerly known as Inamu. Izanami striked forward, her fist swinging wildly and catching Susanoo off-guard.

Mars stood up as Ami underwent her transformation, and with all their attentions were diverted for a second Setsuna appeared behind Izanami, wrapping her arms tightly around the Goddess and disappearing again before anyone could notice.

"She's…" trailed Mars as she stared in disbelief at Mercury's body as she was set down on the ground again, still unconscious.

"Eternal…" finished Michiru, her eyes wide as Mercury's soldier uniform disappeared completely, leaving only the naked form of Ami in their eyes.