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"We can not tell you what the purpose of taking this girls life is. Lord Lucifer demanded that much. He does not want you or Chronos to get involved. We have our own reasons for taking this mission however. One is to prove were more useful weapons than that trash called Death. After we kill Morana and the rest of you I'm sure he will see our worth!" Pride Knight said as he fought with the hoop weilding emotionless seeming to have a rather easy time defending himself from it's attacks.

"Love is what makes you human beings weak. It is far easier to live with no strings attatched. Family and love just make you more vulnerable. Morana throwing herself in front of you when I attacked proves my point. Now girls why don't we play a little while pride is dealing with that circus freak you created." Sailor Lust increased her energy levels giving her an intimidating pink aura. "I will make you feel so good you won't be able to move and fight back. Lustful wave!" As Sailor Lust said this she released a wave of bright pink energy that filled the room for several moments. The blast would cause anyone struck to become filled with high levels of lust and send their hormones out of control, enough so to drive them crazy... however... Lust's plan becomes intercepted.

"Tch Always having to come to your rescue is getting old Ranko imouto-chan." The light from the attack disappeared and the presence of another Sailor senshi became clear. She had blonde hair tied into a ponytail with a purple bow holding the ponytail together. Her fuku was purple with pink bows and she appeared to be in the "super" stage a sailor senshi reaches.

"Rise onee-chan?" Ranko said in shock at the sight of her half sister standing before her.

"Onee chan? That's your sister Ranko? More importantly... how were we not effected by Sailor Lust's attack?" Morana was also surprised at the turn of events.



"It is simple really. Her attack was meant to alter how your body feels. Fortunately for all of you I have full manipulation of how a body feels so I was able to negate what she cast on you two. You should be thankful. If I were not here you both would be on the floor and at her mercy. However since I did arrive I can take care of this pathetic demon. After all I am Sailor Touch!" With that Sailor Touch kicked off the ground and vanished to the naked eye for a moment then appeared next to Sailor Lust touching her on the shoulder. "Agony" Sailor Touch said coldly and suddenly Sailor Lust fell to the ground screaming in pain.


"Pride kun help me!" Sailor Lust said as she rolled around the floor appearing to be in a massive amount of agony. Her breathing was heavy and she screamed in pain as the feeling completely consumed her entire body.


"You only drag me down Sailor Lust." Pride said as he cut the emotionless he had been fighting in two with his blade. "If you cannot save yourself you should not be in my presence. I will take care of them and take all the praise for myself." Pride released a large amount of energy and his green aura enveloped his body. "You may have taken Sailor Lust down, sailor senshi... however the same tricks won't work against me. I will cut you all down and you will all have the honor of being slayed by my blade. Prepare yourself."

"Thank you. Even though I'm transformed the hit I did take... took most of the energy I had left away. I would have just held the others back." Morana said sighing. "It is hard to believe I have all these people fighting to protect me.. Ive never experienced such a thing before. There is something I don't understand though... why would Lucifer of all beings care if I'm alive or dead? It does not make any sense."

Meanwhile back in the room...

Pride began fighting Sailor Emotion and Sailor Touch. While Touch and Emotion were occupied Lust seemed to have made it to her feet. She was still in agony but she was using all her will power to stand. She then turned into her black smoke form and shot out into the hallway where Morana and Setsuna were and reformed.


"Tch.. to think... a senshi could inflict this kind of pain... no matter... I will turn you two to dust while Pride is fighting with them." Sailor Lust struggled but she managed to fight past the agony and gather energy. "DIE!" She screamed as she was about to fire a blast of energy at them using all of her remaining power. However before she could release it she suddenly became still. A figure had appeared and drove a weapon into her gut.


"I will not let you end this girls beautiful dream.. or the dreams of my sister in law. Aquaria dream water blast!" With that dream water appeared around the area of Sailor Lust's stomach and then erupted into a massive beam of dream water that shot Sailor Lust flying away at a high velocity until she was about to strike a wall. However Sailor Lust used the last of her strength to turn into demonic smoke and escape. "I came here because I heared my daughter from the future was around and I find this mess. What in the world is going on sister in law?" Fisheye questioned as he reverted back to his normal form.

Meanwhile...
The fight between Pride, Touch and Emotion continued. Ranko was barely able to defend herself from the power and speed of Pride's sword attacks. She was acting as the decoy so her sister could strike but every time Rise tried to touch him he evaded. Eventually Pride became annoyed and upped his game.

"Your are all trash before my feet. Tremble!" Pride pumped his demonic energy into his sword and then moved with lightning speed and precision and cut both Ranko and Rise across their backs causing them to hit the ground and start bleeding badly. "Hahaha see you are nothing but trash before me. I will finish you two off then go kill the others. Your both pathetic excuses for demi-goddesses." Pride was going to strike but as he took a step forward he was suddenly hit by a powerful blast of fire. "What?" Pride screamed as he staggered from the attack and tried to put the flames out on his body. "Where do all of you insects keep crawling out from?"


"You call everyone insects yet aren't you the same in the eyes of your master? I pity you." The voice of a bold man filled the room. "Your mission here has failed. Return to your king or die" The man had flowing white hair and was covered in white armor that looked like it was once the hide of a powerful dragon. He carried a large shield and a strange looking lance. His crimson eyes stared at Pride coldly from beneath long, white hair.


"You expect me to run? Who do you think I am huh? You think you are better than me? Hahaha that is a laugh. I would like to see you try and kill me. You are nothing but dirt under my feet." Pride dashed at the warrior only to have his attack blocked by the warriors massive shield.


"For next time remember the name of the one who bested you. Kuno Yuudai, the knight of faith and wisdom" Kuno then shifted his strange lance and pointed the tip which seemed to resemble a barrel of a large gun at Pride's midsection and then muttered "Fatalis Buster" After these words were spoke a fireball shot out of the lance into Pride's midsection, lighting pride on fire and blowing a hole where his torso was.


"Damn.... it" Pride said weakly as he landed on the ground and turned into demonic smoke. "I... will.... get you for this... you piece of trash." Pride's voice echoed throughout the room until it vanished.

"Now to put the fire out before it spreads. Ludroth cleansing!" Kuno's lance changed to a yellow color and shot out water dowsing the flames his last attack had created. "There that should do. Now those girls... they got hurt pretty bad." Kuno ran out into the hall where Fisheye, Morana and Setsuna were. "Setsuna san. Your niece and her sister are in need of medical attention. They may be demigoddesses but they both got cut by a demon blade in the back before I could come help them. Their wounds are serious but not fatal. Perhaps if they were completely human that would have been a different story but luckily they are special."


"Ranko chan is hurt?" Fisheye said with worry in his voice and then ran into the room seeing his daughter on the floor bleeding from a cut on her back. "Don't worry Ranko dear. Your aunt is going to summon help for you and your sister. Hang on."

Fisheye had run into the room and returned with Yuudai fallowing him. Fisheye was supporting and helping Ranko walk whom was bleeding from the back. Yuudai was helping Rise who was also bleeding from the back. Both of the girls were in pretty rough shape. Had Yuudai arrived any later the knight of pride would have probably taken their lives.


"Sister in law, we need to get them to the medical wing. Both of them have bad cuts on their backs... please hurry and lead the way... I don't want to watch my daughter die, not like this." Fisheye said with desperation in his tone.


Yuudai noded in agreement. "Even though they are demi-goddesses their bodies can only take so much blood loss. More than normal humans and other mortal races but not much more. Usually their wounds would not be so bad but they were cut by a demonic blade... the one weapon that can strike down even the most powerful demi-gods and goddesses. We should hurry and get them patched up."

"Those two... ended up like this... to protect me." Morana put her hand to her mouth in shock. "I... I... promise I will pay you two back somehow... I'm so sorry" Morana's eyes started to water. She had only been on Pluto for a short time and her being there had already brought misfortune to her new family. She felt ashamed that she was unable to help while the battle was going on. But she reminded herself that she did protect her godmother and was sure everyone was thankful for that. Regaining her composure she rushed over to Fisheye and helped him hold up Ranko. "Hang in there you two. I need to thank you properly when you get better."

Yuudai and Fisheye set the girls down on beds on their stomachs so the cuts on their back could be easily accessed. Both Rise and Ranko were no longer conscious due to the blood loss they had suffered.


"Hang in there you two... if you don't I will force you to come back... even against my fathers will." Morana said with determination. She could certainly revive both of them if they did die for some reason... but by doing so she would break her ultimate taboo... so she prayed that would not have to come to pass. Morana went to her own bed and sat on it. Then she began to glow a purple color and her body began to steam. As this happened she slowly regenerated her own wounds. "I... always hate doing this." She said as her expression showed the regeneration was painful for her but it was however effective.


"I will let you and your people handle this from here Setsuna san. I'm going to investigate Lucifer's motives for sending the sin senshi to kill Morana. All of this is quite strange. Even Athena sama is concerned. I will return when the truth reveals itself. For now stay on guard. Those two are still alive and they are not the only ones. There are 7 sin senshi in total... so I'm sure they will show themselves sooner or later." Yuudai then touched a crest on his armor and summoned a medium sized black dragon and got on it's back. "Ok Alatreon lets go." With that the dragon Alatreon ran out of the room with Yuudai on it's back. Once they got outside the beast took to the air and then they vanished in a flash of lightning.

Morana did as Setsuna had instructed and began pressing on Rise's back to try and stop whatever blood flow was left passing through her wounds. "Those Sin senshi are dangerous. To do such damage to two demi goddesses they are a scary foe. I hope there are not any stronger than Pride but with my luck I bet there are. In any case next time I will be able to help fight. They may be strong but even demons fear death." Morana said as she focused on working with Rise's wound.

"Don't worry Morana..." Rise said weakly while fighting the pain so she could speak. "We will defeat them. As long as my sister wants to protect and fight with you I will help as well. Yukari will be arriving shortly as well so even if these sin senshi are extremely powerful we will find a way to win. I promise on my mothers name we will win." Rise smiled for a moment then Morana pressed down on her wound again and she flinched in pain. "I will get that pride knight back for this..."


Meanwhile Ranko spoke to Setsuna and her father.
"Aunt Setsuna... thank you for taking care of my wounds.. you really are the best aunt anyone could ask for. I promise I will continue to help you take care of Morana chan and protect her no matter what happens. She really needs us, now more than ever. To think a being like Lucifer has all those terrible demons going after her. I feel bad for the poor girl. She has been through enough.." Ranko paused for a moment enduring the pain in her back best she could. "We are her family now... lets do our best to bring her happiness."

A couple weeks passed on Pluto and everyone was finally up and about having recovered from their injuries. Ranko and Rise's other sister Yukari had arrived and had been preparing meals for everyone every day. The second Rise recovered she had begun training to regain her strength. She knew she would have to be faster and stronger next time she met the pride knight and she had grown weaker while her wounds were healing so she spent most of her time building up her strength. Everything was going smoothly until Yuudai had returned with some unsettling news.

The knight covered in white dragon armor flew to the surface of Pluto and landed where the group was waiting for him. "Good day, Setsuna, Morana, Ranko, Rise and Yukari. I have returned after doing some research on our enemy as promised. Unfortunately the news I bring is far worse than I even anticipated. Ranko do your best to keep Morana's emotions under control... this will come as a shock for her." Yuudai paused to make sure Ranko was up to the task and as he had hoped she nodded. "Well then. The first information I was able to gather was the worst of it. It seems that Morana's father Death took it upon himself to punish Morana's rebel like actions by taking the life of her band mates. I found their bodies surrounded by his dark miasma. Unfortunately I was too late to save them. I'm sorry." Yuudai looked down to the ground as if he was ashamed.

"My friends... are gone?" Morana fell to her knees in shock and started crying. Ranko put her hand on Morana's shoulder to keep her rage from going out of control. She needed to keep direct contact because Morana's emotions were very powerful at the moment.

Rise and Yukari covered their mouths and gasped but could not bring themselves to say anything. They did not feel anything they could say would do Morana's friends justice.

"The only other information I found was rather vague... but I feel it is significant. The reason Lucifer wants you dead is because he has no control over your actions Morana like he does your father... though Lucifer fearing you for this reason does not make much sense to me. He could easily overpower a demigoddess like you so there must be more to his fears. I suppose we will just have to wait and find out what has him so worried that he needs you dead."

Morana continued to cry, being heavily hurt at the news of her friends deaths. "Why... why did he do something so horrible? Setsuna... why does he do everything in his power to make me hate him?" Morana said very unclearly because she was sobbing so hard.

The others in the room could not bring themselves to say anything. They tried to imagine what Morana was feeling but knew they could not identify with her pain at the moment. The only person there that could truly feel all of Morana's heart ache was Ranko, who was also reduced to tears while trying to keep Morana from going out of control.