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"Thank you." Mercury said to the Youma Hunter, trying not to shudder from the near loss of her virginity.

They were putting a pretty good dent into the beasts. But there were still plenty more around. The girls, already tired from the transport, were holding their own but were wearing out fast.

The combined attack done by Mars and The Hunter had proven to be lethal for those who were touched by his blade. Sailor Moon had an idea. "Lets all combine our powers into one huge Sailor Planet attack!" She suggested.

Mercury perked up. "Thats a great idea! If we all band together and start running in a single direction, they'll all start chasing us. We can then catch them in one blast!"

They all stopped what they were doing and turned to run towards Mercury, who was already being re-targeted by other monsters who knew she was a weak one. They all stopped in one spot, it was far away enough to get one in. Sailor Moon held up her rod and they all focused their powers towards it, building up into a deadly "SAILOR PLANET ATTACK!!!!!"

The monsters were ripped apart in the explosive attack! It was as if their bodies exploded everywhere. The ground was a bloodbath. Arms, legs, heads and dicks went flying everywhere. Poor Sailor Moon was slapped in the face with a flying d**k, getting knocked over by it. They would have all laughed at her, but the battle that they had just fought was too gory. Mars held her hand out to Sailor Moon, helping her up.

Nearby was the entrance to the enemey's lair. If all that had been waiting outside for them, then what was it that waited inside?

With Sailor Moon's approval, they all advanced to the entrance of the enemy's lair. Mercury kept her computer out, scanning for anything that would be of use. The place was shielded, though, and there was no telling what was behind the door.

Usually, in these places everything was dark. But this hallway wasn't quite that. Instead, the room was a little on the lighter side. It was a hallway full of statues and pictures, which were lit in a manner in which the hallway got brighter as they went. It was as if they were lined up by importance. The more important the figures were, the better they were lit. It was very odd.

Each statue on the left of the hall was a man who nobly rested their hands on top of the hilt of a sword which was touched to the pedestal in front of them. Each pedestal had the symbol of Jupiter along with an inscription at the bottom.

Standing at the entrance was a single guard. He narrowed his eyes at them. "So, I see you made it past the Master's army. I wouldn't get too comfortable if I were you, though." He laughed. "Master will have all your women and then he will have you... On a stick." His laughter echoed down the hallway as he stared the Youma Hunter down. "I wouldn't get too comfortable if I were you. You'll be lucky if you even make it past this hallway!" His laugh continued to echo as he vanished from the group, shooting a blast of bright energy through the room as he moved to leave.

The statues began to shudder as they came to life, stepping off their pedestals. The men wielded their swords as the women narrowed their eyes at the group. The men each held their swords out in front of the women who stepped down as if ordering them to stand back as they advanced.

These people statues... They weren't as "hungry" as the first group had been. They formed an attack posture in front of the women, who all stayed back to watch (for the time being).

[The girls powers will be weak against the statues. Have fun!]

The girls started firing off attacks, but to their surprise, nothing affected them. Mars' flames were just absorbed and served to heat the statues. Mercury's attacks did nothing but chill the room. Venus' attacks bounced off them. Moon's Therapy Kiss did the same thing. The outer's attacks just blew around the statues like they were nothing. It was almost as if there was no magic that could stop them.

The Youma Hunter's arrows did help the situation, but the statues still managed to advance. Sailor Moon decided to try hand to hand combat, but they were all as hard as the stone they were made from. She had gone in for a kick and hit with so much force that she nearly sprained her ankle on the beast. "Why am I so damn unlucky today!?" She cried. The statue that she kicked grabbed her by the leg and threw her into the other girls, knocking them down like they were bowling pins.

Mercury scanned them, hoping to find some sort of weakness. "Their necks are weak." she announced. "If you can hit them at a 45 degree angle on the right side, they will break!"

As the Youma Hunter's arrows hit the statue in the right spot, its neck cracked, and its head fell to the floor. The rest of the statue crumbled beneath it.

The girls had no problems obliging the Youma Hunter as he did what they could not. They made sure to dodge the statue monsters as they retrieved the Hunter's arrows. Mars and Uranus decided to give their arrows and sword a try. As luck would have it, they hit their mark and their attacks worked that time. So they got to work in slashing and beheading the statues.

When all the male statues were gone, the women were left standing. They had been talking in the corner and began shouting what nobody could understand at the men. Their voices had fallen on deaf ears as the last one was slashed down.

As Mars and Uranus approached them one of them screeched. "Not yet! Please! You don't know what you're doing!"

Sailor Moon halted Mars, Uranus and the Youma Hunter. One statue in front, the one who had been previously standing in the brightest light stepped forward. "Youma Hunter. Do you not recognize your queen?" She sternly demanded. "No. Of course you wouldn't. That was long ago. I... I only have a few moments to say this before the daemon who has possessed me wins. But you are all in danger. They have... They have my own daughter... In my own castle...:"

She began to cry. Then she shook her head. "Enough. There are traps set up everywhere. They want you, Youma Hunter. They're gonna-" The statue began to lose control of her body. It shuddered as she fought. She mumbled aggressively, trying to regain control. "Kill us! My daughter is more important!"

It was an order to take down the rest of the statues. They could easily be replaced. Makoto could not...

The queen was long gone. As the Hunter hesitated, the being that was not the queen was getting ready to take advantage. Pluto, with her garnet rod in hand, swung down against the Queen's neck. Its head shattered and rolled to the floor. The remaining statues suddenly followed suit. Apparently, the possession of the queen's statue was what had been controlling the others.

"She wasn't the queen." Pluto said. "She may have sounded like her, but she was not." Part of her persona had made it into that statue. How, Pluto didn't know. But it wasn't unusual for objects to trigger a projection of someone who had lived long ago.

"Nobody here is going to be real." Pluto warned. "They all died over a thousand years ago. What is left are nothing more than remnants of the past. Don't hesitate to take them down because of what you think you see." Pluto was also looking towards Sailor Moon, who was especially guilty of not wanting to harm anything. This time, she was right though. There was nothing to save. Except for Makoto.

She gestured for the Youma Hunter to take the lead as they headed towards the exit of the statue hall. Before they set off, Mercury knelt down at the pedestal, clutching the Youma Hunter's cape around her so her breasts wouldn't be exposed. "The symbol of Jupiter. This was a former king. And across it, his queen. "I think that this may be the entrance to Jupiter Castle." She mused. "But its strange, though. I don't recall the palace being on this moon..." She trailed off. She stood back up.

"It wasn't." Pluto said. Having no explanation to offer, she turned back towards their exit, her long hair flowing behind her as she began to walk. Uranus and Neptune joined her. The inners, as the most vulnerable princesses walked behind them all.

As they got closer to the door, paintings behind them began to float off the walls quietly behind them. First, Mars disappeared. Then Venus. Something felt off to Mercury. As she turned around, she saw Venus being pulled in. She let out a scream but was quickly silenced as she flew through it. Sailor Saturn, who had barely managed to keep up with the fighting up until that point was next.

Sailor Moon let out a grueling, helpless cry for her friends. Pluto, Uranus and Neptune each sent out a deadly attack, causing the remaining paintings to evaporate into ********!" Uranus cursed.

Sailor Moon gently squeezed the Hunter's hand. "Nobody needs to die here." She encouraged. "We will get them back. Jupiter, too." She promised.

"Besides. The Silver Crystal always brings everyone bak to live anyways." Uranus sarcastically shrugged.

"Thats not funny!" Sailor Neptune scolded. "Its not like we live in some kind of superhero show where everything ends happy. This is real life!"

The next area was a lot more open. It was as if they were looking at the entryway of a huge mansion. There in front of them was an empty space with a large balcony that went around the room, supported by thick, green, gold and white marble columns. cutting the room in half was a grand staircase that split into two directions, leading to rooms all over the area. An extremely dark green and white checkered marbled floor opened the way in front of them. It was actually quite gawdy looking and did not match the columns at all.

There was an aura in the room. It was as if it was both beckoning and daring them to walk in and see what happened. The room had an effect that made everyone get goosebumps, their hair standing on end.

"I don't like this. Its too calm and quiet in here. Its ******** creepy!" Uranus said.

"Would you stop swearing in front of the Princess?" Neptune scolded.

"Are you going to punish me for it?" Uranus asked in somewhat of a seductive tone.

"Uranus!"

"Oh, that's how we're going to play? You want to come at me from behind?
We'll see about that." Uranus said with a wink and a grin. If Neptune had something to throw at her in that moment she would have. Such a public display of their special time was embarrassing beyond means to her.

Getting the group back on track, Pluto chimed in. "We should find the throne room first. Someone who wants the Princess of Jupiter to themselves is probably going to be in the highest valued space in the palace."

"If I had to venture a guess, I'd say its the door that's at the top of the staircase before it splits." Neptune pointed out.

"Lets be careful." Sailor Moon cautioned as they stepped farther into the room. When they were halfway across the stairs, the ugly green tiles on the floor began to float up behind the group.

Sensing that something was off, Pluto turned around and saw the squares floating up. Upon gazing her eyes on them, several shot at the group. They were thin enough to take off a limb or worse if they hit anyone on the team.
Reacting quickly, she spun her garnet rod in front of her. Several of the squares shattered, sending bits and pieces everywhere around the group.

"Go! Run!" She cried. "I'll hold them off!"

Uranus and Neptune followed the Youma Hunter, realizing that he knew more about where they were going than he did. The tiles had stopped after they got to the top of the stairs.

When they entered a random bedroom in the castle, Uranus was stunned when he started looking around. "What are you doing!? We don't have time for this!" She bellowed.

Neptune gently touched her wrist, delivering a silent message to Uranus to calm her down. Judging by the urgency in which he was searching, she knew that whatever it was had to be important. "What is it? We can help you find it." she offered.

[Ooooooh! I can't wait to find out what the thing was!]

Confused, they all got up and followed the Youma Hunter out of the room.

"Youma Hunter, if that was something you could have picked up after we get done kicking the a** of whoever it was that kidnapped Makoto, I'm kicking yours." Uranus grumbled.

The rest of the path to the throne room was quiet. They didn't run into anymore boobie traps along their path, though they were still strewn out about the castle, as Queen Jupiter had warned.

Like all other deomonic lairs, the throne room was dark, save for several dinly lit blobs that were hanging from the ceiling. At first, they couldn't make them out. But as they entered into the room and got closer, they could see the other senshi. They were being held in shielded cages. Each was hardly conscious, the signs of a trance in their eyes. They sat nearly naked on the lap of some... creature. They were nearly transparent, with a tinge of grey that just barely gave away that they were there.

The creatures had variously numbered tentacles that were wrapped around each of the girls. There were tentacles with hands that were groping their breasts. Tentacles in each of their mouths and under their skirts. Some had multiple tentacles reaching up their skirts, moving around. Wetness dripped down them and the ones in each of their mouths. They were moaning through the tentacles as they unwillingly pleasured them.

The only one who was not caged was Makoto. In fact, she was nowhere to be seen. Sitting on the throne was a rather ugly-looking dude holding a mug of beer as he waited for them to approach. He wore a smug smile on his face.

"Hello, Youma Hunter. I see you've brought some more playmates for my little friends. You shouldn't have." twisted The man snapped his fingers. From out of nowhere, more of the transparent blobs swooped down, grabbing the remaining senshi, ripping them off the ground and away from the Youma Hunter faster than he could blink. More cages appeared, and they were drawn into them as needle like tentacles were pushed into their ears. Their eyes went dark and they began to drool and giggle as their clothes were mangled like the others.

"Lets play a game, shall we?" The man grinned, standing up and stepping down from the throne. He snapped his fingers again. A bright light flashed as a snield entrapped the Youma Hunter. "Its called what will she do first? c** or die?"

Once more, the man snapped his fingers. Makoto appeared with a huge chunk of wall that she was shackled to. It floated just above the floor near the man. Makoto was completely unconscious. The shackles had dug into her wrists and ankles. Dried-up blood was already becoming crusted on them.

"WAKE UP!" He bellowed, thrusting the liquid in his cup up against Makoto's face and then throwing the glass at her. It hit her square in the belly. Makoto's eyes opened slowly as she moaned.

"It...Ite..."