Wow... a moment of normalism. Rei thought to herself as she and Seiya enjoyed a good laugh. The moment was short lived, just like a lot of things going on.
"Actually that sounds pretty accurate, Rei. You're the Fire Princess, show me how it's done!"
Rei started to say something, but decided otherwise. Just smiling back at Seiya, glad that he thought what she said was funny. She was certain that, Tenoh wouldn't find it very entertaining. Still, needless to say, that shared laugh between the two of them was just what they needed. Which is considered the best kind of medicine. Just like everything, all good things must come to an end. The mood changed almost as rapidly as the wind shifting directions.
The wind was shifting. . . Rei noticed just out of the corner of her eyes. After telling Seiya, "I can be your backup. Be your support. After all, you said that you are here for me, Seiya. I am here for you." It was probably nothing, however with current events, ignoring something minute proved to be detrimental to those who overlooked the signs.
"...Thank you, Rei. I appreciate that. If something does happen, then you can be my back up."
Lifting her gaze away from Seiya, she noticed just how much darker the sky had become. An approaching storm appeared to be the theme surrounding all of them. Almost as if they were being followed by a black cloud.. an omen. The atmosphere was unstable, you could basically taste the moisture in the air from above. Studying the darkened clouds, light appeared to find an outlet in and along the surface to split and break through one of the heavy hanging clouds in the sky, providing several rays of light to cast downwards towards the duo. As fleeting as the moment was, Rei glanced down noticing their shadows along the ground. Not too far away was another shadow. Giving the appearance that someone else had joined them. Turning her head to glance over her shoulder, whomever cast the shadow was now gone from her sight.
"Hello..?"
Looking around, behind them. No one was there but Rei felt as if someone must had been there with that shadow cast upon the ground beside their own. Who would of...? Swallowing slightly as she thought about who among their group would have gone outside to see where the two of them where located? Rei's features turned slightly pale as she stood there silent, piecing together what she just felt.
'Usagi? Was that you?' Wondering if it was Usagi? And if it was Usagi, what did she see? What did she hear? Rei's violet eyes widened slightly, not once thinking that she and Seiya would have been walked up on. And if whoever had walked up on them and saw that they were holding hands and laughing together, appearing to have a good time could possibly take what was seen in the wrong manner. Turning her body more towards the temple as if she was searching for an answer. In her gut, she had a bad feeling that the other shadow she had noticed was Usagi's. She hoped she was wrong in drawing a conclusion then. In her mind, there was no doubt it was her best friend that walked up on a scene without knowing the whole story of what took place before she arrived. She could only imagine what was going through Usagi's mind.
's**t...' Rei knew that Seiya wasn't dumb and probably noticed the shadow too. Cursing under her breath, mainly at herself as she released a hissing sound between her teeth. She was certain that he might ask what just happened, in reference to her swearing and quite possibly what she may of just felt. That moment to would fall upon deaf ears. As a sharp, stabbing coldness, caused Rei's breath to be held as if she was taking a deep dive underwater. The feeling of impending doom was at hand. A series of flashing lights surrounding a number of images, appeared so suddenly before her that she was not given an ample amount of time to respond to what she was being shown in the blink of an eye. All she knew was that someone, close to them was in danger. "No.."
Star Fighter Seiya
Sailor Moon
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:49 pm
The bickering. The petty bickering among one another was filling this place with so much negative energy that it was quite possible if any evil entity was nearby they would sense the energy. Mamoru had remained quiet during the feudal actions and inactions among the group. He could already feel that everyone was splitting up and taking sides.
Everyone was already on edge. Moreso now they were at each others throats! Silently observing how Haruka and Seiya were speaking towards one another with forked tongues and hatred.
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"...Where is she? Is she coming?"
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"No. Kira didn't want to come in, no thanks to you. Yaten is walking her home as we speak."
So much for letting things happen naturally. Mamoru thought to himself. His eyes shifted away from the two, who went at it for a time before Seiya made a hasty departure from the group. Which left Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Hotaru, Taiki, Chibiusa and Usagi present. Realizing they were one scout less. Rei had left at some point. Perhaps during the commotion of Usagi and Chibiusa going at it with one another. Sighing quietly, he could already tell this was going to be a long night and so far no one had managed to get anywhere. No plans had been discussed or made. Things were falling apart.
The team was falling apart.
As the room appeared stagnant, void of any form of relaxation. The tension was so thick that a knife could slice through it. Instead of that, Usagi made an announcement which would have drawn anyone's attention.
"Don't mind if I do! I'm starving!"
Typical behavior for Usagi. When she stresses, she either cries herself until exhaustion takes over or she feeds her face until she feels satisfied. Reminiscing a time in the past when Usagi would react to a stressful situation. He was removed from his thoughts the moment he heard Chibiusa call out to Usagi.
"You're such a pig, Usagi..." "What?! I'm not going to let all this food Rei-chan prepared go to waste! Everyone, come and have something to eat! Or I really will eat it all!" "BAKA! You should at least step away from the table and sit down! Stop hovering over the food while you're talking!" "YOU'RE THE BAKA, YOU BAKA!"
The outburst transpiring between Chibiusa and Usagi was understandable with all that had gone on. No one in their right mind wanted to step in between those two.
Mamoru could have sworn he saw Luna cringing in the background with a groan at watching those two have at it. But she wasn't there. Strange. Luna always attends scout meetings. Surely there was a reason as to why she wasn't present. Someone else that wasn't involved in the present party was as well. Movement from the background of where everyone stood, caught Mamoru's attention. Lifting his head slightly, he followed the short stature of a person quietly depart the gathering. Was it... Grandfather Hino wondering what all was going on? Or was it someone else? Mamoru considered investigating until he felt a steady energy directed at him that had quietened. Turning to see Usagi had cast a glance his way.
"Gomen... Chibibusa... excuse me..."
'Why? Why did she look at me like that?' Slightly taken aback. Keeping what eye contact they had then before Usagi severed the link. Leaving him to feel breathless. And even more uncertain.
Watching Usagi depart. Mamoru felt as though his services were no longer wanted and which made him want to depart without a sound. But that wasn't an option. Their future daughter was with them and she too needed protection. So he opted to walk to the other side of the room. Opposite of where Usagi had ventured off to. Taking a seat along a leather chair, he remained the quiet vigilant in the room. With his back facing a wall, the whole interior of the room was laid out before him. He had a perfect setting of knowing where all the entrances and exits were before him. He also had a better layout as to where everyone was located. And what they were doing among each other.
The familiar blond locks of hair re-appeared into the room, caught his attention. Noticing that Usagi was no longer putting on an act like she had done before hand. Putting on a mask for all to see earlier that everything was fine, that she was okay and there wasn't anything she couldn't handle. Now, she looked more defeated than before. Not just defeated, crushed. It was written across her features and the dragging of her feet made it apparent that she must of stumbled across something that caused such a drastic change in her behavior.
"Usako?" It almost felt wrong to call her that, since it was a habit of calling her that for so long. Rising up from where he was seated, "Is everything alright?" She didn't respond to him, not that it surprised him much. He watched that blank stare just look right through him as if he was not even there. Causing a slight frown to appear along his brow. Something happened, as to what? Only time would tell.
A muffled voice could be heard in the background, almost as if it were noise, "Star Healer...I... I-"
Soon thereafter, an erratic staticy sound of screams that appeared to sound garbled across the wavelengths could be heard from Sailor Star Healer's headset.
Sailor Star Healer reached up tapping the side of her headset to try and mute the blood curling sound of screams. Interrupting the bandwidth if only for a moment to collect herself. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Kira whisper towards her which caused her reaction time to pause. "... Interrupted again..." She didn't know what to say. What could be said in this instance? What was going on between them would have to be placed on hold. The faucet of emotions would have to be shut down one way or another. Innocent lives were at stake. Realizing that Kira had taken one last look at her before darting off towards the cries and pleas for help it was then that Healer knew she needed to reach out to Sailor Star Fighter and Sailor Star Maker.
Opening the communication line once more. At first there was nothing but silence. As her lips parted a shaky breath could faintly be heard on the wavelengths. It was even more evident that something had gone down, with how broken her spirit sounded in Star Healer's voice.
"H-Healer to ... Fighter... to Maker... I-I....there's ...Kira. . . I could use your assistance." Taking a moment to catch what little breath she had to sound more confident, "We never made it to the house. Something's wrong..., I think..." Whatever she said next was cut off, as she began to move towards where Kira had departed off to. When her voice returned the message was broken, "...someth-g near the ruins. It's chaos. I don't know what I'm .. we're about to face ... " A mixture of confusion, emotional pain and shock could be heard with each word spoken. Which sounded like a struggle for Star Healer as she tried with all her might to get the important message across to the others. She was obviously in distress and was not coping well with the effects.
Star Healer was trying to shift gears and mentally prepare herself to get ready for a fight. All while trying to communicate to the others. The urgency to sprint to the location where Kira had scrambled off towards, wasn't there. It was practically difficult to motivate Star Healer to move. When she finally was able to, it felt as if she had fallen into a tar pit. Her whole body felt heavy, as if she had been filled with lead. Her legs felt weighted down, which made movement hard. Her emotions were on overload and trying to pull herself out of the emotional rollercoaster was a lot harder than she was willing to admit. She only knew that if she didn't get her butt moving, she would have hell to pay later.
As Healer turned the corner, she came to an abrupt halt. Staring at the scenery before her. Bodies. Bodies of people littered the sidewalks and streets. Their eye sockets were void of expression, while their limbs were deformed with the impression of trying to fight back or escape. "There....'s... bodies... everywhere." Healer said quietly through her headset microphone. Standing there momentarily before slowly making her way over to where Kira stood.
"...you... IT'S YOU!" Kira's voice carried over Healer's own, which could be heard by Fighter and Maker. Wondering who Kira was talking to, Star Healer directed her line of sight over towards the individual located not too far off from where Kira stood. Whoever this person was, it was evident that he was mocking Kira. Taunting Kira with words, trying to rile her up. Whoever this man was, it wasn't taking much, because Kira too was also on emotional overload with what transpired between the two of them. All he managed to do was fling more fuel onto the burning inferno just waiting for the right opportunity to explode.
"Hm? Oh....You think you can take me on, human? Just like some of these people tried? That's pretty pathetic."
"SHUT UP!" The sound of Kira's shoulder bag making impact against the ground, made Healer's eyes dart from the bag over towards the shiny transformation wand within Kira's grasp. Healer's dulled eyes widened spontaneously at what she was seeing as Kira continued to scream and yell back at the man across from her.
"You're the reason why I'm here, you took everythingfrom me! Princess Jupiter is gone because of you!"
Who was this man? Kira acting as if this man before her was very familiar.
"How cute, let me guess... Do you want revenge? That's not going to bring anyone back."
"You're wrong, you know nothing about what I'm capable of!."
The unthinkable just happened before Healer's very eyes. Kira transformed before the enemy, out in the public eye!! Standing not too far off absolutely floored that Kira would reveal herself to the enemy, letting them know who she is outside of the senshi life. And here she thought she was the daredevil with her actions not too long ago.
"Oh my god... Seiya... Taiki... Kira....s-she, she just transformed before the enemy!!" Somehow finding some strength from the pit of her stomach as she watched the ribbons of light surround Kira's body transforming her into her senshi form. "I could really use some backup now!" Maybe it was because I was so shocked to see someone I cared about transform without throwing caution to the four winds when it surrounded an enemy, did I realize that Sailor Nova did an acrobatic flip to where she positioned herself between myself and the man she had been calling out towards.
"Your opponent is me."
"Ahhh you're a Zodiac Senshi... just like her...And you stupidly transformed in front of me. Now I know who you are..."
Maybe it was the flicker of light, that caught my eye. Like blue flames appearing from thin air, gliding down what appeared to be an oil slicked bow and arrow. With the bow drawn back, I could see that Kira... I mean Sailor Nova was planning to attack. "The dead don't speak..."
"Those are some tough words for someone with a bow and arrow as an attack... Sailor Sagittarius. You're the archer, your power ranges from a distance, and so... you're at a disadvantage right now, especially if you are aiming for me..."
"Who said I was aiming for you?"
It was the second that a breath was taken that the oil slicked, flaming arrow was let loose flying towards what appeared to be the intended target. The man. When in fact that arrow missed. That arrow's path ended embedded in the bark of some tree located behind the man. Kira apparently had a plan, as another arrow emerged from nowhere only to fly out once more past the archer's fingertips and bow flying swiftly into the air. As the arrow flew through the air swiftly the man must have sensed something was amiss. All it took was that one, smooth, fluid motion of him turning as the arrow cut across his cheek, inflicting an ample amount of pain across the man's features.
The loud, bellowing cries out emitting forth from the enemy would have captured anyone's attention that was nearby. "... You b***h, you're going to pay for ruining my face!" The man growled out if not in agony, moreso along the lines of being humiliated. Withdrawing some kind of a scepter at his side, black electric waves rippled along the scepter as he aimed the power from it directly at Sailor Nova. His strike was instant! It struck her almost instantly with no signs of hesitation. Providing little to no time to really react on Nova's behalf!
'What in the hell was that?!' Healer thought to herself as she watched from behind, as Sailor Nova was struck with some unknown dark energy. It appeared to be electrical. But the energy that was feeding off of it was different from what she had ever been in contact with. In her mind she retraced the events with the youma that they had fought. Uncertain if it's power mocked what she was seeing presently?
Drawn out of her thoughts, some unheard of voice was muffled in the background as the image of a person emerged from thin air beside the injured man. "I couldn't miss this... especially watching a dear friend suffer..." Movement before her caused Healer to stop trying to hear something and noticed that Sailor Nova had begun to stand. "A-are you alright?" Star Healer managed to say as she approached Sailor Nova, from the side. Reaching out to help her steady her. Frowning intensely, as she reached down for her star charge which was pulsating warmly within her grasp.
"Do you mind, Knight Kurayami? Don't take it personally... but this one is mine." Star Healer's eyes shifted away from Nova and over towards the figure that had appeared behind the man. Her features now taking on a shape as she moved in front of the man who attacked. Energy that had building from within was breaking free from the reigns. Upset at the fact that she stood idly by while the two of them fought each other. Only to see that Sailor Nova was hurt far worse than the man was. Screaming out in a yell towards the man, "LEAVE HER ALONE!!" By then rays of light radiated forth from her star charge. Holding out her star charge before her, "Star Sensitive. . . .INFERNO!!"
Knowing she was acting rashly and without thoroughly thinking this through. Perhaps she should have refrained from attacking the man. Perhaps she should have waited on Star Fighter and Star Maker. She had thought about saying, take your best shot! Instead of saying those words, she acted. Just like he did towards Nova's attack. He apparently was a man of action, and not so much small talk! Somewhere in the back of Star Healer's mind, she knew this action was stupid, risky and dangerous. Standing there and doing nothing would be worse!! She would NEVER forgive herself either! Pulling herself out of a pit she had drawn herself into earlier, with what had gone on between herself and Kira. She pulled out all of her feeling out onto that attack, that one blast. Probably nothing in comparison to what this guy delivered to Nova. But it was enough to b***h slap him in response! By the time her electrical discharge had been thrown in the direction of where the man stood, he spoke.
"Don't you even think about helping your friend... if you move, then I'll attack you too."
After witnessing whatever that blast was that rendered Sailor Nova to become paralyzed and stunned. She was angry at herself for not attacking sooner! The thought did cross her mind at the last second of having them both under attack, rendered useless wouldn't help the others. To stand idly by just was not in her nature. Glaring at the man in the background as she waited for her attack to make impact. She noticed out of the corner of her eyes this new person approached Sailor Nova talking to her like a dirty little tramp.
"That's... it can't be..."
Whomever this woman was moved quicker than the man. Levitating up before Sailor Nova as she used some kind of fire rope ability to lasso and pull Sailor Nova up into her grasp in the air. "HNNNGG--AHHHH!" Grring to herself, all she could do was watch and that was killing her. Watching that slimy person appear behind Sailor Nova speaking to her with a forked tongue. Who was she? Did these two have history together??
"Why are you here? You could have much better things..." Feeling the slimy lady's eyes settle upon her, Star Healer's emerald eyes aligned with this unknown female that cast her gaze down at her. 'b***h...if you hurt one hair on her body! She thought to herself. "The Dark Star Kingdom has more of us..." Whatever was said to Sailor Nova, she was out of the flaming rope and the tide had turned against the assailant! "Traitor! How could you?! You've chosen this life instead of being with your Princess?!What have you done to her?!"
"This life is better... I have freedom...where you're stuck in a primitive life surrounded by Sailor Senshi who are from the twentieth century. My powers have advanced whereas you can't even defend yourself... so why are you really here?"
The struggle of power was real. Something was going on between Sailor Nova and this other woman. It was hard to make out what all was being said to one another. Star Healer's eyes shifted away from the two women and over towards the vain man in the background. He appeared to be amused as to what was going on. Feeling that someone was looking at her, she peeled her eyes away from the man to see that Nova was looking at her. The look caused Star Healer's breath to get caught.
"I...found someone...special."
That taunting, teasing, aggressive expression the female had towards Sailor Nova turned dark in an instant. It was a look of jealousy. "And I found you." Was all Healer heard, as she watched the woman release her grasp on Nova. The woman held out her hand before Nova, which seemed odd. It was hard to see what exactly was being shown to Nova. As Healer watched the two of them shift somewhat, she saw something similar to an agate. That sparkled in an eerily dark purple-black hue. It didn't exactly make sense as to why this woman was showing this to Nova. It was the next action that did! Without warning, this object that appeared from nowhere like magic was shoved into Sailor Nova's chest!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"Your pain is nothing compared to what I've had to endure." Redirecting her line of sight over towards the tramp that attacked Sailor Nova as she made her departure as if her work there was done! An oh no you don't expression was evident along Star Healer's features getting ready to do something when she heard a familiar cry out from the side, which caused her to pause in action.
"Sailor Nova!? Sailor Nova!! You're hurt! what happened?!"
" !!! "
'USAGI?!?!' Star Healer thought to herself! When did she get here?! Was she alone!? Did she not realize she jeopardized her own safety at this present time!? Watching Usagi approach Sailor Nova with wide eyes in surprise!
"Don't touch me!" Hearing the sharpness in Sailor Nova's tone in response to Usagi touching her caught her by surprise too. "Usagi! You need to go somewhere safe, don't worry about me!" Watching how Usagi didn't think twice about placing herself in danger, approach a wounded senshi and place her hands in a caring manner along Sailor Nova's injuries. "No! I'm not going to leave you!" Something must of happened between the two of them with Usagi's gentle touch. Star Healer watched as Sailor Nova's features softened as she stared up at Usagi in awe.
"Sailor Nova? Is that what they call you on this Planet?" Gritting her teeth, b***h...do you really have to have the last say? as she glared over at the tramp who had harmed Nova in ways she couldn't even describe. Not just hearing Usagi call out towards the tramp and the man as the two stood together, side by side gleaming in the work that had been done for the day. She watched as Usagi got up to her feet and stood before Sailor Nova, using her body as a shield. Her action, made Healer cringe. Placing herself in more danger, she knew that a lot of the senshi would have a field day if they were to see Usagi presently!
"Who are you?!Why are you doing this?!"
Once Usagi stood up to provide protection, Star Healer moved in and knelt beside Sailor Nova. The very least she could do was be there for her. That's what friends do, protect and support one another. No matter what anyone was going through. Speaking softly, "Kira...I'm here for you." Offering her hand to take, so that Kira could shift slightly to lean in against Star Healer for support and some comfort.
"Hmph...brave human for speaking up... I am one of the Five Knights... Kurayami of the Dark Star, and why we are doing this is none of your business." "...And I'm Lady Miya...But in my previous life... I was once known as Sailor Scorpio, Guardian of Planet Mars."
"Sailor... Scorpio? Planet...Mars...?!"
"Why look so shocked? Don't tell me...she never told you? Oops... you do have a lot to talk about... judging by your expressions, she hasn't told you much, has she? That girl you call 'Sailor Nova' is actually Sailor Sagittarius, and there are twelve of us scattered around the universe. I must say I was surprised to see that you're here, Sailor Sagittarius. Maybe you need to all have a nice long chat and educate your friends about the Constellation Senshi and the Dark Star Kingdom."
"...I was trying to protect them, you knew what our mission was and yet you joined the Dark Star Kingdom anyways. As Constellation Senshi, we swore to defeat them, not join them!" "That doesn't matter to me anymore, and it shouldn't to you either. You won't have any control over what you do or think soon anyways, and you'll join the rest of us eventually..."
"—WAIT! How could you be fighting against Sailor Sagittarius?! Isn't she your friend?! And if you're from Planet Mars, then what's happened to Sailor Mars?!...PRINCESS MARS?!"
"Friend? I don't need or want such a thing. And don't worry... I haven't forgotten about her. . . I'm sure you all have plenty to talk about now..."
She hasn't forgotten about her??Who is she talking about? Star Healer thought to herself, following where the tramp was looking towards to see Sailor Mars was there. WHEN DID SHE ARRIVE?? Had she been there all along? No! Wait! That's not possible! Rei was at the temple waiting on the others. Did the meeting not take place? How--??? Feeling as though her next thought was going to be cut off with the tramp having one last word before her departure.
"Apologies for causing all this drama, but we'll leave you with a parting gift just to show how much we care ~ "
'Oh crap....!'
Sailor Moon
Star Fighter Seiya
Kou Taiki
Marveling Adventurer
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:57 am
Seeing Rei slightly distracted made Seiya also turn around and glance in the general direction Usagi was standing. "Odango...?"
"Hello?" Rei asked, seeing if anyone was going to answer her.
Unable to grasp why Usagi came to mind, Seiya looked back at Rei who was now bothered by something when she asked 'Hello?' "Rei? Is everything okay...?" Seiya asked, giving her a concerned expression as he placed his hand lightly on her shoulder, trying to bring her back to reality. Whoever was there was now long gone. Now, another expression is displayed on Rei's face. "..Hm? Rei?" She could obviously sense something wasn't quite right now, and before Seiya got the chance to question her further, a familiar voice uttered on Taiki's communicator, and Seiya's.
"H-Healer to ... Fighter... to Maker... I-I....there's ...Kira. . . I could use your assistance."
Completely breaking Seiya's focus from Rei, and hearing the tone in Star Healer's voice alarmed the idol as he pressed the button on the communicator, speaking into it. "Healer?! What's going on?!"
"We never made it to the house. Something's wrong..., I think......someth-g near the ruins. It's chaos. I don't know what I'm .. we're about to face ... "
Seiya's gaze shifted to Rei's, then heard Haruka's voice from inside as she spoke rather loudly. "Usagi!? wait!" Turning around from standing outside looking in, Seiya watched Haruka chase after Usagi, with Chibiusa who ran after her too. From Taiki's watch, they all heard Star Healers call for help. "Looks like your instincts were right, Rei. I can get there faster when I'm out of this disguise. Let's transform!" It seemed everyone had the same idea, Usagi had used her tracking from her watch to go after Star Healer and Kira which now alarmed everyone else to go after her too. Taking his star change out from his pocket, and holding it which seemed to activate the headset that sat on his left ear appear, now Star Healer was able to hear Seiya.
"Oh my god... Seiya... Taiki... Kira....s-she, she just transformed before the enemy!!"
"s**t! Why would she recklessly do that?!" Seiya blurted out, he was meant to think that. "Just make sure she's safe, Healer! We're all on our way!" he replied, gripping the star change tightly as Star Healer's tone became more despite for help.
"I could really use some backup now!" another cry for help was uttered on Seiya's communicator.
"Fighter Star Power... Make up!"
Star Fighter's body language spoke words, as she was about to take off. Not waiting, Star Fighter wanted to get there at the same time as Usagi, after all, Usagi was the only one who couldn't transform. Exchanging a certain glance before taking off - one that said 'Let's go' Star Fighter was clearly bothered by everything, annoyed even. Not at Rei, but the whole situation. The Starlights moved like shooting stars... and in no time Star Fighter was able to see Star Healer, Sailor Nova, and Usagi, who was protecting Sailor Nova at the time.
"Don't touch me! ........Usagi, you need to go somewhere safe, don't worry about me!" "No! I'm not going to leave you!" the blonde-haired girl cried out. "Sailor Nova? Is that what they call you on this Planet?"
Who was that woman? What was going on?
"Who are you?!Why are you doing this?!" Just as Usagi asked this, there was a chance for Star Healer to leave where she was standing currently to Sailor Nova's side, and providing her support. Something was wrong though, Sailor Nova's body pulsed every now and then with a dark purple aura that centered to her chest. Why was she glowing? Was she hit by something? Seeing the girl look in pain, like she was somewhat paralyzed made sense to why Usagi stood in front of her. "Usagi..." Star Fighter watched her, even though she wasn't able to transform, Usagi still risked her own life to safe someone else's.
In the corner of her eye, she could see Sailor Uranus who had transformed straight after leaving the Shrine catch up and instantly spoke. "Usagi!!" then also noticed the glowing that appeared behind her was Sailor Nova. "That girl..." Sailor Uranus could sense something wasn't right, and within an instant jumped into mid-air and landed just to the side of Usagi, but a step in front as if she were protecting Usagi while making sure she was able to still see what was going on. By this stage... the rest of the Sailor Senshi had caught up in time to hear the next words that were spoken by the enemies.
"I am one of the Five Knights... Kurayami of the Dark Star, and why we are doing this is none of your business." "...And I'm Lady Miya..." her eyes shifted to the archer as she continued "But in my previous life... I was once known as Sailor Scorpio, Guardian of Planet Mars." "Sailor... Scorpio? Planet...Mars...?!"
"What?! Planet Mars?!" Even though Usagi exclaimed that statement out loud, shock was painted all over Star Fighter's face, breaking the stare towards this woman to look over at Sailor Mars for a moment before looking back at the woman.
"Why look so shocked? Don't tell me...she never told you?" An amused expression displayed on the woman's face. "Oops... you do have a lot to talk about... judging by your expressions, she hasn't told you much, has she? That girl you call 'Sailor Nova' is actually Sailor Sagittarius, and there are twelve of us scattered around the universe. I must say I was surprised to see that you're here, Sailor Sagittarius. Maybe you need to all have a nice long chat and educate your friends about the Constellation Senshi and the Dark Star Kingdom."
Star Fighter was still getting over the shock, and of course, there were now many questions to ask. Knowing Sailor Nova was actually a Zodiac Senshi made sense why Star Healer was drawn to her. It made complete sense why Star Healer was concerned for Kira's well-being and her sudden interest in her. "Is this the real reason you like her, Star Healer? Did you know this about her and didn't tell us? I've been so focused on Usagi and Rei I haven't had a chance to really talk to you about Kira... but it makes sense now. I'm sorry, Star Healer, I haven't exactly been the leader you all need me to be." Fighter thought to herself as her gaze shifted to watch Star Healer care for Sailor Sagittarius momentarily.
"...I was trying to protect them, you knew what our mission was and yet you joined the Dark Star Kingdom anyways." "That doesn't matter to me anymore, and it shouldn't to you either. You won't have any control over what you do or think soon anyways, and you'll join the rest of us eventually..." "—WAIT! How could you be fighting against Sailor Sagittarius?! Isn't she your friend?! And if you're from Planet Mars, then what's happened to Sailor Mars?!...PRINCESS MARS?!"
Usagi was absolutely right, what about Sailor Mars!? Does this mean she would have the same fate as the other Sailor Senshi who have disappeared? Star Fighter slowly walked closer to where Sailor Mars stood, seeing that Sailor Uranus and Star Healer were on the other side with Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius, Star Fighter didn't want to leave Mars on her own, even though Sailor Star Maker was nearby.
"Friend? I don't need or want such a thing. And don't worry... I haven't forgotten about her. . . " Miya's gaze shifted towards Sailor Mars, the woman held eye contact with the Sailor Senshi as she spoke up again. "I'm sure you all have plenty to talk about now..." This sounded like a threat itself, which caused Star Fighter to step in front of Sailor Mars, glaring at the woman, making her star charge appear in her hands as if she was about to attack. "Get lost, and stay the hell away from Sailor Mars!"
"Apologies for causing all this drama, but we'll leave you with a parting gift just to show how much we care ~ "
"What is she--- what?!" Watching the youma grow in size, Star Fighter froze for a few seconds trying to gather her thoughts all into one place. It was a lot to take in, and now having to push all these feelings aside to focus on the youma they were about to face off with.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:33 am
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Just before Usagi had left the Shrine, after witnessing Seiya and Rei's brief closeness which made the blonde hair girl enter back inside. Mamoru had been observing the blonde actions and expressions, instantly picking up that something wasn't quite right.
Usagi didn't even take any notice of the food that she had temporarily set aside, but instead stood by the doorframe and leaned on it as she thought "How could I be so stupid?"
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"Usako?"
Mamoru's voice rang through her ears, she didn't immediately make eye contact with him, but gave it a few seconds before she did. Knowing Haruka, Chibi-Usa, Michiru, Setsuna, and Hotaru were also there, anything she was to say could be used against Seiya. "It's nothing important." Usagi answered, knowing full well Mamoru would be able to see through that lie, anyone could really.
Chibi-Usa watched Usagi, and even she knew that tone, that expression, and her words shouted otherwise. Glancing at Mamoru, Chibi-Usa could tell he seemed bothered as well. The room was quiet, and everyone seemed to be thinking about something. Taiki glanced down at his watch and felt a sharp buzzing feeling coming from it like something had been activated. "Hm?" Raising his wrist up, and opening the faceplate, he could tell Star Healer had transformed. "That's strange..." "...What is it?" Usagi asked, looking his way. "Star Healer... she is with Kira, I think... unless..." pausing, Taiki took out his Star Change, just like Seiya's, the pulsing continued for longer than it should of. "It's reacting to something else... it's not just a transformation..." Chibi-Usa too, became curious and walked towards the idol. "What does that mean?" "I'm not really sure... to be quite honest as this has never happened before... but..." having an idea, Taiki walked over to the tv remote and switched on the television that was in the room. Already the news was ahead of them, speaking of the current events.
"H-Healer to ... Fighter... to Maker... I-I....there's ...Kira. . . I could use your assistance."
"That'swhy." Taiki answered Usagi and Chibi-Usa, and already Seiya was onto it, hearing his muffled voice answer as well as speaking through Taiki's communicator to Star Healer.
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"Healer?! What's going on?!"
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"We never made it to the house. Something's wrong..., I think......someth-g near the ruins. It's chaos. I don't know what I'm .. we're about to face ... "
"Kira-chan!" Usagi exclaimed, before turning around and darting as fast as she could through the Shrine, making her way back out the backdoor. Running, Usagi knew she wouldn't be much help, but she wanted to be there for Kira and Star Healer.
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"Usagi!? wait!"
Chibi-Usa watched Haruka go after Usagi, which prompted her to look at Mamoru. "Mamo-chan, we have to go help them! I owe it to Kira-chan! Let's go!"Determination was displayed on the girl's face as she gripped Kira's communicator in her hand and turned around, exiting the same door as Usagi went out.
"MOON CRISIS.... MAKE UP!"
Chibi-Moon chased Usagi out and witnessed Haruka transform, having the same idea as the rest of them. Taiki turned to see if he could still see Seiya's silhouette from the shadow, but moreso listened more for his voice.
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"Oh my god... Seiya... Taiki... Kira....s-she, she just transformed before the enemy!!"
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"s**t! Why would she recklessly do that?!.....Just make sure she's safe, Healer! We're all on our way!"
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"I could really use some backup now!"
Hearing the Leader transform was enough prompt for Taiki to follow and do the same. "We're on our way!" Taiki answered, letting the headset appear on the side of his left ear as the Star Charge activated.
"Maker Star Power... Make up!"
Taking off, just like Star Fighter did, Star Maker was also like a shooting star as she caught up to Star Fighter and landed beside her where the action was unfolding. Usagi had just arrived and immediately went towards Sailor Nova's aid and the enemies revealed who they were to the group.
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Another figure landed from above Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius and landed in front of them. It was Sailor Uranus who had stood in front of Usagi, but to the side of her. Sailor Sagittarius was still sitting on the ground, holding one hand onto her chest and the other supporting herself up from the ground. The figure caught her by surprise as her eyes guided up the Sailor Senshi, only seeing the back of her, the presence was very familiar. "That's.... is that?" she thought to herself, trying to figure out who that was. While being in the moment, now with Usagi throwing questions at the two villains, Star Healer was able to get a chance to go to Sailor Sagittarius's side and speak quietly to her. Another figure knelt down beside her, which caused her to shift her attention to Star Healer who now was on the same level as her.
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""Kira...I'm here for you."
Trying to shake the shocked expression off her face, her reaction was a little delayed from being hit in the chest moments ago. "...Star Healer? ...What are you--" Star Healer offered her hand out to her to take hold of for support. Hesitating for a few seconds, Sailor Sagittarius let go of the hand that was on her chest and gently placed it on Star Healers. "I... have to get up...I have to do something..." she whispered to Star Healer.
"—WAIT! How could you be fighting against Sailor Sagittarius?! Isn't she your friend?! And if you're from Planet Mars, then what's happened to Sailor Mars?!...PRINCESS MARS?!" Usagi yelled, trying to stop the woman from leaving while she tried to understand why someone would be doing this. Usagi demanded answers for the sake of Sailor Mars.
"Friend? I don't need or want such a thing. And don't worry... I haven't forgotten about her. . . " Miya's gaze shifted towards Sailor Mars, holding eye contact with the Sailor Senshi as she spoke. "I'm sure you all have plenty to talk about now..." Knowing she had broken that silence and secrecy between Sailor Sagittarius and the other Senshi, Miya was always good at stirring things up then leaving. Turning to Kurayami, she got closer to him and placed a hand gently on his arm while he used his scepter to activate a crystal that was a few meters away from them. "Apologies for causing all this drama, but we'll leave you with a parting gift just to show how much we care ~ " her voice echoed as they were about to disappear, triggering a youma to surface from the crystal that was placed on the ground earlier.
Sailor Sagittarius gritted her teeth and squeezed Star Healers' hand tightly for a few seconds before trying to stand up. Usagi's fearful expression from watching the youma grow then shifted as she had seen Sailor Sagitartius from the corner of her eye stand up. "What are you doing?! You're hurt! You can't fight in that state!" "Yes, I can!" Sailor Sagittarius said back to Usagi. "I can still fight!" Letting go of Star Healers' hand, she moved herself away from both of them and stood beside Sailor Uranus, her eyes shifted to the Sailor Senshi for a few seconds as she was now able to see who she was. "...Haruka?!"she thought to herself, trying not to stare any longer before she noticed. It wasn't until then she had seen Chibi-Moon, Sailor Star Fighter, and Sailor Star Maker nearby, they had been there for a while, as well as the other Senshi who had followed."The others arrived...?" she whispered, amazed they came so fast. Now they were all there, there was support but that didn't matter to Sailor Sagittarius as she did not want to back down now. This wasn't the time to just sit there and watch, regardless of what Usagi wanted her to do.
Once again posing herself as the bow and arrow appeared in her hands but the purple growing around her body returned for a few seconds as it reacted to the attack she summoned. A sharp pain in her chest was felt, making her gasp as she gripped the bow and arrow tightly. "Anything I do, it reacts...I have to hurry before I can't use that attack." she thought to herself, keeping in mind the arrow that was still pieced through the tree behind them, every now and then it let off a static charge. "Kira's not listening to me... I'm worried about her. She can't fight and if she pushes herself..." Usagi didn't want to finish that thought. Her eyes shifted to Star Healer almost like she was pleading with her to speak up, heck even Sailor Uranus would say something to her at this point too.
"Usagi!" Chibi-Moon called out to her, making her look in that direction. "Go somewhere safe and take cover!" Usagi hesitated for a moment and gave a nod. Deep down, she wanted to do the same as Sailor Sagittarius and fight but she knew she couldn't. "Sailor Sagittarius please come with me and rest!" "Gomen, Usagi. You're their Princess, you're special to Princess Jupiter, and she would fight no matter what. Please go and take cover...I'll be alright." She said, not taking her aim or eyes off the youma.
Marveling Adventurer
Star Fighter Seiya
Star Spangled Justice
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:17 pm
It felt as if Seiya was far away from where Rei was. Even as Seiya spoke towards her, "Rei? Is everything okay...?" He sounded muffled. Blinking a couple of times as her surroundings slowly came back into focus. "..Hm? Rei?"
Just as she was about to say something, Seiya's expression turned to alarm as he reached for his headset. "Healer?! What's going on?!" Rei didn't hear what was broadcasted to Seiya then, his expression said that something had gone horribly wrong. Watching a pause occur from Seiya as words were about to be processed out loud. A shout echoed across the way from Haruka, "Usagi!? wait!" Standing there with Seiya as they watched Haruka chase after Usagi, not too long afterwards Chibiusa was chasing after the two as well.
"Looks like your instincts were right, Rei. I can get there faster when I'm out of this disguise. Let's transform!"
"Agreed." Rei responded to Seiya in agreement that being in senshi form would be much faster to get from point A to B. Removing her transformation wand from her red hakama concealed pocket, she began to chant when she heard Seiya blurt out in anger and confusion at the same time.
"s**t! Why would she recklessly do that?! Just make sure she's safe, Healer! We're all on our way!"
Without seconds to lose, Seiya transformed before her, "Fighter Star Power... Make up!" The urgency in Seiya's tone, said it all. Rei didn't hesitate any further as she called out, "Come On! Mars Crystal Power!"
Once she was done transforming she recognized a signature glance that said, 'Let's go'. Nodding her head, Sailor Star Fighter didn't have to ask her twice. She was already on the move. While in route, she noticed that Star Fighter appeared different, possibly bothered by all that had transpired thus far. And rightly so. Sailor Mars may not understand the depth of Star Fighter's feelings, she had an idea though. The environment around them seemed to blur with time as they arrived in a timely manner. Apparently they were not too far off from where the others stood. Star Healer, Sailor Nova, and Usagi.
"Don't touch me! ........Usagi, you need to go somewhere safe, don't worry about me!" "No! I'm not going to leave you!"
Sailor Mars' eye expression widened as she saw that Usagi was using herself as a shield towards Sailor Nova. Protecting the one person they were all supposed to have a meeting with. The same person they had briefly met at their last fight. There was a part that wanted to scold Usagi for placing herself in danger to protect someone who had fallen. That was just who Usagi is. A protector of the innocent, a guardian of light to stand against evil. In this instance, her bravery could very well get her injured if not killed. Moving to ready herself beside Star Fighter, she saw that Star Maker had now joined them. Nodding to Star Maker as she redirected her sight towards scenery before them was revealed. The enemy whomever they were, one of them spoke up.
"Sailor Nova? Is that what they call you on this Planet?"
Who is she? Is this the person who lay harm to Sailor Nova??
"Who are you?!Why are you doing this?!" "Usagi!!"
The entrance of Sailor Uranus came clearly into view as she called out to her. In the process of calling her name, Sailor Uranus sprung into action and bounded forward to protect Usagi. Shielding her from harm. Sailor Mars didn't need to look from where Sailor Uranus arrived, she knew in the back of her mind that the others were all present now. Something pulsing with a low hum, captured Sailor Mars's attention as her line of sight aligned over to where Sailor Nova was located at along the ground. 'That pulse. . . .' Watching a darkness surround Sailor Nova in an eerily darkened purple hue. The longer she stared at the point of impact along Nova's chest, a flash appeared before the scout's eyes.
'That almost looks like the Evil Black Crystal! A crystallized stone of pure evil, a crystal that grew with negative, dark energy. That had complete power over the element of darkness and was capable of projecting supremely strong and destructive bursts of evil energy, leaving destruction and decay in its wake. It also had the ability to render anything or anyone directly linked with the Silver Crystal itself utterly defenseless and powerless. The Black Moon Clan, a militant group originating from the planet Nemesis in the 30th Century!' Sailor Mars wondered if what they were seeing glowing along Sailor Nova's chest was similar to what Sailor Moon and Chibiusa had to deal with in the past. She was pulled out of her thoughts as she heard the enemy speak forth once more.
"I am one of the Five Knights... Kurayami of the Dark Star, and why we are doing this is none of your business." "...And I'm Lady Miya...But in my previous life... I was once known as Sailor Scorpio, Guardian of Planet Mars." "Sailor... Scorpio? Planet...Mars...?!"
A look of shock was evident across Sailor Mars' features. She didn't believe that this person who was evil claimed she used to be Sailor Scorpio. 'Wait a minute!! There's a Sailor Scorpio?!?' How is that she's never heard of this person? Staring across the battlefield over at this evil person who was speaking with a forked tongue to all who would listen. She had a feeling someone else was looking at her, however she couldn't take her eyes off this woman.
"Why look so shocked? Don't tell me...she never told you? Oops... you do have a lot to talk about... judging by your expressions, she hasn't told you much, has she? That girl you call 'Sailor Nova' is actually Sailor Sagittarius, and there are twelve of us scattered around the universe. I must say I was surprised to see that you're here, Sailor Sagittarius. Maybe you need to all have a nice long chat and educate your friends about the Constellation Senshi and the Dark Star Kingdom."
"...I was trying to protect them, you knew what our mission was and yet you joined the Dark Star Kingdom anyways." "That doesn't matter to me anymore, and it shouldn't to you either. You won't have any control over what you do or think soon anyways, and you'll join the rest of us eventually..." "—WAIT! How could you be fighting against Sailor Sagittarius?! Isn't she your friend?! And if you're from Planet Mars, then what's happened to Sailor Mars?!...PRINCESS MARS?!"
Sensing movement before her as she stood ready in her fighting stance. She wasn't about to show the enemy fear, it was bad enough that they received a shocked expression earlier at the mentioning of Sailor Scorpio.
It didn't take long to recognize that it was Sailor Star Fighter moving before her to shield, protect and by all means if necessary to fight. Sailor Mars was grateful for Star Fighter's protection. She wasn't about to be a damsel in distress however, she would fight. Shrine maiden. Sailor Scout. Archer. She was not about to bow out with a whimper, she would go down in battle to protect the ones she loves.
"Friend? I don't need or want such a thing. And don't worry... I haven't forgotten about her. . . " Feeling the woman speaking direct her line of sight at her. Meeting the woman's gaze back fiercely as she stood her ground. "I'm sure you all have plenty to talk about now..." She was definitely threatening and taunting everyone, just to see whom she triggered first. Star Fighter reacted first. "Get lost, and stay the hell away from Sailor Mars!"
Looking past Star Fighter's shoulders, Sailor Mars could tell that Miya was a woman of her word. "Apologies for causing all this drama, but we'll leave you with a parting gift just to show how much we care ~ " "What is she--- what?!" Several rays of light, became erratic along the ground as the sudden appearance of a youma appeared before them. Such a parting gift. Not hearing what was said between Usagi and Sailor Nova as she called out towards Usagi.
"Usagi!!"
Sailor Mars called out to her best friend and princess, with passionate urgency. "Get to safety! Take Sailor Nova with you! We will handle this!" Said with confidence and determination.
Moving past Star Fighter and Star Maker, in her fighting stance holding up a charged parchment scroll imbued with the power of Mars to paralyze the youma before them. Hoping to provide enough time for Usagi and Sailor Nova the means to escape and to get out of danger. She was angry. Using that energy that she had been keeping under reigns. This enemy, whomever they were had just inflicted some kind of dark energy against Sailor Nova, had thrown about veiled threats and promises of impending doom to all who dared to cross them. Sailor Mars was not about to stand idly by, while those who are innocent and those she cares about are threatened. "I call upon the powers of MARS!!!"
"FIREBALLS CHARGE!!"
Sailor Mars focused her energy directly into the ofuda scroll, before clasping her gloved hands together and points both index fingers upward in first kuji-in position. Aiming directly towards the youma. Fire erupted forth from Sailor Mars' gloved fingertips spiraling over towards the youma that stood before Usagi and Sailor Nova. Unsure as to what strengths and weaknesses this creature had, she was using this tactic to make sure they had an exit strategy before the battle commenced.
Another lie. This bothered Mamoru probably more than it should of. She wasn't just blowing him off, he was doing it to the Outer Senshi and Chibiusa then. If not intentionally. Purposely placing up a shield to protect herself when she should have known that everyone in the room was there for her. Whether she wanted the support or not.
The gathering of sailor senshi were quiet. Too quiet actually. Lifting his eyes away from Usagi, he noticed that Chibiusa was looking at him. He gathered that Chibiusa got a sense that something was amiss. Looking over towards Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru and Taiki in a silent apologetic expression. It wasn't his place to apologize for Usagi's actions, he still felt the need to do so.
"Hm?" Quirking a brow, as Taiki seemed interested in his communicator watch. "That's strange..." The stagnant silence had been broken the moment Taiki made a comment. Which caught Usagi's attention. "...What is it?" Watching the interaction between the two as Taiki reached into his pocket and removed his Star Change. "Star Healer... she is with Kira, I think... unless..." Canting his head off to the side, Mamoru couldn't help but notice that the device within Taiki's grasp was glowing. "It's reacting to something else... it's not just a transformation..." The light pulsing in waves off of the star change almost appeared to be giving off a silent signal, like that of an S.O.S.
'Strange..' He thought to himself, watching as Chibiusa also was drawn towards the pulsing light. "What does that mean?" "I'm not really sure... to be quite honest as this has never happened before... but..." Taiki never finished whatever it was he was going to say. Mamoru watched as the man strode across the room an instinctively flipped on the switch to the TV.
The moment Taiki made that comment, everyone on the room could hear a very faint conversation being emitted from Taiki's communicator.
"H-Healer to ... Fighter... to Maker... I-I....there's ...Kira. . . I could use your assistance." "Healer?! What's going on?!" "We never made it to the house. Something's wrong..., I think......someth-g near the ruins. It's chaos. I don't know what I'm .. we're about to face ... "
"Kira-chan!" Usagi caused just about everyone to jump at her sudden cry out. Without warning, Usagi turned away from the group and darted out of the shrine hall.
"Usagi!? wait!" Haruka shouted towards Usagi, as she too ran out of the shrine.
It must have taken an ample amount of time for what was taking place for everyone to react!
"Mamo-chan, we have to go help them! I owe it to Kira-chan! Let's go!"
Finally... some action. Not precisely what they were expecting of course. He provided the nodding of his head acknowledging Chibiusa's urgent request. A slight smirk appeared as Mamoru reached into the inside pocket of his jacket and removed a red rose that became translucent in color. The color of the rose faded as his signature white mask was revealed along with the swirling action of a black and red cloak fluttering behind his body to soon drape along his shoulders, revealing his tuxedo. The finishing touches was his top hat being flung out before him like a boomerang, which circled back only to settle perfectly on top of his head with ease.
**Cues the Tuxedo Mask transformation theme music and live action pose**
As soon as Tuxedo Masks' transformation was completed he watched as Chibiusa finished up her transformation and darted out in the general direction as to where Usagi had run off too. As he exited the shrine, no doubt with the other Outer Senshi in the process of transforming too. He and Chibi Moon ran across the way in the general direction of where Sailor Uranus had started advancement after Usagi. She was moving much fast than the others. She was on mission. They all were. For starters, for Usagi to run towards danger without having the ability to change. Someone needed to be Usako's protector. If she were to fall, it would be the end. And none of them were about to allow that to happen if it meant today was the last day to stand.
The urgency in Sailor Star Healer's voice could be heard on everyone's communicators by now.
"Oh my god... Seiya... Taiki... Kira....s-she, she just transformed before the enemy!!" "s**t! Why would she recklessly do that?!.....Just make sure she's safe, Healer! We're all on our way!" "I could really use some backup now!" "We're on our way!"
By the time the sailor senshi and sailor starlights transformed everyone had managed to make it to the fight just at the right time. Usagi had managed to get there before the lot and was standing front and center calling out in a loud, concerned voice towards an injured Sailor Nova. "Sailor Nova!?"
Without thinking twice about her own safety, Usagi placed herself in a bad situation. Whatever was said between herself and Sailor Nova, no one would know until much later. The appearance of a levitating man and woman in the air, caused Tuxedo Mask to growl under his breath as he removed his cane in one hand and his throwing roses in the other. 'How could Usako be so careless? She's placed herself directly in harms way!'
At some point, Sailor Uranus was standing before Usagi, using her body as a shield to deflect any oncoming firepower from the enemy. Usagi kept making demands towards the enemy, trying to get some discovery as to why they were here, their mission, their reason for causing mayhem. Usagi was mocked by not just the male authoritative figure but the female as well.
"Hmph...brave human for speaking up... I am one of the Five Knights... Kurayami of the Dark Star, and why we are doing this is none of your business." "...And I'm Lady Miya...But in my previous life... I was once known as Sailor Scorpio, Guardian of Planet Mars." "Sailor... Scorpio? Planet...Mars...?!" "Why look so shocked? Don't tell me...she never told you? Oops... you do have a lot to talk about... judging by your expressions, she hasn't told you much, has she? That girl you call 'Sailor Nova' is actually Sailor Sagittarius, and there are twelve of us scattered around the universe. I must say I was surprised to see that you're here, Sailor Sagittarius. Maybe you need to all have a nice long chat and educate your friends about the Constellation Senshi and the Dark Star Kingdom." "...I was trying to protect them, you knew what our mission was and yet you joined the Dark Star Kingdom anyways. As Constellation Senshi, we swore to defeat them, not join them!" "That doesn't matter to me anymore, and it shouldn't to you either. You won't have any control over what you do or think soon anyways, and you'll join the rest of us eventually..." "—WAIT! How could you be fighting against Sailor Sagittarius?! Isn't she your friend?! And if you're from Planet Mars, then what's happened to Sailor Mars?!...PRINCESS MARS?!"
"Friend? I don't need or want such a thing. And don't worry... I haven't forgotten about her. . .I'm sure you all have plenty to talk about now...Apologies for causing all this drama, but we'll leave you with a parting gift just to show how much we care ~ "
It was message being directed Sailor Mars that caused the hairs on the back of Tuxedo Masks' neck to stand on end. The hostility towards Sailor Nova took interest. What Tuxedo Mask found interesting was what little history Sailor Pluto had mentioned briefly about Constellation Senshi. Apparently they were all being drawn into a war going on between the Constellation Senshi and the Dark Star Kingdom. There was much to be discussed . . .later.
The next motion of movement from a Sailor Starlight captured his attention, it was Star Fighter moving to place herself before Sailor Mars to protect her!! "Get lost, and stay the hell away from Sailor Mars!" Moving in on the other side of Sailor Mars was none other than Star Maker. Royal blue eyes observing their actions from behind the mask was impressed with their bravery. Sailor Mars, whether anyone wanted to acknowledge it or not was the last of the Inner Senshi. The veiled threat that was tossed out, made it clear that she was the next target!
A crystal that had been placed earlier, without anyone's knowledge started to take shape of a youma as the duo departed from sight.
Movement from the front line, caught Tuxedo Masks' attention as the wounded Constellation Senshi slowly rose to her feet with the assistance of Sailor Star Healer. "What are you doing?! You're hurt! You can't fight in that state!" "Yes, I can! I can still fight!" The senshi called forth her abilities, which happened to be the bow and arrows. The instant she did that, she cringed as a pulsing dark power emitted from the girls' torso. She was in a weakened state and was in NO condition to fight. No matter how she struggled to put up a strong front, she was wavering.
"Usagi! Go somewhere safe and take cover!" Chibi Moon called out towards Usako to try to persuade her to leave the battlefield and move out of harms' way. Quite possibly convince the Constellation Senshi to move off to the side as well. "Sailor Sagittarius please come with me and rest!""Gomen, Usagi. You're their Princess, you're special to Princess Jupiter, and she would fight no matter what. Please go and take cover...I'll be alright."
Conversation traded between the individuals up front was soon silenced as Sailor Mars moved past her brave protectors and called out towards both Usagi and Sailor Nova. The announcement was enough to keep everyone else on their toes with her next action.
"Usagi!!" The burning passion enveloping the last remaining Inner Senshi could be felt on a large magnitude. "Get to safety! Take Sailor Nova with you! We will handle this!" It had been a long time since he had seen Sailor Mars in action, let alone any of the Inner Senshi for that matter. With the others missing in action and no one aware of their whereabouts other than quite possibly those that they all just encountered. The power displayed from Sailor Mars radiated along her figure causing the prince to gasp slightly. The last time he recalled seeing this kind of power from her was when they fought Queen Beryl. At least, that was the last time he could recall.
Leaping into action (not literally), Tuxedo Mask appeared in an instant before Usagi and Sailor Nova. His cape drawn out and before them as a shield, as he along with the others witnessed Sailor Mars deliver an attack towards the youma. "Ladies." The greeting Tuxedo Mask provided towards the two ladies was filled with concern for their well being and safety. "Sailor Mars is providing an exit you two to take advantage of this opportunity to reach a safe distance. You've performed your skills well, Sailor Sagittarius. Now please, allow us to help you. Allow us to be the strength behind your bow and and fighting power as your arrows. I am not telling you what you can and cannot do. I am only suggesting that you give us the moment to take care of you and to fight your fight in this stance. Usagi, please, take great care of Sailor Sagittarius and move her and yourself a safe distance away. We will notabandonyou Sailor Sagittarius. Not in your time of need. We will protect you and Usagi with our lives and life force."
Sailor Moon
Marveling Adventurer
Star Fighter Seiya
Star Spangled Justice
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 4:02 am
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"Usagi!!" Sailor Mars called out to her best friend and princess, with passionate urgency. "Get to safety! Take Sailor Nova with you! We will handle this!"
"Alright!" Usagi agreed, about to reach for Sailor Nova's arm when something swooped in, directly in front of them which made her put all her actions on pause. It was like old times, and that nostalgic feeling had returned for a brief moment.
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"Ladies."
"Tuxedo Mask?!" Usagi exclaimed his name the usual way, but she was more surprised to see he had come to help them. The voice to Sailor Sagittarius was unknown, and only seeing the back of him or to be more precise his cape and top hat. "Who is that...?" she thought to herself.
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"Sailor Mars is providing an exit you two to take advantage of this opportunity to reach a safe distance. You've performed your skills well, Sailor Sagittarius. Now please, allow us to help you. Allow us to be the strength behind your bow and fighting power as your arrows. I am not telling you what you can and cannot do. I am only suggesting that you give us the moment to take care of you and to fight your fight in this stance. Usagi, please, take great care of Sailor Sagittarius and move her and yourself a safe distance away. We will notabandonyou Sailor Sagittarius. Not in your time of need. We will protect you and Usagi with our lives and life force."
Now there were too many people around her, and she wasn't able to make any attacks properly, the youma had drawn its attention to that particular group. It was like it knew exactly where to look as it stared at Sagittarius in the eyes. Usagi and the others were right, and she needed to take cover or hide. "That youma..." she thought to herself, and retracted her bow and arrow, turning around to face Usagi, then looked towards the tree behind her, knowing that the arrow had finished doing what it needed to do. "..Let's go." her tone sounded as if she didn't want to leave but had no choice. Looking at Star Healer, Sailor Sagittarius couldn't seem to manage a smile at this time but placed a hand on Healer's shoulder for a moment as she passed by and let go, then began to run off. As she passed the tree with the arrow pieced through it, she grabbed onto it, pulled it out then, and kept running. "Kira-chan!? Kira-chan! Wait!" Usagi called out and ran after her.
While the two found somewhere safe to hide, Usagi sighed, catching her breath while the archer was facing the direction of where the youma was and where they came from. "Kira-chan... please undo your transformation. You need to rest." Not answering straight away, Sagittarius gripped her free hand into a fist. "This doesn't feel right, Usagi." Frowning, Usagi looked down, there were many times when Usagi kept fighting, even when she is hurt. "I know, trust me. I really know how you feel, but you were attacked, Kira-chan--your chest... you--" "--Doesn't hurt. Usagi, that man... who is he?" Sailor Sagittarius asked and turned around to face the blonde. Usagi adverted her eyes away for a moment. "...T-Thats... Mamoru... Chibi-Moon's future father... Endymion" "Endymion?"That name was familiar to Sailor Sagittarius. "...Princess Jupiter told me stories of Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion. I know that things are difficult and whatever you are going through, you have people who care about you and want you to be safe and happy in the end. While I still feel able enough to fight, please, let me do what I can to contribute. I want to protect you too, I just can't stay here and watch. That's not how I was taught." "Kira-chan... we all have so many things to ask you, please after all this would you come back to the Shrine? Or anywhere you want! We... all just want a chance to get to know you." Looking down, the archer had a sudden thought, looking back at Usagi "And you will, just let me fight the youma, and I'll answer anything I can. Deal?" Tricking Usagi like that would work, since it was just the two of them at the time, Usagi hesitantly agreed but didn't know what Sailor Sagittarius had planned prior to that. "I... I don't know... I-I guess... but please be careful!" Happy to hear she reluctantly agreed, Sailor Sagitatius smiled. "We'll defeat the youma, and everything will be alright!" trying to give some positivity to Usagi and reassure her before running back towards the group again, but as she approached closer, she quietly jumped up the tree, approaching higher and higher getting more distance from above. Sailor Sagittarius didn't want to do anything yet and hoped no one saw her either.
Usagi watched Sailor Sagittarius until she was no longer in sight, worried, she could sense the archer wasn't exactly at her best but there was no way for her to stop her since she couldn't transform herself, all she could do was watch. "Kira-chan..."
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Everyone else started to arrive moments after Star Fighter and Sailor Uranus did. Sailor Uranus overheard Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius talking to each other and had then seen in the corner of her eyes a figure who then stood beside her. It was the archer. "You're in no condition to fight, save your strength because you'll need it later." she said firmly. "Sailor Sagittarius please come with me and rest!" "Gomen, Usagi. You're their Princess, you're special to Princess Jupiter, and she would fight no matter what. Please go and take cover...I'll be alright." Hearing her resist Usagi's wish, then a voice was heard from the other side call out to them. "Usagi!!" Sailor Mars called out to her best friend and princess, with passionate urgency. "Get to safety! Take Sailor Nova with you! We will handle this!" Said with confidence and determination.
Sailor Mars was fired up, watching her suddenly come out with an attack first surprised Star Fighter. 'Sailor Mars...' she thought to herself, then watched back towards the group which seemed to grow in size again. Tuxedo Mask had shown up, and had been speaking to both Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius'What's going on?' Star Fighter thought, pausing for a moment, and turned to Sailor Mars "Mars, something has happened. We should join the others, and find out what's going on." Looking back toward Star Healer, she wanted to join her and speak with her as well, considering Star Fighter was the one who told Star Healer to protect Kira. Taking a couple of steps forward, Star Fighter jumped into mid-air and landed near where the group was, and approached Star Healer. "Listen to Tuxedo Mask and go!Both of you!" Sailor Uranus snapped, watching the youma grow in size. After hearing that last part, and then witnessing the purple glowing that came from Sailor Sagittarius once again, Star Fighter was able to put two and two together. Since Tuxedo Mask was covering for both Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius. Finally, after some back-and-forth chatter, Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius left which made it a lot easier to attack without worrying about the two getting in the way.
"STAR... SERIOUS LASER!"
Aiming the attack towards the youma, Star Fighter wasted no time in attacking just as much as Sailor Mars. And as expected, the youma took little damage. "It's another one of those, huh?" she muttered to herself, then looked at Star Healer while tapping the side of her communicator to speak to Star Maker also. "We'll need to try attacking together, Star Maker, Star Healer are you able to--" abruptly pausing mid-sentence, something caught her eye as she was facing Star Healer. A familiar silhouette had made its way up toward the tree nearest them, but another thing Star Fighter noticed was the arrow in the tree had gone. Pressing her headset again, Star Fighter took a couple of steps away from the group and spoke into it again but this time connected it to Usagi's communicator. "Usagi, are you alright?" Star Fighter asked while turning around to look up at the tree. "Did she leave you?" wanting to find out why Sailor Sagittarius had returned but wanted to do so discreetly, away from Sailor Uranus and Tuxedo Mask's ears. Looking back at Star Healer, she wondered if she had noticed yet or if was it just Star Fighter for now. It was as if Sailor Sagittarius didn't want to get caught, but at the same time Star Fighter now was worried about Usagi being alone and why did Usagi allow it. Turning back to Star Healer, she spoke. "We need to talk." Her expression showed she was annoyed and concerned. "The youma comes first, we should all try and attack together."
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"Healer?! What's going on?!"
Just hearing Seiya's distressed voice made Star Healer automatically cringe. 'Seiya did tell me to contact if something were to go awry.' She almost regretted in informing Seiya of what was going on but knew that there was no turning back now.
"We never made it to the house. Something's wrong..., I think......someth-g near the ruins. It's chaos. I don't know what I'm .. we're about to face ... "
The line fell silent for what may of felt like an eternity and then the inevitable occured. Kira removed her wand and transformed right before the enemy! Even Healer knew that was foolish and would undoubtedly bite Kira in the a** later. Blinded by the light of Kira's transformation, the only thing her gut told her to do was to let the others know what else was going on.
"Oh my god... Seiya... Taiki... Kira....s-she, she just transformed before the enemy!!" Here I am standing not far away enough from Kira, who just transformed without any hesitation or thought process of what would happen in revealing who she really is outside of her senshi form. Was it the overwhelming emotions running amok that made Kira do the unthinkable? Was it me? Us? I am such a fool, I believe that I caused this house of cards to collapse and cause this mess. If I didn't feel awful before, I feel at fault for what's happening at this very second. My a** is grass. Self-doubt was starting to settle in.
"s**t! Why would she recklessly do that?! Just make sure she's safe, Healer! We're all on our way!"
"I could really use some backup now!" I shouldn't have made that last comment. I should have refrained and just stood there dumbstruck as Sailor Nova took the moment to assess the scenery laid before her aiming towards the enemy who appeared ecstatic to fight. The last thing I heard on the headset, was Star Fighter's transformation. Everything after that was a blur. For a moment, I could have sworn that I heard Taiki's voice on the communication bandwidth, "We're on our way!" But that could have been my imagination from this point.
Star Healer felt as though she was experiencing everything as if she had an out of body experience. Her thoughts were her own, her words were as if she was writing a story and everything kept coming out muddled. Even her attack to try and help Sailor Nova. It felt as if her attack did nothing to the man who called himself, Knight Kurayami. That her strike left him unphased. Looking down at her star charge, an electrical discharge could be seen within her covered hands. 'Did I not make impact with my strike? Or did I dream that? I could have sworn that I attacked him after he struck Sailor Nova down. Why do I feel so...so distracted... weak..and drained? Is it my connection with Kira? Or something else?'
Star Healer must of appeared to be in a daze as she witnessed Usagi move to use her body as a shield before Sailor Nova. She was so confused by now, it was hard to think clearly. Hard to focus. Turning her body ever so slowly to the side she saw that Sailor Nova was in pain, holding a hand to her chest which glowed in a dark tint. Moving to kneel beside Sailor Nova, Star Healer did what only felt natural to her and offer a helpful hand of support towards her, "Kira...I'm here for you."
"...Star Healer? ...What are you--"'I need Kira to focus on me for a short amount of time. Not to pay attention to anything else. Even if I just have her attention for less than a minute.' Feeling Sailor Nova's hand grip along her own gloved hand for support. Star Healer kept her eyes locked with hers. Not daring to say anything, for fear of ruining anything further between them. "I... have to get up...I have to do something..." The whisper from Nova made Healer realize that Sailor Nova was not going to rest, not take a break to recover. Standing upright slowly, she helped Sailor Nova get up to her feet. "I feel as if I knew you were going to say that..." Holding her grasp within Nova's hand, making sure to support her for as long as she needed it to steady herself. Watching Nova fight through the pain as she steadied herself and when she felt that she was okay she released Star Healer's hand. Keeping eye contact with Sailor Nova until she purposely moved herself away from her and over beside Sailor Uranus. That made Healer do a double take, because Sailor Uranus was the one who started the mess of having Kira leave the temple in a hurry.
Squinting her eyes somewhat as to why of all people, Sailor Nova would move to stand at Sailor Uranus's side. Some kind of commotion was going on between the enemy, Nova and Usagi from that point that it was hard to pinpoint what all was being said. Whatever was said, didn't matter by that point for Sailor Mars spoke up in a commanding tone that captured any and everyone's attention as she moved to respond to the enemy before them. Hearing and watching that Sailor Mars was taking a stand to distract the enemy long enough for those whom were in a weakened position to depart. It was a great tactic she thought. Soon thereafter, a caped crusader appeared from behind Sailor Mars who appeared to be addressing Usagi and Sailor Nova. She almost didn't recognize who it was.
"Listen to Tuxedo Mask and go!Both of you!"That voice! Drew Star Healer out of her thoughts, redirecting her sight over at the youma that appeared to grow after being attacked by Sailor Mars. It wasn't too long after Mars' attack the youma didn't appear to flinch much in response. The ground shifted beside her and instead of turning her head to see who or what it was. It was the familiar energy she was used to feeling. Star Fighter. Swallowing a lump that had formed in the pit of her throat, she allowed her eyes to shift to the side watching Star Fighter move closer to where she stood. Shifting her eyes back to the front as she watched the youma double in size.
"STAR... SERIOUS LASER!"
Another attack which merely bounced off the body of the youma. Narrowing her eyes at the monster before them. "It's another one of those, huh?" Healer could of sworn she heard Star Fighter mutter some unheard words under her breath before speaking firmly into her headset, along with Star Makers' headset, "We'll need to try attacking together, Star Maker, Star Healer are you able to--" To hear their leader pause as if something caused her attention to be elsewhere made Star Healer turn her head to face Star Fighter. Following where her eyes were focused upon, she craned her head upwards towards a very tall tree. The arrow that had once been stuck in along the bark had been removed. That arrow belonged to Sailor Nova. Straining to scan the high branches and foliage she recognized Sailor Nova, perched high along the treetop. Her jaw fell slightly slack, seeing that Nova did what she thought she would do, continue to fight, no matter what the consequences might be.
"We need to talk."
The sound of annoyance and concern could be heard loud and clear in Star Healer's ear. Her attention had been staring up at the top of the tree, where Sailor Nova currently resided. Clenching her jaw tightly as she lowered her gaze down towards the youma on the ground before them. "The youma comes first, we should all try and attack together." She didn't say a word. Only nodding her head, acknowledging that she heard their leader and was responding to the order of attack.
'Dammit! My attack didn't inflict any damage! I only hoped that my strike would have taken the youma's attention away from Usagi and Sailor Sagittarius for the time being. And placed it's attention towards those who are ready to lash out in response!' Seeing that the youma's attention was elsewhere, she muttered to herself, 'Looks like I got my wish..' Angling her stance to where her body faced more aligned with the youma positioned not too far off. Movement from the side, brought Sailor Mars out of her thoughts.
"Mars, something has happened. We should join the others, and find out what's going on." "Right."
A straight to the point answer to Star Fighter's comment. "I've got a bad feeling." Looking directly over at Fighter, providing the subtle side shake of her head, "I couldn't even begin to tell you what this feeling is. . . all I can say is it's something bad. Regardless, we need to deal with this matter before it blows up into something far worse." Sailor Mars knew that Star Fighter was on the same page in getting this issue rectified as soon as possible.
As soon as she said her piece, she watched as Star Fighter confronted the beast and blasted it with her power. Same result. Nothing. Neither one of their powers even punched a hole into this youma, nor left a dent. Their attacks only seemed to stir some kind of negative energy emitting forth from it. Moving closer to where Star Fighter had maneuvered over closer towards Star Maker and Star Healer. The trio was obviously talking about something when she noticed that Star Fighter took several paces back away from the gathering to speak into her headset. Obviously on a private channel. Shifting her gaze away from the other starlights, she noticed something was missing. 'Wasn't there an arrow in the tree?' Glancing over her shoulder she noticed that Usagi was by herself. By herself! Where was Sailor Sagittarius?! Not wanting to alarm the others, it was apparent that Star Fighter noticed the Houdini act pulled by the new senshi. Just where was she ? She thought of saying something, but standing not too far off from Usagi was located at on the playing field was Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Uranus. Perhaps they knew, Sailor Sagittarius moved or perhaps they did not know as well. Whatever plan was put into motion was about to be unleashed. She only hoped that the outcome would be what they were all seeking. Putting an end to the new threat.
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Usagi watched Sailor Sagittarius leave and sighed. "I want to help...just as much as you." Her eyes traveled up the tall tree in the distance when a voice instantly snapped her out of her thoughts.
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"Usagi, are you alright?... did she leave you?"
It was Star Fighter, checking to make sure she was alright. Remembering back to the Shrine, watching Rei and Seiya talking to each other still made Usagi feel hurt and jealous. It took Usagi a few moments before she answered, bringing her communicator towards her mouth "...Mm. I'm fine... I told her to go, there wasn't much I could do to stop her. I would have done the same." While there was still a call connection to each other, Usagi opened her mouth a little bit and wanted words to come out, the ones she had been bottling up all this time. "T-..Take care..." was all she managed to spit out, hating herself for even speaking in the first place. Usagi clutched onto her locket that rested on her bow from her school uniform.
Sailor Sagittarius could feel the wind picking up as she stood on the tallest branch that looked over the youma, her hair flowed against the wind along with her attire. Looking down for a moment, she could see tiny dots of the others and a few had been looking up at her for a moment until she broke eye contact and looked back towards the youma. Once the Sailor Senshi had begun to attack the youma, and all at once, Sailor Sagittarius chimed in, summoning a few arrows as she placed them in between her fingertips but held onto the one she had been planning between her thumb and index finger as she wanted to save that one for last. The bow appeared in her other hand and she took her usual stance and posed once again, pulling back on the bow and arrow, aiming it, and firing the first one."That youma isn't even taking any damage... do I really have to use this one already?" she thought to herself.
After a few attacks from Star Healer, then Star Fighter, and now Sailor Sagittarius, the youma shrieked and took a swing toward the group that hit the youma to start with. It didn't hurt the group, but it showed signs it was getting angry and it was best to try and maintain that anger before it did any damage. Right now, for the archer there was no communication to be able to talk to her or go through any sort of plan, the group would be talking among themselves on a strategy to defeat the youma. After the youma took a swing, this gave Chibi-Moon and Star Maker an opportunity to head over to the main group. Running up to Tuxedo Mask, Chibi Moon gave a smile for a moment then looked at Sailor Uranus. "Where's Usagi? huh? and Sailor Sagittarius?" Looking around, they weren't to be seen. The youma screeched again and once again showed it was angry. "They're hiding! We need to get the youma away from this area as that's the direction where they are!" Star Maker yelled, as she already heard the communication from earlier. Seeing the youma go head-on, Star Maker instantly reacted and jumped up into the air and landed to the left of where the youma was, and turned to face the group. "Leader!? When should we all attack it?" she asked, seeing Star Fighter on the opposite end of where the youma was. "Together?" Star Maker was facing towards the tall tree and spotted something from high above. "...Why are you there...?" wondering why she wasn't with Usagi. Star Maker wasn't going to mention anything yet, not knowing the full story of what happened. A few more arrows from the Sailor Senshi were seen as they hit the youma, and it seemed to anger it more. Usagi was just as bad as Kira and got closer to the group but stayed out of sight. "What can I do?" Usagi thought to herself as she watched the others attack simultaneously.
The youma once again screamed out loudly, Sailor Sagittarius had now made herself known to everyone she was once again attacking, the arrows shot again from the bow she held between her fingers. Pausing again for a moment, she could see the other's attack. "Why isn't our attacks doing anything?" frustrated, she had to rethink her strategy.
Star Maker got word from Star Fighter to attack again, it really did feel like the youma was absorbing everything they threw at it. "Star Gentle Uterus!" aiming the star charge towards the youma. The round purple sphere emerged from Star Maker's hands and it went towards the youma once again. The attack slowly went inside the youma, and again seemed like it did nothing but possibly make the youma even stronger. It was as if long-distance attacks weren't really working at all.
"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!!" Sailor Chibi Moon cried out, aiming her Kaleidomoon Scope at the youma, but yet again the youma seemed to inhale her attack as well. "What?! Why didn't that work?!" Chibi Moon exclaimed, confused as to why nothing was working. Seeing a few arrows shoot out from above, Chibi Moon turned around and spotted the Sailor Senshi. "AH!WAIT! NOTHING IS WORKING! STOP!!" She called out to the Senshi from high above, however, the youma had started to look like a cactus and was now upset that the arrows had still continued. Swinging itself back around to face Sailor Sagittarius, the arm of the youma reached out and extended itself to take ahold of the archer as she took a step back to try and get away from it, however being so high up and the only balance she had was the branch she stood on, but there wasn't enough time to flee from the youmas grasp. A gasp came from the archer as the youma large hand wrapped around her body and took her in closer to itself. Feeling the youmas grip tightening around her body, Sailor Sagittarius gritted her teeth from the pain and managed to pull one of her arms out from the grasp around her body.
"SAILOR NOVA!!" Chibi Moon cried out and ran towards the youma, or as close as she could get as her cry was loud enough to bring Usagi out of hiding. "Chibi Moon?! Sailor Nova?!" Usagi didn't care anymore and ran back to stand next to Sailor Uranus and the others where she was before. "CHIBI MOON, GET BACK!!" Usagi cried out again. The archer raised her hand up for a second, summoning that same bow from before, the one that stuck on the tree. It emitted electricity and had a static effect on it. "I didn't want to use this so soon, or so close to the youma but I have no other choice, even if this weakens the youma a little bit, it's better than doing nothing." she thought, taking a deep breath, she knew the risks involved but she was able to whisper a few words."I'm sorry, Star Healer..." Her fingertips wrapped around the arrow as she held it like she was holding a knife, her body glowed like it once did when she was on the rooftop, and from that Sailor Sagittarius pieced the arrow into the youma's shoulder, as it made contact with the creature, it's body lit up and a bright light came from the youma as it screamed, a cry was heard from her as well, not only was her attack hurting the youma, but it was doing severe damage to herself. While the bright light struck it was hard to see anything but sadly this time it didn't defeat the youma just yet. The youma had screamed, throwing the Constellation Senshi as far away from it as possible, her body soared across the other side near where everyone else was. "KIRA-CHAN!!" Usagi screamed out, watching Kira's unconscious body being flung across and falling, ribbons around Kira's body formed causing what happened to her to detransform. The crescent moon reappeared on Usagi's forehead, and the pain of watching her friends fight was enough to make the locket on her chest open up, exposing the Legendary Silver Crystal as it glowed, reacting to Usagi's feelings.
Her voice alone was enough to alarm everyone that something had happened, Usagi was unable to do anything right there and then, however, Star Maker saw the figure's body after Usagi had cried out her name, luckily enough one of the Starlight's special abilities is to move like a shooting star, which enabled Star Maker to swiftly catch hold of Kira before she hit the ground. Having to make sure Kira was at least breathing, Star Maker's attention drew back to Usagi, or rather now Sailor Moon. "Usagi... no... that's Sailor Moon..." she muttered in awe, it had been a while since she had seen the Sailor Senshi. Star Maker was by herself on the other side of the youma as she had cradled Kira, but could very much see what was going on from the other side where Sailor Moon and the others were. Looking back at the unconscious girl, she was asleep. "....Leader, Kira is with me but... she's unconscious..." Star Maker said, giving them an update on her status of well-being through her headset. Another question came to mind, Star Maker deep down was concerned by Kira’s attack, and seeing exactly what impact it did made her question the type of damage she planned..
"Sailor Moon!?"Chibi Moon exclaimed, somewhat star-struck to see Eternal Sailor Moon again but at least now things were going to be okay.
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Hearing the tone in Usagi's voice made Star Fighter sad, sad that she was feeling this way. Now wasn't exactly the time to talk about feelings - the urge of wanting to say more had to be held back, much like how Star Healer must be feeling in her situation. Looking over at the other Starlight, Fighter couldn't help but gaze at her teammate as she thought "There is so much uncertainty.." the general situation going on wasn't helping anyone. "Leader!? When should we all attack it?" Star Maker said, snapping the Sailor Senshi out of her thoughts "Together?" "Yes, I'm ready... one... two... three!" bringing her star change out, and holding it in the center of her chest to start her attack.
"Star... Serious Laser!"
Watching her attack hit the creature, and absorb into its body made the Starlight feel pissed off that nothing seemed to be working, it wasn't until after she made her attack had seen the arrows being fired from up high. Almost having the same expression as Star Maker, she also wondered why Sailor Sagittarius was fighting. About to press the button on her headset, Star Fighter paused and thought "I... have no way to contact her." There wasn't a way to come up with some sort of plan or to tell her to stop for a moment. Chibi Moon then began to attack, which did the same thing as everyone else - why was this youma so strong? Sailor Uranus glanced over at Sailor Chibi Moon who seemed to be calling out to the archer, drawing her attention briefly towards her, then back at Chibi Moon who started to run closer to the youma and the archer causing Sailor Uranus to react "Chibi Moon! Don't get close!" she yelled, chasing after the girl then came to an abrupt stop as soon as she heard Usagi's voice. "Chibi Moon?! Sailor Nova?!""Usagi! Stay back!" Seeing the blonde-haired figure completely ignore Sailor Uranus "CHIBI MOON, GET BACK!!" There was a lot of back and forth, but the moment Usagi called out to her future daughter. A loud painful scream, a different type of scream came from the youma. There was literally nothing anyone could have done at this current time but just watch as Sailor Sagittarius was taken by the youma, and then gave her final stab, literally on the youma's shoulder. It was too bright to really see anything, but all you could hear was the loud scream coming from Usagi calling out to her friend.
"KIRA-CHAN!!"
The youma had thrown the archer's de-transforming body which was easy enough to spot from the massive amount of lightning coming from the youma. Before Star Fighter could even react, she watched as Star Maker was already onto it and caught her before she hit the ground. Star Fighter turned to see where Usagi was and witnessed her change into a familiar form from a few years ago.
"Sailor...Moon..."
Star Fighter mumbled, while Sailor Uranus turned to face the warm glowing light and also commented "Princess..." A few moments of shock seemed to come from everyone, but time didn't stand still as they had to put their focus back on the creature who was still irritated from Kira's attack. "....Leader, Kira is with me but... she's unconscious..." Hearing this through the communicator, Fighter's eyes shifted to Star Healer for a moment then lightly touched her gloved hand on her headset, Star Fighter glanced in the general direction of where Star Maker was. "Keep Kira away from this area and stay with her." Fighter responded back. It was hard to concentrate, especially with Sailor Moon approaching nearby, The Leader couldn't help but stare back at the person she loves the most.
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Hearing Haruka call out towards Usagi, Setsuna noticed that just about everyone was on the move. Bowing her head momentarily she cast a glance off to her side noticing that Michiru and Hotoru standing nearby. "Let's go. We shouldn't have the others waiting on us for long." Seeing a nod from the both of them she cast them a smile as she removed her transformation wand from her pocket. And spoke the words to transform.
"Pluto Planet Power! Make Up!"
"Neptune Planet Power! Make Up!"
"Saturn Planet Power! Make up!"
As soon as she finished her transformation she watched as Michiru and Hotaru finished up their transformations too. Together, the three of them would head in the general direction of where the battle was commencing. By the time the trio arrived there had already been some kind of dispute between the sailor scouts and the enemy.
A scream could be heard echoing across the battlefield, causing Sailor Pluto to grasp onto her staff tightly as she swiftly moved into a fighting and defensive stance. The movement of her eyes rapidly moved between each person before her as if they were chess pieces on a board. All attention was focused on the enemy that appeared to have several pointy items sticking out of its form. Those items were none other than arrows. Arrows? A flash of light passed across Sailor Pluto's red eyes as a memory formed. Nodding her head to the memory, her focus became distracted momentarily as a pair of pink pig tails danced before her very eyes. That person was none other than Chibi Moon moving in the line of danger was calling out towards someone. While the beast was too close for comfort!
"AH!WAIT! NOTHING IS WORKING! STOP!!"
'Small Lady!' Was all she managed to say in an bated breath. Sailor Pluto's voice was unheard with all that was commencing! The orb upon her staff began to pulse with a red glowing power as she moved before Sailor Neptune and Sailor Saturn. She was not about to stand idly by as the future daughter of Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion moved into danger. Perhaps Chibi Moon knew the danger, perhaps she didn't. That was a risk she was not about to take!
"Time. . . ."
As she moved to freeze the time before everyone. Something happened. Something not predicted! A flash of light blinded everyone within a blink of an eye. Catching Sailor Pluto off guard as she became blinded by an unknown light source! Within that brilliant light was a scream. A scream so loud that it pierced her very soul and undoubtedly everyone else's soul. The scream alone appeared to release energy from another individual on the field. Moved that person so much that a power that had been bottled up for quite some time had finally been released due to the distress a sailor senshi being cast off.
A familiar warmth filled the air then, causing Sailor Pluto to hold fast upon her staff and not to complete her sentence to freeze time for a spell. The warmth felt like the heat of the sun radiating out among each of the sailor senshi present, and yet, at the same time the glow was as brilliant as a full moon lighting the darkness. Putting up a gloved hand over her eyes like a visor, in midst of all that light. One symbol that was familiar shone out brighter than the others. An explosion of emotion was felt more on the playing field. A golden crescent moon vibrated with energy as Usagi transformed before all of them. Civilian clothes fading away, to a solid royal red and pink ribbon that shimmered in the darkness surrounding Usagi's pure form.
"Sailor Moon!" said mostly to herself as she stood there in awe of their princess finally transforming. No, not just Sailor Moon... Eternal Sailor Moon! Such respect, she wanted to kneel before their princess. Wanted to run over and hug her, but now was not the time. So much energy could be felt radiating off of the area. The light from Eternal Sailor Moon's body pulsated before all of them. As the golden light shone off of their princess, Sailor Pluto found herself becoming much more grounded as her eyes reluctantly looked away from their princess and over towards Chibi Moon. She was still in danger. She wasn't the only one.
Sailor Pluto wasn't the leader, not by a long shot. They still had an enemy to defeat and that someone would need to protect the fallen. "Sailor Chibi Moon!" Calling out to her, to hopefully get her attention along with the others that were ready to finish this. "Shall we line up! And teach this beast that the sailor senshi are not meant to be toyed with! By combining our planetary powers to help boost Sailor Moon!" Spoken with confidence and determination. Moving back into a fighting stance, readying to provide her power to help amplify Sailor Moon's strike against the beast!
It was the loud shout from Sailor Chibi Moon that captured everyone's attention. Everyone was now looking skyward towards the youma as it's body swung from one position to the next. Aiming it's reach directly towards Sailor Sagittarius. Star Healer's thoughts were focused on Sailor Sagittarius and the danger that she was in. She was in no condition to be fighting at this point. Sailor Sagittarius had been corned and in a blink of an eye captured by the youma's hand. Sailor Sagittarius's expression was enough to know she was having the life squeezed out of her. Something sparkled, that caught Star Healer's attention. Moving her line of sight towards the object raised above the youma. It was an arrow, a static discharge could be seen surrounding the arrow. Looking from the arrow towards Sailor Sagittarius. Staring at the expression she held. It was familiar, like the expression she saw for the first time on the rooftop but this instance it was almost different.
Star Healer's emerald eyes saw Kira's mouth move but was unable to hear what was said due to the distance between them. One swift action was performed and in that moment a brilliant light flashed before all of them. Washing them out. A scream so loud, it chilled Healer to her bones. It was a combination of screams from Sailor Sagittarius and the youma. Lightning crackled and sparked off of the arrow as it was plunged deeply into the shoulder of the youma. The youma reacted by tossing Sailor Sagittarius away from its wounded figure.
"KIRA!!!" Sailor Star Healer screamed out towards her, unknown if she could hear her above the youma's cries. Eyes widening as she witnessed Sailor Sagittarius detransforming. A look of horror was evident on Sailor Star Healer's features. This youma basically tossed the person she cared for off to the side like trash.
At the time that Kira had been tossed, Star Healer could have sworn she heard Usagi scream out to her but so much was going on that it was hard to focus on anything else. Another light made Star Healer turn her head towards the glow instead of away. This was a different type of light. It was warm. Inviting. Rays of light that shone off of this light appeared in a rainbow of colors cast out towards all of them. In a state of distress just like the lot of them. They all stood there and watched Usagi transform before all of them.
"It's...." she gasped, "It's..." Swallowing back the dryness that had gathered in the back of her throat making it almost impossible to speak, "It's... Sailor Moon!" Tears spilled out down her cheeks as she held her breath watching Kira fall. A detransformed Sailor Sagittarius was caught by Star Maker before she made impact with the ground. Grateful that Star Maker was able to leap to Kira's aid in a timely manner.
The not knowing what was going on after Star Maker caught Kira, was killing her. Standing there in shock and awe from Sailor Moon transforming and what appeared to be Kira's lifeless body across the battlefield was breaking Star Healer's heart. Star Maker touched her headset and began to communicate. "....Leader, Kira is with me but... she's unconscious..." A gasping sound escaped Star Healer's breath, as she heard that Kira wasn't dead but unconscious. "Keep Kira away from this area and stay with her."
Tears streamed down her cheeks in relief to hear that she was alive. How she wanted to run to her side and hold Kira closely to her. But... duty called. That would have to wait. She hoped that Kira would understand and know that she was in good hands. "She's...she's alive." Star Fighter was closer to where she stood and would have heard what Star Healer said. Overhearing in the background 'Princess...' She knew that Sailor Uranus, like Star Fighter had their attention on Sailor Moon. 'Usagi... there you are. You've been there all along. You finally found yourself. You are needed more than ever. Not just by us...' Trading a glance from Sailor Moon over at their leader, Star Fighter. 'You don't know how long she has waited...' Looking away from Star Fighter and Sailor Moon over towards the youma that was still pitching a fit of being injured.
Lifting her annoyed, anger filled emerald eyes up and over towards Star Fighter, "Let's... finish this." Tear stained facial expression meant business. More tears would be shed later, now was time to kick this youma's butt from existence. Star Healer was absolutely livid as to how this youma thought it could destroy someone so pure, innocent, gentle, loving with the flick of a hand and to actually think it would get away with it's actions. Star Healer was going to make sure that this creature wouldn't have the opportunity to walk off or vanish like those two did earlier. She would do everything in her power to destroy it. Even if it meant her life.
