Chapter 1: A Surprising Arrival
"You have called for us, Great Masters?" A young lady said as she and three others approached a trio of large spheres, each made of diamond. The sphere in the middle being larger than the other two, and it had an odd black vaporous glow. The sphere on the right side of the larger one possessed a dark green glow, and the other had a vaporous dark blue glow. The three luminescent orbs stood in a row in front of the female.
"Yes Alanaku," The vapors around the middle sphere rippled as it spoke with a voice radiated from deep within. "The time has come. It is time to find each of our vessels."
"To finally regain our true bodies, we must draw energy from a vessel. There is a specific vessel for each of us, which will merge perfectly with our current vaporous bodies, until time for us to be reborn from the vessels to our complete forms. We have a crystal that can help you locate the three vessels, it will show you if a person is the chosen vessel or not," the dark green diamond sphere informed the three girls.
"The four of you are well trained ad should have no problem finding what we require. Then this planet... Earth I believe is what it is known as, and the entire universe will be ours!" The dark blue orb added.
"I believe that I can find the vessels that you need, Great Masters. Allow me to serve you by finding them. There is no reason for all three of us going on a mission that one of us alone is easily capable of," a girl with long black hair pulled into a pony tail said as she kneeled down in front of the three orbs.
"Ilyaku. Alanaku. Sylaku. Do either of you have a problem with Machku doing this by herself?" The black orb asked.
"Let her do as she wishes," Ilyaku said as she bowed to the orbs, and walked out of the dimly lit chamber followed by Sylaku who closely resembled her.
"Very well. Machku, you must find our vessels. Once you find them, destroy the current inhabitants and bring them here," the black orb stated.
A line of black energy came from the central orb. Then two beams of energy, one green, the other blue, came from the orb of the same color. The three energy beams merged at one point and an odd glowing purple crystal appeared. Machku raised her hand up and the crystal floated over to it. She gripped the crystal tightly as it embedded itself into her palm.
"With this crystal you will now be able to locate our vessels much easier. The crystal will emit a bright glow. When this happens it means you are near one or more of the vessels. By touching the vessel with this crystal, you can find out for sure if it is a correct vessel because a reaction will occur. As powerful as you are, you must try your best to find these vessels, and do take care of yourself also!" The black vapors around the middle orb faded away, after finishing the instructions. The vaporous glows of the other two spheres disappeared as well. They had used much of their energy and needed to rest.
Alanaku looked over at Machku for just a minute, then left the room . Machku erupted in a blast of dark colored energy, teleporting from the chamber.
Later at Rei's temple.
Makoto listened as Ami explained a complex math problem. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Usagi. Turning her attention to Usagi, she noticed that Usagi was just staring at the wall.
"Hey Usagi, why are you spacing out?" Makoto asked.
"Oh...sorry. I was just thinking about Mamoru."
"Keep your mind on studying!" Rei said giving Usagi an evil look.
"Yeah Usagi! Then you can go visit Mamoru after we finish...and of course we will tag along with you," Minako said.
"Hey, that will be fun, we can all go shopping at that new store that opened up last week," Makoto said in response to Minako's announcement. "Okay now lets finish studying," Ami said as she went back to explaining the math problem.
Yay a shopping trip with Mamoru! Usagi was very ecstatic knowing about the fun they were all going to have later that day. She found it very hard to pay attention in the study group the rest of the time.
The study time elapsed quickly as Usagi's thoughts ran wild. Rei tried to keep Usagi's attention on the studies but she had no luck. Towards the end of the study meeting, Usagi dozed off.
"Wake up Usagi," Makoto whispered softly beside Usagi's ear.
"Like that is going to work. WAKE UP Usagi!!!" Rei yelled loudly in Usagi's ear.
"Aaaiiiiggghhhh!!!" Usagi screamed loudly as she shot up from the table where she had been laying her head. "Oooh! I will get you!"
"Sure!" Rei stuck her tongue out at Usagi, then she thumped Usagi's nose.
"Owww! What was that for?!" Usagi yelled.
"I dunno...," Rei laughed at Usagi then ran out of the room.
Usagi started to run after Rei. In the process, Usagi collided with Makoto and the two fell to the floor. Usagi struggled to get back up, and started running after Rei again.
After Usagi finally managed to catch up to Rei, she thumped Rei's ear. Usagi was now the one being pursued. Usagi and Rei were getting ready to run back into the room where they had been studying, but the door slammed shut and the two slapped into it. They fell to the floor but Rei quickly shot back up to her feet. Usagi just stayed where she was at on the floor.
Rei grabbed the door handle and quickly opened the door. She walked in and stared at Makoto and Minako, then over at Ami. Minako couldn't keep from giggling at what had just happened.
"Who the hell shut the door?!" Rei asked angrily. "Was it you Minako?!"
"Calm down, Rei," Ami said nicely. "I shut the door. You and Usagi were making too much noise, and I couldn't concentrate on my studies. I didn't realize you two were coming back in here when I shut it. I am very sorry."
"Well, thank you for apologizing, Ami," Rei said. "Just, be careful next time."
Makoto noticed Usagi still laying on the floor, where she had fallen after her impact with the door. Makoto walked over and pulled Usagi up to her feet. The two walked back over to where Ami and Rei were.
"Are you guys ready to go to Mamoru's house?" Usagi asked happily. "From the looks of things, I don't think we are going to get much more studying done," Ami replied.
"You are right there, Ami. Usagi would just sleep anyway," Rei said.
"I guess that means we can go!" Minako said. She was also happy about the shopping trip. Maybe we will meet some cute guys!
The girls all got ready to leave. Ami grabbed a book that she had been reading, and followed the other girls out. They left Rei's temple and began walking to Mamoru's apartment.
A short while later at Mamoru's apartment.
"This is a funny TV show, Mamoru!" Chibi-Usa, who was visiting again from the future, said as she and Mamoru watched Television. With Usagi at Rei's temple studying, Chibi-Usa had gotten bored and asked if she could come stay with Mamoru for a little while.
"Yes it is," Mamoru said as he suddenly heard someone knocking at the door.
"Is someone at the door, Mamoru?" Chibi-Usa asked to make sure Mamoru had heard the knocking.
"I believe so. I will be back in just a minute, Chibi-Usa," Mamoru said as he walked over to the door. He smiled as he heard Usagi's voice out in the hall. Mamoru opened the door, and his eyes widened as he saw that not only Usagi had came, but also Rei, Makoto, Ami, and Minako. "Hello!"
"Hi Mamoru!" Usagi squealed as she ran up and embraced Mamoru.
"Come in you guys," Mamoru said as he motioned for the others to come in.
"Agh! That little troll is here!" Usagi snarled as she noticed Chibi-Usa sitting on Mamoru's couch.
"I'm not a troll, MEATBALL HEAD!" Chibi-Usa remarked.
"She wanted to come visit. She said she was bored since you left this morning to study and Hotaru wasn't home either when Chibi-Usa tried to call her. So I drove to your house to get her and we have just been watching TV and talking," Mamoru said as he saw Usagi's evil glare looking at Chibi- Usa.
Minako, Ami, Rei, and Makoto all went and sat down with Chibi-Usa. Chibi- Usa and Minako were acting goofy as they watched the crazy television show. Usagi and Mamoru walked over to the area where the others sat a few minutes later.
"So what have you guys been doing?" Mamoru asked.
"We were trying to do study buddies earlier today, but Usagi was spacing out and sleeping," Makoto responded as she gave Usagi a goofy look.
"We were hardly able to study at all," Ami sighed.
"I can't help it! That math is just so boring," Usagi whined.
"You were probably just day dreaming about Mamoru," Chibi-Usa joked. "You are such a goof ball. I can't believe that you are actually my mom sometimes."
"That is so true, Chibi-Usa," Minako said. "That is part of the reason we ended up coming here."
"Traitor! You wanted to come here too!" Usagi said.
"Hey, I said that it was PART of the reason," Minako said.
Mamoru watched as the girls fussed and picked at each other. He hoped that nobody else would show up, because his apartment was getting rather crowded.
"Anyway Mamoru, why don't we all go to that new shopping center?" Usagi suggested.
"Yeah, it would be a lot of fun to go shopping with all of you guys!" Minako said as she released a slight giggle. Yes! Scoping out all the cute guys!!!
"Well, we know why Minako wants to go," Makoto said. "You just want to ogle all the guys."
Minako turned bright red. "That isn't the only reason..."
"Sure!" Rei said.
"Can I go to?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Of course," Ami said as she stepped beside Chibi-Usa.
"So Mamoru, do you want to take us shopping?" Usagi asked.
All of the girls looked towards Mamoru. There eyes widened as they awaited his decision. Mamoru decided it was safer to agree with them, rather than refuse.
"Okay, I will take you guys!" Mamoru said quickly.
"Yay!" Usagi yelled as she hugged Mamoru. The other girls were all ecstatic as well and talked about what they planned to do at the new store.
"Are we going to go in your car, Mamoru?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Do you guys want to go by car or walk?" Mamoru asked the group.
The girls all confirmed that they wanted to go in his car. They were a little tired from the walk to Mamoru's apartment.
"I have to warn you, the car will be somewhat crowded with all seven of us in it." Mamoru said.
"That is fine, we can compact ourselves," Rei joked.
"Okay everyone, go find yourselves a spot in the car!" Mamoru said as he was almost plowed over by the girls rushing out. He followed behind and they all made it to the car.
Usagi jumped in the car, getting in the passenger seat so she could sit beside Mamoru. Minako, Makoto, Ami, and Rei all shoved themselves in the backseat. Mamoru got in the driver's seat, and Chibi-Usa sat in Usagi's lap. Mamoru started the car and they began on their way to the store.
"Why do you girls want to go to the store?" Mamoru asked as he steered the car.
"We wanted to see what this new store is like," Usagi said.
"You guys need to lose some weight!" Rei said. "You are squishing me!"
"You aren't any thinner than us," Makoto said. "You know there are FOUR people crammed back here."
"We had the choice of walking, and Mamoru said that it would be crowded in the here," Ami said.
"I guess I can live with this cramped up car, I am to tired to walk right now," Rei said. "Anyway, I need to save up my energy for walking in the store!"
"What is that smell?" Makoto asked as she covered her nose. "That is toxic!"
"Ewww! Who farted?!" Rei asked as she covered up her nose as Makoto did.
Up in the front of the car, Usagi and Chibi-Usa started to smell the odor. The two quickly covered up their noses. Mamoru rolled his window down to air out the vehicle.
"It was you wasn't it, Minako?!" Rei asked.
"It wasn't me!" Minako said. "Makoto smelled it first, it must have been her!"
"I did not do it!" Makoto said. "Ami...was it you?"
"Of course not! Leave me out of this," Ami said in response. By this time Minako had started giggling.
"It was you, Minako!" Rei said. "Can't you hold your wind, we are in a confined space!"
"I couldn't help it," Minako said. "Besides, it's not like you never have."
"I didn't say that I never have, but there are seven of us shoved in this confined space and we don't want to be breathing toxic fumes all the way to the store!" Rei said.
"Rei, calm down she didn't mean to," Ami said trying to get Rei to quit arguing.
"...that noise? Minako! You did it again!!!" Rei yelled.
Usagi and Ami decided to follow Mamoru's example, and roll down their windows. The two breathed happily welcoming the fresh air. Rei and Makoto were in the back, picking at Minako.
"Hurray for fresh air!" Usagi joked as the wind blew into the car.
"Somebody help! Minako needs a cork!" Makoto teased.
"Okay, I think you guys have had your fun," Minako said.
Mamoru just snickered at the girls' antics, as he turned in the store's parking lot. He quickly found a good parking place, and stopped.
"Okay you guys, we are here," Mamoru said just to notice all of the girls standing outside of the car waiting for him. He got out of the car and joined the others as they headed towards the store entrance.
"Hey! Isn't that Dr. Tomoe's car?" Chibi-Usa asked as she pointed at another car that was in the parking lot.
"I think it is, Chibi-Usa," Usagi replied.
"No wonder I couldn't reach Hotaru when I called earlier. They must have been having a family day," Chibi-Usa said. "Yay! I hope we see her while we are in the store."
By now, the group had made it to the entrance of the store. They walked in and saw lots of people walking around. Chibi-Usa was looking around carefully, trying to find Hotaru.
"So what do you want to look at now that we are here?" Mamoru asked.
"Just various things. Hey, why don't we go look at the clothes first?" Usagi suggested.
"Yeah, we can try on some new clothes!" Minako said as she quickly redirected her attention to a guy who was walking by. Now that is good looking!
The group walked past the check out lines, following signs that hung from the ceiling, towards the clothing section. Chibi-Usa noticed a lady with long red hair standing in one of the lines. Accompanying the woman were a young girl with shoulder length black hair and a man with short white hair.
"They are here!" Chibi-Usa yelled. "You guys wait for me, I will be back soon. Usagi, come with me."
Chibi-Usa grabbed Usagi's hand and started running towards the check out lines pulling Usagi along with her. The two made it to the line where Hotaru and her family stood.
"Hotaru! Hi!" Chibi-Usa exclaimed as she ran up to Hotaru and her family. "Hello Dr. Tomoe! Hi Kaoli!"
"Hello Chibi-Usa, Usagi," Kaolinite said as she watched Chibi-Usa hug Hotaru.
"I tried calling your house earlier, but nobody was home," Chibi-Usa said. "I was going to see if she could come stay the night at our house."
"We were at the park earlier today, then we came here to look around at this new shopping center. If Hotaru wants to go home with you from here, it is fine with me," Kaolinite said.
"I would love to go, thanks mom!" Hotaru said. She had grown to love Kaolinite enough to refer to Kaoli as her mother.
"I don't know if we can fit anymore people in Mamoru's car," Usagi said.
"We can make room, please Usagi," Chibi-Usa begged.
"I suppose we can shove one more person into Mamoru's car," Usagi said nicely knowing that Hotaru would have to sit in the back with the other girls.
"If you go with them Hotaru, behave and listen to Usagi's mother," Dr. Tomoe said.
"I will. Thanks mom! Thanks dad!" Hotaru said.
"We are going to go catch up with the others before they leave us," Usagi said. "We'll bring Hotaru home tomorrow."
"Okay. Have fun Hotaru," Kaolinite said. "Good bye!"
"Bye!" Usagi, Chibi-Usa, and Hotaru said as they walked towards Mamoru and the others, leaving Kaolinite and Dr.Tomoe, who were getting ready to leave, behind.
"Um...Mamoru, we have one more passenger," Usagi said as she, Hotaru, and Chibi-Usa approached the others.
"Where is she going to ride?" Mamoru asked with a surprised look. "The trunk?"
"What?!" Hotaru's eyes widened at Mamoru's remark.
"Relax Hotaru, he is only kidding," Makoto said. "I am sure you could sit in somebody's lap or something.
The group finally made their way to the clothing section. Hotaru and Chibi- Usa were playing around the clothing racks, while the other girls looked at various articles of clothing. Mamoru just watched and gave an occasional nod when asked if he like a certain outfit.
"Hey you guys!" Usagi yelled. "I think I am going to try this outfit on."
"Yeah, that looks nice. I like it!" Minako said as she watched Usagi walk into a changing room.
"Wha...?" Mamoru whispered as he noticed a girl who was standing a distance from them. She looked oddly familiar with her long, elegant, light blue hair, but Mamoru couldn't remember who she was.
"What is it, Mamoru?" Rei asked.
"Oh, nothing," Mamoru said as he looked towards Rei. He then turned his attention back toward the girl he had seen, but she was no longer there. Where did she go...?
"What do you think?" Usagi asked as she burst out of the changing room wearing the clothes that she carried in to try on.
"That looks nice!" Ami said.
"Do you like it, Mamoru?" Usagi asked.
"Um...yeah, Usagi," Mamoru could not stop thinking about that girl, but he was unable to remember who she was. "It looks good on you."
Usagi walked back into the changing room to put her other clothes back on. While she was changing clothes, the others continued to browse through the clothing section. Usagi and a few of the other girls, tried on a couple more outfits. After they were finished in the clothing section, they decided to move on.
"Can we go to the toy section next?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Sure Chibi-Usa," Makoto said.
The group all started walking towards the toy department. They walked into the toy section, unaware of the black haired woman who was watching them. The woman looked at the palm of her hand to see the violet crystal, that was embedded in her hand, glowing brightly.
"This mission will be more easily executed outside of this building," Machku said as she disappeared in a burst of dark energy.
"Hey Usagi, this looks just like you!" Chibi-Usa joked as she showed Usagi a plush monkey.
"You little troll!" Usagi yelled as she grabbed the plush monkey and bashed Chibi-Usa over the head with it.
"This is war!" Chibi-Usa yelled as she grabbed another plush animal and started beating Usagi with it.
The two continued their plush battle, smacking each other with the toys. When Chibi-Usa got a good hit right in Usagi's face with the toy, Usagi hurled her plush weapon towards Chibi-Usa. Chibi-Usa dodged the projectile, but it slammed into a store manager who had been watching Usagi's and Chibi- Usa's battle. The man picked up the plush toy and put it back on the shelf.
"I am afraid, I must ask you to excuse yourselves from this store," the manager said to Chibi-Usa and Usagi.
"What?!" Usagi asked in shock.
"Come on Usagi, let's go," Mamoru said as he walked by her.
The group left the toy section, and began walking towards the exit. Usagi fussed at Chibi-Usa saying it was her fault.
"You shouldn't have dodged the toy!" Usagi said. "Then we wouldn't have been kicked out."
"It isn't my fault! You threw the stupid toy," Chibi-Usa said.
"I have never been kicked out of a store before," Usagi whined.
"That is surprising," Rei said.
"Be quiet Rei!" Usagi shouted.
Machku looked at the palm of her hand and watched as the crystal started glowing again. She looked over at the store's exit to see a group of people walk out.
"One of them must be a vessel," Machku said. She held out her hand and a ball of dark energy appeared. The energy transformed into a long spear, and Machku grasped it in her hand.
Machku jumped from the shadows that hid her, and lunged at Makoto. Makoto managed to avoid the attack. Makoto ran away from the strange woman, out into the parking area.
"Jupiter planet power!" Makoto yelled as she transformed into Sailor Jupiter.
"Mercury planet power!" Ami shouted as she saw the strange female persueing Makoto. She quickly prompted the others to transform.
"Mars planet power!" Rei shouted.
"Venus planet power!" Minako yelled.
"Saturn planet power!" Hotaru shouted.
Usagi and Chibi-Usa follwed the others' examples, and changed into Eternal Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon. Mamoru also changed into Tuxedo Kamen.
"For love and justice, the pretty soldier in a sailor suit, Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Moon said to the black haired villain.
Funny, they think they can defeat me. Machku knew nothing about her current opponents, but she was fully confident in her own power.
"Crescent Beam!" Sailor Venus screamed as she launched a beam of energy from her finger tips.
Sailor Venus's blast flew towards Machku, but she dodged the attack with ease and pointed her hand towards Sailor Venus. A burst of dark energy erupted from her hand and it sent Sailor Venus skidding across the parking lot.
"Venus, are you alright?" Sailor Saturn asked.
"Yeah, I am okay," Sailor Venus said as she pulled herself up to her feet.
Sailor Saturn tried to attack Machku with the Silence Glaive, but she was blocked by Machku's spear and quick reflexes. Machku swung at Sailor Saturn with her spear as she noticed the other Sailors approaching her. She kicked Saturn causing her to fall to the ground, then redirected her attention to the other Sailors. She launched a fury of dark energy against the others, sending them flying away from her. Jupiter and Mercury were both stopped when each slammed into a car, the rest landed on the asphalt.
Machku quickly turned back to Sailor Saturn who had pulled herself from the ground. Machku swung at Saturn with the spear and the two continued to battle with their weapons. Machku teleported behind Saturn and slapped Sailor Saturn in the back with the handle of her spear. Sailor Saturn collapsed to the ground falling face first from this painful attack.
Machku rolled Sailor Saturn over and kneeled down beside her. Machku laid the hand, which contained the crystal, on Sailor Saturn's forehead. There was no reaction. Sailor Saturn caught Machku by surprise and kicked her, knocking her backwards onto the ground. Saturn quickly got back up to her feet as Machku teleported from the ground and reappeared floating in the sky.
Machku shot from the sky flying towards Sailor Saturn. Machku had her spear aimed directly at Sailor Saturn. Sailor Saturn barely managed to escape Machku's attack, but did get out of the way of the spear before it hit her. Machku slammed into the ground causing a large crater. Machku stood up from the crouching position she had landed in and looked around. She then teleported to an area directly in front of Sailor Saturn.
"Silence Glaive Suprise!" Sailor Saturn yelled as she attacked Machku. Machku simply erupted into a mass of dark energy and teleported behind Saturn.
Saturn turned around in time to see Machku preparing to attack her. Machku swung her spear with a powerful force, and knocked the Silence Glaive from Sailor Saturn's hands. She quickly swung again and sliced deep into Sailor Saturn's leg. Blood quickly began pouring from the wound and trickled down her leg, as she collapsed to the ground. Machku quickly left Sailor Saturn and went to attack the other Sailors. Sailor Saturn started trying to apply pressure to the wound, hoping to minimize the bleeding. Her attempts did not gain very much in results as her leg continued to bleed heavily. Saturn tried to use her healing abilities, but the wound was far too severe for her to take care of.
"Hotaru! You are bleeding!" Sailor Chibi Moon exclaimed as she ran towards her friend. She tried to help Hotaru stop the bleeding.
Machku was now persuing Sailor Jupiter. Most of the other Sailors had joined back in the fight. Machku floated in the air to better see where her target was.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Sailor Jupiter yelled as she hurled a ball of electricity at Machku.
Machku countered with her dark energy, which engulfed Jupiter's attack and continued to impact with Sailor Jupiter. Jupiter slammed into the ground and was unable to get up. The force from the attack shattered the windows of some of the vehicles in the parking lot as well as cracked parts of the ground where Jupiter had fallen.
"Get away from her!" Sailor Moon shrieked as she watched Machku land on the ground beside Makoto.
"You are hardly capable of stopping me," Machku said with a smirk. "You are all fools for even thinking you could destroy me!"
"You are mistaken, we will defeat you!" Sailor Moon said as she made her Moon Tier appear.
"You expect to defeat me with that!" Machku laughed when she looked at the puny weapon Sailor Moon had brought forth.
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Sailor Moon screamed as she used her Moon Tier's power to attack Machku.
Machku used a blast of dark energy to stop the attack then swung her spear at the Tier and knocked it from Sailor Moon's hands. She lifted the spear's blade high, the slammed it down onto the Moon Tier which laid on the ground. The Tier busted in half when the spear hit it.
Machku prepared herself to destroy Sailor Moon lifting the spear to an attack position. She lunged at Sailor Moon with the spear, but it was ripped out of her hands. She turned to see what had happened, and seen Venus ,using her Love Me Chain, pulling it to herself. The spear erupted in black vapors, and reformed in front of Machku who grabbed hold of it and flew towards Sailor Venus. Machku blasted Sailor Venus with dark energy which knocked her to the ground. Then Machku left her new victem and teleported back to where Sailor Jupiter was at.
Sailor Jupiter struggled to get back to her feet, but Machku slapped her with the handle of the spear causing Jupiter to fall back to the ground. Machku got ready to see if Jupiter was a vessel, when an ice like attack hit her back. Turning around, she saw Sailor Mercury staring at her. The attack had apparently not affected Machku.
"I am tired of you wasting my time," Machku said as she lifted her hand and pointed it towards Sailor Mercury. Dark energy surged from her hand and engulfed Mercury. Sailor Mercury was blasted against the store wall and fell to the ground unconscious. "You obviously don't realize how futile it is for you to attack me."
Using the dark energy, Machku blasted the other Sailors and Tuxedo Kamen away from her. She walked to where Sailor Mercury lay, and placed the hand, that had the crystal in it, on Mercury's forehead. Machku was unable to see any kind of reaction at all. She stood and began to approach Sailor Moon who was laying on the hood of a car, where Machku's last attack had sent her.
Tuxedo Kamen quickly jumped to his feet and threw a red rose at Machku. The rose pierced her on her left thigh. She grabbed the rose and ripped it out of her leg, causing a small stream of blood to ooze down her leg. She tossed the rose on the ground and stepped on it. She leapt towards Tuxedo Kamen aiming her spear at him. Tuxedo Kamen blocked her attack with his cane. Machku punched Tuxedo Kamen with her free hand and caused him to fall to the ground from the force of her attack.
Machku did not even attempt to scan Tuxedo Kamen to see if he was a vessel, she just continued after Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Kamen attempted to get up but was thwarted by Machku's dark energy attack. She was finally rid of him attacking her for the time being. Machku floated into the air and began to fly in Sailor Moon's direction.
"Flame Sniper!" Sailor Mars yelled as she launched a powerful fireball at Machku. The attack shot Machku from the sky, causing her to plummet to the ground below. Machku quickly got to her feet and lifted her spear from the ground where it had landed.
Machku rushed after Sailor Mars and swung at her with the spear. Sailor Mars managed to avoid the attack, and used her "Fire Soul" attack against Machku but it was no more effective than the other attacks. Machku turned away from Mars and blasted the other Sailors again with dark energy to make sure that none of them would interrupt her this time. Machku did not even bother to attack Sailor Saturn and the two with her. Sailor Venus had started helping Sailor Chibi Moon tend to Saturn's wounds.
Machku looked at Sailor Mars with an evil smirk then quickly lunged at Mars with her spear. The spear dug deep into Sailor Mars's stomach as Machku lifted her off the ground with the spear. Sailor Mars's eyes widened as she released a gasp of pain caused by Machku's attack. Machku quickly swung the spear towards the ground causing Sailor Mars to slide off of the blade spilling blood all over the ground where she landed. Sailor Mars' transformation began to reverse, and she reverted to the clothes she had on prior to transforming. Rei's body now lay motionless in a puddle of her own blood in front of Machku.
"Rei!!!" Usagi yelled as she saw what had happened. She was much too weak from the attacks she had received, to help Rei. Tears quickly began to spill down Usagi's cheeks. "I hope she is okay..."
"You will pay for that!" Venus said as she stood up and left Sailor Saturn with Chibi Moon. "Nobody hurts my friends!"
"How may I ask, am I going to pay?" Machku asked as she walked closer to Rei who's body laid lifeless on the ground.
"Love and Beauty Shock!" Venus yelled before she sent a surge of energy towards Machku. The intensity of the energy pummeled Machku and sent her skidding on the ground.
Machku lifted herself back up and launched Sailor Venus into a car using the forceful dark energy. Sailor Venus laid where she had landed unable to get back up. Most of the Sailor Soldiers were already too battered to help.
Finally free to continue with her mission, Machku walked back towards Rei who had a large puddle of blood around where she lay. Machku followed the same procedure that she did with the others, and placed her hand on Sailor Mars' head. Suddenly, a dark blue aura started to resonate from Rei's body.
"She is a vessel!" Machku gasped as an evil laugh erupted from her. "I will quickly kill these fools, then take this vessel to the Great Masters."
Machku saw numerous police cars pull into the parking lot and assumed someone had telephoned the police from inside the store. She launched dark energy at the cars causing them to slide out of control which resulted in many wrecks.
"How many people think they need to interupt my mission?" Machku asked herself.
Machku was getting ready to kill Sailor Jupiter who was still lying on the ground from Machku's last attack, but was thwarted as Tuxedo Kamen struck her with his cane. She floated into the air and the dark energy started to surge around her body.
"I am growing tired of your interuptions!" Machku shrieked angrily. Suddenly an intense blast of the energy shot down from her and carried Tuxedo Kamen into the store's wall and injured him severely. Numerous more blasts shot from her body hitting the other Sailors. The force from her attack shook the ground and everything around them. The attack caused plenty of damage to the surroundings as well as the Sailor Soldiers. Chibi Moon quickly leapt in front of Sailor Saturn to keep her from incurring anymore damage but was unable to stop the forcefulness of the blasts.
Machku looked at Sailor Moon who hadn't been able to get up from where she was laying on a car. She aimed her spear at Sailor Moon and plummeted from the sky towards Sailor Moon. Machku was suddenly engulfed in a blast of water that made her lose the target, and she was launched a distance from where Sailor Moon was by the force of the water.
Tuxedo Kamen looked over expecting to see Sailor Neptune, but he did not. To his surprise the mysterious girl from the store was standing there with her blue hair blowing in the breeze. Tuxedo Kamen's eyes widened as he finally recognized who she was.
It is her...erm...him! Tuxedo Kamen could remember how this person was fond of him. He was excited in a way at seeing him again.
Machku, who was now soaking wet from the stranger's attack, stood up and floated high into the air. She had become tired of this battle and decided that it was a current waste of her time. Machku dropped her spear and it erupted in a blast of dark energy and disappeared. Machku then used her powers to teleport Rei's body from where it lay, to her arms. Rei's wound was still bleeding and blood stained Machku's skin tight body suit. Machku disappeared in a blast of dark energy before the others could do anything to stop her. Sailor Moon screamed out in tears as she watched Machku take Rei's body away.
Moments later in the Domain of Darkness.
"Great Masters...," Machku said as she appeared in the dark chamber.
"What do you need?" The larger sphere in the middle said as it began emitting the black vaporous glow.
"I have brought one of the vessels," Machku replied.
"Great job, what color aura did it emit when the reaction with the crystal began?" The large sphere asked in an excited way hoping the vessel was the one that was compatible with it.
"The aura was Dark Blue," Machku stated.
"This vessel belongs to me!" The sphere to the left of the large one said as dark blue vapors formed around it.
"You have called for us, Great Masters?" A young lady said as she and three others approached a trio of large spheres, each made of diamond. The sphere in the middle being larger than the other two, and it had an odd black vaporous glow. The sphere on the right side of the larger one possessed a dark green glow, and the other had a vaporous dark blue glow. The three luminescent orbs stood in a row in front of the female.
"Yes Alanaku," The vapors around the middle sphere rippled as it spoke with a voice radiated from deep within. "The time has come. It is time to find each of our vessels."
"To finally regain our true bodies, we must draw energy from a vessel. There is a specific vessel for each of us, which will merge perfectly with our current vaporous bodies, until time for us to be reborn from the vessels to our complete forms. We have a crystal that can help you locate the three vessels, it will show you if a person is the chosen vessel or not," the dark green diamond sphere informed the three girls.
"The four of you are well trained ad should have no problem finding what we require. Then this planet... Earth I believe is what it is known as, and the entire universe will be ours!" The dark blue orb added.
"I believe that I can find the vessels that you need, Great Masters. Allow me to serve you by finding them. There is no reason for all three of us going on a mission that one of us alone is easily capable of," a girl with long black hair pulled into a pony tail said as she kneeled down in front of the three orbs.
"Ilyaku. Alanaku. Sylaku. Do either of you have a problem with Machku doing this by herself?" The black orb asked.
"Let her do as she wishes," Ilyaku said as she bowed to the orbs, and walked out of the dimly lit chamber followed by Sylaku who closely resembled her.
"Very well. Machku, you must find our vessels. Once you find them, destroy the current inhabitants and bring them here," the black orb stated.
A line of black energy came from the central orb. Then two beams of energy, one green, the other blue, came from the orb of the same color. The three energy beams merged at one point and an odd glowing purple crystal appeared. Machku raised her hand up and the crystal floated over to it. She gripped the crystal tightly as it embedded itself into her palm.
"With this crystal you will now be able to locate our vessels much easier. The crystal will emit a bright glow. When this happens it means you are near one or more of the vessels. By touching the vessel with this crystal, you can find out for sure if it is a correct vessel because a reaction will occur. As powerful as you are, you must try your best to find these vessels, and do take care of yourself also!" The black vapors around the middle orb faded away, after finishing the instructions. The vaporous glows of the other two spheres disappeared as well. They had used much of their energy and needed to rest.
Alanaku looked over at Machku for just a minute, then left the room . Machku erupted in a blast of dark colored energy, teleporting from the chamber.
Later at Rei's temple.
Makoto listened as Ami explained a complex math problem. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Usagi. Turning her attention to Usagi, she noticed that Usagi was just staring at the wall.
"Hey Usagi, why are you spacing out?" Makoto asked.
"Oh...sorry. I was just thinking about Mamoru."
"Keep your mind on studying!" Rei said giving Usagi an evil look.
"Yeah Usagi! Then you can go visit Mamoru after we finish...and of course we will tag along with you," Minako said.
"Hey, that will be fun, we can all go shopping at that new store that opened up last week," Makoto said in response to Minako's announcement. "Okay now lets finish studying," Ami said as she went back to explaining the math problem.
Yay a shopping trip with Mamoru! Usagi was very ecstatic knowing about the fun they were all going to have later that day. She found it very hard to pay attention in the study group the rest of the time.
The study time elapsed quickly as Usagi's thoughts ran wild. Rei tried to keep Usagi's attention on the studies but she had no luck. Towards the end of the study meeting, Usagi dozed off.
"Wake up Usagi," Makoto whispered softly beside Usagi's ear.
"Like that is going to work. WAKE UP Usagi!!!" Rei yelled loudly in Usagi's ear.
"Aaaiiiiggghhhh!!!" Usagi screamed loudly as she shot up from the table where she had been laying her head. "Oooh! I will get you!"
"Sure!" Rei stuck her tongue out at Usagi, then she thumped Usagi's nose.
"Owww! What was that for?!" Usagi yelled.
"I dunno...," Rei laughed at Usagi then ran out of the room.
Usagi started to run after Rei. In the process, Usagi collided with Makoto and the two fell to the floor. Usagi struggled to get back up, and started running after Rei again.
After Usagi finally managed to catch up to Rei, she thumped Rei's ear. Usagi was now the one being pursued. Usagi and Rei were getting ready to run back into the room where they had been studying, but the door slammed shut and the two slapped into it. They fell to the floor but Rei quickly shot back up to her feet. Usagi just stayed where she was at on the floor.
Rei grabbed the door handle and quickly opened the door. She walked in and stared at Makoto and Minako, then over at Ami. Minako couldn't keep from giggling at what had just happened.
"Who the hell shut the door?!" Rei asked angrily. "Was it you Minako?!"
"Calm down, Rei," Ami said nicely. "I shut the door. You and Usagi were making too much noise, and I couldn't concentrate on my studies. I didn't realize you two were coming back in here when I shut it. I am very sorry."
"Well, thank you for apologizing, Ami," Rei said. "Just, be careful next time."
Makoto noticed Usagi still laying on the floor, where she had fallen after her impact with the door. Makoto walked over and pulled Usagi up to her feet. The two walked back over to where Ami and Rei were.
"Are you guys ready to go to Mamoru's house?" Usagi asked happily. "From the looks of things, I don't think we are going to get much more studying done," Ami replied.
"You are right there, Ami. Usagi would just sleep anyway," Rei said.
"I guess that means we can go!" Minako said. She was also happy about the shopping trip. Maybe we will meet some cute guys!
The girls all got ready to leave. Ami grabbed a book that she had been reading, and followed the other girls out. They left Rei's temple and began walking to Mamoru's apartment.
A short while later at Mamoru's apartment.
"This is a funny TV show, Mamoru!" Chibi-Usa, who was visiting again from the future, said as she and Mamoru watched Television. With Usagi at Rei's temple studying, Chibi-Usa had gotten bored and asked if she could come stay with Mamoru for a little while.
"Yes it is," Mamoru said as he suddenly heard someone knocking at the door.
"Is someone at the door, Mamoru?" Chibi-Usa asked to make sure Mamoru had heard the knocking.
"I believe so. I will be back in just a minute, Chibi-Usa," Mamoru said as he walked over to the door. He smiled as he heard Usagi's voice out in the hall. Mamoru opened the door, and his eyes widened as he saw that not only Usagi had came, but also Rei, Makoto, Ami, and Minako. "Hello!"
"Hi Mamoru!" Usagi squealed as she ran up and embraced Mamoru.
"Come in you guys," Mamoru said as he motioned for the others to come in.
"Agh! That little troll is here!" Usagi snarled as she noticed Chibi-Usa sitting on Mamoru's couch.
"I'm not a troll, MEATBALL HEAD!" Chibi-Usa remarked.
"She wanted to come visit. She said she was bored since you left this morning to study and Hotaru wasn't home either when Chibi-Usa tried to call her. So I drove to your house to get her and we have just been watching TV and talking," Mamoru said as he saw Usagi's evil glare looking at Chibi- Usa.
Minako, Ami, Rei, and Makoto all went and sat down with Chibi-Usa. Chibi- Usa and Minako were acting goofy as they watched the crazy television show. Usagi and Mamoru walked over to the area where the others sat a few minutes later.
"So what have you guys been doing?" Mamoru asked.
"We were trying to do study buddies earlier today, but Usagi was spacing out and sleeping," Makoto responded as she gave Usagi a goofy look.
"We were hardly able to study at all," Ami sighed.
"I can't help it! That math is just so boring," Usagi whined.
"You were probably just day dreaming about Mamoru," Chibi-Usa joked. "You are such a goof ball. I can't believe that you are actually my mom sometimes."
"That is so true, Chibi-Usa," Minako said. "That is part of the reason we ended up coming here."
"Traitor! You wanted to come here too!" Usagi said.
"Hey, I said that it was PART of the reason," Minako said.
Mamoru watched as the girls fussed and picked at each other. He hoped that nobody else would show up, because his apartment was getting rather crowded.
"Anyway Mamoru, why don't we all go to that new shopping center?" Usagi suggested.
"Yeah, it would be a lot of fun to go shopping with all of you guys!" Minako said as she released a slight giggle. Yes! Scoping out all the cute guys!!!
"Well, we know why Minako wants to go," Makoto said. "You just want to ogle all the guys."
Minako turned bright red. "That isn't the only reason..."
"Sure!" Rei said.
"Can I go to?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Of course," Ami said as she stepped beside Chibi-Usa.
"So Mamoru, do you want to take us shopping?" Usagi asked.
All of the girls looked towards Mamoru. There eyes widened as they awaited his decision. Mamoru decided it was safer to agree with them, rather than refuse.
"Okay, I will take you guys!" Mamoru said quickly.
"Yay!" Usagi yelled as she hugged Mamoru. The other girls were all ecstatic as well and talked about what they planned to do at the new store.
"Are we going to go in your car, Mamoru?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Do you guys want to go by car or walk?" Mamoru asked the group.
The girls all confirmed that they wanted to go in his car. They were a little tired from the walk to Mamoru's apartment.
"I have to warn you, the car will be somewhat crowded with all seven of us in it." Mamoru said.
"That is fine, we can compact ourselves," Rei joked.
"Okay everyone, go find yourselves a spot in the car!" Mamoru said as he was almost plowed over by the girls rushing out. He followed behind and they all made it to the car.
Usagi jumped in the car, getting in the passenger seat so she could sit beside Mamoru. Minako, Makoto, Ami, and Rei all shoved themselves in the backseat. Mamoru got in the driver's seat, and Chibi-Usa sat in Usagi's lap. Mamoru started the car and they began on their way to the store.
"Why do you girls want to go to the store?" Mamoru asked as he steered the car.
"We wanted to see what this new store is like," Usagi said.
"You guys need to lose some weight!" Rei said. "You are squishing me!"
"You aren't any thinner than us," Makoto said. "You know there are FOUR people crammed back here."
"We had the choice of walking, and Mamoru said that it would be crowded in the here," Ami said.
"I guess I can live with this cramped up car, I am to tired to walk right now," Rei said. "Anyway, I need to save up my energy for walking in the store!"
"What is that smell?" Makoto asked as she covered her nose. "That is toxic!"
"Ewww! Who farted?!" Rei asked as she covered up her nose as Makoto did.
Up in the front of the car, Usagi and Chibi-Usa started to smell the odor. The two quickly covered up their noses. Mamoru rolled his window down to air out the vehicle.
"It was you wasn't it, Minako?!" Rei asked.
"It wasn't me!" Minako said. "Makoto smelled it first, it must have been her!"
"I did not do it!" Makoto said. "Ami...was it you?"
"Of course not! Leave me out of this," Ami said in response. By this time Minako had started giggling.
"It was you, Minako!" Rei said. "Can't you hold your wind, we are in a confined space!"
"I couldn't help it," Minako said. "Besides, it's not like you never have."
"I didn't say that I never have, but there are seven of us shoved in this confined space and we don't want to be breathing toxic fumes all the way to the store!" Rei said.
"Rei, calm down she didn't mean to," Ami said trying to get Rei to quit arguing.
"...that noise? Minako! You did it again!!!" Rei yelled.
Usagi and Ami decided to follow Mamoru's example, and roll down their windows. The two breathed happily welcoming the fresh air. Rei and Makoto were in the back, picking at Minako.
"Hurray for fresh air!" Usagi joked as the wind blew into the car.
"Somebody help! Minako needs a cork!" Makoto teased.
"Okay, I think you guys have had your fun," Minako said.
Mamoru just snickered at the girls' antics, as he turned in the store's parking lot. He quickly found a good parking place, and stopped.
"Okay you guys, we are here," Mamoru said just to notice all of the girls standing outside of the car waiting for him. He got out of the car and joined the others as they headed towards the store entrance.
"Hey! Isn't that Dr. Tomoe's car?" Chibi-Usa asked as she pointed at another car that was in the parking lot.
"I think it is, Chibi-Usa," Usagi replied.
"No wonder I couldn't reach Hotaru when I called earlier. They must have been having a family day," Chibi-Usa said. "Yay! I hope we see her while we are in the store."
By now, the group had made it to the entrance of the store. They walked in and saw lots of people walking around. Chibi-Usa was looking around carefully, trying to find Hotaru.
"So what do you want to look at now that we are here?" Mamoru asked.
"Just various things. Hey, why don't we go look at the clothes first?" Usagi suggested.
"Yeah, we can try on some new clothes!" Minako said as she quickly redirected her attention to a guy who was walking by. Now that is good looking!
The group walked past the check out lines, following signs that hung from the ceiling, towards the clothing section. Chibi-Usa noticed a lady with long red hair standing in one of the lines. Accompanying the woman were a young girl with shoulder length black hair and a man with short white hair.
"They are here!" Chibi-Usa yelled. "You guys wait for me, I will be back soon. Usagi, come with me."
Chibi-Usa grabbed Usagi's hand and started running towards the check out lines pulling Usagi along with her. The two made it to the line where Hotaru and her family stood.
"Hotaru! Hi!" Chibi-Usa exclaimed as she ran up to Hotaru and her family. "Hello Dr. Tomoe! Hi Kaoli!"
"Hello Chibi-Usa, Usagi," Kaolinite said as she watched Chibi-Usa hug Hotaru.
"I tried calling your house earlier, but nobody was home," Chibi-Usa said. "I was going to see if she could come stay the night at our house."
"We were at the park earlier today, then we came here to look around at this new shopping center. If Hotaru wants to go home with you from here, it is fine with me," Kaolinite said.
"I would love to go, thanks mom!" Hotaru said. She had grown to love Kaolinite enough to refer to Kaoli as her mother.
"I don't know if we can fit anymore people in Mamoru's car," Usagi said.
"We can make room, please Usagi," Chibi-Usa begged.
"I suppose we can shove one more person into Mamoru's car," Usagi said nicely knowing that Hotaru would have to sit in the back with the other girls.
"If you go with them Hotaru, behave and listen to Usagi's mother," Dr. Tomoe said.
"I will. Thanks mom! Thanks dad!" Hotaru said.
"We are going to go catch up with the others before they leave us," Usagi said. "We'll bring Hotaru home tomorrow."
"Okay. Have fun Hotaru," Kaolinite said. "Good bye!"
"Bye!" Usagi, Chibi-Usa, and Hotaru said as they walked towards Mamoru and the others, leaving Kaolinite and Dr.Tomoe, who were getting ready to leave, behind.
"Um...Mamoru, we have one more passenger," Usagi said as she, Hotaru, and Chibi-Usa approached the others.
"Where is she going to ride?" Mamoru asked with a surprised look. "The trunk?"
"What?!" Hotaru's eyes widened at Mamoru's remark.
"Relax Hotaru, he is only kidding," Makoto said. "I am sure you could sit in somebody's lap or something.
The group finally made their way to the clothing section. Hotaru and Chibi- Usa were playing around the clothing racks, while the other girls looked at various articles of clothing. Mamoru just watched and gave an occasional nod when asked if he like a certain outfit.
"Hey you guys!" Usagi yelled. "I think I am going to try this outfit on."
"Yeah, that looks nice. I like it!" Minako said as she watched Usagi walk into a changing room.
"Wha...?" Mamoru whispered as he noticed a girl who was standing a distance from them. She looked oddly familiar with her long, elegant, light blue hair, but Mamoru couldn't remember who she was.
"What is it, Mamoru?" Rei asked.
"Oh, nothing," Mamoru said as he looked towards Rei. He then turned his attention back toward the girl he had seen, but she was no longer there. Where did she go...?
"What do you think?" Usagi asked as she burst out of the changing room wearing the clothes that she carried in to try on.
"That looks nice!" Ami said.
"Do you like it, Mamoru?" Usagi asked.
"Um...yeah, Usagi," Mamoru could not stop thinking about that girl, but he was unable to remember who she was. "It looks good on you."
Usagi walked back into the changing room to put her other clothes back on. While she was changing clothes, the others continued to browse through the clothing section. Usagi and a few of the other girls, tried on a couple more outfits. After they were finished in the clothing section, they decided to move on.
"Can we go to the toy section next?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Sure Chibi-Usa," Makoto said.
The group all started walking towards the toy department. They walked into the toy section, unaware of the black haired woman who was watching them. The woman looked at the palm of her hand to see the violet crystal, that was embedded in her hand, glowing brightly.
"This mission will be more easily executed outside of this building," Machku said as she disappeared in a burst of dark energy.
"Hey Usagi, this looks just like you!" Chibi-Usa joked as she showed Usagi a plush monkey.
"You little troll!" Usagi yelled as she grabbed the plush monkey and bashed Chibi-Usa over the head with it.
"This is war!" Chibi-Usa yelled as she grabbed another plush animal and started beating Usagi with it.
The two continued their plush battle, smacking each other with the toys. When Chibi-Usa got a good hit right in Usagi's face with the toy, Usagi hurled her plush weapon towards Chibi-Usa. Chibi-Usa dodged the projectile, but it slammed into a store manager who had been watching Usagi's and Chibi- Usa's battle. The man picked up the plush toy and put it back on the shelf.
"I am afraid, I must ask you to excuse yourselves from this store," the manager said to Chibi-Usa and Usagi.
"What?!" Usagi asked in shock.
"Come on Usagi, let's go," Mamoru said as he walked by her.
The group left the toy section, and began walking towards the exit. Usagi fussed at Chibi-Usa saying it was her fault.
"You shouldn't have dodged the toy!" Usagi said. "Then we wouldn't have been kicked out."
"It isn't my fault! You threw the stupid toy," Chibi-Usa said.
"I have never been kicked out of a store before," Usagi whined.
"That is surprising," Rei said.
"Be quiet Rei!" Usagi shouted.
Machku looked at the palm of her hand and watched as the crystal started glowing again. She looked over at the store's exit to see a group of people walk out.
"One of them must be a vessel," Machku said. She held out her hand and a ball of dark energy appeared. The energy transformed into a long spear, and Machku grasped it in her hand.
Machku jumped from the shadows that hid her, and lunged at Makoto. Makoto managed to avoid the attack. Makoto ran away from the strange woman, out into the parking area.
"Jupiter planet power!" Makoto yelled as she transformed into Sailor Jupiter.
"Mercury planet power!" Ami shouted as she saw the strange female persueing Makoto. She quickly prompted the others to transform.
"Mars planet power!" Rei shouted.
"Venus planet power!" Minako yelled.
"Saturn planet power!" Hotaru shouted.
Usagi and Chibi-Usa follwed the others' examples, and changed into Eternal Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon. Mamoru also changed into Tuxedo Kamen.
"For love and justice, the pretty soldier in a sailor suit, Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Moon said to the black haired villain.
Funny, they think they can defeat me. Machku knew nothing about her current opponents, but she was fully confident in her own power.
"Crescent Beam!" Sailor Venus screamed as she launched a beam of energy from her finger tips.
Sailor Venus's blast flew towards Machku, but she dodged the attack with ease and pointed her hand towards Sailor Venus. A burst of dark energy erupted from her hand and it sent Sailor Venus skidding across the parking lot.
"Venus, are you alright?" Sailor Saturn asked.
"Yeah, I am okay," Sailor Venus said as she pulled herself up to her feet.
Sailor Saturn tried to attack Machku with the Silence Glaive, but she was blocked by Machku's spear and quick reflexes. Machku swung at Sailor Saturn with her spear as she noticed the other Sailors approaching her. She kicked Saturn causing her to fall to the ground, then redirected her attention to the other Sailors. She launched a fury of dark energy against the others, sending them flying away from her. Jupiter and Mercury were both stopped when each slammed into a car, the rest landed on the asphalt.
Machku quickly turned back to Sailor Saturn who had pulled herself from the ground. Machku swung at Saturn with the spear and the two continued to battle with their weapons. Machku teleported behind Saturn and slapped Sailor Saturn in the back with the handle of her spear. Sailor Saturn collapsed to the ground falling face first from this painful attack.
Machku rolled Sailor Saturn over and kneeled down beside her. Machku laid the hand, which contained the crystal, on Sailor Saturn's forehead. There was no reaction. Sailor Saturn caught Machku by surprise and kicked her, knocking her backwards onto the ground. Saturn quickly got back up to her feet as Machku teleported from the ground and reappeared floating in the sky.
Machku shot from the sky flying towards Sailor Saturn. Machku had her spear aimed directly at Sailor Saturn. Sailor Saturn barely managed to escape Machku's attack, but did get out of the way of the spear before it hit her. Machku slammed into the ground causing a large crater. Machku stood up from the crouching position she had landed in and looked around. She then teleported to an area directly in front of Sailor Saturn.
"Silence Glaive Suprise!" Sailor Saturn yelled as she attacked Machku. Machku simply erupted into a mass of dark energy and teleported behind Saturn.
Saturn turned around in time to see Machku preparing to attack her. Machku swung her spear with a powerful force, and knocked the Silence Glaive from Sailor Saturn's hands. She quickly swung again and sliced deep into Sailor Saturn's leg. Blood quickly began pouring from the wound and trickled down her leg, as she collapsed to the ground. Machku quickly left Sailor Saturn and went to attack the other Sailors. Sailor Saturn started trying to apply pressure to the wound, hoping to minimize the bleeding. Her attempts did not gain very much in results as her leg continued to bleed heavily. Saturn tried to use her healing abilities, but the wound was far too severe for her to take care of.
"Hotaru! You are bleeding!" Sailor Chibi Moon exclaimed as she ran towards her friend. She tried to help Hotaru stop the bleeding.
Machku was now persuing Sailor Jupiter. Most of the other Sailors had joined back in the fight. Machku floated in the air to better see where her target was.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Sailor Jupiter yelled as she hurled a ball of electricity at Machku.
Machku countered with her dark energy, which engulfed Jupiter's attack and continued to impact with Sailor Jupiter. Jupiter slammed into the ground and was unable to get up. The force from the attack shattered the windows of some of the vehicles in the parking lot as well as cracked parts of the ground where Jupiter had fallen.
"Get away from her!" Sailor Moon shrieked as she watched Machku land on the ground beside Makoto.
"You are hardly capable of stopping me," Machku said with a smirk. "You are all fools for even thinking you could destroy me!"
"You are mistaken, we will defeat you!" Sailor Moon said as she made her Moon Tier appear.
"You expect to defeat me with that!" Machku laughed when she looked at the puny weapon Sailor Moon had brought forth.
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Sailor Moon screamed as she used her Moon Tier's power to attack Machku.
Machku used a blast of dark energy to stop the attack then swung her spear at the Tier and knocked it from Sailor Moon's hands. She lifted the spear's blade high, the slammed it down onto the Moon Tier which laid on the ground. The Tier busted in half when the spear hit it.
Machku prepared herself to destroy Sailor Moon lifting the spear to an attack position. She lunged at Sailor Moon with the spear, but it was ripped out of her hands. She turned to see what had happened, and seen Venus ,using her Love Me Chain, pulling it to herself. The spear erupted in black vapors, and reformed in front of Machku who grabbed hold of it and flew towards Sailor Venus. Machku blasted Sailor Venus with dark energy which knocked her to the ground. Then Machku left her new victem and teleported back to where Sailor Jupiter was at.
Sailor Jupiter struggled to get back to her feet, but Machku slapped her with the handle of the spear causing Jupiter to fall back to the ground. Machku got ready to see if Jupiter was a vessel, when an ice like attack hit her back. Turning around, she saw Sailor Mercury staring at her. The attack had apparently not affected Machku.
"I am tired of you wasting my time," Machku said as she lifted her hand and pointed it towards Sailor Mercury. Dark energy surged from her hand and engulfed Mercury. Sailor Mercury was blasted against the store wall and fell to the ground unconscious. "You obviously don't realize how futile it is for you to attack me."
Using the dark energy, Machku blasted the other Sailors and Tuxedo Kamen away from her. She walked to where Sailor Mercury lay, and placed the hand, that had the crystal in it, on Mercury's forehead. Machku was unable to see any kind of reaction at all. She stood and began to approach Sailor Moon who was laying on the hood of a car, where Machku's last attack had sent her.
Tuxedo Kamen quickly jumped to his feet and threw a red rose at Machku. The rose pierced her on her left thigh. She grabbed the rose and ripped it out of her leg, causing a small stream of blood to ooze down her leg. She tossed the rose on the ground and stepped on it. She leapt towards Tuxedo Kamen aiming her spear at him. Tuxedo Kamen blocked her attack with his cane. Machku punched Tuxedo Kamen with her free hand and caused him to fall to the ground from the force of her attack.
Machku did not even attempt to scan Tuxedo Kamen to see if he was a vessel, she just continued after Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Kamen attempted to get up but was thwarted by Machku's dark energy attack. She was finally rid of him attacking her for the time being. Machku floated into the air and began to fly in Sailor Moon's direction.
"Flame Sniper!" Sailor Mars yelled as she launched a powerful fireball at Machku. The attack shot Machku from the sky, causing her to plummet to the ground below. Machku quickly got to her feet and lifted her spear from the ground where it had landed.
Machku rushed after Sailor Mars and swung at her with the spear. Sailor Mars managed to avoid the attack, and used her "Fire Soul" attack against Machku but it was no more effective than the other attacks. Machku turned away from Mars and blasted the other Sailors again with dark energy to make sure that none of them would interrupt her this time. Machku did not even bother to attack Sailor Saturn and the two with her. Sailor Venus had started helping Sailor Chibi Moon tend to Saturn's wounds.
Machku looked at Sailor Mars with an evil smirk then quickly lunged at Mars with her spear. The spear dug deep into Sailor Mars's stomach as Machku lifted her off the ground with the spear. Sailor Mars's eyes widened as she released a gasp of pain caused by Machku's attack. Machku quickly swung the spear towards the ground causing Sailor Mars to slide off of the blade spilling blood all over the ground where she landed. Sailor Mars' transformation began to reverse, and she reverted to the clothes she had on prior to transforming. Rei's body now lay motionless in a puddle of her own blood in front of Machku.
"Rei!!!" Usagi yelled as she saw what had happened. She was much too weak from the attacks she had received, to help Rei. Tears quickly began to spill down Usagi's cheeks. "I hope she is okay..."
"You will pay for that!" Venus said as she stood up and left Sailor Saturn with Chibi Moon. "Nobody hurts my friends!"
"How may I ask, am I going to pay?" Machku asked as she walked closer to Rei who's body laid lifeless on the ground.
"Love and Beauty Shock!" Venus yelled before she sent a surge of energy towards Machku. The intensity of the energy pummeled Machku and sent her skidding on the ground.
Machku lifted herself back up and launched Sailor Venus into a car using the forceful dark energy. Sailor Venus laid where she had landed unable to get back up. Most of the Sailor Soldiers were already too battered to help.
Finally free to continue with her mission, Machku walked back towards Rei who had a large puddle of blood around where she lay. Machku followed the same procedure that she did with the others, and placed her hand on Sailor Mars' head. Suddenly, a dark blue aura started to resonate from Rei's body.
"She is a vessel!" Machku gasped as an evil laugh erupted from her. "I will quickly kill these fools, then take this vessel to the Great Masters."
Machku saw numerous police cars pull into the parking lot and assumed someone had telephoned the police from inside the store. She launched dark energy at the cars causing them to slide out of control which resulted in many wrecks.
"How many people think they need to interupt my mission?" Machku asked herself.
Machku was getting ready to kill Sailor Jupiter who was still lying on the ground from Machku's last attack, but was thwarted as Tuxedo Kamen struck her with his cane. She floated into the air and the dark energy started to surge around her body.
"I am growing tired of your interuptions!" Machku shrieked angrily. Suddenly an intense blast of the energy shot down from her and carried Tuxedo Kamen into the store's wall and injured him severely. Numerous more blasts shot from her body hitting the other Sailors. The force from her attack shook the ground and everything around them. The attack caused plenty of damage to the surroundings as well as the Sailor Soldiers. Chibi Moon quickly leapt in front of Sailor Saturn to keep her from incurring anymore damage but was unable to stop the forcefulness of the blasts.
Machku looked at Sailor Moon who hadn't been able to get up from where she was laying on a car. She aimed her spear at Sailor Moon and plummeted from the sky towards Sailor Moon. Machku was suddenly engulfed in a blast of water that made her lose the target, and she was launched a distance from where Sailor Moon was by the force of the water.
Tuxedo Kamen looked over expecting to see Sailor Neptune, but he did not. To his surprise the mysterious girl from the store was standing there with her blue hair blowing in the breeze. Tuxedo Kamen's eyes widened as he finally recognized who she was.
It is her...erm...him! Tuxedo Kamen could remember how this person was fond of him. He was excited in a way at seeing him again.
Machku, who was now soaking wet from the stranger's attack, stood up and floated high into the air. She had become tired of this battle and decided that it was a current waste of her time. Machku dropped her spear and it erupted in a blast of dark energy and disappeared. Machku then used her powers to teleport Rei's body from where it lay, to her arms. Rei's wound was still bleeding and blood stained Machku's skin tight body suit. Machku disappeared in a blast of dark energy before the others could do anything to stop her. Sailor Moon screamed out in tears as she watched Machku take Rei's body away.
Moments later in the Domain of Darkness.
"Great Masters...," Machku said as she appeared in the dark chamber.
"What do you need?" The larger sphere in the middle said as it began emitting the black vaporous glow.
"I have brought one of the vessels," Machku replied.
"Great job, what color aura did it emit when the reaction with the crystal began?" The large sphere asked in an excited way hoping the vessel was the one that was compatible with it.
"The aura was Dark Blue," Machku stated.
"This vessel belongs to me!" The sphere to the left of the large one said as dark blue vapors formed around it.