A Grim Prophecy Chapter 2

In the words of the Angel, you must defeat the one with the Eternal Light for her time has come! Heed my words, Azrael, for without this, the Grim Prophecy will begin and the Apocalypse will start.

Disclaimers:
This story, while having ideals, meanings, and religious settings, does not intend on insulting others or proving a point. This story has no relation to anything fiction and is based on the original story Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon.

Identities Revealed But Alliances Severed; The Dark Figure From Nightmares

"Yuki! Yuki!" Tenshi swore.

"You need to transform!" Israfel called out.

"State the obvious, why don't you?" She pulled her ring from her breast pocket. "Judgment's Call, Spiritual Make Up!"

Her fuku assembled and her wings jutted from her shoulder blades. "Yuki! I'm begging you!"

She found Yuki trapped in a corner. "Now, come on Yuki. It's me, Tenshi..."

"Tenshi...It's coming," Yuki said desperately. "The darkness, the Grim Reaper! She's going to take us all away!"

"Calm down. It was just a nightmare..."

There was a strange sound just down the street and Yuki cowered.

"Damnit! Israfel, stay with him!" Tenshi ordered. She rounded the corner and found the other senshi there. "Nuts, nuts, nuts!"

She came to their side and quickly spoke. "In the world of natural Chaos, beings as such don't survive much, not with me around at that point! I am the Celestial Soul, Sailor Azrael! Be warned, I don't judge kindly!" She yelled, pointing at the shadowed demon.

"How... cute.." The voice came out strained, thickened and almost incoherent. "But I must take out that Eternal Light..."

"Why do you think I'm doing this!" She muttered before pulling straight. "Spiritual Cleansing!" The beam shot out and pierced the shoulder blade. "Damnit! I need a better attack!"

The monster reared up and howled before a strangled laugh erupted. "You think you can save these... humans, mortal? I have their souls..."

"No you don't!" Tenshi moved forward only to feel another dark gathering.

"I seep in and cannot be refused..." Again the voice spoke, this time from Yuki's mouth, his eyes dead. "I am the Grim Reaper! Your judgment has no powers here..."

Tenshi gritted her teeth. "You monstrous thing! Let him go!"

Yuki howled as darkness billowed from him. The monster behind her lunged and grasped her in its grip, tightening.

"Azrael!" Israfel howled as he jumped up and bit the monster's arm. But it did nothing as he was thrown off with a howl.

"I ... can't..." Tenshi was losing air fast, her chest becoming crushed. "Yu...Yuki..." Her body became limp as her wings shredded from their place, the feathers falling down to the ground. She untransformed as she slumped forward, her eyes closed.

"Let her go!" Sailor Moon screamed. The monster smiled thinly as it dropped her unceremoniously on the ground.

At that, Israfel was at her side instantly, nosing her face, licking with renewed energy. "Wake up! Wake up!"

Yuki's eyes, once dead, slowly had life spread into his gaze. "Azrael..." He moved forward slowly gaining speed till he knelt down to her side. He lifted her to rest on her back, quickly looking for a pulse.

Thankfully there was one but she was not breathing. He hurriedly tilted her head, opening her mouth as he breathed into her, trying to resuscitate her. He did this only a few times before she gasped and her eyes fluttered.

Meanwhile, the other senshi were having a hard time with the demon.

"We can't just destroy it!" Mercury said loudly. "It's a possessed person!"

"Let me!" Sailor Moon stated. "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"

The attack seemed to work as the possessed person appeared. But the man looked up, his eyes blood red.

"Shit...That didn't work completely," Venus said weakly.

Tenshi stood up slowly, feeling still the remnants of darkness. Yuki opened his mouth.

"You should've told me you were having trouble," she said tightly before her ring lit up. "Judgment's Call, Spiritual Make Up!"

She transformed once more as she stared, her rage visible in her features. "Of all things, we have a GRIM REAPER! More like a Grime Raper! You will get out of the body or else!"

"Judgment Stave!" She summoned her long weapon. The heart lit up brightly. "Healing Touch!"

The light pressed outward to suck into the man who screamed in pain. He was seen visibly smoking. That smoke dissipated in the air and he collapsed. She turned slowly.

"No matter how little.. I have to do you too," Yuki, instead of protesting, merely lowered his head.

Her voice, much softer and tired, rang out. "Heavenly Touch!"

Yuki's hands gripped the ground, his nails bleeding but he didn't scream nor did he collapse during or after the cleansing.

She hurried to his side and knelt down, her eyes actually tearing. "I'm sorry, Yuki, if that hurt..." Her hands clasped his and she tried not to cry.

"I...I'm fine.. Really." He looked up and smiled weakly.

"Tenshi.." Sailor Moon moved forward. "I..."

"I know who you are but you know what?" Tenshi stood up, un-transforming. "I don't care. This is still MY problem. You saw your attack!"

"Yes but it did a great deal, enough for YOUR attack to work," Mars pointed out.

"Don't help me!" Tenshi shouted.

"In order to complete the healing of the possession, you WILL need Sailor Moon's power," Israfel said quietly.

"I thought you were on my side," Tenshi snapped.

Israfel actually growled. "Azrael!" He turned to face Sailor Moon. "The threat may compass you and the others but for senshi to be possessed is highly unlikely. I cannot say where this Grim Reaper is but when we do find it, I hope that you will be willing enough to work with us." He moved to stand beside Tenshi. "This may be just a test so be warned if your heart becomes broken. It will need to stay strong if we must defeat this enemy."

"Are we going?" Tenshi asked finally.

"Lead the way."

"But wait..." Sailor Moon untransformed, as well as the others. "Can't we talk?"

"The time for talking has never come. If you join me, you will only get hurt.." She turned and looked at Yuki, who leaned against her shoulder, breathing heavily. "I couldn't bear that..." She said softly.

The group watched them leave.

"So what senshi was that?"

"I haven't a clue," Luna admitted. She frowned. "There are only select few that shouldn't be known."

"Like the Senshi of the Outer Planets?" Makoto pointed out.

"Yes but then, there can be much difference in this life time." Artemis looked off at the clear skies. "We should look into this, Luna."

"The dog seemed willing to talk. Shall we go see him sometime?" Luna suggested.

"The dog?" Artemis looked slightly nervous. "Sure, uh, okay."

Tenshi gently lay Yuki on his bed. She eyed him as she pulled the blanket around him. She stared at him, as he seemed to sleep instantly.

Her fingers slowly traced his brow, her eyes again tearing. "To think I nearly lost you..." She hesitantly moved down and kissed his forehead. "I'll protect you, no matter what."

They left the room and the building to their own home. She spotted Shin and Yosuke again playing some video game. Her father was in his and Mizuko's bedroom, reading a magazine and her mother was apparently out. She went to her room and closed the door silently before going to her own bed and fell into a deep sleep. She didn't wake up, even after her mother gently shook her for supper.

Morning came and she felt much better. She showered and dressed in her school uniform before going down the street to see Yuki before leaving. She got there as he came hopping out.

"Yo!" He began but was halted as she literally flung herself to hug him, hard. "Ah.. I'm fine, really."

"You sure?" She began to examine him as he gently pulled her to the walkway, starting to school.

The day passed quickly till lunch arrived and Tenshi was very nervous.

"I can't believe it... Tsukino-san IS Sailor Moon?" Yuki drank his bottled water.

"SHUSH!"

"And I bet Aino-san is Venus! She's got the same bow!"

"Yuki, for crying out loud, Tenshi half hissed and whispered. "There is a reason for SECRET identities!"

"They're coming over!"

"No!" She covered her head and tried not to sob.

"Hi, can we sit here?" Ami asked politely.

"No, go away."

"TENSHI!" Yuki frowned before smiling brightly. "Plenty of room."

"I'm done," Tenshi tried to leave but Makoto gently placed her hand on the other's shoulder.

"Calm down. We're not going to bite you."

"If Rei was here," Usagi started.

"It'd just be you," Minako said.

"You guys are SO COOL!" Yuki began with a grin.

"Yuki..." Tenshi said warningly.

"Could I get autographs?"

"I can't believe you!" She took her soda can and shook it before opening it to spray on Yuki. It splattered over him as he just sat there, his eyes closed until the spray let up and then he silently glared at her.

"If you knew to keep your mouth shut, I wouldn't do such drastic things," She said darkly.

Yuki took his own soda and shook it. Tenshi's eyes widened. "You wouldn't!"

He stopped shaking and slowly aimed and her eyes turned to slits. "Go ahead, I DARE YOU!"

Yuki halted, still glaring at her.

"Well?" Usagi asked finally.

"It's a dramatic moment between boyfriend and girlfriend," Minako said loudly.

"WE ARE NOT BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND!" They each shouted in unison.

"Okay, okay!" Minako fingered her ears, temporarily deaf. "Sheesh."

Yuki had taken too long on the threatened attack as he opened it and it merely fizzled.

"Told you." Tenshi took off with a hard step, still rather frustrated.

But after school, she was again faced by other girls, plus Rei, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna. She stared at them. "If you think you can intimidate me..."

"That's not what we're doing," Ami hurriedly spoke. "We just want to talk."

"I have to get home," Tenshi walked around them, heading down the street. She knew without looking that they were following her.

Shinichiro and Yosuke were playing out front with a few friends. "Well, if it isn't Miss Short?" Shin grinned.

"What's this? A fan club or a hunt?" Yosuke laughed loudly.

"Bug off." She muttered.

"Hey! You need to discipline your mutt!" Yosuke shouted just as she was going to enter. "Damn thing pissed on my jacket."

"Gee, he's the one that's house broken," Tenshi snapped. "I would've thought that you did it."

"Ah, you little wench!"

"Leave me alone!" Tenshi screamed at Yosuke who looked shocked to say at the least.

"Just teasing you.." He began.

"Teasing? Teasing?! More like harassment! You're mean, cruel and not at all like a brother! I hate you!"

Shin said weakly, "Come on, Tenshi, don't be so harsh."

"Don't be harsh," She harshly mimicked. "Oh, look at the little sister, such a delinquent. Doesn't matter what she's doing when she's out. She's probably some street whore looking for crack. Doesn't matter that she has no feelings whatsoever. Oh, no, she's not worth worrying about!"

Shin and Yosuke tried to say something but she turned to the door. "Izzy!"

Israfel appeared instantly. "Good boy. At least you listen to me. Let's go for a walk."

"He.. hey, Tenshi," Shinichiro looked guilty and upset. "Where ya going?"

"What does it matter?" She answered darkly before leaving the yard and stomping between the group.

She got to the end of the block before she broke down. "Why can't they understand me?!"

Israfel sat down and pawed her. "I understand you. You're lonely."

"My own family hates me."

"They don't hate you. They're just worried about you."

Tenshi wiped her face free of tears but still more fell. "I hate me."

"Don't. You're a good person," He rested his head against her thigh, his tail slowly wagging. "I love you as much as they do."

Tenshi looked down, her vision still blinded. "I'm tired. Let's walk to the park."

She didn't expect the others to keep following her after that incident and it looked like they didn't. but truth was, they were at a more leisurely pace, to give her time to get her thoughts together.

"Maybe we should let her be," Makoto said quietly.

"It would be polite," Ami agreed.

"Sooner or later we'll need to talk to her," Haruka pointed out.

"And we could be her friends," Usagi agreed.

"Uhh... not where I was going but all right," Haruka shrugged.

"Hey! Hey!" Yuki came running from behind them. "Shin and Yosuke told me that Tenshi had a breakdown!"

"Well, technically..." Ami began.

"Where is she?" He asked hurriedly, jogging in place.

"She was heading toward the park," Michiru started.

"Great! See ya!" He took off, huffing.

"He's rather devoted," Minako said finally. "Why don't they get together?"

Yuki made it to where Tenshi was sitting, fingering her ring absently. "Hey.." He said, for lack of words.

"I hate this.." She glared at the ring. "Why was it me?"

"I don't know. But..." He sat next to her. "It'll get better."

"I'm losing everything. Soon it'll be my sanity."

"You kinda already lost that," he joked.

She swerved her head away from him and he tried again. "But you're not losing them. It's just we're at that age, you know. But they think you're doing things your age but instead, you're saving the day."

"Saving the day? I couldn't even properly heal you!" She cried out angrily. "I'm a failure as a human and senshi!"

"You shouldn't be so harsh on yourself," Usagi said gently. "I was like you, in the beginning, knowing nothing. The mistakes I made.. well, I still make them but I've learned a great deal too. It just takes time to accept who you are."

"See? Exactly what I was going to say!" Yuki exclaimed. Tenshi stared at him. "Well, not exactly word for word but pretty damn close."

Israfel was sniffing the air. "Another attack is in the air." He said quietly.

"Great..." Tenshi sighed. "I don't know if I'm up for it..." But her hand gripped her ring, lighting it up as she yelled out. "Judgment's Call, Spiritual Make Up!"

The other girls followed suit and they took off in a running leap, finding instead of possessed person, an ominous dark hole. From it came a dark cloaked figure, holding a bloodied glaive.

"What the hell.." Uranus blinked in shock.

"Is that..." Jupiter gulped. "The Grim Reaper?"

"Time is closing, mortals.. the Apocalypse is coming.." It pointed at them, a bony finger jutting from its white skeleton arm. "And you will have failed.."

"Augh!" Tenshi glared, angry growing. "That's it! In the world of natural Chaos, beings as such don't survive much, not with me around at that point! I am the Celestial Soul, Sailor Azrael! Be warned, I don't judge kindly!"

"I don't know who you are but this ends now!" She shrieked but the figure disappeared into the portal as it sucked inwardly, closing off. "What..."

"The Grim Prophecy begins..." The voice echoed before a monster jumped down from above the group.

"Great! Another possessed, right?" She asked Israfel.

"This may not be a possession," he answered tightly.

The beast heaved its weight at the group, causing them to disperse.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"

"Mars Flame Sniper!" The three attacks combined and was seen visibly hitting the enemy hard, causing smoke to form.

But it cleared and it looked untouched.

It screamed incoherent words as it threw dark energy orbs, again breaking up the group even more till they were pretty much separated from each other.

"It keeps doing that!" Venus shouted.

"It wants us to be away from the other!" Neptune shouted. "Quickly, group together!"

They all moved into a tight clique and the monster halted. Seeing this, it turned to the only lone person, Tenshi.

"Oh...great..." Tenshi reared up. "Spiritual Cleansing!" Instead of even hitting, it caught the attack in its hands, a orb forming. The attack reversed and Tenshi watched the attack coming at her, unable to move.

The piercing pain ran through her, right into her left shoulder. "Is...Israfel..." Her hand cupped her shoulder, her body shaking. Her fingers were fast coated in dark red blood and she was stunned and paralyzed. "I...I don't..."

The monster moved toward her.

"Venus Love Me Chain!"

"Deep Submerge!"

"World Shaking!"

She looked up dimly, seeing the attacks hit the back of the beast. "Why.. are... they help..ing?" Her thoughts were muffled.

"Get it together..." Israfel was by her side, nosing her chin. "Come on! Together, we can win!"

"But...I'm alone.." She whispered.

"Dead Scream!"

"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"

By this time, the attacks were finally hurting the monster.

"Come on! They need you!" Israfel begged. "Please! Fight! If not for yourself but for others!"

She stood up slowly, her Judgment Stave coming to her. "I can only freeze it. Let them attack all at once when I've trapped him."

"Yes!" He ran to the others as the monster, seeing the girl move from the corner of its eye, redirected his attention.

"Grim Prophesy!" Her shadow shot up and lunged forward, coiling tightly. It buzzed with electric energy, paralyzing the beast.

"NOW!" She shouted weakly.

"Mercury Planet Power!"

"Mars Planet Power!"

"Jupiter Planet Power!"

"Venus Planet Power!"

"Neptune Planet Power!"

"Uranus Planet Power!"

"Pluto Planet Power!"

"Silver Moon Crystal Power!"

"Sailor Planet Attack!" They all glowed in their respected colors as the attack raged to life, hitting the monster with full strength.

The monster was seen becoming smoke before it dissipated. The only thing left was a black round gem of which Tenshi picked up with her bloodied hand. As her blood dripped onto it, it lit up slightly before turning black again.

She untransformed and pocketed it, trying to gauge the damage done to her -shoulder. She was having trouble breathing.

"How do we care for this wound?" Michiru said worriedly. Ami took a scarf and wrapped it around the wound.

"We need to have it tended to now before an infection," Ami said gravely.

"What about Hotaru?" Minako suggested.

"She's supposed to be living peacefully with Professor Tomoe," Setsuna began.

"Well, we can't go to the hospital, can we?" Makoto pointed out.

Setsuna sighed. "Sure, let's go."

Hotaru was in the front yard of her rather large home, reading poetry. She looked up as Setsuna smiled widely.

"We need a favor," She said quietly.

Hotaru eyed the wound. "It went almost all the way through. If I heal it, I'll be drained for months"
"Just do enough to close it," Tenshi said tightly. "Then I let it heal naturally."

"All right..." Hotaru reluctantly agreed as her hand over passed the injury and her hand glowed a light lavender as her energy poured into the wound.

It closed in moments and Hotaru pulled away slowly, exhaustion written on her features. "That was a big wound. What happened?"

"Nothing to worry about. Thank you for your... err... hospitality." Tenshi stood up but a dizzy spell hit and she fell down back to her knees. "I feel sick."

"Here, let me help you," Usagi gently tried to lift Tenshi but she jerked her arm away from the blonde rabbit.

"NO! I...I don't need help." Tenshi stood up, her legs visibly quaking. "I need... I need to go home...I have to...do ...something," Her eyes saw black as she collapsed into another faint.

She awoke in a stranger's bed in a stranger's house. She turned and saw Yuki sleeping in a arm chair, his head thrown back as he snored loudly. She took a pillow and tried to stifle the noise but when that didn't work, she threw the pillow out at him.

He woke startled, snorting and shaking his head.

"You're really cute when you sleep," Tenshi said dryly, almost teasing.

"Why'd you do that?" He asked groggily.

"You were snoring! It was getting annoying."

"God...Well, how ya feeling?"

"Better," She tried to move her arm and for a moment saw stars. "I can't move my arm though."

"We could say you sprained it," Yuki suggested.

"Huh...where are we?"

"Oh, this Tenoh-san and Kaioh-san's home. They LIVE together!"

"Yea, so?"

"No, I mean they live LIVE together! Including the same bed," he wiggled his eyebrows.

"You're sick."

"I am NOT sick. I was just saying.."

"I don't wanna hear it," She interrupted. She moved off the bed. "I need a sling so I can let my arm heal without disruption."

"We'll make one from a pillow case at my place."

"Or, we can just ask somebody here to make me one."

She left the room before coming to stop outside a room where she heard voices. She was going to go in but stopped when she heard her named mentioned.

"I don't think we should be trusting of her. She's proven herself against us after all," Haruka pointed out.

"But remember the last few times we judged, we've been wrong," Michiru said quietly.

"Yet we know nothing of who or where she came from," Haruka protested.

"She's human," Setsuna said softly. "She's like us but a different purpose. She serves someone else."

'I serve someone...Who?' Tenshi tried to think but her leg slipped and she crashed the room. She looked up with sheepish look before a pained look overlooked that as her head pressed against the wood floor, whimpering.