Mimeto looked over the scene and smiled. Somehow, she felt confident with the situation even if the Senshi were to show up.
"This is going to be a good day," she muttered.
Her concentration was interrupted by a blasting wind. Her hair flew everywhere as she screeched. Turning around, she growled once she saw Sailor Sarlutous and Tuxedo Kamen standing several feet away in a nearby tree.
"Not you two! Don't you ever give up?" she screeched.
"We could ask you the same question. Yet no matter what, you will continue this farce and we will be there to stop you," the Senshi replied.
Holding her Rod out before her, she began to concentrate before releasing her rings. Mimeto barely managed to duck out of the way and narrowed her eyes at the two.
"Tora, get over here!" cried Mimeto.
The daimon jumped out from within the tree line and lunged for Tuxedo Kamen. The masked man dodged out of the way and landed on the ground not far away.
"You will not be able to defeat me! Not by yourselves!" Mimeto yelled at them.
"Try us! You haven't seen just the two of us in action before!" Tuxedo Kamen called back.
The daimon jumped towards him, reaching a hand out. It stretched its hand towards the Senshi but she managed to knock it out of the way with her Rod.
"Prepare to be defeated yet again!" Sarlutous smirked.
The daimon began to circle Sarlutous and Tuxedo Kamen. They kept their eyes on the monster for every second, waiting for a chance to attack. Suddenly, the daimon lunged and Tuxedo Kamen managed to dodge out of the way. He gave a quick glance to both sides to realize he was alone.
"Sarlutous?" he questioned.
Turning back around, he found the daimon pinning the Senshi against a nearby tree and she was gasping for air. Tuxedo Kamen jumped for them and threw several roses at the daimon. Tora screeched and released her hold on Sarlutous enough for her to fall to the ground. She took in a deep breath of air, never noticing that other Senshi had shown up on the scene.
"Sarlutous are you all right?" a voice called to her.
She glanced up to see Uranus and Neptune standing on either side of her and gave a lopsided smile.
"Yes, I am," she replied.
They helped her to her feet before they faced the daimon again. Her arms flung out from her body and caught Neptune by surprise. She landed on the ground several feet away and Uranus ran to her side.
"Are you all right?" she quickly asked.
Neptune nodded as she glanced back at the scene. The duo found that Sarlutous was now standing in front of them, Outer Rod in hand. All present were completely unaware that a figure was watching them from above.
Sailor Pluto stood within one of the nearby trees, carefully watching everyone in the scene and continually adjusting to everyone's movements.
'So is this it? My Garter Rod is warning me of something. I keep thinking it's dealing with Sarlutous and I have to question whether this is the moment in time or if it even concerns her,' she thought.
"This is going to be over and the Deathbusters shall be victorious!" Mimeto cried out.
"You are so delusional for we will always be there to stop you!" another voiced smirked.
Mimeto looked around to find three more Senshi surrounding her and she growled. Sailor Moon lifted up her wand as Mercury and Mars took defensive stances.
"If it isn't just one of you, it's more of you," Mimeto muttered, beginning to raise her arm.
"Pluto Ice Crystals Freeze!" shouted a voice.
The attack managed to pin the woman against a nearby tree as Sarlutous stepped up to her. Placing a hand upon the tree beside her, the Senshi gave a deep sigh.
"When will you remember that it is my job to protect these Senshi?" she wondered.
"I don't care what your job is, you senshi trash, my orders are to prepare the way for a power that even you will be unable to stop," Mimeto laughed.
Sarlutous sighed as she lifted up her Rod to ready herself for another attack when an arm suddenly knocked it out of her grasp. It landed several feet away, landing near the edge of the lake. The Senshi began to shake all over, terrified at the possibility of hurting her friends.
"Sarlutous, get your Rod!" Mercury called over to her.
When her friend didn't respond right away, she grew scared. The older Senshi finally lifted her head, her knees buckling underneath her. The way her friend looked terrified Mercury unlike anything she had seen before.
"I…I can't," she whispered.
The daimon took notice of this reaction and lunged for her. Neptune and Uranus, who were still in close proximity of Sarlutous were horrified to see that she wasn't going to counter the daimon quickly enough. Taking notice of the Rod between their position and hers, it was Neptune who finally reacted first. She ran for Sarlutous, grabbing the Rod along the way.
"Neptune, no!" cried Uranus.
The Senshi stepped in front of the daimon and held out the Rod. She immediately observed that the daimon wasn't slowing down and Sarlutous couldn't respond in time as Neptune was knocked out of the way. She watched, horrified, as Neptune soared into the lake.
"Neptune!" cried Sarlutous.
Sarlutous managed to climb to her feet. She glanced at the other Senshi before turning her stare to Tuxedo Kamen, who was carefully stepping toward her.
"Sarlutous, whatever you're thinking…" he started to scold.
Before he could finish, Sarlutous bolted for the lake and dived in after the other Senshi. The others panicked as Tuxedo Kamen ran for the side. He frantically searched up and down the pool of water, hoping to see where they would end up.
"Sarlutous, you fool!" he cried.
Once he saw they weren't going to surface, he paled a bit before deciding to jump in after them. Mars couldn't help but watch the scene, her heart dropping into her stomach. She felt as if she were about to cry as her mind soared back to the vision she had ever so recently.
"No, it can't be. What's going to happen now?" she whispered.
Mars glanced between Mercury and Moon, who were completely oblivious to her reactions.
"I can only hope this doesn't end in tragedy."
TBC…