Sailor Moon: The Last Werewolf

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Part III

Discovery

Location: Near Tokyo Tower, an hour later

The trio made their way down the street, toward the bright white building. It was clear from the expression that crept across Lita's face that she had other things on her mind, other then a curry cooking party. Lita could hear her stomach growling like a bear, and she was beginning to feel like she'd pass out. It seemed odd; she'd finished off a massive lunch at school that should have kept her full for the rest of the day, but it had barely lasted an hour. However she didn't know that her lycanthropy had altered her DNA, she now had DNA that was nearly 60 wolf as well as human, and her body was starting to evolve to compensate for her new powers, increasing her metabolism nearly 100 fold in the process.

"Are you feeling okay Lita?" The black haired young man standing next to her asked.

"I," Lita said, feeling dizzy from her hunger, despite the fact she was near starvation she never felt better, "I uh, missed lunch today, so I'm really hungry."

"You miss lunch," Darien asked, confused, for as long as he'd known her, Lita had never forgotten to bring her lunch.

"Sounds like she has been hanging around Serena too long," Rini piped in, angrily.

"Listen," Darien continued, "if you girls want we could stop off for some hotdogs or burgers?" The very mention of anything that had meat in it was enough to get Lita's mouth watering.

"SURE," Lita shouted, happily, "Let's go."

Location: Ikaru's Hamburger Shop, an hour later

Darien and Rini couldn't believe what they were seeing, Lita had consumed 10 large hamburgers, and at least half a dozen hot dogs in the space of a few moments.

"Sheesh Lita," Darien asked, "have you eaten anything in like the past year?"

"Uh," Lita said, taking only a brief pause from her 11th hamburger, "Of course I have, but you could say that I'm just really famished." She went back to devouring the half eaten burger, finishing it off in just two bites, before ordering a twelfth.

"Keep eating like that," Rini piped in, "and you'll find yourself in need of a new wardrobe."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY SHRIMP," Lita snarled, Lita immediately clapped her hand over her mouth, Rini and Darien looked at her for a brief second, they knew Lita had a short temper, but they'd never heard her sound so angry before. It was at that moment, Lita began to feel worried, for a brief moment she felt angry enough to tear Rini's head off, and with her Werewolf strength she could have easily done that, worse the fear she was feeling at the moment could cause her to transform at any moment.

'What's happening to me,' Lita thought to herself, 'I've eaten enough to feed a small village for a year in just a few hours, and I'm still ravenously hungry, and just a few moments ago I felt angry enough to tear Rini's head off, and I've never felt so energetic in my life. Can my lycanthropy really be affecting me this much in my human form?'

"Are you sure you're feeling okay Lita?" Darien asked, concerned.

"I said I'm fine," Lita replied, trying desperately to come up with an excuse with out blowing her secret, "I'm uh just tired," it was then she changed the subject, "why don't you and Rini go get some desert, and then we'll head to the market."

"Uh," Darien said, "okay, but if you're not feeling well, we can always go to the mall and find Serena."

"I told you guys I'm fine," Lita replied, "in fact I've never felt better in my life."

Location: Near the White Moon Shopping Center a half hour later

"Hay Darien," Lita asked, embarrassed, "I was just wondering do you have any books relating to Werewolves or Moon Folklore?" Darien looked at Lita with a confused look to his face.

"I've got a few," Darien replied, confused, "why do you want them?"

"Uh," Lita replied, "I've uh, got a project in History that I need to do research for."

"I understand the Moon Folklore part for History," Darien replied, "but why the sudden interests in Werewolves?"

"I uh," Lita paused for a few moments, to try and figure out an excuse, "I've always loved wolves, and since Werewolves are technically wolves I figured it'd be interesting to learn about them." It was by far the worst excuse she'd come up with.

'I keep making up these lame excuses,' Lita thought to herself, 'I'll blow my secret wide open.'

"But why would you want a book about such ugly creatures," Rini added, the words ugly creatures struck Lita like two arrows through the heart. Lita silently counted to ten to keep from blowing her stack again.

'Because I am a Werewolf kid,' Lita angrily thought to herself, 'and for the record I don't transform into an ugly monster. Also just be thankful there isn't a Full Moon for another month.'

"Let's just say," Lita replied, sarcastically "I've always thought Werewolves were not what Hollywood portrays them as."

"Yeah my mom always said real Werewolves were twice as ugly in their human forms," Rini said.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Lita snarled, her eyes were alight with fury, and she looked ready to throttle Rini.

"Hay calm down Lita," Darien added, trying to hold Lita back, "why are you getting so defensive, I mean Werewolves aren't real."

"Of course not," Lita replied, calming down before she transformed, "Look all I really wanted to know Darien was if I could barrow a few books."

"Of course," Darien replied, "but you've got to work on that temper of yours."

'I guess I can add a runaway appetite and a runaway temper to the list of down sides to my new powers,' Lita thought to herself.

Location: The White Moon Shopping Center

The White Moon Shopping Center was located on the bottom floor of a five story white office building. The store itself was stocked up on all sorts of foods and other items. Standing in the corner, were Avery, Prisma, and Avocado, fresh from their defeat at the hands of De Gara a few hours ago.

"Tell me again why we're here?" Prisma asked, "This head band and yellow apron make me look like a total fool."

"You want to be the one to go back to Rubius and tell him we were beaten by an old man?" Avery asked, "Besides this place is close to the Crystal Point, and if we corrupt it, we'll be able to corrupt that shop as well."

"You have a point," Prisma replied, at that moment Avocado began pitching the product they were trying to sell, a collection of jet black egg plants.

"Step right up," Avocado said, smiling, "and try some delicious Dark Fruit." Avocado repeated the same phrase over and over, for the next few minutes, and so far no one was buying it.

"Step aside Avocado," Prisma said, "ONCE YOU TRY SOME OF OUR DELICIOUS DARK FRUIT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP YOURSELF FROM EATING AND EATING AND EATING." The customers just looked at her like she was crazy.

"Weirdo," a kid said, making a face at her.

"OH," Prisma said, aggravated, "stupid humans."

"Relax sister," Avery added, nudging her sister in the ribs, "I've got this one covered," she grabbed one of the Dark Fruits from the box in front of her, "GATHER ROUND EVERYONE AND TRY SOME DELICOUS DARK FRUIT, TRUST ME, ONCE YOU TASTE IT YOUR TASTE BUDS WILL SING." One by one the customers gathered around, and began eating the pieces of fruit Avocado had on her tray.

Suddenly, as if on queue, the customers were over come by a sudden surge in darkness that seemed to take full control of all of their thoughts and motor controls, effectively turning them into mindless zombies.

"See worked like a charm," Avery said, smiling.

"You're modesty is killing me," Prisma replied, sarcastically, at that moment, Avocado leapt onto the stand.

"All right everyone," Avocado said, "spread out and touch all the food you can, I want this place reeking with Nega Energy." Slowly the zombies began marching through the store, and everything they touched seemed to rot from within, and slowly turn to nothing but ooze.

"It seems to be working," Prisma said, with a sinister smile to her face.

"Indeed," Avery added

Location: Outside of the White Moon Shopping Center

"OH GOD," Lita shouted, as she clamped her hand over her face, a horrendous order was seeping from the store, and thanks to her heightened sense of smell Lita felt like it would burn her nose clear off, "What's that horrible stench?"

"What are you talking about Lita?" Darien asked, "I don't smell anything."

"Yeah," Rini piped in, "I don't smell anything either." It was then Lita relized that her heightened senses meant only she could smell the odor emanating from the store.

"I think we'd better try some place else," Lita said, it was as though something in the back of her mind told her that something was terribly wrong.

"Quit being such a baby," Rini said, "after all Serena said this place has a really good reputation." Before Lita could form a reply, Darien and Rini had entered the store.

The store itself, was pitch black, and a foul odor was wafting through the room.

"I guess you were right Lita," Darien said, "it smells awful in here."

"Yeah and I can't see a thing," Rini added. Lita wasn't listening, praying Darien and Rini wouldn't notice, she began focusing on her wolf eyes, and slowly her eyes turned bright yellow, and took on the appearance of a wolf.

'I guess this is going to be one of those times where being a Werewolf will come in handy,' Lita thought to herself, though she could only see in shades of black and white she was at least able to see in the dark. It was at that moment, she spotted the three Nega Moon warriors, and almost at once her instincts told her something was wrong.

"Darien," Lita said, "get Rini out of here, and find get the other Scouts here quick, I think we've got company." Darien didn't even bother to form a reply, he grabbed Rini by the collar of her shirt, and made for the door, however the moment he steeped out the automatic doors slammed shut, trapping Rini and Lita in the store.

"Well, well," Prisma said, as she and Avery materialized in front of the two, "Seems the target has finally revealed herself."

"Run Rini," Lita shouted, as she pulled out her transformation stick, Rini quickly ducked into one of the aisles, and Lita ducked into another.

"Come out where ever you are munchkin," Avery shouted, as her whip sliced through the shelves she was hiding behind. Almost as if on queue, Rini began screaming at the top of her lungs, and suddenly a bright yellow beam shot up from her forehead, punching through the ceiling, and finally exiting the building.

"Gotcha," Avery said, as she appeared over Rini, who by now was nearly on the verge of tears.

"JUPITER THUNDER CRASH," almost as if on queue, a burst of lightning slammed into Avery's side, sending her careening into a wall. Slowly Sailor Jupiter steeped into the light.

"I'm Sailor Jupiter," Jupiter shouted, getting the Weird Sisters attention

"A Sailor Scout," Prisma said, "this just keeps getting better." She charged her right hand with Nega Energy, and hurled it at Jupiter, who managed to dodge the blast, but unfortunately the excess energy blasted her into one of the shelves, which proceeded to fall right on top of her.

"That takes care of her," Prisma said, "Rubius will be most pleased we got the brat, and took out one of the Sailor Scouts." However before Prisma could finish her sentence she heard the sounds of something rumbling under the collapsed shelve. Jupiter suddenly lifted the nearly 200 pound case like it was paper, and tossed in aside. More amazing she didn't seem to have a scratch on her.

"Well," Prisma said, "seems like this Sailor Scout has some spunk in her, Avery take care of her I'll get the brat."

"With pleasure Sister," Avery replied, as she swung her whip around, and managed to catch Jupiter, before she had a chance to get out of the way.

"This is easier then I thought," Avery said, at that moment Prisma emerged from behind the shelf, holding Rini by the collar of her shirt.

"LET HER GO NEGA TRASH," Jupiter shouted, she knew she shouldn't transform into Blood Moon in front of Rini but this time she had no choice, "BEFORE YOU FORCE ME TO USE MY SECRET WEAPON."

"What would that be," Avery asked, laughing, "Human beauty tips on how to look twice as ugly as you are now."

"NO," Lita replied, with a sinister smile to her face, strands of red began appear in her hair, and her eyes began glowing feral yellow, "BUT YOU'RE BOTH ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT UNLIKE THE OTHER SAILOR SCOUTS I'M NO LONGER HUMAN." The tips of her gloves suddenly ruptured as her claws sprouted, this time her transformation from human to werewolf didn't feel as painful, instead it felt almost natural, like she'd been a Werewolf her entire life. Jupiter suddenly tripled in height, and soon added a good twenty pounds of muscle to her weight, blood red fur sprouted all over her body, her hair changed into a flowing red main, her teeth lengthened becoming razor sharp fangs. Her nose and mouth pushed out forming the Werewolf's muzzle, her ears pushed up the side of her head, and formed a pair of pointed wolf like ears, she suddenly sprouted a bushy tail that was covered in blood red fur. The final and most bazaar thing to change on her was her outfit, with the exception of her gloves and boots, her sailor suit had expanded to accommodate Blood Moon's size, it suddenly changed color from green to blood red, it also took on a more armor like appearance. When the change ended Blood Moon let out a loud howl.

The Werewolf eyed Avery and Prisma with a look of pure rage to her eye. Rini though still couldn't believe what she'd just seen.

"Sailor Jupiter you're a," Rini said, with a hint of fear to her voice.

"Uh," Blood Moon replied, trying to explain the sudden transformation she'd undergone, "let's see here Werewolf, shape shifter, or as my kind likes to call itself, Lycan take your pick." The Werewolf then turned her attention to the two Nega Moon warriors.

"I warned you," Blood Moon said, "now let Rini go."

"What in the name of the Nega Moon," Avery said, as Blood Moon tore herself free of Avery's whip, "well this form or that you're finished." Avery discharged a burst of Nega Energy; however before Avery's attack could even strike the ground, Blood Moon dodged the attack.

Outside of the store, Darien was desperately trying to break the door down, to get back into the store. After hearing the sounds of battle he'd forgotten all about getting the other Sailor Scouts, he knew full well that something was terribly wrong when the sounds of a snarling wolf began being heard. Suddenly he heard the sound of a motorcycle approaching in the distance. A few moments later a black 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle with a rider dressed in all black and looking like a cowboy from an American western, screeched to a halt.

De Gara climbed off his bike and didn't even bother exchanging eye contact with Darien.

"Wait," Darien shouted, "you can't go in there." De Gara simply sighed

"Let me guess," De Gara said, "trouble." Darien looked at De Gara with a confused look to his face.

"How do you know?" Darien asked

"Call it a lucky guess," De Gara replied, calmly, "now would you please get out of my way, while I go save the day, again."

"No you don't understand," Darien said, but De Gara De Gara simply pushed him to the side, "there are powerful forces in there."

"Uh let me guess," De Gara said, "powerful evil has taken control of the supermarket, and I can tell by the tone of your voice that you're not here for the fresh air, I'm also guessing that a certain someone, who shall remain nameless, went and got herself into trouble. Does that sum the situation up?"

"Yes," Darien replied, confused, "but how did?"

"Then I guess I'm happy I brought some friends," De Gara said, cutting Darien off before he had a chance to finish his statement. Suddenly the sky seemed to turn blacker then night, however as the giant black cloud began swarming past, Darien could see it wasn't a cloud at all.

"Where is she?" Avery snarled.

"Behind you Nega Trash," Blood Moon shouted, the only the Avery felt when she looked behind her was Blood Moon's claws slicing into her face.

"MY FACE," Avery shouted, "MY PERFECT FACE. I'M GOING TO HAVE THAT PELT OF YOURS FOR A COAT. DROID AVACODO TEACH WHAT EVER SHE IS A LESSON." At once the third woman leapt over the heads of Avery and Prisma, in the process changing into the same creature Lita had encountered at De Gara's shop early in the day.

"AVACADO SABER," Avocado shouted, as she drew a banana from her belt, instantly the banana opened to reveal a steel sword.

"Bye, bye puppy dog," Avocado shouted, as she loomed over Blood Moon she brought her saber down, however the Werewolf managed to dodge the saber, unfortunately she was still getting use to having legs of a wolf, and she plunged head first into a near by stack of egg cartons, sending nearly half of them careening down on top of her. Worse the moment, Blood Moon managed to claw her way out of the mess, she was beginning to feel incredibly week, to the point she could barely stand up.

"What's wrong with me?" Blood Moon asked, trying to figure out why she felt so weak, "I've transformed, and last night I could barely sit still, so why can't I even stand up?"

"What's wrong little puppy," Avocado said, laughing, "Running out of spunk." Avocado held her sword over her head and prepared to strike the final blow, however before she could the windows to the store suddenly exploded, and a massive cloud seemed to enter the store. Thanks to her heightened senses Blood Moon could see and hear that what was entering the room wasn't a cloud but a gigantic flock of Giant Vampire Bats.

"OH," Prisma snarled, as the bats surrounded the three Nega Moon warriors, "WHAT ARE THESE THINGS?" As she began swatting at the bats, she dropped Rini. But before Rini could move she spotted a dark figure entering the store through the swarm of bats. He was clad in all black, with a black cowboy hat on his head, dark sunglasses over his eyes, and a black trench coat and cowboy boots. De Gara didn't even flinch as he walked up to Avocado and proceeded to punch her right in the face, sending her careening into a near by shelf.

"I decided to collect early," De Gara snarled, it was then he eyed Blood Moon, barely able to stand up, "let me guess you've transformed and you haven't fed yet?" He snapped his fingers and the bats began to disperse.

"One question," Blood Moon asked, "what kept you? And for the record everything in this store is rotten or spoiled."

"Oh you know," De Gara replied, "got stuck in traffic, had to find the place, you know the usual." He grabbed the Werewolf by the hand and pulled her to her feet.

"YOU AGAIN," Prisma shouted, "well this time you're on our turf. Droid Avocado destroy both of them."

"I'll deal with them," De Gara said, "you just find yourself something to eat, and I don't mean Human flesh."

"I maybe hungry," Blood Moon replied, angrily, "but I'm not that hungry."

"AVACADO BOMBS," Avocado shouted, as she hurled a cluster of pineapple bombs at De Gara. The Protector didn't even flinch as he drew his trade mark Katana, and began twirling the curved blade in front of him. The pineapples suddenly came to a halt right in front of him.

"Excuse me," De Gara said, smiling, "I believe these belong to you, and for the record I hate pineapples." He struck the pineapples with the blade of his sword and sent them careening back at Avocado. The pineapples exploded right when they slammed into the ground, covering Avocado in smoke.

"Well that wasn't much fun," De Gara said.

"Don't count on it boss," a voice said, over the radio in his ear, "She's not dead."

"You know Melvin," De Gara replied, smiling, "I hate it when you do this."

"Sorry it's just that," De Gara cut him off mid sentence.

"Cut to the chase will you how do I kill it?" De Gara said angrily.

"I'm picking up a jewel of some kind hidden deep within her belly," Melvin replied, "if you take it out, the creature should fall apart."

"That's all I need to know," De Gara replied, as he drew one of his .45 caliber hand guns and fired. The bullet streamed through the air, and just as Avocado prepared for her next assault the bullet struck her dead center in the abdomen, shattering the violet jewel in the center. However, the moment the bullet entered her system; it began releasing a seething blue liquid that seemed to set Avocado on fire, burning her from the inside out till she was reduced to a pile of ashes.

"Well that was fun," De Gara said, as he holstered his pistol. He then turned his attention to Avery and Prisma.

"OH," Avery shouted, "I'm not going to let some two bit drifter turn us all shades of red." Avery brought her whip around and prepared to strike, however before her whip could find its mark Blood Moon leapt in front of it, taking the blow right to the face, which left a blood red streak across her muzzle and right up to her left eye. Since Blood Moon's fur was the same color as her blood, it seemed to absorb the blood that was pouring out of the gash.

"Brave of you puppy," Avery said, laughing, "But not good enough." Blood Moon simply smiled, her bright white fangs glistening in the fading sunlight, slowly the gash on her face began to heal.

"Is that all you've got," Blood Moon said, snickering.

"What happened to 'all the meat was spoiled'," De Gara asked.

"They missed a couple T-Bone stakes," Blood Moon replied, "now are you going to help me out or not?" De Gara drew his katana.

"I thought you'd never ask," De Gara said, snickering. He held his sword up in a fighting stance, "I'll take the yellow one unless you want her."

"She's all yours," Blood Moon replied, as she lunged at Prisma, while De Gara focused on Avery. The nine foot Werewolf brought her razor sharp claws around and before Prisma could even block, Blood Moon's claws tore into her shoulders, and the Werewolf pinned her to the wall.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH RINI?" Blood Moon snarled, as her claws dug deeper into Prisma's shoulders.

"None of your business fluffy," Prisma shouted, as she discharged a burst of Nega Energy into the Werewolf's chest, blowing Blood Moon clear across the room. Slowly Blood Moon regained her foot, and once again the wound that had been inflicted seemed to heal almost instantly.

"Nice try," Blood Moon said, snickering, "care to try that again."

De Gara managed to dodge many of Avery's blasts, however a few had found their marks, sending him careening into a near by shelf, the impact of his body slamming into the shelf caused the rotted packaging to finally give way covering the young soldier in slime and rotten vegetables.

"Great," De Gara snarled, "now I can add dry cleaning to your bill." He reached behind his back, and suddenly unsheathed two daggers he had concealed under his coat. As Avery moved in for the kill, De Gara hurled the first dagger at the Nega Moon warrior. The dagger punched through her wrist like a hot knife through butter, though De Gara was a half-breed his strength was great enough that it sent Avery flying into a near by support column. As Avery screamed in pain, De Gara hurled his second dagger at her, this time punching through her thigh.

"You know," De Gara said, as he approached the struggling Avery, "I'm getting a little tired of this game, so how about we end it." He pulled a small silver cylinder from his belt.

"What's that?" Avery asked.

"This Grandma," De Gara replied, smiling, "is a Flame Grenade," he pressed a small red button on the top, "give my regards to your boss." He tossed the cylinder onto Avery's chest, and almost instantly the Nega Moon warrior erupted into a ball of fire. As Avery's screams began to fade De Gara's own heightened sense of hearing picked up the sounds of Prisma's screams coming from the back of the store.

Blood Moon shifted from paw to paw in her hiding place, waiting for her pray to come within range. She could smell Prisma's fowl stench. As the Nega Moon warrior approached Blood Moon's heightened senses of hearing and sight began picking up Prisma's labored breathing, from her hiding place Blood Moon could see that for the first time in her life, Prisma was deathly frightened. In her mind Blood Moon kept telling herself she was still Lita Kino, a Sailor Scout, but she was also a wolf, and as a wolf she needed to hunt. The previous night Blood Moon hadn't had a chance to use her new powers to their full strength, now she had that chance.

Finally Prisma came within range, and Blood Moon leapt out from behind a stack of artificial plants, the only thing Prisma felt was Blood Moon's talons digging into her shoulders, as the Werewolf shoved her into a near by wall.

"You sure don't know how to stay quiet," Blood Moon snarled, as her talons dug deeper into Prisma's shoulders.

"And you don't know what you've walked into Wolfe," Prisma replied, smiling, she discharged a burst of Nega Energy into the Werewolf's stomach, blatting her across the room.

"I really need more practice at this whole Werewolf superhero thing," Blood Moon said, to herself, as she regained her footing. She suddenly took notice of something rather peculiar, holding out her front paws, she saw what looked to be electricity jumping from between her fingers, a few seconds later both of her paws were encased in raw electricity. Prisma let out a loud shout as she leapt over a collapsed shelf, charging her fist with Nega Energy, how ever just as she prepared to strike the final blow, Blood Moon, acting on instinct hurled both balls of lightning at the advancing Nega Moon Warrior. Both of her balls struck Prisma right in the heart, blowing a large hole right through her, Prisma's life less body fell to the ground, slamming into a pile of rotted meat.

"Blood Moon," De Gara shouted, as he located the Werewolf, "you okay?" Blood Moon just sat there, holding her paws in front of her, she had no idea that she had such power and for the first time since she'd been transformed Blood Moon was truly afraid of what she'd become, what if it had been an innocent person she'd blasted, worse what if had been one of her friends?

"Are you listening?" De Gara shouted. Blood Moon finally snapped out of her shock.

"Um sorry," Blood Moon said, as De Gara helped her up. It was at that moment Rini emerged from her hiding place, she simply looked at Blood Moon, expecting the Werewolf to attack her.

"Uh," Blood Moon said, "well I guess I owe you an explanation huh Rini."

"Wait a minute," De Gara said, "this kid saw you transform?"

"You could say that," Blood Moon replied, "but I had no choice." De Gara didn't say anything as he drew one of his pistols and pointed it at Rini's head. However just before he could fire, Blood Moon knocked the gun out of his hand.

"Are you crazy," Blood Moon shouted, "What did she do?"

"She saw you transform," De Gara replied, angrily, "do want her to squeal about what you are, and if you haven't noticed in all the movies, the Werewolf usually ends up getting chased by an angry mob armed with pitchforks and torches."

"I know but she's just a little kid," Blood Moon replied.

"Not a good enough reason," De Gara said, as he drew his other gun. However just before De Gara could pull the trigger, a blood red rose came flying out of no where, striking him in his hand, and knocking the gun from his grasp.

Stay Tuned for Part IV: Dracula