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Chapter 6: Senshi Hunters, Part Three


Pluto watched the scene from her post and sighed. Everything was going as it should; which meant the Mercury were close to getting rid of this menace... but she was worried about the next enemy she would face, specially since her worst enemy was, herself. Pluto knew she would not be happy, for it was not easy to be forced to decide between her duty and her heart.


The next day...

"Still thinking about yesterday?" Hiwatari guessed, having met up with his partner at the fountain.

"I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried that whatever happened to Vulture wouldn't happen to me." Ami admitted.

"Then, trust yourself." Hiwatari advised. "If I could keep that guy at bay, you could do the same too."

"Thanks." Ami smiled. "I needed that."

"Man, you guys are gonna make me cry." Rex snorted mockingly.

"After you interrupted like that, yes, I'm going to make you cry for sure." Ami snapped.

"Oh, now I'm scared." Rex muttered.

"You should be." Ami glared. "Millennial Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up! Okay stray dino, let's dance."

"Of course." Rex said and dashed forward.

"Crystal Shield!"

Rex slammed into Mercury's shield and staggered back. Mercury then kicked his legs sending him crashing to the ground. He stood up and charged at Mercury, but the two shadows in the tree were faster.

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

The combined attacks wasn't strong enough to knock Rex out, but it was enough to send him staggering backwards, right into Mercury's attack path. The blue-haired Senshi didn't waste a second, sending a flurry of ice-magically-charged punches at Rex and finishing with a kick to the head. Rex fell to his knees and Mercury produced her Caduceus.

"Wait!" Hiwatari voiced.

Mercury looked at him, her eyes emotionless. "Satoshi... don't interfere. It's time for payback for all the Senshi he and his friend killed indiscriminately."

"Killing him is not going to solve anything." Hiwatari reminded.

"Shut up." Mercury snapped and rose her Caduceus, ready to blast Rex with her ice magic.

"You're gonna be a murderer just like them, and what for?" Hiwatari reasoned "Will it change what happened?"

Mercury hesitated for a second, giving Rex enough time to recover. The Hunter stood up quickly, punching Mercury in the guts and charging forwards.

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

The two hidden Outer Senshi's attacks knocked Rex into a tree.

Mercury then walked towards Rex and smiled humorlessly. "'Vengeance is not a good thing to live for.' that's what an old friend. And she's right. You guys are pitiful, jumping from planet to planet killing Senshi, and for what? It won't bring your home-world back. It'll just turn you into what you hate. You're really sad."

"Wow, nice speech, girl." Rex snorted mockingly as he stood up, ready to attack Mercury. But he never got the chance. Mercury delivered a powerful kick to Rex's 'jewels', and the Hunter doubled over.

"I guess that's enough of a payback for the moment." Mercury recalled her Caduceus.

"I... will... kill you." Rex hissed weakly from the ground, then vanished.

Hiwatari walked towards Mercury as she reversed her transformation. "Are you okay?"

Ami sighed. "Not really."

"I wish I knew what you're going through, but I don't." Hiwatari admitted. "I want to help you."

"You already did." Ami reminded, smiling. "You stopped me from killing Rex. Thank you. And I see I'm not the only Senshi who's awakened." she looked up at the tree the two Outer Senshi were standing on.


Vulture was standing in front of a plain-looking table inside the Hunters' ship. Rex walked into the room and noticed a holographic projection playing in the center of the table. It was from the battle he had fought two days earlier.

"So, why are you watching that?" Rex asked.

"'Vengeance is not a good thing to live for.'" Vulture repeated Mercury's quote and looked at his partner. "Do you think she's right?"

"I..." Rex fell silent for a moment. "I don't know."

"Have we really become what we hate? Have we been murdering innocents without a reason?" Vulture asked, mostly to himself, knowing Rex was probably asking himself the same silently.

"Maybe she's right." Rex admitted.


Rex and Vulture manifested in front of Ami.

"Hello, Mercury." Vulture greeted and putting Ami in attack mode as she produced her henshin pen.

"We're not here to fight, so calm down." Rex raised a brow at the pen.

"Then why are you here?" Ami frowned "You do realize I could beat you here and now, right?"

Vulture sighed, "I know I... we are partly responsible for what our group did in the other Senshi. But if what you said to Rex was meant to change our minds, it worked with us. We don't want to kill any more innocents. Hunting season is over for us."

"Still smells like a trap." Ami retorted.

"Oh come on. You know my style already." Rex said. "I'd be blasting at you by now if what I was looking for was a fight."

"Sorry, but... it won't be so easy for me to believe you." Ami reminded.

"We know. We came here just to tell you we won't attack you anymore. Still, we tried to talk some sense into the others but... they're not listening." Vulture remarked.

"I could just destroy you two and then go look for the other Hunters." Ami glared. "You deserve that for what you did. "

Rex sighed. "If you want to do it, go ahead. I won't stop the attack."

"But that will only turn you into what we... were." Vulture stated.

Ami looked at them for a few moments then sighed. "You''re right. I still don't trust you but I'll give you the benefit of doubt."


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