Disclaimer: Credit goes to LazerWulf for beta-reading this chapter and providing for some story ideas. Also, credit goes to Ninetalesuk and Belletiger for their roles in allowing me to use their respective characters.
My beta and I apologize for the long delay. We will do our best to get every chapter done and posted for this story during summer break. I intend to get Season 3, which we've entitled Dawn of Chaos, before the fall.
Nothing else left to say, but enjoy another action-packed chapter! =)
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The Triple Threat Awakening! The Makai Warriors Storm In!
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Central Section of Kaibaland Theme Park/Outside and near the Office & Security Building/10:11 PM
Yugi, Joey, and Morpheous arrived outside the main security facility. They managed to arrive without so much trouble. Their friends were inside the facility while hiding out from the demons swarming the theme park.
"Yug, let's go check in there," Joey pointed at the building.
The spiky-haired teen nodded, biting his lip. "Right."
"Serenity, please be safe," Morpheous muttered, holding out hope for his girlfriend.
Before they proceeded, a pair of swift and hooded figures jumped out of the bushes. The trio jumped back and glared down at the hooded creatures. They sported twisted, toothy smiles as they glared at the trio.
"Ugh, what da heck are those things?!" Joey freaked out.
Yugi growled, unsheathing his sword. "Get out of our way!"
"You're not going to keep me from Serenity!" Morpheous roared as he assumed a battle stance.
"Trick or treat!" One hooded figure, Mordun, snickered wickedly. "Keehahahaha!"
The other figure, Merdun, grinned. "Did we just spoil the fun?!"
"Last warning! Get out of our way!" Yugi shouted. "We're looking for our friends!"
"Awww, well, that's too bad. Why don't you play with us for a while?" Mordun giggled as he looked over to Merdun. "Shall we have some fun with them, Merdun?"
"I was just about to suggest that, myself, Mordun!"
Mordun and Merdun glided toward the three males. Suddenly, another wave of shadows came from behind the trio. Yugi, Joey, and Morpheous spread out as the shadows pursued them. Merdun flew behind Joey and slashed his back, knocking the Dragon Knight down.
"Joey!" Yugi roared as he was stopped by Mordun.
"Going somewhere, friend?!" Mordun cackled as he spat out green mist, which clung to Yugi's face.
"AUGH!!" The spiky-haired male grabbed his face, dropping his sword.
"Yugi! Joey!" Morpheous called out as he shifted toward the incoming hooded figures. "Damn, we're surrounded!"
As the three males looked around, the hooded apparitions taunted their prey. Morpheous went over to help Joey while bringing Yugi closer to him. Merdun and Mordun jumped out in front while licking their toothy mouths.
"Look at them, Merdun! They look so frightened!"
"Indeed. We ghouls really know how to make our prey shiver with fear! Keehahahaha!"
Mordun smirked. "Shall we eat them now?"
"But, of course, we can't leave out our friends," Merdun looked at the smaller, hooded ghouls. "Time to feast, my brothers!"
"KEEHAHAHAHAHA!!!" The ghouls cackled in unison as they encircled the trio.
"Damn!" Morpheous sneered as he covered his ears. "Their voices are really getting on my last nerves!"
"Yug!" Joey knelt over as he wiped off the green mist off his friend's face. "Our armors aren't letting us utilize their full power."
"I know," Yugi opened his eyes, regaining his sense of vision. "With the Orichalcos threat gone, our armors can't fully utilize their power. If only I still had my puzzle..."
"There's no point pondering 'what ifs,' Yugi," Morpheous overheard the teen.
Joey cursed under his breath. "He's right. We're just going to have to tough it out and fight with what we have. C'mon, Yug! Let's mow down these ugly freaks!"
"Right..." Yugi nodded, showing a bit of confidence on his face. Gripping his sword, he stood up and dashed forward. "Joey! Morpheous! Follow me!"
"Now, you're talking my language," the former Rajita general ran ahead and swerved around Mordun and Merdun. "Sorry, guys, but I'm not on anyone's menu, let alone yours."
Gathering a ball of light in his hands, Joey shot it at a ghoul and vaporized it. "Get back!"
"Let's get to that building. Hurry! As fast as you can!" Yugi shouted as he dashed forward.
Mordun growled as he flew ahead to stop Yugi. "Don't be so hasty! The fun hasn't even started!"
As Joey and Morpheous ran ahead, Merdun dropped in front of them and extended his arms forward. "What's the rush? I promise we will make this quick!"
The two Dragon Knights and the former Rajita general were left to deal with the demon ghouls for the time being. They were only within a few yards away from reaching their friends, who were inside the facility nearby.
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Meanwhile, not too far off from Yugi, Joey, and Morpheous, the Kuiper Belt Senshi were halted by more hooded ghouls.
"Great, more unwanted guests," Sailor Eris scoffed, pulling out her lasso. "I hope those Amazoness Quartet girls have finished evacuating all the people left in this place!"
Sailor Varuna frowned, balling up her fists. "You freaks better get the fuck out of my way, if you know what's good for you!"
"Cool it, Varuna! They're in OUR way!" Sedna corrected her. "We'll get to Lyn and her brothers in no time!"
"What makes you say that?" Sailor Orcus asked.
"Easy. We're Sailor Senshi and these freaks should be a piece of cake to us," the Ice Senshi smirked, winking to her friends. "We did beat the Neo-Animamates after all."
Sailor Ixion nodded. "That's a good point."
"C'mon, you ugly creeps!" Sailor Quaoar shouted as she stood poised to attack. With that, she drew out her lance and dashed ahead to bash a demon ghoul's face. "Let's take them, guys!"
Ixion jumped across as she executed a flying kick on a ghoul.
When two ghouls flew directly toward her, Orcus ran under a light post and extended her shadow. As she caught the ghouls' shadows using her own, she sealed them in place and clasped her hands tight.
Varuna teleported in front of two ghouls, and decapitated them both with a single swing from her axe.
As a ghoul came flying at her, Eris twirled her lasso and ensnared him by his head. She pulled and dragged the demon across while tightening her grip.
Sailor Sedna slammed her Ice Trident down as a wall of ice formed. The ghouls that tried to get to her hit the wall in front of them.
As Varuna glanced toward the same building Yugi, Joey and Morpheous were headed towards a while ago, she scowled and tried to move ahead. She stopped as another ghoul reached out to grab her. She teleported on its opposite side and blasted him with a ball of light, which vaporized the pitiful demon.
"Varuna!" Sedna called out to the blonde. "If you're going into that building, I'm going with you!"
"Thanks, but I think I can handle it on my own!" Sailor Varuna shouted back.
"Fat chance, Varuna. You're not going alone. There might be more of those freaks in there waiting to ambush you!"
She reluctantly nodded and raced ahead. "Fine, then follow me, kid!"
Sailor Sedna snorted. "I wish you wouldn't call me that." Nonetheless, she dashed ahead to catch up with Varuna. "Eris, Ixion, Orcus, Quaoar, I'll leave these things to you guys! We'll be waiting in that building ahead!"
"Right!" The other Senshi responded in unison.
This allowed Sailor Sedna and Sailor Varuna to go on ahead towards the building ahead of them. Varuna's main concern, besides her fellow Senshi, was for Lyn, Max, and Sam.
"Look, there!" Sedna exclaimed as she turned to see Yugi, Joey, and Morpheous fighting off Mordun, Merdun, and other ghouls.
Varuna narrowed her eyes and continued her path. "Those guys are friends of Lyn and Seto! You should probably go help them."
"Right! If they're here, then Lyn and her brothers could be inside! We'll meet you in there, Varuna!"
"Gotcha!" Sailor Varuna shouted as she flew across and kicked down the backdoor to the facility. As she raced inside, she started down the corridors ahead.
Sailor Sedna swerved around as she went to aid Yugi, Joey, and Morpheous. "Damn it, Varuna! I didn't want you going in there alone, but I can't just ignore these guys, either. I hope you can find your friends in there."
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Inside the Central Office & Security Building/10:13 PM
As they overheard commotion from outside, the other Duelists tried to peer through the glass windows to see through the darkness. They could barely manage to see flashing lights and explosions in the background.
"Can you see what's going on out there?" Tristan asked as he approached Tea.
Tea nodded, biting down on her bottom lip. "Nothing. I can't see anything!"
"I swore I heard Yugi and Joey out there, but now I don't know," Duke said.
Lyn was sitting in a corner with her brothers while Seto checked every door across the corridor. Mokuba and Aoshi walked out of an office room while closing the door behind them.
"Were you able to close the windows in there, Mokuba?" Seto asked his brother.
"Yep, got them all," Mokuba nodded in affirmation.
"I'm not even sure if locked doors will keep them out for long. If a Taiyoukai finds us, we're done for," Aoshi reminded them of the worst case scenario. "But, these low-class demons should be kept out for a while."
"At least you can transform into a Lycan if things get hairy," Sam affirmed.
"This is no time for puns, bro," Max shook his head.
As she pulled away from the window, Tea rubbed her eyes. "I can't even see out there, but I swore that I heard Yugi and Joey."
"Like I said, it has to be them! They know where we are," Duke said.
"Then, let's get this door open!" Tristan exclaimed. "If they're coming here..."
"Wait! You can't! Those demons might be outside waiting to ambush us!" Aoshi called out. "I'm sure your friends will fend them off once they get here!"
"Well, they do still have their Dragon Knight armor," Serenity wondered. "My brother, Yugi, and Seto I mean."
Mai folded her arms while leaning against the wall. "Well, Seto can still fight these things. I say we send him out there to give them a hand."
"But..." Lyn glanced over toward Seto and expressed concern for his armor's mystic power. Has his armor's energy really been deteriorating? "Seto, you think you can fight?"
"I don't know..." Seto muttered.
"But your armor…"
"What about it, Lyn? Look, I'm not about to let anything happen to you, or our brothers."
Lyn spoke up. "And the others?"
"Yeah, yeah, them, too," Seto turned away as he pressed his hand on the door. "Back off." He simply made himself clear and pushed Tristan aside.
"Seto! Are you seriously going out there?! What if..." Mokuba stopped as he watched his brother unlock the door. "Seto."
"Lyn, take care of our brothers. Make sure everyone is fine," the CEO instructed as he opened the door and stepped outside to head off the demon hordes. No snide remark. Nothing sarcastic. He meant business.
Lyn couldn't have been anymore happier than she was now.
"Ok, let's review," Duke blinked as he turned toward his friends. "Was that Kaiba just now or some imposter wearing his armor?"
Tristan scoffed. "No, that was the real deal, but he's insane if he's going out there by himself!"
"He won't be alone," Tea said. "Yugi is out there."
"Don't forget my brother!" Serenity exclaimed. "And Morpheous, too!"
Aoshi smiled while looking back to Max, Mokuba, and Sam. "No doubt Yui-chan and Cammy-chan are schooling that armadillo by now!"
"Oh yeah!" The boys cried out in unison.
"Seto..." Lyn chuckled, brushing her hair aside. "It's about time you put your pride aside. You can thank me for bringing the good qualities out of you."
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West Shinjuku District/Kaibaland Theme Park/Western Section/10:16 PM
The Tamers and their digimon partners were locked in a struggle against Madeira. War Growlmon, Beelzebumon, and Inferno Inumon carried out their attacks as they blasted the wooden Taiyoukai from all sides. Watching from inside Taomon's barrier, the Tamers and the other digimon cheered out in encouragement.
The tide of the battle was shifting back to their favor.
It was time for both the Beast and Victory Tamers to team-up with their digimon partners. As Taomon started to lower her barrier, everyone immediately stepped out as the poisonous mist dissipated. It was now clear for them to come out into the open and push the assault further.
"All right, guys! Let's show this giant wooden freak what we're made of!" Suzakato exclaimed as fire quickly surrounded him.
Both Tamer teams and their digimon partners emerged to carry out their attack on Madeira. Suzakato flew off to give a hand to War Growlmon and the others. Himakko followed the phoenix warrior to aid Inferno Inumon.
"Taomon! This is a job for Sakuyamon!" Seirika called out, displaying her D-Ark.
Henbu held out his D-Ark. "You, too, Rapidmon!"
As both Taomon and Rapidmon de-digivolved to their rookie forms, they quickly prepared to digivolve to their mega forms.
"Terriermon MEGA SHINKA... MEGA GARGOMON!!"
"Renamon MEGA SHINKA... SAKUYAMON!!"
In place of the two rookies were a green-armored giant and a golden-armored female warrior.
Madeira roared as War Growlmon picked him up and slammed him to the pavement. War Growlmon jumped on top of Madeira and stabbed him repeatedly with his shoulder blades. The wooden demon roared angrily as he kicked War Growlmon off and tried to recover. Beelzebumon blasted Madeira's left side with his cannon blaster.
Mega Gargomon laughed while smashing his fists. "I bet you thought I was gonna say 'It's clobberin' time!' Right, Henry?"
"Just attack him!" Henbu shouted, getting his partner's attention.
"Right-o!" Mega Gargomon chuckled as he charged and punched Madeira. The blow registered and knocked the wooden demon back. "Hahaha! How's that?!"
"Stop showboating, Mega Gargomon!" Sakuyamon cried out as she raised her staff. "Rika!"
Seirika smirked. "Attack together!" With that, she also raised her trident. "Thunder Trident Fury!!"
"Amethyst Mandala!!" The golden-armored digimon shouted, summoning a massive ring of golden energy.
Before Madeira could react, the golden ring lowered over his head and tightened around his body. The ring managed to bind the wooden demon as Seirika's thunder blasted off a section of his head.
"Nice shot, Rika!" Suzakato exclaimed as he looked back to War Growlmon. "Let him have another Atomic Blaster, buddy!"
"Coming right up!" War Growlmon replied as his chest armor opened. A bright red flash erupted out of his chest and launched out into a scorching energy beam. "Atomic Blaster!!"
As the beam shot forward, Madeira turned but was blasted back. He didn't have enough time to respond as he was once again at War Growlmon's mercy.
Inferno Inumon landed down beside Himakko and de-digivolved back to Inumon.
"Time for Youkai Inumon to take action!" The Warrior of Byakko declared.
With that, Himakko's D-Ark reacted and allowed Inumon to digivolve to his mega form.
"Inumon MEGA SHINKA... YOUKAI INUMON!!"
The Victory Tamers lined up together alongside their digimon partners. Kazu, Guardromon, Kenta, Marine Angemon, Jeri, Felinismon, Antiramon, Phillipe, and Catramon waited for the right opportunity to spring forth their attacks.
"Ready to kick some ass, honey?" Ranamon asked, shifting her eyes toward Grottomon.
The Warrior of Earth nodded in reply while lifting his hammer. "Let's smash him into pieces!"
Suddenly, Madeira slowly started to rise while standing up on his left knee. He uttered a deep chuckle as he shot a glance at the Tamers and digimon glaring him down. Although he was surrounded, Madeira did not let the massive numbers bother him. In fact, he was looking forward to fighting all of them at once.
Madeira's pride would not allow him to run away as he started charging down his enemy's path. War Growlmon and Mega Gargomon were the first to cut off Madeira's path since they were the largest of the digimon. Both digimon grappled with Madeira while pushing him back.
"YOU WON'T HOLD ME BACK FOR LONG!!" The Taiyoukai of Wood roared, struggling to hold his ground with Mega Gargomon and War Growlmon blocking his path. "RAAAGH!!!"
"Hold him back, War Growlmon!!" Suzakato cheered on his partner.
Henbu tightened his left fist, gritting his teeth. "C'mon, Mega Gargomon!"
"Let's get a piece of the action, Guardromon!" Kazu jumped up as he hopped onto Guardromon's back. "Lead the way, buddy!" With that, the machine digimon took off and launched missiles through his hands.
"Guardian Barrage!!"
The missiles struck Madeira's head but only managed to blast away another section of wood.
"Jeez, this guy just won't stop coming!" Kenta exclaimed. "Marine Angemon, try trapping him with your bubbles!"
"Pi...?" Marine Angemon glanced toward Madeira and puffed up.
"Let's go, Phillipe!" Catramon called out as she dashed off and digivolved. "Catramon MEGA SHINKA... ARTEMISMON!!" The Amazon somersaulted forward as she readied her bow and arrows.
As he raced across, Phillipe quickly arrived and stood beside his partner.
"Hey, Jeri! Try reading this freak's mind!" Felinismon suggested as she leaped over beside Artemismon.
Jeri did as her partner suggested and scanned the Taiyoukai's mind. She focused and carefully probed until she nearly fainted, gasping to catch her breath.
"Jeri?! What's wrong?" Himakko turned around as he rushed over to his friend's side. "What did you see?"
"Darkness. Blood. Death. It's nothing I wanted to see!" Jeri whispered while holding her head. "If I scan his mind any further, I'd go insane!"
"It's okay. We'll put this monster in his place and help everyone else," Himakko stated as he helped Jeri up. "We're not the only ones battling these monsters right now."
Youkai Inumon growled while holding his swords. "I'm not surprised Jeri couldn't read that monster's mind. I really can't imagine the sheer horrors of what goes on in there."
"I wish... I could have scanned a little further. I need a little more training in my psychic abilities," Jeri felt ashamed.
"It's okay. We'll beat this guy. Right, Felinismon?"
The feline digimon purred with excitement. "Yep! Don't worry, Jeri! I won't let you down!" With that, she assumed a battle stance and eyed Madeira agressively.
As Madeira looked at his surroundings, he saw that Mega Gargomon, War Growlmon, Sakuyamon and Youkai Inumon had him trapped. Beelzebumon descended from the skies as he took a shot and blasted Madeira's back.
"GAAARGH!!!" Madeira howled as he looked up and fired eye beams at Beelzebumon.
The winged demon evaded the incoming beams and twisted around to fire another guided blast. As the blast hit the wooden demon, Madeira fell back as Mega Gargomon fired a salvo of missiles at his direction.
"Mega Barrage!!"
As the missiles bombarded Madeira's body, the wooden demon froze stiff as parts of his wooden body cracked. Sakuyamon summoned a mystically-powered wind as it blew toward Madeira. This wind carried along hundreds of purple crystalline shards as they pounded and ripped areas of Madeira's wooden body.
"Amethyst Wind!!"
"Now! My turn!" Youkai Inumon roared as his body became covered with black flames. He started spinning and propelled himself toward Madeira. "Demonic Flame Tornado!!" As he propelled faster, he drilled through Madeira's body as the dark flames started covering the giant.
"Yeah! Nice one, Youkai Inumon!" War Growlmon cheered on his digimon colleague.
"Look! I think he's weakening!" Suzakato exclaimed. "Time for us to turn up the heat, War Growlmon!"
With that, Suzakato and War Growlmon charged up their attacks while simultaneously firing them.
"Atomic Blaster!!"
"Firepalm Blast!!" The Warrior of Suzaku shouted, shooting a streamlined blast of fire.
As the two attacks coalesced, the attack widened into a scorching beam covered with blazing flames. Madeira could not recover from Youkai Inumon's last attack and the beam struck him. He roared out in bloody murder as the dark and light flames swallowed his entire body. He quickly started running around as he became a walking inferno.
Artemismon observed and nodded with approval. "Good work, guys! I guess you figured out that fire can overcome wood!"
"Luckily we had Suzakato, War Growlmon, and Youkai Inumon on our side!" Felinismon replied.
"Well, that was easy! And I didn't even need to get involved!" Phillipe watched with astonishment.
"Let's not celebrate too soon. This guy is still a threat and we need to put out the fires in the park." The Amazon digimon said as she scooped Phillipe up and flew off toward the direction of the Beast Tamers.
"Well shucks! I'll put out these nasty flames!" Ranamon scoffed as she washed away the flames that covered areas of the theme park. "Whippin' Waves!!" With a wave of her hands, her elemental water extinguished the flames.
Grottomon watched as the flame-covered Madeira charged toward them. "Here he comes!"
"That wave did the trick. I'll get rid of the remaining fires," Seirika stated as she performed a few, rapid hand movement to perform her newest attack. A column of water shot up from under her feet and transformed into a dragon-like shape. "Torrential Dragon!!" As she grabbed the trident hanging by her side, she raised it and pointed it forward - commanding the dragon to launch itself at Madeira. "Wash that fire away, water dragon!"
As the dragon maneuvered forward, it opened its gaping mouth and slammed against the fire-covered demon. The cool waters put out the scorching flames as Madeira's body was charred and completely black. As a result of the fire's damage, his demon energy was cut down to half of his original strength.
"Yeah! We got him!" Suzakato was ecstatic. "We're actually going to beat a Taiyoukai!"
War Growlmon nodded with approval. "I like the sound of that!"
"It's not over yet! We still have to put him down permanently!" Artemismon called out.
Himakko replied as he rejoined Youkai Inumon. "Got that right."
"We can't let this guy recover! Let's waste him until there's nothing left!" Kenta cried out.
Kazu grinned. "And this time we're all going to get our licks in!"
Guardromon pretended to spit his hands and balled up his fists. "Shall we get started, my friends?"
"I call first dibs, kids!" Beelzebumon called out.
"Hey, no fair!" Kazu and Kenta spat out.
The demon lord shrugged and blasted Madeira with his gun blaster. "Ya snooze, ya lose."
"C'mon, guys! Let's get serious!" Antiramon rolled her eyes as she checked on Suzie, Ai and Makoto. "Glad to see you three are holding up."
"We're just fine. Thanks, Antiramon!" Suzie smiled, waving up to her partner.
"Beelzebumon's kicking butt out there!" Makoto poked his head out.
Ai quickly looked out. "Let me see! Let me see!"
As Ai looked out toward Beelzebumon and the other digimon, she smiled with delight. She then glanced over toward Madeira's burnt, crippled form as her eyes watered in joy.
"Wow! Beelzebumon and his friends are winning! Hooray!" Ai cheered happily as she tightly embraced her brother.
As the girl embraced him, Makoto gagged and attempted to push her off. "You're... choking... ack... need air... in lungs...!"
Suzie giggled as she winked to Antiramon. "Don't mind those two."
Antiramon sweatdropped. "Um, right."
Meanwhile, as the Tamers, their digimon, and the two Legendary Warriors were preparing for another full-on assault, Madeira struggled to even move his crippled body. His eyes beamed out as he couldn't handle having his pride crushed.
"How... How could... I be on the... losing end... against children and... their beast companions? What are these beasts? Are they demons from Makai...? No, even I cannot identify them..." Madeira murmured while barely moving his limbs. "Must... recover strength... quickly... If my brethren are not careful, they, too, will be in trouble..."
Suzakato frowned as he unfolded his arms. "Let's end this, guys!"
"RIGHT!!"
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Nearby, Rio finished his Demon Sun Stone transformation. Sailor Venus was astounded by her boyfriend's black and red armor, but most importantly… his power. It felt similar to a demon's Youki, but not quite the same.
"As you can see, this is my transformation," Rio took a deep breath, relaxing his body as he displayed his armor to Venus. "But, before I received this stone, I still had a power of my own. You see, my ancestors were priests of a shrine. They practiced the spiritual arts and my family grew up with spiritual abilities of our own. I was able to summon spiritual creatures to play with and protect me when I was a boy. Though, once I was implanted with this stone, my spirit animals weren't that friendly anymore."
"The stone corrupted them?"
"Yes, but they're still loyal to me."
"Can your brother summon spiritual creatures like you?"
"Yes, however, when we were implanted with the stones, we received an additional power. As possessor of the Demon Sun Stone, I'm able to suppress the power of any being that utilizes the elements of fire and earth."
"Luckily, I don't use fire or earth."
"Relax, we're not enemies, Minako-san," Rio approached the Senshi of Love and embraced her, putting his arms around her. "We're on the same page. I'm just glad I can finally tell you my secret."
Venus smiled as she returned the embrace. "Considering that our relationship is still pretty new, it's not surprising that we were keeping secrets from each other. I'm just glad neither of us has to get at each other's throats about trust. I've always wanted to be with someone I can depend on and who would never belittle me for what I do."
"Nah, I'd never do that. I'm relieved that we both have come to an understanding. After all, we both are fighting the same war."
As Venus pulled back, she asked directly. "Rio-kun, are your powers enough to stop the Taiyoukai?"
"Not all of them, but I'll do whatever I can!"
"And so will we," Venus reassured him. "My friends are out there trying to defeat them. Heck, we've made a lot of friends who have helped us defeat powerful enemies before! We even stopped an alien invasion that nearly destroyed this planet three years ago!"
"I remember that. I could have come out to fight, but I didn't want to leave my sister."
As Kohana was brought to her attention, Venus gasped. "Kohana! Rio-kun, where's your sister now?!"
"Don't worry. She has someone protecting her."
"Who?"
Rio smiled a bit, giving Sailor Venus a glimmer of hope. "She has her own spiritual creature that protects her."
Venus sighed with relief. "Really? Well, I hope that she's alright… wherever she is."
"I know she'll be okay as long as she's with Shiro," the young man affirmed.
"Shiro? That's his name?"
"Yes, and he's a very loyal partner. They're probably hiding somewhere."
Venus smiled a bit. "Well, now I feel better. If you say Shiro will protect Kohana, then that's one less thing I have to worry about."
"They'll be fine. But, right now, you and I have to get to your friends. They're going to need all the help they can get, right?"
"You bet!" Venus exclaimed as she turned around and faced the city in the far-off distance. "Does your armor allow you to fly?"
"Yes," Rio confirmed.
"Good. I won't have to carry you then!"
"I hope you're not implying that I'm too heavy for you, Minako-san."
"Well, I don't want to have to worry about carrying you and fighting at the same time."
"You've got a point, Minako-san."
With that, Venus pulled out her Henshin Dagger. "I'm going to need to fight at my very best."
"What's that in your hand?"
"It's a secondary transformation device. What you're seeing is my Eternal form," Venus showed off her Eternal Senshi uniform. "But, with this item, I can jump up another level. Behold!"
Rio stepped back as he gave his girlfriend room to transform.
"Venus Valkyrie Power! Make-Up!" The blonde-haired heroine cried out as her Eternal outfit was replaced by her Valkyrie armor. As her transformation ended, Venus struck a pose and smiled. "What do you think?"
"Amazing. Your power suddenly just went way up!" Rio exclaimed in astonishment.
"Thank you, Rio-kun. Oh, and while I'm in this form, I'm able to call upon a spirit animal of my own."
"Really? What kind of beast can you summon?"
"A unicorn. I call her Uni-chan, but you'll be able to see her in action when I call her. Now, c'mon, there's no time to lose!" Venus said as she reached out to Rio and grabbed his hands. "I can't wait to see you in action, Rio-kun!"
Rio nodded. "You won't be disappointed, Minako-san. Now, let's go."
"Right! Follow me!" Venus said as she flew off with Rio as they both raced toward the city. This is great! Rio-kun is actually going to fight alongside us! I can't wait to see the others' reactions! They're going to flip! All right, Taiyoukai… it's about time we kick you out of our city!
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Southern District/10:20 PM
Ardhamon, Jet Silphymon, Rhino Kabuterimon, and Daipenmon were locked in a struggle against another one of the eight Taiyoukai, Relam, the falcon-like Taiyoukai of Thunder.
Ardhamon evaded a lightning blast that Relam fired from above. The lightning bolt collided with the ground and blasted a chunk of the earth, leaving nothing but a deep crater.
"Man! Those bolts of his are nasty business! Keep you guards up, guys!" Ardhamon shouted to his friends.
Rhino Kabuterimon glanced around frantically. "I'm trying, Ardhamon! I'm not exactly quick on my feet in this form!"
Jet Silphymon looked up as she saw Relam circling the skies. "Ugh, he's too fast for us. I can't even hit him with any of my attacks!"
Daipenmon squawked. "Here he comes again!"
"Crap," Ardhamon scoffed, assuming a battle stance. "Where the hell are Kouji and Kouichi?! We could use their help!"
Before long, Relam took another nosedive as he prepared to launch another lightning blast.
"Frozen Hunter!!"
"Black Theorem!!"
As the giant wolf of light energy and the blazing spear shot toward him, Relam directed his lightning blast away and cancelled out the two attacks. He twisted around to see Beowulfmon and Reichmon on arrival.
"About time you two showed up!" Ardhamon exclaimed, relieved to see the brothers arrive unexpectedly.
Beowulfmon jumped off and landed beside the Warrior of Fire. "We got sidetracked by some unwanted guests."
"But, we took care of them. Who is this guy?" Reichmon noticed Relam.
"He calls himself Relam, and he's a Taiyoukai," Daipenmon confirmed.
"Yeah, just as Takato and his friends warned us," Ardhamon nodded. "And this guy is fast! I mean REALLY fast. So, don't let your guard down and keep your eyes open!"
"Like that's going to help us any," Rhino Kabuterimon snorted. "He's still kicking our butts!"
As the warriors continued to bicker, Relam landed down and folded his arms. He seemed rather calm despite the sudden arrival of Beowulfmon and Reichmon.
Just then, he turned to find another surprise guest.
"HEY! Looks like I came just in time, right?" A gruff voice called out.
The six warriors were caught off guard as they followed the direction of the voice. They looked toward their right side and saw Arbormon hopping off the top of a Ferris wheel. The Warrior of Wood joined his fellow warriors and smashed his fists.
"Arbormon! It's good to see ya, buddy!" Ardhamon said.
Arbormon popped his knuckles and his neck. "You can just call me Vega, you know." He looked up to notice Relam. "Hn, so he's a Taiyoukai? Yeah, Mercury and her friends just left to fight those other creeps."
"Good. They can help take care of the rest for us. That just leaves this guy with us!" Jet Silphymon replied.
Beowulfmon added. "Ready, Ardhamon?"
"Let's do it!" The Warrior of Fire roared out, gliding out toward Relam to attack him.
With that, the other Legendary Warriors followed and unleashed their attacks toward Relam. The Taiyoukai of Thunder merely flew up, retaining that calm and peaceful demeanor.
"I can keep this up all night, warriors. Continue to entertain me."
"Jet Silphymon! Let's do it!" Ardhamon called out as he fired fire blasts through his cannons. "Atomic Inferno!!"
"Ultra Turbulence!!"
The fire and whirlwind attacks fused into a spinning funnel of flames. Relam flew up as he led the flame funnel toward the skies and swerved out of the way. He looked down as Daipenmon and Rhino Kabuterimon directed their attacks at him.
"Ha, big mistake. Attack me with lightning?" Relam scoffed.
Daipenmon opened his mouth as he spat out an icy, cold breath. "Arctic Freeze!!"
Relam merely evaded the ice wind and sighed with boredom.
"Wait! Rhino Kabuterimon! Stop!" Beowulfmon shouted.
"HUH?! WHY?!" The Warrior of Thunder spat out frantically.
Reichmon warned his colleague about the Taiyoukai's obvious element. "Don't you get it? You're the Warrior of Thunder. If you use your lightning against him, you'll only make him stronger!"
"Oh... yeah. Darn, I feel so stupid," Rhino Kabuterimon sighed.
Relam smirked as he glanced down at Beowulfmon and Reichmon. "Congratulations, you two have a clear understanding of the elements. Yes, your friend's lightning attack would have only fed me and made me much stronger. Wise choice to stop him."
"You'd best to back off!" Beowulfmon scowled as he readied his saber.
Arbormon watched Relam. "There's got to be a way to put him down." But, what stops lightning? Think! If Dimitro was here, he'd figure it out! The Warrior of Flame exclaimed to his friends. "Stay on him guys! Even he's going to tire out eventually!"
Relam chuckled in amusement. "Nonsense. You young warriors will exhaust before I show any fatigue."
"That's some big talk coming from you!" The Warrior of Wind spat out.
"Don't worry. I'll make your deaths quick and painless," the falcon spread out his arms. A subtle golden aura outlined his entire body as electricity sparked around his aura. "Now, pay attention. I will show you the strength of a Toushin." Once his wings spread out, he turned into a bolt of lightning and shot down at the Legendary Warriors.
"THUNDER BLITZ!!"
Wham!!
He struck Ardhamon and Jet Silphymon first as they were knocked back.
Bam!!
Rhino Kabuterimon and Daipenmon were next to fall in line.
Bash!!
Beowulfmon, Reichmon, and Arbormon were knocked back by the quick bolt of lightning.
As the seven warriors were laid out, the lightning bolt shot upward and transformed back into Relam. The falcon chuckled at his handiwork.
"Really now. Is this all you have? I am quite disappointed," the Taiyoukai of Thunder sighed, passing along by the prone warriors. "I assumed you'd give me a decent warm-up. Oh well. I suppose I'll find some other worthy fighters." Just then, he sensed his brethren from opposite directions. He turned toward the outside of the theme park. "Yeti's engaged in battle I see." Pivoting his head to the other direction, he probed a stronger Youki. "Ironclaw and Madeira, too. They're pretty busy. That just leaves four of us to awaken."
As Relam looked up, he prepared to fly off.
That is until he felt something holding his left foot. Relam glanced down at Ardhamon holding his ankle.
"...where do you think you're going, birdbrain? We're not finished yet."
Relam sneered with dissatisfaction. "You still have some fight left in you?"
"...are you kidding? These aren't even our strongest forms... you're in for a surprise!" Ardhamon exclaimed.
"I am? Well, show me then," Relam pulled his foot away and used his right foot to kick Ardhamon's face. "Humph, get up!"
BOOM!!
A collection of blasts bombarded near Relam as the falcon avoided the attacks. He flew up and scanned his surroundings.
"WHOA!!" Ardhamon shouted as he rolled away. "Watch it!"
"Looks like ya blokes need a hand!" A familiar voice, which Ardhamon recognized, bellowed out.
The Warrior of Fire blinked. "Wait... no way. Is that who I think it is?!"
As Ardhamon lifted his head, he looked ahead to see Chuu - the mohawk wearing drunken demon. Chuu wasn't alone. Standing behind him were Rinku, Jin, Touya, Shishiwakamaru, and the 'Beautiful' Suzuka.
"Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes! It's you guys!" Ardhamon jubilantly smiled as his spirits were raised. "Chuu! And you brought the whole gang!"
As the other warriors slowly moved, they opened their eyes and saw Yusuke's demon friends in view.
"Hi-ya, my lovely fairy!" Jin waved, hovering in mid-air.
Jet Silphymon shook her head and blinked thrice. "Jin?!"
"Well, this is a surprise, but I'm glad to see you guys again!" Rhino Kabuterimon teared up with joy.
Daipenmon shook his head. "Woohoo! You guys know how to make an entrance!"
Shishiwakamaru scoffed, shifting his eyes toward Chuu. "We would have gotten here sooner if Chuu hadn't decided to raid another bar on our way."
"Can't help but follow the smell of booze, mate," Chuu grinned like the crazy drunkard that he was.
"Yeah, that's the Chuu I remember," Beowulfmon rolled his eyes.
Rinku pointed up toward the airborne falcon. "Look up there!"
"That must be one of the Taiyoukai I've been hearing about," Touya studied Relam from his distance. "Yeah, his Youki is stronger than average S-Class demons."
"No surprise that our friends here couldn't have kicked that rooster's butt!" Suzuka said.
"It's a falcon," Reichmon corrected him.
Arbormon coughed, lifting his head up. "Last I checked, chickens aren't birds of prey, right?"
"Rooster, falcon! Big difference! They're both birds!" The 'Beautiful' Suzuka spat out.
"You're hopeless," sighed the demon ice warrior.
Chuu interjected. "Makes no difference to me, mates! Our friends here need a hand and we're gonna give 'em one!" He popped his knuckles and spat out a toothpick he chewed on. "We'll go look for Yusuke and his boys after we make fried chicken outta that bird!"
Relam observed the new arrivals and chuckled. "More challengers? The fun doesn't end."
"Beowulfmon! Let's level up to Z-Hybrids and better our odds!" Ardhamon suggested.
The Warrior of Light snorted. "But, without the other spirits, our Z-Hybrid forms will only fight with half their original strength."
"It's better than nothing! Let's do it, Kouji!"
With that, both Ardhamon and Beowulfmon stood up and held out their D-Scanners.
"EXECUTE! Slide Evolution! Kaiser Greymon!"
"EXECUTE! Slide Evolution! Magna Garurumon!"
"Ah, this should be interesting," Jin smiled and watched the two A-Hybrids transform.
Relam tilted his head as the two Z-Hybrids stood before him. Would this be the worthy challenge that he has long waited for? Takuya and Kouji were about to show Relam.
Meanwhile, looking on from behind a pile of debris, Tambo had regained consciousness.
"They're... fighting one of the Taiyoukai?" Tambo whispered as he hid behind a wall of debris. "I better report back to Demento." With Relam around, his use wasn't required as he teleported to Demento's location.
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Eastern Section/10:24 PM
Unlike Relam, Ironclaw was on the receiving end of a painful beat down by both Yusuke and Kuwabara. Cammy only added to the thrashing on the metal-based Taiyoukai.
Risho and Dr. Ichigaki looked on with utter disgust and disbelief over Ironclaw's performance.
"I thought this Taiyoukai would have enough strength to crush those damn boys!" Ichigaki growled with utter disgust.
Risho snorted. "Maybe the long sleep severely weakened the Taiyoukai."
"No! That can't be true! Demento kept blabbering on how their strength rivaled even the former Three Demon Kings!"
The dark-haired demon sighed, watching the battle in the distance. "Guess these Taiyoukai were all hype, but no substance. How disappointing."
Ironclaw slowly picked himself up. Sections of his metallic armor started to chip away while his eyes glazed over. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Cammy stood their ground as they prepared to mount an attack.
"Damn, he's persistent," Kuwabara scoffed, showing annoyance toward Ironclaw's refusal to quit.
Yusuke nodded. "Guess he enjoys getting his ass handed to him."
"To think, this guy is a Taiyoukai. How pitifully disappointing," Cammy remarked. "I wonder if Yui-chan has her thing ready."
"What thing?" The orange-haired teen inquired, overhearing Cammy's rambling on her friend's secret weapon.
"HEY, GUYS!!" The voice of Lady Lupin called out. As Yusuke and the others looked ahead, they saw Lady Lupin standing with her sword. However, there was a mystical aura flaring around the blade. It shimmered and flickered into a blue flame while surrounding the weapon's blade. "Sorry for the wait!"
"Yui-chan!" Cammy called out to her friend. "Yeah! Great job getting your new technique to work!"
Yusuke smirked. "Atta, girl!"
"What's with her sword? I'm sensing strong spirit energy in it. I mean... it's practically covered in blue flames!" Kuwabara pointed out the obvious.
"It's thanks to Genkai. As soon as I returned from the Makai, Keiko and I took Yui-chan and Cammy-chan to Genkai for a bit of training," The former Spirit Detective reminded his orange-haired former rival.
"Really?"
"Yeah, the kids needed to really sharpen their spiritual power. I made sure to keep an eye on the kids and advise them."
Kuwabara nodded as he listened, not realizing that any of this occurred to him. "Wow, I wish I could have been there! Looks like I missed out on some intense stuff."
"Well, now you get to see what Cammy-chan is capable of. Watch what Lady Lupin can do with her spirit energy."
"Should be something to look forward to, Urameshi."
Ironclaw shifted his eyes toward Lady Lupin and growled. "So, you want some more?!"
"Seems like Cammy-chan and the boys kicked your ass. Look at you. You're pathetic!" Lady Lupin spat out, holding her flaming weapon. As she paced forward, the flames flared around the blade. "Mind if I pick up where I left off?"
Yusuke nodded in approval. "He's all yours." With that, he stepped aside. "This guy didn't even get me or lug head here a chance to sweat."
"Lug head," Kuwabara miffed, but he managed to shrug it off and take it as a compliment.
"You go, girl!" Cammy called out.
Lady Lupin dashed forward with her flaming weapon in hand. Ironclaw snarled as he curled up into a giant ball and rolled down Lady Lupin's direction. The female warrior quickly swerved out of Ironclaw's path and leaped over to slash her sword across vertically. With a single stroke, her sword cut through Ironclaw's armored shell. Ironclaw quickly uncurled himself and roared out in pain. The sword's attack managed to inflict a deep cut across Ironclaw's back.
"Wow, it actually worked," Lady Lupin grinned with satisfaction. "Then again, fire works best against metal."
"Yeah! Now take him apart!" Yusuke exclaimed.
Lady Lupin twirled her weapon as she quickly dashed at Ironclaw. "We're just getting warmed up!" She paced forward and vanished from Ironclaw's eyes.
Slash!!
Ironclaw's chest split open as blood splattered out of a long, deep gash. Lady Lupin reappeared with her sword now stained by the demon's blood. She shifted her eyes on the wounded Taiyoukai and slashed his chest repeatedly. Ironclaw stepped back to avoid getting cut by the female's weapon. Lady Lupin crouched back and lunged forward as she impaled the flaming sword through Ironclaw's chest wound.
Shick.
"RAAAAUGH!!!!" The armadillo demon roared as he fell back. The mystic flames started to eat away at his metallic armor.
Lady Lupin continued to push the sword deeper through Ironclaw's chest. There was a squish as blood splattered on the ground. Then, as she channeled her spirit energy through the sword, she yelled out. "Mystic Flame Sword Impalement!!"
As she called out her attack, the sword lengthened as a burst of flames shot out of Ironclaw's back. The mystic flames engulfed the demon as he roared out with excruciating agony. Lady Lupin sneered as she continued to channel and pump out more spirit energy to add more firepower.
Ironclaw thrashed as nearly his entire body was covered in flames. "RAAAAAUUUGH!!!!" His screams echoed while Lady Lupin ignored his pitiful cries.
"Wow! Look at her go!" Kuwabara was stunned to say the least.
Yusuke observed as a grin formed on his face. "Yeah, that's one less Taiyoukai we have to worry about."
"Way to go, Lady Lupin," the former Digital Priestess murmured, watching the fused warrior. "Sheesh, I hope the other Taiyoukai are as easy as this one." Somehow, I doubt that's the case. I'm sensing other powerful Youki... no. There's one that's weakening and two really strong ones. "Yusuke! Kuwabara! Try and feel out the others' energy!"
Kuwabara gulped as he probed the other Taiyoukai. "Yeah, I felt them just a minute ago. Urameshi, we better go and check this one out."
"Right. Since this Taiyoukai's toast and I mean literally," Raizen's descendant son replied, nodding his head. "Cammy-chan. We'll leave this to you and Lady Lupin. You two are getting better at taking care of demons."
"Thanks and you two better be careful," Cammy advised them. "Please, make sure my sister is ok."
"Don't worry. We will," Kuwabara reassured her. "Let's get moving, Urameshi."
"Let's go."
Yusuke and Kuwabara wasted no time as they dashed off from the scene. They left their two spiritual successors to deal with Ironclaw. The demon was already weakened and left with little power to resist Lady Lupin's sword impalement.
"They're leaving him with us, Lady Lupin!" Cammy shouted toward her friend.
Lady Lupin decided it was time to end this battle. She removed the sword out of Ironclaw's chest and wiped the blood from the blade. She assumed a fighting stance and gathered more spirit energy to give the final blow to the metallic Taiyoukai.
"How... how can a child... defeat me...?" Ironclaw weakly muttered as he could barely move his crippled body. "Is... this how... I, Ironclaw, will meet my... fate? No... it will not end here... it cannot."
Lady Lupin blinked as she overheard the demon's whispers. What's he going on about? "Whatever you're blabbering about... it's not going to save you! You're finished!"
"Finish him already!" Cammy shouted.
"Right! I'm on it!" Lady Lupin shut her eyes as she was close to channeling her spirit energy. Almost there! Just one more blow and it's over!
"I wouldn't get too overconfident, young ladies," Dr. Ichigaki's voice called out from behind Cammy and Lady Lupin.
The two girls twirled around to find Risho and the demon scientist staring intently at them. Cammy quickly assumed a defensive stance and readied her spiritual power. Risho intervened and jumped out to attack Cammy.
"Cammy-chan!!" Lady Lupin cried out.
"I'll take care of these two!" Rei's sister declared as she swerved around Risho. "Yusuke already told me not to let my guard down with you two!"
"Humph, so, who are you two?" Risho scoffed, his arms already gathered in stone armor.
Cammy crouched down as she summoned a white ball of light, which condensed and turned into a bow & arrow.
"Nice little trick, child," Dr. Ichigaki snickered. "But, you're messing with the wrong demons, dear."
"Please, I've dealt with worse than you two," Cammy scoffed. "C'mon, then. Which one wants to lose their head first?" The young Miko smirked as she readied her bow. "Time to make my sister proud."
"Be careful with her, Risho," the demon scientist warned the stone-armored demon. "These two young ladies seem to be Yusuke and Kuwabara's protégés."
Risho sneered. "As if I would lose to this ungrateful brat! If she's Kuwabara's successor, then I surely can beat her to the ground!" The arrogant demon prematurely declared his victory. "Time to know your place, young lady!"
Cammy resumed her guard as Risho rushed at her. "Come on. I'll make short work of you and your ugly troll pal."
Lady Lupin smiled as she shifted her attention back to Ironclaw. "Thanks, Cammy-chan. You take care of those two." I hope Himura-kun and the others are okay. I hope they can beat whatever Taiyoukai they might be fighting.
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West Shinjuku District/10:29 PM
Meanwhile, Demento and company observed Yeti making a mess of the western Shinjuku district. Demento and Karasu were thoroughly entertained as Hiei and several of the Eternal Sailor Senshi were having trouble with the giant ape demon.
"Wahahaha! Look at the destruction! I'm loving every minute of this!" Demento jumped up and down like a happy child. "What do you think, Karasu?"
"You know how to present a really entertaining show. I'm even more pleased that I get to share this with dear Kurama," Karasu chuckled, twirling a lock of Kurama's crimson hair.
Kurama, already out of it, slowly opened his eyes as he barely moved an inch.
The demon sorcerer stroked his chin. "Well, the last four Taiyoukai have yet to appear. I wonder what the holdup is?"
Just then, Tambo appeared behind Demento as he knelt down. Demento turned around and addressed his servant.
"Tambo, what do you have to report?"
"One of the Taiyoukai has already appeared and is locked in a battle with our enemies," Tambo confirmed, lowering his head.
This news pleased Demento as he rubbed his hands. "Ooooo, yes! Wonderful! How is our friend faring?"
"He's doing rather well on his own. I left my position to report here."
"I see. So, there's no reason to worry about our friend needing any assistance," Demento stated.
There was yet another unexpected arrival. Loki quickly appeared in front of Demento as he caught the demon sorcerer by surprise. Demento frantically jumped back and yelped.
"Mrow! I'm baaaaaack!" Loki graciously announced, purring to himself and holding a naked Saya in his clutches.
"LOKI!! I TOLD YOU NEVER TO DO THAT AGAIN!! YOU STUPID CAT!!" Demento angrily roared as he had the urge to strangle Loki with his hands. He quickly restrained himself as he noticed Saya. "Well, well, what do we have here?"
"I'm glad you just noticed, Lord Demento. Mrow," Loki purred as he set the nude woman on the ground. "Look at her. Isn't she quite the specimen?"
"A human girl? Why did you bring this filth here?" Demento was displeased. "What's the meaning of this? Explain yourself."
"You're not going to believe this, but this girl is really special!" Loki delicately twirled his left whiskers, purring with delight.
"Get on with it! What are you doing wasting time capturing a human female when there's important work to be done?!"
"No, no! You're not going to believe this, but she's Tsukimaru's new love!"
Before he could strangle Loki, Demento blinked for a moment as a sick grin curled on his lips. "Really? You mean..." He glared at Saya and scanned her delicate, beautiful naked body. "My, my, she is quite the specimen. You mean she's Tsukimaru's whore?"
"I even saw them making love. Let me tell you... it was really hot," Loki grinned like the Cheshire cat as perverse thoughts clouded his mind. "She is called Saya. To top it off, she's carrying the seed of Tsukimaru's child."
"What...?" Demento was astonished with these bits of information.
Tambo stood up as he walked over behind Saya. "Huh. So, Tsukimaru has mated with his human girl? Then the baby will be born a half-breed. I heard that hybrids have more potential and make better subordinates."
"I know. Yusuke and Kurama are proof of this," Demento noted. "Just think, we can raise this child to be our strongest subordinate. We will have no more need for Tsukimaru! I'd like to personally thank him for letting his woman produce a child that will one day surpass him in strength."
"So, we don't kill this woman?" Tambo asked.
"Of course not! First and foremost, we need her to give birth to this hybrid child! Who knows? She might be useful in mating with other demons, giving us a hybrid army at our disposal. Each with a potential to surpass full-blooded demons in strength!"
Loki purred as he curled his tail around Saya's neck. "I love the sound of that idea, my lord! This girl will produce a strong army of hybrid warriors! And you have me to thank. I deserve credit in this."
"Oh, I'll make sure to note that, Loki," Demento smirked, hovering over to Saya and putting a hand under her chin. "Don't be afraid my dear. We're not going to harm you. In fact, I want to thank you."
Saya turned away as she closed her eyes. "...Tsukimaru..."
"Yes, Tsukimaru has outlived his usefulness. He means nothing to me now, but his child will be his replacement. And you will help me raise a new hybrid demon army. The Makai will forever be changed with these hybrids serving me and our Taiyoukai lords. But, don't worry, my dear. We'll make sure that you will be granted eternal life. Just think, you can live eternally, producing generation after generation of powerful hybrid warriors." Demento placed his hand over Saya's stomach and probed a tiny fraction of Youki within her. "I can sense it. Loki is telling the truth. You do have new life developing inside you, my dear."
"Please, just let me go... I... I don't want any part of this..." The girl pleaded, lowering her head as tears formed in her eyes. "It's... too soon... for me... to be pregnant."
"Nothing is ever too soon as far as my impending plans go," Demento licked his lips. "Once we deliver this child, we will experiment with it and see whether it has any potential of surpassing its father. If it does, then you will mate with other demons and more hybrids will be produced. Think about it. This will be the genesis of a new race of demons. Hybrid demons will no longer be a rarity. Hybrids will replace full-blooded demons over time. You, Saya, will be seen as a goddess, the mother of a new race!"
"Mrow! Then again, we can always collect other human women and force them to mate with our fellow demons!" Loki highly suggested his idea to Demento. "If we want to have an even bigger army, let us round up more human females! Merow."
"For once, that's… a brilliant idea. I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day..." The demon sorcerer clasped his hands and snickered. "Either way, the Living World will become one with Makai! And our new lords, the Taiyoukai, will bring about a new age of demon kind! No longer will our kind remain confined to one world!"
"We'll populate this realm in no time," Tambo smiled. "Our dream is finally coming true. The humans will no longer be the dominant race."
As Karasu listened to their conversation, he delighted at the idea. "You hear that, Kurama? Ah, yes. You, a hybrid, should be happy to know that your kind will faithfully serve the Taiyoukai lords. Doesn't that just seem fitting?"
Once again, Kurama gave no immediate response.
Karasu frowned as he brought Kurama closer and stroked the fox's chin. "Humph, you can at least say something."
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As Hiei somersaulted, he landed on the side of a building window. He glanced ahead as Yeti threw his arms up wildly. The Eternal Senshi flew around the giant ape's head while attacking him from every side.
Hiei turned his head and observed Sailor Mars closely. "Hn."
Sailor Moon swerved out of Yeti's reach as she gained some distance. "Geez, this hairy ape sure stinks!"
"Sailor Moon! Don't let your guard down! He almost got you a while ago!" Mars shouted as she scolded her leader. As she turned, she shifted her eyes to Hiei. "Hiei! Have you recovered already?!"
"Yes," Hiei simply answered.
Mars nodded, taking a deep breath and sighing. "Good. All right, Hiei. I think you know what this means. Time to combine our flames! Remember what we did during the Rajita incursion?"
The demon recalled as he noted. "That attack."
"That's right! That attack should be enough to reduce this guy to dust!" The Miko Senshi called out as she swerved away from Yeti's reach. She quickly flew over to Hiei. "Well, first, I'll have to become a Valkyrie Senshi. The others will become Valkyries, too. Hopefully, that should tip the scales back in our favor."
"Hn." Hiei replied, starting to undo his bandaged arm. "You don't realize that you and your friends are fighting an S-class demon."
"Yeah, somehow I was able to tell. This giant is way too strong for me and the girls," Mars observed her friends flying around Yeti. "Still, I don't want to have to rely on Houou to bail us out."
"You'd rather rely on your own power?"
"That's right, because I trust my own power and it's less strain on me," Mars took a deep breath and pulled out her Henshin Dagger. "Mars Valkyrie Power! Make-Up!" And in an instant, her attire was replaced by her Valkyrie armor.
"Hn."
"I haven't used this form in a while. I hope I can maintain this armor without damaging it."
The demon nodded as he turned back toward Yeti in the background. "Ready?"
"Let's do this," Mars said as she followed Hiei up the building's rooftop. "I hope this works."
Meanwhile, the other Sailor Senshi watched as Mars and Hiei scaled the building behind them. Moon smiled as she pulled out her Valkyrie Dagger.
"Looks like they're going to combine their fire power together again," Saturn noted while holding her Henshin Dagger. "Good."
Chibi Moon looked back and forth at her colleagues. "Um, what's going on? Why is Mars with that Hiei guy?"
"You'll see," Moon winked as she watched Yeti pulling his head out of the side of a building. "Great, here he comes! Saturn, ready?"
"Yes!"
As Chibi Moon swayed back, she observed Moon and Saturn calling upon their Valkyrie power-up.
"Moon Valkyrie Power! Make-Up!"
"Saturn Valkyrie Power! Make-Up!"
Chibi Moon gasped as she watched the two Senshi instantly becoming Valkyries. Before her own eyes, she witnessed their ultimate transformation and her eyes beamed out with excitement.
"WOW!!" The pink-haired girl shouted, clasping her hands with her eyes gleaming brightly. "These are your Valkyrie forms?! How pretty!"
"Like our costume change?" Moon winked as she shifted her eyes back on Yeti. "Get ready!"
With that, the two Valkyries and the Eternal flew off to attack Yeti again. This time, with Moon and Saturn as Valkyries, they would have enough firepower to hold off Yeti for the time being. This would allow Mars and Hiei time to launch their ultimate weapon.
Sailor Moon prepared to fire another blast from her scepter. However, Yeti closed the distance before she could fire and backhanded her off into the distance.
Sailor Mars watched this happen and cried out. "Sailor Moon!"
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi Moon cried out as she flew off after her.
"Woman, get your head together! She can take care of herself!" Hiei snapped as he made sure Mars stayed focused. "Besides, that child of hers will bring her back."
Mars nodded. "Y-You're right. Chibi Moon is going after her."
"Good. Now, let's get this over with."
As Mars eyed the direction Moon flew towards, she closed her eyes. Hurry back, Sailor Moon. Chibi Moon.
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Warehouse District/10:32 PM
The Amazoness Quartet, having successfully escorted their charges out of Kaibaland, was wandering the city in search of shelter. Suddenly, something smashes into a nearby warehouse, and then inexplicably falls to the ground. The Quartet rushed over to see what it was.
"What the heck was that?!" CereCere cried out, almost taken back by the sudden noise.
PallaPalla was the first to recognize the individual sitting outside the warehouse. "Wait! Is that... Sailor Moon?"
VesVes gasped in disbelief. "You're right! It... it is!"
The four girls hurried over to help Sailor Moon to her feet, and as they come into contact, the Moon Heart Crystal shone brightly. The Quartet stared at the glowing red Moon Heart Crystal as if their eyes were suddenly fixated on it.
"Hey, I remember you guys!" Moon recognized the four girls. "The Amazoness Quartet, but..." She suddenly noticed her second crystal glowing. "What? What's going on? Why is the Moon Heart Crystal reacting so strongly?"
JunJun realized what this reaction signified. "It's... our Amazon Stones!"
The Quartet pulled out the four cracked orbs, which look like they had been put back together with superglue, and were also glowing as brightly as the Moon Heart Crystal.
"You four actually kept those?" Moon pointed at the glued-together orbs. "I thought you did away with those!"
"We wanted a reminder of who we once were, and the choice we made that day," CereCere stated.
PallaPalla nodded concurringly. "Yep, yep! Plus, they were pretty!"
The glowing orbs floated out of the Quartet's hands and start to hover, transforming into Henshin Sticks before flying back to their original owners. As they grab their Henshin Sticks, the symbols of their planets appear on their heads.
"WHOA! HEY!" Moon was stunned at what suddenly happened. "Henshin items?! H-how?! Don't tell me... you... No way!"
As if instinctively knowing what to do, the four raised their Henshin Sticks in the air and called out one by one.
"Ceres Planet Power! Make-Up!"
"Pallas Planet Power! Make-Up!"
"Juno Planet Power! Make-Up!"
"Vesta Planet Power! Make-Up!"
CereCere, PallaPalla, JunJun, and VesVes were each encased by four pillars of light. CereCere was inside a pink one; PallaPalla was within a sky blue pillar; JunJun was inside a green one; VesVes was within a red pillar. The four girls raised her hands with their Henshin sticks, twirling around as their bodies turned transparent and their clothing were stripped off.
CereCere stretched out her arms as long white gloves stretched across, covering them completely. Her feet were now inside long, white high-heeled boots. Covering her chest and body was a white bodysuit, which fit perfectly on her figure. Her shoulders were now padded down by layers of white cloth. A lavender bow formed on her chest as the central orb, fastened at the bow's center, was colored pink. The collar of her new attire was a pink cover-up cloth with three white stripes decorated around it. The back bow, which fastened behind her back, was a lighter shade of pink. A pink collar fastened around her neck. CereCere's pleated skirt was as pink as her hair color and barely several inches below her waist. Finally completing her transformation, a golden tiara formed around her forehead, which had a tiny pink oval stone embedded in its center; finally, a pair of golden earrings hung down her earlobes.
CereCere jumped out of the pillar of light and called out. "At long last, here I am! Sailor Ceres!"
PallaPalla danced around the light as she stretched out her arms and legs. Long, white gloves and boots covered both sets of limbs. Her body was now covered in a white bodysuit. Her shoulders, too, were protected by layers of cloth padding. A blue bow formed on her chest along with a sky blue orb, which fastened at the bow's center. Her collar was sky blue and overlapped the top half of her outfit. Her back bow was a lighter shade of whitish blue. A sky blue collar fastened around her neck. PallaPalla's skirt was also sky blue and several inches below her waist. To complete her transformation, a golden tiara appeared on her forehead, which contained a tiny blue oval stone embedded at the center. Golden earrings now hung down her earlobes.
PallaPalla hopped right out of the pillar and shouted. "Likewise, Sailor Pallas!"
JunJun moved around while stretching out her limbs. Like CereCere and PallaPalla before her, white boots and gloves encased her legs and arms. A white bodysuit covered her entire body, including her chest. Her shoulders were also protected by layers of white cloth padding. A brown bow formed on her chest along with a green orb fastened in its center. Her collar was green and also overlapped the top half of her uniform. Her back bow was a lighter shade of green. A green collar fastened around her neck. JunJun's skirt was as green as her hair and several inches below her waist. To top it off, a golden tiara formed around her forehead and a green oval stone was encased at the center. A pair of golden earrings magically appeared, hanging down her earlobes.
JunJun flipped out of the pillar and cried out. "Sailor Juno, at your service!"
VesVes raised her head as she raised her arms. Long, white gloves stretched across, covering her arms. She kicked up her legs as white boots covered them completely. A white bodysuit formed around her body. Layers of white cloth padding covered her shoulders. A purple bow formed on her chest as a red orb was fastened in the center. She now wore a red collar, which overlapped the top half of her uniform. Her back bow was whitish pink. A red collar fastened around her neck. VesVes' skirt was red like her hair and several inches below her waist. To top that all off, a golden tiara appeared around her forehead and a red oval stone was now embedded at the center. Golden earrings magically appeared on her ears, both of them hanging down her earlobes.
VesVes jumped out of the pillar of light and announced. "Don't forget me! Sailor Vesta!"
"Together! We are the Sailor Quartet!" The four girls announced, each striking their own unique pose.
Sailor Moon looked flabbergasted at the four newly transformed Senshi. "Wha...?!" Her jaw nearly dropped at the sight of the Sailor Quartet. "The Sailor Quartet?!"
Sailor Juno laughed as she faced her sisters. "See? What'd I tell ya?!"
"You guys are Sailor Senshi?!" Moon shouted in disbelief.
Sailor Ceres turned toward Moon and clarified. "We are the Sailor Quartet. We were meant to be the guardians of your daughter, Sailor Chibi Moon, much like your Inner Senshi are your guardians. We have been awakened in this time of need, and when it is time, we shall return to the future with your daughter, to protect the galaxy by her side.
Moon was speechless. "How do you know all this?"
Sailor Pallas answered as bluntly as she could. "We just... do! Right, guys?!"
Sailor Vesta added. "It's like we've known all along, but Nehelenia made us forget, and the light of your Moon Heart Crystal has allowed us to remember."
"Incredible... wait until I tell the other girls!" Moon exclaimed.
"SAILOR MOON!!" Chibi Moon's voice called out from afar.
"Chibi Moon?" The Valkyrie Senshi responded, answering to her daughter's cries.
"I have to ask. What's with the new duds?" Juno approached Moon. "Armor? Is that a new Senshi fashion sense?"
"It's a long story," Moon chortled a bit.
As Chibi Moon descended to where Moon was, the pink-haired princess was taken aback by the appearance of the Sailor Quartet.
"Wha-what's going on here?!" Chibi Moon was just befuddled as Moon before her. "The Amazoness Quartet?! Bu-but, how?!"
"Correction. We're the Sailor Quartet, your highness," Ceres clarified as she and the other Quartet members approached their princess.
Juno nodded. "We're your guardians."
Vesta added. "Thanks to Sailor Moon's Moon Heart Crystal, we..."
"...we remember what our original roles were supposed to be!" Pallas chirped as she and the other three knelt down, bowing before Chibi Moon.
"This is kind of awkward, you know," Chibi Moon sweat-dropped.
"We know all of this is happening a bit fast," Ceres stated as she faced Chibi Moon. "We are your guardians just like Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus protect your mother."
"And when you leave for the future, we'll follow you," Juno said.
"Follow me into the future? Wow, I'm... I feel honored to have my own guardians," Chibi Moon let all of this sink right ink. As she took a deep breath, she smiled. "Well, you four did help us turn the tide against Nehelenia! Now, you guys have a second chance at fighting on our side!"
"We'll protect you with our lives, your highness," Vesta vowed.
Suddenly, there was a low clicking coming from behind everyone. The Senshi all turned and spotted several silver-skinned praying mantis demons pacing toward them.
"Ewww! BUGS!" Moon squeaked out as she readied her scepter. "I'll take care of-"
"No, leave these bug freaks with us!" Pallas interjected as she and the Sailor Quartet jumped right in to shield the Moon family.
"Leave these creatures with us. You two have other, far stronger, enemies to contend with," Juno stated.
"Yep, these bugs should be a piece of cake for us!" Vesta proclaimed.
"Sailor Moon. Sailor Chibi Moon. Allow us to handle these monsters on our own," Ceres requested.
Chibi Moon smiled. "Permission granted, Sailor Quartet. Let's see each other after this invasion is behind us."
The Quartet responded in unison. "RIGHT!"
With that, Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon flew up as they headed back to the battle against Yeti.
"Time to show everyone what we can do, guys," Juno smirked as she faced the demon mantises.
"Sailor Quartet..." Ceres directed as she led the charge.
"ATTACK!!" They cried out at once, carrying out their first duty as Chibi Moon's guardians.
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Once Hiei and Mars reached the top, they stared down at Yeti rampaging across the Shinjuku streets.
"Just look at that mess. My god..." Mars sighed and prayed.
"At least he's out in the open."
"Yeah. Now's the time," the Miko replied. "Heh, I can't believe we're doing this again. Brings back some good memories doesn't it?" As she recalled that particular scene during the Rajita invasion, she smiled. "Our attack was able to wipe out nearly a whole city block full of Rajita minions." Mars closed her eyes, concentrating as a red aura covered her.
Hiei did the same as a black one shimmered around him.
Then, burning spheres of flames coalesced in their palms. Hiei formed a black one while Mars created a red one.
Mars took a deep breath. Wow, I'm actually able to summon my flames much faster. I guess that spirit training helped.
Hiei snorted as he listened to the Miko babbling on in her thoughts. What in the hell are you going on about?! Concentrate!
Suddenly, another telepathic voice intruded on their thoughts. Oh, dear. I'm sorry... am I interrupting something between you two lovebirds?
The two flame warriors spun around as they saw Mukuro sitting on top of a large satellite dish. The former Makai lord jumped off as she approached Hiei and Sailor Mars.
"Mukuro?!" Hiei spat out, surprised to see the only female Makai lord in the human realm.
"Wait... that's Mukuro?" Mars blinked, glancing toward the aforementioned demon. Wow, her Youki is REALLY strong. No doubt she is one of the higher S-class beings.
"Surprised to see me, Hiei? It hasn't been too long since we've seen each other," Mukuro stopped as she looked down at the fire demon.
Hiei scoffed. "It was only a few days ago."
Mukuro smiled and directed her eyes toward Valkyrie Sailor Mars. "And this must be the Senshi that you've told me about. Is she the one you've been looking out for?"
"Oh, believe me. He and I are NOT an item... obviously," Mars tried to convince Mukuro. "He's more like a bodyguard, but he volunteered by choice! Right, Hiei?"
The fire demon couldn't believe what he was hearing. Everything Mars spewed out was nothing but nonsense in his view. He looked back to Mukuro and noticed that she didn't seem at all upset.
"Don't worry. I didn't come here to forbid you from seeing Hiei or vice versa," Mukuro claimed. "I came here to assist you with these Taiyoukai."
"You came too late I'm afraid, Mukuro-sama," Mars respectfully replied to her. "My friends are out there fighting one of them. And this monster we fought is incredibly strong. Now, we've had to resort to using our Valkyrie forms."
"I see. That monster is supposedly an S-Class monster. There's no doubt you and your friends wouldn't have lasted long against a demon of such colossal strength if you hadn't," Mukuro advised the Miko Senshi. As she stopped, she put a hand on Mars' chest armor. "Relax. I'm only trying to get a sense of your spiritual energy." As Mukuro closed her eyes, she carefully probed the Miko's entire body - from head to toe.
Before Mars realized it, both of their auras started to appear. Mukuro's was a light purple.
Jerking her hand back, Mukuro's eyes widened as she gasped. "...what was that?"
"I have an entity within me," Mars replied, putting her own hands across her chest. "You were just introduced to the Houou. This is an ancient entity that's inhabited my body since I was a child. Yeah... it's a long story. But, the Houou sustains my life and grants me access to an ancient power. If I ever decide to let the Houou take over, I'd become something like a goddess."
"Goddess?" Mukuro inquired, instantly intrigued by Mars' brief explanation.
"The Houou is like a gift, but it's also a curse. You see...."
"Yes, I do remember sensing something of that sort three years ago. It was beyond anything I could comprehend."
"That was me. I let the darkness of the Houou consume me. I became Yami Houou..." The Miko shuddered, refusing to mention anything of those horrific events. "That's why I fight with my own Senshi power. I pride myself on that. I will never rely on the Houou's strength... except as an absolute last resort. And I doubt I will need it to defeat these Taiyoukai."
"I'm sorry," Mukuro said.
"Don't be. I'm completely refocused. I've learned to contain the Houou's fury."
Hiei looked back and forth as the two ladies continued to converse.
"I see. I've been watching you for some time, but now I've gotten to know you a little better. You're even more than what Hiei has described to me," Mukuro approached Sailor Mars even closer. "You embody strength, beauty, intelligence, and pride, four qualities that I respect very much."
"I hope my friendship with Hiei doesn't bother you."
"No. As far as I'm concerned, someone has to watch over him, and you're just the right Miko for the job."
Mars smirked. "Hey, somebody has to keep him in line."
Upon hearing this, Hiei scoffed and turned away.
"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Sailor Mars. Or, would you prefer... Rei Hino?"
"It doesn't matter to me, just be careful not to reveal my secret identity."
"Suit yourself, my friend."
BOOM!!!
Suddenly, the trio jumped back as Yeti's gigantic form slammed through the side of the building they stood on. Sailor Mars flew up as she grabbed both Hiei and Mukuro by their hands.
"It appears they've finally come," Mukuro replied.
"Who?" Mars asked as she glanced around the section. She turned and noticed two familiar faces standing on top of a billboard. "Whoa! No way! MIZUNO AND BRIMSTONE?!"
Mizuno acknowledged the Miko and waved to her. "Hey, long time no see, girl!"
"So, they're here," Hiei muttered, slightly displeased with Mizuno's presence.
"Now, now, Hiei... the more help, the better," the Miko retorted, looking over to the opposite side. She saw Moon and Chibi Moon returning from their escapade. "Oh my god, thank goodness! You two are back!"
"Sorry about the delay, but we just ran into some old friends!" Moon called out.
"Guess what?! The Amazoness Quartet is now the Sailor Quartet! They're my guardians!" Chibi Moon announced.
"What?! You can't be serious?! Those four girls?!" Mars was flabbergasted. "But, how...?"
"They were supposed to have awakened, but were prematurely revived as Nehelenia took them in," Moon briefly explained.
Chibi Moon nodded. "That's right! Sailor Moon's Moon Heart Crystal turned their Amazon Stones into Henshin items like ours! They're fighting some bug demons on my behalf."
"Wow! You'll make a wonderful queen someday, Chibi Moon," the Miko said as she turned notice Saturn struggling on her own with Yeti. "You two better head on over there quick! Saturn's been fighting that thing by herself! Some new people just arrived to help us! Mizuno and Brimstone are on their way over there!"
"Oh no! You're right! Let's go, Sailor Moon!" Chibi Moon called out.
With that, the Moon family glided back toward Saturn as they assisted her.
"Where have you two been?!" Saturn exclaimed as she summoned her Silence Wall to block Yeti's path.
"We'll explain everything later, Saturn. You won't believe it when we tell you!" Chibi Moon said.
"Judging from your tone, it must have been something good," Saturn said.
Moon shifted her attention toward Yeti. "All right, you big stinky ape! It's payback time!"
Suddenly, from out of nowhere, two figures jumped right in front of the three Senshi. Yeti was also taken back by the sudden arrivals.
"And who are they?!" Moon noticed a bald-headed man and a medium built brunette woman in front of them.
A bald-headed man turned and faced the Senshi. "Need a hand?"
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"So, that was Sailor Moon," Mukuro said.
"That's right," Mars confirmed. "And her daughter, Sailor Chibi Moon."
"Interesting. You are all as strong as I believed."
"Thank you, Mukuro-sama."
"Anyway, take a look." Mukuro affirmed as she and Mars watched the battle with Yeti. "The bald man you see was Raizen's second-in-command. His name is Hokushin, but don't judge him by his human appearance. He is a strong S-class demon."
"Yeah, I can sense his Youki," Mars replied.
"And the woman is Natsume. She is one of the strongest female demons in the Makai."
"Wow, she's pretty."
"Can we cut the chit-chat already?" Hiei snorted as he butted into the ladies' conversation. "We are in the middle of war!"
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As they arrived on the battlefield, Natsume, Hokushin, Mizuno, and Brimstone faced down Yeti.
"Wow, you guys really know how to make an entrance!" Moon was taken aback.
Chibi Moon blinked as she looked at the four warriors. "Who are they?"
"Well, I don't know those two," Saturn referred to Natsume and Hokushin. She quickly pointed out to Mizuno and Brimstone. "But these two have fought with us before. Good to see you again, Mizuno, Brimstone."
"Glad you remember us, kid," Mizuno winked, flexing her right arm.
Brimstone nodded his head. "..."
"Wow, that's so cool!" The pink-haired girl smiled, bowing her head. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Sailor Chibi Moon!"
"Sorry, but autographs will have to wait," the blue-haired Sirendramon waved her finger, playfully sticking out her tongue.
"I'm Natsume. Pleased to meet you, friends of Yusuke Urameshi," the female demon smiled to the Senshi.
Hokushin bowed. "I'm Hokushin. Looks like you need our assistance with this Taiyoukai."
"Yeah! The more help, the better!" Moon was delighted to see aid coming from Makai. "I'm glad there are good demons to help us out."
"It's even better since they have connections with Yusuke and the others," Saturn readied her scythe. "Ready, Chibi Moon?"
Twirling her scepter, the pink-haired warrior answered. "Let's go!"
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As Sailor Mars descended to set Mukuro and Hiei down on another rooftop, she turned toward the battle taking place. Moon, Chibi Moon, and Saturn were being assisted by Mizuno, Brimstone, Natsume, and Hokushin.
"I should join them," Mukuro stated as she stood near the roof's edge. "Besides, you two have to combine your fire energies, correct? I apologize for interrupting you earlier."
"No problem. Hiei and I are ready this time!" Mars smiled, feeling pumped and ready to go. "All right, Hiei! Take two! Let's get this over with!"
Hiei gawked at the Miko's excited outburst and blinked. "...."
"Hiei, make sure you two play nice," Mukuro smirked as she hopped off the ledge and jumped straight down into the battle.
"Wow, Mukuro actually acknowledged me. I never felt better than I do now!" Mars said, closing her eyes as a red aura covered her body. Then, the symbol of Mars beamed out on her forehead. "Ready, Hiei?"
While the black aura covered Hiei, his Jagan Eye beamed out a bright, lavender color.
"Dark hellish flames of the Makai..."
"Sacred flames of Mars..."
Both Hiei and Mars shouted out in unison. Their auras shimmered and coalesced. "Grant us the power to vanquish this enemy... HEED OUR CALL!!"
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Elsewhere, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury stopped as they noticed the dark and light flames lighting up in the background. They also turned to notice Yeti being blasted from all sides.
"Hey! Isn't that..."
"That's right, Jupiter. It appears Hiei and Mars are going to summon their ultimate attack," Mercury replied.
Jupiter nodded. "If those two are pulling out the big guns, then that giant ape they're fighting must be a Taiyoukai."
"There's no time to waste then. We should be out there assisting them."
"Right!"
Before Jupiter and Mercury could advance, a powerful gust of wind blew by and knocked the Senshi back. Jupiter swerved away as she grabbed Mercury and landed on top of a truck. The brunette looked up as she spotted the culprit behind the sneak attack.
"Were you two just about to help them fight my Toushin brother? RIBIT!" A screechy voice chimed in followed by a loud, frog-like croak. "You'll have to get by me first!"
The source of the voice belonged to a small, demon with dark gray skin, large bat-like wings, and a long prehensile tail. His black shaggy hair blew out to the side as the wind blew against him. He also wore a dark blue robe, which covered his chest and lower body. The creature looked like a cross between a bat and a bullfrog.
"So, you're another Taiyoukai?" Jupiter growled angrily, balling up her fists. "You're NOT getting away with this!" She held out her Henshin Dagger and gritted her teeth. "Jupiter Valkyrie Power! Make-Up!"
Mercury also pulled out her Henshin Dagger. "Mercury Valkyrie Power! Make-Up!"
The Valkyrie Senshi pair glided up to meet the bat-frog hybrid. The freaky demon chuckled as he eyed the two Senshi.
"Shshshshshehehehe! Sorry if I didn't formally introduce myself. My name is Tokage Keroro!" The Taiyoukai announced, introducing himself to the Senshi. "And I will make short work of you two humans! Perhaps you two will make a tasty meal!" With that, he licked his lips and opened his drooling mouth.
"ICK! Gross!" Jupiter made a disgusted look. "All right, pal! You're making me nauseous here!"
Mercury scanned the Taiyoukai using her mini-computer. "I'll try and find weakness, Jupiter! I'll leave him to you!"
"Oh yeah! You're mine now!" The Thunder Senshi roared, gliding toward Tokage Keroro while her fists charged up with electricity.
However, Tokage had other plans as he swerved out of Jupiter's reach and flew around behind her. He quickly head butted Jupiter's back and flapped his wings to unleash a powerful wind, which knocked the brunette forward. Sailor Mercury stopped typing at her mini-computer as she flew out to catch Jupiter.
"Jupiter!"
"Thanks, Mercury."
Tokage Keroro opened his mouth as he lashed out a long, mucus-covered tongue at the Senshi. Both Jupiter and Mercury swerved out of the demon's reach. Tokage glided across as he slammed into both Jupiter and Mercury. The Senshi were once again thrown off their guard and sent flying in opposite directions. Mercury hit the back of a pole as Jupiter crashed through a window.
Tokage stopped as he raised his right arm, which glowed with red light. "Air Slicer!!" As he made an upward motion with his hand, he created a crescent-shaped energy wave.
The spinning blade shot toward Mercury. However, as Mercury managed to recover, she flew up as the blades sliced through the truck. The blades split the entire truck into two as Mercury gaped in shock.
"My blades can cut through anything! If those hit you, you would have been sliced in two, dear!" Tokage laughed as he prepared to create another Air Slicer.
BAM!!
Before he could get his attack going, Sailor Jupiter flew out and decked Tokage with a right hand. The blow knocked Tokage back a few feet as the demon recovered and back flipped on top of a light post.
"That was a cheap shot! Ribbit!" Tokage snapped.
"That makes us even then!" Jupiter retorted, popping her hands.
Mercury sighed with relief. "Thank you, Jupiter."
"Humph," Tokage inhaled his breath. As he continued inhaling, his throat sack grew bigger... and bigger. Then, he finally let it all out. "HURRICANE GALE!!"
As he opened his mouth, Tokage let out a powerful and wild gust of wind at the Senshi. Jupiter and Mercury braced themselves. However, the wind was too strong for them to defend against as they were knocked up into the air.
"WHOAAA!!!" Jupiter shouted as she flew up into the air.
Mercury cried out as she grabbed Jupiter's hand. "I'VE GOT YOU!!!"
"HANG ON!!" The brunette roared as she glided out of range and away from the powerful wind.
As they looked down, they saw that the winds shattered every glass window and ripped the concrete streets off the ground. Cars and trucks were scattered across the streets.
Tokage exhaled as he hopped up and landed on a rooftop. "Ahhhh, I haven't let out that much breath since my sealing. This was the perfect time to do it."
"Damn! Look at all that!" Jupiter was stunned as she pointed to the streets. "Just by breathing, he made a mess of an entire street!"
"I'm afraid we're not going to beat him on our own, Jupiter. We need reinforcements," Mercury replied.
"You're not kidding, but we've got to keep this guy busy in the meantime! Ready, Mercury?"
"Yes!"
Tokage stretched out his legs and arms. "What are ya waiting for? I haven't got all day! RIBIT!"
Mercury looked back to the streets as she noticed several people were caught within the wake of Tokage's destructive path.
"Oh no! Jupiter, I see people down there!"
"You go and see to them, Mercury. See if they're okay. Leave this fat bastard with me!" Jupiter snarled, popping her knuckles.
"Right! Be careful!" The blue-haired Senshi flew off to check on the victims.
Jupiter landed on the rooftop as she assumed a fighting stance. Tokage smiled with satisfaction with the mess he created and expressed no regard for the humans he may have possibly injured.
"What? You seem so angry all of a sudden! What's the big deal? They're just useless humans... nothing but disposable garbage."
"They're still FUCKING innocent lives!" Jupiter shouted, raising her voice. She grit her teeth as electricity covered her entire armored body. "Make your move, bitch!"
"As you..."
Before Tokage could finish his sentence, Sailor Jupiter vanished from his sight. He shifted his head to the left and then his right.
"Where did she-"
WHAM!!
Tokage doubled over as a powerful blow slammed into his large gut. The frog-bat gasped as his entire body rattled. Relying on her super speed alone, Sailor Jupiter dashed from a corner and blitzed in front of Tokage. She followed up with another punch into his potbelly. Charging up her electrical power, she blasted Tokage with it.
"WAAAAAAAUGH!!!!" Tokage cried out as his entire body was electrocuted from head to toe.
"And I'm just getting warmed up!" Jupiter smirked as she lifted Tokage off the ground and tossed him into mid-air. She flew up and dropped down on Tokage with a kick to his face.
This sent Tokage plummeting toward the rooftop as he crashed through it and became buried under a pile of rubble.
The Thunder Senshi frowned as she powered down. "That was for the people you hurt."
Then, Tokage flew out of the rubble as if nothing happened and shook his head. Sailor Jupiter scoffed with annoyance as she readied herself for battle. The demon frog-bat dusted himself off and stretched his arms out.
"So, sorry to disappoint you, young lady! RIBBIT!" Tokage chuckled, stretching out his legs in front. "But, there's no way a human can ever defeat a Taiyoukai of my caliber. On the other hand, I must hand it to you. That attack did hurt me... but only just a little. I'll commend you for that."
Jupiter looked down at her hands. That attack should have fried him! What's the deal here? She shifted her eyes toward Tokage. I'll figure something out. No doubt these Taiyoukai are stronger than normal demons.
As Jupiter assumed a fighting stance, Tokage glided toward the Thunder Senshi and prepared to unleash his Air Slicer. The two met head-on to resume their battle.
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Madeira was barely moving an inch as he was rattled from the various attacks implemented by the Tamers' digimon. The Beast and Victory Tamers followed through by putting the wood demon down.
There wasn't anyone or anything that can save Madeira from defeat.
Gallantmon had finally digivolved to finish the job.
"All right, Gallantmon! Let's end this!" Suzakato declared, pointing at the defeated demon. "Just one more blow and he's done."
"Geez, I can't believe how easy this has been," Himakko noted.
Seirika nodded. "No, kidding. Are you sure this guy was a Taiyoukai?"
"If that's the case, then what a freakin' disappointment," Mega Gargomon snorted, shaking his head.
Suddenly, Sakuyamon sensed a disturbance around her as she frowned. Youkai Inumon noticed this and walked over to Sakuyamon with concern on his face.
"Sakuyamon?"
"Can you feel that, Youkai Inumon?" The golden-armored digimon inquired, feeling tense.
"What are you...?" Then Youkai Inumon finally realized her dilemma as he probed a disturbing presence from nearby. In fact, it was coming from underneath them. "Yeah, I feel it! Hey, you guys!"
Artemismon nodded as she readied her sword. Her Amazon senses enabled her to survey a dark and powerful presence. "Everyone! It seems this Taiyoukai has reinforcements!"
Phillipe gasped as he looked down. "Where?!"
"Are you kidding me?!" Kazu and Kenta exclaimed in unison.
Just then, the ground under the Tamers and the digimon started to tremble. Madeira slowly shifted his eyes to the ground and chuckled. Suddenly, a pair of large claws shot out of the ground as a pair of red glowing eyes gleamed. There was a loud growl echoing from under the ground as the digimon stood poised to attack anytime.
Gallantmon readied his lance and stared at the gigantic figure emerging out of the darkness. "Takato, I see it!"
"Another Taiyoukai? Oh boy..." Suzakato tensed up.
Beelzebumon prepared his shotgun. "C'mon! Bring it!"
"And let's see who's behind door number two," Mega Gargomon cracked a joke.
The Taiyoukai finally emerged from the underground darkness. The titan stood at a staggering twenty-five feet high. His entire body was covered with golden fur. Covering this layer of fur was a green, red, and yellow Chinese-style battle armor, which properly fit his gigantic frame. His face was white with a pair of canines jutting out from the bottom lip. Three long horns protruded out the cranium. His eyes were blood-shot red. The claws on his feet were long, sharp talons equipped for digging, gripping, and tearing through even the strongest of metals like wet tissue paper.
"YIKES!! HAVEN'T WE SEEN HIM BEFORE?!" Kazu and Kenta freaked out. "HE LOOKS LIKE THAT DOG DEVA!!"
Beelzebumon narrowed his eyes and grinned. "Heh, funny. I was just going to ask... is this Chatsuramon's big daddy?"
"He does look like Chatsuramon!" Antiramon exclaimed, recalling the Dog Deva and pointing out the similarities in their appearances.
"Who are you guys talking about?" Phillipe asked everyone.
"Chatsuramon was one of the Deva digimon we faced against while were first entered the Digital World," Jeri clarified.
Youkai Inumon nodded. "Yeah, I heard a lot about him from Anubimon. He and the other Devas followed the command of Zhuqiaomon in order to find Calumon."
Gallantmon shifted his eyes and raised his lance. "Yeah, but this monster makes Chatsuramon look like a pup."
"And he no doubt will be stronger than that wood demon we just beat!" Suzakato clenched his fists.
The giant Chinese dog demon stared at the Tamers and the digimon. His eyes had murderous intent as he craved to devour any human that stood in his path. The Tamers were no exception.
The dog chuckled as he spoke in a thunderous, loud roar. "It's been so long since my last meal! How lucky I am to have found little vermin like yourselves. Yes, indeed." Before he advanced, he turned toward Madeira. "Madeira, how could you have let yourself be beaten by these weak fools?"
"...don't underestimate them, Shishi... it's the beasts that aid them that you need to look out for..."
The dog Taiyoukai, now revealed as Shishi, pivoted his head and stared at the digimon. He tilted his head to the side and looked back to the humans.
"Yes, I sense a great deal of mystical power from these humans. How did they obtain these energies?" Shishi wondered. "And these beasts? Are they demons? No matter. Whatever they are... I will dispose of them for you, Madeira. No one disrespects one of the Eight Toushins... AND LIVES TO TELL ABOUT IT!!" The demon roared out, stamping his foot and sending a powerful shockwave through the ground.
Everyone, including the digimon, braced themselves while trying to hold their ground. The shockwave was too much for any one of them to handle, and they were knocked back. Gallantmon grabbed Suzakato as the knight threw his cape in front. Sakuyamon caught Seirika as both of them flew out of range. Youkai Inumon dug his claws into the ground while holding Himakko. Mega Gargomon closed his left hand over Henbu while crossing his other arm in front.
Artemismon flew up with Phillipe in her arms. Felinismon summoned a shield, which protected her and Jeri from the force. Guardromon grabbed both Kazu and Kenta (with Marine Angemon hidden inside his shirt pocket) as he took to the air. Antiramon threw herself in front of the tent to protect Suzie, Ai, Makoto, and Calumon. Beelzebumon flew up to avoid being blown back. Grottomon managed to dig himself underground with Ranamon by his side.
Shishi closed his mouth and exhaled calmly. "Ahhh, yes. Luckily for you that your beasts were able to protect you, humans."
"Geez! Talk about bad breath! Ever heard of Altoids?!" Mega Gargomon nearly wanted to gag.
Felinismon let out a deep breath. "Yeah... tell me about it."
"No time to be joking, guys!" Henbu called out as he emerged out of his partner's giant hand.
"We're going to be hard pressed to beat this guy! We just went through a fight with that wood demon!" Youkai Inumon exclaimed.
"I know, but we still have the numbers advantage!" Kenta shouted, feeling more confident.
Kazu cried out, pointing toward Shishi. "Let's just go out there and show that mutt what we're made of!"
"No! Let's not get overconfident, everyone!" Artemismon warned her colleagues.
"What's the problem, Artemismon?" Phillipe blinked, looking up at his partner.
"If there's anything I've learned from Athenamon, one should never be overconfident, even if it's a large army against one opponent."
"Yeah, but how strong could this guy be compared to his wooden pal?" Seirika wondered.
Sakuyamon sneered as she watched Shishi making his next move. "We're about to find out!"
"You all seem so sure of yourselves, just because you defeated Madeira. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, dear humans," Shishi grinned, bearing both sets of long canines. "Madeira is one of the weakest Taiyoukai. He ranks far below me. For I am one of the top-tier of the Eight Toushins. Consider yourselves lucky to have survived against the likes of Madeira. But, I..." Suddenly, a dark purple aura blanketed Shishi. His power started to grow as the ground trembled and the concrete cracked under the pressure. "I WILL NOT FALL SO EASILY!!"
Suzakato scowled as he drew everyone's attention. "Guys! Get ready! We're in for a fight!"
"Yeah... Madeira was just a walk in the park compared to this guy," Gallantmon narrowed his eyes, readying his lance.
Before long, Shishi finished awakening his suppressed demon power and lunged straight toward the Tamers & their digimon. This battle would not be like Madeira. This would be a real battle against a top-level S-class demon.
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West Shinjuku District/10:40 PM
Hiei and Sailor Mars focused as they finally stated the final phrase in their chant. Both fire warriors thrust their fists forward and unleashed their most powerful attacks simultaneously.
"DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!!"
"MARS PHOENIX HELIX!!"
Erupting from the pillars of flames was a black-and-purple dragon & a red-and-orange phoenix. The fire beasts roared and screeched as they glided across the skies. The skies darkened while the flaming beasts converged together. The black, purple, red, and orange flames created a silver fire. In place of these two monstrous beasts was a long, serpentine dragon with a few bird-like features, including a beak, feathers, and wings.
"LIGHT AND DARKNESS INTERTWINE! CHAOS DRAGON PHOENIX!"
As Yeti turned around, he spotted the silver phoenix-dragon flying at his direction. The behemoth's eyes widened in horror as he was on the path of the Dragon Phoenix.
"Look, Brimstone! That's the attack Mars and Hiei used during the Rajita incident!" Mizuno shouted as she pointed at the flame creature.
Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon watched with astonishment. "Whoa..."
"Impressed? That attack was created by Mars and Hiei," Saturn added.
"How did they do that?!" Chibi Moon asked.
"Simple. Those two combined Hiei's dark flames and Mars' sacred flames. Light and darkness converged together to create a powerful, chaotic flame attack," Saturn briefly explained. "This will be that Taiyoukai's undoing."
"I hope so! That Dragon Phoenix is about the nail him!" Moon exclaimed.
Hokushin stopped as he and Natsume watched Yeti attempting to stop the Dragon Phoenix.
"Good luck with that," Natsume remarked. "Even this Taiyoukai can't survive a combination of two powerful flame attacks."
"Considering that Hiei's Darkness Dragon was able to merge with another fire user's technique, this will reduce this monster to dust," Hokushin stated. "If my assumption is correct, this attack would be measured on an upper S-Class level. Possibly even higher."
Suddenly, before the Dragon Phoenix caught Yeti, a large whirlpool of water shot out of the ground and formed a pillar. The large pillar of water washed over the Dragon Phoenix and easily put it out. Yeti realized that he was saved at the last second and glanced around to see who had saved him.
"What the hell just happened?!" Sailor Mars shouted angrily, surprised by what just happened to the Dragon Phoenix.
Hiei sneered as he noticed a figure emerging out of the whirlpool. "There's your answer, woman."
As everyone looked up, they saw a figure emerging out of the tower of water. This mysterious figure was revealed as a woman. She appeared to be fairly young despite being a relic from an archaic Makai period. Her skin is light blue with her hands and toes being webbed. Her hair was, in contrast, dark blue and was long enough to hang down her back. A pair of long bangs hung down the sides of her face. Her gleaming yellow eyes shot an intimidating glance at her opposition. Another prominent feature was the rather large bust she had, which was covered by a blue-green Chinese-styled shirt. A long, flowing white dress flapped around as the wind blew against her. She wore a golden tiara, which had a red glowing gem embedded in the center.
"Damn it!" Mars shouted as she eyed the Taiyoukai. "She just had to go and ruin our best attack!"
"One Taiyoukai aiding another. This is not good," Hiei snorted.
Mukuro stopped as she observed the water demon standing on the tower of water. "This makes the seventh one to emerge, so far. Demento's magic is far too unpredictable even for me! Where is that damn sorcerer?!"
The water-based Taiyoukai smiled while running her hand through her hair. As she adjusted her top, she pointed toward Yeti. "That's the last time I come and save you, Yeti. What are you doing wasting time playing?"
The giant ape backed away as if already frightened of this woman's presence.
"Looks like I, Cecaelia, will have to clean up your mess!" With that said, the female demon raised her arms as eight tentacles protruded from the sides of her body. "I think I'll use my Octo-Battle Mode to play around with these little pests!" Flexing her tentacles, they each turned into water and fired multiple blasts at the warriors. "Tentacle Blast Torrents!!"
"Look out, everyone!!" Sailor Moon shouted, warning her colleagues and the demons.
Sailor Saturn raised her scythe as she formed a barrier construct, which shielded herself and Chibi Moon. Natsume jumped out of harm's way to avoid the water blasts. Hokushin did the same as he outran the water blasts.
Mukuro jumped up into mid-air as she punched Youki blasts toward Cecaelia. "You think you can go around and call yourself the strongest lady demon in the Makai! You'll have to defeat me first!"
Cecaelia giggled as she cancelled Mukuro's blasts by forming a water barrier around her. The water demon cooed while giggling in an arrogant manner. "You? Ah, yes, you must be Mukuro. I felt your power during my slumber within my seal. I think this will be quite interesting. Two of Makai's strongest females, Past vs. Present... I wonder just how long you will last, my dear."
"Want to test me, bitch?" Mukuro challenged the Taiyoukai.
"Gladly." With that, Cecaelia placed her right hand out and fired water stream at Mukuro.
The former Makai lord swerved around the stream as she launched herself at the water demon. Cecaelia responded as her tentacles shot forward and lashed out at Mukuro. Mukuro quickly backhanded each tentacle using quick reflexes.
"Let's kick this battle of ours up a notch! We'll truly see who deserves the title as queen of the demons!" Cecaelia roared as she lunged forward and prepared to give Mukuro her toughest fight to date.
Sailor Mars watched as everyone fought the two Taiyoukai. "Look at them go! Wow, Mukuro's looking awesome out there!"
"We better join in, too, Miko. Unless of course, you want to wimp out and cower away."
"Ha! Fat chance, Shorty! Let's take care of those two freaks!" Mars laughed as she glided off toward the battle.
Hiei simply rolled his eyes and vanished while heading out to join the battle against Yeti and Cecaelia.
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Meanwhile, Demento and his entourage got their kicks out of watching the battle from afar. Everything that has happened, including the destruction of most of Tokyo's city districts, was nothing but sheer thrills and entertainment for these demons.
Demento giggled like a schoolgirl as he watched Yeti and Cecaelia in action. "Ha! And that would make seven Taiyoukai! One more to go!"
"Indeed, the fifth and sixth demons were just released from their seals a few moments ago," Tambo confirmed, holding a viewing orb that displayed Shishi and Tokage Keroro. Both Taiyoukai proved their dominating power. One image showed Shishi knocking Mega Gargomon down and blasting Gallantmon with debris. Another image showed Tokage pummeling Sailor Jupiter with mighty gale-like attacks. "I must say. These last Taiyoukai are the real deals."
"Of course, they are," the demon sorcerer replied, stroking his chin. "The last Taiyoukai will no doubt be the fire demon. And his strength will be unmatched! Once his seal is undone, it's game over! Not even Yusuke Urameshi can stand up to him!"
Karasu calmly stroked Kurama's face. "Hear that? Your dear friends aren't going to get a chance to save you. Awww, isn't that just a shame, Kurama?"
"..." Once again, Kurama could barely manage to move his head. His eyes were dull and nearly lifeless.
"Well, until then... I suppose we can wait this one out. Even Yusuke's friends cannot stand up against the combined might of Yeti and Cecaelia! They're good as dead!" Suddenly, Demento froze as a shadow crept up behind him. He quickly turned as he came face to face with...
...an angry Tsukimaru.
"GAH!! HE FOUND US!!" Loki freaked out as he picked up Saya.
"Tsukimaru!!" Saya happily cried out.
The vampire demon pointed toward Demento and shot a frightening glare at Loki. "Let Saya go!"
Tambo scoffed as he ran up toward Tsukimaru. "Not so fast! You'll have to get by-"
BAM!!
With one punch, Tsukimaru sent Tambo flying back and knocked him out.
"As I was saying," Tsukimaru popped his right hand. "Give back Saya."
"Tambo! Oh.... well. He was always an idiot. Merow," the Nekomata shrugged, holding Saya by his side.
Demento found himself backed to a corner. As Tsukimaru advanced closer, the sorcerer yelped and fell back. Karasu chuckled as he cleared his throat.
"Now, now, let's not get too hasty, my friend," the dark-clad demon tried to restore some semblance of order. He finally got Tsukimaru's attention and nodded. "Good. Now, stay where you are, Tsukimaru."
Before Tsukimaru realized it, he found himself surrounded by a ring of floating, glowing demon bombs. The vampire remained still and made sure not to move an inch. Karasu humored himself as he moved a finger, which made the bombs slowly rotate in circles around the vampire.
"I'd advise you to stay still unless you want to lose an arm. Or, maybe a leg... Perhaps I should blow your whole body to itty, bitty little pieces?" Karasu smirked, satisfied with his dirty work. "Dear Kurama had to learn the hard way when he dared to oppose Demento. Of course, it could be just me humoring myself."
"You sick... freak," Tsukimaru growled.
"Then again, I delight in seeing others suffer. Perhaps I should blow you up in front of your dearly beloved girlfriend?" The sadistic demon looked over toward Saya and licked his lips like the sick, demented demon he truly was. "I take it you'll behave?"
Tsukimaru looked between Saya and the floating bombs. He knew that walking through the bombs was a risk. On the other hand, Loki had Saya captive nearly twenty feet from where he stood.
"Good show, Karasu. You really have come in handy! I'll be sure to tell the Taiyoukai to grant you whatever you want!" Demento was never more relieved than to have his life saved. "That's what you get for opposing me, Tsukimaru! I promise you will pay for your betrayal!"
As Loki picked up Tambo's orb, he glanced and gasped at what he saw. "Demento! Lord Demento!"
"What is it, Loki?"
"They're coming."
The sorcerer's face contorted with displeasure. "Who?"
"The... the guy you mentioned. Kurama's friend... Raizen's descendant..." Loki trembled, dropping the orb as it shattered on the ground.
Demento growled. "Yusuke Urameshi." So, he's coming for Kurama! Ugh, c'mon final Taiyoukai! Awaken! I need you!
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Elsewhere, and unbeknownst to everyone else...
A pair of red, glowing eyes pierced through the darkness. These eyes possessed a murderous intent. A low growl was uttered from out of this mysterious figure as it spread out a pair of large, dragon wings.
It growled and sniffed the air.
"My brethren have all come out to play, eh? Well, I think it's about time I join them! At long last, the time has come to TAKE our rightful places as kings of the two worlds!"
As the figure took a deep breath, it quickly flew upward and took off into Tokyo.
The battle had now taken a drastic turn for the worse.
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(PREVIEW)
Yusuke: Enki! Yomi! What the hell is that thing?!
Yomi: It... It can't be...
Kiryu: Ah, it's so good to be out of that seal! It's been too long since I've tested my strength against strong opposition. I sense one of you is related to Raizen.
Yusuke: Is this the final Taiyoukai?!
Kiryu: You may call me Kiryu, boy. The humans have outlived their purpose. It is time that we, the Toushins, take our rightful places and unite both worlds as one Makai world. We will destroy all you humans hold dear and remake everything under our supervision.
Suzakato: Fat chance! You're not going to turn our world into a demon infestation!
Gallantmon: That's right!
Shishi: You cannot resist. You humans will make tasty morsels.
Cecaelia: For those we do not consume, we turn into slaves.
Kuwabara: Not on our watch!
Venus: Guys, look who I brought!
Jupiter and Mercury: RIO?!
Rio: Looks like your friends need a hand, Minako-san.
Sailor Mars: Hiei's been wounded terribly by that witch!
Mukuro: Get him healed up, Sailor Mars!
Mars: Hiei, I'm going to treat your wounds but...
Houou: Allow me to assist you, my friend.
Mars: Houou?!
Kiryu: I cannot calm my demon throne until I have slain you, son of Raizen. You must die.
Yusuke: Bring it on! If I want to surpass my "father", I'll do it by kicking your ass!
Demento: It's only a matter of time! The human world will be remade as part of the Makai! Both worlds will belong to the demons!
Yugi: Next time on the Taiyoukai Awakening:
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The Final Taiyoukai, Kiryu! A Declaration to Remake the Living World!
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Ardhamon: Ugh, things are not going our way! This sucks!
Ceres: Let's clean up these demon hordes, girls!
Mars: Houou?! You want me to do what?!
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A/N: Yep, three more Taiyoukai awaken. The big leader will be revealed next chapter.
Not only that, but more YYH characters from the Makai Tournament arc appear. Oh, and the Amazoness Quartet officially become the Sailor Quartet. Believe it or not, they were the guardians of Chibi Moon from the manga. They never became guardians in the anime, but I made sure to give them their just due here.
Oh, and I think I'm already starting to dig Minako and Rio together. A broody guy like Rio needs an easy-going, fun girl like Minako-chan after what he's been through. At least he hasn't rejected her like certain broody anime guys from other series. (cough)
More action to come next chapter!
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