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Note: Second to last part. VIOLENT. ^ . ^ Basically, this is just a slug fest.



Chapter Ten



The Sailor Starlights stared in wonder, and Usagi stared in horror as Mamoru fell to the floor, spitting out blood. Then Usagi whispered, "Is he…is he dead?"

Her question was answered when he rose up again, snarling in a rage, apparently not noticing the metal lodged in his skin.

They looked to see who fired the shot. "Rei!" Star Healer bitched. "You're supposed to be in the hospital!"

Rei was holding a bow and a metal-pointed arrow, her arms trembling and fury painting upon her eyes. "I will send you back to the demon world," she whispered viciously.

"Why did you come here? You're supposed to be recovering!" Star Maker exclaimed.

"Because only I – " She fired off another arrow, " – can get rid off that demon…!" It struck him in the shoulder.

Mamoru only smiled and ripped the metal pieces out of his skin, sending sprays of blood everywhere. The Starlights, Rei, and Usagi gasped in disbelief.

Stay calm, Rei told herself. She had to fight to breathe; what the hell kind of demon was this? I have to drive out. It'll be useless without a body to manipulate, so if I can break his legs or something, then it'll leave. "Akuryo Taisan!" she cried, throwing the scroll towards Mamoru. It hit him on his forehead, making him stunned for a moment.

"Out, demon! Come out!" Rei took this opportunity to stab Mamoru rapidly in the legs with the tip of her arrow, breaking it. She continued to smash his legs until someone grabbed her arm.

Rei whirled around. "Usagi…! Let go!"

"Why are you trying to kill him?"

"I'm trying to drive the demon out, damn it!"

"And kill him too!?"

Seeing her distracted, Mamoru grabbed Rei around the neck and flung her to the ground, kicking her over and over. "Die, bitch," he snarled angrily.

"Don't kill him…" Usagi whispered.

Star Fighter looked at her. "Usagi…"

"No! Don't come near me!"

"Why do you hate me?" Star Fighter growled, confused. She didn't understand – what had she done wrong? "Bunny…"

"Shut UP!" Usagi covered her ears. "Don't play stupid with me, you playboy! It's not going to work! I hate you! I hate you!"

Star Maker thought, we should probably explain to her… "Usagi," he started.

She looked up at him.

"Mamoru used stones to make dummies of Seiya. The dummy wrote that letter and went around with this nurse in town, to make you run back to him."

"How…?" Usagi whispered and turned to Mamoru, who was crushing Rei's ribs.

"Give it up!" Mamoru barked harshly, kicking her in the gut. "Say you give up!"

Rei grit her teeth, sat up and screamed, "NO!"

"So stubborn…."

"Fuck. You." She breathed hard and spit out a bloody tooth before raising her fists.

"Would you kill the man that I have possessed…?"

Rei hesitated. Mamoru took advantage of this, slamming his body into her and throwing her out the apartment window. Shards of glass rained down.

Usagi screamed, "REI!" Tears streamed down her face. "REI-CHAN!!!"

Mamoru laughed. "That bitch deserved it."

Star Healer snarled, "I can't take this crap! Let's just blow 'em up, that's another one the bastard's killed!" She brought a powerful wave of white energy to her hands. "Star Sensitive Inferno!!"

She hit Mamoru in the arms, burning off the cloth and streaking burns and bruises on his arms. "I don't feel it…" he whispered, the psychotic gleam in his eyes glowing brighter and brighter. "Pain…no pain…" He cackled before making a green stone appear in his hands.

"What – SHIT!" Star Healer was grabbed by a green rope of energy and slammed into the walls. "Shit shit shit shit shit!" She felt her nose being bashed in., blood streaming down her face. She held her hands like a gun and aimed for him in the eyes. "Star Sensitive Inferno!"

Mamoru stepped away from the beam, letting it shoot down into the floor.

Damn, she thought. Her eyes were becoming hazy and her shoulders slumped.

"Star Healer? Star Healer!" Star Maker glared at Mamoru. "You're going down, bitch."

"Give it up," he said, "you can't win."

"Mamo-chan…" Usagi gasped tearfully, "Why? Why have you done this?"

The demon responded to her. "He accepted me…to claim his heart…"

"NO! That's a lie!"

"He was so jealous in seeing you, Usagi, flirt with that little fucker he wanted revenge…Sweet revenge, oh, revenge is so sweet." He laughed.

"SHUT UP! You're just a voice! A voice using poor Mamo-chan!"

"He wanted power, the power to make you break."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up."

"You're just like a glass doll, ready to be broken upon the floor, Usagi…" The demon laughed as Usagi covered her ears, screaming and howling.

Mamoru winced as Star Fighter dug a blade of white-hot energy into his arm. "That's quite enough, you prick."

He turned his eyes on him. "…What did you just call me?"

"A prick. I said you're a prick."

"…"

"Got a problem, bitch?" Star Fighter snarled. "Leave Usagi alone. She never did anything to you, besides fall in love with someone else. And she didn't tell you, because you're so evil, you prick, you're so controlling and cruel and murderous."

"I know that."

Star Fighter laughed at his response.

"What's so damn funny?"

She ignored Mamoru's question. "Good. Then you'll know why I'm trying to kill you!" With that, she kicked him in the face, her heel digging into his lip.

Usagi looked at his body. Mamo-chan…why isn't the demon going away? Numerous cuts marked his legs, and a huge gash cascaded in a waterfall of blood down his left arm. His lower lip was torn half off and a bruise defaced his face. Why? Haven't we beaten him enough?

Rei moaned. "Usagi…can't you do it…?"

Usagi shook her head. "No! I can't fight him!" Then she turned to Star Fighter.

Star Fighter looked at her. "Bunny…"

"G-Gomen nasai…" she muttered, "for doubting you."

She smiled. "Bunny…"

"Never take her eyes off an opponent!"

Mamoru dug a knife into the back of Star Fighter's neck. "Gakk!" She spit out a large pool of blood. "Shit…" she fell to the floor. "Can't move…" She felt too weak to even keep her eyes open as they fluttered close.

"Sailor Star Fighter…?" Star Maker looked at the deep wound in her neck. She could be paralyzed from the neck down, she realized.

She turned to Mamoru. "You will die for this."

"Yeah, sure, bring it on."

*

Minako stared out the window, sensing the power radiating. It seemed to make the light of the moon and stars boil. I wonder…

She was surprised when a nurse came in. "Minako, someone's here to see you," she told her gently. "Would you like to see her?"

"Who is it?"

"A girl named Hotaru Tomoe."

"Let her in."

The timid girl came in, carrying a large bouquet of flowers. "Hello, Minako-san." She placed the flowers on the bed. "How are you doing?"

"I AM SO DAMN FAT!" Minako yelled. Hotaru blinked. Seeing her surprise, Minako quickly went on, "But the doctors say I need to be fat. So…"

Suddenly she stopped.

"Hmmm…?" Hotaru looked at her. Her wild blue eyes and twisted red slash of a mouth were replaced with a serious expression. "Minako…" Hotaru put a hand on her shoulder. "What's the matter?"

"I…" she stopped. "I don't think I can leave in the condition I am in."

"You'll get better."

"I know but…" Minako looked out the window. "They need you, Hotaru."

"Huh?"

"Go. And fight. Avenge Haruka's death, Michiru's death, Setsuna's death…"

Hotaru stood up.

"I will."

*

"I'll kill all of you, you lying bastards." Mamoru held another glowing stone in his hand. "You little fuckers have no idea what you've gotten yourselves into." He let out a harsh laugh that sounded more like a bark. "This will be fun."

Star Maker grit her teeth. "You won't get away with this!"

He gazed at the stone – almost lovingly, like his child – the psychotic gleam in his blue eyes growing brighter. "That's how she died. That's how Setsuna died. She died. Oh yes. But I didn't…I didn't…"

Mamoru's broken, childish rant made her shudder. He's fucked in the head.

Star Maker sucked her breath in as Rei tried to attack him, but he kicked her hard in the legs, flinging her into Usagi. She was out cold; out of the fight for good.

"Rei-chan!" Usagi shrieked.

"SHUT UP!" Mamoru slapped her across the face before kicking her across the room, knocking her out. She let out a small whimper before silencing.

Suddenly, a shine of guilt flooded his eyes. "Gomen nasai, Usagi…" He snicked.

Really fucked in the head.

Star Maker was too afraid to attack. What's wrong with me? I have to fight. But she couldn't bring her fingers up; she couldn't gather the energy. What's wrong with me?

"Gomen, Usagi," Mamoru walked to her unconscious body and looked down at it. "Gomen. But I fell in love with someone else." He laughed at her, saying words that she would never hear. "I fell in love with someone else. But I realized that after I hit you. You can't call me a hypocrite."

"I'm sure you would call me a lech. But you fell in love with someone else, too."

She could only stare at him, thinking, I should attack! But Star Maker's instincts told her otherwise. Even though his back was turned to her, she had a feeling he could track her movement. Her suspicions were confirmed with his next sentence, filled with a bitter and fierce venom: "Move and you're dead, bitch."

He returned his gaze to Usagi's body and said in a gentle, pleading, quite pathetic voice, "She was just so beautiful, I couldn't help it. Isn't that why you fell in love with that other man…?"

Star Maker gasped. Is that why he raped Ami? She clenched her fist. That bastard.

Mamoru abruptly turned to Star Maker. Without saying anything, he brushed past her and left the apartment.

I was so scared…his power. It's so strong. She sunk to the floor and watched her friends de - transform, Rei try to sit up and fail, and heard Usagi moan in terrible pain. Shit. Where's he going to go? She grit her teeth. Damn! I should've stopped him!

"Star Maker…"

She turned to Yaten's voice. "What?"

"He's going after…Ami. You must catch him before he kills her! Otherwise…Sailor Star Maker?"

He was gone.

*

Ami stepped into the dark apartment. All the power's out, she realized. "Damn," she said. "I can't see…"

"Yes, quite a problem for you." A click of shoes against the cold floor. "Since I like the dark."

She gasped and turned at Mamoru's voice. She gasped, fear catching her breath. It was hard to breathe, to get sufficient air. She sunk to floor against the wall, memories hanging in front of her eyes. No…!

"Don't kill me, onegai," she begged, tears streaming down her face. "Onegai…" She shut her eyes, waiting to feel the burning pain of a cold metal knife being cut through her. It didn't come, even though she heard his footsteps.

Ami opened her eyes when she felt his breath on her face. She almost screamed, seeing his glowing blue eyes on hers.

She felt one of his arms wrap around her waist and the other touch her face. "Don't worry. Taiki's coming to save you."

She grit her teeth. Does he think it's funny to play with me? "Of course he's not," she snapped. "He's going to come just after you've butchered my body, right?" She covered her face. I can't believe we're going to all die, the Sailor Senshi, against one man's jealousy.

Mamoru looked down.

"Don't think you can trick me with the pathetic look!" Ami cried, fresh tears starting. "Don't think you can, you…you…!"

He cut her off by running a finger down her cheek. Now she didn't speak. She was too afraid. Is he going to rape me again!?

She gasped when she felt his tongue touch her cheek and lick the tears off. "Mamoru." Ami said slowly. Maybe he's not controlled by his demon anymore.

"What?" he drew back from her. He turned away.

"Where are you going? I have some questions."

"My demon's starting to come back," he snapped gruffly. "It's going to…shit!"

Ami gasped as he writhed in pain, the demon surging through his again, regaining control. Damn, Ami thought, I have to get out of here while he's in pain. She started to run out of the apartment when she realized: He may attack civilians.

She ran up the stairs instead and hide in the first closet she found. Breathing hard, she tried to stop her loud gasps as she heard his steps going up the stairs.

Ami almost screamed when she heard Mamoru's voice right outside the closet.

"You…!" he yelled. The he choked; it sounded like someone shoved something into his stomach.

Ami breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Mamoru give a strangled cry.

And the door opened…

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