Meanwhile elsewhere Uranus and Sage had cornered the chief youma. "2 choices, die now or die later." Uranus said grinning as she pointed the blade of her sword at the base of it's neck. The youma was undaunted, he pulled the body of an unconscious human up to him and pulled out a small dagger out, thrusting it at the base of the neck of the human, "Not before I kill this human." Uranus didn't even move, "Go ahead, it's your move." "No!" Uranus snapped around to face an angry Mars with her Flame Sniper pointed directly at Uranus's face, "I will not allow you to hurt an innocent bystander." "Where'd you come from and what are you doing here?!" asked Uranus through gritted teeth. "We're protectors of this Earth and we will not let you harm the life of another human being!" Said Jupiter who along with Venus, Mercury, Phobos, and Deimos had followed Mars. "Get out of here now, this is our fight and…" "Watch out Haruka!" yelled Sage. Uranus turned around but was too slow, for the youma who had seen her preoccupied had stabbed the dagger into her right shoulder. Uranus clenched her teeth in pain and pulled out the dagger and was horrified to see that it was poisoned with a dark purple liquid. "Damn you!" Uranus shouted angrily at Mars and threw the dagger true and straight into the heart of the youma. It screamed in pain and disappeared. Uranus clutched her shoulder with her left hand and drew out her space sword and continued fighting. "Haruka! Stop, you're injured." Sage said as he fought behind her. Uranus ignored him, "Space Sword Blaster!" "Mars Flame Sniper!" Before Haruka's attack could hit the youma, Mar's arrow had already killed it. "Get out of my way Mars!" Uranus said angrily as she dodged the attack of a youma and neatly stabbed it in the back. Mars smirked, "You should listen to Sage, go rest and let us take care of the rest." Sage could see Uranus' blood boil. "Uranus World Shaking!" she yelled and threw the yellow energy ball at the mass of monsters ahead of her. She felt a stabbing pain in her left forearm and collapsed to the ground. The world suddenly began spinning in front of her and the last thing she saw was Sage hurrying towards her and Mars' smirk.
A bright light was shining into her face and she brought her hand up to block it. To her surprise she couldn't move either arms. She snapped her eyes open and found that she was back in the house and lying on a bed and covered in thick blankets. She sat up (or attempted to) but regretted it instantly. Her right shoulder was hurting extremely badly and so was her left forearm. She wondered for a moment what had happened; then realization hit her. "Rei…" she spat the word out of her mouth like some kind of poison. She looked down and saw that her shoulder and arm were bandaged. Just then Anubis walked in with a notebook in his hand and was writing (or calculating) something on it. "Good morning Anubis." Said Haruka. Anubis (who obviously didn't realize that she was awake) jumped about a foot in the air and dropped the notebook. Haruka couldn't help but laugh. Anubis hurriedly picked up his notebook and stood up, looking a bit miffed, "I see you're feeling exceptionally well this morning. How are you feeling?" "Sore, extremely sore." She said as she attempted to climb out of bed. Anubis rushed to her side, "Don't try to move, when you were stabbed in the shoulder their was poison on the blade and it affected your entire circulatory system. To top that off you've lost too much blood." Haruka nodded and climbed back, she currently didn't feel like braving the pain. "What happened after I fainted?" she asked as Anubis pulled up a chair beside her bed. "Ryo changed into his white armor and destroyed the rest of the youmas." Haruka looked a little confused but decided not to ask. "How's everyone else?" Anubis sighed. "Not doing too well. You 4 girls got the worst of it. Setsuna was injured when a youma blasted her attack back on her, she's currently all right but still very weak. Michiru got slashed in both legs and in the end was carried back to the house by Cye. The whip of some demon severed Hotaru's back when she tried to protect Kento when he hit the ground. Her whole back is now bandaged. You got the worst of it all though. Because of the poison and losing too much blood, you've been unconscious for the past 2 days. We; the troopers and I on the other hand are only suffering from exhaustion and nothing else because they had their armors and I had my ancient staff. No offense to you and all but fighting in extremely short skirts and high heels is not the best of ideas." Haruka only nodded grimly. "Not my choice of battle gear I assure you. But I've got a question, what happened after Ryo defeated the youmas?" Anubis shook his head, "That's the part I was getting to. Your so-called allies claimed victory for themselves and said that we were traitors or something. Especially you, then they said if we ever met up again they wouldn't be so kind." Haruka couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Good, we don't need them. Their powers combined are not even close to Setsuna or Hotaru's power. They just think they're so strong and powerful, always underestimating the enemy. Rei is the tyrant, the others are too scared to stand up to her so they follow her. Just because Usagi gave her the right to command over us if ever she left doesn't make her queen over the world." Anubis nodded in agreement. Just then Setsuna came in and smiled at the sight of Haruka up. "Good, you're better now Haruka." Haruka nodded in her direction. Apparently our grudge shall be forgotten until later, she thought. "Helios and I just figured out the way to get into the asteroid belt. Rowen and I are going in an hour, want to join us?" Setsuna asked. "Sure, why not." Said Anubis as he yawned. "Haruka you rest, it's only about 5 in the morning. I'll go call Sage, he'll be delighted to see you. He's been worried sick for the past few days." Haruka grinned inwardly at the thought of Sage. Man! That guy just knew how to break the barrier around her heart. Outwardly she just nodded and lay back into the bed.
"Gates of Time, I your guardian command you to open!" she yelled as the gates slowly creaked open. A heavy wind blasted at them and the moment they stepped out of the gates they felt a heavy gravitational pull on them. Having been previously warned and experienced the peril of the journey out of the Time Gates he held Setsuna's hand tightly (not that he minded or anything.) Anubis on the other hand who was completely clueless was soon pulled apart from the other 2 and was soon lost in the Time Warp. He wandered around aimlessly and soon arrived at what seemed like a dark expansion of nothingness. He only realized his location when he noticed the rock's floating around and the fact that he was floating. The ancient staff he was holding formed a protective bubble around him and enabled him to breathe. He soon arrived at one of the moon-like rocks and started exploring it. Just then he felt a burst of energy pass his ear and he looked up. What seemed like a young girl with bright green hair flew overhead and was throwing attacks at him. "What on Earth?!" he muttered and in that instant the protective bubble surrounding him dropped and he was surprised that he could breathe. The young girl landed in front of him and he saw that she was wearing what seemed like an identical fuku as Setsuna's and the other senshi's. "Who are you?" he asked as he got a better look at her. Bloodstains were covering her clothing and her hair was in a weird style. If it weren't for the look of anger that was currently on her face he would say that she was a very beautiful girl, with large emerald eyes that shined even in the dark. He knew that she wasn't evil for he felt a kind aura surrounding her, but he could tell that she was once working for evil. "Stop trying to trick me, servant of Elia!" "Wait! I don't work for…" But before he could finish his sentence the girl was upon her. She threw at him energy blasts and began attacking him physically. At first Anubis only defended himself then when he could take no more he started attacking her. He thrust his staff at her and she jumped into the air and did a twist, landing behind him. An acrobat, Anubis thought and kept it as a mental note. He could tell that the girl was currently not very strong and absolutely no match for him, but he continued to fight her merely to please her. "Please stop, I don't work for Elia!" he said frustrated. "Yeah, sure. How did you know where to find me then?!" she shouted back. "What are you talking about! I was separated from my friends a just wandered here." She scoffed, "A likely story. Fine, who are your friends?" "My friends?" "Yes your friends, who else. Ha! Caught you didn't I. Stop pretending evil doer! You'll never trap me like you trapped my sisters!" Anubis was losing patience, and losing it fast. "My friends are Setsuna of Pluto and Rowen of Strata!" It was as if those words were of magic for at that moment the girl stopped attacking and stood their speechless. "You know Setsuna Meioh?" she asked in disbelief. Anubis was just as surprised but didn't show it, "Yes, why?" "Oh my goodness! I'm terribly sorry, I guess you don't work for Elia after all." Anubis sighed in exasperation. "That's what I've been trying to tell you for the past 15 minutes!" The girl looked slightly sheepish, "Sorry about that." Anubis shook his head, "It's alright, now will you tell me who you are?" She nodded. "My name is Vesta, Sailor Vesta of the Asteroid Senshi."
Thanks everyone for waiting so very patiently. Sorry about not writing sooner but as I've said before, I got a major writers block. But now it's gone! Yay! Don't worry, I'll be putting up the end of this story in at most 2 weeks. Thanks everyone for you encouragement. Special thanks to Mystical Jade for reminding me that Venus was the rightful leader. Oh and another note, a lot of the characters are based on the manga version so that means that the Amazoness Quartet are senshi and future guardians of Chibusa. Thanks^.^
~Lady Setsuna