Chapter 14: True Destiny

Sage and Lita were walking with Mia and Yulie. Once in a while a stray cat would run by them and White Blaze would lift his head with a small growl. Yulie rode on top of the large tiger. "Where do you think the others could be?" Mia asked.

"Anywhere, that's the problem," Sage replied.

They found the abandoned amusement park. Sage leaned back against the rusted gate to the carousel. Lita stood beside him, leaning against him as his arm moved around her shoulders. They watched as Mia was trying to once again reassure the little boy that they were going to get his parents back. Lita twisted her ring around on her finger, letting out a sigh has she looked at it for a second. "You okay?" he asked.

"Hmm? Yeah, just thinking," she replied, resting her head on his shoulder.

Sage moved his hand up and down her arm. "I kind of miss how your actual hand feels, instead of all this armor," she commented. Sage chuckled lightly.

"Yea sometimes I hate wearing this all the time," he answered.

Lita watched as Yulie and White Blaze played around for the few moments they had before they had to keep going. "What's on your mind?" he asked, kissing her temple. Lita let out a sigh.

"Just trying to think of happier things sometimes," she replied.

Sage kissed the top of her head. "I know," he murmured. Lita entwined her fingers with his. They heard a loud creaking sound, making them freeze. Looking up, they saw the ferris wheel beginning to move.

"What the hell?" Lita said in disbelief.

Suddenly, Dynasty Soldiers charged at them. Lita and Sage pulled apart immediately Lita turned towards the tiger. "Keep them safe, boy," she told the tiger. Lita ducked out of the way, before she did a jump side kick to a soldier running up to her right. She did a back flip when another soldier swung his sword at her.

Lita jumped back over another soldier's head, kicking him in the back. She ducked down before grabbing a soldier's spear, throwing the soldier over her head and into the soldiers running right for her. She was suddenly grabbed around the neck, but she was able to wrap her leg around the soldier's leg, making it lose its balance before she fell back on the ground with it and elbowed it in the throat.

Jumping back to her feet, she looked over to see that a soldier had grabbed Sage from behind but then Ryo ran over, kicking the soldier off him. The soldiers retreated to the subway. Lita looked around as Rei and Ami ran over to her. "You okay?" Rei asked.

"I'm fine, where's everyone else?" she asked.

"We're still looking," Ami replied.

They saw White Blaze head over to the subway and followed him.

Looking around, they found that the subway was completely empty. It smelt rotten…almost like a sewer and it made Ami's skin crawl. Except for the sound of rats squeaking, the subway was silent. Since all the power was out in the city, the entire subway was as dark as a cave. They heard footsteps coming through the tunnels, forcing them to get in a fighting stance. Rowen and Kento walked around the corner with Serena and Mina. "Where have you guys been?" Ryo asked.

"Looking for you," Rowen replied, "This city has turned into a maze."

Sage leaned against the wall, noticing that something was off with Kento. "Now that we're here, what's our next plan of attack?" Rowen asked.

"Kento, are you alright?" Cye asked, noticing that his friend was abnormally silent.

"What? Yeah, I'm fine," Kento replied.

Mina rubbed her hands together nervously when they heard someone making their way towards them. Suddenly, a glaive swung out from the shadows heading straight for Ami. Cye grabbed his girlfriend, covering her head, the glaive was so close they could feel the wind from it missing their heads. Sailor Saturn stepped out from the shadows, staring at them. Her normally dark brown almost black eyes were now a deep, blood red color. "Creepy much?" Rei asked. They heard the loud boom from armored boots hitting the metal railway. They looked over to see Anubis standing there, removing his kusari-gama he started swinging it around his head.

He threw the scythe part of his weapon at them, forcing them to duck and roll out of the way. Sailor Saturn swung her glaive around before charging at the Sailor Scouts. "MINA!" Kento shouted, grabbing her arm, pulling her out of the way. Mina immediately pushed his hands off her.

"Don't do that!" she ordered.

"We need to armor up!" Sage called out, dodging another attack from the scythe.

"RONIN WARRIORS TO ARMS!" Ryo called out.

Kento just stood off to the side, watching his friends transform into their armors. Serena removed her brooch from her shirt. "Sailor Scouts, transform!" she called out. They nodded in agreement. Mina just stared at her friends, swallowing against the lump in her throat.

It didn't take them long to realize that they were a Ronin and Scout short. "What are you guys doing?" Jupiter demanded.

"I don't want to end up like him," Kento answered.

"Kento, stop talking ridiculous and armor up!" Ryo snapped.

Kento frowned. "ARMOR OF HARDROCK TAO GI!" he shouted. Mina held out her wand.

"VENUS STAR POWER!" she called out.

Instead of transforming…nothing happened. Absolutely nothing happened. "What's the matter, Venus? Your little magic wand broken?" Sailor Saturn seethed but then started laughing. Anubis just smirked evilly at Kento.

"Mina…" Sailor Moon said in disbelief.

"I don't know what's going on," Mina answered, looking at her wand.

Sailor Saturn swung her glaive and aimed it at Mina. "NO!" Kento shouted, shoving her out of the way. The blast missed them and crashed into the wall behind them, cracking it. Mina pushed Kento off her.

"Stop trying to protect me, I can handle myself!" she snapped.

Mina got up from the ground, running full force at Sailor Saturn. She swung a punch at her head followed by a kick. Both attacks Sailor Saturn easily dodged. She grabbed Mina by her throat, lifting her up off the floor easily. Mina wrapped her hand tightly around Saturn's in the attempt to kick her. "JUPITER THUNDER CLAP ZAP!" Jupiter shouted. Sailor Saturn let Mina go, dodging the attack.

Ryo swung his katanas at Anubis's head, Anubis easily blocked the attack. He grabbed a hold of Ryo's wrist, throwing him into the wall. Sage went to stab him through the side with his sword when Anubis kicked him in the stomach then reached out and grabbed Cye's trident before it could stab him in the back of the neck. "Kento, we need your help here!" Rowen insisted. Kento just stared at the fight in front of him.

"I can fight him without the armor," Kento answered.

Getting up, Kento swing a punch at Anubis's stomach. Anubis blocked the attack, grabbing Kento by his arm he threw him over his back and he hit the ground with a loud bang. The pain going through his spine was indescribable. "MARS FIRE IGNITE!" Sailor Mars shouted. Sailor Saturn held up her glaive, absorbing the attack and threw it right back at her.

"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!" Sailor Mercury shouted, creating the mist.

Sailor Saturn hissed as the fog surrounded her. "No matter," Anubis snarled. Taking his weapon, he swung it around his head and threw it against the wall. The entire subway seemed to have given away and they were thrown off their feet.

Landing on the ground, Mina held her side, looking over at Kento as he slowly stood up. "Nothing but a pretty face," Sailor Saturn commented. She swung her glaive, the blade was only inches away from the blonde's face.

"Leave her alone!" Kento ordered.

"What can you do about it?" Anubis asked.

Kento glared at him. Mina stared up at Sailor Saturn. "Leave her alone!" Sailor Moon called out. Before she could run at the younger girl, Sailor Saturn held her hand out and Sailor Moon was thrown backwards.

"Sailor Moon!" Mina exclaimed, her eyes wide in horror.

Rowen got up. "Serena!" he called out when his girlfriend hit the ground hard. Mina suddenly felt her stomach knot and twist, making her feel nauseas when she saw one of her closest friends get thrown around like a ragdoll.

Kento looked over just as Yulie ran by him on White Blaze. "NO! YULIE!" he shouted to the child. Anubis swung the scythe to his weapon at him, sending Yulie to the ground. Kento felt nothing but rage, this was what was worth fighting for. The armor isn't evil, the person who wore it had control and had their own free will.

Mina watched as Rowen helped Sailor Moon up off the ground. These were her friends, Kento was her boyfriend. She loved them no matter what, she would die for them as much as they would die for her. They were brothers and sisters in arms, they loved each other as much as family would. That was what was worth fighting for.

Mina looked over at Kento, who nodded his head slowly. "VENUS STAR POWER!" she shouted.

"ARMOR OF HARDROCK TAO GI!" he shouted.

Sailor Venus stood beside Kento, looking at Anubis and Sailor Saturn. Kento held out his bo and Sailor Venus gripped it tightly with him. "IRON BEAM CLASH!" they shouted. The attack struck both Warlord and Sailor Scout. They screamed in agony, unable to move before they both collapsed to the ground. The attack took so much energy, Sailor Venus leaned into Kento's side when they felt hands on their shoulders. They looked over to see their friends surrounding them. They smiled at them before looking back at their enemies.

Suddenly, a purple beam shot down on them both, attempting to bring them back to the Dynasty. A blue light shot into the sky, catching them both and pulling them back down. They looked up at a building and their eyes grew wide. "That's not possible!" Cye exclaimed.

Standing at the top of a building holding an unconscious Sailor Saturn in his arms and Anubis was laying unconscious beside him was him. "Amadeus?" Ryo said with wide eyes.