SailorStar9: With Chapter 13 uploaded, this is Chapter 14 of this fic. Read and review. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review other than just simply putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: Me no own, you no sue.

Chapter 14: Into The Darkness

"It's cold." Sailor Moon complained.

"We're almost there." Sailor Mercury noted.

"It's cold." Sailor Moon repeated.

"We know." Anubis muttered.

"It's too cold." Sailor Moon muttered once again.

"Maybe I could warm you up a little." Sailor Mars said, summoning a fireball from her finger tip.

"Uhhh... No, thanks..." Sailor Moon stammered with a sweatdrop.

"Someone's coming." Sailor Mercury warned. "And from the readings, I guess Beryl somehow managed to get the Seven Great Youma onto her side."

"The Seven Great Youma." Sailor Mars said. "Well, we beat them before..."

"Beryl wants to buy some time." Tuxedo Kamen noted.

"Sailor Moon, go after Beryl." Sailor Venus ordered.

"Go with her, Mamoru-sama." Anubis added.

"But..." Sailor Moon started.

"You are the only one with enough power to defeat Beryl." Sailor Mars reminded. "We'll try and beat these overgrown youma, but if we can't do it, someone has to stay alive to fight Beryl."

"Rei..." Sailor Moon frowned. "I'll stay and fight."

"We have no time for this, rabbit." the fire Senshi retorted. "Go and kick Beryl out of this planet. You are the Princess, remember?"

"We're counting on you to do that. We trust you." Sailor Jupiter said.

"You can do it, Usagi." Sailor Mercury added.

"Now go. They'll be here in a minute." Anubis nodded to the horde of youma.

"But, the problem is..." Sailor Mercury started. "They're blocking the entrance to the Dark Kingdom."

"Then we'll have to break through." Sailor Mars shrugged, Sailor Jupiter nodded in agreement.

After a few seconds of walking, the Senshi saw the seven Shadow Youma waiting for them. "We were waiting for you." Gesen, the gamer youma, commented.

"Supper time." Boxy, the boxer youma, said.

Sailor Venus and Anubis charged at the youma, and the other Senshi joined them a second later. That distraction was enough for Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen to get through. As she run, Sailor Moon looked back at her friends fighting the youma. "Please take care..." She whispered before she and Tuxedo Kamen entered the dark portal that was the nexus point between the Earth and the Dark Kingdom.

Sailor Moon stopped on her track as she saw the horde of youma coming their way "This is not looking good."

"We'll have to fight to get through." Tuxedo Kamen noted.

"There's too many of them!" Sailor Moon muttered.

"I know... But we cannot give up now." Tuxedo Kamen said.

Sailor Moon nodded, "You're right. I cannot give up. They are counting on me..." She turned to the crowd of youma and summoned her attack "Moon Tiara Action!" The magical disc blasted through a dozen youma, turning them all into dust. The crowd didn't slow down, though. Tuxedo Kamen rushed into the crowd, as Sailor Moon kept firing her tiara.

Sailor Venus dodged as Bunbo tried to slice her with his spears. She then kicked him in the guts and leapt back, "It's just me or they're harder than last time?"

"Light Wall!" Anubis summoned a shimmering light wall to stop Boxy, but the youma just leapt through it. "No kidding, they're tough." he muttered.

"Okay, time to get nasty." Sailor Jupiter said. She summoned her axe and charged at Binah. Gesen leapt from the side and tried to pin her on a wall, but Sailor Jupiter sliced through it. "Gross!" she exclaimed as her suit was literally soaked in green goo.

"Heh... Now your suit is all green." Anubis joked. He was having an interesting sword-to-claw duel with Bakene, the cat youma. As the feline's fur was seemingly unbreakable, the Shitennou was in the losing side.

Sailors Mars and Mercury were both fighting Rikoukeidar, the scientific youma. Needless to say, they were out-powered.

Sailor Venus finally managed to tie Bunbo up with her light chain and glared at it, "I've had enough of your compasses. Venus Crescent Storm!"

"Supreme Thunder!" Sailor Jupiter hit Binah dead on, but the artist youma still charged at her. Sailor Jupiter leapt aside and dodged the charge, but saw Gesen ready to stomp her head. "Oh dear..."

"Crescent Storm!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

Both attacks hit Gesen dead on, turning it into dust. "Three down, four more to go." Sailor Jupiter muttered.

"Make it... Three to go." Anubis commented as he sliced Bakene's head off. He then turned back to Binah. "Now how will I beat this thing...?"

Sailors Mars and Mercury were trying their best to fight Rikoukeidar, but it wasn't enough. Rikoukeidar was faster, stronger, and seemed to resist all of their magic spells. "I need more power..." the fire Senshi muttered. Suddenly, a crystal appeared in front of him "The Red Nijizuishou?" she blinked. "Wait a minute..." she grabbed the crystal out of the air and concentrated, "I know what to do... Mars Star Power!"

"What the heck?" Sailor Mercury exclaimed as she looked at Sailor Mars. She was covered by a a ring of fire as her suit upgraded to that of a 'Star' Senshi.

"But I don't understand..." Sailor Mars looked at her upgraded suit. "I thought Sailor Moon had the crystals?"

"The Nijizuishou were created using our planetary powers" Sailor Mercury explained. "Since you desired more power, the Red Nijizuishou instantly found its way back to you."

Rikoukeidar hissed and tossed her beaker at the upgraded Senshi. Sailor Mars grinned "Let's see what I can do. Fire Wall!" A wall of flames formed in front of her, causing Rikoukeidar's beaker to be thrown back at her.

"Lightning Tackle!" Jupiter sent Rikoukeidar slamming into an ice wall, and the youma turned into dust. "Two to go."

Anubis leapt back to dodge Binah's boulder constructs, and he frowned. "This sucks... Time for a change of tactics. Flask Break!" his body exploded into a blinding blast of light. Binah screamed in pain as her eyes was blinded by the sudden bright light, before Anubis' 'Light Sniper' took her out from the back.

"Good, now we only have to beat Jiji." Sailor Mercury noted.

"Here, gorilla..." Anubis joked.

"Let's see... Anubis, Sailor Mercury, distract him." Sailor Venus said. "I'll use my weapon to immobilize it. Sailors Jupiter and Mars, aim for it's eyes." The others nodded "Now!" she shouted.

"Light Wall!"

"Ice Prism Shield!"

Jiji growled and shot a wave of fire at the shields, and Sailor Venus used the distraction to get closer to the creature. Sailor Venus wrapped the youma's body with her light chain, and Sailor Mars completed the job with her 'Burning Mandala', burning the creature's eyes. The youma howled in pain.

"Now, Sailor Jupiter!" Sailor Venus shouted. Sailor Jupiter nodded and slammed a lightning-enhanced punch into th youma's chest. As it hit, the youma gave a last, high-pitched howl before slumping to the ground and turning into dust.

Tuxedo Kamen was growing tired, and he knew Sailor Moon was also running out of power. They couldn't keep this up forever, but what else could he do? "If this keeps up, we'll never reach Beryl... I cannot let that happen." In that moment, he felt a power surge through his body as he turned into his Prince Endymion form.

Sailor Moon punched a youma away then turned to see what had happened. "Tuxedo Kamen turned into... Prince Endymion?"

Endymion faced the youma and grinned. "Time to try out my new power. Earth Sword..." His sword started glowing and dust swirled around it ."Blast!" The dust shot forward together with the energy from the sword, and blasted through several youma.

"That was quite an upgrade from the roses..." Sailor Moon noted.

"Very funny..." Endymion muttered. Just then, a blood-chilling howl boomed through the cave "What was that?"

Sailor Moon paled as she saw the massive demon walking slowly towards them, "I think we're in real troubles now."

The rest of the Senshi group came dashing towards them, "Hmmm... I see I'm not the only one who got upgraded." Sailor Mars noted.

"Shut up and fight, there's enough youma in here for everyone." J Sailor upiter snapped.

"Not counting that big guy that's coming our way..." Sailor Mercury noted.

"What is that?" Sailor Venus asked in shock.

"I think that's the youma's prize for getting the Seven Great Youma." Sailor Mars noted.

Sailor Mercury scanned the creature with her visor, "You wouldn't believe how much energy that thing's got."

"Why isn't it attacking?" Sailor Venus asked.

"Who cares? Let's beat the other youma before that thing changes it's mind." Anbuis said.

"Moon Tiara Magic!"

"Earth Sword Blast!"

"Fire Soul!"

"Aqua Cutter!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

"Crescent Storm!"

"Light Pulse!" Anubis summoned his light spell. The combined strength of the attacks finished most of the youma. The massive youma grunted and started moving towards them. "Here it comes..." Anubis noted.

"I'm growing tired of this..." Sailor Moon muttered "Moon Tiara Action!" The tiara literally bounced off the youma's skin. "No way!"

"Usagi, get out of here." Sailor Venus said. "We'll take care of this."

Endymion nodded, "You gotta get Beryl before it's too late."

Sailor Moon sighed, then nodded "Okay." She dashed down the tunnel.

Sailor Moon was running through the tunnel, when she felt a surge of energy. She was transported right into Beryl's throne room. The evil Queen looked at her and gave her a cold smile "Welcome, Princess."

"Queen Beryl..." Sailor Moon said glaring at the woman.

"It was quite foolish of you to come alone. Once I destroy you, there will be nothing left to stop me." Beryl gloated. "And I'll finally awaken Metallia."

"Metallia?" Moon asked in shock. She remembered that from her past life, from the Silver Millennium...

"And in a minute, she'll be here." Beryl boasted. "A pity you won't be alive to see that." as she said that, a wave of dark energy shot from her body, hitting Sailor Moon and sending her crashing to the ground. Beryl laughed "Weakling... I killed you once in the past, and now I did it again." she walked out of the room, chuckling.

The Senshi tried their attacks on the massive youma, but it just shrugged them off. "Okay, now what?" Sailor Venus asked.

"Now we beat that." Sailor Mercury noted.

"Earth Sword Blast!" Endymion's attack bounced off the youma's skin and blasted a few of the remaining youma into pieces. "Well, it wasn't what I'd planned, but it worked." He muttered.

"Stupid humans." The youma growled. "I am Kyoushiiku, the ultimate youma!"

"'Death Bringer'?" Sailor Mars muttered.

"I think it fits him..." Sailor Mercury noted.

"You cannot defeat me, Senshi!" Kyoushiiku growled.

"We've heard that before, youzilla." Anubis said.

"Youzilla? Now that was a bad pun." Sailor Mars muttered.

"Okay, how about that... If I had a dollar for each time I heard that, I'd be rotten rich." Anubis joked.

"OH SHUT UP!" Sailor Venus shouted. The others all turned to her in shock. "We have to fight that youma, so keep your jokes and arguments for later."

"She's right." Anubis admitted. "Venus, remember that attack we used to destroy a youma in London?"

Sailor Venus nodded, "Why...?" She then grinned. "Got it."

Anubis dashed towards the youma then shouted, "Now!" and leapt up.

"Crescent Beam!"

""Light Sword!" he dug his blade into the youma's skin, and it howled.

"You'll die now, fool!" Kyoushiiku growled and used one of it's massive claws to send Anubis slamming on a rock wall.

"Kyouya!" Sailor Venus shouted.

"Check on him, we'll take care of that bastard." Endymion instructed. "Everyone, aim for the wound! Sword Blast!"

"Fire Soul!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

"Aqua Cutter!"

The attacks hit the wound on the youma's skin, and it sunk to the ground. "It's... not possible... I cannot be destroyed... it's not possible..." Kyoushiiku growled then gave a last howl before turning into dust.

"We did it..." Sailor Mercury said tiredly.

"Finally..." Sailor Jupiter muttered.

Sailor Moon moaned and stood up slowly. Her whole body hurt, but she couldn't give up. Beryl was strong, but she had faced strong foes before. And she knew now wasn't the time for running away. As she looked around the throne room, she could see a corridor that ended in a large, black door. She could also hear steps coming her way. *Hope it's not another youma.* She sighed in relief as she saw her friends coming towards her.

"Usagi, what happened?" Sailor Mars asked.

"I... Beryl knocked me off... She thought I was dead, I suppose..."

"Sailor Mercury?" Sailor Mars asked.

Sailor Mercury was already typing on her computer "It's down that corridor, behind that door. Beryl is there, but she's not alone."

"Metallia." Sailor Moon muttered.

"Metallia?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"I remember... Metallia, the demoness..." Sailor Mars frowned.

"And it's about to awaken." Sailor Mercury noted.

"Then let's hurry!" Sailor Venus said. The Senshi dashed down the corridor.

As the group entered the room, they could see Beryl standing besides a large, black cocoon. Tendrils of dark energy run from it and into Beryl's body. "You're too late, Senshi... The time has come for Metallia's kingdom! You can be strong, but can you defeat a goddess?" The tendrils of energy enveloped Beryl, and the cocoon vanished. Beryl's body grew about ten times it's size, and her eyes became a glowing red color. "This is the end for you, humans!" She growled, her voice deep, almost like a growl.

"And I thought youzilla was bad enough..." Anubis muttered.

"It's not Beryl anymore. Metallia has taken over her body." Sailor Mercury noted.

Metallia laughed "This time you have no way to win, Senshi!"

"That's a lie." Sailor Moon snapped and produced her Ginzuishou. Her suit became her princess gown as she closed her eyes. "Moon Cosmic Power!" The Ginzuishou started glowing white and shot a white light beam at the demoness, but Metallia countered with a dark energy wave. Both attacks clashed and the Princess struggled to keep her attack up. "Everyone... I need your help... Lend me your energy."

The others nodded.

"Mars Star Power!"

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Jupiter Power!"

"Venus Power!"

Endymion and Anubis added in their attacks for good measure.

"MOON COSMIC POWER!" Princess Serenity shouted. The energy beam tore through Metallia's dark energy and punched through her body. With a last shriek, the demoness vanished. Princess Serenity fainted. and Endymion caught the Princess before she hit the ground, and sighed as her gown turned back into Sailor Moon's suit.

"She's okay, just unconscious." Sailor Mercury noted. She then fell to one knee "That last attack..."

Sailor Mars nodded as she leaned against a piece of wall. "I felt it too... The power we used... was amazing..."

"Hey, how are we going to get back?" Sailor Venus wondered.

The others looked around. They weren't in the Dark Kingdom, but in a crater somewhere near the North Pole. The sun was shining in the sky, as the eclipse had already passed. Sailor Moon opened her eyes and looked around as well. "We did it."

"Finally, it's over." Sailor Mars said.

"The Dark Kingdom is gone." Sailor Venus added. "We rest for a while, then use 'Sailor Teleport'."

SailorStar9: Well, with no deaths this time, the cats have no chance of putting the 'Forgetfulness' and "Loyalty' charms on the Senshi's Star Power Sticks. Now that's done, read and review.