SailorStar9: With Chapter 86 uploaded, this is Chapter 87 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairings: Established!Zen/Ami, Established!Rikuo/Hotaru

Disclaimers: This fic idea and the Rikuo/Hotaru pairing belong to Pavel123; I only own the plot idea and the main pairing. Anything else belong to their respective owners.

Chapter 87: The Horror of the Approaching Shadow! The Senshi, Onmyōji And Yokai Team Up!

In the adapted laboratory...

"All preparations are complete." Professor Tomoe informed Mistress Nine. "Now if you, the Messiah of Silence, sets the Grail onto this device, the light of shadow will shine upon the Tau Nebula. To guide our great Master, the energy form from another dimension, Pharaoh Ninety, we need that light. When Pharaoh Ninety appears in this universe, everything will be destroyed and the Earth will be surrounded in silence."

"The age of light filled with lies will end." Mistress Nine laughed. "And the age of shadows were true darkness reigns supreme will begin."

Out on the streets near Mugen Academy...

"We have to end it here." Rei remarked.

"Everyone," Usagi turned to the Inner Senshi.

"Mercury Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Mars Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Jupiter Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Venus Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!"

Wasting no time, all five Senshi transformed.

Elsewhere...

"Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, I presume?" Keikain Akifusa asked, leading a group of Yaso Branch Keikain onmyōji.

"Who are you?" Sailor Uranus was on the defensive.

"I am Keikain Akifusa of the Keikain Yaso Clan Branch." Akifusa answered.

"Onmyōji..." Sailor Neptune realized.

"Indeed." Akifusa confirmed. "All able-bodied Keikain onmyōji are mobilized for this battle, as per Genbu-sama's instructions."

"Setsuna." Gyūki turned to the Time Senshi, with Gozumaru and Mezumaru at his side.

"Just know we only here because we still hold respect for Bunko's reincarnation." Gozumaru huffed.

"Don't be such a tsundere, Gozumaru." Mezumaru teased. "Don't mind him, Sailor Pluto. He might not say it, but he likes you."

"The Grail is approaching." Mistress Nine spoke. "They are foolishly bringing it to us."

"That's good for us." Professor Tomoe chuckled.

"But I still cannot allow obstructions to enter." Mistress Nine decided. "Now until I am fully awakened." with that, she focused her power and hatched the remaining Daimon Eggs into Undifferentiated Daimons.

With the Inner Senshi...

"Genbu-sama," Keikain Masatsugu presented himself, along with the other Fukuju onmyōji. "What the..." he frowned when he picked up an increase in evil energy. "I feel a strong presence so silent that it is almost eerie. It's coming from there!" he pointed to the black fog raising from the outer walls of Mugen Academy.

"Everyone." Masatsugu turned to his fellow onmyōji. "Raise the barrier!" he ordered as the Undifferentiated Daimons attacked the Senshi.

"Lightning Bullet!" with the city now shielded, Sailor Jupiter wasted no time in unleashing her lightning attack at the Undifferentiated Daimons.

"Death Slicer!" Sailor Venus' energy disc sliced through the liquid Daimons that tried to swallow her.

"Fox-Tail Ribbon Whip!" Sailor Mars twirled her newly conjured flaming whip around herself, burning out any of the Undifferentiated Daimons that came close.

"White Ripple!" Sailor Mercury fired her wave of ice-white ice at the Undifferentiated Daimons, freezing the group in front of her. "Just how many are there?"

"Anki Kuroenbu!" various assorted weapons shot past the ice/water Senshi, cutting down the liquefied Daimons.

"Mercury-sama, let us deal with them."Aotabō punched through a liquefied Daimon.

"Aotabō is right." Kubinashi agreed, fighting off the Daimons with Kejōrō.

"Mugen Academy is now an omega-zone protected by dark energy." Mistress Nine informed. "Now, no one will be able to step inside this sacred ground. And now," she reached out a shadowy hand into a portal "The Grail."

"Now is the time to teleport." Sailor Mercury told the other Senshi.

"Mercury-sama, look out!" Kejōrō shouted a warning when Mistress Nine's ghastly hand shot out from the newly opened portal and grabbed Sailor Mercury. Lengthening her hair, she wrapped it around Sailor Mercury's waist and tried to pull her back.

"Kejōrō!" Kubinashi turned to see his secret lover engulfed within a spiral of the Undifferentiated Daimons who then electrocuted her and forcing her to release Sailor Mercury. "Oh no..." he breathed in horror as he watched Sailor Mercury get dragged into the closing portal.

"This is..." Aotabō frowned as the Undifferentiated Daimons retreated and reformed into a solidified wall that encased Mugen Academy.

"This isn't any ordinary barrier." Gozumaru was thrown back by the newly formed Daimon shield, his attack was deflected back on him.

"Gozumaru!" Mezumaru pulled the other Yokai back when the Undifferentiated Daimons turned into red tendrils and attacked them.

"Get back." Gyūki cut through the Daimons with his sword. "Take this chance and go in." he told the three Outer Senshi. "Gozumaru, Mezumaru."

"Right." the two younger Yokai nodded and readied their own weapons to fight off the Daimons and giving the three Senshi the opening they needed.

"To enter while the Yokai are fighting off the Daimons," Mistress Nine was impressed. "Nothing less from the lover of the Gyūki Clan Head."

"But more than that, your power is sincerely more than grand, Messiah of Silence." Professor Tomoe praised.

"Now, it is time for me to get hold of the Grail." Mistress Nine stood up from her seat. "I want you to get rid of the Sailor Senshi that have gotten in here. Use the dolls you have created, Daimon Germatoid."

"That wall is going to continue to increase in energy." Kurotabō informed the gathered fighters. "The only thing we can do now is retreat outside the Keikain barrier."

"Kurotabō, are we abandoning Mercury-sama?" Kejōrō demanded.

"No," the weaponry Yokai corrected. "We need to believe in her; she is Zen-sama's soulmate, after all."

"That was an unpleasant way of getting my attention." Sailor Mercury muttered, stirring on the floor of a darkened space. Getting to her feet, she pulled out her super-computer and started typing.

"These are bodies that I have created." Professor Tomoe greeted the three Outer Senshi running through a corridor. "The three of you, it's against school rules to come in here. It's a shame, I wanted superior students like yourselves to become bodies for Daimons." laughing, Germatoid removed himself from Professor Tomoe's body and revealed his true form.

"World Shaking!" with Professor Tomoe out of the way, Sailor Uranus fired her attack at the revealed Daimon.

The plant-like Daimon was splattered into pieces, only to get absorbed by the empty clones lined up in the hallway.

"It's no use." Germatoid mocked as he gathered the clones to attack the three Senshi. "I've already analyzed all of your attacks. You can't win against me."

"Deep Submerge!"

"Dead Scream."

Both attacks took out the first wave of clones and the three Senshi dodged the next attack wave.

"Time Bomb." while Sailors Uranus and Neptune were using hand-to-hand combat against the clones, Sailor Pluto was using an area-effect attack on her opponents.

Just then, the Garnet Orb started shining and summoned the other two Talismans in front of their owners.

"Submarine Reflection!" Sailor Neptune grabbed her 'Deep Aqua Mirror' and shone the light on the clones around them, revealing the hidden Germatoid among them.

"Space Sword Blaster!" charging up the 'Space Sword', Sailor Uranus threw the sword between Germatoid's eyes, destroying the male Daimon.

"Welcome, Sailor Mercury." Mistress Nine greeted the arriving water Senshi. "I am a life form from another dimension. I came from Tau Nebula and took over Tomoe Hotaru's body, but that accursed Nura Rikuo exorcised me from my host and forced me into existence prematurely. I am Mistress Nine."

"We've finally found you!" Sailor Uranus flung open the door.

"For the future of this planet, we will defeat you." Sailor Neptune swore.

Laughing, Mistress Nine unveiled the black curtain to reveal the looming Tau Nebula above them. "Master Pharaoh Ninety," she turned to her master. "Please just wait a moment longer."

Casting a smirk at the Senshi, she watched as Sailor Mercury took on her Cheimon form.

SailorStar9: Well, this chapter is done. Thoughts, reviews, anyone?