Divinity: Fates and the Afterlife

Chapter Forty-Seven

Sailor Mercury looked up and began calculating the density of the mass surrounding the tower, they finally had made it but due to its strong and poisonous energy Mars suggested to stay a good few meters away. "It's clear that this is being used to link both worlds..." Mars muttered and narrowed her amethyst eyes, "If we cross, it could consume us... it's too poisonous."

"Oh great—" Jadeite sighed and peered to his side, "And we are surrounded by these creatures once again—we must divide into teams to give Sailor Mercury enough time to find a way to break the barrier and allow us to find an entrance, Nephrite, come with me—Zoisite, stay with Kunzite."

"Right, let's purify the area before it spreads more." Mars ran after Jadeite and felt the fire spark in the palms of her hands, "Akuryo Taisan!" A blazing curtain of fire exploded in front of her and before the shadows could called for the second stage of her powers, "Whatever that carries evil in its core, I will make sure to burn it to ashes—Mars—Snake Fire!" the angry flames coming from her soon engulfed and surrounded the shadows, making them squeal and howl with suffering. Mercury continued typing in her portable computer with impressive speed "It's working!"

"Alright!" Jupiter joined Mars and summoned for her flower attack, "Flower Hurricane!" the petals from her belt began dispersing and went up to the second stage of her power, "Jupiter—Thunderbolt!"

"Keep attacking—it's working!"

"Venus—Crescent Beam—Shower!"

"Burning—Mandala!"

"Jupiter Coconut Cyclone!"

Venus extended her palm and brought it up to her lips, "Venus—Love and Beauty Shock!"

"Fire—Soul!" Mars pointed her hands at the enemy in front of them and turned to Jadeite who pointed his sword at the shadows, "Keep the fire going, my Celestial Priestess, I will take care of the roast!" He smirked playfully and went full speed after the shadows and began slashing them one after another, Mars looked at him wide eyed and could almost swear her cheeks were as hot and red as the fire flowing with rage from her hands.

Venus turned to Kunzite who was running towards them with his sword glowing in his hand, "Venus! Open a path for me!" The senshi in gold and orange nodded and grabbed her golden chain and summoned for her power, "Venus—Love Me Chain!" she twirled and whipped her chain in a circular motion, allowing the first in command to jump into battle and summon for his own energy, throwing another set of three quick slashing blasts at the shadows, surprising the girls, including Venus, "So this is why you didn't want to use your magic back at the building..." she muttered as she aggressively whipped her shining chain at more shadows coming their way.

Zoisite and Nephrite both blasted energy attacks, joining their forces to Jupiter, Mars, and Venus and then followed their fellow Shitennou in face to face combat with the army of shadows. A faint victory smile crossed Sailor Mercury's lips when she finally got the code to clear an entrance to the Tower "Almost—"

"Deep Submerge!" A strong sound of ocean waves knitted together around the Senshi of Deep Waters as she guided the attack towards the mass of energy, soon after, the Senshi of the Skies joined the battle and raised her hand to call to her own energy, "World—Shaking!" A loud rumbling sound echoed once she kneeled and punched her fist on the ground, channeling her strong blast underground, burning and dismembering corpses and shadows along its way.

Mercury widened her eyes and turned to see Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Pluto also clearing the way; Pluto raised her rod and called for the first stance of her ancient power, "Death—Scream," and threw the deep garnet colored ball against the enemy dissolving them in a matter of seconds; all four inner senshi greeted the outer senshi in silence with a faint smile on their faces while they continued attacking the incessant amount of dark energy.

The same growling sound that took them out of their civilian form echoed with a stronger force, Mars widened her eyes in horror and turned to Venus, "It's getting out of control—we need to step back!"

Venus frowned while attacking the shadows with her chain, "What are you saying?! We can't step back!"

"It's spreading and they somehow are becoming stronger!" Mars twirled with fire dancing around her hands and body and blasted the fiery energy at the dark mass that was now becoming a wall of tar, heavy with a rotten smell. Sailor Uranus frowned and covered her nose, "What the hell is that smell?"

"It's coming from the inside..." Sailor Neptune said as she looked down at her mirror. She looked regal in her eternal uniform, matching with her fellow comrades, her V-shaped choker and the center of her front bow was a green five-pointed star. She had round light green puffed sleeves with two strips of darker fabric attached to the bottom. Her short gloves were now a longer version that reached to her upper arms. Her belt consisted of two ribbons, one sea green, and one light green, with two long, thin back ribbons, clipped together by a golden five-pointed star. Her back bow was light green. Her skirt became two-layered, the top layer being sea-green and the bottom a lighter green. Her strappy heels were now knee-high white boots with a sea-green V-shaped border and a golden five-pointed star at the top. Her tiara gem was a sea-green five-pointed star and her earrings were sea-green, dangling five-pointed stars. "But I can't see who is causing this—the image in the mirror is being distorted..."

"You will not find anything in that trinket of yours," Asteria materialized seconds later in front of the aquamarine senshi. Her needle sky high heels clicked on the ground as soon as she landed; her dark eyes narrowed as she looked around at the soldiers and smirked, "So these are the famous Sailor Senshi," she turned to Athamas, who was now standing now next to her, "The ones blessed by the Gods and Planets..." he said dryly. The dark Goddess quirked a brow, "I see—" she sighed with annoyance, "Your presence here only tells me that you have yet not found the one you are looking for,"

Sailor Uranus took a step forward to face Asteria, and just like the inner senshi, her uniform also changed to match theirs. Her choker was V-shaped and the center of her front bow was a navy five-pointed star, she had round light blue puffed sleeves with two strips of navy fabric attached to the bottom and her once wrist length gloves became longer, reaching to her upper arms. Her belt consisted of two blue ribbons, one light, and one dark, with two long, thin back ribbons, clipped together by a golden five-pointed star. Her back bow was light blue. Her skirt became two-layered, the top layer being navy and the bottom light blue. Her dark ankle boots were now replaced by boots were knee-high and white with a V-shaped border with a five-pointed star at the top. Her tiara gem was a navy five-pointed star and her earrings were navy, dangling five-pointed stars. "You must be Asteria," she said dryly.

Asteria looked at the Senshi of the Skies and looked down at her rattling chain moving around her arms like living serpents, "The word spreads quickly."

Sailor Pluto's senshi uniform changed just like the others, her choker was also V-shaped and the center of her garnet-colored front bow was a grey five-pointed star. She had round grey puffed sleeves with two strips of black fabric attached to the bottom her gloves now reached her upper arms and her belt now consisted of two ribbons, one grey and one black, with two long, thin back ribbons, clipped together by a golden five-pointed star and her back bow was grey. Her familiar chain of keys still hung to one side of her waist, making a tingling sound every time she moved. Her skirt was now two-layered with the top layer being black and the bottom grey. Her boots were now knee-high and white and each had a black V-shaped border with a golden five-pointed star at the top. Her tiara gem was a black five-pointed star and her earrings were black, dangling five-pointed stars. The Senshi of Time and Space looked at the dark woman and tightened her grip on her Rod, her deep garnet eyes narrowed defiantly, "You are violating the laws of nature and Gods by breaking one of its taboos."

Asteria tilted her head low and scoffed, "Just like you did—or do you think I have not heard of your misadventures in the Time-Space Corridor?"

"Go back from where you came from and take your minions with you, you demon!" Pluto looked at her and stomped her titanium rod on the ground making a loud echo against the concrete, "You are not allowed to be here!" Asteria took a step closer, "I am tired of this little game, I did not come here to speak to such low less spawns." she narrowed her eyes "How dare you to speak to me with such impudence?"

"How dare we?" Haruka frowned, her hand started to glow with more energy "Just because you are a Goddess you think you can come here and do as you like?! You think we are afraid of you?!"

"A Goddess..." Asteria chuckled, and let her laughter intensify as she tilted her head back, "You fool—a Goddess?! I am more than just a Goddess. I am a Polemarchos—the Guardian of the Gates of Thanatos in the Underworld and the one that controls the lost Fates and Fallen Stars. I am here on a mission and you, are in my way." The chain in her hands began to react to her heavy energy and the ones wrapped around her neck began to move around her like a protective aura. She raised her hand and looked up, "I call upon the forces of Inferno to pour in and devour everything that is in its way! Rise my Army of Shadows and look for the guardian of this planet."

"Guardian..." Uranus' eyes widened and turned to Neptune, then at the inner senshi, "Where is she!?" her voice panicked as soon as she noticed her princess was nowhere to be found. Asteria blasted them with dark energy and a new wave of shadows rose from the ground, flooding them with tar and waste.

Pluto flicked her rod, "Chronos Typhoon," she said in her usual soft tone, contrasting the incredible force of her attack against the shadows crowding them, she turned and swung her rod stumbling corpses around her and turned to the others, "This force is too heavy! It's going to crash against us—we need to move!"

"Not if I crash them all first—World Shaking!" the same strong golden light parted the ground, rumbling the corpses until they splattered around them, but just like Sailor Pluto predicted, a wave of poisonous dark matter flowed like an ocean of malice towards them. Megumi held a very weak Akira in her arms tight as she looked at the horrific scene from an ally with Luna and Artemis. Following the shitennou's request, as soon as they saw a place to keep themselves safe they ran for it and stayed there, but they were not counting with the fact that the shadows soon would spread like if a sewer would have broken. Megumi turned horrified and noticed that the unconscious bodies from the people scattered on the ground were now becoming possessed and reacting to their command, heightening their strength and putting their lives at risk as they slowly moved towards them, the terran maid looked down at the girl close to losing her conscience in her arms and shook her, "We need to—"

"Silence Wall!"

Much to their surprise, the shadows stopped as if there was some sort of force pushing them down and making them unable to move. Megumi's eyes widened when she turned and saw the Senshi of Silence walking slowly towards the tower swinging her long silence glaive as it weaved her power to protect them from the deadly creatures and stomped its pointed end on the ground. The pristine and polished glaive stood proudly catching the gleam only darkness could give to it. Asteria stopped and looked at the girl in the distance and could not deny her surprise. There she was, the Soldier of Ruin and Rebirth, wearing a similar uniform as the others. A V-shaped choker on her neck, and a lavender five-pointed star at the center of her maroon front bow. Her shoulder pads were large lavender puffs with two patches of purple fabric attached to the bottom. Her gloves became longer, reaching to her upper arms. Her belt consisted of two ribbons, one purple and one lavender, with two long, thin back ribbons, clipped together by a golden five-pointed star. Her back bow was lavender and her flowy skirt became two-layered, with the top layer being purple and the bottom a soft lavender hue. Her boots were now white and knee-high and each had a purple V-shaped border with a golden five-pointed star at the top. Her tiara gem was a purple five-pointed star and her earrings were dangling, purple five-pointed stars.

Saturn looked at the Goddess of Fates with disdain and waited for the screaming shadows recede so she could come closer, "I am an emissary from the abyss of death, Protected by Saturn, the planet of Ruin—Sailor Saturn." She looked up at Asteria with a frown, "Your presence here only confirms that in fact, you were granted permission to cross to this realm despite being a taboo."

Asteria pulled her chains down and looked at the young girl holding her long weapon, "Your existence tells me that you were also given a task but somehow you decided to ignore it. That is why I am here."

"A Gate Keeper must never leave its post—you shall not be here," Saturn responded in a warning tone, very different from what everyone was used to hear from her always calm and somber voice when in duty. "Why has Father called allowed you to cross to this planet?!"

All sailor senshi and shitennou turned wide-eyed at the Soldier of Ruin, "F-Father..." Nephrite muttered in disbelief, no matter how much he heard about it, it was incredible to see this girl was linked to such magnetic and strong forces. Asteria took another step closer and crossed her arms, "I follow rules—"

"You follow the ambitious desires of those who sell their souls to you." Saturn said and then turned to look at Athamas who was standing a few feet behind her, "Ah, I see—the soul of the Andromedian has been given to you as payment." The inner senshi gasped and turned to the andromedian general who was looking at them with dark, vacant eyes.

"Step aside Saturn, you may be God Hades' daughter but I still have a mission to accomplish and I will not allow anybody step in my way, not even you, Soldier of Ruin and Silence." Asteria raised her arms and whisked her chains to curl around them, "Where is it!?"

Saturn narrowed her deep violet eyes but decided to remain silent, making Asteria angry, "Fine. Take your side—I will accomplish my mission whether any of you like it or not!" she looked up and extended her hand, "Army of Shadows—the Gates are open! Cross to this realm..." she narrowed her dark eyes, "Bring me the hybrid,"

Sailor Uranus turned to Sailor Saturn who was raising her Glaive at the female warrior, "She cannot seriously be thinking..." Sailor Neptune widened her eyes, "N-No! Saturn!"

Sailor Saturn looked at Megumi with another girl in her arms and then at the shadows pouring in from the portal opened by the Goddess of Darkness, "Silence Wall!" she moved her glaive and created a barrier that protected Megumi and Mauians, "Sailor Saturn..." Luna called for her, the Senshi of Silence turned to look at them over her shoulder and gave her a soft smile, "You know what happens if I lay down my weapon Luna—and I am not allowed to do so."

Asteria whipped her chain at Saturn's attack, trying to break the barrier to destroy her but the youngest of the senshi had created a barrier that matched her own strength. Sailor Pluto raised her key rod and summoned her power, "Chronos Typhoon!" Sailor Uranus and Neptune took the opportunity to blast her with their attacks, "World—Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"

Asteria gritted her teeth and turned brusquely at them, canceling their attacks immediately, "Clearly you have not fought against a Polemarchos before..." she whipped her chain at them, sending them several feet away, then repeated the same with Pluto, knocking her away as well. "Pluto! Neptune! Uranus!" Saturn called out with worry and frowned at Asteria, "Retreat if you do not want to add more penalties to your punishment!"

Asteria arched her brow, "You dare to threaten me?" she smirked, "Just because you are the Senshi who deals with death does not mean I am afraid of you—I have a mission and I intend to fulfill it." She turned to the andromedian and whipped her chain again, "This is your time—savor it and kill them all." Athamas laughed and turned to the inner senshi, "In one lifetime or another—you were meant to meet death, Sailor Senshi."

"No!" Venus frowned and turned to the other senshi, who immediately understood their leader's command, "We will not yield before you!" she summoned for her power, "Venus—" the sacred Lunar sword appeared in her hand, "Wink Chain Sword!"

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Jupiter shouted, soon after, Mars joined the attack and summoned for the sacred fire "Burning—Mandala!" Mercury formed a clear sphere of water in her palm and turned, "Shine Aqua Illusion!"

Athamas raised his hands when he heard another voice with another command, making him lose concentration of his own attack and turned to a strong beam of light piercing the shadows and clearing the way. In a flash, he disappeared out of the light to avoid getting hurt and went to the top of the tower to follow Asterias' command to allow more shadows to cross to Earth.

"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"

All senshi, shitennou, Athamas and Asteria turned to find Sailor Moon walking next to Tuxedo Kamen, safe and sound. Kunzite widened his eyes and let out a sigh of relief, "Endymion... thank heavens,"

"What is wrong with this planet?!" Asteria said out loud then narrowed her eyes when she noticed another senshi standing next to a man wearing black, "Another one?!" she retrieved her chains and turned, "Such a rural planet and yet so many blessed by the power of gods are gathered here, like rodents."

Both Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen exchanged an annoyed glance in silence and turned back to Asteria, "What?" Asteria rested a hand on her waist, "Why the glare? Are you mute?" she frowned, "Oh I see, you two also are going to tell me something ridiculous like how I do not belong here, how are you going to punish me in the name of something... well, that sounds lovely, really, but I do not have time to any more of your games."

Sailor Moon tightened her grip on Tuxedo Kamen's hand and remembered what they talked about right after they escaped from their apartment.

-O-

Ribbons of color surrounded Usagi, soon after transforming her clothes into her senshi uniform, one different from the one she used when she first started her journey as a soldier of love and Justice. Now, her tiara was gone and was replaced by the regal symbol of a crescent moon on her forehead. Her earrings had stars attached to the crescent moons. Her choker was red, but it had a heart with a crescent moon on the bottom. The collar on her fuku was now a darker shade of blue with three yellow stripes instead of white. Her shoulder pads were large translucent pink puffs with two patches of red fabric and the length of her gloves extended now to her upper arms, wing-like clips were attached to the gloves, and attached to her wrists were chevron-shaped red bracelets with golden crescent moons. The usual front bow was gone and replaced with a wing-like design and in its center, was a golden heart embraced by a crescent moon. Her belt was a thin red ribbon clipped on with a crescent moon and it replaced her back-waist bow, and it had two thin red ribbons streaming. Her skirt was now made of three layers one yellow, one red, and the bottom one blue. Her boots were now inverted; they were white and its edge was now pointing down, with a red border and a crescent moon on top. For some reason, her large feathery wings no longer appeared on her back, thinking that maybe her suit had evolved subtly, once again.

She turned to Mamoru who, summoned for his powers and was quickly changed into his dark suit and cape, with his now characteristic white mask on his eyes—no hat. He turned to look at the crystal pendant still gleaming softly while hanging from his wife's neck. He touched the crystal teardrop marble and gave Sailor Moon a sad smile, "It's your amulet for protection now,"

"Mamo-chan..." Usagi said softly, her hand reached for his while looking into his deep blue eyes, hoping to find an answer to the anxiety curling in her chest, "Usa..." he said softly and shook his head, "I know this is not what we wanted as a life. We had other plans and somehow the reality—my reality, caught up to us. I know this isn't what you wanted, I know you wished I went on a different route but—"

"It's a calling," Usagi said softly, in an understanding tone. Mamoru took a deep breath and exhaled softly, "Yes, Usa, it's a calling—I need to fight for those I lost. Innocent people are in danger and I cannot let history repeat itself, I can't." he looked down, "I have a future to fight for, I have to fight for you and give you the life you deserve." Usagi widened her eyes, "Mamo-chan..."

Mamoru graced her cheek and looked into her crystal blue eyes, "I once swore to you that I would fight whoever I needed to fight in order to be with you. I promised I would protect you, look after you, and love you for the rest of my existence—"

Usagi felt her eyes burn with tears as she remembered that promise, the same he made to her before he left for war—a war that still wasn't over, now she realized. "I need you Usa, I am asking you to keep your blessed light over me as I go through this battle and also, I need you to keep in mind that no matter what, I will always find my way back to you."

Usagi put her hands on each side of his face and gave him a reassuring smile, "How can you even ask me that when you know you have my heart in your hands? I don't care which way this adventure takes us... as long as it is with you, the rest doesn't matter. We are in this together, remember? We will win this because we are stronger."

"I don't know how long this is going to take..." Mamoru took a deep breath, "And I don't know what it's going to happen to me, I don't know how long I'll be able to resist but I am scared to lose you because of that." Usagi leaned her forehead on his and closed her eyes, knowing exactly what he meant by that. "You are never going to lose me," she put her hand on his chest, "You inspired me to be who I am now, you taught me how to be strong—my Warrior Prince..."

Mamoru smiled, recognizing the nickname she gave him two thousand years ago. He felt her nod, "We cannot let them win. We got this." Usagi opened her eyes, "We will find a way to be together, like we promised to each other, this time, we will fight together," she smiled, "Right, Tuxedo Kamen?"

"Yes." Tuxedo Kamen smiled with pride and looked at the pendant hanging from her neck, "Definitely, Sailor Moon."

-O-

"You don't belong here." Sailor Moon gave Asteria an angry glare, "You are putting innocent lives in danger! You are crossing realms without permission! I am the Senshi of Love and Justice, and yes, in the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"

The small speech caught the dark goddess' attention, "Oooh, so you are the beloved—" she smirked with pleasure, "I see, you are the famous Moon Princess." she arched her brow and turned her attention to the man next to her and narrowed her eyes when she felt a different— "Energy...?" she muttered with surprise, "So you must be..."

"I heard you have been looking for me," Tuxedo Kamen said in a low tone, he let go of Sailor Moon's hand and took a step forward as he took his mask off, "You have been doing these little tricks to get my attention and sending me all these cryptic messages," he crossed his arms, "I am flattered by your insistence, really, to go all that trouble of speaking to me through my mother tongue... it's a nice touch, not great—there were many misspells here and there, although, I didn't know there was actually somebody from the divine realm that wanted to meet me with such desire."

"It's you. You are the Guardian." The dark goddess raised a brow with admiration, "Well, I must say... that this is quite a surprise. You are nothing of what I was expecting." Asteria muttered, Tuxedo Kamen narrowed his eyes, "Not here to please a crowd," his voice turned darker and more menacing, "What do you want?"

"Quick and simple hybrid, I am here to pull you down to the Underworld—your soul has defied the laws of nature far too long and now it shall be dragged to Inferno." she licked her lips, savoring the feeling of acquiring a new soul to her collection, "I have heard the myth about the Goddess' offspring—she must have done something really, really bad to have left you dealing with such mess."

"You bore me," Tuxedo Kamen muttered with disinterest, "You and your banal and predictive reasons, are all your kind like this?" he sighed with annoyance, "I really couldn't care less what you think of me, in fact, you can save all that little speech you probably had prepared to chant when this moment arrived—I don't like wasting my time."

"A little too confident, eh? Do not think of yourself as a divine being,"

"Oh no... no, no, no..." Tuxedo Kamen frowned, "God forbid..." he muttered with sarcasm, "I am not like you, and as I told you, I don't care."

"Oh?" Asteria began walking towards Tuxedo Kamen whipping and slashing her black chains mercilessly around her, not caring or paying any attention to whoever or whatever was in her way, "You don't care?" she frowned and chuckled, "I am truly surprised by your overflowing confidence, hybrid, because you should care." she stopped and allowed her heavy power surround her like a heavy, poisonous fog. Her eyes began to gleam red as she concentrated her dark magic on her trusty spiked chain around her body and extended her arms to grab on to them and whipped against the ground, making a rumbling sound followed by a strong blast of energy.

Tuxedo Kamen narrowed his blue eyes and summoned his power, his gloved hand began to spark with a golden light and responded to her attack, "Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber!" to his command, a strong beam of light flashed from his hand and caused an explosion against Asteria's dark energy. Sailor Moon widened her eyes and like if he read her thoughts, Tuxedo Kamen gritted his teeth while trying to control the flow of energy strong and steady as he kept focusing on the woman in black blasting at him, "Sailor Moon, go to the others! Help them break the barrier! Leave this to me!" he said loudly, taking her by surprise. Asteria raised her arm and summoned more shadows and stomped her spiked heel on the ground again, allowing the same tar-like substance ran like veins of malice.

Against the idea of parting ways with her husband, the lunar senshi frowned and called for her scepter but before she could summon for its blessing, Kunzite ran towards her and pulled her out of the way when the veins breaking through the concrete began to spark with electricity and slashed a dark spiked branch moving towards them, his sword began to gleam again and slashed it as he turned with a worried face, "Princess, are you alright?!"

Sailor Moon nodded and turned at the clash of energies between the goddess and her husband and widened her eyes in horror, "Mamo-chan..."

"Trust him, Princess," Kunzite said softly and growled angrily when he saw the shadows began to re-emerge from the pools of dark tar around the goddess and took the princess with him, following the orders of his master in keeping her safe. Saturn narrowed her eyes and turned to Pluto, "I will not yield from this post—I cannot leave them unprotected! Aid the Prince and Princess!"

Sailor Uranus nodded and summoned for her sword, "My magic tool, Talisman!" she opened her hand and grabbed the sleek sword appearing before her, "Show thy power and protect me!" she raised the sword above her head and channeled it's the strong energy to attack, "Space Sword—Blaster!" she threw the blast against the rising shadows, dissolving a wide area, Sailor Neptune repeated Uranus' tactic and summoned for her talisman, the golden mirror appeared before her and summoned for its power, "Submarine—Reflection!"

Sailor Pluto raised her rod and looked up while spinning the long key, creating a vacuum around her, "Chronos Typhoon!"

Sailor Moon stopped and turned to Kunzite, letting him know her stance in the battle and called for her rod and its blessed power "I am not going to let you take away the life on this planet!" she raised her hands holding the long, silver rod with a crystal moon on its top and looked up at the gleaming stone, "Silver Moon—" a strong cool wind surrounded the princess as she gathered enough energy to blast Asteria, "Crystal Therapy Kiss!" her energy surrounded them and cleared the shadows and tar, but Asteria's power was too dark and poisonous to compete with her silver light. In seconds, the dark demonic creatures began to overflow them, making her repeat her attack and join her fellow senshi in battle. Kunzite smiled proudly, knowing for a fact that the lunar princess had become braver than before and that her dream to fight for good was fueled by her deep love for the terran prince and their strong desire to be together, against the odds.

He turned to Nephrite and the rest of the shitennou and saw them dealing with their own quadrant of malicious corpses and turned to the prince who was attacking Asteria with another energy attack and widened his eyes, is this, the first time to see this kind of power coming from him. "Kunzite!" Tuxedo Kamen called out to him, "Lend me your power!" he peered at the general who in response nodded and ran towards him throwing his quartz sword at him. The prince quickly extended his arm to catch it and turned out of Asteria's way and channeled his energy into the weapon in his hand and imitated Kunzite's energy attack by blasting three slashes of energy at her, but as expected, she avoided them with her chains giving him enough opening to jump and cut through two of her chains.

Venus turned and looked with amazement at the perfect synchronization between the general and the prince but soon was taken by surprise by another shadow coming her way, "Venus Love Me Chain!" she whipped her golden chain at them and turned to look for the general who was nowhere in sight "Kunzite..." she breathed, desperately.

"Venus!" he called out to her from the other side of the street, the blonde ran towards him without thinking it twice and summoned for her power to clear his way, "Venus Wink Chain—" her blue eyes widened when the shitennou stepped in and stole the silver weapon completely interrupting her attack and imitating what just happened between him and the prince, "W-What?"

"Thank you, dear. I needed this," he said softly and gave her the faintest smile, one only she could notice. He turned and slashed another group of shadows with his new weapon and smiled with pleasure at its sharpness. Nephrite turned to Jupiter, who was close to him and frowned "We need to join forces if we want to clear a bigger area, they are stronger than moments ago—it appears she has granted them more strength and power!"

The thunder senshi nodded and gathered more of her power, knowing exactly what to do, "Jupiter," she brought her hands together and formed a massive whirlpool around her "Coconut—Cyclon!" she threw the ball of electricity at the shitennou who caught it with his sword and called for his astral attack given by the stars "Luce stellarum impetum!" he threw the massive storm at the enemy, clearing enough space for them to run and aid the others. Jadeite smiled and turned to Mars following the same antics, he raised his arm and a strong sandstorm began to surround him taking the mass of shadows in its centrifugal force, "Mars!" the general called out to her, the senshi of fire nodded and twirled as she began manipulating the blazing fire spreading from her hands like ribbons of fire "Mars—Snake Fire!" at her command, the fire was soon suctioned by the storm controlled by Jadeite, both smiling at the raging sound of their painful howls. He turned, "Now that is more like it!" Mars nodded and saw another quadrant coming their way, and without any warning she called for the third stage of her power "Mars—" as more fire began forming in the palm of her hand and manipulated it until it took the shape of a bow covered in flames, "Flame—Sniper!" she threw the fire arrow piercing one of the creatures, surprising the shitennou in the process, "You are full of surprises..." he said as he dissolved the storm, Mars chuckled and ran next to him to go aid her comrades, "I know."

At the other side of the street, Sailor Mercury threw a thick curtain of icy fog to freeze the enemies and turned to Zoisite who was fighting with his sword, "I feel like there is no end to this—as long as she is here, these creatures will continue warping into this planet!" she said with desperation, Zoisite slashed another shadow and swung his blade with force, shaking the malicious goop from his shiny crystal blade with one strong swing, "The energy surrounding her is too strong, I cannot purify it alone." he turned and saw the attacks both Nephrite and Jadeite did with the girls and saw more shadows coming their way to attack, "Sailor Mercury, grant me three stages of attack—now!"

Mercury nodded and extended her arms, "Shine Snow Illusion!" a cold fog compromised the enemy's vision, giving them enough time to perform the second part of their plan, being the two very similar in both, strategy and attack they did not need much to understand what they were trying to achieve. His codes were now also hers and so were their attacks, she prepared for the second stage as Zoisite sneaked through the freezing breeze to slash the corpses "Mercury Aqua Mirage!" A strong stream of cold water surrounded them, piercing the bodies of those who were still trying to catch up to them, Zoisite summoned for his inner powers and blasted shards of crystal at the freezing torrent of water, cutting and disintegrating the bodies in the process, similar to what happened with Mars and Jadeite's attack. Mercury saw with amazement at their both powers being fused into one, making her feel the connection between them. It was mesmerizing how after such long time they could finally share one purpose, it thrilled her and made her feel stronger than ever, it was then, when she extended her hand, ready to take the attack to a higher level of danger, "Mercury!" A sphere of water appeared in her hand and soon was turned into a crystalline harp with golden details and rim, "Aqua Rhapsody!" her fingers glided through the string of the magical harp, hypnotizing the enemy before disintegrating it between the ribbons of water that streamed from the weapon. Mercury smiled when she saw the area cleared and turned to Zoisite who was tapping his forehead with his finger, "We make a good team, Sailor Mercury."

A loud rumbling caught their attention and all turned to Asteria fighting with the terran prince. She whipped her chain once again at him, silently being surprised by how he could manage to avoid her attacks with impressive speed and ease. She ran and twirled the heavy chains at him but Tuxedo Kamen was quick enough to leap out of the way and counter-attack with Kunzite's quartz sword, he repeated the same attack, blasting one of the chains out of her control. He ran towards her and jumped high but Asteria kicked her leg up, using her spiked heel as a weapon to block the prince's sword attack.

"So, you can wield a sword—that is impressive. I thought you were as primitive as this planet," she said with a monotone voice, "But do you really think that is all you need to actually defeat me?"

Tuxedo Kamen frowned and turned on his axis to block her other leg trying to kick him with her other sharp, pointy heel. His silence only triggered Asterias' anger and desire for annihilation. She had to admit that she was enjoying the battle but she was also becoming more upset and impatient by the minute for not being able to crack his defense. She has heard much about terran people, she knew they had limitations aside from their mortality; they did not have any sorts of power, they did not have a long-life span, and they did not have any blessing from any god. How come he could challenge her? —she thought angrily.

Mercury widened her eyes with astonishment at the sharp and fast skills Tuxedo Kamen was showing with the sword in his hand, it was something she had never witnessed before and seeing him so into the battle and with a more aggressive and closer approach to the enemy was completely new to her. Zoisite noticed the amazement in the senshi's eyes, "I imagine is the first time you see him use a sword." Mercury blinked and turned to the brown-blonde haired general, "I don't believe any of us has..."

"That is only just a fraction of what I know he can do," Zoisite said with proud in his warm, collected voice "Although none of us have witnessed his full potential, I have seen him fight and it is pleasing to see that he is back—the Prince I know, is back." he narrowed his green eyes in thought, "But he is still concealing his power, or, better said, something else is happening that is bothering him,"

"What do you mean?" Mercury frowned, Zoisite clenched his jaw, "He has not summoned for his own weapon, he is fighting with Kunzite's sword."

Mercury widened her eyes and realized that indeed, Tuxedo Kamen, the man that not too long ago learned to channel his energy into blasting attacks and who defended himself with a cane was now holding a sword in his hand and not only that, but he knew how to wield it like a true master. The strength of the goddess fighting with him was more than obvious and clear, she was strong, she was not at their level and it would require a lot of power and strategic attacks to actually cause her to stumble and succeed but there was something surprising for Mercury to see: Tuxedo Kamen was right there, matching her strength and power—the man was giving a fair and fierce battle that captivated her senshi friends who were also watching the match with the same face of amazement, even the outers who had stronger methods of attack and weapons.

"We need to aid him—" Mercury turned to Zoisite, "Keep the city clear... we can win this, I know it."

Something caught Zoisite's attention and looked up at the ball of dark fire coming right at them "Mercury—look out!" he pushed her to the side while he jumped to evade the blast. Athamas growled and repeated the attack to the other senshi and shitennou "Do not think this is over—do not, ever, think this is over,"

Mercury rolled on the pavement and covered her face from the rubble crashing against her and looked up at Athamas attacking them, "I will not stop until all of you are reduced to mere dust." his eyes showed nothing but hatred and anger, the blue-haired senshi noticed. The man had not aged, but the remains of the life they all shared during the Silver Millennium permeated and sunk in his handsome features. He did look older somehow, maybe he gave that appearance due to his deeper voice; his once shoulder length hair was now matching Zoisite's and despite being messy, he still kept it out of his face in a tight ponytail. He looked paler, thinner maybe—but his ambitious and violent personality was still there, taking over him and becoming stronger by the minute.

He threw another blast, knocking both soldiers down again. "Mercury!" Zoisite turned and stretched his hand out for Mercury to reach, Mercury slowly opened her eyes feeling groggy and weak from the impact. His attacks were strong, he was stronger and with horror in her face, she turned to the other senshi "Sailor... Moon..." she said before passing out for a minute. Zoisite widened his green eyes and blasted a massive sharp crystal at Athamas, but his own force and focus were compromised by the impact. The andromedian general managed to break the crystal into thousands of shards and threw them back at them, but before they could pierce Mercury's and Zoisite bodies, Nephrite deflected them with his own power.

Jupiter cracked her knuckles and turned to Sailor Uranus who was now standing next to her, "We need to wipe that smirk off his face." Uranus muttered with anger to an impatient and angry Jupiter, "Once and for all." she ran full speed towards the man and summoned for her galactic power once again, "Sparkling—Wide Pressure!"

Athamas turned and blocked the thunder attack with his own dark energy and blasted it back at both senshi. Mars growled and reached the third stage of her power again, bringing back her fiery bow and arrow "Mars—Flame Sniper!"

Venus turned and held the chain from her waist and whipped it up high, "Venus—Love Me Chain!" the chain wrapped around the andromedian's chest but as if it was made of paper, he broke free with ease. The blonde senshi widened her eyes in shock "W-What..."

"I told you I was going to take you down, one by one—" Athamas said in a dry, menacing tone and turned to dissolve the fire arrow from Mars with his own dark magic. Jadeite ran towards him and clashed his sword with Athamas' then turned to block Nephrite's attack. His face darkened and charged his sword with the same dark energy blocking and knocking the swords from the generals. Kunzite took him by surprise and managed to knock him down for a minute but the andromedian turned and block Kunzite's sword with his, blade against blade making a loud, crisp sound, "I do not know who the hell you are but I will not allow anybody to interfere with my plans."

Kunzite narrowed his eyes and saw Athamas was about to repeat the same attack he performed on Jadeite and Nephrite and turned out of his way; Athamas looked at the white-haired general and let out a loud frustrated growl. Kunzite jumped high and raised the moonstone blade above his head to do a strong, linear attack but soon was taken off guard by the andromedian's sudden change of position and pace. His own sword digging on Kunzite's side and making him fall flat on the ground.

"Kunzite!" Venus called out to him with panic; Athamas chuckled and turned to the senshi in gold and orange, "You may have been given stronger powers but you are still women who need to be taught a lesson. You are still a nuisance for me." His stare on Venus became more hateful and menacing, "You and your constant desire to keep her away from me, you even dared to go against the law of the gods and allow her to cross realms! The victory was mine and you interfered! You ruined my plans!" he turned and now his stormy glare was fixed on the lunar senshi, "You are mine..." he muttered with deep desire.

"Demon." Sailor Moon frowned at Athamas, "I knew the truth about you would come out eventually—even if it cost me my life, my happiness!"

"Your happiness?" Athamas arched a brow and extended his arms, creating a barrier from the senshi's attacks, sending them far away from where they were standing. "Are you finally satisfied with being a soldier? For achieving that idealistic and pointless dream of yours, eh, Serenity?" he chuckled and began walking towards Sailor Moon, "What would your always troubled Mother say if she looked at you this way, her precious daughter pretending to be a warrior?"

"Keep her out of this, do not even dare to mention her name." Sailor Moon said with despair, Athamas snickered, "You now may have some power in your hands, Serenity, but you would never win against me—you could not do anything back then and you cannot do anything now so you better stop playing this stupid little game of being a warrior."

"Who told you I was playing?" Sailor Moon tightened her grip on her silver rod. Athamas raised his hand, "How many lives are you going to risk this time Princess? You killed your charming Prince once, do you really want to go through all that again and see him die once again?" he moved his hand, "Look around you Serenity! Look at your precious Sailor Senshi defeated on the ground! How much longer does it going to take for you to realize that your dreams of being a soldier are stupid and pointless?! Enough."

Sailor Moon frowned and raised her rod above her head, "Silver Moon Crystal Power The—"

"Enough..." he said louder as he moved closer. Sailor Uranus' protective instinct soon took over her and ran towards them, "World—Shaking!" Neptune followed and summoned for her crashing, violent seaquake attack "Deep Submerge!"

Athamas growled with anger and drew out his sword, "I said ENOUGH!" he turned and blasted a strong attack at them, knocking them down. He turned and cut through Sailor Moon's attack with ease as well and finally made his way to the princess and pulled her closer to him; his grip on her wrist made her flinch in both, pain and fright as she tried to escape, "Face it Serenity, you cannot defeat me with love, or your stupid twinkling light. It takes more to beat a soldier with experience and a twisted fate."

Tuxedo Kamen ducked and turned again, blasting three strong blades of energy at Asteria with the sword in his hand and managed to break one more of the chains she was using as a shield. Asteria's eye twitched in anger, giving him the advantage to read her emotion and decode her strategy. The goddess noticed the serious gaze on the man evading another whip from her chain growled lowly, "I expected less from you, hybrid," she tried to distract him with her taunting "But to actually defeat a Polemarchos—it is needed more than just basic battling skills." she pulled her floating chain closer to her like strings of metal; she made it look like they didn't weight at all as she manipulated their turns and attacks and whipped them again, wrapping the spiked chains on his leg making growl with pain when he felt the spikes tearing his skin. Despite him wearing black, Asteria could tell by the tight pull on her weapon that her chain followed her command with precision and that he had fallen into her trap. It didn't matter if she could not see his blood right away, she knew the thick metal thorns were causing him pain and she enjoyed every single second of it. "Fall before me!" she did another heavy whipping motion with the chain attached to Tuxedo Kamen's leg and crashed him on the ground with force.

A strong tug in his chest made him look up where Sailor Moon was fighting with Athamas and his deep cerulean gaze turned midnight blue, showing his rage, slowly giving in to his over beastly and protective nature. He turned to Asteria and immediately she noticed the magic in his eyes as he evaded her swings not really minding the chains coiling around him mercilessly. He looked down and wrapped the end if her chains around his arms and with one strong pull, he brought her closer to him taking her completely by surprise, "W-What? she growled in shock while she tried to pin herself to the ground but the force was too strong for her to actually achieve the technique and the centrifugal force the prince was making with his movements. He gave her a murderous glare as soon as she was finally within his grasp "I don't care if you are a fucking Polemarchos or not—stay out of my way," he roared with anger and thrust his knee in her stomach and jammed his elbow on her back sending her straight to the ground, giving him the opportunity to break free from the chains on his ankle. He turned and ran towards the lunar princess and called for his power again; it had been the third time he tried to call for it but nothing came, not even a single spark and it was starting to make him feel frustrated, "What the hell?!"

Asteria took advantage of the moment and wrapped her spiked chains them around him again and threw him hard against the ground. Sailor Moon's eyes widened in horror and ran towards Tuxedo Kamen, "Mamo-chan!"

Sailor Pluto raised her rod "Death Scream!"

Athamas blasted his energy at her, making her lose her balance and fall to the ground, Asteria growled and lifted the chains in the air again and whipped them down, throwing him again and repeated the attack several times, like she did when she first encountered Zoisite and Mercury, "Nobody touches me and escapes, much less survives!" the goddess roared with anger as she continued to slam the prince against the ground with fury; she raised the chains that had him tightly secured to throw him down again when the prince opened his eyes and looked down at Sailor Moon's mortified face, "Serenity..." he took a deep breath as he felt something started to pull him into unconsciousness. Sailor Moon noticed there was something wrong was happening and tried to run towards Asteria but she was quickly pulled back and restrained by Athamas before she could attack, "Noooo!" she yelled with desperation. Athamas pulled her closer to him and his arms wrapped around her tight clothed body with lust and smiled, "See what you have done Serenity?" he looked up at the man in black, wrapped in spiked chains, "You killed your precious Prince... again." Sailor Moon widened her eyes "No..." she started shaking, "No, no, no!"

Athamas laughed when he saw Asteria whipping her chains again and getting ready to give the prince the final blow, "Nooo!" Sailor Moon shook her head with desperation as she was trying to break free from the andromedian's grip "Noooo! Endymion!" her lunar symbol began to shine a bright silver light, catching Mamoru's attention for a second before closing his eyes and used what was left of his energy, "Lapis sacro voco virtutem tuam pro tutela cæce—unda tuo soli, servare malum contra eam—" the golden stone hanging from Sailor Moon's neck started to react to his ancient prayer and began glowing with that intense golden shine again. Her eyes widened and looked up at Mamoru making an effort to grab on to the chains and frowned, "Impugnare malum, lavabit tenebrae—occurret, potentiam tuam ostende!" a rabid wave of golden flames pierced through them, releasing him from Asteria's trap and surrounding the princess in a protective shield, keeping her safe from Athamas and finally he let himself go.

Asteria widened her eyes and turned over her shoulder when she heard Sailor Uranus' command and used her chains to divert the senshi's attack "Space Turbulence!" Uranus shouted, sending a good amount of energy spheres at them, Athamas flinched at the blinding light coming from Sailor Moon and soon was blown away by all three forces, hers, the power from the golden stone and Uranus' attack.

The goddess in black diverted her dark gaze from Uranus to Saturn who was now walking towards them as she lifted her glaive, she turned to Athamas and growled "This is not the end to this! I will finish this!" she turned to open a warp and in a flash of dark matter, she disappeared, taking Athamas with her.

Sailor Saturn raised her glaive and gave a deadly glare at the crawling shadows still threatening the lives of her comrades, the royals, and civilians,"You have violated the laws of nature and you must be sentenced by it! Return to your graves and face the consequences of your trespassing! Silence Glaive—"

"Noo! Saturn!" Sailor Neptune turned with horror at the senshi of silence and covered her face when she saw her swing down her deadly weapon, "—Surprise!" As soon as the metal of her glaive touched the ground it began to rumble and soon devoured all the black tar matter, the shadows, the corpses and demons into a void and suctioning everything in its way. This was one of the main reasons why Saturn retreated herself from battle as much as she could, because no matter the attack, it would cause great damage to her surroundings. She may not have destroyed the world, but at least Juuban was now too far from being what it was before it all started.

Sailor Saturn turned to check if Luna, Artemis, Megumi and the girl in her arms were alright and sighed in relief when she saw them come out of their hiding place. Akira felt as if a strong puff of energy and fresh air entered her lungs, pulling her from her hazy state and turned to Megumi with gratitude and then at the horrific scene in front of them. Megumi widened her eyes and covered her mouth when she realized what had happened, "No... no..." she breathed with horror.

Sailor Moon widened her eyes when she saw the prince passed out on the ground and ran towards him without caring anything else, "Mamo-chan! Mamoru! Endymion!" she cried loudly as she shook him to try and make him come back to his senses. Kunzite, Zoisite, Nephrite, and Jadeite ran to her aid, all four with their heart pulsing in their throat with worry and desperation. The white-haired man pulled the prince's limp body from Sailor Moon's arms and checked the pulse on his neck and let out a heavy sigh of relief, "He's unconscious—I can feel his pulse,"

The inner and outer senshi went to Sailor Moon's aid and helped her stand up, Sailor Venus being the one to support her princess she wrapped her arms around her and tried to calm her heavy sobs, "He's with us... he's with us—breathe, it's okay." she whispered in her ear. Kunzite carried the prince over his shoulder with the help of his fellow shitennou and turned to Venus and the inner senshi, "We will take Endymion to his apartment but I need you go on first to see if there are no enemies or victims around the damaged area—"

Venus nodded and turned to Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto who took the lead, followed by Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter. Saturn stayed by the princess' side and soon was joined by Megumi to give her a supporting hug, one, the princess took without hesitation.

Akira watched the soldiers in grey guarding the man wearing black and looked down at the golden medallion in her hand, "Endymion..." she mumbled, recognizing the name the silver-haired soldier used to call him. Her brown eyes widened "It's him..." and looked up with surprise and silently felt the need to follow them. "The divine protector of this planet... papa... it's truly him..."

The Divinity series is a rated M story. Expect violence, cursing and explicit scenes to happen.

I do not own Sailor Moon, just this plot and some of the characters.