Chapter 10

1 All the scouts quickly transformed and quickly went out to fight the monster. They found the toaster- looking object next to a young man, "Andrew!" Serena cried recognizing him. The monster turned around, he had a cylindrical object in his hand exactly like the one the monster was holding in their first battle with the new scouts. The monster laughed loudly and stuffed the object into her head. "Oh my god," said Okira softly as the monster glowed with a surge of power. Saturn attacked, but the attack didn't affect the monster and reflected it back onto her, she slowly got up from the ground wincing in pain. Sailor Venus started to go after it. "No. don't it's growing to powerful!" said Milara holding her arm, "you could be killed." She was having a hard time holding Venus and her staff at the same time. "This is what we are supposed to do," screamed Venus, "die to protect others," Milara let go of her and screamed, "you can't die when the universe needs you the most." "She's right," said Kayrah, everyone stared at her, "both of them are, I have an idea, we must all attack at the same time so we have less chance of someone dying," she had a no- nonsense tone. Everyone nodded. "Lets do it!" screamed Neptune, "Neptune Deep" she started her power and everyone else followed her. All the scouts let their powers out at the same time. The grounds were bursting with light and color. The monster screamed in pain and agony. You could tell it was seriously hurt. It got up spitting and screaming from the ground. It let out an attack, it was far more powerful and destructive than the one that hit Saturn. It hit Sailor Neptune with its full blast and she screamed in pain and collapsed after being thrown into the trunk of a tree. "Neptune," Uranus screamed, but Milara wouldn't let her help. "We must first kill the monster before it kills one of us, then we will deal with her, its far to dangerous to leave the fight now," she screamed at her hitting the monster with another attack. When the monster was weak enough Okira and Milara grabbed Serena's hands. "We will destroy him together my friend," said Kayrah, "Ready, Now!" she yelled using her staff like Serena used her scepter. Milara did the same thing only saying different words; then, Serena raised her scepter above her head and said, "Moon Scepter Escalation!" There were flashes of light. They were colored blue, pink, and green. The monster screamed in rage and in pain, crumbling into a black dust and blowing away with the wind. The cylindrical object dropped to the ground with a "thud" bouncing a couple of times than rolling on the ground. Karen, having detransformed walked over and picked it up peering into its surface. "It is not the one!" she exclaimed holding it above her head, she threw it to Okira who nodded her head in agreement. Okira walked over to Andrew and placed the object back into the body. She looked over to the group of girls, nodded, and said "he will be fine, he only needs to rest," she formed a blanket and pillow out of mid air and placed the boy's head on the pillow, and the blanket on top of the boy. "Oh my god, she's hurt really badly!" Uranus screamed drawing the attention of the other girls over to the tree where Neptune was. Okira, Pluto, Milara, Mercury, and Moon walked over to the tree. Uranus had Neptune on the ground with her head in Uranus' lap. Neptune was gasping for breath, each one harder than the next. Uranus held Neptune's hand when Neptune squeezed it. Uranus looked into Neptune's once deep, blue eyes, which were now the color of a gray fog gliding on top of the ocean on an icy, cold morning. "Uranus," Neptune whispered in a soft, wispy voice, "I know I am going, (gasps for breath) I will be with you again soon," Neptune started coughing uncontrollably. "Don't talk like that," Uranus ordered, "You make it sound like your giving up, but you'll be Ok, I know you will, you are always Ok." Okira nealt down with a tear glistening in her eye. Michiru quieted Haruka, "I know I am leaving, but we will meet again," she said her voice getting softer. "Don't go!" Haruka told her, "I won't let you go, I love you." Michiru smiled, "I love you to," Michiru raised her arm and touched Haruka's lips, "and I always will," she said closing her eyes. "Michiru! Don't go to sleep! Please just don't go to sleep!" Haruka was screaming now, hysterical with sobs as Michiru died in her arms. All the sailor scouts bent their heads; tears filling their eyes while Haruka was crying non stop. Suddenly, Michiru started to glow, all the girls stared in amazement at the glowing light, Kayrah nodded her head again as if taking orders. She slowly rose her hand with the staff in it to the tree, a door opened, "the door of death," Pluto thought. Hotaru raised her staff as well, both girls pointed them at Michiru who started to float; the girls guided Michiru through the door with the staff like she was a puppet on a string. Once Michiru was totally through the door a dazzling light was emitted and Kayrah and Hotaru closed the door of death. Haruka sat there transfixed for a moment, then got up and ran to Kayrah and Hotaru with an expression of hate and murder on her face. "Where did you send her?!" she screamed at Kayrah lifting her off the ground, "bring her back!" "We cannot bring her back," said Kayrah, getting Haruka off her. "Why not?!" screamed an angry Haruka. "We sent her through my door, the door of death," Hotaru explained, still dazed. "You have a door, like Pluto?" Serena asked, Pluto looked at her like she was stupid. "Yes, I do," she said glaring at Pluto, "I guard things and watch them live, die, and be born, that's why there is a door of death, to guard things, or people that have died, there is also a door of life that protects things being born." "Why can't you bring her back then?" asked Haruka. "Because we would be breaking the Laws of the Kingdoms," said Kayrah, "doing so would be almost suicidal," she said glaring at Pluto who was doing her best to look innocent. "What are the Laws of the Kingdoms?" asked Serena. "In the back of your mind you all know," said Kayrah, "they are laws to make sure no one takes advantage of the powers of the Circle of Mystical Gates, which all the gates, and more are located, I guard the main gate, which shares powers with the rest of them, I guard it which is why I have the extra powers," she told the others who were all looking very interested. "I don't see why we can't bring her back," said Haruka. "It would kill us all," said Kayrah darkly, "which would leave the universe defenseless against evil. The universe would be destroyed," she said, a hint of horror and hatred in her voice. "Oh," said Haruka calming down. Kayrah looked at the sky, "come," she said, "we must go inside for it is about to rain," as if on cue rain started pouring down in sheets, like water of a water fall, or tears of mourning falling from heaven. The sailor scouts, feeling beaten and sad, walked off into the rain. All fearing what was ahead. How many others will die? They all thought to themselves.