Chapter 11: Decisions

Everyone including Mako was standing in front of Raye's temple, no one talked. Mina who was looking at everyone waiting for someone to talk couldn't stand the silence anymore. Someone had to talk. "What are we going to do?" She asked all of them. "The attack was so sudden and Mako you surprised us when you came." She looked at the outers especially their leader. "And you all knew what was going on yet you didn't say anything to us."

"You didn't need to know." Amara spoke calmly. "It was none of your business."

Raye frowned at this. "WE are a team Amara!" She snapped angrily. "And I say it is our business since Mako happens to be one of us and not you."

Michelle narrowed her eyes in half anger and half amusement. "You should watch what you say Raye. You first say we are a team yet you still segregate by using us and you."

"Don't mock me." Raye sneered. "You are not any better."

Lita who was standing to the side with Milany watched as the fight between outers and inners commenced. She sighed sadly at the sight they made. 'This will never work.' She thought. 'We're too different.'

"Yet you made it work Lita." Mako suddenly said as she stood in besides her little sister. "When you joined them you made it work." The brunette turned her gaze to her. "So what's the difference now?"

"Pride." Ken spoke as he walked up to them. "Amara, Michelle and Raye have to much pride."

"Don't forget Stubbornness." Lita whispered as she gazed at them. Her eyes fell on Sage who sat by the steps of the actual temple looking dazed. It looked like he wasn't even in this world. Lita bit her lips with guilt as she remembered what she said to him the hours ago.

"Go talk to him Lita." Mako whispered as she looked at Sage too. He suddenly glanced towards them before he stood up and headed towards the back of the temple. "I can feel your guilt. You said something to him didn't you?"

Ken and Mako watched their youngest sibling nodded her head slowly. "Then go. We'll look after Milany for you."

Lita smiled her thanks before she headed towards where sage was leaving Milany looking at her confused. "Where's mommy going?" She asked her uncle and aunt. "Did mommy and Daddy have a fight?"

Ken chuckled and picked Milany up. "You ask too much questions you know?" He told her teasingly.

Milany giggled.

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"You useless souls!" Jokitsu yelled in raged as he stood in front of them. Almost immediately vines shot up from the ground beneath the two minions, wrapping around them firmly. Both persons grunted surprised as they tried to set free, but with every move they made the vines would tighten they holds.

Slowly with ease Jokitsu stepped down from the stairways that led to his thrown. As he stepped down, the nails on his fingers grew to be talons. "I said get her here, did I not?" He growled. "I never said to harm her NOR did I say you could fail your last CHANCE!" With a swift move, he brought his talons into Haimi's chest right above the heart.

Haimi screamed in pain as he felt his master's hand twisting inside him. Slowly blood overflows from his mouth and damped his shirt. His head slowly fell down so his chin would touch his blood-covered chest and his eyes closed for the last time as death's hand grasped him tightly.

Aya bit his lips hard, keeping him from screaming in horror. He trembled with fear knowing he was next. He didn't want to die. He didn't but he knew that he had failed his master too much. Haimi was the first to go. He always thought it was him that would be first, but he then remembered Jokitsu's words to him, ''Every damn place he goes you follow, your now partners. If he goofs up again I'll have your head.'' Aya turned his head away from his friend's lifeless body. He was the cause of his friend's death and he knew it.

Jokitsu pulled out his hand from Haimi's chest and looked at Aya. With a sneer and a glare his eyes glowed and as did the vines around him. Aya screamed in Agony as he felt the heat from the vines tear away his skin mercilessly. More vines came from underneath him and covered him up little by little until you could only see one of his closed eyes. The greater the glow, the louder the scream. Then suddenly nothing was heard and the vines sunk back into the ground showing nothing of Aya's existence.

The vines around Haimi slowly unraveled allowing the body to fall to the ground and as the vines sunk in so did the dead body of Haimi's.

Jokitsu's eyes stopped glowing as he frowned. "Hmph, pathetic." Hw whispered. 'Now I will get you Princess and I'll have my revenge upon you.' He thought before he vanished.

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Serena who was in Andrew's arms watched as both sides argued non-stop. Even the Ronins would join in when Amara would say something about them. She frowned frustrated. This wasn't getting them anywhere and she hated it when they fought like this. "Shut up all of you!!!" She screamed and almost immediately everyone shut up but they did not look at her. "You all are foolish. You are arguing pointlessly when you can work together to form a plan." She looked at every one of them with disappointment and anger. "What is our enemy came while you were arguing we would be all dead. Set aside your differences for once and come together as a team for Selene's sake!"

"She's right you know." Amy spoke as she looked at her fellow partners. "We are only wasting time."

"Like we said," Amara started. "This is our fight."

"She's right. The enemy wants Lita and she's out princess which makes it our fight not yours so stay out of it." Michelle said as she gazed at the inners and outers.

"But she is our friend!" Mina and Ryo shot back.

"And she is our sister." Ken said for him and Mako. "And there's no way we would let anything happen to her."

"Look at it this way." Hotaru said. "If you all fight who will look out for Milany? You have no point but to not come. Do not get yourselves involve in something that's not your business."

"We don't need all twelve of us to look after one child." Rowen said.

Amara narrowed her eyes. "We do not need help from outsiders Ronins. Stay out of this."

"You all are not listening to me!" Serena said once again. "Work together!!!!"

"No princess." Amara said harshly.

Serena narrowed. "I order you too and you will not disobey my orders."

Amara glared at Serena viciously but said nothing.

"You all don't understand the history of Jupiter." Michelle whispered. "And without that knowledge we will not allow you to get involve."

"But we know the history." Mako said for her and Ken. "Will you deny us to fight?" She narrowed her eyes. "We are the prince and princess of Jupiter…"

"You are NOT the crown princess or prince." Amara clarified. "I will not take orders from you. I will only take orders from Lita…and the Serenity." She looked at Serena. "But at times I have to say no Princess and this is one of them. As leader of the outers, I order you all to stay out of this, unless Lita says other wise. Finished." Her voice was calm yet held enough authority, saying not to question her.

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Author's note: Well, I told you I would get it out sooner and unfortunately it's not the ending. But the next will be. Sorry it's short. Gomen.