Chapter 13!  One more to go, everybody!

Makoto stirred, before waking completely in a pitch black space.  She immediately was on her guard, sensing that she was no longer in her senshi uniform.  She felt for her transformation stick, and panicked slightly when she couldn't reach it.  Some thing had sealed off her subdimensional pocket.  She stood up, grimly ignoring the injuries that scarred her body.  She stumbled around, feeling for a wall, or furniture, or anything else.

She hit something hard, and cold.  She felt around it, searching for breaks.  When her hands found nothing, she concluded that whatever the wall was made of, she wasn't going to get through.  She slumped down, leaning against the wall.

Her feet hit something soft, and she immediately pulled them back to wards her body.  She felt in front of her cautiously, seeking the softness.

Her fingers met cloth.  She pulled back again.  Concentrating, she let some of the lightning that cackled through her veins spill out of her body, pooling in her hand.  She felt weaker, but she gazed at the cloth-covered form in front of her.

A very familiar form met her gaze, but it was still, so different from what she was used to.  Makoto's now panicking eyes searched the rest of the room, and saw the other form she almost dreaded seeing, after the first.

"No," she whispered, desperately.  "No!" she cried again.

She lashed out blindly with the lightning in her hand.  It hit the walls and rebounded on its source, instantly sending the source into dark oblivion.

"Hn," a voice muttered, "I would have thought she would us more entertainment then that."

Usagi shivered, and rubbed her arms.  The dark castle of Nemesis was no less cold or forbidding then it had the last time she had been there.  And since she didn't know where the portal they had entered truly led to, they were wandering aimlessly.

They, meaning Venus, Usagi, and the generals, were also tired.  Tired fighters makes for careless fighters, as they found out long after they had given up trying to find any place recognizable.

"How nice of you to join us, my dear warriors."  The voice seemed to come from nowhere, but Usagi had no trouble pinpointing its location.

"Demando," she hissed glaring at the hallway in front of them.  She lashed out with some of the Crystal's power, but it was distressingly weak.

The man who had spoken stepped forward, revealing a tall male with pure white hair, in a very Prince Endimion-like outfit, though in light colors rather then black.  He laughed at her, the cruel sound echoing off the dark walls of the confined hallway.  "My little Princess, you poor fool.  You come to destroy me, but I believe the results will be different then you intended."

Three more figures materialized beside and behind him, revealing a female and two males.  None of the three newcomers said a thing, but the green-haired woman sent a cackling wave of darkness at them, forcing Kunzite to his knees.

"Shit!" Usagi cried.  "Why did you do that, Kunzite?"  He grinned at her, though it seemed forced.

"We told you long ago that we would protect you, my queen, and so we will fulfill that pledge."  The remaining standing generals formed in a line in front of her, until Sailorvenus pushed her way to join them.

"Don't forget about me, she's my Queen too, ya know!"

Usagi watched helplessly as the two men picked off the other generals.  Nephrite had managed to hit the woman, but the red-haired male had attacked him for it.  Soon, there were five bodies on the ground, and Usagi could only hope her friends were still alive.

"Rolling Heart Vibration!" Venus cried, and watched in satisfaction as the flame-haired man fell.

Unfortunately, her momentum from her attack placed her forward and to the side of her queen, so that Usagi was clearly visible to Demando.  The man in question grinned, and shot off a burst of dark energy to the bunny.  Venus screamed in anger.

Then Usagi was staring in shock at the body that was now sprawled across her, Venus' momentum sending her to the floor.  The bright blue eyes of the warrior of love were closed, and the normally energetic body still.  Usagi looked up to see black eyes laughing at her.

She glared back, and Demando could see the power the diminutive queen was unconsciously gathering about herself.  He reveled in the feel of the Light the bunny was giving, soaking in its warmth as if it were a bonfire in the middle of winter.

But then she shocked him.  She actually gained control of the Light magic she exuded, gathering it into her hands.  When it was the size of her head, she threw it at the still shocked Prince.

It exploded upon impact with the shields surrounding the Prince.  She watched in surprise as Demando grinned at her, his shield visible for a moment, before it disappeared.  "Poor little bunny.  This is a place of Dark magic.  Your Crystal's power will get you nowhere except dead."  He threw something at her, and her last thought before sleep took her was of pure anger.

She had never felt pure anger before...

Don't hate me, please!  All will be resolved in the next chapter!  One more, peoples!  I really appreciate the reviews, and I love you all!  Chapter up tomorrow!  And remember that Demando only knows about Usagi in the past, because she was not with the senhis(well, fighting as a senshi) in Crystal Tokyo.  So he only knows about ClutzyUsagi/HelplessSerenity.
I am so happy!  I finally got book9 from the manga series!  It was the only one I was missing!  I got as a birthday gift from my friend.  Isn't my friend the greatest?