Disclaimer: I didn't create Sailor Moon, or any other really famous Anime or Manga. I'd like to though!

Moon Cats

Chapter 16

Artemis blinked up at the girls, the shock of the situation overpowering the pain of getting hit in the head.

"Artemis! Look Out!" The scream, from Luna, snapped the white haired hero out of his shock. Artemis threw him self-back and out of the Golems path.

The Senshi all followed suit, jumping away from the table. Usagi gasped as the creature stepped through the shattered window, after it's clawed fist crushed their table.

It was huge, towering over all the girls. Its rat-like head was topped with ram's horns, with a maw filled with shark like teeth. Its body was that of an ape, with sickle like claws on both hands.

The girls froze, trying to decide what to do, while Luna pushed Koneko under their table. The employees of the ice cream parlor had already dived under the counter.

Artemis, however, didn't freeze. Instead he grabbed one of the small, but heavy, tables and slammed it into the golems chest.

The sound of Formica shattering against stone was like a signal, and broke all the Senshi out of their shock and into action.

Rei, the quickest to recover, charged the demon like beast with a spirit ward. She managed to get the ward onto the monsters chest, but it had no effect other then angering the monster.

It backhanded the fire Senshi across the room, her back leaving an imprint on the plaster wall.

Makoto chose a less spiritual method, instead slamming one of the steel and wire chairs into its back as it finished it's own swing. Caught off balance the monster stumbled away from the window.

Minako was about to join in the fight when three thugs rushed into the shop door. One of the no-necks punched the blond girl, sending her crumpling to the floor.

The thug, who had hit her simply because she was in his way, followed the others to the fight, not noticing Luna as he passed. He did notice her leg, however, as the cat-girl delivered a roundhouse kick to his face. The yakuza thug flipped in mid air one before crashing to the ground, unmoving.

Luna spared a moments smile. Then she frowned as three more thugs entered, charging HER!

Ami and Usagi managed to escape to the small hallway hiding the rest rooms from the dining areas. They pulled their transformation devices out and cried out their transformation phrases.

"Moon Crystal Power!"

"Mercury Crystal Power!"

Artemis ignored the lights from the hall, knowing what it meant. Instead he grabbed a shard of Formica, and went hunting an opening in the golems defenses.

Makoto didn't wait, and charged in with another chair. This time, however, the monster wasn't off balance. It caught her wrist with a strength and speed that surprised the sometimes Sailor Jupiter, lifting her over it's head to throw.

Fortunately for the tall Senshi, Artemis was more patient and knew what he was looking for. With a yell of anger the white haired cat-man stabbed under the monsters armpit... Right where Reika had put the animating runes. The monster fell into dust, releasing Makoto.

Luna, across the room, was having more problems then luck. While she was faster and stronger then the thugs, there were three of them and she was loosing. Then one of the yelped in pain and hopped back, letting Luna get a better position. She wasn't happy when the man hefted a chair.

She screamed in horror when she realized Koneko, and not she, was the chairs target. The young girl, wielding a fork, screamed herself, and tried to get back underneath the table, even as the man lifted the chair above his head.

"SAILOR MOON KICK!"

Said thug went to la la land thanks to a magically enhanced boot to the head.

"Sailor Moon?" Luna was relieved. That didn't last long.

"Don't be surprised Luna." Sailor Moon said, whacking another thug with one of her many rods. "I was around for the beginning, and you know it!"

Luna sighed, even as she knocked out the last thug. "How did you know?"

"We'll talk later, okay?"

Back on the other side of the parlor, Artemis and Makoto where tearing the last two thugs apart. Artemis knocked his playmate out, and stood straight to survey the room.

He grunted when a blue and white blur hit him, taking him to the ground as a gunshot filled the room.

"Damn!" Akuma cursed, quickly pointing the revolver in his hand at Reika. His sister was roughly held by the arm, afraid of the gun and her brother.

"No one move! You either, blondie!"

Minako froze, her hand on her transformation rod.

"We'll be leaving now. Follow and someone will die." The siblings died, brother dragging sister, as sirens began to be heard.

Sailor Mercury let Artemis up, running over to the groggy Rei , while Luna bent down and picked Koneko up.

"Wait..." Minako, now standing, said. She had just noticed Artemis's tail, and Luna's crescent moon. "Luna? Artemis? What's going on?"

"That's what I want to know!" Sgt. Hibuki bellowed, stepping into the parlor.

Artemis looked at Luna. "We are screwed."

Luna was amazed at how calmly he said that.

Authors Notes: Yes, this seems short, but believe me it didn't WRITE short! Well, now the Senshi know, and if you don't think Hibuki is enough of a cop to figure the SAILORS out, you don't know sergeants! Next chapter the Outers return, and the conclusion begins!

Guess I'll have to start thinking about my next project. Who's up for more of the Cats?