AN: They have grown up, so all fears should be laid to rest, don't worry it explains what you need to know for now in the story, also all questions will be answered later on as well.

I am sorry for the delay, I went to my grandmothers house, and I was supposed to get back on Tuesday and I was going to upload on Wednesday, but my grandma had a stroke and I was delayed. Thank you all for your patience, and the next chapter is 75% complete. It will be out no later than Sunday.

Disclaimer: I do not own Salior Moon.

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They were the hunters; they were the hunted. They were the Prince's of darkness; rulers of the night. No man dared deny them; no women tried. It was a curse that should have killed them, only to make them even stronger…

As they thirsted for blood, for innocence, and what they could never have…

They were the hunters; not just the hunted…

Revenge was first on their mind…hatred was not far behind

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10 years later

Anger, Pain, Sadness, Rei could feel it everywhere, it surrounded her, embraced her, threatened to seduce her in its dark mystery. Closing her eyes against the emotions, she abruptly turned her aurora sense off. The feelings were still there but they were not threatening to overpower her like they had been.

"Rei, are you okay?" Serenity questions her friend while walking calmly over to stand next to her.

Looking up at her best friend, Rei managed a weak smile. They had been here for ten years, ever since that first faithful night when they had been chased all over the country. By those damn, vampires, and werewolves, yes Ami had been right on all accounts which had thrilled the girl called Mercury.

They had been fed that night, talked to, their wounds had been treated, even though they were nothing more than minor scratches and bruises, before they had been told they could stay as long as they liked.

Even now Rei could hear the fury in the blond mans voice when he told her the moment she left the place he would find her. Needless to say, they had talked it over, and decided to stay, they really had no choice. Especially when they said that they could train them all in their powers. That had been what had blown Rei's mind, they had not called them freaks, or told them they were nuts. They had all nodded and accepted it. Of course it wasn't until later that they had all realized that the 'sprits' had the same abilities that they did, and then that Makoto was able to wield lighting. That one had been a blow to the rest of the group.

Serena, on the other hand had not gift, it was like she was completely barren of any magical potential. Which completely confused them since her hair had gone from blond to silver. Which were grounds, they had argued, for something wasn't it? The ladies, who called themselves: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, after the planets, had given her the same education that they had given the others. Then for some odd reason a fifth women had arrived, she offered no explanation, just that her name was moon, and Serenity had been spending more time with her than the rest of them lately.

"Sere, how did your lessons go?" Rei questions softly.

"Good." She says plopping down in typical Serena fashion. "Ouch." She yelps when her but comes in contact with a sharp rock.

Giggling Rei shakes her head at the site of her friend, who she knew was trying to act more graceful, rubbing her backside like she had done when they were little.

"Glad you find it amusing." She hurumps, before sighing softly and looking around, "So what are you doing out here at this time of night?"

"Practicing." She admits while letting her violet eyes take in the scene around her. It was a breathtakingly beautiful night, as most on the plateau were its hauntingly eerie beauty had always fascinated her. It was like there was something there, calling to her soul.

"Again? Do you ever do anything else?"

Snorting, Rei rolls her eyes. "Like you do much of anything else, Sere."

"I eat, I day dream, and I talk with you four. The rest of you are always practicing something. You and Mars are always working on your mental stuff, and your fire. Minako is always being drilled in her ability to lead, Makoto never stops working on her hand to hand though she does cook a lot to, and Ami reads constantly, that is when she is not trying to get her fighting down. I would not practice so much but you four are never around, thus I always have to practice or die of boredom."

"So cook or something." Makoto teases, before setting her six one frame down next to the other two girls. Her own amused grin lighting her features.

Jumping slightly Serena glares at her friend. "I hate it when you do that." She gripes, a pout forming on her delicate features.

"Then I suggest you work on not letting anyone sneak up on you." Minako says, while plopping her own butt down, next to the girls, while Ami sits down on the rocks next to her friend.

Jumping again, Serena scowls at them. "Ya, whatever." She grumbles though a huge smile spread across her features at the site of her friends.

They were her whole world. The people that she adored and would do anything for at any given time. Nothing anyone did or said was going to change her opinion. They were her adored, the most high, and the people she would give her life for. She also knew, that they would do the same for her. It was gift that they all possessed; they just knew when the others needed a hug or a shoulder to cry on.

They also knew when the others were in danger. The Ladies said that it was the bond between them that gave them this ability. While sometimes it was a hindrance, none of them would trade the entire world to have it taken from them. It was more than a gift to them. It was their bond as sisters.

"Lighten up darling, it's a beautiful night and the stars are out." Makoto says with a smile.

"What is up with your fascination with the stars." Rei demands resting her hands on her hips.

"I don't know, there linked to the plants somehow." She says with a shrug, while tipping her head towards the sky, taking in the huge picture.

"Linked?" Ami questions.

"Ya, I don't know how but they are, they talk or something. Its like they are connected, I am not sure how it works really."

"Everything is connected." Lady Moon says, the halo of light that surrounded her efficiently hiding her face, and body features.

"Lady," The acknowledge with smiles on there features. Out of all the ladies she was the easiest to talk to. Never condemning she never ran out of patience or kindness.

"How so?" Minako questions.

"Life, it's all connected, we the earth are only a tiny piece of the vast universe, and our planet is connected to the other planets, and they all are connected to our star, the sun. Which is connected to the other stars, thus everything on this planet is connected is connected to the stars."

"How is that possible."

"Life." She explains gently, "It is always connected."

"It doesn't make sense though." Serena says shaking her head. "How can a blade of grass be connected to the stars in the heaven."

"One day it will make sense and when it does your journey will be complete." She explains with a smile.

"RIGHT!" Serena grumbles loudly, causing the women around her to laugh at her antics.

"Don't worry Serena," Minako teases, "I don't understand it either."

"Oh know you should feel better Sere, the blond doesn't get it." Rei grumbles.

"Don't ya just feel the love?" Mina says with her huge mina-watt smile. Causing the girls to burst into laughter once more, as their laughter echoed across the mesa they never heard nor saw the shadows that moved slowly, or the way the prowling was closer than ever to their home.

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Licking the blood from his lips, Nathan smiled to himself, at the salty yet tantalizing taste. It had been a good hunt this night, for all of them. They had feed well and it would be a few more nights before they would have to feed again. Retracting his teeth he smile a grim smile, before licking his teeth to wash them clean of the bloodstains.

Eating was a messy but enjoyable job it was one of the perks of their existence. The ecstasy, the feeling of the warm liquid sliding slowly down your throat, and head rush and the knowledge that your insatiable hunger would soon be feed. It was pure and prime evil, but he and the others enjoyed ever second of it. Who could not?

Looking around he shook his head, the others had already left, their hungers had been sated early on, but he-the largest-took more food to fill himself. This night he had been most hungry as well. It had taken two to fill his stomach, they had both been large men, but with all the studying he had been doing he had neglected to take care of himself. Thus he had to gorge himself tonight or face the blood wrath.

The blood wrath was more than just hunger, it was un-stoppable. Once a vampire succumbed to it nothing he or she did could stop it. Until they had been feed, completely and wholly. Sometimes the blood wrath was spawned from something else something more primal. That was a lesson hard earned.

When a vampire was threatened or someone he or she was bonded to, for life, was in danger, they went berserk. A killing spree that only exhaustion or defeat could stop. They killed anyone or anything that got in their way. Only the sound of the person who they were defending voice could stop the wrath. Even then the chances were tenuous.

"Nathan, are you coming?" Zach questions him, stepping lightly out of the shadows, his footsteps as silent as a cat.

Turning, Nathan smiled coolly at his friend, Zach always had certain gleam about him after feeding. It was a characteristic that had always bothered him, though he would never mention it.

Zach was most dangerous after eating, for his brain went on overtime, when it came to his workload. And he had the sharpest mind that he, or any of the other generals, had ever seen. He was cold, calculated and obsessed with the tiny blue haired child that they had chased so long ago. While he himself dreamt of emerald eyes, eyes that he had never seen, he was sure that his friend's obsession was dangerous, it was going to get him killed on day. Either that or he was going to get out by the skin of his teeth and bond the girl to him self. If they ever emerged from the high ground, that was.

"Yes, I just finished." He on the other hand was calmer, he saw more clearly, and the stars hum was much louder in his ears. Which was why he normally kept himself full and well feed that was until the dreams of those twice-damned emerald eyes started showing up in his thoughts, again.

Even Kunzite had never been the same since that fateful encounter, 10 years ago, and he was the one who never-ever-may-the-world-fall-down-showed his emotions. Sometimes he wondered if even Endymion understood his high commander. Not even the stars did, and they knew everything.

"Good," Nodding once he took himself back to whenever the hell he had come from. He really could care less at that moment. Looking up at the stars he smiles coldly, perhaps tonight the stars would provide an answer.

Scanning the stars above his eyes narrowed as they desperately sought the answer to his un-spoken question. At the finding of his answer his breath hissed through his teeth-in a very snake like manner-and he growled low in the back of his throat.

It was time to see Endymion.

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"The wall is coming down?" Kunzite questioned him again, for what seemed like the hundredth time. His grey eyes were lit with a un- familiar light, and he looked ready to go hunting at the drop of a shilling.

"That was what they said." Nathan replied, again, not mentioning, again, that he didn't know when though. If it had not registered in their minds by this time then it never was.

"Then the chance that we have been waiting for is coming." Justin muses softly, his blue eyes gleaming with anticipation, at the thought of taking his much longed for revenge on the wench that had insulted him so long ago.

"Just remember," Zach interrupts his own eyes gleaming dangerously, "That they blue haired one is mine. She will not escape me again."

"Take your revenge on who you will, just remember, if we can not harness the power that they hold for ourselves we are to kill them." Endymion states coldly, "So that the witch does not get her hands on them. "

"She had been to quiet lately." Nathan agrees, "I will keep my eyes on the stars, but I think that it would be best if we started there now. There is something troubling me."

"Even if it is just to check it out." Justin says, with a nod and a smile, it wasn't a pretty thing. "We must plan out strategy for attack anyway."

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Laughing coldly into her watching glass, the women smiled. "You are two late Justin, even if you left know, they women will be mine." She cackled from the safety of her cold throne room. This time she would not be denied. Their power had finally faded, and they knew it, but the laws that bound them forbade them to tell the girls. Every thing was falling into place, and she was going to win.

"We are in position my queen." A horse voice murmurs, causing the cruel smile to spread across her features. "Then move in my servants move in."

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Rei was the first one to wake at the sounds of the howls, and the feeling of darkness fast approaching. She would, later realize, that she was also the first to realize that their since of protection was gone, the shields that had protected them for so long were gone completely, and there was nothing there but open night air.

Reaching over she grabbed Serena, and slapped her-hard-against her pale checks.

"SERE WAKE UP." She snapped into the night, before desperately trying to wake Minako. Whatever the hell was coming they needed all the help that they could get, right now. But where were the ladies?

"MAKOTO!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, desperation carrying her voice to the farthest corner of the plateau. The next second a wolf/werewolf launched itself into the tent teeth bared, and fury in its features. A few seconds later it was barbecue and the camp was alive.

"OH MY GOD." Serenity screams horror on her features as she throws her hands up. Silver light streamed forth, taking out the next wave of danger, that was coming at her and Rei's, now, unprotected faces.

Whipping around at the sound of thunder, and flashes of light, Rei missed the creature launching itself at her. Turning, she realized that she was to late, and she was fixing to become dog chow, only to have it turn to ice in mid flight.

"Thanks Ami."


"No problem just watch your back." The tiny woman commands, before turning around and turning the next batch of creatures to ice.

Wincing as their frozen bodies hit the ground, and shattered, Rei desperately prayed that they could hold the enemy off. But one question plagued her mind. What had happened to the ladies?

Turning she raised her hands and breathed a few words causing waves of hot fire to spread from her and into the creatures around her. As the flames she commanded danced around her, protecting her, shielding her, mostly giving her the strength she needed, and the power she wielded.

Hearing something behind her she whipped around only to find herself face to face with the one man she swore to dodge for the rest of her life.

"Hello, wench," Justin sates coldly his eyes taking in her nighttime apparel with a cold-calculating smile, as he looked her over, like she was piece of meat on the market. "Miss me?"