Authors Notes: Okay you all here is AT LAST… the long awaited chapter, actually half chapter as my schedule is so nuts that I don't have time to actually do the whole thing. So I am giving you this chapter in halves.

Regionals are next week, and if we get beat out (take this as a we will, because while were good, we don't have pitcher, and everyone else does) I will have enough time to complete this chapter. Its short, I know, I am sorry. I wanted to get something out to you all, because quiet frankly I want to stay intact as well. ^_^

So here is chapter 12 part A.

Dedication: To all of those who have patiently waited for this.

Disclaimer:  I do not own Salior Moon!

(this chapter is written a little differently than most of my other ones, just so you know)

Chapter 11

Makoto woke slowly, her expression relaxed, and her body felt like it had just slept for a millennia. The soft glow of the weapons in the cave provided more than enough light for her to see around, and she was once again taken in by the simple beauty of the place. She could stay here ages and never get tired of the soft sound of the waterfall, and gentle colors that seemed to dance around the darkness of the cave.

She sighed softly, before she managed to pull herself to her feet. Her body rebelled at the thought of moving from the comfortable position that she managed to work herself into, but she had no choice, her sisters needed her.

She was before the long staff like weapon with a few strides, hesitation written clearly across her features, it also sung through her veins. Yet, it gave her the time she needed to inspect it, the casual once over she had give it the night before meant nothing in the wake of the morning.  The carvings were far more interwoven and delicate than she had originally thought, and every line seemed to radiate power. There was also some sort of writing on the center, but she couldn't make it out, perhaps Ami would be able to tell her what it meant once she got back to the others.

Reaching down, she scooped up the beautifully carved object, and felt the power of her planet flow around her, the air practically crackling with power, as words sprung from her lips unhidden. "Jupiter Starlight Power," this time unlike the last, the power whipped from nowhere, and filled her heart, mind, body, and soul, leaving her craving for more. A moment later she stood once again her battle garb a huge smile plastered across her features. It was time to go rescue the others, or at least get them out of that hell hole. For with the requiring of her new weapon, the bond between herself and the others had been increased, she could feel them as if they were standing right next to her. She wondered if they knew how close they were to each other.

Unhidden knowledge pored into her mind, as she called upon her planet for her newest need. A soft green light emitted around her, and the four on her forehead suddenly glowed brighter underneath her tiara, and then there was a gentle popping noise and she found herself outside the cave once again.

'That the heavens, I didn't have to crawl through that place again' she mentally shuddered. Bugs had never been her favorite thing in the world, and the fact that she was away from them, and didn't have to crawl with them, made for one very happy Jupiter. Now all she had to do was find her way back to the castle.

Breaking into a run, she took off towards her friends, and the ones who them captured, it was time to get someone away from the place.

~~~

Serena felt the power slowly churn with her link to Makoto, and a grin slowly found its way onto her lips. It had begun, she knew. A soft smile made its way to her lips, and she felt the fear slowly start to ease out of her shoulders. Her Senshi had risen above more times that even she could remember, in more lifetimes than she wanted to remember. And yet here they were, in what seemed to her, the worst possible situation that she could ever have dreamed up. Yet, it seemed, they were slowly prevailing, at least they had a fighting chance.

As her grin continued to spread across her features she looked at the rising sun, it was after all a new day.

~~~

Minako watched Kunzite with a weary glance that took in the place, and the way he was softly moving about the room. She didn't trust the man as far as she could throw him, and every danger sense her body had was screaming at to run from the bastard, but she couldn't. Too much was riding on this, if she could lure him into a false sense of security, she might have a chance at finding her Princess, and at the very least, escape.

So instead of running, and screaming, or kicking him, she simply nodded, smiled slight, and let him take her hand and kiss it. The feel of his warm lips on her cool skin sent a small shiver down her spine, but she ignored it. The man was very attractive--which was a very weak word when one was comparing it to the man in front of her.

"Milord," she said softly, with a slight nod.

He grinned at her over her hand, causing her to blink, before he stood straight once again.

"How are you this fine evening?" He questioned.

"Would be better if I was with a certain silver headed klutz, but as you aren't making that possible at the moment, I suppose an adequate answer would be, been better." She replied.

He just chuckled at her, his own grin lighting his features, "I hope however you 'less than better' attitude has not destroyed your hunger?" he questioned.

She eyed the table in front of her, and shrugged, it held what she figured would be her dinner, as she was more than certain he didn't eat normal food. At that thought she shuddered slightly, hell she didn't want to think about what he ate at all.

"Of course not Milord, very little can destroy my appetite," she was lying through her teeth, but figured it was allowed in the situation that was currently plaguing her.

He nodded, before leading her to a table, his expression hidden. Settling herself into her chair, Minako watched him walk to the end of the table, where he scooped up a wine goblet--filled with god only knew what--and took a sip. She figured he would watch her eat from the confines of the place, and she looked down at her own place as the soup, and salad in front of her.

Scooping up the knife with practiced movements from long ago, she hesitantly took a bite, it was plain salad, and something inside her relaxed. From what she didn't know, she didn't think after all the trouble he was going through that he was going to drug or poison her, but with the dreams she had been getting recently, she found that everything in her was ready for an attack of some sort. She wasn't sure where it was coming from,  but she did know it had to be from some type of training from long ago, that was re-awakening itself in her mind now, after all these years.

Instead of reveling her worried thoughts, however, she just continued to eat in soft silence, ignoring the eyes that stared at her across the room, she was after all when it was all said and done, the daughter and princess of Venus, and she would not fail in this mission--as unconventional as it was.

~~~

Makoto grinned at the sight of the castle in front of her, even though her body was screaming in protest, she had been running for most of the night, and even though she was in excellent shape, thanks to the ladies, she could only take so much before she succumbed the sleepy like state that always seemed to produce itself. She could have cared less.

For even though her body was tired, adrenaline was pumping through her veins, and the closer she got the castle, the better she could feel the girls, and the faster her body actually moved.  Her eyes narrowed, as her gaze swept over the beautiful stone structure, it was practically inaccessible from the left, the sheer rock cliff it sat on provided more than enough protection that way, by some streak of luck however she had managed to end up the right side, and was approaching it from the forests angle. Ah yes, it would provide more than enough cover, for the forest itself extended up the gentle slope of the castle walls, it would also help with her escape plans.

She hadn't been sure of her plan for rescuing them, but she knew she had to at least get one of them out.

Somehow.

How she was going to do that however was still a mystery to her, she had always been one for breaking things down, and going in with her power flaring, not for stealth, that had always been Ami's way out.

Ami would be preferable to get out, she knew, with that super computer of hers, not to mention the brain behind all that hair, and very large innocent eyes, would be invaluable to getting the rest out. She wasn't as powerful as the rest of them, but what she didn't have in raw strength, and abilities, she made up for in brains, and the ability to slink right past people without them ever being aware of her presence.

Serena was the ultimate goal, but she didn't think she would be able to get to the princess just yet. She would be guarded beyond one Jovian princess's abilities to handle now if she had a Martian, Mercurian, and Venisian behind her, people might start to think twice. Not to mention all the barriers she could break down.

Rei would be good, for her temper could send people flying backwards with glares alone, if the mood took her. Not to mention the sheer force that always accompanied the woman when she was angry.

Minako was a plus, she was the leader of them all, and how she had gotten captured she was still uncertain. Makoto had always thought that her blond friend would be the last to let her self get caught, apparently she had been wrong. However that was not going to stop her.

Closing her eyes she grinned, and shrugged. This would probably come back to haunt her, but the element of surprise would be better used in this situation than anything else.

"Jupiter Thunder, CRASH," she murmured, her voice echoing off the rolling hills around the castle. The power flowed through her, and into the dime morning air, as the doors of the castle were thrown open. Yep, surprise 101, if her calculations were right she had bare moments to get back out of sight.

Running to the other side of the castle, she called on every bit of Senshi speed she had left. She made it around the corner in record time. Much to her satisfaction all the guards had left, and gone to the see what the disturbance was about, as she continued to climb the walls she grinned. Things were looking up.

Senshi=1

Vampire Lords=0

~~~

Minako wasn't sure when they had started dancing, as there was really now music, but she found that she was more than content to remain in the vampire lords arms, something that irked, and yet, comforted her at the same time. As while she was dancing in his arms, all thoughts of the dreams, and the grey eyes, were pushed from her memory, and all she knew was him. the feel of the cloth he was wearing, the light scent that was purely him, the gentle feel of his strong arms encircling her, sheltering, and protective. If she had been any other weak minded female she would have fallen into a pile of mush already, fortunately, she had enough self control to maintain from doing that.

Though she herself could not stop her body from relaxing at his touch, or her heart yearning to stay where she was, she had been no novice at love in her past life, and she had held many boys affection even at the young age they had been at when they were children. And yet, there was something about this man that against all her better judgment called at her, it scared and startled her. Leaving her with the decision that she would escape as quickly as she could. The faster she got away from the man, the faster he own salvation would come. And she knew, knew that she knew, if she didn't leave, quickly, she would fall to the man's spell, and never leave again in her own mind, her own person, and unattached.

And then the world exploded.

~~~

Ami barely had time to pick herself off the floor, before Zach was running towards the door, leaving her all alone.

"What the hell?" she gasped out the first words that actually made its way to her mind.

'Makoto is here' came Kieke's soft mental voice, startling her back out of her revere.

She had been trying to sleep, as much as she could when that arrogant man had been holding her against him, yet even he had been shocked when the castle had suddenly rocked, and she had been tossed neatly to the floor, and thankfully, out of his arms.  The floor had been hard and unforgiving, yet it had served its purpose, and she was now quiet awake, and ready to get out.

Even if Makoto had not been trying to give her a perfect escape route, she could have done no better than what she had done now. She was giving them all the out that they needed, it was perfect, she would have to congratulate the girl once she got out of the hell hole she was currently in.

Raising her hand she called upon her own planet, and once the ice and snow had cleared from the air she grinned at the Werewolf in front of her.

"Kieke lets roll." She said, her grin lighting her features for the first time in 24 hours.

~~~

Minako wasn't sure really what was happening. One moment she was safely in Kunzites arms, the next she was rolling on the ground, her world spinning as much as her body, with a collective boom going off in her head. And through it all one word managed to make its presence known in her know scrambled brain.

Makoto.

Rising from her awkward position of tangled limbs with Kunzite, she scrambled away from the man. "What hit me," she groaned.

But he was not longer listening to her, for it seemed to her befuddled mind that he was getting a message from somewhere else in the castle, for a moment later he was out the door, leaving her alone.

"Perfect," she practically purred.

Not bothering to head back to her room, she exited from the door that he had just all but run through. Sticking her head out the door, she almost did a jib of triumph when she realized that there was really no one around the doors.

'Note to self, if I ever become so cocky in my own abilities that I do not set up a guard, remind me to have Rei fry my ass.'

Running silently as she could in heels down the hall, she desperately searched for anything that might resemble a staircase, or even another wing. She didn't have much memories of what it was like in castles, but the vague one's she did have told her that lords each had their own wings, in situations like this one. That meant she needed to get the hell out of Kunzites, and into someone else's. She had a better chance of finding one of the girls that way.

Closing her eyes, she continued to pound down the hall way. It was now or never, somehow she didn't think that they were going to get a better chance to escape if it was handed to them on a silver platter.

~~~

Rei wasn't sure in which direction she was heading; her mind was still trying to get over the shock of being left alone, when Justin had made his intentions clear that he wasn't leaving for quiet some time. She of course, was not complaining to loudly. The man was overly possessive, and way to freaky, besides the fact that the fangs were a major turnoff. No matter how hot they made him seem when they gently brushed his lips when he was pissed.

Pushing the thoughts out of her mind, she concentrated on breaking down the door which was currently keeping her front getting into the room in front of her. After a few more shoves from her battered shoulder, it gave, and she went flying forward.

"REI," came the startled gasp from a corner and she looked up, only to be attacked by Serena, "Your all right!"

"What did you think I was meatball head? Slowly pinning away for you in the arms of a vampire?" she demanded. Her relief at seeing Serena, well and in one piece made her tone sharper than she would have liked,  but the girl didn't seem to notice, as she was to busy concentrating on squeezing the air out of her friends lungs.

"Serena… must breath…"

"Sorry," the girl whispered. "But I can't believe you're here!"

"Me either really," she said with shrug, before she remembered why she was there in the first place.  "We have to get out," she murmured.

The girl nodded, biting her lip. "Fast," she breathed, her eyes darting around the room as if afraid someone, or something, was going to jump out and stop her from leaving.

'Or one dark headed, vampire Prince.'

"How did you find me?" Serena questioned, her tone soft as a whisper, as she followed the Senshi of Fire out of the room, and back into the halls.

"I don't know," Rei murmured, and she really wasn't'. When she had seen the door, she had known she had to get in there, somehow.

Serena just shrugged, to far gone to really care, someone had helped, it didn't matter, if they were meant to discover who had aided them they would, if not, who cared. Perhaps there were celestial beings who still cared about the world, perhaps not. All she knew, was that Rei and found her, she wasn't going to argue much beyond that. Not at this point.

"Going somewhere ladies?" Came a smooth male voice.

Rei froze in her tracks, before she whirled, throwing Serena behind her, her eyes wide. Justin stood before her, his face expressionless, but his eyes shot sparks of blue flame at her.

"Go away," Rei said with a groan, as her eyes took in the dark and equally furious Prince next to him.

'The is a load of shit,' she mentally screamed at them, but as she looked at the men in front of her, she had the odd feeling that they were both screwed.

A silver light pierced the hall, and Rei gave a startled glance downwards and saw Serena, standing beside her crystal cupped in one hand--which was glowing--and a determined expression on her features. The girls eyes meet for a moment, and Rei saw the same expression on her Princess face that she knew had to be going through her own. They would not be taken without a fight.

"Mars Planet POWER!"

~~~

Makoto was being chased, but what she wasn't sure, but she didn't want to stick around and find out either. The thing was fast, and it was hot on her trail, knowing her bad luck it was either Nathan, or one of his little cronies, and dealing with them gave her about as much please as letting herself be stabbed. So she was basically running for it.

"Makoto in HERE," came a female voice, and she turned, not sure why, but not caring to stick around and see what was following her either.

Turning to see who had aided, she was pleasantly surprised to see Ami, in her Senshi uniform, with a very large dog behind her. "Ami!"

The blue headed girl grinned, before throwing her arms around her friend and hugging her for all she was worth. "We need to get moving," she murmured after a moment.

"I know, but where to?" She answered, before the sound of something slamming into the door alerted her back to what had been chasing her. "And how do we ditch that?"

Ami looked at the dog beside her, and nodded, "it's a hunting dog, Kieke will take care of it, open the door."

"Kieke?"

"I will explain later, just open the door."

Makoto did, and a moment later a huge monstrous thing came gliding into the room, only to be slammed back against the wall with a thud, its back breaking on contact.

Makoto felt her brows fly upwards, knowing that had to have been from the dog, which looking down she decided was no normal creature. "Right, okay when we get out of here, first thing your telling me is how she did that."

"She is a werewolf, I will save the rest for later, lets get going."

Makoto nodded, before she was out the door, following the girl, and her dog.

~~~

"Okay been down this door, oh screw this find yourself a window and throw yourself out of it." Minako growled low in the back of her throat. This was hopeless, she had yet to find anything, and was beyond caring if she did.

"Miko" Makoto's voice rang out causing her to whip around.

The blond whirled and grinned at the two girl emerging from a corridor over. They were together, three of them, things were suddenly looking up.

"Don't look now," came a soft voice.

All Miko could do, as she turned and saw an all to familiar pair of grey eyes, was scream in frustration.

~~~

"Something happens at the Princes Castle," Beryl told the vampire lords coldly. "Find out, and bring me those women."

The five men bowed, before they two disappeared from her sight. Looking at her crystal ball in front of her she frowned, when her gaze was once again hindered by the silver light of the moon princess. She was going to have that crystal, and then she would kill them all.

"Bring me the children," she hissed.

(short I know don't kill me)

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