Disclaimer: Still not my SM
When Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen arrived at the arcade they were stunned to see all but two of the scouts lying unconscious and bleeding. Mars and Jupiter were desperately fighting a large black shape with long razor talons that gleamed sickly in the moonlight.
"What kind of monster is this?" Sailor Moon cried as she dove into the fight.
"We don't know! Mercury couldn't get any kind of reading from it. It has no weak points we can find, it even laughed at us!"
The shadow turned toward Sailor Moon and from the depths of darkness crimson eyes began to shine malevolently. The monster rushed headlong at Sailor Moon. It was clear he was not going to toy with her but instead destroy her as completely as she had destroyed enemies of the earth. At the last moment, sensing his beloved's danger Tuxedo Kamen stepped between the Shadow and Sailor Moon, intent on taking the blow himself. The creature came to an abrupt halt and stared curiously at Tuxedo Kamen, clearly wondering what its next course of action should be.
The remaining sensei held their breath in fright, afraid that one sudden noise would send the monster back on its deadly course.
After a moment of indecision the shadow stepped back and disappeared, more silently then it had arrived, in a noxious cloud of smoke.
The fighters remained tense, not daring to believe that victory had come so quickly. When several minutes had crept by and no other sign of danger appeared the standing scouts quickly gathered around their fallen comrades to asses the damage.
It was decided that the more severely hurt scouts, Mercury and Venus, would spend the night at Rei's temple. They quickly left as the first police officer arrived on the scene.
Later, as Mamoru walks Usagi home...
Usagi held herself very stiff and distant from Mamoru. She had seen something no one else had noticed. That...Monster, right before he vanished, had done something very peculiar. It had briefly bowed its head, almost in deference, to Mamoru. It Usagi, in those moment of hesitation it seemed as though the shadow was trying to figure out who Tuxedo Kamen was. Did it make some kind of mistake? Why had Mamoru not mentioned it? Was he hiding something or did he count it as pure luck?
*Sorry for the short chapter. Fighting scenes just kill me.
When Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen arrived at the arcade they were stunned to see all but two of the scouts lying unconscious and bleeding. Mars and Jupiter were desperately fighting a large black shape with long razor talons that gleamed sickly in the moonlight.
"What kind of monster is this?" Sailor Moon cried as she dove into the fight.
"We don't know! Mercury couldn't get any kind of reading from it. It has no weak points we can find, it even laughed at us!"
The shadow turned toward Sailor Moon and from the depths of darkness crimson eyes began to shine malevolently. The monster rushed headlong at Sailor Moon. It was clear he was not going to toy with her but instead destroy her as completely as she had destroyed enemies of the earth. At the last moment, sensing his beloved's danger Tuxedo Kamen stepped between the Shadow and Sailor Moon, intent on taking the blow himself. The creature came to an abrupt halt and stared curiously at Tuxedo Kamen, clearly wondering what its next course of action should be.
The remaining sensei held their breath in fright, afraid that one sudden noise would send the monster back on its deadly course.
After a moment of indecision the shadow stepped back and disappeared, more silently then it had arrived, in a noxious cloud of smoke.
The fighters remained tense, not daring to believe that victory had come so quickly. When several minutes had crept by and no other sign of danger appeared the standing scouts quickly gathered around their fallen comrades to asses the damage.
It was decided that the more severely hurt scouts, Mercury and Venus, would spend the night at Rei's temple. They quickly left as the first police officer arrived on the scene.
Later, as Mamoru walks Usagi home...
Usagi held herself very stiff and distant from Mamoru. She had seen something no one else had noticed. That...Monster, right before he vanished, had done something very peculiar. It had briefly bowed its head, almost in deference, to Mamoru. It Usagi, in those moment of hesitation it seemed as though the shadow was trying to figure out who Tuxedo Kamen was. Did it make some kind of mistake? Why had Mamoru not mentioned it? Was he hiding something or did he count it as pure luck?
*Sorry for the short chapter. Fighting scenes just kill me.