Guess what everyone? I've got my hands on the Weiss boxset of DVDs. I
can finally watch them ^____^ I've already watched the first seven
episodes.

They're not my DVDs, though. I have to watch Weiss, then give themback
to M-sama. And I'm also supposed to be watching volumes four and five
of G-Gundam, which is _also_ not my DVD set and I have to give those
back to B. Not to mention there's the whole
studying-for-the-dimploa-exam-I'm-taking-on-Monday.

For those of you who've emailed me, and not recieved a response--
that's why. Sorries. I'll try to answer all your emails before I take
flight back to the land of studying. Bleh. Non-fun.



True Identity
Chapter Twenty-Four - Revealing
Li Xiang



Rache met the other three Senshi about two blocks away from the
warehouse. Her pole arm-- her long-hafted scimitar-- clacked with each
step of her grey shoes. They did not speak, having planned it out
earlier in the day.

Only Rache truly blended into the night. The bright orange, red, and
blue-with-pink really stood out, she mused, opening the same window she
had used to bring Michiru to her death.

She and Venus slipped in, while Moon and Mars used an entrance at the
other end of the warehouse. Sharp, emerald eyes caught sight of
Ranma-onna. Surprisingly, she was dress in one of Yuki's mini-kimonos--
a silver one with a blue-dragon pattern, that cut off about mid-thigh--
with a pair of black leggings, and no shoes.

After a moment of confusion, she realized that her friend was making an
attempt to look like she was relaxed at home. It was kinda obvious with
how she had picked up a couple of boxes of the doughnuts Ken kept
stocked with; and had dropped herself in front of the television.

The two 'Senshi' crept closer, and Yuki entered, flopping onto the
couch.

The enhanced senses of the Senshi-- which were normally used to hear
energy attacks whizzing through the air to attack from behind-- just
barely picked up the conversation between the two females.

"Anything on?"

"Nothin'," Bastet returned sourly, "Damn, but what I wouldn't do to see
'the Guilty One' chasin' Kenken 'round again. It's _damn_ funny."

Isis' eyes flickered to Venus and Charon's positions, "You been hanging
around those humans again, Little Sister?"

Bastet rolled her eyes, "Not since Lord Pahn released me."

"Mmm," Isis nodded, "Hey, where's the pipsqueak?"

"Amun-Ra will kill you if you call him 'pisqueak' again, Isa,"
interjected one tired-looking Horus, "I've had a rough day, so would
you two keep it _quiet_?!"

Bastet stuck her tongue out, and Isis laughed, "You need to calm down,
Rus. Lack of a chick getting to you?"

"Shut up," Horus muttered, scowling mightily at the two laughing
Saotomes.

The Senshi were close enough that it wouldn't hurt to attack. Moon and
Mars were to go after Ptah, Osiris and Amun-Ra, since they weren't with
the other three.

Venus launched herself forwards with a war cry, followed by a quick
'crescent beam!". Charon darted into the room, holding her blade in
loose fingers.

To the blonde Senshi's shock, the three occupants of the room looked
completely calm, despite just having been attacked. Yuki flickered her
hair over her shoulder, "You _might_ have had a chance, _if_ you hadn't
split up."

Venus snorted, firing off a 'crescent beam shower!' to occupy Horus and
Bastet as she took on Isis. She would win; she was the beautiful
heroine, after all!

"Silence Wall."

Saturn?! Venus' head snapped around, in the direction the 'attack' had
come from. Hotaru did not stand there. Charon did, however, she now
wore the seifuku Saturn had worn into the battle with Master Pharaoh
90. For the first time, did Venus notice the black streaks in her
surprisingly vivid red hair.

"Charon? What's going on?!"

"There's no Sailor Charon," Yuki put in helpfully, "Only two halves of
one person-- Hotaru and Naru."

"And we," Ranma grinned nastily as the four surrounded the blonde, "Put
her back together."

"She's as skilled as she is beautiful," Yohji shot the flushing Rache a
grin, "I feel lucky that she chose _me_."

"Minako, Minako, Minako," tsked the still red Rache, "You wouldn't be
in this mess if Serenity had left this plane without complaint. You
would have been reborn, yes-- but without the Senshi power."

Yuki's hand knit into the blond locks of the stunned young woman. She
lowered her mouth to the girl's ear, "And you wouldn't have to die. To
bad for you... we _like_ to kill..." with a husky laugh, she bit
Minako's ear hard enough to take a chuck out.

Venus screamed.

---

Mars and Moon, in the meanwhile, had tracked the other three into the
'garage'.

In there, all the vehicles-- minus the low-rider, which was carefully
tucked into a corner-- had been taken out. The redheaded Osiris and the
white haired Ptah were duking it out. A slight teen that neither girl
had seen before watched them, his arms crossed.

Ptah and Osiris were growling and snipping at each other,
surprisingly-- at least to the Senshi-- trying to kill one another.

The two normally bickering Senshi crept closer to their goal, faces
serious, eyes hard on their targets. Their focus failed to last,
however, when Venus' shriek of pain rang in their ears.

Forgetting that they were in enemy territory, both girls leapt to their
feet, with a shout of "Venus!"

Moment's later, Moon found herself hovering in the air, frantically
struggling against the invisible grip that held her. Panicked blue eyes
shot around the room, landing on the youngest occupant. He was
_smirking_ at her.

"Ah, ah, ah," he waggled a finger, "We've got a special... gift for
you."

"Moon!" Mars shrieked, whirling, flames flickering from her fingertips,
"Fire Soul!"

"Shit!" Nagi ducked, startled, watching the flames shoot over his head,
heart pounding.

Mars didn't get another chance to fire, as Aya was suddenly on her. His
katana sliced through the air-- and through Mars' left arm just as
easily. She screamed, skittering back, violet eyes wide and panicked.

---

Venus had instinctively thrown an all encompassing blast of energy--
enough to throw Yuki away from her. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough
overall.

Rache had swung the Silence Glaive, Venus barely dodged out it's path,
and still, it's tip grazed her stomach.

Ranma had slipped up behind her, and as Yohji's wire wrapped around her
body, she dug her fingers into the sides of her head, "As anti-climatic
as this is, I _do_ have a bit of an appointment to keep. Happo Goen
Satsu revised: _SPIRIT_OBLITERATION_!"

---

Moon found herself released from Nagi's hold, only to be bound up in
wire, and dragged off. Ranma-onna smirked, becoming a human straight
jacket and gag, "Can't let you interfere," she told the struggling
Princess, "'Pahn' dearly, _dearly_ wants you to pay for hurting me."

Large blue eyes looked at the grinning visages of Yuki and Yohji. There
would be no help from either of them. 'Obviously' Amun-Ra had
brainwashed them all _really_ well.

And where were Venus and Charon? These three couldn't have possibly
dispatched them yet...

"Hold, Evil Villains!"

Charon! Hopeful eyes turned to the rafters, to find Charon standing
proudly, half hidden by shadows.

Mars, bleeding as she was, a number of deep scratches and slashes, not
to mention the arm Aya had half removed, felt joy for a few, previous
seconds. They were saved.

Then reality decided to drop in. Charon stepped into the light,
revealing her true seifuku-- the one that designated her as
Sailorsaturn. The Silence Glaive danced in nimble fingers. She wasn't
looking at Farfello, nor Aya.

She was staring at Mars as she dropped off the rafters. Her boots
clicked in the silence that had filled the garage. Her pole arm dipped
back, the blade easily cutting through solid cement, carving a trench
with each step.

"You know," she began, "You two are the last ones left. You are the
last of your unnatural plague on this world."

"Charon?!"

"No," Rache corrected, "I am death. I am destruction. I am rebirth, and
I am creation. My _name_, bitch, is Vengeance. I am Rache."

She stood, two feet from Mars now, smiling serenely, "I am everything
and nothing, Hino Rei. And I am _one_ of the Executioners of the
Sailorsenshi."

"Naru-- You're not making any sense!" Mars barked, drawing on her
continuos store of fury.

"Maybe not," and suddenly, the Silence Glaive was at her throat, "But
you _did_ try to roast my boyfriend, repeatedly. Isn't that a good
reason to kill you?"

"No!"

"I think it is!" Yuki called cheerfully, smiling insanely, "Playboy
should get his turn, Rache."

"Yohji?" at the invitation, the long-haired assassin glided forwards,
wire curled around his fingers. Yuki, too, moved, to stand closer to
the action.

"Spill 'er blood! Spill 'er blood!" the nineteen year old cheered
gleefully, Jei joining in after a moment, "Spill 'er blood!"

Rache, Yohji and Aya, paused, groaned and spoke as one, "No wonder
Ranma likes them..." that was about when the pair of sociopaths began
to offer suggestions on how to kill the Senshi in the most _painful_ of
ways.

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End Chapter