Author's Note: Hey there peoples! Ok…I'm not sure if this chapter makes sense =S…but anyways…here it is. Er…I think you guys might get mad at me! *eep!*

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Ch. 10: "Strike Pt. 2"

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"What the hell is going on here?" Duo asked the question that was lingering on everyone's mind.

"Mistress 9, I will defeat you here and now!" Sailor Moon shouted. "You've tortured my life before by taking Chibi Usa away and stealing her pure heart to make you revived, but this time you can't do that since Chibi Usa's not here, but I do have one thing I am looking for."

"I do to, the Purity Chalice!"

"I'm looking for my friends, Luna and Artemis. Hand them over."

"Not until you hand over the Chalice!" Mistress 9 yelled back.

"Never." Sailor Moon answered.

"Then you won't get your little cat friends back either!" Mistress 9 smiled as she snapped her fingers, and there were Luna and Artemis lying on the floor, looking as if they've been tortured.

"Luna!" Sailor Moon said in shock.

"Artemis!" Sailor Venus ran forward to get them, but was thrown back by the electric barrier that was placed around them. "Uhh!" Sailor Venus shouted in pain as she was thrown back.

"Minako/Venus!" Duo shouted, full of worry.

"You ok?" Jupiter asked as she helped Sailor Venus up.

"Ouch, that hurt but I've been through way worse." She replied as she stood up.

"Set them free!" Sailor Moon shouted.

"Chalice?"

Sailor Moon was about to surrender the chalice when Luna awoke.

"Sailor Moon…Usagi…"

"Luna?" Sailor Moon asked.

"No matter what, don't surrender…the chalice...you save this world with it...then come find us." Luna whispered since she was very weak from the torture that she and Artemis went through.

"Luna…"

"Silence cat!" Mistress 9 shouted as she threw Luna against a wall.

"LUNA!" Sailor Moon shouted as she went to pick up the limp cat.

"Everything will be fine…don't worry about me…"

"How can't I?  You are the one who made me into Sailor Moon and has taught to me to face my enemies, you can't just leave me now, I've come so far!" Sailor Moon teared.

"Don't worry…Usagi, I will…be back…in the…past life…" Luna whispered as she disappeared into thin air.

"Luna, DON'T LEAVE ME!!!!" Sailor moon shouted as she cried over Luna. "Mistress 9, you've pushed the strings to far this time."

"I know, I'll do whatever I can to get that chalice." She laughed, but hadn't heard Sailor Mercury's attack coming.

"Mercury Shine Aqua Illusion!" Mercury shouted as she shot her water attack straight at Mistress 9.

Mistress 9 turned around, just in time so she couldn't block the attack that was aimed at her, which froze her in place.

"You got her!" Mars said happily.

"No, I didn't.  I don't have enough power to freeze her, she'll crack herself open anytime." Mercury said as she stared at the frozen Mistress 9, who was slowly cracking the ice around her.

"This is my chance. Jupiter Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Sailor Jupiter said as she threw her attack at the Mistress, but managed to help crack the ice wider for her. "Oh no, I'm sorry Mercury!"

"No, that's not good, we have to distract her somehow and get Sailor Moon to destroy her with her scepter."

"That sent a chill down my spine Mercury, I'm sorry. Was I supposed to stay in there?" Mistress 9 cackled. "Here's a taste of my awesome power, ha!!!" Mistress 9 summoned another energy blast, but it headed straight for Mercury.

"Watch out!" Quatre shouted to Mercury, but it was to late.  It hit her dead on; she flew back and landed right in Quatre's lap. "Mercury, Ami, speak to me!"

"That hurt…" She whispered, "Watch out…she's powerful…if anything happens to me, protect Sailor Moon…"

"Don't say that!" Quatre said to her in a harsh and concerned tone.

"I don't know…if I can make it…or not…"

"Please, don't leave me…"

"I'm sorry Qautre…don't…forget me…" Mercury said as she closed her eyes and took her last breath, then all the pain stopped.

"Mercury!" The other scouts shouted, and Mars lost her temper.

"What the hell are you trying to do anyways? Trying to kill us off one by one and make Sailor Moon surrender?"

"Of course, that was the original plan, but you were never meant to find out."

"You can't kill us off now since we know your true intentions, and Sailor Moon will never surrender the Chalice, she never has surrendered, and never will start to!"

"That's what you think, I'll push her until she does."

"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" Mars called her attack, but Mistress 9 easily swatted the rings of fire away.

"How could she?" Mars asked in surprise.

Mistress 9 smirked. "You never learn, do you? I am more powerful than all of you!!!" She yelled and shot at Mars, which fell to the ground.

"Ow, good, but not enough to put this warrior out of commission!" Mars yelled back from where she lay.

Mistress 9 arched and eyebrow at Mars. "Is that so?"
Mars got up from where she fell and stood back up. "I'm not as weak as you think I am, Mistress 9. And anyways, what are you planning to do with the chalice, that is IF you get it."

"I will plan on bringing this world into the deadly silence, of which I couldn't of done in the past because of Sailor Moon." She glared, "And the other sailor scouts, Sailor Chibi Moon, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Pluto, and the most deadly of all, Sailor Saturn. Now you don't have your friendly allies here to help you in this time, so you will be defeated once and for all!"

"That's what you think, but the five of us have defeated a whole lot more enemies, like Queen Beryl, she was the enemy in our past in the Silver Millennium and we defeated her in out time again, then there was the Negamoon family with Prince Diamond, then there was you and your happy troopers." Venus said with a grin.

"Yes, but there was also another addition to your little group.  He wasn't a sailor scout, if I remember correctly, he was the prince of the earth." Mistress 9 smiled and looked at Sailor Moon, and she had a shocked expression on her face. "His name was Prince Endymion, also known as Mamoru Chiba, Tuxedo Mask, ally of the sailor scouts."

"Wha-? Usagi's ex was in this whole messed up thing to? Is it just me, or are you guys lost to?" Duo asked the others and got no reply.

"How would you know?" Sailor Moon shouted back to Mistress 9.

"I know all.  I have been around since forever, Serenity." She smirked. "I know that Crystal Tokyo may not exist now, since you and Endymion have broken up, even though your destinies were intertwined with one another."

"That's not true!"

"Yes it is Princess, and you know very well that I am right.  That brat of yours will never be formed!"

"What?" Quatre asked as he lifted his tear-stained face up and still held Ami's dead body in his lap.

"Ok, now I'm super lost."

"I don't think we should be here." Trowa said quietly.

"Yeah, then how are we supposed to get out of this darkness?" Wufei asked.

Heero nodded his head and kept his eyes on Sailor Moon. "Hn…we're stuck until they defeat this Mistress."

Sailor Moon looked at Mistress 9, soaking in each and every one of her words. "That's not true…"

"Sailor Moon, don't believe her, she's just saying that, Chibi Usa will be born." Sailor Venus said reassuringly.

Sailor Moon turned her head towards her comrade and cried. "No, she's right, because of my mistake, Chibi Usa won't even be alive!  All the times I spent with her, it wasn't enough.  My life without that pink-haired spore won't be the same!!"

"Sailor Moon, now's not the time to be thinking of other things!  If you want to patch things up, we've got to keep our focus on Mistress 9!!! SHE is why Chibi Usa might not be born!!" Mars yelled.

Sailor Moon turned her eyes and looked at Mars. "You're right…she is the reason my life has been so messed up!  This is all your fault!"

"That's right, now keep pushing, and I'll push back to get that Chalice." Mistress 9 whispered.

"We can't spare you yet, Sailor Moon.  You're our last resort to beat this bit—" Sailor Jupiter said, then covered her mouth. "Yeah, you're the only one who has the strength to beat her, so save it up! I'll attack."

"But then you'll get hurt!" Sailor Moon said as she faced Jupiter.

"That's alright, I'm tough, I can take it." She smiled. "Jupiter Thunder Crash!!!"

"Not enough." Mistress 9 said and absorbed the energy into her hand that had a black star on it. "One for one, eh Jupiter?" She smirked and threw Jupiter's attack back at her.

"Ah, she absorbed all the energy in my attack!" Jupiter shouted as she was hit with her own attack.

"Jupiter!" The rest of the scouts and Trowa shouted as Trowa and Sailor Moon ran towards her.

"She's stronger than before, way stronger…Sailor Moon, take care..." Jupiter whispered as she laid her head back onto Trowa's chest. [He picked her up, ok?]

"Makoto…" Trowa said as a tear fell onto her body.

Sailor Moon shook Jupiter's shoulders, but that didn't help. She was gone. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Doing as I wish."

"Stop! You're hurting and killing my friends, I can't take it anymore! I can't go on without them."

"Oh, yes you can.  I will stop as long as you give me the Chalice."

"Fine, I will!" Sailor Moon shouted back as she placed her hands in front of her brooch, and a golden cup started to materialize, but then she was cut off from her concentration.

"Coward! What do you think you're doing?" Mars shouted as she slapped Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon placed her hand over her stinging cheek, and looked back at Mars. "I'm surrendering."

"You can't!  that will be exactly like that time with the Cassenian Blossom and Ferio. You can't just hand that over! Our life and this future will be in total darkness!!!" Mars shouted. [That how you spell them?]

"I can't…I don't want to see you guys hurt."

"To late." Mistress 9 whispered as she observed the scene before her, and shot an energy blast at Mars, and no one had seen it.

"That's great that you care about us, but now's not the time to surrender! Fight till the--uh." Mars started, but didn't finish since she was hit in the back and was now slamming her way to the wall.

"Mars!"

"Fight till…the end…" She said her last words and she closed her eyes, Wufei beside and holding her limp body.

"Onna…Rei…Mars…" Wufei replied as he tried to keep his anger and sadness inside.

"I can't take it! I can't take it!" Sailor Moon shouted as she shook her head.

Sailor Venus was also weeping, but tried not to make it obvious. "Keep your cool.  Focus on destroying that bitch from hell up there, and then we'll find a way to wake the others up, alright?"

"You don't understand, they're gone, I can't fight without them."

Sailor Venus gaped at Sailor Moon. "Excuses me, the Goddess of Love and Sailor soldier of Venus is still standing in front of you!"

"I'm sorry, but she's going to destroy you like how she destroyed the others!"

"No, I'll show you Sailor V is made of tough stuff, remember how you used to idolize me?  I can be that idol and top fighter again, watch me! Venus Love Chain Encircle!!" She shouted.

"You know you can't beat me with some stupid chain."

"It's stronger than ever, since this room is filled with love and care for our fallen soldiers." Venus shouted back.

"You know you can never beat me." Mistress 9 shouted as she was eyeing the chain that was headed for her. "I can swap it away!"

Venus smirked. "Don't think so, I wasn't heading for you're whole body, I was heading for that black star on your wrist, where all you energy blasts come from!"

"Huh?" Mistress 9 questioned and before she knew it, the chain hit her star and caused her pain. "Argh!"

"Got'cha!" Sailor Venus smiled, but didn't know what was heading for her.

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Author's Note: I TOLD you that you would get mad…ahaha…its so angst-ish, y'know. Well, I want your opinions, what do YOU think?

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