"Dead Scream!" Pluto shouted and sent her magical projectile towards Buds.

"WHAT THE HELL-" Buds didn't finish as he jumped aside, barely dodging the magical ball going towards him. He landed roughly in the ground, hard. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Symb-demon!" Pluto said, showing her staff pointing at him. "You shall be destroyed, for the safety of the world!"

Buds shook his head. "I don't believe this," he muttered under his breath. "My old bitch of an ex-classmate comes and tries to kill me, and then a very pretty sexy and cute Senshi tries to kill me as well..." Setsuna tried to stop, but her cheeks tingled at the visible compliment Buds let flew. "Of course, now that she's trying to kill me, she acts more like a violent tomboy with murderous intents..."

Setsuna growled and lashed out her Time Staff towards Buds. Buds casually used his hand and blocked the incoming strike. He stopped Setsuna's hard slash with his bare arms, which surprised her very much. She raised her eyebrows, and failed to see the incoming punch right to her face.

Setsuna was taken back by the sheer strength of the boy. He didn't look very muscular, but the way he punched her... she shivered.

Pluto finally got her act together. Landing cleanly and softly a few meters away from Buds, she positioned her Time Staff and pointed it at him.

Buds took a bow, and released his tentacles. He shook the arm which was hit by the Time Staff. It was painful, and Buds suspected that it hurt because of the magic energies in the staff. If that was true, then only ki and mana attacks can hurt him. HE had to be careful of those.

-| Omega X Present |-

-| Omega |-

-| Chapter 07: New Enemies, More Misunderstandings |-

Looking at the future, no one can actually tell what will happen. Humans are natural chaotic makers, able to create the simplest chaos by changing decisions. How about more powerful humans?

The two figures looked at each other. One scared of her wits. She had thought the symb-demon was still too young, undeveloped, but the ways he moves and actually can lazily control his powers; she now knew going after him alone was not a good idea.

Buds thought differently. His adrenaline was giving out and he was almost jumping with excitement. He can finally go toe to toe with one of the most powerful Senshis!

"Dead Scream!" Pluto said, unleashing her attack towards Buds, who simply sidestepped, jumped to the air, and released his tentacles towards Pluto. She jumped aside and dodged them. "You missed!" Pluto sneered.

"Nope..." Buds said, smirking, pulling back his tentacles. Pluto raised her eyebrows and turned around to see a garbage can going right towards her face. It hit her hard, and Buds let go of the projectile and watched Pluto fly towards the nearest wall. She crashed into it with a large impact.

Buds flinched for a moment as the Senshi of Time just whacked the wall and broke it to pieces. "Maybe that would stop her..." Buds said nervously.

"NOT YET!" Pluto shouted, recovering. Her teeth were shown to a grimace and she looked absolutely mad. "DEAD SCREAM!"

Buds tossed out his tentacle of one of his hands towards the projectile, and the tentacle split into five smaller tentacles which surrounded the magical ball. When the five tentacles hit the projectile, the magic ball suddenly decreased in size.

Pluto's eyes widened as Buds glowed with energy in his hands. Buds smirked as he finally got how the energy was released, and his hand glowed. He put his hand back and threw the energy ball back to Pluto. "Dead Scream!"

Pluto jumped aside, not looking where to go, as her instinct just told her to dodge. Buds smiled as she was in position for one of his deathblows.

"Rhythm Shock..." Buds muttered under his breath, and unleashed two tentacles towards Pluto.

"Augh!" Pluto groaned as the two whips impacted her back, and she didn't recover for the whip which came towards her feet, which tied into her, and launched her up in the air. For a moment, she saw the sky up ahead, growing darker, and the next, she came towards the ground. The last thing she saw before everything went dark was a fist going towards her face.

When she woke up, she found herself in the garbage can, and she screamed...

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Buds sneezed, jumping from roof to roof. He didn't mean to dump Pluto on the garbage... Hell, he didn't even mean in knocking her out. After hearing her reputation of destroying some of the very threats and being the greatest allies that the Senshis had, he would have thought someone like her would be harder person to beat. Boy was he disappointed.

Buds sighed in desperation. He could count on the Sailor Senshis coming out to get him. He looked up in the sky and saw the rays of the sun going down. He looked calmly at it. "Why does everything bad have to happen to me?" Buds asked.

=Dema's Place=

"DAMN HER!" Dema shouted as she punched the wall in her apartment. It broke. "Damn her and that Stupid Interference. I had him!"

Dema shook her head. She needed more personnel on this, yet she her pride stopped her from asking assistance from one of the Dark Order. She earned enough years of humiliation to get to her position, she would be damned if they think they can get to her now that she seems so helpless.

It was an easy solution, after all. Get someone out of the Dark Order. Someone who would hunt Buds, distracting him while she formulates a plan.

Suddenly, Dema remembered a bounty hunter specialized in exterminating demons, or preferably, night stalkers. She was rumored to be the best.

Dema smiled. She found her assistant.

=Buds' Position=

Buds walked towards the gates, breathing deeply. Trying to figure out what the hell he is going to do, he totally ignored Lina and Felicia, walking towards his room. He didn't bother to come down for lunch and slid down in his futon, looking up the ceiling.

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"What was wrong with him?" Lina asked Felicia.

"I don't know," Felicia said. "He doesn't usually act like that. Should I ask him?"

Lina glared at Felicia for a while. "No. Knowing you, you would go latch on to him closely."

"So what?" Felicia said. "He is the only male one who wanted to be genuinely my friend. I like him a lot. I want him to be my mate."

Lina growled softly. "Mate?"

"I know you like him, Lina, and I won't force him. Hey, maybe we can share!" Felicia said happily.

"Airhead..." Lina said. "And I don't like him!"

Felicia sighed in expatriation. "Then you don't mind if I take him to my room?"

Lina was getting mad. "Hey! It reminds me! Why were you in his room this morning?"

Felicia smiled nervously. "I didn't look. All I felt was a comfortable bed and a pillow, and it was warm. I like sleeping there."

"Cats like warm things huh?" Lina said angrily. "Well, do what you want! Have sex with him for all I care."

"Maybe I will," Felicia said. "I like him petting me. He has good hands and movements."

"Get off him," Lina said. "He is mine!"

Pause.

"I'm going to check on Buds," Lina finally said, trying to cover her blush. Felicia was giggling as Lina went up. Her teasing with Lina and Buds was so funny. Lina and Felicia usually got along, and rivaled each other in getting a boyfriend in Makai or the mortal realm. Felicia would love to have Buds, but so did her friend. She said the truth about sharing. After all, men love women naturally right?

Lina walked up the stairs, not particularly emotional. Her mind, blank from the conversation she had a while ago. Did she really like him? Yes she did. It was more than because he was Omega, or one of the only boys who escaped her.

He was very trustful and loyal, but he doesn't trust you like hell at first. It took her a few days of talking to him before he finally opened up to her. He is also so easy to tease, threatening to bite his neck. He would squirm about it, but he would always come back to her in embarrassing her. It was a cute game after all.

(I wish I knew what he really feels...) Lina thought, as she approached Buds' door. She sighed. She raised her hand and knocked the door. No response. "Buds, I'm coming in..." Lina said. Still no response and she walked in. Inside, it was dark, but no problem for Lina. She was a Darkstalker, able to see in the dark more than normal humans.

Lina saw Buds lying in the shadows, looking up in the ceiling. She raised her eyebrows. "Hey, Buds, you okay?" Lina asked.

"Lina, tell me something," Buds began in a low tone. "Is the Legend of Omega really well known?"

"What do you mean?" Lina asked. "The Legend of Omega is passed down through Makai down in centuries. There were some demons who would write about it on earth like a fairy tale. Some believe it, some don't. Why?"

"I've just been attacked by a Sailor Senshi... I'm worried," Buds took deep breathes. "At first I thought it would be fun, but then, recalling the battle, she called me a symb-demon. She knew who I was, and I'm kinda nervous of getting more fights with them."

Lina nodded as she listened to the whole thing quietly. (Sailor Senshis, huh?) she thought, then finally something snapped in her mind. "I remember," Lina said. "There are some writings from the earth before. Some civilizations had the writings of Legends of the Demon World. You're in it. One of the civilizations was the Moon Kingdom. I think the other one was Jurai."

"Jurai?" Buds asked with his eyebrows raised. "Damn... I really have to be careful... But Sailor Pluto is really sexy, you know. It might not be bad meeting her again..." he chuckled at his joke.  

Lina growled, and Buds smiled inwardly as she jumped on top of him, pinning him down. "You pervert... I'm going to teach you a lesson!" she said.

Buds struggled a bit but when he felt something wet and hot slid in his throat, he shivered. Lina, on the other hand, shivered as she felt the blood flow in his neck. She could almost taste it. She continued licking it for some time, trying to control herself.

It took a while, but Buds finally regained his senses, his neck and body excited as she continued licking him. He looked at Lina and her expression was hidden well in the shadows. But her body felt hotter than before, and she shivered a bit with excitement.

"Lina?" Buds asked. She didn't answer, but continued t lick his neck. He finally understood. "If you want to, go ahead."

Lina sopped licking, and raised her head. She looked at Buds, and he looked back neutrally. Lina nodded and lowered her head, while Buds exposed his neck. She took a  minute, and she opened her mouth, revealing her fangs. She slowly bit down towards Buds' neck.

Buds gasped as suddenly, pain and pleasure mixed as she sucked slowly. He felt he was flying, felt like something much more than sexual ecstasy. The way she sucked and the way how easily he accepted made him more than excited. He felt a part of him hardening. (Damn... I can't think like that!) he thought. He began to think to take his mind off his 'problem'.

"It's okay..." Lina said as she took a break. "It's natural for you to get stimulated. It's part of it."

Buds remained silent, and gasped again as Lina went towards his neck again. Both figures were silent as Lina continued to suck, when Buds finally tired of the silence, spoke up. "I met my old classmate today... She said she was part of the Dark Order and tried to kill me."

Buds felt Lina sucking a bit harder. It was uncomfortable, but he didn't mind. "She said that I really was Omega, and she was sent to unlock my whole powers."

Lina stopped, and looked at Buds, her worried expression hidden in the shadows. "Buds... be careful."

"I will..." Buds said with a shrug. Lina smiled and touched his neck, moving her hand softly, caressing his neck.

"Thank you..." Lina said. "It was... delicious..."

"You're welcome," Buds said. He paused for a while, looking at Lina. Lina looked back at him, a moment seem to pass through them... until his stomach grumbled. "I'm hungry..." Buds finally said.

"Yeah," Lina laughed. "Go and eat. After taking blood away from you, you should eat a lot of iron. Take some spinach and some liver I prepared earlier for dinner."

Buds raised his eyebrows. "Wow, it was like you expected me to give you blood today. Were you?"

"That is a secret..." Lina smirked. Buds just groaned.

Lina got off Buds, letting him stand up. She watched Buds walk downstairs, and waited until the sound faded away. When it did, she licked her lips, taking some of the spilled blood in her mouth. She slid down on the futon like where Buds did a few moments ago. She stared at the ceiling with a goofy looking grin. The blood she got excited her whole body, tingled her taste buds. She felt stronger and more alive.

(Sigh... if I could only get him to do that more for me...) Lina thought.

=Hino Temple=

"Is there any reason why Setsuna would call us in the middle of the night?" Usagi complained, yawning.

"I don't know," Ami said nervously. She had an exam tomorrow, and she had a few more [about twenty] pages to read.

Minako and Makoto were surprisingly quiet, whispering to each other. It was about boys, the boy who saved them, cute boys, the boy who saved them, and more cute boys.

Hotaru, Haruka and Michiru were there as well, sitting together, not much doing anything. Haruka was asking Hotaru some questions about school, while Hotaru smiled as she said about her new school is much better than her old school. Sure, there were lots of fights, and some crazy kendoist challenging a girl to a fight, the winner gats to date her.

Michiru smiled. Transferring Hotaru to Furinkan High was the best solution so far with the problems of Hotaru's old classmates.

Suddenly, a pungent and rotten smell announced the arrival of Setsuna, who was still in her fuku. Everyone looked at her with concern. She was covered with muck, plastic and some old newspaper.

"What the hell happened to you?" Haruka asked, with raised eyebrows.

"I encountered a powerful enemy..." Pluto said coldly. She wasn't in the mood to argue, everyone knew that. "When the Inners told me about the new boy, I made a research."

Minako and Makoto smiled. "Did you get his address? His phone number?" they both asked at once.

The other groaned, but Setsuna ignored them.

"I just want you to know that the boy is dangerous..." she said.

[Sounds of Crickets]

"What?" asked Minako weakly.

"Tentacles coming from his hands, the way he can absorb energy, it meant one thing. He is a Symb-demon," Setsuna said neutrally.

"Symb-demon?" "What is that?" "Who cares?" "Yeah, he's cute!" "A new threat? Cool!" "Haruka-papa, calm down..." "Don't worry about her, Hotaru-chan. She's always like that."

Setsuna looked at the others. There were mixed of two sides. It wasn't going well. She needed them together to beat the threat.

"A symb-demon is the most feared demon in the negaverse, and other demons world put together. Think of Metallia with the powers to absorb any energy you throw at her, while she grows stronger, throwing all your attacks back at you. A symb-demon is worse than all youmas combined," Setsuna said evenly.

That got the attention of all the Sailor Senshis...

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[Picture of Buds eating in the table with Felicia in her hybrid form, talking to him]

"He's an evil incarnate which rumored to have killed millions of powerful demons, innocent people, and destroyed at least 50 cities..."

[Buds suddenly spilled his water and broke his glass. He looked sorry, bowing at Felicia and Lina for apologies]

"He is merciless, wont hesitate to kill, and a threat to not only to the world but also to the whole universe..."

[Buds, Lina and Felicia were in front of the TV, microphone at hand, singing...]

"Kamis fear him, and even higher demons fear him. He will not stop at anything, never gives up to finish what he started..." Setsuna said finally.

"What is his mission?" asked Usagi neutrally.

[Buds was now in his room, scratching his head while his homework on his table was confusing him...]

"His mission?" Setsuna repeated. "His mission is simple. Utter destruction of everything..."

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"Now, we need to combine our powers to do this," Setsuna said. "Are you with me?"

"Of course I am!" Haruka said. Michiru and Hotaru nodded.

"Too bad... he was cute..." Minako said. Makoto agreed, but they both agreed to help Pluto.

Rei, Usagi and Ami also agreed, even though something was nagging them.

"Setsuna, why do you smell?" Usagi asked.

Pluto shrugged, but glared at the wall. "I fought him today. He beat me easily, and left me in the garbage can."

=Lina's House=

Lina opened the door slowly and peered inside. She saw the light open, and Buds lying in the desk, sleeping on his homework. She sighed in expiration and took a blaket and covered him.

"Baka," Lina whispered in his ear. "It's week-end tomorrow..."

"Leave me alone..." Buds said sleepily, his eyes still closed.

Lina just shook her head as she left Buds alone and closed the door gently behind her.

=Dema's Apartment=

"I'm glad you came," Dema said. "So, you have accepted my proposal?"

"Yes, but if you said was true, I need 8 million yen as a fee," the hooded girl in front of Dema said. "After all, you are telling me to mess with a symb-demon. Their powers are legendary."

"Consider it done," Dema said, and raised her hand. The hooded figure stood up and shook it. Her features were finally seen. She had a sweet face, and blonde hair underneath her red hood. She had a maniac's smile.

B.B Hood was on a job.

=Washu's Lab=

Washu continued to type patiently. More power readings and surges which scared and intrigued her at the same time.

"Where are you?" she asked to herself.

To Be Continued...

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NEXT: Buds has exams now, and studying is his main priority, but with the Senshis in his tail, and other forces like the greatest, maddest, scientific genius of the whole Universe looking for him, not to mention a maniac with weapons out to hunt him, what more can a normal half human, half symb-demon can do?

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