Nakoruru: Welcome back everyone. This is chapter five and. . .well, this
is chapter five. With me today is my happy co-writer Rinka who will be
writing a lot of this chapter for me.
Rinka: This is the only way I'm getting any time. Nobody reads Anime Madness and I am so not updating until I get a review. It's in the Anime Crossover section if you want to read it!
Nakoruru: But thanks everyone for the reviews.
Lethal Purple Crayon, I'm doing the best I can. But I can't wait to find out what happens either since Rinka is taking over this chapter. So let's see what happens!
Anime Princess, hey don't worry. They won't be losing each other any time soon! We have plans for them! And glad I cleared things up for you.
Mitsukai, sorry for the cliffie, I didn't mean it. And I don't think Hiei will be OOC so much. Like Emi, I'm sure Rini will grow on him and he'll be pretty much the same. And don't worry about the wings, it's all right! We still friends! ^ ^
Eo, yes there will be more Serena/Hiei cause they are a wonderful couple! And please be patient. A note of advice if you don't want to check for updates everyday, we update every two to three days. So check the site every two or three days, that's our updating schedule for this story.
Lady Love, well Saturn knows they are good people so she doesn't dislike them. If Hiei proves to be loyal and true (as trite as that sounds), she will most definitely be a lot easier on him than the other outer senshi. And that is true about the enemy. But you'll find out why she didn't see this battle. Hint, it has to do with the Hakusho gang.
Kayla, thanks for saying that! I'm not too much of a Serena story fan either, but this one is working on me and I just had to add some spice to this girl. She is so two-dimensional sometimes!
Bunnychu, thanks for liking it. I've worked hard to make it have some feeling!
Lovestar, thanks! I'll try to keep up the good work! People like you all make this a great story! Remember that! Now let's get this thing started!
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The small group consisting of Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Sailor Uranus a.k.a. Haruka, and Sailor Neptune a.k.a. Michiru, started out on their journey to the area that Michiru had detected the presence of a powerful force. Botan had stayed behind with Serena and Sailor Pluto just in case things got really bad. Which was what Michiru and Haruka were very hopeful of. Sailor Pluto had told them not to help the ones that Neo Queen Serenity put her trust in. It had not taken much to get the two in on the deal. Michiru had misgivings about the group really wanting to help, while Haruka did not trust, like, or want their help. She, matter-of-factly, hated them.
Haruka turned a sharp eye on the three males and scowled slightly, turning back to Michiru. "Who do they think they are? What hope do they think they have against a force we have barely been able to defeat? And that little one. . ."
"I know what you mean, Haruka. Sure they may have different auras than us, but they do not seem like much of a force to be reckoned with. I don't know why Neo Queen Serenity puts so much faith in them. I don't understand what's going on in her mind." Michiru sighed, pulling a hand through her hair. Her eyes flicker over Hiei who meets her glance with a challenging glare. "He's too proud for his own good. That will be his fall."
"I don't see what's so great about him anyway. Surely King Darien will make things right once we are able to defeat this enemy," Haruka said.
"But Haruka, Neo Queen Serenity doesn't have his star crystal. It was destroyed with him. He won't be able to be reborn like the inner senshi," Michiru said.
"Do you think that Neo Queen Serenity will. . ." Haruka trailed off, not liking the direction that the conversation was taking. There was no way that she would expect that other male as the new king of Crystal Tokyo. She knew that Pluto and Neptune wouldn't either. Hotaru seemed to be at ease with the strangers, even to the point of friendliness.
"We will worry about that when the time comes, Sailor Uranus. Right now, we have to figure out a way to defeat our enemy. We can't rely on these strangers to make much difference. Our first priority is to protect Neo Queen Serenity, and make sure she stays alive. Our second priority is to protect the future of Crystal Tokyo and defeat our enemy," Michiru said. Haruka nodded to her lover, knowing there would be a time and place to confront the other problems.
(A/N: Hello, Rinka here. Just wanted to let you all know that I do not like yuri stuff, but Nako insisted that one asset of the original Sailor Moon story stay the same. So please don't blame me for it if in future chapters you find that they are kissing.)
"Hey! How much longer before we reach this place!" shouted Kuwabara, breaking into their conversation. Haruka threw him a scolding glare that shut him up.
"It's not that far now," Haruka snapped.
"You could have been nice about it," Kuwabara muttered. He got the feeling that the two ladies didn't like him or the others very much. He was especially aware of their dislike of Hiei. Of course Hiei could act superior to everyone around him, make snide remarks, and isolate himself from everyone, but they didn't have any reason for disliking him. Maybe they were enemy in disguise and could tell how incredibly strong they were. But if they had been the enemy, wouldn't they have already attacked Serena. Or maybe they couldn't because she was too powerful at the moment and needed to get stronger. Or maybe the inner senshi's star crystals protected Serena.
"Don't strain yourself thinking," Hiei remarked from beside him. "Thinking too hard may kill what brain cells you have left."
"What was that shortie!" Kuwabara turned his attention to Hiei, but found the male deep in thought. "Are you reading my thoughts again!"
Hiei spared the male a glance, looking at him humorously. "Your thoughts aren't worth reading. The expression on your face told everything. They aren't our enemies, or should I say aren't the ones we should be worried about. Something else powerful is around."
"What do you mean we shouldn't be worried about them?"
"That means that even though they don't like us, they won't attack us. If you concentrated hard enough, you could tell that and the other presence that's present," Hiei said. Kuwabara stopped focusing on the women and concentrated his senses to the area around them. He almost gasped, sensing the powerful, almost overwhelming evil that was drawing closer to them. It had sort of a youkai feel to it, but also of something else. "Kurama, I noticed you sensed it too. Before I did no doubt."
"As right as ever, Hiei. The smell hit me when we first stepped into this area. Something's following us. No. . .it's stalking us. Waiting for the right time to spring out and attack. We better be on our guard," Kurama reported.
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"Hm. . .it seems that we have company. Two of the senshi, but it seems that they aren't alone. Those auras are too powerful to be all four and Neo Queen Serenity." A woman in a long midnight blue dress with pearls embroidered on the sleeves and v-neck collar turned to the two figures behind her. Her dark gold-green eyes flashed with excitement. A smile of deviousness spread across her ruby lips. "Selsus, I want you to go and greet our guests."
The girl with the blue-brown hair walked forward, kneeling in front of the woman with the crown of pearls and sapphire. "I shall do as you command, Lady Kurata. I shall make sure that the outer senshi meet the same fate as the inner senshi."
The woman with the long reddish silver hair walked over to where a throne of pearl was and seated herself within it. Standing next to the throne was a male with her same gold-green eyes, but with dark midnight hair. The woman turned her attention to him. "I want you to accompany her, Athrun."
"Yes, Lady Kurata," the male said in an even tone. His eyes flickered to where the girl, Selsus was now standing up. He could see the dislike of that idea in the girl's eyes, but he knew she would not do anything to dissuade him from coming. She knew her place. "Selsus, we will be heading out."
"Yes, sir," Selsus replied. In her hands appeared a kunai with weighted chain.
"Lady Kurata, we will not fail you," the male said with a bow before both he and the girl left to greet the group of warriors. The woman in the satin dress opened her hands, making a mirror appear before her. She smiled, as a dark aura lifted off her and wrapped around her like that of a lover's body.
"Soon, this world shall be mine. And once I possess the Silver Crystal, and purify it with my power, I will be able to expand my rule to every and any reach." She cackled, the aura surrounding her doing the same. "No one will be able to stop me."
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"Wait!" Kurama shouted to the outer senshi.
Both turned to look at him with annoyed glares. Haruka was the one that answered. "What is it now?"
"There's something amiss. The evil. . ." Kurama narrowed his eyes, pulling out a rose from his hair. Michiru and Haruka looked at him like a joke. What could he possibly do with that? "Hiei, Kuwabara, get ready."
"Right." Hiei pulled out his sword, throwing aside his cloak.
"Okay." Kuwabara opened his hand, calling upon his spirit sword. The three boys were silent, shifting an eye around their surroundings. There was silence for a moment, before Kurama shouted.
"There!" He pointed to a building ruin that was situated western to where they stood. Everyone looked up at the building seeing two figures standing on the edge. "A man with dark hair and a woman with brown and blue hair."
"So you sensed us. That was very good." The two figures jumped down from the building to stand a few feet away from the group. Sailor Uranus and Neptune growled at the two individuals, but they paid no attention to the two senshi. Gold-green eyes and violet eyes studied the three males with interest. "You definitely are strong ones, aren't you?"
"You can tell. Interesting," Kurama said. "Who are you, might we ask?"
"Yes, we haven't been formally introduced," smiled the male lightly. He gave them a slight bow as he stared at them. "My name is Athrun. And this young girl with me is named Selsus. She is one of my followers. Now that I have introduced myself, it is only right that you tell me who you are."
"My name is Kurama. My companions are Hiei and Kuwabara," Kurama indicated to the males with him. "You are the ones that defeated the inner senshi, are you not?"
"That was us," the girl spoke. "Are you going to fight us to avenge them?"
"That's precisely what we're going to do. Rose Whip!" Kurama snapped out his rose, attacking the male before anyone could blink. The male dodged Kurama's attacks with ease, which surprised Kuwabara.
"Ah man! That guy is good."
"No. The man isn't that good. The reason he can dodge Kurama's attacks is because Kurama is making himself predictable. He's not thinking straight. He's fighting without a clear head, because of what happened to Rei," Hiei informed. The two senshi stepped away from the battle, which caught the notice of Selsus.
"You aren't going to help your friends?" Her violet eyes held a note of question. Haruka and Michiru crossed their arms, not responding to her question. Even though the senshi were not going to help the strangers, that didn't mean they would speak with the enemy either. "So you're leading them here to die. Interesting. I guess since you are being generous to let me have more playmates, I can overlook you for now. But don't think that I won't be back for you two."
Selsus raced at Hiei and Kuwabara with her kunai raised. Swing it, she found the two moved out the way of it and face her. The littler one glared at her with crimson eyes. Selsus looked at Hiei a frozen pseudo smile. He was more powerful than the taller one with orange hair.
"You'll be fun to play with for a little while." Selsus raised her kunai over her head, swinging it around. The earth around her began to crumble under the power within her. A dark aura covered her with its power as she hurled her kunai at them. "Dark Earth Cutter!"
The ground split open in the wake of the blade. Hiei moved out the way. Kuwabara was a little bit slower and was almost struck down when Hiei grabbed him. Hiei gave the girl an icy glare. If that baka had died, Yukina would have never stopped crying over him. "Hold back Kuwabara, this one is mine."
"You're a lot more powerful than him anyway. I want you to challenge me." Selsus opened her hand, having the kunai come back to her. She ran at Hiei her weapon whistling through the air again. Hiei readied himself for her next attack, so when it came, he was ready for it. He bypassed the weapon, coming straight at her before she had time to attack. Hiei swung his sword, sure he would slice her to tiny meat tidbits, when she disappeared and reappeared behind him. The girl was holding her arm, from his first initial cut.
"She. . ." Kuwabara was speechless. No one had ever managed to escape from his sword. "Ah man, this is too strange." Kuwabara turned to Haruka and Michiru. "Hey, aren't you suppose to be helping us?"
"We had orders to show you where the enemy was. We weren't given the orders to help you fight. Since you're so powerful, I'm sure you don't need our help," Haruka said.
"But they're your enemies too! They were the ones that defeated the others! Aren't you going to do anything to help us stop them!" exclaimed Kuwabara. Haruka shrugged at him remarks.
"It does no good to yell at them. They have made up their minds. We don't need them," Hiei said. "I'm just warming up." The koorime jumped back, focusing his youki. He stared at the girl. "I was taking it easy on you before hand. I underestimated the amount of skill you had. But now that I see what I have, I won't let you go that easily again."
Meanwhile Kurama was still fighting with a bit of a blind head. Athrun continued to easily dodge the attacks. "Is this all that you have? I would have expected a lot more from you with such an impressive amount of energy. You're fighting with blind eyes. Why is that?"
*He's right. I have to calm down. But I know he's the one that defeated Rei. He smells of death.* Kurama tried once again to hit him with the rose whip, but Athrun dodged the attack again. A frown began to appear on the male's face.
"If you're only going to attack me without so much as a strategy, then you will be no fun to kill. I'll just go ahead and end your life like I did with the inner senshi." The male opened his hand, producing a large scythe. "I usually prefer energy attacks over weapons, but I have no use to waste my power on you. Good bye, Kurama."
Kurama barely managed to dodge the attack as Athrun swung his scythe. Instead of going on the attack, Kurama went on offense. Kurama was amazed that the male was stronger than he was. *It's not that he's stronger, it's me. I need to calm down. He's right about me not trying. I can't think of Rei right now. I have to clear my mind and focus on the battle.*
Kurama closed his eyes, letting his mind flow free. He continued to dodge, but by instinct. Athrun saw his moves become more graceful and less choppy. A smile rose to the male's lips. "You finally decide you want to fight me for real. So, show me what you can do."
Kurama said nothing as he pulled out a seed from his hair. Athrun looked at the red haired male with interest. Kurama stared at Athrun, throwing the seed down between them. The last thing the dark haired male expected was for the seed to sprout into rabid vines. Before he could move, the vines wrapped around him, beginning to sap his energy. Athrun's eyes widened with surprise as he shrugged. Kurama ran at the male, his rose whip coming in to impale him. "Selsus!"
The girl stopped her battle with Hiei to go to the aid of the male. She cut tired to cut the vines with her kunai, but to her surprise vines shot out at her. "Ah!" The vines wrapped around her body, ensnaring her in their trap, also sucking on her energy.
"I forgot to tell you, that my plant loves to feed on the energy of others. Anyone who comes within feet of it will become ensnared in its trap. I, myself, have to be careful. There's no guarantee I won't be trapped too," Kurama said with a smile. "But my rose whip is long enough to reach both of you without me coming that close."
"You are certainly a formidable foe," Athrun struggled. "It seems I underestimated your power. You aren't quite human, that's why."
"My checkmate then." Kurama raised his rose whip, ready to finish the battle when a dark aura swept over the area. The boys gasped at the pure darkness to the aura. It was like that of a powerful demon, but also of something they had never before sensed. Kurama's vines snapped apart from around the two.
"Lady Kurata," Athrun muttered. "I understand. We shall." The male bowed to Kurama with respect. "It seems that we will meet again. I have underestimated you this day, but I shall not do it the next time we meet. Then I shall be more powerful than before. Let's go, Selsus."
"Wait! What do you want from this world?" shouted Hiei.
Athrun turned to look at him with a slight smirk. "This world and everything beyond this world. Tell Neo Queen Serenity that she won't be able to resist our power for so long. We will get what we want from her sooner or later." Before Hiei could retort something, the two were gone. Hiei wanted to know who they were, and why their auras were similar to that of a youkai. He would find out. He had promised Serena that he would protect her, he would not go back on his promise.
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Rinka: There we go. I'm done!
Nakoruru: Well. That was fun. I'm going to find Blazer.
Rinka (_): I don't care you don't think it was as good as your chapters. Okay everyone review. Let's see what you thought of the chapter. Hope you enjoyed.
Rinka: This is the only way I'm getting any time. Nobody reads Anime Madness and I am so not updating until I get a review. It's in the Anime Crossover section if you want to read it!
Nakoruru: But thanks everyone for the reviews.
Lethal Purple Crayon, I'm doing the best I can. But I can't wait to find out what happens either since Rinka is taking over this chapter. So let's see what happens!
Anime Princess, hey don't worry. They won't be losing each other any time soon! We have plans for them! And glad I cleared things up for you.
Mitsukai, sorry for the cliffie, I didn't mean it. And I don't think Hiei will be OOC so much. Like Emi, I'm sure Rini will grow on him and he'll be pretty much the same. And don't worry about the wings, it's all right! We still friends! ^ ^
Eo, yes there will be more Serena/Hiei cause they are a wonderful couple! And please be patient. A note of advice if you don't want to check for updates everyday, we update every two to three days. So check the site every two or three days, that's our updating schedule for this story.
Lady Love, well Saturn knows they are good people so she doesn't dislike them. If Hiei proves to be loyal and true (as trite as that sounds), she will most definitely be a lot easier on him than the other outer senshi. And that is true about the enemy. But you'll find out why she didn't see this battle. Hint, it has to do with the Hakusho gang.
Kayla, thanks for saying that! I'm not too much of a Serena story fan either, but this one is working on me and I just had to add some spice to this girl. She is so two-dimensional sometimes!
Bunnychu, thanks for liking it. I've worked hard to make it have some feeling!
Lovestar, thanks! I'll try to keep up the good work! People like you all make this a great story! Remember that! Now let's get this thing started!
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The small group consisting of Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Sailor Uranus a.k.a. Haruka, and Sailor Neptune a.k.a. Michiru, started out on their journey to the area that Michiru had detected the presence of a powerful force. Botan had stayed behind with Serena and Sailor Pluto just in case things got really bad. Which was what Michiru and Haruka were very hopeful of. Sailor Pluto had told them not to help the ones that Neo Queen Serenity put her trust in. It had not taken much to get the two in on the deal. Michiru had misgivings about the group really wanting to help, while Haruka did not trust, like, or want their help. She, matter-of-factly, hated them.
Haruka turned a sharp eye on the three males and scowled slightly, turning back to Michiru. "Who do they think they are? What hope do they think they have against a force we have barely been able to defeat? And that little one. . ."
"I know what you mean, Haruka. Sure they may have different auras than us, but they do not seem like much of a force to be reckoned with. I don't know why Neo Queen Serenity puts so much faith in them. I don't understand what's going on in her mind." Michiru sighed, pulling a hand through her hair. Her eyes flicker over Hiei who meets her glance with a challenging glare. "He's too proud for his own good. That will be his fall."
"I don't see what's so great about him anyway. Surely King Darien will make things right once we are able to defeat this enemy," Haruka said.
"But Haruka, Neo Queen Serenity doesn't have his star crystal. It was destroyed with him. He won't be able to be reborn like the inner senshi," Michiru said.
"Do you think that Neo Queen Serenity will. . ." Haruka trailed off, not liking the direction that the conversation was taking. There was no way that she would expect that other male as the new king of Crystal Tokyo. She knew that Pluto and Neptune wouldn't either. Hotaru seemed to be at ease with the strangers, even to the point of friendliness.
"We will worry about that when the time comes, Sailor Uranus. Right now, we have to figure out a way to defeat our enemy. We can't rely on these strangers to make much difference. Our first priority is to protect Neo Queen Serenity, and make sure she stays alive. Our second priority is to protect the future of Crystal Tokyo and defeat our enemy," Michiru said. Haruka nodded to her lover, knowing there would be a time and place to confront the other problems.
(A/N: Hello, Rinka here. Just wanted to let you all know that I do not like yuri stuff, but Nako insisted that one asset of the original Sailor Moon story stay the same. So please don't blame me for it if in future chapters you find that they are kissing.)
"Hey! How much longer before we reach this place!" shouted Kuwabara, breaking into their conversation. Haruka threw him a scolding glare that shut him up.
"It's not that far now," Haruka snapped.
"You could have been nice about it," Kuwabara muttered. He got the feeling that the two ladies didn't like him or the others very much. He was especially aware of their dislike of Hiei. Of course Hiei could act superior to everyone around him, make snide remarks, and isolate himself from everyone, but they didn't have any reason for disliking him. Maybe they were enemy in disguise and could tell how incredibly strong they were. But if they had been the enemy, wouldn't they have already attacked Serena. Or maybe they couldn't because she was too powerful at the moment and needed to get stronger. Or maybe the inner senshi's star crystals protected Serena.
"Don't strain yourself thinking," Hiei remarked from beside him. "Thinking too hard may kill what brain cells you have left."
"What was that shortie!" Kuwabara turned his attention to Hiei, but found the male deep in thought. "Are you reading my thoughts again!"
Hiei spared the male a glance, looking at him humorously. "Your thoughts aren't worth reading. The expression on your face told everything. They aren't our enemies, or should I say aren't the ones we should be worried about. Something else powerful is around."
"What do you mean we shouldn't be worried about them?"
"That means that even though they don't like us, they won't attack us. If you concentrated hard enough, you could tell that and the other presence that's present," Hiei said. Kuwabara stopped focusing on the women and concentrated his senses to the area around them. He almost gasped, sensing the powerful, almost overwhelming evil that was drawing closer to them. It had sort of a youkai feel to it, but also of something else. "Kurama, I noticed you sensed it too. Before I did no doubt."
"As right as ever, Hiei. The smell hit me when we first stepped into this area. Something's following us. No. . .it's stalking us. Waiting for the right time to spring out and attack. We better be on our guard," Kurama reported.
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"Hm. . .it seems that we have company. Two of the senshi, but it seems that they aren't alone. Those auras are too powerful to be all four and Neo Queen Serenity." A woman in a long midnight blue dress with pearls embroidered on the sleeves and v-neck collar turned to the two figures behind her. Her dark gold-green eyes flashed with excitement. A smile of deviousness spread across her ruby lips. "Selsus, I want you to go and greet our guests."
The girl with the blue-brown hair walked forward, kneeling in front of the woman with the crown of pearls and sapphire. "I shall do as you command, Lady Kurata. I shall make sure that the outer senshi meet the same fate as the inner senshi."
The woman with the long reddish silver hair walked over to where a throne of pearl was and seated herself within it. Standing next to the throne was a male with her same gold-green eyes, but with dark midnight hair. The woman turned her attention to him. "I want you to accompany her, Athrun."
"Yes, Lady Kurata," the male said in an even tone. His eyes flickered to where the girl, Selsus was now standing up. He could see the dislike of that idea in the girl's eyes, but he knew she would not do anything to dissuade him from coming. She knew her place. "Selsus, we will be heading out."
"Yes, sir," Selsus replied. In her hands appeared a kunai with weighted chain.
"Lady Kurata, we will not fail you," the male said with a bow before both he and the girl left to greet the group of warriors. The woman in the satin dress opened her hands, making a mirror appear before her. She smiled, as a dark aura lifted off her and wrapped around her like that of a lover's body.
"Soon, this world shall be mine. And once I possess the Silver Crystal, and purify it with my power, I will be able to expand my rule to every and any reach." She cackled, the aura surrounding her doing the same. "No one will be able to stop me."
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"Wait!" Kurama shouted to the outer senshi.
Both turned to look at him with annoyed glares. Haruka was the one that answered. "What is it now?"
"There's something amiss. The evil. . ." Kurama narrowed his eyes, pulling out a rose from his hair. Michiru and Haruka looked at him like a joke. What could he possibly do with that? "Hiei, Kuwabara, get ready."
"Right." Hiei pulled out his sword, throwing aside his cloak.
"Okay." Kuwabara opened his hand, calling upon his spirit sword. The three boys were silent, shifting an eye around their surroundings. There was silence for a moment, before Kurama shouted.
"There!" He pointed to a building ruin that was situated western to where they stood. Everyone looked up at the building seeing two figures standing on the edge. "A man with dark hair and a woman with brown and blue hair."
"So you sensed us. That was very good." The two figures jumped down from the building to stand a few feet away from the group. Sailor Uranus and Neptune growled at the two individuals, but they paid no attention to the two senshi. Gold-green eyes and violet eyes studied the three males with interest. "You definitely are strong ones, aren't you?"
"You can tell. Interesting," Kurama said. "Who are you, might we ask?"
"Yes, we haven't been formally introduced," smiled the male lightly. He gave them a slight bow as he stared at them. "My name is Athrun. And this young girl with me is named Selsus. She is one of my followers. Now that I have introduced myself, it is only right that you tell me who you are."
"My name is Kurama. My companions are Hiei and Kuwabara," Kurama indicated to the males with him. "You are the ones that defeated the inner senshi, are you not?"
"That was us," the girl spoke. "Are you going to fight us to avenge them?"
"That's precisely what we're going to do. Rose Whip!" Kurama snapped out his rose, attacking the male before anyone could blink. The male dodged Kurama's attacks with ease, which surprised Kuwabara.
"Ah man! That guy is good."
"No. The man isn't that good. The reason he can dodge Kurama's attacks is because Kurama is making himself predictable. He's not thinking straight. He's fighting without a clear head, because of what happened to Rei," Hiei informed. The two senshi stepped away from the battle, which caught the notice of Selsus.
"You aren't going to help your friends?" Her violet eyes held a note of question. Haruka and Michiru crossed their arms, not responding to her question. Even though the senshi were not going to help the strangers, that didn't mean they would speak with the enemy either. "So you're leading them here to die. Interesting. I guess since you are being generous to let me have more playmates, I can overlook you for now. But don't think that I won't be back for you two."
Selsus raced at Hiei and Kuwabara with her kunai raised. Swing it, she found the two moved out the way of it and face her. The littler one glared at her with crimson eyes. Selsus looked at Hiei a frozen pseudo smile. He was more powerful than the taller one with orange hair.
"You'll be fun to play with for a little while." Selsus raised her kunai over her head, swinging it around. The earth around her began to crumble under the power within her. A dark aura covered her with its power as she hurled her kunai at them. "Dark Earth Cutter!"
The ground split open in the wake of the blade. Hiei moved out the way. Kuwabara was a little bit slower and was almost struck down when Hiei grabbed him. Hiei gave the girl an icy glare. If that baka had died, Yukina would have never stopped crying over him. "Hold back Kuwabara, this one is mine."
"You're a lot more powerful than him anyway. I want you to challenge me." Selsus opened her hand, having the kunai come back to her. She ran at Hiei her weapon whistling through the air again. Hiei readied himself for her next attack, so when it came, he was ready for it. He bypassed the weapon, coming straight at her before she had time to attack. Hiei swung his sword, sure he would slice her to tiny meat tidbits, when she disappeared and reappeared behind him. The girl was holding her arm, from his first initial cut.
"She. . ." Kuwabara was speechless. No one had ever managed to escape from his sword. "Ah man, this is too strange." Kuwabara turned to Haruka and Michiru. "Hey, aren't you suppose to be helping us?"
"We had orders to show you where the enemy was. We weren't given the orders to help you fight. Since you're so powerful, I'm sure you don't need our help," Haruka said.
"But they're your enemies too! They were the ones that defeated the others! Aren't you going to do anything to help us stop them!" exclaimed Kuwabara. Haruka shrugged at him remarks.
"It does no good to yell at them. They have made up their minds. We don't need them," Hiei said. "I'm just warming up." The koorime jumped back, focusing his youki. He stared at the girl. "I was taking it easy on you before hand. I underestimated the amount of skill you had. But now that I see what I have, I won't let you go that easily again."
Meanwhile Kurama was still fighting with a bit of a blind head. Athrun continued to easily dodge the attacks. "Is this all that you have? I would have expected a lot more from you with such an impressive amount of energy. You're fighting with blind eyes. Why is that?"
*He's right. I have to calm down. But I know he's the one that defeated Rei. He smells of death.* Kurama tried once again to hit him with the rose whip, but Athrun dodged the attack again. A frown began to appear on the male's face.
"If you're only going to attack me without so much as a strategy, then you will be no fun to kill. I'll just go ahead and end your life like I did with the inner senshi." The male opened his hand, producing a large scythe. "I usually prefer energy attacks over weapons, but I have no use to waste my power on you. Good bye, Kurama."
Kurama barely managed to dodge the attack as Athrun swung his scythe. Instead of going on the attack, Kurama went on offense. Kurama was amazed that the male was stronger than he was. *It's not that he's stronger, it's me. I need to calm down. He's right about me not trying. I can't think of Rei right now. I have to clear my mind and focus on the battle.*
Kurama closed his eyes, letting his mind flow free. He continued to dodge, but by instinct. Athrun saw his moves become more graceful and less choppy. A smile rose to the male's lips. "You finally decide you want to fight me for real. So, show me what you can do."
Kurama said nothing as he pulled out a seed from his hair. Athrun looked at the red haired male with interest. Kurama stared at Athrun, throwing the seed down between them. The last thing the dark haired male expected was for the seed to sprout into rabid vines. Before he could move, the vines wrapped around him, beginning to sap his energy. Athrun's eyes widened with surprise as he shrugged. Kurama ran at the male, his rose whip coming in to impale him. "Selsus!"
The girl stopped her battle with Hiei to go to the aid of the male. She cut tired to cut the vines with her kunai, but to her surprise vines shot out at her. "Ah!" The vines wrapped around her body, ensnaring her in their trap, also sucking on her energy.
"I forgot to tell you, that my plant loves to feed on the energy of others. Anyone who comes within feet of it will become ensnared in its trap. I, myself, have to be careful. There's no guarantee I won't be trapped too," Kurama said with a smile. "But my rose whip is long enough to reach both of you without me coming that close."
"You are certainly a formidable foe," Athrun struggled. "It seems I underestimated your power. You aren't quite human, that's why."
"My checkmate then." Kurama raised his rose whip, ready to finish the battle when a dark aura swept over the area. The boys gasped at the pure darkness to the aura. It was like that of a powerful demon, but also of something they had never before sensed. Kurama's vines snapped apart from around the two.
"Lady Kurata," Athrun muttered. "I understand. We shall." The male bowed to Kurama with respect. "It seems that we will meet again. I have underestimated you this day, but I shall not do it the next time we meet. Then I shall be more powerful than before. Let's go, Selsus."
"Wait! What do you want from this world?" shouted Hiei.
Athrun turned to look at him with a slight smirk. "This world and everything beyond this world. Tell Neo Queen Serenity that she won't be able to resist our power for so long. We will get what we want from her sooner or later." Before Hiei could retort something, the two were gone. Hiei wanted to know who they were, and why their auras were similar to that of a youkai. He would find out. He had promised Serena that he would protect her, he would not go back on his promise.
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Rinka: There we go. I'm done!
Nakoruru: Well. That was fun. I'm going to find Blazer.
Rinka (_): I don't care you don't think it was as good as your chapters. Okay everyone review. Let's see what you thought of the chapter. Hope you enjoyed.