Nakoruru: Hello everyone. Sorry for the long wait, my stepfather
unexpectedly got everything turned off, and then I had to get everything
cut back on myself. Isn't that just a bitch? I have to thank Rinka for
posting this one, though. Thanks.
Rinka: We are terrible sorry for that and I hope everyone saw the note we placed there. I forgot to change the thing, so sorry and all. I just type, I hardly ever post, and Nako had to instruct me. And I did remember to change the thing this time. Ha ha!
Blazer: Both of you are real winners, you know that. And Nakure, you should have told them the 25th of July in the first place to not have Rinka do it.
Nakoruru: Well excuse me! So I didn't expect for him to do that, sue me!
Blazer: Maybe I will.
Nakoruru: For what you stupid fire youkai! Let's just get this thing started before I decide to show you the true power of someone with elfin blood in them.
Blazer (rolling eyes): Whatever, you. . .(is sprinkled with some type of powder). . .Nakure. . .this isn't the. . .
Nakoruru: Au faun yeti swuya!
(There's a poof and the room fills with yellow smoke. When the smoke clears, the fire youkai is now a chibi. Nakoruru smiles as she picks up the chibi and cuddles it.)
Nakoruru: I perfected this powder just for you, Blazer! Not only are you a chibi, but you can't say anything bad or you start spinning around in circles until you take it back.
Chibi Blazer (glowers cutely): You stupid. . .(spins out of her hands and around the room)
Rinka (^ ^;;): Okay. Let's get to the story. Sorry we can't get to the reviews, we posted without looking at our emails. But we would like to thank everyone that gave us a review. We love you all and hope you like this next chapter!
~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serena looks at the thing with dark blue hair with black and silver streaks in it. Its gold eyes stared at her with a smug look on its face as it watched her stand up from the side of Lady Kurata's body. Serena's eyes narrowed as she stared at him. He had used Lady Kurata and her son as puppets to try and steal the Silver Crystal from her. He had also tried to turn Hiei against her. She could not let this go on. She had to stop him. "Tell me, who are you?"
The thing bowed to Serena with mocked recognition. The smug smile on his face widened as he straightened up after bowing to the woman. He smoothed out his clothing, which were from the Sengoku Jidai era of Japan. (A/N: If you're confused about this, it's the same period of time Inu Yasha took place in. Hiten's clothing is just like Sesshomaru's clothing, only darker.)
"My name, dear Neo Queen Serenity is Hiten," the male said.
"Hiten. . ." Kurama thought that name sounded vaguely familiar. He had heard a name like that some time during his time as a young kitsune. The male with the gold eyes looked at Kurama with a wicked smile.
"That's right. Hiten. I'm sure that a youko as old as you should have heard something about me, Kurama."
"How do you know my name?" Kurama demanded.
Hiten flicked a strand of hair out his eyes as he contemplated answering Kurama's question. After a minute, he looked at the kitsune once more. "I should know about you. I've watched you, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Yusuke long enough to know how powerful you are. But you've progress more than I thought you would. I was sure that Hiei would succumb to my power immediately. But he's forcing my own youki out of his body. Amazing I think."
"Youki? You mean-" Kuwabara's sentence was finished with a nod from the now identified demon. Kuwabara felt a bead of sweat roll down his cheek. He hadn't been able to feel the youki from him until now. The male had masked his own youki so well, that the orange haired male was sure that the two youkai with him hadn't been able to sense it either. This wasn't good, they needed Yusuke for this. They wouldn't be able to take this dude on alone.
"Kuwabara. . .this is bad. We may have to retreat," whispered Botan. "We need to get help. This guy is extremely powerful."
Kuwabara nodded to her remark, but he knew there was nowhere they could go that the youkai wouldn't be able to find them at. There was no time to go back and get Yusuke, was there? Maybe. . .maybe if they bought Botan some time, she would be able to go back and get Yusuke to come help fight. "I have a plan."
"What is it?" Botan looked up at the male whose eyes were focused on the youkai.
"We'll buy you time. Go get Urameshi," Kuwabara said in a low voice. "His power is needed to even things up."
"Right. I'm on it." Botan was about to turn and run off when a bolt of black lightning struck the ground near her foot. Looking up, she found a cold gold eye turned on her.
"If you don't want that to be you, then you better just stay where you are. I like my sheep to be in one place when I plan to slaughter them," Hiten said. "And believe me, Yusuke's power won't be enough to help you. But don't worry, once I kill you all, I'll go there and kill him too. Then I'll take my revenge on Rei Kai and King Enma."
"Who do you know about the Rei Kai and King Enma?" shouted Botan. "Are you a demon from our world?"
"Aren't you a bright one to catch on," Hiten said sarcastically. "I wonder what gave you that first impression."
"I don't care what you are, you're the enemy and I'll destroy you!" Uranus rose her hand up, gathering energy for an attack. "Uranus World Collide!" Thrusting her fist to the ground, a large orange ball of power headed at Hiten.
"We will protect our Queen!" Neptune also rose her head up, gathering power for an attack. "Neptune Deep Submerge Wave!" Thrusting her hand in front of her, a bluish green ball of energy raced towards Hiten also. The male youkai looked at both moves with a bored sigh.
"Is that all you have? That's pathetic, let me finish you off now." Raising his hand up, he pointed a finger at Uranus. "Say good-bye to your Queen." A dark black spark of lightning dispersed Uranus's World Collide attack, then impaled the senshi in her chest. Uranus's eyes widened as she was flung back by the force of the attack.
"Uranus!" Neptune begun running at Uranus, but another bolt sliced through the air, impaling Neptune also. She fell where she stood without reaching Uranus's side.
"Uranus! Neptune!" Sailor Saturn ran to Neptune's side and turned her over. The woman's eyes were closed. "Neptune! Neptune, open your eyes!" Tears welled up in Hotaru's eyes as she shook Neptune. The older senshi did not reply to her calls. Hotaru knew, though she didn't want to acknowledge it, that both senshi were dead. The attacks they had been inflicted with had so much power in them.
"Why waste your breath? You already know they're dead," Hiten said with his arms crossed.
"You monster! First my father, then the inner senshi, then all those innocent people and now Uranus and Neptune! I'll destroy you for all the lives you've caused to be extinguished!" Hotaru got up from Neptune's side and gripped her glaive in her hand. With determined dark eyes, she began twirling her glaive in the air. "Saturn Solar Elapse!"
"Another boring attempt to destroy me. I'll deal with you next then." Just as he was about to raise his hand up to fire an attack at Hotaru, two objects came at him, but because of his force field, the two males (Youko Kurama and Kuwabara) were thrown back. Hiten turned an eye to them coldly. "Don't interfere. You'll have your chance to die soon enough. Once I'm done with Neo Queen Serenity's soldiers."
Hiten again rose his hand firing off an attack. "No!" Pluto rose her staff to the sky. "I call upon the power of the planet Pluto. Pluto Dead Scream Splinter!" Bringing her staff down in front of her, she sent a purple ball of energy at Hiten's black energy. For a moment it looked as if Hotaru and Pluto's attacks would break through Hiten's, until his dispersed theirs into many tiny lights. The attack split into two and struck both senshi. Serena's eyes widened as they both went down.
"No. . .Hotaru. . .Setsuna. . ." Serena felt herself tremble with fear. He was powerful, too powerful for her to handle alone. What would she do if Hiei and the others were as easily beat as her senshi?
Hiten could taste the woman's fear as she stared at her downed comrades. A smirk rose to his lips as he eyed Hiei, Kuwabara, Botan, and Kurama. Kurama and Kuwabara were just recovering from the attack of his force field. Botan was kneeling next to them, using what little healing power she had. Hiei was still fighting to control himself. Hiten knew the dark youki inside the koorime was trying to react to Hiten's own youki and Hiei's own Jagan. He would be little help to his friends in the battle. Hiten would take his time killing Hiei and Serena. Both would prove to be entertaining for a while.
Hiten turned his eyes back to Serena, finding the look of lost in her eyes. She wouldn't be a bother to him yet. It would take one or two more before she acted. With a murderous smile, he turned his attention to the blue haired woman with the three males. She would be perfect. Raising his hand up, he fired another shot off.
Serena could saw what was happening. She saw the look of murder in his eyes. She had seen him turn away from her with a murderous smile. She saw that he begun to focus on Botan. She had also seen him raise his hand to target Botan. She had seen all this and knew what would happen, but her legs wouldn't work. Her heart was in her throat, causing her to choke up. Serena closed her eyes, pushing through the fear and panic. This was no time to freeze up. Another one of her friends was about to die. She had to do something to stop another death. She couldn't lose yet another friend.
"NO! BOTAN, LOOK OUT!!" Serena finally found her voice, but only too late. Botan looked up from healing Kuwabara, only to be impaled with a bolt of black energy. Botan gave a short utter as she was flung back. Both males' eyes widened, not seeing the attack nor sensing it. Hiten turned back to Serena with a wide sneer.
"So, is that enough to bring you out of your stupor, Neo Queen Serenity? Or do I have to kill another one before you stop hiding behind these walls?" Hiten cackled.
"You bastard! There was no need to kill her!" Serena screamed. Her anger rose overwhelming the sorrow that filled her body. Serena clenched her scepter as she lifted it into the air. "You'll pay. For the future of this world and every other world out there, I won't let you get away with what you have done." Closing her eyes, the scepter shimmered a slight pink color. "Silver Moon Crystal Star Shower!" Pink flickers of light burst from the scepter, filling the sky with pink lights. The lights then flew down to attack Hiten, who rose his shield. When the light show was over and the dust cleared, Serena and the three males saw that Hiten was untouched.
"That possibly can't be all the power that the Silver Crystal has. I know you have more power than that. Show me the true power of the Silver Crystal. I want a good fight, Neo Queen Serenity. I've been bored for such a long time, I want some sort of pleasure out of killing you," Hiten said with a frown.
"W-w-why are you doing this? Why do you want to kill my friends and I? Why must you do this?" Serena wanted to know what he was up to. Why had he started this awful battle? She was sure that this youkai couldn't be all evil. After all, both Kurama and Hiei were youkai also, but she knew they would never try to do something like this.
"Why am I doing this? That's a good question. I guess I can provide you and the others an explanation. After all, they helped me to be able to do this," Hiten smirked.
"That's impossible! We never met you before! We would never help someone like you to do something this bad," Kuwabara screamed.
"Yes, yes, I know. But it is true that you helped me. You just never realized it," Hiten simpered.
"How?" Kurama inquired. They had to buy some time for Hiei to be able to help them. Kurama turned a gold eye to the koorime who was still trying to force out the energy from his body. Turning his eye back to the black and silver streaked male, Kurama swore he had heard something about a youkai named Hiten when he was still a young kit. Who was this youkai that had found his way to Serena's dimension, and how did they tie in to his being here?
"For one, Kurama, I know about you trying to buy time for Hiei to force my youki from his body. But that won't matter. He'll die sooner or later, my servant or not," Hiten said, looking the youko in the eye. "Secondly, I find it amusing you think he will do this fight some good. You have no idea how old I am."
"How old are you then?"
"Well. . .let's just say that long before you were born kitsune, I was wreaking havoc on many ningens. King Enma sealed me away with his power more than four thousand years ago. I was but into a long deep slumber that I shouldn't have awoken from. But thanks to one young man, who threw the whole balance of things into a new gear, I awoke from a sleep that was supposed to be for eternity. Can you guess who that young man is?" Hiten saw Kurama's and Kuwabara's eyes widen with realization.
"Yusuke. . ." Kurama gasped.
Hiten's lips curled into a wider sneer. "That's right, Yusuke. By saving that little boy and shocking everyone in Spirit World, his becoming Spirit Detective awoke me. His power called to me, waking me. I knew I couldn't show up then. I didn't want to be destroyed by that boy. So I waited for my chance to become more powerful. I waited and waited, then found the perfect opportunity. That day you, Kurama, and Hiei met Majira, I saw the opportunity I was looking for.
"I went with the both of you to this world. I've observed Neo Queen Serenity for a long time now. Learning her strengths, and her weaknesses, while gathering the energy needed to set forth my plan. I found Kurata and Athrun some time after arriving. Using them to gather my power and recruiting Selsus whom was a threat to my cause. That bow Athrun used had been her clans. She was able to focus on the negative energy in a soul, no matter how small it was and use it to destroy her enemy. I couldn't have such a power used against me. So I slaughtered her clan and marked her with my power, much like how I did Hiei. Only she wasn't as strong as him to fight the power."
"What do you plan to do with my Crystal? You have enough power to kill, why do you need it?" exclaimed Serena.
"Because, the power of your Crystal can send me back there with infinite power. I'm able to defile the purity of your crystal and use it for my own cause. I can take my revenge on King Enma by destroying not only the Rei Kai, but the Ningen Kai also. So you see, that's why I need your crystal," Hiten said.
"Pluto should have seen this," Serena said. "How could you have slipped by without her knowing?"
"Don't you know? Yusuke not only threw the things off in his world, but yours also. By becoming Spirit Detective, he rewrote and changed many things. Kurama and Hiei weren't supposed to have come here. I wasn't to awake. Yusuke rewrote the very existence of every dimension out there. And because of that, the future was slowly rewriting itself, too slow for Pluto to have predicted or even seen this. Ironic how the young man that saved your life is the one sending you to your death," Hiten said with satiric laughter. "Too bad you can't thank him now."
"Shut up! If it weren't for Urameshi, a lot of people would have died! Him becoming Spirit Detective has nothing to do with this!" Kuwabara ran towards Hiten with his spirit sword blazing. "If it weren't for Urameshi-I would have never met my Yukina!!"
"Stupid fool," Hiten muttered as he swept his hand out. A wave of dark youki rushed out, slicing into Kuwabara.
"Kuwabara!" Serena screamed. Kuwabara stumbled in his steps, blood slipping down his lips as he crumbled to the ground. Serena rushed to his side, turning him over. "Kuwabara, you have to wake up! You can't leave Yukina. She needs you. Please open your eyes, Kuwabara!"
"Se-re-na." Kuwabara's eyes fluttered open.
"Kuwabara, don't try to talk. You have to save your energy. You can't leave us. Yukina needs you. You got to remember you're getting married soon. You can't make her cry now. Don't worry, I'll take care of this guy, just stay with us," Serena said, tears streaking her cheeks.
"Thanks. . .Serena. . .you gotta stay. . .alive too. Shortie wouldn't. . .be able to. . .take losing you. Tell. . .Yukina. . .I'm. . ." Before Kuwabara could finish, the life extinguished from his body. Serena's eyes widened with grief.
"No, Kuwabara! Don't go to sleep. You can't die! Think about Yukina!" Serena knew it was futile to shake him, but she had hope he would wake up. He couldn't die, he was too strong to give up like this. "KUWABARA!!"
"Well, now it seems we only have two left, Neo Queen Serenity. Are you going to show me your power or let them die like he just did?" Hiten watched Serena glare at him as he made a seat of the air. He crossed him legs, positioning his elbow on his knee and propping his chin in his hand.
"You monster!" Serena was about to attack Hiten when a blur of black tried engulfing the male. Serena's eyes turned to eyes to find Hiei standing up. His Jagan eye had burned away the bandage covering it and now burned a dark crimson color. Hiei was steadying his arm to keep control of the Ensatsu Kokuryuha.
"That puny power won't stop me, Hiei. Haven't you noticed my power is beyond what you can put out? Just give it up," Hiten cackled.
"Don't underestimate me," Hiei growled. "I'm not dead yet. And haven't you noticed, that I'm not just using my power."
"What?!" Hiten's eyes widened. Realizing that Hiei was somehow using his own youki to power the Black Dragon Wave. "Impossible!"
"It's possible, now die!" The dragon broke through the barrier around Hiten and engulfed him in its power. Once it was sated, the dragon furled back on Hiei's arm. The crimson hue of the koorime's Jagan faded. Hiei slumped to the ground, completely drained of everything. Where Hiten was there was only a burnt spot left. "I see you weren't that powerful, ne."
"Hiei, you did it!" Serena ran over to where Hiei was kneeling. Kurama turned back to his ningen form, noting that that attack Hiei had pulled not only drained him of his youki, but his life energy too. He was almost in the red zone. If his attack hadn't worked, there would have been nothing left for him to protect himself with.
For a long minute he watched Serena wrap her arms around the koorime tearfully. A smile rose to his lips then fell. So many people had died because of this battle. Kurama closed his eyes, praying for each one of them. Maybe Serena knew how to bring them all back. Maybe they would have to go back to Spirit World and ask Koenma if there was anyway for them to bring back all the people that were killed in this long battle.
"Kurama!" Serena's voice snapped him to attention, but he felt pain tear through his body. Everything around him went dark as he felt himself falling. From somewhere far away, Kurama heard someone calling his name. He thought it was Serena, but this voice was more familiar. It sounded like Raye. Kurama continued to fall, but then saw a raven-haired girl with red wings flying down to catch him. Kurama stretched out his hand, lacing his fingers with hers as he continued to be swallowed by darkness.
Meanwhile, Serena and Hiei were thrown off guard by Hiten's reappearance. His first act was to kill Kurama while he had his guard down. His second act, or his current act, was to curse at Hiei and try to kill both him and Serena. Serena was using the power of her crystal to battle the massive wave of power that Hiten tried to engulf them with. The male's clothing were smoking, but other than that, he remained unharmed by Hiei's attempt to destroy him.
"You surprised me when you used my youki against me, Hiei. But I promise you that it won't happen again. Now that you're down in the red, you won't have the power to do it again. Less you decide your life should be sacrificed for such a cause," Hiten said as he increased the output power of his blast. "And you, Neo Queen Serenity, do you think that you'll be able to last using that much power?"
"I won't let you win this battle! No matter what I have to do, I will win it!" Serena focused the maximum power of her crystal. "Silver Moon Crisis Power!" The Silver Crystal glowed even brighter as the power of her shield increased to protect her and Hiei, who was now no up to helping anyone. Serena struggled to fight the power of the youkai's attack, but she could tell the Silver Crystal was weakening under the massive strain. *Please hold out just a little longer. Please.*
"Die, Neo Queen Serenity!" With one final burst of energy, Serena's worst nightmare came true. The power of the Silver Crystal fades, then the crystal itself burst into millions of tiny pieces.
"NO!" Serena begun to transform back to her normal self as the wave of energy rushed at her. *It can't end like this, no. It can't!* Serena squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for what was to come. But it never came. Cracking an eye open, she saw Hiei standing in front of her, holding off the wave of energy. "Hiei. . ."
"I promised I'd protect you, I'm going to do that," he said, focusing the last bit of energy in his body on saving her. She was this world's last hope. She needed to stay alive. Hiei didn't fear death, as long as he knew she was okay, he could face it. Hiten growled, calling back his attack. Where was the koorime getting the energy to oppose him? Hiei should have died on the spot. This didn't make any sense.
"Hiei, are you all right?" The feeling that had finally built to a peak exploded from its dam as the koorime crumpled to the ground. His eyes were glazed over as he stares up at her. "Hiei. . .Hiei what's wrong?"
"It seems he's used the last of his life energy up. What a shame," Hiten simpered. "Looks like you're all alone, now, Neo Queen Serenity."
"No! Hiei!" Serena clasped to the male, tearing coming in a torrent. Serena squeezed her eyes shut. This wasn't happening. Everything couldn't end like this. He had promised never to leave her. To be there for both her and Emi. He couldn't die now, he just couldn't. "HIEI!! NO!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nakoruru (looking at Rinka): Nice work, did you have to kill everyone though?
Rinka: What do you mean? Serena's still alive.
Nakoruru (rolling eyes to the ceiling): Oy.
Rinka: What?
Nakoruru (shaking head): Okay. Let's just leave before we're flamed too death. People are going to complain you know.
Rinka: Hey, what about Blaze?
Nakoruru: Oh, he had to take a nap. He was stubborn and wouldn't stop bad mouthing me. So he spun for the whole chapter until he finally said sorry and asked me for some Tums. (Rinka said oh) Yeah. (to readers) Okay, you know the deal. R& R, and please try to keep flames on medium. Thanks and until next chapter.
Rinka: We are terrible sorry for that and I hope everyone saw the note we placed there. I forgot to change the thing, so sorry and all. I just type, I hardly ever post, and Nako had to instruct me. And I did remember to change the thing this time. Ha ha!
Blazer: Both of you are real winners, you know that. And Nakure, you should have told them the 25th of July in the first place to not have Rinka do it.
Nakoruru: Well excuse me! So I didn't expect for him to do that, sue me!
Blazer: Maybe I will.
Nakoruru: For what you stupid fire youkai! Let's just get this thing started before I decide to show you the true power of someone with elfin blood in them.
Blazer (rolling eyes): Whatever, you. . .(is sprinkled with some type of powder). . .Nakure. . .this isn't the. . .
Nakoruru: Au faun yeti swuya!
(There's a poof and the room fills with yellow smoke. When the smoke clears, the fire youkai is now a chibi. Nakoruru smiles as she picks up the chibi and cuddles it.)
Nakoruru: I perfected this powder just for you, Blazer! Not only are you a chibi, but you can't say anything bad or you start spinning around in circles until you take it back.
Chibi Blazer (glowers cutely): You stupid. . .(spins out of her hands and around the room)
Rinka (^ ^;;): Okay. Let's get to the story. Sorry we can't get to the reviews, we posted without looking at our emails. But we would like to thank everyone that gave us a review. We love you all and hope you like this next chapter!
~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serena looks at the thing with dark blue hair with black and silver streaks in it. Its gold eyes stared at her with a smug look on its face as it watched her stand up from the side of Lady Kurata's body. Serena's eyes narrowed as she stared at him. He had used Lady Kurata and her son as puppets to try and steal the Silver Crystal from her. He had also tried to turn Hiei against her. She could not let this go on. She had to stop him. "Tell me, who are you?"
The thing bowed to Serena with mocked recognition. The smug smile on his face widened as he straightened up after bowing to the woman. He smoothed out his clothing, which were from the Sengoku Jidai era of Japan. (A/N: If you're confused about this, it's the same period of time Inu Yasha took place in. Hiten's clothing is just like Sesshomaru's clothing, only darker.)
"My name, dear Neo Queen Serenity is Hiten," the male said.
"Hiten. . ." Kurama thought that name sounded vaguely familiar. He had heard a name like that some time during his time as a young kitsune. The male with the gold eyes looked at Kurama with a wicked smile.
"That's right. Hiten. I'm sure that a youko as old as you should have heard something about me, Kurama."
"How do you know my name?" Kurama demanded.
Hiten flicked a strand of hair out his eyes as he contemplated answering Kurama's question. After a minute, he looked at the kitsune once more. "I should know about you. I've watched you, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Yusuke long enough to know how powerful you are. But you've progress more than I thought you would. I was sure that Hiei would succumb to my power immediately. But he's forcing my own youki out of his body. Amazing I think."
"Youki? You mean-" Kuwabara's sentence was finished with a nod from the now identified demon. Kuwabara felt a bead of sweat roll down his cheek. He hadn't been able to feel the youki from him until now. The male had masked his own youki so well, that the orange haired male was sure that the two youkai with him hadn't been able to sense it either. This wasn't good, they needed Yusuke for this. They wouldn't be able to take this dude on alone.
"Kuwabara. . .this is bad. We may have to retreat," whispered Botan. "We need to get help. This guy is extremely powerful."
Kuwabara nodded to her remark, but he knew there was nowhere they could go that the youkai wouldn't be able to find them at. There was no time to go back and get Yusuke, was there? Maybe. . .maybe if they bought Botan some time, she would be able to go back and get Yusuke to come help fight. "I have a plan."
"What is it?" Botan looked up at the male whose eyes were focused on the youkai.
"We'll buy you time. Go get Urameshi," Kuwabara said in a low voice. "His power is needed to even things up."
"Right. I'm on it." Botan was about to turn and run off when a bolt of black lightning struck the ground near her foot. Looking up, she found a cold gold eye turned on her.
"If you don't want that to be you, then you better just stay where you are. I like my sheep to be in one place when I plan to slaughter them," Hiten said. "And believe me, Yusuke's power won't be enough to help you. But don't worry, once I kill you all, I'll go there and kill him too. Then I'll take my revenge on Rei Kai and King Enma."
"Who do you know about the Rei Kai and King Enma?" shouted Botan. "Are you a demon from our world?"
"Aren't you a bright one to catch on," Hiten said sarcastically. "I wonder what gave you that first impression."
"I don't care what you are, you're the enemy and I'll destroy you!" Uranus rose her hand up, gathering energy for an attack. "Uranus World Collide!" Thrusting her fist to the ground, a large orange ball of power headed at Hiten.
"We will protect our Queen!" Neptune also rose her head up, gathering power for an attack. "Neptune Deep Submerge Wave!" Thrusting her hand in front of her, a bluish green ball of energy raced towards Hiten also. The male youkai looked at both moves with a bored sigh.
"Is that all you have? That's pathetic, let me finish you off now." Raising his hand up, he pointed a finger at Uranus. "Say good-bye to your Queen." A dark black spark of lightning dispersed Uranus's World Collide attack, then impaled the senshi in her chest. Uranus's eyes widened as she was flung back by the force of the attack.
"Uranus!" Neptune begun running at Uranus, but another bolt sliced through the air, impaling Neptune also. She fell where she stood without reaching Uranus's side.
"Uranus! Neptune!" Sailor Saturn ran to Neptune's side and turned her over. The woman's eyes were closed. "Neptune! Neptune, open your eyes!" Tears welled up in Hotaru's eyes as she shook Neptune. The older senshi did not reply to her calls. Hotaru knew, though she didn't want to acknowledge it, that both senshi were dead. The attacks they had been inflicted with had so much power in them.
"Why waste your breath? You already know they're dead," Hiten said with his arms crossed.
"You monster! First my father, then the inner senshi, then all those innocent people and now Uranus and Neptune! I'll destroy you for all the lives you've caused to be extinguished!" Hotaru got up from Neptune's side and gripped her glaive in her hand. With determined dark eyes, she began twirling her glaive in the air. "Saturn Solar Elapse!"
"Another boring attempt to destroy me. I'll deal with you next then." Just as he was about to raise his hand up to fire an attack at Hotaru, two objects came at him, but because of his force field, the two males (Youko Kurama and Kuwabara) were thrown back. Hiten turned an eye to them coldly. "Don't interfere. You'll have your chance to die soon enough. Once I'm done with Neo Queen Serenity's soldiers."
Hiten again rose his hand firing off an attack. "No!" Pluto rose her staff to the sky. "I call upon the power of the planet Pluto. Pluto Dead Scream Splinter!" Bringing her staff down in front of her, she sent a purple ball of energy at Hiten's black energy. For a moment it looked as if Hotaru and Pluto's attacks would break through Hiten's, until his dispersed theirs into many tiny lights. The attack split into two and struck both senshi. Serena's eyes widened as they both went down.
"No. . .Hotaru. . .Setsuna. . ." Serena felt herself tremble with fear. He was powerful, too powerful for her to handle alone. What would she do if Hiei and the others were as easily beat as her senshi?
Hiten could taste the woman's fear as she stared at her downed comrades. A smirk rose to his lips as he eyed Hiei, Kuwabara, Botan, and Kurama. Kurama and Kuwabara were just recovering from the attack of his force field. Botan was kneeling next to them, using what little healing power she had. Hiei was still fighting to control himself. Hiten knew the dark youki inside the koorime was trying to react to Hiten's own youki and Hiei's own Jagan. He would be little help to his friends in the battle. Hiten would take his time killing Hiei and Serena. Both would prove to be entertaining for a while.
Hiten turned his eyes back to Serena, finding the look of lost in her eyes. She wouldn't be a bother to him yet. It would take one or two more before she acted. With a murderous smile, he turned his attention to the blue haired woman with the three males. She would be perfect. Raising his hand up, he fired another shot off.
Serena could saw what was happening. She saw the look of murder in his eyes. She had seen him turn away from her with a murderous smile. She saw that he begun to focus on Botan. She had also seen him raise his hand to target Botan. She had seen all this and knew what would happen, but her legs wouldn't work. Her heart was in her throat, causing her to choke up. Serena closed her eyes, pushing through the fear and panic. This was no time to freeze up. Another one of her friends was about to die. She had to do something to stop another death. She couldn't lose yet another friend.
"NO! BOTAN, LOOK OUT!!" Serena finally found her voice, but only too late. Botan looked up from healing Kuwabara, only to be impaled with a bolt of black energy. Botan gave a short utter as she was flung back. Both males' eyes widened, not seeing the attack nor sensing it. Hiten turned back to Serena with a wide sneer.
"So, is that enough to bring you out of your stupor, Neo Queen Serenity? Or do I have to kill another one before you stop hiding behind these walls?" Hiten cackled.
"You bastard! There was no need to kill her!" Serena screamed. Her anger rose overwhelming the sorrow that filled her body. Serena clenched her scepter as she lifted it into the air. "You'll pay. For the future of this world and every other world out there, I won't let you get away with what you have done." Closing her eyes, the scepter shimmered a slight pink color. "Silver Moon Crystal Star Shower!" Pink flickers of light burst from the scepter, filling the sky with pink lights. The lights then flew down to attack Hiten, who rose his shield. When the light show was over and the dust cleared, Serena and the three males saw that Hiten was untouched.
"That possibly can't be all the power that the Silver Crystal has. I know you have more power than that. Show me the true power of the Silver Crystal. I want a good fight, Neo Queen Serenity. I've been bored for such a long time, I want some sort of pleasure out of killing you," Hiten said with a frown.
"W-w-why are you doing this? Why do you want to kill my friends and I? Why must you do this?" Serena wanted to know what he was up to. Why had he started this awful battle? She was sure that this youkai couldn't be all evil. After all, both Kurama and Hiei were youkai also, but she knew they would never try to do something like this.
"Why am I doing this? That's a good question. I guess I can provide you and the others an explanation. After all, they helped me to be able to do this," Hiten smirked.
"That's impossible! We never met you before! We would never help someone like you to do something this bad," Kuwabara screamed.
"Yes, yes, I know. But it is true that you helped me. You just never realized it," Hiten simpered.
"How?" Kurama inquired. They had to buy some time for Hiei to be able to help them. Kurama turned a gold eye to the koorime who was still trying to force out the energy from his body. Turning his eye back to the black and silver streaked male, Kurama swore he had heard something about a youkai named Hiten when he was still a young kit. Who was this youkai that had found his way to Serena's dimension, and how did they tie in to his being here?
"For one, Kurama, I know about you trying to buy time for Hiei to force my youki from his body. But that won't matter. He'll die sooner or later, my servant or not," Hiten said, looking the youko in the eye. "Secondly, I find it amusing you think he will do this fight some good. You have no idea how old I am."
"How old are you then?"
"Well. . .let's just say that long before you were born kitsune, I was wreaking havoc on many ningens. King Enma sealed me away with his power more than four thousand years ago. I was but into a long deep slumber that I shouldn't have awoken from. But thanks to one young man, who threw the whole balance of things into a new gear, I awoke from a sleep that was supposed to be for eternity. Can you guess who that young man is?" Hiten saw Kurama's and Kuwabara's eyes widen with realization.
"Yusuke. . ." Kurama gasped.
Hiten's lips curled into a wider sneer. "That's right, Yusuke. By saving that little boy and shocking everyone in Spirit World, his becoming Spirit Detective awoke me. His power called to me, waking me. I knew I couldn't show up then. I didn't want to be destroyed by that boy. So I waited for my chance to become more powerful. I waited and waited, then found the perfect opportunity. That day you, Kurama, and Hiei met Majira, I saw the opportunity I was looking for.
"I went with the both of you to this world. I've observed Neo Queen Serenity for a long time now. Learning her strengths, and her weaknesses, while gathering the energy needed to set forth my plan. I found Kurata and Athrun some time after arriving. Using them to gather my power and recruiting Selsus whom was a threat to my cause. That bow Athrun used had been her clans. She was able to focus on the negative energy in a soul, no matter how small it was and use it to destroy her enemy. I couldn't have such a power used against me. So I slaughtered her clan and marked her with my power, much like how I did Hiei. Only she wasn't as strong as him to fight the power."
"What do you plan to do with my Crystal? You have enough power to kill, why do you need it?" exclaimed Serena.
"Because, the power of your Crystal can send me back there with infinite power. I'm able to defile the purity of your crystal and use it for my own cause. I can take my revenge on King Enma by destroying not only the Rei Kai, but the Ningen Kai also. So you see, that's why I need your crystal," Hiten said.
"Pluto should have seen this," Serena said. "How could you have slipped by without her knowing?"
"Don't you know? Yusuke not only threw the things off in his world, but yours also. By becoming Spirit Detective, he rewrote and changed many things. Kurama and Hiei weren't supposed to have come here. I wasn't to awake. Yusuke rewrote the very existence of every dimension out there. And because of that, the future was slowly rewriting itself, too slow for Pluto to have predicted or even seen this. Ironic how the young man that saved your life is the one sending you to your death," Hiten said with satiric laughter. "Too bad you can't thank him now."
"Shut up! If it weren't for Urameshi, a lot of people would have died! Him becoming Spirit Detective has nothing to do with this!" Kuwabara ran towards Hiten with his spirit sword blazing. "If it weren't for Urameshi-I would have never met my Yukina!!"
"Stupid fool," Hiten muttered as he swept his hand out. A wave of dark youki rushed out, slicing into Kuwabara.
"Kuwabara!" Serena screamed. Kuwabara stumbled in his steps, blood slipping down his lips as he crumbled to the ground. Serena rushed to his side, turning him over. "Kuwabara, you have to wake up! You can't leave Yukina. She needs you. Please open your eyes, Kuwabara!"
"Se-re-na." Kuwabara's eyes fluttered open.
"Kuwabara, don't try to talk. You have to save your energy. You can't leave us. Yukina needs you. You got to remember you're getting married soon. You can't make her cry now. Don't worry, I'll take care of this guy, just stay with us," Serena said, tears streaking her cheeks.
"Thanks. . .Serena. . .you gotta stay. . .alive too. Shortie wouldn't. . .be able to. . .take losing you. Tell. . .Yukina. . .I'm. . ." Before Kuwabara could finish, the life extinguished from his body. Serena's eyes widened with grief.
"No, Kuwabara! Don't go to sleep. You can't die! Think about Yukina!" Serena knew it was futile to shake him, but she had hope he would wake up. He couldn't die, he was too strong to give up like this. "KUWABARA!!"
"Well, now it seems we only have two left, Neo Queen Serenity. Are you going to show me your power or let them die like he just did?" Hiten watched Serena glare at him as he made a seat of the air. He crossed him legs, positioning his elbow on his knee and propping his chin in his hand.
"You monster!" Serena was about to attack Hiten when a blur of black tried engulfing the male. Serena's eyes turned to eyes to find Hiei standing up. His Jagan eye had burned away the bandage covering it and now burned a dark crimson color. Hiei was steadying his arm to keep control of the Ensatsu Kokuryuha.
"That puny power won't stop me, Hiei. Haven't you noticed my power is beyond what you can put out? Just give it up," Hiten cackled.
"Don't underestimate me," Hiei growled. "I'm not dead yet. And haven't you noticed, that I'm not just using my power."
"What?!" Hiten's eyes widened. Realizing that Hiei was somehow using his own youki to power the Black Dragon Wave. "Impossible!"
"It's possible, now die!" The dragon broke through the barrier around Hiten and engulfed him in its power. Once it was sated, the dragon furled back on Hiei's arm. The crimson hue of the koorime's Jagan faded. Hiei slumped to the ground, completely drained of everything. Where Hiten was there was only a burnt spot left. "I see you weren't that powerful, ne."
"Hiei, you did it!" Serena ran over to where Hiei was kneeling. Kurama turned back to his ningen form, noting that that attack Hiei had pulled not only drained him of his youki, but his life energy too. He was almost in the red zone. If his attack hadn't worked, there would have been nothing left for him to protect himself with.
For a long minute he watched Serena wrap her arms around the koorime tearfully. A smile rose to his lips then fell. So many people had died because of this battle. Kurama closed his eyes, praying for each one of them. Maybe Serena knew how to bring them all back. Maybe they would have to go back to Spirit World and ask Koenma if there was anyway for them to bring back all the people that were killed in this long battle.
"Kurama!" Serena's voice snapped him to attention, but he felt pain tear through his body. Everything around him went dark as he felt himself falling. From somewhere far away, Kurama heard someone calling his name. He thought it was Serena, but this voice was more familiar. It sounded like Raye. Kurama continued to fall, but then saw a raven-haired girl with red wings flying down to catch him. Kurama stretched out his hand, lacing his fingers with hers as he continued to be swallowed by darkness.
Meanwhile, Serena and Hiei were thrown off guard by Hiten's reappearance. His first act was to kill Kurama while he had his guard down. His second act, or his current act, was to curse at Hiei and try to kill both him and Serena. Serena was using the power of her crystal to battle the massive wave of power that Hiten tried to engulf them with. The male's clothing were smoking, but other than that, he remained unharmed by Hiei's attempt to destroy him.
"You surprised me when you used my youki against me, Hiei. But I promise you that it won't happen again. Now that you're down in the red, you won't have the power to do it again. Less you decide your life should be sacrificed for such a cause," Hiten said as he increased the output power of his blast. "And you, Neo Queen Serenity, do you think that you'll be able to last using that much power?"
"I won't let you win this battle! No matter what I have to do, I will win it!" Serena focused the maximum power of her crystal. "Silver Moon Crisis Power!" The Silver Crystal glowed even brighter as the power of her shield increased to protect her and Hiei, who was now no up to helping anyone. Serena struggled to fight the power of the youkai's attack, but she could tell the Silver Crystal was weakening under the massive strain. *Please hold out just a little longer. Please.*
"Die, Neo Queen Serenity!" With one final burst of energy, Serena's worst nightmare came true. The power of the Silver Crystal fades, then the crystal itself burst into millions of tiny pieces.
"NO!" Serena begun to transform back to her normal self as the wave of energy rushed at her. *It can't end like this, no. It can't!* Serena squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for what was to come. But it never came. Cracking an eye open, she saw Hiei standing in front of her, holding off the wave of energy. "Hiei. . ."
"I promised I'd protect you, I'm going to do that," he said, focusing the last bit of energy in his body on saving her. She was this world's last hope. She needed to stay alive. Hiei didn't fear death, as long as he knew she was okay, he could face it. Hiten growled, calling back his attack. Where was the koorime getting the energy to oppose him? Hiei should have died on the spot. This didn't make any sense.
"Hiei, are you all right?" The feeling that had finally built to a peak exploded from its dam as the koorime crumpled to the ground. His eyes were glazed over as he stares up at her. "Hiei. . .Hiei what's wrong?"
"It seems he's used the last of his life energy up. What a shame," Hiten simpered. "Looks like you're all alone, now, Neo Queen Serenity."
"No! Hiei!" Serena clasped to the male, tearing coming in a torrent. Serena squeezed her eyes shut. This wasn't happening. Everything couldn't end like this. He had promised never to leave her. To be there for both her and Emi. He couldn't die now, he just couldn't. "HIEI!! NO!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nakoruru (looking at Rinka): Nice work, did you have to kill everyone though?
Rinka: What do you mean? Serena's still alive.
Nakoruru (rolling eyes to the ceiling): Oy.
Rinka: What?
Nakoruru (shaking head): Okay. Let's just leave before we're flamed too death. People are going to complain you know.
Rinka: Hey, what about Blaze?
Nakoruru: Oh, he had to take a nap. He was stubborn and wouldn't stop bad mouthing me. So he spun for the whole chapter until he finally said sorry and asked me for some Tums. (Rinka said oh) Yeah. (to readers) Okay, you know the deal. R& R, and please try to keep flames on medium. Thanks and until next chapter.