Author's Note: Well here is chapter 14 and I hope that you enjoy this
chapter. Well read and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
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Kazuki tried to pull his hand away, but Darien held on even tighter. An evil smirk was on Darien's face, as though he was happy that he was winning this power struggle. He didn't want to hurt Darien, but he knew that there would be no other choice. But then, he didn't want Darien to realize that he could have been the one to hurt Serena's friends and family.
Serena watched as dark energy encircled Kazuki. She could tell that his patience was running thin. Darien smiled as he too began to build his own up, as if ready to transform into Tuxedo Mask. Serena's eyes narrowed as she grabbed her brooch, noticing that Kazuki was pulling back into an attack.
Kazuki frowned; Darien was only toying with him, as though he were trying to prove that he was stronger than him. Kazuki frowned hating the fact that he had to do this. He pulled back shortly, and then with as less force as possible he sent a shockwave of energy towards Darien to slide back at least 20 feet. Darien had shielded his eyes and smiled as he brought his arms to his sides, waiting for the dust to settle around him before speaking once more.
Serena and Lita were standing by, Lita holding her transformation stick, and Serena clutching her brooch tightly, her blood boiling. That was the same attack that the man who had attacked her family and friends had used to send Rei crashing into her shrine, and her mother getting thrown into the wall and getting her head cracked open. It was the same magic, which could mean only one thing, Kazuki had been the one behind the kidnappings.
"MOON CRISIS POWER!!" Serena yelled without realizing it at first. Her blood was boiling and there was hate in her eyes as she glared evilly at Kazuki. Her pulse had quickened as she stood with her legs slightly parted and her hand on her tiara.
"You were the one who hurt my family and my friends. I hope that you rot in hell for what you've done." Tears fell from Serena's eyes as she grasped her tiara even tighter and pulled it away from her head. She had to distract him first before she could really attack.
"MOON TIARA STARDUST!" She yelled loudly and threw the spinning disk towards Kazuki. Lita had transformed quickly in order to get Serena away from Kazuki. Lita dove at her friend, knocking her down as Kazuki dodged the attack and sent a powerful wave of energy towards Serena. He didn't mean to do it of course, but it was pure instinct. Darien and Mina had transformed as well, and they both standing in front of the two fallen girls, ready to attack. It was instinct on Mina's part, because if she had a say in the matter, she would have stayed on Kazuki's side.
"I don't want to hurt you." Kazuki said as he looked at them without the slightest shock of what they were really capable of.
Serena got up and pushed her friends out of the way, acting on pure anger. She huffed as her friends tried to grab her, but she jumped out of the way and on the other side of Kazuki. She held her scepter in her hands, bringing it up into the air, ready to attack when a golden heart shaped chains wrapped around her legs and arms.
Serena looked up to her blonde friend as her scepter fell to the ground. Mina pulled back on the chains as Lita and Darien made their way over to Serena, who had hit the ground with a thud. Angry tears were streaming down Serena's face as she struggled to get loose from the powerful chains that held her in place. Darien knelt down besides her, and wrapped his arms around her, while Lita motioned to Mina to release the chains. Mina did so in record time, and was then by her friends side. Kazuki stood back, not knowing whether or not to intervene, but he had to make it clear to them that he had nothing to do with it.
"Serena stay still!" Darien yelled as Serena struggled to get away from him. Darien huffed impatiently and then reached down and yanked her brooch from off of its normal position on her chest. Serena de-transformed and sat on the ground angry, and infuriated, her eyes boring into Kazuki's body. Kazuki stopped a few feet away from them and looked down at Serena with dark eyes.
"Serena, I have nothing to do with this. As you can see if I did have anything to do with this, why is it that I am after Mina's heart and not yours?" Kazuki folded his arms across his chest and stared down at the young girl who was being restrained by Darien. Realization suddenly surged through Serena's body and she closed her eyes slowly, the tears hissing as they poured down her cheeks. Kazuki sighed and walked over to Serena pushing her friends away gently and lifting Serena to her feet.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you, but I have nothing to do with this." Kazuki stated. He lowered his eyes, casting his gaze away from her angry, and almost evil gaze. Serena noticed at how tense his body suddenly became. He moved his long dark hair over his shoulders before standing up completely straight and looking around. He closed his eyes quickly, and nodded.
"Are their any other questions you would like to ask me?" He asked as Mina finally came to stand next to her blonde friend. Mina shook her head solemnly but Serena stopped him, grabbing his arm just as he was about to turn around.
"You may not have anything to do with this, but do you know who is doing this?" Serena asked through gritted teeth. Kazuki closed his eyes gently as a smile appeared on her face.
'That is the question you should have asked from the beginning, but I can not tell you, not yet, I am sorry Serena.' He thought in his mind before opening his dark gray eyes and looking at Serena. A smile graced his lips before he shook his head. His gray eyes landed on Mina for a moment before frowning in distaste and turning to walk away. Mina looked down to the ground letting out a long sigh of anger before looking back towards Kazuki's retreating back.
"KAZUKI WAIT!" She yelled. Kazuki stopped in his tracks as Mina ran up to him. Lita and Darien exchanged glances before Serena turned back around and held out her hand. Darien looked at her in confusion before huffing in exaggeration.
"My brooch Darien, give it back." She said angrily. Darien nodded and handed her the heart shaped brooch. She snatched it out of her lover's hand fiercely before turning away from him.
"Kazuki will pay for what he knows, but for now, I am going to get all those fucking love letters together and see if there is anything I can do that will lead me to the bastard that hurt my family." Serena replied bitterly. Lita's jaw dropped at Serena's language but then closed her eyes and shook her head in disapproval. Lita didn't want Serena to lose her innocence, but she knew that it was happening. Serena was going to lose control, and this time, she might get to so angry as to kill those not even involved, after all she did tried to kill Kazuki without a second thought. She had even got away from her friends with such finesse that it was scary. Lita looked to Darien once more, uncertain of whether to de-transform back into her regular self, but when she saw Darien change from Tuxedo Mask back to his regular self, she did so as well.
"Darien, what are we going to do about Kazuki knowing that we are sailor scouts?" Lita asked. Darien hadn't really thought about it, but since Kazuki knew, it would be best for him to know the whole story. Darien looked at the brunette and sighed heavily.
"Well since he does know, we will just have to trust him, and for now we will have to tell him the whole story for now." Darien said as Serena tensed in front of them. She was secretly going over in head the different ways to kill her opponent. She had officially had enough, and she knew that Kazuki knew more than he was letting on. He used the same powers as that man who was attacking her family and her family of friends. She huffed in exaggeration, once again and stormed passed Mina, before stopping and turning around to yell at her lover and friend.
"Lita, you stay here with Mina for a while! Darien come with me right now, you and I are going to collect all the letters that I have received within the last few days!" She ordered bluntly. Darien blinked for a moment before turning towards Lita who simply shrugged at him. Darien sighed heavily, and smiled going off towards Serena, leaving Lita to stay with Mina, just in case Kazuki did something he wasn't supposed to do. Mina and Kazuki watched each of them in wonder for a moment before turning back around towards each other.
Once Serena and Darien were out of ear shot Mina looked up at Kazuki and smiled at him.
"Mina.." Kazuki turned away and motioned for Lita to move away so that they could have somewhat of a private conversation. Lita did so willingly.
"Mina, I apologize about yelling at you." Kazuki said. Mina stood silently, as if not hearing, or acknowledging a single word that he said. Kazuki turned back around and looked down at Mina who was smiling broadly. Her blue eyes twinkled with mischief for a moment, before casting her gaze down to the ground.
"You said that you loved me." She said as she looked back up at him. A feint blush appeared on Kazuki's cheeks as he remembered what he said to Mina. Mina smiled knowingly at his reaction, waiting for him to speak once more. Kazuki however said nothing. He simply turned away from her.
Mina's heart sank almost immediately. How could he just pretend like nothing had happened between them? There had to be something after all. He did state that he loved her, but then again, he was angry when he had said it. Mina looked over to Lita pleadingly, only to find that her back was turned to them. Lita sure was being nice in minding her own business, although Mina knew that Lita was going to bombard her with questions as soon as their little "make-up" session was over. Mina turned her attention back to Kazuki for a moment, realizing that he was staring up at the sky, rather hard. Confused by his motions she walked around in front of him and waved her hand back and forth in front of his face.
He gave no response. Mina sighed angrily and walked over to Lita. If he was going to pretend like she didn't exist then to hell with him. She didn't need him anyways, but that feeling, she had already promised herself to him, she had already known that she was in love with him. And he had said it, but did he really mean it?
Kazuki watched her retreat. He couldn't tell her otherwise everything would be ruined. He turned away from her and stared at the pond. He was going to have to do something, he was getting way too out of hand, but how was he supposed to deal with him? Kazuki remembered how he had mentioned that he didn't want anything to do with him anymore anyways, so why should he waste his time.
'Because he could end up hurting Mina that's why. And the Gods know how I feel about her, and if her heard..I don't even want to think about that.' Kazuki thought to himself before turning back towards Mina who now sat down next to Lita. Mina's shoulders were shaking, but with what? Kazuki shook his head in shame. He knew that he had made her cry, he just knew it, and there would be no way that she would want to talk to him now, but after all he had ignored her to protect her.
His eyes narrowed as something wisped passed him. Kazuki's eyes darted around for a moment, before walking quickly over to Mina and Lita.
"You guys, someone is watching us." He whispered in their ears. Lita and Mina stood up instantly, grasping their transformation sticks. Kazuki stood in front of them, looking around for any sign of attack, after all he wouldn't just hide from the group, would he? No, he knew him better than that, there was no way that he would be such a coward, but then, why was he waiting?
Kazuki pulled Mina to him protectively and unconsciously and Mina couldn't help but blush. He was holding her so close, and it just felt so good. Mina immediately shook the thoughts out of her head; she could feel the negative energy creeping up from behind them.
Behind Them.
An invisible force rushed passed them, sending all three of them flying away from the pond. Water flew up like a tsunami and crashed down on the ground. Mina and Lita jumped up, immediately pulling out their transformation sticks.
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!!"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!!" The two scouts yelled at the same time as they transformed from their dripping state into sailor scouts. They both stood back to back, glancing around before their eyes landed on a man floating about the water. His hair was a silvery white color, and his bangs hid his eyes. His long silvery locks flowed around him, as he looked up, his eyes glowing a deadly red color. He brought his fingers up to his side as a wicked smile crossed his face.
"Two for the price of one." He said malevolently. Mina's reaction was quicker than Lita's.
"Venus Love Me Chain!" She yelled as her golden chain of hearts went flying towards the enemy. He smiled wickedly and floated higher into the sky, before snapping his fingers. A low growl emitted from behind the two as a large beast pounced on the both of them. Lita screamed in pain as acid leaked from its large talons, burning and eating away at her flesh. Mina opened her eyes, getting over the first initial shock, and saw nothing but a large red star on the furry beast chest. All that was going through her mind at the moment was where the hell Kazuki was.
A blast of unseen energy sent the beast flying off of Lita and into the pond behind them. Mina kneeled down beside Lita and watched as tears poured out of the stronger girls eyes.
"Lita, hold on a second, we can get you out of here!" Mina said, as she gingerly grabbed the taller girl's raw and bloodied arm. Lita winced in pain and stood up, along with Mina's help and turned her dark green eyes up to the man floating menacingly in front of them.
"You bastard! You are the one hurting Serena like this!" Lita yelled even though it wasn't in her best intrest to. Kazuki stood beside them, water dripping from his black glossy locks and helped Lita stand. The man's eyes narrowed malevolently as Kazuki approached.
"You, I thought that I got rid of you." The man said evilly. Kazuki smiled back just as dangerously and shook his head.
"It takes much more than a measly invisible energy attack to try and get rid of me, and there is no way that you will hurt these girls as long as I am here." Kazuki retorted angrily. The white haired man laughed evilly, before flipping his hair over his shoulder. He snapped once again.
Water sprayed them as the large creature flew into the air, spinning in circles before two large wings shot out of his back. Black blood dripped off of the ends of the wings. Lita and Mina watched the "transformation" in amazement, however Kazuki seemed to stay just stoic throughout the entire show. Mina took a small step back, and Kazuki gave her a skeptical glance.
The creature bared its fangs, which dripped with an oozing purple liquid. The rancid smell reached Mina's nose and she recoiled even more. The stench made Lita shut her eyes tightly, and let out a small grunt of pain.
"What is that?" Mina asked as she covered her nose. Kazuki glanced at her, but kept his eyes mainly at the two attackers.
"Poison." He commented bluntly. Mina blinked and then let go of Lita. She wasn't going to stand around any longer and let this man attack them, she wouldn't have it. No more scouts were going to disappear, and once and this guy was going down no matter if they had help from Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
"I don't care who you try to take down next, you aren't going to succeed." Mina said as she stepped back and prepared to attack. The man's eyes glowed and even darker red as an evil chuckle escaped his face.
The bright red star on the creature's chest slowly began to glow. Mina closed her eyes and began powering up to attack.
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" She yelled. Wind gusted around Mina as she shot her attack towards the creature. A beam of red energy shot out of its chest and shot directly towards Mina, before flying out of the way of Mina's attack. The man lifted his arm and swatted the attack way, before motioning with his head over to Lita.
"DAMN!" Mina yelled, but quickly fired off another attack towards the beam of energy.
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" She yelled as she shot a beam of energy towards the red star shaped energy blast. Mina fell to the ground in defeat. Her attack just barely missed the beasts. Lita's eyes went glassy and her pupils dilated.
"Damn it!" Mina said as she stood up and ran towards Lita. Something sparkled a bright green color, before a powerful force sent Mina and Kazuki flying backwards.
Lita's body slowly lifted up into the air as the red beam slowly sliced through her body. A green blinding light coursed through the air before clashing with the red beam of light. Mina sat up slowly, the energy hurting her way too much for her to bare at first, but slowly it allowed her to rest. She saw something, something small and round. She could feel it, she could feel the huge amount of energy that was stored inside that small round object.
Mina placed her hands firmly on the ground and managed to get to her knees. The energies clashed, and it seemed as if they drawing off her own powers. Mina shook her head as she stood, stagger back slowly, but managing to stand.
"LITA!" Mina yelled at the top of lungs. Thunder crashed in front of her, causing Mina to fly back once again. She screamed in pain as her flesh burned. She stood up again looking around through the now thundering and green haze. She needed to know what was happening, she needed to help her friend. She slowly took a step forward, but yelped in pain as lightening struck her once more.
Whatever it was, didn't want her to get any closer to Lita than she already was. Tears streamed down Mina's face as a crater began to form underneath her. Her eyes widened as she stood up and jumped out of the craters. It couldn't happen this way.
Mina shook her head in realization. She placed a hand against her chest before taking a deep breath, and running around the great energy ball. She had to at least find Kazuki, he would get hurt. Mina stumbled a bit before she finally found Kazuki. He was sitting on his haunches, watching the battle intensely.
"Kazuki." Mina mumbled before falling down next to him. Kazuki looked down at her, and his eyes widened in fear. Mina's sailor suit was completely charred and torn. Her skin was burned, and on some places on her bare skin, they were black. He gingerly took the girl into his arms, and nuzzled her head.
"Kazuki, what's going on?" Mina asked although she already knew the answer. Kazuki looked down at her. He couldn't tell her yet, and even though it hurt him to continue to keep this lie up, he couldn't lie to her!
" I-I-I don't know." He said as his eyes wandered back to the battle raging between the powers in front of him. Lita's spirit wasn't going to give up so easily. The energy ball expanded and grew larger as thunder rumbled in the sky above them. Mina and Kazuki looked up, and the skies darkened immediately.
"Holy shit." Kazuki said as lightening crashed not to far from them. He grabbed Mina as lightly as possible and pressed her to his body. He had to get her out of here. Immediately, his body left the ground, and Mina gasped out in surprise as the tears continued to run down her face. Lightening crashed once more, hitting the luscious green grass underneath them, sparking a fire.
The green ball of energy grew, engulfing the flames as the large all of red energy clashed with the now dark green energy. Mina struggled to get out of Kazuki's arms, but did so with pain shooting up and down her body.
"Mina stop! You are going to get yourself killed!" Kazuki yelled angrily. Mina turned towards him as his body slowly moved away from the battle. Mina's eyes filled with fear as she watched it happen. Something surrounded them, a dark, yet clear box, surrounded them. Mina felt as though she was being encased inside a large glass house at first. Kazuki smiled at her before turning his dark eyes back to the battle field. The crater grew larger and larger, and the fire raged around them as lightening struck all around them. Mina rested her head against Kazuki's chest in defeat, frightened for her friend.
The skies all over Japan had darkened, and lightening and thunder rumbled everywhere. Mina and Kazuki floated back towards her house, still encased and unseen by the naked eye. Kazuki wouldn't let Mina go, and Mina knew that Lita wasn't going to give up. She was going to continue fighting no matter what happened to her. But Mina knew that this development was going to end up killing Lita, and possibly destroying Tokyo. She stared back at the battlefield, cold realization in her eyes.
The God of Thunder had finally reawakened.
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A/N: Well there is that chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it. I was going to keep it going, but I decided to push the end result of this battle back a little farther. That Inuki creature is a whole lot stronger than you peoples thought huh? Well anyhoozles I guess that I didn't mention the enemies name in this story, but then again Lita, Mina, and Kazuki don't know who this person is. Well anyways hopefully someone is able to stop this massacre that is unfolding with the sailor scouts real power being unleashed. It does seem deadly does it not? Well I hope that you liked it, you better review or else!
~*Neko-Sama*~
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
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Kazuki tried to pull his hand away, but Darien held on even tighter. An evil smirk was on Darien's face, as though he was happy that he was winning this power struggle. He didn't want to hurt Darien, but he knew that there would be no other choice. But then, he didn't want Darien to realize that he could have been the one to hurt Serena's friends and family.
Serena watched as dark energy encircled Kazuki. She could tell that his patience was running thin. Darien smiled as he too began to build his own up, as if ready to transform into Tuxedo Mask. Serena's eyes narrowed as she grabbed her brooch, noticing that Kazuki was pulling back into an attack.
Kazuki frowned; Darien was only toying with him, as though he were trying to prove that he was stronger than him. Kazuki frowned hating the fact that he had to do this. He pulled back shortly, and then with as less force as possible he sent a shockwave of energy towards Darien to slide back at least 20 feet. Darien had shielded his eyes and smiled as he brought his arms to his sides, waiting for the dust to settle around him before speaking once more.
Serena and Lita were standing by, Lita holding her transformation stick, and Serena clutching her brooch tightly, her blood boiling. That was the same attack that the man who had attacked her family and friends had used to send Rei crashing into her shrine, and her mother getting thrown into the wall and getting her head cracked open. It was the same magic, which could mean only one thing, Kazuki had been the one behind the kidnappings.
"MOON CRISIS POWER!!" Serena yelled without realizing it at first. Her blood was boiling and there was hate in her eyes as she glared evilly at Kazuki. Her pulse had quickened as she stood with her legs slightly parted and her hand on her tiara.
"You were the one who hurt my family and my friends. I hope that you rot in hell for what you've done." Tears fell from Serena's eyes as she grasped her tiara even tighter and pulled it away from her head. She had to distract him first before she could really attack.
"MOON TIARA STARDUST!" She yelled loudly and threw the spinning disk towards Kazuki. Lita had transformed quickly in order to get Serena away from Kazuki. Lita dove at her friend, knocking her down as Kazuki dodged the attack and sent a powerful wave of energy towards Serena. He didn't mean to do it of course, but it was pure instinct. Darien and Mina had transformed as well, and they both standing in front of the two fallen girls, ready to attack. It was instinct on Mina's part, because if she had a say in the matter, she would have stayed on Kazuki's side.
"I don't want to hurt you." Kazuki said as he looked at them without the slightest shock of what they were really capable of.
Serena got up and pushed her friends out of the way, acting on pure anger. She huffed as her friends tried to grab her, but she jumped out of the way and on the other side of Kazuki. She held her scepter in her hands, bringing it up into the air, ready to attack when a golden heart shaped chains wrapped around her legs and arms.
Serena looked up to her blonde friend as her scepter fell to the ground. Mina pulled back on the chains as Lita and Darien made their way over to Serena, who had hit the ground with a thud. Angry tears were streaming down Serena's face as she struggled to get loose from the powerful chains that held her in place. Darien knelt down besides her, and wrapped his arms around her, while Lita motioned to Mina to release the chains. Mina did so in record time, and was then by her friends side. Kazuki stood back, not knowing whether or not to intervene, but he had to make it clear to them that he had nothing to do with it.
"Serena stay still!" Darien yelled as Serena struggled to get away from him. Darien huffed impatiently and then reached down and yanked her brooch from off of its normal position on her chest. Serena de-transformed and sat on the ground angry, and infuriated, her eyes boring into Kazuki's body. Kazuki stopped a few feet away from them and looked down at Serena with dark eyes.
"Serena, I have nothing to do with this. As you can see if I did have anything to do with this, why is it that I am after Mina's heart and not yours?" Kazuki folded his arms across his chest and stared down at the young girl who was being restrained by Darien. Realization suddenly surged through Serena's body and she closed her eyes slowly, the tears hissing as they poured down her cheeks. Kazuki sighed and walked over to Serena pushing her friends away gently and lifting Serena to her feet.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you, but I have nothing to do with this." Kazuki stated. He lowered his eyes, casting his gaze away from her angry, and almost evil gaze. Serena noticed at how tense his body suddenly became. He moved his long dark hair over his shoulders before standing up completely straight and looking around. He closed his eyes quickly, and nodded.
"Are their any other questions you would like to ask me?" He asked as Mina finally came to stand next to her blonde friend. Mina shook her head solemnly but Serena stopped him, grabbing his arm just as he was about to turn around.
"You may not have anything to do with this, but do you know who is doing this?" Serena asked through gritted teeth. Kazuki closed his eyes gently as a smile appeared on her face.
'That is the question you should have asked from the beginning, but I can not tell you, not yet, I am sorry Serena.' He thought in his mind before opening his dark gray eyes and looking at Serena. A smile graced his lips before he shook his head. His gray eyes landed on Mina for a moment before frowning in distaste and turning to walk away. Mina looked down to the ground letting out a long sigh of anger before looking back towards Kazuki's retreating back.
"KAZUKI WAIT!" She yelled. Kazuki stopped in his tracks as Mina ran up to him. Lita and Darien exchanged glances before Serena turned back around and held out her hand. Darien looked at her in confusion before huffing in exaggeration.
"My brooch Darien, give it back." She said angrily. Darien nodded and handed her the heart shaped brooch. She snatched it out of her lover's hand fiercely before turning away from him.
"Kazuki will pay for what he knows, but for now, I am going to get all those fucking love letters together and see if there is anything I can do that will lead me to the bastard that hurt my family." Serena replied bitterly. Lita's jaw dropped at Serena's language but then closed her eyes and shook her head in disapproval. Lita didn't want Serena to lose her innocence, but she knew that it was happening. Serena was going to lose control, and this time, she might get to so angry as to kill those not even involved, after all she did tried to kill Kazuki without a second thought. She had even got away from her friends with such finesse that it was scary. Lita looked to Darien once more, uncertain of whether to de-transform back into her regular self, but when she saw Darien change from Tuxedo Mask back to his regular self, she did so as well.
"Darien, what are we going to do about Kazuki knowing that we are sailor scouts?" Lita asked. Darien hadn't really thought about it, but since Kazuki knew, it would be best for him to know the whole story. Darien looked at the brunette and sighed heavily.
"Well since he does know, we will just have to trust him, and for now we will have to tell him the whole story for now." Darien said as Serena tensed in front of them. She was secretly going over in head the different ways to kill her opponent. She had officially had enough, and she knew that Kazuki knew more than he was letting on. He used the same powers as that man who was attacking her family and her family of friends. She huffed in exaggeration, once again and stormed passed Mina, before stopping and turning around to yell at her lover and friend.
"Lita, you stay here with Mina for a while! Darien come with me right now, you and I are going to collect all the letters that I have received within the last few days!" She ordered bluntly. Darien blinked for a moment before turning towards Lita who simply shrugged at him. Darien sighed heavily, and smiled going off towards Serena, leaving Lita to stay with Mina, just in case Kazuki did something he wasn't supposed to do. Mina and Kazuki watched each of them in wonder for a moment before turning back around towards each other.
Once Serena and Darien were out of ear shot Mina looked up at Kazuki and smiled at him.
"Mina.." Kazuki turned away and motioned for Lita to move away so that they could have somewhat of a private conversation. Lita did so willingly.
"Mina, I apologize about yelling at you." Kazuki said. Mina stood silently, as if not hearing, or acknowledging a single word that he said. Kazuki turned back around and looked down at Mina who was smiling broadly. Her blue eyes twinkled with mischief for a moment, before casting her gaze down to the ground.
"You said that you loved me." She said as she looked back up at him. A feint blush appeared on Kazuki's cheeks as he remembered what he said to Mina. Mina smiled knowingly at his reaction, waiting for him to speak once more. Kazuki however said nothing. He simply turned away from her.
Mina's heart sank almost immediately. How could he just pretend like nothing had happened between them? There had to be something after all. He did state that he loved her, but then again, he was angry when he had said it. Mina looked over to Lita pleadingly, only to find that her back was turned to them. Lita sure was being nice in minding her own business, although Mina knew that Lita was going to bombard her with questions as soon as their little "make-up" session was over. Mina turned her attention back to Kazuki for a moment, realizing that he was staring up at the sky, rather hard. Confused by his motions she walked around in front of him and waved her hand back and forth in front of his face.
He gave no response. Mina sighed angrily and walked over to Lita. If he was going to pretend like she didn't exist then to hell with him. She didn't need him anyways, but that feeling, she had already promised herself to him, she had already known that she was in love with him. And he had said it, but did he really mean it?
Kazuki watched her retreat. He couldn't tell her otherwise everything would be ruined. He turned away from her and stared at the pond. He was going to have to do something, he was getting way too out of hand, but how was he supposed to deal with him? Kazuki remembered how he had mentioned that he didn't want anything to do with him anymore anyways, so why should he waste his time.
'Because he could end up hurting Mina that's why. And the Gods know how I feel about her, and if her heard..I don't even want to think about that.' Kazuki thought to himself before turning back towards Mina who now sat down next to Lita. Mina's shoulders were shaking, but with what? Kazuki shook his head in shame. He knew that he had made her cry, he just knew it, and there would be no way that she would want to talk to him now, but after all he had ignored her to protect her.
His eyes narrowed as something wisped passed him. Kazuki's eyes darted around for a moment, before walking quickly over to Mina and Lita.
"You guys, someone is watching us." He whispered in their ears. Lita and Mina stood up instantly, grasping their transformation sticks. Kazuki stood in front of them, looking around for any sign of attack, after all he wouldn't just hide from the group, would he? No, he knew him better than that, there was no way that he would be such a coward, but then, why was he waiting?
Kazuki pulled Mina to him protectively and unconsciously and Mina couldn't help but blush. He was holding her so close, and it just felt so good. Mina immediately shook the thoughts out of her head; she could feel the negative energy creeping up from behind them.
Behind Them.
An invisible force rushed passed them, sending all three of them flying away from the pond. Water flew up like a tsunami and crashed down on the ground. Mina and Lita jumped up, immediately pulling out their transformation sticks.
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!!"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!!" The two scouts yelled at the same time as they transformed from their dripping state into sailor scouts. They both stood back to back, glancing around before their eyes landed on a man floating about the water. His hair was a silvery white color, and his bangs hid his eyes. His long silvery locks flowed around him, as he looked up, his eyes glowing a deadly red color. He brought his fingers up to his side as a wicked smile crossed his face.
"Two for the price of one." He said malevolently. Mina's reaction was quicker than Lita's.
"Venus Love Me Chain!" She yelled as her golden chain of hearts went flying towards the enemy. He smiled wickedly and floated higher into the sky, before snapping his fingers. A low growl emitted from behind the two as a large beast pounced on the both of them. Lita screamed in pain as acid leaked from its large talons, burning and eating away at her flesh. Mina opened her eyes, getting over the first initial shock, and saw nothing but a large red star on the furry beast chest. All that was going through her mind at the moment was where the hell Kazuki was.
A blast of unseen energy sent the beast flying off of Lita and into the pond behind them. Mina kneeled down beside Lita and watched as tears poured out of the stronger girls eyes.
"Lita, hold on a second, we can get you out of here!" Mina said, as she gingerly grabbed the taller girl's raw and bloodied arm. Lita winced in pain and stood up, along with Mina's help and turned her dark green eyes up to the man floating menacingly in front of them.
"You bastard! You are the one hurting Serena like this!" Lita yelled even though it wasn't in her best intrest to. Kazuki stood beside them, water dripping from his black glossy locks and helped Lita stand. The man's eyes narrowed malevolently as Kazuki approached.
"You, I thought that I got rid of you." The man said evilly. Kazuki smiled back just as dangerously and shook his head.
"It takes much more than a measly invisible energy attack to try and get rid of me, and there is no way that you will hurt these girls as long as I am here." Kazuki retorted angrily. The white haired man laughed evilly, before flipping his hair over his shoulder. He snapped once again.
Water sprayed them as the large creature flew into the air, spinning in circles before two large wings shot out of his back. Black blood dripped off of the ends of the wings. Lita and Mina watched the "transformation" in amazement, however Kazuki seemed to stay just stoic throughout the entire show. Mina took a small step back, and Kazuki gave her a skeptical glance.
The creature bared its fangs, which dripped with an oozing purple liquid. The rancid smell reached Mina's nose and she recoiled even more. The stench made Lita shut her eyes tightly, and let out a small grunt of pain.
"What is that?" Mina asked as she covered her nose. Kazuki glanced at her, but kept his eyes mainly at the two attackers.
"Poison." He commented bluntly. Mina blinked and then let go of Lita. She wasn't going to stand around any longer and let this man attack them, she wouldn't have it. No more scouts were going to disappear, and once and this guy was going down no matter if they had help from Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
"I don't care who you try to take down next, you aren't going to succeed." Mina said as she stepped back and prepared to attack. The man's eyes glowed and even darker red as an evil chuckle escaped his face.
The bright red star on the creature's chest slowly began to glow. Mina closed her eyes and began powering up to attack.
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" She yelled. Wind gusted around Mina as she shot her attack towards the creature. A beam of red energy shot out of its chest and shot directly towards Mina, before flying out of the way of Mina's attack. The man lifted his arm and swatted the attack way, before motioning with his head over to Lita.
"DAMN!" Mina yelled, but quickly fired off another attack towards the beam of energy.
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" She yelled as she shot a beam of energy towards the red star shaped energy blast. Mina fell to the ground in defeat. Her attack just barely missed the beasts. Lita's eyes went glassy and her pupils dilated.
"Damn it!" Mina said as she stood up and ran towards Lita. Something sparkled a bright green color, before a powerful force sent Mina and Kazuki flying backwards.
Lita's body slowly lifted up into the air as the red beam slowly sliced through her body. A green blinding light coursed through the air before clashing with the red beam of light. Mina sat up slowly, the energy hurting her way too much for her to bare at first, but slowly it allowed her to rest. She saw something, something small and round. She could feel it, she could feel the huge amount of energy that was stored inside that small round object.
Mina placed her hands firmly on the ground and managed to get to her knees. The energies clashed, and it seemed as if they drawing off her own powers. Mina shook her head as she stood, stagger back slowly, but managing to stand.
"LITA!" Mina yelled at the top of lungs. Thunder crashed in front of her, causing Mina to fly back once again. She screamed in pain as her flesh burned. She stood up again looking around through the now thundering and green haze. She needed to know what was happening, she needed to help her friend. She slowly took a step forward, but yelped in pain as lightening struck her once more.
Whatever it was, didn't want her to get any closer to Lita than she already was. Tears streamed down Mina's face as a crater began to form underneath her. Her eyes widened as she stood up and jumped out of the craters. It couldn't happen this way.
Mina shook her head in realization. She placed a hand against her chest before taking a deep breath, and running around the great energy ball. She had to at least find Kazuki, he would get hurt. Mina stumbled a bit before she finally found Kazuki. He was sitting on his haunches, watching the battle intensely.
"Kazuki." Mina mumbled before falling down next to him. Kazuki looked down at her, and his eyes widened in fear. Mina's sailor suit was completely charred and torn. Her skin was burned, and on some places on her bare skin, they were black. He gingerly took the girl into his arms, and nuzzled her head.
"Kazuki, what's going on?" Mina asked although she already knew the answer. Kazuki looked down at her. He couldn't tell her yet, and even though it hurt him to continue to keep this lie up, he couldn't lie to her!
" I-I-I don't know." He said as his eyes wandered back to the battle raging between the powers in front of him. Lita's spirit wasn't going to give up so easily. The energy ball expanded and grew larger as thunder rumbled in the sky above them. Mina and Kazuki looked up, and the skies darkened immediately.
"Holy shit." Kazuki said as lightening crashed not to far from them. He grabbed Mina as lightly as possible and pressed her to his body. He had to get her out of here. Immediately, his body left the ground, and Mina gasped out in surprise as the tears continued to run down her face. Lightening crashed once more, hitting the luscious green grass underneath them, sparking a fire.
The green ball of energy grew, engulfing the flames as the large all of red energy clashed with the now dark green energy. Mina struggled to get out of Kazuki's arms, but did so with pain shooting up and down her body.
"Mina stop! You are going to get yourself killed!" Kazuki yelled angrily. Mina turned towards him as his body slowly moved away from the battle. Mina's eyes filled with fear as she watched it happen. Something surrounded them, a dark, yet clear box, surrounded them. Mina felt as though she was being encased inside a large glass house at first. Kazuki smiled at her before turning his dark eyes back to the battle field. The crater grew larger and larger, and the fire raged around them as lightening struck all around them. Mina rested her head against Kazuki's chest in defeat, frightened for her friend.
The skies all over Japan had darkened, and lightening and thunder rumbled everywhere. Mina and Kazuki floated back towards her house, still encased and unseen by the naked eye. Kazuki wouldn't let Mina go, and Mina knew that Lita wasn't going to give up. She was going to continue fighting no matter what happened to her. But Mina knew that this development was going to end up killing Lita, and possibly destroying Tokyo. She stared back at the battlefield, cold realization in her eyes.
The God of Thunder had finally reawakened.
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A/N: Well there is that chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it. I was going to keep it going, but I decided to push the end result of this battle back a little farther. That Inuki creature is a whole lot stronger than you peoples thought huh? Well anyhoozles I guess that I didn't mention the enemies name in this story, but then again Lita, Mina, and Kazuki don't know who this person is. Well anyways hopefully someone is able to stop this massacre that is unfolding with the sailor scouts real power being unleashed. It does seem deadly does it not? Well I hope that you liked it, you better review or else!
~*Neko-Sama*~