alright here it is all! I'm so sorry that it took so very long but the crashed comp has finally been fixed and i have everything up and running, it might be awhile between updates though because the end of the school year is closing in on us (as are Finals, YUK). so i will try my best to update for those of u who are actually keeping track of the story line. And to those of you who are reading but not reviewing, shame on u :P hopefully i can spend this summer (when I'm not at work) writing my other two stories which r both currently nothing more than faint ideas in my head. now some of the text was supposed to be in italics but I haven't been saving it in the right program to KEEP them italic so if u see a sentence that doesn't make complete and utter sense then the loss of italics had something to do with it (that or u haven't caught on that i am a cynical, sarcastic, 16 yr old who is trying to make the world easier to understand for my tastes) anyway enjoy your new chappie i will of course stop boring u and let u get on with reading.
-ehem- in regards to the above comment the format changed so the italics are there, enjoy SP16
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Sailor Moon, and i probably never will (but i can still dream and fantasize about it)
Ch.9: The Fight
Inside the Chamber:
Sailor Jupiter tried to grab Setsuna but she was thrown back by an unseen force.
Sailor Uranus charged up her sword and gave an attempt to break his field. "SPACE SWORD BLASTER!" It failed and her sword was pushed back as if it were nothing more than a stick. The other scouts remained hidden, they would launch a full attack as soon as Setsuna was safe, it was Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Uranus's job to make that happen.
"Give her up you monster!" Sailor Uranus tried again and again but to no avail.
"You really think that you could get her from me that easily? You truly are fools!" King Daios smirked. His smirk made Sailor Uranus lose control.
That MONSTER dare smirk!? He's making fun of us! He will DIE! "YOU MONSTER! YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE!!!" Sailor Uranus charged her sword and ran full speed at Daios, intent on cutting that smirk off his face.
"Come and get me senshi! If you dare!" Sailor Jupiter charged right after Sailor Uranus thinking the same thoughts, but also remembering at the last moment that he still had Setsuna in his arms.
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Neptune watched as their friends charged at the evil king. Sailor Mercury had her visor on and her mini computer out scanning Daios, then she checked her screen again and gasped loud enough for the rest of the scouts to hear and look at her worriedly.
Sailor Neptune looked at her. "What is it Mercury?" Sailor Mercury jumped out from behind the pillar she was hiding at and ran towards Uranus yelling at Sailor Jupiter.
"Jupiter! Stop Sailor Uranus before she hits Setsuna!" Sailor Jupiter nodded and ran faster than she ever had. She ran right up next to Sailor Uranus and shoved her knocking her to the side just before she reached her target. Uranus's sword hit Setsuna's arm and left a long shallow cut from her elbow to her wrist. Uranus gasped at what she had done and swore that this monster would pay.
"Ha! So you think you have figured it all out don't you Senshi? Well you are mistaken! Now stand aside." He waved his hand and all the scouts, as well as Tuxedo Mask were thrown against the wall, except for Sailor Chibi Moon, and Pluto Knight. Sailor Chibi Moon remained hidden almost completely face down on the floor, as did Pluto Knight.
Chibi Moon silently made a promise. 'Hold on Puu. I'll get the other scouts free and we'll save you. I promise!'
Setsuna was swirling in and out of the darkness of her unconscious mind when she felt a stinging, throbbing pain somewhere on her body, but she couldn't tell where. She did know that it hurt like crazy. She was trying to remember what had happened to her, then it hit her like a wave. The fight at the gates...being kidnapped...trying to escape with Pluto Knight...being captured again...that disgusting kiss...watching Pluto Knight die...passing out... Setsuna's eyes snapped open and she jerked away from whoever was carrying her.
"Oh! So your awake now? I should have known you wouldn't be out for long my love, but now it is time for you to fall asleep once more!" He turned to face Setsuna once she stood up.
She looked him in the face with disgust. How dare he hurt my friends! "You shall pay for what you have done!" Setsuna glared at him, whatever hell he was condemned to was to good for him.
King Daios grinned evilly. "And what shall you do to make me pay for it my love? As I have your transformation pen right here." He held up a small stick with the sign of Pluto on it, still grinning he put it in his pocket.
Setsuna knew he was right about one thing. He does have her transformation pen, but that didn't mean she couldn't fight. "You are a monster. A terrible, terrible monster!"
Setsuna ran at him and punched him as hard as she could in the gut. King Daios hunched over for a second then attempted to grab Setsuna's arm and throw her, but Setsuna took her opportunity and brought up her knee and caught his gut once more. This time Daios managed to grab Setsuna and throw her against one of the capsules.
"Ah!"
He stood up straight and walked towards her. "You will have to learn your place Senshi!" Setsuna sat up and turned to face her adversary. He smiled a terrible, wicked, smile, that said he was enjoying every minute of his torturing the scouts. "Ha ha ha! Now, I shall give you a choice. Join me, or I shall kill your friends!" He waved his hand and all the scouts that had been thrown were pinned to the wall. They were barely conscious.
Setsuna seethed. This man was trying to bargain with her, using her friends as his collateral.
Sailor Chibi Moon sat up behind the capsule out of sight. She looked at her sister scouts pinned to the wall as she listened to that wretched man try to trick Setsuna into making an agreement for the safety of her friends. Chibi Moon turned her head to look at the capsule next to hers because she heard a noise, she smiled. It was Pluto Knight! She hadn't noticed that he hadn't been thrown or pinned to the wall. He put a finger to his lips telling her to remain still and quiet. She nodded and listened to the conversation between Setsuna and King Daios.
Setsuna inwardly screamed at herself. She had expected this, but it was still a low-down dirty trick. Setsuna knew that the inner scouts were worried that she might betray them, well except for Sailor Moon. Setsuna had never truly acted friendly towards them, but she had never been nasty to them either. She had always been impassive around them.
She stood up and sighed in defeat, she couldn't put any of them in harms way, especially Small Lady. Wait! Setsuna looked at her friends pinned to the wall. Small Lady wasn't there! Setsuna was relieved but it didn't show on her face. She turned and looked at King Daios's face.
"You are a monster. Whatever hell you have created for yourself be assured, I will be the one to send you there." Setsuna made it as a promise to him as well as herself. King Daios simply smiled and grabbed Setsuna's arm and pulled her to him. "Get off of me you monster!" Setsuna struggled and suddenly she saw something small and pink run into Daios and dislodge his hand from her wrist. "Small Lady! Get my transformation stick, it's in his breast pocket!" Setsuna ran forward towards the two who were now rolling across the floor.
Sailor Chibi Moon bit King Daios' wrist and shoved her hand in his pocket and felt a small shaft. It was Setsuna's henshin stick. Chibi Moon let go of Daios wrist and spit in his eyes, she jumped up and ran over to Setsuna and handed her the small stick.
"Here Puu." Setsuna smiled at Chibi Moon.
"Thank you Small Lady." Setsuna stepped between Chibi Moon and King Daios. He was trying to catch his breath and stand up.
Setsuna glared at Daios. "Now the ball is in my court." She stuck her pen in the air and closed her eyes. Sailor Chibi Moon stepped back.
"PLUTO PLANET POWER!" Setsuna was engulfed by a wall of ice, hail, and mist, and in her place stood Sailor Pluto.
Sailor Pluto raised her hand and the Garnet Staff appeared in her open palm. "You have caused enough damage you monster! Dead..." King Daios looked up and saw Sailor Pluto charging her attack. He stood up and prepared to defend himself. "...Scream!" The attack flew across the room and hit Daios head on. He flew about 20 feet and landed. Sailor Pluto knew he was only unconscious, but what mattered right now was freeing her friends.
"Come Small Lady, we must hurry and free the others so we can get out of here." Sailor Pluto and Chibi Moon ran over to the scouts who were standing up rather shakily with the help of Pluto Knight. "We must go before he regains consciousness." Sailor Pluto raised her staff and the group of senshi vanished.
King Daios was barely able to move. Sailor Pluto had been wrong. He was not unconscious, he was merely unable to move. King Daios swore to himself. He still wanted Sailor Pluto but he now also wanted her and the other senshi dead for what they had done to him. He growled deep in his throat. 'I will have my revenge on the Sailor Senshi! Sailor Pluto my love, you, you shall be the first to die!'
Tokyo- Haruka and Michiru's Apartment:
The group appeared in the middle of Haruka and Michiru's living room.
"Is everyone alright?" Sailor Pluto checked everyone out and made sure they were devoid of serious injury. When she was done, and everyone had de-transformed, she made tea and hot chocolate for her friends.
Everyone was still tense from the battle, but no one was as tense as Setsuna. Amy noticed this and looked at her as if trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Setsuna what's the matter?" As soon as Amy had asked the question she almost wished she hadn't, almost. Setsuna stood up and walked over to the window and stared out at the stars.
"I didn't finish him off." At this statement everyone turned their heads to Setsuna.
Haruka and Lita jumped up. "What do you mean you didn't finish him off?" Setsuna turned to her friends.
"I didn't kill him. But I am going to. My first goal was to make sure you were all safe before I returned to the Negaverse." The inner scouts were a little shocked. As far as they had ever witnessed Setsuna had always put her duties as Guardian of Time first. But they had just heard her say her first priority was making sure they were all safe from harm.
Serena stood up, her back strait her face set, she walked over to Setsuna and looked her in the eyes. "Setsuna, I refuse to let you do this alone."
"But Princess.."
"No. Setsuna you are a friend of everyone in this room. You saved us all and it is our turn to return the favor. We will not let you fight alone, because you aren't alone Setsuna. You have friends, no, you have family and we will stand by your side forever as we know you would for us."
Rei, Amy, Mina, Michiru, Rini, Darian and Seth stood up and walked over to Setsuna.
Amy took Setsuna's hand. "We are a family and we will stand together as one." Rei nodded.
Mina and Lita each put a hand on Setsuna's arm and smiled. "We will defeat him and all who follow in his and Beryl's footsteps."
"Yeah Setsuna."
Darien gave her an encouraging smile.
Michiru stood next to Haruka and both of them said, "Setsuna you are to important to Hotaru and the rest of us to lose."
Rini hugged Setsuna as tight as she could. "We won't let you fight alone Puu. I promise I will always fight by your side." Rini sobbed a little into Setsuna's sweater.
"I promise this as well." Seth walked up to Setsuna and hugged her.
Serena took Setsuna's hands in hers and smiled. "See Setsuna? You have a family. and we will all fight by your side now and forever."
Everyone nodded. "Yeah!"
Setsuna smiled and bowed her head gratefully. "Arigato minna-san."
Setsuna's Room:
Setsuna sat outside on her balcony. She would be taking them back to that hellish place in an hour, for the final battle.
"Mind if I join you?"
Setsuna knew who it was without looking. "Not at all."
Seth walked out next to her and put his hands on her shoulders. Setsuna silently cried. Seth kneeled next to her and wiped the tears off of her face. "Everything will be ok. I promise."
Setsuna's body shook from the silent sobs she wouldn't dare let escape from her chest, knowing that if the others knew she was scared it would make them all nervous.
Seth pulled her up into his warm embrace. He petted her hair and noticed she smelled like lavender and roses. She leaned into him. He was so warm.
"I'm sorry, Setsuna."
Setsuna looked into his face, his garnet eyes were so sorrowful. "What...for?" Setsuna tried hard to keep her voice from cracking.
He leaned his head down and kissed her lightly on her forehead. "I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you. I promise that from this moment I will never ever let you out of my sight. I missed you Setsuna, my setting sun.."
"Seth, I missed you for so long..."
"I missed you too Setsuna...you were my world. When you disappeared my heart broke and my world almost shattered. Serenity promised me that I would see you again after she was sure that the Moon Kingdom didn't need me anymore." He pulled out a deep garnet colored rose and handed it to Setsuna. "This is a symbol of my promise, and my love."
Setsuna nuzzled her head in the crook of his neck. "I missed you Seth..."
"I missed you too Setsuna..." The two just stood there enjoying one another's warmth and love, contemplating the upcoming battle.
After an hour of rest and preparation they were ready to get rid of King Daios and all his evil once and for all. Setsuna and Seth came back into the living room holding each others hands looking resolute.
"Are you all ready to go?" Everyone nodded. Serena looked around the room of anxious people. "Let's transform."
"MERCURY STAR POWER!" A swirling mist of water surrounded Amy's body and where she stood was now Sailor Mercury.
"MARS STAR POWER!" Flames wrapped around Raye's body and where she stood was now Sailor Mars.
"VENUS STAR POWER!" Mina was surrounded by a bright starlight and where she stood was now Sailor Venus.
"JUPITER STAR POWER!" Lita was surrounded by a ball of lightning and where she stood was now Sailor Jupiter.
"MOON COSMIC POWER!" Serena was surrounded by a warm pink light and where she had stood was now Sailor Moon.
"URANUS PLANET POWER!" A wall of dirt and stone surrounded Haruka and where she stood was Sailor Uranus.
"NEPTUNE PLANET POWER!"A wall of water and mist surrounded Michiru and where she stood was Sailor Neptune.
"PLUTO PLANET POWER!" A wall of ice, hail and mist surrounded Setsuna and where she stood was Sailor Pluto.
"MOON PRISIM POWER!" Rini was surrounded by the same warm pink light as Serena and where she stood was Sailor Chibi Moon.
Darien and Seth each took out a rose and transformed into Tuxedo Mask and Pluto Knight. Sailor Pluto motioned for everyone to step into the middle of the room. They did so without question.
"Are you all ready to go?" There was a collective nod. Sailor Pluto raised her hand and her staff appeared. She thrust the Garnet Staff at the floor around their feet and they were transported to the Negaverse. The last thought in their minds as the left was a prayer to Kami that they all came home safe and sound.
alright that chappie is finished i know u all hate me cause i keep leavin u with cliffies but i want u to know one very important fact about it- I DID IT ON PURPOSE MWAHAHA, but seriously im not so evil to leave u with it for to long, ill try to get it updated after hmm...3 reviews k? sound fair? i knew it would. well hope u enjoyed it.
Ja-ne & arigato minna-san wa!
SP16