Chapter 4 - The Curse

Everyone was sitting in the living room. The Senshi had untransformed, introduced themselves and explained the whole "Senshi-thing". Leo and the Charmed Ones had in turn explained "the Charmed Ones-Thing". "So, have you found out anything about those...what do you call them again?", Leo asked Usagi. "Youma. No, we don´t know where they come from. They just...show up.", Usagi sighed. "It´s strange that no one knows anything...Luna and Artemis...the elders...and even your book of shadows..." Rei said after being quiet for some time. Suddenly, Makoto jumped at Usagi "Die foolish bitch!", and stabbed her with a knife. Usagi screamed in pain, the others from the shock. Makoto had pulled the knife from Usagis stomach and blood was flowing everywhere. Before Makoto could do anything else, Paige shouted "Knife!", and the knife orbed into her hand. Rei and Phoebe threw Makoto to the floor, who suddenly seemed to snap out of some kind of trance. "Oh my god! Usagi! What have I done!", she cried. "It´s ok..I have healed her", Leo said pointing to poor somewhat pale looking Usagi. "Leo...looks like an old friend is back!", Piper said frowning. "You banned him years ago. How did he get out?", Leo asked more to himself. "Hello? Who is HE?", Minako asked waving her hand. "Oh...he´s called the "Woogy Man"...a dark cloud like thing that can turn people evil and tried to kill us twice. We sealed him under the basement.", Phoebe explained. "Uh...I heard of those kind of things when I was little. But I thought it was just a myth to scare little kids. And isn´t it called "Boogy Man?"", Rei asked. "Yes it is. But Pheebs here used to call him Woogy Man, cause she couldn´t pronounce it right because she was just getting her first buckteeth...", Piper chuckled. "Hey..I was 4! And I told you to NOT tell this story to anybody!", Phoebe snapped at her. "Stupid Fool!", Makoto suddenly stood and screamed, a chainsaw appeared in her hand. "Chainsaw!", Paige quickly shouted and Piper froze Makoto. "Ok, thats it. We have to seal it again!", Piper said. "It will break free again somewhen...and besides...we have to get him out of her first!", Paige said. "Hmm...I could try to get him out with a ofuda.", Rei suggested. "Ofuda?", Phoebe asked. "Anti-Evil-Scroll", Rei explained. "Well...what ever you wanna do...do it now. The freeze is wearing off!", Piper shouted pointing to Makoto who was slowly beginning to move again. "Right!", Rei took out one of her scrolls holding it between index finger and thump. "Akuryo Taisan!", she shouted and threw the little piece of paper at Makoto. With a loud scream something that looked like a thick black cloud came out of her. Speaking slowly with just a few signs of fear Phoebe began to chant. "I am light. I´m one to..."

Usagi suddenly had an idea. Perhaps she could help them get rid of that....thing once and for all with her tier? "Moon Eternal, Make up!" she shouted. Something about that transformation was odd. Right in the middle of it, she felt a short..sharp pain in her right thumb. When she had finished transforming, she didn´t notice that her thumb was bleeding a bit.

..."one to strong to fight", the evil entity was screaming in pain as a strong force began to suck him toward the basement. Phoebe stopped the chant when she noticed that Usagi had transformed. Yes..perhaps she could end the Woogy man issue once and for all.

"Silver Moon! Crystal Power....Kiss!"

It had worked. The monster was ripped apart by the familiar beams of light.

Darkness was in a good mood. Yes, the Woogy Man as the called it had been blasted into oblivion...but not before it was able to finish its mission. The knife it had used was cursed..and no Sailor Moon was infected by it. From now on, every time she would transform she would begin to bleed a bit more on more and more places of her body. The bleedings would get harder to stop...and the curse would get stronger and stronger with every transformation...until she would bleed to death and die. Of course...if she ever tried to use the Silver Crystal...the curse would go into "super-mode", and she would die instantly. Not matter which way...he would get the crystal.

"Your thumb..it´s bleeding!", Leo said and held his hand over it. It seemed to take a bit to long to heal..."hmm...must be imagining it" he thought.