The Fight Continues. The Sailor Team Still in Pieces.
"Highness," the brunet figure said, "Our spies have confirmed your theories."
"Good," the malicious voice echoed throughout the hall, "How so? What are the findings?"
A blond snickered, "Garnet knows nothing. I am in charge of the spies. I could tell you better than she."
"Silence Sulfir!" the voice boomed, "It is from Garnet I wish to hear."
After a short pause the red clad warrior began, "They are sending one of their top soldiers," she paused and added smugly, "A Sailor Senshi, to the past to train reinforcements. They are weak because they are short one warrior. Cosmos just returned and Aqua left to take her place. The spies also tell me that the white moon's leader is very drained and weak. Sailor Blaze will take the next shift in," she finished with a grin.
"We will have to do something about these reinforcements," the voice of Chaos boomed.
"May I voice my opinion, Highness?" the pink-haired warrior asked.
"You may, Tourmaline."
"Thank you," she said graciously in a precise voice, "I believe that we should send a select group with Blaze when they send her over. Then that group can destroy the reinforcements and possibly retrieve the Silver Imperium Crystal from that time. Without it, they cannot win."
"Excellent suggestion," the dark figure said, "Who should go?" Chaos pondered, "Tourmaline, yes, I need to get Sulfir out of my sight, so you are going as well. Garnet will stay here. Peridot, you stay as well… Alexandrite… hmmm… you are a good choice. Topaz, you stay. Quartz… hmm… I believe that Amethyst is the best choice for this one. Lapis, Lazuli, you two will accompany they as well. Hematite, Apatite, Pyrite, Gypsum, Amber, Feldspar, Olivine, Aquamarine, and Jade, you will all stay as well."
"Yes, Highness!" they all saluted Chaos.
Neo Sailor Mercury tore down the streets of Tokyo. She was like a blue and mint green blur at the speed that her new sailor powers allowed her. She followed her gut instinct as to where to go to find the sisters, Uranus and Neptune.
She heard a scream of terror near by her and stopped running immediately. Several nobakas prowled the street and blasted any people nearby. They looked like slightly tangible shadows with glowing yellow eyes. Acting on instinct, the Soldier of Ice rushed forward and yelled, "Mercury Ice Blizzard!"
Ice blasted at the group of monsters and incased several in ice. One, closest to her blast, disappeared with a shriek. The others just shook off the ice and gazed hungrily at the delicate sailor.
Suddenly a shout rang out from one of the stores. "Look! It's a sailor!"
"I don't recognize her."
"Great job!"
"Save us!"
Boosted by the shouts, Neo Sailor Mercury attacked again. "Mercury Ice Blizzard!"
This time majority of the nobakas dodged the blast and those that were hit shook off the ice easily.
A look of panic crossed her face.
The creatures advanced more quickly and more hungrily. One let out a blast of dark energy and another, an instant after.
Mercury shrieked and jumped to dodge them, but was hit by a third blast. She yelped in pain as the blast sent her skidding across the ground. They came closer.
"Neptune Tidal Tsunami!"
A strong wave of water blasted the shadow beings. Two disappeared shrieking while the others were blown back, giving Mercury time and space to get up.
"Hey girl! Looks like you could use some help," A familiar flat voice called. Neo Sailor Uranus jogged up to frail senshi's side. Uranus shot a small grin her and attacked. She was clearly enjoying the fight. "Uranus Blazing Light Beam!" One more nobaka dissolved.
"Thanks girls!" Mercury said happily.
Neo Sailor Neptune stepped up to Mercury's other side. "No problem! It doesn't look like our regular attacks are doing the trick," she said shaking her head.
"We need to combine powers," Uranus commented, "We can't use sailor power because there aren't enough of us. We'll have to combine our powers into one attack."
Neo Mercury nodded. "We should hold hands… and just say what comes to mind. Feed our power together."
"Sounds good to me!" Neo Neptune chattered.
The three senshi joined hands. A dim aura slowly grew around each. Neptune's was cyan, Mercury's was teal-green, and Uranus' was yellow. They merged to a white light and the senshi attacked. "Icy Water Beam!" they yelled. All of the nobaka were hit. All but one dissolved.
Mercury looked around and seeing the lone demon, attacked. "Mercury Ice Blizzard!" It was struck and disappeared.
"Yea!" Neptune exclaimed, "We're getting good at this!"
The green-haired senshi remembered her instructions, "We need to patrol and keep the monsters in the city."
Uranus nodded solemnly and took off running without a word. The other two senshi followed.
Neo Sailor Saturn idly turned her thin, silver sword in the ground. She had been protecting the crystal palace for a long time now and only one nobaka had dared come anywhere near it. Just then she heard someone call from behind her.
"Saturn!" the high voice called.
The tall senshi rolled her eyes and sighed as Neo Sailor Moon appeared, panting beside her.
"What do you want, squirt?" she asked skeptically.
The tiny sailor gave her fellow, who was easily twice the size of her, a sharp glare. "We are the Neo Sailor Team and must work as a team. This is my station as well. You don't honestly think that you can defeat a whole pack of nobakas when they come to attack?"
"Actually," she grinned smugly down at her leader, "I think I could. I'm blood related to the queen, and you're not."
The tiny sailor was about to say something when they both heard a fast rustling behind them. Neo Sailor Saturn whirled around her sword ready. Chibi glared into the grass. She felt a tap on her shoulder and whirled back around. In front of her was a tall sailor with long brown hair, was dressed in blue and green with gold accents that neither Neo Saturn of Neo Moon recognized.
"What?" Saturn exclaimed.
"Who?" Neo Moon asked.
The beautiful senshi simply grinned. "I'm Neo Sailor Earth. Born leader of the Neo Senshi," she said smugly.
Both Musha and Chibi gaped angrily at her.
"You most certainly are not!" the purple-haired senshi demanded.
"Of course not!" was the tiny senshi's reply.
She flashed a broad smile and looked up towards the sky. "Think what you like…"
Out of the corner of her eye, the sailor leader saw some dark shadows creeping up the palace steps. "Nobakas! They're entering the palace! Let's go!"
The sun was setting as Neo Sailor Jupiter, Pluto, and Shakaku hurried through the streets, still in search of Neo Sailor Venus and Mars. They paused on a street corner and watched the lamps flicker on.
"This is getting really old," Shakaku panted, bending over with her hands resting on her legs, "I keep thinking they're right ahead, then they aren't! Sorry guys."
"That's really all right, Shakaku, It's not your fault," Jupiter responded sweet, alto voice, panting not nearly as hard as the young priestess.
"At least we got rid of nearly twenty nobaka while we looked for them, but I have a feeling that that is only a small dent in the total number of those evil beings around the city," Pluto commented solemnly.
After a bit of silence of panting, two voices, one deep and agitated and the other high and slightly shrill, split the quiet.
"Now look what you've done! You've gotten us lost, and I'm tired!" the shrill voice yelled.
"We have a job to do," the second retorted, her low voice dripping with annoyance, "We have already destroyed plenty of those evil creatures and more keep appearing. We cannot rest until they are all gone."
"Well, Venus, you can keep hunting down those nobaka yourself. I'm going to go home and rest!" she said and they heard some stomping noises coming towards them from a very near alley.
"That's Hidenka!" Shakaku whispered urgently, then hurried off to the mouth of the alley where they had heard them, standing defiantly in her older sister's way.
Neo Sailor Mars appeared from the alley and stopped dead in her tracks, "Shakaku! What are you doing here? Get out of my way!"
"I'm here to help track down the nobaka and you. Priestesses seem to have the advantage in this game," she said firmly, her voice saying that this was no joke, "Since you hurried off so fast without listening to your leader, Neo Sailor Moon, they needed some one with our powers to track down the nobaka most effectively. So we," she gestured to Neo Pluto and Neo Jupiter, "had to find you and Venus and tell you that it is our job, and now yours, to find the creatures in the city and destroy them."
Neo Pluto, who was now standing directly behind Shakaku, called down the alley to Venus, "And don't think that you can go off on your own. We are going to work as a team, and that 'we' includes you."
"I have nothing to argue with that," Neo Sailor Venus said casually, "I just want to rid Crystal Tokyo of these monsters…"
Shakaku's face went blank for a moment, and then she whirled around to look behind her. "A very large group of those creatures is near by," the short priestess said, turning back to the Neo Sailors, "You best prepare yourselves."
Not a minute later, a group of more than forty nobaka surrounded them.
It was dark now, it had been for a while, and Neo Uranus, Neptune, and Mercury had made almost one full circle of the main part of Crystal Tokyo and had destroyed nearly fifty nobaka on their patrols. They had grown stronger in their powers as the night progressed and were now able to destroy more at one time individually as they originally had as a group.
"Neptune Tidal Tsunami!" Neo Neptune yelled and the last of the monsters of the most recent group disintegrated. She paused for a moment and then looked at her two colleagues, "Either of you tired?"
"Nah," Uranus said, grinning while Mercury shook her head. "Let's get back on the move again then!" Uranus exclaimed and broke into a sprint again, the other two girls following shortly.
Neo Venus gulped, "I don't like the looks of this…"
"I agree entirely," Mars replied quietly, glancing around at the huge numbers of shadow-beings.
"What are you waiting for?" Shakaku demanded and rushed forward at one of the nearest nobaka. "Akuryo Taisan!" she yelled sending scrolls in all directions, destroying several of the creatures, leaving a considerable hole in the circle, which quickly filled back up with more nobaka. The young priestess backed up slowly in alarm.
"She's got the—" Jupiter started but was cut off.
"Pluto Eternal Mists!" Neo Pluto whispered forcefully as Sailor Pluto before her always had. Ebbing mists dripping with magic covered the area making everything hard to see. Several nobaka let out strangled gasps and were destroyed more followed shortly. As long as the mist remained, more would follow.
"Jupiter Thunderbolt Strike!" the short green-haired girl yelled, choosing a random target through the fog.
"Venus Blast of Obsession!"
"Mars Pillars of Fire!"
Several more were destroyed as the mists moved out. That was when the nobaka started retaliating. The battle raged on…
Neo Moon, Earth, and Saturn rushed to the steps of the crystal palace, Saturn cutting down nobaka as they went. When they reached the steps they fought their way up and destroyed any nobaka that dared approach the door.
"Moon Beam Ricochet!"
"Saturn Silver Blast Obliterate!"
"Earth Life Circle!"
They protected the door late into the night, fighting relentlessly as the never-ending flow of nobaka continued…
