Good thing I came out with a second chapter. The reason I stopped the first chapter at that spot was because I didn't know what to do next. Disclaimer: I hope you like this chapter because you'll be introduced to some more of my characters. I don't own any of the characters from the series.

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Chapter 2

A New Evil Arises (part 2)

Raye's eyes widened, as she had no time to move. Crowmora was so close and ready to take her life when...

Everything stopped. The people around and Crowmora just froze in place. Raye fell back from exhaustion, but before she could hit the ground, a pair of hands caught her.

Serena and the others looked to the guy in the tuxedo that had entered the scene. But for some reason, he looked nothing like the person they knew.

Confused Serena spoke up and said, "...Tuxedo Mask."

The guy looked to her and said, "Heh, you wish. Don't confuse me for that guy. We're nothing alike."

The man sat Raye down on the ground as everyone stared at him in disbelief. He wasn't Darien. Some plain differences were that: one, he didn't where a hat; two, he had short blue hair. And three, instead of the inside of his cape being red, it was white.

He released his hands from around Raye's waist and began to walk back when Lita asked, "If you're not Tuxedo Mask, then who are you?"

He looked to her and was about to answer when Azure yelled, "How dare you!"

The man looked to Azure with surprise on his face as he asked, "How were you able to break my spell?"

"Don't think that I'm weak like my animaster!" Azure roared. He lifted his right hand in the air and negative energy formed around it as he yelled, "UNFREEZE!"

Everything that had frozen in time began to move again even Crowmora who was still aimed at killing Raye. Raye screamed as she held up her arms to at least block most of the attack.

Crowmora's claw pierced through a body. The man in the tuxedo had jumped in the way of the attack. He smirked at the monster as he grabbed a hold of the arm that pierced the left side of his stomach.

Crowmora raised her other hand and slashed his face. He yelled out in pain as Raye stood to her feet.

"Mars Flame Sniper!" she yelled as it pushed Crowmora away from the guy. With the attack pushing Crowmora back, it forced her claw out of his body.

"AH!" he yelled as he fell to his knees. Raye staggered over to his side and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yes, now you and your friends get out of here!" he yelled pushing Raye away from him. Raye hit the ground and stared at him with surprise on her face. He looked to her and yelled, "You heard me! Get out of here!"

He grasped his wound as blood flowed out through the front and the back. Crowmora got to her feet and looked around to her master who was smiling. She looked over at Lita and Amy and charged at the two.

Lita jumped out of the way of Crowmora's attack but Amy didn't. Crowmora grabbed her around the neck and flew into the air with her. Amy began to feel weak as her energy was being drained from her.

"Sailor Mercury!" Mina yelled as she stood to her feet. She then yelled, "Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

The attack hit Crowmora in the back causing her to stop what she was doing. Crowmora looked to Mina and let go of Amy flying straight toward Mina. Lita caught Amy in her arms as Mina tried to jump out of the way. Mina did but Crowmora slashed her back.

"Ah!" Mina yelled landing to the ground.

"Sailor Venus, are you okay!" Serena yelled as Mina replied, "I'll be fine. How's Mercury?"

Lita held Amy in her arms as she tried to wake her up. "Come on, Amy, wake up," she whispered still shaking her friend.

Amy's eyes slowly opened. Her eyes widened as she yelled, "Watch out!"

Crowmora appeared behind Lita grabbing her around the neck. Lita screamed as she was lifted in the air.

"Sailor Jupiter!" Serena yelled as Luna appeared at her side. "Luna, what are we to do? Are attacks aren't working."

"You still have one," Luna said.

"That's right. Mini Moon!" Serena yelled as Rini ran over to her side.

{Hmm? What are they planning to do now?} Azure thought as he watched. He looked up at Crowmora and yelled, "I thought I told you to finish them off!"

"Yes, master," she replied letting go of Lita. Lita fell toward the ground so tired and so weak that she didn't even bother to try and keep herself from hitting the ground.

The Tuxedo Mask look alike jumped to his feet and ran over to catch Lita in his arms. His back slammed against the pavement as Lita's body slammed against his. He rolled Lita off of himself as he looked to Serena and Rini. He yelled out, "You have to get out of here! You can't defeat Crowmora!"

"We have to try," Serena said. She looked to Rini and the two nodded. They then yelled out, "Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"

The two held hands as their attack made a direct hit. Crowmora yelled out in pain as the Sailor Scouts smiled at their victory.

Suddenly the yelling stopped and the smoke cleared. Crowmora was still alive and mad as hell. She charged toward Rini who was running but caught her flying as high as she could.

"AH! Someone help me!" Rini yelled. She kicked and screamed as she yelled, "Let me go!"

"As you wish," Crowmora said releasing her grip in Rini. Rini fell toward the ground with so much speed she knew she wouldn't survive.

"Mini Moon!" Serena screamed knowing the fate of her future daughter.

"AH!" Rini screamed. She closed her eyes, as she got closer to the ground. Then, she found that she wasn't going as fast and that someone was holding her in their arms.

Rini opened her eyes and looked up to see another guy dressed in a tuxedo holding her. He landed to the ground gently as he looked to the enemy.

Azure rolled his eyes as he said, "They just keep coming."

The young man looked to Rini with his dark blue eyes and smiled. The inside of his cape was orange instead of red; he also didn't wear a hat and showed off his snow-white hair.

"Are you okay?" his calm voice asked as stood Rini to her feet.

"Yes, but who are you?" Rini asked looking into his eyes.

"Shh," he said with his finger over his mouth. He looked toward Azure again and pointed his hands toward him. "Trust Bond Tidal Wave!"

The attack was so fast that Azure didn't have time to move. His eyes widened as Crowmora appeared in front of him suddenly.

"MASTER!" she yelled as her body disintegrated. The dead body of a crow fell to the ground as Azure just stared at it.

"...Crowmora," he whispered under his breath. He narrowed his eyes at the one who sent the attack and yelled, "Whoever you are, you are no threat to us! Crowmora was only a weakling! Next time it will be different!" Negative energy formed around his body as he disappeared out of there.

Rini ran over to Serena as the guy who saved her walked over to the injured one. He knelt down and took him into his arms and said, "You idiot. You should have been more serious on your mission. If I hadn't come along, you could've been dead."

"Look who's talking. You saved that little girl when you weren't supposed to. I won't tell if you won't," the injured one smiled.

The one carrying him began to walk off but stopped when Amy yelled, "WAIT! Who are you and what's going on?"

The man stopped and said, "We can't tell what's going on, but I guess we could tell you who we are. I am Tuxedo Neptune and this here in Tuxedo Pluto."

He continued to walk away as Lita awoke from her sleep to hear the first question answered. She looked to them and yelled, "But why are you here?"

Tuxedo Neptune jumped to the top of a building and stood there as he answered, "To protect the one we call our prince."

"Please join us!" Serena yelled as Luna and Artemis stood by her feet.

Tuxedo Pluto began to laugh as he said, "Heh, that's a first. Let's go, Neptune."

Neptune looked to them and answered, "If we were to join you, we would betray the leader that we already have."

He disappeared out of view as the girls just stared at each other. Amy looked to the dead body of the crow and said, "So Crowmora was only a crow. If that's the case, any animal could be used to collect their energy."

"What about those guys though? Should we trust them? They did save our life," Raye said.

"I don't know. But we should be worried about them, too," Amy said.

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Azure appeared at the side of Queen Raina. He bowed at her presence as her nails scratched against her crystal ball.

Her voice echoed with anger as she said, "You failed me."

Azure looked to her and said, "I'm sorry, my Queen, but I was able to..."

"SILENCE!" she yelled at him. She sighed as she said, "Crimson!"

Crimson appeared from the shadows kneeling on one knee. "Yes, my Queen."

"What have you learned about this planet?" the queen asked.

"I...well...uh," Crimson said not being able to think of anything to say.

"You see, my Queen, at least I was able to fulfill my mission of getting the energy," Azure interrupted with a smirk on his face.

The queen's head turned to stare at Azure. Her face was still hidden in the shadows as she yelled, "Azure, do not speak when I do not tell you to!"

"Yes, my Queen, I under..." Azure said as the queen interrupted by yelling, "AZURE!"

Azure fell to his knees and stares hard at the ground in fear of what she might do to him. Crimson watched as Azure shivered in fear. The queen just laughed.

"Azure, Azure, Azure," the queen said. "You know that I would never harm you nor any of my other generals. Now, Azure, go and store away the energy you have collected."

Azure stood to his feet still shivering and bowed to her. He then disappeared into the shadows.

"Crimson," the queen said. "Give me a report. Azure's already found out that these humans have the energy we need. Now answer this. Does this planet supply us with enough animasters?"

"Yes, my Queen. From what I've seen, there are so many different kinds and maybe even more," Crimson said.

"Good. You may go, Crimson," the queen ordered.

"Yes, my Queen," he said as he too disappeared into the shadows.

The queen began to laugh loudly as she whispered to herself, "This planet will soon be mine. How foolish of my generals to believe that I wouldn't dare hurt them."

In the shadows, a pair off orange eyes opened and the outline of a figure was seen. The figure gave out a sigh and disappeared back into the shadows.

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~~Noi~~