Chapter 5
A wolf in sheep's clothing
Marik walked home and he later reached his house after the sun went down. He and his fellow demons had taken up residence at the mansion Queen Beryl's henchman Nephrite used as his base of operations. Since Nephrite was killed he and his demon guardians have moved in to use as their home. Even though Naraku left his son with one of the ships from the dark moon, but he only planned on using it when he need to. He entered the house and changed his clothing from his Shinto clothing to a pair karate training clothes. He entered a windowless room as there were stone pillars set up for him. He ran to the nearest one and smashed in two with a powerful flying kick. He made short work of the other one as he pulverized it with a karate chop to its side.
The last of the stone targets transformed themselves into walking golems as they moved to attack Marik. Marik jumped over the first one and kicked the one behind in the head destroying it and then he punched the one next to it in the chest causing it to slather into pieces He then quickly destroyed the last one by chopping it in half with a powerful karate chop right on the head. He walked over to a wall and pulled out a sword from the weapons cabinet.
He pulled out a Katana that had a gently curved blade that was about 35 centimeters long. Its hand guard was black and the hilt is tightly bounded with a black silk and the hand was three centimeters longer than normal Katana's. Its black scabbard was made in the traditional wood hand crafted style. Marik was trained to use other weapons, but out of all them he liked using the Katana as his weapon of choice.
He changed his clothing again. The new clothing he had was that he wore a black uniform were similar to the one Nephrite had. The yellow the uniform had been with replaced red for Marik's uniform and he wore a black cape that fell down to his ankles almost touching the ground. He wore a metal belt around his waist and the cape he wore covered his shoulders leaving only the middle of his body was still seen as the cape covered his arms too.
The cape had a sliver chain just under his neck that held the cape together. The chain went from on one side of his cape to the other holding it together. He attached the sword to his belt as he walked out of the windowless training room and opened a hidden chamber in the library as he walked down a winding stairwell. When he reached the bottom he found Sempu and Samui over looking several pits that were filled with demons that were being forced into merging with one another to create a new creature.
"Master Marik we have completed the first bunch of demons warriors ready to serve you" Sempu said. "Excellent. I you have a plan to gather energy right Sempu" Marik asked. "Yes master I do" Sempu replied. "Then call forth your strongest demon that we have made so far" Marik said as Sempu brought Marik a demon warrior that was seven feet tall and it was a lizard humanoid looking creature with centipede looking arms wearing only paints. Sempu and the others used a red hot piece of metal to burn into its back the mark of the spider. "My friend you are a new breed of demon I have created. You are perfected in most ways possible. Whom do you serve" Marik asked the creature. "Marik" the monster replied. "If you severe me well I shall reward you, fail me and you will suffer. Also never speak of my name outside of this place or I will kill you. Now go with Sempu and he will give you your assignment" Marik said as Sempu and the lizard monster vanished.
Marik was watching the pits below him as he saw only the strongest demons were the only ones that were surviving, but the weakest of the demons were killed as their bodies were absorbed by the victors. "Usagi and her friends will never figure out that the new Shinto priest working at the shrine is really me" Marik thought as he continued to watch the demons kill each other. Then he walked into a private chamber that had a large crystal. While something was inside of it pulsing with dark energy as something inside was growing.
Meanwhile at the baseball park Sempu and the lizard demon appeared in the center of the field. Sempu cast a spell over the whole area as an energy absorption spell was cast on the whole area. "I am leaving you in charge here, make sure we get lots of energy from those who play on this field and from those who cheer for them understood" Sempu said. "Understood master" the demon replied as it assumed the form of a man in a business suit. Sempu vanished as the demon walked into the office to carry out his master's plan.
The next day the others met at the Shrine to discuss about the Naraku want-a-be and they were trying to piece together all they knew about him so far. So far they had no good ideas who this man might be. No one knew that Marik was sweeping the leaves outside of the room where the Senshi and Kagome and Inuyasha were having a meeting and Marik was eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Ok we don't know enough to try and figure out who this man is, and if he is a detachment from Naraku" Ami said. "Yeah who ever is it is either smart enough to stay hidden from us or he is a coward" Makoto said. Kagome was listening on the conversation, but her thoughts were elsewhere because since yesterday she had been sensing something odd about Marik, but these strange reading she's been getting from him have been on and off. She didn't think he could be a demon, but she thought she better keep an eye on him just in case.
"Where are Haruka, Hotaru and Michiru" Usagi asked. "Oh Haruka promised Hotaru that she would take her out for a fun day together so Haruka took Hotaru to a baseball game" Setsuna said. "I thought Hotaru wasn't interested in such a thing" Rei asked. "That's what I asked her and she told me that Haruka won the tickets on accident when she was playing a crane game at the arcade. Since they were free she decided to use them" Setsuna said. "Ok well anyway dose anyone have any ideas who this guy is" Usagi asked again. "Gee Usagi someone already asked that question already" Rei injected. "Hey I thought someone would come up with an idea who this guy is ok. It like I see you doing anything helpful to try and figure out who this guy is" Usagi replied.
"Hey at least I am not asking the same damn question over and over again like an idiot" Rei said as she started yelling at Usagi. "What did you call me" Usagi asked as Rei and Usagi were getting into another argument with one another.
While they continued to argue Marik was on the verge of laughing because for him their auguring was the highlight of his day for him. He didn't understand how those two are still able to work together it was beyond him. Either way he continued his job of sweeping the leaves as the battle of words between Usagi and Rei continued.
Meanwhile at the baseball field Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru were sort of enjoying the game as game was about to reach half time. Hotaru didn't care much for physical sports but the good thing about this trip was that the food here was good as she ate a hot dog. They all continued to watch the game, but it was starting to get boring because a lot of the players seemed they were wasted and it wasn't even half time yet. However they noticed that the players were the only ones who seemed tired because they noticed a lot of people were tried too. Haruka and Michiru were feeling like they were glowing weaker with every passing moment.
The two thought something was wrong so they got up and they turned to Hotaru and said "Hotaru we think there might be something wrong here so do you want to come with us?" "Anything is better than watching this game" Hotaru said as she got up from her chair and went with the two women. They walked down into the hallways under the stadium as the three were sensing an evil presence down there as they went deeper into the facility. They finally came to an office at the end of the hall where the evil aura was at its strongest here. The door had a window on it so Haruka looked inside and found a man dressed like a business man was gathering energy into a sphere of mist.
"Hotaru you better call the others" Haruka said as she and Michiru transformed into Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Hotaru called Usagi on her new communicator the others gave her. Usagi heard the sound of her communicator so she answered it. "Hi Hotaru what is it" Usagi asked. "We got trouble down at the Baseball field. We think it might be a demon. But we know who ever it is this thing is stealing energy from everyone at the baseball park" Hotaru told Usagi. "Don't worry Hotaru we'll be there" Usagi said as Hotaru ended her transmission. "Guys we got trouble at the baseball park" Usagi told everyone. "Lets go then" Rei said. Marik heard everything as he mentally contacted Sempu and said "Sempu your plan to gather energy has been compromised. Abort the mission now and take what energy you have. Hurry because the other scouts on their way." "Yes Marik" Sempu replied.
Back at the Baseball Park Hotaru transformed into Sailor Saturn and she was ready with her silence glaive. Once they were ready they broke the door down. The man in the business suit turned around as at that moment Sempu appeared. "Give me the energy sphere" Sempu ordered the demon. The demon handed the sphere over to Sempu. "Who the hell are you" Haruka demanded. "My name is none of your concern, but I would be more worried about the demon right here. Kill them demon lizard" Sempu said as he vanished.
The business man transformed into his true form as his arms stretched out longer to attack the girls with it long grasping arms. The three evaded the arms as Haruka used her space sword to cut off an arm as it passed her. The creature didn't cry out in pain as it just simply grew a new arm in the place of the one it lost. Michiru attacked the creature with a water attack but the lizard creature opened its mouth and a powerful spray of acid came shooting out. It was strong enough to push back the water attack as Michiru just barely got out of the way in time as the acid hit the wall behind her and it melted a huge hole in the wall. Hotaru was just about to cut its head off from behind, but the monster turned around quickly as one of its arms grabbed her and threw her into a file cabinet. Haruka was attacked by a long arm as she was punched in the face. Hotaru was getting up as she had one hand on her back as she noticed the dent she made when she crashed into the file cabinet. Haruka used her space sword to cut the monster in half while the lizard demon was distracted by Hotaru. The creature fell on the ground as Haruka and Michiru were glad it was over. Suddenly the two half's of the monster's body got up and from its sides the monster regenerated only now there was two of them.
"Oh shit" Haruka said as Hotaru attacked both monsters from behind beheading them. Moments later from their necks spouted three more heads and the severed head grew into another lizard monster. "You have got to be fucking kidding me" Hotaru said. "Watch you mouth Hotaru" Michiru said. "How do we kill this thing if it keeps regenerating" Hotaru said. The four demons were walking towards them as the scouts were out of options and they didn't know how to kill them.
Hotaru got her communicator out as she called the others and said "so where is that back-up?" Hotaru said as she, Haruka and Michiru were ready to fight back against the demon before them who was much tougher than they thought.
A/N: large battle next chapter.
A wolf in sheep's clothing
Marik walked home and he later reached his house after the sun went down. He and his fellow demons had taken up residence at the mansion Queen Beryl's henchman Nephrite used as his base of operations. Since Nephrite was killed he and his demon guardians have moved in to use as their home. Even though Naraku left his son with one of the ships from the dark moon, but he only planned on using it when he need to. He entered the house and changed his clothing from his Shinto clothing to a pair karate training clothes. He entered a windowless room as there were stone pillars set up for him. He ran to the nearest one and smashed in two with a powerful flying kick. He made short work of the other one as he pulverized it with a karate chop to its side.
The last of the stone targets transformed themselves into walking golems as they moved to attack Marik. Marik jumped over the first one and kicked the one behind in the head destroying it and then he punched the one next to it in the chest causing it to slather into pieces He then quickly destroyed the last one by chopping it in half with a powerful karate chop right on the head. He walked over to a wall and pulled out a sword from the weapons cabinet.
He pulled out a Katana that had a gently curved blade that was about 35 centimeters long. Its hand guard was black and the hilt is tightly bounded with a black silk and the hand was three centimeters longer than normal Katana's. Its black scabbard was made in the traditional wood hand crafted style. Marik was trained to use other weapons, but out of all them he liked using the Katana as his weapon of choice.
He changed his clothing again. The new clothing he had was that he wore a black uniform were similar to the one Nephrite had. The yellow the uniform had been with replaced red for Marik's uniform and he wore a black cape that fell down to his ankles almost touching the ground. He wore a metal belt around his waist and the cape he wore covered his shoulders leaving only the middle of his body was still seen as the cape covered his arms too.
The cape had a sliver chain just under his neck that held the cape together. The chain went from on one side of his cape to the other holding it together. He attached the sword to his belt as he walked out of the windowless training room and opened a hidden chamber in the library as he walked down a winding stairwell. When he reached the bottom he found Sempu and Samui over looking several pits that were filled with demons that were being forced into merging with one another to create a new creature.
"Master Marik we have completed the first bunch of demons warriors ready to serve you" Sempu said. "Excellent. I you have a plan to gather energy right Sempu" Marik asked. "Yes master I do" Sempu replied. "Then call forth your strongest demon that we have made so far" Marik said as Sempu brought Marik a demon warrior that was seven feet tall and it was a lizard humanoid looking creature with centipede looking arms wearing only paints. Sempu and the others used a red hot piece of metal to burn into its back the mark of the spider. "My friend you are a new breed of demon I have created. You are perfected in most ways possible. Whom do you serve" Marik asked the creature. "Marik" the monster replied. "If you severe me well I shall reward you, fail me and you will suffer. Also never speak of my name outside of this place or I will kill you. Now go with Sempu and he will give you your assignment" Marik said as Sempu and the lizard monster vanished.
Marik was watching the pits below him as he saw only the strongest demons were the only ones that were surviving, but the weakest of the demons were killed as their bodies were absorbed by the victors. "Usagi and her friends will never figure out that the new Shinto priest working at the shrine is really me" Marik thought as he continued to watch the demons kill each other. Then he walked into a private chamber that had a large crystal. While something was inside of it pulsing with dark energy as something inside was growing.
Meanwhile at the baseball park Sempu and the lizard demon appeared in the center of the field. Sempu cast a spell over the whole area as an energy absorption spell was cast on the whole area. "I am leaving you in charge here, make sure we get lots of energy from those who play on this field and from those who cheer for them understood" Sempu said. "Understood master" the demon replied as it assumed the form of a man in a business suit. Sempu vanished as the demon walked into the office to carry out his master's plan.
The next day the others met at the Shrine to discuss about the Naraku want-a-be and they were trying to piece together all they knew about him so far. So far they had no good ideas who this man might be. No one knew that Marik was sweeping the leaves outside of the room where the Senshi and Kagome and Inuyasha were having a meeting and Marik was eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Ok we don't know enough to try and figure out who this man is, and if he is a detachment from Naraku" Ami said. "Yeah who ever is it is either smart enough to stay hidden from us or he is a coward" Makoto said. Kagome was listening on the conversation, but her thoughts were elsewhere because since yesterday she had been sensing something odd about Marik, but these strange reading she's been getting from him have been on and off. She didn't think he could be a demon, but she thought she better keep an eye on him just in case.
"Where are Haruka, Hotaru and Michiru" Usagi asked. "Oh Haruka promised Hotaru that she would take her out for a fun day together so Haruka took Hotaru to a baseball game" Setsuna said. "I thought Hotaru wasn't interested in such a thing" Rei asked. "That's what I asked her and she told me that Haruka won the tickets on accident when she was playing a crane game at the arcade. Since they were free she decided to use them" Setsuna said. "Ok well anyway dose anyone have any ideas who this guy is" Usagi asked again. "Gee Usagi someone already asked that question already" Rei injected. "Hey I thought someone would come up with an idea who this guy is ok. It like I see you doing anything helpful to try and figure out who this guy is" Usagi replied.
"Hey at least I am not asking the same damn question over and over again like an idiot" Rei said as she started yelling at Usagi. "What did you call me" Usagi asked as Rei and Usagi were getting into another argument with one another.
While they continued to argue Marik was on the verge of laughing because for him their auguring was the highlight of his day for him. He didn't understand how those two are still able to work together it was beyond him. Either way he continued his job of sweeping the leaves as the battle of words between Usagi and Rei continued.
Meanwhile at the baseball field Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru were sort of enjoying the game as game was about to reach half time. Hotaru didn't care much for physical sports but the good thing about this trip was that the food here was good as she ate a hot dog. They all continued to watch the game, but it was starting to get boring because a lot of the players seemed they were wasted and it wasn't even half time yet. However they noticed that the players were the only ones who seemed tired because they noticed a lot of people were tried too. Haruka and Michiru were feeling like they were glowing weaker with every passing moment.
The two thought something was wrong so they got up and they turned to Hotaru and said "Hotaru we think there might be something wrong here so do you want to come with us?" "Anything is better than watching this game" Hotaru said as she got up from her chair and went with the two women. They walked down into the hallways under the stadium as the three were sensing an evil presence down there as they went deeper into the facility. They finally came to an office at the end of the hall where the evil aura was at its strongest here. The door had a window on it so Haruka looked inside and found a man dressed like a business man was gathering energy into a sphere of mist.
"Hotaru you better call the others" Haruka said as she and Michiru transformed into Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Hotaru called Usagi on her new communicator the others gave her. Usagi heard the sound of her communicator so she answered it. "Hi Hotaru what is it" Usagi asked. "We got trouble down at the Baseball field. We think it might be a demon. But we know who ever it is this thing is stealing energy from everyone at the baseball park" Hotaru told Usagi. "Don't worry Hotaru we'll be there" Usagi said as Hotaru ended her transmission. "Guys we got trouble at the baseball park" Usagi told everyone. "Lets go then" Rei said. Marik heard everything as he mentally contacted Sempu and said "Sempu your plan to gather energy has been compromised. Abort the mission now and take what energy you have. Hurry because the other scouts on their way." "Yes Marik" Sempu replied.
Back at the Baseball Park Hotaru transformed into Sailor Saturn and she was ready with her silence glaive. Once they were ready they broke the door down. The man in the business suit turned around as at that moment Sempu appeared. "Give me the energy sphere" Sempu ordered the demon. The demon handed the sphere over to Sempu. "Who the hell are you" Haruka demanded. "My name is none of your concern, but I would be more worried about the demon right here. Kill them demon lizard" Sempu said as he vanished.
The business man transformed into his true form as his arms stretched out longer to attack the girls with it long grasping arms. The three evaded the arms as Haruka used her space sword to cut off an arm as it passed her. The creature didn't cry out in pain as it just simply grew a new arm in the place of the one it lost. Michiru attacked the creature with a water attack but the lizard creature opened its mouth and a powerful spray of acid came shooting out. It was strong enough to push back the water attack as Michiru just barely got out of the way in time as the acid hit the wall behind her and it melted a huge hole in the wall. Hotaru was just about to cut its head off from behind, but the monster turned around quickly as one of its arms grabbed her and threw her into a file cabinet. Haruka was attacked by a long arm as she was punched in the face. Hotaru was getting up as she had one hand on her back as she noticed the dent she made when she crashed into the file cabinet. Haruka used her space sword to cut the monster in half while the lizard demon was distracted by Hotaru. The creature fell on the ground as Haruka and Michiru were glad it was over. Suddenly the two half's of the monster's body got up and from its sides the monster regenerated only now there was two of them.
"Oh shit" Haruka said as Hotaru attacked both monsters from behind beheading them. Moments later from their necks spouted three more heads and the severed head grew into another lizard monster. "You have got to be fucking kidding me" Hotaru said. "Watch you mouth Hotaru" Michiru said. "How do we kill this thing if it keeps regenerating" Hotaru said. The four demons were walking towards them as the scouts were out of options and they didn't know how to kill them.
Hotaru got her communicator out as she called the others and said "so where is that back-up?" Hotaru said as she, Haruka and Michiru were ready to fight back against the demon before them who was much tougher than they thought.
A/N: large battle next chapter.
