Chapter 23

Goodbye to family and hello to your foes

Naraku sat on his throne inside the palace. He ringed a small gold hand bell that he held up. Moments later all of Naraku's minions were gathered before him expect for his son Marik. Goshinki, Iron Mouse, Hakudoshi, and everyone including the Shichinin Tai were present.

Naraku rose from his throne and addressed his minions by saying "My servants soon time will come when Sailor Moon and her friends along with Inuyasha and their allies will attempt to invade the palace. When they arrive I want all of you to pick your targets and destroy them...do I make myself perfectly clear?"

"Yes master Naraku." Goshinki replied as everyone else simply nodded their heads.

"Whoever beings me the head of Sailor Moon or Inuyasha will be greatly rewarded. Now go and prepare yourselves for their arrival." Naraku commanded as his minions turned and they left the room. Once they were gone an evil smile appeared on his face as the demon thought "While you deal with the Sailor Senshi I will prepare a surprise for Sesshomaru."

Back on earth the poison cloud of Miasma that engulfed the planet grew more deadly as trees, crops and small animals all over the earth began to die. Time was running out for the planet.

Back at the Shrine Sesshomaru was waiting there with Rin, Jaken and Inuyasha. The four were awaiting the return of Rei and the others to return from saying good bye to their love ones. Inuyasha had no idea where Usagi had gone to, but Kagome had gone to her home to see her mother, grandpa and her brother.

Luna and Artemis had gone with Miroku, Sango and Chibi-usa to prepare the ship and meet someone according to what Chibi-usa had said. Koga was sitting in the trees near by waiting for everyone to return.

"When we head up to the moon do you think Naraku will be expecting you and everyone else lord Sesshomaru?" Jaken asked the lord of the western lands.

"I am sure he is...his recent attacks were only to provoke us so we would go to the moon to confront him. He wants us to fight him on his own ground where he will have the advantage." Sesshomaru replied coldly.

"I can also bet you that he will have some kind of traps ready for us." Inuyasha said as he overheard the conversation.

"Most likely...but if we proceed carefully we can overcome them. The only difficult part will be defeating Naraku himself." Sesshomaru said as he agreed with Inuyasha.

"Hell when I see Naraku I am going to rip him apart." Koga said as he cracked his knuckles.

"Lets not get cocky...Naraku is a lot stronger than he was last time so we really need to watch it. We don't know what kind of new power Naraku has at his disposal." Inuyasha warned.

Koga didn't say anything as the group remained silent. Meanwhile Luna and Artemis were brought aboard the ship Chibi-usa used to bring Koga and the others into the present. Miroku turned and look down at Luna and said "Luna I would like to introduce you and Artemis to Diana."

"Diana?" Artemis and Luna said in unison as a small grey female cat walked out from a corner and approached the two cats.

"Hello Luna and Artemis." Dania said with a smile on her face.

"Hello Dania, so if you don't' mind us asking who child are you?" Luna asked.

"Why...yours and Artemis's child...mother." Dania replied as the two cats looked like they were about to have a heart attack.

Later that afternoon Minako, Makoto, Ami, Rei, Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, Koga, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, Kagome, Jaken, Rin, Chibi-Chibi and Mouryoumaru was all waiting at the shrine for Usagi to arrive, so they could join everyone else on the ship before heading to the moon.

"So? Did you guys see your families?" Koga asked the Sailor Soldiers.

"It went as we expected it to be, but our parents were shocked to learn that we are the Sailor Senshi. My mom freaked when I told her, but she understands that we have to go to the moon to stop Naraku from killing all life on our world." Minako said with a faint smile and a tear falling from her eye.

"My mom reacted in the same way too." Ami said to the group.

"My Grandpa almost died from a heart attack when I told him." Rei stepped in saying.

"I guess all of our loved ones had similar reactions then." Haruka said with a smile.

"Well mines didn't really any have since Naraku killed both of my parents a long time ago so he could raise me himself." Hotaru said with an angered expression on her face.

"The only loved ones I have are right here and I will do what I can to protect them." Setsuna said as she looked at everyone with a smile.

"Thank you Setsuna." Michiru replied.

"Well we are here, but where is Usagi." Kagome asked the group.

"I am right here everyone." Usagi said as she appeared standing at the top of the stairs at the entrance of the shrine. Usagi was at her parent's house to mourn for their lost. "Everyone I am ready to go to the moon and finish Naraku once and for all." Usagi said while her eyes were burning with fierce determination.

"Now you are talking, but where are those other four Sailor girls?" Koga asked.

"We are here." Princess Kakyuu said as she appeared right behind Usagi with the Sailor Star Lights.

"We are ready to leave." Seiya said as he and his friends joined the others.

"Then let us leave at once." Sesshomaru said as he noticed that Usagi was nodding her head to agree with him.

"Let's go gang." Usagi said as she and the others were all teleported up to Chibi-usa's ship. Meanwhile Naraku was watching the group leave with a wide grin on his face while thinking "It will soon begin."

A/N: sorry for the long update, but its up.