Chapter 31: The Senshi's Last Stand
"Let's drag this fight out, ok girls?" Sailor Moon shouted as they all rushed in, ready fight. Serena carried Darien's sword with her, and she slashed at the nearest demon, which leapt back and threw black energy spheres at her. She ducked and brought the sword up just in time to block the demon's claw from entering her face.
"Die you bitch!" Lita shouted as she swung two of Seifer's katanas at her Yoma, which clawed at the blades and blocked them. She then cut down at the demons head, and it grabbed the blades in it's palms, and Lita couldn't move the swords. "You don't listen to well, do you?"
Sailor Venus shot a barrage of Beam Smashes at the Shadow Yoma she was fighting, and it kept on dodging them. "Hold still, Damn it!" she yelled as she continued to attack.
Sailor Mars summoned a sword of fire and was attempting to behead her opponent when it slashed her across the arm and she fell down, and rolled away just as the other claw struck the ground where her head had been two seconds earlier. "Jesus, don't want to get hit by you again." she said as she regained her footing.
Sailor Mercury wielded both of Koaru's katanas and was fighting the Yoma that had attacked her with rage. She had yet to hit it, but it wasn't in any rush to get too close to her. "This is for Koaru, you devil!" she cried as she continued to slash at the demon.
Over at the pile of dead soldiers, the last Shadow Yoma had wandered over to have a little snack on the remains of a human. As it looked through the bodies, it noticed that one of them had a tattoo, which was glowing. It made the mistake of getting to close to the tattoo. The Shadow Scar erupted with energy, and the Yoma was suddenly sliced in half. Koaru got to his feet and dropped the sword he had grabbed. "Man, now that was a nap...but why does my head hurt?" he then noticed the Scouts fighting the Yoma, which were starting to push them back. Koaru looked around and saw a glave lying near him, which he grabbed and ran to help the Scouts. However, he was no help to them...in a way, he would have been better off staying dead.
Serena had finally managed to hit the Yoma that was trying to kill her, but she had paid for it. In order to cut off the demons arm, she had opened herself to a direct hit to the chest, and now the demon slashed her, and she fell backwards, Darien's sword dropping to the ground, and blood gushing from her injury. She got back to her knees, and watched as the Yoma re-attached its arm to its body. "You have got to be kidding me!" Sailor Moon cried in irritation as the demon rushed her again.
Of all the Scouts, the first to fall was Raye. She swung her flaming blade at the demons head, and it leapt up, then vanished. Sailor Mars looked around, trying to see where it went, then she felt its claw strike her back, enter it, then burst through her chest. Raye looked down and saw the five claws sticking out of her chest, dripping with her blood, then heard its breath as it bit her neck. At this moment, Princess Mars' spirit moved to the next plain, and her body dropped to the ground.
Lita fell next, her demon grabbing the blades of her swords, turning the edges to face her, then with incredible force, pushing the blades down into her neck. Princess Jupiter collapsed to the ground, slain by her own weapons.
Mina leapt back, jumped up, and kicked off of the Palace wall, soaring straight above her enemy, then let out a barrage of Beam Smashes at the Yoma, which dodged each one, then vanished from sight. The next thing Sailor Venus knew, the demon was right on top of her, and it kicked her straight down to the ground. Mina readied herself to land on her hands and knees, only to have the Yoma appear below her, holding two spears. Princess Venus had both spears impale her through her chest and neck, killing her instantly. The Shadow Yoma placed the spears on the ground, leaving Mina suspended on them.
Serena continued to fight, Darien's sword growing heavier and heavier, she couldn't swing it anymore. So she threw it at the Yoma, which caught it, and rushed in. Princess Serenity was struck through the heart with her lover's sword, and she died with tears of regret and peace in her eyes.
Sailor Mercury continued to fight, knowing that she was now the last one fighting. As she fought, she saw that the other four Yoma were coming to kill her, when she saw Koaru, alive and well, rush them with a glave, and stopping them from attacking her. She didn't bother to try and think of how he was alive, but kept focused on fighting.
Koaru thrust the glave through the first demons head, and it vanished in a flash of black fire. The other three leapt back, then attacked in formation. Koaru ducked down under the first one, placed the blade head into the ground, then climbed upside-down up the glave shaft. He then flipped forward, swinging the blade through the Yoma that made the mistake to get behind him. It vanished like the first, and the last two leapt above Koaru, ready to strike him down. Koaru simply placed the glave over his shoulders, then leapt up to them, spinning like a top. The blade sliced through both demons heads, and the pair vanished in a flash of fire. Koaru then turned to help Amy with her Yoma, and soon regretted doing so.
Amy had lost one of the katanas, and was now fighting even harder, both hands wielding the sword she held. She noticed that Koaru had defeated the four demons, then her own Yoma struck her in the chest, and she fell to the ground, her enemy standing above her.
Koaru ran to Amy, but knew that he wasn't fast enough. He therefore swung his glave around and threw it at the Yoma, blade first.
Amy saw the glave fly at her opponents back, and the Yoma saw it reflected in her eyes. It grabbed Amy by the throat, then swung her around and held her in front of it, in the path of the glave. Princess Mercury saw the glave fly at her, Koaru's shocked look, then felt the blade strike through her, pierce her back, and felt the Yoma behind her vanish in fire. She then fell to the ground, the weapon sticking through her chest, and Koaru rushed to her.
"Amy, hold on." he said as he pulled the weapon out of her. He then charged energy into his hands, ready to heal her wound. When he turned to do so, her eyes were closed, and she no longer breathing. Koaru felt the tears flow down his face, and guilt burn in his heart. "Amy... Amy. NNOOOOOOOO!" he cried as he blasted a sphere of energy at the Palace wall, shattering it into a thousand pieces. Queen Serenity approached him, and he hung his head. She sat next to him, and put her hands on his shoulders. Koaru pulled away, then looked at her. "Why? Why did they all die, yet I am alive? Again! I should be dead! Not them!" Queen Serenity looked into his eyes, then touched the Shadow Scar.
"You have the heart of an avenger," she said, "and when King Soul placed this curse on you, you only wanted to kill him. The Scar resurrects you each time you die, as long as it is attached to your body. It will not fade till you have achieved your goal that was set in your heart when it was placed on you." Koaru thought a moment, "So, I will continue to come back to life, until I have completely wiped out the Negaverse." Queen Serenity nodded her head. Koaru got to his feet. "How much longer do you need?" Serenity thought a moment, "About ten minutes." Koaru nodded his head again. "You got them."
