And after a good bit, we're back!

Nothing much to say, though this chapter HAS been ready for the last few days... Legends Arceus kept me distracted a lot... I STILL haven't finished the Pokedex either... at least I have almost every legend, with next on the list being... *sigh* the Forces of Nature... joy.

Wish me luck with those four.


"Is this REALLY necessary?" Nephrite asked, sounding a bit annoyed. The reason? He was currently being asked to fill in a number of questions, all of which were basically building up a background for himself. Apparently it was so the so-called 'Clan' that Blade, or rather, Kensuke, belonged to could forge an identity for him. Apparently because in this day and age a 'paper trail' was very much needed for someone living amongst human society.

"It is. We need as many details as we can, that way when they make your identification, there's a full believable story ready," Naru said, having been helping him fill out the questions. "Just be glad Kensuke's family was willing to help with this. I don't even want to think how hard it'd have been otherwise," she sighed.

"Right…" Nephrite sighed as he continued filling in questions, before idly looking around the apartment. He had to admit…he was surprised to find out that the Scouts and even one of the Kamen Riders were actually people around Naru. That and now that he saw the Scouts save one clearly…he honestly didn't know what to say about the fact he never noticed earlier. Must have been some high grade glamor magic.

In the living room, Sailor Moon, or rather Usagi, was playing a video game with her brother, with Sailors Mars, Rei, occasionally glancing up from the book she was reading towards the television, as Sailor Mercury, Ami, was studying quietly further down the couch, her own eyes completely glued to the book she held.

And off in the kitchen, Kensuke and Makoto, their newest member in the form of Sailor Jupiter, were cooking a meal for the group together, passing off duties between each other surprisingly seamlessly, while the Mauan, Luna, sat on a chair patiently, overlooking the room.

"Its honestly hard to believe the Sailor Scouts and the Kamen Rider that have been such thorns in the Dark Kingdom's side were so…" he paused to find the right word for it.

"Ordinary?" Luna supplied, having heard him talking. The Mauan had a rather amused expression on her face when she said that.

"...I suppose that would be apt, yes," Nephrite sighed.

"Don't worry, I was surprised too," Naru chuckled a bit.

"I can imagine it would be surprising," Nephrite chuckled a bit before he continued…and paused when the next question was on his age.

"What is it?" Naru asked, before looking at the page… and blinking "Um… how old ARE you actually?"

Nephrite actually had to think about the answer to that "I… don't remember… several millennia possibly."

"Maybe don't write that down." Kensuke called from the kitchen jokingly "Nobody would believe it for starters. As for an actual age, try not to go TOO old. Naru may be over the age she can date whoever she wants, but I think you'd still get weird looks if you put down something too high."

"I see… something within a reasonable range then," he said, before looking at Naru "What IS your age exactly, Naru?"

"14 years old." she answered "I guess what Kensuke means is don't put something that's at least 10 years above that."

He nodded, considering that, before he decided to put down 21 for his age, Naru looking at it and nodding after a moment "Yeah, you do look to be in that range."

"Good to know this works," Nephrite chuckled a bit as he continued on with the questions.

As he continued to fill out the questions, his thoughts were interrupted when there was a surprised shout, as the television had changed when one of the siblings accidentally pressed a button on the remote.

"Whoops, good thing I managed to hit pause," Usagi sighed.

"Yeah, would have been pretty bad if you didn't manage to," Shingo chuckled, picking up the remote to change it back but…

"Hold on, I think we might want to hear this," Ami said, as she'd listened enough to know that the topic was, in a way, about them and the current situation.

THAT got everyone's attention, as everyone soon got into the living room and were now focused on the television. It was a new report…and one that was covering the recent incidents.

"...the number of incidents related to the strange creatures that have been appearing, as well as the mysterious vigilantes that have been combating the threat have reached worrying levels," the news reporter said. "What do you have to say, Chief Inspector?" the reporter asked, before holding the microphone towards the person in question.

"In light of the events, the Police force can only offer its deepest apology to the public," the Chief Inspector sighed. "However, while full details cannot be disclosed, I am allowed to say that we will do everything in our power to counter these strange creatures, and as of recently we've formulated a countermeasure we believe will be effective."

That caught Nephrite's interest. "They say that they've formulated a countermeasure against the Youma?" he mused. "That seems rather unlikely, but then…humans have changed quite a bit over the years," he commented.

"Yeah, well, considering they PROBABLY found Jadeite's smear after he got run over by his own trap?" Kensuke said, the girls who'd seen it happen looking squeamish at the reminder "They were probably able to get some good information from his remains."

"If that's the case then they may well create something that could counter the average Youma. Jadeite may have been the weakest of the Four Generals, but he wasn't a General for nothing," Nephrite said with a thoughtful look.

"That's both hopeful and a little worrying," Kensuke frowned.

"What do you mean?" Naru asked.

"I'm just worried that if the police can make something to counter Youma, then there's the chance of the Dark Kingdom possibly escalating things in response," Kensuke clarified.

"That…would be bad," Makoto gulped a bit.

"Let's hope that it doesn't come to that," Luna frowned…before a thought crossed her mind. "Speaking of that, I just realized something…wasn't something important supposed to be happening soon?"

The girls paused at that, before Ami cleared her throat, holding up her book "Midterms." she said simply with a smile.

"Oh… right. Forgot about that." Usagi said, already dreading it.

"Joy." Makoto said with a sigh of mock despair. She knew there was no avoiding it after all, even if she'd rather not "Well, let's at least eat first." She said, the meal she'd been cooking with Kensuke almost finished by now.

"I bet the police don't have to deal with midterm exams." Usagi muttered, looking back at the TV.


Meanwhile…

"Kinda miss the days when school was the worst of my worries…" a voice groaned. The voice belonged to a woman in her mid 20s, her left hand ruffling up her short brown hair while her right hand continued to type away at the keyboard, a myriad of data coming up on the screen before her, the light reflecting off her glasses as her electric blue eyes darted from side to side to quickly keep up with the information. She was dressed in a lab coat, and in her mouth she had what appeared to be a lollipop…one that just went 'crunch' when she bit down in annoyance when an error popped up. "Tch! Creating this system is easier said than done," she grumbled, before smirking a bit. "But…when its complete, I think those Youma will be in for a NASTY surprise," she said.

Looking away from the screen for a bit, she turned to look at a trail of wires that were going from the computers she was working on and connecting to something on what looked almost like an operating table. That something revealed to be a suit of armor. It was primarily silver in color, with a rather simple design all things considered. Still it looked sturdy, and definitely had a heroic air to it somehow. In short, it seemed like something that in the right hands could be used to save many lives.

"The frame and weapons work, but the system still needs fine tuning. Not much good saving other lives if this ends up killing the user," she frowned. Her musings were cut short when there was a knock on the door to the room she was in. "Come in," she said without taking her eyes off the screen.

"I got the files you wanted, Dr. Karakuri," a voice said as the door opened revealing the steel haired officer that Kensuke and Kelch had spoken to a few weeks ago, coming in carrying a thick folder under his arm, going up to her to put them on the desk "That should be everything."

"Pretty much. Thank you, Officer Takayuki," Karakuri smiled a bit as she picked up the folder. "However, it'll still be some time before we can roll out the Victory 1 system."

Officer Takayuki nodded, before looking at the armor "So… you're sure you want ME to be the one to use it?" he asked her.

She stopped working at that, turning to him "Speaking outside of work… how long have we known each other…Shin?" she asked, suddenly using his first name.

He frowned a bit at the question "Miss Aki.." he started, before sighing at the annoyed look she gave "Aki… at least since high school."

"And that's why I can honestly say that you're a good match for the system. You're dedicated, loyal, and more importantly, you got a good head on your shoulders," Aki said as she resumed her work.

"What does the last one have to do with this?" Shin asked.

"I can trust you not to let some misplaced pride, ego, or even jealousy lead to you shooting at the people trying to help," she said bluntly.

He was taken aback at that. "The others would never…!" he started, trying to defend his fellow officers, but Aki cut him off.

"You sure about that? You sure you can vouch that ALL of our officers wouldn't possibly do that, given the right incentive be it real or imaginary?" Aki pressed.

The silence she got was all the answer she needed. "Besides, it's not like I'm giving it to you without reason. You scored one of if not the highest in the simulations, remember? Not to mention you're well liked among most other officers, and civilians you interact with always stay calm in your presence. Have some confidence. You were practically made for this!"

He looked bashful at the sudden praise, turning his head away "Well… if you say so then." he eventually said with a sigh, looking back at the armor "How much longer do you think you need before you'll finish it?"

"Well, it shouldn't be TOO long. That blood sample we got at the airport a couple of months ago was helpful for tuning the weapons system up to a degree it can hurt beings that have that kind of energy running through them." Aki said, rolling the lollipop stick around in her mouth a bit before spitting it out at a trash can, completely empty now. "What's giving me a hard time is getting the life support right. We may not be exploring some alien planet, but we're still dealing with hostile life forms. I've gotta make sure something doesn't go wrong for everyone's sakes," she frowned.

Shin gulped a bit at that. "Yes, as much as I'm willing to lay down my life to serve and protect…I do actually want to live," he said, to which Aki shot him a thumbs up.


One week later…

The school was abuzz as the students were gathered, all of them looking to see the results of their Midterms. Several of them were pleased, many were relieved, some were groaning at their results, and more than a few were looking like their souls had just vacated their bodies.

Thankfully for Usagi, she was in the second camp. "At least its an improvement…" she sighed, seeing that she'd ranked 150. Not the best score around, but compared to how she used to score…it was a massive improvement.

"You're telling me." Makoto sighed next to her, pointing out her own standing at 148 "I guess all that studying helped. Real nice of Kensuke to help me out too." she said, missing the deadpan look Usagi shot her.

"Speaking of grades, wonder how Ami did," Usagi mused, looking for her friend's name…and went straight for the top because where else would her name be?

"Probably first place considering how hard she studies," Makoto snorted, following the numbers…and blinked when she and Usagi saw Ami's name…in second place.

"Wow…someone actually beat Ami," Usagi said, having rubbed her eyes to make sure she hadn't been seeing things.

"I know they say there's always someone better, but I legit didn't think that applied to Ami in this school," Makoto couldn't help but say.

Right as she said that they noticed Ami walking by, the blue haired girl seemingly not particularly worried about the score.

"Oh, hey Ami!" Usagi called out to her, going up to her friend "Kinda surprising someone got a higher score than you for once."

"Yes, I suppose I should have studied a bit more to get that one missing point." Ami said with a regretful sigh, missing the look Usagi gave her at that.

"Though speaking of perfect score, the person who got first place…if I'm not wrong he's in your class, right?" Makoto asked, pointing at the name that got first place, one 'Ryo Urawa'.

"That's right, he just transferred into our class recently," Ami nodded.

"Wait, he transferred recently and he already got a perfect score?" Usagi blinked in surprise…and gained a slightly suspicious look.

Ami saw the look and sweat dropped a bit. "I know what that looks like, but I assure you he wouldn't do anything like that," she smiled. "After all, he saved my life this morning."

"Wait, what?!" both of them gasped in alarm.

Ami quickly calmed them down as people were starting to stare, and quickly explained what happened. About how earlier this morning she'd been walking to school when Urawa had called her and started a small conversation seemingly out of nowhere. The conversation was a bit awkward in her opinion, but that conversation had actually saved her from being crushed by a construction beam that had slipped and fallen, crushing a vehicle before slamming into the ground…which she'd have been had Urawa not stopped her to talk.

"For some reason I want to find a way to punch Death now." Usagi said.

"Worst part is, somehow that sounds like it could be in the realm of possibility for us." Makoto added with a sweatdrop "Still, it's pretty lucky he started talking to you when he did."

"It was almost as if he knew that would happen," Ami mused, before looking to the side…and noticed the boy with dark brown hair. "Ah, Urawa!" she said with a smile, causing him to turn and look at her.

"Oh, Mizuno…" he said in surprise, before blushing a bit and suddenly running off.

"Huh, he must have been in a hurry," Ami blinked, completely not noticing the dry looks Usagi and Makoto were giving her.


A short while later, it was lunch break and the students were enjoying their breaks in their own ways. Among them was Urawa, though rather than enjoying in the usual way, he was on the roof of the school, leaning against the metal net as he was looking at what appeared to be a newspaper clipping revealing to have an image of Ami when she ranked number 1 during the nationals, his mind going to how they first met. He was so focused on the image that he never noticed someone else coming close to him.

"So you DO like Ami," came Usagi's voice, causing Urawa to jump to the side, gasping in complete surprise.

"Don't do that!" he gasped, looking like that shaved off some time off his life.

"Whoops, sorry about that," Usagi chuckled. "Still, that clip, not to mention you saving her this morning, how long have you liked her like that?"

Urawa blushed a bit, but shook his head. "I-its nothing like that. I just really admire her. That's why I started studying hard like she does…"

"If that's the case, then you did it TOO well," Usagi chuckled a bit.

"It's nothing like that. I just happened to study the right things for the midterms. Mizuno works far harder than I've ever done," Urawa said. "Besides, no matter how much I care for her…" he said, Usagi looking at him curiously, before he shook his head "No, it's nothing."

Usagi hummed at that, looking thoughtful a bit, before smiling "Alright then, guess I'll just have to give you a hand."

"Wait, what?" Urawa blinked as Usagi was moving away.

"Don't worry, you can leave it to me," Usagi said cheerfully.

"Ah! Tsukino!" Urawa suddenly said, causing her to stop. "Be careful around water today," he said.

"Huh?" was the only thing Usagi could say…right before one of the janitors picked now to clean the roof and tossed a bucket of water without looking…and ended up dousing Usagi in the process.

"Ah shoot…I was too late…" Urawa groaned while Usagi was left wondering what the heck just happened…that and resisting the urge to read the riot act to the apologetic janitor.


Several hours later saw the day ending as the night life was beginning for many people. Among the people were Kensuke and Mamoru who were just hanging out together. "Come to think of it, its been quite some time since we just hung out, huh?" Kensuke mused as the two walked.

"Considering how crazy our lives have been lately, no surprise there," Mamoru chuckled a bit.

"Fair enough," Kensuke snorted. "Speaking of that, any progress with your memories?"

Mamoru frowned a bit at that. "I'm getting a better idea about my past, bit by bit, but I'm still missing a lot of things," he sighed. "At this point I think finding the Silver Crystal is my only option."

"Could be… honestly, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if you were a reincarnation like the Scouts." Kensuke said thoughtfully.

Mamoru paused, considering that "Huh… well, I guess it could explain SOME things." he admitted.

"Either way, we definitely can't let the Dark Kingdom get their grubby hands on the Crystal, or it might be game over for humanity," Kensuke frowned.

"And here we were supposed to just be having fun," Mamoru sweat dropped.

"Ah…right…sorry about that, got a bit carried away there," Kensuke apologized.

"Its fine. Better to be serious about this than too relaxed," Mamoru chuckled a bit. The two of them continued chatting as they walked, so much so that neither of them noticed a familiar shape with a notable hairstyle through the window of a nearby cafe they were walking past.

Inside the cafe, Usagi seemed quite happy as she gave an envelope to Urawa. "Here you go, open it," she said cheerfully.

"What's this?" Urawa blinked.

"You'll see," Usagi said, to which he opened up the envelope, revealing a picture of Ami…who was for some reason about to take a bite of a burger.

"Is…this for me?" Urawa asked a bit awkwardly.

"Yep," Usagi said cheerfully. "Its not the best, but its gotta be better than that newspaper clipping."

"Thanks, I appreciate it…even if it does feel like I'm holding a candid photo," Urawa sweat dropped.

"Yeah…I was trying not to think about that," Usagi said sheepishly, looking away.

As she looked away however, she noticed Luna, who was sitting down next to her, pointing down at her bag, making her glance down at it… to see the Moon Stick was reacting, making her blink in surprise before glancing quickly at Urawa 'You've gotta be kidding right now…'

"Either way, I really appreciate the picture. I'll be sure to treasure it," Urawa said with a small smile.

"Glad to hear that," Usagi said, trying to keep a straight face. Not easy to do when she'd just realized she was potentially sitting in front of a Rainbow Crystal holder. "So…are you going to tell Ami how you feel about her?" Usagi asked, trying to keep up the conversation while Luna discreetly picked up the Moon Stick in her mouth and going under the table, handed it to Usagi's waiting hand. She didn't like doing this so…sneakily…but they'd already considered this possibility so she'd been taught how to extract Rainbow Crystals discreetly.

"Well…" Urawa blushed a bit, looking at the picture. "When I heard I was going to transfer to this school, I told myself I'd try and confess when I scored higher than her," he said, deep in thought and thus unaware as Usagi waved her Moon stick, a small wave of energy going over Urawa who rubbed his eye a bit, feeling a bit sleepy for some reason.

"Then, you can talk to her anytime then," Usagi said, keeping a smile on even if inwardly she was apologizing for taking advantage of his feelings like this.

"Well…I don't know…" Urawa rubbed his eyes a bit, as little did he know a small aura was forming around him, before gathering towards the Moon Stick, and after a moment, the energy materialized into a yellow colored Crystal, which Luna quickly snatched up and stored away in Usagi's bag. That's one less Rainbow Crystal for the Dark Kingdom to obtain.

"Well in that case, would you like me to set up something so you two can meet," Usagi offered, feeling it was the least she could do right now.

"Well…uh…" Urawa blushed, honestly not sure how to answer that.

"Come on, no need to be shy. In fact, I know that Ami will be done with cram school soon, so that's the perfect time," Usagi grinned. "Wait right here," she said as she grabbed her bag and soon ran off, Luna following after.

Once they were outside of the cafe and with a bit of distance, Usagi sighed as she leaned against a wall. "I hope I don't have to do that again too much," she sighed.

"I understand you didn't like using his emotions to keep him distracted like that, but at least we got one of the Rainbow Crystals," Luna reassured.

"That's one thing I guess. Well, I promised I'd help him get to talk with Ami, so I should definitely keep my promise," Usagi said as she made her way to where Ami's current cram school was located.

"Of course. With the crystal secured, he'll be safe now after all." Luna said with a smile as she followed after Usagi. "He also can't be turned into a Youma now."

"Helpful." Usagi said, smiling a bit as they kept walking, until they reached Ami's cram school, apparently just in time too as Ami was stepping out "Heya!"

"Oh? What are you doing here, Usagi?" Ami asked in surprise, not expecting to see her here.

"Well, its a little sudden, but I'd like you to come with me for a bit," Usagi said with a smile.

"Huh?" Ami blinked.


Meanwhile, despite Usagi's request Urawa had opted not to stay at the cafe as he walked through the empty streets. As he did though, he heard an amused chuckle, and immediately turned to the source with a glare, revealing Zoisite sitting on a nearby street light with an amused expression on his face. "I've been waiting for you," he smirked a bit.

"So you're Zoisite!" Urawa growled, immediately tense and on guard.

"What?!" Zoisite said in surprise before quickly landing on the ground. "How do you know my name?" Zoisite glared.

"Ever since I was young, I've been able to see visions of the future. Lately they've become a lot clearer, so I foresaw this meeting," Urawa glared.

"Well then, that makes things simpler," Zoisite chuckled. "If you've foreseen this meeting then you must know why I'm here."

"It's meaningless," Urawa glared.

"What?" Zoisite said in surprise.

"You won't get what you want from me," Urawa said, not losing his glare.

Zoisite tsked in annoyance. "We'll see about that!" he growled, before revealing the Black Crystal, which released waves of energy, but when they hit Urawa, rather than the usual effect, there was a bit of an electric effect that made Urawa recoil a bit, but to Zoisite's surprise, nothing happened.

"Impossible! The Black Crystal clearly sensed you!" Zoisite gasped.

"I guess it did… but I already knew it wasn't going to work. The thing you're after? I don't have it anymore." Urawa said, glaring still at Zoisite.

Zoisite growled at that, before grabbing Urawa's collar, lifting him up "Where is it then?! Where is the Rainbow Crystal?!"

"Not anywhere you're going to find it. Even I don't fully know." Urawa said, and Zoisite was clearly about to do more, before gasping in pain as something struck his hand quickly, making him drop Urawa.

Clenching his hand in pain, he looked to what exactly had struck him, seeing a rose embedded into the wall next to him, the glove on his hand having been torn and leaving a gash on his skin "Tch… always interfering, you damn pests!" he said, knowing full well who had thrown the rose.

"Youma are bad enough, but when I see one of the Dark Kingdom's Generals shaking down a civilian, how could I not interfere," Tuxedo Kamen smirked a bit, standing on one of the nearby walls.

Zoisite glared at Tuxedo Kamen, ready to retort both with words and an attack…if not for his instincts flaring up, and he quickly conjured a blade of ice, just in time to stop the Blay Rouzer from well…probably splitting his head open.

"Damn, was hoping I could catch you by surprise," Blade frowned before reeling back his right hand and was ready to punch Zoisite in the face, had he not quickly used his powers to back off.

"Get out of here, it's not safe!" Tuxedo Kamen said to Urawa, who seemed to remember that yeah, he really shouldn't be standing around here, and quickly nodded before running to look for some cover.

"Now then, that just leaves us and you," Blade chuckled a bit. "So let's make this easy. Hand over the Rainbow Crystal you stole AND the Black Crystal…and we promise we won't rearrange your face."

"Hmph! Don't get ahead of yourselves!" Zoisite glared. "Just because you caught me by surprise don't presume you can just order me around!" he snarled.

"Hard way it is then," Blade said simply.

"So it seems," Tuxedo Kamen frowned. "Well so be it then."

"Hope you're ready Zoisite, cause we're coming for you," Blade said as both of them stood at the ready, but Zoisite scoffed.

"As if I would dirty my hands with you two," Zoisite glared, before snapping his fingers. The moment he did, Blade felt his pendant heat up under his armor.

"Shit, it's an Undead!" Blade warned. Just in time too, as both he and Tuxedo Kamen had just enough time to avoid the tendrils or tentacles that came their way, which had somehow come out of a nearby drainage, before something emerged, revealing the usual creature that looked to be covered in leather, with several jellyfish tentacles coming out of it, its head pale and looking bulbous in shape.

"Which one is this one?" Tuxedo Kamen asked quickly.

"Category 7 of Clubs. Gel Jellyfish," Blade said quickly. "This one can turn into water…and it can use its tentacles to sting us like a normal Jellyfish."

"An electric shock or actual poison?" Tuxedo Kamen asked.

"Pretty sure it's just electric, but that's not much better for us now is it?" Blade said a bit dryly.

Tuxedo Kamen started to nod, before pausing "... wait… Jellyfish are made up of water even more than humans are, yeah?"

Blade paused at that, and then looked at Tuxedo Kamen…and Tuxedo Kamen could have sworn if this was a cartoon, he could somehow see the grin that should have split Blade's helmet open.

"It won't be as easy as you think." Zoisite declared with a smirk "Do you really think we wouldn't be prepared for the fact you have so many varied abilities at your disposal?" he said, before snapping his fingers again, before a portal appeared before him and from it a mass of…stuff…emerged, slapping onto the ground with a wet splat.

The sight was so out of the left field that Blade, Tuxedo Kamen…and even the Jellyfish Undead paused and looked at the muck strangely.

"...okay?" was the only thing the boys could say at the weird sight. That changed the moment the muck started quivering and rose up, taking form.

"What the-?!" both of them gasped, before realising it wasn't quite that the much was taking form… rather something was rising out of it, revealing a creature that looked like it was made out of mold, wearing the usual leather looking pieces that would be at place on an Undead.

"The hell is that thing?!" Blade said in confusion, never having heard about this before.

"Like it? It was Kujaku's idea. A little creation inspired by the Undead. Based on one of the most basic forms of life on the planet… mold. Say hello to the Mold Undead… and its many brothers." Zoisite said, finishing with a grin as another Mold Undead rose up out of the mass while he talked, and a third after he finished, with more looking to be slowly rising up as well.

"You can't be serious!" Blade gasped in actual horror. "You can't have created more Undead!"

"Well, yes and no I suppose. They aren't TRUE Undead." Zoisite said with a shrug, and Blade looked closer at that… and noted the lack of the usual buckle on the Mold Undeads. "We just called them Undead because they're hard to really kill."

Right as he said that, the Mold Undead started to move forward, and quickly got between the Jellyfish Undead and its two opponents. "Now, destroy them!" Zoisite ordered, the Undead moving forward…while he went a safe distance. As if he'd want to dirty his hands on this fight. Especially seeing as more Mold Undeads were emerging from the muck.

At this point Blade and Tuxedo Kamen were fending off the small army forming. The Mold Undead charged forward, the things moving in a way that was basically mindless and lacking any remote sense of teamwork, which was good, because the sheer numbers were making it harder for them to make progress. Worse, every time Blade cut one down, or Tuxedo Kamen managed to destroy some with his Smoking Bomber, it wasn't long before more came to replace the ones destroyed.

On top of that, the Jellyfish Undead wasn't idle either, as it took advantage of the situation to lash out with its stingers, Blade quick to stop any aimed for Tuxedo Kamen, taking a few hits in the process, but better him than his friend. HE was wearing armor at least.

"Dammit, we can't even get close to the source!" Blade growled, cutting down another Mold Undead.

As he said that, Tuxedo Kamen tossed out another of his Smoking Bombers, managing to blow up three of them, before he let out a breath, some sweat on his brow "What's worse, I've never actually had to use that attack so much in succession before. I may run out of energy if this keeps going."

"Do some stamina training once we get out of this." Blade told him, before holding up his wrist "I know for a fact all of you have been listening to this fight because I hit the button for it earlier, so one of you please tell me you're close." he said into the communicator.

Instead of an actual reply…

"Fire Soul!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

"Moon Tiara Action!"

And on top of the streak of flames shooting into the Mold Undead, along with the bolt of lightning and the spinning tiara, he also saw an arrow wreathed in wind energy with a blast of energy shooting into them as well.

"Of course they have to arrive now," Zoisite growled, realizing the cavalry had arrived. "No matter. All of you, destroy them. That should appease Queen Beryl for now!" Zoisite ordered before teleporting away. No way was he going to stick around for the impending chaos.

"Sorry we took so long!" Sailor Moon said as the group arrived at the scene.

"Feels a bit strange to be the one in need of rescue, but we appreciate it," Tuxedo Kamen chuckled.

"I know we heard what was happening, but to think the Dark Kingdom actually created these many Undead," Mars gasped at the sight that had they not known these things lacked the immortality of the Undead, would be nothing short of a nightmare scenario.

"I recall there were talks of trying to recreate the Undead…but I never realized it had gotten THIS far," Nephrite frowned, readying his sword.

"Aside from how you probably should have mentioned that anyway, these things are more like Lesser Undead, but that doesn't change the fact we need to do something about them. Fast!" Chalice growled, firing an arrow right through the head of one of the Mold Undeads, killing it…only for another to soon replace it.

"At least they're not instantly replenishign their numbers!" Jupiter said, throwing one of them into a small group of them before hitting them with Supreme Thunder, destroying them.

"If this was like fighting a Hydra, I'd legit consider a tactical retreat," Blade gulped a bit as he cleaved a Mold in half, right before the Jellyfish came up to him and used his diverted attention to strike him with its stingers, sending him flying back.

"Hey, no attacking a distracted combatant when he's on our side," Chalice said, slashing away at several Molds before firing a few arrows at the Jellyfish, but the Jellyfish saw it coming and turned to liquid, the arrows passing through it harmlessly.

"Hit it with electricity! That was definitely Blade's plan before the Molds showed up!" Mercury said quickly.

"Jupiter, do it! I'll clear a path!" Mars shouted, before gathering her energy. "Fire Soul!"

"Allow me to help!" Nephrite added, gathering his energy as well, and though it was much weaker than when he was one of the four generals, it was still more than enough to fire his own technique. "Starlight Attack!" he called out, sending forth a strong force of energy that blew away the Molds, while Mars's Fire Soul burned up several of them, thinning them a bit.

"Now! Supreme Thunder!" Jupiter called out, letting loose her attack…which would have hit the Jellyfish…if it had not extended its tentacles and grabbed several of the Molds and used them as meat shields. When the dust cleared, the Jellyfish looked like it was laughing at them mockingly while the muck generated more Molds to fight on its side.

"This is getting us nowhere!" Tuxedo Kamen frowned, having extended his cane to knock several of the Molds remaining away while helping Blade to his feet, the Rider a little dazed from the sudden shock from the Jellyfish, but quickly shook the daze off. He followed up with a Rose Illusion to finish off the Molds that tried coming for them again, but like before, more were soon taking their place.

"Moon Tiara Action!" Sailor Moon called out, trying to see if her Tiara could cut its way till it reached the Jellyfish. Well…it DID cut through the Molds, but once again the Jellyfish turned liquid, leaving her attack to fly through it harmlessly. "Aargh! These Molds are so annoying! They keep blocking us when we use attacks that can hurt the Undead, but the Undead just turns into water when we use an attack that can actually reach it!"

"We need to stop all of them somehow!" Mercury frowned, thinking quickly. At the same time, she couldn't help but inwardly curse the fact she had no attacks that could harm them. Just a glorified smoke screen. However, right as she thought of that…she had a small eureka moment.

Luna had given them a crash course on their magic, including how it was tied to their will. By that logic, she could will her abilities in a way that while she couldn't CHANGE the attack's nature…she should be able to modify it…and her Bubble Spray worked by creating a thick mist. In short, cold temperature. With that in mind… "Everyone get out of the way!" she said suddenly.

"You got a plan?" Chalice asked.

"I might, but I'm going to give it a try," Mercury said as she gathered her energy. She knew for this to work, she couldn't stop at condensation. She needed…to make these things freeze. As she pushed her will into the spell, she felt it start to shift, following her will. "Bubble…Freeze!" she called out, letting loose what at first glance appeared to be her Bubble Spray, but as the attack passed, everyone could feel the chill.

Like clockwork the Molds tried to block the attack, but when it hit…a blast of cold wind hit everyone, and before long, the Molds had been frozen solid, the muck and the Jellyfish too. When it was done, Mercury fell to a knee, panting tiredly. "That…was harder than I expected…" she gasped.

"But it was definitely worth it. Good work," Tuxedo Kamen said, seeing all their enemies frozen.

"Alright, I got the Jellyfish." Blade said, already taking out his cards "Chalice, get the mold pile in the back." he said as he scanned his cards "KICK! THUNDER!"

"Hopefully they don't start to use these ALL the damn time." Chalice said, grabbing his own cards and scanning them into his weapon "DRILL! TORNADO!"

"Lightning Blast!" Blade roared out as he jumped up and kicked towards the frozen Jellyfish Undead, ramming into it and sending it flying back as his foot sparked, until it crashed into a nearby wall and exploded into green flames.

Chalice held his arms out as he crouched, before jumping up, crossing them over his chest as he went into a spin kick "Spinning Attack!" he exclaimed as he crashed down right into the mold pile, shattering it into tiny pieces, with Mars and Jupiter tossing their attacks in once he moved away to make sure nothing remained as the others cleaned up what remained of the Mold Undead.

Blade let out a sign as he got up from his crouched position, looking towards the Undead, seeing it slouched over, it's buckle opening up "Finally. That felt longer than it should have." he said, tossing one of his commons at it, sealing it back up as it flew back to his hand, revealing the image of the jellyfish with the 7 of Clubs on the card. "Well, at least that's another Undead sealed," he sighed.

"Not just that," Sailor Moon said, coming over to him, before taking something out, revealing to be the Rainbow Crystal she'd retrieved. "Urawa was one of the 7 Great Youma, but thankfully we got to him first," she said.

"So with this that means we've gotten 2 of the Rainbow Crystals," Luna said, as Kensuke had reassured them that Tuxedo Kamen was on their side, so they could count the one he had as part of theirs.

"And with the one the Dark Kingdom captured, four more remain," Tuxedo Kamen said.

"It seems we have the advantage now," Nephrite chuckled a bit. It was rather satisfying knowing that Zoisite would be going back empty handed twice now.


And there!

So, first, yeah, the Rainbow Crystal was obtained without Bunbo being brought back.

Secondly, we decided to grab from the unused Undead of the series, and made Mold into a grunt level enemy, because at this point... yeah, they needed grunts to fight with how big their group is getting.

Also, some of you may notice something in regards to the police scene.

More on that later though, for now, look forward to the next chapter!

Rouse Card Count:

Blade:

Spade: Ace, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

Club: 3, 7

Chalice:

Heart: Ace, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Diamond: 2

Garren:

Diamond: Ace, 6