Chapter 9: Arriving at the Castle

Prince Yukio's servants, about an hour away until dawn rises, awakened the girls. The girls just got to sleep about two hours ago, for they were planning all night on their escape. When the girls were final dressed for the ceremony, and after the servants left, they went over every detail of their escape plan, making sure they had every thing set.

"Ok, are we clear what our jobs are?" asked Akane.

"Yes, Rei and I attack the guards with our bows and arrows, we found in the storage closets, Akane and Lita do a double attack, bringing the guards down at the exit door, and Serena, Mina, and Ami distract the Princes and tie them up." Stated Kagome.

"Now do we have everything?" asked Lita.

"Yes we do and we are ready. Everything is riding on this." Stated Mina.

Serena, Ami, Lita, Rei, and Mina made sure they had their transformation talismans before they left the castle. A servant entered the girls' room announcing the ceremony is ready to begin.

"It's now or never!" thought all the girls.

----Meanwhile, outside the castle walls----

"We are finally here." Stated Darien.

"Lets go in that damn castle and beat the crap out of Prince Asshole." Yelled Ranma.

"I'm with you. Kagome is in there and nobody takes her away from me." Yelled InuYasha.

"You two actually agreed on something?' asked Darien.

"Don't get used to it." Responded both InuYasha and Ranma.

"Fine. Now let us get into that castle and rescue the girls." Said Darien.

"Alright!" all three of them yelled as they ran towards the castle, ready for a battle.

----Inside the main castle room----

The girls entered the castle's main room, every part of the room decorated with flowers, curtains, white laces, roll out rugs, and food. In the center of the room stood the seven Princes all dressed up in ceremonial kimonos. The girls were dressed in the same style of dresses during their tests, only more glamorous.

The girls observed their surroundings, eyeing where the guards were and the exit door. They knew they had better start their escape now or they will not have another chance. Serena was in charge giving the signal to attack.

"Ok girls, ready?" All the girls nodded their heads. "GO!" yelled Serena.

Kagome and Rei grabbed their bows and arrows, shooting at their targets, causing the guards to flee. Lita and Akane ran towards the exit door.

"Guards, stop them." yelled Yukio.

The two guards stood at their post, blocking the exit, preparing to stop Lita and Akane. Luckily, Lita was able to use her blocking skills as one of the guards came towards her, while Akane used her martial skills to bring both guards down onto the ground.

"Oh boys." Yelled Mina.

All the seven Princes turned their attentions at Mina, Serena, and Ami. To their surprise, they found the three girls holding plates of food they snatch of the tables. They threw the food at the princes, but unfortunately, Prince Kenshin used his sword, blasting a force field to stop the foods from hitting them.

"ALL RIGHT, I HAD ENOUGH!" yelled Yukino as he created a force field to trap the girls in their places and floated their bodies over to the Princes' sides to whom they are chosen to marry.

"I can't move." Yelled Serena.

"Of course. My force field prevents you women from fleeing. All of you will marry us and there is nothing you or anybody else can do. Now let's get on with the ceremony."

A Japanese Priest entered the room. He stood in front of the seven couples. "We are welcome here today, just before the sunrise, to join these seven couples in marriage. If there is anybody here, who objects that these seven couples should not marry, speak now or hold your peace?"

----The Doors Slam Open----

"YES WE OBJECT!" yelled familiar voices.

All seven of the girls turned around to find InuYasha, Ranma, and Darien standing at the exit doors of the main room.

"RANMA!" yelled Akane

"INUYASHA!" yelled Kagome.

"DARIEN!" yelled Serena.

"What the hell is going on here?" yelled InuYasha

"InuYasha, all these seven princes are forcing us to marry them." yelled Kagome.

"WHAT?" yelled InuYasha.

"Listen here jerk. Akane is already engaged to me. You have to go through me to get to her. Now whom am I fighting?" yelled Ranma

"You're fighting me." Yelled Ronin as he approached Ranma.

"Whom am I fighting for Kagome?" yelled InuYasha. Yukio approached InuYasha. "You? You are the asshole who took Kagome and her friends. I am looking forward to killing you." Yelled InuYasha as he pulled out his Tetsusaiga.

"Am I supposed to be afraid of that old rusty sword?" chuckled Yukio.

"That's right. While still in my human form, my Tetsusaiga won't transform."

"What are you waiting for idiot? Aren't you going to attack me with that sword?" yelled Yukio.

"Using my sword on you would be a waste of my time. I have other methods to fight you." Yelled InuYasha as he ran towards Yukio, punching him in the face, with such force causing the Prince to fall down on the floor. By the force of the punch, Yukino force field disappeared around the girls.

"I am disappointed. I thought you were a tough opponent." Chuckled InuYasha. Then out of nowhere, Yukino used his powers to deflect the same punch onto InuYasha.

"INUYASHA!" yelled Kagome.

"Don't worry about me Kagome. You and the rest take cover. Its about to get bloody in here." Yelled InuYasha

"Come on Kagome, let's go." Yelled Serena as she pulled Kagome's arm. All seven of the girls took cover at the far end of the main room, away from danger.

"Let's end this!" yelled InuYasha as he ran towards Yukio.

All seven of the Princes joined, battling InuYasha, Ranma, and Darien. InuYasha used his fist to fight, while Ranma used his martial arts, and Darien used his fighting skills on the rest of the Princes.

Prince Ryu used his fire powers, while Prince Rai used his lighting attacks, both hitting InuYasha and Ranma dead on, bringing them down on the floor, badly injured. Prince Kensin used his sword to attack Darien, stabbing him in the back, bringing him down, bleeding.

"INUYASHA!"

"RANMA!"

"DARIEN!"

As Kagome, Akane, and Serena called out for their love ones names, Rei pulled Serena back.

"Serena, we have no choice. Darien and the other need our help. We have to transform, even it means exposing our secrets to Akane and Kagome.

"All right, lets go girls." Yelled Serena.

"What are you girls doing?" asked Kagome.

"ALL RIGHT SAILOR SCOUTS. LET'S TRANSFORM." Yelled Serena.

The seven Princes, InuYasha, Ranma, Darien, Kagome and Akane turned their attention to the five girls.

"You Princes are going down." Yelled Serena.

"Ready Scouts?"

"Yes." All of them yelled.

"MOON ETERNAL! MAKE-UP!"

"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE-UP!"

"MARS CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE-UP!"

"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE-UP!"

"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE-UP!"

The room went silent. Everybody found themselves staring at five beautiful Sailor Scouts who were once five ordinary girls.

"Serena, Ami, Rei, Lita, and Mina? Is that you?" asked Kagome.

"What is going on?" asked Akane.

All five of the Sailor Scouts turned around to face their two friends, not having any idea how to explaining something this big of a secret to them.