Chapter 23

Campgrounds:

Serena goes through one of her katas and was extremely thankful that Sailor Dream had shown up, otherwise she would be seriously screwed. Whomever fucked her over like that was going to pay for it, dearly. No longer would she be a doormat. She was Senshi Moon, dammit, one of the most deadly of the senshi in the Sol system and, that was without her powers. Damacles, got any good ideas for infiltrating that base yet?

Not yet, Ren, Mimi and Palmon are still scouting it out. Freeing Ken from whatever hold he is under needs to be done first and foremost. Let's just hope Ken hasn't come up with any surprises or snapped from the fact we went silent.

Serena winces at this, that wouldn't be good. Cody was working on his own katas as well while Jeri was playing chess with Tai. Little known fact was that Tai was actually very good at chess he just preferred Go instead. Tai generally played chess online but, he played with Jeri because they were both bored. Matt was watching them play as he had a decent enough understanding of chess.

Odaiba:

Galaxia snarls as yet more youma appear, she would not allow her hard work protecting the hime that had saved her from her own foolishness be for naught. The Tsuki no Hime would not be dragged out of hiding. Thankfully Mermaid, Chuu, Mau, and Coronis were well up to the challenge with the Star Lights keeping those damn bitches in line. " Mermaid Melee! "

" Mau Slash! "

" Chuu Squeal! "

" Coronis Talon Strike! "

" Dust Storm Envelop! "

Mermaid ducks under a nasty kick and grabs her trident, holding it low and then swinging up savagely rending the youma before her in two. Like hell was she going to allow herself to fall in battle again, especially when this was to protect the senshi that had saved them all. Mau yowls out a challenge to the three youma surrounding her, claws lengthening and sharpening, all Mauans had human and feline forms. Mauan senshi just happened to be able to access certain characteristics easier than others did. Planetary magic surrounds her claws and she goes with instinct, shredding the enemy youma in mere moments.

Coronis smirks as she weaves her way through the youma, looking for the fool directing them. There had to be someone sending them and they needed to find out whom and why. Of course, it would be much easier if the Sol System Senshi would get their asses in gear and do their damn duty instead of trying to kill their hime. Naturally that would be too much to ask, wouldn't it. She casually strikes down a youma even as she continues her search. Galaxia's sword can barely be seen as she slices through the youma around her. Why the hell were so many showing up now. Did they really mean to draw the Tsuki no Hime, Light of Hope, out. If so they would have a very long wait, not to mention Damacles would not be very accommodating to that, nor would Sedation, Dike, or Dream.

Juuban:

Kaioh Michiru sighs as she plays another piece on her violin, they really should be taking care of the youma situation in Odaiba. Instead the others were too focused on finding where Galaxia hid the hime. Finding the hime was important but, they still needed to do their senshi duty. Having senshi from outside their system doing their duty was very grating. Then there was the fact that those interlopers were back. Usagi had been far too close to them for comfort, why she had deigned them worthy of her mere presence was something Michiru would never understand.

Like should stick with like, they really should have killed those interlopers, then again, and she was loathe to admit this, without them the hime would never have won against Galaxia. Then there was the fact that she and Uranus turned on their fellow senshi all for an opportunity to try and kill Galaxia and, it was for naught.

Tsukino Kenji smiles happily as he goes about his day, he no longer had to deal with his failure of a daughter. He had no clue what happened to her but, she was no longer his problem to deal with. Ikkuko was ecstatic and they were expecting another child. Hopefully this one would be more like Shingo than her.

Digiworld:

Once Mimi and Palmon report back they're sent back and Serena comes in, Damacles/Davis, had given her a quick update telepathically. The pair knew they needed to work fast as they had to free Ken. After that they would go into more detail on what to do if Myotismon was the one behind everything this time. " Renamon, scout things out again. We can't afford to go into this making too many assumptions. Intel as accurate as we can get it is a must. " Serena murmurs softly.

TK and Davis both have to admit she has a point, they couldn't afford to get cocky now. Still, they would have to take the chance at some point but, stealth was the best option for now. If they could infiltrate and quietly take down the base that was what they would do, no need to be flashy and loud all the time. That was what could get them killed, especially at this point in time. Taking Ken back would be a turning point in this war sure but, there was still more to come. Ken was a mini-boss in this skirmish, nothing more, nothing less.

Emperor's Base:

Ken smirks maliciously, licking his lips, his ultimate creation was almost done yet, he still was quite nervous, his most worthy adversary had yet to make a move. What was he waiting on anyhow, an engraved invitation? This waiting was getting to be highly aggravating. Why hadn't he done anything yet?

Outside the Base:

Davis smirks and sends a message to the others to tell them to distract Ken briefly so they could get into the base. His attention needed to be grabbed somehow, plus, he and Serena both had always loved someone else playing decoy. It got really annoying when you always had to be the diversion. Someone should have to do it for a change. He felt like he should add a Dattebayo onto the end of that. He really needed to stop reading Naruto if that was added into his thought processes.

Odaiba:

Galaxia spins on her heel even as her sword slashes through several more youma. This was getting to be highly vexing. Where the hell were all these damn youma coming from anyway? Coronis uses her Talon Strike to take out another four youma even while searching out that damnable leader. Where was the puppet master in all of this?

Mau is slashing away at her opponents while Mermaid gracefully cuts hers down. Chuu, like Sailor Mercury, was best at hit and fade tactics. She was causing a quiet sort of mayhem on the battlefield, youma only realizing she'd destroyed them after she was gone. " Any time now, Coronis! " Mermaid calls out.

" Working on it. " Coronis calls back.

" We seriously need some more back-up. " Mau mutters.

" Where the fuck would we get it from? Certainly not those joke senshi of the Sol System. " Galaxia states.

Darkness envelopes the battlefield and soon every youma has been handled. A senshi with a black and gray theme going on can be seen, " Certainly the planetary senshi are worthless save for Saturn and Jupiter, however, the hime trusted us Outsiders a lot more. I am Sailor Nyx, Princess of the Night Court and loyal protector of the Tsuki no Hime. "

" I must admit, I have heard little of the Outsiders. Where are the others? " Mau states.

" Dike is with the hime so is Dream, she also has the potential to be the senshi of this planet, Psyche is watching the traitors, I don't know where Eos, Nike, Hesper, and Nemesis are though. " Nyx admits.

" Okay, so that means we have a little more wiggle room. Any idea whom we need to kill to end all of this? " Galaxia asks.

" Sorry, no, they are good. Whomever the leader is, is very good at staying in the shadows. It's been very annoying, that would also be why I haven't been helping you guys out thus far. I was trying to find the Susanoo damned bastards. " Nyx admits.

Divine Realms:

Susanoo snorts as Nyx swears in his name, " Amaterasu-sama, we cannot let this continue, the Tsuki no Hime has given enough. "

" Susanoo is right, sister. " Tsukiyomi agrees.

" Dammit all, don't you think I know that! How the hell do you think her cry for help reached Galaxia! Those damnable senshi just had to go and turn on her, didn't they? After all the shit she had to put up with and they just turn on HER! " Amaterasu was infuriated. Usagi had given so much of herself and then she was expected to give more than she could. They had wanted a puppet queen!

" Too true, no one should suffer as much as she had to, just for the machinations of her previous incarnations mother. " Omoikane, the Goddess of Wisdom and Intelligence states.

Hachiman, the God of War, sighs, " Not to mention she was cut off from her true memories, turned into Serenity the IV's version of the perfect daughter. The hime was one of the few people whom could spar with me equally. "

Uzume, the Goddess of Dawn and Revelry, was not a happy goddess, " The hime was one of my closest friends. That they would do this to her…well, Eris has yet to find out, and she was the hime's best friend. "

Amaterasu winces, Eris, once she found out, would go after the traitors with a vengeance, permission granted or not. " Susanoo, send her message once she finds out and tell her she has my permission to play with them. "

The entire pantheon shivers at the look on her face, she reminded them of a certain Snake Mistress in Konoha.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Digimon, or the Naruto references, nor do I own the Japanese Pantheon.