Sailor Moon: Fellowship of the Moon

Chapter 15: Shadow and Light; A Duel at Cinema Village
Hollow Bastion

Throne Room

The four known Generals of the Deadly Seven were now present at the Throne Room, with the Dark Lord standing at the throne. He stood with his back turned on them looking at the Heartless insignia above the very throne he sat at. He then spoke in a not so pleasant tone, "My Generals, I'm not elated with happiness." It was at that moment, Greed spoke up, "but my Lord…you're never happy." "I know that, I was speaking of current events.", the Dark Lord said without raising his voice or turning around.

The Four Generals were a little nervous as to what he was going to say next. "However, events have elated me in the location of the next Princess of Heart." He then turned to Greed and commanded, "You are to accompany another with you in an attempt to retrieve her." Greed bowed, "You got it, Boss." Envy stepped up in determination, "Don't you worry, Dark Lord. I won't fail you in this mission; I've been training and building my strength." He proved it so by punching his fist into the floor beneath him, making a crater sized hole.

Ansem sneered at Envy as he said, "Do not remind me of your constant failure, Envy. You're not accompanying Greed on this mission." Envy tried to convince the Dark Lord but to no avail, "NO! This requires a more skilled hunter." He then turned to the side of the Throne Room that was encased in darkness, and stepped into the light a figure in the shadows. It was a man who looked between the ages of forty and sixty, but still well built, had short black hair, a skinny mustache, and an eye patch over his left eye.

Ansem called out, "Pride; you'll accompany Greed in retrieving the Princess of Heart." Pride opened his right eye and spoke in a voice that was both kind and vicious, "I look forward to adding a trophy to my collection, My Lord.'

Day 4

Cinema Village

Cinema Village, or Movie Village as it was called, was actually one of Kyoto's greatest places to visit when you're on Spring Break or on vacation. It was actually a vast reproduction of Edo-Japan, featuring reproductions of samurai movie sets. Now they also moved in a little for western cowboys to add something to it. And as an added bonus, actors would dress up and recreate the era for tourists.

Also to make it more fun, even tourists would dress up and almost become part of the scene as well. Serena and her friends as well as Aaron and his group, decided to go there for a swell time. Actually it was Mina's idea when she and Lita were trying to come up with an idea on how Ami could confess to Aaron about her feelings to him. So they decided that Cinema Village would be the best idea ever; all they had to do was get them in character, find the perfect place to get them to confess, and then let hormones and hearts do the rest.

It was at that moment, Aaron and Sarah had gotten out of the changing rooms. Aaron had taken the costume of a Western Bounty Hunter; he wore a blue pair of pants and vest, with a dusty red long sleeved shirt, black western gloves and boots. Around his waist was a belt holding two fake Peacemaker six shooters, and on his head were a blue cowboy hat, and also a cloak that was almost like a cape but didn't reach to his ankles.

Sarah was dressed up as a female Bounty Hunter in boy's clothes, but the difference was she was wearing a sombrero and poncho. She smiled up to Aaron, "ready to round up some photos for dear ol' Dad, Ranger?" Aaron just sighed as he saw that Sarah had really gotten into character. "I'm ready when you are, little cowgirl.", he said with not much enthusiasm. She elbowed him in a response, "C'mon, Aaron. This is supposed to be Cinema Village. The one theme park which lets you dress and act a part out."

Aaron just sighed, "I just want to get some photos for Dad; remember, he couldn't make it so at least we owe him a few shots from the trip." Sarah shrugged as they walked down the walkway to find the others. "Yeah, I know, but that doesn't mean we can't have a great time here at least." She also pointed out, "Hey, I got an idea! Maybe when we find Ami and the others you can do your Clint Eastwood impersonation." Aaron just groaned with embarrassment at that; the last thing he wanted to do was the impersonation he did as a kid to make his sister happy.

"Sarah, is that you?", came a voice from behind them.

Sarah immediately lit up and turned around, as did Aaron, and the two of them saw two figures standing there. The two were what appeared to be two fourteen year old boys, each with black, short and messy hair with what appeared to be red highlights in them. One of them was wearing sunglasses and dressed as an archer, whiles the other, with none, having amber eyes, and dressed as a swordsman with two swords. Sarah immediately beamed with happiness as she saw who it was.

"Domoh! Phumi!", she yelled as she ran over to them. She smiled at the two, "I didn't know you'd be here. I'd have invited you to come along." Phumi, who just huffed and shrugged, while Domoh shook Sarah's hand, "We didn't think you would come here at all." He then turned to see her big brother, Aaron, whom she always spoke about when they went out to play. Domoh leaned in towards Sarah and asked, "So is he your brother?" Sarah nodded in a positive response.

Aaron decided that he wanted to introduce himself so he reached out to shake his hand with Domoh, only to get it caught by the one called Phumi. Aaron, being a little startled, replied, "Oh, Hi." Suddenly, Phumi squeezed Aaron's hand so hard he thought his hand was going to break off. Domoh broke their handshake as he fumed with Phumi, "Phumi! He's Sarah's brother, treat him with respect." Phumi just huffed and said in a gruff voice, "Yeah, whatever."

Domoh and Sarah both had a huge scowl look at her, but Aaron just shook it off, "oh, it's alright, I'm sure he had his reasons. I'm pretty sure he's just being protective of you, Domoh, seeing that we just met." Domoh bowed in apology and explained, "Yeah that's part of the reason, the second part is that he just doesn't trust anyone except Sarah when we first met." Aaron sighed, "I guess this'll make things a bit complicated for the others." Phumi looked at him really nasty and asked, "What others?"

Just then around the corner, Serena and the gang were coming down their way. Serena was dressed up as a Japanese Noblewomen, while Rini was dressed as a Princess. Rei was dressed up as a Priestess (Not that what she wore at her temple was any different), Ian was dressed up as a Japanese Blacksmith and hauling a huge fake blacksmith's hammer. Lita was dressed as a European Noblewoman with a top hat and tuxedo dress, Mina, being her was dressed as a Geisha. Michelle was dressed as a Geisha as well while Amara dressed as a suitor, and Trista was a Japanese Princess.

Up in front of them was Jin, who was dressed as an Edo Samurai, with armor and all. He also seemed to carry his Boken in replacement of his own sword. Aaron waved to them as Jin came over as he asked him, "Uh, Jin, I see that everyone's here, but for three. Do you know where Frey and Ami are, as well as Hotaru?" Jin shrugged, "I believe he said he wanted to look around a bit. Hotaru went with him to make sure he didn't try anything." Aaron and Jin sweatdropped at that notion, but Jin went on, "And I believe Ami's outfit is taking a little time to put on." Just then, Lita popped up to tell Aaron something, "But she did say to meet us to where the Village's restaurant, the Akabeko. She said she'd be there waiting for us."

Aaron shrugged his shoulders, "Well I guess we'll go to Akabeko then." He then looked to Domoh and Phumi and asked, "Hey, do you guys want to come with us?" "Yeah", Domoh answered, "No", Phumi replied. Aaron and Sarah both sighed in exasperation at this as Aaron said, "This is going to be a long day." Sarah nodded, "Tell me about it."

Unknown to any of them, the fifth member of the Deadly Seven, Pride, was watching them as they headed down the street towards the Akabeko to find Ami. He was keeping an eye on them all but at the most time; he seemed to be keeping a closer eye on Sarah. He smirked like a gentleman with no hint of malice in it, "I'm sorry, Miss Sarah, but for my Lord, I must kidnap you in order to complete his grand plan."

The Shrine Stage
A line of beautiful teenage girls were in front of the shrine set, and sitting at the stairs was Frey, reading their palms. He was dressed as a monk in black and purple robes, prayer beads on his right hand, and had a priest staff. He looked at the girl's hand, which was a beautiful brunette by the way, and spoke out to give his prediction.

"Hmm, I see in your future, you'll be married to a handsome and irresistible young man." The girl blushed, "Really?" He nodded as he continued, "It will be a white wedding; you'll have a house by the ocean that will overview its beauty. The bed's sheets will be white silk and covered with flower petals, and on the hope chest next to it, there will be candles lit to make this occasion romantic. You won't get much sleep during your honeymoon…if you know what I mean."

"No, I don't know what you mean, Frey." Frey froze in terror at the sound of that voice. He turned around slowly with a nervous smile on his face as he came face to face with Hotaru. She was dressed up as a doctor from the Edo era, and she wasn't too happy with what Frey was doing. "Frey! We're supposed to be with the others, not finding a date for you." Frey got up and held his staff with holy intendment, "Hotaru, you misunderstand…I merely wished to help these young maidens foresee their future lives in love."

Hotaru raised an eyebrow and scowled, "Yeah right, you're telling them your future with one of them in it." The two just argued on and on; the girls that were in line watched this in amusement, thinking it was a comedy scene. Before the argument could go on, Frey suddenly spotted a certain someone leaning into an alleyway. Hotaru looked at Frey's changed expression and asked, "What is it?" He nodded his head into that direction as Hotaru looked that way and saw Greed, smiling and waving. "What is he doing here?", she asked. Frey answered, "I don't know, but whatever it is, it can't be for souvenirs."

It was then that the two ran out to look for him, unaware that they were walking into a trap.

Akabeko Set
Meanwhile, the girls were a little huffy about Phumi's treatment towards Aaron and the others. While Domoh tried repeatedly to allow the two of them to join Aaron, Sarah and the others. But his only reply was, "I don't trust them" and he practically dragged Domoh away before he apologized to them all, "I'm really sorry you guys. Really I am!". The ones grumbling the most about it were Rei, Serena, and Lita.

"That guy has some nerve! We were only trying to be friendly with him and he brushes us off like that!" Mina grumbled. "Yeah, how can you be friends with that guy, Sarah?" Rini added as she walked next to the older girl. Sarah simply sighed as they continued walking. "Guys, it's just that Phumi has a hard time trusting people so soon. It actually took me a while to earn his trust around him and Domoh."

"Why is he so protective of Domoh anyway?" Ian asked as he carried his fake hammer. This caused Sarah to hesitate. "I can't answer that Ian, I made a promise to the both of them that I wouldn't." Aaron understood and decided to change the subject. "Well, let's not let it ruin our day here."

"Sorry I'm late." Ami's voice said catching everyone's attention. When Aaron saw her, his eyes widened at what she was wearing. She was dressed in a western young woman's gown from the late 1800's. She smiled and twirled around for everyone to look at it. "So, how do I look?" Everyone had a different reaction but it was all positive. Serena, Rini, Lita, Rei, and Mina all gave her thumbs up, Ian gave an approving whistle, and Jin gave her a simple nod, while Sarah was just beaming. "You look terrific, Big Sis! What do you think bro?" Sarah turned to look at her brother only to see him staring at Ami like he was in a trance even everyone else couldn't help but smirk at the look on his face.

"Aaron?" Ami said breaking him out of his trance. "What do you think?" She asked again. Aaron just simply stammered trying to get the words out but his sister decided to answer for her in her Cowgirl accent. "What my partner is tryin' to say is that you look mighty purty ma'am!" Aaron looked at his sister with a glare who only gave him a cat-like look. Ami couldn't help but giggle at Sarah's answer. "Why thank you Sarah." Sarah merely tipped her hat and winked in response. Ami then looked at Aaron. "Your partner isn't that bad either." This caused Aaron to blush but he tipped his hat in thanks.

It was then that a couple of tourists stated, "Hey look, a bounty hunter and a town girl." One of them, who was holding a camera asked, "Do you mind if we take a picture of you two together?" The two teens looked at each other in confusion to each other to make a response, but Sarah beat them to it. "Sure they would, wouldn't you guys?" Before they had a chance to answer, Sarah shoved them together as Ami held on to Aaron for support as Sarah shouted, "Okay, take the shot now!"

The tourist didn't waste enough time to do so, and took it before the two teens had a chance to break up. The tourist with the camera came up with a picture of the two, "Here you go; I figured you'd want a copy of the photo." The two teens blushed a little at this scene; it was then that this scene attracted unwanted attention from Serena and the others. The two turned around and shouted to the group, "IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT, YOU GUYS!"

Just then, an old European carriage came running in, nearly running over Serena if not for Lita pulling her out of the way. The carriage stopped in the middle of the road, the driver was completely cloaked to everyone. Aaron and Ian were about to go over there to kick the crap out of the guy in the carriage for nearly running over them. Just then, the door opened and out stepped from the carriage, a man dressed in a European business suit, with a top hat, cane, and cape cloak.

To the gang he seemed like a nice guy, despite the fact he had an eye patch over his left eye. Jin on the other hand sensed a very powerful fighting spirit emanating from this man. The gentleman bowed in front of Aaron and Ami as he took off his top hat, showing him to be a man around the ages of forty and sixty, had short black hair, and a small but skinny mustache. He then said in a cheerful tone, with not an ounce of threat in his voice, "Good afternoon, Bounty Hunter. As I promised, I've come to collect the fee that I loaned you." He then pointed to Rini and Sarah, "And as payment, I shall take the princess and your partner as my daughters."

Jin then figured it out, 'I see…so he's one of the Generals. By making it out as a play scene out in the open, he can avoid any conflicts.' It was then he stepped in as the gentleman reached out for them, "If you wish to take the young ladies, villain, then I, Hajime Saito of the Shinshangumi shall challenge you for their freedom."

Mina and Rei squealed, "EEK! Oh, Jin, you're so cool!" Sarah shook her head, "I've got to agree to that. I didn't know he was an actor." The man, secretly known as Pride, bowed his head slightly as he pulled off his left glove, "Is that so, young man?" Jin nodded as Pride threw his glove at his face, which Jin caught before it made contact. Pride then spoke out, "Very well then, as the two young ladies as the prize, Saito, thirty minutes from now. We'll duel at the place called the Japanese Bridge next to the Main Gate."

He turned to go back to the carriage but turned around, "I know this is inconvenience to you, young man. But I truly wish to duel a master swordsman." He then pulled off his eye patch before anyone else could see, just Jin, Aaron, and Sarah were the only ones to see it glow dark with a red pupil. Pride then smiled a demonic way, "Don't try to run…and feel free to call for help."

The look that he gave them startled Sarah to near death as he entered the carriage and left. Jin now, for once since he met everyone, smiled in anticipation, 'Swordsman against swordsman; sounds like a challenge I can't drop.'

Meanwhile
Frey and Hotaru had been chasing after Greed, who was going slowly on them as he led them near a warehouse in the theme park. After they followed him in, he stopped dead in his tracks. After the two caught their breath, they got right to the point. "What do you want here Greed?" Frey demanded as he stood in front of Hotaru and holding his staff with both hands. "I'm merely here to distract you." Greed answered with a shrug. "Distract me?"

Just then, the doors to the warehouse had closed all by themselves and were encased in some kind of shield. The two teens turned around and saw the same energy shield going all around them as it then became invisible to the naked eye. They turned and faced Greed, who was half smirking at this, "All alone to myself, and not a moon or phoenix in sight." The two teens then sneered as Frey said, "Yeah, you just have two storms for today's forecast." In an instant the two transformed and then brought their weapons at the ready.

On the Bridge set
On their way to the bridge, Jin had informed his suspicion to Ian and Aaron quietly as they went on ahead. "Jin, tell me you were joking." Aaron hissed as he walked with Jin to the bridge. "I never joke." Jin said simply. "But not only Rini, but also my sister is on the line here!" Aaron nearly shouted. "I know, in the meantime you have to get her out of here. Take the others and Rini and get them out of here as well." Jin replied calmly before Aaron nodded in response. "Right."

"Well, I'd had hoped I gotten here earlier but it seems that I've arrive a little later than expected."

Their attention was brought up to by Pride, who was still wearing his business suit. To his right side he held a rapier, a traditional French fencing sword designed for battle usage. Ian wasn't pretty impressed, "You've got to be kidding? That little thing against a Japanese katana?" "I assure you, whatever shape the sword is, Ian, it can still sever flesh.", Jin answered. Pride strutted forward with a grin on his friendly face. To the girls it seemed kind of unusual, but to Sarah, who gripped on to Aaron's cloak, thought it to be unnerving.

'That guy…scares me…Aaron.' she whispered to Aaron as if she wanted to go as fast as they could. Jin had also heard that but then spoke out to her, as if answering for Aaron, "Don't worry, Sarah…", he then turned to her and for the first time that Aaron and the others had met him, he gave her a smile, "no matter what happens, your brother and I swear to protect both you and Lady Rini." She smiled at that, being reassured of their safety.

Suddenly, a huge clapping applause was heard from behind them all as a huge crowd. Aaron sweat dropped, "This is gonna complicate things." Mina blushed madly as she nearly screamed, "Oh my god, Jin is so cool!" Michelle nodded in agreement, "You know, I wonder if he'd like to join the Drama Club?" She turned to Amara and then saw the serious look on her face, "Why so serious? It's just an act isn't it?" "There's something about this guy. I don't know what it is, but it reeks of darkness."

Pride then swiped his rapier as Jin approached to the bridge. He stopped as he steadily held his boken's handle. He then took off his glasses as he looked up to Pride and asked quietly, "Tell me respectively…are you one of the Generals of the Heartless?" Pride's cheerful demeanor didn't change as he spoke, "Why of course, young man. Who else would I be? Allow me to introduce myself…I am Pride."

Jin sneered at his opponent but for some reason sensed an honorable spirit from this one,"Before we begin, I must ask you to…" "Not involve the innocent in this duel?", Pride asked. Jin nodded but pulled out his Boken as Pride suddenly leapt at him as they locked blades with each other. "Of course young man, but that doesn't mean I won't let out a distraction or two." Just then, out of the shadows, Shadows popped out of the darkness and non-threatingly scattered the crowd. Serena screamed, "AAHH! Not these guys again!"

Rei pulled Serena and whispered, "We've got to get in uniform right away." She nodded in agreement, as did the others as they ran for it. Aaron wondered where they were going, "Ami, where you guys going? It's just a show.", he replied. She turned around and bowed politely, "Sorry, but we have to go to the bathroom for a minute. We'll be back to see the rest of the show.", and with that said, she went with the others to secretly transform.

Meanwhile, on the bridge, Jin and Pride were dueling like crazy. Each one parrying with the other, while none of them were able to lay a mark on the other. After wards they both stepped back to take a breather with their weapons still at the ready. Pride chuckled, "Well, this is the first in a long time that I've fought against a master swordsman." Meanwhile Jin was trying to figure out what was going on; so far every one of his moves didn't make their mark. It was almost as if Pride could predict every move before he made it.

Pride snickered as he caught Jin by surprise. "How is this possible?" Jin shouted as Pride then swung his sword at him. Jin moved to block it, but then Pride faked his attack and kicked Jin backwards. He staggered for a bit as Pride took his rapier at the hold. He slightly smiled at this, "Well, I can give you a hint on this, if you want to satisfy your curiosity. You see each of the deadly seven is the ultimate in what they do: Lust has the Ultimate Lance, Gluttony has the Ultimate Stomach, Envy has the Ultimate Disguise, and Greed has the Ultimate Shield."

It had all finally clicked in for Jin as he regained his balance, "And I seem to have discovered that you have the Ultimate Eye. Am I correct?" Pride didn't have to answer as he reached for his eye patch. He pulled it off as he opened his left eye, and revealed that in his eye, was the Heartless symbol in it. Jin glared at him, "I take it the Ultimate Eye can see through my moves?" Pride shook his head, "Somewhat. It can mostly see the predicted pathways, opening to mostly various outcomes to where your attacks will be and how they'll hit. I merely pick the best one and then go for it."

Jin readied for a Gatotsu parallel strike, "Then this will be interesting."

Back with the Others
Aaron and Sarah continued to run through the park but they wouldn't get far as a whole horde of Heartless appeared in front of them. Sarah hid behind Aaron as he shielded her from them. 'I gotta transform, but I can't otherwise Sarah will know who I am!' Just then a Heartless snuck up from behind Aaron and Sarah and was about to grab her.

"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"

A splash of water sprayed over the Heartless as it was frozen in place. "MARS FLAME SHOOTER!" Suddenly, flaming arrows were shot straight at the ones right in front of the ones blocking Aaron and Sarah's escape way. Aaron felt relieved seeing the one person he had hoped to be here. He saw, now a few feet away from them, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars.

Sailor Mercury, much to Mars' surprise, ran to Aaron and Sarah and asked, "Are you alright, Aaron?" Aaron was a little confused by that on how one of the Sailor Scouts knew his name. Sarah asked her, "Hey, how'd you know my brother's name?" Now Mercury was panicking silently; she didn't mean to let that name slip her lips, but it did. Mars, who had gotten right to them, replied, "Hey, we're the Sailor Scouts. We know everyone."

Sarah just stood there thinking about it, and simply shrugged, "I guess that sounds plausible." Mercury then gently grabbed them both by the hand, "C'mon, we have to get you guys somewhere safe." And with that, they left to somewhere in the Park.. Aaron, who knew the reason, asked Mercury to not arouse suspicion, "But I don't get it…why are they after us?"

Mercury simply said, "I'm not sure, but no matter what happens…" she turned to face Aaron with a smile that nearly melted his heart, "I'll make sure nothing happens to you both." Aaron wasn't sure, but for some reason, he felt as if he'd met this girl before…maybe even knew her.

Meanwhile
Frey and Hotaru were having a difficult time fighting Greed, seeing as how so far, all their attacks did diddly squat to him. "SANDS OF TIME: MACH SPEED!" He zipped across the room and around Greed in a circle. Slicing sounds were heard as scimitars were heard clashing across what seemed like metal as Persian kept running around him. Until Greed brought up one of his black clawed hands, and punched Persian across the room.

He slammed against the wall, back first as Saturn tried her hand, "SATURN SURPRISE!", and shot out a dark and purple bolt of lightning from her Glaive at Greed. He brought up his hands at the last minute, and seemed to absorb the attacks with no hesitation. Saturn gasped, "Just how are you blocking us?" Greed snickered as he flexed his fingers, "with complete satisfaction." Saturn on the other hand, wouldn't give up; she wasn't going to let this creep win.

She had her Glaive at the ready and shouted, "We won't lose to you! I won't let you hurt my friend!" Greed just yawned and merely stated, "I don't want your friend…", he then had an evil smile as his sunglasses glowed in the sunlight, "I'm Greed incarnate; I want it all: Women, Money, Estate, Power, Immortality (which I already have), etc. I WANT IT ALL, BABY!"

Persian, who finally and groggily got up, asked, "So what is it you want now?" Greed went back from maniacal to normal again as he answered, "What I want now is Individuality." The two heroes questioned this motive as Greed answered, "See, being a Nobody may have some advantages, but being a servant instead of a boss is so passé for me." He then got into a charging stance as he aimed for Saturn, "AND I'LL STEP ON ANYONE WHO STOPS ME FROM GETTING WHAT I WANT!"

He then charged at Saturn, who was ready for the attack. Then suddenly, at the wrong time, her faint spell kicked in as she got on her knees, breathing hard. She watched in horror as Greed got closer as his dark claws were nearing her. Suddenly, Persian shouted, "SANDS OF TIME: SLOW-MO!", and then suddenly disappeared. As Greed was about to slash a heavy breathing Saturn, Greed was suddenly stabbed in the chest twice, and then pushed back.

During which the time, he was repeatedly slashed and stabbed so many times, he collapsed on the ground looking like a peeled apple. Then in a flash of sand, Persian appeared behind Saturn and scooped her up in his arms, despite her protests. She slightly blushed at this awkward moment, being reminded of the incident at the Hotel, but was halted as Greed got up. "H-How did…you…get past me without even showing up?" Persian smirked with his smirking eye, "It's easy with a Slow-Motion move. I was going so fast, it gave me time to actually hit you without your shield skin from stopping me."

Greed was a little shocked to find out he was outsmarted by the Knight's resident idiot. However, he smirked at this turn of events as he got up and stretched a bit, his wounds finally healed up. "Alright then," he stated, "Seeing as how you've actually outlasted me now, I'm not gonna hold back anymore." He took off his glasses and his vest, and the two heroes watched with mixed confusion and then shock as they saw what happened next. The so called black shirt that Greed wore stretched all over his skin, making it look like black coal; from head to toe. His muscles bulged even bigger, making him look like the incredible Hulk, and his finger tips became claw like. His head turned bald and his eyes became red with dark yellow pupils. His teeth grew sharp as his lower and upper canines extended, making him look like an Oni demon.

The two heroes paled as Greed spoke without his mouth opening, in a voice that sounded like he was wearing a helmet. "This is my full battle form; in this I'm as strong as steel and hard as diamond. Now I'll show you kids the reason, I'm called the Ultimate Shield." And with that said, he charged right at them.

Meanwhile
Serena, Aaron, and the rest of the gang weren't the only ones being chased around. Some of the other tourists were running around screaming as the Shadow Heartless ran around, just scaring everyone, not attacking them. Meanwhile, behind one of the empty buildings, trying to avoid rush-hour with these creatures, was Domoh and Phumi. When they spotted the creatures running around, they hid in the closest thing they could find.

Phumi whispered, "We've got to get out of here; you're in danger, brother." Domoh was about to object when he suddenly heard something; something on Phumi's head. "Uh, Phumi…something's on your head." "Not something, kid…someone.", a voice said. Phumi reached for her head and nearly shouted as he saw a fuzzy little winged creature. It was Ceros; see once the others had met up with Domoh and Phumi, he sensed something from these two, a familiar energy as he suddenly realized who these two were.

He smiled as Phumi let go of him, "It's finally good to see you two…the Gemini Rangers." Phumi stared in space at this confusion while Domoh listened on, "you see…I, Aaron; Sarah's brother, and his friends are a fellowship that defends this galaxy. And you two, the Gemini Rangers, are the last ones on the list." Domoh seemed to understand this as it all sink in, but Phumi didn't want to.

"Listen ya little stuffed animal! There's no way I can let my brother fight!", 'he' shouted as 'he' pointed at the little fuzz ball in defiance to this kind of destiny.

"It's because he's blind isn't he?" Ceros merely stated, shocking Phumi.

"H-how'd you…?" Phumi stammered. "It's hard not to tell when he walks around staring almost nowhere and having you guide him." Ceros replied. "Well I can't help it" Phumi shouted almost cracking 'his' voice. "He won't be able to defend himself if he fights and he won't see these guys!" Just as Phumi finished that little outburst, a Heartless Shadow came up from behind and jumped at 'him'. Ceros was about to warn Phumi but someone beat him to it. "Phumi behind you!" The voice came from Domoh! But the warning kicked in and so did Phumi, literally. The Shadow took a direct kick from Phumi directly in the face and it backed off just as Domoh launched an Arrow at it causing it to fizzle into black mist. Phumi just stared at 'his' brother in shock.

"How did Domoh know that there was one of those things behind me? And how did he know where to fire his arrow at it?", Phumi said in awe as 'he' watched his brother fight off Heartless, as if he could see them coming before they could even get near him. He had used the bow as somewhat of a mix shift staff and began to block, pummel, or even strike at the approaching Heartless in every angle.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Ceros said as he flew up to Phumi's shoulder. "Back during the Silver Millennium, the original Orion Archer was also blind but he used it as strength, not a weakness. Domoh doesn't have to rely on his sight in order to fight; he used his other senses like his hearing in order to fight." Phumi just stared at 'his' brother as he continued to fight off heartless almost with ease.

"So will you join us?" Phumi thought about it and then came to a decision. "Ok!" Ceros nodded then shot both his arms at the twins. A beam of white light shot out towards Domoh while a darker light shot towards Phumi. Domoh managed to get himself to his 'brother' and while Phumi looked at 'his' ring, Domoh merely rubbed his. "Just…how exactly does this work?" Phumi asked. "It's simple, when the two of you are together just raise your rings in the air and shout 'Gemini Rangers armor activate' and both of you will transform. If you're separate you have to shout your individual knight names in order to transform." The two of them 'looked' at each other and nodded before raising both their fists in the air and at the same time they shouted, "GEMINI RANGERS ARMOR ACTIVATE!"

Suddenly, they glowed as their clothes dissolved and their bodies glowed in a different energy. Domoh glowed white with black eyes, while Phumi glowed black with white eyes. They both stood over what appeared to be the Yin/Yang sign; Domoh on the black and Phumi on the white. And then they were engulfed in a flash of the different color. And after the light was gone, they both stood there with their armor and weapons.

Domoh was dressed in a red archer shirt with a red armored chest plate strapped to his right shoulder, outlined in white. He wore white combat pants suited for an archer, and had a red lower torso guard that almost reached to the ankles of the black combat Chinese combat boots he wore now. The lower torso was red but white trimmed. The sleeves were white but on the right hand was an enlarged brown glove with the knuckles, wrist, and end of the glove outlined in white. On his back was strapped a red and brown bow, with two small hook blades on the tip of the ends of it. His left arm and hand had on a white armguard with a black glove, with the Yin/Yang symbol. He also had on a black belt that tilted over the side with a black pouch on it; the buckled was that of the Yin/Yang symbol. And lastly, his head and face was covered with a hood trimmed with white, with a white cloth to where the mouth and nose should have been. All that was seen of the face was a lone eye on the left, glowing bright white.

Phumi was dressed in red archer shirt as well with a red armored chestplate strapped to his left shoulder. However, on the chest, there was a slight bump or two on it. He wore black combat pants suited for a martial artist, but seemed to have a red and black combat skirt that reached one knee and touched the hip on the other side. The sleeves were black but on the left arm was an enlarged brown glove with the knuckles, wrist, and end of the glove outlined in black. On his back were two jagged short swords attached to chains, which were wrapped around his forearms. The hilts of the swords almost looked like the profile shot of a deadly skull. His right arm and hand had on a black armguard with a white glove, with the Yin/Yang symbol on it. He also had on a black belt that tilted over the other side with the Yin/Yang symbol as the buckle. And lastly, his head and face was covered with a red hood, trimmed black, with a black cloth to where the mouth and nose should have been. All that was seen of the face was a lone eye on the right, glowing black.

Domoh looked at himself in amazement as in this form; his vision was amplified as he could see his armor. Phumi just huffed, "How is it he gets the manly look, while I look all feminine?" Ceros just floated there muttering, "Maybe it's because…you're a girl." Phumi screamed as she grabbed Ceros, nearly crushing him with just one hand, "NOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT…YOU'RE GONNA DIE!" Domoh touched Phumi's shoulder and pleaded, "Come on, Phumika, don't hurt him." After he had said her full name, she easily cooled down, let Ceros go and asked, "Okay, Ceros….who do you want us to save and/or beat up?"

Back with the Duo
Persian was dodging Greed's blows as fast as he could while holding Saturn. Man did the two of them really step in it, as craters filled the floor and walls. They figured that in this form, Greed would be powerful, but not this powerful. Not only was his invulnerability even higher, but so was his strength. Not even the fact that while holding Saturn was proving a disadvantage right now.

"Come on is that all you wussies got? Just running around in a circle.", Greed shouted as he got closer and closer. The two were nearly at the end of their ropes until someone shouted, "LIGHT OF JUDGEMENT!" and the suddenly, hundreds of light charged arrows rained forward at Greed, pushing him back and slamming him into the wall. The two heroes stopped to see the smoking figure that was Greed, and looked back at the smoking hole to where the arrows came from. There they saw a figure dressed as some sort of medieval Archer, in a garb colored red and white.

The figure shouted, "This way, come on!" The two looked a little uncertain but Persian went with his guts on this one and ran out of there. But Saturn asked, "But won't he follow us?" The figure nodded but stated, "Don't worry, as soon as we leave, the Shield spell he placed up will start up again." With that said, they ran for it, "Come on, we don't have time to talk; the others are in for it as it is." Saturn then asked, "Then does that mean you're…?" The figure nodded, "That's right, I'm the Gemini Ranger; the Orion Archer."

Back with the Duel
Jin was almost on his last leg as he leaned on the bridge's railway for support. His clothes were nearly torn to shreds as little cuts were dripping with a little blood. Pride was not too far away as he let his rapier hang in his hand. His face was shown with a little disappointment. "You know, I think that if we were in a dojo, this would have gone a lot better.", Pride stated as he readied his sword for one final blow.

Jin, near exhaustion, struggled to step up slightly to ready his sword. He knew that he was exhausted and beaten, but he wouldn't bow down to this thing's power. Pride was a little surprised but smirked, "You know you're beaten, yet you continue to fight." He readied himself for the final blow, "An admirable quality in a warrior….I will surely miss you, my worthy foe." And charged at the samurai one last time.

Then suddenly, a stranger in a female garb dressed in black and red, suddenly appeared between them as she shouted, "DARK GAZE!" Suddenly the figure's eyes glowed a crimson red and just stared at the coming opponent. Pride then made eye contact; he suddenly froze up into a stone statue. Jin was puzzled by the arrival of this new stranger, until he put it together, "Let me guess, you're the final Knight the others have been looking for?"

She walked over to him and stated as he helped him up, "Actually I'm one of the two final Knights. I'm the Gemini Ranger; Goddess of War." She then pulled Jin and they both ran for it as she stated, "That petrifying move won't last forever, so we'd better high-tail it out of here." Jin nodded as they went in search for their comrades.

Center of Cinema Village
The Sailor Scouts had rendezvoused with Sailor Mercury and Mars, who had Rini, Sarah, and Aaron with them. Unfortunately, the Shadows had them all cornered as they were closing in on them. Mercury whispered, "There's just too many of them." Venus nodded in agreement, "I know, it'd take a miracle for us."

"If it's a miracle you want…", suddenly from out of a whirlwind of Sand that had popped up, the five known knights, Taurus Barbarian, Pisces Samurai, Persian Prince, and the Gemini Rangers, along with Saturn, had appeared with their weapons at the ready, "….Then a miracle you shall have, Mo Cheri.", Persian said and finished. Aaron couldn't be even happier at this scene, 'Man, I'd never thought I'd be happy to see those guys, especially the two new ones.' Then suddenly, out of a dark Gate, came out Pride.

He still had on his trademark smirk as he spoke up, "So are my species of consequence to you?" The Scouts and Knights sneered at this man's question as he went on, "It's been almost sixty years I've used my regenerative abilities. But enough of that…I simply ask you hand over the young ladies and let this be." Taurus shouted, "IN YOUR DREAMS, CYCLOPS!" With that said the Fellowship charged forward in all the directions and unleashed a huge battle barrage against the Heartless.

"RAIN OF LIGHT!"

"ARMY OF DARKNESS!"

"PISCES ICE STRIKE!"

"TAURUS LIGHTNING BARRAGE!"

"CHAIN DANCE!"

The Knights unleashed a barrage of their attacks at the Heartless Army that Pride had summoned. Phumika had now unleashed her Blades of Chaos, gone crimson black, thrusted them into the ground, creating fissures and let out a barrage of crimson dead soldier spirits that attacked a bunch of the Heartless. Taurus' arms opened compartments and shot out a barrage of electric charged rocks at the Heartless group he attacked, frying them. And the other attacks had made their mark as the whole Shadow Heartless gang had been wiped out.

The five Knights stood there triumphantly as the only remains of the Heartless was dust. Pride stood there with a slight frown on his face as he looked at his defeated Heartless, and back at the knights. His cold stare then turned into a warm smile as he stated, "Well, this day hasn't turned into a total waste." As the knights looked into confusion at this, a dark gate opened behind Pride as he stepped in and disappeared.

As the villain disappeared, the crowd, along with Sarah and Rini, cheered on as they all thought it was part of the act. The Sailor Scouts looked at them and saw for once in a lifetime, the Fellowship of the Moon had finally been assembled.

But before the girls could ask them who they were, the declared the menace to be gone for now and took off. Aaron knew he had to find them as fast as he could, so he made a small apology to Sarah that he had to use the restroom for a moment, and sped off.

Later On
After ditching the girls, who were later on found to be safe and sound, and Aaron finally finding them and transformed, the Knights, including Domoh, and Phumika, had met each other in a warehouse. And not the one that Greed was trapped in. Ian was still trying to get this figured out, "Okay, let me see if I got this straight….Domoh's blind and Phumi is Phumika, which is a girl?"

Phumi gave the big guy the stink eye, "You got a problem with that?" The boys waved their approval, not trying to show any disapproval of having a girl on their team. Then suddenly, by a surprised Aaron, Ceros suddenly floated off the ground, and his wings enlarged, cocooning himself in a warm and bright light. Then suddenly the light disappeared as they saw what had happened.

The knights all stared in shock at what had just happened. Ceros, the tiny guardian had transformed into a huge lion-like animal with wings like an eagle and small armor on his body. Aaron couldn't believe that the small creature he had met the day he became Phoenix Blade was such a magnificent creature.

"Ok, I definitely take back the 'stuffed animal' thing." Phumika said as she looked at Ceroberos wide-eyed.

"What happened?" Ian asked in awe.

"Ceros transformed, but how is it possible?" Jin answered as he too stared at him in awe.

"That's because all six of you are together again." Ceroberos replied in a deeper and firmer voice than his little surfer voice. "I wasn't able to maintain my true form as long as all of you weren't present. But now that all of you are found, the fight against the Heartless and Nobodies will shift. But we still have one other mission, finding the rest of the Princesses of Hearts." The Knights looked to each other and nodded at this; now that they were assembled, they knew what was next on their objective.

Elsewhere, the mysterious figure who spoke with Namine and the hooded stranger watched the surveillance videos with each of the Knights on each screen. All the knights were assembled as he realized his greatest hope, "The Fellowship is assembled, and the time is near." He then looked at the other monitors, showing the Deadly Generals. "And now that the heroes are all assembled…'Ansem' will no doubt bring in his first creation."

He then turned to Phoenix Blade and Sailor Mercury, "And the question is…how will you fight this foe? With your hatred from his betrayal…or with your love for each other?"

Withing the Shadows

A figure roamed in the shadows, looking through a mysterious black flame in the center of the dark abyss. What was in the flame were images of the Fellowship: but most specifically, of Phoenix Blade.

...and surprisingly, of those of the Sailor Scouts, and of Mercury.

The strange figure, which showed that he had short white hair, as he reached towards Merucury with a tanned hand, with black leather belts strapped around it, and a few iron pieces bolted into the hand to make some kind of makeshift glove. And then out of the darkness, an evil grin opened up as a blood red eye opened and looked at Mercury...and then at Phoenix Blade.

He growled in a nineteen year old's voice, "Soon, Aragon...the one thing that I wanted...the one thing my heart desired...will be mine."

The End…For Now

Sorry, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop the story here for now.

Wait for the sequel to come up…Sailor Moon: The Two Worlds