Hunting the Moon

By: Sandreline

Hello everyone!

First, I would like to apologize for the very short chapters – both the past two and this one as well. So much has happened, I am just being swept away! I found an amazing new job that stole me away from my students, but it pays great! Not to mention my life is going good. ^_~

This chapter is dedicated to my United States Marine! My hunny has officially retired into the IRR as of last week. Babe, I couldn't be more proud of you. I love you so very much.

For my Marine hunny, my brother (who just signed into the Marines), and everyone in our armed forces… OoRah!

Chapter 8: Bing Bang Boom

"The silent treatment, really?" Dean asked.

Silence.

"Seriously?"

"Shh."

"You did not just –"

"Dead Scream."

A blinding maroon light cut Dean off as Sailor Cosmos blasted a demon to dust. Dean stood silent for the first time in ten minutes.

"Ok," He said after a moment." "I get it. I wasn't paying attention to our surroundings, yadda yadda…"

Sailor Cosmos gave him a pointedly annoyed look, which caused her boyfriend to shift slightly. Since they had separated from the others to begin their mission, Sailor Cosmos had gone into warrior mode. And in over drive, Dean mentally added, which had caused him to tred lighter than normal.

However, she couldn't afford to take risks or fail. She had to be the Keeper of Balance in order to beat both Chaos and Lilith. Dean didn't seem to understand that; and if he did, then he was trying to play the whole situation off like it wasn't the end of the world.

Even though it could be.

"You know what?" Dean commented suddenly. "When we get out of this, we have got to work on your bipolar personality disorder."

"Don't you mean if we get out?" The silver-haired warrior replied as she continued their route walking around the neighborhood of Clintonville. They were hoping to be able to hear the booms that the locals had reported, and therefore pinpoint a more exact location on their enemy.

"Hey," Dean cut in with a slightly protest. "Isn't it my job to be the pessimist? When the witty blonde in the little diner number I met in Downieville gets back, let me know."

Sailor Cosmos rolled her eyes. Sometimes the older Winchester she fell in love with could be such a drama queen.

Suddenly Dean's free arm snaked out to wrap around her waist. Blue eyes widened as she was pulled flush against his muscled chest before his lips claimed hers.

It took a moment for her to relax into the kiss, and a few moments more before she responded and let out a soft moan. At her sound of contentment, Dean pulled back from her tempting lips just enough to look down into her eyes and smirk. "There she is."

Before Sailor Cosmos could comprehend his self-induced ego-boost by his underhanded trick, Dean raised his other arm up. It was the arm that held the shotgun that shared his name. The blast from the gunfire had her right ear ringing, but the demon that he shot burned to ash.

"Damn! When those cats do a weapons upgrade, they do it right!" Dean cheered, smirking as he looked at the smoking barrel of his gun.

The Lunarian rolled her eyes one more time, giving a small huff as her small hands pushed herself away from the chest of her boyfriend. Dean simply smirked as he walked beside her, once more the two of them returning to the mission.

Something was going on, though. There had been almost a dozen demons walking around the town that had tried to take them down. They all failed, of course; they Dean was willing to bet there were others that were smart enough to not take on a Goddess or a Hunter head on.

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"This is ridiculous," Mamoru grumbled. "We should be out there with her!"

"And do what, chuck roses at the demons?" Sam growled out. Man, was this guy ever annoying! It had only been an hour since his brother and Serenity had left on their mission, and already his patience was worn out! Him! Sam – the calm one! Even watching his gorgeous girlfriend in her short orange skirt didn't take his mind off the fact that he really wanted to punch this guy. All he did was complain about how they shouldn't have let her go alone, how his brother couldn't protect her like he could, etc. It was wafer thin ice at this point.

"Where you always this annoying?" Sailor Venus grumbled under her breath before she whirled on the tuxedo-wearing man. "Look here, Chiba. You and I both know that Chaos needs your star seed to take over the planet. So when we tell you to sit, you sit and stay sat!"

Sam could tell that beneath the domino mask that Mamoru was glaring at his girlfriend, and that only further pissed him off. How badly he wished that Luna and Artemus had stayed with them instead of going off on recon…

Thankfully, a pregnant silence grew between the three of them as they remained alert. They were all leaning against the Impala, having checked to make sure that Dean wouldn't jump out at them and scream revenge for ruining her fresh wax job.

"Why did you do it?"

Sam looked up at Venus, who had moved to stand before the caped man. "Do what?" Mamoru asked.

"Why did you break her heart?"

Sam knew it would be better to remain silent at this point. Knowing Mina, she had been stewing over this a long time. The younger Winchester wasn't blind to the bond between the two females; it wasn't just duty or friendship, it was family. Serenity and Mina had a relationship a lot like the one that Sam had with his own brother.

The Earth's warrior lowered his head. "I didn't want to let destiny rule me."

Venus had to refrain from slamming the hood. In her anger and with her powers, she would leave a large dent in the hood of the Impala, and she didn't want Dean to kill her for it. He really did have an unhealthy obsession with his car. "That's the biggest piece of bullshit I ever heard!"

Sam's eyes widened. If the blonde was cursing, that couldn't be a good sign.

Sailor Venus carried on. "I know exactly why you did it, Chiba. You are nothing but a coward. You were scared. After everything that Serenity went through for you. With you. She believed in you and saved you rom Beryl when all the rest of us thought it was hopeless. Her love for you kept her from succumbing to Prince Diamond's obsession for her. She rescued you from Nehelenia's control. She brought you back to life the first time that Chaos took your Star Seed."

Sam could faintly recall images and memories from when Serenity had used the Mind Meld to share her past. Images of a slender redheaded witch attacking Sailor Moon was followed by the image of a white haired man with a black moon on his head the opposite of Serenity's. Sailor Venus was not done yet. "What about Rini?" Sailor Venus screamed. "Do you have any idea how much it must have killed her when the little girl, her child, the daughter that she loved- was taken away from her without ever having the chance to live?" Venus was crying. "I don't, because I left! We all did! But you know the reason we knew she would be all right? It was because we all thought that you would be there with her like you swore to do!"

Sam couldn't believe it, but he was sure those were tears coming from the corner of the mask, barely visible from this angle. "It wasn't suppose to be forever…" He defended.

"What did you think would happen?" Sailor Venus argued, her hands clenched at her sides. "Everyone is attracted to her shine – good or bad! She's that special. Seiya loved her, but she loved you! Did you really think that by leaving her, she wasn't going to move on?" Venus scowled. "I'm glad she did. Dean is good for her, and vice versa."

Sam watched as the tuxedoed man pushed himself up from his leaning position against the care to glare down at Venus. Sam stood up, ready to knock him down if he dared hurt Venus. "She's my soul mate!" He challenged.

"Perhaps during the Moon Kingdom," Venus spoke coldly. "It was my job to keep her from Earth, because I knew it would lead to heartbreak. When she seemed happy, I allowed her rendezvous with you." In true fashion, she gave a dramatic pause. "My mistake."

Mamoru fell back against the car, all the fight taken out of him. The Sailor Senshi had always been supportive of him. They had always treated him with the respect due his station as their future King. Now, he had lost that loyalty… which meant he really had lost Serenity forever.

Venus turned and walked a few feet over to Sam, having vented what she had wanted to. Surprisingly, she felt much better.

"Wow…" Sam said as he took Mina in his arms. Leaning forward, he whispered in her ear. "You are so sexy when you get all riled up."

Sailor Venus blushed, and turned in his hold. Leaning up with her back against Sam's chest and his gun within his reach, she crossed her arms over her chest. "Later," She promised as she let her blue eyes scan the surrounding area. While hiding in plain sight was a genius idea, it was still risky even with their guardians watching from a distance. "Let's just hope that's the only action anyone gets tonight."

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Dean suddenly stopped walking, holding up his hand to signal for silence. He must have heard something. Sailor Cosmos stopped beside him, all her attention on the sounds around her.

She felt it before she heard it. In the ground: the shaking. Then, just as the reports had described, there were booms. Loud booms the echoed the sound of bombs, popping all around them. But it was coming from underground.

The earth continued rattling, and Dean was starting to wonder how he would be able to stand up. It seemed to be coming towards them, getting stronger and stronger…

No.

It was surrounding them.

Sailor Cosmos let her wings fan out behind her as she held up a glowing hand. "Gotch ya!" She smirked, one that would have made Dean proud if he hadn't been in the middle of a demon earthquake. "World Shaking!"

Sailor Cosmos slammed her hand to the ground, and Dean watched as the now familiar attack caused cream-colored beams to shoot up from all around them, ripping open the concrete like a raging river and streaming up to the sky. It was impressive and frightening at the same time. It was moments like that that Dean was reminded of just who and what he was dating.

However, it was the deep growl of anger and pain that echoed as an effect that had Dean's blood running cold. It was the sound of ultimate evil.

It was the sound of Chaos.

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So five pages isn't too bad for fifteen minutes, off the top of my head and editing as I go… is it?

MORE OUT SOON!

Thank you, all of you, again for your wonderful support!

Much love,

~Sandreline