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Chapter 7

The monstrous beast of a vampire lunges towards Sailor Moon, only for it's face to be met with a blast of fire. The beast shrieks in pain as it covers it's face.

"Sailor Moon, hang on, we're on our way up!" Called out Sailor Mars.

"Alright." Said Sailor Moon. She looks back and narrowly dodges a slash attack from the bulging beast.

"SHRIEK" It shrieks once more.

"Sheesh, you're really aggressive." Said Sailor Moon flatly.

The creature lashes it's tongue out and wraps it around Sailor Moon tightly, as if choking her. It begins to drag her closer.

"WAGH!" Sailor Moon calls out, gasping for air. She starts reaching for the Silver Crystal, only for the beast to yank her. The beast wraps one of it's arms around her chest and starts to squeeze. It flashes it's fangs and is about to bite down on her neck.

Suddenly, a well placed bolt of lightning proceeds to zap the beast in the face, releasing Sailor Moon from it's grip.

"Sailor Moon, are you alright?" Asked Sailor Jupiter.

"I'm fine, just need to catch my breath." Said Sailor Moon, rubbing her neck.

The beast proceeds to growl, and proceeds to jump up towards the ceiling and starts to crawl around.

"I got it!" Said Sailor Mars.

"Wait, one bad shot and the whole place will catch fire!" Said Sailor Mercury.

"Well then allow me!" Said Sailor Jupiter. She proceeds to shoot more blasts of electricity into the ceiling, the beast simply dodging every one.

"How!?" Said Sailor Jupiter, now incredibly flustered.

The creature gives off another shriek, before jumping out another nearby window.

"It's getting away!" Said Sailor Mars. "Come on."

Sailor Mars, Mercury and Jupiter immediately jump out of the window. Sailor Moon is still on the ground gasping for air.

"Can't a girl take a moment to catch her breath?" Said Sailor Moon while panting.

Meanwhile back at Minako's apartment, Minako is seen staring at the photograph with abject horror. Everything in the picture seems normal, but looking closely, we see that Minako in the photo is now bearing fangs.

"This...this is...a joke." Said Minako. "Artemis, please tell me I'm seeing things...!" Said Minako.

"What do you see?" Asked Artemis, jumping up. Minako proceeds to show him the picture. "Everything...seems fine..."

"Me...Look at me!" Said Minako.

Artemis looks over the picture, and it takes a few moments before seeing the change.

"Well...that's...not good." Said Artemis. "Let's not panic, if this is the only change then..."

"What this is telling me is that there's some sort of time limit!" Said Minako.

"Well, calm down. This isn't the end of the world. It's just one change...I'm sure that your fellow warriors are..." Artemis begins to say, Minako heads for the doorway. "Minako, what are you doing!"

"I can't afford to be inactive anymore, I am not gonna act on blind faith and transform into a bloodthirsty monster while doing so!" Said Minako, as she proceeds to run out of the house.

"Minako, wait!" Yelled Artemis. Minako ignores him and runs off into the night. "Oh this is bad...this is really bad..."

"This is bad, this is really bad." Said Sailor Jupiter.

"How can something that big move so fast?" Asked Sailor Moon.

"Hold on, I'll scan the area." Said Sailor Mercury. She pulls out her scanner and begins to check the immediate area.

"Any luck?" Asked Sailor Mars.

"Give me a few seconds, there's a lot of lifeforms being detected, this area is surprisingly populated." Said Sailor Mercury.

"All the more reason to catch this thing!" Said Sailor Mars.

"Don't rush me, OK! For all I know, it could be right on..." Said Sailor Mercury. At that moment, a familiar tongue proceeds to wrap itself around her neck and drag her into a nearby dark alleyway.

"MERCURY!" Yelled the other Senshi.

Sailor Mercury is seen struggling to resist the pull of the creature's tongue, to little to no avail. She gets dragged up a wall, into the creature's grasp.

"SHRIEK" The creature shrieks as it goes in for a bite. Sailor Mercury acts quickly, splashing a small bit of water into the creature's face, causing it to hiss in pain. The tongue proceeds to release it's grip on her neck as the creature begins to fall down to the ground. The other Senshi go to meet Sailor Mercury.

"Mercury, are you alright?" Asked Sailor Moon.

"I'm fine, but that was definitely cutting it close though. Quick, finish it off before it gets away!" Said Sailor Mercury.

"Right, your reign of terror ends here monster!" Yelled Sailor Moon. She proceeds to raise the Silver Crystal, which shines with brilliant illumination.

The skin on the creature starts to blacken and burn, and burst into flames as the creature gives one last shriek, before turning to ashes.

"Phew, well, that's another one down. You think that was the one who turned Minako?" Asked Sailor Moon.

"I want to believe so, but I highly doubt it." Said Sailor Mars.

Sailor Moon's communicator starts to beep, and she immediately answers it. "Hello?"

"Sailor Moon, it's Artemis. Minako just ran out of the house!" Yelled Artemis.

"What!?" Yelled Sailor Moon.

"You have to find her, quick! Chances are really high that she'll bite someone, whether she means to or not." Said Artemis.

"Alright, we're on it." Said Sailor Moon. "Come on girls, Minako's gone AWOL."

"Sheesh, this night just had to become a bit longer, didn't it." Said Sailor Jupiter.

The Sailor Senshi proceed to run off into the night, in search of their friend.

Comments: Short chapter tonight, sorry about that. So yeah, it seems that Minako is having a bit of anxiety about the whole fangs in the picture thing. And with that in mind, the chances of her potentially biting someone is likely to increase. Can the Sailor Senshi find her before such a thing occurs? Will Minako herself be able to have the willpower to prevent such a thing? Find out in the next chapter. Thank you guys so much for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave your comments and reviews, as I love to hear feedback from you guys. As always, I will see you next chapter!