Chapter 20

Requiem of the demons

Deep inside the Mugan Academy that was now encased within a barrier were Mistress Nine and Professor Tomoe as the evil woman possessing Hotaru's body said "Mugan High is now protected by dark energy and has become the Omega zone. No one can enter into our purest place. It's time to get the Sacred Cup! I'll bring Sailor Moon here…I want you to dispatch of the others."

"Me?"

"Use the dolls that you made. Go, Daimon Gerumatou!"

"Yes."

Meanwhile in a long hallway as the Sailor Senshi were walking down the hall; Ami was worried if Hitomi was already here somewhere watching them or was he already launching an attack on Mistress Nine herself. Either way the situation wasn't looking good. The room began to fill with a darker presence as Rei suddenly felt what was about to happen as she tried to warn everyone.

"Everyone look out something."

Rei was cut off as three vortexes were opened as Sailor Moon was pulled into a vortex while Ami, Minako were pulled into one vortex and the others were pulled into the third one. Haruka, Michiru, Rei, and Makoto arrived in some room where they found white suits with the black star mark of the Death Busters on them hanging up on a wall as Rei asked.

"What are these?"

"These are containers I made. Don't you know? Both of you are not allowed to enter."

"Be patient and strong until you establish justice. Those are your words, remember, professor?" Haruka said to the man as he replied.

"I don't. I wished such smart ladies were Daimon containers, just like Soichi Tomoe."

"As we thought, a Daimon was controlling him!" Michiru said as she and the other Sailor Senshi were preparing to fight a group of three Daimons as the Daimon possessing the Professor left Tomoe's body and spilt into three other creatures before entering the three suits…all of them controlled by the same one. Rei used a Burning Mandala on the professor as Makoto joined in with a Sparkling Wide Pressure attack as she shouted.

"Class time is over Professor!"

Haruka and Michiru joined in as they used their talismans to fight the Daimon and his companions. Meanwhile Ami and Minako were wandering around the halls as they were lost, but meanwhile outside over hundreds of red liquid like creatures that had emerged from hatched Daimon eggs were erupting from a hole at the top of the barrier as more of those slimy red creatures were coming. Inuyasha used most of the techniques he knew such as the Kaze no Kizu and Kongosouha waves as he mowed down one group of enemies at a time. Sango was using her boomerang to fight off as many Daimons as she could while Miroku along with Shippo was trying to help her out deal with the overwhelming number of Daimons attacking them.

"Don't you think this is a little more than we can handle?" Shippo asked Inuyasha.

"Nah…we handled worst than this?"

"If you say so." Shippo replied as he kicked one of their foes in the face. Back inside the Academy: Usagi found her way into a very large chamber much like an interior of a cathedral as she saw Hotaru sitting upon a throne up ahead. "Sacred Cup." Mumbled as Usagi heard the young girl's voice as she rushed to the girl, but stopped when she got within a couple feet of her as Sailor Moon asked.

"What about the Sacred Cup?"

"I heard if Super Sailor Moon shines the Sacred Cup in here…the Darkness would disappear." The young girl said as something wasn't right as Naraku was hiding in the same room as the two, but neither one of them was aware of him. He was prepared to cut the connection he had between the Scared Cup and his fake which would trigger his trap. "Better hurry because the enemy could come anytime."

"Yes. Hotaru, I'm glad to see that you're all right."

"Hurry Usagi, for Chibi-usa's sake! The Sacred Cup!"

Suddenly Sailor Moon just realized something. "Hotaru, how did you know I'm Usagi Tsukino? You're not Hotaru, are you?

"Hotaru, just the looks!" Mistress Nine said as she transformed back into her adult form.

"What happened to Hotaru?"

"I dissolved her into me. I'm an ichigensai taikei that lives within Hotaru. I'm Mistress Nine!"

Meanwhile at that moment: Haruka and Michiru arrived on the scene, after having defeated Gerumatou using the combine powers of their talismans with Rei's aid, but they were suddenly captured by strands of hair that had clandestinely moved across the room. The strands had ambushed the two outer Sailor Senshi and captured them both, and were trapped and tied to a stone pillar near the entrance to the room.

"Haruka and Michiru!"

Rei was about to enter the room, but jumped to the side to avoid getting captured. However a third large collection of hair struck her in the face and sent her flying into the wall.

"Rei!"

"Well now…lets see if this will work!" Mistress Nine said with a cruel smile as she began strangling the life out of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. "Hand over the Cup and I will spare their lives." Sailor Moon seemed almost compelled to do so, but a voice intervened and said.

"Don't give to her, no matter what happens to us." Haruka shouted before she started scream as Mistress Nine began to tighten her hold on them.

"If you give it to her, I'll lose all respect for you!" Michiru said to Usagi as she was in a tight spot. But suddenly Professor Tomoe crawled into the room; he began to speak weakly while he was at Mistress Nine's feet.

"Hotaru!"

Hotaru's father? Usagi thought in her mind when she saw the man.

"Hotaru! I'm your poppa! Hotaru, because of me, you've become..."

"You're Gerumatou's pathetic container. Don't touch me, filthy man!" Mistress Nine kicked away the poor man as he cried out as Usagi drew out her specter readied to attack the woman if the situation forced her to do so. Professor Tomoe refused to give up on his daughter as he spoke her name one more time.

"Hotaru!"

Sadly he was struck by a bolt of dark energy that caused him to wittier in pain.

"Stop it! Stop it! Please!" Usagi cried as something happened within Mistress Nine as Hotaru apparently remerged.

"Hotaru!" Professor Tomoe continued to call out.

"Poppa! Poppa!" Hotaru was saying as Mistress Nine was struggling while she said, "It can't be!" Usagi was noticing what was happening as she called out the girl's name. Following Mistress Nine was in trouble. "I...can't control...the body is...rejecting me...hard to breathe, poppa!" Seeing the moment was right as Mistress Nine let go of both Haruka and Michiru.

"Kill her, Sailor Moon!"

"No! Hotaru is still alive!" Usagi said as she refused to carry out the deed as Michiru warned.

"Don't be fooled!"

"Hotaru, does it hurt?" The Professor asked as he and his daughter got into a conversation.

"I need the Sacred Cup."

"Sacred Cup?"

"I need the Sacred Cup to recover."

"Hold on, Hotaru! Where can I find it, Hotaru?"

"Poppa!"

During that moment; Sailor Moon brought out the fake Scared Cup Naraku had created, but with Naraku in the room with them holding the real thing it would appear the cup itself was in the room with them. Haruka watched as she tried to go up to her and stop it, but something prevented her from getting close, and with the barrier in place no one could stop her.

"Why, Sailor Moon?"

"You're not the Messiah! You don't have any right to decide!" Michiru said as Usagi only answered.

"Hotaru is still alive! I don't believe that Hotaru has to be sacrificed to save the world!"

"That's it!" Hotaru said as she pointed to the Scared Cup.

"The Sacred Cup? Please, Hotaru needs it." Professor Tomoe asked as he went over to Sailor Moon after picking himself off the ground. Usagi gave it to him as the man said. "Thank you!" He took the cup to Hotaru and asked. "Hotaru, is this the Sacred Cup that you need?"

"Yes, hurry!"

"Damn it!" Haruka said as Hotaru or rather Mistress Nine accepted the Cup from her father, but suddenly everything changed.

"Sailor Moon! When Pharaoh 90 appears, I'll thank you by letting you live as a Daimon container!"

"Hotaru! Hotaru! Can you hear me? Hotaru!" Usagi shouted, but it was all in vain as Mistress Nine laughed and said.

"There's nothing you can do!"

"You won't do what you want; I'll save Hotaru and our world!"

"Forget it! This Sacred Cup is the purest crystal from the collection of anger, love, loneliness, happiness, and envy. You have a very small chance to beat Pharaoh 90 who has the Sacred Cup unless you can create a more powerful Cup than this!" Mistress Nine informed Sailor Moon as she held the cup. It was at that moment Naraku chose to strike as the Cup in Mistress Nine's hands turns purple as everyone's attention was on the cup while it started to glow, which prompted the woman to ask herself.

"What is happening?"

At that moment Ami and Minako entered the room. When the duo saw what was happening, Ami activated her visor and her computer and began to examine the Cup. Her eyes went wide as she realized what was happening. "Everyone get away from Hotaru!"

"What?" Haruka asked.

"That isn't the cup…it's made completely out of Miasma. I couldn't have detected it early, but that thing is radiating tremendous amounts of demonic energy.

Mistress Nine's attention was drawn back to the cup as it was on the verge of exploding.

"I can't let go of it!"

The cup finally exploded in Mistress Nine's face, but the Miasma mist that was created as a result of the blast along with a shower of crystallized miasma needles were sent flying in all directions. Luckily for the Sailor Senshi a powerful holy barrier was raised protecting Usagi, Professor Tomoe, and the others from the blast and containing the Miasma within the barrier.

"Hotaru!" Usagi shouted as the thick purple fog filled the area of the room within the barrier. "What happened?"

"That cup was a fake. It was made completely out of Miasma…it was some kind of bomb Hitomi had made. You never had the real cup to begin with." Kagome said as she entered the room. She was breathing heavily with sweat dripping from her head as she dropped to her knees. Using her miko powers to create the barrier had exhausted her greatly.

"Wait, if Sailor Moon never had the real cup then who does?" Haruka snapped.

"I'll give you one guess." A voice from the Miasma said as it was starting to clear. Everyone's expressions changed from those filled with disbelief to those with clear signs of trepidation as they saw Hitomi transformed in his mesh mashed demonic form with more than a dozen tentacles and incest arms sticking out of his back. Hotaru or rather Mistress Nine was being held within Hitomi's grasp by his tentacles as her body was covered in needle-like Miasma crystals. "You all played out your roles perfectly. Now the powers of the cup, the Solider of Destruction and Mistress Nine belong to I Naraku. With them I will be all powerful."

"So that was your plan!" Haruka shouted.

"I-I-Impossible!" Mistress Nine muttered as the overpowering poison of the super charged Miasma Bomb had completely paralyzed her leaving her at Naraku's mercy as he was already draining her of her power. "How did Sailor Moon use the power of the cup if it was a false Scared Cup?"

"Simple really…I linked them so my fake cup could draw power from the real one in order to make it a convincing copy. Each time she used its power and the more power she called upon, the stronger and more super charged my poison became, and was set to detonate when I cut the connection between the fake and the real thing. I have been playing you ever since it has appeared. Everything I had done to you was to keep you all from thinking I had it and I was after you for it."

"That's quite an ingenious and elaborate plan you devised. You were setting up the Messiah of Silence from the start…everything you have done was for this one moment.' Michiru said as she was catching onto Naraku's plan.

"That's right…now their powers belong to me. But since I am feeling generous today I will have Chibi-usa's heart crystal returned to her." Naraku said as Saimyoushou appeared carrying Chibi-usa's heart crystal as it flew out of the room. "After all if it weren't for you Sailor Moon I would not have gotten his far so I'll reward you for your assistance."

"Damn you Naraku!" Haruka shouted.

"You underestimated me Sailor Senshi."

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"

"Burning Mandala!"

The two Sailor Senshi Soldiers were using their attacks as Sailor Moon was trying to transform into her second level transformation, but without the power of the cup it was no use. Mistress Nine soon ceased her existence as the last of her power was stripped from her and her mind and soul; whatever made up Mistress Nine as a being was destroyed while her power was claimed by Naraku as Hotaru reverted to her normal form, but it appeared she was under a lot of suffering from the energy absorption. Hotaru's powers were next to be absorbed. Kagome shouted at her son with tears streaming from her eyes.

"Stop this Hitomi! You'll going to kill her."

"I cannot absorb her completely due to her power, so I must take her power directly in this manner. I need her power to establish myself so no one can harm me ever again. My experience with my father upon my transformation into the creature you see me as now has taught me that lesson which is to survive in this cruel and ruthless world you must have power, and enough of it so you can stand above the rest while you must also be cold and ruthless in order to survive that's how it works."

"Damn it Hitomi that is still wrong…you father!"

"That man isn't my father any more. What kind of man would try to kill his own son? Ever since I became a half demon my life has been nothing but a living hell for me as anyone who saw me in my true form assaulted me or attempted to kill me. Another reason why I need power; to simply defend myself from anyone or anything that could try to destroy me."

"Hitomi!"

"Hitomi you have to stop this….Hotaru doesn't deserve this." Usagi shouted as Naraku turned his attention to the blonde haired woman as she continued. "You can't do this to her. All you'll do in your attempts to amass more power is cause suffering to others and yourself in the end."

"Bold words, but that's from someone who hasn't gone through what I have suffered through. I will become the most powerful demon in the universe one way or another!"

"Not if I can help it!" a voice came followed by that same voice shouting "Kongosouha!" A wave of Kongosouha spears ripped though the air passing Sailor Moon and Kagome as everyone else in the spears path ducked for cover as they penetrated Naraku's barrier. "I am taking you down Naraku!" Inuyasha shouted as she rushed into the room with his sword held up ready to deal another strike to the half demon. As a result of Mistress Nine's death the barrier over the academy fell allowing Inuyasha to reach the interior of the building. Amazingly the Kongosouha spears he sent at Naraku had missed hitting Hotaru. Instead the girl was moved to the back end of his body where Naraku held her captive.

"Damn you Inuyasha…no matter I have absorbed more than enough power to tap the powers of the Scared Cup. Prepare yourself for my wraith!" Hitomi roared as his eyes glowed red while the cup he held in his hands scattered and all of its energy was absorbed into Naraku's body. The ground began shaking as the whole place was coming down. Everyone hurried out of the building while Makoto grabbed Professor Tomoe's unconscious body. Everyone exited the building just in time as the whole place crumbled to the ground.

Meanwhile at the heart where the school once stood; Hitomi rose up as his demonic body seemed to be growing bigger. Meanwhile Akuma and Ryo appeared right next to him while near them were Tentai and Arael. Hitomi or rather Naraku; sent more than a dozen lashing and whipping tentacles at his foes as Akuma and Ryo charged the Sailor Senshi and the rest of their master's foes. The fire demon made his own opening move with a turn of his body as he swung his scythe to send waves of flames at Inuyasha, Sailor Mars and Sailor Neptune.

"This time I'm going to send you ladies straight to hell!"

"Deep Submerge!"

"Burning Mandala!"

The two girl's assaults were sent flying at the demon of fire as Michiru's water based attack stopped the flames as Rei's own flames from her own attack followed the Solider of the Deep Sea's attack as they both stuck their mark. Akuma fell to the ground, but he jumped back up just in time to block Inuyasha's swing with his sword with his scythe. Meanwhile Tentai and Arael retreated into the shadows since they were very good in combat as Ryo opened up his mouth and spit up more deadly serpents while they raced across the ground towards the others. Roaring like a true demon it raised its huge sword and was prepared to strike. It was in mid process of using a horizontal swing to take out some of his creator's foes.

Usagi fought Naraku as she used her scepter to fight off the tentacles he sent after her while Haruka was helping out by using her sword to cut them apart. As Ami stood near by uncertain of what to do. Meanwhile as Akuma and the Sailor Senshi fought, a rose came between Akuma and the Sailor Senshi. Arriving on the scene was Setsuna, Mamoru a.k.a. Tuxedo Kamen and with them was Chibi-usa transformed as Chibi Moon. "Akuma your fiery temper will to come to an end." Mamoru informed the demon as he was ready to join the battle with his cane in hand.

"Bring it on pretty boy!"

"Gladly!"

Akuma turned his attention away from Inuyasha as he and Mamoru engaged in a fierce battle. His scythe was covered in flames as the two fought while Makoto was trying to reach Naraku, but tentacles and clouds of Miasma were blocking her path, as the half demon wasn't going to make reaching him very easy. Protected by his barrier; Naraku hurled spheres of purple energy at the woman as she tried to approach.

At that moment Inuyasha transformed the Tetsusaiga into one of its other transformations known as the Dragon Scale Tetsusaiga, which granted the sword the power to absorb a demon's Youkai energy into the sword. He launched himself at Akuma and stuck him in the back as the sword was draining him of his Youkai power.

"What the hell are you doing?" Akuma muttered as he turned his head to see Inuyasha's sword stuck in his back as energy was being drained from his body.

"This is Dragon Scale Tetsusaiga and when I am using it. I can drain a foe of his or her Youkai energy and send it right back at you!" Inuyasha said as he ripped the sword out of Akuma's back so quickly that he sliced the demon in half. Mamoru got out of Inuyasha's way as the half demon unleashed Akuma's own Youkai energy upon him in one destructive blow, which utterly destroyed Akuma in one fiery blast of Youkai energy. Turning his head Inuyasha ran towards his own son determined to finish him off as his sword was already beginning to absorb energy from Naraku.

Meanwhile as a group of Hitomi's tentacles were about to attack an unsuspecting Chibi-usa as she had fought off one tentacle. A poison whip descended down from the air and tore the tentacles apart. Sesshomaru had arrived on the scene as he drew his sword Toukijin and entered the fray. With most of Naraku's demons either defeated or had fled the others were advancing on him as the half demon was doing all that he could to prevent that as he assaulted everyone with lightning bolts of purple energy. Ryo stood in front of his master to protect him.

"You cannot defeat me now….you'll need a pure heart that is greater than the one contained within the cup, and I doubt even you can acquire that."

"We will stop you Naraku!" Usagi declared as she tired a second level transformation one more time. But it was no good as the young girl had wanted to put an end to this battle, but it was proving to be very difficult.

"Ryo…tear Sailor Moon apart!" Naraku ordered.

The demon rushed at the young woman spreading his arms out ready to snatch up the young woman to grab her and then from there he intended to crush her in a bear hug. Sailor Moon used her scepter to strike the demon with her Moon Spiral Heart Attack. The beam of energy bounced off the creature's body.

"I designed Ryo to be a walking tank! His body is stronger was designed to take any attack you throw at him."

The demon opened its mouth to heave out a horde of snakes, but a blast of energy entered the creature's mouth and a chain reaction occurred inside the beast causing its body to enlarge like balloon before it exploded. "Did you consider its insides?" Makoto asked as she followed by the others approached Hitomi.

"Damn you!" Hitomi shouted as he drew out his weapon: the demon forged sword known as the Shibofukkatsu. "Try some of my new sword's power! Gokuryuuha!" Hitomi shouted as with a swing of his sword it unleashed an attack that was almost exactly like the one used by the sword Souunga. A horrific tornado of demonic energy ripped across the field kicking up dirt, rocks and pieces of the Mugan Academy as Inuyasha, Usagi and the others were sent flying.

The smoke and dust began to settle a moment later, but suddenly, from above, a wave of Kongosouha spears tore though the barrier protecting Hitomi, Inuyasha, pushing his body harder than he had before, rushed at his son with his eyes filled with killing intent. Inuyasha seized the moment to attack his son with slashes to his body with his sword. Haruka stuck her blade into Naraku's back as she launched a surprise attack from behind. She scooped up Hotaru's unconscious form and moved away from the monstrous half demon.

While Usagi was recovering from the blast, and he dealt with Inuyasha by blasting him away with a beam of energy from his mouth that sent the half-demon flying into the air while at the same time Usagi dragged herself to her feet. Hitomi realized that he was now dealing with a loosing battle. Having already taken much of Hitomi's Youkai energy; Inuyasha was ready to take his own son down, but Sailor Moon had achieved her second level transformation as her own heart crystal emerged from her.

Another spraying of Kongosouha spears again had come from Inuyasha's blade unpretentiously as Hitomi's demonic body was shredded apart further just as Sailor Moon and Inuyasha were going to deal the final blow. "I'll stop you both!" Hitomi summoned up his demonic energies and created a giant death sphere of dark energy above his body.

"Stop it both of you!" Kagome shouted

"I'll destroy you two before you can destroy me!"

Hitomi unleashed the gigantic sphere of black and purple energy as it was flying at Inuyasha and Sailor Moon, but attacking them was a big mistake. Inuyasha charged up using the power his sword collected as he swung his sword into Hitomi's attack as he shouted "Bakuryuuha! Backlash Wave!"

"Rainbow Moon Heart Ache!"

The two powerful attacks were unleashed on Hitomi as the half demon was completely engulfed in a wave of energy so powerful that it could be seen for miles, but Hitomi survived the attack, but his body was badly damaged as pieces of his shredded and mangled body laid everywhere with only twenty percent of his main body still intact. One more vicious assault from Inuyasha or Sailor Moon would finish him off.

"This is it!" Inuyasha shouted as threw his own blade at Hitomi in a spear like fashion.

"No, Inuyasha!" Usagi shouted realizing that Hitomi was no longer in any condition to fight back.

"Hitomi!" Kagome shouted as she shot one of her arrows at the sword hoping she could deflect it. To her horror the arrow missed just by a hair, but the holy energies it was raiding shinned on the Tetsusaiga as they passed one another reserved the sword's transformation. Please evade it, please evade it. Kagome was hoping, but Hitomi was still wounded and was in the process of attempting to regenerate. He was incapable of moving out of the way fast enough.

Hitomi was able to realize that his death was upon him.