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Author's Note: About time I get a break. Sorry for the long wait guys just been juggling another project so this story did not get as much attention. That and I was at a bit of a loss as to how I wanted to continue this story. Anyway, this is the next chapter of the story. Thank to all those who have given this story a chance. The end of this chapter will mark about the halfway point for this story. Enjoy.
Naru screamed as she started to claw at Umino's lifeless body in abject desperation. Her mind still could not even conceive the fact that this boy, this nerdy little boy who had just been alive mere hours ago, was now dead.
Wake up...wake up...WAKE UP! Don't leave me, not like this!
Naru's ears picked up on the sound of cruel laughter and she held her head up and saw through her blurry eyes the distorted forms of Nephrite and his youma. They met her gaze and they merely started to laugh more so in mockery.
Nephrite especially seemed to morph before Naru's eyes. What had been a handsome, kind man had suddenly turned into a cruel monster who cared nothing for anyone except himself.
"Such a worthless life. Now I have to get new boots. The thought of this filth's blood on me disgusts me to no end." grunted Nephrite.
The ginger haired girl's eyes opened wide as her body seemed to have suddenly froze.
Worthless...filth...life...worthless...filth...life...worthless...filth...life...no...no...no...NO!
Naru suddenly felt pure, unadulterated anger suddenly surge within her body and before she knew it she rose up and flashed forward and struck Nephrite on the cheek with all her might.
Both Castor and Pollux suddenly stopped laughing as they saw the mourning girl suddenly come out of nowhere and strike Nephrite. They both took a hesitant step back. An angry Nephrite was not to be trifiled with.
Nephrite on his part was stunned that the girl had actually managed to catch him off guard like that. His face was forced to one side and he had to turn to meet the girl's furious eyes.
"He's not worthless! He was a good person who was kind and thoughtful. Umino is...is...is...worth a million of you!" cried Naru.
Nephrite shocked face soon morphed into that of anger. He grabbed the girl in front of him by the hair and threw her body down to the ground.
Naru yelped in pain as she was thrown down harshly. The side of her face collided harshly with the concrete park ground and she was seeing stars for a moment. The rough, calloused hand grinded her face onto the ground. Naru felt like her head was going to collapse.
"You wench! How dare you strike me like that? That very action alone has made your life forefeit. Now die!" roared Nephrite as he rose his other arm, intent in driving it into Naru.
In that moment, however, Nephrite felt his very hairs stand on end and he felt an incredible intent to kill coming from behind him. He let go of Naru and jumped into the air only to narrowly avoid a thin, white beam that came out of nowhere.
Nephrite jumped back to join his two powerful youma. He snarled as he saw the sight now before him.
A trio of teenage girls had joined Naru. One of them had long, raven black hair and was dressed in what looked like school girl uniform from the Catholic Academy.
The other two girls were dressed in their respective fukus as well. The sight of the blond haired girl made Nephrite growl in anger and hate.
Meanwhile the blond haired girl looked over at Naru with some concern on her face.
"Y-You came Usagi. I'm so happy that you are here, protecting me. B-But Umino...he's...he's..."
Kenshiro looked over to her side and saw, to her dismay, that the bespectacled boy had been killed.
The blond haired girl turned over to Nephite as she stood up and proceeded to crack her knuckles.
"You should have not killed him. Now your death is assured." threatened Kenshiro as she stared coldly at the general.
Nephrite soon started howl with laughter as he heard this. The thought of this teenage girl threatening him? It was quite funny.
"You hardly escaped with your life when I sent Regulus after you. What makes you think that you can topple me?" asked Nephrite harshly.
Kenshiro narrowed her eyes but said nothing.
The aqua haired girl stepped forward.
"That may be true. Our friend here was hurt quite considerably but she is not alone now. You face all three of us." said Toki in a calm yet deadly voice.
"I take it that you are the leader of this band of vigilantes. Let me tell you one thing. You have no idea what you are going up against. The power you seek to oppose if far beyond your feeble minds. Then again its not like you would have ever suceeded anyway. I will kill you today once and for all." threatened Nephrite.
Rei scowled as she heard this.
"Perhaps it is YOU that has no idea who he is up against. You will be nothing but ribbons of flesh once I'm through with you." spat Rei harshly.
Nephrite started to laugh once more.
"Okay then. I see that you girls want to play it rough then. Then so be it. Castor! Pollux! Engage them at once!" roared Nephrite.
"As you command sir!" both said in unison.
At once Toki turned over to Kenshiro.
"Get the girl get out of here. She is now a liability to us." said Toki before she jumped forward to engage Pollux in battle. Rei soon did the same with Castor.
Naru frowned as she heard the aqua haired girl say this. However she could not help that but agree that it was true. She had already caused far more trouble than she was worth. Not only had she gotten her best friend injured the night before but now she indirectly caused the death of one of her classmates as well.
The ginger haired girl stood up and looked at the blond in the eyes.
"Usagi...please come back alive." said Naru.
"There is nothing to worry about. Now run." said Kenshiro.
The girl soon turned and bolted as fast as she could.
Nephrite saw the girl start to run and growled angrily. He thought of going after her but decided not to. He would get to her once he was done killing all these pests.
At once Pollux grinned evilly as she held her hands close together before releasing a blast of bubbles their way.
"Bubble Spray!"
All three of the warriors soon found themselves in a middle of a fog as Nephrite's voice boomed.
"You humans rely on your sight more than any other sense. How will you cope when your sight is compromised?" cackled Nephrite in the distance.
All three girls huddled near each other.
"What do you have planned Toki? This seems to be your attack." said Rei in slight concern.
"Damn. I did not expect something like this. I can summon my computer to track down our opponents but I still won't be able to see them. I can only get their location." said Toki.
"That should be enough. As long as we hone in our other senses we should be fine." said Kenshiro.
At that moment a torrent of flame came out of nowhere. All three girls jumped apart from each other.
Nephrite smiled as he saw his plan go into action as he zoomed in on Kenshiro. He gathered dark energy on his fist and soon aimed to hit the blond behind the head in an attempt to shatter her skull.
Kenshiro felt an intent to kill from behind her and turned to find Nephrite aiming to hit her with an energy filled fist. The blond held her arms up to block the blow.
Nephrite's fist collided with the girl's arm and Kenshiro gritted her teeth as the blow. Black lightning cackled around the blond's arms and Kenshiro knew that she could not take another hit like that even while using 100 percent of her potential.
Just as Kenshiro was about to retaliate Nephrite disappeared again into the mist. At once Toki and Rei joined Kenshiro, though a bit too late.
"Are you alright?" asked Toki in concern.
"I'm fine. It would have been worse had I not blocked it." said Kenshiro.
"This is silly. Have you managed to get a lock on their location Toki?" asked Rei in frustration.
Toki knew that transforming right now would leave her open. So, concentrating she managed to find her inner senshi power and managed to summon the computer into existence without having to transform. A visor slipped over her eyes as she quickly started to dot on the computer.
As she did this another flame came forward but this time they were ready.
Rei went forward and swiped the flame aside easily. A burst of black energy soon came out of nowhere and the girls were forced to move aside once more.
"I'm done. Now, if only I can get a lock...there! That way!" said Toki as pointed toward a direction.
Kenshiro made for the direction but was dismayed to find nothing there. She was met with a nasty surprise attack though as she felt flames suddenly lick her from behind. Kenshiro jumped on the ground and rolled over, patting the flames away.
At the same time, Rei had gone another direction and she too was knocked aside by a surprise attack.
"Foolish! Your petty attacks can't reach us. We'll simply strike from the shadows until you all are dead!" cackled Nephrite's voice.
Toki frowned.
This isn't good. Even if we know their location they can easily move at will. I'm the only one with long range attacks but I can't utilize the Humane Fist technique while I'm concentrating all my power just keeping the visor in existence. I can't get Kenshiro and Rei to transform into Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars because of the time it takes to transform. We need this fog dispelled but how?
Toki noticed Kenshiro and Rei joining her once again. They seemed to be slightly out of breath and rather frustrated.
"We can't do much. They keep moving without our knowing. This fog is making things difficult." said Kenshiro.
"I can dispel the fog with my flames but I have to transform to do that." said Rei.
"That's not an option. The transformation takes too long. You'll be a sitting duck. What's worse is that we don't even know where their attacks are going to come from next. We couldn't protect you even if we wanted to." said Toki with a frown.
"Damn. Well...I can STILL summon a large amount of flames but its going to wipe me out. You two are going to have to kill the monster summoning the fog." suggested Rei.
Toki seemed to contemplate on this potential plan.
This may be our only option. Its extremely risky because we lose Rei in this battle. But if we can kill that blue skinned youma then our battle becomes considerably easier.
"Very well. Do what you can to dispel the fog. We'll kill the monster as soon as we recover sight." said Toki.
"You two better do it right. The last thing I want is to die to these damn creatures." said Rei.
At once the raven haired girl stood still as she concentrated deeply, reaching for that inner power. She had barely mastered summoning her flames recently and the effort it took would send her into unconciousness.
But it was now or never. If she failed they were finished.
Rei screamed loudly as she felt the power suddenly burst from within and her body felt like it was going to melt from the inside out. She had to release the power right away.
"You two! Get away from me now!" roared Rei.
Toki and Kenshiro jumped away before a column of flame suddenly erupted from Rei's body, sending it skyward. It was an impressive display. Both Toki and Kenshiro were awed at the fact that Rei could summon this much of her own power, despite it being uncontrolled and wild at the moment.
The temperature rose to greatly and soon the fog was dispelled.
Rei fell to the ground as her hair covered her face. She was soon unconscious from the effort she had to put out.
"What the hell?"
Both Toki and Kenshiro looked over to find a surprised Nephrite alongside his equally surprised youma companions. Both Kenshiro and Toki nodded and quickly pressed their advantage.
"Atta!" roared Kenshiro as she made her way toward the red skinned youma. She struck the youma in the throat using two fingers before slamming her fist on the youma's face, sending flying away.
"Haa!" roared Toki as she, at the same time, made for the blue skinned youma and pressed her palm against the youma's stomach. A beam of light spewed forth from her palm and went straight through the monster.
Nephrite could not believe what had just happened. One moment they were at an advantage then the next a pillar of flame comes out of nowhere to dispel the mist created by Pollux.
Then both his monsters are suddenly struck. He turned and found himself nearly gagging at the sight of his monsters as Toki and Kenshiro jumped back after their attacks.
Castor had trouble breathing as she clenched at her throat. Flames were spurting from her fingers and nostrils. She seemed to be in intense pain.
Pollux was even worse off as her arms were bent backward at odd angles and her head had completely twisted around.
"You! What have you done to my youma!" roared Nephrite.
"I have struck the pressure point, ZenchÅ, on the red skinned monster. Her lungs are no longer able to exhale and she will asphyxiate soon. That is unless the flames in her body don't destroy her first." said Kenshiro sternly.
"Your other monster is better off. I have used the Humanitarian Fist on her. Though her figure is distorted she feels no pain. Her death will be soon." replied Toki.
"What? What kind of foolishness are you speaking of?" asked Nephrite in disbelief.
"Just look at your monsters again." said Kenshiro.
Nephrite turned to find Castor suddenly screaming in pain as her body was engulfed in her own flames. She soon exploded, her flaming body parts splattering all over the place.
Nephrite heard moan of utmost pleasure as he turned to find Pollux moaning as her arms twisted before her was completely twisted around.
"It feels so good!"
At once her body exploded in a bloody mess like that of her companion.
Nephrite stared at the two girls before him and started to feel some pangs of fear.
"W-What kind of sorcery did you use to dispatch my minions?" asked Nephrite.
"It is not sorcery. It is the art of Hokuto Shin Ken. You will die by our hands tonight." said Kenshiro.
"Never! I won't lose, especially to a couple of weak humans such as yourself!" roared Nephrite.
"Look up into the skies and see your demise. The star of death shines on you!" roared Toki in return.
Nephrite looked up and found, to his dismay, a bright star that he had never seen before just off the side of the Big Dipper. He felt nothing but utter dread and fear at the sight of the star.
What's this? Have the stars suddenly betrayed me and have handed out their death sentence? Why!
"Haaa!" roared Kenshiro as she summoned all her power as a white aura engulfed her body. Before Nephrite could even react Kenshiro had jumped into the air and landed each finger on the temple of Nephrite before slamming her knee over Nephrite's face, sending the long haired general flying back.
Nephrite roared in anger as he jumped back up.
"Is that all? Was that supposed to kill me?" cackled Nephrite as his body soon started to cackle with dark lightning.
"It was a lethal combination." said Kenshiro dryly as she turned her back on Nephrite and made her way toward an equally at ease Toki.
"You turn your back on me? You'll pay with your life, you hear! This is only the beginning!" I'll kill you!" roared Nephrite.
"Let me ask you something. Can you kill someone when you're already dead?" asked Kenshiro as she paused though her back was still toward Nephrite.
"What foolishness are you-"
Nephrite never finished as he suddenly felt his body suddenly tear down the middle. He looked up toward the stars and found them blurring.
He rose his fist and gave a mighty roar before his body exploded into many pieces.
Nephrite was now dead.
Author's Note: About time I finished the Nephrite saga. I know that this was short but I really wanted to get it out of the way. Now I can get to REAL good part of the story now. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed.