Endymion smirks, " So, my half-brother thinks he can beat me, huh? "
Ryo rolls his eyes at this, " I don't think it, I know it. Guys, keep the others away from mine and Moon's battles, got it. Lethal force is permitted, so Seasonals, go to town! "
Endymion charges in and slashes at Ryo, the nimble footed Ronin leader dives under this and take the fight outside. Endymion follows him eagerly and the true fight for the Earth's throne and Serena's hand in marriage began. For every thrust of Endymion's Ryo was able to meet it head on. Ryo allows himself to fall into the state of mind he can only achieve in battle. His twin katanas become an extension of his body as he strives to break Endymion's guard and finally rid the Earth of him. Ryo's left arm comes up to block the reverse crescent and his right forces Endymion to disengage while his left immediately follows through only to have Endymion leap back out of range.
Sailor Moon is blasted out of the temple by Sailor Mars and she skids to a stop next to Ryo, " Shimatta, that hurt! I want my Eternal Powers back. "
" You all right? " Ryo asks, never once stopping his fight with Endymion as Mars comes out of the hole she had created by blasting Sailor Moon through.
" Just peachy, Rekka. " Sailor Moon mutters and grabs her tiara, tossing it up into the air, " Crystal Shards! "
Mars throws her arms up in front of her face to protect it and Sailor Moon smirks, " Imperial Scepter Blast! "
Mars screams as she gets sent sailing when that attack makes contact. Sailor Moon sets herself, because Mars was a super level scout and she would not go down that easily. Up on the roof Lady Kayura is facing off with Sailor Pluto, she uses the Ancient's staff to deflect the Deadly Scream attacks and blocks the staff attacks with it, " Give it up, Kayura and come over to the winning side. Sailor Moon is weak. " Sailor Pluto says.
Kayura grips her armor orb and is in her two toned blue subarmor, her eyes hard, " Yeah right, bitch. Sailor Moon is far stronger than you can ever hope to become. "
As Kayura weaves through Pluto's furious staff assault Sage finds himself dealing with Sailor Venus, he had already summoned his subarmor, " Crescent Beam Smash! "
Sage leaps into the air and lands behind Sailor Venus, dodging her attack. The girl relied entirely too much on her powers and not enough on physical attacks, it would be her downfall. He whips around and with a sigh of regret, he snaps her neck. He's startled when her powers flow into him and then he shrugs, tackling Sailor Jupiter before she could attack Sailor Moon. Kale salutes him and rejoins the battle with the Jovian senshi. Sage leaps up into a tree to survey the fighting going on. Sailor Saturn was facing off with Sailor Uranus along with Sekmet. Kento and Cye were facing down Sailor Neptune, and Dais he could only assume was stalking around somewhere quietly using his power of Illusion to make sure Ryo and Sailor Moon's battles weren't interfered with.
White Blaze had already corralled Luna, as she would be sent to Mau to stand trial and Rowen had stuffed her in a convenient cat carrier he had in his own subspace pocket. The carrier was being guarded by White Blaze and Rowen. Sage turns his attention to the battle between Moon and Mars. Mars was actually a medium strength fighter, but it looked like Sailor Moon had been reduced in level. Sage could see that she was much more powerful, just that she couldn't access that power. That it was contingent upon all the scouts being of one mind, so them betraying her had reduced her in power.
Suddenly a blade appears from the end of Moon's scepter and she nearly takes out Mars' eye. Sailor Mars looks a little more leery of moving in close to fight her leader. Probably hadn't known about that feature. Sage smirks, Sailor Moon might be reduced in power level but she was still holding her own against Mars. He shifts his attention to Ryo and Endymion's fight. Ryo was in battle mode, Sage could see that much from his vantage point. The leader of the Ronins was moving with the flow of his battle, constantly re-evaluating his actions. Ryo never stopped looking for a way to win. He could keep a fight going until he found that one fatal flaw of his opponent. Endymion was hard pressed to keep up with Ryo's speed when he had his katanas in hand.
Not many could wield twin katanas with ease and yet Ryo did so effortlessly. One slash of Ryo's just scored Endymion's cheek and Sage could see the look of calculation in Ryo's eyes, he'd found the flaw in Endymion's style and now he was going to capitalize on it. Ryo leapt forward, not giving Endymion anytime to recover, attacking him in earnest. Endymion was now on the defensive and losing badly. Ryo's blades were a blur as they went to work, systematically shredding all of Endymion's defenses. Suddenly Endymion's head went flying and Ryo is surrounded by a golden glow.
Saturn races forward and destroys what looked like a mirror, a crystal of some kind, something shaped like a diamond, " That kusotarre won't be back ever again. "
" So, who got Uranus' power? " Ryo asks.
" Battle still going on. I'm the Scout of Death and Rebirth, I had to make sure Endymion couldn't be reborn again. " Saturn replies before rejoining her fight with Uranus.
Ryo is startled when Sailor Pluto lands in front of him and Kayura drops down out of the sky, fist down, to land a devastating punch on Sailor Pluto. The plutonian throws her off and rolls to her feet, " Chronos Typhoon! "
Kayura and Ryo both dodge this, " Want some help? " Ryo asks Kayura.
" No, this bitch is mine! " Kayura snaps, her blue eyes snapping with temper, and she summons her starlight swords and leaps into the air, " Hear the cries of the heavens, Star Sword Scream! "
" Pluto Deadly Scream! "
The two attacks cancel each other out and Kayura launches herself at the traitorous scout. As the pair exchange fast and furious blows Kale shouts in triumph as he manages to take down Sailor Jupiter. Surprisingly enough her powers went to Cye. The torrent Ronin blinks at this and then lands a solid uppercut on Neptune, an electrically charged uppercut, " Sweet dude. " Kento says.
Kale joins Ryo in watching Kayura's battle, " I have never seen her fight like this. Pluto must have really pissed her off. "
" If that's the case then it's a damn good thing Kayura didn't get my armor. I'd hate to think of what she could do with it. " Ryo says.
Just when the spectators, which included Sage, thought Kayura had it nailed Pluto teleports out and nearly bashes Kayura's head in. Kayura, however, had anticipated this maneuver and whips around, one of her thin jitte going straight through Pluto's heart and Sailor Crystal. A magenta glow surrounds Kayura and the Time Staff floats over to her waiting hand. " Winning side my ass, you bitch. " Kayura says to Sailor Pluto's corpse which was slowly disappearing.
Sage, Ryo, and Kale all wince, well that explained why Kayura was so pissed off. Uranus and Neptune are still holding off their opponents when one of Sekmet's katanas makes its way to her heart at the same time Saturn chops her head off. Uranus' power wings its way over to Kento. Saturn calls the star seeds, heart crystals, and dream mirrors of the fallen scouts to her and destroys them. Dais comes out of nowhere snapping Neptune's neck. Her powers go to him and Saturn destroys Neptune's star seed, heart crystal, and dream mirror.
Everyone turns to watch Sailor Moon's fight with Sailor Mars. Saturn concentrates and sends her powers to Sailor Moon. Moon glows purple briefly and Sage smirks calling on the power of Venus inside of himself before sending it to Serena. She glows orange momentarily and the others comprehend what was needed. Cye, Kento, Dais, and Kayura all glow in their new respective planetary colors before they go winging over to Sailor Moon. She glows green, magenta, teal, and dark blue temporarily. Ro, Moon needs Mercury's power.
Rowen of Strata appears on the roof of the temple, glowing a light blue, the sigil of Mercury lit up on his forehead before it transfers to Sailor Moon. " Ha, your efforts are in vain you fools. She needs my power if she is to attain her highest form. " Mars says, laughing maniacally at them all.
" Tiara Magic! "
Mars barely dodges the first strike and gets nicked by the return swing. " Ryo, send Moon the power of Wildfire. She needs fire in her arsenal to reach her highest form. " Sage calls out.
The virtue kanji appears on Ryo's forehead and his power is sent over to Sailor Moon, she glows red briefly and her broach transforms, " Moon Eternal Power! "
Mars curses at this development, damn, now she'd be that much harder to beat. Eternal Sailor Moon stands staring her down, her blue eyes hard and unforgiving, the Eternal Moon Tier in her hands, " Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss! "
Mars screams as that attack makes contact and Moon was on her in an instant, switching over to fighting physically with Mars. Mars was hard pressed to keep up with Sailor Moon's onslaught. The Ronins all blink, they'd never actually seen her fight for real, and put Ryo's teachings to good use. Ryo smiles, his student had learned well and she was dishing out years' worth of pent up anger on Mars. Everyone there was stunned when her arm went through Sailor Mars' chest, destroying her heart crystal instantly, " Who's the weak cry baby now, huh, Raye? I certainly don't think it's me. "
Sailor Moon then destroys the dream mirror and star seed as Mars' power goes winging into the temple and they hear a roar of surprise. Ryo blinks, " My tiger is now Sailor Mars. "
Sailor Moon drops to her knees as her transformation fades away, that fight had taken way too much power out of her. Ryo walks over to her, " You kicked ass, Rena, and did your sensei proud. "
" Cye, find the kitchen and start cooking, I need cookies now. " Serena calls out.
Sailor Saturn detransforms and grins at Rowen's reaction, " That's right, I grew up. I'm back to my true age, blue boy. "
Rowen was at her side in a moment, " Guys, she's mine, end of discussion. Otherwise you'll be on the receivin' end of some very nasty surprises. "
Sage already knew this, so did Ryo, the other guys all look at him stunned but decide that they did not want to piss him off. Cye went in search of the kitchen and brought Serena some cookies twenty five minutes later. She ate the entire batch herself while curled up on Ryo's lap, " Hota-chan, care to fill us in on everything? " Serena asks.
" Be glad to, however, could Lady Kayura fix the damages to the temple and then we'll head to the Outer's home, my home and get some rest, we'll talk more in the morning. " Hotaru says.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Ronin Warriors.