Two Sides of the Same Coin

Like a blackish red shadow the Succubus sped through skies of Crystal Tokyo. Darting quickly from one shadow to the next trying to do anything right now not be seen in the light at the time trying to move as fast as possible.

The cracks on the bloodstones were getting bigger by the second and they're having a very annoying side-effect to the deadly one if she didn't accomplish her goal quickly of remedying the problem.

All this time Demi the real Demi had been buried deep within a dark corner of her own mind and completely oblivious of fact she was under demonic possession due to the bloodstones.

Now that the bloodstones that helped enforce the possession were cracked the power the Succubus had over her was weakening. It seemed that because of the spells that had long imprisoned the demons they couldn't possess people in the normal fashion as they usual did.

It seemed by mixing Demi's blood with the Succubus's blood had strength the claim the demon had over her body and now that the bloodstones were cracking she was starting to lose her grip on her body.

And now that Demi was finally aware of what was going on and could remember that night in the graveyard she was trying desperately to fight the she demon holding her hostage within her own body.

"Get out of my body you parasite! This my body and I won't let you do as you please anymore!" she tried to say forcefully and for a moment the Succubus crashed from the skies.

"Ugh! Weak human! You best be quiet! You were weak to begin with! You never had any force of will to begin with! You have no strength of will to challenge me now!" she mentally yelled at her now.

"I said get out! Remove yourself now!"

"Foolish child! You couldn't even stand up to your own parents! You think you can remove me? I've had a hold on you for months now and you didn't even realize it!

Such easy prey you were! And there are so many humans like you! The weak, feckless, and pathetic losers such yourselves will bow down to us!"

"I'm not a loser!"

"Really? You let those abusive unloving people who birthed you control your life so much they didn't care you're so sick they didn't even see your dying! They only selflessly care for their only needs!

They didn't even let you have something as pathetic as the human need for ugh friends! Or even let you have a chance at something worse than friendship love!

Face it Demi your beyond weak and you should be thanking me for granting you the one boon I am about to do for you! It'll be granting you at least one favor for your pathetic life.

"What are you talking about? What boon? What would a demon do as a favor to their victim? I may not know really anything about demons really but I know this for a fact given everything I know seen you have done and can glean from your mind.

All you demons care about is doing harm. That is your sole purpose. Is intent to do harm in any way possible! You intent to do harm to someone. And your sense of harm is always beyond evil. What are your intending to do that you think I would want?!"

"I'm only granting you the long sought out wish you've desired your whole life! I told those pathetic Senshi back at the Palace because they hurt me they just sentence two people to die and that is exactly what's about to happen.

And the people who are going to die will make you happy so I don't see how I'm doing harm when you'll be happy and free from your true tormentors."

"Two people to die? You don't mean…? NO! YOU CAN'T! Even if they unloving and abusive they are still my parents! You can't kill them! No!"

"Shut up Demi! It's what you've wanted for years! I've seen into your heart and I know want this don't deny it! Now let's go!"

And the Succubus took to the air again as Demi wailed loudly in her head and tried desperate to regain control of the body and while it was a rather difficult flight for the Succubus it was clear who'd the stronger will power.

Back at the Crystal Palace there was a lot going on in the aftermath of the evil bitch's attack. Half the adult Senshi were tending to the wounded from the World Assembly. The other half were busy patrolling the general area looking to protect and defend if she came back.

The King, Queen and Queen Oki were busy along with Luna and Artemis in a secret chamber. They first had to contact Oki's husband King Delphin and see how the Crystal Seas were doing. Then all talk and did research on how to best plan a way safeguard, attack and counterattack for when the Demons were unleashed which seemed inevitable now.

The Neo Senshi were in their own command center with the kittens having their own discussion of sorts. They'd spent the first half talking about the Succubus and battle plans of their own.

Then the topic had changed to Orca and her people, since the Neo Senshi wanted to get to know their new friend and learn also about their new allies. Plus it was weird to know that mermaids weren't just an old fish tale.

Orca took it in stride and explained about her people's history which was strikingly similar to the history of the planetary Senshi just watery really. That their uniform colors were just different colors to do with the body of water they're named after.

They had different water attacks based on the body they're named for or the local myths of that area and could also use sound based attacks too.

Or course like how Chibiusa used a tool and a special crystal she did as well. And as for the rule mermaids on land could assume human form during the day if not wet?

She explained if it was one of their own water attacks that was the expectation as she used her own water therefore hadn't turned back into a mermaid but as soon as the sun went down she would turn back into her turn form.

The girls were starting to ask what would happen if she was not in a body of water by sundown when an alarm went off. The kittens called their attention to the computers.

Their conversation completely forgotten as the kittens drew their attention to highly advance monitors and Orca admitted even her kingdom technology though more advance then her new land allies would believe was this up to snuff.

"Comet what is going on? What have you found?" Chibiusa demanded to her eldest kitten.

"Well, my siblings and I have spent many hours going over the last few hours of video footage from the security systems trying to figure out how the Succubus got in.

Though that didn't turn up any leads, really," she admitted in a dishearten tone.

"Well, it wouldn't really, big sister when we realize with Christen trapped in the Demon Graveyard and the rules of demons they just need an invitation to get into a place, right or at least that's some of what Christen's books said. So she must have just said the Succubus could come into the Palace," Diana piped up from a consult on the far left as she flipped pages from the book Ariel retrieved from Christen's decrepit tree house.

"Great! Anyway to revoke the invite?!" cursed Ariel as she slammed her fist in the wall.

"We can worry about that later, girls. I think the Succubus has something more important to deal with right now then attack us again," Asteroid was typing away like mad on the keypad as he pull up an image of the newly evolved Succubus and zoomed in on one of the bloodstones.

"What so important about an earring? Why should we care about a demon's horrible taste in accessories?" asked Gracie impatiently.

"Yeah, Asteroid, she's got a serious vulgar taste in fashion to begin with that outfit of hers! If that's how she dress I hate to see what the other demons sense of fashion is!" Holly said seriously disgusted by the scantly outfit of demon.

"It's not about the outfit! There is strange and powerful energy coming from those bloodstones! And it's in two different frequencies! As if two energies were mixed together!"

The girls looked at each other and said a collective "HUH?"

"Whenever that thing attack the life-force energy she took went into those stones but there something strange about those stones to begin with. They aren't normal bloodstones as they aren't the gem bloodstone!" he exclaimed to which they looked confused and surprisingly even though Ariel was the smartest it was Crystal who answered.

"We just study in science class at school about different rocks and minerals and had a test on them last week. True bloodstones are the mineral heliotrope and a classical blood stone is green jasper with flecks of red hematite."

"Correct, Crystal. Glad you paid attention in science class. These stones the Succubus are wearing according the computer analyze aren't made from normal compound found in the Earth."

"So they aren't jewels or gems is what you are saying?" Alexis asked timidly as step forwarded while rubbing her mirror nervously.

"Correct. They are not a made from the Earth. But they do possess a life-force energy to them," Comet reiterate.

"Are you trying to say something we don't want to really hear, Comet?" Emily was asking the kitten.

"Because if you're trying not gross us out or think we are too young for this don't. We are Sailor Senshi even if we are just technically 12 years old and we are the daughters of Senshi who protect the Queen of Crystal Tokyo we can handle anything." Trisha asserted to the young felines.

"So please my new friends do tells us what we need to know. My own people are at risk as much as the land if these demons get loose so tell us the truth of your suspicions." Orca said bluntly tired of the kittens beating around the bush.

Finally the preteen kittens sighed collectively and stated their suspicion. "We think they are true bloodstones. As in made from human and demon blood mixed together."

Now the blood was draining from all the girls gathered around the command center and they looked so pale. And they asked quietly. "Why?"

"We don't know why that's the problem. But we can only assume it must have something to do with possessing the body of the poor girl Demi. Since she was wearing them when you met her on the first day of school," concluded the kittens.

Suddenly something clicked in Chibiusa's brain and she yelled at her pets. "Comet! I need the address of Demi Morgan's home now! Like yesterday!"

"Okay pulling up citizens residents now."

"Go faster! It's a matter of two people lives or death!"

"Huh? Chibiusa what do you mean, my friend?" inquired Orca urgently to her best land friend.

"Did any of you pay attention what the Succubus said when she left? She said "By defeating me today you have just sentence to death two people! I'll have blood tonight!"

"You don't think she meant?" Orca asked and Chibiusa nodded "I think she needs Demi's blood mixed with her own to keep her hold on Demi's body for now due to how long she was imprisoned in the graveyard and when we cracked the bloodstones her hold on Demi's body was considerably weakened.

"I think I get what you're saying Chibiusa, the Succubus needs a host body to live it cannot survive on its own! The demons need the bodies of humans or other living beings to host them! They're like parasites! They can't survive on their own!"

"Yes! But they lost their normal way of possession when our mothers imprisoned them a 1000 years ago! So to have a hold on someone right now they need their host blood mixed with their own and they need to be wearing the cursed object to keep that hold!"

"But if we damaged it where she gonna get more of Demi's blood if she's already under her control?"

"The only two donors closest to her host body would be…"

"DEMI'S PARENTS! SHE'S GONNA MURDER DEMI'S PARENTS FOR THEIR BLOOD!"

"Got their address! You better hurry if you want to prevent a double homicide!" the kittens yelled as the girls took the addresses and bolted not noticing at all how late it was getting.

By the time the Neo Senshi got to the Morgan's lovely two story home they were all but too late. Obviously Demi had helped delay the Succubus some by fighting her best she could giving the Neo Senshi time to get to the house.

But the bloodbath was there all the same. It was carnage all over the place from how savage the attack had been. The house looked like a war zone and while it was clear Athena and Samson had put up the fight of their lives the deadly murderous she-demon still had won the battle in the end.

Right now the Neo Senshi as they came pouring what on the outside still looked lovely but the horrors on the inside were enough to send even the most avid horror film fan running in terror.

The lifeless bodies of Athena and Samson lay spiraled out on their living room floor and right now the Succubus was busy filling two crystal vials with their oozing blood.

Neo Mercury was first to attack with Aqua Rasped and then sneak attack with Neo Jupiter Dragon Attack bit the Succubus in the ass. The Succubus raged and soon there was so much confusion going on no-one was sure who was firing what attack or if they're wreaking the house more, trying to hit the Succubus or just missing each other.

It was just too confined a space and already too much damage already, plus trying to find out if Demi's parents were really dead or just barely alive. They were just getting ready to try and use the power attacks of Chibiusa's Moonlight Scepter and Orca's Crystal Trident when Orca screamed utter agony.

Everyone attention went from the battle to her and the Succubus took complete advantage of the distraction to finish gathering the blood she need, grab a large book from a nearby table and take off into the twilight skies.

The girls were converging on Orca and asking her what was wrong and then they saw her legs were starting to fuse together and boots were become a flipper.

Chibiusa race to the nearest window and looked out in hour. It was twilight! Oh god!

"This isn't good guys! Its sundown and we need to get Orca back to Palace Asap! She needs to be back in water now!"

"Can't we just her in a tub for now?" Gracie asked and Orca shook her head.

"A body of water would help but wouldn't solve the overall problem. There is reason the water in the Blue Room looks the way it does. It's enchanted water from the Sea of Serenity. From the original Moon Kingdom! It has special magical properties that are only found also within my home kingdom.

It's not a wide known secret but Chibiusa's grandmother Queen Serenity was friends with my own grandmother and it was again a secret alliance. Our families protect each other as the Moon and Ocean are two sides of the same coin and depend on one another.

Still the water has special properties we both need for our powers and health.

I'm of royal blood! I need the mystical water to live! A normal mermaid they could do just fine with being put in a normal body of water once their hour on land is up. We mermaids can survive one hour out of water before our tails dry out.

But those of Royal Blood need the water of Sea of Serenity that was blessed by both the original Queen Serenity and my grandmother Queen Oceana! We cannot live without!

Ohh!" she moaned loudly as her tail full formed and her Senshi form was disappearing altogether.

"What are we going to do?! We are too far from the Palace to make it in an hour! And we can't teleport yet or do the flying thing as we aren't that advance in our training to perform those feats yet!" Alexis was crying and her tears fell from her face and hit Orca's tail and glowed brightly.

"Huh?!" everyone took a step back and Orca breathing became less labored and she sighed in relief.

"That felt good and soothing."

Chibiusa eyes were wide and then turned to Crystal and asked her "Crystal? Put your hand on Orca's tail."

"What?"

"DO IT!"

The scared young girl did as she said and a soothing blue light went up the mermaid body and again her breathing became less labored.

Chibiusa was forming a plan in her mind. "Okay, we'll have to forget about the Succubus right now. Getting Orca to the Palace is our priority now. Ariel are Demi's parents alive?"

"Barely, I've called for medical help."

"Okay here's what we're going to do. Crystal? I need you and Alexis to carry Orca as we hurry as fast back to Palace. I think your water-based attacks are able to at least for now substitute for the Sea of Serenity water she needs or perhaps your channeling it's energy at little as you're the daughters of those who defend the Moon Kingdom."

"What about Demi's parents?" asked Holly concerningly as she glanced to the nearly dead people not 15 feet away.

"Holly, Emily and Trisha can wait for medical help and once they are taken care of hurry back to the Palace as fast you can. The rest of us have to get Orca to the Blue Room now!"

"Agreed!"

"You can do this little sister, I believe in you." Holly told her sister with a proudly as they helped her and Crystal get the mermaid in their arms and they quickly took off.

Over two hours later they'd all regrouped. Both groups had done their job well and Oki was crying tears of overwhelming joy that her daughter was safe and alive when they brought her to the Blue Room alive and placed her into the enchanted water.

She immediately became animated and splashed without a care in the world as if she hadn't almost died. Queen Oki offered her enteral gratitude to the Neo Senshi and promised them all including Christen when they saved her a tour of her kingdom for their part in keeping her daughter alive.

For Chibiusa's part she pulled up small sleeping bag and slept in the Blue Room that night to keep Orca company who appreciated her friend making sure she was safe.

Oki was also happy that Usagi was sleeping in the room too to make sure she was okay too.

Far away in the Demon Graveyard Christen was watching silently as the Succubus finished using the blood she'd taken from the near murders of Demi's parts in a dark ritual to repair the bloodstones and once again silence Demi's spirit who'd been fighting strongly all day.

Then she took out the book she'd stolen from Demi's home that strangely come from Demi's mother. It was a book about old world beliefs of demons, curses and spells.

Just what the Succubus needed and she was smiling as she started to read a chapter on how to break curses and got to work freeing her dark family and the dark hair child just watch silently with some uncomfortableness to her dark eyes.