Chapter 13

Lost In Translation (Part 2)

He had actually fought with them, and beat Beryl, together. That battle, it was…just epic. At this point, he didn't even care that everything he said was censored, or that Lita kept going on about her old boyfriends, or that Serena was overly emotional. THAT, was the kind of things he lived for. What was this feeling? Excitement? He was stuck in a dream or nightmare by probably some monster, but because of that…it presented him with this opportunity to completely rediscover his passion for doing what he does.

They say that dreams feel like they last much longer than they do. What feels like hours, or even days could only be seconds. The mind, was a strange thing. What felt like almost a year, seasons, was probably just an hour or so on the outside.

"Hey! Chad! Stop being such a space case over there! We need your help here! Get your butt here and help!" Raye screamed over at him, her temper as fiery as ever.

"Oh yeah! Sorry! I forgot we were fighting this Wise Guy here. And stop calling me Chad! Geeze Louise" He scratched the back of his head.

"I…AM WISEMAN!" The now large giant floated above head with a robe, his hands and body seemed to be made of space itself, eyes, glowing. He held his hands up into the air as black lightning charged all around him, preparing a final attack on all of them.

"Tomato, Tomahto…" Katsuro shrugged. "Seriously! Why is it that these fights always start to take place in some artic or wasteland! And why do they always make themselves giant?!"
"Would you focus already and stop being such a spazoid?!" Rei screamed at him, her sharp violet eyes shooting daggers at him. Definitely wasn't his Rei. Much more of a fiery temper.

Ugh…that word…AGAIN. "Yeah, yeah. Let's dust this jerk wad." He would be GLAD the moment he could actually say what he wanted to. "Same plan as usual?" He asked, seeing Sailor Moon transform into what was almost Neo Queen Serenity, similar to what happened with Beryl. The blast was sent down at them as Rini and Serenity rose up in the air with their crystals, pushing back against it.

"I feel like we rushed through all of this. I barely even remember Ann and Ail, or fighting the Black Moon Clan. Wait, did we just appear here? Is this one of those things that like everything happened off screen and I've just explained it? Show bizz am I right?" He shrugged.

This felt less epic than the Beryl fight, then again, everyone was more experienced here, no one had almost died this time. Well, kind of almost not died. "Alright, Phoenix WAVE!" He called out, slashing his sword to send a fiery phoenix shaped energy rushing up into the sky to join everyone else's attacks, and with that. Wiseman was defeated.

"I really…need to find this monster. While as fun as this is…it's eating up all my time where I can't focus! Darn it!" He looked over, seeing everyone celebrating, even seeing the future Queen Serenity and King Endymion.

"I just want to get back to Rei and Minako." He could see them motioning him over to go back into the past. It was kind of funny and strange, no one was like questioning anything about how or why he had powers. But after the Doom & Gloom girls…and helping with Beryl, no one questioned it. That and this wasn't real. As much as it did feel real, heck, to him; it had been a lot of time spent with them.

They were back in the past, and off to go celebrate their victory and hangout with each other. "Hey guys, I'll catch up later. I'm just gonna chill for a while." He sighed as he began to walk off. He had to start doing some research and hunt down whatever brought him here. He was trapped, he couldn't even get any help from anyone.

"Um, Chad…or rather, I don't know what you want to be called. I just hear you saying that's not your name." A familiar quiet voice spoke to him. "I'm not one for really crazy celebrations. And, you seem to have something on your mind. You have for a while haven't you?" The voice continued as he turned to see Amy slowly approaching him.

She was reaching out to him? Had he completely changed things by interacting with all of them? Before, aside from the fights and everything, they were more like NPCs and just ignored him. But she was more…human and aware of things. "I…I'm ok, don't worry about me." He smiled to her, but he could see him turning down her help seemed to be taken hard. She seemed down about it. "You know, actually. I could use your help. But I need it to be a secret from the others for now."

Amy brightened up and nodded. "Of course, how can I assist you?" She asked with a look of purpose.
Ok, she was smart. Outside of here, Ami took the news pretty well actually. So here it goes. "Look, there's a monster that's been kind of tracking me. I think. I can't find it though, and it's altering things here. That whole battle at D-Point. I think you know, we were all teleported there without even a warning. Just POOF and we were in that fight. Everything happened REALLY fast." He began to explain it like that. Not that this was a dream.

"So you're saying there's some strange anomaly that shouldn't exist here? Interesting." The more she thought about it, the more she realized he was right. She had been sitting in her room studying, then next thing she knew, they were all transformed in the artic. She hadn't even thought about it till just now when he put it into words. "I believe you're right. There has been a few strange lapses of time I've noticed now."

Amy, Ami, no matter what universe, what version of her, she was amazing. He knew he could confide in here. Maybe that's what he needed to do to solve this, trusting in friends and relying on others. Not just him trying to power through things and solve it alone. Wait…was there like some moral to this story? Oh no, if he had to hear another 'Sailor Moon Says' He would smash his head through a wall.

"I don't want to alarm everyone else yet. Is there anyway we can maybe…track it? Like find a way to lock on to an energy signature or sense it out somehow?" He couldn't sense energy or auras. Which…was a real drag. "I don't know how we could see its energy signature so we could use that as an example to lock on to similarities and find patterns." He sighed.

"Well, it sounds like you need the support of your loving girlfriend, who happens to be a trained priestess, Katsuro…" A friendly voice quipped from behind Ami and Katsuro.

"And why not make that double for me! Well, except for the trained priestess thing." Another voice stated as she laughed. "But you're lucky to have such caring girlfriends. And smart, talented friends. This is wild! We're in your dream! Wait, does that mean…we're your DREAM girls?" She winked at him.

"Mina. Chill." Wait…that wasn't right. "Mina. Miiiina. MINA! Why can't I say MINA!?" Rei stomped on the ground furiously trying to say, Minako, but it wasn't happening.

"Raye? You…are saying Mina. Are you two alright? You're acting differently. What do you mean…in his dream?" Amy questioned, her index finger being placed lightly on her lips.

Oh my gosh…Rei, Minako…they were here! It appeared that they took the place of the other two. Which, did kind of make sense. BUT THEY WERE HERE! And…they were censored too. He couldn't help but to snicker seeing Rei going absolutely bonkers trying to say Minako. Hold on, HOW were they here? Inside his mind? Ok, I made an inception pun before, but this is just getting nuts now.
"Wait, Raye. We're talking English too. I mean, I already know English, but you! And your voice! Its different! Wait, MY voice is different?!" Minako's eyes went wide.
"No, Amy, you don't understand. Wait. Amy? Now I can't say AMY! That's not what I'm trying to say! UGH!"
Huh, Rei was capable of having that almost fiery temper. "Ok…Amy, I guess I can actually tell you the full extent of it with these two here. And, while they take some time to…get used to things here, I'll do the talking." He sighed.

He wouldn't say this is just a dream though. He felt she was more real than that. She was just as human as the three of them. She was his friend. "We're from a parallel world. The monster I'm looking for, brought me here. And it would seem that my Rei and Mina have tried to come save me. Which brings me to my next point. HOW!? Like, I know how I got here, but how are you two in here?" He looked on in utter confusion.

"I suppose travel between dimensions, or worlds could be possible theoretically speaking." Ami surmised. If time travel could be a thing, then this couldn't be that farfetched right? Woah, Déjà vu.

"Oh, right. Our Amy…Amy…AAMMMY…A..my."
"Raye, just roll with it, trust me. You'll give yourself an aneurysm. Don't. Let. Dic. Win." Katsuro gave a defeated sigh.

"Fine…anyways, she had a device designed that allowed us to link up what's going on in your subconscious onto the main computer at the command center. It allowed us to be able to see everything going on. And while we watched, she designed two more devices that allowed Mina…Mina….Venus here and I to link ourselves in. Buuuut we couldn't all do it since it would be too much of a strain on you with that other creature in here." Rei explained.

"You all have…a command center? And a mainframe powerful enough to do things like that? What kind of parallel world do you have? That sounds so, amazing." Amy was quite intrigued with all of this. So, a version of her came up with something as amazing as this? Hold up, before. Did those two say, GIRLFRIENDS?! "Wait, I must have heard something incorrectly. Before, Mina, did you say he was lucky enough to have two caring GIRLFRIENDS?" Surely she heard wrong. Mina and Raye, both with one guy? No way.

Oh boy, here we go. This was going to be interesting watching them try to explain this, especially because…well. Katsuro stood back, just waiting to see how this happened.

"Oh! Well, yeah. The two of us are lovers. Wait…two? I mean two. Ok. I love Katsuro. Raye loves Katsuro. And Raye and I are JUST great friends." She winked at Raye. "Wait, why can't I say I VALUE Raye's friendship. That's…weird. Raye! I'm trying to say, nothing will ever change our friendship." She looked absolutely dumbfounded the more she tried to say her feelings to Raye.

"Mina? I thought you and I were the best of friends! What?! No, all three of us are in a strong bond of friendship." Now this was just strange.

Amy looked absolutely confused at what was going on. Mina said girlfriends, but kept expressing how they were just friends. So was Raye.

"Allow me to explain. This world…censors stuff. Can't use certain language. And certain relationships are…censored for fragile minds who don't know how to accept things. So spazoid dweebs who are insecure." He crossed his arms. "But, don't worry about that right now. My question is, You saw EVERYTHING that's happened? Like, define everything. How much have you seen from here?" He asked the two.

"Well, first. If I can't describe it with words. THEN!" Minako tried to go to kiss Rei's lips, but as she did, it was like some strange outside power made her trip, falling passed Rei and into Katsuro's arms, her lips kissing his instead.
"Yeah, trust me…its not gonna work…" He kissed her back. "Now, you two, explain. What have you seen?" He asked. Does that mean they saw the Bery battle and Doom & Gloom girls?

"Um, we started around where you got called Chad, went on about some sort of series and being censored, followed by calling something a DIC sucker?" Rei asked. "Which, that among other things. We have QUESTIONS about." Rei narrowed her eyes. She loved him, but something seemed kind of off.

"Oh, haha. Yeah. That. Wait, so you saw…"
"The fight with those strange demon girls and then the Beryl fight? Yeah. And…wow. I can't even begin to say how amazing that was…and"
"Mina, lets stay focused. We can fangirl and swoon once we're free." Rei scolded slightly.

Yep, they were Raye and Mina alright. No matter what universe. Amy couldn't help but to chuckle hearing the three talk and squabble. Of course she would do whatever she could to help them. No matter what, no matter what universe or world. These were her friends. "Alright, so then. How should we go about finding this creature?" She asked.

"Well, our version of you was able to scan his brain and see the energy signatures. So, what if we could find a way to scan for that, and then track it?" Rei asked. Which, actually sounded pretty intelligent.

"I suppose that could very well work. Alright, we can get on that then." This actually sounded fun, a little side mission that wasn't fighting the end of the world.

"By the way…Katsuro. Why haven't you been putting more effort into doing that and getting out of here? You all just beat Wiseman right? Which means you've actually been through a lot here. Even though not much time has passed outside, I'm guessing a lot has passed here." Rei started to talk to him seriously.

He had been in a pretty bad spot mentally after getting beaten down like he did, that and learning that…something might have happened to his friends. Now that he's been in here, it seemed all he was doing was going along with some sort of story plot, doing everything he could to keep them safe. He had thought and talked about how he needed to find this thing, and wished he wasd back with them, but…he wasn't really DOING anything towards that.

"You're not like…happy being here or something are you?" Minako asked. No, it wasn't that. It was like he was…afraid to lose people? Doing all he could to keep some versions of them safe and from going through any sort of pain and sadness. "Katsuro…" Minako's voice was more concerned.

"I mean, I wont say I'm not, because. Well, its all of you." He looked to Amy. Sure, this was some dream or thing his mind has cooked up and he's been trapped in. But they were real right? As real as his amazing girlfriends that came in here to help him. "It sounds weird, but we've all been through a lot together here." He sighed. Was she right though?

"How about the four of us get started on trying to find this thing then?" Amy smiled. She could tell things were getting a bit heavy between them.
"Yeah, lead the way." He held his hands out for Rei and Minako as they took hold, one on each side. Yeah, censor that.

You aren't ready to find or face me…

A voice echoed in his mind as he stopped suddenly to look around "Did anyone else hear that?" That was a first since he had been here. Was that the thing that brought him here calling to him?
"Are you alright?" Rei placed her other hand gently on his shoulder.
"I'm getting a bad feeling somethings coming for our butts. Sorry to be such a space case." He shook his head.

This was so weird to hear language like this. Rei couldn't sense anything, but maybe because this wasn't her mind, not her world technically. "Hey, you have us now. And Amy here. You're in capable hands." She reassured.

As they walked behind Amy, he could feel a strong pressure, a dark and malicious energy. He looked back to Minako and Rei who seemed almost petrified and frozen in place from fear. "What's wrong?!" He exclaimed, seeing almost horror in their eyes. Amy turned around as well.

"Raye? Mina? What's happened?" She ran to the two, grasping gently to each one's arms.
"T-That power…" Minako's voice was as if she had seen a ghost, even worse than that, a demon.

"The…There's no doubting it…it's…" Rei's body began to tremble and shake, she panted, trying to catch her breath as her heart raced and pounded against her chest. Both of them began to break out into cold sweat as Amy panicked, trying to figure out what was haunting them like this.

"Hahahahaha!" There was a female voice laughing out, the voice had an eerie echo to it, sending vibrations all around. In a flash of light they found themselves in what seemed to be another realm all together. Somehow, they were now lined up with Jupiter, Amy was now in her fuku, confused as to how she transformed…and…Eternal Sailor Moon.

They found themselves in some strange realm or pocket dimension that was red, pink, and purple in color with stars all around as if in space. Tiles on the floor were colored to match, as they looked up, what sat upon a glass looking throne up ahead was a woman in gold looking armor, glaring with piercing red eyes.

"Ga…la…xia…" Mars and Rei both gasped shakily.

No! Not this! Darn it! We can't take on Galaxia! Rei, Minako! To subject them to this trauma…Katsuro clenched his fists, but just then he could feel the whistling swirling wind around five separate energy blasts, the blasts that would end the lives of four girls. "NO YOU DON'T!" He lunged forward, blocking off two blasts. There were two more heading towards Mercury and Jupiter. They were just creations in his dream right?

He lunged with all his might, quickly transforming to use the energy from his transformation to propel him towards them. "UGH! AUGH!" The two blasts pierced straight through him, sending him skidding to the ground. A star seed rose out from his body? That was new? Oh…guess it made sense…he now lay on the ground gasping for air.

"KATSURO!?" Sailor Mars and Venus rushed over to him as his transformation flashed off.

"WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" Sailor Mars, Rei was furious, and in agonizing grief as tears swelled in her eyes. Jupiter and Mercury here were just in his dream, they weren't the real ones. So why?! Why would he risk his life like that for them?
Venus fell to her knees, her body shaking all over. This was too much for her! They had died here before, and now seeing this all over again with Katsuro. Were they about to all die again? She could see Sailor Moon rushing to his side with Jupiter and Mercury.

"Not what I had planned, but just the same. I will take your star seeds for the Negaverse!" Sailor Galaxia laughed in amusement seeing the terror on their faces and the hurt of losing a loved one.

"I…couldn't…watch…Mercury and Jupiter go. No matter the world. I…will protect." He could feel his life draining. Is this what happens when you die in your dreams? He could see this blazing star seed, containing fire, floating towards her as she sat upon her throne. "Hah…not as epic as that Beryl fight." His eyes were losing their light to them as he gazed up. He could feel Rei's tears on his face as she cradled his head in her lap. It felt so warm…her love. His eyes slowly moved to Minako.

You aren't ready to face me, you're weak. You lost your friends, and now you'll lose them again, and the women you love because you were too weak to defend them. You failed.

"That voice again…" He whispered, closing his eyes to accept his fate. Maybe he had stayed here for this moment, to make it right, to save them. To prove he could save someone. Man, this wasn't an awesome legendary way to go. He always imagined he would die in some huge power struggle. Giving it everything he got, battle damaged and all. Just two blasts was all it took. Pathetic.

His star seed neared Galaxia's grasp as she smiled maliciously.

He could hear the enraged screams of a girl, piercing the deafening silence. It was enough to slowly bring life into his eyes again. He looked out to see Sailor Venus, screaming and charging in full force.

"VENUS NO!" Sailor Mars screamed out, her voice cracking with the emotion she put into it.
"Venus! Chain Wink Sword!" She summoned up her attack, sending the sword flying towards galaxia, piercing through the wind with all her might. There was the pained scream that shrieked out as Venus felt the piercing blast rip through her body, shoving out…her star seed.

You're going to lose them all. Just like you lost the others. Just give in.

Minako…Minako…No…NO!...MINAKO! He could feel his blood boiling through his body, enraged flames burning from his heart. Seeing her be stricken like that. A woman he loved with everything he was, falling to the ground almost lifeless. Everything seemed to go silent, but Rei's horrified screams crying out from the depths of her lungs and heart.

Her tears began to fall more, running down his face as she slowly laid him down. She was standing next. She was about to charge in with pure rage and anguish. No, he couldn't let that happen. He couldn't let this continue. "M…Mina…ko!" He began to mutter, his body seeming to summon up life force even without this damn star seed.

"You…give her…back…YOU FUCKING CUNT!" He screamed out as his star seed stopped, just short of Galaxia's palm, speeding back towards him as he grabbed onto it. He wasn't even focused on the fact he could use that kind of language for some reason. "GIVE OUR MINAKO BACK!" His palm with the star seed in it began to blast out with light.

Mars stopped dead in her tracks, gazing back in awe almost at Katsuro. What the hell was happening? No one had been able to just TAKE their star seed back like that. Sure, this was a dream world. But power scaling and everything was exactly the same as what they had faced. The tears were still falling, but he was back up?! The air around shifted, a strange aura seemed to fill the room as the other three SENSHI began to look around. Senshi? Not Scouts? What was happening!?

His eyes went blank, clenching his fists to the point, pools of crimson dripped to the ground from his palms. His body felt hot, flaming hot energy began to swirl around his body. The pulsating of his blood through his veins, seemed to try pounding out from his skin. "Give her the fuck back! I won't let you kill the woman we love!" The ground underneath him began to vibrate, the tiles cracking with rubble and debris floating upward. The swirling of flames and embers surrounded his body more with crackling lightning.

What's happening to him? Katsuro…what's going on? Rei began to shake, but she could sense something different. As if his aura completely changed to something…more than human.

"I REFUSE TO LOSE ANY MORE PEOPLE I LOVE!" He screamed out with everything in his heart, soul, and being, his voice piercing through, the sounds becoming more creature like. They were like the piercing screeches of a mighty…phoenix. All of this had happened because of him, because he gave in to his weakness, because he had been lacking. Well no more. "NO MORE! POWER OF THE PHOENIX! SUZAKU!" HE called out, holding his star seed up that transformed into the phoenix shaped jewel, but it began to change even more, evolving.

The jewel changed from just an orange color, to giving the appearance of flames dancing within it. A sphere of fire energy engulfed his body as armor pieces began to swirl around him. Crackling lightning began to emanate from the sphere. For the first time ever, he was going to shatter his limits entirely. SUZAKU ARMOR! RISING MODE!" He called out as he began to evolve even further, his rage, and burning will pushing him beyond his limits. But mostly, it was the scorching power of his love.

He slashed his arms out to the sides, dispersing the flames and embers of the sphere. Red phoenix wings shot out from his back, blowing a whirlwind of energy around him that shot the flames in different directions. From his forearms, there were now orange katanas equipped, sticking out. His armor was crimson, with the phoenix heads on the chest plate and shoulders, however, the edges of his armor all over were lined with gold. The phoenix heads had streaks of gold. He now had lightning and flame energy surging around.

"Interesting…you've managed to steal back your star seed and bring yourself back from the bring of dead. How sad that you'll have to die twice. So you think you're going to just get back up and fight me again?" She asked, amused as she leaned her head onto her hand.

"I'm not going to fight you. I'm going to fucking kill you." His eyes pierced at her, there was a flash, a blur of red blazing energy that caused her hair to blow back, it whirl winded around her throne. Her cheek received a scratch that began to bleed as the wind died down.

"Hmph, all of that for just a drop of blood? Quite a display there for nothing." She began to laugh at him.

"It proves you can bleed, and that you can die. Not only that…" He was near Minako as he leaned down slowly, placing her star seed back in her body. He could see the pools of sapphire slowly showing light and signs of life again.

"Ka…Katsuro?! Oh God, Katsuro! You died! I-I died!?" She embraced him tight, crying with all her soul as Mars ran over to her and kneeled down with the two. "Rei!" She continued to cry as Rei kissed into her warm lips, full of life, pouring her passion into Minako.

Goddamn…she had lost Minako again! "Oh…Minako!" She cried, then continued kissing her, holding her close into her arms as Katsuro slowly stood up from the two. He wasn't sure what had happened to him, but NO ONE makes them cry. Rephrase that, no one makes them cry and feel that way…and LIVES.

Mercury and Jupiter ran over to the two, both helping them to their feet and embracing them. "You…you saved us…" Mercury quietly stated. This wasn't the first time he risked his life in here to save her, and even Jupiter. From what he, they had to told her, this wasn't their world. But still…Mercury ran over and embraced him. "Thank you for being my friend too…now give her hell." There was…fire in her voice? Wow, that was new.

Jupiter ran up, holding Mercury's hand. "I don't know what is happening, but you protected us…we think of you as a beloved friend. Now for all of us, you kick her ass!"

"You all get back, take Sailor Moon too."
"Be safe ok?" Sailor Moon asked, doing the same and hugging him as the three retreated.

"Katsuro…"
"Don't worry Rei. I'm getting us the hell out of here one way or another." He looked over to Galaxia who was now standing up, sword in hand. "Take care of Minako..," He began to slowly walk forward. A quiet storm raged in his heart, the only thing he could think or focus on, was destroying his enemy.
"What happened to him…?" Minako looked back to him as they walked away. Had he really snapped and been pushed that much from something happening to her? He loved her that much…that he would break through like that. This was his blazing warrior spirit. They hadn't seen him use his powers in person, and the first time they do, this.

"Alright Galaxia, cut the shit. I know you're more powerful than this. Let's see the power of that chaos." He growled to her. The wind whirled around him as he took flight, charging in, the blades from his forearms swirling with flame energy.

"Hmph hmph hmph, I don't need such power to put down a dog like you." She held her hand up, blasting golden lightning out to him as he flew into it, slashing it away with his blades. She drew her sword out to slash at him as he crossed his blades, blocking it, levitating before her. He made a slash, throwing her back, off balance, then spun backward, smashing her upward with a kick. She stopped in mid air, blasting multiple energy balls at him as he flew up

He began to spin and dodge the blasts before holding his hand up. "Flame Spark Cannon!" He blasted a spiraling attack of fire and lightning that pushed back the blasts, grazing her front, knocking her back and up more. This was the first time he ever battled like this, allowing his emotion and anger to push him. He had to put this threat down and get them out of here. This wasn't the actual Galaxia, but she was still powerful. As he glared at her, he saw the image of Zeo, his power blazed up more, rushing at her as he threw a punch.

Galaxia blocked it, placing her palm into his abdomen and blasted lightning through his body. "Know your place at my boots, you're nothing but worthless trash!"
"URGH!" He groaned as his body surged with the pain of electricity rushing through his body, blasting him, crashing down to the ground as debris and rubble roared out everywhere, the floor being destroyed.

When the damage cleared, he stood tall once more, determined sapphire eyes shooting daggers up at her. She hadn't even transformed to that darker form yet. Then again, he wasn't even sure how far he could push this new form, these new powers. He was still learning what it might be capable of. He made a swipping pattern with his finger, leaving trails of flame energy that began to take form of arrows. "Phoenix Flame Sniper Barrage!" With one more swipe, he sent arrows raining towards her, slashing her in different areas, even breaking armor.

"You better transform further Galaxia. Don't take me for a goddamned joke. Underestimate me, and you'll just die faster." He threatened. He was going to make her pay for what she did to Minako

"Insolent, arrogant, little wretch. You think you can even compare to my power?! I'm the strongest Sailor Guardian!" She screamed down angrily. "I am a dieity! Bow to me!" She screamed, diving down at him, forming an energy whip to slash down at him.

"Yeah?! What's a deity to a non believer bitch?!" He caught the whip, then pulled her down to him, smashing her into the face with a fist, she crashed through her throne, laying in the rubble.

She stood back up, wiping blood from her lips, her teeth gritted. How dare this mortal try to trespass in the realm of gods like this! She would break his spirit, destroy all his hope, and then crush him.

Galaxia was a world destroyer, her powers were on a whole nother level than his. He knew this. But this wasn't her, this was an imitation. Even so, she was so damn powerful. He blazed back up with his fiery aura.

"You want to face true terror? Then I will grant you your dying wish." Galaxia smirked, screaming out as her body began to glow, then from the foot up, she began to transform into her black chaos form, wings and all. This evil energy weighed down the air, Katsuro could feel it, the pressure. It was something that shook him to the core.

Insane…even in a dream here, her power. No, I won't be brought down. I can do this. Minako…Rei…they're love fuels my spirit. I'll just keep smashing my damn limits.

The two slowly began to fly up into the air, stopping to face each other. Their aura's began to clash, pushing back and forth against each other. Galaxia's black energy against his blazing flames. The two then rushed each other, clashing as the vibrations spread, destroying this pocket dimension. They were back around the city.

The Senshi below began dodging the rubble and collateral damage below, continuing to watch this battle take place.
"Come on, you can do this." Rei, glared up into the sky, watching them clash over and over, the vibrations echoing the skies with each collusion.

"He really does love you two doesn't he?" Amy's soft voice reached out to Minako and Rei. Whatever was causing the censorship had stopped, most likely due to this new transformation and Minako having her star seed taken. It was strange for Amy to see them in love like this, together.

"Yeah, he really does." Minako smiled, looking upward.

"You two…the love you have for him. Its like what I have for Darien…" Sailor Moon spoke. "I'm so glad you're happy." She smiled as she continued looking up at this legendary battle take place.

Chaos Galaxia shot multiple blasts of dark energy beams that began to smash down on him as he crashed onto the roof of a building. She continued this onslaught, sending a barrage of blasts shooting down.

She saw a blur of crimson, soaring up towards her as she continued blasting him. "Phoenix! Battle FIST!" The shape of a fiery energy bird surrounded his body, with his fist in the beak as he smashed into her core, her eyes widening from the impact as she was blown through a building. He continued to rush towards where she lay in there, only to be knocked off course by another beam, a piece of his shoulder pad breaking off. His shoulder being burned by the attack.

The blades in his forearms retracted. "Phoenix Blade!" He called out, forming his orange flame shaped blade with the phoenix handguard. "Flame Saber Barrage!" Slashing his sword down, he sent sickles of fire energy whistling through the air at her, smashing into her. The building slowly began to break about taking in damage from the attacks.

This fight was just dragging on, he could feel this form taking its toll on him. He had to do something to end this fast. But what? She was still so overpowered. It was maddening. He panted heavily, his body had taken in a good bit of damage and injuries, his armor was cracking up in places.

"You're starting to look a bit…weary up there. Perhaps you bargained for more than you could handle?" She let out a laugh, seeing him starting to wear down.

"Weary? Nah, just catching my breath." He blazed back up once more. He had to finish this, soon. He had one attack he had been working on, but goddamn it was a gamble. Hell, it could end up wrecking his body entirely. And he was already in a beaten state. Fuck it. All or nothing.

"What's wrong? You've gone quiet down there. Maybe the despair is finally taking hold of you? Don't worry, I'll make sure to kill everyone fast when I take their star seeds." She laughed.

"Phoenix…" His body began surging with power once more, raising everything to his limits and passed. "OVERDRIVE!" A technique that was a status amplifier, pushing reflexes, strength, and power to higher limits. It was something that would put a strain on his body entirely. Not only that, but with the way his powers had been, he was warned to not even transform yet till he was fully restored. Doing all of this already was tempting fate. He could lose his powers with this move.

But powers didn't mean shit to him. Not when he might lost the lives of people he loved. Not when he could lose Rei and Minako. He had to do this fast. With the blink of an eye, he rushed up, smashing into her, barraging with punch after punch.

He flew around and up above more, coming back down behind her to grab hold. "BURNING LOTUS!" With that, he twisted into a downward fall, spinning, spiraling fire and lightning around them as he took her crashing into the ground with one explosion. Backflipping away he stopped, holding his hand above his head. A tribute to the outers. "Supernova!" He formed a large ball of fire then threw it smashing down as it raced at her just as Galaxia was standing up, igniting on impact.

He began shooting blasts of energy one after the other, to keep her down. Till finally, he stopped, breathing heavily, his body finally hitting it's breaking point as blood spewed from his wounds. "AARRRRGGGGGHHH!" He screamed in pain as every inch of his body felt like it was tearing apart from the inside out. His armor seemed to explode off of him as the pieces flew off in different directions, fading away.

"No!" The girls began to run to him, his clothes were torn and tattered, his body was covered in gashes, and cuts all over from that technique. He had BROKEN himself to try and put her down for good.

"Fu…uc…ck…SHIIIIT!" He screamed out in pain again and energy surged around his body again, the piercing pain ripping through every pore it seemed. His body twitched and went into spasms. He was completely wrecked physically. However, this wasn't the worst of it, just next to him, laid his jewel. It was broken in three pieces, two wings and the middle.

"Katsuro!" Rei had shot up, waking up from being linked with him. The device she wore had become fried as she quickly took it off her head, it fell to the ground, electricity popping from it.

Minako had done the same. "What happened?! We woke up?" She looked around, seeing Ami and Makoto. "Ami, Mako…I can say your names! I'm speaking Japanese again! We did it! Katsuro, we did it!" She exclaimed, looking over, but he was still unconscious and his helmet on.

On screen, he was still laying where he had fallen. "Why isn't he here with us? We did it didn't we?" Rei looked to Ami.

"There's still seems to be an unknown extra energy signature in his mind. He's still in there with it. But I'm not sure why you two got thrown out. There's not explanation or reason. In fact, the devices should still be working…" Ami looked at them.

"So defeating Galaxia didn't finish that? Damnit!" Makoto punched the computer. "And Minako…you…and Rei." She moved to Minako, hugging her tightly. She had to go through that again, that was so traumatic for all of them, and they saw him dying, then Minako died…or so it had looked.

"We can't worry about that right now." Minako backed away. "How do we help him now?" She asked Ami.

"I'm afraid right now…it's all up to him. Its just a matter of how much his mind and spirit want to fight…I'll keep him here and under observation. We just have to hope and have faith." She explained solemnly.

They all looked to his body as he lay there, Minako sitting down next to him, her head resting on his chest. He had completely gone wild when she died. He pushed himself past his breaking points because of that. The love he showed for her…the thought of him not coming back…it was unbearable.

Rei sat next to her, leaning over to kiss her lips gently. "It'll be ok. You saw him there. He loves us. He loves us so much. He'll come through for us. I know he will. I trust he will." Rei kissed his forehead lightly. Never before had she thought so highly about a guy or man. The raw emotion he burned with after seeing that happen to Minako. Oh yeah, he wouldn't disappoint them. And they would be right here when he gets back.

Rei wrapped her arms around Minako as the two sat together next to him.

The real battle and and finale was just beginning.