Sailor Moon: Hidden Memories

Chapter 7

As Tanya transformed, Anna threw her hand with the henshin stick in the air, her eyes filled with anger. This was the one and only time of the day she had for herself, without worrying about her father or anything else, and now this...this...MONSTER had to go ruin it! Of all the places she could go to, the school gymnasium was the one place where she could be herself, where she could relax and practice her moves without anyone shouting at her and telling her to do it again and again and do it better. With this monster in it now, it was violated, and Anna was angrier than she had been in a long time because of it. She would not let it get away with destroying her one place of peace and safety. Not if she can help it! Closing her eyes as she clench her hand into a fist, Anna shouted "Polaris Sapphire Star Power! Make-Up!" In her heart, Anna silently prayed that her new transformation would work.

Her body was instantly surrounded by a calming sapphire color, and a moment later the aura burst and Super Sailor Polaris stood ready. Having no time to admire the new fuku and be glad the new transformation worked, both girls stood back to back and regarded the snarling creature with contempt.

Super Sailor Sirius narrowed her eyes as she went into a fighting stance and pointed an accusing finger at it. "Alright Fido, the fun's over! I don't know what you're doing here, but this a place for people to exercise their bodies as well as their minds, and you have no right to destroy it! As sure as the Star that shines brightest in the Heavens, I am Sailor Sirius, and you WILL be vanquished!"

The taller Star Senshi nodded her head, also going into a defensive stance. "That's right! One of the things I treasure most is time! Time for myself and the ones I care for. But right now, you're wasting it, so I'm going to waste you! Representing the Star that has guided Humanity since the Dawn of Time, I am Sailor Polaris, and you will not be tolerated!"

Not even bothering to answer, the creature snarled loudly and rushed at the two senshi. "Heads up!" yelled out Polaris. They broke apart just as the monster landed on the spot they were in. It fell heavily to the floor in surprise, its mouth dripping foam. It didn't expect the targets to move so fast! But it would get them, not matter what!

The girls landed in the center of the gym and Sailor Sirius got ready to attack. "Sirius...Kiss of..."

"Wait!" Polaris rushed over to her and laid a hand on her shoulder. "Remember what happened last time? This could be a human changed into a monster...like Jenna was..."

"But what if it's not? We can't let this...thing defeat us and go after everyone else!" The shorter Senshi looked at the growling monster. Her eyes widened in fear as the monster got up, shaking its head.

"We just have to take that chance. We can't kill it if it's a human!" pleaded Polaris, her lips trembling slightly. This was their battle, and it hurt her to know that innocent people were involved, people who knew nothing about what they went through. But before Sirius could answer, the dog-like monster jumped up and charged them again. With lightning quick moves it reached out with a long arm and knocked Sailor Sirius a few feet away as she screamed in terror. The girl landed with a loud thud and lay sprawled on the ground.

"Sirius!" yelled out the North Star Senshi. She ducked the blow the monster was about to give her, and with a move gained by many years in gymnastics training, swung her leg up and gave a mighty kick to its mid-section. It went down with a loud, frustrated growl, the wind knocked out of it. The taller Senshi took that time to rush over to her cousin.

"Sirius, are you alright? Come on, answer me!" she said, shaking the smaller girl in her arms. Sailor Sirius shook her head to clear it a second later and blinked up at her cousin. What hit her?

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just...surprised," she gasped out. She stood up with Polaris and looked to see the monster already getting up and giving them a fierce stare. "So what are we going to do?" She looked back at Polaris, uncertainty in her eyes.

"I think I have an idea. We just need to distract for a second it so I can heal it...if it's human, that is." said Polaris. She nodded her head and gave her cousin a hopeful look. "Think you can do it? That trick we worked on a few days ago in training?"

"Sure, no problem!" Sirius smiled. She was about to say more, but the monster roared loudly then, and with its eyes glowing red, it rushed forward once again.

"Let's do it!" Polaris bent her knees slightly, cupped her hands before her, and intertwined her fingers. Quickly Sirius placed her small right foot in them, her heart beating hard and fast. They waited until the monster was right before them, and with a gleam in her eye, the taller girl raised her hands, Sirius's foot still in it, and hoisted her up and over the monster's head. Sirius did a double twist flip as she soared expertly in the air over the snarling beast, memories of her practicing gymnastics during the Silver Millennium filling her mind, and landed perfectly on one knee behind the creature, her arms spread out.

The once human creature, confused at the move, looked up and behind it in surprise. It screamed and howled loudly in rage as it went down on all fours, intending to rush her and tear her to pieces.

"It ends now!" Sirius stood up to face the creature and threw her hand in the air. The Sirius scepter appeared magically, filling the place with light for a second as she grasped it. She narrowed her eyes and pointed it straight at the advancing monster. "SIRIUS SCEPTER...ILLUMINATE!" A large blast of white light energy erupted from the black rose-tipped scepter and smashed right into the creature's eyes. It let out a sickening loud howl, fell heavily to the floor, and began scratching at its pain-ridden eyes.

"Polaris, go for it!" shouted Sirius. She hoped her cousin was right, that it was indeed a human and that she'd be able to cure her. She wouldn't know how she would deal with it if she caused of the death of an innocent human.

"Right!" Polaris nodded and closed her eyes. The Polaris Sapphire Star Stone appeared in a shimmer right before her chest and she gently held it in her hands. Her body glowed a soft and calming blue. Her eyes snapped opened, and she yelled out "POLARIS SAPPHIRE SOUL... PURIFY!"

Sure enough, as the healing light shot forth and enveloped the howling creature, its body slowly began to shrink and the hairs began to disappear. Soon, the trembling body of a brown-haired teenaged girl came into view as the light slowly began to dim, and when it disappeared, the creature was once more human. The medium-sized girl gave a small sigh of relief, then fell unconscious to the floor.

"Yokatta!" Polaris cried happily, glad that they didn't have to destroy the innocent young girl. Sirius walked up to her cousin and placed arm around her waist, her eyes brimming with relieved tears as both girls looked at the form of the semi-naked young girl laying on the ground. Outside, people began peeking in the door, obviously curious about the noise and fighting going on.

The two dark-skinned senshi nodded to each other and moved forward to help the young girl. They were just about to reach her when a bright light flashed in the air above them. Squinting their eyes, they looked up as Onyx and Valera materialized a few feet above them, their eyes glowing and filled with hate. The people outside looking in screamed at the sight of the floating man and woman and ran away.

"You!" shouted Sirius when she could see, balling her small hands into fists. "You're the one who turned this girl into a monster. How dare you involve innocent people! YURUSENAI!" She was so angry, she nearly went into her adopted language of Japanese.

The man and woman just smirked in amusement. "Oh, looks like we got the little girl angry! Oh my, what are we going to do?" mocked Valera, obviously amused at the smaller Star Senshi. She laughed scornfully.

"Just...who are you anyway?" said Polaris. She was about to say more, but when she saw Onyx, memories of the past once again entered her mind. She simply stared at him, her eyes wide and hope filling her heart. Onyx stared back at the taller girl, his mind reeling with questions and emotions he didn't understand. Why did he always feel this way around them, especially this one?

Seeing the tension-filled moment, Valera scowled evilly and turned to the wide-eyed Polaris. "Me? Why, I'm Valera, and I'm the one who did this!" With a loud, high-pitched yell, the green-haired woman thrust forth her hands, and suddenly, huge beams of green laser light erupted from them.

It was about to hit a paralyzed Polaris, but Sailor Sirius jumped forward and pushed her out of the way just in time as she yelled "Look out!"

Sirius then screamed loudly in pain as the beams struck her hard. Her body stiffened as she was surrounded in a green light, and she was swiftly raised high into the air near Onyx and Valera.

"NOOOO! Stop! Please!" screamed out Polaris, coming out of her stupor and reaching up for her cousin. But the woman only laughed, her eyes glowing bright with madness as her relative King Meerages's did. She clenched her fist and the green light turned electric, shocking Sailor Sirius with an intensity that no normal human could possibly survive. The girl screamed painfully from the depths of her soul, the cries of her torture echoing throughout the whole school.

"STOP! Please...NO! You'll kill her! PLEASE! YAMATEEEEEEE!" Unable to think anymore, Polaris held her face in her hands and fell to the hard floor on her knees as tears fell down, horrified at the sight before her. The green-haired woman just laughed more and clenched her fist a few more times. Each time she clenched, Sirius would get shocked more and more, and each scream she gave became louder and louder.

"Please, don't!" the North Star Senshi begged. "She..she means so much to me! I'll do anything you want, just please stop hurting her! Sirius...Tiiiii!" Polaris gave a heart-wrenching sob as she felt her heart breaking. Suddenly Polaris remembered the talk she and Tanya had a few nights ago, and she recalled with tears in her eyes the words her cousin used to comfort her;

"I mean it Anna. I'll always be there for you. Whatever pain you feel, I feel, and I'll do my best to protect you. We'll always be together, forever."

"Tanya," Polaris whispered, her nearly broken heart filled with pain and disbelief. Never in her young life would the North Star senshi believe that the very same words her cousin told her that night would be so prophetic to the pain she was going through now. This can't be happening! Polaris thought desperately to herself, She...she can't be dying for me! Not again! Above her, Sirius gave one last scream, then finally went limp, blood leaking out her nose and mouth.

"HAHAHA! You're little friend is almost dead, girlie! Surrender the Stars Stones to me, or you'll soon join her! This is for Meerages!" the woman cackled out. She raised her arm before her and was about to give the final squeeze of her fist to end the life of Sirius...when a dark hand suddenly reached out and snatched that arm. Valera's eyes widened and she turned to look at Onyx in surprise. "What the hell are you doing?" she yelled in rage.

"No..." said the dark-skinned man in a low, hoarse voice. He turned to look at the limp body of Sirius, then at Polaris below, sobbing heavily with her face in her hands. He turned to look at Valera again. "No, not like this, not when the enemy is down like that. That's not how I work..." In his heart, a feeling like he never felt before was overcoming him. Onyx felt this was somehow...wrong. He didn't remember fighting dirty like this, not when they obviously had the upper hand over the enemy. Fighting an enemy fairly on equal ground was the only way to fight for him. This situation right now...it wasn't fair, not in his heart.

"Fool!" screamed the woman, her eyes blazing even brighter as she snatched her hand away. The man just narrowed his eyes, and raising his hand, turned to the smaller senshi and shot forth a beam of energy of his own as Polaris looked on. The green electric energy field surrounding Sirius dissipated, and she fell straight down, her hair flowing around her as the air rushed up past her body. Polaris quickly jumped up and caught her, holding her close to her chest, then landed and went down on her knees. When she found a weak pulse at the side of the girl's neck, Polaris looked up at Onyx, gratitude shining in her eyes.

But instead of acknowledging her feelings, the man just twisted his lips in annoyance as he looked down on her. "Don't mistake this for kindness, little Sailor Senshi. This is just not the way I fight. Know that this is far from over. In the end, we WILL defeat you and finish what we started." With a shimmer in the air, Onyx disappeared, and his laugh echoed through out the large gymnasium.

Valera turned hate-filled eyes to Polaris when he was gone and pointed a black-nailed finger at her. "You! You're going to pay dearly for this!" The woman's body shook with barely contained rage. "As soon as I deal with him, I'm coming back for you and your partner! Be warned!" With a high-pitched cackle, the woman disappeared.

For a moment, Polaris just stared into the air where the man and woman was, confusion filling her mind. What did she mean by "this is for Meerages?" from when she was talking earlier? And Onyx...why did he really save her cousin? She shook her head to clear it from the thoughts and looked down at Sirius still in her arms. "Sailor Sirius...Tanya! Come on, please, you've got to answer me! Wake up!" But the girl remained silent, her breathing shallow.

"Oh my God! Come on, you've got to stay with me Tanya! Please!" She began shaking her gently, fear gripping her heart. Tears once more brimmed in her eyes. Polaris didn't know what she would do if she lost her. She couldn't lose anyone she cared for again! Not after her mother...

Suddenly, just when Polaris was about to give up hope, Sirius's eyes fluttered opened. Her Sailor Senshi powers were already working on healing her body, and she looked up at Polaris weakly. "A...Anna..." she whispered out, her throat hoarse. She tried to move, but pain riddled her body.

"Don't try to move!" said the taller girl, joy flowing in her heart. "It'll be okay, don't worry," She gave her cousin a gentle hug.

"Wha...what happened? I was..." the girl began, but wheezed in pain.

"It's okay. Come on, I'll take you home and explain everything. Right now, you need help." With a nod, Sailor Polaris stood up, Sirius safely in her arms. She quickly rushed out the double doors of the gymnasium, and under the astonished stares of the crowd, jumped over on the roof and rushed across the roofs of many other buildings to hurry home, eager to tell Marco and Dief the recent developments. Moments later, flabbergasted school teachers and paramedics rushed into the gym to take care of the young girl who a short time ago was a raging beast.

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SLAP! The sound of Valera's hand striking Onyx's cheek hard echoed loudly through out the ship. The man staggered back a little and glared at the woman while he caressed his stinging cheek. His eyes glowed, and he would have liked nothing more than to blast the annoying woman away. But he knew he couldn't...at least for the moment, because she was the key in finding out his true identity. He wasn't about to let her know that, of course.

He straightened up and walked over to the green-haired woman, his eyes narrowed. "If I were you, I would NEVER do that again," he warned, his voice dark and dangerous.

"If you were me, you would never have fouled up our plan like you just did!" screamed the woman. "We almost had them! We almost eliminated those Sailor Senshi, and we could have taken over this stinking world and..."

"How many times do I have to tell you, that's NOT the way I fight!" yelled back the man. Valera was about to scream at him again, but he interrupted her. "Don't worry about it, we'll get them, I promise you," His eyes glowed brighter, and a blackish aura surrounded him. "You just worry about yourself right now. Never do what you just did again...Ever."

Valera stepped back slightly, a hint of fear in her eyes. "Fine," she snarled, "Just don't forget why we're here!" With a flick of her wrist, the woman disappeared. The aura around Onyx disappeared, and he looked at the spot Valera was standing in a moment before, a thousand thoughts running through his mind. Somehow, this all seemed wrong to him, and he just couldn't understand why. Did it have to do with that girl...Sailor Polaris? Why was there such a connection to her, as though he wanted to protect her?

The dark-skinned man then narrowed his eyes and shook that thought from his head. No matter, he had a mission, and he would do it. The glory of the Dark Kingdom will come again, and he would make sure that no one got in his way, especially the Sailor Senshi!

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To Be Continued.

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