Sailor Moon: The Rise of B'aal

Chapter 11:

For long moments, Tanya could only stare at the ugly demons surrounding herself and the three young men, her eyes wide with disbelief. In her studies with Ami, she had read about how these legendary Japanese demons called Oni wreaked havoc in ancient Japan. She doubted they were actually real, but since recent events, Tanya had come to believe that anything was possible. She swallowed hard and closed her eyes for moment, praying deep in her heart that this was just a dream, that those demons would be gone any minute.

But the sounds of growling and roars was evidence enough that this was definitely real, and only a miracle can help them out of this now. With quick movements, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten circled protectively around Tanya, knowing how vulnerable she was right now.

"I'm warning you, leave now with your ugly friends, or else..." Seiya narrowed his eyes and he went into a fighting stance along with his partners, but he never got to finish his sentence as the demon Bzuzu stepped forward, red eyes glowing with evil and triumph.

"Or else what, little man?" he growled out. "Oh come on, I thought I'd introduce you to the new help. I'm sure you know about the infamous oni. They're kind of stupid, but at least they're effective in causing destruction!" He laughed loudly.

His lips then twisted in thought for a moment as he looked into Seiya's eyes and seem to bore into the former singer's soul, causing him to squirm with discomfort. Bzuzu raised an eyebrow. "You are not from this world, are you?" he said, his voice curious. He grunted low in his throat and pointed a finger at the group. "It doesn't matter, you will DIE along with everyone else! All humans will suffer the same fate, no matter what star they come from!"

He turned to the hordes of oni surrounding him, "Destroy them! But leave the girl to me!" He gave Tanya a leering look, making her gasp out in surprise and moving closer to Yaten. In an instant, the attacking demons rushed forward, roaring loudly and swinging their gigantic clubs.

"Move it!" yelled Seiya as he rushed forward and tackled Yaten and Tanya out of the way of an oni that as about to jump down on them. Seconds later, the trio got up just in time to avoid being smashed by the creature's club, and it left a deep impact in the park's ground. They barely had time to stand up before they had to duck to avoid getting hit by the same club again.

"Damn! These things are fast!" yelled out Yaten, wiping off the sweat that was already forming on his forehead. Deciding this was enough, the silvery-haired young man waited for a chance when the creature had his hands over his head, ready to strike. He jumped up and did a double side twist flip before landing and giving a smashing kick to the side of the roaring oni's head. The creature fell down with a loud thud and lay still, drool falling from his mouth.

"Smooth," Seiya commented, but didn't have time to say anymore as another oni nearly smashed him in the side. But seeing him out the corner of his eye, Seiya did a backward flip and narrowly missed it. The creature roared in frustration and raised his club to strike again, but in a quick move, the former lead singer of the Three Lights rushed forward, and kicking his leg out after doing a double flip, smashed his foot right in sensitive area between the oni's legs. The monster let out a high pitched painful scream, then after dropping his club, sank slowly to the ground in a fetal position with his hands over the front of the loincloth around his waist. After his body convulsed for a moment, he lay still.

Seiya blinked in disbelief, then smirked. "Damn, who would have thought?" He chuckled lightly, then turned to see where Taiki was. His eyes widened as he saw an oni trying to sneak up on him as the tallest of the group just finished off smashing his fist into the face of an attacking oni.

"Taiki, look out!" Seiya screamed out. The brown-haired man barely had time to duck and avoid having his head smashed in, and when he straightened back up, he narrowed his violet eyes at the snarling creature.

"Oh come on, you can do better than that!" Taiki teased as he ducked from another swing of the monster's club. He turned and ran towards a large sturdy looking tree, the oni close at his tail behind him. When he reached the tree, Taiki jumped up, ran up along the front of the tree, and using that momentum, leapt off and did a backward flip over the oni's head. The tree was smashed by the creature's club just mere seconds after Taiki flipped off it, and he used that distraction to jump up again and kick the oni hard in the head, leaving him motionless on the ground.

"We have to transform, now!" Yaten rushed to Seiya and Taiki, dragging Tanya along behind him. A strange, dull look was in Tanya's eyes, but no one noticed it or how quiet she was.

"Over there!" Taiki pointed to park's field house a few feet away. They nodded and rushed over to it, the group of demons not too far behind them. As they went behind the field house looked around to make sure no was watching, Seiya was the first to shout the phrase that would transform him into a Starlight Warrior, followed by Yaten and Taiki.

"FIGHTER STAR POWER, MAKE-UP!"

"HEALER STAR POWER, MAKE-UP!"

"MAKER STAR POWER, MAKE-UP!"

The familiar, nearly blinding white light surrounded the young men as the clothes they were wearing morphed into their new Starlight Warriors fuku. The headphone sets with the microphones adorned their heads, and as the light dimmed, the Sailor Starlights stood ready to fight.

When they turned and say that Tanya hadn't transformed yet, they gave her a concerned look. "Tanya, you have to transform, or we'll never defeat them! Come on!" Star Healer said as he step forward towards her, his green eyes filled with worry. "What's wrong?"

"I...I..." Tanya voice was very shaky, as she couldn't find the words of what she was feeling at that moment. How can she transform now? What if she wouldn't be able to save one of them of them if something went wrong, just like with Father O'Brien? She couldn't go through that pain again, she knew it would destroy her if it did.

But she also knew that she couldn't let herself or the ones who counted on her down. The only way to make sure Bzuzu wouldn't hurt anyone else is to fight, no matter the consequences. But she was still scared..oh so very scared. With tears swimming in her eyes, Tanya nodded with a determination she truly didn't feel, and passing her hand over her necklace, shouted "SIRIUS EMERALD STAR POWER, MAKE-UP!"

As before, a bright, violet light surrounded her body, and she transformed into Super Sailor Sirius. When the light dissipated, the group rushed out to confront the demons that were smashing down anything in their way to get to them. Smashed trees, benches, and small statues lay everywhere.

When the oni saw them, they roared loudly, and raising their clubs, rushed forward to smash them to pieces. "Healer, let's do this!" Star Fighter shouted out, knowing their powers combined would do the most damage.

Healer smiled and nodded as he and Fighter rushed forward. "Right! STAR SENSITIVE, INFERNO!"

"STAR SERIOUS, LASER!"

The two powerful blasts of star energy shot forward from their medallions and came together in mid-air, then gaining strength, exploded and struck many of the oni that were in the front lines. The creatures' bodies convulsed as the power electrified them with star energy, then fell limp to the ground, smoke rising from them.

"Left overs are fine by me!" shouted Star Maker, rushing past Fighter and Healer and jumping high in the air. "STAR GENTLE, BLAZE!" A powerful beam of star energy in the colorful form of a rainbow shot forth from Maker's star medallion. The powerful blast struck the demons hard, but it was still not powerful enough to destroy them or knock them out.

"Sirius, go! He's going to need help defeating all the rest of those things!" Healer shouted, noticing some of them still advancing.

For a moment, Sirius stood frozen on the spot, fear sending icy chills up her spine. A flashback of what happened to Father O'Brien entered her mind then, and she felt tears gathering in her eyes.

"Sirius! Go, before it's too late!" Star Fighter shouted, watching as Maker fell to one knee in exhaustion, still pouring out his power.

The Sirius Senshi shook her head to clear it, determined in some way to help the Starlights. "O...okay.." she gulped, forcing the fear down. She raised her hand high into the air. "SIRIUS KISS OF DEATH, CAPTIVATION!" Her body was surrounded in a red light, and she brought her palms to her lips and kissed it. She then threw the imprint of the kiss towards the remaining snarling oni, and when it combined with Maker's powers, a black ball that was swirling with rainbow colors surrounded them. The ball shrank as it electrified the screaming monsters, then exploded in bright colors. A few moments later, there was nothing but black ash where the remaining oni once stood.

"Hopefully that's all of those disgusting things," Star Healer said dryly, never liking to look at unattractive things in the first place. The group was about to turn and leave when an evil sounding chuckle filled the air.

"Oh, I don't believe so!" Bzuzu suddenly appeared behind Sirius. Before she could do anything, he roughly grabbed her arms behind her, causing her to scream out in pain.

"NOO!" Star Healer screamed in rage, and was about to rush forward to pummel the red demon; but Bzuzu held up a hand and shot out a powerful blast of red energy, knocking the Starlights off their feet and blasting them back a few feet away.

"Let me go!" shouted Sirius, struggling in the High Level demon's iron-like grasp.

"Oh don't worry, I will...as soon as I get your soul! Now hold still, and I promise this won't hurt a bit!" Bzuzu smiled sadistically, placing his clawed hand on her back. Then he stopped himself for a moment, just as he was about the plunge his hand in, and closing his eyes, gently pulled Sirius's head back by her hair. He leaned forward and sniffed the Star Warrior's hair and neck, deeply breathing in her scent in a leering way. His loins suddenly tightened at the feel of her in his arms and her smell.

"Ahhh, your body is yet pure and virtuous, just how I like my girls...but you still have the stink of your sweetheart all over you! Why don't you leave him, and let me give you lessons in true pleasure..."

Sirius's eyes widened in horror at what the demon had in mind to do with her. "No!! YOU SADISTIC FREAK!" Sirius screamed in rage as she blushed. She raised her leg and smashed her heel into the demon's leg beside her. Bzuzu screamed in pain as he released her, but she didn't get far as he reached forward and grabbed her around the neck.

"You'll pay for that!" he yelled before he backhanded her across the face. Sirius was knocked back a few feet and fell nearly lifeless on the ground. He walked towards her and picked her up by the shirt. With a sadistic grin, the demon punched her hard in the stomach, then backhanded her again, sending her smashing into a tree as she screamed loudly in pain.

Sirius gasped painfully for air as blood gushed from her nose and mouth. She shakily sat up on her knees and watched helplessly as Bzuzu walked towards her again. "No one EVER speaks to me like that and lives!" the demon growled out, baring his teeth in rage.

"Stay away from her!" screamed out Healer, getting up shakily to his feet with the other Starlights, blood running from the many cuts they received from Bzuzu's earlier blast.

But the demon ignored him as he stood before Sailor Sirius, his eyes cold and evil. Sirius looked up at him, her eyes wide with fear as tears streamed down her face. By Allah, I can't do this anymore! she thought sadly as unconsciousness began to set in. I..I can't fight anymore! Please...just let this all end...just let me die peacefully...And with that thought, Sirius collapsed unconscious to the ground as the Starlights gasped in horror.

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In the dark recesses of her mind, Tanya lay still, feeling at peace in the darkness and solitude. But the silence was suddenly broken as a voice shouted out from the blackness.

"Princess!"

Tanya slowly opened her eyes with a flutter to look at the person who said that word, but she was only met with blackness. But it was a different kind of darkness; it was a darkness that enveloped a person in protectiveness, giving a feeling of safety and making them not want to leave. The dark-skinned girl sighed and closed her eyes again, hoping to never leave this serene place.

"Princess!"

She opened her eyes again, this time making herself to somehow stand in this strange, weightless place. "Who...who's there?" Tanya asked, looking around her. She then looked down on herself, and saw that she was wearing a silky soft and very thin white dress that outlined her figure. "Where am I?" She looked around, but no one was there to answer. An instant later, a bright swirl of white light shot forward, and started swirling around her from bottom to top.

"Princess, it is I, the Sirius Emerald Star Stone..." The voice was serene, and had a gentle yet masculine sound to it. The swirling light stopped floating around Tanya, and floated right before her.

"The Star Stone?" Tanya blinked her eyes in confusion, then gasped. "Oh my gosh, the fight! I was in the park with Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki, and...and...those demons..!"

"Yes, and if you want to save their lives as well as yours, you must accept your new level of power," the voice said. "You must decide quickly, or all is lost..."

"I..." Tanya lowered her eyes. "It's all so confusing! I've lost so much already! My mom, Father O'Brien...how can I keep on fighting?" Tears fell from her eyes down her dark cheeks.

"Princess, those whom you have lost will never truly be lost to you. They will always be a part of you because you remember them. It is your memories that keep them alive. Use their love and your memories of them to give you new strength and a new power in fighting this evil that wants to destroy all. Use it, and you will find you can go on. They would want it that way. But this new power can only be yours if you accept it..." The voice was almost pleading, knowing time was short.

Tanya was quiet for a moment, thinking hard about what a new power level would mean. She thought of how much she knew they loved her, and how they wanted her to protect her father and friends. Yes, she knew it was true now; they would want it this way. She looked up and nodded. "Then yes, I will accept it. I don't want anyone else to lose someone they love, I don't want to lose any more people I love either.." At those words, thoughts of Yaten, her father, Marco, and all the Inner and Outer Senshi and rest of the Starlights entered Tanya's mind.

"Then so shall it be. Be brave, strong warrior of Sirius, and know that your loved ones are with you." The white light blasted forth a beam that hit Tanya in the middle of her forehead, and the symbol of Sirius appeared on it. Her body was then surrounded by a beautiful white light, and in a shimmer of stars, Tanya faded away back to her body, strength flowing all through her and hope filling her heart.

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When Bzuzu stood right besides Sailor Sirius's still form, he smiled in triumph and bent down at the knees. "And now, to see if this vixen here as the third and final Purity Soul for my Master," he said, glee shining in his eyes. "Soon, all will bow down to the will of the true inhabitants of this Universe!" He reached forward and got ready to plunge his hands into Sirius's back.

"STOOOOOP! DAMN YOU!" With tears streaming down his face, Star Healer and the other Starlights prepared to rush forward and blast the red demon. But just then, a burst of light erupted from Sirius's body, enveloping her in a nearly blinding light.

Bzuzu fell back and yelled in shock as he covered his eyes with his hands. "What the hell is going on!" he sneered, getting up on his feet. For what seemed like forever, the light surrounded Sirius, then it began to slowly dissipate.

When it finally disappeared, Sirius stood before everyone, a determined look on her face, but her fuku had changed; it was similar to Eternal Sailor Moon's and the other Eternal Senshi of the Sol System, but the colors on Sirius was dark and light blue, black, white, and yellow. In her right had, her Sirius scepter had grown, and it was now the length of her body. Medium sized white wings sprouted from her back, and although she had no tiara, her six-pointed silver star on her forehead glowed brightly in the sun. She was now Eternal Sailor Sirius, and everyone looked on in complete shock for long moments.

"Sailor...Sirius?" Star Healer breathed out, his green eyes wide and full of hope.

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To Be Continued....

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