Sailor Moon: The Rise of B'aal

Chapter 12

As the blinding light around the new Eternal Sailor Sirius dimmed, everyone looked on in amazement as she stood before them, full of new power, confidence, and determination. Even Bzuzu, his mouth dropped open, felt the raw power the Eternal Senshi of Sirius gave off. Never in the evil red demon's life had he experienced such pureness, such good energy from anyone as the person who stood before him. But just as quickly as the amazement came, it passed, and Bzuzu stood up with a grunt, baring his teeth and narrowing his eyes. There was no way he would be cheated of his victory! No one would take away his moment, his chance to please his Master! He had come to collect a Soul of Purity, and he would accomplish that mission, no matter what!

The demon straightened himself to his full height and pointed a long finger at Eternal Sailor Sirius. "FOOL! You think trickery like that will defeat me? I have a few of tricks up my own up my sleeves! You're not the only one who came prepared..." With a sadistic grin, Bzuzu snapped his fingers, and suddenly, about two-dozen more oni appeared one after another, each snarling loudly and carrying a club that was nearly twice their size. Slime dripped from their mouth, and madness gleamed from their eyes as they surrounded the Starlights and Sirius, ready to pounce on their prey.

"Sailor Sirius, look out!" shouted Star Healer. He tried to run forward to protect his love, but immediately fell to one knee in pain. The battle he and the other Starlights had just a while ago with the first group of oni had taken alot out of them, and blood still oozed from some of their wounds. As quickly as they could, Star Maker and Star Fighter rushed to the silvery-haired young man's side, frustration of having been beaten so badly gleaming in their eyes.

But at that moment, Eternal Sailor Sirius turned her head to the three young men and smiled in assurance, letting them know she was alright and ready to fight. When she turned to look back at Bzuzu and his army of oni, the determined look came back into her eyes. She held her staff firmly in both hands, and took a step forward. "This ends here, and now," Eternal Sirius said, her voice full and rich with power and confidence. "Your days of causing pain and misery to innocent people are over," Her eyes showed a hint of sadness as she blinked and remembered Bzuzu latest victim, Father O'Brian. "You took away someone that was very special to me, someone I loved dearly and taught me many things in life, and for that, I will never forgive you. I will make sure his death and the death of others will not go in vain."

Sirius lifted her head high and held the long staff high in her hands. Already, a light glow was surrounding her body. "In the name of all that is good, I swear to put an end to you and every evil thing you represent! No more people will suffer!" At those words, the light around Eternal Sirius grew brighter and a beautiful violet color emanated from it, bathing all around her in a soft glow.

"Not if I can help it!" Bzuzu growled out maliciously. He turned to his waiting oni and pointed her out to them. "GO! Destroy her and all the rest, NOW! Do this, and our Master will reward you greatly!" With a high-pitched scream, each of the ancient Japanese demons rushed forward, forgetting about the other three young men before them. They raised their clubs, their minds filled with nothing but thoughts of destruction and death, and got ready to pummel the lone senshi to death.. but they never got a chance.

Before the demons even reached her, Eternal Sailor Sirius closed her eyes for a second, then snapped them back open and fixed the advancing monsters a hard determine stare. This was not the time to be frightened or have any doubts about herself. In her mind, Sailor Sirius knew that she had to stop these monsters and Bzuzu from carrying out whatever evil plans they had. She also knew she was not alone in this fight, that the other Sailor Senshi would be there to help her in anyway they can, as surely as she would help them.

Taking a deep breath, Eternal Sirius raised her staff even higher, and her voice rang out strong and clear, filled with power. "As heir to the mighty star Sirius, I call forth the powers of the animal protector of the Sirius; Wolf Of The Fierceness of Loyalty, come to my aide!" A bright light burst from the top of the staff, and Sirius lowered it to point at the advancing oni. "SIRIUS, RAVAGES OF ANNIHILATION!"

In a loud and powerful burst of light, the transparent and silvery outline of the head of a giant wolf appeared out of the shimmering air, and it glowed in a brilliant outline around Eternal Sirius as she stood in the middle. The eyes of the wolf image glowed a fierce red, then rose high in the air. Another image, this time of the full moon, appeared in the sky next to it, despite the bright early day sun. The outline of the wolf raised its head high, closed its eyes, and howled loudly at the moon. The howling was a sound filled of primal and animalistic strength, and when it was done howling, the image shot up higher, did a downward curve in the air, and headed straight for the army of oni still advancing.

The simple-minded demons screamed in terror as the image of the wolf growled loudly, then burst into a series of bright laser beams. The beams slammed into each and every one of them hard, knocking them off their feet. As soon as the powerful beams hit them, the oni burst into flames, and when it died down, there was nothing left but a pile of black sand, which blew away in the wind.

Bzuzu, his eyes wide with disbelief and fear, turned around just in time to see a beam heading for him. In a surprised grunt, he disappeared out of the way and reappeared a second later a few feet away.

Meanwhile, once all the oni have been destroyed, the bright light from the top of Sirius's staff and the violet aura around her slowly dissipated. A moment later, Eternal Sirius fell exhausted to her knees, the staff falling right next to her, and breathed deeply of the fresh, yet slightly tinged air around her. In a soft shimmer, the white wings on her back disappeared, as did the other Sailor Senshi's when they first turned Eternal. Sailors Star Maker, Fighter, and Healer quickly rushed to Sirius's side, their faces full of concern.

"Tanya, are you alright?" Star Healer gently helped his love to her feet, not even noticing his own scars and bruises.

Sirius's body shook slightly from exhaustion as she slowly looked up into Healer's concerned green eyes. "Y...yes...I think so. I...I'm just so...tired. I never imagined I could do anything like that!" She drew in a shaky breath and wiped sweat off her dark forehead.

"The HECK you say! That was pretty damn impressive!" Fighter said as he stood next Maker, a small smile on his lips. Maker grimaced and turned to reprimand him for his choice of words...as usual, but never got to say a word as the figure of Bzuzu suddenly appeared before them.

"You're all going to curse the day you were born!" the evil red demon growled out as he came toward them. "You may have defeated those oni, but you still have me to deal with, and I swear, I am NOT leaving without your Pure Soul!" With a madden roar, the demon rushed forth and blasted a powerful beam of red energy at them.

"NOO!" Pushing his own pain back, Star Healer quickly grabbed Sirius around the waist and dashed out of the way just in time. The two dropped and rolled on the ground together as Star Maker and Fighter jumped high and landed near them on one knee.

"I have you now!" sneered out Bzuzu as he raised a hand and prepared to fire again. "I know you're too exhausted to fight, so give up and prepare to die!" The demon laughed out loud evilly and stretched out a hand, but he never got to fire as right then, an object few by with a swoosh and struck him painfully in his hand. The demon looked in shock to see it was a large rose, the stem end of it imbedded deeply in his red flesh. He snapped his head up as he pulled the rose out, and narrowed his eyes. "Who dares do this?" he growled deep in his throat.

"We do!" shouted out a strong, male voice. A tall, black-haired man in a dashing tuxedo rushed forward, his black cape with red lining billowing out behind him. Right behind him, the rest of the Sailor Team ran, their faces angry at their fellow warriors being attacked without their knowledge.

"You get away from them, NOW! Or you'll be sorry!" screamed out Sailor Moon as she took out her Eternal scepter while still running. Her heart pounded heavily in her chest as she thought of how this sadistic demon had hurt her friends, especially Tanya, who have suffered so much already.

Bzuzu merely smirked as he watched the Sailor Senshi run up to him, his arrogance getting the best of him. "Oh, really? Make me!"

"Gladly! JUPITER OAK, EVOLUTION!" The senshi from Jupiter jumped high in the air and spun, and a thousand razor sharp green leaves charged by massive electricity surrounded her, then flew straight towards the demon. She had learned well from the other battles before with him, and she did this so fast, that before he could disappear like he usually did, Bzuzu was struck full force by her powers, and he screamed in agony.

"My turn. I've been waiting for a chance to blast him for a long time," smirked Uranus as she stepped in front of Neptune and Saturn. "URANUS, WORLD SHAKING!" A powerful blast of golden energy in the form of the mighty planet of Uranus shot forth from the divine Senshi of the Wind, mixing with the powers from Jupiter, and it slammed into Bzuzu mercilessly.

The demon was blown away nearly 10 feet away and smashed into a tree as he screamed loudly in frustration and pain. Green blood flowed from the gaping wound on his head and nose as he shakily stood up, and he narrowed his eyes as the rest of the Senshi rushed towards him. When they reached him, they looked down on him with angry eyes.

"Still want more?" Sailor Uranus stepped ahead of everyone and cracked her knuckles in her palm, her eyes flashing with the hope that he'll say yes so she can pummel him with her bare hands for daring to hurt Tanya.

But the red demon had enough for now, and he grunted deep in his throat at the shame of being defeated yet again by mere mortals. "This...isn't done...yet...you infidels!" He choked out in pain. "We WILL be victorious, and you will soon fall before the might of B'aal!" Bzuzu took a deep breath, and with a flicking shimmer, he disappeared.

"Damn, I HATE when he does that!" said Sailor Moon, crossing her arms over her chest in indignation. Her eyes then widened as she remembered why everyone was here in the first place. "Sailor Sirius!" She rushed over to where Sirius and the Starlights were struggling to stand. When she saw the changed fuku Sirius was wearing, she stopped dead in her tracks and blinked her eyes in disbelief. "S...Sailor Sirius? What...happened?"

"I'll...explain it to everyone as soon as we get out of here," said Sirius as she shakily ran her hand through her hair. "It's...kind of a long story..." She then walked over and retrieved her staff.

"And one we don't have time to listen to right now!" Sailor Venus pointed to the police racing towards the scene, their sirens blaring loudly in the air.

"She's right, let's get out of here," said Sailor Mercury. "I've also found some more disturbing news about this B'aal guy...or demon...or...whatever, and we have to discuss this before we can take further action. Let's go!"

With quick movements, the warriors of the Sol System hurried away, leaving behind some baffled police as they entered the scene.

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In the dark recesses of the realm the humans on Earth called Hell, Bzuzu, fear like none other filling his black heart, knelt before the imposing figure of his master B'aal, his body shaking and lined with sweat.

"Bzuzu, you have failed me again!" The voice was filled with disgust as B'aal walked up to the kneeling Higher-Level demon. Bzuzu gulped, and dared to look up at his enormous master.

Instead of the shadowy, misshapen form that had plagued B'aal for so long since ancient times, the Demon Prince now had a more humanoid, solid figure that was very imposing indeed, thanks to the Purity Soul he ingested that was once the kindly Father O'Brian. Thick, muscular legs covered by dark, greyish skin supported a body that was also quite muscular, with a wide chest covered in ancient Roman battle armor. But his features above his thick neck was still hidden. Since devouring the Purity Soul, the evil Prince of Hell's powers and form has increased, and only one more of the souls needed to be devoured before his transformation into a solid body was complete. But all that didn't matter now as Bzuzu cowered before him.

"M..Master..." the demon pleaded, bowing his head once again. "It...it wasn't my fault! I swear! Those accursed senshi keep interfering with my mission! I promise, I will get another soul next time...if I could only..."

"Silence!" B'aal roared loudly. He bent down to grab the demon by his throat. His eyes glowed an angry red behind the darkness covering his face. "You blabbering idiot! You remind me of one of those disgusting, sniveling, talking monkeys, those...human...babies with your pitiful excuses! I won't have anyone so weak and ineffective work for me. I should rip your tongue out to silence you forever...!"

"No, Master, please!" whimpered Bzuzu, his feet dangling in the air beneath him as he thought of much worse things B'aal could to him. But the Demon Prince dropped him heavily to the hard ground, and placed the tip of his sword to the demon's throat as he coughed for air.

"But you did bring me two of the Pure Souls I needed, so you might still be useful." B'aal said, his eyes still flashing, "Remember, this IS your very last chance! No more failures, or else the human senshi will be the last thing for you to worry about! Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes Master, I understand completely!" Bzuzu bowed gratefully as he rubbed his chaff neck.

"Oh, I wouldn't be so quick to thank me if I were you," B'aal chuckled evilly as he motioned for some other demons to come forth and seize Bzuzu. "You still have your punishment to endure, remember?" He laughed out loud as Bzuzu looked up at him in disbelief while the demons dragged him away to be tortured.

"NO! Wait! Please, I'll do better, I swear! Not this again, please!" But his cries fell on deaf ears as the demons who were dragging him away laughed loudly and insanely, excited to take part in the pain of another living being, even if it was one of their own. B'aal turned and walked away, and moments later, the pitiful screams of the red demon filled the area, and the lost souls of humans and demons writhed and screamed in the dark levels of Hell.

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Hikawa Jinga Shrine:

"Okay, sooooo...now that means you've gone Eternal, just like the rest of us?" asked Rei as she sat down Indian style with the other Inner Senshi girls in the usual meeting room. Beside her, Tanya nodded her head slowly, still trying to get used to the idea of it all.

"Wow, that's so amazing!" sighed Minako, wrapping her arms around her legs as she drew them up to her chest.

"Yeah, but will it be enough to defeat that freako Bzuzu and his so-called 'Master'? "asked Tanya. She sighed and placed her head in her hands in a worried way.

"Are you kidding? With what you described how you took care of those ugly oni, we'll be unstoppable now! We're much stronger than before!" Usagi jumped up and flexed her arm muscles in a "He-man" sort of way, and puffed out her chest in a show of strength, grinning wildly. Then as she tried to turn around, she tripped over her feet and fell flat on her face.

"Usagi-chan, don't quit your day job," sighed Makoto as she patted her on the back. The group of friends sighed with sweatdrops over their head, then chuckled softly, so used to Usagi's silly ways.

But Ami was the first to turn serious again. "Yes, but according to the reports I found, I can only hope we'll be strong enough to defeat this new threat. We all have to do our best in this, or else more people will suffer." She pulled out the papers she printed off the internet and more books she ordered dealing with demons. "We still have alot to go over girls, so gather around."

At that statement, the girls moved in closer and listened to Ami's findings, knowing that the more information they can get, the more likely they can defeat their new enemy.

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