Sailor Moon: The Rise of B'aal
Chapter 18
The group of Sailor Senshi and Starlights looked on in disbelief as the hideous demons stared at them with malicious, yellow eyes. But what made them shudder more than their appearance was what they saw in those same eyes...pure evil and the hunger for mayhem and blood. Slime dripped off their fangs as they growled and bared their teeth, and their razor-sharp claws clenched and unclenched along with their hands, ready to rip through human flesh like they have done thousands of times before. Even Sailor Uranus, the one senshi who never let anything put fear into her heart, stepped back slightly and gulped when one of them growled low in its throat.
"By Chronos, no..." Pluto whispered out, her heart feeling like it dropped down a thousand miles. "It...it can't be. Those can't be Nemesis demons! They're supposed to have been wiped out because no one could control them! How could there more?" The Soldier of Time held her Time Key staff close to her in a fighting stance and narrowed her eyes at Legion. "You're making a big mistake, whoever you are!"
"Nemesis demons?" Sailor Sirius turned to look at the taller, green-haired senshi with questioning eyes.
"They were created after the rouge angels rebelled and humans began multiplying upon the Earth." Pluto said, her eyes still on Legion. "The angels that were thrown out of Heaven after siding with Lucifer were so filled with rage and jealously, they created a race of demons known as Nemesis. They were nothing but mindless, uncontrollable killers that nearly wiped out the human race before the Seraphim, under orders from God himself, destroyed them all..." Her eyes narrowed again. "Or at least they thought they did..."
Legion smiled maliciously, enjoying the looks of confusion and shock on their faces. "The only mistakes here is you and your pathetic race! You think I didn't know about the Nemesis demons? How they nearly disposed of you all before your precious Silver Millennium? Well, don't bother worrying, because I personally hid the last of them away before the Seraphim could get to them. And as for them being uncontrollable..." The green High Level demon grinned slowly, savoring each moment. He snapped his fingers, and one of the demons roared so loudly, everyone had to cover their ears and double over in pain. Legion snapped his fingers again, and the creature instantly stopped.
"Let's just say they had a little modification. You Sailor Senshi have had your victories and good luck in the past, but now, all that is going to end. I will enjoy seeing you all die an unbearable death." He smirked, then chuckled low in his throat.
"I'll see you in HELL before you get away with this!" yelled out Uranus, her hands balled into angry fists. Neptune stepped up next to her and nodded, letting everyone know that she will fight right along beside her...to the death if need be. Saturn stepped next to them and nodded too, her eyes filled with readiness to defend her planet along with the others.
"Oh really? Well, when you get there, tell 'em Legion sent ya!" He raised his hands in a triumphant way, and before anyone else could say or do anything else, he shouted "KILL THEM!"
Immediately the assassin demons rushed forward, their roars deafening and filled with hate and malice.
"Sirius, get the girl out of here, NOW!" yelled out Pluto as she twirled her staff over her head a few times. She slammed the butt end of it into the ground.
"Okay!" Sirius grabbed Miriam's hand, and with after mouthing the words "I love you" to Star Healer, they two girls ran off behind a far way high mound.
"Look out!" screamed out Sailor Venus just as Sirius was running away. She crouched low and leapt up high in a double flip over to a demon that was just about to tackle Sirius to the ground. She landed expertly in front of him and knocked him away with a mighty kick, but barely a second passed before another demon rushed up and backhanded her across the face, knocking her away a good 10 feet. Venus landed hard with a loud thud on the desert ground and groaned in pain. As she got up slowly, her body already racked with pain, she saw a couple of the creatures rushing at her, and with a smirk, she raised her hand and yelled out "VENUS, LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" The powerful blast of golden hearts rushed out at the monsters and slammed right into their abdomens, slashing right through them. Instantly, the demons evaporated and turned into dust.
But Venus had no time to celebrate as another group suddenly jumped down from the air and surrounded her. Just as she was raising her hand to defend herself, one of them behind her rushed forward, and with his right hand, slashed her across the back. The Senshi of Love screamed loud and painfully, then fell limp to the ground and lay unmoving.
Sailor Jupiter, after finishing off one of the demons herself, turned around just in time to see Venus go down. Her green eyes widened in shock when she saw the wounds on Venus's back gushing with blood. "VENUUUS!" the Jupiter Senshi screamed. With tears flowing down her cheeks for one of her closest friends, Jupiter rushed over and jumped up high. She flipped in the air, and raising her arms, shouted out "JUPITER OAK, EVOLUTION!" The razor-sharp electrified leaves slashed through the demons surrounding Sailor Venus, and after being electrified, disappeared into smoke with a loud blast.
Jupiter knelt down next to her and turned her over, but the blonde girl remained motionless. "Venus! Minako, can you hear me? Get up! Come on!" Jupiter gathered her in her arms tried to shake her a little, unmindful of the smears of blood on her uniform from Venus. But no sooner had she done that than another group of the creatures surrounded them, eyes narrowed and glowing. Jupiter stared at them for a moment, then bowed her head and closed her eyes. A second later, after gently putting Venus down, she stood up. For a moment, she simply stood there, standing straight and tall as if in defiance of the demons. Her eyes then snapped open, and with a determined look, screamed out her powers once again. This time, fueled by her anger, the powers exploded forth like a blast of electrified light, and instantly evaporated the demons. She barely opened her eyes again a moment later to take in a deep breath before another demon rushed on her with a clawed hand, making a deep gash in her side. With a scream, Jupiter fell limp besides Venus.
Meanwhile, Mercury and Mars quickly tried to dodge the swipes of about 9 Nemesis demons surrounding them, but the monsters were so fast, they could barely keep from having their faces slashed away. "I think Venus and Jupiter are down! We can't keep this up for long!" said Mercury as she back flipped away from another swipe of deadly claws. She jumped up, and with a spinning kick, knocked the attacking demon away from her, then landed expertly on her feet in a crouch.
"HA! We won't have to! Come on, let's do this together!" smirked Mars. She crouched low and narrowly missed being smashed in the face as the demon's fist swung high above her. When she came back up, she raised her hand and said "Saiyonara! MARS, FLAME SNIPER!" A series of red flame arrows shot out of her fire bow. Right after that, Mercury raised her hands over her head and yelled out "MERCURY AQUA, RHAPSODY!" As Mercury stroked her harp, a swirl of ice water raced out and surrounded the arrows, giving them a reddish, icy glow. The arrows slammed right into the demons, and as they did so, they first turned into statues of ice for a moment, then burst into hot flames, destroying them completely.
No sooner had they did that, than another group of the purple demons burst out of the ground and surrounded them. Mars looked around her wildly while standing back to back with Mercury, her eyes wide with disbelief. "What the...!" But she never finished as the demons rushed forward and pounced on them, slashing their backs and sides. Both girls screamed with unbearable pain before falling motionless on the ground.
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The Senshi of the Outer System and the Starlights had no better luck fending off their attackers as they were being surrounded. "We're dying out here, what are we going to do?" screamed out Star Maker, then smashed his fist into the face of a snarling demon coming at him. Another demon jumped down in its place merely a second after that one fell. The singer's violet eyes widened in disbelief and watched as the circle of demons they were surrounded by got smaller and smaller.
"Come on, if we combine our powers, we'll have a better chance!" Star Healer said, wiping sweat off his forehead.
"Right!" yelled out Star Fighter. Odango, please take this chance to use your Tier! the black haired Starlight pleaded silently. "STAR SERIOUS, LASER!
"STAR SENSITIVE, INFERNO!"
"STAR GENTLE, BLAZE!"
The powers raced out of their medallions and came together in a dazzling display a few feet before them, and with a big explosion, the powers separated and struck all of the monsters surrounding them. They exploded in a sprinkle of stardust.
"YES!" yelled out Star Fighter. But the celebration was short lived when suddenly, as they were standing back to back to one another, a large, black rope rushed out at them and wrapped itself tightly around the Starlights, slamming them together as it pulled tighter and tighter. A group of the Nemesis demons jump down from above, one of them holding the end of the rope in his hands as he roared very loudly. The monster pulled again, and the star warriors screamed painfully as they were dragged to the floor. They were pulled up once more, and before they could do anything, the demons rushed at them and slashed them harshly down their front. The last thoughts that entered Star Healer's mind before he blacked out was how he failed Tanya and the others in protecting their homes....then he was still.
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"URANUS, WORLD SHAKING!"
"NEPTUNE, DEEP SUBMERGE!"
"PLUTO, DEAD SCREAM!"
"SILENCE GLAIVE, SURPRISE!"
The powers from the Senshi of the Outer Planets raced forward in dazzling displays and slammed into their attackers hard and fast, but it was to no avail as each time a group of the demons fell, more rose up and took their place. This CAN'T end like this! Pluto thought desperately to herself as she wiped sweat from her forehead and panted hard from exhaustion. Not after all we've worked for, for the future we've made for ourselves! Your Majesties, Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, please forgive me for failing you! For a brief second, Pluto saw an image of the future rulers of Crystal Tokyo looking at her with pleading eyes, then it was gone as quickly as it came.
Suddenly, Neptune screamed as out of nowhere, a demon jumped and tackled her to the ground. "NOO!" Uranus screamed, and rushing forward, tackled it off Neptune. "SPACE SWORD BLASTER!" Wielding her glowing sword, the Senshi of the Skies slashed downward and sliced the demon in two and watched as it then turned into dust. But when she turned to see if Neptune was alright, she gasped in horror as she realized she was too late.
Blood already began to leak from underneath Neptune, and Saturn gave a mournful cry as she dropped to her knees besides her mentor, her Silence Glaive dropping besides her. "Neptune!"
The Elegant Senshi only smiled slightly, and looking up to Uranus's eyes, then Saturn's, she whispered hoarsely "Uranus...don't forget...our mission. Protect the Prince and Princess, protect the future..." She reached forward and took Uranus's hand in her own. She nodded sadly, and slowly closed her eyes. Her hand fell away limply from Uranus's. Pain filled the racer's heart as tears fell from her eyes, but she knew she couldn't get overwhelmed. They both already discussed that something like this might happen, and when it did, the one who was left standing out of the both of them would carry on with the mission and protect the princess. Pain and anger filled Uranus's heart then, especially anger for losing the closet person to her in such a way as this. She stood up slowly with a deadly look in her eyes as she turned to the advancing demons.
"MICHIRU!" Saturn cried, but she didn't have a chance to say anything more as Pluto stood by her, ready to protect her.
"Stay back! PLUTO, DEAD.." but her words were cut off immediately as the group of demons screamed loudly and closed in on them in a rush. Screams filled the night air as one by one, Uranus, Pluto, and Saturn were slashed horribly, then fell silent.
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"Sailor Moon, duck down!" screamed out Tuxedo Kamen as he rushed towards her. The Senshi leader quickly threw herself to the ground as a clawed hand narrowly missed her face. Tuxedo Kamen crouched and did an impressive flip in the air and landed in front of the monster that nearly ended Sailor Moon's life. He then flipped backwards, and while his feet were still in the air, kicked the demon hard in the face, making him slam hard into the ground.
"Where's everyone else?" Moon looked around desperately, and her eyes widened in shock when she saw everyone lying limply on the ground. "Oh God, NO!" she wailed. She had been so busy fighting off the demons, she never had a chance to use her Eternal Tier. Regret and grief entered her heart, and she fell to her knees on the ground in exhaustion. She had used the powers from the Tier to try and heal those men, and now looked what happened! Tears fell from her eyes in large streams, and before she even had a chance to wipe them away, Tuxedo Kamen rushed forward, seeing one of the Nemesis demons as it was about to jump on her. "USAKO!"
Sailor Moon looked up in pure fright, and just as the demon was about to reach her, the former Prince of the Earth protectively placed his body over hers and allowed the demons sharp claws to cut through him instead. Sailor Moon gasped in pain as his weight fell on top her. The young man was then silent, and a moment later, Sailor Moon slowly reached up to touch his back. She raised her gloved hand, and when she saw it was covered in blood, an icy chill raced along her back. "Mamo-chan?" Sailor Moon whispered. Her eyes widen, and after staring blankly at her hand, she fell back in a dead faint.
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"Okay, you'll be safe here, I have to go back and help my friends!" Sirius said in Arabic to Miriam after they had run some distance away from the fight. They both went behind a large bushel hidden by the end of a cliff wall.
"No, wait! Please don't leave me here alone!" the Palestinian girl cried, tears flowing down her cheeks as she shook her head wildly.
"You'll be okay, I promise! I MUST go help my friends. They could be in great danger! Please let me go..." The dark-skinned senshi looked at the girl pleadingly.
Miriam sobbed and lowered her head, but she thought about how dedicated Sirius was to helping her and the people she traveled with in the caravan, as well as the friends she came to Israel with. She sighed and looked at the shorter Sirius, and nodded her head. "A...alright. Go, help your friends...and thank you! But by Allah...be careful!"
"I'll be back, I promise!" After a quick hug to Miriam, Sirius raced out from behind the cliff wall and back to the battle scene. Please, don't let me be too late! Sirius thought as she ran quickly, the moon casting a long shadow behind her.
But a few minutes later as she entered the scene, she knew that she was indeed too late. As she got further in it, she started slowing down, then finally slowed down to a slow walk, looking around her in a daze. To her horror, all the senshi lay limp on the ground, blood oozing from the many wounds they got from battling the Nemesis demons.
Afraid to think the worse, she walked on farther and turned to look to her right. Bound together, the Starlights were covered with blood, their eyes closed and unmoving. Star Healer's tears were still wet on his cheeks, as if not crying for himself, but for someone else.
"Yaten!" Sirius was unable to move from shock for a moment, then with a sob, she fell to her knees, her body suddenly turning cold and grief entering in her heart. "No...no, this can't be..." she whispered, shaking her head and placing her hands on her cheeks. But as she looked around, she knew that it was all real...all very real. All her friends...her love Yaten...gone. The realization of it struck her hard, and she did the only thing she could do at the moment; she screamed loud and mournfully from the depth of soul, long and hard. When she finally finished, she fell forward and sobbed, feeling lost and alone.
"Ahhhh, how sweet the sound of human suffering!" said a deep voice above her. Sirius looked up in surprise and watched as the form of Legion materialized out of air and floated down towards her. "Give it up girl, it's all over now. Surrender or become just like your pathetic friends."
Sirius, her body still shaking, looked at him defiantly for a few moments. She was scared, but she wouldn't give up, not to this jerk! Narrowing her eyes, she whispered out, "Never,"
"What?" Legion looked at her angrily, barely believing she could still defy him with all her friends gone. "Are you a fool? You alone are left! Give up now!"
"NO!" Sailor Sirius stood up slowly, tears flowing heavily down her cheeks, and looked with determination at Legion. "I won't let what my friend's sacrifice go in vain. I'll defeat you...even if I have to do it myself! I'm tired of you demons taking everything I loved...everything I cared for! Now you'll pay! I REFUSE to be afraid of you anymore! Even if it takes my own life, you'll pay!" In response to her emotions, the Sirius Emerald Star Stone began to glow brightly on her necklace. Suddenly, the jewel on her tiara began to glow also, and in a white, brilliant flash, Sirius transformed into her new form, Eternal Sailor Sirius. She held her staff tightly in her hands, and stood in a fighting stance.
"Oh, is that so?" Legion smirked. "Well, it looks like it's going to be a showdown between you and me...or should I say...a showdown between you, me...and my Nemesis demons!" Legion snapped his fingers, and all around Eternal Sirius stood the Nemesis demons, ready and waiting to rip her apart with their slime dripped fangs and claws. "Face it, you've lost, and everything you've worked so hard to protect will be gone!"
Fear entered the Star Senshi's heart for a moment, but then she looked around at her fallen fellow senshi, the the bodies of the innocent Palestinian men that Legion had used to trick Sailor Moon into freeing the demons from. She looked back at Legion, took a deep breath, and narrowed her eyes. "You're wrong Legion. Nothing is lost until we make it so in our minds. And right now...I won't lose to you!"
With her eyes filled with determination, Eternal Sirius raised her staff even higher, and her voice rang out strong and clear, filled with power. "As heir to the powers of the star Sirius, I call forth the powers of the protector of Sirius; the 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 demons. "SIRIUS, RAVAGES OF ANNIHILATION!"
Just as before when she used the powers for the first time, the transparent and silvery outline of the head of a giant wolf appeared out of the shimmering air, and 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 a little in the air. The outline of the wolf raised its head high, closed its eyes, and howled loudly at the bright full moon. The howling was a sound filled with primal strength, and when it was done howling, the image then shot up higher, then did a downward curve in the air as powerful beams of light shot out of it. The beams heavily blasted right into the forms of the advancing Nemesis demons. They all screamed and writhed in pain as they were destroyed instantly and turned into black dust. But unlike before, no more popped up to take the place of the destroyed ones. Every single Nemesis demon had appeared to attack her was now destroyed. When it was done, there was nothing but silence that filled the black night for long moments, and Eternal Sailor Sirius stood facing Legion, her eyes filled with rage.
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To Be Continued.
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