Sailor Moon: The Rise of B'aal

Chapter 7

As the group raced downtown towards the spot where trouble erupted, each thought of the discussion that had just taken place in Rei's temple, trying hard to comprehend what they had learned. If it was true and the evil they are facing came from the Devil himself, will they have the power to stop him and what plans he may have? It was hard to tell, but the group of friends who were secretly the Sailor Senshi hoped they would.

Rei most of all was worried, as she didn't know what she would do if anything happened to her beloved grandfather. After losing her mother and being practically abandoned by her father for his political ambitions, he was the only family she grew to love and cherish, and it would hurt her beyond repair if she were to lose him too. Her reverie was interrupted as Haruka stopped beside a building just before reaching a barely used shortcut towards the main downtown neighborhood, and after looking around to make sure no one was near, she pointed behind it. "Everyone, behind here, so we can transform..." Before she could even finish, a loud scream, followed by an almost deafening explosion, erupted from up the block. "Let's move it!" the tall woman said, her eye flashing with excitement at the battle coming up.

"Right!" Usagi nodded and rushed behind the building with the others. When they gathered and gave the Senshi Leader an expectant look, she passed her hand over her brooch on her chest and yelled out "MOON ETERNAL, MAKE UP!"

Rei stepped forward next immediately, and raising her hand in the air, she shouted "MARS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!". She smiled slightly at the power she felt rush through her body as the familiar henshin item appeared in her hand.

Right after, each of the others stepped forward, their faces determined as they called out the phrases that will turn them into the powerful, legendary Eternal Sailor Senshi;

"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"SIRIUS EMERALD STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"

"URANUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"NEPTUNE CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"SATURN CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

Immediately, the whole area glowed with the power of the senshi as they transformed from normal humans to warriors, each surrounded by their respective colors. When it was done, the Eternal Sailor Senshi rushed forward toward the mayhem without a word, already knowing in their hearts and minds what needed to be done. When they were nearly at the main street, a huge crowd of people rushed passed them, some trying to knock them down in their desperation to get away from the gruesome scene.

"Whoa! Take it easy people, PLEASE!" exclaimed Super Sailor Sirius as a screaming woman nearly plowed into her. Luckily, the crowd thinned just slightly and the senshi were able to push through and survey the scene for themselves. What they saw was definitely not pretty; smashed cars were everywhere, and many store buildings had broken windows and storefronts. Off to the side was the van that had exploded, smoke and flames coming out heavily from its busted windows and under the hood.

But what made the scene more gruesome was the sight of the near lifeless bodies of men, women, and children all over the streets, some with bad head injuries, others looking like they had their energies drained out of them. Some lay in grotesque positions, their arms and legs clearly broken. For a few seconds, the senshi could only look at the utter devastation, their hearts going out to those who were hurt. "By the grace of Allah, this is horrible!" Sirius breathed out as she dared to step forward ahead of the others.

"NO!" screamed out Sailor Mars. With a sob, she raced to a figure laying about 10 feet away on the sidewalk. The others followed, worry showing on their faces. Mars stopped abruptly and fell to her knees before a smallish Japanese man with a bald head that looked to be in his late 60's. "Come on, can you hear me? Please, get up!" the Senshi of Mars pleaded as she placed her grandfather's head in her lap. She shook him gently, but he lay still, a small trickle of blood coming down from his nose. To her horror, Mars noticed that his eyes were slightly open, but they were devoid of anything, only showing pitch black. "Ouji-san!" Mars sobbed softly as she held her dear grandfather closer.

"Here, let me check on him!" Sailor Mercury rushed forward and went down on her knees next to Mars, and felt the side of his neck. At first, she felt nothing, then sighed with relief as she felt a slight pulse. "He's alive, at least we know that much. But we need to get him to a hospital, fast!" Mercury said.

"And we have to help all these other people as fast as we can. Some of them look like they won't make it!" Sailor Venus looked around at the other people, her eyes wide at the horror.

"You're not helping anyone!"

The voice sounded like it was coming from all around them, and the senshi stood up fast and made a protective circle around Sailor Mars and her grandfather. "Nani? Who the hell said that?" yelled out Sailor Jupiter as she looked around wildly.

"Heh heh heh!" There was a sudden bright flash of light above them, and in an instant, Bzuzu appeared floating in the air above them, his eyes flashing red with ancient evil and his lips curled in a evil smirk. He crossed his arms over his broad chest and glared at them. "There goes that "hell" reference again, my dear. Tsk, tsk, such language!" The red demon smiled arrogantly as he looked at the tall warrior of Jupiter. "Wanna come with me and see what Hell is really like? I bet you'll really enjoy it..." He gave her a leering look.

"Oh yeah? Well enjoy this!" Jupiter yelled back, anger flashing in her eyes at the taunt. "JUPITER OAK, EVOLUTION!" Her body glowed with a green aura as the customary electrified leaves surrounded her, then flew straight at the floating demon. But instead of hitting him, Bzuzu simply disappeared seconds before the power raced through the air where he just was. He reappeared almost immediately on the ground, standing before them with his annoying smirk back on his lips.

"Hmph! No thanks. But tell you what, how about you all enjoy these instead?" With a loud and deep laugh, Bzuzu flicked his right wrist, and suddenly, a crowd of about 30 to 40 grotesque demons that were actually human souls, exactly like the ones they fought before when they rescued Tanya from the alley, appeared in bright red flashes behind him. They bared their pointed, sharp teeth and and growled heavily, their eyes glowing with the thought of ripping their enemies to shreds.

"Can't say you humans aren't good for anything," Bzuzu chuckled, "I may not have found a Purity Soul yet, but I'll keep looking. In the meantime, have fun with the rejects." He turned to the growling demons. "GET THEM!" With that, he disappeared in a flash.

"NO! Come back!" yelled out Sailor Moon in rage. No more than a second later, the group of black, slimy skinned demons rushed forward, their clawed hand slicing through the air. Sailor Moon barely had time to block a razor sharp hand with her Eternal Tier as one of the monsters bowled her over to the hard street ground. The demon then fell forward on top of her, intending to crush her to death. With a grunt, the Moon senshi used all her strength, enhanced in her Senshi form, to raise her leg to his stomach and kicked the creature away from her.

She flipped herself backwards up to stand, and turned to face the creature as he rushed forward again. With a yell, the blonde girl jumped up at the last second, flipped over the massive demon's head, and delivered a hard kick to the back of his head while still in the air. The monster fell heavily to the ground with a surprised grunt as Sailor Moon landed expertly on one knee, and lay still. Quickly, Moon rushed off to help Jupiter fend off another demon.

Meanwhile, Mercury backed away from another demon as it advanced slowly towards her. Suddenly, she felt herself backed up against the side of a building. But instead of feeling afraid, she quickly assessed her situation. The demon screamed loudly, thinking he finally got his prey, but it would not be so. With a loud grunt, Mercury jumped up, and using that momentum, ran sideways a few steps along the side of the building, then launched herself off the building and kicked out her leg to deliver a smashing spinning kick to the creature's face with her booted feet, similar to the move she saw the actress and singer Aaliyah do in the movie "Romeo Must Die". The monster howled in pain and fell to the floor, then twitched a few times before he fell unconscious.

"Wow!" the Senshi of Water said in amazement. "Tanya was right, looks like some movies have their uses after all," But before the genius girl could even chuckle at that, another round of demons advanced upon her. With quick thinking, Mercury raised her arms and yelled out, "SHINE AQUA, ILLUSION!" A heavy blast of freezing water rushed out of her arms, and smashed into the advancing group of demons. They were instantly frozen and rooted on the spot, and Mercury rushed out to see if anyone else needed help before the monsters broke out of their ice casings.

Sailor Sirius's eyes narrowed as she watched a large demon walking slowly towards her, his skin dripping off slime and his pointed teeth snapping at her. Just then, an idea came to Sirius as she saw a long piece of metal, broken off from one of the many lamp posts lining the street, laying behind the creature. The demon screamed loudly and rushed at the smaller Star Senshi. At the same time, Sailor Sirius rushed forward, and at the last second, she dropped to the ground and slid right between and through the legs of the immense monster as he was about to backhand her. In confusion, the demon bent down and looked between his legs to find out where she had gone. Quickly, Sirius grabbed the broken piece of metal, then rushed at him again. She jumped up, double flipped over the monster's head, and just before she landed, smashed the metal stick in the back of his head with a mighty crack! that was heard by everyone. The monster didn't even have time to grunt in pain as it fell down in the street with a loud thud, and lay still. "YES!" Sirius shouted, but she had no time to celebrate further as she turned to the sound of more demons screaming.

Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn stood back to back as they found themselves surrounded by about 5 demons. With her dark blue eyes narrowing, Uranus turned to the young senshi of Saturn. "Ready?"

"As I'll ever be," Saturn replied with a soft smile. Then, using the move similar to the one Sirius told them she used in America, Saturn placed her small foot into the cupped hands of Uranus and Neptune as the taller women bent down slightly, and they lifted her up and flipped her over the heads of the on-looking demons, clutching her Silence Glaive close to her chest as she seemed to soar through the air. When she landed behind them after doing a expert double twist flip, she raised the butt end of the Glaive, knowing that these were really the souls of people that had to be cleansed, and smashed it and the flat side of the blade into the chests and heads of the monsters in such quick movements, they didn't even have time to defend themselves. Each fell one after the other before the senshi of Silence, and when it was done, she twirled the Glaive around her body and stood in a fighting stance, ready for more.

"Sailor Mars, look out!" screamed Sailor Venus as she, along with Jupiter, rushed forward. They flipped forward in a series of cartwheels and back flips to outrun a pack of about 10 demons as they rushed towards Mars as she held on to her grandfather. Seconds before the demons reached her, Venus and Jupiter landed protectively in front of Mars and yelled out their powers, "VENUS, LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" "JUPITER OAK, EVOLUTION!"

The demons where blown away by the immense powers the senshi of Venus and Jupiter wielded together, and they smashed into the side of a large building and slid to the ground in a crumbled pile.

But the senshi didn't have time to rejoice in victory, as another barrage of demons headed toward them, their eyes blazing and their clawed hands slashing the air. "There's too many!" exclaimed Neptune as she stood along side Uranus and Saturn.

"We'll just have to keep fighting!" shouted Sirius, her hands clenched into fists. "We have to protect these people and give them their souls back before they die!"

The Sailor Senshi all huddled together in a circle around Sailor Mars and her grandfather once again, determined to fight until the end. The regrouped demons roared loudly and rushed forward, but just as they were about to reach them, three new voices screamed in the air.

"STAR SERIOUS, LASER!"

"STAR GENTLE, BLAZE!"

"STAR SENSITIVE, INFERNO!"

Three figures flipped above and over the monsters' heads and blasted their powers at them as they landed expertly. The first they easily recognized as Sailor Star Healer, but the others, they didn't recognize at first. The other two were dressed just like him, with the black, nearly skin tight pants and black boots trimmed red on one, and violet on the other, and black shirt with their white wing design on it. The powers raced all through the monsters in flashes of electric-like lights, and they all roared with pain and frustration as they writhed and twisted. Within seconds, the whole horde of the monsters slumped to the floor, smoke rising from their bodies.

For a few seconds, everyone looked in astonishment as the trio nodded to each other in satisfaction, then turned to the gaping senshi.

"S..Star Fighter?" Sailor Moon squeaked out.

"Star...Maker?" Sailor Mercury barely whispered.

"Yep, it's us!" The black-haired Starlight winked at everyone, his blue eyes flashing with mischief. "Bet you guys thought we forgot about you, huh?"

"Oh great!" Sailor Uranus rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Sailor Moon, please, heal these souls, and we'll explain everything else later." said Star Maker, nodding his head towards the pile of smoking demons. Star Healer moved forward to stand next to him and nodded in agreement.

"O..Okay," The Senshi leader raised her Teir in the air, and everyone else prepared to lend her their power. "SILVERMOON CRYSTAL POWER, KISS!" The healing beam raced into the pile of tainted souls, and the senshis' power also connected with the beam as they whispered their respective phrases to increase it. Within seconds, the mass of ugly, slimy demons shrank smaller and smaller, until they were once more a silvery glowing sphere of a soul. The balls floated up and gently flew to their respective owners laying on the ground. Soon, everyone's eyes began to flutter open, and they moaned with pain and confusion. ,P> The last of the balls floated down to Sailor Mars's grandfather and gently merged with him. The man's eyes returned to the normal state, and he blinked at the black-haired senshi in a confusion. "Wh..what...am I doing here?" he croaked out.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine," Sailor Mars smiled in relief. She was just about to help the old man up when Bzuzu's voice once again rang through out the scene.

"Wrong!" the demon sang out. He appeared in a bright flash in front of the group, but he was not alone; in his grip was a struggling and sobbing nun, looking to be about in her early 40's. Her grey eyes were wide with fear, and her feet dangled in mid-air as the ancient demon held her up with his hand around her neck.

"I finally found a Purity Soul, and it will be mine!" Bzuzu screeched out in glee. Then, before anyone can make a move, his other clawed hand glowed, and he shoved it into the chest of the sobbing woman. She screamed aloud in agony, her body convulsing, and an instant later, her soul, in the form of a silvery ball, was ripped out. But this one was different; it's glowing was much brighter than the others, and the sheer beauty of it was enough to make one nearly want to worship it. The nun's body went limp, and Bzuzu laughed loudly in triumph as he threw the woman away in disgust. Without so much as another word, he disappeared in a flash.

"NOOOOO!" screamed out Sirius and Moon. All the senshi ran forward to the woman, but they knew it was too late. As Mercury knelt down beside her, she could do nothing but watch as the life force of the nun slowly ebbed away. Seconds later, her eyes stared blankly, her life gone.

"Oh good God..." Venus whispered as tears fell down her face, feeling more helpless than she had in her life. The rest of the senshi could only stare, shock nearly overcoming them.

Police sirens blasted the air, and Uranus sighed and turned to the group. "Come on, there's nothing more we can do here. We have alot to discuss and plan." She hoped that she didn't sound too cruel, but it was true....there was nothing more they could do. After making sure Mar's grandfather was alright, the Sailor Senshi and Starlights quickly left the scene, their hearts filled with sorrow.

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