Chapter 11

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Usagi was the first to hear the call on the communicator.

"Venus needs our help!" She shouted, sending Mamoru into a wall with her shouting.

"Moon Crystal Power...MAKE UP!" She shouted, henshining herself into Sailor Moon. A very sleepy Chibi-Usa came into the room.

"Mother...what is the matter with.." She stopped dead in her trail, looking at her mother's determined face. She immediately pulled out her henshin wand.

"Moon Cosmic Power...MAKE UP!" She shouted, becoming Sailor Chibi- Moon. Mamoru quickly put his Tuxedo Kamen garb on and they bolted out the door on their way to the shrine.

MEANWHILE

Setsuna heard her communicator beeping. She heard the message through it that Venus and Mars were in desperate trouble.

"No!" She shifted on the couch, feeling pressure next to her. She realized that she had her arms around something big on the couch next to her. She opened her eyes long enough to reveal that Seiya was laying on the couch next to her.

Setsuna went beet in the face as she realized that they had just slept on the same couch together at the same time. She wondered why she had felt so comfortable. She quickly pulled her senses back together and quickly put her hand on his shoulder.

"Seiya...Seiya...SEIYA!" She said louder, rousing him from his sleep.

"Ugh...Usako.." He said, opening his eyes to a very angry Setsuna. Her magenta eyes narrowed at him. Here she was trying to be nice to him and he still had the idea in his head that he was going to make the queen betray everything she ever held dear. She filed in her mind for a later date to have an argument with him about it. Meanwhile, though, the senshi needed their help.

Taiki and Yaten both came in, disturbed looks on their faces. "What is the racket? What is the beeping and the yelling..?" They were asking.

"It's Mars and Venus!" Setsuna said, pushing Seiya off the couch. He fell to the floor with a thud and a loud roar of pain.

"Setsuna!" He yelled out painfully.

"Serves you right!" Setsuna stammered off the couch and pulled out her henshin wand.

"Pluto Planet Power...MAKE UP!" She said, henshining into Sailor Pluto.

Taiki, Yaten and Seiya also henshined into their senshi forms and they all rushed out.

When they got to the shrine, they saw an awful sight. No longer was there any battle...but the signs of battle were everywhere. There was blood all over the ground and things broken everywhere. Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen arrived a little after Pluto and the Three Lights. The rest of the remaining senshi arrived shortly after.

Sailor Moon fell to her knees. She wept hard as she saw the evidence that they were too late.

In the distance, there were two bodies. That of a sailor senshi in a red fuku and black hair and the other body of a senshi with yellow hair in an orange fuku. All of the girls ran to them.

"No..." Sailor Moon shook as she came upon the bodies. "What happened?? What HAPPENED????" She shouted. She bent over to the ground in defeat. "My best friends..." She whispered. Her heart tore into shreds as she looked upon her lost friends.

All of a sudden, there was a whimper from one of the bodies. It was the girl in the orange fuku, Sailor Venus. All of the girls ran to her. "Sailor Venus!" They all said in turn. "What happend?" Sailor Moon asked, as Sailor Venus opened her deep crystal blue eyes.

"It was horrible.." Venus started.

"You don't have to tell us if you can't find the strength." Uranus said, taking Venus' hand.

"A dragon of fire...attacked Sailor Mars. When she sent her attack to it, it just made it stronger. I tried to attack the dragon, but my attack had very little effect on it either." Venus said.

"What else was there?" Pluto asked cautiously.

"A creature of shadow...I felt like there was darkness all around me..and there was no way to the light. You know.." Venus said, her voice quivering in and out. "Everyone's heart starts in darkness...it is only beaten when one realizes that there is always a light deep inside the darkness if you know where to find it." Venus said, making Usagi nod.

"Yes...there is always a light...you find it in your friends and loved ones. Stay with us, Mina." Sailor Moon pleaded with her.

"I will stay for a while longer, your Highness." Venus said, a weak smile creeping on her face.

MEANWHILE

Taron laughed evilly at his disposition.

"Taron, I don't know why you're laughing." Umbra said, shaking her head.

"Only one of them was killed..." She finished, fearing his reproach.

"One failure..." Taron said thoughtfully. "In time, she will be gone too...but it is time for me to take the offensive myself. Tomorrow, I will go and kidnap Sailor Moon myself." Taron said, smiling.

Mamoru and Usagi took Mina back to their apartment along with Chibi- Usa.

Meanwhile, Taiki and Yaten decided to go ahead to the apartment and leave Setsuna and Seiya to chat amongst themselves.

"Seiya, can I ask you something?" Setsuna said, trying to remain cautious and calm.

"What?" He said, rather snappishly.

"Why did you lay down next to me on the couch?" Setsuna asked.

"I usually like to sleep on the couch and you had it, so I laid down." He said, getting a slap from Setsuna.

"You treat me like crap, Seiya, when all I'm trying to do is to be nice." She said, walking ahead of him.

MEANWHILE

Taron thought about things for awhile. "I'm sending a youma after Pluto." He thought evilly.

"I have a better idea." Umbra chimed in, getting a strange look from Taron.

"What?" He said, insulted that she would even dare think she had a better idea.

"Send the youma after Seiya." Umbra suggested, making Taron think.

"That sounds good...." Taron said, after thinking awhile.

"I'll spoil those good looks!" He said, bringing a nasty looking youma forth.

"Go...after Seiya!" Taron said with a laugh.

"Won't Pluto get herself killed by trying to help him?" Umbra asked.

"If she does, then oh well." Taron said, laughing meniacally.

MEANWHILE

Setsuna walked along toward the Kou apartment. She slowed down to allow Seiya to walk in front of her. She couldn't believe the arrogance the man had.

She really didn't feel like arguing with him about it anymore. She shook her head every time she thought about it.

She rolled her eyes in disgust when she saw a void opening in the sky. Next thing she knew, there was a creature heading toward her and Seiya. Seiya, disgusted by Setsuna's strong comments, chose to just ignore everything around him.

All of a sudden, he felt a jolt and he was thrown onto the ground. When he looked up, Sailor Pluto was standing over him, her timestaff at the ready. He wondered what was going on when he looked above her and saw what it was.

"Wha..?" Seiya said to himself. "She protected me.." He thought.

He got up at once. He went to henshin when Pluto pushed him out of the way yet again. The creature swooped down yet again and Pluto brought up her timestaff.

"Chronos Typhoon!" She whispered to her timestaff. She creature was trying to avoid her, but go after Seiya.

"Seiya...it's after you, get out of the way!" She said, diving toward him. All of a sudden, Pluto felt this gash in her back as she fell. She knew the creature had hit her, she just wasn't sure how much damage there was until she saw her own blood start to flow freely on the ground.

She rolled over and stood up, shaking. She again brought up her timestaff, but the creature was ready. It brought down it's swooping claws right toward Pluto. It hit her chest dead on as she tried to cast her attack.

"No, Pluto!" Seiya yelled. He pulled out his star henshin item. "Star Fighter Power...MAKE UP!" He shouted, becoming Sailor Starfighter. She called on the communicator to the rest of the senshi to come.

She then brought forth her hands. "Star Gentle Uterus!" She said, casting an attack on the creature. It squealed in pain as it hit and the creature circled.

Starfighter knew she would have to try to hold this thing as long as she could.

All of a sudden, another attack came from nowhere.

"Moon Princess Halation!"

Starfighter turned to see Sailor Moon there. Soon after, Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Saturn were there. "Tuxedo Kamen and Chibi-Moon are caring for Mina at the apartment. I got your call and headed this way." She said without skipping a beat.

Sailor Moon looked down at Pluto's lifeless body. "Pluto! Pluto no!" she shouted.

Moon could feel tears start to sting her eyes again, when the creature came around for another attack. This time, Moon was ready.

"Rainbow Moon Heart Ache!" She said, blowing the creature into a million pieces.

All of the senshi ran to Pluto's lifeless side.

"Is she dead?" Sailor Moon asked as Sailor Starfighter went to touch her and feel for a pulse.

"Is she dead??" She repeated.