The Silver Senshi
                                             By: Usagi (SilverMoon) 
 
                                                Chapter Five
                                                 Flaming Fury

              Makoto wasn't woken by the noise, in fact, at first she could barely hear it.  She was staring at the ceiling, thinking about Rei's premonition, Usa's description of the future, and the fight.  Her thoughts were interrupted by a faint ....ano...crinkle, was the only way to describe it.  She ignored it as one of those random night time sounds, until she heard a crash.  It still wasn't loud, in fact it was very quiet.  But it wasn't a creak of a floor board, or the rustle of curtain in the wind, but a *crash*, like someone dropping a piece of glass the size of her pinkie nail.  So faint, but Makoto sat up and looked around.  She was in the bed, Ami was on that couch.  Then there was a third noise, like the snapping of a twig.  Had she been asleep, she would not had heard a thing, even though she was a very light sleeper.  She got out of bed and tip toed over to Ami.  Mako shook her shoulders gently.  "Hmmm?" said Ami sleepily, "Nani? What is it Mako-chan?"  "Ami I heard some noises down the hall, I know I sound paranoid, but I'm going to check it out.  Are you coming? If it's an enemy, I could use your help."  Ami nodded, "It's probably just a house noise....but Rei did say they might attack again tonight....I think it might be wise to properly understand the situation."  Makoto sweatdroped, "Uhh..yeah.."  Ami got out of bed, and they both walked slowly into the hall.  The long hall of the mansion was white with wood floors, the boards creaking when ever Mako and Ami stepped on them.  On either side of them were doors, 6 doors in all.  The darkness was so pitch black it nearly swallowed them whole, with only two windows at the end, the light in the hall way was scarce.  Mako and Ami heard another "twig" snapped.  It came from the second to last room.  Mamo, Usagi, and Usa's room.  Mako smirked, "She always seems to attract trouble......"  Ami shook her head, "It's probably her snoring..." Suddenly they heard a shuffling noise, then a muffled squeak, followed by a rustling.  Makoto frowned, "I never heard anyone...even Usagi, snore like that."  She moved forward and swung the door open.  Inside the room was a mess, they marveled at how quietly it had all been done.  The windows were broken, and the bed was snapped in half.  On the wall there were two white cocoon like cases.  On the floor was a third..only not quite finished, the feet sticking out the end.  Over the third was a giant spider youma.  Mako and Ami gasped and held up both their transformation wands instantly.  "Jupiter Crystal Power.." "Mercury Crystal Power.."  "MAKE-UP!" They said in unison.  They wasted no time as Jupiter leapt up and tore at the first two cocoons.  Mercury turned towards the youma, "Mercury!..Aqua...Rhapsody!"  The long spiral of ice water hit the youma square on the head, knocking it back and away from the third cocoon.  Mercury ran towards it and began to tear the white wrapping away. "Mrrphlerr!!" came a voice from the cocoon, "Hold on!" said Mercury, "I'm working on it!"  Jupiter's yell suddenly cut through the air, "Mercury! Look OOOUUUTT!!"  Mercury look up just in time to see the spider leaning over her, grinning maliciously, venom dripping from it's hideous mouth.  ".......LASER!"  the last word of an attack was yelled and a beam of energy hit the youma, forcing it away from Mercury.  In the door way stood Sailor Star Fighter, the rest of the Senchi just behind her.  Uranus ran over to Mercury and helped her to carry the cocoon away, where they began to unwrap the person from it.  Maker and Mars helped Jupiter get the two cocoons off the wall and started untying them.  After awhile they tore the wrapping away from their heads to reveal a coughing Mamoru and Usa.  Mercury and Uranus managed to uncover Usagi.  "That's it!  I'm really...REALLY...*REALLY* mad now!!"  Usagi flung her broach into the air and screamed, "MOON ETERNAL MAKE-UP!"  Usa quickly followed suit, "Moon CRISIS..MAKE-UP!"  Then, in a swirl of rose petals and a flurry of cape, Tuxedo Kamen joined the fighting team.  Meanwhile, the rest of the Senchi held back the youma.  It spat a long tendril of thread at Fighter, knocking her down.  Healer ran over to protect her leader.  "Star Sensitive... ooaf! AHH!!!" she screamed as a bolt from the youma sent her flying.  "UNCLE YATEN! yelled Chibi Moon.  The young pink clad warrior ran to the fallen Healer, who was about to get wrapped in a white cocoon, courtesy of the youma.  "Moon Gorgious..Med...ITATION!"  Chibi Moon shouted the last few syllables of the attack, but the youma evaded the blast.  It shot a leg out towards Healer and Chibi Moon.  It hit Chibi Moon and flung her out the first story window.  On the ground, she seemed to be okay, the Senchi jumped down, following her.  Healer moved towards her, "Are you okay?"  she actually looked concerned.  Chibi Moon nodded slowly, Healer looked genuinely thankful, "Thanks for helpin' me out!" she said simply.  Chibi Moon smiled at her.  The Senchi attacked again and again, their blasts seemed to make no difference on the Youma.  "This isn't working!!" yelled Sailor Moon.  She jumped up, avoiding a leg that whisked right underneath her, Chibi Moon wasn't as quick.  The leg caught her feet and sent her sprawling.  "Chibi Moon!" "Small Lady!" "Usa-chan!!"  Cries for her came from the Senchi.  The youma gathered energy and sent it to Chibi Moon, who was on the ground.  Everyone was too far away to help, the energy ball came crashing towards her.  As the ball exploded, Sailor Moon turned and buried her head in Tuxedo Kamen's white shirt, not wanting to see her daughters mangled body.  He wrapped his arms around her and hid his face in the top of her hair, not daring to look up.  The explosion was big, bigger than anyone expected.  The blast sent a few flames towards the Senchi, mixed amid the noises of the explosion and the cries of the Senchi were the screams of Chibi Moon.  Sailor Moon cried out, muffling her own screams in Kamen's shirt.  He held her so tightly she almost couldn't breath, but she didn't care.  The Silence Glaive clattered to the ground as Saturn's fingers went numb, her arms shook and her mouth opened and closed, as if words were coming out, but she just couldn't make the sound.  Yaten stared at the youma, the screams of Chibi Moon echoed in his head.  He felt a rage building inside of him.  Something that never bothered him before, before all there was was duty, and his team mates.  He didn't think he could ever be what Usa had described him to be in the future, but she hadn't laughed, the Senchi, his team mates, they had laughed, but she didn't.  He did know why at first, but he was mad.  Not sad, not in grief, but pure, unrestrained rage flowed through his veins.  Healer opened her eyes and saw red.  Everything else seemed to blur and disappear, only the youma was left.  She ran at it, faster than it could react.  She felt Yaten's fury burning her finger tips, releasing energy and pain.  She slid gracefully under the youma and lifted her hands high above her head and stood up quickly, thrusting her hands though the skin of the youma.  It's high pitch scream of pain echoed off the walls of the building.  Healer didn't feel the black blood dripping down her arms, all she felt inside her was the searing heat of Yaten's anger, burning her insides and her eyes, glazing them over.  Then she yelled as she released the fire from her body, and sent it tearing through the flesh of the youma.  The beast erupted in flame, screeching in agony.  It fell down, the fire not orange, but blood red, not normal fire.  It wouldn't go out, no matter how much the black creature pitched and rolled on the grass.  It burnt to ashes, Yaten standing in the middle of it.  Back in his normal form, Yaten stood, unscathed in the middle of the black slime and ash.  None of his clothes burnt or even singed.  The Senchi stood around him, starring in awe at one of the most gruesome deaths they had ever seen.  Yaten slowly opened his eyes, blinking back the glaze of pain and anger that had been there before.  Then he collapsed and allowed something to happen, something that had always been foreign and alien to him.  He cried.  He felted the hot tears roll down his cheeks, the sobs racked his body, barely able to breath through each sob of pain.  He squeezed his hands into fists, the black blood staining them.  His snow white hair became matted and blackened from the goo around him.  He cried, partly for Usa, partly for what Healer had had to do, but mainly for himself.