Chapter 116

"What do we do?" Mercury said.

"She can't survive without her heart," Jupiter said.

"Yes she can," Pluto said. "I don't know the effects this may have, but the holy grail may be able to replace her crystal heart."

"The holy grail?" Mercury said.

"Yes, I didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary, you see if we use it now, the enemy will know exactly where it is and exactly how to find it," Pluto said. "And it won't have all it's power."

"Pluto, we have to save her," Mercury said.

"Yes, it's about time we beat the enemy anyway, there can be no going back," Jupiter said.

"Will the other scouts agree?" Pluto asked.

"Yes, they will," three voices said. Pluto turned to see the other scouts.

"If it can save her life, you must use the power," Sailor Moon said.

"Very well.." Pluto said. The holy grail appeared in her hand. She closed her eyes. The grail began to glow.

"Holy Grail. I call upon your powers to aid a bearer of a pure heart. Please heal her," Pluto said. The grail emitted a beam of light which surrounded Rita. Her eyes moved from being glazed over to being normal again, but they closed. The grail stopped glowing.

"THE GRAIL!" The Dark One shouted. "They have used it. Now I know where it is! I can track it down..finally."

"Dark One I have returned with a pure heart," Terurun said and flying in.

"You have?" The Dark One said and a sinister grin appeared on her face. "Give it to me and then I have a mission for you Terurun."

"Already?"

"The Grail Terurun. We must get it and quickly. The Messiah of Silence is on it's way."

"I will leave at once."

"Do so."

"Will she recover?" Sailor Moon asked crouching over the limp form of Rita.

"Yes, but she needs time, her brain is recovering from the shock," Pluto said. "She should be taken to a hospital immediately.

"I'll call an ambulance," Mercury said and hurried to a nearby building.

"Rita!" Andrew shouted racing down the street. Darrien followed quickly behind.

"What happened?" He shouted cradling Rita in his arms.

"She was attacked," Pluto said.

"But she'll be okay," Sailor Moon said.

"She doesn't look okay," Andrew said hysterically.

"Andrew..listen to me, she is in a coma right now..but she should recover in..." Sailor Moon glanced at Pluto.

"A week or so," Pluto said.

"Are you sure?" Andrew said.

"Yes," Sailor Pluto said.

"I don't even know who you are," Andrew said.

"Andrew...if they say she'll be okay, they mean it," Darrien said.

"I don't know..I.." Andrew said.

"Andrew...can I prove to you that I wouldn't lie?" Sailor Moon asked.

"How?"

"Please come with me to the alley," Sailor Moon said. Mercury appeared again.

"They're on their way,"Mercury said to all of them.

"Well prove it to me," Andrew said in the alley. Sailor Moon nodded and turned back into human form.

"Serena? Serena Tsukino?" Andrew said in shock.

"Yes Andrew. I'm here, so's Raye, Mina, Lita, and Amy."

"Wait..you're the Sailor Scouts?" Andrew said.

"Yes, and I wouldn't lie to you," Serena said.

"I believe you," Andrew said. "But promise me something."

"Of course," Serena said.

"Get whoever did this and wipe the floor with them."

"We will," Serena said.

An ambulance rolled up followed by police. Chief Ozaki got out of one of the patrol cars.

"What happened?" he asked.

"It's a very complicated situation Chief, but she needs to be take to a hospital," Mercury said.

The ambulance workers picked Rita up on a stretcher and put her inside.

"I'm her fiancee," Andrew said climbing inside.

"I should go too," Mercury said. "I have to explain something to the Attending."

The Ambulance then raced off.

"Now what happened?" Ozaki asked as more cars skidded up.

"The evil force that's been attacking has been trying to obtain pure hearts, well they found one and they took it," Sailor Pluto said.

"And that's what happens."

"Partly yes," Pluto said. "She will recover though."

"Geez..you've got to stop them Sailor Scouts," Ozaki said.

"We know," Jupiter said. "Pluto we have to go...it's time to make our move."

"You are correct Sailor Jupiter, now that the holy grail has been used we have very little time."

"The what? Holy grail?" Ozaki said. "Wasn't that a movie?"

"Sorry we can't explain it Chief," Pluto said.

"Oh..well..can't win them all," Ozaki said.

"Why have you come to see me?" Maxfield Stanton asked as Captain Ozaki and Colonel Nagumo walked into his room.

"We need to talk to you," Ozaki said.

"Obviously," Stanton said.

"We need you're help," Nagumo said. "We need to find this evil force."

"We need to stop them," Ozaki said.

"Don't kid yourselves you're no match for them," Stanton said.

"Maybe, but we have to do something, maybe we can help," Nagumo said.

"Yes, we have to try, we may have saved that girl a few days ago, because we intervened," Ozaki said.

"You have a point," Stanton said. "But I can't help you in the way I suspect you're here to ask me to."

"Please, we need help," Nagumo said.

"The Prime Minister is still in the hospital," Ozaki said.

"No," Stanton said.

"Well we're going anyway," Nagumo said.

"Yes," Ozaki said.

"Wait.." Stanton said. "If you really want to find trouble I will tell you how to do it. The Sailor Scouts are currently meeting at an apartment complex, I will show you on a map, you should go to this complex and watch for them. When they move out, you follow them, get it. Do not enter the apartment, do not try to find out who they are, just wait," Stanton said and pulled out a map.

"Here," he said pointing to it.

"How do you know though?" Nagumo asked.

"Can't tell trade secret," Stanton said.

"Thank you Stanton," Ozaki said and the two hurried out.

"I may well have sent them to their deaths," Stanton muttered. "But I have trouble caring anymore. The energy is spreading faster then I expected. Within days I may not be able to control it, I may become under it's power, or I may have to kill myself first. Either way..I must leave Tokyo soon..or I may cause much destruction. Still..there must be another way."

At Darrien's apartment. The heroes, except Sailor Mercury were sitting around the living room.

"The Messiah of Silence," Sailor Pluto said.

"The Messiah of Silence," The Sailor Scouts said.

"Yes, this is what everything's about," Sailor Pluto said. "You see the messiah of silence is a powerful energy force, which sides with whoever holds the holy grail. If evil possess it, the messiah of silence could destroy the entire world. If good possess it, the messiah will move out of the solar system and not return for millennia. That's how it happened the first time. Good got to the holy grail and messiah of silence moved away. But now it has returned. When I used the holy grail, the messiah of silence was awakened early. It was about to be awoken anyway, but not for a few months. Still..it is on it's way now..and should arrive soon."

"So..all we do is hold onto the holy grail and things work out," Sailor Moon said.

"It's not that easy," the evil force knows what's going on and it'll come for it.

"Uh oh," the four said.

"Why don't we just break the holy grail down into the talismans, then if we split up evil couldn't get to it?" Venus asked.

"Unfortunately someone must possess the holy grail, that is why it was so vital for Uranus and Neptune to get it, because if the messiah arrived and no one had it, the messiah would become confused and might do anything, " Pluto said.

There was a knock on the door. Tuxedo Mask walked to it.

"Who is it?" he asked.

"Mercury," Mercury said.

"It is," Pluto said.

The door was opened and Mercury walked in.

"I just got back from the hospital and look who I found," she said. The group all looked to see Doctor Tomoe standing there.

"Uh..hello," Tomoe said.

Minutes later.

"You may find this hard to believe, but the force behind all of this is my daughter Hotaru," Doctor Tomoe said.

"Your daughter?" The entire room asked.

"Yes, you see, when the Dark One arrived she absorbed my daughter because she took on a form the Dark One liked. She enslaved me to work for her, and brought her assistants with her," Tomoe said.

"Doctor, can your daughter be saved?" Mercury asked.

"I don't know. You saved me. The Dark One is a massive enemy, she may be able to be healed, but you may not survive the encounter," Tomoe said.

"Great..." Sailor Moon muttered.

"Doctor..how many assistants did she have?" Pluto asked.

"Six. Kaolinite, Eudial, Mimette, Puchirol, Cyprine, and Terurun," Tomoe said.

"We're down to the last one then," Venus said.

"And the Daimons?" Mercury asked.

"They cost energy to make, that's why we usually only sent one," Tomoe said. "I don't know about her strategy."

"She's still be collecting pure hearts," Tuxedo Mask said.

"She must need the energy, and she must be trying to open the gate," Tomoe said.

"Gate?" the others asked.

"Yes, the Dark One has more forces in another dimension, she had a gate she could use to bring them through, but she didn't have the energy to do it. If she got enough pure hearts she might. Has she gotten any?"

"Just one doctor," Jupiter said.

"And has that person died?"

"No we used the grail to save her," Pluto said.

"You did! Then that means.." Tomoe said.

"The Messiah of Silence is on it's way," Pluto said.

"And Hotaru knows where you are, she can trace it," Tomoe said.

"We know.." Pluto said.

"Uh..maybe we should get out of Darrien's apartment before the place gets trashed," Sailor Moon said.

"Good idea, Darrien wouldn't like that at all," Tuxedo Mask said sternly.

"I can lead you to where Hotaru is," Doctor Tomoe said as the group hurried out.

"We'd appreciate it," Venus said.

"Of course Terurun must be coming to meet us," Mars said. "You know that."

"So..we'll meet halfway," Sailor Moon said as they dashed down the stairs.

Terurun swooped down towards the apartment building.

I know they're coming. She thought.

Something exploded above her and knocked her off course for a second.

"What!" she shouted and then noticed a car sitting on the street. Behind it was Colonel Nagumo, a bazooka in her hand. Captain Ozaki stood next to her.

"You missed," Ozaki said.

"I know," Nagumo said hurriedly and reloaded.

"They dare!" Terurun thought and sent an energy blast flying at their car.

"Uh oh!" Ozaki said and pulled Nagumo away as their car blew apart. The Sailor Scouts rushed onto the street as Terurun descended.

"Ah..there you are," Terurun said. There was a sound of screeching tires and treads. Several police cars and tanks rolled into the area. Thousands of troops surged around the area.

"WHAT NOW!" Terurun shouted.

"Our fathers must have followed us," Nagumo and Ozaki said in unison. "Those jerks!" they added.

"Well, well, well, looks like you're going to have to face us first," General Nagumo said standing on top of a tank.

"Hmm...so be it," Terurun said.

"What do we do?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Come on! We find Tomoe's hideout!" Mars said. "Doctor Tomoe."

"This way," Doctor Tomoe said and lead them down the street.

"Can we trust him?" Jupiter asked Mercury.

"I think so," Mercury said. "He wants to save his daughter."

"You humans really believe you can beat me?" Terurun asked standing there.

"We like to think so," General Nagumo said.

"Well..you have many ground troops, but things will be different if I do this," Terurun said and started floating.

"We should have brought nets or something," Chief Ozaki muttered.

"Patience Ozaki," Nagumo said. Terurun flew upwards and swept in for an attack. Troops dived out of the way as she sent the blasts flying in. She then flew up for another pass.

"Now!" Nagumo said.

A wing of aircraft flew out of the sky and let loose their missiles. Terurun noticed them barely and blasted them apart with energy.

"How dare you!" she shouted and sent out a massive attack wave. It swept over the soldiers and drained their energy.

Terurun, get the holy grail. Hotaru Tomoe said in Terurun's mind.

Yes I know. I just had to deal with the human resistence. Terurun replied.

You're wasting energy.

I'm fine.

"Sailor Pluto maybe we should try to get the holy grail away from Tomoe," Sailor Moon said.

"I've thought about that," Pluto said. "But she'll come for it herself if she has to, it's better to fight her now, hit her before she's truly prepared."

"You sure?"

"No."

"Oh..I see.." Sailor Moon said.

"Die Sailor Scouts!" Terurun shouted flying out of the sky and sending a barrage of energy flying a them.

The scouts dived out of the way.

"Mars Fire Ignite!" Mars shouted and threw her attack. Terurun swerved and attacked Mars, hitting her before she could avoid it.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" Jupiter shouted and tried to fight. Terurun hovered above them and floated out of the way.

"She's too high, we can't jump to reach her," Mercury said. A rain of energy flew towards them. They all scurried to get out of the way as they were bombarded.

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Mercury shouted and sent her attack upward. It covered Terurun in a dense fog which she quickly blew away. When she did she found all the scouts gone, except for Sailor Moon.

"Eeekk!" Sailor Moon shouted. Terurun launched a massive blast towards her. Sailor Moon leapt out of the way. A barrage of roses flew out of a window at Terurun. She blasted them away with a wave of energy.

"Come on Sailor Scouts! You don't stand a chance," Terurun said. "Come out of those buildings or I'll level them!"

The scouts realizing that innocent people could be hurt emerged into the open again.

"Come to think of it. Surrender or I'll level these buildings!" Terurun shouted.

"That is not an option," Sailor Pluto said.

"I've got an idea," Mercury said. "But it's not going to be easy."

"Well what's your answer!" Terurun shouted.

"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!" Mercury shouted. The scouts were shrouded in mist.

Truth is I can't blow up these buildings I'll use up too much energy. Terurun thought to herself.

Seconds later she was shocked to see Sailor Moon flying at her with her moon sword. She swung it and hit Terurun in the chest. Terurun clutched it and screamed. Sailor Moon flipped over and dropped towards the ground. How this had happened is Sailor Jupiter had leapt off of a building roof with both Sailor Venus and Sailor Moon on her back using her super strength, then Venus had used her super high jump and Sailor Moon had jumped off at the jumps pinnacle.

Terurun grimaced and flew after her grabbing her in mid stream. Sailor Moon screeched and cut at Terurun cutting her arm. Terurun let go and Sailor Moon fell. Jupiter caught Sailor Moon before she hit, but both were hit with an energy blast and thrown to the ground.

"I warn you again! Surrender or I destroy that building," Terurun said.

"She's bluffing," Mercury said. "She can't have that much power."

"You think?" Venus asked.

"Even if she did, we have to stop her," Pluto said.

A missile flew at Terurun from another jet. She floated out of the way and swung around aiming for it. Sailor Pluto fired her staff, it hit Terurun in the back of the chest. She fell towards the ground and hit a roof.

Terurun! Stop flying. Hotaru Tomoe said in her mind.

But I'm invincible up there. Terurun said.

You're also almost out of energy.

Oh very well.

Now get the grail. Hit them with waves.

Right.

Terurun revved up her power and leapt off the building sending energy smashing towards the scouts, they all were hit even as they tried to avoid it. Terurun charged quickly and hit Sailor Pluto and threw her into a wall.

"Give me the grail!" she shouted.

"Never!"

Destroy the others and then we will extract the grail from her. Hotaru said.

Very well. Terurun said and through Pluto aside and turned to the others. She blasted Sailor Mars into a wall.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" Jupiter shouted. Terurun sidestepped and blasted Jupiter backwards too.

"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Venus shouted. Terurun slid under it and blasted Venus. She then sent a blast of energy flying at a still slow moving Sailor Moon. Sailor Mercury jumped in front of the blast and was blown right over her friend and into a wall. Roses flew at Terurun causing her to blast them away. Tuxedo Mask stepped in front of Sailor Moon who slowly stood up.

"Let's go Terurun," he said.

Terurun tensed. Something hit her from behind. She whirled standing there was a Daimon.

"What are you doing!" She shouted.

"Having fun!" The Daimon shouted and blasted her again. Tuxedo Mask through a barrage of roses that embedded themselves in her back. She stumbled forward.

"Now it's my turn!" Sailor Moon said. "This is for you Rita," she said and pulled out her scepter. "Moon Spiral Hearts Attack!" She shouted and blew Terurun apart with her energy. Terurun screamed and then evaporated.

"Finally," Sailor Moon said. "Are you all of you all right!" she shouted looking at her friends. They all gave her thumbs up.

"Thank goodness," Doctor Tomoe said emerging from a building he had hidden in. "We should keep moving."

"No. We'll rest first," Sailor Moon said.

"That is a good idea," Sailor Pluto said.

"Say..what's the deal with you?" Sailor Moon asked the Daimon.

"My heart was never in all this evil stuff. Neptune and Uranus spared my life..." the Daimon said.

"They did?" everyone, even Pluto, asked in surprise.

"Yes, I wandered around in the sewers and then decided to come up and die, but it hasn't happened yet, you see if you defeat the Dark One, I'll die anyway."

"Is that true?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Unfortunately," Tomoe said.

"Maybe not," Sailor Pluto said. "Daimon will you trust me?"

"What are you going to do?" the Daimon asked.

"Send you to a place where you won't die, and then maybe we can save you," Pluto said.

"Very well," The Daimon said. Pluto opened a portal with her staff. The Daimon walked into it and the portal closed.

"How does that work exactly?" Tomoe asked.

"Magic doctor," Sailor Pluto said bluntly.

Tomoe grinned slightly.

"Are we ready yet?" Sailor Moon asked.

"We are," The scouts said in unison.

"We should keep moving then," Sailor Pluto said.

"Then let's go," Tomoe said.

"Here they come, so be it. I will fight them and I will kill them all, the holy grail shall be mine," Hotaru Tomoe said. "They are weakened, I am not. I have more energy then before and when they arrive I will wipe them out!"

"There it is," Tomoe said.

"The Infinity Academy?" Sailor Moon asked looking at the building.

"Yes, Hotaru's old school, it's been completely turned to evil, it's students are all sitting in it's basement drained of energy. She's in there," Tomoe said.

"Then we're going in," Sailor Moon said drawing her moon sword. The other scouts readied themselves and moved forward.

"Tomoe you stay here," Sailor Pluto said.

"Please save my daughter if you can, but Sailor Scouts....you must save the world, no matter what it takes. My daughter would not want the world to be destroyed," Tomoe said.

"We'll do our best," Sailor Moon said.

"Everyone ready?" she asked.

They all nodded.

"It's time," Sailor Moon said.

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