Chapter 37
"The Sailor Scouts know our identities, we will have to move quickly," Malichite said.
"We'll have a massive rally today and then I'll arrange for the two sides to meet, then when they fight we can drain off as much energy as possible," Zoicite said.
"After that we should have the power to defeat to fight whoever comes in our path," Malichite said.
"Finally," Zoicite said.
"Then this world will be ours," Malichite said.
"It's what we've always wanted isn't it?" Zoicite asked. "A world of our own we can dominate together."
"Yes it will be beautiful," Malichite replied.
And the two kissed.
"ARGOSANTE!" Jaedite shouted.
"Yes sir!" Argosante said walking in the door.
"I've been thinking. I don't know much about this whole political struggle, but I think we can benefit from it. I want you and our entire force to go to the next rally. Then when all those humans are excited, drain all the energy away. There is no more time to be covert. I want power now!" Jaedite shouted.
"Yes sir! Gladly!" Argosante said and ran out the door.
At the Cherry Hill temple.
"You know how there's going to be those political rallies today?" Serena asked. "We should be there."
"What?" The other four sailor scouts said.
"But Malichite and Zoicite will be there?" Mina asked.
"What better reason? Besides I'm sure Jaedite and Nephlite will be there too," Serena said.
"But Serena...do you realize what you're saying?" Raye asked.
"Of course, surprising isn't it?" Serena asked.
"I can't believe this, I mean I agree with it and all, but Serena you're supposed to be afraid of going into massive battles," Lita said.
"I can't afford to be right now," Serena said. "Besides, I'm sick of all these negaverse intrusions. Enough is enough!"
"That's very noble Serena, and I think you're right, Jaedite has probably figured out the crowds in support of the candidates would be a good source of energy by now and I doubt he's going to be cautious," Amy said.
"But what about Malichite and Zoicite?" Lita asked.
"We'll have to see," Serena said.
"We have to go," Raye said.
"Yeah, for better or worse," Mina said.
I must be out of my mind. Serena thought. What's come over me? I've felt this
way before though, so it may not be that I'm going insane.
"I've noticed you haven't been around as much Darrien," Luna said standing below him as he stood on his balcony.
"No, I guess I haven't. Serena's managed. I've been trying to encourage her to work, while I've got my own things to do," Darrien said.
"But, you haven't been in battle much either."
"By the time I get there it's already over half the time. I guess the Sailor Scouts don't need me as much."
"Don't think that Darrien. They're still young and relatively inexperienced, they need all the help they can get."
"I know."
"You know that the final battle is shaping up."
"Final battle? We've already fought three final battles Luna, at least."
"Well...relatively speaking," Luna said somewhat embarrassed. "It won't be much longer before the two sides must meet and fight till there is an ultimate victor."
"I'll be there," Darrien said.
"You're actually going to let them have the rally?" Nagumo asked in shock sitting in front of Ozaki's desk.
"Yes, I'm under a lot of pressure from the governor, and besides, do you really think I can silence so many. They'd riot just to protest that they weren't allowed to..."
"Riot?"
"Ahem...I don't tell you how to do your job Nagumo."
"No one does, but I also happen to do my job right."
"Wanna fight?"
"Not at the moment...so what do you intend to do if a riot breaks out?"
"I'll have every man I can muster there..and I'm sure you'd bring your troops too...am I right?"
"Yes, you're right..we'll be there," Nagumo said.
"Good," Ozaki said.
"I think you're making a mistake," Nagumo said.
"Do I care?"
A few hours later, on a roof top.
"There they go," Sailor Moon observed as Katsugi and Sylia supporters surged at each other from different parts of the city.
"That didn't take long," Mars said.
"Uh oh," Jupiter said. "Look who just showed up?"
Argosante and the negaverse army were charging down the street towards the rioters from yet another direction.
"And look over there!" Venus shouted. The army and the police were rushing headlong into battle as well.
"This is going to get really ugly," Mars said.
The negaverse army and the human army met each other in combat amidst the rioters who still had little idea of what was going on. Argosante jumped out of the way and prepared to direct his attack from the roof of a nearby building. Malachite and Zoicite had their own rooftop position.
"What is going on over there?" Malichite said.
"Apparently the human army and Jaedite's pathetic force are fighting again," Zoicite said with a laugh.
"Excellent, more energy for us," Malachite said.
"Shall we?" Zoicite said.
"Ladies first," Malachite said.
And the two readied themselves to extract energy.
A wave of rioters collapsed thanks to one of Argosante's energy crystals.
"He's trying to steal our energy!" Zoicite said.
"Never mind him, Zoicite, we must get out own energy. Drain it quickly," Malichite said.
And more rioters collapsed this time at their own hands.
"What's going on? We didn't drain their energy," Argosante said.
"Well those are the breaks?" came a voice behind him. He whirled around to see Guardian Saturn standing there.
"You dare you insolent fool!" Argosante shouted.
"You know your brother was such a push over, I hope you'll give me a better fight," Saturn said readying his sword.
"Very well," Argosante said and readied his own sword. Then the two ran at
each other.
"What do we do?" Jupiter said.
"Good question," Mars said.
"Look, Saturn's fighting Argosante," Mercury said noticing the roof top battle.
"Well...let's find Malichite and Zoicite then," Sailor Moon said.
"Are you kidding?" Venus asked.
"Well who else are we going to fight?" Sailor Moon said and leapt to the roof of another building. The other scouts and shrugged and followed.
Another wave of rioters fell as they did so.
Saturn swung, Argosante blocked and tried his own thrust, Saturn spun away and swung around smashing his sword into Argosante's left arm. Argosante swung at Saturn again, who jumped into the air and came down at the edge of the room. Argosante charged. Saturn ducked out of the way, but Argosante wasn't about to be pushed off and he came around with another blow, which Saturn narrowly avoided. The Guardian backed up several steps and readied himself.
"Hah...you're hardly worthy of my effort," Argosante said.
"You'd like to think so," Saturn said.
"No, I know so," Argosante and Saturn was hit in the back by three colored blasts. He grunted and fell forward.
"Honorless scum, couldn't fight one on one could you?" Saturn said.
"You should have looked behind you," Argosante said and laughed. "You arrived just in time, Dark Warriors," he said, as the three warriors walked over and stood beside him.
"You know us," Red Warrior said.
"Yeah, let's finish him off," Green Warrior said.
"I'm for that," Gold Warrior said.
"Of course," Argosante and swung his sword downward.
He didn't even see the barrage of roses coming towards him before they hit. Argosante stumbled backwards. His sword was also knocked from his hand, but he managed to hold onto the energy crystal.
"Where'd that come from?" Red Warrior said turning around, he was hit in the face by Tuxedo Mask's extending staff. Tuxedo Mask landed on the roof in front of them.
"Hey!" Green Warrior said and prepared to fire his sword.
"Prepare to die!" Gold Warrior said.
The two were both hit with an orange blast of energy and propelled forward to the roof's edge.
Nephlite stood there.. Saturn had staggered to his feet.
"Oh gee it's Tuxedo Mask!" he said in the highest voice he could get mimicking the numerous times Sailor Moon and various other Sailor Scouts had said it. He then coughed.
"You have a weird sense of humor Saturn," Tuxedo Mask said.
"I'm still mentally unstable," Saturn muttered.
"How dare you!" Argosante said standing ack up.
"Shut up!" Saturn, Nephlite, and Tuxedo Mask said and blasted him with each of their attacks. Argosante was thrown off the roof.
The three dark warriors stood up and faced the three.
"Well...what a surprise," Red Warrior said.
"You know if I wasn't a nice guy, I'd be annoyed," Gold Warrior said.
"Dropping in unexpected like this," Green Warrior said.
"Still...as much as we'd like to fight, we've got business elsewhere," Red Warrior said and the three abruptly jumped off the roof. Saturn sunk to the ground.
"Are you all right?" Nephlite asked.
"They got me good," Saturn muttered. "Never mind that, my job is to get beaten up. Find the other scouts." He said. Tuxedo Mask looked at Nephlite and they both nodded and hurried away.
"You know this is ironic, the two of us fighting alongside each other," Nephlite said as they jumped to another rooftop."
"Isn't it?" Tuxedo Mask said.
"Such is the fortunes of war."
"Yeah, whatever," Tuxedo Mask said.
"Get away from me you!" Nagumo shouted and hit one of the negaverse troops on the head with a staff.
"Isn't this fun!" Mr. Patterson shouted leaping off of a car and into a mess of negaverse soldiers.
"Ehh...what is happening to the riot?" Nagumo asked himself as he saw another wave of rioters drop. "I don't see the Sailor Scouts?"
"They've probably got their own problems," Mr. Patterson said.
"There they are?" Sailor Venus said. The five Sailor Scouts were crouched down behind a bush looking at Malachite and Zoicite who were both busy collecting energy from the rioters.
"So what now?" Jupiter asked.
"We sneak attack them," Sailor Moon said.
"Is that honorable?" Mercury asked.
"Who cares, it's the negaverse we're talking about here," Mars said.
"Come on, Mercury lay down a mist, then you three hit them with everything we've got," Sailor Moon said.
"Should we maybe attack one first?" Mars asked.
"Good idea," Jupiter said.
"Go for Malachite, he was the one who stole Darrien from me!" Sailor Moon whined.
"Okay, okay, the other four muttered.
"Let's go!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!" Mercury shouted. The ice water flew through the air and hit Malachite dead on, knocking him forward. A mist then filled the air.
"Mars Fireball Surround!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Jupiter ThunderClap Crash!"
The three attacks flew into the mist and hit their target. Malachite shouted in pain.
"Malachite! What happened?" Zoicite shouted. The mist cleared revealing the five Sailor Scouts standing there.
"You!" Zoicite shouted and shot a blast of heart shaped energy at them. The five scouts jumped into the air and dodged, landing on the ground a few feet away and still facing the two negaverse warriors.
"I am Sailor Moon Champion of Justice, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that..."
"Means you!" The five scouts said in unison.
"They haven't changed their stupid speech in all this time," Zoicite muttered.
"It does the job," Sailor Moon said quickly.
"Yeah," the four girls added.
"I think we need to put you out of your misery," Zoicite said.
"Yes, we'll be doing you a favor by destroying you and your corny sayings," Malachite "Take this Sailor Scouts!" Malachite shouted and turned flinging two of his deadly energy bolts at them. They jumped out of the way again. Zoicite attacked with her own energy and hit each scout with it. They were knocked to the ground, but they stood up ready to fight.
"Well...you're strong, but this fight will soon be over," Zoicite said.
"Remember me!" Nephlite flying at her out of nowhere. He knocked Zoicite into the crowd of rioters and stopped whirling around to blast Malachite with his energy. Malachite blocked it.
"You're no match for me Nephlite," Malachite said.
A dozen roses hit Malachite in his sides. He turned.
"If it isn't my old friend Malachite," Tuxedo Mask said. "We have some unfinished business."
And the two negaverse commanders now faced their old rivals.
"You always were an annoyance!" Malachite said and threw a small sphere of energy at Tuxedo Mask.
"Glad you thought so!" Tuxedo Mask said ducked throwing a rose at his opponent.
"You know Zoicite, I would have thought you have enjoyed doing your own dirty work!" Nephlite shouted and launched an energy barrage at her.
"You weren't worth the trouble!" Zoicite shouted back and destroyed the barrage with her own attack.
A large sphere of energy shot at Tuxedo Mask. He blew it apart with a barrage of roses and charged forward smashing into Malachite with all his force.
"You know you can't win this battle," Malachite said.
"Oh yeah," Tuxedo Mask said and abruptly changed his form into that of Prince Darrien complete with his armor and sword.
"So you think that will help!" Malachite shouted and threw two energy blades at him. Darrien swung his sword and knocked the blades back into his enemy.
"Not again!" Malachite shouted, and he strained, and the energy blades disappeared.
"I have the power to survive that now!" he shouted and blasted the surprised Darrien with another energy sphere.
"Hah!" Malachite said and built up his power for a death blow as he floated to point blank range.
Zoicite let another of her attacks fly. Nephlite rolled under them and fired his energy point blank into her face. Zoicite staggered back screaming in agony.
"You! You! I'll destroy you!" She shouted and unleashed a devastating attack, a massive energy petal, that sliced into Nephlite's chest. He fell down clutching his gut.
"Yes, I've become even stronger thanks to the energy I've collected..furthermore...your goodness...has weakened your control over the forces of the nega-moon, this is why you had to die the first time," Zoicite said floating over him.
"Mars Fireball Surround!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!"
Mars and Venus' powers hit Zoicite and knocked her still airborne into the brick wall of an apartment.
Mercury and Jupiter's powers knocked Malachite to the ground.
"Hah! Take that negatrash!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"The Sailor Scouts...so we meet again," Malachite said standing. Zoicite did the same and stood by her lover. Darrien and Nephlite took the opportunity to crawl out of the way.
"We finally get to finish what we started," Zoicite said.
"Yes, this will be most enjoyable," Malachite said.
"Say..who are you jokers?" came a voice from behind them. Red Warrior stood there, flanked by Gold Warrior and Green warrior.
"Uh oh," Sailor Moon said.
"And just what are you?" Malachite muttered.
"We are the dark warriors, sworn to fight on behalf of Jaedite in his conquest of Earth," Red Warrior said.
"Evil rules," Green and Gold warrior said.
"Perhaps we should destroy them first," Malachite said.
"You're right their speech is worse than the Sailor Scouts," Zoicite said.
"Hmm..looks like you aren't friendly to the cause," Red Warrior said.
"So we're going to have to destroy you," Green Warrior said.
"Prepare to die!" Gold Warrior said.
"Hah...tell you what Sailor Scouts," Red Warrior said. "What say we settle our own problems after we take care of this trash."
"Yeah...that way we can have a fight without any outside interference," Gold Warrior said.
"Yeah...these two are cramping our style," Green Warrior said.
"Fine with us!" the five scouts replied quickly.
"Well then..." Red Warrior said and swung his sword. The red blast flew at Malachite who knocked it down with a small blast.
"That it?" Malachite muttered.
"What power," Mars muttered.
"Hey..I'll show you!" Red Warrior said and swung his sword again, running forward as he did so. Green Warrior and Gold Warrior gave him cover with their swords. Malachite destroyed the sword blast while Zoicite avoided the two other attacks and flew at Green and Gold Warrior knocking them down. Red Warrior jumped and swung his sword downward, Malachite blocked it and blasted Red Warrior backward.
"Surround!" Mars shouted finishing a statement she had started seconds ago.
"Zap!"
"Blast!"
"Encircle!"
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus said doing the same thing. The attacks all flew forward and smashed into Malachite, he was hit hard and was blasted back at least ten feet.
"Malachite!" Zoicite shouted seconds before she was hit with three colored sword blasts and smashed back into the same wall she had hit before.
"Mars Fireball Surround!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Jupiter Thunderclap Crash!"
"Moon Tiara Magic!"
The five attacks slammed into Zoicite and she sank to the ground.
"Not again..I can't be defeated again," she said.
"Now Sailor Moon!" Jupiter said.
"Gladly," Sailor Moon said making her scepter appear. "Moon Scepter Elimination!" she shouted and Zoicite was vaporized.
"Zoicite!" Malachite shouted and let an attack fly straight at the group, they all ducked. The three warriors swung their swords as Malachite charged towards them hit him with a blast. He fell to his knees.
"You...wretched humans..all of you!" he shouted.
"Moon Scepter Elimination!" Sailor Moon shouted and blasted Malachite to bits.
"They're gone," Mars said and sighed.
"But we aren't!" Red Warrior shouted a second before Mars was hit with a bolt of red energy and knocked into a pile of bushes. Jupiter and Venus suffered the same fate at the hands of Green and Gold warrior. The three dark warriors leapt off of the roof of a building and stood to face Sailor Moon and Mercury.
"Mercury Ice Storm..."
"No!" the three Warriors shouted and blasted Mercury with their swords. She was knocked backwards into a wall and dropped to the ground unconscious.
"Moon Scepter Elimination!" Sailor Moon shouted. The energy flew at the warriors, but they merely jumped out of the way of it and flew at her. She ducked out of the way.
"Moon Sword!" Sailor Moon shouted and her scepter quickly became a sword. She swung at Gold Warrior, who was so caught by surprise that he was hit hard with it and knocked to the ground. Red Warrior swung back at her, and she barely blocked the attack. That left her open to Green Warrior who went to stab her in the gut, but she saw it and using Venus' aura backflipped away and stood her ground. Gold Warrior stood up and the three looked menacingly on her.
"Now the great Sailor Moon is all alone," Red Warrior said.
"Prepare to die," Gold Warrior said.
"Stop saying that," Green Warrior said.
The three didn't see the three energy attacks flying at them from behind. Sailor Moon did and smiled as they hit and the three warriors were hit.
"We don't get beaten that easily," Mars said as, she, Venus, and Jupiter stood there.
"Stand back Sailor Moon, we'll handle this," Sailor Jupiter said.
"Yeah, boyfriends or not, you have to be stopped," Sailor Venus said.
"Personally, I'll enjoy this," Mars shouted.
The three dark warriors and their three counterparts faced off against each other. The warriors struck first swinging their swords out and firing a blast. The three scouts jumped and flew right at them. The warriors backed up and readied their swords. The scouts landed right next to them. Mars kicked. Jupiter punched. Venus rolled backwards. Red Warrior took the kick, but still swung his sword. Jupiter's punch slammed right into Green Warrior's head, but he also managed to respond. Gold Warrior swung downward at Venus, who still in a kneeling position slid backward and kicked up hitting him straight in the face.
Both sides stood back from each other for a second and then jumped back into the battle.
"Mercury? Are you all right?" Sailor Moon asked hurrying up to her friends.
"I didn't expect it," Mercury said standing up. "What's going on?"
"What isn't going on?" Sailor Moon replied.
"So you're the leader of the earth defenses," Argosante said angrily waving his sword at General Nagumo.
"Yeah, and I think I've been doing a pretty good job of beating back your worthless army," Nagumo said.
"It does not matter, for your life ends now," Argosante said before being hit by a van covered with camouflage. The negaverse knight flew twenty feet and hit the ground. He began to stagger up angrily.
"Heh heh! Looks like vans can hurt em!" Mr. Patterson shouted from the driver's seat of the van.
"So it does," General Nagumo said.
Suddenly the negaverse army collapsed, and the human army was covered in a bright yellow light. The humans all fell unconscious.
Jaedite appeared in the air above it all and began to absorb all the energy
he could.
"What's going on?" Sailor Moon said amidst the combat between the scouts and the warriors.
"Jaedite," Mercury said weakly pointing at him floating above the now unconscious crowd.
"I have to stop him," Sailor Moon said and jumped forward.
"Hah..soon I will be invincible!" Jaedite shouted.
"You're not yet!" Came a voice behind him. He whirled to see Sailor Moon standing there.
His energy collection ceased.
"Hmm..no...you're not going to get a fight with me this easily...you're going to have to earn it," Jaedite said and promptly vanished. As did Argosante and the three warriors.
"Where'd he go?" Sailor Moon muttered.
"Probably back to Jade Corp," Nephlite said limping up to her.
"You all right?" Sailor Moon said.
"Not really..I don't think I'll be much more use to you. It's up to you and your scout friends now," Nephlite said.
"Have you seen Tuxedo Mask?"
"I lost track of him during the fight," Nephlite said.
"Hmm...well..he's probably all right. He's a survivor."
"Yes he is."
"Why'd you call us back! We were beating them!" Red Warrior shouted as he appeared in Jaedite's office.
"You will have plenty of time to finish them off, but now they will have to fight us on our own terms," Jaedite said.
"Yeah I like that idea," Gold Warrior said.
"We are yours to command Jaedite," Green Warrior said.
Argosante appeared in the air.
"There you are you fool, now's your final chance to redeem yourself. The Sailor Scouts are on their way," Jaedite said.