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The Sailor Scouts vs. Daeore Dermigil.

By:Elric Lawry

This is My first Fanfic so if you don't like it, say so, and suggest 
improvements.
If you do like it, say so as well and tell me what you liked.
And all Characters but the Magi Daeore belong to... Whats her name.  
And 
any other leagal stuff you can probably fill in yourself.  ^_^
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			Chapter one.  Introdructions

	"AAAAAHHHHHH.   WHY ME!!!!!."  A sorrowed yell came 
from the basment of a avererage sized white house.  "Why do I have to 
suffer for my power?"  A tearful sob sounds.  
	A mid sized male individual is leaning against the cinder 
block wall of the basement, pounding his fist into it, a tear falling from 
his face.  He was dressed plainly in a pair of navy blue baggy pants, a 
black button shirt and a leather belt.  He stands straight for a moment, 
His long brown pony tail falling over his shoulder.  He then walks over 
to a desk and sits in a well made padded chair.  He then puts his head 
down and starts to cry in ernest.
	'Why?  Why must this power I have be so, so, painful, so 
draining.  I know magic is like that, but this is just wrong.'  A fresh 
sob eminates from him.  'And Lotile...  Why did she have to die?  Why 
did the magic do that...?'  

	FLASHBACK
	There she stood.  Leaning on the Bus stop post.  He walks up, 
to give her a big hug.  But, as he begins to touch her, he feels the 
magic well up as if to strike.  He forces it away, or trys to, and then...  
Lotile was enveloped in red and blue energy, an aura of power.  He 
tried to let go, to stop the magic.  He watched horrified as the aura 
leeched out all of her energy, right down to her essence, and dropped 
her husked body to the ground.  The aura coalessed and formed into a 
ball.  He reached out and grabbed it, trying to capture the energy 
before it either dissipated or merged with somthing.  The ball evaded 
his grasp and darted to him, hitting him squarely on the chest.  And 
the energy did merge, with him.  He felt his entire nervous system 
mapped out in fire as the new energy flowed into him.  After he 
stopped writhing about like a fish, He looked to Lotile.  She was a dust 
gray, as if she had been dead for a while.  He carefully picked up the 
body and concentrated, a look of pain covered his face briefly, but he 
won the instantaneous duel against reality and opened a rift.  He 
stepped through and into his basement.  He then concentrated again.  
An almost inhuman snarl crossed his face as a bubble of energy 
appeared.  He carefully placed the inert body into the bubble and fell to 
his knees.
	END FLASHBACK

	'AH.  After two years.  After two years of love and happiness.  
I do this to you.'  He lifted his head looked across the room.  There, 
suspended in the air, was the pale body of Lotile.  'And it has been two 
years since then.  I have mastered many forms of magic.  But I am still 
looking for the right spell to return your soul to your body...  The soul 
that I still have in me.'  A look of calm passed his face.  He stood 
suddenly, looking outside towards the red sky.  "Sunset.  Well my 
love...  I must be going."  A small frown crossed his face and his outfit 
changed.  Now he wore an entire black outfit, with a large dragon 
embroidered into the back of his shirt in silver, and his pants had the 
same design done up and down both legs.  The magic had gotten 
easier to control the more he practiced, and then as he mastered new 
techniques it got even easier. 

	He decided to walk to the library that night.  Magic was 
indeed faster, but he needed the exercise, and the sunset made 
everything look...  pretty.  The street as usual was relatively empty for 
the time of day, which was weird.  But the Magi didn't seem to notice.  
As he walked down the street, a familiar looking black haired lady 
dressed in her usual temple robes walked around the corner.  As they 
passed similar thoughts went through their heads.

	'This young lady has...  Talent.  Mildly psychic, and a Fire 
base for an element.  Interesting.  Hmmmmm.  Cute too.' The Magi 
thought to himself.
	'Whoa.  I'm getting strange vibes.  This guy is giving me a 
weird feeling.  Hmmmmm.  Cute too.' Mars thought to herself.

	As he got to the library, just before closing, he was deep in 
thought.  'It always helps to prepare, if your going to be holding up a 
invisibility spell for a while.'  He was frowning intensly, failing to 
notice a short, blue haired girl, who was wearing a white sweater and a 
long skirt, and also had her nose stuck in a book as she walked down 
the library steps.  They made an intercept course for each other, 
unknowingly.  And collided head-on, much to their mutual surprise.

	"Oops.  Sorry about that.  My fault," they both said together 
as they picked themselves up.
	"Here let me get that book for you." The Magi said as he 
picked up the book.  'This girl is practically radiating intellegence.  
And her base element is Water, and well developed too.  Hmmmm, 
also cute, in a short sort of way.'  "That is a lot of reading material you 
have there."  The Magi said as he handed the book back.
	"Yes, I know.  I read all the time.  It is a shame the library 
closes this early."  Ami said as she took the book and tucked it under 
one arm.  "You had better hurry if you want to take out a book."
	"I'm in no rush.  I know right where to look.  Any how.  Sorry 
about bumping into you.  Oh and the name is Daeore, Daeore 
Dermigil."  The Magi introduced himself.
	"Oh, I'm Ami."  She looked at her watch, "Oh, I'm late for 
nightschool.  I really must be going.  Maybe I'll see you at the library 
some other time."
	"Maybe."  Daeore walked up the steps, "See ya."

	Daeore walked into the library and went through a few book 
laden isles before coming to a small shelf.  He looked at the top of the 
shelf and read 'Occult' in block letters.  Somebody had made a vain 
effort to make the sign look funny by putting fake webbing and stuff 
around the sign.  'Harumph.  Foolish.  If only they knew what these 
books really held.'  Daeore's eyes fog over for a second, 'Now lets find 
that book.  But first I need to change my focus.'  His pupils flash and 
become slitted like a cats.  'There.'  He looks at the shelf again, and 
one of the books is giving off a faint glow.  'That one.'  Daeore stoops 
over and carefully picks up the book, noticing that his book mark from 
the previous night was still in place.  Tucking the book under his right 
arm, he walks towards a reading stall and sits.  'Now the hard part.'  
Daeore places the book down carefully and puts his hands infront of 
him, parallel to his shoulders, and scowls.  The room around him 
seems to shift and contort.  And as the shifting dissapears, so does 
Daeore.  'There.'  Deep breath.  'Now to work.  And hopefully I'll get 
all the way through before my energy starts to fade.  Magic is always 
draining.  And since I lack a proper focus, I have to use my own 
energy.  Sigh.'  

	Several hours later, around 10:00 pm.

	"I dunno Rei.  Are you sure about this guy you met?"  Lita 
asked from the stout table inside the common room of the temple.  She 
was dressed in her usual long pants and shirt.  "I mean the Negaverse 
hasn't been bugging us for a while, why worry about it."
	"I just can't get it off my mind.  Like somthing's telling me 
he's trouble."  Rei said from her position in front of the fire.
	"Yah Rei.  What are you so interested in this guy for 
anyhow."  Serena said in her annoying voice, "You like him or 
somthing?"
	"Shut up Serena.  Can't you be serious for even one minute?"  
A highly aggitated Rei said, not even turning to look at the now teary 
eyed Serena.
	Mina spoke up, "Yeah.  Can't you see Rei is really unnerved 
about this."
	"Your all so MEEEEEAAAAAANNNNN"  Serena whined, 
and promply turned on the water works.
	Luna, who had been silent untill now spoke, "Rei, do you see 
anything in the flame?"
	"Yeah, anything that would tell us why he set you off like 
that?"  Artemis said from around Mina's shoulders.
	"Hey guys.  Whats going on here."  Ami walked in and took 
off her shoes.
	"Ah, Rei is worried about some guy she met.  Says she felt a 
strange energy from him."  Lita turned to Ami.  "She is really trippin 
out over this."
	"I call upon the wisdom and power of Mars.  Show us who we 
are facing."  Rei chanted into the fire.  An image of Daeore 
materialized above the fire.
	"Oh!  I know him.  We bumped into each other at the 
library."  Ami said, "He seemed like a really nice guy."
	"He looks so sad." Mina said looking at Daeore's face, the 
lines of sadness that covered it, as well as in the eyes.
	"His name is Daeore Dermigil.  He looked really pre-occupied 
when we talked.  That would explain why we collided."
	"Hmmmm.  Why would he give off vibes like that."
	"Still, he looks kinda handsome."  Lita interjected, "That shirt 
he's wearing looks cool.  Looks like an easy way of spotting him."
	Serena, just clueing in, notices Daeore's image above the fire, 
"Huh?  Who's that?"
	A colective sigh goes up.  "That is the guy that is worrying 
Rei."  
	"Oh"
	All of a sudden a bright flash errupted from outside, 
penetrating the walls of the temple.  Every one rushed out to see where 
it had come from.  In the direction directly away from the main 
entrance to the temple a second flash lit the sky.  Ami already had the 
computer out and was frantically typing away.  
	"That blast was right off the charts.  And it came from the 
library."  Insight struck.  "Daeore might be there.  He might have hid 
and stayed in the library for some reason."
	The cats however have no idea what just happend.  "What are 
you talking about?" Luna asked.  "What flash?"
	"Didn't you see it?"  Serena asked.  "And I thought you never 
missed anything."
	"I didn't see it either."  Artemis said plainly.
	"Then we'll explain later.  Lets go find him and sort this out!"  
Lita said, still looking towards the flash's origin point.

	They all do there various transformations and run full tilt 
towards the library.  When they got there there isn't a scratch on the 
old building.  Not a single mark.
	"Thats strange," Ami stated, "That blast registered strong 
enough to wipe out this building and everything around it."
	"Yeah!  Why didn't it.  And why is nobody here to find out 
what happened?"  Mina said, looking around.
	Out of the shadows a voice answered, "Because the blasts 
were magical."
	They all looked towards the voice, and there in the shadows, 
floated a silver dragon.
	"Then why did we see it?"  Lita asked.
	"You all have magical potential."  The voice said calmly.
	Ami recognized the voice and the dragon design.  "Daeore?  
Is that you?"
	"You've named me, Ami."  Daeore said, stepping into the 
light.  "Sorry I got you all worried."
	"Just what happend, you?"  Lita almost yelled, highly 
aggitated.
	"I made the mistake of bringing two...  Conflicting magics 
into very close proximity, not to mention that I prononced a word 
wrong it an incantation."  Daeore explained, and then thought 
'STUPID!  STUPID! STUPID!  You know better than to say a spell out 
loud before sounding out the individual words in random order first.  
Must be tired.'  His attention focused on Lita, "You of Earth and Sky.  
You are very strong willed.  Just like your elements.  And you,"  
Pointing at Ami, "Water.  The gift of flowing thought."  He then turns 
and points at Mina and Rei, "Emotion and Fire."  He then looks 
directly at Sailor Moon.  "You are their focus.  Hmmmm."  Daeore's 
eyes went distant for a moment.
	"Just what are you talking about anyway huh?"  Serena asked, 
not grasping a single word of Daeore's.  "Just what were you doing in 
the library after closing any way?"
	"Huh?  Oh, I was reading an ancient text.  Of magic actually.  
Unfortuanatly the book was destroyed, along with any other magical 
tomes that might have been in the area.  I almost didn't escape."
	"So what your saying is that you can use magic?"  Mina 
asked, "And that you just destroyed some books because of a magical 
trap?"
	"That is about the size of it."  Daeore aproached the scouts.  
"You all have really large amounts of magical potential."  'I think I 
have an idea.'  He aproached Lita.  "I need your help, Lady of Earth 
and Sky."
	"The name is Jupiter.  And what for?"
	Daeore frowned slightly and grasped Jupiter's hand.  "You are 
gonna help me save a soul."  And before any of the scouts could react, 
Lita screamed as a blue glow formed around her body.
	"Let go of her!"  Ami yelled, "MERCURY BUBBLES!  
BLAST!"
	'Hmmm, cold.' Daeore thought, Jupiter had stopped 
screaming, and was now almost limp.  'Need to see.  But first.'  
"THALION!"  The word of strength filled Daeore with power and 
speed.  "I'll have to borrow this Jupiter."  Daeore takes the Tiara from 
Jupiter's forehead gently and places her limp body on the ground. 
'Now.' "GALAD CAL!"  The words seemed to thin out the mist and 
make everything more visable, especially Ami.  Daeore blurred from 
his spot and appeared in front of Ami.  "Sorry."  Was all he said as he 
touched her between the breasts.  Ami gasped and fainted.
	"VENUS CRECENT BEAM!  SMASH!"
	"MARS FIRE IGNIGHT!"
	'Damn, damn, damn.  Forgot about those two.'  The clearing 
spell had not yet disipated the fog, but, he knew exactly where the 
attacks were coming from.  He turned, 'No choice.'  The magic use was 
wearing on him, and it showed.  His breath came in short gasps, 
"DARO!"  The beam and the fireball hit a barrier, but Daeore looked 
like he was about to colapse.  His face twisted into somthing that 
might have killed if he had the energy to do it.  A black rift appeared 
and he literally fell through it.  Before the world faded to black, he was 
able to close the rift.



					Chapter Two.  The Task.

	Hours later Daeore woke up.  "Ouch.  I feel like I just ran a 
triathalon and then did some power lifting."  He looked himself over 
and noticed that he still had the Tiara in his hand.  He stands up and 
looks at the gem in the Tiara.  Daeore frowns slightly and the room 
lights up with an eerie glow.  The gem on the Tiara flashes brightly 
and a projection comes out of it.
	"Now that is impressive."  Daeore says, looking at the lace 
fine webbing of magic that the gem was projecting.  "This is 
incredible.  The energy output I could put through this is huge.  No 
wonder they saw the magic blast."  He studdied the magic lattice work 
with extream scruteny.  "Hmmm.  Well, lets put this thing on."  He 
did.  And instantly regretted it.  His entire body was covered in a green 
glow, as if he was transforming into a Sailor Scout.  
	"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!  NO!!  I must control it!."  His face 
stopped contorting, "Must find the pattern in the gem...  
URRRGGG!!!"  In his mind he felt through his forhead and into the 
gem.  Projecting his spirit into the gem itself, he 'floated' around inside 
of it until he saw the same lattice work of magical lines.  'There, now 
concentrate!'  The spindle of magical fibers condenced to almost head 
sized, and appeared infront of Daeore's spirit body.  Holding his hands 
to either side of the pattern he pulled it into himself.  'Become the 
pattern, feel the lines of force and match them to your own.'
	"Ah!"  Daeore opened his eyes and fell to the floor, which 
was now charred black from the energy released from him and the 
gem.  "Ouch.  Now I really feel wasted."  He stands up carefully, 
slowly.  "Good thing I live alone.  Or the char on the floor might be a 
problem."  He takes the Tiara off and holds it in his right hand.  It 
starts to float about an inch above it.  "Now to make you into somthing 
more fasionable."  The gem glows for a moment and the Magi smiles 
slightly, 'This is much easier than before.  Almost as if I had an extra 
push to get me going.'  The taira glows brighter and Daeore turns his 
hand palm down.  The gem in the Tiara places itself dead center on 
the back of his hand and the gold band wraps itself around his wrist 
and clasps to it tightly.  "That is much better."
	'What?  The pattern, is incomplete.  It has open ends to it.'  
The armband glows and the pattern lights the room.  'The others must 
have matching parts.  If I could get the rest of the gems, I could put it 
together and have enough power to remove Lotile's soul from me and 
put it into her body.  I must get the other tiaras!'

	Meanwhile...

	"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"  Sailor Jupiter's 
body was floating above the floor of the temple common room, and 
was covered in blue fire and electricity.
	"Lita!"  Mina siad, turning from the conversation between her 
and Rei.  "Ami, do you know whats happening?"
	Ami had the computer out in an instant, dispite the fact that 
her head was throbbing from the magic Daeore had used to knock her 
out.  "It seems that she is being drained of energy, but not like the 
Negaverse does it.  She is losing her power as a Sailor scout."
	Colective gasps from all the scouts.  "That's not possible!"  
Luna said.
	"It's happening anyway."  Ami said.  Lita's body stopped 
floating and flopped to the floor.  Her body was smoking a bit and she 
looked pale.  Her eyes open slowly.
	"What happened?"  She said weakly, forcing the words out of 
her raw throat.  "The last thing I remember is a burning, like I was on 
fire in every cell in my body.  AAAAAHHHHHHH!!"  She contorted 
again and her Sailor outfit dissapeared, and left Lita in her normal 
street clothes.  "Why do I feel like I was just ripped in half?"  And she 
fainted.

	In another time, but realativly the same place.

	"This is not good."  Setsuna said, as she looked into her 
mirror of time.  "I must intervine."  Sailor Pluto holds her staff out and 
concentrates.  A flash from the staff and a portal opens up in front of 
her.

	Back to the present.

	After about five hours of sleep, Deaore wakes up.  "Hmm.  
Noonish I'd guess."

	"Sigh."  Daeore was searching through the braclet.  "I guess I 
should find the others now."  He let his mind wander into the gem, 
and found the tugging of the other pieces.  'Power calls power.'  
"Hmmm.  The pull comes from the temple."  A smile spreads across 
his face, "Been a long time since I last went to pray."


					Chapter Three.  Battle.

	Daeore, using a simple spell, changed his appearance, 
making his face look older, and more hollow cheaked.  As he walked 
towards the temple, the tugging got steadily stronger.  "Damn.  They 
must all be there."  Daeore said out loud.  
	"Wha?"  Lita suddenly sat up, as if awaking from a 
nightmare.  "He's coming."
	"What?"  They all said at once.  "Who?"  queried Serena
	"Daeore.  He is coming here.  For the rest of the tiaras."  Lita 
said, her voice distant.  She looked alot better now, as if all she needed 
was a good sleep.  "Just wait till I get my hands on him."

	Daeore walks up the temple steps, hands in jacket pockets.  
He steps up to the altar, kneels, and begins to pray.
	"Oh higher powers.  Grant me strength for the challenges 
ahead.  Lend me the strength to do what must be done." his voice 
starts to crack a bit, a tear wells in his eye, "Help me save a soul."

	"He is very close."  Lita said, eyes distant, body tensed.
	"Oh great powers of fire.  Grant me a vision.  Where is our 
foe."  Rei was at the fire, concentrating into it.  Almost instantly it 
showed Daeore, kneeling at what could easily be identified as the altar 
outside, not twenty feet from where the five sat.  "He's outside!"
	"Then lets transform and waste this geek."  Serena said, 
doing a fair imitation of a heroic pose.  "Lets get Jupiter's power 
back."
	"And let me ram it down his throat."  An acid reply from 
Lita, malice and spite dripping from her voice.

	After various transformations, all save Lita were in there 
altered forms.  They rushed outside to find Daeore just finishing and 
standing up from his prayer, tears still in his eyes.
	"I knew you were all here.  And I hoped I could get one of 
you at a time or somthing like that.  But, oh well."  Daeore said.  "My 
disgise, was only ment for visual, not mental.  I take it I have you to 
thank for that."  He said pointing at Rei.
	"You have a lot of balls to come here.  After what you did to 
Lita."  Rei said, as all the scouts advanced.  "Give her back her Tiara."
	"Nope.  Can't do that as of yet.  I have need of it.  But as soon 
as I have finished this, I will give it back and restore her, and the rest 
of you."  Daeore smiled, as he pooled a bit of power, prepairing to 
strike.  'All I need is a distraction.  Then I can get into touching range 
of the Fire Lady.'  Pushing the power into his word, "RILLE!"  A very 
abrasive but harmless wind blasted from his hand, causing all the 
scouts to reflexivly put up there arms to guard there faces.  
"HAAAAA!"  Daeore's form blasted into motion, and almost intantly 
he was striking at Rei.
	"No way you Bastard!"  Lita was already there, "Not this 
time!"  And she hoofed Daeore, dead center.
	Crumpling to the ground with a gasp, Daeore was now 
holding his gorin, utter shock in his eyes.  'Block the pain...  urg.  That 
hurt.'
	"What do you have to say now you little runt?  Not so tough 
now."  Lita said over the kneeling body of the Magi.
	"That hurt."  Daeore said simply, "And I think I know a new 
use for your...  Braclet."  Daeore held up his right arm.  After a 
colective gasp, Daeore started to glow green.
	"Thats impossible!"  Luna gasped, "The Tiara is now under 
his control."
	"Be carful everyone!"  Mina yells as she sees Daeore get into 
a squatting position.
	"Anything can be done if you know how."  The Magi stated 
simply.  The scouts and Lita backed up a bit, not knowing what was 
going to spring from the Magi.  "Now I'll show you what this thing 
can do!"  Rage filling his eyes, Daeore brought the left hand up and 
clasped both hands into a double fist.  "JUPITER, SHOCK WAVE!!!"  
Daeore brought both fists down and struck the ground infront of him.  
A huge surge of energy went from the bracelet into the ground.  
Lightning scattered from the impact, and all but Sailor Mars were 
shocked into unconscousness by the enveloping electric field.  Mars on 
the other hand had jumped just before the ground lit up.
	Coming down from her leap, Mars started a speacial attack, 
"Mars FIRE IGNIGHT!!!"
	"Daeore looked up and smiled, "Jupiter, FORCE BARRIER!"  
A dome of electicity appeared in the way of the incoming fireball and 
stops it cold.  Both dissipate harmlessly.  Standing up slowly, 
haltingly, Daeore faces down Mars.  'Getting weak.  Too much energy 
output and not enough space in between to refill the energy pool in 
myself.  Better end this quickly.'  "LINTE!!"  Drawing on his rapidly 
dwindling reserves of power, he calls on a great word of speed.  He 
seems to become a blur, and Mars is helpless to stop Daeore from 
getting into arms reach.
	"AHH!"  Mars yells as Daeore suddenly appears infront of 
her.
	"I'm truly sorry for what I am doing."  Daeore's said gently, 
face an inch from Mars's.  
	"Wha???"  The other scouts were begining to get up.  "Hold it 
right there!!"
	'Too soon.  Dammit.'  And He grasped Mars's shoulder.  
"Sorry."  And a pillar of energy blazes out of the ground, enveloping 
the pair, blue pure energy.  As he places Mars on the ground and takes 
the Tiara, as the others return fully to there sences.

	"Venus Crescent Beam, SMASH!!"
	"Mucury Bubbles, BLAST!!"
	"Moon Scepter, ELIMINATION!!"

	"Shit!  That  sounds spiteful."  Daeore quickly grabbes Mars's 
form and teleports several meters away, right infront of Lita.  The 
three blasts murge and decimate the spot he and Mars were previously 
at.  "I'll see you later, Scouts.  And next time, try not to get your 
friends in the line of fire.  Oh and here."  He shoves Mars's body at a 
very dumbfounded Lita, who takes the body.  And then Daeore 
promply creates a rift and leaves.  Lita still blinking.


					Chapter Four.  New 
trouble

	Several hours later.

	'Sigh.  This is extreamly taxing on myself.'  Even with the 
help of the Tiara turned Armband, he was using more energy up than 
normal.  His previous disguise was no longer really needed.  He looked 
pale and drawn, almost wraith-like.  Suddenly, Daeore starts to laugh.  
"I look like hell."  Finally seeing himself in a mirror.  "Oh well.  To 
work."
	Holding up the Tiara in his left hand, he wills it to show a 
projection of it's matrix.  "Just like the other one, only a different 
colour.  Now."  Holding up his right arm, Jupiter's Tiara lit up and 
projected it's matrix.  Bringing his two hands closer, he knoticed they 
fit together perfectly.  "Now that we have that fact established..."  He 
put on Mars's Tiara.

	Back at the temple, they had all recovered from the nasty 
shock the Magi had conjured.  They were all sitting around the table 
talking.
	"He does seem to have an upper limit to his energy output."  
Ami stated, tapping buttons on her palm top.  "Whenever he uses his 
magic, he gets more and more drained, like a battery."
	"Yeah.  He seems to just manage to escape before we get 
him."  Mina said, idly tapping a finger against the table.  "I wonder if 
we can keep him fighting long enough to tire himself out and make a 
mistake."
	"But he seems to pace himself.  And he lasted much longer 
than the first time we fought."  Lita spoke, fists clenched.  "And I still 
feel his presence.  It's starting to creep me out."
	"What do you mean Lita?"  Serena asked looking around 
nervously.  "Is he close by, like last time?"
	"No.  It's just that I can feel what he's doing, like one of 
Raye's divinings.  It's hard to ex..."  Lita's eyes widend, "Oh god!  Rei, 
brace yourself!"
	"Huh?  What do you, 
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"  Rei was suddenly 
enveloped in a blazing blue flame.  She fell to the floor, and arched 
her back.  Her face was contorted with pain, as the fire lept around her 
body.  And as suddenly as it started, it vanished, leaving a slightly 
smoking Rei, and a bunch of surprised faces.
	"He got her too."  Luna said, looking at Raye's unconsous 
body, "Now he's going to be stronger."
	"But why is he only going for one at a time.  I mean, with the 
blast he let out with MY Tiara, he could have gathered all of the 
remaining Tiaras."  Lita said, scratching her head.
	"Hey!  Do you remember what he said about 'conflicting 
magics'?  He brought them too close to one another and nearly fried 
himself, right?"  Mina watched the nods.  "What if Jupiter's power and 
Mars's power don't conflict?"
	Ami caught on.  "Then he would go and get those first.  But 
my power doesn't conflict with Jupiter's.  Why didn't he get me next?"
	"Because Rei could see him in the fire.  I don't think he 
knows that I can sense him."  Lita said, looking at Rei.  "He said 
somthing along those lines before the fight.."
	"But what is the whole perpose of him going after the Tiaras 
any way?"  Serena queried.
	"He said somthing about saving a soul, before he got me."  
Lita said, remembering the voice of Daeore, how it sounded so sad.  
"And have you knoticed, that whenever he talks, it's just loud enough 
to hear, and it's so full of regret."

	The next morning.

	"Yawn."  Daeore opened his eyes and looked around.  He was 
lying on the floor, in the basement, on a large black spot.  'I almost 
didn't make it that time.'  He gave himself a mental check.  'Lets see...  
mild muscle cramps, a tender gorin, a new Tiara, an empty stomach, 
and a huge amount of energy.'  "What time is it?"  He asked the air.  
"8:30.  Monday."  he said as he stood up.  "I think I'll go out for 
breakfast."  He said as he looked down at the double wristband.  
Mars's Tiara was just a bit higher on his wrist, and wrapped around 
the same way.

	"LAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE!!!"  Serena leapt out of bed 
and was dressed almost instantainiously.  Luna just yawned and lept 
out the window.  Serena didn't knowtice.  And she was out the door, at 
mach one.
	Halfway there, she saw all the others dashing towards school 
with the same frantic pace.  "Hey guys!!  Wait up!!"  Serena yelled.  
The all stopped and waited for the now out of breath Serena.  "Puff, 
puff.  Did you all get out of bed late?"
	"Yes.  That blast that Daeore gave us must have been really 
draining."  Mina said,  "Well, I gotta turn here."  And she ran down a 
side path.
	"Man.  Why is he doing this?"  Rei asked, "It doesn't make 
sence.  Not even the Negaverse tried this."
	"He isn't from the Negaverse."  Luna said as she kept pace 
with the others.  "He's just a very gifted normal human."
	"Like we were before we got our powers back."  Ami stated.
	They were all just getting to the front gates of the school, 
when the bell rang.

	After showering and doing all the other morning necessities, 
Daeore was sitting in the middle of the basement, looking at the body 
of Lotile.  The magic matrixs were formed between them.  'I must 
work up a defence, that will hold out agianst the other three.  Then...  
Breakfast.'  A few of the strands of the matrixs flashed and glowed.  
"Aha.  That is the right combination for a decent defence.  Now to 
designate them to that perpose, so I don't have to use energy later to 
bring it into use."  A smile played across his face.  'Soon my flower.  I 
will have you free.'  His stomache made an audiable protest.  'After 
somthing to eat.'

	The Magi was now dressed in a blue short sleave shirt, black 
jeans and a pony tail that went all the way down his back to just above 
the belt..  The now, double bracelet gleamed gold in the sunlight.  He 
walked unhurredly with an air of hope.
	Just as he got to the entrance of a side walkway he puts his 
right hand out in front of his face.
	"WHAP!"  The end of a staff hits his hand.  Looking down 
the staff we see Sailor Pluto standing with a mildly surprised look on 
her face.
	"I was wondering when you would show up.  I was starting to 
think you were just here to enjoy the city."  Daeore said coldly, not 
even turning to look at her.
	"You must stop this."  Pluto said.  "You could upset a great 
many things by doing this."
	"I don't care.  All I want is to restore Lotile and get on with 
my life.  And you can't go back further in time to stop me or what 
happend to her can you."  More of a statment than anything else, 
"That would make a Paradox.  You would have no reason to come 
back and you wouldn't.  Then all this would happen again, you would 
fix it, you wouldn't need to come back to stop me here and this 
conversation would never have taken place.  Paradox."
	"You understand.  But how did you know.."
	"A temporal disterbance is a very rare thing, and to me if you 
forgive the expression, you practically reek of power.  And this staff of 
yours gives off the only temporal scorce of energy in the area, aside 
from yourself."  Daeore frowned.  "I also know that you are here to 
stop me, and you brought three others with you."
	"How?"  A puzzled look crossed Pluto's sad looking face.  
"You know that if you succeed, that your body and soul could be 
destoyed, along with alot of the city.  That is why we must stop you."
	"Ah.  Sailor of Time and Death, you don't know why I do this 
for her do you?"  A frown fixes itself on Daeore's face as he looks at 
Setsuna.  "Then I will show you."  Without warning he brings his 
other hand up to the staff, yanks sidways, bringing Pluto within arms 
reach.  He then takes his left hand and touches the jem on her Tiara.
	A spark of energy and Setsua thought she was floating in 
space.  "What you are seeing is my memory of what happened that 
day."  And all of a sudden she was inside another body.  She knew 
instantly it was his.  She feels the magic, singing in his blood, the 
energy and potential flowing through him as he walked down the 
street.  She felt the magic like it was behind a flood gate, waiting to 
become whatever he molded it into, as he walked around the corner.  
He sees his target and waves.  A small cute looking girl turns and 
smiles, waving back.  He walks up to her, arms open for an embrace, 
but as he aproches, Setsuna feels the flood gates begining to break.  
She also feels that He knows it as well, and he trys to stop it, bending a 
bit of his will into it.  But as the couple touch, the floodgate of power 
opens.  Setsuna felt like she was drowning in power, a feeling much 
like time travel.  She feels Him trying to stop the energy from draining 
her, to block the power, but to no avail.  And as the girls soulless body 
drops to the ground, Setsuna feels her heart start to break...  no His 
heart, the sadness was so intence that She was feeling it as well.  He 
picks up her body and gates to his basement.  She then feels the full 
potential of his magic, as he creates a rift, and brings out an energy 
stasis pod.  The sadness inside was seeping into her now, as he placed 
the body, ever so gently into the pod.  And as he closed the pod and 
stopped time around it, she was almost carried away by the sorrow.
	When Setsuna opened her eyes, He was gone.  Wiping a tear 
from her eye, she went to find her three time companions, Alex Michel 
and Hellen.

	Sitting in the cafe.  Daeore was enjoying a smale pile of 
pancakes and a cup of hot chocolate.  'Sigh.  I guess I found two of the 
others.'  He was sitting in the eating stall right across from the stall 
next to the window.  Sitting across from each other were two females, 
one about six feet tall, short blond hair, white shirt and blue jeans, and 
an almost handsome face.  The other was almost a head shorter at 
about five-six or so, with almost sea green hair, a white shirt and long 
blue green dress.  Both were talking quietly to each other about various 
things.  'Heh.  If only they knew that I am who they're after.  But since 
I felt them just before I got here, I altered and 'hid' a few things.  
Having them see the new bracelet I have would probably give me 
away.'  Daeore thought to himself as he looked into a spoon, seeing his 
mildly altered appearance, he had to chuckle.  His face now had an 
almost jolly look to it, as if all-is-right-in-the-galaxy-clever-enough-to-
hold-me was written all over his face.  And the illusion on his wrist 
covering the Braclet was too simple to discuss.  After he finished his 
stack, he asked for the bill.  He was sipping his hot chocolate when it 
arrived.  He paid in full, plus a generous tip, then continued to sit and 
drink.  'What am I going to do about these new Scouts.  If I don't miss 
my guess the tomboy is Uranus, and the other one is Neptune.  Damn, 
they should get less predictable names.  Now all I need is Saturn to 
show up.'  And he almost choked.
	A pair of people walked through the door of the cafe.  One 
was easily identifiable as Setsuna, with her long green black hair, and 
sad face, and the other was a short girl who looked about thirteen or 
so, but her eyes held the years of Setsuna in them.  Her shoulder length 
hair was a dark, almost black, purple, and she wore a deep purple body 
suit, with a black skirt and vest.  They both sat down and Setsuna 
begain to talk softly.
	'Wish it and ye shall get.  Damn.  Now I have to get all of 
there Tiaras.  Nine.  I must take it carefully though.'  And he begain to 
write a note on a napkin.
	A startled gasp came from the other table.  Neptune was 
holding up a mirror at an angle to Saturn.  Daeore could see his own 
shocked reflection in the mirror, his true reflection!  They all turned to 
look at the mirror as Neptune focused it on the Magi.  They all turned 
at once and started to get up, frowns on all there faces.
	"Shit!"  Was all he said, before he teleported with a Whoosh 
of air.  All that was left was an empty plate, a half filled cup, the bill, 
and a small napkin with some writing on it.
	Saturn picked up the note and read aloud.  "Dear Scouts of 
your respective planets.  Please do not take any offence at my actions.  
But I must take all your Tiaras, and free my Love.  D.D."

	Leaning agianst a wall, about a block away was the Magi.  
"That could have been unpleasent.  Oh well."  And he started to walk 
towards the next scout in the sequnce.


			Chapter Five.  The quest moves.


	Mina was walking towards the temple, alone.  'How can we 
defeat him.  He is just so strong.  But he looks so... Sad and lonely.'
	"SNAP!"  A twig is stepped on behind her.
	"What?  Who's there?!"  Mina said as she turned.
	Daeore was just standing there, hands in pockets.  "You know 
what I want."  His voice was full of conflict.
	"Why are you doing this?"  Artemis asked, fur rising on his 
back.
	"Because, if I don't, I'll never be able to forgive myself."  And 
he attacked.

	"Oh no!"  Lita said as the other four walked away from the 
school, "Mina is being attacked by Daeore!"
	"Lets go and help her!"  Ami said "Lead the way Lita."

	"VENUS CRESENT BEAM, SMASH!!!"  And for the first 
time, she missed.
	"Missed me."  Daeore said as he moved to one side, out of the 
beams way.
	"VENUS LOVELY CHAIN, ENCIRCLE!!!"  This time she 
didn't miss.
	"Ah."  Sarcasme dripped from Daeore's voice.  "Got me.  
Gosh, darnit.  What shall I do?"  The chain of hearts looped around 
him and held him tight, while Venus held one end of the chain.
	"HA!  Got you, you slimy freak!"  she said as she willed the 
chain to constrict.
	"Now now, one shouldn't call names."  He said as he freed his 
right hand.
	"Mina!  Look out!"  Artemis yelled, too late.  Daeore grasped 
the glowing chain.
	"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"  Mina was zapped as 
power flowed up the chain and into her.
	"Got you."  The Magi said as he walked forward.
	"Get away from her!!"  Artemis leaped at the Magi's face.
	"Este!"  Daeore said as he calmly caught the flying cat, who 
promply went to sleep.  "Now."  He bent over and took the Tiara.  
"The others are still a ways off.  I think I'll adapt myself now."  And 
he put on the Tiara.
	Yellow, heatless flame enveloped them both, as Daeore 
integrated the new matrix and linked it to Mars's.  The matrix now 
looked like a hollow ball with a piece missing.  As they both writhed 
about, Mina was starting to change back into her normal street 
apparel.
	As both of them stopped burning with the heatless flame, the 
Tiara was now becoming a bracelet on the Magi's left hand, repeating 
the process that Lita's had the first time.  Daeore got up slowly and 
went to the concrete wall.  He then places his hand on it and frowns.  
A slab of concrete seems to melt out of the wall, forming a bench.  
Gently he picks up Mina and places her on it.  Then he puts the 
sleeping cat on top of her stomach.  He frowns again and a note 
appears out of the air and lands on Mina, face up.  He then puts his 
hands together and slowly spreads them, and a dome of clear light 
surrounds Mina.  He then dissapears with a small Fooping sound.

	Minutes later.

	"He already got her."  Lita said, looking down at the prone 
body of Mina.  "But how are we gonna get her out of that bubble?"
	"Hey, look.  There is a note on her."  Ami said as she 
examined her friend.  "It says, 'Be you friend, speak my name and 
touch the dome.  Be you foe, the reaper sees you home.'  Thats stange."
	Slowly repeating the phrase in her head, Rei suddenly turns 
and says,  "Mina."  And touches the dome of light.  A small spark of 
energy arcs to Raye's hand and the dome disapears.
	"What?  Why would he do that?  Put her under that dome, I 
mean."  Serena asked, looking down at the peaceful sleeping forms of 
Mina and Artemis.
	"Probably to protect her from anyone else who came by.  Who 
knows what sombody would do with a sleeping helpless girl."  Rei 
said.  "And for some strange reason, I think that he doesn't want to 
really hurt us.  He has never used killing force, and now that we've 
seen him protect one of us from harm, I'm almost certain."
	"That's right.  But we should still try and stop him from 
getting the rest of the Tiaras."  Luna said, "He is definatly not one of 
your Negaverse monsters."
	"He's human."  Lita was looking very unpleased, "And I hope 
he hurts when I stomp him flat."

	"We were sitting right next to him, and we didn't ever 
notice."  Alex said as she clenched her fist angrily.  "How could we 
miss somthing like that?"
	"Because, he is not a monster.  He thinks like a human, acts 
like a human, and eats where humans eat."  Michel said hugging 
Alex's elbow.
	Hellen smiles for a second, "He even uses harsh language 
when surprised."
	"Not only that, he was magically altering his appearance, we 
wern't supposed to have seen him."  Michel stated.  Looking at the 
mirror, "If it wasn't for this, we wouldn't have."
	Out of the blue, the usually silent Setsuna speaks, "Still.  His 
perpose is noble, but it could lead to a very bad situation."  Raised 
eyebrows from the other three, as if calling for an explaination, "He 
has a vast amount of power.  He uses magic, as you saw, but when he 
was still fairly inexperienced with his ability, he did somthing terrible.  
And it almost blasted his soul when he did it.  And it almost blasted 
mine, when he showed me."  A tear wells up in her eye,   "He is trying 
to correct that mistake."  and she falls silent again.
	"He showed you?"  Hellen asked, but received no reply.
	"We must meet with the others and talk to them."  Michel 
said, as they walked around the corner, within eyesight of the temple.

	About a half hour later.

	Mina was being carried by Lita and Artemis by Ami as they 
walked up the steps to Raye's temple.  Both of the Magi's latest victims 
were still sawing logs peacefully.
	"Man, you have got to cut down on the snacks Mina."  
Complained Lita, as they got up the last steps and into the courtyard.  
"Sombody go get a pillow.  I'll just put her down here."
	Rei nodded and dashed into the common room, and emerged 
a second later with a pillow.  After placing Mina down, they all 
noticed the other scouts, standing ominously, a few feet away.
	"We were hoping you guys would show up.  We could really 
use your help with this problem we've been having."  Serena said, as 
she sat down on the porch beside Mina's feet.
	"He has already gotten a third.  This is not good."  Setsuna 
said, aparently ignoring Serena's coment.
	"Is she alright?"  Hellen asks as she steps up to Mina.  "Poor 
girl."
	"Ug, ah."  Mina opens her eyes, "I feel miserable.  Like I'm 
hollow inside."  Then she gasps, "I can't feel your emotions.  He took 
my ability away."
	"It seems to affect us all differently.  I can sence what he is 
doing, and give a rough guess where he is."  Lita said.
	"My future sence, is gone.  And now, Mina can't tell what 
we're feeling anymore.  That monster!  I'll get him for this."  Rei says, 
getting almost visably steamed.
	"And he seems to know where we are, too.  And who we are."  
Alex says, also becoming visably agitated.

	In the basement.

	'Sigh.  At least I finished a meal first.'  He turns in his chair, 
'That time traveler, very strange.  Not to mention the blond and green 
haired ones.  Time and death, earth and sky, water, and...  The other 
one's element I can put no name to...  Chaos maybe.  She looks so 
young, but I know for a fact that she has seen more years than me.  
Curious.'
	"Now lets find out what other spells I can weave with this 
new edition."  The new matrix appears in the air.  A face of intence 
concentration appears on Daeore's face as several of the strands flash, 
then a few more.  This goes on for a bit, the same strands never 
blinking twice.  All of a sudden a face of frustration crosses the Magi's 
face.  "Damn.  If only I had Ami's Tiara, I could build an almost solid 
defence against the others.  Guess I am gonna have to make do."  A 
crule smile passes over his face for a moment, "Until later tonight, 
when she goes to night school."

	Yes, and later that evening, when Ami was walking down the 
street to her night school class, Daeore decides to walk into her path 
from around the corner.  Ami stops about twenty feet away.
	"I am glad to see you Ami."  Daeore said, a warm smile 
appearing on his face.
	"The feeling isn't mutual."  Ami replies.  "I wish you would 
stop and leave us all alone, and restore my friends."
	"After I finish what I started, I'll gladly restore all of you.  I 
will restore you all uncondisionally."  The smile fades, "There isn't 
much to it.  But one thing surprises me.  You still haven't figured out 
that you still have power, without your Sailor abilities."
	'That's right!  I didn't see that.'  Ami thought.  'He did say 
somthing about that when we saw him at the library.'
	"That's right Ami.  You all can learn magic, even without 
your Tiaras."  Daeore smiles again.  "I'm surprised you only realized it 
now."
	"What!  You can read my thoughts?"
	"No.  The look on your face.  It gives away alot.  You would 
be terrible at poker."
	"Well.  Whatever, I'm not giving you my Tiara.  And thats 
the last of it."  Ami said defiantly.
	"I am going to get it.  Dispite the fact that your going to try 
and stop me."
	"I won't transform.  You can't get it if it doesn't exist on this 
plane of reality."  Ami stated.
	Daeore's voice sounds deeper, more distant as he speaks, 
"Magic is a power that exists on all levels, in all realities.  If you will 
not transform, then I will do it for you."  The Magi's eyes glow white, 
"IA-ANNON!!"
	Ami was now turing into Sailor Mercury, dispite the fact that 
she didn't use the change rod.  I seemed as if two images were being 
over lapped onto Ami's body, as she floated an inch or two above the 
ground.  One image, of her normal clothes, was being replaced by her 
Sailor uniform.  Ami looked terrified as this was happening, a silent 
scream of terror on her face.  The Magi's hands were glowing blue, as 
he concentrated intently on her.
	
	"WORLD SHAKEING!!!"  Uranus yelled, letting lose a blast.

	Daeore turned just in time to see the blast hit him full in the 
chest.  "AHHHH!!!"  he yelped as he flew into a nearby wall.  'No!  
Can't have the spell interupted!  It could do serious harm to Ami.'  He 
pulled himself out of the wall.  'Good thing I saw that blast in time to 
pull up a barrier.  Concrete can be very unforgiving.'  He looks at Ami, 
who is still hanging in mid air, but is now being zapped by black 
energy.  'Shit!!!  I have to stop the void from taking her into it.'  He 
instantly teleported to her.  He then brought both hands up and 
grabbed ether side of her head.  Instantly, a blairing white energy 
flashed in between them.  "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"  They 
both screamed as they both were blasted backwards, away from each 
other.  Ami skidded about fifty feet and came to a halt, and Daeore did 
almost the same.  Instead, he skidded until he hit Uranus, who grabbed 
him out of the air and tried to throw him, forcefully into the ground.  
Instead, Daeore slipped out of her grip after she stopped his flight, and 
landed on his feet.  He then grabbed the back of her head, "STUPID!  
STUPID!  STUPID!"  He yelled at her, puctuating each word with a 
forceful slap across the face.  "You could have just killed her.  You 
never interfere with a spell.  You could kill both people in the process!  
AHH!"  He then brought his hand to her midsection and let loose a 
force bolt, sending her skidding down the walkway.  And before she 
hit a wall the Magi brought his hand up and stopped her.  'I musn't 
hurt them.  Even if they try and kill me.'  He then put his hands 
together and "Fooped."  over to Ami's limp body.  "I didn't mean this 
to happen."  He bends over and takes the Tiara and places it on his 
head.  Instantly both of them are enveloped in a blue aura.  Ami 
moans quietly as she changes back to her normal clothes.  "There.  
This is getting much easier as I go along."  He closes his eyes for a 
moment, seeing the sphere of interlocked lines, hollow in the center.  
'Lines leading out and in.  Still five more to go.'  He looks down at 
Ami.  "This souldn't have happened to you.  But I will do what I can, 
and hopefully it will save your life.  But first."  He turns towards where 
Uranus's body is still lying, and glares.  Her Tiara floats off her head 
and makes its way to Daeore.  When he has it in his hand, he takes off 
Ami's Tiara, and forms it to his wrist, just above Mina's Tiara.  He 
then takes Sailor Uranus's Tiara and puts it in his pocket.  'Need all 
the energy I got left to fix the damage to Ami.'  He then puts both 
hands on Ami's chest, and concentrates.

	Ami felt like she was floating, in a void of nothing.  "What 
happend?"  She asked, with no reply.  She then felt as if she was being 
cut in half.  "Aaarrrggg!!"  But the feeling passed quickly.  "He..  He 
must have taken my power."
	"That's right Ami."  A voice says from behind her.
	"What?"  Ami turned to see Daeore, floating behind her, eyes 
glowing with power.  "Where am I, and what are you doing here?  
What am I doing here?"
	"You are inside your own mind.  I am here because you need 
my help, and you are dying.  I think that answers all three.  Now.  
What you just experienced was a tear in the fabric of this reality and 
the one your various items and accesories exist on.  The tear happened 
because Sailor Uranus interupted my concentration, and without that I 
could not keep the void from trying to take you into itself."  A sad face 
blurred itself onto the Magi.
	"I'm dying?  What happened?  How did you stop the rift from 
taking me?"  Yet another trio of questions escapes from Ami.
	"Yes you are dying.  And as the void tryed to take you, I 
managed to get to you in time to anchor you, so to speak, into this 
realm again.  The conflict of powers, let out a blast of energy.  I was 
prepaired for it, but you took the full force of the blast and skidded a 
good fiffty feet, before you came to a halt.  Your body is in a kind of 
'shock'."
	"How am I going to survive?"  Ami sounded, understandably 
worried.
	"I am going to help you release your magical potential, to 
counteract the blast, and restore some of your body's functions."  
Daeore raised both hands, "Now grab both my hands."
	A small spark jumped across there palms as she complied.  
"Now what?"
	"Look into my eyes and concentrate on my voice.  This is 
going to be tricky, and I need you full cooperation."
	"Ok."  And she focused on the two glowing points of the 
Magi's eyes.
	Daeore's voice seemed distant and had a slight echo, "The 
inner spirit, can be focused, like a beam of light.  The mind can be 
focused, like the lense of a camera, taking pictures of your life.  Magic 
can be focused, like the light of the sun, through the spirit, and out of 
the lense of your mind."  His eyes seem to get brighter,  "But to unlock 
the magic, you must find the key.  You must want to live, you must 
want the magic.  Find a perpose to your life, and shape it to your soul.  
Feel the need, feel the emotion.  Take your will, and command it!"
	Ami's face twisted into a grimace, as her eyes became more 
intense.
	Daeore started to glow with a soft green and red aura.  "Take 
your spirit, take your inner power, and control it!"
	Ami was now looking pure murder at the space between 
them, a bright blue aura began to wisp around her.
	"Take your being, and become it!"
	The aura around the both of them flared almost 
incandesently, and on Ami's forehead the symbol of Mercury blazed, 
brighter than the two auras.
	"Now that you have it, focus it inward, heal you body!"  The 
Magi said through the space between them, hands still clasped.  "Bend 
the energy and cycle it through your body.  Let it become part of you.  
Let the magic sing in your blood."
	Ami felt the magic, like a fountain of energy and strength, 
flowing through her heart, into her blood and then to every cell in her 
body.  "I feel it!  The power!  It's incredable!"
	"Good.  You have now unlocked your magic.  You are no 
longer in danger of dying, but you are now in danger of your new 
powers.  Try not to use them, and try not to get upset, or too 
emotional."  A satisfied smile spreads over Daeore's face.  "This is one 
thing that you lack knowledge about, Lady of flowing thought."  And 
he was gone.
	Ami looked at the space where the Magi had been.  She 
smiled, then blinked.


			Chapter six.  Wrong type of attention.

	"Huh?"  Ami opened her eyes, and looked into the faces of all 
the other Scouts.
	"How are you feeling?"  Lita asked, voice gentle.  "You had 
use worried there for a while."
	"Yah.  You've been out for two days now."  Mina said, as she 
looked at Ami.
	They all did there various, "I was worried, good to see you in 
the land of the living again."  Bit, and helped her sit up.
	"I was out for two days?"  Ami said, shocked, "But, how?"
	"Alex says that the blast you took looked pretty nasty.  It's no 
wonder you were out for so long."  Raye said.
	Ami suddenly remembers the talk She had with Daeore.  'It 
must have been really draining to unlock my magic.'  She smiles 
suddenly.  "I feel fine now.  But hungry."
	Alex walks up to Ami.  "I'm sorry."
	"What?"  Ami looks at Alex questioningly.
	Alex rubs a bruise on her cheek.  "If I didn't interupt his spell, 
you wouldn't have been put through that.  But now that he has my 
power to, I guess I paid for it."
	"No.  It wasn't your fault."  Ami says reasuringly.  "You 
musn't blame yourself."
	Lita gasps suddenly, and all eyes turn too her, "He's awake 
now."  Ami gives another patented quizical look.  "He's been asleep for 
the past two days too.  Right after I felt him absorb Alex's power, he 
fell asleep.  It seems my link with him is getting stronger, every time 
he takes a Tiara."  Lita winces suddenly, "And he is giving me a very 
ugly headache."
	Ami began smiling again, almost rapturiously.
	"What are you smiling about Ami?"  Serena asked, looking at 
Ami's blissful face.
	Setsuna looked at Ami's face and understood, "He gave you 
magic."  More a statement than a question.
	"No.  He gave me access to it."  Ami looked at Setsuna, "It 
feels like a blanket, all warm and comforting.  And the song it plays in 
me, like nothing you could compose."
	"I think she's flipped."  Serena said, with one of 'those' faces 
on.
	"No.  I can see it."  Michel said, as she looked in her mirror, 
angled to see Ami in it, "She has new lines of force running though 
her."
	"It feels good doesn't it?"  Hellen asked, in her small voice, 
"I've never seen you so happy looking."
	"RRRRGGGG!"  Lita was holding her head, "He's doing 
somthing strange.  My head feels like it's on fire."  And suddenly he 
head snapped up.  Looking straight ahead and in an almost toneless 
voice she spoke, "You of Water and Air are next."  And then Lita 
blinked, and slumped a bit.  "GET OUT OF MY HEAD YOU 
BASTARD!!"  Lita yelled.  She held he head and began to wimper.

	'Now that that is settled, lets take a good look at the new 
addition to the matrix.'  A projection forms in the center of the room.  
'It is shaping up nicely.  Hmmm.  Looks like a jem of some sort.'  The 
matrix now had Uranus's web added to the outside, totally 
encompassing the outside of the other pieces, linking with all of them.  
'I ought to be able get some pretty nice magic working here.'  And the 
network of lines began to randomly flash in groups.

	Mina, Ami, Rei, Serena, Luna and Artemis were sitting at the 
table in the common room.
	"So now he has five of the Tiaras.  This guy is starting to look 
unbeatable."  Artemis said.
	"We have to stop him.  If he gets all of them, we may never 
get them back, even though he says he can restore us.  It just doesn't 
feel right, letting him get our power."  Rei states, looking highly 
irritated.
	"Your right.  Who knows what he might do.  Power corrupts, 
and absolute power, corrupts, absolutely."  Luna quotes.  "If he gets all 
that power, and decides to keep it for himself, you will never get your 
powers back."
	"We should be out there looking for him now."  Mina says, 
"If we wait, he might have all his strength back when we fight him 
next."
	Outside, Lita is just recovering from the pain of the headache.  
"Why is he doing this to me?"
	"Maybe he is giving us a fair chance."  Alex said.
	"Yah.  He could be being a nice guy and make poor Lita's 
head explode."  Michel said giving Lita a glass of water.
	"He is waiting."  Lita says, taking a sip from the glass, "There 
seems to be somthing he is waiting for, though."  Another sip, then, 
"A monster!  He feels a monster!  It is coming from..."  Lita's eyes go 
blank fo a moment, "There!"  She looks directly in the direction of the 
library.
	"Lets go!"  Michel says as she gets up and pulls out her Planet 
Power Rod.
	"Wait!  If you go to fight it, he will take your power too."  
Hellen said, grabbing Michel's arm.
	"This is still somthing that the Sailor Scouts should deal 
with."  Michel said, shrugging off Hellen's arm.
	"Why don't we wait until Daeore gets there and beats up the 
monster.  Then he might be tired enough to take down."  Mina said, 
getting up.  "We know he won't hurt us, and will probably try to 
protect us if somthing snags.  It'll just tire him out more."
	"Alright.  Lets go and hide near the scene."  Luna said, 
getting up and starting to dash off.

	The Scouts, after there various transformation scenes, (Those 
who still could, any how.)  They arive at the library, and find Daeore 
already taking on, in what could be considerd, a very pretty lady.  But, 
this lady was naked from the waste up, had red batlike wings and a set 
of vampiric fangs.  They appeared to be just starting a conversation.
	"I want your souls, little man."  Said the Succubus.
	"I want your death."  Daeore replied calmly.
	"Never happen."
	"Fight ya for it."  And Daeore let out a fireball from his right 
hand.
	The demon dodged easily, and let out a fireball of her own.  
Daeore just swept it aside with his cape.  He then smiled, an evil, crule 
smile, full of hatred and malice.  A few dozen large icicles formed out 
of the air and sped towards the evil Succubus.  And though the demon 
dodged valiently, a few holes were put in her wings.
	"Daeore is really laying into that demon."  Mina said from 
there hiding spot in the nearby bushes.
	"He looks as if he is enjoying himself.  He doesn't look like he 
is tiring."  Artemis said, looking at the almost chearful face of the 
Magi.  "It almost looks like He's toying with it."
	"MARS FIRE SWEEP!!!"  The Magi lets out a tidal wave of 
fire, just missing the demon, who jumps into the air.
	"SHOCK CHAIN, EMBRACE!!!"  An electrified version of 
Mina's Love Chain attack, latches on to the Succubus's ankle, 
electricuting it it the air.  The demon screams, as it falls thirty feet.
	"UNFORGIVING EARTH!!!"  Daeore raises his right fist 
sharply, and a five foot spike flows up, out of the concrete.  He then 
yanks on the chain, and in mid-air, the Succubus is turned parallel to 
the ground, right over the spike.
	"UACK!"  was all the demon said, before it faded away into 
dust.
	Daeore raised both hands and gathered energy.  When he 
released it and brought his hands down sharply, all the damage done 
to the surrounding area was repaired, put back in to place, or cleaned 
up.
	"You will never get me."  Daeore said to the air.  "I will not 
let you blasted demons get what you want."

	"This guy is good."  Mina said.
	"We should attack now.  While he is distracted."  Hellen says, 
as she begins to stand.
	"No!  Look!"  Alex tugs Hellen down and points to a black 
rift, a few feet behind the Magi.

	"YOU KILLED MY MATE!"  a tremendous voice shouts as 
an eight foot human-looking male demon appears out of the rift.  
"YOU MUST DIE!  MY LORD AND MASTER COMMANDS IT!"  
A huge sword and shield appear out of the air.  The new threat then 
takes hold of both and advances.
	"Sigh.  Enter the boyfriend.  You don't have to yell."  Daeore 
says, before the huge sword catches him in the chest and bats him into 
the library wall.  He slides out of it and lands face down.  'Didn't even 
see that coming.  Good thing it hit me with the flat of the blade.'  He 
gets up to his hands and knees, a bit of blood coming out of his mouth.
	Lita all of a sudden got a distant look and stiffened, "I could 
use a bit of help Scouts."
	"What?"  They all turn and see Lita looking blankly at them.  
"Why should we help you?"  Rei asked.
	"If you don't, and if I die, you will lose your powers."  A 
grimace crosses Lita's face, "Besides, I am injured, and need 
assistance.  That is cause enough."  Lita then slumped.
	"I wish he would stop doing that."  Lita said weakly.
	"He's right."  Luna said, "We must help him, it is the duty of 
a Sailor Scout."
	"But he's such a creep, Luna."  Serena said in the usual 
complaining voice
	"It makes no difference."  Hellen said, getting up from the 
bushes, hefting her pike.
	"Yah.  He is fighting a monster."  Michel said, also getting 
up.

	The transformed scouts all jump out of the bushes, to see 
Daeore just getting shakily to his feet.
	"DIE, YOU LITTLE MORTAL!!"
	"Dead, scream."  a blast from Pluto's staff hits the monsterous 
thing in the back of its legs, sweeping them out from under him.  He 
falls to the ground with a crash.  Saturn then brings her pike down on 
its head, or trys to.  The dark knight moves its head aside at the last 
instant and leaps to its feet.  It then drops the sword and grabs Saturn's 
pikestaff.  Black energy flows up the pike, zapping Saturn, who 
screams in pain.  He then flings her, pike and all, towards the 
recovering Magi, who looks up just in time to catch her.
	'I must siphon the black energy out of her.'  Daeore places 
Saturns body on the ground and places a hand over her head.
	"NO!"  Lita gets up, but is suddenly pulled back down by 
Alex.
	"Don't interupt, he is casting a spell."  Alex says plainly.
	"Wait, he is waving us to go over there."  Mina says, 
pointing.
	The non-combatants charge over to Saturn's position.  "Take 
her to safety, that thing did a number to her.  If it wasn't for her pike's 
magic, she would be dead.  That thing is using leathal force."  Daeore 
says as they arive.  He then gets up and rushes back into the battle.
	Pluto was just bairly holding out against the things brutal 
swings, blocking with her staff.  "RUINESSE-ARDA-MAGIL!!!"  
Daeore shouts, a blazing sword appearing in his hand.  The demon 
turns just in time to catch the sword on his shield, and scream when 
Daeore's sword passes through it like nothing, cutting off the demon's 
arm.  The demon screams and brings his sword around to slice at the 
Magi.  But, seeing it coming, Daeore brings the sword in to block, and 
then throws the blazing sword into the things chest.  The sword sinks 
in, all the way into the hilt.
	Colapsing to its knees, the demon falls to its one hand, "I'LL 
BE WAITING FOR YOU IN HELL, SHADOW HEART!!"
	"I think not,"  Daeore looks right at Sailor Moon, who was 
being helped up by Neptune.  "If you would do the honours."
	"Blinking a few times, she then realizes what he said, "Oh!  
O.k."
	"MOON SCEPTER, ELIMINATION!!"  The demon screams 
out his final breath before getting dusted.  "Ha, got him."
	Neptune and Daeore were facing each other, a few feet apart.  
Both trying to stare the other down.
	"You know what I must try to do."  Daeore said sadly.
	"Yes."  Neptune says, as she pulls out the Soul Mirror.  "I 
must try to stop you.  But why did that thing call you Shadow Heart?"
	"It is the translation of my first name."  Daeore raises both 
forearms, and the bracelets come off and float in the air.  He then 
removes his cape, "A Hand-to-hand contest.  No tricks, no magic, and 
no biting."
	"Agreed."  Neptune said, taking off her Tiara.
	"It's a trick!  Don't do it."  Serena says, pulling at Neptune's 
arm.
	"No it's not."  Says Lita, "I can feel his sincerity.  He is 
compleatly honest about this."
	"En garde!"  Daeore and Neptune both drop into a fighting 
stance.

	They stand apart.  Focusing on each other.  Waiting.  Daeore 
smiles and charges, left arm hooked for a clothesline, right arm 
reserved for defence.  Neptune reacts by stepping to the side at the last 
moment and throwing a kick at the Magi's ribs.  He grabs the foot and 
trys a kick of his own, going for her head.  She ducks under the kick 
and, with her foot still held, jumps and kicks Daeore in the back of the 
head.  Falling forward, releasing the foot, the Magi goes down and 
rools.  He gets up just in time to block another kick aimed at his 
stomach.  He swipes the foot aside and throws a punch, which is 
grabbed.  Neptune gasps as she is pulled forward and grabbed under 
her left shoulder, picked up and swung in a tight arc, into the ground.  
She gasps again as the wind is knocked out of her.  He lets go and 
backs off a few steps, as she struggles to her feet.  He stands at the 
ready until she recovers her breath.  They both rush each other and 
exchange blows.  It's Daeore's turn to gasp as she knees him squarely, 
lifting him right off his feet.  Lita also folds over as Daeore stumbles 
and lands on his duff.  Neptune steps back and waits as the Magi 
slowly unfolds himself, and gets up.  He shakes himself out a bit and 
drops back into a fighting stance.  Lita on the sidelines, is also 
unfolding herself and being helped up by Pluto.  Neptune rushes and 
does a jump kick, aimed at the Magi's neck.  The Magi ducks and 
screams, as he spins in a 180 and just as Neptune hits the ground and 
turns, he plows a fist right into her sternum (The spot just above and 
between her breasts, just under the neck,).  Somthing cracks as the 
punch connects, and Neptune goes down.  When she doesn't move for 
about ten seconds, Daeore drops his guard.
	"AWWWW, JEEZ!!"  He yells suddenly, grabbing his right 
hand, which was turning a nice colour.
	"Is she alright?"  Mina asked.  "She isn't moving."
	"She'll be okay."  Daeore said, still holding his blue knuckles, 
"She is just stunned.  I hit her pretty hard."  He turns and replaces the 
two bracelets onto his wrists.  He then walks over to Alex, "May I 
please have that?"  He points at the Tiara.
	"Here."  Alex hands it over grudgingly.  He accepts it and 
then walks over to Lita.
	"I'm sorry about that, but your friend kicks like a mule."  Lita 
says nothing.  "Let me do somthing for you."
	Before Lita could react, the Magi grabbed her hand.  "Hey, 
leggo!"  A green glow surrounds them both, energy whisping off of 
them.  "What are you doing?"
	"The link we share transfers thoughts, as well as pain and 
emotion.  Any damage done to me, is also done to you.  So I'm just 
healling those nasy little sores on you hand, and releving the damage 
from that hoof I recived."
	"Why?"  Lita asked, gasping slightly from the tingling feeling 
coming from all over her body.
	"You know I bear no ill will towards you and your troop of 
friends.  I only want to borrow your power for a bit and correct 
somthing that I did a long while ago."  The glow increased as the 
power flowed between them.  The others just stood there, 
dumbfounded.
	"What about the monsters?  I knew you were waiting for 
them.  But how did you know?"  Lita's voice was strained slightly.
	"I am now a very noticable person.  Almost all of your powers 
are focused into one spot, constantly.  It attracts unwanted attention."  
Daeore begain to sweat slightly, "The demons have a way of draining 
a person of energy and adding it to there maximum level of energy 
storage, like one plus one equals two.  The energy storage that I have 
gained by capturing your Tiara's is rather fenominal.  And when I 
have all of them, it will be near limitless."  Daeore smiled, "And 
done!"  the energy winked out.
	"We will stop you."  Lita said with a smile.
	"I hope not."  Daeore smiled back.  "Now, watch."  He put on 
the Taira.
	Everyone gasped as he glowed a sky blue, as did Neptune.  He 
began to float a couple of inches off the ground, as Michel changed 
back into normal clothes.  The energy winked out suddenly, and the 
Taira formed around his left wrist.  On his left he had Mina's, Ami's 
and Michel's Tiaras, and on his right arm he had Lita's Raye's and 
Alex's.
	"Inside of me, I now have a matrix of lines."  as Daeore 
spoke, the image of the matrix appeared above his head,  "This matrix 
has many lines of force and energy, which can store huge amounts."
	"That looks like the Silver Crystal!"  Luna said as she looked.
	Daeore looked down at the black cat, "That is the reason that 
Sailor Moon has it.  All your different matricies fit together and form 
into a shape that has almost infinite storage capacity.  She is the focus, 
and she alone holds the core of the pattern."
	"Sailor Saturn is still hurt."  Rei said, listening to Hellen's 
breathing, "She sounds like she is dying."
	Saturn was lying on the ground, head in Mina's lap, sounding 
like death was just waiting to swing the scythe.
	"I'm not going to help her."  Everyone give the Magi a 
withering look.  "Ami is."
	"What?"  Ami gasped, "I don't know the first thing about how 
to use magic."
	"Yes you do.  You did it to youself."  Daeore walked over to 
the still form of Michel.  "Come here and watch."
	Ami walked over to the Magi and knelt down as he did.  He 
took one of Ami's hands, and placed the other over Michel's sturnum.  
"Ami."  Ami heard the voice in her head, clear as a bell.  "Look with 
your eyes, but push the magic into them first."  Ami tried, and 
attempted to push the magic into her eyes.  "No, don't force it, ask it.  
Like flexing a muscle."  She tried softer this time, like blinking her 
minds eye, and when she opened her eyes, she saw lines of energy, 
thin as a spiders web, extending from Daeore.  "You are now seeing 
the power that we all have inside of us.  Though we all have it, very 
few people can use it to do things outside of there bodies.  Now look at 
the lines that I use, as I heal your friend."  She followed his lines to 
Michel's chest, and saw that Michel's matrix, was dark, like it was 
tarnished.  "This is what an unconscious porsons pattern looks like.  
The darker it is, the worse it is."  The lines from Daeore glow, and 
Michel's pattern brightens.  "Let energy from yourself osmose from 
high concentration to low concentration."
	Michel's eyes begain to flutter as she was restored.  "There 
you go Ami.  Now you try it on the little one."
	"But what if I fail?"  Ami sounded worried
	"Practise, confidence and imagination.  The three golden 
words in magic use.  Imagine a use for it, have confidence, and 
practise until you can do it correctly."  The Magi picked up his cloak.  
"Now, look at your lines, connect them to hers, and let energy level off 
between you."
	Ami sat down next to Hellen and placed a hand on her head.  
Daeore watched as Ami dropped a line to Hellen and let energy into 
her.  The lines inside of Hellen brightened up as Ami cocentrated 
intently on her.  And as Hellen stirred, Daeore walked away a few 
steps.  "Good.  This concludes your first lesson."  He turned to face all 
of the Sailors, "Your next lady of time."  And he was gone.

	Somewhere dark.

	"Soon.  My ultimate plan will come to fruitition.  And I will 
be the strongest being in existance."


			Chapter Seven.  Final steps.

	"Well my flower..."  Daeore stroked the smooth amber surface 
of the stasis pod.  "You will be free, and then I will be able to teach 
you magic."
	He suddenly looked out of the basement window, it was near 
sunset, 'The bond that Lita and I share, is very strong.  And now it 
gives somthing away...  Pluto is looking for me!'  the Magi smiles, an 
almost sad thing, 'I'm sorry you betrayed your friend like that Lita.'
	'I'm sorry to.'  An almost ghost like voice sounds in his mind  
'But I think I want you to succeed.  I can bairly tolerate your sadness.'  
The voice of Lita is clear now, 'I don't know how you can still be sane, 
with all that grief.  Every time you sleep, your dreams seep into my 
mind.  I'm sorry about your Lady.  Is that her?'
	Daeore's face is totally shocked, 'Yes.  You can hear my 
thoughts, see through my eyes, and feel my pain.  This is truly 
incredible.  When did this start happening?'
	'A little bit after you took my Tiara.  After I woke up, I had a 
faint impression that somthing else was there.  Thats how I was able to 
tell what you were going to do, and how I knew where you would be so 
I could kick you that one time.'  embarasment came through the bond, 
causing the Magi to blush, 'Sorry about that.'
	The Magi chuckled, actually happy, 'That's quite alright.  So 
what do you think of my Lady?'
	'Kinda short.  But cute.'  Surprise came through, 'Your feeling 
happy!'
	'Yes I think I am.'
	'That is the first time I've ever felt you sincerly happy.'
	'Must be your charm.'  He sent soothing feelings to Lita, 'I'm 
sorry, but I do have work to do.  I hope to talk to you later.'
	'But...'
	"Sorry Lita.  But I can't have you in my head for at least an 
hour or so."  The happyness faded, "Pluto is next."

	Pluto stood on a rooftop, in the middle of the commercial 
district, waiting.  She gripped her staff lightly, looking at the 
spectacular veiw.  Dispite the hight, there was no breeze, not even a 
whisper of a wind.
	"Hello."  Pluto says as she turns around.
	In the shadows, a silver dragon floats.  "Hello Lady of Time.  
Nice view."
	"This city is very nice.  But nothing compaired to Crystal 
Tokyo."  Pluto states quietly, looking back over the edge.
	"Yes.  But you know what I must take from you."
	"But you fear it."
	"Yes.  I do fear it.  The temptation that your power would 
give me, would be exponetial."  Daeore stepped from the shadows and 
stood beside Pluto.  "If I go back, and change things, I could disrupt a 
great many things, even destroy time.  But I will not, must not.  I have 
come so far and done too much to even attempt that sort of stunt."
	"But you still fear it."  Yet again, more a statment that 
anything else.
	"Just as you do."  The Magi turned, "I know why your face 
rarly sees a smile.  Your power gives you the power over time, but 
leaves you no time to do anything with it.  You came back to stop me, 
but now you are helping me bring the full puzzle together.  If it wasn't 
for you, Ami wouldn't have her magic potential released.  And I can 
see other things happening to the scouts, things that won't happen 
unless I help them along."
	"Yes.  This is true.  I need the others to be stonger than they 
are.  A powerful enemy is approaching in the future, and the others 
will not be able to handle it.  You have begun to augment there 
powers.  Ami can now teach the others to unlock there magic."  Pluto 
turns and looks directly at the Magi, "For this I give you my power.  
You have helped me save the future."
	Daeore takes the Tiara and looks at Pluto.  "You are giving 
me your power without a fight?"
	"The moment you put that on, you must learn how to hold 
time constant around you."  She takes a step away from the edge of the 
roof, "Or you will be lost."

	A pillar of purple light comes from a distant roof top.  Sitting 
on the porch of the temple, they all look up, Rei, Ami, Mina, Alex, 
Serena, Michel, Hellen, Lita, Luna and Artemis.  All of them see the 
fluxuating pillar of purple energy, blazing into the sunset sky.

	Both Daeore and Setsuna are panting on there knees, facing 
each other, faces covered in sweat.  Deaore now has three Tiaras 
around his right wrist and four on the left.  They both get up slowly, 
using the staircase wall for support.
	"Your power is very taxing Pluto."  the Magi stands straight, 
"That was worse than my first Tiara."
	"You are very skilled.  It takes a very trained mind to learn all 
the control time demands."  She opens the door to the stair well.  "And 
my name is Setsuna, Daeore."
	"In that case, Setsuna.  I thank you.  Let me take you back to 
the temple."  Daeore stepped up behind Setsuna and wrapped his cloak 
around her.

	The Scouts didn't know what to think when they arrived, both 
wrapped up in the same cloak, looking almost cozy.  Daeore released 
Setsuna from the cloak, stepped back, bowed, and was gone.

	After a long sleep, and doing other various morning things, 
Daeore looked bright and almost cheerful, until he looked at his wrists.  
He looked long and hard at them, four on his left and three on his 
right, all sparkling in the light of his basement.  Feeling the matrix 
that he had pirated from the others made him feel like a wretch.  'The 
sacrifices we make for happiness.'  He concentrates on the air in front 
of him, and a glass of hot chocholate appears.  'Well, at least I can 
enjoy a nice drink while I begin to create the two ultimate spells I've 
been working on.  Then I can go after the little one and Sailor Moon.'  
The image of the near compleat matrix filled and illuminated the 
room.  And as before, lines began to flash inside.  More order showed 
itself as the strands pulsed.

	"So he took your power?"  Luna asked, "You seem unhurt."
	"I gave him my Tiara."  said Setsuna, causing the other scouts 
to gasp.
	"Why?  If he gets them all who knows what he might do."  
Rei says, looking angrily at Setsuna.
	"His perpose is noble, and he was able to handle the power of 
time."  Setsuna looked haggard, like she had gone to hell seen the 
sights, and came back.  "He is strong."
	"But why haven't you gone back to your original time?  Now 
that you have lost your power, you should have gone back, right?"  
Alex asked, wonderingly.
	"Yes, but he has taken on all of the resposibility that I had, 
including me staying outside of time."  She sat down on the porch.  
"He is using some of my strength to keep me here, but that is 
unavoidable."
	"Why would he keep you here?  He has your Tiara, what else 
could he need you for?"  Michel asked, not really expecting an answer.
	"He is creating a spell," Lita responded, "I feel it through the 
bond, the spell is incredibly strong..."  Lita's eyes unfocus, then, "Yes, 
I'll let you."  She says, apparently to nobody.
	"Thank you Lita."  Lita's voice sounds more automated, "She 
is only partially correct.  I am working on two spells actually."  A 
pause, as Lita/Daeore look at all the scouts.  "One is the spell I intend 
to use to heal my Lady.  The other involves all of you.  And I cannot 
work it without you, Setsuna, that is why you are still here."  Lita 
stands up and looks around again, "The nightmare is almost done.  
And I ask you all to meet me at the bridge, tommorow after dark.  
There I will ask Sailor Saturn and Sailor Moon to lend me there 
Tiaras, and then you can watch me restore my Lady's soul.  Then I will 
return all your Tiara's and restore your powers."
	"What about Me and Mina?" Rei asked, "What about our 
inate abbilities?"  Rei asked.
	"You lost them?  I didn't know."  Lita held out both index 
fingers and pointed to Mina and Rei, "Pull my finger."
	Gaping at the lame joke, they complied, gasping at the spark 
Lita gave them both, and the brief flair of Lita's symbol on her 
forehead.  "That should do it."
	"Ami, have you been practising?"  Lita looked at Ami.
	"Yes!  I want to show you what I can do."  Ever the teacher's 
pet, Ami pulled out a fifty yen piece and held it in her palm.  "Watch,"  
She looked at it, as if to melt it in her hand, and it begain to float in 
the air, moving slowly, but moving all the same, by itself. "See.  I can 
move it with my mind."  Ami's voice started to shake, "It's difficult to 
do though."
	"Your trying too hard.  It's like flexing a muscle.  If you force 
it you waste effort."  Lita said.  "Oh, well I guess I should let you have 
your body back.  Thanks again Lita."  And he was gone, leaving Lita 
standing in the middle of the others.
	"That was wierd."  Serena said, "What does it feel like, being 
connected like that?"
	"Strange.  But I kinda like it."  Lita's eyes sparkled, "Like a 
friendly person sitting next to you all the time."
	"So he's a nice guy?  It doesn't bother you at all?"  Mina 
asked.
	"Well...  He is really sad most of the time, but now that he is 
near his goal, he is much happier."  Lita said.
	"That's good.  At least sombody is happy.  I don't like giving 
in without a fight."  Alex said, anger bleeding through her voice.  "It 
just goes against the grain."
	"We gave it our best shot.  And... HEY!"  Lita began to 
twitch, "Stop that!"  She was twitching violently now, "That tickles!"  
She was roling around, trying to fend off the invisible hands that were 
tickling her.  "No fair!  That's cheating!"
	"What is happening?"  Serena asked.
	"The Magi is proving that he is in a better mood."  Smiled 
Setsuna.

	Daeore was smiling jovailly.  Everything was going right.  He 
didn't have to fight the last two scouts, his two big spells were lacking 
only two pieces, and he was tickling Lita.
	"Ha, take that Lita."  He laughed.
	'I'll, heh heh, get you, hehe, for that!'  Lita thought across the 
link.
	He stopped his mental tickling, 'Yah?  I DARE ya.'
	'Ok.'  Said Lita.
	'What?  Huh?'  He felt his ribs being poked and prodded.  
'Hey!'  And he broke up laughing.  A full laugh, empty of tears and 
bitterness.  'Cut that out!'
	'Not a chance!'  Lita continued mercylessly, until Daeore 
started tickling her again.
	'Hey!  Now lets see who can out tickle who!'
	This lasted for about ten miuntes or so, when both of them 
finally colapsed.


			Chapter Eight.  Focus, and Final.

	They all stood on the bridge, looking at the Magi, who was 
sitting on a steel girder in the middle of the deserted bridge.  He was 
smiling that All-is-well-in-any-galaxy-clever-enough-to-contain-me 
smile.
	"Hello various people of your perspective planets."  He stands 
and bows, "You have all made this posible, dispite the hook or crook 
methods I used."  
	This drew a few frowns, "Stop bragging."  Alex said.
	"Sorry."  He turned to look at Saturn, "Will you give me your 
power willingly?"  The Pikestaff was instantly under his chin.
	"No.  You must get past my pike.  You must be found 
worthy."  She said quietly.
	"I understand.  Test me then."
	She holds the pike out in fromt of herself.  "Take the Tiara.  
If you can."
	Daeore takes a step forward, and instantly meets resistance, 
the mighty power from the pike slowing his progress.  He takes 
another step forwards, and is met by more resistance.  Sweat pours 
from his forehead as he takes his third step.
	'That canopener of Hers is putting out huge amounts of 
resistance, every time I go forward.'  The Mage stops moving forward, 
and closes his eyes.
	"Do you give up?"  Saturn asks.
	"No."  Daeore moves forward again, almost at a crawl, 'The 
more I put into my movements, the more I'm resisted, so I'll just put 
little amounts of energy into my movements.  Just enough to move.'  
He takes another step forward, and another.  He then reaches up and 
places a hand on the pike.  The resistance imidiatly disapears.  Daeore 
falls to one knee and bows his head, "Do I earn the right to use your 
power?"
	"Yes.  You have passed my test."  Saturn takes off her Tiara 
and places it on the Magi's head.  Both flair purple, as the power is 
transferd.  When it is done, Hellen faints and Daeore catches her.  He 
frowns for a moment and a pillow appears on the ground, right next to 
the girder that the Magi was sitting on.  He places her head down on 
the pillow, and conjures a blanket to cover her.
	"So powerful, yet so frail."  Daeore said as he covered Hellen 
with the blanket.  "Now.  Sailor Moon.  May I have your power?"
	As Daeore took a step forward, a rose flew across his path.  
"You must get past me first."
	Daeore looks up to see Tuxedo Mask, standing on one of the 
bridge's archways.  His new opponent leaps down and lands between 
the Magi and Sailor Moon.  "You must not have all there powers."
	"Tuxedo Mask, you finnaly showed up."  Sailor Moon said, 
somwhat vexedly, "We could have used your help earlier against him."
	"Sigh.  Enter the boyfriend."  Daeore rooled his eyes skyward, 
"You are connected with Her, aren't you."  Not waiting for a reply, 
"You would do anything for her, to keep her safe, to make her happy, 
wouldn't you?"
	"Yes.  She and I are destined to be together."  He said, "That 
is why I must stop you."
	Daeore's voice boomed, "You CANNOT stop me."  Daeore 
suddenly had a flaming sword in his hand, "I have come too far to 
have you, or anyone stop me.  And unless you want to have your, 
destiny, severly altered, you will move, and allow me to take her 
Tiara."
	The air seemed to thicken with tension, all the others, save 
Hellen, had gathered around to see what was going on.  Lita was 
shaking her head, as if she knew what was going to happen.
	"I will not move."  Tuxedo Mask said defiantly.
	The sword disapeared, "Then I will make you understand..."
	"No!  Don't do it!"  Lita shouted, but it was too late.  With 
blinding speed, the Magi was all of a sudden holding Tuxedo Mask's 
head, by the temples.  A blue glow radiated from them, as Lita 
screamed, holding her head.  The others watched, as The Masked Man 
screamed.
	Lita was in agony.  All of the bad dreams she felt from 
Daeore were nothing compaired to this.  The true images from that 
cursed day, all the pain, heartbreak and misery, blasting into Tuxedo 
Mask's head, and hers.  She stopped screaming once the images 
stopped, the Magi having noticed that the link was functioning too 
well, closed it off.  She still held her head, as if to take the images and 
shake them out.  Daeore was still holding his opponents head though.
	All of a sudden the aura winked out and Tuxedo Mask fell 
limply to his knees.  "Now you understand."  A nod from the downed 
hero, "Will you let me pass?"  Another nod.  "Thank you."  Daeore 
helped him to his feet and Mina and Rei supported him, as Daeore 
walked towards Sailor Moon.  "May I have your power?"
	Sailor Moon nods and takes off her Tiara, "You have earned 
it."  She places it on his head and an aura of yellow surrounds them 
both.  "You now have all our powers.  Use them with care."
	The aura flickers out and Serena is left in her normal clothes, 
only the locket remains of her Sailor outfit.  Daeore wraps Saturn's 
Tiara around his right wrist, and leaves the ninth Tiara on his head.  
The compleated matrix appears in the air, shimmering and glowing 
with power.
	"Both my spells are compleat."  He notices that Serena's 
locket had opened.  "That crystal.  It's the same as the image of the 
finished matrix."  He looks intently at the locket, failing to knowtice 
the dark portal forming fifty feet behind him.
	All the Scouts look as a huge body comes out of the portal, 
crackling energy all around it.  The Magi sees all the awed faces and 
turns around himself.

	"THANK YOU SHADOW HEART!"  The hurculine demon 
said happily, in a huge deep booming voice, "NOW I CAN BECOME 
THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN EXISTANCE!"
	"Who are you demon?"  Deaore yelled, "And why do you call 
me that?"
	"I AM LORD ALUCARD.  LORD OF MANY DEMONS, 
RULER OF THE FIFTH LEVEL OF HELL, AND HOLDER OF THE 
ABYSSIAL KEY.  I HAVE DIRECTED YOUR LIFE TO SOME 
EXTENT, AND I AM NOW ABLE TO REAP THE HARVEST."
	"How have you directed my life?  I have never sumoned any 
demons before."  Daeore said, as he checked the spell he had prepaired 
for this particular occasion.  'Lita!  This could be bad.  Signal the 
others to line up behind me.  Not in any order, save that Serena must 
go behind me.'
	'Right!'  Lita responded promptly.
	"I HAVE DONE A FEW THINGS TO MOTIVATE YOU, 
SO YOU COULD GAIN ENOUGH ENERGY TO BECOME 
SOMTHING MORE THAN A SNACK.  AND NOW THAT YOU 
HAVE TWO SOULS, ALL THE TIARAS AND NINE REALLY 
STRONG SOULS WITH YOU, I CAN DRAIN YOU ALL AND 
BECOME ALL POWERFUL."
	"So you killed Lotile.  You caused the magic to take her 
soul."  Daeore looked like he was about to explode.
	"YUP.  AND NOW YOU ARE THE PERFECT SOUL.  YOU 
NOW HAVE ALL THE POTENTIAL ANY ONE PERSON CAN 
HAVE.  AND YOUR MINE FOR THE TAKING!"  The demon 
started laughing.
	"YOUR GONNA PAY FOR THAT!"  Daeore was in a rage.  
He was glowing with power, his eyes red and flashing.  The Tiaras all 
flashed as he let out attack after attack.
	"ICE SHARDS!!!"
	"FLAME SHEET!!!"
	"ELECTRIC ARC!!!"  The demon was just laughing.
	"SHOCK CHAIN!!!"  More laughter.
	"YOU ARE TRULY PATHETIC!  THOSE ATTACKS ARE 
JUST SO LAME, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TELL YOU IT 
TICKLES."  Gales of evil laughter eminate from the demon king.
	Daeore turns around, "Serena, hold up the crystal!"
	"Wha?"  she says.
	"Just take the crystal out and hold it above your head."  The 
Magi says, as he looks at the rest of the scouts, standing in a line, from 
one end of the bridge to the other, all save Hellen, who was still 
asleep, behind the girder.  The Magi then yells, "Scouts!  Use your 
strongest attack!"  All the Tiaras flash as Daeore sends a beam of 
energy into the Silver Crystal.  The energy refracts and a different 
colour beam enters each scout through the forehead.  "STRIKE!!!"

	"MECURY, ICE STORM!!!  BLAST!!!"
	"MARS, FIREBIRD!!!  STRIKE!!!"
	"VENUS, METEOR SHOWER!!!"
	"JUPITER, THUNDER DRAGON!!!"
	"DEEP SUBMERGE!!!"
	"WORLD SHAKING!!!"
	"Dead Scream!"

	As each attack hits the demon's hands, it is pushed back.  
Some of the attacks spill over or through his hands, slamming into his 
great chest.  The Demon was left smoking after the attacks stopped.
	"YOU WILL DIE SLOWLY FOR THAT YOU INSOLENT 
HUMANS!!!"  The Demon roared, looking beaten, but not near 
finished.
	"Fight you for it." Was all Daeore said as he turned and 
raised his hands.
	"SCOUTS!!!  GIVE ME YOUR POWER!!!"  All the symbols 
of the planets flaired on the scout's foreheads, as a different colour 
beam shot back into the Silver Crystal.
	Daeore raises his arms above his head, and beam of pure 
white light shots into the armbands, causing an almost incandesent 
radience to eminate from them.  "YOU WILL PAY FOR KILLING 
MY LOVE!!!"

	"PLANITARY, ELEMENTAL!!!  STRIKE!!!!!!!!!"  A huge 
blast of chaotic energy erupts out of the two armbands, enveloping the 
Demon and searing it with the pure rage and elemental magic the 
scouts and Daeore pumped into it.  The Demon screamed in pain as he 
was being disintegrated.  Daeore screamed all his rage and fury into 
the night, increasing the power of the blast.
	'You killed my love, manipulated my life and made a 
mockery of me.'  All the memories of his pain came to the Magi, 'All 
the pain and suffering I have gone through, is All Your FAULT!!!!'  
And the beam erupted into a second pulse, totally disintegrating the 
Demon.
	"NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo..............."


			Chapter Nine.  Resolution and Restorations.


	All the scouts, as well as the Magi were panting on the 
ground, sweating profusly.  All the energy they had used to destroy the 
Demon had left them all drained.  Darien, was helping the scouts over 
to sit on one of the steel girders, near the still sleeping form of Hellen.  
Daeore walked over to them and smiled weakly.
	"You all did wonderful."  They all managed a wan smile.  
"And now, I am going to revive my beloved."
	Taking a deep breath he sommoned up the stasis pod.  In it's 
amber interior, rested the still form of Lotile.  The Magi walked up to 
the sleeping body of Hellen and shook her gently.  "Hey little one.  I 
need your help."
	After a grumble or two, Hellen stood up and joined the others.  
"I need all you scouts to form a circle and hold hands.  Dispite the fact 
that I have all of your powers, I still need you here as part of the spell.  
And after the first part of the spell is done, your Tiaras will be 
replaced, and your power restored."
	They all formed up, and held hands.  Darien stood outside the 
circle, watching the Magi.  Daeore stood next to the bubble and raised 
his hands.  An erie glow of red and blue wisped off of the Magi.  
"Focus your energy into me."  He said as all the scouts started to glow 
with there appropriate colour, and the symbols flashed on there heads.  
"Ah!!"  Daeore gasped as a ball of red and blue energy pulled itself 
from his body.  The soul floated in the air a moment, then streaked 
into the body of Lotile.  The pod disapeared and Lotile floated to the 
ground.  She was breathing, and full of colour, her life force restored, 
but asleep.  Daeore then raised his forearms and all the Tiaras returned 
to there original shape.  They all floated to the proper scout and settled 
on there foreheads.  Sailor Moon's Tiara then lifted off of the Magi's 
head and settled down on Serena's.  The planet symbols flair again as 
all the scouts change into there Sailor outfits.
	Daeore colapses on the ground, gasping with the strain, "You 
all now have your powers back, as promised."  And he fainted

	When he awoke, he opened his eyes to see all the scouts, and 
the cats, looking down at him, as well as Lotile.  Never had he seen a 
better sight, in his entire life.
	"Your awake!"  Lotile said, "I'm so happy your alright!"  All 
smiles and cuteness radiated from her.
	"Yah!"  Lita said, "you've been out for a week!  We thought 
you were in a coma."
	"We must be going."  Setsuna stood, as did Hellen, Alex and 
Michel.  "We just had to make sure you would wake."
	"See ya!"  All the others said as they started towards the door.
	"Bye, Lady of Time."  Daeore said quietly, causing Setsuna to 
turn.  
	"Fair travels."  She smiled, almost brightly at him, and then 
was out the door.

	All the scouts gave there comments on the things that went 
on, as well as there thanks and other things, as Daeore and Lotile 
walked arm in arm down the temple steps.  Lita and Ami smiled, 
knowing that they would both hear from them again.  One for 
teaching, and the other for there bond, which was still intact.  'See you 
later, Daeore.'
	'Count on it.'  And all the happiness in the world were in 
those thoughts.


		The End





	Credits and other such stuff.

	I give many thanks to the legendary J.R.R. Tolkien.  For his 
elvish words, which I used in the story every so often.
	I also give thanks to my friend and token black guy M.A.D.  
As well as my fiance, for being the poor souless victim at the begining 
of the story.  I also give many thanks to the creator of Sailor Moon.  If 
I could remember her name I would put it here.



	If you would like to comment/critisize/suggest/flame me, go 
right ahead, I DARE you to.  If you would like to see Daeore Dermigil 
(Translated, Daeore = Shadow-Heart, Dermigil = Dark-Blade) appear 
in another story with the Scouts, say so.  And If you want to publish 
this, say that too.


	By: Elric Lawry, The Dragon Knight.

Finished:  Friday, August 29, 1997.

	Email
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