Chapter Nine: Kidnapped!                                     



"I can't believe those guys are leaving me alone tonight. Oh well, as long as they are happy." Usagi grumbled as she walked down the street, on her way to find Mamoru. She casually looked ahead and saw three figures approaching her quickly, "I wonder who that is."

As they got closer and stopped in front of her, she blinked at the three Sailor senshi, and Super Sailor Neptune drew in a sharp breath, "Are we glad we found you."

"Really? Why?"

"The Priests. They attacked us and the Shadow senshi in the woods. Did you know that the Priests are the Shadow senshi's clones?" Super Sailor Uranus asked with an annoyed look in her eyes.

"Uhm, yeah. But how do you know?"

Figuring as much, Super Sailor Uranus shook her head and ran her fingers along a cut on her arm, "They lost their hoods when they used their power up. You can't believe how much stronger they are now."

Letting out a nervous chuckle, Usagi looked around for a moment and blinked, "Where are the Shadow senshi?"

"Yes, the Shadow senshi. They finally went Super and are back fighting the rest of the clones. They're really cocky and even, after the Priests left to kidnap the others, they stayed to fight the clones instead."

"Kidnap the other senshi?!" Usagi yelled and got a look of worry on her face. Super Sailor Uranus nodded and dropped her arm to her side, just dealing with the pain.

"Yes, we need to find the others before the Priests do."

"Well, Ami went to the library, Minako should be home and Makoto and Rei are at Mako's place." Usagi said and prepared to transform into Super Sailor Moon, "We've got to hurry, before the Priests show up. They won't know it's them!"


"Well, I'll see you later Rei." Makoto said with a smile and waved to Rei. Rei just gave her a wave back and started down the hall to the elevator. Closing the door slowly, Makoto looked at a clock and blinked, "Oh, Kage will be here anytime." A cool breeze came in from the window and she shivered a bit, heading towards her closet, "Little cold out there tonight. Better wear a sweater." She pulled a sweater over her head just in time to hear a thud on her balcony, and make her face break into a smile, "It's about time, Kage!" She ran over and opened the door, but a shadowy figure stepped into her apartment and sent a chill running up her back, "Is that you, Kage?"

"Of course it is." Senso said and stepped into the light, his grayish skin catching her eye first. He had a light smirk on his face and she couldn't figure out what was different about him, aside from the pale color of both his skin and his hair.

"You look terrible. Are you feeling all right?"

Placing her hand to his forehead softly, she was shocked at his reaction when he shoved her hand away quickly, "Yeah, just fine."

Although his behavior and appearance were rough, she still smiled weakly and turned towards the kitchen, "Maybe you need something to eat." To her surprise, he grabbed her arm and pulled her to him, smiling bitterly and even hurting her a bit.

"No, all I need is you."

She turned her head a bit from him and winced, not liking how he was acting tonight, "Kage, you're starting to hurt my arm."

"Oh, don't worry, I'm gonna hurt much more than your arms." He replied and started walking towards the balcony, dragging her along with him. Grabbing his wrist, she tried to pull her arm away from him and was terrified at how tight he was holding her. She looked to him with wide eyes and spoke in a scared tone.

"What are you doing?"

"Stop struggling! You'll go where I take us!" Senso roared out and turned around, striking her across the face so hard, it disorients her for a moment. Throwing the stunned girl over his shoulder, Senso scowled and lifted off into the air, "You're lucky you put that sweater on. It's cold in the mountains right now."


Rei was walking home slowly when a figure appeared behind her, making her stop in her tracks. Feeling the presence behind her, she whipped around to see who it was, but the figure was gone. She looked around silently for a moment, then turned to leave, but walked right into Kiga. As she stepped back a little, her eyes fell on his face and she stuttered out a name, "Yami?"

"Well, he even lets you call him by that name. You must be very special."

"Who are you? You look like Yamito but, you don't feel right." She stepped back a bit and stared at him in disbelief, which made him smile evilly. Her instincts were telling her to get away from this person, but that face made her stay just a bit longer.

"Who am I? Well, since you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives together, you should know who I am. But it does hurt that you don't recognize me even after we've fought against each other." Kiga quipped lightly and held his hands out to his sides as he started to advance on her.

Stepping right along with him, she held up a hand to warn him away and narrowed her eyes, "What do you mean? I've never seen you before."

"Well, maybe not without my cloak and the other Priests. I thought you would remember when I attacked you and Sailor Mercury in the theater."

Her eyes widened a bit and she choked out the words, "Priests? You are....."

Amused that she would figure it out, he bowed lightly as he advanced and even laughed a bit, "Kiga, at your service."

In the Midst of her shock, she fumbled with her henshin wand as she tried to pull it out, "You look just like Yamito."

"No!" With a blur of movement, Kiga was right in front of her and grabbed her wrist, "We'll have none of your Sailor foolishness until I say so." She struggled against him but he turned her around into his arms, holding her tightly.

"What? Are you afraid of me?"

Getting ready to lift off the ground with her, he smirked heavily and bit out the word, "Hardly."


"Kurai?" Ami asked as she walked into the library, and found a someone with a book in front their face. She was sure of who it was and approached him, smiling happily as she held her bag in front of her, "What are you reading?"

"'Deadly Diseases'. It sounded promising, but not anywhere near as good as I thought. No pictures." Byoki said and placed the book down on the couch next to him. He smiled up at her darkly and she stopped in her tracks, staring down at him.

"You look very strange."

Rising to his feet, he eyed her with a pretend frown and shook his finger, "That isn't a very nice thing to say."

"Are you feeling all right?"

"I feel a tad ill, to be honest."

Feeling a bit uneasy around him, she set her bag on the couch and looked at him in concern, "Perhaps you're catching something. Maybe it's time to see a doctor, Kurie." She couldn't get over this feeling that something wasn't right and felt this unnatural urge to step back.

"You're right, it is about time, Sailor Mercury."

She blinked and looked at him slowly, confused at what he was calling her, "What?"

"About time for me to kidnap you."


"Sailor Venus? Yoo whoo?" Shibo said as he walked into her room slowly. He was easily able to fool her mother and peered around, flicking some strands of hair from his face, "Where are you, girl?"

"Sailor Venus? You never call me that." Mina said as walked out of her bathroom in with her hair all tied up and in a nightgown.

"Eyah! What's with your hair?" He yelped and jumped back, looking at her with a funny look on his face.

She blinked and tilted her head, not amused at his reaction at all, "I tied it up. You said you wouldn't be over tonight because of late training, baka. Besides, you're one to talk, bleach boy."

Looking at his hair, she smirked lightly and he scowled at her, "Hmph, bleach boy? I like your hair down better." Raising his hand up, it glowed softly and made all of her hair-tie glow slightly. It suddenly sprung out of her hair and let her hair fall down around her shoulders, "There, much better."

She was startled at his behavior and huffed at him, shaking an angry fist in his direction, "What do you think you're doing? Have you truly lost it, baka?"

He slowly walked to her and stared at her with empty blue eyes, grinning wickedly, "Dear, sweet Venus, you have no idea."


Super Sailor Moon and the other Sailor senshi met up on an empty street corner and looked between them all, hoping for some good news. Super Sailor Moon looked to the others and held her breath, "Did you find any of them?"

Super Sailor Uranus shook her head and huffed, looking towards the mountains, "Where are those blasted Shadow senshi?"

"You have a big mouth, Sailor Uranus. It's amazing you haven't been found by the police yet."

They all looked to see Super Shadow Mars land lightly on the ground and smirk at her, soon followed by the rest of the Super Shadow senshi. Super Sailor Uranus clenched her teeth at the sight of him, and Super Sailor Moon looked at him with a blink, "Is that you, Shadow Mars?"

"Do you always ask questions that have the most obvious answers, odango?"

Super Shadow Mars eyed her smugly and the other laughed a bit behind him. Her mouth dropped open a bit but Super Sailor Neptune interrupted and hugged herself lightly, "These are the Super Shadow senshi, the biggest jerks on the planet."

"You're just mad 'cause I almost blasted you, buncha whiners." Super Shadow Venus said with a large grin on her face.

"You are the Super Shadow senshi?"

They all eyed Super Sailor Moon once more and Super Shadow Mercury put a finger along his chin for a moment, "Let me put in a way that you may understand. Yes, we are. Now, are you still confused as to who we are, Ms. Moon?"

Taking back at how cruel they were, Super Sailor Moon dismissed the fact for the moment and held her arms out to her sides, "Ugh, the Priests have kidnapped the other Sailor senshi! What are you going to do about it?"

"I suppose we could always do nothing." Super Shadow Mars said flatly and made Super Sailor Moon's jaw drop once more. Super Shadow Jupiter shook his head and stepped to his side, punching his palm softly.

"Hell no, this a good reason to go beat 'em to a pulp. I say we go find them and take our girls back!"

"I can sense them headin' towards the mountains. What say you to going and beating them?"

"Yeah! I'm with Jupiter. Let's go show 'em what's up!" Super Shadow Venus agreed and looked to Super Shadow Mars as well. Shrugging his shoulders lightly, Super Shadow Mars turns and starts to leave when Super Sailor Moon holds her hand out towards him.

"Wait! What about us?"

Stopping in his tracks, he turned his head and looked at her with a vicious glance, "What about you?"

Blinking at the glare, she rubbed the back of her neck softly and spoke in a quieter tone, "Eh, you guys need to take us too. We have to save them."

"Do we look like a taxi service?"

"What's wrong with you, Yamito? You're acting all crazy."

That didn't go over well with Super Shadow Mars and he started to walk towards her aggressively, "Crazy? Crazy is to sit there and slander us with insults."

The other Super Shadow senshi grinned at him as he advanced on her, but she just stepped back and stuttered, "What are you doing?"

A dark flash set in his eyes, his voice became very cold as he tilted his head a bit, "I've hurt people for much less than what you just did." The others started to go to protest but the other Super Shadows landed between them. Super Shadow Jupiter grinned wickedly and leaned on Super Shadow Mercury lightly, speaking in a taunting voice.

"Where are you goin'?"

"Yamito, please! The Priests are getting away with the others and you are mad because I called you a name?" Super Sailor Moon kept backing away from him and held up her hands in front of her.

"Maybe we'll take care of you first, and then take care of our clones." A rose suddenly struck the ground near his foot and they all looked to find Tuxedo Kamen on a street lamp. His cape flowed out behind him in the breeze and he pulled out another rose, speaking in a booming voice.

"Why are you attacking the Sailor senshi? The Priests are escaping with their friends. You four are becoming as much of an enemy as the Priests."

"You made a fatal mistake throwing that rose at me." Super Shadow Mars said and turned his head a bit to talk to the others, but his dark eyes remained on Tuxedo Kamen. "Mercury, bring the masked man down here with us." Super Shadow Mercury grinned and held his hand out, his triad appearing in it. Turning to the street lamp, he hurled the weapon into the air and it sliced the lamp post out from under Tuxedo Kamen. Taking a bit by the speed of it, Tuxedo Kamen fell from the lamp and barely managed to land on his feet. The triad slapped back into Super Shadow Mercury's hand and Super Shadow Mars stared at Tuxedo Kamen as he stood straight, "You'll be my first clay pigeon."

"Wait a sec, Mars. I hate to be a party pooper, but I owe him one. Cut him a break, okay?" Super Shadow Jupiter said and looked at Super Shadow Mars with a blink.

Super Shadow Mars looked to him coldly, then to Super Sailor Moon with a sigh, "Fine, the masked man lives. And you, Sailor Moon, make a good point though. I don't want to go into their lair to fight them, so we need to catch them now." He eyed Tuxedo Kamen one last time, then turned back to the others and gestured for them to leave the others alone for the moment. As they gathered around him to talk, Super Sailor Moon walked to Tuxedo Kamen and looked over him worriedly.

"Who are they?"

"The Shadow senshi. They've changed. They told me they get this way if they go Super, but I didn't think it would be this bad."

The Shadows broke from their group and faced them all. As the others looked at him, Super Shadow Mercury stepped forward and cleared his throat, "We've decided to take you with us. Don't be happy, the only reason is that once we find the Priests and kill them, we don't want to go through the process of finding you all again."

"How kind." Super Sailor Neptune said blandly and looked to Super Sailor Uranus with a concerned look. Super Sailor Moon just looked at Super Shadow Mars with a betrayed look in her eyes, stepping a bit closer to Tuxedo Kamen in the process.


"Well, looks like the others have gotten their dates as well." Shibo said with a dopey grin and landed by the entrance to the Priests' lair. He dropped Minako to her feet and shoved her forward towards Ami, Makoto and Rei. Seeing them there as well, she ran over to them and let out a breath of relief, if only for a moment. Turning back to the Priests, she looked to Shibo with a hurt look in her eyes.

"Why are you doing this, Suteki?"

"That isn't Suteki, it's Shibo. They're the Priests, the clones of the Shadows senshi." Rei answered with an angry voice and silently vowed to hurt Yamito for not telling her that small detail.

Kiga clapped loudly and stepped forward, a sinister smile on his face, "Very good Sailor Mars, you've figured it out. Too bad you can't do anything about it." By this time, Makoto had taken all she was going to and suddenly ran at Kiga, her arms raised in a stance to attack. Before she could reach them, however, a flash of energy sent her skid back along the ground, though she did manage to stay on her feet.

"Not so tough without your little sticks, are you?" Byoki said and held up Sailor Mercury's henshin stick, tauntingly waving it back and forth. The other Priests handed the other senshi's henshin sticks to Byoki and clutched all four of them in his hand. To the girls' dismay, he turned around quickly and hurled the sticks towards the rock wall, apparently to shatter them against the stone.

Seeing their ability to transform headed toward destruction, Rei stepped forward and watched with shock in her eyes, "Oh no!" Instead of shattering against the wall, however, the sticks disappeared into the rock wall and rippled the image a bit, though returned back to normal quickly.

Wishing she had her visor, Ami winced at the obvious deception and eyed the rock wall for a source or boundary, "It's a hologram of some sort."

"Oh, don't worry, Sailor Mars. We want you to still be able to transform, only when we say." Senso said dryly and laughed a bit to himself, something the girls didn't like at all.

"This little illusion is just to keep unwanted guests out of our realm. It's a portal to our stronghold and you will be going there shortly." Kiga explained and waved his hand towards the side of the mountain. The rocks suddenly started to melt and move, slowly becoming a swirling portal of matter and energy.

While the other Priests enjoyed their moment of triumph, Byoki stared off towards the city and twitched, "I sense a massive energy force coming right towards us, Kiga."

Kiga and the others looked off towards the city and blinked, which gave the girls new hope. Cheering loudly and setting her hand on her hip, Minako gave the Priests a confident smile and a wink, "Looks like we won't be going with you after all. That's the Sailor senshi and the Shadow senshi coming to kick your butts."

With a look that deflated her smile, Kiga looked back to the girls and grinned, "This will be fun."


The Super Shadow senshi landed lightly on the ground near the portal and proceeded to throw everyone off them, ending the quick flight they provided. Super Shadow Venus tossed Super Sailor Neptune to the ground harshly and rolled his neck, "Ride's over." With help from Super Sailor Uranus, she rose to her feet, along with the others, and all glared angrily at the Super Shadow senshi.

However, before flared words could be exchanged, Kiga appeared in the air above the portal and opened his arms to them all, "Welcome to our humble abode, soldiers. Pity you can't stay long. I'm sure your friends will miss you all." As everyone looked down from him to the portal, the other Priests stood holding the other senshi tightly. The girls tired to say something to them all, but the Priests muffled their mouth with their hands and smiled vicously.

Super Shadow Jupiter looked over them all with a grunt and stepped forward, cracking his knuckles as he looked up to Kiga, "Save the welcome, punk. We're here to do some housewrecking."

With nothing more than a smirk in return, Super Shadow Jupiter was about to bark some more threats, when Super Sailor Uranus stepped in front of him and smirked, "Let the others go or you'll be sorry." Super Shadow Jupiter didn't take to kindly about her move and clenched his fists, and it only seemed to amuse the Priests even more. Slowly floating down to the others, Kiga landed softly and shook a finger at her.

"Tsk tsk, such tempers. A pity you won't get any where near us. We have a small gift for you."

"Your heads on a plate?" Super Shadow Mars said coolly from behind all the others and stared at his twin coldly. Although most were used to his demeanor by now, Super Sailor Moon stared at him with a blank stare, still so intrigued by his apparent way of doing things and how he acted.

"You four are losing you touch. I thought you would have sensed it by now. What say you, Mercury?"

Super Shadow Mercury's brow furrowed a bit as he blinked, though he never caught on to what he was implying. Super Shadow Venus had a more vocal response however, "What, your overwhelming stench?"

Although it went over well with Super Shadow Jupiter, the Priests just smiled wickedly and Byoki eyed his twin for a moment, "Funny, but no. How about this, Mercury? Sense it now?" Above the Priests, a huge glowing claw came out from the portal and dug into the ground in front of them, shrouding them from the rest of the senshi. The Super Shadow senshi stared at the claw with a terrified look on their faces and the Super Sailor senshi just watched for the first time as an Omega Monster slowly started to emerge from the portal. The beast pulled itself free of the portal and towered over them all, its slightly human figure nothing more than a shadow made of pure energy.

Super Sailor Moon winced in terror and bit at her fingers through her gloves slightly, "What is that thing?"

"It's an Omega monster." Super Shadow Mercury said with a weak voice and took a step back, staring up at the creature with pure terror in his face, "The most powerful one I've ever sensed."

Kiga looked very amused at their expressions and laughed, then turned towards the portal, "Play nice, now. Oh, and Tuxedo Kamen? I must say you really do look like him." Tuxedo Kamen blinked at his words, but the rest of the Priests carried the four girls into the portal. Kiga lingered a moment and eyed Super Shadow Mars, then laughed lightly and disappeared into the portal as well.

Super Sailor Moon turned to the Super Shadow Mars and did a nervous dance, yelling at him loudly, "You remember you said you would tell us how to destroy one if the time comes? Now would be a good time!"

"Our only chance of defeating it just walked through that portal." Super Shadow Mars said flatly and looked to her slowly, his dark eyes full of turmoil and stress.

"What?"

"Odango atama! The only way that we know of is to weaken it and make one of the Priests touch it, then he will absorb all of the energy back into him." Super Shadow Jupiter yelled at her and looked to the monster. She never looked to him, however, as her eyes stayed on Super Shadow Mars and was silent in his expression.

"Well, why don't you four just blast it back to where it came from? You are the greatest fighters in the universe, remember?" Super Sailor Neptune said with a light smirk and eyed Super Shadow Venus a bit.

"Not even us and Super Shadow Moon together destroyed one. They are too strong!"

Super Shadow Venus looked at the monster as it started to move towards them in a slow, but sure pace to destroy them. As the senshi all readied to fight, Super Shadow Jupiter lunged from the ground and headed straight for it, unsheathing his sword in the process, "But that won't stop us from trying! I'm gonna turn you into chop suey!" As he arrived at the monster, however, it effortlessly slapped him out of the air with a spark of energy at the impact. His body went sprawling through the air and finally crashed into the woods, taking down trees as he skidded out of sight.

Without a word, Super Shadow Mars burst out of the group and let out a loud yell, the monster turning his attention towards him. "Come on!" Super Shadow Venus yelled and followed after him. Super Shadow Mercury reluctantly stepped in to follow, then shook his head and charged full speed after him. Even as those three began their assault on it, the monster easily fended them away and gave a glimpse into the seemingly eventual winner of this fight. Even as Super Shadow Jupiter returned from the woods to help, the Omega Monster was defeating the four Super Shadow senshi with no great effort.

"Ugh, I can't sit here and watch him die. With friends like him......." Super Sailor Uranus growled and rushed in to help as well, assaulting the creature with a World Shaking attack. The attack just absorbed into the body of the Omega Monster and kept assaulting the four. Not to be daunted, she charged in to attack as well and soon found the other Outer senshi along with her.

"We need to help them, Tuxedo Kamen." Super Sailor Moon said with a scared voice, but was answered by a ghostlike figure that appeared in front of her, dressed much the same as the Super Shadow senshi. His piercing blue eyes looked at her with a bit of sorrow in them and a long, single tail of blonde hair ran down his back. A moon with a sword was embedded in it is on his outfit and he looked to her with a light smile on his face.

"Hello, Sailor Moon. It's an honor to finally meet you."

She blinked at him and stared into his blue eyes, not getting who he was for the moment, "Who are you?"

"I am Tsukino Sentaku, otherwise known as Shadow Moon. I am your counterpart in the Shadow senshi's dimension. You and you alone are able to destroy this monster, Sailor Moon."

She gave Tuxedo Kamen a quick glance, then looked back to him with a blink, "How?"

"You have another power up. You must change into Eternal form, a feat I myself was never able to achieve."

"You think I can destroy that thing by myself? But you couldn't even destroy one with the other Shadow senshi and they're a lot stronger than I am!"

He smiled lightly at her, a gleam in his eyes that was once lost showing through once more, "You're immortal flaw, self doubt. Trust me, and yourself, Usagi. Become Eternal, and save your friends." His image slowly faded from their sight and she looked to Tuxedo Kamen with a scared look. She always found it unnerving that it always came down to her, but a warm smile and a nod from him made her feel a bit more confident. With a smile and a nod in return, she quickly transformed in Eternal Sailor Moon and faced the Omega Monster reluctantly.

"You're in the way of us saving our friends! You're trying to destroy us and I'm here to stop you! I'm Sailor Moon and......"

"Just shoot the damn thing already!" A voice yelled to her and she looked to Super Shadow Jupiter standing up angrily and glaring at her. With a sheepish laugh, she turned back to the monster and used her Eternal Tier to fire a beam of energy into the creature. It stepped back a moment and tried to block the beam with its monstrous hand, but with little effect. The monster was reeling back in pain and she continued to keep her energy strong, but eventually her beam starts to dim a bit and the monster found the strength to fight back once more.

"I.....can't....do it." She stuttered and started to weaken, her blue orbs closing slightly. The Omega Monster couldn't block her beam just yet, but wasn't weakening as fast as she was. Soon it would have been able to mount an attack, if not for the others abruptly joining in.

"Pluto Planet Power!" Super Sailor Pluto yelled and another beam of energy fired into the monster, making it roar in pain.

Soon, the other senshi were joining also and adding their own energy to the fight, "Uranus Planet Power! Neptune Planet Power!"

"We almost have it!" Super Sailor Uranus yelled and strained with her own beam, starting to feel the drain on her now. The monster was reeling back, but all of the Sailor senshi were starting to tire. Tuxedo Kamen looked over to the regrouping Shadow senshi and pointed to the others, yelling passionately to Super Shadow Mars.

"You need to help them!"

Super Shadow Mars slowly looked up from a deep cut on Super Shadow Mercury's arm and stared at him silently for a moment. Super Shadow Jupiter brushed some dirt from his shoulder and smirked at him, "No, we don't."

"What kind of senshi are you? And to think, those girls love you that much, and you would turn away from them because you're too weak to defeat this monster. You disappoint me, Shadow Mars. I thought you were a great leader, until now." Without another word, Tuxedo Kamen turned and ran back towards the others, to help them somehow. Super Shadow Jupiter scoffed and looked to Super Shadow Mars with something to say, but was surprised at the look on his face.

"We can't keep this up forever!"

Eternal Sailor Moon winced heavily and her beam started to dim, making her blue eyes press closed in exhaustion, "Feeling so weak."

"Mars Shadow Power!"

Those same eyes shot open to see Super Shadow Mars directing a beam of his own at the monster, adding to the beast's pain. Soon, the other three stood up next to him and started to gather their energies as well, "Jupiter Shadow Power! Venus Shadow Power! Mercury Shadow Power!" The three beams hit the creature hard and knocked it to the ground, making the stone under it crack and splinter under its power. All of the senshi now had full beams hitting the Omega Monster and Tuxedo Kamen yelled at Eternal Sailor Moon loudly.

"Finish it, Sailor Moon!"

"Moon Eternal Power!" The yell came loud and powerful, as did the huge blast that traveled down her beam and hit into the Omega Monster. It shrieked loudly and the huge mass of its body began to break apart in front of them, shattering until there was nothing left of it. All the senshi fell to the ground weakly and Tuxedo Kamen ran to Eternal Sailor Moon and helped her to her feet.

"Well done, Sailor Moon." Super Shadow Moon said quietly appeared before her once more.

"Did we finish it?"

Super Shadow Moon nodded slowly but had a saddened look on his face, "Yes, but this was just the beginning. The Omega Master will be waiting for you inside, and that beast was nothing but a gnat compared to him. This is why I must ask you a favor. Use your Ginzuishou on my friends. Free them from their darkness, if only a small amount.

She looked to the stirring Super Shadow senshi and blinked, then looked back to him, "What do you mean?"

"The only way I could control myself in my Super form was with help from the Ginzuishou. I hope the same can be done for them."

"I'll try. Crystal Power Kiss!" A soft beam from her Eternal Tier consumed the Super Shadow senshi, until each of them started to glow softly. Super Shadow Moon pointed his hand at them and made them glow even more, changing them back into normal Shadow senshi. As they slowly stood up and shook off the effects of defeating the Omega Monster, they noticed their clothes had changed and slowly looked up to see Super Shadow Moon.

Super Shadow Mars stared at him with a freed expression, like he didn't need to act cool anymore. As the others stayed silent, he spoke in a tone that Super Sailor Moon would have never expected to hear from him, "Sentaku? Is it really you?"

Smiling warmly to his friends, Super Shadow Moon nodded once, "Yes, Yamito. It's good to see you again." Super Shadow Mars walked forward slowly and stared, not believing he was seeing what he was. Reluctantly, he raised his hand up and waited a moment. The ghost smiled a bit and reached out as well, taking his hand lightly and letting him know it was really him. While the Shadow senshi were speechless, and Eternal Sailor Moon stared at the two in shock, Super Shadow Moon spoke once more in a serious voice, "Yamito, I've returned you to your normal Shadow form. The next time you transform into Super Shadow senshi, you will have almost complete control, thanks to Sailor Moon. But wait a while before going Super, your bodies have to adjust to the new control you have." Not wanting to let him go Super Shadow Mars slowly became as he usually was, and nodded bitterly to his friend. Calling over his shoulder, but not looking away from Super Shadow Mars, Super Shadow Moon addressed Eternal Sailor Moon as he began to fade away, "I hope you care for you friends as much as I care for mine, Sailor Moon. The Priests' lair is full of danger, and you're lives will be put on the line. I fear the Omega master has grown too powerful for even the Ginzuishou to defeat."

"What can we do then?"

His image finally faded into the air and left her with his final words, and also left Super Shadow Mars's hand to close coldly into the air, "Combine the two Ginzuishous. Then, let your heart be your guide."

"How can we do that? Don't leave!"

"We will get the four fragments back from Priests and join them with your Ginzuishou." Super Shadow Mars said bitterly and let his hand fall back to his side slowly, closing his eyes slowly. Even as he was silent in his remorse, the others began to notice the different in themselves.

Shadow Mercury looked down at his hands and closed them slowly, "My dark side is suppressed. How is this possible?"

"We are going to save the others. This ends now." Super Shadow Mars said and opened his eyes slowly to Eternal Sailor Moon slowly. She looked back to him and sighed lightly, feeling she understood him just a little bit more now. With a light nod, she looked over to see the other Sailor senshi joining them and feeling recovered after the battle, "Yeah, let's go. The others need us." With a nod from the others, she and Tuxedo Kamen turned and entered the portal slowly, wishing they knew what laid on the other side. Shadow Jupiter eyed Super Sailor Uranus for a moment, then closed his eyes and followed them as well. Shadow Mercury followed after him and then Shadow Mars, who stopped next to Shadow Venus and whispered something to him, then disappeared into the portal.

Turning to the others, Shadow Venus stood in front of the portal and rubbed his head a bit, "Yamito said to thank you for being great allies. The time we got to spend training with you was really fun, ya know? The fact is, this planet can't be left without soldiers, so don't take this personally, okay?" Before any of them could speak, a bright flash of light surged from Shadow Venus's hands and had a unique effect of them. The light suddenly made them collapse onto the ground and lie there unconscious. Looking down at them for a moment, he brushed his hair back from his face and sighed, looking to Super Sailor Pluto in particular, "I wish I coulda tried on your stuff, Setsuna. I wish I coulda done a lotta stuff, but I guess the life of a soldier before the life of a human. No need for all of us to die, yeah?" With a bitter laugh, he turn and his hand glowed with a dull energy. As he walked through the portal, he flicked his wrist and released the energy, destroying the energies that created the portal, and sealed them to whatever laid before them.
                                                             
    

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