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Black Moon and Silence
Chapter 4 - Loss
Most of the members of Team Nemesis were walking Hotaru home after Angerona soundly trounced Sailor's Uranus ad Neptune. Some of the group was commenting on how easy the battle had been, but Cologne said, “No, I think not. Young Ranma here took them by surprise. She hit them with a blast of high power and then immediately went into melee combat. I don't think they were ready for such speed or hand to hand prowess. The next time we see them they will likely start firing off their magical attacks immediately and with impunity. That will make things much tougher. Plus, there is that green haired one who rescued the other two. We know nothing of her or her powers. In addition, they may not currently be allies with Moon, but our presence may just convince them of the need.”
Kaede, Miya, and Aiko groused a bit, but they seemed to understand. Nabiki said, “Well at the very least we'll be seeing some more funds soon. That should help us with training supplies, plus the news tonight will highlight our or I should say Vesta's recent efforts at Furinkan.”
Nabiki paused for a moment and then said, “Also I've been thinking that we shouldn't introduce our alternate forms as “Sailor” anymore that way we can keep people identifying the title of “Sailor” with Moon and her allies.”
Ranma nodded and said, “I like that idea.” Then she motioned Nabiki over and said, “Nabiki can you do me a favor when we get to Hotaru's house?”
Nabiki looked at the young girl and said, “Sure Neko-Chan what do you need?”
“I want you to use Vesta and check the place out, I'm a bit concerned for our young friend.”
Nabiki nodded and said, “Why not just let her keep Ivy's communicator and then I might be able to rig it for some type of surveillance with the visor Vesta gave me and some help from Neherenia's magic.”
Ranma smiled at that and said, “Thanks, that's an awesome idea, maybe while you guys are at it you can you make another communicator for Ivy?”
Nabiki motioned to Kaede and tossed an object at the girl saying, “Catch!”
The tall black haired girl caught the object, saw what it was and said, “Thanks!”
The female cat girl just shook her head and said, “How could you have made that so quickly?”
Nabiki walked closer and whispered in Ranma's ear saying, “I had Neherenia make extras knowing how violent your battles could get.”
Ranma praised Nabiki again and then she could practically smell the pheromones wafting from the brown haired girl. It was all the cat girl could do to just concentrate on walking straight. Luckily Hotaru's house was close by and the group goodbyes allowed Ranma's higher brain to gain control again.
The streets had seemed almost deserted and the group had not thought anyone would have been able to listen in to their conversation, but little did they realize that indeed another being had been listening to their conversation.
As they were getting close to Hotaru's house Mistress 9 sent part of her consciousness over to speak with Kaolinite. “Hotaru is coming home; quickly make sure that the laboratory downstairs is shielded from detection.”
The red haired witch nodded and said, “Very well, but why?”
“She is coming with people who could destroy this place if we are not careful, people who should be watched by one of the other witches and when they have gone their separate ways Daimons should be sent to gather their heart crystals.”
Kaolinite nodded and waited near the door. Outside the young black haired girl was saying her goodbyes to Team Nemesis and then she opened the door and walked in. Once Hotaru was inside and changed for bed she went downstairs to see her father. There she was met by Kaolinite who smiled and said, “Hotaru dear it's time for your medicine.”
The young girl hesitated and Kaolinite stared at her with glowing eyes and in a hypnotic voice said, “I insist dear. Now take your medicine.”
Hotaru still hesitated a bit the voice of Mistress 9 spoke to her and said, “Take the cup.” Her hand moved of its own volition and Hotaru observed herself take the glass and drink the medicine and then there was blackness.
Mistress 9 finished giving orders and then fell into unconsciousness. Soon after that Hotaru woke up and Souichi carried her to her bed. As he carried her up and tucked her in he realized they needed more heart crystals to complete the Daimons that Mistress 9 had requested and he wondered which innocent person would die to grant life to his creations and how much the stain would add to his damnation. As he was leaving the room Souichi Tomoe glanced at locket on his daughter's dresser. She hadn't worn it in a few years, but he knew what was inside.
He stepped over to the dresser and picked up the locket. His hands opened it almost of their own volition. Inside the locket was his picture and that of his deceased wife. In addition there was a single chestnut brown lock of hair. He touched the hair and then he was about to close the locket when he saw a small diary and a pen on the dresser as well. Without much thought he ripped a single page from the diary, wrote a quick note and then put it in the locket. Then, he put the locket down and walked out of the room making himself forget everything about the locket and his note. His potential salvation depended on forgetting that.
When Souichi arrived downstairs He was going to mention that there was currently a lack of Heart Crystals to Kaolinite, but before he could do that Kodachi fell through the door. The Daimon that was once her brother was by her side, but its hands and legs were missing and it was cracked in numerous spots. Souichi was quite sure that it was destroyed and its mistress seemed to fare little better as she was battered and bruised as well. In fact Souichi noticed that her hip was very obviously fractured he was trying to figure out how the girl was even walking in the first place.
Kaolinite stared at the girl as well and then she cursed and said, “I suppose you didn't retrieve any heart crystals.”
The gymnast winced in pain, but took out five crystals saying, “Here are a few, I would have gotten more, but that Chinese harridan found me and attacked using that horrid blue power of hers,” more mania came to the Gymnasts voice as she continued, “She was using a Chinese sword this time. Can you believe the audacity; she actually brought a bladed weapon into school with her! Then she had the nerve to summon my Ranma darling into combat with my brother dearest! What a wretched creature she is!”
Kaolinite took the heart crystals and handed one to Souichi. She then said, “Very well he will heal you, but you must get more crystals. Why not try Juuban this time?”
Kodachi frowned and said, “I suppose I can do that, but I have an idea about Furinkan since my brother will not longer be useful.”
The red haired woman looked at the broken Daimon, “Yes, you will need another, this one is destroyed. If you bring us more Heart Crystals we will give you another and perhaps more power.”
Kodachi said, “The boy Ryouga would do, can I have him?” when Kaolinite nodded Kodachi relaxed for a moment, then suddenly she dropped to the floor as her accumulated injuries caught up to her. Kaolinite sighed.
The red haired woman stared at Kodachi's injured body and was about to just kill the girl by removing her heart crystal when a voice said, “Wait, perhaps we can use her injuries to our advantage.”
Kaolinite looked over and saw another red haired woman then said, “Eudial, I didn't expect you to come so quickly to our summons.”
The other woman shrugged and said, “I was getting bored gathering crystals on the outskirts of the city, so I thought I would come back. Besides, I wanted to see Mimete and Tellu before they went off to oversee the Daimons that will attack this new group you mentioned.”
Kaolinite said, “Very well, but why don't you explain how this young girls injuries can help us?”
Eudial smiled an evil smile and said, “The hospital is filled with people who are close to death. What would be one or two more...?”
The two red haired women looked at each other for a moment and then laughed maniacally at that idea.
Pluto sat at the battered Gates of Time with the unconscious forms of Neptune and Uranus. She sighed and then brought the two women to a certain shrine in the Juuban district. There she was met by Rei. The young shrine maiden was surprised by the sudden appearance of the women and transformed, but upon realizing that two were injured she did not attack.
Pluto smiled at the girl and said, “We need your help Mars and Moon's help as well. I had planned to avoid bringing you into this, but it can not be helped.”
Mars looked at her with some anger saying, “I don't know who you are really, but I recognize you from our visit to the future. Still, you come here now and you want our help! Where were you when we were fighting Beryl! Where were you when we faced off against the Black Moon family and that Bitch Angerona! Where were you when the crystal broke and Mamoru was hurt by that boy...”
Mars fell to her knees crying and Pluto came close saying, “I was doing what I thought was necessary for the preservation of the Moon Kingdom in the future, but...” the green haired Senshi sighed, then she said slowly, “I was wrong. By not helping you more, by leaving the Outer Scouts inactive a force beyond the powers of the Time Gates was able to change everything and now I'm here to help you and to ask for your help.”
Pluto held out a hand, Mars took it and stood up saying, “Alright, I'll help you.”
“Thank you Mars, now when do you think we can meet the rest of the Inner Senshi?”
“Tomorrow will be best, it's late and I have to figure out what to tell my grandfather about all the guests, but I'm sure he won't mind”
Pluto nodded and then the two transformed into their civilian forms and went to talk to Rei's grandfather.
After Rei's grandfather allowed the girls to stay at the shrine Rei called the rest of the Inner Scouts and asked that they meet at the shrine the next day.
So, Miya sat at the table eating in silence while she wanted to scream at her sisters to somehow make them back into the vibrant girls she had known. They were girls with gymnastics ambitions, girls with dreams about college and lively senses of humor. She knew that screaming wouldn't accomplish that she had tried. Her sisters would just look at her with almost emotionless faces while she screamed and then they would apologize and walk away.
Miya couldn't eat another bite as her anger overcame her she put her dish away and grabbed her pack for school as she did so she realized she had forgotten her communicator and went upstairs to get it. While she was upstairs she heard the door, she thought it might be one of her friends coming by to walk her to school and so she ran down to get it before one of her sisters answered it.
She was halfway down the stairs and she could see that the door was open already and Mai was talking to a blond haired woman who was standing there. Miya looked at the strange woman with confusion and then in horror as the blond woman held up a staff with a star on its top and said, “Charm Buster”
The blast from the staff ripped through Mai with an explosion of blood and continued on through the house destroying things in its path until it finally petered out at a wall. For a moment all Miya could do was look down at the carnage in horror, but then her sister Miko stepped from the dining area and said, “Oh my what a mess.”
The blond woman looked at Miko and said, “Wait, you look just like the one that I killed. Well I guess I'll start from the top. My name is Mimete and I'm going to kill you just like I killed your sister after all you look just like her so I can't be sure if you're the one or if she was.”
Miko was frozen in fright and Mimete giggled saying, “Such a strange confusion, but it doesn't matter. You'll die then I'll take the heart crystals from your family members.” She raised the staff with a star on its top and was tackled by a girl wearing a green gymnastics leotard.
Miya had broken her own shock and as Mimete was stating her plans Miko used that time to transform using Juno and then she jumped Mimete before the woman could kill again. When she landed she punched the blond woman in the face again and again screaming obscenities. Unfortunately for her Mimete had not come alone and a Daimon the size and shape of a Doberman crashed into her and sent her reeling as she tried to defend herself against its vicious bites.
After a bite or two she was able to roll away from the Doberman and then smash it across the snout with a club laced with green power. The Daimon went flying into a wall with a yelp, Miya glanced over and noted that its teeth were broken and that it would have trouble walking on the leg that had slammed into the wall, but by then Mimete was standing and the blond woman did not look happy. She raised her staff, pointed it at Miya and shouted the attack phrase. Miya dodged out of the way and the blast went right through the wall she had been next to and into the dining area. Miya glanced in that direction and immediately wished that she had not done so. The blast had completely destroyed the dining area and blood was everywhere. She barely had enough time to glance a severed hand before she had to dodge another powerful blast.
Mimete fired again and Miya dodged again. More of the house was destroyed and Miya's sister Miko was just standing in the middle of the carnage staring into space. That was, until the Doberman Daimon walked over to her and knocked her to the ground.
Mimete was staring at Miya with an insane grin on her bloody face as she said, “Now you have a choice don't you? You can dodge my next blast or you can try to save the girl. Which will it be?”
Mimete giggled insanely and held up the staff. Miya looked at the woman and pulled out her gymnastics ribbon. She stood for a moment hoping that Mimete would take the bait and she did. The evil witch shouted the attack phrase and Miya quickly used her ribbon to snag the Daimon and pull it into the path of the attack. As the Daimon exploded into dust Miya dashed over, grabbed her sister and ran out past Mimete.
The blond witch sent a final blast into Miya's house sending the structure crashing to the ground and then followed after the fleeing girl.
Miya ran with her sister over her shoulder and said, “Why in hell did I leave my communicator in my room!”
Kaede rolled her eyes and said, “No, you must have the wrong person.”
The woman then held out a potted plant and said, “Well my name is Tellu and if you do meet up with Kaede, perhaps you can give her this lovely plant?”
Kaede stared at the woman for a moment, and then said, “I think not. You have a nice day okay?”
Tellu growled and suddenly the plant grew much larger and attacked. Kaede avoided the attack and transformed. A green hoop sliced through the plant's foliage and Ivy hit the emergency button on her communicator as she said, “You're kidding right?”
Tellu shook her head and pulled out more plants and grew them using the eggs Souichi had provided her. Ivy was pressed by the creatures and jumped over the gates and onto the entrance area of the school in order to give herself more room to move. The plant creatures just smashed through the gates and the battle was on.
The woman looked at her and said, “I am indeed, what do you want.”
The Blue haired woman said, “I am Villuy,” she motioned down at her feet where hundreds of tiny robots were walking into the restaurant, “I want you dead.”
Villuy then touched her bracelet and shouted, “Mosaic Buster!”
The attack would have been so much more spectacular had hundreds of plates not been flung from the kitchen to smash into the robots before Villuy shouted her attack phrase. As it was only one or two robots managed to get their attacks off and Neherenia sent a blast of magic power into Viluy's form. The blast knocked the blue haired woman to the ground and as the woman tried to touch her bracelet again Neherenia stomped on her hand and the sound of bones cracking could be heard around the restaurant.
Neherenia kept her foot on Viluy's broken hand and smiled sweetly at the few customers who were there and said, “Please pardon me, I am dealing with this criminal, but in recompense for your troubles today's breakfast is on the house.”
Neherenia then smashed the few remaining robots with some kicks of her free foot, and then she muttered a spell and Villuy was trussed up in black ropes. Neherenia grabbed the woman and dragged her into the back of the restaurant where Cologne and, by that time, Ranma were waiting.
As they were starting to question Villuy their communicators went off. It was an emergency distress beacon from Aiko and so Ranma immediately concentrated and teleported away.
Cologne and Neherenia were then free to question Villuy at their leisure, fortunately for the witch she was able to hit a button on her wrist with her nose and teleport away, but not until after she had been convinced to provide the two women a few details.
Aiko nodded and said, “I'll be right out mom just a little more I want to see if I can get this to look real this time.”
Aiko's mother laughed a bit and said, “With your complexion I don't think it will ever really look truly natural dear, but go on. I'll tell her you'll be out in a few minutes.”
Aiko's mother stepped out and Aiko finished her task. After that she walked down the hallway and out into the living room there she was met by a red haired woman. When she saw the woman Aiko noticed something strange about her and her danger sense kicked in. She hoped that she wasn't about to look like an idiot, but she hit the emergency button on her communicator, kicked the living room table over and then ducked behind it and transformed.
Aiko did not end up looking like an idiot, instead the woman pulled out a gun and shouted, “Fire Buster!” and a tongue of flame slammed into the table and shattered it, then the woman also dropped two dark crystals in the room and they transformed into Daimons. Aiko quickly retreated down the hallway yelling, “Everyone out of the house! Quickly!”
Unfortunately the yelling ended up getting the exact opposite reaction she was hoping for as Aiko's mother walked over from the kitchen and ran into one of the Daimons it looked like a giant lamp with many cords. The creature stared at her and then shoved a cord into her heart and retrieved her heart crystal.
Aiko sent a green razor hoop at the creature and severed its cords. Then she had to dodge as the red haired woman moved closer and attacked with her hair. She evaded the attack and moved forward rolling past the red haired woman and slamming a green club into the second Daimon which had ironically taken up residence in the same table that Aiko had kicked over.
By this time Aiko's father had heard the commotion and he was running into the living room wearing half his suit and wielding one of his prized golf clubs. He shouted, “I've called the police! Get out of my house!” Then he tried to attack the red haired woman with the club.
Aiko tried to intervene, but the table Daimon got in her way. She slammed a number of glowing green clubs into the creature and shattered parts of it off, but by the time she did that it was too late. The red haired woman had her father in her arms and was pointing a strange gun at his head while the lamp Daimon was holding her mother in its cords. The strange woman looked at her saying, “Give up girl! The woman will die soon without her heart crystal and if you surrender I promise not to burn this man's head to a cinder.”
Aiko sighed and a tear ran down her cheek as she held her hands up saying, “Alright let them go.”
The red haired woman smiled an evil smile, pointed the weapon at Aiko and said, “Fire Buster”
The flame reached out and hit the spot where Aiko was standing, then when it was over there was nothing left in that spot. The woman smiled again and turned Aiko's father toward the lamp Daimon and said, “Take his heart crystal.”
The Daimon fell into several pieces and Aiko's mother slumped to the ground. She dropped Aiko's father in surprise and said, “What? Who dares do this to Eudial?” A feral voice right behind said, “Eudial is it? Well Eudial do you have any last words?”
Eudial turned around and she saw Angerona standing next to her. The cat girl was glowing with nemesis energy and she said nothing. She just looked Eudial in the eyes and held out two hands with glowing black claws on them. Eudial looked at the girl, pointed her gun at her and fired. The girl easily evaded the flame and buried a clawed hand into Eudial's chest. The red haired witch had one last breath and said, “Master Pharaoh 90 will avenge me...”
Angerona looked at Eudial's body and then quickly put Aiko's mother's heart crystal where it belonged. As she did that tears streamed down her face as she spoke toe the unconscious woman saying, “I'm sorry I was too late, I promise that the people who did this will pay. All of them.”
The cat girl then grabbed her communicator and in an angry voice said, “Angerona reporting in we...” her voice caught in her throat. She took a moment to compose herself and said, “We lost Aiko. What's the situation over at the 'hanten?”
“Pallas here, the witch that attacked here escaped and N has teleported to Ivy's house.”
“Right, I'll teleport to Tulip's house right now and report back. Angerona was about to concentrate on her teleport when her communicator crackled to life again, “Ivy here. Angerona, Pallas, N we need you at Juuban high right now. Tulip just arrived and she just brought the wrong sort of reinforcements.”
Angerona concentrated and teleported to the school.
Nabiki looked over at him and said, “So you're sure you didn't leave it on purpose?”
“No, I thought I had everythin'”
“Right, and the fact that your homework was in there had nothing to do with it hmmm?”
The boy looked frustrated and said, “Really, I swear I must have just...”
The door interrupted Ranma and a voice from the other room said, “Is you wanting Shampoo to get door?”
Kasumi stood up and said, “No, that's okay,” and walked into the other room while Nabiki teased the black haired boy a bit more about his school work.
Suddenly there was a loud crash in the living room and Shampoo could be heard saying, “Not know who you are, but Shampoo not let you hurt nice girl with you hair!”
Ranma ran into the room and Nabiki followed behind him, but by the time they went into the room all they saw was a flash of red running out of the house and a lot of loose red hair filling the room. Kasumi was getting up off the floor and pulling some of the red hair off her arms and legs. Nabiki looked on and said, “What was that about?”
The tall brown haired girl said, “She said her name was Kaolinite and she said she was looking for you Nabiki. You didn't do anything wrong did you?”
Nabiki shook her head and said, “No, not that I can think of. Everything I've been doing is completely legal and legit. I can't think of anyone who would be upset”
Shampoo looked at Nabiki and said, “Maybe crazy girl was upset about other day? But, why send strange red hair girl to attack nice girl Kasumi with her hair?”
“It's not like Kodachi to send other people to do her dirty work.” Nabiki looked at the hair again, this time she used Vesta to enhance her senses and then suddenly she recognized it. The woman who had met Hotaru at the door the previous night had red hair.
Nabiki went up to her room and grabbed her communicator. She called Ranma with it. The other girl's voice was full of concern and some anger as she said, “You alright Nabiki? I can teleport there and get you if you need me.”
“No, I'm fine Neko-chan just had a run in with a strange woman, but Shampoo and Saotome scared her away.”
“Good, because we've got a situation here at the Juuban high school. I guess you had your communicator somewhere, anyway I gotta handle this. I'll talk to you more later.”
Nabiki was about to respond, but Ranma was already gone. The Tendo girl cursed and used Vesta to transform. The yellow suited girl with a helmet looked at Shampoo and Saotome saying, “I need to get to Juuban high right now and I need your help.”
In other news Team Nemesis Enterprises has announced that it will be starting a charity fund called the Nemesis battle fund. They will be donating proceeds from the sales of Nemesis related merchandise to this fund and ask that concerned citizens also donate to this fund in order to assist those residents of the city who have had property damaged or lost due to the actions of Sailor Moon and her allies or the demonic threat our city is facing.”
The news changed to another story, but Usagi stood there staring at it with an annoyed expression on her face. Her brother waved his hand in front of her face and said, “You’re gonna be late again!”
Usagi saw the time on the clock in front of the TV and quickly ran into the dining area to grab her food. She gobbled it down as quickly as she could and then grabbed her backpack. As she was about to run out the door her father said, “Wait! There’s something happening at your school, maybe you shouldn’t go.”
Usagi walked back in the room and saw that the screen had changed the sound of a helicopter’s whirling blades almost drown out the person who was yelling from in front of the screen, “This is Takaya Misato reporting live near the Juuban high school. From up here we can see that children have stopped walking on their way to the school and down below is a scene of chaos as at least eight black creatures a blonde haired woman and a green haired woman seem to be attacking three or four members of Team Nemesis. A few school children are unconscious at the front gates of the school and the situation is quite dire!”
The screen showed Angerona blasting a large greenish black plant Daimon and then slicing its head off only to barely avoid being hit by the Blond woman’s attack. Usagi stared at it for a moment, and then said, “I think I’ll stay home, I’m just going to go up to my room.”
Her family was glued to the screen and hardly even noticed when she left and then transformed. It was Sailor Moon who met up with Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Pluto as she ran to the school. Her thoughts were a jumble of anger and confusion as she ran she shouted, “We’re the good guys! Not her and Team Nemesis, we’re the ones who defeated Beryl! Why do they have to be so mean to us on TV?”
Moon wailed, but continued to run and Mars said, “Snap out of it dumpling head! These people are enemies our enemies and they are just using the media against us. We know that what we are doing is the right thing, we know that Crystal Tokyo is the best option for humanity and we will kick their butts!”
Pluto smiled a bit and said, “She is correct they must be stopped and we must stop them. A few sacrifices may be necessary, but we can ensure your vision Princess. We can ensure that Crystal Tokyo is a reality with Neo-Queen Serenity and the Earth Prince at her side.”
The group arrived at the school and moon stood for a moment with visions of a healthy Mamoru at her side as she ruled over a kingdom of peace and tranquility. Then she jumped up onto one of the walls and shouted, “You would attack innocent school children and you who would ruin the dream of a Perfect Utopia. In the name of the moon I will punish you.”
She sliced at this one with her claws, but it seemed to be made out of loose dirt and gravel making her slashes almost meaningless. She dodged a few of its attacks and tried a Nemesis Blast. The creature was somewhat dispersed, but as she tried to move on it recomposed itself and attacked her.
She sighed and this time as it attacked she jumped over the area that would have been a head and behind the thing where she immediately slammed it with punches at Nemesis enhanced Amagurikan speeds. The thing was sent flying in a multitude of directions and finally its cohesion utterly failed leaving Angerona in front of a pile of dirt.
Neherenia was standing next to Miya and Kaede trying to protect Miya’s twin sister Miko from four or so Daimons. She blasted them with spells and dodged their attacks, but knew that they needed more maneuverability and Miko was not providing them that option at the moment. All the poor cleansed girl could do was stare openly in fear at the Daimons.
Miko and Kaede were able to break out very quickly and concentrate on one of the attackers with twin razor hoops, but then Kaede was blasted across the field by the blond witch’s powerful attack. Luckily for the group Cologne arrived at that moment and said, “Ivy check on her and bring this girl with you. N and I will protect your back.”
Miko grabbed her sister’s unresisting form and ran over to check on Kaede while Neherenia and Cologne fought the group of Daimons. At the same time Angerona finished off the last Daimon near her and went to attack Mimete and Tellu in order to keep the one from indiscriminately firing at her team and the other to stop creating more of the plant Daimons from the nearby foliage.
As she sliced into Tellu's side she heard Sailor Moon's voice shouting something or other and realized that situation had not gotten any better. Tellu in the meantime had created another plant Daimon, this one resembled very tall grass, and it attacked Angerona.
The cat girl dodged the creature’s attack and was about to counter attack when a glimmer in her peripheral vision made her wrench her body quickly to the side in order to avoid a tiara glowing with power. The tiara slammed into the grass Daimon and literally mowed it down.
Once the Daimon was destroyed Tellu was left open, but Angerona knew that if she concentrated on the Green haired witch she would leave herself open to Moon and her allies who had just arrived. In addition she noted that Cologne and Neherenia were having some troubles with the now three Daimons that were attacking them.
She took a moment to view the entire field of battle. Sailor Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Pluto had just cleared one of the school walls and were slinging their powerful spells with abandon making Cologne and Neherenia dodge those while they were fighting their opponents, but those same attacks were keeping the green haired plant making girl and the blond girl with the star shaped staff somewhat at bay. Angerona dodged a blast of flame from Mars and as she did so she had an idea.
She concentrated briefly and teleported directly next to Cologne and as she did that she mentally smacked herself in the head for forgetting to use this ability earlier, but she did not dwell on it and as she assisted Cologne and Neherenia she said, “We have a lot of people here who want us dead. What say we use that anger against them?”
Cologne nodded and said, “N back off and use your magics to heat this area as hot as you can. Angerona and I will keep ourselves cool and be right in the middle of the action. Do not worry about us; just make sure that the area is very hot.”
Neherenia nodded and quickly backed away from the action. As she retreated she stopped next to Kaede who was trying to move Miya and Miko. Neherenia grabbed one of the unconscious girls and said, “We need to get out of here quickly.”
Kaede nodded and the two retreated from the battle. Once they were at a good distance Neherenia started chanting in a lilting and almost otherworldly voice. As she did that the area of the school near the battle field heated up.
Cologne and Angerona quickly went off in opposite directions. The now middle aged and woman was wearing pure red Amazonian battle armor as she slammed into one Daimon and then the next ricocheting herself off of each one and then towards the two witches. She drew all of them close to her and deftly dodged each attack while continuing to draw them into the spiral. A few slashes sliced her and a blast or two came very close to ending her life. She taxed her vast years of experience and all of her magically granted powers knowing that her margin for error was nil.
At the same time Angerona dodged in and out of the Senshi’s ranks. She would seem to be almost close enough to hit with the next blast of power or perhaps the next punch or kick and thus the assembled girls followed her closely trying to group around her in order to prevent the next dodge or block, but she evaded those tactics and drew them into the spiral. The cat girl was pulling on almost all of her Nemesis granted powers and every single dirty trick or martial move she knew. It was almost not enough a blast of power from the green haired Senshi hit her on the side and broke her ribs, it almost made her lose focus, but she didn’t and then she was right next to Cologne.
The two women were twin pools of super cooled power as they joined forces against their heated foes and the heated battle area. As they joined up they became almost invincible as they traded foes and avoided attacks causing their enemies to smash into each other and get in each others way and thus those foes were inevitably forced into the center of the spiral.
Once at the center of the spiral Cologne and Angerona released the last of their power as they did that Cologne whispered, “Hiryu Shouten Ha revised.”
Angerona smiled at that and as the vortex of power formed she shouted, “Nemesis Vortex!” Then she grabbed Cologne and teleported right next to Neherenia and Kaede where both she and Cologne collapsed from exertion.
It was a good thing that Angerona had been able to teleport away, because the powerful vortex formed and ripped everything in a 20 meter space off the ground and into the air. In fact some of the very ground itself was pulled up into the tiny, yet powerful tornado that had been created.
Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus were somehow able to clasp each other’s hands and as the winds pulled at them threatening to tear them apart from one another they were able to combine powers and teleport away.
Tellu and Mimete were slammed against the four Daimons that were left and all of the creatures were crushed together and then ripped apart by the powerful vortex utterly decimating them and as the winds died down their component parts fell to the earth in unrecognizable clumps.
Pluto had been knocked unconscious by a flying piece of debris as the vortex formed. Her insensate body slammed into the ground and as the winds died down she began to regain consciousness just in time to feel one of those clumps of blood, dirt and Daimon parts land directly onto her form and send her back into unconsciousness.
In the air above the battle a news helicopter was flung away by the high winds, but the pilot was skillfully able to bring it under control and avoid the strange twister that had suddenly formed and just as suddenly disappeared. A woman with black hair and wearing a business suit looked at a man next to her and said, “Tell me you got that!”
The man shrugged and pointed over at the now dissipating wind saying, “Sorry, but the sudden bump and the pull of that wind made me drop the camera.”
She sighed and then said, “Well I suppose we can call our contact up and see if she got any of that footage. If she did I’m going to say that Nabiki Tendo and Nemesis Enterprises are going to be very well off indeed.”
Even with her eyes shut Nabiki could tell that what Shampoo was doing was incredibly dangerous and life threatening, but she couldn’t bring herself to tell the girl to stop. Still, the bike did finally come to a halt and Vesta got off saying, “Remember call yourself Ceres and call Ranma Artie or something okay?”
Shampoo nodded and then the three quickly ran towards the school, but as they did they heart a voice yell, “Nemesis Vortex!” and they saw the immense vortex form. Even from their distance they could feel some of the powerful winds whipping about and seeking objects to crush or destroy.
Shampoo was the first to speak saying, “Aiyah!”
The yellow suited Vesta looked on as her helmet fed her information about the storm. In red letters at the top of the screen she saw what it said, “Winds at Center of Vortex calculated to be at least 402 KM/H.”
The winds slowly died down and Ranma was the only one who seemed to be somewhat unimpressed as he said, “It was just the Hiryu Shouten Ha no big deal.”
Both Shampoo and Nabiki looked at the boy with incredulity at his expression. Nabiki spoke first saying, “Saotome that thing was an F5 tornado. I don’t think it was just the run of the mill martial arts technique…”
The purple haired girl said, “No, Airen correct about technique, but that was much more powerful than anything Shampoo ever hears or read about.”
She was about to go on, but a body fell to the ground next to them all.
Mercury had not been close enough to the other inner scouts and so she had been left to the mercy of the powerful winds, luckily for her she was flung out of the tornado and into the distance where Ranma, Shampoo, and Nabiki happened to have just arrived. Not quite as luckily for her she hit the ground head first.
Vesta said, “Artie can you,”
She was interrupted by Ranma who said, “Oh come on do we have to call me Artie?”
Vesta shrugged and then said, “Right then. Horse boy you take her to Tofu okay? Ceres and I will check to see what happened to the rest of the team.”
“Horse boy?” He grumbled, but didn’t complain and was about to pick Mercury up when Shampoo took the girl’s body and said, “Ceres take pretty girl to see doctor, no want Horse boy to pick up new fiancée.”
Ranma could hear the teasing tone both had taken up with his new name, but knew that Nabiki could easily come up with worse and that Shampoo would probably enjoy teasing him with it so he said, “Fine, let’s go then,”
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