Disclaimer: All of the Sailor Moon goods, meaning characters, attacks, all the stuff belong to Naoko Tackeuchi and the companies that own the works. Any characters that are not SM related belong to me so if you use them without my permission or use them stupidly in some stupid story, I will personally send you with viruses and etc. I apologize for any mistakes in the name of the attacks, but I am not a hardcore Sailor Moon fanatic with nothing better to do than memorize everything correctly about SM and or SM related topics. I do that for Dragonball Z. Authors note: Hey guys, I bet you noticed that I haven?t been writing in a while, you know, school and stuff, but here?s a story I wrote up with my characters that you might remember or not. Well, this story is about the Bodyguard, and if you don?t remember him, check out my stories SMDCspecial#7-9. I rate this story an R, for violence, blood, and also language. But really, this story?s got some good stuff on love (I think) and stuff. So it might be a bit better than the love shit that I write in my previous stories. Enjoy? Ultimate Protection By Danny Chen Chapter 1: Arrival of the Bodyguard " What do you want?" Beryl bellowed at the Negaverse general Kunzite. " You?re highness, I have come to report to you about the arrival of the entity that was created from our dark energy." He said. " The treacherous Bodyguard?! How could he have survived? The last one was killed during the war between the Moon Kingdom!" Beryl shouted. Kunzite bowed down. " My queen, the Bodyguard is said to live forever. But what he has with him is far more valuable to us. If we can retrieve it we could be unstoppable!" Kunzite said. " The World Destroyers!" Beryl exclaimed. " I can use it to take over all of the universe!!! Not even the Sailor Senshi and all the other powerful beings in the galaxy can stop me!!! Kunzite! Go and get me the animals!!!" It was a peaceful day Monday until one particular girl shouted her lungs out. " OH NO!!!! I?M LATE FOR SCHOOL!!!!" Usagi got out of bed and rushed to get dressed. " Oh, why doesn?t mom ever wake me up! And she wonders why I always get detention for never getting to school on time!" She quickly threw on her sailor uniform and shoved her books in her bag. Running down to the kitchen in less than a minute, Usagi stuffed a piece of toast in her mouth and blasted out the door. Later that school day?. " USAGI!!! WAKE UP!!!" Haruna-sensei?s voice echoed in the classroom. " Huh? What?" Usagi said groggily. " What did I just say?" the angry teacher asked. " Usagi, wake up?" she answered uncertainly. " Usagi, since you feel like sleeping so much, you can have all the time you need after school everyday to do it because I am giving you detention for two weeks!!!" Ami and Makoto headed for Usagi?s house that night. " Usagi, you have to stay awake in school or else you?ll never pass her class." Ami scolded her. " You have to be more attentive to your studies." Usagi rolled her eyes. " But Ami! The lessons are so boring!!! Who wants to stay in a room and listen to some moldy old teacher yap away at?uh?I wonder what Haruna-sensei teaches in that class?" Ami and Makoto only shook their heads. " Hey Ami, I think we should go home now. It?s getting pretty late." Makoto said. Ami looked outside. " I suppose you?re right. I get nervous walking around late at night, especially on a school night!" Ami gasped. Luna, sitting on Ami?s lap, jumped down and nagged Usagi even more. "You should do more studying than playing video games. Life isn?t a game you know, and worse you are also Sailor Moon." " Yeah, yeah Luna. I?ll be more responsible. But right now I can handle myself okay, so stop worrying." Usagi took in a deep breath and exhaled as she saw the two leave her house. They make too big a deal on education. Usagi only sighed and went to sleep. She never told them the real reason why she had always slept in class. The dreams she has at night, in her bedroom, the terrifying images of death and young girls. Usagi got up early the next day. Too early, if you think about it. Looking around, she could see that it must have been at least six in the morning. The strange thing was is that Usagi couldn?t get back to sleep. " Wow. Maybe I can impress Haruna-sensei by getting to school before the bell!" Usagi got out and took her time getting dressed and eating breakfast that she prepared herself. " Hey, I?m still early!" Usagi exclaimed as she looked at her watch. Luna plopped herself on the table in front of Usagi. " Up already? How unusual of you." Luna grinned. " Hey, weren?t you the one who wanted me to be a little bit more responsible? Getting up early? Paying attention in school? Getting my homework done? I?ll probably be a genius by the time I get home from detention today!" Usagi got up and casually walked out the door. " Wow. She didn?t even trip on her own feet." Luna muttered to herself. Usagi couldn?t be gladder at school today. She answered three problems right on the board and aced a pop quiz that Haruna-sensei gave to the class. " Whoa! Talk about weird!" Usagi said as she stared at the big, fat blood red A on her paper. Ami looked over and smiled. " Usagi, have you been doing some studying lately?" she asked. Usagi grinned a large grin. " No, I always was smart. You guys never noticed I guess." Usagi told her. Ami giggled. When Usagi got home, she noticed how easy it was to do math and science. I wonder why Ami always studies nonstop. The work was so easy! The terrible dreams stopped for a while. Usagi had peaceful sleeps for weeks and her grades began to improve. " Wow! Could there be anything better than me having an IQ the same level as Ami?s? Maybe even higher!!!" Usagi asked. All five girls had hung out at Rei?s shrine that following Saturday. " I guess the Negaverse not launching an attack in a month now." Ami said, defending her intelligence. Minako gently caressed Artemis? back. " What do you suppose is going on? Call me crazy but I?m getting impatient!" The four girls laughed until Rei screamed. " No!!!" Rei clawed at her head and began to shake violently. " Rei! What?s going on?!" Makoto asked. Luna and Artemis ran over to her. Rei lifted up her head. " I-I had a vision?" she said. " Something?s coming. I couldn?t see what it was?" The girls helped Rei to her feet and looked around. " I don?t like this." Makoto said. There was complete silence. Not a person was in sight, and all animals have stopped their activities. Luna and Artemis stared straight in front of them. " Do you think we should transform?" Rei asked. Luna nodded. " I feel the presence of Nega energy approaching. We have to take ground now." she said. " Right!" All the girls held up their transformation pens. " MERCURY STAR POWER, MAKE UP!!!" " MARS STAR POWER, MAKE UP!!!" " JUPITER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!!!" " VENUS STAR POWER, MAKE UP!!!" " MOON PRISM POWER, MAKE UP!!!" The five Sailor Senshi stood; ready to take on the monster that awaited them. In a blink of an eye someone fired out what looked like twenty simultaneous energy shots at the Senshi. " What the??!" Jupiter gasped. The charges only hit the ground, but sent the Senshi flying in the opposite direction. Sailor Moon looked up and saw a tall, sturdy built figure with a large gun in his hands. He appeared to be dressed in armor of some kind and a motorcycle helmet. A huge black motorcycle was behind him, explaining his appearance. " Get him!" Mars shouted. Mercury attacked first. "MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!!!" The fog did no wonders for the Senshi. The enemy dissipated it with a blast from his gun. " MARS FIRE IGNITE!!!" " JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!!!" Both Mars?s and Jupiter?s attack hit him with no effect, like he was made of solid steel. " Why isn?t he attacking back?!" Venus cried out. " VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!!!" There was still no response from the man. " What?s his problem?" Mars asked. The man placed his gun aside and looked at each of the Senshi. " I?m going to finish him off!!!" Moon said. " MOON TIARA MAGIC!!!" The glowing disc only shattered as it impacted his chest. He turned around and hopped onto his motorcycle. With one loud roar, the bike sped down the street. The Senshi stood there shocked. " What the hell just happened?" Jupiter asked. " I don?t know. Why would a person attack us and not fight back when we attack him?" Venus said. " Do you suppose he?s a Negaverse monster?" Mercury asked. Luna shook her head. " No, he would have finished us off. None of you girls were strong enough to hurt him. He wouldn?t leave with such a big advantage on his side." Jupiter sat down. " Maybe we scared him off. He?s probably just for looks. He didn?t do anything special." Sailor Moon didn?t agree on that. " He checked all of us out. I saw him." She said. " He attacked us to get our attention, and I saw him watch us while we fought him." The others were surprised. Usually, Usagi or Sailor Moon, both would just whine on how hopeless this would be. " Did you think of that all by yourself?" Mars taunted. " Maybe your intelligence improved as Sailor Moon also." Sailor Moon stuck her tongue out and started a tongue war with her. " Something?s not right." Artemis said. " That man has Negaverse energy emitting from him, but he?s not from the Negaverse at all." " How do you know?" Luna asked. Artemis gulped. " I remember someone like him. He?s on our side, but he?s come for a different mission. The gun, the armor, the helmet and the motorcycle." " I don?t get it." Luna said. " He?s from the Moon Kingdom. But the magicians of the Kingdom created him from Negaverse energy. He?s a Bodyguard?a spirit of protection. He?s brought something with him that will probably be the danger to the entire earth." Chapter 2: Truth Usagi sat up and continued on her homework. She finished with much time left to spare. " Maybe I?ll watch some television." Usagi picked up the remote and flipped through channels. " Hey meatball head, you can?t watch TV until you finish your homework." Usagi?s annoying brother called out. " For your information, I did finish!" Usagi snapped. " If you haven?t noticed, my grades have been skyrocketing since last month." Shinjo shrugged and went outside to play. Luna walked up to Usagi. " Can I talk to you?" she asked. Usagi nodded. " Sure." " Usagi, tell me about the dreams you had last month." Luna said. Usagi stopped flipping channels and looked at her. " What do you mean? What dreams?" Usagi asked. Luna stared at Usagi with disappointment. " I know about the dreams. Please don?t try and hide them from me." Luna said softly. " Luna, I don?t know what you?re talking about." Usagi insisted. Luna frowned. " I?m sure you noticed about the major improvements in your schoolwork." Usagi stood up. " What does my improvements have anything to do with my dreams?" Usagi blurted out. She waited for an answer. " Usagi, your dreams have a connection to this. The dreams gave you the powers that enhanced your responsibilities as a student." Luna replied. " I?m sorry, but the man you fought was trying to send you a message." " Of what?! Did he just make me like this overnight? I thought he was suppose to be a bad guy!" Usagi cried out. " He?s on our side! I still haven?t figured out what he wants with you, but there?s a possibility that if he joins forces with us we can finally defeat the Negaverse once and for all!!!" Luna said. Usagi shook her head. " So then what? After this I?ll probably be asleep in class! I don?t want to be like my old self again! I?m happy with my new abilities now!" " Usagi, your powers are just given to you to help you in this battle! Just as the Senshi powers, you have limits! You can?t abuse the power!!!" Luna shouted. " I?m not giving it up! I love being better than someone else for a change and no one will take it away from me!!!" Usagi shouted. She ran up to her room and locked the door. " She thinks that I can give up my powers. I?m not going to give it up until I die!" Usagi yelled, and flung a book to the door. " That was the idea." A man?s voice got Usagi?s attention. " Who?s there? Where are you?" Usagi got up and picked up her transformation stick. The man they fought earlier stood in front of her. How did he get in the room? " You again!" Usagi cried. He pointed the gun at her. " Sit." He said, motioning on the bed. Usagi was scared. This is the man Luna was talking about. He had a gun pointed to her head, and she would never be able to scream or else there will be a big mess on the floor. " W-who are you?" Usagi asked. The man looked at her. " I am the man in your dream. You remember, don?t you?" he asked. Usagi?s visions came back to her. She remembered a man in black, and the skulls and the deaths. " You?you were the killer in my dreams! You?re here to kill me and the others!" Usagi cried out. " No." He said. " I am not a killer. I am here to tell you of your greatest danger." Usagi swallowed a whimper. " What are you talking about?" " I am known as the Bodyguard. I live only to protect, and I die protecting. When I am gone, you will take my place." He told her. " Why would I do that? I?I don?t even know w-what you?re talking about!" Usagi stammered. The Bodyguard, as he was called, turned his face away from her. " You want to keep your powers. So you must be the next Bodyguard." He said. " What?" " I will tell you a story of the past, and you will know what I am talking about." The Bodyguard said. There were two kingdoms on this earth long before the Moon Kingdom existed. The first of this kingdom lived the cat god Lynx, a black panther-like feline that waged war countless numbers of times with his enemy the wolf god Fang. Centuries passed and no one ever defeated the other. It was until the wife of each of the species had given birth to the ill-fated immortals Kit the kitten and his counterpart Pup the pup. Prophecy stated that these two were the life bearing creatures that exist along with the planet they are on. However, once they are destroyed, the planet goes with them, killing everything living on it. They have been given the name World Destroyers, and marked with the red eyed skull to indicate their awesome power. To ensure the safety of these two forever, the Moon Kingdom stole magic from the Negaverse and used it to create bodyguard, a spirit that lives forever and takes the form of a host mortal, transforming them into supernatural beings of immense physical proportions. Bodyguards have lived since the centuries that went by, and with each Bodyguard succeeding the previous, advancements were given to them to aid in their mission. But the three items that will always be a part of them is the helmet Skull, the shotgun Protector and the motorcycle Guardian. A Bodyguard will not exist without one of these. He looked at Usagi, but couldn?t tell what she thought from the expression on her face. " So you will accept?" he asked. " I don?t know. Since you told me the story, I can?t think about how much I have to do to protect this earth from destruction." Usagi said. " To protect the World Destroyers is a great honor to those that are willing. You will be guided by the spirit of the bodyguard." " But the spirit, it takes over my body? What happens to my soul?" Usagi asked. " Your soul will no longer be, and when you die, you will be honored as a Bodyguard by the Moon Kingdom." " The Moon Kingdom was destroyed. All the records have been erased." Luna told him, climbing in from the window. The Bodyguard looked at her. " Then we shall start a new era. The legend of the Bodyguard must live on. We will restore the Moon Kingdom to its greatest!" Chapter 3: Allies The Bodyguard took careful precaution while allowing a closer look at the World Destroyers to the girls. Sitting on Usagi?s bed, he tried to think of a plan to destroy the Negaverse. " Oh! These two look so adorable! I could just hug and squeeze them all day!!!" Minako squealed, hugging Kit and Pup in her arms. " Don?t squeeze them too hard or they will die. You know what will happen if they do, right?" the Bodyguard asked. " Yeah, you told me." Minako and the other girls have already heard the story of the Bodyguard from Artemis, who seemed to know more about this than anybody else. " Hey, can you take off your helmet? I want to know what you look like under there." Makoto said. The Bodyguard stood up. " My appearance is no one?s concern." He said sternly. " Come on! Just let us take one look!" Usagi begged. " Please?" The Bodyguard made a low noise, and removed the helmet from his head. The girls took a look at his face. " Wow! You?re cute!" Makoto said. " He?s got the most dreamiest eyes!" Minako sighed. " Look at his hair! It?s the most darkest shade of black I ever saw!" Usagi exclaimed, her cheeks blushing a deep red color. " The perfect face for the perfect body, eh?" Rei said, winking. Even Ami let out a smile. The Bodyguard turned around and quickly put on the helmet. " What?s the problem with you?" Rei asked. " We just complimented you on your looks." " Yeah, what gives?" Makoto added. The Bodyguard snarled, " That is not my face!!! This is not my body!!! I am only a spirit that takes on a form of another." This made the girls quiet. " We?re sorry." Ami said to him. " Forget it. It doesn?t really matter." The Bodyguard snapped. " So what is your plan to infiltrate the Negaverse base?" Luna and Artemis looked at each other. " Infiltrate their base? Are you crazy?! The Sailor Senshi will be killed!!!" Luna exclaimed. " The Senshi will be protected by me," he said. " I cannot die, and nothing will hurt me." Usagi began to protest. " But how will we defeat all the monsters that serve Beryl? There must be hundreds of them!" " One hundred or one thousand, nothing shall live against a blast from the Protector!" The Bodyguard said, holding up his gun. Its sleek, smooth black casing glinted in the moonlight. " So we just go in there and let you kill them all?" Rei asked. " Then we go home? It?s over?" The Bodyguard knocked over a table, which made the others gasp. " It will never be over!!! The World Destroyers will always live on, and there will always be a new Bodyguard to watch it! There is no end to death!!!" he shouted. " Jeez, what did you eat for lunch?!" Usagi muttered. " A little respect would be nice in someone else?s house!" The Bodyguard sat down. " My apologies for the outburst. But you must understand the great responsibility in caring for these animals." Suddenly, Minako screamed. " They tried to eat me!!!" Kit and Pup stood on the ground, dripping blood. Kit?s right paw revealed three long and enormous claws. Pup?s fangs became as long and sharp as knives. Minako clutched at her wrist, where there was only a slight tear in the skin. " They are hungry. Blood from a Bodyguard can satisfy their hunger." The Bodyguard removed a glove and Kit and Pup began to gnaw and bite at the flesh. Blood dripped onto their mouths as they began to feed. " Oh, gross!" Usagi said, covering her mouth. " I?m sorry, but I can?t be a Bodyguard! Not when I have to do that for the rest of my life!!!" Ami seemed to be the only one watching this. " Your blood! You?ve lost so much!" she said. But the Bodyguard continued to feed them. " My body will produce more. After this feeding, they will no longer have to feed for another year." He said. " How come the animals grew fangs and claws and everything?" Minako asked, still shocked from the close encounter of getting her hand bitten off. " It?s a defense mechanism. They get that from their fathers." The Bodyguard said. " It?s getting late. We should be going now." Rei said, noticing the time. " Yeah, I guess we can do more in the morning." Makoto chimed in, putting on her jacket. The Bodyguard nodded and jumped out the window to the Guardian below. He rode off into the darkness. By then Usagi lost sight of him. She continued to stare out the window. Luna jumped on her lap. " Luna, do you know anything about the Bodyguard? I?m just a little bit more curious." Usagi said. Luna looked at her. " I guess I remember about the Bodyguard from the Moon Kingdom." She replied. " What is a Bodyguard really like?" Usagi asked. " Do they only protect the animals until they die? It?s kind of sad being something like that." Luna stretched. " I?m not surprised. A Bodyguard doesn?t have much of a social life, but he takes pride in his work. We should respect that." Usagi sighed. " I wonder if he ever loved somebody." Luna laughed. " A Bodyguard? Love? That will never happen!" she said. Usagi glared at her. " And why not?" she demanded. " Unless you?re speaking about him loving you, then you are way off! For one thing, he is a spirit of protection, and that they don?t associate love with any mortals. Also, he?s about twenty nine years old!!!" Luna said. " I?m not talking about anything between us! We only met yesterday, so I can?t expect much to happen in twenty four hours." Usagi snapped. " Except love at first sight. Face it, you and the other girls will probably never last a one week relationship with him." Usagi grabbed Luna. " It sounds like someone knows more than she?s telling!!!" Usagi accused. " Spill everything!!!" " Usagi! Let me go!!!" Luna cried out. " I?m getting dizzy!" Usagi held her upside down. " Luna, the only way I?ll let you go is if you talk. And being a magical talking cat, you might have a chance." " Okay! Okay! Just let me go!!!" Luna shouted. Usagi let her drop on the bed. " Now, what do you know? Did you pretend that you didn?t recognize who he was when we first saw him?" Usagi demanded. " Yes, but that?s only because I wanted to see him in action!" Usagi?s face curled up into a sheepish grin. " Oh, and look who else has a crush on that big, strong man." Usagi taunted. " Sorry Luna, but you just stick to cats, okay?" Luna tried to claw at her face. " I most certainly do not have a crush on him!" Luna protested. " Right, well, I knew that the other girls would get a little wild around him, but you Luna? What would Artemis think?" Usagi teased even more. " Now don?t you start about that! There is nothing going on between Artemis and me." Luna snapped. Usagi giggled. " Okay. So if Artemis fell for another cat you wouldn?t be jealous?" Usagi asked. " Usagi, drop it now! You have to go to sleep." Luna snapped. " And we only work with the Bodyguard, nothing more." Usagi gazed at the ceiling. She shook her head. " He?ll never go for me. It?s almost a ten-year difference. Why couldn?t he be my age?" she said to herself. " Maybe then he can protect me from Haruna-sensei?s monster voice!" Chapter 4: Danger Amidst Rei tossed and turned as she slept. Both eyes slowly opened. " Damn it! I can?t sleep!" Rei got up and got out of her robes and put on some jeans and a jacket. She headed over to Makoto?s apartment. " I hope she doesn?t mind that I drop by unexpectedly." Rei exited the shrine and struggled to see in the darkness. She stopped midway through the route and squinted. " Hey, are you lost babe?" Rei turned around and saw three big kids closing on her. " Where you headed in such a late hour?" the one with a skull bandanna wrapped around his head asked. The other two had bats and a chain. " Why don?t you come with us? I can take you to a safe place for the night, like my room." Rei didn?t care how big these kids were, she could take them on. " Get lost you shitheads." She said. The three started laughing. " Whoa girl, who do you think you?re talking to?" the leader asked. " I?m talking to a punk that?s going to get a broken neck if he doesn?t leave me alone." Rei said defiantly. The three only laughed again and advanced at her. " Let?s get the bitch!" the leader shouted. Rei grabbed his arm and rammed her knee up his crotch. She backed a few steps and gave him a rising kick to the jaw. The other two stopped in their tracks. " Take this!" one of them swung the bat at Rei, which she avoided and executed a roundhouse kick to his face. The kid dropped back and fell down. The last one caught Rei with the chain, and it caused a bruise on her arm. " Stupid bitch, you?re gonna pay big time." Rei rubbed her aching arm, and only got into a defensive stance. The attacker called out four more of his friends, a grand total of seven against one. " Can you handle us all?" he said through gritted teeth. " I can?" Six shots were heard, and all but the leader fell down, instantly killed by the blasts. A motorcycle rode down from a rooftop and landed right between the fight. The Bodyguard got off and walked over to the gang leader and grabbed him by the front of his shirt. He picked him up. " P-please!!! Don?t kill m-me!!!" he pleaded. " Please!!!" The skull image inscribed on the helmet shone with a red color. He looked at the kid?s skull bandanna, and ripped it off his head. " You use the skull as a an evil intention. The judgement of the Bodyguards states that you must die." He said, firing a shot at the Kid?s poor chest. The Bodyguard tossed the body aside and turned around to Rei. " You killed them!" she cried out. The Bodyguard got onto his motorcycle. " It?s what I do. Where are you headed?" he asked. " Why?" Rei asked. The Bodyguard revved up his motorcycle. " I cannot let a young girl go alone to her destination. I will escort you." Rei hesitated for a second, but got on. He took off, heading for Makoto?s apartment. Rei wrapped her arms tighter around the Bodyguard as he began to pick up speed. As they reached Makoto?s place, horror filled Rei?s eyes. The apartment was totally ravaged, and screams could be heard. " Oh no!!!" Rei began to run in there, but the Bodyguard stopped her. " Stay here and protect the World Destroyers." He said. Kit and Pup were on the seat of the bike. Rei glared at him. " What?!" she said. " I have to go in there and help my friend!" The Bodyguard ignored her and ran in, breaking the door down. He broke into Makoto?s room. Dozen or so monsters had attacked Makoto, but she wasn?t Makoto. The Bodyguard recognized her as Sailor Jupiter. " Help!" she cried, taking out one monster. Another grabbed at her arms and another held her legs. The Bodyguard pushed his way through all the opponents without any trouble and took Jupiter out of the chaos. He killed three monsters before another shot out an energy blast and hit him on his arm. The Bodyguard dropped Jupiter and the remaining Negaverse monsters jumped on him. " MARS FIRE IGNITE!!!" a flaming spiral damaged some of the monsters. The Bodyguard grabbed the gun and finished off the remaining monsters. " What are you doing here?!" he cried out. " You?re suppose to be watching the two!!!" " I saw that you needed help so I came?" Rei couldn?t finish her sentence as the Bodyguard picked her up and Jupiter also and went back outside. More monsters had surrounded the motorcycle and a Negaverse general hovered in the air. Kunzite! " How disappointing!" he said. " You left the animals all alone and now I have them both!" The Bodyguard aimed his gun at him. " BASTARD!!! LET THEM GO OR I?LL?" " Or you?ll do what? One slight move and I can kill them right here! You could bring shame to your fellow predecessors!" Kunzite laughed. He looked over at Jupiter and Mars, who were both speechless. " Ah, two of the Sailor Senshi! And I know the identity of one!!! The queen will be very happy!" Mars looked over at Jupiter. " He saw me transform. I didn?t see him." Jupiter said, hanging her head down. " It doesn?t matter. We have to stop him now!" Mars declared. " MARS FIRE?." Kunzite launched a beam at her. The Bodyguard took the hit for her. " Impressive!!! A Bodyguard that actually saves people instead of killing them!" Kunzite remarked. " Why a change of heart?" The Bodyguard still couldn?t realize why Kunzite hadn?t taken the World Destroyers to Beryl yet. He must be toying with them, like a game of cat and mouse. If he could just stall him for a little longer, maybe they might have a chance! " I don?t know why you don?t fight me. I can be killed, you know. Let?s see what the Queen will say when you destroyed the Bodyguard and kidnapped the World Destroyers in the same day." Bodyguard said. " Bodyguard!" Mars gasped. " Well, well. I would do that, but I ask myself, have you chosen a replacement after your death? I probably have to deal with him as well!" Kunzite spat. " I only have been here for two days. I couldn?t possibly have found a perfect replacement in this amount of time." The Bodyguard lied. He hoped Usagi would turn out as good as she is with her growing power. " I can see now that I have more than enough advantage over you. Very well, let?s prepare for your death!" But as soon as Kunzite lowered his attention from the World Destroyers, the Bodyguard used the split second of time to shoot Kunzite in his head. The monsters all faced him, and the Bodyguard attacked them. Two grabbed Kit and Pup and prepared to make a break for it, but the Bodyguard shot one. Mars ran over and grabbed the fallen World Destroyer, which turned out to be Kit the kitten. Jupiter decided to join in on the action. " JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!!!" a wave of electricity destroyed two monsters. Kunzite struggled up, half his face burnt away. With any luck, Beryl could repair it as a reward for his capture. " I need at least one!" Kunzite spotted the monster with the remaining animal. He snatched him and grabbed Jupiter as well. " Hey!" Kunzite transported the two to the Negaverse base, and now the Bodyguard was enraged. " NOOO!!!!!" He fired multiple shots at the monsters, but they too vanished. Mars ran over to him, with Kit and her arms. " They got away!" she said. The Bodyguard gripped his gun even tighter. He slowly turned his face to Mars, and even through the helmet she could tell he was really pissed off. " YOU!!!" he cried out. " You were suppose to watch them while I rescued your friend!!! Beryl now has one World Destroyer and a Senshi!!!!" " Excuse me?! This is all my fault now?!" Mars sputtered. " Had you listen to me we wouldn?t have been beat like this!!!" he snarled. " Incompetent girl!!!" Mars had just enough of his yelling. " Why did you even try to save her in the first place?! You?re job is to just watch over the animals! Why are you protecting us now? We never asked for it!" Mars hollered. The Bodyguard tossed his gun aside. He fell to his knees. " I?m sorry, really sorry." he said. He removed his helmet and tossed it as well. He began to shake his head and punch the sidewalk. " DAMMIT!!!!" Mars knelt down beside him. " Hey! Take it easy, we?ll get them back." she assured. " Let?s just not waste anymore time, okay?" The Bodyguard looked at her. She had such a calm expression, a relaxed expression. " Even if we try, we might not be able to get them back. There?s more to this than superhero rescue." He said. Mars was confused. " What?" she asked. " My power is decreasing, and so is Kit?s. If we wait long enough, they might lose their destructive power and be harmless temporarily. However, I might die, and when I do, there will no longer be another Bodyguard to succeed after." he told her. " So you three can?t be separated too long or you?ll die?" Mars asked. The Bodyguard nodded. " Let?s join the other Senshi. We have to figure something out." Mars said. The Bodyguard agrees and the two get on the Guardian. The headed over to the shrine, where they were going to contact the others. Chapter 5: Blooming Love " Are you sure you don?t want to wait until the morning?" Rei asked, after they had got to the shrine. " Get them here now." he said coldly. Rei sighed and dialed each one of the girls to come over for Sailor business. " Okay, I called them. They should be here soon." Rei said. The Bodyguard sat on the steps, not moving a muscle. He felt his energy draining slowly. Rei sat down next to him. She tried to put on a cheery mood. " Hey, what will we do once we destroy Beryl and get back Pup?" she asked. " I mean, after all, you won?t have any other things to do once we get rid of Beryl." " Even with Beryl gone, there are still other threats to the lives of the World Destroyers. There are other animals, humans, and most of all Mother Nature shall turn against us." he told her. " Devotion to protect the World Destroyers forever is what makes a Bodyguard a Bodyguard." " But you risked you neck to save Makoto and me. There?s got to be a reason for that." Rei said. " Why?" The Bodyguard took in a deep breath. " I can feel now. I feel things beyond a normal Bodyguard. That is what drove me to do what I did." " You can feel love, right? That?s why you saved us." Rei finished, not taking her eyes off of him. " Love?" the Bodyguard was puzzled by what it was. Rei got the hint. " Love is when you care very deeply about someone. You never try to hurt them, or do anything bad that will hurt their feelings." Rei explained. " I understand. Who do you love Rei?" The Bodyguard?s question surprised Rei. " Me? Well, I love my friends and my family." Rei said. The Bodyguard took Rei?s hand. " Rei, who are my friends?" he asked. Rei couldn?t say anything at first, and all she looked at was his hand on hers. " You have many friends. I am your friend, and my friends are your friends too." She replied. " We all love you too." The Bodyguard took his helmet off. Rei tried to spot a tear anywhere on his eyes. No such luck. " I can feel love, and I have friends that love me too." He said to himself. " Yes, you got it now." Rei said. She hugged herself from the cool wind that blew. " Rei, is it possible for me to love even more?" he asked. Rei couldn?t believe it. First he was a murderous, rampaging, tough guy. Now he?s talking about love, as if he forgot who he was in the beginning. " You mean physical attraction?" she said, hoping this was what he was talking about. " What is that?" he asked. Rei pushed back her hair, which was blown over by the wind. " Well, people see beauty in other people, and this beauty leads them to love more. They are often attracted to them." Rei began. " So I love you because of your beauty?" " Well, it?s not just looks. There?s also personality. The way a person acts also determines if he or she can be loved even more." Rei said. " Rei, do you love me because of physical attraction, or because of the way I am?" Rei began to blush. " Um?You are handsome, and you saved my life instead of letting me get killed by Kunzite. I guess it?s both." The Bodyguard had a pleased look on his face. " No one told me of love, and you are the first. I love you Rei." He said. Rei giggled. " Promise me that you?ll love me forever Rei." He said. " Only if you promise that you?ll always be there for me." she said. " I promise. I won?t ever let anything happen to you, Rei. Not when we both love each other." " There is a way of expressing love for another. It can be a hug?" Rei slowly moved towards him. "? Or a kiss?" Rei closed her eyes and moved in for the kiss. She felt her warm lips on his, and wrapped her arms around his body. She began to pull away afterwards. " Rei?" he said. Rei?s eyes studied him, and she could tell that he enjoyed this minute of passion. " This is what love is, Bodyguard. Do you like it?" she asked. The Bodyguard placed his hand on her hair, and gently moved it the back of her head, and engaged into a deeper kiss with Rei. I guess this is a yes, Rei thought. Usagi, the first to arrive with Luna, stood at the first step with their mouths open so wide a train could fit inside. " REI!!!" Usagi and Luna both mouthed out. Chapter 6: Jealousy Usagi nearly bursted into tears, but she turned and began to bawl at Luna. Both had hidden next to the building across the street from the shrine. " You said that he couldn?t love anyone! You told me that he was way too old for me even if he had those kinds of feelings! And now he?s making out with Rei, who?s also the same age as me, all because of you!!! YOU!!! YOU!!! YOU!!!" " Usagi, shut up!!!" Luna snapped. " The Bodyguard isn?t here for love! He?s suppose to help us!" " Oh, he?s helping out really good, especially to one particular Senshi!!!" Usagi retorted. Luna sighed. " How could you even be thinking of love? The planet?s sake is in our hands!" " First of all, you don?t even have hands! Second, I have a life other than Sailor Moon!!! I want a boyfriend!!!" Usagi cried out. " Usagi, you sound as if you?re desperate!!! As if you would die without a boyfriend!!!" Luna exclaimed. " It?s just not fair!!!" Usagi whined. " Rei has a gorgeous man and I have nobody!" Ami and Minako found the two. " Usagi! Luna! Why are you two over here? We?re supposed to be at Rei?s!" Ami said. " Yeah, she said that there was something important about Makoto?s kidnapping!" Minako added. Usagi and Luna looked at each other. " MAKOTO!!!" " Let?s go there now! We can?t wait any longer!" Ami said. The Bodyguard and Rei were inside the shrine when the four arrived. Usagi kept giving Rei some angry glances, and Luna looked different than usual. Artemis kept explaining about how hard this mission would be because trying to free the two from the base would require an army to deal with all the monsters. There were only four Senshi left now and only one dying Bodyguard. " I can go into the base, but you will all have to work with me." the Bodyguard said. " How?" Luna asked. She looked over at Usagi, who sat with her arms crossed and her expression grim. " I want you to surrender to Queen Beryl." was all he said. " What?!" Artemis cried out. " That?s crazy!!!" The Bodyguard was going to argue with that but he grabbed his chest and fell on the floor. His body began to give off a red aura. " What?s happening?! Bodyguard, are you alright?!" Rei rushed over to him. Usagi made a face when Rei said that. Ami and Minako helped him up. " I?m losing my power fast." He mumbled. Look at what Rei?s slimy mouth did to him, Usagi thought. Maybe with any luck he can stay away from her. " Why are you so weak?" Ami asked. He looked at her. " I can?t let the World Destroyers be separated. If they are, then I can die and the line of Bodyguard may also perish with me." " So what are we suppose to do?" Minako asked. " Give up to Beryl, and give her Kit." He said. " It?s the only thing we can do for now." The girls looked at each other and said nothing. Chapter 7: Act of Honor So this was it. The Bodyguard gives up all hope and decides to just hand the only other World Destroyer to Beryl and the survival of all life on Earth shall die. " I think we should think of another plan." Mercury said. The other Senshi didn?t know what to do. " We have no choice. Even without Kit, Beryl can still destroy the planet." Luna said. " We have to cooperate or else the earth will be doomed." " But it will still be under the control of the Negaverse! We?ll lose either way." Sailor Moon said. The Bodyguard was breathing heavily. His head was aching and his hands were shaking. " Go now." he said. " There isn?t much time." " How are we suppose to find the base anyway? It?s not like it?s on a map or anything." Moon announced. " They will know. Just bring Kit with you." The Bodyguard said. The Senshi sadly walked out the door, but Mars stopped. " Hey Mars, what?d you forget?" Moon asked. " Let?s go." Sailor Mars motioned for the others to wait outside. " I?ll be there in a minute. There?s something I have to say to the Bodyguard first." Sailor Moon rolled her eyes. She?s probably going to tell him all the mumbo jumbo on how much she loves him. Dirty bitch. " Sailor Moon, let?s go now." Luna said. Sailor Moon was glad to get away from Mars. The Bodyguard stared at Mars. She walked over to him, and made sure no one was inside with them. " What do you want?" he asked. " Bodyguard, I just want you to know that I won?t let you die. We are going to beat Beryl no matter what." she said. The Bodyguard took her hand. Oh, how Mars savored his warm touch against her. " I believe in you, Rei. I love you." he said. Mars gave him one last kiss before she left. The Bodyguard picked up his gun, stared at it, and looked out at his motorcycle. Then he put the weapon on the bed in Rei?s room. Sailor Mars went outside and joined the others. Moon glared at her. " Okay Senshi, be careful." Luna advised. She took in a gulp of air and hollered, " Beryl! We have something to discuss!!!" A flash of light appeared. Kunzite hovered in the air, in his same pose only his face was a mess. " Well, well, you decide to give up the other half easily? Where?s that bastard that shot my face?" he growled. " He?s not here. Now, just take us to Beryl and get this over with." Sailor Moon said. " What, and no fight? What kind of heroines are you?" he jeered. " Step into the portal now." A swirling energy vortex opened up. The Senshi walked in, and Kunzite afterwards. Luna and Artemis could only watch. " Take care." Luna said. The Negaverse base was creepy. The entire palace was dark, dreary and filled with death and gloom. The Senshi were lead inside, chained and surrounded by monsters. Beryl leered evilly at the sight of the rest of the Sailor Senshi. " At last!" she said. " All five Senshi in my grasp and the two World Destroyers!!! Nothing will stop me and global conquest!!!" Pup was in a cage beside her, and now Kit joined him. Sailor Moon looked and gaped in horror as she saw Jupiter held captive in what looked like a torture chamber. There were tentacles that drew out energy from her, and she appeared to be out cold. " What is that? What are you doing to her?!" Sailor Moon demanded. Beryl?s laugh echoed in the enormous hallway. " I?m just having a little fun, Sailor Senshi!" Beryl looked over at Kunzite. " Where is that incessant creature of the night that protect the two World Destroyers?" Kunzite began to tremble. " My queen, I haven?t really known what happened to him after our battle?" Beryl fired some dark energy at him. " FIND HIM AND KILL HIM! I CANNOT HAVE HIM INTERFERING WITH MY PLANS!!!" she bellowed. Kunzite bowed. " Yes my queen." The Bodyguard felt a surge of power rushing through his body. He got up instantly and grabbed the Protector. " They did it! I have my strength back!" He ran out of the Shrine and hopped onto the Guardian. " Where are you going?!" Luna shouted. " I am going to finish this!!!" The Bodyguard stopped after he had driven towards Makoto?s ruined apartment. " Kunzite! Come out now!!!" he shouted. Kunzite phased into view and laughed. " How nice of you to come here! I have orders from the queen to destroy you!" he said. The Bodyguard gripped the gun tightly. " I don?t want to waste my time on you. I came for Beryl." He told Kunzite. " I?m going to make her a deal, or blow her highness?s ass to hell." Kunzite chuckled. "How can you get to her when you have to go through me?" " Because I can spare your life and join the Negaverse as a servant to Beryl or I can just go and kill you both." The Bodyguard answered. " You talk too much. What makes you think that the queen will accept you as an ally?" Kunzite asked. The Bodyguard lowered his gun. " I am rightfully Negaverse to begin with. If I join her, she has total control over me. I am her strongest warrior." Kunzite rubbed his chin. " I?m surprised. You make a good decision. The Senshi are captured, the World Destroyers are in our control, and now with you on our side, we cannot be stopped." " Then take me to Beryl now. I shall join with her reign." The Bodyguard said. " Very well." Kunzite and the Bodyguard both vanished and reappeared into the Negaverse base. " Bodyguard!!!" The five senshi saw him and Kunzite step up to Beryl. " What?s he doing?" Venus asked. " I hope he?s not doing what I think he?s doing!" Mercury exclaimed. The Bodyguard knelt down in front of Beryl. " My queen, I have come to declare my alliance with you." he said. Beryl fired out some shots at him. He dodged them. " You think that I will fall for your stupid trick?! I will have you killed!" " Beryl, listen to me." Bodyguard insisted. " I cannot win. You have the World Destroyers and I, as a Bodyguard, must not risk the lives of Kit and Pup. I must convert and spare their lives as an act of honor, or I can perish and die with shame." Beryl grew quiet, but she eventually reached a decision. " Bodyguard, you impress me. I will need a good help on my rule. From this point on, you are no longer known as the Bodyguard. You are now Skullamite, the dark Bodyguard!" " NO!!!" The Senshi watched in horror as they realized the Bodyguard?s true plan. He wasn?t going to save anyone. He wanted to rule with Beryl, as a Negaverse general!!! Chapter 8: Retaliation! Beryl watched over as she examined the new Bodyguard. He now had an indestructible black skull made from the traditional helmet, and he was twice as strong. Skullamite laughed evilly and bowed down at his queen. " I feel invincible! What shall I do for you queen?!" he spoke, his voice now harsh and demonic. " First you will demonstrate your loyalty by destroying the Sailor Senshi. Then you will make arrangements for my plans to conquer other galaxies and seize their power!" Beryl commanded. " As you wish." he said. The Senshi were brought out and lined side by side. Skullamite took his gun, now called the Destroyer, and aimed it at Sailor Moon?s head. " Kill them now and show me that you will serve me loyally!" Beryl ordered. " Bodyguard! Don?t!!!" Sailor Moon cried out. " You have to fight it!" Mercury shouted. " Fight what?! I am a whole new person!!!" Skullamite was ready to pull the trigger when Mars voice interrupted him. " Bodyguard! It?s me! Listen to me!" Skullamite lowered his gun and pointed at Mars. " I guess you want to die first!" he said. " No problem!" " Bodyguard! Please, it?s me! You promise that you would never hurt me! Bodyguard! I love you, and you love me! Don?t let Beryl change all of this!!!" Mars?s words seemed to have gotten to Skullamite, who began to have second thoughts. " What are you doing?! Kill them!" Beryl ordered. Skullamite lowered his head. " Rei?" he murmured. " What am I doing?" Beryl was really frustrated. " I guess I have to deal with you wretched Senshi!!!" She shot out a dark energy beam and hit Mars. " No!" Sailor Moon and the other Senshi ran over to the fallen Mars. Skullamite still stood there, not knowing what to do. " My queen, we should dispose of Skullamite. He proved to be of no use now. His mind has been damaged." Kunzite said. Beryl was furious. " No! I want them all locked up! I may need Skullamite for another purpose." She said. Skullamite was thrown into the most heavily guarded dungeon. The Senshi were thrown into their cells, where Mars was still injured from the blast. Skullamite looked out at the Negaverse monsters as they watched over him like a hawk. " My plan worked. I regained my energy and Beryl improved it by turning me like this. I will save the Senshi now!." Skullamite walked up to the door. " What do you want? It?s not like we feed anyone here." One guard said. The others snickered. " I don?t want any shit from you." Skullamite said. " If I were you, I would have stuck as the queen?s right hand man. I guess some things can?t be trusted with Negaverse traitors." he said to Skullamite. " You know why I chose to help the Senshi?because of idiots like you. You don?t realize that my gun is a part of me, and it?s much stronger than before!!!" Skullamite raised the Destroyer, hidden in a compartment in his arm, and blasted it through the door. About ten monsters had been killed. " And I am stronger now with my evil powers!!!" Kunzite got a report of a disturbance in the chamber where Skullamite was. " What?! He?s escaped?!" he rasped. " Get all the units in this base! We have to destroy him before he reaches the Senshi!" " But general, the queen has orders to not kill him!" the guard said. " You take orders from me, monster! I will handle the queen now get the army in full assault!!!" Kunzite said. " Yes general!" Skullamite located the Senshi?s cell. Easily killing the guards, the Senshi were stunned at the sudden action of Skullamite. " Bodyguard! You?" Sailor Moon choked out. " I am not the Bodyguard yet! I need to get the World Destroyers! You can fight the monsters, just let Sailor Moon come with me!" he said. " Bodyguard?" Mars?s weak voice spoke out to him. Skullamite looked over at her. " Rei, I am sorry for what I have done to you. I promise that we will escape out of here alive, and that I will make it all up to you!" he grabbed Sailor Moon?s wrist and the two went off and disappeared into the darkness to Beryl?s throne room. Mercury, Jupiter and Venus all looked at Mars. " Is there something that we don?t know about?" Jupiter asked. Mars turned her head away. " It?s a strange story, but let?s just try and escape!" Beryl had both Kit and Pup in her arms. " That fool Skullamite." She said to herself. " Does he know what he?s doing?" Monsters were thrown across the base, and screams of pain and death filled the air. Skullamite was now a disaster to the Negaverse. Sailor Moon hid behind Skullamite and followed him wherever he was planning to go. " Beryl!" he cried out. " Give me the World Destroyers!!!" Several monsters attacked him, but Skullamite swatted them aside like flies. One lunged at Sailor Moon, but she took him out with a good kick to the face. Beryl stared at the two. " You fools!" she said. " Once I kill these two the earth and this base will no longer live!" " Go ahead." Skullamite said. " I dare you." Beryl?s face quivered. " You?re crazy!" Skullamite laughed. " Who?s got the fate of the world in their hands? Go ahead and kill them! The World Destroyers and I can never die, and Sailor Moon is my next Bodyguard, so she will not die as well! You?re on a suicide mission!" Skullamite filled her head with false information. He knew what was really going to happen, but Beryl began to get angry, and she shot out more energy blasts from her staff at Skullamite. He avoided them, and rushed up towards her. Before Beryl could react, Skullamite clenched his fist, jumped, and hit Beryl in her gut. She toppled backwards from the impact, and dropped the World Destroyers. Skullamite grabbed the two and ran out with Moon. " Where are we going?" Sailor Moon asked. Skullamite didn?t answer her. He only grabbed her arm and headed straight for a wall. " Bodyguard!" Sailor Moon closed her eyes when she saw that they had reached the exit outside. Skullamite had created a new doorway. The Guardian, now called the Death Angel, awaited them. The massive motorcycle rode up to them, and Skullamite picked Sailor Moon up and placed her on it. " Wait here!" he said. " I will get the others, and then you will leave!" " But what about you?!" she asked. Skullamite shot a blast from the Destroyer at an oncoming monster. " I will be okay! Just watch for the World Destroyers!!!" Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus had a lot of trouble handling all of the monsters. " MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!!!" " VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!!!" The two attacks vanquished only a portion of the army. " Mercury! Watch out!!!" Jupiter ran in front of her and tackled a Negaverse monster. More appeared, and the remaining Senshi were brutally beaten. The next thing they knew multiple shots was being fired and monsters standing were now a bloody pile. The Senshi got up, and saw that Skullamite had come to their rescue. " Senshi, come with me!" he said. The Senshi did not hesitate to move. They headed with Skullamite to the exit, but with all the monsters standing in front of the way it was near impossible. " Kill them!" one of them said. The monsters ran towards them, and Skullamite pushed the girls to safety. He put his gun aside and decided to take them on with brute strength. " Bodyguard!!!" A monster grabbing her, and three more helping him drowned Mars?s cry out. " MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!!!" a thick fog covered the area, and the monsters were blinded. Skullamite could see through it with his enhanced helmet. The four Senshi couldn?t do a thing now. " Senshi! Hold hands! I will guide you out of here!!!" Skullamite took hold of the closest Senshi to him, Jupiter, and the five made their way through the crowed of monsters. Beryl struggled to get up. The force of the hit had weakened her greatly. " I can?t understand how he could be so strong?he was suppose to have the power of a normal general!!!" Beryl wiped some blood off her mouth. " There must be something else he?s hiding from me." She found out her answer. On her ruined gown were a wire and some metal. It must have come from Skullamite when he hit her. " He?s also cybernetic?! I should have figured!!! He?s a futuristic model of bodyguard!!!" Beryl shot up on her feet and gathered some monsters. Kunzite also appeared at her side. " Kunzite! I know how we can stop that rampaging psychopath!!!" Skullamite was almost to the entrance when a spark shot out from is arm. There was a loud hum in the air. " Bodyguard, what?s wrong?" Mars asked. Skullamite let go of Jupiter?s hand and began to make sudden jerks. His whole body began to smoke. " Senshi, hold onto me!" he said. Jupiter grabbed his wrist, but it shocked her. She grabbed it again, and held on firmly. The Bodyguard made it to the entrance. " We?re here!" he said. " Now go!" Mercury, Venus and Jupiter exited, but Mars didn?t budge. " Why aren?t you coming with us? We have the World Destroyers!" she said. " Rei, I need you escape safely! There is something I must do, and I cannot do it when I know that you are still here and in danger!!!" " But?" " Leave!!! I will come back to you!!! I promise I will!!!" Skullamite assured her. Mars closed her eyes and hugged him. He looked down at her, and then pulled away from her. " Go Rei." He said softly. Mars nodded, and she kept from crying. A monster dropped from above and slashed Mars across her back. Blood sprayed against the wall. " NO!!!" Skullamite picked up the unlucky monster and crushed his head. There was a loud crack, and Skullamite?s hands were now a gooey mess. He picked Mars up and carried her outside. Sailor Moon and the others gasped, and help Mars to the bike. Skullamite put his hands out front. A vortex the same as the one that brought them here was created. " Go Senshi!!! Take the World Destroyers to safety!!!" he said. Sailor Moon opened her mouth to say something, but the Death Angel came to life and escorted the Senshi to the vortex. Skullamite looked back into the Negaverse base. It was now in flames, but there was still something left to do. " I must destroy Beryl." He said, and headed back inside. Chapter 9: Face Off Beryl held her staff readily as Skullamite entered. She examined his right hand, and saw that the blow had damaged it. That was all the evidence she needed to kill him. " The fool came back." Kunzite said. " Well, he isn?t going to leave now. Alive, anyway." Skullamite stood in front of them. He pointed his gun at Beryl and fired. She countered it with a shot from her staff. " You really think that you can destroy me?" Beryl asked. " I know your weaknesses! I can turn you back into your weak and pathetic form! I can?" " Shut up you bitch." He fired again, hitting Beryl in her chest. She stepped back and grasped herself. " Kunzite! Kill him!!!" she ordered. Kunzite nodded and raised his arms in the air. He focused and channeled out a torrent of water, sending Skullamite to the wall. Electricity began to fly from his body and his vision was now badly disrupted. " No?" he mumbled to himself. " Did you think that I wouldn?t find out about your robotic armor?" Beryl said. " You and your worthless technology can?t match with Negaverse magic!!!" " My cyber-organic components altered your Negaverse energy and transformed it into fuel for my armor! You have no chance of getting me back to my original form! I am now enhanced by your carelessness!!!" Skullamite fired more, and forced the queen and her minions back a few feet. Beryl?s rage exploded as she blasted Skullamite with a green sphere of Negaverse energy. It hit Skullamite on his right arm, and he dropped the Destroyer. He stumbled backwards and examined his arm. The bone had been stripped from the muscles and the micro-sensors began work to repair it. Beryl fired some more at him. Skullamite?s right arm now ripped off from the socket, and blood and fluid jetted into the air. " Allow me to finish him!" Kunzite charged up a Negaverse energy sphere and hurled it at him. Skullamite?s body was a mess and sparks began to shoot out. " Take this!!!" Kunzite tossed another wave of Nega energy at him. Skullamite reached out with his good arm and absorbed it. His right arm now materialized back, but it was still badly scrapped. " You don?t listen very well, do you?" Skullamite dashed towards them and rammed Kunzite through a wall. Smoke and debris marked the location of the impact. Beryl waited for something to happen. Blood began to splash through the opening in gushers. Kunzite?s head was sent flying to Beryl?s feet. She gasped and stepped back. Staring back at Beryl from the hold were two red, glowing eyes and electrical charges emitting from Skullamite?s body. " Come here babe." He said, motioning his index finger towards him. Beryl raised her staff in his directions and blasted out more Negaverse energy. Skullamite was knocked down, but he got back up with more injuries to his head. He stepped out of the hole and made his way towards Beryl. Suddenly, two monsters leapt out at him and impaled their claws into his left leg. Blood spurted out like water from a fountain. Skullamite grabbed one and broke his neck, and then electrocuted the other with his damaged arm. But Beryl gathered enough energy from the distraction and sent it flying at about light speed to Skullamite. He looked up and the massive shot incinerated his whole body, along with the monsters that he was still holding. Beryl stood there, grinning. Her smile of victory turned to horror as he still stood, his armor only charred and dented from that blow. He began to laugh. " You lose Beryl! Take a look at what you created!!!" Skullamite, fully powered, shot out a beam of red energy towards Beryl and vaporized her with here own Negaverse power. There was a blinding flash, and all was silent. Skullamite was no more. In his place stood Psychopath, a pure entity created from Negaverse. He staggered over towards his gun, now called the Maniac, and attached it back on his leg compartment. " It?s time for me to return." He said. " I have completed my mission. We have won." A glowing portal opened up, and Psychopath climbed in. It instantly closed afterwards, leaving a puff of black smoke. Chapter 10: Revival of the Bodyguard. Psychopath, the result of extreme power of Negaverse, couldn?t handle his unstable body. His armor began to act on its own, becoming another living entity conjoining with his flesh. The portal opened back up, and Psychopath fell out. Blood and wires created a hazardous pool. His helmet was compounding into his head. The Senshi went over to him, and inspected the damages. " What?s happening to him?" Sailor Moon asked. Mercury activated her visor and examined the changes. Her whole body told her that she was shocked. " What is it?!" Mars cried out. " He?s?he?s mutating!!! By the time he finishes he?s going to become a living mass of Negaverse energy! He could destroy us all!" Kit and Pup stood there with their defensive accessories on. They didn?t like what was going on. Pup began to grow. His eyes glowed and his fangs dripped saliva and blood. Kit?s claws grew an extra foot and his body also grew. " What?s going on?" Jupiter asked. Mercury took a look at the World Destroyers. " They?re also reacting to the Bodyguard?s changes!" she said. Mercury turned to Sailor Moon. " You have to kill the Bodyguard!" " What?!" " It?s the only way to stop this!!!" Mars couldn?t believe her ears. " There has to be another way!" Mercury shook her head. " K-kill me now?Kill this Negaverse monstrosity!!!" Psychopath?s back began to shoot out tentacles. Spikes darted out from his arms and the ground began to rumble and shake. Sailor Moon stared at Kit and Pup now transformed into true killing forms, and the Bodyguard, a living mass of destruction. There was no other choice. " Forgive me?" She closed her eyes and shouted out, " MOON HEALING ESCALATION!!!" The four Senshi looked at Sailor Moon, realizing that she did not use an attack to kill him. Psychopath was blanketed with the healing energy of Sailor Moon. " Please let this work?" Sailor Moon prayed to herself. He began to phase out, and then shimmered back into view. Psychopath?s body disappeared and lying on the ground was the Bodyguard, still wounded and busted up, but the Bodyguard nonetheless. " He?s back!" Mars and Moon ran over to him and helped him to his feet. The Bodyguard took off his helmet and dropped it. Blood dripped from a corner of his mouth. They rested him on the stairs of the Hikawa shrine next to the Guardian. The motorcycle roared with joy. Kit and Pup were restored to their normal selves. " We did it?" the Bodyguard said. " We did it. We won!!!" Mars couldn?t hold in her emotions any longer and wrapped her arms around him. The Bodyguard looked at the others, but they left the two alone. He spotted Sailor Moon. " Moon, come here." He said. Sailor Moon turned around. He dragged his ravaged body to Sailor Moon, and dropped his helmet. A smile covered his bloody face, and he gave Sailor Moon a hug. " Bodyguard, don?t use up all your energy, you have to rest and?" " No." Bodyguard said. " Sailor Moon, my time is up. We have defeated Beryl, and the Negaverse is destroyed." Sailor Moon and Mars stared at him with fear in their eyes. " And I have become more human than I had ever become." " What are you saying?" Mars asked. Bodyguard took her hand and kissed it. His body was now a fireworks show. Sparks flew from every joint in his arms and legs. " Senshi, the line of protection is given only to those that are worthy enough to carry it out. When the power is gone from a predecessor, it passes on to a new champion." " You?re dying. You overexerted yourself to destroy Beryl and save us." Mars murmured. She felt tears streaming down her face. " No, you can?t?" " I must." He said. " Please, leave me be. My spirit knows where to go." Sailor Moon took his helmet in her hands and nodded. Mars then burst into tears. The Bodyguard?s body illuminated with a white light, engulfing him and finally taking his body away. Sailor Moon placed a hand on Mars?s arm and led her inside the Shrine. This didn?t end yet. Not when the Bodyguard lives on forever. Closing Words: In this story, the Bodyguard is viewed as an immortal spirit of protection that forever guards the World Destroyers Kit and Pup. His robotic improvements in the armor gave him the power to love?an unquestionable force that draws all of us together and brings peace and tranquility to the planet. He is a rebel in nature, a motorcycle riding, skull worshipping supernatural being of darkness, but he proves that even the most evil of people has a heart of gold even when they seem to show no sign of compassion. There is no easy choice to make when you are at war with another. The World Destroyers are the life and death of the planet, and the Bodyguard is the survival of it. That is why I created these characters, to show us all that in their eternal lives they try to balance the fate of Earth. It can live on forever in peace or be destroyed by hate. Beryl uses the World Destroyers for evil intentions, and yet not even the most evil of villains could understand the knowledge of life and death. Kit and Pup represent this, and why not a powerful being to symbolize? Because, life and death cannot be controlled, it only dodges the fate of the future. It?s as innocent as two young animals, not capable of surviving on its own. Whoever chooses to abuse their future will certainly face death closer than those that progress. The World Destroyer?s purpose was to find an answer to earth. Any imperfections must be corrected, and thus a perfect future. Yet, there will always be another threat to the planet, and everyone must cooperate to vanquish it. There is no harmony unless there is evil there to allow us to know it. Protection, it comes with high prices, and how we choose to use it will determine the outcome of our actions. But never forget that there are three main forces that will never be erased: Love, danger, and chance. Danny Chen So cool story huh? Hey! Stop booing!!! Email me at demon_cat@hotmail.com