Hauntings Lady of the Black Rose Ladynorose@hotmail.com ~*~*~*~*~*~ Part 10 Thanx Lita J!! Sorry, but I haven't mentioned her for a while. Hehe. Sailor Moon isn't mine, ladeda. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "Princess, the plan is set. Agonre has agreed." Odel spoke with great respect. He was treading on thin ice and knew it. "This is your last chance. If I lose Agonre, you won't have to worry about those Sailor Freaks. You'll be worrying about ME." ~*~*~*~*~*~ "We've got a youma!!" Rei shouted. Ami grabbed her computer and confirmed it. "Where are they?!" Daphne looked around. No sign of the three missing senshi. "Hello? Yeah, um, shouldn't we, like transform!?" Minako asked, sarcastic. "Uh, yeah. MOON CRYSTAL POWER MAKE UP!" "MERCURY STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "MARS STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "JUPITER STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "VENUS STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "PYRO STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "MELODY STAR POWER MAKE UP!" ~*~*~*~*~*~ "We have a problem." A voice came from no where. Michelle looked around, searching for the source. Iris already knew that they couldn't find it. "What is it?" Mystic asked. "A youma. Agonre." The voice said. Iris could detect a note of worry in it. "AGONRE?!" Mystic shrieked. "I am afraid so. Henshin yo. The portals will take you there." The voice faded away. "Well, you heard the woman. ICE STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "Yes. We must obey the all powerful voice!" Iris rolled her eyes. "AQUA STAR POWER MAKE UP!" "Welcome to my life. THUNDER STAR POWER MAKE UP!" ~*~*~*~*~*~ "Who's Agonre?" Thunder asked, as they walked through the portals. "He is a very strong youma, who can multiply his form. So, basicly, there can be a hundred Agonres at once. And each and everyone of them almost as string as a senshi." Ice explained. She turned left. They followed. "So, in other words, we're in deep shit." "Putting it bluntly, yes." "Crap. And that means someone's gonna get hurt. Probably me." Thunder moaned. "Hey, it's not *our* fault you've such a short temper." Aqua stuck her tongue out at Thunder. :p "Me? I'm not the one who- who- nevermind!" "CHildren, children." Ice stepped through a wall and disappeared. Aqua followed, then Thunder. They appeared in the park-- "WHAT IS IT WITH PARKS AND YOUMA?! Geesh!" Aqua exploded. -- to the right of Agonre. The rest of the senshi were appraoching. "I think we're first up to bat. GLACIAL EXTERMINATION!" Ice yelled. "Uh-huh. Lovely day to die. CRYSTALLINE THUNDERBOLTS!" "Shuddup. HURRICANE INFERNO!!" The attacks zoomed, side by side. Aqua's hit frst, knocking the youma breathless. Thunder's missed by a millimeter, and then Ice's hit. Agonre was encased in a block of ice. "Let's see Merc do that." Ice said. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Agonre broke loose in a fury. Ice sweatdropped. "We're in trouble." She said. Thunder and Aqua stared as Agonre split. And Split. And split. And split. And spl-- okay, you get the idea! Until there were about twenty very pissed off Agonres. "FIRE RAIN!!" "SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" "VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!" "BURNING MANDALA!" The assaults combined into one, burning chain crackling with electricty. It slammed into the crowd of Agonre, taking down one. Of twenty. "Oh, shit." Jupiter muttered. "Here's help!" A big, black portal opened. Out of it walked three tall figures that Ice recognized immediatly. "I am the warrior of the Heavens and Sky! Sailor Uranus!" "The oceans and seas are at my beckoning! Sailor Neptune!" "I am the Keeper of the Gates of Time! Sailor Pluto!" "Geez, guys! We just got the inner senshi out of that habit! Don't you start!" Aqua groaned. PLuto winked at Ice. "They spent a half hour coming up with those." She said. Ice giggled. "RAAAA!" Each of the Agonres pulled out a whip and began slashing out at the senshi. "SPACE SWORD BLASTER!" "SUBMARINE REFLECTION!" "CHRONOS TYPHOON!" The three newcomers shouted. The others took the cue. "SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" "MOON PRINCESS HALUTION!" "SUPREME THUNDER!" "FIRE SOUL!" "VORTEX SPRAKLING FLAME!" Half of the group was eliminationed. The rest looked at each other in confusion. "HIYA!" Thunder took a flying leap at the youmas. "NO, MICHELLE!" Sailor Moon screamed. Aqua didn't bother yelling. With the same grace she used in the trees, she ran, leaping over the bushes and senshi in her way. Thunder had landed a few feet away from the Agonres. "LIGHTNING FLASH!" She yelled. Up close her attack was more lethal, and took down two of them. Aqua didn't bother to attack with magic. Without making a sound, she began to fight, hand- to-hand with them. She took down two, her determination shining in her garnet eyes. "AQUA!" She yelled. A spear made of water appeared in her hands. She used it to attack. "WORLD SHAKING!" While the inner and celestial senshi stood stunned at Aqua's actions, Uranus and Neptune used it to their benefit. "DEEP SUBMERGE!" "Dead Scream." Four more went down. Aqua had taken down five more, aiming for the soft flesh of the neck. "SNOWFLAKE STORM!" A flurry of snowflakes slammed into an Agonre. It was frozen. Bfore it could break free, Venus took action. "CRESCENT BEAM!" She shattered the ice, and the youma shatered with it. An Agonre began to muliply. "Uh-uh. MOON TIARA ACTION!" Sailor Moon sliced it in half. Aqua was still going strong, but she was showing signs of exhaustion. "SHABON SPRAY FREEZING!" "RINGING HARMONY!" "Evil Spirits BEGONE!" Mars threw several of the scrolls. "SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!" "CCRESCENT BEAM SHATTER!" "Kick it." Uranus followed Aqua's example, attacking with her sword. "Ruka! Be careful!" Neptune called, and then turned to an Agonre. "VIOLIN TIDE!" "EUPHONY CHIMES!" "Kuso!" Uranus and Aqua went for the last two. They perished easily. For the first time, Aqua noticed the blood flowing down her legs. She had minor cuts on her legs, and a sorta deep one on her arm. Uranus had fared better, with just a superficial one one her side. Aqua bent and healed it quickly, ignoring the look of surprise of Uranus's face. Aqua healed the one on her arm, bt not the ones on her legs. She tore off a strip from her skirt and wiped the blood away, They were just scratches, and would heal easily enough on their own. She went around, taking care of all of their cuts, not saying a word. Anger flashed in her eyes. "Iris, calm down." Pluto said. "I. Am. Calm." Aqua said slowly. "Bull." Ice said, powering down. "You're about as calm as a mad hornet." "Am too." Aqua powered down herself, and the rest followed suit. Uranus and Neptune hestitated, but dehenshined anyway. PLuto remained as she was. Mystic reached back and pulled the hood up, covering her face. "Iris, thats not good for you. You cannot stress over the past." Michiru said softly. "Bite me." "She's as stubborn as you, Ruka-chan." Michiru teased. "What about stressing over the past?" Daphne demanded. Michiru and Haruka looked away. PLuto looked at Ice and Ice seemed to be looking back. Iris turned and jumped into the trees,m and began to make her way through them. She was out of sight in a second. Michiru sent a meaningful glance to Haruka, and the woman sighed. "Do I have to?" She whined. "Ruka." "Fine, fine. I'm gone." Haruka lept up in the trees, following Iris. "Okay, now. Who are who, and what the freak is Iris so upset about?!" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The world was against her. That was the only thought that ran through her mind as she ran through the trees, heading tward the one sanctuary she had ever had. She dropped down and entered the cave. For the first hundred feet or so, it was dark, humid, and spooky. But after that, flowers and a waterfall lay. A small bit of light came in, giving the place a heavenly aura. She sat down beside the waterfall and let her hand play in the watersm teasing the small minnows. She heard footsteps in the passage way. Only one person could have caught her. "Konichiwa, Haruka-san." She said, quietly. One of the things she hadn't told the others was that she was familar with Japanese. "Still a master of languages, Aqua? Nice place ya got here." Haruka appeared, her usual smirk on her face. "It's good to see a face that understands me." Iris sighed. "You haven't told them about your past, I presume." "There are just way too many skeletons in that part of the closet, Haruka." "I have those too." "You also have Michiru." "You had Pyro." "That was a long time ago. Almost-- what? A thousand years? Yup. I don't even think I care about her that way anymore. She's still an innocent. Always was. She could kill and kill and always be like the Princess." "And you?" "Stop it, Haruka. You're as good at the shrink thing as I am at the happy thing." Iris's hand went around in circles. "I don't want a shrink. Dontcha think I've seen them? They just listen. I want someone to tell me what to do." "Okay. Be a warrior and face up." Haruka sat on a flat stone that was surrounded by irises. "No." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ And there's Part 10! YIPPEE!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~