Hauntings Lady of the Black Rose Ladynorose@hotmail.com ~*~*~*~*~*~ Heyyas ppls! I know I am going to get a bunch of hate mail for that last and this part. It's like, bummer, ya know? Sailor Moon ain't mine. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "NOOOOO!" Aqua screamed. She looked up at the youma. Each and every one in the room froze in motion. Aqua dehenshined. Iris stood up. A few muttered words and her clothes melded into a tunic like dress that was the darkest of blues. A teardrop symbol appeared on her forehead. The youma that had killed Pyro dropped it's spear in fear and shock. Princess Iris stared at it. "You are mine." She said, raised one finger to point at the youma. "You will not have time to regret that action. Deadly Vapor..." She whispered, raising her voice on the last two words. Streams of mist shot out of her finger, and encircled the youma. They hovered there, as though waiting her command. She gave it. "Embrace." The mists solified and rushed inwards, killing the youma before a scream could escpae its throat. "I think we should follow her example." Ice said, before dehenshining and donning a similar outfit, only her tunic was a very light blue, and had a silvery sheen to it. The snowflake on her forehead stayed the same. Thunder shrugged, before doing it too. Her tunic thingie was silvery green, and her symbol was a mini thunderbolt, the color almost the same as the tunic's. "Stay as you are, Sailor Senshi." Pluto said softly. Uranus had dropped to Neptune's side-- as had Sailor Moon to Mercury. "Wrath of Zeus." Princess Michelle chanted. A thunderbolt appeared in her hand. She aimed and tossed it at a youma. The youma exploded into dust, screaming in agony. "FIRE SOUL BIRD!" "SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!" They took out another. Only one of the youma stood. "MOON PRINCESS HALUTION!" Sailor Moon destroyed it. Four were dead. And the killing would not stop. ~*~*~*~*~*~ Flashback~ A lone girl sat in the gardens of a planet called Posidenos. She was the Princess, Princess Iris. A lady was approaching her. "Princess Iris, my lady." The woman knelt before the princess. "What is it, Flora?" Iris asked the servant. "We have some bad news, I'm afraid. The Queen, my dear, has died." Flora said, sympathicly. Iris had lost her father at a young age, and the Queen had suffered long from an incurible desease. Iris would now be Queen. "No! Not mother too!" Iris said, turning away. It would not be lady-like to burst out in tears and go into histerics, but the tears streamed anyway. Flora slowly crept away. The sun raced across the sky. Iris sat there, looking but not seeing. A tall figure, clothed in gray, block the sun. She blinked twice before realizing someone was there. It was-- Kage! "Kage! What do you want here! You were banished!" She gasped, and stood up. Kage had been banished from Posidenos 3 years ago for treason. "My Queen, I have come to beg your forgiveness." "Never! Out! Out, I say! GUARDS!" She screamed. His hand reached out to grab her-- silence her. She twisted in his grasp, her crown falling from her hair. Finally, she kcked him, right in the groin. <*_*> While he writhed in pain, she bent to pick up the crown. As her hand touched it, the crown glowed red-hot, searing through her hand. She cried out in agony. It burned through the flesh and the blood began to flow freely. "Your reign begins in blood, and so it shall end." Kage whispered, before disappearing. End flashback~~ "Four of our finest." PLuto said, shaking her head. "Let's go back. We aren't strong enough to fight them!" Princess Michelle whispered histericly. "Princess of Zuesic, I command you, act your rank!" Princess Mystic ordered to Michelle. Michelle straightened up, but that inevitable look of fear remained. "Sailor Pluto, who was Kage?" Princess Iris asked the mysterious senshi. Pluto's eyes widened a bit in surprise. "Kage? He was the Magi that began the attacks. He was a very powerful sorcerer that hated the idea of peace-- he was from Posidenos, your--" "My planet, yes." Iris finished. "But what about curses? COuld he lay a curse?" She asked, thinking of the memory that had burst forth. "Well, yes, I suppose so." "Damn him." Iris whispered, along with a very other choice adjectives. "What? What is it?" Sailor Mars asked. "Nothing. Nothing at all." ~*~*~*~*~*~ "WHAT?! THEY KILLED THEM TOO?! IS MY WHOLE KINGDOM INCOMPEDANT?!" Memory yelled, shattering every glass and eardrum within a mile. "Your majesty, may I speak?" Fisar steped forward. "Go ahead." Princess Memory sighed and rolled her eyes. "I believe that all our previous attempts failed because we tried to use brute force. Everyone knows that the senshi are very powerful --not as powerful as you, though. I think that if we split them up, and then trick them, we should be victorious. "It is the only plan we have not tried." Fisar said quickly. A few murmurs of 'Suck-up' were heard in the background. "Sure, why not? If it fails, and you die, that will just be one less fool to deal with. Fisar, you may procede." ~*~*~*~*~*~ "Hmm. A fork." Venus said, studying the two tunnels that led away from the one they were standing in. It had been hard, especially difficult for Uranus and Iris, to leave the dead senshi behind, but it was the only choice. "Let's split up. Um, Sailor Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Venus, go that way. Uranus, Pluto, Iris, and Michelle, come with me." Mystic shoved the four inner senshi left. "If you find trouble, call us. If we find trouble, we'll call you." Iris said, looking warily at Mars. Iris saw Pluto give Mars a slight nod. Mars' shoulders slumped but she said nothing. "Okay! Let's go!" Sailor Moon started cheerfully down the tunnel. Pluto pulled out her staff and swung it around. A black portal opened up and before they could stop, Moon, Jupiter and Venus stepped through it. Mars was left. "Rei, you must go with them. This is not your battle." Mystic urged. "I want to help." Mars protested. "Please, Sailor Mars. Please. Just go." Pluto said. Mars shrugged, powered down, and walked through the portal. Pluto closed it. "So, it's just two Outers and three Celestial." Michelle said. "If it was four outers and five celestial, it'd be the old days, huh?" Iris asked. "I'm not *old* enough to start talking about the *old* days!" URanus complaiuned, before dehenshining. PLuto did the same, and then transformed again, only this time, they were not senshi. Haruka wore a gown of flowing blue silk, strapless, with her symbol shining bright on her forehead. PLuto's gown was the same make, only it was a deep, dark red in color. Michelle looked around. "Now that we're all nice and ready to kick some major nega- boodie, in the words of my idol*, Let's do it." ~*~*~*~*~*~ * I don't know if any of you read the book series called Animorphs, but Rachel, from those books, is my idol. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "Well well. We've found it." Iris said. Pluto had directed them down the left tunnel, and after a few minutes of walking, the had came to this. The tunnel opened out into a huge cavern, full of bloodstains of the walls. It was barren, except for-- something, at the very far end, in shadow. Haruka squinted to make it out. It was a stone throne, with a woman sitting on it. The woman rose. "Hello, I see you have finally made it to me. What? Only five of you? What a tragedy. Let's see, that would make Neptune dead, wouldn't it? And Daphne. Heh. And what's this? No Sailor Melody? Pity, isn't it, Sailor Pluto?" She mocked. Setsuna held Iris back, as the girl started forward. "DOn't get angry-- it will distract you." Haruka whispered. "We have not come to chat, Princess Memory. We have come to finish what began." Mystic said, preparing an attack. "What we started?" Michelle asked. "Oh, dear! Mystic, have you and Setsuna been keeping *secrets*? Oh my, that just won't due." Memory clapped her hands together with glee. "Allow me to introduce myself better. My name is Princess Memory-- daughter of Queen Beryl." "You bit--" Iris began, but Memory cut her off. "I am the one that be-friended you, Iris. I was Kage. Disguise magic is SO wonderful, is it not?" Memory laughed. "I see my curse followed you through rebirth, my dear. I've been watching you." A more serious look came on Memory's face. "Have you been lonely, all these years? Poor, poor Iris. I really am sorry your mother died-- oh, that's right! You think she abandoned you! No, no. Fortunatly, one of my warriors got to her first. Hmm." "You-- you!" Iris lept forward, running towards Memory, who licked her lips and raised a stone spear over her head. Haruka ran and tackled Iris. "Let go! Let go, I say! That bitch mirdered my family-- twice! Let go!" She screamed. "Dead Scream." Setsuna whispered, catching Memory off gaurd; she had been watching Iris struggle. The burst of energy slammed her back into the wall. "ELECTRICAL RAGE!" Michelle yelled. Memory pulled out a mirror. The electricity hit the mirror, and Michelle watched in horror as it her own attack raced back towards her. Mystic ran, intending to knock Michelle out of the way, but lightning is faster that a human, even if that human is immortal and has the strength that no number of men have. Michelle was knocked back a good 10 meters and hit the floor with a skidding groan. They raced to her side. "Your temper." Setsuna whispered, and shook her head. "Isn't it-- *cough* --ironic *cough cough* that my death was by *cough* thun--" Michelle never got to finish her sentence. The silence was broken by Memory's delighted laughter. "Oh, goody! One less Sailor Sap. Oh, that *does* remind me, where is Sailor Moon?" "She is gone. You will not have the chance to take her. We are your enemies, and by Posiedous, I swear, you will die." Iris growled. "HEAVENLY LIGHT DESTRUCTION!" Haruka sceamed, throwing a huge ball of energy at Memory, who dodged it and retaliated with a stone spear. Haru,a was able to leap away, but a red gash appeared on her side. Instead of a graceful landing, she fell to the floor, a moan excaping her lips. "Haruka! "Pluto Silent Fury." Setsuna whispered. "Deady Vapor Embrace." "GALAXY ICE WINDS!" "WORLD SHAKING!" he attacks closed in close, like they were going to combine, and that is what Memory anticapted. She simply moved out of the way. But just as the energies touched, they flew away from each other and arched around, coming from four different sides. Memory screamed as two of them, Iris's and Setsuna's, connected. She managed to reflect Haruka's back, and dodged, just barely, Mystic's. Haruka went down, hit by the yellow ball of energy. Mystic dropped to Haurka's side, while Iris and Setsuna kept their attacks flowing. There was no question about it, The Princess of the Heavens was dead. ~*~*~*~*~*~ Hmm. Should I finish it in the part or keep you waiting? I think I'll be nice. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "ETERNAL LIQUIDATION FREEDOM LIGHT!" Iris screamed, after she heard Mystic's gasp of fright. That could only mean one thing-- another was dead. "GEHENNA TIME BLAST!" Setsuna ordered her staff. They combined together and raced toward Memory. Memory stopped them and let the energys die out, instead of reflecting them. "My fight is not with you, Setsuna. Nor is it with you, Mystic. My fight is with Aqua. Leave." Memory crossed her amrs X-fashion and a burst of dark energy hit Setsuna and Mystic, and they disappeared. ~*~*~*~*~*~ "Ack! Why are we here?" Sailor Moon whined, as she paced on the green lawns of the park. Minako and Makoto had powered down. It was then Rei appeard out of thin air. "Usagi." Rei whispered. "Setsuna sent us here because it was not our battle. It is Iris's." "But I could have used the crystal! This would have been over without anyone else having to die!" Usagi cried, as she powered down. "No! Then you would have died too! It is our duty to protect you, and that is what Sailor Pluto did." Minako murmured. "I don't care!" "Shut up, Usagi. Please, just be quiet. You know they are all going to die. They did this for you." Never, had Makoto talked to Usagi in such a way. "it was their choice, okay? If I'm right, and I think I am, then Iris was the only one of us who had a chance defeating Memory. I just hope that she can fight it." "Fight what?" Minako asked. "Her past." "Dammit!" Mystic shouted, as she and Pluto appeared. "Setsuna? Mystic? Where is Haruka and Michelle? And Iris?" Usagi jumped up. "Haruka and Michelle--" Mystic whispered. She didn't have to say it. They knew. "Oh, no. What about Iris?" Makoto asked. Setsuna shook her head absently and walked away, like she was in a dream. Mystic looked after her worriedly. "Don't ask her any questions. It's aways the same before a big crisis. She loses her ability to predict time. So don't blame her for anything-- it could have been anyone. She doesn't know. And we don't know about Iris. This is her fight. Memory was right to send us away. Come, let us hope that Iris may see through the bad." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Where did you put them?" Iris demanded. "Sadly, I had to keep part of a bargin I made. I sent them to your alive friends." Memory sighed, and threw her arms up in the air. "Ah, well. I shall deal with them after you." "And what makes you think you'll defeat me so easily? You could not before." Iris took a confident pose. "Ah, but now a weapon I have now that I did not have before shall help me." Memory said, playing with a ball of blue energy. "Oh? What is this weapon you have so much confidence in?" "Your memories." ~*~*~*~*~*~ DumDumDumDuuuuuuuuuum! You still have to wait to see what the big secret is!hehe!