Darkness Rising - TDM And Midget

[TheDarkerMe]

Krakus stood before his Akra - bowed down on one knee. He looked older then many - which he was indeed. A Charonte of substantial age and power. He had been bonded to Kogane when she had reached her Queenhood. "I am sorry Akra-Kogane, But the Goddess Appolymi has asked for the return of all of the Charonte to our Home. She had asked for us to return due to situations within the family." he said politely. He had a bad feeling about leaving. But he was required to go.

Kogane smiled at her Demon as she nodded. "It's alright Krakus, you are allowed to go. I will see you upon your return." She said as she rose. Watching her demon rise and bow at the waist. She smiled softly and waved him off. She turned towards her other Guardians and began her path towards the Gardens of her Castle. All would be well in her world.

That was until the darkness rose in a wave, and Anubis came with the others. Till her prince died...

Kumori woke up - shuddering all over. Gasping as sweat clung to her features. The pale young woman swung herself from bed and gasped a bit harder. Clinging to the bedpost on her fourposter. That same nightmare - same dream. Demons and blood. Wings and Moon Princesses. She didn't know what was worse - the situation at hand , or the fact that the nightmares wouldn't leave her.

Gold eyes watched the situation around her. Her room was a mess - her uniform waiting for her to put it on. She had to get back to work. She ahd to get to Sanctuary - Mama Peltier was waiting. She sighed and reached over towards her headboard - pulling her hairpiece off and tying up her long and dark hair. She found herself wandering towards the door - picking up the pieces of her uniform. She sighed and rubbed her temples.

She stepped towards the door now, and threw herself into the shower - practically. She had to get there on time, she knew that much. But she wasn't exactly sure if she could manage it. She found herself out of the shower in short time, and on her way to work. Dressed up in her work uniform.

It was a clear evening - everything seemed alright. That was until the form of three males surrounded her. All tall and blond haired. They seemed to hold and air to them that made her feel like she was in a dream - or a nightmare. "Can I help you?" She asked.

"Yes, we just want to ask a few questions." One said and grinned and cocked his head to the side.

Kumori quirked her brow and put her hand on her hip. "And what would that be?" She asked with a slightly drawn out drawl to her voice.

"What do you taste like." He whispered. Then they jumped.

She sighed and found herself getting jumped. The pain flared through her head as she gasped and was thrown backwards. She was now in a fight for her life. She twisted her body to break free, a chunk of her hair hanging in the males hand. Two grabbed her under her arms and she kicked the first in the chest. "NO! NO!" She screamed as she flailed.

She would not let these blond bimbos with braids in their hair - capture her and rape her.


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"Are you sure." Haruka said as she looked towards Setsuna and Hotaru. Her head cocked to the side as she looked towards her lover and then sighed. "We had all agreed you wouldn't release her starseed. Until such a time as it was needed." She stated as she looked towards the two older senshis. The pain was flaring through her as she felt the pain that had been caused all those years ago.

The blond looked at her lover - wrapping her arms around her lovers waist. "We have to leave Japan, to go to New Orleans, because you let her starseed go. She's a basic level senshi - if she's even that. How will she survive?"

"Dark times have come upon us, so we need even darker aids." Hotaru said gently - as a weak smile spread across her features. She looked at all of them with a sadness in her eyes. She knew this was what was needed. They all needed it. "The Queen asked particularly for this thing." She whispered softly. It hadn't been Usagi, it had been Appolymi. "She said that her child would need it. And I owed her a favor." The Senshi said lightly.

She stopped as the pain raced through her. "Did you feel that, something is happening. We need to go."

 

[0The0Midget0]

“Matera?”

“Naiea ma komatia?”

“Are we going out tonight or are we going straight home?”

“Probably straight home, I’m tired.”

“Ok but on the way can we get some of that ti..ta..… that thing? The thing I like so much?”

“It’s called tiramisu my love.”

“Yeah that! Can we?”

“I don’t see why not, you’ve been such a good boy today.”

“Aracnia!”

The slightly foreign and majority English conversation was taking place in a small café in the quarter known as Midnight Kisses, between a young woman, Atlantia was her name though she was known as ‘Tia’ for various reasons, and a young boy who looked no older then maybe four or five by the name of Akakios, called Kio as it was something people had less trouble pronouncing. At the moment the two were straightening up the best they could, cleaning up before the workers for the nightshift came in. Due to the nightlife the city tended to have they were generally busier than the earlier shifts and as a result didn’t have time to do much and while it wasn’t required Tia and her tiny companion tired to make things a little easier for them by cleaning up just a bit before it was time for her to clock out.

“Well this is as straight as it’s going to get I suppose.” Removing her apron the girl would make her way behind the register and into the kitchen, hanging up the sweetly decorated pink apron and waving good bye to the bakers before making her way back to the front to say goodnight to the manager. “Mama ‘Flo?” Pale blue almost white eyes would scan the room for the owner of the shop, a rather old African-American woman by the name of Mama ‘Flow. She had owned the café longer than most of the workers here had been alive and considered it to be her little pride and joy, along with everyone in it. As new as Tia was she considered the older womans pride and joy as well, but at the same time it almost seemed as if the woman treated her…delicately for some reason. But that could have just been her imagination.

“We’re over here!” Kio would wave from a small table located near the front of the café, the young boy in her bosses lap, a chocolate cupcake in his tiny hands and he seemed more than happy to have it. His pale white skin covered in chocolate icing, or at least his mouth anyway, and maybe a little of his nose, unbelievable joy in his deep green eyes. If not for the fact the older woman was guiding his hands there was a good chance his long raven locks would have also been covered in chocolate.

“Such a wonderful ‘lil boy you have here Tia. I swear I could just eat ‘em all up!” Her thick southern drawl was hard to miss as she spoke. She would chuckle, the boy in her lap bursting into laughter as she tickled at his stomach. “Well that would certainly keep me from giving him a bath later.” Reaching over she would take the small child into her arms, placing him in on her hip, not minding, or probably not caring so much, about the chocolate getting all over her light blue blouse. “I’ve finished cleaning and clocked out, I need to pick this one up some treats on the way home so I’m heading out.” She would have loved to give the woman a goodbye hug but with how messy her shirt was now as well as the child in her arms well, that just wasn’t going to happen.

“Alright. You…you be careful ok? Keep ‘yo eyes and ears open. Got it?”

“Yes ma’am. Night.” And with that the young woman would make her way out of the shop, three more employees coming in as soon as she exited, a heavy sigh escaping her. She was…well aware of the fact that she needed to be careful in the upcoming days. Two weeks, two weeks until her twenty first birthday and for the first time in three lives she intended to make it that far, to get the rest of her powers to live. That was her top priority and she ended to make sure she did it, if not for herself then for the tiny boy in her arms.

As they walked Kio would munch on his cupcake happily until it was all gone, and at that point he would begin to lick the icing from his fingers and face the best he could. Suddenly though the boy would stop. Head snapping up from his fingers, green eyes swiftly moving back and forth, no longer dark in color but rather glowing, something of a twisted grin on his features, and somehow those lovely teeth he had been using to enjoy his cupcake with were now fangs. “Matera?”

“Naiea?” The girl would stop, setting the boy down as he began to wiggle wildly in her arms, curious as to what he smelled or sensed. Actually no, she knew what it was, she just wished he didn’t get so excited over it. But then again, he was still rather young.

“Do you smell that? There’s a group of them. Those bastards, they really are frequent around these part’s aren’t they?”

“I guess so. But focus, are they attacking someone? And what have I told you about cussing?”

“Yeah…smells female but there’s something…off about her. And grandma does it all the time!”

“Grandma is not the best example sweetie. But go ahead, have fun, don’t get caught or anything.”

No sooner had she said those words the boy was gone, out of sight. “I guess I should probably follow him to make sure he doesn’t get in trouble.” With that the girl would also disappear, blond hair moving slowly in the wind as she also simply disappeared, onto a nearby rooftop, following the male to make sure he didn’t get into too much trouble.

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“A favor?” The blue haired senshi would look down at the younger girl, curious as to what this favor could have been. At the same time though something told her now was not the time to ask such a question. All things would be answered in due time but until then, until then she simply had to wait and deal with what ever came at them as the answer to the questions she didn’t even know. “I suppose we’ll-“ She stopped, as she watched Hotaru’s expression, moving to aid the girl she would instead stay in her place, that same pain rushing through her body. Ah, so that’s why she stopped.

“We need to go, now before anything happens to her.” Haruka would clutch her chest as the same feeling that ripped through her friends ripped through her as well. Making sure she had a good grip on the others hand she would nod to Hotaru, the violet haired girl quickly racing down the street and the other three following close behind. All she could do at the moment was hope that they weren’t too late, that the girl was ok, that they would get to her on time before anything to bad happened.

It had been such a long, long, long time since any of the four females had seen the Forgotten Queen. They had carried her starseed for all these years so they knew she was alive, but they had never met the girl. If their paths crossed then they crossed, it wasn’t something for them for force. So imagine the surprise the four were in for when a certain goddess had asked them for their help. At first it was a little unbelievable, or hell, very much so. It was safe to say at first they had thought it was a dream, old lives, past lives, coming back to haunt them, but that simply wasn’t the case. If the goddess wanted their help and the queen needed their assistance then they would do whatever they could to make sure the job was done.

 

[TheDarkerMe]

Kumori fell backwards - blood spraying upwards from the nose she had just broken. Her body moved into another rotation of blows - as she worked towards keeping the males off of her. The taunts and jeers were enough to make her skin crawl. What were they - and why had one of them survived his neck being - oh gods they were THOSE things. She had heard about them in her intro from Mama Peltier. She had known about things - others hadn't, and when Sanctuary had been attacked recently, she hadn't been able to have her memories erased. Which is apparently what happened everytime something like that happened.

"I'll skin you alive." She found herself snapping as she flipped backwards and braced herself on the wall, half clinging to a pipe. Her hair was grabbed and she was yanked backwards. A gasp leaving her as she shuddered and felt the pain spike through her. Teeth buried in her throat. Pain beyond pains. The shimmering form of a woman holding out an item. She screamed then, the darkness rising around her. A wave of chaos that would draw the attention of anyone of a strong bloodline or power. She didn't know who would come to aid her - but she knew in her heart of hearts that these creatures were too much for her.

Her hand reached out - grabbing the locket offered to her. The pain flaring as she fell backwards into the creature feeding from her. She screamed again - long and hoarse, as ribbons of Chaotic energy wrapped around her being. The pain flared further as she felt the chunk of skin ripped from her neck, as the Daimon was thrown backwards from her. "Go to whence you came." She snarled as she twisted around. Holding her hand over her throat were blood poured - she clutched the locket in her palm. She wasn't sure what to do, but the phrase came to mind. "Dark Moon Prism Power - Unlock!" She cried out.

The key appeared in her fingers, and she unlocked the locket in a solid movement. Another wave of Chaotic energy rushed through the area. The Awakening had begun.

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"We have to hurry she's flared to awakening." Hotaru cried as she ran down the street. Darting between people and working as hard as she could to race towards the scene that would hopefully not be so bad. "I have a bad feeling though." She whispered as she found her small feet hitting the ground faster. Her pace picking up in a way that shocked her. She knew that she had to work harder to get there in time. A shudder left her as she reached for her henshin. "Saturn Star Power - Make Up!" The girl cried as she raced down an empty alley.

When she raced out of the other side - she was Sailor Saturn. A new knowledge within her - a new power within her. The time had come to stop the Awakening - or push it for the aid of THEIR Queen. Usagi needed such a power on her side - not against her. And if they didn't get there in time, it would definitely be against.

Haruka ran harder then - eyes narrowing as the wind caught her hair. She had always loved running - but not in this kind of situation. A gasp left her as she watched Hotaru's reaction. She too felt the pain spike through her. Groaning in annoyance her own henshin came out and her body thrown forward at a faster pace - down the alley that Hotaru had taken. "Uranus Star Power - Make up!" She screamed as her transformation overtook her. They had no time to spare - they had to be ready to fight.

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Nick found himself wandering as he had always wandered. Ever since that fateful night - and fateful choice. That woman Artemis - taking his humanity. In exchange for his revenge. But turning on her had made him feel good. Until he found out the side he was on was just as bad. Now he had no side - no allegiance. He stopped as he stared up at the night sky. There was an odd shimmer in the air, a part of him tingled as he realized that something wasn't quite right. A possibility of danger? Or was it a Daimon attack?

Either way the man was going to check it out. He kept himself at an easy pace. But found himself rounding a corner to a scene of magic and danger. There was a young woman - surrounded in dark ribbons, that were forming into a uniform of some sorts. Surrounded by not one - but three Spathi. "Shit" He muttered as he looked around. Perhaps it was best to hide and see how it went. If she needed help - she needed help.

Up on to a fire escape he went. To wait it out and see what unfolded.

 

[0The0Midget0]

’Stop!’

Akakios would stop in his tracks, growling lightly as he heard his materas voice in his head, bright green eyes glancing around for any sign of her. He knew she was around; she was never too far away from him when he went ‘feeding’, it was just a matter of finding her. But why in the world was she stopping him? He was almost there, almost there. So what was the problem? The male would let out a sigh, shoving his hands into the pockets of his jeans as all demonic traits would fade away, his teeth returning to normal, eyes would stop glowing, and his finger nails were no longer claws. “Matera, what’s the matter?”

’Do you not feel that? Stop focusing on your stomach for a minute, take a minute, and feel.’

Sighing the little boy would do as his matera instructed, taking a moment to feel his surroundings and smelling everything else. Ahh…so that’s what she was talking about. There was a wide range of energy all of a sudden, chaotic energy. Powerful, potent, but wild, untamed. It was like a powerful baby being or something except…”It’s familiar. I think it’s that girl I felt earlier, the one that was being attacked. There are…” he would sniff the air, “Four others…they have an oddly familiar energy. Or well, it’s all different, but at the same time, they all have similar qualities. Kinda like yours sometimes…I wonder what this is all about..”

’Like mine? Hmm…And if nothing else, for some reason, I see my mother having something to do with this. Just feels that way.’ When ever something big went on in this city but it had nothing to do with the Dark Hunters her mother was somehow, in some way, involved. For a woman imprisoned and had been imprisoned for thousands upon thousands of years she sure had a way of getting stuff done. Like having a baby. Atlantia didn’t want to know how her mother had managed to give birth to her in the first place and for some reason, she didn’t want to know. ’Not only that but they’re Spathi. Which means either grandmas involved with this, that idiot brother of mine, or there is that possibility they just picked the wrong person to mess with on their own…Go on ahead, but don’t…do anything stupid. ’

Grinning the young boy would gain some of his…features back, taking off once again. Once he arrived at the scene he would blink, noticing a girl in a senshi uniform. Ah. So that was why it was so familiar. Hm. Well then. The energy that came from her was…amazing to say the least and the Spathi could feel that as well, they were so occupied with her they didn’t exactly notice him. Good. Without waiting for the chance for one of them to notice him he would move quickly, sharpened claws ripping through the back of ones knee, hand viewable on the other side, it wasn’t hard to hear the muscle tear or the bone break, of his screams of pain.

Atlantia would make her appearance on the roof top above the Spathi, a frown on her features. She had never been as fond of the Spathi as her mother had been, and her mother wasn’t all that fond of them, which was saying something. They were elite yes, dangerous, and completely evil, but she never liked the fact that they followed an idiot around for a leader. And Strykerius was an idiot in every since of the word, or at least, that was her opinion on the matter. Taking a seat on the edge of the roof she would cross one leg over the other, a brow arched as silver eyes noted the females attire. A senshi uniform? Well then, that made this…interesting to say the least.

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Setsuna followed as quickly as she could behind the other three, a shadow of doubt in her mind. She had a feeling that there was nothing they could do to stop this now, hell, she knew it. All the four girls could do was take everything as it came and make sure that the Forgotten Queen knew her power was her own and that she didn’t need to let that said power fall into the wrong hands. Not only that, but they were here to help her, to aid her as long as she wanted them around.

Grabbing her Garnet Orb she would hold it close to her chest, murmuring the words for her transformation sequence. “Pluto Planet Power, Make-Up!” Her comfortable travel clothes would be replaced with her senshi uniform, Garnet Rod now in hand opposed to the orb that was there before. They were almost to the girl, she could feel it, the energy getting stronger as they approached. But then…then there was another energy at the scene, two very similar energies that reminded her of another very special woman that was much more…violet. But maybe her senses were just on over load or something.

“There she is!” Michiru could finally see the girl, the energy emitting from her almost overwhelming. Well at least she was…well, she wanted to say ok, but because she was being attacked that wasn’t the most appropriate word. “Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!” A blue light would overtake her body, civilian clothes disappearing and replaced with her uniform. “Deep Submerge!” The girl would waste no time, sending an energy blast at the Daimon closest to the queen.

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There were certain reasons Ash had always liked New Orleans. The people were some of the friendliest he had ever encountered in his…well, some odd amount of years of living, the atmosphere was always welcoming, the food was great, and most of the people he trusted and liked enough to call friend lived here, making him love it all the more. So while he tried not to make it a point to visit the city to often somehow, someway, he spent the majority of his time here, tonight included.

Tonight the god had no real intention of working, he just wanted to take a few minutes to relax, to breathe instead of dealing with the hectic situations that somehow always found him. This past week had been a little worse than others. Daimons in some areas of the world had started attacking in large numbers, scaring civilians and the media was having a field day with it all. His mother had been contacting him a lot more than usual lately, which generally meant that something was bound to happen soon, it was just a matter of figuring out what that something would be and he hated guessing. Sometimes he really did love knowing what was going to happen and why, unfortunately with his mother and anything she did he couldn’t have that satisfaction.

Acheron would let out a sigh as he looked up to the sky, a strange energy emanating from nowhere all of a sudden. “What in the world was that?” Well, at least he had gotten his five minutes of relaxation. Shaking his head he would run to the scene, hoping that it wasn’t anything too….well, why was he lying to himself? The energy he felt was nothing normal, far from it, which meant it would be a serious situation. Hopefully, maybe if he was lucky, it was one that he could walk away from that involved little violence what so ever.

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[TheDarkerMe]

Kumori felt the darkness rising through her. Eyes glowing a bright gold her hands came up to the fuku she now wore. She wasn't quite sure how she was one of the Mythical Senshi - but she had seen them fight for her world back when she had been home in Tokyo. But that had been many years ago, when Chaos was scattered into the hearts of man. How she knew that - well it was because most of those seeds had come to her, forming into a darkness within her that was heady and dangerous. She knew things - always seemed to know. But at the same time she didn't. Her mind opened to the power, watching as someone came out of nowhere to attack one of the beaded warriors.

She flipped backwards and braced herself on the wall as she pulled the brooch from her chest. "Whoever you are, better block your eyes!" She screamed at the young man that had come to attack the others. She felt the words well up just as the orb of blue energy smacked into one of the beaded warriors. She knew that energy from deep within her a voice hissing darkly - Neptune. "Dark Moon Flash!" She snapped those words from her lips as the bright burst of energy flashed from the open brooch. The Spathi snarled, and clutched at their eyes. Now blinded - but not down for the count.

That's when the spiral of energy opened up - a bolthole as some would know it, but not her - and six more came out. Three with no braids, three with braids. Kumori jumped down from where she hung and rolled. Feeling the new energy pulsing through her. She was too close to one of the new Spathi, as it latched on to her shoulder, ripping into her fuku and causing a spray of blood from her other shoulder. A gasp left her as she went to her knees. She looked towards the others there, features paler then they usually were. "I'm sorry - I'm not strong enough." She found herself whispering.

The Spathi that had bitten her gave a cackling laugh from this exclamation. "Perfect, your perfect. A soul ripe for the taking - or fucking. I wonder."

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Hotaru whipped around, as the flash went off she shielded her eyes. Such a bright light - but dark all at once. Her arm came down as she spiraled around in a spin and swung her glaive towards one of the Spathi. "We had to deal with Daimons before, remember the ones in Japan?" She called out as she looked over at the other senshis. "Aim for the chest!" She called out as she raced at one, making a slashing motion towards one of the males chests. She was now engaged with one of the six spathi. One of the blind ones.

The forgotten Queen was busy with a Spathi, a new one. And that left several Spathi and the three normal Daimons. "Be careful - these are the beaded ones, remember they are tricky. And some of them have..." She stopped dead as she whirled around in time to see the bolt of dark energy slam into the Forgotten Queen's chest. "Bolts..." She whispered as she felt the fear well in her chest. What would that do to the Queen? She herself had barely been able to survive one of those blasts.

Haruka was busy defending Michiru, working beside her. As they usually did. She summoned her Space sword and raced into the fray, jumping on the back of one of the normal Daimons and swinging down for his back. She caught him between the shoulder blades, and he burst into dust. She rolled and came up - slashing at a chest of a normal Daimon, blood spraying through the air and splattering them all. The Daimon hissed - and she hissed bag. Rage and frustration was passing through her as she realized they might lose the Forgotten Queen.

"Yo! Boy!" She called out to the young man that was helping. "Do whatever you can to keep the black haired girl safe. The one with the locket!" She called out. Hopefully he was on their side.

 

[0The0Midget0]

“Matera? Should I?”

’Yeah…Heal her if you can. Actually, never mind that just fight.’ Healing the girl would mean he would need to revert back to his more human form and she wasn’t about to have him risk his life for a girl she didn’t even know. But obviously if this many Daimon were showing up she had to be important somehow. It was just a matter of figuring out how. As much as she didn’t want to get involved in this herself, as this was more so Kio’s thing as he got to feed off of the Daimon’s ousia and the nightmares of the souls. While the first thing was…completely disturbing the second thing was actually pretty good. It allowed the captured souls to move onto the afterlife peacefully, without fears or nightmares after being trapped inside the daimon, so he was actually doing them a bit of a favor. What was the boy exactly? A birthday gift from her mother, and that was all she really knew. Gift or not he proved to be pretty adorable and useful, like now. As soon as Atlantia gave him permission he made his way over to the Daimon behind Kumori, his fangs burying into the flesh of the mans leg, going as far as ripping off and spitting it out. Oh how he hated the taste of blood.

“I’ll do it.” The girl would stand from her spot on the roof, a rosy red blush on her pale cheeks. She absolutely hated going senshi, it involved an embarrassing costume and a corny longer catchphrase, but it allowed her to use some of her stronger abilities so it had its ups. The girl would remove what appeared to be a miniature sfora from her shirt, third pockets always came in handy, clutching it between both of her hands in a prayer position. “Alexion Imora Atlantia, Power Make Up!” A pale blue light would engulf her body as her work clothes magically disappeared, reappearing with her own modified version of the senshi uniform. If anyone had ever wanted to see what Apollymi might have looked like in one of those things this was as close as they were ever going to get. The tiny sfora in her hand turning into a full blow staff just about as tall as she was.

The girl would jump from her place on the roof, landing beside Kumori. “I’m here to help ok?” She would quickly stand up, looking at the Daimon that bit her, currently trying to get his hands on Akakios, “You sir, have a very dirty mouth. That and don’t you know this is no way to treat a lady.” A grin would cross her features as she brought the front of her staff to his chest, “Kolasi…” She would murmur the word softly, the orb of her staff glowing a bright blue before firing a powerful blast of energy, tearing a rather large hole through the males torso. The souls that he had fed off of previously would actually make their way into her staff opposed to up in the air for what ever reason, but that wasn’t important right now.

“Akakios, cover me while I heal her ok?”

“Got it!”

She would move down beside the female, looking at the bite on her neck. “I’m not going to say it isn’t bad but it could be worse. Just keep still for me ok? It’s going to sting a bit.” She would place her palm over the wound, her hand glowing a light pink along with her own neck. She could heal the girl yes, but it would involve transferring the wound to herself, luckily she knew it could be patched up later on.

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Michiru made sure to stay as close to her lover as possible. These things were…horrible in Japan and it never helped that they didn’t travel alone, oh no, they were always in groups so getting into a fight with a few was never a good thing. Or at least, not alone. Luckily she always had Haruka, like now. Even so, it wasn’t helpful if these things just kept appearing. “We need to get the queen out of here! If these things keep showing up well…” There was only but so much they could do and for so long.

“Agreed.” Setsuna growled as she kicked one of the creatures away from her, sending the end of her staff through the ink blot in its chest. Every time they killed a good amount a few more would show up. Just where did they keep coming from? She would turn her attention to the queen and the woman healing her, “How long until your finished?”

“How long do you need?”

Setsuna wasn’t quite sure of the answer. They could hold off for a few more minutes but she didn’t want the queen around if things got to bad. But as of right now things were slowly going downhill. “I’m not entirely sure, but the quicker you are the better!”

“Alright.” Well…she couldn’t exactly force it, it would all depend on the wound.

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[TheDarkerMe]

Kumori was focused on the task of staying alive. So many people were helping her now. She looked up as the woman approached her - holding a staff in her hand. Her hand clutched her neck still as she took as deep and as calming breaths as she could. She felt it building - like a wave inside her. The voices - the darkness. The screams and the shouts. Everything around her was so sensitive. She felt like she was going to drown in the voices.

This was what it was to be a Lunarian. Many people didn't understand it. But the Light Side knew it - but she got all the good stuff. She knew all the hopes and dreams of the world - got everything good. While Kumori, Kumori had everything horribly. She knew that deep in her heart - even if she didn't remember much. She waited patiently as the other woman healed her. Her eyes closing as she listened to the battle around her.

"As the tides turn, and darkness rises anew. Chaos awakens - to start the age of Crystals." The senshi found her lips moving at a bare whisper. She didn't know exactly what she meant - but she knew somewhere in her heart, it held a deep meaning. Age of Crystals, perhaps other senshi's knew what that was. Did it mean more senshi's or other things? She wasn't quite sure. ANd what was this image of a beat up young man in her mind, that made her heart scream and sob. A promise broken - was all she knew.

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Hotaru shifted her body - and continued her attack. Making sure to keep the formation around the other senshi working on the healing. "It's Sailor Atlantia. I do believe." She said as she looked at the others. "The senshi bound to the continent of Atlantis. I think she was sent to help - not sure." She commented to Setsuna as she twisted her body and threw another attack. She was thrown back as a young man landed, holding a sword in his hand. She knew him somehow - it was a young man that rang in her heart.

He drew half of the Spathi away and vanished through another Alley. But that didn't stop a Bolthole form opening and more pouring out. They throbbed with energy of fresh souls. "Shit." She cursed as she looked towards Haruka.

Haruka kept her back to Michiru - defending her with all she had. "It'd be a great time for one of those gods be damned Dark Hunters to show up!" She snarled as she watched the man run off with a few of the Spathi. Perhaps he was a Dark- Hunter, but he had only taken some of the Spathi's and Daimons with him. There was more to contend with now. And it was only getting worse.

"How are we going to do this? It takes four of us to properly hand two of the beaded ones, there is eight of them now. How in the name of the Moon and all that's just - are we going to get out of this one?" The blonde said as she looked towards her lover.