On the edge of consciousness, Neko could feel warmth returning to her body. She also felt excruciating pain. Every inch of her body was screaming at her to allow herself to fall into a pain-free unconsciousness, but she knew she could never give up that easily. She tried to force her eyes open, but they refused to obey.
She knew that Tenshi - no, it was Night Angel - was no longer next to her. She could hear him fighting with Jian-kun. And then she sensed her twin come in. More pain hit her, but she was relieved because Sailor Electra would be able to help Night Angel.
And then she realized what it probably looked like from her perspective. Tenshi was now Night Angel and was attacking a Jian-kun that hadn't visibly changed since Electra had last seen him. They had known Jian-kun for awhile now, but Mi-chan had just met Tenshi this evening and that was assuming that Electra even recognized her/him. There was no way that she could possibly know that it was Jian-kun that she should be worried about.
Neko forced her eyes to open in time to see Sailor Electra prepare an attack. She tried to yell out, but she couldn't quite manage it yet.
~*~*~*~*~*~
As had happened only once before, Sailor Electra felt an invisible force stop her from acting. She stopped mid-attack as she felt her sister's objections. Confused, she looked over to see Neko-chan attempting to get up. Neko-chan looked at the boys and Electra got the distinct sense that it was Jian-kun that she should attack, not the ninja guy.
*Jian-kun?* Electra didn't understand. Why would Jian-kun be a bad guy? She looked back at the fight and realized that Jian-kun did seem to be winning, but shouldn't that be good? Jian-kun was her boyfriend and Neko-chan's best friend. Why would he hurt them? And she didn't know the ninja guy (who she assumed was Tenshi-san). Then she noticed the rose in the ground. *Kinda like a Knight* she observed.
Suddenly a thought occurred to her. *Is Jian-kun possessed like Chibi was that one time?* Neko-chan nodded.
Not wanting to hurt Jian-kun, but realizing that she couldn't let him beat the Knight (not to mention her and Neko-chan), she decided to attempt to attack him. "Onegai, don't kill him," she whispered and then:
"Dazzling Bolts!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Night Angel gasped for air after taking a blow to his gut. He was fighting a losing battle and he knew it, but he wouldn't give up because as soon as he did, Jian-wa would finish him and Neko-chan off. He couldn't let that happen.
Suddenly he was surprised to hear someone yell behind him. Around Jian-wa flashed a series of lightning bolts. Night Angel turned around to see the person he knew must be Sailor Electra.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Jian-wa glared at Sailor Electra. Where had she come from?
"Jian-kun! What's going on here?"
Before she could possibly fathom what he was going to do, he threw an energy sphere at her and one at Night Angel for good measure.
~*~*~*~*~*~
At first, Sailor Electra wondered why she was seeing stars. But as her vision returned to normal, she realized it was only one star and that it was really a shiruken that was on the ground next to her. How it had gotten there was beyond her, but she reached out and grabbed it, in case it would come in handy.
She tried to get up, but was finding it very difficult. She knew that one more hit like that and she'd be unconscious at best. Two more would surely kill her.
She stood up shakily, although she didn't know what she'd do if he attacked her again, and looked around her. The Knight was in pretty bad shape, but he was on his feet and helping Neko-chan up. Jian-kun was staring at her with hatred. "Jian-kun, why?"
"All the children of the Sailor Scouts will die!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
The general laughed in delight. It was so easy! All she had to do was keep encouraging Safiiru's son and he would take care of the new Senshi for her. After that, he didn't matter.
Finding the orphaned son of Safiiru and Petz in China had been a challenge, but everything after that had been easy. She had been pumping him full of lies about the Sailor Scouts since he was six and he had believed every one. She had promised him that if he were able to kill all the children of the Sailor Scouts, including Princess Serenity, he would receive the power that his parents had lost when they rejected Wiseman or died. She had promised him family honor, which had never actually really been lost. She had made sure that he was transferred to Tokyo a year ago, hearing a rumor that all the children of the Senshi, with the exception of Princess Serenity, would be there soon. It was to his credit that he was able to remain friends with Mizuno Neko after he had figured out that she was Mizuno Ami's daughter. He was a great actor. Not that he hadn't ever questioned his mission though. She thought of all the times he had voiced his concern that Neko had seemed so nice. And later his concerns about her twin as well. But he had come through for her in the end. He was minutes away from finishing off the Mizuno twins and Tenoh Tenshi. His yoma were very close to beating the younger Mizuno kids and the Starlight as well. The Starlight was an added bonus. She hadn't expected him/her to stick around and as he/she wasn't the child of one of the original Sailor Scouts, Jian-wa hadn't been programmed to kill him/her. But the yoma would defeat him/her anyway.
Soon the new Senshi would be defeated and if Jian-kun was still around, he might even kill the princess for her. This was so easy!
~*~*~*~*~*~
Sailor Electra processed what he said while receiving random feelings and thoughts from Neko-chan. By the time he started to create another ball of energy, she had figured out that he had to kill all of them, or else his efforts would be for nothing.
Well, she wouldn't let him hurt her family or Princess Serenity-sama! And there was only one way to stop him for sure. *Makinai!*
She looked at Neko-chan and thought *Gomen nasai, Neko-chan*
Neko-chan screamed, "Mi-chan!" and tried to run over to her. At the same time Jian-kun released his energy sphere.
