Scarlet snickered as she stood her ground, looking at the three girls standing in front of her, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn all stood their ground as well. Buying Sailor Moon, Jupiter Tuxedo Mask and Nia time to save people from the Grimm.
"One wrong move, and I'll make sure your life ends quickly." Saturn spoke as she glared at the Grimm girl.
Scarlet chuckled softly. "Oh? You still believe that You, of all people can kill me? Please. Or have you forgotten I'm the one who ate your two friends? I can surely do the same to you as well."
Saturn didn't show any fear in her eyes. Her grip on her weapon tightens as her eyes glared at Scarlet. "Careful, we might just give you indigestion.." She smirked coldly.
Scarlet snarled but grins. "Oh? Is that a challenge?" She spun Black Rose around and slammed the tip of the scythe down into the floor. "Come then, come at me with everything you three have got."
Uranus scoffed as Neptune stayed silent. The two of them knew this was a bad idea, knowing Saturn was playing a dangerous game. Still, they had to at least avenge their fallen Sailor Scouts, even if it meant the three of them having to take that same path.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" Scarlet mocked, her eyes glowed with malice and murderous intent. She licked her lips and snickered. "I don't blame you, feeling powerless against someone you can't kill."
"Shut up." Uranus spoke with a growl. "You don't know anything. You're a monster, you don't care about no one or anyone. All you know is murder and who to feed on."
Scarlet yanked her scythe out of the floor and glared at her, she tossed her scythe across the room as it landed on the floor. "No games, no weapons. Just our fists."
"No magic either." Neptune finally spoke. "Just an old fashioned brawl. Three against one, I suppose that doesn't sound too bad." She looked over at Saturn. "You heard her."
Saturn dropped her weapon as it hit the floor. Uranus was the first to rush towards Scarlet, normally this would be up in the category for Jupiter, but she had her hands full right now. With a quick jab from her fist flying at Scarlet's face. Her fist made contact with the Grimm girls nose. Scarlet however recovered with her own attack. Kneeing the Sailor guardian in the stomach, Uranus clinched her stomach as she stumbled back a bit, but she too recovered with a quick upper cut to Scarlet's jaw.
Scarlet fell backwards as she hit the floor hard. That punch to the chin was fatal but not enough to knock her out. She gritted her teeth as she got up to her feet, she turned her head and spat blood off to the side. Wiping her mouth, seeing blood on her hand she began to chuckle. "Not bad, but I'm just getting warmed up." She clinched both of her fists and threw a flurry of punches at Uranus, hitting her from waist up. both of her fists either hit an organ in the Sailor guardian's body, broke her nose or even flew past her face, nicking her across the cheek.
Neptune and Saturn stood by silently, both were worried as they heard the painful gasp coming from Uranus. Uranus spat up blood as she clinched her side, she winched and fell to one knee. "Dammit, you cheated!"
"Cheated? Oh come now." Scarlet purred as she circled Uranus. "I didn't cheat, I just did what anyone else would." She shrugged and chuckled. "I can't help it if I've had a far better experience in combat than you." She took her foot and placed it under Uranus' chin, lifting her chin up with the tip of her shoe. "Look at you, all tender and marinated, seasoned up and ready for the taking."
"Get away from her!" Neptune yelled. "You lay one finger on her, I'll."
Scarlet raised an eyebrow as she kicked Uranus into the Fridge. "Or you'll what? Spank me? Send me to time out? Oh...better yet, drown me in a bath tub full of water?" She slowly approached Neptune as she stopped inches away from her. "Go on, I'm listening. Speak your words, all mighty Neptune."
"That's enough!" Uranus spoke as she slowly got up, she panted and swallowed some air to get her breathing steady. "We aren't finished. You hear me?"
The Grimm girl turned her head to the side as she tilts her head. She grinned widely as she bared her fangs. "So, you still have some fight left in ya? I like that." She turned her attention away from Neptune, bringing her fists up in front of her. "So what's it gonna be Romeo? You gonna stick your dukes up? Or are you gonna be a little bitch and run away?"
Uranus got up to her feet fully as she yelled, running towards Scarlet. She grabbed her in a tight bear hug. The two going through the wall of the apartment as Uranus continued to smash Scarlet through the walls, eventually going through other apartments that were down the hall of the building.
Scarlet began to elbow Uranus in her back as debris, wiring, pipes, and even other stuff from the apartments walls and interiors crumbled on the two. Getting them dusty and dirty. Scarlet however began to put all her weight into her feet stopping Uranus from having them both be thrown out through the last wall of the apartment. Then, with one swift motion. Scarlet rammed her elbow once more, this time at her neck. Knocking her unconscious.
"Oops, did I over do it?" Scarlet asked with a mocking tone, she kicked Uranus in the side as she then knelt down. Picking her up by the back of her sailor uniform. Tapping her chin lightly with her finger, Scarlet hummed softly as she pondered on what to do with her.
Neptune and Saturn came running, given how far Uranus took Scarlet, the two Sailor Guardians ran as fast as they could. Scarlet, picking up their scent, smirked widely as she looked at Uranus. "Ara Ara, I know exactly what to do with you."
Neptune and Saturn kept running. Neptune stopped as she raised her hands over her head. "Deep Submerge!" Waves of water crashed against her as they rose up from the blue, swirling around her and form a ball of blue energy in her hands. She then threw her arms down as the blue sphere launched forward and towards Scarlet.
Scarlet noticed the attack coming towards her, as she had also saw Saturn running towards her. A smirked had play along her lips again. She used Uranus as a human meat shield, blocking the attack with her body. Neptune and Saturn gasped as Neptune's attack hit Uranus.
Uranus screamed in agony as she fell limp, Scarlet chuckled as she wagged her finger at the two girls. "Tsk tsk. But I thank you for tenderizing my meal for me."
"You wouldn't." Neptune spoke, clinching her fist. "Don't you dare!"
Scarlet snickered, she opened her mouth as it unhinged like a snakes jaw. She stuffed Uranus' head into her mouth and slurped her up like a noodle.
"You...You bastard!" Neptune and Saturn yelled as they had just watched Saturn vanish into Scarlet's mouth.
The Grimm girl laughed as she licked her lips. "Oh come now, you two will soon join her. So why don't you give up?" She slowly walked towards Saturn and kneed her in the gut. "Why don't we start our next main course with you hm? Or perhaps." She looked towards Neptune. "You, last I checked. My brothers and sisters are keeping Sailor Moon and the other three busy. So who is gonna miss you both?"
Neptune gritted her teeth as Saturn held her stomach in pain, she doubled over onto her knees. Scarlet laughed again as she steps on Saturn, rubbing her heel into her back. "So, what will it be? Join Uranus. Or do I have to tear you both apart with my bare hands?"
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Meanwhile outside, Sailor Jupiter kicked some Grimm in the face as she jumped back. She was panting and knelt down to one knee. "D-Damn....there's too many."
Nia nodded as she avoided getting cut, "Agreed." She summoned Rasiel as pages of the book came flying out, the pages were turning into Nibelcole, only slight difference was. Westcott wasn't the one in charge of the Nibelcole clones.
Nibelcole floated next to Nia as her and her sisters looked at Nia. "What is your orders mother?"
Nia adjusted her glasses as she chuckled. "Help the four of us deal with these Grimm, the boss of these creatures are up there." Nia pointed to the apartment building. "If we can hurry through these Grimm, we can get up there and stop the head honcho."
The Nibelcole clones nodded their heads as they giggled, Nia was glad about one thing however. These girls were nothing like Kurumi's clones. Still, she did wonder how or what Kurumi would do in her place, would she stop Scarlet or would she just join in on her destruction?
Sailor Moon and Jupiter jumped back as the two of them did a flying kick forward to a Beowulf, however the Grimm snarled and snapped its jaws at the two. It grabbed Sailor Moon by the leg with its jaws and flung her around before letting her go, Sailor Moon went crashing into Jupiter as the two collided.
"You girls okay?" Tuxedo mask asked as he hurried over to the two.
Jupiter and Sailor Moon got up to their feet as an Ursa roared and came running over to the three, but four Nibelcole's came flying over and kicked the Grimm in the stomach, knocking it back. Then, the air fell cold, a blood curdling scream filled the air.
"Neptune, Uranus, Saturn!" Sailor Moon yelled as she looked up at the apartment building. "Hold on!"
"Hold on? Ha! You're only talking to a ghost in the wind Usagi." Scarlet spoke with a sadistic purr in her voice. "Your three precious friends are Grimm food, cry out their names all you want. It won't do you any good."
Tuxedo mask clinched his fists tightly as he glared up at the broken window. "What did you do to our friends?"
Scarlet chuckled, she descended down to the ground where the group was. "Do I need to tell you? Or..." She grinned as she pulled out Neptune's ribbon from her mouth. "Does this answer your question?"
"Y-You....You ate them?! You sick freak!" Jupiter yelled. "I'll have your head!" She let her anger blind her as she charged towards Scarlet, not even bothering to use any of her attacks, she blindly threw kicks and punches at the Grimm girl.
Scarlet dodged and ducked, she gut punched Jupiter hard causing her to cough up blood and vomit up some undigested food. The blood and puke splattered over Scarlet's arm and the road, Jupiter clenched her stomach as she doubled over in pain. Falling to her knees, she cried out in pain.
Nia gritted her teeth as she was surrounded in a dark aura. Her eyes flashed for a moment as this also took effect on the Nibelcole's. Her appearance changed, her eyes now a light shade of red, a thorny red Halo floated above her head, another one was around her neck. Her upper body was covered in and by patchwork pieces of paper and marked by a cross-shaped pattern, she is also surrounded by a black reminiscent of her Astral dress. Her black cape stained with a reddish blood color, her arms and legs were wrapped in a gray fabric, her gaze never turning away from Scarlet's.
Scarlet chuckled as she looked at Nia. "Oh? So, you went inverse? How sad, you had to resort to this form. And look at that, your Nibelcole clones are being affected by it."
"Inverse? What?" Sailor Moon asked as she looked stunned and a bit speechless. "....What is an inverse?"
Tuxedo Mask shook his head a little. "I don't know myself, but it looks like a different form that is taken when enraged."
Scarlet crossed her arms as she looked at Nia. "I don't know much about your inverse, but I know enough to know that inverse forms cut all ties to emotions and focus on blood-lust." She circled around the emotionless Nia, she eyed her and leaned over her left shoulder, whispering into her ear. "So, what kind of inverse are we dealing with hm? One that can freeze time? Control flames? Oh no wait....let me guess, you freeze people with a cold glare?" She then moved over to Nai's right shoulder and spoke again. "Am I getting close? Is it weather control? No...Oh I know, you control people with music...no that isn't it, wait wait. I got it, you use your inverse powers to turn people into objects...no? Wrong again I see..." She chuckled and moved to the front of Nia, face to face with the spirit. "Or...is it the sheer anger and the thrill of a fight that gets your blood pumping? Still wrong, well now." She smirked and leaned in closer to Nia, her warm breath blowing against Nia's face as she spoke once more. "Does it involve your angel Rasiel?"
Nia's eyes moved as they followed Scarlet's fluid movements. Scarlet smirked as she moved back from Nia. "Oh? So I did get it right. But what do you do?"
Nia stayed silent, she raised her hand up as Rasiel, now known as the demon king Beelzebub. Floated in her hand. Not saying a word, Beelzebub glowed as pages came out from the book morphing into monsters. As for the Nibelcole clones, they seemed to have stopped struggling with what had happened to Nia, the clones all laughed and snickered as each one of them having weapons made from paper, but the weapons looked legit and could do some real damage.
"Oh great! Now we have to deal with these monsters? Weren't these Grimm enough?" Sailor Moon asked whining as she stomped her foot. "But they are on our side...r-right?"
Jupiter who had the wind knocked out of her, slowly stood up. Coughing up blood as she wiped her mouth as she winched in pain. "D-Don't count me out just yet...but I don't think they are..."
Sailor Moon helped Jupiter up to her feet, she had her arm draped over Jupiter's neck as Jupiter had her arm draped around Sailor Moon's. The monsters and the Nibelcole clones all glared at Scarlet, Sailor Moon, Jupiter and Tuxedo Mask.
"Yeah, they're not on our side." Tuxedo Mask spoke as he grabbed his cane staff. "Get ready."
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Scarlet casually dodged and maneuvers around the Nibelcole clones as each one of them attacked her with their weapons, Scarlet smirked and punched each one in the face. However, their weapons did make contact with Scarlet, cutting her face, and some pieces of her hair. Luckily for her she wasn't a Grimm hybrid clone of Yang or else she would've been left opened due to how Yang got angry when someone messed with her hair.
The monsters on the other hand, attacked Tuxedo Mask while Sailor Moon set Jupiter down out of harm. "Sit tight. Don't go anywhere."
"Yeah, like I can move after that..." Jupiter spoke. "But you better kick Scarlet's ass..."
Sailor Moon nodded her head lightly as she went to help Tuxedo Mask, Nia however floated towards Scarlet. The Grimm girl took notice as she ducked under one of the Nibelcole's and punched her in the stomach, knocking her back into Nia. "Come on now, is this the best you got? I'm disappointed in you Nia."
Nia remained silent, her gaze cold as ice. She floated closer towards Scarlet, who didn't show any fear or any hesitation. The Grimm girl snickered, seeing no emotion in Nia's eyes, while she avoided the Nibelcole clones. An idea sparked in Scarlet's head, a wicked sinister grin spread across her lips as she eyed Nia, her crimson eyes glowing with lust and murderous intent.
Sailor Moon kicked a monster away from Tuxedo Mask, as it was going to corner him. Once that was done, the two nodded as they stood back to back, the monsters surrounding them. Jupiter winches in pain as she looked over to where Scarlet and Nia were at, her eyes widened in shock. "Nia, watch out!"
Jupiter's warning only fell on deaf ears as Nia slowly floated towards Scarlet, inching closer to her. The Grimm girl heard Jupiter's warning, but she smirked. Grabbing hold of Nia's arm, Scarlet tightened her grip on the spirit's arm. Her grip was so tight, that it started to turn Nia's arm purple. She pulled her forward as she headbutted Nia, blood trickled down their foreheads. This however didn't snap Nia out of her inverse state, Scarlet chuckled as she bashed her forehead against hers over and over, more and more blood spilled. But then, as if something clicked or sparked. Scarlet held Nia in a bear hug, her arms and legs wrapped around her body, constricting her. Nia's movement slowly came to a stop. Her gaze was still like daggers, stabbing into Scarlet's.
"So, you finally stop. Well now." Scarlet spoke with a wicked grin. "Let's see what happens, when I do....this."
Nia still remained unfazed and didn't flinch. Her cold expressionless face didn't even morph into one of curiosity or concern, the Nibelcole clones all stopped in place, floating in the air as they turned to look at the two. One Nibelcole was flying towards them with great speed, but a Beowulf lunged at her. It pinned her down as it snapped its jaws at her.
"Mother, no!" Nibelcole yelled. "Don't let her!"
But again, all warnings had fallen on deaf ears. Then, everything seemed to slow down. Scarlet's lips brushed against Nia's as she kissed the spirit. Nia's body began to glow as her powers were being sealed by Scarlet. The spirit's eyes began to widen as she struggled to break free from Scarlet's grasp.
The Nibelcole clones started to feel the effects of Nia's powers being sealed. Each one of them dropped their weapons as they clenched their heads. The Monsters were also starting to vanish slowly, then once Nia's body had stopped glowing. Her inverse forms vanished as she was reverted back to her normal self. Once Scarlet had let go of Nia, she gut punched her hard. Knocking the spirit out cold.
"Well, it seems Shido isn't the only one who can seal your powers, not that I plan on making it a habit. Not like I need your powers...but." Scarlet murmured, her crimson eyes glowing once more. "I wonder..." She held her arm out and then spoke. "Come forth. Beelzebub!" The book appeared in her hand, with a grin Scarlet opened the book. "Now then..." She turned her gaze to the Nibelcole's. "You all are here by to obey my every command. Is that understood?"
The Nibelcole's regain their control after hearing and seeing Scarlet holding Beelzebub, the clones nodded. "Understood mother."
Scarlet snickered as she snapped her fingers. "Good, I want you all to leave these four to me. Go lay waste and despair to the people of this city, leave no one alive."
The Nibelcole's nodded again as the clones all looked at each other before giggling and flying off throughout Tokyo. Jupiter clinched her fists, she glared at Scarlet with anger. The Grimm girl had done it, she had not only held her own against the Sailor Guardians, but she also stopped a spirit. With a sickening and twisted laugh that filled the air. Scarlet slammed her foot onto Nia's stomach, standing onto her like a hunter who was posing for a picture standing proud.