Zoisite was too weak to hear what they were talking about, but he saw as Mercury looked at him several times. However, nothing had prepared him for what happened next. Ren had grabbed Mercury, and was kissing her deeply. He saw as she fought, fiercely at first, and then no resistance at all. He saw something strange, and blinked a couple of times to clear his view. No, it wasn't an illusion, a black fog was surrounding them. It crawled around them, and wrapped Mercury up, until it disappeared, entering her. Only then, they parted, Ren smiling victoriously. Mercury fell to the ground, with her hands on her face. Almost immediately, her body started glowing, and she seemed to grow. "What have you done to her, you bastard?!?" yelled Zoisite.

"Only the necessary for her to be my wife. Arise now, Black Mercury." The young girl did as told. She stood up, her hands leaving her face, and lying again on Ren, looked at Zoisite. The Earth General shivered, as he realized what had happened to Mercury.

Her eyes--her beautiful blue eyes that he loved to look at--had changed from deep blue to a fiery black. They were ice cold, and showed no emotions. There was something strange also about her Sailor outfit, it appeared to be shorter, and tighter. Opening his eyes wide, Zoisite realized that the costume hadn't become smaller, but Mercury was bigger. Her chest was fuller now, her bosom tightening against the cloth. She was taller, almost as tall as Zoisite was. Her sailor fuku, which before the transformation reached her thighs, was now at an indecent length. It was Ok if she was still, but if she moved even a little, it showed everything. Ren smiled, and put an arm around her shoulders. "I like her better this way, don't you think?"

"What... what happened?"

"I filled her with Nega-energy. This is her bad side. Now, she herself will kill you." Ren turned to Mercury who looked at him as if he was everything to her, and said: "My love, I'll leave to you the pleasure to kill this earthling."

"Thank you, My Lord," answered Mercury. Her voice had changed too. It was deeper, sexier and cold, as cold as the ice she had power over. However, Zoisite didn't had much time to think about that, 'cause Mercury approached him, and standing by his side, said: "You will die now, as my master commands." She moved one of her hands, and produced an ice shard. It was clearly sharp, and was shining with evil energy.

Zoisite was awed, but recovered, and said: "Mercury, please. This isn't you. Fight it."

"Wha...what?" Mercury's eyes flickered strangely, and for a couple of instants, looked as blue as they used to be.

But at the same time, Ren said: "Do not listen to him, Mercury. Remember, you are my slave from now on." The princess eyes turned black again, and stretched her hand over her head, making the ice shard shine with sunlight. "Mercury, remember. We are friends, you can't kill me," pleaded Zoisite.

The princesses eyes turned blue again, this time shining with recognition. "Zo... Zoisite? What's going on?" Ren cursed, and concentrating briefly, the evil web over Zoisite squeezed him more and more. Zoisite screamed again, feeling as his vital energy was being drained. Mercury looked at him blankly, as Ren talked to her again: "My darling, don't listen to him. Kill him soon, so we may go to Saturn."

Mercury nodded, and stretching her hand again, lowed it abruptly over Zoisite. He wasn't thinking properly anymore, so he just closed his eyes, waiting for the strike. Time passed, and he felt nothing. He slowly opened his eyes, and saw that Mercury was slowly bringing the ice-spike down, while looking at his arm. He turned his face a bit, and saw that she was looking at the bandage she had made, and that now was deep red. "You... you have this because of me, isn't it?"

"Yes. Remember Mercury, remember you put your bow over it, you healed my wound." Mercury stretched her hand, and barely touched Zoisite's wound. He shivered, pain rippling through his body.

Then, words that he was dying to hear filled his ears: "Zoisite? What am I doing?" Her eyes continued being blue this time, the ice shard disappeared, and her body started to glow.