Disclaimer: Hey, I'm back. Since I promised to make "Chasin' After You" an actual story, this will be the series of one shots. Anyway, I don't own the characters. I don't add the chapter title. Hell, I don't even own the line that Healer says to Fighter. I was in a Les Miserables mood when I wrote this. Hence the depressing. (The prompt didn't help either). I promise, there will be happy one shots as well. So please don't hurt me.
"I wonder how Odango is…" Looking up from her sketching, Healer glared at her leader. Honestly, they were back on Kinmokusei for over a year, and yet Fighter continued to pine for the Princess of the Moon. Did it matter that Fighter said she was over it and saw only friendship in her? No. Did it matter that there was someone right there, who had always been there? Of course not.
"Probably shoving food into her face while crying over some stupid thing." Glaring at Healer, Fighter went back to staring out the window at the sky as if contemplating something. After a few moments, the leader of the Starlights looked over to her short companion.
"Can you, and I'm just curious, ever open your mouth without sarcasm spilling out?"
"I don't know. Can you stop being blind and see what's right in front of you?"
Seeing that she had once again stumped Fighter, Healer just shook her head before leaving the room. Her leader was so infuriating!
"Gah, she's impossible!"
"You know, Leader, talking to yourself could lead people to question your sanity…" Looking up at the sound of Maker's voice, Fighter just scowled.
"I'm not talking to myself; I'm cursing the gods for putting such a stubborn person on my team." Hearing that, Maker merely rolled her eyes. She was beginning to think that locking the two in a closet until they stopped being stubborn would be the way to go. Although, getting Kakyuu's approval would probably be a good idea.
"I…see…" Shaking her head, the tall Starlight looked out the window, brows knitting forward, "Looks like a storm is coming."
"Hmm…" Fighter didn't like that at all. It wasn't the storm season, so the chances of the storm bringing something more sinister was quite likely. "I'll inform the guards to prepare." Nodding to Maker, the leader of the Starlights got up and left the common area.
By nightfall, the storm was raging at full force and the Starlights were on guard. According to Healer and intelligence, the storm was being used as a distraction in regards to an assassination attempt on the princess.
"Healer, are you getting any read on the rebels?"
"No, the storm is masking them…"
Now, Fighter was not exactly sure on how a storm could mask rebel energies, but Healer knew what she was doing and would bite her head off if she was questioned, so taking her word for it was in the dark haired Starlight's best interest.
Hearing a yell from near the princess' chambers, the Starlights raced towards the site, shocked at the bodies littering the hall.
"Star Gentle Uterus!"
Knocking the assailant away from Kakyuu, Maker rushed to her princess' side as Fighter and Healer held back the rebels.
It was an inside job, that much was obvious as there was no way the rebels could have gotten as far as they had if it weren't. And they just kept showing up.
"Star Diabolical Flare!"
Hearing the familiar attack, Healer turned, only to see the blast heading towards Fighter. Without thinking, the empath jumped in its path, screaming in pain as she was flung into a wall.
"HEALER!" Fighter watched in horror as the attack hit the slight Starlight head on, blood turning cold at the sickening crack she heard as Healer hit the wall. With anger coursing through her, the leader of the Starlights powered up her Star Yell, not noticing as Maker did the same.
"Star Serious Laser!"
"Star Gentle Uterus!"
The double attack hit the mole in security dead on, causing the traitorous senshi to fall to the ground dead. Trembling, Fighter raced over to the fallen senshi, gathering her into her arms.
"What in the name of the stars were you thinking?!"
"I wasn't…"
Fighter wanted to shake Healer for the comment, but she didn't given the obvious pain the empath was in. Before the leader of the Starlights could say anything else, she felt a hand on her cheek and lips on her own, emotions being told that seemed to have never been spoken. When the kissed ended, Fighter just stared at Healer in shock.
"H….Healer?"
"You know, I do believe I was a little bit in love with you…." And all the signs, the hints, the truth behind the arguments suddenly made sense, leaving Fighter shocked. The two sat like that, Fighter in shock and Healer coughing in pain until the fey breathed her last breath, her form going limp in her leader's arms. It was that limpness that seemed to snap the dark haired Starlight out of her shock.
"Healer…?" Getting no response, Fighter shook her, screaming at her dead form, "You can't do that! You can't say something like that than die and not let me respond!!"
As Fighter broke down and held Healer's form, Maker pulled the Fireball Princess to her side as Kakyuu watched sadly. There was nothing that they could do. Nothing would bring the empath back. As the remaining rebels were dragged off to be tried, the remaining Starlights and their Princess just stayed where they were, mourning the loss of one of their own as the rain continued to pour outside.