I Will Break You

Chapter I: Batalla de Amor

Seiya... Seiya Kou... Sailorstarfighter...

Seiya Kou - no, Sailorstarfighter - walked down the many halls of the palace of Kinmoku, seeming to be looking for something - or someone. As she walked down the hallway, heels clicking onto the marble floor, she could clearly hear something else; it sounded like someone was crying – but who?

As she continued to walk, she finally realized she wasn't wearing her usual Fighter attire. Instead she was clad in an outfit resembling Cosmos' in style, only no feathers, no colors, no added on accessories. It was just white and pleated, with knee-high white boots with a two inch heel. There was a large bow in the back, seeming like a pale pink color. It seemed like the one Chibimoon had - only, Seiya didn't know who Chibimoon was. 'What am I...?' Shaking her head, Seiya continued to follow the sounds of crying.

They were getting closer… Closer... Closer...

Seiya..

'Who is..?' Seiya turned a corner and her eyes widened. A woman with pale white hair parted in two loose braids was in a room, her hands covering her face. She was wearing an outfit identical to Seiya's, only the bow in the back was darker in shade. Seiya took a step closer, the heel of her boot creating a loud 'clack' sound as it came in contact with the green marble floor.

The woman turned, quickly pulling her hands from her eyes. Seiya took the moment to study her features, for future reference. She had pale lilac eyes and a small, gold tiara on her forehead. It was a chain and in the center was a golden symbol like what Kakyuu had in the center of her forehead. Seiya, as perplexed as she was, raised a brow in question. 'I thought only direct decedents of Kinmoku could have that...' she thought.

The woman stood upright, eyes narrowing a little as she started to walk forward in Seiya's direction. Seiya blinked, backing up in a reflex. She didn't know who this woman was, or what she wanted. She was about to make a run for it, but the woman with the lilac eyes grabbed her by the wrist, holding it tightly. "Seiya! You must forget the Moon Princess! Or it will be your downfall!"

Seiya!

"W-who..? W-wh-what..?" Seiya stammered, unable to say anything else.

Seiya..!!

"Forget the Princess of the Moon! Forget the Sailor Soldier, Sailormoon! It will be the end of you!"

Seiya...!

"Who is..?! H-how... Odango..?!" Seiya struggled to pull her arm back. The lilac eyed woman only made her hold stronger. "Let me go! Who are you?! And what do you know about Odango?!" Seiya's eyes narrowed, she felt... emptiness surrounding this woman, nothing but complete emptiness. "And why do you have the symbol of Kinmoku on your forehead?!"

"...Sailorstarfighter. Tsukino Usagi will be your downfall."

SEIYA!!!

Fighter's eyes opened wide and she stumbled backwards, her eyes staring forward. Her breath was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't move, couldn't think - couldn't see straight. The only thing that she could see was Maker pushing Healer to the side, to dodge a large blast that seemed like five 'Star Serious Lasers' combined to form one large one, the two rolling across the ground, across from where Fighter was standing. Fighter shook her head, rushing over to the two. "Maker! Healer! Oh my God, I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry I zoned out! Are you okay?!"

Maker pushed herself up to her knees and looked up, sending Fighter a tense, frustrated glare. "That very well could have gotten us killed, do you realize this?! Please, Yoshi-san, please turn the simulation off."

"Yes, Maker-sama!"

Fighter could only look at Maker. She couldn't speak; the tears wouldn't even come out of her eyes. She was frozen. Even as the illusion of the streets of Tokyo disappeared, and an empty room in the palace of Kinmoku took its place, Fighter still couldn't move. The door to the room opened, and a worried Kakyuu rushed into the simulation room. The Starlights had practiced their attacks and moves there since they were younger, way before Galaxia had arrived.

"Starlights, are you all right?"

Healer sat up at that moment, not sending even a little stare, a glance, anything at Fighter. She tried to recapture her breath, shaking her head wildly to Kakyuu's question. "F-fine! Fine..." It was at that moment that Healer looked to Fighter, but it wasn't a forgiving glance; it was more of an annoyed, angered and let down glare.

Fighter realized Healer's glare and looked to the ground in embarrassment. "...I'm sorry, Princess. I was...preoccupied. I should have been paying more attention. I'm sorry."

Kakyuu didn't say anything. She looked to Fighter, who seemed to be shaking with guilt, then to Maker and Healer, who were still trying to catch their breath. She then turned and looked to Yoshi, who was standing in the doorway.

Yoshi moved strands of green out of her eyes and took a few steps into the room, so she was behind Kakyuu. "I do hope everyone is all right? Maybe that should be all for today. Do you not think so, Princess?" The brown eyed girl looked up, a hope filled smile on her lips.

"Yes. I do believe that should be all. Maker, Healer. Please take the time to go to the infirmary, just in case. I do not wish for anything to happen to the three of you."

"But Princess, we're fine..." Healer trailed off, staring forward in confusion.

"I want to make sure." Kakyuu looked down for a moment, before looking back up. "Please. I want to make sure you're both all right."

Maker looked to Healer, who had a pleading look in her eyes. It was obvious that the silver haired soldier didn't want to go to the infirmary. 'She was always so proud of herself,' Maker thought, shaking her head in amusement. "Yes, Princess, we'll go."

Kakyuu nodded, looking to Yoshi who quickly understood. She led Maker and Healer out of the room, and quickly hurried them along in the direction of the infirmary.

With those three gone, Kakyuu turned to face Fighter, realizing her Senshi was obviously having inner turmoil that was pulling her apart. "Fighter. Are you well...?" Kakyuu reached out to brush her fingers delicately across Fighter's cheek.

"No... Did you see how angry she was with me?! The both of them?!" Fighter looked up, eyes narrowed in self-anger. "I can't believe I let my guard down for even a second! I'm Sailorstarfighter... The leader of the Starlights... I'm never supposed to let my guard down or have the other two unguarded or anything for even less than a moment! And a single thought caused me to nearly lose them both. And this was just a simulation. Imagine if it was a real enemy... If it was real...!"

Fighter stopped suddenly, feeling one of Kakyuu's fingers over her lips. She was looking down, but Fighter could see a small smile on her lips. "They're just surprised and out of breath. They do not doubt you, nor do they hate you, Fighter. They love you. They're just in shock that you did let your guard down. Do you care to share your thoughts...?"

"Eh..?" Fighter looked up.

"Why you were so distracted when you were supposed to cover Healer's back. Why..?"

"I... I'm so sorry..."

Kakyuu leaned in, pressing her lips on Fighter's right cheek. Fighter blinked, feeling her face go bright red in shock, surprise, and just embarrassment. Kakyuu took Fighter's hands in her own, and squeezed them gently before she let go and stepped out of the room. "I believe you will control your emotions soon, Fighter. Just relax. They do not hate you."

"They... How could they not?" Fighter's head hung as she kicked the side of the door, running her hands through her hair.

Yaten sat down in a chair in the waiting room, waiting for Taiki to come out. She had a bandage wrapped around her right wrist, which was the only injury they found on her. She sighed, slouching down in her seat before she closed her eyes in an attempt to relax herself. "How could Seiya let us down like that? For all I know Taiki has around twenty, thirty injuries! She's taking long enough to believe that!" She stood up, stomping her heel into the ground.

Yoshi stood up from her seat and put her hands on Yaten's shoulders, trying to calm the girl down. "Hey, Yaten-sama... I'm sure Seiya-sama didn't mean to... She seems so preoccupied lately, so distracted. I'm sure something's bothering her."

Yaten sighed again, looking over to the side. "Yeah. And she has too much pride in herself to admit it. I guess I could forgive her knowing that, but if she has so much pride she could have been more careful! I shouldn't be standing here beside you right now, do you realize that?!"

"I... I do, Yaten-sama. I truly, truly do. And that scares me! I would hate to lose you, or Taiki-sama, or Seiya-sama... Oh, and the Princess. I do not know what I would do without the four of you to guide me. I want to be loyal. I am not a Sailor Soldier like you are, but I want to be around to help. Like now, in a way. Some people here on Kinmoku don't believe that they can help in any way, shape, or form unless they are Sailor Soldiers. I do not believe that, honestly. I... I believe the Sailor Soldiers are the most important, yes, but that everyone else plays a role in helping those chosen ones to achieve their goal. Like now.. I want you and Taiki-sama to recover rapidly so we can get back to training! The Princess has been sensing disturbances, but is not too certain if they are caused by an enemy, or by what." She cleared her throat, looking back up to see a questioning look in Yaten's limegreen eyes.

Yoshi was completely aware that the extra tint in Yaten's eyes was of the 'What is your point?' variety. She decided to hurry regardless of her obliviousness, wanting to quickly get her point across to the girl beside her. "I will not let you down. We have to keep you in shape and up and ready to go in case an enemy or something is to arrive."

"Yeah. We always have to be on guard. Why do you think Galaxia was able to kill so many that one time...?" Yaten closed her eyes, internally kicking herself once again for the events that occurred on that fateful day.

Princess...!!

Fighter, watch out behind you!!

Damnit! There's so much fire...

There are so many that are already killed...

DO SOMETHING! PLEASE! Maker!

Where did she..?!

Where did who?

Princess?!

What...?!

Princess?!

Where did she...? Why is she...?!

She's leaving!!

Yaten took another breath, her eyes opening halfway, to just stare at the ground. "That will not happen again. We will not lose our Princess again. There will be none of that! So you can shut up and stop telling me things I already know, okay? Is that hard for you? Do you want help with that or something? Oh my God..!" Yaten took a breath, calming down rapidly. Why was she yelling at Yoshi as such..? It wasn't her fault. No. It wasn't. ...Right?

Yoshi put her hands together, biting her lower lip in fear of how to reply and what words to say.. "I... I'm sorry,Yaten-sama." Yoshi lowered her head. "It is just that when I saw the tears forming in Seiya-sama's gorgeous midnight blue eyes, I...I thought I was going to die..."

Yaten's head quickly sprang back up, a perplexed look on her features. "And what the hell is THAT supposed to mean?"

"I...!!" Yoshi covered her mouth, her face bright red. She quickly turned, a twisted smirk appearing on her face. "I-I..." She quickly turned back around again, her face beyond red and her eyes closed in a dreamy sort of way. Her hands were clinging to the end of her shirt, squeezing it as if she were squeezing the life out of someone. "Her eyes are so lovely! They're so full of emotion and are so...she's so...! She's so strong, and you could just get lost in her eyes! And her black hair is so pretty... When she wears that silver barrette she stole from you, it -"

"...She stole what from me?"

"...it looks like a lone star in the deep sea of black sky... It's like, never-ending curls of - "

"Okay. You can shut up now." Yaten's eyebrow twitched.

"Ah, was I going overboard again?" Yoshi blinked, tilting her head to the side innocently.

"No... You were putting me to sleep with your inane babbling about how cute Seiya is, how sexy Seiya is, how hot Seiya is, how gorgeous Seiya is, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."

"Yaten-sama...are you jealous?"

"Jealous...? JEALOUS?! You're asking me if I'm jealous of SEIYA?! I'm not jealous!"

"You seem so. Is it because someone isn't paying attention to you trying to take you to be their love forever? Or is it because you - "

"I DO NOT LOVE HER! YOU'RE INFURIATING!" Yaten threw her arms up into the air and pulled the door open, exiting the infirmary with an annoyed huff. Yoshi could only blink, rubbing the back of her neck. "I was going to say...or is it because you're mad at her? Yaten-sama...? What's infuri...ator...ing..?"

As Yoshi said that, Taiki stepped out of the doorway, an icepack held to her head. She watched her ally exit the infirmary as angry as she could be, but she had heard most of Yaten's side of the conversation. "...Ah, this is merely the beginning, is it not?"

Owari Chapter I.

"Batalla de Amor" is Spanish for "Battle of Love".