Moon Hawk
With a soft sigh, Haruka stopped her pointless midnight stroll to gaze up at Mamoru's old home. Eight or Nine - she'd lost count, there were just endless days of strategizing and fighting now - years ago, the entire district had been destroyed by Icewing, current Queen and Ruler of Earth, but not without a fight. Haruka had had a few encounters with her, finding Icewing both formidable and unbeatable, even with the entire Senshi working as one. Queen Selenity had pitched in as well, just like thousands of others on Earth.
Yet Icewing had swept their efforts aside, becoming Queen.
As she contemplated the outcome of all this, slowl Haruka stepped towards the building.
Once the people of Earth were under control once more - some pathetic lifeforms ~the term human wasn't good enough for them~ had even welcomed her merciless rule - Icewing had set her sights on tracking down and destroying the Senshi, Tuxedo Kamen on top of the list. Mamoru's identity was the first to go, his home destroyed roughly a year after Icewing's reign had begun. It was a success, Mamoru was gone, or so Icewing believed. Haruka would never understand how he managed to get out of there in time.
Ever since then he'd been in hiding, conferring with the Outer Senshi and Inner Senshi in an attempt to find some sort of weakness. But not yet. A decade, and still working on it.
And one thing, one person, made their struggle all the worse.
A month after Usagi's sudden disappearance mid-battle with the first Youma of Icewing's, had the take over truly begun.
And that one thing, that one person, pushed the Senshi's limits further than they could reach.
Icewing's most loyal and trusted minion was none other than MoonHawk. Past Princess of the Moon and future Queen of the World, had everything gone right. Usagi had done the unthinkable, going against them and becoming their worse enemy, even Icewing was nothing compared to the mental and physical strain MoonHawk placed upon the Senshi.
She never knew what drove their Princess far away enough to make her turn, but it had happened, and Haruka was determined to find out why. Nor was she the only one who wanted to know.
Behind her, Haruka could sense someone advancing softly, slowly.
"Excuse Me..." came a voice. In a flash, Haruka was facing them in a fighting stance, prepared for anything.
There was something oddly familiar about the figure - but lack of decent light made it hard to distinguish anything. Apparently though, she wasn't in the same unidentifiable situation, as a whispered, joyous "Haruka?" reached her ears.
Then Haruke knew who it was. "Usagi." she muttered, voice filled with venom. Without another word, Haruka tranformed. Their powers had never been recovered from the Imperium Silver Crystal, something Luna regretted beyond words, and that was believed to be the source of Icewing's immense power.
Usagi took a step back, moments before Uranus attacked. Terrified, Usagi blocked the kicks and strikes, never once did it occur to her to transform, the blocks comeing purely from practise and habit.
When Uranus briefly stopped the deluge for a moments breath, Serena took the opportunity and bolted, disappearing into the shadows.
Cursing, Uranus watched her run away, before heading in the opposite direction for home. She stopped only once to detransform before walking down the street in the early sunlight of Dawn.
End of Chapter 3
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