:pokes head out: Well...here's the next chapter. Sorry for the cliffy last chapter but it's what screenwriters call a button to make sure people come back to read/see what happens next.
Please enjoy this chapter. Hope everyone likes it...I'm so mean to my favorite characters...
I don't own Sailor Moon or Star Wars.
Usagi stared in horror at the taller blonde. "H…Haruka…"
The tall blonde lifted her lightsaber. "Surrender or die."
"Why are you doing this!?" Minako cried.
"Her head's been filled with lies…" Yaten said. "She's full of hate and rage…"
"Give the shrimp a prize," Haruka snarled, activating the other side of the double bladed lightsaber. Dozens of Jedi ignited their own lightsabers, the multicolored blades humming with power.
Kurast smiled. "No Jedi Masters to protect you…"
"We will stop you," Rei said.
"You are far too confident for your own good," Kurast sneered.
"You'll pay for corrupting our friend!!" Usagi cried, turning her weapon on.
Haruka shook her head. "You're the ones who have been corrupted!" And with that she rushed in. The Jedi immediately began blocking her attacks but she was fueled by rage and anger. The inexperienced Jedi did the best they could. Seiya leapt in with her saber staff and slashed at Haruka.
"I'll be fighting you traitor!" she snapped.
Haruka smirked. "Fine by me…" The two began their vicious fight, the blue and red blades blurring with the flurry of attacks and blocks. The two were evenly matched as they roamed to a more secluded spot during the fight. Haruka swung down with her saber and Seiya blocked. The blades crackled and sizzled with power as the two combatants grinded the blades together.
"Not bad Ten'ou…" Seiya grunted.
"I know," she smirked and slammed her knee into the back of hers. She fell to the ground and Haruka slashed down. Seiya brought her lightsaber up to block but the vivid red blade slashed through the handle and Seiya shrieked in pain, curling up in a ball, clutching her severed right arm. The arm was severed just below the elbow. She trembled with pain, looking up at Haruka. There was no mercy in the cold, teal eyes.
"SEIYA!!" Yaten screamed, leaping in. Her yellow blade was a blur as she attacked, forcing Haruka back. The silver haired Starlight flung her hand out and sent Haruka flying into the forest. The blonde slammed into a tree and sat there dazed.
Yaten extinguished her blade and heaved Seiya up, dragging her inside to one of the temples the Jedi were protecting. Medics swarmed around Seiya and began tending to her. Taiki walked up to her comrade.
"We can't hold this temple for long. Where did Masters Skywalker and Solo go?" she demanded.
"To Coruscant. We tried contacting them but the two have blocked our communications. Some of the Jedi are gonna try to take fighters and see if they can get a transmission out by leaving the moon."
Taiki nodded. Hopefully someone's close by for help…this Sith Lord is powerful…had to be to corrupt Ten'ou."
Yaten nodded. "I know." She looked worriedly at Seiya.
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Michiru paced around the ship. Something was happening on Yavin 4, she could feel it. Haruka was there. Haruka was there and fighting the Jedi. Michiru would not be late again. She couldn't be late again. She would confront her lover and stop her. One way…or another…
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Usagi had been cornered. She was fighting for her life and she knew she was. Kurast was far too skilled for her. Every lightsaber and Force attack she tried he deflected. He was relentless. Usagi tripped over a body of a Jedi Apprentice and her lightsaber fell out of her reach. She looked up at Kurast as he raised his lightsaber.
The lightsaber started to descend when a green blade blocked the descent. Ami stood protectively over her friend. "We've done nothing to you!!"
"Does it look like I care?" Kurast started to attack again when he was suddenly hurled back. Setsuna and Hotaru joined Ami. Kurast sneered at them. "That won't make much of a difference. I will see every Jedi dead!" He smirked. "And my apprentice will be sure to help…"
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Haruka had risen to her feet and stalked towards the temple. She stopped suddenly and turned. A blue blade slowly ignited with a soft hiss. Aqua blue eyes stared steadily at the blonde. Light brown robes rustled as the dark brown robe was shed. Haruka smirked and shed her own robe as well.
"Hello lover," Haruka said, lifting her lightsaber.
"I don't want to fight you Haruka," Michiru said.
"Then surrender."
Michiru shook her head. "You know I can't do that."
"Then you will die."
Michiru looked at her blonde lover. Haruka had grown harder. There was a scar across her face and she was leaner than Michiru remembered, her muscles more defined. "Please Ruka…"
Haruka activated her lightsaber. "I will purge this galaxy of the Jedi."
Michiru could see that talking her lover out of this was out of the question. She lifted her lightsaber, her face resolved. "So be it…Sith."
Haruka grinned, but it held no humor or warmth. The two began fighting, the energy blades crackling loudly with each strike. The taller woman pushed Michiru back. Thunder split the sky overhead and rain began falling. The water hissed as it hit the energy blades but still the two lovers fought.
"This Sith Lord is twisting your mind!!" Michiru shouted.
Haruka locked blades with Michiru. "It is the Jedi who have twisted your mind!" she snarled.
"They've done no such thing! We chose to train with them!! They keep the peace, just like the Senshi!"
"Liar!!"
Haruka pressed Michiru back into an abandoned temple. Their blades barely illuminated the darkness. They began fighting with renewed fervor, leaping and jumping higher and higher. Soon they emerged on the roof of the temple and continued to fight. Michiru parried an attack and sliced through Haruka's handle.
The blonde dropped the severed half of the lightsaber and pointed the blade at Michiru. "Last chance to surrender."
Michiru shook her head. "I won't give up." She smiled softly. "I can sense the conflict within you."
"There is no conflict."
Michiru just stared steadily at the blonde. "You can't lie to me Koibito. I know you better than you know yourself." She turned her lightsaber off. "Stop this Haruka. I don't want to fight you."
"You are unwise to lower your defenses!!" Haruka snarled, slashing down. Michiru activated her lightsaber and lifted it to block but it was too late. The red blade slid down and cleanly sliced through Michiru's left arm near the shoulder. The Sea Senshi shrieked in pain, curling up on the roof.
Haruka loomed over Michiru, the red blade pointed at her lover's head. Michiru looked up with pain-filled eyes, her face pale from shock and blood loss even though the lightsaber had essentially cauterized the wound.
"Haruka…" she said weakly.
The lithe blonde looked at Michiru closely and could see the pain her lover was in. Faintly in her head she could hear violin music. Tears started falling down her face, mixing with the rain. She had silenced her lover's music. She had hurt the one thing she would die to protect.
All hate and rage left Haruka as the lightsaber deactivated and fell to the roof. She collapsed to her knees and gathered Michiru in her arms. "I'm sorry…I'm sorry…" she whispered.
"Well done," a cold voice smirked.
Haruka spun around and saw Kurast. "YOU!! You lied to me!!" The lightsaber leapt back into her hand and she activated it. She stood protectively over her injured lover, teal eyes blazing.
"So they've gotten to you too…" he growled. His clothes were a bit tattered and singed from his fight with Ami, Setsuna, Hotaru, and Usagi. He had flung them back and escaped when he sensed that Haruka was being led back to the light.
Haruka glared at her former Master. "I was a fool to trust you so easily."
"And yet you did and helped me wipe out an entire Jedi Temple…" he smirked.
Haruka didn't wince at his words. "I'll do whatever I have to in order to make up for that. Starting with killing you!!" She rushed in and began a flurry of attacks. Kurast leapt off of the roof and Haruka followed when she saw Ami and some other Jedi running out onto the roof.
She landed on the ground, her black boots squelching in the mud. She looked around for Kurast, trying to sense where he could be. She cried out in pain when she felt something hot and burning rip down her back. She collapsed to her knees and fell onto her side, looking up at Kurast.
"Now, you will die…" he sneered. He raised his blade and began to swing down. Two green blades blocked the descent. Jade and Luke glared at Kurast. The Sith Lord shot lightening at them before he fled.
Haruka looked up at the two Jedi Masters. They deactivated their weapons and looked down at the injured blonde. "Hold on…hold on…" the blonde heard one of them say. Her eyes closed and darkness came to claim her.
So? What do you think? Not as dramatic as last chapter's ending but I had a feeling if I did that people would come after me. Be sure to leave a review!!
