Disclaimer: Nope. I own no part of Sailor Moon.
I want to apologize for taking so to update. It's been a busy summer for me and I haven't had a moment to myself. But enjoy this chapter and I'm sorry it's a little short. Next chapter will be bigger. Next chapter will probably be the last chapter.
Mercury stepped forward, her computer in her hand, the blue lens across her eyes. "I'll find her weakness, then we'll go from there."
Usagi kicked the computer from her hand, startling the scout, before sweeping her feet beneath her.
"Mercury!" Venus yelled, rushing over.
Usagi crushed the computer beneath her feet, smirking. "No, I don't think you will find my weakness. You stupid little girls always fight the same, but I've been there. I know how you fight. Mercury finds the weakness, Mars and Jupiter attack it while Venus and Mercury watch like idiots. You can't use those techniques against me."
"You little bitch." Usagi grabbed Uranus' arm as the scout charged her and flung Uranus over her shoulder then elbowed Neptune in the ribs.
"What language!" She heard her husband chuckled at her remark, so she blew him a kiss over her shoulder. She saw out of the corner of her eye, the man named Mamoru walking toward the throne. "Where are you going?" She turned to him, ignoring the girls behind her.
He stopped and looked back at her. "I challenge your husband." He turned his eyes back at Kataki and stood at the ready.
"What do you think Kataki?" she asked as she kicked Mars in the stomach.
Kataki's eyes twinkled. "Could be interesting, my Usa."
Mamoru flinched at the pet name and drew his sword. Kataki descended the stairs of the throne, tossing his cape onto its arm. Usagi turned, letting the men have their time. But at the end, she would be the one to kill the man with the grey eyes.
"Deep submerge!" Usagi laughed and side-stepped the ball of blue before rushing to Neptune's side and breaking her arm. The snap echoed loudly in the room, accompanied by the woman's piercing scream.
"No!" She heard everyone cry out.
"Dead scream." Pluto's voice wrung out behind her. Usagi smirked as she jumped and flew over the ball in time for it to hit Mercury square in the back, throwing the girl against a pillar. Her body flopped on to the floor, unmoving. Usagi landed behind Pluto and kicked her feet out, shoving her onto the floor, and ramming her foot into the scout's back. Pluto screamed as her back cracked painfully.
"Usagi! Stop!" Mars cried angrily.
Usagi stopped, looking at the panting group. Neptune cradled her arm while Jupiter sat Mercury against the pillar, her blue hair covered in blood, her eyes closed. Venus and Mars were clutching their stomachs and Uranus was gingerly trying to help Neptune set her arm. She heard a growl and looked over to see Mamoru holding on to a bleeding arm. Her husband was unscathed, a smile on his lips. "So," she smiled softly. "You're ready to go home. You've had enough?"
"We won't go home without you!" Mars yelled, coming forward. She screamed as Usagi kicked her in the chest, then punched her in the face.
"That wont happen. Now die or leave."
"Then kill us, because we wont go without you," Pluto said as she struggled to rise, pain etched into her face.
"Fine. Mercury will be dead soon anyway. The rest of you will follow shortly." Usagi crouched, ready. "Who will be the first?"
Venus came at her and Usagi side stepped by cried out and Mars attacked her from behind, Fire Bird Soul cutting a big gash through her shoulder. Usagi jumped away after round house kicking Venus in the face, clutching her shoulder.
"Usagi!" She heard Kataki cry behind her.
She flashed him a reassuring smile and focused the powerful hatred and blackness running through her into her hand. A large, double edged black spear grew from her clenched fist and she turned back to the scouts. "Well," she smirked. "It seems we're getting more serious now. I hope you girls are ready."
Jupiter crossed her arms in front of her chest and narrowed her eyes. "I hope you are." She swirled in the air and yelled, "Oak Revolution."
Usagi spun the spear, deflecting the leaves and sending them towards the other scouts. Venus screamed as one hit her in the stomach, a small spot of red beginning to form on her uniform.
"Venus!"
"Watch what you're doing." Jupiter screamed as Usagi cut her down the back with her spear. "Otherwise you get hurt, Jupiter."
The brown haired scout fell to the ground, gasping, her ripped uniform showing the oozing blood from the deep gash parallel to her spine.
"Burning Mandala!" Usagi turned and sliced Mars up the chest, redirecting Mars' flames so Uranus was hit with the full force of her power. Both scouts fell to the floor, crying out in pain.
As Neptune came at her from the front, Usagi turned, swirling the spear above her head, then whipping it in front of her to slice Neptune through the midsection. Usagi brought her spear down to rest at her side as she looked at the fallen scouts, all gasping and moaning in pain. Frustration charged through her, making her ball her hands into angry fists. She had meant to kill them all. She had wanted to feel their hot blood run down her spear as she ripped each girl open with the sharp blade. But no, something had kept her from fighting them fully.
Usagi whirled around as she heard the clang of swords. "Stop!" The men froze and lowered their weapons, surprise evident on their faces. "He is mine, my love."
Kataki bowed and stepped back from Mamoru, sheathing his sword. "As you wish, my Queen."
Mamoru stepped towards Usagi, something fierce in his eyes. "It's time to turn back, Usako."
Usagi shuddered at the name and focused on turning her spear into a black blade. "Don't call me that."
Mamoru smirked. "It bothers you?"
Usagi's eyes flashed to Kataki's and a part of her wanted to hurt the man in black armor. "Only my husband can use pet names for me." Her chest swelled with satisfaction as she saw the pain flash in his stormy eyes.
"He isn't your husband."
"He is."
"Was there a marriage?"
Usagi looked confused, turning to her husband. "I… What?" The surprise on Kataki's face told her the answer to the man's question. "It doesn't matter. This isn't Earth. He is my King and I am his Queen." Usagi brought the sword up, determination filling her. This man would die. She would make herself kill him. His eyes bothered her.
Mamoru parried her blows, matching each one with a strength she didn't think he would still have after his fight with Kataki. Usagi jumped over him, slashing him in the shoulder, but gasped in surprise as he turned quickly and cut her arm before she fully landed. Usagi smiled as she back away, crouching low. "You're better than the rest."
"I have been a warrior for a millennia." He charged her, bringing his sword up and around, aiming for her sword.
Usagi met his blow, knocking his sword aside and cutting him across the chest. She growled in frustration as he darted away, before she could put more force into the slice. She could feel something stirring and clawing at her chest, trying to break free. Someone was screaming inside her, but she fought to push it away.
Mamoru came at her again, trying to knock her sword away, cutting her side instead. He hesitated for a moment, regret and pain in his eyes. Usagi quickly smacked his sword out of his loosened grip and brought the tip of her sword to his throat. "Now, Mamoru, it is time for you to die." Usagi pushed, but nothing happened. The screaming was louder now, burning her ears and making her eyes ache.
"I love you, Usako," Mamoru said, his eyes soft. "Always."
A tremor went down the sword as her arm fought to let go of it. The screaming was so loud, she could barely hear anything else.
"Kill him already, Usagi."
She opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly something cracked as she looked into his stormy eyes. Tears were rolling down his cheeks and she couldn't take it anymore. Pain erupted through her and she dropped the sword, her body trembling. "Mamo-chan."
She fell to her knees, but Mamoru caught her before she could fall fully to the floor. "Usako," he was whispering over and over in her hair. Her body shook as she looked at her friends on the floor and the angry face of the man that had made her do it.
"What are you doing?!" Kataki yelled as he stood from his throne.
"How could you do that to me!" Usagi stood, pushing away from Mamoru. Rage was filling her. A pure rage. The darkness was gone and all the true memories from before flooded her mind. The knife slowly poisoning her with hate. The night he took her innocence and her mind fully. "HOW COULD YOU!"
Kataki took a step back. "I love you. I wanted you to be mine."
"So you forced me? You took my mind and my body by force? That's isn't love!"
Kataki's face hardened. "I can see now, that you never loved me either. You can both die—" His eyes widened and blood slowly trickled from his open mouth. Blood blossomed on his white shirt from his stomach and he fell to his knees, then on to his face. Midori stood behind him, her sword red and dripping, her face blank.
"Midori? Why?" Usagi whispered, confusion running through her.
She shrugged, wiping the blood off on Kataki's cape and then throwing it back on the thrown. "He was a romantic and a dictator. He believed that everyone should do as he said and bend to his will; even if it meant tainting their hearts. He has gone through three Queens such as yourself, believing he loved each. He took them from the ones they loved and then turned their star seeds black, but none survived more than a few months. None could stand the darkness. Once he just got bored of her and had her killed. I didn't want to continue praying on women so he could quench his thirst for love and sex."
Usagi pressed into Mamoru's chest, horror filling her. She wasn't the only one and the others were dead. Would she have died had her friends not helped her? She turned to her fallen scouts and tears coursed down her cheeks. "Oh, no. What have I done?" She fell to their sides, regret painfully throbbing in her chest. She felt Mamoru's hand on her shoulder.
"We will take them back to Earth and get them to a hospital. Everything will be alright," he aid reassuringly.
"I will send you back." Midori walked to a switch and smiled slightly. "Good luck and good bye."
"Thank you, Midori," Usagi said as she waved.
