SailorStar9: Was about time I updated this fic. Anyway, this is Chapter 9. Read and review.
Disclaimers: I own nothing, maybe except the Hyoga/Hotaru pairing. sweatdrop
Chapter 9: Bared Fangs! Northern Wolf Fenrir
Back with Athena, the Goddess' Cosmo was radiating around her as the ice caps slowly melted.
"Onee-san, I think you'd better leave Asgard and find somewhere safer to hide." Kiki suggested.
"Eh?" Freya blinked.
"There's no telling if those guys from before will show up." Kiki replied.
Freya immediately objected, "No, I can't do that."
"But it'll be dangerous if you stayed here." Kiki protested.
"It doesn't matter." Freya replied, grasping the Totem of Genbu.
"How..." Kiki gasped.
"But if we stayed here..." he added.
Kiki, my thoughts are the same as yours. Athena's voice sounded in his head.
"Saori-san..." Kiki muttered.
Kiki... Athena told him.
"I understand." Kiki nodded.
"What's wrong, Kiki?" Freya asked.
"Saori-san also agrees that onee-san should find a safer place to hide." Kiki replied.
Athena... even when she's in such a dangerous situation...the Sanctuary's Athena is actually such a great person. Freya mused.
"Onee-san, let's go." Kiki urged.
"No." Freya shook her head. "I'm staying."
"But..." Kiki protested.
"I can't leave Athena here alone." Freya replied. "Furthermore, this all started because of my sister."
"But if you don't go, I'll be scolded by Saori-san." Kiki added.
"Kiki, what would you do if you were me?" Freya asked.
"This..." Kiki was stunned silent.
"Kiki..." Freya looked intently at him.
"But, this is onee-san's..." Kiki objected.
"Athena, please allow me to be with you till the very end." Freya requested. "Even though I have no power that is of any help, at least allow me to be with you."
"Onee-san..." Kiki blinked.
Kiki, no matter what happens, you have to protect Freya-san. Athena transmitted her mental message to him.
"Yes!" Kiki nodded.
"Athena..." Freya mumbled.
Scene cut to Seiya and Eternal Sailor Uranus. The two warriors had their bodies pressed against the frozen wall as they walked slowly along the ledge.
Scene cut to Hyoga and Eternal Sailor Saturn. The two were walking into the forest as some snow slipped off a branch of a pine tree.
Scene cut to Shun and Eternal Sailor Mercury. The two were running along the frozen trail of broken off trees.
Scene cut to Shiryu and Eternal Sailor Neptune. The two warriors were running along a snow-ridden path.
"That's strange." Shiryu remarked as he stopped at the edge of a cliff.
"What is?" Eternal Sailor Neptune asked.
"I think we've been circulating around the same place from till just now." Shiryu replied.
"Now that you mention it." Eternal Sailor Neptune noted. "I get this feeling too."
Suddenly, they heard a loud sound behind them as a snow-slide thundered towards them from the hill behind.
The two managed to jump onto a rock that jutted out.
"We don't have time to waste." Eternal Sailor Neptune remarked.
Then Shiryu gasped as Shura's mental message came to him. Shiryu, Athena depends on you... depends on you...
Shura... as Athena's most loyal Saint, the one who has been most proud of this honor, the Golden Saint Capricorn Shura.
Shiryu, I will leave Athena to you.
Shura! I will inherit this loyalty to Athena completely. This is also because you let me have the chance to survive. The only way I can repay you...
Flashback to the battle against the Capricorn Saint.
"The strongest attack of Draco Shiryu, Rozan kō ryū ha!"
The sheer force of the attack was enough to demolish the entire Capricorn Temple as Shiryu soared into the air and eventually into space, taking Shura with him.
"Shiryu, do you know what will happen if your Cosmo continue to rise?" Shura asked. "The two of us won't be able to tolerate the heat from the friction. Once our bodies melt away, we'll became stardust. No, at least I can last longer with my Golden Cloth. You will die before me, Shiryu."
"It doesn't matter. I'm ready ready to die. I've said this before, I'll die with you." Shiryu told him.
"Too foolish! Do you want to win no matter what?" Shura asked. "What's the worth of victory if you sacrifice your life? Why must you fight at the risk of your life?"
"Shura, as a Saint, you should understand this." Shiryu told him. "It's all for Athena. All of us have always believed Athena, that's why we've fought until now. Furthermore, after the battles in the Twelve Temples, we're more certain of this fact. Athena is reborn once every few hundred years to defeat the evil. So, Saori-san is an important person in fighting against the evil in this era. Once Saori-san removes the evil and returns peace to the world, the children's and people's sufferings will end. In that case, my death won't be regretted."
"Looks like I'm indeed the one who's wrong." Shura admitted. "As a Saint, I have no right to be a Saint anymore. Forgive me Shiryu, Aiolos."
"Shura." Shiryu gasped.
"Shiryu, you can't die. A man like you must live on. Because you need to fight on for Athena till the very end." Shura declared.
"Shura!" Shiryu blinked.
Shiryu, I have no wish for see you die, but looks like it's too late. Because our live force will burn out in a moment's time and we'll be rendered into stardust and will be floating in the wide galaxy for eternity. I hope that we'll become constellations and continue to protect Athena. Is that alright, Shiryu?
Unexpectedly, I alone survived that battle. Shiryu mused.
Flashback
A green pillar of light reentered the Capricorn Temple moments after the battle. Once safely back on the Capricorn Temple grounds, the Golden Cloth left Shiryu's body and reformed itself back to its original state.
All because I've been wearing the Capricorn Golden Cloth at that time. Shiryu continued to contemplate. Now that I think about it, it's possible that Shura...
Flashback
We're nearing the ozone layer. Shura thought. I have to think of some way to at least save Shiryu.
Shiryu! The Golden Saint wondered, raising his Cosmo and willing his Cloth onto the younger boy's body.
"Shiryu, I entrust Athena to you." Shura told the unconscious Bronze Saint mentally and kicked him back to Earth. "You can't die, Shiryu!"
"Shura..." Shiryu snapped out of his thoughts. "I won't let you down."
With a leapt, he jumped off the rock, Eternal Sailor Neptune following closely behind. As the ran, the cries of wolves were heard. Shortly after, a pack of wolves stood on the ledge.
Back in the palace, Hilda sat on her throne as Alberich came running in. bowing to Hilda, he knelt down and whispered his report to Siegfried.
"What? Thor has been defeated?" Siegfried gasped. "Is this true Alberich?"
Alberich nodded, "One of the female Senshi defeated him."
"Thor, you... why are you so useless?" Siegfried hissed. "Which one?"
"The one who claims to be Mercury." Alberich replied. "And they have split into four separate ways to attack the palace in four directions."
"What? A bunch of imbeciles." Siegfried hissed.
"But to encase Thor's God Robe in ice until it shatters and freeze his blood vessels inside out..." Alberich frowned slightly. "It would seem that her claim might be true afterall."
"Siegfried." Hilda called out. "What happened?"
"It's only a small matter. You need not worry, Hilda-sama." Siegfried reported.
"Alright, I'll leave the rest to you." Hilda told him. "You'll teach those warriors who oppose me a lesson and have them serve me."
"Yes." Siegfried replied. "My strength is more than enough to deal with those guys. But it's a good chance for the other God Warriors to show off their capabilities. Fenrir and the others are at their positions waiting to attack them."
Hilda smirked, "When sunset comes, Athena will die. She'll be lonely without any companions. This is considered benevolent."
"Siegfried, show no mercy." she added and laughed.
Back with Shiryu and Eternal Sailor Neptune, the pair had stopped at a snow-covered cliff when they heard a high-pitched whistle.
A howl was heard and a pack of wolves surrounded the ledges above them.
"So you have appeared." Shiryu remarked at the human shadow who had came out in front of the wolves. The shadow said nothing and let out another whistle. Behind the two, another pack of wolves blocked their path.
"They are..." Shiryu blinked.
"Wolves." Eternal Sailor Neptune finished his sentence.
The wolf pack slowly advanced to the pair. The human shadow let out another whistle and the wolves pounced and attacked.
Shiryu managed to knock a couple of the hounds off.
"Neptune Ocean Sphere!"
Up top, Fenrir could only watch in shock as Eternal Sailor Neptune's bubble of water thundered towards his wolf buddies, engulfing them and soaking their fur.
Fenrir hissed, "Ping-gu, finish them!"
The silver wolf howled and the rest of his pack ran towards the two fighters. Surrounding them and biting furiously, the wolf pack attacked the two.
Barely managing to raise her hand, Eternal Sailor Neptune unleashed a 'Deep Submerge' at the wolves, blasting them off, while Shiryu knocked out the rest with his 'Rozan Shō Ryū Ha' attack.
"I know you're there." Shiryu looked up at the frozen waterfall ledge. "Come down now."
Fenrir gritted his teeth in anger, Athena's Saint, how dare you do this to my cute wolf pack...
If he is a God Warrior, Shiryu mused. He should have an Odin Sapphire that protects his armor.
"Don't worry." Fenrir told his fallen wolf friends. "I will avenge you. Return, Pin-gu!"
At his whistle, the silver wolf howled, ordering the rest of the pack to retreat.
"He commands the wolves." Shiryu noted.
That's it. His eyes widened at the sight of Fenrir's Odin Sapphire as the God Warrior leapt down from the frozen ledge.
"I am the man-eating wolf of the North, Alioth Epsilon Fenrir." Fenrir introduced himself.
"Alioth Epsilon Fenrir." Shiryu echoed. "I am Draco Saint, Shiryu."
"Senshi of the Oceans, Eternal Sailor Neptune." the Senshi of the Seas introduced herself.
"Shiryu, Neptune, I'm going to avenge this pack of cute wolves who have braved the hardships in the piece of frozen land and have grown up with me." Fenrir swore. "And I'll have you repay this debt many times over."
"Do you think you can defeat me with this pack of wolves?" Shiryu asked. "Don't underestimate me, Fenrir."
Fenrir chuckled, "To belittle an opponent, you have to view the opponent as one first. In fact, I don't even think the two of you as being worthy."
"What?" Shiryu frowned.
"I won't be an easy opponent like those wolves." Fenrir promised. "To me, Athena's Saints are only small fry that are easily crushed."
"What did you say?" Shiryu demanded.
"Am I right?" Fenrir mocked. "Your entire face has changed."
"Kuso." Shiryu hissed.
"The 'Deep Aqua Mirror' is wasted on the likes of you." Fenrir told Eternal Sailor Neptune. "Hand the Mirror over to me. Hilda-sama will have better use of it."
"Not happening." the Senshi of Affinity retorted.
Not even an opening. Shiryu frowned as he observe the God Warrior.
"Looks like you are a little capable/" Fenrir ridiculed. "But don't forget, I am the God Warrior, Alioth Epsilon Fenrir. I will tear a layer of your skin and let it dry on top of this frozen waterfall."
"What?" Shiryu hissed.
"I will show you how terrifying the Northern man-eating wolf, Alioth Epsilon Fenrir is." Fenrir told them. "I will use your bodies to prove it completely."
"Wolf Cruelty Claw." he unleashed his attack.
"Neptune Ocean Sphere." Eternal Sailor Neptune used her attack a different way. Instead of hurling the orb at Fenrir, she had used it as a spherical shield to protect them, the same way Sailor Mercury had used her 'Shabon Spray' tech against the DD Girls at D-Point when a lava boulder smashed into the Guardian Senshi.
Fenrir hissed in frustration as his attack rained uselessly on the water shield.
"I can't even see Fenrir's attack." Shiryu realized.
"How is it?" Fenrir mocked. "How's the power of the 'Wolf Cruelty Claw'? Although I must admit you do have a creative way of using your tech, Neptune. I'll cut your throats next."
Just then, Shura's image appeared in Shiryu's mind.
Shiryu, I'll entrust Athena to you. The Capricorn Saint told him.
Shura. Shiryu realized as he recalled how Shura had saved his life.
Athena... he added as a vision of Saori standing on the frozen ledge came to him.
"Wolf Cruelty Claw!" Fenrir unleashed yet another attack.
"Deep Submerge!" Eternal Sailor Neptune barely had the time to pull out her attack.
Fenrir smirked as his attack literally swallowed hers and roared towards the Senshi.
No... Eternal Sailor Neptune thought. I can't let it end like this.
Just then, a bright aquamarine light shone right in front of her, diffusing Fenrir's attack completely.
"What the..." the God Warrior was confused.
"That's..." Eternal Sailor Neptune blinked. "Could it be..."
She grabbed the ocean-blue kanta even before the light died down.
"Guess Ruka isn't the only one with a sword." she joked. "Let's see what this can do."
With the Neptune Dragon sword poised before her, the powered-up Senshi readied her attack.
"Neptune..." she began her attack as water circled her body and her sword.
"Flood Gate!" she ended her battle cry and released her attack. The water was absorbed by Eternal Sailor Neptune's body, only to be released in a massive tidal a second later and effectively washed Fenrir away.
"Wow." both warriors blinked in awe.
"Mercury said our Planet Dragon swords could give us a power boost, she never mentioned by how much." Eternal Sailor Neptune remarked.
"Impressive, Neptune." Fenrir noted as he stood up, wiping blood off his mouth. "Now I'll have another gift for Hilda-sama.:your Planet Dragon sword."
"Like I've said before, not happening." the Senshi of Oceans told him.
"Northern Wolves Pack Fist!" Fenrir released another attack, focusing it on Shiryu. Shiryu used his shield to protect himself, only to be knocked back against the ice wall by Fenrir's assault.
Not giving him time to reliable, Fenrir suddenly appeared before him and with a slash of his claw, blinded the Draco Saint.
"My eyes..." Shiryu gasped as he tried to blink away the blood.
"You can't open your eyes any more." Fenrir mocked.
"Wolf Cruelty Claw!" the God Warrior unleashed a direct attack on him.
"Deep Submerge!" Eternal Sailor Neptune wasted no time in blasting the God Warrior off.
"In case you forgot." she commented. "You're not dealing with one, but two opponents."
"Guess I did." Fenrir admitted. With a whistle, he summoned his wolf pack to surround the two fighters.
Shiryu used the wall to stand up.
Shura used his life to save me. He thought Therefore, I must use my life to save Athena. I must retrieve Fenrir's Odin Sapphire to remove the Nibelung Ring from Hilda.
"What?" Fenrir was surprised at Shiryu's will. "Looks like you really want to fall into the deep depths of pain."
"I won't die alone." Shiryu told him.
"What?" Fenrir hissed.
"Fenrir, even if I have to die with you, I have to get your Odin Sapphire." Shiryu remarked.
"What?" Fenrir echoed. "You say you want to get my Odin Sapphire?"
"That's right." Shiryu replied. "If we don't have the Odin Sapphires of all seven God Warriors, we won't be able to return Hilda, who has been controlled by the devil, back to her original self."
"You say Hilda-sama is controlled by the devil?" Fenrir echoed. "What nonsense are you talking about? Hilda-sama is the best substitution for Athena; to rule over the lands."
"You're wrong." Eternal Sailor Neptune told him. "As long as Hilda isn't able to dispel the evil in her and return to her former self, then we won't be able to save the world from the crisis it is in now. Fenrir, you must believe us. You have to."
"You actually want me to believe you?" Fenrir scorned. I don't believe in humans."
"Why?" Shiryu asked. "If us human can't believe in each other, how can there be love? How can there be true friendship?"
Fenrir laughed, "That's too funny. I used to believe too much in humans that's why I was betrayed by this world. The only thing I believe now is this pack of wolves."
"What? You only believe in wolves?" Shiryu echoed.
"That's right." Fenrir replied as he charged at the Draco Saint who barely managed to dodge the attack.
"Fenrir, how can there be happiness if humans couldn't believe in each other?" Shiryu asked.
"Stop being foolish." Fenrir retorted. "I've said the only thing I believe in is this pack of wolves."
"What happened to you?" the Draco Saint asked.
"You really want to know the reason?" Fenrir asked.
"That happened when I was only six years old." he recounted. "I was riding with my parents and their good friends .in an outing to the woods."
Just then, Fenrir's mother's horse reared suddenly, throwing the blond woman off its back. When Fenrir's mother's looked up, she was shocked to see a bear looming over her. Fenrir had cried out in horror. Fenrir's father immediately jumped off his horse, punching a tree to break it. Shouting for his wife to run, he attacked the bear with the tree trunk Fenrir could only watch in horror as the bear killed his mother in one slash. Meanwhile, his father was fighting the bear with the tree trunk. Running towards his mother's corpse, Fenrir cried out to his parents' friends to help. But, his parents' friends rode off in fear. Fenrir ran to the escaping friends of his parents, begging them to save his mother but to no avail. His father's scream alerted the boy and he turned to see his father, dead and defeated. As the boy wept over his father's dead body, the bear loomed over the boy. With a roar, it was about to attack the boy when a pack of wolves intervened. Seeing that the wolves were so insistent on protecting him, Fenrir took up the broken branch. However, the smaller wolves were no match for the large bear as the bear easily swiped every one of them off. Then, Ping-gu leapt at the larger animal, biting on its neck. The bear swiped the smaller wolf off itself, leaving a crescent mark wound on its forehead. Ping-gu fell to the ground in pain. The bear was about to attack the wolf pack leader when suddenly a powerful aura emerged from the forest. The bear was stopped in its tracks as it and the other wolves who could still stand turned their attention to the woods. As the aura drew closer, the bear suddenly cowed under the compelling aura and took off into the forest. As the bear was driven off, the other wolves howled in victory. Fenrir looked on as a feminine figure emerged from the forest. His attention was however turned to the injured Ping-gu. Taking out his handkerchief, he proceeded to wipe off the blood from its forehead. The other wolves came forward to the pari, before separating to allow the female through. Fenrir looked up at the older woman who simply smiled at the frightened boy before kneeling down and placing her hand over the gravely injured wolf pack leader, healing it of its injuries. Standing up, she turned to the young boy and told him that this wolf pack would be his family from now on and that he would come to rely on them and them on him in the future. Then, she gave him an amulet before disappearing into the forest.
"After that incident, I never saw the woman again." Fenrir continued. "The honor of the Fenrirs was destroyed. From then on, the people who revered the Fenrirs abandoned us. However, I still have Ping-gu and the others; they represented the Fenrir symbol perfectly. The wolves who have been feared by humans, saved me who had been abandoned by humans. No, not only that, they brought me up till this day."
"I see." Shiryu realized. "You're also an orphan like us. However, humans always have a weak and imperfect side, so if we don't help each other..."
"Silence!" Fenrir hollered. "Compassion and human emotions have no meaning to me."
"No matter what, you still insist on fighting?" Shiryu inquired.
"Cut the crap." Fenrir retorted. "Ping-gu, I want this guy to remain silent forever."
The wolf leader growled and stepped forward.
"To me, I will always believe in my friends no matter what." Shiryu told him. "Don't you believe in Hilda?"
"Stop talking rot. Hilda-sama is God." Fenrir replied. "She can let the wolves obey her in an instant. She is out God."
Fenrir was sleeping in the abandoned Fenrir mansion when he and the wolf pack were awakened by a bright flash of light. The Fenrir crest on the mansion's front gate broke open and the Alioth Epsilon God Robe appeared. After he droned on his God Robe, Fenrir was marveling at his attack when a series of laughter interrupted his conversation with Ping-gu and Hilda appeared before him. Pointing her spear tip at the wolves, she subdued them easily. When Hilda announced that she would be replacing Athena to rule the lands and told Fenrir that the Fenrir name would be restored once she ruled all, the God Warrior knelt before her, offering his allegiance.
"Then what about Mercury?" Eternal Sailor Neptune suddenly asked. "What is she to you then?"
Fenrir was stunned in silence, "She... she's..."
"Silence!" he hollered and ordered his wolves to attack.
Meanwhile, Eternal Sailor Mercury frowned as her head turned to Eternal Sailor Neptune and Shiryu's direction.
Shutting her eyes, she transformed into her princess form, her icy-white aura flooding the frozen lands she was on.
Shun looked on in awe at the tremendous Cosmo the girl beside him emitted.
Just then, a powerful icy-white Cosmo invaded the battlefield. As the compelling Cosmo flooded the battleground, the wolves's expression turned from life threatening to mere obedience.
"What's wrong?" Fenrir asked the wolves.
"That's..." Eternal Sailor Neptune blinked.
"Mercury." Shiryu finished the sentence.
"What? What's this Cosmo?" Fenrir questioned. "It's totally different from Hilda-sama's Cosmo."
"Don't you dare still say you don't believe in humans." Eternal Sailor Neptune retorted. "Don't tell me you don't find Mercury's aura to be familiar? Don't you get it Fenrir, Mercury never abandoned you!"
At her comment, Fenrir's eyes widened in recognition. Don't tell me... that woman was... Mercury-sama!?
"That's impossible!" Fenrir let out a weak laugh in disbelief. "She's only a child then. How could she be..."
"Her sub-conscious, Fenrir," Eternal Sailor Neptune told him. "Never forgot her duty."
Fenrir drew an unconscious gasp in horror. If what Neptune says is true, then we... have really betrayed Mercury-sama...
Meanwhile, Hyoga and Eternal Sailor Saturn barely managed to jumped back a a heap of snow slid down from a branch beside them. A bird flew overhead. Hyoga was about to feel relieved when someone attacked them from behind. Both warriors jumped back to avoid the air bound attack.
"To meet my standards, you've passed." the God Warrior announced. "I am what people call the Northern Wild Horse; Merak Beta Hagen."
"I am Cyrus Saint, Hyoga." Hyoga introduced himself.
"Eternal Sailor Saturn, Senshi of Death, Destruction and Rebirth." Eternal Sailor Saturn introduced herself, posing with her Silence Glaive. "I'm also known as the Messiah of Silence."
"I've been waiting for you, Hyoga." Hagen announced. "You're the one who spoke nonsensical words to Freya-sama, I , Hagen, will punish you."
"What? Freya?" Hyoga echoed.
"Freya?" Hagen mocked. "You can't even pay with death for the crime for letting Hilda-sama feel betrayed. I will now take Hilda-sama's place to bury you in this land covered in ice."
"Are you sure you can do that?" Hyoga asked.
"There has never been anyone who survives peacefully after being marked as my target." Hagen told him.
"Then, let me be the first to survive your attack." Hyoga remarked.
"Big words." Hagen snorted. "It doesn't matter if it's a Saint or God warrior to me. I'm fine if he has the ability to fight me."
"Don't be too confident." Hyoga warned.
"Fine, less talk, more fighting then." Hagen agreed.
What an amazing Cosmo... Hyoga mused as Hagen powered up.
The God Warrior smirked as he unleashed his power.
Meanwhile, back with Shiryu, Eternal Sailor Neptune and Fenrir, the battle continued.
After realizing what he had done, Fenrir fell to his knees in horror.
"Fenrir..." the Senshi of Oceans walked towards the God Warrior and knelt before him. "It is time to you know the truth and why we're fighting here."
Taking out her 'Deep Aqua Mirror', she held it to him.
"Submarine Reflection!" she called out her power as a beam of light shot from the mirror and encased the two.
After the light died down, Fenrir gasped in realization.
"Now I know what you say is the truth, Neptune-sama." he whispered. Reaching to his waist, he thrust his hand in and offered his Odin Sapphire to Eternal Sailor Neptune. "Please, I beg you, free Hilda-sama on my behalf."
"Fenrir... you..." Eternal Sailor Neptune gasped.
"Like this, I've already betrayed Hilda-sama. But now, I know I'm truly protecting Hilda-sama in this way." Fenrir admitted.
"Ping-gu." he turned to the wolf pack. "Return to Mercury-sama's side and protect her."
Ping-gu gave him a nod. With a howl, it led the wolf pack away.
"Shiryu." Fenrir turned to the Draco Saint. "I'm ready. Let our attacks determine the winner in this battle."
Shiryu nodded.
"Wolf Cruelty Claw!" Fenrir unleashed his attack.
"Rozan Shō Ryū Ha!" Shiryu released his trademark attack.
The two attacks clashed in mid-air. As the two fighters landed on opposite sides, Fenrir let out a small satisfied smiled.
"I've lost." he admitted.
"Forgive me, Mercury-sama." was his last sentence before he fell over, dead.
Back with Hyoga, Eternal Sailor Saturn and Hagen, Hyoga and Eternal Sailor Saturn were under siege by Hagen's attack.
What a powerful and forceful Cosmo. Hyoga mused. It's comparable to the Golden Saints.
Hagen smirked as he relented.
Merak Beta Hagen, allow me to meet your attack. Hyoga noted.
"Cyrus Saint, I don't know how many seconds you can last in a battle with me." Hagen challenged.
"Hagen." Hyoga replied. "I'll return a phase 'Don't regret it' back to you. In Eastern Siberia, through the Crystal Saint, he taught me the attack of Golden Saint, Aquarius Camus. I'll show it to you now."
"Well then, I'll take on that attack." Hagen replied confidently. "You can attack wherever you want."
"Diamond Dust!" Hyoga unleashed his trademark attack.
"A small fry." Hyoga remarked as Hagen was completely caught in his attack. But his satisfaction was short-lived as Hagen broke free of his ice prison easily.
"Looks like you are capable of something." Hyoga noted.
Hagen smirked, "I was intending on returning that sentence to you."
"What?" Hyoga frowned.
"If you aren't happy, you can use that attack again." Hagen mocked. "That 'Diamond Dust' that can only fool children."
"Fool children?" Hyoga echoed in anger. "Fine then."
"Diamond Dust!" he unleashed the attack once more.
"What?" he gasped in surprise as Hagen simply stopped his attack with a hand. With a yell, Hagen pushed the attack back to Hyoga.
"Silence Wall!" Eternal Sailor Saturn immediately called forth an invisible shield.
"Looks like you're shocked." Hagen smirked after the attack died down. "But don't worry, this is only the beginning. You're just too unlucky to have met me. Don't tell me that's the best you can do?"
This guy could be more powerful than the Golden Saints. Hyoga thought. But under the guidance of my master, I have already grasped the level of Absolute Zero. The only thing I fear is not being able to live up to my master's expectations. In the Aquarius Temple, my master sacrificed his life to guide me to realize the level of Absolute Zero. That's right at that time, I've already realized the power of my Seventh Sense. If I can awaken my Seventh Sense once again, there's nothing to be feared about Hagen.
That decided, he waved Eternal Sailor Saturn aside and rose his Cosmo.
Hyoga's Cosmo can actually turn into such strength? Hagen wondered. In response, he too, raised his Cosmo.
SailorStar9: Well, Shiryu and Neptune's battle is done and Hyoga and Saturn's battle is just beginning. Who will win this fight? Stay tuned and find out.