So persistent in my ways
Here an angel, lying here to stay
No resistance, no alarms
Please this is just too good to be gone
I believe
And I believe cause I can see
Our future days
Days of you and me
You and me
It's you and me
- Pearl Jam (Future Days)
~MICHIRU~
King Asher was a massive mountain of a man. His dark beard was neatly trimmed, unlike his dark mane of hair that seemed to blow in the wind.
Michiru did not care too much for Martians. They were brutish savages who thought they were the infallible warriors. She knew that every man thought they could never be felled, but she knew of one woman who could never be felled.
Her thoughts drifted to Haruka. The tall blonde with the magical hands that could make her scream so loud her family on Neptune would hear her. They were destined to be together for all eternity.
"Princess," King Asher said in contemptuous tone. His ruby red eyes drifted to Haruka. "So they are sending little boys to defend a Princess?"
"At least little boys can hold their own against feeble old men," Haruka said.
Victarion laughed.
"What's so funny squid king?" King Asher asked.
"You talk to an armed Uranian as if he ain't dangerous," Victarion said.
"I have guards around me," King Asher stated.
"As do I. Now let's get down to business," Michiru said. She was tired of the boys fighting. "Make your offer."
"Surrender so that we may take you to the Queen in one piece," King Asher said.
"If I refuse," Michiru asked. Either way she was going to refuse. She did not wish to be the Moon Queen's prisoner.
"I will smash your army, probably let my men have their way with you, and then take you to the Queen," King Asher said.
She looked over to Haruka, who was on the verge of killing King Asher. Victarion was reaching for his weapon but with a gesture of her hand both settled down.
"I will counter your offer with this," she said. "I will challenge you to single combat and if you win I will go to the Queen and pledge my fealty. However, if I win, I want your soldiers to return to Mars and never set foot on Uranus ever again."
"Why would we leave a planet that you have no power over?" King Asher laughed.
"My brother is promised the Princess of Uranus when the war is over, so any conflict you have with Uranus is a conflict with Neptune," she replied. Regret over her choice of words filled her bosom. She did not like to use that contract as a crutch. However, that arrangement meant nothing to her because Haruka was hers and she was Haruka's.
"A pretty little thing like you fight me?" King Asher asked.
"No, I will choose a champion," she replied.
"Who will champion you? The old squid?" King Asher laughed.
"Captain Sayakashi," she said. Haruka perked up at the sound of her assumed name. "Will you be my champion?"
"It would be my honor," Haruka said.
King Asher laughed and his entourage of guards followed his actions. He held his fist in the air and the laughter ceased.
"You want to mock me by sending a little boy?" King Asher asked.
"If I wanted to mock you I would have him castrate you with a spear from the edge of the field," Michiru said.
"Tomorrow at sunrise is when the boy will die," King Asher declared. He turned his horse around and left the parley.
"Princess, you should've let me champion you," Victarion said.
"Takehiko is replaceable, you are not," Michiru said. A slight blush came over her. She thought about Haruka's magical fingers. "Though only in terms of guards."
They started their ride back to camp in silence. She thought about what she had done. Tomorrow she might lose the love of her life as well as her own freedom. Did she really have that much faith in Haruka? Of course she did, otherwise she wouldn't have made the offer.
When they arrived at her tent she sent Victarion and her guard off to relay the message to the Uranian Generals. She and Haruka went into the tent. Feeling the need and want she kissed Haruka.
Her lips barely left Haruka's as she took her own uniform off. Standing naked before her lover felt different.
"I need you now," she begged.
A/N
I like to refer to Haruka as Viking Prince Oberyn. I mean she's taking on a man that is comparably like the Mountain.