Fucked up to blood and to fight

Choking on these venomous voices

We overcome our enemy

Until all are vanquished

-Killswitch Engage (Loyalty)

~HARUKA~

King Asher was clad in his blood red armor. The helmet he wore was shaped into a dragon's head and on top there was a plume that gave it a fiery appearance. In his right hand he held a smoky greatsword.

Haruka watched as the king paced back and forth waiting for the match to start. The proud king was as intimidating.

Instead of her usual combat armor, she donned gold dyed leather armor. She had black gloves on as well as some gauntlets made from Uranian steel. At her side was a seax hanging from her belt.

Michiru frowned as she looked at Haruka. The blonde then wrapped her arms around her lover.

"Don't think I can take him?" Haruka asked. She waited for Michiru to reply but was met with silence. "I will be fine."

"Your armor is light," she said. There was a sign of worry in her eyes.

To quell her troubled mind, Haruka kissed her lover. "I have this under control," She said as she looked over her shoulder. "With Gramr, I won't let him take you away."

She let go of Michiru and started walking towards her opponent. Victarion reached for her shoulder and stopped her.

"If you let the Princess down, I will chase you into the afterlife and kill you again," Victarion growled. He cared for Michiru almost as much as she did and she respected that.

"I understand that," she said.

"Are you sure you can take him on?" Victarion asked.

"Of course I can," she replied. "My mother was a spearwife and my father was a warlord. I'm pretty sure I can take that Martian savage."

She could hear Michiru giggle at the lineage. Truth was that Haruka's mother was a Valkyrie and her father was the crowned Prince. The blood of the Sky Kings ran through her veins.

"Are you done squawking?" King Asher called out.

She broke free of Victarion's grasp and headed towards King Asher. Once again she was stopped, however, this time she was stopped by Michiru. Her lover stole one more kiss. "Don't leave me alone in this world," Michiru said before letting Haruka go.

"Never," Haruka said. She quickly made her way toward her opponent.

King Asher was bigger up close but that didn't faze Haruka much. Gods be good if they give her the strength to overpower this monster.

"Maybe as you lay dying I'll take the Princess myself in front of you with your blood on my hands," King Asher said. Before he could say anything else, Haruka drew Gramr and slashed at his face knocking his helmet off. "You little bastard." He wiped his face with his glove.

She already didn't like the man, and his threat of raping her love ignited her rage. "Let's get this over with," Haruka said.

The man took his sword in both hands and swung at Haruka. She quickly dodged the attack. With a roar King Asher kept up his assault on the blonde. Each swing he missed. Haruka was proving to be a little too quick for the Martian.

See her opportunity to strike she swung Gramr at a weak spot under his arm. The blade cut through the mail and the leather strap securing the armor to his left arm. Blood stained her blade as she struck again at the now weakened spot. She was kicked so hard she flew across the arena.

King Asher lodged his blade in the ground as he pulled the damaged armor off.

Haruka struggled to get up as she felt the pain in her ribs. She was almost to her feet when the Martian tackled her. Gramr slid towards Michiru and Victarion. The Martian punched her a few times in the head before he settled on choking her.

His hands gripped her throat tightly as he began to choke her. "Little boy," he growled. The Martian's face was red with rage. "You're through."

She struggled to break free to no avail. Close to blacking out she remembered her seax. Using what strength she had left she drew her seax and plunged it into the Martian's side.

He roared in pain as he reached for the blade in his side. That gave Haruka enough time to get out from underneath him and stand up.

King Asher threw the blade down and glared at Haruka. He dropped to one knee as he tried to charge again. "Fucking boy,"

"Captain!" Victarion called out. She turned to look back at Victarion. The Neptunian tossed Gramr to Haruka.

She caught Gramr and approached King Asher. The Martian King was on fours as he looked up to Haruka. He was growing weaker.

My plan worked, she thought to herself. The blade of her seax was laced with poison.

"You are certainly a great adversary," King Asher said.

Haruka crouched in front of him and smiled. "I'll let you in on a little secret," she said. Using Gramr to cut the remaining straps on the Martian's armor she leaned closer. "I'm no boy," she positioned the blade and started pushing it through his mail. "The name is Princess Haruka, the Uranian Princess who won't bow to your bitch Queen." With one final push she put Gramr through King Asher. Blood dripped down and coated her gloves.

She stood up, bringing Gramr up with her. The dead King's body slid off of Gramr easily. Martians started leaving the area but the King's guard remained to collect his body.

Standing triumphantly she walked over to the King's greatsword. As she picked it up she could hear the King's guard yell at her in Martian. She looked at them and grinned as she broke the greatsword with Gramr.

"IT'S BROKEN! YOU FOOL! THAT SWORD HAS BEEN IN THE ROYAL FAMILY FOR SEVERAL MILLENNIA!" the captain of the Martian guard said.

"You can fix it…without the spell that was on it," Haruka said. She turned to walk away. "When you fix it, all it will be is just a big hunk of metal that no one can lift." The blonde walked away without saying another word. The only thing she muttered was to Michiru, "That was for you."

A/N

This is the outcome I wanted when Oberyn took on the Mountain. Originally I was going to have Haruka fight with a spear because it's the main weapon that Vikings use, and cause Oberyn fights with a spear. I also wanted to draw it closer to the point where she bleeds out. But that didn't happen so be happy she lived with only a mild concussion.

The breaking of the sword is a Viking custom. All weapons were broken to deter grave robbers and to ensure that the warrior's soul can be at rest. Haruka broke King Asher's blade because it was out of respect for him as a warrior cause there will never be one like him again, and because the sword had a spell cast on it to grant the user protection unless it is used against royalty.