This is it....the second final chapter. Please R&R!
~*Endgame*~
~Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos~
"Hotaru!" the senshi cried.
The attacks were running towards her body, which was perched on the boulder, from above, spiralling in brilliant colours of sound and light. She was unaware of the activity, as she rocked back and forth. Chaosis was laughing hysterically like a madman.
"Oh no, Saturn!" Mars shouted.
She rocked continuously as the attacks suddenly splitted away and slammed into the rocks around her, making loud crashes. The air was filled with small rocks and lots of dust as the senshi dropped to the ground. The air whirled faster and faster, circling the area where Hotaru was rocking. Even Chaosis was in the verge of panic.
Hotaru snapped up to face Chaosis calmly, making him jump back.
A light came from her chest, radiating her body with purple and gray light. She then stood, her body and mind replenished from the heat of battle, her cloak riding the wind, her hand back to her trusty glaive. Her eyes were flashing with a strange colour as she slowly floated off the ground to level with Chaosis, who stood dumbstruck.
She lunged so fast, no one could keep track. Her fist pounded into Chaosis' cheek as she then waved around and then struck him again with her fist. Chaosis stumbled back before waging a full-out assult, all fists and feet, out at Saturn, who was blocking defensively.
The attacks were going out at full force, as they leapt back and forth, their strikes making cracks of lightning filling the sky. Back and forth they went, their staffs and fists meeting, sweat dropping from them to the ground. After a series of attacks, they landed on some boulders, facing each other, panting and dripping with sweat.
She waved her glaive around. "I will destroy you, Chaosis."
"You've returned...again," he said. "That's something I always liked about you, Princess...you never give up and always making a comeback." He smiled casually. "Stubborn little firefly, are you?" He laughed brashly and arrogantly, then said, "I'm sorry, but now I will have to stop you..."
"The mirror has two faces, huh?" she asked.
He blinked. "What are you talking about?"
She smiled cryptically. "You flatter me with words, yet you have no depth nor meaning in them. You want to kill me, but toy me with petty talk and avoid a real fight," she pointed out shortly. "It isn't working either way. You are no warrior, Chaosis! You are just one scared person because the light of goodness and the Messiah of Love is on my side." She paused, glaring down at him before saying, "Now, I will silence you, Chaosis, something I should have done a long time ago....Pluto! Open a gate!"
Through the dust that billowed around the other senshi, who lay on their bellies and coughing up dust, Pluto rose from the dust, her trusty staff out before her as she flew to where Hotaru was calling for. "Gladly, Saturn!" she told her, while thinking, Uh-oh, I just hope the King understands why I must open the gates of time, before raising her Time Staff and said, "Gates of Time, heed me call! Open the gates, protect us from harm!"
Thunder roared from a distant a crystal gate opened itself from nowhere, directly behind Chaosis. Time swelled, filled with images of the past, present and future, compelling and ready to swallow anyone into the trail of Time. Not something to think of lightly.
Hotaru raised her glaive. "Silence...Sphere...."
"Saturn...please..." he begged. His face was now twisted with agony and fear. "Please...I only wish...I only wish..."
"To conquer me? To destroy me?" Her words came out hostily and cold as she waved her glaive about. Seeing the wild eyes, she thought for a moment if she was doing the right thing. For a moment, she saw a glimpse of sincerity in the clad man. Was she doing the right thing?
Her voice softened. "I do not wish to be conqeured and I definitely wish to live a full life. As much as you can flatter me and tell me things that would please us both, our lives run different paths. We will always be opposites, and you and I can't change that." She raised her glaive high above her head. "I must do what I can to protect this world...Silence...Sphere...Engage!"
"Princess---Ai---Ai---Aishiteru! I will be back!" He then whirled slowly, wounded, towards the gate Pluto had made for him. "I will be back, you watch me! You did a grave mistake, letting me into this time prison of yours. As long as I live, there will be no peace, no silence!" He then tilted his head back and drifted into the gate. It then closed upon itself, trapping Chaosis in the gate.
Hotaru choked a sob of anger as she heard, "Hotaru..."
She turned around to see Pluto slowly disappearing, her body slowly fading into oblivion. She tried to touch her, but felt only air beneath her touch. "Pluto, Pluto...what's going on?" she asked, her eyes wide with fear.
Pluto smiled wisely. "The King's calling me...for...for..."
"For what?" Hotaru cried.
"For...using the Time Gate..."
Hotaru fought tears. "No, Pluto, don't go! Don't!"
"Go home, now, Hotaru. Your task is done. Rest now...."She then disappeared.
The other senshi were finally getting up from the battle, shaking dust off of their uniforms when they saw Pluto disappearing into nothing and watching Hotaru fight the tears.
Tears fell. "Setsuna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"You broke one of the rules, Pluto," the King said ominously.
Pluto was standing in the middle of a room, a dark room, with mist billowing beneath her feet. She stood as though she was being taken for trial, in front of the King himself. "Yes, King, I have broken one of the rules," she said darkly. "For that, I must---"
"No."
Her head snapped up. "Y-Your Majesty?"
"You do not have to give up your life this time," he told her. "You have helped the Messiah of Silence's fight against the Messiah of Chaos. Her job required you, and that is why you were pulled into this since the beginning. You and the senshi of fire. You have done well. I am pleased."
She bowed her head. "T-Thank you."
"Don't mention it," he responded. "But next time---"
"Yes, your Majesty."
He paused. "Go now, Time Senshi," he bid. "Guard the two Messiahs and guard the Gates in which you have guarded since the dawn of Time."
"Arigatou."
And then she was gone.
The King sighed heavily as he got off the chair and began to walk away. "Poor Time Senshi," he mused. "Poor Messiah of Silence. They lead such lonely lives compared to the other senshi---it must be hard to have a great power such as yourselves. In that, you are important to the future. May the light shine upon your lonely hearts, senshi, for you are never alone..."
"Pluto!"
"Setsuna!"
"Are you okay?"
"You got us worried for a moment there!"
"He didn't take your life this time..."
Setsuna brushed their comments as she looked around. She was at Tomeo's residence, the living room. "Where is Hotaru?" she asked immediately, brushing her green hair back.
"She's resting upstairs," Minako said.
"She's been through a lot," Michiru said mildly. "Let her rest."
"At least her father's relieved," Ami said.
Setsuna nodded, sitting down.
"So tell us," Usagi said curiously, "how did it go?"
^^ Oh, yes. ^^ R&R!
~*Endgame*~
~Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos~
"Hotaru!" the senshi cried.
The attacks were running towards her body, which was perched on the boulder, from above, spiralling in brilliant colours of sound and light. She was unaware of the activity, as she rocked back and forth. Chaosis was laughing hysterically like a madman.
"Oh no, Saturn!" Mars shouted.
She rocked continuously as the attacks suddenly splitted away and slammed into the rocks around her, making loud crashes. The air was filled with small rocks and lots of dust as the senshi dropped to the ground. The air whirled faster and faster, circling the area where Hotaru was rocking. Even Chaosis was in the verge of panic.
Hotaru snapped up to face Chaosis calmly, making him jump back.
A light came from her chest, radiating her body with purple and gray light. She then stood, her body and mind replenished from the heat of battle, her cloak riding the wind, her hand back to her trusty glaive. Her eyes were flashing with a strange colour as she slowly floated off the ground to level with Chaosis, who stood dumbstruck.
She lunged so fast, no one could keep track. Her fist pounded into Chaosis' cheek as she then waved around and then struck him again with her fist. Chaosis stumbled back before waging a full-out assult, all fists and feet, out at Saturn, who was blocking defensively.
The attacks were going out at full force, as they leapt back and forth, their strikes making cracks of lightning filling the sky. Back and forth they went, their staffs and fists meeting, sweat dropping from them to the ground. After a series of attacks, they landed on some boulders, facing each other, panting and dripping with sweat.
She waved her glaive around. "I will destroy you, Chaosis."
"You've returned...again," he said. "That's something I always liked about you, Princess...you never give up and always making a comeback." He smiled casually. "Stubborn little firefly, are you?" He laughed brashly and arrogantly, then said, "I'm sorry, but now I will have to stop you..."
"The mirror has two faces, huh?" she asked.
He blinked. "What are you talking about?"
She smiled cryptically. "You flatter me with words, yet you have no depth nor meaning in them. You want to kill me, but toy me with petty talk and avoid a real fight," she pointed out shortly. "It isn't working either way. You are no warrior, Chaosis! You are just one scared person because the light of goodness and the Messiah of Love is on my side." She paused, glaring down at him before saying, "Now, I will silence you, Chaosis, something I should have done a long time ago....Pluto! Open a gate!"
Through the dust that billowed around the other senshi, who lay on their bellies and coughing up dust, Pluto rose from the dust, her trusty staff out before her as she flew to where Hotaru was calling for. "Gladly, Saturn!" she told her, while thinking, Uh-oh, I just hope the King understands why I must open the gates of time, before raising her Time Staff and said, "Gates of Time, heed me call! Open the gates, protect us from harm!"
Thunder roared from a distant a crystal gate opened itself from nowhere, directly behind Chaosis. Time swelled, filled with images of the past, present and future, compelling and ready to swallow anyone into the trail of Time. Not something to think of lightly.
Hotaru raised her glaive. "Silence...Sphere...."
"Saturn...please..." he begged. His face was now twisted with agony and fear. "Please...I only wish...I only wish..."
"To conquer me? To destroy me?" Her words came out hostily and cold as she waved her glaive about. Seeing the wild eyes, she thought for a moment if she was doing the right thing. For a moment, she saw a glimpse of sincerity in the clad man. Was she doing the right thing?
Her voice softened. "I do not wish to be conqeured and I definitely wish to live a full life. As much as you can flatter me and tell me things that would please us both, our lives run different paths. We will always be opposites, and you and I can't change that." She raised her glaive high above her head. "I must do what I can to protect this world...Silence...Sphere...Engage!"
"Princess---Ai---Ai---Aishiteru! I will be back!" He then whirled slowly, wounded, towards the gate Pluto had made for him. "I will be back, you watch me! You did a grave mistake, letting me into this time prison of yours. As long as I live, there will be no peace, no silence!" He then tilted his head back and drifted into the gate. It then closed upon itself, trapping Chaosis in the gate.
Hotaru choked a sob of anger as she heard, "Hotaru..."
She turned around to see Pluto slowly disappearing, her body slowly fading into oblivion. She tried to touch her, but felt only air beneath her touch. "Pluto, Pluto...what's going on?" she asked, her eyes wide with fear.
Pluto smiled wisely. "The King's calling me...for...for..."
"For what?" Hotaru cried.
"For...using the Time Gate..."
Hotaru fought tears. "No, Pluto, don't go! Don't!"
"Go home, now, Hotaru. Your task is done. Rest now...."She then disappeared.
The other senshi were finally getting up from the battle, shaking dust off of their uniforms when they saw Pluto disappearing into nothing and watching Hotaru fight the tears.
Tears fell. "Setsuna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"You broke one of the rules, Pluto," the King said ominously.
Pluto was standing in the middle of a room, a dark room, with mist billowing beneath her feet. She stood as though she was being taken for trial, in front of the King himself. "Yes, King, I have broken one of the rules," she said darkly. "For that, I must---"
"No."
Her head snapped up. "Y-Your Majesty?"
"You do not have to give up your life this time," he told her. "You have helped the Messiah of Silence's fight against the Messiah of Chaos. Her job required you, and that is why you were pulled into this since the beginning. You and the senshi of fire. You have done well. I am pleased."
She bowed her head. "T-Thank you."
"Don't mention it," he responded. "But next time---"
"Yes, your Majesty."
He paused. "Go now, Time Senshi," he bid. "Guard the two Messiahs and guard the Gates in which you have guarded since the dawn of Time."
"Arigatou."
And then she was gone.
The King sighed heavily as he got off the chair and began to walk away. "Poor Time Senshi," he mused. "Poor Messiah of Silence. They lead such lonely lives compared to the other senshi---it must be hard to have a great power such as yourselves. In that, you are important to the future. May the light shine upon your lonely hearts, senshi, for you are never alone..."
"Pluto!"
"Setsuna!"
"Are you okay?"
"You got us worried for a moment there!"
"He didn't take your life this time..."
Setsuna brushed their comments as she looked around. She was at Tomeo's residence, the living room. "Where is Hotaru?" she asked immediately, brushing her green hair back.
"She's resting upstairs," Minako said.
"She's been through a lot," Michiru said mildly. "Let her rest."
"At least her father's relieved," Ami said.
Setsuna nodded, sitting down.
"So tell us," Usagi said curiously, "how did it go?"
^^ Oh, yes. ^^ R&R!