Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Eclipse 18
http://hizashi.net/eclipse/
By: Jackie Miller
Sacrifice
Warmth…blessed peace…dark brown eyes slowly opened, wincing at the soft light filling his vision. A pale hand slowly came up to touch his chest, it came away bloodless, to his amazement. Controllermatter sat up oh-so-slowly, taking in his surroundings. 'What…happened?' he thought, confusion filling his mind. The last thing that he remembered was Controllerplanet attacking him, leaving him for dead. He touched his cheek, which seemed damp for some reason, and his fingers came away wet with a light red substance. He gasped and tears filled his eyes, he half slumped over, "Fire-chan…why did you see me like this?" he whispered, pain evident in his voice. He began to shake slightly as the tears dripped down his cheek and onto the marble floor of Planet's bedroom. "Fire-chan, where are you now? What have I begun?" he said as he wiped the tears from his eyes and stood shakily. "I will defeat this evil," he whispered, before ripping off his ripped jacket and running out of the room.
Matter's boot clapped with a muted sound on the marble floor as he traversed the hallways looking for her. He passed a blue blur as he ran and skidded to a stop some feet past it and turned slowly on his heels. Controllerwater was lying in a crumpled heap on the floor. "Water!" he said a note of surprise in his voice. He jogged over to his body and knelt beside him. "Water, wake up." he said, shaking the man. Water's head slowly came up, it was streaked with tears and a large welt was forming on his cheek. "Matter-san…" he said, his voice cracking. He embraced the other man tightly; Matter gasped and looked down at the other man a strange look on his face. "What happened?" he asked, gently pushing Water away from him.
"It-it was Controllerplanet-sama…" Water whispered haltingly. "I was walking down the hallway to find you, when she suddenly stormed past me, her eyes were terrifying. I asked her what happened and she hit me across the face and continued down the hallway." he paused and touched the welt on his face. "Her blow slammed me into the wall and the last thing I heard was…I think I heard Fire-san arguing with Planet-sama…" he trailed off and looked down at his hands.
Matter paled and looked down the hallway as if trying to imagine the scene. "Water!" he said suddenly, his voice urgent. Water looked up quickly, his eyes full of fear. "Water, we must save Controllerfire. We can no longer serve Controllerplanet; she is evil. Do you understand?" he shook the man slightly. "She will destroy us all, we must stop her," he said, standing. Water looked confused and a bit shocked at Matter's sudden change in tone towards Planet-sama, he looked as if he thought a bolt of lighting would strike Matter down for his disgrace against Planet-sama. "All…All right." he said slowly, when nothing happened. He stood slowly, his back cracking, pieces of stone from the wall falling off. "Let's go." Matter said, running down the hallway. Water followed, his face unsure…
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"You dared to think that you could stand against me?!?" Planet screamed, her eyes an oily black, switching back and forth between a fire red. She shook Controllerfire brutally, who was dangling from Planet's hand, her boot inches from the floor. Fire's face turned a different shade of blue and she gasped as she could feel the bones in her neck rubbing together. She reached up with a weak hand and grasped Planet's wrist, beginning to struggle, but to no avail.
"You think that you're so brave, coming here to your beloved moon to fight me. Ha!" Planet screamed, energy sparking off her in sporadic bursts. "It is fruitless, you can never win!" she shrieked, her hand squeezing tighter. Fire's mouth opened in a silent scream, her face twisting in torment.
"We will not allow this!" Eternal Sailormars screamed, pointing a gloved finger at Planet. "Mars Divine." she lifted her hands to the sky, fire leaping between her palms. "INFERNO!!" she screamed, the fire twisting around her body and shooting towards Fire. Fire smirked as the attack raced towards her. It hit her straight on the chest; she staggered slightly, but straightened and smiled, small licks of fire touched her dress and danced morbidly. "Is that all?" she asked teasingly, her eyes now a demonic red. "Mercury Ice Purification!" Sailormercury suddenly screamed, the ice skimming along the ground and racing up to slam into Planet. This time she didn't even move, the dancing flames turned into ice, her dress now trimmed with ice and her eyes were a cold blue.
"I'm waiting…" she said, almost yawning with her free hand. "Or would you prefer that I kill your new friend before your eyes?" she asked, her eyes darkening to a black as her hand tightened even more. Fire gasped, her face going from blue to red and her hand fell limply from Planet's wrist in defeat. Mars and Mercury turned their heads away, Mercury's eyes filling with cold tears and Mars clenching her fist in anger. "What can we do?" Moon whispered, turning her face into Tuxedo Kamen's chest.
The sound of Fire's choking was suddenly interrupted by the sound of boots. Sailorjupiter looked up hopefully, expecting it to be Sailorearth, but instead Controllermatter and Controllerwater came into view. "You!" Jupiter cried, breaking the silence even farther. She took a menacing step towards them, but Matter ran past her without noticing. Water hesitated and stopped behind the senshi a deep fear un-hidden in his watery blue eyes.
"Fire-chan!" he screamed, his eyes filling with tears. Planet turned her head away from Fire and towards him slowly, "Kisama…" she whispered, clenching her free hand. "I killed you! How can this be??" she yelled, dark power swirling around her. He clenched his fist in anger. "You will never know! Put her down or I will destroy you," he said coldly, a grey aura lifting around him.
"Matter…" a weak voice broke through tension. Planet gasped and looked over at Fire. "Ai…shit..eru…" her voice came out haltingly. "SHUT UP!!" Planet screamed, her hand closing even more if possible. Fire smiled softly at Matter, tears falling down her cheeks. Her eyes closed one final time and a beautiful red light began to shine around her. Planet turned her head away; her eyes clenched shut from the brightness.
"FIRE!!" Matter started to run towards her, but a firm hand on his arm held him back, "She's doing what she has to do," a husky voice said. He turned to look, tears shining in his eyes, Sailoruranus's looked back sadly at him. "Fire…" he whispered, his head hanging.
Planet gasped, her hand felt like it was on fire, but she refused to drop Fire. "Stop it!" she cried, before a bright red flash consumed them both and a huge fire erupted from Controllerfire's body. A blast of heat gushed from the two and knocked the senshi back onto their backs. As they all sat up, their bows were singed from the blast and they looked towards where Planet and Fire had been. Dust from fallen pillars and smoke billowed through the hallway, Matter coughed as he sat up painfully. "Fire-chan?" he whispered, his lip quivering.
There was the clack of heels and Matter stood, his eyes filled with a futile hope. Planet sauntered out, her hair swishing on the floor behind her, an evil smirk on her beautiful face. "NOOO!!!" Matter screamed and tried to rush towards Planet, but once again, Uranus held him back. "Let me go!" he turned and beat on Uranus's arm futilely.
"Don't let her sacrifice be for nothing!" Uranus shouted, shaking his arm. "She died for you! By killing yourself now, how will you ever revenge her death?" she asked, her eyes hard, yet full of pity. Matter collapsed, his frame shaking. Uranus glared at Planet and stood, her fists clenched. But suddenly Planet stopped in her tracks a tense look on her face. Tuxedo Kamen helped Sailormoon stand up slowly and held her tightly as they watched Controllerplanet.
Planet fell to one knee and grabbed at her throat, gasping for air. Matter turned his pale and defeated face up and looked at her in shock. A mist of red light shot towards her and covered her body. A strangled scream echoed through the hallway as Planet collapsed, her chest heaving. Silence reigned throughout the hallway and Uranus took one step forward, lifting her hands as if to attack. But before she could open her lips to call out her attack, Planet's eyes opened, they were a light beautiful shade of red. She stood slowly; a red aura began to radiate from her and her hair lifted as streaks of red ran down it. She rolled her head back and lifted her shoulders languidly, and then straightened a smile on her blood-red lips.
"Why thank you, Chibi Fire-chan," she laughed lightly, the sound filling the silence. "I feel so much better now, I feel powerful. I couldn't have done it without you. May you rest in peace," she said mockingly, clasping her hands in a prayerful position. She dropped her hands slowly and the smile faded. "I see you must be confused? Poor babies…since I'm going to kill you anyway, I should at least satisfy your one last want." She sighed and shrugged, "It's really quite obvious…"
"When I first became aware of my existence and of my inherent power, I realized that in order to begin my conquest of the universe, I needed helpers. So with my newfound abilities, I gave 'birth' to my 4 children. Controllerwater, Controllerwind, Controllerfire, and Controllermatter. I gave them control over the elements, thus their names. I'm not confusing your simple little minds am I?" she asked, looking at Uranus. Uranus clenched a fist and said nothing.
"They were the first that I ever created with my own power, they were my most powerful. As they grew older, their power increased. I never told them how they came to be, or their greatest weakness. When they died, they're power returned to me. After all I am their creator. Does it all make sense now? Any questions before I kill you?" Matter seemed to deflate even more. "How shall I extract my revenge now?" he asked pitifully, looking at Uranus, but she did not answer.
Behind the other senshi, Mercury pushed her earring and her visor slid down as she whipped out her computer and began to furiously type, trying to pinpoint the source of Planet's power. "Mercury, how much longer?" Jupiter whispered. "I don't know, this may take a few minutes." she replied distractedly. Mars and Neptune slowly moved over in front of Mercury to hide her from Planet as Venus stepped forward.
"I have a question." she said, her voice clear and ringing. "Why do our attacks have no effect on you?" she asked, flicking her hair over her shoulder, and bringing the sword she had found up on her shoulder. Planet smirked and glared at the same time if that was possible. "That's simple as well. I take it you don't have a good grade in mathematics? Eto, my child, Controllerfire has control over…oh yes; FIRE….what's my name again? Controllerplanet? So maybe I have control over…" she gasped fakely, her black eyes glittering with cruelty. Venus had long since lost her smile and her fists were clenched in anger.
"Planets…" Venus finished. "Good job!" Planet laughed and clapped, the sound echoing sharply. "Every planet that I have added to my collection becomes another resource for my power. I have taken over every planet in your puny little solar system. I know that all of you draw your power from your respective planet; each one of these is under my control. All of them, except Earth, that beautiful blue globe." she turned slightly, gesturing towards the earth which was visible on the moon's horizon through the pillars of the great hall. "So many of us great ones have gazed upon your planet, it has been so attractive. One of my good friends went to conquer this system, Sailorgalaxia."
Sailormoon gasped, her fair skin paling. "Nani? Galaxia? But we healed her!" she cried, stepping away from Tuxedo Kamen. Jupiter's eyes filled with alarm and she approached Sailormoon and half-stood in front of her. "Be careful." she said in a hushed voice. Planet merely laughed at Moon, "You are a little brave, good for you." she smirked and began laughing.
Behind all of them, Mercury continued to type on her computer, but nothing appeared to help. She paled and shut her computer, "Did you find anything?" Neptune asked, turning her head. "Iie, she is telling the truth," she said shortly, pushing her earring and withdrawing her visor. "What shall we do," Neptune's jaw clenched and she turned her head away. "We need Karei…" Mars whispered. Mercury gasped, "Hai! She and Tuxedo Kamen-sama are the only ones who could…" she trailed off.
Uranus heard none of this and her face reddened with anger. She stepped up next to Venus, "Let's test this theory, ne?" she said tightly. "Eternal Wind Storm!" she yelled without hesitation, the sound of the wind filling the room. "Venus Love Halo!" Venus lifted the sword as the ring of energy formed at her feet and traveled up. The two attacks combined and sped towards Planet…
To Be Continued
