Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Eclipse 20
http://hizashi.net/eclipse/
By: Jackie Miller
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"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…
Uranus leaned forward expectantly, her blue eyes wide as she watched. As the attacks blurred together, the light became blinding and all the senshi were forced to look away. Venus let out a small gasp, lowering the sword as she ventured a glance upwards. Her eyes became wider and she took a step forward, her shoes clicking in the near-silence. Planet was gone!
"Uranus?" she whispered, daring a glance up at the taller senshi. Uranus blinked and waited in silence.
"ABUNAI!!" a voice suddenly screamed; both Venus and Uranus whipped around simultaneously. Planet was directly behind them, so close that the skirts of their fuku's brushed her dress when they turned. She smiled broadly at them, "Hi there. Ready to die?" she asked cheerfully. Before they could react, she grabbed them both by the neck and flung them with incomprehensible force across the pillared hallway. They impacted with the marble wall, a sick thud issuing from the intensity of the hit and their bodies slid to the floor.
Venus's holy sword slid across the floor, coming to a rest near Planet. She smirked evilly, her eyes flashing red as she bent to pick up the sword. The other senshi behind her were staring at Venus and Uranus' bodies. Neptune's eyes were a solid blank color as she stared at her fallen lover's body. She was immovable, the only senshi not cowering.
Planet's hand seemed to touch the sword, but a strong spark of light snapped against the offending hand and the sword seemed to move itself away from her hand. "Humph, I don't need it anyway." she snorted indignantly. She didn't think of her pale, almost useless hand that seemed to have a different power. She kicked the sword forcefully across the room; it hit Venus's leg hard, slicing it badly as blood began to pour out.
This action seemed to spark life into Neptune's shocked body, "Uranus!" she screamed, a little belated. But she knew that her lover was alive. She started to run across the room as the other senshi watched in shock. "No." Pluto said, lifting a hand, as time seemed to slip into slow motion.
Planet turned and smiled slowly at Neptune running across the floor towards her. She lifted her hand, the other senshi gaping in shock. Energy began to crackle across her palm and it shot out, as Pluto lowered her hand and shut her eyes. "Urrannnuusss…" Neptune yelled again, tears falling from her eyes as energy shot out from Planet's hand. Time slipped back into real time once again and Neptune's body was hit directly with the energy and she flew back hitting the wall next to the senshi, her body slid down and lay immobile on the cold floor.
The inner senshi that remained lowered their heads and tears seeped out. Hopelessness was purveyed by the very stance of their bodies. "No." Moon whispered, lifting her head. "No!" she said louder, standing slowly. "We have faced worse than you! We shall not be defeated," she said; not looking at Planet, but looking at her friends. "She will not win, she can not win!" she said defiantly.
With that, the other senshi looked up at Moon, a dull hope in their eyes. "We have seen the future. And you're not in it." she said, turning to look at Planet straight in the eyes.
"Foolish child, don't you know that we make our own futures?" Planet sighed and shook her head. She stepped closer to Moon, "The future is in our hands, not something called destiny." With that, she fairly flew across the room, sharp claws jutting from her outstretched hands. Moon brought her staff up, barely in time to stop Planet's claws inches from her throat.
"Usagi!" Mars cried out, she lunged to her feet, followed by the other senshi, she ran towards the struggling pair, when she suddenly screamed and was thrown back by a force field surrounding the duo. "No!" Jupiter cried out, pounding on the field, but the force of the field threw her back as well. "Sailormoon…" Mercury whispered, as she knelt by Mars.
Planet sneered in Moon's face, as Moon bent over nearly backwards under the pressure of Planet's hands. Her face was dripping sweat and she dropped to her knees as Planet laughed and pressed down harder. "Sometimes the oldest tricks are the best." Planet whispered in Moon's ear and she prepared for the final thrust.
Moon closed her eyes and waited, but suddenly the pressure on her staff lessened and stopped completely. She opened one eye and started, lowering her staff slowly. Planet was doubled over, her eyes wide as she curled her hands around her stomach. She looked down slowly and her eyes widened to see the end of a sword coming through her back to jut out through her stomach. Black blood was dripping off the end of the sword. With a sick wet sound the sword slid out backwards.
"How?" she whispered as she fell to her knees, clutching the wound that was now gushing blood. She struggled for breath and looked up at her assailant. "Matter?" she whispered, her eyes growing wide with disbelief. Matter dropped his brown sword, dripping with blood, and backed away from Planet, his eyes shocked at his own actions. Planet struggled to her feet, nearly slipping in the growing pool of dark blood at her feet. "What about…all the love we shared?" she whispered, blood dripping from her mouth as she stretched a bloody hand towards him and staggered towards him.
The inner senshi gathered around Sailormoon and watched in shock at the unfolding drama.
"Don't you remember?" Planet whispered, tears filling her blue eyes. Matter looked saddened and took a hesitant step towards her. She stretched her blood-soaked hand towards him; Matter barely lifted his hand, an unreadable emotion in his brown eyes. She clasped his pale hand and drew him towards her. "Kiss me…" she whispered, drawing him for a kiss.
"No…" Pluto whispered, lifting her head from Neptune's side. Her eyes were infinitely sad.
Planet and Matter kissed almost tenderly as the senshi watched. The only thing that marred the scene was the blood everywhere, and Planet's life-blood was now smeared across Matter's pale handsome face. The kiss went on, until Matter began to struggle slightly. But Planet firmly clasped his head to hers, her hand splayed in his hair. His struggles grew more frantic as his face paled even more.
Planet opened her eyes and they gleamed an evil red as she looked directly into Sailormoon's determined face. Slowly, Controllermatter's struggles ceased and Planet released his dead body from her deadly embrace. She stood for a moment, looking down at Matter's sprawled body on the floor. Suddenly a beam of dark brown energy shot out and struck her directly in the chest. She threw her head back in a silent scream as the energy flowed through her body. Her eyes were glowing brightly, until like a vacuum the energy sucked into her chest.
Matter's body was gone from her feet and the wound at her stomach had disappeared. Even the rip in her dress was gone. She turned and looked at the senshi, whom were all staring in stunned shock. She smiled and snickered, then chuckled, before laughing loudly, the sound of it echoing in the hallway.
She slowly stopped laughing and smiled at Sailormoon, her eyes a deep brown. Her hair was now mostly red, white and brown, with a few streaks of black in it. "Well?" she asked sarcastically, "Impressed?" she said, cocking her head one side. "Don't you see yet that you can't win?" she asked, frowning in a mocking manner. She lifted her hand and a huge wave of energy swept them all back, slamming their bodies into a wall.
Suddenly, someone cried out and Controllerwater ran out from behind a pillar and skidded up to Planet and fell at her feet. "Controllerplanet-sama! Controllerplanet-sama, please don't kill me! I was on your side all along! I was never going to go against your wishes…" he wept, tears falling like a torrent from his blue eyes. Planet looked disgusted for a moment, before a motherly look came over her face. "Shhh…I knew it all along." She lifted him to his feet and hugged his sobbing form to her breast.
"Really?" he said, looking up and hesitantly smiling through his tears. "Shh…yes, my child." she stroked his long blue hair gently. "What would you do for your mother?" she whispered. "Anything!" he said, his eyes widening. "Are you sure?" she asked, smiling down at him, her eyes a pale lavender. "I swear!" he nodded.
"Thank you my child." she whispered, she kissed the top of his head as his eyes widened and his breath gurgled, blue blood dripping in clumps from his mouth. Planet withdrew her hand from his chest and dropped him to the floor. "Thank you for giving me your life." she whispered to herself, smiling as she looked over at the unconscious senshi. Water's energy shot out and struck her. She replayed her actions once again and as she straightened, her hair was now solid streaks of brown, red, blue and white. Her body was throbbing with pure energy now as she turned once more towards the senshi. Sailormoon was on her knees, wiping blood from her mouth, next to her the other senshi were struggling to sit up.
Planet smiled widely, "Oh, so you've decided to die painfully?" she asked. Behind her Uranus and Venus were moving slowly, Uranus blinked open her eyes slowly and sat up.
"No, we've decided to win." Moon said, standing slowly, using her staff for support. Planet laughed and lifted a hand, crackling with the energy of an unborn-star.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you…" a calm voice said from the entrance of the hallway. Planet looked startled and lowered her hand, turning to see the new player in her game. Karei came walking through the door, stepping over the massive rubble, without even looking at it; her eyes solid green and the sign of earth glowing brightly on her forehead….
To Be Continued
