1 Chapter 6: The Ice-Falcon Saber revealed!

On planet Metallia-

Metallia: Juni leave now, I want you to stall Neptune's group from leaving as much as possible.

Juni: Yes, Thunder Golem come forth, we're leaving.

Juni and the Thunder Golem disappeared in a flash of light.

Metallia: Juna! I want you to keep stalling the inner senshi.

A young woman jumped down from her hiding place in the ceiling, she was the third general. She was 5'2" tall and wore a red ninja suit, her eyes could barely be seen past her close fitting mask. Behind the mask a blond ponytail poked out. On both arms she wore two black armlets. On her back and on both sides of her she wore swords, and she was also known for being the master of hidden weapons.

Juna: Yes, my lord. Unlike my brother and two sisters I do not depend on others to do my work. I have trained myself to be the ultimate fighter; they stand little chance of surviving my attacks.

Metallia: See that they don't. Now be off.

Juna disappeared in a flash of light disguised by a smoke bomb. King Metallia also disappeared in a flash of light.

Planet Metallia's outer atmosphere in a Lumina diplomat ship-

Prince Endymion: We are almost there, is everyone ready?

Kunzite: Yes we are.

Prince Endymion: All right, remember this is strictly a diplomatic mission. It has been years since King Metallia has even sent any word to anyone if they are ok. It all started about 15 years ago when a comet struck the planet. When we tried to help out, they refused any visitors and said that there was some sort of poisonous gas that sent everyone underground. It will be our mission to make sure everyone is ok.

Zoisite: Sounds kind of fishy to me.

Prince Endymion: What is?

Zoisite: The fact that they won't let us near the planet, it's like their trying to hide something.

Kunzite: Nonsense!

Jadeite: But why has it taken us this long to check on them?

Prince Endymion: Every time we have gotten near the planet, they send warning shots to leave. They claim the gas is still around, however some of our best scientist have invented a shielding system to protect both the ship and everything within 60 feet of it from the gas.

Nephrite: Then what are we waiting for?

Zoisite: We're making sure they don't fire first.

King Metallia (over a speaker): Please, do not approach the planet; the gas is still present on the surface.

Prince Endymion: We have a shielding system to protect us.

King Metallia (over a speaker): Fine, the approach, but approach slowly to make sure your safe.

The ship slowly descended through the atmosphere, landing near the entrance of a cave that was sealed by an airlock. The prince and his four generals exited the ship and entered the airlock.

Jadeite: I didn't see any gas out there.

Nephrite: Maybe the ship landing blew most of it away from the area.

There was a clanking noise, and then the airlock opened to the other side. When the five of them looked the king himself greeted them. King Metallia greeted them in his true form, he was an old man that stood about 5'2", but since he was leaning mainly on his staff he was only 4'10". His eyes were a calm brown color, and most of him was hidden behind an old, color-faded robe.

Endymion: How are you King Metallia?

Metallia: Just fine, it has been ages since anyone has visited us.

Jadeite (in his head): Gee. and I wonder why that is!

Metallia stared at Jadeite as though he had read his mind, and with a sparkle in his eye he told them to follow him, and they all walked down the corridor. They came to a dining room, and everyone was seated, and soon a large meal was delivered.

Metallia: So tell me what has brought the five of you here?

Endymion: Well for one we did this to make sure everything is ok over here; it has been ages since you have sent word of this planet's condition. And the second reason we have arrived is the fact that someone is sending out monsters to attack us, and we are wondering if they have attacked you, or have any information on them.

Metallia: I have no information on these monsters, we have been confined to the underground for quite some time now, and the only things that attack us are the rebel armies down here.

Back on the moon in front of a temple-

Venus's group has just discovered a temple near the Sea of Cold. Above the entrance there was an engraving in ice of a falcon.

Juna: Let me take a guess, you want the Ice-Falcon Saber? You'll need to defeat me to gain entry. Oh and another thing, this is weapon or hand-to- hand combat only.

Den: All right, I'll fight you in weapon combat.

Den pulled out both nunchucks, and held them together. They melted together and in their place there was a 3-part nunchuck. Juna then pulled out one of her swords.

Juna: I accept the challenge.

Den and Juna began the match. Den would block Juna's sword with one part of the nunchuck, and then strike with another. For a while Den had the upper hand until Juna pulled out a second sword. Then they were evenly matched, with Juna getting an occasional strike on Den.

Elsewhere at the Moon Space Dock-

Technician #1: Well the repairs are all complete and the ship is ready to depart.

All the sudden the room was rocked by a large explosion. Seconds later Juni and her Thunder Golem emerged from the ship.

Juni: Attack the ship again, Thunder Golem!

The Thunder Golem beat its chest a few times, and a large surge of electricity formed in front of it and was sent loose on the ships hull tearing it apart.

Neptune: No, we got to stop him! But if I attack the water will shock us all.

Mercurious: Fine then I'll take him down. Frozen Wasteland!

Mercurious lifted his staff, and the ice spark started to expand to about a foot in diameter. It shrank an inch, then it exploded, and the whole room was temporarily frozen. Than the ice disappeared, leaving only Juni and the Thunder Golem frozen.

Atlas smiled, than raised his hammer.

Atlas: Seismic Waves!

Atlas hit the air between him and the Thunder Golem. The Thunder Golem cracked then faded into nothingness. A small spark from the Thunder Golem flew at Juni, and her ice began to melt.

Uranus: No you don't. Meteor Storm!

Uranus raised her hands, and the skies began to tremble. Then out of nowhere about 50 meteors all about baseball sized flew from the sky and at Juni. Just before they struck Juni broke free, but not fast enough to dodge the attack. All 50 meteors struck their target. Juni was severely bruised up from the attack.

Juni: No you don't!

Juni waved her hand and the Thunder Golem's spark returned. She threw it into the Ark's cockpit, and it fried all of the computers inside. Juni laughed and reclaimed the spark.

Sailor Knight Cupid: Heart Break Shoot!

Cupid pulled out an arrow and readied it in his bow; he steadied the bow and pulled back the arrow. The arrow glowed at the tip, and flew from bow. The arrowhead turned into a giant yellow heart. The arrow struck Juni and the heart shattered as it hit Juni. Juni fell to the ground and smashed the Thunder Golem by accident.

Juni: This isn't over yet, not by a long shot.

Juni disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the technicians to repair the Ark once again.

Technician #2: This is going to take a couple of minutes to repair.

Back to the battle between Juna and Den-

Den had several cuts on him, while Juna had only bruises.

Den: I forfeit theirs no way I can beat skill like that.

Juna: Fine then, who's next then?

Jupiter: I challenge you to a battle of hand-to-hand combat.

Juna: And I accept.

Jupiter and Juna both warmed up, and then stood their ground. Jupiter was the first to attack. For a while they exchanged blows that kept missing, then Jupiter saw a weakness in Juna's fighting technique, she was mainly concentrating on hitting her with her fist and that she wasn't paying attention to her feet. Jupiter made a split second decision and swept Juna with her feet. Juna went toppling back, when Jupiter was just about to tackle her, to keep her down, Juna raised her hands and a puff of smoke blinded Jupiter.

Jupiter: Ah! My eyes!

Venus: Obviously she doesn't play by the rules, so neither do we.

Mercury: Let's put her on ice. Wings of the Falcon!

The falcon was created in front of her, but instead of flying towards Juna, it instead flew inside the temple.

Mercury: Huh?

The temple began to shake, and then an ominous voice sounded throughout the whole area.

Ominous voice: Only those who are pure of heart may discover the swords. All those who are evil, will be exiled from the area.

The temple flashed and then Juna disappeared. Than the engraving of the falcon above the door cracked open, and than a saber flew out of the opening. It floated around for a while, the hovered in front of Mercury. Mercury without thinking reached out and grabbed the saber. Upon grasping it a hilt appeared at her side, she quickly stored the saber in the hilt.

Venus: All right Mercury.

The temple flashed again, and everyone's wounds disappeared. Than the doors to the temple closed.

Venus: Yahoo! Now let's head to the Sea of Clouds.