Two Roads Part IX: Following
The ground shook hard as the Akuma and Serena stood divided. "Every other battle we've stood together. Now we're divided. Will you win princess? I don't think so." He chuckled, his dark eyes taunting her.
"I hate you Darien!" Serena cried.
"I know, princess." He cackled raising a hand. "Come to me power." He called into the air, a staff soon appeared in his hand, a skull on the top looking deadly down at Serena as he swung it towards her. "Let's end this."
"Yes, lets." Another voice called. Karutsu turned first and stared in awe at the being that watched them from the top of the rise. Akuma and Serena turned also and both gasped.
"Who are you?" Akuma growled.
"I am Sailor Celestial." The woman sighed her voice waving over them. "Akuma dear, I know what you're really about. You've been a pawn for far to long. I'm here to free your soul."
"What do you speak of wretched woman." Akuma's eyes narrowed.
"Chaos. It's controlled. No, you let it. You wanted, secretly from the moment after it had destroyed you in the battle with Galexia to once again be free. I pity you for what you've become. So I've come to destroy you." Celestial smiled.
Serena watched the woman, "Do I know you?"
The woman's violet eyes cut to her, "Yes Cosmos. But it's been a long time since we've seen each other. The Fates revived me so I could help you."
Serena trembled as a light surrounded her. She felt herself disappearing and Cosmos taking her place. "I don't want your help. I want to kill Akuma myself." The other celestial maiden glared. "I don't need your help either."
Akuma's eyes trailed from one to the other, "So, she's Cosmos's opposite. Yami isn't it? The entity of darkness."
Celestial laughed, "Well aren't we a smart one?"
"Why you...."
"Oh shut up will you?" Cosmos growled. "I hate you now Darien. I probably always will. You betrayed me, my trust, my love. You are pure evil."
"No sister." Celestial said, "No one is pure evil. There is still good in him."
"I don't see it." Cosmos sighed, "Though I haven't looked that hard."
"Maybe you should."
"Maybe you should both shut up!" Akuma growled. "I don't like being interrupted." He gathered his energy to his staff. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to kill you both."
"Sorry, but death is not my thing at the moment. It's yours." Celestial sighed, "I wish it didn't have to come to this." She raised her hand and her staff appeared. "But you were right before in saying it's time to end this."
Cosmos nodded, "I'd like to be part of this sister."
"Hm....." Celestial did a flip off the ledge and landed next to Cosmos. "Then be a part of this. But it's going to hurt you."
"Who are? On the inside?"
"A friend."
"Figured." Cosmos turned her eyes to Akuma. "Now Akuma. Prepare for the end." She called her staff as well and pointed it at his. "We shall destroy you."
"That remains to be seen bunny."
"That's not my name." Cosmos muttered.
At the very same moment, Cosmos and Celestial raised their staffs and called their greatest power. The sky darkened and thunder broke the silence. Underneath them, the ground cracked and split until only one huge circular pieces and tons of tiny pieces remained.
"Tempress......" Celestial called
"Guardian...." Cosmos called
"Ha. Is that all?" Akuma chuckled.
"Arch!"
"Light!"
"Release!" Both called at the same moment. A silver light surrounded them in a circle and they all disappeared into it. No sound came. No movement was seen. After an hour of stillness, of breathless waiting, the light died. And only one person stood. Black hair swirled as a tear fell from the person's eye.
"Finally." The voice echoed. "It's done."
(An: Can you stand the suspense? Is it Akuma or Taru who's standing? Well find out next time! I know I'm mean!)
The ground shook hard as the Akuma and Serena stood divided. "Every other battle we've stood together. Now we're divided. Will you win princess? I don't think so." He chuckled, his dark eyes taunting her.
"I hate you Darien!" Serena cried.
"I know, princess." He cackled raising a hand. "Come to me power." He called into the air, a staff soon appeared in his hand, a skull on the top looking deadly down at Serena as he swung it towards her. "Let's end this."
"Yes, lets." Another voice called. Karutsu turned first and stared in awe at the being that watched them from the top of the rise. Akuma and Serena turned also and both gasped.
"Who are you?" Akuma growled.
"I am Sailor Celestial." The woman sighed her voice waving over them. "Akuma dear, I know what you're really about. You've been a pawn for far to long. I'm here to free your soul."
"What do you speak of wretched woman." Akuma's eyes narrowed.
"Chaos. It's controlled. No, you let it. You wanted, secretly from the moment after it had destroyed you in the battle with Galexia to once again be free. I pity you for what you've become. So I've come to destroy you." Celestial smiled.
Serena watched the woman, "Do I know you?"
The woman's violet eyes cut to her, "Yes Cosmos. But it's been a long time since we've seen each other. The Fates revived me so I could help you."
Serena trembled as a light surrounded her. She felt herself disappearing and Cosmos taking her place. "I don't want your help. I want to kill Akuma myself." The other celestial maiden glared. "I don't need your help either."
Akuma's eyes trailed from one to the other, "So, she's Cosmos's opposite. Yami isn't it? The entity of darkness."
Celestial laughed, "Well aren't we a smart one?"
"Why you...."
"Oh shut up will you?" Cosmos growled. "I hate you now Darien. I probably always will. You betrayed me, my trust, my love. You are pure evil."
"No sister." Celestial said, "No one is pure evil. There is still good in him."
"I don't see it." Cosmos sighed, "Though I haven't looked that hard."
"Maybe you should."
"Maybe you should both shut up!" Akuma growled. "I don't like being interrupted." He gathered his energy to his staff. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to kill you both."
"Sorry, but death is not my thing at the moment. It's yours." Celestial sighed, "I wish it didn't have to come to this." She raised her hand and her staff appeared. "But you were right before in saying it's time to end this."
Cosmos nodded, "I'd like to be part of this sister."
"Hm....." Celestial did a flip off the ledge and landed next to Cosmos. "Then be a part of this. But it's going to hurt you."
"Who are? On the inside?"
"A friend."
"Figured." Cosmos turned her eyes to Akuma. "Now Akuma. Prepare for the end." She called her staff as well and pointed it at his. "We shall destroy you."
"That remains to be seen bunny."
"That's not my name." Cosmos muttered.
At the very same moment, Cosmos and Celestial raised their staffs and called their greatest power. The sky darkened and thunder broke the silence. Underneath them, the ground cracked and split until only one huge circular pieces and tons of tiny pieces remained.
"Tempress......" Celestial called
"Guardian...." Cosmos called
"Ha. Is that all?" Akuma chuckled.
"Arch!"
"Light!"
"Release!" Both called at the same moment. A silver light surrounded them in a circle and they all disappeared into it. No sound came. No movement was seen. After an hour of stillness, of breathless waiting, the light died. And only one person stood. Black hair swirled as a tear fell from the person's eye.
"Finally." The voice echoed. "It's done."
(An: Can you stand the suspense? Is it Akuma or Taru who's standing? Well find out next time! I know I'm mean!)