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Spirit of the Wind
Chapter Five: Divination and Painful Memories
A/N: Please I need more reviews! If you are interested in becoming one of mah pre-readers you need to review. There are only 3 spots, and one is already filled, bringing your chances down to 2. So if this interests you review, and I'll make mah choice in future chapters. Ok this Chapter has a few Sailor Moon crossovers, just to warn ya!
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All was suddenly quiet. Kirone stood stock still, every muscle in her body was rigid with shock. She was so confused. Then it hit her like a 20-pound brick. The man of her dreams was kissing her! [A/N: kind of sappy, sorry]
When she did not respond, Oliver started pull back in embarrassment, but Kirone threw her arms around his neck and pulled his lips to hers. Now it was Oliver's turn to be stunned. Then his arms were about her waist, lightly stroking her lower back. Kirone felt his tongue tentatively prodding her lips, begging for entry. She opened her mouth happily, and allowed his tongue to explore it. Finally they were forced to stop, for lack of air. Everyone witness to the scene before them, burst into applause. With several men shouting out `cat calls' and whistling. All except for Malfoy.
I'll get you for my own. Just you wait. I WILL own you!
With that he stalked off the field, un-noticed by the crowd, and the newly found couple. The next day at the Great Hall rumors were flying that the pretty, new fifth year was dating the Gryffindor Captain, who was in seventh year. Kirone and Oliver had opted to keep their new relationship, mostly closed and private. Though each longed to share again, the passionate kiss they had experienced the day before.
It was easy to keep their relationship secret. They had almost no classes together, being in different years. The only other times they saw each other were at meals, Potions; in which she was advanced, [A/N: ---clue here!] and after classes. Kirone looked down at her breakfast and turning pale grabbed her chest. Oliver looked at her, worry etched on his distinguished face. 'What's wrong Kitten?!' he asked, using his pet name for her. 'I feel some dark presence drawing near...' He reached under the table and placed a reassuring hand on her leg. She smiled weakly at him and tried to eat some of her meal.
The next couple of weeks went by uneventfully. All of her teachers loved her, including Snape. Which was surprising given their first encounter. She was now unconsciously rivaling with Malfoy for Snape's 'favorite student'. Which only helped fuel the blonde boy's determination to make her his own. Potions was by far her best subject. She was especially, an expert on elixirs and healing potions. [A/N: ---another clue] This rather disappointed her professor, and he was constantly trying to get her to study the more dangerous potions. She was also naturally good at Transfiguration, though fifth years did not take this class, and was often brought down by Professor McGonagall to help demonstrate to the younger years. She could turn herself into any object as well as into any animal, with barely a flick of her wand. [A/N: ---- another clue!]
Kirone sighed as she stared into the common room's, ever-blazing fireplace. The magical, blue flames danced and licked at the edges of the hearth, casting eerie shadows on the solitary couple. Kirone was comfortably lounging on top of Oliver, both of their legs were hanging off of the arm of the chair, and with Oliver's arms around her petit waist, their fingers were intertwined. Her head was settled on his chest, and her sinewy hair spilled over them both. She was comforted and reassured by the steady beating of her lover's heart, and she wished she could lay this way for eternity. With these thoughts and Oliver stroking her hair, she was lulled to sleep by the constant beat of his heart.
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She awoke to find herself laying on the couch covered by a warm downy blanket. The space next to her was still warm. She rolled over and buried her head in the pillows of the chair, capturing his smell. After a few moments she shirked off the blanket and stood up, stretching her arms high over her head, her short cornflower-blue, pajama, tank top, riding up a little as she did so. She smoothed down her matching pajama pants, and padded up softly to her room. The other girls were just awakening and getting dressed.
'Where were you?' Hermoine asked suspiciously, 'You never came up last night.'
Kirone tried to avoid her intense gaze, 'I fell asleep in the common room.'
'With Wood...?' Angelina asked slyly. Kirone answered by chucking her pillow at her. Angelina didn't have time to react, as the fluffy pillow hit her dead on the face. Angelina stared at her in shock, but Kirone just smirked at her coyly. Then an all-out pillow war broke out, resulting in high-pitched giggles and girls covered in fluffy white feathers. The clock in the common room rang out the hour
......1......2......3......4......5......6......7......8......
It was eight o'clock! The girls rushed to get dressed, with the help of Kirone's magic, which by now the girls had grown accustomed to. Soon they were all dressed in their robes and with their books in hand, they rushed down to breakfast. They all found seats near each other and wolfed down anything that appeared on their plates, while Harry and Ron commented that Hermoine almost being late was a miracle, and Oliver plucking a white feather out of her hair. The first class of the day was Divination, and the girls hurried up to the Astronomy Tower.
They actually made it on time, much to the relief of Hermoine. 'All right class,' Professor Trewlany said, 'I have had a vision......'
Oh great! Not again...! thought Harry. 'That there are two who will face great danger......' Two?! Great, now I have to worry about someone else...... Harry thought. 'And only one will return...... I was sent this vision by the Guardian of Time himself!' Kirone couldn't hold it in any longer. The last comment had thrown her over the edge, and she burst into ringing laughter. Thus scaring the poor Professor out of her wits. ' And what is so humorous, young lady?!' Kirone clapped her hand over her mouth in an attempt to stop her giggles. 'Well...' she began 'It's just that you said that the Guardian of Time is a 'he', when 'he' is a 'she'.' [A/N: I'm inserting Setsuna from Sailor Moon here ;), hey! Serena isn't the only one she watches over!] Everyone held their breath as Trewlany turned red. 'I have met with him many times, and I know for a fact that he's a 'he'! I can hardly believe that you would ever be allowed to meet him.' This caused Kirone to see red, and she
abandoned all poise and respect to stand nose to nose with the old woman. 'How dare you insult me! The Guardian of Time happens to be a very, very good friend of mine! She would never visit you, and even if she did it would be to, thankfully, show you your own demise!' She suddenly grew somber, ' Besides, ' she said quietly, to the astonishment to everyone witnessing the event, 'You could not have had a vision from her.........she's dead.' With tears threatening to fall, she whirled on her heel, and dashed out of the room, with Trewlany shouting behind her, 'Miss Yaamahi, get back her this instant! Class is not finished. Miss Yaamahi?! Ten points from Gryffindor!', but Kirone could not hear her. She raced down several halls and corridors before running out into the brisk March air. She raced down towards the lake and throwing herself down in front of a willow tree, she burst into tears.
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'Hello.'
Kirone looked down at the girl who had spoken, from her perch in the tree. She looked to be the same age as herself, with long flowing emerald hair, with the sides pulled up in a small bun atop her head. She was lightly tanned and was taller than Kirone, but her eyes were the things that grabbed the girls attention, the were a blood red garnet.
'Hello, who are you?'
'I am the Princess of Pluto, Setsuna.' She immediately bit her tongue, in a time span of less than two seconds she had revealed almost all of her secret identity! But, there was something about this girl, something that made her special, something that made Setsuna trust her. Besides, someone with wings had to believe some of what she had just revealed. Obviously Setsuna's words didn't faze her at all. 'Oh. It must be cool to live on a different planet. I'm stuck here on Earth.........so you have to guard the gates of Time?' She nodded. 'That's gotta suck.' This caused the girl to laugh, her shining hair bouncing off her shoulders. 'And what's your name?' 'I am Kirone Yaamahi.' They sat in silence for a bit before a sly grin etched its way onto Setsuna's face, 'Ya know,' she started, 'I heard there were some hot guys, at the arcade.' Kirone's face lit up. 'Let's go!'
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'Mars Flame Sniper!'
'Dark Energy Wave!'
Sailor Mars' attack hurtled towards the dark circus's lemur. The lemur was an ugly thing, covered in scales and it had three horns on top of its head.
The lemur's counter attack was a huge wall of dark energy, somewhat resembling an ocean wave. It cut through Mars's attack like a knife through butter. It flung her back into the hard brick wall of a building. JunJun laughed. 'Silly pumpkins. You are too weak! Now let's take a look inside of this pure dream mirror!' She turned and walked towards the girl who was chained to the board, and ripped her dream mirror from her chest. It was not pink like the others she had encountered, but a dead, black one. She stuck her head inside of it, and the girl didn't even scream. She just twitched a little, and closed her eyes. 'What?!' JunJun practically screamed! 'There's nothing in here! How can this little girl have no dreams?!' She pulled her head back out. 'What are you?!'
The battered scouts looked up in surprise at JunJun's outburst. 'How can she have no dreams?' Mercury whispered to Neptune. 'I don't know, but I sense a dark presence in that girl.' Uranus moved towards her lover, 'Then why are we saving her?' Moon cried out in anger and frustration, 'Because that's what we do, Uranus! She is a victim. If she were with them she wouldn't have been targeted.' Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars agreed with her. While the others argued, Pluto was staring at the girl.
It couldn't be......it is!
'Kirone?!'
Upon hearing her name, the girl looked up, her silver hair falling in front of her obsidian eyes. 'I thought that was you, Pluto.' She murmured.
JunJun was going crazy. 'I can't believe this! Zirconia finally gave me a mission, and I get the bitch with no dreams what so ever! Lemur! Dispose of this pumpkin!'
'Dark Energy Wave!'
All conversation between the scouts halted as Pluto struggled to stand under her numerous cuts and bruises. 'You're not seriously...' Uranus began. Before either of them could do anything more a shattering noise was heard. Somehow Kirone had gotten free of her bonds, and was now kneeling on the ground, her hands hung loosely at her sides, her head was slightly bowed and her hair was whipping gently around her face. It was then that they all noticed her wings. They looked like the wings of a dragonfly, and were a pale, translucent, light green. Everyone stared in shock as the lemur's attack raced towards the girl. Then the girl was gone. In her place stood a wall of steel. The attack smashed into the wall but didn't even leave a dent. They all watched in amazement as the wall started to shrink and become more white in color. Then it shifted into the shape of a girl, and within seconds Kirone stood before them once again. Before the lemur could blink Kirone was beside it. She
gave it a strong right upper cut, and then a spin kick to the head. She crouched down, and spun around with one leg extended, knocking it to the ground. The Scouts and JunJun had totally forgotten what they had come here to do, when the quiet girl had suddenly and viscously lashed out, and now they stood frozen as the girl brushed herself off and walked over to stand just behind the lemur. She placed both hands on each side of its neck and pulled in opposite directions. An audible ::snap:: was heard, and the she let the monster fall limply to the ground, where it turned into ash and blew away. Then she turned and started to walk towards JunJun. JunJun was scared out of her wits, as the kamikaze girl stalked towards her. 'This isn't over!' She called in a half shriek, half wail. Then she opened a portal and was gone.
Kirone turned, and nodding at Pluto, said 'Hello, Setsuna.' Causing everyone's jaw to drop except for Setsuna of course. She de-henshined and ran to embrace her friend. 'God I haven't seen you in like 2 years!' 'I know!' Kirone separated herself from her best friend, and began to walk towards Sailor Moon, who had already de-henshined, much to the surprise and anger of her fellow scouts. 'Sailor Moon! Just because she knows Pluto's identity doesn't mean she has to know the rest of ours, you Meatball Head!' shouted Mars. Before Kirone could reach the girl, Uranus, Jupiter, and Saturn intercepted her, with Uranus right in front of Kirone, her Space Sword drawn, and Jupiter and Saturn, with her hands tightly around her Silence Glaive, hanging slightly back closer to the girl named Sailor Moon.
I don't have time for this!
She moved her leg up in a swift, fluid, motion and kicked the Space Sword out of the girl's hand. 'Children should not play with knives,' Kirone said mockingly, though it was obvious the girl in front of her was much older than she. While Uranus was in shock, she quickly maneuvered around her only to come face to face with the tip of Saturn's Glaive. Kirone sighed, this wasn't fun anymore. It was getting to be just plain annoying. She slowly shifted her molecules apart farther, and farther, and farther until she was nothing but air. Saturn swept her Glaive around several times, but Kirone had already moved past her. When she 'reappeared' she was standing only centimeters away from the girl that was Sailor Moon. Then she drew a knife out of her boot, but before anyone could react to that possible threat, she used it to prick her middle finger. Then she drew the crescent moon mark on her forehead with her own blood, and knelt before the stunned girl, placed her hand over her
heart, and said quickly but firmly, 'I pledge my allegiance to you, and only you, your Royal Highness Princess Serenity of the Moon.' Serenity answered in quite the same way. She took the girls hands in her own and told her to rise. Then she looked into the girl's eyes. What she saw there scared her. Her obsidian orbs showed the emotions that her body did not dare to. They showed anger, hate, blood lust, frustration, sadness, and lots of pain, but they also showed, stubbornness, determination, desire, joy, and love, and the desire to be loved. All this was shown in the girls stony eyes. Then Serenity spoke, 'I accept your allegiance!'
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Kirone and nine other girls sat together on a large, waterproof blanket out in the middle of the forest. They'd decided to go camping for a week in the forests around Mt. Fuji. This was the third day of their vacation and they had decided to have a picnic lunch. Kirone was sitting between Setsuna, and a girl with blond hair, pulled up into two buns on each side of her head, with streaming pigtails hanging down from each. She was Usagi, also known as Princess Serenity, or Sailor Moon. Kirone was finishing her story about one of the times she and Setsuna had gone riding together, '.........And then she goes flying through the air, and lands right in the frog pond!' Everyone burst into laughter, and even the subject of the story chuckled a little as well. Makoto, also known as Sailor Jupiter, whipped the tears from her eyes. It was then that she noticed that it had gotten really dark, really fast. 'Oh gosh!' she said out loud, 'We've been out here a long time you guys, it's
already really dark.' All the other girls looked about as well. The platinum haired, scout of Venus was the first to react to this statement 'Funny,' Minako said softly, 'It doesn't usually get dark until around 6:30.........Haruka, what time is it?' The question was directed to the sandy-blond Sailor Uranus, who could remarkably pass for a guy. She looked at her black sport watch, 'It's 4:57......odd.' Shoulder-length aqua hair brushed Haruka's shoulder, as Michiru, the Sailor Scout of Neptune, looked at her lover's wrist to confirm the time.
The two raven-haired girls, started to re-pack the picnic basket with the remaining food. The one with the longer hair, was Rei, the Sailor of Mars, with a fiery disposition to match. She looked at her partner, 'Hotaru......,' Sailor Saturn looked up from her work. She had the same color hair as her partner, but it was shoulder-length rather than waist length. 'Yes?' she replied softly. 'Ask Michiru, if anything's wr.........,' Before she could finish the girl in question, fainted so suddenly that, Haruka, could barely catch her. 'Amy!,' Setsuna shouted to the blue-haired Sailor Scout of Mercury, 'Take readings on the amount of dark energy in the area NOW!' Amy nodded, and pulled her Mercury Computer Pad out of her backpack, and began typing on it furiously. They all turned and watched in anticipation as the small girl sat typing on her computer. That's why they all saw it when it began to shake and spark. Amy confirmed their guesses, 'It's the dark energy......there's so
much my computer can't register it all. It's......' She couldn't finish because the computer exploded into flaming projectiles, and smoldering circuits. The explosion brought Michiru out of her faint. She placed both hands on her temples. 'Everyone..Henshin..now!' The scouts nodded.
'Moon Crisis Power!'
'Mars Crystal Power!'
'Mercury Crystal Power!'
'Jupiter Crystal Power!'
'Venus Crystal Power!'
'Neptune Crystal Power!'
'Uranus Crystal Power!'
'Saturn Crystal Power!'
'Pluto Crystal Power!'
Now the Sailor Team stood battle ready, forming a loose protective circle around Kirone, who was, in a way, the least powerful. Then they came. There were just a few at first tall hooded figures that seemed to glide wraith-like towards them. Then more came. And more. And more. And more. The came like ants swarming towards their prey in hundreds, maybe even thousands. Sailor Moon was the first to react.
'Moon Gorgeous Meditation!' She brought her Moon Wand in an arc in front of her, turning scores of the 'wraiths' into dust.
'Shine Aqua Illusion!'
'Deep Submerge!'
'Venus Love-Me Sword!'
The three attacks formed together to create a giant golden sword, encircled by waves and bubbles. The combined attack took down thrice as many as Sailor Moon's attack had, but while the three scouts were slightly drained of energy, more wraiths filled the place of their brethren, some stopping to drain the energy of their dying kin.
'They're Death Eaters.........Dementors......' Saturn spoke, her voice cold and void of any emotion. For that is what they were they were Death Eaters, and Dementors, sent by Lord Voldemort. Kirone and Setsuna were the only ones to realize the enormity of this, because they were the only ones of the group that had contacts with the wizarding world.
'Jupiter Oak Evolution!'
'Mars Flame Sniper!'
'Death Reborn Revolution!'
Noting the other's success in a triple attack, the other senshi tried this as well. Cherry Blossoms swirled around black and purple ribbons that trailed fire on the ends of them. The deadly ribbons twisted and twirled towards the evil followers, passing through some, turning them to dust, and twisting around others, in groups, draining them. The others followed suit.
'World Shaking!'
'Pluto Deadly Scream!'
'Moon Gorgeous Meditation!'
A wide, blinding flash of light that had hearts and moons in it, was circled by Pluto's Deadly Scream, raced along the ground. It opened huge rifts in the ground in millions of places, sucking the followers in. This was one of the more powerful attacks and killed many.
Kirone looked on in horror, as her friends were slowly drained of their energy, and she could do nothing. She couldn't think. What could she do! She was only used to fighting close-up and physical, she had no magic. Painful minutes passed, and then it happened. One of the bolts of energy from the Death Eaters got through, and struck Venus in the head. She fell, in what seemed like slow-mo. Kirone rushed to her, cradling her head in her lap. Her beautiful platinum blonde hair was streaked red with her own blood. Blood poured out freely from a huge gash right above her left ear, and her left arm hung at an odd angle. In seconds Jupiter had taken her friend into her arms, and buried her head in her best friend's hair.
'Mina,' she whispered hoarsely, 'You can't die, there's so much we still have to do...' She broke into her heart-felt sobs of anguish. Mina looked up at her friend and smiled, 'I'll always be here, I would never leave you.' Now she was coughing up blood, and her eyes were losing their spark. She reached up to grab Jupiter's wrist. 'Protect Kirone, it is her they're after......protect......my time is over......I'll meet you again......in another life.' Then her grip became limp, and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. She was dead. 'Mina......Mina......? No!' Jupiter's cry was uttered from the depths of her soul and her pain cut through all the noise of battle. She laid her friend's head down gently, and stood in defiance, as the dark forces surged forward.
'Jupiter Oak Evolution!'
Jupiter called out her attack again and again, the cherry blossoms and lightening ripping through their ranks, her pain and anger fueled her power. Then when she had nothing left to give, still she went on. Fighting tooth and nail. Then she was succumb with exhaustion and became a target. She was hit with a blast of energy in her lower back. She pressed on, beating back the cloaked figures threatening to over-run her. She was now separated so far from the group, that none could reach her. Though she fought gallantly, the Princess of Jupiter was taken down with another shot, that struck her in the right leg, blasting it clear off. As she fell to the un-welcoming, cold earth she cried out, 'Protect Kirone!'. As she lay upon the ground, battered and broken, blood pouring thickly from the stump were her leg used to have been she whispered into the darkness 'I am coming Mina...' And then she was trampled by the crushing feet of Death Eaters.
Mercury was the next to be weakened. She was cut off from Mars who had been watching her back. Mars noticed too late, and turned towards her friend in time to see the Dementors surround her and blast her from all sides. She was dead instantly. She hung suspended in the air for a moment after the blasts had ceased. Her body was blackened and scorched. Her ribs had punctured her chest, and were now gleaming in the pale moonlight, splattered with blood. Her dead, lifeless eyes, were directed at her friend, as she fell. She too was un-mercifully trampled by the swarms of evil followers.
Mars would have cried out, but found that her voice didn't work. She wanted to lay down and die, to meet her other friends in the Moon Palace, but she had pledged to Jupiter that she would protect Kirone, upon hearing her friend's dying wish. Her heart ached that she could not retrieve her friends broken bodies, and that they had died alone. She joined with Uranus and attacked the swarm that was now feeding on their friends last bits of energy.
'Burning Mandala!'
'World Shaking!'
There attacks combined and burrowed deep into the earth and then burst through the crust of the earth beneath the Dementors, in a fountain of molten lava, setting the ground a blaze. There was now a wall of fire standing between the two sides, giving the Sailors a chance to recover.
What can I do? thought Kirone.
Then a pack of Death Eaters got past a weakened Mars, and her firewall, and threatened to over run them all. Kirone leapt from her position and charged headfirst into the first of the Death Eaters, bowling them over. She lashed out at one behind her, snapping his spine, and killing him instantly, his scream caught in his throat. She leapt into the air, with the help of her wings, and executing the splits she spun around in a circle, breaking the necks of the closest eight Death Eaters. The ones she had plowed over earlier, were one by one returning to said their brethren. She took them on as they came killing all. Now there was only three left. She divided her energies and tried to parry with all three. Then one stumbled, slightly and on reflex she kicked at him and sent him flying into the fiery wall of inferno. The last two backed away from the physical approach and prepared to try magical instead.
[Avada Kedavra!] They shouted in unison.
The deadly green energy raced towards her. Just seconds before the energy reached her she leapt into the air, fluttering her battered wings. The two beams of energies collided, and the Death Eaters realized too late that they had been tricked. Then the energies bounced back, killing those that had used them. Then Kirone had a plan. She fluttered over to the hot spring that was protecting their back, with their picnic blanket. It was plastic so it would hold the water. She dunked it underneath the scalding water, burning her hands as she did so. Then grabbing all four corners she hoisted the boiling waters into the air. Slowly and carefully she flew it over to were most of the evil followers had congregated. Letting out a whoop, she dropped two of the edges, and watched in triumph as the scalding, sulfurous water drenched them. Some died, though most were just severely wounded. It looked as if they just might win. Kirone kept dumping the boiling hot water while the remaining
six scouts fought magically, but like them she was beginning to tire. Then just as they thought the tide was about to turn, Neptune was struck down. Kirone and Uranus reached her at the same time. She was convulsed with pain though no signs of wounds could be found. That could mean only one thing.
'Pluto!' Kirone called out, 'They've used the Crucio Curse! Their torturing her!'
Just then Neptune struggled to her knees, tears streaming from her eyes.
I will not die like this... she thought. Uranus cried out, as her lover started to walk towards their foes. Neptune's steps were slow, but determined, and her eyes were fierce with stubbornness. Her body twitched and shuddered with pain. She lifted her chin up. She knew that they would not win. She thrust her hand in the air and called out...
'Neptune Power!'
A blue light shone from her fingertips. The light exploded and showered down around her to form swirling waves of aqua-blue. Then the light receded, revealing the Princess of Neptune. She was clothed in her princess gown, which was a teal blue with a plunging v-neckline, and three quarters length sleeves. Uranus was the first to realize the complications of this, and she cried out, 'Neptune, NO!' Neptune turned around to face her lover, 'I love you, Haruka.' Then pushing aside her pain, she ran forward into the crowded mass of writhing bodies. Though they could not see her they heard her cry out...
'Neptune Planet Attack!'
A huge pillar of water shot up into the heavens, playing rainbows across the battle field, only to come crashing back down to Earth, burying hundreds under several feet of churning water. When the water receded hundreds lay dead on the ground......drowned.
Uranus lay screaming on the wet turf, the hole left by her lover's death ripped her to pieces. All stopped to stare at the girl sprawled out on the ground, her head in her hands. Her tears had begun to form a puddle on the ground, and her voice was hoarse and cracked. Still she cried out into the darkness, her loss threatening to drive her insane. None were ready when a Dementor broke off from the group and fired at her. The blast hit her dead on, and she grew ridged with shock and pain. Her head snapped up and looked straight at Sailor Moon and Kirone. Her hair was bloodied and dirty, and the moonlight shone off of the paths her tears had left on her tan face. Seconds before she died her pain filled face turned to one of understanding and then peace, knowing that she would soon join her love in the palace. Sailor Moon had tears in her eyes as well. One by one her friends were dying in front of her. She knelt beside her friend and grasping her hand placed it on her cheek.
That was why she did not see Kirone's horrified face, but she did hear her agonized scream. She stood bewildered, as Kirone's screams broke down into sobs. Following her friend's gaze she turned, to find herself looking at Uranus. Her own scream of terror mingled with Kirone's sobs, as she viewed the gaping hole through Uranus's mid-section. Her spine was slightly visible through the ripped muscles and tissues, and her liver had exploded. Blood and fluids drained out of her body in a rush, and for a good 10 feet around her body the grass was stained red. Mars came over and turned her best friend away from the horrible scene, holding the sobbing princess against her shoulder. Pluto started covered her friend with branches, but was cut off when a blast skinned her shoulder. The battle was on once again, but now the evil forces were greatly diminished.
Just as the tides were beginning to change, he came. He was a cloaked figure, who rose above all of the others. Every once in awhile his blood red eyes would shine through the darkness. He moved forward through his ranks, his black cloak billowing out behind him. While the Dementors and Death Eaters were pre-occupied with getting out of the cloaked figure's way, she summoned her last bits of energy and called out...
'Mars Planet...'
She could not finish because all at once she was struck by at least 30 beams of deadly green energy. The dark followers had seen what happened when the other one had uttered such a phrase and did not want it repeated. As the dark energy struck her prone body it impacted with the light energy she had been about to release, and caused a great explosion within the fiery senshi of Mars. Flames surrounded her and her body was blown to bits. Her death fitted the girl who had devoted her life to fighting evil with the explosive fire of Mars. Sailor Moon could no longer cry out, her voice lost with each death of her friends and comrades, but her tears still came.
Saturn was the next to follow. As she raised her Silence Glaive to attack she left herself open and was hit by a disc of light. The light passed through her body and exited on the other side. The others stared in shock as her eyes glazed over and the top half of her body slide from her bottom half...............the disc had cut her in two.
And now there were three.
Before they could recover from the sudden deaths of their friends, the cloaked figure raised his arm. In it was what looked like a stick to Sailor Moon, but was recognized as a wand by Pluto and Kirone. Sailor Moon did not realize its danger, and stood still. Suddenly a bolt of lightening shot from the wand. Sailor Moon was petrified, and stood rooted to the spot. Seconds before the lightening hit her a shadow fell over her. As the lightening struck the shadow cried out and fell back into Sailor Moon's arms. Sailor Moon caught sight of flowing emerald hair in her arms. 'Setsuna?!' she breathed. The form in her arms groaned, and pulled out of the girl's arms. Pluto stood awkwardly in front of the kneeling Moon Princess. 'I can no longer protect you,' The Sailor Senshi of Time spoke, 'I must protect Kirone. She has something inside of her that could change this world and the next. He must not get it. We will see each other again......all of us......soon. Now
run...............RUN!' She turned defiantly towards the cloaked figure and his followers, and screamed her battle cry. 'For my friends! Die bastard!' And before they could do anything to stop her she called out fiercely, 'Pluto Planet Power!' Her power was totally directed at the cloaked figure. Dark purple energy surrounded the two, and lightening crackled inside of it. Kirone grabbed the shocked Moon Princess, and hauled her to her feet. 'Let our friend's deaths not be in vain!' She shouted at the girl. The girl's instincts came out and she stumbled towards the Hot Springs. Grabbing her under her arms Kirone flew up into the air and over the hot springs with Sailor Moon in her hands. When they touched down on the other side, they both looked, back to see the cloaked figure bending over something. He was bleeding, and they could see his cloak was torn and scorched. To their anguish he picked up the fallen Sailor by the neck and held her up off the ground, and laughed as
she writhed in his iron grip. He squeezed, and smiled in satisfaction as her eyes bulged out and her neck snapped. Her head rolled back, and her body grew limp. Sailor Moon was about to cry out in mourning for her friend, but Kirone clapped a hand over her mouth. 'He hasn't notice we've left yet, don't let Pluto's death be for nothing!' They ran on, and on, and on. They knew that by now he was pursuing them.
They had stopped in a clearing to catch their breath when an angel came down to them. The angels emerald hair, whipped around her pale face, and her bangs did nothing to conceal her blood red eyes. 'Pluto!' Kirone sobbed, she ran to her friend but the vision put out her erethreal hand, stopping her. When she spoke her voice was wispy and distant, 'I'm sorry that I could not stop him, but I have given you time. All the scouts are here with me on the Moon Kingdom. Our souls rest here until our princess can grant us rebirth.' She turned and looked mournfully at Sailor Moon, ' Your Majesty, your time draws near, and I am afraid you shall not live past this night, but I am here to tell you that you must do everything to protect Kiri, she is the key in the greater puzzle of things. Our lives are meaningless in this world...' 'That's not true Setsuna!' Kirone protested. Tears brimmed her obsidian orbs. Setsuna turned to her. She looked quite the Guardian Angel. Her hair was in its
natural style, but she was clothed in a pitch-black tunic, that reached just above her knees, and was secured by a golden pin, inscribed with the symbol of Pluto. Her feet were bound in brown leather sandals that criss-crossed up to her knees. Her pale white wings rustled in the breeze, and the pale light from the crescent moon, caused her golden halo to glimmer slightly. 'Oh, but it is.........you just don't know it yet, Kitten. I bring to you a gift.' A large blade appeared next to her. The blade was made of pure diamond and the silver handle and pommel were incrusted with onyx and abalone.
' It was created with bits and pieces of our remaining energy. All the scouts contributed.........may it serve you well and protect you. Now I must go, I have no more energy left to stay on this dimensional plane. We await you your highness.' Then she shimmered and her image grew fuzzy. Then in a burst of white light she was gone. The only things that betrayed that she was ever there were two, soft, white feathers that drifted to the ground to settle in front of the two girls. They each reached down and picked up a feather. Sailor Moon placed hers in her sub-space pocket along with her Luna-Pen and Star Locket. And Kirone placed hers in the side pocket of her black mini-skirt. As Kirone turned to keep walking Sailor Moon grabbed her hand. She reached into her sub-space pocket and grabbed her Luna-Pen and Star Locket; gently she placed them in Kirone's unsteady hands, and closed her fingers over them. 'Please keep these safe for me.' Then she turned and walked determinedly to
guard the entrance to the clearing. She turned her head around to face Kirone, and Kirone saw the tears and fear in her eyes. 'Setsuna......she said......she said that I'd die tonight......and I want to go out fighting.' She smiled weakly and turned to meet the oncoming swarm. Kirone stared at her hands and the precious items that were held inside of them, then she pocketed them. She turned for one last look at her friend and savior, then flew up into the air. She after going at least several hundred feet, she turned in the air, and hovering, she watched the battle.
Sailor Moon [Eternal] had taken out her Moon Staff and now held it expertly in her hands. When the cloaked figure and his minions were only feet away, she stood at the entrance and raised her staff above her head and called out, 'YOU SHALL NOT PASS!' Then she smashed it down into the ground, and pink light exploded all around. Kirone couldn't see anything, but then she heard a raspy voice like that of a dying man call out,
[Imperio!]
Sailor Moon screamed as one of the Unforgivable Curses struck her dying body. She heard a little voice inside her head, 'Kill Kirone, she's the one who got all your friends killed...' then another voice popped up. 'Why? She didn't kill them he did...' Her mind fought a losing battle inside her head. The man was growing impatient, 'She has no more power left...kill her.' Whilst she fought inside of herself Sailor Moon did not notice the dark forms that ran at her from behind and pushed her forward. The voices left her head instantly, as she winced in pain. She tried to rise but found that something was holding her down. She looked downwards, and realized that she was impaled upon her Moon Staff. The object of her power had been her demise. The pain had changed to blissful numbness, and she could feel herself slipping away like the tides. Then she sagged forward on the shaft of her staff. The color drained from her face, her chest stopped moving, and her eyes stared into
nothing. The mighty Princess of the Moon was dead. Out of her sub-space pocket drifted a small, silent, white feather, and Kirone could swear she saw someone pick it up and hold it next to their heart. Shining azure orbs stared back at her and she knew she hadn't been mistaken. Then she flew onward, sword in hand, with a heavy heart, and a shattered soul.
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Kirone's tears had run dry, and she curled up in a fetal position, clutching her knees to her chest. Then an old weathered hand was placed on her shoulder, and a wise voice spoke, 'Their deaths were not in vain...'
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END! Sorry it took so long, but I didn't want to break the chapter up, so I kept on going. Please R & R!!!!! Just to let everyone know, It might take quite a long time to get the next chapter up, because I have to take Iowa Test of Basic Skills tests, they're really gay, so I'll be a little busy. Please Review, and I've only had one person guess at WHAT Kirone really is......please contribute! Love y'all!
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Spirit of the Wind
Chapter Five: Divination and Painful Memories
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All was suddenly quiet. Kirone stood stock still, every muscle in her body was rigid with shock. She was so confused. Then it hit her like a 20-pound brick. The man of her dreams was kissing her! [A/N: kind of sappy, sorry]
When she did not respond, Oliver started pull back in embarrassment, but Kirone threw her arms around his neck and pulled his lips to hers. Now it was Oliver's turn to be stunned. Then his arms were about her waist, lightly stroking her lower back. Kirone felt his tongue tentatively prodding her lips, begging for entry. She opened her mouth happily, and allowed his tongue to explore it. Finally they were forced to stop, for lack of air. Everyone witness to the scene before them, burst into applause. With several men shouting out `cat calls' and whistling. All except for Malfoy.
I'll get you for my own. Just you wait. I WILL own you!
With that he stalked off the field, un-noticed by the crowd, and the newly found couple. The next day at the Great Hall rumors were flying that the pretty, new fifth year was dating the Gryffindor Captain, who was in seventh year. Kirone and Oliver had opted to keep their new relationship, mostly closed and private. Though each longed to share again, the passionate kiss they had experienced the day before.
It was easy to keep their relationship secret. They had almost no classes together, being in different years. The only other times they saw each other were at meals, Potions; in which she was advanced, [A/N: ---clue here!] and after classes. Kirone looked down at her breakfast and turning pale grabbed her chest. Oliver looked at her, worry etched on his distinguished face. 'What's wrong Kitten?!' he asked, using his pet name for her. 'I feel some dark presence drawing near...' He reached under the table and placed a reassuring hand on her leg. She smiled weakly at him and tried to eat some of her meal.
The next couple of weeks went by uneventfully. All of her teachers loved her, including Snape. Which was surprising given their first encounter. She was now unconsciously rivaling with Malfoy for Snape's 'favorite student'. Which only helped fuel the blonde boy's determination to make her his own. Potions was by far her best subject. She was especially, an expert on elixirs and healing potions. [A/N: ---another clue] This rather disappointed her professor, and he was constantly trying to get her to study the more dangerous potions. She was also naturally good at Transfiguration, though fifth years did not take this class, and was often brought down by Professor McGonagall to help demonstrate to the younger years. She could turn herself into any object as well as into any animal, with barely a flick of her wand. [A/N: ---- another clue!]
Kirone sighed as she stared into the common room's, ever-blazing fireplace. The magical, blue flames danced and licked at the edges of the hearth, casting eerie shadows on the solitary couple. Kirone was comfortably lounging on top of Oliver, both of their legs were hanging off of the arm of the chair, and with Oliver's arms around her petit waist, their fingers were intertwined. Her head was settled on his chest, and her sinewy hair spilled over them both. She was comforted and reassured by the steady beating of her lover's heart, and she wished she could lay this way for eternity. With these thoughts and Oliver stroking her hair, she was lulled to sleep by the constant beat of his heart.
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She awoke to find herself laying on the couch covered by a warm downy blanket. The space next to her was still warm. She rolled over and buried her head in the pillows of the chair, capturing his smell. After a few moments she shirked off the blanket and stood up, stretching her arms high over her head, her short cornflower-blue, pajama, tank top, riding up a little as she did so. She smoothed down her matching pajama pants, and padded up softly to her room. The other girls were just awakening and getting dressed.
'Where were you?' Hermoine asked suspiciously, 'You never came up last night.'
Kirone tried to avoid her intense gaze, 'I fell asleep in the common room.'
'With Wood...?' Angelina asked slyly. Kirone answered by chucking her pillow at her. Angelina didn't have time to react, as the fluffy pillow hit her dead on the face. Angelina stared at her in shock, but Kirone just smirked at her coyly. Then an all-out pillow war broke out, resulting in high-pitched giggles and girls covered in fluffy white feathers. The clock in the common room rang out the hour
......1......2......3......4......5......6......7......8......
It was eight o'clock! The girls rushed to get dressed, with the help of Kirone's magic, which by now the girls had grown accustomed to. Soon they were all dressed in their robes and with their books in hand, they rushed down to breakfast. They all found seats near each other and wolfed down anything that appeared on their plates, while Harry and Ron commented that Hermoine almost being late was a miracle, and Oliver plucking a white feather out of her hair. The first class of the day was Divination, and the girls hurried up to the Astronomy Tower.
They actually made it on time, much to the relief of Hermoine. 'All right class,' Professor Trewlany said, 'I have had a vision......'
Oh great! Not again...! thought Harry. 'That there are two who will face great danger......' Two?! Great, now I have to worry about someone else...... Harry thought. 'And only one will return...... I was sent this vision by the Guardian of Time himself!' Kirone couldn't hold it in any longer. The last comment had thrown her over the edge, and she burst into ringing laughter. Thus scaring the poor Professor out of her wits. ' And what is so humorous, young lady?!' Kirone clapped her hand over her mouth in an attempt to stop her giggles. 'Well...' she began 'It's just that you said that the Guardian of Time is a 'he', when 'he' is a 'she'.' [A/N: I'm inserting Setsuna from Sailor Moon here ;), hey! Serena isn't the only one she watches over!] Everyone held their breath as Trewlany turned red. 'I have met with him many times, and I know for a fact that he's a 'he'! I can hardly believe that you would ever be allowed to meet him.' This caused Kirone to see red, and she
abandoned all poise and respect to stand nose to nose with the old woman. 'How dare you insult me! The Guardian of Time happens to be a very, very good friend of mine! She would never visit you, and even if she did it would be to, thankfully, show you your own demise!' She suddenly grew somber, ' Besides, ' she said quietly, to the astonishment to everyone witnessing the event, 'You could not have had a vision from her.........she's dead.' With tears threatening to fall, she whirled on her heel, and dashed out of the room, with Trewlany shouting behind her, 'Miss Yaamahi, get back her this instant! Class is not finished. Miss Yaamahi?! Ten points from Gryffindor!', but Kirone could not hear her. She raced down several halls and corridors before running out into the brisk March air. She raced down towards the lake and throwing herself down in front of a willow tree, she burst into tears.
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'Hello.'
Kirone looked down at the girl who had spoken, from her perch in the tree. She looked to be the same age as herself, with long flowing emerald hair, with the sides pulled up in a small bun atop her head. She was lightly tanned and was taller than Kirone, but her eyes were the things that grabbed the girls attention, the were a blood red garnet.
'Hello, who are you?'
'I am the Princess of Pluto, Setsuna.' She immediately bit her tongue, in a time span of less than two seconds she had revealed almost all of her secret identity! But, there was something about this girl, something that made her special, something that made Setsuna trust her. Besides, someone with wings had to believe some of what she had just revealed. Obviously Setsuna's words didn't faze her at all. 'Oh. It must be cool to live on a different planet. I'm stuck here on Earth.........so you have to guard the gates of Time?' She nodded. 'That's gotta suck.' This caused the girl to laugh, her shining hair bouncing off her shoulders. 'And what's your name?' 'I am Kirone Yaamahi.' They sat in silence for a bit before a sly grin etched its way onto Setsuna's face, 'Ya know,' she started, 'I heard there were some hot guys, at the arcade.' Kirone's face lit up. 'Let's go!'
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'Mars Flame Sniper!'
'Dark Energy Wave!'
Sailor Mars' attack hurtled towards the dark circus's lemur. The lemur was an ugly thing, covered in scales and it had three horns on top of its head.
The lemur's counter attack was a huge wall of dark energy, somewhat resembling an ocean wave. It cut through Mars's attack like a knife through butter. It flung her back into the hard brick wall of a building. JunJun laughed. 'Silly pumpkins. You are too weak! Now let's take a look inside of this pure dream mirror!' She turned and walked towards the girl who was chained to the board, and ripped her dream mirror from her chest. It was not pink like the others she had encountered, but a dead, black one. She stuck her head inside of it, and the girl didn't even scream. She just twitched a little, and closed her eyes. 'What?!' JunJun practically screamed! 'There's nothing in here! How can this little girl have no dreams?!' She pulled her head back out. 'What are you?!'
The battered scouts looked up in surprise at JunJun's outburst. 'How can she have no dreams?' Mercury whispered to Neptune. 'I don't know, but I sense a dark presence in that girl.' Uranus moved towards her lover, 'Then why are we saving her?' Moon cried out in anger and frustration, 'Because that's what we do, Uranus! She is a victim. If she were with them she wouldn't have been targeted.' Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars agreed with her. While the others argued, Pluto was staring at the girl.
It couldn't be......it is!
'Kirone?!'
Upon hearing her name, the girl looked up, her silver hair falling in front of her obsidian eyes. 'I thought that was you, Pluto.' She murmured.
JunJun was going crazy. 'I can't believe this! Zirconia finally gave me a mission, and I get the bitch with no dreams what so ever! Lemur! Dispose of this pumpkin!'
'Dark Energy Wave!'
All conversation between the scouts halted as Pluto struggled to stand under her numerous cuts and bruises. 'You're not seriously...' Uranus began. Before either of them could do anything more a shattering noise was heard. Somehow Kirone had gotten free of her bonds, and was now kneeling on the ground, her hands hung loosely at her sides, her head was slightly bowed and her hair was whipping gently around her face. It was then that they all noticed her wings. They looked like the wings of a dragonfly, and were a pale, translucent, light green. Everyone stared in shock as the lemur's attack raced towards the girl. Then the girl was gone. In her place stood a wall of steel. The attack smashed into the wall but didn't even leave a dent. They all watched in amazement as the wall started to shrink and become more white in color. Then it shifted into the shape of a girl, and within seconds Kirone stood before them once again. Before the lemur could blink Kirone was beside it. She
gave it a strong right upper cut, and then a spin kick to the head. She crouched down, and spun around with one leg extended, knocking it to the ground. The Scouts and JunJun had totally forgotten what they had come here to do, when the quiet girl had suddenly and viscously lashed out, and now they stood frozen as the girl brushed herself off and walked over to stand just behind the lemur. She placed both hands on each side of its neck and pulled in opposite directions. An audible ::snap:: was heard, and the she let the monster fall limply to the ground, where it turned into ash and blew away. Then she turned and started to walk towards JunJun. JunJun was scared out of her wits, as the kamikaze girl stalked towards her. 'This isn't over!' She called in a half shriek, half wail. Then she opened a portal and was gone.
Kirone turned, and nodding at Pluto, said 'Hello, Setsuna.' Causing everyone's jaw to drop except for Setsuna of course. She de-henshined and ran to embrace her friend. 'God I haven't seen you in like 2 years!' 'I know!' Kirone separated herself from her best friend, and began to walk towards Sailor Moon, who had already de-henshined, much to the surprise and anger of her fellow scouts. 'Sailor Moon! Just because she knows Pluto's identity doesn't mean she has to know the rest of ours, you Meatball Head!' shouted Mars. Before Kirone could reach the girl, Uranus, Jupiter, and Saturn intercepted her, with Uranus right in front of Kirone, her Space Sword drawn, and Jupiter and Saturn, with her hands tightly around her Silence Glaive, hanging slightly back closer to the girl named Sailor Moon.
I don't have time for this!
She moved her leg up in a swift, fluid, motion and kicked the Space Sword out of the girl's hand. 'Children should not play with knives,' Kirone said mockingly, though it was obvious the girl in front of her was much older than she. While Uranus was in shock, she quickly maneuvered around her only to come face to face with the tip of Saturn's Glaive. Kirone sighed, this wasn't fun anymore. It was getting to be just plain annoying. She slowly shifted her molecules apart farther, and farther, and farther until she was nothing but air. Saturn swept her Glaive around several times, but Kirone had already moved past her. When she 'reappeared' she was standing only centimeters away from the girl that was Sailor Moon. Then she drew a knife out of her boot, but before anyone could react to that possible threat, she used it to prick her middle finger. Then she drew the crescent moon mark on her forehead with her own blood, and knelt before the stunned girl, placed her hand over her
heart, and said quickly but firmly, 'I pledge my allegiance to you, and only you, your Royal Highness Princess Serenity of the Moon.' Serenity answered in quite the same way. She took the girls hands in her own and told her to rise. Then she looked into the girl's eyes. What she saw there scared her. Her obsidian orbs showed the emotions that her body did not dare to. They showed anger, hate, blood lust, frustration, sadness, and lots of pain, but they also showed, stubbornness, determination, desire, joy, and love, and the desire to be loved. All this was shown in the girls stony eyes. Then Serenity spoke, 'I accept your allegiance!'
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Kirone and nine other girls sat together on a large, waterproof blanket out in the middle of the forest. They'd decided to go camping for a week in the forests around Mt. Fuji. This was the third day of their vacation and they had decided to have a picnic lunch. Kirone was sitting between Setsuna, and a girl with blond hair, pulled up into two buns on each side of her head, with streaming pigtails hanging down from each. She was Usagi, also known as Princess Serenity, or Sailor Moon. Kirone was finishing her story about one of the times she and Setsuna had gone riding together, '.........And then she goes flying through the air, and lands right in the frog pond!' Everyone burst into laughter, and even the subject of the story chuckled a little as well. Makoto, also known as Sailor Jupiter, whipped the tears from her eyes. It was then that she noticed that it had gotten really dark, really fast. 'Oh gosh!' she said out loud, 'We've been out here a long time you guys, it's
already really dark.' All the other girls looked about as well. The platinum haired, scout of Venus was the first to react to this statement 'Funny,' Minako said softly, 'It doesn't usually get dark until around 6:30.........Haruka, what time is it?' The question was directed to the sandy-blond Sailor Uranus, who could remarkably pass for a guy. She looked at her black sport watch, 'It's 4:57......odd.' Shoulder-length aqua hair brushed Haruka's shoulder, as Michiru, the Sailor Scout of Neptune, looked at her lover's wrist to confirm the time.
The two raven-haired girls, started to re-pack the picnic basket with the remaining food. The one with the longer hair, was Rei, the Sailor of Mars, with a fiery disposition to match. She looked at her partner, 'Hotaru......,' Sailor Saturn looked up from her work. She had the same color hair as her partner, but it was shoulder-length rather than waist length. 'Yes?' she replied softly. 'Ask Michiru, if anything's wr.........,' Before she could finish the girl in question, fainted so suddenly that, Haruka, could barely catch her. 'Amy!,' Setsuna shouted to the blue-haired Sailor Scout of Mercury, 'Take readings on the amount of dark energy in the area NOW!' Amy nodded, and pulled her Mercury Computer Pad out of her backpack, and began typing on it furiously. They all turned and watched in anticipation as the small girl sat typing on her computer. That's why they all saw it when it began to shake and spark. Amy confirmed their guesses, 'It's the dark energy......there's so
much my computer can't register it all. It's......' She couldn't finish because the computer exploded into flaming projectiles, and smoldering circuits. The explosion brought Michiru out of her faint. She placed both hands on her temples. 'Everyone..Henshin..now!' The scouts nodded.
'Moon Crisis Power!'
'Mars Crystal Power!'
'Mercury Crystal Power!'
'Jupiter Crystal Power!'
'Venus Crystal Power!'
'Neptune Crystal Power!'
'Uranus Crystal Power!'
'Saturn Crystal Power!'
'Pluto Crystal Power!'
Now the Sailor Team stood battle ready, forming a loose protective circle around Kirone, who was, in a way, the least powerful. Then they came. There were just a few at first tall hooded figures that seemed to glide wraith-like towards them. Then more came. And more. And more. And more. The came like ants swarming towards their prey in hundreds, maybe even thousands. Sailor Moon was the first to react.
'Moon Gorgeous Meditation!' She brought her Moon Wand in an arc in front of her, turning scores of the 'wraiths' into dust.
'Shine Aqua Illusion!'
'Deep Submerge!'
'Venus Love-Me Sword!'
The three attacks formed together to create a giant golden sword, encircled by waves and bubbles. The combined attack took down thrice as many as Sailor Moon's attack had, but while the three scouts were slightly drained of energy, more wraiths filled the place of their brethren, some stopping to drain the energy of their dying kin.
'They're Death Eaters.........Dementors......' Saturn spoke, her voice cold and void of any emotion. For that is what they were they were Death Eaters, and Dementors, sent by Lord Voldemort. Kirone and Setsuna were the only ones to realize the enormity of this, because they were the only ones of the group that had contacts with the wizarding world.
'Jupiter Oak Evolution!'
'Mars Flame Sniper!'
'Death Reborn Revolution!'
Noting the other's success in a triple attack, the other senshi tried this as well. Cherry Blossoms swirled around black and purple ribbons that trailed fire on the ends of them. The deadly ribbons twisted and twirled towards the evil followers, passing through some, turning them to dust, and twisting around others, in groups, draining them. The others followed suit.
'World Shaking!'
'Pluto Deadly Scream!'
'Moon Gorgeous Meditation!'
A wide, blinding flash of light that had hearts and moons in it, was circled by Pluto's Deadly Scream, raced along the ground. It opened huge rifts in the ground in millions of places, sucking the followers in. This was one of the more powerful attacks and killed many.
Kirone looked on in horror, as her friends were slowly drained of their energy, and she could do nothing. She couldn't think. What could she do! She was only used to fighting close-up and physical, she had no magic. Painful minutes passed, and then it happened. One of the bolts of energy from the Death Eaters got through, and struck Venus in the head. She fell, in what seemed like slow-mo. Kirone rushed to her, cradling her head in her lap. Her beautiful platinum blonde hair was streaked red with her own blood. Blood poured out freely from a huge gash right above her left ear, and her left arm hung at an odd angle. In seconds Jupiter had taken her friend into her arms, and buried her head in her best friend's hair.
'Mina,' she whispered hoarsely, 'You can't die, there's so much we still have to do...' She broke into her heart-felt sobs of anguish. Mina looked up at her friend and smiled, 'I'll always be here, I would never leave you.' Now she was coughing up blood, and her eyes were losing their spark. She reached up to grab Jupiter's wrist. 'Protect Kirone, it is her they're after......protect......my time is over......I'll meet you again......in another life.' Then her grip became limp, and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. She was dead. 'Mina......Mina......? No!' Jupiter's cry was uttered from the depths of her soul and her pain cut through all the noise of battle. She laid her friend's head down gently, and stood in defiance, as the dark forces surged forward.
'Jupiter Oak Evolution!'
Jupiter called out her attack again and again, the cherry blossoms and lightening ripping through their ranks, her pain and anger fueled her power. Then when she had nothing left to give, still she went on. Fighting tooth and nail. Then she was succumb with exhaustion and became a target. She was hit with a blast of energy in her lower back. She pressed on, beating back the cloaked figures threatening to over-run her. She was now separated so far from the group, that none could reach her. Though she fought gallantly, the Princess of Jupiter was taken down with another shot, that struck her in the right leg, blasting it clear off. As she fell to the un-welcoming, cold earth she cried out, 'Protect Kirone!'. As she lay upon the ground, battered and broken, blood pouring thickly from the stump were her leg used to have been she whispered into the darkness 'I am coming Mina...' And then she was trampled by the crushing feet of Death Eaters.
Mercury was the next to be weakened. She was cut off from Mars who had been watching her back. Mars noticed too late, and turned towards her friend in time to see the Dementors surround her and blast her from all sides. She was dead instantly. She hung suspended in the air for a moment after the blasts had ceased. Her body was blackened and scorched. Her ribs had punctured her chest, and were now gleaming in the pale moonlight, splattered with blood. Her dead, lifeless eyes, were directed at her friend, as she fell. She too was un-mercifully trampled by the swarms of evil followers.
Mars would have cried out, but found that her voice didn't work. She wanted to lay down and die, to meet her other friends in the Moon Palace, but she had pledged to Jupiter that she would protect Kirone, upon hearing her friend's dying wish. Her heart ached that she could not retrieve her friends broken bodies, and that they had died alone. She joined with Uranus and attacked the swarm that was now feeding on their friends last bits of energy.
'Burning Mandala!'
'World Shaking!'
There attacks combined and burrowed deep into the earth and then burst through the crust of the earth beneath the Dementors, in a fountain of molten lava, setting the ground a blaze. There was now a wall of fire standing between the two sides, giving the Sailors a chance to recover.
What can I do? thought Kirone.
Then a pack of Death Eaters got past a weakened Mars, and her firewall, and threatened to over run them all. Kirone leapt from her position and charged headfirst into the first of the Death Eaters, bowling them over. She lashed out at one behind her, snapping his spine, and killing him instantly, his scream caught in his throat. She leapt into the air, with the help of her wings, and executing the splits she spun around in a circle, breaking the necks of the closest eight Death Eaters. The ones she had plowed over earlier, were one by one returning to said their brethren. She took them on as they came killing all. Now there was only three left. She divided her energies and tried to parry with all three. Then one stumbled, slightly and on reflex she kicked at him and sent him flying into the fiery wall of inferno. The last two backed away from the physical approach and prepared to try magical instead.
[Avada Kedavra!] They shouted in unison.
The deadly green energy raced towards her. Just seconds before the energy reached her she leapt into the air, fluttering her battered wings. The two beams of energies collided, and the Death Eaters realized too late that they had been tricked. Then the energies bounced back, killing those that had used them. Then Kirone had a plan. She fluttered over to the hot spring that was protecting their back, with their picnic blanket. It was plastic so it would hold the water. She dunked it underneath the scalding water, burning her hands as she did so. Then grabbing all four corners she hoisted the boiling waters into the air. Slowly and carefully she flew it over to were most of the evil followers had congregated. Letting out a whoop, she dropped two of the edges, and watched in triumph as the scalding, sulfurous water drenched them. Some died, though most were just severely wounded. It looked as if they just might win. Kirone kept dumping the boiling hot water while the remaining
six scouts fought magically, but like them she was beginning to tire. Then just as they thought the tide was about to turn, Neptune was struck down. Kirone and Uranus reached her at the same time. She was convulsed with pain though no signs of wounds could be found. That could mean only one thing.
'Pluto!' Kirone called out, 'They've used the Crucio Curse! Their torturing her!'
Just then Neptune struggled to her knees, tears streaming from her eyes.
I will not die like this... she thought. Uranus cried out, as her lover started to walk towards their foes. Neptune's steps were slow, but determined, and her eyes were fierce with stubbornness. Her body twitched and shuddered with pain. She lifted her chin up. She knew that they would not win. She thrust her hand in the air and called out...
'Neptune Power!'
A blue light shone from her fingertips. The light exploded and showered down around her to form swirling waves of aqua-blue. Then the light receded, revealing the Princess of Neptune. She was clothed in her princess gown, which was a teal blue with a plunging v-neckline, and three quarters length sleeves. Uranus was the first to realize the complications of this, and she cried out, 'Neptune, NO!' Neptune turned around to face her lover, 'I love you, Haruka.' Then pushing aside her pain, she ran forward into the crowded mass of writhing bodies. Though they could not see her they heard her cry out...
'Neptune Planet Attack!'
A huge pillar of water shot up into the heavens, playing rainbows across the battle field, only to come crashing back down to Earth, burying hundreds under several feet of churning water. When the water receded hundreds lay dead on the ground......drowned.
Uranus lay screaming on the wet turf, the hole left by her lover's death ripped her to pieces. All stopped to stare at the girl sprawled out on the ground, her head in her hands. Her tears had begun to form a puddle on the ground, and her voice was hoarse and cracked. Still she cried out into the darkness, her loss threatening to drive her insane. None were ready when a Dementor broke off from the group and fired at her. The blast hit her dead on, and she grew ridged with shock and pain. Her head snapped up and looked straight at Sailor Moon and Kirone. Her hair was bloodied and dirty, and the moonlight shone off of the paths her tears had left on her tan face. Seconds before she died her pain filled face turned to one of understanding and then peace, knowing that she would soon join her love in the palace. Sailor Moon had tears in her eyes as well. One by one her friends were dying in front of her. She knelt beside her friend and grasping her hand placed it on her cheek.
That was why she did not see Kirone's horrified face, but she did hear her agonized scream. She stood bewildered, as Kirone's screams broke down into sobs. Following her friend's gaze she turned, to find herself looking at Uranus. Her own scream of terror mingled with Kirone's sobs, as she viewed the gaping hole through Uranus's mid-section. Her spine was slightly visible through the ripped muscles and tissues, and her liver had exploded. Blood and fluids drained out of her body in a rush, and for a good 10 feet around her body the grass was stained red. Mars came over and turned her best friend away from the horrible scene, holding the sobbing princess against her shoulder. Pluto started covered her friend with branches, but was cut off when a blast skinned her shoulder. The battle was on once again, but now the evil forces were greatly diminished.
Just as the tides were beginning to change, he came. He was a cloaked figure, who rose above all of the others. Every once in awhile his blood red eyes would shine through the darkness. He moved forward through his ranks, his black cloak billowing out behind him. While the Dementors and Death Eaters were pre-occupied with getting out of the cloaked figure's way, she summoned her last bits of energy and called out...
'Mars Planet...'
She could not finish because all at once she was struck by at least 30 beams of deadly green energy. The dark followers had seen what happened when the other one had uttered such a phrase and did not want it repeated. As the dark energy struck her prone body it impacted with the light energy she had been about to release, and caused a great explosion within the fiery senshi of Mars. Flames surrounded her and her body was blown to bits. Her death fitted the girl who had devoted her life to fighting evil with the explosive fire of Mars. Sailor Moon could no longer cry out, her voice lost with each death of her friends and comrades, but her tears still came.
Saturn was the next to follow. As she raised her Silence Glaive to attack she left herself open and was hit by a disc of light. The light passed through her body and exited on the other side. The others stared in shock as her eyes glazed over and the top half of her body slide from her bottom half...............the disc had cut her in two.
And now there were three.
Before they could recover from the sudden deaths of their friends, the cloaked figure raised his arm. In it was what looked like a stick to Sailor Moon, but was recognized as a wand by Pluto and Kirone. Sailor Moon did not realize its danger, and stood still. Suddenly a bolt of lightening shot from the wand. Sailor Moon was petrified, and stood rooted to the spot. Seconds before the lightening hit her a shadow fell over her. As the lightening struck the shadow cried out and fell back into Sailor Moon's arms. Sailor Moon caught sight of flowing emerald hair in her arms. 'Setsuna?!' she breathed. The form in her arms groaned, and pulled out of the girl's arms. Pluto stood awkwardly in front of the kneeling Moon Princess. 'I can no longer protect you,' The Sailor Senshi of Time spoke, 'I must protect Kirone. She has something inside of her that could change this world and the next. He must not get it. We will see each other again......all of us......soon. Now
run...............RUN!' She turned defiantly towards the cloaked figure and his followers, and screamed her battle cry. 'For my friends! Die bastard!' And before they could do anything to stop her she called out fiercely, 'Pluto Planet Power!' Her power was totally directed at the cloaked figure. Dark purple energy surrounded the two, and lightening crackled inside of it. Kirone grabbed the shocked Moon Princess, and hauled her to her feet. 'Let our friend's deaths not be in vain!' She shouted at the girl. The girl's instincts came out and she stumbled towards the Hot Springs. Grabbing her under her arms Kirone flew up into the air and over the hot springs with Sailor Moon in her hands. When they touched down on the other side, they both looked, back to see the cloaked figure bending over something. He was bleeding, and they could see his cloak was torn and scorched. To their anguish he picked up the fallen Sailor by the neck and held her up off the ground, and laughed as
she writhed in his iron grip. He squeezed, and smiled in satisfaction as her eyes bulged out and her neck snapped. Her head rolled back, and her body grew limp. Sailor Moon was about to cry out in mourning for her friend, but Kirone clapped a hand over her mouth. 'He hasn't notice we've left yet, don't let Pluto's death be for nothing!' They ran on, and on, and on. They knew that by now he was pursuing them.
They had stopped in a clearing to catch their breath when an angel came down to them. The angels emerald hair, whipped around her pale face, and her bangs did nothing to conceal her blood red eyes. 'Pluto!' Kirone sobbed, she ran to her friend but the vision put out her erethreal hand, stopping her. When she spoke her voice was wispy and distant, 'I'm sorry that I could not stop him, but I have given you time. All the scouts are here with me on the Moon Kingdom. Our souls rest here until our princess can grant us rebirth.' She turned and looked mournfully at Sailor Moon, ' Your Majesty, your time draws near, and I am afraid you shall not live past this night, but I am here to tell you that you must do everything to protect Kiri, she is the key in the greater puzzle of things. Our lives are meaningless in this world...' 'That's not true Setsuna!' Kirone protested. Tears brimmed her obsidian orbs. Setsuna turned to her. She looked quite the Guardian Angel. Her hair was in its
natural style, but she was clothed in a pitch-black tunic, that reached just above her knees, and was secured by a golden pin, inscribed with the symbol of Pluto. Her feet were bound in brown leather sandals that criss-crossed up to her knees. Her pale white wings rustled in the breeze, and the pale light from the crescent moon, caused her golden halo to glimmer slightly. 'Oh, but it is.........you just don't know it yet, Kitten. I bring to you a gift.' A large blade appeared next to her. The blade was made of pure diamond and the silver handle and pommel were incrusted with onyx and abalone.
' It was created with bits and pieces of our remaining energy. All the scouts contributed.........may it serve you well and protect you. Now I must go, I have no more energy left to stay on this dimensional plane. We await you your highness.' Then she shimmered and her image grew fuzzy. Then in a burst of white light she was gone. The only things that betrayed that she was ever there were two, soft, white feathers that drifted to the ground to settle in front of the two girls. They each reached down and picked up a feather. Sailor Moon placed hers in her sub-space pocket along with her Luna-Pen and Star Locket. And Kirone placed hers in the side pocket of her black mini-skirt. As Kirone turned to keep walking Sailor Moon grabbed her hand. She reached into her sub-space pocket and grabbed her Luna-Pen and Star Locket; gently she placed them in Kirone's unsteady hands, and closed her fingers over them. 'Please keep these safe for me.' Then she turned and walked determinedly to
guard the entrance to the clearing. She turned her head around to face Kirone, and Kirone saw the tears and fear in her eyes. 'Setsuna......she said......she said that I'd die tonight......and I want to go out fighting.' She smiled weakly and turned to meet the oncoming swarm. Kirone stared at her hands and the precious items that were held inside of them, then she pocketed them. She turned for one last look at her friend and savior, then flew up into the air. She after going at least several hundred feet, she turned in the air, and hovering, she watched the battle.
Sailor Moon [Eternal] had taken out her Moon Staff and now held it expertly in her hands. When the cloaked figure and his minions were only feet away, she stood at the entrance and raised her staff above her head and called out, 'YOU SHALL NOT PASS!' Then she smashed it down into the ground, and pink light exploded all around. Kirone couldn't see anything, but then she heard a raspy voice like that of a dying man call out,
[Imperio!]
Sailor Moon screamed as one of the Unforgivable Curses struck her dying body. She heard a little voice inside her head, 'Kill Kirone, she's the one who got all your friends killed...' then another voice popped up. 'Why? She didn't kill them he did...' Her mind fought a losing battle inside her head. The man was growing impatient, 'She has no more power left...kill her.' Whilst she fought inside of herself Sailor Moon did not notice the dark forms that ran at her from behind and pushed her forward. The voices left her head instantly, as she winced in pain. She tried to rise but found that something was holding her down. She looked downwards, and realized that she was impaled upon her Moon Staff. The object of her power had been her demise. The pain had changed to blissful numbness, and she could feel herself slipping away like the tides. Then she sagged forward on the shaft of her staff. The color drained from her face, her chest stopped moving, and her eyes stared into
nothing. The mighty Princess of the Moon was dead. Out of her sub-space pocket drifted a small, silent, white feather, and Kirone could swear she saw someone pick it up and hold it next to their heart. Shining azure orbs stared back at her and she knew she hadn't been mistaken. Then she flew onward, sword in hand, with a heavy heart, and a shattered soul.
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Kirone's tears had run dry, and she curled up in a fetal position, clutching her knees to her chest. Then an old weathered hand was placed on her shoulder, and a wise voice spoke, 'Their deaths were not in vain...'
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END! Sorry it took so long, but I didn't want to break the chapter up, so I kept on going. Please R & R!!!!! Just to let everyone know, It might take quite a long time to get the next chapter up, because I have to take Iowa Test of Basic Skills tests, they're really gay, so I'll be a little busy. Please Review, and I've only had one person guess at WHAT Kirone really is......please contribute! Love y'all!
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