Life and Death: Circle of Fire
By Storm Demon
Note: This is the second to last chapter
Chapter 8: Memories
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Usagi was in more pain then she was in her whole entire life. Tears rolled down her cheeks, suddenly a silver crescent moon shined brightly on her forehead, the light illuminated the room and the vines retracted from where ever they came from. The others fell to the ground. The three Ronins stood up and Usagi helped Sabreil to her feet.
"May I have the honors?" Sabreil said looking at Miko.
"If you must." Miko just walked away from Sehkmet.
Sabreil unsheathed her sword and held it up above her head. In what seemed like Latin she chanted an ancient spell. Sehkmet still alive but barely was surrounded by a pillar of fire. His screams could be heard from all as far away as the earth. Sabreil then swiftly thrust her sword into the ground and the pillar disappeared and all that was left was his empty armor.
"What.What was that?" Sage asked.
"It was a Purity Spell, invented before the age of man during the age of Light." Sabreil said plainly, "Miko I think it's time to unleash Neptune."
Miko stood infront of the empty armor and held her scythe in both hands, the armor and the ground disappeared and all that was left was the orb, which changed into a aqua blue color.
"I CALL UPON THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN RETURN THE SOUL OF NEPTUNE TO THIS LIFELESS ARMOR! NEPTUNE UNLEASH!"
A aqua light shot out from the orb blinding everyone. Once it was gone all that was left was the armor with it's new owner. Michiru princess of Neptune.
"NEPTUNE!" Usagi ran an embraced her regaining her memories of her. "Usagi I've missed you so much! But there's no time to lose. Let's just go through those doors and take on the next challenge together!" Neptune said happily.
The Ronins the two Outers, Usagi, Cye, Miko, and Sabreil walked into the next room to see Dais and Bliss standing next to each other. The door closed behind the group.
"To get the Jewel of Life back, you must defeat us." Bliss said.
"So we meet again.Bliss" Miko said coldly, "It's been how long? A Millennia since I have seen you?"
"You know her Miko?" Cye asked.
"She was the killer of my sister.three lifetimes ago." Miko said unsheathing her scythe, "I will fight her alone. The rest of you can take care of Kale, try to kill him if possible"
"So your choosing the honorable way to die, that was always like you Miko your pride always came first. Even before your friends" Bliss said also taking out her scythe.
Bliss charged Miko, who swiftly moved to the side and used the end of the staff part of her scythe to ram Bliss to the ground. Bliss quickly responded with an energy blast, which took Miko off guard. Miko responded with a slash of her scythe which cut Bliss' right arm badly, Miko then chose to finish the battle quickly and summoned a large amount of mental energy and shot it at Bliss, it completely destroyed her armor and left her defenseless against Miko's attacks.
"BLISS!" Kale screamed picking her up.
"So I see the Prince of the Sun decided to join us in today's battle" Miko said.
"What?" Usagi said.
"That's right.Kale here is the heir to the throne of the Sun.well in my dimension anyway. He fell in love with the Princess of the Earth Bliss. The marriage was forbidden so they eloped secretly.this only caused war between the Sun and the Earth. The Moon my home planet was allied with the Earth so together they fought a battle against the Sun Kingdom. I was one of the warriors who fought the Prince himself.I ended up killing him." Miko said.
"THAT'S RIGHT YOU KILLED HIM, I HATE YOU FOR IT HE CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ME!" Bliss cried tears now staining her cheeks.
"In your last minutes of life I will restore his memory.Please take this as my apology." Miko said with sympathy. "Then you can live forever in eternity together."
Miko closed her eyes and Kale was surrounded in a purple aura.Miko had to search the corners of his mind to unlock his past but she found it and the memories returned.
"Bliss." Kale hugged the dieing girl tightly tears now in his eyes.
"I love you Kale." Bliss said. She then closed her eyes one last time.
Usagi was in tears.she leaned against Cye who held her tightly. Kento was trying to keep in tears and Rowen and Sage seemed unemotional. Sabreil turned away, her arms crossed, she never liked sad goodbyes.
"Please kill me." He said.
"As you wish your Highness" Miko said coldly.
Miko took out a strip of paper with ancient Lunar writings on it. She held it up and it attached itself to Kale's armor. Then his soul was extracted and his armor was the only thing that remained.
"We only have one armor left.we need unleash both Saturn and Uranus.what will we do?" Sabreil asked.
"I don't know.the only thing I can think of is to use Bliss' armor.but its very tainted.Sabreil can you please try and purify it?" Miko asked.
"Sure" Sabreil then chanted some more in Latin and the armor then turned pure white.
"You unleash Uranus, I'll unleash Saturn" Miko said to Sabreil.
"I CALL UPON THE GUARDIAN OF LIMBO SEND US THE SOUL OF THE PRINCESS OF URANUS! URANUS UNLEASH!"
"I CALL UPON THE GUARDIANS OF HELL SEND US THE SOUL OF THE PRINCESS OF SATURN! SATURN UNLEASH!"
The two armors were then occupied by Saturn and Uranus. The suddenly an odd sensation came to Usagi.the doors of her mind were being unlocked and memories that were at first unknown to her were now coming back in full force.
"I remember.everything" Usagi said suddenly.
"I'm glad.then my job here is done." Miko said.
"I guess I should be going as well." Sabreil replied.
With that Miko and Sabreil vanished into thin air. Nothing was left but Miko's scythe, which transformed into the Staff of the Ancients.
"Thank you Miko." Usagi whispered.
Usagi stared at who all was here. The Outer Senshi.Haruka, Hotaru, Setsuna, and Michiru. And the Ronins, Cye, Kento, Sage, and Rowen. Then there was her.the warrior of the wildfire. She had to lead all of them into a battle against an evil unknown to her.she just hoped everything would be alright. Then she noticed a gem on the floor.
"LOOK!" Usagi cried picking up the gem.
"It's the Jewel of Life!" Cye said.
"Good now Talpa can't use it against us!" Kento said.
Usagi continued forward, Haruka following right behind her. The Outer Senshi were behind Haruka and the Ronins followed them.
"So you were able to make it this far." A familiar voice called.
"Mamoru?" Usagi said in shock.
"This may be the body of that idiot boy but the Soul within this body is mine. I am Master Talpa of the Netherworld." He said confidentially.
"WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING!" Usagi cried.
Cye stared at Usagi, the urgency in her voice scared him. Could she have remembered a lover from her past life? Was that man him? Jealously raged up inside of him. Now he wished she still didn't remember her past.but it was to late for that.
"He sold his soul to the devil in order for immortality."
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!"
"How else would I have attained this body? The four lovely women in the Search and Judgment of the Dead do an awfully good job at making sure I don't get bodies of unwilling persons. But.if the person is willing to at the gateway to Judgment I can steal there soul's and take their bodies." Talpa said.
"That.can't be." Usagi said collapsing.
"That's right Mamoru was impure" Hotaru said, " I sensed it from him since I first met him that his intentions were not good" "We would've told you sooner.but that battle with Galaxia.I failed you princess." Haruka said.
"Please forgive us." Setsuna asked.
"Please.don't apologize.I will defeat him and the years of my life wasted will not be in vain" Usagi said firmly.
"I'll help you!" Cye said, "I won't let him hurt you!"
"Fine then if you two want to fight me.then we'll fight!" With that Mamoru, Cye, and Usagi disappeared.
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(Now to our friend Ginger)
Ginger was sitting there her sword in her hand innocently counting the ceiling tiles. She was bored no doubt and was whining to no one in general.
"Why am I always the one left behind.I wanna see some action. This sucks."
Suddenly from the background she could hear low footsteps, soon they got louder and louder and louder. Ginger was then face to face with an army of Samurai. (You know those green things.I FORGOT WHAT THERE CALLED! T_T Sorry!)
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Ginger then began to run through all the dungeons and finally made it to where the Outers and the remaining Ronins were.
"Army, of, Samurai, coming, must, run, FAST!" Ginger panted.
Then the millions of fighters attacked and the remaining warriors.
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By Storm Demon
Note: This is the second to last chapter
Chapter 8: Memories
~*~
Usagi was in more pain then she was in her whole entire life. Tears rolled down her cheeks, suddenly a silver crescent moon shined brightly on her forehead, the light illuminated the room and the vines retracted from where ever they came from. The others fell to the ground. The three Ronins stood up and Usagi helped Sabreil to her feet.
"May I have the honors?" Sabreil said looking at Miko.
"If you must." Miko just walked away from Sehkmet.
Sabreil unsheathed her sword and held it up above her head. In what seemed like Latin she chanted an ancient spell. Sehkmet still alive but barely was surrounded by a pillar of fire. His screams could be heard from all as far away as the earth. Sabreil then swiftly thrust her sword into the ground and the pillar disappeared and all that was left was his empty armor.
"What.What was that?" Sage asked.
"It was a Purity Spell, invented before the age of man during the age of Light." Sabreil said plainly, "Miko I think it's time to unleash Neptune."
Miko stood infront of the empty armor and held her scythe in both hands, the armor and the ground disappeared and all that was left was the orb, which changed into a aqua blue color.
"I CALL UPON THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN RETURN THE SOUL OF NEPTUNE TO THIS LIFELESS ARMOR! NEPTUNE UNLEASH!"
A aqua light shot out from the orb blinding everyone. Once it was gone all that was left was the armor with it's new owner. Michiru princess of Neptune.
"NEPTUNE!" Usagi ran an embraced her regaining her memories of her. "Usagi I've missed you so much! But there's no time to lose. Let's just go through those doors and take on the next challenge together!" Neptune said happily.
The Ronins the two Outers, Usagi, Cye, Miko, and Sabreil walked into the next room to see Dais and Bliss standing next to each other. The door closed behind the group.
"To get the Jewel of Life back, you must defeat us." Bliss said.
"So we meet again.Bliss" Miko said coldly, "It's been how long? A Millennia since I have seen you?"
"You know her Miko?" Cye asked.
"She was the killer of my sister.three lifetimes ago." Miko said unsheathing her scythe, "I will fight her alone. The rest of you can take care of Kale, try to kill him if possible"
"So your choosing the honorable way to die, that was always like you Miko your pride always came first. Even before your friends" Bliss said also taking out her scythe.
Bliss charged Miko, who swiftly moved to the side and used the end of the staff part of her scythe to ram Bliss to the ground. Bliss quickly responded with an energy blast, which took Miko off guard. Miko responded with a slash of her scythe which cut Bliss' right arm badly, Miko then chose to finish the battle quickly and summoned a large amount of mental energy and shot it at Bliss, it completely destroyed her armor and left her defenseless against Miko's attacks.
"BLISS!" Kale screamed picking her up.
"So I see the Prince of the Sun decided to join us in today's battle" Miko said.
"What?" Usagi said.
"That's right.Kale here is the heir to the throne of the Sun.well in my dimension anyway. He fell in love with the Princess of the Earth Bliss. The marriage was forbidden so they eloped secretly.this only caused war between the Sun and the Earth. The Moon my home planet was allied with the Earth so together they fought a battle against the Sun Kingdom. I was one of the warriors who fought the Prince himself.I ended up killing him." Miko said.
"THAT'S RIGHT YOU KILLED HIM, I HATE YOU FOR IT HE CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ME!" Bliss cried tears now staining her cheeks.
"In your last minutes of life I will restore his memory.Please take this as my apology." Miko said with sympathy. "Then you can live forever in eternity together."
Miko closed her eyes and Kale was surrounded in a purple aura.Miko had to search the corners of his mind to unlock his past but she found it and the memories returned.
"Bliss." Kale hugged the dieing girl tightly tears now in his eyes.
"I love you Kale." Bliss said. She then closed her eyes one last time.
Usagi was in tears.she leaned against Cye who held her tightly. Kento was trying to keep in tears and Rowen and Sage seemed unemotional. Sabreil turned away, her arms crossed, she never liked sad goodbyes.
"Please kill me." He said.
"As you wish your Highness" Miko said coldly.
Miko took out a strip of paper with ancient Lunar writings on it. She held it up and it attached itself to Kale's armor. Then his soul was extracted and his armor was the only thing that remained.
"We only have one armor left.we need unleash both Saturn and Uranus.what will we do?" Sabreil asked.
"I don't know.the only thing I can think of is to use Bliss' armor.but its very tainted.Sabreil can you please try and purify it?" Miko asked.
"Sure" Sabreil then chanted some more in Latin and the armor then turned pure white.
"You unleash Uranus, I'll unleash Saturn" Miko said to Sabreil.
"I CALL UPON THE GUARDIAN OF LIMBO SEND US THE SOUL OF THE PRINCESS OF URANUS! URANUS UNLEASH!"
"I CALL UPON THE GUARDIANS OF HELL SEND US THE SOUL OF THE PRINCESS OF SATURN! SATURN UNLEASH!"
The two armors were then occupied by Saturn and Uranus. The suddenly an odd sensation came to Usagi.the doors of her mind were being unlocked and memories that were at first unknown to her were now coming back in full force.
"I remember.everything" Usagi said suddenly.
"I'm glad.then my job here is done." Miko said.
"I guess I should be going as well." Sabreil replied.
With that Miko and Sabreil vanished into thin air. Nothing was left but Miko's scythe, which transformed into the Staff of the Ancients.
"Thank you Miko." Usagi whispered.
Usagi stared at who all was here. The Outer Senshi.Haruka, Hotaru, Setsuna, and Michiru. And the Ronins, Cye, Kento, Sage, and Rowen. Then there was her.the warrior of the wildfire. She had to lead all of them into a battle against an evil unknown to her.she just hoped everything would be alright. Then she noticed a gem on the floor.
"LOOK!" Usagi cried picking up the gem.
"It's the Jewel of Life!" Cye said.
"Good now Talpa can't use it against us!" Kento said.
Usagi continued forward, Haruka following right behind her. The Outer Senshi were behind Haruka and the Ronins followed them.
"So you were able to make it this far." A familiar voice called.
"Mamoru?" Usagi said in shock.
"This may be the body of that idiot boy but the Soul within this body is mine. I am Master Talpa of the Netherworld." He said confidentially.
"WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING!" Usagi cried.
Cye stared at Usagi, the urgency in her voice scared him. Could she have remembered a lover from her past life? Was that man him? Jealously raged up inside of him. Now he wished she still didn't remember her past.but it was to late for that.
"He sold his soul to the devil in order for immortality."
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!"
"How else would I have attained this body? The four lovely women in the Search and Judgment of the Dead do an awfully good job at making sure I don't get bodies of unwilling persons. But.if the person is willing to at the gateway to Judgment I can steal there soul's and take their bodies." Talpa said.
"That.can't be." Usagi said collapsing.
"That's right Mamoru was impure" Hotaru said, " I sensed it from him since I first met him that his intentions were not good" "We would've told you sooner.but that battle with Galaxia.I failed you princess." Haruka said.
"Please forgive us." Setsuna asked.
"Please.don't apologize.I will defeat him and the years of my life wasted will not be in vain" Usagi said firmly.
"I'll help you!" Cye said, "I won't let him hurt you!"
"Fine then if you two want to fight me.then we'll fight!" With that Mamoru, Cye, and Usagi disappeared.
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(Now to our friend Ginger)
Ginger was sitting there her sword in her hand innocently counting the ceiling tiles. She was bored no doubt and was whining to no one in general.
"Why am I always the one left behind.I wanna see some action. This sucks."
Suddenly from the background she could hear low footsteps, soon they got louder and louder and louder. Ginger was then face to face with an army of Samurai. (You know those green things.I FORGOT WHAT THERE CALLED! T_T Sorry!)
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Ginger then began to run through all the dungeons and finally made it to where the Outers and the remaining Ronins were.
"Army, of, Samurai, coming, must, run, FAST!" Ginger panted.
Then the millions of fighters attacked and the remaining warriors.
~*~