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Title: Moon's Force
Chapter Fifteen
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Catsie chuckled to herself, taking advantage of her assailant's stupor. Rei was thrown onto her back, then punched directly lower than her stomach to be kept down for a good minute or so. As the evil woman groaned in pain from the punch, Catsie reached around her neck where a flat round red crest, burning white with the sign of Mars, hung. She ripped it from her neck, threw it into the air above her head and screamed out her most powerful transformation.
" MARS RUBY TRANSFORM!" The ruby pendent beamed a crimson light down on her, power manifesting within the dark purple haired woman.
" Oh no you don't!" Rei jumped up and ran into the beam along with Catsie.
Sailor Mars felt the strain overwhelming her mind quickly, she'd never had to split her great power, and it was overloading her. The essence that was the power of Mars was confused as to who it went to, the new warrior or the old one? So instead, it acted in the only way it could: The essence locked itself with in the crystal. Catsie fell to the ground clutching her head, her body feeling the need of finishing the transformation and her stomach felt sick from the uncompleted task. Rei only smirked and took control once again. She took her hands, since she'd lost her dagger, and pounded away at her enemy with fury. The onslaught was too much for Catsie to bear, her mind shut itself down.
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Avery couldn't find a spot for her attack. Mina had went into a flurry of relentless kicks and jabs at the Venus warrior. It was now that Avery saw the anger and hate within her blonde rival, and for once she was frightened. But not enough to lose. She still had her one technique, that unfortunately she never perfected because it had to be just so perfect. The fact of the matter was that Mina was hopping around like a jack rabbit, and she could not get a hold on her. The major problem was the armor encasing the Queen's body. Avery had to get to her back, directly the middle actually. It was a wound area of the old Princess Venus's of the Silver Millennium, one of many famous war injuries only on the dead princess, and her reincarnations. But the armor hid that spot well, and if she didn't do it right the first time, Mina would catch on fast.
The Queen almost got her with a stab of her light sword when her thoughts had captured her focus. Redirecting her attention, Avery lashed out, grabbing for armor covered arms. Unfortunately, Mina was fast, very fast. Sailor Venus decided then to start jumping in and away. It ended up not working, she couldn't get to her back, so now for plan B. Avery pulled out her strong blade and went for Mina's head, of course the blonde met her with a smash of her own light sword. Sparks flew as the action was repeated over and over again. Mina thought her nemesis was going for her chest or stomach, big mistake. Instead, the chocolate haired warrior whipped around with a kick that sent the blonde spinning to the ground, groaning from numerous wounds and cuts. Avery kicked her onto her back.
" CRESENT BEAM!" The beam went straight through the armor and material underneath it, showing unmarred creamy flesh.
" Goodnight, Mina." A gloved finger poked through the newly made hole and tapped the exact spot. Mina screamed out in pain, but soon fell into the land of dark unconsciousness.
Avery felt herself suddenly pulled back into the world around her and the screams of her comrades was made known. Her orders had to be carried out fast, before more died. Large orange angel wings sprouted from her back as she pulled the knocked out queen in her arms and lifted them into the sky.
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General Swartz was bloody from head to toe in not only his own red fluid. He was tired and didn't wish to kill all the brave men he already had slaughtered. So, he sat down on the crimson splattered grass, waiting to die for this war. His head shot up when he noticed the dark orange duster coat connected to black pants and black boots with many buckles on them in his face.
" Are you General Swartz?"
" I am, what are you doing with Queen Mina?!" Concern flooded Swartz's mind at the site of the unconscious woman.
" Bringing her to you General. Take her away to a safe place. Serenity will be in contact with you." Avery flew off then, leaving the man confused and running back to the main Terra Ship.
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Serenity had to run quickly, her legs aching from the dash back to the castle. Her battle with Crystal Earth's King had been postponed with the sudden news of another warrior on the enemies side seen heading towards her home. She'd been fighting Darien for only an hour, it had taken them over ten miles away from the original battle ground. There, an ambush met her and Serenity had been overwhelmed, until her husband dropped in and took it off of her to do list. Artemis had insisted she run and save their daughter, if Isibo was in trouble. She prayed she wasn't.
Her feet skidded to a halt, and for once Serenity hit her head in stupidity. Amazing wings spread from her back, thirty feet wing tip to wing tip and she took off, soon a dot in the sky.
Her legs touched ground in front of the main doors of the Palace. Serenity fazed straight through, not caring about keeping her Moon's Force under raps, she'd wanted Darien to be the first to feel her true wrath, but things change. Rash footsteps sounded the corridors as Serenity made her way to the low signatures of the Shadow Knight and Sailor Jupiter. The queen could feel that both her brother and Lita had fallen under who ever had attacked them. Doors flew open when her palm jutted out and a wind pushed them open.
" I knew you would come, weakling. Even I can overcome a powerful Senshi and her love. Forget about me did you? I can see it by the look on your face." The voice was deep and she'd heard it so many times, speaking nothing but harsh words to her face.
" Luna! Give me back my child!" Serenity quivered with anger at the site of her darling baby princess in the arms of the cat from hell, only she was in human form.
" You know, this brat - Isibo is it?- Well, Isibo, looks like Artemis. How could that be?" Luna stroked Isibo's white hair gently. But the touch made Isibo cry instantly, it seemed the young infant could feel the evil inside the traitor.
" I'm surprised you didn't figure it out, being so intelligent and all." The ruler smirked, hand making movements behind her back. Her left hand, the most important one, went outstretched in front of her.
" We married a year ago." The white gold band shone brightly on her now ungloved hand.
" YOU PIECE OF-" Luna fumed hotly, her arms going down to her sides in hate and fury. She'd always loved Artemis, Luna had thought he was hers to claim when she felt.
" Now now, not in front of the baby."
Isibo giggled happily, head against her mothers chest, deep blue eyes laughing. Luna had never noticed the child being slipped from her arms and floated high above her head so she wouldn't see, into the arms of Serenity. The mother set Isibo in her crib, which was now beside them both.
Luna rushed forward, but was wept back into the wall, or in to the wall, by the Moon's most secret and untapped source. The blonde ruler waited while Luna got out of the rubble of the marble wall, and watched her speed forward. The dark haired woman saw a quick flash of silver when shock met her body. Her legs stumbled her backwards onto the ground, the now red stained blade sliding out of her stomach. Luna's systems started to go into a permanent rest as she died swiftly from the fatal pierce in her gut. Serenity felt a pinch of guilt, but turned her back to revive her brother and dear friend, who were knocked out on the other side of the room.
" Shadow? Jupiter? Come on, up with you please." Serenity tried hard to wake both of them, but only Jupiter was able to get up.
" Oh, Serenity! We tried hard! But she was so silent neither of us heard her! Is the princess all right?!" Jupiter went into a babbling session of the fight, but quieted at a look from her leader.
" Just take Luna's body outside and comeback in. I've got to get back to the war quickly." Worry for her husband was riding over everything else, and her patience had worn thin long ago.
When Jupiter had arrived back inside from putting Luna's reformed dead cat body onto the terrace of the nursery, she saw her leader putting the Shadow Knight onto a couch near the cradle.
" Be alert. No one else should be coming here, but be on your best guard. Once Shadow is awake and alert, come join the battle, if it's not too late. Help will soon be needed. The Earth is putting up much more of a fight than we expected." Serenity flew out of the room through the terrace doors, and was gone, leaving a very worried Jupiter behind.
Jupiter sighed sadly and sat on the couch by the Prince of the Moon's form. A glassy look came into her eyes as she watched him sleep , a hand taking his in her own. It was then she noticed a large red spot on Sammy's right side…
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Artemis groaned, determined to live through this damn war and see his daughter grow into a lovely woman. His head was bleeding along with his left side, left arm, and it seemed one of his ankles was broken or sprained. There was so many of them and only Uranus and Neptune were there to help him. Darien seemed to be taking pleasure in watching from above. He didn't want to fight Artemis, just watch him die. No, Darien wanted to fight Serena, but he had to wait, wait for his beloved wife to help him.
" Uranus! We've got to get the King out of here! He's about ready to collapse!" Darien heard Neptune shout over to her friend, so he showered the green haired Senshi with roses, sharp ones.
" NEPTUNE!" Artemis and Uranus ran to her, but didn't make it, the roses were keeping them away. When they did get to her, she was screaming in pain, all but stapled to the ground.
All of a sudden white light erupted in the heart of the earth's soldiers mob, a good percentage being blasted to death by the new destructive force. When there was a clear path, and body parts stopped falling from the sky, a feminine form walked forward.
" Oh Michelle!" The ruler of the Moon ran to her fallen protector and friend, immediately trying to find a way to get her up in a not so painful way.
- Damn you Darien…- Using her newly found abilities that she'd only discovered some five hundred years ago, Serenity destroyed the roses that pegged poor Neptune to the grass.
" Take her Uranus. She can't fight anymore in this war. Find Saturn on your way and take her back with you to the Palace to stop Michelle's bleeding."
" Yes your Majesty." Uranus did as told and picked up the severely wounded woman into her arms and flew off in search of the death and rebirth Senshi.
" Artemis!" The sight of her husband made her happy beyond belief, but his cuts and wounds made her angry. Non the less, she ran to him, and the white haired king hugged her close with his good arm.
" Sere, I'm glad your unhurt." Artemis kissed her forehead softly and buried his face in her hair.
" What a happy couple." Came a icy hiss before Serenity felt her love ripped from her and thrown yards from her.
" I finally found you Serena." Rei growled, the scene had made her sick with envy and disgust.
" Oh don't call her that, because she's not Serena anymore. No, it's Queen Serenity. " Darien floated down, placing a hand on his Queen's shoulder.
Serenity could only growl and hold her sword, ready to fight them both at once if that's what they wanted. They would lose.
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- Dammit, where is Hotaru??? Chelle, hold on.- Sandy bangs were matted to her forehead from her own cut. Michelle groaned in agony in her arms, and it was Michelle, not Sailor Neptune. It seemed that the woman couldn't hold her powers to her and they'd escaped into the aquamarine stone around her neck. Now it was a race against time as Michelle lost blood more quickly.
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Saturn kept the scowl to her face as she sliced her silence glaive through yet another warrior of the Crystal Earth. Some of the man's blood splattered to her sailor uniform, she'd transformed long ago. Sailor Pluto was on the other side of her, guarding over Mercury who'd taken a nasty blow to the head from a surprise attack from one of the enemy who had stronger abilities. Hotaru herself had many cuts and forming bruises, but she'd gotten away from more serious injuries. Her head ducked from another swipe to her head and lashed out, cutting the person in the midsection. A call bought her attention from the blood bath.
" Saturn! We have to get back to the palace now!" Uranus sounded so urgent that Saturn nearly jumped from the surprise. Her dark purple eyes landed on Michelle, and she nodded. Her booted feet took her over to Pluto, who was guarding Mercury.
" Pluto, I have to leave you now. Michelle's in bad shape. I'm taking Mercury with me. I'll send someone to help you." Saturn was utterly calm in picking up the unconscious blue haired Mercury and flying up to meet Sailor Uranus.
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Serenity swung her blade around to have it clash with Rei's, her left leg kicking out behind her to keep Darien at bay. Her side hurt fiercely and so did her numerous other damaged parts she'd acquired in just a short amount of time. Fighting them both at once wasn't easy. The couple had increased considerably in their fighting techniques and obviously had done it together for the purpose of defeating her. Worry weighed heavy on her mind for her Artemis, who lay unconscious in pain yards away. It almost killed her that she'd allowed him to be so brave and noble, when all she wanted was for him to stay alive. A cry ripped from her lips when yet again, her thoughts had hijacked her mind and one of the evils against her knocked her precious sword from her hand. The silver blade was flung into a bush far away, and it was clear she couldn't get to it until the fight was over.
" Grrr, dammit!" Serenity launched her fist into Darien's face, knocking him a clean ten feet for him to stumble and fall. This was getting all to complicated and the blonde just wanted it to be over. Her only chance at winning was for her to kill them one by one, or have them destroy the other.
Serenity flipped over Darien who had charged back at her, once regaining his balance. Using him as a sort of jump, she kicked her legs into his back, helping to jet her into Rei and knocking the other woman into the ground with harsh force. After getting up she fled away from them to get some thinking time while they raced to catch the ruler. When they were behind Serenity, she twisted and got them to run at her. The time came when she jumped up quickly, hoping they would stick themselves with each others weaponry.
No such luck unfortunately. Their swords followed her up far enough for Rei's heated blade to push into the rubber of her boot and melt it good, though not hurting her actual foot. Rei tugged down on the handle of her sword, making Serenity come down like a balloon, where Darien's blade sliced and cut into her other leg. By this they were able to get hold of her and Rei finally got the punching bag she'd always wanted. Serenity struggled with great strength, and soon enough found herself free of their painful grasps and going at Rei with her own limbs, ready to hit any part of the other woman that would hurt her enemy. Serenity thought quickly whilst keeping Darien out of the way of helping Rei and found where she'd went wrong with the whole 'getting them to destroy each other' thing.
So, twisting back around again, Serenity kept moving until they didn't know both were running at her at the same time. When they did realize, both Rei and Darien thought they had the Queen of the Moon, a woman who had destroyed their lives. But that's where Serenity became ingenuous. When the time was right, Serenity let herself drop, hands sliding under each of their blades to push them up and guided each one into the other. Serenity had been aiming for something more along the lines like their stomachs. But the rulers of Crystal Earth were so shocked and frantic that when they tried to pull away, both their swords went into and upward angle, and pushed through each of their throats…
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A/N: Hahahahaha, what a great place to stop!! I figured that would be a unique way for them to die, I'm sure no ones thought that up. I hope you liked the bit-o-gore of it all! Review please!! C ya!
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