Two Combating Sides
Author's Notes: Thank you for the reviews! I barely noticed them at first o.o;; Anyways, here's the 3 rd chapter.
CHAPTER 3 - TRAINING, CHAOS, OR TORTURE?
"World Shaking!"
"Dead Scream!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"SILENCE WALL!!" The first three attacks, gold, lavender, and blue, combined and flew towards the senshi-in-training with almost extreme speed. Saturn twirled her Glaive and shouted. The attacks slammed into a nearly invisible, protective barrier and pushed the young girl back. Her violet eyes flashed in slight pain at the great pressure of the three attacks. The black cat, Luna, off to the side called out to the struggling Sailor.
"Deflect them in a different direction!" she ordered. Saturn couldn't reply without breaking her concentration. She was new to this, and wanted to tell Luna she didn't know how, but she tried it anyway. Instead of just holding the Glaive out in front of her, she thrust it upwards and the sphere of energy flew that way, too. Uranus winced as it scraped against a part of her own palace, nearby.
"Let's move to a different spot, like Naiad," offered Uranus, looking at the few people inside the palace run out to inspect the damage. Sailor Neptune laughed.
"How about Charon?" she asked. Pluto shook her head.
"I would say Calypso.." she commented. Saturn grinned.
"That'd be nice," she said, looking at the far off moons of her own home planet. "But how about Io?" All four of them laughed. Luna frowned disapprovingly. Everyone knew what she was thinking. It was probably somewhere along the lines of, 'You should be training, not joking around and laughing! We're wasting valuable time with your fooling around! She's supposed to be in exile! Not on a VACATION!!! Pick a spot and WORK! And not Io; that's not even an Outer Sailor's moons!!!' Saturn smiled, still not having lost all of her friendly, innocent disposition, and stroked the guardian's fur. Luna just twitched her tail and walked away.
"I have to get back to Queen Serenity. Train hard, Hotaru, and I'll see you soon," she stated, and summoned up a few powers to teleport back to the moon. Saturn waved goodbye, watching the silver light swallowing up their small advisor. Then, turning back to her fellow Outers, she smiled.
"What's next?" she asked. Pluto smiled.
"You need a little more practice on blocking and deflecting, but we'll get to that a little later. How's a break sound?" she asked the whole group. Everyone nodded appreciatively.
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Hotaru lay down on her comfortable bed in Uranus's nice palace. She thought of how close and friendly the 4 had become in those few days. It was, however, a bit hard to get used to Uranus's time system. The days were longer and so were.. years, as a matter of fact. But it didn't matter that much. She was having a good time. Forgetting about those senshi would be impossible. She could identify any of them by sight anytime, if not for the fact that she had never seen them out of their senshi fuku. But she had it down pretty well. Sailor Pluto with long, jade green hair and amber eyes was kind and wise, but cursed to guard the Gates of Time, leaving only when others needed assistance. Sailor Neptune with wavy sea-colored hair and deep blue eyes was gentle and caring. Sailor Uranus with her boyish, corn- colored hair and blue eyes was like a tomboy, humorous and sporty, as well as a good opponent. Hotaru yawned. In her opinion, her description was almost no different than how she had started out. As Sailor Saturn, her eyes were still deep violet, her hair still black, cut to her chin, and her skin was as pale as ever. She was still kind, gentle, and even a little immature. She didn't fancy fighting, and was a little ashamed to admit she was afraid of the power that she would soon be able to wield in the Glaive.
And then she sighed. Wishing for something really familiar, her deep violet eyes held a pool of sadness, which hadn't appeared in a long while. Stretching out on her bed, her lashes fell silently over her eyes, leading the hard working girl into the lands of sleep. Dreams came and went, as did their memories. Then there was one she knew she would remember in the morning, or at least pieces. There were flashes of scenes. First, a cold, merciless warrior: Sailor Saturn. Then, she saw the tip of the Glaive falling to the ground, remaining there for a split second, before being flung through the air, as the celestial body was obliterated. Next, she saw flashes of silver, and then an image of Matthew, shielding himself from.. something. And lastly, Hotaru woke up with a start. She found that someone, probably a servant, had slipped her into the bed, under the covers, which were now wrinkled, due to her tight grip on it during the dream. Pulling the covers up to her chin, shining tears welled up in her eyes, spilling over her cheeks like small waterfalls. Burying her head against her knees, she allowed her ruffled black hair to fall around her face and knees as she cried.
"Oh, Matthew.." she sobbed. "I miss you. I miss you and my palace, and the servants, and my room." Gently wiping away some tears with her hand, the sorrowful princess looked up at the ceiling. "Why did you do this to me?"
Author's Notes: Thank you for the reviews! I barely noticed them at first o.o;; Anyways, here's the 3 rd chapter.
CHAPTER 3 - TRAINING, CHAOS, OR TORTURE?
"World Shaking!"
"Dead Scream!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"SILENCE WALL!!" The first three attacks, gold, lavender, and blue, combined and flew towards the senshi-in-training with almost extreme speed. Saturn twirled her Glaive and shouted. The attacks slammed into a nearly invisible, protective barrier and pushed the young girl back. Her violet eyes flashed in slight pain at the great pressure of the three attacks. The black cat, Luna, off to the side called out to the struggling Sailor.
"Deflect them in a different direction!" she ordered. Saturn couldn't reply without breaking her concentration. She was new to this, and wanted to tell Luna she didn't know how, but she tried it anyway. Instead of just holding the Glaive out in front of her, she thrust it upwards and the sphere of energy flew that way, too. Uranus winced as it scraped against a part of her own palace, nearby.
"Let's move to a different spot, like Naiad," offered Uranus, looking at the few people inside the palace run out to inspect the damage. Sailor Neptune laughed.
"How about Charon?" she asked. Pluto shook her head.
"I would say Calypso.." she commented. Saturn grinned.
"That'd be nice," she said, looking at the far off moons of her own home planet. "But how about Io?" All four of them laughed. Luna frowned disapprovingly. Everyone knew what she was thinking. It was probably somewhere along the lines of, 'You should be training, not joking around and laughing! We're wasting valuable time with your fooling around! She's supposed to be in exile! Not on a VACATION!!! Pick a spot and WORK! And not Io; that's not even an Outer Sailor's moons!!!' Saturn smiled, still not having lost all of her friendly, innocent disposition, and stroked the guardian's fur. Luna just twitched her tail and walked away.
"I have to get back to Queen Serenity. Train hard, Hotaru, and I'll see you soon," she stated, and summoned up a few powers to teleport back to the moon. Saturn waved goodbye, watching the silver light swallowing up their small advisor. Then, turning back to her fellow Outers, she smiled.
"What's next?" she asked. Pluto smiled.
"You need a little more practice on blocking and deflecting, but we'll get to that a little later. How's a break sound?" she asked the whole group. Everyone nodded appreciatively.
---
Hotaru lay down on her comfortable bed in Uranus's nice palace. She thought of how close and friendly the 4 had become in those few days. It was, however, a bit hard to get used to Uranus's time system. The days were longer and so were.. years, as a matter of fact. But it didn't matter that much. She was having a good time. Forgetting about those senshi would be impossible. She could identify any of them by sight anytime, if not for the fact that she had never seen them out of their senshi fuku. But she had it down pretty well. Sailor Pluto with long, jade green hair and amber eyes was kind and wise, but cursed to guard the Gates of Time, leaving only when others needed assistance. Sailor Neptune with wavy sea-colored hair and deep blue eyes was gentle and caring. Sailor Uranus with her boyish, corn- colored hair and blue eyes was like a tomboy, humorous and sporty, as well as a good opponent. Hotaru yawned. In her opinion, her description was almost no different than how she had started out. As Sailor Saturn, her eyes were still deep violet, her hair still black, cut to her chin, and her skin was as pale as ever. She was still kind, gentle, and even a little immature. She didn't fancy fighting, and was a little ashamed to admit she was afraid of the power that she would soon be able to wield in the Glaive.
And then she sighed. Wishing for something really familiar, her deep violet eyes held a pool of sadness, which hadn't appeared in a long while. Stretching out on her bed, her lashes fell silently over her eyes, leading the hard working girl into the lands of sleep. Dreams came and went, as did their memories. Then there was one she knew she would remember in the morning, or at least pieces. There were flashes of scenes. First, a cold, merciless warrior: Sailor Saturn. Then, she saw the tip of the Glaive falling to the ground, remaining there for a split second, before being flung through the air, as the celestial body was obliterated. Next, she saw flashes of silver, and then an image of Matthew, shielding himself from.. something. And lastly, Hotaru woke up with a start. She found that someone, probably a servant, had slipped her into the bed, under the covers, which were now wrinkled, due to her tight grip on it during the dream. Pulling the covers up to her chin, shining tears welled up in her eyes, spilling over her cheeks like small waterfalls. Burying her head against her knees, she allowed her ruffled black hair to fall around her face and knees as she cried.
"Oh, Matthew.." she sobbed. "I miss you. I miss you and my palace, and the servants, and my room." Gently wiping away some tears with her hand, the sorrowful princess looked up at the ceiling. "Why did you do this to me?"