Author's Notes: This next chapter is gonna be Mercury's fight and, like with Venus, a small look at her past in the silver millennium.

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Chapter 29: A Trap; Part 5...

~/Mercury\~

:;The girl stops singing, looks at Mercury and giggles;:

The brownhaired girl gets up and jumps into the water. She then surfaces near Mercury, "Isn't this place beautiful, Mercury?" she asks, her voice like a young teenage girl, "Just like where we used to play together, as kids. Do you remember?"

"... Suisuko!?"

"Yep, That's right!" responds Suisuko, almost childish, "I used to love you soooo much but, no matter how much I tried, you never thought of me as anymore than your friend. I believed it to be that you just wasn't the type to be in that kinda relationship." Mercury notices tears in the girl's eyes as the girl's expression saddens, "But then, My heart was crushed... the moment I saw your lips, the lips I dreamt of for the longest time, touch the lips of that... that Neptunian!"

"!?" Mercury realizes the girl's referring to Chrystya, "Suisuko, I--"

"Save it, Mercury!" Suisuko states, cutting the bluehaired girl off, "Thanks to Hariel, I have already taken the first step in avenging my heart."

"!? You mean... Chrystya?" she questions, "No!"

"Too late, Mercury." Suisuko states, "Now, I'll finish it. I'll kill you, then I'll die myself. Then, It will be over."

"Glacier Blast!!"

Suisuko hurls an icy attack at Mercury, which knocks her back and onto the cold patch of ice. Suisuko stands over her and creates a glacier shard(like a saber) in her right hand, then draws it up.

~"Don't give up, Ami!" Chrystya's voice says, in Ami's mind, "I'm right there with you!" "I'm okay, Shinya protected me from the youma."~

'Chrystya?' Ami responds mentally 'I'm glad but... I don't think I can get up.'

~"Yes! Yes, You can Ami!" "You can... because, there's someone you love, who doesn't know it yet!"~

'!? W-what do you mean, Chrystya?'

~"You have to live!" Chyrystya's voice says, "... To tell her how you feel!"~

'But--'

~"No buts! Not this time, Ami. You should remember, Shinya and I will be happy if the two of you are." Chrystya's voice interrupts, "Just..." Ami can tell there's sadness in her voice, "Just, Don't forget 'us', 'kay?"~

'There's no way I could forget what we've shared, Chrystya.'

Suisuko thrusts the shard toward Ami's chest, but a flash of blue light momentarily blinds her and causes her to pull back.

When Suisuko opens her eyes, Mercury is standing and wearing blue icy-looking armor, "What the!?"

"Chrystya's Astral Armor..." Ami says, looking down at the armor. She looks up toward Suisuko, "I'm sorry, Suisuko. For causing you so much pain. You were my best friend and I don't want either of us to get hurt." she adds, "But, You're going too far!"

"No!" Suisuko responds, a hint of pure anger in her voice, "It's not too far until... I kill you!"

"Glacier Blast!!"

"Wave Cutter!!" (one of Seabreeze's attacks)

Mercury's attack cuts through Suisuko's, and her. Suisuko falls to her knees, "You're... right, Ami." she says, cupping her hands over her wound, "I should have been satisfied with your friendship... But, I... I couldn't and, I... guess my love wasn't true." she forces a smile, "I'm so sorry, my friend... uhh..." Mercury closes her eyes and bows her head slightly, while Suisuko's body dissipates, then she continues on to find Hariel.

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To Be Continued...

Ramblings: Only four 'Senshi Battle' chapters to go, then it will be time for the confrontation with Hariel. Stay tuned... There's gonna be some twists and turns in the plot.