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-Moon Falcon
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Around the same time that Malachite decided to get his generals up and running, Mina felt like she and her scouts needed a good exercise. *(We all know where this is going)* Transforming, the inner senshi all trooped to the weapon room.
After picking out a few customized weapons of their choice, the girls walked toward the training grounds, deciding their face offs as they went.
When they arrived, it had been decided that Mercury would spar with Venus to help improve her fighting skills, and Jupiter and Mars would settle a long-standing argument on which was the better hand-to-hand combatant.
However, as Rei threw away her ruby encrusted short sword, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Surprised, she whirled around to come face to face with none other than General Jadeite of the Earth, who was, to her frustration, grinning like a mad man.
"Terribly sorry, Princess, did I startle you?" his tone was arrogant, as if he had meant to do just that.
"Not really." Her voice was sickeningly sweet, "But I was under the impression that a renowned warrior such as yourself would know better than to sneak up on another. I wouldn't have been responsible for my actions if you hadn't caught me so unawares."
To her utmost rage, he simply fueled her fire by bowing mockingly, a sinister smirk on his handsome features, "I am confident in my skills." He said simply. Big Mistake.
Flames dancing in her eyes, Rei turned to face him fully, "Are you, Lord Jadeite? Care to test your skills against one of the illustrious sailor senshi?" Her legs tittered underneath her, wanting to kick that smirk right off his face.
He raised his arms in an expression of feigned glee, "Why Sailor Mars, I thought you'd never ask!"
She nodded curtly to him and turned to look at her fellows, her violet eyes searching out their understanding of her situation. To her surprise, she saw all of them on different sites of the arena, preparing to engage in their own battles.
Mina was behaving politely to the hard Malachite, saluting each other in all the proper ways before beginning their match. Lita was still measuring up the tall Nephrite, as he stretched leisurely before her, his eyes never leaving her frowning expression. Lastly, Rei saw poor Ami in the midst of moving away from a fast approaching Zoicite. From the permanent blush on her friend's cheeks, she could tell that Ami did not want to be anywhere near her assailant.
Turning to Jadeite she said, "Shall we?" he nodded briskly and they set of toward the only open spot around.
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'How can this be the bubble headed lady that I saw this morning? I can hardly get a move off on her!' Malachite's mind screamed. He and Mina had chosen to go head to head in a traditional battle. Before, he had laughed inwardly at her confidence. Now, he groaned. 'Mal, you fool! This is one of the sailor senshi, ditzy princess or no.'
Mina was having similar problems of course, though hers entailed something a bit different, 'Why oh why did you have to unbutton your shirt, Malachite,' her psyche moaned, 'it should be illegal to look that sexy when you fight!'
Realizing she was somehow preoccupied, Malachite went in for a quick double sweep up each of her sides. His two crescent blades flashed in her eyes as Sailor Venus twisted away. Angry that she had let her guard slip, the Venusian princess brought her broad sword to swing at his torso.
Blocking her was none to easy, but the general managed. Finding that he was weakening, he backed away from her gracefully to regain his bearings. Mina allowed this after noticing similar conditions in her own body. 'I must find an opening to strike' she thought, frustrated. 'He can't keep this up much longer.'
'If I lose, I won't be able to look any of the others in the face for weeks. I can't let her get to me. If a woman should ever beat me, she will be a goddess. I will not be defeated by less. No spoiled brat of a princess will ever hold such a thing over my head.' Regaining his courage and calm, Malachite stepped forward, making the slow circle they had been moving in tighter.
Seeing her chance, Mina attacked him a few more times, studying his moves closely. 'His attacks are flawless, so I won't be able to get him there. His blocks and parries are perfect. Those two swords are like windmills.' Suddenly an idea found her and she let out a barely audible gasp. Two Blades! He blocked a single move with them both! The first thing she ever learned of double-edged fighting was that you must use the swords independently!
With a cry, she sprang forward, bending to hit his left leg in a clean horizontal swipe. Bending with her, Malachite brought both his swords down on hers, locking it in place. Giving a brief grin of triumph, he turned to look at her, only to be met with an elbow in his face.
The attack sent him reeling, dropping both of his swords and laying on his back on the grass. Gasping for air, he glanced up to be met with a sword point and a smiling Sailor Venus.
"A goddess she is, then." He murmured.
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Lita and Nephrite had agreed that a hand-to-hand battle would suit them both best. Bowing to him with fierce green eyes, Jupiter took a fighting stance. Nephrite laughed quietly, taking his own place.
She hardly had time to react as he came at her, a barrage of flying legs and arms. Lita swerved and blocked and ducked to the very last. She had the title of best when it came to such encounters and she wasn't about to lose it, especially to some washed up earthen general.
Finally pulling away, Nephrite smiled amiably, "You're very good you know." She was shocked at the sincerity of his words and immediately let down her defenses. Surprised at her reaction, but never one to miss out, Nephrite dashed into action, flinging his leg out to take her feet from under her. Lita was not to be beaten so easily though, and jumped away from the offending extremity.
"Pull yourself together, Lita!" she whispered to herself harshly, throwing a punch to his gut while bringing the other arm around in a sneak attack. She was able to land what was sure to be a bruise on his shoulder. He grunted in pain and fell back.
She punched the air in a short expression of triumph. This man was no match for the great princess Lita of Jupiter.
Nephrite looked at her with admiration. This young lady was doing things to him he never thought possible. He shook his head to rid himself of the thoughts. 'Later.' He told himself, 'Wait until later.'
Tired of waiting for him to act, Sailor Jupiter took the initiative and dove at him. Nephrite was more than a little startled by this and was instantly knocked to the ground, lying underneath one very beautiful Jovian princess. But alas, Lita had moved incorrectly at the last moment and instead of landing on him in a fighting position, she had sprawled all over him.
Noticing this, Nephrite's quick reflexes took control and, grabbing Lita's lithe form, flipped her over, so that he was on top. He had her pinned. Leaning down close, his lips brushed her ear as he whispered, "I believe that the match has ended, princess."
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Ami was ready to collapse into sobs from this frustrating situation. When Zoicite had first approached and asked that she duel with him, she had been perfectly ready to refuse adamantly. Then out of the corner of her eye, she had seen Mina nodding her head to the big general Malachite and walk off towards the fighting grounds. She realized it would be completely rude to shake him off and had accepted his offer reluctantly.
Now she was standing out here, dancing around his every move in a feeble attempt to avoid getting close to him. 'This is silly' she told herself, 'According to my calculations, he has an 87.4% chance at winning against me. Why did I accept this challenge?'
Zoicite, though he would never admit it, was hurt by the way she was acting. She had no need to fear him and he didn't like being treated like some common criminal. "Is this what you call a spar on the moon? I really need to adjust to your customs Lady Mercury." He taunted her.
Finally, she felt her blood boil. He could insult her all he wanted, but it was her duty to protect the moon, no matter how despicable the person she defended it against. With a harsh yell, she launched herself at the general, her 2 sapphire and silver long daggers moving at an impossible rate.
Zoicite gave a whoop of victory as she charged toward him, meeting her head on. Parrying her was almost impossible, he soon found. Her main factor was speed and she used it to its greatest extent. His fighting patterns were almost exactly the same as hers, his tendencies clashing with hers so that they were at a stalemate that was impossible to break.
Breathing rapidly, Ami did something he would never expect. She stopped moving all together. Not one muscle in her body twitched and she stared at him like a zombie. Zoicite was getting jittery under her ice blue gaze. He circled her carefully, watching her for any signs of movement or attack. None.
Sailor Mercury was smiling inside. She had finally kicked her brain back into action only to realize that he was predicting her moves easily, just as she was for his. The idea came to her quickly and she put it into action immediately. Putting a small freezing charm on herself so that her body would appear perfectly stationary, she waited and watched him as he went to circle her. Just a little bit farther.
Zoicite continued with his careful observation of the woman. He took the time given to him to enjoy her beauty, the sailor suit she wore nearly flooring him with lust. He wondered why he didn't simply assault her, but when the idea arose, warning bells went off in his head.
Coming to the point where he stood almost directly behind her, the earthen general suddenly felt hands gripping his shoulders and he was vaguely aware of the fact that Princess Ami was flipping over him. As suddenly as it started, it was over and Zoicite felt a silver dagger being pressed gently into his throat.
"Do you realize that I just won this match despite the fact that you were favored? I won with 12.6% on my side" she said softly in awe, more to herself than to her defeated counterpart, "I just defied my own logic."
Zoicite grinned wolfishly from his position, "That's life princess."
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Rei was, unsurprisingly, fuming. The damned man wouldn't shut up! He kept flattering her, showering her with various compliments until she was ready to scream in irritation. Obviously it had worked on some other ladies, inflating his head and convincing him of the fact that he was too charming to be true. Not this time.
As Rei took another swipe at him with her short sword, Jadeite was thinking, 'She is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. Her hair is like black fire and her eyes are a violet masterpiece. Not to mention she has a great rear.' He smiled roguishly at his thoughts, which only made to further infuriate his opponent.
She knew that if he kept this up, she would basically explode with all her pent up anger. She couldn't even take it out on him! He continually dodged her onrush of constant blows without a hint of difficulty. True, her hands were nearly shaking she was so mad, but she was a senshi, it shouldn't be this easy!
Jadeite quickly made use of an opening to get closer to her. At this point, he didn't even care who won this fight; it had given him more than enough pleasure from the mere sight of her. Getting an idea, he said to her, "Princess, how does having a private dinner with me sound? I would really like to get to know you better."
And that was when he sent the Fireball Martian over the edge.
Rei screamed her fury to the skies as she gathered her energy around her. With a twist of her delicate wrist, she sent wave after wave of fire chasing the unsuspecting general.
Jadeite felt the heat on his body not a moment too soon. Turning, he saw the fire zooming toward him. On instinct, he used his powers to teleport away. He turned up just behind the smug Rei. "That should teach him." She said.
Leaning in so he was right beside her ear, he said the one thing that came to mind, "Boo," he said softly.
Rei thought she was going to have heart failure after she heard that. Pivoting to face him, she was met by the point of a knife in her face. "You cheated." He spoke, wagging the knife.
Then she did the one thing that he would never have thought. Rei, fiery princess of mars, began to cry.
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What do you think??????? I thought it goes along with how I like the characters to be, so maybe you will too!!!! I'll be back soon! = )
-Falcon
-Moon Falcon
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Around the same time that Malachite decided to get his generals up and running, Mina felt like she and her scouts needed a good exercise. *(We all know where this is going)* Transforming, the inner senshi all trooped to the weapon room.
After picking out a few customized weapons of their choice, the girls walked toward the training grounds, deciding their face offs as they went.
When they arrived, it had been decided that Mercury would spar with Venus to help improve her fighting skills, and Jupiter and Mars would settle a long-standing argument on which was the better hand-to-hand combatant.
However, as Rei threw away her ruby encrusted short sword, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Surprised, she whirled around to come face to face with none other than General Jadeite of the Earth, who was, to her frustration, grinning like a mad man.
"Terribly sorry, Princess, did I startle you?" his tone was arrogant, as if he had meant to do just that.
"Not really." Her voice was sickeningly sweet, "But I was under the impression that a renowned warrior such as yourself would know better than to sneak up on another. I wouldn't have been responsible for my actions if you hadn't caught me so unawares."
To her utmost rage, he simply fueled her fire by bowing mockingly, a sinister smirk on his handsome features, "I am confident in my skills." He said simply. Big Mistake.
Flames dancing in her eyes, Rei turned to face him fully, "Are you, Lord Jadeite? Care to test your skills against one of the illustrious sailor senshi?" Her legs tittered underneath her, wanting to kick that smirk right off his face.
He raised his arms in an expression of feigned glee, "Why Sailor Mars, I thought you'd never ask!"
She nodded curtly to him and turned to look at her fellows, her violet eyes searching out their understanding of her situation. To her surprise, she saw all of them on different sites of the arena, preparing to engage in their own battles.
Mina was behaving politely to the hard Malachite, saluting each other in all the proper ways before beginning their match. Lita was still measuring up the tall Nephrite, as he stretched leisurely before her, his eyes never leaving her frowning expression. Lastly, Rei saw poor Ami in the midst of moving away from a fast approaching Zoicite. From the permanent blush on her friend's cheeks, she could tell that Ami did not want to be anywhere near her assailant.
Turning to Jadeite she said, "Shall we?" he nodded briskly and they set of toward the only open spot around.
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'How can this be the bubble headed lady that I saw this morning? I can hardly get a move off on her!' Malachite's mind screamed. He and Mina had chosen to go head to head in a traditional battle. Before, he had laughed inwardly at her confidence. Now, he groaned. 'Mal, you fool! This is one of the sailor senshi, ditzy princess or no.'
Mina was having similar problems of course, though hers entailed something a bit different, 'Why oh why did you have to unbutton your shirt, Malachite,' her psyche moaned, 'it should be illegal to look that sexy when you fight!'
Realizing she was somehow preoccupied, Malachite went in for a quick double sweep up each of her sides. His two crescent blades flashed in her eyes as Sailor Venus twisted away. Angry that she had let her guard slip, the Venusian princess brought her broad sword to swing at his torso.
Blocking her was none to easy, but the general managed. Finding that he was weakening, he backed away from her gracefully to regain his bearings. Mina allowed this after noticing similar conditions in her own body. 'I must find an opening to strike' she thought, frustrated. 'He can't keep this up much longer.'
'If I lose, I won't be able to look any of the others in the face for weeks. I can't let her get to me. If a woman should ever beat me, she will be a goddess. I will not be defeated by less. No spoiled brat of a princess will ever hold such a thing over my head.' Regaining his courage and calm, Malachite stepped forward, making the slow circle they had been moving in tighter.
Seeing her chance, Mina attacked him a few more times, studying his moves closely. 'His attacks are flawless, so I won't be able to get him there. His blocks and parries are perfect. Those two swords are like windmills.' Suddenly an idea found her and she let out a barely audible gasp. Two Blades! He blocked a single move with them both! The first thing she ever learned of double-edged fighting was that you must use the swords independently!
With a cry, she sprang forward, bending to hit his left leg in a clean horizontal swipe. Bending with her, Malachite brought both his swords down on hers, locking it in place. Giving a brief grin of triumph, he turned to look at her, only to be met with an elbow in his face.
The attack sent him reeling, dropping both of his swords and laying on his back on the grass. Gasping for air, he glanced up to be met with a sword point and a smiling Sailor Venus.
"A goddess she is, then." He murmured.
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Lita and Nephrite had agreed that a hand-to-hand battle would suit them both best. Bowing to him with fierce green eyes, Jupiter took a fighting stance. Nephrite laughed quietly, taking his own place.
She hardly had time to react as he came at her, a barrage of flying legs and arms. Lita swerved and blocked and ducked to the very last. She had the title of best when it came to such encounters and she wasn't about to lose it, especially to some washed up earthen general.
Finally pulling away, Nephrite smiled amiably, "You're very good you know." She was shocked at the sincerity of his words and immediately let down her defenses. Surprised at her reaction, but never one to miss out, Nephrite dashed into action, flinging his leg out to take her feet from under her. Lita was not to be beaten so easily though, and jumped away from the offending extremity.
"Pull yourself together, Lita!" she whispered to herself harshly, throwing a punch to his gut while bringing the other arm around in a sneak attack. She was able to land what was sure to be a bruise on his shoulder. He grunted in pain and fell back.
She punched the air in a short expression of triumph. This man was no match for the great princess Lita of Jupiter.
Nephrite looked at her with admiration. This young lady was doing things to him he never thought possible. He shook his head to rid himself of the thoughts. 'Later.' He told himself, 'Wait until later.'
Tired of waiting for him to act, Sailor Jupiter took the initiative and dove at him. Nephrite was more than a little startled by this and was instantly knocked to the ground, lying underneath one very beautiful Jovian princess. But alas, Lita had moved incorrectly at the last moment and instead of landing on him in a fighting position, she had sprawled all over him.
Noticing this, Nephrite's quick reflexes took control and, grabbing Lita's lithe form, flipped her over, so that he was on top. He had her pinned. Leaning down close, his lips brushed her ear as he whispered, "I believe that the match has ended, princess."
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Ami was ready to collapse into sobs from this frustrating situation. When Zoicite had first approached and asked that she duel with him, she had been perfectly ready to refuse adamantly. Then out of the corner of her eye, she had seen Mina nodding her head to the big general Malachite and walk off towards the fighting grounds. She realized it would be completely rude to shake him off and had accepted his offer reluctantly.
Now she was standing out here, dancing around his every move in a feeble attempt to avoid getting close to him. 'This is silly' she told herself, 'According to my calculations, he has an 87.4% chance at winning against me. Why did I accept this challenge?'
Zoicite, though he would never admit it, was hurt by the way she was acting. She had no need to fear him and he didn't like being treated like some common criminal. "Is this what you call a spar on the moon? I really need to adjust to your customs Lady Mercury." He taunted her.
Finally, she felt her blood boil. He could insult her all he wanted, but it was her duty to protect the moon, no matter how despicable the person she defended it against. With a harsh yell, she launched herself at the general, her 2 sapphire and silver long daggers moving at an impossible rate.
Zoicite gave a whoop of victory as she charged toward him, meeting her head on. Parrying her was almost impossible, he soon found. Her main factor was speed and she used it to its greatest extent. His fighting patterns were almost exactly the same as hers, his tendencies clashing with hers so that they were at a stalemate that was impossible to break.
Breathing rapidly, Ami did something he would never expect. She stopped moving all together. Not one muscle in her body twitched and she stared at him like a zombie. Zoicite was getting jittery under her ice blue gaze. He circled her carefully, watching her for any signs of movement or attack. None.
Sailor Mercury was smiling inside. She had finally kicked her brain back into action only to realize that he was predicting her moves easily, just as she was for his. The idea came to her quickly and she put it into action immediately. Putting a small freezing charm on herself so that her body would appear perfectly stationary, she waited and watched him as he went to circle her. Just a little bit farther.
Zoicite continued with his careful observation of the woman. He took the time given to him to enjoy her beauty, the sailor suit she wore nearly flooring him with lust. He wondered why he didn't simply assault her, but when the idea arose, warning bells went off in his head.
Coming to the point where he stood almost directly behind her, the earthen general suddenly felt hands gripping his shoulders and he was vaguely aware of the fact that Princess Ami was flipping over him. As suddenly as it started, it was over and Zoicite felt a silver dagger being pressed gently into his throat.
"Do you realize that I just won this match despite the fact that you were favored? I won with 12.6% on my side" she said softly in awe, more to herself than to her defeated counterpart, "I just defied my own logic."
Zoicite grinned wolfishly from his position, "That's life princess."
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Rei was, unsurprisingly, fuming. The damned man wouldn't shut up! He kept flattering her, showering her with various compliments until she was ready to scream in irritation. Obviously it had worked on some other ladies, inflating his head and convincing him of the fact that he was too charming to be true. Not this time.
As Rei took another swipe at him with her short sword, Jadeite was thinking, 'She is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. Her hair is like black fire and her eyes are a violet masterpiece. Not to mention she has a great rear.' He smiled roguishly at his thoughts, which only made to further infuriate his opponent.
She knew that if he kept this up, she would basically explode with all her pent up anger. She couldn't even take it out on him! He continually dodged her onrush of constant blows without a hint of difficulty. True, her hands were nearly shaking she was so mad, but she was a senshi, it shouldn't be this easy!
Jadeite quickly made use of an opening to get closer to her. At this point, he didn't even care who won this fight; it had given him more than enough pleasure from the mere sight of her. Getting an idea, he said to her, "Princess, how does having a private dinner with me sound? I would really like to get to know you better."
And that was when he sent the Fireball Martian over the edge.
Rei screamed her fury to the skies as she gathered her energy around her. With a twist of her delicate wrist, she sent wave after wave of fire chasing the unsuspecting general.
Jadeite felt the heat on his body not a moment too soon. Turning, he saw the fire zooming toward him. On instinct, he used his powers to teleport away. He turned up just behind the smug Rei. "That should teach him." She said.
Leaning in so he was right beside her ear, he said the one thing that came to mind, "Boo," he said softly.
Rei thought she was going to have heart failure after she heard that. Pivoting to face him, she was met by the point of a knife in her face. "You cheated." He spoke, wagging the knife.
Then she did the one thing that he would never have thought. Rei, fiery princess of mars, began to cry.
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What do you think??????? I thought it goes along with how I like the characters to be, so maybe you will too!!!! I'll be back soon! = )
-Falcon