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Michiru turned the corner, mildly surprised to find Hotaru out of bed. Her lover lay beside her daughter, looking up at her with smoldering eyes.

"Haruka, why did you run away?" She shook her head sadly. "You woke up Hotaru. I specifically asked you not to do that, didn't I?"

"Michiru-mama, I think I'm in the way," Hotaru said, rising to her feet. "I think I had best get out of the house."

"Of course, sweetheart. I am sorry Papa woke you up," Michiru told her. "Why don't you run back to Mamoru's apartment, and get Setsuna-mama? I'm a little worried about her. She should have been home by now."

"Hai, Mama."

Hotaru slipped past her, and began down the stairs. Michiru called sharply after her.

"Did you kiss Papa goodbye?" she asked sternly. "Because I'm going to kill her, you know."

"Gomen, Mama!" Hotaru ran back up, and held up her arms to Haruka. "Sayonara, Papa!"

Haruka kissed her back, and ruffled her hair. "You might want to kiss your Mama, too. I plan on killing her as well."

"Alright!" Hotaru ran back, and Michiru left a bloody kiss mark on her cheek. "Bai bai, Mama!"

"Run along, sweetheart, and tell Setsuna-mama to hurry home now."

Hotaru scampered off, leaving Haruka and Michiru to smile at each other.

"She is a good girl, isn't she?" Michiru noted.

"She is the best daughter anyone could ask for," Haruka agreed. "Ah, well."

Michiru gave a little sigh, then pulled her knife from behind her back, and flung it, point first, at Haruka's face.

Slamming into the far wall, Haruka barely escaped the knife's deadly point. She spun back around to face Michiru.

"Let's do this right, love."

Her henshin wand fell into her hand. She thrust it out, and called on her guardian for power.

"URANUS CRYSTAL POWER!"

Even as she disappeared behind the rushing winds, Michiru answered her challenge.

"NEPTUNE CRYSTAL POWER!"

Blue and turquoise light faded, and Sailor Uranus grinned at Sailor Neptune, both still bloodied and bruised.

"Much better, don't you think?"

"Much," Neptune agreed. She held up her mirror, and shouted, "SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"

Light shot from the mirror, streaking towards Uranus' chest. She did not bother dodging, instead slicing the attack in half. Then she leapt forward, her own talisman leading the way.

"SPACE SWORD BLASTER!"

"Oh!"

Neptune twisted too late, the glowing blade slashing the front of her bodysuit. Before Uranus could spin back around, she felt something smash into the back of her head. She hit the ground, somersaulted, and came up on her feet, then staggered a little to the side. Seeing the blood stained edge of Neptune's mirror, she laughed wildly.

"Bitch!"

Neptune giggled, then tossed the mirror aside. "Whore! Let's truly make this memorable. NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"

Water rushed up in ribbons, swirling into a ball between her hands. The ball shone, gaining the single ring of Neptune. The Senshi of the sea held it over her head, letting the energy collect, then thrust it out at her partner.

Uranus leapt sideways, tumbling through Hotaru's broken door. The attack shot over her head, and smashed out the window. A quick glance showed her the top of the tree outside was missing.

"Beautiful, my love!" she shouted. "Now it's my turn! URANUS WORLD SHAKING!"

The wind howled, and yellow light flashed. Uranus snatched it up in her fist, and felt the power pounding deep inside her. It grew into its own planet, blazing in her hand for a moment. Then she threw it to the floor, and it cleaved a deadly path towards Neptune.

The graceful girl leapt away, letting the attack hammer through the wall, ripping the bathroom to pieces. Porcelain tile soared through the air, and Neptune ducked as a silver faucet flew over her head.

"Oh, dear!" she yelled, then snickered. "Gorgeous! Absolutely gorgeous! Now, my one true love," she looked through the hole in the wall at Uranus, arching her eyebrows, "let's really rock this house."

"Hai, my sweet," Uranus agreed, chuckling. "Are you ready for me?"

"Come for me, love!"

Both laughed as they thrust their hands straight out at each other.

"NEPTUNE!" Aquamarine hair flew around her face, ribbons of water spinning around her body.

"URANUS!" The wind howled between her gloved hands, glowing with a fearsome, dark blue light.

"SWIRLING!" The water spun faster around her, and the world disappeared as Neptune found herself behind a surging wall of turquoise liquid.

"ROARING!" Uranus' voice barely penetrated the water, but she saw the blue wind ripping their pictures from the wall as it raced to its mistress's call.

"MAELSTROM!"

"TEMPEST!"

Water and wind raced towards each other, both pouring every ounce of will and passion into their attacks. It was pure, elemental fury, smashing everything in its path to rubble, and heading towards a cataclysmic climax.

Neptune's eyes met Uranus' in a shared mad grin. The lovers held each other's gazes as their most powerful attacks slammed into one another.

Blue and turquoise blasted them off their feet. The floor disappeared, and the roof shredded. Neptune felt herself flying, then falling. A single word ripped its way free of her mouth.

"HARUKA!"