Chapter 32: The End is Only the Beginning
Koaru knew that he was immortal, and that his carelessness had cost Amy her life, and he vowed to avenge her. He walked to Queen Beryl, who was waiting for him outside the remains of the walls. She still carried his Crescent Blade, and he wanted to get it back. He carried his katanas, a halberd and the glave. He also wore the Tritus Crystal, and he was absorbing its power, readying himself for the battle.
"So, you survived that fall?" Beryl asked as Koaru approached her. He shook his head, then with a shock wave of energy, he blasted his shirt off. He looked very impressive, since he had always worn loose clothes. Beryl now saw that his upper body was ripped, in both meanings. He sported an impressive six-pack, with muscular chest, shoulders, arms, and sides. All across this rock hard body were scars; from his torture from King Soul, the battle against the Mercury knights, the torture from King Mercury, and from all the battles he had fought in (hey, he's good, but he ain't untouchable). The Shadow Scar was glowing, spreading across his body, his eyes, the Yingkorogan (Shadow Mirror Eyes), were burning with rage, and he lunged at Beryl, glave swinging like a buzz saw.
"I will kill you!" Koaru yelled as he swung at Beryl's head, and then threw the glave at her as she ducked under the attack and leapt back. Beryl caught the glave and threw it aside as Koaru slashed at her with the halberd. She jumped to the side and the giant blade cut threw the ground, making a large scar in the Moon's surface. Koaru abandoned the halberd and drew his katanas, charging them with energy as he attacked. Beryl readied her staff, charging the red gem with her own energy, then blasted it at Koaru, who cut through it and continued for her.
"Enough of this!" Queen Beryl yelled as she struck the ground and poured energy into it. Koaru slashed at her, then couldn't move his arm. He looked, and saw that the six Shadow Yoma had resurrected, and were all heading for him. "Aw shit!" he yelled as he beheaded the one next him. It vanished in a flash of black fire, then reappeared eight feet to his left, attacking once again. Kaoru continued to fend off the Yoma, and strike at Beryl, who was trying to gather energy into her staff again. "Ok, enough of this child's play!" Koaru yelled as he poured energy into his blades, each one elongating to the length of eight feet, curving into a crescent shape, and glowing a bright blue. Koaru leapt into the air, and the six Yoma followed. "Fools," he said as he readied his technique, "go to hell, and say 'hi' to Hades for me. Tritus Razor Shadow Twister!" he spun like a Beyblade (yes you read that right) and created a giant black tornado which sucked in the Yoma and sliced them to pieces. This time, they fell to the ground in bloody chunks, and didn't get back up.
Koaru landed on the ground, slightly dizzy, then turned to block Beryl's attempt to behead him with his Crescent Blade. "When will you die!" she shouted at him as she leapt back and shot a beam of energy at him. "I could ask you the same thing." Koaru replied as he dodged the attack and swung at her head with his left sword. Beryl ducked under the blade and slashed up as Koaru leapt back. He landed and swung his body so that his left arm would face forward and his right arm would face back. Only, instead of his katana appearing in front of him, only a large gush of blood appeared. He looked and saw, to his horror that Beryl had severed his left arm from his body...right at the shoulder. He was no longer protected, or powered, by the Shadow Scar.
Beryl smiled in victory, holding Koaru's left arm in her hand, savoring the sight of the last of the blood dripping from the wound, painting the ground red. "You can't win now, boy." she said as she threw the arm aside, and Koaru used the last of his power to close the wound. "Well, if I can't beat you, I'll at least take you down with me." He ran at her and slashed at her head (yes, again), and she blocked the attack with the Crescent Blade, and Koaru parleyed, knocking the Blade out of her hands, but he lost his grip and his katana was knocked away from him. Beryl then summoned Koaru's other katana from the ground, caught it, and then ran it through Koaru's chest. "Got you at last." she smiled.
Koaru stood rooted; his own sword sticking threw his chest and back. He looked straight into her eyes, feeling the Yingkorogan fade from his own. He then grabbed the blade of the sword (Beryl was still holding the handle) and started to draw Beryl's power threw the sword into his body. "What? What are you doing?" Beryl panicked as he drained her energy. "I promised that...if I couldn't kill...you..." Koaru stuttered threw the blood dripping out of his mouth, "then I would take...you down...with me!" he shouted as he gathered all the energy into his right hand grabbed Beryl's throat. "Now...you bitch...we both die hereā¦and now." he said as the energy glowed black and silver. "No, you wouldn't!" Beryl cried in fear. "I have nothing left to live for, anyway...because of you." Koaru tightened his grip on her windpipe. "Tritus...Twin Blade Sacrifice...Omega!" Koaru's body glowed pure white, then all the energy he had created an explosion that ripped his body apart, with Beryl taking the full onslaught of the explosion (well duh, she is like...two feet away).
Queen Serenity, Luna and Artemis watched as the explosion shattered all the walls, buildings, and everything else within 2,000 feet of it to dust. Luna used her own power to create a shield around her and the others, shielding them from the blast. "Koaru..." she whispered as the dust started to settle. Artemis hung his head, his way of honoring the sacrifice made that day. Queen Serenity looked through the dust as it thinned, then gasped. "No...it can't be." Luna and Artemis looked up and shivered. Queen Beryl stood, barely alive, surrounded by the Six Shadow Yoma again. "Shit." Artemis said, then turned to see Serenity pull the Impearium Silver Crystal out of the silk pouch, which she carried it in. The Crystal glowed white, and Serenity closed her eyes. Luna nodded her head to Artemis. "It ends now."
Queen Beryl looked around, feeling that she had finally won the war, when she was struck from behind by the power of the Crystal. "Nooooo! I was...so close!" she screamed as the Crystal caused her body to vanish. She watched as the Six Shadow Yoma were turned into six different colored gems, which flew to Queen Serenity. "I'll kill you!" Beryl screamed as she drew a needle from her belt and charged it with energy, then threw it, piercing Serenity through the heart. Beryl smiled in triumph as the last of her body was dissolved into another dimension.
"My Queen, no!" Artemis shouted as he and Luna ran to the dieing Queen. Serenity looked at the two, then said, "I have little energy...left. The...Negaverse still exists...so the Scouts need to remain...more...then I do." Luna shook her head, and tried to heal her, but it wouldn't work. "You two...need to help the Scouts. I will...send you with them." The Crystal glowed one last time, and the fallen princesses were all surrounded by a sphere of pink light, headed down to Earth. Darien, Seifer, Greg and Glave's (it just appeared, ok!) bodies were also surrounded by the spheres and sent to Earth. From the dust around the large crater in the grounds, the remains of Koaru's body were surrounded by a sphere and also headed to Earth. Luna and Artemis' bodies then glowed, and they fell unconscious as they were sent to earth. Queen Serenity watched the spheres soar to Earth, the last planet unconquered by the Negaverse. "Good-bye...my child." Queen Serenity Moon closed her eyes, and passed on, joining her long past husband, Llander, Robin, and the other Royal families killed by the Negaverse, on the next plain of existence.
