A/N: I have no excuse on why I haven't updated in so long. But it's a new year and I want to get this story over with. There is one chapter left before this is over, and I never have to look at this story again. I've moved on from this fandom to AKB48. So if you ever want to see my work, check tumblr. Well enough of this long author note, go read the chapter you've been waiting for.
"Get the pups to a safer area!" Fate ordered a group without gear.
"Of all the times to attack!" Shizuru growled, cutting a rogue down.
More and more waves began coming in. As one was cut down another five appeared.
"Hello there."
Shizuru's body froze the moment the voice flowed into her ears.
"No way. Anyone but you."
"Is that any way to treat your intended?" A she-wolf with long green hair came out, a sadistic grin on her face, with her was another wolf.
"You'll never be my mate, Tomoe." The brunette growled out.
"You say that now, but you shall be mine, Shizuru." Tomoe sneered, as she pulled out her sword handle, a dark green flame shooting out. Wordlessly she lashed out at Shizuru, but only to be stopped by Natsuki's own blades.
"You can't have her!" She growled back, her emeralds narrowing in anger.
The wolf beside Tomoe phased to her humanoid form. "Please don't get in the way." She asked.
"Sorry, but no can do." Natsuki said, kicking her away.
"Yuki/Kiyo-hime/Julia/Setsuna/Fang/Light!"
The six guardians appeared just in time, as another wave of rogues came causing even more chaos.
"About time we got some fun!" Kiyo-hime laughed, slashing and kicking any rogue that came within range.
"Yea, I know." Fang agreed, her energy charging through her gauntlets, as she charged through a group of five without taking any damage.
Taking the chance to strike again, Tomoe lunged for Shizuru while she was busy holding off attacks. But once again Natsuki interrupted the attack, but this time she punched the wolf away.
"Do you not understand? Stay the fuck away from my mate!" She yelled, pouncing on top of the she-wolf, punch after punch landing on her body. The woman being beaten down just laughed, blood seeping from her mouth. Before the bluenette was able to land another hit, she was thrown off.
"Like I care what you have to say." Tomoe grinned, as she stood up, wiping the blood off of her mouth.
Blood boiling, Natsuki began charging at the woman, only to lose sight of her, as smoke filled the whole area. It lasted for a good five minutes, before it died down.
"Is everyone here?" Shizuru asked, looking around, nods were the answer for now. "Mama was right. War is here."
Few Hours Later
Once the head check was over, and the heavily wounded were taken care of, the Leaders decided to double the patrol units.
"I can't believe there were that many rogues." Fate sighed, rubbing her head.
"We cannot allow another surprise like that to happen." Shizuma growled.
"We're lucky to only have injured and heavily wounded." Yukino added.
"Well the guards have been ordered to kill any stray wolves." Haruka grunted, her body was still on high alert, just in case of a night raid.
Silence
"I knew I should of killed that traitor." Shizuma punched the ground, her wild silver hair moving to cover her face. "How many sisters must we lose to gain peace?"
"None. We shall lose no one. As long as we work together, we shall never fall." Natsuki said, gaining everyone's attention.
Shizuru's hand managed to find Natsuki's before she added. "Yes, we won't fall."
'Or so I hope.' She mentally added.
Time Skip, A week and a half later
The Clan Leaders decided to station everyone in the event fields until the attacks died down. The clans were still situated the same, except the pups are in the center, surrounded by miles of adult werewolves. The temporary abandoned clan grounds have nothing, since it was too risky that the rogues would acquire anything of worth.
The air around the grounds was tense, as patrol units circled around, and hunting parties were constantly being sent out by the hour.
"How are our recovering sisters doing?" Yumi asked, as she entered Yukino's tent.
"Another day and everyone should be just fine." Yukino replied.
Those not patrolling, hunting, or healing are training. Yumi went back to where her fellow leaders were, and reported how the status was.
"Tomorrow huh?" Shizuma hummed. "Then two days from now, we shall strike back."
"Are you crazy!" Fate asked.
"Hell yes I am! We don't and shouldn't drag this on longer than necessary. "
"If! We do attack within the two days. What is the plan?" Nanoha asked.
"We have to bait them into something big. Half of the troops will go and attack them, and after a bit begin withdrawing. Hopefully they will be foolish to follow us back. Archers will be stationed on trees ready to take them down, along with the remaining force to surround them. There will be no survivors. I need you six to do something." The silver haired elder pointed towards Natsuki's group.
"What is that?"
"Take out Tomoe and her guardian. So long as she lives, there will be no peace in this forest."
Everyone nodded.
"When the moon rises, they shall fall!"
Howls of excitement and drums of war echoed through the forest.
"Damn, this is getting serious." Chie cursed, scratching the back of her head.
"Whatever happens, we do this together." Aoi said, hugging onto Chie's arm.
"That Guardian of Tomoe, there's something different about her." Yuki said, gaining everyone attention.
"I saw it too, almost like she doesn't want to do this. Her eyes were filled with sorrow and regret." Natsuki nodded. "Is it possible to hate your master?" She added.
"It's happened before, but guardians cannot exist with their masters." Shizuru said.
"If that's the case I almost feel bad for her." Kiyo-hime hummed. "Is it possible to change masters?"
Yukino cleared her throat. "It is possible, but the guardian and new master must agree."
"Does the master have to be a pure blood?" Natsuki asked, already having an idea on who could be the new master.
"No, why do you ask?" Yukino asked.
"Cause I know just the person for the job." Natsuki grinned.
"You want me to do what?" Chikane asked.
"To become-" Natsuki was about to repeat herself, but was cut off.
"I know that you said, but I'm not a pure blood, and how do you know that's what she wants?"
"Just a hunch. But if it's true, will you do it?"
"Yes, I would. Only if it's to free her from that burden she calls a master."
"Alright." Natsuki left the tent, just to see her group waiting outside with an answer. She simply smiled and held her thumb up. "Now for step two."
The group snuck out the field.
Rogue Territory
"This place looks like shit." Nao whispered, just to get smacked upside her head by Natsuki.
Glaring her warning, Nao kept quiet.
"Keep your eyes and ears alert, and footsteps light." Natsuki whispered back to everyone.
Nodding, they continued into the unsafe territory. 15 minutes of walking they finally found her.
"How are we going to get her to-" Chie was interrupted, as the she-wolf made her way over here without alerting anyone.
"Are you here to free me?" She asked, a spark of hope in her eyes.
"Yes, but how do you know?" Shizuru asked.
"I've been dreaming of this day. I still pray to the moon goddess in secret and told me in a dream a few nights ago to wait." She explained.
Accepting her reasoning, Natsuki nodded. "Come on, we can't stay here any longer than needed." She then phased, and waited until everyone was ready, before made a run for it.
"Ready?" Yukino asked.
Both parties within the circle nodded.
Yukino snapped her fingers and a blue fire came to life around the two of them. When if died down, everyone saw the guardian had completely changed.
"You changed." Chikane noted.
"Yes, I've been reborn. The moon goddess blessed me with a new name as well." The once black haired guardian said with a smile. Her long silver hair now touching her shoulders, she ran hand through it. "Saya, the Reborn. The Moon Goddess has also given you a gift as well Master." Saya said, touching Chikane's forehead.
A small crescent moon glowed on head and gear appeared on her body.
"She made me a pureblood." Tears of happiness began flowing from her Chikane's eyes.
The rest of the day seemed to have passed, as the sun was once again setting. You could see the restlessness in everyone, as they knew the moment the moon reached it's highest peak, it would be time for the final battle.
"My sisters! Tonight, we made a difference! Tonight, we make these lands pure. Tonight! We free not just ourselves, but our future generations from this bloodshead." Shizuma yelled.
Cheers and Howls broke out at the end of her moral raising speech, and just in time too, sun finally landed for the night, and the moon was just visible.
The thunder of footsteps echoed on the land, archers were climbing trees to get to their positions. The main six plus their guardians were taking another route, one that Saya had told them of.
"Damn this is a long ass trail." Yuki huffed under her breath.
They soon arrived at their destination, and old tree multiple tents set up on every branch, and at the very top was a fairly large home.
"I wonder how many are up there." Nao smirked.
"Only one way to find out." Chie laughed, jumping upward.
"I counted 46." Nao hummed, stepping over rogue corpses.
Everyone rolled their eyes at the statement, as they further continued into the last room of house.
"What do you want?" Tomoe's voice came from the very back of the room, she turned around expecting a scout, but was wrong, as she jumped up. "You all have some nerve coming into my territory." She snarled.
"This land was never yours!" Shizuru growled.
"You should be growling at me love." Tomoe forgot about everyone else and began taking steps toward her, just to have her path blocked by a familiar blue haired she-wolf.
"Why must you keep us away from each other." Tomoe sighed, a fierce glare on her face.
"I thought I told you to stay away from her." Natsuki stated, her voice was calm, but the temperature started to drop with each word spoken.
"Oh the pup thinks she has claws." The tealette taunted.
*Zuru, I've got this. Tell everyone to back up.*
*Alright, be careful My Natsuki.* Shizuru replied.
Once everyone outside the room, a wall of ice shot up blocking the exit.
"Two against one. You'll still lose once I summon my guardian." Tomoe smirked.
'Two.' Natsuki glanced over to see Yuki standing beside her.
"Thought I told everyone to leave?"
"Oh you did. But why should I miss out on this?"
Natsuki simply shook her head, before turning her attention on the other wolf.
"Akuma! Where are you!" Tomoe frantically called out for her guardian.
"Akuma? Black hair with red eyes?" Yuki asked innocently.
"What did you do!" She roared in anger.
"Grant her a new life and a better master."
"I don't need her anyway!" Tomoe charged blindly, rage consuming her body.
Natsuki easily dodged her attack, while Yuki kicked her in the ribcage, sending her flying into the wall.
"Pathetic."
Waiting for her to stand back up, both Natsuki and Yuki attacked relentlessly, only dodging whenever Tomoe would attempt to attack back.
"ENOUGH!" The Tealette bellowed, fire consuming her body the force sending the two of them flying back into the wall.
Other Side of Ice Wall
"What the hell was that?" Nao asked.
Shizuru and Kiyo-hime turned to each other, before turning to Nao.
"Phoenix Cry." They both responded.
"It's an attack that feeds off the life force of the user. If the user doesn't end the battle with it, it consumes the entire body, ending their life." Kiyo-hime explained.
"So if that freak gets a good hit on either of them its over?" Chie asked.
"Shizuru, you've got to warn Natsuki! " Nao said, worry written all over her face.
Natsuki's side
The room temperature was rising steadily, as each element was battling for control of the room.
*'Suki, listen to me. Tomoe is using a last resort move, if she hits you it's all either have to move first or let it die down.*
*Okay. Thank you for the warning.*
Natsuki glanced at Yuki, before turning her icy green glare back at the heavily panting Tomoe. Tomoe let an agony filled howl, before charging at the two before her. Weapons in hand, Natsuki had trouble the frenzy of attacks.
Yuki seeing the struggle on her master's face, summoned a cage of ice around Tomoe, she knew if would hold her for long, but it gave Natsuki a chance to move to safety before it melted. Using the melted water, she froze the Tealette's legs to the ground, it was the only part of her already flame free, meaning her time was almost up. With Natsuki in front, and Yuki in the back, the two quickly pierced her heart, swiftly ending life.
The lifeless body fell to the ground, instantly the wall of ice fell, but Natsuki fell along with it.
Shizuru rushed to catch her. "Natsuki!" Was the last thing she heard before she blacked out, exhaustion taking over.
A/N: She's not dead before you all start panicking. Review if you want.