Disclaimer: All rights to both "Fist of the North Star" and "Sailor Moon" belong solely to their respective owners, Tetsuo Hara and Naoko Takeuchi. I neither own these franchises nor do I profit from the writing of this story.
Author's Note: I know that most of the chapters seem episodic but really, I'm going to do my best to make subtle changes to the story so that it is not so "copy/paste" like of the series. One of these is changing a few names. Honestly, I preferred some of the dub names, such as Malechite as opposed to Kunzite. I will limit these changes to few characters though. Anyway, read and review people. Enjoy.
In the bowels of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl sat in her grand throne and was in an irritable mood. She had watched the entire battle between those meddlesome interlopers and Jedite. As she watched she realized that perhaps Jedite was right about his assessment about these girls. They were strong.
However that was no excuse for him to go and not only get himself killed but also to get one her top youma killed as well.
She sighed in as she felt an incoming headache come.
This operation was supposed to easy. Metallia had insured that there would be no obstacles and that she personally attended to taking out the only ones who could hinder them.
So why are they still meeting stiff resistance?
"Nephrite!"
Her call rang out across the great hall and it went heeded.
A column of white light shot out of the ground until is dissipated to show a long haired man in a general's uniform. He was taller and more robust than Jedite and had long, auburn hair that went down to his waist. He looked like a warrior bred to fight.
"Your servant comes to heed your summons my Lady." answered Nephrite in a strong baritone voice.
"Jedite has failed and has fallen in battle. So I command that you take his place of operations." said Queen Beryl.
"The stars have aligned in my favor. I am honored that you offer this job and I would be much obliged to take it. I will not fail you my Lady." bowed Nephrite.
"For your sake, I hope you are more competent than Jedite." sneered Queen Beryl.
"But of course. Jedite was a fool, trying to gather energy from a herd of humans. While fruitful, it is inefficient. Taking the very life force from one human should yield much better results. And the best part, my Lady, is that it takes minimal effort on our part to collect said energy." boasted Nephrite.
"Hmm...that does sound interesting Nephrite. Very well. You may be on your way. Remember, do not fail me Nephrite." said Queen Beryl with a harsh tone.
"I will not fail you my queen."
At the abandoned ware house Kenshiro and the others were training harder than ever. It had nearly a week since their battle with Jedite and they were not taking any chances.
The entire week their training consisted of transforming and then using their powers over and over until they nearly collapsed from near exhaustion. Toki had suggested that by doing this a repeated amount of times, they could start to gauge how they drew upon their powers and then applied that in their normal forms.
So far, they were making small progress thought it alot of work was still needed.
Toki herself could now summon her bubbles and subspaces at will in her normal form but could not use them as recklessly as in her transformed state. The Bubble Spray technique seemed to drain at her very body and just using it once got her exhausted.
Kenshiro could summon the tiara into existence now but she would often fall to her knees in exhaustion once that task was done. She could not maintain the tiara's existence for more than a two seconds before she would lose the concentration needed to sustain it and it would disappear.
Rei could summon small embers in her hands before she too would fall to the ground, exhausted.
Today was no different as they were at the Hikawa Shrine in the field in the back where they met up for their training. It was Saturday evening and they had all night to train if they wanted.
"Thank you Kenshiro and Rei for coming. As you know we have been making decent progress in tapping into the hidden senshi powers. I am proud of our progress and soon we should be at the point to where we won't have to rely on transformations. Today though we will be doing something different. Now Rei, you have already learned the very basic of Hokuto am I correct. Are you able to perform the Tenryū Kokyūhō?" asked Toki.
"That's correct. I managed to learn it only a day after our battle with Jedite and his accomplice." responded Rei.
"Very well. Then this will not be so lopsided after all. I want you, Rei, to fight Kenshiro. Not only that but I don't want this to be a mere sparring session. I want to see the killing intent in your eyes. We will not grow stronger in these bodies unless we are pushed to our limits. Fight you two. Show me your intent to live." commanded Toki as she stood there, her arms crossed.
Both Rei and Kenshiro nodded before they turned to face each other.
"I hope you do not take this seriously Rei. Do not hate me if you die." said Kenshiro in a stern voice as she cracked her knuckles.
"And do not hate me when I add another nasty scar to that pretty little body of yours once I'm done with you." sneered Rei as she got into position.
Both of them then glowed with a white aura that surrounded their bodies as they each drew one hundred percent of their body's maximum potential. Each stared each other down with cold gazes.
"Hawhoo!"
Rei dashed forward at near supersonic speed as she proceeded to hack away at Kenshiro. The blond haired girl saw this and grabbed Rei's right arm and held it up. She was going to end this right now.
"Atta!"
Kenshiro stuck her hand forward but Rei swatted that aside with her free hand and proceeded to slash forward at Kenshiro's chest.
Kenshiro jumped back but still felt a searing, stinging pain as she let Rei go. She looked down to find her chest and bosom bleeding heavily and she knew that Rei had managed to graze her. However she stood back up and just gave Rei a cold gaze. Rei smirked before she jumped in the air.
The blond haired girl jumped up to meet Rei as she stuck her foot out.
Hokuto Hei Ken!
Kenshiro managed to land a strong kick at Rei's face, which knocked the raven haired girl down to the ground. Rei managed to right herself and landed on her feet, but not before Kenshiro managed to get above her and tried to stick two thumbs on Rei's forehead. The raven haired girl grabbed both of Kenshiro's hands before they landed and did a somersault kick.
Kenshiro once again felt a searing pain in her chest as she was cut once more by Rei. Kenshiro landed on the ground hard and Rei was about to pursue her victory.
"This ends right now Kenshiro. Nanto Suicho Ken: Suzaku Tenshō!"
The blond haired girl looked up before seeing Rei come forward and make a swiping slash motion towards her face. A strong air current came out of nowhere and Kenshiro felt a sharp, searing pain on her face. Both her eyes stung as blood trickled down them.
"I missed. I was trying to slash your eyes out." said Rei in contempt as she walked over to the near prone Kenshiro.
However, Kenshiro was not done yet as she suddenly got up in a burst and managed to jam her fingers into the pressure points under Rei's arms, which made Rei scream in pain.
"I have struck the pressure point, Kyōsei. Your arms are now weak and useless!" said Kenshiro as she was breathing hard.
Rei growled in pain as she attempted to lash out at Kenshiro but soon found that Kenshiro was correct. Her arms did not move.
"W-What?"
Kenshiro then roared out in defiance as she then grabbed Rei by the collar of her Shinto uniform and held her up before jabbing a thumb at a pressure point just below the temple.
Rei cried out in pain before her eyes suddenly blanked out as she fell unconscious.
Kenshiro then threw the raven haired girl down to the ground before kneeling down herself as she breathed hard, her wounds now making themselves known.
Toki started to clap as she watched the ending.
"Great job. You fought with everything you had though I still noticed that you two still held back quite a bit against each other. Even so, the objective of this exercise is over." said Toki as she went forward and then knelt down beside Rei. At once she revived the raven haired girl and struck another pressure point to give her the ability to use her arms again.
"W-What happened?" asked Rei groggily as she sat back up and rubbing her head.
"You lost though you did much more significant damage to Kenshiro then she did to you. Look."
Rei turned around to find Kenshiro kneeling down, barely staying conscious as blood trickled down from the gashes on her bosom and face.
"Looks like I over did it, huh?" smirked Rei despite the fact she lost.
"On the contrary, you did exactly what I wanted you to do. Even so, I'm going to have to take care of this." said Toki as she walked toward Kenshiro this time. She then glowed in a white, glowing aura as she then struck the healing pressure points on Kenshiro.
Kenshiro gritted her teeth in pain but did not cry out.
Soon all three girls got inside the temple and Toki had taken Kenshiro to the bath room where she managed to clean out Kenshiro's wounds.
After about twenty minutes, they were done and Kenshiro managed to walk out clean and healed.
But the battle took its toll.
In addition to the scar on her stomach from the attack from Titus a week ago, Kenshiro now had an ugly, three slash scar running diagonally across her right breast and ended just below her sternum. Thankfully her face was sparred from scarring as that wound was not quite as deep and was able to heal fully.
Rei looked over at her handiwork.
"Your ruining that body Kenshiro. Its not even yours." smirked Rei.
"It is but a small price to pay. Once the evil is defeated these imperfections will be of no bearing." replied Kenshiro sternly.
"Well, I think that is all for training for today. I am very pleased with our progress. Next time, I'll join in and assess personally how far you have come." said Toki seriously.
"Then I am on my way." said Kenshiro as she stepped outside the temple and headed back home.
It was around nine in the evening when Kenshiro managed to get home. She had walked in and was careful to hide her scars from the girl's mother. Heaven knows she would go ballistic.
She was deep in thought as she walked and did not even notice that someone was walking before her before there was a loud crash as two people collided.
Kenshiro was not knocked down though she looked down to find that Ikuko was on the floor as she was holding her head. She got up and looked sternly at Kenshiro.
"Usagi, I know you can space out sometimes but you really need to watch where you are going." said Ikuko as she managed to dust herself off.
"I apologize. I will be going to my room." replied Kenshiro dully as she tried to go.
Ikuko was not going to have it as she grabbed Kenshiro's arm to stop her before she let go and nearly gasped.
"U-Usagi. When did you gain so much muscle?" asked Ikuko in both astonishment and slight concern.
"Exercising." replied Kenshiro simply.
"I-I see. Well, whatever you are doing keep it up I guess." said Ikuko in uncertainty.
Kenshiro nodded before she got inside her room.
Ikuko's eyes soon dropped as she frowned a bit. Her daughter had been so distant with her lately. Not only that but ever since her fourteenth birthday, she had changed so drastically.
The blond haired girl who was so hyper, willing to talk about nothing but boys and was late to school all the time was now quiet, reserved, on time for school and now mentioned nothing about boys. If she looked hard enough, it was almost as if her daughter looked burdened. Her eyes were different too.
What were once bright blue orbs so full of happiness and hope for the future now held an inner sorrow, so full of pain yet at the same time filled with strength and resolve. They were not the eyes of a fourteen year old but of an adult who had suffered and overcome much.
"Usagi..."
The next day found Kenshiro being dragged along with Naru.
Kenshiro did not like these escapades with the ginger haired girl but she had to keep the facade up of being the girl's best friend. Abandoning her on the fly would draw suspicion and that was something she wanted to avoid.
Kenshiro was rather fond of Naru. She was a child so full of life and hope. It reminded Kenshiro that she had a job to do and that was to protect people like Naru who only wanted to live their lives.
That said, Kenshiro did not always enjoy the activities she was forced to put up with and this was no exception. Naru had dragged her to watch a tennis match.
The tennis match featured a college student going up against a high school student and the high school girl was winning by a large margin.
"You see her over there Usagi? That's Rui Saionji. I have known her since we were kids and I'm so happy she's doing so well. Athletic scouts all over Japan are raving about her!" said Naru excitedly.
Kenshiro did her best to not roll her eyes. This was silly. She could be doing better things with her time, such as training. Watching a tennis match was not her idea of spending quality time.
As she watched, Kenshiro suddenly felt a harsh, powerful presence nearby. She turned to find a red corvette suddenly park at the tennis court. Out of the corvette came a tall, robust looking man. He had long, auburn hair and was wearing an expensive gray sports blazer with a purple button up shirt with khakis. He looked very well off.
Naru and the rest of the crowd gasped in surprise at the appearance of the man.
"Oh my gosh! That's Maxfield Stanton, one of the richest foreigners in this country! I don't believe that he is here!" cried Naru as her eyes widened in awe and surprise.
At once Kenshiro felt her stomach turn up at the sight of this man. She could tell at once that this man was not normal but that was not what made her on edge.
It was his power.
This man possessed a massive amount of power. Kenshiro did not know what this man's motives were but already she did not like him.
Maxfield walked right into the tennis court as no one hindered him.
He picked up a tennis racket and soon spoke to the girl across from him.
"I can tell that you are quite talented. Unfortunately, I can see a major flaw in your play style. Come. Let us have a quick round and I'll show you what you need to work on." said Maxfield with confidence.
The girl, Rui Saionji, gulped a bit in nervousness before hardening her gaze.
"Okay, you asked for it!" said Rui as she served to Maxfield.
Maxfield just calmly closed his eyes before returning the serve fiercely.
Rui just gasped in surprise as the return was far too fast and powerful to return. She looked down at herself in shame. Maxfield went over and stood before her.
"You have no aggression. Your serves are soft and pitiful. The person across you is your opponent. I understand that you respect them but in this game you have make them earn your respect. Go all out everytime. Do not hesitate. You do that and you will be great." said Maxfield as he grabbed Rui's tennis racket and sent in a strange force inside.
"T-Thank you. I'll be sure to keep that in mind." said Rui as she bowed, grateful for the critique.
"I'm sure you will. Good luck. I hope that one day I can sponsor you." said Maxfield with a smile as he soon left the tennis court and sped off in his corvette.
Kenshiro did not feel good about this strange man and at once sought Toki out.
"So you suspect this Maxfield man?" asked Toki.
"I do. I feel nothing but ill intent from that man. His aura is similar to Jedite but it is far stronger. I fear that our enemy may be getting serious." said Kenshiro in concern.
"Hmm...well the only thing I can say is keep an eye on him. That and keep an eye on Naru. I have a feeling that this concerns her very much. I can only hope that she is not harmed." said Toki.
"Very well." replied Kenshiro.
Despite everything, nothing out of the ordinary had happened in some time. Nearly a two days passed and the strange Maxfield had not made his appearance.
However, Rui Saionji was getting more and more aggressive. She was aloof to most people and treated her opponents like dirt. She even went so far as to breaking other player's rackets, much to their anger and dismay.
Naru had soon started to worry about her childhood friend but she was afraid. She wanted to ask, but not by herself.
Later that night, Kenshiro was meditating in his room when he heard a voice coming from downstairs.
"Usagi! Naru's on the phone for you!" said Ikuko.
Kenshiro got up and proceeded downstairs where she took the phone and soon spoke.
"Naru? It's late. Why are you calling?" asked Kenshiro a bit harshly.
"Oh Usagi its horrible! I'm so worried about Rui. She's been nothing but a big bully to everyone. I know that she should stop it but I'm too scared to talk to her by myself. Please Usagi come with me. I don't wanna do this alone." whined Naru from the other side of the line.
"I'll be at your store right now." said Kenshiro as she realized that something was going to happen and decided to follow her instincts.
"Thank you Usagi, thank you very much." said Naru in true gratitude before hanging up.
Kenshiro hung the phone up before proceeding to head for the door.
"I'm heading out. I'll be back in hour." said Kenshiro sternly to Ikuko.
"Wait Usagi! Where are you going? Its so late!"
Ikuko received no answer as Kenshiro soon left.
Kenshiro soon met Naru over at her store and made their way to the tennis courts, where Rui was playing against two semi-pro tennis players. By the looks of it, she was slaughtering them.
"C'mon! You guys are primed to go to the pros in a couple of years and you STILL haven't scored on me? How pathetic!" heckled Rui uncharacteristically.
"Let us go! We're tired. We've been playing for three hours straight!" cried out one of the men.
"Oh no, you can't leave right now!" said Rui as she then started to glow with a horrible, red aura.
Naru immediately left Kenshiro's side as she ran towards her friend.
"Rui! What are you doing? Stop this already, you've already won. No need to be making fun of them." cried out Naru.
"Get away from me little girl!" cackled Rui as she slapped Naru harshly across the face, knocking the ginger haired girl out.
The two men gasped in surprise.
"Let's get out of here. This girl is crazy!" said one of the men.
As they tried to leave, Rui suddenly cackled.
"Where are you going? The fun's just beginning!" cried Rui as the red aura soon dissipated from her body. Rui's body fell to the ground, unconscious, while the red aura soon formed itself into a monster. It was large with a tennis racket as a weapon.
The men yelled in fear before running away.
"Oh no you don't!" said the monster as she sent two, hyper fast tennis balls toward the two men running away.
Imagine the creature's shock when she saw the balls caught by a blond haired girl. What was worse was that she had no trouble catching them.
"I take it these are yours. Perhaps you want them back." said Kenshiro dully as she threw the balls back toward the monster, knocking it down and making it curse and scream.
"Get out of here. I'll take care of this." barked Kenshiro to the two men, who only nodded in agreement before dashing off.
The monster got back up and growled as it smiled.
"So you think you are a tough girl, eh? How about you take this!" roared the monster as hundreds of tennis balls all glowing with red auras levitated in the air.
"I'll knock you black and blue before taking your life force little girl!" cackled the monster as she sent the balls flying at super speed toward Kenshiro.
Kenshiro just closed her eyes as she drew out one hundred percent of her body's potential. Her body glowed with a soft, white aura before she opened her eyes suddenly.
Hokuto:Hakkei no Hō
Kenshiro's body glowed a bit more as the tennis balls soon started to get repelled from Kenshiro's body instead of hitting it.
All the balls just bounced off harmlessly to the monster's shock and dismay.
"H-How?" asked the monster in fear.
"A question that you will ask yourself for eternity in Hell." responded Kenshiro quietly as she zoomed forward. If she remembered correctly, Toki had said that the last monster they fought, Titus, had her pressure points mirrored from that of a normal human.
Kenshiro decided to take a risk and assume that this youma was the same. She made for the pressure point, Jinchūkyoku, which was normally located just above the heart near the aorta. Since the pressure points were mirrored in this youma, supposedly, instead of striking the monster on the left side, where the heart would normally be, she struck the right side.
She dug her fingers in and youma cried out in pain. The youma swung her tennis racket but Kenshiro caught the arm easily before violently gripping and breaking the youma's wrist. The youma now screeched utter pain and agony. Kenshiro soon removed her finger from the pressure point.
"It hurts! It hurts!" cried the youma in pain.
"Don't worry about the pain. It'll go away soon enough." said Kenshiro sternly.
"Really! Why!" cried the youma in desperation.
"Because you are already dead." replied Kenshiro as she just turned around and walked away.
"Wha-"
The youma never finished as she felt a searing pain run down the middle of her body. She yelled out in complete and utter agony as her body ripped itself apart before she fell down in two halves...dead. The body soon began to dissolve into ashes before finally flying away with the wind.
Kenshiro just sighed as she went over to Naru, who was just beginning to get around.
"U-Usagi! What happened?" asked Naru in confusion.
"You don't remember?" asked Kenshiro in slight concern.
"W-Wait! Rui! I can't believe it. Did she really hit me?" asked Naru as she was near tears.
"I don't know. Why don't you ask her yourself." stated Kenshiro sternly.
Naru looked over to see her friend, Rui, standing next to Kenshiro with a pained and guilty expression on her face. She offered her hand out to Naru.
"Oh Naru, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. You must hate me now. I'll understand if you never want to talk to me ever again." said Rui as she started to tear up.
Naru got up and just embraced Rui tightly and held her close.
"No! I'll never hate you! I'm just glad you're alright!" said Naru.
Rui's eyes widened in surprise at her friend's forgiveness but soon she started to cry in Naru's shoulder.
"Naru, thank you. Thank you so much for being such a good friend. I promise to never hurt you again."
Kenshiro could not help but smile a bit at the happy ending. Still, she knew that she had alot of work to do. With that said, she said her goodbyes to Naru and Rui as she headed home.
She would need to tell Luna and Toki about this new development.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoy Kenshiro mutilating Usagi's body through his suicidal training and fighting style. Believe me, at the expense of minor spoilers, Kenshiro is going to put that teenage body through alot more abuse and its going to get more and more nicked up in the future. Look forward to it! Anyway, read and review people, read and review! Hope you all enjoyed.