Moon Goddess of War Ascended: A Side Story – By Ocramed
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon, the God of War franchise and other properties belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a limited, crossover fusion story. C&C are welcomed.
Special Note: This is a sort of prequel to "Moon Goddess of War".
Part 2
In short order, the Moon Princess and the Ghost of Sparta were surrounded. However, it would be foolish to think that they were helpless in the face of overwhelming odds…
"What did you do to piss Maegera to this extreme?" Usagi said, as she picks up a nearby spear, and moved to have her back against Kratos, as the pair prepared for battle.
"I don't think the Fury had forgiven me for, well, cutting off her right arm," Kratos replied.
"Well, that would do it," Usagi said, as she threw her spear into the torso of one of her attackers.
Ever since she arrived into the past, the Moon Princess has gained experience as a proper fighter, especially since she had the Ghost of Sparta at her side to teach her the ways of war. As the result, Usagi has gotten good at death dealing, albeit reluctantly.
THUNK!
"Skreee!" screeched the bug man, as he collapsed into nothing.
"Just like old times, eh?" Usagi said with a smile. After a month of being confined, after a month of being tempted by the flesh, the Moon Princess felt liberated.
"With you, things never get old," Kratos said, as he yanks one bug man, draws him to the Ghost of Sparta, and then tosses him into another bug man, killing them in the process.
"Skreee!" crackled another bug man, as he lunges at Usagi with a large sword.
Not carrying for modesty, and focusing only to survive her predicament, the Moon Princess leaps above and over her attacker. She then grabs, the bug part of the bug man, lands on her feet, and then uses a classic judo throw that tosses her attacker over the side, but not before liberating the bug man's sword.
"Much better," Usagi said, as she took a few practice swings with her newly-acquired weapon. "I think I'll keep this…"
Usagi then looks up to see Maegera on Aegaeon's massive face.
"Kratos!" Usagi said, as she points to Alecto. "I see Maegera!"
The Ghost of Sparta, having destroyed the last of his enemies, turned to see the Fury.
"I will end this fight…NOW!" as Maegera used her bugs to assimilate part of Aegaeon's face, causing his massive mouth to mutate.
THOOM!
"Whoa!" Usagi said, as she tabs the floor with her sword, in order to steady herself.
"RRROOOAR!" Aegaeon roared, as he bits on the platform that Usagi and Kratos were on.
"Let us see you get out of THIS situation!" Maegera said. "HAHAHAHAHAHA-!"
"Let's see you get some cream on that bad skin of yours!" Usagi said, as she steadied herself. "Honestly, what's up with some people anyway...?"
Meanwhile, the Ghost of Sparta takes the initiative.
"Bunny, attack the exposed part of this monster's teeth!" Kratos said, as he sees more of Maegera's minions rising out of the floor. "I'll deal with these creatures!"
"I'm on it!" Usagi said, as she narrowly ducks a blow to the head by an attacker. She then plunges her sword to her rear, and then proceeds to hack away at the exposed tooth.
"Ha!"
WHACK!
"Ha!"
WHACK!
"HA!"
WHACK-!
Aegeon roars, as Usagi then moves to another tooth, to do the same thing. Unfortunately, she neglected to see one of Maegera's monster bugs, as it attached itself onto Usagi's back.
THAK!
"Ah!" Usagi screamed, as she desperately tried to pull the bug from her back, even as it begins to assimilate the Moon Princess.
"Bunny!" Kratos cried.
"Soon, you will be thoroughly under my control, Moon Princess!" Maegera said.
"Bunny!" Kratos yelled, wondering if he would have to kill his friend as well.
"SKRREEEK!" cried the bug.
"NO!" Usagi yelled, as her Crescent Moon Mark glowed…
FLASH!
Kratos and Alecto were both nearly blinded by Usagi's now-illuminated form.
"What…is this?" Maegera cried out.
"BUNNY!" Kratos said.
When the light died down, all seemed still, as Usagi emerged with…
"'Insect wings'?" Usagi said, as she sees her back. She also seemed to have elongated eyebrows that seemed to act like insect antennae…
"What manner of magic did this?" Maegera asked.
"Bunny?" Kratos said with hesitance, as he grips his weapons.
"I…I think I'm fine," Usagi said, as she fluttered her wings. She then sensed something.
"Kratos, jump!" Usagi yelled, as she leaps into the air.
Not thinking, and trusting Usagi's words, the Ghost of Sparta takes a leap of faith, as Aegaeon takes a bite out of the platform that they had been previously standing on.
CHOMP!
"I got you," Usagi said, as she grabs Kratos by his underarms. They flew across the way to another platform, and land.
"What happened to you?" Kratos said.
"I'm not sure," Usagi said. "One of the bugs tried to take over my body, and, well, I fought back."
"Well, you seem yourself enough," Kratos said. "Quickly: what is your favorite food?"
"Food?"
"Indeed, you are normal…I suppose."
"Hello?" Maegera said. "Remember me?"
Just then, Aegaeon's began to bite into the second platform that they were on.
CHOMP!
At the same time, one of Aegaeon's mutant hands pops up on the other side of the platform.
"Skreeek!" screeched the bug hand, just as he tried to plunge a giant talon into the Moon Princess.
"Bunny!" Kratos yelled. "Watch out!"
Using a move that Kratos had taught her, Usagi deflects the intended blow that was meant for her. The talon plunges into the platform she and Kratos were on.
THOOM!
She then takes her sword, which she had slipped into pocket space earlier, along with her spear, and cuts off the talon.
SLICE!
"Skreek!" screeched the bug hand, as he flails about in pain.
Kratos, seizing the initiative, uses his Blades of Chaos to latch onto the bug hand's head. He then swing about to ride it, so that he could use the creature against Aegaeon himself…
"Now, the tables are turned!" Kratos said. "Distract Maegera!"
"Right!" Usagi said, as she leaps into the air. She flies towards and above Maegera, while Kratos fights Aegaeon on his terms…
"Maegera!" Usagi said, as she wields her spear like a proud warrior maiden. "Surrender!"
"Never!" Maegera yelled. "A Fury does not bow to lesser creatures!"
Maegera lashes out with her insect arms, which cut the distance between her and Usagi.
"Ow!" Usagi screamed, as her sides were cut.
"You should have stayed with Tisiphone!" Maegera said. "I will not be so merciful where YOU are concerned!"
"Where my friends are concerned, I'm willing to risk it!" Usagi replied, as she threw her spear.
FLING!
KTCH!
"You'll have to do better than THAT, if you want to stop the likes of me!" Maegera said, after catching the spear with her remaining hand with ease.
SLICE!
"Ah!" Maegera screamed, as she realized that Kratos had used his companion as a distraction, even as she felt his blade slice into her belly.
"Remember our time together?" Kratos said mockingly, as he leaps off of the bug hand, and plunges one of his blades into Maegera's chest. He had used the exact same words that Maegera had used, when she had accidentally facilitated the escape of the Ghost of Sparta.
"Ack-!"
And, with that, Kratos and Maegera fell to a lower platform.
"Kratos!" Usagi said, as she flew down after her friend.
THOOM!
When Usagi land, she sees Kratos rising to his feet. He then retracts his blade from Maegera's still form.
THAK!
"Are you okay?" Usagi said.
"Yeah, I am," Kratos said, as he sees something that he needs for his freedom: the Amulet of Uroborus. He removes it from Maegera, and then turned towards his companion.
"You'll be okay, like this?" Kratos looked at Usagi with a wary eye.
"Um, let me try something," Usagi said, as she closes her eyes. As she kept them closed, her Crescent Moon mark glows…
FWOOMP!
"Do I look okay?" Usagi asked, as she felt her face. She had reverted back to her normal form…
"You do," Kratos said. "Oh, by the way, Happy Birthday, Bunny."
"You…remembered?" Usagi said in surprised.
"Yes, because, up we got sent here, you were prattling on, and on, and on about becoming an adult woman all last month," Kratos said. "Quite frankly, you should be married with kids by now."
"Well, where 'I' come from, women have a lot more opportunities," Usagi fumed. "We don't have to have husbands and babies right away, you know-"
"So, you've defeated my head-strong sister," said a disembodied voice.
"What?" Kratos said, as he looks around wildly.
"That sounds like Tisiphone!" Usagi said, as they both slipped under Tisiphone's spell, and blacked out.
A month earlier…
Usagi, wrapped in a cloak, trudged through the ice and snow, through the mountain village of Kirra. For the past two years, she and her companion Kratos have been on the run from the Furies, only stopping through Sparta a few times in order for Kratos to see his wife and daughter. Kratos did give his permission for Usagi to no longer extend her concerns to him. However, Usagi insisted that she stayed with the Ghost of Sparta, in order to make sure that the curse placed on him by Aries did not return. Unfortunately, even her cure could not heal a lonely heart.
"HOWLLLLLL…!"
Usagi quickly turned towards the source of the howl, and redoubled her efforts to finish the task of collecting meat. She stops at one abandoned home, looks around the room, and then bends down to gather the last of her traps, which she had set to catch vermin…the main ingredient for her and Kratos' meals. Satisfied with her latest haul, the Moon Princess uses a little-known short-cut back to where she and Kratos were staying for the time being…
"My darling, are you here?" said a voice from inside.
"Your wife is back in Sparta, Kratos," Usagi said, as she lowers her hood.
"Oh, it's you," Kratos said, as his vision clears up.
"You've been drinking hard again," Usagi said, as she hangs up her meat on a clothesline.
"Well, what else can I do?" Kratos said. "I'm exiled from my beloved family and Sparta."
"We keep going in order to keep them safe," Usagi said, as she lowers the basket that was strapped on her back. "I was able to get some bread, but…"
"But what?" Kratos asked.
"We can't stay here much too longer," Usagi said. "Most of the villagers have already left, and monsters are starting to show up."
"Well, you can leave then, if things get too rough for you."
"I made a promise, I'll keep it," Usagi said.
"Here, lay down."
Kratos shrugs his shoulders, and lies on the bed near the fire place. Meanwhile, Usagi gets behind Kratos' head. She then touches Kratos' head with her fingers. Her Crescent Moon mark begins to glow. During the past two years, Usagi has went to various priests and healers to learn how to keep Aries' curse at bay, but she knew that, ultimately, she won't be around to do so, whether or not she has any choice in the matter…
In short order, Usagi's mark disappears.
"That should do it," Usagi said, as she sits back. "How do you feel?"
"A little bit better, thank you," Kratos said. "I should not allow you to help me like this. It is not fair of me to take your life away from me like this."
"Then, I am glad that I have arrived," said a voice.
Kratos and Usagi were on alert, as they turned towards the darkened corner of the room.
"Who is it?" Kratos demanded.
"Who am I is not as important as what I offer," said a man, as he steps out into the open. He was tar black with yellow, glowing eyes, and he appeared to have amber stones embedded in parts of his body.
"Ah, a demon!" Usagi said in fright.
"I am NO demon," said the man. "However, I could be…a friend…"
Tbc.