Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Crossover With Non-anime Series Fan Fiction ❯ Dragoon Tales: The New Legend ❯ Chapter 3: Prison Break ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sailor Moon nor do I own the Legend of Dragoon. Well, I own the game, just not the copyrights or any of that legal stuff. They belong to Naoko Takuechi and Sony, respectively.

I've always wanted to write a crossover fic with Sailor Moon and Legend of Dragoon. Somehow the main character in LoD reminds me of Rei, so yea...Anyway, this is a first fic for mefa, so constructive criticism would be nice. Flamers, gawd, I really don't care for, so don't flame me; I'll just delete them. Anyway, shoujoai warning, so no likey, no read-ey.

Any questions or whatnot you can email me at turtlesaresocool@gmail.com



Chapter 3 Prison Break


In a cell at the tallest tower of Hellena prison, the young girl taken from Seles is led to a cell and knocked down to the floor by a rude Hellena Warden's spear butt.

"Be good in there!"

He shuts the door as a rat scurries across the floor; the girl curls up and crys softly.

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On a wooden, rickety bridge high in the tower of Hellena, where wooden rafters and platforms mix with pure cliff sides, a large monstrosity of a man named Souichi Tomoe, the Head Warden of Hellena Prison, is seen talking to the Cloaked Figure, his back turned towards the man, his gaze resting on the silent moon.

"Who in the world is the girl!? You can tell me," the massive man bellows.

"The world's future rests on her," is the vague reply.

"That's it!?" the head warden shouts angrily.

"This is enough information for you. Those of you who do not grasp the importance of a such a situation should just do what the order says."

Souichi makes a fist at the hooded being.

"I am not taking your orders! Only His Majesty, Diamond, can order me!"

'The fool...' the Cloaked Figure mutters in his head. He whips around, his green eyes calm and steely as he addresses the man before him.

"You must remember this. If you make a scratch on her, it'll cost more than your head. This is a direct message from Emperor Diamond."

Souichi knows he has lost this round with words, and lets out a scream of frustration.

"Argh!"

Turning from the cloaked one, Souichi stomps off, swinging his right arm wide and clipping a guard under the chin; the guard stumbles back, plummeting over the side of the railing to fall to his demise far below. The warden continues on, unfazed by this.

The cloaked one merely watches, pleased as the events before him unfold.

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A red armored figure emerges from a dense forest, arriving at the rocky cliffs near the sea, where she spots the great fortress of Hellena, many towers and spires spawning from the immense stone prison.

'Well, how can I sneak in?' Rei ponders. She hears a clatter behind her and jumps behind a large rock as an old merchant appears, dragging a large cart behind him. An idea spawns in her head as Rei leaps from behind the rock and secretly follows the merchant. They reach the large drawbridge to the prison. Rei rushes to hide behind the cart.

"...I see. Good meat and fish. Sir Souichi will be pleased," spoke the gatekeeper as he inspects the merchandise.

Curious, the merchant asks, "You bought a lot recently. Is there something going on?"

"It's not the business of a merchant like you."

"Oh, sorry, terribly sorry."

"I'll inspect the rest of the load."

Rei leaps out of the back end and hides on the side opposite to the gatekeeper as he checks the products in the back

"It seems to be okay."

He goes back to his position as Rei hops inside the cart.

"LOWER THE BRIDGE!" the gatekeeper yells, the guard at the top of a nodding as he started cranking a large lever.With a thunderous crash the iron grate bridge is lowered, and the cart passes into Hellena safely. They continue onward and stop at a large storage room. Rei waits until the merchant steps outside to speak to the other wardens before jumping out of the cart. She looks around, taking in the surroundings as she draws her dagger, sneaking out of the room. She reaches some stone stairs to the hallway and ascends the stairs. As the young woman reaches the top, a lone soldier in the room spies her and heads over, eying her red armor contemptously and drawing his sword.

"Intrud-"

The man collapses as a blood red dagger was buried in his throat. Rei walks over and retrieves her weapon, preparing to drag his body to a nearby area so that it would not look suspicious.

"Hey, what the-!" a group soldiers walk into the room to see a raven haired woman leaning over the form of their dead comrade. It seems like the noise had attracted some attention. They look at each other before charging at her.

'Shit,' was the final thought in the girl's mind before plunging into battle.

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"Move quicker! You have such bad luck! You will regret not being killed on the battlefield!" a prison warden mocks as he continues to push two Knights of Basil into a hallway.

The one with short blonde hair yells, "What do you mean?"

"You really believe you can live comfortably in the jail? Head Warden, Souichi, will feed you to the monster!"

"Feed us to the monster? I won't let you humiliate us anymore! If you want to kill me, kill me now!" He lunges toward the warden, ready to make a break for it.

"I won't let him!" comes a loud voice.

Suddenly a dead Hellena warden is thrown around the corner and a tall, brown haired woman brandishing a spear in pale green clothes and armor appears, twirls twirling her weapon in circles.

"Makoto!" the captive shouts, recognizing his captain.

"You little bitch! How the hell did you break out of your cell? Nevermind, it doesn't matter much. You can't escape from here alive!” With that said, the warden lunges at Makoto, a taser rod ready to strike.

“I’ll take care of this! Survive and go back to Indels Castle alive! Tell his majesty that-”

Makoto spears the warden in the stomach as the knights escape, only to stop abruptly as new warden appears to block their path.

"I won't let you!"

Suddenly more guards arrive, throwing the two knights over the railing and into the deep abyss below.

Makoto fights the other guard off and launches herself at the new warden. Before she could reach the man, though, the sound of steel clanging together brought their eyes toward the rickety bridge nearby. A dark head appears, the figure wearing bright red armor and running towards them with a long red sword held in one hand and a matching dagger in the other.

"Dammit these guys don't give up do they?!" Rei grunts as she leaps across the small bridge, cutting the ropes holding it to the other side as she reaches the brown-haired knight.

"You, who are you? Are you a dog of Sandora too?"

They both slay two more guards and then clash weapons, unhindered by the group of soldiers trying to get across the bridge.

"Who are you!?"

"Why should I tell you?" Rei growls as the other woman's spear bears down on her crossed swords.

"BE-CAUSE, it seems as though... we are.... on the same side here!" The two push against each other and the force causes them to jump back. Loud shouts draw them towards the bridge. The soldiers seem to have succeeded in creating a human chain to come across, and are charging towards them.

"Well, it seems we don't have time for introductions," the knight says grimly.The two fend off two more guards.

"No, we don't!" Rei replied, forcing her blade through the armor of a nearby soldier. They fight their way through the rush, still eying each other suspisciously. Bodies of dead soldiers litter the hallway as Rei and Makoto finally catch their breath. Makoto began to speak.

"My name is Makoto Kino. I am the head of the First Knighthood in the Kingdom of Basil," she breathed, staring straight into the eyes of the raven-haired woman before her. Rei stares right back, searching for deception in those dark emerald eyes, finding none. She finally speaks.

"Rei Hino. It does seem as though we are on the same side...for the time being."

"I cannot imagine there is anybody that intentionally comes to Hellena. What are you up to?"

Rei hesitates before answering, "I am here to rescue someone important to me. Have you heard anything about a young girl being brought here?"

"I am sorry, but..."

"I'll look elsewhere," Rei interrupts impatiently as she turns away, briefly scanning the area for enemies.

"I'll go with you." The violet eyed girl stopped, turning around.

"I thought you had to go back to the castle as soon as possible?"

"I don't know what brought you here to Hellena, but it's not that easy to go through alone. That goes for me too. But, if we work together, then maybe we can break out of here! Of course, with
the girl."

Rei ponders this for a moment. This Basilian knight made sense. It would be extremely hard to get out of this place, let alone protecting a young girl on the way. A long silence fills the room.

"How come you trust me? We've just met."

Makoto smiles slightly. 'I like this girl already.'

"The raid you made was quite impressive. You showed some skills with the sword back there, and it wouldn't have been hard to kill me, what with all the soldiers attacking us. But you didn't."

Rei contemplates the other woman's words. This woman could have killed her too, yet she didn't. Her words seemed to make sense, and those intense eyes held no lies. The dark haired girl came to a decision.

"Alright. Let's go together." The knight nodded, falling in step with Rei as they search the cells. The doors seem to be locked, and the two waste no time in searching the bodies of the dead wardens for the master key.

"Found it!" came a triumphant cry from Makoto. She held up a rusty key, handing it to Rei.

An hour later....

The two companions have already searched six cells, but Usagi seems to be in none of them. They enter the seventh one, but pause as they hear voices from inside.

"I didn't want to fight, why did I have to be sent to this hell? God, if I had only known, I wouldn't have offended them!" came a man's voice.

"The wardens were saying that the girl's confined in the second prison tower. Why are they making so much noise about one girl?"

The two warriors look at each other before rushing off to the second tower, killing off the soldier to enter a lift.

'Usagi, they had better not do anything to you or somebody's gonna get hurt,' Rei thought darkly as they enter the lift. She breaks out of her reverie and notices Makoto staring at her.

"What?" the dark haired woman asks indignantly.

"Nothing. This girl...she is important to you isn't she?" Makoto asks after a moment of silence.

"Well..its...well, none of your business!" Rei replies, turning her head to stare at the side of a large cliff. Makoto shrugs, unperturbed by the younger girl's tone.

"Guess it's not, just curious."

They continue to ride in silence and before long the elevator stop abruptly in front of a long, narrow hallway. They climb off and hide as a groups of soldiers clank towards them.

"The security is tight here," Rei whispers.

"Yes, this room seems extra tightly guarded. Doesn't it seem odd that there are so many guards for only one girl?" Makoto asks. 'This doesn't look so simple.'

"I intend to ask that directly to the head warden. But that's after we rescue Usagi," Rei says. 'We've got a score to settle, this Souichi and I.'

They wait until the coast is clear and head into a tower using the key and into the first cell. A rotting corpse greets them and the two step back, covering their faces from the putrid smell.

They leave the dark jail and hide again, spotting a heavily guarded cell around the corner. Rei peeks out from behind the dark corridor and looks back at Makoto. She points at herself, then the guard, and then makes a slicing motion across her neck while pointing at Makoto's spear. Makoto nods and waits as Rei walks out, sword drawn.

"You...you are from Basil?!" the guard yells as she spots the red armor. Rei slices at the female guard as Makoto leaps from behind her and silences the other guard with her spear.

"Who is it?" came a frightened voice from inside the cell.

"That voice...Usagi? Usagi, its me, its Rei!" Rei clambers over the bodies of the fallen guards and jams the key into the lock.

"Usagi..." Rei's voice was hoarse as she spots the young blonde. She had grown into such a beautiful girl.

"Is it really you, Rei?"

"Don't worry Usagi, its me. Who else would be crazy enough to come rescue you, odango?"

"Rei...its been three years since you've been gone...it felt like forever...Rei" Usagi cries, reaching for her friend.

"I know, I know. I'm here now, don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you," the violet-eyed woman whispers to the girl sobbing at her chest. Makoto's voice broke their little reunion.

"Hurry up, the guards are coming!"

Rei helps Usagi up and they walk out only to see guards surrounding the brown-haired knight.

"Get the girl! Don't let them out alive!"

Rei puts a protective arm in front of Usagi and draws out her dagger, twirling another curved red blade in her right hand. Makoto points her spear at one of the guards before leaping into the fray, immediately slicing open the belly of one of the guards. Rei deflects a taser rod from one of the soldiers with her dagger and swings her other sword at his throat, crimson blood shooting from the wound. As they fight the trio begin to slowly move towards the exit, running quickly as they reach the previous corridor.

"Usagi, are you hurt?" Rei asks as she glances over at her blonde companion.

"No, I'm fine."

"We can celebrate later; we are still deep within the belly of the enemy. We have to keep running or else we'll all be dead!" Makoto grunts as they rush to the lift.

"Yes, so let's go, Makoto. Usagi, stay close to me so you don't get hurt." Usagi stops abruptly and leans over on her knees to catch her breath before addressing her friend.

"Rei, I'm 18 years old now...I can fight too!" She grabs a bow and a quiver of arrows from a nearby weapon cache.

"Don't you remember? You were the one who taught me to use the bow before you left," Usagi yells.

"This isn't like when we were hunting little animals anymore. This is a life and death situation, so stop fooling around!" Rei retorts. However, Usagi stood her ground.

"I'm not fooling around," she says with dead seriousness in her eyes. Makoto looks over at her before looking at Rei.

"Look, I don't know what's going on, but its looks like the girl can defend herself, at least for the time being. Besides, you can't watch after her AND fight at the same time with the amount of people we're dealing with here," the knight reasons. Rei glares at the ground.

"I suppose you're right. Usagi...better make sure you have enough arrows there," Rei tells the blonde, turning her head around. Usagi nods brightly and the three step into the lift.

"Alright, now that that's settle, let's get the hell out of here," Makoto says.

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"Say that again!?" the head warden inquires angrily, whipping around and glaring at the two underlings before him.

"Well, well, the Knight from Basil broke out of her cell. I am sorry!"

"I am not talking about that, rat! After that!"

"The girl from Seles was taken by the guy in the red armor," the soldier stuttered, frightened at the expression on his boss's face. Souichi starts to choke him as he holds him up

"The girl was taken by the guy with red armor!?" he bellowed. The soldier in his hands behind to struggle as he tries to breathe.

"Argh, useless bastard!"

Th underling was thrown off the edge of the wooden bridge they are on.

"You, don't let them out alive!.... Wait, I almost forgot! Don't kill the girl; it's a direct order from his Majesty Diamond!"

"Aye, aye, sir!"

The remaining soldier runs away to help.

"If you fail, I will behead all of you! Get the guy in the red armor to me! I will dye everything else red with his blood!"

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Souichi is standing between the three companions and the horse pen, preventing them from leaving.

"So, we finally meet. You are the red one huh? I was expecting a man. What a pretty little girl. Tell me child, what makes you think you can just waltz out of here with the girl?" the head warden sneers.

"Looks like I just did," Rei answers smugly. Souichi's face contorts into an expression of anger.

"No matter. You and the leader of the knights will not be spare. My pet will have a lovely meal once I mince you up!" he snarls.

"Makoto, is this the head warden?" Rei asks, her eyes never leaving the massive figure before her.

"Yes, his name is Souichi Tomoe. His cruelty is well known. Even the people of his own country are afraid of him."

"You have such a calm face...or are you paralyzed from fear?" Souichi adds, pointing a large finger at Rei.

"You attacked Seles, didn't you?" the dark haired woman questions angrily.

"No, I just gave them the order."

"Then why did you have Usagi taken away!?"

"I don't know, Emperor Diamond just said to bring that girl back. The order was so trivial I added the new one of annihilating Seles," was the reply, the warden staring at the raven haired girl with a bored look on his face.

"Souichi Tomoe...dammit, you'll pay for this!" Rei shouts as she launches herself at the warden. He parries her blow with a large mace, throwing her back with tremendous strength. Rei leaps back on her feet, warily eying the man. 'He's strong, real strong. I have to make this quick.'

"Hey, you didn't forget to leave some Souichi ass-kicking for me did you?" Makoto appears beside her, her spear ready. The two look at each other before once again charging at Souichi. He block Makoto's attack and throws her towards the ground, the knight skidding on her feet as she landed. Rei, using the distraction, darts around his feet, placing various charms around his body before moving away quickly. She then claps her hands together, muttering incantations.

"Fire Soul!" The charms began to explode, covering Souichi and the surrounding area in smoke. Makoto raised a hand to shield her face, and Rei scans the area. A brief silence occurs before a loud roar reaches her ears. The red-armored warrior dodges just in time before the massive mace connects with the ground where she was standing.

"You think those stupid little pieces of paper could kill me?!" the enraged Souichi yells. Makoto growls as she parries his attacks. Rei rushes up to him as she delivers a kick to his head. This only stops him for a moment, the large man turning his attention from the knight to the violet eyed warrior. Makoto spots a break in his shin guards and spears him there. Letting out a roar of pain, Souichi swiftly turns around, reaching for the struggling knight only to find a silver arrow embedded into his arm, piercing his armguards. He spots Usagi in a few yards away, the bow still in her hands as she prepares to load another one. Rei looks over at Usagi for a short moment, and turns back to her enemy, delivering a strong sweep kick to his injured leg. She and Makoto, who had finally freed her spear from his meaty leg, back away quickly as a thunderous crash signals his fall. Thinking it was over, Rei turns to Usagi, whose eyes begin to widen as she looked past her armored friend. Rei and Makoto turn around to find Souichi struggling to get to his feet.

"Is he immortal!? Usagi, Makoto, we have to get out of here!" the red-armored fighter yells as she ran, pulling Makoto and Usagi towards the horse pen.

"Get on the horse, hurry!" Makoto urges.

"Bastard! Keep them from going even if it costs you your life!" the head warden shouts loudly.

"Raise the bridge, jail break!" a guard yells.

"Bring her back here, or you'll be dead too!" Souichi yells at the guard, who rushes away, stumbling as he runs to the front.

Souichi turns to see the figure with the cloak.

"When did you sneak in here!?" the large man asks.

"Should we tell this to his Majesty Diamond?" the intruder says coldly, ignoring the question.

"Wait! I'll bring back the girl!"

"Oh you will. Otherwise, you would be dead already."

Shouichi shoves another guard towards the exit.

"You go too, bastard!" He gives the Cloaked Figure a nasty look before limping away.

"Useless...hmph. It doesn't matter; everything is going just as I planned. Yes...they don't know they are in the palm of my hand." He watches the escape calmly from the top of the tower. The trio reach the drawbridge, Makoto jumping across just before it closes. They make a run for it towards the forest.

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Well, nothing much to say here.
Oh, I changed/combined some of Rei's and Makoto's attacks with the ones in the game. Don't know why, I just did it. Anyway, Ami'll make a appearance real soon, probably in the next few chapters.
Yeah, that's about it.