Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Cursed Destiny ❯ Chapter 9

Nephrite stood still next to Makoto. They were in the small room in between the throne room and the outer court, where the Senshi and the Knights were. He could hear them mumbling on the other side. He held Makoto close. "Now, my kitten, we will destroy them and finally be alone to love each other, like we were meant to be."

He opened the door with a bang. "Now you Sailor Chumps, you die."

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Neflite watched Mamoru walk away. He was losing hope. He could hear the others, talking about the new power of the Elements.

"This power must have changed us back to what we once were. We aren't the Senshi or the Knights anymore, we are simply us. The symbols on our foreheads prove it."

Neflite thought it was interesting how the Knights all had the same symbol as the prince. The symbol of Earth, a circle with a cross inside of it. His had a variation, like the others, to show which part of the earth he was joined with. The others had variations too. He wanted to rest his brain; all of this was too much to take in. He tried to gather up his strength when a loud echoing bang interrupted his thoughts. A deep voice, so similar to his voice, boomed out, "Now you Sailor Chumps, you die."

Neflite growled. That jerk had his arm around Makoto.

"What's wrong brother? Jealous that I am the one with the beautiful princess while you are stuck fighting against the most powerful warrior in the solar system."

Haruka spoke up, "Makoto is easily defeated by the Outer Senshi. It has been proven before."

Nephrite smirked, "Not anymore. Thanks to the powers of her crystal, the Gem and my queen, she is more powerful than anyone else alive. And she is under my power."

"So she isn't really with you, she's just another thing. A possession. She doesn't love you. She never did and never will," Neflite stared at his twin, "The love of that angel is reserved for me."

Nephrite's face clouded with fury before clearing to a calm, "Perhaps, but what will it matter when you're dead and both her soul and her body belong to me. I will win her love easily one you are gone. But for now…" Nephrite moved behind Makoto and wrapped his arms around her waist. He sneered at Neflite as he moved one arm to massage Makoto's breast while the other hand moved between her legs. He nuzzled her neck. Neflite could hear her moan and it squeezed at his soul. He turned away, trying to block out the sound. "Listen to her. Doesn't she make the most wonderful sounds? Moan for me kitten." Nephrite was giddy with glee and pleasure and becoming very aroused. Then he heard the one sound that stopped him cold.

Makoto moaned, "Neflite…"

Neflite opened his eyes and saw that Nephrite was frozen, Makoto had been released. She stood there as before, lifeless, soulless. He could hear Usagi whisper to him, "I think his control over her weakened when she was made to feel again."

Nephrite glared at Usagi. "I heard that Moon Princess. My power weakening? If that's the case…" He blasted Makoto with power, "Let's just up the control!"

The others were paralyzed and could only watch in horror as Makoto writhed in pain. She was shrouded in black energy. She collapsed to the ground as Nephrite let up on his assault. She got to her feet slowly, the dark energy still crackling around her. Her eyes were two black pools, no light reflected off of them. If it was possible, she was even emptier than before.

"Kill them."

She launched at the Outers, taking out Haruka first. The sword talisman was then stolen from Haruka's stilled hand and used to cut Michiru's throat. Makoto flipped into the air and smashed Michiru's face into the floor. A slash at the Time Key and the Glaive cut them in half, rendered useless. Setsuna was slammed into the door and Hotaru's neck was snapped back before she fell to the floor. Both were unconscious.

The Inner Senshi attacked next. Ami was the first to go down with the space sword in her gut, blood spurted onto her boots. Minako and Rei double teamed and fought Makoto together. Punching and kicking in synch with each other, neither of them could land a blow. Makoto dodged and blocked with phenomenal speed. She kneeled as the two girls missed again and punched them both in the stomach, sending them into the wall fifty feet away.

The Knights went next. Kunzite got a kick to the temple and fell like a ton of bricks. Mamoru was caught, lifted into the air and body slammed into Jadeite. Makoto swiped the sword from Ami's body and drove it into both Mamoru's and Jadeite's hearts. Zoicite took one punch to the nose before he fell. The only ones left were Usagi and Neflite. Neflite stood in front of Usagi.

"Neflite, what are you doing?"

"I can't let her kill you. When she wakes up, she'll never forgive herself. I'll die so that she'll wake up. You can revive everyone with your crystal right?" Usagi nodded. "So I'll break the hold on her, you can save everyone else."

Makoto was getting closer. Nephrite was gloating as he surveyed the eleven dead bodies. Usagi backed away from the two. Neflite stood his ground. Makoto punched with the left and Neflite dodged, but it was a fake as she punched him in the stomach. He winced, but grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her to him into a kiss. He had thrown them off balance and she fell into him.

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Makoto was in dark place. She couldn't move, nor did she want to. She was safe, could never be hurt here. The darkness was comforting. But something was bugging her. She was supposed to be somewhere. Be with someone. How long had she been here? Ever since she had seen the face of her captor, seen that it had been the same face as the one she loved. She smiled to herself; I'm in love with Neflite. All her memories had been revived by the Dark Queen, she remembered her first life. How the Princes of Earth had been tricked, how there had been two princes from the Tri sector. Neflite had been the shyer of the twins, Nephrite was more outgoing and had pursued her openly. Neflite would often bring her roses from the earth and blushed vigorously when he had presented them to her. She always made cookies for him, in return for the flowers. Serenity had often teased her about this. "Gee Jupi, you must be in love. You're baking for him!"

Silly Serenity, she had thought. But it was true, she had fallen in love with him. Nephrite had always believed that his gregarious personality would win her and had never accepted her choice. He had brought her gifts, expensive ones too, from all over his kingdom. None of the gifts had been even close to what she would have liked. One gift had been a painting; another had been a sculpture of Nephrite. All the gifts were given to her in front of everybody else, a show of sorts.

Neflite on the other hand gave her items like a bow made of the finest materials and a sword of the hardest metal. One time he had given her a large chest, so she could keep her weapons safe and in order. He always caught her alone to give her gifts. He was always so bashful around her. He feared his brother, afraid of what Nephrite would do if he found out they both loved the same girl.

But Nephrite had found out. He had gone ballistic and tried to kill his own brother, thinking that with him gone, Jupiter would fall in love with him. Neflite had stopped him. He had trained with the best warriors from the planet of Jupiter, including the princess, though his sessions with her often ended with them making out. Nephrite never stood a chance. He was tried and convicted of betrayal and sentenced to the prisons of Jupiter. Shortly after, as the earth was taken over, the other planets in the system were also conquered by the dark forces. The prison was liberated and the royalty of each planet was killed. The princes had been brainwashed, only Endymion had been immune. And he had killed her. Neflite had killed her. She had been hurt by that fact, but had understood and with her last breath, she had said, "I forgive you.", because he hadn't even known it was her he was killing. All he had seen were enemies, not any of his friends from the moon.

Time meant nothing in the dark place. She might have been here for seconds or forever. Sometimes, there was light, little flashes and she could see faded images in the light.

It hit her just then, a feeling. Neflite was touching her, asking her to moan for him. With the way he was touching her, it wasn't hard. His name escaped her lips, and then there was pain. Like when she had first been put in the dark place. Only this pain was much greater. It chilled her soul, made her feel dirty and contaminated. She could feel hate and anger radiating in the pain. She lashed out, using that hatred and anger. Suddenly, she felt a warmth on her lips that reached to her heart. She could feel the coldness of the dark place fade away and a warmth blossom beneath her. She opened her eyes and saw that Neflite was beneath her looking tired, hurt and dirty.

"Neflite?"