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 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:35 am
Super Sailor Leto was lingering in mirrorspace, pacing back and forth between a few familiar mirrors. Did she want to make her first patrol since her run-in with Albireo and Pomona easy and drain drunks and homeless people downtown? Or did she want to take a little more of a risk and play in the park? She stopped between the mirrors adjusted the black brace that she had to put on after she henshined. Her knee was healing and her face was now only lightly bruised and yellowing rather than the bright blue, purple and red colors that it had been in the weeks before. While she knew her teammate (and roommate) would be pretty upset to see that she (and her henshin pen) were gone, Leto just couldn't stay in her room anymore. She couldn't play civilian for forever, she needed to be Leto, she craved it.
She had done enough drinking and hanging around to make up for the last year of being a Senshi and putting her civilian life aside. Now it was time to get back to business.
Finally making a decision, she stepped through a mirror and slipped out on the other side in the park. Through the very same mirror she had crawled back into after getting beaten by the two Super Senshi. She lingered for a moment, remaining in the surface of the mirror; observing, listening, feeling. And then she felt the aura of a White Moon Senshi and she stepped out of the mirror entirely. Brushing herself off, she moved out from the bush that the mirror was hidden in and took a look around, eyes narrowing.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:46 pm
Her first night after being released from the hospital was spent at home, with her mother gushing over how happy she was to have her little girl home in one piece. One piece was relative of course. While her healing ability was accelerated slightly because of her powers, she still carried a black and blue bruise on her jaw, which still ached every now and then. Her back too had a mark of her last fight, though it didn't extend over the entire span of her back now. It seemed to be concentrating it's pain to just to the right of her spine, where the bruise was the deepest. Add in a couple healing scrapes from hitting the ground. Other than those, she was fine. Her energy that had been stolen was replenished after a nights sleep and a days rest.
Her parents vowed to be more protective of her, a problem for a senshi that needs to sneak out to fight crime. So she gave it a week, and when her bruises shrunk a little more, her family returned to its normal state.
That night, Sailor Grus climbed through her window for the first time out on patrol.
She started down main street but, finding nothing there, decided the park would be her destination. There were always a youma or two floating among the trees that weren't too difficult. Instead of a youma however, she sensed a familiar, but still strange signature.
Mirror Senshi.
She froze, blood beginning to boil while her heart raced. Not again!
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:36 pm
When Sailor Grus first appeared in Sailor Leto's line of sight, she couldn't help but laugh. Seriously? Her again? She looked around to make sure her Senshi in shining white armor wasn't anywhere near-by. The last thing she wanted (or needed), was getting her a** kicked by an Eternal while she was still very much in the healing process. Regardless of her promises to both herself and her teammates to stay out of trouble -- and therefore away from White Moon Senshi -- Leto stepped into Grus' sight.
"Hey there best buddy," she said with a large, mocking grin.
Her hands went to rest on her hips, and she shifted uncomfortably to very obviously put most of her weight on her left leg.
"You look like you're healing nicely." Her eyebrows raised as she stood there casually, as if talking to an old friend.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:20 pm
The person was quickly revealed to be exactly who she didn't want to deal with. Sailor Leto stepped into sight, and she inwardly cringed while giving her injuries a once over. Looks like she wasn't the only one to get her a** handed to her.
"Oh hey girlfriend." She said with bitter humor, taking a step backwards. She really didn't want to fight her again, especially because that trick with the phone probably wasn't going to work again. She could only be saved so many times.
"Yes I am, a couple days in the hospital will do that to you. Coupled with a family that won't let you leave their sight anymore since you were 'mugged'." She said, shrugging. "I see your not incapacitated either."
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:50 am
"Awww, it's super cute that mommy and daddy wouldn't let you leave the house," she said, her voice practically dripping in sarcasm.
She took a few steps towards her, being careful not to put too much weight on her right leg. "Yeah, the black eye your awesome friend gave me is almost healed, although clearly," she motioned to her knee in the black brace that was only half-covered by her boots, "I've had a few other run-ins since I last had the pleasure of playing with you."
"Unfortunately for me," she was stepping closer now, looking Grus up and down as if eyeing her prey, "you White Moon Senshi are rather fond of double teaming me."
She cracked her knuckles habitually, her deep red eyes narrowing. "And unfortunately for you," said said with a slight upturn of her lips. "You're the first Senshi I've run into since I started feeling better."
If her superiors and teammates saw her now they would be raging over the fact that Leto was ready to get into another scrap rather than try to convince the Order Senshi to join the side of Chaos. She was a strong believer in fists first, talking later, which was very much the opposite of what she was told to do.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:19 am
She sneered at Leto as she shot back "He should have given you more than that." In fact, he probably would have if Grus hadn't been collapsing behind him. Heck, Grus may have saved Leto's life.
Leto should be thanking her.
She eyed the knee brace, and noticed her walk was not as smooth as it should be. So she had another run in huh? Which senshi's did this much damage to her? She wanted to ask, but Leto was getting ever closer, and looking hostile.
"Hey, if you had a partner you could do the same thing. Or are you a lone wolf type?" She took her fighting stance, careful to remember that her right wrist wasn't all there yet. She really didn't need to break it.
"I'm still not afraid of you. And I think I might be in better shape right now." Her stomach started to do flips, and she felt slightly nervous. What if one of them killed the other?
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:04 pm
Thanking a White Moon Senshi was the last thing on Leto's to-do list. "Should have, could have, would have... Didn't." That was all she had left to say in regards to Grus' male friend giving her more than just a black eye.
"A partner? I have an entire team," she said devilishly. "But unlike you holier-than-thou White Mooners, I believe in fighting my own battles. And I won't put my teammates at risk on my behalf." She smiled at her. "I'm surprised you haven't whipped out your fancy Senshi phone to call for back-up already."
She circled Grus, eyeing her fighting stance. "You're awfully eager to fight someone who could have killed you."
While it was obvious to the other Senshi that she was indeed in better shape than her, Leto would never admit to that being the case. Never show weakness. What Grus didn't know, is that while Leto was all confidence and threats, her stomach was doing the same flips as Grus' as she circled the girl nervously. She knew very well that while she was injured there weren't many battles she could actually win without causing herself more harm.
So tonight? She would probably be fighting dirty.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:36 pm
Her anger flared, and she clenched her fists. Let others fight for her!? She didn't do that! There were plenty of times she fought her own battles. Granted, they were mostly against youma, but battles none the less!
"I don't need backup for this battle." She said, watching her begin to circle. There was no way she was going to call Chaonis or anyone else for this fight. As much as she didn't want to fight Leto in both of their conditions, it looked like there was no backing out if it, or scaring Leto away.
She turned to face the mirror senshi as she circled, narrowing her eyes. When she thought that her nerves were going to break, Grus leapt towards Leto, drawing her arm back in a punch.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:52 pm
"Ohhhh... Suddenly someone's a whole lot more confident," she said with a wide grin.
Unfortunately for Leto, that grin would disappear when Grus leaped at her. Her eyes widened and when she tried to duck and dodge, her right leg decided it dind't want to co-operate. She was quickly met with a punch to the face and a shooting pain in her knee and she stumbled back a few feet until she caught her footing and steadied herself.
"Didn't your mommy ever tell you it's not nice to pick on injured people?" Ignoring the pain in her knee, she lunged back at Grus, swinging her right foot at Grus' side.
Evidently tonight Grus wasn't up for talking.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:03 pm
God she just wanted to get out of here.
She connected with Leto's face, and felt her hand jolt with pain. Hitting hurt! But the senshi of camouflage was a few feet away now, and she steadied herself. After the talk she just talked though, running away wasn't on option. She had to walk the walk.
"I think there's an exception when the injured person is the one that attacked you the first time!" She hissed as her foot connected with her side, under the ribcage and she stumbled backward, hand on her hip. Injured or not, Leto could still kick.
"Feather-Fall Strike!" She shouted, felling the white cloud rush by her towards Leto. The cloud flew at the dark mirror senshi, while Grus stood a few feet away, breathing deeply to counteract the nausea that was slowly creeping its way into her stomach.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:54 pm
Sailor Leto squinted, trying to peer through the cloud of feathers at her opponent. When she realized she couldn't see her, that meant that Grus couldn't see Leto either. "Leto Camoflage Illusion!" She called. Two could play at the hiding game. And quite frankly? As much as Leto would like to beat this girl's face in, she had to face reality and admit that she just wasn't able to fight yet.
When the feathers died down, Grus would be greeted by... Well, nothing. Leto was gone.
By the time Leto's attack wore off and she reappeared, the other Senshi would only catch a glimpse of her diving into the mirror she had hidden in the bush.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:09 pm
Grus was content to let the feathers do their work. She didn't want to get cut up after all. But when the magic wore off, she didn't see Leto anywhere. She ran over, cursing. She must have taken off with her camo magic or something. Grus swore again, but maybe it was for the best. Neither of them were in the shape necessary to fight. So she sighed, and walked away, still holding her hip. Another bruise to add to her growing collection.
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