"So
are you going to fight us or not?" the Sun said after many moments, the Moon had no nerve to speak with the universe eyeing her so greedily.
The
universe turned is glittering gaze on the Sun, a faint look of
superiority crossing its face as it did so. "You no." it said to the
Sun. "But her," it paused and looked at the Moon again.
The Sun looked at the universe and saw a hungry look in its eyes, stars flashed excitedly. "No." said the Sun.
The
universe looked down at the Sun, the look of disgust evident. "You," it
spat out, walking towards the Sun with deliberate steps. "You are no
where near good enough to warrant me even considering to duel you." the
universe stopped two steps shy of the Sun. "Move aside." it spat again.
The
Sun stood still with determination. "No. We will fight you together, or
me alone, but not just her." he pushed the Moon behind him and backed
up a little, pushing her backwards.
"Please Sun, don't do this, I'll do it on my own, I can defeat it." she clutched at his shoulder, trying to get his attention.
"No,
Moon, I will not stand aside so you can fight this monster." the Sun
glanced over his shoulder at her, his stomach twisting as he looked at
his love, she was so beautiful to him, he didn't want to see her hurt.
He made as if to say something else but stopped himself short and turned
back to the universe.
"But
Sun, what if you get hurt, or killed? Out child Earth won't be able to
survive without you." as if in answer to the Moon's words the Earth
moaned in pain.
"And
what about me?" the Sun shouted, whipping around to grab the Moon by
the arms, pinning them to her side, not caring that he had his back to
the enemy. "I can't survive without you. I won't even be able to go back
to the way it was before. You understand? Do you!" he shook her hard
before falling to her feet, breathing deeply and clutching a fistfuls of
earth.
The
Moon closed her eyes and took a sharp breath, she dropped her head,
hugged herself with one arm and with her other hand she covered her
mouth, preventing any sobs from escaping her lips. She fell to her knees and pushed at the Sun's shoulder, encouraging him to look up at her.
"I understand." she said gently. "But while my absence will only hurt you, your absence will kill our whole solar system." she laid a hand gently on his cheek, tears glistening in the corner of her eyes. "You are far more important than I, please, let me do this, for you."
