How You Used to Know Me ~ The Spider

Have I used this music before? Please tell me! Oh, it's Star Wars! Fitting.

Nya's POV-
Harumi- no, Haru, stood before us. Her untied white hair blew in a slight breeze that I couldn't feel.
"Haru... HARUMI!" Skylor shouted. "What has Morro done to you? Tell me! Tell me!"
Harumi stepped up to Skylor at what must have been uncomfortably close. She cupped Skylor's chin in her hand
"I told you, Harumi isn't here anymore. My name is Haru. Goodbye!"
Harumi tossed Skylor across the room. As my redheaded friend recovered, I advanced in this so-called 'Haru'.
Haru twirled her blade, deflecting my every strike.
"You are skilled, Nya." Haru said wickedly. "Very strong, in fact. Strong enough to be the green ninja."
That stopped me. Long ago, Master Wu has offered me the concept of possibly becoming the destined Green Ninja. I had declined his offer. I tell myself I declined because I already had a destiny as Samurai X, and later the Water Ninja. I keep telling myself that, but that's not the truth. The truth is that I, Nya Aya Mizu, was afraid. I was afraid of a larger destiny, afraid it would consume me.
"Why... you." I snarled at Harumi. "What are you doing... to us?"
Harumi flipped me to the ground. I could feel blood and sweat trickling down my face as Harumi bent down to my level and cupped my face in her hands. Her nails dug into my skin.
"Isn't it clear, Nya?" The sugar-sweet was she said my name made me want to gag. "I'm here because of you. Don't you remember? Or has your brother made you forget? You took me in, when we were young. Kai, Kai loved me, but you always hated me. I figured you were jealous."
Harumi drew a knife and placed it to my throat.
"I couldn't see what for- Kai was YOUR brother after all, he was related to you. He was ALWAYS going to be WITH YPU FOREVER."
Haru kept blinking and shaking her head, letting go of years of secrets.
"Then I realized. I took your place. Kai would call ME little sister, though that was obviously your title. You confronted me, carrying your father's swords. Those swords. I barely made it out with my life. You- you know this. You haven't forgotten. Neither have I. I've known it was you since the moment I saw your face. Why... why did you join the elite? To torture me?"
I knew what Haru was talking about. Her words were true, in a sense. I, as a child, along with my brother, had taken in a small orphan who called herself Rumi. Kai started to pay more attention to Harumi, and I got jealous. I confronted her, she ran away, and we never saw of her again. That is, until I joined the Elite.
"You- you have potential, Nya." Haru said. "You could have been the Green Ninja, defender of the Gods! But you turned it down. Why, Nya? Why?"
Haru pressed the knife closer to my throat. I shut my eyes. Lloyd, the actual green ninja, had died due to Morro's possession only a few years ago.
I heard someone scrambling up and the sound of footsteps approaching us.
"Let. Her. Go." Said the voice of a certain over-confident redhead.
"Master of Amber!" Haru beamed Ashe released me. "So glad you could join us!"
"The pleasure's all mine, Madame Haru." I saw Skylor place her hand on her sword.
"I presume you heard Nya's and mine's little discussion?" Haru picked up one of my swords.
Skylor drew her sword. "Every word."
"Let's have it, then." Haru said, just before the two of them were launched into a duel.
I was faintly aware of Seliel moving me away from the action and nursing my wounds. Only faintly, though. My eyes remained transfixed on Skylor and Harumi.

Skylor's POV-
I dodged Haru's jabs. She wasn't skilled in swordplay, which gave me a slight upper hand. Other than that, we were equals.
"You're not the only one, Haru!" I shouted. "I've 'loved' Kai too. I know his games. There's nothing you can do about it now!"
Haru chuckled. "You think this was romantic love? The love of Eros? I loved Kai as a sister! He was the brother I never had! He- he was my only family! You'll never know how it feels!"
I stopped for a moment to catch my breath. "You're wrong. My father never cared for me, never treated me as more than a servant. It's not the same experience you had, but it wasn't exactly paradise."
I created a fire at my fingertips. Right at the moment I was going to fire it at her, I felt a painful sensation in my chest. All to late, I realized Haru had stabbed me.
The only thing I can remember is Haru standing over me before I blacked out from pain.
"That is for ever thinking you could compare to me, Skylor Reiko Chen, Master of Amber."

A/N: a little tragic backstory to darken your day! No idea where this is going... don't read the next chapter if you don't wanna cry! Also: MIDDLE NAMES REVEAL AMIRIGHT!!! (XD I'm crazy)

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