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Chapter One Knight In Shining Armor
"So how do you think you did on that test Hotaru?" Rini asked with a sunny smile as she walked happily beside her quiet best friend as they left the school grounds after a long hard day of high school. Hotaru had been studying for the math test all week long and Rini was glad it was over so that Hotaru could relax. Her friend wanted to be a doctor so test scores were very important to her. "I heard that question eight was a real killer. Personally I think Mr. Shimitho should be fired for working you guys so hard. The guy's psycho."
"Ya it was hard but it was suppose to be. Though he is rather hard on us." Hotaru agreed with a faint smile as she moved out of the way as two blonde cheerleaders went bouncing by. "So what time do you have to be home today Rini? Didn't you say you were going somewhere after school?"
"Oh ya, geez I almost forgot about that. Serena found this really cool old antique place and she suggested I go check it out seeing as I want to redo my room. Good thing you reminded me." Rini asked smacking her forehead while she rolled her eyes as though she'd just forgotten that most important thing in the world. "Wanna come?"
"Okay." Hotaru said with a wider smile at her friend's antics as they walked onto the sidewalk with their fellow students leaving the school walked around them on their way out. "Where is the store? I have to be home before six today." She added just in case.
"Its only three blocks away from here, near Mitto's ice cream store." Rini said motioning to the right. "So are you going to come?"
Nodding her agreement Hotaru and Rini started down the street talking happily about the day and what they might find at the store to spend their money on. The two young girls made a charming picture as they walked arm and arm down the street while the sun shone down from a bright blue sky. One with long bright pink hair and an equally bright personality, happiness and humor shining from her face as they walked by. The other was taller and slimmer with slight past shoulder length black hair and a quiet look to her that made her appear frail. She almost blended in with what was around her and if it wasn't for her beautiful looks she might have been successful in blending in with the scenery.
"So what are you doing this weekend Hotaru?" Rini asked after they'd finished chattering away about their day and teachers, while waving at a schoolmate who was walking by. " Got a hot date?" she asked fluttering her eyelashes exaggeratedly.
"Nooooooo." Hotaru said with a fine blush spreading over her face. She didn't date period and Rini knew it. Hotaru was far too shy around boys and she didn't have the kind of personality that Rini had. Rini attracted people where ever she went. They were opposites who balanced each other out well.
"Want me to fix you up with someone? I know just the guy." Rini said hopefully though she already knew the answer would be a quiet no. No matter what she did she just couldn't seem to get Hotaru interested in dating guys. Too busy reading and studying.
"No thanks Rini, but thank you for the thought anyway." Hotaru said with another quiet smile, her cheeks still slightly pink which only made her look more beautiful. Having such pale skin was a curse Hotaru thought with a sigh as she placed a hand on her burning cheeks. Just then she felt a large hand on her lower back, which before she could even register it pushed her forward towards the edge of the sidewalk. With a cry Hotaru lost her balance, falling off the sidewalk and rolled right into oncoming traffic before she even had time to process the fact that she'd been pushed deliberately.
"Hotaru!!!!!" Rini yelled out in complete terror as the crowd prevented her from getting to her friend. "Look out." Frozen in fear Hotaru didn't even have time to scream as she saw the large car about to hit her.
In that split second Hotaru put her hands in front of her face and prayed with all her might for life to be spared. As if someone had heard instead of the feel of the large car hitting her Hotaru felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and with a lunge throw them both safely back onto the sidewalk on the other side of the road. Feeling him twist in mid air Hotaru held on tight as they hit the concrete with a thud and went rolling till they stopped in the middle of the large crowd that had watched on with horror. Still in shock all she could do was lay in the protective circle of the arms like a child's rag doll, feeling nothing but the arms holding her tightly to him as though they'd never let her go. Finally coming to her senses she looked down at the man the arms were attached to and felt as though she'd just been hit by a bolt of electricity. He had deliberately twisted at the last second so that he'd take the brute of the fall and their was a slight look of pain in his deep brown eyes when he looked up at her with an almost eerie looking. Staring into them Hotaru could do nothing but gaze into the eyes who seemed locked to hers as well, like they had both been caught under some sort of spell. Feeling her heart beating rapidly she blushed bright red when she realized she was laying on top of a strange man in the middle of a busy sidewalk. Slowly she became aware of Rini standing beside them calling her name. Looking up Hotaru shakily got to her feet and was instantly engulfed in a huge hug.
"Oh Hotaru I thought you were going to...I thought.. oh Hotaru." Rini cried holding her friend tightly. "Are you hurt? Are you sure you should be getting up? Do you need an ambulance?"
"I'm fine Rini, but he might need help." Hotaru said before turning to look at her savior who'd also gotten to his feet with the help of a shopper. "Are you okay?" Hotaru asked blushing still as she looked at him shyly. He had short dark blue hair, the build of a football player and judging from all the sighing females around him they agreed that he was an absolutely gorgeous example of the male species.
"Nothing a little time won't cure. You're all right though." He said with concern written on his face. Blushing even more now Hotaru nodded.
"Thanks to you." Rini said with a huge smile. Running over she threw her arms around the startled man and placed a big kiss on his cheek. "Thank you so much for saving her."
"No problem." The man said with a grin.
"Thank you." Hotaru said shyly coming closer. "You saved my life."
"It was my pleasure." The man said and Hotaru had the strangest feeling that they'd met before. The way he looked at her, as though he couldn't look away stirred feelings she couldn't begin to understand. All she could understand was that somehow she knew him.
"Have we met before?" Hotaru asked unconsciously stepping closer and closer to him. "I have the strangest feeling we've met before.
"Maybe once upon a dream?" The man said with a grin that made her legs feel like Jell-O. "You certainly could be the girl of my dreams."
Blushing madly Hotaru felt her entire face turn red. Never had a good looking boy ever paid her so much attention, and he looked like he really meant what he'd said too.
"I'd better get going, I'm suppose to be meeting a friend shortly. He hates being kept waiting. So I'm afraid I'll have to say good-bye. I hope I see you two again sometime." Nodding in Hotaru direction he smiled and then headed down the street, not bothering to acknowledge the applause he was getting. Waving good-bye he turned back once to return the wave before continuing on his way.
"He's the best looking super hero I've ever seen." Rini said with a giggle as she watched the handsome hero melt into the crowd. "He can save me any day."
"Well next time I'd prefer not to be about to get hit by a car." Hotaru said with an unusual grin.
"You should have seen the way he moved, like a cat pouncing on his prey. He had you in his arms and off the road like that." Rini said snapping her fingers. "I didn't even see him, it was like he came out of no where. Like a guardian angel or something."
"Well whoever he was I owe him my life." Hotaru said staring off into the distance where he had disappeared into the crowd.
Damien shook his head as he made his way down the street keeping his eyes out for any signs of trouble. Boy he'd been on earth twenty minutes max and already he might have accidentally changed the course of history. Trisha isn't going to be happy about this he thought with a groan as he headed away from the cheering crowd and Hotaru. Definitely away from Hotaru. When they'd been lying there on the sidewalk Eli could have killed them both and he would have been to busy staring at her to have even noticed. And damn but he had no way of knowing whether or not Eli had caused the near car accident or it had just been an ordinary accident that hadn't posed a real danger. But he hadn't even thought about that when he'd seen her go crashing in front of the car which was not good. Because all he'd seen was Hotaru in trouble and he'd reacted instinctively. And I'm going to pay for it big time he added with another silent groan of pain. Not only was Sess going to give him a lecture but his back felt like the car had actually hit him. He'd hit the pavement pretty hard and he knew with a sinking feeling that after he met up with Sess their next stop would be to the doctor's.
"Is there a reason you look like you just got hit by a bus?" Damien smiled faintly as Sess appeared beside him as though from thin air. His friend loved to sneak up on people and was always disappointed when he was caught so Damien didn't mention he'd seen him coming before he'd spoken. Looking over at his grinning friend Damien smiled at the irony of his friend's words.
"Do I?"
"The last time I saw you look like this was the time you got hit in the head with that baseball." Sess said with a grin. He'd been the one who'd hit the ball. He hadn't meant for it to hit his friend. Scout's honor.
"Actually it was a sidewalk in this case." Damien said with a low groan. "The baseball was peanuts compared to this."
"How do you get hit with a sidewalk?" Sess asked with a smirk as he carelessly brushed his green bangs out of his blue eyes. "Last time I checked that wasn't what they were meant to do."
"You were dropped on your head as a child weren't you?" Damien said with a fake look of pity that made his friend chuckle.
"No more then you." Sess shot back as he zipped up his jacket a little more. Though it would soon be summer their was still a slight nip in the air and Sess was definitely not a wintery kind of person.
"I kinda hit the sidewalk." Damien said with a rather sheepish smile. "By any chance would you know if Hotaru was ever hit by a car around this time period?"
"You would no that better then me." Damien said with a suspicious look. "But as far as I know she didn't. Why do you ask?"
"Because the reason I hit the sidewalk was because I was saving her from being hit by a very nice Ferrari." Damien said with a half smile.
"Eli?" Sess said staring at him intently. "You'd think he could do better then to simply push her in front of a car. Then again he wouldn't be strong enough to do anything major yet." he added thoughtfully as he thought it over.
"I don't know, I didn't see it." Damien said with a shrug then groaned at the reaction his body had to the movement. "I just saw her about to be hit and reacted." he added knowing Sess wouldn't be happy
"You do realize that while we're here on earth we can't interfere in any way with what's going on down here. We're here to stop Eli, not help the Sailor Scouts or protect them from potential harm caused by anything other then Eli. If we do anything along those lines who knows what it would do to the timeline. One small thing could result in a multiple consequences. " Sess added with a serious look that said he meant business. "You probably got lucky this time but it can't happen again."
'I know Sess. It won't happen again." Damien said with a serious look. So much was at stake here, he couldn't afford to screw up. Heaving a sigh he tried to lighten the mood " If it's any consolation I don't think my back could take it any way."
"For Hotaru your back would take anything." Sess said with a grin. "And that's going to be a problem." Damien knew that his friend was absolutely right. There was nothing he wouldn't do for her, nothing. And yet in order to do what was right and complete their mission, he wasn't allowed to protect her. He had to stay on the side lines and try to remember that she wouldn't be killed.
"I know what I must do Sess. To much rides on this for me not to. But I swear if I see one guy hitting on her he's toast, and that's that." Damien said with a serious look of his own as he stopped in front of a medical clinic.
"Need a doctor?" Sess asked sympathetically as he read the sign over the front door.
"Badly." Damien said as he headed for the door with Sess at his heels.
***Well what did you think? Should I continue? Did it suck? Any suggestions on how to improve or continue. Please review with your answers and if you like I'll continue to post. Hope to hear from you and thanks for reading it.****
Chapter One Knight In Shining Armor
"So how do you think you did on that test Hotaru?" Rini asked with a sunny smile as she walked happily beside her quiet best friend as they left the school grounds after a long hard day of high school. Hotaru had been studying for the math test all week long and Rini was glad it was over so that Hotaru could relax. Her friend wanted to be a doctor so test scores were very important to her. "I heard that question eight was a real killer. Personally I think Mr. Shimitho should be fired for working you guys so hard. The guy's psycho."
"Ya it was hard but it was suppose to be. Though he is rather hard on us." Hotaru agreed with a faint smile as she moved out of the way as two blonde cheerleaders went bouncing by. "So what time do you have to be home today Rini? Didn't you say you were going somewhere after school?"
"Oh ya, geez I almost forgot about that. Serena found this really cool old antique place and she suggested I go check it out seeing as I want to redo my room. Good thing you reminded me." Rini asked smacking her forehead while she rolled her eyes as though she'd just forgotten that most important thing in the world. "Wanna come?"
"Okay." Hotaru said with a wider smile at her friend's antics as they walked onto the sidewalk with their fellow students leaving the school walked around them on their way out. "Where is the store? I have to be home before six today." She added just in case.
"Its only three blocks away from here, near Mitto's ice cream store." Rini said motioning to the right. "So are you going to come?"
Nodding her agreement Hotaru and Rini started down the street talking happily about the day and what they might find at the store to spend their money on. The two young girls made a charming picture as they walked arm and arm down the street while the sun shone down from a bright blue sky. One with long bright pink hair and an equally bright personality, happiness and humor shining from her face as they walked by. The other was taller and slimmer with slight past shoulder length black hair and a quiet look to her that made her appear frail. She almost blended in with what was around her and if it wasn't for her beautiful looks she might have been successful in blending in with the scenery.
"So what are you doing this weekend Hotaru?" Rini asked after they'd finished chattering away about their day and teachers, while waving at a schoolmate who was walking by. " Got a hot date?" she asked fluttering her eyelashes exaggeratedly.
"Nooooooo." Hotaru said with a fine blush spreading over her face. She didn't date period and Rini knew it. Hotaru was far too shy around boys and she didn't have the kind of personality that Rini had. Rini attracted people where ever she went. They were opposites who balanced each other out well.
"Want me to fix you up with someone? I know just the guy." Rini said hopefully though she already knew the answer would be a quiet no. No matter what she did she just couldn't seem to get Hotaru interested in dating guys. Too busy reading and studying.
"No thanks Rini, but thank you for the thought anyway." Hotaru said with another quiet smile, her cheeks still slightly pink which only made her look more beautiful. Having such pale skin was a curse Hotaru thought with a sigh as she placed a hand on her burning cheeks. Just then she felt a large hand on her lower back, which before she could even register it pushed her forward towards the edge of the sidewalk. With a cry Hotaru lost her balance, falling off the sidewalk and rolled right into oncoming traffic before she even had time to process the fact that she'd been pushed deliberately.
"Hotaru!!!!!" Rini yelled out in complete terror as the crowd prevented her from getting to her friend. "Look out." Frozen in fear Hotaru didn't even have time to scream as she saw the large car about to hit her.
In that split second Hotaru put her hands in front of her face and prayed with all her might for life to be spared. As if someone had heard instead of the feel of the large car hitting her Hotaru felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and with a lunge throw them both safely back onto the sidewalk on the other side of the road. Feeling him twist in mid air Hotaru held on tight as they hit the concrete with a thud and went rolling till they stopped in the middle of the large crowd that had watched on with horror. Still in shock all she could do was lay in the protective circle of the arms like a child's rag doll, feeling nothing but the arms holding her tightly to him as though they'd never let her go. Finally coming to her senses she looked down at the man the arms were attached to and felt as though she'd just been hit by a bolt of electricity. He had deliberately twisted at the last second so that he'd take the brute of the fall and their was a slight look of pain in his deep brown eyes when he looked up at her with an almost eerie looking. Staring into them Hotaru could do nothing but gaze into the eyes who seemed locked to hers as well, like they had both been caught under some sort of spell. Feeling her heart beating rapidly she blushed bright red when she realized she was laying on top of a strange man in the middle of a busy sidewalk. Slowly she became aware of Rini standing beside them calling her name. Looking up Hotaru shakily got to her feet and was instantly engulfed in a huge hug.
"Oh Hotaru I thought you were going to...I thought.. oh Hotaru." Rini cried holding her friend tightly. "Are you hurt? Are you sure you should be getting up? Do you need an ambulance?"
"I'm fine Rini, but he might need help." Hotaru said before turning to look at her savior who'd also gotten to his feet with the help of a shopper. "Are you okay?" Hotaru asked blushing still as she looked at him shyly. He had short dark blue hair, the build of a football player and judging from all the sighing females around him they agreed that he was an absolutely gorgeous example of the male species.
"Nothing a little time won't cure. You're all right though." He said with concern written on his face. Blushing even more now Hotaru nodded.
"Thanks to you." Rini said with a huge smile. Running over she threw her arms around the startled man and placed a big kiss on his cheek. "Thank you so much for saving her."
"No problem." The man said with a grin.
"Thank you." Hotaru said shyly coming closer. "You saved my life."
"It was my pleasure." The man said and Hotaru had the strangest feeling that they'd met before. The way he looked at her, as though he couldn't look away stirred feelings she couldn't begin to understand. All she could understand was that somehow she knew him.
"Have we met before?" Hotaru asked unconsciously stepping closer and closer to him. "I have the strangest feeling we've met before.
"Maybe once upon a dream?" The man said with a grin that made her legs feel like Jell-O. "You certainly could be the girl of my dreams."
Blushing madly Hotaru felt her entire face turn red. Never had a good looking boy ever paid her so much attention, and he looked like he really meant what he'd said too.
"I'd better get going, I'm suppose to be meeting a friend shortly. He hates being kept waiting. So I'm afraid I'll have to say good-bye. I hope I see you two again sometime." Nodding in Hotaru direction he smiled and then headed down the street, not bothering to acknowledge the applause he was getting. Waving good-bye he turned back once to return the wave before continuing on his way.
"He's the best looking super hero I've ever seen." Rini said with a giggle as she watched the handsome hero melt into the crowd. "He can save me any day."
"Well next time I'd prefer not to be about to get hit by a car." Hotaru said with an unusual grin.
"You should have seen the way he moved, like a cat pouncing on his prey. He had you in his arms and off the road like that." Rini said snapping her fingers. "I didn't even see him, it was like he came out of no where. Like a guardian angel or something."
"Well whoever he was I owe him my life." Hotaru said staring off into the distance where he had disappeared into the crowd.
Damien shook his head as he made his way down the street keeping his eyes out for any signs of trouble. Boy he'd been on earth twenty minutes max and already he might have accidentally changed the course of history. Trisha isn't going to be happy about this he thought with a groan as he headed away from the cheering crowd and Hotaru. Definitely away from Hotaru. When they'd been lying there on the sidewalk Eli could have killed them both and he would have been to busy staring at her to have even noticed. And damn but he had no way of knowing whether or not Eli had caused the near car accident or it had just been an ordinary accident that hadn't posed a real danger. But he hadn't even thought about that when he'd seen her go crashing in front of the car which was not good. Because all he'd seen was Hotaru in trouble and he'd reacted instinctively. And I'm going to pay for it big time he added with another silent groan of pain. Not only was Sess going to give him a lecture but his back felt like the car had actually hit him. He'd hit the pavement pretty hard and he knew with a sinking feeling that after he met up with Sess their next stop would be to the doctor's.
"Is there a reason you look like you just got hit by a bus?" Damien smiled faintly as Sess appeared beside him as though from thin air. His friend loved to sneak up on people and was always disappointed when he was caught so Damien didn't mention he'd seen him coming before he'd spoken. Looking over at his grinning friend Damien smiled at the irony of his friend's words.
"Do I?"
"The last time I saw you look like this was the time you got hit in the head with that baseball." Sess said with a grin. He'd been the one who'd hit the ball. He hadn't meant for it to hit his friend. Scout's honor.
"Actually it was a sidewalk in this case." Damien said with a low groan. "The baseball was peanuts compared to this."
"How do you get hit with a sidewalk?" Sess asked with a smirk as he carelessly brushed his green bangs out of his blue eyes. "Last time I checked that wasn't what they were meant to do."
"You were dropped on your head as a child weren't you?" Damien said with a fake look of pity that made his friend chuckle.
"No more then you." Sess shot back as he zipped up his jacket a little more. Though it would soon be summer their was still a slight nip in the air and Sess was definitely not a wintery kind of person.
"I kinda hit the sidewalk." Damien said with a rather sheepish smile. "By any chance would you know if Hotaru was ever hit by a car around this time period?"
"You would no that better then me." Damien said with a suspicious look. "But as far as I know she didn't. Why do you ask?"
"Because the reason I hit the sidewalk was because I was saving her from being hit by a very nice Ferrari." Damien said with a half smile.
"Eli?" Sess said staring at him intently. "You'd think he could do better then to simply push her in front of a car. Then again he wouldn't be strong enough to do anything major yet." he added thoughtfully as he thought it over.
"I don't know, I didn't see it." Damien said with a shrug then groaned at the reaction his body had to the movement. "I just saw her about to be hit and reacted." he added knowing Sess wouldn't be happy
"You do realize that while we're here on earth we can't interfere in any way with what's going on down here. We're here to stop Eli, not help the Sailor Scouts or protect them from potential harm caused by anything other then Eli. If we do anything along those lines who knows what it would do to the timeline. One small thing could result in a multiple consequences. " Sess added with a serious look that said he meant business. "You probably got lucky this time but it can't happen again."
'I know Sess. It won't happen again." Damien said with a serious look. So much was at stake here, he couldn't afford to screw up. Heaving a sigh he tried to lighten the mood " If it's any consolation I don't think my back could take it any way."
"For Hotaru your back would take anything." Sess said with a grin. "And that's going to be a problem." Damien knew that his friend was absolutely right. There was nothing he wouldn't do for her, nothing. And yet in order to do what was right and complete their mission, he wasn't allowed to protect her. He had to stay on the side lines and try to remember that she wouldn't be killed.
"I know what I must do Sess. To much rides on this for me not to. But I swear if I see one guy hitting on her he's toast, and that's that." Damien said with a serious look of his own as he stopped in front of a medical clinic.
"Need a doctor?" Sess asked sympathetically as he read the sign over the front door.
"Badly." Damien said as he headed for the door with Sess at his heels.
***Well what did you think? Should I continue? Did it suck? Any suggestions on how to improve or continue. Please review with your answers and if you like I'll continue to post. Hope to hear from you and thanks for reading it.****