Hullo again everyone! Some of you eagle-eyed people may notice that this is a repost. Still, I decided it was time I returned it to life!
On a side note, this will be a graphic yuri fic in later chapters. Please be mindful of that now and don't read if it offends you. Other than that, the pairing is ChibiXTaru. Enjoy!
Chibiusa yawned and rubbed her eyes, clearing the misty dollops of cloudiness. She slowly sat up in bed and then stood up, glancing at her clock she swore loudly and sprinted from the room. She was still in her pyjamas, and then after realising she skidded back around and dove into her wardrobe, emerging a few seconds later with a mismatched outfit of pink and purple. She was wearing pink dungarees, stopping just short of her knees, and purple stockings that hid beneath the dungarees. She had a purple t-shirt beneath the dungaree straps, 3/4 length sleeves over her elbows and a v-neck that revealed her shoulders and chest without being overly slutty. Inside her large dungaree pocket was her sparkly pink mobile phone, which rang loudly just as she was sprinting down the stairs, almost sending her headlong into the cupboard at the bottom. She answered the phone while running into the kitchen and heard Hotaru's cheerful voice.
"Overslept again, ne Chibiusa-Chan?" Chibiusa grumbled and grabbed a piece of toast from Usagi's hand, running back out the kitchen.
"Arigato Usagi-Chan! I'm on my way Taru, bear with me." With a rushed goodbye to Hotaru she stuffed her feet into her pink trainers and ran out the door just as Usagi caught up to her, grabbing her wrist and biting the toast.
"Iie iie iie iie iie. I'm going on a date with Mamo-chan; I don't have time to make more!" Chibiusa stuffed the rest in her mouth, speaking quietly to Usagi while spraying breadcrumbs
"And I'm going on a date with Hotaru-Chan, and I'm already late!" Usagi smiled and Chibiusa blushed heavily, running out the door, Usagi at her heels. They parted at the gate, both sprinting in opposite directions, and Usagi briefly looked over her shoulder to her would-be daughter.
"Good luck, Chibiusa-Chan."
Hotaru heard the doorbell and ran to answer it, smiling as she saw Chibiusa keeled over on her doorstep, sweat dripping from her forehead. Hotaru put a hand on her forehead and smiled, taking her wrist and guiding her into the empty mansion, sitting her on the sofa and laughing as she watched the pink haired girl slowly regain her breath. She blushed lightly, Chibiusa had turned 18 only a few days ago now, but she had been away with Haruka and Michiru, so they hadn't seen each other. Hotaru picked up a sparkly pink present from beside the sofa and held it behind her back as Chibiusa perked up to the sound of rustling paper. She looked suspiciously up to the smirking girl before her and tilted her head, leaning subtly around her in an attempt to view the small package in her hands.
"Is that a gift for me, Taru?" Chibiusa's voice was sweet as honey and Hotaru laughed.
"No wonder people can tell when you want something." Chibiusa shrugged slightly and then laughed. Hotaru grinned wider and sat next to her, deliberately keeping the package out of sight.
"Ok now Usa, this is specially for your 18th, hold out your hands and open your eyes." Chibiusa closed her eyes obediently and held out her hands. Hotaru gently placed the package in her hands and let Chibiusa take the weight of it. Chibiusa blinked her eyes open
"It's heavy?" Hotaru smiled and nodded, blushing gently as she waited for Chibiusa to breach the tissue paper beneath the sparkly pink wrapping. Chibiusa tilted her head slightly, seeing a tiny pink box with a silver ribbon crossed around it. Hotaru stood up nervously as Chibiusa lifted the lid, peering inside. She gasped loudly and Hotaru blushed heavily, watching her with peaked anticipation.
"T-Taru... It's so beautiful..." Chibiusa seemed speechless and Hotaru laughed. Chibiusa let the box lid fall away to reveal a tiny pink teddy bear on a key ring. She noticed a small piece of paper down the side of the box and pulled it out. On it was written a small note from Hotaru.
"This is Chibibear, please take care of him." Hotaru smiled and took the small bear and lifted it from its spot in the box to reveal a small ring, a plain silver band. Chibiusa gasped again, making Hotaru giggle lightly. Chibiusa reached to touch it but Hotaru stopped her by taking her hand.
"Chibiusa - that's very special. It'll boost your transformation to such a high level that you can't control the power at first, and that excess power can come out in any form. It takes small exposures to it to work up the ability to control it." Chibiusa seemed somewhat surprised, moving her hand back from the ring, her eyes gleaming gently. Hotaru gently took her hand, taking the ring in her own hand and holding it out to her.
"Let's train together. I can touch yours without a reaction and you will be able to touch mine without a reaction, but we cannot touch our own. And we are least likely to hurt each other than another of the senshi, so it's best this way. No one knows we have these but Setsuna-mama, and she promised not to tell unless she sensed danger on its way because of them. Chibiusa, all the senshi will have these eventually, but for the moment Setsuna has only granted them to you and me as we are the youngest, so we will need more time to master them." Chibiusa nodded, reluctantly reaching forward to touch the ring. The only reason she hadn't refused was for Hotaru, she seemed to know what she was doing here and seemed to really want this. Chibiusa reached out with her left hand, taking Hotaru's right and squeezing it tightly. Hotaru held her tightly, slightly nervous herself. She had tried it with Setsuna and badly wounded her; only after she expended her energy did she regain control, and heal her respective mother. Hotaru had only been in contact with the ring for about two seconds, so she intended to only let Chibiusa touch it for a few milliseconds. Chibiusa reached forward, a bright light blinding them as soon as she touched it, Hotaru pulling away almost immediately. Chibiusa's eyes burnt luminous pink and her sailor Fuku materialised in seconds, her long elegant pigtails sliding down to her ankles, odango adorning her head with bright pink jewels. A pink jewelled tiara was visible through her pink fringe. Familiar pink eyes looked into Hotaru's, their hands still joined, but the ring held firmly out of reach in Hotaru's left clenched fist. Hotaru felt Chibiusa clench her hand tighter and her heart raced. Would Chibiusa really hurt her? Perhaps she should have transformed... Chibiusa released Hotaru's hand and grabbed her collar, slamming her hard against the wall and winding her, making her fall to the floor, her legs bent and stopping her falling to one side, much like the position of pregnancy. Chibiusa looked down to her, a manic look in her eyes as she grabbed a breathless Hotaru by the collar once more, pulling her to her feet and taking her wrists, pinning her to the wall.
"Ch-Chibiusa..." Hotaru stuttered, already tasting blood on her lips. Even if she became Saturn, she wouldn't fight Chibiusa, the girl she loved with all her heart. How could she? She just leant back on the wall for support, waiting for whatever Chibiusa wanted to throw at her. Chibiusa let her go, watching her fall back to the floor. She stepped away towards the door, but Hotaru forced herself to her feet and put her hands out, standing before the door with a stubborn expression on her face. She wouldn't hurt Chibiusa, but she also couldn't let her leave.
"Step aside." Chibiusa's words weren't as manic as her eyes and she quickly stepped up to Hotaru, taking her chin and pressing her to the door, her body pressed tightly against Hotaru's already hot and sweaty body. She smiled slightly, pulling Hotaru closer, feeling the older girl's breath on her skin. Chibiusa threw her aside, slamming her into the wall above her bed, making her land sprawled out on the bedcovers, her breath coming in short gasps, her eyes blurred and her vision spinning. Her body ached and her right arm was experiencing frequent sharp pains from her fingertips to her shoulder. She groaned slightly, she couldn't let Chibiusa leave.
"Ch-Chibiusa... Don't go... Please..." Chibiusa turned her stony gaze back down to the girl lying on the bed, surrounded by silk pillows in purple and black. Her short skirt was up over one hip, revealing the edge of a black lace thong with a purple ribbons running around it. She watched Hotaru writhe as she tried to sit up, pain searing through her body as her right arm sent shooting pains down her torso. Tears built up in her eyes as she decided she couldn't move, but Chibiusa was already standing before her. Hotaru looked up to her pleadingly and Chibiusa stepped forward, leaning over her and then kneeling on the bed on all fours. Hotaru blushed heavily as she bent down, kissing Hotaru's neck gently. Hotaru moaned softly, but tried to stifle it as she knew it could well provoke Chibiusa into continuing. Hotaru had wanted this, it was true, but she wanted it only if Chibiusa truly wanted it, not now, while she had relatively no choice as to what she did. Chibiusa moved down, unbuttoning Hotaru's shirt as she went, softly kissing down to her breasts before she stopped, feeling Hotaru's hand on her shoulder.
"Please Chibiusa... I don't want you t-" She was quickly cut off as Chibiusa put her hand over the girl's mouth, pinning down her arm and sitting on top of her. As she released the girl's mouth she pulled one of the curtain ties from the window sill, tying it firmly around her mouth like a gag, grabbing the other and tying her uninjured hand to the bedpost. Hotaru thought it strange. If she really was as manic as she thought, surely she would have disregarded the injury and tied her other hand down regardless. Hotaru did her best to struggle, but Chibiusa refused to move, and instead she undid the rest of her shirt buttons and pushed it aside to reveal a black lace bra with purple woven into the straps. Hotaru saw Chibiusa's eyes light up and noticed how normal she seemed, so she made an effort to make their eyes meet, grunting against the gag and pushing her hips up so Chibiusa slipped down into her ribcage, nearly to her head. Chibiusa met her eyes and Hotaru knew in that instant, she was doing this because she wanted to, not because she was possessed by power. Chibiusa grinned, she'd been found out. Hotaru struggled against the gag and Chibiusa pulled the gag from around her head, smiling down to her as she pressed their bodies closer. Hotaru smiled, their eyes meeting, their lips joining moments afterwards, their legs entwining as Chibiusa gently slipped down, kissing down to Hotaru's breasts, holding her behind her back and lifting her from the bed to touch her lips. Chibiusa unfastened her bra with a flick of her wrist, Hotaru's ample breasts spilling out as Chibiusa pushed the bra up out the way. Pain shot through Hotaru's arm once again and she winced violently. She desperately wanted this, but it would need to wait.
"Ch-Chibi… It hurts…" Chibiusa stopped and looked up to Hotaru's pain filled eyes. Her heart wrenched and she gently redid the bra and buttoned her shirt obediently, untying her hand from the bed and letting her transformation dissipate. She tried to pull Hotaru into sitting but it only made her cry out in pain. Chibiusa looked at the raven haired girl with concern, something was really wrong here. She quickly left the room and ran down the stairs to Setsuna, who was in her usual place in the study. She didn't even bother explaining, and just grabbed her wrist, pulling her away from the piles of paperwork, and dragged her up the stairs to Hotaru's room. As they entered Setsuna ran to Hotaru and brushed her hair from her face, putting a hand on her forehead and gently pressing down over Hotaru's neck, shoulder and arm. She pulled back and sat up straight, looking to Chibiusa sternly.
"You used the ring to do this didn't you?" Chibiusa was offended, it seemed like Setsuna thought she did it on purpose, but she nodded anyway. Hotaru was resisting the urge to cry, and Setsuna told Chibiusa to go downstairs and phone Ami's mother.
"She's got a broken collar bone." Chibiusa's eyes filled with tears as she ran down the stairs to the phone, and Hotaru flinched as Setsuna got up off the bed.
"Okay Hotaru-chan, calm down. Everything will be ok." Hotaru looked up to her.
"You won't take the rings away will you? Please Setsuna-mama, I just got careless, it won't happen again I swear!" Chibiusa returned to the room in time to hear Hotaru's plea.
"Please can we keep them Puu? Please please?" Under the puppy dog stare of two of the most important girl's in her life, Setsuna relented and sighed, rolling her eyes. She strode from the room to wait for Ami's mother.
Chibiusa sat down on the bed and it took all of Hotaru's self control not to cry out.
"I'm so sorry Taru-chan." Hotaru shook her head and smiled.
"No Chibi-chan, it was my fault anyway. I'm sorry we couldn't… Well… I'm sorry…" Chibiusa shook her head, and then stopped as her eyes brightened and a smile hit her features. She turned to Hotaru, who looked at her suspiciously. "…What?"
"If you were to use your ring to transform, do you think that it would heal?" Hotaru seemed dubious. Chibiusa pressed on, she thought it would work, so why shouldn't they? "Where's your ring, Taru-chan?" Hotaru hesitated, and then pointed to her chest of drawers with her good hand. She preyed this would work and not just cause Chibiusa an injury as well.
"Chibiusa-chan. You have to transform first okay?" Chibiusa made no arguments and transformed by shouting her usual power phrase. Once she was finished, she searched around in Hotaru's top draw for the ring. She found it at the bottom of her underwear drawer. She paused as she came to a particularly frilly pair and winked at Hotaru before putting it back and sliding the drawer shut, moving over to her. Hotaru slipped Chibiusa's ring on her good hand's ring finger and then held out the tip of her index finger to the one that Chibiusa was holding. Chibiusa nodded encouragingly and Hotaru flicked it so the contact was kept to a minimum. She screamed as pain erupted from her shoulder, then silenced as it dulled, faded and then left altogether. Her transformation boosted her quickly into Sailor Saturn and she felt her usual sense of control leave her, just as she had the last time she had touched the ring. She wasn't as worried about hurting Chibiusa as she might have been had she not had the ability to heal, but still she clung on to that small bit of sanity in the back of her consciousness. She opened her eyes and was aware that she was looking at Chibimoon, but still her body acted on a whim, too fast for her clouded mind to appreciate.
"Wait, Saturn!" She heard Chibimoon's distant voice, panic smothering every word. It seemed her body wasn't her own as it lashed out with the sharp end of the Glaive. Hotaru too panicked, she could heal Chibiusa but not revive her. With a knot in her stomach she screamed out, hoping her body would react. She vaguely heard herself scream inside her room and saw the Glaive retract midswing as it was thrown across the room, slicing into the wooden door and staying there like an imbedded javelin. Hotaru stared at the door, relieved that she hadn't hurt Chibimoon but annoyed at herself. Now she'd have to either live with a shredded door or buy a new one. Her family had long since stopped paying for things she broke via stupid experiments or powers gone awry. "Sailor Saturn?" Chibimoon's shaken voice came from near the bed and Hotaru turned around, looking at her with a passive expression. She blinked slightly, realising she was now in control of herself, her body responding, however hesitantly, to her beck and call.
"Chibimoon..?" A expression of total relief spread over Chibimoon's face and Sailor Saturn smiled, reaching out to her to embrace her in a tight hug.
The door suddenly flew open and Sailor Pluto charged in, talisman at the ready. Chibimoon and Sailor Saturn laughed hard, leaning on each other for support as their stomachs began to cramp under the strain of the unrelenting laughter. Sailor Pluto made a "Well I'm sorry but I was worried outta my skull" face and stalked moodily from the room. Chibimoon looked at Saturn and stood up straight, closely followed by Saturn. Chibimoon jumped up and down excitedly and put Saturn's ring on her finger, reversing her transformation so she stood before Sailor Saturn as Chibiusa once more. Sailor Saturn smiled warmly and held out her hand to Chibiusa without removing the ring. Chibiusa reached out to touch it, expectation in her heart as she flicked the ring gently.
This time she would definitely do it. Power erupted through her and she quickly transformed into Sailor Chibimoon once more, looking up to Sailor Saturn from her seat at the back of her mind. She watched as Saturn slowly moved to a neutral position, waiting and hoping that Chibimoon would have control. The movement caused Chibimoon to lash out and Sailor Saturn leapt back, her heels against the door.
"Come on now Chibimoon… Don't hurt me; I know you don't want too. Fight it, take control…" She spoke in an undertone so not to startle Chibimoon into attacking again, and slowly stepped forward. Chibimoon lifted her hand and bought it down, aiming for Saturn's neck, but Saturn in her boosted form dodged easily and landed beside the bed, making Chibimoon spin around to face her. Chibimoon felt her gut wrench as her all to conscious mind cooked up a cruel and underhanded trick. Chibimoon leapt back and fired an attack of pink energy from her left hand, which Saturn easily evaded, but while she was in mid air Chibimoon yanked the Glaive from the splintering door and threw it towards the relatively defenceless girl before her. Saturn's eyes glowed a bright purple as she felt herself get shoved aside by her despair, and her body threw an energy ball towards the Glaive and Chibimoon. The Glaive, being her own, sliced straight through the magic and headed towards her, while her blast sped towards the now open Chibimoon, and both gasped. They closed their eyes to the attacks, their bodies rigid as they waited, as if in slow motion, for the impact. Two screams electrified the air as the attacks hit their mark, and two beautiful young girls in jeans and t-shirts fell to the floor in heaps with no indication of what had done the damage. One bled dangerously from her chest, while the other seemed untouched except for a single burn on her right shoulder.
Neither got to their feet.
I hope that was satisfactory! I do tend to beat up my characters a bit, so I'm sorry about that. See you next chapter, hopefully!