I Will Break You
Chapter II: Seiya el Seductivo y el Comienzo de Guerra
Later that day...
Yoshi hurried down the hallway of the infirmary which would lead back into the palace. She was bright red from embarrassment at what she had said to Yaten, and was most certain Taiki had heard it too. Knowing her luck, by the end of the day, Seiya and Kakyuu would know as well and her life would be over. But would it? Would it really?
Yoshi paused in her thoughts and in her tracks, a slight blink being the only other movement she made. Would Seiya knowing her true feelings be a problem? Maybe it could make the 'beautiful raven-tailed goddess' like her in return. It wouldn't be so bad...but then again, she wouldn't want to impose. She wasn't sure if Seiya had fully gotten over her feelings toward the blonde solar system soldier, Sailormoon. She wouldn't want to take advantage of Seiya's feelings while she didn't know what her feelings were exactly. But putting Sailormoon out of the picture...
Yoshi's thoughts traveled back to the return of her love being brought upon her by the leader of the Starlights. To be held by her, to hold onto her, to be able to inhale the scent of whatever shampoo it was she applied to her luscious raven colored hair, to be...
"...Yoshi. The river being created by your nose bleed is kind of disgusting. Do you mind?"
Yoshi twitched, being pulled out of her thoughts once again by, in her words, 'the impenetrable silver-haired brick wall' that she had to climb over to attain her one true goal - Seiya.
"You!!!" Yoshi quickly moved her hands over her nose, trying to stop the downpour of blood from passing her fingers.
Yaten rolled her eyes, brushing past Yoshi with a grin. "Whatever perverted thoughts you've got in your head about Seiya, get rid of them. She wouldn't be able to perform them anyway."
"Hey!!How do you know - what?!" Yoshi stomped her foot on the ground, watching Yaten's retreating back.
"Because the only one she'd be doing them with would be me," Yaten whispered under her breath, as she turned a corner. "GAH. I'm becoming as bad as Minako!"
Yoshi blinked, not being able to understand Yaten's reply whatsoever. She put her hands to her hips, yelling out into the empty hallway. "It's okay, Yaten-sama! I'LL BE SURE TO TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE!" She then blinked and her eyebrow twitched as she pulled her hands off her hips and looked at her sides which had blood covered hand prints on them now. "EWWWW!!!"
Seiya stepped down the red-carpet covered stairs, hoping to make amends with Yaten now. She had already done so with Taiki, and although Taiki was giving her the lecture of her life, she accepted. So now all that was needed to be done was apologize to Yaten. And that would be harder than coping with five million of Taiki's lectures. Because of the mere fact that sometimes, Yaten could be nothing more than a mere cold-hearted bitch. Then again, other times she seemed like a completely different person. To Seiya, that is - and only to Seiya. Sometimes she'd seem so innocent and giggly, other times she'd seem lost and blank, and other times she just seemed to be full of emotion, and as hyper as a two year old, but only around Seiya. To the Princess and to Taiki she was her normal self. To Yoshi she was a stuck up, sarcastic bitch.
And to Seiya...
Seiya looked to her watch to eye the time, to see how much time she had left before it was time for dinner. It was about 3:15. Seiya suddenly stopped at the second to last step, seeing Yaten coming in her direction, without giving her even a glance. Seiya winced, realizing the horribly obvious fact that Yaten was still rather pissed at Seiya's negligence.
"Seiya! You must forget the Moon Princess! Or it will be your downfall!"
Seiya stumbled over, her eyes going blank for a moment. That voice again. Why was it talking to her? What was it trying to say? What point was it trying to drive across?
"Forget the Princess of the Moon! Forget the Sailor Soldier, Sailormoon! It will be the end of you!"
Reaching out, Seiya grabbed a quick hold of the banister before almost tumbling down the remaining stairs. The image was becoming more intense.
"...Sailorstarfighter. Tsukino Usagi will be your downfall."
"Seiya?!" Yaten screamed as Seiya fell forward into her arms, causing the two to land roughly on the red carpet in front of the stairs. Yaten blinked, staring at Seiya in a mix of worry and anger, and Seiya was snapping out of her daze, her head resting on Yaten's chest. And of course, Yaten was blushing terribly at this, but she didn't say anything.
Finally, Seiya pushed herself into a sitting position, wavering eyes looking deep into Yaten's. "Why are you...so red?"
For a moment there was just silence. Sure, Yaten had admired Seiya for her actions during the crisis with Galaxia, but she never expected it would turn into something like this. Everyday the feelings would get worse, as if her competition with Yoshi was heating things up and inflaming her passion for her ally, her friend, her leader.
Yaten took a breath, moving her head back a bit to try to create a bigger space between them. "I...I..." She shook her head. "You had your damn head on my breasts! Would you rather have me do the normal and bitchslap the hell out of you for it?"
Seiya's eyes widened and she fell backward on the ground, stammering in complete shock at Yaten's response. "I...I had, you had, I had my, your..."
"Yeah. We get it." Yaten stood up, dusting herself off before extending a hand toward Seiya, to help her up. "Are you all right?"
"Y-yeah... But I should be asking that to you, not you to me. For one thing, it was my negligence that almost killed you, then I fell right into you..." Seiya reached out, grabbing Yaten's hand to help herself up. Yaten pulled her up and tried to let go, but Seiya wouldn't let go of her hand. She just stared at the bandage that was wrapped around her wrist.
"Seiya. What are you doing?" Yaten asked, raising a brow in question to Seiya's sudden actions.
"I caused this. I'm sorry." Seiya whispered, pulling Yaten's hand closer to her mouth before giving the back of her hand a gentle kiss in apology. Yaten's eyes widened, but she didn't fight it. She just stared at the current incidents as if she was a thirteen year old who had just gotten kissed for the first time. She took a deep breath to try to fight the scream of joy that tried to escape her throat, and won that battle for the time being. It just…felt weird to not only see bit feel Seiya's lips on her skin. For a moment it didn't feel right, but then again...
"I'm sorry I took my eyes off you," Seiya suddenly said, in a low whisper that made Yaten just want to hug her tightly and assure her that it was all right. For in her mind, it was more than all right. It was beyond all right.
"It…it...it's okay. I don't care."
"Oh come off it," Seiya looked up to face Yaten eye-to-eye. "Be mad at me. It scares me if you're not."
'She's asking me to... Great. I can't do that. But if I don't she'll realize... That I could possibly...' Yaten narrowed her eyes. "Just wait 'til tomorrow's practice! I'll take my eyes off of you and see how you like almost being pummeled into the ground!"
Seiya grinned one of her infamous grins that Yoshi yearned for, and pulled Yaten's hand in her direction, causing the silver haired girl's face to be centimeters away from her own. "I would rather have it that you didn't take your eyes off me." Seiya chuckled before letting go of Yaten's hand and started walking off toward the back door.
Yaten didn't move. She stood there, perplexed and dazed beyond all belief. Everything that had just happened couldn't have really happened, could it? It didn't matter. Yaten's lips curled into a pleased smile before her eyes closed and she collapsed onto the floor in happiness. So maybe she was achieving. "...You're messing me up!" Yaten quirked a brow from her reclining position on the floor, agitated. She rolled over onto her side and her eyes widened, seeing the owner of the voice. "You..!"
7:30 in the evening.
"Hoshizora wo tsukinuke... ginga wo kiriseki... mirai wo kimeru tatakai.. ima wa sukoshi demo.." Yoshi watched from her seat by the piano as Taiki delicately ran her fingers across the ebonies and ivories to the tune of the song Seiya had written while on their stay on earth. Yoshi watched, memorized, as Seiya sang the lyrics with utmost elegance. "...Kimi no kioku no katasumi ni irareru you ni... Kami furimidashi dance dance dance..."
Yoshi sighed happily, closing her eyes and resting her head against the back of the grand piano. As she was being intoxicated by the melody and the lyrics and the singer herself, she felt herself being drawn into an early slumber. But those feelings were abruptly diminished. The notes stopped and the singing stopped, causing Yoshi's eyes to fly open and she sat back up, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
"Oh! Princess!" Yoshi cried, immediately going onto one knee. Taiki stood up from her seat on the piano bench, and Seiya walked over to the two, puzzled.
"Is everything all right, Princess?" Seiya inquired.
"No.. Have any of you seen Healer? I haven't seen her since around four o'clock.."
"Wh-what?" Seiya stared forward, disbelieving. "I was talking to her at three thirty, how could she just disappear between now and then?"
Taiki ran a hand through her hair, pondering where their ally could have gone in such a short period of time. "Where have you looked, Princess?"
"The bedrooms, the garden, the front, the parlor, the dining hall... I've had guards and maids scatter all over the palace and they haven't been able to find her. No one on the palace grounds has seen her."
Seiya narrowed her eyes as she cracked her knuckles. "We will help you find her, Princess. She couldn't have just vanished it thin air."
"Right. We'll search around the bedrooms again," Taiki added. Yoshi stayed quiet for most of the conversation, but after hearing Seiya and Taiki offering their help she nodded as well.
"I'll look out back, Princess."
"Thank you. Let me know when you find her."
The three nodded before they looked to each other and separated. Seiya led Taiki over toward the stairs, worry etched all over her features. She stopped abruptly at the staircase where she was talking to Yaten before. "Seiya. I thought you said we were going upstairs," Taiki said.
"We are. This is where I last talked to her, and I want to see if there's anything here that can help us."
"I wish I could be as optimistic as you, but if there was it would be more noticeable than a microscopic piece of fabric, or what have you. I don't believe we have the time to analyze all that, she may need us." Seiya's hands turned into fists as she nodded to Taiki's statement before she dashed up the stairs as fast as her legs would take her, Taiki following suit.
The moment they stopped on the second floor, they went quiet, hearing a few thumps and bangs as if somebody had fallen. Taiki looked to Seiya and they both nodded, quietly walking down the hallway. As they did so, the bangs became louder and easier to pinpoint. Finally, a loud crash got Seiya and Taiki back to the running stage before they stopped in front of one of the guest bedrooms. Seiya blinked, shrugging before putting her ear to the door to see what she could hear. Her eyes widened, hearing muffled curses and attempted yells, as well as banging. Without a second thought, she reached for the doorknob and tried to open the door, but she found it locked.
"Shit!" She sent a kick to the door followed by a few punches. "Taiki! Help me!"
Taiki nodded and the two backed up, looking to each other. "At the count of three, all right, Seiya?"
"Right."
"One…"
"...two."
"...THREE!"
The two girls rushed forward, slamming their bodies into the door to open it. In fact, they broke it open. Seiya and Taiki flew forward with the door, and crash landed with it against the hard, wooden floor.
"Daaaaamn..." Seiya winced, rubbing her head.
Taiki winced, rubbing her lower back before standing up, seeing something moving on the other side of the bed. "Seiya, cover me," she whispered.
Seiya nodded. Both girls slowly walked over to the side of the bed, but Seiya backed up. Taiki raised a brow, sighing when she realized Seiya was going to try to be dramatic or something. No matter. The second Taiki was on the other side of the bed, Seiya jumped over it, landed, and turned around in one fluid motion before her eyes widened.
"Yaten!"
The raven tailed girl bent down beside her ally, trying to untie her hands from behind her back. She pulled at the ropes that held her wrists together and cursed inwardly. 'Whoever did this is dead.' She lifted her leg and placed it on the other side of Yaten's body, trying to get a better position to pull the ropes apart at. At this position, she could hear the uneven heartbeats of her ally, and that made her grin slightly, but nevertheless, she tried to hide it with the sincere fact that she was so worried.
"What the hell happened to you?" Taiki sweatdropped. Yaten's eyebrow twitched. Seiya blinked then laughed nervously, untying the handkerchief from around Yaten's mouth. "Sorrysorrysorry."
"Idiot... Well! If I knew I wouldn't BE HERE, Seiya," Yaten spat. "But thank you."
"No sweat, you can always count on us," Seiya winked. Taiki shook her head. "Yaten, do you know who did this to you?" she whispered while untying the rope around her ankles as well.
Yaten averted eye contact with the two, internally mumbling every curse word in the book. She knew who did it. She knew exactly who did it. Hell, of course, she was awake as it was happening. Well for part of it. It was Yoshi. All Yoshi. And her reasonings? She had seen the little passings of flirts that went on between the two earlier, and she had grown jealous - immensely jealous.
'Well if a fight for Seiya's what she wants... Then that's EXACTLY what she's going to get...' Yaten thought, a twisted smirk appearing on her face as she began devising evil plots of revenge for the upcoming day.
"Yaten..?"
"Huh? Oh, sorry," she replied, standing up with Seiya's help. "I don't know who did it."
"You're mad at her anyway, remember? She almost killed you! How could you love someone that won't look out for you??"
"Don't worry. Let's just go tell the Princess, and we'll figure out what's going on, okay?" Taiki said.
"Yeah... Here, take my arm, Yaten, let me help you," Seiya offered. "Sorry, Yaten-sama! But this is for your own good. She's like a sister to you! It'd be wrong anyway!"
"What the hell are you..? What are you doing?!"
Yaten closed her eyes, the smirk still in place as she took Seiya's arm, as offered to her. 'Sorry, Yoshi-chan. But this is for your own good. She's like an idol to you! It'd be wrong anyway.'
Owari chapter II.
"Seiya el Seductivo y el Comienzo de Guerra" means: "Seiya the Seductor and the Beginning of War"