Author's Note: Hello everyone. This is your Elvengoddess. I have a few things to bring to attention before the story starts.
Disclaimer: This story is set the same universe as Percy Jackson and the Olympians created by Rick Riordan. All characters from the series belong to him.
Setting: Chapter 1 takes place before the final battle with Kronus' forces in the Big Apple in The Last Olympian. All other chapters take place afterwards.
Keep in mind that this story is a yuri fic if you don't like lesbian stories,then don't read
And with that may the story continue…
Chapter 2
Recovery
I am not sure how long I was out for, but I woke up to unfamiliar surroundings. I look around the room, but nothing is familiar to me. I see the girl that found me on the beach was asleep next to the bed holding my hand. She must have been really worried about me. I lean over and kiss her forehead. She begins to stir after I do this. "Mmm," she says as she was waking up, "what?"
"Good morning, little cutie," I say, "what's your name?"
She goes to the door quickly and opens the door and calls from the doorway, "Mommy! Daddy! Please come quickly! Our guest is awake!"
"Coming, Sweetheart," comes the reply. I am certain that the person who answered is this girl's mother. Two people entered the room. One of them, he reminded me of Kaze Shinomori, pretty average looking for a guy, I guess. He looked to be about 30 years old. The other person was a young lady that looked about 18 years old, I imagine she was much older than she looked. Her clothes reminded me of someone from Victorian England. "Good morning, little lady," she says to me.
"Good morning," I answer politely, "Where am I?"
"You are in Ocean City, Maryland, young one," the only male answers calmly and introduces himself and his family, "my name is Kuri. This my wife, Saphira, and our daughter, Victorialyn."
I look look at Victorialyn and said, "Thank you for saving me, Victorialyn."
"I couldn't just leave you there," Victorialyn answered, "Do you have a name?"
"Sakura," I answer sadly, "My name is Sakura Yoshimada."
"What's the matter, Miss Yoshimada?" Saphira asks.
"Was there anyone else nearby when you found me?" I reply in the form of a question.
"We saw no one else there, Miss Yoshimada," Kuri answers, "I am sorry. I have gone back to the spot Victorialyn found you to see if anyone else turned up, but I have yet find anybody."
"You can call me Sakura," I comment.
"Who are you looking for, Sakura?" Vitorialyn asks.
"My twin brother, Yamizaki," I say as I start to cry uncontrollably. Saphira comes over to me and holds ever so gently and comforts me, "I want my mommy! Mommy don't leave me all alone!" I somehow managed to cry myself to sleep. Saphira stayed by until she was certain I was at peace.
I was fortunate that it was summer vacation because it meant that I didn't have to worry about school. Not that I would be going to school in my current mental state, especially after the dream I had received that night.
I couldn't see anything but I heard voices. They sounded like they were having a major argument. "Why haven't you found those kids yet!" I hear a man yells angrily at his subordinates. He continues on in a calmer tone, "We found them living on a homestead just outside of Shaniko, Oregon."
"We did, my lord," one of the subordinates answered, "but thanks to that human and half-blood's interference the kids got away."
"Do we not know the fate of the twins?" The master asked, "Typhon knocked down the plane carrying the twins. And the twins vanished shortly after that, am I correct?"
"Yes, my lord," the same subordinate answers, "we lost them as they entered a time protection zone."
This made the master furious, "SAPHIRA!" the voices continued but I couldn't make out what they were saying because I began to drift off.
I wake up to see Victorialyn looking at me, "are you ok, Sakura?" She asked me, "you looked really restless. Were you having a bad dream?"
"I was dreaming but I don't know if it was good or bad," I answer, "Do you know where Saphira is, Victorialyn?"
"She is with our guest," Victorialyn replied.
"Guest?" I say with a confused look on my face.
"Yes," Victorialyn confirms, "actually, the guest wishes to speak with you, Sakura."
"Okay," I respond, "Victorialyn, can you please help me get dressed and get to where your mom and the guest is?"
"Of course, Sakura," Victorialyn accepted, then she remembered something important, "I am sorry, Sakura, but we had to throw out the dress we found you in. I didn't want to because it was a very pretty dress. I can let you borrow one of mine in its place."
"Don't feel bad, Victorialyn," I answer calmly, "yes I am sad to see the dress was ruined, as it was my favorite dress, but you saved something that is much more precious than a silly dress." Victorialyn looks up at me. "You saved my life, and in my eyes, that is more important than ten of those dresses. I can always get a new dress."
Victorialyn helps me get into an outfit of her choosing; fortunately, she chose well. She picked out a pink spaghetti-strap shirt and a white skirt with a panties and some stockings that were a little big for her, but they fit me perfectly. "Wow, you look amazing in that outfit," Victorialyn says, "shall we go." I get to my feet and nearly fall on my face, but Victorialyn catches me before I do. I should have been using my legs a little more so I wouldn't be so stiff. Victorialyn helps me regain my mobility as we made our way to the living room, where Saphira was entertaining the guest.
"You know, Saphira," I say in exhaustion, "it would be a really…good idea to have me…up and moving so I am not stiff in the legs." Victorialyn helps me to nearest chair, so I can rest my legs.
"So sorry, Sakura," Saphira replies, "I was going to test your legs today, but you just regained consciousness yesterday, but after being unconscious for a week, your legs should be fine after a few days."
"Mom," Victorialyn says, "aren't you going to introduce our guest?"
"My goodness, Victorialyn, you are absolutely right. I've been very rude to our guests," Saphira replies.
"Please, Saphira," the visitor mentions, "don't worry about it. Please make sure your patient doesn't overwork herself."
"Lady Saphira," I comment, "I am fine now, but who is this lovely lady in front of me?"
"Sakura, this is Lady Artemis from Mount Olympus," Saphira says introducing us to each other, "Lady Artemis, this is Sakura…" she trails off.
"Yoshimada," I finish, "my name is Sakura Yoshimada."
"Sakura," Artemis asks, "do you know what happened to the plane that got knocked out of the sky by Typhon?"
"Artemis," Saphira said, "she only woke last night and…"
"It's fine, Saphira," I interrupt, "Lady Artemis may have the answers I seek, besides I was on that plane. My brother and I were on our way to New York to meet a woman by the name of Sally Jackson, but because of what happened, I can't find my brother." Tears start forming in my eyes, "I want my brother. Where is my twin." I start crying heavily, "why does my heart hurt so much. Why can't I find Yamizaki!" Artemis comes over to me and holds in her arms, then comforts me as I cry in her arms.
I want to say I had her hold me for about an hour or so before I finally calmed down. "Feeling better, Sakura?" Artemis asks me, "I am sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."
"Lots better," I answer, "and Artemis, you had no idea I was in such a broken mental state, so no apology necessary. I still want to know why I can't feel Yamizaki's presence."
"I am not sure, Sakura," Artemis answers being very careful about her word choice in the process, "there are very few methods to block twins from finding each other. I have a twin of my own, I understand how you feel, Sakura."
"Artemis," I ask still in Artemis' arms, "do you know someone by the name of Miki Kaoru?"
"Yes," she answers, "one of my very best hunters I have ever trained. She is hiding a set of half-blood twins we found 9 years ago. We would have taken them to Camp Half-blood, but they were only newborns and I don't trust Dionysus with newborns. She moved from place to place with a good friend of hers posing as a married couple. Her plan is to hide the twins until they turned 13 and take them to Camp Half-Blood at that time. Last I heard she was living just outside of Shaniko, Oregon."
"Do you know whose kids they were, Lady Artemis?" Lady Saphira asked.
"I am not able to answer your question, Saphira," Artemis says sadly, "since I only saw them as infants." I am fairly certain that Artemis is hiding something, but I don't have any way of proving it, so I decided to leave it be until I can.
"Miki is…," I hesitate for a brief moment, "Miki is dead." This catches both Artemis and Saphira by surprise.
"Sakura," Artemis asks, "where did the plane you were on take off from?"
"PDX," I answer as tears start forming in my eyes, "Mommy got stabbed in the chest and fell to the floor and never moved again." The tears started to fall again. Artemis wrapped her arms around me and held me tight but gentle. It was weird but I felt this warmth coming from Artemis. It was the kind of warmth that a mother caring for her child would give. It's really hard to explain the feeling she was giving me. I knew Miki wasn't my real mother, but I had no one else to turn to. Miki did amazing job to raise Yamizaki and I, but why does being in Artemis' arms calm down so much.
"Lady Artemis," Lady Saphira asked from the kitchen, "is this one of the two kids you found?"
"Yes" Artemis answers, "I had Miki name the kids because she was the only one who could think of a name for each kid."
My stomach growled. I desperately needed food. Saphira walks back into the room with a plate of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We ate our lunch. We started discussing where I should go now. "I want to go find out what happened to dad," I announce.
"Bad idea, Sakura," Artemis and Saphira say in unison.
"Sakura," Artemis says calmly, "I think that your heart is in the right place to want to find out what happened to your dad, but I don't think it is a good idea for you to go back to Oregon at this time."
"I agree with Artemis," Saphira agrees, "going back to Oregon would only make Miki's sacrifice be in vain. Do you want that, Sakura?"
"Not really," I answer, "but where should I go? Mom was sending Yamizaki and I to a place called Camp Half Blood. But what is Camp Half Blood?"
"Camp Half Blood is a safe haven for half-bloods to train and live a somewhat normal life," Artemis explains.
"Half-bloods?" I ask.
"Half-bloods are the children of the Gods and humans," Artemis answers, "to protect you from the monsters that roam the world, I had Miki conceal you and your brother in the human world until you two were thirteen years old or until she could no longer take care of you and Yamizaki. To ensure that you weren't discovered prematurely Miki asked me if she could have one of her male friends help her with this task."
"Did you let her?" Saphira asked, "doesn't your oath forbid the company of men."
"Yes, it does," Artemis answers, "however, Miki told me her plan in great detail and why she did it in the fashion she did. I approved of her plan because she did not choose to have a man to help her for personal reasons. She said it was to help hide the kids."
"It also prevented Yamizaki and I from asking questions about where our daddy was," I add. Victorialyn was sitting next to me reading a book about the different deities of the universe. I thought it was adorable that Victorialyn is into what we were talking about. I stopped Victorialyn when she got to the page with Chronos on it, "Victorialyn," I ask, "who is that?"
"Oh," Victorialyn answers, "That is Chronos."
"Chronos?" I question, "why does it feel like I have met him before?"
"Sakura if you have met Chronos," Saphira speaks up, "you wouldn't still be alive."
"I agree with Saphira," Artemis acknowledges, "you don't want Chronos as your enemy. No one has ever survived his wrath."
"Why is that?" I ask.
"Chronos is the Deity of Time," Saphira answers, "Chronos controls the time flow itself."
"Sounds like an important job," I comment, "I honestly don't think Chronos would kill me by having only just met him."
"That is true," Saphira answers, "but Sakura, you still need to be careful. Like I said, Chronos is not an enemy you want to have."
"Sakura," Artemis asks me, "if you would like me to, I can take you to Camp Half Blood?"
"Artemis," Saphira says sternly, "you know the law, you can't help half-bloods reach Camp Half Blood."
"We can if it is too dangerous for the half-blood to reach Camp Half-Blood on their own," Artemis states, "besides, I need to go there anyway to pick up my hunters."
"What about your father," Saphira replies, "he won't be happy that you helped a…"
"Lady Saphira," Artemis interrupted, "I need to speak to my dad about something else involving camp in the first place. I will explain the situation when we get there. That is if you want to come with me, Sakura."
"That is where Miki wanted Yamizaki and I to go is Camp Half-Blood," I mention, "but is my brother there already?"
"I don't think so," Artemis answers, "if he was, you would already know exactly where he is. Camp Half-blood cannot block a twin's ability to locate each other. I have actually tried this to hide from my twin brother, Apollo."
"Did you ever succeed, Lady Artemis?" Victorialyn asks.
"No," Artemis says simply, "I have never been able to hide from my brother while at the camp."
"When do we leave, Lady Artemis?" I ask.
"Tomorrow morning," Saphira says before Artemis can answer, "there are a few things I want to check before you leave, Sakura. I also want you to have a full night's rest before traveling anywhere."
"I guess we are leaving first thing in the morning," Artemis says calmly. I go with Saphira and she runs the basic tests on to make sure that everything is normal. Walking around became easier, but I still had some trouble, so I stumbled a little just not as much as when I got out of bed earlier. I was extremely tired when Saphira finished with her tests, so I went to bed early.
I see Victorialyn in the hall as I walk back to my room, "Hey, Victorialyn," I'm call out. She looked really depressed.
"Oh," Victorialyn responds sadly, "hi Sakura."
"Is something wrong?" I ask her. I wanted really worried about her.
Victorialyn just dove into my arms and started crying, "please stay here, Sakura," she sobbed, "I don't want to be alone anymore."
Seeing Victorialyn cry made me not want to leave, but I didn't have the ability to protect her from whatever wanted me dead, and I was not about to let another family be destroyed because of me, "Would you like to sleep with me tonight, Victorialyn?" I ask
"I would like that," Victorialyn replied. We made our bed and put on our nightgowns. Normally, I sleep naked, but I felt that it would be better if I wore a nightgown,so I don't scare Victorialyn and the rest of her family by my unusual sleeping habits. I am glad I invited her to sleep with me because I already had one scary dream last night, I didn't want to have another one, but luck has not been my friend this past week…
Author's note: Hi everyone. This is your elvengoddess once again. Okay I may have let the tears flow a too much this chapter, but my family just got ripped to shreds, as well as my clothes, and I nearly died. Therefore, I needed time to recover. However, what has become of my brother? Find out next chapter.
