Votes so far-
Minako/Yami no Bakura-5
Minako/Atemu-1
Minako/Malik-1
Minako/Seto-2
Hotaru/Malik-7
Hotaru/Atemu-1
Hotaru/Yami no Bakura-1
Usagi/Seto-3
Usagi/Atemu-7
(Last Chance To Vote. Next chapter will contain the winners.)
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Disclaimer- I do not claim ownership to Sailor Moon nor Yu-Gi-Oh. They belong to their respected and much loved creaters.
p.s.- Just a note. Though the girls will meet some of the guys and hang around with them for awhile. It does not mean they are paired up. It's just getting the story going and introducing everyone.
I am Minako, the child born of love and beauty. Me, I'm the middle child of the three. If that doesn't explain it, I don't know what will. I am what most would probably know as Cupid. Most like my powers are silly and weak. But if you really understood them, you'd find that that's not true. My connection with the human race gives me an even better understanding of the ever powerful emotion than most of the pure bloods around here. Humans are the ones who mostly cherish it. Whether it be in the form of romantic or family wise. Barely any of the Gods know of such loves, even when it comes to their own children sometimes.
I have no other names in Caelum, though th people of Earth have given me plenty. Cupid, Aphrodite, Isolt, you really could take your pick. Those aren't the only ones either, but I don't want to get into that. I am looked upon as one of the greatest feelings and most cherish able. Really though, love isn't always the best thing. It can hurt, more than a bite, or a blade. In fact, it can be the most painful thing anyone can ever endure. It has drove people to harm themselves and the ones around them. For with love, can also come heartbreak. At first it feels like your so high up, you feel incredible, invincible even. And then, just like that, everything can cave in around you. I guess that's why out of my sisters, I have the best connection with my powers. I'm always cheery, kind, and full of compassion. Though I can also be fierce when things become serious, cold, and even deadly.
I do not hesitate to fight for my believes and causes. If there ever came a time, I would sacrifice myself for the ones I love. Also out of my sister, I feel I am the best fighter. Usagi, though stronger power wise, hesitates in battle, and does not think on her feet as much as she should. Hotaru is too gentle, and is also weak in body. I fear she would not last long in a fight. I guess I feel that's why I am the one who needs to protect them. I feel like I am the only one who can. For they are the only ones who have seen all of my sides, my strengths, and my weaknesses. I am Minako, the child born from love and a girl filled with duty.
The sound of a bunch of female voices clouded the young goddesses mind. A moan of annoyance escaped her lips and she tried to block them out. However a hand gently shook her shoulder, causing her to open her sky blue eyes. The images around her were blurry, which made her dizzy. Clenching her hand she began to rub the sleep out of her orbs. The one who had awoken her, helped her to sit up. Now that she could see clearly she began to look around. Where was she? How did she get here? Where was here? Slowly the memories of what had all happened came flowing back to her. Instantly she turned, expecting to see one of her sisters. It came as a surprise when she met amber colored eyes.
"You need to get ready. The customers will be coming in soon." said a monotone voice. The woman kneeling next to her had elbow length ebony hair. She looked to be in her mid twenties, and was dressed. . . well rather revealingly.
Minako stood up. "Um where am I?" she asked. The woman gave her an agitated look.
"Where do you think little whores like us go?" she snapped then walked away. Minako was about to go slap the woman for calling her that when a rough hand grabbed her by the arm. The person spun her around and proceeded in putting something on her eye lids and lips. She let them, not really knowing what else to do and not seeing who the person was due to her eyes having to be closed.
Finally whoever it was let her go, but pushed her along into another room. There she found more women dressed much like the one before. All were wearing different shades of color on their eyes and lips. They looked horrible, and Minako guessed she looked no better. Double-sided doors were closed and locked on the other side of the room. A large man stood by them, seemingly waiting for the time to open them. The women lay among fie pillows and rugs seductively. This is when it finally hit the blonde. She was in a brothel!(1)
"Ok I need to get out of here!" she thought and quickly made to go back the way she came. As her luck would have it, a large man moved to get in her way.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked in a husky voice.
The blonde shuddered. "I don't belong here, sir. I've never even been in this place before."
"Sure you don't. Now get back over there before the customers get here." he ordered. Minako really had no clue what to do next. She wasn't strong enough to take on such a big guy, and her powers weren't going to help either. . . unless. A wicked smile spread on her beautiful face as she looked at him. Being very sneaky about it she pointed at finger at him and willed her gift to work into his very being. Then she pointed at the woman who had woke her up and did the same.
The two seemed to be dazed for a moment then quickly shook the feeling away. That's when they saw each other. The blonde tried not to laugh as the woman shyly smiled and giggled like a little girl. The guy waved at her and began to leave his post. Minako smirked and mentally patted herself on the back for a job well done. Before anyone else could see her she slipped through the doorway and into the room she had started in. Now all that was left was for her to find another exit.
After several turns and going down hallways, she found this place was like a damned maze! Every door she had peered through was either a bedroom, or an entrance to another corridor. How big could something like a brothel be? The labyrinth was getting her dizzy, and tired. Not to mention the heavy smells of perfumes and now the occasional moaning and grunting was getting on her nerves. It seemed the place was now opened and already men were lying with the women. Though the lady of love she was, she seriously wanted to gag. Sex was fine with her as long as it was with the person you truly loved, however this place only held lust. And now it was even more crucial for her to get the hell out before someone spotted her.
To late it seemed. For as she began to walk back the way she came a hand was clamped over her mouth and she was pulled into one of the rooms. The heavy smell of alcohol momentarily disabled her and she felt like she would pass out. It was then she felt her body fall onto something soft and comfortable. With slightly impaired vision she gazed around to find she was in one of the bedrooms and on one of the beds. That snapped her back and she quickly searched for the one who had dragged her in to what felt like a prison to her. Instantly she found a madly grinning man who appeared to be in his forties staring down at her with lust filled brown eyes.
"I've been waiting for them to send me a girl. I didn't think she would be as pretty as you though." he said, his speech was slurred and he looked like he was having trouble standing.
"Oh well, . . thank you." Minako said, then got off the bed a little to fast.
"What's wrong? You want me to be on the bottom?"
"I don't want you to be anywhere!" Minako thought then said. "How did you get here?"
"Simple. I rode over from the tavern a few streets away."
"So you have a horse." this she said in a slightly seductive tone. She knew this was the only way she could get out of here and find her sisters. Obviously they weren't here or she would have seen them in the main room. "I just love horses." she continued.
"Really, well then you'd like me." he began to take wobbly steps over to her know. Minako just kept slowly backing up. "You'd like mine then. She's really fast and beautiful."
Minako pretended to be hurt. "Is she prettier than me?"
"Of course not. She's all brown and has a white mane. If you want, perhaps I can show her to you. But at a cost." the blonde haired goddess felt herself back into the wall. There was no where to go now, and the guy was only a foot away from her. Again the powerful smell of his drinks settled over her. She kept her face straight as much as possible.
Glancing to her sides she found a vase set on a stand. With out him noticing she quietly picked it up."And what is your price?"
"A little fun with you." at that he leaned in to kiss her. Minako was ready and quickly slammed the vase on his head. It shattered and he fell backwards onto the carpeted floor unconscious. The demi felt all her muscles relax finally. She was out of danger for now. Still, she didn't want to chance staying there, if someone had hear that.
Rushing over she tore off the sheets and drapes on the bed. The girl began to tie the ends together and when that was done, she tossed one end out the window. She tied the other end to a bed post and lowered the rest out. It almost hit the ground, and how she got to be on the third story she would never know. Tiptoeing over to the guy she checked for an kind of currency or weaponry. He didn't have any weapons, but there were a few gold coins in his pockets. Hm. . . his outfit also seemed a lot better than hers.
"Much better." Minako commented after tying the red sash around her waist. It would have been a real pain to walk around town with such a short dress on. This way she wouldn't have to worry so much about anymore lech's. the white pants were a little baggy, but than again he was bigger than her. The red vest was also big but luckily didn't show anything. With out wasting anymore time she slung a small bag she had found over her shoulder and began scaling down the tied sheets. In no time she reached the ground. "Ok, so where's the front?"
"Hey you! Stop!" looking up she found the guy was awake.
"On great." Minako took off at this point. She didn't care which direction she was going, as long as she got far away from that place. Turning a corner she found herself to be in a rather busy street. Perfect, now she could hide amongst the crowd.
"Bitch get back here!" looking back she found several men heading her way. They must work as the guards at the place.
"EEK!" she cried then made her way into the mass of people. "Hurry, before we loose her!"
"Oh man, why me? I've been good haven't I? Ok, yeah I did scare Usagi, but that wasn't very bad. . . Then again I did make those two fall in love. But since when was that ever a bad thing?" she was so busy talking to herself she wasn't watching where she was going. And soon ran into someone.
The blonde automatically fell to the ground. A few people stopped to look what was going on. When she opened her eyes she found two men staring down at her. The one she ran into was bald while the other had black nearly shoulder length hair. Both were dressed in white. The bald one offered her a hand. "Miss are you alright?" he politely asked.
"Oh, yes, I'm so sorry I ran into you, I was just. . ."
"There you are!" Minako jumped then quickly scrambled to get behind the white dressed men. They looked over to see the guards from the brothel. "What do you think you're doing wench? Get back in that room this instant!"
"No! I don't even work there! You creeps need to just leave me alone."
"What is going on here?" asked the bald guy. The guards seemed to freeze when they noticed the two. Then quickly bowed their heads.
"We're sorry High Priest Shada and High Priest Karim. We did not see you there. That girl works at our inn and has run away."
"You mean brothel."
"Silence Woman!" another guard barked. The priests looked at each other than faced the girl. "Is this true?" they asked. "Do you work for these men?"
Minako straightened up and looked them both in the eye. "No I don't. I honestly have no clue how I even ended up in their place." it really wasn't a lie, because she didn't know. She thought herself and her sisters would have ended up right where the Veil was. The bald one, or Shada, raised up a golden artifact to her. It was shaped like a cross with a loop at the top. After a moment he lowered it and turned to Karim.
"She speaks of the truth. We need to take her to the palace." Karim seemed a little confused by his second sentence, but nodded and turned to the guards.
"The woman is coming with us. If you have any complaints, then take it up with the Pharaoh later." instantly the guards shook their heads and apologized. Then they rushed back the way they came. Karim turned to the young demi. "Miss will you please come with us. We have no intentions of harming you in any way."
Minako, not knowing if she really could refuse, nodded and began to follow the two. Hopefully this would work out a lot better for her. They were priests so of course she trusted them way more than those other men. Still was she able to trust them fully? Such as with the information of what she really was, and how she got here? As of now she didn't know, but maybe when she got to this palace, things were going to get a little better for her.
It was dark up in the heavens. Most of the residents were now asleep or just getting into bed. One cloaked figure found this the perfect opportunity to escape into the darkness. They slipped amongst the shadows with ease until they came to the gardens. The water from the fountains had stopped running, and the wind was still. The only sound being made was the soft padding of the figures feet. They came up to a bench and sat down. Waiting for something or someone to show.
After a few restless minutes they got up and walked over to the railing. Below lay the beautiful Earth. The place that now held three lost sister goddesses and a horribly destructive Veil. The thing was slowly growing smaller, being absorbed by an unknown source. Whoever had it, could annihilate all of mankind. They could perhaps even gain control of Caelum. If they found a way to use the energy properly. Just using it as raw power would be a one way ticket to the underworld. However this was doubtful. The person, whoever it was, obviously knew what they were getting into, and wasn't taking any unnecessary risks.
"Setsuna." came a soft voice. The figure turned to see three small orbs of light floating behind her. The figure removed the hood of the cloak to indeed reveal the goddess of Time.
"I'm so glad you were able to get here girls." she said.
The lights grew bigger until they formed three young women. The first one, the one who spoke had dark blue hair and eyes. She wore an ice colored shimmery sun dress that went to her knees. The bottom was jagged but graceful looking. The complexion of her skin also seemed to take on a blue hue. The one beside her was the tallest. Her brunette colored hair was tied up on her head as her emerald green eyes shifted around. A long evergreen dress with ivy prints adorned her figure. She too seemed to have a different complexion then normal beings. Though hers was more of a earthy green. The last one had long black hair and fiery red eyes(2). She wore a red top that was cut off before her stomach. The skirt she had on went to her ankles but was all shredded up at the bottom. Giving it a flame like look. Her skin seemed to take on a red hue to it.
"It was difficult, but me made it in one piece." said the brunette.
Setsuna nodded. These girls were not goddesses, but nymphs. "I'm sorry to have to call you away from your homes, but you are dearly needed."
"For what purpose could the Gods need us for?" asked the red one.
"They may not think you are needed but I do. Usagi, Minako, and Hotaru were sent to Earth to find and dispatch of the Veil. However I fear they are in dire need of assistance. They were separated from each other and have no real knowledge of the ways of the mortals there."
The ice one stepped forward. "So you want us to help them. Help them understand the ways of humans, and to survive."
"Exactly." she said while nodding. "Do you three think you can do this important task for me?"
"On one condition." the green one said, holding up a finger. "The Gods need to acknowledge us more, especially if we succeed in helping the girls out."
Setsuna knew she really had no authority over this but nodded. She would just have to get Ezra's help for that. "Alright, Ami." the blue one stepped forward. "You are to watch over Usagi. Unlike her sisters, she never paid attention in classes, and is in dire need of your knowledge."
Ami nodded and shrunk down to pixie size. She even had little blue wings that resembled a dragonfly's. Setsuna opened a small portal and she flew into it. "Makoto." at the mention of her name, the brunette walked over. "You are to watch over Hotaru. She is the weakest physically of her sisters, and will need your help in the art of fighting."
Makoto copied Ami and shrunk down to a smaller size. Her own wings were green and were more like a butterfly's. After the goddess opened a portal for her she quickly flew in. "Now you Rei, you will be taken to Minako. She needs to learn more self control, and to be more mindful of her surroundings. I feel you can help her there." Rei nodded and quickly grew smaller. Of course, her wings were red and they looked like moth wings. Not hesitating she flew through the third portal which Setsuna closed after her entry.
The crimson eyed goddess looked down at the planet below. "I hope they can help. Usagi, Minako, Hotaru. . . please be safe. Time has no longer allowed me to view your fates anymore." after a few more minutes she set her hood back on and went back to the palace.
1- If you haven't guessed by now. A brothel is basically a whore house.
2- I know Rei has purple eyes, but this fits more with what she is.
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