DISCLAIMER: Don't own Sailor Moon, it's owned by TOEI Animation and Naoko Takeuchi-sama, all rights reserved to them, not me, don't sue, no money.
WARNINGS: Haruka/Michiru. Vampires. That last chapter was probably the worst this one'll get. Promise. I don't think I could write another like that. (I get squeamish.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry about not getting this chapter done for a long time. I was having personal difficulties, you know, real life stuff. (I have a real life! Wow!) But now that I'm back I can continue making Haruka and Michiru's lives (unlives?) a living (unliving?) hell.
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CHAPTER 7 - BECOMING
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Hiromi woke in a very small, very cramped prison cell. Two of her male comrades lay beside her. She slid over to them, trying to wake one of them. She stifled a scream when she realized that they were both completely drained of blood. She observed the cell. It was very simple, stone walls, thick bars built very closely together, and she assumed they were meant to hold her, and on the outside a hallway, also of stone, with three torches on the wall. She was in Biruchi's dungeon. That much was easy to figure out. She had to strain her mind to figure out what had happened...
***
Haruka's powerful fist flew through the air and hit Michiru in the head, knocking her out cold.
"Michiru!" Hiromi called, not noticing that she had let loose her grip on Kiyoko until it was too late. Kiyoko quickly knocked Hiromi to the ground and held her there.
"Should have let me torture her," Haruka said calmly. Kiyoko chuckled.
"Oh my, I've created a genuine saddist! Wonderful!" The happiness in her voice sickened Hiromi, who fought to push Kiyoko off of herself. Haruka then proceeded to open the door leading outside.
"You can't invite them in," Hiromi told Haruka. "You don't live here."
"No, but you can," Haruka said to Hiromi. "And guess what'll happen if you don't?"
"Nothing you can do will make me invite them in," Hiromi spat at Haruka. "Torture me all you want, there are over 300 people in here, and they will overwhelm the two of you!"
"They'd have to leave for food some time," Kiyoko mocked, finding herself thrown off of the struggling Hiromi and hit the wall with a loud thud. Kiyoko did not continue her attack.
"Oh I'm not going to torture you," Haruka grinned, and looked down at the unconscious body below her. Hiromi's heart dropped.
"You wouldn't..." Hiromi said in shock. "She loves you!"
"And it's funny, I can't seem to care," Haruka said whimsically. "Invite them in." Hiromi shook her head 'no'. Haruka smiled and bent down. Hiromi tried to stop her, but Kiyoko grabbed her from behind, reversing the position they were in moments before. "Invite them in," Haruka repeated. Hiromi said nothing. Haruka shrugged. "Which eye should I remove first," Haruka said, lifting both of Michiru's eyelids. "The left or the right?"
"Don't!" Hiromi cried futily. Haruka could not help but be amused.
"Don't?" she said jokingly. "Don't? Yeah, that's gonna work." Kiyoko let out a 'Pfft' behind her. Haruka positioned her finger over Michiru's right eye. "3... 2..."
"Come in!" Hiromi shouted. She regreted it before it even came out of her mouth. The words were involuntary; some natural, or unnatural, urge to protect Michiru. "No..." she said under her breath. She was soon knocked unconscious by the maurading vampires.
***
'I can't believe I did that.' Hiromi was in complete shock. She had doomed her followers. The men were all dead and the females would most likely become vampires, unless their murderers decided to simply drain them completely of the precious red fluid. Hiromi lifted herself off the ground, her head still pounding, and inspected the bars. They were strong alright, she would not be moving them with her strength alone. Before long, a door opened, and into the room stepped the one sight in the world that was capable of genuinely scaring Hiromi: None other than Matriarch Biruchi herself. Her long red hair flowed behind her as she elegently walked over the the prison bars.
"What do you..."
"Silence", Hiromi was interupted. Hiromi went dead silent. She was terrified. With little effort, Biruchi pulled enough of the bars away so that she could step into the tiny cell, backing Hiromi into a wall. Biruchi was laughably shorter than Hiromi, but she still imposed fear deeper than fear upon the frightened vampire hunter. The Matriarch looked at the bodies and frowned, kicking them out of the way.
"Men," she said disgustedly. "Good for nothing but food." She approached Hiromi, pushing her against the stone behind her. "I prefer more elegent things for meals," she hissed softly. Hiromi was scared, but she tried throwing a punch. Biruchi caught her hand before Hiromi even realized that she had already initiated her futile attack. "No violence," Biruchi whispered. "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you." Hiromi knew what that meant.
"You can't make me like you," Hiromi said. "You tried. You failed." She put emphasis on the last word. Biruchi smiled.
"I've found a way around that rule," she said. "And since you won't completely die, that meddler Serenity will never be able to pass your power on to another." Biruchi pulled out a small vial filled with a deep black liquid. It looked quite disgusting and Hiromi shut her mouth tight. However, it was not for her mouth.
Biruchi sunk her teeth into Hiromi's neck and stopped after a few seconds. She undid the cap on the vial and poured the liquid into the wound on her neck.
"This is a special remedy of mine that ensures a mixing of your blood cells with a mixing of mine by combining the DNA of a vampire hunter of the past with a vampire hunter of today, and splicing that together with my own blood." Biruchi explained the process to the half-unconscious Hiromi. "It's really much more complicated, but I'm not the head scientist, so what do I know. All I know is that it works. And if it doesn't than one Yukari Yamashiro will have a very upset Matriarch to deal with." When Biruchi was finished pouring the vile black liquid, she again sunk her teeth into Hiromi's neck and drank. Hiromi did not even scream. She was too far beyond scared to scream.
***
Michiru and Hiromi both awoke at the same time, and in the same room. It was the torture chamber. Michiru was once again wearing the skintight black outfit, and there was a visible wound on her hand, with several smaller cuts on her face. Hiromi fought against her own throbbing head to crawl over to the quivering young woman and helped Michiru sit up. Michiru slowly opened her eyes to find Hiromi holding her. Much to Hiromi's delight and confusion, Michiru cuddled closer to her. But she soon realized what had happened and stood up violently, her head throbbing as badly as Hiromi's. Hiromi followed and stood up as well.
"We've been..." Michiru struggled to get the words out.
"Oh god!" Hiromi exclaimed. "I hope there's still time. We have to kill Biruchi before it's too late, and... who bit you?" There was silence for a moment.
"Haruka," Michiru said finally. "Have to kill her now, too." Michiru was almost emotionless about it. The vampirism was already taking effect, Michiru and Hiromi could both feel it.
Without warning the door opened, and the two women turned around to find Haruka, followed into the room by Kiyoko. Michiru and Hiromi both stood ready to fight, but knowing they would in all probability lose.
"I'm here for a mutually beneficial reason," Haruka said to Hiromi. "Oh, Michiru, good to see you're awake," she turned her head to smile at Michiru.
"What do you want?" Hiromi demanded, "And make it quick, I don't have all day, and I mean that."
"Very well," Haruka approached Hiromi, Kiyoko remaining at the door. "Mommy and I have been talking about it and we agree I would make a far better leader than Biruchi. As Sailor Uranus, I should be able to take her out, but just incase, I want backup. You're a vampire hunter and Michiru here is Sailor Neptune. Together, the four of us could get rid of her once and for all. Which would, of course..."
"Reverse the effects of the turning on me," Hiromi completed. "Well, this is certainly lucky." She then remembered about Michiru, but did not say anything. When Michiru opened her mouth to speak, Hiromi interupted her, not wanting to spoil the plan she had already formulated in her head. "So, give Michiru back her henshin stick and give us time to prepare. When do we do it?"
"Biruchi is giving an inspirational speech tonight, something about having two Sailor Soldiers as allies," Haruka began. "We take her out there, right in front of everyone. It happens in an hour. She'll be on a balcony with most of the population of this city underneath. The four of us will be on the balcony with her. Got it?"
"Understood," Hiromi said. Haruka reached inside her tight suit and pulled out the henshin stick. She then tossed it to Michiru, who caught it and glared at Haruka.
"Be ready," Haruka said, leaving the room. As she closed the door, Michiru caught a glimpse of Kiyoko leaning in to kiss Haruka and looked away in disgust. Disgust was the only thing she could feel, other emotions seemed to have fled from her.
"You up to this, Michiru?" Hiromi asked softly. Despite her vampirism, she could still feel some emotion towards Michiru, but she could feel that quickly fading.
"Ready to kill," Michiru said coldly, in a tone that disturbed Hiromi immensely.
***
The streets below the towering building were packed, as were the rooftops around it. Most of the vampire population had heard about the speech, and some had brought snacks. Screams from dying humans came from the crowd and delighted Kiyoko, who stood over the balcony, Haruka's hand around her waist, watching the crowd's impatience with delight. When Hiromi and Michiru appeared on the balcony, there was something of a cheer, but chaos quickly resumed. Haruka grabbed Michiru and put her left arm around her. Michiru looked angry, but did nothing, and Hiromi was outright disgusted. The balcony was built at the highest window of the highest building in the city, a castle-esque structure made from metal, stone and concrete. There was not even a microphone; Biruchi's soft voice was obviously capable of becoming quite loud.
When the Matriarch stepped onto the balcony, Haruka quickly removed her hand from Kiyoko's waist, knowing full well that their sexual escapades would upset Biruchi greatly if she knew about them. Silence fell over the entire crowd when Biruchi approached the edge of the balcony. No one dared to speak. Biruchi began her inspiring speech.
"You all no doubt know why you are here tonight, but let me remind you. On my right is Kiyoko, whom you all recognize, but more important are the two standing with her." Biruchi's voice boomed, and Hiromi, on the left of Biruchi, was shocked by the volume. "Haruka Tenoh. Michiru Kaioh. Better known as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. They are now our allies. And on my left, Hiromi Nakahara. Not many of you even realize it, but she is the vampire hunter that has plagued us for so long. Yes, that's right. You can not sense her filthy human soul because she is a vampire hunter. But now, that is only partially true. You see, the reason that you can not sense her filthy human soul now is because I have turned her into one of us!" The crowd below went wild, but Biruchi held up her hand, and they all were quiet once again. "Thanks to Yukari Yamashiro, my personal scientist," A vampire in the crowd below, in a white labcoat, held up both of her hands victoriously, and some of the vampires clapped, but were soon quiet again, "Hiromi Nakahara is no longer a vampire hunter, but a vampiric hunter, on our side! With these three new powerful allies, we will finally have enough energy to break the accursed barrier around this city. There will be no more hiding from the rest of the world, relying on random wandering humans to nourish us. We have all been here for far too long, and it is time to..."
"Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!" Before Biruchi could finish her speech, Haruka held up her henshin stick and transformed. Dark energy flowed in and enveloped her body, turning her into Sailor Uranus; a completely evil Sailor Soldier.
"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!" Michiru followed, but without the dark energy, and Biruchi frowned.
"Not a good way to impress me, girls," Biruchi said sternly. Uranus shrugged.
"You were boring me. Have to kill you now." Biruchi's eyes widened as Uranus held her hand up in the air. Neptune prepared to attack as well.
"World Shaking!" "Deep Submerge!" The attacks of the two vampiric Sailor Soldiers struck Biruchi with incredible force, knocking her to the ground. The crowd below began to murmer and was soon in chaos again. "Submarine Reflection!" Neptune used her Deep Aqua Mirror on Biruchi, and Haruka pulled out the Space Sword, preparing for the final blow.
"Space Sword Blaster!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, and before Biruchi could even react, her head was rolling on the ground, and it quickly turned to dust, along with the rest of her body. With that, Hiromi felt the vampiric curse leave her, and she looked around her. The odds were not in her favour.
Michiru felt strange as Sailor Neptune. She actually felt human. The purity of being a Sailor Soldier was holding back the vampire within her, but she had seen Haruka transform. She knew that Haruka was beyond help.
Suddenly, the tower began to crumble, as Haruka felt the power of the Matriarch flowing into her. Hiromi grabbed Michiru's arm, who did not resist as the two of them took a running jump off the balcony, onto one of the less crowded rooftops. Before the vampires even realized what happened, the tower fell to the ground in a burst of energy, and Haruka and Kiyoko were left floating in the air where the balcony had been.
"This is the day I become," Haruka said with a smile. Kiyoko returned the smile and they shared a long, passionate kiss in the sky.
The real battle was fast approaching.
~~~~~~~~~~TO BE CONTINUED~~~~~~~~~~
~Tamashii~
WARNINGS: Haruka/Michiru. Vampires. That last chapter was probably the worst this one'll get. Promise. I don't think I could write another like that. (I get squeamish.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry about not getting this chapter done for a long time. I was having personal difficulties, you know, real life stuff. (I have a real life! Wow!) But now that I'm back I can continue making Haruka and Michiru's lives (unlives?) a living (unliving?) hell.
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CHAPTER 7 - BECOMING
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Hiromi woke in a very small, very cramped prison cell. Two of her male comrades lay beside her. She slid over to them, trying to wake one of them. She stifled a scream when she realized that they were both completely drained of blood. She observed the cell. It was very simple, stone walls, thick bars built very closely together, and she assumed they were meant to hold her, and on the outside a hallway, also of stone, with three torches on the wall. She was in Biruchi's dungeon. That much was easy to figure out. She had to strain her mind to figure out what had happened...
***
Haruka's powerful fist flew through the air and hit Michiru in the head, knocking her out cold.
"Michiru!" Hiromi called, not noticing that she had let loose her grip on Kiyoko until it was too late. Kiyoko quickly knocked Hiromi to the ground and held her there.
"Should have let me torture her," Haruka said calmly. Kiyoko chuckled.
"Oh my, I've created a genuine saddist! Wonderful!" The happiness in her voice sickened Hiromi, who fought to push Kiyoko off of herself. Haruka then proceeded to open the door leading outside.
"You can't invite them in," Hiromi told Haruka. "You don't live here."
"No, but you can," Haruka said to Hiromi. "And guess what'll happen if you don't?"
"Nothing you can do will make me invite them in," Hiromi spat at Haruka. "Torture me all you want, there are over 300 people in here, and they will overwhelm the two of you!"
"They'd have to leave for food some time," Kiyoko mocked, finding herself thrown off of the struggling Hiromi and hit the wall with a loud thud. Kiyoko did not continue her attack.
"Oh I'm not going to torture you," Haruka grinned, and looked down at the unconscious body below her. Hiromi's heart dropped.
"You wouldn't..." Hiromi said in shock. "She loves you!"
"And it's funny, I can't seem to care," Haruka said whimsically. "Invite them in." Hiromi shook her head 'no'. Haruka smiled and bent down. Hiromi tried to stop her, but Kiyoko grabbed her from behind, reversing the position they were in moments before. "Invite them in," Haruka repeated. Hiromi said nothing. Haruka shrugged. "Which eye should I remove first," Haruka said, lifting both of Michiru's eyelids. "The left or the right?"
"Don't!" Hiromi cried futily. Haruka could not help but be amused.
"Don't?" she said jokingly. "Don't? Yeah, that's gonna work." Kiyoko let out a 'Pfft' behind her. Haruka positioned her finger over Michiru's right eye. "3... 2..."
"Come in!" Hiromi shouted. She regreted it before it even came out of her mouth. The words were involuntary; some natural, or unnatural, urge to protect Michiru. "No..." she said under her breath. She was soon knocked unconscious by the maurading vampires.
***
'I can't believe I did that.' Hiromi was in complete shock. She had doomed her followers. The men were all dead and the females would most likely become vampires, unless their murderers decided to simply drain them completely of the precious red fluid. Hiromi lifted herself off the ground, her head still pounding, and inspected the bars. They were strong alright, she would not be moving them with her strength alone. Before long, a door opened, and into the room stepped the one sight in the world that was capable of genuinely scaring Hiromi: None other than Matriarch Biruchi herself. Her long red hair flowed behind her as she elegently walked over the the prison bars.
"What do you..."
"Silence", Hiromi was interupted. Hiromi went dead silent. She was terrified. With little effort, Biruchi pulled enough of the bars away so that she could step into the tiny cell, backing Hiromi into a wall. Biruchi was laughably shorter than Hiromi, but she still imposed fear deeper than fear upon the frightened vampire hunter. The Matriarch looked at the bodies and frowned, kicking them out of the way.
"Men," she said disgustedly. "Good for nothing but food." She approached Hiromi, pushing her against the stone behind her. "I prefer more elegent things for meals," she hissed softly. Hiromi was scared, but she tried throwing a punch. Biruchi caught her hand before Hiromi even realized that she had already initiated her futile attack. "No violence," Biruchi whispered. "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you." Hiromi knew what that meant.
"You can't make me like you," Hiromi said. "You tried. You failed." She put emphasis on the last word. Biruchi smiled.
"I've found a way around that rule," she said. "And since you won't completely die, that meddler Serenity will never be able to pass your power on to another." Biruchi pulled out a small vial filled with a deep black liquid. It looked quite disgusting and Hiromi shut her mouth tight. However, it was not for her mouth.
Biruchi sunk her teeth into Hiromi's neck and stopped after a few seconds. She undid the cap on the vial and poured the liquid into the wound on her neck.
"This is a special remedy of mine that ensures a mixing of your blood cells with a mixing of mine by combining the DNA of a vampire hunter of the past with a vampire hunter of today, and splicing that together with my own blood." Biruchi explained the process to the half-unconscious Hiromi. "It's really much more complicated, but I'm not the head scientist, so what do I know. All I know is that it works. And if it doesn't than one Yukari Yamashiro will have a very upset Matriarch to deal with." When Biruchi was finished pouring the vile black liquid, she again sunk her teeth into Hiromi's neck and drank. Hiromi did not even scream. She was too far beyond scared to scream.
***
Michiru and Hiromi both awoke at the same time, and in the same room. It was the torture chamber. Michiru was once again wearing the skintight black outfit, and there was a visible wound on her hand, with several smaller cuts on her face. Hiromi fought against her own throbbing head to crawl over to the quivering young woman and helped Michiru sit up. Michiru slowly opened her eyes to find Hiromi holding her. Much to Hiromi's delight and confusion, Michiru cuddled closer to her. But she soon realized what had happened and stood up violently, her head throbbing as badly as Hiromi's. Hiromi followed and stood up as well.
"We've been..." Michiru struggled to get the words out.
"Oh god!" Hiromi exclaimed. "I hope there's still time. We have to kill Biruchi before it's too late, and... who bit you?" There was silence for a moment.
"Haruka," Michiru said finally. "Have to kill her now, too." Michiru was almost emotionless about it. The vampirism was already taking effect, Michiru and Hiromi could both feel it.
Without warning the door opened, and the two women turned around to find Haruka, followed into the room by Kiyoko. Michiru and Hiromi both stood ready to fight, but knowing they would in all probability lose.
"I'm here for a mutually beneficial reason," Haruka said to Hiromi. "Oh, Michiru, good to see you're awake," she turned her head to smile at Michiru.
"What do you want?" Hiromi demanded, "And make it quick, I don't have all day, and I mean that."
"Very well," Haruka approached Hiromi, Kiyoko remaining at the door. "Mommy and I have been talking about it and we agree I would make a far better leader than Biruchi. As Sailor Uranus, I should be able to take her out, but just incase, I want backup. You're a vampire hunter and Michiru here is Sailor Neptune. Together, the four of us could get rid of her once and for all. Which would, of course..."
"Reverse the effects of the turning on me," Hiromi completed. "Well, this is certainly lucky." She then remembered about Michiru, but did not say anything. When Michiru opened her mouth to speak, Hiromi interupted her, not wanting to spoil the plan she had already formulated in her head. "So, give Michiru back her henshin stick and give us time to prepare. When do we do it?"
"Biruchi is giving an inspirational speech tonight, something about having two Sailor Soldiers as allies," Haruka began. "We take her out there, right in front of everyone. It happens in an hour. She'll be on a balcony with most of the population of this city underneath. The four of us will be on the balcony with her. Got it?"
"Understood," Hiromi said. Haruka reached inside her tight suit and pulled out the henshin stick. She then tossed it to Michiru, who caught it and glared at Haruka.
"Be ready," Haruka said, leaving the room. As she closed the door, Michiru caught a glimpse of Kiyoko leaning in to kiss Haruka and looked away in disgust. Disgust was the only thing she could feel, other emotions seemed to have fled from her.
"You up to this, Michiru?" Hiromi asked softly. Despite her vampirism, she could still feel some emotion towards Michiru, but she could feel that quickly fading.
"Ready to kill," Michiru said coldly, in a tone that disturbed Hiromi immensely.
***
The streets below the towering building were packed, as were the rooftops around it. Most of the vampire population had heard about the speech, and some had brought snacks. Screams from dying humans came from the crowd and delighted Kiyoko, who stood over the balcony, Haruka's hand around her waist, watching the crowd's impatience with delight. When Hiromi and Michiru appeared on the balcony, there was something of a cheer, but chaos quickly resumed. Haruka grabbed Michiru and put her left arm around her. Michiru looked angry, but did nothing, and Hiromi was outright disgusted. The balcony was built at the highest window of the highest building in the city, a castle-esque structure made from metal, stone and concrete. There was not even a microphone; Biruchi's soft voice was obviously capable of becoming quite loud.
When the Matriarch stepped onto the balcony, Haruka quickly removed her hand from Kiyoko's waist, knowing full well that their sexual escapades would upset Biruchi greatly if she knew about them. Silence fell over the entire crowd when Biruchi approached the edge of the balcony. No one dared to speak. Biruchi began her inspiring speech.
"You all no doubt know why you are here tonight, but let me remind you. On my right is Kiyoko, whom you all recognize, but more important are the two standing with her." Biruchi's voice boomed, and Hiromi, on the left of Biruchi, was shocked by the volume. "Haruka Tenoh. Michiru Kaioh. Better known as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. They are now our allies. And on my left, Hiromi Nakahara. Not many of you even realize it, but she is the vampire hunter that has plagued us for so long. Yes, that's right. You can not sense her filthy human soul because she is a vampire hunter. But now, that is only partially true. You see, the reason that you can not sense her filthy human soul now is because I have turned her into one of us!" The crowd below went wild, but Biruchi held up her hand, and they all were quiet once again. "Thanks to Yukari Yamashiro, my personal scientist," A vampire in the crowd below, in a white labcoat, held up both of her hands victoriously, and some of the vampires clapped, but were soon quiet again, "Hiromi Nakahara is no longer a vampire hunter, but a vampiric hunter, on our side! With these three new powerful allies, we will finally have enough energy to break the accursed barrier around this city. There will be no more hiding from the rest of the world, relying on random wandering humans to nourish us. We have all been here for far too long, and it is time to..."
"Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!" Before Biruchi could finish her speech, Haruka held up her henshin stick and transformed. Dark energy flowed in and enveloped her body, turning her into Sailor Uranus; a completely evil Sailor Soldier.
"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!" Michiru followed, but without the dark energy, and Biruchi frowned.
"Not a good way to impress me, girls," Biruchi said sternly. Uranus shrugged.
"You were boring me. Have to kill you now." Biruchi's eyes widened as Uranus held her hand up in the air. Neptune prepared to attack as well.
"World Shaking!" "Deep Submerge!" The attacks of the two vampiric Sailor Soldiers struck Biruchi with incredible force, knocking her to the ground. The crowd below began to murmer and was soon in chaos again. "Submarine Reflection!" Neptune used her Deep Aqua Mirror on Biruchi, and Haruka pulled out the Space Sword, preparing for the final blow.
"Space Sword Blaster!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, and before Biruchi could even react, her head was rolling on the ground, and it quickly turned to dust, along with the rest of her body. With that, Hiromi felt the vampiric curse leave her, and she looked around her. The odds were not in her favour.
Michiru felt strange as Sailor Neptune. She actually felt human. The purity of being a Sailor Soldier was holding back the vampire within her, but she had seen Haruka transform. She knew that Haruka was beyond help.
Suddenly, the tower began to crumble, as Haruka felt the power of the Matriarch flowing into her. Hiromi grabbed Michiru's arm, who did not resist as the two of them took a running jump off the balcony, onto one of the less crowded rooftops. Before the vampires even realized what happened, the tower fell to the ground in a burst of energy, and Haruka and Kiyoko were left floating in the air where the balcony had been.
"This is the day I become," Haruka said with a smile. Kiyoko returned the smile and they shared a long, passionate kiss in the sky.
The real battle was fast approaching.
~~~~~~~~~~TO BE CONTINUED~~~~~~~~~~
~Tamashii~
