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GIVING OF MY GOLD CRYSTAL
Chapter 9: Claiming the Princess
Marking off the third day on her calendar as she had a slight smirk on her face. 'I hope they're ready for me… or maybe I'd be happier if they weren't. Hahhaha, they are not going to expect what I have to bring to the table. Once I have the wretched girl in my grasp, I will get to have King Yuki's affections.' Just as she was turning towards the door to her room, Jobbux the shorter tan man with spiky red hair and captivating purple eyes opened the door. "Where do you think you are going Conterous? Does King Yuki know you don't even have the girl yet?" Her eyes widened but only for a moment. "I'm going to get her now. I put her under my sleeping spell and you know that means I get to have her. What business is it of yours anyway?!" Jobbux now enraged by her attitude, "You little slut! All you're doing is trying to let down our King so you can try to win him over yourself! Stop being so damn selfish and accept the fact that he has finally found someone to help him rule this planet!" Conterous's palm sounded with a slap along the side of Jobbux's face before she could stop herself. With the new imprint of her hand on his cheek and his fury about to boil over, Jobbux headed towards the door "YOU DAMN BITCH! YOU WON'T EXIST AFTER I'M DONE WITH YOU!" Slamming the door he stormed towards the thrown room to warn the king of her treachery. Realizing that she will lose everything, Conterous left quickly so that she can obtain the girl to win her King's trust back.
Usagi is sitting on the couch with a neural transmitter fitted to her head and connected to the command center computer. "Now lay back and I will put you into a trance that I hope we can reawaken you from." Still feeling uneasy Setsuna looks at Usagi who is now lying on the couch and curiously smiling taking Setsuna by surprise. Feeling the fear from her close friend Usagi grabs Setsuna's hand, "I trust you whole heartedly. I feel stronger now and know I will be able to be woken back up. Please stop worrying." Setsuna smiles back at her even though she still feels a pang in her heart, "Ok, you will need to start to let your mind go blank. You feel calm and relaxed. Lets start with your feet. They feel light, like they are floating…" Watching her princess fall into another deep sleep she thought to herself, 'How can someone this innocent and small be so strong and keep all of our hopes up like she does.'
Within minutes Usagi has fallen into a deep sleep. She is starting to fight in her sleep and images start to flood the screen. A man, the same man keeps coming up on the screen. Unfortunately his face can not be seen. He keeps holding his hand out to Usagi asking her to share her light with him. She denies each of his requests and is attacked and captured by him each time. She isn't mistreated though as this man treats her like a queen but she is not allowed out of her room. She is allowed so much luxury, but you can see Usagi's pain in her eyes. She chooses to be strong so that he will not bring harm to her loved ones…her family. In many of the scenarios Usagi would stand at the balcony staring at the moon singing the three lights song "Listen to our Song" hoping that Seiya would hear her and they would be connected by they music as they have so many times before.
After feeling tears run down her cheeks, Setsuna decided that she had seen enough and will try to do a search with the information that she had obtained. She was worried that Usagi wouldn't awaken and didn't want to risk losing her again. She turned off the neural transmitter and removed it from Usagi's head. "I will count backwards from ten, when I get to one I will snap my fingers and you will awaken. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One." Setsuna snapped her fingers and Usagi's eyes fluttered opened slowly, taking in the light from the room. Turning her head facing Setsuna, smiling, "See I told you it would be fine. I can't leave all of you. We're in this together."
At the Hikawa Shrine all of the scouts sat around the fire talking about small lady and other random subjects. However, Seiya and Haruka kept to themselves and their attention on high alert knowing that Conterous was going to be coming back at anytime.
Oddly enough Taiki had a nervous aura surrounding him. His palms were moist with sweat, and unable to wait any longer Taiki turned to Ami grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him and dropped down to one knee. "I can't wait any longer, it's already been too long and I need to do this now. Ami you are the only mind that can keep mine intrigued the way that you do. I can't wait to talk to you, see you, hold you and I do not want it to ever end. We've been through so much lately and I want to make sure that we live our lives to the fullest. Will you make my life complete by becoming my wife?" Tears ran down Ami's face and her smile was endless keeping her from being able to speak. She shook her head yes and fell into his arm where they embraced in an intimate kiss, which is not typical for them since they do not believe in public displays of affection. Of course all of the girls were jumping around screaming and excited hugging Ami and checking out her beautiful engagement ring while Seiya, Yaten and Haruka congratulated Taiki. After jumping around for a few minutes Minako started to thinking to herself that Yaten is the last of the Kou brothers to still be only a boyfriend. She wasn't even thinking about him proposing until now. She wants him to so badly, wanting the same of commitment from him. Sighing, she sat with Usagi trying to change the subject so that she wouldn't have such jealous thoughts during such a beautiful ocassion.
Ami joined Minako and Usagi on the couch. "Ami we need to start planning the wedding right away. I know how much work it is from personal experience so the sooner you start planning the easier it will be." With a nervous look on her face Ami grabs Usagi's hands, "Oh. Well, Taiki and I have talked about waiting until after this whole situation with Conterous is over. Keeping you safe is our first priority Princess." Usagi felt guilt ridden knowing that Ami is choosing to wait because her light is in danger yet again. "Ami, you can't stop your life because of me. Your life is just as much important. Let's go through some of those magazines I left here one of the days that Rei was helping me." Smiling Ami followed Usagi to Rei's room for the magazines.
Outside was not as happy of an occasion. Conterous stood on the sidewalk looking into the Shrine. 'Damn it. They managed to wake her up. No one has ever been able to counteract my spells before.' Now disguised as a young, handsome, tall, and sturdy man with dark hair and eyes, she hoped to grab the attention of one of the female scouts. Watching through the window she can see that the girls are celebrating and figures this would be the best time to make her appearance. As she is walking up the shrine steps Rei notices how attractive the tall man outside is and immediately goes to help him.
"Hi sir, what can I help you with?" "Oh wow. You are an amazingly beautiful woman. I came to get a protection charm but am now wondering if I could get to know you better." Rei's face became as red as a rose and she grabbed a protection charm from her closet. When she handed the slip of paper into Conterous hand she saw visions of dark clouds surrounding Usagi. 'OMG, HE'S HERE FOR THE PRINCESS!' Trying to keep the enemy distracted she sat on the bench outside and talked for about an hour before changing her mind and taking him into the shrine so that they could all work together taking him down. Looking up into the man's eyes, "We are actually celebrating our friends' engagement. Would you like to join us?" A smirk growing slowly on her face, she nodded and followed the raven haired girl into the shrine. Conterous immediately started looking around to find Usagi and saw her sitting on the floor with two other girls. "Hey everyone, this is Derek and he is going to join us."
Haruka and Seiya immediately put their guard up while everyone else introduced themselves to Derek. Seiya even more worried as he sees his wife standing in the crowd to meet their guest immediately grabs her hand and pulls her aside. "Ondago, you can not make contact with him. We are on the look out for Conterous and this guy is not giving off an aura that I can trust. Stay with me and do not touch him." While Conterous is busy meeting all of the other scouts Rei ran over to Haruka and whispered some very important information into her ear. Noticing Seiya talking to the harlot, Conterous became furious that the girl still hasn't come close enough for her to grab yet. Deciding to take it upon herself she pushes through the crowd to head towards Usagi. As Conterous is about to put her hand on Usagi's wrist she hears, "VENUS LOVE CHAIN GRASP!" and a golden chain wraps around her entire body.
After being tied up in Venus' love chain Conterous changed back to her natural form. All of the scouts were surrounding her, including Sailor Moon. "I know I can make you better, not this evil person that you are currently being. Please let me help you." "Oh stuff it in your mouth you cow!"
Haruka immediately jumped behind Conterous and placed her space sword blaster against her throat. "Don't you EVER speak like that to my Princess again!" "What do you even want with her?!" asked Sailor Mercury standing next to Sailor Moon just in case something goes wrong. "HAHAHAHAHAHA, all you care about is protecting this harlot! Please. My king is worth so much more than this wench." Sailor Mars stepped right in front of her and slapped her across the face. "If your King was a real man he would fight his own battles like our Princess does!" Sailor Uranus pressed her space sword blaster tighter against her throat causing some blood to start to slowly slide down her neck. Beads of sweat start to form on Conterous' brow as she is sweating knowing that she is unable to fight for herself and that there is no way she will leave there alive.
Sailor Moon stepped in between Sailor Mars and Conterous. "I will not condone anymore violence. She is obviously here on behalf of her King which she loves and is heart broken over. It's not fair to her when she is doing all of this over pure emotion." Conterous was baffled that Sailor Moon was sticking up for her against her own guardians. She understood that she was jealous and didn't want to give her King his request. Why is she starting to feel so compelled to trust this harlot that her King so desires. She sees her scouts always surrounding her…protecting her…loving her.
Facing back towards Conterous Sailor Moon kneels down before her. "Again, I am going to ask once more, I can heal you and make you well again. Please let me help you." Crying and confused, "All I have done is hurt you and you are still willing to help me. Why would you help someone who has done nothing but cause you and your loved ones pain?" "I do not hold grudges. I stand for love, justice and harmony. I always look for the good in people and I know that there is good in you. Please let me help you be who you really are and not the person that you have become." A flood of light radiated from Sailor Moon filling the room so bright that everyone was almost blinded by it's beauty. Finally understanding, Conterous shook her head yes and smiled at Sailor Moon, "No wonder my King wants your light so badly, it's so beautiful and pure." Sailor Uranus removed her space sword blaster and Sailor Venus removed her love chain allowing Conterous freedom of movement. She dropped to the ground and opened her arms like wings. Sailor Moon pulled out her eternal tiare and then yelled "Sugar Honey Kiss Haliation!" The Light flooded around Conterous and her appearance changed into a brighter and calmer version of herself, full of love and happiness again. She opened her eyes and saw herself renewed. "I feel so happy. I don't think I have ever felt anything like this before. I've only known hatred, jealousy and disappointment. Thank you Sailor Moon. You are obviously the strongest of any kingdom and please know that I will always be in your debt. I shall go back to my kingdom and try to dissuade my king from coming after you anymore. I must confess that it may not work as he is use to getting what he wants and still has two more henchman that he will send after you." Mako jumped up with her fist in the air, "and we will be ready for them!"
The scouts all surrounded Conterous and they hugged as a group. They enjoyed the rest of the evening allowing their new friend to join in their festivities. Being engulfed in love and acceptance was amazing. She has never felt such a feeling and she knew that their was true harmony with Usagi being allowed to be herself, not locked up, but surrounded by her family.