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Note: I will attempt to fix some grammar issues with spacing out things a bit. I am definitely not perfect at that lol half the time I'm just going with it and then I can see it makes sense afterwards that maybe I should have separated it some more haha.
The two quickly made their way back to the palace, Haruka's father was there waiting for them with a look of relief. He made his way over to the two and pulled them both into an embrace, "I know this is what we were destined to do, but stars I never thought I'd have to sit aside like this, praying that you two come back safe and unharmed." Haruka nodded, "You trained both of us well, and we had everything under control. Though this was not an outside attack, this was dark magic, more than likely from that damn priest." He nodded, " I know you two can more than handle yourselves, but it doesn't make me worry any less." he said with a smile, "Shall we take this inside and further discuss the matters at hand?" All nodded in agreement and made their way to his study where things could be discussed more privately.
Once entered, he shut the door behind them and made his way to his spot and sat down, "Alright, let's see what we have going for us. What exactly happened out there today?" as he looked at Michiru for answers. She sat down next to Haruka and shrugged, "Honestly, things were going just well. There was nothing out of the ordinary, I was doing some shopping, just getting out for a bit. I managed to get caught up in a strange conversation with some fortune teller." He raised an eyebrow, "Fortune teller, eh?" Haruka laughed a little, "I had the same reaction." Michiru sighed, "Regardless, she had some rather interesting input that I wouldn't mind looking further into. During our discussion, she brought up things that were obviously known about myself, but then there were things that I am not sure how even she knew about."
He leaned back carefully listening, "What type of things?" not too sure how he was truly feeling about all this.
Michiru continued, "Stuff about the priest. She mentioned something dark was haunting me, but it was something old. This priest was an ancient darkness from the very beginning. Something that disrupted what Miranda and Triton created. That this thing was dying and looking for long lost power to satisfy it's needs. She knew of myself and Haruka, but as Neptune and Uranus. She warned me that we are safer together. From what it sounded like, this priest was from before, what caused the end to Triton and Miranda all those centuries ago. They were somehow separated and it was what destroyed them. She warned me to get back to Haruka before all hell broke loose on the streets." pressing her fingers to her temple, feeling a slight headache.
Haruka and her father exchanged looks between each other, "What do you think of all this?" Haruka asked her father. He sighed and shook his head, "I am not entirely sure what to think, but I can honestly say I can agree with Michiru on this matter. That it wouldn't hurt to further investigate this fortune teller. Michiru, did you get her name by chance, a location?" Michiru shook her head, "I'm sorry, I did not get her name, but she was across from the sweets vendor we used to visit when we were little." He nodded, "Don't fret Michiru, I will have her sent for. In the mean time, I want you two to keep an eye out on things, keep each other safe. I will send for you when we have found this fortune teller." as he got to his feet to attend to the matter.
Michiru glanced over at Haruka, "Why is it that I always manage to cause you and your father so much problems?" Haruka stood up and walked over to her, "Hey, none of this is your fault. We are taking care of things like we always have, but this time you are able to help much more." she said reassuringly. Michiru sighed, "It sure doesn't feel like it Haruka. I cannot believe what happened today, dark magic here on Uranus? I may not remember much, but I never want to see what happened on Neptune to happen here." Haruka pulled Michiru up to her, holding her to her protectively, "Hey, none of that will ever happen Michi. We are much more aware of this thing and better prepared. For now we will handle it, like the way we did today. Yes, things got a little hectic this afternoon, but we stopped it. Together, we kept everyone safe."
Michiru rested her head on her chest, "This was something minor compared to what could have happened. The fortune teller warned me that it was just his powers showing what he can do, not what he was capable of. We both need to be careful, he wants to lure us out, I don't want to give him the satisfaction of catching us off guard." Haruka nodded, "I agree, but as this fortune teller has stated, we are safer together, but also stronger. If that thing wants to separate us, then there is obviously something he fears with us being together." pulling her back to look at her. Michiru nodded and smiled, "I guess you're right. If we were able to awaken these powers inside us, it shows we do have strength in unity. Which also means we have a target on our heads to get us to separate."
Haruka cocked a smiled, "Then we show him that we are not going down without one hell of a fight, nor give him that satisfaction of getting us apart. Today when we fought together, it was such a thrill. I never imagined how well we managed to wipe out everything once we were at each other's side. I couldn't have asked for a better partner in combat and for my heart Michiru." her fingers brushing along her cheek. Michiru shivered at the contact, her heart skipping a beat, or two at Haruka's comment. Haruka had opened up so much for her, she was finding it hard to resist her in any means. Michiru felt like she was in a dream, but knew Haruka was there, and very much hers. Haruka felt her silence, and grew wary, "What's gotten you so quiet Michi?" her voice rather quiet.
Michiru faintly smiled, "I know expressing your feelings into words is hard, but when you do find them Haruka, it makes time itself stop for me. You mange to leave me breathless, my mind running a mile a minute, my heart skipping one too many beats. I never knew that love could do such things, until you did them to me." Haruka smirked, "I'm just that good, huh?" her fingers running along her arms, watching as she made goosebumps along her skin. Michiru rolled her eyes, "And then there's that cocky attitude that can kill the mood." she teased. Haruka shrugged, "Yet you still stick around with me." saying sarcastically. Michiru laced her fingers through her short blond locks at the back of her neck, "I love you, cockiness and all Ruka." as she pulled her down to press her lips to hers. Haruka smirked into the kiss before she leaned in closer.
Michiru felt her body being lifted onto the table, Haruka pressing herself between her legs to get closer. Michiru moaned into the kiss, her fingers clutching onto Haruka's shirt. Haruka moved against her jaw and found her neck, hearing Michiru gasp in her ear at the contact, "Haruka, I don't think we should-ah-not here."
Haruka groaned in disappointment, "Mm why not? Seeing you out there today," her lips against her ear, her fingers running up her inner thighs, "you were incredible Michi. You were quite the sight to see when you fought. Now here I have you, our true feelings completely exposed to each other, " brushing her fingers against her core, feeling the heat from it, eliciting a gasp from Michiru, "obviously ready and willing. What reasons do we have for me not to take you right here, right now?" pulling back to look at her, her cobalt eyes daring and lustfully staring into ocean depths of lust and wanting.
Michiru felt her finger continue to rub against her, her voice coming out in short gasps, "Be-cause...your father...fuck...co-uld return any mi-nute!" Haruka smirked confidently, "You're right about that, we best make it quick then." slipping her fingers around the side of her panties and into her, silencing her gasp with her lips pressed back to Michiru's. Michiru arched her back, her hands grasping Haruka's arms, her nails scraping against her shirt. Haruka slipped her fingers in and out of her, curling them up making Michiru cry out into her mouth, she couldn't help, but chuckle. Michiru whimpered against Haruka's lips, trying to control her voice, but was failing miserably as Haruka increased her tempo, feeling herself reaching her peak quickly. Haruka felt her walls clamping tight around her fingers, her fingers becoming slicker, her knuckles baring her nectar, she spoke around Michiru's panting mouth, "Come for me kitten, know that I desire you so."
Michiru felt her legs tremble, Haruka silencing her cry of pleasure as she felt her body release. Haruka slowed her pace, stroking her gently to prolong her orgasm as she slowly came back down. Michiru felt her pull away before she slipped her fingers out from within her. She half opened her eyes, watching Haruka suck her fingers clean, her cobalt eyes staring into hers again, Michiru stared in awe. Haruka hummed leaning close again, "Do you have any idea how sweet you taste Michi?" watching Michiru's cheeks tint red. Haruka pressed her lips to hers, Michiru melted into the kiss, feeling her tongue slipping into her mouth, tasting herself on her tongue. Haruka pulled back after a moment, both panting slightly, "Definitely worth the risk, don't you think?" she grinned. Michiru rolled her eyes, "You will definitely pay for that Ruka, mark my words." Haruka pecked her lips gently, "I look forward to it." as she helped her sit back up and onto her feet from the table.
Michiru straightened herself, fixing her wrinkled dress, "I am going to go change really quick. Let me know whenever the fortune teller arrives." Haruka nodded, "Definitely." she winked. Michiru rolled her eyes and quickly slipped out of the study and up to her room. She needed to get out of these clothes and cool herself off from their heated debate. She was rather glad she didn't run into anyone along the way to her room as she quickly entered and shut the door. Her body still trembled from her previous acts, but her heart was another story. Haruka had definitely revealed herself more and more to her since when they first expressed feelings to each other. So much love had grown between them, and now they expressed it so eagerly in other ways. Michiru shivered as she made her way to her closet to change, she had to be ready for when the fortune teller arrived.
She reached for a new dress and went to leave, but felt something force her back against the wall, a cold hand clasping over her mouth silencing her scream. Michiru looked back into golden yellow eyes that narrowed at her, "Such a nuisance you two caused me today." his voice hissed. Michiru used her free hand to knock him back, but felt his other hand grab hold, slamming it against the wall as well, "Naughty little thing aren't you. Do you have any idea how much it cost me to conjure up that power today? How much it costs me to come here like this?" his voice raspy. Michiru felt his grip tighten against her mouth, she whimpered against it. The priest eyed her, "It seems you've found out more about me, not that it matters. I had to get to you before I weaken any further. I have to sustain myself until I can fully be here."
Michiru felt the hand gripping her own shift slightly, his eyes never leaving hers, "You reek of lust, don't taint yourself with such things. It alters your true taste." Michiru felt something sharp slip along her wrist, her eyes darting up to see his fingernail cutting her skin. He chuckled hearing her scream slightly against his hold, "Shh, it's ok my sweet, just something to hold me over." cutting her skin open, watching blood dripping down her arm. Michiru felt the burning pain remain as he stopped, feeling the warm blood trickle down her skin. The priest eyed it hungrily, his lips met the cut as he sucked at it. Michiru felt fire in her arm, screaming against his hand, feeling like she was being drained. The priest hummed in satisfaction, feeling her body convulse against him, "You taste so divine my Neptune. Just relax, let it be." his tongue licking the excess around the wound before settling his mouth over it again.
Haruka made her exit shortly after Michiru departed, finding her father approaching halfway. She made her way over and spotted a woman next to him, appearing to be the fortune teller, "So I see you found her?" Her father nodded, "Yes, and she is wanting to help us in any way she can. Where is Michiru?" Haruka nodded, "She went up to her room for a moment and said she will be back down here rather shortly." He nodded, but the fortune teller grew concerned, "Something doesn't feel right your majesties." as she glanced around. The two became curious, Haruka spoke, "What do you mean by that?" The fortune teller shook her head, "I sensed this earlier in the market, something is here. Uranus, where is Neptune?"
Haruka felt her hear sink, she quickly turned on her heel and dashed upstaris without a second thought. Her father and the fortune teller also followed her, but Haruka was able to reach the top before they got to the stairs. Haruka dashed around the corner and made it to Michiru's room. The door was shut and locked when she reached for the knob. She pounded on the door, before ramming her shoulder into, "Michiru!?" Haruka continued to ram into the door as her father reached her side, "Haruka what's going on?" he shouted. Haruka felt the door shifting, "Michiru's door is locked, help me!" Her father assisted in breaking down the door. The fortune teller gasped, "He is here, you must hurry!"
The door finally came to and broke from it's hinges. Haruka pushed past her father and peered around the room, hearing cries from inside the closet. She made her way over and froze at the sight. Michiru was pinned against the wall, she saw the dark entity jerk it's head from her wrist. Blood dripped from the wound, golden eyes glaring back at her as blood dripped from it's mouth, "Leave us be!" he hissed. Haruka saw red as she felt the familiar power throb in her palm, she was about to blast this thing away for touching Michiru like this. The priest chuckled, "Another time perhaps." as he quickly vanished. Michiru collapsed to the floor the moment it left, Haruka bolted to her side, yanking her to her, "Michiru!"
Her father peered inside, "Get her to the bed Haruka!" he ordered, trying to keep things calm. Haruka hauled her up into her arms and out of the closet to get her to the bed. Michiru cried out in small fits, feeling the burning in her arm remain, "Ru-ka!" she said through gritted teeth. Haruka laid her down, "I'm here Michi, it's going to be ok." she tried hiding her true, hurt feelings for her. Michiru trembled, "It burns Haruka." she gasped. Haruka eyed the cut in her wrist, it was still bleeding slightly, but black streaks ran up her veins underneath the skin. Haruka turned to her father and the fortune teller, "What do we do!?" she plead. Her father was not entirely sure, but the fortune teller walked over, "Give me your hand." holding hers out to Haruka. Haruka eyed her wearily before she set her hand into the woman's. The fortune teller turned her palm upright, pulling a knife from her pocket with her free hand, slicing a small cut. Haruka yelped, her father wanted to knock the woman, but stopped when she spoke, "Scold me later, but right now this is what Neptune needs."
Haruka watched as her hand was hovered over Michiru's wound, her blood dripping into it. Michiru gasped feeling it hit her skin, the burning subsiding. Haruka felt her hand released and she cradled it to her chest, her eyes scanning over Michiru as her body soon relaxed, the blackness erasing from her arm. Her father turned to the fortune teller, "What the hell was that!?" he demanded. The woman looked at him, "Their blood can heal the other in small circumstances when dark magic like that takes effect. Uranus' blood healed Neptune's." as she cleaned her knife. Her father glared, his tone serious, "Who are you and how do you know such things? What the hell happened in here?" he demanded.
The woman put her knife away, "I am merely a fortune teller your majesty. I am blessed and cursed with the ability to see and sense things. These two are what we hear about in stories, because that is all they have ever been. They have not existed since the beginning, including that dark monster. I sensed her power the moment she walked by me in the market. I only confirmed it when she allowed me to touch her." eyeing Michiru on the bed. Haruka kept herself between this fortune teller and Michiru, "How did you know about me then?" her tone just as serious. The woman looked to her, "If Neptune was awakened, so was Uranus. They were never apart when alive, the same goes for when they die. Triton and Miranda were the last pair, and now it is you two. If one goes, the other shortly follows. It is why I said to her to be at your side when this thing is present. He is no match for you two together and once he gets is true strength back, he will come to divide you."
Her father spoke, "So he divided Triton and Miranda and ended them, why?"
The woman spoke again, "He survives off their powers, but when he did it the last time, it was gone. He weakened the moment Triton and Miranda were gone, and time wore him to nothing. He not only destroyed the power of Neptune and Uranus, but also the bond. Without it, he would wither away to nothing. Without it, the generations of Triton and Miranda leading up to now would wither to nothing, powers becoming scarce and limited. There has never been such a bond/unity since, but now these two have brought it back, as well as that darkness. You two must stop it."
Haruka felt completely flustered, "How the hell are we supposed to stop something that Triton and Miranda were unable to?" feeling discouraged now. Michiru grasped her hand trying to reassure her, "We can Haruka, remember that, know that." The woman nodded, "She is right, what you two have, Miranda and Triton did not. They had a bond of mere friendship, you two have a bond of love. That is stronger than any dark magic. What you two have created between yourselves is what made Neptune and Uranus awaken. It is something that that thing fears, and he will do whatever he has to in order to get what he needs." she finished.
Everyone sat there in silence, taking in all what had been said. It was more than what they thought originally and rather frightening. Haruka stared down at Michiru, seeing her completely at that things mercy bothered her, "What exactly was he trying to do to Michiru just now then?" The woman spoke, "He was trying to take her power and life source to get him stronger. I am sure this was only the beginning." Haruka shook her head, "But why her? He could easily come after me just the same, but didn't? He has been after her since she was born, why not me?" The woman shook her head, "I don't know. Somehow he woke up near her, found her, and attached himself. He wouldn't have let her out of his sight knowing what she was to become. You two were brought together, triggering yours, and brought you into his line of sight now too. I am sure more answers can be found on Neptune." she said knowingly.
Michiru looked at them, "Why Neptune?" The woman looked down at her, "The darkness ended Triton first, then woke up centuries later on Neptune, there has to be a connection." Haruka sighed, "Then going there is not only going to be dangerous, but where the truth is about this thing. Possibly even where it's hiding out and why it cannot be physically here on Uranus." The woman nodded, "All true statements. Going there could be risking a lot, but to unlock the truth to stopping this thing, it outweighs the other." Her father sighed, "We will discuss more of this later. You and I will go and talk more. No decisions will be made about this now, we must have a plan before anything is done. Haruka you stay with her, Michiru rest yourself and if anything happens, let me know immediately." as he and the woman departed.
Haruka watched them depart as she went to the bathroom to take care of her hand. Michiru tried to sit up, but fell back onto the bed still weak from earlier. Haruka came back and saw, "Michi, you shouldn't be moving around. You need to rest and get your strength back." as she sat down next to her. Michiru sighed in defeat, "I know, but I wanted to see if you were okay." Haruka wrapped her hand up carefully, "I'm fine, I am more worried about you. Seeing that thing hurting you like that, draining your power literally, I couldn't bare that. Are you truly okay?" leaning over her. Michiru nodded, "I'm fine, just weak is all. It felt so strange, my mind and body became numb to it. I barely remember most of it until he let go." curling up next to her body.
Haruka slipped next to her, "I should have been there, I should have protected you better." holding her close. Michiru looked up at her, "Haruka, there was no way you could have known this was going to happen." Haruka shook her head, "No Michiru, we knew he was after you in the market. You shouldn't have been left alone just so soon afterwards. I let my guard down and it could have killed you." her body trembling. Michiru ignored her weakened body and fought to pull herself up, "Haruka listen to me! We let our guard down, not just you. We have more information on this thing than we ever did before. We know we are stronger together, but that doesn't mean we should have to constantly be at each other's sides. We must show this thing that we are still just as strong and just as capable to keep him at bay until we can get to each other. I cannot let you live in misery having to constantly fret over me. That is not the life I want with you."
Haruka held her close, "I told you Michi, it would destroy me if anything ever happened to you." pressing their foreheads together. Michiru held her hand to her face gently, "Nothing is going to happen Ruka, not as long as we do this together. You heard what she said, what we have is more than what Triton and Mirand ever had. I love you Haruka, and nothing is going to come in between any of that." kissing her gently. Haruka kissed her back before pulling back, "How the hell did I get so lucky to have you Michiru?" Michiru smiled, "The same way I was as lucky enough to have you Haruka." as they held each other, afraid to let the other go.