I'm so glad that you have all been enjoying this story so much! I kinda lied last chapter, I told you that it would be chapter where you all would know what was going on, and that was hardly true. Anyway, hope you enjoy...(don't forget to leave a review on your way out)
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Moonmoore: umm, did you read all the chapters, or just the first chapter? Maybe you'll want to read ahead, and find out.paks: Minako was just guessing. She really didn't know where he was and what he was doing. Or simply she just wanted to liven up the mood.
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If I forgot anyone, I'm sorry...a great hug for you!
(Last time)
Usagi hugged her body with both her arms around her waist. Where she was previously hit. A warm sensation spread out through her body. It wasn't foreign to her. She had started to feel like this since she was around 15.
This time it was worse.
Her whole body seemed to be on fire...and yet she was cold. As though, her life was being sucked out of her. She started to rub her hands together, trembling.
"What's happening to me?" she asked with much effort. Her eyebrows crinkled at the pain.
A loud laugh captured her attention and she lifted her head to see him. He had a smug expression on his face. "That my dear, is the sensation of your essence being sucked out of your body"
"My what.....?" Usagi whispered, before she fainted from the overload of pain.
(Now)
Diamond stepped over her body and peered down at her. "Stupid woman" he growled, pushing her body so that her nose was no longer touching the ground. He kneeled down beside her and stretched his hand out, softly placing it over her cheek. Rubbing it soothingly. "You will be mine one way or another. This way, it just makes it a sure deal"
Her picked her up, delicately placing his arm under her legs and the other supporting her back to make sure she didn't wake up.
He let out a small content smile, when his eyes landed upon her angelic face. She truly was perfection. Only he deserved to touch perfection. Not that sorry excuse for a man. He smirked at the thought of the man that will most likely try to destroy him with measly roses. What would he use if he ever ran out of roses??....Dandelions? That would be the day! That pathetic prince couldn't put a scratch on him even if his life depended on it.
The girls on the other hands, where something to be reckoned with. Especially that dark one.....what was her name? He shook his head, trying to get that name out of his mouth. It wasn't Mars...It was....Saturn. Yes that one! Her power was one that rivaled Serenity's in his time. It could be true in this one as well. Besides her...he really shouldn't worry. His servants could handle them.
He let his thoughts wander off in endless possibilities of his future with his newly acquired princess.
Walking down endless cold corridors, he stopped in front of the only white door in the entire palace and gently pushed it open, since Usagi was still in his arms.
The pure white and pink colors blinded him for a second, but regained it as quickly as he lost it. His vision not used to bright colors, and all.
That room was specially made for her. Ever since he decided to hide out and travel back in time to set his plan in motion.
The walls of them room were a pearl white, and stretched endlessly into the sky. The floor was the color of light pink, which to him was enough to make him sick, but since it reminded him of the color of her cheeks when her sweet features are flushed he let it slide. In front of him, stood her bed. It was completely white. The pillow cases and the blanket seemed almost translucent. The ceiling was the same color as the floor, encasing it with pink. To his left, a long French style door, opening to the balcony...that didn't have much view to it. Just the rocks, and a small patch of green. At arms reach from the bed stood a small table with a white lamp and a small figurine made out of glass...resembling Neo-Queen Serenity.
Taking long strides into the room, he reached the bed. Almost hesitantly he deposited her on the white bed, seemingly afraid of getting it dirty. He leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, where her crescent moon usually pulsed vibrantly. "You will learn" he whispered, before escorting himself out and shutting and locking the door.
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"Okay...so we have the location, right?" Mamoru asked desperately, and continued after receiving the nod from Ami "Then why aren't we doing anything!! Shouldn't we be like....going after her?!!?" he stood up and held onto his hair and giving it a frustrated tug.
"We need to wait for the right time" Pluto stated calmly, eyeing her Prince with her garnet eyes.
"But why!???? Why must we wait for the right time?" he was beginning to lose his patience...and was about to snap and coil around her tanned neck if she told him to wait once more.
Pluto gripped her staff tightly, and looked straight into Mamoru's ocean blue eyes. "If we act now, it might be impossible for us to get her out of there alive. We must wait"
"BUT WHY????" he growled out ferociously. He demanded a straight answer, and she wasn't giving it to him. All he wanted was to know that his loved one was alright and not currently being fondled by some stupid baka that didn't even deserve to live, let alone be in her presence.
"Stop being irrational!" Pluto snapped, growing weary of his demands. She raised her voice for the first time since anyone could remember. Pluto walked towards her prince and stopped within an inch of him. "Do you really want to kill Usagi with your stupidity!? Think about it Mamoru" her voice calm and deadly at the same time. She stepped back to give him room, turning her back to him.
Mamoru quickly became deathly quiet. He nodded numbly before walking out of the room, earning Pluto glares from the others.
"Gee Pluto, do you have to be so mean?" Mars voiced out, not liking the tone that the green haired woman had used on her Princess's love.
Venus stood up and took and stand next to the fiery senshi "Honestly. You can't blame him....he's worried about her, just like we are." Mercury and Jupiter nodded in agreement, not bothering to stand up.
"Oh shut it, children. You wouldn't know anything even if it hit you dead on right in your face" Uranus stated in a superior voice. She heard a small growl from Mars and smirked.
"That's not true!" Venus yelled out in defense. "Why must you always act as if your better than us!" she pointed a finger at Uranus accusingly. She was tired of being treated as a little girl. Always being known as inferior to the Outers. She had enough!
"That's because we are" Uranus supplied an answer. She raised an eyebrow when Venus' eyes became shiny with unshed tears. "Aww, don't tell me that I made the small love goddess cry" she lifted her gloved hand to her chest, where her heart would be. "I'm sooo sorry. Want a lollipop to make it all better?" Uranus continued to mock her.
"Stop it Ruka!" at the sound of Neptune's voice, Uranus stopped. Without looking back to the inners, she joined her aqua haired companion and embraced her lovingly, murmuring sorry.
Saturn stepped up to break the tension "Fighting isn't going to help Usagi. She would want us to get along...not tear each other apart. I know we all have our differences" she shot a glance at her left and let her eyes rake over the Outers, then looked to her right and gazed at the Inners "but we must learn to accept them and overcome this! If not for us, then for our hime"
Both groups looked down in shame and guilt. It took a 15 year old girl to make them stop their bickering. Saturn gave a small smile, before excusing herself and exiting the room in the same direction as Mamoru has done previously.
She spotted him sitting on a bench on the porch. His head was buried in his hands, and his body slightly trembled; he was crying. Saturn closed her eyes, and her fuku vanished, being replaced with normal clothes. It would be easier to talk to Hotaru then the senshi of death, right?. She tightened her black sweater around her small frame.
"Mamoru?" she approached him. Not waiting for a response, she sat herself next to him. She stretched her hand out and placed it on his back. He suddenly jerked up, scaring poor little Hotaru half to death. He looked at her before dropping his head down. "Are you alright?" she asked in a soft voice.
Mamoru let out a deep depressed chuckle "I'm great....Just fucking great! Why wouldn't I be alright? I mean....the person I love is god knows where....with god knows who....doing god knows what!! And to top it all....I actually got calm Pluto to yell at me!! Her out of all people! Oh, but I'm fine. Don't worry" he stood up, making Hotaru's warm hand drop down to her lap.
She winced at his tone and harsh words, but understood that he needed to get it out....needed to express himself before he snapped and did something he would later regret.
Mamoru saw her reaction and immediately felt ashamed. She was only trying to help, and he nearly bit her head off. "I'm sorry Hotaru...I didn't me-"
She raised her small hand to his mouth "Don't be sorry. You were only saying what you felt. It's not right to keep it bottled up inside you. If you can't tell them...tell me. I understand what it's like to have fear in you and no way to release it. You may think that I don't know anything....me being younger than you and all. But I know more than you think. I'm here if you ever need to talk" with that said, she stood up and took a step forward but was suddenly stopped from taking another. She looked back and noticed that Mamoru was hold her arm.
"Don't leave" he croaked out. "I need someone to talk to" he added quietly. Hotaru nodded with a slight smile forming on her face. She took a seat next to Mamoru, where they had been seated previously and waiting for him to open up.
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"Why?? What did my daughter do wrong, Selene?? Why must she go through this?" Selenity yelled dramatically, letting out a loud groan.
She had been seeing it all....the death of her daughters brother....the way she was sent sprawling back in pain...the way her face scrunched up in anger and resentment...everything. It took all the will power in her to stay where she was and not strangle Pluto for not trying to save her daughter.
With a disgusted sigh, she walked away from the bubble floating in the air filled with horrific images and into the black abyss. Slightly picking up her silky white dress to keep form tripping, she quickened her pace. No matter how far she walked, she could still hear her daughters voice filled with intense emotional and physical pain. It broke her heart.
All she could do was watch over her and pray.
Pray that everything was going to be alright, and that her daughter would be able to get out of this fine and be able to survive her brothers death. It was all she could ask for.
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All the girls shifted uncomfortable in each others presence. On one side, the Inners kept glaring at the Outers for thinking them as inferior and the Outers, mainly Uranus, kept looking at them smugly with a cocky grin plastered on their faces.
Neptune held tightly onto Uranus' arm, refraining her from moving forward towards the Inners and causing another fight to erupt. Pluto stood quietly in a corner...one of her hands gripping her long silver staff, and then other her head as if trying to prevent a headache. Uranus stood proudly in front of Neptune, as if taunting the other girls...hoping they would take the bait. Like fish to a worm.
Mercury and Venus were trying their best to keep Jupiter and Mars back, which was proving to be very difficult!! Jupiter kept her hands clenched into fists, pushing against Mercury gently. Although she was pissed off at Uranus, it didn't mean she was willing to hurt her friend to get to her. Mars, thinking the same, didn't do much. She stood beside Jupiter and shot dirty looks, simmering a bit.
They stayed like this for a couple of minutes, neither party making the first move. And that's exactly how Mamoru and Saturn found them. Saturn rolled her eyes, before walking over in between them, dragging Mamoru along with her.
"Will all of you just stop?" Saturn pleaded. She brought her hands up to cover her face, and let out a loud irritated sigh. Her big violet eyes scanned the room and saw a dark cloud hovering above them; hatred.
"We need to find Usagi...and we wont be able to do that if you girls keep fighting like this" Mamoru stated, hoping it would snap them out of whatever they were in. No one seemed to even pay attention to him. The only one that made such indication of, was Pluto. She pushed herself off the wall she was leaning on, and walked towards Mamoru. Suddenly all eyes were on her. She stopped in front of him and placed a gloved hand on his shoulder.
"It's time"
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"So what are we going to do now that we have her? You know as well as I that they will come for her the minute they know where we are" Sapphire paced the room, his hands clenched together and stuffed in his pockets. His light blue eyes shifted over from the wall to his overly smug brother sitting on his green throne.
"Oh please Saphie, it's not like they really know where we are!!" Emerald snorted and grinned at the reaction when Sapphire realized how he was addressed.
"And if by some reason they do?" he questioned to keep from strangling the green haired witch.
"If and when they do....I'll be ready for them!" Rubius voiced out. He stepped up and shot his fist into the air with a confident grin.
"I want you to prepare for a fight. You don't know when they will strike! I thought that you knew them well....did I not have you monitor their every move back in Crystal Tokyo?" all Diamond received was blank stares. "Honestly! Why in the world do I keep you around!! A dog would be much better then all of you combined, at least he will be loyal!" in a fit of anger he threw his wine glass against the wall.
"Oh, but my prince...I'm sure you don't mean that. After all, a dog wouldn't be able to do a lot of things you would need" Emerald stated with a suggestive look upon her smooth beautiful face. Herhoney-red eyes lit up with what seemed to be anticipation, and her nostrils flared when she inhaled deeply.
Diamond nearly gagged. "And lets thank the gods for that!" He snapped his fingers and waved his hand a bit and suddenly a clear wineglass appeared out of light purple mist filled with a deep red substance. "Rubius, I want you to set up Bertie, Prisma, Avery, and Catzi at each one of the castle gates. We don't know which one they will enter at. I'm sure they don't need further instruction?"
Rubius pounded his chest with a fist right over his heart, a sign of respect toward his prince, and quickly walked out to carry out his orders.
"Sapphire" he addressed his younger brother "I want you to put up a force field around the castle, but not at full force" with a wave of his hand he dismissed him. Sapphire also placed his fist over his heart and walked away.
"What will you have me do, my lord?" Emerald pulled out her green fan and held it close to her face, concealing everything but her red-honey eyes (I believe that's the color of her eyes). She began to flutter her eyelashes rapidly.
The dark prince rolled his icy blue eyes "You are to go to Serenity's chambers and get her ready for me. Then I want you to greet our guests outside of the castle, do you understand?" he chocked back a laugh when she began to scowl at the thought of being close to the Moon princess. Emerald gave out a loud upset sigh and brought her gloved hand to her breast and bowed. Leaving him alone to his thoughts.
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"Get the little brat ready for him??? Ugh...the nerve!" Emerald threw her hands up in anger. "What the hell was he thinking?? I bet he just loves to see me angry!" she quickened her pace and pushed the servants, that they had kidnapped from Crystal Tokyo, out of her way.
"Get out of my way...stupid commoner!" she howled at the poor people trying their best to jump out of her way before getting pushed or trampled on.
She pushed the white doors open, not even bothering to knock. That's only done out of respect, something she didn't have towards the silvery-blonde fast asleep on the luxurious bed, that she noticed was twice the size of her own!!
Emerald neared the bed in anything but a quiet way. She roughly yanked a long pearl gown out from the closet along with a set of matching color heels. She three them on the floor and quickly proceeded to jump on it. Not really leaving any sign of her feet previously stomping on it (her shoes are really clean...she makes her servants clean her heels with their own tongues. She'd be damned if she left those stupid worthless ingrates breath her air without them doing something for her!). Shortly after, she bend down and picked up the small gown and threw it upon the bed. Then threw the each heel at Serenity's feet, hoping to wake her up with that.
The first one missed and went straight over the bed and landed on the other side of the plush carpet. The second one, though, hit her dead on. It landed right in between her legs in her most private region. A huge grin appeared on her shiny red lips.
Suddenly cerulean blue clashed with red.
"Oh look. The little twit decided to grace us with her presence. We should feel so honored" Emerald bowed awkwardly, mocking her...of course.
Usagi only lifted an eyebrow and gave her a confused look "Isn't it more like you graced me with your presence...well..." she paused for a moment "more like cursed me with it, but I was most likely here before you were. So...I didn't exactly grace YOU with MY prescience, did I? And byus don't you mean I....because from what I can see, it's just you, or are they" she stopped again and covered the side of her mouth with her hand and whispered "ghosts?"
Emerald, not wanting to believe of the stupidities that this stupid twig of a princess was ranting on about, only looked at her with her eyes almost popping out of their sockets. With a irritated look upon her face, she said, "Ghosts?" she gave a loud un-lady like snort "Fool. And to think this is what Diamond wants to make his queen" she mumbled half to herself, not really caring if Usagi heard or not.
Usagi was too busy observing everything around her, in close scrutiny, to pay attention to anything that was uttered from the strange lady's mouth. She then noticed that a gown and one heel were thrown upon the bed. Which she was most sure was to the courtesy of the woman glaring at her. "Who are you?" Usagi finally asked.
The dark moon member narrowed her eyes and her lips thinned into a very straight line. "Emerald" her voice curt and hoarse. "Get dressed and be quick about it. Diamond doesn't like to be kept waiting"
Usagi rolled her eyes "And we wouldn't want to do that, now do we?" she said sarcastically and gave another eye roll. Three minutes of awkward silence passed. Neither of them moved. Neither of them blinked. Both waiting for the other to make the first move.
Usagi finally relented "Aren't you leaving now?"
Emerald, obviously surprised at the question, let her mouth hang wide open as she replied "huh?"
"Aren't you leaving now?" Usagi repeated the question, half growling. She didn't like to repeat herself.
With a dark glare, and a loud huff, she pivoted with her left foot and walked out of the room and slammed the door shut.
Usagi, able to relax now without having that huge green monster breathing down her neck, let out a small sigh. She slipped out of the bed, leaving the warmth and comfort that it offered. She picked up the beautiful pearl heel from the other side of the bed and placed it beside the other one, completing the pair.
Debating on whether or not she should put on the gown, she sighed again (something she had been doing a lot these days!) and reached for the dress. She slipped it over her head. It was probably better than just standing here and freezing half to death, right?,,,Wrong!. It was revealing.....very revealing!! It was a pearl/bone strapless dress that had a slight curve above her breasts, showing more of her cleavage than she had preferred (it acted like a push up bra would). It also had two long slits running up the sides of the dress, exposing her creamy thighs. She quickly put on the heels and walked over to a mirror close to the white door to examine herself.
She almost gagged! She looked like a complete slut!
She tried to get out of the dress, but it wouldn't come off!! "Stupid thing" she kept whispering to herself while tugging on the indecent rag she was currently wearing. But it was so use. And is if by magic, she hair was quickly placed in a high pony tail with the ends of her hair curled so it no longer touched the floor. A pearl necklace materialized on her neck soon followed by earrings. Great.....just great!
"Princess" a light but masculine voice addresses her.
Serenity spun her head to where the source of the voice came from and was welcomed with a beautiful sight. His pale face contrasted beautifully against his dark blue hair. His light blue friendly eyes shun like a beckon on a dark day. Right of the bat she knew that he wasn't like the others she had previously met.
Emerald, Rubius, Diamond.
He had on a dark blue uniform type shirt, with matching gloves and white pants. All in all he was considerably handsome. 'but not like Mamoru' she added mentally.
"I have come to escort her majesty to the throne room. Are you ready?" his monotone voice echoed throughout the room. She hated such tone that made the person seem like some kind of robot. She kept looking at him....not even bothering to answer his question. To her surprise, he just stood their patiently, he didn't come and take her by the hair, or throw anything at her to make her speak. He just stood their, observing her like she was observing him.
Finally she answered. "I suppose I am". Her head fell down and she looked herself once more in the mirror at the shame of looking like something she never in her life wanted to look. Except in Halloween, of course.
"Follow me then" he stepped out of the door and waiting for her to follow. When she finally did, he closed the door behind her and took her by the arm.
"What's your name?" curiosity getting the best of her.
He seem to be caught of guard, but quickly covered his surprise. He turned his face so that he could get a good look at her, to see if she was trying to play some sort of game, but they shinned brightly with sheer curiosity and childlike innocence. "Sapphire, your highness"
Usagi pouted her lips at the title. "Well Sapphire, you can call me Usagi. None of that 'your highness' stuff. Alright?"
He nodded slowly "If you wish it". She rolled her eyes.
"So I take it your favorite color is blue. It's one of my friend's favorite color too. She loves it! Her room is that color as well...is your room that color too?" she asked. When she was nervous or felt like the room was too quiet, she tended to ramble a lot.
He was tempted to let out a light chuckle, but caught himself before he filled the corridor with it. "It is"
"Well, that's nice. Do you have a girlfriend?" she wound her arm through his. Getting comfortable.
"I was once married" he let out quietly. Not really believing himself he just told her that piece of personal information.
Usagi's eyes damped, no longer containing the bright light that they had before. "What happened?" she questioned before she could think and caught herself. She placed her hand on her mouth and closed her eyes. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean t-"
"It's quiet alright. It was some time ago. We each took our own separate paths, that's all" he whispered just before they stopped in front of a door. A door that she has seen before, a place she was previously in. The room where he brother died.
Her eyes automatically hardened.
The door was swung open and her eyes squinted as the light rolled into the dark corridor like waves. Taking in a deep breath she stepped in.
A gasp escaped her lips. In front of her, where her senshi and her prince. Beaten and bruised, drenched in blood. Each one detained by chains on the wall. She wanted to vomit!
Usagi let go of Sapphire's arm and ran over tot he broken senshi but was stopped before she could get to them. "NO! Let me go!!" she yelled. "LET ME GO!!" her legs swung from side to side in attempt to get free, but the person holding her was bigger and stronger. Tears fell down and created small puddles on the floor.
Sapphire looked at her in sympathy. The girl had just lost her brother, right in front of her eyes. Now she was going to lose something that she seemed to hold even dearer.
All head's slowly lifted and looked at her. One caught her eyes.
Mamoru.
"Usako" he smiled weakly before his head dropped back down again.
Usagi yelled out in anger. She just lost her brother. There was no way in hell she was going to let these bastards kill the only thing she had. Her friends.
Well...twelve pages....not bad. I bet you're all wondering how the senshi actually got there and how there were beaten half to death...huh? That will be explained next chapter. My hands are tired, and I want to go eat, so I wont be putting that in this chapter.
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Nim 'loki