For your love (Para tu amor) - Juanes

For your love I have it all
from my blood to the essence of my being.
And for your love, that is my treasure,
I put my whole life to your feet.

And I also have
a heart that's dying to give love.
And it knows no end.
And beats because of you.

For you love there's no goodbyes.
For you love I only have eternity.
And for your love, illuminating me,
I have a moon, a rainbow and a carnation.

And I also have
a heart that's dying to give love.
And it knows no end.
And beats because of you.

That's why I love you
so much that I don't even know how to explain.
I love you
because your pain is my pain.
And there are no doubts,
I love you
with my soul and with my heart.
I venerate you
today and forever, I thank you, my love,
for living.

For your love I have it all.
I have it all and what I don't have,
I shall get it too.
And for your love, that is my treasure,
I put my whole life to your feet.

And I also have
a heart that's dying to give love.
And it knows no end.
And beats because of you.

That's why I love you
so much that I don't even know how to explain.
I love you
because your pain is my pain,
and there are no doubts,
I love you
with my soul and with my heart.
I venerate you
today and for ever, I thank you, my love
for living.

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CHAPTER 11

There was nothing left to say.

No words could ever express how any of the three women were feeling at that moment, as they simply stared at one another, before Pluto lifted her Time Staff, to then disappear into thin air. Leaving the two younger women kneeling on the floor, still holding each others hands.

A tremor shook the foundations of the Palace, and blue met green. Both of them knowing what that tremor meant, as walls and columns started shaking around them. And they encircled each other with their arms, in a tight, desperate embrace.

The soil beneath them started cracking, and they looked at each other. So many things left unsaid... so many dreams left behind, forgotten, to never come true.

And love... so much love...

Green eyes flickered briefly to pink, trembling lips, and Neptune gasped, noticing the movement. And without a second thought, she put her hand at the back of the blonde's neck, bringing her down to her, their lips meeting for the first time. Tongues dancing together, caressing each other, they both moan into the kiss, desperately needing to feel the other... wanting to say so many things...

A marble column collapsing near them made them break apart and look into that direction, before they looked at each others eyes again. Tears still wetting their cheeks, as they held each other close, tightly.

"Uranus..." she called her name, cupping with both hands that beautiful face she had dreamed so much with.

The blonde kissed her again, hard on the mouth. "I love you, Neptune," she said after the kiss, looking into deep blue eyes. "I've always loved you. And I always will."

The Senshi of the Seas clutched herself to the blonde, gasping and crying. "I love you too," she whispered into her ear. "I love you so much!" she exclaimed, in between tears. "I love you, I love you... I love you!"

They kissed again, softly this time, barely brushing their lips together.

"I'm scared," Neptune confessed, chocking with her own tears.

Uranus kissed her forehead, not really knowing what to say to her. She was scared too...

"We'll see each other again," the blonde finally said. "Sometime, somewhere... and we'll be together, next time... just you and me."

"Just you and me," Neptune repeated, nodding her head vigorously. "I'll find you. I don't know how... or when... but I'll find you," she promised. Her blue eyes never leaving green ones.

Uranus smiled at her words. "I'll be waiting," she softly answered. "Only for you. I'll wait for you."

A bright light coming from the royal gardens exploded into the night, and Neptune's hands around the blonde's shoulders tightened their grip. The blonde encircled her arms around the aqua woman's waist, holding her closer, as the desperate screams of humans and monsters alike being swallowed by that light reached them.

Saturn's power destructing everything in its wake.

And then it reached the kneeling couple, still holding on to each other, not letting go. The power of the Senshi of Destruction engulfing them, dissolving their powers into nothing; burning their skin, their blood... eating them alive.

"Uranus..."

"Neptune..."

The Silent Power took everything, leaving nothing left but death.

And then a silver light came, gently taking the souls of the deceased, engulfing them in bright, warm light, as the power of the Imperial Silver Crystal(*) sent them all to some point in a distant future, to be born again.

The sounds of Metallia's desperate screams echoing through the dead night...

.-.

She jolted up from the bed, breathing hard and sweating.

That horrible scream still echoing in her mind. All that blood, all those innocent people, dying like that... and their screams, God, the screams! She could still hear them all...

She had watched it all, as if watching a movie. All the scenes from that dream playing over and over in her head.

She felt a pair of arms around her, and she jumped, only to succumbed to the embrace seconds later. She heard sweet words of comfort being whispered, as she sobbed into the soft chest now nesting her.

"God, all those people..." she mumbled, as tears kept running down her face.

Was it going to be like that again? Was history repeating itself? If they didn't find a way to stopped this... she could still feel the echo of that light, that destructing power burning her alive...

"Sh... it's ok," was the husky, loving whisper. "It's just a memory."

She encircled her arms around Haruka's neck, pressing their naked bodies together, desperately needing to feel something else other than that burning memory.

"But what if it happens again?" she asked, with a trembling voice. "What if we can't..."

"It won't," the blonde interrupted her, gently taking Michiru's face in her hands, and making her look her in the eyes. "It won't come to that. We will find a way to stop it."

Michiru looked at her, sniffling and gasping. The fear, that terrifying fear, slowly diminishing as she looked into those green eyes. So full of conviction; the deep, undying determination to never let something like that happen again.

Yes, they could fight this. Together. They had the talismans, they had the Grail.

And they had each other.

She nodded her head, smiling weakly, before cuddling up to the blonde, nuzzling her face against Haruka's neck. And when the tall girl gently guided them both back down to lay on the soft mattress, she rested her head on Haruka's shoulder, arms around each other, as they held each other close.

The memories from the past, the images revealed by the dream still dancing in their minds, Michiru remembered something else, and she frowned, looking up at the blonde from her position.

"You think it's true?" she asked, curiously. But when the blonde simply blinked at her, she nuzzled her nose against Haruka's cheek, tenderly. "What Pluto said, back then... about us..."

Haruka looked at her, thinking for a moment. "I don't know..." she finally answered.

"You think she would lie about something like that?" Michiru asked, noticing the blonde's unsureness.

"No, it's not that," Haruka said, turning to lay on her side, her hand supporting her head, as she looked at the aqua girl. "She might have a habit on keeping secrets, but I don't think she's a lair... and the way she said it..."

Michiru rested her face on the pillow, right next to the blonde's face, looking up at her and smiling tenderly, in memory. Her arm mindlessly going to the blonde's waist, fingertips making gentle patterns on the warm, bare skin.

"She once told me I would have a chance, one day," she said, as she lifted her other hand and traced Haruka's jawline with one finger. "To be with you... to be free to love you."

"No sacred laws," Haruka said, now fully understanding Setsuna's words earlier that day.

"You think... you think she knows?" Michiru asked, blushing, but looking at the blonde all the same.

Haruka blushed too; Setsuna's vague words playing in her mind. "I don't know... probably..." she mumbled. "That woman seems to know an awful lot..."

Michiru blinked, once, before her cheeks went even redder, and she buried her face on the blonde's neck. And Haruka had to smile at her cute, blushing face. She kissed her forehead tenderly, her arms around the warm frame next to her.

"She wanted us to be together," the aquamarine haired girl murmured softly against Haruka's neck. "To be happy... she seemed so sad..."

The blonde looked at her, letting out a sigh. Yes, Pluto had seemed genuinely sad back then, with so many things gone wrong...

'Soul mates should never be apart'.

She heard the dark green haired woman's words again, and she sighed. Soul mates... destiny seemed to have so many cards under its sleeve lately.

But the blonde didn't care. Destiny had placed her here, but in the end, it was her decision to either stay, or to walk away. And she wanted to stay. As a Senshi, because of her destiny. And as Michiru's partner -and lover- because it was her choice.

She looked down into blue eyes, and smiled. Yes, she wanted to stay. Right here, just like this. With the aqua girl cuddled against her.

Destiny or not, she wanted to stay like this forever.

"Let's just forget about all this," she said. "It doesn't matter anymore. It only means I've been in love with you for longer than I thought."

The smaller girl smiled at her words, blushing lightly, not really knowing why she was blushing in the first place, but not really caring either. Haruka was right. Whatever happened back then, it didn't matter anymore.

"Thank you," the blonde said, and Michiru frowned at her. "For keeping your promise," she explained, her hand gently caressing her cheek. "Thank you for finding me."

The aqua girl returned the smile at that. "Thank you for waiting," she whispered back.

"Only for you," Haruka whispered, looking down on the naked girl beside her, softly pressing their bodies together as she let her hands played with long, soft curls. "Only you, Michi," she whispered again, before softly kissing those lips she was so addicted to.

Michiru giggled happily into the kiss, eagerly returning it. Her arms going the the blonde's neck, keeping her close to her, not willing to let go.

"Just you and me," she said, looking into soft green eyes. Their noses softly brushing against one another.

"You and me," Haruka whispered, smiling, before their lips met again in a soft, slow kiss.

Pouring all their feelings, all their love into that one simple gesture. They didn't need words anymore. They already knew. There was no doubt in their hearts about what they were to each other, about what the other was feeling.

They simply knew...

And as the night grew old, both girls stayed like that, holding each other close; warm, naked bodies pressed together, as soft, loving kisses and tender caresses were being shared. And right then, nothing else mattered anymore. Just the two of them.

Just two girls. Loving each other.


Imperial Silver Crystal(*) I wanted to use the original, japanese name for it, but I don't really remember it and well.. Imperial Silver Crystal it is... you get he point, anyway, right?
One more chap to go, and that's it! (for this story... sequel coming soon!)