All Sailor Moon characters in this story belong to Naoko Takeuchi. The rest are mine.

Guest 1- Yes, those are where the 4 scents come from. And it's possible that's the table... ;)

Guest 2 - Michiru doesn't know who wrote the poem - yet. Alexander is actually my favorite character in the story. :D His personality reminds me of a good friend of mine.

Guest 3 - I'm sure you will! :D I'm still waiting too.. haha

Chapter 14

After a couple of days Haruka slowly began to feel the sadness and loss of not having Michiru anymore. For a while she had been able to suppress her feelings for her ex but Haruka soon became depressed. She often found herself driving by the hospital debating if Michiru was still in there. Haruka tried her best to hide her sudden sadness from Alexander but she knew he noticed. She entered the hospital despite her promise to Joe that he would never see her again. She just needed to know if Michiru was doing well.

"Excuse me." Haruka approached a woman at a desk in the hospital. "I'm looking for a Michelle Kaio."

"She's not in her room at the moment."

"Is she alright?"

"I can't say."

"I brought her in a few days ago after she had been stabbed. I haven't been able to return due to some personal problems. I just need to know if she's doing well."

The woman eyed Haruka cautiously. "I really can't say because the doctors aren't sure what's wrong with her. She's been very ill lately. It's possible she got a staph infection from the blade. Look, I can't say anything else. I'll risk my job."

Haruka could feel the hair on the back of her neck stand up. If something happened to Michiru it would be on her. If Michiru died it would be her fault. "Any idea when she will be back in her room?"

"I'm not sure. Why don't you wait over there?" The woman pointed to a few empty chairs in the room.

Haruka took a seat. She looked back on what she had done. It was her fault Michiru was suffering right now-if only she had been herself when she put her plan into action. Haruka propped her elbows onto her knees and leaned into her palms. Time went by slowly as she waited.

"Excuse me." The woman at the desk finally said after a while. "She's back in her room. Unfortunately she's still asleep from a procedure. I can let you go in for a few minutes if you like."

"Thank you." Haruka stood and briskly walked to the room. Her heart began to beat rapidly when she arrived at the door. With a deep breath she pushed it open.

Michiru lay peacefully on the bed in her own dreams. Haruka approached the bed and gazed down. All the feelings she had been holding in exploded into tears. The girl on the bed had dark circles under her eyes and looked very pale.

"It's all my fault." Haruka whispered and gently touched Michiru's arm.

On the table next to the bed was the note Haruka had written a few days ago. She picked it up and looked at it. Michiru had no doubt read it. The ink had been smudged from tear drops. Haruka placed the note back on the table and wiped a few tears away herself. "I'm so sorry for everything." The blonde wanted to apologize over and over for what had happened. She took a deep breath and kissed Michiru's forehead and turned to leave the room.

Haruka closed the door quietly and began to walk slowly down the hallway with her hands in her pockets when she heard it- a horrifying scream from the room she had just left. She ran back quickly to see what was going on. Michiru still held her eyes closed as she screamed loudly.

"It hurts!" The girl on the bed screamed over and over. The door busted opened and a few nurses entered the room. They tried to calm Michiru as she arched her back in the bed. "Make it stop!" The girl screamed.

Haruka was pushed out of the way as the nurses ran down the hallway with Michiru screaming in the bed. The blonde ran into the hallway to follow the nurses but they stopped her and told her to wait outside. The horror of watching Michiru suffer like that was overwhelming.

"I can't take this anymore." Haruka ran out of the hospital and drove home in tears.

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"Lady Haruka." Alexander greeted her as she entered the mansion. "Is everything alright?"

"It's not, Alexander. I went to see how she was doing in the hospital. It's my fault she's in so much pain. They said she got staph infection from the blade and it's all my fault. She's in so much pain right now." Haruka ran to her bedroom. She wanted to forget all of her pain and forget the way she felt about Michiru. "There's only one way for me to do that." Haruka ran one hand through her hair and looked down at her cell phone to make a phone call. "This is the only way." The phone rang and was picked up.

"Well, hello." A woman's voice answered.

"Hey there, Carmella." Haruka smirked.

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Later in the night Haruka came out of her bedroom leaving Carmella in her bed. Alexander was sitting on the couch reading a book as he usually did. When he heard Haruka approaching he shut his book and looked at her.

"I'm not going to tell you what you are doing is wrong. I'm just going to tell you to be careful." He said as respectfully as he could to the blonde wearing her dark red robe.

"I don't like how I feel when I think of what happened to my ex. I will love her until the end of time. But I don't like being depressed about it." Haruka sat on the arm of the couch next to Alexander. "Haruka is a weak person." She closed her eyes and bowed her head.

Alexander hid his frustration as he realized Haruka was gone and Amara was back. "So, shall I call you Lady Amara?"

Amara smirked. "I prefer Amara over Haruka. Amara doesn't let her feelings get in the way of what needs to be done."

"Excuse me, Lady Amara." He stood with his book still in his hand and bowed. "I'm going to bed unless there is something you need before I go."

"I have everything I need right now, thank you, Alexander."

The blood of the woman left in Amara's bed gave her what she needed. It helped suppress the feelings that suddenly came back. To Amara it was almost like an addiction. The pain of losing Michiru was too great and the only way to dull the pain was to sleep with another Lilin.

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Alexander continued to be irritated with Amara's decision to allow the two women back in her room. Out of respect for Amara he held his tongue and continued to serve her faithfully. The day had approached when one of the contracts with someone in the basement was up. Alexander took care of the release of the person and a new person came seeking help. Haruka would have hated the idea but Amara could care less.

Amara took the seat her mother had once sat upon in the entrance of the mansion as a human had come to make a deal with her. Alexander stood by her side during the ordeal. The person that had come was a young man. His bride to be had suddenly developed a terminal illness. They did not have the money to pay for it and without proper treatment she had only a year to live. If he could get the treatment she needed she could live a couple more years.

Amara sat a pondered the situation the man was in. What he asked for was worth a couple of years in payment. Had Amara been her usual self she might have made a better agreement. The agreement she made was he would receive the money but he would spend three years under the contract. Alexander was appalled at the agreement Amara had made but the man agreed to it.

"Even if I never see her again, just knowing she could live a few more years is enough for me." The man replied with sadness in his tone. His fiancée would most likely pass away before his contract expired.

It was not all bad things Amara was taking part in but also a few good things. She had managed to successfully bring her clan under control as far as making the public free buffet. It was her first step into what she believed was reinstating the treaty with the hunters. Unfortunately the clan under Lucas' control still did as they pleased.

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Alexander continued to watch Amara take the two women into her room. He knew the only reason she did so was so she could cover her feelings up for her ex. After a couple more weeks of watching her doing this he grew tired of it. He knew he had to step in before she lost herself completely. He had no regrets for what he was going to do to Amara…

Amara opened her eyes unaware of where she was at for a moment. She saw a dim light hanging above her. As the smell of the room invaded her nose she knew where she was. "Alexander!" She screamed as loud as she could. He had put her inside of the prison-like room in the basement.

Alexander sat outside of the door on a chair he had brought. He heard the commotion the instant she had awoken.

"Alexander, I order you to let me out of here!" He heard the girl scream from the other side of the door.

"I'm sorry I can't do that until Lady Amara is gone and Lady Haruka has returned." He opened a book he had brought with him and began to read it.

"You're fired!" Amara yelled.

"I can never be fired." He replied as he turned a page in his book. "I'm to serve you forever no matter what."

The door rattled as she banged her fists on it. "I can't believe you put me in here. I never did anything wrong."

"You are in there because you will soon lose yourself. I don't like Amara as much as Haruka. Haruka always makes proper decisions. Amara doesn't take time to think anything through. Be glad I didn't tie you to the table." He continued to read his book as the blonde continued to bang and scream.

After some time Alexander left to get some human blood for Amara. When he peered into the window on the door she sat on the floor with her arms across her chest looking away from the door. He placed the cup on a tray that was attached to the sliding window and sat down to read again. Amara stood and stormed over to the cup and tossed it across the room at the wall.

"You need to feed." He said when he heard her throw the cup.

"I want out of here."

"I will let you out in three days. It takes a couple days for all the toxins to wear off and you will be yourself again."

Amara sat on the floor again. "Can I at least have something to keep my mind busy?"

"What would you like?"

She sat on the floor and thought of a request but none came to mind. "I don't care. Give me anything."

Alexander walked off for a minute and returned. He placed a few books on the tray and looked through the window again. Amara was sitting on the floor with her arms crossed again. "I hope you like to read." He sat back down in his chair to continue his book.

Amara picked up one of the books he put on the tray and read it aloud as loud as she could. She paced the room for hours as she read the book.

"Alexander, I have to go to the bathroom." She stood at the entrance of the door peering out of the small window that was still open. "Let me out so I can go to the bathroom."

Alexander stood and walked down the hall way.

"Where are you going!?" Amara beat on the door again. "Don't leave me here alone!"

After a minute Alexander returned and looked into the window. Amara was sitting on the floor again. He put a bucket on the tray and sat down again.

"Are you kidding me?" He heard Amara say after a while. "I have to pee in a bucket?"

"We don't have anything else for you to use in there." He replied as he turned another page in his book.

"I can't believe this." The bucket was thrown at the wall as well. "I'm not an animal. How did you get me in here anyways?"

"I used a special dart. The same one I shot at you when I first brought you into the mansion."

"I thought I made it clear a long time ago I never wanted that to be used on me again."

"Desperate times, Lady Amara."

Amara went and sat on the table in the middle of the room and began to read annoyingly loud again. Alexander blocked her out as he read his own book. He knew it was going to be a long three days.

As the third day approached Alexander looked through the window in the door again. Amara was sleeping on the table quietly. She had slowly gotten better. He debated on giving her one more day to be safe. When she realized he was looking at her she rolled over away from him with a snort. Yep-definitely needs another day or two.

The fifth day approached and he had no doubt she was herself again. He peered into the window to see her lying on the table reading a book silently. "All better, Lady Haruka?" He spoke softly.

Haruka turned her head and placed the book on the table. "I'm sorry, Alexander." She stood and walked to the door. "It just hurts too much. I couldn't take it anymore."

"Losing your first love is something you will never forget. You have to move on eventually. I know from experience a relationship between a human and Lilin will never work. I'm sorry to say that." He began to unlock the door. "I hope you can move on. I would rather not see those women here again either." He continued as he opened the door.

Haruka stepped out. "I guess I have to do what any other person does- get over her the slow and painful way."

Alexander bowed respectfully. "I hope I never have to put you in there again, Lady Haruka. I'll clean this room up if you want to freshen up a bit."

"Thanks again." Haruka walked down the long hallway. She stopped and looked at the door where the humans were. "There's one thing I want to do. I need to make something right. Unlock this door please."

Alexander took the key from his neck and unlocked it. Haruka walked up to the young man she had made the deal with just weeks ago. She looked down at the man that was sleeping peacefully. "I can't believe what I did to this poor man."

"I don't much like what happened either. Haruka would have been kinder to him."

Haruka continued to look at him. "I know what it feels like to lose someone you love." She opened the file cabinet with his contract and changed the time from three years to one. "Now he will be able to marry the woman he loves and be happy for at least a couple of years."

Alexander smiled behind her. He knew it was a decision she would have made if she had not been tainted with the blood of the two women. "A generous decision, Lady Haruka."

"I'll go take that shower now." Haruka left the basement and headed to her room. Carmella was in the living room waiting for her. "Carmella, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The brunette turned to look at Haruka. For a moment Haruka debated on taking the pain away again but decided it was unwise. "I would appreciate if you and Ruby would forget about whatever we had." Carmella bowed and left without a word.

The shower was relaxing. Haruka felt as though she was erasing Amara out of her life once and for all. Her thoughts ran back to Michiru in the hospital. It had been a few weeks since she saw her screaming on the bed in the hospital. A few tears gathered in her eyes and she sat in the shower crying for a moment.

After her shower she looked at the suits she had collected inside of her closet. They were all the same- crimson vests with a matching tie and a white under shirt complete with black dress pants. She applied her favorite cologne and went to find Alexander.

Alexander had just finished scrubbing the blood off the wall and floor from the cup she had thrown in the prison-like room when she found him. He looked up at her when she returned to the room. She refused to enter it and waited outside.

"Lady Haruka," Alexander greeted her when he walked out of the room. "a woman had come to see you while you were in here. I sent her away due to your condition at the time."

"What was her name?"

"Mina. She said she had to go back home but would return some day. She said it was important but it could wait."

"Alright." Haruka and Alexander walked into the living room. Alexander caught Haruka up on everything that had taken place while she was in the prison room.

"Another thing has been happening as well. There has been a Lilin or two that have disobeyed your order. They have been attacking humans. We're unsure if it's from our clan or if it's Lucas Grey's clan. Either way, whoever it is is feeding in our territory. Any treaty you have been working on with the hunters could go up in flames if we don't find this Lilin."

Haruka listened carefully as Alexander gave her the down low on everything she missed.

"Lucas also returned while you were in there. His request was the same as before but I turned him away. Even if you were to go through with the action I don't think you are strong enough to handle drinking that much Lilin blood. The small amounts you've consumed have had a very bad effect on you. I can't imagine an amount of that quantity." Alexander stopped and let his thoughts take over for a moment. –Even though, in the end I fear she will have to kill Lucas. It's the only way to unite the two clans with one ruler. Being that she has his blood as well she would be the only one that could do it- Haruka heard his thoughts clearly. The last thing she wanted was to end up in that room again.

"Is there someone we can send to investigate the attacks on the humans? I don't want Joe to think I'm not doing as I promised. Being in the position I am I can see we aren't the bad guys here. The hunters aren't either. I need to find a balance between the two of us I just don't know how to yet." Haruka ruffled her hair as she spoke.

"You will find that balance. I have faith in you. Lady Angeline never wanted the two clans to be united. In the end I know it will be a wise decision to unite the two." Alexander smiled. "Are you hungry?"

Haruka scratched her chin for a moment. "I could go for a big juicy burger right now and a bucket of ice cream."

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Alexander had been sent to investigate the attacks made on the humans. A couple more Lilin joined him in the investigation. Haruka sat by herself for most of the day getting caught up on some other minor things she had missed while in the prison room. She also thought long and hard on all of the things that had been happening.

Victor- Victor had to be the man that attacked her a long time ago. Despite what Alexander had said about him being dead she questioned if Victor truly was dead. She also remembered what had been said about her father, that he was a hunter and never knew. Haruka had not seen her father in months and missed him. She also missed her dog, Benny. While Alexander was out she decided to visit her father. He was home for once. She approached the door and knocked.

"Haruka." Her father's eyes widened. "Where have you been?" The man's eyes were full of tears. "I thought something might have happened to you. Everyone has been looking for you. Your college was a mess for weeks as their star runner had gone missing." He hugged her tightly. "Is everything alright?"

"I'm sorry. There's been a lot going on. I can't even explain what's been happening." Haruka looked down at the small dog at her feet. "I've missed both of you so much." She picked up Benny and held him closely. Benny licked her cheek as he usually did when he was within reach.

"Would you like something to eat or drink?" Her father opened the door to let her in.

"No, I just came to visit. It's been months." She sat down on the couch in the living room. "Michiru left me and I've been staying in my mother's mansion."

He bowed his head. –I knew this would happen.- "I had a bad feeling about you moving in with Michiru."

"It's something I can't explain. Everything was perfect but an accident happened. I had to leave because of it."

Her father looked at what she was wearing. "Where did you get that suit? It must be worth thousands."

Haruka looked down at the attire she wore. "Things have changed. My mother died and I inherited everything from her. I can't say I'm happy with how that happened, but it happened. I've been so busy with things she left for me I haven't had time for anything else. Michiru is in the hospital. Another accident." Haruka held her tears in as she spoke of her ex lover. "She was stabbed and got staph infection. I went to visit her one day and she was in so much pain she would just scream. I don't think she ever knew I was in the room when she began to scream."

"I'm sorry, Haruka. I wish I could help."

"It's alright. I just came to visit and see how you two were doing. I really miss both of you." She hugged her dog tightly again.

"Why don't you take him with you? He's been different since you've been gone."

Haruka looked at the small dog in her arms. Normally when she would sit down on the couch he would instantly jump out of her arms. "Can I?"

"I see you have been through a lot. Having a little friend might help you feel better."

"Thanks. I have to get going. I'm very busy. I just wanted you to know I was fine."

Her father gathered the things that belonged to Benny and led Haruka to the door. "Is that your car?" He looked at the yellow Ferrari parked in the driveway.

"A lot has changed. Yeah, it's my car."

"Take care. If you ever need anything you know where to find me."

"Thanks."

Haruka was excited to have her dog back with her. Having a companion would surely help put her mind at ease. She assigned one of the human servants to take care of him when she could not. Alexander was still out searching for the Lilin that was attacking the humans. Haruka sat at a desk in one of the offices of the mansion and reorganized some of the papers inside.

"Hello again, Haruka." A chillingly familiar voice spoke to her.

Haruka turned to see the man she suspected to be Victor standing behind her. He stood wearing a black trench coat that covered his entire figure.

"Victor?" She questioned the man.

"So you know my name now." He approached the couch in the room and sat on it.

"How come I get the feeling you're the only one that can answer all the questions I have?" Haruka's full attention was now on the man that was linked to everything in her life.

"Because I am." He crossed his fingers in his lap.

"Was it my mother you warned me about that night? You told me to be careful with whom I trust." Haruka was determined to get the answers from this man tonight.

"Yes."

"Then you probably know who took me from her as well after I was born." Her eyes never left the man. No matter how hard she tried she could not see into his mind for his true thoughts.

"I took you."

Haruka had begun to suspect the possibility it may have been him for a while.

"She could not raise you. If she raised you then you would have never been able to do what you need to do. I also set fire to your house when you were an infant. I needed to hide you from her and that was the only way. She knew where your father lived so I severed off every way she could use to trace you." The man never blinked as he spoke. He seemed to be strictly on business.

Haruka picked up a few papers on her desk and rearranged them as she tried to think of more questions to ask this man. She had waited months for him to reappear. "Alexander said you were dead."

"I was dead."

Haruka glanced back at him quickly. "Then how are you alive?"

Victor cleared his throat before he spoke. "I can't die. I can die-but it's not permanent. I have lived a hundred deaths over but I always wake up the next day."

She questioned the man in her thoughts. If only she could hear what he was thinking as well. This was the first Lilin she had met that she could not hear thoughts from.

"Death is very painful for a Lilin. It's more than just dying. You can feel your very life force being pulled out of you. But for me, I am cursed to die and wake up each time."

Haruka kept her eyes locked on the man in front of her. Surely, everything in her life was something he had planned. He was the cause of everything. She turned to rearrange a few papers as she thought of some more questions. "How am I the first to be born with three bloodlines and hunter?" When she turned Victor had disappeared. She heard footsteps approaching her from the hallway outside of the room. "Damn it." She turned back to continue filling things on the desk. It irritated her more than anything she had not received all the answers. He would be back, she was sure of it.

"Lady Haruka." Alexander entered the room behind her. "We found the one responsible for the attacks on the humans."

"Very well, Alexander." She tried to wave the man out of the room. "I'll deal with that later." Her nerves were shot from the encounter with Victor.

"I think you should deal with it now." Alexander sounded very commanding. A tone she had never heard him use before.

"I think it can wait. Don't question me, Alexander."

"Very well. I'll just leave her here then." He dropped a woman on the floor behind Haruka and left. Haruka continued to mess with the papers on the desk paying no attention to the person lying on the floor behind her.

"Haruka…"

The hair on the back of her neck stood. The voice was familiar. She turned to see a woman on the floor. "Alexander!" Haruka called for the man to return."Why did you bring her here?"

"You ordered me to bring the Lilin in responsible for the attacks. That's what I have done."

Haruka stood and walked to the woman on the floor. She knelt down next to the trembling figure. "Alexander, she's not a Lilin. You know that. I want her removed from my home."

Alexander picked the woman up off of the floor and forcefully opened her mouth. Haruka looked inside of her mouth.

"See, she's not a Lilin." Haruka glared at the man.

Alexander then forced a fang out from a hiding spot similar to where Haruka hid her own fangs.

"That's impossible." Haruka approached the woman Alexander had in his arms. "There's no way she had hidden it from me the whole time."

"Haruka." The woman spoke again.

Haruka took a good hard look at the woman. Alexander released his grip on her. "Michiru," She spoke to the aqua haired woman in front of her. "what happened to you?"

Michiru bowed her head in shame. "I don't know what happened."