Chapter twenty-five
Taiki sighed as he shifted in his seat, he glanced up, looking at Seiya. It had been a day since the fight, and neither one of them had woken up.
Michiru and Haruka were the worst shape of all of them; they had taken the attack without much defense.
He glanced up to see the young man who called himself Artimis. He was watching Usagi, a frown fixed up on his face.
Yaten entered the room, and glanced at Seiya, his face was pale, and worry etched evidently on his face.
Taiki glanced at Haruka, who laid next to Seiya. She was covered in scratches that were slowly healing. Hotoru was holding her hand, humming a song. The one Haruka and Michiru played on the moon, for their hime.
Then suddenly, the door opened, and that girl entered. She looked grief stricken, even though she had been able to order them around without faltering.
She walked to Usagi's side of the bed and brushed her cheek with her knuckles. "You don't know me yet, but..." she softly smiled, "I know you very well hime."
Taiki stood, and walked to stand next to Hotoru. She was the one, of all of them, who needed support. He had heard of Pluto's death, and then now with Haruka and Michiru unconscious, he knew the child's mind was wearing thin.
"Hey." He spoke softly, not to disrupt her. She stopped and looked at him, and softly smiled, "hello."
She was growing he could see that. She wasn't the same five years old she was when he first came her. She now looked seven, which meant it was almost time.
He sat down in the chair and looked at Haruka's face, what a tough onna. She was stubborn, but one of the strongest onna's he knew.
"How are you feeling Hotoru?"
She sighed ringing her hands in her lap, "Alright I guess. I just hope they will be ok."
Taiki sighed, chancing a glance at Michiru, he didn't feel sorry for her. She was in love, and had thrown herself into the blast to protect the person she loved, it was her decision, and he respected her for that.
"They will. They have been through a lot, and Fighter's blast isn't that powerful. She may think she's all tough, but seriously, Duo could kick her ass in a fight."
Hotoru giggled at the thought, "Artigato Taiki chan." She climbed onto his lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled close.
Taiki sighed silently to himself. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and waited. It was all they could do.
"It looks like we were too late." "Hai, I see that. Damn!"
"Don't yell, you'll wake everyone up!" "I'm not the one yelling now."
She flushed with anger, "so help me kami I'll..."
"you'll what, pin me to the floor, and..."
"Eechi! I knew you were when I met you, I can't believe I ever sunk myself to..."
"Oh but love, you enjoyed it as much as I did, I heard not complains, nothing but for an encore."
Her eyes blazed with fire, "You!!!" "Aw, aw, aw. See who is yelling now?"
She glared at him, "Because of you. I don't have to take this."
Then suddenly she disappeared from site. The man grinned, 'feisty, just like that one night, many years ago...' then he too vanished leaving only a trace of energy left.
Venus's body was wracked with sobs, as she curled up into the corner of the room. She was on her hands and knees, her forehead brushing the ground.
She gagged, and she pulled back puking, her body heaved, when nothing came out.
She rolled over, gasping for air. She pulled her knees to her chest feeling her body spasm in pain. Things blurred but her body trembled with sobs that would break anyone's heart. Her face was stained with old and new tears. Her eyes were red from crying, and her lips bleeding from being bit to hard.
She was bleeding, but that didn't bother her, instead, the bright light in front of her was more important.
She reached out, trying to tough the soft glow, but it pulled back. She burst out in more tears, blond hair falling into her eyes.
Then suddenly the light vanished and she choked on a sob, "U...Usagi."
More tears coursed down her cheek.
"Mina chan!"
Usagi fell to her knees, "Oh kami what happened!"
Venus forced a smile through her pain, "Nothing...I...I'm so happy to see you. I missed you Usagi, really...I did."
Usagi shook her head, "I know. I know that Mina chan. I'm going to help you."
Venus shook her head, as Usagi's image started to fade. "I don't want to live." She pressed her legs together, feeling still the violation there. She never felt so weak in her life.
Usagi touched her face, smoothing her locks from her face. "Mina..."
Venus shook her head. "You can never forgive me Usagi."
Usagi frowned, "What do you mean?" Venus inhaled deeply, knowing it would be her last. "Don't trust him." It all came out in one breath of air, and her body went limb.
Usagi shook her head, "Venus...Venus...VENUS!!!!"
Usagi shot up in bed, her eyes spilling with tears.
"Usagi?"
Usagi burst out crying, her body racking with sobs. She fell back into the bed and curled up into a ball, much like how Venus had done.
"Oh kami, oh kami..."
"Oh kami, oh kami..." she covered her face with her hands.
"Usagi."
"Oh Luna it was awful!"
She pulled the black cat into her arms. "He hurt her, in worst possible way. She died; she's gone like the others, dieing by his awful hands. How can a being, be so cruel, so evil. How can someone be so corrupted like that?"
Luna shook her head, "I don't know Usagi, I don't know." Luna felt tears rim her eyes; she knew how deeply her hime was hurting.
Usagi cried out more, feeling her heart ache for her scouts, who were dieing.
"She doesn't want me to forgive her...and maybe I can't. but I will get revenge...I promise that."
Artimis sighed, as he stared at the bed Usagi laid on.
He shut his eyes, trying to keep his cool. He missed his wife, and his home. Suddenly two arms wrapped around his waist, "Don't worry Otosan, Okaasan's fine. And soon we can go home."
Artimis nodded, "I know Diana. I know."
Taiki sighed as he shifted in his seat, he glanced up, looking at Seiya. It had been a day since the fight, and neither one of them had woken up.
Michiru and Haruka were the worst shape of all of them; they had taken the attack without much defense.
He glanced up to see the young man who called himself Artimis. He was watching Usagi, a frown fixed up on his face.
Yaten entered the room, and glanced at Seiya, his face was pale, and worry etched evidently on his face.
Taiki glanced at Haruka, who laid next to Seiya. She was covered in scratches that were slowly healing. Hotoru was holding her hand, humming a song. The one Haruka and Michiru played on the moon, for their hime.
Then suddenly, the door opened, and that girl entered. She looked grief stricken, even though she had been able to order them around without faltering.
She walked to Usagi's side of the bed and brushed her cheek with her knuckles. "You don't know me yet, but..." she softly smiled, "I know you very well hime."
Taiki stood, and walked to stand next to Hotoru. She was the one, of all of them, who needed support. He had heard of Pluto's death, and then now with Haruka and Michiru unconscious, he knew the child's mind was wearing thin.
"Hey." He spoke softly, not to disrupt her. She stopped and looked at him, and softly smiled, "hello."
She was growing he could see that. She wasn't the same five years old she was when he first came her. She now looked seven, which meant it was almost time.
He sat down in the chair and looked at Haruka's face, what a tough onna. She was stubborn, but one of the strongest onna's he knew.
"How are you feeling Hotoru?"
She sighed ringing her hands in her lap, "Alright I guess. I just hope they will be ok."
Taiki sighed, chancing a glance at Michiru, he didn't feel sorry for her. She was in love, and had thrown herself into the blast to protect the person she loved, it was her decision, and he respected her for that.
"They will. They have been through a lot, and Fighter's blast isn't that powerful. She may think she's all tough, but seriously, Duo could kick her ass in a fight."
Hotoru giggled at the thought, "Artigato Taiki chan." She climbed onto his lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled close.
Taiki sighed silently to himself. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and waited. It was all they could do.
"It looks like we were too late." "Hai, I see that. Damn!"
"Don't yell, you'll wake everyone up!" "I'm not the one yelling now."
She flushed with anger, "so help me kami I'll..."
"you'll what, pin me to the floor, and..."
"Eechi! I knew you were when I met you, I can't believe I ever sunk myself to..."
"Oh but love, you enjoyed it as much as I did, I heard not complains, nothing but for an encore."
Her eyes blazed with fire, "You!!!" "Aw, aw, aw. See who is yelling now?"
She glared at him, "Because of you. I don't have to take this."
Then suddenly she disappeared from site. The man grinned, 'feisty, just like that one night, many years ago...' then he too vanished leaving only a trace of energy left.
Venus's body was wracked with sobs, as she curled up into the corner of the room. She was on her hands and knees, her forehead brushing the ground.
She gagged, and she pulled back puking, her body heaved, when nothing came out.
She rolled over, gasping for air. She pulled her knees to her chest feeling her body spasm in pain. Things blurred but her body trembled with sobs that would break anyone's heart. Her face was stained with old and new tears. Her eyes were red from crying, and her lips bleeding from being bit to hard.
She was bleeding, but that didn't bother her, instead, the bright light in front of her was more important.
She reached out, trying to tough the soft glow, but it pulled back. She burst out in more tears, blond hair falling into her eyes.
Then suddenly the light vanished and she choked on a sob, "U...Usagi."
More tears coursed down her cheek.
"Mina chan!"
Usagi fell to her knees, "Oh kami what happened!"
Venus forced a smile through her pain, "Nothing...I...I'm so happy to see you. I missed you Usagi, really...I did."
Usagi shook her head, "I know. I know that Mina chan. I'm going to help you."
Venus shook her head, as Usagi's image started to fade. "I don't want to live." She pressed her legs together, feeling still the violation there. She never felt so weak in her life.
Usagi touched her face, smoothing her locks from her face. "Mina..."
Venus shook her head. "You can never forgive me Usagi."
Usagi frowned, "What do you mean?" Venus inhaled deeply, knowing it would be her last. "Don't trust him." It all came out in one breath of air, and her body went limb.
Usagi shook her head, "Venus...Venus...VENUS!!!!"
Usagi shot up in bed, her eyes spilling with tears.
"Usagi?"
Usagi burst out crying, her body racking with sobs. She fell back into the bed and curled up into a ball, much like how Venus had done.
"Oh kami, oh kami..."
"Oh kami, oh kami..." she covered her face with her hands.
"Usagi."
"Oh Luna it was awful!"
She pulled the black cat into her arms. "He hurt her, in worst possible way. She died; she's gone like the others, dieing by his awful hands. How can a being, be so cruel, so evil. How can someone be so corrupted like that?"
Luna shook her head, "I don't know Usagi, I don't know." Luna felt tears rim her eyes; she knew how deeply her hime was hurting.
Usagi cried out more, feeling her heart ache for her scouts, who were dieing.
"She doesn't want me to forgive her...and maybe I can't. but I will get revenge...I promise that."
Artimis sighed, as he stared at the bed Usagi laid on.
He shut his eyes, trying to keep his cool. He missed his wife, and his home. Suddenly two arms wrapped around his waist, "Don't worry Otosan, Okaasan's fine. And soon we can go home."
Artimis nodded, "I know Diana. I know."