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Chapter 55 - Commitment

The next evening, Kunzite answered his door quickly. Whoever was there was knocking incessantly. When he opened it, a very pissed off Mina stood there. She marched in with her hands on her hips and glared at him.

"What?" he asked. He squirmed under her intense stare.

"Like you don't know!" she huffed.

He shook his head, "I have no idea what I did to piss you off."

She crossed her arms and said, "We are having sex right now! Transform."

"What? I'm still confused."

"Zoisite and Amy broke their bed frame now. Amy! Sweet, kind, brainy, Amy. I am not going to be outdone by them."

Kunzite held up his hands and said, "Wait, I only have one bed here. If we break it, where will we sleep?"

"My place, the floor, the roof. I don't care." She transformed into Sailor Venus.

Instantly, Kunzite was trying to figure out why he was fighting this. She was sexy all of the time, but in that short skirt and tight top, he grew hard. He pulled her up against his body, and he transformed too.

Later that night, he wondered if the group could get a bulk discount on bed frames. They dressed and made their way to Mina's place to sleep that night. That gave him an idea.

"Mina, why aren't we getting married?"

She rolled her eyes, "Because you haven't asked me to marry you, idiot."

"Will you marry me? I mean I don't have a ring, but we did break a bed frame tonight, in two places. Surely the fact that we one upped everyone else has to count for something." he reasoned.

She chuckled, "So, is it weird if you're right? I get to tell everyone tomorrow about the bed, and you will go buy a ring."

"Deal."

"Okay, I will marry you."

Two days later, the next attack came from Rubeus. The amount of youma was staggering. They each had two youma to defeat a piece. They knew it was Amy and Zoisite's planning that enabled them to divide and conquer. Sailor Moon was exhausted after dusting all of the youma.

Much to everyone's annoyance, and no absolutely one's surprise, Molly was there when the attack happened. But, to their horror, as the fight was finishing up, Rubeus appeared and was within attacking distance of Molly. What they couldn't figure out was why, when he had the chance, he didn't kill her.

That night, Andrew and Molly stayed in the guest room at the penthouse. He didn't want her sleeping alone, and he knew he couldn't sleep over at her parents' place with her. He held her tightly and whispered words of love and strength to her. He only relaxed when she fell asleep. He wanted to kill Beryl. He was incredibly glad he killed Bazzite already.

Beryl was furious. "You didn't kill Molly? She was right there, defenseless, and yet she lives! You're useless!" She threw her glass of wine and it crashed onto the floor. She pointed at a servant, "You! Clean that up now!"

Rubeus bowed. Outwardly, he was calm, "Queen Beryl, I only want to serve you. I saw her and calculated her strength. She is less than nothing. She can be squished like a bug at any time. I could've killed her, and that would have satisfied you for now. Am I wrong with assuming there would come a time when you would wish that it was you who wrapped your hands around her throat and got to watch the life get crushed out of her?"

She calmed, and sat back on her throne. "Hmmm. I didn't think of that. It would be nice to kill her myself. I would like to watch her eyes when they cloud over in death."

He bowed again, "I am only trying to serve you to the best of my ability. If I was wrong, I am sure I will have another time soon where I could kill her for you."

She shook her head and held up her hand, "No. No, you are right on this one. I do want to kill her myself. I am glad you didn't. Very well done anticipating my wants."

He walked out of her throne room with his head held high. Yes, everything was going exactly to plan. It was time to update Emerald on the latest developments.

When he did, it came as a surprise to him that Diamond was getting close to Earth already. He would be there in less than a week.

He sighed and said, "I can't wait until you arrive."

"You really want Diamond there that badly?" she asked, surprised.

"No, you. I want you here that badly. My bed has gotten very lonely without you here."

Her voice grew tight, "Oh." was all she said, but he heard it.

"What?"

"Diamond made it very clear you were to fulfill all of her needs."

"You can't actually believe I would sleep with her when I am in love with you."

She sighed, "Well."

"No! No, I don't care if that would anger him or her. No! I would never cheat on you. How can you not know that?" he was deeply hurt.

"Sorry, I just know how Diamond is. My whole life, my brother got everything he wanted. It isn't you that I doubt. It's his ability to get things to go his way that I was thinking about." she explained.

"Well, listen to me now. I will never cheat on you. I am desperately in love with you. I would die before I hurt you. You are the reason I am doing everything that I am. If I lose you, then I lose my purpose. I will do anything but hurt you." he said with steel in his voice.

He heard her sniffing. "I am sorry. I promise to never doubt you again. I love you so much. I get a little crazy sometimes."

"Just remember that this is all for you." He paused and said, "I do want to see you soon. Everything is working according to plan."

That night, when they ended their communication, he was sad. He wished she had told him she was worried about his faithfulness sooner. He hated that she went one second believing that he would sleep with Beryl. He shuddered in disgust. He wouldn't want to even if Emerald wasn't around.

Beryl was pleased with how everything was going. They had not only managed to get some energy from the youma that attacked that day, but she was also able to syphon some off. She felt the extra power coursing through her veins. She flexed her fingers and energy sparked in between them. It was incredible. And, she smiled to herself. Metalia was none the wiser.

Metalia sat deep in the crystal, absorbing the small amount of energy she had received. It had been so little, but she was still pleased. Beryl had absorbed some of the energy, thinking she had done it unnoticed. The energy had been tainted to make Beryl's body stronger and better able to house Metalia once she broke free. Once she was inside of Beryl's body, Beryl would effectively be dead. She was very pleased.

Diamond was excited that they were heading towards earth. Emerald thought he didn't know about her relationship with Rubeus. Of course, he did. It only made Rubeus easier to control. After all, Emerald was with him on the ship and under his complete power. He held all of the cards.

Serena had just finished dinner with Darien and Sammy when Darien smiled and said, "Now, I have a surprise for you." He took her hand and led her towards the study.

Sammy rolled his eyes and said, "I will clean up the dishes and then be in my room. I'll be listening to music, loudly."

Darien didn't even blush. He just looked at Sammy and said, "Thank you."

Serena followed Darien to the study, and as soon as he opened the doors, she teared up.

"Oh my gosh! I love it. Our desks are here. Oh! And, you got that leather couch I loved. And the bookcases are perfect!" she beamed.

I was hoping you'd like it. He smiled, "I left your bookshelves bare so you could fill them the way you wanted to. I didn't know if you would want to keep your manga in here or somewhere else. I didn't know if you would think it looked serious enough for your official desk."

She laughed, "Remember you gave me that old bookcase?" he nodded. "Didn't you wonder where it went? It is in my closet. I have them all stored in there. I can easily access them from our room so I can read them in there, and they don't mess with the fancy penthouse."

"I don't mind where you put them. You could even keep them in my bookshelf."

She smiled, "You are sweet. I will keep some in here. Probably by the couch. That way, when you are studying, I can sit in here with you."

"I would like that." he smiled at her.

She looked puzzled, "Now, why did my brother say the music would be loud? I was expecting something else from his reaction."

"Sex?"

She nodded. "Yes."

He smirked at her and said, "Well, he knows us. We can't get enough of each other. That, and he overheard what I wanted to do to you on my desk. You did promise we could have sex on my desk first."

She smiled at him, "Oh. That, I did." She ran her hand over his desk. "It is rather large. It would give us plenty of-"

She was cut off by him lifting her up and sitting her on his desk. He ran his hands along her bare legs, under her skirt and pulled off her panties. He said, "It's time to christen this desk."

She was really glad that she knew Sammy's music was up loud that night.