Darkness. Surrounded by it, enshrouded it in, embraced by it...eternally loved by it.
The darkness not of evil, but of something more intense and absolute.
This was the darkness of him.
And I am trapped in its chains.
EDEN
by Silver Miko
Setsuna gazed off at nothing in particular as she waited for the water for her green tea to finish boiling. It was a comforting routine; wake up, make tea, read the paper.
This morning, no paper held her interest. This morning there was a feeling of dread in the air. Chill like the damp air ar night after a storm. A chill only her heart could feel.
Last night she had dreamt and awake to find that necklace around her throat, a clear sign that he had in some way returned.
Hades.
The gentleman she danced with and plagued her thoughts, the rebel she was warned to be on guard with, the rogue who kidnapped her from her Castle, the dark prince who she finally destroyed.
Bastard. Traitor. Husband.
The steam from the kettle screamed. Setsuna didn't even hear it.
* * * *
Black surrounded her, all soft and silk-like. Blinking a few more times, she noticed she was laying in the middle of a large canopy bed with black satin sheets and crimson red down quilts.
She was still in her very modest nightgown of cotton, and felt like an angel lost in a sea of ebony.
'An angel is hardly what you are.' Pluto thought to herself.
She was more like a dark, mysterious fey.
She felt slighty dizzy and disoriented as she climbed off the bed, her feet landing on cold charcoal grey marble tile. It was cold, more so than her planet, which was surely the coldest place in the system, was it not?
"Are you cold?"
Whirling around, she met the gaze of her captor.
He looked like some dark knight in his black and silver armor and long black cape.
"Where am I? What is this place?" she asked, hating the feeling of being lost.
Hades chuckled, a sardonic grin appearing on his too handsome face.
"This is my home, dear princess, the Nether Realm."
"Nether Realm? This place...it's only supposed to be myth." she said surprised, but then again, the line between tangible and intangible blurred quite easily as she observed through out her life so far.
"It is real, forgotten as the times shifted and new era came and went. This place is eternal, my dear, no matter how much time goes and everything else changes, this place is one of the few untouched by its influence."
" A place time does not touch." she murmured, suddenly feeling a deep overwhelming sadness fill her heart and soul. She trembled, tears coming suddenly.
"I shall one day be like this place. Existing outside of time."
Hades walked over to her, embracing her, wanting to take her pain away desperately.
"You fear you shall become cold and lifeless like this world? Do not fear, beautiful goddess, thought it may surround you and shake you, coldness will never fill you." he whispered into to ear.
"How do you know that?" she asked, her eyes staring into his, her bottom lip trembling. It was rare to hold the Princess of Pluto, an elusive creature she was, but even more rare to see her in such a vulnerable state.
He brushed her tears away and smiled a genuine warm smile.
"I will not let it be so."
Pluto looked at him stunned. Her tears stopped, her shivers subsided, but in his embrace she remained.
"Why me? Why have you taken me?" she asked, puzzled. Why would anyone want her of people? Enough to risk kidnapping her? It was crazy!
Hades grasped her wrist gently, leading her to sit with him on the bed. He brushed a loose strand of hair out of her face.
"I knew from the moment I laid eyes on you, I had to hold you and never let you go. I used to have a dream when I was younger. There was a tall woman holding a large staff. She was like a shadow, surrounded by mist. All I could see was her eyes. Those sad garnet eyes. The woman seemed so lonely, like how I felt. I always awoke thinking I wanted to find her so that she wouldn't be alone anymore. You were her, or will be. I was seeing you, Pluto. The you who will be the Guardian of Time. You are my fate. My destiny. My only love. I want to be with you forever."
Pluto lifted a trembling hand to her mouth, tears springing once more to her face, tears he kissed away.
Once more, darkness embraced her. And she reveled in it.
"Stay with me." he asked her, as he held her in his embrace.
"Hades......"
* * * * *
She was like a zombie the way she walked downtown, making her way to the arcade to meet Haruka and Michiru. She knew he'd strike soon, there was a great deal of bitterness between them that most likely ripened to hatred over the past millennia.
She had to tell Haruka and Michiru. They would know something was wrong right away. They knew everything about Hades...well, almost everything. She had told them everything she knew of him, keeping some details quiet when she was asked in the Silver Millennium. She couldn't betray him completely.
So lost in her thoughts she never noticed how everything seemed to still and quiet, almost like it was all becomming sepia toned, and she was the only color.
"Princess."
The voice broke through her thoughts and she looked forward, as a tall man with black hair and deep brown eyes in black pants, garnet shirt, and leather jacket stood before her.
Setsuna gasped, noticing how everything around her seemed frozen. She wasted nor more time.
"Pluto Crystal Power, make up!"
Sailor Pluto's eyes narrowed as she pointed the Garnet Rod at the man.
"I thought I'd never have to see you again, that I'd destroyed you both physically and in my mind." she said, her voice laced with anger, regret, and sorrow.
"I told you I would be with you forever, my love...besides, you destroyed my body, not my soul. The stars saw it fit for me to be reborn, in this time, on this planet, so I could find you again. I've been rude, allow me to introduce myself. I now go by the name Shiou Tooya."
"Clever. Dead Scream!"
The attack would have been effective, had he not seemingly disappeared and re-appeared beside her.
"Very good, you've become the woman of my dreams, literally." he murmured, carressing her neck with cool fingers.
She hit him away with the Garnet Rod, weary as a cold fire lit his eyes.
"I've waited a millennia to see you, Pluto."
"And I've spent a millennia trying to forget. I sense it, you are not the same as the past. I feel it....a deep darkness.."
Tooya smiled a cruel smile.
"Do you think I could return without some assistance? Your power did destroy my body and left my soul dammned to dwell in hell."
Sailor Pluto shifted the Garnet Rod, sadness sweeping over her features.
" I never intended for your soul to end up there. I didn't realize the extent of my powers then, but you left me no choice." she said softly, desperately trying to keep herself calm.
She hadn't spent all those years learning from past mistakes for nothing. She had learned the extent of her powers. The limits. She learned just how important she was in the threads fate had woven for the Sailor Senshi. Centuries had given her time to mature fully into the soldier she was now.
And she'd be dammned before she lost herself again.
* * * * * * *
The end.......until 'Piece of Love'
This chapter is dedicated to that eagle chasing, anime loving, Haruka/Michiru fanboy, Canadian guy I know..what's his name who invented Club Anipike...that guy. Yeah. Who else listens to me ramble bout all the guys I like so supportively.
You know who you are. Nyao! =^_~=
The darkness not of evil, but of something more intense and absolute.
This was the darkness of him.
And I am trapped in its chains.
EDEN
by Silver Miko
Setsuna gazed off at nothing in particular as she waited for the water for her green tea to finish boiling. It was a comforting routine; wake up, make tea, read the paper.
This morning, no paper held her interest. This morning there was a feeling of dread in the air. Chill like the damp air ar night after a storm. A chill only her heart could feel.
Last night she had dreamt and awake to find that necklace around her throat, a clear sign that he had in some way returned.
Hades.
The gentleman she danced with and plagued her thoughts, the rebel she was warned to be on guard with, the rogue who kidnapped her from her Castle, the dark prince who she finally destroyed.
Bastard. Traitor. Husband.
The steam from the kettle screamed. Setsuna didn't even hear it.
* * * *
Black surrounded her, all soft and silk-like. Blinking a few more times, she noticed she was laying in the middle of a large canopy bed with black satin sheets and crimson red down quilts.
She was still in her very modest nightgown of cotton, and felt like an angel lost in a sea of ebony.
'An angel is hardly what you are.' Pluto thought to herself.
She was more like a dark, mysterious fey.
She felt slighty dizzy and disoriented as she climbed off the bed, her feet landing on cold charcoal grey marble tile. It was cold, more so than her planet, which was surely the coldest place in the system, was it not?
"Are you cold?"
Whirling around, she met the gaze of her captor.
He looked like some dark knight in his black and silver armor and long black cape.
"Where am I? What is this place?" she asked, hating the feeling of being lost.
Hades chuckled, a sardonic grin appearing on his too handsome face.
"This is my home, dear princess, the Nether Realm."
"Nether Realm? This place...it's only supposed to be myth." she said surprised, but then again, the line between tangible and intangible blurred quite easily as she observed through out her life so far.
"It is real, forgotten as the times shifted and new era came and went. This place is eternal, my dear, no matter how much time goes and everything else changes, this place is one of the few untouched by its influence."
" A place time does not touch." she murmured, suddenly feeling a deep overwhelming sadness fill her heart and soul. She trembled, tears coming suddenly.
"I shall one day be like this place. Existing outside of time."
Hades walked over to her, embracing her, wanting to take her pain away desperately.
"You fear you shall become cold and lifeless like this world? Do not fear, beautiful goddess, thought it may surround you and shake you, coldness will never fill you." he whispered into to ear.
"How do you know that?" she asked, her eyes staring into his, her bottom lip trembling. It was rare to hold the Princess of Pluto, an elusive creature she was, but even more rare to see her in such a vulnerable state.
He brushed her tears away and smiled a genuine warm smile.
"I will not let it be so."
Pluto looked at him stunned. Her tears stopped, her shivers subsided, but in his embrace she remained.
"Why me? Why have you taken me?" she asked, puzzled. Why would anyone want her of people? Enough to risk kidnapping her? It was crazy!
Hades grasped her wrist gently, leading her to sit with him on the bed. He brushed a loose strand of hair out of her face.
"I knew from the moment I laid eyes on you, I had to hold you and never let you go. I used to have a dream when I was younger. There was a tall woman holding a large staff. She was like a shadow, surrounded by mist. All I could see was her eyes. Those sad garnet eyes. The woman seemed so lonely, like how I felt. I always awoke thinking I wanted to find her so that she wouldn't be alone anymore. You were her, or will be. I was seeing you, Pluto. The you who will be the Guardian of Time. You are my fate. My destiny. My only love. I want to be with you forever."
Pluto lifted a trembling hand to her mouth, tears springing once more to her face, tears he kissed away.
Once more, darkness embraced her. And she reveled in it.
"Stay with me." he asked her, as he held her in his embrace.
"Hades......"
* * * * *
She was like a zombie the way she walked downtown, making her way to the arcade to meet Haruka and Michiru. She knew he'd strike soon, there was a great deal of bitterness between them that most likely ripened to hatred over the past millennia.
She had to tell Haruka and Michiru. They would know something was wrong right away. They knew everything about Hades...well, almost everything. She had told them everything she knew of him, keeping some details quiet when she was asked in the Silver Millennium. She couldn't betray him completely.
So lost in her thoughts she never noticed how everything seemed to still and quiet, almost like it was all becomming sepia toned, and she was the only color.
"Princess."
The voice broke through her thoughts and she looked forward, as a tall man with black hair and deep brown eyes in black pants, garnet shirt, and leather jacket stood before her.
Setsuna gasped, noticing how everything around her seemed frozen. She wasted nor more time.
"Pluto Crystal Power, make up!"
Sailor Pluto's eyes narrowed as she pointed the Garnet Rod at the man.
"I thought I'd never have to see you again, that I'd destroyed you both physically and in my mind." she said, her voice laced with anger, regret, and sorrow.
"I told you I would be with you forever, my love...besides, you destroyed my body, not my soul. The stars saw it fit for me to be reborn, in this time, on this planet, so I could find you again. I've been rude, allow me to introduce myself. I now go by the name Shiou Tooya."
"Clever. Dead Scream!"
The attack would have been effective, had he not seemingly disappeared and re-appeared beside her.
"Very good, you've become the woman of my dreams, literally." he murmured, carressing her neck with cool fingers.
She hit him away with the Garnet Rod, weary as a cold fire lit his eyes.
"I've waited a millennia to see you, Pluto."
"And I've spent a millennia trying to forget. I sense it, you are not the same as the past. I feel it....a deep darkness.."
Tooya smiled a cruel smile.
"Do you think I could return without some assistance? Your power did destroy my body and left my soul dammned to dwell in hell."
Sailor Pluto shifted the Garnet Rod, sadness sweeping over her features.
" I never intended for your soul to end up there. I didn't realize the extent of my powers then, but you left me no choice." she said softly, desperately trying to keep herself calm.
She hadn't spent all those years learning from past mistakes for nothing. She had learned the extent of her powers. The limits. She learned just how important she was in the threads fate had woven for the Sailor Senshi. Centuries had given her time to mature fully into the soldier she was now.
And she'd be dammned before she lost herself again.
* * * * * * *
The end.......until 'Piece of Love'
This chapter is dedicated to that eagle chasing, anime loving, Haruka/Michiru fanboy, Canadian guy I know..what's his name who invented Club Anipike...that guy. Yeah. Who else listens to me ramble bout all the guys I like so supportively.
You know who you are. Nyao! =^_~=