I can't use what I can't abuse
Disclaimer: Ooh! Part 2. Hope you're all happy! (Grins) Well, don't worry. That gorgeous evil guy Rubeus will finally wake up and start acting his sadistic evil self so don't worry! Now, I had trouble explaining some things in this part, as I didn't know what the hell they were called, but hopefully no one will notice.J None of the characters are mine unless you've never heard of them. They belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I have a coupla questions for anyone willing to answer them. But they're down the bottom. Hey! If they were up here, they'd spoil the story!
Anyways, have fun!
Part 2
"Hey Eudial! I think he's coming 'round!" a high, excited voice shrieked.
"Well its about time!" another voice said sounding exasperated. He heard the squeak of a desk chair as it was pushed back and then the muffled sound of heels on carpet.
He felt a movement. Someone was sitting next to him, then there was a hand, caressing the side of his face.
Quick as lightning he reached up with one his own and grasped the offending wrist. There was a shriek of surprise and he felt the movement of someone hurriedly getting up. He opened his eyes. The two other occupants of the room gasped when they saw his eyes. They sparkled a deep, dark, passionate crimson, and showed the malice and contempt he held for most things.
He sat up and carefully took in his surroundings. It was a lab of some kind. There was a cluttered workbench with a lot of beakers and test tubes arranged in various ways, all with coloured fluids inside. On the wall directly opposite him, was a desk with papers scattered and various other objects scattered on it, a computer took up one side. A filing cabinet was next to the desk. On this was a rather dead looking pot plant and a radio.
On the third wall was a door, and near this, along the same wall, was a bin, overflowing, with lots of screwed up papers lying around it.
The fourth wall had the makeshift bed he was sitting on, a couch, and a microwave.
He looked at the two people standing in front of him. Women. The one whom he had hold of, had shoulder length blonde hair and amber coloured eyes. He noticed with satisfaction that she was pretty. She had a long white lab coat over her clothes, and wide, round glasses perched on her head. She was coming out of shock rather quickly, and looked like she was going to have a big grin across her face any second.
The other woman had three long, red ponytails and crimson eyes, like his. She was very pretty. She too wore a long white lab coat over her clothes, had red star shaped earrings that blended with her hair, and had small, rectangular glasses over eyes that were staring coldly at him. She was definitely the one in charge.
Cold eyes. His eyes are cold…Eudial thought as she stared into eyes that were so like her own. Those eyes are like mine. She stared at him in silence, trying to assess his next move. He had startled her, waking up and grasping Mimetto's arm like that. He was still holding on to it and the little slut looked like she was enjoying herself she thought bitterly He's practically crushing her arm and she's starting to smile? She shook her head in disbelief.
Whoever this guy was, he had been out cold for nearly three and a half days. She wondered what must have happened to him, and why he had ended up on HER car of all the others in the lot. She'd checked him for ID as soon as she and Mimetto had set him up on her makeshift office bed, for nights when she had a really important report to finish. Unfortunately, he'd had nothing.
Now, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking fully recovered, and wide-awake.
She was startled out of her thoughts by a deep, commanding, and slightly raspy voice.
"I am Rubeus of the Black moon family. Where am I, what am I doing here, and who are you?"
He's holding my arm! He's holding my arm! He's so cute! Ahhh…I'm in love…
Mimetto felt giddy. She hardly ever fell in love, only once or twice a day. She welcomed the feeling of his fingers biting into her arm. He was touching her. How could she feel any pain when she had such muscle bound arms…? Why is he talking to Eudial? She thought furiously as she broke out of her trance at the sound his voice. He should be talking to me! ME! …Ow! My arm! Ow ow ow ow…!!!!
The blonde one was starting to moan and was tugging wildly at her arm. He let her go and she hurriedly ran over to her friend.
The red head had jumped slightly when he had spoken. She was only just beginning to regain her composure again.
"Welcome, Rubeus of the Black moon family. I am Eudial, this is Mimetto. This is my lab. You are in the Science laboratory facility building of Professor Tomoe's. As to WHY you're here, you were out cold on the roof of my car, which, incidentally, is now dented inwards, and I want compensation!"
He looked slightly amused. "Oh really."
"Yes really!" She snapped.
There was a long silence and the two stared at each other, willing the other to look away. It was Eudial who eventually did.
"So, how did you manage to end up on my car?" she queried.
"Abandoned ship" He muttered, and turned an interesting shade of red. It was lucky for the two women that he kept his rage in check. Very lucky indeed.
"Huh?" She asked, not understanding.
Before he could repeat, Mimetto chimed in with "Back in a second!" and quickly left the room.
He stood up just a tad shakily and made a few steps towards her desk. She gawked at him as he picked up a few papers and casually looked at everything on her desk. It was when he started to look at her computer that she snapped to attention.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?" She screamed indignantly.
"Looking at your files" he remarked calmly.
"Why?" she snapped, moving to stop him.
"Sit down and shut-up!" He ordered. I need to find out all about this primitive little hole."
She grabbed one of his wrists and tried to wrench him away from the keyboard. It didn't work. And as he turned fully around to face her, she knew that she was about to be very, very sorry.
Red dress, blue dress, white dress, finely cut, short and tight, long and flowing…so many to choose from. She opened her wallet to see how much money she had left and groaned in agonized pain. There was nothing there. She'd spent it all at other boutiques. What was she going to do now that she had no money? Maybe one of her sisters had some they could share.
"Cooan!" She turned at the sound of her name. Her sister Beruche was running towards her, carrying several large shopping bags.
"Thank god I found you!" she puffed, tossing her head to clear her eyes of some loose strands of hair that had fallen into her eyes, "I was beginning to think I'd never find anyone again!"
Cooan laughed. Shopping at this particular mall was so fun. She and her sisters came here often… and lost each other frequently…
"This place is so big!" Beruche exclaimed. I'll never get used to it, even though back home there were lots like it…"
"I know!" Cooan said in the same tone. "How long do you think it will take to find Petz and Calaveras?"
Beruche looked thoughtful. "Well…if we're lucky, maybe about 2 hours?" They laughed, and then groaned at the prospect of marching all over the place in search of the 2 missing sisters.
"How about we go sit down and have lunch" Cooan suggested.
"Can't" Beruche sighed.
"Why?" Cooan asked, a little shocked.
"No money" She answered gloomily.
"Oh…your right…" Cooan moaned. "Well, let's just sit somewhere anyway."
Beruche nodded and they started towards the nearest empty seat.
There was a flash of red hair amongst the crowd. Cooan stopped stock still as memories came flooding back to her. Rubeus…the only man I'll ever love… I wish I could see him again…I wish I could BE with him… But the senshi said you died… I'll always love you…
"Cooan?" She jumped.
"Cooan! Are you alright?" Beruche asked, looking worried.
"Fine" She sighed. "My feet hurt is all" she managed with a smile.
Beruche pulled a face. "So do mine. Come on. We'd better get that seat before someone else grabs it."
Cooan nodded in agreement and followed her sister to sit down.
"Prince Demando, I'm ready to go to the 20th Century now" Esmeraude reported.
"Good" he nodded and ushered for her to leave.
"Better late then never" Saffir said under his breath.
Esmeraude glared at him as she stalked out the door. "Saffir, I'll be gone for at least 3 days! Who knows what I may need in that primitive cesspool! I had to do a little packing. A girl can never be too sure of what to take you know."
"Only their entire wardrobe which takes up at least three quarters of space in one of our standard ships! Tell me. You don't really expect that thing to be able to take off now do you?" Saffir chided with an amused glint in his eye.
Esmeraude stopped abruptly at that. "What!?" she cried.
Saffir opened his mouth to say something but Demando cut him off.
"Saffir… Esmeraude… shut-up. Esmeraude, I believe you were going?" That wasn't a question, a statement, and she knew it.
"Yes, my Prince" she mumbled, and walked out of the throne room towards the docking bay.
Why does that little worm ALWAYS have to make me look stupid? Especially in front of Demando. The only other person who could ever do that was Rubeus. At least I got rid of him! A smile spread across her beautiful face. She started to laugh at the thought of getting rid of Saffir as well. Lucky for her, no one was around so she wouldn't get embarrassed at the sound of her laugh. Not that she ever did, but she would if she ever listened to herself. Yes Saffir darling. You too will disappear after I finish this mission. And once you're gone, Demando will be mine!
She walked triumphantly the rest of the way to the ship.
Wow that guy is hot! I'm so lucky he's here. He sounded pretty thirsty, so he should fall at my feet when he sees I've brought him some water. Mimmeto thought happily as she all but skipped back towards Eudial's lab. She reached the door and threw it open enthusiastically, to be greeted by the sight of Eudial sprawled on her back, and an unmerciful Rubeus bearing down on her. How dare she try and steal him away from me! Mimetto thought furiously. He's mine! She must have growled or something because he noticed her and stopped advancing on the frightened red head. She stopped all jealous thoughts and beamed at him without realizing that he wasn't staring at her, it was the glass she held in her hand.
"Here" she held the glass out shyly. He snatched the glass from her hand, and all but drained it in one gulp.
Without even thanking her, he turned to Eudial who was now kneeling on the floor, a dazed expression on her face, and back to Mimetto again. He gave them a lazy smile "I've got too many things to take care of then waste time with you wenches. But don't worry, there's always later." Then he turned around and strolled casually out the door.
Both Mimetto and Eudial stared open-mouthed at the space he had just vacated. Neither realizing just what they had gotten themselves into.
"Esmeraude…" he growled as he stalked out of the building, forcing people to move out of his way or be run down.
It was nighttime. The light posts were streaming down a strong, yellowish light, which illuminated parts of the car park, and road. Sounds from the highways could be heard clearly from far off. There was a slight breeze, which caused a few leaves to dance.
Rubeus noticed but was too wound up in thoughts of vengeance and bitter dislike to pay much attention to the couple to the right of him.
"B…but Professor!" the woman protested.
"The answer is NO Tellu," the man said smoothly. Light flashed off his glasses as he got into his car. The woman stood and stared dumbly at him as he backed out of the parking space and took off down the road.
"Ah…bloody hell…" the woman sighed dejectedly, turned, got into her own car and took off in the other direction.
It was also because of this that he failed to notice that he was now in the middle of the road until a bright set of headlights snapped his attention back to where he was.
"Oh fuck!" was about all he had time to say before he made a desperate jump out of the way of the yellow convertible. The convertible swerved to the side and hit the brakes, skidding to a halt. Rubeus jumped up and stormed over to the car. At the same moment, a handsome young man with short sandy coloured hair and wearing a tailor made cream suit pushed open the driver side door, and stormed angrily over to where he was.
"What the fuck did you think you were doing!" the man shouted at him. "Your lucky nothing happened to my car! You would have paid dearly!"
Rubeus said nothing.
"I could have hit you! Don't you know to look before crossing the street?" the man continued yelling and put a hand on his hip. What's this guys problem? He's just lucky I'm not beating the krap out of him! He thought.
This guys dead and he doesn't even know it! Rubeus thought, the beginnings of a smile played at the corners of his mouth. His eyes glittered dangerously. He reached inside himself to the power within, and swore viciously when he realized that he wasn't fully recharged yet. No matter, he could still use magic to attack, plus he still had one earring, and that drew a bit of power from the jakozuishou. He wanted to blast this creep no matter what. His aura enlarged slightly as he readied his attack. He planned on making it painful for the shock this guy had given him. The man's eyes widened. It was obvious that he knew what Rubeus was about to do, though how he could have known, Rubeus had no idea. And just now, he didn't care. The man clenched his fists and put weight on the leg behind him, looking wary.
The power was growing and was ready to be released. He spread his hands to gather the energy.
"STOP!" someone shouted.
Rubeus paused. A woman with long, wavy blue/green hair rushed out of the car and went to stand between them. She looked familiar. And now that he thought of it, so did the man. I've seen these two somewhere before…
The woman faced him. She didn't look scared, she was calm, but her eyes were pleading.
"Please…" she began. "She didn't mean to nearly run over you. You just appeared out of nowhere."
"Michiru!" the man began, but she shushed him.
"We're sorry to have inconvenienced you in any way." She began again.
"Go" Rubeus interrupted before she could say more. She nodded, grabbed the mans hand and set off towards the car. The man's green eyes glared at him one final time before he turned and let himself be dragged off by his girlfriend.
It was uncommon for Rubeus to let someone go after they had seriously pissed him off. There was just something about them that was…familiar…
It was even more uncommon for something to shock him. Oh well…he thought Now to get back to what I'm going to do that green haired bitch when I get my hands on her. She's gonna wish I'd given her that non-torturous death when we were kids…
He had begun walking the opposite direction of where the convertible was and stopped short as a thought popped into his head. Turning back around he stared at the convertible as it disappeared into the night. What did she mean by 'her?'
The girl sighed as she walked slowly along the pavement. Her day had been bad. Her day was ALWAYS bad thanks to the people at school. She was going home.
Her father wouldn't be impressed that she was late, again, but she loved to walk at night. The silent hours were so peaceful and…lonely. Just like her. She sighed again.
Her shoulder length black hair blew a little in the small breeze. Her hair was black, but it shimmered purple in the light. Everyone said so. Her eyes were a friendly, dusky purple that betrayed her loneliness even now.
Her green/cheque skirt swished almost silently against her black stockinged legs as she walked. Her black boots tapped against the ground, the rhythm of her footsteps always at the same pace. She wore a maroon/red long sleeved shirt with a dark blue collar and cuffs, and a light blue striped bow at the front of it. Above the bow, and on the under-material in between the sailor collar was a black star. The uniform was from Mugen Gakuen. The Infinity Academy. A school for the intellectually gifted.
She didn't particularly want to go home. She disliked her housekeeper because the woman was a downright bitch. She didn't understand why her father had hired the woman. But ever since her mother died… thinking of her mother, she sighed for the third time.
A car passed by her but she paid it no heed. That is until she heard it screech to a halt just a ways in front of her. Startled, she stopped where she was and watched what was happening. She saw a tall handsome man get out of the cool car, and start yelling at another tall handsome man who had walked up to him on the road. She saw a beautiful woman step out of the car and stop the impending threat of a fight. She saw the couple get back into the car and drive away, and the other man turn and walk in her direction. He didn't look happy. Suddenly he stopped and turned back to watch the retreating car, as if something had suddenly dawned on him.
She started walking again, not taking her eyes off the man.
She was close to him now, and he hadn't noticed her yet. He was still looking off in the direction the car had gone. I might as well ask if he's okay she thought.
"Are you alright?" she asked timidly.
He turned at her voice and stood, surveying her. His glare forced her to look away. She didn't like it. It was too full of hate and maliciousness.
"What do you want?" he sneered, he crossed his arms over his chest.
She shivered at the sound of his voice. It was so full of hate. Her shoulders drooped a fraction and she stared at his boots.
"I was…concerned that…" she turned away and started walking again "Never mind…"
There was a long pause, and she continued to walk. Then, in a much softer tone she heard:
"Never felt better."
She stopped walking and turned around to face him again. He still had his arms crossed, but he was no longer glaring. Instead, he looked almost weary, and he was watching her with a contemplative expression.
Encouraged, she asked, "Do you live around here?"
"No" he said after a while.
"Is your home very far from here?" she asked.
"Very" he answered.
"Oh…" she looked away.
There was a brief silence. She walked towards him. She was of average height for her age. He was tall. But that didn't unnerve her one bit. Standing in front of him, she stuck out a hand.
"I'm Hotaru. Hotaru Tomoe."
He looked surprised for a second then reached out and shook her hand. "I'm Rubeus Black moon." He addressed himself.
"Pleased to meet you" she said, and smiled. Odd emotions were running over his face. Finally he just said "Yeah."
Hotaru thought of something.
"Seem as you're a long way from home, would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"
He stared at her for a long moment, then grinned. "You shouldn't invite strange men to come home with you Hotaru," he said in a lightly teasing tone.
She laughed. "Your no stranger then half the people my father brings home" she smiled. Then said under her breath "or employs".
He gave her an amused look and fell into step beside her. "It sounds better then standing around here at any rate." He admonished.
Together, they set off towards Hotaru's house.
End of part 2. Comments? Suggestions? Good and bad are welcome with either an e-mail or a review. J Email me at: Lucca@I-o.net.au
If you try to mail me from the address from the last chapter, that won't work 'cause it doesn't exist anymore. Hey! It happens!
Anyways, those questions. Can someone please tell me about Haruka's, Michiru's, and the Witches 5's personalities? Don't worry about Mimmeto though. Thanks!