A Double Edged Sword Part 4
Death of a Poet
by
Sailor Janus
Disclaimer: Everything in this story is property of Naoko Takeuchi except Janus/Deidra and the villains unless she wants them.
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Deidera transformed herself back into her normal clothes and slowly walked home. "Why is it whenever something happens that might possibly be good, turns out so wrong?" she quietly said to herself. "At least I have more material for my poems."
The wind gently blew her hair off her face almost as if it were trying to comfort the girl. "No one seems to understand me or for that matter give me the chance," she continued on as if she were making up some great monologue for a play.
Suddenly for some reason she giggled then continued her monologue without missing a beat, "Everyone seems to be caught up in his or her own little worlds to even realize that I exist. Of course when they finally do, everything turns all bad and I'm left to clean up the mess."
Deidera soon found herself approaching a park and decided to stop there and write some poetry before her inspiration left her. Finding a nice shady spot under a tree, she took out her notebook and pen, and then started scribbling words on paper.
Cracked. Like the mirror your little world exists in. Broken. My dreams that you would finally see reality. Drowning. In my sorrows bringing my death. Hope. That you would come and rescue me. Crying. As tears fall from my face. Death. A peace silent calm.
Deidera glanced up as if a trance had been broken. The girl sat quietly and almost motionless as if a deep peace had overcome her. Not a thought was in her head as she stared out into space.
Unfortunately, she never did realize that this calm, peaceful feeling was the result of Hypnosia, a Satyr that Chimaera had created.
Laughing, Hypnosia said in a hypnotic tone as she brought her hand to the top of Deidera's head. "Waves of calm may over take you now, but soon the pain of a rose's thorn will pierce your head, drawing you within. They shall be quite pleased."
Deidera continued to stare into thin air as Hypnosia ripped off the girl's bracelet followed by her gold one. "You won't be needing these anymore."
Slowly Hypnosia took her hand off the girl's head and slowly began to fade away. "You shall remember none of this. Until we meet again."
A few seconds later Deidera finally blinked. Absent-mindedly she glanced around as if she was someplace rather unfamiliar. Oddly, it felt like something was missing to her, but soon that feeling left as she climbed to her feet and started walking home. "Hmm, I guess I was more involved in my poem than I thought. Oh well."
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"I can't believe that they wouldn't listen to us!" Michiru exclaimed from the passenger seat of Haruka's car as she gracefully pushed the aqua hair from her eyes.
"They'll just have to find out the hard way. Hopefully not before it's too late," the tall blond said as she turned a corner. "What's wrong, Setsuna?" she questioned the green haired woman who looked rather troubled.
"I don't know. This all seems too familiar concerning what happened with Hotaru. What if we are wrong again and Janus is not as bad as we remember her to be?" Setsuna tensely answered as her hair blew in the breeze.
"But she destroyed the Silver Millennium for crying out loud! She doesn't deserve to remain one of us!" Haruka argued, pressing her foot harder on the gas pedal.
"True, but if she is correct and really was fooled by an illusion. We may be doing more harm than good."
"Why don't we hold back a bit and see what happens?" Michiru suggested hoping to bring peace to their situation as well as cease the building argument. "This way we can observe what is going on with Janus without alarming or angering the others."
"Perhaps, that would be a good idea," the senshi of Pluto agreed nodding her head, "At least that way if trouble does arise, we can still try to stop it."
With that settled, The three women rode back to their mansion in silence, each considering what the true intention of Janus could be.
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'Ow, My head really hurts!' Deidera thought has she as she walked into her room.
It was rather unique with a gold and silver ornate mirror, fans, and other decorations upon the walls. Most of the furniture had an antique style to it bathed in rich colors of both red and white wine.
Slowly she walked to the bathroom and found a bottle of aspirin, quickly taking two and then washed them down with a glass of water before retreating to her bedroom.
Carefully she sat down on her soft bed and covered her face with her hands trying to will the pounding in her head to cease.
Before she knew it, she had curled up into a little ball and had fallen asleep.
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"You guys are not paying attention!" Ami exclaimed as she tried to help her friends with their newest math problems, which were assigned for homework. Makoto was drawing little pictures in her notebook; Minako was reading a comic book while Usagi was snoring with her face down on the table. Rei was the only one who was actually using the time for studying. Of course she went to a different school than the others and didn't really need Ami's help.
Frustrated, Ami picked up a big dictionary and slammed it on the table, startling the inattentive group. After everyone was done screaming from either being rudely awakened or frightened by the loud noise, she calmly asked, "All right, is everyone ready now, or do I have to drop an even bigger book on the table?"
"Just please don't break the table, Ami! I don't have enough money to buy a new one!" Rei said to friend as she pointed out the fact, that the table could possible collapse.
"But I was having the best dream!" Usagi whined with tears running from her eyes. "It was about-"
"If you dare say Mamoru, I'll drop that book on your head!" Rei said as she abruptly stood up.
"Okay! Let's get back to studying!" Makoto said with a grin hoping they could avoid the upcoming temper-tantrum that due any second.
"Yeah! I want to learn more about leaner equations!" Minako giggled as she joined Makoto.
"That's linear equations, Minako," Ami corrected the blonde haired girl.
"Oh, heh heh, so it is!"
Suddenly the sound of a door being pushed wide open startled the girls who quickly turned around only to find, Deidera with an extremely large box.
"Deidera! What are you doing here?" Rei asked as she stared at the girl. 'I don't remember telling her where I live. Not to mention, I just met her a few hours ago.'
"Hey everyone! I just came here to give you guys some cookies that I made!" the burgundy-haired teen said giddily.
"Wow Cookies?!" Minako and Usagi exclaimed as the girl nodded and took out a huge plateful of cookies. Everyone's jaws dropped as they stared at the huge pile.
"Um, not to be rude but how many did you make?" Makoto asked as she stared at the massive pile of baked goods.
"Oh, not too many. Just 55 dozen. I didn't know what types you guys liked so I baked a few of each type!" Deidera giggled.
"Wait, that's...that's 660 cookies!" Ami exclaimed.
"660 COOKIES!" the others shouted in response to Ami's calculations and the fact that Deidera actually baked that many cookies.
"Oops! So it is! Oh well, enjoy!" Deidera shrugged as she grinned at the girls who glanced at each other not sure what to make of the new girl. "Go on! Try one! They won't bite you!" she insisted.
After exchanging glances, the five girls shrugged and each took a cookie.
"Wow! These are good!" Usagi said with her mouthful.
Ami tried one and commented, "Quite good. You're a great baker!"
"Yeah!" Minako grinned.
"Mmmm. Incredible cookies, Deidera!" Rei said as she took another bite.
"Hey! These are actually better than mine!" Makoto exclaimed as she looked at the girl. "But don't you think 660 cookies is a little much?"
"Well, I don't think so but anyway they are all for you guys!" Deidera smiled as she carefully set the large plate down on the table. "Oh and don't forget, I'm gonna treat you all to breakfast at the cafe. Hmm, maybe lunch too.... Oh! And dinner and dessert as well! Anyway, I must go now! Bye!" the burgundy haired girl said as she practically bounced out of the room.
"Wow, is she actually going to do all of that?" Minako asked bewildered as she reached for another cookie.
"I don't know, but that is rather much, don't you think?" Makoto said as she flipped her ponytail off her shoulder.
"I agree. I suppose she just wants to fit in so she is basically doing favors and giving gifts so we like her better. Although I have to admit, she is going into the extreme," Ami nodded her head as she explained her theory on why Deidera acted the way she did.
"It does make sense." Rei replied as Luna and Artemis ran into the room. "Hey! What's wrong?"
"Is it possible to be hugged to death?" Artemis said as dropped to the floor panting.
"What happened?" Minako asked as she gently picked up the white cat.
"Some girl on the street who appeared to have come from this direction found us and practically hugged and petted us to death!" Luna explained.
"Who was it?" Usagi asked as she approached the black cat.
"I don't know! Some girl with curly burgundy hair. She was skipping down the street practically singing at the top of her lungs when she found us and said we were so adorable or something."
"DEIDERA!" the girls exclaimed as they came to realization of the cats' so-called attacker.
"Well, maybe she didn't realize that she was being so rough," Makoto shrugged.
"Makoto could be right. She does tend to do things to the uh, extreme," Ami said a she pointed out the cookies.
"Good grief! Who made all of those! That's practically a mountain of cookies!" Artemis burst out as he stared in shock at the massive pile of baked goods.
"Your attacker did. She's actually a new sailor senshi. Sailor Janus I believe her name is. She seems nice, although Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna all seem to have something against her. They called her two-faced for some reason," the dark haired girl told the cats as the other girls nodded.
"Right. They said she was reason why the Silver Millennium fell. Her duty was to guard the gate of the solar system and that she committed treason," Ami added.
"Sailor Janus? I don't think I remember a Sailor Janus," Luna said as she glanced at Artemis who only shock his head.
"I can't seem recall her either. Or her planet for that matter," Artemis replied.
"Well, Michiru did say barely anyone knew of the planet's existence so that might be the reason that none of us can remember her," Minako shrugged.
They five girls and two cats continued to ponder on about Deidera, what occurred in the Silver Millennium and why the girl was acting so strangely.
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A light twitter of birds and the cool breeze shook Deidera out of a sound slumber. Dazedly, she blinked in confusion at her whereabouts. 'Where am I?' she thought as looked at her surroundings. "Ow, my head still hurts. How did I get outside?" she murmured as she leaned against the brick building she was next to, trying to gain her balance since she was feeling oddly dizzy.
Slowly she stood up and began walking down the street, unsure of the way home.
Suddenly the world felt like it was spinning as she put her hand against the wall and closed her eyes. Upon opening them, her composure seemed to change.
Deidera no longer appeared to dizzy or even concerned for her location. Instead she confidently she walked down the street, pushing past people on her way.
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