Meanwhile…
"Of all the missions…" Emerald
grumbled. Wiping the remaining tears
from her eyes, she trudged on. She had
been outside the kitchen door, she had heard the conversation. The woman couldn't believe her ears. She felt like a used tampon- shoved at a
crotch, used and disposed without care. She thought he had said those words
from his heart, the truth, you know.
But the more she thought about it, he was Diamond and it should have been suspected right from the
beginning.
I
guess I was just… caught up in the fact that I was so close to him, closer than
I had ever been to anyone… that I love… Tears began to form again, but she shook her
head and swallowed hard, taking a big sigh.
Emerald turned her mind back to her
mission, which she shoved the fact from her mind that Diamond had sent her to
do it, and wondered.
If
Chibi Usa Shields is Neo Queen Serenity's child, then why does she live at the
house of Usagi Tsukino? Though Emerald knew she had heard that
name before, she shrugged her shoulders and kept going.
Finally, the porthole she had been
traveling in came to an end. Sighing with relief, Emerald glanced at the
digital map she held in her hands.
Blowing air harshly from her mouth in a
rendered sigh, she shook her head in confusion. She was horrible at maps- why did Diamond choose her to get the
Rabbit for him? Why couldn't he have asked his brother or something? Emerald
laughed humorlessly. He probably did want to sleep with him.
With a slight smile at the thought, though
it wasn't really funny, the woman arrived at the door, in Juuban. Knocking
fiercely, Emerald suddenly realized she had no plan as to how to kidnap the
child.
A pretty woman opened the door slightly
and grinned. Pushing her purple hair
aside, she opened the door a little more.
"Can I help you?" the woman asked in a
jolly voice, deeper than what Emerald had thought it would be.
"Um, yes, may I please speak with Chibi
Usa?" Emerald blurted quickly.
"Yes, I'll get her- just a moment."
Panicking, Emerald took off her shoe.
"Yes, can I help you?" a tiny
pink-haired girl no older than 8 came to the door, staring oddly at the baffled
lopsided woman who held a green pump in her right hand.
Frantically, Emerald grabbed the child
by her arm and chucked the thick-soled shoe at the side of the small child's
temple before she could scream. She fell with a thud into Emerald's arms, out
cold.
"Heh." Emerald laughed, taking the
child into her own arms. Closing the
door gently, she walked silently to the porthole once more.
As she took the trip back to Nemesis,
Emerald looked intently to the child she held in her arms. What could Diamond
want with such an innocent child such as this?
Though she remembered his plan, she couldn't bear to think what kind of
torture the poor child would go though with Diamond as her caretaker. Thinking this, she almost didn't want to
bring her to him. However, she forced the thought from her mind. This child was part of his plan, and he
wouldn't mess that up. He had taken
care of her when she had been part of his plan, right? She chuckled without laughter
once more.
Diamond awake slightly when he heard a
loud knocking on his door. He didn't
know how long he had been sleeping, but obviously his nap was finished.
Sloshing groggily to the door, yet
becoming more and more awake by the moment, Diamond cleared his throat and
straightened his shirt.
As the prince opened the door, he was
surprised to see Emerald, untouched, holding the unconscious Rabbit delicately
in her arms with a mother's poise. Embedded on her face was a look of sarcastic
anger, her sadness no longer visible, but Diamond could still sense that it was
there.
"So, you took less time than I expected
it to be done." Diamond stated, staring coldly at Emerald without blinking.
"Yes, well, it just goes to show you
how much time you save on missions when you're sober." Emerald glared back to
him, just as hostile.
Diamond's nostrils flared in anger, but
he said nothing.
Emerald dropped the child's hand, which
she hadn't noticed that she had been holding.
With a momentary sweet glance at the poor child, she shoved her into
Diamond's unsuspecting arms.
"It was a simple job, you could have
easily done it yourself." The fem in green tossed in his face.
"Well, I'm glad I didn't have to." The
prince stated simply.
"You're such a dick." She rolled her
eyes, rotating in the direction of the door.
"You better watch it, Emerald. You're out of line." Diamond raised his hand
in warning.
"Oh, I'm out of line?!? You
sleep with me to get me to do you a favor and dismiss me like some hooker when
it's done?!? And I'm out of line?!?"
Emerald couldn't contain herself this time.
It was hurting her, not only because he had done it, but because she had
been hiding how she felt about it and he didn't know for sure that she was
truly heartbroken- if he even cared.
"I didn't treat you like a hooker. I didn't have to pay you to jump me." He
smiled smugly.
"You're a fucking sleaze, Diamond." She
scowled and flipped him the finger.
Diamond reached up quicker than she ever thought he could (especially since
he was drunk) and grasped her middle finger, mid-flip.
"I'm warning you, Emerald. I'm
the high prince of Nemesis, ruler of this entire planet are I govern whether you exist. So you better watch it." With every word, his
grip tightened, though Emerald didn't flinch once. With that, he let it go as it fell back to her side.
"Why? What kind of death would be any
worse than what you've already put me through?" Her gaze softened only a
little, only to make her look in extreme pain instead of pissed off.
Diamond stopped right before he said
anything. So that was what it was it all about.
"You made me feel like shit, Diamond
and no person, not even a lowlife like you, should have to deal with that."
Emerald sighed in contempt, yet choking pain. "I love you, Diamond… and what
you did to me- it-it was just plain cold.
I hope there's not a day that goes by that that doesn't haunt you
inside. I have admitted to you every secret I hold dear, they're all about you. All I ask of you is that you never, ever do this to anyone else- ever. Nobody deserves this, Diamond. Get
a fucking conscience and realize that people are people. They all have
emotions, prince. Why don't you?" She
shook her head and spun out the door.
Diamond was momentarily awed. Nobody had ever talked that way to him
before. She must really be hurt to
speak like that to someone who threatened her life.
Suddenly, Diamond got a pang of
compassion. He felt that urge to say
something again, but it was more powerful than he had ever felt emotion besides
desire in years. Set aside the fact that he despised Emerald, for the first
time ever, he felt that maybe she
felt the same kind of feeling he did when the Queen rejected him with her eyes.
Or possibly worse. Sex meant a lot more
to a woman then it did to a man, especially if that woman had strong feelings
for the man.
Wanting desperately now to say
something before she left his sight, he shouted.
"Emerald!" he called quickly.
Sighing, she turned to him with an
irritated look on her face to hide the pain.
"What,
prince?" she asked.
"I-I… uh…" he didn't really know what
to say, though he knew he had to speak to her.
The woman rolled her eyes and began
shifting in the other direction.
"I-I'm sorry!" he finally blurted
loudly.
Biting her lip, Emerald looked at him
with confusion, sadness and hidden pride.
Tears were evident now, but she still held them back.
"Diamond, I-" he voice cracked right
before she could say anything. As tears
streamed down the side of one cheek, then the other, and she tried to cover
them. When she knew she couldn't hide
them, she began to run. Far, far away
from Diamond. She bolted into her room, then slammed the door and a loud sob
was heard, then nothing.
The prince realized his face held a
look of sorrow. Suddenly Diamond became
cognizant of his look, and was infuriated.
He slapped himself hard across the side of his cheek. As he quickly picked himself up off the
ground, he rubbed where he had slapped harshly. The emotion was gone now, along
with the feeling in his left cheek.
Diamond glanced down, now becoming
acutely aware of the child he held in his arms.
Staring at her features, she wasn't a
homely child. The Rabbit was blessed
with the same beauty that streaked across her mother. She'd be beautiful as an
adult, he thought. Very sexy, in
fact.
Wiping the thought from his mind with
intense ease, he walked back into his bedroom, child still in his arms. Seeing the red mark on the side of her
temple, he sighed with disdain as he made the realization Emerald had hit her
with her shoe. Shaking his head scornfully, he placed the girl on his bed.
Sitting on his bed, Diamond noticed he
hadn't finished his Merlot. Taking the bottle in his hand, he placed himself on
the chair next to the bed, instead of on the bed. He didn't want to spend any more time with the child than what he
had to, so the longer she slept, the better. Studying the child's features, she
looked a lot like Queen Serenity.
Smiling, the prince dozed off with the mental image of the gracious
Serenity and him, her in his arms. A
simple image, not of sexual meaning but with some emotion that he didn't quite
understand.
* * *
Yawning, Diamond pulled his reluctant
body from the chair his body embraced. He stretched with all of his force, then
glanced to the child. She stirred a
little in her sleep, with the innocence that made him want to smile. Then he
perceived what he was thinking, and was again confused. Sighing, he strolled
over to the child. Standing a few feet
from her, he admired the moon that seemed to be part of her skin, but a
shimmering gold. He ached to touch it,
wondering what kind of warm power it held, what type of texture it was, and if
it shone the same aura of the Queen.
Yet he held back, not wanting the child to be awake earlier than
necessary.
Strolling back to his chair, Diamond
heard a soft cry.
Glancing back, he saw that the child
had awakened. Blinking her large
sparkly eyes, she immediately bolted up from the bed.
"Mommy- Daddy! Where are you?!? She
cried frantically, clutching the silken blanket to her breast. "Mommy!!!
Daddy!!! Diana!!! Where are you?!? Daddy!!!" the child pleaded.
"Shh, Lady Serenity." Diamond called to
her in a soothing voice that resulted in a gasp.
"Who' there?!?" Chibi Usa demanded.
"My name is Prince Diamond. Don't be afraid." Taking a step closer, the
prince came into better lighting, his eyes gleaming in the dim lighting.
The small lady took another heaving
gasp and this time back away, frightened.
Covering her mouth, she pointed to him.
"You- you're-Get away from me!!! You're
the one who attacked my mommy in the future!!! You and your wicked family
destroyed Crystal Tokyo!!! Go away!!!" she screamed, bumping into the backing
of the bed.
Diamond gasped. Those eyes!
They held the same hatred and scorn as her mother, Neo Queen
Serenity's!!! The child's eyes blazed with inner fire, with such hatred that
Diamond had to take a step backwards before he could catch himself. He closed his eyes, fiercely trying to block
the mental image of those burning eyes from his mind and his soul. Breathing hard, he took ahold of himself and
regained his posture.
Opening his eyes, the prince took a
step forward, then another. Sauntering slowly to her, he ignored her eyes, or
at least her tried so very hard to.
"Please! Whatever you do, just please
don't hurt my mommy!" the small one begged, now extremely frightened as she
found herself against the wall and unable to move. She didn't know how to stop him from getting what he wanted from
her, which she didn't have any idea what that
was, and was trying to at least save something.
Diamond stopped dead in his
tracks. A smile curled across his face
and he erupted in laugher.
"Chibi Usa, I don't want to hurt your
mother." Kami, no. He didn't want to
hurt her in the least. All he wanted
was to have her in his arms, pressed to his body and… He quivered as he
completed his sentence.
"You don't?" Chibi Usa asked a little
less harshly.
"Kami, no! Why…" he began, then thought for a second to figure how he what
he was going to do to keep the child occupied. "-I am here to help you, Chibi
Usa."
"H-help me?" the young one was baffled.
"Yes, child. I can sense it in your
soul. You're being troubled by
something and I want to help you. Now tell me… what is your problem?" He just
hoped to God it would work.
The child looked to the ground,
suddenly getting a saddened look upon her face and bit her lip.
"Well… I feel so lonely… Everyone
ignores me and nobody ever thinks I'm as good as I should be. My mommy, my own mother, sent me away to
become better. I feel so rejected and
at the person's house that I'm staying at, the people hate me. The girl Usagi
swears at me when I get lonely, when I try and be with her and if I have a bad
dream and… I just want to somehow, if I ever could, teach her that I can be
better than what she made me, better than what she thinks I am. I don't want her to think of me as just some
girl from the future. I want her to,
for once, see the person I am inside and not what I project for attention. And
I want her to appreciate me for it, like I appreciate who she is, even if she
is a stuck-up snotty little priss. I
still love her for her courage and wisdom, her beauty and her love. I can see that through her outer appearance,
and I don't understand why she can't see through mine. I only wish… that someday… maybe she will."
Diamond listened intently.
"And maybe she'll get the same respect
for me as I have for her." Chibi Usa's face held a melancholy expression, but
in a second it changed to a sly, almost wicked yet childish, impish look.
"And I would want to make her pay. I want all of them to know how much power I
have inside and that I'm not weak and useless, but stronger than they could
ever imagine, and make them look like fools." She laughed wickedly.
Diamond smiled. She was practically handing it to him in a doggie bag. This Usagi was Sailor Moon of the infamous
Sailor Scouts, defeater of all whom they sent to destroy the senshi and
destroyer of all that he stood for. And
if this child wanted to show her how much power she had and make her look like
a fool, then by God they would look like dire idiots. And what was better, the little one would help him.
