"What?"
she whispered, her face twisted in shock. She stumbled backwards and dropped
her orange. He walked slowly towards
her and reached out to grab her arm. She dodged him and turned to run away, her
blonde hair trailing behind her. Mina ran, blinded by her fear. She stumbled
over a step that she hadn't even known existed, hurting her wrist on the way
down. Forcing herself back up, she continued to run. She went through a pair of
porcelain doors and stumbled onto grass. Mina turned back and searched for the
man that had threatened her.
*Mina, what
are you doing? Hello! Your Sailor Venus! *
"VENUS STAR
POWER MAKE UP!" she shouted. She felt the current of power surge through her.
She smiled as her short, yellow skirt appeared and her tiara with the golden
gem settled on her forehead. * That's more like it. *
Venus stood still, searching around
again, silently praying that the creep had left, but wishing deep down in her
heart that she could be trapped in his golden gaze again.
"Princess?"
she heard him call. She spun around to see him approaching her. She smiled
again and put her hand on her hip.
"Villain,
may I at least know your name so I know whom I am fighting, and defeating?" she
responded to him as he continued to walk towards her in a laid-back manner.
"No,
madam, I rather that you not know the name of your attacker." He said, his
voice amused. Then he lunged at her, his thin sword drawn. Venus back-flipped
gracefully and kissed her hand. She called out loudly "VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY
SHOCK!"
The long,
deadly chain wrapped around his arm and his blade, causing him to yelp. As soon
as she began to power up for her next attack, he broke free and ran at her
again, tackling her and pinning her to the ground. Venus landed with a hard
thump onto the soft, fresh green grass. Her attacker stared down at her,
admiring her beauty and wishing he didn't have to do away with her. She was
struggling beneath him, her long, glowing hair swaying from side to side. Her
intense blue eyes were closed, and a few strands of her golden hair were
covering her face.
"Princess,
please stop." He whispered into her ear. She turned her head the other way and
opened her eyes, tears flowing down her cheeks. She laughed uneasily.
"I guess
you've managed to beat me." She muttered. He looked at her, his amusement
lessening. "You should be proud. You're the first ever to defeat me. I let my
guard down, stupidly enough. I'm still a bit tired, you know." She continued.
Venus turned back towards him and smiled meekly.
"Can you
just kill me now?" she whispered and then laughed. "What am I saying, I need to
defeat you. I can't die now."
She paused
and sneezed.
"Bless you."
He said.
"Why?" she
asked, her face serious.
"Why bless
you?"
"No. Why are
you going to kill me? Do I even know you? I figure you're from Venus, but I
haven't been there in so long… I don't know you." She managed to say before a
fresh load of tears started down her face. Venus closed her eyes again. "Still
tired." She whispered to herself. He felt a pang of guilt flood through him as
he watched this poor, almost helpless girl cry beneath him. Lifting himself off
of her, he stood up and dusted his clothed.
"I'll be
back when your actually a challenge. That way I can have some fun before I do
away with you." He said, turning to walk away. Venus stood up, wiping her tears
and quickly deforming to Mina.
"And if I'm
never a challenge for you?" she asked, silently cursing at herself for crying
and giving up so easily. For feeling helpless and overpowered by such a rude
and mysterious attacker. For looking into those eyes again…
"If you prove not to be a challenge, than I shall be forced
to kill you anyway." He replied and began walking away.
"I await the
day!" Mina called to him, almost pathetically desperate to see his eyes again.
She quietly transformed back into Sailor Venus and was about to whisper 'Venus
love chain encircle' when he called back to her-
"Don't do
it, sweetie."
"Sweetie?
Sir, I have no idea of what you are talking about. And don't call me sweetie." She growled. She heard him
snicker, then in an instant he was gone. Venus deformed to Mina and shook her
head. * Can someone explain to me what just happened?*
"Mina? Mina,
are you alright?! I heard arguing and fighting and so I came to check it out…
Hey, what's that?" Lita said as she bent down to pick up the small box. She
read the card and, with a puzzled look on her face, handed it to Mina.
"For you."
She said quietly. Mina looked at the card and smiled. It read:
"Dear Princess/ Sailor Venus,
Although
your fighting power is good, I am way stronger than you are and pretty much
will ever be. That's ok, though. You might be able to defeat me without using
your strength. In fact, I think you won this round by mere looks alone. I await
your training, and the wonderful day when I get to see your face again. In
battle, of course.
Love, ???
And no, you
still can not know my name, Sweetie!!!"
Mina looked
inside of the yellow box, and found a silver necklace with a tiger's eye
pendant. Lita looked at her, still puzzled.
"Sweetie?"
she asked her as they walked towards the house. Mina laughed and shook her
head.
"Don't ask,
Lita. Just don't ask."