Here's the next chapter. Hope ya like it. Ja ne minna-san.
The three girls walked down the path, all silent, lost in their own musings. The garden they entered was the one with the swing that Hotaru had been to. Her favorite that'd she'd seen. A table was set up to with four chairs.
On the table were cookies, a chocolate cake, raspberries, and tea. Kakuya took a seat at a chair and smiled at the others. "Sit and let's talk." She motioned to the empty chairs. Serena and Hotaru sat and as directed by Kakuya, they filled cups and plates. "So are both of you really that much in love?" She asked a few moments later.
Serena stared at her for a moment. "In love? With whom? Seiya? I like him, but I'm still getting over Mamo-chan. And that'll take forever. He's the one I love." She whispered the last part and looked down at her hands. "He's really nice, but I'm not sure I'm ready for another relationship."
"Ser, I hate to tell you this." Hotaru started. "But I have to." She sighed as Serena turned questioning eyes to her. "I'll start from the beginning. During the Silver Millennium, peace ruled the universe and all were happy. Akuma, the true form of evil was locked away. Serenity and the other queens sealed him long ago. Akuma is the very devil and was in love with the goddess Selene. Your grandmother, who was killed by another god, so Akuma followed her family until your mother. She looked very much like Selena and he wanted her. So when he came for her and tried to steal her away, they sealed him up. But when we, the princesses, were little he broke his seal and took human form."
Hotaru stopped and glanced at the other two people at the table. "It wasn't spread to the public that he had escaped, so as not to worry them. Nothing came though. No attacks, or forces. You met Darien after Akuma had been forgotten. And he and you became betrothed. But not truly were you in love with him. He had us all fooled." Serena raised a brow.
"How do you know this Taru-chan?" Serena asked.
"Hai, I'd like to know that. And the rest of the story." Kakuya said.
"This all was told to me by your mother and Pluto when I was reborn after Galexia and had started having visions." Hotaru looked around to make sure no one was near.
"Darien, on the day of the ball, summoned his forces. Serenity-sama blocked these memories from us, and gave us false ones hoping Darien had changed. But to no avail he hadn't. During the ball, Darien revealed his true form, Akuma. He and the inners, his minions, attacked us with Beryl. The outers and I arrived soon after. I was able to drive him back into his human form and your mother, Serenity-sama sealed you and them away, sending you to the future in hopes that everything would work out."
Hotaru stopped and took a breath. "I'll continue." A voice said. Setsuna said, stepping out of the shadows. "But after we'd been awakened again on earth, after Galexia, we feared something was wrong. Hotaru, Raye, and I started having visions. Then Raye and the others started to change. And I filled Hotaru in on everything of the past. I told her not to tell you, but now it is time you knew, so I won't be mad at her. The reason this new enemy is here, I think is because of you, Serena. And Hotaru, and even Kakuya. You and Taru because you foiled his plans. Kakuya for helping you now. And the rest of us because we protect you, and to hurt us is to hurt you." Setsuna took the empty seat. "I am sorry we did not tell you. But it was for your own good."
"Why?" Serena whispered.
"Why is not an easily answered question."
Serena had started to cry and Kakuya looked surprised and confused. "So the enemy is after us three. And the rest of you because they are friends with us?" She asked.
"Hai, I'm afraid so." Serena threw herself at Hotaru. Sobbing into her shoulder she let words escape from her lips in incoherent phases.
"I need to go." Setsuna said. "Taru, I need to see you after lunch. The outers and I have something to discuss with you." She walked away leaving three women staring after her. Well two women the other one was still sobbing.
"I feel like a fool and a baby." Serena said.
"Your neither." Kakuya said patting her on the back. "And we'll protect you. The scouts, Starlights, and Hotaru and I will all fight with you. That's what friends are. Now let's enjoy this cake?" She smiled down at her new friend.
"Hai, thank you Kakuya." Serena said, wiping away the tears. "And Taru, I know you couldn't tell me sooner and I thank you for always being there. I know you've had it worse off then me before, so I won't cry anymore. I still have friends, and that makes me happy."
"Thank you Usagi-chan. I'll always be your friend. Kaki here, and I will always be your friends." Kakuya glanced over at Hotaru with a questioning look.
"Kaki?"
"Hai, your nick name."
They all laughed for awhile and started to relax a bit, but still, inside they were all tense and uneasy. Taru, Ser, and Kaki (An: I'm gonna start referring to them as that cause I'm lazy.) all chatted and Ser asked Taru to sing something else.
Wetting her lips Hotaru jumped from her seat and over to the small entrance. "No ones around good. Alright I'll sing." She said coming back over. "I wrote a song awhile back and I wanted to know how it sounded. That okay with you two?"
"Hai." Kaki smiled.
"Go for it." Serena grinned taking another cookie.
So Taru sang another song and the others loved it. "Kakuya, can you sing?" Hotaru asked.
"A bit." Kaki blushed.
"Sing a bit, please." Ser begged.
"What?"
"I'll teach you two my song." Taru volunteered. They all agreed and had a wonderful time learning it.
**On a balcony**
Yaten could hear the clear voices that drifted up in song. He hadn't been able to get the little minx of his mind and he was getting annoyed. "What's wrong with me?" He asked himself. "I shouldn't feel anything for her. Nothing at all." He turned and stepped into his room, "Yet, I think, I could… Nah" He sighed and glanced at himself in the mirror.
"I do, don't I?" Sigh, "I've tried all my life to keep people out, and I get to know a girl in what? Four, five days, and I soften to a pile of mush." He slammed his fist into the mirror and came away with his hand dripping blood. "Why?" He whispered. "Why is it always like this?"
"Give into it." A voice said behind him. Yaten spun around and found none other then Haruka standing at his door. "Listen, I don't like you or the other Lights. But Taru-hime does. She loves you, which I will never get why or how. But she does, so in her best interests is it I come here." Haruka sent a glare at him. "You may not see it yet, but you love her too. And she needs someone right now. Michi and I love her like a daughter and don't want to see her hurt. Don't hurt her, Healer. Don't." With that, Haruka spun around and left Yaten to stair after her.
"I do, don't I."
How'd ya like it? I started to write longer chapters so be happy. The song they all learned from Taru is one I wrote and will appear in later chapters. So ja ne minna-san. Angel
The three girls walked down the path, all silent, lost in their own musings. The garden they entered was the one with the swing that Hotaru had been to. Her favorite that'd she'd seen. A table was set up to with four chairs.
On the table were cookies, a chocolate cake, raspberries, and tea. Kakuya took a seat at a chair and smiled at the others. "Sit and let's talk." She motioned to the empty chairs. Serena and Hotaru sat and as directed by Kakuya, they filled cups and plates. "So are both of you really that much in love?" She asked a few moments later.
Serena stared at her for a moment. "In love? With whom? Seiya? I like him, but I'm still getting over Mamo-chan. And that'll take forever. He's the one I love." She whispered the last part and looked down at her hands. "He's really nice, but I'm not sure I'm ready for another relationship."
"Ser, I hate to tell you this." Hotaru started. "But I have to." She sighed as Serena turned questioning eyes to her. "I'll start from the beginning. During the Silver Millennium, peace ruled the universe and all were happy. Akuma, the true form of evil was locked away. Serenity and the other queens sealed him long ago. Akuma is the very devil and was in love with the goddess Selene. Your grandmother, who was killed by another god, so Akuma followed her family until your mother. She looked very much like Selena and he wanted her. So when he came for her and tried to steal her away, they sealed him up. But when we, the princesses, were little he broke his seal and took human form."
Hotaru stopped and glanced at the other two people at the table. "It wasn't spread to the public that he had escaped, so as not to worry them. Nothing came though. No attacks, or forces. You met Darien after Akuma had been forgotten. And he and you became betrothed. But not truly were you in love with him. He had us all fooled." Serena raised a brow.
"How do you know this Taru-chan?" Serena asked.
"Hai, I'd like to know that. And the rest of the story." Kakuya said.
"This all was told to me by your mother and Pluto when I was reborn after Galexia and had started having visions." Hotaru looked around to make sure no one was near.
"Darien, on the day of the ball, summoned his forces. Serenity-sama blocked these memories from us, and gave us false ones hoping Darien had changed. But to no avail he hadn't. During the ball, Darien revealed his true form, Akuma. He and the inners, his minions, attacked us with Beryl. The outers and I arrived soon after. I was able to drive him back into his human form and your mother, Serenity-sama sealed you and them away, sending you to the future in hopes that everything would work out."
Hotaru stopped and took a breath. "I'll continue." A voice said. Setsuna said, stepping out of the shadows. "But after we'd been awakened again on earth, after Galexia, we feared something was wrong. Hotaru, Raye, and I started having visions. Then Raye and the others started to change. And I filled Hotaru in on everything of the past. I told her not to tell you, but now it is time you knew, so I won't be mad at her. The reason this new enemy is here, I think is because of you, Serena. And Hotaru, and even Kakuya. You and Taru because you foiled his plans. Kakuya for helping you now. And the rest of us because we protect you, and to hurt us is to hurt you." Setsuna took the empty seat. "I am sorry we did not tell you. But it was for your own good."
"Why?" Serena whispered.
"Why is not an easily answered question."
Serena had started to cry and Kakuya looked surprised and confused. "So the enemy is after us three. And the rest of you because they are friends with us?" She asked.
"Hai, I'm afraid so." Serena threw herself at Hotaru. Sobbing into her shoulder she let words escape from her lips in incoherent phases.
"I need to go." Setsuna said. "Taru, I need to see you after lunch. The outers and I have something to discuss with you." She walked away leaving three women staring after her. Well two women the other one was still sobbing.
"I feel like a fool and a baby." Serena said.
"Your neither." Kakuya said patting her on the back. "And we'll protect you. The scouts, Starlights, and Hotaru and I will all fight with you. That's what friends are. Now let's enjoy this cake?" She smiled down at her new friend.
"Hai, thank you Kakuya." Serena said, wiping away the tears. "And Taru, I know you couldn't tell me sooner and I thank you for always being there. I know you've had it worse off then me before, so I won't cry anymore. I still have friends, and that makes me happy."
"Thank you Usagi-chan. I'll always be your friend. Kaki here, and I will always be your friends." Kakuya glanced over at Hotaru with a questioning look.
"Kaki?"
"Hai, your nick name."
They all laughed for awhile and started to relax a bit, but still, inside they were all tense and uneasy. Taru, Ser, and Kaki (An: I'm gonna start referring to them as that cause I'm lazy.) all chatted and Ser asked Taru to sing something else.
Wetting her lips Hotaru jumped from her seat and over to the small entrance. "No ones around good. Alright I'll sing." She said coming back over. "I wrote a song awhile back and I wanted to know how it sounded. That okay with you two?"
"Hai." Kaki smiled.
"Go for it." Serena grinned taking another cookie.
So Taru sang another song and the others loved it. "Kakuya, can you sing?" Hotaru asked.
"A bit." Kaki blushed.
"Sing a bit, please." Ser begged.
"What?"
"I'll teach you two my song." Taru volunteered. They all agreed and had a wonderful time learning it.
**On a balcony**
Yaten could hear the clear voices that drifted up in song. He hadn't been able to get the little minx of his mind and he was getting annoyed. "What's wrong with me?" He asked himself. "I shouldn't feel anything for her. Nothing at all." He turned and stepped into his room, "Yet, I think, I could… Nah" He sighed and glanced at himself in the mirror.
"I do, don't I?" Sigh, "I've tried all my life to keep people out, and I get to know a girl in what? Four, five days, and I soften to a pile of mush." He slammed his fist into the mirror and came away with his hand dripping blood. "Why?" He whispered. "Why is it always like this?"
"Give into it." A voice said behind him. Yaten spun around and found none other then Haruka standing at his door. "Listen, I don't like you or the other Lights. But Taru-hime does. She loves you, which I will never get why or how. But she does, so in her best interests is it I come here." Haruka sent a glare at him. "You may not see it yet, but you love her too. And she needs someone right now. Michi and I love her like a daughter and don't want to see her hurt. Don't hurt her, Healer. Don't." With that, Haruka spun around and left Yaten to stair after her.
"I do, don't I."
How'd ya like it? I started to write longer chapters so be happy. The song they all learned from Taru is one I wrote and will appear in later chapters. So ja ne minna-san. Angel