Save My Broken World
~!!Important Note!!~ Sorry everyone! I made a mistake in the last note, I said 15 - 20, I meant 10 -15. Sorry! But I got 10 so I'm getting this posted. Another 10 - 15 reviews for the next chapter, please. I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to Silver_Star, Serena Yuy, Sailor Grape, Prophetess of Hearts, KC, Usagi2005, Sere Star, Rubii Kimu-chan, LeaD, and MooCow!! You guys will never know just how much your reviews mean to me! I love you guys!!!!!
*Mamoru had a reason for coming home the way he did. No one was there to see him and no one there to catch him, therefore making it the perfect route to travel through with the treasonous documents he was carrying. His route to Laskar was through the uninhabited mountain Sadhaj (meaning: uninhabited, forsaken, unoccupied), the very same mountain Usagi was residing in. But of course, Mamoru had no idea Usagi was there. In his mind, it was completely empty of human life, which is what made it so perfect a route.
Continuing on his way down the mountain, he reached a steep cliff made of rock that was next to a waterfall which cascaded down to a huge lake. It was a gorgeous view, but he no time for sight seeing. He searched for a different way down, but discovered none. Fears coming true, he knew he had to climb down the cliff. He could see footholds, but he wasn't sure if they were close enough to each other to be useful or if they were even big enough for use in the first place. Well, he'd just have to try. And if he got stuck, he'd just have to hope he was close enough to the ground to let himself drop.
Slowly he climbed down, with slightly wobbly legs. He was about half was down. So far no troubles. Very good by his book. He continued his descent, though he was growing more and more confident and sure of himself, and with that came a quicker pace. Those were his two mistakes.
As he stepped into a rather large foothold, his foot flew out from under him, forcing him to hold on using only his arms. His arm muscles were what he had to use to hold himself up, but they collapsed under the weight and his hands slipped. He plummeted to the groung like a lead weight, hitting his head on a rock on the way down as he somersaulted in the air before crashing to the ground in a heap, becoming unconscious on impact.
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Usagi woke up that morning refreshed. A good night sleep can do a lot to an exhausted body. Getting up and dressing, she walked out of her rock and started her morning routine of checking her traps. She first does the forest ones, next the ones in the lake, and then the ones in the lake/waterfall area.
She caught nothing in the forest and only one fish in the lake, which had to be thrown back because of size. She walked over to check her last set of traps. She was hoping she'll have caught something from the last time she checked her traps. What she caught was not what she had expected.
She walked toward the waterfall and saw a heap of ... something ... near it. She walked closer, and suddenly jumped back. It was Karmain! What if he was here to take her back? Or to put her to death as she was supposed to have been before she ran away? And if he was to do that, who was there to stop him from playing with her before he murdered her?
Her imagination continued to run wild, coming up with many ideas of why he was here and what he could do to her. That is, until the logical part of her mind told her he was unconscious.
Logic overran imagination and took over. Crouching down beside him, she saw a large cut on the side of his head, sticky with blood. Oh well, that was his problem. Discovering his travel pack, she pulled it off and over his shoulders. Searching through it caused her to discover a shocking discovery.
She pulled out a small stack of papers. Scanning them over, they were instantly labeled treasonous. They showed proof of Karmain becoming a spy for Scanra, and the assignments he was hired to complete. What the assignments were put it together in her mind what he must have done. The Scanran king must have been falsely told that Laskar planned to declare war on them. And with Karmain coming back home as a new spy, and reaching home through a place where people are not supposed to be, therefore making it a good way to go home by so people won't somehow discover what he's traveling with, she knew he was the one to say those lies to Scanra. The treasonous snake.
Keeping the documents for herself, and the sack of gold she found, she left him there, bloody head and all.
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A couple hours after his crash landing, Karmain awoke and started again on his way. Fool that he was didn't even check for the injuries that he did have. He checked nothing, and therefore discovered nothing, like his documents' disappearance. PO-ed that he fell and lost the time that he did, he didn't bother doing those important things. Things that would be the cause of his troubles in the future.
Upon reaching home and unpacking his pack, he found what he didn't expect to find. Nothing. His papers were gone. How could they have just disappeared? They must have fallen down in the tumble. It was the only time and place it could have happened. And his gold was gone, too. Out of all the things he could have lost from his fall, it had to be the two most important. Damn! Damn damn damn!!!! At least he need not worry about anyone finding them. Because if someone did, trouble wise, he'd be in too deep. And he needed those documents, how else was he to prove he could override and torture the spies under him? And how else was he to know what all he was getting payed to do? The only solution was to go back to Scanra and re-obtain the documents.
Leaving tomorrow after work was the best time to leave. Now that he had returned, he needed to check in with the assembly and tell them he forgot to get something when he was away and needed to return to get them. They'd let him. After all, this isn't multiple choice.
The next morning at work, he discovered some news he didn't like hearing. Usagi was gone. Gone! Without a trace. Now how was he suppose to have his fun with her and afterward kill her. Since the moment he laid eyes on the beauty, his dirty mind lived up to it's namesake. Why put to waste a body like that? She was to be his play thing before her death. Another thing ruined. Damn! Except this one can't be fixed. The documents he would get back, her he would not.
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The next morning he set out for Scanra. He'd be back in a week/ week and «. It took about 4 -5 days one way. You do the math.
All the way to the king, Mamoru was thinking up a tale to tell the king explaining why he needed a new set of documents. He came up with one he personally liked.
"Your Majesty," he nodded in respect to the king.
"Mamoru," the king nodded back. "What brings you here so soon?"
"On my way back to Laskar, your highness, I was going home through Sadhaj, because no humans are there making it the perfect way back. But what I didn't know was that it had dangerous animals there. Two wild boars attacked me. They ripped through my pack, ripping it to shreds, and therefore ripping the documents you gave me as well. I'm very sorry, your majesty. I couldn't find enough pieces to put together what it said. And the ink ran from the boars spit. So, I'm hear begging you to please give your humble spy another copy." Mamoru's voice was dripping with sweetness. Though no one could tell. They barely knew him, and definitely not enough to know that this was never the way he acted or spoke. That's why you take the time to know somebody before jumping into something. It could very well lead to your downfall.
"Mamoru. You've made a mistake not four days after taking your new position. I'm disappointed in you. You had better not fail me again. I will let this one pass, for you showed wisdom in selecting your course home, but didn't use wisdom in caring for the documents. Jake, go get Mamoru another copy of the documents."
Jake ran out of the room to do as he was told. He was an official, not a servant. The king had no right to make him run his errands. Stupid Mamoru. Damn guy.
The king continued, "Do not let anything else go wrong. I don't want to lose a valuable spy. Is it possible for someone to get a hold of those documents you ruined?"
"Nothing will go wrong. This was a fluke thing. No other flukes are bound to happen. And no, it's impossible for the documents to be found and taken. I collected what I could and burned them once I reached the privacy of my own room. You've nothing to fear."
Jake returned with the documents and handed them over to Mamoru with a glare, and breathed, "Get out of here you rotten piece of junk."
Before Mamoru could snap his retort, the king spoke, "You should be getting on your way. I want my information and you want your pay."
With a bow, Mamoru said with fake respect, "Yes, my lord." And exited the room the same way he had entered, and set off on his way home.
He safely returned home without any mishaps. Sadhaj was still the way he went home, only this time a different route through, taking him away from the cliff and waterfall, and unbeknownst to him Usagi.
The next time he spoke to the Assembly, he told them he found no trace of Usagi and to just forget about her. As much as the Assembly disagreed, they didn't voice that disagreement. Agreeing was, by far, better than going against any decision of his, for people who have gone against him have disappeared or died in miserable and disgusting ways. Not something they would like to experience firsthand.
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It has been over a week since she had found Karmain. The next day she had gone to see if he was still there, but he wasn't. And he hadn't found her, so she was obviously still secure. She had feared being found, so the rest of the day she stayed in her rock home. The first time she had gone out since she had holed up was to check on him. So, it would have been impossible for him to have found her without her realization of it. She was safe!
It was almost winter and it was very cold outside. The lake was starting to turn to ice. The edges were already frozen. Not too thick though, so she had to be cautious of not falling in. Falling in would be very bad. She had thought of tying a rope to Fairylight and the other end to herself, so incase she fell in she would be able to get out, but had decided against it. She didn't want to bring her out here every morning in the cold and waste all that time bringing her in and out. And there wasn't a tree close enough to use instead of Fairylight. So, she just have to be very careful.
This morning she had slept in. It was just too cold to get out of bed. She didn't have the will power to drag herself out of her warm bed and into the cold. So she just slept later. After the sun had been up for a while she got up. A bonus about living in a rock was that once the sun hits it, it warms it up and all the heat gets trapped inside. That was nice, though she'd have to do something to change that in the summer. In summer that would make her home miserable. But for now, it was something she was grateful for.
She dressed in her fur clothes she had made using the skins of the animals she had caught. She used almost everything in the animal. Whatever wasn't used she'd use for bait or to feed Fairylight.
She checked her forest traps and caught one rabbit. She next checked her lake ones. None of her poles so far had caught anything. One left to check. She was near the edge pulling out the line, being very careful since the lake had started to freeze over. Every morning more and more of the lake was taken over by ice. Wasn't to much longer and the whole thing would be frozen. She'd have to teach herself how to ice fish. It would pretty much be the only meat she'd be bringing in. She had a lot of berries and nuts stocked up, but she needed meat. And meat was harder to make last, though it would be getting easier now that the temperature was dropping.
She was just about done pulling out her line when she heard a foreign noise. The sound of boots scuffing against the dirt. The sound of boots crunching fallen leaves.
Looking up, Usagi's eyes met the eyes of Heero. She almost fell faint, but instead fell straight into the lake.*
PLEASE review everyone! I love hearing from you so much! Thank you for reading! And please review, even if it's only one word!!!!!!
~!!Important Note!!~ Sorry everyone! I made a mistake in the last note, I said 15 - 20, I meant 10 -15. Sorry! But I got 10 so I'm getting this posted. Another 10 - 15 reviews for the next chapter, please. I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to Silver_Star, Serena Yuy, Sailor Grape, Prophetess of Hearts, KC, Usagi2005, Sere Star, Rubii Kimu-chan, LeaD, and MooCow!! You guys will never know just how much your reviews mean to me! I love you guys!!!!!
*Mamoru had a reason for coming home the way he did. No one was there to see him and no one there to catch him, therefore making it the perfect route to travel through with the treasonous documents he was carrying. His route to Laskar was through the uninhabited mountain Sadhaj (meaning: uninhabited, forsaken, unoccupied), the very same mountain Usagi was residing in. But of course, Mamoru had no idea Usagi was there. In his mind, it was completely empty of human life, which is what made it so perfect a route.
Continuing on his way down the mountain, he reached a steep cliff made of rock that was next to a waterfall which cascaded down to a huge lake. It was a gorgeous view, but he no time for sight seeing. He searched for a different way down, but discovered none. Fears coming true, he knew he had to climb down the cliff. He could see footholds, but he wasn't sure if they were close enough to each other to be useful or if they were even big enough for use in the first place. Well, he'd just have to try. And if he got stuck, he'd just have to hope he was close enough to the ground to let himself drop.
Slowly he climbed down, with slightly wobbly legs. He was about half was down. So far no troubles. Very good by his book. He continued his descent, though he was growing more and more confident and sure of himself, and with that came a quicker pace. Those were his two mistakes.
As he stepped into a rather large foothold, his foot flew out from under him, forcing him to hold on using only his arms. His arm muscles were what he had to use to hold himself up, but they collapsed under the weight and his hands slipped. He plummeted to the groung like a lead weight, hitting his head on a rock on the way down as he somersaulted in the air before crashing to the ground in a heap, becoming unconscious on impact.
~~~~~~~~~
Usagi woke up that morning refreshed. A good night sleep can do a lot to an exhausted body. Getting up and dressing, she walked out of her rock and started her morning routine of checking her traps. She first does the forest ones, next the ones in the lake, and then the ones in the lake/waterfall area.
She caught nothing in the forest and only one fish in the lake, which had to be thrown back because of size. She walked over to check her last set of traps. She was hoping she'll have caught something from the last time she checked her traps. What she caught was not what she had expected.
She walked toward the waterfall and saw a heap of ... something ... near it. She walked closer, and suddenly jumped back. It was Karmain! What if he was here to take her back? Or to put her to death as she was supposed to have been before she ran away? And if he was to do that, who was there to stop him from playing with her before he murdered her?
Her imagination continued to run wild, coming up with many ideas of why he was here and what he could do to her. That is, until the logical part of her mind told her he was unconscious.
Logic overran imagination and took over. Crouching down beside him, she saw a large cut on the side of his head, sticky with blood. Oh well, that was his problem. Discovering his travel pack, she pulled it off and over his shoulders. Searching through it caused her to discover a shocking discovery.
She pulled out a small stack of papers. Scanning them over, they were instantly labeled treasonous. They showed proof of Karmain becoming a spy for Scanra, and the assignments he was hired to complete. What the assignments were put it together in her mind what he must have done. The Scanran king must have been falsely told that Laskar planned to declare war on them. And with Karmain coming back home as a new spy, and reaching home through a place where people are not supposed to be, therefore making it a good way to go home by so people won't somehow discover what he's traveling with, she knew he was the one to say those lies to Scanra. The treasonous snake.
Keeping the documents for herself, and the sack of gold she found, she left him there, bloody head and all.
~~~~~~~~~
A couple hours after his crash landing, Karmain awoke and started again on his way. Fool that he was didn't even check for the injuries that he did have. He checked nothing, and therefore discovered nothing, like his documents' disappearance. PO-ed that he fell and lost the time that he did, he didn't bother doing those important things. Things that would be the cause of his troubles in the future.
Upon reaching home and unpacking his pack, he found what he didn't expect to find. Nothing. His papers were gone. How could they have just disappeared? They must have fallen down in the tumble. It was the only time and place it could have happened. And his gold was gone, too. Out of all the things he could have lost from his fall, it had to be the two most important. Damn! Damn damn damn!!!! At least he need not worry about anyone finding them. Because if someone did, trouble wise, he'd be in too deep. And he needed those documents, how else was he to prove he could override and torture the spies under him? And how else was he to know what all he was getting payed to do? The only solution was to go back to Scanra and re-obtain the documents.
Leaving tomorrow after work was the best time to leave. Now that he had returned, he needed to check in with the assembly and tell them he forgot to get something when he was away and needed to return to get them. They'd let him. After all, this isn't multiple choice.
The next morning at work, he discovered some news he didn't like hearing. Usagi was gone. Gone! Without a trace. Now how was he suppose to have his fun with her and afterward kill her. Since the moment he laid eyes on the beauty, his dirty mind lived up to it's namesake. Why put to waste a body like that? She was to be his play thing before her death. Another thing ruined. Damn! Except this one can't be fixed. The documents he would get back, her he would not.
~~~~~~~~~
The next morning he set out for Scanra. He'd be back in a week/ week and «. It took about 4 -5 days one way. You do the math.
All the way to the king, Mamoru was thinking up a tale to tell the king explaining why he needed a new set of documents. He came up with one he personally liked.
"Your Majesty," he nodded in respect to the king.
"Mamoru," the king nodded back. "What brings you here so soon?"
"On my way back to Laskar, your highness, I was going home through Sadhaj, because no humans are there making it the perfect way back. But what I didn't know was that it had dangerous animals there. Two wild boars attacked me. They ripped through my pack, ripping it to shreds, and therefore ripping the documents you gave me as well. I'm very sorry, your majesty. I couldn't find enough pieces to put together what it said. And the ink ran from the boars spit. So, I'm hear begging you to please give your humble spy another copy." Mamoru's voice was dripping with sweetness. Though no one could tell. They barely knew him, and definitely not enough to know that this was never the way he acted or spoke. That's why you take the time to know somebody before jumping into something. It could very well lead to your downfall.
"Mamoru. You've made a mistake not four days after taking your new position. I'm disappointed in you. You had better not fail me again. I will let this one pass, for you showed wisdom in selecting your course home, but didn't use wisdom in caring for the documents. Jake, go get Mamoru another copy of the documents."
Jake ran out of the room to do as he was told. He was an official, not a servant. The king had no right to make him run his errands. Stupid Mamoru. Damn guy.
The king continued, "Do not let anything else go wrong. I don't want to lose a valuable spy. Is it possible for someone to get a hold of those documents you ruined?"
"Nothing will go wrong. This was a fluke thing. No other flukes are bound to happen. And no, it's impossible for the documents to be found and taken. I collected what I could and burned them once I reached the privacy of my own room. You've nothing to fear."
Jake returned with the documents and handed them over to Mamoru with a glare, and breathed, "Get out of here you rotten piece of junk."
Before Mamoru could snap his retort, the king spoke, "You should be getting on your way. I want my information and you want your pay."
With a bow, Mamoru said with fake respect, "Yes, my lord." And exited the room the same way he had entered, and set off on his way home.
He safely returned home without any mishaps. Sadhaj was still the way he went home, only this time a different route through, taking him away from the cliff and waterfall, and unbeknownst to him Usagi.
The next time he spoke to the Assembly, he told them he found no trace of Usagi and to just forget about her. As much as the Assembly disagreed, they didn't voice that disagreement. Agreeing was, by far, better than going against any decision of his, for people who have gone against him have disappeared or died in miserable and disgusting ways. Not something they would like to experience firsthand.
~~~~~~~~
It has been over a week since she had found Karmain. The next day she had gone to see if he was still there, but he wasn't. And he hadn't found her, so she was obviously still secure. She had feared being found, so the rest of the day she stayed in her rock home. The first time she had gone out since she had holed up was to check on him. So, it would have been impossible for him to have found her without her realization of it. She was safe!
It was almost winter and it was very cold outside. The lake was starting to turn to ice. The edges were already frozen. Not too thick though, so she had to be cautious of not falling in. Falling in would be very bad. She had thought of tying a rope to Fairylight and the other end to herself, so incase she fell in she would be able to get out, but had decided against it. She didn't want to bring her out here every morning in the cold and waste all that time bringing her in and out. And there wasn't a tree close enough to use instead of Fairylight. So, she just have to be very careful.
This morning she had slept in. It was just too cold to get out of bed. She didn't have the will power to drag herself out of her warm bed and into the cold. So she just slept later. After the sun had been up for a while she got up. A bonus about living in a rock was that once the sun hits it, it warms it up and all the heat gets trapped inside. That was nice, though she'd have to do something to change that in the summer. In summer that would make her home miserable. But for now, it was something she was grateful for.
She dressed in her fur clothes she had made using the skins of the animals she had caught. She used almost everything in the animal. Whatever wasn't used she'd use for bait or to feed Fairylight.
She checked her forest traps and caught one rabbit. She next checked her lake ones. None of her poles so far had caught anything. One left to check. She was near the edge pulling out the line, being very careful since the lake had started to freeze over. Every morning more and more of the lake was taken over by ice. Wasn't to much longer and the whole thing would be frozen. She'd have to teach herself how to ice fish. It would pretty much be the only meat she'd be bringing in. She had a lot of berries and nuts stocked up, but she needed meat. And meat was harder to make last, though it would be getting easier now that the temperature was dropping.
She was just about done pulling out her line when she heard a foreign noise. The sound of boots scuffing against the dirt. The sound of boots crunching fallen leaves.
Looking up, Usagi's eyes met the eyes of Heero. She almost fell faint, but instead fell straight into the lake.*
PLEASE review everyone! I love hearing from you so much! Thank you for reading! And please review, even if it's only one word!!!!!!