Silver and Rubies
By: Princess Ashley
Well, here is yet another chapter. But don't worry. I still have at least one more chapter to go before it's the end. I hope to get at least 150 reviews on this story. Hopefully, and I'm starting another Rubius/Usa fic, it may just be a one-shot song fic, but this couple was a bigger hit than I thought it would be. Thanks for all the reviews. I really appreciate them all. Well, you've earned another chapter. Seeya! And yes, I'm still sick. *pouts * I got a snow day for Thursday and Friday! And I got let out early on Wednesday. Isn't that cool? *coughs * Nope, on the count of I'm stuck in bed till I get better. I'm lucky to be writing right now. Thank my momma for letting me on the computer. ^_^
Ingrid: I know it's not fair. But here is the next chapter, is it still unfair?
Celestial Nymph: Oh yes. I can be very evil.I wish. ^_^ Anywho, don't worry, I'm thinking of creating one really fluffy chapter for all you people who like that kinda stuff. Personally, I could do without, but anything to please the readers. Thanks 4 reviewing!
Dark Angel Hazel: Well, gee, thanx! I'm glad it's one of your favorite stories. I've checked around, and It seems to be on a lot of people's favorites lists. That's why I might make a sequel to this story, or I'll just make another story. I'll let the readers choose. What do you think? Thanx 4 reviewing!!!
Amethyst-blossom: Um.I don't know about that, but I'm not going to give it away. Scroll down. Remember, I get most of my ideas from my reviews. *hint * *hint *
Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos: Good, I hoped this wasn't the worst you've seen. And thanx for the get well wish, I'm starting to feel better already! ^_^
MarsMoonStar: Okay, you need to calm the hell down, gal. It's right here, you need not wait any longer. But glad 2 c ya. Thanks for reviewing!
Kage-Shadow-of-Darkness: Well, I'm not going to tell who won until you start reading the story. I'd give it all away if I said so in the commentary. ^_^
Authoress*Crest: Oh, poor you. I didn't know it hit you THAT hard. Ummm..r u going 2 b OK? Sorry for the cliffy, but I thought suspense was good. ^_^ Sorry, I won't do it again, well, at least not in this story. Okay, maybe. But it won't be that bad, I promise. *laughs nervously *
Moon legend wolf: Yeah, Serena and Darien are good, it's just I had an urge to write about this couple. *shrug * When I get urges for a specific fic, I tend to get really cranky until I finally write it down. Habit I guess.
SwTcAnDiE: Well, yeah, hating Minako and Mamoru was the effect I was going for. I thought I was the only one who had thought of Rubius and Usagi before, but according to the reviews, I think that a lot of people have been thinking about it. Unless they're LYING to be for some reason. ^_^ j/k, I trust my reviewers. Thankies for reviewing!
Chapter 12: Revelation
There was a light in the middle of the room; the dead person was emitting a lot of light for someone who had just lost all their shine. Rubius hesitantly turned; his curiosity and fear had gotten the better of him. He saw her rise into the air. Her body was limp, and her hair was rustled and completely gnawed. Her eyes were closed, but he could tell that her eyes were not shining anymore, like they used to. The one that used to be full of life and evil. He watched in horror as her head was lifted, to reveal the face of the corpse. He gasped.
*Oh no. * He whispered silently.
She looked at him, her eyes were lifeless, dull and weary, they might as well have been a sapphire covered in a layer of dust; they were deathly misty. And then they began to water. He saw her lips start to move, they were and icy blue color, and they formed two words. Two words that signaled defeat; one that Rubius never thought she would admit.
"I failed." She spoke with a breathlessly voice, softer than a whisper, but he could make her words out. Her head went limp, and her hands fell softly to her side. He lost her.
"HAHAHA!!! HA! And she said she could defeat me! That wimp, no one can survive the power of the silver crystal!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!"
Minako laughed hysterically, and Rubius felt the anger well up inside him, and then he saw someone running the distance behind Minako. The shadow came into view; it was Tuxedo Mask, here to save his dead queen. *A little late there Tux boy. * Rubius thought, his eyes grew darker, and his words became nothing more than venom dripping to the blood stained floor. 'Her' blood. He couldn't bring himself to say her name. He looked at her again, hanging in midair, as if a noose was holding her neck. He felt all conception leaving his body, and he turned to Minako and Tuxedo Mask, who were just looking at each other.
"Apparently, you couldn't survive the power of the silver crystal either, Minako. Die!
"EMBER LARIAT!!!"
A fiery rope shot from his hand, and it encircled itself around Minako's neck. He pulled; he pulled hard. The rope became tighter and tighter around her neck, and he could see her face become the very look of someone drowned, and the limbs were still attached. (If you've seen The RING, she looks like Samara right about now. Ewww.^_^) Rubius pulled harder, intent on pulled her head from her body, his anger building even higher as he contemplated what he was going to do to Cape boy. He heard Minako's chocking. He pulled still harder, and soon, his hands started to bleed with the fierceness of his hold on the flaming rope. The blood pooled on the ground, he didn't bother to stop it. The only thing that mattered was Usagi, her and getting Minako's damn death as sweet as he could.
Finally, his tug went loose, and Minako flew through the time warp, and without a doubt, she was dead now. And he would make sure her body never left the time warp.
"FEIRY CRYPTION!!!"
The fire encircled Minako's dead body, and soon she was incased in a flaming crypt, and then a stone formed at the base of the time warp, it opened, it was hollow, and it slowly pulled Minako's tomb into it, vines wrapping around it and pulling casket of fire into it. They could hear her screams inside the vault she was incased with. *Why won't she die? * Rubius thought to himself. *Oh well, at least she'll live the rest of her life in the darkness in which she fought so 'hard' to defeat. * The casket fell into the stone, and then the stone doors began to close. Her shrieks became distant as the stone began to close off all the sound as the doors slide closer together. Then it closed with a thud, and fire melted the doors together, never to be opened again.
"Minako!!!" Tuxedo Mask called to his love, but it was clear that she couldn't hear him. He was floating further and further away from the tomb.
Rubius turned to him, his red eyes still glazed over with fury, he looked like a mad man, totally cracked over loosing someone he loved. Rubius gasped. *Loved? * (AN: duh!!!) He looked at her again. She was on the ground, totally wasting away right in front of him. He shook his head. *Not love, stronger than love. MUCH stronger than love. *
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*Finally, I thought he's never get it through his thick head. I swear; he's even thicker than Diamond. *
Wise Man turned to the rest of the Black Moon family. Lady Ami and Makoto were talking amongst themselves about what they would do to her if they ever saw Minako again. Diamond and Emerald were engaged in a heated conversation, it seems that Emerald was finally working her magic on Diamond, and he was going with it. Lady Rei was talking with Sapphire, it seemed like they had more in common then most ventured to think. Then there was Rini, who had seated herself beside Wise Man, and was worrying a lot about Rubius and Usagi. Wise Man didn't have the heart to tell her that Usagi was most defiantly dead, unless by some miracle, she had the strength to come back.
A visible tear trailed down his cheek. He lifted his hand to touch it. He was crying. He had never cried before, not ever, not since he could remember. But he knew why. This was his only daughter they were talking about. She was dead, or very close to dead.
/Well, I never thought I would see the day that my lover would actually weep for someone. /
Wise Man looked around, everyone else was still acting in their own way, talking to the other, and no one seemed to have heard anything.
*Who is that? Who are you? *
/Well, well, Wise Man, I never thought you would forget MY voice, but I've been wrong before. Like when I trusted you when you said you loved me. Hmm. You don't suppose. * He heard a haughty voice in the back of his mind. He groaned silently.
*Serenity. I should have known. What do you want, come to mock me about showing emotions for my only daughter? Didn't know you were that shallow. *
/Ha, I'm not. You never wept for me when I died, and here you are crying for your daughter. I never knew you cared. At least I know she's with someone who actually cares for her. I wasn't sure you'd take her with you or you would just knock her aside like you did me. /
* I did not. I was from a different world; do you think I wouldn't have stayed with you if I knew we had a chance of being together? Believe me, I never wanted it to work out this way. *
/Ha. I moment I told you I was pregnant you left me. Without a second thought to if it could work or not. Do you know how many times she asked me about you? What was I supposed to tell her? Oh honey, your father doesn't care, he left the moment I told him that you were to be born in two months. Yeah, that would have been a cheery conversation. /
* You could have at least told me earlier. You waited six months to tell me you were pregnant. And here I was thinking you were just gaining weight at an alarming weight, despite the fact that you hardly eat. *
He heard his over growl in his head. *You've been there all this time. And now you finally show up to criticize me for mourning my own daughter. Do you have no morals, lady? *
/I have more morals than you think. I merely came here to tell you of some useful information about your daughter that you might find quite influencing. /
*Shoot. *
/Fine. Usagi is the rightful heir to the moon kingdom, my daughter as much as yours. Despite the fact that you were on the dark side, she still controlled the light as well as the darkness. Now, you will find that when Usagi has been stuck with the silver crystal, she was glowing, am I right. Course I am. The silver crystal cannot kill her. It is not that power of the silver crystal that is killing her now. It is the power of the dark crystal that she used to go against Minako. She took too much, now it is wasting away inside of her, taking all the pure energy as well as the dark energy when it starts to recharge itself. There I said it. Now what are you going to do about it? /
*. .*
/Thought so. /
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Rubius flung Tuxedo Mask across the time warp; the images in the background began to fade. The time warp was closing itself.
Aulley appeared in front of Rubius in the midst of his rage. "I suggest you get out of here. I held the time warp open as long as I could, but you just took too long. If you're going to try to save Usagi-chan, you'd better get out of here and fast, unless you feel like being stuck in here for the next 4,000 earth years. That would be about a million years on Nemesis. Hmmm?"
Rubius glared at Aulley. "Who cares?"
Aulley looked at him for a long time, she was the last person who would care about the safely of those she worked for, as long as she didn't get killed, she was happy. Why was she still here, then? "I care. I don't want Usagi to die. She was a great person. Even I saw that, despite that fact that she only commanded me around. She had a good heart. I can still see it. She deserves to see her family again before she dies. You owe that to her, Rubius." She said, quietly, still wondering why she had said that.
Rubius growled slightly. "Usagi's dead. There is nothing left for this world now. Minako is dead, Usagi is dead, and Cape boy is about to be dead. What else is there to live for? I could get Usagi out of here, but what good will it do? Then Diamond kills me for not saving her. I feel bad enough already without his bitching about it. I cared about Usagi as much as he did, even more if I dare say so. I loved her. Damn, I loved her so much I couldn't even bring myself to say so. But love isn't worth it. We all die in the end. Either way, someone is going to die. That's why people on Nemesis don't fall in love. It's either the man or the woman who dies first and leaves the other to wallop in self-pity for the rest of their being, till their nothing. They go insane and kill themselves out of misery. " Rubius took a deep breath. He panted as Aulley looked at him in incredulity. Rubius broke right there. He cried and sobbed and wept till his eyes were dry. "What's the point?"
"What was the point in spilling all that out to me? Because you wanted to, right? You wanted people to know the agony you face now. Why are you going to take Usagi out of her instead of dieing with her, never being able to see the light of day again? Because you want to. And because you care about her. And don't try to hide it, emotions are never easy to hide, are they Rubius?" She said, eyes not going with her. They were emotionless, as always, but her words showed some hints of sympathy for the hot-headed soldier who had just admitted that he had fallen in love, and was loathing himself for it now. *Poor little Rubius. * She thought, and then she disappeared, leaving him to himself.
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Well, I guess I'm going to leave off here. Sorry about that. But I just can't write anymore. *Smiles nervously at the loathing faces of the readers. * Oh boy..
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*** Oh alright, but just because I'm feeling generous today. I better get some good reviews on this. I've got a really bad cold and I'm still writing. Isn't that just peachy?
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Rubius fell to his knees. He looked over at Usagi's face. It was hollow and lightless. *Oh Usagi. * He crawled over to her, on his hands and knees, still watching her face. He picked her torso up, minding her head, and laid it in his lap as he sat on his knees.
"You want to see you're father don't you? And Ami, Rei, and Makoto. I guess I can't deny you that. Hugh?"
She stayed silent, her eyes were closed, but her head was facing him. Her golden hair was feathered around her. She was an angel that had lost her light. Rubius just starred at her for a minute, minding her beauty and serene. He closed his eyes, and caressed her cheek. Then he felt something on the ground beside her. He opened his eyes to see a small circular crystal on the ground beside Usagi. He picked it up, and looked at the small frame and feeling the texture of the crystal. It was hardly the size of his thumbprint. He smirked at the small crystal.
"How is it that such a small crystal can cause so much damage?" He looked at Usagi, wondering how she was defeated with such a small crystal, when the dark crystal was the size of a house.
He opened Usagi's ice-cold hand, and placed the crystal in it, warm with the heat emitted from his hand. He looked adoringly at Usagi, loving her scent, loving her beauty, and loving her memory.
*Flashback * (AN: The next few pages are just going to be flashbacks. You can skip if you want. I'll tell you when they are over and you can find out what happens next. )
"You got it?"
"'Course I got it. It's only natural."
Emerald smirked. "How could I have been so stupid? The Wise Man's daughter, she was sure to get the missions. I guess Diamond put you on his good list."
Usagi smiled as the two walked down the hall and out onto the balcony. They saw the Crystal Palace out from their palace that was only a few miles away from it.
"Beautiful, pity it had to be ruled by such a irresponsible Queen. And the King is still alive. Well, this ought to have a bit of fun to go with it. And the royal families brat is going to be the first to go."
Usagi jumped up to the railing on the big balcony, sitting there as Emerald rested her elbows on it. Rubius and Sapphire walked out to the balcony. Sapphire had brought Rubius to meet Usagi.
"You must be Usagi." Rubius started forward, stopping in front of the new girl, and put his hand forward. Usagi took it, and they shook hands.
"And you must be Rubius, the number one minion for the Dark Moon family. What an honor." She smiled at him, and he smirked back at her.
He nodded.
"I guess you've met everyone in the family now. Welcome sister." Sapphire announced.
Usagi smiled. "Nice to be taken in like a part of the family, now I feel welcome." She turned to the Crystal Palace, as it glimmered in the background.
"Where Minako sleeps is where she will remain for all eternity." Emerald said. "Soon the true royal family will descend, and this world will fall into the pits of darkness."
*End of Flashback *
*Flashback *
Rubius tensed with jealousy as Wise Man left. Usagi noticed his change in posture.
"Jealous? Why I never thought I'd see the day that Rubius, top fighter and most powerful man under the prince and Sapphire, would be jealous of the prince's love for his advisor's daughter." She teased him, and played with Rubius' flaming hair.
Rubius smirked, and flicked her hands away. He purposely fell backward onto the soft, pillow-covered bed. He put his hands behind his neck and lay there for a while, eyes closed. "Women, they can't get over themselves. Especially the vilely evil ones. I guess that's why all the gorgeous ones are evil." He opened one eye to look at her mockingly.
She was sitting next to his laying form. She scowled at him. "Don't mock me, flame boy. Last time I checked, you said the same thing to Emerald and ended up getting your butt kicked. May I point out that when a women's pride is threatened, they are capable of anything, and I mean anything."
"I do believe you have been hanging around Sapphire too much." Rubius smirked.
"Humpf!" Usagi kicked Rubius off her bed, but he did a back take and ended up on top of her.
He smirked. "I do believe it was you who said that when a woman's pride is threatened, she is capable of anything? Well, now's your chance to prove it." He waited for her to react.
Usagi struggled, but Rubius held her arms hard. She growled at him, and his smirk just got wider. Then she lost it. Her upside down black crescent moon glowed on her forehead. Rubius started to light up, getting the point, and they started fight mentally. Usagi bit her bottom lip, and then did a drill kick to his shin.
Rubius flew off her, and hovered in the air above the bed, she followed him and they started to fight again. He delivered a photon blast at her. She quickly blocked it and threw a blast at him. Which he blocked. She got angry and started to plunge a hammer fist to the nap of his neck, but he was stronger than that. He took her hands and bent them around her waist and held one arm around her neck.
"Shit." Usagi chocked out.
Suddenly the door opened. Avery and Bertie stood there, watching the two. They stood silent as Usagi struggled against Rubius' hold on her neck; his black bonds on his wrists were cutting into her neck, making her bleed.
Bertie made a sound. "Uhh.hi?"
They looked at her. Rubius smirked. Usagi blushed red.
*How embarrassing. * She thought.
Reluctantly, Rubius let her go and Usagi struggled to get the air back into her lungs. Bertie and Avery giggled.
*End of Flashback *
(AN: OKIE DOKIE!!! You can stop scrolling now. ^_^)
Rubius laughed a bit, his ruby eyes were closed and tears fell down his cheek. What he didn't notice was that one fell upon Usagi's hand that concealed the crystal. The liquid found its way through Usagi's tightly clenched fingers, and dripped lightly onto the silver crystal. It started to glow.
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Well? That's it for that chapter. And don't you give me any groans or moans, okay? That was..umm.. 4,067 words. That's a lot considering that I'm with a cold right now. It's irritating, really. *shrug. *
Review please. It'll make my job a lot easier and make me feel a lot better. Believe me, I need to feel better right now.
~PA
Well, here is yet another chapter. But don't worry. I still have at least one more chapter to go before it's the end. I hope to get at least 150 reviews on this story. Hopefully, and I'm starting another Rubius/Usa fic, it may just be a one-shot song fic, but this couple was a bigger hit than I thought it would be. Thanks for all the reviews. I really appreciate them all. Well, you've earned another chapter. Seeya! And yes, I'm still sick. *pouts * I got a snow day for Thursday and Friday! And I got let out early on Wednesday. Isn't that cool? *coughs * Nope, on the count of I'm stuck in bed till I get better. I'm lucky to be writing right now. Thank my momma for letting me on the computer. ^_^
Ingrid: I know it's not fair. But here is the next chapter, is it still unfair?
Celestial Nymph: Oh yes. I can be very evil.I wish. ^_^ Anywho, don't worry, I'm thinking of creating one really fluffy chapter for all you people who like that kinda stuff. Personally, I could do without, but anything to please the readers. Thanks 4 reviewing!
Dark Angel Hazel: Well, gee, thanx! I'm glad it's one of your favorite stories. I've checked around, and It seems to be on a lot of people's favorites lists. That's why I might make a sequel to this story, or I'll just make another story. I'll let the readers choose. What do you think? Thanx 4 reviewing!!!
Amethyst-blossom: Um.I don't know about that, but I'm not going to give it away. Scroll down. Remember, I get most of my ideas from my reviews. *hint * *hint *
Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos: Good, I hoped this wasn't the worst you've seen. And thanx for the get well wish, I'm starting to feel better already! ^_^
MarsMoonStar: Okay, you need to calm the hell down, gal. It's right here, you need not wait any longer. But glad 2 c ya. Thanks for reviewing!
Kage-Shadow-of-Darkness: Well, I'm not going to tell who won until you start reading the story. I'd give it all away if I said so in the commentary. ^_^
Authoress*Crest: Oh, poor you. I didn't know it hit you THAT hard. Ummm..r u going 2 b OK? Sorry for the cliffy, but I thought suspense was good. ^_^ Sorry, I won't do it again, well, at least not in this story. Okay, maybe. But it won't be that bad, I promise. *laughs nervously *
Moon legend wolf: Yeah, Serena and Darien are good, it's just I had an urge to write about this couple. *shrug * When I get urges for a specific fic, I tend to get really cranky until I finally write it down. Habit I guess.
SwTcAnDiE: Well, yeah, hating Minako and Mamoru was the effect I was going for. I thought I was the only one who had thought of Rubius and Usagi before, but according to the reviews, I think that a lot of people have been thinking about it. Unless they're LYING to be for some reason. ^_^ j/k, I trust my reviewers. Thankies for reviewing!
Chapter 12: Revelation
There was a light in the middle of the room; the dead person was emitting a lot of light for someone who had just lost all their shine. Rubius hesitantly turned; his curiosity and fear had gotten the better of him. He saw her rise into the air. Her body was limp, and her hair was rustled and completely gnawed. Her eyes were closed, but he could tell that her eyes were not shining anymore, like they used to. The one that used to be full of life and evil. He watched in horror as her head was lifted, to reveal the face of the corpse. He gasped.
*Oh no. * He whispered silently.
She looked at him, her eyes were lifeless, dull and weary, they might as well have been a sapphire covered in a layer of dust; they were deathly misty. And then they began to water. He saw her lips start to move, they were and icy blue color, and they formed two words. Two words that signaled defeat; one that Rubius never thought she would admit.
"I failed." She spoke with a breathlessly voice, softer than a whisper, but he could make her words out. Her head went limp, and her hands fell softly to her side. He lost her.
"HAHAHA!!! HA! And she said she could defeat me! That wimp, no one can survive the power of the silver crystal!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!"
Minako laughed hysterically, and Rubius felt the anger well up inside him, and then he saw someone running the distance behind Minako. The shadow came into view; it was Tuxedo Mask, here to save his dead queen. *A little late there Tux boy. * Rubius thought, his eyes grew darker, and his words became nothing more than venom dripping to the blood stained floor. 'Her' blood. He couldn't bring himself to say her name. He looked at her again, hanging in midair, as if a noose was holding her neck. He felt all conception leaving his body, and he turned to Minako and Tuxedo Mask, who were just looking at each other.
"Apparently, you couldn't survive the power of the silver crystal either, Minako. Die!
"EMBER LARIAT!!!"
A fiery rope shot from his hand, and it encircled itself around Minako's neck. He pulled; he pulled hard. The rope became tighter and tighter around her neck, and he could see her face become the very look of someone drowned, and the limbs were still attached. (If you've seen The RING, she looks like Samara right about now. Ewww.^_^) Rubius pulled harder, intent on pulled her head from her body, his anger building even higher as he contemplated what he was going to do to Cape boy. He heard Minako's chocking. He pulled still harder, and soon, his hands started to bleed with the fierceness of his hold on the flaming rope. The blood pooled on the ground, he didn't bother to stop it. The only thing that mattered was Usagi, her and getting Minako's damn death as sweet as he could.
Finally, his tug went loose, and Minako flew through the time warp, and without a doubt, she was dead now. And he would make sure her body never left the time warp.
"FEIRY CRYPTION!!!"
The fire encircled Minako's dead body, and soon she was incased in a flaming crypt, and then a stone formed at the base of the time warp, it opened, it was hollow, and it slowly pulled Minako's tomb into it, vines wrapping around it and pulling casket of fire into it. They could hear her screams inside the vault she was incased with. *Why won't she die? * Rubius thought to himself. *Oh well, at least she'll live the rest of her life in the darkness in which she fought so 'hard' to defeat. * The casket fell into the stone, and then the stone doors began to close. Her shrieks became distant as the stone began to close off all the sound as the doors slide closer together. Then it closed with a thud, and fire melted the doors together, never to be opened again.
"Minako!!!" Tuxedo Mask called to his love, but it was clear that she couldn't hear him. He was floating further and further away from the tomb.
Rubius turned to him, his red eyes still glazed over with fury, he looked like a mad man, totally cracked over loosing someone he loved. Rubius gasped. *Loved? * (AN: duh!!!) He looked at her again. She was on the ground, totally wasting away right in front of him. He shook his head. *Not love, stronger than love. MUCH stronger than love. *
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*Finally, I thought he's never get it through his thick head. I swear; he's even thicker than Diamond. *
Wise Man turned to the rest of the Black Moon family. Lady Ami and Makoto were talking amongst themselves about what they would do to her if they ever saw Minako again. Diamond and Emerald were engaged in a heated conversation, it seems that Emerald was finally working her magic on Diamond, and he was going with it. Lady Rei was talking with Sapphire, it seemed like they had more in common then most ventured to think. Then there was Rini, who had seated herself beside Wise Man, and was worrying a lot about Rubius and Usagi. Wise Man didn't have the heart to tell her that Usagi was most defiantly dead, unless by some miracle, she had the strength to come back.
A visible tear trailed down his cheek. He lifted his hand to touch it. He was crying. He had never cried before, not ever, not since he could remember. But he knew why. This was his only daughter they were talking about. She was dead, or very close to dead.
/Well, I never thought I would see the day that my lover would actually weep for someone. /
Wise Man looked around, everyone else was still acting in their own way, talking to the other, and no one seemed to have heard anything.
*Who is that? Who are you? *
/Well, well, Wise Man, I never thought you would forget MY voice, but I've been wrong before. Like when I trusted you when you said you loved me. Hmm. You don't suppose. * He heard a haughty voice in the back of his mind. He groaned silently.
*Serenity. I should have known. What do you want, come to mock me about showing emotions for my only daughter? Didn't know you were that shallow. *
/Ha, I'm not. You never wept for me when I died, and here you are crying for your daughter. I never knew you cared. At least I know she's with someone who actually cares for her. I wasn't sure you'd take her with you or you would just knock her aside like you did me. /
* I did not. I was from a different world; do you think I wouldn't have stayed with you if I knew we had a chance of being together? Believe me, I never wanted it to work out this way. *
/Ha. I moment I told you I was pregnant you left me. Without a second thought to if it could work or not. Do you know how many times she asked me about you? What was I supposed to tell her? Oh honey, your father doesn't care, he left the moment I told him that you were to be born in two months. Yeah, that would have been a cheery conversation. /
* You could have at least told me earlier. You waited six months to tell me you were pregnant. And here I was thinking you were just gaining weight at an alarming weight, despite the fact that you hardly eat. *
He heard his over growl in his head. *You've been there all this time. And now you finally show up to criticize me for mourning my own daughter. Do you have no morals, lady? *
/I have more morals than you think. I merely came here to tell you of some useful information about your daughter that you might find quite influencing. /
*Shoot. *
/Fine. Usagi is the rightful heir to the moon kingdom, my daughter as much as yours. Despite the fact that you were on the dark side, she still controlled the light as well as the darkness. Now, you will find that when Usagi has been stuck with the silver crystal, she was glowing, am I right. Course I am. The silver crystal cannot kill her. It is not that power of the silver crystal that is killing her now. It is the power of the dark crystal that she used to go against Minako. She took too much, now it is wasting away inside of her, taking all the pure energy as well as the dark energy when it starts to recharge itself. There I said it. Now what are you going to do about it? /
*. .*
/Thought so. /
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Rubius flung Tuxedo Mask across the time warp; the images in the background began to fade. The time warp was closing itself.
Aulley appeared in front of Rubius in the midst of his rage. "I suggest you get out of here. I held the time warp open as long as I could, but you just took too long. If you're going to try to save Usagi-chan, you'd better get out of here and fast, unless you feel like being stuck in here for the next 4,000 earth years. That would be about a million years on Nemesis. Hmmm?"
Rubius glared at Aulley. "Who cares?"
Aulley looked at him for a long time, she was the last person who would care about the safely of those she worked for, as long as she didn't get killed, she was happy. Why was she still here, then? "I care. I don't want Usagi to die. She was a great person. Even I saw that, despite that fact that she only commanded me around. She had a good heart. I can still see it. She deserves to see her family again before she dies. You owe that to her, Rubius." She said, quietly, still wondering why she had said that.
Rubius growled slightly. "Usagi's dead. There is nothing left for this world now. Minako is dead, Usagi is dead, and Cape boy is about to be dead. What else is there to live for? I could get Usagi out of here, but what good will it do? Then Diamond kills me for not saving her. I feel bad enough already without his bitching about it. I cared about Usagi as much as he did, even more if I dare say so. I loved her. Damn, I loved her so much I couldn't even bring myself to say so. But love isn't worth it. We all die in the end. Either way, someone is going to die. That's why people on Nemesis don't fall in love. It's either the man or the woman who dies first and leaves the other to wallop in self-pity for the rest of their being, till their nothing. They go insane and kill themselves out of misery. " Rubius took a deep breath. He panted as Aulley looked at him in incredulity. Rubius broke right there. He cried and sobbed and wept till his eyes were dry. "What's the point?"
"What was the point in spilling all that out to me? Because you wanted to, right? You wanted people to know the agony you face now. Why are you going to take Usagi out of her instead of dieing with her, never being able to see the light of day again? Because you want to. And because you care about her. And don't try to hide it, emotions are never easy to hide, are they Rubius?" She said, eyes not going with her. They were emotionless, as always, but her words showed some hints of sympathy for the hot-headed soldier who had just admitted that he had fallen in love, and was loathing himself for it now. *Poor little Rubius. * She thought, and then she disappeared, leaving him to himself.
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Well, I guess I'm going to leave off here. Sorry about that. But I just can't write anymore. *Smiles nervously at the loathing faces of the readers. * Oh boy..
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*** Oh alright, but just because I'm feeling generous today. I better get some good reviews on this. I've got a really bad cold and I'm still writing. Isn't that just peachy?
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Rubius fell to his knees. He looked over at Usagi's face. It was hollow and lightless. *Oh Usagi. * He crawled over to her, on his hands and knees, still watching her face. He picked her torso up, minding her head, and laid it in his lap as he sat on his knees.
"You want to see you're father don't you? And Ami, Rei, and Makoto. I guess I can't deny you that. Hugh?"
She stayed silent, her eyes were closed, but her head was facing him. Her golden hair was feathered around her. She was an angel that had lost her light. Rubius just starred at her for a minute, minding her beauty and serene. He closed his eyes, and caressed her cheek. Then he felt something on the ground beside her. He opened his eyes to see a small circular crystal on the ground beside Usagi. He picked it up, and looked at the small frame and feeling the texture of the crystal. It was hardly the size of his thumbprint. He smirked at the small crystal.
"How is it that such a small crystal can cause so much damage?" He looked at Usagi, wondering how she was defeated with such a small crystal, when the dark crystal was the size of a house.
He opened Usagi's ice-cold hand, and placed the crystal in it, warm with the heat emitted from his hand. He looked adoringly at Usagi, loving her scent, loving her beauty, and loving her memory.
*Flashback * (AN: The next few pages are just going to be flashbacks. You can skip if you want. I'll tell you when they are over and you can find out what happens next. )
"You got it?"
"'Course I got it. It's only natural."
Emerald smirked. "How could I have been so stupid? The Wise Man's daughter, she was sure to get the missions. I guess Diamond put you on his good list."
Usagi smiled as the two walked down the hall and out onto the balcony. They saw the Crystal Palace out from their palace that was only a few miles away from it.
"Beautiful, pity it had to be ruled by such a irresponsible Queen. And the King is still alive. Well, this ought to have a bit of fun to go with it. And the royal families brat is going to be the first to go."
Usagi jumped up to the railing on the big balcony, sitting there as Emerald rested her elbows on it. Rubius and Sapphire walked out to the balcony. Sapphire had brought Rubius to meet Usagi.
"You must be Usagi." Rubius started forward, stopping in front of the new girl, and put his hand forward. Usagi took it, and they shook hands.
"And you must be Rubius, the number one minion for the Dark Moon family. What an honor." She smiled at him, and he smirked back at her.
He nodded.
"I guess you've met everyone in the family now. Welcome sister." Sapphire announced.
Usagi smiled. "Nice to be taken in like a part of the family, now I feel welcome." She turned to the Crystal Palace, as it glimmered in the background.
"Where Minako sleeps is where she will remain for all eternity." Emerald said. "Soon the true royal family will descend, and this world will fall into the pits of darkness."
*End of Flashback *
*Flashback *
Rubius tensed with jealousy as Wise Man left. Usagi noticed his change in posture.
"Jealous? Why I never thought I'd see the day that Rubius, top fighter and most powerful man under the prince and Sapphire, would be jealous of the prince's love for his advisor's daughter." She teased him, and played with Rubius' flaming hair.
Rubius smirked, and flicked her hands away. He purposely fell backward onto the soft, pillow-covered bed. He put his hands behind his neck and lay there for a while, eyes closed. "Women, they can't get over themselves. Especially the vilely evil ones. I guess that's why all the gorgeous ones are evil." He opened one eye to look at her mockingly.
She was sitting next to his laying form. She scowled at him. "Don't mock me, flame boy. Last time I checked, you said the same thing to Emerald and ended up getting your butt kicked. May I point out that when a women's pride is threatened, they are capable of anything, and I mean anything."
"I do believe you have been hanging around Sapphire too much." Rubius smirked.
"Humpf!" Usagi kicked Rubius off her bed, but he did a back take and ended up on top of her.
He smirked. "I do believe it was you who said that when a woman's pride is threatened, she is capable of anything? Well, now's your chance to prove it." He waited for her to react.
Usagi struggled, but Rubius held her arms hard. She growled at him, and his smirk just got wider. Then she lost it. Her upside down black crescent moon glowed on her forehead. Rubius started to light up, getting the point, and they started fight mentally. Usagi bit her bottom lip, and then did a drill kick to his shin.
Rubius flew off her, and hovered in the air above the bed, she followed him and they started to fight again. He delivered a photon blast at her. She quickly blocked it and threw a blast at him. Which he blocked. She got angry and started to plunge a hammer fist to the nap of his neck, but he was stronger than that. He took her hands and bent them around her waist and held one arm around her neck.
"Shit." Usagi chocked out.
Suddenly the door opened. Avery and Bertie stood there, watching the two. They stood silent as Usagi struggled against Rubius' hold on her neck; his black bonds on his wrists were cutting into her neck, making her bleed.
Bertie made a sound. "Uhh.hi?"
They looked at her. Rubius smirked. Usagi blushed red.
*How embarrassing. * She thought.
Reluctantly, Rubius let her go and Usagi struggled to get the air back into her lungs. Bertie and Avery giggled.
*End of Flashback *
(AN: OKIE DOKIE!!! You can stop scrolling now. ^_^)
Rubius laughed a bit, his ruby eyes were closed and tears fell down his cheek. What he didn't notice was that one fell upon Usagi's hand that concealed the crystal. The liquid found its way through Usagi's tightly clenched fingers, and dripped lightly onto the silver crystal. It started to glow.
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Well? That's it for that chapter. And don't you give me any groans or moans, okay? That was..umm.. 4,067 words. That's a lot considering that I'm with a cold right now. It's irritating, really. *shrug. *
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