Hi hi everyone! Here's chapter 6, written by Chris! I hope all of you enjoy it... and we really apologize for the delay.
Title: Past Lives
Authors: JupiterHalo and Chris C.
Part: 6/?
Rating: PG to PG-13
Date written: January 20, 2002
Disclaimer: We don't own Sailor Moon.
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He stormed down the corridor, with strained military strides, positively fuming, not quite knowing why.
He clenched his fists tighter and tighter, until he could bear the strain no longer, and then he lashed out in blind fury, smashing his bare fists against the stone cold walls, viciously hacking out at a nearby door with the black tip of his boot, sending splinters leaping from its surface.
He beat and pounded the walls, he screamed until his voice was raw and finally, bewildered and exhausted, he knelt down and fought the feeling in his stomach that threatened to rise up within him.
He furiously choked back his tears, willing them with pure rage not to appear, not to reveal his feelings. He rose, with the mask of a cold professional, but his insides were churning.
One word flitted in and out of his mind…. "Why?". He continued his aimless journey down the bleak prison halls, until Shuten, arrogant but friendly, came up to him and patted him on the back.
"You little genius, only you could have pulled a stunt like that! Giving her the old tortured orphan routine……brilliant. Well, the boss is very pleased with you, and I think that you've got a bright future ahead of you boy. How about we work together a bit more…with a talented chap like you we could really make it big."
Endymion summoned all his strength and training to refrain from smashing the man's face with his already bloody knuckles, and without a word, he rotated his shoulders sharply to extricate himself from Shuten's slimy grip, and started off down the corridor. "You just think about it, ok?" Shuten said, and cursing under his breath he began to plan his revenge on the insolent boy who had just spurned his friendly gesture.
The coolness of an bright door opening cut across Endymion's path, and he stepped out onto a small balcony, feeling the breeze caress his burning face, calming his spirit, soothing his soul.
His eyes flickered up to the speckles of light strewn across the night sky, as he lent over the rocky ledge, and wondered.
He dreamed of the trust that he had gained with a beautiful young lady, of the pain he had revealed to her and the comfort she offered him.
Only part of that had been an act, he was not so skilled an actor to have persuaded her of such sorrows without having the resource of his own past to draw upon, to model his act on.
The two brightest stars that lay ahead of him slowly turned into two incredible blue eyes, beautiful and yet stained with sorrow, not self-pity but compassion for another.
He'd betrayed those eyes, and he wonders what his own deceiving eyes looked like, as he told her his life story.
Had she truly gazed through the windows of his soul, or a mere reflection of the man he had become.
His body shook, involuntarily and painfully, as the weight of his actions bore down on him.
A gust of wind brushed his tearful face, and he heard the tinkling of his keys rattling on their chain.
He realised how hollow his life was, how deceitful Shuten and all those other were, and that he had to change.
There was no going back. The trust he had felt, for the first time in his life, was so addictive, so wonderful, that he could not live without experiencing it again. He knew then what he had to do.
Glancing down at his keys, he headed back towards the cell, shaking with excitement and fear. And in his mind's eye, guiding and imploring him, were two deep blue eyes.
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Okay, that's it for chapter 6! Please e-mail me {JupiterHalo} at SetsunaPuu21@cs.com and Chris at furore@sailormoonfan.com with feedback, ideas, etc. Thanks for reading!
Title: Past Lives
Authors: JupiterHalo and Chris C.
Part: 6/?
Rating: PG to PG-13
Date written: January 20, 2002
Disclaimer: We don't own Sailor Moon.
**********************************************************
He stormed down the corridor, with strained military strides, positively fuming, not quite knowing why.
He clenched his fists tighter and tighter, until he could bear the strain no longer, and then he lashed out in blind fury, smashing his bare fists against the stone cold walls, viciously hacking out at a nearby door with the black tip of his boot, sending splinters leaping from its surface.
He beat and pounded the walls, he screamed until his voice was raw and finally, bewildered and exhausted, he knelt down and fought the feeling in his stomach that threatened to rise up within him.
He furiously choked back his tears, willing them with pure rage not to appear, not to reveal his feelings. He rose, with the mask of a cold professional, but his insides were churning.
One word flitted in and out of his mind…. "Why?". He continued his aimless journey down the bleak prison halls, until Shuten, arrogant but friendly, came up to him and patted him on the back.
"You little genius, only you could have pulled a stunt like that! Giving her the old tortured orphan routine……brilliant. Well, the boss is very pleased with you, and I think that you've got a bright future ahead of you boy. How about we work together a bit more…with a talented chap like you we could really make it big."
Endymion summoned all his strength and training to refrain from smashing the man's face with his already bloody knuckles, and without a word, he rotated his shoulders sharply to extricate himself from Shuten's slimy grip, and started off down the corridor. "You just think about it, ok?" Shuten said, and cursing under his breath he began to plan his revenge on the insolent boy who had just spurned his friendly gesture.
The coolness of an bright door opening cut across Endymion's path, and he stepped out onto a small balcony, feeling the breeze caress his burning face, calming his spirit, soothing his soul.
His eyes flickered up to the speckles of light strewn across the night sky, as he lent over the rocky ledge, and wondered.
He dreamed of the trust that he had gained with a beautiful young lady, of the pain he had revealed to her and the comfort she offered him.
Only part of that had been an act, he was not so skilled an actor to have persuaded her of such sorrows without having the resource of his own past to draw upon, to model his act on.
The two brightest stars that lay ahead of him slowly turned into two incredible blue eyes, beautiful and yet stained with sorrow, not self-pity but compassion for another.
He'd betrayed those eyes, and he wonders what his own deceiving eyes looked like, as he told her his life story.
Had she truly gazed through the windows of his soul, or a mere reflection of the man he had become.
His body shook, involuntarily and painfully, as the weight of his actions bore down on him.
A gust of wind brushed his tearful face, and he heard the tinkling of his keys rattling on their chain.
He realised how hollow his life was, how deceitful Shuten and all those other were, and that he had to change.
There was no going back. The trust he had felt, for the first time in his life, was so addictive, so wonderful, that he could not live without experiencing it again. He knew then what he had to do.
Glancing down at his keys, he headed back towards the cell, shaking with excitement and fear. And in his mind's eye, guiding and imploring him, were two deep blue eyes.
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Okay, that's it for chapter 6! Please e-mail me {JupiterHalo} at SetsunaPuu21@cs.com and Chris at furore@sailormoonfan.com with feedback, ideas, etc. Thanks for reading!