PRECIOUS METALS by Sailor Earth
Author's Notes - Hi to Katy, Crystal Rabite, Cuttie Blossom, Isis Aurora Tomoe, who I know are all keen readers of this fic, plus anyone else who has been reading or reviewing! Anyway, on with the story!
*Chapter Fourteen*
Minako pulled away from Kunzite.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Minako couldn't answer this question - she genuinly didn't know. She sat down on the end of her bed, trying to figure out how she felt about these latest revelations. "You remember, don't you?" Kunzite questioned.
"Uh huh. God, Kunzite I don't know what to say."
"I know it's a lot for you to take in. Just say whatever you feel."
"How come you never said anything to me about this before?"
"At first I thought you knew...and well, when I realised, I just didn't know how to...I thought you wouldn't believe me."
"Oh, Kunzite! If I'd known...I'd never have doubted you like I did earlier! I'm sorry for believing what Setsuna showed me, if I'd known it wasn't really you..."
"Don't blame yourself. But you're right it wasn't me...it was one of Metallia's demons...I'm just sorry I was too weak to stand up to it, and that I let it take over my body. All the time, my soul was inside me, fighting it, but it always won."
"It's not your fault. None of us could have stood up to her. But what I don't get is what happen afterwards."
"Afterwards, the battle we all died, and Queen Serenity sealed away Metallia. She sent everyone to Earth...but Metallia escaped, and rounded up her servants...we had been reborn with the demons still possesing our bodies. This time, when I was destroyed in the battle for Earth, my body was trapped inside a
Kunzite gemstone, and when Metallia was defeated by Sailor Moon, the demon was destroyed too. Later, when Neo Queen Serenity rose to power, my body was once more restored by the power of the Silver Crystal, and with the demon gone, my soul could return." Kunzite looked sombre as he described his ordeal. Minako stared deep into his eyes. After a while she spoke.
"Queen Serenity, Sailor Moon's mother, gave her life so that we might have another chance. Metallia tried to take it from us, but she was defeated. I don't want to let her defeat us now. I love you, no matter what happened in our past, and I just want us to have a normal relationship, like normal people."
A huge grin crept over Kunzite's face.
"Did you just say what I think you did?"
"I don't know, what do you think I said?"
"That you loved me..."
Minako smiled too.
"I - I do believe I did."
Kunzite reached out his hands and pulled her up so that she was standing in front of him.
"You haven't said that since we left the Moon Palace all that time ago! But I want you to know, I love you too."
She threw her arms around him, hugging him tightly, then kissed him like she had wanted to for so long. Kunzite cradled his arms around her hips, whilst she kissed his neck seductively.
*****
Minako stirred in her sleep. she rolled over onto her side, and reached out an arm, expecting to find Kunzite next to her. When her arm fell onto bare matress, she opened her eyes and sat up in surprise. It was OK. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bunch of red roses.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"7am."
"That early? How long have you been awake?"
"Ages - I wasn't at all tired, so I went for a walk. Here, I got you something." He handed her the bunch of roses.
"Aaaw, thankyou! They're beautiful!" she told him.
"They reminded me of that night...and your conversation with the maid," he chuckled. Minako blushed slightly. "Anyway," he continued,"They've given me an idea - the dress I'm going to make for the NDYA is going to be red. Red to symbolise love and passion and romance, but also violence and anger, and blood that was spilled because of it. And if I win, I will need someone to model the dress at the awards. I want that person to be you."
"Well, maybe, but I don't know...I've never had to do anything like that before."
"Yeah, but you're hardly shy, Mina-chan! And I'm sure Rei'll show you what to do if you ask her."
"OK, seeing as it you, I will, honey."
"Hey, thanks. Anyway, if my calculations are right, it's about 8pm back on Earth, so if you get dressed, it won't be too late for you to give Ami her birthday present."
"Ami! I'd completely forgotten!"
*****
They arrived back on Earth at 8.30pm. As they passed through the hallways of the palace looking for Ami, they heard Nephrite and Makoto in the kitchen, discussing recipes for Makoto's new cookbook. They found Ami and Rei in the drawing room, playing scrabble.
"Hey strangers!" Ami greeted them.
"Pluto told us what happened," Rei added, sympathetically, "And then Serenity configured some spell with the Silver Crystal. Ami and Makoto and I got all our memories back, too."
Minako briefly wondered whether it was Serenity's doing that had made her own memories return, or whether it was Kunzite. But for now, she pushed it to the back of her mind - there were more important things to think about. Like Ami's present.
"Ami, I'm sorry I wasn't here to give it to you this morning. I hope you like it." she gave Ami a small, neatly wrapped package. Ami opened it, revealing a siver bracelet with a Tiffany's heart between each link. Each heart was studded with a small blue zoisite gem.
"Minako, it's gorgeous!" Ami squealed, "Look, it matches the pendant Zoisite gave me!"
For the first time, Minako noticed a silver chain around Ami's neck. A large blue zoisite hung from it, glistening in the light. Minako smiled happily at Ami. Everything seemed so perfect.
*****
AN - Aaaw, only one more chapter to go, folks, so keep an eye out for it - I'll be posting it very soon!
Author's Notes - Hi to Katy, Crystal Rabite, Cuttie Blossom, Isis Aurora Tomoe, who I know are all keen readers of this fic, plus anyone else who has been reading or reviewing! Anyway, on with the story!
*Chapter Fourteen*
Minako pulled away from Kunzite.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Minako couldn't answer this question - she genuinly didn't know. She sat down on the end of her bed, trying to figure out how she felt about these latest revelations. "You remember, don't you?" Kunzite questioned.
"Uh huh. God, Kunzite I don't know what to say."
"I know it's a lot for you to take in. Just say whatever you feel."
"How come you never said anything to me about this before?"
"At first I thought you knew...and well, when I realised, I just didn't know how to...I thought you wouldn't believe me."
"Oh, Kunzite! If I'd known...I'd never have doubted you like I did earlier! I'm sorry for believing what Setsuna showed me, if I'd known it wasn't really you..."
"Don't blame yourself. But you're right it wasn't me...it was one of Metallia's demons...I'm just sorry I was too weak to stand up to it, and that I let it take over my body. All the time, my soul was inside me, fighting it, but it always won."
"It's not your fault. None of us could have stood up to her. But what I don't get is what happen afterwards."
"Afterwards, the battle we all died, and Queen Serenity sealed away Metallia. She sent everyone to Earth...but Metallia escaped, and rounded up her servants...we had been reborn with the demons still possesing our bodies. This time, when I was destroyed in the battle for Earth, my body was trapped inside a
Kunzite gemstone, and when Metallia was defeated by Sailor Moon, the demon was destroyed too. Later, when Neo Queen Serenity rose to power, my body was once more restored by the power of the Silver Crystal, and with the demon gone, my soul could return." Kunzite looked sombre as he described his ordeal. Minako stared deep into his eyes. After a while she spoke.
"Queen Serenity, Sailor Moon's mother, gave her life so that we might have another chance. Metallia tried to take it from us, but she was defeated. I don't want to let her defeat us now. I love you, no matter what happened in our past, and I just want us to have a normal relationship, like normal people."
A huge grin crept over Kunzite's face.
"Did you just say what I think you did?"
"I don't know, what do you think I said?"
"That you loved me..."
Minako smiled too.
"I - I do believe I did."
Kunzite reached out his hands and pulled her up so that she was standing in front of him.
"You haven't said that since we left the Moon Palace all that time ago! But I want you to know, I love you too."
She threw her arms around him, hugging him tightly, then kissed him like she had wanted to for so long. Kunzite cradled his arms around her hips, whilst she kissed his neck seductively.
*****
Minako stirred in her sleep. she rolled over onto her side, and reached out an arm, expecting to find Kunzite next to her. When her arm fell onto bare matress, she opened her eyes and sat up in surprise. It was OK. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bunch of red roses.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"7am."
"That early? How long have you been awake?"
"Ages - I wasn't at all tired, so I went for a walk. Here, I got you something." He handed her the bunch of roses.
"Aaaw, thankyou! They're beautiful!" she told him.
"They reminded me of that night...and your conversation with the maid," he chuckled. Minako blushed slightly. "Anyway," he continued,"They've given me an idea - the dress I'm going to make for the NDYA is going to be red. Red to symbolise love and passion and romance, but also violence and anger, and blood that was spilled because of it. And if I win, I will need someone to model the dress at the awards. I want that person to be you."
"Well, maybe, but I don't know...I've never had to do anything like that before."
"Yeah, but you're hardly shy, Mina-chan! And I'm sure Rei'll show you what to do if you ask her."
"OK, seeing as it you, I will, honey."
"Hey, thanks. Anyway, if my calculations are right, it's about 8pm back on Earth, so if you get dressed, it won't be too late for you to give Ami her birthday present."
"Ami! I'd completely forgotten!"
*****
They arrived back on Earth at 8.30pm. As they passed through the hallways of the palace looking for Ami, they heard Nephrite and Makoto in the kitchen, discussing recipes for Makoto's new cookbook. They found Ami and Rei in the drawing room, playing scrabble.
"Hey strangers!" Ami greeted them.
"Pluto told us what happened," Rei added, sympathetically, "And then Serenity configured some spell with the Silver Crystal. Ami and Makoto and I got all our memories back, too."
Minako briefly wondered whether it was Serenity's doing that had made her own memories return, or whether it was Kunzite. But for now, she pushed it to the back of her mind - there were more important things to think about. Like Ami's present.
"Ami, I'm sorry I wasn't here to give it to you this morning. I hope you like it." she gave Ami a small, neatly wrapped package. Ami opened it, revealing a siver bracelet with a Tiffany's heart between each link. Each heart was studded with a small blue zoisite gem.
"Minako, it's gorgeous!" Ami squealed, "Look, it matches the pendant Zoisite gave me!"
For the first time, Minako noticed a silver chain around Ami's neck. A large blue zoisite hung from it, glistening in the light. Minako smiled happily at Ami. Everything seemed so perfect.
*****
AN - Aaaw, only one more chapter to go, folks, so keep an eye out for it - I'll be posting it very soon!