AN: Hi minna, as promised, I'll only be working on Promises from now on. This chapter is dedicated to Mingming, who was kind enough to draw a picture of Usagi and Nakago for me. I was just wondering, would anyone be interested in another Usagi/Nakago fic?
Chapter 8
"Tomo," the young man hissed out as he held the bleeding girl closer, protecting her from the masked man's searching eyes. "Why are you here?" Amiboshi spat out.
"What a cold greeting Amiboshi. And here I was, thinking that you'd be happy to see an old friend. But to answer your question, I'm here because of those baka Suzaku seishi and their miko are trapped in my illusion…"
"Miaka-san! Let them go Tomo!"
"Why would I want to do that? I would mind my own business if I were you Amiboshi."
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you know?" a surprised look momentarily passed over Tomo's painted face.
"Know what?"
"I shouldn't be telling you this, since nothing is uglier than a jealous woman in rage, but since I'm so nice, I'll share some information with you," Tomo said as he played with the feathers on his hat. "Soi is after the girl in your arms. If I were you, I would leave the girl right now, and return to camp immediately to apologize to Nakago-sama, before I get caught in Soi's craze for revenge."
A confused look crossed the violet eyed young man's face. "Why would Soi be after Usagi? And why do I have to apologize to Nakago?"
"Poor Amiboshi, you really have no idea do you?" the other man chuckled to himself. "Don't you even recognize the dagger?"
The younger man looked at the gleaming weapon still tightly clutched in Usagi's other hand. A gasp escaped Amiboshi's lips as he realized that the dagger was the same one that Nakago kept on him. "The dagger! It's Nakago's!"
"Of course it is. This girl was with Nakago until Soi found them. I wonder what Nakago-sama will do with you once he finds out that you kissed her?" Tomo asked himself in an amused voice.
She was with Nakago? Was she in love with him? Of course she has to be, or why else would she reject my feelings so easily. The young man thought sadly to himself, as he watched the girl in his arms. "I don't care who she was with. I'll protect her from now on."
"Suit yourself, but how long can you last against Soi?"
Amiboshi winced. It was true, his powers was not enough to defeat the female Seiryuu seishi. And with Usagi in this condition…
"Think about it Amiboshi. Too bad I'll have to miss the fun, but the Suzaku seishi are calling," Tomo turned to leave.
"Wait! I won't let you hurt Miaka-san!" Amiboshi stood, his flute in hand.
"Amiboshi, you selfish boy. You can't have both things you know. You either try to save the girl, or you try to save the Suzaku seishi. But I'm warning you, with your powers, you are no match for either Soi or me."
The young man didn't answer, but instead got into a fighting stance, holding his flute to his lips.
"I always knew you were a traitor Amiboshi," Tomo sneered before his body split into eight identical forms. (AN: Think Cell in the Cell Games)
The young man started in shock as the Tomos surrounded Usagi and him.
"How can you attack me, when you can't even distinguish my real form?" all the Tomos laughed out at the same time.
The familiar music drifted across the night air, as Amiboshi concentrated all of his ki into his flute.
W….what? Usagi shifted as the music pierced through the cloud of darkness that shadowed her mind.
"Usagi-chan!" Amiboshi cried out alarmed that his music might have harmed the unconscious girl, but as he was distracted with the silver haired goddess, dark feathers crept up, binding the unsuspecting young man in a death grip. The flute fell out of his hand in surprise, as the Amiboshi stared in shock at Tomo, who shifted back into one body.
"You should've paid more attention, foolish boy," the masked man sneered, before walking up the silver haired girl lying on the ground. "So you are the woman who captured Nakago-sama's attention. Funny I could've sworn your hair was blonde a few days ago. I personally don't see what's so special about you, but there must be a good reason if Nakago-sama was so enchanted by you," a small shell appeared in Tomo's hand. "A reason I intended to find out from first hand." Streams of ki flowed out from the open shin, reaching long ribbons towards the unconscious girl on the cold ground.
Amiboshi watched in horror as the silver haired goddess was slowly sucked into Tomo's shin.
"NO!!! Usagi-chan, wake up! This is just an illusion. You have to fight it, or else you will be trapped in there forever!" the young man's gasping breath was cut of when the feathers around his throat tightened.
"Save your breath Amiboshi. She can't hear you. Can't you see that she's so hurt that she will believe anything I show her?" Tomo said in amusement, before his eyes widened in shock. "What's this?" The image in shin wasn't like anything the masked man had ever seen. A magnificent palace stood proudly among beautiful gardens, but what surprised the Seiryuu seishi the most was that there were no sky and no moon. A lone blue marble was seen in the dark vacuum above the charming palace fit for the gods.
Tomo's eyes narrowed as the same girl appeared in his shell, only this time, her hair was blonde, and she was wearing a long white dress that exposed her shoulders and neck. Closing his yellow eyes, Tomo froze as he concentrated all of his energy into shin.
~*~*~*~
A young man with short grey hair and yellow eyes appeared in a large elegant chamber. The silver decorations and furniture clearly indicated that the occupant was female, and was a royalty. The young man walked to the dresser silently, and picked up different jewelleries that were foreign to him. A small ruffle from the bed made the young man quickly turn around and got into a fighting stance. His form relaxed a little when he noticed that it was only the wind from the open balcony shuffling the gauzy curtains covering the bed.
The young man slowly walked towards the bed, where the figure of a girl stretched out under the ivory sheets. Liquid strands of good spilt across the silken sheets, partly covering the peaceful angelic face. The sheets partly slid off the bed, revealing a long slim leg that was left uncovered by the girl's short white sleeping gown.
The grey haired young man slowly reached out, carefully brushing away the long strands that covered the sleeping beauty's face. The girl sighed happily, and rubbed her porcelain cheek against the slender finger.
"Naka-kun," the fingers froze against the smooth skin, as the young man stiffened. How did the girl meet Nakago-sama? It was obvious to the young man that no place in the four empires could equal to this palace's magnificence. How could Nakago, the last member of the Hin tribe could possibly know…? Shaking his head to clear the confusion, the young man's eyes contracted until they were just mere dots in the white. The hand that had previously caressed the face so tenderly was clutched, blood red nails grew from the fingers. Beneath the talon like hand, a fragile vein pulsed under the pale skin. No matter, it'll end here, right now. The woman who stole Nakago-sama.
With a twisted grin, the claws descended across the slim throat…
"Usagi-chan?"
The young man froze in his actions and cursed softly as a female voice called outside, knocking on the door.
Sooty lashes fluttered, causing light shadows to dance on against the snowy skin.
The princess of the moon kingdom opened her eyes reluctantly, annoyed at being ripped away from her dream by the reality. The sleepy girl blinked in confusion as a blurry male figure came into view. But before she could open her mouth, the figure was gone, making the princess to wonder if it was just her imagination.
"Usagi-chan, I'm coming in," Sailor Venus's voice whispered out, before the door opened to allow in the orange clad senshi.
Without any formalities, the other blonde girl popped onto the fluffy bed by the princess. "I heard some noises in your room Usagi-chan. Is anything wrong?"
The odango haired blonde frowned, making room for her cousin. The image of the male intruder appeared in her mind, but the bunny decided not to say anything about that. After all, it could just be her dream that caused her to see him everywhere.
A sudden moment of inspiration came to the goddess of Love's mind, as she spied the tell tale blush that brushed across the moon princess's fair cheeks. "Tell me the truth Usagi-chan," the senshi winked slyly. "I know that you were dreaming about a guy."
At the question, the princess blushed even redder, if it was possible, but she confided to her cousin nonetheless. "I don't really know Mina-chan. It's really weird. I was at a dark place, and I could hear a male voice calling out to me, I know that I recognize that voice, but I just can't see the person!" She cried out in frustration.
"How mysterious!" The goddess of love sighed to herself, hearts appearing in her eyes. "Then what happened?"
"Then I woke up when you banged on the door!" The odango haired princess teased and flung a pillow at Sailor Venus's direction.
A minute later, a slightly disorientated senshi peeked up at the laughing princess, before she jumped over the bunny, dumping the feathers from the pillow onto the other girl, creating another all out pillow fight.
In their happiness, the two blonde girls failed to notice the dark figure on the balcony, who caught all of their conversation. So that's how she met Nakago-sama the young man thought, fists clutching. She'll forget all about him, if I have something to do with it! He promised himself before vanishing again, leaving nothing but a breeze of cool air that sent shivers down the princess.
~*~*~*~
"Come on Minako-chan! Don't be such a slow poke!" Princess Serenity cried out as she dragged a dreamy goddess of love into the barn.
"Usagi-chan…" the senshi trailed off. "Did you see how hot the new prince from Earth is? I've never seen such beautiful eyes, they're almost the colour of topaz." the blonde girl said, not realizing that she was drooling until the princess giggled.
"What are you laughing about Usagi-chan? You should be happy that the prince was staring only at you the whole time."
The odango haired girl's face immediately became solemn as she remembered the devouring look the grey haired price gave her. "I don't think that he's that good looking," the princess frowned before leading out her favourite horse. A tall stallion, the colour of the night, with a single white star on his forehead. Minako soon followed with a chestnut thoroughbred.
"Where do you want to go Usagi-chan?"
Without answering, the princess sprung onto the horse in a rather unladylike fashion, covering the senshi of love in a layer of dust as she galloped towards the forest.
"Y…You're going to pay for that Odango!" Minako spurted out in rage as she also climbed onto her horse. "I just washed my hair this morning!" She cried out before chasing after the laughing princess, who was reputed to have the best horsemanship in the whole kingdom.
Finally after galloping for almost half an hour, Minako caught sight of the familiar blonde ponytails flapping in the wind. The senshi was about to call out, when a scream from the princess reached her. Watching in horror, the senshi of love could only ride faster as the princess lost control of her horse. Minako was still too far to reach the other girl in time.
"Usagi!!!" the scream torn out of her throat as the odango haired girl fell off her horse…
Closing her eyes tightly, the senshi was terrified to see the unmoving body of her cousin. She had failed. She was suppose to protect her best friend and cousin. As the strongest, and the leader of the inners, she failed to even prevent the princess from falling off of her horse. Tears began to fall from the closed eyelids as a sob threatened to escape.
"Minako."
The crying girl snapped up her head at the sound of her name. Her pale blue eyes widened as she saw Princess Serenity unhurt, and being held in the arms of the grey haired prince they had just been talking about.
"Usagi-chan!" with a happy sniff, the goddess of love rushed up to her cousin, crushing the girl in a death grip. "Thank god you are okay!"
"Minako, you can let go of me now," the princess chocked out.
The senshi giggled nervously and followed orders as the princess's face started to turn blue from the lack of oxygen. "Oops, sorry Usagi."
A chuckle grabbed the attention of both girls. "Sorry princess, but allow me to introduce my self ladies. My name if Prince Aono."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Princess Serenity, and this is my cousin Princess Minako of Venus," the odango haired girl curtsied as best as she could with her tattered dress.
"Please let me offer you a ride on my horse your highness, your steed is still too wild for you to ride," the topaz eyed young man offered.
Princess Serenity was about to decline when Minako put a hand on her mouth and answered for her. "She would love to." the mischievous senshi ignored the glare from her princess and winked. After all, it was the her duty as the goddess of love to play match maker and find her princess a handsome young man besides that baka Endymion. "Cheer up Usagi-chan, if I could snatch up a hottie every time I fall off the horse, I would do it everyday," she whispered quickly before giving the other girl a small push to the waiting prince.
Without wasting anymore time, the grey haired young man put his hands on the princess's slim waist and effortlessly lifted her up, before climbing up behind her.
The blonde girl blushed as two arms encircled her body to grab the reins. Ignoring her pounding heart and trying to break the tension between them, she quietly thanked the prince.
"No need to thank me princess," Prince Aono chuckled. "Every man would've done the same thing I did when the most beautiful maiden in the universe was in distress. And please princess, just between you and me, call me Tomo."
Not knowing how to respond to his playful flirting, the bunny blurted out the first thing that came into her mind. "I'm engaged to Prince Endymion."
Instead of letting her go as the princess expected, the arms around her only tightened. "You're not married to him yet princess. You are still free to make your own decisions now."
Without answering, the blonde girl agreed, and relaxed slightly. True, she doesn't belong to Endymion yet. These days were her last free time, she could do whatever she want. Closing her eyes, she leaned back a little into the firm chest, letting her mind imagine that she was ridding in the arms of a faceless blond man, instead of the grey haired prince.
Seeing that the blonde girl closed her eyes, and seemingly dozed off, the young man smirked slightly. This was just too easy, like taking candy from a baby. He had seen the blonde girl riding by herself, and it was only the matter of creating an illusion of a snake, to make the girl lose control of her horse, and give him a chance to play hero. He had admit though, this world was amazing. Pitiful little princess. To bad you don't know that it was my shin that absorbed your ki, and created this illusion from your own memories. But I have to admit, I am amazed by your world. Once my shell has absorbed all of your memories, I shall show them to Nakago-sama.
All too soon, the short ride to the palace ended. The blond girl reluctantly opened her eyes, only to look into the face of a jealous Endymion.
"What do you thing you are doing?" the dark haired prince hissed dangerously as he walked up to Prince Aono's horse and yanked the princess off.
"Let go of me Endymion! We may be engaged, but you don't own me!" The enraged blonde cried as she wretched her arm from Endymion's possessive grip.
The grey haired young man smirked to himself in amusement as he watched the conflict he caused. Casually sliding down his horse, he offered a grin to the other man, and made a show of draping his arm across the princess's shoulders.
"How dare you touch MY fiancée??!?!?!" the dark haired princes shouted out, not caring that he was drawing all the attentions from the stable hands.
"The princess may be your fiancée Endymion, but she isn't your wife yet. You do not control her, she can do whatever she desires to."
"I…I…" the word spurted out of Endymion's mouth, before he turned and stumped away in frustration and rage.
"Thank you," Princess Serenity whispered, before she quickly turned to leave.
"Wait!" A hand grabbed her arm just before she was able to escape. "Can I see you again?"
A startled expression crossed the princess's face, she need time alone to sort out her feelings and dreams, but the earnest look on the Prince's face melted away her resolution.
"Of course you can!" For the second time, the cheerful voice answered for the annoyed bunny. Jogging up to the princess, Minako gave Prince Aono a sly wink. "Next week is the royal ball, you'll be able to see her then."
"Minako!" The bunny hissed out, but didn't get a chance to say anything else as her cousin dragged her away to her chamber.
"Minako! What are you doing? You know that the ball is going to be held in honor of the engagement between the Moon and Earth. I can't possibly see Prince Aono then!" The princess cried out when the two girls reached the privacy of the odango girl's bedchamber.
"Usagi-chan," the senshi of love sighed. "I know that. But I also know how much you hate Endymion. I don't want you to live a life with no love. That's why I want you to have just a little fun before your marriage. Consider it as a last fling."
"Minako-chan," the princess whispered before she embraced the other girl in thanks.
~*~*~*~
"See Amiboshi? She's already fallen into my illusion. In a little while, she'll be all mine!" Tomo stated amusingly, the paint on his face consorted together, giving him a even more sinister look.
"NO!!! Usagi-chan! Wake up! Can't you see that this is only an illusion?!" Amiboshi screamed out in desperation, even as the feathers tightened around his neck. He watched helplessly as the blonde girl inside shin continued to hug her cousin, as if nothing happened.
"Didn't I tell you that see won't be able to hear you? Now, for the final act," again the masked man closed his eyes and focused all of his ki into shin.
Tomo is concentrating all of his ki into shin right now. That means he won't be aware of me. If I can just get out of these feathers… Amiboshi thought as he carefully pulled at the bonds holding him. However, a familiar sensation stopped his struggling. Suboshi! The young man recognized. Nakago, Soi, Yui-sama The young man froze in shock as he recognized the ki patterns. There was no mistake, and they were all heading to this direction. Weird, there's another ki heading over here too. But this one he did not know. The tied up young man shivered at the pure evil the ki radiated. Not only that, but it was extremely powerful, almost as strong as Nakago's, if not more. But how could they have known where to find Usagi-chan and him? Of course! The energy beam! Amiboshi's eye widened in realization. The pillar of energy Usagi created released an enormous amount of energy, anyone with a little training could detected it. Not to mention the light that could be seen miles away.
With these new knowledge, the young man fought harder to free himself. He had to get Usagi away before either the Seiryuu seishi or the unknown ki get here. If he could just reach his flute…
~*~*~*~
The elegant bedchamber was filled with a deadly silence for a change, as the girl in her ivory silk gown stood before the mirror. Tonight was the night of the ball. Her senshi had been fussing around her for the whole night, helping her to get ready. And indeed, they had done a superb job. They all knew that tonight would be her last night of freedom, everyone was quiet as they helped to uncover the princess's flawless beauty. But even with their familiar presence, she still couldn't stop the churning inside of her heart. Standing in front of her own reflection, she couldn't help but wonder if the image she was seeing was truly her. The hair, the nose, the mouth. Her finger slowly traced over the features, they were still the same. But the eyes. Were those really her eyes? They were so lifeless, where had the light gone? They didn't look like the eyes of a sixteen years old. The blank look reflected the emptiness of a immortal soul. Suddenly, her image wavered, instead of the blonde and blue eyed girl, a young woman replaced her. Reaching out a hand, the princess touched the cold glass, wiping away the crystal tear that fell from the image's amethyst eyes. The image of the woman shifted, replaced by the faceless blond man that haunted her dreams.
"Princess! Are you ready?"
The image of the man disappeared immediately, and the princess was left with her own reflection in the empty room. Carefully wiping her eyes, she put on her mask as she looked around the chamber one last time.
*scene change*
"Now, you are truly mine Princess," Prince Endymion hissed into the girl's ear as they danced together after their engagement announcement.
The princess didn't say anything. The rest of the dance continued in a thick tension, as the blonde girl strained under the pressure of the ball to smile, while there was nothing she wanted to do than to lock herself up in her bedchamber.
After what seemed to be an eternity, the waltz finally ended. The bunny quickly curtsied and turned away before Endymion could stop her. Without looking back at the splendour of the ball room, the princess quietly walked out of the palace, to the royal gardens. Sitting under a sakura tree hidden among the bushes, the blonde girl closed her eyes, and finally released the pined up frustrations in a quiet sob. She was so confused! Why did she have to marry Endymion, when everyone knew how much they hated each other? And the weird dreams she have been having each night, where an older version of herself was with a blond man. Who was he? Why did she have a feeling that she should know him?
A soft rustling noise interrupted her questions. Looking up with large tear filled eyes, Princess Serenity stared in surprise as Prince Aono walked towards her through the rose bushes. "Prince Aono? What are you doing her?" She asked, as she hastily brushed away the tears staining her face.
"Call me Tomo princess. I saw you running out of the ball room. I was worried about you," the grey haired prince whispered as he knelt beside the girl, and wiped away the last remaining tear.
"W…why?" the blonde girl blushed as his hand caressed her face.
"Baka, because I love you."
"You love me?!" The bunny squeaked out. "But you barely even know me!"
"You'd be surprised princess," the night hid the strange glint in the topaz eyes as Tomo said softly against the girl's lips. Taking advantage of the girl's dazed look, he quickly sealed her lips with his own. Silencing her gasp of surprise with his mouth, as he locked her into a tight embrace.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting to do this," Tomo said finally as the Princess finally broke away panting. Tilting her blushing face up to his under the dim light, he kissed her again, but this time much softer and carefully, as if he was worshipping her lips with his kisses.
"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!!!" the scream broke the kissing couple.
"What's going on?" Princess Serenity jumped up in alarm.
"The Dark Kingdom is attacking!" the scream was heard shouting in the ball room, accompanied by several explosions from outside the palace grounds.
"Okaa-san! I have to go," the blonde girl said in horror as she started to run back to the palace.
"You're not going anywhere Princess," a feather shot out to encircle her wrist, jerking her back into the steel arms of Tomo.
"What are you doing Tomo? Let me go! The Dark Kingdom is attacking us!"
"Not before I have my little fun Princess!" the young man chuckled insanely.
Twisting around to face her captor, the princess could hardly recognize Prince Aono. The topaz eyes contracted until they were mere dots in the white, his grey hair had grown and was floating around him like arms.
"Who are you?" the scared question could barely be heard over the sounds of battle in the background.
"Hehe, pitiful little girl, you're trapped in my illusion even more deeply than I thought. I am Tomo of the Seiryuu seven," several strands of his hair tied around the blonde girl's wrists and ankles as she tried to escape.
"Seiryuu…" Why did that name sound so familiar? When the Seiryuu no miko comes, I'll ask her to grant me the wish to be immortal, that way, if you have to live alone for eternity, you'll at least have me to talk to. a male voice said in her mind.
"You'll pay for stealing Nakago-sama away! I'll make sure that he'll never want you again after this!" The man screamed as a sharp feather sliced through the thin fabric of the princess's dress.
Nakago-sama? Who was that? The sound of her dress being ripped off stopped her wondering.
"I have to admit, you are pretty attractive for a female. No wonder Soi was jealous enough of you to be as desperate as to lie to Yui-sama."
Soi? Oh God… the memories suddenly returned in an unwelcoming crashing wave. Of course. The blond man in her dreams, it was Nakago! "Let me go!"
Tomo laughed manically. "It's no use struggling, though I still prefer the cries of a young boy to a girl. But no matter, Nakago-sama will be mine after I destroy you!" The feather moved over the princess's body, only covered in a thin white slip.
Closing her eyes tightly, the blonde girl could hardly move as the feather moved closer to her bosom.
"What?" the feather stopped just against the satin, as a familiar flute music filled the air. Tomo's face twisted in annoyance. "Amiboshi!"
Taking advantage of Tomo's distraction, Princess Serenity reached out blindly and grabbed a jagged rock, and lunged at the seishi. The sharp point of the stone embedded deeply into Tomo's heart, as he let out an uncharacteristic scream, before everything around the two blurred.
~*~*~*~
"Usagi-chan!" Amiboshi dropped his flute and ran towards the silver haired girl, who was lying on the ground, wearing nothing but a thin slip.
"Kaika-kun?" the girl asked tiredly, reaching up a hand to touch the young man's face.
Holding the weak girl tightly against his body, Amiboshi quickly gave a prayer of thanks to Seiryuu. "I knew you could do it Usagi-chan. I knew you could break out of Tomo's illusion."
A laboured cough brought the attention to Tomo's fallen form. "Don't be so sure yet Amiboshi!" the older seishi hissed as he stood up unsteadily. "I will not fail Nakago-sama!"
Pushing the bunny behind him, a determined look on his face, Amiboshi brought his flute to his mouth, ready to fight to the death to protect his love.
"Aniki!"
Both seishi turned in shock as a group of people galloped towards their battle ground. A young man who looked identical to Amiboshi was riding ahead, shouting wildly.
"Nakago-sama is here!" Tomo turned to smirk at Amiboshi in triumph. "This is going to be your end traitor. Once I tell Nakago-sama how you protected the Suzaku no miko, he won't hesitate to kill you."
"Aniki!" Suboshi screamed again in happiness as he rode closer to the brother who was thought to be dead.
Usagi watch in confusion as another Kaika hugged the Kaika she knew. What is going on here? Why are there two Kaikas?
"Usa-chan?" her whispered name made the girl turn her head sharply to the only man who knew that nickname. The blond shogun was motionless on his black stallion, staring straight into her soul.
For a moment, the weak girl wanted nothing more than to run into his arms. To have him hold her tightly, to give her the warmth, strength, and love she always received from him. No! She had to stop feeling that way! He no longer loved her. She saw the way he was kissing Soi. Every since she found him, he never kissed her as passionately, and he never said 'aishiteru'. But why was he looking at her with that expression? Why does he have to look so sad and lost? The look reminded her of the first time they had met, when he had that same look on his face. No, she wasn't going to fall for his trap again. The goddess of the stars told herself. Forcing an emotionless mask on her face, she ripped her eyes away from his. Oh goddess, it hurt so much, like someone tearing her heart apart. He's just using me. He's just using me. Usagi repeated in her head. Forcing herself not to look into his heartbroken eyes.
"Yui-sama, the girl on the gourd is the witch Usagi," Soi whispered, jealousy raging out of control as she saw the longing look in Nakago's eyes as he stared at the silver haired girl.
"That's Usagi? She is very beautiful," the short haired miko said bitterly. Indeed, with her long silver hair gently swaying in the wind, reflecting the rays of the pale moon, the girl was like a heavenly maiden, descending to grace the mortals with her innocent beauty. No wonder the cold hearted Nakago was so easily captivated by this unearthly creature. In all truth, which man could resist the temptation to love such a goddess? A sudden hatred for the fallen beauty overwhelmed the miko's senses.
"Soi!"
The female seishi bowed, smirking as she waited for the command.
"Kill her," No, she wasn't going to lose to anyone. Miaka already took away Tamahome. She would not lose Nakago, the only person she trusted.
"Hai Yui-sama!" the red haired seishi answered gleefully as she grinned with the pleasure of killing the one who had humiliated her.
"No wait!!" Two voices shouted out simultaneously, as Amiboshi moved in front of Usagi, and Nakago grabbed Soi's wrist before the red head could create a lightening bolt.
"Yui-sama, why do we have to kill the girl?" Even though his face and voice was as cold as ever, his eyes betrayed his fear of losing the girl.
"Because Nakago, she poses a threat to us. She was sent by Miaka to steal the Genbu shinzaho away from us," Yui answered calmly.
"Yui-sama, Usagi-chan wouldn't hurt anyone! Please don't kill her, she's the kindest person, don't hurt her," Amiboshi pleaded.
"Aniki, what are you saying? She's the enemy!" Suboshi asked in confusion.
"See Nakago, the little witch worked her spell on Amiboshi as well. If we don't kill her, soon, we will all be under her control," the Seiryuu no miko said to Nakago.
"Hear that Nakago-sama? We HAVE to kill her," Soi smirked.
The blond shogun narrowed his eyes at the red haired woman. "I understand now. What kind of lies have you been feeding to Yui-sama, Soi?"
"What lies? I was just telling the truth. She has to be a witch. How else is it possible that the little slut managed to win your heart, when I can't over six years?" Soi snapped.
Looking at the female seishi in disgust, the shogun turned to Yui. "I don't know what you have been told Yui-sama, but the girl is definitely not a witch. You have the Genbu shinzaho now. Just let her go. In this state, she won't cause us any trouble." The blond man said commandingly, coldness seeping out of his eyes.
"Well…" Yui hesitated, not knowing what to do.
All of a sudden, a scream turned all the heads to where Usagi was lying on the ground, Tomo was looming above her, a mad grin on his face, as a single feather fluttered in the wind. "Now, you will never be able to take away Nakago-sama!"
"Usagi-chan!!!" Amiboshi screamed out in fear. How could he have been so careless?! While everyone was arguing about Yui's orders, they had all forgotten about Tomo.
A look of disbelief was on Nakago's terrified face. "Usa-chan…?"
AN: A perfect place to stop, don't you think? *crawls into her gundanium kitty den, and blocks it with a huge rock from the angry fans*.