Hey peeps Minerva is back with another chapter. Same warnings as always. Don't worry all you Trunks Hotaru fans, that is coming up. (Don't you guys know the prince always gets the princess) Anyways, enjoy!!

Sewing up the wounds

"Could my mistakes be vanquished if you touched me?" ~ Akurei Kageyami

Hotaru sat on the floor he legs crossed under her still quite befuddled about the whole scene that had just unfolded. She took several moments to absorb all that had revealed itself to her. She felt suddenly very weak. Trunks stirred beside her muttering soft oaths as he straightened himself up. She turned to look at the broken boy. "I'm sorry." She bowed her head. "If I had never come here this wouldn't have happened." Tears fell like glass from her eyes. "It's my fault you got." she couldn't bring herself to say it. "Don't say that. It's not true." Trunks crawled to her. "I'm used to it. Besides I'm glad I met you. You are like a rare gem. It made me feel I have some one to protect again." Trunks tipped her head up to gaze into the deep violet depths of her violet-framed eyes. "You don't need to be sorry." Trunks chuckled at her. He tapped her nose before cleaning up the mess from just a bit ago.

Hotaru watched him a slight blush staining her cheeks. Never had anyone told her she was beautiful, but here she had.well almost had two men fighting over her. She smiled quietly as she watched this prince. She didn't feel so alone anymore. He turned and smiled at her. Hotaru shyly waved at him. He was like her savior and for once the goddess of death was not thinking about how much she wanted to die, no, she was thinking about how much she wanted to live. Even in a vast wasteland she wanted to share in fellowship with this handsome boy. Hotaru finally stood and went to help him pick up the shards of glass from the window. The hole of loneliness in her heart and in his as well seemed to be connected and both of them wanted to fill it with the other's presence. They brushed hands as they went for the same piece. Both blushed at the tiny sensation. Trunks reached to pick up the shard but ended up cutting a razor thin line in his hand. He grunted. Those little cuts hurt like all hell to him. Hotaru calmly took his hand in hers and closed the small wound.

"You big baby."she joked. Joked? When did she, the goddess of absolute solitudity, joke with another. Trunks cringed at the small sting. "hold still." She commanded gently. "The sting will go away in a bit." Trunks frowned as he could feel the skin sewing itself back together Hotaru sighed quietly. She hadn't quite recouped from her last attempt to heal him. Her vision became blurry and suddenly the room went black.

Hotaru awoke to the sweet sound of birds chirping. She smiled as she yawned and scanned the room. She spotted the young prince asleep in a chair with a blanket draped lazily over him. At this time she realized how young he was. Probably he was no older than she. The saiya-jin prince seemed content in another world. He looked like a small child safe from harm. Hotaru was touched that he had stayed up with her and on top of that let her use his bed. She flushed. She spent the night in a man's bed. It was an innocent thing, but still she giggled.

Trunks awoke by her hushed laughter. "You feeling better Hotaru- chan?" he sleepily questioned. He stretched and yawned. Then he blinked bringing Hotaru's cute little form into focus.

She giggled and blushed. "It was nothing. I was just thinking." Hotaru began to wonder when she had started giggling so much. The saturnine princess swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood. Had she been wearing her fuku all this time? Oh well. She detransformed down to a purple turtleneck and black pants. Hotaru looked at herself in the broken mirror. "I don't remember wearing this." She idly commented to herself. She shrugged and straightened herself out.

Trunks gawked at her. Never had he seen one changes clothes like that. IT shocked him beyond all imagining. "How did you do that?" He stuttered while pointing.

"It's rude to point." Hotaru interjected. "And also rude to stare." She stretched the slight soreness out of her body. "Not that it really matters. Everyone stares at me. Well they used to before they died."

"Why did they die?" trunks asked genuinely curious of the situation. "What happened that you ended up here, with me."

Hotaru relayed her story to him.

"Times were tough then.every planet was at war with the dark ones." flashback

Hotaru walked through the gardens of the crystal palace with the princess serenity. She was the rose-haired daughter's personal protector. The others guarded the queen while she was appointed the task of keeping the princess. "I was a guardian for Small Lady heir to the crystal throne of the moon generation and therefore the guardian to the heir to the silver crystal of light. My purpose was to always protect her no matter what. She was like a sister. During this time of war the crystal palace was kept under deep and thourogh watch. Everyone was worried about an invasion from the negative forces of the Negaverse the parallel dimension to the silver millennium. Like any other given day Chibi-usa had finished her princess tutelage and was wandering about the vast gardens, me close behind watching for enemies. Apparently my powers of detection were completely evaded as a swarm of youma stormed the palace. Quickly I ushered my princess into the confines of the palace of quartz. I transformed into the battle attire, which I wore when we met and ran toward the fray. Unfortunately I had exerted a great deal of my energies healing the palace guards and my weak physical body collapsed. The princess ran from the safety of the palace to protect me an instant to late though did I notice the enemy. I tried to run toward my sister my princess but my body would not bear the strength to raise itself from the ground. I heard the sickening crack of her collarbone as the bladed appendage of a youma descended upon her. At that instant I cried all the tears I had left to cry. I raised my staff to the dark sky and summoned the destruction of the earth with my power. Right before the earth collapsed on itself Pluto the last standing senshi sent me through the gates of time and into this world. Your world."

end flashback

"I guess she sent me here to clean the wounds to stitch them closed."



Okay you guys this is the fourth chapter. The next chapter again will be up as soon as I can get it. Thank you again Seishi Sairensuno for your support oh and thank you Lady Espelle for reviewing. Anyway next chapter Purple passion. Trunks and Hotaru all the way. This one's for you Seishi Sairensuno.

Laters,

Minerva