Chapter 8





*Oh no!* she thought as she heard the sound of his feet walking towards her room, *He's coming back! *

The door opened and light spilled in. Serenity curled up into a ball, hoping, at least that he would go away and leave her alone. *No!!! * She let out a sob as she felt his arms come around her.

*Please! Leave me alone!*

She wakes up again after having been knocked out, finding herself naked and strung up like a Christmas turkey. Her arms were tied and was above her head, while her legs were not tied.

*Maybe,* she thought groggily *maybe I can get free.. * But her thoughts were interrupted as Ryuu comes into the room.

He wore only pants, no shirt, no socks or shoes. In his hands were a whip and a blindfold. Serenity's eyes got wide as she saw the whip.

"No..." she whimpers.

He looks at her. *So lovely... * He thought, as he looks her over.

Her hair, that had once been in the traditional hairstyle was now gone, leaving her hair cascading down her back, pooling a little at her feet.

* So beautiful, my moon nymph is. * He thought again savoring the scene. *Such fear in her eyes...so..so incredibly beautiful.* He frowned a little at the blindfold in his hands, no he wanted to see her pain and fear. She was just too beautiful not to see such expressions.

Hot tears rolled down her cheeks as she saw him uncurl the whip and prepared to whip her.

It bit into her flesh in a hot white pain and it was then that she opens her mouth and screams.



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Endymion looks up from his book. He thought he had heard something..or someone screaming, but it was distant and far away.

That's when he felt it....for only a second the searing pain that his love was going through and then just as quick as it had came, the link was gone, leaving him alone and sobbing quietly in the room.

Unfortunately for him, a certain black lunarian heard him, crying and went to see what was wrong.

Kuroshi found Endymion with his face in his hands, sobbing like he had lost something so dear that it hurt; hurt a lot.

She walks over to him and touches his shoulder and actually kneeling beside him, comforting him. But nothing would stop his tears, so she did the only thing she could do.

Use her gifts to help him.

Every black lunarian has the gift of voice. They can use it to charm anyone into anything they wanted or soothe an unruly child or a vicious beast, just by using it. Though it doesn't work on each other, it works surprisingly well on Terrains and the white lunarian if they haven't reach full maturity.

So she began to sing to him, as if he were, but a child.

Come with me, I'll make your Dreams come true,

I'll shelter you From the Cruelties of The world.

Come with me, I'll help you Through This world.

For tomorrow Brings a new Day,

I'll stay by your side Always.

So, Come with me, I'll make your Dreams come true,

I'll shelter you From the Cruelties of This world.

I'll stay by your side Through Thick and thin

I'll never leave you Alone in this world.

Now, close your eyes, I'll protect you From harm.

Don't worry, You're safe With me

So now dream Of good things, Dream of life,

You will see Come morn, That everything Will be Alright.

So sleep, Sleep, my friend Another day waits For you.

Endymion looks at her, he felt the sadness that was raging in his heart calm down at the sound of her voice.

He had never heard such a beautiful melody since the Star Locket he had given to his Usako and she had given it back for him to remember her by.

He still had tears in his eyes and another sob escaped from his partially parted lips.

Kuroshi stood up and held him while he cried again. She stroked his head, almost absently, humming her tune over and over again, trying to calm him down.

Of course, this was a mistake, cause this was how the Inner and Outer senshi found them.

They had felt an energy pulse and great pain like Endymion had, then the energy pulse.

They had followed it to it's source.

"Get away from him!" Rei yells at Kuroshi.

Kuroshi made no arguments, just simply gotten up, still humming her tune but nearly without magic.

Ami had her little mini computer, scanning for the energy pulse.

"So?" Michiru asked, "Where did that energy pulse come from?"

"Her." Ami said motioning to Kuroshi, "Somehow she is causing it."

Kuroshi stopped humming, "Of course it came from me." She said like everyone should've known it. " I was singing. Black Lunarians have the power of voice, simply put it, our voices are magic if we will it so."

"And charm anyone to do what you want." Hotaru finished, her violet eyes flashing from Endymion's confused looked to the black woman. "What were you doing to him?"

"I was comforting him." She answered, "I heard him crying, no matter how softly, and came to see what it was about." She shook her head and folded her arms, "What did you think I was doing? Seducing him?"

"It was a thought." Minako said coolly, "That you would do something like that, after all, your females are known and prone to charm a man or woman, by any preference into doing whatever you want." She shrugs carelessly, "I didn't think you would want to comfort him."

Kuroshi raised an arched eyebrow, "And I thought the senshi of love, would find love or be a whore." She smirked, "Sorry, my bad that you aren't."

Minako was both embarrass and angry.

"Whatever." Haruka dismissed it all, "What are you doing about Koneko- chan?"

"Well, I think it will take longer." She answered, "I have to be able to win his trust to get to her."

She winced at the sight of the woman after she had been beaten. "But..you will not like it."

"What happened to her?!" Makoto demanded.

Kuroshi shook her head, "You'll see, if she's healed that much."

And promptly walked away, living a still slightly confused and worried Endymion and an upset blonde with the others wondering what had befallen their friend.



AN: The song is something I made up, so yes, it belongs to me. It's called Protector's Lullaby. Cute huh? Well R&R