Chapter 9













Serenity curled up into a tiny ball in the living room. He had no longer tied her up or locked the doors anymore. She was too dependent on him to even think about running away. Because she didn't know where she was.

She looks at the couch where he slept at the moment and dared not to try and kill him because he would only stop her.

*I wanna go home. * She whimpered in her thoughts and rocked back and forward slightly.

Then there was a knock at the door. Serenity jumps up and hides behind the couch. Ryuu gets up and walks to the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me you baka!" came a female voice.

Serenity watched him smile briefly as he opens the door, "About time Li." He complained a little, "We were going to starve up in here!"

That's when she saw her. A black woman with long silver hair that pooled nearly around her feet. She wore a skimpy looking outfit that was a black short skirt, and a black tank top that stopped just above her naval. She had black army boots on and around her neck was a black velvet choker with a silver heart on it.

Serenity looks up at this woman with pleading eyes. The woman ignored her and teased Ryuu.

"If you get tried of her, try a little dark meat" She smiled at him, "I'm free."

Ryuu frowns a little, "I won't tire of her." He glances at Serenity. "But I might want a little taste of something new."

She grinned, "Maybe, but here's the food I promised to bring." She walks out and comes back with bags and bags of groceries. "Come on and help me. There's more in the car." And so the two went back and forward, getting the food.

After that, Li kissed him in a slow and lingering kiss then smirked, "Something to remember until my next visit." And then she left. Ryuu had a smile on his face. Oh, he wanted her too.

But at the moment, he was satisfied with his moon nymph.





***

Kuroshi sat in her room, at the palace, planning on what to do. Phase one and two were done and now all she had to do was get Sere out of there.

She mulled over how she would go about this. She wondered briefly if she should pull the Senshi into this than shook her head,

* No * She thought, *They're too emotional to held this at the moment. Especially the hotheaded ones. *

There was a knock on her door. "Come in!" She told the person as she worked on something.

"Ms. Kuroshi?"

She looks up to see one of the maids, "Yes?"

"The King and the Senshi would like to see you. They want a report on your progress to-to-"

The girl's eyes filled with tears as she began to cry. "To save our Queen."

Kuroshi got up and comfort the crying maid by humming, "Don't worry, I'll get Serenity back."

The girl nods and smiles a little, "Thank you." She sniffs and left.

Kuroshi just shook her head; she hated having to report to someone on a daily basis.

*On the moon * She thought annoyed as she head towards the library. *I didn't have to go through this shit. *

She knocks on the door then opened it without being told to, she was in no mood to placid the Senshi or Endymion. She didn't want to hold their hands while they cried; she was doing the best she can.

She is the best spy there ever lived so they needed to shut the fuck up and leave her in peace.

"Sarah, haven't I-," Michiru stopped as Kuroshi walks in.

"Yes, we've been waiting for you." Rei said coldly.

"What news do you have for us?" Endymion asked anxiously.

"None." She told them. "I will not report anything to you I may work for you at the moment, but you're not going to hear anything until I'm finished with this mission."

"And leave us to worry?" Minako asked, "Over whether or not that our friend is dead."

"If she were dead then I would not still be here." Kuroshi told them, "I would've collected my payment and leave."

"Do you really think that we would let you get paid when she lies dead in a coffin?" Haruka asked angrily, "I don't think so."

Kuroshi narrowed her eyes. "You will have to pay me either way, whether it's money or a life, you will pay."

"Are you threatening us?" Makoto asked.

"It wouldn't be the first time I've done so." She told them nonchalantly, "At any rate, this meeting is pointless and it takes away the amount of time for me to carefully plane the retrieval of your Queen, so I will take my leave."

"Wait."

She looks over her shoulder, "Yes?"

Endymion looks at her with those stormy blue eyes of his, "Is she.is she alright?"

Kuroshi didn't speak for a while. Then said, "Why don't you be kidnapped by a madman who believes that you belong to him and then get tortured because he thinks you're beautiful when you cry or scream." Then she left.

***

Serenity was left alone, crying once again as questions ran through her mind.

*Why? * She cried, *Why did she leave me here? Why didn't she take me too? *

But once again, the door opens and Ryuu was standing there. "Moon nymph, it's time to eat." He said.

She looks at him with wide eyes, she never trusted him. She couldn't.

"Didn't you hear me?" He asked, his voice soft and quiet, "Or would you rather we..." He trailed off, knowing she would do anything not to let that happen.

Before she left that room she prayed to the gods again to help her.

But still, no one has told her that the gods were not home.

AN: Kind of dull huh? Well, it gets better later. Ja ne R&R