Title: Could This Be Love? (5/?)
Author: Jaya
Distribution: ask and I will let you...maybe
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sailor Mercury belongs to her very lovely creators and so does
General Zoicite, ditto for the other Generals/scouts. And anyone who I've
missed.
Feedback: is the foundation of my universe.
At: jacey111@yahoo.com
Summary: Some fun away from the Negaverse.
Note: This is the fifth chapter of a new series, which is helping me do away
with the bloody big wall that is blocking my creativity.
Hopefully, this will give me idea's for Memory fades, but until then that
series is on hold. Oh, and I prefer Ami spelt like this, and I never like the last name Anderson, so Ami has her Japanese name, but everyone else has their other name with Japanese last name. Oh, and Zoicite is a man, and hasn't had a relationship (of the sexual kind) with Kunzite for a while. None of the Generals are dead.
Dedication: To Kaze no beru, My first and most enthusiastic reviewer. And
also to the person with the guitar and castanets who stalks Tuxedo Mask in
the TV show.
********************
Could this be love?
********************
Chapter 5
**********
Mina Aino stalked around Ami's deserted apartment, incredibly worried and
somewhat angry. Why hadn't Ami called again? Had the whole thing been a
trick?
Mina quickly discarded that thought. If it had been a trick, there would have
an attempt to lure the senshi out to some remote point and do away. AND even
if the 'other side' did try something of the sort, there was one
teensy-weensy stumbling block. Ah, that is, she hadn't actually told the
other Senshi and Tuxedo Mask about the message from Ami.
Sure she'd told Luna and Artemis (A while previous, Mina had given up trying
to hide things from her guardian cat. Lets just say it was something
incredibly embarrassing, and incriminating from her Sailor V days, and leave
it at that.), but they'd advised her against telling the scouts because...
what was the phrase Luna had used? Oh yeah. "It may be a trick, and anyway,
without Mercury's computer, we couldn't track the signal anyway."
So Mina, once again was left to go through Ami's apartment. But there were no
signs of a struggle, or anything. If she hadn't known any better, Mina would
have said that Ami had just vanished into thin air. Funnily enough, that was
exactly what had happened.
And the police! The local police had not been informed of the dissapearance
of Miss Ami Mizuno a little over a month previously. Considering the track
record for finding people who had dissappeared, if the Sailor Senshi could
not find one of their own members, what luck would law enforcement have?
And where was Dr Mizuno?
*
Ami and Zoicite sat relatively close together, hands clasped and not saying
anything. After all the visions, the somewhat impromptu kisses, reading
(her), avoiding people (him), had led them to the place that they were at
this point in time...England.
If only her friends could see her now...they'd either have a heart attack or
burst out laughing. Inexplicably, Zoicite had woken up that morning, walked
into Ami's room, and invited her out.
********************
Four hours previous
********************
Zoicite awoke feeling, well, jaunty. Happy. Not covered by the 'Cloud of
Perpetual Doom' that generally covered the whole Negaverse. For once, he did
not dress in his usual Generals greys, but for the first time in a while,
dressed in a pair of jeans and a worn black T-shirt.
He walked down the hallway, knocked on Ami's door before letting himself in.
When Ami had awoken however, she was surprised to see a short blue sundress
draped over the back of the chair at the vanity. Puzzled, she had slipped out
of bed, and gotten dressed in it, admiring the cut as it flowed around her
figure. She sat down at the vanity table, and began brushing her hair.
It was at this point when Zoicite walked into her room. He stood behind her
in the mirror, and uttered the words that would make her day a lot more
interesting.
"Lady," He said, a peculiar note in his voice. "I was wondering if you would
like to come on a trip with me today."
Ami's mouth twitched into a semblance of a smile. "And where would we be
going Sir?" She asked, struggling not to grin at the way he was acting. 'Like
a kid at Christmas', she thought.
"England." He said, fighting to keep from dancing nervously from foot to
foot.
Ami's smile beamed out at him. "Certainly My Lord." She said smoothly, "It
would delight me very much to visit a place which I have not seen in so long,
but that never the less, holds a special place in my heart."
Ami spun around in her chair, took the arm offered, and Zoicite pulled her to
her feet. The past was a constant companion nowadays. They were both
reverting to manners and actions that were common an Age previous.
She pulled a pair of sandals onto her feet, and let Zoicite wrap his arms
around her waist. Ami leant her head back against his shoulder, and they
dissappeared in a fluttering of rose petals.
*********
Present
*********
Ami laughed when she saw the large plush toy hippo that Zoicite had won for
her. They had found a carnival after breakfast. Well, actually, Ami and
Zoicite had been enjoying a breakfast of pancakes (blueberry) and syrup, when
the waitress had brought up the carnival that had been set up a few streets
away in a large park.
He'd looked so cute when he had jumped up and down, and all because he'd won
a prize in a throwing game. Obviously they didn't have that sort of thing in
the Negaverse.
They'd rode the ferris wheel twice, as well as the twirl a whirl. And done
tests of skill. And then they'd had icecream and lunch.
Later, as it became dark there was a beautiful fireworks display. Zoicite put
his arm around her slim shoulders, and she leaned into him.
Although it was peaceful....it wouldn't last. Something was going to happen
soon. She couldn't live in Zoicite's rooms, hidden away for much longer. As
much as she loved....yes loved(!) him, she knew either or both of them could
be hurt.
Ami had stopped denying that somehow she had fallen in love with him again.
Even after what had happened to her the first time...
*********
The Past
*********
"I can't fight you Zoicite!" She called out, barely managing to keep her
emotions in check.
"The weakest senshi can't defend herself against a single General? Pathetic!
They should have replaced you years ago, girl."
"Mercury bubbles...BLAST"
They threw attacks back and forth, well matched, until Mercury slipped on her
own ice and then...SNKT
It had been a terrible fight. Mercury had been the first to fall, at the
hands of her fiance Zoicite no less. After she had died, Zoisite had looked
around him, bewildered. Wondering how he had come to be in this place.
Hadn't he been on Earth, fighting the Negaverse to keep them from taking
over?
Looking down at himself, he saw the grey and felt shocked. 'This can't be
happening.' He thought.
But then, he saw Her body. Her sailor whites fading before his eyes into a
simple long blue dress. And she still wore his ring. And a bloody hole
through her chest. Exactly the same shape as the blade of his sword.
One by one, the other senshi fell. Zoicite was dragged away from Her body as
the great Shadow was released.
Then Queen Serenity used the Silver Imperium Crystal, and he remembered no
more.
Of course, he was reconditioned when he returned to the Negaverse. His love
for Ami being retransfered to feelings for Kunzite. Modified memories, that
sort of thing.
Love was a weakness, and the Negaverse did not tolerate weakness. Of any
kind.
************
The Present
************
"Hey, are you okay?" Ami was shaken awake, from where she was sleeping, her
head on Zoicite's lap, covered with his jacket. Suddenly, Ami realized that
she had been crying in her sleep. Quite a bit in fact, if the moisture on her
face was any indication.
Quickly, she sat up, and brushed the tears away. Forcing a smile she looked
over at him.
"Just reliving some old memories." Ami replied, her smile a little more
genuine.
"Unpleasant?" He asked softly, even though he already knew the answer."
"The final battle." She whispered.
She didn't need to say anything more. Both of them had fairly bad memories of
that time, even if his had been brainwashed out of him.
Zoisite stood, and pulled Ami to her feet. Walking into a secluded alcove,
he wrapped his arms around her, and teleported them back to his place at the
Negaverse.
Suddenly tired, Ami showered and got ready for bed. Within moments of sliding
into bed, she was asleep.
Zoicite sat next to her bed.
"I'm going to have to let you go." He said softly, brushing a stray hair back
from her forehead.
Then he stood and made his way to his workroom.
He had work to do.
*****************************************************************************
Well, I am finally done chapter 5. Hopefully there will not be such a huge
gap between chapters next time.
Thanks for reading,
J :)
Author: Jaya
Distribution: ask and I will let you...maybe
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sailor Mercury belongs to her very lovely creators and so does
General Zoicite, ditto for the other Generals/scouts. And anyone who I've
missed.
Feedback: is the foundation of my universe.
At: jacey111@yahoo.com
Summary: Some fun away from the Negaverse.
Note: This is the fifth chapter of a new series, which is helping me do away
with the bloody big wall that is blocking my creativity.
Hopefully, this will give me idea's for Memory fades, but until then that
series is on hold. Oh, and I prefer Ami spelt like this, and I never like the last name Anderson, so Ami has her Japanese name, but everyone else has their other name with Japanese last name. Oh, and Zoicite is a man, and hasn't had a relationship (of the sexual kind) with Kunzite for a while. None of the Generals are dead.
Dedication: To Kaze no beru, My first and most enthusiastic reviewer. And
also to the person with the guitar and castanets who stalks Tuxedo Mask in
the TV show.
********************
Could this be love?
********************
Chapter 5
**********
Mina Aino stalked around Ami's deserted apartment, incredibly worried and
somewhat angry. Why hadn't Ami called again? Had the whole thing been a
trick?
Mina quickly discarded that thought. If it had been a trick, there would have
an attempt to lure the senshi out to some remote point and do away. AND even
if the 'other side' did try something of the sort, there was one
teensy-weensy stumbling block. Ah, that is, she hadn't actually told the
other Senshi and Tuxedo Mask about the message from Ami.
Sure she'd told Luna and Artemis (A while previous, Mina had given up trying
to hide things from her guardian cat. Lets just say it was something
incredibly embarrassing, and incriminating from her Sailor V days, and leave
it at that.), but they'd advised her against telling the scouts because...
what was the phrase Luna had used? Oh yeah. "It may be a trick, and anyway,
without Mercury's computer, we couldn't track the signal anyway."
So Mina, once again was left to go through Ami's apartment. But there were no
signs of a struggle, or anything. If she hadn't known any better, Mina would
have said that Ami had just vanished into thin air. Funnily enough, that was
exactly what had happened.
And the police! The local police had not been informed of the dissapearance
of Miss Ami Mizuno a little over a month previously. Considering the track
record for finding people who had dissappeared, if the Sailor Senshi could
not find one of their own members, what luck would law enforcement have?
And where was Dr Mizuno?
*
Ami and Zoicite sat relatively close together, hands clasped and not saying
anything. After all the visions, the somewhat impromptu kisses, reading
(her), avoiding people (him), had led them to the place that they were at
this point in time...England.
If only her friends could see her now...they'd either have a heart attack or
burst out laughing. Inexplicably, Zoicite had woken up that morning, walked
into Ami's room, and invited her out.
********************
Four hours previous
********************
Zoicite awoke feeling, well, jaunty. Happy. Not covered by the 'Cloud of
Perpetual Doom' that generally covered the whole Negaverse. For once, he did
not dress in his usual Generals greys, but for the first time in a while,
dressed in a pair of jeans and a worn black T-shirt.
He walked down the hallway, knocked on Ami's door before letting himself in.
When Ami had awoken however, she was surprised to see a short blue sundress
draped over the back of the chair at the vanity. Puzzled, she had slipped out
of bed, and gotten dressed in it, admiring the cut as it flowed around her
figure. She sat down at the vanity table, and began brushing her hair.
It was at this point when Zoicite walked into her room. He stood behind her
in the mirror, and uttered the words that would make her day a lot more
interesting.
"Lady," He said, a peculiar note in his voice. "I was wondering if you would
like to come on a trip with me today."
Ami's mouth twitched into a semblance of a smile. "And where would we be
going Sir?" She asked, struggling not to grin at the way he was acting. 'Like
a kid at Christmas', she thought.
"England." He said, fighting to keep from dancing nervously from foot to
foot.
Ami's smile beamed out at him. "Certainly My Lord." She said smoothly, "It
would delight me very much to visit a place which I have not seen in so long,
but that never the less, holds a special place in my heart."
Ami spun around in her chair, took the arm offered, and Zoicite pulled her to
her feet. The past was a constant companion nowadays. They were both
reverting to manners and actions that were common an Age previous.
She pulled a pair of sandals onto her feet, and let Zoicite wrap his arms
around her waist. Ami leant her head back against his shoulder, and they
dissappeared in a fluttering of rose petals.
*********
Present
*********
Ami laughed when she saw the large plush toy hippo that Zoicite had won for
her. They had found a carnival after breakfast. Well, actually, Ami and
Zoicite had been enjoying a breakfast of pancakes (blueberry) and syrup, when
the waitress had brought up the carnival that had been set up a few streets
away in a large park.
He'd looked so cute when he had jumped up and down, and all because he'd won
a prize in a throwing game. Obviously they didn't have that sort of thing in
the Negaverse.
They'd rode the ferris wheel twice, as well as the twirl a whirl. And done
tests of skill. And then they'd had icecream and lunch.
Later, as it became dark there was a beautiful fireworks display. Zoicite put
his arm around her slim shoulders, and she leaned into him.
Although it was peaceful....it wouldn't last. Something was going to happen
soon. She couldn't live in Zoicite's rooms, hidden away for much longer. As
much as she loved....yes loved(!) him, she knew either or both of them could
be hurt.
Ami had stopped denying that somehow she had fallen in love with him again.
Even after what had happened to her the first time...
*********
The Past
*********
"I can't fight you Zoicite!" She called out, barely managing to keep her
emotions in check.
"The weakest senshi can't defend herself against a single General? Pathetic!
They should have replaced you years ago, girl."
"Mercury bubbles...BLAST"
They threw attacks back and forth, well matched, until Mercury slipped on her
own ice and then...SNKT
It had been a terrible fight. Mercury had been the first to fall, at the
hands of her fiance Zoicite no less. After she had died, Zoisite had looked
around him, bewildered. Wondering how he had come to be in this place.
Hadn't he been on Earth, fighting the Negaverse to keep them from taking
over?
Looking down at himself, he saw the grey and felt shocked. 'This can't be
happening.' He thought.
But then, he saw Her body. Her sailor whites fading before his eyes into a
simple long blue dress. And she still wore his ring. And a bloody hole
through her chest. Exactly the same shape as the blade of his sword.
One by one, the other senshi fell. Zoicite was dragged away from Her body as
the great Shadow was released.
Then Queen Serenity used the Silver Imperium Crystal, and he remembered no
more.
Of course, he was reconditioned when he returned to the Negaverse. His love
for Ami being retransfered to feelings for Kunzite. Modified memories, that
sort of thing.
Love was a weakness, and the Negaverse did not tolerate weakness. Of any
kind.
************
The Present
************
"Hey, are you okay?" Ami was shaken awake, from where she was sleeping, her
head on Zoicite's lap, covered with his jacket. Suddenly, Ami realized that
she had been crying in her sleep. Quite a bit in fact, if the moisture on her
face was any indication.
Quickly, she sat up, and brushed the tears away. Forcing a smile she looked
over at him.
"Just reliving some old memories." Ami replied, her smile a little more
genuine.
"Unpleasant?" He asked softly, even though he already knew the answer."
"The final battle." She whispered.
She didn't need to say anything more. Both of them had fairly bad memories of
that time, even if his had been brainwashed out of him.
Zoisite stood, and pulled Ami to her feet. Walking into a secluded alcove,
he wrapped his arms around her, and teleported them back to his place at the
Negaverse.
Suddenly tired, Ami showered and got ready for bed. Within moments of sliding
into bed, she was asleep.
Zoicite sat next to her bed.
"I'm going to have to let you go." He said softly, brushing a stray hair back
from her forehead.
Then he stood and made his way to his workroom.
He had work to do.
*****************************************************************************
Well, I am finally done chapter 5. Hopefully there will not be such a huge
gap between chapters next time.
Thanks for reading,
J :)