Chapter 3
"Mina? What is it, what's wrong?" Raye cried.
"I gotta go Raye, bye!" Mina said, and slammed her communicator shut.
She ran into the room, transformation wand read in her hand. Hitomi was lying in bed with sweat standing out from her forehead in large beads. Her hands clawed at the air around her, and her feet were digging into the sheets.
"Hitomi!"
"No, Van! Don't go! Leave him alone!" Hitomi screamed in her sleep.
"Hitomi!" Mina exclaimed, taking hold of her shoulders and shaking her roughly.
"No, no! Van!" Hitomi shrieked and suddenly shot awake.
Dazed, she pulled away from Mina and began reaching for her clothes strewn about the floor. Mina gaped at her.
"Hi-Hitomi? What are you doing?"
"I'm leaving." She said, her voice quivering dangerously.
Mina could feel her body shaking. What the hell had just happened?
"What do you mean, 'leaving?'" Mina asked incredulously. "Where are you going?!" Mina grabbed her arm, but Hitomi jerked it away.
"You wouldn't understand. I thought I could live without him, I was wrong. I have to go back to him before it's too late." Hitomi said.
She began towards the door, striding confidently. Mina stared at her, her face filled with bewilderment.
"What? You're not going anywhere until I get some answers!" Mina said firmly, going after her. She took hold of her arm again... big mistake.
Hitomi said nothing, but she raised her arm and sent Mina sprawling across the room in one solid WHACK!
"I'm sorry Mina, but you can't stop me. Tell my mother that I love her." She whispered, and was gone.
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"Ugh! What a hit!" Mina muttered, raising her head. She could feel a lump beginning to form where Hitomi's fist made contact.
She suddenly heard a door slam downstairs and raced to the window. There was Hitomi on the sidewalk, sprinting down the street.
"I've got to stop her." Mina said.
She rose to her feet and her hand found her wand at the bottom of her robe pocket.
"VENUS STAR POWER!" She cried.
She transformed quickly and raced to the window now as her alter ego, Sailor Venus. She climbed out onto the roof easily. She had had a lot of practice. She looked down at the sidewalk and saw Hitomi racing towards what looked like a school track and field. What was she going there? Mina had to stop her, and fast! The girl could really run! Her eyes drifted to the houses around her and she grinned.
"Travel by rooftop." She muttered, and without another word, began to leap nimbly from one to the other.
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Sailor Venus dropped down into the bushes surrounding the track and de-transformed. She stared at her cousin. Hitomi was looking at the sky expectantly. Suddenly, she spoke.
"Please, I want to go back to Gaea!" Hitomi called.
Gaea, what's Gaea? Mina wondered. She continued to stare at Hitomi, who was obviously getting more desperate.
"Please!" She screamed. "I want to go back to Gaea! Van!" She cried, holding her arms out above her head, her eyes staring at the night's sky.
And then it happened. To Mina's disbelief, a huge, white pillar of light opened above Hitomi, who appeared to be laughing. Then she began to float into the air, much to Mina's horror. Without knowing it, she had risen to her feet and taken off towards Hitomi.
"Hitomi! No!" She screamed.
Hitomi seemed to pause as she caught sight of Mina. Her eyes filled with terror.
"No! Mina stop! You can't-" She began, but it was too late.
Mina entered the light and was instantly struck by a warm and intense wind that picked her off of the ground. It was leading her into the sky... into the unknown...
"Hitomi!" She shrieked, but her words were lost as they both disappeared, and Earth was left far behind...
"Mina? What is it, what's wrong?" Raye cried.
"I gotta go Raye, bye!" Mina said, and slammed her communicator shut.
She ran into the room, transformation wand read in her hand. Hitomi was lying in bed with sweat standing out from her forehead in large beads. Her hands clawed at the air around her, and her feet were digging into the sheets.
"Hitomi!"
"No, Van! Don't go! Leave him alone!" Hitomi screamed in her sleep.
"Hitomi!" Mina exclaimed, taking hold of her shoulders and shaking her roughly.
"No, no! Van!" Hitomi shrieked and suddenly shot awake.
Dazed, she pulled away from Mina and began reaching for her clothes strewn about the floor. Mina gaped at her.
"Hi-Hitomi? What are you doing?"
"I'm leaving." She said, her voice quivering dangerously.
Mina could feel her body shaking. What the hell had just happened?
"What do you mean, 'leaving?'" Mina asked incredulously. "Where are you going?!" Mina grabbed her arm, but Hitomi jerked it away.
"You wouldn't understand. I thought I could live without him, I was wrong. I have to go back to him before it's too late." Hitomi said.
She began towards the door, striding confidently. Mina stared at her, her face filled with bewilderment.
"What? You're not going anywhere until I get some answers!" Mina said firmly, going after her. She took hold of her arm again... big mistake.
Hitomi said nothing, but she raised her arm and sent Mina sprawling across the room in one solid WHACK!
"I'm sorry Mina, but you can't stop me. Tell my mother that I love her." She whispered, and was gone.
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"Ugh! What a hit!" Mina muttered, raising her head. She could feel a lump beginning to form where Hitomi's fist made contact.
She suddenly heard a door slam downstairs and raced to the window. There was Hitomi on the sidewalk, sprinting down the street.
"I've got to stop her." Mina said.
She rose to her feet and her hand found her wand at the bottom of her robe pocket.
"VENUS STAR POWER!" She cried.
She transformed quickly and raced to the window now as her alter ego, Sailor Venus. She climbed out onto the roof easily. She had had a lot of practice. She looked down at the sidewalk and saw Hitomi racing towards what looked like a school track and field. What was she going there? Mina had to stop her, and fast! The girl could really run! Her eyes drifted to the houses around her and she grinned.
"Travel by rooftop." She muttered, and without another word, began to leap nimbly from one to the other.
********************************************************************
Sailor Venus dropped down into the bushes surrounding the track and de-transformed. She stared at her cousin. Hitomi was looking at the sky expectantly. Suddenly, she spoke.
"Please, I want to go back to Gaea!" Hitomi called.
Gaea, what's Gaea? Mina wondered. She continued to stare at Hitomi, who was obviously getting more desperate.
"Please!" She screamed. "I want to go back to Gaea! Van!" She cried, holding her arms out above her head, her eyes staring at the night's sky.
And then it happened. To Mina's disbelief, a huge, white pillar of light opened above Hitomi, who appeared to be laughing. Then she began to float into the air, much to Mina's horror. Without knowing it, she had risen to her feet and taken off towards Hitomi.
"Hitomi! No!" She screamed.
Hitomi seemed to pause as she caught sight of Mina. Her eyes filled with terror.
"No! Mina stop! You can't-" She began, but it was too late.
Mina entered the light and was instantly struck by a warm and intense wind that picked her off of the ground. It was leading her into the sky... into the unknown...
"Hitomi!" She shrieked, but her words were lost as they both disappeared, and Earth was left far behind...