Soul Mates
Totally of the topic but how many chapters does it make to have a nice full story?
Anyways on with the show!
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Chapter 8: Revelations
Nearly a month had passed since Serena and Darien had gotten together. After so many years of relentless fighting and arguing, they had finally reached a middle ground leaving their days to be filled with nothing but happiness and love.
They fell into a stable routine, as the link demanded that they stay in close range or otherwise they would both experience bouts of extreme separation anxiety. Every day Darien would wake Serena up by murmuring sweet nothings through their link. Then he would pick her up from her house, drive her to school and then proceed to test their self-restraint by making out in his car until the school bell rang. Serena then went to school and Darien to university; they had agreed during school hours that the mind link would be closed to a minimum. In the afternoons, Darien would either pick up Serena or meet up with her at the arcade, where they hung out with her friends, helped each other with their homework or more likely than not resumed their make out session.
Life was definitely looking up for the infamous couple.
Amy looked at her friends nervously as they sat around the table at the arcade one lazy Saturday afternoon.
"So Amy, why did you all call us here? And why you clutching that book like it's your last life line?" Mina asked voicing the one question everybody wanted to know.
Amy cleared her throat uncertainly, looking down at the book for reassurance. "Well. Umm… It all has to do with when Darien and Serena first discovered their link."
Serena stopped fondling with the collar of Darien's shirt. Her attention diverted by Amy's declaration.
As five expecting and curious faces looked at her inquisitively she continued on. "I was curious of how the whole thing worked. Scientifically speaking things like this can't really occur. I mean as individuals we are physically unable to mentally share thoughts. We can't project and duplicate, to the exact same degree and depth of emotions and feelings that one person is experiencing, with another human being. It's just not viably possible," Amy stated.
"We know the impossible. We want to work out why it is possible." Darien remarked.
Amy nodded her head. "Right, of course and naturally I was more than a little curious myself. In my spare time I researched and did some digging around, looking for anything that could possibly explain how you two are able to form such a complex connection. I found something…. I found this one book."
Five pairs of eyes automatically looked at the thin hardback book held within Amy's secure hands.
"Soul Mates," Serena read out loud the title.
"I think this book has all the answers that we have ever wanted to know. It gives us a lot of in-depth information about the link and its implications. It tells us what went wrong during the centuries and the prophecy."
Serena reached out her hand and looked at Amy expectantly, "May I?"
The book was readily handed over and Serena felt the power of the words just under her fingertips. She ran her hand over the cover and traced the words 'Soul Mates' with the tips of her fingers.
Can you feel that Darien?
Yeah, it almost feels like a pull. Something in that book wants to be read and found out.
I'm nervous.
Don't worry sweetheart. There is nothing that can be revealed in that book that could alter the way I feel about you.
What if the book tells us that our feelings for each other are all manufactured? What if they aren't real?
Look at me Sere, you can feel right into the very crevices of my heart. My love for you is something that developed over time. And yes having this connection may have been the catalyst of why we are together but it's not the sole reason that we are. I love you for a thousand different reasons and none of that can be wiped away by the writings of one book.
Her hands opened a random page and on impulse read out loud, "Failed marriages started to occur when true Soul Mates were not found and their lust ridden minds overpowered the beating heart. Soul Mates were also kept apart by their social standing, and the influence of family and friends. Though it was not completely unlikely that Soul Mates would never find each other, over time it became apparent that forming a true heart bond was perceived as luck rather than a birth right."
Lita let a low whistle after Serena had broken off.
Mina grabbed the book of her friend's hands and eagerly looked through it. "What else does this book say?"
Darien what does this mean?
I don't know Serena but I have a feeling that this book can tell us.
"Ah ha! Listen to this. Soul Mates are mates bound inextricably to one another in mind, body, heart and soul. For example, when a mate is in danger or in pain, the same pain would also then be inflicted on to the other mate. When one mate is experiencing pleasure, pleasure would also be transferred to their mate."
"That is a basic description of what happens between me and Serena but what exactly is this link? What exactly does it do?" Darien asked impatiently.
Lita whisked the book out of Mina's hands and searched through the book, her face intent. "The link or heart bond allows two people to be joined to one another, allowing emotions and thoughts to be passed freely from one to the other. Before one formalizes their heart bond it can commonly be described as a sensation that tugs at the heart and a barrier that separates the mind. Long ago the link was a vital instrument in allowing two souls to recognize each other as their mates, over time that has been corrupted. The link, however, is not visible to the human eye but for some people like Minako Goddess of Love - the strength of the link can be depicted as shimmer of pure light."
"That explains your question," Lita told Darien.
"What else does it say about the link?" Serena urged eagerly.
Lita frowned and turned the page before returning to the current page, "Nothing, it then goes on about the Goddess of Love, Minako."
Mina looked thoughtful and her heart lurched when Lita said her name. Wait. Her name? Mina-ko. There was something about that name that felt so familiar to her. But what? What was the shimmer of light? She saw a faint light glowing around Serena and Darien from time to time but what did it mean? Was she Minako in a past life? How was that even possible?
"What happened to her?" Mina felt the question slip out of her mouth before she even knew what she was thinking.
"Umm, let me see. Oh here it says that Minako never did find her own Soul Mate but she thrived on matching other 'lost souls'. She along with four other people made the Prophecy," Lita answered after a minute searching through the pages.
"What is this Prophecy?" Raye asked.
Amy finally got the book back and turned to the right page automatically. "After over a thousand years of peace and prosperity humans evolved and Men developed strange ideas about money, greed and power. Women were subsequently pushed down and regarded as foolish and whimsical for wanting to keep the old time ideals of love and peace alive. Males and Females alike then started to close their link, unable to bear the pain of losing a Soul Mate to material objects, to their own greed. Finally the link was severed, un-repairable." Amy drew a breath.
"It was then harder to find one's true Soul Mate because without the heart bond lust and desire overrode love. Love-less marriages were formed and divorces and separations were brought into existence. The world had turned into a heartless place."
"So they created the prophecy," Lita interjected.
Amy nodded. "Five strong women all focused on the same objective came together. Each had unique powers and abilities that they each nurtured but they were not strong enough alone to repair the broken link in every lost Soul Mate. They made a Prophecy and they wrote it in the stars so it would never be forgotten. Then they sacrificed themselves to be reborn into a new life when the Prophecy was to be fulfilled."
"They killed themselves?" Eeped Serena.
"It was not an easy choice especially for the ones with existing Soul Mates but something had to be done, it had to be done. It says in the book that one of the women also secretly killed their Soul Mate in the hope of also reincarnating him but she didn't have the power or strength and he was lost."
"Which one of them was it?"
"Priestess and high spirit Rei."
Raye gasped and shook of the familiarity of the name. Her name. No not her name. Her head was pounding and her heart was aching. She wanted so bad to remember whatever she had forgotten, that is why she had wanted to keep her distance with Jay. She couldn't think around him. She couldn't breathe around him. High priestess Rai- why did that sound so recognizable?
"Who were the others?" Darien asked.
"Medical director and scientist Ami, Makoto a famous warrior and Princess Usagi. From what I could gather from the book it seemed like the choice of self sacrifice was hardest for Princess Usagi as she was madly in love with her soul mate and husband, Prince Mamoru."
Princess Usagi and Prince Mamoru. Why do those names seem so familiar?
They seem so familiar to me too Serena. It feels like Mamoru is my name but it can't be.
This soul mate stuff is freaking me out.
Darien tightened his grip on Serena and kissed the top of her golden head reassuringly. Me too, me too.
"This is too freaky. Minako sounds like Mina, Rai sounds like Raye, Amy sounds like Ami but I don't know how you get Lita from Makoto?" Lita mused out loud.
"They almost sound Japanese? Could those names be Japanese names?" Darien asked.
Amy nodded, "That's what I thought and I already looked it up. Our names translated into Japanese are exactly these. I then looked through the whole book again and I also found names for Ken or Kenneth, Greg or Gregory, Chad or Chadwick, Jadeite and Andrew."
They sat looking at each other afraid of what this could mean and what might happen if it did.
"What is the Prophecy?" Mina squeaked out finally.
"A male and female shall come together, bound by true love and tested by fate. Hatred hides the course of true feelings, a link once broken now repaired. They shall be the first to join together and made one by love."
Serena gasped and buried her head in Darien's protective shoulder. That sounds like us!
It does make sense. A male and a female. I think we can mark that criterion off. Bound by true love - that's why I couldn't get you out of my thoughts. Tested by fate. To see if our love could withstand the trials of life. Hatred hides the course of true feelings. We acted like we hated one each other but of course we have always cared. A link once broken now repaired. We found our link. They shall be the first to come togetherand made one by love.
"Does that mean we need to have sex?" Serena exclaimed out loud.
Darien could feel her flush in embarrassment through their link as the other girls starred at her outburst.
He smiled gently. Only when we're both ready my love, you know I would never rush you.
Serena let out a breath of relief and relaxed in his arms not realizing that she had been tense every since everyone had started reading sections from the book. It wasn't that she didn't love Darien or she wasn't ready to go all the way, she was. But to give up something so precious to her and so soon after they had only just got together was something she really had to think about, no matter how tempted she came to giving in.
I wouldn't ask that of you. I'd wait an eternity for you – prophecy or no.
Serena smiled and kissed the side of his cheek, "Thank you."
He tightened his hold around her shoulders, "Never thank me. Just always love me."
"Done."
"So Darien and Serena are Prince and Princess Mamoru and Usagi reincarnated? Is that what this book reveals?" Raye asked finally after an uncomfortable silence of starring at the red-faced couple when they noticed everyone's attention on them.
"It doesn't explicitly say in this book but I believe so. The five women who made the Prophecy were the last to believe and find their Soul Mates, more importantly the women were also long time friends and comrades at arms."
"It was us. We made the prophecy so many thousands of years ago," Raye breathed.
"I feel like I should know what's going on but I have no idea what the prophecy means," Lita confessed.
"Me either."
"I feel like I know what's going to happen but I don't."
"What does the last part mean? Making one by love? How is having a baby or having sex going to allow millions of people around the world to suddenly realize that the partners that they are with aren't their soul mates? It would ruin families. It would cause utter devastation. I don't think I can do that."
"This is going way over the top of my head."
"Amy, where exactly did you say that you found this book?"
"Surprisingly I found it in my mother's old collection of hardback books she had stored in the attic. When I asked her about it she said she had never seen it before but it must have been in our family for generations considering how fragile the pages are."
"I don't want to die! I've read too many bad comics to know what's going to happen next!"
"Ssh, It's going to be okay sweetheart."
"If I'm the reincarnation of Rai that means I killed my soul mate… I killed my soul mate…"
"C'mon Raye, we don't know that. Not for certain but what does Greg, Ken, Jay or Chad got to do with anything?"
"Guys -"
"This is not helping!"
"GUYS!"
Everyone looked at the fuming blue haired girl and they all instantly shut up.
"The Prophecy is something we need to figure out and we are all linked to this. So we have to help each other out to figure this out okay?"
"We are all ears," Mina encouraged.
Amy took a deep breath and explained the rest of the information that she had found.
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R&R! That sucked I know. But I can't be bothered to write any better and I wanted to get this out before school started.
Major writers block! Help me with any suggestions