I know it's been forever. Sorry bout that. I'm closing into the final
chapters, so just bear with me a little longer.
Music From My Heart
Neo Princess Moon
Bring Me To Life pt. VII
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Frozen inside without your touch,
Without your love, darling.
Only you are the life among the dead.
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Demando watched as his beloved paced across the room. He sighed. "If you're so worried about his then why don't we just kill him and get it over with." He asked referring to the former terrain prince.
"I want him to pay for what he put me through." Serenity hissed.
"Oh come now darling." Demando purred catching Serenity in his arms and purring into her ear. "If we kill him now we can have some fun." Serenity in return gave a disgusted sigh.
"What on this entire damned planet makes you think I want to have sex with you?" She asked coldly. Demando was so taken aback that he let go and stumbled a few paces backward. "I think I'm going to go check on the prisoner." She said sweeping out of the room.
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Mamoru moaned softly as he heard a door creak opened. It wasn't until he heard the door slam that the insufferable aching of his body registered in his mind. He tried to open his eyes, but found that even the dim candle lighting was too bright for his aching head. He listened to the intruder's light foot falls. He heard the intruder mumbling. The voice almost sounded like Usagi's, but it was far too cold, too harsh to be her's. Slowly his mind began to kick into gear, and he realized that he was in a most uncomfortable position. He was chained to something hard, probably a brick wall. He tried to remember what had happened, but the last thing he remembered was carrying his Usako after she escaped from Demando. He listened again to the voice.
"To think he wants me to sleep with him. As if, my taste is far better than that." Mamoru managed to open his eyes. He saw Usagi pacing back and forth across the floor below him. He was hanging a few feet off the ground, cuffed by his hands. Suddenly he remembered what had happened. How Usagi had tricked him. No, she wouldn't betray him, Demando must have threatened her. That was it. Her next worlds made him doubt his conclusion. "I'm no fool; he's not the prince he thinks he is. He's merely Wise Man's pawn. I'll play along with Wise Man's little game until Demando gets on my nerves too badly. Then I'll simply have to use him as a human shield in a battle or something." Usagi cackled evilly.
"Usako?" He asked finding that he was weak enough for talking to take a lot out of him. Usagi whirled around surprised by the voice.
"Well, well, well, I was wondering when you were going to wake up Mamoru." She said smiling sweetly, almost too sweetly. "I have a surprise for you." She snapped her fingers and a droid appeared kneeling at her feet. Usagi turned to the droid. "Turn him over." The droid scurried off and turned Mamoru over so that he now faced the wall.
"Usako what are you doing?" He asked still unable to imagine that his koishii had turned on him. Usagi walked up to him. Slowly she raised her hand so that it was level with his face. *smack* She slapped him.
"Don't call me Usako. My name is your majesty or Queen Serenity." She said coldly. Out of thin air she pulled a whip. She turned back to the droids. "Beat him." She said tossing the whip to the droid. The droid did as it was told. Mamoru cried out in pain. "Harder." Serenity hissed. The droid complied with her wishes. Mamoru cried out in pain again. Deep inside Serenity could feel some pity for the broken man hanging there, but anger soon took over again. "That is for shoving me onto you're pathetic planet. If it weren't for you my mother and our kingdom would still be alive and flourishing."
"That's not true Usako." Mamoru whispered weakly. Serenity's eyes narrowed. *smack* Another slap. Serenity turned back to the droid and nodded.
*Crack* Mamoru cried out again. Again Serenity felt as though someone was trying to break out from inside. Shaking her head, she ignored the feeling. "That is for all the pain and teasing remarks." Mamoru just groaned slightly. Serenity nodded again. *Crack* Serenity felt as though there were two people sharing her body, one wanted her to stop, the other wanted revenge. Revenge eventually won. "That is for making me think you actually cared."
"I do care Usako. Aishiteru." Mamoru said. Tears slowly fell down his face, not from physical pain, but from the thought that she didn't think his world revolved around her. Sympathy and another unknown emotion stirred inside Serenity, but again she managed to ignore them. She slapped him again.
"Liar." She hissed. Again she nodded to the droid. *Crack* "All of this, is for dumping me." She hissed. With that she stepped back. "Continue." She ordered the droid. Again and again the whip cracked. Again and again Mamoru cried out in pain. Guilt began to wash over her. Sympathy began to tug at her ice cold heart. Her body began to feel as though it was splitting. She fell to her knees. All of a sudden she had to save Mamoru. "Stop." She cried. The droid ignored her. She stood up. "I said stop." She yelled. She didn't notice when Demando entered the room. She gathered a blast of energy and hurled it at the droid. The droid disintegrated into a pile of dust.
"Why did you do that?" Demando asked coming up behind her. She turned to him, startled by his presence. Her cold dark eyes pierced him.
"I told that damned droid to whip harder and it wouldn't listen. I guess I'm going to have to do it myself." She lied batting her eyes at him. Demando was shrugged apparently satisfied with her answer.
"I'll leave you to it then." He sighed. Serenity waited till she heard the heavy doors slam closed. Then she turned to Mamoru. She stormed confidently up to him and unlocked his shackles. He fell to the floor, too tired to catch his own weight.
"What did you do to me?" She asked her eyes flashing angrily. Mamoru looked up into her eyes. They seemed to be a much lighter shade than they were when he found her in the park.
"Nothing." He said trying to shake off his desire to sleep.
"You made me stop that droid." She accused.
"You did that on your own Usako." He replied. Serenity prepared to slap him, but decided against it. "Do you really want to do this?" Mamoru asked her after a long pause.
"What?" She asked, sitting down curious as to what he had to say.
"Live like this? Be a pawn to Wise Man. Letting Demando ogle you? No friends, no family, no loved one? Do you really want to live you're life alone?" She looked at him, her eyes showing thousands of emotions as they raced through her mind. "I've done it Usako. Lived with the mentality that it was every man for themselves. Figuring that ever time someone else failed it was my chance to win. I had to live like that Usako, until you came along. You made everything bright, you didn't worry, you were beautiful, and fun and spunky, and sexy and smart." He paused for breath. "Not grade smarts like I have, you had the street smarts, and you cared about others, no matter how cruel they were to you. You were kind enough that you could even love someone as cold hearted as me. And with time my heart melted and I realized that I had fallen in love with you." He paused and looked deep into her eyes. "And I still love you. I pushed you away to protect you Usako. I love you and I always will, no matter what." Serenity looked at him, tears shining in her eyes.
"How can you possibly know how you'll feel in a few years, let alone forever? What if I did something horrid, what if I killed you? You'd hate me. Why am I even having this conversation with you?! I hate you I hate all terrains!"
"Do you really?" He asked tilting his head. "To answer you're question I know that emotions which I feel this strongly in my heart of hearts can't disappear or lessen. I just know. I can't tell you how, I just do. If you killed me I might be a little angry, but I could never hate you. I love you no matter what. This bond that we have is unbreakable, weather or not you can feel it, it's there. That's why you made that droid stop. You felt it. And bit by bit the old Usako I knew it reappearing." Serenity looked into Mamoru's eyes and burst into sobs.
"Gomen, gomen nasai! Aishiteru Mamo-chan, I love you." She sobbed into his shirt. Mamoru reached a shaky hand up and stroked Usagi's hair.
"Daijyoubu Usako. Aishiteru. We can be together now." He said placing a light kiss on her forehead. The black crescent moon which had formerly perched there began to flicker, but ultimately stayed.
"I have to stay here, trust me. I can help you guys, but I'll send you back. I can say you got away." Serenity replied looking up. Mamoru sighed and nodded understandingly.
"Be careful Usako." He whispered not wanting to let her go.
"Don't worry." She replied. "We'll be together soon." With that Mamoru's body flickered and reappeared on the floor of Rei's temple. Serenity let her head sink into her knees and cried for the loss of warmth in her soul.
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Demando listened from outside the dungeon doors. 'Damn it. That traitorous bitch. She will pay.'
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Almost done. Reviews are good.
Koisuru Otome wa Makenai!!
A Maiden In Love Won't Lose!!
Music From My Heart
Neo Princess Moon
Bring Me To Life pt. VII
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Frozen inside without your touch,
Without your love, darling.
Only you are the life among the dead.
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Demando watched as his beloved paced across the room. He sighed. "If you're so worried about his then why don't we just kill him and get it over with." He asked referring to the former terrain prince.
"I want him to pay for what he put me through." Serenity hissed.
"Oh come now darling." Demando purred catching Serenity in his arms and purring into her ear. "If we kill him now we can have some fun." Serenity in return gave a disgusted sigh.
"What on this entire damned planet makes you think I want to have sex with you?" She asked coldly. Demando was so taken aback that he let go and stumbled a few paces backward. "I think I'm going to go check on the prisoner." She said sweeping out of the room.
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Mamoru moaned softly as he heard a door creak opened. It wasn't until he heard the door slam that the insufferable aching of his body registered in his mind. He tried to open his eyes, but found that even the dim candle lighting was too bright for his aching head. He listened to the intruder's light foot falls. He heard the intruder mumbling. The voice almost sounded like Usagi's, but it was far too cold, too harsh to be her's. Slowly his mind began to kick into gear, and he realized that he was in a most uncomfortable position. He was chained to something hard, probably a brick wall. He tried to remember what had happened, but the last thing he remembered was carrying his Usako after she escaped from Demando. He listened again to the voice.
"To think he wants me to sleep with him. As if, my taste is far better than that." Mamoru managed to open his eyes. He saw Usagi pacing back and forth across the floor below him. He was hanging a few feet off the ground, cuffed by his hands. Suddenly he remembered what had happened. How Usagi had tricked him. No, she wouldn't betray him, Demando must have threatened her. That was it. Her next worlds made him doubt his conclusion. "I'm no fool; he's not the prince he thinks he is. He's merely Wise Man's pawn. I'll play along with Wise Man's little game until Demando gets on my nerves too badly. Then I'll simply have to use him as a human shield in a battle or something." Usagi cackled evilly.
"Usako?" He asked finding that he was weak enough for talking to take a lot out of him. Usagi whirled around surprised by the voice.
"Well, well, well, I was wondering when you were going to wake up Mamoru." She said smiling sweetly, almost too sweetly. "I have a surprise for you." She snapped her fingers and a droid appeared kneeling at her feet. Usagi turned to the droid. "Turn him over." The droid scurried off and turned Mamoru over so that he now faced the wall.
"Usako what are you doing?" He asked still unable to imagine that his koishii had turned on him. Usagi walked up to him. Slowly she raised her hand so that it was level with his face. *smack* She slapped him.
"Don't call me Usako. My name is your majesty or Queen Serenity." She said coldly. Out of thin air she pulled a whip. She turned back to the droids. "Beat him." She said tossing the whip to the droid. The droid did as it was told. Mamoru cried out in pain. "Harder." Serenity hissed. The droid complied with her wishes. Mamoru cried out in pain again. Deep inside Serenity could feel some pity for the broken man hanging there, but anger soon took over again. "That is for shoving me onto you're pathetic planet. If it weren't for you my mother and our kingdom would still be alive and flourishing."
"That's not true Usako." Mamoru whispered weakly. Serenity's eyes narrowed. *smack* Another slap. Serenity turned back to the droid and nodded.
*Crack* Mamoru cried out again. Again Serenity felt as though someone was trying to break out from inside. Shaking her head, she ignored the feeling. "That is for all the pain and teasing remarks." Mamoru just groaned slightly. Serenity nodded again. *Crack* Serenity felt as though there were two people sharing her body, one wanted her to stop, the other wanted revenge. Revenge eventually won. "That is for making me think you actually cared."
"I do care Usako. Aishiteru." Mamoru said. Tears slowly fell down his face, not from physical pain, but from the thought that she didn't think his world revolved around her. Sympathy and another unknown emotion stirred inside Serenity, but again she managed to ignore them. She slapped him again.
"Liar." She hissed. Again she nodded to the droid. *Crack* "All of this, is for dumping me." She hissed. With that she stepped back. "Continue." She ordered the droid. Again and again the whip cracked. Again and again Mamoru cried out in pain. Guilt began to wash over her. Sympathy began to tug at her ice cold heart. Her body began to feel as though it was splitting. She fell to her knees. All of a sudden she had to save Mamoru. "Stop." She cried. The droid ignored her. She stood up. "I said stop." She yelled. She didn't notice when Demando entered the room. She gathered a blast of energy and hurled it at the droid. The droid disintegrated into a pile of dust.
"Why did you do that?" Demando asked coming up behind her. She turned to him, startled by his presence. Her cold dark eyes pierced him.
"I told that damned droid to whip harder and it wouldn't listen. I guess I'm going to have to do it myself." She lied batting her eyes at him. Demando was shrugged apparently satisfied with her answer.
"I'll leave you to it then." He sighed. Serenity waited till she heard the heavy doors slam closed. Then she turned to Mamoru. She stormed confidently up to him and unlocked his shackles. He fell to the floor, too tired to catch his own weight.
"What did you do to me?" She asked her eyes flashing angrily. Mamoru looked up into her eyes. They seemed to be a much lighter shade than they were when he found her in the park.
"Nothing." He said trying to shake off his desire to sleep.
"You made me stop that droid." She accused.
"You did that on your own Usako." He replied. Serenity prepared to slap him, but decided against it. "Do you really want to do this?" Mamoru asked her after a long pause.
"What?" She asked, sitting down curious as to what he had to say.
"Live like this? Be a pawn to Wise Man. Letting Demando ogle you? No friends, no family, no loved one? Do you really want to live you're life alone?" She looked at him, her eyes showing thousands of emotions as they raced through her mind. "I've done it Usako. Lived with the mentality that it was every man for themselves. Figuring that ever time someone else failed it was my chance to win. I had to live like that Usako, until you came along. You made everything bright, you didn't worry, you were beautiful, and fun and spunky, and sexy and smart." He paused for breath. "Not grade smarts like I have, you had the street smarts, and you cared about others, no matter how cruel they were to you. You were kind enough that you could even love someone as cold hearted as me. And with time my heart melted and I realized that I had fallen in love with you." He paused and looked deep into her eyes. "And I still love you. I pushed you away to protect you Usako. I love you and I always will, no matter what." Serenity looked at him, tears shining in her eyes.
"How can you possibly know how you'll feel in a few years, let alone forever? What if I did something horrid, what if I killed you? You'd hate me. Why am I even having this conversation with you?! I hate you I hate all terrains!"
"Do you really?" He asked tilting his head. "To answer you're question I know that emotions which I feel this strongly in my heart of hearts can't disappear or lessen. I just know. I can't tell you how, I just do. If you killed me I might be a little angry, but I could never hate you. I love you no matter what. This bond that we have is unbreakable, weather or not you can feel it, it's there. That's why you made that droid stop. You felt it. And bit by bit the old Usako I knew it reappearing." Serenity looked into Mamoru's eyes and burst into sobs.
"Gomen, gomen nasai! Aishiteru Mamo-chan, I love you." She sobbed into his shirt. Mamoru reached a shaky hand up and stroked Usagi's hair.
"Daijyoubu Usako. Aishiteru. We can be together now." He said placing a light kiss on her forehead. The black crescent moon which had formerly perched there began to flicker, but ultimately stayed.
"I have to stay here, trust me. I can help you guys, but I'll send you back. I can say you got away." Serenity replied looking up. Mamoru sighed and nodded understandingly.
"Be careful Usako." He whispered not wanting to let her go.
"Don't worry." She replied. "We'll be together soon." With that Mamoru's body flickered and reappeared on the floor of Rei's temple. Serenity let her head sink into her knees and cried for the loss of warmth in her soul.
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Demando listened from outside the dungeon doors. 'Damn it. That traitorous bitch. She will pay.'
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Almost done. Reviews are good.
Koisuru Otome wa Makenai!!
A Maiden In Love Won't Lose!!