The Other Side of Paradise
Part 7
Author: Nyneve (BACK FROM HIATUS!! YAY ME!!!)
Hello everyone! I am back from my short hiatus, and ready to right. But right now I have a big big announcement. I HAVE CREATED "THE PULSE" MUSIC VIDEO! YES FRIENDS, IT'S TRUE! ASK THE SOVEREIGN OF SELENITY FOR VERIFICATION. If you would like to see it, let me know of a way to get it to you, because it's too big to e-mail and I don't have a web page to put it on (sob, sob). It's actually just a bunch of clips from Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon, with photos of the sky at the beginning and end and lots of credits. However, I enjoy it. But anyways, I won't delay you any further from the ficcie. Don't own the anime. Happy reading!
-Nyneve (No matter what Selenity calls me, its Nyneve. NOT NYN-CHAN!!!)
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"Damn it! I'm telling you I didn't do anything!" Duo yelled as Haruka shoved him down the hallway. He couldn't figure out how he'd ended up in that girl Hotaru's room. All he'd done was gone to sleep.
"Do you want me to disobey my orders and kill you?" Haruka snapped, shoving him against the wall. He had to admit, she was strong enough to probably take down an alligator.
"Hey, if I was trying to break into someone's room, it would be Amy's, not what's-her-name's," he murmured. At that, he felt something hard hit his cheek.
"AND YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM AMY, YOU GOT IT?" Haruka yelled, throwing him to the ground. "I don't know what made that girl lose her good sense and fall for you, but leave her alone, got it?"
"Ha," Duo muttered to himself, standing up. "Might be kind of hard if I'm in love with her."
But Haruka didn't hear him. She grabbed his arms, twisted them behind his back, and marched him down to the restraining area, aka "dungeon".
As she opened the door, she glared at him. "If you make any attempts to escape, I'll kill you."
"I won't abandon Amy," Duo shot back as he was shoved into the cell and left alone in the darkness.
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Raye sat on a chair next to the hospital bed. Quatre still wasn't conscious, and it had been almost a day. According to Amy, he should be showing signs of getting better. But he wasn't.
"Please, Quatre. You have to be all right," Raye whispered, looking again at the screens showing his heart rate and breathing rate. They were painfully slow.
Suddenly, she heard someone come in the hospital room. She looked up to see Amy, dressed in sweatpants and a baggy T-shirt, tears streaming down her face.
"Amy? What's wrong?" Raye asked, standing up and putting an arm around her friend's shoulder.
"It's Duo. He came back. He tried to kill Hotaru," Amy sobbed. "Endymion's having him held in the dungeon until further notice."
"Oh, Amy, that's awful! I'm so sorry," Raye comforted, hugging her. "I'm sure Duo would never hurt anyone [AN: Ha ha ha.]."
"He wouldn't. I don't know what's wrong with him. He was just fine around me. Then Haruka and Michiru put him under guard. I guess he attacked them, stole Haruka's Space Sword, and broke into Hotaru's room," she replied.
Suddenly, Raye glanced over at the sleeping Quatre. "Amy, you don't think they'd do that to Quatre would you?"
Amy shook her head. "Not now, in his condition. But if he gets better, they won't take any chances."
"No!" Raye stamped her foot. "I won't let anyone take him away from me! Not even—"
BEEP!
Raye paused and looked around. BEEP! BEEP!
"What in the—" Amy began, but froze when she looked at Quatre's heart and breathing rates. They were going up.
"Oh God," she cried, then dashed over to her computer. "Raye, don't take your eyes off of that chart!"
Raye nodded, then darted over to Quatre's bedside, keeping her eyes on the charts and her hand on his.
"Please, please, please," she chanted, almost like she did during prayers. "Please, please, please…"
"R-Raye? Is that you?" a soft voice asked.
Raye screamed and burst into tears as she threw her arms around Quatre. He winced in pain, but returned the hug.
"Quatre, are you all right?" Amy asked from the corner, slipping on her lab coat. She was quite a sight, with baggy navy sweatpants and a faded black T-shirt.
"Well uh, I'm kind of sore," he began. As he did, Raye stepped away quickly.
"Sorry. I couldn't have helped that," she apologized. However, he flashed his heart-melting smile at her.
"I've been worse. A lot worse," he said. "Please forgive me for attacking you. I didn't want to hurt you. Really, I—"
"Sh," Raye hissed, putting a finger to his lips. "Don't say anything about that." It was at that moment she realized that, although his life was returned, her lover now faced an immense danger. The danger that she was going to have to serve.
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Janus gasped as the scene in the infirmary unfolded. "Mama…we've lost him! He's theirs now!"
"Of course dear," Hecate replied smoothly. "I gave him back."
"Gave him back? I don't understand!" he cried. "Now we can't control him at all!"
"We don't need to dear. The Senshi will kill him, just like they are going to kill that impertinent one. Why do you think that I let him go just as those annoying little girls were realizing the truth?" she replied.
"Still, are you sure this will work? Serenity has a kind heart. She's going to pity them," Janus commented.
"It doesn't matter. Serenity values the lives of her loved ones. Too much, I think. That's why she will dispose of all threats to them. Oh, she'll do it quick and painlessly, which wouldn't be nearly as much fun as the way I'd do it, but she'll kill them. She has to," Hecate replied. "And just where are you headed off to, boy?"
She turned around and stared into the darkness. There was no answer. She glared.
"I asked you a question!" she yelled, sending images of Sailor Jupiter being impaled upon sharp spikes.
Wufei bit his lip and fought them back. He refused to bend his will to the demon woman who stood in front of him. Suddenly, he felt something icy cold wrap around his neck. He gasped for breath as Hecate lifted him from the ground with one hand.
"It would be wise to answer your betters when they speak to you. Remember that," she yelled, throwing him down. "Now go and take care of her."
Janus looked at Hecate. "What do you mean, Mama?"
"He's going to fight Jupiter. I'll have to make sure to keep a leash on him while he's gone. If he survives her, and doesn't kill her, he will not be very pleased," she remarked. "Get going."
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Lita walked out of her training room, holding a sharp silver sword. She had bought it herself, and used it to teach herself swordfighting techniques. However, it was her secret that she had done it in Wufei's honor.
She made her way out to the field on the north end of the grounds, where the Mobil Suit battle had taken place only a day before.
Her eyes scanned the area for Wufei. He was nowhere. She sighed, then turned back towards the palace. As she did, she felt a cold metal blade touch her neck.
"I didn't know you knew how to use that," a familiar voice muttered. Lita grinned to herself.
"Wufei, I've missed you ever so much," she said sarcastically. Then, she shot a small bolt of lightening backwards towards him.
He dodged it, and backed away. "You wanted a rematch Kino, so I'll give you one."
Lita nodded. "To make it even, you don't use your Gundam, and I don't use my powers. Deal?" she asked.
"Deal," Wufei remarked, then dashed towards her.
For once, Lita was shocked to find that her skills were nowhere near his. Within minutes, she was on her knees and Wufei's katana was against her neck.
"Fine then. Finish me," she murmured. "That'll prove my weakness."
"Baka onna. I told you last time that I didn't think you were weak," he snapped.
"You also said you wouldn't call me onna anymore," Lita reminded. "Now kill me."
"No," Wufei snapped, then moved his katana. He braced himself for what he knew would come back.
"Idiot. Well, maybe this'll bring you back to our side. SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!" Lita cried. The dragon rose up and paused menacingly over it's target. Wufei nodded and smiled as it swept down and smashed into him.
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All for now! R+R! Also, find a way to get my video and I will support it! Later!
