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Chapter 3
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The rooming arrangement had been strange to say the least. All but Darien and Ami had fought over which room they wanted. It had been especially interesting to see one of the girls go in a bottom bedroom door and mysteriously appear on the top floor some how.
After much fighting.and three broken vases later.it had been decided that Darien, Usagi and Chibi-Usa sharing one, and Ami would get the three bottom bedrooms. That left Rei, Lita, and Mina with the upstairs to themselves. They were very happy little scouts.
"Hey guys, I'm getting a bit of a headache so I'm going to go for a little walk. Ok?" I asked with severe caution. I was afraid they might want to come too. All I wanted at the moment was to be alone.
"OK! Just be back before dark!" Was screamed at me from somewhere upstairs. I believe the girls were all trying out their new enormous closets.
So without looking back I stepped out the door. A book inside my jacket incase I needed something to distract me.
I noticed with much appreciation that there was also a lovely park barely a block from our house in the opposite direction of the P.H. But just as suddenly as the appreciation came it left in a wave of apprehension. Attacks always happened at the parks at home. Surely it wasn't a rare coincidence that there was a beacon of dark energy coming from The P.H. and then a park close at hand.
This reminded her of why she was getting a headache in the first place. Usagi and Darien looked so much in love.but were they really? If her nightmare was true, and all of her evidence of Chibi-Usa being only Darien's daughter.then what did all of this have to do with the Shadow?
"Surely it was Chibi-Usa's mother holding her in my dream while standing next to Darien. And that woman is somewhere on this Planet." I breathed out with pain. If we found her and she and Darien fell in love as they looked to be in the dream.then what of Usagi?
"She could be on a colony."
I was startled as I quickly spun around to seek a face that had spoken those words. I was not disappointed as I was met with an intense emerald eye beholding me.
"Excuse me." I rasped out. He was the most gorgeous man I had ever seen. Tall. Maybe two feet taller than me. And lithe. Not skinny, but thick with muscles. The green turtle neck he had on was damp from the earlier rain's humidity, and it clung to his perfectly chiseled chest.
The guy said nothing more as he continued to stare at me. I then realized that I had been shamelessly oogling him and turned away from his gaze. My face heated by my embarrassment.
"I'm sorry sir. I did not know I was speaking out loud." I whispered hurriedly, wanting to run away from him and bury myself in a hole. ~ I've been around the girls too long. Now I'm unabrashley looking strange men over. ~
I turned my head slightly to see him nod but still he continued to stare at me.his eye seeming to piece my very soul and tell him all my secrets. I felt my Senshi aura envelop me and I turned quickly and walked hurriedly away.
~ Why did my powers react like that?! I've never felt something so.so.that.~ I wondered as I made my way down to the lake situated in the middle of the park.
~ He was cute though. ~ I thought as my face again heated up.
I finally sat down when I came to a bench close to the water but close enough to a thick tree that I could use it as shelter to block the wind. The sun had dried all the rain off of it and it was pleasantly warm even though everything else was damp and the sun was partially hidden behind some clouds.
The guy had said Chibi-Usa's mother could be on a colony. That was a high possibility she would have to take into consideration. The woman by all accounts and purposes looked to be their ally. But who was she? And why had Chibi-Usa been pretending all this time? Could it be possible that Chibi- Usa didn't know?
"No! She has to know. That's the only explanation for her curious behavior." I said determinedly. Trying to convince myself more than actually believing anything I'd just said.
"There is never only one explanation." A smooth deep voice said from beside my bench.
I gasped in surprise and turned to see the same man from earlier standing beside my bench with his hands in his pockets and staring out at the water like I had been doing moments before.
"Wha." was all I managed to choke out before my body gave a resounding shudder as power shifted restlessly inside me.
Whatever was happening.the guy seemed to be feeling it too. Before I knew it he was knelt before me. His arms on my shoulders to steady me as I tried to stop shuddering. But it seemed he was doing more harm than good because my arms felt like they were on fire where he touched me. And a very deep part of my subconscious had the traitorous thought that I would like him to touch me more.
"What are you doing to me." I whispered breathlessly.
"The same thing you're doing to me." He whispered back huskily.
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"Hey guys! I'm running to the store down the block. Ok? We need some ingredients for dinner." Lita cried as she raced out the door, shrugging on her jacket once the wind whipped around her.
"So.I need milk.some orange juice for breakfast.what else?" Lita mumbled to herself.
The move had been quite enjoyable. Her room was almost as big as her entire apartment! And the bathroom that was right across from her room had a built in Jacuzzi bath that she knew she would thoroughly enjoy.
"That guy has cool hair." she mumbled to herself as a brown haired guy with a braid nearly reaching his butt walked into the store ahead of her. Lita followed closely behind. Trying not to appear as if she was staring at his hair.
After finally getting over her fixation with his hair she walked down an aisle looking for stuff to fix for tonight. She wanted to throw a coming home party. They were only going to live here for a set amount of time. They might as well enjoy it.
"I wish I could grow my hair that long." She whispered longingly as she spotted the same guy across in the next aisle.
"But with all the stupid fighting I've barely been able to keep it this long," She mumbled irritably, " I don't know how Mina and Rei do it."
"It all really depends on the shampoo and conditioner your using."
At this Lita face faulted as the guy she had been mumbling about looked at her from across the aisle and winked.
"Uh.you heard me huh?" Lita replied while her cheeks reddened.
"How could I not notice a hot babe such as yourself checking me out? Or at least my hair." The guy smiled cheekily at her. "Um.err.you see.ahaha."Lita spit out as she put her hand behind her head and laughed nervously.
"No sweat babe. Happens all the time." He replied with pride. "I'm Duo." He said stretching his hand across the shelves in front of them. As she grasped it she felt a spark of electricity shoot up her arm.
"Umm.I am..I am Lita!.and.It's.uh.Nice to meet you!" She said with a slight stutter. ~ What was that?! I knew this guy was HOTT.but to make me feel that! ~
"Well Umm I am I am Lita," Duo poked fun at her, "Are you new around here? I come here all the time on a food run, because the stuff down at HQ is enough to make you wanna go to war, but I've never seen you around." Duo inquired.
"Um yeah.we just moved into the neighborhood. I'm staying with my four other friends and my friend's fiancée. In that white house with the blue trim down the block from Preventer's Headquarters." Lita's eyes took on a light as she realized this cutie could be working right beside their new house.
"Are you a Preventer?" She asked in awe. ~ He looks so young! ~
"Yeah actually I am. Preventer Death at your service." He responded with a slight bow.
"Death?" Lita asked while raising an eyebrow in his direction.
"Yep. I used to be the God of Death but decided to downgrade in this new peaceful world." He responded while scratching his head. "Did you just feel that?" He asked while looking around them.
"Feel what?" Lita asked bewildered before she felt a spark of electricity shoot up her spin. It felt similar to her Senshi powers.but why were they acting so weird all of the sudden?
~ Could this guy be the enemy?!" She thought as she narrowed her eyes at him. ~ That would just be my luck. ~
"I'm sorry Duo but I've got to get back home. The girls are gonna die of starvation if I don't hurry." She put on a fake smile. Her powers were really starting to bother her now and she wasn't sure that it was all that bad. And that scared her.
As she turned to go to the register, grabbing what she could along the way, she didn't notice Duo walking down his aisle to intercept her.
"Hey wait babe! I didn't mean to insult you or anything." Duo rushed in front of her to stop her exit.
"Oh you didn't! I just need to get home." She repeated hurriedly. Her body was on fire now and she just wanted to get away. She threw some money on the counter. More than enough to cover the bill, and ran as fast as she could out the door.
Lita momentarily felt better until she heard the door ring behind her and knew that Duo was following her.
"Hey wait! I didn't get your name!" He yelled as he jogged to catch up with her. When she didn't show a sign of slowing he gently took hold of her elbow and turned her to meet him.
"Are you alright?" Duo asked with concern.
But Lita was too far-gone to respond because when he touched her an enormous amount of power had swirled through her body. And she stared at him with blank eyes.
Her only form of conscious allowed her to ask one question. "What are you doing to me?"
In which she was met with an equally blank reply of: "The same thing that you're doing to me."
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Chapter 3
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The rooming arrangement had been strange to say the least. All but Darien and Ami had fought over which room they wanted. It had been especially interesting to see one of the girls go in a bottom bedroom door and mysteriously appear on the top floor some how.
After much fighting.and three broken vases later.it had been decided that Darien, Usagi and Chibi-Usa sharing one, and Ami would get the three bottom bedrooms. That left Rei, Lita, and Mina with the upstairs to themselves. They were very happy little scouts.
"Hey guys, I'm getting a bit of a headache so I'm going to go for a little walk. Ok?" I asked with severe caution. I was afraid they might want to come too. All I wanted at the moment was to be alone.
"OK! Just be back before dark!" Was screamed at me from somewhere upstairs. I believe the girls were all trying out their new enormous closets.
So without looking back I stepped out the door. A book inside my jacket incase I needed something to distract me.
I noticed with much appreciation that there was also a lovely park barely a block from our house in the opposite direction of the P.H. But just as suddenly as the appreciation came it left in a wave of apprehension. Attacks always happened at the parks at home. Surely it wasn't a rare coincidence that there was a beacon of dark energy coming from The P.H. and then a park close at hand.
This reminded her of why she was getting a headache in the first place. Usagi and Darien looked so much in love.but were they really? If her nightmare was true, and all of her evidence of Chibi-Usa being only Darien's daughter.then what did all of this have to do with the Shadow?
"Surely it was Chibi-Usa's mother holding her in my dream while standing next to Darien. And that woman is somewhere on this Planet." I breathed out with pain. If we found her and she and Darien fell in love as they looked to be in the dream.then what of Usagi?
"She could be on a colony."
I was startled as I quickly spun around to seek a face that had spoken those words. I was not disappointed as I was met with an intense emerald eye beholding me.
"Excuse me." I rasped out. He was the most gorgeous man I had ever seen. Tall. Maybe two feet taller than me. And lithe. Not skinny, but thick with muscles. The green turtle neck he had on was damp from the earlier rain's humidity, and it clung to his perfectly chiseled chest.
The guy said nothing more as he continued to stare at me. I then realized that I had been shamelessly oogling him and turned away from his gaze. My face heated by my embarrassment.
"I'm sorry sir. I did not know I was speaking out loud." I whispered hurriedly, wanting to run away from him and bury myself in a hole. ~ I've been around the girls too long. Now I'm unabrashley looking strange men over. ~
I turned my head slightly to see him nod but still he continued to stare at me.his eye seeming to piece my very soul and tell him all my secrets. I felt my Senshi aura envelop me and I turned quickly and walked hurriedly away.
~ Why did my powers react like that?! I've never felt something so.so.that.~ I wondered as I made my way down to the lake situated in the middle of the park.
~ He was cute though. ~ I thought as my face again heated up.
I finally sat down when I came to a bench close to the water but close enough to a thick tree that I could use it as shelter to block the wind. The sun had dried all the rain off of it and it was pleasantly warm even though everything else was damp and the sun was partially hidden behind some clouds.
The guy had said Chibi-Usa's mother could be on a colony. That was a high possibility she would have to take into consideration. The woman by all accounts and purposes looked to be their ally. But who was she? And why had Chibi-Usa been pretending all this time? Could it be possible that Chibi- Usa didn't know?
"No! She has to know. That's the only explanation for her curious behavior." I said determinedly. Trying to convince myself more than actually believing anything I'd just said.
"There is never only one explanation." A smooth deep voice said from beside my bench.
I gasped in surprise and turned to see the same man from earlier standing beside my bench with his hands in his pockets and staring out at the water like I had been doing moments before.
"Wha." was all I managed to choke out before my body gave a resounding shudder as power shifted restlessly inside me.
Whatever was happening.the guy seemed to be feeling it too. Before I knew it he was knelt before me. His arms on my shoulders to steady me as I tried to stop shuddering. But it seemed he was doing more harm than good because my arms felt like they were on fire where he touched me. And a very deep part of my subconscious had the traitorous thought that I would like him to touch me more.
"What are you doing to me." I whispered breathlessly.
"The same thing you're doing to me." He whispered back huskily.
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"Hey guys! I'm running to the store down the block. Ok? We need some ingredients for dinner." Lita cried as she raced out the door, shrugging on her jacket once the wind whipped around her.
"So.I need milk.some orange juice for breakfast.what else?" Lita mumbled to herself.
The move had been quite enjoyable. Her room was almost as big as her entire apartment! And the bathroom that was right across from her room had a built in Jacuzzi bath that she knew she would thoroughly enjoy.
"That guy has cool hair." she mumbled to herself as a brown haired guy with a braid nearly reaching his butt walked into the store ahead of her. Lita followed closely behind. Trying not to appear as if she was staring at his hair.
After finally getting over her fixation with his hair she walked down an aisle looking for stuff to fix for tonight. She wanted to throw a coming home party. They were only going to live here for a set amount of time. They might as well enjoy it.
"I wish I could grow my hair that long." She whispered longingly as she spotted the same guy across in the next aisle.
"But with all the stupid fighting I've barely been able to keep it this long," She mumbled irritably, " I don't know how Mina and Rei do it."
"It all really depends on the shampoo and conditioner your using."
At this Lita face faulted as the guy she had been mumbling about looked at her from across the aisle and winked.
"Uh.you heard me huh?" Lita replied while her cheeks reddened.
"How could I not notice a hot babe such as yourself checking me out? Or at least my hair." The guy smiled cheekily at her. "Um.err.you see.ahaha."Lita spit out as she put her hand behind her head and laughed nervously.
"No sweat babe. Happens all the time." He replied with pride. "I'm Duo." He said stretching his hand across the shelves in front of them. As she grasped it she felt a spark of electricity shoot up her arm.
"Umm.I am..I am Lita!.and.It's.uh.Nice to meet you!" She said with a slight stutter. ~ What was that?! I knew this guy was HOTT.but to make me feel that! ~
"Well Umm I am I am Lita," Duo poked fun at her, "Are you new around here? I come here all the time on a food run, because the stuff down at HQ is enough to make you wanna go to war, but I've never seen you around." Duo inquired.
"Um yeah.we just moved into the neighborhood. I'm staying with my four other friends and my friend's fiancée. In that white house with the blue trim down the block from Preventer's Headquarters." Lita's eyes took on a light as she realized this cutie could be working right beside their new house.
"Are you a Preventer?" She asked in awe. ~ He looks so young! ~
"Yeah actually I am. Preventer Death at your service." He responded with a slight bow.
"Death?" Lita asked while raising an eyebrow in his direction.
"Yep. I used to be the God of Death but decided to downgrade in this new peaceful world." He responded while scratching his head. "Did you just feel that?" He asked while looking around them.
"Feel what?" Lita asked bewildered before she felt a spark of electricity shoot up her spin. It felt similar to her Senshi powers.but why were they acting so weird all of the sudden?
~ Could this guy be the enemy?!" She thought as she narrowed her eyes at him. ~ That would just be my luck. ~
"I'm sorry Duo but I've got to get back home. The girls are gonna die of starvation if I don't hurry." She put on a fake smile. Her powers were really starting to bother her now and she wasn't sure that it was all that bad. And that scared her.
As she turned to go to the register, grabbing what she could along the way, she didn't notice Duo walking down his aisle to intercept her.
"Hey wait babe! I didn't mean to insult you or anything." Duo rushed in front of her to stop her exit.
"Oh you didn't! I just need to get home." She repeated hurriedly. Her body was on fire now and she just wanted to get away. She threw some money on the counter. More than enough to cover the bill, and ran as fast as she could out the door.
Lita momentarily felt better until she heard the door ring behind her and knew that Duo was following her.
"Hey wait! I didn't get your name!" He yelled as he jogged to catch up with her. When she didn't show a sign of slowing he gently took hold of her elbow and turned her to meet him.
"Are you alright?" Duo asked with concern.
But Lita was too far-gone to respond because when he touched her an enormous amount of power had swirled through her body. And she stared at him with blank eyes.
Her only form of conscious allowed her to ask one question. "What are you doing to me?"
In which she was met with an equally blank reply of: "The same thing that you're doing to me."
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