Sapphires through the Mist-7
babymar-mar: =)
ej: AS I told you when I IMed you, I will try to write a chapter just for you at the end as a kind of side story! But for me to do so...I want a hug in return when I get my rear end up there!
angelicmayuka: Glad you like that pairing! =)
Airlady: I pride myself on my threats! As for Hotaru's dealing with a gun, who says Heero will pull the same stunt? I like to twist things up. =)
Lil' Mercurain Angel: By all means, keep reviewing! =)
Sorrow_of_the_Meadows: =)
Sailor-Tsunami1: =)
ladytigera21: The worst I've gotten on the Duo/Heero pairing is someone who is asking who Duo is going to be paired with. ^-^' guess some one didn't read my note! =)
athenakyle: No triangle. Interesting, but no. =)
datajana: =)
Chibi Horsewoman: Three way doesn't bother me in the least. I had considered it truly, but I had another idea brewing in my psycho mind. =)
GracedAngel1854: =)
Mystic_Moon_Empress: As I have said in the past two chapters, Duo is paired with Heero! =)
luv slayer: I think for this fic Hotaru will be a thousand plus years, except that she looks like she's 14. =)
Cloud*Dancer: There are several reasons why Hotaru was the last to wake up. One she's physically the weakest. Two: Now it makes my plot twist with this chapter! Thank you for reviewing! =)
Disclaimer: My hands are better for clay work rather than drawing. I do not own GW or SM.
NOTE: Sorry for taking longer than norm. I was getting my license changed over since I moved out of state. So for taking the test, and studying for it, and yard work (Death to yard work) I had no time to write. ^-^' So to make up for it, a longer than norm chapter!
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The blue haired goddess snapped her head up in surprise. Death was going to be up in only a few minutes.
~Rei! Mako-chan!~ She screamed.
~I know~ War answered back.
~Hotaru's going to be up in a little bit~ Jupiter said with glee.
~We have to go NOW!~ Ami told them.
Mumbling hasty apologies to Trowa, Ami rushed out of the library.
Trowa could only stare as his goddess practically flew out of the room.
'Wonder what they were talking about that has her so frantic' Trowa thought.
He could tell when Ami was talking to the others mentally. Her eyes would become unfocused for as long as they were talking.
Ami was first to the front door.
Rei came hurtling in next with Quatre on her heels.
He asked what was wrong just as Makoto rushed in from the kitchen, hands covered in flour.
Ami looked at their host. "It's nothing you need to worry about. Our friend is waking up is all, and we need to be there for her."
The others nodded as they started to glow pale colors.
In a flash of blue, red, and green light, all three women vanished from sight.
Quatre stared at where they had been. 'Wow, I didn't know they could do that!'
After a moments thought, Quatre's brows furrowed in confusion.
That was how Trowa found him. Standing at the front door, deep in thought.
Giving him a quizzical look, Trowa asked him why he was standing there.
"Hmm? Oh, Trowa. I was just wondering why all of a sudden they want to be there for when their friend woke up. None of them were there for when the next woke up."
Trowa nodded. Ami had told him that she might rush out suddenly in the near future. She even told him why.
"Saturn is the youngest of all the Senshi" Trowa said in a monotone voice. "She also lost the most when Crystal Tokyo was destroyed."
"How so?" Quatre asked him.
"Ami said that she not only was the Senshi of Saturn, but the adopted daughter of all the Outer scouts and the Queen. Her best friend was the crown princess. While Ami and the others lost friends only, she lost her family."
Quatre thought on this new information for a moment. He remembered how he felt when his father and his sister died in the war.
If Saturn felt anything close to that, she could be unreasonable for a while. And with her power, that would NOT be good.
"So, they're going as her friends, but also as guardians against her power?" Quatre asked his normally stoic friend.
Trowa nodded once.
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Samantha was surprised as hell when the three Senshi just appeared in the hall in front of her. Their normal smiling faces wearing frantic expressions.
"Sam!" Ami called out. "We need to be in Saturn's room! Please open the door!"
Samantha complied numbly to their request.
'Why would they need to be in there though? She's not even up yet!'
She watched as the three surrounded Saturn's bed, worry etched on their faces.
Her next shock was when young Saturn opened her eyes seconds later.
"Ruka-papa? Michi-mama? Setsuna-mama?" she croaked out from unused vocal cords.
Ami, ever the gentle one, softly brushed away the hair that had fallen in the young Senshi's face.
"I'm sorry Taru-chan. They didn't make it."
Hotaru's eyes flew open in shock as she bolted upright.
"What happened? Where is everyone? Where's Rini?!?"
All three Senshi looked down cast.
Rei answered her softly. "I'm sorry Hotaru. Everything's gone. We're all that's left of that time."
Tears filled Hotaru's lost purple eyes and spilled down her porcelain cheeks.
"NOOOOOO!!!" she screamed, a faint purple glow gathering around her.
Ami, Rei, and Makoto closed their eyes in pain.
"Sam?" Ami called softly. "Please leave the room."
Confused, but planning to get answers later, she obeyed. She had a sense that this was important.
As soon as the door closed, it glowed in soft colors ranging from blue to green to red and back.
Inside the room, Hotaru's powers raged. Everything that was breakable broke under such immense power.
All three hugged the mourning girl, finally letting themselves mourn along with her.
When their tears dried, hours later, Hotaru looked up at what was left of her family.
"We won't leave you alone Hotaru. Not ever!" All three women swore.
Hotaru snorted. "What? I don't get to go to the bathroom in peace? No thanks!"
Rei smiled. "There's the Hotaru I know! You're such a smart mouth!"
Hotaru smirked. "I learned from the best! You and Ruka-papa!"
Makoto snorted. "You probably learned more from Rei! Haruka kept getting hit every time!"
Hotaru giggled. Laughter helped with the pain. If she could laugh about something, then she would drown in her pain.
"I'm going to see if Sam will let Taru regain her strength at Quatre's"
As Ami left, Hotaru looked at her other two friends quizzically. "Who's Quatre?"
That spawned a whole conversation.
She was warned about the different guys who they lived with and what the place was like.
~Rei had a BIG crush on Quatre!~ Makoto whispered to Hotaru causing the young girl to giggle slightly.
~Well, Ami has a crush on Trowa!~ Rei spat back in defense, hoping to shift the conversation from her.
It didn't work.
~Rei, the man hater, has a crush!~ Hotaru gasped out.
Rei blushed like mad.
Hotaru frowned suddenly. "So it's true. You don't waste any time do you?"
Rei saw her friend's face darken.
"Hotaru, I've been awake for over a month. I've had time to mourn in my way. And the others wouldn't want us to be sad. They would want us to go on with our lives!"
"A MONTH!" Hotaru hollered. "You got over their deaths in only a month! How could you?" Tears began to drip from her eyes again.
"Hotaru!" Rei scolded. "I haven't finished mourning them. I never will! But we have lives to live, and one hell of a revenge to plan!" Rei said darkly.
Hotaru caught the meaning. "Revenge." The word rolled on her tongue like honey.
She nodded sharply. "Alright. As long as we get revenge, I don't care what you do."
Ami looked at her young friend worried.
Hotaru wasn't the most social of people, but to be so...dead, so...thirsty for vengeance, that wasn't right. That wasn't Hotaru.
She knew that the deaths of the others would affect her more than the others, but the depth that her hatred ran was beyond anything she could have imagined. And it frightened her.
Setting her worries aside, Ami helped prep Hotaru for transport.
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Quatre and Trowa were there to greet them as they arrived.
Hotaru greeted them with a small nod and a slight smile.
Late that night, Ami couldn't sleep. So, she went down stairs to swim a few laps as she had been doing every time she couldn't sleep.
Her mind was in turmoil. Hotaru's eyes were reflecting her powers. More than once she saw Duo cringe under their gaze. Everyone was unnerved at her gaze. Even Heero.
Silently, Ami floated in place. "What is going on inside that head of yours Taru?" She whispered to herself.
"Good question."
Trowa had once more joined her for the late night swim.
"How is it, that every time I come down here, you know about it?" Ami asked him, grinning.
Trowa shrugged. "I just do."
Ami snorted.
"What is going on with your friend? All three of you looked nervous during dinner, but you looked scared as well."
Ami stared at the ceiling. "I don't really know. I know she's angry and wants revenge, but she's never been this volatile!"
"Volatile?" Trowa asked.
Ami sighed. "You saw her eyes at dinner. I know you did. You flinched, same as everyone else. Those eyes aren't Hotaru's. They're Saturn's"
Trowa looked confused. "Aren't they the same person?"
Ami rounded on him to look him squarely in the eyes. "Do not ever repeat what I'm going to say. Normally I wouldn't talk with someone about Senshi business, but for some reason, I trust you." Her tone deadly serious.
Trowa swore. "I will never tell another soul unless I have permission from you."
Ami nodded. "This is also something I will not discuss with the others. Not until I have more proof at any rate."
He nodded.
"Technically, Hotaru and Saturn are NOT the same person. They merely inhabit the same body. When we are in our Senshi form, that other personality take control.
In my case, Mercury would be the dormant person. But when I am my human self, like now, Ami Mizuno, me, is the one in control.
Normally, the personalities are so similar that the difference is nil. But with Hotaru... she and Saturn are very different.
Saturn is a very vengeful person. With the deaths of her adoptive parents, Hotaru's own mentality may have become dormant from the shock.
If that is true, then stay away from her. Saturn isn't a very nice person under normal circumstances. But now..." Ami trailed off, frowning.
Trowa raised an eyebrow. "Now..." He prompted.
Ami looked out the window sadly. "Now, with the depth of hatred I saw in her eyes, there's no one person who could stand against her. Maybe Rei, Makoto and I could stand a chance, but it's highly unlikely.
For now, keep as far from her as possible without drawing any attention to yourself. I don't think I need to tell the others though. Taru's creeping them out already."
"Why are you not telling the others?" Trowa asked off handedly.
Ami sighed in frustration. "I don't want to worry them incase I'm just looking for problems that don't exist. Besides, all they care about right now is the same thing that Saturn is. Revenge."
"I want that too..." Ami confessed. "But I will not let any desire, let alone a dark one like that, rule my life!"
Trowa looked at his Ice Goddess. Their Senshi forms, it seemed to him, were like hooking into the Zero system.
"How do you stand it?"
Ami looked at him, confused. "How do I stand what?"
"Letting someone else have control over your entire life?"
Ami smiled at him. "It was necessary to save the people I cared about."
"Your boyfriend I presume." Trowa asked, dreading the answer, yet desperate to know at the same time.
Ami laughed. "I've never had a boyfriend, all the guys were too scared of me or alienated by my intelligence. No, I fought for my parents. I rarely got to see them, but I cared about them very much."
Trowa let loose a mental sigh of relief before continuing. "Why didn't you get to see your parents?"
Ami's smile dimmed. "My mom was a doctor. She was always working late. Sometimes I would go a week without seeing her as I was growing up. But she was always concerned about me.
She and my Dad were divorced. He was a painter and he was always going off to paint exotic landscapes. But he would always write me to let me know that even if he wasn't there, he loved me."
Trowa looked at her in what came close to awe. Ami was a normal person who just had an enormous responsibility put on her shoulders. Just like him and the other Gundam Pilots.
With a last gaze out the windows of the night sky, she pulled herself out of the pool.
"Thank you Trowa."
"For what?" he asked confused.
Ami smiled at him as he too left the pool. "For hearing me vent my thoughts. It was nice to have someone who listens for once."
Sitting on the bench, Ami pulled her towel out to dry her hair off before going back to her room. She tried to hurry as her eyelids were beginning to close on their own.
Trowa saw Ami keep jerking herself awake as she dried off. And he saw her loose that battle and fall asleep sitting upright.
Smiling to himself, he wrapped his towel around his waist, and picked her up to carry her back to her room.
"Good night my Ami" he whispered as he closed her door and headed for his own room.
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That's it. I quit for tonight. Is it getting intriguing yet? Yes? No? Let me know! Review! I'll try writing more tomorrow. Ta!
~DevilWench~
babymar-mar: =)
ej: AS I told you when I IMed you, I will try to write a chapter just for you at the end as a kind of side story! But for me to do so...I want a hug in return when I get my rear end up there!
angelicmayuka: Glad you like that pairing! =)
Airlady: I pride myself on my threats! As for Hotaru's dealing with a gun, who says Heero will pull the same stunt? I like to twist things up. =)
Lil' Mercurain Angel: By all means, keep reviewing! =)
Sorrow_of_the_Meadows: =)
Sailor-Tsunami1: =)
ladytigera21: The worst I've gotten on the Duo/Heero pairing is someone who is asking who Duo is going to be paired with. ^-^' guess some one didn't read my note! =)
athenakyle: No triangle. Interesting, but no. =)
datajana: =)
Chibi Horsewoman: Three way doesn't bother me in the least. I had considered it truly, but I had another idea brewing in my psycho mind. =)
GracedAngel1854: =)
Mystic_Moon_Empress: As I have said in the past two chapters, Duo is paired with Heero! =)
luv slayer: I think for this fic Hotaru will be a thousand plus years, except that she looks like she's 14. =)
Cloud*Dancer: There are several reasons why Hotaru was the last to wake up. One she's physically the weakest. Two: Now it makes my plot twist with this chapter! Thank you for reviewing! =)
Disclaimer: My hands are better for clay work rather than drawing. I do not own GW or SM.
NOTE: Sorry for taking longer than norm. I was getting my license changed over since I moved out of state. So for taking the test, and studying for it, and yard work (Death to yard work) I had no time to write. ^-^' So to make up for it, a longer than norm chapter!
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The blue haired goddess snapped her head up in surprise. Death was going to be up in only a few minutes.
~Rei! Mako-chan!~ She screamed.
~I know~ War answered back.
~Hotaru's going to be up in a little bit~ Jupiter said with glee.
~We have to go NOW!~ Ami told them.
Mumbling hasty apologies to Trowa, Ami rushed out of the library.
Trowa could only stare as his goddess practically flew out of the room.
'Wonder what they were talking about that has her so frantic' Trowa thought.
He could tell when Ami was talking to the others mentally. Her eyes would become unfocused for as long as they were talking.
Ami was first to the front door.
Rei came hurtling in next with Quatre on her heels.
He asked what was wrong just as Makoto rushed in from the kitchen, hands covered in flour.
Ami looked at their host. "It's nothing you need to worry about. Our friend is waking up is all, and we need to be there for her."
The others nodded as they started to glow pale colors.
In a flash of blue, red, and green light, all three women vanished from sight.
Quatre stared at where they had been. 'Wow, I didn't know they could do that!'
After a moments thought, Quatre's brows furrowed in confusion.
That was how Trowa found him. Standing at the front door, deep in thought.
Giving him a quizzical look, Trowa asked him why he was standing there.
"Hmm? Oh, Trowa. I was just wondering why all of a sudden they want to be there for when their friend woke up. None of them were there for when the next woke up."
Trowa nodded. Ami had told him that she might rush out suddenly in the near future. She even told him why.
"Saturn is the youngest of all the Senshi" Trowa said in a monotone voice. "She also lost the most when Crystal Tokyo was destroyed."
"How so?" Quatre asked him.
"Ami said that she not only was the Senshi of Saturn, but the adopted daughter of all the Outer scouts and the Queen. Her best friend was the crown princess. While Ami and the others lost friends only, she lost her family."
Quatre thought on this new information for a moment. He remembered how he felt when his father and his sister died in the war.
If Saturn felt anything close to that, she could be unreasonable for a while. And with her power, that would NOT be good.
"So, they're going as her friends, but also as guardians against her power?" Quatre asked his normally stoic friend.
Trowa nodded once.
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Samantha was surprised as hell when the three Senshi just appeared in the hall in front of her. Their normal smiling faces wearing frantic expressions.
"Sam!" Ami called out. "We need to be in Saturn's room! Please open the door!"
Samantha complied numbly to their request.
'Why would they need to be in there though? She's not even up yet!'
She watched as the three surrounded Saturn's bed, worry etched on their faces.
Her next shock was when young Saturn opened her eyes seconds later.
"Ruka-papa? Michi-mama? Setsuna-mama?" she croaked out from unused vocal cords.
Ami, ever the gentle one, softly brushed away the hair that had fallen in the young Senshi's face.
"I'm sorry Taru-chan. They didn't make it."
Hotaru's eyes flew open in shock as she bolted upright.
"What happened? Where is everyone? Where's Rini?!?"
All three Senshi looked down cast.
Rei answered her softly. "I'm sorry Hotaru. Everything's gone. We're all that's left of that time."
Tears filled Hotaru's lost purple eyes and spilled down her porcelain cheeks.
"NOOOOOO!!!" she screamed, a faint purple glow gathering around her.
Ami, Rei, and Makoto closed their eyes in pain.
"Sam?" Ami called softly. "Please leave the room."
Confused, but planning to get answers later, she obeyed. She had a sense that this was important.
As soon as the door closed, it glowed in soft colors ranging from blue to green to red and back.
Inside the room, Hotaru's powers raged. Everything that was breakable broke under such immense power.
All three hugged the mourning girl, finally letting themselves mourn along with her.
When their tears dried, hours later, Hotaru looked up at what was left of her family.
"We won't leave you alone Hotaru. Not ever!" All three women swore.
Hotaru snorted. "What? I don't get to go to the bathroom in peace? No thanks!"
Rei smiled. "There's the Hotaru I know! You're such a smart mouth!"
Hotaru smirked. "I learned from the best! You and Ruka-papa!"
Makoto snorted. "You probably learned more from Rei! Haruka kept getting hit every time!"
Hotaru giggled. Laughter helped with the pain. If she could laugh about something, then she would drown in her pain.
"I'm going to see if Sam will let Taru regain her strength at Quatre's"
As Ami left, Hotaru looked at her other two friends quizzically. "Who's Quatre?"
That spawned a whole conversation.
She was warned about the different guys who they lived with and what the place was like.
~Rei had a BIG crush on Quatre!~ Makoto whispered to Hotaru causing the young girl to giggle slightly.
~Well, Ami has a crush on Trowa!~ Rei spat back in defense, hoping to shift the conversation from her.
It didn't work.
~Rei, the man hater, has a crush!~ Hotaru gasped out.
Rei blushed like mad.
Hotaru frowned suddenly. "So it's true. You don't waste any time do you?"
Rei saw her friend's face darken.
"Hotaru, I've been awake for over a month. I've had time to mourn in my way. And the others wouldn't want us to be sad. They would want us to go on with our lives!"
"A MONTH!" Hotaru hollered. "You got over their deaths in only a month! How could you?" Tears began to drip from her eyes again.
"Hotaru!" Rei scolded. "I haven't finished mourning them. I never will! But we have lives to live, and one hell of a revenge to plan!" Rei said darkly.
Hotaru caught the meaning. "Revenge." The word rolled on her tongue like honey.
She nodded sharply. "Alright. As long as we get revenge, I don't care what you do."
Ami looked at her young friend worried.
Hotaru wasn't the most social of people, but to be so...dead, so...thirsty for vengeance, that wasn't right. That wasn't Hotaru.
She knew that the deaths of the others would affect her more than the others, but the depth that her hatred ran was beyond anything she could have imagined. And it frightened her.
Setting her worries aside, Ami helped prep Hotaru for transport.
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Quatre and Trowa were there to greet them as they arrived.
Hotaru greeted them with a small nod and a slight smile.
Late that night, Ami couldn't sleep. So, she went down stairs to swim a few laps as she had been doing every time she couldn't sleep.
Her mind was in turmoil. Hotaru's eyes were reflecting her powers. More than once she saw Duo cringe under their gaze. Everyone was unnerved at her gaze. Even Heero.
Silently, Ami floated in place. "What is going on inside that head of yours Taru?" She whispered to herself.
"Good question."
Trowa had once more joined her for the late night swim.
"How is it, that every time I come down here, you know about it?" Ami asked him, grinning.
Trowa shrugged. "I just do."
Ami snorted.
"What is going on with your friend? All three of you looked nervous during dinner, but you looked scared as well."
Ami stared at the ceiling. "I don't really know. I know she's angry and wants revenge, but she's never been this volatile!"
"Volatile?" Trowa asked.
Ami sighed. "You saw her eyes at dinner. I know you did. You flinched, same as everyone else. Those eyes aren't Hotaru's. They're Saturn's"
Trowa looked confused. "Aren't they the same person?"
Ami rounded on him to look him squarely in the eyes. "Do not ever repeat what I'm going to say. Normally I wouldn't talk with someone about Senshi business, but for some reason, I trust you." Her tone deadly serious.
Trowa swore. "I will never tell another soul unless I have permission from you."
Ami nodded. "This is also something I will not discuss with the others. Not until I have more proof at any rate."
He nodded.
"Technically, Hotaru and Saturn are NOT the same person. They merely inhabit the same body. When we are in our Senshi form, that other personality take control.
In my case, Mercury would be the dormant person. But when I am my human self, like now, Ami Mizuno, me, is the one in control.
Normally, the personalities are so similar that the difference is nil. But with Hotaru... she and Saturn are very different.
Saturn is a very vengeful person. With the deaths of her adoptive parents, Hotaru's own mentality may have become dormant from the shock.
If that is true, then stay away from her. Saturn isn't a very nice person under normal circumstances. But now..." Ami trailed off, frowning.
Trowa raised an eyebrow. "Now..." He prompted.
Ami looked out the window sadly. "Now, with the depth of hatred I saw in her eyes, there's no one person who could stand against her. Maybe Rei, Makoto and I could stand a chance, but it's highly unlikely.
For now, keep as far from her as possible without drawing any attention to yourself. I don't think I need to tell the others though. Taru's creeping them out already."
"Why are you not telling the others?" Trowa asked off handedly.
Ami sighed in frustration. "I don't want to worry them incase I'm just looking for problems that don't exist. Besides, all they care about right now is the same thing that Saturn is. Revenge."
"I want that too..." Ami confessed. "But I will not let any desire, let alone a dark one like that, rule my life!"
Trowa looked at his Ice Goddess. Their Senshi forms, it seemed to him, were like hooking into the Zero system.
"How do you stand it?"
Ami looked at him, confused. "How do I stand what?"
"Letting someone else have control over your entire life?"
Ami smiled at him. "It was necessary to save the people I cared about."
"Your boyfriend I presume." Trowa asked, dreading the answer, yet desperate to know at the same time.
Ami laughed. "I've never had a boyfriend, all the guys were too scared of me or alienated by my intelligence. No, I fought for my parents. I rarely got to see them, but I cared about them very much."
Trowa let loose a mental sigh of relief before continuing. "Why didn't you get to see your parents?"
Ami's smile dimmed. "My mom was a doctor. She was always working late. Sometimes I would go a week without seeing her as I was growing up. But she was always concerned about me.
She and my Dad were divorced. He was a painter and he was always going off to paint exotic landscapes. But he would always write me to let me know that even if he wasn't there, he loved me."
Trowa looked at her in what came close to awe. Ami was a normal person who just had an enormous responsibility put on her shoulders. Just like him and the other Gundam Pilots.
With a last gaze out the windows of the night sky, she pulled herself out of the pool.
"Thank you Trowa."
"For what?" he asked confused.
Ami smiled at him as he too left the pool. "For hearing me vent my thoughts. It was nice to have someone who listens for once."
Sitting on the bench, Ami pulled her towel out to dry her hair off before going back to her room. She tried to hurry as her eyelids were beginning to close on their own.
Trowa saw Ami keep jerking herself awake as she dried off. And he saw her loose that battle and fall asleep sitting upright.
Smiling to himself, he wrapped his towel around his waist, and picked her up to carry her back to her room.
"Good night my Ami" he whispered as he closed her door and headed for his own room.
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That's it. I quit for tonight. Is it getting intriguing yet? Yes? No? Let me know! Review! I'll try writing more tomorrow. Ta!
~DevilWench~