Hello my darling readers/reviewers, I have finally gotten a working keyboard and I have only three more tests to do, two of which are multiple choice. Don't worry about Body Swapped, it's getting an update tomorrow night. I'll also be updating An Unlikely Bond. I had a little stint of writes block also but that's gone now that I have less stress. I want to thank those of you who sympathised with my plights. I really appreciated it.
Now, I know you guys don't want me blabbing to much at the beginning so I'll get on with the fic. My question(s) will have to be asked later.
Fortune's Gift
Lilaclight
Part SixLast time...
Darien watched her go in amusement. He knew she would be back, she had to come back.
'5...4...3...2...1' he counted down under his breath and was rewarded with the sight of a petulant and sulky Relena slunking back into the room while trying to look hauty.
Relena picked up her scattered articles of clothing and threw them over her shoulder in a hurry, only taking timeout to put on her underwear, a bright pink slutty reject that she had found in one of those shops that she favoured. With a scathing look at Darien that dared him to laugh, she got out of the room as fast as possible leaving behind an amused Darien.
'So you're in town my prescious kitty-cat. Soon you will be mine.' Darien thought with a malicious smirk before going back to bed to rest for the coming night.
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Sometimes he wished that his duty had never been passed down to him. It was tiring and wearied his soul. Finding and destroying Darien Shields was proving to be more difficult than he had expected but he would succeed. And he sensed that the only way to find him was to follow that woman Dorothy around. She would be easy to find now that he had her scent and her business card.
With that in mind, the hunter got off the bed, teleported to Juubanni and headed for his apartment.
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"Oh shut the hell up! I offering my help. Either you want it or you don't." Heero snapped.
"Sure. When do we meet?"
"Tomorrow at my apartment. Be there at five in the morning. We'll share my morning run." Heero said with a smirk and then he continued on his way, the opposite direction to where Zechs was headed.
Zechs gazed after his friend and sighed heavily. With Serena back in town, things had become even more complicated than before.
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Now...
At Serena's House...
Kali entered the house and closed the door quietly behind her. During her rush to the house she had not caught up with Serena, meaning that she would have ensconed herself somewhere in the house already. She was so angry with Heero that she was tempted to go and shred him to pieces. 'Couldn't the baka see that Serena was miserable without him?' It did not matter that she looked cheery, a simple gaze into her eyes could tell a very diffferent tale if one looked closely.
Kali cocked her head to one side and listened for any sound of Serena's presence. She had taken the chance to switch back to her human form when she had gone back for her clothes which were hidden in a clearing off the paths. A frown marred her exotic features as she heard the sound of sobbing. Spurred into action by the heartwrenching sound, she ran upstairs to the source of the weeping. Serena's bedroom.
Serena lay on her bed, unaware of the tears which were flowing so freely down her face. She was lost in the memories of that horrid day. It was the day when all her dreams came crashing down and her heart broke with no chance of ever being repaired without the favour of the one who broke it. She had thought nothing could separate them, ever. How wrong she had been.
~*~Flashback~*~
Walking swiftly down the hall, Serena smiled happily. The sun was shining brightly and the birds were chirping cheerily. It was as if Gaea herself approved of her mate and the love they shared. Humming happily, she stopped when she realised that she had walked straight past her room.
'You baka,' she berated herself good-naturedly.
Turning back, she walked the few feet to her door and stopped in alarm. From inside she heard the sounds of movement and moans; and not just any kind of moans, moans of pleasure. Her brows furrowed in confusion, she sniffed the air before entering and took two scents that enflamed her rage. Darien Shields and Emerald Blackstone.
Slamming open her door, she saw the couple caught up in a passionate embrace, the both of them clothed but apparently not for long. She saw her rumpled sheets and more rage burned through her system as she realised the extent of the desecration they had committed. She noticed the smirk upon Darien's face as he stared straight at her, challenging her.
"What the fuck are you doing in here?!!" she bellowed in imperious tones. (how she managed to do that is anyone's guess. Sounding like royalty while cursing is a gift.)
The two languidly separated as if nothing were amiss. Emerald gave her a decidedly smug smirk, as if to say 'I got the guy and in your room' as she trailed her fingers lightly and possessively over Darien's chest from her position at his side. Her hard, shining green eyes gleamed with a cruelty that only a jealous, corrupt, rival could have.
"Nothing much, Serena dear. Just a little exercise. You know how it is, after all the guys you've been with," she drawled snidely, referring to all the men that were interested in her who she had gone out to secluded places with.
"How typical. The slut would expect another to behave the same unscrupulous way that she does." Serena bit out. Her eyes flashed pure silver before returning to their metalic blue hue.
Emerald growled in response and was about to attack the younger woman when Darien placed a restraining hand on her shoulder. He had an evil smirk on his face as he saw that his plan was going as predicted.
"Emerald, leave." he ordered softly.
"But..." pleaded the woman but she shut up at the glare she was receiving from him. Head lowered in submission, she brushed past Serena roughly as she exited the room.
"Why are you still here? Leave with your whore." Serena asked as she glared at Darien.
He was the bane of her existence. He would never leave her alone and had on more than one occasion tried to rape her or abduct her. All attempts had been unsuccessful so far. It had all started with a proposed engagement between their two packs which had been broken by his pack's treachery against hers. It was because of them that she was an orphan.
"Can't I stay and visit with my fiancee?" he said while making himself comfortable at the edge of the bed.
"I'm no longer you fiancee you perveted psycho! If you've anyone to blame for that blame yourself and your pack. Not that I would have become your mate anyway." she snarled, baring her growing fangs.
"Temper, temper love. You know how breathtakingly beautiful you look when you are angry? It makes me want to possess you even more." he said in a hoarse voice that denoted his desire. He stood and drew closer to her, a maniacal gleam replacing the smug one in his eyes.
Fear coursed through Serena as she backed away from the advancing male. She knew why he was feeling more amorous towards her than usual. The scent which she was giving off was the one to attract males when she was ready to mate. Only Heero was supposed to be with her at this time as other males upon one whiff of her scent would have them challenging her and her future mate for her hand. Instead she had to deal with the psychotic baka who did not seem to comprehend the word no.
"Oh no you don't ," he growled out as he lunged to grab her retreating form.
Serena opened her mouth to scream but no sound was uttered as Darien clamped his lips over hers, effectively shutting her up as he forced himself on her. He thrust his tongue into her mouth only to feel her sharp teeth biting down on it. Jumping away from her in pain, he slapped her hard across the face as he tasted his own blood. Once more he lashed out at her before she could run out the open door, striking her with great force on the side of her head, knocking her unconscious but not before a name fell from her lips.
"Heero."
~*~End Flashback~*~
The sound of sobs broke her out of her reverie. They sounded so hopeless, so sorrowful, so much like her. She felt the wetness on her cheeks and reached up to touch it. They were her tears, her sobs that she was hearing. Everything had been ruined from then. Darien had undressed her then placed her in the bed with himself and she had awoken to the site of him staring down at her right before Heero had entered her room. The look on his face had saddened her heart greatly but his actions had broken it. He had not believed in her, he had betrayed her trust.
"Serena," came the soft questioning voice of her guardian and best friend.
A hand came to rest on her head and it made stroking movements on her head that were meant to comfort but only brought back memories of the good times with Heero.
~*~Flashback~*~
Serena looked at the sky from her resting position. Her head was on Heero's lap and he was gently stroking it in a tender caress that was so unlike the hardened warrior she had first met.
"The stars are beautiful tonight, aren't they Heero?" she sighed in content.
"Very." he replied absentmindedly, starring at the tenshi on his lap whose beauty seemed to be enhanced by the silvery moonlight. He was still amazed that one as pure and as beautiful as her could love him.Him, Heero Yui, one who was the least deserving of love, especially hers.
"Are you even paying attention to them?" she asked in bemused tones.
"No. I prefer to watch the Tenshi in my presence." he replied in awed love filled tones. His eyes reflected his emotions, something that would have shocked the other members of Team Gundam to their bones.
"Oh Hee-chan, you flatter me too much." she said with a faint blush on her cheeks.
"I only speek the truth. You are beautiful no matter what you think." he emphatically said, turning her head to stare into her eyes. They were so gorgeous that he was captivated by their enchanting innocence.
Lowering his head slowly, he moved to kiss her. Gently brushing her lips against hers, her slowly deepened the kiss so that it went from the hesitant greeting of lips to the sweet, hot familiarity of a french kiss. Their tastes mingled together in their mouths as they moved their lips urgently against each other and their tongues mated wildly in an imitation of what was to come.
Pulling apart, the breathless couple stared into each others passion darkened eyes. The first to move was Serena as she stood and moved away from Heero with an enticing smirk. Heero let out a growl of protest as she backed away and stood to go after her. He was not at all surprised when she was surrounded by a pale glowing mist from which a pure silver tiger leapt from the mist and bound into the forest, stopping for a second to look back at him teasingly. He knew he looks by now to have no confusion as to what she was thinking.
Soon, he too was surounded by a mist and when it was gone, a black tiger stood in his place. The was not a strand of a different colour furr on the tiger's body and his eyes were of the palest purple with red pupils a huge contrast to Serena's silver ones with golden pupils. (you guys do know what a cats pupils look like, especially in the light and in the dark, well not entirely dark) He took chase after the running silver tiger, free from all worries and regrets from his past.
~*~End Flashback~*~
Kali felt the tremors in Serena's body increase as a fresh wave of sobs broke forth. She was saddened to see her charge and friend in pain and knowing the cause of the pain was near did nothing to help her temper but she could do nothing to either of them. A hunter was near and hunting the bastards down would alert him to her presence. The only good thing about the situation was that after picking up the orphans on Saturday, they could leave for Earth. They could leave behind the cause of ehr heartbreak and the memories he invoked.
Serena released more tears and was inwardly amazed that she had tears left to shed. She had thought that all her tears had dried up after her fifteen day cry when Heero had left but she was proved wrong. He had opened the dams once again. He had caused her pain once more and he was back to being the 'Perfect Soldier' only not as 'Perfect' as before. She had noticed how he had reacted in the tree. As the 'Percfect Soldier' he would have ignored her.
"Kali," she began in a broken whisper. "Leave me please. Be there for when the Taru-chan and Mina-chan arrive. I'll be alright by myself."
"But Serena, you've been crying. I can't leave you all alone like this." Kali pleaded. "Please don't make me."
Serena let out a sigh and made room for Kali on the bed. She knew that she needed the comfort but accepting it was a different case altogether. She felt the arms of her friend hold her in a tight embrace and hesistantly she put her arms around her. The warmth and love radiating from Kali and her soothing purr soon calmed her down enough for her to begin to feel the pull of sleep. The world of dreams awaited her and slowly but surely she fell under the Sandman's spell.
Relena's Mansion...
"Hey Hee-man!!!! Where have you been?" greeted an annoyingly good-tempered Duo. (is he ever anything else?)
"Hn. Shut up you baka." Heero glared at Duo remembering his advances on Serena.
"Heero, there you are. I was worried that you would not be back in time. Ms. Relena was looking for you. She said that she wanted all of us present for her discussion." Quatre greeted coming from the living room with Trowa at his side.
"That weak onna has nothing good going through that head of hers. I'd tell Serena to watch her back if I were you." Wufei warned surprising Heero although, naturally, it did not show.
"I agree with Wufei, Heero. Relena wants you and women have a way of sensing potential rivals. She will do anything in her power to keep you two apart as long as it means that she will have you." Trowa added his warning to Wufei's.
"Wow Trowa. I never knew you had so much experience with girls. Maybe you and me can go chick hunting sometime. With your insight into the mind of babes we're sure to score!!" Duo suggested already picturing all the chicks that would come flocking to him.
"You braided baka, is that all you can think about?" spat a disgusted Wufei.
"Well... let me think." began Duo. "Uh, nope. There's food and ..."
"Well?" questioned Wufei with a smirk. He was real interested in what the next thing was.
"I'm betting that it's women. What about you?" whispered Quatre to Trowa.
"Is there anything else?" Trowa asked with a slight smirk.
Heero turned to go to his room and was already up the stairs when he heard Duo's second answer. A small smirk graced his face at Wufei's shout of injustice.
"What!!!!! You damn baka, sex does not count. It's basically the same as you thinking about women!!!"
"Just because you haven't had any for months doesn't mean that you have to take it out on me," complained a petulant Duo.
"Shine!!!!! You have insulted my honour, prepare to die!!!!!!!!!!" Wufei screamed and another chase began.
Heero who heard what Duo had said almost burst into laughter but managed to contain his mirth. He wished that Serena was with him so that he could tell her what Duo had said or even better, she would hear for herself.
'Stop that kind of thinking. It'll only get you killed. You don't need anyone especially not a slut who betrayed you once and would probably do it again.' his sadistic mind commanded while taunting him with the memory of her in bed with Darien.
Heero futilely closed his eyes against the vision but that did not stop his sadistic inner consciousness. It was a mental vision and the only way to stop it was by exerting a greater will than his inner consciousness. The concentration was intense enough to leave Heero vulnerable and who else should stumble upon him but Relena.
"Oh Heero, there you are my love!!! Where have you been? You had me positively frantic with worry." Relena chastised while moving forward to embrace him only to have him sidestep from her advance. A flash of annoyance appeared in her eyes but was gone before he could notice.
Heero looked at Relena expressionlessly and spoke only in a monotone.
"What is it that you have to tell me?"
"Well, Hee-chan, there's this new club, Hedonistic Pleasures, that is popular with everybody who's somebody and they're always having some drive to raise money for orphans and..." Relena trailed off coquetishly. "And I was wondering if you could ta- accompany me there. I will need a bodyguard."
"I will go with one of the others to be sure. We work in pairs Relena. Your whims aren't going to change that, not unless you have a death wish." 'That I'd love to make come true.' he added silently.
"Fine. I have no problem with that." Relena said with a fake sickeningly honeyed smile. 'That club is too exclusive for the bitch to get in anyway. It was hard enough for me to get an entry card.'
"If that is all then I'll be going to my room." with those words Heero turned and quickly walked away down the corridor, disappearing from Relena's sight and leaving behind an aggravated vindictive bitch with a grudge against Serena.
"That's ok. I'll just go tell the others about the club. You don't need me to interrupt your busy schedule," muttered Relena as she turned to go downstairs.
A shifting shadow caught her attention and she turned to face it. Out from the shadows came a beautiful yet chilling woman with glittering hard green eyes and emerald green hair that was allowed to fall in waves down her back. Her hair reached her midback and her smooth milky white skin looked as tempting as ice-cream.
"Well hello there," Relena said with a seductive smile. "Who have I the pleasure of meeting?"
"Someone who has the same enemy as you." the woman replied coolly. She ahd a plan and it definitely included the idiotic Peacecraft bitch and her demise but first things first.
"Serena Tsukino. I do believe that you've met her." the woman's voice filled with venom. "You and I both want her out of the way so I think it would be in our mutual benefit to work together and figure out a plan."
"Hmmm. And give me a good reason to trust you." challenged Relena.
"As an enemy of my enemy, are you not my friend? I want her gone and so do you. Together we could ensure that she's gone permanently and that we will never be suspect of foul play." Emerald explained before giving off one of her loud, earpiercing laughs. (the hyena)
Wincing a little, Relena made note not to tell a joke in her presence. She was worse than the insects that kept her up at night. Hell, she was worse that a banshee. (pot calling the kettle black, eh)
"That seems like a good enough reason but who told you about me?"
"I have my sources." the woman replied mysteriously. Alert as always, the sound of approaching footsteps hastened her message. Holding out a card, she waited for Relena to take with an impatient expression o her face.
"What's that for?" inquired Relena as she eyed the card suspiciously.
"It has my temporary place of residence and how to find me. Use it and give me a call so I can know whether to deal without you or not." the woman whispered into Relena's ear before disappearing once more into the shadows from whence she came, no sign of her ever being there except for the card she left behind.
The servant who walked into sight was nothing but a lowly maid so Relena chose to ignore her and gave all her attention to the card in her hand. It had the place of residence and the numbers to reach her at.
'So she's staying at the Takatomi Hotel. This should be interesting.' Relena thought maliciously before heading downstairs to talk to the rest of her bodyguards, still ignoring the maid.
Hey guys, that's all I have for you guys for now. The next chapter will be out next week and the next chapter for AUB will be out sometime during the week. It's got to be real long so that should satisfy everyone. I've done an estimate of the chapters and there should be no more than 21... hopefully. I plan to finish by the end of the month. That way I can begin Heaven and Hell.
Now for a question before the vote results so far. I'm considering writing two SailorMoon Crossovers with these shows "Midnight Detective Nightwalker" and "Weiss Kreuz". I was just wondering if any of you are interested in reading them. I plan on doing research on the shows first and would appreciate all the info you can send me through reviews or email. I'm sorry to say that those two shows don't play in my little island so I'm stuck with researching them. Your help would be appreciated.
As for the votes, you people don't seem to care who gets couple with who but I'll keep the poles open until the middle of next month. I want a good bit of votes before I decide. Anyhoo, here are the votes so far...
Haruka/Michiru- 5
Haruka/Wufei- 2
Haruka/Hunter- 2
Haruka/A new guy- 0 (a good character killed before he's even born. *sniff* How cruel can you people be?)
Kali/Trowa- 2
Kali/Hunter- 1
Kali/Zechs- 4
Michiru/Quatre- 3
Michiru/Trowa- 0 (this is one couple who have no future. *sigh* Poor Trowa can't get a girl like Michi but he can get a guy like Quatre. What is this world coming to?)
Ami/Trowa- 1
Ami/Zechs- 2 (That was surprising. Talk about the reader giving the writer twists)
Ami/Wufei- 1
Ami/Quatre- 3
Rei/Wufei- 2
Rei/Hunter- 3 (never saw that coming. Look's like you guys are getting tired of Rei/ Wufei couplings. Too bad telling you guys about a predetermined couple will ruin the suspense.)
Rei/Trowa- 1 (another surprise. I wonder what you guys would have said if I paired her with Quatre. If any of you had voted for that pair I would faint. To much shock for my already weak system.)
Minako/Wufei- 1 (thanks for the vote. wish more people were like you. Eager for the unique, ready for adventure)
Minako/Quatre- 3
Minako/A new guy- 1 (at least this character has a chance at being born. The first breath has been given. Please don't kill this character.)
Remember readers, vote for the couples listed. Take your pick and guess who the hunter really is.
That's all for now folks!!!
Ja ne.