Sapphires through the Mist-8
luv slayer: My plan is for it to be Hotaru/Wufei pairing, but we'll see how the story twists to allow for that. And no killing! Maiming is much better! =)
Mystic_Moon_Empress: Everyone hooks up the boys with the girls. I wanted to be different! So I am! I'm really messing with the normal pairings! =)
datajana: Yes, sadly she is tragic, but I'm going to be using that to my benefit! =)
Chibi Horsewoman: I only can update daily because I have no life. I graduated from High School last year, and I'm waiting for my ship date to boot camp...thus I have no life. But I'm glad you like this fic. =)
Airlady: Glad you like the description. It took me 4 rewrites to get it just so! =)
Sailor-Tsunami1: Yes, poor Hota-chan. She's gonna totally flip out by the time I'm done! But she will find happiness...eventually. =)
ladytigera21: I haven't seen the senshi described like that either. And I'm trying to do things that no one has done before. =)
Disclaimer: If I had a penny for every time that I said that I don't own SM or GW, then I'd be richer than that Bill Gates person! But I'm dirt poor. How could I possibly own anything that nice!
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As Ami observed Hotaru over the next days, her suspicions were being confirmed.
As odd times, she would glow a faint purple, startling the people around her.
Even the guys were noticing.
Quatre had been the first to approach her about it, after Ami's talk with Trowa.
"Ami?" the young man called after her as she entered the library.
Once he knew that he had her attention he started asking his questions.
"What is wrong with Miss Hotaru? She seems angry all the time, and I can practically feel the rage pouring off her."
Ami sighed. She knew some one was bound to notice. She just hoped that it would have been Makoto or Rei.
"I'm not sure what is wrong with her Quatre, but I'm trying to find out."
Quatre looked at her intently. "You know more than you're saying."
Ami smiled at him. "Only guesses and theories. Until I am sure on anything I won't speak of any of them."
Quatre nodded. "I hope you find out soon. The others are starting to notice it as well. But I think your two friends are totally oblivious."
Ami snorted. "Figures. You can tell what's wrong in other families, but you can't tell when your own is screwed up."
Quatre snorted in amusement. "That is very true. Now,. If you shall excuse me, I have a date with your fiery friend."
Ami stared after him in shock. Rei had a date? What the hell?
~Oh Rei!~ Ami called, closing her eyes.
~Mmmm? Yes Ames?~
~You didn't say anything about a date today~
~Didn't want Taru to hear about it. She's very touchy about us not being all vengeance consumed. It's kind of eerie~
~Hmm...Hotaru hasn't been acting like herself lately, has she?~
~Give her a brake Ames. She lost her family~
~We lost almost as much~ Ami fumed. Rei was so dense.
~Leave her alone Ames! I've seen you watching her. And it wasn't a face worried for her, it was one worried about everyone else. You just don't care about how she feels!~
~Rei,~ Ami said, barely in control of her anger. ~Go on your date~
Rei huffed at her before tuning her out.
'Hot headed, temperamental, dense woman!' Ami fumed. 'She can't even think about the idea that something is wrong with Hotaru!'
Opening her eyes, she was surprised to see Trowa there.
"Hey, Trowa" Ami said, her mood brightening. "What's up?"
"A few things. I just saw Hotaru floating down the hall...but she's on the ground now" he added to forestall Ami from rushing out of the room in a panic.
Ami sighed in relief. "What else is on your mind?"
Trowa smirked at her. "A lot of things, but the only other thing I wanted to say is that you have some visitors. Three young men." The curiosity in his voice was unmistakable.
Ami's brown knitted in confusion. "Who would want to visit me? Who would know I'm even here?" she mused aloud.
Trowa grinned. "I don not know, but they asked for you by name."
Ami nodded. "Where are they?"
"Front hall" Trowa told her as they both exited the room.
Upon seeing the men who stood, slightly nervous, in the hall, Ami's face lit up in joy.
"Seiya! Taiki! Yaten" She shouted as she hug all three of her friends.
"Hey, Ames. It's about time you woke up!" Seiya said grinning. "Who's your friend?"
Ami looked abashed. "Sorry. Seiya, Taiki, Yaten, this is Trowa, Trowa, these guys are the Starlights."
"AMI!" Seiya shouted. "Why did you tell him that?"
Ami waved his anger away. "He know about the Senshi. And he's giving me a hand with the current problem."
Seiya smirked. "Logical. Everything you do has logic in it. And let me guess this new problem. Saturn."
Ami looked at him, surprised. "How did you know?"
Taiki looked at them seriously. "All the Senshi in the galaxy felt her rage and her desire for vengeance. With her powers, it worries us all."
Ami nodded soberly. "I'm not sure what should be done. Nothing like this has ever happened before!"
Yaten looked at her amused. "Saturn was never awake for as long as she has been. She was supposed to be sealed away until she was needed. Not let loose to roam."
Ami rolled her eyes. "True as that may be, I still don't know what to do."
Taiki smiled slightly. "A few of the Senshi that are left are meeting at Sagittarius Zero Star in three days to discuss what should be done. We came to inform you of that meeting. We all figure that who ever was left should have a say in what happens."
Ami nodded grimly. "Thanks, I'll be there. But I'm not sure if Rei or Makoto should be there. They're in major denial about Saturn."
"That could be a big problem" Seiya muttered. "But we have to go. We can't chance letting Saturn see us here. She might go totally berserk!"
Ami nodded as they vanished from sight.
Heaving a huge sigh, she turned to Trowa. "Looks like I was right." Ami scowled. "I wish that for once, I wasn't right about these things!"
Trowa shook his head in amusement. "Well, since there's nothing to be done for the time being, would you accompany me for some ice cream?"
Ami smiled at him. "I think that's a good idea. You can't see the trees if your in the forest!"
"Huh?" Trowa was totally confused.
Ami giggled. "It's a saying. You can't see the entire problem, or how to fix it, if you are standing in the middle of it. So, by getting out of here, especially with the best of company, will clear my mind and maybe let some ideas pop into my skull!"
Trowa didn't fully understand, but he understood enough. "Shall we go?"
Ami nodded and smiled.
The house felt repressive when they returned later that day.
"I almost don't want to go in there" Ami confessed to Trowa as they entered.
The gloomy atmosphere even got to Duo.
Ami saw him just sitting next to Heero. He wasn't talking. And Wufei was in the room as well.
It was strange to see all three of them in a room without Duo making a commotion.
"What's up?" Ami asked curiously.
Wufei muttered darkly. "That new onna. What's her deal?"
At that, Duo laughed a bit. "Wufei was trying to be nice to her, and she went all creepy on him!"
Everyone looked at Duo in shock. He had called Wufei by his name, not by one of the many nicknames he had for him.
Then Ami did a double take. "You were trying to be nice to Taru? Why?"
Wufei blushed slightly.
Duo laughed outright this time. "Wu-man thinks she's cute!"
Wufei lunged at the braided pilot. Within a fraction of a second, both were gone and out of the room. And the tension lightened a great deal.
Ami breathed deeply. 'I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not.' She thought to herself thinking about this new information.
'If Saturn wasn't in control, then maybe Hotaru would have a chance to let go of a lot of her hatred. But that isn't going to happen right now.'
Hearing a scream, Ami looked over to Heero. "Better go save your boyfriend before Wufei murders him!"
Heero nodded curtly, before stoically stalking out of the room to do just that.
Ami looked at him curiously. "Hey, Trowa? How did those two manage to get together? I would think that Heero would have shot Duo in five minutes."
Trowa grinned. "He tried. But Duo is very persistent. What he wants, he gets. He wanted Heero."
Ami snorted in mirth. "Figures!"
The nest two days passed by quickly. When ever Trowa noticed Ami getting really tense, he would get her out of the house.
Ami still hasn't told Rei or Makoto about the Starlights visit. Mostly because they had been avoiding her, and because Ami could feel that their anger was directed at her.
They weren't going to believe her until she had undeniable proof to back her suspicions up.
Not even Quatre could get a word in with Rei about Hotaru being unnerving. He tried once, but all he got was a scorched shirt.
Duo and Heero has slightly more luck with Makoto. She listened, and then told them off. Both men came out covered in what was going to be cookie dough.
So far, Ami was the only female that they weren't ignoring. Her attitude towards Hotaru was confirming their own suspicions that something was off with the youngest Senshi.
On the day of the meeting, Rei and Makoto were still angry, so Ami decided to go by herself. And she would have, had not Trowa told her flat out that he was going too.
Ami tried to tell him that it wasn't any part of his business. But he came back with 'My home, my business.'
Ami knew that he wasn't gong to back down, so with a half annoyed, half grateful sigh, she took him with her when she appeared at the meeting, as Mercury.
The Starlights were there, as promised. As was Galaxia.
Mercury eyed her former foe with apprehension.
Galaxia, catching the look, smiled gently at her. "I'm not who I was. Chaos is gone. I mean you no harm." Mercury nodded once.
There was another Senshi there who Mercury had never seen before. She introduced herself as Sailor Omega.
"I am the guardian of the lost ones. Saturn now is lost in her hatred. That is why I am here." She said it in a regal and commanding tone.
Mercury could tell that she would be fair, but sometimes fairness wasn't what you would expect.
Before the meeting had started, all the Senshi there asked why Trowa was there.
Mercury sighed. "He is here at the request of my counterpart, Ami. The others do not understand what is happening with Saturn, and they are angry that she has suggested that there is.
Since she has been going out with this one, they will assume that that is where she is. Additionally, Earth is his home, and any decision you make that concerns that, he has the right to know about."
Omega stood. "Even so. A mortal at this meeting should not be allowed!"
Mercury gazed at her coolly. "This one has helped my counterpart, and thus we own him. He wished to be present at this meeting, and so he shall be."
Omega nodded. Debts must be paid. But she knew that it was just a convenient excuse. Ami liked him, and with out the assurance of the other two Senshi, she was feeling unsure of herself.
With him present, she could concentrate more. So she would let it slide this time.
It was time for the meeting to begin.
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That's it. A B.S. chapter if I ever wrote one. ^-^' But a planning for what is to come chapter. If any ask why the other scouts didn't help in the fight, that will be answered in the next chapter... I think. So, hopefully it works for you all. Now, be nice and REVIEW! Ta!
~DevilWench~
luv slayer: My plan is for it to be Hotaru/Wufei pairing, but we'll see how the story twists to allow for that. And no killing! Maiming is much better! =)
Mystic_Moon_Empress: Everyone hooks up the boys with the girls. I wanted to be different! So I am! I'm really messing with the normal pairings! =)
datajana: Yes, sadly she is tragic, but I'm going to be using that to my benefit! =)
Chibi Horsewoman: I only can update daily because I have no life. I graduated from High School last year, and I'm waiting for my ship date to boot camp...thus I have no life. But I'm glad you like this fic. =)
Airlady: Glad you like the description. It took me 4 rewrites to get it just so! =)
Sailor-Tsunami1: Yes, poor Hota-chan. She's gonna totally flip out by the time I'm done! But she will find happiness...eventually. =)
ladytigera21: I haven't seen the senshi described like that either. And I'm trying to do things that no one has done before. =)
Disclaimer: If I had a penny for every time that I said that I don't own SM or GW, then I'd be richer than that Bill Gates person! But I'm dirt poor. How could I possibly own anything that nice!
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As Ami observed Hotaru over the next days, her suspicions were being confirmed.
As odd times, she would glow a faint purple, startling the people around her.
Even the guys were noticing.
Quatre had been the first to approach her about it, after Ami's talk with Trowa.
"Ami?" the young man called after her as she entered the library.
Once he knew that he had her attention he started asking his questions.
"What is wrong with Miss Hotaru? She seems angry all the time, and I can practically feel the rage pouring off her."
Ami sighed. She knew some one was bound to notice. She just hoped that it would have been Makoto or Rei.
"I'm not sure what is wrong with her Quatre, but I'm trying to find out."
Quatre looked at her intently. "You know more than you're saying."
Ami smiled at him. "Only guesses and theories. Until I am sure on anything I won't speak of any of them."
Quatre nodded. "I hope you find out soon. The others are starting to notice it as well. But I think your two friends are totally oblivious."
Ami snorted. "Figures. You can tell what's wrong in other families, but you can't tell when your own is screwed up."
Quatre snorted in amusement. "That is very true. Now,. If you shall excuse me, I have a date with your fiery friend."
Ami stared after him in shock. Rei had a date? What the hell?
~Oh Rei!~ Ami called, closing her eyes.
~Mmmm? Yes Ames?~
~You didn't say anything about a date today~
~Didn't want Taru to hear about it. She's very touchy about us not being all vengeance consumed. It's kind of eerie~
~Hmm...Hotaru hasn't been acting like herself lately, has she?~
~Give her a brake Ames. She lost her family~
~We lost almost as much~ Ami fumed. Rei was so dense.
~Leave her alone Ames! I've seen you watching her. And it wasn't a face worried for her, it was one worried about everyone else. You just don't care about how she feels!~
~Rei,~ Ami said, barely in control of her anger. ~Go on your date~
Rei huffed at her before tuning her out.
'Hot headed, temperamental, dense woman!' Ami fumed. 'She can't even think about the idea that something is wrong with Hotaru!'
Opening her eyes, she was surprised to see Trowa there.
"Hey, Trowa" Ami said, her mood brightening. "What's up?"
"A few things. I just saw Hotaru floating down the hall...but she's on the ground now" he added to forestall Ami from rushing out of the room in a panic.
Ami sighed in relief. "What else is on your mind?"
Trowa smirked at her. "A lot of things, but the only other thing I wanted to say is that you have some visitors. Three young men." The curiosity in his voice was unmistakable.
Ami's brown knitted in confusion. "Who would want to visit me? Who would know I'm even here?" she mused aloud.
Trowa grinned. "I don not know, but they asked for you by name."
Ami nodded. "Where are they?"
"Front hall" Trowa told her as they both exited the room.
Upon seeing the men who stood, slightly nervous, in the hall, Ami's face lit up in joy.
"Seiya! Taiki! Yaten" She shouted as she hug all three of her friends.
"Hey, Ames. It's about time you woke up!" Seiya said grinning. "Who's your friend?"
Ami looked abashed. "Sorry. Seiya, Taiki, Yaten, this is Trowa, Trowa, these guys are the Starlights."
"AMI!" Seiya shouted. "Why did you tell him that?"
Ami waved his anger away. "He know about the Senshi. And he's giving me a hand with the current problem."
Seiya smirked. "Logical. Everything you do has logic in it. And let me guess this new problem. Saturn."
Ami looked at him, surprised. "How did you know?"
Taiki looked at them seriously. "All the Senshi in the galaxy felt her rage and her desire for vengeance. With her powers, it worries us all."
Ami nodded soberly. "I'm not sure what should be done. Nothing like this has ever happened before!"
Yaten looked at her amused. "Saturn was never awake for as long as she has been. She was supposed to be sealed away until she was needed. Not let loose to roam."
Ami rolled her eyes. "True as that may be, I still don't know what to do."
Taiki smiled slightly. "A few of the Senshi that are left are meeting at Sagittarius Zero Star in three days to discuss what should be done. We came to inform you of that meeting. We all figure that who ever was left should have a say in what happens."
Ami nodded grimly. "Thanks, I'll be there. But I'm not sure if Rei or Makoto should be there. They're in major denial about Saturn."
"That could be a big problem" Seiya muttered. "But we have to go. We can't chance letting Saturn see us here. She might go totally berserk!"
Ami nodded as they vanished from sight.
Heaving a huge sigh, she turned to Trowa. "Looks like I was right." Ami scowled. "I wish that for once, I wasn't right about these things!"
Trowa shook his head in amusement. "Well, since there's nothing to be done for the time being, would you accompany me for some ice cream?"
Ami smiled at him. "I think that's a good idea. You can't see the trees if your in the forest!"
"Huh?" Trowa was totally confused.
Ami giggled. "It's a saying. You can't see the entire problem, or how to fix it, if you are standing in the middle of it. So, by getting out of here, especially with the best of company, will clear my mind and maybe let some ideas pop into my skull!"
Trowa didn't fully understand, but he understood enough. "Shall we go?"
Ami nodded and smiled.
The house felt repressive when they returned later that day.
"I almost don't want to go in there" Ami confessed to Trowa as they entered.
The gloomy atmosphere even got to Duo.
Ami saw him just sitting next to Heero. He wasn't talking. And Wufei was in the room as well.
It was strange to see all three of them in a room without Duo making a commotion.
"What's up?" Ami asked curiously.
Wufei muttered darkly. "That new onna. What's her deal?"
At that, Duo laughed a bit. "Wufei was trying to be nice to her, and she went all creepy on him!"
Everyone looked at Duo in shock. He had called Wufei by his name, not by one of the many nicknames he had for him.
Then Ami did a double take. "You were trying to be nice to Taru? Why?"
Wufei blushed slightly.
Duo laughed outright this time. "Wu-man thinks she's cute!"
Wufei lunged at the braided pilot. Within a fraction of a second, both were gone and out of the room. And the tension lightened a great deal.
Ami breathed deeply. 'I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not.' She thought to herself thinking about this new information.
'If Saturn wasn't in control, then maybe Hotaru would have a chance to let go of a lot of her hatred. But that isn't going to happen right now.'
Hearing a scream, Ami looked over to Heero. "Better go save your boyfriend before Wufei murders him!"
Heero nodded curtly, before stoically stalking out of the room to do just that.
Ami looked at him curiously. "Hey, Trowa? How did those two manage to get together? I would think that Heero would have shot Duo in five minutes."
Trowa grinned. "He tried. But Duo is very persistent. What he wants, he gets. He wanted Heero."
Ami snorted in mirth. "Figures!"
The nest two days passed by quickly. When ever Trowa noticed Ami getting really tense, he would get her out of the house.
Ami still hasn't told Rei or Makoto about the Starlights visit. Mostly because they had been avoiding her, and because Ami could feel that their anger was directed at her.
They weren't going to believe her until she had undeniable proof to back her suspicions up.
Not even Quatre could get a word in with Rei about Hotaru being unnerving. He tried once, but all he got was a scorched shirt.
Duo and Heero has slightly more luck with Makoto. She listened, and then told them off. Both men came out covered in what was going to be cookie dough.
So far, Ami was the only female that they weren't ignoring. Her attitude towards Hotaru was confirming their own suspicions that something was off with the youngest Senshi.
On the day of the meeting, Rei and Makoto were still angry, so Ami decided to go by herself. And she would have, had not Trowa told her flat out that he was going too.
Ami tried to tell him that it wasn't any part of his business. But he came back with 'My home, my business.'
Ami knew that he wasn't gong to back down, so with a half annoyed, half grateful sigh, she took him with her when she appeared at the meeting, as Mercury.
The Starlights were there, as promised. As was Galaxia.
Mercury eyed her former foe with apprehension.
Galaxia, catching the look, smiled gently at her. "I'm not who I was. Chaos is gone. I mean you no harm." Mercury nodded once.
There was another Senshi there who Mercury had never seen before. She introduced herself as Sailor Omega.
"I am the guardian of the lost ones. Saturn now is lost in her hatred. That is why I am here." She said it in a regal and commanding tone.
Mercury could tell that she would be fair, but sometimes fairness wasn't what you would expect.
Before the meeting had started, all the Senshi there asked why Trowa was there.
Mercury sighed. "He is here at the request of my counterpart, Ami. The others do not understand what is happening with Saturn, and they are angry that she has suggested that there is.
Since she has been going out with this one, they will assume that that is where she is. Additionally, Earth is his home, and any decision you make that concerns that, he has the right to know about."
Omega stood. "Even so. A mortal at this meeting should not be allowed!"
Mercury gazed at her coolly. "This one has helped my counterpart, and thus we own him. He wished to be present at this meeting, and so he shall be."
Omega nodded. Debts must be paid. But she knew that it was just a convenient excuse. Ami liked him, and with out the assurance of the other two Senshi, she was feeling unsure of herself.
With him present, she could concentrate more. So she would let it slide this time.
It was time for the meeting to begin.
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That's it. A B.S. chapter if I ever wrote one. ^-^' But a planning for what is to come chapter. If any ask why the other scouts didn't help in the fight, that will be answered in the next chapter... I think. So, hopefully it works for you all. Now, be nice and REVIEW! Ta!
~DevilWench~