Sapphires through the Mist-10
luv slayer: I am trying to get Hota-chan to go back to being all sweet and semi-innocent again. It's part of the plot. If I get there or not...that's another story! =)
GracedAngel1854: Every been in a really tense area? You get really tense yourself and you go all angry for no reason. Same with the others! I'll try to put it in the story at a later date! Glad you like! =)
Melody's Song: =)
Airlady: Saturn didn't really do anything. It's just because of her that things were tense there and everyone was snapping under that tension. =)
Angelicmayuka: No need to get violent...yet. Trowa gets a shot at redemption in this chapter! =)
Kaiya: @.@ So many reviews! THANK YOU! =)
ladytigera21: Everyone wants to kill poor Trowa-kun! No need to kill him! Or Maim him! He's gets better! =)
Mystic_Moon_Empress =)
Sailor-Tsunami1: =)
Lil' mercurain angel: I find myself obeying! =)
Raven: If I can pull it off, it's a Wufei/Hotaru pairing =)
Disclaimer: I am a poor American who only dreams of one day owning such wonderful things as GW and SM.
NOTE: I don't know all the Japanese names, so I'll be using the English ones. Very sorry about that. But my book that has the good names in it, is still in storage. I hate moving!
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After seeing how much everyone else wanted Ami to go, Trowa decided not to tell anyone that he was going to follow her.
'It's strange though. Why would they all want Ami to go? I thought the senshi stuck together no matter what.
But, maybe it has something to do with Saturn. We have been leaving them all alone for a while. Maybe she did something to them.'
Rising before dawn, Trowa slipped out of the mansion, unnoticed.
When he got to the plane station, Trowa paused. 'I don't know where it is! Duo never told us! That rat!'
He sighed impatiently. 'Guess I have to find those two first.'
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It took him nearly all day to find out where the pair was staying. But it was worth it when, not only did Duo give him the map, but he was also worried about Ami.
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"What the hell?" Duo had shouted. "They kicked her out? What the hell for?"
Even Heero had looked perturbed.
Trowa only told him the basics. They went out, they came back, everyone got angry, Ami left.
Duo then pulled Heero to one side and was whispering something to him. Trowa saw Heero nod his head and then Duo bounced back his way.
"You get the map on one condition." Duo said happily. "Me and Hee-chan go with you."
Trowa nodded stoically. He knew that if he said no, they would follow him anyway.
"Good! Let's go! We have a babe to save!"
Trowa groaned inwardly. 'Same old Duo.'
In less than 10 minutes, all three of them were at the airport.
Trowa gazed at the dusky sky and thought of Ami. 'I hope she's alright.'
According to Duo, it would take them three days to get there.
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Ami frowned at the ruins of her once beautiful home. The plant life had been running rampant for who know how long.
Sighing in defeat, Ami strode into the main building.
'I have to check on the holo projector first. That may still be our safest bet to stop Saturn.'
Ami remembered how Saturn's eyes made her tremble in fear. How could so much anger accumulate in her? It just didn't make any sense. The rest of us were angry, but we got over it!
Ami sighed again. 'I'm just glad she wasn't the first one to wake up. We may not have woken up at all if she had.'
When she got to her destination, Ami smiled in triumph.
"Score one for the good guys!" she chortled happily.
The holo projector, although old, and in disrepair, could easily be fixed with in the time limit. Seven, eight days max!
Since it was so late, Ami decided to go see if the rooms for the senshi were still standing.
As she passed under the archway, the invisible barrier flickered slightly.
'So, it's still working? I am so good!'
Mercury, a long time ago, had created an energy barrier that would only allow certain people to pass. Since it was a time of peace, the idea wasn't very useful, so it was the only one made.
This one was place at the beginning of the hall where the bedrooms of the senshi lay.
All of the rooms would be untouched, save by time. And even that would have been gentle.
As Ami slowly walked down the familiar corridor, she traced her fingers along the signs on the doors.
Each Senshi had their symbol carved into their door.
Ami deliberately skipped over her own door so she could see each door. Finally, she reached the last door in the hall.
That door led to Neo Queen Serenity's room.
Gently, Ami traced the crescent moon insignia.
Sorrow overcame her as she slowly pushed the door open.
The room, lit by a lighting system that was powered by stored sunlight, was elegant, yet also displayed Usagi's happy nature.
A large bed covered the center of the room, the silken sheets askew from Mamoru and Usagi's flight to battle many years ago.
Ami turned to the dresser. Pictures littered the surface. Most of them were from the time before the senshi. A rare few were of the senshi of Crystal Tokyo.
One picture drew her attention the most. It was a group shot taken before the Starlights had left the Earth.
All of them were dehenshined and smiling brightly. Every one was so happy.
All the senshi had a copy of that picture in their rooms.
Looking at some of the others, Ami smiled. One was of Usagi, Mamoru and Chibi-Usa. The girls were fighting and Mamoru was trying to break them up.
"Those were good times" Ami whispered to the walls.
Another picture was of Rei chasing Usagi around with her broom at the temple.
Naru was in another with Usagi.
The last one she looked at was one of just the inner senshi, taken just after their first fight together.
Covering a yawn, Ami staggered to her own room.
Pausing at the door, she ran her hand over her own symbol. It was a carved piece of sapphire. It was inlayed in a mahogany door.
Feeling as if it was just another day, Ami entered her room.
It was just as she left it.
Books neatly lined the far wall. A window made of clear crystal let the moonlight shine in to pool on the floor.
Ami's own dresser was much like her friends; it had pictures on it, only, she only had three.
The first one she glanced at was the group shot that all the senshi had.
The only picture that she had of both her parents and herself in it, had been enlarged and stood proudly in the back.
Ami's favorite one was of her and Greg, the only one who knew the senshi's secret before they went public.
He was never her boyfriend. They were too similar to be anything more than the best of friends.
Ami smiled down at the picture. "I miss you old friend. I wish I had your advice right about now."
Wanly smiling at the people she cared about most, barring a certain green eyed someone, Ami crawled into her own bed.
'Not to be ungrateful to Quatre, but having your own bed to sleep in is way better!' Ami muttered before falling into dreamland.
Pale golden light woke her up the next day.
Ami's blue eyes stared up at her ceiling, thinking that it was all a bad dream. Sighing when she rememberd that it was all real, she huddled in her sheets for a moment longer.
'I can almost hear Mako-chan calling everyone for breakfast' she thought sadly as she rose from her own royal blue silken sheets.
As Ami entered what was left of the kitchen, she briefly wondered if the food left in the sub space pocket that had been created for the kitchen was still good.
'Should be. Setsuna said that sub space pockets were timeless.'
Reaching into said pocket, Ami pulled out a grapefruit. It was still ripe and ready to be eaten.
Smiling, Ami sat on the floor. The table and the chairs were on the other side of the room in broken heaps.
With great relish, Ami ate her juicy find.
Washing her hands in some cold water the faucet poured into the sink, Ami hummed calmly.
When she was done cleaning, Ami went back to the control room to work on the holo projector.
In the light of day, it was less serious than she had originally thought the previous night.
'It'll still take me three days to fix this. Then I have to input the data from Omega and then somehow get Saturn's butt here. I just hope the plan is going to still work!'
Ami worked almost non stop for those three days. She barely even remembered to eat, much less to actually eat.
At dusk of the third day, Ami heard a commotion at the outskirts of the city.
'They couldn't have known I was here' Ami thought frantically, thinking it was the other senshi.
Almost fearfully, Ami glanced out the window.
Her fear increased even more. Three figures approached. And they were walking with the dying sun to their backs so Ami couldn't tell who they were.
Flying back to her room, Ami prayed that the other senshi wouldn't find her.
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It was dark when they reached Crystal Tokyo.
Trowa looked around in astonishment at the ruins. It looked as if the government hadn't even been there. It was virtually untouched.
Virtually. There were fresh foot prints in the ground. Not more than three days old, and feminine. Ami's foot prints. Trowa would bet everything on it.
Impatiently, Trowa stalked towards the remnants of the palace.
"Yo! Trowa! If she's here, then we should wait till morning!"
Trowa glared back at him.
Duo grinned, seeing the look on his friend's face. 'Dude's in love. No doubt.'
"She's lived here for who knows how long. Even if the place is a mess, there are plenty of places to hide. And since it's dark, she won't be able to tell it's us. She might think it's the other senshi."
Trowa scowled, but sat back down. 'So close, yet so far.'
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Ami sat, unable to sleep all night long.
So far, they hadn't come any closer. But that could be a ruse, or they could be waiting for morning.
Sleep was a luxury she couldn't afford at the moment. There would be hell to pay when that debt was called in. Ami fell asleep.
Morning light shown through the window on weary eyes. Ami didn't get more than three hours of sleep. And with all the stress of the past months, she was wearing out fast.
Forgetting for the moment that there were three people out there, Ami trudged back to the control center.
The sight that greeted her was one she didn't expect.
Duo, Heero, and Trowa stood there, eyes wide at the sight of her.
That, the lack of slap, the lack of food and just everything that had been happening, was too much for Ami. She passed out.
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Trowa saw his goddess's eyes widen with shock and disbelief before she fainted.
Faster than anyone would have thought, Trowa was by her side.
He noticed with a frown of worry how thin she had gotten. And the dark circles under her eyes were very deep.
Very gently, he pulled her into his lap at just sat there, praying that she was going to be alright.
Seeing that his friend wanted to be left alone, Duo pulled Heero out of the room to go exploring.
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Ami woke up a few hours later to a sight that would have been a dream. Except that her head hurt from when she passed out.
Mumbling a curse at the bright light that stung her vision, she sat up.
Looking around, she came face to face with Trowa's green green eyes.
Ami tried to scoot away from him, but he had a firm grip on her.
Narrowing her eyes at him she hissed "What do you want?"
Trowa's eyed widened in surprise. 'She must still think I hate her!'
"I just wanted to apologize for the other day. I didn't want you to go!"
Ami looked at him in disbelief, her eyebrow twitching.
"How much did you tell her" Ami asked.
"Who?"
"Saturn"
Trowa looked openly shocked. "I didn't tell that brat anything! I left to come after you as soon as I could!"
Ami wanted to believe him. "Why did you come after me? They were your friends."
Trowa made Ami turn her face to look him in the eyes. "Because I care about you more than I ever thought I would care about anyone."
Ami could tell that he was telling the truth. It was in his eyes. Instead of replying to that statement, Ami just wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"I'm glad you're here" she whispered to him finally.
From around the corner, Duo peeked in on the pair.
'They look SO cute together!' he thought giddily.
'Now, to find Hee-chan.' Duo thought impishly before skipping down the hall.
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I would like 6 REVIEWs this time. Hope you enjoyed! Ja!
~DevilWench~
luv slayer: I am trying to get Hota-chan to go back to being all sweet and semi-innocent again. It's part of the plot. If I get there or not...that's another story! =)
GracedAngel1854: Every been in a really tense area? You get really tense yourself and you go all angry for no reason. Same with the others! I'll try to put it in the story at a later date! Glad you like! =)
Melody's Song: =)
Airlady: Saturn didn't really do anything. It's just because of her that things were tense there and everyone was snapping under that tension. =)
Angelicmayuka: No need to get violent...yet. Trowa gets a shot at redemption in this chapter! =)
Kaiya: @.@ So many reviews! THANK YOU! =)
ladytigera21: Everyone wants to kill poor Trowa-kun! No need to kill him! Or Maim him! He's gets better! =)
Mystic_Moon_Empress =)
Sailor-Tsunami1: =)
Lil' mercurain angel: I find myself obeying! =)
Raven: If I can pull it off, it's a Wufei/Hotaru pairing =)
Disclaimer: I am a poor American who only dreams of one day owning such wonderful things as GW and SM.
NOTE: I don't know all the Japanese names, so I'll be using the English ones. Very sorry about that. But my book that has the good names in it, is still in storage. I hate moving!
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After seeing how much everyone else wanted Ami to go, Trowa decided not to tell anyone that he was going to follow her.
'It's strange though. Why would they all want Ami to go? I thought the senshi stuck together no matter what.
But, maybe it has something to do with Saturn. We have been leaving them all alone for a while. Maybe she did something to them.'
Rising before dawn, Trowa slipped out of the mansion, unnoticed.
When he got to the plane station, Trowa paused. 'I don't know where it is! Duo never told us! That rat!'
He sighed impatiently. 'Guess I have to find those two first.'
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It took him nearly all day to find out where the pair was staying. But it was worth it when, not only did Duo give him the map, but he was also worried about Ami.
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"What the hell?" Duo had shouted. "They kicked her out? What the hell for?"
Even Heero had looked perturbed.
Trowa only told him the basics. They went out, they came back, everyone got angry, Ami left.
Duo then pulled Heero to one side and was whispering something to him. Trowa saw Heero nod his head and then Duo bounced back his way.
"You get the map on one condition." Duo said happily. "Me and Hee-chan go with you."
Trowa nodded stoically. He knew that if he said no, they would follow him anyway.
"Good! Let's go! We have a babe to save!"
Trowa groaned inwardly. 'Same old Duo.'
In less than 10 minutes, all three of them were at the airport.
Trowa gazed at the dusky sky and thought of Ami. 'I hope she's alright.'
According to Duo, it would take them three days to get there.
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Ami frowned at the ruins of her once beautiful home. The plant life had been running rampant for who know how long.
Sighing in defeat, Ami strode into the main building.
'I have to check on the holo projector first. That may still be our safest bet to stop Saturn.'
Ami remembered how Saturn's eyes made her tremble in fear. How could so much anger accumulate in her? It just didn't make any sense. The rest of us were angry, but we got over it!
Ami sighed again. 'I'm just glad she wasn't the first one to wake up. We may not have woken up at all if she had.'
When she got to her destination, Ami smiled in triumph.
"Score one for the good guys!" she chortled happily.
The holo projector, although old, and in disrepair, could easily be fixed with in the time limit. Seven, eight days max!
Since it was so late, Ami decided to go see if the rooms for the senshi were still standing.
As she passed under the archway, the invisible barrier flickered slightly.
'So, it's still working? I am so good!'
Mercury, a long time ago, had created an energy barrier that would only allow certain people to pass. Since it was a time of peace, the idea wasn't very useful, so it was the only one made.
This one was place at the beginning of the hall where the bedrooms of the senshi lay.
All of the rooms would be untouched, save by time. And even that would have been gentle.
As Ami slowly walked down the familiar corridor, she traced her fingers along the signs on the doors.
Each Senshi had their symbol carved into their door.
Ami deliberately skipped over her own door so she could see each door. Finally, she reached the last door in the hall.
That door led to Neo Queen Serenity's room.
Gently, Ami traced the crescent moon insignia.
Sorrow overcame her as she slowly pushed the door open.
The room, lit by a lighting system that was powered by stored sunlight, was elegant, yet also displayed Usagi's happy nature.
A large bed covered the center of the room, the silken sheets askew from Mamoru and Usagi's flight to battle many years ago.
Ami turned to the dresser. Pictures littered the surface. Most of them were from the time before the senshi. A rare few were of the senshi of Crystal Tokyo.
One picture drew her attention the most. It was a group shot taken before the Starlights had left the Earth.
All of them were dehenshined and smiling brightly. Every one was so happy.
All the senshi had a copy of that picture in their rooms.
Looking at some of the others, Ami smiled. One was of Usagi, Mamoru and Chibi-Usa. The girls were fighting and Mamoru was trying to break them up.
"Those were good times" Ami whispered to the walls.
Another picture was of Rei chasing Usagi around with her broom at the temple.
Naru was in another with Usagi.
The last one she looked at was one of just the inner senshi, taken just after their first fight together.
Covering a yawn, Ami staggered to her own room.
Pausing at the door, she ran her hand over her own symbol. It was a carved piece of sapphire. It was inlayed in a mahogany door.
Feeling as if it was just another day, Ami entered her room.
It was just as she left it.
Books neatly lined the far wall. A window made of clear crystal let the moonlight shine in to pool on the floor.
Ami's own dresser was much like her friends; it had pictures on it, only, she only had three.
The first one she glanced at was the group shot that all the senshi had.
The only picture that she had of both her parents and herself in it, had been enlarged and stood proudly in the back.
Ami's favorite one was of her and Greg, the only one who knew the senshi's secret before they went public.
He was never her boyfriend. They were too similar to be anything more than the best of friends.
Ami smiled down at the picture. "I miss you old friend. I wish I had your advice right about now."
Wanly smiling at the people she cared about most, barring a certain green eyed someone, Ami crawled into her own bed.
'Not to be ungrateful to Quatre, but having your own bed to sleep in is way better!' Ami muttered before falling into dreamland.
Pale golden light woke her up the next day.
Ami's blue eyes stared up at her ceiling, thinking that it was all a bad dream. Sighing when she rememberd that it was all real, she huddled in her sheets for a moment longer.
'I can almost hear Mako-chan calling everyone for breakfast' she thought sadly as she rose from her own royal blue silken sheets.
As Ami entered what was left of the kitchen, she briefly wondered if the food left in the sub space pocket that had been created for the kitchen was still good.
'Should be. Setsuna said that sub space pockets were timeless.'
Reaching into said pocket, Ami pulled out a grapefruit. It was still ripe and ready to be eaten.
Smiling, Ami sat on the floor. The table and the chairs were on the other side of the room in broken heaps.
With great relish, Ami ate her juicy find.
Washing her hands in some cold water the faucet poured into the sink, Ami hummed calmly.
When she was done cleaning, Ami went back to the control room to work on the holo projector.
In the light of day, it was less serious than she had originally thought the previous night.
'It'll still take me three days to fix this. Then I have to input the data from Omega and then somehow get Saturn's butt here. I just hope the plan is going to still work!'
Ami worked almost non stop for those three days. She barely even remembered to eat, much less to actually eat.
At dusk of the third day, Ami heard a commotion at the outskirts of the city.
'They couldn't have known I was here' Ami thought frantically, thinking it was the other senshi.
Almost fearfully, Ami glanced out the window.
Her fear increased even more. Three figures approached. And they were walking with the dying sun to their backs so Ami couldn't tell who they were.
Flying back to her room, Ami prayed that the other senshi wouldn't find her.
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It was dark when they reached Crystal Tokyo.
Trowa looked around in astonishment at the ruins. It looked as if the government hadn't even been there. It was virtually untouched.
Virtually. There were fresh foot prints in the ground. Not more than three days old, and feminine. Ami's foot prints. Trowa would bet everything on it.
Impatiently, Trowa stalked towards the remnants of the palace.
"Yo! Trowa! If she's here, then we should wait till morning!"
Trowa glared back at him.
Duo grinned, seeing the look on his friend's face. 'Dude's in love. No doubt.'
"She's lived here for who knows how long. Even if the place is a mess, there are plenty of places to hide. And since it's dark, she won't be able to tell it's us. She might think it's the other senshi."
Trowa scowled, but sat back down. 'So close, yet so far.'
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Ami sat, unable to sleep all night long.
So far, they hadn't come any closer. But that could be a ruse, or they could be waiting for morning.
Sleep was a luxury she couldn't afford at the moment. There would be hell to pay when that debt was called in. Ami fell asleep.
Morning light shown through the window on weary eyes. Ami didn't get more than three hours of sleep. And with all the stress of the past months, she was wearing out fast.
Forgetting for the moment that there were three people out there, Ami trudged back to the control center.
The sight that greeted her was one she didn't expect.
Duo, Heero, and Trowa stood there, eyes wide at the sight of her.
That, the lack of slap, the lack of food and just everything that had been happening, was too much for Ami. She passed out.
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Trowa saw his goddess's eyes widen with shock and disbelief before she fainted.
Faster than anyone would have thought, Trowa was by her side.
He noticed with a frown of worry how thin she had gotten. And the dark circles under her eyes were very deep.
Very gently, he pulled her into his lap at just sat there, praying that she was going to be alright.
Seeing that his friend wanted to be left alone, Duo pulled Heero out of the room to go exploring.
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Ami woke up a few hours later to a sight that would have been a dream. Except that her head hurt from when she passed out.
Mumbling a curse at the bright light that stung her vision, she sat up.
Looking around, she came face to face with Trowa's green green eyes.
Ami tried to scoot away from him, but he had a firm grip on her.
Narrowing her eyes at him she hissed "What do you want?"
Trowa's eyed widened in surprise. 'She must still think I hate her!'
"I just wanted to apologize for the other day. I didn't want you to go!"
Ami looked at him in disbelief, her eyebrow twitching.
"How much did you tell her" Ami asked.
"Who?"
"Saturn"
Trowa looked openly shocked. "I didn't tell that brat anything! I left to come after you as soon as I could!"
Ami wanted to believe him. "Why did you come after me? They were your friends."
Trowa made Ami turn her face to look him in the eyes. "Because I care about you more than I ever thought I would care about anyone."
Ami could tell that he was telling the truth. It was in his eyes. Instead of replying to that statement, Ami just wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"I'm glad you're here" she whispered to him finally.
From around the corner, Duo peeked in on the pair.
'They look SO cute together!' he thought giddily.
'Now, to find Hee-chan.' Duo thought impishly before skipping down the hall.
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I would like 6 REVIEWs this time. Hope you enjoyed! Ja!
~DevilWench~