A/N: For all those readers out there please take note that I made Haruka into a guy instead of being a girl she was originally was. So please remember that and stop screaming at me claiming that Haruka is a girl. You have been notified.
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Chapter 6:
Frustrated, Hotaru slammed her textbook closed. It is no use. No matter how hard she had tried to feed her brain with the information from her textbook, her rebellious brain would always cough it all up. Nothing could get into her brain in this position she is in. sighing, the raven-haired teenager walked over to her bed and laid on it.
It had been months now and the progress of finding the saviour of the two kingdoms had brought nothing. The evil forces had grown more daring in their attacks. Instead of sending a small group of five monsters, now they daringly attacked in numbers of ten. If that was bad, then the recent attacks they had done was horror. The creatures had attacked the inner villagers of Nhimflemin, which was a hundred kilometres away from White Moon. Usually the mongrels would just stick to the outer skirts of the kingdom, which was five hundred kilometres away.
Thankfully not many innocent lives were massacred. Only a small fraction were killed since the royal guards including herself and Saffiru-sama were there doing their routine patrol. She had done her fair share of killing but even being the best fighter she was, she was not saved from the menacing blades of the Coughar scouts. If it weren't for her special ability in healing, she and many would have died from the poison. After all the fire-breathing horse wolf head with a body scaly body and a sharp tail blade monster wields a fatal poisonous broadsword.
Violet eyes glanced down at the barely visible scar. With the aid of magic from her Saturn Platinum Crystal, she was able to hide the hideous scar that runs along her collarbone all the way down to her waist. It was the worst scar she had ever gotten in all of her sailor life.
A sigh escaped her as she closed her eyes. When is the legendary warrior going to turn up? Or is he even real? Is that story of the commander of the Sacred Warriors just to keep their faiths of surviving alive?
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"Yohei! Is it me or is Sakuragi have been behaving very strange lately?"
Mito Yohei looked down at his stout friend and smiled. "Ie. I think he is just being himself. I see nothing strange about him."
Anouzumi wriggled his button nose. "Ne… Are you sure? I thought I really thought he is acting weird."
"Yeah! Fatty here is right. I mean recently he had not talked much and he barely eats!" a blond man chipped in.
Yohei nearly fell on his face. Sure their red head had not been eating much. But if you were to see the way Sakuragi eats in the past and now, you would understand. He could pass for being a normal person instead of the Tensai that they knew. Or should he phrase it, the rest except him knew. Looking up at the sky, he thought, I hope you know what you are doing Hanamichi.
Away from the bustles of excited students, a red haired student was packing his writing materials into his bag. Zipping his duffel bag at last, he walked leisurely towards a certain violet-eyed beauty. Making sure that none would notice, Sakuragi gently wrapped his muscular arm around her slender waist, bringing her back closer to his broad chest. A small gasp was heard from the startled beauty.
"Want me to help?"
Hotaru Tomoe tried her best to cover up her blush as she shook her head. "If you don't let go off me, I won't be able to finish packing and don't blame me if you are late," she warned. She hoped she sounded angry but knew she failed when the gorgeous guy behind her laughed softly beside her ear. Gulping, Hotaru pulled her attention away to the task at hand.
Reluctantly, he let her go only to appear in front of her. Before her slender fingers could finish it, all of her books and writing materials had been expertly packed and clipped into backpack. Raising up her eyes, she met his smile seconds before he dragged her out of the classroom.
After much searching, Sakuragi at last found a suitable spot. Walking towards the tree, he casually leaned against it with his hands in his pockets. Gifting the puzzled Hotaru with a smile, he looked at her. Hotaru sighed only to shake her head a second later. Walking towards the heart-throb, she tried her best not to blush under his stare.
"Ok stop it."
"Stop what?" Sakuragi feigned innocence.
"You know what I am talking about, Mi-kun." Hotaru answered, irritated.
"Nani? What did I do? I don't understand. Care to tell me what have I been doing?"
This time, Hotaru couldn't stop the blush. Sakuragi thought it was adorably sweet. "Stop staring at me like that…"
Sakuragi raised an eyebrow, his smile getting larger. "Oh… exactly how am I staring at you, sweetheart?"
Hotaru could feel her heart skip a beat. "You… you are staring at me… you…"
Suddenly a loud masculine laugh escaped the red hair. On hearing this, the raven-haired beauty blew her top. "Why you! How dare you tease me so…"
Hotaru was about to give him a piece of her mind when the red head shifted from his position and leisurely walked towards her. He stopped inches from her and reached out. His warm muscular arms wrapped her waist as he slowly pulled her closer to him and Hotaru blushed all the more. Why, she was literally plastered to him!
Sakuragi leaned down and breathed in her scent. She smelled of roses. "How was I looking at you? Did I looked as if I wanted to run my lips over your soft neck…" Sakuragi leaned down and ran his lips over her neck, stopping only to gently nip it.
Hotaru sucked in her breath.
"Or as if I want to lick your ear?" Moving over to her closest ear, he sexually licked it. Hotaru shuddered as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"But all of those answers are wrong, my love. That's because, I wanted to kiss you…" as if to prove his words, he captured her awaiting lips and plundered her sweet mouth.
Hotaru moaned unconsciously as their tongue stroke each other, revealing secrets of desire. Moving her hand, she plunged her hand into his soft hair while he groaned into her mouth. Sakuragi's mouth slanted over hers again and again, taking, plundering, giving. He would have continued kissing her if not for the matter he had in mind. Reluctantly, he pulled away.
Smiling, he traced a finger on Hotaru's flawless cheek as he took in her dazed expression. One look could tell that she was lost but satisfied from the kiss. Sakuragi decided to wait until she recovers before he tells her.
"Hotaru-koi, we haven't told anyone of our relationship yet. So do you want to tell them or not, love?"
"Hmm? I think let them figure by themselves. They are bound to know anyway." Hotaru yawned as she snuggled up to her boyfriend.
Sakuragi smiled and kissed her head.
Up in a classroom, a window closed shut. Turning away, the figure frowned. Damn her!!!
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Hotaru yawned again as she snuggled into her comfortable bed. She had wanted to wait for Sakuragi to finish his basketball practice but one look at her drooping eyes accompanied by eye bags, Sakuragi frowned his disapproval and personally send her home. It was 4.30pm when she reached home, a good thirty minutes before his practice had started.
Truthfully, she was tired and was grateful when he had suggested that he accompany her home. She stumbled five times all the way home, all the while claming she was fine to the scowling red head boyfriend of hers. On the fifth stumble, he had swung her into his arms and strode to her house and somehow she had fallen asleep in his arms and found herself comfortably snuggled in her bed. She must have been that tired.
Down in the hall, a group of trio sat on a couch. One had a scowl on his face while another had a serene face while the last had a smile on her face. A teal haired woman smiled softly as she sipped her hot chocolate. An emerald haired woman gently blew on her drink as she glanced once in a while at a sandy blond man across her.
Suddenly the man slammed down his fist. "I'm not happy about it. She is too young!"
"We have been through this before, Ruka. I think we should be easy on her."
Setsuna agreed with her teal haired friend. "Michiru is right, Haruka. She is not a child anymore. Anyway I have a feeling that he can be trusted."
"Like how do you know? I saw my her smooching with that idiot in the park a few days ago and all you can say is she is not a child and he can be trusted? What if he hurts her and does something bad to her like getting her pregnant? Will you then say he can be trusted?"
For the first time in history, Setsuna sent her friend an icy glare. Michiru was stunned, as was her boyfriend. He must have really hit a sore spot.
"For your information Haruka Tenoh, that boy is the same one who protected and send Hotaru home at the day of her attack. Her top was barely covered and if he was as bad as you think he is, he would have taken her then and there. Instead, he lent her his over sized jacket and covered her, carrying her home. AND he didn't even ask a repayment for the deed. So I think you better reconsider your words before jumping to conclusions since you have never met him!"
Haruka was about to made a quick comeback when a familiar beep silent him. Eyes wide with concern, Michiru flicked her hand and a mirror appeared. Taking it, an image appeared. Immediately the trio gathered around the mirror.
A blue haired woman dressed in a royal Mercurian Sailor Battle uniform appeared. One quick look at her troubled expression, the trio could only guess what she is about to say. "Guys, glad to see you. I have bad news for you."
"Well get on with it!" Haruka snapped.
"My computer has signalled down a group of Coughars in your realm. Around ten or so."
Setsuna was alarmed. "Nani? How could that be possible? I thought the portal are well guarded."
"That's what I thought also. My team are trying to find the reason to it. Anyway you guys better get going since my computer have picked out something strange. I'll be sending the coordinates to you guys."
Waving her hand again, the mirror disappeared. "Ten or so… Selenity-sama… what do they want here?"
"We have to be there to ask them, ne? We have to wake Hotaru up now." Haruka turned around and walked up the stairs.
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Poised, Sakuragi let the ball loose. With a swish, the ball went in. Wiping off the sweat, Sakuragi walked to pick up the ball. Just as he was leaning down, a wave of pain shot him. Clutching his middle, he slammed to the floor.
Eyes clenched in pain, pictures flicked in his mind. Four ladies in weird clothes that have a ridiculously mini skirt was standing on a ledge of a rooftop. One of them looked very familiar but he couldn't pin point who since their faces was shadowed. Then a picture of ugly looking creatures appeared. One breathed fire towards one of the ladies who quickly dodged it.
All the while the images of a battle between the four ladies and the group of monsters flashed his mind. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and a blinding blue light shot out. Hovering a meter away from the ground and body arched taut, a strange crest burned his left arm. His mouth opened as if to scream but none came out. As sudden as it came, the light and images disappeared and Sakuragi slammed once again onto the hard floor.
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A/N: Hey! How was it? I hope its ok. Anyway please review and give me your thoughts about the story.
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