(Gothic: Now unto chapter ten.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon; this includes all characters, storyline, everything Sailor Moon. Nor do I own Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I just own the videos and game. That is all. In addition, the only thing I do own is this particular plotline and Alexander. Now back off lawyers! No filing suit against me! XD
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"...I'm ready to go to hell now."
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She sat there in disbelief, her brain not working at all. The world passed her by, people got up in the morning and ate breakfast, children got on their school buses, and the postal worker went on his daily route. Not one thing about her budged, a strand of hair or otherwise.
Comatose.
She was bombarded with the images of the surreal battle and of her own death. She remembered the last things she saw before she died-- her lover down on his knees battered and the blood pouring from her neck. However, for some reason, it all seemed like a dream; the image was fuzzy and unclear. The girls all looked at her and felt her sadness emanating from within her soul.
She had spent a good day at Rei's shrine recovering from the trauma, reliving the tiny little terror she felt, making sense of the tale she had been told. In a day, the love she had acquired left her and her spirit had been broken, shattered and destroyed. She felt the contraction within her heart, a sudden contraction of everything in it into a little ball. She could not believe that a seeming normal man could be what was told of him, a ruthless ancient murderer, taker of blood and purveyor of terror. She knew what she felt inside him, neither accusation were it. She had seen him for the soul within him, and now that precious light was gone from her.
"Mina-chan, sweetie, you have to snap out of it." Usagi said, "This won't bring him back."
Minako looked at her princess with empty eyes. Her tears had been shed, the cold was inviting to her and now she slowly slipped into a state of vulnerability.
"Minako, dear, if you want you can spend the night." Rei spoke, "I'll call your parents and tell them that you decided to spend the night with us girls. C'mon, don't be sad. We're all here for you, you know that."
"I'll cook for you some more, too." Makoto piped in, "More of my world-famous chicken soup, it is good for the soul and the heart."
"Please, can you Mako-chan?" Interjected Usagi, "I love your chicken sou--"
"We're trying to cheer Minako up not fill your belly Usagi-chan." Interrupted Rei; bonking Usagi on the head with her fist.
"Owie, owie, owie!" Usagi brought her hands up to her head. "I know that...but why can't I get some chicken soup, too?" Usagi averted her eyes to the ground, her demeanour changing. "It's not like it is every day that I get to see one of my friends dead on the ground." She whispered.
Makoto saw the depressing emotions overwhelming everybody, Usagi and Rei's bickering changed into something much sourer. Ami sat down next to Minako's side, holding her hand and caressing it. It hurt her to see Minako in such a state of suffering. She remembered how they all were when they all lost their generals and husbands-to-be to Beryl-hime. She remembered the pain they all felt to learn that they could never be destined to live a life of love, that the prophecy would never be broken as long as they all lived. That they were to be eternally alone: In the service of their Queen.
"Even if he was a vampire with a tainted soul..." Ami whispered. "He didn't deserve to die."
"I love him," Minako said. "I...thought maybe...maybe things would be different. Heaven doesn't want us to be happy...ever."
Makoto, Usagi, Rei and Ami all looked at Minako. She had spoken for the first time since she heard of the incident. Minako looked up for the first time and into Rei's eyes.
"I don't feel like moving. I don't feel like getting up right now..."
"Got it." Rei replied, "I'll tell your parents."
Ami looked up and hugged Minako. "It'll be OK Minako, I promise you."
Minako dropped her head onto Ami's shoulder, letting her self be cradled to sleep. The rest of the soldiers sat there and looked on at her. They felt her pain all too clear, the stinging sensation in their chest. Minako sobbed one last time and closed her eyes, letting the images come over again. She divulged in the memory of his kiss and the entire world around her deadened to a silent hum.
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Alucard, sword drawn, looked at his brother's eyes. He saw all of his hatred as Alexander dug his fingernails into Alucard's stomach and held on with his vampiric strength. Alucard, eyes full of blood tears, picked up his sword and slashed at his brother's throat. He cut clean through the bone and muscles, and the blow sent Alexander's head flying backwards into the floor, his body falling ripping a hole on Alucard's stomach.
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'Where is his soul?'
A dark entity stood above Alucard's dead, desiccated body; opening his mouth to check it.
'We do not need his soul sire. You've got the best vampire to lead your army.' A raspy voice responded. 'That half-breed got lucky.'
'They took it...I know they did.'
'Sire, please reconsider.'
'I need his soul.' He stood up and walked away from the empty shell. 'He'll come to...but it is his soul I need. That pure human soul uncorrupted by the evil seed that was your father Alexander...' He slashed his claws at Alexander who stood behind him, and he fell down into the pit of Hell.
'I do not need you.'
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Minako had taken a day away from her parents. She stayed with the girls until the following day when she decided to go back. She did not feel like putting up with anything. There was a certain emptiness to her, something never felt before. She had only known Alucard for two days and the sadness felt heavy, as if a part of her soul died with him. Her eyes told the story of fatigue and restlessness despite all the sleep she got. Her dreams of darkness and kisses by perfect strangers haunted her, making everything around her shut down. The day she got back, she had more news to take but it had not registered. She sat in front of her parents with a blank stare, nodding and humming a yes every now and then.
She nodded and uttered an 'I understand' to her mom and dad, stood up and walked to her room. She stood in front of the mirror and looked at her face for the longest time. She noticed how well kept her hair was and yet how messy it looked. She hated the weakness; it was nothing like her, the strong soldier of the Moon Kingdom.
'I'm going to be a sister.' She thought to herself before falling asleep.
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Gabriel stood outside the Gates of Heaven alongside his companion of the Moon Kingdom. Saturn held her staff as she greeted her Guardian. She took a simple bow and began to give her report.
"Alucard's soul has been separated from his body. I have sent it to Earth to be reincarnated into the body of a soulless babe."
"Good job Saturn." Gabriel replied. "Has Lucifer received the body of the fallen darkling?"
"He has." She answered, "Amen"
"Amen." he replied and walked back to Paradise
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It had been months since the trauma had affected Minako. It took her days to recover from the pain of death and loss. Moreover, it did not help her at all that it all seemed like a blur. She spent long hours in her room crying in desolate solitude until she had the strength to move on. She had hope from the moment she heard her parents' news:
"I am pregnant, Minako. You are going to be a sister."
All the nights she spent crying, she tried to remember what had made her happy. Was she crying for Alucard? Minako pondered and cried, kept thinking and sobbed, lost in thought and drowned in her own tears. Her dreams hunted her still, until one memory stood out amongst the rest.
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Alucard felt a warm light behind him. Minako saw a bright light in front of her. Both felt a familiar essence, a warmth comforting them both into a state of relaxation. Minako approached the light. Alucard turned around facing the warmth. Minako opened her arms to welcome in the light. Alucard embraced the figure standing in front of him. Minako looked up to the light above her; it was a lone figure and exactly the person she was looking for. Alucard rubbed off the tears and smiled at Minako. He stared warmly at her features, careful not to forget her. He bent down and kissed her lovingly on the lips
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Minako slept soundly after that memory. No tossing or turning, just sound sleep. She often woke up feeling refreshed and chipper, a lot like her usual self.
Now the promise of becoming a big sister to a newborn child made her happier. She turned her grief into love. She spent days remembering Alucard as she sighed and smiled; short and memorable moments she had spent together with Alucard. Kisses he gave her lingering around her lips still. She treasured her memories more than her own physical appearance.
"Adrian" she whispered onto the wind.
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Minako's mother was taken to the hospital sooner than expected. She felt something wrong within her body, an emptiness she never once felt through pregnancy, something that told her something had gone wrong. Minako took the wheel of the car and drove her mother to the hospital as her father comforted his wife. They arrived at the Emergency Ward and took her mom into the waiting area. They signed her up and waited for an hour's time. The doctor, Dr. Mizuno, told them there was a complication with her baby.
"There's a chance that the baby might die before actual birth." Ms Mizuno informed them, "The only option we have is for that baby to be prematurely born, in other words a c-section. We might be able to save your baby's life."
This struck Minako hard. Her baby sibling would die before she would ever get to meet her sibling. She waited in the waiting area when her friends all came in to the waiting area. Ami informed everybody and they all showed up to cheer her up. They all waited for news from Ami's mother.
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Dr. Mizuno came out from the operation ward and walked to the waiting area. The long steps echoed across the hospital wing as she slowly made her way to the crowd. The hospital noises were all too familiar to her, her home away from home. Every one turned to look at her as she walked through the double doors, Ami making the first move by hugging her mother.
"Good news." She said, "Mrs. Aino is doing great. The operation went good, and your new baby boy is very much alive."
This drew happy breaths from everybody. Minako nearly collapsed from the news. They all followed Dr. Mizuno to the room where they held the premature boy. Dr. Mizuno only allowed Mr. Aino and Minako into the room and ordered everyone else to stay. Minako placed her hands inside the incubator and touched her baby brother. This kind of intimacy made her feel a bond grow between her and her unconscious brother. She grew strong for him, made herself strengthen her ideals and her soul. Then all of a sudden, the image of Alucard hit her mind. She saw the eyes of the newborn, surprisingly enough, and they were of a silver color. The blind babe looked at her directly and closed his eyes again.
"Adrian" She whispered into the wind. Her dad looked up and smiled.
"Then Adrian it is." He said and walked to her daughter and placed his arm around her.
She stood silent holding his tiny hands, looking at the image of her dead love reflected on her baby brother.
FIN
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(Gothic: I know, I know, it took me a long time to get the tenth and final chapter out. Writer's block sucks and I hope no one has to go through it. I finished this story! WOOHOO! It took me a long time to get everything down, but I am not satisfied with this chapter...maybe later on I will revise it, but for now to give my story an end: END! I am so sorry to keep many of you people waiting. Please read and review.)