Title: Heaven, Hell, and Somewhere in Between
Authors: Stara and Nataku
Rating: R (meaning all you little kids who want to read this you have been
warned!!)
Genre: Romance/Alternate Reality
Disclaimer: Okay, it won't be long since you've already read it. WE DON'T
OWN SAILOR MOON! Also, if you're a person who is offended by this for
religious reasons, please check the disclaimer and author notes on the first
chapter. Thanks! ^.^
Author Notes: Yes! The next chapter is finally completed! Woohoo. So what
took so long? Well, there is a perfectly good reason for what happened. You
see, Stara had the next chapter done and finished and it was really good,
but then her evil computer deleted it and her backup disk complained that
the file couldn't be read. So she had to retype it. So it SUCKS, but just
remember it WAS good. The next chapter will be loads better I promise.
Nata's chapter makes up for it though, you should find it rather humorous.
And in the next chapter they meet! ^.^ For all of you who have been waiting.
Also, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS!!! Everytime we get one we start dancing
around and stuff, it's kinda funny. Our parents roll their eyes at us. Um,
we're e-mailing people now when we update, if you want us to e-mail you too
then just leave your e-mail in a review. Remember, you can review more than
once! :) Love you guys.
/'s indicate char. thoughs
Chapter 2- Discovery and Quests
Silence. It blanketed the room in soft folds and coveted the two people who
sat in it eating dinner.
Lucifer couldn't stand the quiet anymore, it was driving him mad. He set
down his fork and looked across the table at the woman accompanying him.
"What's wrong?" He allowed his hand to clasp onto hers and caress it gently.
She winced.
"Nothing." she whispered softly, wriggling her hand free, resuming to eat
her meal. He shook his head and just watched her, no longer hungry, trying
to shake off the feeling that something had gone terribly wrong. The evening
was perfect, Serenity and him had been able to eat a meal alone, something
that wasn't very common as they were usually entertaining a vampire or some
other demon-like creature, and had chosen to sup in their bedroom. Yes, it
would have been perfect, if only this feeling of negativity hadn't been
emminating from her the entire night.
When they had finished eating, and all the trays cleared, Serenity quickly
unlaced her gown with practiced hands and climbed beneath the sheets.
Lucifer followed and after a few moments he kissed her neck affectionatly.
Cringing she turned away from him, closing her eyes and preparing herself
for retaliation.
"What is this?" he hissed slightly through his teeth, his amber eyes
flashing. It wasn't her refusal of the intimate act that angered him, but
the refusal of his gaze, of his voice, of his love.
"Nothing, I'm just tired. I didn't sleep much last night." she tried to keep
her voice steady as she choked out the words.
"Like hell you are!" He grabbed onto her shoulder trying to get her to face
him, but all she did was jump from the bed, sheets wrapped around her, and
sink to the floor.
"Don't touch me you MONSTER!" shrieking she glared at him defiantly, as if
daring him to say or do anything. He went quiet, questions filling his eyes,
as he walked over to her. She couldn't see his expression, her eyes were too
clouded with tears and she held up her hands in defense of the blow that she
was sure she would recieve for her outburst.
The footsteps stopped.
She heard a thump to her side and she wiped her eyes, turning to see that he
was sitting there, his eyes set on the floor, and his body shaking. His
hands were gripping onto some linen that had fallen off of the bed, and his
knuckles had gone white as he shook uncontrollably. He looked up at her.
He was crying.
A woman crying is disheartening, but it's graceful and normal. Watching a
man cry will make you cry too. His nose was read and his eyes were glazed
over with tears that he wiped away quickly before they could be shed. She
gasped slightly and felt the need to hold him, cradle him, but then the
shock of what she knew returned to her. She sat there looking at him.
"You thought I would hit you?" he said hoarsly, watching her let her hands,
that had been acting like a shield, fall to her side. "What have I ever done
to make you think that?"
She choked, tears coming to her eyes.
"I...I went into the garden you made for me, looking for something to
paint.." she trailed off, not sure if continuing would make things worse.
No, she had to tell him, so that...so that what? "Well, I wanted a new and
interesting subject so I went outside the gate-"
He sucked in his breath.
"-and suddenly I heard a child screaming. I followed the sound and was
mortified at the site before me." she paused a minute, pain filling her eyes
as she recalled the scene. "A child no more than six was standing there
crying as one of these demons whipped it mercilessly. I saw you, you were
standing by, laughing maliciously as if the scene before you was amusing.
How could you be so cruel?" He closed his eyes, his face distorting in pain,
before he rose from the ground.
"I always knew that you didn't belong here, Serenity. From the first time I
laid eyes on you, I knew, there had been a mistake. I didn't care though,
because I was happy to be with you. I don't know why, but for some odd
reason I needed you, Serenity. Maybe it was the fact that you contrast with
me so well, I'm not sure. I don't question gifts when they're given to
me..." He stood up and grabbed a pair of jeans from his dresser before
slipping them on. She looked on at him, unshed tears clouding her vision, as
he opened the door and made to exit. "I will organize a way for you to leave
for awhile, to help figure out your thoughts."
"Thank you.." whispering, she stood, and began to pull things out of her
dresser, covering her body with her robe.
"And Serenity..." she turned to face him. "That child, no matter how
innocent it looks, belongs here. It stabbed it's younger sibling with a
knife repeatedly. This IS Hell you know and I AM the Devil. People don't
come down here to be treated nice or to be pampered. This is my job. I was
forced into this world. I can't help you clear your mind of your ignorance
to what this place really is. I've sheltered you from all that, because I
knew it would destroy you. Now, you know. You're in Hell." he walked out the
door. She stood there a minute, looking at the closed door wanting to cry
out to him. She wanted him to hold her, she wanted him to be with her.
Or did she?
Lucifer's footsteps echoed throughout the corridors as he made his way to
the tall, stone doors. He allowed his face to remain hard, cold, and cynical
as he tried not to show the emotions that were eating away at his heart. She
wanted nothing to do with him, ever. He sighed, debating whether or not to
knock on the doors before him. 'They could be changing...' he thought before
shrugging and walking inside.
Not like they had modesty anyway.
The scene before him almost made him smile. Almost. Four girls, all
chattering away to one another, were sprawled across the room, doing
different things. One girl, with light, blonde hair blinked and smiled when
she saw him enter.
"He has returned." she said laughingly, wrapping her arms around him waist
and pressing her body against his. Now, demons are very sexual creatures,
expescially Lucifer, and the fact that she was only wearing jeans and her
bra wasn't helping him very much either. He sucked in his breath, trying to
clear his mind of the thoughts that were sneaking into it, so that he would
be able to concentrate on the task at hand. She laughed at his reaction.
"Well, I least I know we can still affect you some." she winked. Gods, could
they affect him.
"Ah, so he's finally returned after three years of ignoring us." a
raven-haired beauty with violet eyes said, as she tried to decide wether she
wanted to wear leather pants or a leather skirt with her red, tube top.
Golden hoops dangled from each ear and a long gold chain well down to the
area between her breasts. It was supposed to draw attention to them. It
worked, he noted mentally slapping himself. "Finally grow tired of the pure
one?"
"Oh puh-lease. How could he EVER tire of HER?" a brunette tossed her hair
back and set down the brush she had been using to tame it. Her halter helped
show off her large bust and the short mini she had chosen accented her long
legs perfectly. "He would never drop her like he did us."
"I know, just one day pop!" a blue-haired girl snapped her fingers. "He's
tired of us, just like that." she sighed, standing up and stretching,
allowing her to shirt to ride up and show off her perfectly flat stomach.
Finally, he burst out laughing at their antics.
"I'm not sure how I was able to stay away from you four for so long." He
shook his head at them, entering the room completely and sat down on a
chair. Immeadiatly they all raced forward and three of them groaned in
dismay. Rei, the rave-haired girl, had won the race. She basked in her prize
as she wrapped her arms about his neck, and made herself comfortable on his
lap.
He laughed again.
"So, is there a reason you came to see us?" Minako, the blonde, asked
annoyed. She wanted this to be quick so that Rei would get off of him.
"Oh yes, sorry. I always seem to lose my mind when I'm around you guys. I
wonder why that is..." he trailed off winking at them. "I'm sending Serenity
on a quest and I need one of you to supervise her, you know, make sure she
does what she's supposed to." They all shook their heads in unison.
"No way am I becoming friends with her. That bitch stole you from us!"
Makoto, the busty brunette, yelled, turning away from him arrogantly. He
winced at the name she used to describe Serenity.
"I don't want you to be friends with her. God knows I don't want you
corrupting her in any way." They laughed at that. "I just want you to watch
her. I don't want her to know that you're there."
"Which one of us are you going to choose?" Ami, the blue-haired girl, asked
quietly, crossing her arms.
"I'm not sure yet. I'll call you to my chambers and let you know." They
smiled at that one and all winked at him playfully. How could he ever stay
in a bad mood while around them?
"What's her mission?" Rei raised her eyebrows as she got off of him so he
could stand. He stood and strolled over to the door before pausing a minute
and turning to look at them as he began to walk out the door. He shook his
head and began walking out again, saying it nonchalantly over his
shoulder...
"To kill a guardien angel..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
/F*ck them! F*ck all of them! Stupid quest…/
Endymion radiated fury as he stormed down the halls of the Heavenly Palace, making sure to knock over a few stained glass vases and kicked up the rug a bit, so that others might trip over it.
/Damn them all to hell!/
/Oh….wait, that's not possible…well, damn them anyway!/
He scowled. Great. Now he had to go BACK to Earth, the ONE place he'd just as rather never see again. Even Hell would have been better than that stupid boring planet where everyone hated him. To Endymion, Earth WAS Hell. People on Earth were miserable creatures who only cared about themselves and their money. He had never considered himself one of them, even at the bitter end.
A fracture of a flashback filled his mind momentarily. IV's and tubes sticking out of his arms, his nose, his throat…the slow but steady increasing sound of the beep on the heart monitor…the chilled feeling in the pit of his stomach as he fought for conciousness….
No. He gritted his teeth and swung his fist at an unusually intricate piece. They hadn't cared then, and they wouldn't care now. Damn them!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"You found a LOOPHOLE?" Jadeite asked incredulously.
Beryl nodded, an inward smile curling up upon her calm disposition. She glanced down at the chart she held. "Apparently, they thought of everything- or, ALMOST everything, when they came up with the system. A few glitches here and there, but for the most part we're happy with it."
Zoisite blinked. "But what kind of quest do you send an angel on?"
"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings," Nephrite sang in a very high pitched voice.
Beryl shot him a dirty look. "Okay, YOU'RE the one who asked me to find a way to get rid of him. I'm doing my best, okay!" And I'm not getting paid enough to boot, she added silently.
Trying to head off any quarreling, Kunzite quickly asked, "What will he be required to do?"
This time she had to bite her lip to keep from showing any signs of amusement. "Yes, well, that's the kicker. Word is that the Big Man Upstairs knows something….Lucifer's planning another spur-of-the-moment attack on Heaven, I'm not sure. Whatever the case may be, he's sending out a demon to assasinate a guardian angel. Endymion's mission would be to find this demon, stop him, and do one good deed along the way."
There was a pause. All four saints burst out laughing.
"Exactly my point."
"Him? GOOD? HA! That's a laugh!"
"Wait a second…and he can't come back until he's completed his mission-"
"-which won't happen-"
"-on Earth?" Another pause. "YES!!!" They started running around in circles and dancing, chanting "The Demon is leaving!"
"Actually…that's the fine print," Beryl began uncertainly. She coughed and added quickly, "Oneofyouhastogowithhim."
"We're fr- what?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Zoisite...we need to talk," Beryl started.
"Do you know how many times I heard that in high school?"
~ 1 Minute Later~
"Oh no! I'm SO not doing this!"
Beryl nodded. "I understand. But this is important! You know what he's like! If he were to just walk around the planet unsupervised, total chaos would ensue! He'd start a World War III! We need someone to go along, and just keep him from screwing up anything more than he already has."
"But why does it have to be mee?" Zoisite whined.
"Because....just because. God asked for you. He said you were special."
"Liar."
"Okay!" She threw her hands up in the air. "None of the others would do it! And you're the last person! Please, Zoisite! You have to! All you have to do is accompany him to Earth, and keep an eye on him. He won't know you're there, so he can't torment you about your girly hair-"
This provoked a glare.
"-and anyway, it's for the benefit of human kind. Please?!"
zoisite folded his arms over his chest. "You can't talk me into this..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I can't believe she talked me into this..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Authors: Stara and Nataku
Rating: R (meaning all you little kids who want to read this you have been
warned!!)
Genre: Romance/Alternate Reality
Disclaimer: Okay, it won't be long since you've already read it. WE DON'T
OWN SAILOR MOON! Also, if you're a person who is offended by this for
religious reasons, please check the disclaimer and author notes on the first
chapter. Thanks! ^.^
Author Notes: Yes! The next chapter is finally completed! Woohoo. So what
took so long? Well, there is a perfectly good reason for what happened. You
see, Stara had the next chapter done and finished and it was really good,
but then her evil computer deleted it and her backup disk complained that
the file couldn't be read. So she had to retype it. So it SUCKS, but just
remember it WAS good. The next chapter will be loads better I promise.
Nata's chapter makes up for it though, you should find it rather humorous.
And in the next chapter they meet! ^.^ For all of you who have been waiting.
Also, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS!!! Everytime we get one we start dancing
around and stuff, it's kinda funny. Our parents roll their eyes at us. Um,
we're e-mailing people now when we update, if you want us to e-mail you too
then just leave your e-mail in a review. Remember, you can review more than
once! :) Love you guys.
/'s indicate char. thoughs
Chapter 2- Discovery and Quests
Silence. It blanketed the room in soft folds and coveted the two people who
sat in it eating dinner.
Lucifer couldn't stand the quiet anymore, it was driving him mad. He set
down his fork and looked across the table at the woman accompanying him.
"What's wrong?" He allowed his hand to clasp onto hers and caress it gently.
She winced.
"Nothing." she whispered softly, wriggling her hand free, resuming to eat
her meal. He shook his head and just watched her, no longer hungry, trying
to shake off the feeling that something had gone terribly wrong. The evening
was perfect, Serenity and him had been able to eat a meal alone, something
that wasn't very common as they were usually entertaining a vampire or some
other demon-like creature, and had chosen to sup in their bedroom. Yes, it
would have been perfect, if only this feeling of negativity hadn't been
emminating from her the entire night.
When they had finished eating, and all the trays cleared, Serenity quickly
unlaced her gown with practiced hands and climbed beneath the sheets.
Lucifer followed and after a few moments he kissed her neck affectionatly.
Cringing she turned away from him, closing her eyes and preparing herself
for retaliation.
"What is this?" he hissed slightly through his teeth, his amber eyes
flashing. It wasn't her refusal of the intimate act that angered him, but
the refusal of his gaze, of his voice, of his love.
"Nothing, I'm just tired. I didn't sleep much last night." she tried to keep
her voice steady as she choked out the words.
"Like hell you are!" He grabbed onto her shoulder trying to get her to face
him, but all she did was jump from the bed, sheets wrapped around her, and
sink to the floor.
"Don't touch me you MONSTER!" shrieking she glared at him defiantly, as if
daring him to say or do anything. He went quiet, questions filling his eyes,
as he walked over to her. She couldn't see his expression, her eyes were too
clouded with tears and she held up her hands in defense of the blow that she
was sure she would recieve for her outburst.
The footsteps stopped.
She heard a thump to her side and she wiped her eyes, turning to see that he
was sitting there, his eyes set on the floor, and his body shaking. His
hands were gripping onto some linen that had fallen off of the bed, and his
knuckles had gone white as he shook uncontrollably. He looked up at her.
He was crying.
A woman crying is disheartening, but it's graceful and normal. Watching a
man cry will make you cry too. His nose was read and his eyes were glazed
over with tears that he wiped away quickly before they could be shed. She
gasped slightly and felt the need to hold him, cradle him, but then the
shock of what she knew returned to her. She sat there looking at him.
"You thought I would hit you?" he said hoarsly, watching her let her hands,
that had been acting like a shield, fall to her side. "What have I ever done
to make you think that?"
She choked, tears coming to her eyes.
"I...I went into the garden you made for me, looking for something to
paint.." she trailed off, not sure if continuing would make things worse.
No, she had to tell him, so that...so that what? "Well, I wanted a new and
interesting subject so I went outside the gate-"
He sucked in his breath.
"-and suddenly I heard a child screaming. I followed the sound and was
mortified at the site before me." she paused a minute, pain filling her eyes
as she recalled the scene. "A child no more than six was standing there
crying as one of these demons whipped it mercilessly. I saw you, you were
standing by, laughing maliciously as if the scene before you was amusing.
How could you be so cruel?" He closed his eyes, his face distorting in pain,
before he rose from the ground.
"I always knew that you didn't belong here, Serenity. From the first time I
laid eyes on you, I knew, there had been a mistake. I didn't care though,
because I was happy to be with you. I don't know why, but for some odd
reason I needed you, Serenity. Maybe it was the fact that you contrast with
me so well, I'm not sure. I don't question gifts when they're given to
me..." He stood up and grabbed a pair of jeans from his dresser before
slipping them on. She looked on at him, unshed tears clouding her vision, as
he opened the door and made to exit. "I will organize a way for you to leave
for awhile, to help figure out your thoughts."
"Thank you.." whispering, she stood, and began to pull things out of her
dresser, covering her body with her robe.
"And Serenity..." she turned to face him. "That child, no matter how
innocent it looks, belongs here. It stabbed it's younger sibling with a
knife repeatedly. This IS Hell you know and I AM the Devil. People don't
come down here to be treated nice or to be pampered. This is my job. I was
forced into this world. I can't help you clear your mind of your ignorance
to what this place really is. I've sheltered you from all that, because I
knew it would destroy you. Now, you know. You're in Hell." he walked out the
door. She stood there a minute, looking at the closed door wanting to cry
out to him. She wanted him to hold her, she wanted him to be with her.
Or did she?
Lucifer's footsteps echoed throughout the corridors as he made his way to
the tall, stone doors. He allowed his face to remain hard, cold, and cynical
as he tried not to show the emotions that were eating away at his heart. She
wanted nothing to do with him, ever. He sighed, debating whether or not to
knock on the doors before him. 'They could be changing...' he thought before
shrugging and walking inside.
Not like they had modesty anyway.
The scene before him almost made him smile. Almost. Four girls, all
chattering away to one another, were sprawled across the room, doing
different things. One girl, with light, blonde hair blinked and smiled when
she saw him enter.
"He has returned." she said laughingly, wrapping her arms around him waist
and pressing her body against his. Now, demons are very sexual creatures,
expescially Lucifer, and the fact that she was only wearing jeans and her
bra wasn't helping him very much either. He sucked in his breath, trying to
clear his mind of the thoughts that were sneaking into it, so that he would
be able to concentrate on the task at hand. She laughed at his reaction.
"Well, I least I know we can still affect you some." she winked. Gods, could
they affect him.
"Ah, so he's finally returned after three years of ignoring us." a
raven-haired beauty with violet eyes said, as she tried to decide wether she
wanted to wear leather pants or a leather skirt with her red, tube top.
Golden hoops dangled from each ear and a long gold chain well down to the
area between her breasts. It was supposed to draw attention to them. It
worked, he noted mentally slapping himself. "Finally grow tired of the pure
one?"
"Oh puh-lease. How could he EVER tire of HER?" a brunette tossed her hair
back and set down the brush she had been using to tame it. Her halter helped
show off her large bust and the short mini she had chosen accented her long
legs perfectly. "He would never drop her like he did us."
"I know, just one day pop!" a blue-haired girl snapped her fingers. "He's
tired of us, just like that." she sighed, standing up and stretching,
allowing her to shirt to ride up and show off her perfectly flat stomach.
Finally, he burst out laughing at their antics.
"I'm not sure how I was able to stay away from you four for so long." He
shook his head at them, entering the room completely and sat down on a
chair. Immeadiatly they all raced forward and three of them groaned in
dismay. Rei, the rave-haired girl, had won the race. She basked in her prize
as she wrapped her arms about his neck, and made herself comfortable on his
lap.
He laughed again.
"So, is there a reason you came to see us?" Minako, the blonde, asked
annoyed. She wanted this to be quick so that Rei would get off of him.
"Oh yes, sorry. I always seem to lose my mind when I'm around you guys. I
wonder why that is..." he trailed off winking at them. "I'm sending Serenity
on a quest and I need one of you to supervise her, you know, make sure she
does what she's supposed to." They all shook their heads in unison.
"No way am I becoming friends with her. That bitch stole you from us!"
Makoto, the busty brunette, yelled, turning away from him arrogantly. He
winced at the name she used to describe Serenity.
"I don't want you to be friends with her. God knows I don't want you
corrupting her in any way." They laughed at that. "I just want you to watch
her. I don't want her to know that you're there."
"Which one of us are you going to choose?" Ami, the blue-haired girl, asked
quietly, crossing her arms.
"I'm not sure yet. I'll call you to my chambers and let you know." They
smiled at that one and all winked at him playfully. How could he ever stay
in a bad mood while around them?
"What's her mission?" Rei raised her eyebrows as she got off of him so he
could stand. He stood and strolled over to the door before pausing a minute
and turning to look at them as he began to walk out the door. He shook his
head and began walking out again, saying it nonchalantly over his
shoulder...
"To kill a guardien angel..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
/F*ck them! F*ck all of them! Stupid quest…/
Endymion radiated fury as he stormed down the halls of the Heavenly Palace, making sure to knock over a few stained glass vases and kicked up the rug a bit, so that others might trip over it.
/Damn them all to hell!/
/Oh….wait, that's not possible…well, damn them anyway!/
He scowled. Great. Now he had to go BACK to Earth, the ONE place he'd just as rather never see again. Even Hell would have been better than that stupid boring planet where everyone hated him. To Endymion, Earth WAS Hell. People on Earth were miserable creatures who only cared about themselves and their money. He had never considered himself one of them, even at the bitter end.
A fracture of a flashback filled his mind momentarily. IV's and tubes sticking out of his arms, his nose, his throat…the slow but steady increasing sound of the beep on the heart monitor…the chilled feeling in the pit of his stomach as he fought for conciousness….
No. He gritted his teeth and swung his fist at an unusually intricate piece. They hadn't cared then, and they wouldn't care now. Damn them!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"You found a LOOPHOLE?" Jadeite asked incredulously.
Beryl nodded, an inward smile curling up upon her calm disposition. She glanced down at the chart she held. "Apparently, they thought of everything- or, ALMOST everything, when they came up with the system. A few glitches here and there, but for the most part we're happy with it."
Zoisite blinked. "But what kind of quest do you send an angel on?"
"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings," Nephrite sang in a very high pitched voice.
Beryl shot him a dirty look. "Okay, YOU'RE the one who asked me to find a way to get rid of him. I'm doing my best, okay!" And I'm not getting paid enough to boot, she added silently.
Trying to head off any quarreling, Kunzite quickly asked, "What will he be required to do?"
This time she had to bite her lip to keep from showing any signs of amusement. "Yes, well, that's the kicker. Word is that the Big Man Upstairs knows something….Lucifer's planning another spur-of-the-moment attack on Heaven, I'm not sure. Whatever the case may be, he's sending out a demon to assasinate a guardian angel. Endymion's mission would be to find this demon, stop him, and do one good deed along the way."
There was a pause. All four saints burst out laughing.
"Exactly my point."
"Him? GOOD? HA! That's a laugh!"
"Wait a second…and he can't come back until he's completed his mission-"
"-which won't happen-"
"-on Earth?" Another pause. "YES!!!" They started running around in circles and dancing, chanting "The Demon is leaving!"
"Actually…that's the fine print," Beryl began uncertainly. She coughed and added quickly, "Oneofyouhastogowithhim."
"We're fr- what?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Zoisite...we need to talk," Beryl started.
"Do you know how many times I heard that in high school?"
~ 1 Minute Later~
"Oh no! I'm SO not doing this!"
Beryl nodded. "I understand. But this is important! You know what he's like! If he were to just walk around the planet unsupervised, total chaos would ensue! He'd start a World War III! We need someone to go along, and just keep him from screwing up anything more than he already has."
"But why does it have to be mee?" Zoisite whined.
"Because....just because. God asked for you. He said you were special."
"Liar."
"Okay!" She threw her hands up in the air. "None of the others would do it! And you're the last person! Please, Zoisite! You have to! All you have to do is accompany him to Earth, and keep an eye on him. He won't know you're there, so he can't torment you about your girly hair-"
This provoked a glare.
"-and anyway, it's for the benefit of human kind. Please?!"
zoisite folded his arms over his chest. "You can't talk me into this..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I can't believe she talked me into this..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *