Fire Birds Tears

By: DarkFirePanther

Chapter 7: Deceived

"Wh...who are you?!" Jedeite demanded, struggling to stand up to face the man. But when he did, he saw clearly.

Jedeite glared. His hands clenched into fist of rage. Jedeite was a bit scared, but his body said differently. His fists swung, without him even knowing it, until he saw blood trickle to the ground.

"...You little...!!!" Sapphire growled, sending a glare at Jed.

"First you start hanging around Raye, then you come to me! What the hell are you doing here anyway, asking to draw straws for Raye?! Or is it that you want to settle our differences?!" Jedeite screamed. He was holding back so much anger it was killing him.

Sapphire smiled. He looked at Jedeite directly in the eyes and laughed.

"I am not so stupid as to draw straws, boy! I am more interested in battle. Much more suffering...and possibly a dead general in the process."

Jedeite's eyes widened, and he took a small step back.

"How...how did you know-"

"That you were a general? Please! I'm not stupid!" Sapphire began. "I really don't think we were properly introduced, though. I am Sapphire Dark." Then, his forehead glowed a hypnotizing black. His bangs flew up with a gust of wind surrounding him and an upside down crescent moon symbol appeared where the glow had come from.

"What are you?!"

"I am as I said I was...a good friend of Raye's. But there is a problem here... but what could- Aha!"

Jedeite looked at him with fear as well as bewilderment. He took another step back, hoping that Sapphire wouldn't notice. He took another, then another. His heart was beating harder and harder against his chest. Every sound around him was deaf. Jedeite could hear even his own breath. His hands tense and shaky. He knew there was no way he could get out without Sapphire noticing him. He had to try though, for Raye's sake. He stopped for a second, and then took another large step. When he did, Sapphire noticed and laughed. That's when Jedeite started running.

Sapphire pulled out a beautifully designed dagger. It was sharp and thin, and had nice sapphires and rubies all over it. He threw the dagger with all his strength towards Jed. It hit him just below his shoulder blade and pinned him to a tree he had passed when he ran.

Jedeite screamed in pain. His feet were about six inches above the ground, so all that was holding Jedeite up was the dagger. He tried to pull it out, but the pain grew worse as he did. Sapphire moved his right hand out in front of him and maid a fist, then twisted his wrist a bit. The dagger twisted a bit counter clockwise and scrapped his bone. Jedeite's scream pierced the air around him and echoed.

"Stick around a bit. I'll be back for you later." Sapphire said, turning around and disappeared.

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Sapphire appeared in a dark, warped room and bowed. When he came up, a laugh broke the silence.

"Well, what did you do to him? Did you blow him to bits, cut him into pieces, bury him alive?! The anxiousness is killing me!!!" Diamond Yelled, sending a grin Sapphire's way.

"I left him there to suffer, untill I get her." He responded.

"Even better. How did you leave him?"

"With a dagger through him and a lost mind." He smiled, looking at the ground.

Diamond smiled and then threw something at his younger brother. Sapphire caught it.

He looked down in his hand and dropped it. The necklace tumbled to the ground with an echo.

"How...how did you get this?!" Sapphire asked, a bit more confused that he thought. "What did you do...NO!" Sapphire glared.

"It's not yours, Sapphire! You know it belongs to the queen! If you want to know who it is, find out! You just need some encouragement!!!" Diamond yelled as he beamed Sapphire back to earth.

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It was raining out and Sapphire laid unconscious on the grass in the state park. Raindrops fell to his face and woke him.

He struggled to stand for a moment, and then was standing strait. He looked around, as if he didn't know where he was, and then it clicked.

"Damn you Diamond!" He yelled, slamming his fist to a tree.

Nearby, Raye was taking a walk. She saw Sapphire and was about to run up to him, when she saw him pull something from his belt. She looked closer and squinted her eyes so they would focus better. Then she noticed what it was, when it came flying at her. She ducked and it hit the tree behind her.

"Who's there?!" He yelled.

Raye didn't answer, but did look back at the object that was thrown at her. It was a dagger...with the symbol of the dark moon family on the blade. She stared at it for a minute, trying to figure out what it ment. Then, it hit her, and hard. She gasped and walked slowly away, and then began to run. Visions ran through her head, over and over. When the one with his kiss flashed through her mind, tears ran down her cheek and she screamed. She stopped running when she came to a strange place, surrounded by trees. The visions all scared her. She screamed and cried there.

She fell to the ground, shaking. Then, a hand fell on her shoulder and she gasped, turning to see whom it was. She saw no one, then, she felt something trickle on her face. It was warm, unlike the rain. She wiped her face and looked at her hand. It was Red. Raye looked up and saw Jedeite above her, pinned to the tree. He was unconscious and cold. She stood up and touched his face.it was cold.

"...Oh, god..." She said.

Her hands searched for the dagger. They fell upon them and pulled. Jedeite screamed in pain. She tried to concentrate her powers on the dagger and his wound, but she was too worried about Jed.

Then, a voice came into her head, and kept repeating.

"Quae tibi nocere possunt, etiam te adiuvare possunt." It said.

"Who's there?" She asked, turning to look behind her then back in front of her. She thought she was hallucinating for a second, and then it came again.

"Quae tibi nocere possunt, etiam te adiuvare possunt." It repeated, but this time, there was a figure in front of her. She was beautiful. She had long, black hair that was pulled back into two braids. Her Violet eyes shone in the moonlight. Her long red and black dress flew with the wind. But before Raye realized it, the woman had disappeared.

By her surprise, a hand came over her shoulder and caught her neck. It was strong and she couldn't get it loose.

Raye heard a laugh behind her that was very much familiar.

The man pushed her foreword and she fell onto the muddy, wet ground.

"You are very stubborn, Sailor Mars! But I have ways of making you talk! Now, tell me who the queen is!!!"

~End of Chapter~

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