Kiss From A Rose Chapter 10 (Finally!) By EternalSenshi. I don't own SM. Please R&R.
Usagi looked down at the hand lightly grasping hers. His thumb ran over her fingers, his gloved hand as soft as a rose petal.
"Princess Serenity?"
Usagi snapped her head up from looking at his hand into looking into his eyes. That all familiar blue...that strong yet soft look he gave her...the palpitations of her heart...it was all the same.
*I'm the princess?* she thought. *And Mamo-chan...Mamo-chan is...*
"Princess, is everything okay?" he asked, his voice as silky as his tuxedo.
Usagi nodded slowly, and let him escort her down the stairs, staring into his eyes, completely mesmerized by their soft blue glow.
*It's like it's him, but it's not...* her mind thought, confused.
Screams of horror and anguish sounded in her ears. She let go of his hand, clasping her ears to block out the sound, and found herself immediately surrounded by darkness. The screams continued to grow louder and louder, making Usagi clap her hands over her ears.
"YAMETTE! (Stop!)" she screamed.
A sudden click of someone's fingers ended the screaming, and Usagi looked around, bewildered. She gasped at seeing Zoicite standing on the stairs.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" he teased. "The silence, the destruction, the ruins of the once great Silver Millennium."
"Silver Millennium?" Usagi asked.
"Your kingdom, Princess." he said, still in his sing-song voice. Usagi felt like a rabbit caught by a fox.
"Princess?" Usagi said, playing dumb -- she still didn't know if she was or not.
"I saw you implanted in your memories." Zoicite said, carefully walking down the stairs. "I don't know how we couldn't spot it at first -- Sailor MOON, MOON Princess -- it was obvious, yet we all believed that Sailor V was the princess. Maybe the obviousness was supposed to fool us."
"I-I don't know what you mean." Usagi said timidly.
"I know that you do, Princess Serenity." he said, advancing on her. Usagi backed away a couple of steps.
"Now, you know what I want, and you know that I know who has it." Zoicite said maliciously. "Hand over the Maboroshi no Ginzuisho."
"I don't know where it is." she said fiercely. "We've been looking for it as hard as you have."
"Stop lying, Princess, and hand it over." Zoicite said, his patience growing thin. He took steps closer to her. Usagi kept backing up, but then tripped over her own feet.
"And now," Zoicite said, taking this opportunity. He grabbed Usagi by the neck, and picked her off the ground. Usagi gasped for air, but his hands were iron clamped.
"I could kill you." he said, smiling. "That would get me somewhere."
Usagi couldn't struggle. All she could do was clutch at his hands, gasping for air.
Zoicite's smile faded into an angered look. "No. Then my queen won't get the crystal."
He dropped Usagi from her height. She hit the floor with a loud thud, then held her hand to her throat, breathing heavily.
"Now, give me the Ginzuisho." he demanded.
Usagi didn't answer.
"Hand it over."
Usagi glared at him, but didn't say a word.
Zoicite glared back, and clenched his teeth. Then, he picked her up by her collar, and smacked her across the face. The hit was so hard, it knocked Usagi across the floor.
"You don't want to do it the other way, do you?" he asked mockingly.
*Never!* Usagi thought. The words never left her mouth.
Zoicite hit her again. Usagi flew across the floor again, and screamed in pain.
"You don't like it, do you?" he taunted.
Usagi just glared in defiance. Again, Zoicite brought his hand across her face. Usagi hit the wall, feeling every bone in her body take their own separate beating.
*If I don't answer, he won't get anywhere.* she thought.
Zoicite glared at Usagi, his eyes full of contempt. "ANSWER!" he cried, hitting her again, and again, and again. Usagi would only cry in pain.
Zoicite's hand was close to hitting her skin again, when he stopped. Usagi opened her eyes tentatively to see a thoughtful look on his face. "There's a way to make you talk, Sailor Moon." He snapped his fingers.
***
"Dead?" Rei gasped.
"How can she...how could she...?" Makoto stuttered.
"It's not possible!" Ami cried.
"It is, and it happened." Minako said bitterly.
"How?" Rei asked.
"We don't know, do we?" Ami asked softly.
Minako looked up to answer -- and was surprised to find herself alone. "Minna?" she asked. "Hey! Where did you guys go?!"
Minako watched the scenery change into darkness. Out of nowhere, vines shot out, and wrapped themselves tightly around Minako's body, shocking her.
Minako screamed as volts upon volts of electricity were being sent through every nerve of her body. She convulsed against her bindings, her body straining to be free.
It finally ended, leaving Minako limp against her ties. Her body felt numb, leaving her weak and barely noticing Makoto tied next to her, and Rei and Ami tied behind her. She breathed heavily, feeling her nerves throbbing. "Minna..." she whispered weakly.
Usagi looked to find her friends tied up together, limp. "Minna! V! Mars! Jupiter! Mercury!" she cried.
Minako looked up, shocks of static electricity running randomly over her body. "Usagi-ch-" She started screaming as the volts came back and shocked her hard. The senshi were all screaming as Zoicite held them under his power of electricity.
"Yamette!" Usagi screamed. "YAMETTE!!"
Zoicite stopped and looked at Usagi. "Hand it over, Princess Serenity."
"Prin-cess..." Mars gasped slowly.
"Our...princess..." Mercury said softly.
Zoicite looked at Usagi in a gloating manner. "Don't your friends know where the Ginzuisho is? Too bad."
More shocks. Usagi didn't hesitate anymore. She leapt onto Zoicite's back, and screamed, "Let them go!!"
The shocks stopped. Zoicite threw Usagi onto the floor, where she landed with a huge thud.
"Baka." He said. "I'll kill them if it gets me what I want."
"I don't have it!" Usagi protested.
He turned to Minako, who was hanging limply and breathing slowly. "She wouldn't happen to know where it is, would she?"
"I DON'T KNOW!" Usagi screamed.
Again, the electricity ran through the senshi's and Mamoru's nerves. "Stop it! STOP!!" Usagi screamed.
"Do you have an answer?" Zoicite said.
"No..."
"Wrong!" Zoicite said teasingly. More electricity.
"STOP!!"
"Do you have an answer?!" Zoicite demanded.
"NO!"
Zoicite glared at her. "WRONG! QUIT LYING, PRINCESS!!" The senshi screamed louder as more electricity was send throughout every muscle, every vein, every nerve.
"Choose, Princess!" Zoicite yelled, his eyes alive with a malicious sparkle. "Your friends or the crystal!"
Minako couldn't stand it anymore. *So this is how it is...* she thought, her brain struggling to find the words. *We're going to die...again...* She closed her eyes, and sighed, her body now still from her convulsions,
Usagi's eyes went wide as she noticed Minako not moving. Suddenly, it was as if the whole world had gone silent as Minako was tied there, her head to one side, not screaming, not moving --
Not breathing.
"IYAAAAAAA!!" Usagi screamed.
***
I know I'm cutting it short, but I have a really long chapter eleven, which may even be the last chapter. It won't take that long to finish up (I have along bus ride this weekend (yay finals) and I'll definitely be writing.) So, I'll see you next chapter. Until then, please R&R! *~*EternalSenshi*~* P.S. For those of you who haven't done so already, please look at my new story called 'Why You Shouldn't Seduce Your Boss.' Chapter 3 up by Friday (hopefully!)
Usagi looked down at the hand lightly grasping hers. His thumb ran over her fingers, his gloved hand as soft as a rose petal.
"Princess Serenity?"
Usagi snapped her head up from looking at his hand into looking into his eyes. That all familiar blue...that strong yet soft look he gave her...the palpitations of her heart...it was all the same.
*I'm the princess?* she thought. *And Mamo-chan...Mamo-chan is...*
"Princess, is everything okay?" he asked, his voice as silky as his tuxedo.
Usagi nodded slowly, and let him escort her down the stairs, staring into his eyes, completely mesmerized by their soft blue glow.
*It's like it's him, but it's not...* her mind thought, confused.
Screams of horror and anguish sounded in her ears. She let go of his hand, clasping her ears to block out the sound, and found herself immediately surrounded by darkness. The screams continued to grow louder and louder, making Usagi clap her hands over her ears.
"YAMETTE! (Stop!)" she screamed.
A sudden click of someone's fingers ended the screaming, and Usagi looked around, bewildered. She gasped at seeing Zoicite standing on the stairs.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" he teased. "The silence, the destruction, the ruins of the once great Silver Millennium."
"Silver Millennium?" Usagi asked.
"Your kingdom, Princess." he said, still in his sing-song voice. Usagi felt like a rabbit caught by a fox.
"Princess?" Usagi said, playing dumb -- she still didn't know if she was or not.
"I saw you implanted in your memories." Zoicite said, carefully walking down the stairs. "I don't know how we couldn't spot it at first -- Sailor MOON, MOON Princess -- it was obvious, yet we all believed that Sailor V was the princess. Maybe the obviousness was supposed to fool us."
"I-I don't know what you mean." Usagi said timidly.
"I know that you do, Princess Serenity." he said, advancing on her. Usagi backed away a couple of steps.
"Now, you know what I want, and you know that I know who has it." Zoicite said maliciously. "Hand over the Maboroshi no Ginzuisho."
"I don't know where it is." she said fiercely. "We've been looking for it as hard as you have."
"Stop lying, Princess, and hand it over." Zoicite said, his patience growing thin. He took steps closer to her. Usagi kept backing up, but then tripped over her own feet.
"And now," Zoicite said, taking this opportunity. He grabbed Usagi by the neck, and picked her off the ground. Usagi gasped for air, but his hands were iron clamped.
"I could kill you." he said, smiling. "That would get me somewhere."
Usagi couldn't struggle. All she could do was clutch at his hands, gasping for air.
Zoicite's smile faded into an angered look. "No. Then my queen won't get the crystal."
He dropped Usagi from her height. She hit the floor with a loud thud, then held her hand to her throat, breathing heavily.
"Now, give me the Ginzuisho." he demanded.
Usagi didn't answer.
"Hand it over."
Usagi glared at him, but didn't say a word.
Zoicite glared back, and clenched his teeth. Then, he picked her up by her collar, and smacked her across the face. The hit was so hard, it knocked Usagi across the floor.
"You don't want to do it the other way, do you?" he asked mockingly.
*Never!* Usagi thought. The words never left her mouth.
Zoicite hit her again. Usagi flew across the floor again, and screamed in pain.
"You don't like it, do you?" he taunted.
Usagi just glared in defiance. Again, Zoicite brought his hand across her face. Usagi hit the wall, feeling every bone in her body take their own separate beating.
*If I don't answer, he won't get anywhere.* she thought.
Zoicite glared at Usagi, his eyes full of contempt. "ANSWER!" he cried, hitting her again, and again, and again. Usagi would only cry in pain.
Zoicite's hand was close to hitting her skin again, when he stopped. Usagi opened her eyes tentatively to see a thoughtful look on his face. "There's a way to make you talk, Sailor Moon." He snapped his fingers.
***
"Dead?" Rei gasped.
"How can she...how could she...?" Makoto stuttered.
"It's not possible!" Ami cried.
"It is, and it happened." Minako said bitterly.
"How?" Rei asked.
"We don't know, do we?" Ami asked softly.
Minako looked up to answer -- and was surprised to find herself alone. "Minna?" she asked. "Hey! Where did you guys go?!"
Minako watched the scenery change into darkness. Out of nowhere, vines shot out, and wrapped themselves tightly around Minako's body, shocking her.
Minako screamed as volts upon volts of electricity were being sent through every nerve of her body. She convulsed against her bindings, her body straining to be free.
It finally ended, leaving Minako limp against her ties. Her body felt numb, leaving her weak and barely noticing Makoto tied next to her, and Rei and Ami tied behind her. She breathed heavily, feeling her nerves throbbing. "Minna..." she whispered weakly.
Usagi looked to find her friends tied up together, limp. "Minna! V! Mars! Jupiter! Mercury!" she cried.
Minako looked up, shocks of static electricity running randomly over her body. "Usagi-ch-" She started screaming as the volts came back and shocked her hard. The senshi were all screaming as Zoicite held them under his power of electricity.
"Yamette!" Usagi screamed. "YAMETTE!!"
Zoicite stopped and looked at Usagi. "Hand it over, Princess Serenity."
"Prin-cess..." Mars gasped slowly.
"Our...princess..." Mercury said softly.
Zoicite looked at Usagi in a gloating manner. "Don't your friends know where the Ginzuisho is? Too bad."
More shocks. Usagi didn't hesitate anymore. She leapt onto Zoicite's back, and screamed, "Let them go!!"
The shocks stopped. Zoicite threw Usagi onto the floor, where she landed with a huge thud.
"Baka." He said. "I'll kill them if it gets me what I want."
"I don't have it!" Usagi protested.
He turned to Minako, who was hanging limply and breathing slowly. "She wouldn't happen to know where it is, would she?"
"I DON'T KNOW!" Usagi screamed.
Again, the electricity ran through the senshi's and Mamoru's nerves. "Stop it! STOP!!" Usagi screamed.
"Do you have an answer?" Zoicite said.
"No..."
"Wrong!" Zoicite said teasingly. More electricity.
"STOP!!"
"Do you have an answer?!" Zoicite demanded.
"NO!"
Zoicite glared at her. "WRONG! QUIT LYING, PRINCESS!!" The senshi screamed louder as more electricity was send throughout every muscle, every vein, every nerve.
"Choose, Princess!" Zoicite yelled, his eyes alive with a malicious sparkle. "Your friends or the crystal!"
Minako couldn't stand it anymore. *So this is how it is...* she thought, her brain struggling to find the words. *We're going to die...again...* She closed her eyes, and sighed, her body now still from her convulsions,
Usagi's eyes went wide as she noticed Minako not moving. Suddenly, it was as if the whole world had gone silent as Minako was tied there, her head to one side, not screaming, not moving --
Not breathing.
"IYAAAAAAA!!" Usagi screamed.
***
I know I'm cutting it short, but I have a really long chapter eleven, which may even be the last chapter. It won't take that long to finish up (I have along bus ride this weekend (yay finals) and I'll definitely be writing.) So, I'll see you next chapter. Until then, please R&R! *~*EternalSenshi*~* P.S. For those of you who haven't done so already, please look at my new story called 'Why You Shouldn't Seduce Your Boss.' Chapter 3 up by Friday (hopefully!)