Sacrifice for the One you Love
Chapter Three
AN: Sorry for the long delay...I hope you enjoy this chapter
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Michiru stood at the front door of her house as rain poured down around her.
"Michiru!" She turned around; Ami was running towards her holding an umbrella.
"Michiru you can stay with me tonight, I don't think you should be alone." Michiru stared at her very good friend and shook her head.
"I won't be alone Ami, Setsuna should be home shortly." Michiru forced a small smile on her face.
"Alright but if you need anything you just call me okay?" Michiru nodded and watched Ami run to her car, she turned around again and faced the front door. She slowly brought her key up to the lock and turned it letting herself in the house. She closed the door behind her and leaned back against the door, she looked around the big empty dark house, and she closed her eyes as she felt tears starting to burn her eyes. She made her way over to the living room and sat down on the couch which faced the fireplace, on top of the mantle sat pictures of everyone but the one she stared at was a picture of Haruka and Hotaru. She stood and walked over to the mantle and took the picture into her hands, the picture was taken outside of the courthouse, it was the happiest day of their lives, Hotaru was officially their child. Michiru sat the picture back on the mantle. 'How am I going to tell Hotaru her papa was taken?' She stared into the darkness of the house.
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A black Mustang pulled into the drive way of a beautiful white bricked house and stopped just before the garage door. The door to the driver's side opened and out stepped a tall tanned women with long dark green hair, the women looked at the house then walked over to the passenger's side and opened it. In the back seat sat a little girl about five years old with black hair and dark purple eyes.
"Come on sweetie." The five year old undid her seat belt and made her way out of the car, the women held out her hand for the girl to take. The women gently shut the door of her Mustang and made her way over to the front door while holding the little girl's hand, she unlocked the front door and stepped into the hallway. She helped the black haired girl out of her shoes.
"How about you take your stuffed animals to your room and get ready for bed okay Hotaru?" The little girl pouted and looked up at the tall women with puppy dog eyes, the women smiled at the child,
"Then you can stay up until your parent get home." Hotaru went up to the lady and gave her a hug then ran off to her room. The tall women shook her head as she watched Hotaru go to her room, 'she is defiantly Michiru's daughter.' The green haired women made her way into the kitchen to get a drink; she glanced at the clock on the wall, 9:55. 'They should be home in another hour or so,' she thought as she poured herself a glass of water from the fridge. She carried her glass into the living room and turned on one of the lamps on the table, she turned around to face the couch and almost dropped her glass, on the couch sat an aqua haired woman.
"Michiru?" The women sat her glass on the table and walked over to the couch.
"Michiru are you alright?" Michiru looked up at her,
"Setsuna," she whispered. Setsuna sat on the edge of the coffee table and looked into her friends watery eyes.
"Michiru?" she took hold of Michiru's trembling hands,
"Please tell me what the matter is." She lightly squeezed her hands reinsuring her; Michiru looked down at her hands and closed her eyes,
"They took her away from me," she mumbled. Setsuna was confused,
"Who took who away?" Tears began running down Michiru's face, Setsuna's stomach started to feel sick as she watched her friend crying in front of her.
"R-Ruka was…was taken…" 'Taken?' Setsuna was still confused. Michiru opened her eyes and slowly told what happened to Haruka and her.
"Oh Michiru," Setsuna got off the coffee table and sat next to Michiru wrapping her arm around her shoulder, Michiru laid her head on Setsuna's shoulder.
"It will be alright Michiru, Haruka is the strongest person I know," Setsuna rubbed her hand up and down Michiru's arm in attempt to comfort her.
"Mama?" Setsuna looked over Michiru's head and into worried eyes.
"Hotaru," Setsuna patted the seat next to her, the little girl sat down beside her and looked up into her mama's eyes, Michiru weakly smiled at her,
"Hey princess," Hotaru took hold of her mama's hand; it was like Hotaru knew something was wrong.
"Mama, it will be alright." Hotaru stood and gave her mother a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Come on sweetie, its time for bed." Setsuna stood.
"Alright…night mama." Hotaru slowly walked to her bedroom.
"Good night princess." Michiru whispered.
A while later Setsuna came back to the living room to find Michiru curled up on the couch asleep, she reached for the blanket on the chair and covered Michiru.
"Good night Michiru."
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In the darkness of a small room laid a very still figure, the only light seen was from a small window in the door. A groan came from the figure in the corner of the room, their eyes open slightly; they search the dark room. The figure started to sit up, pain shot through their chest stopping them; the figure held their chest is agony. The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall, the lock on the door clunked open and the door slowly creaked opened, in the door way stood a blonde haired man with a moustache; he had a friendly smile on his face.
"I'm glad your final awake," the man held a tray in his hands with food and a first aid kit. Haruka glared at the man not saying a word. The man knelt down beside her holding a wet cloth and he gently wiped the dried blood off of her face, Haruka eyes widen in surprise, 'What is he doing?' She watched every move he made; the man put a bandage on her cut on her face then stood up,
"You should eat," the man pointed to the tray of food then walked out of the room and locked the door behind him. Haruka let out a sigh of relieve as she heard the man's footsteps disappear, she looked at the food on the tray as her stomach growled, she picked up the sandwich and ate it. After she finished she closed her eyes and brought her hand up to her neck and played with her necklace that Michiru bought her. Michiru was the last thing she thought before she fell asleep.
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Michiru sat on the window sill in their bedroom and watched Hotaru playing in the backyard with Setsuna. She glanced over to their bed, she hasn't slept in it for over a week; it's just too big for one person. Michiru stood and she hugged herself as she walked over to her dresser, she picked up a small blue box and opened it slowly, inside sat two earrings and a necklace that Haruka bought her for their anniversary. She closed the box and sat it on the dresser then went back to the window and sat on the sill and looked at her ring on her ring finger, it sparkled in the sun's rays, she closed her eyes and leaned her head against the window, "Ruka."
Flashback
The wind blow against her face making her cheeks and nose red from the bitter cold. The snow blew across the street and around her freezing body.
"Ah- ah- ahcoo!" She wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck as she made her way down the slippery sidewalk. Her foot hit an icy patch and down she went and hard.
"Ouch!" She quickly looked around to see if anyone seen her.
"Are you alright Miss?" A hand was offered to her, she looked up and into the most gorgeous eyes see has ever seen, a faint blush came to her cheeks as she realised this person watched her fall on her butt. She smiled up at them and took there offered hand,
"Thank you," the person kindly smiled at her,
"You're very welcome." She couldn't help but stare into this person's eyes; it was as if the person was hypnotizing her.
"Watch you step ma'am." The person turned and walked the opposite way of her. She watched as the person walked away from her until she couldn't see them any more. She turned and carefully walked to her destination wondering who that person was and why they made her feel all warm inside.
"Michiru," the voice sounded far away, Michiru opened her eyes, at the door stood Setsuna,
"Umm…" Setsuna looked into Michiru's eyes and let out a sad sigh,
"There is something in the living room for you," Michiru slowly stood and walked past Setsuna. In the living room on the coffee table was a beautifully wrapped box. Michiru sat on the couch and stared at the box on the table, 'Should I open it?' She slowly took the lid off and looked inside. A sad smile formed on her lips as she stared at the present, tears started to form in her eyes as she gently took the present out and placed it beside the box. It was a beautiful craved statue of two people dancing on their wedding night, they looked happy just to be in each others arms, around the arm of the bride was a piece of paper with lettering on it. Michiru carefully took it off the statue and opened it: 'I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you…'
Michiru brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, she cried in silence as she reread the note. 'I miss you Ruka.'
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