Chapter 16
by MG
Don't own sm…
AN: Just so you know, you can thank a snow day for these recent updates.
"Darling what's wrong?"
"What----nothing's wrong."
"Then why---why are you so----distant?"
"I just have a lot on my mind is all."
"A lot must be important, cause lately—lately you're always this way." She sighed. "Endy, what is it? What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
"Alyssa---I don't know I---sometimes I feel---like I am missing something."
"Oh—" She moved away from him, shifting from her position next to him on the bed.
"That's not what I meant." He pulled her gently by the waist towards him, close to his bare body, feeling her warm skin rest against his.
"No…it is---what you meant I mean." She sighed again. "I don't know who she was, or is, or will be---but the gypsies were right, you love her more than me."
"I don't believe in fucking gypsies---fate doesn't rule my life---it's the other way around----I love you."
"I love you too but-"
"No buts, I love you, more than whomever this fictitious woman they created is---even if she came around, I don't know what would make them believe that I would actually leave you for her---"
"What if I wasn't around for you to leave?"
"Don't talk nonsense, that won't happen----I'll always be with you, someday we may even start a big family…"
"Someday…"
~*~
Sweat. Blood. Heaviness. Dust. Darkness.
Power.
The world was spiraling around them at a steadfast pace as they struggled to fight the vampires around them. He, on the other hand, fought them with ease. Three pounced, every last one to fall to the ground as he staked them easily with one swift fluid motion. His movements were a blur, one moment he was there, the next he wasn't. He fought like a ghost in the night; many charged him at once, all to fall in a pile of dust. The bodies of many dead warriors surrounded him, others were still on foot, attempting to the keep the demon's at bay. The sounds of crying children and women weeping as they ran off into the night, echoed all around him.
Most of it was an illusion; but they were none the wiser.
As planned they all fought as if protecting one house in particular, a house that was assumed to hold an innocent child whom could change the direction and fate of everything.
He spat in disgust. All this fighting for a mere child, how sick could she get? The child had never done anything but be cursed with a gift that many wanted. Sometimes life was just not fair. If there was a God, and he knew of all that went on, why would he place such a power upon a child knowing full well that it would threaten her life? Why at such a young age should she be allowed to harness and exhibit such a gift? But perhaps the almighty knew and understood more than those of Earth ever did, a child was uncorrupt and humble, a child could be taught right from wrong.
A child would listen; an adult would not.
With swift movements he maneuvered his staff to kill the circle of several vampires that surrounded him, his eyes focusing on that one lone vampire in the distance. He surpassed everyone else's defenses easily, but Robert had known his approach almost immediately.
Sapphire.
He was taking the opportunity to approach the hut while he assumed Robert was otherwise occupied, it meant that he had taken the bait as hoped. He believed that what they were searching for was there. Robert watched with keen eyes, even as he fought relentlessly, as Sapphire entered. He held his breath, hoping the guys would hold up on their own for the time it would take for Sapphire to believe that he had accomplished his goal.
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As soon as he had approached the door, Jadeite felt it. He looked towards Nephrite with weary eyes.
"You ready?" He whispered.
"As I shall ever be."
~*~
Diamond stared at the house with hard violet silver eyes, two or three other vampires behind him.
"I want you to turn the house upside down, leave not a table unturned." He crossed his arms and clenched his teeth. "And be quick about it!" He ended sternly. The other two vampires moved into the house in a blur, and soon all that could be heard were the sounds of objects crashing in the small house.
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Robert watched with keen eyes as Sapphire stole triumphantly into the night, taking the few surviving vampires with them. He quickly moved into the small hut to survey the area, allowing all the illusion to melt away. Jadeite was down on the ground by his friend, his eyes immediately met Robert's own when he entered the room.
"He's lost a lot of blood, he needs some medical assistance immediately." He lifted his friend in his arms when Robert stopped him.
"We can not take him to the hospital, he only has but so long, if he were to go there he would die…not to mention we would have a bit of explaining to do." He sighed, realizing there was only one thing he could do.
"You can't." Jadeite reared, knowing exactly what was on his mind. "He's a slayer, to do this would only negate what he is…there has to be another way."
"I will only give him a little, it is not enough to change him, but it will be enough for him to survive until we reconvene with the others."
"Alright."
"Get the remaining warriors at once and tend to their wounds, we need to leave immediately…"
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Mamoru saw that look in her eyes and knew at once that she was hungry again, and not sexually; the blood lust look she gave him was unmistakable. Unfortunately for him, he was the closest thing to a meal around.
Without warning she suddenly straddled him.
"I see the worry in your eyes and hear it in your thoughts." She licked her lips, tracing her fingers over his abdomen. "But don't worry, this time my feeding will be beneficial for the both of us." He moaned when she leaned down and licked his chest, her head slowly descending lower.
"I thought this was---against the rules?" He almost choked when she kissed the side of his length making it harden almost immediately, his hand reaching down to entangle itself in her hair, the other reaching over to grip the sheet. "Not that I'm complaining." He watched as she licked her lips once more before baring sharp teeth, and suddenly he understood what she was about to do. Before he could comment on it, she sunk her teeth into him. The initial pain was almost unbearable, and he had to bite down hard on his lip to keep himself from howling out into the night, he could feel himself becoming flaccid from the pain she was inflicting on him.
The pain hadn't lasted as he had thought it would however, and was replaced by an incredible euphoria that he could never believe. He became hard once more and moaned; she actually kept her side of the bargain. He was weary of indulging in the feeling that was flooding within him; she could suck him dry if she wanted and he wouldn't even stop her, it was that overwhelming. Her fingers slid up his chest, and she rubbed her thumb over her his bottom lip; he caught her off guard when he placed her finger in his mouth as sucked slowly on it.
He filled his thoughts with vivid scenes of them making love passionately. Their bodies erratic, sweaty, pulsing, heated, as they rubbed against each other, her body arching wildly towards his own; it felt and looked almost real in his mind. He understood their link more than she; he knew she could see what he was thinking. It was evident in the way she moaned in response.
And then there was a knock at the door.
Perhaps it had not been the first time whomever it was had knocked, he was too into what they were doing to really notice. He continued to ignore it, but became somewhat angered as it continued. He watched as she sat up, wiping the trail of blood from her lips.
She was just as pissed at their interruption as he.
In a blur of movement she was at the door, opening it to speak with whomever was on the other side.
"This better be real damn good Diamond." His eyes slurred lustfully over her figure before looking her eye to eye. There was a smear of blood on her cheek; the desire to lick it off for her was overwhelming. "Don't even think about it." She spat, reading his thoughts.
"You requested that we deliver the book immediately when we apprehended it."
"Well?" She replied irritatingly. "Where is it then?" He produced it from behind his back before handing it to her; she snatched it from him and thumbed through it before turning a questioning glance towards him. "Has Sapphire returned with report as of yet?"
"Yes, he has…they bought it."
"Excellent…so the girl is still alive correct?" She looked back towards the book, her eyes scanning a few pages here and there.
"Yes, he is following them as we speak to discover their location."
"Report to me when you discover it…oh, and Diamond."
"Serenity?"
"I will need your presence tomorrow night, we have plans for the Prime Minister." She paused. "Oh, and bring Delilah, I think she will be very useful."
"Yes Serenity." She paused for but a moment, looking at him thoughtfully before wrenching his neck down to meet her lips. He clenched his teeth as she drank of him greedily, finally sating her blood lust of before, before pushing him forcefully away from her.
"Now get out of my face, I don't want to see you until the afternoon of the morrow, and if Sapphire fails with his discoveries…kill him." She slammed the door in his face and walked back into the room to see Mamoru looking upon her with fierce glowing eyes. "There's been a change in our plans for the evening, I want something else from you now." She climbed onto the bed and he pulled her body roughly to him so that her back was to his chest.
"I had plans to give it to you for the rest of the night." He huskily replied as he lifted her leg that was curved up slightly on top of the other and then impaled her from behind. "And I have no intentions of being gentle." She cried out he began to drive into her heated body, his arm supporting her leg so that it was slightly up in the air.
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When Makoto saw them enter the room with a pale Nephrite in Robert's arms, she almost immediately froze before rushing towards him.
"What…what happened?"
"He's just lost a lot of blood." Jadeite said hurriedly as he went to Rei. "You alright?"
"There's been some pain—from small contractions, I think the baby has dropped, and I have been losing a lot of plug…other than that, I think I'll make it." She smiled gently as he rubbed her belly.
"That means the baby could come any day now." He commented slowly.
"Will he be okay?" Makoto inquired, her eyes sunken as she looked towards him.
"I had to give a little of my own in order to save him." Robert addressed her softly. He flashed a look at Minako and she immediately saw what happened through his eyes.
"Bastards!" Makoto cried out, ready to lunge at them both when she was caught in Minako's strong grasp. She looked towards Makoto with wise brown orbs.
"He'll be alright Makoto…he only gave enough for him to survive a few more hours, he is out of the water for now…he just needs some rest is all." She assured her. "Robert will go with Jadeite to get some blood for him…don't worry, it was not enough to change him." She held her tightly as she continued to fight her hold on her. "Don't worry, it will be alright."
"How far is the nearest hospital?" Robert began as he laid Nephrite down on a small bed in a private room.
"Hundreds of miles south west of here." Michiru replied. "You must hurry." In a blur of movement he was at the door.
"Come Jadeite." Jadeite followed behind him, ready to leave. But just as they had opened the door Rei cried out. He quickly turned towards her direction, eyes wide, as a stream of water slid down her legs.
"I think there maybe a change in plans." She said through clenched teeth.
"Shit." Jadeite cursed.
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Mamoru woke early in the morning in the predawn hours to see Usagi lying nude across the length of the foot of the bed; a huge book sprawled beneath her, glasses on her face, a soft glow from a side lamp illuminating the room. He arched his brow at that last idea, a vampire with glasses.
"You think of we vampires too much as separate creatures from humans." She replied in response to his thought. "Think of us as humans with a genetic defect and then you'll understand." She flipped a page of the book.
"The Book of Prophecies?"
"Yes."
"You can read it?"
"I'm a handful of hundreds of years old, of course I can read it." He crawled to the edge of the bed on all fours and looked over her shoulders.
"So can I…but I have never even laid my eyes on it." His hand absentmindedly trailed her thigh to her hip and back as he lay behind her and rested his chin on the palm of his hand.
"It puzzles me that for some reason unknown there are parts of it that I should be able to read but can not…I think the book possess it's own magic…it hides things from me."
"Perhaps." He murmured as he kissed her shoulder, his lips slowly descending down the length of her arm.
"What are you doing?" She attempted to sound annoyed, but he knew her well enough to know what turned her on.
"I was thinking…" He sauntered. "What if we joined together to kill the Angel."
"You mean the 'Angel of Light'?" She questioned disbelievingly.
"The very one." She turned towards him with astonishment on her face.
"Are you really that naive and stupid?"
"Excuse me?" He sat up quickly and looked down at her with curious eyes.
"You really do not know do you?" Her face became serious before she burst into a fit of laughter.
"Enlighten me."
"You can try and kill her if you want, though you would never succeed."
"And why is that?"
"Well, first you would have to keep your dick from slipping into the tight clasp of her legs and stop fucking her."
"You."
"The one and only."
"It does not make sense then, how can I destroy you when I feel-" He bit his tongue and immediately clouded his mind with other matters, blanking out his feelings for her. He would have to berate himself for almost letting that slip later, right now he had to stop her from knowing what his true feelings were, and that required changing his thought patterns.
"It is okay if you feel desire for me Endymion." She purred as she slinked her way over to straddle him once more. "I don't bite----oh wait, I do." All she had to do was rub him slightly and he became ready for her once more; her smile became sensuous and she moaned as she slid herself on him. He groaned, his hands gripping her hips as she moved her own hands silkily up her own body. She lifted her hair up in the air as she began a rock hard rhythm, and he steadied her over him with his hands. He watched as she moved her hands caressingly over her breasts and threw her head back. When he was certain her mind was beyond reason, he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and thought about what he had almost done.
Only she would believe that his choice of words would have been desire, rather than love.
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"Jadeite." Rei whimpered from where she lay in her bed nude with a sheet to cover her, her body drenched in sweat. She felt confused, delusional; everything seemed real yet not real.
"Yeah sweetie, I'm here." He held her hand tightly; placing light butterfly kisses on it.
"It hurts." She whispered; the desire to close her legs was unbelievable. She could feel this incredibly heated and burning sensation rippling through her vaginal area. They had to tie her legs to the ends of the beds to keep her from moving them. "I…I wanna close my legs."
"Just hold on baby, you're gonna be alright."
"Where---where…Makoto."
"Makoto had to go with Robert so that I could stay with you." He whispered.
"Nephrite"
"He's fine."
"Baby."
"You can't have the baby yet…you're not dilated enough…"
"Could I get you anything? Perhaps some ice?" The voice of Michiru filtered through the room. Rei nodded her head slightly. She turned back towards Jadeite and he reached over to move damp tendrils from her forehead.
"Don't worry everything's going to be alright."
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Nephrite tossed in his sleep, sweat beading down his forehead, his dreams vivid and wild, something was calling him…
"Usagi…"
~*~
Moans filled the room as Usagi lifted herself on extended arms and continued to move over him, their bodies meshing heatedly together, his hands held steadfast to her waist so that he could help her slide over him repeatedly.
~*~
"Something…wrong." Rei murmured wearily.
"Shhh…don't speak." Jadeite replied.
~*~
"Usagi…" Nephrite watched with slitted eyes as a bright white light filled the room. When it subsided she was standing there in her naked glory, the wind gently lifting her white diamond hair and the moonlight shining on her body.
"Let me help you." She whispered as she sauntered over to him. "I can give you peace, I can make it better." He sat up and the sheets fell to his waist to reveal his bare chest; he was surprised that his strength was already returning towards him.
But mostly, the sight of her mesmerized him.
She extended her leg over him and rode his waist, her hands gently pushing him back to the bed.
~*~
"Serenity." Mamoru moaned as another orgasm rippled through him; they paused their movements for but a second before resuming their pace once more.
"Endymion…" She moaned.
~*~
"Something…something wrong." Rei continued hazily.
"You're fine Rei, you're just hallucinating." Jadeite replied. "Don't worry sweetheart, everything's alright."
~*~
"I could give you power, you could live for eternity." Usagi whispered.
"With you?" Nephrite inquired.
"Forever, with me." She rested her palms on his chest before sliding him into her with a moan.
~*~
Usagi could feel a minor headache coming on due to her exertion in two different places at one time, but at least she was able to trick her body. She could perform the seduction rituals for as long as her real body was having sex with Mamoru.
~*~
"Nephrite…help…help…"
"Rei…he's-" Just as he was about to assure her of their friend's safety, Robert burst into the room.
"Did you lock the door to Nephrite's room?" He hastily inquired.
"No."
"Something's wrong, I can't sense the magic but I just have a guttural feeling." Michiru burst into the door thereafter.
"None of our spells are working, but I sense an evil power here."
"Serenity." Robert whispered.
~*~
Nephrite gripped her hips in his hands as she rocked over him repeatedly.
"Usagi."
"Endym-" She bit her lip, stopping the words from escaping.
~*~
What the hell was that? Her mind was racing a mile a minute as she continued to perform the spell. Somehow her thoughts of Mamoru managed to slip through the cracks and almost destroy her concentration. She had to focus; if she let her guard down for just a moment she knew her Uncle would come into the room and attempt to stop the binding ceremony.
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"She's trying to bind him." Robert declared.
"She's what?" Makoto banged on the door, and then slammed her body against it, attempting to get it open.
"If it works he'll become her slave and whatever it is she commands of him, he'll stop at nothing until he achieves."
"Then we will stop him."
"It is not that simple, once he is bound to her, he becomes hers until only she releases him…he will be her assassin, then the only thing we could do to stop him would be to kill him."
"Either way, she wins." Minako whispered.
"Then we must get in there and stop her before she finishes!" Makoto cried out as she continued to hurl her frustration at the door. Elizabeth pulled her in her hold once more.
"That will not work…wherever she is, she's in deep concentration…there is only one way to break the chain so that we can get in the room, and even then we are not out of the hot water." He paused. "If we manage to get in, we have the hard task of breaking the hold she has on him…he is susceptible to her wills because he is not a vampire, and the fact that he is very weak does not help for his situation…it is for this reason that I had considered turning him before."
"You have to help him." Makoto cried.
"I will try to break her from the inside, once her concentration is broken you must hurry into the room; you will need to make an attempt to awaken him.
~*~
"Usagi." He moaned her named repeatedly as she pleasured him to heights unknown.
~*~
She could feel their presence at the door, attempting to get in, she had to hurry before they tried to break the hold she had on him. She started chanting.
~*~
"Help Neph…" Rei murmured.
"Don't worry sweetheart, they're helping him, you need to relax."
~*~
"Usagiiiiii." Nephrite moaned.
~*~
"Damnit." She cursed; they were getting to close.
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Robert sat on the floor, his mind in deep concentration as he focused on getting his friend's attention.
"Endymion…I need you to do something for me."
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"It hurts." Rei murmured.
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"Usagiiii." Nephrite moaned.
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Usagi tried to focus on her chanting, but her mind kept getting clouded with thoughts of Endymion. She chanted harder.
~*~
"Mamoru, break her concentration," Robert began. "Anything changed in her environment can break it, try to keep her distracted for as long as possible."
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"The baby." Rei cried.
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"Usagi." Nephrite groaned as she picked up the pace.
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"Endymion." Usagi moaned, for some reason it was becoming harder to focus her attention on the matter at hand than the man beneath her.
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"Mamoru." Robert chanted, driving powerfully into Mamoru's mind, digging as deep as he could. He could sense somewhat of a mental block.
~*~
"Baby." Rei could feel the contractions getting closer and closer together.
"It's almost time to push." Michiru relayed.
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"Usagi." He moaned as her cries echoed into his ears; her body was wild and untamable.
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"Endymion!" Usagi cried out. For some reason, she didn't feel she would ever reach the heights with anyone else, that she did with him. But she had to focus. Split her mind.
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"Mamoru." Robert concentrated harder; he could feel himself breaking through a barrier.
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"The baby…it hurts." She wanted to push, anything to cease the burning pain.
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"Usagi." Nephrite could feel as if something were calling him from somewhere, somewhere far beyond. The voice sounded like his own, it was as if his mind was trying to tell him something. But why?
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As if lightening struck within his mind; Mamoru could hear his Malachite talking to him.
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"Her concentration, Mamoru."
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"Let me push!" Rei screamed.
"Just wait a bit Rei, you're almost ten centimeters."
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"Usagi!" The voice was like a nagging bell, telling him that this was somehow wrong, but he didn't know why, especially when it felt so good. But for some reason, it kept trying to remind him of something.
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Mamoru reached up and pulled one breast in his lips; it sent her over the edge, causing her to cry out.
"Endymion!"
~*~
Robert's eyes shot open.
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"Jadeite!" Rei cried out and gripped his hand as she continued to push.
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Nephrite groaned. What was the voice trying to say? There was a girl in the background, no, a woman. Beautiful. Long brown hair, beautiful brown eyes. Where had he met her before?
~*~
They burst into the room where Nephrite lay, to see his face contorted, his hands gripping the sheets, his body moist with sweat. It was obvious that outwardly he was trying to fight a hidden battle. A battle with himself.
"Nephrite!" Makoto cried out as she ran to his bedside.
"He can not hear you." Minako replied. "He's still under her control, we have to find a way to stop it."
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Usagi cursed mentally with rage before leaning over and biting into Mamoru's flesh and drinking his blood, sending him into a great euphoric state. She moved over him once more as she quickly began the incantation that would bind Nephrite to her completely
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"She has begun again, and she is almost complete." Robert replied. "We have to find some way to stop her." Makoto only looked upon them stoically before sitting on the bed and slapping Nephrite across the face hard.
"Wake up damn you!" She cried before slapping him once more. "Wake up I say! Wake up!" She slapped him repeatedly before punching him in his chest, attempting to get some kind of response out of him.
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"Push Rei, push! You're almost there, we can see the head!"
"I'm pushing." She gritted her teeth as she sat up somewhat, gripping Jadeite's hand as hard as she could.
"Don't let go Rei, don't let go."
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"This won't hurt." Nephrite watched as she sunk her teeth into his neck and began to drink of him; the euphoria hit him dead on.
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Usagi's arms were folded behind her head and her eyes closed in ecstasy as she began to move speedily yet expertly above him. Mamoru groaned.
~*~
"Get the necklace!" Robert spat.
"What!"
"Get the damn necklace! We have no time to waste!" Haruka hurried out the room to the next one were Rei lay giving birth. She went over and lifted the necklace from her neck without a word and left the room as speedily as she came. Robert snatched it from her grasp and placed it around Nephrite's neck.
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"One last push Rei." Michiru cried. "Just give me one last push. Rei cried as she clenched her teeth and bore down. Like a river flowing she felt the relief of the baby slipping out.
"It's a girl!" Jadeite cried as Michiru took her and cleaned her the best that she could with a warm wet cloth.
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"Makoto." The voice said louder to him this time. "You love Makoto."
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Nephrite's eyes shot open to see Makoto crying above him.
"Mako, my love." His arms went out to her and he held her as she cried.
"The worst is over." Robert replied. "Come, let us leave." He walked out the room to give them privacy, the others following in his wake.
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Mamoru was shocked when Usagi suddenly cried out and then fell limp against him. He held her in his arms, unsure of what was going on, but happy that she was safe nonetheless. He cared for his Malachite dearly, and trusted him like a brother, but if he had killed Usagi, he would have paid with his own life.