Roubando o Seu Coração
Chapter Seven: Breaking and Entering
I'm extremely sorry for such a long wait, but my computer crashed and I lost everything I had, including the chapter I was working on.
Disclaimer: I'm sick of saying this again and again, so this is the last time I say this. I don't own Sailor Moon, simple as that.
"-means talking
'-means thoughts
italics means memories or a flashback
The wind swept through the room, ruffling the hair of the one person who was not asleep. Rei had been awake for the past hour, sitting on the floor next to the bed. She had had another one of those weird dreams, although she was starting to believe they were more than just dreams, and couldn't fall back asleep.
She wondered if that was what had happened to Makoto. Makoto was late and when she returned home, she said she had fainted when she was talking to one of the generals. She said she was fine and that no harm had come to her. Makoto also mentioned she had a weird dream when she passed out. Rei had pressed her about it but all Makoto could remember was a waterfall and a storm.
Rei sighed. 'Nothing's making sense anymore. I'm not the only one who's having these weird memories. . .' Rei blinked a couple of times. '. . . Memories? Why the hell did I say memories and not dreams for? Ack, this is so frustrating!' She tossed aside the now ripped in half pillow and got up, stepping over Minako to reach the door.
"Hey, love, can't go to sleep?"
Rei gritted her teeth, getting mad that Minako had caught her off guard. "Obviously, or I'd be sleeping in my bed, ne?"
Minako rolled her eyes. "Stop being so bitchy and have a seat. Something's wrong and I'm not letting you go anywhere until you spill."
Rei sighed; she didn't feel like fighting tonight so she sat down. She opened her mouth, thinking of an excuse, but Minako cut her off.
"Don't even try to lie your way out of this one, I may be blonde, but I'm not stupid. I know it has nothing to do with the mission in thirty minutes."
Rei bit her lip. "It's this place," she said slowly. "I can't describe what it is about it, but I just feel. . ."
"Something bad is going to happen, isn't it?"
Rei shook her head no, the frustration she was feeling mounting up again. She felt like her whole body was on fire, and all these thoughts and feelings were making her angry. Angry enough to the point where she felt like she was going to explode.
She felt like she was going to suffocate so she got up on two shaky legs and ran out of the room, downstairs, and into the cold night. She took a big gulp of air, like she had been underwater for too long, and leaned against the house, liking the feel of the cold stone on her hot flesh.
A minute later Minako showed up and leaned against the house, her body turned towards Rei. "I feel like I've been here and met these people before," Minako said after a minute of silence.
Rei couldn't hide the surprise on her face. 'So she feels like that too?'
"Come on," Minako said, turning towards Rei. "The other girls must be up as well."
"…Up for a little challenge, general?" She gave him her famous smile, cocking her head to the side.
"I'm sorry, I can't baby-sit today. Perhaps another time," Kunzite said coldly, hoping she'd walk away.
Unfortunately she didn't catch the hint and stayed put, flicking her hair back with one motion. "Spare me a couple of minutes of your time, I can show you how good I am with a whip." She licked her lips and walked up to him, placing a delicate hand on his chest.
He stiffened up, taking her hand off his chest. Gods, did she not know what she did to him? It was like she had him under a spell; that was the only way he could explain it. "I'm sure you're great with a whip, but I do not have time to play games," he said gruffly.
"Who ever said I was playing?" She gave him an innocent look.
He let out a sigh, inwardly groaning. He couldn't take much more of the faces she was making. "Pull out your sword then, let's see what you've got."
She gave him a wicked grin, pulling out her sword and licking her lips again. He wondered what else those lips could do and instantly scolded himself.
"Since this is so boring, we'll fight my way."
"And what's your way?" He asked, somewhat doubtful it was going to be good.
She raised her shoulders, smiling at him again. "Just watch." One second she was standing a couple of feet from him and the next she was a blur of yellow. He barely had time to take his sword out of its sheath and block the attack. She quickly stepped back and grinned, holding something in her hand.
Feeling a sudden chill on his arm, Kunzite looked at his ripped up sleeve. He raised an eyebrow. "This was my favorite uniform."
She smiled. "I'll buy you a new one, but for now, let's make it even."
This time he was ready, but she still managed to rip his other sleeve off. "Is the object of this game to rip off the sleeves of my favorite uniform?"
She laughed and he suppressed the urge to grab her and pin her down under him. An image of her under him flashed in his head and he cursed, getting mad at himself for thinking of such things when one of his best friends was going to marry her.
"What are you planning, you little vixen?" He growled out, watching her circle him. She let out another laugh.
"I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet, general." She put her sword down and grabbed her yellow whip, smirking at him. She snapped it at him, but he dodged out of the way. She snapped at him again, taking a step forward. He dodged it and ran towards her. Once he reached her, he stopped, not knowing what to do.
She smirked. "This is what you're supposed to do." Grabbing his wrist, which held his sword, she swiped it across her arm, cutting off her sleeve from her uniform. Kunzite just stared at her, motionless.
"Still don't get it?" Taking his wrist again, she cut across her stomach, this time pulling the material off, and showing her flat, tan stomach. Kunzite couldn't tear his gaze away from her flesh.
She walked closer to him, lacing her arms around his neck and leaning in to whisper in his ear. "You really aren't that good at playing games, are you?"
He just closed his eyes, keeping his hormones in check. Using one finger to trace down his face, neck, and then chest, she ripped his uniform shirt off. She was about to run her hand across his bare chest when he stopped her. "I thought you said you weren't playing a game?"
Her blonde brows furrowed, and she took a step back. "What I meant to say was that I thought you'd be better at fighting, I mean, after all you are the first general for King Endymon."
"Now that I understand the rules, you'll have a different opinion of me." He smiled coldly at her, ripping the rest of her shirt off. The surprise on her face was enough payment, so he turned around, not once glancing back as he walked away… So, Princess Minako thought she had him all figured out, did she? Well, he would just have to play her games better…
Kunzite awoke with a start. Sitting up he closed his eyes, trying to remember the dream he just had. There was an attractive woman…a fight….games… he sighed with frustration, not remembering anything else. Even what he remembered was slipping away, no matter how hard he tried to grasp on to it, he couldn't remember the woman's face.
Slipping on a pair of trousers and a shirt, he decided to take a walk to clear his mind. Closing the door quietly, he headed to the training room. Vigorous training always seemed to soothe his mind.
"Ok, this is where you guys can get in," Ami said, starting to shrug off the bag she had on, "I'll keep an eye on you guys from here."
Minako nodded her head. "Make sure no one sees you."
"Are you sure you put the motion devices where I told you to?" Ami asked the rest of them as she tapped her left earring. A blue, mini-computer appeared, looking like normal sunglasses on her. A clear keyboard popped out of thin air, hovering in front of her. She started typing furiously on it.
The four girls nodded their heads in unison. Ami stopped typing and started rummaging in her bag, finally pulling out the things she needed. "These are your tracking devises," she said, handing each of them a small devise. "I'll be able to track you guys on my computer." After handing those out, she grabbed five ear pieces and handed them out. Rei helped Ami by grabbing the microphones. After all the girls had placed the ear pieces in their ears and the microphones in their mouths, they started going to their assigned positions.
Ami would stay behind and navigate for them, also warning them when someone was heading their way and the rest of them would navigate the castle grounds. Makoto looked at Ami, who nodded.
"You have four minutes to dismantle that window, get down, and put it back before the alarm will be up again."
Makoto smiled. "That long? That's plenty of time." She began the task at hand, and in less than two minutes had the window removed. Minako, Rei, and Usagi jumped down, followed by Makoto.
"Usagi, get on my shoulders and put the window back up."
"Yeah, ok. Hey Rei, shine some light up here, I can't see anything."
While Usagi climbed up on Makoto, Rei turned on the small flashlight she had with her. Usagi placed the window back on and jumped down, looking at her watch.
"We've got two hours before this window falls off, let's make it count."
Rei shined the light around the room, casting an eerie glow and making the shadows dance across the walls.
"What way Ames?"
"There's two door, one to your left and one to your right, take the left one."
"This place is giving me the creeps!" Usagi grabbed the flashlight from Rei and squeezed into the middle of the girls. Makoto reached out and tried opening the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"Damn, it's locked."
"Shine the light on the door knob."
"But what if someone jumps out from behind us?" Usagi asked, looking around nervously.
Rei rolled her eyes. "We're the only ones in this room, meatball head, so give me that flashlight!" She snatched it away from Usagi and shined it on the door handle. "Can you pick it, Minako?"
Minako got down on her knees and started picking the lock. After a few minutes the girls heard a familiar click and the door swung open. Minako got up and winked at them. "It's all about the touch."
They continued on their way, winding through the darkness of the basement while Ami gave them directions. After turning a corner they finally reached the stairs that would lead them to the main hallway.
"Ok guys, it gets tricky beyond this point. You have to watch out for maids and servants until you reach the secret passageway that leads around the whole palace."
Rei turned off the flashlight and rolled her eyes when Usagi squeaked. They quietly walked up the stairs, Makoto looking around the deserted hallway for any signs of movement. When they saw that they were safe for awhile, they split into two groups to search the two rooms that Ami thought could hold the stones. Rei and Usagi would take the first room while Makoto and Minako would take the other.
"Meet us back here in an hour. That should give us enough time." Minako said while looking at the digital map that Ami had sent them. She took one last glance at it before shutting it down. "Be careful you two."
"Aren't we always?" Rei said with a smirk.
Makoto scoffed. "This time, try not to argue. One of these days, they will hear you two yelling."
Usagi scowled. "I'm not the one that starts it."
"You're doing it now."
Usagi turned to Rei and stuck her tongue out, a gesture she would never grow old of.
"What did I say about that tongue?"
Usagi was about to reply when Ami cut her off. "Now is not the time for you two to argue. You're wasting time."
Minako nodded her head. "Ame's right. Let's go."
"I can't believe you just did that!" Rei nearly screamed at Usagi. She would have, if it wasn't for the fact that they were on a mission.
Usagi shrugged, stuffing the muffin she had in her hand in her mouth. "I got hungry."
Rei really wanted to stuff that muffin in Usagi's mouth and see her choke on it, but reframed herself from doing it. Instead she settled for half screaming, half whispering to her. "That guy almost caught us because of you!"
"We didn't get caught, so there's nothing to worry about!" Usagi screamed back. Rei ran to her and clasped her hands over Usagi's mouth. Her eyes glinted dangerously.
"Usa, now's not the time. But please reframe from screaming your head off."
Usagi opened her mouth to protest, but Rei shout her a look. Defeated, she followed Rei with a pout on her face. Rounding the corner, Rei pressed a button on the bracelet she wore and the map appeared. Satisfied that they were at the right place, she pressed the button again, making it vanish into thin air.
"Ok Ames, we're here."
"Good," Ami's voice said in their ear pieces. "Usagi, place that device I gave you on the padlock of the door."
Usagi pulled out a device that looked like a little spider, only with a small computer built in. When she placed it on the padlock, the eight legs attached themselves to it. Usagi gave a startled cry.
"What is that!"
"My latest development. It debugs the alarm and finds the password."
Usagi stared at it from a distance, watching as the numbers filtered through the screen, to fast for her eyes to distinguish what number was passing by. A beep was heard, and the numbers stopped moving. Rei went over and pulled on the door slowly, wondering if the alarm really had turned off. No sound issued, so she opened it all the way, slipping in and waiting for Usagi to join her.
Rei watched as Usagi walked in, letting the door close behind her, and her eyes went wide. "Usagi, don't!"
But it was too late; as soon as the door closed little red beams appeared all over the room, some barely missing the two of them.
"Shit" was all Rei could say before she had to jump out of the way of an oncoming beam.
Usagi also moved. "I'm so sorry! I didn't know this was going to happen!" Her face had a worried look to it, her eyes looking apologetic towards Rei.
Rei moved again, her face agitated. "It's not your fault. Just call it a hunch that I knew that was going to happen."
Usagi let the breath she was holding go, relieved to hear her say that. She barely had time to duck from the beam that came towards her.
Rei gave her a warning glance. "Ami," she said, moving again. "How the hell do we disarm this thing?"
"I'm so sorry! I just found out that this had two codes, the one that we used wasn't the right one, in a sense."
"We know," Rei gritted. "Just tell us how to turn it off!"
"Um…" She hesitated. "We need to use the other code. The only problem is that it has to be used on that keypad outside."
"Get Minako and Makoto to do it."
"And hurry!" Usagi piped in. "It's getting difficult to dodge these beams!"
Makoto set the guard down on the ground softly. "That was too close. Do you think he saw our faces?"
Minako looked at him, frowning. "We can't be sure. Better erase his memories just in case."
Makoto looked skeptic, but nodded her head. Minako pulled out a blue liquid inside a small tube, tapping the lid. A small screen appeared, and she typed in 3 minutes and pressed enter. The screen disappeared and she twisted the cap off. "Makoto, lift him up, would you?"
Makoto bent down and lifted half his body up while Minako opened his mouth and dropped the content inside, tilting his head far back.
"That should do it," she said after getting back up. Minako started walking and Makoto looked warily at the guard before following her blonde friend. They walked in silence, each one enthralled in her own thoughts. Makoto worried that there might be another guard in this so called "secret passage way". So far, they had run into three, the last of which caught a brief glance at them. They rounded a corner and Makoto felt Minako stiffen next to her.
"What's wrong Min-oof!" Makoto went flying to the ground, Minako on top of her. "What the hell-ack!" She was stopped from screaming at the top of her lungs by Minako's hand covering her mouth. Instead, she scowled in anger.
"We must have taken a wrong turn. I didn't notice before, but I recognize this place," She whispered, rolling off of Makoto.
"You didn't have to tackle me!" Makoto hissed, keeping her voice down because Minako had. "Normal people would have told me calmly what was wrong instead."
"You said it yourself, normal. Now hush. Someone is just around the corner and inside the training facility."
"We couldn't have taken a wrong turn! I read the map perfectly."
Minako shrugged. "Well, you did," she said, avoiding Makoto's eyes. Makoto saw the gesture and narrowed her eyes.
"What did you do?"
Minako glanced at Makoto with an innocent look. "What ever do you mean, Mako-chan?"
"You know exactly what I mean. Lemme see that map!"
Minako bit her lip but did as she was told. Struggling with the bracelet, she finally pulled up the map. Makoto studied it, her emerald eyes scanning the map with a scrutinizing gaze. "This isn't the map you pulled up earlier," she finally stated.
"Sure it is," Minako smiled, giving a nervous laugh.
"No it's not. We aren't even on the map anymore!" Makoto's voice went past the whispering range now.
"Keep your voice down! We don't want to be found out."
As if on cue, they heard footsteps and they quickly scrambled up, running the opposite way. Minako saw a closed door and lunged for it, opening it up and taking Makoto with her. Holding their breaths, they waited for the person to walk on by. Minako jumped when she heard Ami's voice in her ear.
"You guys, we have a problem."
"Yeah, what is it?" Minako asked, whispering just in case someone else decided to walk by.
"Rei and Usagi need your help. They're locked inside a room."
"Great," Makoto mumbled.
"Can they wait a little bit? We kind of got . . . sidetracked."
"Ha! That's putting it lightly. Minako here got us lost!"
"You're lost? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because we aren't! We're just taking the long way."
Makoto rolled her eyes. 'Not even going to waste my breath.'
"Hey Ames, hold on for a sec, ok?" Minako slowly opened the door and peeked through. Not hearing anybody, she quietly stepped out, grabbing Makoto with her. "Ok Ames, are Rei and Usagi in danger, because if they aren't Makoto and I will go on ahead and get them later."
She heard Ami's hesitation. "That's not for me to decide. But I would go and get them, because if they mess up, we will all be found out, whether or not you find the room."
Minako sighed. "Fine. Tell us where to go."
"Backtrack and take a right on the crossroads. Be careful, we don't need you two getting into trouble."
"You worry too much," Makoto pointed out.
Minako nodded her head, even though Ami could not see her. "Yea, and when are we never caref-" The last word lingered in the air as her cornflower blue eyes spotted grey hair. "Oh shit!"
yes I know...not as long as my latest chapters...it's actually seven chapters, what I used to write until you guys asked for longer chapters...but I thought you'd prefer a chapter than nothing at all...once again so sorry for such a long wait...I'm finally up and running and since it's christmas break, I have a lot of time on my hands...yay! I want to update my other sailor moon fic, so I dunno when I will update this one, but I hope and promise it won't be such a long wait! Please review, I live for them...and until next time...