I'm really sorry about last chapters.. On all my stories (3)! Someone
mentioned that I made some really stupid mistakes, like calling Itasha
Grace. For anyone who doesn't know, Grace is the name of a girl in one of
my other stories, and I had just finished writing that story when I started
on Minako's retreat. Again, I apologize, but for anyone who goes to
school, I'm sure they can understand the stress and pressure!
Thanks for being so understanding!! ^-^
Special Thank you to Transcendent who edited this for me! THANK YOU ^-^
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Chapter 12 of Minako's retreat
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Minako launched herself onto the bed roughly. She was seething, but in another sense, she was.. Oh. what was the word for it? Maybe Frustrated? Disappointed?
Minako sighed lightly and pulled her pillow closer. For some reason, the gentle fabric had an intoxicating smell, and it was really comforting. It almost reminded her of Quatre.
With another sigh, Minako turned over in the bed and stared up at the ceiling. Quatre was so gentle and kind. In a way, he was only doing what he thought was right, Minako mused.
But still!
With a scream of frustration, Minako flung the pillow at the door. It bounced harmlessly off the door and landed with a soft thud. For some reason, this frustrated Minako more.
"What if Usagi got hurt?" Minako snapped angrily at the hapless pillow, "And I was here, safe and sound? That's not very fair is it? She is the real queen after all. I mean, the other scouts would probably haunt me for eternity!"
The pillow didn't respond.
"Fine!" Minako fumed as she stood and approached the large standing mirror. Staring at it, she felt utterly depressed. Her body was once rich and wonderfully tanned. Her face was always vibrant and brilliant. Now.
Her skin was milky white now, from being inside so much. Her face was beginning to show her stress, and her hair had lost its once vibrant bounce. Minako restrained herself from smashing the mirror into millions of pieces.
"Minako?" Came a timid voice from the door.
Minako sighed heavily as she turned around to face Itasha. The small girl was looking at the ground in shame.
"What's wrong?" Minako asked as she took a step forward. As she did this though, Dorothy stepped out from behind the door.
Minako froze in horror, "Why are you here?"
Dorothy smiled lightly and walked inside the room, calmly locking it after Itasha had ran inside.
"I'm sorry!" Itasha cried as she hurried to Minako.
"How much did you hear?" Minako demanded angrily.
"All of it," Dorothy said smugly, "You said her name was Usagi? So that's the Moon Queens name. I hear she resided on earth for quiet a few years. No doubt we'll be able to track it in some way."
Minako growled, unable to say anything. If they knew what Usagi looked like, it would be an advantage on their side, something she couldn't afford.
"Dorothy," Itasha cried, "Leave her alone!"
"Oh be quiet," Dorothy said thoughtfully as she turned for the door, "I'm sure Relena will be very happ."
SLAM!
Dorothy screamed as the door was slammed in her face. Minako stood with her hand on it, her face deadly calm, "Oh, I don't think Relena needs to know about this,"
"How dare you!" Dorothy hissed, "When Quatre finds out."
"Oh, I don't think he needs to know either,"
"Minako." Itasha whispered as she watched Minako with frightened eyes. This was a side of her she had never seen before.
"I demand to be allowed out of this room immediately!" Dorothy said louder this time, "I'll scream!"
Minako shrugged, "If you scream, I'll be forced to take steps. Naturally, being a soldier and all, I know only one way to shut a screaming person up." She left the sentence open suggestively.
Dorothy remained silent.
"You say anything to anyone and so help me." Minako began.
Itasha shivered at the tone in Minako's voice, suddenly realizing why the woman standing in front of her was not only a queen but a soldier. She was very scary when she was mad.
"F-fine," Dorothy croaked.
Minako sighed and opened the door to allow Dorothy out. In the end, she really didn't have any choice. She couldn't kill Dorothy, not with Itasha standing right there. And the fact Quatre might notice his fiancée was missing.
Whimpering from the corner caught Minako's attention. Immediately she seemed to over come a drastic change.
"Itasha," Minako said softly, leaning down to the girl's height.
"I couldn't do anything," Itasha whispered tearfully, "She covered my mouth so I couldn't say anything,"
"I know," Minako told the child gently, "I don't blame you. I am sorry you had to see that though."
Itasha sniffled slightly, "Minako, I have something I tell you,"
"And what's that?"
"I. know about you being the Queen of Venus."
Silence. Stunned silence seemed to overtake the room as Minako stared at Itasha. Her body was frozen in dread. This was bad. This was very, very bad.
~*~
Dorothy growled lightly as she shut the door of the house. As if she would be scared of by the woman's petty threats.
A small smile made its way over her face. No doubt Relena would be pleased to know about Minako's little alliance.
~*~
Quatre tapped his foot lightly as his eyes roamed over his paperwork on his desk. For some reason, he couldn't concentrate today. The fight he had last night with Minako kept popping up in his head.
Quatre wished he could simply apologize to her and make her forget all about that argument, but he knew that wouldn't happen.
The truth was though, he didn't exactly tell Minako the entire truth about why she couldn't contact her friends and family.
There was one more reason. One small reason that kept plaguing his mind, making him feel guilty each time he looked at her.
A part of him wanted her to forget her family and friends. To forget her home and any ties she held to that damn place. Quatre wanted her to only think about here. He wanted her to smile at him, when he returned from attacking Venus and the moon. He wanted her to leap into his arms, happy he was alive, not angry at him for what he had to do.
Quatre sighed and rested his hand on his head. He wanted her to only know him.
~*~
Usagi frowned as she stared at all the maps and military equipment surrounding her.
Ever since she had declared war on earth, she had been swamped with papers and work. This whole war thing was way too overrated, Usagi decided as she pushed away the papers surrounding her.
What she needed was Minako.
Minako would know all about organizing a war. That was what Minako did. Minako used to be the leader of the scouts. She was good at these kinds of things.
At this moment in time, Usagi's overly large army was preparing and getting positioning right. Who would have known there was so much organization in one army?
Usagi frowned. Because of Relena's selfishness, she was forced to fight against her own planet. In a way, she felt bad for Relena. They had overlooked one small detail.
Usagi's army not only included the moons army, but Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and even Saturn. Which equaled one hell of a huge army.
In a few days, Earth would be faced against this massive army. Usagi would have to look on as her own people were slaughtered. All this to take down one person. Why were wars so messy?
Usagi sighed again. If only one of her close friends was still alive, this would be so much easier. But this time, she was very much alone.
~*~
I decided to add a bit of dialog for some of the other characters just to kind of end it off. I think now that I've more or less established a plot, im going to start into the fun stuff. Developing Minako and Quatre's relationship! Yay!
Review Responses
Kazzeh Sodapop - Heya!! Thanks for the review! Hehe, sorry for the wait but, ya, school. Lol. Hey, I was thinking of maybe e-mailing some ppl when I update my stories. Want to be e-mailed when I update? If so, to what stories?? ^_^ anyhow, thanks for the reviews!
Prophetess of Hearts - What I was going for was Minako not wanting to break her promise and all. I know that's not a great explanation, so sorry!! Anyways, thanks for the review.
Transcendent - X_X greeeaaat. Lol. I keep doing that for some reason. I was re-reading the first chapter of The Gods Affair a few days ago and realized half way through I switched from calling Minako Aphrodite to Minako X_X lol. I blame school. Thanks for editing and reviewing!
Shadow Fox2 - Here's more! Thanks for the review! ^-^
Asdfsasf - Thanks for the review! Good luck with other stories and all that.
Faith - Lol, don't worry. I have no plans to just leave this story. Though the chapters might take a little while. Thanks for the review!
Minako Winner - **smiles and takes the cookie** It's all worth it. You get your chapter, I get my cookie. I like this deal. Lol. Plus I got a review!! Hehe. I say we go on strike though. Homework is eeeeevil lol. Thanks for the review (And the cookie)
KC - No, I wasn't planning on making Serena a bad person. ^-^ Thank you so much for your amazing review! It meant a lot to me!
Firelightz - I'm so glad you find this interesting! Here's the next chapter!
Jupiter Angel - Your so lucky!! Were did you go? My Vacations are usually to Edmonton (WEST ED!!!) lol but no internet? That's cruel torment! Hehe. I can't tell you that! It would ruin the story!!! Hehe ^-^ Thanks for the review!
Tenshi Hotaru - Hehe it's all good. It was such a nice review ^-^ Thanks you so much for reviewing!
AznxAngel - Aww thank you, that was so nice to say **Whips a tear away** I enjoyed writing that part as well. It was fun to write! Thanks for the review!
LunarAngel288 - I wasn't really planning on it, having Usagi with someone anyways, but I dunno now. I have so many ppl telling me not to put her with someone and others telling me too. well, I'm sure I'll figure it out when the time comes. Maybe a poll or something. ^-^ Thanks for the review!
Thanks for being so understanding!! ^-^
Special Thank you to Transcendent who edited this for me! THANK YOU ^-^
~*~
Chapter 12 of Minako's retreat
~*~
Minako launched herself onto the bed roughly. She was seething, but in another sense, she was.. Oh. what was the word for it? Maybe Frustrated? Disappointed?
Minako sighed lightly and pulled her pillow closer. For some reason, the gentle fabric had an intoxicating smell, and it was really comforting. It almost reminded her of Quatre.
With another sigh, Minako turned over in the bed and stared up at the ceiling. Quatre was so gentle and kind. In a way, he was only doing what he thought was right, Minako mused.
But still!
With a scream of frustration, Minako flung the pillow at the door. It bounced harmlessly off the door and landed with a soft thud. For some reason, this frustrated Minako more.
"What if Usagi got hurt?" Minako snapped angrily at the hapless pillow, "And I was here, safe and sound? That's not very fair is it? She is the real queen after all. I mean, the other scouts would probably haunt me for eternity!"
The pillow didn't respond.
"Fine!" Minako fumed as she stood and approached the large standing mirror. Staring at it, she felt utterly depressed. Her body was once rich and wonderfully tanned. Her face was always vibrant and brilliant. Now.
Her skin was milky white now, from being inside so much. Her face was beginning to show her stress, and her hair had lost its once vibrant bounce. Minako restrained herself from smashing the mirror into millions of pieces.
"Minako?" Came a timid voice from the door.
Minako sighed heavily as she turned around to face Itasha. The small girl was looking at the ground in shame.
"What's wrong?" Minako asked as she took a step forward. As she did this though, Dorothy stepped out from behind the door.
Minako froze in horror, "Why are you here?"
Dorothy smiled lightly and walked inside the room, calmly locking it after Itasha had ran inside.
"I'm sorry!" Itasha cried as she hurried to Minako.
"How much did you hear?" Minako demanded angrily.
"All of it," Dorothy said smugly, "You said her name was Usagi? So that's the Moon Queens name. I hear she resided on earth for quiet a few years. No doubt we'll be able to track it in some way."
Minako growled, unable to say anything. If they knew what Usagi looked like, it would be an advantage on their side, something she couldn't afford.
"Dorothy," Itasha cried, "Leave her alone!"
"Oh be quiet," Dorothy said thoughtfully as she turned for the door, "I'm sure Relena will be very happ."
SLAM!
Dorothy screamed as the door was slammed in her face. Minako stood with her hand on it, her face deadly calm, "Oh, I don't think Relena needs to know about this,"
"How dare you!" Dorothy hissed, "When Quatre finds out."
"Oh, I don't think he needs to know either,"
"Minako." Itasha whispered as she watched Minako with frightened eyes. This was a side of her she had never seen before.
"I demand to be allowed out of this room immediately!" Dorothy said louder this time, "I'll scream!"
Minako shrugged, "If you scream, I'll be forced to take steps. Naturally, being a soldier and all, I know only one way to shut a screaming person up." She left the sentence open suggestively.
Dorothy remained silent.
"You say anything to anyone and so help me." Minako began.
Itasha shivered at the tone in Minako's voice, suddenly realizing why the woman standing in front of her was not only a queen but a soldier. She was very scary when she was mad.
"F-fine," Dorothy croaked.
Minako sighed and opened the door to allow Dorothy out. In the end, she really didn't have any choice. She couldn't kill Dorothy, not with Itasha standing right there. And the fact Quatre might notice his fiancée was missing.
Whimpering from the corner caught Minako's attention. Immediately she seemed to over come a drastic change.
"Itasha," Minako said softly, leaning down to the girl's height.
"I couldn't do anything," Itasha whispered tearfully, "She covered my mouth so I couldn't say anything,"
"I know," Minako told the child gently, "I don't blame you. I am sorry you had to see that though."
Itasha sniffled slightly, "Minako, I have something I tell you,"
"And what's that?"
"I. know about you being the Queen of Venus."
Silence. Stunned silence seemed to overtake the room as Minako stared at Itasha. Her body was frozen in dread. This was bad. This was very, very bad.
~*~
Dorothy growled lightly as she shut the door of the house. As if she would be scared of by the woman's petty threats.
A small smile made its way over her face. No doubt Relena would be pleased to know about Minako's little alliance.
~*~
Quatre tapped his foot lightly as his eyes roamed over his paperwork on his desk. For some reason, he couldn't concentrate today. The fight he had last night with Minako kept popping up in his head.
Quatre wished he could simply apologize to her and make her forget all about that argument, but he knew that wouldn't happen.
The truth was though, he didn't exactly tell Minako the entire truth about why she couldn't contact her friends and family.
There was one more reason. One small reason that kept plaguing his mind, making him feel guilty each time he looked at her.
A part of him wanted her to forget her family and friends. To forget her home and any ties she held to that damn place. Quatre wanted her to only think about here. He wanted her to smile at him, when he returned from attacking Venus and the moon. He wanted her to leap into his arms, happy he was alive, not angry at him for what he had to do.
Quatre sighed and rested his hand on his head. He wanted her to only know him.
~*~
Usagi frowned as she stared at all the maps and military equipment surrounding her.
Ever since she had declared war on earth, she had been swamped with papers and work. This whole war thing was way too overrated, Usagi decided as she pushed away the papers surrounding her.
What she needed was Minako.
Minako would know all about organizing a war. That was what Minako did. Minako used to be the leader of the scouts. She was good at these kinds of things.
At this moment in time, Usagi's overly large army was preparing and getting positioning right. Who would have known there was so much organization in one army?
Usagi frowned. Because of Relena's selfishness, she was forced to fight against her own planet. In a way, she felt bad for Relena. They had overlooked one small detail.
Usagi's army not only included the moons army, but Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and even Saturn. Which equaled one hell of a huge army.
In a few days, Earth would be faced against this massive army. Usagi would have to look on as her own people were slaughtered. All this to take down one person. Why were wars so messy?
Usagi sighed again. If only one of her close friends was still alive, this would be so much easier. But this time, she was very much alone.
~*~
I decided to add a bit of dialog for some of the other characters just to kind of end it off. I think now that I've more or less established a plot, im going to start into the fun stuff. Developing Minako and Quatre's relationship! Yay!
Review Responses
Kazzeh Sodapop - Heya!! Thanks for the review! Hehe, sorry for the wait but, ya, school. Lol. Hey, I was thinking of maybe e-mailing some ppl when I update my stories. Want to be e-mailed when I update? If so, to what stories?? ^_^ anyhow, thanks for the reviews!
Prophetess of Hearts - What I was going for was Minako not wanting to break her promise and all. I know that's not a great explanation, so sorry!! Anyways, thanks for the review.
Transcendent - X_X greeeaaat. Lol. I keep doing that for some reason. I was re-reading the first chapter of The Gods Affair a few days ago and realized half way through I switched from calling Minako Aphrodite to Minako X_X lol. I blame school. Thanks for editing and reviewing!
Shadow Fox2 - Here's more! Thanks for the review! ^-^
Asdfsasf - Thanks for the review! Good luck with other stories and all that.
Faith - Lol, don't worry. I have no plans to just leave this story. Though the chapters might take a little while. Thanks for the review!
Minako Winner - **smiles and takes the cookie** It's all worth it. You get your chapter, I get my cookie. I like this deal. Lol. Plus I got a review!! Hehe. I say we go on strike though. Homework is eeeeevil lol. Thanks for the review (And the cookie)
KC - No, I wasn't planning on making Serena a bad person. ^-^ Thank you so much for your amazing review! It meant a lot to me!
Firelightz - I'm so glad you find this interesting! Here's the next chapter!
Jupiter Angel - Your so lucky!! Were did you go? My Vacations are usually to Edmonton (WEST ED!!!) lol but no internet? That's cruel torment! Hehe. I can't tell you that! It would ruin the story!!! Hehe ^-^ Thanks for the review!
Tenshi Hotaru - Hehe it's all good. It was such a nice review ^-^ Thanks you so much for reviewing!
AznxAngel - Aww thank you, that was so nice to say **Whips a tear away** I enjoyed writing that part as well. It was fun to write! Thanks for the review!
LunarAngel288 - I wasn't really planning on it, having Usagi with someone anyways, but I dunno now. I have so many ppl telling me not to put her with someone and others telling me too. well, I'm sure I'll figure it out when the time comes. Maybe a poll or something. ^-^ Thanks for the review!