Nathan: ::walks up toward me:: I have a bone to pick with you!!
Black Ninja Star: ::backs away slowly:: err.....hehe.... can't we talk this out?
Nathan: No. I'm sick and tired of being beaten up. I will get my revenge.
Black Ninja Star: Really now? How are you going to get revenge?
Nathan: I will tell the ending.
Black Ninja Star: oh no...
Nathan: ::smirks and takes a deep breath:: The story ends with-------
Black Ninja Star: ::runs over and duct tapes his mouth:: shut Here's chapter 11!!
A/N: This was hard. School and other things prevented me from writing this chapter. I was on the verge of deleting it from but I decided against it.
Black Ninja Star: ::backs away slowly:: err.....hehe.... can't we talk this out?
Nathan: No. I'm sick and tired of being beaten up. I will get my revenge.
Black Ninja Star: Really now? How are you going to get revenge?
Nathan: I will tell the ending.
Black Ninja Star: oh no...
Nathan: ::smirks and takes a deep breath:: The story ends with-------
Black Ninja Star: ::runs over and duct tapes his mouth:: shut Here's chapter 11!!
Chapter 11
Note: () = dream sequences
It was dark. A little boy was on his hands and knees. He was softly weeping "Mommy, daddy, please come back."
"They won't come back. It's all your fault, you killed them."
"No I didn't!" He looked up. 'No one there'
"You killed them Nathan, you know it." A man walked up toward him "You're a murderer."
"No, I didn't do it." The tears started to fall from his eyes "Why won't you believe me?"
"Your hands say it. Murderer...."
Nathan looked at his hands with horror "No, I didn't do this...." He closed his eyes "The blood's not there, it's not there....."
He pointed his finger to Nathan "Murderer, murderer, murderer...." He kept saying it over and over. More voices joined him. .
Nathan opened his eyes. There was no one else expect him "I'm innocent, why won't you believe me?"
"Murderer, murderer, murderer."
Nathan put his hands over his ears "Please stop. I didn't do anything! Please stop it!!"
"I believe you, everything will be ok."
Nathan felt a hand on his shoulder, softly caressing it. The voice was soothing, comforting "I believe you, everything will be all right."
Nathan stirred in his sleep. He felt something cold on his forehead and it was softly caressing it. His hand reached up to touch it and it was connected to a hand. He started to panic "No more, please! No more!"
"I won't hurt you."
His voice was shaky but he didn't open his eyes "I don't believe you."
"Open your eyes, then."
Nathan opened his eyes and found himself staring into garnet ones. They were begging for him to understand "Setsuna..."
"Shh..." She continued to clean the cuts on his body "I will never hurt you."
"I know, I'm sorry." He looked away "It was....I thought..."
"You thought what?"
The images from the nightmare temporarily flashed through his mind. He shivered "It's...nothing. Don't worry."
She nodded and continued cleaning his forehead "If you say so."
He nodded and propped himself on one arm and winced. He looked at his arm and saw the cuts were already bandaged. He continued looking for a brief second and sat up. The pain raced through his body and he closed his eyes "What happened...."
"After you collapsed in my arms? You cried. For a long time. After a while, it looked like you passed out but you were really sleeping.With some help, I carried you up to my room."
He nodded "I'm sorry."
Setsuna looked at him with a question in her eyes "For what?"
'How do I tell her?' He avoided her eyes and looked down "Dragging you through this...." He sighed and didn't complete the sentence.
Setsuna sat down on the bed and kissed his cheek "Don't be." She lifted his chin so her eyes met his "I'm here for you. I always will be. You must realize that. As long as we're in love, I'll stand by you."
He nodded as a tear slowly rolled down his face . He sniffed and quickly brushed away the tear.
Setsuna took his hand and caressed it "I'll be back in a few hours. Are you going to be okay by yourself?"
A soft reply "Yeah, I'll be ok."
She nodded and gently squeezed his hand "Ok." She kissed his lips softly and left the room.
He put his hand in his pocket and took out the ring. He looked at it for a moment and put it back 'I'll tell her. Not now, but eventually.'
"They won't come back. It's all your fault, you killed them."
"No I didn't!" He looked up. 'No one there'
"You killed them Nathan, you know it." A man walked up toward him "You're a murderer."
"No, I didn't do it." The tears started to fall from his eyes "Why won't you believe me?"
"Your hands say it. Murderer...."
Nathan looked at his hands with horror "No, I didn't do this...." He closed his eyes "The blood's not there, it's not there....."
He pointed his finger to Nathan "Murderer, murderer, murderer...." He kept saying it over and over. More voices joined him. .
Nathan opened his eyes. There was no one else expect him "I'm innocent, why won't you believe me?"
"Murderer, murderer, murderer."
Nathan put his hands over his ears "Please stop. I didn't do anything! Please stop it!!"
"I believe you, everything will be ok."
Nathan felt a hand on his shoulder, softly caressing it. The voice was soothing, comforting "I believe you, everything will be all right."
Nathan stirred in his sleep. He felt something cold on his forehead and it was softly caressing it. His hand reached up to touch it and it was connected to a hand. He started to panic "No more, please! No more!"
"I won't hurt you."
His voice was shaky but he didn't open his eyes "I don't believe you."
"Open your eyes, then."
Nathan opened his eyes and found himself staring into garnet ones. They were begging for him to understand "Setsuna..."
"Shh..." She continued to clean the cuts on his body "I will never hurt you."
"I know, I'm sorry." He looked away "It was....I thought..."
"You thought what?"
The images from the nightmare temporarily flashed through his mind. He shivered "It's...nothing. Don't worry."
She nodded and continued cleaning his forehead "If you say so."
He nodded and propped himself on one arm and winced. He looked at his arm and saw the cuts were already bandaged. He continued looking for a brief second and sat up. The pain raced through his body and he closed his eyes "What happened...."
"After you collapsed in my arms? You cried. For a long time. After a while, it looked like you passed out but you were really sleeping.With some help, I carried you up to my room."
He nodded "I'm sorry."
Setsuna looked at him with a question in her eyes "For what?"
'How do I tell her?' He avoided her eyes and looked down "Dragging you through this...." He sighed and didn't complete the sentence.
Setsuna sat down on the bed and kissed his cheek "Don't be." She lifted his chin so her eyes met his "I'm here for you. I always will be. You must realize that. As long as we're in love, I'll stand by you."
He nodded as a tear slowly rolled down his face . He sniffed and quickly brushed away the tear.
Setsuna took his hand and caressed it "I'll be back in a few hours. Are you going to be okay by yourself?"
A soft reply "Yeah, I'll be ok."
She nodded and gently squeezed his hand "Ok." She kissed his lips softly and left the room.
He put his hand in his pocket and took out the ring. He looked at it for a moment and put it back 'I'll tell her. Not now, but eventually.'
"Something is bothering him. I can see it in his eyes."
"Do you think it's connected with him being beaten up?"
Setsuna sighed and looked into her tea "I don't know. but he doesn't want to talk about it. Mom, I'm scared, this is very serious."
Her mom picked up the cup of tea "Maybe...he has his reasons for not telling you. I think he doesn't want you to get involved in this problem. He doesn't want to see you get hurt." She took a sip and made a face "They didn't put enough sugar in this."
"I'm worried about him. It's not like him to be so fearful." A tear fell into the cup. "When I was bandaging his wounds, he was sleeping, he kept screaming 'No more! Please, no more!' He didn't believe that I was going to hurt him until I told him to open his eyes. If this happens again, he might be dead."
"Then talk to him about it. Tell him that you are concerned about his safety. Ask him what's wrong."
"That's the thing." Her eyes were burning with tears, but she brushed them back "I'm afraid to ask him."
Her mother got up from the chair and went over to Setsuna. She put a hand on her shoulder "He's going to get hurt if you don't. Don't force it out, otherwise you'll never know."
"But----"
"No buts." She moved in front of her and lifted her chin so her eyes met hers "Setsuna, I've seen you and him in the castle.. You seem so happy. You don't want to lose that because of an question you didn't ask now, do you?"
Setsuna didn't answer.
"Think about it." She walked away, leaving Setsuna to her thoughts.
'Run! I'll deal with him'
The thought echoed in his mind. Nathan got up from his bed and walked towards the window. He looked outside.
'Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Just go!'
'I hope you're ok.' He closed his eyes as a tear ran down his cheek. He quickly brushed it away and continued looking outside.
Setsuna opened the door and quietly closed it. She walked into the room and sat down on the bed. She watched Nathan silently, trying to find the right way to ask the question.
Nathan didn't notice Setsuna coming inside the room. He was too deep in his thoughts. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed.
'You can't be protected all your life, you know what you did.'
He clenched his free hand into a fist and sighed "But I didn't do it."
"Didn't do what?"
Nathan turned around and look surprised when he saw Setsuna sitting on his bed. "I didn't know you were here."
"I didn't want to disturb you. What's wrong?"
Nathan turned around and looked back outside. He didn't want to talk about it. He tried to change the subject "The view up here is beautiful. I should do a sketch of it someday."
Setsuna walked up to Nathan and put her arm around his waist. Her voice was soft but it was firm "What's wrong?"
Nathan shook his head "I don't want to talk about it."
"I don't want to see you unhappy." Setsuna put his hand on Nathan cheek "You haven't been the same since you ran in here a few hours ago. You're closing yourself to your emotions and you're shutting me out in the process."
Nathan looked at Setsuna. His eyes were full of rage "I don't want you to get involved."
"Whether you like it or not, I'm involved. I'm part of your life, Nathan. I'm the one that sees the result of whatever happens to you, no one else.Why won't you tell me what's wrong?"
"Because it's in the past." He walked away from her "At least I thought it was." He sighed "I thought this was dead and buried. I never expected it to come back."
"What?"
"My parent's deaths. They were murdered when I was three. One night, there was a huge storm outside and I went into their bedroom. I asked them if I could come into their bed, but they didn't answer. I went over to my mom's side and I asked her to move over."
Setsuna nodded.
Nathan's voice started to crack "They didn't move so I shouted at them to wake up. I didn't know that they were dead. I crawled into their bed and fell asleep. In the morning, there was a knock the door. I went over and opened it. There was our neighbour who heard some shouting the night before. I didn't know that there was some blood on my hands. He noticed and accused me of murdering my parents. I tried to bring him inside to see what was wrong with my parents, but he started screaming 'Murderer, Murderer!' A whole crowd gathered around my house and started to shout the same thing. I started crying and kept saying 'I didn't do anything, can someone help my parents?' One person came over and hit me at the back of the head."
Setsuna said nothing, she was at a loss for words.
"When I came to, the crowd was gone except for this little four year old boy. He took me over to his house, then a woman walked up to me and looked shocked. She wasn't part of the crowd but she knew who I was. She said 'I believe you, don't worry. You can stay with me.' I did stay with her and became friends with the kid. After a while, he was killed in an accident. I became friends with the woman's nephew. He was the one that convinced me to take the job here."
Setsuna nodded "You mean...?"
"The name of the kid was John. The nephew's name was Charles. Earlier today, he told me to run to the castle. He would take care of the guy that was beating me up." He started to cry softly "I don't know if he's ok."
Setsuna walked over to Nathan and brushed the tears away from his face."He did this so you can have a better life, away from all those people. I'm sure he's fine. He wanted to make sure that you were safe."
Nathan nodded
"You have a better life. You have a wonderful job, and people that care about you. You have me, and I love you. The past is just that. It can't hurt you. All you have now is the present and the future."
"But----"
"They can't never take that away from you. I won't let them." She kissed his cheek "Will you?"
Nathan shook his head.
"Good." She pulled him into a hug "I'm glad."
He returned the hug.
End chapter 11
"Do you think it's connected with him being beaten up?"
Setsuna sighed and looked into her tea "I don't know. but he doesn't want to talk about it. Mom, I'm scared, this is very serious."
Her mom picked up the cup of tea "Maybe...he has his reasons for not telling you. I think he doesn't want you to get involved in this problem. He doesn't want to see you get hurt." She took a sip and made a face "They didn't put enough sugar in this."
"I'm worried about him. It's not like him to be so fearful." A tear fell into the cup. "When I was bandaging his wounds, he was sleeping, he kept screaming 'No more! Please, no more!' He didn't believe that I was going to hurt him until I told him to open his eyes. If this happens again, he might be dead."
"Then talk to him about it. Tell him that you are concerned about his safety. Ask him what's wrong."
"That's the thing." Her eyes were burning with tears, but she brushed them back "I'm afraid to ask him."
Her mother got up from the chair and went over to Setsuna. She put a hand on her shoulder "He's going to get hurt if you don't. Don't force it out, otherwise you'll never know."
"But----"
"No buts." She moved in front of her and lifted her chin so her eyes met hers "Setsuna, I've seen you and him in the castle.. You seem so happy. You don't want to lose that because of an question you didn't ask now, do you?"
Setsuna didn't answer.
"Think about it." She walked away, leaving Setsuna to her thoughts.
The thought echoed in his mind. Nathan got up from his bed and walked towards the window. He looked outside.
'Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Just go!'
'I hope you're ok.' He closed his eyes as a tear ran down his cheek. He quickly brushed it away and continued looking outside.
Setsuna opened the door and quietly closed it. She walked into the room and sat down on the bed. She watched Nathan silently, trying to find the right way to ask the question.
Nathan didn't notice Setsuna coming inside the room. He was too deep in his thoughts. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed.
'You can't be protected all your life, you know what you did.'
He clenched his free hand into a fist and sighed "But I didn't do it."
"Didn't do what?"
Nathan turned around and look surprised when he saw Setsuna sitting on his bed. "I didn't know you were here."
"I didn't want to disturb you. What's wrong?"
Nathan turned around and looked back outside. He didn't want to talk about it. He tried to change the subject "The view up here is beautiful. I should do a sketch of it someday."
Setsuna walked up to Nathan and put her arm around his waist. Her voice was soft but it was firm "What's wrong?"
Nathan shook his head "I don't want to talk about it."
"I don't want to see you unhappy." Setsuna put his hand on Nathan cheek "You haven't been the same since you ran in here a few hours ago. You're closing yourself to your emotions and you're shutting me out in the process."
Nathan looked at Setsuna. His eyes were full of rage "I don't want you to get involved."
"Whether you like it or not, I'm involved. I'm part of your life, Nathan. I'm the one that sees the result of whatever happens to you, no one else.Why won't you tell me what's wrong?"
"Because it's in the past." He walked away from her "At least I thought it was." He sighed "I thought this was dead and buried. I never expected it to come back."
"What?"
"My parent's deaths. They were murdered when I was three. One night, there was a huge storm outside and I went into their bedroom. I asked them if I could come into their bed, but they didn't answer. I went over to my mom's side and I asked her to move over."
Setsuna nodded.
Nathan's voice started to crack "They didn't move so I shouted at them to wake up. I didn't know that they were dead. I crawled into their bed and fell asleep. In the morning, there was a knock the door. I went over and opened it. There was our neighbour who heard some shouting the night before. I didn't know that there was some blood on my hands. He noticed and accused me of murdering my parents. I tried to bring him inside to see what was wrong with my parents, but he started screaming 'Murderer, Murderer!' A whole crowd gathered around my house and started to shout the same thing. I started crying and kept saying 'I didn't do anything, can someone help my parents?' One person came over and hit me at the back of the head."
Setsuna said nothing, she was at a loss for words.
"When I came to, the crowd was gone except for this little four year old boy. He took me over to his house, then a woman walked up to me and looked shocked. She wasn't part of the crowd but she knew who I was. She said 'I believe you, don't worry. You can stay with me.' I did stay with her and became friends with the kid. After a while, he was killed in an accident. I became friends with the woman's nephew. He was the one that convinced me to take the job here."
Setsuna nodded "You mean...?"
"The name of the kid was John. The nephew's name was Charles. Earlier today, he told me to run to the castle. He would take care of the guy that was beating me up." He started to cry softly "I don't know if he's ok."
Setsuna walked over to Nathan and brushed the tears away from his face."He did this so you can have a better life, away from all those people. I'm sure he's fine. He wanted to make sure that you were safe."
Nathan nodded
"You have a better life. You have a wonderful job, and people that care about you. You have me, and I love you. The past is just that. It can't hurt you. All you have now is the present and the future."
"But----"
"They can't never take that away from you. I won't let them." She kissed his cheek "Will you?"
Nathan shook his head.
"Good." She pulled him into a hug "I'm glad."
He returned the hug.
End chapter 11
A/N: This was hard. School and other things prevented me from writing this chapter. I was on the verge of deleting it from but I decided against it.
Guardian Neptune: You are a clown. A really big clown. You know what... I have nothing to say. Thanks for the review though...
Myst Lady: I know he didn't deserve it, but I thought it would work well..
Nathan: ::nods and mumbles something through the tape::
Black Ninja Star: And it seems that Nathan agrees with you. I'll try not to pick on him too much in the future. Besides, he gets his in the next chapter. Thanks for the support.
Isis Aurora Tomoe: I
think so too. Whoever doesn't like her doesn't have a heart. I'm sorry
I have taken so long with this chapter.
Mistal: The Poisoned
One: Ok, that just proves how mature you are.... Of course I want to
keep this PG. I don't want to expose people to things. Or else,
eh? Or else what?
::takes the tape off Nathan::
Nathan: I'm going to tell everyone....
Black Ninja Star: You can't.
Nathan: Why not?
Black Ninja Star: You don't know the ending. I don't know the ending. So you have nothing to tell
Nathan: Dammit!
Disclaimer:
I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the songs I use in here. I do own
Nathan, but I'm thinking of selling him to the highest bidder.
Nathan: Hey!
Black Ninja Star: If you don't behave, I will sell you. R/R