by Kaekilia LeoLynn
I'm running our of random things to say. How is that possible? Anyway, this chapter has some major Mina and Yaten fluff (some may concider it lime... ahem!). I may even add a little Taiki and Ami fluff. I have some major writer's block tho, so this chapter may suck... personal opinion.
Randomness:
SPAM - Stupidly Packed Artificial Meat
Chapter 8
Mina yawned and stretched, careful not to wake the sleeping Starlight in her arms. The events of last night had left Yaten shaken and crying, so Mina had spent the night comforting her. Mina had sung her Starlight to sleep and was grateful to see her at peace... even if it lasted only a little while. Yaten shifted, snuggling closer to Mina's warmth. The Starlight let out a sigh; content. Mina blushed, feeling Yaten's rock hard abs beneath the thin silk nightie she wore. Mina moved her hand to Yaten's hip and mentally argued with herself.
Only nine days remained before she left Kinmoku... and Yaten. She knew already that Yaten could not come with her to Earth as the Starlight was needed on her world. Mina was needed too; on her own planet. But she had finally found love and didn't want to leave so soon. She was torn between the woman she loved and her duty to Serena. What was she to do?
Yaten suddenly rolled over in Mina's arms and smiled. "Good morning."
"More like good afternoon." Mina smiled back and kissed Yaten's forehead. "How'd you sleep?"
"In your arms? Like a baby." Mina smiled at the reply and kissed Yaten again, this time on the lips.
"I love you." Mina whispered after breaking the kiss.
Yaten frowned. "What's wrong?"
"Who said anything was wrong?" Mina smiled. Yaten didn't fall for it.
"Something is bothering you. I can sence it. Now spill."
"Well... I finnaly found you... the one I love... and in nine days, I'll be leaving. I don't want to leave you, but I know you can't come with me to Earth and I know I can't stay here. What are we going to do?" Mina started to cry.
Yaten kissed her tears away. "It's alright, Mina."
"No it's not. Not if I can't be with you."
"Mina..." Yaten whispered her name ever so sweetly before kissing her forehead. "We'll talk to Moms and see if she can come up with something."
A soft knock on the door was the only warning the couple had before Queen Kakyoku herself stepped into the room. She was taken aback at the sight before her. "Yaten? Princess Venus? What is going on?"
"Well..." Yaten looked at Mina for a second before sitting up on her bed. "I was... having issues with what happened last night to Seiya, so Mina stayed the night in my room."
Mina suddenly sat up in bed. She spoke quickly, "Kakyoku, Yaten and I are in love and I don't want to leave her after the next nine days, but neither of us can leave out duty as a soldier, so we were wondering if you have any ideas on how we can be together and still protect our princesses."
It took the Queen a few silent moments to grasp what the Earth Soldier had blurted out. Then a smile came to her lips. "Well, it's about time someone broke through that wall arround your heart, Yaten. As for your requst, Princess Venus, I'll see if I can come up with something."
"Thank you." Mina smiled.
"Why did you come to see me, Moms?"
"Star Keeper is wanting your opinion and a few things regarding Seiya's... Health. And I just wanted to tell you that Kakyuu and Kkorian have returned."
"You couldn't send a servant?"
"I don't want anyone else in the palace to know what happened to Seiya just yet. Why? Are you embarassed that I walked in on your love fest?" Kakyoku winked before opening the door. Yaten rolled her eyes while Mina laughed. "Once you're decent, come to Seiya's room. Keeper is there waiting."
"Very well. I'll be there shortly." Yaten answered, pulling the covers off and walking over to her wardrobe. Kakyoku left the room as Yaten browsed her selection of clothing for something to wear.
"Are you mad at me?" Mina asked quietly. Yaten stoped in her search to look at her lover, confused.
"For what?"
"Blurting that out to your mom."
Yaten chuckled and returned to her search for clothing. "No, I'm not mad. I'm glad you did it because I don't think I could have confessed that to Moms."
"Why do you call her 'Moms'?" Mina watched as her Starlight took out a mini skirt and a dark green tank top. She smirked at Mina before she disappeared behind a dressing screen. Mina watched Yaten's shadow as she undressed.
"I call Kakyoku 'Moms' because... Well, because of my past. I had a mom and dad once, even a twin brother and little sister, but they were all... my grandmother, Serena's aunt, murdered them. My mother died protecting me, so I don't want to disrespect her spirit by calling another woman mom." Mina could tell Yaten had a hard time talking of her past. Who wouldn't with a story like that? And Mina suddenly felt bad for asking.
"Sorry."
Yaten stepped out from behind the screen fully dressed. She smiled at Mina and moved to her bedside. "Don't worry about it." Yaten whispered before kissing Mina on the lips.
"You sure?"
Yaten nodded. "I have to go see Seiya and Keeper. I'll be at breakfast soon. I love you."
"I love you, too." Mina whispered as she watched Yaten walk out the door.
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Serena woke up to the soft sound of whispers. She opened her eyes to look about the room and saw Yaten and Keeper talking to Seiya, who was still in bed. Seiya noticed that she was awake and locked eyes with her. Serena felt a cold chill run down her spine. Something was wrong. Those weren't Seiya's bright, azure eyes. They were hollow and dark; emotionless.
"Kinmoku to Meatball head! Come in!" Yaten exclaimed, waving her hand in front of Serena's eyes. The Moon Princess frowned and finally met Yaten's eyes with her own. "It's about time you paid attention to me."
Serena grabed Yaten's wrist and pulled her out the door and into the hallway before closing the door to Seiya's room. Yaten rubbed her sore wrist and scowled at Serena. "Something is wrong with Seiya. Her eyes aren't right."
Yaten's scowl faded; replaced by curiosity. "What do you mean?"
"Her eyes! They're not hers!" Serena exclaimed, pacing the floor. "They were so... cold."
"I'd feel the same way if I was raped, too." Yaten frowned again.
"I don't think it's that. Her eyes would always light up whenever she looked at me, but this time, they didn't even twinkle. There's something wrong!"
"Okay! I believe you! But I still think it's trauma from last night." Yaten sighed and made her way to Seiya's door. "I'll do a psi eval on her for you just to be sure. But you'll owe me."
"What's a ...?"
"Psi eval?" Yaten asked, turning back to Serena. "I'm a Mentat. I can scan people's emotions and surface thoughts and figure out if anything is mentally unstable with them."
"Yes. Please do that for Seiya." Serena said, hugging Yaten briefly.
"Like I said. I will, but you'll owe me." Yaten smirked before entering Seiya's room. Serena didn't follow Yaten. Instead she turned down the hall and sought out Kakyoku.
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"So, why did you cut your hair so short?" Ami asked as Taiki escorted her to the dining room.
"Well... After we left your planet to rebuild ours, Yaten, Seiya, and I fell into a deep depression. Seiya in particular as she missed a certain Moon Bunny." Taiki chuckled a little. "Yaten missed Mina, though you'll never get her to admit it. And I... well, I was having issues dealing with some things, so I fell into a stage of self destruction; cutting myself and my hair was part of it."
"Are you better?"
"Yaten and Ione' - Star Keeper - seem to think so, but they're keeping me on the happy pills just in case. Personally, I don't want to start doing that shit again, so I'm content with taking a 20 meg pill a day. But enough of that. How are you enjoying Kinmoku?"
"The library yesterday was great. There's so much that I want to learn about your planet and I've only just scraped the surface!"
"How long are you here?" Taiki asked, opening the door to the dining room for Ami.
"Nine more days." Taiki nodded at her answer.
"I can see about getting you into one of the training classes for a little while. That way, you can learn exactly what our new Starlights do."
"I've been meaning to ask you why your system has so many Starlights." Ami sat in the chair next to Taiki just as a few servants brought out breakfast plates.
"They're not all from the Kinmoku System. In fact, a good majority of them are 'Double Agents' meaning they are two Sailors in one package." Taiki explained, but Ami continued to look at him, totally lost. He chuckled and continued. "Take for example, if you became a Starlight, you'd be Sailor Mercury first and Sailor Star Whatever second. If your home system is in danger, you as Sailor Mercury would return to your system other than that, you'd be part of the largest Sailor Team in the Galaxy, going where we need you and protecting other systems. One Starlight on a battle field accounts for, on average, 29 regular soldiers, so we have many requests from foreign dignitaries to come and supervise their planets."
"Wow. That's an impressive record." Said Ami, watching as Raye entered the room and plopped down in a chair. Ami could tell in an instant that something had her friend stressed out. "What's wrong, Raye?"
"None of your buisness." Raye snapped. Ami was taken aback at the tone and looked up to Taiki, worried. The Starlight shrugged.
Ami tried again. "Come on, Raye. You can tell me what's bother-"
"Shut-up! Just leave me alone!" Raye shouted and stormed out of the room.
"What was that about?" Taiki muttered, looking in the direction the angry Earth Soldier had gone. Ami shrugged and started picking at her food. She sighed, frustrated. Taiki smiled gently and took Ami's hand in her own causing her to look into Taiki's magenta eyes. "She'll tell you when she's ready."
"I hope so." Ami looked in the direction Raye had gone, hoping that she would be okay.
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Serena stood outside a grand double door with gold and rubies inlaid in the black marble. She could hear angry shouting coming from the room beyond, but it didn't sound like Kakyoku's voice... It was a man's. Ignoring protocal, Serena forced the doors open and entered the Queen's Throne Room. All talk ceased and all eyes fell on her. Kakyoku was sitting on the thone with Kakyuu at her side. The only man in the room was a gray-haired king dressed in dark crimson. He scowled at her.
"I appologise for interupting your conference, but I must speak to Queen Kakyoku about an important matter." Serena made it sound official, scaring herself. Kakyoku smiled slightly.
"Does this matter pertain to the insident from last night?" Kakyuu asked, stepping forward slightly.
"Who is this obnoxious little wench?" The old king shouted, turning back to Kakyoku. Serena's jaw dropped in shock. Kakyoku was pissed.
"How dare you insult Princess Serenity! You, King Fyr, will appologise for what you said here and now, or you will be in the same position as your son!" Kakyoku stood up from her throne as she spoke.
King Fyr turned back to Serena, scowl still firmly on his lips. "So that is the White Moon Princess. What are you doing so far from home?"
Serena watched him as he circled around her. "Were you a vulture in another life?" Fyr sneered at her, causing her to smile sweetly in responce. "You still haven't appologised."
"My kind do not appologise to inferiors."
"Technically, King Fyr, she ranks you. As do my mother and I." Kakyuu stated, a slight venom in her voice.
"She is a woman. Therefore she is inferior, regardless of rank." Serena promptly slapped him, hard. He was about to return the gesture when a razor sharp card whipped past him. Fyr's crimson eyes glared up at Kakyuu, who stood ready to throw another card.
"You will not speak like that in my court!" Kakyoku roared, stepping towards the foreign king. He flinched, ready to retort when Kakyoku continued. "Given the actions of your son last night and your additude today, concider our treaty broken. No longer will we bow to the wishes of the Council that you bribed to force your laws on us. Seiya will not marry your son and you are no longer allowed here. My Soldiers will escort you and your son off-world. Now get out!"
"You can't throw away the treaty like that! You are as bound to it as your daughter!" King Fyr looked ready to strike the queen in his anger, but Kakyoku didn't back down. She continued to approach him, effectively backing him into a corner.
"No! We were unbound when Dentyne raped my daughter. The treaty is void. Now remove yourself from my presence before I call my Sailor Soldiers to forcefull remove you." Kakyoku turned away. Her skirts whipped behind her and struck the king. He growled in responce and was about to attack her when another razor sharp card flew past his ear. He glared at Kakyuu again and turned away, leaving the throne room in a huff.
After the king was well out of earshot, Serena whooped. "Way to tell him off!"
"Oh, that felt good." Kakyoku plopped down on her throne and smiled. Kakyuu wasn't as relieved.
"With every action, there's a reaction. I think we can expect some sort of retaliation from him for breaking the treaty."
"Technically, his son broke the treaty, not us. So if he wants to be pissed off at someone, he should take it out on himself or his son." Kakyoku answered, then turned her attention to Serena. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, I think something is wrong with Seiya." Serena replied, moving closer to the queen.
"How so?" Kakyuu asked.
"It's like her light has gone out. Her eyes are dark and cold and this morning when she looked at me, they didn't light up like they always do."
"Are you sure its not just the trauma from last night?" Kakyoku sat forward in her throne.
"That's what Yaten is working on finding out. She's doing a Psi eval on Seiya just to make sure."
"Good. So we'll wait for the results of that test to be certain. But in the mean time, we can discuss other matters." Kakyoku smiled, getting Serena's full attention. "Matters including one of your gaurdians and one of my daughters."
AN: Whew! That took a while. Like I said, I had writer's block. But this chapter turned out better than I thought it would. Hey, you know what I just noticed... I haven't put ANY Darien in here. (probably because I don't like the prick.)
Anyway, please respond or flame.