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Blind
The whole planet was in a joyful mood. They were happy and feeling like partying even if it wasn't in the castle. Everyone was celebrating in their own way the birthday of their princess. She was finally an adult and she was ready to rule. They couldn't be happier to have such a strong yet gentle ruler. Little of them knew of her battle skills and how horribly murderous she could get. It was better if they didn't. Haruka never liked to talk about how her wars were like. Not even her mother knew so and she rather leave that a secrete and let the cities in planet Uranus get engulfed with laughter, food and drinks. While in the castle there was total chaos…
"Ah! Stop it! I told you to sew the arm of the jacket! Not my arm!" Haruka growled as she took her jacket off and placed it on her bed. "You can do a better job if you sew it on my bed. I'll be right back!" Saying this, she left her chamber and a couple of maids going crazy with the stress of getting the princess ready for the party.
"We still have to prepare you for the celebration! Where are you going, my lady?"
Haruka growled as she dodged a couple of maids and guards as they ran around the halls with food, drinks and even tables. She was almost ready for the party she just needed her jacket and her hair fixed. She was wearing a soft and light white blouse and her uniform pants with some fancy shoes she picked herself. The ones her mother suggested where high heels and she wasn't going to sacrifice comfort for looks. Besides, she never really learned to walk with those things.
"Mother?" She called out to the queen. She saw her at the end of the hall. She was talking to some maids. The maids were nodding at what she was saying while the queen just kept on talking and talking. Haruka growled and tried to move around but the running of the maids made that impossible for the tall blonde. She didn't notice that one of them was carrying the plates over to the ballroom and accidentally, made her trip with her leg. The maid let out a yelp and was about to fall with the plates but Haruka was faster. She grabbed unto her waist and with her other hand grabbed hold of the tray of plates just in time. Blue eyes came in contact with green ones.
Michiru stared at Haruka for some moments before she snapped out of her trance when she heard the princess' voice. "You should watch where you are going, girl. There is enough mess in this castle to have on top of everything some plates broken on the floor." Haruka spoke as she handed her the tray. She watched her for some seconds and saw how the aqua haired maid stared at her. "You are new, aren't you?"
Michiru shook her head no but when she opened her mouth she let out a "Yes".
Haruka laughed softly and patted her shoulder and walked away from her as she went over to her mother.
Michiru stared at her as she spoke with her mother. Her eyes lingered over the handsome blonde before she smiled and went back to the ballroom to set the plates.
"What? They are going to arrive, now?" Haruka asked. She couldn't believe what she was hearing
"Hai! And you aren't ready? Go to your chamber and finish up! The princesses will be here any minute. Go, go!" Her mother said as she grabbed her by her shoulders, turned her around and pushed her away from her.
Haruka let out a frustrated groan and ran back to her chamber. She dodged all the maids that were carrying food and drinks. The last thing she needed was someone crashing into her and leaving her full of food stains. She burst into her room and stared at the maids. "Okay, ladies! Finish me up!"
The ballroom was alive once again after years not being used. Now it looked completely different. Instead of old people hanging around talking about the economy it was filled with young princesses from the inners and outer planets who were just waiting for the princess of Uranus to just join in all the fun. The queen was sitting on her throne and greeting everyone that would come up to her. The violin orchestra was already playing their music and some young couples were already dancing while some were standing back to watch them.
"Oh lord." Haruka whispered as she scratched the back of her neck. She asked for a million time if she looked good to one of her maids and they all said the same. They said that she did looked wonderful, that her father had to be proud of her in the other world and that she was going to find her soul mate that night. Haruka shrugged at that.
Someone had informed the queen that her daughter was ready to walk in the ballroom. She stood up from her chair and suddenly all eyes were on her. "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, my daughter, Princess Haruka Teno'u." The doors of the ballroom where opened by two guards and behind them stood Haruka. Her nervous face was replaced by an arrogant grin as she started to walk into the ballroom. She quickly moved to Setsuna, her best friend, and grabbed her hand as she kissed it and then shook it.
"Nervous?" Setsuna asked as she smiled at her friend.
"You have no idea." Haruka said as she laughed and tried the fact that she really was nervous. Setsuna couldn't contain herself and snickered with her. With that act alone she made Haruka feel a lot better. After that she moved to Hotaru, the youngest of the princesses. Hotaru was also a good friend of Haruka. Instead of Haruka kissing her hand, the teenaged girl jumped on her and gave her a friendly hug.
"Happy birthday, Ruka!"
"Thanks, Taru-chan" Haruka patted her shoulders and moved now to the inner princesses. She chuckled softly when all of them gathered in circles around her. Some grabbed her hands and some of them grabbed her arms and held on tightly to it. Haruka was trying to be as polite as she could but, now that she was the center of attention of four young women she once again felt nervous.
The queen watched her daughter carefully and moved her hand to one of the guards. He nodded and walked away from her and reappeared moments later with a big jewelry box. She stood up and moved to Haruka with the guard following her closely.
Haruka looked away from the inner princesses who just couldn't stop talking to her about how well their planets were doing. Haruka only smiled and nodded as she heard them talk. Even though she was totally lost she still paid attention to them until her mother gently patted her shoulder. Haruka was kind of grateful that her mother came to her rescue.
Her mother could tell by the look she gave her. "Ladies if you excuse us, I need to give my daughter her birthday present. After that she is all yours." The queen said and took Haruka's arm. Haruka just chuckled and patted her mother's hand and then kissed it.
The queen stood in the middle of the ballroom where everyone could see her. She looked up to her tall daughter and basically pulled her down to kiss her in the forehead. "Ladies and Gentlemen. I better do this before this party gets going and I forget. Today is my Daughter's 21st birthday and like it is tradition in our planet, the king must give to his successor the Space Sword. Unfortunately, my husband isn't with us in this important day, but he left me in charge of giving you, Haruka, Princess of Uranus and future queen of this planet, the Space Sword." Saying this, she turned around and looked at the guard. He stepped forward and opened the big jewelry box to Haruka as it revealed her father's Space Sword. The queen took it out of the box and looked over at Haruka. She couldn't contain herself and she let some tears escape her eyes. "This sword belonged to your father and also to you grandfather and the kings before him. You broke the mold, my dear. You are the first woman to ever hold the Space Sword and use it in battle. I'm sure you father, where ever he is right now, is proud of you. Just like I am."
Haruka sighed loudly and stared at her mother. Her hand moved slowly and grabbed the Space Sword by the handle. She observed at it for some seconds and then smiled tenderly. "Believe it or not mother, father is here right, right now. You just can't see him…" She spoke as she moved the sword to her side. She whispered some words and magically, the sword was placed in its sheath got attached to her waist. The queen couldn't contain herself. She threw herself in her daughter's arm and hugged her tightly as she started to cry tears of happiness. Haruka chuckled and rubbed her mother's back. The crowd inside the ballroom started to clap their hands and that's when the orchestra started to play once again.
"She looks so handsome! Just look at her! Oh, I feel kind of jealous for those other girls. They can be dancing with her, hugging her, talking to her." Michiru whispered to herself as she looked from afar. She was supposed to be serving drinks in the ballroom but she just had to stand away and watch the spectacle. That's until some other maid pushed her in the ballroom and ordered her to start serving the drinks.
Haruka blinked various time and moved to a corner to scratch her eyes harshly. They felt itchy and they were starting to bother her. She just guessed it meant she was tired and needed some sleep but, why did they kept on itching? She sighed and took out a napkin and placed it on her eyes and then she pressed it slightly. "Damn it…" She whispered to herself. Suddenly she felt a small hand on her back. She quickly turned around and found it was one of the inner princesses. "Ah, Ami!" She said as she smiled at her. She still blinked as she tried to focus her vision on the smaller woman.
"I was wondering, since you already danced with most of the girls but me…"
"I haven't danced with you? How rude of me. Please, please will you honor me with a dance?" Haruka asked as she offered the smaller girl her hand. Ami just smiled widely and took the blonde's hand and was lead to the dance floor by the Wind Princess.
Haruka heard the music first and noticed it was a soft song. She looked down and smiled as she tried to be polite and cool even though her eyes were killing her. She placed her hand on the girl's back and pushed her body to hers while with the other she took Ami's hand and placed it on her chest right over her heart as she started to slowly move. She closed her eyes then as she attempted to relieve the itchiness and the pain that was starting to get sharper. Ami, the princess of Mercury thought that she was enjoying the dance as much as she was and decided to rest her head on the blonde's shoulder. Haruka chuckled softly and opened one eye too looked around her. "Excuse me, Ami, but are your eyes itchy like mine?"
Ami blinked various time and looked up at the blonde. She tilted her head to the side and stopped dancing all together. "Umm no, are yours itchy? Maybe you got something in your eye. Let me see." She whispered as she moved closer to the tall princess. Haruka hissed and opened one eye to the blue haired water princess. This one gasped loudly and covered her mouth. That gesture scared Haruka a lot. "My princess, your eyes have turned yellow!"
"Yellow?" Haruka moved away from Ami a couple of steps as she began to rub her eyes. "Why do they hurt so much?" Ami not did not know what to do so she decided to inform to the queen and the princess's best friend, Setsuna.
That's when Haruka let out a horrendous scream. Her eyes felt like they just exploded thanks to the pain. She started to move around the ballroom as she seeked to stop the terrible pain she was feeling. She kept her hands over her eyes and suddenly felt that a warm liquid was running down her cheeks. She got scared and started to call out to her mother and Setsuna. Both of them where already beside her and struggled to calm her down to no avail since she just kept screaming in pain. Setsuna was scared beyond thought. She was maybe more scared than Haruka. She didn't know what to do anymore and held her friend from behind. She was grabbing unto her arms also preventing her from touching her eyes. That gave her mother the opportunity to see her daughter's eyes. Her iris changed color. It changed from a dark green to a bright golden yellow shade. She appeared to be crying blood at the moment and that made her look more possessed than hurt. The crowed didn't know how to react. They were paralyzed with fear as they heard the princess screams.
"Stop it! I can't seem to stop the pain!" She screamed out.
Michiru, like some other maids, gathered around the queen and princess as they wondered if they would be needed.
"Stop it!" Haruka screamed as she finally felt her body weaken by the blood loss. She groaned loudly and felt her body go numb. Setsuna held her close and slowly she settled her down on the floor. She quickly moved her hand to Haruka's neck and checked for her vital signs. She wasn't dead…yet.
End Chapter Two
