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Blind

"Holy…" Michiru eyes were fixed on her surrounding. Everything was white. Everything! A heavy coat of white stuff was covering the trees. Haruka had informed Michiru that the "white stuff" was called snow. She spread her arms and started to move in circles. "It's so cold!"

"Well, Uranus is almost one big desert so; you aren't used to this weather" Haruka said as she grabbed hold of her jacket and put it over her shoulders.

"I never thought it would be this cold." Michiru said as she walked over to Haruka. She rubbed her hands together as she tried to keep them warm but as she saw that Haruka was fixing her three layers shirts she had the urge to stick her hands under the shirts and so she did.

Cold hands touched Haruka's stomach which made her scream and jump away. "Don't do that!" Haruka frowned and rubbed her stomach over and over again as she warmed herself up. Michiru giggled and wrapped her arms around her neck and kissed her cheek. This earned her a soft chuckle from the taller woman. "Fine, fine you are forgiven." She smiled and grabbed her hand. "There is a small cabin near by with some horses, can you see it?"

"Yes, it's right over there." Michiru said as she looked to her left and pulled Haruka by her hand. "So, you know how to ride horses?"

"What do you think?" She chuckled as she followed her. "Do you know how to ride a horse?"

"Actually, I do! Father taught me when I was a little."

"Good. You are going to be the one riding it." Haruka said as she suddenly stopped.

"Why aren't you using your blind stick?" Michiru asked as she took Haruka's hand and placed it on a near by horse.

"I don't need it. I got you, right?" She smiled as she turned her head to face Michiru.

"Of course!" Michiru giggled and gave the tall blonde a small peck on her lower lip.

"Get on." Haruka said as she grabbed the horse. Seconds later she felt Michiru jump on it. She smiled and jumped also as she got behind Michiru. Her hands slid in front of Michiru as she held the horse's reins just above Michiru's hands. "You are way too cold." Haruka said as she touched Michiru's hand. She ran her hand to rub Michiru's stomach and also pulled her closer to her own body. "That better?"

Michiru smiled and leaned herself back against Haruka's chest. "Yes, that's a whole lot better."

"Good. Now listen, I want you to follow a small rode that will take us to the forest. Don't get in the forest or you will get lost. Just walk beside the trees until you find yourself facing a small lake. Of course, the lake will be frozen solid but still, I want us to stop there." Haruka said as she softly kicked the horse to get him going.

Michiru nodded at what Haruka said and easily handled the horse. "Haruka?"

"Hmm?" The blonde sighed and rested her chin on Michiru's head. "What is it?"

"Why are you showing me all of this? As in…"

"Life's splendors…" Haruka smiled and rubbed her hand on Michiru's stomach. "I can't see, Michiru. I practically wasted my life away in unimportant things like training for wars, fighting and killing. Now that I have something I want to see and treasure I can't. So, I can't see you so let me at least share with you what I found so beautiful about life."

"Why?"

Haruka smiled and nuzzled Michiru's neck as she received from her a pleasurable sigh. "I was a person that lived the fast life. You slowed me down. You loved me when I was blind, hurt and weak. You don't want me because I'm a queen. You want me because I am a human being. You saw that I was just like everyone else." Michiru exhaled and moved one hand to pet Haruka's cheek. Haruka raised her face to lean on her hand as she enjoyed the soft texture of her skin. Smiling, Michiru moved a bit against her and gave her a soft kiss on the corner of her mouth. Haruka smirked and move to kiss her fully on the lips. "Don't tease me."

"I'm not!"

"Sure." Haruka chuckled and opened her eyes. "Are we near the lake?"

Michiru blinked and looked in front of her as she nodded. "Yes, we are pretty near. Do you want to get off the horse now?"

Haruka nodded as she closed her eyes once again and suddenly jumped off the horse. "Come now." Haruka said as she patted Michiru's leg and made her turn around to face her. The queen's hand slipped to Michiru's waist. Suddenly she felt Michiru's body crashed against her and managed to make Haruka fall back with a grunt. "You know how to get on a horse but definitely not get off one." She groaned as she rubbed the back of her head that was now covered with snow. That's when she heard the most beautiful sound in her entire life. She heard soft giggle that turned into a strong laugh. Her eyes opened as she always did as she thought that by some miracle she would be able to see the person in front of her. Yet her ears were being delighted by the laughter of the girl on top of her. Haruka smiled as she moved her hand to pat her hair now.

"You got snow all over you." Michiru smiled as she patted Haruka's arms then her chest and finally her hair. She ran her fingers through the blonde's hair. She saw how the queen let out a happy sigh. "Well? Weren't you going to show me the lake?"

Haruka smiled and took Michiru's hand as she gave it a kiss. "Right." She chuckled and stood up as she helped Michiru up to her feet. Using her memory, she started to walk straight yet she took small steps now and then unsure of where she was going. Michiru would give her a small push as she let her know that she was going in the right direction. Michiru could see the frozen lake by now.

"Almost there…" Michiru giggled as she squeezed the blonde's hand. Haruka smiled as she took a step and suddenly stopped. "What's wrong?"

Haruka smirked and grabbed hold of Michiru as she stepped unto the frozen lake and slide away from her. Michiru let out a scream as she slipped and fell on her butt. It was slippery she didn't knew that but by the look on Haruka's face she knew damn well it was slippery. "You fell didn't you?" She laughed as she got on her knees and, using her hand she slide over to Michiru's side. "Sorry, I should've done that without warning you." She chuckled as she moved her hand to look for Michiru's face. She was looking away from her mad. "Aww, come on I said I was sorry"

"My butt hurts!"

"Oh? Want me to rub it?"

"Haruka!" Michiru looked at the smirking blonde. "Pervert!"

"Me? A pervert? I don't think so." She chuckled as she kissed her cheek. Michiru chuckled and pushed the blonde away and watched her slide away from her she laid now on the lake. She chuckled as she tried to crawled over to the blonde but somehow found it rather difficult. Haruka heard Michiru curse and just laughed. She knew she was having a hard time moving around. "Someone can't make her way around the lake." She teased.

"Hush! And help me!" Michiru begged.

"Sit on your knees." Haruka said as she did just that. "Use your hands to move around." Michiru did so and pushed herself a little too hard and bumped into Haruka. She groaned and blinked as she looked up at her. Haruka smiled and wrapped her arms around her.

Having her in her arms, in one of the places she enjoyed being since she was a little girl, meant only one thing. Michiru was special. First time she felt Michiru beside her bed, Haruka felt like she was being watched by a guardian angel. When she heard her voice, something inside of her woke up from its sleep and came out of her. All thanks to her. Michiru… Michiru. She liked saying her name. She liked having her around, running her small fingers through her hair. She found herself smiling a lot more often than before. She was blind, she lost her mother, she had the weight of an entire world on her shoulders and still she smiled. Then again, some people might think she should smile a whole lot more. She was rich, well known, strong, powerful, and good looking. For everyone around her she seems to have everything; everything except Michiru. She nuzzled the small girl's head as she smelled her hair and pulled her closer as she felt Michiru shudder. She is cold. Haruka started to rub her arms firmly as she tried to warm her up. So, life wasn't actually all about being born, fighting, and training, ruling a planet and then dying. Michiru proved that it was wrong. There was a lot more than that. "Are you cold?" She felt Michiru nod. "Then let's get out of here. I don't want you to catch something." Right now, sitting there doing nothing but being in each other's arm felt right, like it was meant to be.

Haruka stood up firmly and helped Michiru up. It took a couple of minutes before she was standing against the taller woman firmly on the slippery lake. "We are heading back to the castle?"

Haruka nodded and received a kiss on her chin. She rested her forehead on Michiru's and smiled as she just sighed and relaxed. She then felt Michiru wrap her arms tightly around neck "We need to get warmed up. What better place but in our room?"

"See! You are a pervert!"


As they walked down the halls of the Earth Castle, Haruka took of her heavy winter coat followed by two of the shirts she was wearing. She made herself comfortable with her simple white shirt and black pants. Nodding to a helping maid, she handed her clothing as she moved her hand over to the direction she thought Michiru was. Michiru gladly took her hand and followed her wherever she was leading her.

"Haruka-san! You are back from your trip! How was it?" Stopping suddenly, Haruka turned in the direction of Serenity's voice. She growled a bit and bowed low at her a she also squeezed Michiru's hand as she let her know she had to bow also.

"It was okay. Michiru couldn't take the cold weather so we came back a bit early." Michiru's hand slipped away from Haruka's. That, made her frown. Michiru was still shy when she was around people of a higher society. "I was about to freshen up and take a warm shower."

"You don't seem like you need it at all. Both of you look fresh enough for me." Serenity chuckled as she walked over to the taller blonde. "Haruka, we need to talk about something."

"About?"

Serenity looked at Michiru and smiled moving aside a bit. "Let's go over to the dinning room and we can talk about it while we have some cake?"

Haruka smiled and shook her head a bit. "You haven't changed one bit." Haruka felt Michiru's arm wrap around her left one as she lead her to the dinning room as they followed the smaller blonde woman.

"Hey, I enjoy my sweets." Serenity giggled as she walked into the huge dinning room. She looked at Michiru and moved her hand as she let her know she could Michiru sit down. Michiru nodded and placed one of Haruka's hands on a chair before she moved to sit beside her.

Haruka sat down and turned over to Serenity's direction as she heard a plate being placed beside her. Unlike the young queen, Haruka wasn't really a sweet lover but of course, not wanting to make Serenity feel bad, she took a couple of bites of the really, really sweet cake.

"Haruka. Who was the one that gave you our letter?" Serenity spoke as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"My queen…"

"Stop it and call me Usagi for old time's sakes."

Haruka smiled. "Okay, Usagi-chan"

"Neo Queen Serenity, Serenity, argh, it really bothers me. I didn't even wanted to change my name. I hate formalities you know. I still call you Haruka! I still call my husband Mamo-chan, what's the used, hmm?" The blonde chuckled as she took a bite of her cake.

Haruka laughed a bit. There she goes getting out of the subject again. "Like I was saying, General Sasuke was the one who gave me the letter. He said that Endy…ugh... Mamoru send it to me."

Usagi looked at Michiru for some seconds and smiled at her then turned to watch Haruka. "My husband didn't write any letter. Both of us were really surprised when you showed up unannounced. We didn't even know you lost your sight or knew that your mother died since we were so busy with the baby and everything. We didn't have any time."

Haruka frowned and tilted her head to the side as she closed her eyes. "You didn't send for me? Then who did?"

Michiru rubbed her hands a bit as she looked at Usagi and then at Haruka. "Sasuke maybe had something to do with it?"

"Sasuke? Why would he do that?" Haruka frowned as she scratched the back of her head.

"Haruka. Something is going on. First you loose your sight the day of your birthday, then your mother dies without any explanation, someone sent you over here for something!"

Haruka's jaw moved a bit in annoyance. Something was up. Something was going on. "Can you believe I lost my eyes sight the day of my birthday? At the exact same hour I was born?" Haruka let out a laugh of disbelief.

"Haruka?" Usagi called to her. The taller blonde turned to face her in the direction of her voice. Her face was clearly serious with a hint of anger. "I think you should go back to your planet as soon as possible. I think you should sit down and analyze what is going on. Why would someone trick you to come over here and leave Uranus for a couple of day? Clearly, something is going on. I want you to go and inform me of whatever is going on. Now that I made an alliance with Earth my army is stronger than ever. Still is no match for yours of course but I will help in any way that I can. After all we go way back, huh?"

Haruka stood up and nodded. "Of course. I need to speak to Sasuke. Michiru…"

Michiru's eyes were glued on Haruka's face. She was determined to find out what in the world was going on. "Yes?"

"We are leaving tomorrow. We are going back to Uranus…"

"Hai!"


End Chapter Seven