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Words in Italics are memories in the characters point of view.


Blind

Michiru heard a knock on her door. She looked at it as she mumbled something under her breath about not wanting to answer it but the knocks kept on coming. She growled and opened the door to her chamber and blinked various time as she saw a familiar kitchen maid. "Uh, hi?"

"The queen wants you to meet her at the poolroom. Now"

"Now?" Michiru looked at the floor and sighed. "I don't want to."

"She begged me to tell you this, girl. The queen loves you, takes this chance don't and don't be stupid!"

Michiru closed her eyes and leaned against the door. "Fine, I'll meet her there."


She walked inside the huge poolroom and looked around the place. The sound of splashing water made her smile and she slowly made her way to peek into the pool. Haruka was swimming to one end of the pool to the other. She smiled and stood at one end as she watched the strong tall blonde in the same outfit she wore back in the beach. Since her face was inside the water Haruka couldn't hear her coming at all. So, she suddenly stopped when she heard her speak. "You aren't bumping into the walls…"

Haruka turned to face her as she ran her hands through her wet hair. She moved them away from her eyes and gasped for air at the same time. "Michiru…" Her yellow orbs were searching for the smaller girl. "I'm sorry! I don't know, Michiru, I don't what to do. I want you. Not her! If… If I don't marry her I'm practically giving everything to her according to the contract signed by her parents and my parents so I might go to jail while she rolls around happily in my property. But I found out I don't care! I don't care for the wealth, I don't care for my army, I don't care for my people at a certain point, I don't want to be a queen if I can't have you. I don't want anything of this." She spread her arms to her. "I don't give a shit. If I don't have you by my side I have absolutely nothing." She heard silence. "You are my queen. You are my light in my world of darkness, Michiru." She heard a huge splash and moments later she felt someone grabbing unto her and gripping her hair. She also felt a face being buried on her neck and she heard a strong sob. "I love you! I really, really do!"

Michiru pulled away and looked at the tall blonde's yellow eyes. "Haruka." She looked at the queen and smiled. She sighed and pulled her down and captured her lips in a soft kiss. Haruka's hand flew to Michiru's cheek as she petted the skin she had missed to touch. She sighed and kissed Michiru's upper lip as she rubbed her cheek with her nose as she closed her eyes and pulled Michiru to a hug.

"I'm going to fix this. There must be something I can do. I sent a message to Setsuna. She will help!" She smiled. "Just, don't leave me."

"I can't." She chuckled and wrapped her arms around her. "I can't leave you, but we better keep our distance. I don't want you to get in trouble because of me."

"No, no. I'll be careful."

"Haruka." Michiru frowned. "This right now is risky. She can walk in on us."

Haruka wrinkled her forehead and closed her eyes as she kept her arms locked around Michiru's waist. "I know. Can you just imagine what it was like to not have you last night beside me?" She sighed and nuzzled her cheek. "It was hell."

"For me it was cold." Michiru giggled and rubbed Haruka's jaw with her nose. "I didn't have your body beside me to keep me warm." Haruka chuckled and leaned her head back. "I also missed doing this!" Her small hands moved to Haruka's head as she ran her fingers through the blonde hair.

"I miss that also."


Akiri sat on Haruka's desk as she went over the marriage contract signed by the late kings of Neptune and Uranus. Frowning, she took a pen and signed one paper while looking at an empty space beside her signature. "The signature of Uranus firstborn." She smirked. "She doesn't have to know." She chuckled and moved the pen over that space making an exact copy of Haruka's signature. "Done." The door was knocked open. Haruka came inside her chamber while rubbing her wet hair with a white towel. Akiri quickly hid the contract and stood up from the desk.

Haruka took a deep breath and stopped all of the sudden as she faced the direction of her desk. "Hi."

Akiri looked at the tall blonde and frowned. Haruka seem to be in a happy mood or at least she was calm. "I guess all you really needed was a good work out, huh?" Akiri chuckled as she looked at Haruka move around her huge chamber and stop at her bed. Haruka sat down and scratched the towel over her head a bit faster. Akiri stood there as she watched Haruka's movements. She stared at the queen's arms that showed off her strength. Yes, Haruka surely was trained well. Sasuke really did a good job. "How was your swim?"

Haruka rubbed her neck with the towel now as she groaned and massaged the muscles there. "It was good." That was an understatement. "It was really good." It still was an understatement. Haruka chuckled at herself as she closed her eyes and sighed. "What are you doing, Akiri-san?"

"Stuff."

"Wedding stuff, huh? You really wanna get it done fast." Haruka whispered as she stood up, walked to her closet and took out her usual attire.

"I've waited nineteen years to be with you. I want to finally claim you as mine." Akiri said as she watched the blonde undress in front of her.

Haruka chuckled as she dressed up. "You want to claim me, huh?"

Akiri frowned. "Yes. Don't you want to claim the queen of Neptune as your own?"

Haruka zipped her pants and shook her head a bit. "Sure. I want to claim the queen of Neptune as my own." She turned around and faced Akiri now. "Do you need any help with the wedding preparation, love?" Haruka smirked.

Akiri frowned a bit. She knew Haruka was up to something but what could she do now? Akiri basically had the guards of the entire castle under her control not to mention she gave orders to Sasuke to command the army to do as she pleased. Basically, Uranus was under her control now. "No, love I don't need any help." She tilted her head and smiled as she took her paper work and left the chamber.

Haruka made a disgusted grunt as she sat down on her bed and then lay down. "How long can I take all of this?"


Akiri frowned as she made her way down the hall. Her anger was pounding in her ears at the same tempo as her walk. Sasuke came out of a near by room and noticed Akiri's mood. He stood in front of the tall woman and raised his hand to stop her. "Is there a problem, Kamiya-san? You seem angry."

Angry, Akiri raised her hand and struck the middle-aged man's cheek. She took a deep breath she tried to calm herself. She looked at the papers in her hands and then at the silver-haired man. "I told you not to call me that!"

"I'm sorry, my lady." Sasuke replied as he closed his eye and rubbed his stinging cheek.

"Where is she?"

"Who?"

"Haruka's maid! Where is she?" Akiri asked as she raised her voice a little too much for the general likes.

Sasuke frowned and stood up straight at the same time as he fixed his uniform. "I saw her walk into her room some minutes ago." He said both of his hands behind his back as he now stared down at the woman.

"Take me to her room."


"I shouldn't have jumped in the pool like that." Michiru said as she moved around her small room and gathered some dry clothes. Hers were completely soaked by her emotional outburst moments ago in the poolroom. She had to smile. Haruka wasn't one to be saying was she felt but right there she opened up completely to Michiru "Haruka…"

The aqua haired girl smiled as she sat down on her small bed and touched her lips. She chuckled softly to herself before her door was burst opened by a raging Akiri. Michiru stood up and gasped by the sudden entry to her chamber. She stood there in her wet clothes and quickly, she looked down at the floor.

Akiri moved forward over to Michiru. Hey icy blue eyes looked at Michiru over as her expression turned into one of disgust. "Where were you?" Michiru opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She was scared and her mind was racing with possible answers but all of them were clear lies. "I asked you a question, maid! Where were you?"

"I… " Michiru cursed herself. Why didn't she change clothes? Why did she jump into the pool in the first place? She was right when she told Haruka to keep her distance.

"You were in the poolroom weren't you? You were with the queen!"

"Yes! I was in the poolroom! I was sent to clean the poolroom after the Queen was done using it! Accidentally, I slipped into the pool!" She lied. She heard a laugh and knew damn well Akiri didn't believe her. Michiru's eyes slowly move to look at the taller woman.

Akiri laughed and shook her head as she observed Michiru now. "You must think me stupid, don't you, girl? Oh well." She held out the papers and moved them to Michiru's eyes as she smirked. "After her long swim, she came to her chamber and signed the marriage license. So, whatever she told you moments ago in the poolroom, were pure lies."

Michiru's blue eyes scanned the paper in front of her and, without a doubt, she saw Haruka's hand writing in it; she saw her signature. "No…"

"No?" Akiri raised her eyebrow and turned the paper to look at it. "Oh, but it is her signature. You better than anyone should know that. I bet you helped her countless of time with her paper work. After all you were her personal maid." Akiri chuckled as she looked down at Michiru. The aqua haired girl was staring at the floor down and shaking her head over and over again. "How can Haruka say no to me? Her soul mate, according to the elders?" She smirked. "Haruka loved her daddy way too much to go against his wishes" She chuckled once again as she saw how the aqua haired girl fell to her knees. "It's funny how a woman like that gives everything up for power, huh?" Michiru looked up at her with a confused face. "Haruka sure wants to be in my good side if you know what I mean."

"You mean, she?"

"You know what they say. In the darkness, love cannot be seen and she is blind so, her entire world is darkness. She can imagine she is being with you while she is in bed with me in order to get what she wants out of me. Not like I mind." She said that and turned around and left the chamber as she closed the door hard behind her.

Michiru leaned against her bed as she covered her eyes with her hands. "There is no way!"

The blonde woman smiled at Michiru as she took out a blindfold and handed it to her. "Put it over your eyes, I don't want you to see the beach just yet." Michiru blushed yet frowned as she took the blindfold and placed it over her eyes. She couldn't see anything. She just felt everything around her.

'This is how Haruka lives?' She thought to herself before she felt a couple of hands over her cheeks and the blindfold.

"Okay now, I know is weird to followed the lead of a blind woman but, please, trust me."

"I trust you." Michiru whispered as her cheeks became warm with the upcoming blush. She trusted this woman with her entire life.

"Good, I'm glad…"

"I trust you! I trust you!" Michiru wrapped her arms around her knees as she hid her face. "I won't believe it! Haruka isn't like that! She just isn't like that" She shivered as she suddenly felt cold thanks to the still wet clothes. "Haruka…"

"I want to see you so badly."

"I love you." Michiru could feel Haruka froze against her body. The blonde was tense. 'Does she love me back? Or, no, please dear Kami, make her love me.' Haruka's yellow eyes moved around as she searched for the smaller girl in her arms. Michiru stared at her eyes. They suddenly closed again and she felt the urge to kiss her. "I really do."

The blonde nodded. "I know." Michiru saw Haruka move closer to brush her lips against hers in a soft caress. "I love you too." The blonde smiled.

'Kami! Yes!' Michiru thought to herself as she wrapped her arms tightly around her blonde lover and locked her lips with Haruka's in a love filled kiss. 'She loves me! She loves me!'

Michiru closed her eyes. That day in the beach had to be the happiest days of her entire life. There, in the sea, with Haruka in her arms and with the sun coming down behind them. It was just the happiest and peaceful day in her eye. Was it all a lie? "It can't be! I won't take it!"


End Chapter Nine