Chapter 13

New life

« A woman! »

« No way! »

Whispers began to spread among the crowd as Michiru saw at least what provoked them. Haruka's shirt was cut, her bandages to, and let appeared clearly her feminine anatomy.

« You're a woman!… I engaged a duel with a woman… Lord Tenoh… is a woman! » shouted the king.

Haruka got up without a word. She took her sword from the floor.

« And we are not finished! » she said.

« There's no way I'll duel against you… »

« She deserves the stake! » yelled a religious man in the crowd.

« YEAH! » yelled some others.

« The other woman too… They are freak! Women can't get married to other woman that's against god laws! »

Michiru had joined Haruka.

« Come with me Ruka! We have to run or we'll be killed! »

Haruka looked at Michiru, she refused.

« I can't run away. It would please them… But you must go! »

« Not without you! »

She embraced Haruka, nothing would separate them. The crowd surrounded them, trying to separate them. They received punches, kicks. Haruka tried to defend Michiru without success, they were too many. So many… some used to be her friends; most were present at their wedding… She could only see rage and disgust in their looks. Her body was in pain, but all she could think about was Michiru, who received as much hits. She finally stopped trying to fight back and just leaned on embraced Michiru to protect her, received the hits for her. She could feel Michiru trembling and crying, but her warm body gave her courage and somewhat healed her physical pain, who cared about pain when it is to protect the one you love? She felt something burning on her forehead and a new strength invading her. She looked down at Michiru and saw a blue trident on hers… What was it?

Suddenly everything stopped, the crowd didn't move. There was a sudden silence. Michiru looked at Haruka. The two of them where injured. Michiru's mouth was bleeding and Haruka had a wound on her head. Michiru had probably a broken wrist and her whole was in pain. Haruka had a bruised eye and probably more than a bone broken though she didn't care and tried to remain straight in front of Michiru.

Setsuna suddenly appeared.

« Hurry now. We don't have much time. I'm going to save your lives. »

« Se… Setsuna… »

« I stopped the time but it won't last. Hurry now! »

Haruka helped Michiru to get up.

« Thanks Setsuna. »

« Go home, gather your things and join me as quickly as possible. Be discreet. »

Setsuna disappeared. Haruka looked down; she saw two pens on the floor. She picked them. Michiru took one in her own hand.

« What is it? » asked Haruka.

« No time to wonder, let's go. »

Haruka and Michiru quickly left and found a horse. Haruka made Michiru jump on it and she jumped behind her. They rode home as quickly as possible. When they arrived, Michiru tried to make Haruka bandages to stop the blood from her several wounds, then the blonde cared her. They weren't in good shape. They gathered some things, not very much. Haruka took enough money, her sword, some clothes, Michiru her violin and clothes too, along with her brush hair. At the end they were not very charged. It took them only a few minutes to be ready. When they went downstairs Setsuna waited them. She had Hotaru in her arms. Michiru gladly took the child in her arms.

« Take your pens and transform. You need to say 'Neptune or Uranus planet power make up'. »

Haruka was the first to obey.

« URANUS PLANET POWER MAKE UP! »

She was now dressed in a sailor outfit as Setsuna, except that hers was blue, gold and white. Michiru followed.

« NEPTUNE PLANET POWER MAKE UP! »

Michiru was now wearing a turquoise and white outfit.

« Hey… You look good in feminine clothes… » said Michiru, looking at her wife.

« I must admit that short skirts fit you very well… I can't understand why long skirts are fashionable… »

Uranus let her hand wander on the skirt.

« If you two don't mind, we're in a hurry! »

« Oh… And what's your plan? » said Haruka a slight blush coming on her face as she remembered Setsuna's presence.

"We head for Japan. We'll use our powers to teleport there. Join hands."

The three of them joined their hands and arms for Michiru who was holding Hotaru. A few seconds later, they were inside a huge Japanese house.

"Here we are. Now I must leave." said Setsuna.

"What?" asked Michiru.

"You don't stay with us?"

"No."

"But... Wait. You sent us in a country which language we don't know, in a house which is not ours... We have no idea of where we are..." began Haruka.

"I'm sure you'll be alright. You've always been able to handle everything. I don't live you by choice. I used my most powerful gift. I stopped time. I no longer have my place here."

"What?"

"I'll die."

Michiru and Haruka were shocked. They had caused Setsuna's death.

"Do not feel guilty." said Setsuna.

"But if we had listened to you..." said Michiru.

"It was my destiny, at least in this time and space. We will see each other again... Sooner or later."

Setsuna disappeared.

Haruka and Michiru looked at each other with looks fool of surprise and huge sadness.

Later in the evening, they were sat in the baby's room. Hotaru was asleep.

« I hope this new life will be alright. If only Setsuna didn't have to die for giving it to us. At least there are no such things as a king and court and all those things that worried us and missed to destroy us so many times. » said Michiru.

« Everything will be alright, trust me. Since we're together nothing will stop us, this life can't be bad because you are in. »

« I trust you, love. »

Dear father,

I think you must be worried, but we are safe. We live far from France now, but I think I can't tell you where. In France we must be searched. No one offend the king without consequences. Michiru and Hotaru are alright. I hope we didn't cause you any trouble. Well I guess you had some when they discovered you made me pass for a man all that long. I'd like to be there just to see the faces of all those women who dreamt about me at night... I'm sorry we weren't able to say farewell properly. But if we had stayed we would be dead as you know well. I wonder exactly what people thought of our sudden disappearance. If they think we are dead, it's better. But I just wanted you to know it is not the case. I'm alright and I live in peace with Michiru and Hotaru. I discovered new activities like Kendo, Michiru got passionated by tea ceremonies. We still have a lot of things to discover. I hope we'll be able to see you again though I sincerely doubt it.

Your daughter

That was the letter Haruka sent to her father a few weeks later. The life in Japan didn't resulted that difficult indeed. It was a new start. Soon they discovered that it was Setsuna's house and that she had arranged everything for them to be proprietors after her death, as though she knew what would happen. They learned Japane easily and adapted themselves quickly to the society. As in France, they quickly counted among the most famous. Maybe it was their fate. But this time they did their best to stay far from politics, one time was enough. They never heard again of the King or of the court, or maybe just little news here and there. Michiru and Haruka didn't know yet that fights awaited them, rough fights, sacrifices and wounds… They died three years after. Michiru had been killed in mission despite of Haruka's efforts to save her. After getting rid of the enemy with all the rage of despair she killed herself. A strange woman appeared after that and took Hotaru with her. They didn't reborn before the twentieth century in the skins of a racer, a motorbike racer, and an artist especially into violin. First nothing linked them, Haruka even despised her ancient wife, but love came back to them, stronger than ever…

THE END

AN: So here is the last chapter. I want to thanks all the people that R and R this story. I hope you enjoyed this last chapter. See you in another story soon...