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Dissonance
Event VI
Passion
The voting had been postponed until the morning. There were no volunteers on the light team. Sunshine, in Cure mode still because of her lack of clothes, was watching the sleeping Melody next to her. The bed was still quite small so she could smell and hear the girl's breath as she laid there, quiet and cute.
Not that Hibiki was not cute when she was awake but... there was just something special about her when she was sleeping. A stark contrast to her personality, the wild and loud girl, a real tomboy. The little escapade in the shower confirmed what she had thought the whole time. She wanted Hibiki. Not just to let her sleep in the same bed. More than that.
To share a passionate kiss, to touch her skin, lick her breasts and fondle them. To sink her fingers into Hibiki's precious place. Itsuki wanted to have sex with Hibiki, but she was pretty sure that the girl was a little on the dense side of things. Unless she spelled it right out for her, she would never get it. Any subtle undertakings or hints would just bounce off her aura of obliviousness.
Kneeling on the bed and moving over Melody, Sunshine's long hair tickled the bare skin of the girl below her, waking her up. "Itsuki? What..." Melody didn't get to say more than that. The sweet lips of the woman above her descended on hers, the sensation making her shiver. It was different from before. There was something special about the way Sunshine kissed her.
The moment passed as quickly as it had come. "You still can't tell, right?" Itsuki was still smiling at the girl that looked back with big eyes. Melody had never been kissed like that. Her heart was beating faster than it had ever even when she went jogging. Her arms and legs felt weak, worse than when she had just fought a negatone and got beaten badly. Her mind was fuzzy, unable to think of anything but the woman above her. She was suddenly aware of just how scantily she was clad and how much of her skin was exposed for Sunshine to see and touch. It confused her. Not that she would be like that. But that she felt embarrassed over it, that she could feel her face flush from thinking about it.
"I want to sleep with you Hibiki. And I don't mean just next to each other." Itsuki blushed a little herself. She wasn't exactly used to all of this either but at least she realized her own desires and wishes. "I want to have sex with you. Make love to you." There was no way that Hibiki would not understand that.
Hibiki opened her mouth but no words came out. Her mind was on a total standstill. She didn't expect Itsuki to say that to her. She didn't expect anyone to say it. She wasn't really the cutest or most beautiful girl and she always thought of herself to be just a little bit on the dense side.
"It doesn't have to be right now. You're surprised, I can see that. But let me tell you something Hibiki." Sunshine leaned down and whispered in Hibiki's ear. "You're beautiful. You're strong willed and funny. No matter what you think of yourself, you look stunning to me." To put emphasis on her words, Itsuki moved her left hand over Melody's legs, over her hips and stomach to her breasts where she gently caressed the girls breasts, one at a time. "You don't need to have breasts as big as someone else. They're just right for you."
Hibiki let out a moan and gasped in surprise when she heard her own voice make a girly sound like that. She only thought about relationships very rarely, but she had always expected to be the stronger partner. But with Itsuki, she was the 'girl'. No trace of strength remained in her bearing. Her eyes were half closed as Sunshine touched her and her breathing was becoming irregular and fast.
"Even down here..." Itsuki slid her hand under Melody's skirt and closed her own eyes, still whispering in the ear of the girl. Just moving her fingers between the girls legs made her moan. Hibiki was as excited as Itsuki was.
She couldn't move. Itsuki was having total control over her. Only just responding to her touch, Hibiki finally got a break to calm down when Sunshine withdrew her hand and moved back up, still kneeling over her. "I can tell you've never done it before."
"What... what about you? You did it with someone?"
"No. You'd be the first one." Itsuki looked right in Hibiki's eyes, their gazes meeting, both unable to look away. Itsuki didn't mind if Hibiki was the first one she ever slept with. She really liked her and was sure that Hibiki liked her just as much. She just didn't quite realize it yet.
"I... don't really know what to do." Hibiki broke away and averted her face, looking to the door. She wasn't uncomfortable there, below Sunshine. In fact, her heart was still beating fast and she shivered a little. She knew what it felt like to be excited very well. But not this kind.
"I kinda expected that." Sunshine smiled, leaned down and started to kiss Melody's neck. "Follow your instinct. There's no right or wrong way." Getting a little tired of just kneeling, Itsuki touched down on the bed, laying half on Melody. She didn't even try to hide how horny she was. Her nipples were poking through her top, her breathing was as haphazard as Melody's, her skin was burning hot.
Her breasts pushing against Hibiki's, Sunshine laid a single finger on the girls chin, lifting her face up just a little to kiss her again. Sliding her tongue between Melody's lips, the pink Cure almost pulled away in surprise but then responded to Itsuki's advances, no longer thinking, following her instinct as the yellow Cure had said.
A tender french kiss, their tongues intervening and separating, their hot breath shared with each other. Sunshine moved away just a little, not far enough to break the kiss yet enough to have a little space between them. Sliding her hand under Melody's top, she fondled her breasts. A gentle grab, another with a little more strength, Sunshine touched Hibiki's nipples with her thumb, slowly rubbing them. They were as hard and erect as her own but hidden below the fabric. There was not a shred of doubt that the girl was as excited as she was.
And finally, Itsuki could feel that Melody was trying to caress her as well. Although her moves were a little awkward, Sunshine didn't mind. One of her hands hesitantly moving up and down Itsuki's hips, the other slowly sliding below her top, Hibiki felt like her heart was about to jump out her throat any second now. Sunshine was quite busty and her large breasts felt in her hand like nothing she had ever touched before.
Just squeezing them lightly made Sunshine moan into the kiss, opening her eyes and giving Hibiki an approving and lustful look. Feeling Melody's other hand on her butt, she started to feel uncomfortable still wearing clothes. Moving up on the girl again, Sunshine almost sat on her stomach, pulling off her own top, her voluptuous breasts hanging in plain sight for Hibiki now.
Almost like in trance, Melody put up her arms at the same time as Itsuki started to pull up her top. Despite having seen each other naked in the showers just a few hours ago, Hibiki was suddenly embarrassed to have Itsuki look at her and looked slightly to the side.
Sunshine left Hibiki on the bed and stood up, sliding down her skirt and dropped it on the ground. Hibiki barely noticed that she instinctively got rid of her own skirt, the two of them completely naked now. A brief shiver ran over Sunshine's skin when she took the blanket and crawled back on the bed, covering herself and Hibiki in the white cloth as she kissed her again, kneeling over her again.
Her fingers moving over Melody's bare skin, each touch for Hibiki like a tiny, weak electric shock. Her own hands groping and squeezing Sunshine's breasts, the blond Cure gasped each time the girl as much as grazed her nipples.
Itsuki was starting to sweat under the blanket, and she could feel that Hibiki too was feeling more than just a little hot. "Itsuki... how big..." Hibiki's voice was much sweeter and softer than usual.
"You're a little breast obsessed you imp." Itsuki smiled and leaned down far enough to blow a little hot air in Hibiki's ear. "D Cup." She was feeling a little proud of her big chest the way Hibiki treated her.
"I'm only a C..." Hibiki looked a little depressed but that expression vanished as quickly as it had come. Sunshine had vanished under the blanket, her lips and tongue caressing Melody's nipples. She had never felt that good before. Itsuki had never done something like that before but that didn't stop her from trying. Sucking her breasts, licking her nipples and skin, groping and squeezing the other breast with her hand, Sunshine could both hear and feel how much more excited Hibiki got.
Stopping and crawling back out, Sunshine let herself down on Hibiki, knowing she could support her weight easily. Her own breasts firmly pressed against Hibiki's, she moved just a little, their nipples rubbing together. "It's not all about size."
"Itsuki..." Hibiki wrapped her arms around the blond woman's neck, diving into another kiss. One of the many that they would share that night.
=== Dissonance ===
"Want to hear a stupid story?" Karen was walking with Komachi, both of them wearing their Cure outfits for lack of better alternatives.
"I didn't think you'd have any stupid stories to tell Karen." Komachi was giving the blue haired woman a curious look. "But do tell. I'm curious."
"Way before we got to be Cures, I actually had a crush on you. I didn't really get it at the time. We were twelve and I was a little confused by how I felt about you. I remember how I got that crush really well though. I was a little isolated from others at the time, the very start of the year, and you were my only friend. It was one particular afternoon where you went to study without me because I had cleaning duty with someone else. When I came to the library, I saw you there, sitting next to the large windows. It was late May and a warm breeze was blowing through the rooms. The light was shining right on you and the wind made your hair flutter. That moment, you seemed like the most beautiful thing in the world. I just stood there for god knows how long, watching you read that book, unable to destroy the scene before me." Karen smiled and looked on the ground. "Even now, almost a decade later, I often think of that moment and what I felt like then."
"That's not a stupid story." Komachi didn't know what else to say. Karen made her blush with her words but she was really happy. "Why did you never say anything?"
"Oh come on Komachi. You were my only real friend until we met Nozomi and the others. Even if I had known what those feelings were back then, I couldn't risk losing my best friend over it. I always thought it would completely weird you out if I came out to you. And with the years, I just sort of accepted that it would never go anywhere. By the time Milky Rose joined our team, I had all abandoned all hope. In retrospect I must have been really blind to not realize what you felt."
"You're too hard on yourself Karen." Komachi took the hand of the woman next to her. "I was not saying anything for the same reasons. I don't remember when I started liking you but I always thought it would really alienate you if I said anything. I loved you so much, I was happier with being friends than risking becoming lovers and ending up losing you completely."
"We're both screwed up, aren't we?" Karen smiled and earned a hurtful glare from the green haired woman. "Ouch. If looks could kill." Aqua had not joked around with anyone for weeks, months even. It was so incredibly relaxing to be able to just say what she was thinking without fearing consequences.
"But you know... even now... I think you're beautiful. Everyone has a different style that suits him, but out of us six, you were always the beautiful one Komachi. I was always jealous of your body and looks." Taking a short break and looking down on herself, Aqua smiled. "I'm not jealous anymore, but what I think about you hasn't changed a bit."
"You're such a smooth talker. You must have a whole harem of girls in your home." Komachi's face was getting redder with the minute.
"Oh yes, hundreds of them. I keep them hidden from Milk in my secret space closet." Karen joked and Komachi exaggerated rolling eyes. "She gets jealous so easily, it's annoying. I can't even talk to a woman on the street without her making some kind of drama."
"I never understood how you and Kurumi hit it off. I know you took care of her when she was sick but..."
"I don't really know either. We just kind of got close and Kurumi started pulling me along. Before I knew, we were going out and a few weeks later, sleeping with each other." Karen closed her mouth quickly, looking at Komachi. "Sorry, you probably didn't want to hear that."
"Karen, I'm twenty years old. I know you've been living with Kurumi. We all know. I'd have to be completely stupid to not realize you've been sleeping with her. I would lie if I said I don't care that you slept with her but just mentioning it won't make me throw a fit. I'm not dictating you what you can say and what not." Komachi proved to be quite the understanding woman.
"I'm glad you take it that way... maybe... maybe deep down I somehow always knew that we'd make a great couple. We understand each other, we complement each other. I just... never realized that until recently. I loved Milk but... she never changed. She just sits around and does whatever she wants and expects me to follow her every whim. It was okay when we were students but for an adult to act like that... I can't stand it."
"I'm not exactly a role model either Karen. I have my flaws, just like you have yours." Komachi grinned. "You're often too stuffy and serious, you work too hard, you like really weird food and drinks and god forbid someone insults your violin playing. You'd bite off their head."
"And you're stubborn, easy to scare, you don't have enough self-esteem, your fashion sense when it comes to hairstyle is horrible and most of all, if someone criticizes your writing, you'd ship them off to kingdom come." Karen looked completely serious when she said all of that. They both stopped and looked at each other, the tension in the air rising dramatically.
Then it plummeted all the way to hell when they started giggling and then bursting out in laughter. "Weird food? Really? Says the person who could eat a hundred daifuku and still more!" Karen could barely talk, so hard was she laughing.
"Mean! I bet you're still secretly having those pasta days! Nobody would ever guess with your figure but you're one hell of a glutton, aren't you!" Komachi fired back.
"How the heck do you know that?! Help, I'm getting stalked!" Karen put her hands to her mouth, pretending to shout for help.
"Haha, I know all your dirty secrets!" Komachi was already bending over, holding her sides.
Their banter ceased as they both gasped for air and leaned against the nearby wall, slowly sliding down and sitting there, catching their breath. They looked at the other side of the hallway, painfully aware of each others existence and feelings. Mint made the first move, taking Aqua's hand. "Do you love me Karen? If... you can't answer that right now, I understand. I can wait. But even if you can't-"
Aqua put a seal on Mint's lips. Holding Komachi's hand, Karen supported herself with her other hand against the wall, kissing her oldest and most precious friend. Tears ran down her face and made Komachi force her away. "Karen, you didn't have-"
"Idiot... I'm crying because I'm so happy to have you. I treated you so badly, went with another woman and even lived with her for years. And then you still come to me and tell me you love me. You weren't even angry with me. I don't deserve such a good friend. That's why I'm crying." Karen was sniffing and sobbing, her words clear but her voice distorted. Her blue eyes meeting the turquoise eyes of the woman in front of her.
Mint didn't say anything. Slowly sitting straight up, she embraced the love of her life, happy that she was feeling such remorse. "I love you Karen. No matter what you do, I'll always love you."
Karen cried for a few more minutes while Komachi kept her tightly in her arms, happy that her loved one was able to show her emotions openly like that. Karen had never been one to freely admit that she was sad or disappointed.
"Komachi... I'm sorry but.. this might seem a little weird to you... I don't think I can handle sleeping with you yet. It's just... we've been friends for so long and even though I want to be with you now..." Karen was still hurt from ending her relationship with Kurumi.
"I didn't really expect you to just come on to me and make a move if that's what you mean. I wouldn't mind but I'd rather you get over Kurumi first. I don't want a broken Karen as my partner." Mint smiled and kissed the blue Cure on the forehead. "You're cute when you're being honest by the way."
"Oh shut up." Karen blushed and looked away, pouting.
=== Dissonance ===
"You're going to leave with the next exchange, right?" Ellen was playing a few cords on her guitar. She and Setsuna sat on a pair of stairs quite a distance away from their rooms.
Setsuna nodded, listening to Ellen play. It was a calming and mellow acoustic guitar track. She had gotten pretty close to her and was a little sad that they were going to be on different teams for probably quite a while.
"You know... I'm thinking about switching with the exchange after. You told me so much about your partner, Love, that I'm really curious to meet her. And..." Ellen didn't say anything else. There was no need to. Setsuna liked to be with Ellen as well.
"But your whole team is here. Won't they be mad at you? Aren't you friends with Hibiki and Kanade?" Setsuna thought about her own friends. Miki and Inori. They were both with Love and she really longed to see them again.
"I'm sure they'll understand. It's not like we'll be enemies for the whole time." Ellen sat a bit higher than Setsuna and continued her performance.
"I never heard you sing. You told me you were a songstress in major land. I really wanna hear you sing before I leave tomorrow." Setsuna looked over her shoulder as Ellen stopped playing. She sung all the time with her band, but that was her job. Singing for just a friend was completely different. "Pretty please?" Setsuna smiled and won. Ellen responded with a smile of her own.
"Okay, but don't tell anyone about this song." It was something Ellen had written in long nights when she couldn't sleep.
Clearing her throat and taking a deep breath, Ellen started a few very slow and calming cords. "In lands yet unknown, I live, I am. Above me sky so blue, below me lands of green. A house made of dreams and happiness I share with my friends. One of them as wild and energetic as the sun. One of them calm and graceful like a river. One of them like pride and winds, two faces to her." Ellen continued the song for about a minute without any vocals. "Days spent in happiness, days spent in tranquility and days spent however we like. Cakes of clouds, songs and whistles of our souls, we live to our hearts desire. No bounds to chain us, no sadness ever around us, as we lay there in the grass, we find what we long for forever. Our hands holding each other, our hearts connected, we're one and always will be."
The whole song took more than five minutes for Ellen to sing. Setsuna listened intently, with her eyes closed, her knees pulled to her chest, her chin resting on them. "What a beautiful song. It's about your friends, isn't it? Melody, Rhythm and Muse."
"The song isn't complete yet. That's only the second half. I have yet to write the first part." Ellen was embarrassed to have played that song for someone.
"Hummy, right? The friend from major land you told me about. She seems like a total airhead. Reminds me a little of Love." Setsuna smiled and stood up, walking up to Ellen and sitting down next to her. They were both in their Cure outfits simply because they had no other clothes to wear.
"Hummy returned to major land while I remained with Hibiki and Kanade. Ako goes and comes, acting like a representative of Major land on earth. I miss her quite a bit sometimes, but I decided to live my life as human."
"Sounds like a story I know." Setsuna leaned against Ellen's shoulder, careful not to be a hindrance for her playing. "Can you play another song? I love your music." Passion was feeling so very comfortable with Beat that she found it hard to explain with words alone.
Ellen started a faster song that had a bit of sadness to it. "This is a cover from a popular song I know. It's called 'To the End of the Wilderness'. It's from a band called Wild Arms."
Playing for a few seconds, Ellen started to whistle a melody with the song. Setsuna was amazed that she recognized the song. She had once heard it during her travels with Love. She loved the guitar and the whistling, the mood the song created.
Ellen kept whistling until she came to a purely acoustic part where she suddenly stopped. Setsuna, right next to her, was quietly sobbing. Ellen panicked and thought about all kinds of things she might have done or said to upset her.
"You know Ellen... I really am a terrible woman. I have Love, I am so happy with her. But when I'm with you, I find myself thinking..." Setsuna grabbed Ellen's hand, still leaned against her. "Don't you like her? Don't you want to be with her?" Setsuna used a voice different from her own. "That's what the voice in my heart tells me. I have someone that loves me so much. And I love her just as much. And yet I find myself thinking about you that way."
"Setsuna... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" Ellen thought it was her fault.
"Don't apologize. You didn't do anything wrong. It's just... me. I can't decide what I should do. Should I listen to my heart or my mind..."
Ellen started to play the song again, this time slower and the whistle sounding sadder than before. She continued to play until her lips were too dry to go on, her fingers sore from playing too much at once. The silence that followed was quite awkward until Ellen decided to just say what she was thinking.
"I lied to my own heart so often... I did many horrible things because of it. I... think you should just follow your heart." Beat wished that she was saying it only because she cared for Passion. But deep down, in her heart, she wished for Setsuna to like her.
Ellen's guitar hit the stairs, making haphazard sounds every time it slid down another. Beat's eyes were wide open, her hands grasping at air. She was sharing her first kiss with a girl that was two years older than her. A kiss mixed with tears.
Setsuna pulling back after a few seconds, she shook her head violently. "No... I shouldn't do this... I'm sorry Ellen. I'm so sorry." Without another word, Passion jumped up and ran away, down the stairs, past the dropped guitar, out of Beat's sight.
Beat sat on the stairs, looking at the ground, a single tear running down her cheek. Love was painful. Ellen could be pretty dense and lacked common sense but she was pretty clear on what she felt for Setsuna now. She liked her. Not as a friend, but as a girl. As a woman.
=== Dissonance ===
Miki was unable to sleep, restlessly throwing around in her bed. She couldn't get Moonlight out of her head. The match had only confirmed it. She wanted that woman. Ironic or not that it happened while they were stuck in that god forsaken place, Miki didn't care.
Growing tired of the walls in her room, Miki got up, left her room and went for a walk. The place was quiet, almost everyone was asleep. Once, she thought to have seen Aqua and Mint but didn't pay them any mind.
Moonlight. That power and skill. Her movements, her grace. She was perfect. Stern and determined. Tall and beautiful. Serious and mature. She wanted to see her, learn more about her, touch her, caress her, sleep with her. Despite all, Miki had quite the sex drive. She just never met anyone to satisfy it.
In their fight, she got quite the view of the silver Cure. Her long legs, slim waist, noble face and clear eyes. And to top it all off, she was so strong, so smart. She had to get to know her! Miki felt her heart ache. So that was what it felt like to be in love. No wonder that Peach and Passion liked it so much. A melancholic feeling yet, one of incredibly warmth.
She couldn't settle down and started to walk, every step her thoughts wandering about, thinking of the woman that had stolen her heart by accident. Miki realized only how far her steps had taken her when she reached a grand room with a deep abyss in it's middle. A chasm so deep that it was pitch black. In the middle of it was a wall, half see-through, half of golden light.
Miki sighed and sat down at the chasm, her legs above the dark nothing. "Below the Moon's crescent grace – A ray of love descends, a sky of black – A heart, bellowing in the night, a scream for you – My kiss flowing, eternally, from me to you – I hunt after you, to claim you, my hope." Miki wasn't a poet or literary talented but she liked poems just a little bit. It didn't change that she was quite horrible at creating them.
"Very..." "...classy." Two voices and applause caught Berry's attention. A red haired and a blue haired Cure were sitting on a small balcony in the other side of the room. "Didn't think that someone else..." "...would come out here." They had a very peculiar way of talking, one of them completing the sentence of the other.
"I guess you're members of the dark team. I'm amazed we can meet like this. I thought we were forbidden to do so outside battle and exile runs." Miki had been questioning the rules from the beginning. Some of them seemed strangely conflicting or without purpose.
"Indeed, we are..." "...members of team dark." The two Kiryuu sisters replied, jumped down from the balcony and came closer to the barrier. "We found this place..." "...by accident. I don't think..." "... it is always here. It is probably..." "... depending on the exile area."
"A secret meeting point." Miki interpreted from their words. Their way of talking annoyed the hell out of her already. "I'm Cure Berry. And you two are?"
"Cure Bright." Michiru replied and looked to her sister. "Cure Windy." Kaoru replied and looked to her sister. They held hands and smiled at each other. "Part of Splash Star." They had assigned names like that to almost everyone else. After all, teams did introduce themselves as such, so it seemed only proper to label them with that.
"So you're in love..." "...with Cure Moonlight, pretty one?" The sisters were more than just sharp. "You picked a really..." "...tough nut to crack." They walked up close to Berry. Only about five meters were between them, the width of the chasm. If not for the barrier they could have easily jumped over that little gap.
"You two are pretty sharp. Yes, I like Moonlight. Are you going to try and make fun of me? Don't even bother with such a pointless activity." Berry was not quite familiar with how many Cures actually were in relationships with each other.
"We're not..." "... that kinda people. You seem honest..." "...and smart enough. Want us..." "... to help you? We could call..." "...Moonlight to this place for you."The Kiryuu sisters were easy prey for the predator called boredom. With their sharp minds and their ability to quickly pick up anything they did, they had become extremely versatile jacks of all trades in the last few years.
"Why would you want to help me? You don't even know me." Despite being Cures, Berry didn't really trust them all that much.
"Because it would..." "...be interesting," The Kiryuu sisters replied and smiled. "We're really..." "...bored here. Saki and Mai are busy..." "...with each other. You seem..." "...interesting."
"I got nothing to lose. I'll wait here for a bit. I need to get a clear head anyway." Miki wasn't sure what to make of the sisters and when she looked up again, they were already gone.
=== Dissonance ===
"Surprised?" Muse had just come out of her room. A minute ago, Yuri had knocked on her door, having decided to at least listen to her. But Muse looked very different from usual. She was Yuri's height and her body was clearly that of an adult. Her bright and frilly yellow costume had changed into a dark bodysuit and cape. Her hair was still the same if only a bit longer. "This is a type of magic I can use. This is what I will look like in five years. It's a special type of magic that allows me to alter my body to what it will be five years in the future. I assumed that it would be easier for you to talk to me if I looked like this. And quite honestly, I much prefer this to what I usually look like. No matter how serious and mature you are, people are always going to treat me like a child if I look like one. Simple action and reaction to alter my own image then."
"I see. Part of your reasoning is right. Shallow people will always treat you like a kid, regardless of what your character is like. But that is where a fault lies in your reasoning. People who actually care will always judge you by who you are and not your appearance or age."
"If we add to that equation that I am more comfortable in this form, there really is no sense to staying a kid. I don't want to have to look up to see your face, too." Muse closed the door and stepped past Yuri. "Shall we get going? I'd assume you'd prefer to not have this conversation where we can be overhead."
"Let's go." The unlikely pair quickly left the hallway behind them, delving deeper into the complex. Walking in complete silence, Moonlight found herself staring at Muse's butt once or twice. As far as figure went, she was quite breathtaking. But not her type at all.
They went deep into the unknown parts of the castle, into an empty room. Closing the door behind herself, Muse looked at Moonlight. "The way you were acting, I assume this is not just about your work or the situation here. It sounded much more serious."
"I have a partner. She's a model and I basically work as her agent. But she's a civilian and I cannot stop worrying about what happens if a new enemy appears and targets her because of me." Yuri felt, oddly enough, not uncomfortable about spilling her guts to Muse. The black Cure listened intently with a serious face.
"I can already see where the moral dilemma for this goes. You want to protect her, but the best way of doing so would be to not be with her. Well, that is true, but even if you aren't with her, she could always get wrapped up in an attack. Hibiki and Kanade are sometimes worried about their families too. They were lucky that nothing much happened to them, but I understand your worry. We are fighting to restore the balance of light and darkness. It's foolish to say that just this will bring about a new enemy but the chances are there. And this is just a feeling I have but I believe that evil itself will be not as easily destroyed as it was until now."
"So you see things the same way I do. I too, believe that any new enemy would likely aim for our weakness. The people we hold dear. I'd do anything for Momoka, walk into any trap. Even give my life. I know that nobody would be saved by doing so, but I'd still do it if there was even the slightest chance to save her."
"There is no right or wrong solution to this Moonlight. To protect her, you'd best do so from the shadows. Telling her you're a Cure would not help at all. If she loves you, she'd try to understand but it would only put her in greater danger. If your whole and biggest concern is her safety, you should not be with her. But this is something you have to decide for yourself."
"Have you ever been in a situation like this?" Moonlight bit her lip. So there really was no obvious, easy way out of it.
"My father was possessed by an evil force that plagued the lands once. My grandfather banished it, but it came back and took over my father. He fought Hibiki, Kanade and Ellen, even tried to kill them, tried to throw the world into infinite sadness and sorrow. It took me a long time and the words of the others to realize that truly protecting him was not to step into their fight and stop them. Even if it hurt me and him, I had to stop him. Because the real him would never do what he did. If he was released from the evil and the world was a ruin of sadness, he'd never be able to forgive himself. That would be worse than any other fate."
"So you swallowed your feelings of not wanting to hurt him and fought." Moonlight was quite amazed at the determination the girl had. It was extremely easy to forget that Muse was actually only around thirteen.
"I did. It was a hard decision to make. Even harder so because at the time, I was still thinking of myself as a Cure on my own. I didn't really believe to be part of the team." Muse's face was grim. She did not have any happy memories of those times.
"Muse. What would you do if you were in my place?" Moonlight was interested in what the young girl would do. Someone that had not yet experienced the desire of sex.
"From the little you told me, I would leave her and protect her from the shadows. I have noticed that quite a few Cures are interested in each other, so if I was hoping for a relationship, I'd look there. Moonlight, I know these decisions are painful. But I can't make this one for you. You love her, I can clearly see that."
"It's just not fair. These worries have been gnawing at me ever since I fell in love with her, ever since she kissed me for the first time. I love her but I can't stand the endless worrying anymore."
"I think, deep down, you already knew what to do. Talking to me was only a pretext to confirm your decision with yourself by letting someone else assess the situation as a whole." Muse walked up to Moonlight and looked right in her eyes. "It's your decision. Make the one you can live with Yuri. Sometimes, we have to break our own heart to save what we really love."
Muse turned around and walked to the door. "Should we get back? I'm sure you're exhausted after your fight."
Moonlight suddenly remembered. The fight, Berry. She had been so preoccupied with worrying about Momoka that she had managed to completely forget about her. "Muse, wait. There is something else I want to talk about." Yuri waited until the black Cure looked at her, not in the slightest disappointed or annoyed. In fact, Ako quite enjoyed being able to have a conversation on such a level with an adult. There were about eight years difference between the two, but that didn't seem to bother Moonlight at all.
"The Cure I fought today, Berry, is extremely similar to Momoka. I couldn't get her out of my mind for quite a while. I... do you think it would be awful of me to pursue this? I feel awful just thinking about throwing Momoka aside, just like that, and jumping on the next chance to-" Moonlight was interrupted.
"I never really experienced romance so I can't advise you on this. But you should know this much. Feelings of remorse, feelings of regret will stay with you for the rest of your life. I'd rather regret doing something that might not have been for the best than spending the rest of my life wondering if I chose the right thing to do."
"I can't believe you're only thirteen." Moonlight was quite literally unable to believe it.
"I was brought up as a princess, the future ruler of Major Land, for over ten years before I went to earth. I still continue my education at the royal palace. A regent can not be poorly educated. But I understand your doubt Yuri."
"I'm looking forward to meeting you when you're actually grown up." Yuri smiled.
"You'll have to take an audience then. I will be queen of Major Land by then." Ako smiled back and opened the door. "Let's get back."
The two of them were barely out the door when they met two familiar faces. "Moonlight, we've been..." "... looking for you. You have..." "... a visitor."
"Night, Moonlight." Muse waved and left without the Silver Cure. She was not getting involved in any business with the Kiryuu sisters.
"A visitor? What do you mean? Wait, Muse." Moonlight took a step forward, trying to go after Muse but the two sisters stopped her.
"A secret room..." "...not too far from here. She is waiting for you..." "...so we'll lead the way." Kaoru grabbed Yuri's right hand, Michiru her left, the two of them pulling Moonlight with them. They were bored out of their minds with nothing to do so they would not let that chance slip by.
"A secret room? What are you two talking about? Where are we going?" Moonlight pulled free from their grip. "I'll walk by myself." Those two women were pretty pushy.
"It's there and..." "...then it's not. A meeting site..." "...of chance!" They seemed oddly happy about something but Yuri couldn't quite tell what exactly. "Chance or destiny?" "Which one is it?" "Even we don't know." "It's a mystery." Their way of talking had changed again. It was quite annoying.
It took Yuri only a few minutes to realize who it was that was waiting for her. There was really only one person on the other side that would urge the Kiryuu's to bring her there. Blossom and Marine were not the type to meet up secretly like that.
"We have arrived." "Enjoy your stay." "We will leave." "See you again." Kaoru and Michiru grinned, took turn and left Moonlight at the entrance to a big room which had a chasm in the center. And there she was, sitting at the edge of the rift, looking at her in surprise.
"I didn't think you'd really come." Berry was both surprised that the two Cures had found her and that Moonlight had just agreed to come.
"They pretty much dragged me here." Yuri took a few steps towards the chasm. The barrier was emitting a dim light, giving the room an odd feel. "You fought well earlier. I was close to losing in the end."
"You flatter me. In the end, I still lost. But I didn't call you here to talk about the fight Yuri." Berry knew her real name because she had asked Blossom about it earlier. "Although if you prefer to talk about that first, I don't mind."
"No, I'd rather not waste our time. We both know what we are capable of and we quite clearly felt what what the other one is too during the match." Yuri took another step forward. There were only a few meters separating them.
"I believe you have already figured out what I want to talk about. But I think you're the type that likes if the other one spells it out for you. I don't mind. When I want something, I aim for it and do not take any detours. Go out with me Yuri. When I first saw you, I was taken. Your grace, your elegance. You're beautiful, perfect. Not only that, you're strong, mature, clever. You may think I'm just flattering you, but this is what I truly believe and think."
Berry launched an overwhelming preemptive strike against Moonlight. "I didn't quite assume that much." Yuri tried hard to keep her composure. Just minutes after talking about Momoka with Muse, Berry declared herself to aim for her as lover. It was a little much to take in. "You barely know me, so you are assuming quite a bit."
"I was not intending to pry into things that I should not know about, but I asked Blossom and Marine about you. What I assume is no mere assumption. It's a fact, proven to me by the words of your friends. Now, I know there's two sides to every story and that there are many things I don't know about you yet. But that is exactly why I want to know you better. Share your time with me. Be by my side. I long to know about you."
Yuri averted her face. Few, very few, people could be as open and clear about their desires as that. Most would crumble in embarrassment and shame, but Berry was almost staring at her, not a trace of nerviness on her face. She might look a lot like Momoka, but her character was clearly different.
"I have a lot to think about right now Berry. I can't really give you any kind of answer right now." Yuri couldn't just give her an answer like that. She still hadn't made her final decision about Momoka. And even if she decided to leave Momoka, she would need time to get over it. Just throwing herself from one relationship into another was not healthy.
"We're both not teenagers anymore. I won't just decide that I like someone else in a weeks time. I can wait. I want to be with you. It doesn't matter to me how much time you need to accept me." Miki stood up and looked at Moonlight. "I wanted you to know this, that's all. I didn't really expect for things to just go my way. This is life, not a kids cartoon. I'd love to know more about you Yuri. But I'll ask you another time."
Miki could see that Moonlight was fighting to keep her composure. She decided to let her save face and leave, even though she had finally the chance to be alone with her outside the battlefield. Walking away, Berry stopped and looked back just once before leaving Moonlight behind.
That didn't go as well as she hoped, but she was not the type to indulge into endless subtle hints and beating around the bush like Love and Setsuna did. Neither seemed Moonlight to be the type to respond well to these things. They were serious, hard working adults.
On the other side of the chasm, Moonlight was letting out the heaviest sigh ever. Why was her life so complicated? Not just that she had trouble with her relationship with Momoka, but now there was Miki declaring her love for her. Things only got ever more complicated for her.
Muse's words were still resounding in her head. Did she really already make her decision? Was it the right one? She loved Momoka a lot, but her worry was making her paranoid sometimes. Whenever Momoka was late and didn't call, whenever she was unexpectedly not at home. Yuri was sick of worrying that their relationship could be a cause of pain for Momoka someday. Was it really better to break Momoka's heart, and her own, to ensure she would not become wrapped up in new battles?
If only there was an easy way out of it. A way that would not break Momoka's heart or her own and still protected her. But life didn't offer easy cop-out methods like that. Or did it?
Yuri looked around herself. The place she was in... it had a special system in place that could grant wishes. What if she wished that Momoka would forget they had ever been together? All that would change was that she was no longer going out with her. It still left her to bear the pain, but the thought of forgetting all about the time she spent with Momoka was even harder to bear than the one of erasing Momoka's memory of their time together.
No matter what, it was a difficult decision to make.
"You think they'll get together?" Kaoru looked at her sister, the two of them hidden away on one of the upper most balconies.
"Who knows. They seem to suit each other but Moonlight seems to have a lot of issues." Michiru didn't even need to look at the silver Cure to tell that much.
"If Berry wants to date her, she's in for a lot of work." Kaoru leaned back against the wall, resting her head on Michiru's shoulder. "But it could be interesting, don't you think?"
"I didn't expect Berry to be this straight forward. Although, speaking of straight-" Michiru was interrupted rudely by her sister.
"Don't even try to make a joke out of her liking women and straight sis. Your sense of humor is still horrible." Kaoru sighed. "Should we go to bed? I don't think we'll be lucky enough to find something interesting again tonight."
"Let's go to bed then. Watching Moonlight be depressed and sighing is not interesting at all." The two left the same way they had come, through small and hidden passageways. Moonlight was left behind alone, with just her thoughts to occupy her.
=== Dissonance ===
Mai was laying halfway on Saki, drawing circles over her collar bones. She found it difficult to fall asleep right after they had sex. Thankfully, the same was true for Saki.
"Do you remember when we first slept with each other?" Mai often brought up topics from the past. She loved to keep a vivid memory of all the silly, stupid and funny things they had done in the past.
"How could I ever forget that? It was a total disaster. And I'm not even talking about the part where we slept with each other." Saki rolled eyes, thinking back on that nightmare of a day;
Saki was sleeping in a futon on the floor while Mai was sleeping in her bed. Saki had declined her offer to actually join her in the bed.
"Did you see the way Honoka looked at Nagisa the whole time? I bet she's in love with Nagisa. The poor girl is totally oblivious to it though." Mai grinned widely and giggled into her blanket. "Like a certain someone that had no clue either until I kissed her."
"Yes, yes, rub it in. It hurts, oh, it hurts so much." Saki was making an exaggerated dull voice, looking up at Mai. "You're never going to forgive me for being a little dense, are you? You succubus!" Saki fired back, laughing the contrived shocked face Mai was making.
"How long do you think it's gonna take before Honoka ravishes Nagisa? I was so tempted to tell her today." Mai sat up in her bed and looked to the window. They didn't live too far away and they saw them quite often, but neither of the two really thought about telling Nagisa that Honoka was madly in love with her.
"Honoka is sixteen already and Nagisa is turning sixteen in two months. It's amazing how we're all just about a month apart from each other, Honoka being the oldest and Nagisa the youngest. I think at the latest when Nagisa turns sixteen is Honoka gonna make her move. I think they'll make a really cute couple." The purple haired girl leaned to her side and reached down to Saki, poking her cheek.
"I think Nagisa loves her too but she doesn't even realize it. Or maybe she thinks nothing can come of it. I was sure you were just my friend too before you took me to the big tree last summer and kissed me there. I'll never forget how happy I felt that moment." Saki sat up as well and leaned against the side of Mai's bed, looking straight up into her lovers face.
"Say Saki... don't you want to at least spend the night in the same bed as me?" Mai was not asking her to sleep with her. Only sleep next to her.
"What if your parents try to wake you up and find us sleeping in the same bed? We're a little too old to just tell them we were playing around." Saki was quite aware that it wasn't really all that acceptable to be a lesbian where they lived. Mai's parents were pretty accepting so there was a good chance they wouldn't mind too much but she still didn't really trust that chance.
"I don't want to hide this all my life Saki. If they find out, they'll find out. It's as good as any other means of telling them. It's not like I'm secretly sleeping with a guy. They know you, they like you. If they'll accept anyone as my partner, then it's you." Mai laid her arms around the girl she loved, leaning her forehead against the back of Saki's head. That was enough to get rid of the last of Saki's reluctance.
"You always had that way with words I couldn't resist. We still ended up sleeping with each other. And the next morning, your mom found us sleeping together naked. I won't ever forget the fuss they made. My parents were really mad too, although it was more about me hiding it from them." Saki was playing with Mai's hair just a little. They both slept together naked, without their Cure forms. It was more comfortable that way and they were used to sleeping like that anyway.
"I'll never forget the face of your mom. She looked like her soul had left her body." Mai covered her mouth but could not completely suppress her laughter.
"It's funny for you. Your parents only lectured you but my mom was going on and on, asking me for a thousand details about our relationship. You have no idea how terrible it is to explain what kind of kisser your girlfriend is to your mother."
"At least you weren't stuck with Honoka when she and Nagisa got word of us dating. She wanted the exact story of how I told you from me. It was really embarrassing to answer some of her questions, you know!" Mai complained and crawled up a little, resting her head on Saki's shoulder.
"In exchange, I was stuck with Nagisa. It was so hard not to tell her that she and Honoka were in the exact same situation. I knew you'd kill me if I slipped up so I had to try really hard. That was the most painful conversation I've ever had with Nagisa."
"This reminds me... Saki, remember when we all went for karaoke on Nagisa's eighteenth birthday?" Mai knew that nobody but Kaoru remembered that day. She only knew what went down due to Kaoru telling her.
"It's... kind of fuzzy. Now that I think about it... I can't remember anything. We went to karaoke, I had the first song and then... it's all a blur." Saki wasn't exactly known for her memory but to completely forget a memorable day like that wasn't like her.
"I heard the story from Kaoru, the sole 'survivor' of that night. I'm pretty sure she didn't lie to me but that made all of it even worse." Mai didn't mind doing silly and sometimes stupid things. They made for great stories to tell their friends.
"Apparently it went down like this..." Mai gathered her thoughts for a moment.
Kaoru knew right away that something was wrong from the second that Michiru picked a speedy rock song and messed up every second line and still earned cheering and applause from the other four. Having not touched her drink yet, she took just a little sip. Her mouth felt like she had just eaten a couple dried plums. Her throat was on fire. There was alcohol in that drink, and not too little.
The song finished and Michiru came crashing down next to her sister, leaning against her and emptying the last bit of her drink before anyone could interfere. It all went downhill from there. Mai and Honoka were fighting over who got to sing next, very unlike them, and finally emerged singing together, both of them clearly drunk. Yet nobody but her seemed to notice.
In a combined attempt of the two women sitting down, Saki leaving for the bathroom and Nagisa ordering more drinks, total chaos came about. By the time Saki returned, Mai and Honoka had started to play with each others hairstyles, the two of them effectively switching.
For a drunk Saki, telling the difference between Honoka and Mai was apparently too much. Kaoru watched in confusion when Saki sat down next to Honoka and laid her arms around the woman, pulling Nagisa's partner on her lap.
In the mean time, Nagisa had somehow managed to pick out a song and was failing the lyrics left and right but having a lot of fun. She didn't seem to notice at all that it was Honoka who was on Saki's lap and not Mai. The situation got even worse still when the real Mai joined Nagisa on stage and started to slowly pull off her shirt.
Kaoru swore to herself to never touch the vile brew that was alcohol. Ever. It turned perfectly sane and intelligent people into primitive sex crazed teenagers. At least that was her interpretation of it. Kaoru's attempt to clear up the situation and prevent it from getting any worse were successfully hindered by her own sister, who had slid both her hands under Kaoru's shirt, now just as successfully groping her.
As Nagisa returned to the couch, Honoka, looking very much like a deep blue haired Mai, ascended to the stage next, singing the next song. Their singing barely resembled the original lyrics anymore and Kaoru had given up on saving the situation. Surviving it had become much more important. Mai was laying half on the cushioned bench while Nagisa and Saki had started a contest who could mess up the others hair more.
Kaoru was slowly losing perspective on who was doing what as she got more horny. Trying her best to stop her sister, all her attention was focused on not getting caught up in their mess.
The catastrophe finally came to an end when the clerk noticed his mistake, checked on the group of six and found them to be out of control. As they were promptly kicked out of the karaoke bar, the six headed to the next best, or rather worst, place available. A love hotel right around the corner. Even Kaoru's memory became fuzzy around that time but she was the only one to remember the morning after.
"I'm not sure I want to hear the rest of this." Saki was hiding her face behind her hands and Mai was just as embarrassed.
"Kaoru said she doesn't know what happened after that except we all woke up with... well, very little on us. I usually just assume we didn't actually mess up so badly that we slept with someone else. Although you and Nagisa would look pretty hot together..." Mai said the last few words to herself but Saki could still hear.
"Honoka and you would make a much hotter couple." Saki countered.
"Maybe I'll ask her when we get to be on the same team. I don't mind switching you for Honoka for a night." Mai never really lost a battle of teasing each other. Saki just looked at her like a lost puppy. "Oh come on, you know I wouldn't do that." Mai pulled herself up just a little and kissed Saki briefly.
"I'm not sure we should ever tell Honoka and Nagisa about this..." Saki didn't really want to even think about it.
"You're right. Honoka might actually try to snatch you." Mai joked and made her partner roll eyes again.
=== Dissonance ===
"Kurumi..." The voice was back. She couldn't keep it out. The bed was not safe. Nowhere was safe. She had been running for hours, her clothes soaked in cold sweat. Her hair wild and roughed up.
Her 'friends' were showing up in front of her. Images, illusions, yet so real. They were there, she could touch them, they reacted, laughed, smiled, mocked her, taunted her. And they were all the same. All the same.
Karen was there with someone else, sleeping with them. And it got worse. She couldn't run anymore and there was another illusion. Another image. Karen was there, arm in arm with Nozomi, kissing her, grabbing her ass. And then Karen looked at her over Nozomi's shoulder. Her eyes were so full of contempt, Kurumi instinctively backed off a few steps. But that was not enough. Karen came after her, Nozomi at her side.
"Nozomi at least tries her best. She can't do anything and yet she tries her hardest. She believes in people, in us being friends. But you don't. You're an egoistical prick, a horrible leech that is stuck to me. A parasite. Why would I want to be with you? What madness took me that I would want to be with you? You don't do anything! You don't care about your friends."
"Did you really think I wouldn't fight you? You're so stupid Milk. You had Karen doing everything for you and you blew it. Is there anyone that could screw up a relationship so badly? Karen is mine now. You won't get her back. Your chance is over. And don't think you'll get out of that exile. You'll be there stuck forever. When it's time to leave, nobody will even remember you."
"Shut up, shut up, shut up! Go away!" Milky Rose unleashed a metal storm at the illusions, shredding them to pieces. But did illusions really bleed? Did they scream in terror? Did they lament and curse? Looking at the dying Nozomi and Karen, their faces of contempt and pure distilled hatred for her act of violence, Milky Rose fled.
"They're not real, they're not real, they're not real, they're not real..." She kept telling herself, over and over and over again. Her voice was but a whisper.
"You never really had a chance. Or did you really believe Karen would pick you over someone else? Don't be silly." This time it was Rin. She was holding a half-stripped Karen in her arms, the blue haired woman's face full of ecstasy and bliss. "You really believed in our little act of fighting, didn't you? Water and Fire, oh how could they possibly get along. Now guess what, that's exactly why we want each other. There's nothing like the the attraction of opposites. But what have you? What's attractive about you? Nothing, that's what. You look pretty but you can't do shit. That's all you're good for. But Karen doesn't want to date a puppet. She wants someone that can hold her own against her. Someone that actually gets things done, has their own mind, their own wishes. Someone like me. Just think about all the times her and I fought. What do you think followed after? Hot make-up sex, that's what. Oh, she's crazy in bed when she's angry, let me tell you that." Rin and Karen were shredded to pieces. Their blood soaked the ground, their faces and eyes were looking at her.
"It's not true, it's not true..." Kurumi was shaking, trembling, unable to walk. Sinking to the ground, tears ran down her cheeks.
"Still acting like the spoiled princess I see. Seriously, will you cut that shit out?" Now it was Urara, standing above her." You aren't goddamn fourteen. Even I gave up that cutesy act. Oh wait, you really believe Karen fell for that act of yours? Hey, look at me, I'm so cute and willful and you all have to do whatever the hell I want. That's your whole damn character in a nutshell. Nobody is attracted to that. Karen only let you jump her because she was fucking horny. Do you know how many times even I slept with her when you weren't around?" The illusion kicked Milk right in the stomach. The pain was real, the impact was real. Milk curled up in pain.
"Dozens of times. You think you were the only one good enough to sleep with her? Well think again. All of us slept with her, that's how shitty you are in bed. Did you ever get her to say she loves you? Yeah, thought so. How about you just get lost? Nobody really cared about you back then and nobody gives a shit about you right now. You know what? It's even better than that. Rin, Komachi and I wish you'd just up and vanish. Go back to your damn fairy land. Karen is fed up with your bullshit. She's gonna leave you. Maybe I'll take her. Used goods ain't really my thing but-" Lemonade was interrupted, dodging Milk's badly aimed attacks. "Ha, was that supposed to hit me? Can't see a thing from crying too many tears of rage, can you?" But the next attack hit and Lemonade was literally a head shorter. Her blood was covering Milky Rose's face, her clothes. It stuck to her hair. She could taste it, smell it.
"You still don't realize it, do you?" Now it was Mint's turn and Milk feared her the most. She knew oh so well that she snatched Karen away from Komachi just barely. "Karen was mine all along. You were only an excuse to keep appearances. I grew up with her, I know her every little secret, her desires, her feelings. Did you ever stop to even think about what Karen wants? What she likes? What she feels? I would be honestly surprised if you did. But in the end, Karen didn't care what you want either. Isn't that right, my beloved?"
Another Karen appeared right next to Komachi, embracing her tightly, kissing her, the two of them standing right before the curled up Milk on the ground. "Let me show you what I really think of you Milk." Karen's voice was bitter and deep. A blue flash and Karen became Aqua. Milk flinched in pain when Aqua started to kick and stomp on her. "Liking you? Are you insane? Komachi was the only one to ever understand me! You always just demanded, demanded and when it didn't go your way you threw a tantrum! I felt like I was living with a child! No, worse. A child would at least be cute when they do something silly but all you did was cost me money and waste my time. You're a horrible person. The worst person I ever knew. To hell with your princess act. No wonder nobody objected when you said you wanted to stay on Earth. They were all sick of you. And so am I. I'm so goddamn sick of you, I don't want to see your face ever again. Get lost. Kill yourself. I don't even care anymore."
"You bring out the worst in people Milk. Do you know how many times we were all laughing about you? Your little princess act got old really quickly. Always 'I want this' and 'I want that' and 'Do this' and 'Do that'. Did you really think someone respected you after all of that? And then you got all that power and even tried to become the leader of the team. I still remember that day I saw Nozomi's angry face. Just go away Milk. Go away and come never back. Stay out here, alone, because that is what you deserve. That is what you got on yourself."
Kurumi didn't even have the energy to attack anymore. The two of them were laughing, kissing, fondling each other right in front of her. She was like paralyzed. Their words struck her heart. Everything they said was true. It was all true. The horrible laughter of Komachi and Karen dominated the air as Milky Rose passed out, hurt and laying in a mess of gore.
=== End of Event VI ===
