After School:
"What do you think?" Usagi asked Demande.
He was deep in thought and gave no response.
"Tohru-chan?"
Usagi delicately tugged onto his sleeve, breaking his concentration.
"Yes?" he replied.
"This last paragraph." Usagi pointed to the bottom of the page in front of her.
Demande read it over, then marked a few areas with his pen.
"I think it's well written. Once you apply the corrections I gave you, you'll be ready to write the last part of your report."
"You really think so?" she said with widened eyes.
He nodded. "There is no doubt you will make an excellent grade and the last part is simple enough, all you have to do is give your thoughts on the ending of the book and if you would alter it in any way or not, so it's all a matter of your opinion-there is no right or wrong answer."
"It's all thanks to you." She smiled, causing Demande to slightly blush.
"You're exaggerating, they're all your words, it just required a bit of…structure is all."
She turned her attention towards putting her things away in her book bag.
"Did you need any help with the last portion in any way?" he asked her.
She shook her head, "I don't need any help, I know exactly what I'm going to write."
"Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion on the ending? Most people would say it's a bit over dramatic how the lovers reacted. Wouldn't you agree?" Demande asked.
Usagi looked off for a moment, thinking about her answer.
"No. In fact, I think what Juliet did was what I think I would do if I lost someone I loved in the way she loved Romeo."
She looked back to Demande then smiled.
"I wouldn't change a thing."
The answer disturbed him. He knew her past incarnate had done exactly this, but would she as 'Usagi' choose the same fate for herself if something were to happen to Endymion?
Endymion..
Endymion…?
There was something that came to mind about him, something he had forgotten.
Something…happened…
To…
Endymion….?
His head started to pound in excruciating pain. He groaned aloud and grabbed at his temples along with a clump of hair in each hand.
Usagi immediately took notice of it, "Tohru, what's wrong?"
The pain continued as a blurry image began to form in his mind.
When it cleared, a diamond like object that emitted out an intense light hovered inside the palms of his hands.
He didn't know where he saw this before but tried to fixate on it to remember the additional details.
Beyond the glow of the shiny diamond, the golden figure of a woman appeared in the background vividly but only for an instant before the image along with the pain faded away.
"Do you want me to go get the nurse?" Usagi asked in urgency.
"No, No, I'm alright really. I'm just quite starved and in need of some food. If you don't mind, I think I'll start shutting down the library while you finish up." He told her.
He had been so persistent on researching the Three Lights as much as he could, that he ended up accidentally skipping his lunch break.
"I completely understand, I get that way when I'm hungry too. In fact, I could really go for some crepes, that sounds delicious!" She responded.
"Crepes? What are those?" He asked.
"You've never had crepes before?" she asked in return.
"No, I haven't, I guess you could say I haven't tried a lot of food in the..area.." he said and then chuckled slightly.
She looked away thinking to herself and then looked back to him.
"I could show you where the stand is, it's not too far from here."
"Only if it's not any trouble." He answered.
"Not at all. Everyone needs to eat crepes at least once." She said cheerfully.
"Alright, it's my treat, okay?" he smiled.
"I feel bad though, you paid for me at the arcade as well." Usagi told him.
"Don't be, I'm not going to make you spend all your allowance money. Besides, I'm sure you had better things to do than hang around your school's librarian."
Usagi giggled, "Tohru-chan you're the coolest librarian I've ever known, that's hardly how I think of you."
Demande felt the heat rise in his cheeks and turned away.
He smiled and cleared his throat, "Just give me 10 minutes and then we can leave."
Demande paid the man at the stand as he held his crepe in one hand as Usagi carried her two.
Both, made their way to the nearest bench and seated themselves.
They each took the first bite.
Both chewed on the crepe as if each were in sync, and immediately sighed in satisfaction over it's sweetness.
Demande could have never predicted how delicious Earth food would be, especially their desserts.
"How's your crepe?" Usagi asked in between bites.
"You're right, the crepes are good especially with the strawberries inside of it. Which flavor did you end up liking the best?" Demande asked.
"The chocolate one!" she said excitedly. "Thank you for getting me the both of these." She then giggled.
He chuckled in return, "I knew you had trouble deciding which one you wanted."
Each one continued to eat until they finished their food.
Afterwards, they walked out towards the pond continuing to chat aimlessly.
"Looks like the sun is about to set." Usagi commented.
"We came just in time." Demande replied.
"I like to watch sunsets sometimes, they're very pretty, don't you think?" She looked out romantically into sky that started to take on a pinkish hue.
Demande looked over to her, admiring her features with her attention going unnoticed as he began to form a smile, "Very."
"Have you ever found yourself torn between two sides?" Usagi asked, with her gaze still lost in the sunset.
"Two sides?" he questioned.
"Yes, where one side is convinced that the other doesn't have good intentions without truly getting to know them at all, but you know in your heart that they do."
He knew she was referring to the dispute between her guardian senshi and the Starlights, but he was surprised she would ask for his advice on such a matter.
"All too well." he replied.
"What do you do about it?" she asked.
"Each situation is different but, all you can do at the end of the day is to have trust in yourself to know what's best for both sides even if they don't think so."
Usagi nodded in agreement, "I think so too."
Demande walked Usagi towards the bus stop after the sun under the horizon.
"How is your head feeling?" Usagi asked.
"I feel much better now, the food really did the trick, thank you for showing me the stand." He smiled.
"It's you I should be thanking, you've helped me so much on all my school work, and you've even made me come to enjoy doing it which I never thought could be possible." She giggled nervously.
"You'll definitely do well on your book report and even though I know you're all caught up on your homework, feel free to come in and chat or maybe you can show me some other places you like to go to if you have time."
"You mean it?" Usagi eyes lit up.
"Of course, you're a nice girl, I enjoy spending time with you."
Usagi's face turned a noticeable shade of red, causing her to turn away, "I like spending time with you too."
"Looks like your bus is here so I better get going. See you tomorrow." He told her displaying the most charming smile he could muster up.
She returned his smile, "See you tomorrow Tohru."
When Demande arrived home he was surprised to see Saphir sitting on the couch waiting for him.
"Welcome home Nii-san." He smiled to him.
Demande smiled, "What a pleasant surprise, I thought you'd be at school."
"Classes are canceled today. You're home later than usual." Sapphir pointed out.
"I stopped at this crepe stand on the way, and I must say you have to try it sometime, they're quite tasty." He said in an upbeat manner.
"They must be to put you in that good of a mood." Sapphir chuckled.
"That's only because today couldn't have gone more perfect." Demande said with a wide grin.
He walked over to their kitchen and picked up a bottle of wine and poured them into two glasses then preceded to hand one of them to Sapphir.
Sapphir looked back to him questioningly.
"I have much to tell you so just sit back and listen." Demande said enthusiastically.
Demande informed him of what all he had found out in regards to uncovering the identity of the other outer senshi, Sailor Uranus and all the facts about her he could remember.
"A woman who appears and acts as a man…fascinating..." Sapphir replied.
"Strange isn't it? Who knows how long it would have taken for me to find the connection had I not known that fact." Demande said.
"I'm impressed." Sapphir exclaimed. "Finding out all of that in one day, and with 20th century technology no less."
"But it seems as if for every one mystery uncovered, another tends to rear it's ugly head." Demande replied, pacing the room while taking sips from his glass.
"I'm sure it'll take no time at all to found out more about the Sailor Starlights." Sapphir reassured him.
"It's not that either." He told Sapphir.
Sapphir appeared confused.
"The Three Lights."
"The group that performed at the concert?" Sapphir asked.
"Yes. They're students at the school I work at. I sensed something strange the very first time I came into contact with them, especially from the one named, Seiya…" he said.
Sapphir continued to listen.
"I spent most of the day looking at every fan website I could in the hours I had, and noticed a common theme among every one of them." Demande commented.
"What is that?" Sapphir asked.
"Before 6 months ago, no one, not even their most loyal and desperate of fans, is able to find a place of origin, a picture or even a record of any kind of the Three Lights. They pass it off as them being very private and secretive people, but it only confirmed what I had already suspected of them." Demande said.
"Which is?" Sapphir leaned in.
"That they too, aren't of this world. Neptune and Saturn mentioned protecting Sailor Moon from invaders from outside of the Galaxy, not just the planet. I'd say it is a possibility that's where they come from."
"Yes, it makes sense now, that night at the concert, I felt that they were sending some kind of signal." Sapphir told him.
"I felt that as well. Perhaps they're trying to make contact with someone…"
Demande then pointed to the sky, "Out there"
"It's possible, the question is, why are they here and, how many people or, rather 'beings' are they trying to contact?" Sapphir asked in concern.
"Who knows. It appears as if there's some kind of invasion occurring. Perhaps it was why we were led to this time…"
Sapphir looked sternly to Demande.
"It's something that we should stay out of and let the Senshi handle."
Demande smiled. "Of course, forgive me, brother."
"Let's just concentrate on reviving Rubeus and Esmeraude as soon as possible." Sapphir said.
"If we even can." Demande replied grimly.
"You don't think we can?"
"I haven't felt a trace of their energy in the past 3 weeks. It may be too late."
"We have yet to unlock 100% of our former powers, there is still time." Sapphir assured him.
"You're right. I feel as if we'll be even stronger than our former selves at this rate, I won't give up without at least trying."
"Just please try to stay away from all of them: Seiya, Michiru, and especially the Queen's current self, Usagi Tsukino. For all we know, the enemy could already be aware of her identity and I don't want you to get caught up in the situation if anything were to happen." Sapphir pleaded.
Demande didn't say anything but simply nodded and turned away.
Sapphir brought up a good point, the enemy could already be aware of her identity and could be planning their attack against her. And that is why, he must keep an even closer eye on her and do all he can to protect her in case something does happen.
The week provided new adventures for Demande.
Usagi, even though, completely caught up in her school work, managed to still make time to spend at the library.
She would usually bring her manga to read and talk with him when he was in between helping students. When the library would close down, she would usually hint at wanting to go somewhere together.
On Tuesday, Usagi and Demande went to the park and enjoyed ice cream cones while they leisurely walked around.
Wednesday, they went to the Fruits Parlor Crown where Demande helped Usagi finish her math assignment as he had a soda while Usagi ate a sundae. Unazuki was their server and while she seemed friendly enough towards him, Demande couldn't shake the feeling that she was eyeing them closely every time she went back to the counter.
Thursday they went to look around all of Usagi's favorite shops. There weren't anything in any of them he was particularly interested in to buy but they were entertaining enough.
Usagi pulled him to the next shop enthusiastically.
"This shop's is getting raves all around town and I'm really good friends with the owners so they give me free samples of all of their cosmetics and perfume. I bet they would be happy to give some cologne samples for you!"
Demande looked up to the stores logo:
'Beauty Quartette'
He stopped dead in his tracks. Sapphir made it a point to warn him about the store the Ayakashi sisters worked at.
"Aren't you coming?" Usagi asked as she was about to open the door.
"I'm afraid...I can't." he told her.
"Why?" she asked.
"I have….an allergy to certain fragrances, a severe one. I'll wait outside if you'd like to go in." Demande said.
"Don't be silly I can see them another time, we can just skip this shop." She gladly obliged.
Friday, they went back to the arcade again and used the rest of the tokens they had from the last time they went. Afterwards both built up an appetite and Demande suggested they eat at the café down the street that he liked.
Usagi and Demande sat at one of the tables outside and were so deep in conversation that they hadn't even realized the clouds that were gathering above them.
As Usagi was complaining about her brother, Shingo, Demande suddenly remembered that day he came here just before he saw her again for the first time and how he looked to the couple sitting a few tables away who were together just as he and Usagi were here now. It wasn't the same as them, he knew, but to the people sitting around them, it wouldn't be absurd to think that maybe the people around them perceived them to be a couple as well.
This caused a smile to creep up on his face.
"What is it?" asked Usagi.
"Nothing." Was all he replied.
They finished their food and as they walked out of the restaurant, rain started to pour relentlessly over the two.
"Oh no, I don't have an umbrella!" Usagi cried.
"Neither do I!" he yelled over the volume of the pouring rain.
It started to thunder loudly that followed with a crack of lightning was eerily close to where they were.
Usagi screamed and held onto Demande, burying her face into his chest.
He in turn, wrapped his arms around her reassuringly as she shook uncontrollably.
"I'm sorry!" She said in a muffled cry. "I really hate thunderstorms."
"It's okay, you're safe with me." He said calmly as he rested his chin on top of her head.
The wind gusts started to pick up and another flash of lightning caused Usagi to grab onto him tighter.
"The bus stop is so far away, what should we do?" she asked him.
"I happen to live on this street. You can dry off there until the rain passes." Demande suggested.
Usagi loosened her grip and began to pull away.
To go into another man's house, she knew, was wrong. Her friends and Mamoru, especially, would never approve of this.
"I don't think that I should-"she started to say.
Just then another loud crash of thunder and lightning occurred pushing Usagi right back into his arms.
"Okay! Okay! Let's go!" she yelled.
"Alright, it's just up here." He told her as he kept his arm around her, trying to shield her as much away from the rain as possible.
They rushed inside the apartment building and up to the floor to where he lived.
He opened the door to the dark apartment and was so relieved to find that Sapphir wasn't home.
Demande turned on the lights and saw that Usagi was cold and shivering. The rain had soaked her school uniform and she hadn't been wearing a jacket.
"I'll go get a towel for you so you can dry off, I'll be just a moment." Demande told her before he left the room.
Usagi looked around the large, spacious apartment with a sense of familiarity.
She looked toward the hallway which she presumed led to his bedroom as well as his brothers, then to the kitchen and then to a door.
It was an automated door that opened by a push of the button that was next to it so she doubted it lead to where the bathroom was. But what was in it, she wondered.
Curiosity got the better of her as she walked toward the door, the button looking more and more enticing with each step she took.
As her hand reached out towards it, ready to push, the feeling of déjà vu overcame her in an ominous way but, she ignored it and continued.
She pressed the button, and held her breath in anticipation on what would be behind that door, but to her disappointment the door remained shut.
"Hmm.."
Usagi pushed it again.
Then again.
Then again with a frustrated grunt.
Demande came up behind her.
"Here's a towel for you." He told her.
Usagi gave a startled gasp.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
Demande took notice of her trying to enter the 'other room' that held the large mass of black crystal.
However, he wasn't concerned in any way that she would be able to walk into the room. Demande wasn't foolish enough to allow potential outsiders to be able to enter inside, the button would only recognize and accept those who carried the dark aura of the black crystal, that was the way he and Sapphir had programmed it.
"What is in this room?" she asked in a serious tone.
"Nothing. The door hasn't worked since I moved here. They told me it's too expensive to fix so we opted for cheaper rent."
"I see." She replied.
"Here." He handed her a large, white towel. "I'll put on a fire, you must be freezing."
"You don't have to go to the trouble." She said while wrapping the towel around her shoulders.
"It's no trouble at all." He assured her.
As he set the logs down in the fireplace and started the fire, Usagi quietly continued to use the towel to dry off her clothes and then hair.
Demande warmed his hands in front of the fire.
"Much better." He said aloud.
"I think I'm finished with this now, thank you, it really helped." She dangled the towel next to him.
When he looked to her to receive the towel, he began to laugh.
"What?" she asked.
He continued to laugh and led her to a mirror nearby.
When she looked to her reflection, she found that her hair was in complete disarray with her odango buns being completely uneven.
Her horrified expression caused Demande to laugh even harder.
Usagi eyed him.
"It's not that funny."
"My apologies." He said to her as his laughter began to die down.
He noticed her clothes were still fairly damp and went to grab a blanket for her.
"It's no use, there's no salvaging this." Usagi said before she finally gave up on fixing her odangos and undid them to let her hair loose.
When he went to give her the blanket, he stopped in his tracks at the sight of her running her fingers through the long strands of her hair. The dampness of it created waves into the beautiful golden tresses which looked to be made of satin.
In the reflection, Usagi noticed that Demande was looking at her.
She turned to look at him and their eyes met.
Demande was at such a loss for words that he had forgotten to offer her the blanket that was resting in his hand. He had never seen her hair undone from her traditional style she usually wore, and it made her possibly even more beautiful than he had ever known her to be.
A bright flash of lightning followed by the loud crash of thunder, broke the tension causing her to jump into his arms.
"I'm sorry, I'm so, so, sorry!" she cried as she pressed herself closer into him.
He then unfolded the blanket and wrapped it around her as she kept her eyes closed and appeared almost peaceful once the storm quieted down.
When he closed the blanket around her, she looked up to him.
"You don't ever have to be sorry." He gently said to her.
Both could felt each other's heartbeat pounding incredibly fast but it didn't stop them from continuing to look into eachother's gaze, unaware of how much time was passing by.
It was a while before Usagi came back into reality and broke eye contact.
"Would you mind if I borrowed your phone for a moment to let my mom know I'm waiting out the storm so she doesn't get worried?"
"Not at all, it's on the table over there."
While she talked to her mom giving her a story that she's waiting at one of her friends house, Demande went to his kitchen and poured a glass of red wine as he usually did when he came home from work.
As he lifted the glass of the delicious red nectar up to his lips, he saw that Usagi had finished her phone conversation and was lingering in the doorway looking at the cup he held.
"It's wine." He told her.
She continued to eye it curiously. "I've never had wine before."
"Would you like a glass?" he then asked her.
Demande grew up in royalty and had been drinking wine shamelessly since he was much younger than Usagi, so he had no notion of this being perceived as inappropriate.
"Here." He handed her his glass.
She took it and hesitantly sipped the wine.
Her face immediately scrunched up and she shook her head.
The wine had a dry flavor and tasted worse than any cough syrup she's ever had.
He laughed as she gave the glass back to him.
Demande opened a cabinet pulling out another glass and another bottle of wine that was almost completely full.
He poured it's contents into the cup and handed it to her.
"Try this one, it's a plum wine I had gotten that was too sweet for my taste, but I think you may like it."
She took it and sipped on it more approvingly.
"Yes, it's not bad." She said.
He turned to close the cabinet door.
"The fire is going if you'd like to warm yourself."
When he turned back around, he was surprised to see her glass was already empty.
"May I have some more?" she asked.
He chuckled, "Sure."
They made their way into the living room and he sat at the fireplace while she stood next to him while each sipped on their glasses.
The effects of the wine must have been taking effect because Usagi felt oddly at ease and completely relaxed, not thinking about the situation she was in at being in another man's apartment.
She looked around the room, admiring how the apartment looked. It was unsurprising how lavish Tohru's place was decorated as he always managed to dress so formal every day she's known him.
"I noticed you don't have any pictures of you or your family around." Usagi commented.
"Oh, yes, a lot of things got left behind in Okinawa." He lied.
"You don't ever say much about where you came from. You know pretty much everything about me but I don't really know anything about you." She said.
"What would you like to know?" he asked.
"Like, what did you do before you came here to Juuban?"
He and Sapphir had already gone through their cover story time and time again.
"My father was a wealthy businessman and after he passed away, I was heading his company."
Usagi's eye's widened. It explained how he was able to afford to live in a large apartment on a librarian's pay.
"What happened?"
"I did it for a short while but then decided to sell it and relocate to start a new and simpler life." He replied.
"And your mother?" she asked.
"Also deceased, but I was a child when it happened."
"It must have been tough to go through all of that at such a young age." She said sympathetically.
"At first, but, I had been prepped all my life for this so I was able to handle it." He assured her.
"I remember how you mentioned that you had a strict upbringing, I had no idea it was because of something that."
"Strict is definitely putting it lightly. It was always a struggle dealing with my father, he could be such a cruel man at times but it never stopped me from constantly trying to gain his approval. Although, I don't think I ever quite met his expectations." he said with a somber tone.
"I"m so sorry. I can't imagine how it must have been." she told him.
Demande took another sip of wine.
"To be honest I had things much easier than my brother did. My mother gave me all the affection in the world from what my memories tell me, yet she would never so much as shoot a glance in his direction. My father although, intense at times toward me, never even acknowledged Shinjiro since I was the firstborn son and set to inherit his business. He would always refer to him a 'nuisance' to me and would even keep us apart so that he couldn't distract me with my studies."
He didn't know why he was telling her all of this, such personal things about himself that he never discussed with anyone else before.
Usagi continued to listen with tears starting to gather in her eyes.
"Once he passed away, it was the first time since we were children that we could have a relationship with each other. It was hard at first to adjust to all the responsibility and the fact that so many strangers counted on me now but I was surrounded with my own set of people who I trusted my life with so it made things much easier."
"Like your fiance?" Usagi asked.
"Yes." he replied.
It became awkwardly silent between them for several minutes.
Usagi looked to the top of the fireplace and noticed two large gems sitting on top of a satin pillow.
She walked closer to them and examined them. One was a deep red color, while the other was a beautiful shade of green. She leaned in close to study the colors and size of these lovely gems.
Usagi gasped aloud and abruptly stepped backwards.
Demande looked to her in confusion.
"Whats wrong?" he asked.
She covered her mouth can continued to stare towards the top of the mantle.
"Those gems." she pointed to them. "I could have sworn just now..."
Demande stood up and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"What is it, what did you see?" he asked urgently.
"They appeared to glow..." she said in astonishment.
Demande widened his eyes in shock and looked over to them.
Thankfully her gaze was fixated on the gems still, so that she wasn't able to see his reaction.
"Usagi, don't be silly, it's only the light bouncing off." Demande chuckled, trying to play it off.
She shook her head.
"No, it wasn't that, the light came from within them!" she said hysterically.
He walked over and picked up both the Ruby and the Emerald from the pillow they were placed on and showed them to her, letting the light from the room shine down on them.
"Do you see it now?" he asked her.
She concentrated on the variations of green's and red's that danced around in the palms of his hands and while they glittered, it was nowhere close to the intensity she witnessed from them only moments ago.
"No...I guess not…" she said embarrassed over how she reacted.
Usagi set her empty glass down on the end table and sat on his couch.
"I must be getting tired or something." she said while rubbing her temples.
Demande went to place the gems carefully back on the pillow.
When he turned back around, he saw that Usagi had fallen into a deep sleep.
He laughed slightly to himself.
'Earthlings really can't hold their alcohol.' he thought.
As he leaned down to take her empty glass, he couldn't help but become distracted from the soft, steady breathes coming from her. He set the glass back down and took a strand of her hair, ran it through his fingers and guided it to his lips. The feeling of it was so soft.
Just then an idea had occurred to him.
He opened a drawer from the table next to her and pulled out the black crystal earrings and put them on.
While she was out cold, he could take advantage of his newfound power and dive into her memories now that he had the black crystal earrings that would help him harness the power more efficiently.
He knew it was a risk and there was no doubt Sappir would disapprove but, with this, he would be able to find out useful information that he and his brother could use and that even he, himself could use to better his chances in winning Usagi over.
With his earrings in place now, he leaned into her and gently cupped her chin up towards him, caressing her lips with his thumb.
When the warmth from her lips connected to his, he began to feel the dark energy flow through him vigorously.
A montage of the last two years played through to him as if it were a movie where the setting were set on 'fast forward' as he could see and hear events as they actually happened.
He witnessed first, what took place immediately after his death as she defeated the Death Phantom and restored 30th century back into Crystal Tokyo.
Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus had arrived shortly after along with the Queen's daughter who was now a sailor senshi as well. It showed that she had formed a bond with a girl who would soon become the Senshi of Death and Destruction, Sailor Saturn. Sailor Pluto who normally guarded the Queen's time portal was now living on Earth and assisting with the rest of them as Sailor Moon defeated the next dark force that was Pharoah 90.
Then, time passes into the next phase where the Dead Moon Circus has landed on Earth that carried a Queen Nehelenia who was trapped in the mirror, only to later be freed and attempt to get revenge from her time from the Silver Millenium but eventually is defeated by both Sailor Moon and the Rabbit.
Another time lapse happens where the dark Queen has been revived thanks to the power granted from a mysterious figure and kidnaps Endymion, holding him hostage inside the mirror world she is trapped in. This forced the senshi to go through many trials and trepidations together, but it was Sailor Moon or rather, Usagi that had to go through the most. He witnessed the lengths she went to recover Endymion, almost dying to be able to reach him. The situation was so dire that it nearly erased the existence of the child they would eventually bare together but she was able to rescue Endymion and cleansed the Queen causing Sailor Moon to unlock her powers to turn her into the form he knew her now as, Eternal Sailor Moon.
He pulled away from her and looked to the clock that ticked on the wall.
Not even a minute had passed with all the visions he saw and she was still fast asleep, unaware of what just took place.
He had no idea that so much had happened since they were last here, and now he knew of all the senshi's identities and would have to inform Sapphir of all he had learned as soon as possible.
He looked back to her.
Her face that that looked so peaceful in slumber had mesmerized him again.
Finally, he was able to taste the lips of the woman he loved, something he had been dreaming of for so many nights.
But with the intention of reading her memories, he didn't really get to enjoy and savor the moment, really.
He leaned back into her before she would begin to wake so that he could kiss her again.
Yes that's all he wanted to do was to….
Strangle her…
No that's not what he wanted at all.
He brushed the strange thoughts away and was now about to touch his lips with hers.
But his head became fuzzy which made him stop. He started to get that pain in his head again just like before and unbeknownst to him, his hand started to reach slowly towards her throat.
His eyes started to glow a bright purple color.
Yes all I want to do is strangle her…
She must pay…
She must die...
As his hand was about to close around her throat, her broach opened revealing the shining Maboroshi no Ginzuishou that blasted a light that pushed him back away from her, causing him to regain his senses.
He quickly removed the earrings and stuffed them into the drawer before she would see them and sat on the floor unaware of what he just tried to do.
Usagi let out a mild snore and switched her position, leaning her head of the arm the chair.
Demande held out his arms in from of him and stared at them as if they weren't his own.
'What is happening to me?'
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the long chapter. The story is about to take an interesting turn that will shake things a up a bit so I hope there is still interest in future chapters. I enjoy hearing your thoughts and feelings on how the story is progressing so don't forget to review. Thank you!