Her Pure Heart
Chapter 7
Haruka's P.O.V
I sighed tiredly and pulled Usagi closer to me, were at Raye's temple for our meeting as the inner scouts were driving me insane. Everything that Mar's said to Usagi was condescending and very snippy. Even after all these years fighting together she still treated my princess like an inferior being and I was just about done with in. looking over at Endymion I motioned to take the young blonde from the room. The dark-haired man nodded and stood pulling Usagi with him, shocking the girls as they left. Taking a deep breathe I allowed my royal symbol to appear in my forehead as I stood and glared at the scout of fire, "Enough, I have sat here and listened silently because my princess asked me to, but no longer. You are her guard and her servant, and nothing more. Your behavior is appalling and unbecoming of a royal guard. If this was the silver millennium you would be tried for treason and sent to the void. Sadly, this is the present, so I will give you one warning and that is it. If you do not rein in this attitude, then you will no longer be a scout. Serenity has no say in the matter as this is so that she is no longer suffering from your attitude and harassment."
"Y-You can't do that!" Mars stammered in rage and stood fury in her eyes. Beside me I noticed that Venus had also stood up, and her face was grim.
"She can Mars and I agree with her. Your treatment of our princess is sickening, and you should be ashamed of how you are acting. She is not someone that is below us, but someone we are her sworn guardians. We have no say in her life unless she is in grave danger. Yet you believe yourself above her and covet one of her soulmates. If this behavior continues I will have no choice but to strip you of your titles and erase your memory." Venus stated finally fed up with the fiery scout. Mars starred at her leader in shock and anger, obviously not used to being told off in such a fashion. Venus also directed a pointed look to both Jupiter and Mercury as the rest of the outer scouts stood and walked out with me. As we made our way out of the temple I couldn't help but smile. There in the center of the court yard stood Usagi and Mamuro; both had leaves in their hair and the tall pile of leaves that sat under the large oak tree was slightly disturbed, indicating that they had probably been playing with the leaves.
"Are you okay Haruka?" Michiru asked softly as we approached the royal couple. I sighed and shook my head the dream I had last night still bothering me greatly. Reaching out I wrapped my arms around Usagi and pulled her back to my chest causing the young blonde to gasp. Endymion came over to us and smiled as he placed a hand on her head causing her to smile brightly. The dream momentarily forgotten as we shared a moment of peace.
Raye's P.O.V
I was seething! How dare that outer scout bitch reprimand me, what I did to Usagi was to turn her into a proper princess, and if I got Mamuro in the mean time who cared. Usagi did not deserve to be called a princess. She was a spoiled selfish brat who did not know the first thing about being royalty. She was a poor excuse for a scout and leader, she had no fighting ability to speak of, and we were constantly handing to clean up after her.
"How can you side with them Venus," I almost snarled at the scout of love and our defector leader when Usagi was absent.
"Because they are correct. The three of you need to realise that Usagi is our princess and that she is to be respected always. I do not understand why this is so hard to understand. Your behavior towards her is horrendous, and if it does not change then it could very well cost us dearly. We are far to weak to properly protect her and we should not be relying solely on our princess to defeat these enemies. In the past we were far more skill, and were able to defeat anything thrown at us. It is an embarrassment to our princess that she must continue to fight along side of us when she is to be protected. She should be able to be a scout just because she wants to be, not because we are incapable to defeat enemies." Venus lectured as I rolled my eyes, Usagi should be the one serving us. We gave up our lives for the princess, and received nothing.
"We are plenty powerful Venus." I stated boredly, "Maybe it is Usagi that needs to get stronger." Venus narrowed her eyes as suddenly I was surrounded by an orange glow. I began to feel weaker and weaker as suddenly my transformation pen and communicator appeared in the scout of loves hand. The glow disappeared as I collapsed to the ground exhausted.
"I warned you. This is your punishment you are now no longer a sailor scout, and until you figure things out you won't be." Venus snarled and turned on her heels storming out of the shrine. Leaving me starring at her in complete shock.
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