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Take A Chance On Me
Chapter 9
-Return of the Past-
When they began to kiss it was as if a camera was flashing inside of Ami's head. All of these images seemed so familiar to the senshi of ice and yet different from the setting around them. Vivid details of every intimate moment with Setsuna from the past erupted inside of her head, which sent her body temperature to boiling levels.
As soon as the kiss was broken, she looked deeply into the garnet wells and was shocked to see the empathy nestled deep within them. It was a loss they both had shared but mourned seperately, and in result, it had torn them apart completely.
"It was a long time ago, but I still feel it..." Setsuna's voice cracked as she pointed towards her heart, "right here. Our child."
Tears were now flowing freely down the flushed olive cheeks of the time senshi. "I remember your last words to me before you passed away from your battle wounds. You said.. "
Looking away from the reddish eyes of her lost love, Ami picked up from where the senshi of time trailed off, "Take care of our first born. I should've stayed at your side when you miscarried during your last pregnancy. I was scared of losing you and too afraid of overwhelming you with my grief when you could barely handle your own." A slight pause. "Laugh a little more. Remember to take a break from the time gate. Keep us in your heart, always."
The stoic time senshi was now bent over sobbing uncontrollably while making futile attempts to stop. It was Ami that wrapped the now broken woman in her arms, rocking her back and forward until the sobs that shook her body began to subside.
"What happened to our first child, Setsuna?" Ami's voice was gentle, "I know you miscarried our second child but I do not remember ever hearing from the outers about our first born."
"As soon as everyone I ever cared about was killed, I did what I thought was best for the children of the senshi," Setsuna answered. She frowned, "I took Helios and Caelestis to Elysion."
Ami was trying to take in as much information she could without making it harder on Setsuna by reliving the sordid details of their tragic past.
"I need some time to make some sense of everything," Ami sighed softly, "By the Gods, we had a child together. It's amazing and yet heartbreaking since we shared so little time in his life."
She had saw the light frown that formed on the facial features of the time senshi. 'She must think I will walk away from her again,' Ami thought, 'I must assure her that this is different from the past.'
"I'm not running away from you again," Ami explained. "I just need time to get everything into my mind and seperate my emotions from the past and present."
Hours have passed by since their conversartion, and as Ami leaned against the wall while looking out of the large window in the study she contemplated her feelings. Without a second thought, Ami quickly picked up the phone and let her fingers dial on their own instinct.
"Hello, is everything okay?" a familiar husky voice came through the phone, "Do you want to meet up?"
"Yes. Let's meet up at the park in ten minutes," Ami answered back then hung up.
On the other end of the phone, Haruka looked very pensively at the ground before looking into the ocean blue eyes of her partner.
"It was Ami," Michiru said matter of factly to no one in particular.
With a slight smile Haruka said, "I do believe now, our young Mizuno is finally trusting her instincts and me again."
Michiru took a furtive glance at Setsuna who was bent over her tea cup looking very fragile. "Go to her, I'll stay here and take care of things," the aqua haired woman took a swift glance in the direction of the time senshi as she spoke to her lover.
She had waited fifteen minutes after the sandy blonde haired woman left before even approaching the brooding woman.
"I know this cannot be easy for you," Michiru said quietly, "but remember that you have a dear friend in me. Please do not keep this bottled up inside of you, Sets."
Long black hair was pulled back into an elegant pony tail that flowed down the back of the time senshi. She was elegantly dressed in a formal dark green skirt with a white blouse and wearing only a few amount of jewelry.
Setsuna smiled lightly but it hardly reached her dark reddish eyes. "She came here tonight to show how much she cared about me without knowing enough about our past. I hated having to interrupt our moment, but I couldn't let it continue until she knew everything."
"That was the right thing to do," Michiru agreed. "Ami is a very smart woman, and I am sure that this will not destroy everything you two have started to build again."
"I hope so," Setsuna murmured.
Gracefully, Ami slid off of her motorcycle and made her way to the bench at the park. She was wearing a dark military jacket with loose fitting destroyed jeans. A light breeze rippled through the leaves on the trees and the dark blue hair of the senshi of ice as she waited for the taller woman.
An engine was heard being shut off from a close distance, and Ami did not have to turn around to know the senshi of the wind had just arrived.
She smiled as she saw the self confident woman stroll casually through the dimly lit park. For anyone else who noticed the woman would've thought it was a handsome playboy searching for an equally beautiful companion.
Ami motioned the blonde haired woman to where she sat on a bench that was very close to a pole with a beautiful lamp attached to it.
The ice senshi smiled gently at Haruka, "Sorry to call you out here so late, but I needed to talk and you were the first person that came to mind."
The taller woman held up her hand to Ami and returned the smile, "Don't apologize, we're friends and this is one of the many duties held in that category."
"I had a child," Ami shook her head as she spoke in utter disbelief and shock.
It was Haruka's turn to smile back gently, "I know. I remember when I first found about the child Michiru and I had in the past. It's hard to believe that we'd led such a wild filled with love lifestyle."
At the outer's cottage, Michiru and Setsuna sat at the dining table talking about trivial things while glancing at the clock every once in a while.
"It's funny," Setsuna said breaking the silence, "At first I kept wondering was my attraction to Ami due to love we had shared in the past. But then as I had gotten to know her I realized how very different she was from back then. And thats when I began to realize that I loved her even more than I did then because of the gentle qualities she inherited on this planet."
Michiru looked at the slightly taller woman with a new perspective then responded, "I too always wondered why did I fall for Haruka every life that I have lived. No matter the circumstance, she has always been the same stubborn and spirited person of the past. Yes, she is different from before but she carries the core traits that will always withstand time."
Setsuna smiled at thought of Ami absorbed in her studies and the look she got when she figured out something that stumped her through the night. She remembered all of times when the slightly longer strands of Ami's hair in the front would fall down into her eyesight as she focused on the content of a book.
Just as she was remembering all of the qualities of Ami that had withstood time did a knock on the door broke her train of thoughts.
Ding dong! the door bell rang next.
"I wonder who it could be at this hour of the night," Setsuna mused.
She checked the window and was surprised to see the person who stood at the doorstep. At a distance, the senshi of water looked on while she saw Setsuna square her shoulders and plaster a smile upon her face before opening the door.
Setsuna smiled slightly, "Hello, Makoto. It's nice to see you again."
Both women looked at each other apprehensively but gave a respectful greeting at the door. If Setsuna didn't know any better she would've thought the past events had now become a loud echo into the present. She only hoped it wasn't true.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Special thanks goes to: vampknight364, minako366, heatqueen. and seulement moi. Thanks for the reviews guys! I hope to see more reviews on this chapter. Your opinions on this matters to me, so keep that in mind. So far to date, this chapter has to be my very favorite one. I hope you like it as much as I do. The next chapter will be named: Caelestis
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