It had been several
months since Setsuna and Hotaru had left. The first of them to take her place
as the new queen of the Saiyajin, being already married to Lornd. All her
friends attended to that ceremony. The second one, Hotaru, was taken home by
Dr. Tomoe who was again able to exercise her custody. Haruka and Michiru were
alone again. They were already used to it. At least it was easier before, they
enjoyed spending time together and making plans. Each one separately had her
own hobbies and worries apart from her work as warrior and when they were
together they supported each other enjoying their company. At least that's how
it was years ago. Now, on the other hand, they could not restrain a feeling of
nostalgia that ran through their minds like a wave that assailed them on
numerous occasions. One afternoon like any other, visiting the United States,
both were indolently lying on a sofa in their rented apartment in New York.
Haruka's head rested on Michiru's lap, which caressed her gently as she asked
in a whisper.
-They'll be fine? I
wish they both were very happy but it hurts me so much to have lost them.
- You have not lost
them - Haruka smiled encouragingly. - They will come to see us, I'm sure of
that, and we'll see them. But now we must move forward with our lives.
She
got up slowly hugging Michiru from behind, crossing her arms around her
shoulders, she knew how much she liked her to do it, caressed her and gave her
a gentle kiss on the neck.
- You're right. – Her
saddened partner smiled to add as a confession. - Good thing you're always by
my side! You know? , many times I think about how nice it would have been to
start a family together.
- During the short time
we lived together we were a family. - Haruka answered - and that is something
that nothing and nobody can take away from us.
- But it was so
ephemeral. - Michiru sighed thoughtfully. - Just when you think you can touch
it, has disappeared.- She got up and,
wielding her violin, she played scratching sensitive and nostalgic notes.-
- Of course, today you
have the melancholy day - Haruka said listening to the sound of that harmonious
string instrument. - You have not even cheered up a lot when we visited Bertie
and Roy.
-I was very happy to
see them- her interlocutor replied. - And above all, Roy is a very funny guy.
-When he does not fight
and shines out there.- Her companion smiled.-
The
two looked at each other and could not help but laugh. They remembered that
dinner they had at the Malden´s house. They chatted very animatedly and Roy, of
course, interpreted some songs in the karaoke and he play the fool a while,
blushing Bertie and making his guests have a great time. When they left, he
asked them.
-And what plans do you
have? Some motorcycling championship? Any concert in perspective?
-Not for now. - Michiru
answered, commenting to their hosts. - We came simply on vacation.
-Yes, we have rented an
apartment in the city. We will be a few days and then we will know the some parts
of this country.- Haruka added.-
-I understand you very
well.- Bertie commented holding a hand of his crazy husband at the same time she
sentenced.- Nothing like a romantic escapade. Let's see if this fool has time,
with his happy season games he spends his life playing.
-What do you want me to
do, little cube? - He smiled, affirming with a certain self-aggrandizement.-
That happens to me for being so good. I am essential. And this year we are
going to win the championship.
-I hope so! - Haruka
said observing funny to that couple.-
-Well, we only have a
few days. Then we will have to return to Japan. - Michiru declared. -
-Well, please, give my
best wishes to my sister Petz and Sapphire.- Bertie asked them.- And of course to
the rest of the warriors.
-I suppose Ami will
come here often. - Haruka affirmed.- I think that with her PhD she travels a
lot. She told us that she had to do some graduate courses in Germany and here.
-Yes, I hope to see her
soon.- Beruche sighed.-
-And Tommy and Connie,
how are they? - Michiru wanted to know.-
-Oh, very good! they
continue in Portland. Settle and working, she in her children's school and he
trying to open a martial arts gym. - Bertie told them.-
-it is a pity that we
don´t have time to go to visit them.- Haruka commented.- The truth is that it
is always great to be able to see you or the rest of our friends.
-Well, you know.
Whenever you want, you will be well received. - Roy said, closing one eye. -
Same as my brother and sister-in-law. I hope they will be here soon.
This was when the faces
of the two darkened a little and Michiru commented.
-From the ceremony on we
do not know anything about them, I hope they are very happy there, in New
Vegeta.
- You have to Keep in
mind that they are far away and will have many things to do now. But I am
convinced that we will see them sooner than we imagine. - The interlocutor
encouraged them.-
- We miss her.- Haruka
confessed to her friends.-
-I'm sure they'll be
back soon to visit us and that my husband and the others will prepare some of
those parties of theirs.- Bertie smiled also trying to raise the morale of her
friends.-
-You're right ... -
Michiru smiled more broadly now.-
The
young warrior Neptune remembered that very well. Her friends must have noticed
the two sad to respond in such a solicitous way, trying to encourage them. And
in fact they did not tell them the truth. The truth is that they had not gone
to the United States simply on vacation. There was something else, but they
judged that it was a matter that only concerned them. Soon they said goodbye,
leaving to see each other again later. Haruka looked at her partner and noticed
that expression between nostalgic and reflective. She then intervened to tell
her companion by way of kind advice.
- Leave that and let's
go to sleep. We had a very hard day and we must rest, tomorrow can be even
worse, remember we have to leave.
- Yes, I had already
forgotten. - Michiru answered without touching - I am tired and then I get too
bucolic and pessimistic, tomorrow I will see things from another point of
view.- She left the violin carefully kept in its case and followed Haruka up
bed. -
They
went to bed, this time without the bedroom games they liked so much, trying to
regain their strength for an exhausting day. Haruka fell asleep right away.
Michiru hugged her, she had some difficulty falling asleep. In the end, she
succeeded, gradually giving up her conscience.
She
woke up in a strange place, a room she did not remember knowing, it was cold, she
could feel the cold stone on her back, it looked like marble of some kind. She
sat up laboriously in the center of a great hall. Bathed in a faint reddish
glow that was diffused in her sight. She walked through that empty room with
the only sound of the echo of the steps she took.
-Hello? Is there
someone here? - She would call with her hands honking, but she would only
respond to the sound of her own echo, making her voice reverberate several
times until losing it in a sense of distance. –
That
was very strange, where was Haruka? Where was she herself? Had they been
kidnapped by some old enemy with a desire to take revenge? It could be, but who
could it be? They had all perished and the survivors were now on their side, at
least that was what Michiru thought as they walked down a long corridor to
which this huge room had given way. When that long corridor died, she found a
door ajar. Cautiously, for she feared any possible trap, she opened it enough
to pass through. She was in a half-moon room and she was not alone. In the center
of it awaited her companion, Haruka. She seemed not to have seen her since she
was focusing on another door that opened slowly. Michiru could recognize only
two silhouettes, as soon as the light of the room fell on them she smiled, now
she saw who they were. Setsuna and Hotaru, they were there. That made her very
happy, surely Haruka would have prepared this for her. She wanted to run to hug
them but, for some reason, she could not move from where she was.
- Haruka, girls, I'm
here. Please help me! I do not know what happens to me but I cannot move. She
called them. -
None
of them answered it, indeed, they seemed not to have heard her. Michiru noticed
her partner Haruka and noticed something strange, something perverse. Her look
and gestures were not as usual, she seemed to have a deep anger or even more,
in her eyes she could see a look of intense, evil hatred that, however, was not
directed towards her. She aimed at Hotaru as if it were her worst enemy and
before she could say another word, Haruka jumped on the girl ready to attack
her. Michiru did not leave her amazement, knew her partner's techniques too
well to know that she was not joking or training. That was an attack with all
her strength! Hotaru, terrified, managed to dodge the first attack, but now transformed
into Sailor Uranus, Haruka turned against her as if her life depended on it.
-Haruka stop, for God's
sake! You are attacking Hotaru, she is a girl, do not you see? Where's Setsuna?
- shrieked Michiru frantically imploring her partner - You have to help me to stop
her. She's going to kill her!
But
Setsuna did nothing, she fought for her life, dodging another fierce attack. A
woman also in a sailor rushed against her, between the pale shadows of columns
that closed the room, Michiru could not guess their features but the hairstyle
and style of movement were very familiar to her. As well as the uniform.
-It's my uniform! -The
young woman exclaimed, between astonish and indignant, - that pretender is
wearing my suit and using my powers ..."
Finally,
Setsuna dodged towards a better-lit place, her aggressor appeared in the light,
Michiru's eyes widened, from her mouth she tried to make an exclamation of
horror, but she did not get any sound. Disbelieving and terrified at what she
saw, it was she who was attacking her companion and friend with an expression
identical to Haruka's! Her same fixed and murderous gaze that paralyzed the
soul. Neither gave nor expected barracks.
- No, enough, enough! -
She could finally scream Michiru trying to end this madness, she wanted to move
desperately but was unable to achieve it. She could not stand it and covered
her eyes to see nothing else. -
Haruka
stood up, next to her, Michiru was also leaning back and screaming without
stopping, she had to shake her until at last she came to herself and fell
silent.
- Relax Michiru, wake
up, it's just a nightmare, you've had a bad dream, - her partner affirmed with
the cutting voice, trying to focus her
The
questioned woman opened her eyes waking up with a start, only a moan came out,
as if she needed oxygen to breathe, she sweated profusely and her friend looked
at her quite worried.
-What have you dreamed
Michiru ? This is not normal in you.
For
the girl, the astonished eyes of her friend were her first vision and she
babbled still dominated by her nightmare.
- Please, Haruka, do
not hurt Hotaru. I beg you! - She implored her holding the hands of her partner
with a desperate expression, using all her strength in that request. -
-What's wrong with you?
Me hurting Hotaru? What are you talking about? I do not know what you mean. Do
not scare me. - Haruka answered, increasingly uneasy. -
After
a pause to catch her breath and take charge of reality, Michiru relaxed enough
to tell her partner what she had dreamed.
-It was horrible, we
were willing to kill them! They were very surprised and so scared, they did not
expect our attack. They dodged us with difficulty, but we did not give them any
respite.
- It was just a dream- Haruka
reassuringly her repeated, stroking the forehead and hair of her girlfriend to
ask more gently. -Calm down, I've never seen you so agitated.
- It was so real, -
Michiru replied somewhat calmer. - I seemed to be seeing images of our future,
a destiny that seemed inescapable.
- I do not know what
that might mean.- Haruka replied wrapping her arms around her. - Come, hug me,
I will protect you.- Slowly she made her lips coincide with those of Michiru,
brushing them gently, this one, noticing her warmth, responded with a deeper
kiss. -
Spurred
by her friend's response, Haruka's hands traced her breasts looking for the
closures of her nightgown, palpating them as they kissed each time more
ardently, managed to open them one after the other. Michiru, in turn, stripped
her of her pajamas. Once free of clothes, the two, embraced, rolled over the
bed, mutual caresses gave way to a few brief struggles to master the situation,
which, inevitably, Haruka won. Straddling Michiru she ran her tongue over her
body again until she reached her most intimate areas. The girl was on the verge
of ecstasy, for her the dominion that her lover exercised over her was the
greatest of pleasures. But she also knew how to respond. Once the roles were
changed, it was Michiru who licked her partner's pubis causing her to gasp and
moan with satisfaction. After multiple strokes towards their sexes using their
hands, and rubbing their crotches vigorously for ardent minutes, they detached
one from the other, exhausted, but extremely pleased. They were granted a few
minutes in silence to recover and at last, Haruka was the one who was once
again interested in the state of her companion.
- Are you better now? -
She asked gently. -
- Yes, thank you, - she
smiled - I think I needed it - she answered with a whisper to ask in a quiet
voice - how long have we not been doing it ?, weeks maybe?
- Not so much but it
has not been the same since they left, - admitted Haruka - we have not had that
feeling of something forbidden and wonderful. When we got into the room and
they were, you know ...
Now
her partner laughed. It was true! The two were obviously hidden to be in
privacy and that had some emotion. But it went beyond. Sometimes Michiru felt
sad, without understanding the reason. The same could be applied to Haruka who
sometimes observed the sky with a somewhat lost expression, it was this that
commented.
- Our subconscious had
not accepted the fact of being alone again. It has influenced us much more than
anyone has wanted to recognize. This dream you have had is the test. And now that
I think about it. Do not you remember when we tried to cheat Galaxy? We
attacked them the same then ...
- No ...- She shook his
head. - Galaxy did not appear anywhere. I do not know how to explain it, it was
not that. It could be that I imagined that we distanced them from us, precisely
because we are the way we are – Michiru said, saddened by that possibility. -
- I do not think so. -
Haruka refuted trying to cheer her up. - For Hotaru our relationship is
something natural, she is a girl and her mind is not yet stained by any
prejudice and Setsuna, she has always accepted us as we are ...
-Maybe I'll be saddened
by the fact that Setsuna is not preparing food for us anymore! - Michiru
laughed. -
That
made her companion seconded, unable to contain at least a big smile for that
funny occurrence, which in fact, could be justified. Her old partner was a good
cook after all.
- Well, some of that
there is also I think - Haruka replied funny. - The truth is that it is an
irreparable loss for the art of restoration. At least in this house. -She added
with a laugh. -
- Are not you implying
that I do not cook well? - Her partner threw her eyebrows at her -
- I? No, that is not
what I wanted to mean! - Denied her companion smiling with a certain mocking
touch while making a space with her hands. -
- Why is it that I
think a hint? - Said her partner as a thoughtful question and also full of good
humor. -
- Do not worry, since
hamburgers were invented one person can survive. – Haruka laughed winning the
inevitable hit from her girlfriend. -
The
two played to fight for a few fun moments on the bed, that relaxed them like
nothing else, except the previous thing they had done. After a few more moments, already calmer, it
was Michiru who intervened, again seriously.
- Anyway. It was so
real! For a few moments when you woke me up I thought I was still there.
- Silly! - Haruka
smiled – these were your own fears, is what you said, you thought that we are
the cause that they are gone. You know that's not true, so promise me you'll
take that nonsense off your mind.
- I promise - had to
grant Michiru in spite of not being very sure about it. -
Haruka
rewarded her with a new kiss, this time more affectionate than passionate,
adding.
- Then let's go to
sleep. But tomorrow there will be no one to wake us up. Remember that we must
leave.
Saying
that, she turned around leaving her back to her girlfriend. Michiru closed her
eyes with the only hope of not suffering more nightmares that night.
Fortunately, this was the case and she was able to provide herself with the
rest she so badly needed.
The
next morning, Haruka woke up with the help of the insistent rays of the sun
that fell through the half-open blinds. She opened her eyes very reluctantly,
yesterday had left her exhausted, it was one of those classic mornings in which
she was in bed and nothing else. But soon, the sweet voice of her partner
accompanied by the aroma of fresh coffee that came from the hall, worked the
miracle of lifting her spirit.
- Breakfast is ready- announced
this one. - I made coffee and toast, the crunchy that you like so much. They
are still recent, if you get up now, you lazy.
Of
course Michiru knew very well the best way both to put her down and to get her
out of bed. Surely in addition to the toast there would be jam of blueberries
and juniper to spread them and those were reasons more than enough to stretch
at once.
- I'm going. - Haruka
managed to say before yawning. -
Getting
up as quickly as she could, she was awakened in the bathroom with a good jet of
cold water. She took a shower, and went to the kitchen. Michiru was waiting for
her, beaming, there was no sign of the last night on her smiling face. The
anguish and fear had given way to that charming smile that always dazzled Haruka.
She understood, every time she saw her that way, the reason for the
impossibility of resisting her charms since she met her.
-Elsa made a fatal
mistake for her when she introduced me to Michiru at this time - Haruka thought
with a half-smile - but of course, I appreciate it very much.
Sitting
at the table she confirmed her hopes, the jam jar was there, in front of her.
Smiling almost with childlike enthusiasm, she passed the spoon and scattered a
large quantity on a thick slice of toast. Michiru watched her delighted and
accompanied her with a smaller toast while Haruka chewed with open enthusiasm,
reveling in every bite she gave. When she finished she looked at her partner
with a lot of tenderness. This kind of breakfast in the mornings predisposed
her to it almost more than anything else.
- You spoil me a lot.-
She said smiling while she served himself some more coffee. - Many times I
think that I am a little girl again and that my mother will let me know that I
am late for school.
- So, at least, feed yourself
properly… - Michiru added completing the sentence, because she knew well how it
ends. -...
Michiru
knew that Haruka did not talk too much about her childhood. She thought about
it when Haruka added.
- If that theory were
not old-fashioned, I would think that what I have for you is part of a Freudian
attraction, based on the need for a mother's affection. - She smiled with a
slight sadness -
- Well, you told me you
spent very little time with your mother, - Michiru answered, interested in her
friend telling her something else. -
- Since my father died,
- the speaker replied with something of nostalgia, slightly darkening her face.
- My mother was so busy that I had to raise myself. Sometimes I think, that you
are my second chance to feel like a little girl again.
- On the other hand,
you seem to me such a strong person! - Michiru replied with a tone of
admiration - I do not think you need such help from anyone.
- That's not true, - she
refuted the alluded gently while hugging her waist adding. -We all need to rely
on someone, someone who is next to us when we need it. You cannot live without
that.
- Your father was very
important to you, right Haruka? - Michiru asked, her talk with prevention not
to sadden her, but luckily it was not like that. –
- He was the most
wonderful person in the world and I admired him so much - Haruka replied with
emotion. - He took care of me and made me feel so safe.
- With you I have
always felt protected- Michiru said - you must be like him in that aspect.
That's why I got so scared yesterday, that woman in my nightmare was so
different from you! She had no nobility or love ... and my other me either. I
am terrified of the possibility, however tiny, that we would behave that way.
- It was only a dream,
I told you yesterday, - Haruka answered nonchalantly, to admit then more
seriously. - If I tell you the truth I felt something similar when we walked
behind the talismans. I thought we would have to lose our best feelings, or our
humanity, but thank God it was not like that. Do yourself a favor and do not
think about it anymore. You know now we have to leave.
- You're right, as
always, - accepted Michiru who followed her partner and friend to the bedroom.-
So
after washing and getting dressed, they took a couple of hours to prepare their
things, got on the car and left for their destination. They needed about three
hours more to cover the journey, they arrived tired to a small town in the
interior of the country and the first thing they did was renting a room to
spend the night. The owner of the boarding house they entered was not very
talkative, he simply asked them to sign in and gave them a key. They packed
their bags and unpacked them, distributing their things. It was dizzyingly
late, winter was near and the day was vanishing fast. For today it would be
everything, they decided that the next day early, they would begin their
investigations. Michiru pulled out that strange note they sent them the week
before.
- Read it again, please
– Haruka asked her lying on a bed. - Maybe if I hear it again I have some
indication of where do we have to start.
- Yes Mr. Holmes! -
Michiru smiled. - Let's see – She took the paper carefully smoothing its folds
and read. - "I do not know if my warning will be read by someone, but in
the event that it is, if it falls into the hands of people with sufficient
capacity, do not stop coming to try to end this horrible situation. It is something
real, I ask God that you, who are reading my warning right now, do not fall
into their networks. "
- It's as usual, -
Haruka sighed with a touch of slight disappointment. - I cannot understand
anything nor does it specify ... what will it be referring to?
- Maybe it's someone
who was not in his right mind, but he described this town with such precision.
In addition, he indicated perfectly the way to get to him. - Michiru replied
reviewing the note silently. -
- I do not find
anything strange here, if it were not for that manager who seems mute. He
speaks less than the partition on the wall. - Haruka pointed to the place in
the room that supported a half-length mirror, to emphasize her words. - What
also does not seem very normal is that the streets of the town are deserted
since five in the afternoon.
- We are almost in
winter and the people of these places do not leave when the sun goes down, they
have to get up early - Michiru answered without caring. -
- But not like to go to
sleep at five o'clock, - her companion objected but immediately took over
adding. - Anyway, I guess there will not be much to do around here either.
- Tomorrow we will
inspect the surroundings to see if we can find something.- Her friend
suggested. -
- But to find what? -
Haruka replied. - if at least we knew what we have to look for.
- I admit that it is
quite strange, but I am convinced that we will find out.- Her companion
asserted. -
- Well, - Her
interlocutor replied. - We'll have to wait until tomorrow. The truth is that it
bothers me to be here without doing anything.
- We can chat for a
while - Michiru proposed. -
-And what could we talk
about? - Haruka inquired little convinced of that possibility - ...
- I've always been
curious to hear from you before we met, even in the Silver Millennium you spoke
little of your life, except on rare occasions - her partner commented. -
- You know I do not
like to talk about me ...- her partner reminded her, however adding. - But I
think that given the circumstances, there is nothing else to take care of.
Although it will be reciprocal, you do not talk much about your childhood
either, Michiru.- She denounced with reason. - And I want to know more about
your life.
Her interlocutor sighed looking at the mirror
as if she wanted to self-analyze, at last she said slowly and voice something
left.
- Well, I do not have
too many things to tell, like you I was born in the Silver Millennium and they
sent me here from the future, you already know that. I became one of the
Warriors of Justice and they entrusted me with the mission of gathering
talismans to avoid the arrival of Silence. That's how I met you at this time. I
was looking for an ally to carry out my task.
- But, what always
intrigued me was that you seemed to know my mission better than myself. When I
traveled to the past they did not tell me more than to learn the uses and
customs of this time. Afterwards, I forgot that and did not remember anything
before living here. My big hobby was sports, especially motorcycling ...
- I have always had
quieter hobbies- Michiru smiled, adding affectionately. -When you lost your
memory in your transition to the past, you forgot that I told you. Before Elsa
introduced us we met at the hospital when we were both recovering from our
struggles against the invaders of Nemesis.
Haruka
smiled, now that he remembered again. That part of her memory had been lost for
a while, but after reuniting Michiru in the twentieth century it had returned.
Now she listened to her girlfriend to continue with a story, which, in fact,
was already familiar to her.
- My mother made me
learn music since I was little and played a lot in conservatoires. I also liked
to paint, to swim. Everything that was to create something beautiful, that was
instilled in me since childhood.
- Then how is it that
you became a Warrior of Justice? Nothing beats you, still you are a very calm
person - Haruka asked somewhat surprised knowing that, on some distant
occasion, her friend already answered that question. -
- I already told you
other times, even when I met you.- She recognized to her with a slight warning
tint to explain it once more. - It was my destiny, I was born to be a warrior,
like you. When I came to this time they told me to look for you, that you would
be my companion.
-Who told you? How
could they know?
- I have no idea, said
Michiru - I received those orders in my dreams and they asked me to recruit
you. And frankly, at the beginning of meeting you I did not think you were
worth it.
- It's true, I was too
selfish- admitted Haruka. - I only worried about myself, I never wanted to get
involved in anything that was not related to my world. I wanted to run away
from everything.
- Well, in spite of
that, here we are, - her partner said sentencing with a certain dose of
concern. - And now getting into something that does not even have to do with
our task as warriors.
- Yes, something must
be done to avoid falling into boredom, and that reminds me that I'm tired of
being locked in between four walls being so early yet. - Haruka replied since
they had already talked for two hours, it was after seven and no light came
through the window. - I'm going down to have a look.
And
true to her dynamic style, she got up quickly and went down to the manager's
office to ask him some questions. As she slowly descended the stairs, the man,
with a stern expression, observed her sitting with his feet on the counter of
the bar. The woman addressed him.
- Excuse me, what can
be done around here at this time? ...
The
individual just looked at her indolently without any encouragement to answer.
Haruka repeated the question with patience.
-Have you heard me? Is
not there somewhere to go out and have a drink?
- You cannot do
anything, just go to bed and sleep - the man said reluctantly, while opening a
can of beer. –
- But, people will go
somewhere, they will have a little social life at least.- Haruka replied trying
to get some information and increasingly surprised. -
- Nobody comes out
here, not after sunset - the man asserted now with a clear tone of apprehension
that tried in vain to disguise when sentenced again. - There's nothing to do
around here.
- I would like to ask
the people of the town. I have to inform myself about certain things- His
client insisted.-
-What kind of things? -
the guy asked with a suspicious look. -
- Not even I know, I
was hoping that you or your people could tell me here. - She confessed. -
- Leave it for
tomorrow. Better not come out now that it's already dark.
That
said, the man got up painfully from the chair and locked himself in his office,
terminating the conversation. Haruka shrugged resignedly and returned to her
room.
-Well, what a guy! It
must be the joy of his house. – She muttered with ironic contrariety. -
Back
in her room she found Michiru lying face down and looking through some
magazines, in one of them Emerald appeared wearing one of the collections of
the Deveraux fashion house, the place where she worked. Without paying much
attention to that Haruka immediately informed her friend of her conversation
with that guy.
- I do not understand -
the blonde warrior said more than anything asking rhetorical questions - what
the hell is going on here? Is it that nobody goes out when the sun goes down?
- They are a village of
farmers - Michiru answered again. - They will have to go to bed very early to
get up before dawn, to cultivate and feed the animals.
- That's not it - her partner
refuted, recapitulating with a voice full of suspicion - that man was uneasy
when I asked him, he even seemed to have a fearful tone. More than advising me
not to leave, he warned me. Here is something that I do not like at all,
Michiru. I do not know what it is but things do not fit me.
- Now you're the one
who behaves like a fool - the questioner said reproving her concern and leaving
the magazines aside to join her friend. - I do not know what kind of things you
imagine, but surely they have nothing to do with what happens.
- What do you say then
about the note? - Haruka fought with inquisitive tone. - Why did whoever send
it to us by making us come here if nothing happens? At the moment, I was very
curious to go out for a walk.
- Oh come on, leave that
now! - Michiru protested that she knew how hard it could become her partner. -
I do not think it's the right time.
- If you want you can
come with me. - Haruka replied ignoring the protest of her friend. -
- It's more than ten
o'clock- her interlocutor answered in a tired voice. - We have made a long trip
and I am tired, leave it for tomorrow. - And without more it returned again to
browse the magazines. -
- Stay if you want, I
prefer to take a walk. - Haruka smiled resuming her chatting and adding with
sarcasm. - Who knows, maybe I would find a nice pretty girl out there who was
bored.
- Try not to take too
long - Michiru replied resigned, as she had already assumed, when something got
into her partner's head it was impossible to change her mind. - And do not get
in trouble ...
And
she was going to say something else but Haruka had already left. Michiru sighed
and returned her attention to the magazines.
-The model and
revelation designer Emerald Deveraux will parade in Milan with her latest
collection.- She read pleased, muttering.- Well done my friend.
In
fact she, Haruka and Setsuna, helped the former enemy of Usagi and the rest of
the warriors of the inner solar system. Before they woke up like sailors at
this time. Michiru was glad that those old adversaries could have been
rehabilitated and were now good friends and allies. They had fought together
since then to face many threats. First against those demons, then against the
invaders of that guy called Gralas. That's how they met Lornd, the king of the
Saiyajin. And how this man and Setsuna fell in love. They conjured the threat
of that terrible comet, they defeated the mercenary troops of that tyrant and
later, they knew the world of the saiyajin, of which their former companion
ended up being the queen, after marrying that warrior. Although Neptune always had a strange feeling about
that.
-It was as if Setsuna
was waiting for him in some way.- She meditated, although she shrugged her
shoulders.- He is a very strong and attractive man. If it were not because I'm
not interested in his gender ... - She smiled amused.- I should have said that
to Haruka. Ha, ha!… That would have made her to be jealous for sure.
And
she let it be, devoting herself to read a little more. On the other hand her
companion, went down the stairs nimbly and stood before the front door. What
would be her surprise to find it firmly closed, it seemed even stuck. Annoyed
and surprised, she looked for the manager to demand that he open it, but he was
no longer there. She went to look for his room by calling several times, that
man either did not hear or did not want to answer. She even thought about
throwing the door down, but it seemed ridiculous, so, in dismay, she went back
to her room. She did not take long to tell Michiru that this time was
surprised.
-Why does he have the
door locked? - She asked in astonished gesture. -
- See? I told you
something strange is happening here. But as always you cannot pay attention to
me at first - Haruka answered without bothering to hide her irritation. -
- Well, well – Michiru
said trying to calm things down. - Until tomorrow we cannot do anything, it
would be better if we go to bed already so we can get up early, so we will have
more time to make our inquiries.
Her
partner finally had to condescend, tried to look out the window, or at least
that was her intention. When she tried to open it, she found it crossed by
thick iron bars. Frustrated, she closed it and decided to go to bed after two
hours. Michiru was already asleep and she did not want to wake her up. Haruka
took a long time to fall asleep, she could swore she had heard strange sounds
on the windowsill, as if something was scraping against the bars, she got up
trying to see what could be done but did not discover anything abnormal. Tired,
she managed to fall asleep at last.
The
next morning, the gentle shaking of Michiru on one of her shoulders woke her
up.
- Come on Haruka, we
were in that today we would get up soon. Is it that you have already forgotten?
-Oh! ...- She mumbled
sentencing - How I hate having to get up so early! But it's true, that's what
we stayed in. - She got up as fast as she could, overcoming her laziness - I
hope that today we will leave doubts behind.
It
did not take long to get ready enough to go out for breakfast. Haruka breathed in
relief when she saw that the exit door was now wide open. In the light of the
new day those strange perceptions of yesterday seemed absurd. And although they
were willing to start their research, their stomachs claimed priority. They
went to the inn that was a few meters from their accommodations. Upon entering
they found it practically empty, it was almost time for breakfast. Haruka made
her entrance dressed in comfortable jeans, sneakers and a lumberjack shirt.
Michiru wore a dress, also denim skirt and olive green blouse, complete the set
with a rustic hat, which, however, did not detract her from her natural
elegance. The two occupied a table and in just a few moments a waitress brought
them the menus. Both asked for a hearty breakfast and while the girl brought
them and served the dishes, Haruka decided to try to draw her out.
- Excuse me if I ask
you, Miss, but we are strangers here and we were very surprised how early you
retire in this town.
- Well, it's a small
town - the young woman replied, forcing a smile. - There's not much to do if
it's not work.
- But there are many
young girls here, - Haruka answered, staring at the blue eyes of the girl in
which she detected fear. - And very nice indeed, - she added making the girl
blush. -I cannot believe that they have to lock themselves in their houses so
early.
The
young woman was uncomfortable, in her gestures it was clearly read that she did
not want to continue with that conversation, in fact it was a topic that nobody
wanted to deal with. Haruka, despite this, tried again.
- Come on, I do not
think you spend all your life like that. What do you think about staying after
your work?
-But Haruka! - Michiru
protested visibly indignant at the proposition of her companion to that girl
before her very nose. - How can you think?
-Chiis! - She said,
winking at that young lady. - We'll meet then? - She insisted again. - We could
take a walk after sunset.
However,
the girl trembled visibly, she tried to leave but the blonde warrior took her
gently by the arm, then a voice of quite angry man thundered from the counter.
- Mary Ann, come to take
these beers immediately and stop chatting!
The
girl let go of the grip and ran to obey, leaving Haruka with the word in her
mouth, which disgusted her greatly. Michiru hurried to intervene to avoid her
friend's anger.
- I do not seem her
very willing to chat. We'd better finish our breakfast and go somewhere else.
- Well, I do not like
that lack of readiness - her interlocutor replied visibly annoyed by that. -What
the hell is going on here?
- Leave them alone, do
not you see that they are very afraid?, - Michiru interjected that she was also
surprised by it while she recognized. - I do not know what the cause may be,
but it can be read in their eyes.
- It's time for them to
stop having it. We are here to help them, but we will not be able to do it if
they do not explain what happens. So I'm going to make them tell me once and
for all what's going on here. -Her partner replied, fed up with that situation.
-
So
without Michiru could do anything to stop her, Haruka got up addressing the
owner of the bar, asking him without stopping her anger.
- I would like you to
answer some questions, if you are so kind.
-What kind of
questions? – That guy replied with a rather hostile and distrustful tone. -
-To start with. Why do
the doors and windows are closed when it gets dark? - Haruka asked for the
umpteenth time. -
An
uncomfortable silence spread through the place, the owner turned his back on to
his inquisitor mumbled reluctantly.
- I have a lot of work,
so if you do not mind.
-Yes, I mind and a lot!
- Haruka spat losing her already precarious patience, grabbing a guy's wrist
and making him turn around to face her. -
-Please, let me go! -
The owner yelled. -
- Give me the answer! -
She demanded facing his gaze with her with contained fury. -
A
group of guys sitting at a corner table rose like a spring toward her. Michiru,
nervous, got up also interposing to try to mediate.
- Enough Haruka, please!
There is no need for this.
- Yes, yes there is -
she said translating her anger - we have tried in a good way and nobody has
wanted to tell us anything. Something's happening here, Michiru, and you can
bet it's not good at all.
Then,
one of those guys who had already run over threatened Haruka who let go of the
owner to face him.
- It's time for you to
leave, - said another of the individuals to support his partner, while he was
flanked by two more. -
- I do not think so, -the
blonde sailor replied without appearing intimidated at all. -
- We are asking for it
in good manners – the third of the types said threating them. - Do not force us
to change our attitude, we would not like to use violence against two women.
-Oh! What horror! - the
interpellated answered with the most falsely sweet tone that could be found,
adding sarcastically. – You are a real macho men, you are going to cause me an attack of fear!
-All right! - shouted
another- out of this town, now! - He snapped at them trying to grab Haruka's
arm.
However,
she grabbed him with a quick judo maneuverer that threw him against the counter
shattering the glasses and bottles that were laid on him.
-Nobody throws me out
of any place. - The sailor replied. - Unless I want to leave. Is that clear?
However,
as a reply, the following attacks did not made themselves wait. Michiru
rejected an individual giving him a powerful kick and Haruka hit the other by
drawing a hook to his chin that almost lifted him off the ground. All fell
unconscious, the remaining occupants of the room looked incredulous that
impressive demonstration of the two women. They had knocked out the strongest
men in town in just a few seconds. Nobody dared to face them. Haruka, out of
her temper, grabbed the scared owner by the breastplate and planted her face a
few inches from his.
- My patience is over, -she
threatened, preparing her fist. - I want answers and I want them now ...
- The, the farm, Neims
- the man mumbled - go there, they know much more than us.
- Yes – A woman who was
at the end of the room, added timidly. - Those people are very familiar with
those things. They live north of the town, leaving by a dirt road, it is
fifteen minutes away by car. It has no loss. But If I were you, I would not go.
Not if you appreciate ...
Then
she kept a thick and fearful silence. Haruka released that man who moved away
as quickly as he could by putting on his jacket to try to repair the mess that
the girl had made in her.
- What? - Michiru could
retort that however did not insist more to observe impressed the panic that
could be read in the eyes of that woman and the guy from the bar.-
- Come on, - Haruka
said dryly to her partner, leaving some money at the bar - and thanks for your
collaboration - she added sarcastically as she left. -
- Yes, thank you very
much - Michiru repeated to that woman, this time gently. -
The
two left quickly, they started walking, went to the car. Haruka drove. Just as
that woman had informed them, it was a dirt road. Haruka noted with distaste
that it was quite dusty. Swearing under her breath, she thought that the car
had been filled with dust and chips. It would take hours to clean it, but that
was not the problem at that time.
- Did you see the looks
they had? They were terrified! - Her companion commented to her with somewhat
restless tone.-
- That's precisely why
I want to get to the bottom of this matter. Every time It smells worse. -
Responded the aforementioned.-
They
continued on that dirt road for a few minutes. At last the farm appeared before
them, it was a modest hut surrounded by a barn and some pens. Stopping the car
they went down reaching a rustic wooden door. They hit it repeatedly, there
seemed to be no one who could hear them. Haruka, tired of all this, was banging
on the door with fury.
- Calm down – her companion
asked with stiff embarrassment. - They may not be home ...
- I am more than fed up
with this situation Michiru, with what it has cost us to get here, we don´t need
that they do not want to open up now.
- And what would you do
instead?, - her partner reproached her also upset by that embarrassing scene
and angry already of the impatience of her girlfriend. – They believe that you
are a threat to them, remember that they are simple people. And you are being
very aggressive. They are ordinary people and they don´t do anything wrong, for
God´s sake!
Then
her partner stopped. She looked at her somewhat surprised and then lowered her
head breathing more deeply to apologize.
- You're right. -
Haruka sighed trying to calm down. - I'm so sorry, I'm tired and angry ...
Michiru
stroked her friend's hair to reassure her while it was she herself who insisted
in a much warmer tone addressing potential residents of that house.
- Please, we do not
want to hurt you, we need your help.
At
last Michiru's patience bore fruit, they heard a childish voice that almost
whispered behind the door, dominated by fear and prevention.
-Who are you?...
- We are visitors and
we are looking for your parents - Haruka replied with a kind tone of voice. -We
need to talk to them. Can you call them, please? ...
- Wait – it was the
girl's response. The warrior Uranus heard the sound of a few steps away and
after a few moments approach again, but sounding much firmer this time. –
Now
the door opened, a man in black robes and a long brown beard, wearing a straw
hat, stepped in front of them. It was the closest thing to an Amish or someone
belonging to a similar sect.
-What do you want my
house to call so violently? - He asked them with a distrustful voice but free
of aggression or anger. -
- Excuse us. It was not
our intention to startle you. You see, we came from the town. - Michiru
explained kindly. - They have sent us to you They said that you can explain
some things to us.
-What kind of things? -
The man asked in a calm tone. -
- The reason why the
doors and windows close every night. - Michiru replied. -
- If you want my advice
- his interlocutor answered further hardening his already rigid face. - You
better get out of here, as soon as you can.
-I'm getting sick of
always hearing the same thing! - Haruka teased again, demanding. -We want answers
and we want them now, we have not come here for pleasure, someone sent us a
note.- She added raising the tone of her voice considerably.-
However,
she lowered it to see that the girl before clutching the man's hand looking at
her with fear. She was very similar to Hotaru, dark though with a funny little
hat, she should not have been more than six years old.
- Haruka, calm down for
the God´s sake !, - Michiru asked very embarrassed, realizing that. -
- You should pay
attention to your friend- the man intervened adding with an almost pleading
tone. -Calm down and please, get out of here, we are people of peace, we do not
want problems.
- But I...
Haruka
looked at that individual who seemed to have nothing more to add and the girl
who was still watching her visible scared. She did not know what to answer, she
could not use force against them. She felt really ashamed and was even unable
to face the look with that poor girl ...
-I'm sorry, forgive me
- she managed to mutter while turning around towards the car. -
However,
when both were preparing to leave having lost hope, an old man's voice from the
house called them.
- Ezequiel, let them
go. They have the right to know what is happening.
That
guy with the black beard without hesitation and despite his previous
prevention, indicated that they should enter. The girls looked at each other
and did not think about it when accepting that unexpected invitation. They
passed inside the modest house. The short corridor gave way to a simple dining
room occupied almost entirely by a long table that served as a dinner table. A
woman dressed in the manner of the Amish held a young child in her arms. Sure
enough, there was an old man sitting in a rocking chair. When he saw them
enter, he got up and invited them to sit down with a polite gesture.
- We were going to eat,
if you want they can come with us - the woman offered shyly. -
- No, thank you very
much, we have had breakfast barely half an hour ago - Haruka replied, more calm
and even more embarrassed if she had enough of her previous bad manners.-
Both
sat on simple benches that the woman offered them and Michiru explained them in
a more conciliatory way.
- Sorry for bothering you,
but what my partner has told you is true.
- We regret the
intrusion. We just want to know what is happening in this town. That's it, if
we can help. - Haruka added in a more serene way. -
- Esther, go with your
brother to your room - the woman addressing the little girl. -
Taking
the child by the hand, the little girl left that room without protest, the old
man waited a few seconds until the children were not saying at last.
- This thing that I am
going to tell you is something hard to believe for people from abroad like you,
but it is the truth.
- You would be
surprised of the things that we can get to believe - Haruka answered. -
- And, being women,
will they dare to face this situation? - Ezequiel asked, who seemed really
skeptical about the possibility that this was the case. -
- Do not underestimate
us for that - Michiru replied adding. - We are used to fight.
- Yes, sometimes women
can be more aggressive than men – Haruka added more claiming than anything
else. -
- Seeing you I do not
doubt it - said Ezequiel reproachfully. -
The
woman looked at him in an unfriendly way but she knew how to restring herself,
especially when she noticed Michiru's hand on hers. The old man then intervened
to dissipate the tension that had been created in the environment.
- Well then - said
taking a few seconds to breathe. -You should know that the powers of the evil
one hide behind this. The reason why neighbors close their doors and windows is
because of fear of the creatures of the night.
-Criatures of the
night? - Michiru repeated surprised. -
- They are what you
call vampires.- The old man added confirming what they already imagined. -
- It cannot be - Haruka
smiled in disbelief. - That's legends.
- Father, I told you
that they would not believe it. See? - Ezequiel intervened annoyed by that
reaction. -
- Wait a moment, -
Michiru interjected in a more conciliatory way. - It's hard to believe, but
Haruka- interjected to her friend affectionately - we have seen similar things,
I do not see why it could not be true.
- You are right-
admitted this one that already with better mood apologized. - Forgive me, and
please tell us everything you know. First. Do you know who sent us that note?
...
- A man- the old man
replied trying to remember. - He was a scientist who stopped by here to do some
studies on God knows what. He learned about the stories and legends that
circulated in these places and wanted to investigate them. One night he left
town to try to find out something about them, but what he found was too much
for him. He came badly wounded to our house, we treated him as best we could
but it was too late, he had lost a lot of blood. In spite of everything he
handed me that note he said he had written while he was running away from them,
he asked me to send it to this address.
-But what was that
man's name? Is not he still here? - Michiru asked. -
- We could not do
anything for his life, only for his soul, we prayed and once he died, we burned
his body and buried the ashes. He said his name was Anthony, he asked me to
tell whoever if anyone came, that he was a friend of a certain Tom.
- Tom's friend? Of one
man called Thomas Rodney perhaps? - Neptune inquired.-
-I think that name
sounds to me, yes. - Agreed the old man trying to remember.- I think he mentioned
it ...
-Anthony? - Haruka
thought - of course!
She
remembered then that after the final battle against the demons, she and Michiru
together with Setsuna, were locked in a church with Tom, the boyfriend then and
now Cooan's husband. He told them that he had learned a lot about the beings of
darkness thanks to a certain Anthony
-Tom must have
told us something about that when we saw him again. Poor man! - She thought in
consternation as the old man continued his story. -
- He explained many
things to us before we died, many of us already knew them, although others did
not. He said confronting infernal beings who sipped the blood of their victims
condemning them to their very twilight existence. You can only finish them with
holy water, a stake in the heart or sunlight. Garlic drives them away and
crucifixes too, although that depends on the strength of faith that encourages
whoever carries the cross.
-And where do they hide
during the day? - Haruka intervened adding not without reasonable optimism. -
If we find them then, it would be easy to destroy them.
- That is not so easy
to find out - said the old man with a grim expression. -
- In addition, they
have servants who protect them during the day. - Ezequiel intervened - Some are
halfway through their transformation, others are soulless criminals who serve
them with the promise of great wealth.
- Then it will be
almost impossible.- Michiru sighed dispiritedly. -
-But we have to try! -
her companion claimed, asking – Don´t you have any indication of where they can
be to start looking for them?
- I can only tell you
that you should go into the forest. The darkest area is twelve kilometers from
here. The forest itself, it is already a labyrinth that must be well known.
Otherwise it is very difficult to leave it. And if night surprises you there
...
Ezequiel kept a
significant silence, everyone already imagined what he was referring to.
- You are from these
places, you must know the forest well - Michiru surmised asking with prevention
- Could not you guide us there?
- Sorry, that is not
possible. - Ezequiel replied immediately – I am so sorry - he apologized for
his brusqueness and said. - I can take you to the edge of the forest and draw a
map, but I will not go there. Understand that I have a family.
- Do not worry, we
understand - Haruka smiled in a conciliatory way. - With that help in order to
show us the way you said, it will be more than enough.
- I'll make a map for
you right away. We will have to leave as quickly as possible, at the most
within an hour, the road is long and the day at this time of year lasts very
little.
- Okay- Michiru nodded.
- Let's not waste time then.
Ezequiel
got up and made a sheet of paper and a charcoal outlined a rough but effective
map. He told them the itinerary and warned them that they would need some
things on their equipment. Something that gave them a minimum protection.
- I hope you have some
of the things that my father has mentioned.
- I have this crucifix
- Haruka replied putting her hand between her shirt and showing everyone a
beautiful golden cross of respectable size. -
- That will protect her
from a direct attack of those beings but, to cause them real harm, she must
have faith.- The old man indicated. -
- I do not know if my
faith will be up to such circumstances - she replied that she had no qualms
about admitting. - According to what things I am quite skeptical.
Her
interlocutors looked at each other, apparently with disapproval or at least
with concern.
-At least carry a
cross, that's better than nothing - Ezekiel added adding. - We have a bottle of
holy water that man kept in one of his pockets, hopefully it will serve you.
Rising,
he went to a closet, opened a drawer, took out a small glass container and
handed it to Haruka.
- Thank you, but I prefer
that you have it Michiru .- She offered the bottle to her partner as she
commented. - You'll need to take something to protect yourself.
- Something else
referring to the bottle of holy water - added Ezequiel. - When one of those
evil beings is near, the water emits a pale blue flash, use it as if it were a
compass to know where they are.
The
warrior Neptune listened carefully to those indications and kept the small vial
carefully in the bag she wore hanging on her arm.
- One more thing - the
old man intervened - never tell your names to any vampire, nor invite him or
her to enter your house. That increases their power over the domination of the
minds of humans.
- We'll remember that,
thank you - Michiru said. -
- Take this too. -
Ezekiel offered them a wrapping of papers that he deposited on the table,
descending these appeared three sharp wooden stakes. - It is the most direct
way to kill them, do not hesitate. Do not listen to their pleas or let to be
persuaded by them, whatever they say or what they look like, they are already
dead and only doing that you can save their souls.
- Do not worry about
that - Haruka responded by taking the stakes and bundling them back into the
papers. – We will do what it will be needed
After
putting them into their backpack the old man got up and gave them one last
warning.
- We have already told
you everything we knew to help them, now it's up to you. If you succeed, you
will return here in the morning. If you do not have it, you will try to come
back at night.
- What do you mean? ...
- Michiru asked.
However,
after a few moments of silence, she understood what the old man was referring
to. Just thinking about it, a chill ran through her body.
- If that happens to
one of us the other one will pierce her heart with one of the stakes. - Haruka
answered with total conviction. - Do not have any doubt.
After another moment of
embarrassing silence, Ezekiel spoke.
- Then we must go now,
every minute of light is precious.
- Yes, now we go. -
Michiru answered standing up in unison with her partner. -
Ezekiel
left the room and the girls followed him. Haruka ran into the Amish girl who
was looking at her, still scared. The little girl said in a shy voice.
- Are you still angry
with us?
The questioned one bent
down and caressed the hair of the small one dedicating a smile to her.
- No sweetheart, I'm
not angry, you're an adorable girl. Go, go to play ...
The
baby stared at her while Haruka walked away. Tightening the step she reached
her expedition companions and went into the car. Michiru offered to drive, her
friend had done to get there. She was somewhat tired and stroked the crucifix
with one of her hands. In doing so, her mind filled with memories, memories of
her childhood, of the few times she spent with her father, whom she almost did
not know ...
-Dad. I wish we had had
more time both ... -She thought remembering.-
Little Haruka, only six
years old, was playing with small replicas of the Millennium Silver combat
ships. Soon her father would arrive, standing out in one of them. The baby
dreamed of emulating him when she was older, perhaps even becoming a guardian
of Queen Serenity and running adventures in Space. Surely she would wipe out
all the enemies of Crystal Tokyo, including those villains on the planet Nemesis
who were watched by the ships of her father's fleet. A sudden noise from the
automatic door of her room ripped her from her fantasies, as she turned her
infant face she brightened with joy. It was her father and he was there! He
talked to her mother after kissing her.
- How about everything
for the outer quadrant, Oberon? - His wife wanted to know.-
-There is movement,
Miranda. We have detected an increase in energy in Nemesis. But we do not know
what its cause is. -Replied her husband sighing.- And we cannot send ships
closer or a diplomatic crisis could be provoked ...
-The sovereigns could
already send another captain, you are the prince of this sector.- His wife
replied with visible discomfort.-
-And I am also an
officer of the Silver Millennium and the Kingdom of Neo Cristal Tokio. - He
declared, posing his hands on the shoulders of his wife to add conciliatory.-
We have an oath of loyalty. And a duty. You know it very well, honey.
-Yes.- Miranda said
lowering her head and shaking her light brown hair a little. - Although I wish
we could spend more time together the three of us together.- She finished
watching her husband with those brown eyes so big she had.-
-And I, but stop
talking about that. Now I'm home at last. - He smiled now addressing his
daughter who had just walked towards him.- Hi Haruka.
And
he knelt to be at the height of his little girl. The girl had heard all this
and felt somewhat sad, her parents did not seem happy to see each other. But
now they were smiling when they looked at her. She in turn noticed her father.
He wore that white uniform with golden epaulettes that the baby liked so much.
He was the most handsome man in the universe and would only marry him, because
his mother had said that people who loved each other were doing that and
putting on white dresses and suits. However, another detail caught her
attention. His father also brought a small box with him, the girl jumped
towards him and hugged his neck tightly.
-Dad, dad, you've
come!- She screamed almost on the verge of mourning with emotion. -
- Sure my girl, but do
not squeeze me so hard or you will drown me.- He laughed and Haruka relaxed her
pressure worried about hurting her father, but he stroked her hair and kissed
her on one cheek to add with affection. -My treasure, I was not going to miss
your birthday party, I promised and here I am.
After
hugging her daughter, Captain Tenoh, tall, with blond hair and blue eyes, gave
her a little box. Smiling at the expression of surprise of his daughter, he
invited her to open it.
- Come on, what are you
waiting for? It's for you, a preview of your birthday present.
-What is it? ...- the
baby asked, prey to the excitement while trying to open it. -
- Now you'll see, have
a little patience! - his father laughed. –
Haruka
opened the package with great emotion, once uncovered the box she saw a
beautiful golden cross that shone with the reflections of light. In it there
was an inscription. The girl read it with some difficulty because it was still
too small to be able to decipher those arabesques that made up that
calligraphy.
- "I will always
be with you, with love, dad" And what is this? – She wanted to know,
curious. -
- It's a golden cross,
daughter. Forged here in our millennial kingdom, it is a symbol of the good
that will always protect you. It will give you luck wherever you go. Always
take it with you and it will be as if we were together.
-It will help me to be
a Princess warrior? - she asked very excited. -
-Of course, honey! it
will guide you on the path of good and justice, and if you have faith,
everything you want will be done. Never forget it - her father smiled
affectionately. -
The
baby smiled too, she was very happy, her father was there, that was the most
important thing, she almost never saw him and her mother who also worked for
the Millennium Court, she did not spend much time with her either. However,
both had promised that soon things would change and they would be more time
together. Haruka had asked them for a little brother to play with, and their
parents, smiling, promised that they would brought her one. But unfortunately
everything collapsed. His father died a few months later in an accident in space.
At least that's what the authorities told their mother that was never the same
again. She took refuge in her work and barely saw her. Haruka spent much of her
childhood in private schools and by the time she was thirteen, she discovered
that, indeed, her childhood dreams were not misguided, she was born to be a
warrior. At sixteen she was sent to the past, where she forgot the nature of
her mission until Michiru found her. Now, a thousand years before her father
gave it to him, that cross could save her life. Or so she hoped.
-What do you think
about Haruka? - Michiru wanted to know as she slowed down as they entered a narrower part of the road. -
- Memories.- Her
companion answered with a thread of voice left to add. - Sometimes they release
themselves inside me and I cannot do anything to stop them. They are like a
tide that buried my other thoughts. - And while saying that, she mentally read
the inscription on her cross and thought. - Now I need you more than ever. -
- It happens to me
sometimes. I am surprised myself thinking about my family. - Her companion said,
cause she immediately knew what was going through the head of her partner, she
only had to look her in the eyes.- It was not the happy life that I would have
liked. My parents separated when I was very young.
-At least you did not
lose your father. -Her interlocutor sighed with a more downcast tone, although
she immediately wanted to encourage her to add almost something of self-assured
dyeing that yes, of nostalgia. Did I ever tell you that I was about to get
married?
-Do you what? You? -
Michiru was surprised. - With whom?
-With my ideal man.-
Her companion smiled.-
Of
course she achieved the desired effect, that her girlfriend open her mouth and
eyes in an excessive way.
-How? - She exclaimed
without giving credit to what she heard.- But that couldn´t be!
Haruka
was already laughing, Michiru suspecting some kind of joke that her partner
used to spend, she moved her head, adding it in a more measured and rethink
manner.
-A man really perfect
would have to be like for you to take that step ... And also with such a big
manhood! Ha, ha…
-Well.- Her
interlocutor sighed confessing.- That was when I was six years old, I imagined
myself marrying my father. Because I loved him very much and besides, I really
wanted to go dressed in white, which was the color of his uniform. I already
told you that he served in the fleet of the Kingdom of Neo Cristal Tokyo,
highlighted in the quadrant of the outer solar system.
Now
Michiru could not help but laugh. Although the girl immediately stopped doing
it to mumble.
-It was so far away, it
was really another life. Very different this one.
-Yes.- Haruka agreed
more reflexively now.-
Meanwhile,
the car was slowing down as the first natural obstacles and the branches that
preceded the real forest came out. Ezekiel had been listening to both women
without intervening. Of course, they seemed very strange to him both because of
their words and because of their actions and private behaviors, they should not
have been too Christian. Despite the cross that one of them wore. Maybe those
sad childhoods would have contributed. Although they did not seem bad people.
But, just as his father warned him before leaving, at a time when they spoke
alone, he should not judge others. He simply had gone to just collaborate. So,
when the trail got too complicated, he told them to stop there.
- Beyond this point the
road becomes impassable for your car, you must continue on foot. I cannot
accompany you anymore.
- Do not be afraid -
Haruka reassured him. - We'll manage well.
- But what will you do?
- Michiru asked uneasily for her safety. - Will you wait for us here?
- No, I'll go back to
my house on foot, the road is long but I have plenty of time before night
falls. I know these places well, do not worry. The dangers begin in the way
that you are going to undertake.- He offered his hand to both of them who shook
it at the same time he wanted them. - May almighty God accompany you and
protect you.
- We'll be back
tomorrow at sunrise.- Haruka replied winking. -
Ezequiel
surprised by this gesture got out of the car and started his way back, the two
women watched him go and looked at each other.
-Are you ready Michiru?
- Haruka asked her partner. -
- If you are, - she
replied to what her friend nodded - then we shall go.
So
both went through the tangle of vegetable leafiness. Ezequiel watched them go
into the forest while walking and wished that both would triumph over the
forces of evil. Then he felt like something was trapping his leg and pulling
him up, scared he tried to let go but could not, he had fallen into a snare trap!
He begged to heaven to be able to free himself before nightfall but the grip
was tight and he had no strength to pull himself up. The hours passed and
nothing could be done to get rid of it. Twilight came, fear and anxiety
dominated him, in the middle of the night there he only prayed that none of
those nightmarish beings would find him. But their pleas were not heard, or
maybe they did? for two silhouettes were approaching him, would the two women
return triumphantly? He wished with all his faith that it was so. Unfortunately
when he got close to him, he realized with horror that it was not them, but two
of those horrible vampires who looked at him with their amber eyes thirsty for
blood, what happened next was quick. Without giving him almost time to scream,
they released him and bit his neck sucking his blood avidly. Ezekiel fainted
into the blackness.
Hours
before, while their guide had stepped on that trap, Haruka and Michiru had
already entered the forest, avoiding the increasingly abundant branches. Around
them the reflections of the sun's rays shone on the leaves that resounded with
the breeze and sparkled with the light, a multitude of peeps of birds
surrounded them. No one would say that this place, just a few hours later,
could be so dangerous and inspire so much fear. To kill time and not think
about it both chatted as they walked. Michiru addressed the issue they had left
when getting out of the car.
-What memories were
those, apart from this interesting wedding project? - She asked her girlfriend
who walked slightly forward, making her way through the increasingly enveloping
vegetation. -
- I thought about my
parents, I always wanted a little brother, I remembered when I turned six years
old.
- I know sometimes it
hurts you to think about it- Michiru said with sympathy. - You were very little
time with your father disappeared, right?
- I almost do not
remember him. - Haruka answered with some regret - but the scant memories I
have are so wonderful that I cling to them with the hope of seeing him again. I
loved him very much ...
- You never know, if we
go back to the future you could ask Setsuna to open the portal before your
father's death.
- I do not think I
could do it, it would violate the temporal paradox. Besides, now she does not
have that power anymore. - She kept a significant silence and admitted. - Good.
Even before her resignation from her position as guardian and her marriage.
Once I asked her, but she could not help me. Anyway - she added trying to
divert the subject. - Tell me about you, you too would be a little girl
sometime, how did you decide to be a warrior?
- I've told you several
times, but if you want to hear it again .- Her partner sighed. -
- Yes, please, there
are things I would like to ask you.- Haruka replied that she seemed really
interested. -
- Well, as a child -
Michiru reminded her - my mother made me study violin and solfeggio at all
times, She wanted me to be a great soloist ...
- I think she got it –
Her companion smiled. -
- Well, but my
childhood was very hard, all day I had to study and I barely played with girls
my age. You at least had friends to play with.
- Yes, but I preferred
to play with the boys. Do not think bad! - Haruka added with humor. - You know
what I mean, the dolls and those things never interested me.
-Me instead I would
have liked it so much that my mother was not so strict. Sometimes I thought
that she did not love me, that she only wanted a violinist daughter. Someone
who was what she could not, many times She did not seem to care much about my
feelings. -She regretted with sadness. - At the beginning I always dreamed also
about being a violin virtuoso but when I turned thirteen, just like you, I
realized that I was born to be a warrior. I had to argue with my mother to let
me be. Fortunately, my father supported me. Being a sailor made me to mature a
lot. I used to be very shy and withdrawn, but I changed. Then they gave us that
talisman mission and we went back to the past. You suffered that accident in
the temporal regression and you did not remember your true mission. In
addition, you had lost many other memories, even the one of having known me. I
confess that there were times when I thought I could not convince you.
- It was easy, - her
friend replied - just to see your smile. That speaks words to me.
Michiru
gave her the best she had, she even blushed a little. Haruka could not resist
the temptation and gave her a deep kiss on the lips.
- Now we do not have
time for that. - Michiru replied -.
- I hope that later,
yes - Haruka replied looking at her affectionately. - Anyway, you have carried
out that longing. You give concerts all over the world.
-I remember especially
the Carnegie Hall in New York.- Her friend commented.-
-Yes, ha, ha! - Haruka
could laugh now, recalling in turn.- You invited Roy and Bertie.
-And when it was over,
do you remember when Roy told me if that music could be danced? ... It was
Mozart! LOL…
-And Bertie put a face
on him. The poor woman was red!- Haruka Laughed.-
-It is true. And the
icing was when you asked if he liked Sopen - Michiru commented between laughs.-
-Yes, and he answered
yes, but with noodles! The noodle soupen! I do not know what I laughed at more,
about the nonsense itself, or about the bump that his wife gave him. Hahaha!
Michiru
was laughing with her now and they even stopped for a moment with tears running
down their faces. However, neither of them, engaged in conversation, had
noticed that the forest almost did not let pass the last rays of sun, which
were extinguished on the high treetops. Both began to feel something that
disturbed them in the environment. The truth is that there was a feeling of
danger that was growing as the light gave way. They recovered their composure
and more serious already, they continued advancing.
- According to the map,
here we must turn to the right and we will find a cave.- Haruka commented while
reading that map.-
- It's after four
o'clock- Michiru informed with a tone tinged with nervousness. - We have
entertained ourselves so much talking that we have lost our time and within an
hour the light will go. Maybe it would be better to come back and return at
dawn.
- Too late - her
partner replied - it would take us a lot to go back to the forest exit if we do
not get lost. Also, they would not open us in any house, remember what they
told us.
- I know - Michiru
sighed that she confessed not without an air of fear - but with every minute
that passes, I notice how an evil environment envelops us more and more, it is
still weak, but it is as if It wanted to wake up and know that we are here.
- I have that same
feeling - her interlocutor confirmed.- It is comparable to the sound of the
wind or the roar of the sea, remember?
- But this seems even
more terrible to me - Michiru added more uneasily. – Here it is the darkness that is approaching.
Haruka shook her
partner's hand and tried to comfort her.
- When we must fight,
we will fight, while we are together nothing bad will happen to us. Have
courage! We cannot falter before we start, we are warriors of justice.
- You're right, thank
you for preventing her from failing.- Her friend smiled.-
- You have done the
same for me many times - Haruka replied with a tender look in turn. -
Encouraged
by the determination of her companion, Michiru went ahead. She thought in turn about
many things. Her life with Haruka, the time shared with her other war comrades.
The love she felt for everyone, especially for Setsuna and Hotaru. Without
forgetting of course the devotion towards her sovereign. In fact they had gone
through many things all together. Now maybe they had to live their separate
lives. At least until it was time to reveal to the world as they were.
- One day our kings
will have to save the world from a terrible threat. Although now we must focus
on this one that also seems very serious .- She said to concentrate .-
It
was almost five o'clock, the sun was losing strength as seen on the horizon, he
had begun to describe the inexorable curve that would hide him from their eyes,
depriving them of the protection of their rays. At last, the girls reached the
height where the cave was marked. Sure enough, they found a grotto that was big
enough to walk in, took out the flashlights to venture inside.
- We must be very
careful – Haruka warned - they could be here, hidden from the sun
Michiru
nodded softly, so the two advanced carefully trying to silence each step they
took, although they had no choice but to point their flashlights to illuminate
their route. They strained their ears waiting to detect any sound but all they
heard was the insistent clatter of water dripping on the stone, that cave
seemed to have some underground current. Fortunately, there did not seem to be
anything else, they finally managed to gain the end, the luminosity grew until
the sunset tones. They went out into a clearing surrounded by a row of stones
arranged in a circle. They observed that the sun had already set and the only
thing that reminded him of even a brief moment was the rosy tone of the
horizon. Both watched as this last glow of light vanished with a feeling of
growing anguish running through their stomachs. It was a feeling comparable to
breathing with difficulty. To eliminate it, Haruka focused her attention on
those stones.
-What is this? - she
asked aloud. -
- It looks like a place
that Minako once described to me, she saw it when she was in England. It was a
kind of magical altar or observatory, I do not remember well - Michiru replied, being interrupted by her friend with
a wave of her hands. -
- I think I heard
something, - Haruka whispered pointing to some nearby bushes. - We'd better
hide.
They
ran towards some rocks to cover them, and a short time later, among the first
shadows of the night, they saw several figures advancing, entering the circle.
They counted seven or eight. Another figure emerged later, it looked like a
woman, but they could not say for sure, they just fixed themselves in the
length of her hair waving in the cool night breeze. She raised her arms to
heaven and the others imitated her. Then, to the amazement of the girls, the
woman and four of them rose through the air leaving the place.
-Have you seen that? -
Michiru whispered. - Of course they are not human, I am sure about it. Thank
God they have not seen us.
- I would not be so
sure, - Haruka replied as she made her companion repair the other four who were
heading towards them.-
They could see better now that they
were closer. Their eyes shone in an amber color. When they were illuminated by
the lantern, they discovered with horror people who dressed like any ordinary
inhabitant of the town but who disfigured their faces with two long fangs and a
malicious, grim and fixed look on them. They walked slowly, reaching out their
arms to try to catch them. The two were forced to retreat, but those beings
surrounded them, there was only one way out.
-Let's transform
Michiru! - Haruka shouted at her companion. -
Covering
each other back to back they took out their transformers invoking their power,
they appeared like sailors but that did not seem to impress their enemies at
all. One of them held Michiru by one arm.
-Let me go! - She cried
frantically, hitting the vampire in the face. -
The
monster did not seem to accuse the blow, Haruka wanted to go to the aid of her
companion but was surrounded by the other three beings.
- Get away from me, you
damned! - She shouted at them, continually watching each of them trying to
anticipate anyone who decided to attack her. –
The
sailor did not want to wait and launched her Earth tremor to knock them down.
She hurried to come to the aid of Michiru, but she had disappeared under three
of these beings who had joined their companions. Those individuals crouched
over her like scavengers who wanted to tear up the remains of a prey.
-Deep submerge attack!
– It could be heard among the snarling animals that issued those beasts. The
attack of Michiru managed to remove them from her by dispersing them. -
As
soon as she recovered she met Haruka but the vampires had already recovered and
were returning to surround them by narrowing their encirclement.
-Have you noticed? -
Exclaimed Michiru, horrified. - At that distance our attacks would have killed
a normal person.
- But they are no
longer human - Haruka replied, also stunned. - We must destroy them in another
way, take out the water ...
Her
companion took a bag from her and from it the little bottle of holy water that
now shone with a clear blue flash.
- With what could we
attack them? - Michiru asked searching through her things as she weighed
fearfully - the water will not be enough for everyone.
- We have to use the
first thing we have at hand, - her companion said.-
And
she did it immediately by tearing a pointed tree branch that she threw against
the first vampire that approached her crossing his chest, he fell to the ground
among terrible screams.
-You've finished with
one! - Michiru exclaimed hopefully -
But
the rest of them kept going unperturbed, they did not care in the least about
the fate of their companion. Michiru imitated her friend and pulled another
branch through with one of the creatures that threatened to be thrown on her.
Haruka struggled against two who tried to catch her and managed to repel them,
but her partner was not so lucky. Another managed to hold her and the rest
nailed his fangs to the neck of the girl who screamed in pain, noticing every
second how her blood and vital force were lost.
-Michiru! - Haruka
yelled as she struggled to escape the pursuit of her attackers. - Resist, for
what you want, I'm coming.
Showing
her crucifix managed to push back those beings, grabbed a stake from the
backpack and crossed the back of the one who bit her girlfriend. That being
took off his fangs from his victim and uttering a horrible grunt fell to the
ground. The other who held her and a companion turned against Sailor Uranus,
but Michiru, still badly wounded, nailed them with two branches of trees that
she had uprooted almost with her last strength. The vampires fell, same as
Neptune who collapsed semi unconscious. Haruka came to her rescue but she
forgot that there was still another vampire who grabbed her from behind. She
tried to escape but she could not. Her captor was about to bite her. Michiru,
apparently somewhat recovered and drawing strength from weakness, sprayed him
with a little holy water, the vampire released Haruka and began to burn between
horrible screams. Uranus was finally able to help to her companion who had
fallen flat on the ground, completely lacking in strength.
- Michiru, Michiru! How
are you? - Haruka asked with great concern -.
- I'm very bad- she
answered with a thin voice. - The blood burns and my head spins, I have hardly
any strength, I cannot even stand up.
- Right now we will
leave this wicked place.- Her companion said trying to encourage her. - We've
finished with everyone, let's hold on tight. I beg you!
Haruka
lifted her exhausted companion into her arms and stumbled through the forest
through a tortuous path, illuminated only by the moonlight that shone with a
bloody tint. After a long walk that became eternal, she finally reached the
car, climbed up to her friend and arranged her as best she could. She started
the engine and run without losing a second, towards the house of the Amish.
- You'll get well, - she
repeated over and over again to Michiru who was struggling with a fever, having
feverishly delirious. - The Amish will cure you, you'll see.
Her
friend did not respond, she only muttered unintelligible things. Haruka was
increasingly scared, her partner's condition was getting worse at times.
Finally and to her relief, they arrived at the house. It was dimly lit inside, she
could see it through the slits of the shutters. She got out of the car and
called with vehement blows.
-Open the door, please!
my partner is hurt, we need your help. -She repeated her request frantically
but nobody seemed to hear it. Then she remembered with horror the words of the
old man, if they came back during the night, no one would open them. They would
think that they had become part of those horrible beings, who would have become
undead - Oh shit, shit! - Haruka spat, pounding on the door with desperation. -
We're fine, we're us!
But
that was useless. She was about to turn around and go back to the car when she
heard the sound of a childish giggle. She looked quickly after her and saw a
small silhouette sneak around the corner of the house, followed it as quickly
as she could but did not see her again, instead she ran into someone who rushed
at her. When Haruka illuminated him with her lantern, she realized with horror
that it was Ezekiel who was turned in a vampire. She could barely dodge and
counterattack with her trembling earth. Whoever was his guide was fired several
meters falling right on the fence that impaled him. The sailor approached
cautiously with the cross in her hand in case she had not finished with him and
her caution was justified, the vampire tried to get up like a spring, the fence
had not pierced his heart. Haruka, luckily, interposed the cross making him
retreat terrified. Without any kind of regard she took the opportunity to cross
his chest with another segment of fence that started with all her strength. Now
he did not move anymore. Feeling deeply ashamed the sailor returned to the
cabin, with a couple of kicks she managed to knock her down entering the house
to discover a horrible spectacle. They all seemed to be dead, but it was not
the work of the vampires, a strange peace was drawn on the faces of the woman
and the child she was hugging. None had bite marks. Haruka, visibly horrified,
turned around, but the old man's trembling voice stopped her. He was still alive.
However, his precarious state indicated that not for long.
- They cannot suck the
blood of the dead, or the poisoned, it does not work for them, - muttered this
one. -
- Good God, what
happened here? - Haruka exclaimed almost with a babble. -
- Thanks to the sky you
are still human- the old man replied, adding weakly. - It was them, they
converted my son who came back at night. Despite his entreaties we did not let
him in but in a moment of carelessness he convinced little Esther. He caught
her and taking her outside while several of them entered the house. I was able
to call my daughter-in-law and my grandson and force them to take a poison. The
dose of them was deadly almost instantly and mine. Well, there was little left,
so I'll take a little longer, but at least I saved their souls. God forgive me
I had no other alternative.
Haruka
was unable to utter a word, the horror and disbelief had completely annulled
her speech, she looked at the lifeless bodies of the woman and the child and
that shook her. Despite having to fight on numerous occasions against evil, she
had rarely seen that face so terrible. But Michiru was seriously wounded and
she had to help her, she could not get carried away by that horror. At last she
overcame enough to want to know.
- My partner is badly
hurt, they have bitten her, what can I do to save her?
- Kill the chief
vampire, who is the origin of everything, or give your friend holy water to
drink while also washing the wound from the bite. - The old man whispered - but
you must hurry, every second that passes is fatal for her ... do it before she
becomes ...
And
the old man did not speak again, he was dead, despite Haruka's efforts to
revive him nothing could be done. She realized that nothing could be achieved
by staying there, she went outside running. She went to the car to escape from
there with Michiru as soon as possible, she had to find the chief vampire.
Fortunately she had a lot of holy water with her, enough she believed.
Exhausted, she opened the door of the vehicle to discover terrified that her
companion was no longer there. Instead, a brief note written in a beautiful and
gothic red calligraphy and addressed to her with a sinister invitation.
-If you want to meet
your friend, you just have to come and see me. I'll gladly wait for you, dear.- Sarah. -
Below
the sign the note indicated an address on a map, it was not too far, crossing a
part of the forest the plane indicated a mansion. The young woman tried to
calculate the approximate distance, but the ink ran quickly, or was forming
lumps. She soon realized with horror that it was blood, possibly her friend's.
With a chill, she started the engine and drove at full speed, the minutes were
vital, the life and soul of her friend were in grave danger! It was very close
to the road that ran parallel to the forest when the car began to roll in fits
and starts, stopping more and more. Haruka noticed that the gas gauge was zero,
like the reserve, the car stopped refusing to move another meter.
- Not now, damn it! -
she screamed desperately hitting the steering wheel with anger and frustration.
-
But
she did not have time for regrets, so she took out her backpack with all the
equipment she had left and she got out of the car, from a distance she could
see the roof of a big house. She calculated that it would be a few hundred
meters away and ran towards it as quickly as her legs allowed her. Despite
being a great athlete it took her about ten minutes to arrive, the uneven
terrain made her stumble again and again. The dense darkness that surrounded
the place made the road very difficult, even that sinister moon refused to
cooperate hiding among some black clouds. Exhausted, she arrived at the front
door of that damn house, she allowed herself a few moments to catch her breath,
it would not do her any good to get exhausted. How she missed the beans that
Setsuna had brought them before! But now there was nothing to do but try to
recover some energy, so once she felt better decided to try her luck with the
door. She prepared herself for the grueling possibility that the door was
solidly closed, in her condition launching a world shaking attack would leave
her without strength. However, to her surprise, the door was ajar. She only had
to push it slightly to open it widely, as she did it, the door sounded with a
screech worthy of the best horror movie.
- Those bastards are
inviting me to enter. They think they have me at their mercy - she thought very
upset as she tried to discover anything suspicious inside. - Well I swear you
will regret it...
Finally
she entered, thinking only of the well-being of her girlfriend and partner.
On
the other hand Michiru had not gone well at all. A while before when Haruka had
left it inside the car she was struggling between the sweats that produced the
fever. She felt death, veins burned inside her as if someone had injected
boiling water or worse, corrosive acid. She was so hurt by what her senses
began to dull. She barely noticed how lifted her in somebody´s arms and took
her out of the car, taking her up into the air. She must have lost
consciousness because when she recovered she found herself lying on a soft silk
couch. Michiru opened her eyes to discover those of a beautiful brunette woman
who was watching her intently.
-Where I am? - Could
ask Michiru still stunned but finding herself better. Her pains had
disappeared. At least for the moment.
- You are with me - the stranger said with a whisper to ensure
with rejoicing. -And you're going to join our family.
The
sailor now noticed the presence of two men, or so it seemed, because it was
clear that their amber eyes with dilated pupils and sharp fangs, they could not
be. Immediately she understood what that woman was referring to.
-Do not! - Michiru
exclaimed trying to get up without much strength. - I won’t allow it!
- You must not fight or
you cannot - Her interlocutor smiled showing in turn two sharp fangs in her
mouth to ensure even looking funny. - In a few moments you'll just thank me.
Michiru
was very weak, her legs failed when she wanted to get up and run, those two
guys grabbed her by the arms to keep her from falling and the woman who spoke
to her stood beside her, carelessly stroking her hair and face.
- My name is Sarah. - She
said - And you are Michiru, I know, I heard your companion calling you.
- She will come for me
- the sailor stammered that she could barely think clearly. - She must be on
her way.
- I hope so. - Sarah
smiled, licking with libidinous to sentence. - So we can have a good time all
three together. You know? From what I have seen in you, you are two very
special women. I would like to enjoy with you.
And taking Michiru's
chin Sarah pulled her towards her. Her victim tried to resist but could not
avoid it, receiving a long and voluptuous kiss in the mouth.
- Put her on the sofa.
- Sarah ordered her assassins who obeyed quickly tearing the sailor uniform of
the girl to leave her breasts exposed. -
- No - the girl whispered
noticing how her head was spinning. She was too stunned to try a serious
resistance. - No! ... leave me ...
- You'll enjoy like
never before in your life - Sarah declared stripping off her gauzy clothes that
let glimpse the stylized curves of her body. -
Standing
on Michiru, she merged in an embrace with her and began to kiss her through all
the erogenous parts of her body in a downward direction. The two vampires did
the same crossing the breasts of their impotent prey. Michiru, in fact, could
not help but moan with pleasure as she felt a deep chill run through her body.
Through the mist she could see Sarah separate from her and enjoy the two men.
Then their limbs brushed the sailor's lips as Sarah licked them with delight as
she kissed her.
- Now you enjoy
yourself - Sarah whispered as Michiru felt one of those virile attributes enter
her mouth .-
Almost
instinctively she licked it and stroked it with her tongue until she felt a
liquid fill her throat. It was then that Sarah bit her by joining the pleasure
to the sharpest pain she could imagine. She noticed with the little blood that
was in it would be lost. But when she thought she was going to die the vampire
told her two servants to step aside and placed one of her breasts over her
mouth.
- Go on - she prompted –
do not hesitate and try me. You must be thirsty. My baby. Do it and be my
daughter forever ...
And
Michiru obeyed, something inside her urged her to want to do it. She bit the
chest of her captor who also moaned with pleasure. The girl now felt the bitter
taste of blood slide between the corners of her mouth and discovered that it
excited her and managed to quench her thirst. Those guys reappeared letting
themselves also bite in the neck by Michiru who experienced a frenzied frenzy
in doing so. When she was satisfied she could feel her mouth feeling a pair of
thin incisors protruding from it. Sarah looked at her with a broad smile and
declared satisfied.
- That's it, you're
almost ours.
- I want more, - the
girl asked almost with a hissing gasp. - I need the blood of the living.
- That's what you need
to complete your transformation, so I told your friend where we would be and
I'll let her get here alive. As soon as you are satisfied with her, you will be
entirely of ours ... - Sarah answered smiling. - It will not be long before it
arrives.
Michiru
also sketched an evil grin now showing long, sharp fangs and amber eyes stained
with blood.
Unaware
that all this had happened, Haruka, already inside the house, walked through
the wide entrance porch and the Hall to the bottom of a spiral staircase that
led upstairs. Before going up, she took a look at a couple of doors that had to
lead to two rooms. She hesitated between opening them or going up, but she
heard again that childlike laughter she had heard before when she arrived at
the Amish house. That made her choice, approached slowly towards one of the
doors, the one on the right. With great caution she went towards her, pushed
her open slowly, this time no chirp sounded. She entered a well-lit room with
abundant candles and discovered there, the smiling face of Esther, the Amish
girl.
-What are you doing
here, babe? - Haruka asked sweetly but also with suspicion. -
-Chiis! - answered the
little girl covering her mouth with a finger. - I've run away from them. I do
not want them to know that I'm here.
- Do not be afraid, I
will protect you – The sailor replied trying to reassure her. -
- Come – The little
girl asked. - I have to teach you one thing.
The sailor approached
her, but the girl stopped her with a gesture.
- That cross you have,
- She indicated pointing to the crucifix that hung around her neck. - Put it on
the door, so they cannot enter, it's a trick that my grandfather taught me.
Haruka
nodded and did what the baby asked, hung it on the frame, then returned to the
girl.
-And what did you want
to teach me? - She asked softly. -
- Look, there's the
door that leads to their refuge - Esther indicated with her little hand in the
direction of a door that opened on the other side of the room. - I've locked
them up so they cannot leave, but I've I hurt my leg and I cannot run, will you
take me? – The child asked with a pleading gesture almost ready to cry. -
- Sure, yes, sweetie. -
Haruka smiled caressing her long, silky hair. -What is more. We'll leave here
right now.
So
taking the child in her arms, she prepared to leave the room. She would leave
the baby in a safe place and return to destroy those monsters and free Michiru.
She passed slowly, with the girl in her arms, near the wall, carefully
surrounding the remains of what had once been a mirror. Some pieces were still
stuck in the wall. She almost cut herself with them, but managed to avoid them,
then she gave an exclamation of horror. However, the cause was not due to
having hurt with the crystals but to be reflected in them. At first she did not
give importance to judging it natural, but it only took a few tenths of a
second to her in order to realize that the girl she carried with her did not
appear in the reflection! For a moment her breath was cut off and only her
exceptional reflexes could save her. Esther tried to stick her fangs into
Haruka's throat but she let go of it in a timely manner. Scared, she was
staring at one of those horrible beings in that girl's body, her amber eyes,
with a catlike pupil and her long fangs left no room for doubt, even though her
mind did not want to accept it. The little girl approached slowly without
erasing a sinister smile from her face and said with a horrible hiss that
horribly disfigured her soft childish voice.
- It's a shame, I
almost cheated on you. But it does not matter, anyway you'll have to be ours.
Haruka
backed away in fright, it was an involuntary feeling, terrible as the aspect of
that being was, she kept thinking that it was a girl. She felt the door until she
could get her cross. She had to recover the courage to fight, trying to tell
herself that the monster that stalked her ready to drink her blood was not
Esther, but she could not accept it, her heart refused to do so.
- Come, do not be
afraid, - the girl asked, recovering a sweet and soft voice. - This will like
you. Sarah told me that she'll have a great time, like your friend, they both
enjoy it a lot, I've seen them and sometimes they let me play with them, you
know? We take off our clothes and Sarah touches me ...
-Enough! - Haruka
yelled, totally out of her mind. - Do not talk about these things like that,
it's an aberration, you're just a child.
-Why? That does not
matter - the little girl mocked approaching more and more. - Soon I'll be
older, good. Sarah told me that I will not grow anymore but I almost have
breasts. Do you want to touch them? I like it when your friend does it, and she
told me that you do too.
- No, it's a lie! -
Haruka howled. - Michiru would never do that to a little girl, ever! And I could not.
-Of course she did it!
- laughed that being, adding - and you will too, you'll see. You will like it,
even if I am small, I have learned what excites the adult women. Sarah has
promised me that you and I could play together. And you will teach me more
things ...
- Enough is enough! -
Haruka shouted trembling and brandishing her cross before the little girl - get
away from me or you will regret it!
The
child retreated with a shrill scream. Her next reaction was not to howl or
scream, she just sat on the floor and started pouting.
- Why are you so mean
to me ? I'm not to blame, she forces me to say it - she stammered, dropping
tears from her now precious blue eyes. - I do not want to be like that, save me
please!
Despite
all her prevention Haruka could not help but feel compassion for the little
girl. She looked at her face punished by suffering and her heart was unable to
bear it. She felt moved and was lowering the cross. That lovely little girl
looked so much like Hotaru, she had to help her and take her away from there.
She was so helpless and not guilty of her terrible fate ... she decidedly had
to save her and Michiru. Maybe if she had not yet converted at all there would
be hope for her, for both of them! Thinking about that Haruka approached the
child with prevention.
- Everything will be
fine. You have to put up with it. - She said trying to sound more calm and
cheerful.
Although
the girl just cried covering her face with her hands and sipped. Haruka came a
little closer, adding.
-We will soon be safe
... You'll see ...
She
was almost to her side and in an instant the little vampire jumped to her neck
showing again her bloodthirsty intentions. Despite the difference in weight, she
knocked down Haruka, who could barely hold her. The truth is that although she
was limited by that little girl's body, the vampire still had superhuman
strength. The fangs of her small mouth tried to reach the neck of her victim,
even came to touch her. Esther smiled with a terrible grimace of sadism, pulled
her tongue licking the neck of her prey. Haruka had only one possibility. She
reached back and managed to get hold of a stake that interposed as a barrier
between the girl and her, then, with a kick, managed to push her away. The
vampire launched herself once again on her prey. But this time her opponent was
ready. The warrior placed the stake in position and the inertia did the rest.
Esther impaled herself with her momentum and fell to the side, the sharp stake
piercing her heart and coming out of her back. Now she had that angelic look
again and looked at Haruka with agonizing eyes, blue as the sky. She could only
babble in a whisper.
- Thank you. Now I can
go to Heaven ... - and no longer said, she closed her eyes this time forever. -
Contemplating
the scene in silence, the tears rolled down the cheeks of Haruka, the brave
Uranus warrior who had fought so many times against the evil without
retreating, collapsed now because of the tears. Looking at her own hands
stained with that blood and seeing the girl's lifeless body, she could not
think that a few moments ago she had been a vampire willing to kill her and
drink her blood. She only saw a helpless little girl and her cruel destiny. She
cried hugging Esther's lifeless body as she had not done since her father died.
-Do not! Why? Why? This
is not fair, for God's sake! - She screamed sobbing at the anger, grief and
frustration she had. - Damned monsters, I will destroy you all, even if I do
not do anything else in my life!
Taking a deep breath, she
wiped away her tears, however painful it was that she had to go on, and pray
that Michiru had not experienced the same thing that happened to that unhappy
little girl who was lying in the room. Haruka picked up her cross, hung it
around her neck again and left.
-I have to continue. -
She commanded herself inflexibly. - Come on, stupid, it's not time to let your
emotions get the better of you!
The
other door on the left only led to an empty room, despite this there were some
things that would be useful. Unlocking wood from the windows that would serve
as stakes and some nails, she put them in her backpack and left that room. She
climbed the spiral staircase, which was the only way she had left un explored. She
progressed from step to step as fast as she could. At the end she stopped
listening to a few muffled moans that came from one of the rooms, tired as she
was of that situation, Haruka opened the door with a kick ready to face what
was there, but again she found herself unable to face that spectacle she could
not even imagine.
-What is this? ... No,
it cannot be! – She exclaimed horrified.-
Lying
on a silk sofa and completely naked, she found her partner and a beautiful dark
haired, robust woman who smiled at her while gently licking her friend's pubis.
Michiru moaned in pleasure and excitement. Haruka knew that moan well. In front
of her a stocky individual introduced her member into her mouth and Michiru
licked it with an almost mystical ecstasy, holding it with one of her hands.
Another individual as stout as the previous one penetrated anally this
beautiful woman. Haruka held her breath until that girl addressed her between
gasps.
- Would not you like to
join us? I guarantee levels of pleasure that you have never been able to dream.
- The sailor still could not pronounce a word and her interlocutor added with a
sweet voice. - I know that men do not call your attention, but between your
friend and I sure we can please you. Watch how she enjoys it. And who knows?
Maybe even the male sex ends up liking you same as Michiru.
Haruka,
frightened, could not take her eyes off her friend who kept introducing that
guy's penis in her mouth as if her life depended on it. At last, despite the
fury and bewilderment that invaded her, she was able to answer.
-No, that's not her.
And I'm going to finish with you to rid her of this curse - she said while
struggling to recover from that scene. -
- It's a shame, but
that's not going to be possible, I'm sorry you rejected my offer - Sarah laughed
mockingly. -
The
sailor pounced on her enemy with a stake in her hand but just when she thought she
was reaching her, the vampire vanished. Arising painfully from the ground and
now observing an empty room, Haruka realized that she had been the object of a
vision, that being was capable of creating hallucinations and playing with the
minds of her enemies. She should be very careful from now on. She left the room
trying to recover from the shock, but she had a few seconds to do it, two pairs
of bright yellow eyes were approaching her. Immediately she sought protection
on the wall and brandished one of the stakes in her left hand, pointing her
flashlight at those evil eyes with her right. She recognized those two
individuals who had appeared in the hallucination, but now she had a feeling
they were real. And of course she was not wrong. One of them jumped trying to
catch her. Haruka pulled away with the stake in his chest, the other looked
puzzled, which was enough for the sailor to crush his cross against his enemy's
forehead. Releasing a frightening scream that being began to burn. Once
eliminated both she continued her way down the hall. This time she was not
going to go wrong because one door in front of her opened wide and the voice of
that woman invited her to come closer.
- Come in, come in, I
really wanted to meet you.
Haruka
entered cautiously, holding her crucifix with all her conviction. Again the
scene could not be more rugged. That naked woman was holding Michiru's head
between her legs, she was busy licking her pubic hair. In turn, the vampire
woman crouched over her victim and licked the belly of the victim leaving some
scratches slightly bleeding with her fangs. This time the scene did not affect
Haruka who did not want to fall into a new hallucination.
- The same trick will
not be twice on me – she smiled with defiance. –
- I know you're very
smart- the vampire smiled in turn adding not without glee - that's why I have
not even tried, - And to prove it she left
Michiru free and she got up looking at Haruka with cold eyes full of lust .-
There you have it, She is the person you were looking for, right? But you lose
your time. Now she is mine, totally mine.- The vampire smiled. -
-You're lying! - Haruka
replied. -She's not yet yours, I'm sure I can free her from you.
- If that's what you
think, - Sarah laughed, showing two sharp fangs under her fleshy lips as she
ordered her prey. - Michiru, show your partner that you are now only my slave.
Like
a spring, the questioned woman jumped on what had been her friend trying to
bite her with two fearsome fangs. Haruka managed to dodge the first haul, but
not the second. The sailor was held by her partner with tremendous strength. Uranus
was terrified. That kind of monster that tried to close her jaws on her neck
could not be Michiru. She remembered her with that smile and her usual
tenderness. Playing the violin in such a virtuous way that it made her cry or
even playing between the sheets. The blonde warrior did not separate from her
mind the kisses that both were given, warm, soft or passionate, nor forgot the
laughter and joy when, together with her friends, they shared some homely
evening. However, she had to put that aside and use all her strength to try to
hold on to that avid beast by sucking her blood.
-I will never forgive
you, damn! - She exclaimed while fighting for her life.
Sarah simply
smiled, showing her long, fine fangs between those red and fleshy lips,
approached unhurriedly until her prey whispered as it came.
- Now we will convert
you, you will be one of us and you will join our eternal orgy.
- I will never do it. -
Haruka answered while struggling to get rid of the grip! -Never, I rather to be
dead!
-Why do you refuse? -
Sarah asked her with a gesture of slight disappointment exposing with good mood
- your friend is happy, and you would be too. You are a very brave woman, very
intelligent and valuable and very attractive too. I know how much Michiru wants
you, just like me. Let me make love to you in a way you've never known. Uniting
our bodies and our bloods.-And according to the ending of the sentence, she
opened her mouth towards Haruka's neck. -
- Michiru reacts please
- she begged her girlfriend. - Do not let this demonic power possess you.
Fight! I know that you are still there.
- It's too late, -
Sarah laughed, asserting. - You cannot do anything for her ...
And
in fact, her former partner and lover was about to bite her when Uranus resorted
to one last desperate card.
- I invoke you talisman
of the pure heart, sword!
When
she pronounced these words a long curved sword with a jeweled handle
materialized in one of her hands, with it she dazzled Michiru who loosened her
pressure by covering her eyes with her hands and howling as if it burned, she
fell to the ground writhing in pain. For her part Sarah recoiled blinded by
that light. Haruka took advantage of it by gathering the few strengths she had
left. She rolled away from both of them and, already on her feet, took out the
vial of holy water while the vampire, overcoming the moment of surprise, told
her in a calm and even superior tone.
- Now you have two
options, dear. One is to kill me with that water and the other is to cure your
friend. You can still do it, but you will need the whole amount of the bottle.
You can choose. She is already so converted that even if you finish with me,
you won´t free her.
In
fact, her partner was incorporating. Haruka had not a moment to lose. It was
clear that Michiru was going to attack her again.
- Then the choice is
very simple, - Haruka replied holding her partner's neck and pouring part of
the bottle into her mouth. She did the same with the rest on her neck still
pierced by the marks of Sarah's fangs. - Come on, Michiru hold on!
At
the moment Neptune began to writhe in horrible convulsions, smoke rising from her
neck as if it were burning in a barbecue. She screamed in a shocking way. Her
friend was overwhelmed and very scared.
-Michiru! I beg you,
resist ...
And
finally Neptune fell unconscious on the ground. Sarah burst into a long laugh
increasing Haruka's anger.
-What is it that makes
you so funny, you fucking bitch? - She shouted furiously as she brandished her
sword. -
Her
antagonist watched her amused, smiled even contemptuously, shaking her head to
reply.
- Hahaha. How deluded
you are! I like that. I laugh at your stupidity, you should have killed me
before. Now, even though she recovers, I will turn you both into my slaves,
without that water you will not be able to defeat me. You are not a rival for
me.
- That we will see! -
Her opponent answered in defiant tone. - Let's check if you know how to do more
than behave like a cheap whore.
-Cheap whore? - Sarah
repeated incredulously, even snarling irritably. - Stupid! I taught Queen
Cleopatra the art of love. For centuries I have possessed some of the most
famous men and women in history, what will you know about all that? I made love
to the Marquis de Sade and slept with Lucrezia Borgia, and they, I can assure
you, were much tougher than you believe to be.
- You'll have to check
how dangerous I turn when someone push me beyond my limits. - Haruka answered
without fear, or apparently shocked by these revelations. - Come on! I'm
waiting…
Sarah
did not respond with words but by increasing the size of her fangs and
transforming her mouth into the jaws of animal expression. She then threw a
slap against Haruka that sent her against the wall without giving her time to
dodge her attack.
- That little sword
will not serve you – Sarah laughed with a sibilant growl to indicate her enemy.
-Look, look well around you and you will understand that you have nothing to do
...
Haruka
saw horrified as disgusting rats encircled her everywhere, and she was also
trapped by roots emerging from the wall. Sarah laughed in a terrible way and
approached slowly towards her, with the security of the hunter who knows
cornered and defenseless her prey.
- Now you're finally
going to be mine, my new and most precious concubine.- So she opened her mouth
to give her the deadly bite, but Michiru's voice stopped her. -
- No, it will not be,
it never will be! - She shouted, struggling to get up and repeating these
words. -I invoke you talisman of the pure Heart, mirror ...
Having
said this, a beautiful mirror with brocades of gold appeared in her hands,
Michiru directed it against the visions that tormented her friend making them
disappear, there were no rats or roots to hold her back. Sarah moved away from
that object, it was the only mirror that managed to reflect her, because it
only showed her essence of evil, something that tormented any being, however
perfidious he or she was. Haruka took advantage of that moment to pierce her
heart with her sword.
-Enjoy this, you filthy
asshole! - She snapped removing her weapon inside her enemy. - This happens to
anyone who tries to mess with us.
Sarah
howled in pain but, despite this serious injury that would have been fatal to
any of her other comrades, she managed to pull her sword and back off. She
staggered and was able to reach the window in fits and starts. She opened her jaws
now showing her two fangs that seemed to have increased in size.
-I will destroy you!
What you have done to me, I will not forgive you ...
-Come for us if you
dare. - Michiru challenged her, raising the mirror with great difficulty. -
Despite
her bravado, the young woman felt very weak. Her head was spinning and she was
almost on the verge of fainting. She barely remembered anything of what
happened. She was in a fog of confusion. However, she had to endure.
Unfortunately, she was so exhausted that she bent one knee.
-Have courage, hold
on.- Haruka asked her partner. Although she was not much better either.-
-Hahaha! You cannot
even stand up, - the vampire hissed, adding with glee. - On the other hand, I'm
regenerating every second that passes.
Their
adversaries watched with growing dread as that hole opened by the sword began
to close slowly but steadily.
-Now it's my turn .-
Sentenced Sarah who stood to take a step towards the humans.-
But
Michiru then raised the mirror. She had seen how the first rays of the sun
began to illuminate the horizon and managed to reflect one partially directing
it against her enemy. Sarah howled in pain ...
-You'll have a nice
tan, courtesy of the house.- Almost whispered Neptune.-
Now
it was that terrible vampire who, turning her head quickly, observed with
horror that within a few moments the sun would come out completely.
- For this time you
have defeated me.- she gave up with breathy voice. - But I'll be back, you can
be sure of it, although it takes me decades to get it, I'll start my reign
again.
After
finishing that sentence she was transformed into a large bat that flew out the
window, despite all their efforts the girls failed to catch her up.
-Damn! - Haruka spat
lamenting impotently. - She escaped, we had her and we let her go.
- Do not torture
yourself, you could not do more, - Michiru replied with the sweetness she used
to comfort her friend. - Me neither. We are too weak ... It has been a miracle
that we are still alive ... - She could finish with great difficulty falling on
her knees to the ground.-
- Michiru. - Haruka
could respond now with a softer and calmer voice, but dominated by emotion as she
knelt to embrace her. - Forgive me! , I should have been interested in your
state, are you okay? You had me very scared, when I saw you with her I thought
...
- No, do not fear
anything, I'm fine, I'm the same as always – Her mate reassured her - and
thanks to you. You have saved my soul from eternal torment. Besides to avoid
condemning yours. Sarah wanted to bite you. Then I had drunk your blood and you
mine to convert us both. And the most terrible thing of all is that I, in some
moments, felt a real desire to do it. It was such a strange feeling, as if it
had been in a dream. I do not even want to remember it, I would have killed
you.- She added anguished and full of guilt. -
- But you did not. And
that evil woman did not achieve her goals thanks God. - Haruka replied, this
time she said it with full conviction and acknowledged relief that phrase. -
Both
embraced without restraining their desire to mourn the emotion. Little by
little, the first rays of the new day bathed them completely, making them think
that everything had been a nightmare. After about three hours of walking
battered, wounded and exhausted, they arrived at the village where they told
everything that happened. The people of the place themselves were full of joy,
they healed their wounds and gave them lodging. The parish priest of the town
was grateful but Haruka, only asked a favor.
- Father, when we rest,
I want you to accompany me to be able to bury those unfortunates.
Afterwards,
both she and Michiru collapsed unconscious. When they woke up it was again
daytime. They could barely open their eyes, Haruka asked, when she was lying on
a soft bed.
-How much did I sleep?
-A couple of days. -
Responded the solicitous voice of her partner.-
Michiru
was beside her, taking her by the hand. She smiled with an expression of relief
and happiness. Now she was truly that sweet young woman with a delicate and
beautiful appearance. Soon she added.
-I woke up a few hours
ago. Almost at dawn. Luckily, everything is fine. We have been able to defeat
them.
Haruka
nodded smiling with that same happy expression from her partner. When she got
up, she took a bath, then had breakfast with voracity. At last, she was able to
meet with the locals. It was the pastor who explained to both.
-We went as far as you
told us. In effect, we recover the bodies of the family. But we did not dare to
go to that house.
-We'll go now. We will
accompany you and do not fear.- Haruka assured.- Nothing bad will happen to you
anymore.
The
priest and many volunteers agreed gladly, although afflicted by those deaths
the place was safe now, they could walk again at sunset without fear of those
infernal beings. They arrived next to the mansion where the remains of the girl
who had just begun to degrade were still resting. Even that angelic expression
still adorned her face. Everyone present watched in awe as Haruka took her gently
in her arms and carefully placed her in a small coffin. After digging the grave
they buried her. A small tombstone pointed to her name and the priest and
everyone present prayed. Haruka and Michiru did it too, and even remotely, they
thought they heard a lovely childish laugh. It seemed like the sound of a blissful
soul that flew towards her release.
-Rest in peace, poor
child. - Haruka muttered, her eyes covered with tears, but at the same time
happy that she had liberated the child's soul forever. -
Also
excited and pitied, Michiru shook her hand and they both returned to the
village. After that hard day they went to bed right away, they wanted to sleep
a few more hours to be fresh the next morning. Then they were ready to leave
the place. All the locals gathered to dismiss them. Haruka, without looking
back, started the car and took the road to the main road. The joy of both was
increased by walking step by step the way home, reaching the familiar
surroundings of the city.
- I hope we can celebrate
tonight.- Michiru whispered to her friend. -
- Of course yes, you
know I love it.- Haruka replied giving her a light kiss - and tomorrow more
toast with marmalade.
-I think I'm starting
to spoil you! - her interlocutor laughed, and managed to get her partner to join her. -
-I hope we're together
forever. But being the way we are.- Haruka could say.- Enjoying the love of our
loved ones and being able to give it back to them.
Her
partner nodded. So, the two finally headed the way home, happy to have left
behind with such a dangerous adventure ...
But
in some dark and remote place this evil creature slowly healed her wounds
preparing her return in a new place where her evil arts were not known and no
one noticed in her presence. In the depths of the earth, in some cavern or pit
not explored. That spawn of evil was hanging upside down. Then something made her
wake up. Almost with a gurgling voice she asked ...
-Who's there?...
She
did not get an answer, although she was still weak she went down recovering her
woman's form. Walking a few steps through the darkness. In that instant she
perceived it. It was a shape that cut itself off in its own blackness.
-Who are you? A being
of the night like me?
No
one answered her, though a faint bluish glow illuminated that being. Sarah did
not have to try hard to realize that this stranger was much more powerful than
her. He seemed like a kind of monk. Without hesitation she bent one knee,
bowing her head obediently before him.
-My dark lord ... I am
at your orders.
And
after a few moments she looked up. That being was limited to showing her a
great book of vermilion tops, and pointing it with a sleeve of the black sack
that covered him. The vampire even covered her face with her hands defensively,
but after a few moments nothing happened. When she removed them and dared to
look, she found that she was alone. Yes, totally recovered. Incredulous
observed herself muttering.
-It is impossible, even
with my power of regeneration I wouldn´t have been able to achieve this in such
a short time ...
Soon
her laughter echoed with its echoes that empty cavern. It was clear that this
powerful stranger had helped her. And in her mind a plan was now drawn. It
would not be necessary to take revenge on those two humans. Those who had
humiliated and damaged her so much. That was not important. She had another
assignment. She should wait but that did not bother her at all. It would be
even better. It would be decades maybe and by then, Haruka and Michiru would
not be there to stop her, the question was, would there be someone who would
get in her way? ...
EPILOGUE.
Back home in Japan both
had some great news that helped them forget that bad experience. Hotaru
accompanied by her father and Kaori came to see them. As soon as they arrived,
Haruka hugged the little girl without being able to prevent her eyes from
filling with tears, Souichi said quite surprised.
- Well, I knew you loved
my daughter very much, but it has not been that bad either, she has only been
away for a few months.
- Something has
happened during this time? - Kaori asked very insightfully. -
- You already know what
life is like for us as warriors, - Michiru said in a low voice, adding without
wanting to be more explicit, at least in front of the kid who was now joking
with Haruka. - There is always evil to fight against.
- I understand- her
interlocutor answered without wanting to go deeper to change the subject. - Do
you know something new about Setsuna?
- No, since she left
with Lornd and became a queen. We were at the coronation ceremony but that
happened several months ago. Since then we have been busy.- Haruka replied
wiping away her tears. -
- I missed you Haruka
dad- Hotaru said - and you too Michiru mom- added - Where is Setsuna mom? Has She
not seen you again from the planet of the saiyajin? I thought she would come to
visit us soon. - She said looking around the place. -
- You see. - Haruka
told her affectionately. -You know that Setsuna has gone away and that now She
has new obligations, but she will see us again, do not worry. I am positive she
is very happy.
Hotaru
listened not very convinced but at last, she said regaining a somewhat childish
joy. What sometimes surprised her companions.
-Will you tell me how
Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama, has gone in this time? ...
- Of course, - Uranus
replied emotionally - I will tell you many things.
- Wow, - Kaori
intervened. - I envy you, I have not gotten to call me yet Kaori mom.
- Yes, it's funny, she
calls me dad, but not Souichi papa! – Tomoe laughed - In that I still have not
been able to match you.
His
interlocutors smiled weakly. That man was a good person. An involuntary victim
of that evil Germanoid, the Daimon who possessed him, forcing him to work for
the forces of evil. He was even about to die, but thanks to Sailor Moon, he was
able to regain himself and return to a normal life. Nevertheless, he had
serious sequels. He was in a wheelchair for a while until he recovered and lost
most of his memories back then. Although that was rather a blessing. He did not
know, therefore, that his daughter, whom he simply thought was a girl, was in
fact a warrior of justice. And he also did not remember that his now wife,
Kaori Tomoe, whom he thought he knew as Kaori Night, was his assistant Kaorinite,
and one of the sailors' greatest enemies. At least until she was killed by
Mistress Nine, the malignant entity who then dwelled inside Hotaru. Then she
fell to the underworld and finally between the sailors, Emerald, Sapphire and
above all, Diamante, they took her out of there, bringing her back to life.
That woman, who was very sorry, kept in love with the good doctor. Eventually
he loved her too and they got married. However, that did not please Hotaru who
did have all the memories of that time, just like what her stepmother was now.
Both Michiru and Haruka knew that, in front of Souichi, they all had to play
their part. Therefore, and trying to avoid the grim look her stepdaughter gave
him, Kaori recognized, somewhat hurriedly.
- If you do not mind,
today we leave Hotaru with you to sleep. Souichi and I were going to leave
after visiting you. But, if we bother you or interrupt something that you had
planned, we will take her home. The truth is that we had to call you to tell
you. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
- Not at all. Don´t
worry. We will be happy -Michiru smiled. - We have missed her so much! She brings so much joy to this house! Also,
today we want to spend a quiet night glued to the television and telling Hotaru
things. And may she also explain to us what she has done in this time.
- We thank you very
much - Professor Tomoe replied, bending down to kiss his daughter and recommending
her. - You know, behave well and obey everything they say.
Hotaru
nodded and kissed her father on the cheek. As for her stepmother she just
dismissed her with her hand. Tomoe and Kaori meanwhile greeted the two girls
and left. Haruka and Michiru stayed with the girl, eager to give her affection
and tell her stories once more. But their warrior companion, as soon as her
father and Kaori left, let out their true nature. Then she looked at them with
a much more serious expression to say with visible discomfort.
-Damn stupid! We will
take her home, she says.
-You should not talk
about her like that.- Michiru asked softly.-
-It is true. She is
making a lot of efforts to be a good wife and mother.- Haruka added.-
-She will never be my
mother.- Her now annoying interlocutor stated.-
-Please Hotaru, do not
get angry.- Michiru asked her conciliatorily.- We are very happy to have you here.
You cannot imagine how much.
-It is true. - Agreed
Haruka.- You're a kind girl. Do not keep trying to show yourself so hard with
that woman ... She has already paid enough for what she did.
-I disagree. And
although I have to play the role of a daughter in front of my father. That does
not mean I've forgotten the terrible moments she made me pass. - She replied
the aforementioned adding now more softly.- For dad I do it gladly, because I
know that he believes that he was lost all my childhood and that he put me in
danger in that accident. And the poor man is blamed for no reason. Ignore that
I stopped being a girl as soon as I woke up as the Warrior of Destruction and
the Renaissance. However, for him I try to behave as any father would expect from
a daughter of my age...
Her
companions looked at her with a gesture of circumstance. Even distressed.
- Someday things will
be different. And I hope you get to realize that now, Kaori is not your enemy.
-Michiru wished with a sad expression. -
However,
far from being bothered by those words, Hotaru watched her and Haruka with
surprise. Then she asked, full of an insightful tone.
- Something serious has
happened to you, right?
Her
interlocutors looked at each other in a hurry, there was no point in hiding it
from the girl. Then they decided to tell her, by making a summary and omitting
scabrous details, what happened.
-It's awful! - Her
partner could say wanting to know .- Then you could not finish her?
-With having prevented
her from finishing with us we settle down.- Haruka sighed.-
-We will have to be
very cautious and watch from now so that monster does not return to sow terror
again.- Michiru declared.-
The
one who was also a warrior, Sailor Saturn, nodded gravely. It would be another
enemy to worry about. Although at the moment they could do little. After a few
hours Hotaru went to bed leaving her two companions chatting in the dining
room.
- Today I am not
sleepy. - Haruka confessed to her friend. -
- There have been many
emotions in recent days.- Michiru sighed wearily. - But I'm exhausted, if you
forgive me, I'll go to bed.
- Yes, go, you need to
rest- Her partner agreed not without promising. - I'll go right away, as soon
as I clarify my ideas a bit and I grow more willing to sleep.
Her
friend smiled and kissed Haruka wishing her good night, she knew that when her
partner said that it was not worth waiting for her. This one, indeed, spent the
night awake, remembering those not so distant moments, when Hotaru and Setsuna
lived next to them ... in one of those relaxed afternoons, in which they
resembled any ordinary family. In the living room the girl played tangle, that
was a game for which her father was also very fond of. Haruka did not really
want to play, but finally the insistence of the baby convinced her. So he was
with the left foot in the red circle and the right hand in the green. Hotaru,
turned the wheel and now it was Michiru that should be placed under Haruka with
both feet in yellow circles and the left hand on a blue one.
-Come on Setsuna mama!
- The girl shrieked happily in the direction of the kitchen. - Now it's your
turn.
- I'm busy making
dinner, sweetie, is not it enough for Haruka and Michiru? - she replied affably
from a distance. -
- Nooo, come please, they
are already busy. Come on, - the little girl insisted with a pleading voice. -
-Yes Setsuna, come
please! - Michiru asked laughing while confessing. - I can hardly stand it
anymore, this position is very uncomfortable.
- Come on!. Do not be a
party pooper. - Haruka added loudly. -
- Okay, now I'm going
... - the respondent yielded, objecting to that. - But not for long. I have
dinner in the fire.
The
much-needed young lady took a few seconds to arrive, was provided with an apron
and had a bowl in which she was beating some eggs, seeing her companions in
that position could not help but laugh.
- Do not laugh so much,
now it's going to be your turn. - Haruka warned her. -
- Come Hotaru, give life
to the roulette - Michiru asked the girl. -
The
little girl did it immediately and said in a merciless voice to Setsuna that
she had to leave the bowl on a table.
- Right foot in blue
circle and left hand in red.
- That's very difficult
- the required protested adding with blush. - I have to get between Haruka and
Michiru balancing at the same time.
-Oh, come on, Setsuna!
– Haruka laughed. - You will not be intimidated by that littleness, surely your
friend Lornd and you would adopt more imaginative postures.
The aforementioned
reddened visibly provoking the hilarity of her companions.
- Do not talk about
those things in front of the girl - she recriminated her partner who apologized
smiling. –
- Come on woman, cheer
up! It will be just a moment. Hotaru has convinced us both and only you are
left. Also, I'm starting to get tired of this position, my legs have fallen
asleep. So hurry up - Michiru urged. -
So
Setsuna barely took the position, the three of them were funny. Hotaru laughed
with a finger and turned the roulette to herself.
- Right foot in the
yellow circle and hands in the blues. - She said and immediately put herself in
position. -
Now
the four of them looked at each other holding their laughter, they trembled
because the fatigue was noticeable.
- Until when we have to
be like this? Dinner is going to be burned! - Setsuna announced obviously
worried about that possibility. -
- We can leave now,
right Hotaru? - Haruka asked with the strong desire that it should be. – We
have to dinner.
-Ok! - the girl
exclaimed adding with enthusiasm. - But then, after dinner, we'll play another
one!
- I do not know if I
can resist it, - Michiru teased trying to sit up. - My legs are falling asleep.
And
due precisely to the fatigue Neptune did not calculate well and moved Haruka
that lost balance, both fell causing in turn the fall of Setsuna who dragged
the little girl with her. The four of them were lying on the ground, the
situation was very funny and after a moment of silence, they could not help but
laugh ...
-My God! - Haruka
thought with a faint smile of nostalgia when she returned from those memories.
- So many things have happened to us, but everything has been worth it, just to
be with our loved ones.
Then
little by little the eyes of Sailor Uranus closed, the fatigue in the form of
sleep enveloped her slowly and she decided not to fight anymore, she entered
sweetly into the world of dreams, falling asleep on the sofa in the living
room. She would sleep to get up the next day, with renewed courage and wanting
to live new and more exciting adventures. One day she would tell her friends
Roy and Beruche and their little daughter would be the involuntary witness of
that story. A girl who, as she grew up, would resume the battle, along with her
own companions, against that hidden threat in the shadows. But that will be another
story.
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