InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ Butterfly ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I don't own either Sailor Moon or Inuyasha. Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, etc, and Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, etc.

Chapter 1

`Butterfly'

“Princess…”

Pale hands rose to clutch the sweaty forehead, attempting to lessen the pains of the impending headache that she knew that would come.

“If you say `bald spot'the cat will scratch you”

It was the same thing every time.

“We will always be together, right?

“The enemy incursion is beginning, so—

Pain.

"Where there is light, there is darkness.

“Your coming here was destiny”

Gasp...

“The time has now come again for light and darkness to join hands!”

"…Why did you save me?"

Whimper

“Inside you, I saw the loneliness of myself”

Tears.

“What troubles my Hime no Chouko? Shhh… it's okay…… It will pass….”

Shadows covered the tunnels of the deep subterranean fortress, walls of rock and dirt tainting the moist air in each passage with the steamy fragrance of the earth.

She didn't mind the darkness, the mist or the solitude. It reminded her so much of the darkness, mist and solitude in her own mind that she found having such traits in common with the environment all around her even brought an odd sense of camaraderie and comfort.

As long as he was beside her, she didn't need much.

HE had promised to take her outside, when it wasn't so tempestuous and unsteady; he had said when he deemed it not dangerous for her safety to be allowed to wander in the open, in broad daylight. That time hadn't come yet, he would often say, caressing her head, running his fingers through her golden locks of hair. `Not yet, not yet…'

`…Soon'

Still, she didn't mind as long as he came to her as soon as he was back from each time he left; as long as he didn't delay coming to find her in the small indoor garden which he had had servants arrange just for her, filled with all the flowers he had ordered be transplanted so she could rejoice in the beauties of the outside world, right down there, in the peace and shelter of their underground home.

When he did come to her, they would often sit together, silently enjoying the simple pleasures of each other's company. Her sitting in his lap, his fingers once again running through her blond tresses— he really was fascinated with their shine, texture and color.

“…Butterfly?”

And it was in those sacred moments, that she would ask him again.

Please.

“Do you believe in Fate?”

Help me

Chase away all these haunting voices and faceless ghosts

So he would put his arms around her, rest his chin on her head, and start the tale she never got tired of listening.

“`As the wheels of fate turn, they spin a red threat'

`…that is nothing more than nonsense spouted by the weak'

`For the truly powerful, Fate and Destinyare things you create yourself'”

He looked down at her

“…That is, what I used to believe…”

Mystifying her with those entrancing eyes —and inside her head, she would repeat the same question of the voices in her mind—,

Why did you save me?

—crimson… so beautiful… and so comforting.

“It wasn't just a mere coincidence that we met;it was destiny, for I was fated to find you. There in the cave……unconscious. Slowly, you were dying. Itdidn't matter to me that you did not remember who you wereor anything else from your past.It was a sign, I knew, that whatever lay beneath those void deserts of oblivion, should be leftthere andburied.

“All I know is you're not from this world.”

“It doesn't matter.

“I had gone there to recover my heart, and instead found areason for existing…”

Hearing that, her eyes would lighten up, her arms tightening their hold around his neck and shoulders.

The Moon shines so bright tonight

Breathless.

“The both of us are nothing but anomalies, accidents never meant to roam this earth. You an outsider, expelled from another world and I, the creation not of God but of the will of countless beings; neither of us truly belongs… It was only natural we found our way to each other.

Inside you,I saw the loneliness of myself

“…We follow the same path, you and I, Butterfly.”

To Be Continued

A/N: Here's my request, I want to know what you guys prefer. Should I follow the manga canon, and erase Kikyo, Kagura, Hakudoshi, Moryoumaru and/or Akago, or should I go for an alternate universe, more similar to the anime, where some of them, if not all, continue to live after Naraku recovered Onigumo's heart? I have a few ideas, but I'd like to know your opinion.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this, and please let me know your thoughts.