Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alecto's Run ❯ Where does destiny lie? ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9: Where does destiny lie?

(Finished: February 12, 2005)

She tightened her grip on his hand, "I hate thinking about this. I want to see my real parents again. They always loved me and this world has done nothing but bring me sorrow and regret. When all of this is over I want to go home."

He glanced at her, his eyes showing what he knew of the fate of their system, "Home is probably does not exist anymore. That is why our parents wanted us to leave when they did. Your planet may still be there, but most, if not all, of the other planets are so far damaged and gone that there is little hope of rebuilding. I do not know, but odds are what we knew of our planets is gone. Our parents have probably been dead for years. I do not even know, or remember, what year it was when that all happened or how much time has passed there since we died."

As much as she hurt, she sat up fully, looked at his eyes. She moved her body carefully, before throwing her arms around his neck and just hugging him, wanting to comfort him, and herself for that matter. A few tears ran down his flushed face, and she buried her face into his neck. He moved her, just slightly, so that she was sitting on his left leg, and put his arms around her. All of this pain steaming from the evil that now shared his body, shared his thoughts, desires, losses, triumphs. They would always be alone now. Unless by some miracle their system, somehow, life was still going on, as normal, until the day the prince and princess returned.

"Please do not cry anymore." he said as a quiet whisper against her ear, "I have seen you cry far too much in the past couple of days. Your eyes should never have such sorrow in them."

"I can't take things anymore. Everything is so messed up. I just want to go where both of us belong, where we're supposed to be. There's nothing here for us." she said through her sobs.

He brushed his chin on the top of her head, and let out a deep sigh, "I know, but we can make it so that there is something here for us. Your memories have come back so fast that it is hard to deal with all of them at once. I would not have wished this on you, not now. You have so much that you must handle already and now your past has all of a sudden come back." He felt her tighten her grip around his waist. He lightly smiled to himself, knowing she was searching for comfort from him.

"Yuri, perhaps you should return home this evening. Your injuries should be fine as long as you are careful. However I would avoid going to the doctor at all cost. He will notice your internal injuries and if he finds out how fast you heal, no doubt that will give a clue on who you really are." She went to object, but he stopped her, "If you should get the headache, do not be afraid to tell me. I know how to take care of you better than that doctor can. There is very little he can do for you now."

She took her eyes from him. The secret that she was from a different planet would need to remain a secret for as long as she stayed on it. She probably would never tell her parents, if she did indeed leave, where she had gone. She was still terribly sore and wanted nothing but to sleep; away from everyone else, away from their eyes, away from their gossip, away to a place where no one cared what she looked like. She slowly got up, careful not to move her mid-section. She de-henshined from her senshi form, which had blocked almost all of the pain, she collapsed to the floor, holding herself up with one hand. She forced herself to get back up on her feet and walk out on her own power.

"You are in too much pain. Why is it that you feel you must push yourself in front of me? I can help you. You might have moved something." he said calmly, watching her.

"Your evil side will win, if I show I am hurt." she answered, using the chair as a momentary support. She took a deep breath in, and winced at the amount of pain, "I will not allow him to now I am still hurt. I will go home on my own. If you tell those senshi where I am I will not be happy with you."

He walks over and picks her up, furious at himself. The guilt of her being in so much pain by something he could have stopped. Even a simple thing as being carried hurt her. Rather than taking her into the room she had been in before, he carried her into his regular bedroom, and set her down. She went to sit up, and he gently made her lay back down.

"I want to go home." she said, anger slowly creeping to the surface.

"You need rest. Your mother and father would not know what to do with you. You'd be in the hospital and no doubt the doctors would run tests to see why you are healing so quickly." he slowly brought the blankets up, just to her shoulders, "Please stay here until that pain goes away. You are a quick healer, I promise I will not keep you longer than needed."

She closed her eyes and started to drift of to sleep, "I don't not like it when you do this."

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Something awoke her in the middle of the night. It took her a moment to realize where she was. She was laying on her right side, yet there was only a small amount of soreness. He was laying next to her, on top of the blankets, fast asleep with his arm around her waist. There was not a doubt in her mind that he had just fallen asleep, and sometime during that sleep he had placed his arm around her. She carefully got up from the bed making sure he had not woken up. Walking to the bathroom was a harder task than it seemed. The pain might have dulled to soreness, but the organs had not been healed yet. Leaning against the bathroom sink, she carefully inspected each of her ribs and felt no difference. A huge sigh of relief came out.

She went back to the bedroom and put a light blanket over him. She had to leave a note before leaving the apartment. As she headed for the door she found his desk and pulled out a sheet of paper and a pencil.

Yousuke,

Sorry to all of a sudden leave on you, but I must return home. My parents will worry and I cannot allow such a thing. My health condition has not helped their worry and I will do nothing to further such a thing. I know I said I would like to have my real parents back, but for right now these are the only people who are my family. My injuries are not as serious as they were when I went to sleep so I felt I needed to go home. It is better that I try to see my duty away from you. I will carry out my duty of killing you, but only if that is the last thing that can be done. Please know in your heart that you have done nothing to cause me any pain, even the injury I received. That was not you and our people would never hold it against you, nor would I. I do know that I am not fully healed, but I am well enough to go back to my family. Keep fighting the evil. I do not want to have to fulfill that duty some day soon. Our live are intertwined for all time and would not wish for anything else. Know that I will forever care and love you no matter what fate may have in store for us.

Yuri

She folded it in half and left it on the desk for him to find. She slipped into her shoes and carefully unlocked and opened the door. He would defiantly notice, the door was unlocked the following morning, but she had to leave. She feared for her safety. Even though he knew where she lived at least then she would be on her turf and not his.

It was still nightfall and walking back to her house would be dangerous, as Japan does not have a lot of street lights except in downtown Tokyo. Living on the outskirts of Tokyo had it advantages and disadvantages and right now walking all alone in the almost total darkness was one of them. She took the small roads where she could to ensure that no one would see her. She began to get a migraine in addition to her still very sore sides. After she had gotten her memories back she was sure the headaches would stop all together, but no such luck. She sat down against a wall that served as a fence to someone's yard. So close to home to have this happen to her now. As much as her head hurt, her thoughts were filled with the days events. No day, in all her life, had been as painful as this one. Physical pain was nothing compared to the amount of emotional pain she had gone through. A cold wind blew down the alleyway blowing up dust into the air. She coughed softly trying not to get any more dust into her lungs.

Why is it that I'm always alone when I need someone the most, she asked herself trying to stand up. As soon as she got up to her feet she began the walk towards her house. She passed the familiar vending machine her parents often got drinks from and how she wished she could buy something to drink. Home was only a block or so away now and she could see that the lights were still on. She watched as someone walked towards her and instantly she froze fearing the evil in Yousuke had woken up and tracked her down.

"Yuri!" her father's voice filled the air and brought tears to her eyes. He hugged her tightly, then pushed the hair away from her face. A few tears streamed down her face as she buried her face in his chest.

"Yuri, what are you doing out here so late at night and alone? You're not hurt are you? Tell me where you have been." he demanded bringing only more tears to her eyes.

"I'm alright, dad." she said softly her voice partially muffled against his chest. She looked up at him, "I started to get a migraine and I forgot my medication so I had to come home and I did not wish to wake her parent's up."

"You could have called one of us." he said still stroking the hair from her face. He gently picked her up and carried her back to the house. She allowed herself to fall asleep in his arms knowing she was safe at home at last.

He carried her into the house and straight to her room. Her mother had already gone to sleep from worrying and just plain exhaustion from work. He gently set her on the bed and pulled a light blanket over her. He quietly walked out of the room and was about to close the door.

"Dad?" she asked very sleepily.

"What is it?" he asked stepping back into her room.

"I'm sorry I made you and mom worry. I should have called. I had my cell on me."

"You do not worry about that now. You need your medication or are you okay?"

She closed her eyes and pulled the blanket up more, "Just need some sleep."

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Yousuke awoke early the following morning. He looked around and could not find Yuri anywhere. He fought with the evil for a moment, knowing that there was a good chance Yuri was going to get hurt or kidnapped again if the evil regained control. Somehow Yousuke managed to keep him back. At least now both of them knew who it was who took over Yousuke's body and had an idea of what they were up against. It would prove to be a much harder fight this time around, since neither one of them had any of their allies in this system. He changed into a pair of dark wash blue jeans, and a plain black t-shirt.

He stepped out of his room and began to look around the apartment to see if Yuri had gone out into one of the other rooms. No matter which one he looked in, he could not find her. He found the note on the desk and read it. It was painful to read it, knowing she had gone just to ensure her safety. He threw the note away, mad at everything that had happened. He felt the evil inside of him trying to regain control. It was coming on far too strong. The evil one laughed as he pushed Yousuke from his own mind. He pulled the note out from the trash, "So little princess you think you can just run home and be safe? Such a humorous action on your part."

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Yuri pushed the blanket off as she sat up in her bed. She rubbed her ribs a little, still feeling sore. She felt so guilty for leaving him alone. She changed out of her clothes and into a pair of flare legged jeans and a tank top, with a light baggy shirt over it. She rubbed her neck as she left her room to head outside for some fresh air. As she passed the kitchen, Yuri did not see either one of her parents. Their bedroom door had been shut and it was odd for them not to be home after an incident with her. She knew she was going to get into major trouble if she did not start going back to school soon. Just being in and out of the hospital and getting injured at Yousuke's hand, was not adding up to her being able to go to school. Luckily the high school would be understanding of her situation, concerning the hospital and her chronic condition.

Yuri slipped her shoes on and stepped outside. Chibi started to bark loudly, seeing Yuri walking towards her. Yuri smiled knowing her dog worried when she did not come out to play.

"Chibi-chan, you can't be so loud." she said scratching Chibi behind the ear. "Mom and dad won't be happy, nor will any of the neighbors."

Yuri looked around noticing both of her parents' cars were still parked outside. She was more than positive that her parents were not sleeping. There was no sound coming from anywhere, not even the birds. She ran back inside and grabbed her cell phone and henshin item. She had no choice but to go looking for her parents. She e-mailed Usagi using her cell phone, letting her know what was going on. Yuri ran back outside and saw that Chibi was barking at something.

"My gosh are you slow."

"Yousuke." she said quietly. She knew what had happened.

"Not exactly, but whatever. Never thought you would wake up." he said with an evil smirk on his face.

"Where are my parents Yousuke? Where did you take them?"

He placed his finger thoughtfully on his chin, "Gee I don't remember. It was several hours ago I do recall. I wouldn't know where they went in that time. I do recall your mother not being too happy about leaving you all alone. She's a fighter. Can see where you got all of it from."

"What did you do to them? Where are they!?" she demanded. There were not going to be any games this time. It had been bad enough her father had already gotten involved than to have her mother involved. At least if she got into a fight she was as healed as she was going to get. She took Chibi into the house and locked her in the house. It was going to be the only place safe for her only friend. He followed her to the door, just as she shut and locked the door.

"Where are they?" she repeated keeping her back to the door and her eyes on him.

He stepped closer to her, easily towering over her, "I don't need to tell you. Just join me and I will release all of the people I took while you were sleeping."

"I will not do anything you ask until I see with my own eyes that my parents are alright. You have no right to involve them when they have no clue who I really am."

He snapped his fingers and her parents laid on the ground in front of her. She ran up to them, checking for any major injuries.

"Yuri I would not hurt them. I want to keep you happy."

She didn't even raise her eyes at him, "I don't believe you. What happened to them? Both of them are out cold."

"Get up. Both are fine. They are fine now come with me."

Reluctantly she stood up and started to walk towards him. Little did he know that when she had regained her memories of all of her training that he had taught her. On more than one occasion he revealed where his weak points were. She still had her henshin wand in her hand, away from his sight. All she had to do was get him down for a moment. One small moment was all she needed to turn everything against him and let her gain the upper hand. She extended her hand out to him and waited for him to take it.

Just flip him onto his back. That's all you need to do. Two seconds and you can henshin and see how he likes the tables being turned on him, she thought to herself taking his hand into hers.

Yuri was sure to keep her face blank making sure he couldn't somehow pick up on what she was planning to do. She tightened her grip on his hand, then with one sure motion flipped him over onto his back. Yousuke's back smacked into the gravel of her driveway and it left him stunned that she had managed to do such a thing.

She leapt back from him, enough so that she was out of his reach, and revealed where she had been holding her henshin pen, "Show you don't know everything. Alecto Power! Make Up!"

Yousuke got to his feet and stared Alecto down, "Not bad, Yuri, not bad. Although that would be how you would do things. I taught you how to do just about everything you know. You are far weaker than you think you are. Standing here in front of me henshined doesn't mean a thing."

She clenched her fingers tight together and slowly circled him, not wanting to get a bad surprise, "You talk yet I am standing not even half a meter from you. Why do you continue to prey on Yousuke? Is it fun?"

"Actually it is to some extent. I know I cannot be hurt if I reside in this body." he smirked, brushing his pants off. "I told both of you I would make you pay one day. The dumb little prince and princess thought you could seal me."

Alecto took another step or so away from him. She had faint memories of other senshi helping her when she got in a jam, senshi from her own system. The senshi from this system were willing to help, but Alecto wanted her comrades that knew what she had gone through, the problems their system went through. She had to seal the evil again and if it meant her life once more so be it. Any senshi from her system would willingly sacrifice their life if it meant the others would be spared. That was seen as part of their duty. A duty that the prince and princess always took seriously when in a dire battle and made each senshi take that vow.

Her mind was filled with all of her former duties and memories. Things she would rather not remember at the moment. He began to walk towards her and gently took her hand into his, "Join me and I will leave you two to live your own lives. That I swear. You are just confused because you know all of your past, princess."

Alecto tugged her hand away, "Those are lies. Every last thing you just said is a lie. You take everything away from us and now you offer it back? You're just trying to trick me into doing this again. I won't be stupid. You took everything away from me and Yousuke."

"But I want to make things easier for you princess."

"Get away from her!"

Both Alecto and the evil looked at the small group of sailor senshi standing a small distance away. Alecto ran over by them, taking advantage of being in numbers.

"Little sailor senshi from this solar system. You are interfering with something you do want to be in. This is between me, Yuri, and Yousuke and therefore concerns none of you. Leave now and I will overlook that you even showed up."

He kept his eyes focused on Alecto the entire time and she stepped behind her new friends. She just wanted to go home, see her mom and dad, her own senshi again. Being on this planet was too much to bare anymore.

"You are hurting her can't you see that?" Sailor Venus asked.

""We stand by her beca...." Sailor Moon started.

"Sailor Alecto is meant to fight on her own. Her own senshi stuck by her only because it was duty. Not because they wished to protect her. If she needed help her own senshi would be along side her right now. This life is punishment for treating her own senshi so badly in the last life." Yousuke responded, watching Alecto turn her head away from his words.

"You're wrong. I'm here because I willingly sacrificed my own life to save my system!" Alecto said stepping back forward. "Not everyone would willingly do that. I don't even know why I did it anymore. You took over Yousuke and now you use him against me to get me to do what you want me to do. We sealed you long ago, but there was no point if you are here still blowing this in my face."

The senshi stepped back from her and just stared. They had not heard what had happened to her in her past life. None of them had expected this. It was cruel in every sense to even speak of something like that. They all glanced at each other trying to think of what it had to be like for Yuri to fight like that, but then again the guy could be lying and just doing this to just mess with her mind and nothing more. Not one of them could think of why any senshi would not want to fight for their future ruler. Alecto was alone without anything of her home world. It had to suck.

The question now was what were they going to do to help her? In truth they had no business, no right, to judge Yousuke or Yuri to the laws of this system. Just they could not let her fight alone like this. It was easy to be picked apart by youmas and get defeated, something none of the senshi wanted to really find out by first hand knowledge. No way could Yuri have been cruel in her former life. She wasn't that kind of person.

Alecto looked up at Yousuke, "I can seal you again. It is supposed to be done by two people, but I am more than capable of sealing you away on my own just like I was going to all those years back."

She held her hand out staring at Yousuke, "Knayd caymehk cfunt [Great sealing sword] come forth!" A broadsword, nearly a meter in length appeared in her hands. Ribbons around the hilt that wrapped around her gloved hand, "I will do this again, I swear on it. Every last thing you destroyed I swear I will seal you away again. Let Yousuke go or I will recite the words once more."

The senshi stared at the blade. Self-sacrifice for the greater good was something senshi knew they may have one day do, but watching Alecto with the blade it was sad. She was an honor bound princess. If her life must end to bring peace, that is what she did. Each one of them had respect for her in doing something like that. However this wasn't her home planet and her parents on this earth, would mourn her lost. They could never know the true reason why their daughter died. Too big of a chance that the secrets of the sailor senshi would leak out.

"Try it princess." he taunted, wanting to see if she indeed was willing to sacrifice her life once more. "You kill me and seal me, Yousuke goes with me. Can you seal away your love into the endless darkness?"

"If that what it means to keep you forever in the darkness you deserve to live in, so be it. At least then I know you cannot hurt him anymore." Alecto replied, staring down at an evil she didn't want to live anymore. Just one thing the evil did not know. She had no clue where the crystal was. Without the crystal, she might be able to seal him for a matter of months if she was lucky. The crystal and the sword had to be used or there was really no point. The crystal is what held the true power. But she had little faith in the power of the crystal her family had. Obviously it hadn't worked or they wouldn't be in this mess. Both had asked for a peaceful life without knowing of the evil. So much for that.

Sailor Moon touched Alecto's shoulder, "Don't do this. If we work together we can defeat him and you do not need to sacrifice yourself again."

"This is of none of your concern Serenity." Alecto snapped back. "This is my choice. I do not answer to anyone in this system. Yousuke and I made this mess and now we are going to clean it up so you do not have to fight this."