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Guardian of Love

The Origins

Chapter 5 - Discovery of a Mental Connection

By Angel Love

Standard disclaimers apply. I don't own Sailor Moon, the Greek Gods or any of the characters that I have used to fashion them after. However I do own the Guardians, so please ask before you take them otherwise I am not responsible if they bite you.

Rose linked her hand through mine as Chesna led us over to meet the awaiting Guardians. When we reached them, Celestial gave us a small tight smile. "Quite a light show the two of you put on," she mused. "I don't remember any of the others doing that."

Chesna rolled her eyes. "We also didn't have the fates give us powers," she said tightly, clearly trying to refrain of saying anything more.

Celestial's eyes narrowed slightly before her whole face took on a bright expression. "Welcome to our group."

"Thank you," I said softly, while Rose just nodded at her, watching the leader of the Guardians closely with narrowed black eyes. I could tell that my sister didn't trust her. But she didn't trust people very easily, so it didn't concern me. But I made a mental note to ask her what it was exactly about the other girl that upset her so much.

Moving to stand next to Celestial's right was one of the male guardians. His black hair hung loosely to his shoulders, thick strands framing his handsome face. His uniform was white, the jacket hugging to his body, stretching across his wide shoulders, hinting at the muscles underneath. On the front of his uniform was the pattern of three red shooting stars flying over two black dragons, it buttoned up the side and ended long over his rear. His black almond shaped eyes slowly slid over my body before settling to met mine, holding my gaze with a look that caused a heated blush to spread across my cheeks. Altogether he was quite a breath-taking man, even with the intense look in his eyes.

He nodded to me, his eyes closing ever so slightly, still not releasing mine from their imprisoning stare. He was well aware of the effect that he had on me.

Chesna noticed my look and chuckled. "I see you've just encountered my brother, the heartbreaker."

At the sound of her voice I tore my gaze from his and looked at her, trying to hide just how flustered he had made me. I had seen a similar look from Eros, but unlike with the God, I was not completely comfortable with it, Vega was more of a predator than my savior.

She smiled sweetly at me and whispered, "He has that effect on a lot of people." Then more loudly so that everyone could hear her. "Angel, Rose, this is my brother, Vega."

I turned a shy smile towards him and again he nodded. "Pleasure," he took my hand pressing a kiss on the back of it, causing another blush to appear, this time a lot hotter and consuming my entire face, there was no way for me to hide this one from anyone.

I heard Rose growl low in her throat, a clear warning to him to back off. His black eyes flickered over to her and gave her a nod before releasing my hand. But he looked at her defiantly, a clear indication that she would not dissuade him from any further actions.

I snuck a look at my sister; seeing that she was debating on whether or not she should physically hurt the man in front of us, especially since he was supposed to be one of our allies. Then suddenly a mask of complete calm overtook her features and I knew there would be no blood shed on this day.

As my eyes traveled to Chesna, I noted that Celestial had a look of pure disgust on her face, but when I took a second look it was gone, and I brushed it off as my imagination. But as my eyes finally feel onto Chesna, I could see the clear amusement in her eyes. She obviously thought my reaction to her brother was very funny. I didn't know how to explain to her that my experience with men was usually harsh and cruel and nothing comparing to as romantic or charming as a kiss on the back of the hand or as unsettling as the look I could still feel directed towards me.

"Let me introduce you to the other Guardians," Vega's smooth voice broke through my thoughts.

I nodded at him shyly, letting him take my arm and led me away, assuming that Rose would be right behind me. But when I looked back over my shoulder I saw her give me a helpless look and turn back to the conversation that Celestial and Chesna had dragged her into.

I continued to let Vega move me across the room. I saw a short girl turn towards our direction, her whole face going red when she saw us heading her way. She had short brown hair, which curled up and under her chin. She also had the biggest soulful brown eyes I have ever seen. She was short, much shorter than Rose or myself. I could see where Aphrodite thought that she was mousy, but I could see her pure heart and innocence shining through those big brown eyes of hers and to me, she was very beautiful. Her outfit was like Chesna's, but instead of the light tones, hers was more earth tones. Her skirt was a forest green and the bows were beige. Instead of boots that went up to her knees, they laced up her ankle, and were forest green like her skirt. Her choker was beige, with the small black raven on it. Her silver tiara held a sky blue stone in it.

Her sudden stillness alerted the man next to her and he turned towards our direction. I could easily tell that they were brother and sister. His hair was cut short, but you could see that it sill held a small amount of curl to it. He had the same soulful eyes, but his were not quite as large as hers. His uniform was black and as he turned I could see the image of a large white hammer consumed by red flames.

Both greeted Vega with a nod, the girl blushing even more brightly, looking down at her boots. The guy looked at me a little curious and I couldn't help the friendly smile that crossed my face. "I'm Angel," I said softly.

He gave me a friendly smile and was about to offer a hand when Vega made a noise in his throat and he dropped it back down at his side, still smiling at me, but a little tighter. "I'm Osmound and this is my sister, Brenna."

I gave the other girl a bright smile, which she gave me a wary one in return. "Nice to meet you Brenna, Osmound. I am guessing that you are Faith," I pointed at Brenna and she gave me an excited smile. "And you are Virtue." I pointed at Osmound, who gave me a proud nod. I looked over at Vega. "And I guess that makes you..."

"Tranquility," he finished for me. Once again, his eyes holding mine. I didn't notice that the two siblings that we were just talking to moved away, sensing that Vega didn't want to be interrupted.

Slowly I saw his face close the distance between our faces, his lips just barely away from mine, his breath tickling my face in the most tantalizing way when I heard Rose scream my name. I jerked my head away and looked at her, just to see her eyes widen in shock.

"What?" I asked, not noticing that Vega had tightened his hold on me very annoyed.

She gave me a queer look and made her way over to us, at the same time that Eros arrived at our side, glaring daggers at Vega.

"I didn't say anything," she said when she got within hearing range.

I gave her a look clearly indicating I didn't believe her. "I heard you scream my name."

Rose shook her head, black eyes wide. "I didn't say it out loud, Angel."

"You mean I heard it without..." I trailed off, the two of us staring at each other. `This is weird,' I whispered in my mind.

Her eyes went wide and I knew that she heard me. Both of us looked towards Eros, who was watching us closely. He sent another glare and a snarl at Vega, who with a muttered promise that he would talk to me later, walked away to join Celestial and Chesna.

Both of us grabbed one of Eros' arms. "What is going on?" we demanded at the same time.

He looked from one to the other before nodding his head for us to leave. "I don't think the others need to know about this." He shot a look at Celestial, and then made a motion to his mother to follow them out.

As soon as we were standing outside the ceremonial room, the Fates appeared behind us, and Aphrodite appeared with another man in tow. Eros rolled his eyes at the other man's presence but allowed him to stay. "We have an usual occurrence here," he whispered, motioning to the two of us, who were still holding on to his arms.

The Fates for once looked worried. "This was not expected," Clotho said quietly.

"Their bond was stronger than even we knew," Lachesis spoke, eyeing us.

"We must speak in private," Atropos insisted.

"We can't talk here," the new man said. For the first time I looked at him carefully. He was an intense looking man. His unkempt brown hair was cut short, his Prussian blue eyes held a fire and determination that I had never seen. He was as tall as Eros and when I looked more closely I noticed they even moved the same. He was quite breathtaking; then again, all of the Gods were handsome beyond mortals' standards.

Eros nodded his head. "For once you are right, Ares."

The other man was about to make a comeback, when Aphrodite held up a hand. "We don't need one of you father-son arguments right now. Where can we go?"

Both Rose's and my mouths dropped open. Ares was Eros' father. But we didn't have time to reflect on that information because Eros broke into our thoughts.

"We can go to the Underworld," he said softly.

"Ew, Eros!" The Goddess of Love scrunched up her nose in disgust.

But Atropos cut Aphrodite off. "He will keep the others out."

"And we are allowed there," Lachesis added.

"Therefore he will allow you there for a short time," Clotho nodded at us.

"Then let's go," Ares said.

Suddenly we found ourselves in a whole new place. This place was not happy and cheery as Olympus was. It was dark and damp and reeked of death. I felt a hot wind blow against my back and I slowly turned to see the scariest sight I had ever seen.

There stood a huge dog with three heads and a dragon tail. Each of his heads was the size a modern car. Two of the heads were snarling at us and the middle one came close to me and nudged against me with its large snout. I did the only thing I could in the situation. I screamed and fainted.

When I came to I was held in the arms of a very gorgeous man I have to admit. His long chestnut hair was pulled back in a braid and he was gazing down at me with amusement in his violet eyes. But since the last thing I remembered was a giant dog I didn't take the sight of this man too well. I screamed again.

He put a hand over my mouth and laughed. "Easy, good-looking, I'm not going to hurt you," he said, with a grin on his face.

I looked up at him with wild eyes, not understanding what was going on until I heard a small scuffle behind us. The man turned and I was able to watch Eros wrestle Rose to the ground with the other's looking on, actually it looked like Aphrodite was passed out in Ares' arms, but in all actuality he was just using the excuse of the large dog to hold her.

"Let me go, Eros," Rose yelled from underneath him.

"Rose, calm down!" he yelled back at her. "Cerberus didn't mean to scare Angel."

The man holding me chuckled then called out, "If you two are done over there, the pretty girl that I am holding is awake."

A blush spread over my cheeks as all the attention was put back on me. "Um... I'm sorry I freaked."

The man chuckled. "That's quite alright. But that is why I don't let mortals down here." He glared at Eros. "Why did you bring them?"

"We needed some place to talk. These two are the newest editions to the Guardians," Eros answered. "But they seem to have developed something that even we didn't expect, Hades."

I looked up at him. "You are the God of the Underworld?"

He grinned at me. "What did you expect?"

I blushed. "Um… someone dark and dreary, not um… handsome." I blushed even brighter.

He grinned at me as he set me on his feet. "Thanks." He winked at me before he turned back to Eros, noticing the dark look on the other's face. He immediately stepped away from me with a small look of apology.

All I could do was look at him slightly confused, not understanding the shift in moods. But I turned back to Eros, deciding that I would not worry about that right now, for once my mind wanted to dwell on more important matters. "What is going on with Rose and me?"

"Yes," Rose picked up. "Why can we hear each other like we are telepathic?"

Aphrodite's mouth dropped open. "You two are telepathic? That is not a good thing."

"If Celestial or Hera find out, you both could die," Ares said quietly.

"Why?" I asked. "I don't see how it could harm anything."

"Unless you drive me nuts with your endless chatter," Rose muttered, crossing her arms over her chest.

I shot Rose a look and she just smirked back at me, so I stuck my tongue out at her.

"The fact that you two can communicate without words makes you much stronger than Celestial," Hades said, breaking into the conversation.

"Celestial won't be very happy with that," Aphrodite added, her pretty face pulled up in a frown.

"Why?" I asked quietly, a lost look on my face. "Aren't we all on the same team?"

Eros traced a hand down my cheek lovingly. "You are so naïve, Tenshi," he said softly. "You are on the same team, but..."

"Eros," Ares cut him off, with an icy glare. "Your feelings for the Guardian are affecting your judgment. If they are to work as a team, they must trust each other."

Eros and Ares glared at each other across the distance. It was obvious that they argued about many things and it seemed that I had just been added to that list of things.

The Fates who had remained quiet until this moment finally spoke up.

"Ares is right, Eros," Lachesis spoke gently.

"They must form a team, or else they will not succeed," Atropos added.

"Do not break that trust," Clotho said.

Eros nodded slowly, heaving a sigh.

I looked at Rose and without meaning to I spoke to her in her mind. `I feel lost.'

She jumped in the air and glared at me. "Don't do that," she hissed at me, causing everyone else to raise their eyebrows.

"Sorry," I muttered. "I didn't mean to." Then a wicked grin crossed my face. And I started saying her name over and over in her mind.

Aphrodite started laughing when she saw Rose glaring at me, realizing what I was doing. It didn't take the others long to figure it out and Hades too was laughing.

"Stop it!" she yelled, finally loosing her temper.

I stuck my tongue out at her and she suddenly pulled out her staff. In an automatic response I pulled mine out. We play battled with our staffs while the others watched in amusement. Then suddenly without warning electricity moved up my staff and at the same time she formed a shield. The electricity hit her shield and bounced back and hit me, sending me flying back into Hades and Eros, knocking all three of us to the ground from the force of impact.

Rose came rushing up to me. "Angel, I'm sorry. I don't know how I did that. I am so sorry."

Her rambles suddenly stopped when she heard me giggling. Eros and Hades looked over at me with raised eyebrows. And I could only laugh more. "That was fun," I giggled.

Rose smiled at me. "You are so weird," she laughed, as she knelt down in front of me.

And we both started laughing harder, while the others looked on in amusement. The problem about our telepathy was forgotten for the moment.

To be continued...