Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Heart of Darkness, Love of the Stars ❯ chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Heart of Darkness Love of the Stars

By: Ryu

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: see chapter 1

The two figures walked along the corridors of Shian Palace in silence. Neither looking at the other, always staring straight ahead. After some time they came to a set of chamber doors and the shorter of the two stopped, her companion following suit.

"This is your room." The shorter woman intoned. Her companion nodded, opening the double doors. "Aren't you going to check and make sure it's safe?" The taller woman questioned sarcastically. Her companion scowled briefly before covering it up with a sickly sweet smile. The other woman didn't miss it though. "Oh no I'm sure you'll be fine, Seiya-san. Besides, you're a big girl, I think you can handle it." 'Although I hope you walk in there and die a gruesome death at the hands of some assassin. Of course if that happened I could save the day and become a hero, her hero.' The shorter woman thought, her smile widening.

"If you grin any harder, your face will be cut in half." Seiya answered dryly, a sarcastic smile gracing her beautiful features. Her companion scowled, her dislike of the taller woman obvious. "Well I let you get to bed now. Pleasant dreams." She answered, fuming at her promise to keep her comments civil. Seiya nodded and went into the room, slamming the door in the other woman's face.

"That arrogant… bitch!! Oh I swear if I hadn't promised Sharra I'd beat that smirk right off her face!!" The agitated escort roared as she walked away.

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Inside the expansive bedchambers Seiya laughed her head off, at the other woman's outbursts. Of course she heard it easily… as could the rest of the castle. Shoulders still shaking in mirth the amnesic woman stepped out onto the balcony and gazed up at the three moons the loomed in Fighter's night sky. "Who am I? Why am I here? If only I could remember…" At that moment an incredible darkness chilled her soul and brief chaotic visions of destruction filled her mind's eye. 'You will serve me, and in return I will make you the most powerful senshi in the universe!!' A twisted, rasping version of her voice filled her head. Then just as soon as it began it was gone.

"Wha… What was that? And what is a 'senshi'? " The blonde-auburn woman groaned, clutching her head and falling to her knees. She gripped the ornate marble railing in one hand and gasped as she heard it crack and then crumble in her hands. Her crimson eyes widened in shock as she examined the fine powder dusting her hand. "Well what ever a senshi is it is strong. That is, if I am one…" The distraught woman sighed and stood dusting her hands. "I just need some sleep. Yes, I'll sort things out tomorrow."

The tall woman went to the wash room and cleaned her hands, splashing a bit of the water on her face to clear her head. Slowly she walked towards the bed and pulled back the covers. Gingerly she stepped out of her shoes and climbed into the feathered bed. Tucking herself in she settled down and was soon fast asleep.

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She could hear screams all around her. She could hear footsteps pounding against the blood red earth as dark clouds loomed in the sky. It wasn't always this way though, the ground was once a rich golden color and the people here were peaceful. No Longer. People running for their lives, panic stealing their sanity, they thundered towards her. A great mindless heard of cattle, that's what they were. They'd never escape, and soon they all would die like all the others. Wait how could she know these things about the people, this world and its fate?

Before she could question these things further the sound of a sword being drawn resonated behind her. Slowly she turned, only to be face to face with a great blade. She gasped in shock, but not because of the sword. The wielder of the blade was an identical copy of herself. No not identical, this doppelganger was clothed in a dark armor, and possessed great bat like wings that flapped in the breeze. This twisted twin had eyes that were so blood red they looked black, and about her head was a headdress that she had somehow managed to cram her hair into. The insidious image smirked at her, not the sarcastic one she would throw at that annoying bodyguard; this was a demented, hideous smirk that marred her features.

"I made you Seiya Tau'monlale. I made you great and powerful, come back to me and I will lay the universe at your feet."

"I don't know what you are talking about! Who are you? What do you want from me?"

"Look." Her doppelganger pointed to the dark sky above. Seiya looked up and her face twisted in horror at the sight. High above her twin was fighting her! This Seiya wore golden armor, her gauntlet-covered hands gripping a sword. The golden warrior flew in the air with great white wings, her blade clashing with that of her dark reflection. The armored Seiya fought with great skill and determination, but it was easy to see that the dark warrior was gaining the upper hand. Suddenly the dark double opened her mouth wide, and sucked the golden one in, swallowing her whole. In a flash of light the dark warrior took on the lighter countenance and armor of her defeated foe, but her face remained hard and evil. And in the place of her gauntlets, were golden bracelets. Seiya looked back as she heard her double laughing beside her.

"I own you Seiya. You thought you could escape me. Ha! I won't let you. Come back, embrace your fate and you will be rewarded."

The doppelganger held out a hand off to her right and Seiya's ruby eyes widened when she saw the princess of Fighter, Sharra Fautari take that hand. The beautiful princess smiled seductively at the shocked Seiya, before embracing the bloody armored woman beside her. The dark warrior smirked again before tilting Sharra's head back, and placing a passionate kiss upon the younger woman's lips. Seiya took a step back as the two moaned, apparently forgetting about the other woman.

Soon the two broke for air and the armored one looked at Seiya and flashed her dark smirk. That was starting to get on the other woman's nerves. "I can give this to you Seiya. I know you feel something for this sweet young thing here. Look at her Seiya, tell me your blood doesn't boil from fevered need when you see her." The evil entity glided her hands up and down the young woman's body drawing Seiya's eyes over the supple form. The amnesiac blushed and shook her head.

"No! I don't know what you're talking about! I just met her!"

"True, but you can see something others can't. Her starseed; it's singing a song of love to your own. You are her soulmate Seiya. Gives new meaning to 'star-crossed lovers' doesn't it?"

"What is a starseed?" Seiya questioned, clearly confused by the words of her twin. The amnesiac stepped back slightly as she watched the alter-ego grind her teeth in apparent frustration. For a moment the confused woman thought the evil version of herself would pounce upon her rippin her apart. Instead the armored Seiya sighed.

"Ah Seiya I am growing tired of your naiveté. Give me what I want and I will give you what you want. If you don't…" The dark woman trailed off and a flash of light burst from her hands and the princess of Fighter let out a blood curdling scream. Sharra slumped into the other woman's arms and floating before her was a small, glowing, many faceted crystal.

"Stop! What are you doing to her?! Leave her alone!!" The dark figure only laughed at Seiya's pleas.

"Beautiful isn't it? Almost as beautiful as my Light's You want her, I want Light. We understand one another, let me in and I can help you. Or…" The starseed shattered and Seiya watched in horror as Sharra's brilliant azure eyes flickered with light and then darkened like a snuffed out candle.

"NO! STOP IT!! NOOO!"

"You can't escape me…"

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A lone figure lay down upon the roof of the great palace and gazed at the heavens above. She smiled at the twin fire stars, actually distant red suns, so bright that they were visible at all times. What caused her to smile was that they reminded her of the vibrant crimson eyes of Seiya. Seiya… the blonde-auburn woman had captured her heart with a look. Love at first sight… Sharra looked vaguely frightened at that notion and let out a bark of nervous laughter devoid of humor. "Hmph! How silly. She's just intriguing that's all…" Yet the explanation sound lame even to her own ears.

'NO! STOP IT! NOOO!'

Blue eyes widened and the figure shot up looking around for the source of the voice. "Wait a minute… that was Seiya!!" The figure took off, bounding towards the location of the bedchambers the other woman was occupying. In a whisper of her henshin phrase, Sailor Fighter was moving with incredible speed towards the distressed woman. Skidding to a stop she jumped down onto the balcony to Seiya's room. Rushing in she gasped at the state of the bed. The other woman thrashed in the bed, the covers threatening to choke the life out of her in their tangled state.

'Stars she'll kill herself!' The senshi focused a very light amount of energy and burned off the covers, while keeping her ki from broiling the tormented woman. With the threat of the covers eliminated, Fighter tried to shake the other woman awake. "Seiya! Seiya, please you have to wake up!" For her trouble, Seiya's fist rocketed towards her face, which she barely dodged. Out of ideas, the dark haired woman straddled the thrashing woman pinning her arms. "Seiya! Please!" Ruby eyes snapped open. Before Fighter could celebrate, she noticed the distant look within the gaze; part of Seiya's mind was still in the dream.

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Her mind registered the warmth of another above. She looked up and focused on the beautiful visage of Sharra, still alive. Seiya ran her hands over the princess' face and smiled. "I won't let that happen to you princess. I'll protect you, love you. She won't touch you ever.

"Seiya…please you have to! The young princess begged, her eyes pleading and shining with utter devotion.

"Yes beloved I'll protect you." Seiya smiled and drew the other woman to her and their lips met. Passion burned like a living thing between them, giving the taller woman courage. "Seiya…Please!" Sharra whimpered and Seiya glided her hands over the flesh her outfit left free, which was quite a bit.

"Sharra… my love…my heart."

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"Stars… what in the hell is she dreaming about?" Fighter lamented as she felt Seiya's elegant fingers gliding over her body. She knew that her senshi fuku was skimpy, but never had it been this apparent! The senshi of Fighter bit back a moan, before shaking the other woman harder. "Seiya, I really, really need you to wake up now!" In response, the taller woman rolled over taking Fighter with her. The senshi groaned deep within her chest at the feel of the other woman's svelte, voluptuous frame covering her own. The feeling stoked a fire to an inferno that she never knew burned inside her before. 'Stars… oh Stars. I'm going to be made love to by a woman that's half asleep! I hate my life! Damnit, couldn't she at least wake up? Huh? What am I saying?' Using her senshi enhanced strength, she tried to push the other woman off, but strangely, Seiya wouldn't budge… at all. Fighter moaned as she felt the other woman raining kisses down her neck. Then suddenly the taller woman slumped bonelessly on top of the senshi. She was fast asleep. 'I don't believe this! NOW she goes back to sleep?'

Fighter sighed and was finally able to push the other woman to the side. Rolling off the bed she went to a closet and grabbed a light blanket. Carefully, she tucked the other woman in and kissed her forehead. "Sweet dreams this time Seiya."

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"Stars!" Sharra groaned as she leaned against the door. Her body still burned with the touch of the stranger, Seiya's elegant hands. "Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!" She lamented in frustration, lightly banging her head against the door at her back to punctuate each word. She closed her eyes to focus for a second and then pushed off the door and headed towards the wash room. As the senshi of fighter walked through her suite, she let her transformation slip in a flash of blinding light and stars.

"Lights." She called out when she entered the ensuite and began stripping off her clothes. She turned on the water and splashed it upon her face. The cool water did little to ease her frazzled nerves. "Stars… I want… I need…" She trailed off, afraid to admit to herself just what was it she needed. The senshi cut off the water and opened her shower door and stepped inside. Quickly she turned the water on cold at full blast in hopes to soothe the boiling of her blood. It did little good. A senshi's passion is hard to stave off and even harder to quench, and as much as she loathed to admit it the wetness between her legs had little to do with the water raining down upon her.

She braced her hands against the shower wall, just simply feeling the frigidly cold water against her skin. "Stars…" Sharra groaned in desperation as her hands began to wander over her body, becoming 'her' hands. It was to an entirely indecent image of the beautiful amnesiac and a cry of 'Seiya' that Sharra's mind flashed white-hot. She stayed in the shower for a long time, disgusted with herself and ashamed of what she had done. Not because of her release, rather because she had rectify it with her own hand.

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Seiya awoke to the bright sunlight streaming in her face. She snuggled back against the pillows not wanting to leave the warmth her lover's body had left. 'Whoa. Back that up… Lover?' Crimson eyes cracked open sleepily and the blonde-auburn haired woman looked around in confusion. "Now why would I think I would have a lover in my bed?" The tall woman thought aloud as she combed her mussed hair with her fingers. She took a deep breath… and nearly choked on it. There was something different about the air in her room. Preternatural senses that she didn't know she had picked up the scent of an another. "Sharra…" Seiya let out an unconscious moan. She felt her body turn to six feet of liquid heat at the thought of the beautiful princess of Fighter in her bed. "But why would she be here?"

Flashes of a forgotten dream danced before her eyes. First there was darkness, pain and destruction everywhere, then there was blue, the color of the sky… and her eyes. Seiya's hands burned with the sensory memory of silken skin pulled taunt over hard, corded muscles, and smooth full curves. Things that she shouldn't know about. She could feel the obsidian/azure silk of Sharra's hair, taste the salty sweetness of her skin… "Arrgh…. What is going on here!?" her musings were interrupted by a knock at her chamber doors.

The amnesic sighed and leapt out of the bed heading towards the door. She paused in mid-stride and turned looking back at the bed. "I could have sworn my blanket was white, not blue… strange." Dismissing the blanket color change, Seiya continued on her way to the door, and the person who was practically knocking it down. Swinging the door open in agitation, the blonde-auburn haired woman prepared to give the pest a tongue-lashing they'd never forget. That is until she came looked into the very pair of sapphire eyes that had haunted her dreams. "P…Princess Fighter. Uh… I umm… thought you were someone else."

The princess of Fighter was standing in the doorway dressed in a simple red tunic and black pants that looked like they were painted on. In fact if it weren't for the silver and sapphire circlet that graced her brow and the sword at her side, Seiya would have mistaken her for an average teenager, not the future ruler of the entire planet. Sharra raised an onyx eyebrow. "Like Ky'thrri perhaps?" The taller woman flushed and nodded dumbly, no point in lying now… "Sorry. We don't exactly see eye to eye. Oh where are my manners? Please do come in Princess."

The princess of Fighter stepped in and Seiya closed the door and turned back to her guest. "I would like to thank you again for all that you have done for me Princess." Sharra smiled and placed a hand on the taller woman's shoulder. "Please, Seiya I do have a name. It's Sharra remember? As for the hospitality, any time." Seiya flushed as she tried to wrap her mind around calling her savior by her given name. That was a privilege given only to those close to the princess, and after her dreams, the amnesiac wasn't sure she wanted that kind of personal connection to the beautiful young woman next to her.

Seiya thought back to her heated visions of the other woman. Then the name had rolled off her tongue like a prayer. And Sharra was a goddess, her goddess.

"Sharra." The taller woman purred, brushing a lock of hair from the other woman face. The princess of Fighter swallowed as she felt the strong bands of muscle ripple under the other woman's deceptively powerful shoulders. Her eyes dropped and unfortunately, or maybe not, fell upon the partially revealed cleavage of the other woman. Seiya had obviously just woken up, and not noticed that her shirt had become unbuttoned at the top. But Sharra noticed… Stars did she notice that and the rest of the taller woman's body. This was the body of a warrior… and a seductress. Sharra had a feeling that wherever the other woman was from, she had left a trail of broken hearts. Later on in her life she would come to realize just how true that was… Giving herself a mental shake Sharra forced her eyes to focus on the wall behind them.

"Umm…S..so why don't you and Ky'thrri get along?" The flabbergasted princess questioned. Seiya tilted her head to the side and looked at Sharra for a few minutes. "She and I both want the same thing…" The rich alto of the taller woman intoned. The dark haired woman took a step back and met a barrier as her hips hit the back of a chair. "Sharra are you okay?" Seiya questioned, concern flooding her gaze. The princess of Fighter nodded and tried to back up, and started to flip over the furniture. Seiya's red eyes widened and she stepped forward catching the other woman by placing her hands against Princess Fighter's back. Sharra's initial shock caused the raven haired woman to straddle the taller woman's waist.

Positioned as they were Seiya was slightly bent over the chair with Sharra perched haphazardly on the top, her legs clutching the other woman, while her arms where locked around the taller woman's shoulders. Seiya raised a blond eyebrow and smiled. "Tell me princess, are you always this clumsy in the mornings?" Sharra just laughed, a musical tone that lifted the other woman's spirits and erased any fears left by the nightmarish half of her dreams the night before. Sharra stared into the ruby eyes of her 'protector', as the chair was obviously out to get her, and saw nothing but innocent warmth and curiosity. 'She doesn't even realize what she's doing to me. Amazing'

"Sharra, did you ask her or…not. What by all the Stars in heaven is going on here?!!" Ky'thrri bellowed as she got a good look at the two occupants of the room. The bodyguard felt her temper boil to an all time high as she looked at her new competition arched over the woman of her dreams. 'That's it! I'm going to kill her!! I'll be damned if she steals Sharra from me in two days. Especially as I've never gotten that close in seventeen years!!' Emerald eyes darkened to a near black shade as her jealousy returned in full force, with backup.

Seiya Tau'monlale was in big, BIG trouble.

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Figured this would be a good place to stop. Wonder what Ky'thrri is going to do to her rival? Me too…

You know the deal: I'm at ryu@soccer.com