Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon: Only Love can Conquer Hate ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE

 

By SailorJane & Anonymous

 

 

Chapter Notes:

 

Hmmm, not much to say this time…

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 11

 

Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Mars were now at the outer-soldiers' house. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were nowhere to be seen. The three of them were out scouting the area for any kind of suspicious activity. Hotaru was at the Temple in case there was an assassination attempt on Jupiter or Venus. It puzzled Mercury that whatever it was that tried to have Sailor Moon killed was gone within seconds of the incident. She and Mars had a difficult time trying to convince Serena's parents to allow her to hide out in the Outers' house (and prying Serena away from Ikuko's arms, Kenji eventually pried her away with a crowbar).

 

Serena never actually transformed into Sailor Moon, but Amy and Raye will still suited up. Raye suggested the two of them stay made-up in case of an emergency. An orange couch and an armchair sat perpendicularly to each other in the living room. Serena sat on the armchair devouring Haruka's bag of cheetos. She was obviously worried about something. Amy, seated at the near end of the couch, wanted to console her lover, but she was afraid that it might make Serena uncomfortable. Raye sat at the other using her communicator:

 

“Yeah she's all right,” Raye looked towards Serena, “But if she keeps eating those cheetos, she's gonna be too fat to move around.”

 

“Shut up Raye!” Serena scolded her fellow soldier with her mouth full of cheetos.

 

“So have you guys found any signs of Negaverse activity?” Raye continued the conversation.

 

“Hey,” Amy finally decided to put her hand on top of Serena's, “Are you okay?” Her voice was full of concern.

 

Serena pulled her hand away, “I'm fine. C'mon, I've had worse things than bullets shot at me.”

 

Amy put her head down in frustration. Serena could sense the water-scout's frustration. She put the bag down and picked up Amy's hand, “Listen,” she said, “I appreciate all you did tonight. We'll find who's responsible for this and…” She hesitated, “Punish them!” She smiled.

 

Mercury looked at Serena and forcefully smiled.

 

“What?” Mars was having trouble hearing Uranus on the communicator. She looked at the screen realizing she had no bars, “You don't get very good reception in this place do you?”

 

Mercury got up and gestured Mars to hand over the communicator, “I'll take it outside, I need to talk to her anyway.” Raye handed the phone to Amy. The blue-haired girl walked out of the door, “Amara? Hold on a second, I'll be outside-“ Her voice disappeared as the door closed.

 

Raye watched as Serena continued to stuff her face full of Cheetos. She vehemently snatched the bag away from her, “Gimme those!”

 

“Hey!” Serena pouted, her mouth stuffed with food.

 

Mars looked at the bag with curiosity, “Haven't had some of these in a long time.” She took out a puff and ate one, “Is it just me,” Raye said as she looked at the bag, “Or did these things used to be smaller?” She turned towards Serena.

 

“They used to,” Serena said licking her fingers clean of Cheeto dust, “Until the company decided to change them.”

 

Raye smirked and put the bag down. She took a tissue and wiped the cheeto dust off of her glove, “I've never understood why companies feel they have to change the formula of an established product.” She began to imitate the company, “Hey I got a great idea! Let's take something that already has a huge following, and completely piss them off by changing the formula.”

 

Serena laughed a little, but decided to confide in Raye what had happened that night, “Raye, something weird happened tonight.”

 

Mars looked at Serena curiously, “I'm not sure if weird is the right adjective to describe what happened. Horrifying would probably describe-“

 

“No no no,” Serena said, “Not the shoot-out, I'm talking about between Amy and I.”

 

Immediately, Raye knew that Amy had finally told her. She had been so caught up in the assassination attempt, she had completely forgotten everything that had happened that night, “Amy told you?”

 

Serena stared at Raye in shock, “You knew?”

 

The scout of fire shook her head in the affirmative.

 

“You knew,” Serena wanted to make sure, “That she's in love with me?”

 

“Yeah,” Mars replied.

 

The blonde didn't know what to think of this, “How long have you known this?”

 

“Almost as long as I've known her.” Raye briefly explained what had happened on the cruise.

 

“God,” Serena said putting her hand to her forehead, “She's been in love with me all this time and I've never picked up on it.”

 

For once, Raye refrained from teasing her friend and simply talked to her, “So what do you think?”

 

Serena slowly looked towards Mars, “About Amy?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Serena had been thinking about it since Amy had told her. Not even bullets could keep her mind off of a shocking revelation like this. She sighed heavily, “I don't know.”

 

Silence.

 

“Well what did you tell her?” Raye asked.

 

“I didn't really get a chance to talk to her about it,” Serena looked back toward the floor, “I really don't want to talk about it, at least not with her.”

 

“Well you should,” Raye said didactically.

 

“What do you think?” Serena looked back towards her, “You think the two of us should be together?”

 

Raye sighed and leaned back on the couch. She was a bit torn on the issue because she knew how much Amy cared for her princess, but on the other hand:

 

“Honestly,” Raye spoke up, “I'd rather see her with Lita.”

 

Serena knew that her friend wasn't just trying to make her angry, there was nothing but honesty in her voice. The princess didn't mind her opinion either. Lita had practically ripped her own heart out of her chest and put it in Amy's lap, only to watch her cruelly throw it to the floor afterwards. Of course, now she knew why Amy had done that, but it didn't make it easier on her part. Amy and Lita was a perfect situation. The two of them could fall in love and she could stay with Darien.

 

“But I will say this,” Raye said moving closer to her princess and grabbing her hand. She looked her right in the eye, “Amy is the best thing that has ever happened to you Serena. I know you don't wanna hear that, but she is. You are a loyal friend and you have a lot of heart, but you're not the brightest bulb in the bunch.”

 

Serena rolled her eyes.

 

“I'm just saying,” Raye interrupted her before she could speak, “And I think you really help Amy as well. For what she has in brains, she really lacks in confidence. I think you two complete each other, like two halves that make a powerful whole. You don't have to talk to her about this right now, but you have to talk at some point.”

 

Serena's mind was now ready for another question, “Raye,” she asked, “Can I ask you a personal question?”

 

“You don't need to ask me to ask a question. Just ask.”

 

“Did you ever sleep with her?”

 

Mars didn't answer the question because just as Serena finished talking, Mercury walked back into the house. “Okay,” she said handing the communicator back to Raye, “They're gonna keep searching. We've got the house for the night.”

 

“Okay,” Raye said taking her phone back.

 

“Oh,” Amy said to Raye, “And you're washing Amara's car tomorrow.”

 

Raye's eyes shot towards Amy's, “WHAT?”

 

Serena laughed. Amy slowly walked towards Serena. The princess looked up at the scout silhouetted by the ceiling light.

 

“You should get to bed,” Mercury said offering her hand out.

 

Mercury's hand had always given Serena comfort. However, she felt very uncomfortable holding her hand now. As the princess stood up, angled away from the light, Amy's innocent smiling face became visible.

 

“I'll sleep with you tonight,” Mercury said. Serena's eyes looked confused; the bluenette realized she had made a faux-pas, “I mean,” she stuttered looking down at the carpet, “S-sleep in the literal meaning of the word. To make sure you're safe.”

 

Serena shook her head and let go of Amy's hand, “Um,” she began to scratch the back of her neck, “I'd rather be alone tonight.” Mercury gazed into Serena's eyes. The water-scout's eyebrows began to arch up to her forehead. Her jaw dropped slightly, “I'm sorry Amy, I just don't feel comfortable sharing the bed with you right now. I'll be fine in the basement room.”

 

“But,” Amy weeped in a high child-like tone of voice, “We've shared the bed before?”

 

“It's different now,” Serena said, “I'm sorry Amy, I'm just ready for this yet. You need to give me some time to think about this.”

 

Amy's nearly collapsed to the floor. Serena hugged her. Raye sat silently on the couch.

 

“Hey,” she comforted her friend, “You saved my life again tonight, for like the bizillionth time.”

 

Amy chuckled sadly hugging her princess back, “Bizillion isn't a real number.”

 

Serena laughed and let go of her bodyguard, “I'll be okay. We'll talk more tomorrow okay?”

 

Amy hesitated before nodding her head. She tried as hard as she could to move her lips in for a kiss. Unfortunately, Serena moved her face, and all Amy got was her cheek. She immediately withdrew and placed her hands over he mouth. She and Serena were now a few feet away from each other:

 

“I-I'm sorry,” Mercury said.

 

Serena smiled forcefully, “It's okay.” There was a long silence before Serena finally made her way towards the basement, “I'll see you in the morning. Good night Raye.” She waved to the scout of fire.

 

“Night,” Sailor Mars saluted.

 

“Good night Serena,” Amy waved as well sadly, “I love you.”

 

Serena stopped for a second, but sighed and continued to walk down the stairs disappearing from their sight.

 

Sailor Mercury sat on the couch next to Mars and buried her face into her hands. Mars gave her a hug, “Hey c'mon,” Raye said, “It's okay.” Mercury immediately buried her head into Mars' chest.

 

“It's not okay Raye,” Amy said, “You were right. I should never have told her. Now everytime I try to do anything with her, hold her hand, hug her, kiss her, she's always going to be suspicious that I'm trying to grope her or something.”

 

“She's not,” Raye said running her fingers through Amy's hair, “I think she meant what she said, you just need to give her some time. Her best friend, female best friend, just told her that she loves her. That's gotta be a shocking thing to hear.”

 

Amy began to wonder if Raye was right. Was there any hope for the two of them? Would Serena really return her feelings someday? Or would it always be like this? Although this did not happen often, some guys at school would stalk the genius girl, try to touch her, or always had their eyes on her. She usually referred to these guys as creeps. In her mind, she was acting just like that towards Serena. Trying to steal kisses from her, grabbing onto her. But wait, Amy had just saved the girl's life. Wasn't she entitled to some kind of affection with her princess?

 

“I don't know,” Amy said, “Maybe I should just forget about her and be with Lita.” She began to sit up.

 

Mars looked carefully at Mercury, “Do you love Lita?”

 

Mercury sighed and brought her head back on the couch, “I don't know.”

 

Their gloved hands met, “Amy,” Raye said, “You were there for me when I needed someone. And you know that I'm always there for you whenever you need someone, Mina too.”

 

“I know,” Mercury and Mars leaned in for an easy kiss, “You know Raye,” she said, “I never really told you this, but you're the only other person I've ever wanted to be with other than Sailor Moon.”

 

“I know that,” Raye said smiling complacently.

 

“I mean I'm glad Mina came back and everything, but if God-forbid she hadn't come back, I think I would have been very happy being your girlfriend.”

 

Raye grabbed hold of Amy, “I'm still a little against the idea,” Raye said, “But if you and Serena have a chance to be together, then you go for it. If not, I'm sure you can be happy with Lita, or whatever other lucky girl gets her hands on you.” Both of the girls smiled and kissed again, “And you know that I would have been your girlfiend as well. But when I saw Sailor Venus, alive. I realized I couldn't live without her.”

 

“I know,” Amy said, “I would never want to split you two apart.”

 

“Thanks,” Raye said and began to slowly run her fingers across Amy's body, “But here's the problem. I'm horny, and my girlfriend is sleeping drunk back at the Shrine. And the girl you love wants to be alone tonight. So what should we do about this?” She smiled.

 

Amy knew exactly what Raye was getting at. It shouldn't have been a big deal, she and Raye had made love before, sometimes with Mina as well. But tonight, she just didn't feel like it was right.

 

“I don't think I can do it tonight Raye,” Mercury looked down, “I'm still feeling bad about-“

 

“Shhh,” Raye put her finger to her mouth. She began to stick her gloved finger inside Amy's mouth. She reluctantly rolled her tongue around Raye's finger. She couldn't help it. The scout of water began to feel a heating sensation between her legs. Raye continued to talk seductively, “I need you tonight Amy, just as you needed me those times you ran into my arms needing someone.”

 

Within a minute of Raye's finger swirling around Amy's mouth, the blunette felt the moist gloved finger reach into her panties and penetrate her. Amy began to moan silently as to not wake up Serena. She quickly returned the favor, placing her hand inside Raye. The priestess began to moan as well.

 

Suddenly, both of them felt a lot better.

 

 

 

Back at the Shrine just as dawn was beginning to break, Sailor Saturn sat on a nearby chair next the couch where Lita was sleeping. Hotaru had a small reading light as she read a few pages of a book called “Lesbianism for Dummies.”

 

Lita began to twich and turn until she finally sat up and saw Saturn next to her.

 

“Oh,” Hotaru said putting the book down, “Sorry Lita was I bothering you?”

 

“Hotaru? What are you doing here? Where's Raye?”

 

“There was an emergency,” Hotaru explained, “She's at my place with Mercury and the princess. My parents are out scouting the area.”

 

Lita was still tired, and a little hungover, “Why didn't you guys wake me up?”

 

“You and Mina had a bit to drink last night,” Hotaru said, “Raye didn't want to wake you up.”

 

“Well that explains,” Lita rubbed her head, “Why my head feels like it was hit by a truck.”

 

“Well no need to worry,” Hotaru said smiling with enthusiasm, “I'm looking after you guys.”

 

Lita laughed slightly.

 

“What?” Hotaru chuckled.

 

“It's just that,” Lita said, “Look at you all grown up now. It wasn't so long ago that you were just a kid.”

 

“I age fast,” she said, “I just hope I can grow normally at this point.”

 

Lita couldn't help but notice what the book was, “What are you reading?”

 

“Oh,” Hotaru felt a little embarrassed, “It's just some book about lesbianism.”

 

Lita's eyes opened. Little Hotaru really was grown up. Apparently, those hormones had finally caught up with her, and now she was ready to make herself available to the world. Jupiter immediately sat up, removing the blanket and patted the couch asking her to sit down, “Come here.”

 

Hotaru did as her older scout commanded.

 

“Is there something you want to talk about?”

 

Hotaru knew Lita was an intelligent girl. While Amy may have been book-smart, Lita was street-smart. She knew the way of the world. Perhaps it could be this tall brunette who could help her identity crisis.

 

“Well,” Hotaru said, “I do have a couple of questions about sex.”

 

“Ask away!” Lita said with enthusiasm putting her arm around the black-haired girl.

 

 

 

End Notes:

 

Okay, the Hotaru scene was kind of an afterthought, but I did want to introduce this situation as well. Exposition is over and the action can start!