Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Mistress ❯ Almost perfection ( Chapter 8 )

"A Water Apparition?" Keiko asked mildly confused.

"Water apparitions are exactly as water is.... When you look at water you can see yourself and them some. Fluid motions …and the moods of water."

"Moods of water?" Kuwabara asked dumbly.

"Ever been on a boat with a storm?? Angry water… a stream, calm." Keiko provided for the tall oaf. Kuwabara seemed to contemplate what had just been said.

"Oh! But how can you tell??" Kuwabara turned to the little man but he had already disappeared.

"Look at her hair." Botan provided. "Water apparitions are beings with silvery-blue hair… It's easier to identify them, since they are rare creatures with extraordinary powers. It's because of this rarity we know little about them and their capabilities."

"What did Hiei mean when he said you can see yourself in water??"

"I don't know…" Botan answered Yuske not taking her eyes off the girl who was now being approached by a man with dark hair.

"Are you okay?" He watched her sad eyes turn towards him.

"I'm leaving soon." She said simply as his face contorted to one of surprise.

"Why??"

"I told you Yuske was a spirit detective… He knows who I am… and well, I think it's time I went back to Spirit World Alkatraz." She looked at her hands pitifully.

"Why would you go back? If you have to go back let him take you." Another voice familiarized in her right ear.

"I wish it were that simple… the longer I stay the more it's going to hurt when I go back and get a new punishment brought on from Koenma-sama, Serena." Her words were slow proving her depression.

"Koenma-sama??" Serena questioned. "I think I remember hearing something during one of Ami's rambles… He makes sure things are in order in something called the spirit world?"

"Something, like that…" She sighed and Serena sat next to her laying her head on the demon's shoulder.

"I know!!!" Serena stood up before glancing at her watch. "I'm gonna be late!!! Darien, take care of Hiana I'll check on you two later!" She sprinted off.

"What does she mean take care of Hiana??" She scowled at the disappearing girl.

"She's been worried about you…" Darien held out a helmet to her. "She says you have constant nightmares, sleep very little… She's been afraid that your past has been haunting you more that you let on and might do something drastic."

"I see…" She lowered her head to shield her eyes. Tears dripped onto her lap before she quickly wiped them away. "I did try… but Yuske kind of stopped me." She gave him a gentle smile and for a moment her face seemed to glow as did her bangs. Darien gave her a small smile.

"Come on…" He offered the helmet again and she grabbed it.

"This is for??"

"Safety precaution…" He walked over to his motorcycle and got on. "I figured you'd like the bike better since it's a fast way of traveling and you haven't been speed running…" He started the engine before putting a helmet on himself. She grinned at the idea of being fast again and put the helmet on before getting in the side car.

"Serena, you're late again!!!" Rei yelled at the girl who had rushed in and was out of breath.

"Detention again??" Ami asked.

"No, not this time." She spoke between breaths. She finally settled her breaths down.

"Why are we here?? We've had no attacks since Kiara and well she was faking the whole thing just to be here." Mina pointed out.

"I just want to know if we can trust her." Rei sighed. "I've had visions recently and they all include her… and that Rando Character she told us about."

"You've seen him?"

"Yes. Not the friendly type… but anyway I've seen her mimic Eternal Sailor Moon's features and they were both faced with this Rando person. He seemed to demand something of both the real Sailor Moon and Kiara and Kiara turned in Sailor Moon…to be killed."

"No, She wouldn't do that." Serena said suddenly.

"Who's to say she won't." Lita seemed to be untrustworthy of the demon girl.

"She just turned herself into Yuske and his friends. She wouldn't admit she did it but she did. She's also returning to Spirit World Alkatraz so there won't be too much damage to herself when she has to leave."

"She what??"

"She's leaving. She also blames herself for me being targeted by Rando which is also why she's leaving."

"Targeted???"

"If I hadn't known otherwise… I'd think nothing more of her to be a regular person." Yuske said earning comments of agreement… from all but Kurama who was silently seething. How dare she ride off with that guy? He was much too old to be bothering with school girls anyway… Dammit he was doing it again, mistaking her for his girlfriend… lover…whatever. All he knew was that he had been doing so for sometime now and well it didn't help the situation much knowing that she was his friend's little sister. No… it made him want her more, like the forbidden fruit that shouldn't be touch but you become intrigued even more to touch.

"I should be going…" He muttered quickly before walking off on his own. Yuske gave a relieved grin.

"At least some of that hatred is taken off of me."

"Stupid…" Keiko shook her head. "If you didn't notice a problem has just surfaced."

"Yeah Kurama wants Kiara who is also Hiei's sister and best friend to Kurama."

"I know that!" Yuske said. "But doing something about it won't work for us anyway. Leave her alone and Koenma will have a cow, keep her and there will be the anger between… them.

"Where are we??" She got off of Darien's bike removing the helmet he had given her.

"My favorite place in the world…" He walked a few feet away from the bike and pushed aside a bush. "I like to come here when I need to think." She dropped the helmet on the ground gaping at the place. It was high up on a cliff and it had an awesome view of the city on one side and a great view of untouched scenery on the other.

"The best of both worlds… the natural beauty and the man made creations." She sighed sitting on a rock. "What do you usually think about when you come here??"

"Everything… from my future with Serena, to our future daughter also named Serena. I think about our past on the Moon kingdom or what I can remember of it. I like to think about the positive stuff though.. they make me cherish them a whole lot more considering my life in this lifetime has been less than a desirable life." He sat next to her on the big rock

"I know what you mean." She muttered.

"I grew up with no parents, I had little to no memory of my early childhood, I just remember being in the hospital and having no friends… until Serena had come to the hospital when she was about four or five because her mom had a baby and she got lost. After that things became hazy and I had forgotten her again. I had been alone again for years after and memories…images of a moon princess came to me and slowly I, as tuxedo mask had fallen for Sailor moon only to find that she was the princess. Over time our memories slowly returned but you get the point."

"I wish things were, that easy for me." She rested her head on his shoulder making him tense a bit. "At least things worked out and you're happy now. Everything that happened to me is haunting me day after day, night aft after night. I fear death but I want it to come now and yet…" She let out a tired yawn unaware of the way her words were lagging. As if she was going to go to sleep.

"Well there has to be something that makes you happy…"

"There is… I seem to be the happiest when I spend time with Shuuichi."

"Who exactly is Shuuichi?"

"A boy I met. He's nice, and gentle, and fun, really sweet… the closest thing to perfection." Her words slowed as the weight in her head became heavier and her breathing became rhythmic.

"Asleep." He sighed placing her in the side car on his bike and buckled her in before placing the helmet on her head.