Usako, do you think that you'll be fine here by yourself?" Mamoru asked his wife.
""Of course Mamo-chan! Just bring me some ice cream on your way back,
okay? Oh also, could you get some of those red candy things, and those
microwave desserts, and-"
Mamoru tried to write down the entire list of all fifty things Usagi had asked for.
"Okay Usako, but you know that you're going to have to tone it down a bit after the baby comes."
"Mamo-chan? How could you ever suggest that I am FAT? That's just the baby, silly!"
Mamoru shook his head. "Usako, I you're not fat at all. You have such a nice figure. Really!"
Usagi placed her hands on her expanded hips and beamed with pride.
"Now, Usako, if you feel any pain at all, call the midwife, and then call me, okay?
Usagi nodded, added five more things to her list of foods, and then saw Mamoru off to work.
Usagi
Chiba flopped down on the couch and turned the TV onto the Food
channel. She was a wife now, after all, and she could barely cook a
thing with burning it.
Mamoru always ate what she cooked, but she knew
that he didn't enjoy anything except for the curry, which looked
disgusting, but tasted fine. The man on the television was demonstrating
how to make some sort of fancy cake that Usagi knew she could never
make in a million years. She gave up and changed the channel to a magic
girl anime.
Usagi scoffed at how ridiculous the girls looked in their
tacky boots, short skirts, and white leotards. Who in the world would
even think of wearing something like that? Usagi was about to change the
channel again when her eye caught a movement in the hall. Usagi muted
the TV and listened for a sound. There was definitely something in the
house. Usagi hid behind the couch, hoping that whatever robber, murder,
or molester of pregnant women, would pass by without noticed the
quavering blond buns of hair that were sticking up in view.
Despite Usagi's hopes, a set of footsteps came down the hall and stopped
right in front of the couch. Usagi gave up and put her hands in the
air.
"Please take whatever you want! Just don't hurt me or take any of the food!" Usagi pleaded.
Usagi's eyes widened as the figure walked around the couch. The woman smiled and placed her hand on top of Usagi's head.
"Mi-michiru-san! OH MY GOD! YOU SCARED I REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE
GOING TO KILL ME!" Usagi shouted as she instantly recognized the woman
she had always admired, not even wondering how she had gotten in.
Michiru didn't say anything. She could see that the woman was in her
latest stage of pregnancy, but that didn't inspire any sympathy for the
one who had betrayed her kind. The other woman gave out a little cry as
Michiru tightened her grip on one of Usagi ponytails and pulled her up
from the floor.
"OWWW! MICHIRU-SAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! THAT HURTS!"
Michiru said nothing, but continued to smile as she plunged the kitchen
knife, which she had been holding in her other hand, into Usagi's
abdomen, aborting the life of the child, and shortly after, the life of
the Moon Princess herself.
It took Haruka five revolutions around the white room to find the
exit. The exit was not a door of any kind, but what appeared to be a
small portion of the portal she had traveled through. The small black
thing floating in the air was nothing but a speck, but the instant
Haruka reached out to touch it, she felt her body being sucked into a
different dimension.
A moment later, Haruka was in what could pass as a
decent sitting room, adorned with several white chairs and sofas. She
wasn't very pleased to see exactly what was sitting on them, however.
Unlike the previous room, this one's occupant's were male, but like the
previous room, the occupants were naked. Haruka did her best not to
vomit as one of the men got up and approached her. The expression of
lust on his face was sickening. Haruka backed up against the wall.
"GET THE H - - L AWAY FROM ME!" Haruka shrieked as loud as she could.
A few other men had left their business to also take a closer look at
the newly arrived woman, their expressions copying that of the first
man's. Haruka had absolutely no tolerance for men, and she would have no
problem tearing off one of their arms if one of the disgusting
creatures tried to touch her.
Haruka was beginning to think that she
should have stayed in the room with that gorgeous green-eyed girl, but
she knew that Michiru must be in danger, and she didn't know what she
would do if she let anything happen to her.
Haruka readied her hands in
front of her body to take down the first man. The filthy creature
continued to approach her, and Haruka quickly chopped him in the
shoulder blade. He fell to the white tile floor unconscious. The other
filthy creatures stopped and looked among themselves, then they
retreated, avoiding eye-contact with her. Haruka snarled and shoved her
foot into the fallen creature's side, and instantly regretted it as her
foot sank into the disgusting saggy flesh of the creature.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Haruka warned. She kicked the man again to turn him
on his back so that there would be one less disgusting man-part that
she had to see.
Haruka ran around the room several times, the men
avoiding her as she came near, and eventually found another fragment of
the portal. This one took her took what appeared to be a bedroom, which
was once again, completely white. In the side of the room, giving her a
very amused glance, was a tall, pale woman, with black hair. Haruka
would have found interest in her, if it weren't for her eyes.
The bright
red orbs seemed as if they peering into her very soul.
"I see that you have made your way here. This was most unexpected, but if you please, you are most welcome to stay."
Malus much preferred Earth's men over its women, and this woman looked
very much like a handsome young man. This attraction was much stronger
than what he had felt for the host. He supposed that while he was
waiting to for the woman to finish her tasks, he would let the newcomer
entertain him.
Haruka didn't back away as Malus approached her. She was
somewhat entranced in this woman's beauty and was not able to take her
eyes off of her. The woman removed the white robe that she ad been
wearing and slid it off to expose her perfectly-formed body. Haruka's
jaw dropped. Michiru didn't even compare.
Malus had taken a liking
to one of his former host's bodies. She was a tall elegant woman who
had come from a wealthy European family, and Malus had decided that not
only was she the perfect height, she also had the most pleasing human
body that he had encountered. The woman had aborted his child after only
a week, but he had put her body to good use.
The male body that he used
had been that of his favorite attendant. He had listened to many human
conversations, and came to the conclusion that women were most attracted
to large men, so he thought the body would do well in getting his
hosts' cooperation. Apparently, this woman was more attracted to the
women of her species, so he decided that the female's body would be
best.
All Malus needed to do was to take off the robe, and Haruka
eyes were exploring the body in a moment. Perhaps she couldn't
differentiate him from the other girls she had touched without a though,
but Malus wasn't going to complain. Haruka continued to gape at the
body he was displayed, and after a few moments, she found the courage to
speak.
"So…so what's your name? "
"Katinka," Malus said. Along with the body, he had also inherited the accent the woman had.
"What?" Haruka was unable to understand what the woman was saying, but she seemed to have understood her question.
"My name is Katinka."
The woman's accent was odd, but she was definitely speaking Japanese. Haruka inched closer to further inspect her fine features.
"Are you albino?" Haruka asked. She knew it wasn't polite, but this
Katinka had skin that was whiter than paper, and she never had seen eyes
that color. Perhaps her hair was dyed.
Katinka just smiled her equally white smile and filled the space between
them. She reached out and pulled Haruka into a deep kiss.
"You like women, yes?" Katinka asked, finally breaking the kiss and beginning to undo her belt buckle.
Haruka felt that any woman would have reconsidered her sexuality after a kiss like that.
"Y-yes?" Haruka stuttered.
Katinka smiled wider as she sat on the bed and beckoned Haruka to her.
Looking at another woman had never bothered Haruka, but she wasn't one
to be completely unfaithful. Haruka backed away from the bed and shook
her head.
"I'm sorry, I can't. I-" Haruka tried.
Katinka pouted. "Can't. Are you sure about that?" she asked, showing off a rather sensual pose.
"I need to find someone. I just got lost here, you see. Michiru- she was
kidnapped. I need to find her, so can you please tell me the way out of
here?"
Being rejected was one of the things that Malus hated the
most, and this woman whom he had spared out of the mercy of his heart,
was rejecting him. Katinka's body was absolutely flawless, but still she
cared more about his host. Malus was rather agitated, but one more try
wouldn't hurt.
Katinka got off of the bed and put her hands on her voluptuous hips.
"Just forget about her, she isn't important. I can do so much more for you, Haruka."
The first part was simply cruel, but how in the world did this woman
know her name? Haruka picked her belt up from the floor and brandished
it in front of her. Malus didn't realize the mistake he had made until
he noticed that Haruka didn't have intentions to do anything sexy with
her belt.
"How do you know my name?"
"You're famous, you know," Katinka said, remembering that Haruka was a popular racer in her country.
Despite her decent answer, there was something in Katinka's eyes that Haruka did not like. She was hiding something.
"Where is she!" Haruka screamed.
Malus gave up the act. It wasn't like Haruka would be able to hurt him at all. "You won't see her again. She's mine now."
"WHAT THE F - - K ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!"
Malus shifted to his male body, so that she might recognize the man she
had caught a glimpse of. Haruka gasped, and tried to attack him, but he
activated a barrier before she could touch him.
Malus laughed as
Haruka tried to pound her way through the barrier, but then he noticed a
symbol appear on her forehead. It was the same symbol that one of the
three protectors of the outer White Moon Kingdom had possessed.
A golden
light radiated from the woman as the men's clothing she had been
wearing transformed into the uniform of a sailor senshi. The woman
shouted something and Malus' barrier shattered in an instant as a ball
of light crashed into it. Malus dodged the attack before it could hit
him, but the woman was on him in half a second. Haruka grabbed Malus by
his throat and lifted him from the floor.
"WHERE IS SHE?" Haruka blared.
"U-uranus, y-you will not f-find her," he choked.
Haruka smashed his head into the wall several times before she could get answer from him.
"She went to the Chiba residence. It is too late now-"
Haruka slammed Malus' head into the wall ten more times until his body
was completely limp. She hadn't quite killed him, since she might need
more questions answered. She tossed him into the corned and tried to
find another exit, but there where none to be found. Haruka was about to
start looking again, when a portal appeared in the middle of the room.
"Malus, I did what you-" Michiru stopped as her eyes fell on the crumpled form on the floor and the figure standing over him.
"Michiru! I was so worried about you!" Haruka exclaimed, hardly believing her eyes.
"Don't you take another step, you traitor! I know who you are, Uranus!"
"Michiru, What are you talking about, I was-"
"If you take one more-"
Michiru paused as Haruka enveloped her in a tight embrace. She could feel the woman's warm tears as she held her even tighter.
"I'm so glad that you're o-
Michiru pushed the woman from her with a force she had never experienced
before. Uranus flew into the wall, cracking the wall before she fell
beside the man she had recently adorned the floor with. Michiru rushed
to Malus' side immediately.
"Are you alright dear?"
Michiru on the other hand awoke to see a par of bright red eyes
peering into hers. As startling as they were, his eyes were eerily
beautiful, along with the rest of him. He had silky black hair that came
to his knees, and smooth pale skin that showed no sign of aging.
Malus's features were so delicate that you would only be able to tell
that he was not just a surprisingly tall woman if he were to be seen
without the white robe he wore. Michiru had seen firsthand that he was
male indeed. Malus had taken her while she was not conscious, which she
assumed was from mercy, but she had seen him undress.
He had been far
larger than the strap-on that Haruka sometimes used, and probably bigger
than a human had the genes to become. After she had agreed to come with
him, Malus had promised that no pain would come to her, or to Haruka,
and he had kept his word in all ways.
"I am glad that you are
awake, Michiru, I have been waiting," he said in his soft, somewhat
comforting voice. "There is something that I want to know."
Michiru sat up from the enormous be that she had been lying in and looked Malus in the eye.
"Do you remember the queen of the Silver Millennium?"
Michiru
gasped. If he was speaking of Queen Serenity, he was probably an ally.
She hadn't felt a negative presence around him, but she still didn't
understand his intentions.
"Queen Serenity? What-"
Malus pressed one of his perfectly manicured fingers against her lips.
"Do you recall the power that she had?"
"The Ginzoushou holds infinity power-"
"Yes, and do you remember what she did with those powers?"
"Her Majesty purified all with evil hearts and brought peace to the lan-"
"Is
that really how you saw it? That woman made you an outcast. You had
nothing but loneliness, but I too have undergone the same as you. My
people once allied with your "Queen Serenity" under our own respective
sovereign, but she was betrayed, and with those terrible powers, we were
cast to a desolate world of darkness and solitude.
After many years,
under a greater power, we were able to have another try at the kingdom
of light that was rightfully ours. The White Moon queen discovered this,
however, and she destroyed our world. Our queen and some of her
servants managed to escape. That was when the war began.
We were not
able to seize the kingdom, but we were eventually able to defeat the
queen. Before she died, she sent the princess and her protectors to your
time, and now there is something greater standing in our way. The
princess was reborn with the crystal in her body, and the child that she
is now carrying also holds the same power. What is more is that the
soul of the White Moon Queen is about to be reborn. I will need your
help to stop her."
Malus removed his finger from Michiru's lips
and watched her face become an expression of fear, anger, and
misunderstanding. Michiru was about to protest any part in going against
her queen, but with only a touch to her temple, Malus brought her mind
under his control.
"Yes, my lord," Michiru agreed, standing from the bed so that she could kneel before him.
"That
is much better," Malus said, resting his pal on her head, "But I want
you to get some more rest first. Then you will take care of the
princess."
"Yes, my lord."
Haruka discovered that a total of five of the girls understood English,
three Spanish, and one spoke Japanese. However, none of them answered
any questions concerning where she was. Haruka gave up after three of
their sensual responses and pulled the green-eyed girl into her now
equally bare lap while she continued to let the Chinese woman caress her
cheek.
The Spanish-speaking girls came in closer followed by the Indian
girl and several others. Haruka let herself sink into the Asian woman's
bosom and fingered the cute, dark-skinned, green-eyed beauty.
The girl
let out a little cry that Haruka decided was almost as adorable as her
face. Haruka pulled from the woman who was holding her and pulled the
girl down onto the white padded floor. Haruka climbed on top of her,
ignoring the other girls' disappointed cries, and had her way with her,
without giving a thought about Michiru.
The blond girl's friend fed Haruka grapes while another girl that she
had not seen before washed them down with a jug of wine. Haruka could
never remember being happier. In fact, she wasn't remembering much of
what had happened to her before she was here, but she didn't consider
that to be a bad thing.
Haruka was about to kiss the girl with the wine
jug, when her hand came down on the jacket that she had been wearing.
She was about to dismiss it and continue with the girls when she noticed
a bulge in one of the pockets.
She pulled the objects from the pocket
and stared at the two ring boxes. Haruka opened one of the boxes to see
the ring with the garnet. In her mind, she saw a vision of a pretty
smiling woman with despicable sea-colored hair. She hadn't seen the
woman in the room, but somehow, she felt sad. Haruka closed the box and
opened the other. She saw herself in the mall buying the ring, and the
woman there saying how lucky somebody was. Haruka knew that something
wasn't right. She pulled her clothes back on and pushed the girls away
from her.
Haruka ran down the seamless white room to look for an
exit of some sort, but she found none. She went back to the Japanese
girl and grabbed her up by the neck. The other girls scooted back as
Haruka tightened her grip on the girl's throat and threw her against the
padded wall.
"WHERE THE H--L AM I!" she shrieked at the girl, picking her back up from the floor and staring into her face.
The
girl began to cry and whatever she was trying to say became incoherent
as it was lost in her sobs. Haruka hadn't meant to hurt her, but she
felt as if these girls had taken something very important to her, and
she was going to find out just what it was. Haruka pulled the girl's
face up and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Please tell me where I am," she tried again.
The
girl continued to cry and mumble in a way that Haruka couldn't
understand her, so she went to one that spoke English. The girl cringed
as Haruka approached her this time.
"Where am I?"
The girl looked startled and hesitated to answer. Haruka glared at her.
"Ma-malus-he told us to take care of you-"
"Malus?" Haruka repeated.
"He said that you were-were lost in here-that you followed that-that woman-"
"Lost where? What woman?"
"You
were lost in a time warp. Malus brought you back to his lair and left
you here with us. He was very generous-you shouldn't be so-so angry-"
Haruka knelt down beside the girl and looked her in the eye.
"I won't hurt you. Just tell me everything you know. Starting with the woman."
The
girl nodded. "You followed into the portal that he made into this
space. You were after the woman he took. The one that had green hair.
Malus said that she was someone important to you."
A new memory of
Michiru appeared in Haruka's mind for each word the girl said. She was
beginning to realize just what the woman might have been to her.
"Tell me more," Haruka instructed.
"Malus
needs her to bear his child, so he brought her here a few months ago.
He let her go back to where you came from, and then he took her back.
Malus said that she was what you call a lover to you, so he didn't want
to hurt you because that would make her sad."
Everything came back to Haruka that instant, including her rage.
"HE NEEDS HER FOR WHAT?"
Majestic Weirdo: Haruka
can do some pretty scary things when she is angry...if you read Ruin,
you saw what she does to peolpe who touch Michiru like that, not to
mention impegnate...Doesn't look too good for Malus. Anyway, please
review. I would appreciate comments or suggestions of any kind. Oh,
and a while ago, somebody aksed if I was going to have her do anything
to Hiroshi for what he did to his own daughter, I might think about it
after this story and Infidelity are finished.
Haruka was surrounded by beautiful women when she awoke, and if there
was ever something she didn't mind, it was beautiful women. She was in a
white padded room that looked like a very enlarged room at a
sanitarium. It seemed to reach on forever.
Haruka's eyes first opened to
see a girl who appeared to be in her later teenage years. She had pale
mahogany skin, long dark hair that was tied in two braids by bright
green ribbons that perfectly matched her eyes. She wasn't wearing
anything other than the two ribbons and a sweet smile that Haruka
instantly fell in love with. The girl definitely was not Japanese, or
even Asian. The girl said something in a small, high voice in a language
she didn't recognize as her native tongue, English, Spanish, German, or
French. Haruka was about to try talking to her, when something warm and
soft pressed against her arm.
Haruka looked to her side to see another girl of incredible beauty,
this one with fair skin, blue eyes, and light blond hair. She was also
naked, Haruka noticed more than happily.
"Where am I?" Haruka
asked in English, trying to pull away from the girl in case she was a
minor. Haruka thought she looked as if she would understand English.
The girl didn't answer, and pulled Haruka back to her before she bumped into another girl.
"Eso no es importante. Nosotros te podemos hacer feliz." The blonde said.
Haruka
froze. Was she hearing right? She was sure that the girl said something
about making her happy. As much as she desired that, she had no desire
to go to prison over touching a minor.
"Ella es muy lindo, no?" the blonde girl said to another of the Spanish-speaking girls in the room.
"Si! Mire a su ojos! Son muy bonitos!"
The
rest of the girls just looked as the two carried on a conversation
about the way she looked. A girl that looked like she could have been
Indian crawled across the room toward her on all fours. Haruka scooted
back from the temptation and into the woman she had almost bumped into
before. This woman looked a few years older than the rest and looked as
if she could be Japanese.
"Onegai, boku wa doko ni desuka?" Haruka asked.
The woman said something that was in Chinese and then pulled Haruka toward her body.
Haruka
was about to ask the Spanish-speaking blonde again, since she seemed to
understand her, but then the woman who was holding her allowed herself
possession of Haruka's lips and removed Haruka's clothing without a
struggle.
Haruka couldn't hold back anymore. The woman may have been
slightly younger than she was, but definitely over eighteen. Haruka let
the woman touch her, and eventually came to not care what age the girls
may have been.
Malus
watched his servants take care of the one that had followed them. She
wouldn't cause any problems, he could see that now, and he had no reason
to bring harm to her. Besides, if the aqua-haired woman's body was
rejected, it would take him less time to attempt coaxing another mate.
Malus waited until the woman who had followed them was completely under
the control of his previous mates and then went back to the aqua-haired
woman. He stroked her abdomen tenderly and bent down to kiss the woman.
None of the others he had brought had ever lasted so long.
She had held
it for three months now, and none of the others had lasted more than
three weeks. He was beginning to feel something for her that he hadn't
felt for the others.
Malus had never cared for a human woman after all the years. The
women of his kind had long since disappeared , but soon the one who
would rule would be born from this aqua-haired woman. She would be
called Beryl.
Haruka could have sworn that she had seen a flash of aqua colored
hair as she walked through the mall, but she ignored it. She supposed
that it was just some girl on a vacation from Harajuku, and didn't think
that it could be Michiru.
Haruka continued to pass through mall. She
planned to buy Michiru some warmer clothes for night. This winter was
far cooler than any she had seen before, but Michiru still continued to
wear lingerie for her. Haruka had noticed that she had been looking a
bit ill lately. The color had seemed to drain from her skin, and she
seemed to always be tired and weak. Haruka stopped at a jewelry shop
before she arrived at the one she was really looking for.
Haruka
walked into the shop and inspected the engagement rings that they had on
display, as she always did when she shopped without Michiru. She always
looked to see which kind of ring would look best on her lover's finger.
This time, a certain ring really caught her attention.
"Excuse, can I see this one please?" she asked, pointing to the ring that she was interested in.
"Of course sir," the woman over the counter responded.
The woman unlocked the glass case, carefully removed the box, and placed it on the counter.
Michiru
would love the ring, Haruka was sure of it. It was having the courage
to give it to her that was the problem. Haruka took another good look at
the ring. It was a gold ring with a large, perfectly cut aquamarine
stone in the middle and small diamonds placed around the rest of the
band.
"I'll take it," She decided.
The woman looked
strangely at Haruka as she pulled a wad of cash from her wallet. Haruka
counted it and then handed it to the woman.
"I'll just take the box."
The woman nodded, still staring at her. She recounted the money. Her eyebrows rose to almost the top of hairline.
"This is too much-"
"Keep the change."
"Would you like a wara-"
Haruka was beginning to become annoyed.
"No, I'm in a hurry so will you please just sell this to me?"
"Yes sir, excuse me."
The woman placed the cash in the register and then handed her the ring box.
"Thank you very much, sir. She's a lucky woman," she said before Haruka left.
"No, I'm the lucky one," Haruka sighed, and left the store.
Haruka
completely forgot about buying Michiru the pajamas. She was too deep in
thought think about how to propose to Michiru to pay attention to
anything else. Haruka didn't think that she could make it very dramatic.
She wasn't one for speeches, and she didn't think having a plane write
it in the sky would be the right thing. Just asking Michiru to marry her
would probably be too sudden.
Haruka was still thinking about what to
do when she saw Michiru. She was about to say something when she saw a
man approach her. Haruka was about to warn her, but then the man wrapped
his arms around her. The man pulled Michiru closer and kissed her check
and he seemed to be touching her bellow the waist. Haruka was
speechless. Michiru did nothing at all and continued to let the man hold
her.
Haruka could not see very much or hear anything from where
she was, but what she saw was more than enough. She took a good look at
the ring she had bought. Haruka wasn't angry, but she was confused.
Michiru had always had men after her, but she didn't think that she
would be unfaithful. Michiru was always so honest with her. Tears began
to spill from Haruka's eyes and she quickly wiped them away so that
nobody would have the chance to see her cry.
More tears kept coming and
eventually Haruka stopped trying to conceal them. Haruka looked back one
more time, but there was nobody where the two had been standing. Haruka
wiped at her eyes again and looked closer. They were still there, but
now they were walking toward a large, black-purple void. After all the
enemies she had fought as Sailor Uranus, she had begun to recognize a
portal when she saw one.
Haruka sprinted toward them, but Michiru and
the man that she had been with had disappeared into it. Haruka finally
called Michiru's name, but of course, there was no response.
The
swirling portal began to steadily grow smaller. Haruka wanted to follow
Michiru and figure out whatever was happening, but after all, Michiru
hadn't seemed in the least reluctant to follow the man. Haruka wanted
Michiru to be happy, and if she wanted to be with that man, she wouldn't
do anything about it.
Haruka looked back into the shrinking black
portal. Then something came to her. What kind of man travels in portals?
She knew that there must be something wrong and the man was no ordinary
human, but her transformation stick had not appeared, so he must not
have been a new enemy.
Haruka was not sure of what to do. She was
considering leaving the place, but then she stumbled upon something. It
was a box identical to the one in her pocket. Haruka bent down and
opened it to expose the ring that Michiru had bought. Haruka new that it
must have been for her since Michiru knew what her favorite stone was.
It didn't look like anything a man would wear, but maybe he had bough it
for her.
Haruka didn't think about the second option, though. She
placed it alongside its twin in her pocket, and with renewed confidence,
reached into the diminishing portal as it closed and let herself be
pulled into the void.
Michiru took a tampon from one of the several boxes she kept in the
bathroom. She unwrapped the object, pushed the applicator all the way,
and let the cotton wad fall into the toilet. Michiru flushed it and
placed the empty barrel and the wrapper in the waste bin in a way that
Haruka could see them when she emptied the trash.
Michiru knew that
Haruka would not touch her there if she thought that she was on her
period and it was about time that she would normally be having one.
Haruka would be gone for a few more hours, so Michiru thought that she
would go shopping to look for a birthday gift for Haruka. Her birthday
was only in two weeks. Michiru always made love to her partner on that
day, and she would make it even more special since it might be their
last time, but she simply wanted to buy her something more meaningful
than a new pair of boxers this year.
The woman took the purse that
best fit her white overcoat and slipped on a pair of matching heels.
She put an apple into her bag on the way to her car in case she felt too
lightheaded to drive. Michiru decided that she was not quite dizzy
enough to be a danger on the road and headed toward one of the city's
large shopping centers.
Michiru was deep in thought about what to buy
and her hands slipped from the wheel as she momentarily let her mind
wander. Her attention came back as several cars blared their horns at
her. Michiru shot back to attention and barely missed slamming into one
of the parking lot ramp supports.
Michiru took the first parking space
she saw even though it was much further from the mall's entrance than
she would have liked. She pulled the apple from her purse and bit
hastily into it so that she wouldn't cause any more disturbances. If she
had an accident and had to go to the hospital, Haruka would be told of
her pregnancy. Michiru waited in the car for five minutes to let the
food settle a bit before she dared to enter the mall. She still felt
sick, but she knew that she would be able to handle herself better.
Michiru
didn't see anything that she thought Haruka would like until she came
to one of the fine jewelry stores. There was a gold band embedded with
an amber stone in the center on display. As much as Michiru wanted to
get the ring, she decided against it. Haruka was likely to take it as a
token of deeper commitment, and Michiru knew that she would see it as a
cruel joke if she left the day after giving her such a gift.
Michiru
passed the store and continued through the mall to find something more
discreet. Michiru didn't find a thing after going through the entirety
of the huge complex. She was even more drawn to the ring on the way
back. She wasn't sure why, but Michiru went into the store, paid the
full cost in cash, and left with the ring box in her pocket.
Michiru
was about to get back into her car when a gentle hand was placed on her
shoulder. The man drew her back toward him and pulled her into an
embrace.
"Michiru, it's time to go," the soft, feminine voice whispered into her ear.
Michiru straightened in the grasp. "Please, two more weeks, Haruka-"
"No, I can't let you do that," the voice continued.
"Haruka will be so wor--"
The man pulled her closer and let go of her shoulder to stroke her slightly raised abdomen.
"I though we had an agreement. Do I need to show you more?"
"Please, please just two more-"
"You wouldn't have any reason to stay if she was no longer in this
world. I could take care of that problem in only a moment, but since you
were so obedient, I though I would give you the privilege to say your
farewells and let the one that you feel so much for to continue to exist
in this world."
"Her birthday-"
The world around Michiru suddenly changed from the
environment of the mall's parking to her own bedroom. She could see
Haruka on the bed looking at the latest issue of her F1 racing magazine.
Michiru saw her lover drop the magazine and start to clutch at her
throat as her blue-green eyes bulged in terror. Michiru closed her own
eyes, but she still could see Haruka's face turning blue as she
suffocated. Michiru found that all she could do was see the vision and
she could not do anything to stop what was happening. Haruka let one
more desperate gurgling sound before she fell down on the bed with her
glazy, terrified eyes focused on Michiru.
The man holding Michiru
chuckled lightly and brought Michiru back from the third of Haruka's
possible deaths that he had shown to get her to comply. The man led her
toward the portal that had appeared at the front of the car and the
woman who carried his child stepped through without another word.
Michiru had hoped that Haruka would see her that morning, but she hadn't
noticed that she had been eating kikurage, and it was one of her least
favorite foods. She knew that she had been acting oddly the previous
night and she had made things seem even more suspicious. Michiru's goal
was to stay with Haruka as long as she could, and she knew that in a few
months, her belly would be too large to be explained by a few extra
snacks. Michiru waited until she heard Haruka turn on the shower before
she went into one of the five downstairs bathrooms.
She pinned up her
hair before she pulled up the toilet set. Michiru stuck one of her
fingers down her throat as far as she could and then she released the
contents of her stomach. She rinsed her mouth with water from the sink
and brushed her teeth with one of the spare toothbrushes Haruka kept in
the room. She brushed for several minutes to be sure that Haruka
wouldn't notice any stomach acid on her breath when she kissed her.
Michiru hadn't eaten much since she knew that she was pregnant, or
actually, she hadn't kept much in her stomach. She ate only enough to
keep from passing out. She hoped that after letting Haruka see her eat
like that, she would be expected to gain some weight. Michiru thought
that she was about two months pregnant and she was trying to keep the
baby as small as possible without resorting to drugs. She didn't want
the baby, but she also didn't have the heart to destroy an innocent
life. It was bad enough that she would have to hurt Haruka when it all
became too apparent. The woman dabbed her tears with a wad of toilet
paper and flushed it down along with the vomit. She undid her hair and
walked back up to the bedroom in her most normal manner.
The woman
was about to climb back into bed when the shower stopped. Michiru
quickly pulled the covers over her body and closed her eyes. Haruka
stepped out of the bathroom a moment later. And quietly crossed the room
to her dresser and pulled out a clean pair of boxers and a tight
training bra. Haruka pulled them on, went to another drawer and took out
a pair of sweat pants. Haruka went over to Michiru and kissed her
cheek.
"I love you," she whispered, kissing Michiru's ear. Then she went outside to run some laps.
Haruka's
words made Michiru feel even worse and she couldn't find any sleep. By
the time that Haruka came back into the room and took another shower, it
was after the time that she normally got up. Michiru was sitting on the
made bed when Haruka came out of the bathroom this time.
"Want a massage, Haruka?" Michiru asked in a sensual tone.
Haruka smiled and helped herself to an eyeful as Michiru undid her silk robe and sifted her short blond hair with her hand.
"I don't think I'd mind."
Michiru patted the bed beside her.
"Lie on your back.
Haruka obeyed and let Michiru rub her shoulders
from the front. Michiru always preferred to do it that way so that she
could gaze into Haruka's lovely eyes. After a few moments, Haruka began
to give Mcihiru a massage of her own. Michiru allowed Haruka to fondle
her backside as she let her hands wander slightly below Haruka's
shoulders. Michiru reached over to her nightstand while she still
straddled Haruka and grabbed the tube of body oil. Michiru rubbed the
substance into Haruka flesh while she let Haruka penetrate her with her
fingers. Michiru kissed Haruka's lips to distract her lover's fingers.
As much as she had loved the gentle touch, it just didn't feel right
anymore.
Haruka wrapped her arms around Michiru's waist as she had
hoped she would, and brought her in closer for an even deeper kiss.
Michiru let Haruka kiss her for several minutes, before she pushed
lightly on her partner's relatively flat chest to signal that she wanted
to stop.
"Haruka, didn't you want to go to that drifting thing toady? You're going to be late."
Haruka looked at her clock and jumped of the bed. She quickly tossed on
casual-wear and combed her disheavled hair back into her normal style.
She sprayed on a bit of cologne and they looked back at Michiru who was
still gazing at her with an amused expression.
"Are you sure that you don't want to come?"
"I don't like that sort of thing, Haruka. You know that the only reason
why I would go to watch cars is if you were in one of them," Michiru
answered coyly.
"You're really missing out," Haruka suggested.
Michiru smiled, but didn't say anything.
Haruka sighed. "Do you want me to bring you anything?" she asked before she left the room.
Michiru refrained from listing several of the foods that she had recently been craving and shook her head.
"No, I'm fine. Have a good time, Haruka."
"I love you, Michiru."
"I know you do."
Haruka chuckled and waited for the answer that she was looking for.
"I love you too, Haruka. Good night."
"Good night?"
Michiru blushed and rolled to her side of the bed so that she would not have to face her lover.
"I'm a bit tired."
Haruka Tenoh leaned over Michiru Kaioh and gently placed the back of her hand against her lover's forehead.
"Are you feeling alright?" Haruka moved her hand and stared worriedly at Michiru. Her skin was glimmering with sweat,
"I'm fine, just tired." Michiru actually seemed a bit agitated.
Haruka withdrew and leaned against her pillow. She clapped her hands twice to deactivate the lights.
"Good night."
The bed was empty when Haruka got up to prepare breakfast at six in the morning. Michiru was never
up before Haruka. The half of the bed where Michiru had been sleeping
was cool and showed no sign of body heat. Haruka rubbed her head,
removed her boxer shorts form between her buttocks and went downstairs.
Michiru was sitting at the kitchen table. It was strewn with plates and
containers that had previously contained left-overs from meals and an
empty ice cream pint. Michiru was about to place another morsel into her
mouth when she spotted Haruka staring at her from the banister.
"So that's where it's all been disappearing to."
Michiru dropped her chopsticks and pushed the nearest plate away in an attempt to hide the evidence of her porking episode.
Haruka smiled. "I like a woman with an appetite."
Michiru began to move the dishes to the sink, but Haruka continued down the stairs and stopped her.
"I'll take care of it. I don't suppose you'll want to me to fix you anything else?"
Haruka took the rest of the plates to the sink while Michiru stood aside in embarrassed silence.
"Haruka, would you still stay with me if I was fat?"
"You don't even need to ask. Of course I would." Haruka didn't mention that it was Michiru who was staying at her place. "If anything, you could gain a few pounds."
Haruka took a glance at one of the dishes she was carrying.
"Michiru? You know this is kikurage?" Haruka pointed to the dark
mushrooms on the plate that she had been eating from. "I thought you
hated kikurage."
"I guess that they aren't that bad when you're hungry."
"Ah," Haruka sighed, as she finished removing the dishes and throwing
away the empty pint. "Michiru, if there is anything that you need to
say, I'll always be here to listen." With that, Haruka left her lover
standing in the kitchen, and went back up to their room to take a
shower.