"Impossible!" Setsuna gasped. "How could you two have known each other before Rei came to the palace!?" Usagi laughed and snuggled against the desert warrior's side. "It was when I ran away Setsuna." --------- 5 Years ago --------------- Usagi panted as she climbed down the rope that led to her freedom. Being the pharoh's daughter was worse than a lifetime in the sand pits. Even worse was that she was the only child and only fourteen summers. Making sure her cloak's hood hid her face, she darted out of the steel gates and ran into the desert. There was one problem. She had no idea of where to go. Daylight had broken the darkness and the sun was at its peak. Days had passed and she had lost track. Usagi gulped and wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was just so hot...she had ran out of water and food. Her vision blurred. Usagi looked behind her and gasped. The golden city she had left had completely vanished. Now, only hills and mountains of golden sand surrounded her. She panted and continued forward. She had to make it until dusk... She stumbled and fell to the ground. 'This is how it ends then?' Suddenly, black-mocasin clad feet came into her vision. She felt herself being rolled to her back by gentle hands. Usagi squinted against the sun to see the owner of them, but the sun blurred out eveything. "Are you alive?" Usagi's breath came out in a wheez. The person's voice was like black velvet, even more enticing with the slight roll added to the 'R's. A chuckle came from above and she felt herself being carried. "I shall take that as a yes then." A bird's call escaped her savior's lips and a cream colored camel trotted from a dune. "Hello my friend," her savior whispered with affection. "I need your help." With the grace of a palace dancer, her savior swung both of them up onto the camel's saddle. Usagi helped as much as she could, but she was too exhausted to do much of anything. When she came in contact with something soft, her eyes opened. 'A woman?' The woman bowed her head near Usagi's ear and whispered, "Sleep now, little kitten. Conserve your energy." At the woman's request, Usagi closed her eyes and desepreatly tried to find sleep, but the constant bumping of the camel made it difficult. A chuckle tickled her ear, the sound throaty, husky. The woman began to croon something in a different toungue, the syllables strange and different. Usagi sighed as the beautiful song soothed her mind, making her forget the scorching sun and the uncomfortable ride, the woes of her mother and the past problems she had faced. There was only the soft music that clung to the lyrics, the quiet and un-seen seduction that wrapped around her and carried her to Nirvana. Just before the dark claimed her, she felt a feather-light touch grace the nape of her neck, and a word whispered in the language that souded like: Mine. When Usagi awoke, her first thought was that it had all been a dream, that she was still living like a prisoner. That the mysterious woman who had sang to her was simply a figment of her stressed out mind. It was then she noticed that she was not on the feather-stuffed mattress. She was on a mat, the only cusion was the sand. That her body was covered not by silk sheets, but by a wonderfully soft black fabric that seemed to be spun of night. And the dark woman was indeed very real. So real in fact, that she was cooking something over a fire. Usagi heard her stomach growl. Loudly. It seemed that the woman also noticed because she turned and face Usagi. The blonde gasped. The woman was...beautiful. Raven black hair reached the nape of her neck and violet eyes peered underneath thick, luxurious eyelashes. The lower half of her face was covered by a black face veil, made out of the same semi-see through material her robes were made of. They stayed like that for Isis knew how long, simply locking gazes. Then Usagi blinked and the spell was broken. The violet eyed woman chuckled silently and stood. She approached Usagi, carriying a canteen and a stone slab that had a peice of freshly roasted pork on its surface. "I am glad to see you are not dead." the woman said gently. Usagi shook her head in order to keep from falling into the web of sensuality the woman's voice produced. "I,ah, I thank you." Usagi croaked. She took the slab and the canteen and began to eat neatly remembering her manners. The woman laughed and said, "No need to peck at it like a desert bird. Eat your fill." Usagi paused, then began to dig in fast and swallowing mouthful after mouthful. When she had finished, she turned her eyes to the woman. "What is your name?" The woman jumped. She clearly had not been expecting this question. She stayed quiet before she reached behind her and, slowly, removed the face veil. "Rei." she whispered. Usagi swallowed. Rei was...stunning...Full lips that sat underneath a small nose. A delicate, yet strong chin. All of them simply added to the picture that made Usagi's heart flutter. "And what is your name little kitten?" Rei whispered. "Usagi," the run-away princess breathed. Rei smiled. "Then perhaps I should call you 'Little Bunny' from now on?" Usagi found herself leaning closer. "I liked 'Little Kitten' better..." Rei 's smile faded and her eyes became hooded. "'Little Kitten' it is then..." They were drawn to each other, one with hair spun from the sun and an innocense to match, the other a child of the night, with eyes that held so much passion. So different...so alike...and each captured by the web of destiny that had wrapped them in the fabric of love. Rei reached up and touched a lock of blonde hair that had slipped to her shoulder. Her fingers brushed bare skin as they held the sun-kissed locks. "Are you a sun-sprite, little kitten?" she murmured. Usagi blinked slowly, as if she was drugged. "No..."she whispered. Midnight purple locked with sea blue. "Ah," Rei breathed as she began to lean forward. "then you must be a goddess of the sand." Their foreheads touched. The chill of the night was completely wasted on the two of them. "No..." "Truly?" Rei smirked. "Have I found myself a child of human flesh? Or are you a sand nymph, come to steal my soul?" Usagi moved her hands to grasp Rei's shoulders for support. "I am human." she whispered. Rei laughed quietly. "Even if you weren't" she purred. "I would still do this." Then she closed the few centimeters between them and pressed their lips together. Usagi moaned and fisted the black material in her hands. Rei groaned and closed her eyes as she cupped the back of Usagi's head. Fire sprung between them, powerful and consuming. Rei stood up, not breaking the kiss, and pulled Usagi flush against her. They moved together, trying to get closer, trying crawl into the other's soul. "Io amore aloro, sole dea..." Rei gasped against her lips. Usagi wrapped her arms around Rei's neck as the night-child sank back to her knees. Their lips fused together as Rei's hands grabbed her hips. They deepened the kiss, much to their mutual enjoyment. "That lauguage," Usagi breathed when they seperated. "What is it? I have never heard it before..." "The traveler who taught me," Rei whispered as she buried her face in Usagi's hair. "Told me it was the language of lovers..." "It's beautiful." Usagi murmured as Rei placed light kisses on her eyelids. "Will you speak it to me once more?" "Ah, sole dea, aloro sotrarre miei etere lontano." Usagi moaned as the night-child traced kisses up and down her neck. Her fingers buried themselves in short obsidian waves. "Bacio miei, sole dea, bacio miei ognora," Rei pleaded as she laid on her back and drew the princess down. And in the face of love, the fire and the moolight merged. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setsuna was breathless. "You mean you two..." Usagi blushed as Rei wrapped and arm around her waist. "Yes." The sorceress blanched. "B-but, you two were strangers!" Rei shrugged. "Love can erase that." Setsuna sighed and ran a hand over her face. This was very bad... Usagi leant up and whispered in Rei's ear, "Io amore aloro ognora, miei fuori dea." "Io amore aloro ognora, miei sole dea." :::::::: fin ::::::: Thanks to an English to Itailian translator, I was able to come up with the Itailian phrases in the story. Please, if you have any questions, feel free to ask! Translations: Io amore aloro, sole dea : I love you sun goddess Ah, sole dea, aloro sotarre miei etere lontano: Ah, sun goddess, you steal my breath away. Bacio miei, sole dea, bacio miei ognora: Kiss me, sun goddess, kiss me forever... Io amore aloro ognora, miei fuoru dea: I love you forever, my fire goddess Io amore aloro ognora, miei sole dea: I love you forever, my sun goddess And why does Rei have short hair instead of long hair? Because she'd probably a hellof alot sexier. (plus, there isn't a whole lot of fics with a short-haired Rei in it.)
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