ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE
By SailorJane & Anonymous
CHAPTER 16
Sailor Pluto sat in the hospital bed, no longer wearing her Sailor outfit. The team knew the doctor and crew at this hospital, so their secrets were kept safe. However, the girls were all still in their uniforms. Trista’s chest was covered by a large bandage. She would recover quickly, but she was still human and needed the rest. Sailor Neptune was especially affectionate lying in bed with the eldest scout, holding her.
“Now when we get home,” the aqua-hair said, “You’re taking it easy.” She poked at her chest and spoke to her in a demanding voice, “No Sailor business for you!”
“Ow,” Pluto squirmed at Neptune’s poking.
“Oh,” Neptune rubbed the wounded soldier’s chest gently, “Sorry.”
Uranus was busy comforting Saturn as she watched her mother in the hospital bed. Mars and Venus were arguing with each other, what else was new? Sailor Mercury sat on a nearby chair looking down at the floor. She was not particularly proud of her outbursts back at the comic-con, but that Tiberius had made her so angry. One of Mercury’s fellow scouts had been badly injured. This was now the second time her princess was in the line of fire. She couldn’t help herself. Sailor Moon moved closer towards her water powered friend, but Jupiter beat her to the punch. The tall girl wrapped her arms around Mercury and kissed her on the lips. The bluenette did not return the affection. Rather, she almost pretended Lita wasn’t there.
“It’s okay Amy,” she said, “Trista’s gonna be fine.” The tall brunette would not let her girlfriend go. Mercury said nothing, and wouldn’t even look her alleged girlfriend in the eye. “Hey,” Jupiter forced her attention. Their eyes finally met, “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine Lita,” she lied.
Luna now came up to Amy concerned: “Mercury, what do you know about the enemy?”
“I don’t have any evidence,” Sailor Mercury told the cat very matter-of-factly, “But I just feel like that Tiberius was behind all this somehow.”
“Your feelings serve you well.”
A familiar low British voice entered the room grabbing everyone’s attention. Standing near the door was the man who had come into their dressing room after Tiberius haunted them. The tall brown haired man’s face was serious. His hands were in his pockets. Mars and Jupiter ran to the front ready to fight the man. Sailor Moon and the others stayed where they were.
“What are you doing here?” Mars said angrily, “This room is private!”
“I walked in,” the man shrugged his shoulders.
Mars began to form fireballs in her fists. Jupiter’s lighting rod rose from her tiara.
“Relax Sailor Mars,” He said calmly raising his hand, “I’m not here to fight.”
“Bullshit!” Raye shouted, “Mars Fire-“
“Wait,” Mercury came to her side calming her down. She looked hard into the man’s eyes. Unlike Tiberius, she didn’t pick up any danger from this man. “Who are you?” She said quietly.
“My name is Drusus,” The man said, “And you’re feelings towards Tiberius are correct, Amy.”
Mercury began to shake in fear hearing her civilian name uttered. She refrained from playing stupid by asking ‘Who’s Amy’. This man was obviously not bluffing. “How do you my name?”
“I know a lot about you Amy Mizuno,” Drusus slowly moved forward without intimidating anyone, “Sailor Mercury, the Sailor Scout of Water and Ice.” He then looked to Mars, “Raye Hino, the fire Soldier of Mars,” his eyes then found Sailor Moon. He stopped and stared at her, “And of course, Serena Usagi Tsukino.”
Serena watched him concerned.
Drusus felt a strong gloved hand wrap around his neck: “So,” Lita said, “You WERE involved with the assassination attempt on our princess. I’m gonna break your neck!” Curiously, Drusus did not struggle to stop the scout of electricity. He did of course try to grab his neck and struggled to catch his breath.
“Lita,” Amy tried to stop her holding her arm, “No, let him go. We need information about the enemy and he can give it to us.”
Lita looked to Serena waiting for her okay. Serena looked to Amy who in turn looked at her. The princess could read her mind. Sailor Moon looked back to Jupiter and nodded. Hotaru appeared beside Jupiter, across from Amy lightly putting her gloved hand on her arm. Quickly looking towards her young friend, Jupiter reluctantly let the man go. He held his neck and struggled to breathe. Jupiter took a look at the two girls standing beside her; Mercury on one side, and Saturn on the other. Uranus and Neptune stayed by Pluto guarding her.
“All right,” Sailor Mercury now stood before the man, “Tiberius was the one who tried to kill us today, and was involved in the assassination attempt last week. Right?”
“Yes,” Drusus now stood breathing easier. He was taller than Amy.
“And he’s from the Negaverse?”
Drusus hesitated, “No.” This caught the other by surprise, “He’s from Earth, as am I. We were both born in Rome.”
Amy wanted to clear something up, “How are you related to him?”
“He’s my brother,” Another shocking confession. There was silence in the room.
“If he’s your brother,” Mars walked towards him, still unable to trust him, “Then wouldn’t you be working with him?”
“We used to work together,” Drusus said holding his head up, his chest out, and smiling, “Charging with the Roman armies into victory. Of course my brother was not quite as-“
“Wait a minute,” Hotaru interrupted, “Roman armies? Are you saying you and Tiberius are from Ancient Rome?”
Drusus nodded, “Yes. You see many centuries ago, just before the Western Roman Empire came to a fall, a great number of us escaped the Barbarians assault on the armies. A man named Kunzite,” He looked around at everyone, “I know you’re familiar with him, he helped us escape the fires of Rome and into the cold dimension of the Negaverse. There, we met Queen Beryl and the rest of the alien beings we came to know over the years. I must admit neither I nor Tiberius were particularly ecstatic about leaving our home,” Drusus’ voice began to show signs of intelligence and passion, “But we survived, and the powers of the Negaverse came into our possession. We became stronger, gained eternal life, began to posses powers we never dreamed of. We often thought of going back to reclaim the land we had lost,” He sighed and darkness clouded his voice, “But by that time, we realized that the world we once knew was gone. Rome was now Ancient Rome. Instead of conflicts over survival, land, and trade, the human race had become involved in wars over religion.”
The Sailor Scouts were quite hypnotized by Drusus’ melodic speech. Amy spoke up first:
“Did you aid Queen Beryl when she tried to take over the Earth?”
Drusus looked to her, “No. Queen Beryl had her own agents, but we were there if she needed us. She probably realized it was a conflict for us to invade our old homeland,” He raised his hand, “I did know quite a bit about this Sailor Moon Beryl complained about so much, and every chance I got, I watched the battles between The Negaverse and the Sailor Scouts. I must confess, I was astounded.” He became excited as he reflected on their first battles, “The way you girls fought, the passion for your friends, family and home… It really was the Roman way; the way a Roman soldier would fight! I couldn’t help but admire you girls. I only wish I could have fought alongside you when you fought the Negamoon, Professor Tomoe, Galaxia…” Once again a dark cloud overcame his thoughts, “Livia! Yes, Livia that’s where the problem lies.”
It suddenly hit Amy. She knew who Tiberius was. The Roman Soldier looked at her and nodded his head.
“Your thoughts are strong Mercury,” Drusus said to her and walked back standing before her, “You met Tiberius back when you were fighting Livia.”
“The man in black,” Amy said, “The man who was helping her.”
“That’s my brother,” Drusus responded, “You are brilliant. But it runs deeper than that,” He seemed very unenthusiastic about this next part, “Livia was Tiberius’s lover.”
By now, the Sailor Scouts knew exactly what was going on.
“And,” Sailor Venus interrupted, “Tiberius wants revenge for his lover’s death.”
“That’s correct Sailor Venus.”
Venus looked to Luna and mocked her, “See? I’m still useful!”
Luna rolled her eyes.
“You’ll have to be useful Minako,” Drusus said, “After the death of Livia, my brother went mad. His mind has become fixated on killing Sailor Moon,” He then looked to Amy, “And, the woman who killed his lover.”
Sailor Mercury began to feel a chill reach her spine. Sailor Moon and Mercury held each other.
“I have a question,” Mars said, “Why did the Negaverse monsters use guns?”
“They’re not Negaverse monsters,” Drusus answered, “They’re Romans, Roman soldiers at that. You see Tiberius found a loophole in your enemy’s need for energy. Guns and bullets use up no energy, minus the energy it takes to steal them, and yet they can kill you just as easily. These soldiers have dedicated their lives to Tiberius and will do whatever he says.”
They all took a look at Sailor Pluto, who was in bad condition from the battle.
“I’m afraid you’re not safe Sailor Moon, nor are you Sailor Mercury. Tiberius will use his dying breath to murder you.” Drusus had a look of regret on his face, “Even I am powerless to stop him.”
Everyone in the room was speechless and scared.
“Cmon guys,” Lita walked around trying to get everyone back up, “We’ve fought creeps like these before, we can do it again! Right?”
There was no answer. Even Luna, always ready to uplift her Sailor Scouts hung her head in fear. Uranus and Neptune could not take their eyes off their wounded lover. Hotaru placed her hand on Lita’s arm. The tall brunette could feel the smaller hand shaking. It was a dark scene.
“You are brave Sailor Jupiter,” Drusus almost bowed before her, “But this is a fight you cannot win. It will take your life.”
Hotaru was now hugging Lita tightly. The older girl could never be convinced to give up a fight, but her fellow scouts’ resistance was making her nervous. Drusus looked at Sailor Saturn curiously.
“Lita,” he said not taking his eyes off of Saturn. Jupiter gave the man her full attention, “Watch over this young soldier. I sense she may be the one hope you have of surviving.” Jupiter almost wanted to punch this man, but held back.
Drusus looked at the others: Mars, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and the wounded Pluto. Each of their silent faces had a different expression on it. He said nothing to them. Then he saw Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon standing next to each other now holding hands. Mercury seemed to be comforting her princess.
“Sailor Moon,” Drusus said very matter-of-factly, “Get out of Tokyo. My brother will not stop until he has collected your head.” He began to walk away, “I wish you all luck. You’re going to need it.”
All nine of the scouts, plus the two cats watched this man walk out of the room. Once the door closed, the chatter started:
“Bullshit!” Jupiter snorted, “He’s just trying to scare us.”
“I don’t think so Jupiter,” Mercury said. She was the smart one after all.
“I’m afraid,” Luna spoke up, “We have no choice but to take his advice.”
“We’re leaving Tokyo?” Venus spoke up.
“No,” Luna didn’t chastise the Scout of Love this time, “Sailor Moon will leave.”
Sailor Moon was defiant, “Luna,” she stood up, “I won’t leave you all. It doesn’t make any sense for me to abandon my friends.”
“It makes perfect sense Serena,” Mercury stood up, “You’re the one Tiberius wants.”
“And,” Sailor Mars spoke up, “If anything was to happen to you, our future is doomed.”
“Agreed,” Luna nodded her head.
“What about Mercury?” Jupiter held onto her, “She’s the one who killed Livia. If he gets the chance, Tiberius will kill her.”
“I know Lita,” Luna said, “That’s why I want Mercury to go with Sailor Moon. The princess needs a body-guard anyway.”
Amy and Serena looked at each other. A selfish-thought came into the bluenette’s head, she and Serena would finally be alone together! They would have the chance to be a couple. She couldn’t tell if this is what Serena was thinking or not. Lita looked at her lover realizing she would be leaving her.
“But what about the rest of us?” Neptune asked.
“It’s not a good idea for all of us to leave,” Luna looked to the aqua-haired scout, “Jupiter is right, we need to fight this enemy, but we can’t risk Sailor Moon’s life doing it.”
“Besides,” Artemis spoke up, “If everyone leave Tokyo, Tiberius will just come looking for us.”
“Right,” Luna agreed with her fellow feline, “I want Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury on a plane to America tomorrow morning.”
“Well,” Lita held onto her girlfriend. Amy looked a little uncomfortable, as did Serena seeing her secret love in Lita’s arms, “I’m gonna go with them.”
“No,” Luna said, “Lita, you’re the muscle of the scouts, we need you to help us fight these creeps.”
Juipter knew her muscle would be important in helping defeat the enemy, but the thought of her lover leaving her was too much for her to bear, “But Luna,” Lita almost cried at the thought, “Mercury is my girlfriend. I couldn’t bear to have her away.”
“Lita,” Mercury spoke up and put her hand on the brunette’s shoulder, “You said it yourself, protecting Serena is our first priority.”
Jupiter knew the importance of protecting her princess, but she couldn’t help but fight tears: “It’s just not fair,” she held her girlfriend’s hand, “We just got together. We’ve barely had anytime to ourselves and now you’re leaving.”
Amy did feel guilty about leaving Lita behind. Uranus came towards Lita and offered a solution: “Lita, Amy, you two spend tonight together. We’ll all watch over Sailor Moon and Sailor Pluto.”
“Amara,” Amy said, “You don’t need to-“
“If my girl was leaving me,” Amara continued, “For God-knows how long, I’d want to spend the night with her.”
Lita wasn’t sure, she looked at Luna, “Is that okay Luna?”
Luna was now starting to realize how complicated this relationship was affecting the team, but she wasn’t about to make her strongest scout unhappy: “That’s fine, but I want Amy at the airport tomorrow first thing in the morning.”
“I won’t let you down,” Lita smiled.
She hugged Amy, who hugged her back. The shy scout looked over the taller scout’s shoulder to see Serena, Mars, Venus and Saturn who looked back at her. Saturn didn’t like seeing Amy hug the girl she loved. Yet, there was a thought of hope in Hotaru’s eyes. With Amy gone, maybe she and Lita could have a chance at love. Mars had the same look of anger that always occupied her eyes. The priestess knew what was going to happen when Amy got Serena alone to herself. Venus was… well Venus. And Sailor Moon… it had become so difficult to read her mind. Mercury had no idea what she was thinking. Lita let go of her lover and grabbed her hand. The two of them began to walk out.
“Be careful you two,” Artemis spoke up.
The following night was full of inner-conflicts. Amy lied in Lita’s bed kissing the taller girl. Amy was naked with the exception of her long white gloves. Lita was also nude, but she too wore a pair of white gloves, wanting to please her girlfriend. Over the past week, Lita and Amy had become quite physical with each other, but it always seemed so empty. The scout of electricity had fantasized how wonderful her first night with Amy would be. Instead, it was so awkward. It should have been even harder for the two of them to be intimate tonight: Trista was in the hospital, Sailor Moon was being targeted for assassination. However, Amy tried her best to forget about all these things and give her girlfriend her affection. It wasn’t easy.
Amy moved on top of the tall girl and began to slowly move down kissing her neck, her collar bone, her chest. The bluenette finally stopped above Lita’s right breast. She kissed it softly and squeezed the other naked breast with her gloved hand. Her breasts were beautiful, but everytime Amy saw them, she could not help but think of what it would be like to touch Serena’s naked tits. Lita felt so relaxed having her girlfriend massage them. Suddenly, a tongue began to wiggle her nipple. Lita closed her eyes and sighed as Amy’s moist tongue massaged Sailor Jupiter’s nipple. Amy seemed to rush everything, because she immediately began to suck on the boob. Lita began to sigh even deeper. She felt the sensations acted on her breasts deep in her private area. Now Amy began to suck her other breast. The brunette was a bit distracted by the blue-hair making love to her very matter-of-fact like. She held the smart girl’s gloved hand hoping to gain her attention. While still sucking on her breast, Amy’s eyes now looked towards Lita. The brunette smiled seeing her girlfriend’s eyes, but they soon went away again. Something wasn’t right. Lita was not a girl who cried, but she began feel tears in her eyes. Nothing escaped Amy. She heard the slightest whimper out of Lita and moved up towards her.
“What’s wrong Lita?” Amy began to feel her girlfriend’s hair.
“It’s just,” Lita couldn’t open her eyes, “I feel so terrible about all this.”
Amy cuddled up beside her girlfriend. She never imagined herself being the one to console the muscular Lita, but she made no reservations about doing it. Amy and Lita held onto each other, feeling their breasts together.
“Lita,” Amy comforted her, “You know I’ll be back. You said it yourself, we’ve fought these creeps before and we can do it again. We just need to make sure Serena is safe. Our future depends on it.”
“I know,” Lita said now opening her red eyes, “But,” She hesitated. Amy simply waited for her girlfriend to reply: “I love you, but I don’t feel like you love me back. The past week, I mean I appreciate the love and affection you give me, but there’s just something I can’t get my head around.”
“Lita,” Amy lied, “You don’t have to worry about anything, I do love you.” Amy realized she was lying, but how could she tell her friend the truth now. She was going to be leaving her for who-knows how long. “It’s just my mind is in other places. You know how I am. Life is like a big chess game to me. And with our princess’ life at stake, I really need to stay four or five moves ahead of our enemy.”
Amy’s eyes deceived her. Lita knew her friend too well to know when there was something bothering her, and it wasn’t necessarily the Princess’ well being. Lita finally stood up, “Amy listen to me.” Both of their eyes met. Jupiter’s eyes were forceful: “Listen I can’t help shake off this feeling that there’s something going on between you and Raye.”
Amy sighed annoyingly hearing this rumor again.
“Just hear me out,” Lita said holding her hand up, “If there is something going on between you two, it’s okay, you just need to tell me-“
“Lita,” Amy held onto her girlfriend’s arms, “There is nothing going on between Raye and I.” She decided to tell a secret that only she, Raye and Mina knew about, “We have had a physical relationship before. It was years ago, before Venus came on the team.” Lita was shocked to hear this, but kept her cool, “And Raye and I have-“ She hesitated, “Done stuff, over the years from time to time. Mina knows about it. But nothing’s going on between us anymore. Raye is my friend. She loves Mina. I mean, you heard them, they’re getting married.”
This was a relief to the tall brunette, “I’m glad you told me. You can always tell me anything, you know that?”
Serena, on the other hand, was an entirely different story. If Amy had told Lita right then and there that she was in love with Sailor Moon, maybe the scout of Thunder would understand… or maybe not. Maybe it would absolutely crush her, especially since she and Sailor Moon were about to go off to the states together. Luckily, Lita didn’t suspect a thing going on between the two of them.
“What about,” Amy asked, “You and Hotaru?”
Lita was waiting for this subject to come up, but she was ready, “There’s nothing going on between Hotaru and I. Her hormones are starting to act up on her, and I helped her out. That was it.”
Amy believed her. She had a feeling Hotaru was still interested in Lita. She began to hatch an idea. “Do me a favor,” Amy said, “Keep her company while I’m away. She’s having a hard time, I think she’s gonna need you in these upcoming weeks like Serena will need me.”
The brunette’s eyes looked suspiciously into the bluenette’s eyes, but she trusted her, “Okay.” She now smiled, “I’m glad we had this talk.”
The two embraced each other in a kiss. Amy really did love Lita, even if it was just as a friend. As their kiss disbanded, Amy crawled all the way down towards Sailor Jupiter’s pelvis, face to face with a sex organ some disputed the tomboy had. In reality, Lita Kino had a small adorable trimmed vagina. Lita decided to close her eyes feeling gloved hands on her private area. A finger massaged her labia moving more towards the tall girl’s clitoris. The massage caused Lita to open her mouth and let out a loud sigh. Suddenly, a moist tongue took the finger’s place and the eyes opened.
There she was, Lita’s love, Amy Mizuno, giving her oral pleasure. It was a sight she had only dreamt about and now it was actually happening. She couldn’t help but realize that the next morning, she would be gone. Lita reached her hand out for Amy’s.
“Oh Amy,” Lita sighed, “I love you.”
Amy didn’t say anything as she continued to lick her girlfriend until she screamed to climax.