Love\'s Conquest

Chapter Two: Puzzle

Hands clasped tightly around her waist, holding her back while sinister voices hissed in the shell of her ear. Hot breathe brushed against her cheek, making the skin of the princess literally crawl will ill ease. Chibi-Usa gave a valiant struggle against her captor’s grasp; but this only caused the hands to tighten around her likes a vice. Roughly the hands forced her head to turn, crimson eyes staring into a mirror. Chibi-Usa could easily see her own reflection, her face pale from terror as beads of sweat collected on her brow. Her gaze moved lower to see the slender hands which clasped tightly around her waist came out from the shadows behind her. The delicate fingers tapped against her taunt stomach, the blood-red fingernails causing the fabric of her white dress to bunch up.

“Chibi-Usa,” a soft voice purred. Shivers crawled down the princess’s spine, as a rush of cold overtook her. The fingers gradually loosened around her waist, the fingernails clawing at the fabric until a loud ripping noise rendered through the air. The lower half of her dress floated to the floor.

A hand moved from her waist, the same fingers which held her roughly slowly entwining among her pink locks. A soft sigh ushered from behind as a face joined hers in the mirror. The face was a replication of her own, only the eyes were a deeper shade of red, like the color of rich wine, and those same eyes were tilted lower giving them a heavy-lidded sultry look about them.

Chibi-Usa parted her lips to protest, to scream at the witch for invading her mind; however words and breath caught in her throat as petal soft lips grazed against the column of her neck. She could only watch as red stained lips tenderly kissed the side of her neck, taking light nibbles out of the sensitive flesh, a tongue soon to follow, lavishing her skin affectionately.

Torn between horror and fascination Chibi-Usa moved to close her eyes; but being blinded didn’t lessen her sense of touch, in fact it increased it.

Nimble fingers slowly pulled on the sleeve of her gown, the sinister red nails dragging against the virgin white scrap of cloth as a creamy shoulder was exposed. Chibi-Usa didn’t even blink as the lips moved to rest on the juncture between neck and shoulder blade. Teasingly the tongue brushed over the skin before lips closed in around the skin, suckling on the tender flesh.

A soft ‘mew’ could be heard from Chibi-Usa as hand slide underneath the tatters of her dress; the digits carefully crept over an exposed calf, inching up further they tickled the inside of a thigh.

“No,” Chibi-Usa protested, her voice sounding airy since her chest felt heavy.

Paying no heed to the plea the shadowed woman roughly yanked on the sleeve of her gown, causing the left half of her dress to tear. The offending hand grasped the cloth for a moment before tossing it aside. Chibi-Usa’s eyes widened as the hand moved back to curl underneath a bared breast. Knuckles lightly rubbed the underside of her breast just as the other hand reached up between her legs. Two fingers from each hand set to their separate tasks.

A gasp was rendered from the young princess as two fingers clasped around the pink nipple of her breast, the act of pinching the sensitive bud caused heat to ripple from her head, through her chest, settling into a pool in the ‘core’ of her body. Between her legs two fingers pressed against her neither lips, electing a soft cry from Chibi-Usa as said digits parted her intimate folds. A painful squeeze to her nipple, followed by a finger sliding into a warm and wet slit, both these actions caused a low moan to erupt from parted lips.

Another set of lips moved to whisper into the shell of her ear, “How does it make you feel to know that I have such control over you?” the same purring and sensuous voice breathed.

Chibi-Usa bit her lip while a second finger slipped inside of her; both fingers began to piston in and out, causing her body to throb with a hunger.

“Look at yourself Chibi-Usa,” the voice demanded.

Opening her eyes Chibi-Usa stared into the mirror. A sense of dread made a sickening mixture with desire as her face and body had been replaced by Dark Lady.
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“Chibi-Usa, where are you?”

The princess moaned slightly, she could hear a voice calling out her name. Slowly lifting her head up the princess could see someone standing at the end of the hallway. She tried to at least sit up, but the hands she placed on the cold marble floor trembled when she put weight on them, causing the princess to fall back to the floor.

‘So tired,’ she mused, unheeding to the voice now crying out to her, the last image burned into her mind was a pair of orange high heeled shoes racing across the marble floor and towards her, then darkness enclosed around her.

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A mop of dark blue hair was ruffled slightly as hand placed a stethoscope around a slender neck. Azure eyes gazed down at the young princess sprawled out on her bed, appearing to be sound asleep. Looking up her gaze met baby blue eyes, which expressed an immense amount of worry, and it was her job to place those fears at rest.

“She’s not ill Minako, just exhausted. My best guess would be the stress of her up coming coronation.” Ami stated calmly, while pacing away various things back into her medical bag.

Minako worried her bottom lip with her teeth, far be it one to contradict a doctor, especially Ami, but the blue-haired one hadn’t seen what she had. She hadn’t been there when Minako found the princess curled up in a helpless ball, her body shaking all over as tears streamed down her face. She wasn’t the one who had to carry the princess back to her room all the while snarling at a servant to summon the medic to the girl’s room.

Ami tossed her one last glance before snapping her medical bag closed, “If you’re that worried about her Minako than you might want to stay with her for the night.”

Taking that suggestion to heart Minako stayed in Chib-Usa’s room, for the majority of the time the pink-haired princess just slept, oblivious to the world around her; however this sleep was by no means peaceful. Minako watched as the younger woman’s brows knitted together, sweat would collect on her forehead and the occasional tear would slip down her face. Carefully Minako leaned over the bed; very gently she stroked the tears away, planting a butterfly kiss on Chibi-Usa’s right cheek. Slowly Chibi-Usa calmed enough to actually sleep.

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It was well past the midnight hour before crimson eyes opened again. Sitting up abruptly in bed, her vision blurred from sleep and hindered by the darkness. She did notice right off that there was another person in her room; actually the ‘person’ was on her bed. Turning to her right Chibi-Usa was surprised to see Minako’s head resting on the edge of her bed, long blonde hair sprawled about the silken sheets, while placed underneath her chin was two folded hands, light snoring coming from an open mouth.

A sense of relief flooded Chibi-Usa. For a moment she had worried that it was Dark Lady; it was only after she had realized it was Minako did she realize how foolish that sounded.

‘After all Dark Lady resides inside of. My own personal demon,’ the princess thought sadly as she reached for a strand of golden hair, lightly curling it around her fingertips. The silken strand gleamed in the as starlight streamed from her open window, however Chibi-Usa was no longer staring intently at the piece of hair wrapped around her finger, instead her gaze settled on Minako’s lips.

In the back of her mind a voice whispered to her, ‘Just one kiss,’

The tip of a tongue ran over her own dry lips, as she slowly leaned down, her lips very gently brushing against Minako’s, while the mirror across from her bed revealed the moon insignia had changed to a dull onyx.

Notes: Finally I have reposted chapter two! Expect more to come soon!