Sailor Moon Dream
Chapter Twelve
Sailor Moon Dream
Chapter Twelve: The Day After
By Delphine Pryde
Usagi
After making love, Vanyel's arms must have seemed strangely lonely,
for he could not sleep. My connection to his mind told me he was still
awake. I sat up, getting his attention. A quick glance at Chibi-Usa
told me that she was asleep and not likely to wake up anytime soon.
If she weren't awake she wouldn't notice my absence, I decided.
I stood up and walked over to where Vanyel was watching me intently
with those pretty silver eyes of his. Without a word, I laid beside
him and allowed him to draw me into his arms. We kissed goodnight
before settling down. I was soon asleep in his comforting arms.
Chibi-Usa was the first one awake, but amazingly she didn't say one
word about finding me cuddled up to a perfect stranger. She did give
me a look that clearly said, "We'll talk later."
I suppose that's better then her screaming and yelling bloody murder.
Sometimes she acts so much like my mother, it's scary. Why couldn't
Yfandes have kept the little rugrat asleep? : I only kept her from
seeing things she shouldn't, your embarrassment is not one of them,:
the Companion thought at me. I snorted lightly. Yfandes had a twisted
sense of humor.
Riding was somewhat awkward; I was still a little sore from last
night. I couldn't voice my complaints in front of Chibi-Usa but Vanyel
knew anyway. There was a distinctive male smugness in the way he
looked at me, knowing that he was the cause of my discomfort and just
how he had caused it. That smugness vanished as I whimpered slightly
from a flash of pain as I settled behind Chibi-Usa, on Yfandes' back.
When he mounted on Yfandes, he pressed his body up against me before
leaning close to my ear. "I'll be gentler next time," he whispered,
sending a shiver of delight up my spine at the thought of a repeat of
last night. A blush appeared on my face that lasted for at least an
hour.
Ansem was a small community with one inn, a small market, and a dozen
or so farms. Bandits had apparently found it easy pickings for they
had burned and pillaged their way through. A number of the village
girls were apparently abducted.
Vanyel, being the person he is, volunteered to find the kidnapped
girls. "We are grateful, Herald," said the village elder. "Until this
tragedy happened I believed there was little good left in this world,
but you are actually the second person to volunteer to help us."
"Who was the first?" wondered Vanyel.
"I am," said a familiar female voice.
I turned my head swiftly and felt my eyes widen in surprise as I saw
whom the speaker was. "Puu!" shouted Chibi-Usa, delighted.