By Yohann DeSabrais
a.k.a. Technuma Saturn

This is the third one of my adult oriented fics. I used to call them
"Hentai"-  a generic term
used to describe adult material of japanese inspiration, although the actual
translation of the
word means "pervert". It is somewhat unfitting of the more romantic stories
that have inspired
me to write erotic material myself.

I`d like to thank Sailor Mac who found that there was another japanese
expression for these
romantic stories spiced up with tender scenes of love and sexuality-
SEKKUSHIARU ROMAN.

I strongly encourage you to read her erotic fics, they are quite inspiring.

Back to the story, now.

As those of you who read my fics know, I like to tell stories of love and
lust that I simply
can`t explore in my ongoing serie "Cycles Of Life" without changing its
rating from R to X. So
once again I will tell a story that is too racy for the regular serie, one
that takes place
shortly after chapter 17 but before Gallagher began his quest to reforge the
ancient sword
Heresy.

Enjoy!

SHINGO AND LAURELLA: SCARS OF MY SOUL

Sailor Jendra had an experience the likes of which no human being should
ever have to go through
as she spent several days trapped in a world of demons wracked by a
permanent a thunder storm.
She had been tricked by a disfigured psychotic demon into almost destroying
Tokyo and was fooled
into believing that her best friends had died. After a fierce battle during
which she was nearly
killed by the ring given to her by the demon Ithzhanh-  a time bomb in
disguise that her the
most unexpected of allies had managed to remove just in the nick of time.

Needless to say, Laurella Hammerson was in SERIOUS need of some rest and
entertainment, the two
of them her boyfriend Tsukino Shingo was only too happy to provide. Of
course, the battle that
had foiled invasion attempt of Tokyo by Lady Daemonfang had taken its toll
on him as well, but
he knew that Laurella`d been out THERE on the creature`s home turf and had
been through hell,
litteraly.

He was going to show her a good time, no matter what it was she wanted.

So far in the past two days, they had been to five shopping malls, two
amusement parks and more
clothing stores than he knew existed. He was rapidly running out of
strenght, but didn`t care if
it could make Laurella happy, then he`d walk to hell and back!!!

Taking a well deserved break from their intense shopping, Laurella and
Shingo were slumped in
their chairs at a small restaurant. They both sipped their hot coffee,
resting their tired feet.
Looking each other in the eyes, they knew that their whole lives had been
but a prelude to the
moment when they would be reunited after a thousand years apart.

"I love you, Laurella." said Shingo.

"I love you, Kit." she replied.

"Kit?" wondered Shingo.

"It`s short for Kitechnum. I think it sounds cute." said Laurella, dragging
her stirring spoon
through her empty cup in small noisy circles.

"I like it. But be careful who`s around when you call me that, though. You
never know who`s
listening."

"Of course. That`s why I haven`t used that nickname until now, because we
were never alone these
past few days. Speaking of which, I`m going to be alone tonight, mom and dad
are attending some
special fundraiser hosted by Hammer Corporation. The house will be totally
empty tonight..." she
told him, winking seductively. Shingo didn`t have to be told twice what that
meant.

"Oh, I see... I`ll make sure you won`t feel lonely tonight, love." he said,
winking back to her.

Shingo felt his heartbeat increase exponentialy and sweat forming in his
palms. He loved his
girlfriend so much and he did have many erotic dreams of their making love
in their past life,
but in this incarnation he was still an inexperienced virgin. Laurella`s
keen empathic sense
quickly noticed his nervousness, and she took his hand to reassure him.

"Don`t be so stressed, my wonderful man. This will bring us together in body
as we are in mind."
she explained, a wonderful smile on her lips. Suddenly, Laurella felt her
stomach churn briefly.
"Be right back, have to go to the girls` room."

Going to the bathroom, the young brunette figured she really shouldn`t have
eaten that one extra
donut with her second cup of coffee, but she couldn`t help it as she loved
sugar so very much.
Oh well, she thought, you abuse something good, you pay the price. Since the
stomach discomfort
went away as fast as it came, she just dismissed it and went back to her
boyfriend who just
finished his own coffee.

"Let`s go, loverboy, I still have one of the credit cards dad gave me that
we haven`t maxed out
just yet!!!" she urged him, pulling him by the arm, barely giving him time
to grab the shopping
bags at his feet as she dragged him to a record shop.

Just as the happy couple ran across the street to the music store that was
attracting Laurella
like a moth to a flame, Usagi and Mamoru just so happened to be walking by.
For all the big
gestures of Usagi, neither her brother or his girlfriend noticed her. She
felt slightly annoyed,
but Mamoru calmed her down and laughed out loud.

"Don`t they remind you of ourselves when we fell in love? We could hardly
notice anything else
around us for a while, we lived only for each other." he said, putting his
arms around Usagi`s
waist.

"Yeah, I guess... but I so wanted to have a girl to girl chat with Laurella
before she went back
home for the evening." she said, looking a bit disappointed.

"You know something I don`t, my little bunny; I can tell from the look on
your face."

"Well, you know how close the two of them used to be back on the moon
kingdom, right?"

"Yes, they were lovers. That`s why they were killed by Celeste, Laurella
told me."

"And Laurella was planning a special evening for Shingo tonight, very
special..." said Usagi.

"How special?" asked Mamoru, knowing damn well what Usagi meant by that.

"She`s prepared a whole menu with Makoto, got some brand new clothes for the
evening... and
she asked me if I could get her some condoms!" she answered, giggling.

"OOOOH, you mean she wants to get close to him like we did ourselves last
night?" he said,
kissing her cheek.

"Hmmm... that was the most wonderful night of my life... made it worth being
reborn and fighting
all those crazed monsters for it." said Usagi, a wide grin forming on her
face.

"We can do it again tonight... and this time, we`ll skip the monster bashing
part." he whispered
in her ear.

Usagi`s eyes widened as she imagined the indescribeable pleasure of her
repeated orgasms the
evening before. She shuddered at the thought of reliving the experience,
with the added benefit
of not feeling the pain from losing her virginity this time around.

The roasted chicken slowly marinated in the hot lemon and white wine sauce
and Laurella felt
more and more nervous as the moment of Shingo arrival approached. He`d gone
home to change into
something more appropriate for the evening, and she was going to change too
a few minutes before
he got there.

With Minako`s help, she had picked out a low-cut dress of the softest satin
she had ever touched
as well as the most suggestive underwear she would never have dared to wear
for anyone else
than her one true love. Her meal was almost ready now, and she had just the
time she needed to
change. Turning all the stove`s burners to the low setting, she rushed to
the bathroom nearest
to the kitchen where she`d left her change of clothes. In a flash, she was
ready to receive
the man of her life.

Not a second too soon either, as the doorbell rang to announce his arrival.
Running to the door
with her high heel shoes in her hands, she put them on just before answering
the door.

"I`ve been expecting you..." said Laurella as she opened the door. Her
breath was taken away
as she saw Shingo wearing the most elegant tuxedo she`d seen. If she dind`t
know better, she
could have sworn that she too had a Tuxedo Kamen to protect her. "...you
look so handsome I
could eat you right there!" she said.

"And you look so gorgeous that you could make the stars pale with jealousy."
he replied as he
entered the Hammerson mansion. He then gave her a nice bouquet of white
roses he kept hidden
behind his back.

"Oh, they`re beautiful! Thank you!" she said.

They both stood there for a few moments, shy and unsure of what to say or do
next in an instant
of awkward silence.

"I prepared us a nice meal." said Laurella, blushing slightly.

"I`m certain it will be delicious." replied Shingo.

And delicious it was. Unknown even to Laurella herself, she had quite a
flair for cooking. Her
friend Makoto had called her a natural, and went as far as saying that with
enough training
she would become a great cook, possibly surpassing herself and Cassidy.
Laurella had simply
replied "Yeah, right".

The chicken was prepared just right, the salad was fresh and tasty, the soup
was exquisite and
the vegetables had been steamed to perfection. All through this succulent
meal, Shingo and
Laurella had traded flirtatious winks and gazes filled with passion. Then,
came the moment both
of them had been waiting for.

"Shall we have dessert now?" asked Shingo.

"Yes, and I know what I want..." replied Laurella, her hungry eyes
undressing the tall muscular
man before her.

Although her stomach started to manfest itself again as it had earlier that
day, the brunette
girl stood up and ignored her bodily discomfort to join Shingo across the
table and lock lips
with him. He didn`t resist her at all, putting his arms around her and
caressing her back. She
could feel his hands trembling a little, and she found it very sweet,
arousing even.

Suddenly, as Shingo`s caresses got to be more intense, her entire abdomen
went into a gurgling
motion that disrupted her train of thought and made her wonder if she hadn`t
caught a touch of
that flu that was going around.

"What`s wrong, darling?" he asked, feeling her discomfort.

"N... nothing. Just a little digestive upset, it`ll pass." she reassured
him, taking his hand
and leading him to the first floor where her bedroom was. "Come on, I know a
place where we
can get VERY comfortable you and me."

Shingo began to sweat from his palms again, Laurella could feel as she held
his hand. He`d be
a little shy at first, but she was sure she could get him to loosen up. She
had planned for
everything, after all.

As she flicked on the light switch, her bedroom lit up to reveal that her
bed, usually littered
with hordes of plush toys, had been cleared of anything else but the red
satin sheets she bought
for this occasion. The CD player was programmed for a non-stop arrangement
of recordings that
she got from the "music to make love to" selection a famous feminine
magazine had recommended.
Several long incense sticks burned slowly, releasing long unbroken lines of
perfumed smoke that
teased the senses, relaxed the body and soothed the soul.

A slight sting rang through Laurella`s temples, but she rapidly dismissed it
along with her
increasingly disturbed digestive system. This was HER night to show Shingo
how much she loved
him in a new and wonderful way, and she wasn`t going to let that stop her.

"Shingo..." she whispered, rubbing his chest slow and sensuously. "I`ve
waited a thousand years
that we may be united again... do you know how much I want you right now???"

"Not as much as I want you, Laurella... I`ve dreamed of you dozens of times,
I`ve never had any
erotic dreams about anyone else but you." he said.

Like a boa constrictor does to its prey, Laurella slowly wrapped her arms
and right leg around
his body, pressing herself tight to his divine body. She stuck her tongue
deep inside his mouth
to seek out his and challenge it for a match of wrestling that could make no
losers.

The tension built up as Shingo`s inhibition melted away rapidly, but
Laurella gradually felt
worse and worse. She could hardly tolerate  her stomach churning anymore,
and even her lover
could hear it now.

"Laurella, what`s happening to you?"

She didn`t know herself. Her head was pounding like crazy and she could hear
her heartbeat in
her ears; she knew she was going to be sick now. Sensing this, Shingo
managed to guide her to
the nearest bathroom of the mansion where Laurella completely lost it,
throwing up with more
strenght than anyone should ever have to endure in their existence. Even
after her stomach was
totally emptied, it kept on contracting itself wildly to expel its
nonexistent content.

She moaned with pain and disgust as the residual taste of bile and gastric
enzymes lingered in
her mouth, her concerned boyfriend helping her clean off her mouth and
offering her a fresh
glass of water. Hopefully, that`ll stay down, she thought.

"I think you should get a little rest, darling, the evening was rough on
you." suggested Shingo.
Laurella could do nothing else than agree, as she was drained of her energy
and desire, her
frail body covered with sweat.

He guided her back to her room, letting her down gently on her bed. Her head
was still spinning
fast whenever Shingo touched her, and she didn`t know why. This had never
happened before, and
they had kissed and caressed each other a lot during their relatively new
relationship. Why
now???

"Would you like some help to change?" he offered. She knew from his eyes
that he was sincere and
not simply trying to get her naked; his gaze sparkled of loving compassion,
the same kindness
that had attracted her to him in the first place a millenium ago.

"No, Kit, I can do this myself." she whispered, her voice muffled by her
complete exhaustion.

"Okay. I`ll see you tomorrow, then. Now, you go to sleep and take good care
of yourself, you
hear?" he said with a tone of mock commandment.

"Yes, captain Tsukino." she feebly replied, a faint smile to her lips. "Oh,
and Shingo..."

"Yes?"

"I`m truly sorry for ruining our special night this way." she appologized.

"You have nothing to appologize for. You can`t control these things, they
just happen." he said.
He then kissed her good night and left.

Laurella knew that it didn`t just happen randomly, because her stomach,
which was beginning to
calm down, had churned again when he kissed her. She carefully removed her
somptuous clothes and
alluring undies and then threw herself on her bed, crying. Why can`t I do
this, she thought, why
am I feeling sick every time I think sexually of the only man I ever loved
in this life or any
other one?

And so the young woman cried herself to sleep.

Walking back from the Hammerson residence, Shingo knew something wasn`t
right. His empathic
intuition was nowhere near Laurella`s and his gut feelings were not match to
Rei`s, but he knew
Laurella better than anyone and that more than made up for it. He could feel
her inner panic
as her body violently objected to what her heart desired.

"I want to help her... but how?" he wondered.

He was at a loss-   and that was absolutely excrutiating. His soul mate was
suffering, and there
was nothing he could do.

The following day, Usagi went to see Laurella first thing in the morning.
She was concerned for
her friend, mostly because she saw her brother get back home early with a
worried look on his
face. He hadn`t said anything, and he certainly didn`t look like someone
who`d just made love
to the woman of his life.

When Laurella answered the door, she was looking really messed up. Her hair
was in a tangle
and her face was streaked from her tears. She was in a sullen mood, unlike
anything she had
been in months ever since her recovery from the nightmares that plagued her
most of her life.

"Hi, Usagi." she managed to say with difficulty.

"Laurella, I was wondering if you`d like to talk with me of what happened
last night..."

"Nothing happened, `cause I was sick. Happy? Now bug off, I`m not in the
mood to chat." snapped
the brunette girl. She was being really cold, it was so unlike her!

"Laurella, I know that sometimes these things don`t always go right, but
just one bad experience
can`t ruin it for you the rest of your life!" pleaded Usagi. Laurella didn`t
care for Usagi`s
"sometimes it happens" speech, and let her know rather bluntly.

"Go away, leave me alone!" she said, slamming the door in her face.

"Laurella, you have to let me help you! You haven`t seen how miserable my
brother is, he`s
blaming himself for what happened... are you going to let him suffer for
something that`s
nobody`s fault?" she yelled through the door as she banged it with her
fists.

Slumped against the other side of the solid metal door, Laurella was in
tears. How could she
tell to Usagi that the mere mention of her brother had been enough to send
her stomach into
turmoil again, to send her head spinning in a sickening cyclone? Something
DID happen, and it
was definitely her own fault, thought Laurella... but what could it be? Some
strange after
effect of fighting Akuma Kamen and Ithzhanh? A curse from Daemonfang? A
weird result of being
murdered by Celeste??? None of it made sense, but the facts were there: just
thinking of the
man she couldn`t live without was making her more nauseous than a mad roller
coaster after a
heavy lunch.

It was late in the afternoon when Usagi finally caught up with her brother;
she tracked him
down to a park where he usually liked to hang aroung with his girlfriend,
except that this time
around he was there alone, sitting by himself on an empty bench, staring
blankly at the deep
blue sky while the occasional cyclist or jogger went by.

She was once again amazed to look at his tall, muscular body. It wasn`t that
long ago that he
was just her bratty little brother, a pest that kicked her mocked her for
her repeated bad test
scores. Now he was so much more than that, he was a maturing young man with
a body to die for,
a face that drove girls wild (she heard a lot of her friends mentionning
what a hunk her brother
was). He had also reclaimed his powers as the mighty Kitechnum Jendra, the
doomed Technum
guardian of the dead planet, and the mentor of his student and lover
Laurella, the courageous
warrior Sailor Jendra. He was some piece of work indeed.

"Hey, Shingo, mind if I sit here?" she asked, catching him off guard. He
should have felt me
coming near him, she thought, he always does. He was more worried than she
originaly assumed.

"Knock yourself out." he responded without any enthusiasm.

"What`s bugging you, brother? Is it about you and Laurella not... well, you
know..." she asked
with her usual tact (or lack thereof), putting her finger directly upon the
bleeding wound.

"It`s more complicated than that." he replied.

"What is it, then? I know how important she is to you, I was right there
when you died, thanks
to Setsuna... well, in the immediate area anyway... you know what I mean. I
understand that she
means more to you than life, and you are her whole existence, so I want to
make sure you two
can work over that bump in the road!" said Usagi full of pep. Just a few
weeks before, she
almost blew a gasket when she found out her brother was in love with
Laurella. Now, she was
ready to do whatever it took to keep them together. How much things change,
she thought.

"There`s nothing you can do, sis." he said.

"Oh come on! You know me better than that, I destroyed a mad eternal being
who tried to make
himself god, for crying out loud! There`s certainly something I can do, you
leave that to me..."
blabbed Usagi, who got interrupted by Shingo.

"Forget it, Usagi. She doesn`t love me anymore." he bluntly said.

Usagi was stunned. That`s not possible, she thought.

"But... she tried to kill herself over your deaths just a year ago! She
can`t live without you,
I can just tell!"

"So why does my presence make her sick?!?" said Shingo coldly, repressing
his tears. Usagi had
no answer to that one. "Yeah, didn`t think you would have any suggestions
for that. Maybe she
just needs somebody else... she shouldn`t have too much trouble finding a
guy, I`ve noticed how
she gets gawked at by her classmates." said Shingo who got up and headed to
Mamoru`s for that
cup of coffee he was supposed to have with him.

"Wait, Shingo, I`m sure we can work this out!" she argued, getting up to run
after him, but a
strong hand on her shoulder prevented her fom doing so. She looked up and
noticed it was Haruka,
with Michiru standing by her side.

"Let him go, this is one battle your soul power can`t win." she said,
releasing her strong grip
as she sat down next to Usagi.

"But..." tried to protest Usagi, her heart shaken by her brother`s ordeal.

"Setsuna`s seen this coming for weeks now, ever since they first found each
other at your
birthday party this summer. She knowns what to do, and she`s ready to do it
now." said Michiru,
sitting on the other side and hugging Usagi to comfort her.

"But I want to help them... I love my brother and my friend Laurella, she`s
the one who helped
me make it through Mamoru`s latest amnesia..." said Usagi, tears forming in
her blue eyes.

"I trust Setsuna with my life, and I can assure you she can help them find
their love again."
reassured Haruka.

Usagi hoped they were right.

Someone knocked at the door again. Even though she was now dressed
reasonably well and had taken
a shower, Laurella still didn`t feel like seeing her friend Usagi. She`d be
bringing up her
brother for sure, and with that Laurella would once again feel her whole
body violently protest
against it.

She opened the door, starting to tell her off before she even saw her face.

"Listen, Usagi, I told you I didn`t want to..."

Laurella stopped talking immediately when she saw the very surprised Setsuna
giving her a look
of complete confusion.

"Oh, it`s you Sets, sorry..." she said, looking down in embarassment.

"Look, Laurella, do you mind if I come in for a while and we chat a little?
There`s a vision I
had some time ago that we really need to discuss." said the woman with the
unusual dark green
hair.

"Okay, sure." said Laurella who knew better than to argue with the guardian
of time.

Talking over a cup of dark coffee, Setsuna went on to retell the entire
evening that Laurella
had shared with Shingo, complete to the last detail including the nausea and
the overpowering
sickness she had experienced. Needless to say, Laurella felt more than a
little embarassed over
the fact that Setsuna knew so much of her feelings towards her boydriend.

"So why are you telling me this? Do you know something I don`t?" she asked.

"I know something you don`t remember, to be more precise." said the guardian
of time. "Something
about your past, that you have buried deep into your wounded soul at the
time... no one knows
of it, not even yourself. The scars are invisible to all eyes but those of
the spirit, and they
are now beginning to affect you against your will... the time has come to
confront your past,
Laurella." said Setsuna.

Laurella felt a little scared... but she loved Shingo too much not to try.
And besides, what if
this happened again? Would the same nausea return with EVERY man she felt
something for? No, she
didn`t even want to think of other men, it was Shingo she loved, the one she
lived for, the one
she had reincarnated for so they could be together again!

"Let`s do it, I`m ready to do whatever it takes!" she said.

Setsuna smiled. "I knew you`d say that."

"Better hurry, my stomach`s already starting to feel a bit funny..."

"This place will do just fine." said Setsuna, as she pointed Laurella to the
mansion`s main
living room. As Laurella sat down, Setsuna took out of her black leather
purse her Pluto
transformation pen.

"PLUTO STAR POWER MAKEUP!!!" she screamed, a shower of purple light beams
making her yellow
shirt and skirt disappear, replacing them with her Sailor Pluto uniform and
time staff.

"What now?" wondered Laurella.

"Look into the orb." said Sailor Pluto.

And so she did. At first she saw nothing, but she wanted so badly to be
cured of whatever it was
that prevented her from expressing her passion for her boyfriend that she
kept on looking. All
she could see where the living room`s halogen lights reflecting on the
smooth surfce of the
garnet orb. Even though the staff was completely still in Setsuna`s hand,
the lights were
nonetheless dancing in circles on the orb... for a second, Laurella thought
she was falling
asleep, her eyes fluttering a few times, but she stayed awake, opening her
eyes completely to
stave off slumber.

"Hey, what happened?" wondered Laurella. Her living room was gone, replaced
by a smoke filled
bar, the seedy kind of place where most people wouldn`t be caught dead and
many people were
found every so often.

"Hiya, good looking, care to join me for a drink?" said a familiar voice
behind her. She looked
into the badly lit corner and saw her lover Kitechnum Jendra in full
uniform, sitting there
two full glasses in front of him. "Alcohol free, of course." he said,
handing her a glass. She
gladly took it and sat down next to him.

"I recognize this place, it`s where I used to come to drown my sorrows in
scotch." said
Laurella. "Is this an illusion, or are we really here?"

This place looked so real, she wondered if Setsuna hadn`t recreated the bar
from one of her
memories or had actually sent her back in time as she had done for Usagi.

"This is not really an illusion, but a reflection of what you were at the
time this memory was
imprinted in your mind. I am a representation of someone you know sent to
guide you through
this experience." said Kitechnum. Laurella was amazed at how real this all
looked , every last
detail was there, from the smoke hovering in the dim lights to the loving
stare in Kitechnum`s
eyes. She could look at him, touch him even, she didn`t feel sick at all.

This had to be an illusion.

"Look at the bar near the jukebox." said Kitechnum.

Laurella looked, and was totally stunned. There she saw a slightly younger
version of herself,
although she was reviled by what she saw. Her face had lost all expression,
her wits were dulled
by the cheap booze she`d been slamming all evening and her clothes clashed
horribly, as the
alcoholic girl cared little as to her appearance.

"Oh my god, I forgot how messed up I got near the end..." she said,
horrified of what she saw.

"Your nightmares were tearing you apart at the time, you wanted to forget
them... at any cost."

Laurella saw her past self stand up, and witnessed the full extent of the
damage inflicted upon
her body by her self-destructive behavior. Her eyes were glassy, her blank
stare devoid of life.
Her hands shook terribly from the cocaine withdrawal she suffered, her
hesitant steps showing
proof of her addiction.

She was an empty shell bereft of hope.

Laurella saw her dark reflection, and felt sad for her own past self.

"Why are we here, Kitechnum?" she asked, holding back her tears.

"To witness the event that brought you to the breaking point of your old
life... to these." he
answered, pointing to her scarred wrists. For the first time in months,
Laurella felt ashamed
of having these old slash marks tattooed in her flesh.

"Laurella." said a man who entered the bar, going directly for her. He was
very tall, and very
handsome as well. The older Laurella recognized him.

"That`s Lawrence Maclean, I remember him; he`s a former business associate
of my dad. He`s
always been kind to me." said Laurella, smiling faintly. "One day he
returned to america, and
I never saw him again. I used to have a big crush on him, you know."

"Leave me alone, Maclean. I`m not going anywhere. I don`t care if dad sent
you to take me back
home, I`m not going. Dad`s going to insist I go to bed, and I don`t care to
sleep." snapped
the younger Laurella, not even giving time to Lawrence to make his case.

"I`m not here for that. Your father doesn`t even know where you are right
now." he replied.

"Then why are you here?"

"To say goodbye... I`m going back to the states early tomorrow morning and I
wanted to see you
one last time... would you like another drink?"

Laurella couldn`t believe her eyes. This man who was a good friend of her
father, one of the few
men she ever trusted, was actually getting her even drunker than she already
was!

As Laurella was slamming down another shot of scotch, Lawrence whispered
something in her ear.
The blaring jukebox made it impossible for anyone to hear anything, but for
some reason Laurella
and Kitechnum could hear every single word with crystal clarity.

"I know you`re missing something... I have some in my hotel room. I can`t
get it past customs,
but I`d be happy to let you have it."

The drunk girl smiled and left the bar with the older man`s help. Following
after them, the
older Laurella felt herself starting to shake. The buried memories were
starting to resurface,
and she dreaded what was to follow.

"I know you fear this, but you must see." said Kitechnum as the bar`s image
faded away to be
replaced by a luxurious hotel room where the fascinated Lawrence was
overseeing Laurella`s drug
induced high starting to take effect.

"Feeling better now?" he asked, an evil smile forming on his lips.

"Oooooh, yeaaaaaah..." mumbled the young teenage girl, her mind blasted out
of reality by the
white powder she`d just inhaled.

"Maybe now, you can help me feel better too..." he said, as he got closer
and began to touch
Laurella in places that made her feel uncomfortable. She tried resisting,
but the increasingly
strenghtening effect of the cocaine mingled with blood alcohol levels at the
limit oh human
tolerance were leaving her totally defenseless against her sexual predator.

"Oh my god..." whispered Laurella, turning away from the image, crying
loudly and burying her
face in Kitechnum`s chest. "I don`t want to live that again!!!" she
screamed.

Too late. The psychic walls that shielded her mind from the pain of
recollection were crumbling
down, the open floodgates releasing the hidden memories of the brutal rape
she suffered.

"That night I went back home in the middle of the night and opened my wrists
with dad`s razor
blades..." she said, sobbing.

"Let it all out, Laurella." whispered Kitechnum as the images around them
faded into nothingness
and left them alone in the void. "Cry out your pain, so that you may heal
your wounded soul."

In a flash of light, the living room of the Hammerson residence reappeared
around them, and
Sailor Pluto stood there, two long streaks drawn by tears marking her face.

"I`m sorry you had to relive this, but keeping this memory buried would have
destroyed you in
the end. By reliving and remembering, you have released yourself of that
burden." she said.

Hearing these words and thinking over what had just happened, she then
wondered why she was
still hugging the image of Kitechnum who had not disappeared along with her
nightmare. He was
still there, flesh and blood, holding her snugly in his strong arms.

"Shingo? That was really you back there???"

"Yes, Laurella. Setsuna found me wandering the streets and told me she`d be
helping heal a very
old wound... but that she`d need my help, as an anchor to hellp you through
the ordeal of having
to relive the most awful instants of your tragic past." he said, looking at
her with those
loving eyes she`d fallen in love with.

"I love you, Shingo!!!" she said, more tears flowing from her eyes, but
these were tears of joy.

"You need some rest now, Laurella." said Setsuna. "Come with me, I`ll help
you to your room."

Laurella didn`t resist, tired as she was she could barely stand up.

"Shingo, please wait for me a few minutes, I have to speak with you before
you go back home. He
nodded and sat down on the couch.

When Setsuna had helped Laurella change into a nightgown and tucked her in,
she came back down
to the living room only to find Shingo fast asleep on the couch, still
wearing his emerald
color Technum guardian uniform. She giggled and gave him a kiss on the
forehead. He moved a
little and grumbled in his sleep.

"I guess you haven`t slept much these past twenty-four hours... sleep well,
mighty guardian.
you`ve done well, your pupil will heal to a full recovery thanks to you."
she whispered, knowing
that he would never hear a word. She left, turning off the lights as she
did.

It was a little past three in the morning when Laurella woke up, her mind
feeling inner peace
the likes of which she never dreamed possible. The shock of remembering that
night that had
pushed her to suicide was still with her, though she was feeling stronger
for it.

Her stomach grumbled again, but not out of protest, but rather because it
was empty.She hadn`t
eaten a thing since the night before, and she was ravenous.

Descending into the kitchen, she stuffed her face in whatever she could get
her hands on,
showing an appetite similar to the one Usagi had built her entire reputation
on. Her hunger
taken care off, she didn`t feel like going right back to sleep, so she went
to the living room
to catch a little late night television. The satellite dish her dad had
bought two months ago
ensured that she could catch good movies at any time of day or night.

She entered the living room without turning on the lights, and was surprised
to see there the
one man she ever loved, Tsukino Shingo, the reborn Kitechnum Jendra.
Laurella smiled, as the
moonlight made him even more beautiful in his sleep than she could have
imagined. This is how
she wanted to see him, from now on. She wanted to wake up in the night and
see this peaceful
face sleeping next to her.

She got down on her knees next to him and looked at his beautiful features,
admiring him as he
laid there helpless in front of her. Laurella felt thrilled that she could
stand so close next
to him without any bodily discomfort. She gently touched his cheek with her
finger and followed
the contour of his features. This gave her a warm feeling inside, one she
liked a lot.

Shingo felt her finger tickling his face and woke up.

"Hiya Kit." she said.

"Laurella? Where am I?" he asked, still half asleep.

"In my home, on my couch... right where I want you, lover." she said,
kissing him softly.

Laurella felt excited at this contact. Her kisses got warmer and deeper, as
she tried to reach
inside her lover to link her soul to his. He took a sitting position and
held her in his arms
as he gave her kisses with the same passion she was expressing.

Cutting off their kiss for air, they looked right into each other`s eyes. At
that moment, they
both knew that nothing would ever tear them apart again. "Come with me." she
whispered, taking
him by the hand and leading him to her room. Once there, Laurella pushed
Shingo on her bed and
fell down on him like an eagle on a prairy rat. She kissed him again,
caressing his hard body
with her slender hands and rubbing herself all over him. She felt the fire
of desire burning up
inside her, getting stronger with each caress given to her by her boyfriend.

"Oh yes, that`s it... I want your lips all over my body!" she said.

Shingo gently pulled off her nightgown, leaving Laurella wearing nothing but
her delicate pink
panties. He had his breath taken away by the sight of her naked body; he
took her perfectly firm
breasts in his hands and rubbed her rapidly hardening nipples. Laurella
moaned in delight,
slipping her fingers through Shingo`s hair as he applied his lips to her
nipples and began to
suck them, sending tiny lightning bolts of pleasure through her chest.

"Please let me see your body, Kit, take off that uniform for me..." she
whispered.

He could have made the entire suit vanish with a single thought, but instead
he unbuttoned it
slowly, revealing his muscled body one part at a time... his chest, his
arms, his legs... he
then pulled off his underwear, and Laurella`s eyes almost shot out of their
orbits. Obviously,
his Technum fueled growth had affected more than just his bones and muscles.

"It`s... so large..." said Laurella, an uncontrollable smile on her lips.

"If you think I could hurt you, I..." replied Shingo, his girlfriend
shutting him up by putting
her finger to his lips.

"Hush now. I want you, my love. I want to feel your body against mine. I
want you to make love
to me like you did a thousand years ago." she said. Nibbling his neck, she
let her hand move
down and gently caress his erect member lovingly. His breathing increased,
and he moaned louder
and louder as Laurella moved down his body, kissing his nipple, his stomach,
his bellybutton and
finally his manhood which she then proceeded to take whole in her mouth,
sucking it slowly while
her hand moved up and down the shaft.

Shingo couldn`t believe how good this felt, and wanted to give his lover
back some of this great
sensation he was enjoying. He moved around so that his head was close to her
wet sex. He pulled
down the undies she still had on, and he felt Laurella shudder in response.
He thus began to
kiss her there, tasting the warm juices that were lubricating her vagina and
getting her ready
to receive him inside her. Licking her labia, he noticed a little pearl
growing there and
emerging from its flesh hood. Remembering his anatomy class, he knew just
what to do, taking
it between his lips and sucking gently.

Laurella sucked harder and harder as her building pleasure put more and more
pressure on her
body. She finally couldn`t control herself for much longer, and felt a hot
wave overtake her,
sending a delicious spasm through her whole being.

"Are you okay?" asked Shingo.

"Like... you... wouldn`t... believe..." she said, panting hard and trying to
move herself around
so that he may penetrate her. She saw his hesitation and giggled. "Look on
my nightstand, under
the stuffed penguin." she said.

Knocking the stuffed toy off the nightstand, he indeed found three plastic
wrappers there. He
took one and ripped it open, producing a condom he rolled on his penis
before lying on Laurella
and getting himself in position, a little unsure of himself.

"Don`t worry, Kit, it`ll come to you all by itself. It`s the most natural
thing in the world."
she reassured him.

He entered her womanhood slowly, making sure not to hurt her as he did. Once
he was sure that
he got in as far as he could, he slowly began a rocking motion. Soft
whispers from Laurella
told him that he was doing this right, so he gradually accelerated, and so
did their moaning
and breathing. Very soon, both of them were moving in harmony at a frantic
speed, standing
at the edge of sexual ecstasy.

"Come with me, Shingo, I want you to explode in me!!!" she begged him.

This encouragement was all that he needed, and he felt a wave of pleasure
invade his whole body
in a manner unlike anything else in this world or any other. His grunt sent
the same trigger to
Laurella who felt a second orgasm rock her body, echoing for several minutes
as they both held
each other in the most intimate hug they had ever shared. For a moment,
their souls had touched.

"I love you Laurella. I never want to be seperated from you again." he said,
smelling the
intoxicating aroma of their combined sweat and sexual fluids.

"I would die for you... again." she replied.

Shingo pulled up the bedsheets, covering their naked forms. They both fell
asleep there and held
each other in their slumber until late the following morning.

Standing outside the Hammerson mansion just under the second story window
where she knew the
lovers were, Sailor Pluto stood watch over their rest. She felt good for
them, as an ancient
wrong had finally been put right.

Finally the scars of Laurella`s soul had been mended.

The End.