rlm@0: Disclaimer: The characters aren't mine, but the 
rlm@0: plot to this story is.
rlm@0: Warning: People die in this story so don't read 
rlm@0: it if you have a problem with that.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:    The Taste of Blood
rlm@0:     by The Ghost of 'lectricity
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  The taste of blood on my lips. That's all I have 
rlm@0: left of her. Sweet and bitter. Warm. I can still 
rlm@0: feel it.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  The blade went smoothly through her chest. Into 
rlm@0: her left breast slicing her heart in two. When 
rlm@0: the first trickles of blood appeared she was 
rlm@0: still smiling. How could you have done this to 
rlm@0: me? How could you have asked that of me?
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  "You have to do it. When I die the Ginzuishou 
rlm@0: will restore everything. I die so everyone else 
rlm@0: can live. It has to be this way. And you have to 
rlm@0: do it. Only the destructive power of Saturn can 
rlm@0: kill me."
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  It was so easy. When the blade went through her 
rlm@0: flesh I couldn't feel any resistance. Soon her 
rlm@0: whole dress - white before - was red with her 
rlm@0: blood.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  When she was lying there, the Ginzuishou keeping 
rlm@0: her still alive, she opened her mouth to speak. I 
rlm@0: brought my face closer so she wouldn't strain 
rlm@0: herself too much. She told me to close my eyes. 
rlm@0: Then she put her hands to the sides of my face 
rlm@0: and brought my face closer to hers. She kissed 
rlm@0: me. Lightly. Sweetly. Gently. But all that filled 
rlm@0: my mind was the taste of blood on my lips. No 
rlm@0: emotions came up.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  When I opened my eyes she had closed hers 
rlm@0: already. A single tear fell onto her eyelid. I 
rlm@0: got up and turned to walk away. Behind me I felt 
rlm@0: warmth, but it wasn't her warmth, it was the 
rlm@0: power of the Ginzuishou. Pink ribbons began 
rlm@0: flying everywhere, green plants began covering 
rlm@0: the gray surface, the black emptiness above was 
rlm@0: replaced by a blue sky and white clouds. The 
rlm@0: puffy ones, the ones she loved so much. She 
rlm@0: always recognized some animals or people in them.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  The princess of the Moon possesses the ability 
rlm@0: to contain its power while the Princess of Saturn 
rlm@0: possesses the ability to unleash it. That is what 
rlm@0: she told me once. Then she added that we are the 
rlm@0: perfect couple and we laughed. Life will begin 
rlm@0: anew, no, it will be restored, now that she is 
rlm@0: dead.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  Now I am on Saturn, an outcast from the Moon 
rlm@0: Kingdom. The Senshi exiled me here because I 
rlm@0: never explained what happened. They thought I 
rlm@0: killed the Princess and so I did, that is why I 
rlm@0: do not wish to go back.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:  When I am alone I can feel it. The warmth. It's 
rlm@0: not the power of her protecting crystal, but her 
rlm@0: warmth that I feel. When I close my eyes I can 
rlm@0: recall our first kiss but with that her last 
rlm@0: minutes. And the taste of blood on my lips. So I 
rlm@0: don't. I'm content in the warmth that surrounds 
rlm@0: me ever since.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0:    The End
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: ***
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Peter
rlm@0: The Ghost of 'lectricity
rlm@0: lectricity@email.si
rlm@0: 13.17 CET, September 26th, 2000.