Hello! So i decided to post this second chapter, which i actually enjoyed writing!
I also want to thank for you lovely reviews! They were all sweet and encouraging and they made me incredible happy, so thank you so much
And i want to apologize in advance for any spelling mistakes, giving tha english isn't my first lenguage. (I also used a lot of commas, i regret nothing about this tho ahhha)
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, but please still enjoy this (:
"I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists.
One where my heart is full.
My body loved.
And my soul understood."
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I.
Kahlil isn't aware at first, but the memories start coming when he is 7 years old and people ask him what his favorite color is.
He always says blue.
People never ask him why, they assume it's because he is a boy, and that's a "boy color". He lets them believe that.
(The true is that in his dreams their eyes are blue. Big and gentle eyes the color of the sky. Eyes which are blue as sapphires and that speak of friendship and trust. And the most beautiful eyes he has ever seen: blue as the Mediterranean Sea, full of love)
Yeah, blue is his favorite color.
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II.
Being born near The Red Sea; having spent his last 4 years between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and at the early age of 10, Kahlil isn't sure why he dreams of things he has never seen before.
Castles in space, gardens full of roses, friends that become brothers and a goddess of golden hair and blue eyes.
The only thing he always recognizes at the end of his dreams is the smell of saffron and jasmines.
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III.
He is 13 now, and his cousin and school friends still tease him about his hair.
(The nickname "grandpa" will forever be a running joke, even when he shaves his entire head)
But there are more important things in his mind right now; the nightmares start coming every night.
The redheaded woman with eyes as the devil always comes with treacherous words that are full of poison. He dreams of fire and swords, and how all his actions end in betrayal.
To his brothers, to the princess with gentle eyes and to his goddess.
(Her eyes aren't full of love anymore, now they tell a story of hurt and vengeance)
He wakes up shaking and sweating, smelling of blood and death.
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IV.
Years pass and he learns to live with his nightmares. He accepts them and puts all his efforts in becoming a great man.
Maybe that way he will be able to pay for the sins he sometimes remembers.
So with only 18 years old he moves to America without regrets. (He loves his family, but he knows that something, that someone, out there is waiting for him)
Her sister tells him he is going be a great lawyer, but to always be careful; for life has a twisted and ironic way of giving him what he wants.
(He has no idea how right she is)
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V.
Kahlil is 21 and the nightmares start getting out of control.
Now the dreams (memories?) come at every moment like flashes. At work, on a date, while he is driving, take your pick.
And suddenly, one night while he is working as an intern in a quick visit to Japan, he remembers.
He doesn't know what triggers it, maybe the smell of jasmines, the red headed woman across the street, the Morning Star on the sky, or the change in the wind. But in that moment, it all comes down and all he can do is embrace it.
And is funny because in a way he can never forget; somewhere inside him, he knew it. His brain must have forgotten for some time, but his fingers or even his nose, remembered.
He remembers about his oaths, his brothers in arms; his master and his name (Kunzite)
He remembers about her.
Their first meeting, the felling of her hair in his fingers, her blue eyes flashing gold when they made love and the sweet sound of her voice when she tells him her real name. "There is power in a name" she had whispered that night between tangled sheets and limbs.
He remembers their first kiss.
(After spending the entire ball hunting and tempting each other, they meet in a dark corridor.
She invades his personal space and whispers near his ear. "What would you do if I kissed you right now?"
He moves his mouth near hers and in baritone tone answers "I might kiss you back"
And with that he finally falls to the arms of the goddesses of love.)
He remembers all that and he remembers his betrayal.
The tears in her dangerous eyes after he falls under the witch magic; her screams and his deathly laugh after he killed her friend, and the killing blow she gives him that ends his madness.
(He also remembers that she didn't leave without her own battle scars)
His goddesses, his Habibi.
Venus.
The last thing he remembers is Beryl laugh when she takes his free will. After that, all turns black.
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VI.
Kunzite doesn't know how many years he is now or if it had been weeks or months since he has become a stone.
He should consider himself lucky: he is with his brothers, and the prince has absolved him from his sins; but he longs for Venus (Minako, her name is Minako Aino in this life. It suits her)
Sometimes she comes and laughs with her princess about school or some silly crush, and all he can think of is how much he wants their souls touching and his hands on her hair. He wonders if she remembers about him.
She is like the ocean, and he is desperate to drown.
One days he wishes for her harder than normal, maybe because her laugh sounds like little bells or the jasmine fragrance that embraces her, but in that moment something snaps.
Endymion looks in the direction the stones are kept with wide eyes, but Kunzite can only focus on the blonde girl with deep blue eyes that stops laughing and looks in his direction, with ancient eyes that see more than they should. She looks surprised, sad and angry, all in one second.
Minako stands up and gives a way to shining smile, excusing herself with something she forgot to do and leaves before Serenity can stop her.
(She is trained to conceal wounds under a breathtaking smile.)
Since then she only visits for small moments when the situation asks for it, but her body is always ready to attack in his direction.
Now he knows that she remembers.
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VII.
He opens his eyes and for a moment he wonders if he is dreaming, if he is in the present or in the past; if he is a person or a rock.
A nurse with a big and shocked smile comes in and he has his answers.
Kahlil Hakim has been in a coma for the last 3 years, he is 24 years old in the best American hospital the company he works for can pay, after having a mystery health problem while working in Japan.
His silver hair is long and shining, but he doesn't cut it, because he may be Kahlil, but he remembers.
So he is also Kunzite.
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VIII.
He takes his time to redeem and forgive himself, and after 2 years he finds his master and his brothers.
Endymion (Mamoru, his name is Mamoru) welcomes him with open arms and he could almost pretend that he still is in the Silver Millennium, laughing without regrets.
That is until he looks down at his chest and the birthmark, that didn't have time to become a scar in his past life, is still there.
But for a moment, everything almost feels in place.
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IX.
He is 28 years now and Usagi smiles at him with her gentle sky blue eyes and tells him that is finally time.
(She doesn't needs to clarify.)
He can feel his goddess presence on the street and they finally found each other. She is warmth as the sun, bright as a star, and the very definition of magic.
Her bags drop to the floor and he turns around, air stopping in his throat because she is more beautiful of what he remembers. She is Venus, but she is also Minako.
Still with a body that could kill a weaker man with the movements of her hips, her soft golden hair and porcelain smooth skin, is all Venus. But the lines on her tender face, speak of less worries and more laughs between friends. And although he knows she still carries her duty like a proud warrior, Minako looks like the young girl she is.
He wants to learn her likes and dislikes, if she has siblings and until what hour she likes to sleep. (He wants to know her all over again.)
Her sea blue eyes flash with recognition, anger, sadness and longing.
So Kahlil makes his decision.
"Here, I'm Kahlil" He says with an almost shy smile while he gives her bags back.
She takes them, and in that moment he makes the bravest, or stupidest decision ever (It's hard to tell the difference and later he will blame it for spending too much time with Zed lately)
"Can I walk you home?"
He sees the war in her eyes. She may be trained to control her body, but her blue orbs never lied to him. He can read them like a map.
"Yes"
She gives him a bag and they start walking down the street, their arms slightly brushing.
His eyes never leave hers.
They are blue as the Mediterranean Sea and full of love.
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"Wasn't that the definition of home?
Not where you are from,
but where you are wanted.
And I'm finally home."
Some notes:
Habibi: Arabic word that means "my beloved"
Kahlil: Male arabic name, that means "Honorable comrade"
Hakim: Arabic surname that means "Wise"
I know is quite short, but in a way i felt that adding more scenes wouldn't serve any purpose, so i'm happy with the final result.
As you may have already guessed, Zed is Zoisite (his full name is Zedekiah lol) and the "gentle sky blue eyes" that Kunzite/Kahlil talks about at the beggining are from Serenity; i kind of think that for him to say she was "a bundle of curiosity", they may have had some sort of friendship, because he would had never said that if that wasn't the case, so in my opinion he feels he also betrayed her and their friendship (As you might have guessed the sapphire eyes are Endymion and the Mediterrean Sea ones are from Venus).
What do you think? I'm actually intrested in writing more for Kunzite in some other situation where i can develop more his personallity; so i may give it a try in another one shoot or short stories. (I may write some one shoots about a "continuation" of this story in another story folder, i've to see hahaha)
Anyway, let me know what you think please!
Bye and thank you so much for reading! :)