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[kiramekinoishi]

It's a newcomer to this thing called a nexus

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[illuminedshield]

Mamoru hurries to his friend's side immediately, heedless of any warning signs of danger.

"Kunzite!"

[kiramekinoishi]

"Endymion-sama!" Kunzite's voice is a little strained, but he looks to the other, wavering slightly as he tries to straighten.

[illuminedshield]

"Are you alright?" Obviously he isn't, but it's a reflexive thing to say as Mamoru tries to help Kunzite stand.

[kiramekinoishi]

He's not quite ready for all that yet. Though he does try to stand, he only falls right back to his knees a moment later.

"Forgive me, Prince," Kunzite answers in a quiet voice. "I'll be all right in a moment."

[illuminedshield]

He's immediately there to at least hold the other man up some, easing the fall. "Don't try to do too much right away, then." he says.

A glance at their surroundings shows... nothing he's specifically familiar with. "Where are we?"

[kiramekinoishi]

"I don't know."

Kunzite's gaze lifts. "I've never been here."

[illuminedshield]

"The nexus, then." It must be, if neither of them recognize it at all. But, then, where among the infinite possibilities of the nexus? A space of what world?

Then, what he should have asked immediately: "Kunzite, is the enemy still here?"

[kiramekinoishi]

"It doesn't feel that way," Kunzite replied. "You would know if Galaxia was here."

[illuminedshield]

"What about the others? Has there been any sign of them?" He can't accept the idea of the shitennou gone. They'll come back, they'll be back, they're not really gone, something.

Or maybe it's just denial.

[kiramekinoishi]

"No."

"Not yet," he adds as an afterthought.

[illuminedshield]

Yet. He'll cling to that word, thanks. Mamoru's never even gone through that separation between the shitennou and their prince; they stayed with him. He can't imagine it any other way, even knowing what he knows.

Hearing of them gone... He won't believe that. Heh. Maybe Usako's rubbing off on him a little, or maybe they suit each other because they are that stubborn about this sort of thing.

He doesn't dwell on the question very long.

"Then we'll look. And we'll wait."

[kiramekinoishi]

Kunzite nods in agreement. Really, there's nothing else that they can do, when it comes to whether or not the other shitennou...are even alive.

To be without them...Kunzite can't imagine it, doesn't want to. He tries to block the image from his mind.

[illuminedshield]

"Until then, you should go to the hospital," Mamoru decides. He looks pretty firm; arguing probably won't get too far.

Not that he's sure what good a human hospital can do for a shitennou. Or how they'd explain just who Kunzite is with no identification or address or family or anything they can name.

[kiramekinoishi]

Probably not; Kunzite attempts it anyway.

"I'm all right," he insists, but politely. "This is nothing a doctor can treat, I'm sure."

[illuminedshield]

At least Mamoru recognizes common sense when hit with it. He nods uncertainly.

"Then what do you need?"

[kiramekinoishi]

That could've been bad. Kunzite's logic to the rescue once again!

"Time," Kunzite answers. He smiles reassuringly. "I can still carry out my duties, Prince."