What do you do when the person you love most is the person who wants to kill you? After coming to the moon Rei and Minako quickly become enemies, but Minako soon realizes why she cant seem to stop thinking about the extremely violent Martian whom seems to want nothing from her but her blood and possibly her life.
Pairings: MinakoXRei, AmiXMakoto, HarukaXMichiru, UsagiXMamoru and SetsunaXSolarus. You'll know about Solarus if you have read The Reunion if not then you will meet him J and yes there will be sex, girl on girl and girl and guy so if this bothers you don't read!! It rated M for a reason!!
Disclaimer: I own nothing!! And I tire of trying to remember to say it in chapters so let this be for the whole story. I OWN NOTHING, nope, nodda, zip, nothing.
Of Love and War
Chapter 1
The Summons
Love. Love is just something I really don't understand, and I should, at least that's what everyone says, future goddess of love and beauty here and so far it seems I'm accomplishing only half of that title, and its not like I even try with that, I was born this way, dealt the hand and played with the cards I was given. I was just naturally beautiful, at the age of 19 I was considered the most beautiful woman on Venus second only to Queen Aphrodite herself, but love I don't understand. I guess its because I've never truly been in love, lust yes, but not love. Its said that Venusians have mates, soul mates and when you find "the one" you would know. I guess I just haven't found "the one" yet. I wonder if I ever will.
Minako stood staring out the window of her bedroom, high up in Cupid Palace the very center of Amor, capital city of the planet Venus. The beautiful blond was pulled form her thoughts by the sound of her two siblings rushing into her room. The Venusians princess's deep blue eyes turn from the window to look at her younger siblings. Eros, her brother less then a year younger then herself, and her sister Voluptus, who was less then a year younger then him. Everyone said they looked alike and referred to them as Venusian triplets.
"Mina, Mother has asked for you" Eros says.
"Do you know what its about" Minako asked her siblings. Her sister answered.
"No she just sent us to get you, she said for us to meet in her study, I think its bad though I heard Lord Artemis saying something about the other inner planets and the Queen, maybe there is another problem with the animals on Mars, they are always causing trouble, fighting amongst themselves, its little wonder that they have a kingdom left at all" Voluptus said in amazement. Minako smiled.
" Vol its just their nature, and besides they don't fight to the death that much anymore, its mostly little skirmishes, and they haven't attacked another planet in generations" Minako said as she stood and began to lead her siblings to the study.
"Yeah I doubt it has to do with the Martians" Eros agreed with his older sister.
"I guess not, I just heard that Martians are barbaric and they are so devolved that they might as well not even be human, that they are practically animals!, what do you guys think?" Voluptus asked her older siblings.
"I don't know, I've never met a Martian, but Mina has" Eros said as he looked at his older sister leading them as usual.
"Yeah Mina what was the Martian like?" Voluptus asked. Minako smiled a little.
"I actually don't remember that much about being on the moon you guys I was young and I had just began to manifest my powers I still have trouble controlling them every once in a while."
"Yeah but you met the Martian princess what was she like?" Eros asked. Minako shrugged.
"She seemed really normal, they all did, well they had their little cultural quirks I guess, Mercury was very shy and smart, Jupiter was tall and jovial, Serenity had a tendency to sleep late and eat A LOT, and Mars well she was a little violent but not in a berserker way, more like hitting your arm when you were teasing, and tears, she didn't understand tears at all, the first time I cried in front of her she thought there was something wrong with my eyes. I had to explain I was crying because I scraped my knee, I kind of got her to understand that crying was equivalent to pain in one form or another. But besides that she was relatively normal" The conversation ended as she opened the door to her mothers study.
I just don't get it, I just don't understand War anymore, I mean I'm supposed to as the future goddess of War, I used to and a few years ago I thrived on it made a name for myself as a great warrior and tactician, fighting more battles at the age of 20 then most people in the galaxy had combined, but in the last few years the wars on Mars have changed, its is no longer little battles being waged for fun and honor. It was real war, people died, a lot of people in every battle, good honorable men and women of Mars all fighting to keep the kingdom safe. All fighting because one man decided that he should be king, and somehow he convinced a few larger desert tribes that they might profit from it as well, thus the war had begun and with this battle, hopefully, end.
Rei stood at the front lines of battle, her platoon of hand picked and specially trained, by her, warriors standing behind her at the ready, prepared to follow their commander into battle or any place else she may lead them. A man looking to be a few years younger then the dark haired princess stepped forward.
"Are you ready" He said as he put his hand on his sisters shoulder. She shook her head in the affirmative and the man lifted his hand signaling the battalion to prepare to attack.
"Take your platoon down the left flank tell Deimos to take his down the right, we end this now, I've grow weary of this war" the young prince was surprised by his sisters comment but didn't show it. The dark haired young man nodded his head and began to turn to give the last remaining orders, but was waylaid when his sister spoke again.
"Enyalius"
"Yes Rei?"
"You had better return, I've attended more then enough funeral pyres in the last few years and I promised myself I wont be attending anymore, don't make me miss my own brothers funeral, because if you die I wont be there" Their violet eyes met and Enyalius nodded. "Tell Deimos the same thing, even if he is my cousin, ill miss his funeral just the same" Deimos didn't need to be told anything since he had been standing not far behind the prince and princess, a fact Rei had already known. Enyalius turned and all three warriors jumped up onto their horses and signaled their platoons to attack.
The battle was epic, the Martian princess lead her platoon of warriors straight at the rebel army, quickly splitting the group into two which allowed Enyalius and Deimos to easily flank both groups, it was a risky move the middle platoon could easily be over run but the princess of Mars had hand chosen her men, and knew they could handle the situation. Rei had just dispatched her last rebel and she vaguely recognized him as their leader, quickly looked up preparing to attack the next but she was standing in a group of only her soldiers looking farther she noticed a few smaller groups still fighting but the larger part of the diminished army was retreating and her men stood swords in the air bellowing their victory. 'its over' Rei thought as she tore the end of her tunic and quickly wrapped it around the bleeding wound on her arm, something she hadn't even noticed until the adrenaline of battle had subsided.
"Find my brother and cousin so that they may also celebrate this victory" Rei ordered a relatively uninjured squad.
"Yes your majesty" They bowed and went in search of the Prince and Duke of Mars. In no time at all Deimos showed up of his own accord, sporting a heavily bruised jaw and rather deep cut above his right eye.
"Cousin, the rebel army is demolished, there is no way they can possibly acquire enough soldiers again to mount an attack." Rei nodded.
"There would be no need cousin, the rebel leader, Kirn, was slain"
"Ah by your own hand no doubt, you are undoubtedly going to be a powerful goddess of war, now were is Enyalius, I would think celebrating a victory with the other two generals would be most important" Rei nodded and secretly began to worry, if it was taking this long for Enyalius to return from battle, it was not a good sign.
The elusive prince soon returned with the aid of a young sergeant who looked to be no older then the 18 year old prince he was supporting.
"I'm fine leave me be" The prince continued to tell the soldier.
"Yes your majesty as soon as I have deposited you back at camp with the other generals and a healer" The man said as he spotted Rei and Deimos not far away. Deimos approached the two arguing men.
"What's the meaning of this sergeant?"
"Your grace, the prince was wounded and although undoubtedly he could make it to the camp himself, he is bleeding quite a bit and I thought your grace and the princess would prefer if I delivered the prince alive" The young sergeant replied truthfully.
"I am fine sergeant, you have made sure of that, had it not been for you I would have been cut in half" Enyalius stated. Deimos lifted his cousins other arm over his shoulder as Rei arrived.
"Rei tell this sergeant and our cousin that I am fine and need no more help" Enyalius stated forgetting that he should not be so informal with the princess in front of a stranger. Rei ignored this and assessed her brothers wounds noticing a rather deep laceration on his side that had obviously been field dressed to prevent him from bleeding out, had it not been dressed he may not have survived.
"You may think you need no help brother but your wounds tell me another story" Rei answered and then turned to the sergeant. "are you the man who dressed his wounds?"
The nervous younger soldier quickly answered.
"Yes majesty" Rei nodded.
"He also saved my life during battle Rei" Enyalius stated once again forgetting their company.
"You saved my brothers life more then once" Rei said to the solider then waved to a group of healers who took away the prince to properly assess and heal his wounds. Rei's attention then returned to the young man who had saved her brother "what is your name"
"Phobos your majesty"
"Phobos, yes I remember you, you recently applied to be in this unit" Rei used the word applied loosely since applying to be in the princesses personal platoon required them to fight at lease 25 of the current members and last longer then 5 minutes with each, Rei remembered this young man well he had quickly dispatched many of the younger soldiers in her platoon and only seemed to have trouble with the very last member she had chosen for him to fight. Her best warrior of course, but he had lasted exactly 5 minutes and 3 seconds with him, way above average for that particular veteran.
"Yes Majesty I joined just last month"
"Yes, Phobos you are to be rewarded for saving the life of the prince, I assume since you are in my unit you plan to be in the army long?" Rei asked.
"Yes Majesty I would like to make it my career, my father always said that serving Mars and the Royal family was the most honorable thing a Martian could do"
"Good you are promoted to Lieutenant and are now a member of my personal guard, if you wish that is" The sergeant looked stunned, only nobility was allowed to be officers and to be the future queens personal guard was a dream come true for any soldier. Deimos was stunned as well.
"Rei it is not allowed for a commoner to be an officer he must have a title or noble lineage, it's the law" Rei looked at her cousin.
"Oh yes, your right, what do you think Deimos?" Rei asked her cousin, Phobos was confused but Deimos knew exactly what Rei was asking.
"I think for the life of the prince of mars, your brother, my cousin, that he deserves no less then a knighthood and since I'm the head of your personal guard and I don't associate with anyone lower then an earl I would say, welcome to the troops Lord Phobos Earl of Timor" Rei nodded her head deciding that a knighthood, earldom and a vastly bountiful estate such as Timor was perfect for her new personal guard. She may not show it much but her brother was one of the most important people in her life and losing him would have been horrible.
"Lord Phobos why don't you join us for supper, we will be heading back to Roman tomorrow, it will be a long journey and good food and rest will help" Rei asked her new guard.
"Yes your majesty and you can just call me Phobos" the new guard stated.
"very well then you must call me Rei all my personal guard does"
"Yes Rei" Phobos said as he followed Deimos and Rei toward the princes tent were they would be dining that evening.
The group had just sat down to eat, excluding the prince who was laying in bed much to his chagrin, when a messenger from the queen of Mars entered the room. He bowed to the Princess and Prince.
"Your Majesties, I've been instructed to relay a message to you"
"You may begin" Rei stated. The man looked nervously at Phobos having never seen him before.
"I've been instructed not to allow this information to anyone who can not be trusted" The man stated as he looked at Phobos. Rei stood and announced.
"This is Lord Phobos of Timor, he is an Earl and a member of my personal guard, I would trust him with my life and he deserves your respect"
"I also trust him with my life" Enyalius stated.
"Myself as well" Deimos agreed. Phobos was stunned to hear that all three of them would trust him so deeply so soon, he vowed that he would not betray that trust.
"Yes your majesty" The man stated then turned to Phobos, "forgive me my lord I meant no disrespect" Phobos nodded. 'I'm going to have to get used to being treated this way, it's a little strange' Phobos thought.
"I understand"
"Please relay your message" Rei stated. The messenger nodded and began.
"Her Highness, Queen Ares Scarlet Hino of Mars…" Enyalius cut him off.
"Yes we know the beginning of the formal address please get on with the actual message" The man nodded again.
"The queen has been informed that the sailor senshi have been called up to finish their training" Rei nodded and the man left.
"What does this mean Rei" Enyalius asked. Deimos and Phobos both watched wondering the same thing.
"It means I'm to be sent to the moon to train with my powers"
"But you already went to the moon to train with your powers when you were like 13 or so didn't you" Rei nodded.
"Yes I went to train to get them under control now I must train to fight with them, it's the families responsibility to train the senshi in combat, weapons, hand-to-hand and such but the use of the senshi's powers can be very unpredictable, they have special teachers who are adept at teaching us to use our powers in battle"
"Why would you need to use your powers in battle?" Deimos asked. Phobos answered.
"Its most likely there is a threat of some sort, or going to be, if the Empire is threatened they would need the senshi, the queen is to old to fight as a senshi like she used to, if they are calling for the new senshi to be trained then they may be needed soon"
"Do you think so Rei?" Rei nodded.
"I agree with Phobos, if they are going to train us then there may be a time soon when the skills are needed, if the Empire is attacked it will be my job to lead the armies of Mars for the Queen of the Moon, it will be Mothers job to protect Mars" Rei stood silent for a moment then stated. "Deimos, Phobos, prepare your horses we leave for Roman immediately, I must consult with the queen then you both will accompany me to the Moon"
"Yes Your Majesty" both said in unison then went to prepare their steeds.
"I'm coming too" Enyalius stated then tried to get up. Rei rushed to him and pushed him back down on the bed.
"No you must heal, Mother will need you to help run things while I'm gone, if everything is going well maybe in a few weeks you can meet us on the moon" Enyalius nodded and settled back down on the bed, he knew that Rei handled a lot of things with the Army and it would be up to him to deal with it while she was gone.
Minako, Eros and Voluptus entered the study of Aphrodite Radiance Aino Queen of Venus.
"Mother" Minako said as she shut the door. The queen turned and looked at her children with a smile.
"Finally what took you guys so long" Eros smiled and stated.
"We got a little side tracked with conversation mother"
"What's so important that you have to talk to all of us" Voluptus asked.
"The time has come for Mina to return to the moon to finish her training, all the senshi have been called up so you will get to see your friends again, this is an important time not only for Mina but for you as well Eros, it will be your responsibility to take her place. This will be like a test of your ability to help your sister rule someday. A planets ruler is important but having capable and trustworthy advisers is very important in the ruling of a kingdom" Eros nodded understanding the important part he would someday play as Minako's advisor and second in command. "Voluptus you will go to the Moon with your sister, its important that you learn to use your powers Minako I don't think the Queen would call you all together this early if your powers will not be needed"
"Yes Mother" Minako hugged her mother and ran off, with a big smile, to pack.
"Vol make sure you watch over your sister, the moon is a galactic hub for all the planets and I fear for her life as well as the life of the other senshi, the palace should be pretty safe from infiltration of enemies but when your out in town or other places just be watchful" Voluptus nodded and turned to follow her sister.
"and Vol"
"Yes mother"
"Be sure to watch out for yourself as well" Voluptus smiled and turned to leave.
A/N Ok I have been a little blocked with The Reunion and have been having this story continuously pop into my head so I decided to start it but The Reunion is still my main story, and if you hadn't noticed this is kinda a pre to The Reunion, its them all in the Silver Millennium. P.S Venusian triplets is kinda a play off of Irish triplets which are three children born in three years. And every name and place for Venus and Mars have a Greek or Roman back ground so if you are wondering about any of them just ask in the reviews or PM me ill let you know were or what they mean. Except Kirn the rebel leader since he was hardly in it and wont be anymore I just made his name up on the spot.