Black Roses

Summary: (SM: AU) Mamoru is a space pirate who has been captured and taken to be held at the Moon Kingdom. Serenity is the princess of the Moon Kingdom and can't help but visit the prisoners because her best friend is there. What happens when Mamoru kidnaps her?

Authors Note: So here is my newest story, I'm glad that I got it up as soon as I did. Actually, I wasn't planning on putting it up, but then I just finished my other story today, so I decided that I would put it up. I hope that you guys enjoy it! I worked pretty hard on it and I really hope that you like it! Tell me what you think, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, but the idea.

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Part 1

Serenity sat down at her desk and looked straight ahead, not wanting the burning eyes of her companion to burn holes in her. She didn't dare to look up, or even speak, her voice would crack and she would feel like a couple idiot. She felt his eyes starring deeply at her and once, he moved towards her, he placed a hand on her shoulder. She willed herself to not flinch at his touch, for it burned even more then his eyes would have. "Serenity."

She looked up finally, her eyes deceiving her and nodded her head, even though he had not called her that name in the years that they had spent together. She nodded her head again and stopped the tears from falling. He had never called her her formal. Her princess name, a name that had scarred her for her life. She shook her head instead of nodding and stared back at the floor.

"Serenity, look at me." He demanded and she shook her head, her spinning in circles, her eyes burning with tears that threatened to fall. She would not show him what he was doing to her; it would only provoke him to hurt her more. "Serenity, I do not like being ignored."

'And I do not like being led on.' She thought to herself before closing her eyes, his touch burning through the thin material of her white sun-dress. He kept his hand clenched against her shoulder roughly and then finally, he spun her towards him, the chair being thrown away and she was forced to stand up and look at him. "Don't." She said weakly, her voice barely audible.

He mourned inside himself, for it was not what he wanted to do. He looked at the twenty-one year old girl and then shook his head as he heard her words. He was hurting her, but he had always been hurting her and it shouldn't be any different. "You have to go back." He urged and she shook her head, not allowing the tears to fall down her face.

"I can't go back." She replied, her eyes darting absently from the walls to him, anything that would protect her from starring at his cobalt eyes. "I can't go back after what you have done to me. You have made me fall in love with you and if they kill you, I will be killed with you."

"No." He said firmly, "I will not let you die."

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Two Years Before.

Serenity – or Usagi to all of her friends – was a nine-teen year old girl and the heir to the thrown of the moon kingdom. She sighed as she pushed a piece of her honey blonde hair back and then smiled at her mentor Luna. "Do you think that Prince Kenji is a good match for me Luna?" She questioned, her voice wavering slightly.

"Well I do not know princess; I have never met him before." Luna replied calmly, even though the princess's remarks surprised her quite a deal.

Usagi thought for a second, "But I have not met him, even though he is the prince of Saturn, I do not think that it is right for an arrange marriage." She sighed and brushed through her hair once more, "But whatever, my mother wishes for me to get married to him and I must do what I must."

"You are awfully calm about this Usagi." Luna said and then eyed her, "Are you sure that you are going to be okay with this meeting?"

Usagi ignored her comment, "I think that I will visit the prisoners down in the dungeon, you will not tell anybody of it, will you Luna?" She questioned and Luna shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"Usagi, you know that you are not supposed to go down there, there are many bad people down there and they could harm you-!" Usagi sighed and cut into her sentence.

"Do not worry about me, I know how to take care of myself and my mother does not need to know of my departure down there. I did hear that they had a new prisoner down there and I wish to take just a small peep at him. I have heard so much about him and I think that since he's going to be here for awhile, I should at least see him. It has been reported that he has been there for a couple of weeks now. The new prisoner I mean." Usagi replied, even though the truth was that her best friend Seiya Kou was down there and she just wanted to see him once more. Seiya had been caught for stealing something for his family. Usagi thought that that was nothing, but her mother would hear nothing of it.

"Usagi, I don't-"

Usagi stood up and bowed slightly before making her departure out of the room, "I will be back soon, if mother asks for me, tell her that I am outside in the gardens."

"I don't know how long you are going to be allowed to do this before you get caught Usagi!" Luna called after her and stood up from the bench that she had been sitting on. She walked after Usagi, only to find that the princess was nowhere to be found.

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Usagi tip-toed down the stairs of the dungeon, noticing that the guards were asleep and she would be able to slip through. She checked the number of the doors and finally found where her best friend was, "Seiya, you up?" She questioned and she heard a knock in return.

"Who is it?" A voice, unfamiliar to her, called back to her from the door that had once occupied her friend. Usagi, too stunned to do anything, heard rustling in the other chambers that were down there. She looked to her left and then looked to her right.

"Where is Seiya?" She asked and a groan was what she heard in response, "Seiya, is that you?"

"No, and I don't know where your precious Seiya is, but if I were you kitten, I wouldn't be down here." Usagi stood out-raged as she peered through the bars of the chamber. She didn't recognize the man at all. He had ebony hair, was almost six feet, and was slender. She couldn't help but notice how handsome he was.

"I am not a kitten!" She cried out, not even knowing what he referred to. She had never even heard of a 'kitten' before. "I demand to know who you are!"

"What's it to you, are you some kind of royalty or something?" His voice was deep and she shook her head as she leaned against the door, she looked again at her surroundings and then she stood up straighter.

"Yes, I am actually. I am Princess-"

"Serenity! In heavens name, what are you doing down here?" Usagi turned around and found herself starring at her mother. Her mother's face was pale as she noticed that her daughter was standing at the door of the most vicious space pirate Mamoru Chiba. Queen Serenity moved quickly and took her daughter by her arm. "I thought I had told you that you were not allowed down here."

"But mother… Seiya was and then I-"

Queen Serenity clenched her hand around Usagi's forearm, "I told you strictly that you were not allowed down here and I don't care if you were visiting with Seiya or not. I want you to never come down here again." She turned to the guards, "Will you take her to Luna and get her ready for Prince Kenji's arrival?"

"Yes ma'am." The guards replied and Queen Serenity walked over to the door that her daughter had just been leaning on. She looked opened it up with a key that was around her neck and then pushed it open. In the corner lay the ebony haired man who only smirked at the queen. He was in chains, the strongest chains so that he would not get away.

"You are lucky that I don't kill you Chiba." Queen Serenity remarked, "You are not allowed to talk to my daughter at all, I will make sure that you two will never meet again."

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Usagi huffed as she sat down in her chair at her desk. She hated the fact that her mother didn't trust her. Luna sat in front of her, running a brush through Usagi's hair. Usagi huffed again, trying to get Luna to ask her the question. Luna set down the brush and sat down in front of Usagi.

"She caught you, didn't she?" Luna questioned and Usagi nodded her head.

"I don't get it; I mean it's her fault that I go down there anyways. If they would just release Seiya from the prison that has been holding him, then maybe we would all live in a happy world and I would be the perfect daughter that she wanted me to be." Usagi sighed and brushed a piece of her bang back before Luna stood up and started to do her hair again. "But – no. She won't do that because she just wants me to get married and then I can take over the kingdom for her."

"Usagi, you know that your mother loves you very much." Luna said and Usagi rolled her eyes before a guard walked into the room. Luna quickly finished Usagi's hair and pulled her up out of her seat, "Prince Kenji is going to love you, so go." She pushed her lightly out of the room.

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Queen Serenity watched as her daughter walked into the room. She had a scowl on her face, her hair was pulled back slightly, while the rest cascaded down her back. She was wearing a white sun-dress with white ballet flats. She bowed in front of the King and Queen of Saturn and then took her place next to her mother. Usagi eyed her mother and then turned her eyes towards Prince Kenji.

"Princess Serenity, you are lovelier in person." Kenji stated and took Usagi's hands in his own. He bent down on his knee and kissed her knuckle lightly. She smiled genuinely as he pulled back from her. "You are the most heavenly creature in this galaxy that I have ever laid eyes on."

Usagi blushed, "Surely that is not what you mean." She said and he shook his head, disagreeing with her. She looked over at her mother who didn't move an inch. She felt a squeeze on her hand and her attention was pulled back to Kenji.

"There is nobody more beautiful then you."

She nodded her head, this time not up to arguing with him. "Thank you Prince Kenji, I am so glad that we finally met."

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One Week Later.

Usagi tip-toed once more down to the prison, wondering if she was going to see Seiya this time. She felt eyes watching her, but she shook off the worry and walked to the prison that had been occupied by the ebony haired man and not her best friend and once her lover Seiya. She leaned against the door and knocked once. "Tell me straight forward, is Seiya in there with you?"

A laugh echoed in the chambers of the prison, "No, there is nobody by the name of Seiya here." The man was the same as before. She wondered who he was. "You should be here kitten."

"Stop calling me kitten!" She screeched and pressed a hand to her forehead, "That is not how you talk to royalty."

The rattling of chains could be heard.

'So that's why he hasn't even attempted to look at me, he's been chained up for the last couple of weeks.' She stood there stunned, she hated that her mother had locked up these prisoners, but felt that also they deserved it for it was their own doing. She stood there in silence before she finally heard a reply.

"Royalty means nothing."

She snorted, "Royalty means everything. Social class means everything. You seem to deny it now, but in your heart you know that I am levels above you and you are not allowed to call me kitten." She spat and he laughed once more.

"We'll see if you're better then me kitten." He replied and she threw up her hands in frustration. She turned away from the door and walked out of the prison. She hated everything; she was not going to go back there for it seemed that Seiya was no longer there. She decided that it wasn't worth being disrespected by the prisoner. She couldn't though, shake the feeling of dread as she repeated his words in her mind.

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Two Weeks Later.

Usagi shuddered as she entered her room once more. She liked Prince Kenji, but felt that this was a horrible decision. Today had been her second meeting with him, and she couldn't help but wonder if she really was going to go through with this. She would do what she must, but she didn't know if her marrying him would be a good option for her. She missed Seiya; he had once been a lover and her best friend. It had been when they were both sixteen and they had been fools to ever believe that they could be together. She worried about him, she wondered if he was alright. Minako Aino, princess of Venus, walked into Usagi's room. Bowed slightly to her and then closed the door behind her.

"I heard." Minako breathed and fell against the bed, "That Seiya's missing. It seems that he broke out of the prison awhile ago. I came to tell you as soon as I could."

"Oh god!" Usagi cried, "Are you sure? I mean, he wouldn't possibly leaves. He knew that if he left they would find him! What if they find him Minako? Are they going to kill him, I pray to god that they do not kill him!"

Minako shrugged and took her friend in her arms, "I don't think that they will kill him, but I do think that they will find him. I have to go search for him, he is my friend just as much as yours."

"Thank you Minako." She replied and then closed her eyes, "I will be awaiting your safe return."

Minako smiled and stood up, walking towards the door. "Hey, what are friends for?"

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It was late at night when she heard the noise. It had been two weeks since her meeting with Kenji and only a week since her second encounter with the man in the prison. She turned her head from the light and the book that she had been flipping through and stared at the figure by the window, too stunned to even move. Her eyes widened as the figure pushed open the window and jumped into her room. "Don't scream kitten, or your fate will be even worst."

"What… what, who are you?" She questioned her eyes wide as the figure came into the light. A gasp caught in her throat as she saw the same ebony haired man from the prison, only a week ago. He held a rope in his right hand and a sword was attached to his hip. He stalked towards her and grabbed her roughly from the bed. She swallowed back the scream, her eyes starring at the sword at his side. "Don't – don't kill me." She pleaded and he only laughed.

"Kill you? I don't think so… but right now, you're coming with me." He gently pressed his hand on the back of her neck, causing her to lurch forward and fall limp in his arms. He tied the rope tightly around her legs and arms before throwing her gingerly over his shoulder and climbing back out of the window.

End of Part 1

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