ANGEL OF MERCY
The sun shone brightly through the half open blinds of the white hospital room. Her delicate hands rode the blinds up letting the potent mid-day sun to shine into the room. The blonde mass of hair in the bed shook and pulled the white sheet up to cover his face.
"Rise and shine" Called the long haired blonde woman standing beside the window. Her rosy lips were formed into a smile, her face pale and innocent still. Her long hair held in place by two identical buns on either side of her head. She crossed her arms in front of her chest playing slightly with the crescent moon necklace around her neck. "C'mon Trey, you have to wake up it's late!"
"And this coming from the 'eleven o'clock is still dawn' person" Replied the guy sarcastically his head still hidden under the sheet and away from the sunrays. She smirked walking closer to the bed.
"The nurse will be here any minute"
"Screw her..."
Before he could finish his revelled statement the girl pulled the sheet completely off the bed and him. Revealing the guy's long white robe and his very bandaged leg accompanied by the bandaged arm.
"Hey! Why'd you do that for!"
"Because its late" She laughed. It was on days like this that she was happy to have him back home, or at least back at her side.
"Serena please!"
"NO!" This caused a snort from the sleepy blonde and to prove his cause was still just he folded into a ball position or at least the closest thing he could to it in his state, with one leg to his chest. The girl laughed once more before walking closer to him and begin tickling the older guy.
And this was how the nurse caught them. With Serena's hands on his sides tickling him as he laughed his head off.
"Trouble waking up again I see"
The guy snorted and the girl nodded. The nurse, an older experienced woman smirked at the two cousins and set down the tray of food she was carrying.
"You really shouldn't cause Serena so much trouble Trey. She comes everyday to take care of you and this is how you repay her"
"I repay her just well mind you but I'm still sleepy!"
"Oh stop complaining and act like a man. Now here's your food and your medicine" The nurse set four pills on his hand and hand him a glass of water which the guy immediately drank. Who wouldn't under the stare of a menopausal woman and a strictly caring cousin.
"Be sure to eat EVERYITHING in that tray. I'll be back in an hour"
Serena thanked her whole heartily before the woman disappeared over the closed door. Serena set the food in front of him and sat on the chair beside his bed. While he cursed under his breath.
"Old hag... Must I eat it?"
"Yes"
"You know I don't like this food"
"Stop complaining, if you behave I'll sneak you in a donut"
"Oh a donut, that'll feed the multitude"
"Don't push it mister. Now eat before I have to feed you"
Trey looked down at the food, sighed, grabbed the carefully packed plastic fork and took a piece of it into his mouth.
"Good boy" She encouraged, earning a deadly look from him. "I'm going to have to leave a bit early today, we have a meeting at Ray's house"
"A meeting? That's what you call it nowadays?"
"Shut up and eat"
"Ok, ok"
A moment of silence passed as he finished chewing.
"Is Mr. 3 years Older gonna be there?"
"That is none of your business"
"Oh yes it is"
"Nope, it's mine"
"Meaning he is"
"Trey, drop it" She warned.
"I just worry about you. You ARE the only thing I have left, sunshine"
Serena smiled, a lazy warm smile and held his hand gently in hers.
"Trey I know you worry but I'm not a child, I know what I'm doing" She watched as his eyes grew distant and his fork dropped on the plate.
"I'm tired sunshine... why didn't she take me with her?"
"Don't say that"
"I want to be with her"
"You want to leave me alone?"
"You wouldn't be alone, you'd manage with all your friends and Mr. Perfect"
"Trey... you're the only real family I have left that still cares"
"You mean the only family that knows YOU"
"Can we not talk about that anymore cuz? Just eat your breakfast"
Serena began removing her hand from his but he just held it tightly and looked at her with the look of someone who hadn't finish saying what he wanted to say.
"The only reason I'm still here and alive is because of you Sunshine. Because I know you're not ready to be on your own yet"
Serena leaned closer, delivering a soft warm kiss on the blonde guy's cheek.
"I know brother... I know... I miss her too"
She drew back, a smile still upon her lips.
"Finish that breakfast or the nurse will yell at you bro"
"Yeah, yeah" His snort marked the end of his serious mood and the return of his natural cocky personality.
Ray sighed as she waited for her friends to arrive. The temple would be busy today, too bad it wouldn't be because of people wanting to buy the amulets. Everyone would be coming today from Setsuna to Darien. The sound of many voices caught her attention signalling the arrival of her many friends. She smiled brightly as she watched three of her best friends finish climbing the stairs.
"Hey Ray!" Greeted Mina with her usual cheeriness.
"Hey girls, how's it going?"
"Just fine, and you?" Asked Lita."Fine but the temple isn't. We've rarely had visitors!"
"Don't worry Ray people will start coming soon after all they're just seasons right?"
"I hope you're right"
"Has anyone else arrived?" Asked Amy looking around.
"Nope, you're the first ones actually"
"That's weird I thought Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna would be here already."
"Well no one's shown up yet. Darien said he would be a few minutes late cause he was going to pick up Rini and I have no idea where Luna and Artemis might be" The four girls walked to the step of the house where they sat.
"They better show up soon cause they're the ones who called the meeting" Warned Lita.
"I'm sure they'll be here soon"
"And Serena?"
"What about Serena?"
"I think we'll have to wait for her forever"
"She'll be here on time, Luna was bugging her about it all week"
The four girls talked away the time as they waited patiently for the rest of the group. Shortly after three older women were seen crossing the 'Welcome to cherry hill temple' sign.
"Hello girls!" Greeted Michiru in her usual polite graceful manner. A chorus of 'Hi and hello' was exchanged before the three new guests settled around the girls. Shortly after Darien arrived with Rini accompanied by Luna and Artemis.
"Hi everyone!" Greeted Rini.
Luna looked at the group of girls. "Serena is the only one missing?"
"Yeah"
"She's late as always"
"Maybe we should give her five more minutes"
"I told her to be here on time!" Said Rini annoyed. Serena had left the house very early today and when she'd asked the blonde had answered 'somewhere' why could she not be on time for once? It had been years since she'd first met Serena and she still couldn't fully believe this girl would become the mother she loved so in the future.
"We need her to be here, what we must tell you is very important girls" Said Luna very serious.
"Luna what's wrong?" Setsuna asked worried.
Luna focused her gaze on the stairs and found that indeed Serena was just arriving.
"About time meatball head" Scorned Ray as the girl collapsed on the ground breathing hard.
"I'm...(breath) sorry... I got (breath) held up"
"You probably fell asleep" Scolded Mina.
"I told you to be here on time" Said Rini
"Well maybe she has good reason" Defended Lita.
"Now that Serena's here how bout you tell us what's all this about Luna?" Haruka seemed somewhat annoyed as she said this. Serena looked at her friend but Haruka looked away from her.
'What's gotten into them?' She wondered.
"Everyone what we are about to tell you will come as a shock. We are still in shock ourselves" Said Artemis.
"I'm so sorry girls... I'm so sorry it was my fault" Whispered Luna, a tear fell down the black cat's furry cheek.
"Luna what is it? What's your fault?" Rini asked as she stroke Luna's back. Knowing Luna wouldn't be able to tell them on her own Artemis took the initiative.
"We made a mistake... about Sailor Moon...""Serena felt as blood left her face, leaving her face as pale as death. They couldn't possibly know could they? They couldn't have found out her secret? No it couldn't be...
Serena's hands began to shake, she immediately pulled them behind her back to hide them.
"What about Sailor moon?" Asked Darien.
Luna looked up, meeting Serena's gaze as she began walking closer to the girls.
"I made a mistake... you were never suppose to be Sailor Moon"
The temple had never been so quiet, the wind didn't blow the chimes didn't ring, the air seemed thicker to breathe than before. The cold words were like a bucket of cold water that was dipped on all of them. Serena took one deep breath.
They weren't news to her, she already knew. She'd known for years but she'd prayed they would never find out.
"Wha... What do you mean? Who was it suppose to be?" Ray's voice was shaky and this time it was Serena's turn to look down.
Artemis knew Luna wouldn't be explaining anymore details, she was crushed so he answered for her. "We don't know, but it isn't Serena"
"Kind of late for that kind of revelation don't you think?" Darien sounded angry, angry! Angry that they would even say something like that. Of course Serena was Sailor Moon, she was the only one with enough heart to be and what about Princess Serenity?
"We just found out three days ago... Rini brought it when she came back, it was dressed to us... in it Queen Serenity explained to us that Serena was never suppose to be Sailor Moon that it had been a mistake"
Tears began to form on Serena's eyes. It wasn't fair, how could her future self do this to her? Ruin her life like this, how could she betray her own self like this? She was mad, angry and upset. Her hands formed into fists trying to keep her feelings in.
"It doesn't make sense, I mean Serena IS the princess or else she wouldn't be able to use the silver crystal"
"She is the princess but she wasn't suppose to be Sailor Moon, Amy. That is also why Serena is always in danger of dying when she uses the silver crystal. Because she's using twice the power she's suppose to and that drains her. The crystal takes power in order to give it, in Serena it takes twice what it is suppose to take, killing her"
"But the Negaverse is defeated, Galaxia... Chaos... they're all defeated, why tell us this now?"
"We don't know" Whispered the black cat. "I'm sorry everyone... and Serena, I'm so sorry" Luna looked at Serena as if she had been the cause for all her pain. Because of her little mistake she'd gotten her caretaker, best friend and princess in danger. Because of her she'd died to many times.
The temple was silent once again, Serena's deep sigh broke the silence. Her golden bangs had fallen on her eyes covering them and the tears in them. She kneeled down in front of Luna wasting no time on trapping the cat in a warm embrace as she whispered something in her long black ears.
"Silly Luna... I already knew that, it's not your fault"
Pure and utter shock was written on Luna's face. The girl's words slowly making their way through her mind. 'She knows... she knew all along?' But before she could process the information Serena released the cat from the strong hug and began running full speed out of the temple without looking back once.
Darien ran to follow her but Haruka held his arm and shook her head.
"She needs to be alone" She told the future king. Luna stayed frozen on the same position.
"Poor Serena" She heard someone whisper, the words slowly made their way back to her mouth until she was able to reveal them.
"She knew... she knew it all along"
Ten gazes fixed on her while she repeated what she'd heard only this time louder.
"She knew it all along!"
The scouts looked blankly at the entrance of the temple where Serena had just ran away from....
'She'd known all along'
Hey, thank you for reading my story. It's been a while since I posted anything for Sailor Moon but I really liked this idea. It won't be long, I promise and I hope you like it. If you do please tell me, even if one person likes it I'll continue it, but it sure is nice to get more than one review (grin)
Anyways, thanks for reading and best of luck to all.