Long ago, each planet had a kingdom, each under the reign or the Moon Kingdom, ruled by a just Queen Serenity. Each planet had a Princess, all except Earth, who had two princes. Ami was the Princess of Mercury, Minako the Princess of Venus, Rei the Princess of Mars and Makoto the Princess of Jupiter. These four girls also had the duty to protect the Princess of the Moon, Serenity, called simply Usagi by the people she was close to. Hotaru, the youngest of all of them, was Princess of Saturn, Haruka, the one that could easily be mistaken for a boy, Princess of Uranus, Michiru was Princess of Neptune, and Setsuna, the oldest and wisest of them all was Princess of Pluto. Out of these four, only Hotaru was seen regularly by the others, the others needed to protect the Solar System from intruders. Hotaru would join them once her Senshi training was complete.

Earth had no princess, but two princes instead. Endymion, the older of the two would inherit the throne and was to be married to the Princess of the moon. Kiyoshi, the youngest wouldn't inherit the throne, and it was not decided who he would marry yet. These two were protected by a girl by the name of Midori. A year older than Kiyoshi, yet younger than Endymion, this girl had been able to beat the King in a sword duel at the age of 13. At that very moment, it had been decided that she would protect the two Princes, despite the fact that she had just entered her teen years. Soon, it was usual to see Midori with both Princes. A genius of work, she still had that childishly way of looking at life.

As the years passed, a deep friendship was developed between Midori and Kiyoshi, which later transformed itself into love. Not sibling love, but love between two people of opposite gender. But neither could admit the fact that they had fallen in love with each other. Whenever teased by one of the Princess from the other kingdom, with whom she had developed a strong friendship, Midori would always saw the same thing. "I am not royalty; it wouldn't be possible for us to love each other." Both Kiyoshi and Midori were blind to the fact that they loved one another.

As the years passed, Endymion and Kiyoshi began to spend more time on the Moon, always with Midori close behind them. Midori was now 18, Kiyoshi was 17, and Endymion, the oldest was 20 already. Soon, Princess Serenity's 16th birthday came around. There were much preparation to be made, and Midori started spending less time with the boys, helping more often inside the Palace. The boys had become old enough to protect themselves, both able to wield swords with the same talent that Midori could.

During most of the celebration, Midori stayed back. She watched the others danced, a light smile on her face, hiding the fact that watching Kiyoshi get closer to Minako was breaking her heart. She repeated to herself that she wasn't royalty and that it was best for him to dance with a Princess, yet could not help but feel a pang of jealousy at seeing them together. But what we know had to happen, happened.

The Negaverse attacked, their goal simple. Destroy the Moon Kingdom. Without a single word to anyone, Midori took charge, ordering people around. She heard Kiyoshi yell her name, but she ignored it. She pressed on the stone on the ring she always wore. In a bright flash of green, she was clad for a fight, her sword at her hip. Without a last look towards the palace, she jumped in the fray, battling to hold the enemy away. Everything passed in a flash for both her and Kiyoshi after that. There was a scream behind Midori, and when she turned around, an enemy was attacking Kiyoshi. And he was loosing. Without second thoughts, she ran towards them, as fast as she could. She saw Kiyoshi fell, then the enemy's sowrd coming down towards him. She jumped between the two, dropping her sword, arms extended beside her. The opposite sword passed through her stomach, and she looked down at it, almost in shock. Faintly, behind her, she heard her name being yelled. But she didn't know by who, or what it meant. Blackness clouded her vision and once the sword was pulled back, she fell down. There was a loud thump beside her as the enemy was slain, by whom, she did not know.

She could hardly hear what was said around her. But it sounded like someone was crying… She felt someone's arm around her, her body lifted somewhat off the ground. Then rocking, someone rocking back in fourth, her still in his or her arms. She couldn't see who it was, everything was getting black around her. "Tell Kiyoshi… Tell him I love him…" she whispered to the person. Then her head rolled back, and she lay lifelessly in whoever arms.

Unknown to Midori, the very person that had been holding her had been the one her last words had been directed to. Kiyoshi had tears running down his face. "I love you too…" he whispered, even though he knew she would never receive these words. He screamed in anger as she fell limp, gently placing her back down on the ground. He picked up her sword and looked angrily and hatefully at the enemies still around. He fought until the enemies were too numerous for him to fight. Before anyone could help him, he fell down, dead, close to her body.

A/n: Well hello there everyone! Glad you decided to take a look at my story! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you did (or didn't…) please tell me in a review! Good day to you!

Disclaimer: The only thing I own is Midori, Kiyoshi, the plot and this computer. Actually, the computer is my dad's… hmm…