Wings of Cloud and Eyes of Wine

~Infinitis~

Summery: Princess Lady Serenity is troubled. She wants to know if there is something there for her to protect and why she has red eyes instead of blue like her mother's or her father's. Why is she so different? Rini doesn't know what's in store for her when she visits her Grandmother Serenity. Please R&R! It's a romance because there is mushy stuff at the beginning with Rini and Helios.

AN: I had this idea in my head for some time now. But I Promise to finish 'How do you love' (Dillandau/Celena romance {I like mushy stuff ^.^}) The Sailor Moon story is off the Megna and Esca. Is off da TV Show. Bye!

Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or Sailor Moon! (I wish I did though .)

*Blah* Is for the people who don't know Sailor Moon. But you don't have to read it anyway! On second thought, I think it's cheesy.

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Chapter one: Fly to the moon

*The moon low and all the world is right. Crystal Tokyo shines the grandest then any other castle in the galaxy. The Queen is good-hearted and the King is all knowing. 'And what about their children?' you might ask. Well, the Princess is troubled and right now, in Ami-chan's tutor room, her mind swiftly goes back and forth through dreamland. Just like her mother when she was a teen.*

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With a loud thump, Rini falls into a deep sleep on her desk, drooling on her studies (eauuuuu, It happens though). The blue haired tutor saw the pink haired teenager princess in her slumber. This was the third time she fell asleep today.

"Uhemp." Ami coughed. Still, the princess sleeps. Ami can't stand it any more. Rini needs to focus on her studies. The tutor went to the bathroom and filled a cup of water. Ami, delicately, poured the ice-cold water onto Rini's silky pink hair. Lady Serenity's eye's shot open and her mouth yelled a scream.

"Ami-chan? Why did you do that? I was just resting my eyes!" Rini said while smoothing out her ordangos.

"Small Lady..." Ami started.

"Lady Serenity!" Rini corrected.

"Princess, I think you should be more awake about your studies. Do you want to be like your mother when she was..." Ami was about to say 'your age', but that wouldn't be right because Rini, Lady Serenity, was actually older then her mother when she was at Rini's grade. Rini is 1930 years old, right now she looks like a sixteen year-old.

Ami continued, "...was in your grade."

"You know I'm not my mother." Rini said angrily.

"I know," Ami said. "I remember you being a good student when you stayed with us. What happened to that good little student I knew?" Ami frowned and looked directly into Rini's red eyes.

"I changed Ami-chan, I'm not that little girl anymore. After that battle with Galixaia, I felt different. I wanted to protect something of my own, but I couldn't find it. So I started to slack off. And do you know what, I think I'm still tired from that last Sailor Senshi battle or maybe my power as a Senshi grows weak. I'm always bored all the time and feel like I want to sleep." Rini looks down as if she was about to fall asleep again.

Ami-chan was fed up with this. Normally, she's a nice person, but this slacking off she can't stand. She slaps the Lady Serenity in the face. "Rini, Sailor Chibi Moon, don't give up now. You're a PROTECTOR! You can't slack off now while you are still young. Your mother when she was young, when she fights, she's always scared but NEVER slacks off or gives up...ok, I admit that she would sometimes slack, but that's not the point. Your father NEVER gives up either. Is that what troubles you Lady? Slacking off? I thought you were better then this."

"If I'm a protector, that what do I protect on my own?" Rini glares at Ami- chan with her hand on the cheek where Ami slapped her.

"You protect us, and the future." Ami-chan calmed down.

"But the future is already here and all is at peace." Rini looked away.

"You are the protector of this Earth and Moon."

"But that's Mom and Dad's job. I guess I'm just a sidekick."

"You are not a sidekick! You are...you're a..." Ami-chan looked down in defeat.

"I'm a NOTHING!" Rini ran out of the room, tears in her eyes.

"Princess!" Ami-chan tried to run after her, but Lady Serenity was too far away.

Rini ran and ran. She didn't want to stop. Her legs burned and her lungs hurt, but she kept on going. 'I'm a nothing. Nothing. NOTHING!' Rini trips on a crystal and falls. She lies there and cries yet she can see her surroundings. She's in the Crystal Gardens. Lady Serenity sat up and leans over to the nearest pool. She sees her eyes are all red from the crying. 'Why do I have red eyes and pink hair? I'm just like the school children said. I don't look like my mother. Sure we act the same, but acting like someone isn't inherited. I don't even look like my dad. Why am I so different?' Rini felt a horse's nuzzle on her shoulder. 'That horse smells familiar.' She looks up and sees a Young Man on the horse, but it wasn't a horse. 'It's Pegasus! And that's Helios on him!' She wipes away her tears.

"Helios!" She rises and the Young Man slides off Pegasus. Lady Serenity started to shed tears again. 'He grew since I've seen him last.' Helios runs to the Lady Serenity and hugs her tight. She looks at him; he wipes her tears, and smiles a smile that could melt someone's insides. Mainly hers.

"What troubles the mind of My Maiden?" Helios said softly into her ear.

"Who do I look like Helios? How come I don't look like my parents?" Rini lowers her eyes. Helios was then deep in thought. He sighed and lifted her chin so her eyes met his.

"I'm sorry my maiden, but I have no answer. There is no one in your father's side that looks like you." His eyes sadden and looked to the side. "The time I come to help you, I figure out that I can't help you at all. I'm sorry." His head lowers. Rini puts her chin on his chest and looks up so that she could see Helios's eyes. She smiles.

"I have another question." She said. Helios looked in her red eyes. "Who do I protect? Everyone has something to protect for his or her own except me. Who's planet do I protect?" her smile turned stern. Helios tensed.

"You must find out that question with your heart, Maiden." He caressed her tear stained cheek. Rini sighed in dissapointment.

"Will you help me Helios?" Rini used a puppy-face on him.

Helios laughed out loud. "I cannot help you with that either. I'm busy a lot, being the priest of Elysion and all. But call my name when you need me the most, and I'll be there." He smiled. "I missed you..." Rini interrupted his with a sweet kiss on the lips.

"I was hoping you would say that." Said Rini. Helios smiles deeper, chuckles, and mouths the words 'I love you'. He returns a kiss, only deeper and pleasant. Lady Serenity closes her eyes. Rini's knees felt weak; she grabs Helios's arms for support. He holds Rini tighter so that she won't fall. The Lady's arms hang on the Young man's neck. (It sounds like they are going too fast, but its true love! Haven't you ever read or watched the Princess Bride?) 'I have no doubt that Helios is my Prince Charming. But he's better, he's my True Love.' They both let go for lack of air. Rini feels so light like she could fly. Fly to the Moon and beyond... 'That's it!' Rini's eyes open in realization. Helios notices Rini has an idea. She looks at him and smiles happily.

"Helios, I have an idea!" she sweetly in her high-pitched voice. Then something happened that Helios never expected. The Princess closed her eyes and wings came out of her back. Good thing she had a dress with a low back. She flapped her wings lightly like her feathers could've supported her from gravity. Rini comes close to the awe-struck Helios, still off the ground. Helios doesn't believe what he sees.

"I will go to my mother's mother and find out about my past. There I may find out what I really protect." She smiles like she is about to laugh. "Thank you Helios, you helped me a ton." Rini kissed his one last time. "I love you too Helios, forever and ever." Then she took off into the sky. To the Moon, the Silver Moon, the Moon of the past. Helios smiles to himself. 'Fly My Maiden. Moon Angel with Wings of Cloud and Eyes of Wine...' Helios stopped. 'In the old books of the Silver Millennia, didn't they talk of people with "Wings of Cloud and Eyes of Wine"?' Swiftly, he jumped onto Pegasus (Ouch!) and flew into the sky. He might yet again help his Maiden. Helios flies faster, but Lady Serenity is too fast.

"Lady, Lady Serenity! MAIDEN!!!!!!!!!!" Helios yells, but Rini is too far away.

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Neo Queen Serenity sits on a comfy couch in the Library and reads old poems (How Ironic!) Ami-chan runs into the room and bows to her Queen. NQSerenity looks over her book to see her friend right in front of her. She smiles and puts down her book.

"What is on your mind dear Ami-chan?" The NQueen stands up. Ami-chan looks serious.

"Lady Serenity is troubled Your Highness. She thinks she feels like she's a sidekick to all the rest of the Sailor Senshi. She's slacking off in her studies and she wants to know about herself more." Ami-chan's face is still stern. NQSerenity is upset.

"Bring her here then."

"I cannot, she ran off." Ami-chan answered.

"What? To Where?" NQSerenity yelled worriedly.

"I don't know." Ami's voice grew soft like a whisper.

"Call my guards! Tell them to search for my daughter!" the NQueen commanded.

"As you wish my Queen." Ami-chan bowed and took off.

"What's wrong my daughter? Why don't you come to me for your troubles?" NQSerenity flopped back down on the couch and shed tears of sorrow. The NQueen is all alone in the dark Library. King Endymion went to the United States (still in contact for many years) to settle some arguments. All the Senshi were living their life as they wanted. For peace is rare and short- lived.

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