Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Sailor Moon's characters. They belong to Naoko Takeuchi.
Message from the author:
Read this so you won't be confused. In this story there aren't any planets. They all live in a big continent with some small islands. Kingdom is the same as country. The continent and islands consist of kingdoms (Golden Kingdom, Silver Millennium, Nemesis, Dark Kingdom, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Mirror Kingdom) I haven't decided whether I'll include the outer senshi or not, though. Mirror Kingdom is Queen Nehellenia's because she lives in the mirror according to the manga and anime. Lastly, Golden Kingdom and Silver Millennium are beside each other with forest as their border, the same forest where Endymion and Serenity met. I know Silver Millennium is not a kingdom. It supposed to be Moon Kingdom but I'm too lazy to change it. I realized this mistake too late. Maybe I will change it into Silver Moon Kingdom later.
Thoughts are showed in italics and conversations inside "…"
Chapter 3
Endymion's POV
I didn't know why I came here again to the bordering forest of my Golden Kingdom and the neighboring country, Silver Millennium. Perhaps, it had to something to do with that odango girl. Something about her pulled me in and I found myself wanting to meet her again and again, even though our encounters so far didn't feel quite pleasant with her kept crashing into me. Nevertheless, she broke the dullness of my monotonous and boring life. She was like fresh cold water in hot summer days or like bright sunshine after a long-cold-dark stormy night. I didn't know how it began, but crashing into her became a highlight of my day. My day just wasn't complete without crashing into her in the forest and unwittingly I came to her again almost every day. Today was no exception.
I wondered if our meeting would be awkward because of what had happened yesterday. I tried not to think about it too much. Then, I pulled the reins of my black Pegasus and got off. As I checked my surroundings I felt like I missed something. Weird…the forest seemed so different today. It lacked of its usual liveliness. I realized then ever since I set foot here, there had not been even one bird flying or insects buzzing. It's so silent, an eerie silence. It's definitely abnormal.
Suddenly I felt a pounding in my head and a strong pull in my heart. A need to protect something or someone grew in me. It brought great pain to me that I fell down to my knees clutching my head. Somehow this odd feeling pulled me into a certain direction. Without thinking twice, I grabbed the rein of my Pegasus and galloped away following the pull. The pain subsided after some time and when I realized it, I already in the familiar area of the forest. I was in front of the tree roots which brought me to a hidden garden of a certain odango girl. Not far away from there I heard frantic thundering of feet. It sounded like someone was running away frantically as if chased by something. I approached the sound out of worry and a small bit of curiosity.
Author's POV
A golden haired princess was prancing happily in the forest. The success of running away from boring lessons made her grin wider. She was too busy basking in her victory from her nagging mentor Luna and the stubbornness of her best friends. They had never allowed her to go anywhere alone and she was sick of it. Even a princess deserved some alone time. She didn't want to admit that she came here not just for an alone time, rather it's to meet a certain handsome black Pegasus rider she met recently. Too bad the thoughts of handsome stranger distracted her to notice the danger's lurking in the shadow.
Out of the blue a menacing growl could be heard nearby and something big leapt out from the bushes. The princess shrieked in surprise.
"Kyaaaa! Y-Youma! Oh, no! What should I do?!" The princess ran as fast a she could but the youma caught up to her easily.
The youma was an ugly red gigantic tarantula. Youmas had been appearing all over the world recently and nobody knew where it came from. The youma roared and launched an attack at the petit princess while she just stood there, paralyzed by fear. The tarantula youma spat strong thread to choke the princess. Before the attack could connect with its victim, steel tipped red rose blocked its path out of nowhere. Both the youma and the princess froze at the unexpected turn of event. Strong arms swept off the princess out of harm's way. Familiar scent of rose filled the princess' notrils.
"Idiot! Why did you just stand there?!" A deep voice admonished the princess.
The princess turned her head to take a look at her savior and met by piercing deep blue eyes.
"You again…" said the princess under her breath almost happily.
Her cheeks went aflame at their close proximity. They could feel a jolt of electricity at their body contact. It's the same as the first time they met. The raven haired prince set the damsel in distress aside and drew out his sword.
"Stay here," Ordered him.
The princess could only nod at his order. Unconsciously, she grasped a brooch in her pocket.
Should I use this? Jupiter and Mars had just trained me. I'm not sure I can fight yet.
The princess was still weighing her options while the prince fought the tarantula youma bravely. Unfortunately, the sneaky youma was able to injure the prince's arm and its thread found its way around the prince's legs holding him immobile. This cause the princess to threw away any doubts and fears. She clutched her brooch tightly and threw her arm in the air.
"Moon prism power make up!"
Bright lights and ribbons engulfed the princess petit form and soon a sailor suited soldier stood in her place.
"In the name of the moon, I'll punish you! Moon Tiara Action!" exclaimed the princess as she threw out her bright tiara at the tarantula, breaking the web which held the prince captive.
The prince could only stare in awe at her. The princess smiled sheepishly at him. But soon a loud exclaim broke their gaze.
"Fire Soul!"
"Supreme Thunder!"
"Crescent Beam!"
"Shabon Spray!"
"Flame Burst!"
"Star Hurricane!"
"Divine Wave!"
"Icicle Rain!"
At once fire, thunder, light, and ice attacked the tarantula youma from opposite direction. The youma turned it into sparkling dust in a blink of an eye. Other frantic shouts soon followed after together with the arrival of four sailor suited women and four military men .
"Princess!"
"Prince!"
"Are you alright?"
The prince and princess could only blink at the unexpected arrivals of their guardians.
A black haired beauty with red sailor suit stomped her feet and came up towards the princess who looked guilty.
"Serenity! Do you have any idea how worry we are?!" the black haired sailor senshi was in rage.
"That's not very wise of you, princess! You shouldn't miss your lessons and run away like that." A blond girl with big red bow who could almost pass as the princess' twin spoke up.
"I'm sorry!" The princess, Serenity felt guilty to have worried her friends.
"Endymion, where were you? We were looking for you" Jadeite checked his prince for injury.
Kunzite, Zoisite, and Ami realized the others' presence. They cleared their throat loudly. Right at that moment Venus and Kunzite saw each other. They were startled and turned their eyes the other way.
"I'm sorry we meet at this kind of circumstances. Let me introduce myself and my friends here. I am Kunzite, the King of Middle-East and the leader of the shitennou. We are the generals of Golden Kingdom and that man is his royal highness, Prince Endymion." Introduced Kunzite as he bowed his head followed by the others.
"I am Nephrite, the Heavenly King of North." Nephrite bowed like how a polite gentleman would.
"I am Jadeite, the Heavenly King of East. I am pleased to make you beautiful ladies' acquaintance." Jadeite added a flirty wink at the end of his speech. The red sailor suited senshi snorted at him.
"I am Zoisite, the Heavenly King of West and you ladies must be the famous sailor senshi." Zoisite bowed his head politely.
The blue haired senshi curtsied and introduced her side. "You are correct. We are the sailor senshi, the courts and guardians of her royal highness Princess Serenity. I am Princess of Mercury and Sailor Mercury."
"I am Princess of Jupiter and Sailor Jupiter." She curtsied and smiled at the tall auburn haired general which was replied back.
"I am Princess of Venus and Sailor Venus. The leader of Sailor Senshi." Venus stood high with a strong expression which lacked of her usual bubbliness. She turned her head almost too fast. Kunzite sighed sadly.
"I am Princess of Mars and Sailor Mars." Jadeite smirked at this and Mars glared at him.
"My lovely fiancée, fancy meeting you here." Jadeite flirted with Mars who got flustered and glared at him menacingly.
Both of the groups stared in shock towards Jadeite and Mars. They shared their exchange. None of them really paid attention towards their charges. They were too infatuated with each other with the exception of Venus and Kunzite who were busy avoiding each other. In the meanwhile the prince and princess turned their attention towards each other. They had tuned out their friends exchange and they were busy with their own exchange.
Serenity's POV
I was very surprised at the arrivals of my senshi and the generals. I wasn't expected something like this to happen. I felt guilty to have worried my friends, too. Mars and Luna would throw a fit later certainly. However, there was one fact which surprised me the most. This handsome and annoying man who always saved me and made a fun of me was actually the prince of the neighboring kingdom, Golden Kingdom. I could feel his burning gaze in my directions. I was afraid to look up. I was sure that my cheeks would blush deeply if I met his gaze.
"So you are a princess…Princess Serenity…what a beautiful name." Endymion smiled.
"And you are a prince….PrinceEndymion…" I could feel the heat of my cheeks rising at his praise.
"You were very brave. I didn't know a princess can fight. But you're reckless, too. Are you hurt, princess odango?" Endymion smirked his annoying smirk.
He was very annoying and confusing. One moment he flattered me and the next he made a fun of me. I really couldn't stand him.
"You! Uugh, don't call me that! And for your information, not all princesses are weak. I can defend myself fine enough, thank you."
"It didn't look like you defended yourself when the youma attacked, though."
"Why you!" My face reddened because of the trueness of his comment. I knew that I would die if he didn't come to the rescue. Nevertheless I still didn't like his insult so I pinched his arm. I certainly didn't expect his face grew pale and he clutched his arms tightly.
"Prince Endymion, you're hurt! Oh, my God! I'm so sorry! Are you okay? Here let me take a look at your arm." I opened my hand waiting for him.
The others turned their attention to us instantly. The generals looked very worried.
"Endymion, are you alright?"Kunzite asked.
"Why didn't you say something?"Zoisite checked his prince.
"I'm fine." Endymion answered through his gritted teeth.
I knew he was lying. It's impossible to look that pale and be fine. I knew he had to be injured. I didn't wait for his other reply and just took his injured arm and rolled up his sleeve. Then I began my healing incantation. It's my specialty.
"Hey! What are you doing!?"Endymion complained to me.
"Moon Healing Escalation" I sang the spell softly.
Endymion's POV
Through the pain, I felt a jolt of electricity as her soft hands touch my arm. Despite of my protests, she still stubbornly healed me with her magic. Her fingers caress my arms. It felt so soft and gentle like a feather. Somehow the weird feelings in my stomach came again. It was like there were butterflies fluttering in my stomach.
"Moon Healing Escalation" Serenity sang the spell softly with her melodious voice.
Her voice sounded as beautiful as ever. White lights shimmered from her hand. It engulfed my injured arm in a warm and gentle sensation. When the light diminished, my arm became as good as new. I looked at her in awe. I could hear gasps from behind me. It seemed like I was not the only one impressed by this princess' capabilities. I wondered how much surprises did she has?
"I'm sorry, you got hurt because of me." Her words broke my thoughts. She looked so sad and worried.
"No, you don't need to apologize. It isn't your fault. It was my fault for letting my guard down." I tried to comfort her. But she's still not convinced enough. I didn't want her to have any guilt trips.
"But still…"
"No, buts. I'm the one who came and fight the youma by my own free will. It's definitely not your fault. You should be thanking me not apologizing." I said jokingly.
Her face brightened at this. "You're right. Sorry isn't right, it should be thank you. I really am grateful. You saved me a lot. Thank you, Endymion." Serenity smiled her bright and beautiful smile at me.
I smile back at her and I couldn't help the blush that rose up to my face. She looked so beautiful and my heart raced so much. I had never felt like this before. Heck, I never blushed and a man shouldn't blush. I fought my blush but it was so stubborn. It wouldn't go away. I refused to acknowledge this is love at first sight. I didn't believe at those petty things. I don't need it. I kept telling myself that but my heart fought me back and reluctantly I gave up the losing battle. I realized that I really like that smile better than her cute pout when she was angry. Oh, God! What's happening to me? Here I am sprouting nonsense and praises of this odango princess. The blush covered my face completely and I could swear I heard snickering from my generals. I turned my head and glared at them. The blush had gone from my face. Then we bid farewell and went back to our kingdoms.
I didn't though I would finish the third chapter. It all thanks to the reviewers that I received. It excited me so much that I decided to write the third chapter. Now the main characters had been introduced, next I will just use their names. Soon the school would start and old characters from Sailor Moon would come up. Don't forget to review, okay? I promise the story would get better and I'll work hard in my writing skill. So help me by reviewing! I don't mind hard critiques
