Serenity is a Queen
By: Sandreline
Hey everyone! Important note: In case I forgot to mention it, Sailor Venus' costume is the same as when she is Super Sailor Venus. Sorry if I forgot to mention that….
Anyway, here is the next chapter! Thank all of you, sososo much! Especially those of you who sent me such wonderful reviews – you all have no idea how much I appreciate it!
I promise plenty of Bruce / Serenity to come! Thank you all so much for your support, it really does mean a lot to me.
Chapter 3: Training and Dating
"Watch Tower to Cosmos and Venus." A voice rang over the ComLinks in their ears.
"Oww!" Mina cried out. "That's loud!"
Serenity winced as well, lifting her hand to her ear. "Cosmos and Venus here. What can we do for you?"
"Your presence is requested."
Minako and Serenity shared confused looks before Mina shrugged. "We are on our way." Serenity replied. The two women transformed and teleported a moment later.
The Watch Tower was filled with all the members not currently on a mission. Everyone was interested to watch the legendary warriors fight, and see what they could do. If what the rumors stated from sources like Wonder Woman, J'onn, and Dr. Fate, than they were the most powerful soldiers on the planet.
The Martian greeted them with a small smile. "My Ladies, if you will follow me." He told them.
The two women did, Cosmos folding her wings behind her tightly so she wouldn't accidentally knock into anyone. "You have questions for us, J'onn Jones." Sailor Cosmos spoke in a warm tone. "Do not be afraid to ask them."
The green figure did not hesitate in his walk or to look their way. He instead spoke without reserve, something the two Scouts were grateful for. "You have the power to bring life." He stated. "I have lost my entire family; I am the sole Martian left, all of my family and everyone I knew is dead."
Sailor Cosmos walked placed a hand on his arm from her place at his side. "I understand how you feel, J'onn. My whole kingdom was destroyed by Queen Beryl." She lifted her hand. "However, I am bound by the Divine Laws. I cannot bring back life from so long ago, as it would alter the Time Stream. Your civilization was, unfortunately, meant to be destroyed. You never would have come to Earth and the Justice League would never have been founded otherwise. Moreover, I can assure you that there is indeed one Martian left beside you." At his glance, she smiled softly. "The Princess Mars herself." She paused at this. "Although she no longer holds that title as a traitor to the crown, I hope you can find solace in the fact that you are not the sole remaining survivor of your race."
J'onn Jones thought over her words for a moment, and the two women relaxed as they noticed the sadness slowly seep away from his being. "That is all I needed to ask." He told them.
"You lost one family, but you gained another." Sailor Venus added. "You must not forget that."
J'onn gave a small smile. "I do tend to do that from time to time. I shall make sure to remember more often."
Sailor Cosmos smiled. "Very good. Now, where are we going? I think I lost where I was ten halls ago."
J'onn stopped and opened up the panel to a room. Inside held Superman, Green Lantern, Shayera, and Flash. "This is the training room." He told them. "I shall be monitoring from the control room." He gave a small smile to the women. "Good luck." The panel closed behind them.
"Hey girls." Shayera smirked. She held her mace in one hand.
Sailor Venus and Sailor Cosmos smiled at her. "So you are testing our reputations?" Sailor Venus asked with a gloved hand on her hip.
"Yes; one at a time and then the two of you together as a team, if you don't mind." Superman asked.
Sailor Cosmos turned to Venus. A silent agreement was spoken between the two. "Me first." Venus claimed, stepping forward. "Who am I to fight?"
"John and Flash will test you." Superman stated. Cosmos walked over to Shayera and Superman, standing with them until it was her turn.
"Running simulation." J'onn's voice came over the speaker. Suddenly, the metal room became a sunny city complete with skyscrapers and cars on the streets.
Before the Green Lantern could let the beam out of his ring towards Sailor Venus, she leapt up into the air. Green Lantern flew up with a clearly shocked expression on his face that stated he did not expect her to be able to jump over one hundred feet in the air. "Venus Meteor Shower!"
Green Lantern was almost too late to surround himself with a shield, and Flash tripped as the hundreds of lights caused the pavement to become uneven. When the attack dispersed, Venus was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, where did the babe go?" Flash asked as he ran up the side of the building to the ledge V Babe had recently been standing on.
"Keep your eyes open." Lantern said.
"I like her style." Shayera muttered to Clark and Cosmos. "She's sneaky and hides it well."
"Before she joined the rest of us, she was fighting crime in London." Cosmos told the other winged woman. "She's the perfect leader for my Guardians because she has such a great fighting style and strategy."
"I'm going to say it again: I like you guys." Shayera smirked.
"Have to admit, if she's put Lantern off this much then she really is talented." Superman mumbled.
Above them, Green Lantern and Flash still had not found the missing Sailor Venus. Cosmos knew exactly where her friend was; when she let her Meteor attack fly, she flipped over their heads to the other side of the street and into the shadows of the building behind them. The orange color blended with her hair and costume, leaving her relatively camouflaged.
"Love and Beauty Shock!"
Green Lantern was blasted into the building behind him as her attack hit. Flash was able to dodged the attack this time, dashing over to her. He was by her side a moment later, but when he tapped her shoulder, Venus flipped him over her hip and down to the ground. When Flash opened his eyes, he had a golden glowing finger pointed at him. He raised both his hands in defense. "Ok, ok, I give!"
Sailor Venus looked over at Green Lantern, who wouldn't be able to do anything with Flash in the range of danger. "Not bad." He muttered.
Sailor Venus let her attack fade away and she flipped a handful of hair over her shoulder. She held up a 'V for Victory' sign, before leaping gracefully off the building. She walked over to Cosmos and smiled warmly.
Her cousin returned the smile. "My turn." She stated. The scene changed to a forest as Sailor Cosmos took to the skies, her wings wide. Shayera was right behind her, leaving Superman to wait his turn. The Thanagarian let out a cry as Sailor Cosmos turned on her and attacked with her mace. It was easily blocked by the Cosmic Staff without so much as a grunt of effort from Cosmos despite the super strength Hawk Girl put into it. They traded several blows, before Sailor Cosmos flew backwards into a portal.
"What is that?" Flash asked Sailor Venus.
"One of the powers of Pluto is the ability to open portals anywhere in any time." Venus answered.
Shayera looked around, attempting to find where the white-clad Scout had disappeared to. A tunnel of water was shot from above her, pressing the Thanagarian down to the ground with a powerful blast. Shayera groaned as she attempted to get up.
Superman flew up to meet Sailor Cosmos. "World Shaking!" Cosmos cried out while directing the blast straight for Superman.
Clark was shoved back as the attack hit, and he was amazed at the heat and force of winds coming from the glowing orb. He re-directed the attack toward the sky and flew at Cosmos again.
"Dead Scream!"
The Man of Steel had to admit to the degree of pain this attack held. He let out a cry as he fell to the ground, his costume partially shredded.
Shayera was back in the air and facing Cosmos as she set her mace. It hummed with electricity as it came in contact with the Cosmic Staff. "Silence Wall!"
Shayera let out a cry as she was blown backwards by a purple bubble surrounding the Cosmic Guardian. She flew at it, pounding it with her mace over and over. It didn't leave a mark. Superman came to join her, even applying his laser vision. Nothing was getting through.
The moment the shield was lowered by Cosmos they were each hit with silver light. "Cosmic Revelation!"
They were blasted to the ground, but when they stood Superman no longer had a shredded costume, and Shayera's bruising had disappeared. Venus and Flash were cheering as Sailor Cosmos floated down to join them on the ground. The virtual landscape disappeared, leaving them standing in a metal room once more.
"I'm officially impressed." Superman said, true warmth in his voice for the first time. "I had to admit I was a little skeptical about you joining the team even with Diana's reassurance. However, now I know that the League voted the right choice."
"Scouts versus League now?" Sailor Venus inquired with a smirk as she placed her hand on her hip once more.
"Bring it, Blondie." Shayera replied with a smirk of her own.
"J'onn, give us a war scene." Superman requested. "Use the practice bots as civilians."
"Running." World War II battles of D Day filled their vision. Venus let her chain fly just in time to pull back and save the 'civilians' from an incoming bomb.
"Bubbles Blast!" Cosmos called out. The beach filled with a thick mist, keeping the enemy from firing on known targets as it eliminated the enemy's vision.
While Venus and Cosmos attempted to save the bots, they were attacked by the four members of the League.
"Crescent Beam Smash!" Sailor Venus cried as she shot a trench into the ground around them. Flash tripped over the upturned Earth and went flying. Shayera flew to the orange scout with her mace at the ready. "Love Chain Encircle!" The blonde cried out, wrapping her weapon around the mace that was held firmly in the Thanagarian's hold. Using the speed the flying woman was using to charge her victim Venus whipped her to the side and behind, sending her right into Flash who had just stood back up. Both of them went crashing to the ground.
Green Lantern was blasting beams at Cosmos, who was knocking them to the side with her staff. Superman was flying behind her low to the ground, intending on punching her out of his way. Twirling her staff above her, she stretched out her wings and commanded, "Silence Wall!"
Both men were blasted back and the guardian wasted no time in sending tunnels of fire their way. Green Lantern erected a shield in time, and Superman simply returned to the skies.
"Princess, look out!" Venus cried as she spotted a missile heading in the direction of her cousin. She wouldn't be able to make it to the warrior's side in time.
Cosmos looked up, noticing right away that she couldn't blast it with an attack or open a portal. With a great flap of her wings she took off into the sky away from the incoming attack.
She was still hit by the blast, sent rolling away. Her body hit the ground hard and she dropped her staff. She bounced a few feet from her hard impact with the ground before laying still. "Princess!" Venus cried out, running over to her. She blasted Green Lantern away with her chain as she knelt by the fallen warrior. "Are you alright? Cosmos?"
A groan was heard as the silver-haired warrior pushed herself up to her knees. "That hurt…" She whined. "I think I broke a wing."
Venus sighed in relief. Cosmos looked up in time to roll her and Venus away from a fast-flying Superman. "Thunder Dragon!" Cosmos cried out as lightning in the shape of a giant beast hit the Man of Steel.
"She can attack without the staff?" Flash wondered out loud.
"Let's end this already." Sailor Venus said. "Venus Crystal Power!" The League members were caught by surprise as Sailor Venus' body glowed orange as her power level increased greatly as the long ribbons from her costume and her hair defied gravity.
"Silver Crystal Power!" Sailor Cosmos echoed as she too began to glow silver as her hair shot up against gravity. The two grasped each other's hands, and gave a cry in unison.
"Sailor Planet Attack!"
All the League members were hit by the incredibly powerful force. It was so strong that it blew the illusion of the training room. When the four members recovered from the blast, the two Sailor Clad warriors were standing side by side, Cosmos having regained her staff as they offered to help the others up.
Green Lantern seemed impressed, for once. Shayera was smirking as she placed her mace at her hip, and Flash was grinning like an idiot. "Well done." Superman told them. "You two work even better as a team."
"We've had nine years of practice." Sailor Venus winked.
"What do you say we go to the Commissary and cool down?" Shayera asked.
"Sounds like a plan." Venus agreed. "The planet attack takes a lot out of me."
"I'm totally in." Flash added as he put an arm around Venus' shoulder.
"Let's all go. It will give you a chance to meet the other members of the League." Superman diplomatically stated.
"Sounds like a plan, though I'm not going first. I have no idea how to get there." Sailor Cosmos smiled.
"Batman won't be there to glare at us the whole time, will he?" Venus wondered as they were led out of the room and back into the hallway.
"Nay, Bats is still in Gotham. He doesn't really come up to the Tower anymore." Flash answered.
"Why not?" Sailor Cosmos asked.
"Let's just say he and Wondy have a bit of an issue." Flash continued.
"Can't you ever learn to shut your mouth?" John stated. "It's no body's business." The Lantern rolled his eyes at the speedy hero.
"Relax, John." Shayera told the ex-Marine. "They are on our side." She gave a wink to her fellow winged-warrior. They entered the commissary and received a warm welcoming. The present founders were surprised at how well the newest members had already wormed their way into the hearts of the other League heroes, especially after only one previous interaction.
"Welcome back!" Vigilante greeted.
"Hey girls!" Fire waved happily.
"My Ladies," Shining Knight greeted. He gave a sweeping bow to Cosmos and another to Venus. Since he had travelled from the past, he was actually born during the time of the Silver Millennium and knew of the two women very well.
"I'll grab us all some iced mochas." Flash stated. A red blur was replaced by a smiling Flash with a tray of drinks in one hand.
"You certainly don't waste time." Venus flirted.
"It seems as if everyone knows about us." Sailor Cosmos smiled as she returned the greetings and took a seat.
"It's rare to add new members, and you two certainly seem to have a reputation." Shayera pointed out.
"Well, since that's so, would you mind telling us some stories of your adventures?" Cosmos asked. "I'm afraid we know little about them."
An hour later found many members of the League lounging about the Commissary as they laughed and told of their adventures to the newest additions.
"You should have seen his face!" Zatanna told them. The League sat in the room in astonishment.
"Batman? Singing?" Shayera asked for clarification.
"Yes! Circe reversed her spell, and I'll never forget it!" Zatanna finished relaying the story of when Diana was turned into a pig by the sorceress Circe.
Flashing red lights filled the room. "League founders to the Main deck." Mr. Terrific voice stated over the speaker. Members quickly took their exits as they prepared for the oncoming mission.
"Stay close!" Cosmos told them. "This is an emergency, so don't argue." She raised her glowing staff to instantly transport the group appeared on the deck.
"That was fast." Flash stated in awe.
"Report." Superman told Mr. Terrific.
"It would seem that the Pompeii volcano is getting ready to erupt." The man told them while pulling up video footage on the screen. "I'm not sure what set it off, but we need to evacuate the area Immedietly! I calculate less than 5 hours before history repeats itself."
Superman raised his right hand to his ComLink. "This is an emergency. All able personal be prepared to be teleported. Evacuations teams will have coordinates sent to their navigators of Pompeii's inhabitants. Move!"
Cosmos turned to Venus. "Go with the transports. I'm teleporting there to see what I can do." She stated.
"I'll go with you. I can tunnel through volcanic rock to help alleviate the pressure and buy us some time." Superman told them.
Sailor Cosmos nodded and tapped her staff on the floor. A portal opened up before her. Superman went through, but Cosmos was halted by Venus' arm. "Be careful, Princess." She warned her friend. Cosmos smiled and went through.
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Serenity and Mina passed out on Mina's bed back at the Queen mansion. "We've never had to do anything like that before..." Serenity gasped out. "I'm so tired."
"You should be!" Mina's attempted at a growl was raspy. "You used the Crystal to teleport all those people out of there!"
"I didn't have a choice." Serenity added, closing her eyes.
"Still, you should have seen Batman's face." Minako added. "It was priceless. I don't think he was expecting you to hold so much power."
"Maybe next time he won't underestimate the Sailor Scouts." Serenity told her while turning on her side.
"Diana warned me that he would be snooping into our lives. Apparently he has this quirk where he needs to know everything." Mina added while doing the same, feeling sleep overtake her. She had never blasted so many Crescent Beams before, but there was no other way for her to clear giant boulders out of the roads for the evacuation vehicles.
"So long as he doesn't try to figure out who we really are, I don't really care. What I need to do is sleep to get some energy to deal with my over-protective brother in the morning." The Moon Princess drifted off to a much needed sleep after she spoke, but right before she did the image of Bruce Wayne flashed across her mind's eye.
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"Hey Canary." The Huntress greeted the blonde woman. They were on somewhat of a friendship level ever since Roulette pitted them against each other to make herself money.
"What's up?" Dinah asked.
"I heard that Arrow's sister moved in with him. How's everything going?" Helena asked as she leaned against the door frame with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Let's just say that he takes the big brother role too seriously." She told the Huntress.
"Can't say I'm surprised." Helena paused. "Q told me that she watched her birth parents die in a car crash." Her voice was softer as her own history filtered her mind.
Dinah paused in her stretches. "Why is the Question looking into the affairs of Serenity Queen?"
"He has some notion that she may be some Sailor Moon character that has saved the earth who is now Sailor Cosmos, the new League member." Huntress told her. She was not looking at Canary's face, or she would have noticed the surprise and fear in her eyes. "Anyway, I just wanted to say hi."
"Since you're here, why don't we spar?" Canary asked.
The Huntress smirked. "Two falls out of three?"
Black Canary nodded and slipped off her jacket, noting to warn Serenity later. "Bring it."
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The Question sat at his desk with several windows open on his computer to articles of both Serenity Queen and Sailor Moon/Sailor Cosmos. "It has to be. How many women have that hair style? That is the question."
Recent pictures of battles with Sailor Cosmos and Sailor Venus popped up on the screen. "They arrive in Star City at the same time. That cannot be coincidence." He added. "No connection to the Girl Scouts." He paused. "Though it is still unknown if they plan to take over the world."
He clicked away at the computer, the fedora on his head shifting slightly to cover the top of his vision. "I just need a little more information in the source of Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow."
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"I don't understand." Serenity told Dinah in the Queen Mansion living room. "Who is the Question?"
"The League's conspiracy buff." Ollie answered from his seat with his arms crossed darkly over his chest. "A bit of a whack job, if you ask me."
"If he does conspiracy work, then why would he want to know if Sere is Sailor Moon or not?" Artimis asked. "That doesn't make any sense."
"It may be because of the legend of the Silver Millennium, and the fact that you can take over the planet." Dinah added.
"So basically he wants to find out my identity and stop me." The silvery-blonde answered with Luna in her lap.
"Question can be unpredictable." Ollie stated.
"I think Huntress is the only one who really knows him or have an idea to how he thinks." The sonic screamer added.
Mina smiled at Serenity. "No big deal! We just have to be extra careful on the Watch Tower, and take even more care when we transform."
"For now that's all that we can do." Luna stated.
"I could always have a talk with that guy." Ollie added.
"Didn't he get you pretty badly when you two fought?" Sere asked with innocent and curious eyes.
"No! He just got a lucky shot in!" The billionaire snapped. He sent a glare to his girlfriend whom had opened her mouth in retort. "You said the same thing about Huntress, so keep quiet Pretty Bird."
Mina and Serenity erupted in laughter at Dinah's face before she scowled.
"Pardon me, Master and Mistress." Arthur spoke from the door. "However, it would seem that Bruce Wayne has come to call on Mistress Serenity."
"He what?" Ollie asked. He and Dinah exchanged unhappy glances.
Minako squealed. "No way!"
"Um… I'll meet him in the lesser library." Serenity said as she stood up from her chair.
"Oh no, not without me." Ollie said as he stood.
Minako blocked his path with both of her arms spread wide out. "As the Goddess of Love, I am forbidding you to forbid her!"
"What?" Ollie said. "You can't do that, she's my sister."
"She's my cousin and Princess." Mina shot back as this time she placed her hands on her hips.
While the other two blondes were tangled in their argument Dinah gave a dismissive wave to Serenity, who slipped out discretely. Dinah had already warned Bruce, so if he failed to listen then it was too bad for him.
Serenity stopped outside the library door and tidied up the sundress she wore. Taking a soothing breathe to stop the blush rising on her cheeks she stepped inside with a warm smile in her lips. Bruce stood up as she entered and kissed the top of her hand. "Hello, Bruce. This is a surprise; what can I do for you?"
Bruce gave her a charming smile as his blue eyes twinkled. "I was actually hoping you are free this evening; I have business in Star City tomorrow. I arrived early in hopes that you would allow me to take you out for dinner in an attempt to make up for our last date that was so rudely interrupted."
Serenity gave a secretive smile. "To my knowledge we have not been on a date, Mr. Wayne."
Bruce gave a flashy smile. "My apologies, I forgot that the stunning blond I had hoped to attend the charity with me did not fully understand the invitation."
Serenity's teasing manner fell. In its place was the face of bewilderment. "You…"
Bruce smile. "It may be that my devious charms were poorly performed. Be that as it may, I would like to take you to dinner this evening. That is, of course, if you are available."
Serenity's heart was racing a mile a minute. Minako's voice over the speaker answered for her. "She'll go!" She screamed. "She'd love to go!"
Serenity growled as she turned blazing eyes to the speaker. "Minako! Arthur!"
"This was not my doing, Ms. Serenity!" Arthur's voice spoke.
"Hey, I thought we were in this together?" Minako's whine came next.
"I thought Alfred was bad…" Bruce muttered.
"What time will you pick up Serenity for the date?" Mina added cheerfully from the other end of the speaker.
"Is six o'clock acceptable?" He asked as he smirked at the glowering Serenity, who was still attempting to melt the speaker with her eyes.
"That's wonderful, she can't wait!" Minako added before the red light died.
"I am about to be one cousin short…." She whispered to herself.
"Before you do that, please allow me to thank her. I'll be back later to pick you up." He leaned forward and kissed her cheek. "Until tonight." He gave a smirk before showing himself the way out.
"So it would seem." She whispered in a daze as he walked out.
A loud scream erupted from the library, causing all of the residents to come flying in. Serenity was jumping around the room. "What, what?" Ollie asked, clearly expecting an attack from some unknown foe.
"Bruce Wayne asked Sere out!" Mina said as she peeked in from around the corner. "Is she going to kill me?" Mina added while pointing a finger at the blushing Princess.
"Oh no, she isn't." Ollie's voice was a little too calm. "She is not going on a date with Bruce."
"What do you mean?" Serenity snapped out of her daydream and turned to her brother.
"Bruce Wayne is a party Playboy with a reputation of using and loosing the girls he dates." He turned toward his sister. "I refuse to let you go; you will not get hurt."
"Oliver Queen, you know more than most that his player reputation is for media purposes only." Dinah scolded. "Considering I have already warned him about hurting Serenity, there is no harm with him taking her to dinner."
"Dinah, he asked her on a date! A date!" Ollie defended. "Do you remember what we did on our first date?"
"One: technically for our first date you took me to Meta Brawl. Two: your sister is not you. Three: the first date you are referring to did not occur till months after we officially started dating because of League business, so you hush!" Dinah snapped.
Oliver was about to respond when he realized the two younger blondes were no longer in the room. "Darn it." He mumbled. "How could you let them get away?"
"Oliver Queen, you are so infuriating!" Dinah threw her hands up in the air in defeat before turning on her heels and walking out.
"Oh come on now, Pretty Bird!" He called out as he went to catch up to her. "How can I make it up to you?"
Dinah Lance slowly turned around with a wicked smirk on her face. "You really want to know?"
"No, but I don't see how I have any other choice." He honestly answered. His girlfriend gave out a purr as she dragged him upstairs by the front of his shirt.
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Arthur opened the front door of the mansion before Bruce even lifted his hand to ring to doorbell. The billionaire smiled at his friend's butler before the vision behind the man caught his attention and drew his breath away.
Serenity was gliding down the marble staircase in a shimmering silver form-fitting dress that hung off her shoulders. A simple blue sapphire necklace fell from her slim neck as she smiled warmly at him. "Hello, Bruce." She spoke.
Bruce walked over to her feeling as if he was in a dream. For a moment he could have sworn he saw wings and a golden crown on her head. Blinking the vision away, he took her hand in his own and raised it to his lips. "Such beauty blinds my vision; I shall be the envy of all men tonight." He spoke.
"Well spoken." She smiled at him. He led her out of her home after Arthur placed her coat around her shoulders and bid her a good night.
"So where is it that you are taking me, Mr. Wayne?" She asked from inside the limo.
"First off, I refuse to have you calling me Mr. Wayne. We are on a date, my dear. Secondly, it's a surprise." He told her. Opening a cabinet from inside the limo, he handed her a dazzling bouquet of lilies.
"Bruce…" She sighed out while lifting the flowers delicately to her face. "They are beautiful."
Bruce smiled as he observed her face. She was very innocent, yet something told him she was stronger and had more experience than anyone he had known. "The man who lost you was a real fool." He stated.
Her reaction made his curse at himself. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean…" He began.
She smiled softly at him. "That's alright. I appreciate the sentiment." She spoke softly. A small twinkle reappeared in her eye. "Maybe to make up for it you tell me where it is we are going to eat?"
Bruce laughed. "Sorry, no can do. You will just have to be patient."
"I should warn you now that patience is not one of my strong points." She placed the lilies in her lap.
"It is not one of mine either." He spoke as if sharing a secret.
Serenity gave an air of mock surprise. "You? I never!" She stated.
Both shared laughter as the car carried on. Alfred, who was seated in the front driving, looked at the couple from his rear-view mirror. So this was Serenity Queen, Oliver's younger sister. He had found his young master looking at her profile several times while he was in the Bat Cave in the course of the past few weeks. Now the older man understood why. This young lady seemed to have a light around her that she spread to everyone. It would do the young Wayne much good, the old-time butler decided, to have this young lady around no matter the small age difference.
Alfred brought the car to a stop before an esteemed restaurant in Star City that only the prestige could attain entry to. He walked around to the door and opened it for the couple as they stepped out. Cameras flashed all around them. It would seem that the media had caught wind of the young billionaire's name on the reservation list. However, Alfred realized they were more than surprised at the woman on his arm.
"Ms. Queen, why are you on the arm of your brother's business partner, the notorious playboy?" One male reporter asked.
"Is this a ploy to help financial relations?" A female reporter asked.
Bruce Wayne wrapped an arm around Serenity's waist as they smiled for the camera but ignored the pushy reporters. "This would be a date." Bruce spoke, smiling to Serenity. He led her inside to the safety and privacy of the no-reporter restaurant as the crowd of media members went insane behind them with the news.
They were both greeted warmly and led to a small room in the restaurant; it would seem as if Bruce didn't wish to have them bothered this time. After they were given menus and had their drinks ordered, Serenity looked around. This was a wonderful restaurant, she noted; very fancy and elegant. She was glad she had dressed appropriately.
Then the Lunarian gave a mental sigh as some of what the reporters spoke repeated in her ears. Was this crazy? After all, he was almost seven years older than her. He was a playboy, whether he slept with all those women or not. Could it be that she was being her naïve self and becoming bewitched by his charms? Or was this something that was meant to be?
This time she gave a sigh out loud. Mamoru didn't want a relationship with her when it was meant to be, why would Bruce Wayne? Perhaps this was all publicity or a way to affect her brother.
"Serenity?" Bruce called again. Apparently she had tuned him out while she was lost in her thoughts.
"I'm sorry, I was off daydreaming!" She responded with a blush.
"Is everything alright?" He asked once more.
"Oh yes, fine." She gave him a smile.
Bruce placed his menu down, and then reached across the small table to take hers. He placed it on top of his own as he took her hands in his and looked into her eyes. "It's what the reporters were saying, isn't it?" He asked.
"No." She answered with a smile. Bruce simply raised an eyebrow in a slightly teasing manner. "Yes, it is." She gave a sigh. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't let what they say ruin the evening." She told him.
"It's alright." He released her hands to give her a truly warm smile. "There are some issues, on my part, that is understandably reason to not have accepted my dinner invitation." Serenity blushed slightly. "My reputation as a playboy is a farce; I am quite the opposite." His smile turned into a smirk. "I just can't afford to let the public know that Bruce Wayne is actually a work alcoholic that has a say in every little detail of his company. The stocks would drop immensely." She gave a small laugh. "Another issue would be our age difference, I assume." He told her.
She looked down in embarrassment. "It is a bit of a stretch…" She stated. "Then again, Mamoru was four years older than me." Her voice took on a slightly saddened tone.
Bruce stood up and went around the table to her, kneeling down and taking her hands in his. "This Mamoru was insane for letting you slip through his fingers." His words were rewarded with a slowly bright smile. "As for the age difference, I hope that it won't be an issue. There is just something about you that makes me…" He paused. "I'm not very good with expressing how I feel." He told her. "But I would very much like to see where this can take us." Her eyes sparkled into his own. "Shall we dance?" He asked her. She smiled brightly and nodded her head. Bruce turned to the entryway of their private room and Serenity noticed for the first time that a small orchestra was waiting to enter. They took seats in chairs in a far corner and quietly began to play.
"Sabre." She spoke. "I love this song."
Bruce looked impressed. "You brother did not tell me you where a fan of classical music."
"Not so much classical music as much as Vanessa Mae. One of my best friends, Michiru, is a famous violinist. She did a joint concert with Vanessa; I have never seen anything like it since."
"Michiru Kaioh?" He asked.
"The same." She answered with a smile.
"I wonder what other surprises you have in store for me." Bruce told her as he spun her around the small room they used as a dance floor.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see." She answered.
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Dinner was fabulous, as was dessert. "I've don't think I've ever tasted anything so delicious!" Serenity said as she leaned back in her seat, and that included Makoto's cooking!
"I agree. It would seem they lived up to their reputation." Bruce stated while take a sip of wine. He smiled at her from over the glass. "Are you ready for the other half of our date?"
Serenity raised an eyebrow. "I hope it isn't another superb restaurant."
He let out a chuckle. "Not quite." He told her. He left several billfolds on the table and rose, offering his date a hand. "Shall we?"
She smiled and accepted. "Lead the way, Romeo." She told him.
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Alright everyone, how is that for chapter 3? Sixteen pages as well as a date!
I hope you all like it. Am I continuing to keep everyone in character? If I'm not, please let me know!
Also, a sneak peak: How will Bruce Wayne and the others react to Serenity's daughter coming for a visit?
Review and let me know, and I'll post it for you! Next chapter, the rest of the date and a few interesting events take place!
Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing! You're all the best!
~Sandreline