Thank you to my beta chimichurri for going over this story for me! You are the best!
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King for a Queen
Chapter 4
--CELINA ROOM--
"and then he yelled at me! In the middle of the hallway! I swear Lina that Mamoru guy may be super hot, but something is defiantly wrong with his mental state."
"Anna…maybe you shouldn't be wearing such revealing clothing…I mean it might send the wrong impression" Celina laughed at her blonde companion
Anastasia, daughter of Mina and Kunzite, waved her hand in the air dismissing her comment all together "forget it, anyway so tell me what's this about you dating Juno's little brother?"
Celina blushed as she stared up at her ceiling "well…it was a few weeks ago…and we were-"
"Oh my god! He kissed you didn't he?"
Celina only covered her blushing face with her hands "How do you do that?"
"I knew it! I told you I had a talent when it comes to matters of the heart" Anastasia screamed as she jumped up and down on Celina's bed "Ooo-ooo DJ's gonna kill him now!" she said laughing as Celina threw her bunny pillow at her face
"Stop that" she said laughing "and besides DJ isn't that immature, Nathan is one of his best friends, I'm sure he doesn't even care"
"Yea, whatever you say Lina" Anastasia laughed as Apollo also let out a quiet chuckle from his cage.
---DJ ROOM---
"Dude when the hell did you start dating my sister?" DJ yelled, as he tried to cool his temper
Nathan put his hands up in defense "um…a few weeks ago" he said closing his eyes as he waited for DJ's reaction
Nathan was as tall as DJ (which was pretty tall for a 12 year old) with short zack efron brown hair.
There was nothing, DJ just sat staring at his scared friend in shock "hey DJ…you alright man?" Jay, Jadeite and Rei's son, asked concerned
"I think he's in shock" Zye, Amy and Zoisite child, said poking him
Jay slapped Nathan, Lita and Nephrite son, upside his head "ouch!"
"What were you thinking numb nuts? We said no dating each other's sisters!"
"I'm sorry! I mean after we kissed…ops" This caused Gaia, DJ's pure white Eskies, to growl
"YOU KISSED HER?" DJ screamed "I'm gonna kill you!" he growled jumping on top of the brown headed boy
"Whoa, you think we should stop him?" Zye asked looking to Jay
Zye was the shortest out of the group with short blond hair and bright blue eyes, Jay was the second tallest with spiky red hair and dark purple eyes "No" he said simply
"But he might actually kill him" Zye said pointing at the two fighting on the floor, as Nathan was obviously losing
Jay only shrugged "let's see if Mr. High school genius has any good Manga to read"
"I like Manga" Zye said smiling forgetting about the fight.
As they sat on DJ's bed holding a stack of manga's all that could be heard between their laughter was the sounds of poor Nathan, who was pleading for his life
"I'm sorry man! Please OUCH shit that hurt…no no please don't hit me with OUCH!"
---RINI ROOM---
"Rini we know that you're taking this thing with your dad hard, but that still gives you no right to go off on your mother or treat her with such disrespect" Vesta said laying on a giant pink bean bag.
"I know" Rini said staring out the window at the full moon "Everything has just been so weird lately"
"You've noticed it too?" Crese, Mina and Kunzites oldest daughter, asked looking hopeful as Rini nodded "thank god, I thought I was the only one…I started to believe I was going crazy"
"I've noticed it too, I overheard my mom talking about some princess and how she has to save her or something" Juno, Lita and nephrites oldest, said as she played with Palla's hair "I just figured she was drunk"
"My mom's been really weird too, she's been really protective about your mother lately…it's kinda scary"
"I can image Vesta, gezz I never want to piss your mother off" Palla, Amy and Zoisite oldest, said with a laugh as Vesta playfully threw a stuffed cat at her "hey you almost hit Diana" she yelled as she held the cat protectively
"What has been bothering me is Hotaru…what was that about his Majesty?...and the way she looks at Mamoru…it's as if she knows him…but hates him"
"You know Rini that's not the first time I've heard one of them refer to your father as Majesty…" Crese spoke up
"Me either" Juno added
"Sometimes I hear my father call him that…" Palla said confused
"Do you think it's an inside joke or something?" Vesta asked as the others shrugged
"I still don't understand why she gets to be down there and we don't!" Rini said annoyed "she's my mother"
"We know your upset Rini, but let's just do as we're told alright?" Crese said placing a soft hand on her friends shoulders Rini smiled at her fellow prink haired friend and nodded
"Besides this conversation is lame, let talk about something else" Vesta said clapping her hands together
"Like what?" Rini asked curiously
"Helios!" The four girls said in unison
Rini blushed "what about him?"
"How have you two been?" Juno asked with a smile
"Good…except for some reason every time Celina comes around she always asks him strange questions and then giggles and runs away"
"What kind of questions?"
"Well the other day she asked him "do you like horses?""
"That doesn't seem strange" Crese said shrugging her shoulders
"Well the strange thing was, Helios seemed to get really REALLY uncomfortable…as if she knew something I didn't"
"Do you think Helios is secretly a horse disguised as a teen age boy?" Palla asked seriously
The four other girls sweet dropped as they stared at their blue haired friend "what?" she asked innocently as she was attacked by many brightly color pillows.
Diana smiled as she watched a massive pillow fight erupt.
Darien sat in his room, hands covering his tear soaked face. He was lost and didn't know what to do. He had somehow gained the trust of two of his children, if he was to come out and reveal himself now; he knew he would lose them forever. But the information he received was not helping the situation neither, Serena was dying.
Darien looked up as a knock came to his door. Blond curls, bright blue eyes and a sweet smile greeted him "Celina" Darien said wiping his tears away quickly. The young girl smiled and closed the door behind her
"You're worried about mom aren't you daddy?" Darien stared at his daughter in shock, giggling she took a seat next to her father and smiled up at him "Don't worry, I'm the only one who knows…well besides Alex, Hotaru and Helios that is…but they don't know I know" the little girl giggled again ignoring her father's shocked appearance. "You know, I find it kinda funny that Rini is dating a horse"
Darien shook his head as his eyes met with her sapphire eyes "how..."
"How'd I know? Or how is Rini dating a horse?" she asked amusement in her voice, Darien only raised an eyebrow, telling her he was in no mood for games. Shrugging her shoulders she looked down at her hands "I've always known, since I opened the door, I knew"
"But how?"
Celina just smiled "since I was about" she looked up trying to think "5"
Darien started to chock on his own saliva "5?"
Celina nodded "I can see people for who they really are, what magic covers up…like the horse" she put her hands on her lap and continued to smile "like mamma has a moon on her forehead as does Rini…Even each of our Aunts have special signs, I did my research and the signs are of each planet."
"Why didn't you tell us? We would have explain this to you"
Celina shook her head "no, mamma and you had a reason to hide this from us…its okay, I completely understand, I mean after Apollo told me-"
"Apollo?" Darien clinched his fist another boy
"Calm down daddy, Apollo is my Sparrow" Celina laughed as she watched her father's expression soften "He's my adviser, like Luna is to mamma, Diana is to Rini and Gaia is to DJ—Gaia is DJ's pet Eskies—he told me everything there is to know about you, mom and our 'Aunts' of course Diana and Gaia don't speak to Rini and DJ, but I talk with them"
"What have they told you?"
"You're Prince Endymion of earth and Mamma is Princess Serenity of the Moon and Sun. Mamma was supposed to rule the Galaxy with you by her side…but with the divorce everything changed." Celina looked to the ground "I know that Mamma was once Sailor Moon and you were that goofy Tuxedo mask…"
"Goofy?" Darien asked offended
"Yes" she laughed "dad come on you have to admit you did look pretty ridicules back then"
"I beg to differ, now go on" he said pretending to be hurt
"Our aunts are the sailor scouts, and princesses of their own planets….Rini will one day rule the galaxy and DJ will rule Earth and I will rule the sun…but the weirdest thing out of ALL of this is…the horse"
Darien laughed
"No really dad, how does Rini get paired up with a horse? And how will their kids turn out? Are they going to be half horse half person, you know like one of those mythical creatures?…it's just strange"
Darien just laughed as he ruffled his little girls hair "I'm glad you know who I am pumpkin" Darien kissed his daughter on the forehead "sweet pea…are you mad at me?"
"I was at first…I couldn't understand why you just left…that you just let your work take over your life…but when Apollo finally told me about you and Mom…and the love you shared over a thousand years ago…and how you found one another again…I just felt sorry for you"
"Sorry for me?"
"yea" she said nodding her head "you seemed to have lost your way…like you forgot what really mattered…when you got that job offer to run the hospital in America and then the same job offer to run the hospital here…
We thought you would choose the job here…we knew you missed America and wanted to go back, but Mom knew it wouldn't of been just us moving to America it would be her scouts and their families too…"
'Something you'll learn when your older is that life gives us many choices…but it is up to us to fallow the paths that will truly define us as people, we must not only consider our own happiness in those decisions, but also the happiness of others…such as Friends and family….sometimes it causing us to make sacrifices…' Darien understood Serena's words fully now,
The night he told her that he was going to choose the job in America Serena told him he couldn't.
FLASH BACK
"Darien you can't!" Serena begged "you have to understand that we can't leave, not only would we be hurting our children but those around us"
"Stop being so over dramatic Serena, they can come and visit us, Hell I'll even pay for their plane tickets"
Serena shook her head "no, you're not understanding me Darien, we have a duty as they have a duty to us and our children!"
"Serena! This is an opportunity of a life time!"
"For who?" Serena stood staring at her husband as he let out a frustrated growl
"This would be a great opportunity for the kids and for you"
"The children don't want to leave Darien and neither do I! WE have a destiny to fulfill!"
Darien grabbed his wife by her upper arms tightly "Destiny? DESTINY? What destiny? We have been married for over 10 years Serena! When will it be time for us to fulfill that said destiny huh?"
"Darien please let go you're hurting me" Serena demanded
Darien let her go and walked across the room. "I'm done with destiny Serena" he said with his back turned to her "I'm not waiting any longer, I'm taking the job offer in America…this conversation is over"
"Then I guess we're over too"
END FLASH BACK
"She knew" Darien said coving his face with his hands, Celina nodded
"Mom tried to call you several times to tell you, but…you were always busy with work…then there was the night before mom wanted the divorce…I was up that night she tried to tell you that it was time…but you wouldn't listen"
FLASH BACK
Serena sat across from Darien, at their little breakfast table. Darien was signing a stack of hospital papers "Sweet heart" Serena said joyfully
"Mmmh" he answered as he continued with his papers
"I need you to listen to me" Serena said sternly
"mmmh hmm" he responded still continuing with his papers
"Darien" Darien finally looked up
"Yes" he said a bit annoyed
Serena ignoring his tone continued "I need to speak with you, it's very important"
Darien rolled his eyes "Go on"
"Not while you're working"
"Serena, I'm a doctor…I multitask daily so please" he said waving his hands as he went back to his paper work "continue"
Serena not pleased with the way he was treating her decided to go ahead anyway, making this sort of a test. "Luna informed me that it is time for us to take the throne" she said calmly "I think it's time too… I believe the kids are ready"
"Mmmh" he answered not looking up or stopping his work
"As in we're going to be crowned King and Queen" Serena added
"Ah well that's nice" still working
Serena's eye started to twitch "King and Queen of the Galaxy"
"Very good sweet heart" this time he tapped her hand with his free one, but still not looking up.
"Rini's pregnant" Serena lied
"Oh well then take my credit card and buy whatever you like" he said looking up and smiling at her. Serena sat glaring at her husband "What?" he asked confused
"What was I telling you?"
"You were talking about a nice dress you found, and that you wanted to buy it" he said waving his hands in the air and turning back to his work
"A dress?" Serena asked angrily
"Mmmh"
That was it serena stood up slamming her hand down over his work, "DARIEN!" he looked up at her irritated "I thought…I just…Oh my god forget it!" she yelled as she stormed out the kitchen.
Darien shrugged his shoulders and went back to work "must be PMS"
END OF FLASHBACK
Celina stood "like I said before, everything will be alright" Darien only nodded "It's good to see you again daddy" she kissed her father on the cheek and left the room.
Darien sighed and a while later he too left the room, as he walked to the stairs he could hear voices coming from the living room. Darien sat against the wall listening in the dark.
"Without the link Serenity will die" Kakyuu said sternly
"I still think we should tell his majesty" Michele said leaning against Amara
"She doesn't want him to know" Amara hissed "He doesn't deserve to know"
"We can't just let her die" Rei said through her tears "We're suppose to protect her…this isn't protecting her!"
"If I could get my hands on that god damn prince I would ring his no good neck!" Lita said twisting a pillow in her hands
"HEY!" the four generals yelled
"What?" Seiya yelled "it's his fault she's dying!"
"Regardless of the mistake we believe Endymond-sama made, he is still our prince, and we WILL not stand for ideal threats!" Kunzite (Mel) growled as he stared down Lita, who only shrugged her shoulders mouthing the words "Bring it"
"These little arguments are getting us no were! Have we forgotten? There are three innocent children who will lose their mother if we don't do something"
"The only way to save her life is if
One: the link is formed between the prince and princess or
Two: Serena moves back to the moon…which means-"
Mina finished Amy's sentence "we would have to move too" she looked around at her friends and families "which also means…"
"We would have to stay here…we can't abandon our prince" Nephrite finished grabbing hold of Lita hand
"And there's no other way?" Rei asked looking up at Suzan, she only shook her head. "Well I'm sorry but that's not good enough for me!" Rei said standing
"Rei..." Jed went to grab her hand but she snatched it away
"No, I'm sorry Jed…I love you I really do but I can't let her die!" Rei walked up the stairs as Darien ran too hid behind a giant plant, he watched as Rei entered Serena's room.
"Rei what are you doing?" he heard a very week Serena ask
Rei emerged from the bedroom with Serena in her arms "We're going home" Rei said
"Rei we are home" Serena said confused after a few minutes she realized what the fire goddess meant "Rei no!"
"Rei what are you doing?" Mina and the others asked as they watched the fire goddess carry their princess into the back yard
"Put her down Rei!" Amara yelled
Darien watched from behind the door as everyone stood outside, this was it…he couldn't let her leave he couldn't lose her…no he had to say something…he had to save her life…save their family…their love…
"So you finally figured it out?" Darien turned to find Alex standing behind him "What are you going to do Prince? I can either take you back to your pathetic life…or…"
*outside*
"Wither you choose to stay or come, I'm taking her back to the moon! I am Princess Rei of the planet Mars, Goddess of Fire and Sailor Mars protector of Princess Serenity, my duty is to her and no one else" with that said Rei's clothes changed to her sailor uniform
"Rei" Serena whispered
"I am Princess Mina of the planet Venus, Goddess of Love and Sailor Venus Protector of Princess Serenity and leader of the Sailor Scouts, My duty is to her and no one else" Mina said walking beside Rei; she two was in her scout form.
Soon Ami and Lita stood beside their two friends as Jupiter and Mercury.
"No" Serena spoke softly as tears fell from her eyes "I can't have you leaving your families"
"And what about yours?" everyone turned to the voice
"Darien?" Serena whispered hoarsely
There stood no longer a 16 year old boy, but a 36 year old man.
Darien walked out in front of the stunned group as he stood staring into the dying blue eyes of his ex-wife "You can't let them leave their families but yet you can leave yours?"
"You are one to talk" Serena said roughly, as her crystal tears continued to fall from her eyes
"it's either I leave my family to live a lonely life on the moon with only one of my children or live the rest of my days with my family and die knowing that my children are safe and together"
Rei slowly put Serena down as her bare feet touched the moist grass; she kept her arm around Rei for support.
"We don't have time to argue with you Darien, we need to get her to the Moon Now" Rei commanded
"You had a chance to fix this but it's too late" Lita growled
"How'd you find out anyway?" Amara hissed causing the four generals to stand beside him protectively
"That would be my doing" Everyone turned to see Galaxia standing against the door way with an angry looking Helios.
"Do not upset her! Do you have any idea what you have caused?" Helios yelled
Sure earlier he was afraid when he first saw Darien, but now he was just angry at his prince for abandoning his family.
At the sound of Helios voice Rini ran down stairs "Helios?" he asked curiously but he only walked over to her mother, Rini looked to the yard and gasped
There was her mother looking as if she was ready to claps any moment. "Rini what is it?" came DJ's voice, as he and the other children fallowed from behind.
Rini only ran over to her mother not noticing her father standing just a few feet away from her.
"MOM!" Rini placed her mother's other arm out her neck
"What are you doing out here with her?" DJ yelled "we need to get her inside" he said grabbing her arm away from the red scout,
"Is it just me or do you guys see the legendary Sailor Scouts standing…in the middle of the yard?" Palla whispered as the group of children nodded all wide eyed
Mars push the two kids away as her and Helios supported their princess.
"What are you doing?" Rini demanded
"There's no time to explain, we need to get your mother back to her home"
DJ stared at the blue haired scout as if she had gone crazy "what are you talking about this is her home! Who the hell are you people?"
"They mean the moon"
Everyone turned to the little girl who stood behind Alex. Celina stood looking serious at all those around "Mom will die if she stays here, she needs to go back to the moon…it's her true home"
"Your sisters right" Darien said speaking up "but she's also wrong"
"Dad?" Rini and DJ asked in unison, both looking rather confused and angry
"What are you doing here?" DJ asked annoyed "and who are they?" He said pointing at the inner scouts
"Those are our Aunts" Celina said walking over to her brother and sister "Rei, Mina, Amy, and Lita" she said pointing each one out
"Mom?" came a chorus of 8 young voices standing in front of their fathers
The scouts only nodded "we're sorry girls, but we really must get our princess back"
"Princess?" came the chorus again
"We will take care of them, just be careful" Zoi said placing his arms around his daughter, Palla just stared at the blue scout in shock as did Zye.
"Take care of the princess" Nephrite said as he placed a gentle hand on Juno's and Nathans shoulder as they stared at the green scout.
"You can't leave without us" came Saturn's voice
She walked over with Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
"H-Hotaru?" Rini asked confused
"We're coming too" Star fighter, healer and Maker fallowed by Princess Kakyuu walked over behind the scouts.
The young teens stared in confusion. They now knew who the Sailor scouts were but who were the three chicks dressed in leather?
"Take care of my mom" said Celina as she smiled sweetly at her mother "I love you mamma" she whispered
'I love you too Lina…and I'm very proud of you' she smiled as she heard her mother's voice ring through her head
"Serena" Darien said but before he could run to her Serena's body became limp
"Serena!" Mars yelled "SERENITY?" she screamed
"Mom!" Rini and DJ yelled as they went to their mother only to be held back by Jadeite and Kunzite.
"We need to go" Mercury yelled
Within second they were gone, leaving behind 7 very confused teens, four worried husbands, a smiling sun princess and a very worried and unhappy prince of earth.
"What…What just happened?" Rini whispered
"Bring her back" DJ growled tears falling from his eyes as he pushed out of his uncles grip "Bring her BACK!" he yelled, it was then that rain began to fall and lightning began to strike
"DJ, you need to calm down" Kunzite said sternly "your emotions are controlling the environment"
"He's right son…"
"Don't" DJ growled "Don't call me that"
"DJ that's enough" Jadeite yelled over the lightning "Calm down your scaring your sister!"
DJ looked to Rini, he took a deep breath remembering that Rini and his mother were both deathly afraid of storms. "Sorry" he mumbled
"how about we go inside…we'll explain everything…" Zoi said ushering the gloomy faces into the house.
"How about I order us some pizza?" Nephrite said as he picked up the phone.
Kunzite turned around as his prince stood in the middle of the back yard staring up at the moon
"Uncle Mel, can you give us a moment please" Celina asked sweetly. Mel nodded smiling at the young child
Celina walked over and grabbed her father's hand, Darien looked down and smiled at his 12 year old daughter "she'll be fine daddy" Celina said while staring up at the Moon.
"You really think so?"
Celina only nodded turning her gaze to her worried father "I know so"
Darien smiled down at her as the two joined hands and started to walk back into the house "so tell me about this boyfriend?"
Celina only laughed "well for one thing, he's not a horse"