Another Chance at Love

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon

Chapter 4, enjoy!

Chapter 4: Wedding Bells

I awoke at what seemed an extremely early hour. Diamond was still curled around me. I tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but when he felt me moving, his grip tightened. I wonder if he was actually awake. He was probably just messing with me.

I tried again and he tightened even more, "Going somewhere Serenity?" I heard his voice whisper into my ear.

"I have to go to the bathroom" I replied quietly.

His grip loosened and I quickly got up and walked to the dresser. Oh what a surprise, the dresses were back. I frowned as I grabbed another shirt and skirt and other unmentionables. I walked to the bathroom. As I relieved myself and then got ready to shower, I tried not to think of what had occurred yesterday, both the actions and the words spoken. Both were too painful.

What he had stated last night had hit me hard.

"Then where is the love that transcends time and space? Where is he now, while you are here suffering?"

A few tears slipped from my eyes.

I got into the shower and turned it as cold as I could. Heat meant passion. I had no passion. Cold was unfeeling. Let me be unfeeling. Everything would be so much easier then.

I eventually got out when I heard voices in the room, which probably meant Mika was here to pick me up for lessons.

I hurried out of the bathroom and was surprised at what I found.

Diamond had backed Mika up onto the door. Just like he had done to me.

"What's going on here?" I asked, raising my voice.

"Oh, Serenity, you're ready. I'm here to pick you up for lessons" Mika managed to squeak out after Diamond had quickly backed up from her.

I narrowed my eyes at Diamond. I watched as he glanced at Mika meaningfully.

What the hell was going on!?

I nodded, turning away from Diamond and started followed Mika out the door. She had just about run out of the room.

Before I closed the door behind me, without turning, I said in a hard voice, "Leave Mika alone" and hurriedly closed the door before he could respond.

Mika had already reached the door on the other side of the hallway. "Mika, wait!" I called after her as I walked as fast as I could to catch up to her.

"Oh, Sorry Ren. Masao's probably waiting for you" her voice was still shaking.

"Mika…" I said as I clasped her hand.

She stopped and turned to me, I could see the tears streaming down her face and my heart went out for her.

"Mika, what's wrong?" I asked her as I wiped her tears away.

"I-I'm sorry about this Ren," she said softly.

"Sorry about what? You didn't do anything" I said, confused.

"I'm sorry that you had to take my place," she said, avoiding my eyes

"Take your place? What- oh my god" I said as it dawned on me

Mika had been the one who had been in Diamond's bed before.

"Oh honey, it's not your fault," I said as I held her in a hug

"None of this is our fault!" I said as I tried to convince myself along with her.

"B-but he's doing to you what he did to me. I used to wish to be free from him and now I can't believe that it's happened. But for your sake, I wish I could take it back. I could never wish it upon you" she said as she leaned on me.

"Oh Mika, it's okay, I'm fine. I can take Diamond. Now why don't you tell me what happened between the two of you" I said, wondering what he had done to her.

She leaned out of the hug and sat against the wall on the floor and I joined her.

"I was from Earth, but I was kidnapped from there when I was about your age. I had been walking to the palace when four men came and grabbed me; the slave trade had found me. So I was brought here, at first I was put in the kitchen to work, just like most of the slaves. But then the Prince saw me one day and told the Head Servant that I was in charge of his room from now on. I was supposed to clean his room, along with his other things. I was actually happy, I was no longer a lowly slave, but one of Diamond's own and that was supposed to be such a big honor. Then I found out what it entailed.

A few days after I had started cleaning his room in the morning, he started waiting for me. He would be there as I cleaned and watched me and told me what to do. But apparently he couldn't hold himself, so one day he attacked me. I tried to fight back" she stopped, tears streaming down her eyes. I didn't say anything; I knew she needed a little while to compose herself.

"He always overcame me, and in time he got tired of my fighting back and threatened to give me to his soldiers. I knew this was a fate worse than death, so I just stopped fighting back. He won, and he loved it. So after months and months of the same thing, it stopped. There was a coronation on the planet of Luna and he stopped. I wasn't complaining. But then when he came back he was worse, much much worse" she said as she shivered.

I put my arm around her shoulder and brought her to me.

"Then he was gone again, and this time when he came back, you were here. I was told by the Head Servant to watch over you and make sure you were okay. I was the one who changed your clothes and wounds that first day. When I first saw you, I thought you had come to save me from him but then I realized he had just replaced you with me, and you seemed so innocent and…" she trailed off as sobs started to take over her body.

I cried with her, "Oh Mika, it's not your fault. It's all Diamond. We are innocent in this. We can survive together," I said as I hugged her.

I could not believe this. I felt so bad for Mika. She had done nothing wrong in life and here she was crying at the hands of Diamond.

"But Mika, what happened today?" I asked, still slightly confused.

"He-he told me not to watch you! That he would give me to the soldiers if I didn't take care of you; he also mentioned something about not telling you, but then you walked in. Oh goddess, what am I going to do?!" She cried as she started sobbing louder.
"Wait, Mika, It's okay, he doesn't have to know that I know. I won't ever tell him. He can't hurt you now. If you disappeared, he knows I would ask questions, and he wants to hide what happened very badly, so he wouldn't dare," I said as I tried to convince her.

I vowed to myself as we got up and walked to the study, I would do nothing to put Mika in trouble. She had already been through so much and I couldn't be the one to do something so vile to her.

We walked in silence, both involved in our own thoughts. When we reached the study, I hugged Mika tightly, "It'll be okay Mika-chan" I said smiling at her.

She smiled back at me, "Thank you Ren-chan. I know it'll be, if you're here"

I grinned and turned back to the study and knocked on the door.

I heard a voice calling "Come on in" and I opened the door and walked in.

Masao was sitting in the same seat as before. He smiled at me as he walked in, "How are you doing today Ren-chan?" I smiled at his name of endearment, "Fine, Masao-chan"

I couldn't believe we had progressed so fast. We were already calling each other "-chan" and I had just met him yesterday.

I frowned slightly as I wondered if he was doing all this just to make sure I was "fine"

Oh god. "Fit enough"

"Fit enough to be my wife" I heard Diamond's voice say as if he was standing right next to me.

I turned away from Masao and went and sat in the lounging chair.

"Did you know?" I asked him as I refused to look at him.

He knew exactly what I was talking about, "Yes"

I stared at the ceiling. One of the only nice people I had met was a liar, was there anyone but Mika who actually thought for themselves!?

"I am sorry I didn't say anything. Really sorry" he said as I heard his throat constrict.

I glanced at him and was surprised by the tears in his eyes.

My mouth opened in surprise. Did he actually care for me?

"I didn't know what you were like, all I knew was that you were the Princess of Luna and we were taught that Lunarians were trouble, so I assumed. I'm sorry," he said as he stared into my eyes.

I could see his sincere apology.

"What made you change your mind?" I asked him.

"Your true feelings, your sympathy for those in trouble, your innocence" he said as he acted as if he was naming them off a list

I frowned, "Why does everyone think I'm so innocent?"

He smiled slightly, "Your strength and love is what makes you innocent. You act as if you can never lose them, no matter what you go through. I have known many strong people, but none of them could have stood after all that's happened to you. You're the strongest person I've ever known," he said, smiling at me, his eyes begging me to forgive him

"I forgive you, though that does not mean I agree with you on the whole innocent thing" I said, both smiling and frowning.

He laughed, "That's fine"

"So what are we going to do today?" I asked, sincerely wondering, not only hoping to get off of the topic. Though I'm sure that was one of my reasons for asking.

"Well, we're supposed to teach you a little more about the history of Dark Moon, but…" his voice faded as he looked at me thoughtfully

"How would you like to learn how to handle a sword?" he asked me

My eyes widened in awe, "A sword? You don't know how long I've wanted to learn how to sword-fight, but it was always inconsiderate for a woman to know sword-fighting!" I nearly shrieked in excitement

He smiled at my enthusiasm, "Sword-fighting it is," he said as he got up from his chair and walked to a closet door. In it were so many weapons and my eyes widened at these.

There were swords, daggers, bows, arrows and other things I had never seen before.

He grabbed two swords and then walked back to me. He held his hand out to me and I grabbed it eagerly and we were transported.

It was a beautiful field surrounded by trees, all I could see were trees. It was beautiful.

I stared around in amazement and Masao once again laughed at my awe.

"Here Ren, take your sword" he said as he held out a breathtakingly stunning sword. It was silver in color and its handle was light blue and covered by small sapphires. I was surprised as I held it; it was nearly weightless.
"I thought swords were supposed to be heavy?" I asked Masao in amazement

"Your sword is a special one, I believe that it came from Luna a long time ago. I thought it should be yours" he shrugged

My eyes sparkled, "Thank you so much, it's perfect," I said as I swung it around a few times.

"Now copy what I do," he said as he got into a stance I had seen many soldiers take.

He then rushed at me and I blocked him and he struck again and again as best as I could and managed to block most of them. I missed one and it was about to cut my arm but Masao stopped it with amazing speed. "Good job, you're obviously a natural!"
I beamed at him, "Thank you, but damn that was hard"

He laughed lightly, "Thank you, now attack me"

I swung the sword but he blocked me easily.

"Use only one hand" he called out to me as I tried again.

I took the sword in one hand as he did the same, our right hands danced back and forth, with him improving my form every once in a while. My sword of course got nowhere near hitting him.

I stopped soon, panting in tiredness after what felt like hours of attacking. I flopped down onto the ground and lay my sword down

"That was amazing," I said to him as he sat beside me.

"Tell me about it, I don't think I've seen anyone advance that fast, and I've taught hundreds" he said.

I beamed at him.

"We'd better get back to the study" he said as he grabbed my sword and grasped my hand and we were transported back to the study.

"Thank you for that. It was incredible," I said as he walked to his closet and put the swords back in.

"It was my pleasure." He said as he turned around and went to sit in his chair.

I went and lied down on the lounging chair.

"I know you're exhausted but do you want to learn about the crystals?" he asked me.

"Do you mean, THE Crystals" I said

He laughed, "Yes, the Silver Crystal and the Dark Crystal. This counts as history, so I can teach it"

"Definitely. From what I learned yesterday, it obviously means that I know almost nothing" I said frowning into space.

"I wouldn't say that, as the wielder of the Silver Crystal, you probably know more than all others combined. Being the container of the Silver Crystal is probably why you're a natural at many things. You have learned all these things before through your ancestors"
I frowned at this thought, "Cleansing?" I asked him

"Yes, cleansing also" he answered me

I frowned even more, "Then I don't want the power"

"The power was always yours to begin with. But the story of the Dark Crystal is different" he said

I cocked my head at him, wondering what he was talking about.

"The Dark Crystal is actually part of the Silver Crystal. They are similar in so many ways, but there is one big difference. The Silver Crystal passes from line to line while the Dark Crystal can be conquered. That is why the Dark Crystal has passed from person to person. The wielder is always being attacked; the longest holder of the Dark Crystal is Prince Diamond's family. If it actually survives without being taken, it passes to the descendant of the wielder" he said slowly

I nodded, I had thought as much

"The powers of the Crystals are mostly the same. Not only the Silver Crystal has the power to cleanse, but also the Dark Crystal. I do believe that it was used once upon a time for that particular reason, but this is just an inference of my own" he frowned.

"Not many believe me," he said continuing.

"The origins of the Dark Crystal were from the Silver Crystal as I mentioned earlier. I believe the Cleansing Queen had been attacked and a small part of the Silver Crystal had been taken, therefore forming the Dark Crystal"

I nodded; it made sense.

Just then there was a knock on the door and Mika walked in.
"Ren, I'm supposed to take you to your fitting" she said as she glanced at me.

She saw Masao looking at her and blushed. Oohhh! I nearly laughed. There was obviously something going on between the two of them. I looked back at Masao who blushed at my raised eyebrow. Whoa, blushes galore. There was DEFINITELY something going on.

My mind cleared, and I finally managed to ask, "My fitting?"

"Hai, for your dress" she was obviously avoiding the words.

For my Wedding. The smiles flickered off both Masao's and Mika's face. They frowned at each other, obviously unhappy for me. I smiled slightly at both of them, "It's okay, where to Mika?"

I was trying to save face in front of both of them. I didn't want them to worry about me.

"Oh, just follow me" she said as she turned to leave.

"Bye Mika, Ren" Masao nodded at the two of us. We both chorused our goodbyes to him and left.

Once again I was lost in my thoughts as I followed Mika to the supposed fitting rooms.

When I walked in the four sisters from last night were there.

They chorused their hellos to Mika and me as we responded.
Another woman walked in, she looked like a tailor and led me to a slight incline in the room. She pushed a dress at me and said, "Change into this in the dressing rooms, they're through that door"

I hurried through the door and arrived in a room covered with mirrors. I hurriedly took off my blouse and skirt and dressed into the dress.

Once I had worn it, I walked to the mirrors to inspect it.

It looked amazing. The whitest and softest material I had ever seen or touched. I had to say I looked amazing in it. The blue lace was the exact color of my eyes and it accented them perfectly. The size of the dress was also amazing; it just hung a little loose around the top of my body. The dress was hugging nearly every curve of my body, but still managed to make me look decent.

I looked at my reflection and smiled. It was exactly the dress I would want to wear to my wedding. The smile disappeared as fast as it had come.

My wedding.

My wedding to Diamond.

My eyes began to water, but before any tears had come out, I heard a light knock on the door.

I wiped the tears from my eyes and rushed out the door.

Everyone in the room gasped as I walked out.

"You look amazing Serenity," said one of the sisters, I think she was the one they called Coan.

The others nodded in agreement.

"My name is Ren, but thank you" I smiled slightly.

They all nodded, avoiding my eyes.

I walked to the incline, which I realized was where the woman was supposed to fit me.
She followed behind me and started pinching the dress, making sure it was a perfect fit.

"You've lost weight," she said to me as she reached my stomach and breasts.

"I'm sorry," I said, not sure of what to say

She waved my apology off and started making light marks on the dress, probably to make the fitting even tighter around my stomach.

"Okay, you're done. We have lunch here and then I will teach you what to do at the wedding," she said to me as she moved away.

I hurried back to the dressing rooms and changed out of the dress, without thinking about any of the coming times.

When I came out, I handed the dress to the wedding lady and walked over to a table that had loads of food on it.

I grabbed a small sandwich and ate it, just as everybody did the same.

As we settled onto the chairs, the woman began to talk to me.

"The Dark Moon's weddings are similar to those on Luna, so you have mostly a small part. You will be here at approximately the same time for your makeup and dress fitting. Then at 4 we will begin the wedding. The Ayakashi sisters, she glanced at them, will be helping with the makeup and hair of those in the wedding. I heard that you know that Masao will be giving you away and Mika, whom she glanced at, will be your Maid of Honor. This is a normal wedding, there will be the reception, then the food and festivities. Do you understand?"

I nodded at her and then looked down at my feet, I didn't want to say anything in fear that my stomach would empty again. I apparently couldn't keep anything down now.

The next few hours were a blur of people talking about the wedding and pretty soon it was dinnertime. Berthier told me, "The Prince says you are to receive your dinner and go straight to bed. He said he will not be visiting today" she blushed as she said the last half.

Mika accompanied me back to my room, "Ren, would you like some company?" she asked as I was about to walk into the room.

I turned around to her and smiled bravely, "No, I'm fine"

"Okay, your dinner is inside, along with a few books that Masao had me bring for you. To keep you busy" she said, obviously knowing I needed alone time

I nodded my thanks and walked into the empty room. I thought of light and the light clicked on. I rolled my eyes at the obvious display of magic.

My dinner was waiting, so I took a few bites of it and settled into the bed. I grabbed a book from the pile that Masao had sent, it was about the history of the first people who rebelled against the Cleansing Queen. I settled into the book, locking everything out.

Pretty soon, from the balcony all I could see was darkness. It looked like it was approximately 11.

Less than 24 hours and I would be married.

Married to the man that had killed my mother in cold blood, raped me and destroyed my kingdom.

As I thought of this, once again all my food came up. I started to cry.

I couldn't even keep any food down. Or tears left dry.

It was all I could do. Cry and throw up.

I rushed to the bathroom and threw it all up and collapsed onto the floor.

What was going to happen to me?

The wife of Diamond.

My whole life would be fighting not to submit to him.

Forever trapped.

Tears kept falling from my eyes and I lost consciousness.

I woke up to sunshine on my face. I was on the bed? I got up and looked around quickly, half expecting to be naked and hurting. I wouldn't put it past Diamond to attack me while I was asleep; finally getting the submission he wanted. But I was still wearing the blouse and skirt from last night. Apparently someone had lifted me from the bathroom to the bed last night.

I heard the door creak open and was greeted by Masao and Mika.

"Ren? Are you okay?" Mika asked me, sounding really worried.

Oh. I realized what had happened.

Mika had come to check up on me last night and had probably found me conked out in the bathroom. She had gone to ask help from Masao and they had helped me out during the night.
I looked at them thankfully, "Thank You" I said, ignoring Mika's question

I just didn't know how to answer it. Was I okay?

"I believe you had a fever last night, that was probably what caused you to collapse" Masao said to me

"But you recovered during the night. The reason was quite obvious. The Dark Crystal's powers were fighting those of the Silver Crystal," he said as he looked at me sympathetically.

I frowned, now he knew what Diamond had done.

My body was refusing the Dark Crystal, but it would get used to it soon.

I nodded at both of them and asked them what time it was.

"It's 1, you were unconscious for most of the night" Masao said softly.

I nodded, "I'd better get ready" I said as I got up and walked shaking to the dresser and grabbed the clothes I would wear.

I waddled to the bathroom with both Mika and Masao watching me, Mika tried to help me, but I waved her off.

I finally got to the bathroom and walked in and got ready to shower. My body ached slightly but otherwise it just felt like my joints were glued together.

I turned up the shower to hot, hoping it would help me ease into easier movement.

I just sat in the shower. Not thinking. Nothing. My brain was empty, as if it refused to think.

I heard a light knock on the bathroom door and I shut off the shower and got into the clothes.

I walked out into the room where Masao was waiting for me, "Mika went ahead; she had to go help the Ayakashi sisters with the makeup"

I nodded and walked to the door and started to leave the room.

I felt Masao's hand on my shoulder, "Ren? Are you okay?"
Without turning around I nodded and kept walking. I slowed to let Masao walk in front of me. But he refused and stayed right next to me. Pretty soon it felt like a snail could have run laps around us.

"Ren? Please, talk to me" he said softly.

"What am I supposed to say?" I asked him, no emotion in my voice.

"Anything, just let me know you're okay. You know it wasn't only the Crystals fighting in your body. Your mind is refusing to accept what's happening. If you keep doing that, your mind will shut down" he said, stopping completely and grabbing me to hold me in place.

"It would be better than this," I said

"Ren! This isn't you! You know it isn't! The Serenity of Luna would keep fighting and never give up!"

"I'm not Serenity of Luna anymore, I'm Ren of Dark Moon. There is no Serenity" I responded, still no emotion in my voice.
He turned me towards him, "Serenity! You have people who love you! Mika and me do! We don't want you to whither up!" he said, sounding near tears

I didn't respond, just stared blankly back at him.

"What would Endymion think!?" he shouted at me

I stepped back, my eyes flickering, my heart pounding.

"What would your mother say? Your friends?" he kept shouting

"Would they want you to give up, to accept things as they came?" he said slowly lowering his voice as I kept backing away from him.

"No, they're not alive anymore! They can't see me! They don't know what I'm going through!" I shouted back at him, my heart still pounding in my chest

"They're always with you, helping you survive. Where do you think your power comes from?" he said to me softly, staring into my eyes, trying to make me believe.

"I HAVE NO POWER!" I shouted in his face as I pushed away from him and flew backwards. I had used too much power and started to fall backwards, but before I could fall Masao had grabbed my hand. He wrenched me back up.

"Serenity…you are the Princess of Luna. The most powerful being in the universe. You just don't know how to use those powers. I can teach you," he said to me as he took me into a hug.

I tried to struggle against him but it was no use, he just kept holding me.

"I'm not going to let you go Serenity, me and Mika will fight for you, I promise" he said as he stroked my back.

Tears finally started to fall again. They streamed down my face.

"There, there, let it out Sere" he said as he held me to him.

I finally stopped and wiped the tears from my face.

"We'd better get you to the Ayakashi sisters, it's almost 2" he said softly.

I nodded.

The pain throughout my body felt overwhelming. It was better when I had ignored it, but I kept fighting. For Masao and Mika. For them.

We arrived at the Fitting rooms silently, Masao hugged me one last time, "I'll see you in a bit"

"See you" I managed to croak out as I walked into the room.

The room was bustled with people. There had to be about 30 women running around. I saw Mika and one of the Ayakashi sisters, Petz, I think, putting makeup on about 5 people at the same time.

Mika caught my eye and smiled sheepishly and I smiled slightly back to her. She beamed back at me.

Calaveras called my name, "Ren! Over here" from a large corner of the room, apparently reserved for the bride-to-be.

I hurried over and she sat me down on the chair and started fixing my hair. She was exclaiming at how soft and beautiful it was when Coan screeched at her to hurry up so she could do my makeup. She straightened my hair and did some painful things to it as fast as she could and expressed her approval and called her sisters and Mika over. They all acknowledged how beautiful I looked.

Then the makeup started. I didn't know so much could go onto a face. Orders were coming from every side for every part of my body. Purse my lips, close my eyes, stretch my toes, and others. I did them all without thinking.

Finally after what felt like forever they stopped. The Wedding lady had arrived and had shrieked at them to hurry up and pretty soon I was done with makeup.

They hurried me into the mirror room and handed me my dress. They all left.

I would have a few minutes to myself, to get ready.

I slowly put on all of the parts of the dress and stepped up to my reflection. I looked breathtaking.

My hair was arranged so it was half-up and half-down, my fingernails and toenails sparkled with the same color as the lace, my face looked so clean. As if I had never cried a day in my life.

I walked back out to the room where everyone was waiting.

It was empty except for Mika, the Ayakashi sisters, and the Wedding lady. They all gasped when I walked out.

"She looks Angelic," said Berthier to her sisters.

"It's because of my makeup" said Coan, "No, it's the hair" shouted Calaveras at Coan.

I smiled slightly at the sight, I used to fight like that with the girls.

"It's time" I heard the Wedding lady say to me.

We had all sat down to wait for the time. Everyone jumped up and I slowly stood.

They all hurried out the door as I slowly followed them.

Mika lagged behind the others and came to walk with me, "Are you okay Ren?" she asked quietly

I nodded and smiled at her, "I'm fine"

She nodded and we followed the others through the hallways.

Finally we reached two doors, where I saw Masao waiting for me, along with a few little girls, obviously the flower girls.

Masao greeted me and the others, his eyes pausing on Mika longer than they had on the others.

"Are you ready?" the Wedding lady asked me.

I nodded at her.

She nodded back and said, "So it begins"

She transported away and I heard soft music tinkling on the other side of the doors.

The doors opened and we all got in formation.

The Ayakashi sisters went first, then the flower girls, and then a little boy who came out of nowhere with a little pillow in his hands obviously the Ring bearer, then Mika. And then lastly me and Masao

The procession began and the Ayakashi sisters walked in through the doors. The line slowly moved up. Just as we approached the doors, I saw everyone stand up and turn around, the room was packed! It was as if everyone on the planet was here.

The Wedding March began to play, "Here we go," said Masao

We started walking slowly down the aisle.

It was completely quiet, even though with that many people you would think that children would cry or something. I was actually hoping that a baby would start crying just then, as to signify something I couldn't do just now.

Everyone stared at me. I heard a few whispers from the children in a few rows, "She's an angel"

I smiled slightly at the voice.

I looked up towards the front of the room and gasped

I saw Endymion standing there, in his breathtaking way. My mother stood behind the pew and the girls stood next to her, ready to give me away, smiling hugely. My eyes widened and I felt like screaming in joy.

But the vision faded. There was Diamond, smiling at me. I whimpered softly.

Sapphire stood next to him, he looked so much like Endymion in that suit. I looked down at the floor, refusing to let Diamond see the few tears that had leaked out as I quickly wiped them away.

How much I wished that the vision had been true. If only…

We reached the front of the room and Masao helped me walk up the steps, I glanced at him and he smiled slightly, it looked a little forced and I did the same to him.

He handed me to Diamond, and I glanced at him

Diamond looked happy, he was all smiles. He smiled at me and I frowned at him slightly. His eyes flashed, and I quickly smiled. No matter how forced, I would have to keep him happy for today.

The reception was a blur; all I paid attention for was the acceptance part.

"Do you, Prince Diamond of Dark Moon, take Serenity of Luna as your lawfully wedded wife?" the guy behind the pew had asked finally

Diamond looked at me, smiled, and said, "Yes, I do"

"And do you, Serenity of Luna, take Diamond of Dark Moon as your lawfully wedded husband?" he asked me, smilingly

My eyes widened, I was given a choice?! I opened my mouth "N-" before Diamond hurriedly stopped me and responded with, "Yes she does" as he tightly squeezed my hand, which felt it was breaking.

"Then you may kiss the bride," the guy shouted jovially as everyone in the room cheered.

Diamond pulled me to him, seized my face to his, and kissed me as hard as he could.

All I could hear was the thunderous applause from all corners of the room. "Now, smile Serenity. Look, they're happy for you" Diamond said to me as he squeezed my hand again.

I smiled and looked around, pretending to just be smiling at everyone while actually looking for Masao and Mika. I couldn't see them. They must have been behind me.

We walked out down the aisle slowly as everyone cheered and into the room next door where there was loads of food and a dancing area.

The next few hours went by painstakingly fast. I kept hoping that it would stay this way, it was better than what was awaiting me. We danced, we ate, and I stayed quiet the whole time, except for the two words "Thank You" to everyone who congratulated me.

Diamond was mostly staring at me the whole time; undressing me with his eyes I'm sure.

Finally, the festivities powered down and it was time for the Bride and Groom to leave. I heard my last few "Congratulations" as Diamond hurried me out the door with everyone once again cheering.

Everything felt like I was watching it from above, as if I wasn't there being nearly dragged out of the room by Diamond.

He grabbed my shoulders just as soon as the doors closed behind us and transported us.

I opened my eyes to a field filled with flowers, with a little cabin in the middle of the field.
"How do you like our honeymoon place?" Diamond asked, smirking at my angry eyes

"Why are we here?" I asked, my voice shaking with fear

"To celebrate our wedding in peace. Now I won't have to work for the next few days and you won't have to learn" he smiled

I gulped, the fear evident in my face.

"We'll have fun, don't worry" I heard him say as he grabbed my shoulders and once again transported us.

A.N.

How'd you guys like that?

I got really inspired and started writing like crazy, I love it!

Anyway, um right, Mika and Masao. They're important. Of course.

So any questions, comments, flames, ANYTHING!

Please?

Hope you enjoyed.

Next chap should be out soon!

Love you guys!