A/N: RAWWWWWWRRRRRRR I IZ ALIVE! Thank you all for being so patient! I discovered HetaOni lately, so guess what someone's been doing every night, staying up late? XD

Enjoy Chapter 4!

I do not own Sailor Moon. Or Endymion's charming personality. Unfortunately. *sob*

Chapter 4

Clearing her throat, Serenity looked up at Endymion, trying to avoid the awkward silence that had followed their walk out of the garden. But what was she to talk of? The devastating political situation at hand? Ask a few questions she had of Earth? ….Tell him of how his eyes had left an enchanting spell on her and now she couldn't stop admiring their beautiful dark sapphire gleam?

"Sere- Princess, I'd like to know something," He asked, slightly surprising her from the sudden sound interrupting the long silence as he turned to her, "If you'd permit me to ask the question?"

"You just asked me a question," Serenity looked away, sticking her nose up in the air as they continued to walk, "However, since you persist, I will permit you to ask me another."

Endymion laughed gently. "I was simply wondering what your thoughts were on the situation at hand. You know, with our unexpected visit, and Dimande wanting to create another pact similar to the Multi-Star Alliance-"

"Holy Starmilk!" Serenity exclaimed, immediately halting in her tracks, and smacked her forehead with her palm, surprising the prince, who cautiously walked over to her, slowly raising his hand, "Princess, are you all right?"

"The Multi-Star Alliance! Dimande! I forgot to talk to him about it!" She quickly picked up a fold of her dress and started to run, her bare feet hitting against the rugged floor of the palace as Endymion tried to run after her, panting heavily as he watched, wide-eyed, at the half-panicking, half-frantically yelling princess. "P-Princess, please slow down!"

"I can't!" She turned around to look at him, continuing to run, her cheeks a bright peach color and her silvery-blonde pigtails dancing behind her as she tried to explain to him why she couldn't cease her current task, "Otherwise I'll forget, and then this whole situation will get worse, and then guess what happens afterwards? My people will become upset, and everyone will-"

"Princess, watch out!"

The moon princess turned around too late, ending up slamming in a tall white and purple figure and hearing a shocked voice exclaim the words "Princess!" worriedly. She felt a pair of strong arms catch her as she staggered back from the figure, and shook her head a few times, her mind rattling around from the sudden current events. "Oh..." She moaned, resting her clothed hand on her forehead and then looking up dizzily, "...for the love of Artemis, what just happened...?"

She blinked and looked up to see Endymion looking down at her worriedly, his sapphire eyes gleaming with tension. What was this new feeling? Why did she want to reach out and rest her hand on his pale cheek, and comfort him soothingly that she was perfectly okay? Why did she want to stay in this position forever, him holding her in his arms comfortingly and protectively? And why, oh Diana, why did she want to move forward and kiss him on the lips, holding his face in her hands and wrapping them around his neck?

Another dizzy feeling swirled around near the back of her head and she could feel the colors around her mixing together, as if on a color palette. She fell back into Endymion's arms, the last thing reaching her ears being his exclaiming her name worriedly over and over again as he held her.

"Princess! Princess, wake up! Princess!"

"...Serenity..."


"I'm sorry, I couldn't run as fast as the princess, so I couldn't really stop her from crashing."

"It's all right, Prince. Do you know why she was running?"

"She was mumbling something telling Dimande something, and she seemed rather flustered when I brought up the topic of the alliance. I didn't mean to upset her, I was just wondering what her opinion was on the situation. Will she be all right?"

"Yeah, she should be. This is our Princess Serenity we're talking about here."

Serenity let out a small moan as she heard the voices hush down, shaking her head and slowly fluttering her eyes open to see four pairs of eyes worriedly watching her. She shifted up in her seat and laid her cool hand on her warm forehead, bringing immediate content. "What happened?"

"You ran too fast to find Prince Dimande, and ended up running into him." Venus patted her arm gently, relief sparkling in her bright blue eyes.

"Geez, Serenity," Mars massaged her temples irritatedly, squeezing her eyes shut, "You always get into trouble, even when you don't mean to."

Serenity briefly stuck out her tongue at the senshi of fire, but turned to Dimande, whose amethyst eyes were watching her, concerned. "Are you all right, Princess? I deeply apologize if you're hurt in any shape or form."

"No, I'm quite alright, Prince," Serenity said quickly, turning to him, "I'm sorry I bumped into you. You're the guest of the Moon, and I have treated you unfairly. Is there any way I can make it up to you?"

Dimande's eyes sparkled for a brief moment, and he could not help but stare at her admirably. Her hair was a beautiful mix of silver and gold, and fell over her shoulders like what they called back home a "waterfall", her cheeks were a rosy pink that shone happily whenever she spoke, and her eyes. Oh, her eyes. He could've stared at them for the rest of his life if he could. Those eyes...they were like bright sapphires, clear and bright with maturity and childishness at the same time. As Dimande felt his heart starting to quicken, he cleared his throat and pursed his lips, noticing he had been staring at her for a while now. "W-Well, about the alliance, Princess-"

"Right, the alliance!" Serenity immediately sat up and smoothed the wrinkles in her dress, her expression suddenly serious. "Prince, I must object to this suggestion. You cannot just march up from Earth, talk to us about an old alliance that's forbidden to speak of and almost destroyed our planet, and expect the Moon Kingdom to simply go along with it!"

Dimande blinked, a bit taken back by the sudden change of atmosphere. "But Princess, I was only trying to-"

"What, help us? Try to ally with us?" Serenity's voice started to rise, and Mars tapped on Venus' shoulder, indicating that some of the guards nearby were whispering to each other quietly, surprised by the princess' sudden sour attitude, "Because the last time that happened, that didn't go so well, did it, Prince Dimande?"

"Serenity, please quiet down!" Venus hissed quietly, and took her friend's hand in hers, trying to calm her down as she noticed more guards whispering, "The guards are watching and may call your mother, and-"

"I don't care!" Serenity declared loudly, oblivious to the stares she was receiving, "I am going to be ruler soon, and Mother should understand that some political matters should be taken into my hands, not always hers."

"But Princess Serenity," Dimande's voice started to sound pleading, "This alliance could help the Earth and the Moon in a different and more beneficial way; more than the Multi-Star Alliance did! And this time, I'm going to place boundaries to make sure that neither kingdom attacks the other!"

Serenity blinked for a moment, and then sat back in the chair for a few moments. "I'm listening."

"Dimande," Endymion began, looking worried, "I don't think it's a good idea-"

"Hush, Endymion." Dimande snapped, "I'm trying to explain something to the princess, you shouldn't interfere."

Serenity opened her mouth to intervene, but closed it again, wanting to listen to what Dimande had to say. "You say it's going to help in a more beneficial way?"

"Yes, Princess. I have placed boundaries sealed by old magic back home to make sure that Earth's ultimate weapon can never be used by anyone except for me and Endymion, the caretakers of this alliance plan."

"All right. And you're sure this will prevent the Earth from attacking the Silver Millennium or any area on the Moon?"

"Yes, Princess. Earth cannot attack any planet without that weapon, and so I promise you that the Moon will not suffer any attacks from the Earth at all."

"What's the catch?" Mars asked bitterly.

Dimande pursed his lips for a brief moment again, and looked away from the three Lunarians' gaze. "...We'll need the silver crystal." He whispered.

A long silence followed after those words left Dimande's lips, and Serenity looked down at the carpet as well, her expression unreadable. The two senshi exchanged looks for a while, and then looked at the prince. "Why do you need the silver crystal?" Venus asked quietly, crossing her arms.

"Well, you see, we have a certain-"

"What in the name of Selene are you all doing?"

The five looked up to see an upset Queen Serenity rushing over to them, fuming angrily. "I certainly do not remember approving of you all talking with the princes about the plan, and Serenity, I told you to keep away from them!"

"Enough!" Serenity rose from her seat, her blue eyes spitting fire. "Stop treating me like a child! For Luna's sake, I'm going to be ruler soon, Mother, and you can't even let me speak with one of the Earth princes during a political crisis?"

"Serenity, now is not the time to-"

"No, I want to hear what they have to say!" Serenity slammed her clenched fist against the arm of the chair angrily, ignoring everyone else in the room's cringing at the tension between the mother and the daughter. "Serenity, just go to your room-"

"No! In case you haven't noticed, I'm older now! And I need to learn about what's going on in the universe, not what the quadratic formula is! For Diana's sake, I hate being locked up in my room because you don't want me to participate in politics! Now listen to what the princes have to say, and deal with it!" And with that, she stormed out of the room, ignoring the shouts at her to come back.

Thirty minutes later, a soft knock rapped against the wood of her door, and Serenity looked up from her sight on her midnight blue bedsheets, on which it seemed she had been staring forever. She cleared her throat to make sure it wasn't raspy and quickly wiped her red-rimmed eyes, as she didn't want the guest to know that she had been crying earlier. "Come in."

The door pushed slightly open, and Venus stepped in the room. Serenity's eyes brightened, and she hopped off of the bed, running into the arms of the senshi of love, who embraced her warmly, patting her head gently. "Serenity, your mother made her decision about the plan."

Serenity looked up at Venus, and gulped as she felt her heart drop down to her stomach. What had her mother decided? Was she to see Endymion again? Was she going to learn more about the fascinating planet and possibly become allies with them at the risk of giving up their own kingdom's most powerful weapon? "R-Really? W-What'd she say?"

Venus laughed nervously, her voice a bit shaken up as well as the princess'. "She said yes."

"Really? B-But what about the silver crystal-"

"The Queen still has to reach an impasse with him about that, but for the time being, the alliance will take place."

Serenity giggled, her mind jumbling around with what was happening at the moment. "V-chan, do you think it'd work?"

Venus cracked a small smile and nodded. "Yes, Serenity. I think that, for once, we'll have a bit of peace." "Oh Artemis!" She thought, "I wonder if Endymion knows!"

"I have to go!" Serenity slurred quickly, and dashed out of her bedroom door, leaving a confused Venus behind.


"Prince Endymion!" She waved to him as she finally found him in the library, examining the section labeled "Star Milk: An Interesting History behind the Two Lovers and Craters on the Moon".

"Oh, hello Princess. Would you mind explaining what this-"

"The alliance is going to take place!" She ran into his arms and hugged him tightly, her heart racing, "I can't believe this is going to happen! I'm so happy, and-" She then realized what she was doing, and quickly cut off the embrace, curtsying dizzily while Endymion nodded, the two blushing awkwardly.

"Yes, I know." Endymion said, straightening his stance for a moment, and then smiled at the princess, "So now we're going to be allies."

"I'll show you what star milk is! And you can show me more roses!" Serenity exclaimed, "Oh, I'd love to see more of them!"

Endymion laughed. "Yes, Sere-" He cleared his throat, "Princess."

Serenity glanced at him for a moment, and then laughed nervously. "A-Actually, Prince, I wanted to ask you something."

"What?"

"Do you remember when I crashed into Dimande and I nearly fainted?"

"Yes. Are you feeling better now?"

"W-What? Oh, yes! I was just wondering..." She looked down, her cheeks turning redder as she twisted her foot shyly on the red carpet, "Was it you who kept saying my name over and over again?"

Endymion blinked, and then nodded. "W-Well, I did call 'Princess, Princess', as I wanted to make sure you were all right."

"But you did say my name, didn't you?" Serenity asked, moving closer to him. "You were the one who repeatedly called out 'Serenity'. Wasn't it you?"

Endymion nodded quickly. "I did, but I realize now that it wasn't in my place to call you that, as you're a princess of the Moon, and I have no right to-"

"But why not?" Serenity asked, her voice lowering, her heart pounding in the walls of her chest as she gracefully moved forward, "I-I mean, it's just a name. And..." She laughed softly, her voice a bare whisper, "It felt perfect when you said it. I felt like I was truly going to be all right with you there with me, and," She stopped, realizing her face was just a mere inch away from his, "I love the way you say my name, Endymion."

Before either of them knew, the two of them had each other's arms wrapped around one another, kissing in the center of the library.

And in the corner, by the door, stood Sailor Venus, her blue eyes watching sadly at the couple, shaking her head as she turned and closed the door quietly, small crystal tears falling from her eyes.

"And it was all because of interaction between the Earthlings and Lunarians..."

"It was also because it wasn't just any ordinary interaction, Serenity," Venus thought, closing her eyes and resting her head against the wall, "It was a love interaction. A forbidden love brought upon war and disaster on both kingdoms."


A/N: My, my! Another cliff? Hmm, who knows what'll happen next? (: The new chapter will be coming in soon, though, as Spring Break is coming up, so more time for me to write! :D

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