Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Sailor Moon's characters. They belong to Naoko Takeuchi.

Sorry for late update. I'm really busy with college. I still am but I kinda got a lot of spare time in my new sharehouse. I have nothing to do since there is no internet yet and my sharemate came home really late. So, I thought I better continue this story.

Thoughts are showed in italics and conversations inside "…"

Chapter 4

The way back to the castle was unnerving to say the least. Serenity could feel all of the senshi's eyes on her. As soon as they were back in the castle, the senshi cornered their princess and demanded some explanation. Serenity gulped and giggled nervously. Looking at their faces, there would definitely be some long interrogation.

"Serenity! We demand a full explanation."

Serenity giggled awkwardly, "Hehe…there is nothing to explain. More importantly, it should be Mars who give us some explanation. Her fiancé is not as bad as she said," Serenity tried to throw the attention away from her. But alas it was failed.

"Don't change the subject. It isn't about me," retaliated Mars.

The other senshi turned their heads toward Mars, "Don't think you can escape, Mars. After we finish with Serenity, it will be your turn." They smirked at the princess and fire senshi.

"First of all, how can you be acquaintance with Prince Endymion, Serenity?" asked Venus.

"Yeah, that and how come that prince was in our territory. I thought the forest is ours," asked a confused Jupiter.

"Actually, the bordering forest is a neutral territory. It's neither ours nor the Golden Kingdom's. This agreement was made according to the Peace Conference which was held after the war 15 centuries ago," explained the ever genius Mercury.

"I see. But that doesn't explain why the Golden Kingdom crown prince was there, with our princess nonetheless," added Jupiter.

Serenity blushed and defended herself, "I don't even know his name. Besides, he is totally the biggest jerk ever!"

"Said the person whose face is as red as a tomato… "teased Mars.

"That's not true! You should speak for yourself, Mars. No matter what you said, you still blushed in front of that fiancé of yours." Serenity stuck out her tongue.

"No, I'm not!" Mars blushed and stuck out her tongue back at Serenity. Thus began the famous tongue battle between the princess and the fire senshi.

Jupiter quickly stood in the middle and separated the quarreling princesses, "Enough! Hold your tongue, we still have one more explanation from Venus"

The two quarreling princesses stopped at once and turned their attention to the golden haired love goddess who had been oddly quiet since the event in the forest. Then, as if just realizing all eyes on her, Venus looked around just to make sure if there's somebody behind her who held her friends' curious gazes. Seeing nobody else around her, Venus giggled awkwardly.

"Ha..ha..ha..wh-what do you mean by explanation?" Venus laughed dryly.

The curious gazes of her friends turned to a worried one. "You're awfully quiet today. It's not like you at all." Mars rose one of her eyebrows in question.

Serenity had a worried tone in her voice, "What's the matter, V? You looked weird after the incident in the forest."

Jupiter looked worried too, "You know you can tell us anything, so c'mon spill, girl. Who's the man?"

Venus chuckled bitterly. Of course my best friends would see right through the stoic mask I put. Venus closed her eyes and took a deep breath, getting ready to open an old wound.

"Two…two years ago we met in the international assembly of elite forces leaders which is held monthly. At first it was only a simple attraction but gradually it became something more than attraction, and finally we started to court. He was a very strong and fearless general and he still is yet with me he was a very sweet man. We had a lot of happy times together." Venus let a small smile crept unto her face, however it was gone just as fast as it came. Her face turned into a grim and hurt one at once, "But..it looked like I meant nothing to him. I saw him with another woman in a dark alcove. We had a huge fight after that and broke up. I never saw that jerk again until…today." Venus finished with a single tear and fire in her eyes.

All of them had a sudden murderous desire including the timid Mercury. They hugged Venus to comfort her.

"Oh, Venus!" said Serenity sincerely as she took Venus in her embrace.

"It's General Kunzite, isn't it?" asked Mercury with a rarely seen anger in her calm looks.

"How dare him! I'll make him wish to never meet me and my rage," Jupiter cracked her knuckles with a fierce gaze.

"I'll make sure he is burn to ashes!" Mars words were encouraged by the sudden blazing fire from the candles in the room.

Venus giggled to her friends. The image of a certain silvered haired general chased by Jupiter and Mars with his ass set ablaze really cheered her up. "Thanks, guys. It's all in the past now. I shouldn't let it get to me now. I think I'm just a little surprised to meet him again. Let's forget it and have some fun instead. Jupiter, didn't you make some cookies this afternoon?"

After hearing food being concerned, the princess mood perk up 10,000 volts. "Do I hear cookies? I want cookies!"

"Is food the only thing you have in that meatball brain of yours?" Mars said it snidely.

Serenity turned her head to Mars and let out her tongue, "Admit it you're just jealous of me, Mars."

Mars rolled her eyes and said back, "Who in their right minds would be jealous of you?" Mars let out her tongue and begun the new tongue battle. The other senshi could only sigh in defeat.

"Be honest, Endymion," Jadeite had smirk all over his face. It's not every day they can tease their flawless prince. The condition in another castle isn't so different from Silvermoon Castle apparently. The prince was cornered in an interrogating room which actually was the prince's chamber.

"What are you talking about? There is really nothing to tell," Endymion answered calmly.

Zoisite, Nephrite, and Kunzite quirked their eyebrows. Kunzite folded his arms and regarded his prince carefully, "We all grew up together and as long as I've known you, you never speak to women outside of politeness and necessity. But I can see you're getting quite familiar with Princess Serenity."

"Yeah, familiar enough to banter and flirt," added Zoisite.

Endymion choked on his drinks, "I did not flirt!" There was a small pink hue on his cheeks that's barely visible.

"Riiiight…." Said the unconvinced generals.

Endymion was getting irritated by their questionings and decided to turn the table. "Like you're one to talk, I saw you all eyeing the senshi, especially you, Kunzite. What's with you and Sailor Venus, anyway? You're looking at her as if she's the last drop of water on earth that you've spilt."

Kunzite's mood darkened and he glared at Endymion, "Respectfully, it's none of your business, your highness."

The other noticed the heavy tension seeped in the air. Endymion glared back and held Kunzite's gaze firmly. Then Kunzite's gaze soften and he sighed, "Well, Venus was my secret lover from you guys."

"Was?" Zoisite as a sharp analyst noticed the use of past tense in Kunzite's words.

A light bulb suddenly light on Jadeite's and Nephrite's heads, "Wait a minute, was this happened like two years ago?"

Nephrite joined in, "It was around that time you have this crazy mood swings and hellishly enslaved us all, right."

"I see now. No wonder you were like a demon came from the hell then, well it doesn't mean you're not one now," muttered Jadeite.

Kunzite hit Jadeite's head, "I resent that. If it's not because of my hellish training, you won't be what you are today and we only want the best for our prince."

Endyimion regarded his silver haired general carefully. "It was around the time of that mission too, wasn't it?"

Kunzite stiffened for a second then he quickly covered it behind his stoic looks. "We had a lot of missions. I don't know which one you're referring to, Endymion."

Endymion looked pass the stoic exterior of the general to the hurt man behind the mask. Endymion sighed and decided to drop the topic. "Never mind…now what is this thing I heard about a ball?"

The others eagerly jumped in to the new topic. "Oh, it's the king's arrangement."

"I heard he wants you to meet and get to know some girls through the ball."

Endymion rolled his eyes tiredly. "I wish that old man just stop trying to wed me to some crazy women."

The generals smirked. "C'mon, it's not that bad. Any men would kill to be in your shoes. You're practically a chick magnet, Endymion," teased Nephrite.

Endymion grumbled, "I can very well live without it."

I think I'll stop here for the time being. I'll try to update sooner since it is summer vacation after all. I've gotta work for now though, I'll continue the story again after work ^_^