Knowing you: Book 4

Chapter 4: Lessons of Chastity

"Well my princess' I don't know about you, but I am starving and all that info just made me even more hungry. Now if you take after your mother then you should both be famished and almost passing out from hunger." Mamoru laughed as he raced back to the car with the two girls chasing him....

The car ride was to an upscale area of town where Mamoru and Usagi smiled suspiciously at each other. "Lunar Pen..." "Golden Crystal..." "Transform us into King and Queen."

Chibi-usa's face lit up like a Christmas tree. It didn't take long for the shock to wear off and her to transform into her princess self. The family then headed into one of the most expensive restaurants in town. Chibi-usa smiled as she recognized the place, her parents frequented the establishment many times, sometimes just for the view of the bay. "Table for three please."

Chibi-usa was somewhat shocked that Mamoru had asked for a table and their was one available. In the future they always had a reserved table which she knew couldn't be the case this far in the past. Her father had once told her that it was so popular that others needed to call days in advance for reservations. She smiled none the less as they were shown to the table that her father would in the future have permanently reserved for the family.

It was too much for the young couple to see their future daughter so surprisingly happy. They had guessed right. "Chibi-usa, we have to tell you something." The youth turned to face the couple. "We figured out who you were a few days ago."

"How?"

Usagi smiled, "I knew in the past I never had any siblings."

"You look too much like your mother to be a cousin." Mamoru laughed.

"And only moon descendants can be come senshi of the moon."

"Which left you to be from the future and our descendant." Mamoru finished.

"So that is why you brought me here?"

"Partially," Usagi answered.

"Well, I had plans to take Usagi here for a while and then you showed up and we figured it would be a nice treat." Mamoru finished the explanation.

The lunch was beautiful and Usagi would later tell Mamoru that it was almost too high class for her. Chibi-usa was in heaven as this was just something her father would do. It was just as desert arrived that Usagi excused herself to the lady's room, "Gomen, I am not feeling that well."

Mamoru looked worried but put on a smile for Chibi-usa, however Chibi-usa could see through her father. She frowned slightly then continued eating her ice cream sundae. Mamoru and Chibi-usa both sat there timing how long it took for Usagi to return both too into watching the time to notice the other was doing the same thing. After around twenty minutes Mamoru grabbed his head. That Chibi-usa noticed even before he got up and headed toward the bathrooms. Reaching into her purse with a scared expression she pulled out her communicator. "Hota-chan? I need help. I think something is wrong with mama and papa!"

"Calm down, Usa. I will get the others and track your location."

Chibi-usa nodded as she looked down at her hand as it went transparent, "Hurry!"

Hotaru knew her friend better than the others as Pluto had trained her in the time stream and sometimes a younger, sometimes older Neo Princess would visit. Very little was found to scar the princess. Calling the rest of the inner senshi and generals she had them meet her at the Princess' location as fast as senshi possible. "Something big is going on. I will teleport to Chibi-usa to find out what is going on then let you know what the plan is. I have a feeling we may need doubles." Hotaru said as she vanished from the alley way.

"Doubles?" Asked Naru.

"People to act as Usagi and Mamoru. In the past Ishtar was Serenity's." Ami explained as Mina disguised herself as Usagi.

"Endymion never needed one. Us generals were always there as a precaution." Motoki told the group.

"In that case the two closest would be either Nathan or Motoki. Mina would probably prefer Motoki." Ami assessed. Mina used her power to disguise Motoki as Mamoru.

Meanwhile, after contacting Hotaru the young Princess went in search of her parents. Entering the woman's bathroom she found both her mother and father's younger selves unconscious. She fell back against the door and began chanting, "Hurry, Hota-chan. Hurry." Again and again and it seemed with each time she flickered in and out of existence. She had completely faded only once that she was aware of and didn't like the feeling at all.

That is how Saturn found her friend chanting and flickering while staring at the unconscious couple. "Chibi-usa, what happened?" The girl continued to chant. "Neo Princess Serenity!" Finally the youth faced the senshi. "What happened?"

"We... we were having mama...mama said she wasn't feeling well... she was gone for about... fifteen to.... fifteen to twenty minutes when papa ... papa grabbed his head. Then they left me alone and ... and then... then my hand...." Saturn had heard enough.

"Chibi-usa stay here. You hear me. You stay here I will be right back." The girl nodded as the senshi teleported back to the group.

Saturn assessed the group. "Good Ishtar and Kaze are already transformed. I will take them and the other generals with me. Naru and Ami, meet us at the temple."

"But Rei doesn't ..." Naru started to say but the group was already gone.

"Let's go we will figure out what to do once we get there." Ami said, Naru nodded as she followed the other girl's lead.

Up in the bathroom of the restaurant it was getting crowded. "Alright Mina take Motoki and Chibi-usa pay the bill and take Mamoru's car to the temple. Nathan and Ryo, transform and help me get these two to the temple."

They nodded and transformed after Mina and Motoki left. "How are we going to do this?"

"We just need to get them standing then with your help I can teleport us all to the temple." Saturn told the two generals. The trio cradled the couple in a semi-circle as Saturn concentrated on the borrowed power to transport them to the temple.

Age old Pluto knew what had happened as soon as the royal couple had passed out and began getting things organized. She knew Saturn would only trust the safety of the temple so she started there. Both Rei and Sol were sweeping up the leaves which made her job just that much easier. "Harmonia and Sol your friends need you. Pluto Mind Meld!"

The couple looked confused at the names but didn't have time to comment before a purple light erupted from the stranger's staff and hit them both. Blinking several times the couples heads filled with memories of two separate time frames before they spoke, "Pluto?"

"You must hurry the royal couple needs you. Saturn and the generals are transporting them to the sacred fire." Rei nodded to Masaki as they dropped the brooms and raced to the sacred fire. Pluto nodded as she teleported away to find her next couple.

Saturn was about ready to pass out after teleporting five people, but knew she could rest later. "Get some tatami mats they should be in the cupboard in the corner over there."

The generals nodded and followed orders. Once they had the couple on the tatami mats with pillows and a comforter they sat to wait, which turned out to be seconds before Rei and Masaki joined the group. "What happened?"

"I don't know much just that they felt poor after lunch and then Chibi-usa began fading. She called me then found them unconscious in the bathroom." Saturn told the frantic priestess.

"Who is Chibi-usa?" Asked Masaki.

"Chibi-usa is a time traveler that claimed to be Usagi's cousin but was later discovered to be a senshi and her and Mamoru's future daughter." Ryo explained releasing his transformation.

Rei looked in shock. She shook her head and tried to focus on the issue at hand, she could skin her brother later. "Masaki, go find grandpa for me. Saturn, I may need your help stabilizing them. Are you up to it?"

"I will do what needs to be done to save my Princess."

Rei nodded as she began to use the fire to assess what was going on. Ever open to the signs in the fire the priestess was shocked by what she saw. Clearing her mind she opened her senses to the fire once more only to get the same response. When she finally allowed herself to become aware of her surroundings she found her grandfather tending to Mamoru and Saturn showing Masaki how to help Usagi while the senshi sat lined up along the wall with a young girl watching fearfully.

"Something is wrong with the soul bond. We need to contact Helios." Rei said solemnly.

"I will summon him." Came a small voice. "Moon Prism Power!" The young girl Rei assumed to be Chibi-usa transformed into Sailor Moonlight. "Guardian of Dreams, son of Morpheus. Brother Earth I summon you, Crystal Twinkle Bell!" Using the power entrusted to her by Helios himself she hoped he would still heed its call.

"Who summons me?" Came a voice meant to intimidate.

"Small Lady Serenity, Daughter of your brother Endymion." Sailor Moonlight answered.

The voice softened as a form appeared, "Why do you summon me, maiden?"

Sailor Moonlight let her transformation fade as the tears began forming, "My parents they are in trouble." was all that came out as the priest tried to calm the maiden down. She had grown a lot but she would forever be his small maiden.

Once he had her calm enough to be passed on to one of the senshi he approached the group by the fire. "What happened?"

"We were hoping you could tell us all the fire can tell me is something is wrong with the bond." Rei responded.

"The soul bond? but the only way that could happen...." Helios paused. "Everyone not required please leave the room."

The group was surprised by the command, but followed it through leaving Rei and Hino-sama alone with Helios and the couple. Once the room was vacant Helios explained his actions, "The only way it could have failed was if they did not complete the consummation. In other words I need to check for Serenity's virginity."

Hino-sama nodded and Rei looked ready to kill. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHECK FOR HER VIRGINITY?" she yelled.

"Even if done only in a dream scape such as Elysian there would be signs of penetration. If there are no signs of this then the bond has been left all these months incomplete causing what you see now." Helios explained patiently.

Rei took several deep breaths, "Grandpa?"

"Child, you know enough of the past to know I was present there as well and if it as Helios says that the bond has been incomplete all these months then their lives are now at stake."

Rei finally conceded. "Very well, do as you must?"

Helios nodded and lifted Usagi's skirt pulling her underwear aside he checked for Usagi's cherry as any human doctor would preform a paps mere. It took him a little longer as he also had to use magic to check if anything had occurred in the dream scape. However when he pulled out he was shaking his head. "Endymion-baka. I can't believe you would put your lives ahead of her womanhood." Helios began ranting. "I know she is still by current standards an underage teenager but you aren't that much older than her."

"You mean Endy... Mamoru didn't take her virginity?"

"No, Rei I didn't. I am sad to hear that you though I would." Mamoru was still weak and couldn't sit without Hino-sama's aide, but continued to speak. "She was so weak that night and still so fearful and hurt from what had happened to her. I tried a few times to even just touch her certain ways and she pulled away."

"Endymion, you knew what was at stake!"

"I know. But I couldn't do that to her. It would have done more damage then good." The priest sighed.

"Harmonia, get the others I can't bring my hand maidens here meaning the senshi and generals will have to help me do ANOTHER bonding. Which if my brother values his life or at least his sanity he will do what needs to be done." Rei left the room and Helios continued. "You two will not be able to leave this room until I find this cherry picked."

Usagi looked up nervously. "I am sorry, Princess but it is either that or we watch you two slowly die. Please understand."

Seeing the fear in her eyes Mamoru turned to the two other men in the room, "Please give us a moment alone."

"We will need to prepare either way. Please be prepared by the time we return." Helios asked.

Once they were alone Mamoru forced himself to move enough to hold her in his arms. "I don't want to die but I don't know if i am ready."

"Shh, it will be OK. We can take it slow, as slow as you need. And I will never let you die."