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Sapphire carried Prizma bridled style to Prince Diamond's study. When he pushed open the door he was surprised to find his brother and Rubues laughing and make jokes.
"What's going on?" He asked shifting Prizma around in his arms, she might have been thin, but she was heavy. Diamond stood letting out a gasp.
"Sapphire what has happen to Prizma?" He asked walking around his desk and walking over to where he stood struggling with Prizma.
"It's nothing…she just fainted is all."
Diamond let out a gasp again. "Oh that's terrible." He turned towards Rubues. "Rubues go and get Doctor Harkua would you please?"
"Of course Prince Diamond," He stood with a bow, he straightened up and walked to the door. "I'll be back in a moment." Rubues left and a very uncomfortable silence followed. Sapphire let out a grunt as his arms grew more and more tired holding Prizma. "God she is so heavy!" He thought letting out a grunt when his arms almost buckled.
"Oh here I'll take her." Diamond said sliding his arms under her back and went to pull her away from Sapphire.
"Oh it's quite alright, Diamond." He said holding onto her. "I'm fine really, she's just heavy." Diamond gave a humorous chuckle
"Yes I can see that, but we wouldn't want you to drop her now would we?" Sapphire let out a sigh letting Diamond take Prizma from him. "Actually I wouldn't mind one bit if I did dropped her." He thought, then feeling guilty for thinking something like that. It soon passed and he gave a little shrug.
"What?" Diamond asked shifting Prizma's weight around in his arms, finally getting a good hold on her. Sapphire shook his head walking over to a overstuffed armchair and falling into it.
"It's nothing." Diamond let out a chuckle walking over to a full length couch that was across from the arm that Sapphire sat in, and placing Prizma on it. He grabbed a pillow and put it behind her head.
"Sapphire I'm your brother, and I know when something is bothering you." Their gaze met for a moment, and Sapphire was the first to look away.
"Ah see I told you something was bothering you." He stood straight up and moved his way over to his desk.
"Now tell me what's the matter." Sapphire let out a hot breath and combed his fingers through his hair. He gave another shrug.
"I don't like the whole Rubues and Catzi thing it's just-"
"Sapphire not this again!" Sapphire sat up straight.
"What all I'm saying is that Rubues has always hated Catzi, now he-" Diamond rose his hand cutting him off.
"I don't want to hear it Sapphire," He said closing his eyes and touching his forehead with the tip of fingertips as if he had a headache.
"Diamond please listen to me for a minute." Diamond slammed down his hands and glared over at his brother. Who nearly jumped out of his skin.
"No you listen to me, Sapphire." He leaned forward a little bit and leaned against the desk until his hands started to hurt. "I won't ruin Rubues and Catzi happiness, because your in love with Catzi." Sapphire let out an angry breath.
"You idiot!" Sapphire screamed. Diamond's eyes grew wide. "I'm not in love with Catzi!" Diamond's glared softend.
"Then why do you wish for Rubues and Catzi not to get married?" He asked. Sapphire let out a snort.
"Why? Why!?" He screamed. "You won't to know why I don't approve of Catzi and Rubues marriage?" He said screaming even louder. He couldn't believe that Diamond has forgotten how terribly Rubues treated Catzi.
"Have damn stupid are you?" Sapphire asked his voice rising even more.
"Don't you dare insult me Sapphire!" He screamed slamming a fist down on the desk. "I am your older brother, I am Prince Diamond-"
"This act like it," He shouted throwing his hands up in the air. "and not some love sick puppy!" Diamond rushed around the desk and hitting Sapphire across the face. He fell to the floor blood dripping from his mouth. Diamond stood looking over his brother, his breath in shallow rasps.
"You will never, ever speak to me like that again…understood." Sapphire spit out some blood, and glared up at his brother.
"Of yes I understand to well." He said getting to his feet. He turned to his brother and gave him the most hateful look he had ever give him. "You don't have to worry about me talking to you like that ever again. Exactly you won't have to worry about me talking to you at all." He walked to the door and pulled it open.
"Sapphire I'm not done talking to you!" Diamond shout his eyes blazing. "You will not walk away when I'm speaking to you!" He said gripping his hands into fists. Sapphire let out a snort.
"I think we're done here." He walked out, but then peeked his head back in. "Oh and don't expect me to come comfort you when you wake up crying like a baby." He pulled the door close with a good slam. He let out a breath. He couldn't believe that he just did that to his brother no less. He walked down the corridor feeling as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He was a grown man and here he was taking care of his older brother. It should be the other way around. Diamond should be the one looking out for him, and not him having to be looked after. He stopped and looked over at the closed door to Diamond's study. He had the urge to go back and apologize to Diamond for saying the things he said, but then he remember Diamond's words to him. That made him start to move again. He wasn't the one who should apologize. He wasn't the one that made false statements about him wanting the Rubues and Catzi's marriage not to happen. He disliked Rubues and he knew Prizma and Rubues had cooked up a scheme that wouldn't be of any good to anybody. He was almost out the palace doors when he bumped into Rubues and Doctor Harkua.
"Sapphire what are you doing here," Rubues said clearly surprised that Sapphire was leaving. "I would have thought you would stay with Prizma." Sapphire stood with his head up high and his shoulders pushed back.
"No I'm afraid that I have other matters that need tending to at the moment." He said walking the rest of the distant to the door. A guard bow and pulled the door open for him. "I'm sure she'll be fine." Sapphire said walking outside. He had to give Rubues a reason to worry, and to let him know that something was going on and that he intend to find out just what.
"Oh and Rubues."
"Yes Sapphire." Sapphire turned around scowling at Rubues. "Is something the matter-"
Sapphire mouthed, "I know." and that was all he had to say. All the color in Rubues face drained away and his voice cracked when he tried to speak.
"I d-don't know what you mean sir." Rubues only called Sapphire sir when he was nervous or he was up to something and he got caught. Sapphire felt a smile tug at his lips.
"Well I'd better be on my way," He said with happiness that he didn't know that was there, but other people noticed. "take care of Prizma will you Doctor Harkua." Doctor Harkua gave a nod.
"Oh course my lord."
"Good, good, good…" He muttered. "Well good-bye." Sapphire gave a small wave and turned marching down the path and making his way to Lord Onyx and Lady Jade's estate.
Serena sat at her vanity combing out her long smooth blonde hair. It still baffled her at how she blonde hair and not else in her family did. She placed the comb down and looked at her facial features. She had smooth pale skin, light blonde hair, and bright blue eyes. Nobody in her family look like this…none that she knew of anyway. She let out a gasp. A word flashed through her head…adopted. She shook the word from her mind. She couldn't be adopted. Then she thought for a moment. She couldn't remember her life before 5 years old. I mean when your that young you have to remember a little something about your life. Your favorite book, your favorite lullaby, or your favorite dessert. She couldn't remember any of those things.
"I can't be…it just can't." She muttered touching the mirror with her fingertips. Serena looked at her reflection.
"Can it?" She asked herself. There was only one way to find out. She would have to ask the two people that would know for sure…her parents. She got up from her vanity and walked into her closet. Serena was still in her nightgown and it was midday! She looked over all the dresses but couldn't decide what to wear. Serena slide the straps of her night gown off her arms and let it fall to the floor. She looked at her dress with her hands on her hips the word still flying around in her head. Serena let out an angry breath feeling it start to nag at her. She took a deep breath, telling herself to calm down. She touched a few dresses that were meant for parties and thought about wearing one of them. Serena let out a sigh. They wouldn't do. Her mother would have a cow if she got anything on one of them. She turned away from the pretty dresses and pull out a new dress. It was soft dark blue velvet and flowed like butter. Serena had forgotten all about it. She pulled it over her head and zipped it up the back when she straightened it out. Serena walked over to the full length mirror and looked over the dress that fit in all the right places.
"I can't believe I forgot about this dress." She said smoothing out the skirt. It was smooth and had nice lines. She remembered that she had to fight Emerald for it. Serena let out a chuckle as the image of her father having to pull them apart. She smoothed out the skirt one last time and then pulled out the shoes went with them. Serena pulled them one and then walked out of the closet. She walked back over to her vanity and flipped open the little star shaped locket and the little tone started to play.
"So beautiful...." She muttered looking up to the ceiling and watched the crescent moon light twirl around the ceiling. As the tone played she felt more at ease then she has in for a long time. Serena let out a sigh as she flipped close the lid of the locket, and the tone stopped. She sat down at her vanity and pulled out a hair tie. Serena pulled back her hair and pulled the hair tie on. She comb it one last time and then left to find her parents. She thought up some question to ask before ask the really big question.
Serena decided that she would have the most luck going to her father's study. She knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. When there wasn't an answer she knocked again, but this time a little bit harder then before. Still there was no answer. Serena looked at the door a little confused. She looked at the grandfather clock that was down the corridor, and saw that it read 3:45 pm.
"That's strange he should be here...." She turned the knob and pulled open the door. She let out a gasp. She threw her hands over her eyes.
As she spoke her voice cracked. "I-I'm sorry!" There was a crash from inside of the room.
"Serena...wait it's not what it looks like!" Lord Onyx said getting up from his chair and stepping over Pearl from where she fell.
"Uh...I better go." Serena spun around on her heels and ran down the corridor.
"Serena wait!" Serena shook her head feeling the tears leak from her eyes and down her cheeks. She turned the corner sharply knocking into someone and fell on her butt. When she hit the floor her breath left her.
"Hey watch it- oh Serena it's you." Serena looked up at the person that she almost plowed down.
"Sapphire...what are you doing here?" She let out a shaky breath as she began to stand up.
"Oh here let me help you." He grabbed a hold of her arm and elbow, pulling her to her feet. "You alright?" He asked brushing off her arms and the skirt of her dress. "No broken bones?"
She let out a chuckle. "I don't think so," She grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze. "but thanks for asking." He let out a chuckle pulling his hand from hers. She felt a pang go through her. She took a step back, looking down at the ground.
"Oh I'm sorry...I didn't mean to do," She shrugged "well you know that."
"Oh no it's nothing like that." He said his eyes growing wide. "I'm the one that should be sorry." Serena's head snapped up in complete surprise.
"Your sorry," She said. "What for?" She asked. He scratched his head and closed his eyes.
"You know about yesterday-"
"Oh that don't worry about it." She let out a giggle. "I don't have any regrets. I mean it's not we did anything...." He let out a nervous laugh.
"Yeah I guess your right." They stood laughing for quite sometime.
"Serena! Honey where are you?" Lord Onyx called. Serena let out a gasp looking around for somewhere to hide. "Serena!" He yelled. She spotted a door she had never been in and rushed over to it. She pushed open the door.
"Come on get in here!" Serena whispered motioning Sapphire to follow her. He stood where he was with a look of confuison on his face. "What's going on...?" He asked himself. Serena bounced up and down her ponytail swaying from side to side. He had never seen her hair in a ponytail....
"You look pretty today." He said with a smile.
"I don't care if I look pretty," She reached an arm around and grabbed hold of Sapphire's sleeve of his jacket. "we need to hide!" Serena pulled him in giving him or no warning.
"Serena!" Lord Onyx yelled running by a few moments after Serena had clicked the door shut. She waited, her hand on the knob, holding her breath. She thought for sure that her father would open the door to see if she escaped into one of the rooms on this hall.
"Serena-"
"Shush!" Serena said over her shoulder. She let out a gasp throwing her hand over her mouth. Again she waited, for sure that Lord Onyx had heard them. After a few minutes of waiting Serena finally let her hand drop from her mouth.
She let out a sigh, "That was close." She turned around with a small grin, amazed at herself. The grin faded when she saw how Sapphire was looking at her.
"What? What's wrong?" He shrugged.
"Oh I don't know I was just wondering why you pulled me into his room, and why you looked like you were about to jump out of your skin...?" Serena laced her fingers together behind her back.
"Oh...yeah sorry about," She gestured around herself. "all this."
He let out a sigh brushed a few stray hair from his eyes. "Don't worry about it," He let out a chuckle. "I was just taken a by...surprise." She nodded.
"I guess I can understand that." They both started to laugh. Sapphire laugh died down and he became serious once again.
"Serena that was your father calling you wasn't it?" She stood utterly still. "I'm not so sure about that anymore...." She thought. She nodded after she saw that he was getting irritated with her silence.
"Yes it was." She turned away and flipped the lights on in the room. She saw that it was a room decorated in a strange taste.
"Someones got some weird taste...!" She said touching a strange looking lamp. Sapphire let out a sigh touching something hanging on the wall. He let his fingertips go across it's surface.
"Yes your quite right." He said. He pulled his fingertips away from the thing hanging on the wall, and turned towards Serena once again. "Now would you please stop dodging my questions?" Serena's head dropped down, and she let out a sigh.
"Yes."
"What happen? Why was your father yelling for you?" Serena felt a lump start to form in her throat. She shook her head. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to speak.
"Serena please tell me what is going on...now!" She tried to swallow the lump but found it difficult to do so. But after a few swallows she was able to feel the lump ease down her throat and her throat loosen up.
"I, I..."
"I what?" He asked getting more annoyed with the passing seconds. Serena started to jump from foot to foot, a nervous habit for years.
"I saw....I saw-"
"Serena please I don't have all day-"
"I saw my father kissing Pearl, my mothers...personal maid." She felt as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. "I think it was leading to something more then just...kissing." Sapphire's eyes grew wide and a smile began to tug at his lips.
"Why are you smiling?" She asked. "This is horrible!" He nodded.
"I couldn't agree with you more-"
"Then why are you smiling!" She yelled stomping her foot like a child who wasn't getting what she wanted. "I just found out that my so called "father" is cheating on my so called "mother" and I might be adopted...what a day!" She said throwing her hands in the air. Sapphire just stared at her.
"Y-Your adopted?" He asked. She notched her eyebrow and placed her hands on her hips.
"Well duh," She said. "I mean do I look anything like my mother or father?" He looked her up and down...then shook his head not seeing any resemblance.
"See, see you see it to!" She grabbed the end of her ponytail and pulled it around her arm, showing her hair to Sapphire. "I'm the only one with blonde hair," She said, she dropped her hair and then pointed at her eyes. "and bright blue eyes." He had to agree with all the things she pointed out.
"Your right."
"I know I'm right!" Sapphire felt a tug in his gut. He felt the laugh traveling up his throat. He held it in almost choking on it. He didn't want to make Serena anymore upset. "I just don't know what I'm going to do about this...." He felt the laugh die away and he began to feel as if he had to comfort her.
"Serena it's going to be alright." He said walking over and pulling her into a strong hug. "We'll figure this out...don't worry." He said stroking her back.
"...We'll?" Sapphire breath was knocked out of him as if she just punched him in the gut. He pushed her away and took a step back.
"Uh what I meant was...! Serena let out a giggle.
"Oh Sapphire I just teasing you." Sapphire couldn't believe that Serena the sad little sprite, and this girl were all the same person. She's sad and unhappy one minute, and then she happy and giggly the next. He would never understand girls like her. He felt himself begin to blush. He bowed his head hoping that she didn't see his blushing.
"Yeah...I know." She let out another giggle.
"Yeah I'm sure." She said trying to hold back another giggle. Sapphire stared down at her and he could see that this was a girl that could and would make him forget all his troubles, with her own, or just letting the world stop around them all together.
"Are you blushing...?" He turned away from her and crossed his arms across his chest.
"N-No!" Serena let out a squeal.
"You are blushing!" She went around him trying to catch his face in her hands.
"Serena stop." He said turning away from her.
"Nope no way," She said almost grabbing his face, but he was to fast. "I want to see for myself if you are blushing." Sapphire ran away from her, and across the room.
"I told you I'm not blushing." His face was red hot. His breath was heavy and shallow. Serena ran to catch him off guard. She crept up behind him and grabbed him around the waist.
"Gotcha!" She shouted. Sapphire almost jump out of his skin.
"Damn you scared me...!" He said in one shallow breath. Serena laugh her chin resting on the middle of his back.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you." After a few seconds Serena's hold on Sapphire's waist loosend. Sapphire turned around in her arms and stared down at her stilling breathing pretty heavy.
"You okay?" He asked. She nodded.
"Uh huh," She said not directly looking him in the eye. "you?" She asked. He shrugged.
"Yeah I guess." There was a giggle that took him by surprise.
"What-"
"You are blushing." Sapphire let out a gasp. "She tricked me!" He thought.
"Okay well this is getting uncomfortable...can you let me go please?" Serena hand tightend her arms around his waist again. "Serena I mean it let me...go." He let the go drift out very slowly. Their gaze met and he felt his heart sore to his throat. Serena just stared up at him with her big bright blue eyes.
"Sapphire...do you like me?" Sapphire was taken by surprise by her question. Does he like her? Or does he just come here...why does he come here? "Because you like her!" A voice screamed in the back of his mind. He swallowed for his throat was dry and kind of scratchy.
"Of course I like you, Serena." Serena blinked her eyes a few times, her eyes getting more watery every blink.
"As more then a friend?" She asked. The breath left him once again. He didn't know how to answer that. He was going through so much. All that was going on with his brother, Rubues, Prizma, and now Serena. His life was getting more and more complicated by the minute.
"Uh...uh I."
"You do care for me...as more then a friend don't you?" She asked her breath shallow and on the edge of tears.
"I don't know the answer to your question...Serena." Serena let out a small sob she released his waist and took a few steps back. She lifted her hands to her eyes and began to wipe the tears away as they fell.
"Oh I see."
"Serena-"
"Don't worry about me," She said wiping her eyes one last time and then lifting her head up for him to see that she was really crying. "I'll be fine." She said with a sad smile.
"Serena wait-"
"No please don't say anything else..." She said another tear escaping. "stupid tears." She muttered wiping them away. Sapphire took the steps that she had taken and was now in front of her.
"Sapphire...?" He took a deep breath.
"I do like you Serena...I like you a lot," He let out a sigh. "but things are happening really quick for my liking." He said touching her cheek with his fingertips, and he stroked it. "I just think that we need to slow down...for the time being." Serena nodded.
"Of course I'm sorry I wasn't thinking." She said trying to turn away, but he grabbed a hold of her shoulders. She tilted her face up staring into his dark blue eyes. She felt her heart beat and her breath quicken.
"Serena...." He whispered. Serena felt a lump forming in her throat once again. "What's happening?" She asked herself. Sapphire gave her an answer with leaning down and touching his and her lips together. The kiss was sweet and delicate. Serena let out a moan lifting her arms and snaking them around his neck. While Sapphire's hand cherishes the small of her back, and his other hand slide across the top of her back. The kiss deepened and Serena felt her head grow dizzy. "So this is what a real kiss feels like." She thought her fingers tangling in his dark hair. She felt her world go fuzzy. She didn't want this moment to end. But when Sapphire started to pull away, Serena tightend her arms around his neck locking him in place.
"Serena." He said his voice muffled, his lips still against Serena's. He pushed against her waist. "Serena!" With that Serena released his neck and her arms slide down his front.
"I'm sorry." She breathed her pulse beating in her ears. He let out a chuckle.
"You okay?" He asked touching his forehead to hers. She nodded.
"Y-Yeah it's just...it's just." He touch a hand to her cheek.
"Just what?" He asked.
"That was my first kiss." Sapphire eyes grew wide. He pulled away still looking down at her.
"Really?" Serena nodded her head, then letting it bow.
"I'm sorry-" He let out a whooping laugh.
"Why are you apologizing for," He laughed. "I'm not angry."
"Your not?" She asked clearly surprised at his reaction. He shook his head.
"God no, why would I be." She shrugged. Then things grew awkward really quickly. Sapphire and Serena stood together completely lost at what to do next. So Sapphire decided to break the ice first.
"So what are you going to do about the...adoption thing?" He rolled his eyes. "Great going you jackass." He thought to himself. Her smile faded and she turned her gaze away from his. She let her shoulders lift in drop in a quick motion.
"Don't know maybe I'll just ask them at dinner..." A smile began to tug at her lips.
"When is Emerald and Prince Diamond's engagement dinner?"
"In a few weeks why-" Then he knew what she had meant to do with that information that he gave her. "Your going to ask them at the engagement dinner?" She nodded with a sinister smirk on her face.
"Yep that's what I plan to do." Their gaze met and it was like Serena never said that she was planning on ruining the celebration of Emerald and Prince Diamond engagement. He felt a smile tug at his lips...and he couldn't careless.
Author Notes!
Hello everyone! You've just read my new chapter of my Sailor Moon Fanfiction. Sorry it took me so long to update, but I think that the chapters long enough for the wait. Hope you enjoy this chapter, and please R&R? Sorry Thanks a bunch and hope you are looking forward to more of my work ^_^
