Hey again from me! Well, I think I have reached my goal this week of updating two of my stories! Anyway, I'm also coming out with new ones as well, so look forward to that and so, here is my new chapter!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailor moon.
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It was just before dawn when Mina woke up. She looked towards her window to see that the sun hadn't even come up yet. She groaned and looked at her watch sitting on the nightstand by her bed.
'My goddess, even I don't get up this early back on Venus. Oh well at least I can get a few breakfast snacks from the kitchen before the cooks wake up.' She thought to herself as she quickly got up and changed out of her orange sleeping gown, and into her scout uniform. After she had combed her hair and tied it up into her usual red bow, and brushed her teeth, she slowly opened her door and poked her head out, just barely enough to see that no guards or anyone else for that matter, were around.
Mina smiled to herself and stepped out of her room quietly and closed the door. She looked down the hall quickly and then made a run for the stairs across the hall. She was about to make it to the stairs when she heard a click-click sound. She looked down at her feet and realized her shoes were making the noise and stopped.
"Damn it! Curse my little fashion statement!" She said to herself out loud and then covered her mouth. "Stupid me." She whispered to herself as she looked behind her to see if anyone was there to hear her. She sighed with relief when she still didn't see anyone. She was about to continue on her quest for early food when she smashed into something, knocking her down.
"Since when was a wall here?" She asked as she got up and rubbed her now in pain butt. She looked up to see Lita in her uniform as well, standing there, blocking her path to food heaven.
"What are you doing up so early Lita?" She asked as she stood in front of her. Lita smirked. "I was about to ask you the same question." She said, still smirking. Mina laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head. "Well, I was going to get an early breakfast, but now I changed my mind." Lita laughed.
"Good thing I caught you too, or you would have eaten out the whole palace!" She laughed as Mina pouted. "Hey, now I don't eat that much. You have to admit though, Serenity eats much more than I do!" She said, making Lita laugh again.
"True, true. Even she knows she does but you know we'd never tell her that." She said as they began walking towards the courtyard. "You know I wonder how Serenity is doing. I mean we didn't even check up on her yesterday." Mina said as they continued to walk down the hall. Lita sighed.
"I know but we had to leave her alone yesterday, remember? Diamond and his generals had to brief us all and train us, just in case that Tuxedo mask guy comes back." She said seriously. Mina sighed. "You know, I don't think he's all that dangerous as Diamond told us to tell the truth." Mina said as they passed Amy and Raye's rooms. Lita shook her head.
"I don't think so, Mina. If he can get away from Diamond's guards, and us even, then I think he does pose as a threat to Serenity and the kingdoms." She said as she suddenly stopped to look back at Mina, who fell behind. She was standing in front of Serenity's room. Lita came back to stand beside her.
"What's wrong Mina? Is there something wrong with Serenity?" She asked, as she looked at the door, ready to take it down. Lita was surprised to see Mina turn to her with a big smile on her face. "I don't think we need to worry." She said, as her smile grew bigger. Lita looked at her, confused. "What do you mean?" She asked. Mina put Lita's hand to the door.
"Don't you feel that? It's the aura of love, and there are two energies within." She said. Lita still looked a little confused. "So what does that mean?" Mina smiled. "It means that Diamond and Serenity are one now." She said as she saw Lita's face turn completely red.
"So you mean that she and he did....had..." Lita trailed off as Mina nodded. Lita smiled. "Well, when she gets up, we definitely need the details. ALL the details." She said as they both laughed and walked away.
Meanwhile in Serenity's room, Darien had heard the girl's conversation and smiled. 'They're right about Serenity and I doing "something" but she didn't make love to the guy they think she did.' He thought to himself and smiled as he looked down at the sleeping Serenity. She still had her arms wrapped around him while her head lay on his chest.
He sighed deeply as he looked from her to the ceiling. Last night had been one of the greatest nights in Darien's life, even though it had only been his first time, he was still very much satisfied. Not just with the fact that they had made love, or the fact that he was no longer a virgin, but the fact that Serenity loved him and he loved her back. It didn't matter to Serenity if he had money or if he had a position in any kingdom or hierarchy.
What mattered to her was that he loved her for her, and not for her looks or her position as princess of the moon. Darien looked back down at Serenity and then yawned. Even after he had tired himself out, and after Serenity had gone to sleep, he didn't sleep for even a few minutes.
He had stayed up for the rest of the night, just watching her, half believing he was actually in Serenity's bed and half believing it was only a dream. Suddenly, he saw sunlight stream into Serenity's room through her balcony door windows.
'The first rays of the morning sun.' He thought as he yawned once more. 'I planned to leave at sun rise, but I think I can go over the time by a few minutes for a little shut eye.' He thought to himself as he settled himself back into the bed.
When he did that, Darien felt Serenity stir and made a little sound as she snuggled closer to him and sighed. Darien smiled as he yawned once more before he fell into a peaceful sleep.
Later, Serenity had woken up. She looked over at the clock on the wall across from the bed and sighed. She had slept in. She sighed and put her head back down on Darien's chest and smiled. Darien had given so much of his love to her last night that she could hardly believe this was true.
One of her hands that lay on his chest across from her face began to follow every outline of his chest as she began thinking deeply. Last night was one of the most amazing nights in her whole entire life and she didn't regret it one bit. Throughout the whole ordeal, Serenity felt nothing less but love and complete devotion last night. She looked up at Darien and smiled.
He was lightly snoring, but he looked so cute and sweet and innocent in his sleep. Serenity giggled a little as she continued to watch him. After a few moments, Darien slowly started to wake up. Serenity continued to watch him. After he had looked at the ceiling, which looked like a white blur to him, he rubbed his eyes and then looked down at Serenity, surprised to see that she was awake. Darien smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"So, how do you feel?" He asked as she sighed and stretched out beside him. "Oh, words cannot describe how I feel right now, Darien. I feel so....so good, so alive. I've never felt anything like this before in my entire life!" She said as he chuckled. "I hope I didn't hurt you too much last night." He said with concern. Serenity only smiled. "Oh don't worry Darien. It only hurt for a moment or two but the rest of the time...." She sighed as she trailed off.
"Oh, it was so amazing." She said as she lightly kissed his cheek. Darien couldn't help but smile. "Serenity, did I tell you how much I love you and how beautiful you are?" He said as he held her closer. Serenity smiled.
"Yes, about a million other times last night." She said as she continued to look up at him and smile. "Darien?" She asked as he stroked his hand through her blond hair while looking down into her eyes. "Uh-huh?" He asked while still running his hand through her long, golden hair.
"I wish you were the prince instead of Diamond." She said as she snuggled as close as she could get to him.
With that remark, Darien's thoughts went back to the feelings of familiarity he had felt every time he entered the palace, like he belonged and yet, he knew he didn't. 'Maybe there's some unknown connection between the palace, and me but what could it be? As far as I know, I was orphaned and I have never been in the palace in my entire life.' He thought as he came back to reality to see Serenity's hand being waved in front of him.
"Darien, are you okay? You look like you were about to faint or something." She said as he smiled and lightly kissed her. Serenity responded quickly by deepening the kiss. After a few minutes, they pulled back. "Okay, I think it's about time I left." He said as he started to get out of bed, but Serenity held onto his waist.
"Don't go yet. Stay a little longer." She said with determination. Darien only looked back sadly at her. "I'm sorry Serenity. If I stay any longer, either the guards or your girls will catch me." He said as he tried again to get out of bed, but Serenity just wouldn't let go. "No, they won't. Stay with me for today." She begged. Darien shook his head. "Serenity, I love you but I also love my freedom. Please let me go now." He said as he pried her arms off of him and began picking up his discarded clothing. Serenity instantly closed her eyes. Sure, she had seen him naked before, but she only saw the top half of him.
She blushed at her thoughts and images that were very quickly filling her mind again. When she decided to open her eyes again, she saw him fully dressed, with the exception of his mask and top hat. He grabbed his hat from off the floor and went to pick up his mask from her nightstand.
When his hand got to his mask, Serenity's hand covered his. He looked up to see her holding the bed sheet around her body. "Please come again tonight, my love." She said as she wrapped her arms around his torso and hugged him tightly. Darien smiled and hugged her back and pulled back to kiss her passionately. When he pulled away, he smiled once more and took his mask.
"I'll be sure to do that." He said as he leaned in for another quick kiss and tipped his hat to her as he opened her balcony doors and quickly jumped off the balcony and down to the awaiting Diablo in the bushes.
He quickly climbed up and raced Diablo towards the gates, where the guards were waiting for him.
"You heard Diamond, show no mercy towards the bandit, but keep him alive, just long enough for questioning and execution!" The captain said right before he charged his guards towards Tuxedo mask.
Tuxedo mask only smirked as he whispered something to Diablo. The stallion gave the guards a sly look as he galloped towards them. Right when the guards were in front of them, Diablo leaped over all of them and past the captain, knocking him down.
"Questioning and execution my ass!" Tuxedo mask called over his shoulder as Diablo raced into the forest. The guards and the captain heard his mocking laughter in the distance.
Back atop the balcony, Serenity silently thanked God that Darien escaped, again. She smiled as she walked back into the palace, just as happy and just as in love as ever.
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Hey, hope you enjoyed this chapter, but there's more to come. Please remember to review!
~mackenzie
DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailor moon.
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It was just before dawn when Mina woke up. She looked towards her window to see that the sun hadn't even come up yet. She groaned and looked at her watch sitting on the nightstand by her bed.
'My goddess, even I don't get up this early back on Venus. Oh well at least I can get a few breakfast snacks from the kitchen before the cooks wake up.' She thought to herself as she quickly got up and changed out of her orange sleeping gown, and into her scout uniform. After she had combed her hair and tied it up into her usual red bow, and brushed her teeth, she slowly opened her door and poked her head out, just barely enough to see that no guards or anyone else for that matter, were around.
Mina smiled to herself and stepped out of her room quietly and closed the door. She looked down the hall quickly and then made a run for the stairs across the hall. She was about to make it to the stairs when she heard a click-click sound. She looked down at her feet and realized her shoes were making the noise and stopped.
"Damn it! Curse my little fashion statement!" She said to herself out loud and then covered her mouth. "Stupid me." She whispered to herself as she looked behind her to see if anyone was there to hear her. She sighed with relief when she still didn't see anyone. She was about to continue on her quest for early food when she smashed into something, knocking her down.
"Since when was a wall here?" She asked as she got up and rubbed her now in pain butt. She looked up to see Lita in her uniform as well, standing there, blocking her path to food heaven.
"What are you doing up so early Lita?" She asked as she stood in front of her. Lita smirked. "I was about to ask you the same question." She said, still smirking. Mina laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head. "Well, I was going to get an early breakfast, but now I changed my mind." Lita laughed.
"Good thing I caught you too, or you would have eaten out the whole palace!" She laughed as Mina pouted. "Hey, now I don't eat that much. You have to admit though, Serenity eats much more than I do!" She said, making Lita laugh again.
"True, true. Even she knows she does but you know we'd never tell her that." She said as they began walking towards the courtyard. "You know I wonder how Serenity is doing. I mean we didn't even check up on her yesterday." Mina said as they continued to walk down the hall. Lita sighed.
"I know but we had to leave her alone yesterday, remember? Diamond and his generals had to brief us all and train us, just in case that Tuxedo mask guy comes back." She said seriously. Mina sighed. "You know, I don't think he's all that dangerous as Diamond told us to tell the truth." Mina said as they passed Amy and Raye's rooms. Lita shook her head.
"I don't think so, Mina. If he can get away from Diamond's guards, and us even, then I think he does pose as a threat to Serenity and the kingdoms." She said as she suddenly stopped to look back at Mina, who fell behind. She was standing in front of Serenity's room. Lita came back to stand beside her.
"What's wrong Mina? Is there something wrong with Serenity?" She asked, as she looked at the door, ready to take it down. Lita was surprised to see Mina turn to her with a big smile on her face. "I don't think we need to worry." She said, as her smile grew bigger. Lita looked at her, confused. "What do you mean?" She asked. Mina put Lita's hand to the door.
"Don't you feel that? It's the aura of love, and there are two energies within." She said. Lita still looked a little confused. "So what does that mean?" Mina smiled. "It means that Diamond and Serenity are one now." She said as she saw Lita's face turn completely red.
"So you mean that she and he did....had..." Lita trailed off as Mina nodded. Lita smiled. "Well, when she gets up, we definitely need the details. ALL the details." She said as they both laughed and walked away.
Meanwhile in Serenity's room, Darien had heard the girl's conversation and smiled. 'They're right about Serenity and I doing "something" but she didn't make love to the guy they think she did.' He thought to himself and smiled as he looked down at the sleeping Serenity. She still had her arms wrapped around him while her head lay on his chest.
He sighed deeply as he looked from her to the ceiling. Last night had been one of the greatest nights in Darien's life, even though it had only been his first time, he was still very much satisfied. Not just with the fact that they had made love, or the fact that he was no longer a virgin, but the fact that Serenity loved him and he loved her back. It didn't matter to Serenity if he had money or if he had a position in any kingdom or hierarchy.
What mattered to her was that he loved her for her, and not for her looks or her position as princess of the moon. Darien looked back down at Serenity and then yawned. Even after he had tired himself out, and after Serenity had gone to sleep, he didn't sleep for even a few minutes.
He had stayed up for the rest of the night, just watching her, half believing he was actually in Serenity's bed and half believing it was only a dream. Suddenly, he saw sunlight stream into Serenity's room through her balcony door windows.
'The first rays of the morning sun.' He thought as he yawned once more. 'I planned to leave at sun rise, but I think I can go over the time by a few minutes for a little shut eye.' He thought to himself as he settled himself back into the bed.
When he did that, Darien felt Serenity stir and made a little sound as she snuggled closer to him and sighed. Darien smiled as he yawned once more before he fell into a peaceful sleep.
Later, Serenity had woken up. She looked over at the clock on the wall across from the bed and sighed. She had slept in. She sighed and put her head back down on Darien's chest and smiled. Darien had given so much of his love to her last night that she could hardly believe this was true.
One of her hands that lay on his chest across from her face began to follow every outline of his chest as she began thinking deeply. Last night was one of the most amazing nights in her whole entire life and she didn't regret it one bit. Throughout the whole ordeal, Serenity felt nothing less but love and complete devotion last night. She looked up at Darien and smiled.
He was lightly snoring, but he looked so cute and sweet and innocent in his sleep. Serenity giggled a little as she continued to watch him. After a few moments, Darien slowly started to wake up. Serenity continued to watch him. After he had looked at the ceiling, which looked like a white blur to him, he rubbed his eyes and then looked down at Serenity, surprised to see that she was awake. Darien smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"So, how do you feel?" He asked as she sighed and stretched out beside him. "Oh, words cannot describe how I feel right now, Darien. I feel so....so good, so alive. I've never felt anything like this before in my entire life!" She said as he chuckled. "I hope I didn't hurt you too much last night." He said with concern. Serenity only smiled. "Oh don't worry Darien. It only hurt for a moment or two but the rest of the time...." She sighed as she trailed off.
"Oh, it was so amazing." She said as she lightly kissed his cheek. Darien couldn't help but smile. "Serenity, did I tell you how much I love you and how beautiful you are?" He said as he held her closer. Serenity smiled.
"Yes, about a million other times last night." She said as she continued to look up at him and smile. "Darien?" She asked as he stroked his hand through her blond hair while looking down into her eyes. "Uh-huh?" He asked while still running his hand through her long, golden hair.
"I wish you were the prince instead of Diamond." She said as she snuggled as close as she could get to him.
With that remark, Darien's thoughts went back to the feelings of familiarity he had felt every time he entered the palace, like he belonged and yet, he knew he didn't. 'Maybe there's some unknown connection between the palace, and me but what could it be? As far as I know, I was orphaned and I have never been in the palace in my entire life.' He thought as he came back to reality to see Serenity's hand being waved in front of him.
"Darien, are you okay? You look like you were about to faint or something." She said as he smiled and lightly kissed her. Serenity responded quickly by deepening the kiss. After a few minutes, they pulled back. "Okay, I think it's about time I left." He said as he started to get out of bed, but Serenity held onto his waist.
"Don't go yet. Stay a little longer." She said with determination. Darien only looked back sadly at her. "I'm sorry Serenity. If I stay any longer, either the guards or your girls will catch me." He said as he tried again to get out of bed, but Serenity just wouldn't let go. "No, they won't. Stay with me for today." She begged. Darien shook his head. "Serenity, I love you but I also love my freedom. Please let me go now." He said as he pried her arms off of him and began picking up his discarded clothing. Serenity instantly closed her eyes. Sure, she had seen him naked before, but she only saw the top half of him.
She blushed at her thoughts and images that were very quickly filling her mind again. When she decided to open her eyes again, she saw him fully dressed, with the exception of his mask and top hat. He grabbed his hat from off the floor and went to pick up his mask from her nightstand.
When his hand got to his mask, Serenity's hand covered his. He looked up to see her holding the bed sheet around her body. "Please come again tonight, my love." She said as she wrapped her arms around his torso and hugged him tightly. Darien smiled and hugged her back and pulled back to kiss her passionately. When he pulled away, he smiled once more and took his mask.
"I'll be sure to do that." He said as he leaned in for another quick kiss and tipped his hat to her as he opened her balcony doors and quickly jumped off the balcony and down to the awaiting Diablo in the bushes.
He quickly climbed up and raced Diablo towards the gates, where the guards were waiting for him.
"You heard Diamond, show no mercy towards the bandit, but keep him alive, just long enough for questioning and execution!" The captain said right before he charged his guards towards Tuxedo mask.
Tuxedo mask only smirked as he whispered something to Diablo. The stallion gave the guards a sly look as he galloped towards them. Right when the guards were in front of them, Diablo leaped over all of them and past the captain, knocking him down.
"Questioning and execution my ass!" Tuxedo mask called over his shoulder as Diablo raced into the forest. The guards and the captain heard his mocking laughter in the distance.
Back atop the balcony, Serenity silently thanked God that Darien escaped, again. She smiled as she walked back into the palace, just as happy and just as in love as ever.
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Hey, hope you enjoyed this chapter, but there's more to come. Please remember to review!
~mackenzie