Where Do I Belong
Chapter 10 – The Meeting
Serena sat on her window sill with a big sigh. She hated rainy days! She and Molly had woken up to a dreary day of heavy rain. They had both groaned in displeasure and went back to sleep but one can only sleep for so long. By noon they were up and done eating their breakfast. With nothing else to do, they had sat in the living room where Serena and the Outers who had not returned to their hotel from the previous night's entertainment had given them a more in-depth summary of the life spent in the silver Millennium. The mentioned of Serena's death and redeath again during her battle against Beryl worried her parents and Molly greatly but after some time of persuasion, they had dropped the matter. Bored out of their mind, Molly had called Melvin just to hear his voice; she dared not ask him to come out to meet her in this rain. Serena had called Rei to cancel the meeting if the rain did not let up because there was no way she was going over to the temple in the rain. However she had agreed to hold the meeting if the other scouts managed to get to her house instead. With that settled, she and Molly returned to her room. They had read manga, watched TV and worried about Rini who was not waking up or would wake up for just a minute and go back to sleep. Such was the effect rainy days had on the children of the moon. Heavy rainfall gives the gravity of the earth an added weight, it was already had enough with normal earth gravity but with the added weight, it zapped the moon children of their strength and left them in a sour mood. Such was the case that Serena sat before the window sill cursing the rain to hell.
"I remember that during every time it would rain, you would hide, or be so lazy. I should have known." Molly said.
"The sound of thunder does scare me yes, but the worse of it is that the rain makes me so tired that the added Thunder frightens me." Serena sighed thinking of the many rainy days she had been called lazy over and over just because of the effect of the rain on her.
"Well don't sweat it. It will go away soon enough."
"I hope so." Serena said before holding her stomach and running to the bathroom. She threw up all she had eaten; her face crouched in pain and bitter resignation to her circumstance. Yup, Rainy days were most definitely Serena's hated days. Molly who had followed her to the restroom poured water over her feverish face, her own face flushed and molded into concern.
"If I didn't know better I would think you're pregnant."
"Glad you do know better then." Serena said sarcastically before shakily rising to her feet with Molly's help. Gingerly she was returned back to the bedroom and gently deposited onto the bed.
"Is there anything I can do?" Molly asked, feeling sorry for not knowing any way of helping her friend recover.
"You can stop the rain." Serena said hopefully, moaning with effort as she pulled herself up behind Rini and brought the little girl closer to her chest to provide warmth.
"Sorry but only Kami-sama can do that."
"Then pray he does." Molly taking Serena literally went and prayed for divine intervention. With breathing exercises, Serena's breathing gradually slowed down to soft blowing of air.
"Serena?" Molly said softly.
"Mmm?" answered the sleepy voice.
"Don't you think there is something different about Melvin?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean ever since the change, he's been acting weird. As in mature and gentle. He is not even gossiping anymore!" she said the last part with unbelievable surprise. She had always thought the day Melvin would stop gossiping would be the day God came but he had proven her wrong.
"Molly, that is the real Melvin." Serena said, struggling to raise her voice above a whisper.
"Huh?" Molly asked in confusion.
"The happy go lucky gossiping Melvin is just a mask. Because of his geeky ways and looks, he had feared being shunned by people and not having any friends so he adopted the personality that would allow him to get into people's business as a way of making connections and friends" Serena explained with a yawn.
"How do you know this?" For a minute Serena did not answer. She suspected that Melvin was more than meets the eye. Her suspicion had started from whence they had taken him to the arcade after his change in appearance. Serena had changed his looks and given him better eyes but she had not tampered with the sound of his voice. When he had said, "Molly wouldn't do that! She is a sweetheart!" The deepness in it had rung bells of familiarity in her ears. True Melvin had always been a nerd but there were times when his nerdy appearance would slip to reveal a mature adult, during such times she had put it off as her imagination playing tricks on her. But as she tried connecting the deep voice to those brief slips of maturity, she started to see how perfectly it fitted. But what bothered her most were his eyes. The glasses he had been using was indeed prescribed but without the glasses he saw sharper. She had not actually healed his eyes; she had merely broken a spell that was on it that made it hard for him to see. But when the seal was broken, there was a golden star shaped light or insignia in his eyes, such a thing also rung as familiar but she couldn't put her hand on it. If Melvin was more than he appeared, then was he an enemy in disguise or was he just like her before her memory returned, one of the lost souls of the Silver Millennium.
"It's the same way I was able to see the three ways you can look like." Serena finally answered, reminding Molly of her words when she had tried to cheer the red up about her looks.
"Oh I see."
"Do you not like the changes in him?" Serena asked.
"No it's not that. Melvin will always be Melvin to me. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't making up things. Changes or no changes, Melvin feels as warm as he's always felt." Molly answered honestly and Serena nodded before closing her eyes. A few minutes later she was lost in sleep but Molly went down stairs to heat up water to wipe her fevered head.
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"Get your act together. Don't you dare come near Serena if you don't know who you want."
Amara's words had been disturbing him all day. Waking up to a heavy rainfall was supposed to make him happy because of his love of rain, but Amara's fist the night before had left an aching red scar in his stomach. He addressed it with oil and pain reliever cream which had dulled the pain, but as easy as it was to dull a physical pain, emotional ones only had time as it medicine to heal. Amara was right, because of his hesitation during the kiss, he had hurt Serena. What was wrong with him? He was darn sure he loved Serena but somehow admitting it to her felt like a betrayal to the princess and he couldn't do it. It was almost as if leaving the princess would break her and his duty was to protect her, protection went on all levels…physical as well as emotional. He might not love the princess but when ever he thought or saw her sad face, it was like an arrow piercing through his heart. Did his duty to the princess held power over his feelings as a human being?
He had to make a choice, to stick with Serena and endure the heart breaking sight of the princess tears or to choose the princess and loose Serena forever. Some how he had confident that without him Serena was still strong on her own and would move on, but the princess was a different story. She was a jumble mess of emotions and insecurities. A lost little girl or a person in the wrong time. What was he to do?
Sighing he got up to pick up the insistent ringing of the phone.
"Shield's residence" he answered.
"Good evening Endy." Speak of the devil, Darien thought as Serenity's voice answered him.
"Good afternoon Serenity. What can I do for you?" he asked with no particular feeling. The silence before her answer was a painful one.
"We are going to meet at Serena's residence in an hour's time, please meet us there." She said finally.
"Can I take a rain check?" he asked hopefully, he wasn't sure he was ready to see Serena just yet.
"Are you sick?" the worry in her voice made him feel guilty for the lie he was about to deliver.
"I've got so much work to do for school tomorrow, I don't think I can finish it if I leave it now." He said.
"Oh I see" she said then coughed violently. At the back ground she could here the other girls worriedly asking if she was ok or getting worse.
"What's wrong Serenity?" Darien ask, this time his voice filled with genuine concern.
"Nothing, don't worry about me." she said between gasp.
"Serenity!" was the last he heard as the phone seemed to have been dropped down. He put the phone down and grabbed his car keys and a rain coat before running out his room into the elevator to the basement where his car was parked in one of the space used for the tenants of the apartment. He drove in the heavy storm to the temple though by the time he arrived forty minute had passed. Taking out his emergency umbrella, he stepped out his car and run up the stairs to the door and knocked with a bang. Minutes later he heard approaching footsteps before the door slid open to reveal Rei's worried face.
"Darien!" she gasped, obviously she hadn't expected him.
"Is Serenity ok?" he asked
"Yeah, come in." inside, Rei took his coat to hang up on the coat rag and they walked to her bedroom to find a sleeping fevered Serenity.
"What happened?"
"Children born on the moon cannot stay on earth very long without some sort of a life line. However on rainy days, the gravity on earth increases which wears them down greatly." Amy explained.
"What do you mean a life line?" Darien asked as he began toweling the princess's face with hot water.
"For her to live on earth, she needs someone born here and with great power to help her live here. Even in the silver millennium, the longest a moonling could stay on earth was a month. Serenity has been with us for over a month and without a life line, or you are supposed to be the life line but you are so infatuated with Serena to care for her!" Rei snapped at him. So it was his fault, if she were to die it would be on his consciousness. All his life he had wanted someone who would love him and be devoted to him, but when the girl came, he had shunned her for another girl whom not so long ago had been his enemy. Was it bad to love Serenity? Serenity needed him unlike Serena. Would he be making a mistake if he chose the princess? looking at her frantic breathing, her pale and flushed skin, he knew he couldn't leave her as she was. She needed him, he was her prince from years ago and he would protect her as he had promised! With this decision firmly made, he focused on trying to heal her though he worried that he had no idea how to be her life line.
"So how do I become her life line?"
"The process is easy though if this was in the past there would be too much ceremonious particulars involve. All you've got to do is kiss her and seal the vow by your name and status of Authority to her name and Status of Authority." Amy explained.
"Oh I see." He said before bending over to kiss the princess gently. The kiss was a chaste kiss, her lips cold unlike Serena's warm once. But her supposed Serena had not been sick as the princess was.
"By my name and power as Prince Endymon, heir to the throne of earth, I seal the vow of protection to Princess Serenity, heir to the throne of the silver moon that she may live under special circumstances on earth to which my life, energy and power would be a become of life to her until my days are over." As soon as the words lifted out of his mouth, he felt a heaven burden in his heart, as if he had made big mistake. He shook his head to clear it when he saw her began to glow with a golden aura. Minutes later her lids lifted to reveal the vibrant eyes of a healthy person.
"Huh? What happened?" Serenity asked as she sat up. Outside she could hear the rain but for some reason it was dulled in her ears. "How did I suddenly get better?" She asked as she stared at him.
"The oath of binding ones self to be a life line to another was completed for you. From now on I will be your reliable lifeline." Darien said.
"Oh!" she said and a huge grin spread on her face. She clasped her hands in delight and almost jumped on Darien but then something dawned on her.
"How did you address me in the seal?" she asked.
"A princess Serenity, heir to the moon." Darien answered as if it was obvious.
"No…" she said before sitting up straighter and burying her face in her hands.
"No!" she cried as the rest watched on in perplexed concern.
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At the same time Darien was chanting his vows, Serena's body burned with fierce and excruciating pain as burning flesh. She turned and twisted, her face streaming with sweat and eyes leaking with tears. She cried out, causing the panicking Molly to scream too like one baby's loud cry tends to evoke another's. Amidst the crying the Outers and the Tsukino family rushed into the room, seeing flashes of light burning around Serena like a furnace.
"What's going on?!" Mr. Tsukino yelled in panic. Serena look of torture was driving him up the walls. Rini who had woken up in the commotion began to cry, she was shifting in and out of focus.
"It must have something to do with our prince." Trista said yet she could not figure out what was happening. She bent to place her hand on Serena but the burning light flared in terrified response, stretching to devour her hand. Trista pulled back at the last minute.
"It seems there is nothing we can do for her." Michelle said with tears streaming down her face.
"We can't but she can!" Trista announced.
"She who?" Mrs. Tsukino asked hopefully but the Outers just nodded at themselves.
"I will be back shortly." Trista said, turning around only to come face to face with a bluish- purplish dressed sailor soldier.
"Saturn!" Trista screamed in surprise.
"Move aside." Saturn said. She was a short girl, just an inch shorter than Serena with shoulder length black hair and purple highlights. She walked up to Serena. At first nothing happened, she just stood there studying Serena but when Serena let out another gut curdling scream, she snapped out of her observation mode and knelt down by the bed. Like Trista had done before, she stretched her hands toward Serena's body but when the fire leaped up this time; it quickly retreated, fearing her touch. Gently she place one hand on Serena's forehead and the other on her heart where Serena's transforming compact rested.
"Silence Healing Rejuvenate" she whispered softly and purplish black light leapt from her hands, clawing at the offending light around Serena. Her power outlined Serena's body before it began smothering the burning fire around Serena. Both fires fought viciously for dominance, rising up and falling. After an eternity of struggling, Saturn's light over powered the burning light, quenching it under its firm grip. Finally Serena's screaming subsided into heavy panting then to a soundless slumber. They all let out the breaths they weren't aware they were holding. Saturn sat by the bed, taking Serena's hand and healing her from the inside. The others watched her in amazement though Trista looked confused.
"Why are you here? I mean how is it that you are here?" she asked the smaller girl.
"It seems the prince has sworn allegiance to the false princess." she answered.
"You're kidding me right?!" Amara thundered. She was pissed. Her advice to Darien was not meant for him to run into that fake Serenity's arms but to make his feelings for Serena firm!
"For the time being, I shall be in close contact with the princess to prevent anymore mishaps. They will be here in an hour's time. Due to Serena's wish to remain hidden to give the Inners a second chance, you are all to act as if that Serenity is the real one do you hear me?" Saturn asked with deadly seriousness.
"No freaking way!" Amara disagreed, punching her fist into her hand as she clenched her teeth in fury.
"You will do as I say Soldier of the wind or risk arousing my displeasure." Saturn threatened. Amara would have never had agreed if she hadn't experience first hand what Saturn's displeasure was like.
"We will do as you ask Saturn." Michelle answered for them.
"Very, I am taxed out. I must rest. Awaken me and the princess when they arrive." She said before climbing into the bed beside Serena and pulling the covers over the both of them. She was lost in sleep the minute her transformation unraveled to reveal the normal and venerable girl.
The others removed themselves from the room and Trista picked up Rini.
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Serena's eyes opened when she head the door of her bed room close behind her. Tears fell from her eyes. Darien had chosen Serenity over her. It hurt more than she ever thought was possible
"Now I really can't tell him" she whispered to herself.
"Don't worry." Saturn said and Serena looked up into dark violet eyes.
"But he made his choice." Serena cried.
"It is not over yet. Things will get better. You were reborn to find a second chance at life with your prince, the future may look grim to you right now but believe in a better tomorrow and things can change." Saturn told her gently.
"Thank you Saturn."
"My civilian name is Hotaru, Hotaru Tomoe." She said and Serena nodded.
"Hotaru, a pretty name." she whispered and closed her eyes for sleep.
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"You said something about Serena's pain having to do with some prince…are you talking about that Endymion fella?" Serena's dad asked and the three scouts nodded.
"Who is he in this time?" Mrs. Tsukino asked but the Outers just looked down.
"You can't tell us?" Mr. Tsukino asked.
"Well it's just that as things are right now, it is better left unsaid." Michelle said though Amara wanted to tell Serena's dad that it was Darien just so to have an ally in keeping Darien miles away from Serena. Sammy and Molly though knew but judging from the Outers reluctance to say anything, they kept quiet too. The found various places in the living room to sit, all disheartened by the event. Molly was badly shaken by what had happened. And what had Saturn meant about Darien choosing Serenity? He couldn't have! He just kissed Serena the night before. Molly sighed; she was scared, tired and lonely. That said she picked up the phone and left the living room to talk.
"Hello?" her mother's voice answered.
"Hi mama." Her voice was shaky and small and the tears build in her eyes once more.
"Oh Molly, what's wrong? What happened sweetie." The concern in her voice spilled the tears down the red hair's cheeks. She was shaking.
"Mama I'm so useless!" she cried, leaning against the wall for support but she couldn't even hold that position and her body slumped to the floor.
"What happened Molly?" Mrs. Baker asked again.
"Serena…she …she…" she choked back her tears, her lips trembling.
"What happened to Serena? Come on Molly, please tell me." the same concern she had used for her daughter was so directed to Serena.
"We were sleeping and she started screaming and turning. She was burning mama, there was this white fire around her and tears fell from her eyes. She was so in pain Mama, so in pain but…but there was nothing I could do! What good am I? How can I just sit and watch her suffer? When it counted I could do nothing…I'm…useless…" She cried, her eyes streaming with heart aching tears.
"Oh sweetie, you're not useless. Tell me, when she was in pain who helped her out?" her mother asked.
"No one could do anything! Another sailor scout showed up, she was the one able to help Serena."
"You see? If the other three scouts couldn't do anything then what could you? I mean this is not something that could be done by loving the person because I believe you love Serena more than anyone else, magic was needed and you don't have that and even those who did were powerless to stop it. You can only do the best in your ability Molly, and you may yet have to play your part in Serena's life but if you keep putting yourself down at everything you can't do, you won't be ready to do what you can do when the time comes. So dry your tears and hope that Serena get's better and that you have the strength to help her when she needs it, ok?" her mother comforted and the tears lightly seized.
"Thanks mama."
"Now, go see if you can help Irene with something."
"Yes mama."
"I will be there in about an hour." She said
"Ok, see ya then." Molly sighed.
"Molly?" Irene's voice startled the poor girl. She turned around and seeing the older woman's open arms, she run into them and hugged her tight as she would her own mother.
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The first to arrive at the Tsukino house was Melvin and Martha, Molly's mother. She had called Melvin to tell him to go see Molly because of the incident and without delay he had left for the Tsukino residence. Thirty minutes after his arrival was followed by her. Molly replayed the event earlier with Serena and the two absorbed it in worried silence. Of course Melvin knew that Darien was the prince and though her wanted to lash out and curse his name, Molly's penetrating gaze had warned her to not. They sat thinking of ways to cheer Serena up when she woke up of course the Outers also explained to the family Serena's weakness against the rain but they did not mention the fact that her days were numbered. The reason Serena lived on earth unhindered had always been because of the opposite crystal known to many as the golden crystal of earth. Its power protected Serena knowing her to be its bearer's soul mate. But now that Darien's allegiance was sworn to another, the crystal power had left Serena. It didn't matter that Darien had used the name of the moon princess to swear his oath; his intention had been the fake princess.
The knowledge that during anytime Serena would disappear was a pain none was ready to accept, especially Rini who had remained silent after leaving the room. The poor girl sat watching the rain outside with hooded painful eyes. A slight touch would startle her, the lightest noise would make her jump and the heavy atmosphere wore on her nerves. To know that her father had chosen another over her mother was a betrayal she felt akin to herself being betrayed. The idea that without her parents together she wouldn't be born didn't even occur to her, her whole being was immersed in worried tension for the past mother she had met not so long ago but had come to love as her own gentle mother from the future.
Seeing the little girl in so much pain, Michelle could only sigh in pain because she knew with Serena's disappearance, she would loose two princesses she had come to love so much.
As the hour wore on, the ringing of the doorbell startled them all. Amara stood up hurriedly, wanting to open the door and throttle Darien before anyone could stop her but Michelle read her thought and pulled her back.
"Remember, we are to act like the fake princess is the real one!" She hissed at her partner and Amara gritted her teeth.
"I will go wake Serena and Saturn." She turned, hoping by her return she would have better control on her emotions. Molly took the initiative and answered the door to find 6 faces staring back at her with surprise and confusion. If their meeting was to be private, what was Molly doing at Serena's house? As for Amy, Molly's presence unnerved her more than she wanted it to. Serena had said Molly was her best friend after all. But haven learned from Darien that Serena's family had hosted a party the night before and they had not been invited, she had felt a betrayal that had no basis. The event of the party had not just disturbed her, they were all in some ways unnerved but none was willing to admit it. A deeper sense in them told them that admitting their unhappiness in learning of Serena's party that they had been uninvited would cause them to admit more than they wanted to, so they had taken the other alternative, pretending not to care.
"Come in." Molly invited with no particular feeling, her gaze though bored a hole in Darien until he filched from the contact and she sighed and walked back inside. She did not bother to take their coats; they knew where the coat closet was. Lita took Serenity's coat and hanged it up on the coat rack before hanging her own as the others did theirs. They walked to the living room where the Tsukinos sat with Melvin and Martha. Rini looked up for a second, directing her gaze at Darien but when Darien caught her eyes, she turned away in disgust. He also noticed that Michelle and Trista weren't giving him the friendly gaze exactly. Actually Michelle looked at him with sadness and pity but Trista's gaze was challenging. From their reaction he was afraid to see Amara's!
"Please take a seat, Serena will be here soon." Michelle said and they lined up on the long chair. All five girls were able to fit but Darien had to sit on a lone chair. The silence in the air was thick, so very thick that it could be cut with a butter knife. The new comers knew not what to say and the original occupants of the room had no wish to ease the tension in the room. Serenity sighed and roused up.
"Princess of the waters and time, it is good to see you again." She greeted the Outers with a slight bow. The Inners gaped at her address, half in her public announcement of what the Outers were and half in realizing these women were the ones they met at their battle the day before. Trista, always the one with a mask on, did not falter to put a mask of shock on but Michelle's incredulity also helped her in the part of devoted scouts they were suppose to play.
"Princess! I was unsure if you remembered us or not, that is why we refrained from any contact!" Trista said, moving forward to kneel before the fake princess.
"Of course I could never forget you my dears." Serenity said sweetly, her eyes shaking in wonder.
"Forgive us then your highness." Michelle added, also going on one knee before her. For a minute no one said a thing, Amara's clearing of her throat brought everyone's attention to her.
"My guardian and princess of the wind, how I've missed you." Serenity said as she rushed to Amara and hugged her. The inners gasped in shock, they had mistaken her for a guy and now they realized their haste judgment in that area. As for Amara, it took all of her will and self control to put her hands around the younger girl and hug her back instead of just ripping her away and throwing her against the wall hoping for some broken bones. But Amara had been a child star, acting was in her genes.
"We've missed you too princess. I am regretful for not speaking to you at the crown arcade, I was unsure if you recognized me." She said gently while as she went on her knees. She was boiling with tremendous rage within. She just wanted to squeeze the life out of the useless girl in her arms but she remembered Saturn's threat and went along with her acting.
"No more, I am happy to hear of you." Serenity said and they all smiled at each other though Amara's smile was gentle because she was thinking of the day the fake princess jig would be up and she could have the freedom to extract her payment for all the acting she was doing. Actors were paid too for their work!
Then the movement of walking feet brought their attention to the stairs where Serena and Hotaru were descending. Serena looked tired and worn out but her gaze was sharp. She looked at all of them one by one except Darien whom she let her eyes pass by without a glance. Hotaru walked ahead of her before the princess and bowed her head in greeting.
"Greetings Moon's heir. I am Hotaru Tomoe, Serena's guardian and scout of Saturn." She introduced herself before the princess. Serenity returned the bow.
"Greetings princess of Silence. But guardian of Serena?" Serenity asked in confusion. The younger girl did not answer; merely walk after Serena who had headed to where Rini was sitting. Haven heard Hotaru's voice; Rini had turned around and run to Serena. Serena sat in Rini's evacuated place with Rini on her lap. Hotaru Sat across from Serena, her eyes a firm reminder that Serena was not alone. Amara bristled with wrath, how dare Hotaru for she had tricked her. Hotaru's introduction as Serena's guardian gave her the right to defy the princess's orders if it would not benefit Serena, but because they had gone on their knees to the princess…it meant they were her guardians as they were in the past. You did not bow to one you do not serve.
"Please have a seat and lets finish this meeting as soon as possible." Hotaru said and the princess nodded, returning back to her seat at the center of the Inners. The Outers sat wherever they were most comfortable, waiting for the meeting to begin.
"Um…this is kind of important that only we discuss so if you could…" Mina began.
"It's fine. They know about it all." Serena cut in.
"They know?" Lita asked, uncomprehending what Serena was saying.
"They know that I am sailor moon and you guys are the Inners. They know about the Outers and about the silver millennium…did I leave something out?" She asked sarcastically.
"How did they find out?" Amy asked.
"I told them, Molly and Melvin though had seen me detransformed even before I broke the subject to them."
"Oh great!" Rei yelled sarcastically, throwing her hands up in the air. So much for Secret identity!
"If I could not trust them then I would not have informed them but knowing that I can, I have." Serena answered and to this they inners had no reply, at least a reply that wouldn't sit well with the Tsukinos, Molly, Melvin or Mrs. Baker.
"Who gave you permission to tell them though?" Mina asked with tight anger.
"Since when did I take orders from you?" Serena asked Mina calmly.
"You should have at least talked to us and the princess first!" Rei yelled in anger.
"I take no orders from her, nor am I under her jurisdiction. However, as I am the leader of the scouts it is my right to make decisions without consulting you!" Serena shot back, forcing them to unhappily back down from the argument they could see they weren't about win.
"We made you the leader, and seeing as you have broken our trust we have every right to choose a different leader." Luna said, appearing at the open window with Artimes.
"Go ahead and take the title from me. I swear to you that you will have no help from me ever as sailor moon or from my guardian Sailor Saturn!" Sere threatened, a threat all could tell she was dying to put into effect.
"Let's not go that far. But Serena you really should have spoken to us." Artemis said trying to be level headed.
"Talk to you? Please! When have any of you ever listened to me? You take me as a joke and never pay attention to anything I say. And ever since your precious princess showed up its like I've suddenly become the enemy. I left my family and friends to be one of you; the least you could do is not exclude me from your cycle when the princess we all sought showed up. But you did and back into my family and friends arms they accepted me. So forgive me for saying I will continue to make decisions that you will not be informed off." Serena said smoothly, though they could all hear a bitterness in its honey coated dept.
"My apologies, Serena. I had not meant for this to be the outcome of my arrival." Serenity said with bowed head.
"My only qualms with you princess, is that you allowed such a breach to come between all of us like this because you have no recollection of a Sailor Moon in the past. You are clearly not the all loving princess I've heard so much about. I guess the saying is true, there is no real fairy tale in reality!" Serena said, shocking the inners while behind their mask of shock the outers were bursting with proud laughter! They were rooting Serena on in their head.
"But I do agree with Serena princess, your conduct as well as the inners has not been favorable. Serena have worked longer and harder than any of the inners in seeking you, the least you could have done is recognize her efforts and trust her as she had left her all behind for your sake. Put yourself in her shoes and see how you would feel if the role was reversed." Trista said boldly and the princess looked down in shame.
"My problem lies with Luna and Artemis, but Luna most of all. You were the one to awaken Serena as sailor moon, making her leave her safe life behind. But when the princess showed up you are suddenly not caring a wits for her, what is your problem? I don't remember the queen choosing such a cold hearted woman for an adviser!" Hotaru added, causing Luna to color in shame. After that there was no more talk for some minutes, each thinking carefully on the words of the Outers.
"You are right in all your words. I will take action in making sure the mistake can be rightened." The princess conceded.
"Don't worry about it. I have no intention of coming under your power, at least not anytime soon. As for the matters of the meeting, let's get it on. The Outers and I plan to take the battle to Beryl by the end of this week. We cannot afford to drag this battle on. We are also facing two more enemies aside from Beryl, so let's eliminate as much as we can." Serena said matter of factly.
"What other enemies?" Amy asked.
"Remember when I took of that day at the other battle? Yes, I had sensed the presence of a different monster and from that battle I had discerned that there is another enemy working behind the scene. I don't know much about this new one but their monsters are stronger than Beryl's. The second enemy is one from the future but that will be explained in time. Right now what we need to do is focus on getting stronger and taking Beryl on in her own court. Any questions?"
"Yeah, how are we supposed to get stronger again?" Lita asked.
"Simple, as of tomorrow at 5 am, we will meet here infront of my eyes and each individual Outer will train individual Inner. Amara will train Lita, Michelle will handle Amy, Trista will be in charge of Mina and Hotaru will Rei. Then the next day partners will be switched." Serena explained.
"What about Darien?" Lita asked finally.
"I will train personally Darien for reasons I will not explain to you but by the end of my training he won't fear death. That is all I have to say. Good night." Serena said abruptly, rising from the bed and walking up the stairs to her room with Rini on her hips and Saturn behind her. Her sudden dismissal of the meeting was unnerving to the others but throughout the whole meeting Darien found himself unable to look at her without feeling guilty. Worse of all she seemed a bit cold, distanced.
"Wait what the heck!!? Did she say five in the morning?!" was the last thing she heard Mina ask in panic before she closed her door to silence of her bedroom.
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