Author's Notes: Yeah, okay, I know I said that I would update soon, and here I am updating two months later, but there were a lot of things going on that delayed me from putting out this chapter. The first was that I had two summer classes to deal with, where I had to do a lot of writing, so by the time I finished homework assignments I was tired of typing. Second, after summer classes ended I had to move my 90-year-old grandfather from his house into a nursing home. Believe me when I say that was quite complicated. Third, it took me forever to figure out how this chapter was going to play out and set up for the final showdown. And lastly, I started editing the previous thirteen chapters and let me tell you that took forever to do. Not to mention I also wasted a few dozen trees (this story printed out is 158 pages double spaced)! But I finally figured everything out (mostly), and I typed furiously knowing that you guys were waiting.

Big hugs and thanks to:

Inferi Master

TropicalRemix

Wonderwomanbatmanfan

moonxxprincessxx18

mangamania

soulsisterinaslan

CharmedSerenity3

SerentiyMoonGodness

mistressamy

Sere

stephumz

silvermermaidprincesskerry

JessMess

Jenbunny

llzusuki

unlockurdestiny

glory14

insomniac4life96

Isis2010

Mouse1010

SerenaDarienforeverJune30

lita dragoon

silverwoman

moon86

kt – I know the scouts and the generals haven't really contributed much, but that will start to change by the end of this chapter.

Your reviews mean the world to me, as always, and they always inspire me to move forward when I don't think I can. So, again, sorry for the delay, but please enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. This story is rated M for a reason. Unfortunately there is a limeish scene in this one, but I warn you your stomachs may not be able to handle it.

Hell Bent On Love

By: afallenblackrose

Chapter Fourteen:

Finding her Way Back

She giggled and he mentally winced. There were a lot of things he could tolerate with this woman, but her giggle wasn't one of them. In fact, the reason he didn't like it was because it reminded him of how evil she truly was. Yes, she was a good lay, but a cold twisted woman laid underneath. She would stop at nothing to get what she wanted.

That's why he tried to keep her an arm's length away at all times. Except for today. Today he was weak because of the upcoming Autumn Solstice Ball his family was throwing tomorrow night. But it wasn't his party that was causing him to feel this way. It was a certain blonde woman who had been haunting him of late. Ever since he saw her a few weeks ago.

Lady Serena Salvatore. He remembered her from when they were just kids and how gawky and awkward she had been. But after seeing her return from a three-year trip abroad he couldn't keep his mind off of her. She had definitely grown up in her time away. And he was going to pursue her and obtain her if it was the last thing that he did.

"Endymion," his current bed partner purred into his ear. "Why don't you come back to bed?" His skin began to crawl as she continued to throw herself on him. What had he been thinking giving into his weakness? Especially with Bethany Valney. Now he would be lucky if he could leave there alive and in one piece

"I have to go," he replied shaking her off of him.

"Well, at least I'll see you at the ball tomorrow, where we can make it official." She laid back on the bed her auburn hair spreading out behind her head. She looked satisfied and also pleased with herself.

"What are you talking about?" He asked.

"The announcement of our betrothal," Bethany replied staring at him as if he should have known the answer to that.

"Betrothal?" He repeated his brow furrowed. "You do understand what this was, don't you? It was a one night stand, nothing more."

Bethany chuckled as she brought herself up on her knees. She placed her fingers on his chest, lightly touching him. "Oh, love, your naïveté is quite charming," she placed a kiss where her fingers had been. But she didn't say another word. This frustrated Endymion and he roughly grabbed Bethany's hands.

"What is going on, Bethany?" He asked his anger growing.

"Your parents and mine have already arranged it years ago. After my eighteenth birthday, you and I are to marry." He let go as the words sunk in. Marry? Were his parents insane? He would never marry this woman. Even if the fires of hell were at his heals.

"I have to go," he said gruffly and turned around to leave this witch's room.

"I shall see you tonight then, love," she sweetly said as she got out of her bed to see him out. "I can't wait until the people of this town know of our engagement."

Endymion turned around, the anger that had withered away, returned tenfold. He threw her onto the bed and glared at her. "There will be no engagement," he hissed. "I am not sure what my parents were thinking agreeing to this arrangement. But I can tell you this, Lady Bethany, I will never marry you, so get this fantasy out of your mind. And leave me be, you wench." With that he turned on his heal and stalked of her room.

*End of Flashback*

Endymion woke up abruptly and tried to sit up. But something was holding him back. He tried again but to no avail. What was going on here? He looked above him surprised to find that he was tied to the bed. How in the world? He wondered. The last thing he remembered was coming into his room after finding out that Serenity was gone and just collapsing onto the bed. He must have fallen asleep. But that didn't explain how he had ended up tied to the bed.

"Ah, I see you have awakened," a sultry voice said from the doorway. He craned his neck and saw a most revolting sight. It was Beryl and she was dressed proactively. The usual skintight purple dress she wore was gone. In its place was one of the see through dresses that he had tried to convince Serenity to wear on her first night here. Did Beryl have something to do with this?

"Beryl," he said sternly. "What are you doing here? You should know better than to be in my rooms."

"And why is that?" She asked.

"Because of what you did to Serenity," he replied the memories coming back to him. Serenity had gone to see her before she had disappeared from hell. It was because of what she had told her that made her want to leave. It was all Beryl's fault.

"What I did to Serenity? I did nothing to her. She left on her own accord."

"On her own accord? I don't think so. You filled her head with lies and you helped her get back to the world of the living."

"Well, I did help her go back, but only because she asked me to. I didn't fill her head with lies, though, Endymion. I told the truth when she asked me certain things about the past."

"But what would you know about the past? You weren't there, Beryl! I think I would remember a witch such as yourself!"

"Didn't you, though?" She asked glancing at him from her place on the bed. "Didn't you dream something interesting just now? Something from your past?"

Endymion frowned. How did she know about the dream that he had just had about a lady named Bethany? A woman he had no recollection of until this moment.

"And how do you know about that, Beryl? Is it because you planted the memory into my head?" He asked, his voice accusing.

"No, because I saw the same memory. You weren't the only one taking a nap, you know."

He stopped and began to get lost in thought. So what Serenity had seen in her memory had been true. Beryl was there over five hundred years ago. Only she was Bethany back then. And they were supposed to be betrothed? Did Serenity know about that? Is that why she had run away?

"What exactly did you tell Serenity?"

"The truth. I told her about Bethany and who she was to you. Not soon after that Serenity asked to be sent back to the world of the living."

So that was why she had left because she cared that he had been 'engaged' before Serena and him had met. He needed to get her back and explain. He needed to go to her. He needed to…

Endymion pulled on the ropes that bound him to his bed. He needed to get out of these ropes. But why was he bound in the first place?

"Beryl, what's with the ropes?"

"The ropes? Well, you see, Endymion," she purred and hiked up the purple slip she was wearing. He watched all of this warily. She then proceeded to climb on top of him. "Bethany let you go too easily, but I won't." She traced her fingers along his chest. He was afraid of that. He tried to burn the ropes, but they wouldn't budge.

"You really think I'd make it that easy?" She laughed, which sent shivers of dread up his spine. "But I see that you're going to do this the hard way. Pity. I wanted you to actually be you when we did this."

"Me to actually be me?" He asked confused. She just laughed and then began to mutter something.

That was the last thing Endymion remembered. He stopped struggling, his eyes glazed over.

"That's better," Beryl whispered and flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Now, show me how much you love me, Endymion." She snapped her fingers and his bonds were released. He looked up at her in wonder and she smiled as she slipped off her purple slip. Bared in all her glory, she leaned down and captured his lips in a deep kiss. Feeling the heat become unbearable, she broke the kiss and lowered the center of her heat onto his at attention member. Beryl groaned at the contact and began riding him.

No, Endymion! Serena exclaimed as she watched the horrible sight. What had that witch done? He wouldn't allow this to happen to him. She had to stop it and bring him back. She tried to figure out what was wrong and just as she was getting close something stopped her.

Oh, Beryl thought in her head with disgust. It's you. Are you still here? It's sort of painful to watch, isn't it? Well, now you know how I felt five hundred years ago. But unlike you, I'm going to spare you the misery of seeing anymore. Goodbye, Serena. With a flip of her wrist, Serena was cast out of Endymion's mind and into utter darkness.

Beryl smiled as she quickened her pace and felt Endymion begin to touch her. He felt so right inside her. Just as he did before and now he was all hers. Nothing was going to come in between her and her devil. Absolutely nothing.

"You should care, Serenity, because just like then you are the only one who can save him now." I felt myself stiffen. The part of me that cared started screaming. While the part of me that didn't care told me to keep walking. This didn't concern me anymore. I washed my hands of it all when I decided to come up here. When I left Endymion and hell behind. So who was this guy to try and bring me back? He had no right. He –

He was Endymion's great-great-great grandfather and knew exactly how Serena Salvatore had died five hundred years ago. Despite my best efforts, I really wanted to know everything. How did Serena die, was it really this man who had killed her?

"Damn it," I muttered and turned back around. "What exactly are you talking about? How can I save him? In case you haven't figured it out, your great-great-great grandson and I did not part on the best of terms when I left."

"Yes, I am aware of how you left things," he replied. "And that was because you were told lies. But if you want to know the truth and have the patience, please follow me." He turned and started walking back into the fog. I just stood there watching him go.

"Serenity," Andrew hissed. "Why aren't you following him?"

"How do I know if he's telling the truth?" I countered. "I don't want to waste my time."

"Trust me, he's telling the truth. He used to be the Devil, he was there five hundred years ago when Endymion was chosen and became the Devil. Besides you have nothing to lose."

"How do you know all of this?"

"Remember when I said, I have some things to take care of before I can move on? This is it. I need to know that you're going to be okay."

"Andrew…" I trailed off. I knew we had been best friends, but to hear him say that really touched me. Forget best friend. He was like the older brother I never had.

"C'mon, Sere," he took my hand and started running after Endymion's relative. We finally caught up to him and by the time we did we had exited the cemetery and were back on the main street. A man was on the other side and glanced our way. He was about to keep walking when he froze. His eyes had landed on me.

Why was he stopping? It's not like I knew him. And holy crap! How was he able to see me? I was dead! I was a spirit/ghost or whatever. I looked at the guys surrounding me, a shocked expression on my face.

"What is going on?" I whispered. "How can he see us?"

"He can't," Sapphire replied. "He only thinks he sees you." A bus passed by at that moment and when it cleared the guy glanced again. He shook his head and continued on his way. Who was that guy anyway? I didn't know him, but the way he was staring it was like he knew me.

"Come," Sapphire drew me back to the present. We began walking in the same direction as that guy. "We must follow him as I tell you a story."

"Why him? It's not like I know him…" I trailed off and studied him from behind. Wait. He now looked familiar. But it couldn't be. I broke away from Sapphire and Andrew and ran up to the guy we were following. No. No, it definitely couldn't be him. But as I rounded him and stopped in front of him, my jaw hit the floor.

The black hair and blue eyes. It was Endymion but at the same time it wasn't. For one thing, I knew that Endymion wasn't here, he was back in hell. And the other was that I knew him. In fact, I used to work for him back when I was alive.

"Darien Shields," I whispered as he walked past me. He stopped as if he heard me and looked around. He shook his head and muttered, "You're losing it, Shields. She's not here anymore. She died." Before going on his way. I looked after him totally shocked. Was he talking about me?

I felt Andrew and Sapphire join me and I turned violently to Endymion's relative. He had some major explaining to do.

"Why does Darien look like Endymion?" I asked near hysterics. "I thought Endymion's blood line died with him five hundred years ago? And why can Darien hear and see me if I'm dead?"

"I was afraid of this," he muttered in response.

"Afraid of what?" I screamed at him. I had had it with all the secrets and hidden stories. I wanted answers and I wanted them now. "I know you're Endymion's great-great-great grandfather, but you better starting talking, old man."

"Very well. Do you remember, no, that's not quite right," he smiled apologetically. "Has Serena shown you her memory of the day Endymion proposed to her yet?"

"No," I shook my head. "I've only seen up to Endymion telling her that he loves her. That's when I saw Beryl."

"Hm, I see. Well, as you know I am Endymion's relative and was the Devil before he became one. Don't ask me why that is, because I am not aware of the reason or the story behind how our family was chosen to reign as the Devil. Anyway, I was watching my relative closely because I knew that he was to become the next ruler of the Underworld. I had seen him declare his love for Serena and then I overheard some terrible news. Lady Bethany was crying to her cousin about how she was supposed to marry Endymion and that she was going to be a disgrace to her family because she was with child.

"A few weeks later, I made myself known to Endymion. But I could not tell him who I was yet. As it happens, the first time I saw him he was on his way to propose to Serena. By the time I went to him again the whole town knew of the engagement. Including Bethany. She was forming a plot to kill her and take Endymion for herself.

"When I told my grandson that I was the Devil and he was next in line for the title, he didn't believe me. Thinking of the plot on Serena's life, I threatened her, hoping it would change his mind. Surely with him gone, Serena's life would be spared. But he cast me out, because he thought I was insane.

"On the day of his wedding, I went to go check on Serena only to find Bethany slipping out of her room a smile on her face. I rushed in and found Serena dead. But her spirit remained. I told her who I was and what Endymion was destined to become and she told me that I had to pretend to be her murderer. She knew that Endymion would not be with Bethany and would probably kill himself if he couldn't spend his life with Serena. If he had someone else to blame for her death he would go after him."

"But why didn't she want Bethany to be named the murderer?" I asked.

"Because she knew that Bethany was with child. She didn't want Endymion to kill a mother and his own baby."

"So you never killed Serena," I replied. "Endymion killed you for a crime you never committed."

"Yes, but it accomplished the task," Sapphire said. "With my murder, Endymion became the next Devil."

"So if Bethany was with Endymion's child, the blood line continued. Meaning that Darien Shields is…"

"A Rockwood, and Endymion's great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandson."

"Holy shit," I muttered and thought about this. Darien Shields was the doctor who I worked for what felt like a million years ago, but was actually only a few months ago. I always thought he was cute and had a slight crush on him. We would always flirt and he got close to asking me out a few times but some thing always interceded. Not that I had the time to date back then with all the shit on my plate. But it was a fantasy that almost came true.

So, then, that meant that rose that was on my tombstone was from him! And what he had said earlier, she's not here. That was about me. "Oh my God," I whispered. "I can't believe this."

"What?" Andrew asked.

"I almost dated Endymion's great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandson before I died," I muttered. "Wait a minute. If Endymion has more relatives than why is he still the Devil?"

"Because he has never met them," Sapphire replied. "He believes as you did, that his blood line ended with him. For there to be a new Devil his relative has to murder him."

"But why did we have to follow Darien? And why are Serena's memories in my head?"

"I was wondering when you were going to ask me that. But the reason that Serena's memories are in your head is because you are Serena's reincarnation, and you were fated to be Darien's soul mate. But then fate was thrown off course and you were killed. You were sent to hell and fate righted itself by mating you with Endymion. Beryl, who is Bethany's reincarnation, felt threatened by this and did everything she could to send you away. To make you doubt Endymion's love for you."

"Well, she succeeded," I sighed. "But how did she tell me lies? Bethany was engaged to Endymion and she was carrying his child."

"The lie that Beryl told you was about the Day of the Dead," Sapphire replied. "You can't go back once you leave. Another one of her schemes, I believe. To get you out of hell so she can have Endymion all to herself."

"Great," I muttered. "So how am I going to go back and stop her?"

"Well, do you really want to go back and stop her? You said it yourself. Endymion and you didn't leave things on good terms."

"You're right, we didn't," I admitted. "But I honestly believe that he wasn't really engaged to Bethany. And now that I'm gone who knows what sort of hell that witch is rising?"

"Spoken like a woman who truly loves my great-great-great grandson," Sapphire smiled.

I blushed at the realization. I did love Endymion and yes, I knew that some of it was fueled by Serena's feelings for him, but what was I to do? Whether I liked it or not, Serena and I were the same person. Only born in different lifetimes. Now that I realized and had accepted that, there was only one problem. Endymion. Did he love me? Or did he love me because I was Serena's reincarnation?

"You still think he loves you only for Serena, don't you?" Andrew asked me. I looked up at him startled. I had forgotten that he was there.

"You know me too well, Andrew," I smiled sadly at him. But that brought back a question that he hadn't answered from before. "How did you know about all of this?" I asked him.

He smiled, "I was wondering when you were going to realize that I hadn't answered your question."

"Well?"

"Well... when I died I was stuck in between this world and the next. I couldn't go to hell and I couldn't go to heaven. So I wandered. That's when I ran into Sapphire here and he told me what my best friend had been up to while she'd been dead. Which, by the way, is quite scandalous." He winked at me.

"But how do you know that Endymion really loves me for me?"

"Because with Sapphire's help, I was able to go down to hell and see you. I saw what happened between you and him and I also saw what happened between you and Beryl. But the most important thing I saw was Endymion's reaction to finding out you left."

"And how did he react?" I asked curious. This could make or break whether I wanted to try and go back or not. Yes, Endymion needed to be freed from Beryl's clutches, but if there was no hope for him and me, was there really a point to go back?

"He was devastated," Andrew replied. "He literally just shut down and into himself. He was so dejected by the thought of losing you forever. I had never seen anything like that. He cares for you, Serenity. You can't let him suffer any longer."

"Suffer? How have I made him suffer?" I asked. "He had all the opportunity in the world to tell me what he felt. But instead he let me stumble and guess wildly at what was going on. If anything he's made me suffer."

"But now you know the truth," Sapphire calmly said. "And if you want him to tell you how he truly feels you need to go back and save him. You're the only one who can."

"Again with that phrase. I'm the only one who can save him. Save him from what?"

"Have you forgotten what we discussed so quickly, Serenity? With your disappearance from hell, Endymion has shut down completely. Leaving him open and vulnerable to attack."

"From Beryl," I finished for him, feeling bile rise from my throat. Images of what the evil woman could do with him made my stomach churn. And if Andrew was right about him shutting down, Sapphire was also right. I was the only one who could bring him back. "Send me back. Send me back now. He has to know the truth. He has to know that I'm not lost forever."

Both men smiled at me and the blue-haired man nodded at me. "Very well, it is done." He strode forward, taking my hand into his and kissed me on the lips.

She was falling in the blackness with no end in sight. It was funny when she thought about it. When she had died over five hundred years ago, she had fallen in endless darkness too. But it didn't last long. Her spirit had quickly started haunting the world of the living.

Sapphire had told her everything and she had told him what to do to get what he wanted. After that it was a haze of haunting her loved ones and then following her reincarnation as the years passed. Then Serenity had been born into the world. Even in the first days, she could tell that this reincarnation was going to be different. Serenity reminded Serena a lot of herself. But when Serenity chose to become a hired assassin and then ultimately died, Serena knew that this reincarnation was bound to follow what her life was supposed to be.

Endymion and Serenity were going to meet and fall desperately in love. Serena followed her reincarnation and almost wept when her eyes landed on him for the first time in five hundred years. But then as things progressed between the two, she sensed another person's presence. One that she knew all to well.

The witch that had murdered her. Serena's anger increased and she wondered what this woman had in store for Serenity. She knew that Beryl wouldn't let the two of them be, and waited to see what the wench would do. When her plan finally became clear, Serena felt like kicking herself. Especially now, as she floated in the darkness and realized all was about to be lost.

She should have let Endymion go after Serenity. She should have told Endymion that Serenity was her reincarnation. But now it was too late. She was sentenced to this darkness forever thanks to Beryl, the witch.

Back in hell, the masters and mistresses were gathered. They hadn't seen their master since he had gone to his rooms. They were starting to worry that he would never come out of his room again. Not until Serenity returned.

If Serenity returned, was what the whole group was thinking. They didn't know what Beryl had said to her when she went down there for answers, but it obviously made her want to run.

"He was so happy, and she was so right for him," Lita muttered curled up against Nephrite's chest. "I finally thought he was going to get his happy ending. But then that bitch had to interfere and ruin everything."

"We should have overruled Endymion's ruling years ago," Kunzite whispered. "We knew something was wrong, but we needed a new head of the seventh circle. No one else was strong enough for the position."

A silence reigned, trying to find ways that they could have stopped all of this from happening.

"We can't blame ourselves," Amy, the levelheaded one, said. "If Beryl hadn't gotten in the way of what was going on with Endymion and Serenity, something would have split them up. She was unsure even without Beryl's help. We just have to hope that Serenity will see the light and come back."

A murmur of consent went through the group and they all stayed quiet. They were hoping that Endymion would come out of his rooms so that way they could see that he was all right, and they were hoping that Serenity would come back. They didn't know how much more chaos they could take in hell.

Little did they know that the fun was just beginning.

Author's Notes: Considering this chapter was three months late and the second to last chapter, you think it would be a little bit longer. And I was thinking of making it longer, but the scene I was going to add to this one will be at the beginning of the next one. Which I am sad to say is the last one. Yikes. So what do you think will happen? Will Serenity return in one piece? What will Beryl's reaction be? And what about Serena and Endymion? Will there ever be a resolution for them? Let me know in a review!