***Hello all! I have waited for this special day to publish this (believe me) long awaited new chapter of my story! And why is it awaited, you ask? Just read and find out! (Tip: I have finally changed the rating ;-) ;-) ). I also want to take the chance to thank you all for reading my story, both those of you who have faithfully followed me from the start already a year and a half ago, and those who make my day by saying you have just come across the story and read the whole big lot of it in a day or two! Thanks so much to you all, really! And the most important... why is it that I say today is a special day? Because it´s Usagi´s birthday, of course! ^_^ Tanjoubi omedetou, Usagi-chan! This chapter is for you!***
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CHAPTER 44 - CONJUNCTION
Alternate dimension
"This is… impossible!" exclaimed Venus suddenly while covering her mouth with surprise, being the first one to find her voice after the shocking discovery they had just made.
"What… what´s the meaning of this…?" asked Tuxedo Mask, interrogatively moving his eyes again and again from Pluto to the identical phantasmagorical lady at their feet.
"Oi… since when does your friend have a weird-looking twin sister…?" Yaten asked Venus in a whisper, as puzzled as the rest of them.
"She does not have one!" said Venus "… does she?" she was not sure of anything anymore. This was too shocking to be reasonable. She leaned forward slightly and looked at the Time senshi "… do you, Pluto?" she repeated, but this time addressing the question directly at her.
Pluto was in shock.
She had been silent and observant all the time since they had found the garnet light-bodied lady, because she felt something peculiar about her, although she was not sure what it was. But when she had uncovered her face, revealing that it looked exactly like her own, the impact of the discovery had been so strong that it had left her absolutely speechless and motionless.
"Hey… Pluto?..." repeated Venus worriedly "Are you… are you feeling fine…?"
Before the green-haired senshi had time to answer or react in any way, a faint voice, the softest and strangest they had ever heard, attracted their attention.
"…Myself…"
All their faces turned instantly towards the transparent lady, eyes open wide.
"Wha… what did she just say…?" asked Yaten, grabbing Venus strongly from the shoulders. He would have never admitted it, but he was starting to feel uneasy, not to say scared, about this apparition before them that carried so many mysteries.
"…Myself…!" repeated the lady, slightly louder this time with that voice that sounded like coming from far away, like sounding from a radio or a microphone. Her garnet glowing eyes were fixed on Pluto´s.
Pluto swallowed hard and took a hold of herself.
"Who… are you?" she suddenly asked with faltering voice.
The rest of them fell as silent as death. They were so eager to hear that answer as in their entire lives…
They all saw with some mistrust how the see-through garnet lady slowly stood up, her body still visibly weak and trembling while she did so. Her hair, completely loose and long down to her knees, swung gracefully with the movements of her ethereal body. It was so thin and delicate that it seemed to float around her.
Once she was standing a step away from them, she faced Pluto directly and spoke.
"I thought I will never be able to see you again, Myself… I had lost hope of ever returning to you, of ever being free again… But you saved me. You came for me and rescued me from Evil. Now we are finally back together, Myself"
Pluto could not move her eyes from her, but did not understand a thing of what she was saying. She spoke to her with such familiarity that it looked like they had known each other for all their lives, but… Pluto did not recognize her.
"Why does she keep calling Pluto Myself?" whispered Yaten into Venus' ear, sending a sweet shiver through her body. Even in a situation like this, every tiny contact with him made her desire grow instantly.
"N…no idea…" she whispered back, just barely moving her lips, so close to his face.
"How weirder can this get?" he said, rolling his eyes
"Excuse my rudeness but… Do I know you from before?" asked Pluto sincerely with all the calm and politeness she could manage.
The lady was then seen smiling softly.
"Of course… you do not remember me…" she said, like she had suddenly realized an obvious fact "I am you, Myself" she announced casually
"EEEHHH?!" exclaimed suddenly Venus, unable to hold herself back
"Venus!" scolded Yaten the second after "Don´t interrupt!"
"….ssssorry…." she mused shyly, blushing.
They all turned their faces at the mysterious lady again, anxious to hear an explanation.
"Me?" started Pluto, confused "I do not understand… How can you be me?"
"You are still not fully aware of how unique and tremendously powerful you are, or even about who exactly you are, are you?" said the lady as an answer "You are not like the rest of senshi, and not like an ordinary human at all. You are destined to much more, Myself. You are the Princess of Time"
Pluto couldn´t help blushing. She was not used to receiving so much attention and compliments.
"I… I know I have different duties as the rest of my friends, and the responsibility to protect the Time-Space continuous by guarding its Gate, but…" started Pluto
"And you also have your duties as a senshi, as a guardian of the Solar System and of its Princess, who will soon become the most powerful senshi in the Universe as its Imperial Queen…"
"Yes but…" she was about to say, but was again interrupted by her talkative transparent mirror image.
"Aren´t those tasks too many for a single normal senshi? Haven´t you ever become aware that if you perform one you are neglecting the other?"
"Well… yes, but I thought…"
"All your duties are equally important, and need of your unique power. The Gate needs you, but the senshi and your Princess need you as well" said the lady, reading Pluto´s mind "That is why you are not a normal senshi, Myself. You never were. You are a senshi made of two, you and me. We are an astral conjunction"
Pluto became silent with shock.
"This is incredible…" murmured Tuxedo Mask beside her.
The garnet lady extended her arm forward and grabbed astounded Pluto´s hand in hers. Then, she smirked satisfied.
Pluto could feel… she could feel something like she had never felt before. Like as the sole contact with that ethereal hand washed her permanent loneliness away. She could feel the pieces fitting, she was feeling complete for the first time.
"Together, we form a perfect system. We are made to be together, working as one, like a perfect clockwork. We always have been."
"Me… and you… are one…" repeated Pluto like an echo
"That´s right, Myself. My name is Charon, and I am a part of you" answered the lady with satisfaction and pride.
"Charon…" she said, only to hear again the sound of it. Somehow, it made her mind ring with a faint distant echo.
"Yes, Myself… And we are finally back together. As it should always have been"
"But… if you are part of me, why…?"
"Because of the greatest Evil" answered Charon, again before Pluto finished her question. It really looked like they were one same being, her minds so synchronized.
"The… the greatest Evil?" intervened Yaten "You mean… Apocalypse?"
Charon moved her face at him when he spoke, sending discomfort shudders through his pale skin. She looked spooky all right.
Before answering, Charon went back to looking at Pluto, as if in her particular world only she existed.
"Yes, Apocalypse attacked our Kingdom when we were just a little child, Myself" she continued "He had always coveted our Royal Family´s powers over Time, which he badly wanted for himself. When we were born, he thought his chance had finally arrived, thinking that our youth will make us more vulnerable. He was determined to kidnap you from our father the God of Time in order to control us and therefore possess your powers over Time…"
"Sounds familiar?" whispered Venus to Yaten
"Yeah… He´s one stubborn guy… so many years later and he is still fixed to that same idea of kidnapping and controlling her…" he commented.
Meanwhile, Charon continued with her story.
"The battle was harsh, and many fell defending the Time Kingdom. Our father Chronos fought against Evil as well, but Apocalypse… he managed to trap him and so he bravely decided to kill himself in order for Evil not to obtain his powers over Time. But when Chronos died, Apocalypse had nothing left standing in his way and went for you. Nevertheless he did not know the existence of me. In fact, no one did. Not him nor your father nor anyone else. At that time I still lived inside you, as the part of you I am. So taking him by surprise, I protected you, Myself. As I always have. When he attacked, I came out of you to defend you. So the greatest Evil kidnapped me instead, and has since controlled me and used my powers at his will. The powers of Death."
Suddenly, Pluto understood everything. Her eyes opened wide with shock.
"Wait… you have always protected me… you said? And you control… the powers of the Dead?" asked Pluto "You… you are my Talisman!"
Charon smiled gladly.
"Yes, Myself. Even though I was being held captive, my powers have always been linked to your Garnet Orb. That is how you are able to channel and use my powers of Death. And that is also how I managed to keep caring for you all this years even though I could not be by your side"
"Charon…" said Pluto, her eyes turning watery with emotions. She knew she had always had her Talisman acting as her guardian angel, but she had never thought that it had a voice of its own, that it was a living being, and was a part of her. That was why she had always felt that dark loneliness invading her, that sensation of hollow in her soul. She was missing a part of her. A vital part of her that had been kidnapped by that evil enemy all these years…
She closed her hand tighter over Charon´s to her visible satisfaction.
"And Apocalypse used you..." continued Pluto, eager to know
"Yes, he made me into his deadly armor. A powerful impassable shield that allowed him to do as he wished with the certainty of receiving no damage in return" she said "But now you rescued me… I am so pleased to be able to be together with you again…"
"It was thanks to my friends… the other Solar System guardians and the Star senshi…" said Pluto, looking at them "They saved both me and you" she added with a smile.
Charon moved her mysterious eyes towards them, staring at each of them one by one for several seconds that seemed hours, making them really nervous.
"Thank you all. I could never be grateful enough for saving Myself and me…"
Tuxedo Mask smirked gladly while Venus smiled nervously with reddened cheeks. Even Yaten was seen blushing and looking down uncomfortable.
"Don´t mention it… Pluto is our friend and we love her. We do everything for those we love" concluded Venus, worthy of her position as the leader of the Inners.
"I am happy to know Myself has such good friends that have taken care of her when I couldn´t" added Charon honestly.
Pluto was beaming broadly, as she had never done before. For the first time in her entire life, her eternally sad melancholic eyes were smiling as well.
"Err… I… I hate to interrupt this fantastic reunion, but…" started Yaten "We need to get out of here as soon as possible. We´ve vanquished that cloud thingy, but we don´t know if there are more enemies, or if Apocalypse himself will be attacking, and… we are in no condition to fight"
"Oh yes! And we need to return with the girls! They might be in danger!" added Venus, who had almost forgotten about everything around her with the incredible situation happening.
"Of course… our friends need us…" started saying Pluto when suddenly…
"VENUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!"
A loud scream was heard behind them, making them all turn around instantly. They saw four figures running towards them.
Venus had recognized the voice calling her.
"JUPITER!" she exclaimed with relief and happiness while the distant group reached them.
"Oh thank God you are fine!" she added when she had her good friend before her "I was so worried to let you leave by yourself…"
"I can say the same" answered Jupiter with a smile "So you managed just fine by yourselves, I see? You are really great!"
"Well, yeah… more or less" said Venus, flushing while nervously scratching her head "What about Neptune and Uranus?"
"They will recover…" answered Jupiter
"That´s good…" said Venus with a faint smile
Maker, Mercury and Galaxia arrived several seconds later, exhausted of trying to run at Jupiter´s pace.
"Oh, this is fantastic… you managed to save Pluto…" commented Galaxia as soon as she arrived, sighing with relief. That had been her most terrible concern up to now. Control over Time meant control over the battle. She couldn´t allow that.
"Yes… thank you all" said Pluto softly with a timid smile.
"Good to see you are all safe" said only Maker "Yaten what…?! What are you doing in your human form?!" she said when she noticed it
"Ahhh… long story… Later" he said, moving his hand with tiredness
"Tu… Tuxedo Mask…?" said Mercury, puzzled by seeing him
"Yeahh… ChibiUsa sent him to help" explained Venus with resignation, making the Earth prince sweatdrop at her disdain.
"Again, acting exactly like her father and doing whatever she wants all the time" commented Yaten
"Oh I see…" said Mercury. Then, she turned towards the newcomer "Thank you, Tuxedo Mask" she added with a slight bow. She was always polite, no matter what.
"You know I am always glad to help you girls…" he said
"Yeah yeah… some of us more than others, I´d say…" pointed out Venus suddenly with a mumble.
Mercury rose an eyebrow at her comment, while Tuxedo Mask was seen turning as pale as a ghost.
"What do you mean with…?" started to ask Mercury, but Venus interrupted her suddenly.
"Wait a minute… where… where´s Sailor Moon?!" she asked, preoccupied, when she saw no one else was coming with them.
"Yeah… and Fighter and the others?" added Yaten
"That´s a long story…" said Maker with a sneer, getting it back at her brother.
Yaten frowned. He hated his sister teasing him.
"But… are they all fine? We heard Mars screaming…" asked Venus worriedly
"Yes, they all will be. Some are injured or exhausted, but they are all safe, don´t worry" answered Mercury, calming her friend down "Sailor Moon had to use her new power and fell unconscious after it, so Galaxia sent her and Fighter to the Moon to heal"
"T… To the Moon?!" said Yaten and Venus in unison
"Yes… she will recover faster there with the power of the Moon Castle, and they will be safe from Apocalypse meanwhile" intervened Galaxia
"That is great, then" said Venus, sighing in relief.
"The rest of them are waiting for us at the shrine" said Jupiter "We should go there as well at once, before Apocalypse attacks again…" she then looked at all of them and suddenly noticed something weird behind Pluto… Like a faint garnet light gleam… with a human shape… "Wait… What´s that?!" she suddenly screamed, jumping into a fighting position "AN ENEMY!"
At her warning, Mercury, Maker and Galaxia jumped back as well, ready to fight.
"Wait, wait!" exclaimed Venus, her arms open wide and placing herself in between the puzzled Pluto and the ready-to-attack group of senshi "She´s not an enemy!"
The four senshi relaxed a little.
"She´s… not?" said Jupiter prudently "Then… who or what is that?"
They all suddenly saw how the ethereal garnet lady walked out from behind Pluto and towards them, stopping right beside Venus. The newly arrived group was shocked to see how she looked identical to the Time senshi, only… transparent.
"What… is this?" asked Maker, shocked, puzzled and curious, all at once.
"My name is Charon. I am a part of Pluto. So nice to meet her senshi friends that have helped protecting her all this time"
Their jaws dropped, their eyebrows rose. Even Galaxia had a funny shocked expression in her face. She thought not many more things were still able to surprise her anymore, but it looked like she was wrong…
"…eh?..." said only Jupiter, even more confused than before
"It´s… she´s… it´s really complicated, but it looks like Charon here and Pluto are the same person and were divided when Pluto was a child…" tried to explain Venus
"Venus, that does not really clarify anything… At all…" commented Yaten
"Charon?" interrupted Mercury suddenly "Charon like the planet Pluto´s moon that forms the dual mutually tidal-locked planetary system with it?"
"….huh…?" said Venus, sweatdropping at how her friend always had so many information she did not understand or know about at all
"Oh I see…" said Maker, understanding the water senshi´s reasoning at once "That makes sense"
"Oh it does?" commented Jupiter "I´m still a little lost here…"
"The planet Pluto and its moon Charon form a binary planet system in which the two of them revolve around an imaginary center in between both planets, so that they are not really an ordinary planet and its moon, but one unique system acting as one same being composed of two…"
"Yeah… thanks for the astronomy lesson, but that was not what I was asking about, Mercury-chan… I am asking about this lady before us!" said Jupiter sweetly
"Well, it´s what she said! Exactly like their planets… they both form part of one same being!"
"Of course…" agreed Maker again "And so Charon-san is somewhat sailor Pluto´s astral projection…"
"Hmmm… must be something like that, yes…" confirmed Mercury
"Hey you two… can we please continue your technical digressions later when we are actually SAFE?" said Yaten "We must leave"
"Yes, let´s go at once. We have much we need to talk about" said Galaxia, her eyes not leaving Charon´s own glowing eyes. She then casted her teleporting magic and several golden bubbles appeared around them and carried them floating away.
Moon
Several long hours had gone by already, in which an exhausted Seiya had looked after beautiful princess Serenity restlessly. He was feeling very tired and torn from the battle and all the emotions lived the last days, but he was not going to allow himself to fall asleep or rest until he was sure his beloved princess was recovered and safe.
He had been constantly observing her closely for such a long time already that he was not sure if he was starting to imagine things or if it was really happening, but he was seeing how every minute that Serenity spent in the Moon, she was subtly changing little by little. Her golden hair seemed to be turning so bright and silky that depending on how you now looked at it and how the natural glow of the Moon surface reflected over it, it almost looked of a silvery shiny nacre white. Her skin also looked paler and smoother, like a fine marble statue. Only the soft blush that was slowly returning to her full cheeks and her reddening moistured lips revealed she was alive and not a beautiful piece of decoration.
And then, all of a sudden, the same as it had started, the glowing aura surrounding Serenity faded away. Seiya, who had been reclined beside her leaning on his elbow, sat up instantly to have a closer look at her.
She truly looked like a goddess. Her face, her skin, her hair, that dress…
And then, Serenity moaned and stirred a little, and started snoring softly.
Seiya sweatdropped and giggled. She was still his sweet Odango inside, no matter her outer appearance.
Now that he was sure she was done recovering and was just sleeping, he decided to delicately wake her up. It broke his heart to do it, especially seeing her so comfortable, but their friends needed them. There will be many more days to sleep long hours after all this was over. Maybe together, he thought, and couldn´t help blushing a little.
He moved his hand forward and softly caressed her face, while with his sweetest low voice he murmured:
"Good morning, sleeping beauty… it´s time to wake up…"
She moaned, her eyes still closed while her delicate hands searched blindly for that other hand caressing her face. When she found it, she held it in between hers and rubbed it against her warm cheek in a lovable kitty gesture.
"Mmmm…." She muttered while she beamed happily
But then, she let Seiya´s hand free and suddenly turned around, her back towards him.
"Minako-chaaaan… please let me sleep a little moreeee… I was having this super-sweet dream with Seeeeiya…." she protested with a childish tone, while she curled up.
Seiya choked a laugh.
"Oh? So you dream of me, do you? I like that, Odango" he said
Serenity´s eyes suddenly opened wide and she sat up in a spring, confusedly looking around her until she found his handsome comforting familiar face.
"SE…SEIIIIYA…!" she exclaimed, blushing furiously "Wha…what are you doing here in my bed?! Wait… where´s my bed?! Where are we?!"
Seiya couldn´t hold back laughing this time. She was too funny, looking like she could be the goddess of the entire Universe but acting like a ten year-old spoiled child. He was desperately in love with her pure innocence and her authentic personality.
"What do you mean? Don´t you recognize your own house?" he said, deciding to continue teasing her for a little… it was just so much fun…
"My… my house? This is not my…" she said, but left the sentence unfinished, looking around her "Wait, this is…"
"Yes, Odango… we´re at the Moon"
Serenity froze, stunned.
Without saying a word, she slowly stood up, her gaze fixed afar. She walked little steps towards a part of the circular room they were in where the wall had fallen down, and the dark sky was visible through the slim white columns.
Seiya observed her quietly from his sitting position in the grass carpet, next to the center pillar.
When she reached the end of the room, she placed her hand on one of the columns, looking for support. The image before her was too overwhelming: right ahead of her, the impressive ruins of the Moon Castle extended over the white glowing surface of the Moon. Farther in the distance, the indigo sky sparkled like a jewel with millions of stars, as brightly as she had never seen. And there, in the middle of the image, looking like a brilliant blue pearl floating magically in a dark sea of fireflies, she could see Earth…
"This is so beautiful…" she couldn´t help whispering, her mouth slightly open in awe.
Seiya half-smiled. It surely was, but she was not seeing the full picture as he was. From his position, the landscape she observed was framed by the magnificent columns of the Prayer room, and in its center was her, looking at the distance and giving him the sight of her elegant back… Delicate as an angel, with the soft warm Moon breeze swaying her shiny hair and moving the soft thin layers of her silky white dress around her like a blooming iridescent flower to make them caress her silky skin. The image of the Princess in her castle was just stunning.
"Never as beautiful as you… Odango" he said
Upon hearing him, she came back to reality and turned around, blushing. She looked so pretty…
"Seiya…" she said "How did we end up here?"
Seiya smiled and stood up, walking towards her.
When he was right before her, he couldn´t help passing one arm around her slim waist and bringing her closer to him, until their bodies were almost touching.
She looked up, into his eyes, with an interrogative lost puppy expression.
"Don´t you remember anything?" he asked sweetly
She became hypnotized by his masculine voice, his scent, the scenery around them…
She shook her head, not finding words.
"We went to Apocalypse´s dimension, to rescue Pluto who had been kidnapped by him" he started "We found out we couldn´t battle against him unless we destroyed his cloud armor… and to do that…" he hesitated
"…War…" she only said, the memories of the past days flooding into her mind. Her eyes turned into ones of worry and fear "How is he?!"
Seiya smiled "Don´t worry, Odango. You saved him"
"I… I did?" she said, with excited relieved eyes
"Of course you did… I don´t know how you managed to do something so incredible, but I knew you could. I believed in you from the start"
"Seiya…!" she exclaimed, suddenly throwing herself into his arms in a tight sweet hug full of happiness that caught him by a pleasant surprise.
"Odango…" he said, wrapping her with his arms after the first moment of surprise, and softly placing his cheek over her head. Her hair smelt of candy and of unknown white flowers.
"I remember…" she started, not moving her head from Seiya´s chest "I remember casting my magic, and then I was floating in that white foggy space. I looked for War all around, but could not find him at first, but then… I felt something guiding me, towards where the space turned darker and the wind blew wild… Then I thought I saw him at a distance. I tried to call him but my voice did not come out, so I stretched my arm to reach him… and lots of shiny sparkles suddenly came out of it like a light torrent… and then… nothing."
"You fainted" he explained, also not letting go of her "But you managed to save his life"
"I am so glad…" she said in a whisper, while she smiled
Then, she moved a little apart from him, to look at him again with frightened eyes.
"Oh! And what about the rest?! What about Pluto? Are they all safe?!"
Seiya smiled and moved away from her, going towards the grass where they had both been lying. Serenity followed him with her eyes, curious.
"Mercury said you will be asking for this…" he said satisfied, suddenly handing her the Deep Aqua Mirror.
"Neptune´s mirror!" she said surprised. Then, she hurried to concentrate and look through it.
After just a few moments, the mirror´s surface started to fill with what looked like swirling vapor, which then slowly faded away like a spring morning fog, showing motion images as if they were watching a movie.
"There they are!" she said, happily. Seiya moved closer to her to look into the mirror over her shoulder. His cheek was really close to hers.
"That´s the shrine, right?" asked Seiya, relieved as well to see they were all fine and back from the enemy´s dimension.
"Yes… And look! They are all there! Ami-chan and Minako-chan and Mako-chan and Taiki-san and Yaten-san and Galaxia-sama! I can also see Rei-chan, taking care of Oodachi-san, Haruka-san and Michiru-san! They look wounded, but safe. Oh! Even Setsuna-san is there, and she´s fine! And wait, that´s… Mamo…Mamoru-san?!"
"Heeeee… that´s new…" commented Seiya only, rising an eyebrow
"Why is he there?" asked Serenity, puzzled and uncomfortable
"No idea… But I guess it will all have a simple explanation… Let´s trust our friends and their decisions"
Serenity nodded, satisfied with his answer and especially with what she had just seen through the mirror. She could relax now, her friends were safe.
"And so how did us two end up here?" asked the Moon princess then
"Galaxia sent us so you could heal. She said this Castle still has powers that will help you recover…"
"I see…" she said "You supported me, protected me and have taken care of me since…"
"Of course, Odango. Always" he said with a sexy smile "But just don´t scare me like this again… I was really worried for you" he said with a fake frown, and she stuck out her tongue at him playfully "How are you feeling now?" he asked then
"Mmm… I feel… I feel kind of weak, but at ease… Like a wave of calm is bathing me again and again"
"It´s this place… I can feel it too. It´s fantastic." He said, smiling "I also placed your Silver Crystal over that altar-pillar thing, hoping it channeled the Castle´s powers… I hope you don´t mind"
Serenity smiled at his politeness and delicacy.
"Of course not. It was a great idea. I´m really feeling better"
Seiya smiled back.
"Take it easy for a while, and once you are perfectly fine, we can return with our friends" he said
Serenity nodded obediently like a good little girl.
"And… what am I doing in this dress?" she asked suddenly, grabbing the pleated layers of the long skirt and moving them to the sides.
"I have no idea. When you casted your powers, you fainted and had transformed into this"
"Had I? How strange…" she said, directing a weird look at her clothes.
"What´s wrong with it? Don´t you like it?" he said, and suddenly grabbed her from one hand, and rising it over their heads he moved her so she twirled around, making the beautiful dress float around her magically "I find it absolutely sexy and stunning. In fact, the only thing that keeps my nose from bleeding like crazy is that I would stain that killer dress of yours"
"Wha… Whaat?!" she protested, blushing furiously "Se… Seeiiiyaaaaa! Don't mock me!" she pouted, patting his chest with her fisted hands, so softly that he could only laugh.
He grabbed her wrists, stopping her.
"It´s not a mockery. I am being really serious here. You look incredibly beautiful, Odango. But I will tell you something. What you did for War… for all of us… You are even much more beautiful inside. I don´t love you because you look like a goddess or because you are a princess… I am absolutely in love with who you are, my sweet sweet Odango."
"Seiya…" she whispered, speechless.
"Odango, I…" he started, flushing slightly "I love you with all my heart. My only wish is to be by your side forever"
"I love you too, Seiya… I…" she started, but was suddenly interrupted by his unexpected kiss.
This time, it was him who couldn´t help leaning forward and pressing his lips strongly to hers, so full, rosy and appealing. He kissed her to show her his love, passionately, not letting go. He heard Serenity moan with pleasure in return, and he could not resist himself. His full body ached for contact with hers. He needed to feel her soft skin, her warmth and her sweet flavor, so he surrounded her with his strong arms and firmly pushed her body towards his, so they were in full contact. He never stopped caressing her back and her waist while he deepened the kiss wildly, and her dress was so soft and thin he could perfectly feel her body underneath. It was driving him crazy with desire.
Separating his lips just a little to gasp for air, he started kissing her jawline. Serenity leaned back a little, giving him full access to her bare pearl white soft neck, which he kissed and bit teasingly, making her tremble with pleasure. When he reached her ear, he licked it playfully while whispering her nickname into it, so softly and sexily that it melted her to the core. He was desperate for her. He had to stop now, otherwise it would be impossible for him to hold back… but it was so difficult...
Feeling him like this made Serenity burn with desire. When she felt he was little by little slowing down and moving away from her, she could not resist the impulse to suddenly move her arms around his neck, and tiptoed so her own mouth reached his ear.
"Seiya… don´t move away from me…"
Her words drove him crazy.
"Odango… I…" he started
"Please, don´t stop…" she whispered with a pleading thread of voice
He moved his head to look at her in the eyes. She was blushing furiously, her whole pale face had turned deep red, and her lips were burning with their kisses.
"You…you sure?" he asked, turning as red as she was.
Serenity just nodded. She was speechless with embarrassment.
"Odango…" he said, running his fingers over her wet lips, while she closed her eyes with desire to feel him. He moved his hand towards her chin, and gently tilted it upwards before pressing his own lips to hers again in a wild movement that showed the hunger and desire he had for her.
After that moment, there was no need to pronounce any more words. Their hands and lips spoke for them, moving through the lover´s body as easily as if they had known each other forever, as if their bodies belonged to the other one. Only soft pleasure groans and sighs escaped their eager mouths from time to time, while their breaths accelerated under the other´s intense caresses.
While they kissed vigorously, Seiya still grabbed Serenity strongly around the waist with his left hand, pressing her curves firmly towards him. Upon feeling her like that, he growled softly and sexily and moved his right hand towards the center of Serenity´s back. With the tips of his fingers, he found her dress' pearl buttons, which he easily undid in a second, slipping in between his hands as if they were waiting for him to do so, as if he had done that every day of his life. Then, he carefully passed his hand inside the recently opened dress, to caress that unexplored part of her skin.
Serenity moaned with pleasure when she felt his warm hard towards the bare skin of her lower back. His caresses felt so delicious she did not want them to ever stop.
Nervously, she rose her hands towards the red shirt he was wearing, and clumsily started undoing its upper buttons with her shaky fingers. Seiya was about to melt with satisfaction when he saw her sweet inexperienced attempts, and moved his now free right hand to help her, undoing himself all of his shirt´s buttons and moving to one side and the other to help Serenity pull out the sleeves from his strong muscled arms.
When she saw him bare chested before her, she blushed even deeper, if possible. Feeling terribly embarrassed, she threw herself into his arms, pressing her face to his incredibly warm and firm bare chest and surrounding him completely with her arms to caress his strong soft back.
Seiya was utterly excited, feeling the skin in her arms enveloping him completely in a tender embrace. He leaned down in search of that cute shy face he desired so much, his lips finding hers and covering them completely again, while his playful untamable tongue savored the taste of her. When he heard her moan in desperate pleasure again, he suddenly moved his left hand away from her back and undid the last pearled button of the dress. Upon doing so, the fastuous princess dress instantly slipped through Serenity´s body like a graceful falling feather until it reached the grassy floor at her bare feet, leaving her completely nude and vulnerable before him.
And there, at the sight of the most beautiful body bathed in the Moon´s glow, under the most shining starry sky he had ever seen in his entire life, he spoke.
"You are truly gorgeous, Odango. I can see your pure soul shining through you" he said in a soft sigh, and seeing her flushing cheeks, moved her towards him, to embrace her again in the most fascinating embrace they had ever shared, their skins totally in contact for the first time, rubbing towards the other, feeling their racing hearts under their chests.
Serenity felt nervous but sure. She desired him, she wanted to become one with him. In fact, she also couldn´t hold herself back, intoxicated as she was by his wild scent, her anxious hands touching every millimeter of his soft skin. So when he gently lifted her up bridal-style and sweetly carried her in his strong arms towards the center of the carpet-like grass below their feet, she eagerly allowed him to do it. She saw him kneel on the floor, still carrying her in his arms. He kissed her again, more passionately every time he did, before he slowly leaned forward, holding her from the back and softly depositing her lying on the ground. He completely undressed himself swiftly and covered her body with his own. The sensation of feeling the other´s body bare towards their own skin was so overwhelming that they both sighed with pleasure. They were blushing furiously, ready to share what was going to be both their first times in love. But as soon as they kissed, together as they were, him over her, their bodies did the rest, becoming lost in a deep sweet ecstasy under the stars where only they existed.
The perfect conjunction of the Moon and the Stars.
