Moon Asylum

by Serena530

or: Tales of the Moon and Earth. A place of refuge for my Sailor Moon oneshots of all ratings to live. All are complete and stand alone unless stated otherwise. Note: this will be given the highest rating because there will be oneshots with that rating.

23. The King and His Princess

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or her characters, and have no right to it except as a long time fan.

Title: The King and His Princess
King Endymion x Serena
Rated: M
Romance
Summary: An intimate roleplaying game inspires a curious question in the King; one he shares with his Queen, and one which they decide to act on.
Part one of an alternative universe continuation of 'A Girl Misplaced'.

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King Endymion sat in a large conference room inside his Crystal Palace at the head of a long table that sat six people on each side.

It had a large nearly landscape sized window on the side of the room behind the left side of the conference table and across from the door. Of course from the outside the window wouldn't be visible. It would simply look like smooth crystal.

He was dressed as he usually was in all white with a touch of blue around his neck and on the left side of his chest, and his white staff was at his side leaning against the table.

It was the last of the meetings he had with the world's leaders; for which he was thankful since this particular group seemed to lack common sense most of the time and tried to make things more complicated than they needed to be.

As trying as they were on his nerves he was still listening to them, but part of his mind was wandering to more interesting things.

It had been nearly a week since his wife had surprised him in the middle of the night by initiating an intimate roleplaying situation. He was man enough to admit that the start had scared him out of a dead sleep, but his love was beyond creative and as soon as his heartbeat had slowed down he had thoroughly enjoyed himself.

"Can you imagine if my younger self actually was in such a situation?"

Would I have reacted the same if her younger self had really arrived in our time in my Serenity's body? He wondered as some of the words his love had said after their play that night drifted through his mind.

Would I really have had no problem sleeping with her? He wondered. He wouldn't have hesitated to explain their life story to her and kiss her; after all, she was his love regardless of her age, but would he have been intimate with her?

Endymion hummed thoughtfully as he listened with one ear to the conversation going on around him, and considered that he likely would have, because as he had told Serenity that night Serena would have been in her older body; an older body that had long since experienced her first time at intimacy.

But would I have been able to do the same if she had arrived in her own younger body as fourteen year old golden haired untouched Serena? He quietly questioned himself.

He didn't know, but he was becoming curious to find out.

I will find Serenity and speak to her after this meeting ends. He decided.

~The King~

The King and Queen of the Earth were unable to have a private talk until late in the evening since their day had unfortunately grown busier as the minutes passed.

Now their daughter was asleep in her bed and the couple was relaxing in their private sitting room. The Queen had put her crown away and taken off her high heel shoes, and the King was without his mask, gloves, jacket, and cape, his vest was unbuttoned, and his shirt was loosened at the neck.

Both of them were sitting close together on the couch sharing a glass of wine.

"Do you remember roleplaying your fourteen year old self in the middle of the night?" Endymion asked, and watched his wife grin.

"Of course." Serenity said instantly. "Do you want to repeat it?" She asked with a wicked smile.

"Maybe next time I can be the one playing my younger self, and wake you up in the middle of the night with my arrival." He suggested with a smile, and she laughed.

"Actually I was thinking earlier and remembered what you said, about if your younger self had truly come to our time." He said.

Serenity nodded her understanding as she took a sip of their wine.

"I wondered if I could truly have been intimate with her if that had actually happened." Endymion said. "Ultimately I decided that I would have, but then I began to wonder if I would do the same if faced with your younger self in her fourteen year old body instead of in your adult body."

"Ah." Serenity said softly, her eyes widening as she understood. "What did you decide love?" She asked.

"I could not decide, but I want to find out." He replied.

Serenity looked into his eyes and saw the curiosity and mischief swirling in his deep blue depths, and hummed thoughtfully.

"I honestly have not thought about what I would have done if faced with your younger self in your body, and I definitely have not thought of what I would do if your younger self suddenly appeared." She said. "Now that the thought is in my mind I am curious to find out as well."

"Well my love, what do you suggest we do? What can we do to satisfy our curiosity?" Endymion asked.

"We should not try to physically bring our younger selves here, because that could and likely would cause all sorts of havoc we do not particularly need to deal with." Serenity said right off.

"Agreed." He said. "We would certainly want to show our younger selves around so they could see what is in store for them." He said as she nodded.

"Regardless of the fact that they will be arriving on their own eventually and will see it. That is a different danger fraught situation." She added. "Maybe instead of bringing them here physically we can go to them somehow."

Endymion hummed thoughtfully.

"We cannot physically go there since our presence too would cause havoc in that time." He said. "But perhaps we can do what you did with your roleplaying. We can go back into our younger body." He suggested.

"But not both of us! That would definitely cause havoc if both our younger selves found themselves suddenly in their older bodies with no idea how or why it happened." He said. "Plus, it would defeat the purpose."

"Or if it was going to be permanent or if they were not even a couple yet!" Serenity added, and his eyes widened.

"Yes. It would be best if we went back to a point when we were a couple already." Endymion said.

"So one of us will go back and switch places with our younger self, so we both can be with the younger version." Serenity summarized, and he nodded firmly in agreement.

"We will have to make sure no one finds out since it will likely get back to Pluto, and she would be very unhappy with us." Endymion said even though he began to grin mischievously.

"I am so excited for this!" She said as she smiled. "Which one of us will be going back?" She asked, wanting details.

They both took sips of their wine as they silently thought of the possible consequences of each one of them going back to their younger body. They considered the living situations, who was around them, their personalities, and their behavior at that point in time.

"I believe it would be best if I go back and my younger self comes here." Endymion said eventually. "If you were to go to the past it would cause a stir, because the difference in your personality would instantly be noticed; by everyone around you."

"True." Serenity said in agreement. There was no way she could act as she did when she was fourteen in front of multiple people. Endymion on the other hand had lived alone, didn't have constant contact with the girls, and didn't spend enough time around Andrew for any of them to notice a difference in him.

"Then you will go, but for how long?" She asked. "A day, a couple of days, or…"

"How long do you want to spend with my younger self?" He asked in return.

"How long do you want to stay with my younger self?" She countered.

"More than a day!" He replied instantly, and his wife laughed.

"Well, I will want enough time to show your younger self around without raising suspicions." Serenity said, and he nodded.

"I am not sure where exactly I will arrive in the past, so I will want enough time to actually get to your younger self and spend time with her. So..perhaps a week." Endymion said.

"Very well. A week then." Serenity agreed. "Will you change anything whilst in the past?" She asked after a few silent moments.

"I do not know. I did not even consider it." He said. "I suppose I will find out when I am there; if I am able to resist. Although, if I do change something I do not think it will change the important things. Our relationship will still continue, we will still create Crystal Tokyo and become King and Queen."

Serenity nodded understandingly. She wasn't worried about that, and in fact wouldn't mind if some things changed. Perhaps simply speaking to their younger selves would change things. Just as she thought might happen had her roleplaying been real.

With those decisions made they focused on when this trip was going to happen. Now that they knew what they wanted to do they didn't want to wait around to start.

After a few minutes of back and forth suggestions they decided to do it at the first chance they could, and ultimately waited until they had no meetings planned, and nothing pressing to do before they enact their plan.

~The King~

Endymion and Serenity returned to their bedroom after having breakfast with their daughter, deciding that was the place they had the most privacy, and settled on their bed. Endymion lying down comfortably, and Serenity sitting at his side so when his younger self arrived she would be the first thing he saw.

"Have fun. I look forward to remembering your side of this experience." Serenity said.

"Me too." Endymion said with a grin at the thought of remembering his younger self's experience. "What will you do with my younger self?" He asked.

"I have not decided if I will show him around before having my wicked way with him or have my wicked way with him and then show him around." She replied, and he laughed.

"I look forward to remembering which way you decide." He said in amused anticipation before he calmed himself. "Here goes." He said before he closed his eyes.

As he focused on his golden crystal he idly thought about how his coming trip to the past meant he would be seeing his Queen's younger self a second time and yet also for the first time since the other situation hadn't happened yet.

Only this time I will be able to touch her. He thought, holding in a grin before he went back to focusing.

I wish to go on a vacation of sorts. He told his crystal. I wish to go to the past where I was Darien, and for my younger self to come forward to my present time; for our souls to switch places temporarily so that we arrive in the others body.

I want it to be soon after I and my Serenity remembered our past life in the Silver Millennium, however I will leave it to you to pick a specific point within that time. He added.

His crystal pulsed warmly inside him, and Endymion got the sense of understanding and curiosity before he got the questioning sense of 'for how long'.

For one week; seven days total. He answered. That is what my Serenity and I decided. That way I will know when I am to leave and be ready when it is time to return, and my Queen will know when my younger self will be leaving to return to his time.

His golden crystal pulsed warmly again in understanding before warmth began to spread inside his body.

Unknown to him his sentient and loyal crystal was working to carefully create a connection to its past self, so they could communicate and do what its holder and guardian wished.

Unseeing to him, though not surprising, golden light began to spread around and envelope his prone figure.

Endymion breathed calmly, completely trusting his crystal, as he felt pulsing from it deep within his chest. He wasn't sure how long he lay on his bed before the soft yet stable surface disappeared beneath him.

Not long after that he felt the sensation of floating and almost flying. Almost because he didn't really feel like he was flying, but he knew he was moving.

Quicker than he thought, but also likely longer than he thought, he felt himself stop moving, and after a few long moments he felt a surface beneath him. Immediately he knew it had worked, because although he was still lying down the surface was no longer comfortable.

~K&P~

Endymion opened his eyes slowly to find himself in a dark room, wearing the royal uniform he had worn in his far past, laying on a full sized bed, and his armor on a chair off to the side.

It took him all of moments to understand that his crystal had taken him to the point in time where he had been brainwashed in the Negaverse. With that understanding he decided that since his crystal had picked that point in time he would take it as a sign to change things somewhat.

He could get his younger self away from the Negaverse sooner, much sooner, and he already had all the information on the Negaverse to tell Serena. He would recover his Generals as well, but he knew at this point Malachite was the only one left.

Endymion hummed quietly as he sat up. He needed a bit more information before he could act, so as he grabbed a piece of his armor he focused on his crystal. Really it was his younger self's crystal, but the golden crystal was not only sentient but also infinite, which was how it was able to bring him back to his younger body in the first place.

How long has my younger self been with the Negaverse? He asked his crystal, and felt it pulse inside him and he quickly had the sense of it being only a single day.

Endymion hummed internally as he continued to don his armor. He focused on the earth beneath his feet, reestablishing his connection with his planet for his younger self, and concentrated.

Will you please find my general? He asked kindly yet firmly.

As he swung his cape around his shoulders and to his back he saw images in his mind before they stopped to show the clear figure of Malachite appearing to be somewhere away from the Negaverse considering the lit up buildings he could see in the background.

Before he could consider his next move the image of his general was replaced by rapidly flashing images before they stopped on the prone figure of Zoycite; his breathing clearly labored.

Endymion's eyes widened as he paused in securing his cape to his armor. He had thought Zoycite was already dead at this point, but clearly he was still clinging to life.

Before that revelation could settle images began to flash through his mind yet again until they stopped on the wide eyed seemingly frozen figure of Jedite. That surprised him as well since he had assumed Jedite was dead after he disappeared and Neflite appeared.

Endymion thanked the Earth as he finished securing his cape, and decided that he actually could recover his Generals, or at least those that were alive since he knew for a fact that Neflite was dead.

He didn't know exactly where Jedite was, but he was confident he could find out. However, first, he had to go recover Zoycite since he looked to literally be on the verge of death.

The King masquerading as a Prince was not about to walk around his former enemy's base of operation. Instead he focused and pictured Zoycite as he had last seen him in his mind just moments ago and willed himself to him.

He disappeared in a flash of gold light and reappeared in a room similar to the one he had arrived in directly in front of the bed where Zoycite lay. His eyes snapped open but before he could react in any way Endymion placed a hand on his forehead.

Put him in a stasis to prevent his death. He told his crystal. His hand glowed with a golden light, and he watched Zoycite's eyes close and his body relax.

Endymion picked him up into his arms and focused on his former apartment where his younger self lived at this point in time since he had nowhere else to take him or the rest of his Generals.

He willed himself and his injured brainwashed general to his apartment and disappeared from the room in a flash of gold light and reappeared the same way in the living room. He paused and looked around nostalgically at the space he hadn't seen in more years than he cared to keep track of.

He shook his head and turned and walked down the hallway and into the guest bedroom. He placed Zoycite on the bed before he focused on healing his body. He discovered very quickly that his internal organs were very damaged, and he wasn't at all surprised that Zoycite was near death.

Once he finished he focused on the green eyed man's mind, and immediately discovered the darkness that was keeping him loyal to the Negaverse. Not only was it keeping him loyal it was also suppressing any memories of his life before he became a dark general.

He easily cleared out the darkness that had infected and tainted his mind, and made sure there wasn't a single speck left that could or would pull him back in to the Negaverse.

Once Endymion finished he made sure the young man was still firmly locked in stasis before he stepped back and focused on getting Jedite. He willed himself back to the room he had arrived in, and disappeared in a golden flash and reappeared the same way back in the dark room.

He then used a combination of his connection to the Earth and his crystal to see Jedite. He wanted a bit more information before he went to get him.

Images flashed rapidly through his mind until he again saw the frozen young man. This time he also saw the thick transparent crystal encasing him, and that the crystal was surrounded in darkness from every angle.

Please provide me protection since I do not know anything about the darkness surrounding Jedite. He asked his crystal as he released his connection to the Earth since he knew that it could be dangerous considering where he was.

His crystal pulsed warmly before he was surrounded in golden light, which shrunk down until it appeared to be a thin layer around him; so close that it was like a second layer of skin.

With his protection in place he focused on the image he had seen of Jedite in crystal and willed himself to him. He again disappeared in a golden flash of light and reappeared in front of the frozen encased figure of Jedite, and found himself free floating instead of standing on a stable surface.

Interesting. He thought as he looked around briefly. The darkness was pitch black and the crystal surrounding Jedite was almost glowing.

Looking back at the crystal he decided to do away with it right here instead of back in his younger self's apartment since it was convenient and more clean that way.

He placed his hand on the surface of the crystal and he and his crystal worked to make cracks before shattering the thick crystal. He watched Jedite's figure drop slightly but float just as he was. He was conscious and his arms were flailing in confusion in his weightlessness and disorientation.

Endymion took advantage of his disorientation and moved forward and placed his hand on his head, and asked his crystal to put him into a stasis to prevent him from trying to get away. His hand glowed with a golden light, and he watched as, just like Zoycite, his eyes closed and his body relaxed.

He lifted the short blond haired general into his arms and willed himself and the general back to his younger self's home. Golden light flashed as he disappeared and reappeared in the living room, and he turned and walked down the hallway and into the guest bedroom.

He placed him on the bed with Zoycite and instantly got to work with healing any injuries he might have; recalling that he had been injured during the fight at the airport where he had last seen the general.

Once he finished that he focused on his mind, and discovered just as it had been with Zoycite the darkness was keeping him loyal and connected to the Negaverse.

He cleared away the taint to free his memories of his life before he became a dark general, and made sure it was completely gone from every corner of his mind so he couldn't be pulled or lured back to the dark organization.

When he finished Endymion double checked to make sure Jedite was still firmly in stasis before he willed himself back to the dark room he had arrived in back in the Negaverse. He appeared in a golden flash, and before making any other move he checked Malachite's location through his connection to the Earth.

Images appeared and flashed rapidly through his mind before they stopped to show Malachite walking purposely down a dark hallway.

Endymion released his connection to his planet and sat down on the bed with a light sigh. He wouldn't be surprised if the dark general was making his way to him at this very moment. He knew once he had awakened the first time around after being brainwashed days hadn't passed before he was sent out to try and get his Serenity's silver crystal.

If that was what was about to happen he thought it was great timing and the perfect opportunity to speak to his little Princess, and maybe catch Malachite by surprise so he could put him in stasis and free him of the dark taint.

Suddenly the door to the room opened, and said white haired general stood in the doorway.

"Our Queen has spoken." Malachite said. "She wants us to find out Sailor Moon's identity and get the silver crystal."

"How are we supposed to find out her identity?" Endymion asked blandly, knowing the man expected him to say something.

"Leave that to me." Malachite said. "Let's go. We're heading out right now."

Endymion stood up and walked toward Malachite as he stepped out of the doorway; pleased that soon he would be in front of his little Princess.

~The King~ ~His Princess~

Endymion stood on the roof of a building watching the scene happening inside the salon across the street through his connection to the Earth. Despite the seriousness of the situation he was amused at being back in the black tuxedo that was so old and yet so similar to the one he wore now as King.

Last time around he had been sitting inside in one of the salon chairs, his Princess oblivious to his presence being as distracted as she was. This time he decided against that since he intended on assisting her as soon as she needed it. As opposed to interfering when she was about to finish off the monster as he had done last time under the Negaverse's dark influence.

He was aware that Malachite was around watching him from somewhere, but that was not unexpected; and in fact it was what he wanted because he fully expected the man to appear when he didn't act as if he was on the Negaverse's side.

He watched as Serena was finally able to transform and went about drawing the monster's attention away from the other customers in the salon, which included the younger version of the Sailor Venus he knew. When she dodged the monster's first attack he decided it was time for him to make his appearance.

He retained his connection with the Earth, as a precaution against being attacked from his blind spots, and willed himself inside the salon in an open space that had just seen action from the monster's attack.

He disappeared in a golden flash of light and reappeared the same way inside the salon where he had intended, next to a low wall with burnt smoking flower pots, and pulled out a single piercing rose.

It has been a while since I have used one of these as a weapon, so let me see if I still have it so to speak. He thought.

Endymion threw the rose sharply at the monster's right arm where its weapon was, and then another at its face to further distract it. He was aware that at the same time Serena was just finishing her rolling dodge from the monster's last attack just before he arrived, and that Venus was transforming out of sight.

"Tuxedo Mask!" He heard Serena gasp, and he threw another rose at the monster's face.

"Finish it Sailor Moon!" He told her, and glanced over at her and watched as she pulled out the Crescent Moon Wand he hadn't seen in years with her silver crystal attached.

"Moon Healing Activation!" She said before gold rays of light and balls of white energy emitted from it and flew toward the monster.

Turning his eyes back to the monster he watched as it was healed by the powerful light of the silver crystal, and returned to the multiple women that it had been comprised of who all collapsed to the floor.

He saw through his connection to the Earth Sailor Venus come around behind him and stand with Serena to his left, and Malachite appear off to his right side but still close enough to reach.

"I can't believe…" Malachite began to say, his voice angry and outraged.

Endymion quickly swung his arm at him, backhanding him in the face, before he turned and punched him in the face with his other hand. As Malachite was reacting to that he grabbed his hair, and pulled his head down and kneed him in the face.

As he was crying out and backing up Endymion noticed and ignored the arrival of the other three guardian scouts. He stepped toward him before he kicked his feet out from under him and watched him fall down onto his back.

He knelt down next to him and placed his hand on his forehead, and asked his crystal to put him into stasis as he had the other two generals. His hand instantly glowed with a golden light, and he watched Malachite's eyes snap open in alarm before they closed just as quickly and his body relax.

The Guardian Sailor Scouts glanced at each other as they watched Tuxedo Mask suspiciously as he knelt next to the dark general. While they were surprised at him taking out the dark general so easily they knew he had been taken by the enemy, and who knew what had happened to him while he was with them.

They were not going to let their guard down, and let him get to their Princess.

Endymion stood up and looked toward Serena and consequently the Guardian Scouts. He knew, and didn't care, that they were suspicious of him. He was there for Serena, and besides that he could admit that he was a little bitter toward them.

He had only ever told his Serenity, after they had talked about what had happened from each of their point of views during this particular time period, but he had been bitter and angry that he had been left with their enemy.

They hadn't even tried to rescue him. They had just wrote him off as a lost cause; if he wasn't dead than he was going to become one of them. Period! Those were the options.

He got along great with the women they had become, had thought of them as family for a long time now, but seeing their younger selves brought back those bitter feelings a bit.

He turned and began to walk toward his little warrior disguised Princess, and the Guardian Scouts instantly moved to block his path at getting to her.

"Stand aside." Endymion said quite plainly as he paused.

"Absolutely not!" Sailor Venus said.

"Yeah! We aren't letting you anywhere near her!" Sailor Jupiter added.

"We won't let you hurt her!" Sailor Mercury said.

"Very well." Endymion said as he raised an eyebrow. He called on the power of his crystal, wanting to move them out of his way without hurting them since Serena would need them in fighting form after he was gone.

His eyes began to glow gold and he lifted his arms and moved them aside in a sweeping outward motion.

Instantly Venus and Jupiter were forced to the left and Mercury and Mars were forced to the right. Both pairs of girls were kept from getting back to Serena by a golden transparent barrier that circled around and trapped them inside an impenetrable bubble.

He glanced at them and then stepped forward until he stood in front of Serena.

"We need to talk my little Princess." Endymion told her quietly since the barriers he had the scouts in weren't sound proof.

Sailor Moon blushed instantly at the endearing title, but looked at him hesitantly as she shifted a little uncomfortably. The girls were watching and she could hear them calling out for her to get away from him, and him to get away from her, and he better not hurt her.

She glanced to the unconscious dark general, wondering what he had done to the man, before she looked back to him.

"Aren't you with the Negaverse now? What do we have to talk about?" She asked sadly as her fingers idly clenched and unclenched around her wand.

"I am not with them." Endymion replied, and they both instantly heard the scouts urging and warning her not to believe him. He looked over and narrowed his eyes at the loudest of them, which happened to be Mars.

Sailor Moon looked at Tuxedo Mask, seeing the subtle anger in his eyes.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"I am fine." He said as he looked back to her. "I simply find it highly upsetting that they do not believe me. I find it even more upsetting that I was left with our enemy as a lost cause."

"I have been helping you and the other scouts from day one, saving you, from day one without complaint or question. However, when it was my turn to need help there was not even the attempt." He continued.

"And now I am not to be believed because I managed to save myself. Even defeating a dark general right in front of them is not counted as anything. However, it is not surprising. I am aware that they have always been suspicious of my motives, but I never cared. I still do not care. The only thing I care about is that you believe me." He explained.

"Do you still believe me? Do you still trust me?" Endymion asked as he gazed into her eyes.

"Yes." Sailor Moon said honestly as she nodded. "Because you've never done anything to prove you're untrustworthy. Still haven't."

Really. If he wanted me and my silver crystal he could have easily gotten us both by now. She thought. He had taken out that dark general quickly, trapped the girls effortlessly, and she was standing there with her crystal clearly visible.

"Good." He said with a nod. "We should meet at the arcade after you get out of school for our talk." He suggested. "Unless you know of another place."

Sailor Moon shook her head negatively.

"Maybe I can think of another place if it's too loud at the arcade." She said, and he nodded.

"Then I will see you tomorrow." He said. "You know how to get ahold of me if your curiosity gets the better of you and you cannot wait." He added quietly as he began to turn.

Sailor Moon nodded before she glanced at her fellow scouts.

"How are you keeping them trapped like that?" She asked curiously.

"That is what happens when you know who you are, and what you can do with your power." Endymion answered.

He then continued to turn around and walked back to Malachite's unconscious figure. He lifted him into his arms and stood straight, and willed them to his younger self's home even as he released the Guardian Scouts from their confinement.

He disappeared in a golden flash of light and reappeared the same way, and headed to the guest bedroom to begin work on Malachite, and relax and plan exactly what he was going to tell Serena.

~His Princess~

Serena lay on her bed in the evening after having had dinner with her family. She was feeling much better than she had been after having seen with her own eyes that Darien was alive and well.

Although, despite having seen and heard him after he had left the salon, and the girls had been released, her follow scouts had quickly cautioned her to stay away from him. They said they didn't know what had been done to him, and he was just trying to get her to let her guard down in order to get to her.

She hadn't said anything at the time one way or the other, but looking back she thought that their words could be true, but she didn't really think so. She actually did believe him when he said he had freed himself.

He was different than he had been before he was taken, that she was sure of, but not in the way they were thinking, which wasn't surprising since they didn't have the same memories she had.

To her Darien didn't seem like he had been influenced by any darkness of the Negaverse. He was just acting like a more intense version of how he had in the past as Prince Endymion.

Serena thought back to when he told the girls to stand aside. It had been a clear calm statement, but his body language revealed it to be an order, a command, that he expected to be followed. And his actions following that said the same. Especially since he could have done to them what he had done to the dark general.

That thought reminded Serena that he had taken the white haired man with him when he left.

What's he going to do with him? She wondered. Or did do with him? She corrected herself as she looked at her clock and saw how long it had been since the fight at the salon.

She was curious about that, and curious about the power he had used. It was entirely possible it was something he had in the past, likely was judging by how he answered her when she asked, but she couldn't tell from her memories. She remembered the past, but it was the larger events that were in the forefront of her mind; not the little details.

Maybe that's why he's different. He remembers the past with all the little details I haven't remembered yet. She thought with a light thoughtful hum. I want to know. She thought quietly. She wanted her curiosity satisfied.

Serena decided in that moment that she wanted to see Darien and have that talk now instead of tomorrow; especially since the girls had heard him suggest the arcade. She knew without even talking about it that they intended on going with her and being there.

She wanted to be able to talk freely with him, and not with the girls sitting nearby or hanging over her shoulders. She also didn't want him agitated as he clearly had been with their interference when he wanted to talk to her back at the salon.

Darien's words about having been left as a lost cause, and not having been rescued had hit her harder than she had showed.

He was right. They hadn't attempted to rescue him. The one time she had suggested it she had been shot down; the girls, Luna, and Artemis saying it was too dangerous.

They were right that it was dangerous, but she had still wanted to make the attempt. He was Darien, her Prince, and he would have done it for her had she been in his place. He had been injured in the first place preventing her from being seriously injured, and it had left him vulnerable to being taken.

That will never happen again. She told herself firmly. She would work harder to be a better fighter so he wouldn't get hurt trying to keep her safe, and if he happened to be captured again she would be strong enough to go get him by herself!

~K&P~

Serena waited until her parents had turned in for the night, having stopped at her room to tell her goodnight, and then waited another hour before she deemed it safe enough for her to sneak out.

She was already in her pajamas and intended to remain that way. She just grabbed her shoes and put them on before she slipped out and onto her balcony.

She closed the door softly and turned, and leapt down to the ground. Landing lightly she took off at a light sprint away from her house. She was glad that Luna wasn't at home since it would have meant dealing with her questioning.

Serena wouldn't have let that stop her from leaving. Given what had happened that day Luna would have contacted the girls about her leaving, but as long as they didn't know where she was going she wouldn't have cared. They could have spent hours out searching for her.

Of course at the moment she didn't know exactly where she was going. She just needed to get somewhere so she could transform, and then somewhere where she could wait for him to arrive.

It hadn't taken a moments thought to understand what Darien had meant by how to get in contact with him.

She had realized at some point early in the rainbow crystal search that he always arrived at a fight the same time she did or shortly after her, which to her meant that he knew when she transformed and was in fact coming to her and not the fight scenes in particular.

And that's what I'm counting on to get in contact with him. She thought as she ran. It was just a matter of finding a place to transform.

It was late, after midnight, so that made finding a place easier since no one was out. She ultimately decided on a playground. She gestured with her hand as she slowed to a stop, and her brooch appeared in her palm.

"Moon Crystal Power." She said as she held out the brooch in front of her, and transformed in a swirl of pink light and feathers.

Once she stood as Sailor Moon she took off running once again, and kept going until she reached a park that she had walked through plenty of times and come across Darien in the early days of their acquaintance.

She slowed to a stop and walked over and sat on a cold wrought iron bench. She had only been sitting there long enough to relax slightly on the cold seat before she was nearly blinded by a flash of gold light in front of her.

---

"My little Princess." Serena heard a deep masculine voice say as she blinked rapidly, and when she could see without spots she saw Darien standing in front of her wearing a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants and socks.

This is a first. She thought as she blinked. He had never showed up dressed casually instead of as Tuxedo Mask. Had he known before coming that there was no fight, and just her waiting for him?

"Hi Darien. I hope I didn't wake you up." She said.

"You did not. I was already awake since I could not sleep." Endymion assured her.

Serena nodded and fidgeted a little; a little shy now that she was in front of him.

"Did your curiosity get the better of you?" Endymion asked as he looked at her knowingly.

"Yeah." Serena said as she nodded.

"Do you wish to have our talk here or go back to my place?" Endymion asked. "It is a bit cold out here and I am not exactly dressed for the night air, and neither are you as far as I am concerned."

Serena blinked in surprise. She had obviously never been to his home before, and she couldn't deny she wondered what it was like.

"Your place." She said as she stood up, and promptly shivered as a gust of cold wind blew by them.

"Come my little Princess. Let me get you out of this cold." Endymion said before he wrapped his arms around her, and willed them back to the apartment he was calling home for the week.

They disappeared in a flash of gold light and reappeared in the living room in another flash.

"Make yourself at home." He said as he walked over to the light switch and turned the light on. As he walked back toward her he watched pink light flare around her, and when it cleared she stood in her pajamas and shoes.

She is so adorable. He thought as he smiled. He just wanted to hold her and cuddle her.

He sat down on the couch with a light sigh, and after a few moments Serena joined him without her shoes on.

"Do you have any questions for me before I say what I wished to discuss with you?" Endymion asked, and she nodded.

"Is that golden power you used something you had in the past?" Serena asked. "I can't tell from my memories."

"It is." He answered. "It is a result of my own crystal. It is like yours, however, whereas your crystal was almost widely known mine was not."

"Wow." She said as she nodded. "Did I know in the past?" She asked.

"You did." He said with a nod.

"I wish I could remember." She said with a light sigh.

"Give it time, and you will." He replied reassuringly, and she nodded.

"So what did you do to the dark general you took with you?" She asked curiously.

"I put him in my guest bedroom." He said simply.

"What?!" Serena exclaimed in shock, her eyes widening.

"You clearly do not yet recall but the dark generals were my Guardian Generals in the past." Endymion said. "At the end back on the Moon I discovered that they were suffering under the same affliction that was tried on me when I was taken. Unfortunately this time around they were suffering under it again, and I decided before I left the Negaverse that I would free them."

"So..you have all the generals we've faced." She said, and he shook his head.

"No. I reach Zoycite just in time, he having been seriously close to death, I found Jedite encased alive in crystal, and you saw me get Malachite. Neflite is unfortunately truly dead." He explained. "The three young men are currently in stasis until it is time for them to be awakened."

"Wow." Serena said. "I'm sorry about Neflite's death." She added, remembering it, and Molly's terrible grief and pain. He nodded silently.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" She asked after a few quiet moments, and listened as he sighed.

"I have come a long way to see you." Endymion said, and watched her frown in confusion. "I am from the future." He revealed.

Serena's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"The future. You're from the future." She said in shock, and then sat up suddenly in alarm. "What about my Darien?! Is he okay?" She asked.

"I do consider myself your Darien, however, I understand what you mean." He said gently. "Darien is fine. We have simply switched places temporarily. He is in my body in the future."

Serena sighed as she sagged back on the couch in relief. She looked over at him and thought that she could still see no difference aside from what she had seen in the salon. But of course she wouldn't if he was in Darien's body.

"Is this why you were able to use your power like you did?" She asked.

"Yes." Endymion answered. "It is a result of remembering everything of the past in the Silver Millennium, and years of use."

"Did you really free yourself from the Negaverse?" Serena asked.

"In the present or my first time around?" He questioned in return.

"Both." She answered.

"I arrived in my younger self's body while he was still in the Negaverse, and since it was my soul and mind that arrived here there was no need to be freed. I was only in a room and had not been locked up." Endymion explained.

"The first time around I, unfortunately, was not freed or rescued, hence my earlier words at the salon. After I was so injured and lost consciousness in the Starlight Tower I was taken and healed while simultaneously being brainwashed. I did not regain consciousness until the brainwashing was completed." He continued.

"My orders had been to find out Sailor Moon's true identity and get the silver crystal." He revealed. "I had remembered I was Prince Endymion and Darien, but I believe some part of my mind protected and hid the information of your true identity despite the brainwashing since I had of course learned of your identity as Sailor Moon and the princess from my dreams in that tower."

"Wow, so last time the salon fight went differently." Serena said.

"Yes. I arrived at the fight and prevented you from dealing with the monster, and then told you outright that I was not on your side and was there for the silver crystal." Endymion said. "I did not get it and you eventually defeated the monster, and I returned to the Negaverse to try again another day."

Serena was shocked at what would have happened had this version of Darien not arrived in her time. She wondered how long he had been brainwashed when he was actually living this time since it had to have ended at some point since the man in front of her wasn't brainwashed.

"Is my Darien still brainwashed or would the time travel get rid of it?" She asked with a slight frown.

"I do not know, however, if he still is my Serenity will fix that." Endymion said.

"We're together?!" Serena said excitedly as her eye lit up.

"Of course. Not only are we together we are married." He told her.

Serena squealed happily and bounced her feet in excitement, and nearly bouncing on the couch. She and her Prince were together!

"So do I call you Darien?" She asked hesitantly after she calmed down and looked at him.

"If you wish, but I believe it would be best to help you differentiate me from my younger self to call me Endymion. That is the name I go by now." Endymion told her, and she nodded.

"You're really from the future." Serena said as she eyed him.

"Yes." He said seriously. "Do wish to see what I truly look like as proof?" He asked contemplatively.

"Yeah. Of course." Serena said. She definitely wanted to see if he looked different than the Darien she knew.

Endymion got up and went and closed the curtains and returned to the couch. He didn't think anyone would see anything with the apartment this high up, but there was no need to risk anyone seeing gold light streaming out of the windows. He summoned his crystal, and listened to Serena's awe as it appeared above his hand.

Please show Serena what I look like as King. He asked his crystal.

Serena watched as the beautiful golden crystal flared and the light spread around them until she had to close her eyes.

"Look Serena. This is what I look like." She heard Endymion say.

She opened her eyes and gasped, her eyes widening, as she saw that they were standing in a bright white hallway with shiny marble floors, and walking toward them was a taller version of Tuxedo Mask except he was dressed in all white instead of all black and holding a white staff.

Now he looks the way he sounded in the salon. She thought quietly.

"Is that really you?" She asked as she looked from the young man standing at her side to the man walking.

"Yes." Endymion confirmed. "That is me, and that is what my younger self currently looks like."

Serena sighed dreamily as he walked by them, his cape flowing slightly behind him. He was so handsome and tall. So tall in fact that she thought she had only reached his elbow when he passed by.

"And I'm around here somewhere." She said.

"Yes." Endymion said as he looked at her. "I would show you, but I do not want you developing any self-esteem problems about yourself."

Serena sighed, but nodded her understanding. She really didn't want self-esteem problems, and she was already having issues about her being the Moon Princess they had been looking for and if she could live up to the expectations everyone had.

"I cannot show you yourself, however, we have a daughter and I can show you her." He offered.

Serena gasped and just nodded in her surprise and shock as she stared at him.

Please show Serena my princess daughter. Endymion asked his crystal, and it pulsed before golden light flared and surrounded them again.

When it cleared Serena blinked to see a little girl standing in a garden with the sun shining down on her. She had pink hair styled like hers except her buns were cones and her streams were thick and stopped just above her shoulders, and her eyes were a vibrant red. She was wearing a cute pink dress and matching shoes, and had a golden crescent moon on her forehead.

Serena blinked in surprise as she stared at the little girl that looked like she was six or seven.

"She really looks like that?!" She blurted out as her eyes flickered over the little girl's hair and eyes.

"Yes." Endymion said as he gazed at his daughter.

"Where did her hair and eye color come from?!" She asked, perplexed.

"We honestly do not know." He answered honestly. "We have multiple theories such as it being something from far back in our family lines that we do not know about, both past and present, or a side effect of the silver crystal, or a side effect of the golden crystal, or maybe a combination of both crystals."

"We do not know. We only know with one hundred percent certainty that she is ours. We definitely created her, we watched her grow, and we were both present when she was born. She certainly has our facial expressions and attitudes." He said, and she nodded.

"What's her name?" Serena asked.

"Her name is Serena 'Small Lady' Serenity." He answered proudly.

"Wow. She's a cute little girl." Serena said.

"I think so too." Endymion said as he released the power of his crystal, thanking it as they returned to the living room, before he put the crystal away.

"Why is her name like that?" She asked curiously.

"She was named after her mother and grandmother." He said as he looked to her. "Her full name is Princess Serena 'Small Lady' Serenity; heiress to the throne of the Silver Millennium."

Serena's jaw dropped. "Princess?!" She exclaimed in shock.

"Yes." Endymion said with a smile. "Did I not mention that when I said you could call me Endymion?"

"No! You didn't even hint at it!" She said, and he laughed.

"I am known as King Endymion and my wife is known as Neo-Queen Serenity, hence our daughter is a princess." He said and chuckled a little. "Did you believe the image I showed you was an upgraded Tuxedo Mask?"

Serena shrugged, blushing in embarrassment. "I don't know! You could have been for all I knew. You're the one from the future not me!" She said, and shook her head. "Who on Earth would make me a Queen?"

Endymion chuckled and thought her words were ironic considering she would become Queen of the Earth.

"So you said you came a long way to see me." Serena said after she had recovered. "Why did you come just to see me? You're married to older me; don't you see me every day?" She asked.

"It started because my Serenity and I were playing a game." He said. "She was pretending to be you before you remembered your past and before you even became Sailor Moon, and I was reacting as if you had traveled through time as I did and ended up in your older self's body right in front of me."

"A while after that I was thinking about what I would do if I really found myself face to face with you." He continued. "I decided that I would have reacted the same, however, I wondered how I would react if I was faced with you; you in your body as you are right now instead of in my Queen's body."

"I discussed it with her and she wondered how she would react as well, so to satisfy our shared curiosity we ultimately decided one of us would go back in time while our younger self would come forward to our time."

"It was decided that it would be me since less people would notice the difference in my personality and behavior. I would be here face to face with you, and she would remain behind and interact with my younger self while in my body." He explained.

"Wow." Serena said as she stared in surprise. "Time traveling just to satisfy your curiosity."

Endymion shrugged. "We have the ability, so why not?" He said. "We are the only two people who know. If my Serenity is able to keep my younger self calm upon his arrival then he will be walking around pretending to be me."

Serena nodded and then grimaced as it registered what he had just said.

"I'm glad you decided to come back, and that it wasn't me. I can't see myself pretending to be a Queen successfully." She said.

"I think you would have done fine." Endymion said, and she looked at him skeptically but didn't say anything.

"There was more to our decision then just our curiosity. However, I want to wait until tomorrow to speak more on it, because we will need time for the conversation and whatever comes afterward." He said.

Serena hummed as her eyes shun with curiosity as she looked at Endymion. She wondered what more there could be, and why it would take so long to talk about. Instead of asking she just nodded, and changed the subject.

"I know I shouldn't ask anything specific about your time, but I wonder what it's like for you to be King." She said.

"It is fulfilling, to put it in a single word, in every sense of the word. It has allowed me to finally assume the role I was born, raised, and trained to be, but was prevented from by my death back in the Silver millennium. Beyond that it has allowed me to help better my planet and my people." Endymion said.

"Were you scared to become King?" She asked.

"I was not, because by the time it happened I was completely secure in who I was and confident in myself and my abilities." He answered, and she nodded.

"How's married life? Do you have any more kids?" Serena asked.

"We only have Small Lady at the moment, and married life is great." Endymion said. "I get to spend every day with my best friend, the woman I love. Living together is great, and of course we essentially work together, so we are together all the time, day and night."

"That sounds wonderful." Serena said softly before she yawned.

"Ah, I believe it is time for you to get some sleep. I do not want to keep you awake, and I want you well rested for our conversation." He said.

"It sounds like it's going to be an interesting one if I need to be well rested." She said as she got up and went to put her shoes on.

"I guarantee it will be." Endymion said as he watched her, and then stood up. "Come on my little Princess; time to go. I will take you home, so you will not have to worry about transforming and being out in the cold."

Serena yawned again and stepped toward him and into his open arms, and sighed as he wrapped them around her.

Just like before when he brought her to his apartment they disappeared in a flash of gold light and reappeared in her bedroom in another flash. She wasn't at all surprised that he knew where she lived, and had enough knowledge of her bedroom to get them there without any trouble.

Endymion released her and silently guided her to her bed. She sat down, the covers already pulled back from before she had left, and watched as he knelt down and took off her shoes.

"Under the covers Princess." Endymion said quietly, and held the covers up as she slid in and lay down then helped her get all of her hair on the bed just as she liked it.

"Thanks." Serena said softly.

"Any time." He said before he kissed her forehead. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight." She said, and watched him wave slightly before he disappeared in a flash of gold light.

Serena sighed and idly hoped Darien could do that when he returned before she rolled onto her side and closed her eyes.

~His Princess~

Serena walked down the sidewalk after school with Amy and Lita tagging along as she made her way to the arcade. The girls were doing their best to dissuade her from going and meeting up with Darien; saying practically any and everything they could think of.

She wasn't listening. She knew there was nothing wrong with Darien. The young man they were thinking of was in the future with her older self, and hopefully already free of any darkness the Negaverse tried to put into him.

They would never know that his future self was actually here in his place.

She was not going to let them, or Raye and Mina, stop her. Just like last night she wanted her curiosity satisfied. She wanted to see Endymion and talk to him, she wanted to know what more there could be to him coming back in time just to see her.

What more could there be to him coming back in time to see me, and why would my future self want to see and obviously interact with his younger self? She wondered yet again. It was distracting, so much so she was surprised she had managed to get to sleep last night and even get through her school day.

"Are you listening to me?" Amy asked, cutting into her thoughts.

"No, because you're just repeating yourself." Serena said as she refrained from rolling her eyes. "Don't see him. Don't talk to him. You don't know what they did to him. He's trying to get you to let your guard down. He's only after your crystal." She parroted back what they had been saying.

"Never mind the fact that he could have taken it when he was at the salon standing right in front of me when it was clearly visible in my hand." She said.

"He was right in what he had said. He wasn't rescued; he was left as a lost cause and managed to free himself." Serena said. Even though she now knew the truth. "I wonder why you all have such a hard time believing him, but then I also agree with his words on that matter as well. You all never believed that he was safe to be around and trustworthy. I was the only one that trusted him and believed him."

"What if it was one of you?" She asked as she glanced to them. "Should one of you be captured and manage to free yourselves am I to treat you the same way? Keep my distance, wanting nothing to do with you, because you might be tainted with whatever the enemy may or may not have done to you?"

"How would you ever prove yourselves safe to be around? What could you possibly do? Especially if I'm not to believe a word you say or even listen to anything you say?" She asked reasonably.

That shut both Lita and Amy up. They had no counter to that. They didn't know what they could have said or done to prove they were trustworthy if it had been them that had been captured and managed to free themselves.

They couldn't think of anything that would prove they weren't part of the enemy; that they hadn't turned traitor.

Amy and Lita shared a troubled look. Despite that, they still didn't think Darien was trustworthy or that Serena should be around him or even speak to him. They knew Serena wasn't going to listen to them, but they still tried to talk her out of going to the arcade.

Serena was uninterested in what they were saying and ignored them. They would realize soon enough that just because she was the Moon Princess didn't mean they could tell her what she would, could, and couldn't do.

And if they didn't then she would be sure to tell them. Just like she would never leave Darien without help ever again.

I'll make that clear to him when he returns from his trip to the future. She thought.

Serena spotted the entrance to the arcade and she sped up, uncaring that Lita and Amy were still talking, and hurried to get there.

When she reached the entrance she paused to allow the doors to slide open and stepped inside. She didn't need to pause or look around as her eyes immediately landed on the King sitting in the spot Darien had always sat in at the front counter. She walked over to him, and he looked over and smiled as his eyes landed on her.

"Serena." Endymion said, his deep voice soft as she reached him.

"Hi Endymion." Serena said as she smiled brightly.

"I see you have company." He said, and she sighed and nodded.

"Yeah. They followed me and spent the entire trip trying to talk me out of coming here and talking to you." She said.

"I am not surprised. The other girls arrived a few minutes ago and glared at me." He informed her.

Serena looked around and it didn't take her long to spot Mina and Raye since they were walking toward Amy and Lita. Her expression darkened as she stared at them.

This is going too far. She thought, since she knew very well for them to have already been here they both had to leave school early.

She looked back to Endymion as she felt his hand caress her face.

"This is not an expression I am used to seeing outside of facing an enemy." Endymion said, and watched her expression sadden.

"I didn't imagine it would be like this when we were looking for the princess." Serena said quietly.

"How did you believe it would be?" Endymion asked as he continued to caress her face.

"I thought we would protect the princess when there was clear danger, respect her, and give deference to her words." She answered. "I guess I shouldn't have thought it would be different given I turned out to be the princess. They never believed me when it came to our secret life, and especially when it came to you."

"If it helps it does get better." He reassured her.

"Your Serenity felt this way too?" She asked.

"Yes. She expressed those same feelings to me a little while after this point in time." He said.

Serena sighed sadly and looked down.

"It shouldn't be like that. I shouldn't have to wait to be believed. I don't doubt them when they say something serious. They should give me the same consideration." She said.

"It's like they judge me based on my personality and nothing else, and react to everything about me from that alone. I don't judge them like that. I take them as a person and accepted them based on everything about them. When they speak I take their words seriously, and consider them even if I ultimately don't agree."

Endymion nodded at her words, understanding what she meant and where she was coming from. He and his Serenity had spoken of such before and he had told her something similar about her accepting them as they were but that they couldn't seem to do the same for her.

His Serenity had simply opted to wait and hope they changed their behavior toward her since at that time a couple of years had passed.

Perhaps this is something I can change as well. That way she does not have to go through the heartache my Serenity did. He thought.

"You are absolutely right. My Serenity waited for them to change, but perhaps you can take a different route." Endymion said.

"What do you suggest?" Serena asked.

"They want to protect you like you are the princess they were charged to protect and further more try to tell you what you can and cannot do and who you can and cannot see. Then you should treat them like the guardians they are since they are not really being friends." He said firmly.

"Allow them to protect you when there is danger and you cannot protect yourself, but create some distance instead of trying to maintain a friendship. They should listen to and accept your words, your commands, when you give them." He continued.

"And if you truly wish to take it further to further emphasize your point and your seriousness then perhaps take a step back from being Sailor Moon, and allow them to see how well they do without you and your thoughts and opinions that they have such a hard time believing and taking at face value." He said.

"After all, being your guardians they should be able to fight perfectly fine without you since they will have to protect you without your own help should the need call for it." Endymion said logically.

That was something that had always bothered him after they were truly together after remembering their past. Some of the scouts had continued to complain and try to berate her about her fighting skills after learning that she was the Moon Princess. It seemed they had forgotten that quickly that the only fighting skills she had was what she developed during her few months as Sailor Moon.

She didn't have to remain in her role as Sailor Moon. She could have stepped back, and allowed them to fight since she really didn't have to. However, they all knew that they really did need her and her power out there fighting.

The women they had become were now fully capable of fighting without her, but it had taken years for that to happen.

Serena nodded slowly and thoughtfully as she listened to his words. She had never considered those things before, but that was because she had not expected to turn out to be the Moon Princess. She had expected to be one of her guardians.

However, he was right in that they should be able to fight without her since it was their job to protect her. They shouldn't need Tuxedo Mask's help either, which they had wordlessly accepted multiple times despite their distrust of him.

Maybe I should also consider pulling back from my friendship with them. She thought quietly. They seemed to take it for granted that she would accept their behavior, and go on like it was nothing. And accept them trying to tell her what she could and couldn't do.

After all, if it was up to them she would have a completely different personality and be a completely different person; someone they thought she should be.

"I'll consider your words and decide later exactly what I want to do, but right now I want to see about this conversation we're supposed to have." Serena said, and watched him smile.

"How about we leave the arcade, and the girls behind?" Endymion suggested.

"I thought you wanted to talk here." Serena said.

"I suggested we meet here at the arcade, not that we stay and converse." He clarified. "I certainly do not want the girls in our personal business, and I know my younger self would not want them in it either."

"Although, I will acknowledge that they at least have had enough decency to keep their distance whilst we have talked instead of crowding around us. However, I am sure that would change if we were to find a booth." He said.

"Now, do you know of another place we can go, somewhere quiet and preferably as private as possible, or should I come up with a place?" He asked.

"Your place worked well enough last night, so I see no reason it can't again." Serena said.

Endymion nodded and got to his feet, and placed his hand on her back to gently guide her toward the exit. However, the girls quickly moved forward as if to block their path.

"Where are you going with him?" Raye asked almost hostilely.

"It is none of your concern." Serena said instantly yet calmly. "Now please step aside."

"You can't seriously be thinking of leaving with him?!" Lita said incredulously.

"It's too dangerous!" Amy said quickly. "Didn't you hear anything we said on our way here?!"

Mina, meanwhile, was gazing at the pair in slight confusion as if she was trying to understand what she was seeing.

"I heard, and I didn't care." Serena said just as calmly as before. "None of you cared about my thoughts and concerns, and didn't even want to hear my reasons. You seem to think you all know everything better than me, so I am long pass done listening to you, and will keep my own council from now onward and do what I wish without consideration of your thoughts and concerns."

"If you all do not like it you do not need to be my friends, and certainly do not need to be more than that." She said clearly, the inflection in her voice making it clear she was speaking of being her guardians.

"This is not the past, I do not need minders, and if you want to be technical about it I do not need guardians either since I am the princess of absolutely nothing." She said clearly yet quietly so as to not draw more attention than their stances were doing.

"As far as I am concerned the title is an honorary gift from the past and has no place in the present beyond those who actually know about it and will actually respect it." She stated.

"You are my friends but suddenly I get a title added to my name, and you want to start trying to treat me like I need babysitting and following around. I do not need or want that. I was my own person before the truth was revealed, and I intend on remaining that way regardless of how any of you feel." She said clearly yet firmly; all the while her speech taking on unconscious hints of formality.

Serena then turned away from them and walked passed them and their shocked faces with Endymion at her side; his warm hand still on her back.

Endymion gazed at Serena in pleasant surprise. He had not at all expected that. However, he supposed it was the situation and their words that caused her to react that way sooner than she likely would have considering she had said she would think about his words.

He had told her that his Serenity had chosen to wait for her guardians to respect her and see that she had grown and matured, but when it became clear that only Venus was seeing it and noting it she had gone off on them much as Serena just had. His Serenity had just been a few years older when it happened.

He had also not expected Serena to insinuate that she didn't need them as her guardians. It was technically true as she had said. Her title as princess was from the past and had nothing to do with the present just as it was with his younger self.

In the past she had been given Guardians because she was the next wielder and holder of the silver crystal. Now no one knew of the powerful crystal. The Negaverse knew she as Sailor Moon had it because Zoycite and Malachite had seen her use it, and the self named prince of the Black Moon Clan that would be making an appearance from his time in a matter of weeks knew she had it because he had discovered his Queen, who had the crystal, had been Sailor Moon at this point in time.

In the present she was a scout and could protect herself and her crystal, especially when no one knew she had it, and would only get better as time passed. Quicker if she had training, which he would suggest if she truly wished to not have to rely on the Guardian Scouts to protect her.

It was my younger self doing the protecting the majority of the time since she became a scout anyway. He thought quietly.

"I am surprised but I am also proud of you for standing up for yourself, and taking a stand against their treatment of you." Endymion said.

"I'm surprised at myself. I hadn't planned on saying anything to them, but it just came pouring out. Still, it was all true as far as I'm concerned." Serena said as she looked to him.

"I completely agree." He said seriously.

They continued walking and he guided her to a park before they walked into the trees and bushes out of clear sight of anyone. He then gathered her into his arms and willed them back to the apartment he was staying at in a golden flash.

~The King~ ~His Princess~

Serena placed her school bag on a side chair in Darien's living room and removed her shoes before she sat on the couch with Endymion.

"So last night you said there was more to your time travel to see me than just curiosity." She said; she wanted to get right into it since her own curiosity was nearly getting out of her control.

"Yes." Endymion said with a nod. "You recall what I told you last night?" He asked, and she nodded.

"It started with a game between you and your wife where she was pretending to be me before I became a scout and remembered the past." Serena summarized, and he nodded slowly.

"What I did not mention last night is that it was an intimate roleplaying game my Serenity and I were playing." Endymion said.

Serena stared at him blankly, and then blushed brilliantly as she understood what he was saying.

"Oh my gosh! Are you serious?!" She exclaimed in shock, and he laughed lightly.

"I am very serious. It is something we do to entertain ourselves and keep that part of our relationship exciting." He said. "It had been her turn to think up a situation and enact it, and she picked the middle of the night for her acting to start."

"So, 'I' arrived in the future in the middle of the night in my older body…in bed with you." Serena said.

"Exactly." Endymion said with a grin. "My Serenity did wonders with the role. She screamed loudly in terror before scrambling out of the bed and ended up on the floor tangled in her hair. She did an absolute brilliant job in her acting role."

"Wow." She said, still blushing as she tried to imagine the scene that had likely played out; if it had actually been her that had been there in that situation.

"So you calmed 'me' down and explained the situation." She said, and watched him nod.

"I informed her of exactly where and when she was, and then told her our whole back story from the Silver Millennium to what happened when we met for the first time, to becoming Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, to discovering our past as royals." He explained.

"Then in her role my Serenity asked how she was supposed to get home, and I told her not to worry about it and that instead she should consider why she was there. That she could take the chance to experience a piece of her future life, and if she did not wish to know what it would be like to be with a man." Endymion said with a smirk.

Serena blushed all over again, and could well imagine what happened after that!

"And that is part of the reason you came back in time to see me? You wanted to..to..be with me like that." She said in embarrassment.

"Aside from spending normal time with you as we have, yes." He answered honestly yet casually. "I am extremely curious to know what it would be like to be with you; you in your own body instead of my Serenity pretending to be you."

"I wonder what your reactions will be, if they will match the first time my Serenity and I were together, and if you will react as my Serenity does now." He added.

Serena couldn't believe this. What was he thinking?! Well she knew what he was thinking! He wanted to..to..to sleep with her for his curiosity! He had come all the way to the past, casually changing things when faced with the opportunity, and all just to sleep with her!

And what did she think about this? She hardly knew! Her first reaction was shock, surprise, and embarrassment. But now that her initial reaction was fading she was a bit curious. What would it be like to be with him in that way?

He wasn't her Darien, but he was Darien; just an older version of him. He was a Darien that already knew her body, likely better than she currently knew it, so he would..know what to do with it.

She shook her head a bit. Her curiosity had gone from wanting to know what he would say, to wondering what it would be like to be intimate with him. This was crazy!

"What about Darien, my Darien? Wouldn't he…" Serena trailed off. "We aren't exactly a couple since we haven't had a chance to talk or anything, but I think we will be considering you said you're married to my older self. Wouldn't he mind if we…wouldn't he want to be the one to…" She trailed off again, blushing hotly, hardly believing what she was trying to say.

"First, and foremost, you and Darien will be a couple, so there is no reason not to think of you that way even without having spoken to him of it." Endymion said. "Second, Darien will not mind us being together. I guarantee he is being intimate with my Serenity."

"How do you know that?" Serena asked, blushing.

"Because she is you, only older; she is Serenity." He said simply. "He cannot resist his Princess, his Serenity, and he especially will not resist her when she is in front of him as a Queen."

"I will say honestly that I did resist you, at least being intimate with you, at this point in time, however that was only because of our ages and the influence of modern sensibilities. However, now that I am thinking about it, this situation has the strong potential to do away with that resistance entirely." He stated.

"How so?" Serena asked curiously.

"Because if we were to be intimate Darien would have no excuse to hold back. You would no longer be untouched, and technically he would have already been with you, at least his body would have with only an older version of himself controlling it, so why hold back?" He explained.

"Furthermore, Darien will have been with my Serenity and would know exactly what he was trying to resist. So hopefully a side effect of our switch will mean there will be no hesitation in being intimate with each other when he returns, which will only serve to bring you closer together and strengthen your relationship." Endymion said.

She will need that strength after having told off her Guardians, and it is sure to have the added benefit of increasing her confidence in herself, which will help her continue to maintain her strong stances with those girls. He told himself.

Serena nodded and sighed as she looked away, her eyes distractedly scanning the room. He was Endymion, he was Darien, and he assured her they would be a couple. She believed that, had believed it even before he reappeared from the Negaverse. She had thought it might not happen until their next life, given the circumstances, but she still believed they would be together.

Darien was a jerk, but he had still been her friend, and he was Tuxedo Mask who had helped and encouraged her from day one, and he was her Endymion the prince she had loved so dearly in the past.

"I am curious." Serena said slowly, not looking at him. "I want to..to..but I don't know how..how to…"

Endymion reached over and gently turned her face until she was looking at him.

"I understand." He said gently. "I know how. You will learn with me; all you have to do is allow yourself to feel and react to those feelings."

Serena nodded shyly.

"Come here my little Princess." Endymion said, and helped her ease over until she was seated sideways on his lap.

Serena blushed as she sat on his lap, feeling his arms around her waist. She had never done such a thing before. The closest she had been was when she was being carried in Tuxedo Mask's arms to safety.

She watched the arm in front of her lift until his hand was touching her face, and she turned her head and looked at him at the gentle pressure of his fingers on her face and gasped as he pressed his lips to hers. He pulled back slowly and pressed them to hers again, and repeated the motion a third time before his lips parted and his tongue traced her lips.

It wasn't her first kiss. She remembered that one very clearly despite what she had been drinking. Her Darien had given her that kiss when he was Tuxedo Mask back when it was just her, Amy, and Raye. That one had been gentle and soft just as it was when Endymion first pressed his lips to hers.

But this one was different. She could tell that easily. This one was gradually becoming passionate. She didn't know how she knew, but something, some instinct perhaps, was telling her that as soon as she parted her lips their kiss would become completely passionate.

Serena, nervous but still full of curiosity, parted her lips and gasped again as she felt his tongue slip into her mouth. It stroked along her tongue and she copied his movements until she found her head tilted to the side, her mouth diagonal, and firmly latched onto his.

She brought a hand up and gently placed it on his face as their lips parted briefly for air before they came back together. She could hardly believe what she was doing. She understood that she was now beyond just a simple albeit passionate kiss, and was now making out with the King.

It was incredible and she was thoroughly enjoying it so far.

Endymion held in a groan. This was so much like kissing his Serenity, which wasn't at all surprising since Serena was his Serenity. It had started off shy like it had when he and his Serenity began kissing so many many years ago, but this grew intense much more quickly.

He attributed the difference solely to his presence. She likely felt more comfortable and freer, because he was mentally older and already knew what he was doing. Beyond that she had said she was curious, so he was going to move things along and begin to satisfy her curiosity.

He moved his hand from where he had returned it to her waist and slowly slipped it beneath her shirt; idly thankful she was wearing her school uniform since it provided all the access he needed to her.

Serena's breath caught as she felt Endymion's hand on the skin of her side. It slid up and down as their tongues twisted around each other and darted around each other's mouth. This went on for so long that she was so thoroughly distracted by his tongue that she gasped in surprised pleasure at the feel of his heavy hand suddenly resting on her bra covered breast.

She hummed thoughtfully as she considered the feel, and fairly quickly decided that she liked it, which was helped along when he gave it a gentle squeeze. She pressed her lips back to his, not having realized that she had broken their kiss in her surprise, and eased her tongue back into his mouth and felt him quickly do the same.

Endymion continued to squeeze his princess' soft breast, wishing it wasn't covered with a bra, but not letting it bother him since it would be gone soon enough.

He had nearly forgotten how developed her chest was at this point in time. It was not something that was very visible when she was in her school uniform, and even when she was in her scout uniform despite the snugness because of the bow on her chest, but he recalled very well the feel of it those times he had swept her up into his arms and to safety.

As he thoroughly enjoyed their kisses he decided he wanted to move things along a bit more. He wanted her to feel pleasure. Showing her breast such attention gave her a nice feeling he knew, but it didn't give her pleasure unless it was touched in combination with her more sensitive intimate area.

He slipped his hand down from her breast and along her stomach, and along her legs until he reached the end of her skirt and was brushing her knees.

Serena broke their kiss with a gasp as she felt his hand slip beneath her skirt and stroke along her thighs. She leaned her forehead against his and bit her bottom lip in slight uncertainty. She knew what he wanted, and she wanted to know what it would feel like, so she parted her legs a little.

Instantly his hand slipped between her legs and stroked slowly along the inside of her thigh. She took a slight breath and parted her legs further, and gasped lightly at the feel of his fingers instantly stroking her intimate area through her panties.

Pleasure instantly skittered and spread through the area, and she blushed and moaned softly, and then blushed more at the sound she had just made. She didn't know she could make that sound.

She quickly pressed her lips back to his to distract herself and stop herself from making that sound, and found herself surprisingly moaning again as she felt his tongue slip into her mouth and deepen the kiss as his fingers continued to stroke her slowly.

Endymion stroked his princess softly at first, getting her used to the feel of his fingers and the pressure, before he added a bit more pressure. He stroked her with a firmer touch and felt her thigh press against his stomach as she parted her legs further.

She slipped the hand on his face back behind his head and moved the arm between them up, and wrapped it around his shoulders tightly as he felt her trying to keep from squirming in his lap. She then twisted her upper body as much as she could and pressed her chest to his as if she wanted to be close and yet keep her legs parted.

Serena shifted her leg further away from the other until it was off his lap and her foot was on her toes to help keep her leg level with his lap and spread as he continued to produce pleasure in her body.

So good. Feels so good. She thought softly as she and Endymion kissed and his fingers rubbed her intimate area.

"Shall we take these off?" Endymion asked quietly as he broke their kiss and gestured to their shirts after he pulled his hand from beneath her skirt.

Serena nodded, panting a little, and he helped her pull hers off over her head and freed her streams of hair. He carefully placed the shirt on the coffee table since her brooch was attached, and then turned his attention to his own shirt. He unbuttoned it and pulled it off with her help, and tossed it on the coffee table as well.

Serena shyly touched her bra and looked to him questioningly.

"Do you want to take it off?" He asked as he smiled gently.

Serena bit her bottom lip and hesitantly touched his chest with a few fingers. He already knows my body. He's seen it before. She reminded herself. And I want to feel his skin against mine.

She nodded firmly and was about to reach back and unhook her bra, but blushed as Endymion reached around her and did it for her. He pulled it off and tossed it with their shirts before gently caressing one breast with zero hesitation.

"You are beautiful as always." He said softly as his fingers brushed her nipple.

Serena smiled softly and brought her lips to his in a kiss, which he had no problem returning as she draped her arm across his shoulders. She hummed at the feel of his hand cupping her breasts and gently squeezing them; feeling the intense warmth of his hand in contrast with the slightly cool air. It felt good, and it felt good combined with the lingering pleasure she felt from him stroking her intimate area.

She wanted to feel that again, his fingers touching her between her legs. It had felt so good. She couldn't help rubbing her thighs together at the remembered feel.

She could hardly believe what she was thinking! When she left school she had not imagined she would be at Darien's apartment sitting on Endymion's lap completely topless wanting his hand back between her legs even as his hand squeezed he breasts.

"What do you want Princess?" Endymion asked against her lips as he broke their kiss, feeling her almost squirming on his lap. "Do not be shy. Tell me what you desire. Let me know, so that I may satisfy your curiosity."

"I..I want to feel you rubbing me again," Serena said blushing hotly, her eyes still closed. "but I don't want you to stop touching my chest."

"As you wish." He said before he kissed her lightly. "We simply need to make a small adjustment."

With that Endymion helped and guided Serena to move and shift until she was straddling his lap with her legs dangling over his and her back was to his chest. Her arms settled at her sides and she rested her hands on the seat cushion at his sides as she waited to see what he would do next.

Serena sat still and watched as Endymion slipped his hand beneath her skirt, and jerked slightly as his hand covered her intimate area. She had watched so it wasn't a surprise, but it was the fact that he was doing it at all that had her reacting.

His hand felt heavy against her and she breathed in a sharp breath as his hand cupped her firmly. It moved back and forth rubbing her slowly through her panties. His free hand lifted and began to caress her breasts and squeeze them before he began to gently massage them.

She just lay back against him with her head on his shoulder, and her eyes closed as she enjoyed his touches and the pleasure flowing through her. The combination of touches felt as good as she had hoped they would and she didn't want it to stop.

She briefly thought of movies she had seen and the peeks at naughty manga she had glimpsed, and wondered if this was what the characters felt when their faces were blushing and their eyes were hooded and they made sounds.

She bit her lip to keep herself quiet but moved her hands, her fingers stroking the outside of his thighs just to have something to do as the pleasure inside her built higher and higher.

"Let me here you Serena. Let me know that I am pleasing you." Endymion breathed in her ear.

Serena shivered at his words and allowed the building sound in her throat to escape as she parted her lips. A soft moan filled the air and she blushed to know that it was her making that sound.

She soon found herself panting between moans, feeling her intimate area growing warmer as pleasure skittered through her core, but she gasped as she suddenly found herself being lifted.

Her eyes opened and she watched as Endymion turned and lay her on the couch before he joined her. She blushed helplessly as she felt his weight on top of her, but before she could become too embarrassed he kissed her and pressed his chest to hers.

She closed her eyes and hummed at the feel of their bare chests pressed together, and moved her hands to rub along his shoulders and upper back. He in turn stroked his large hand along her leg, up her side, and to her breast as he began to rock his hips against hers.

He was lying between her legs as much as he could with her skirt restricting her movements, but she could feel the up and down motion against her. The pleasure sparking and spreading outward from her core and filling her body.

Long minutes passed as Endymion and Serena made out and he continued to touch her and build the pleasure in her body. His own pleasure was building as well, but he was more focused on increasing her excitement.

So far she was reacting somewhat similar to how his Serenity reacted their first time together. She was touching him, her hands had even drifted up into his hair as they kissed, but she was lying still for the most part. Then again her skirt was somewhat in the way.

And she had laid still against him while he touched her, but he believed that was more to enjoy the pleasure and not knowing what to do than anything to do with shyness. He couldn't expect her to react as his Serenity would. She would have rocked her hips against his and kissed him and covered his hands with hers.

Still, he knew despite being more motionless than he preferred he knew she was enjoying herself. He could feel her nipples hardening against him and her body heat rising, and hear her moans and humming.

But I know I want more. He thought as he broke their latest kiss.

"Do you want to feel more? More pleasure? More of me?" He asked against her cheek before he pulled back.

Serena nodded, speechless, and watched as he got up and to his feet, and then gasped lightly as he easily picked her up into his arms. As she lay trustingly in his arms all she could do was gaze up at his face, and try to ignore the fact that she was completely topless as he walked; something that wasn't possible since she could feel his warm skin against hers.

They entered his bedroom and she blinked out of her daze as he lay her on his bed. His hands lowered to his pants and she quickly covered her eyes, unable to look despite her curiosity, as he began to unfasten his pants.

Long seconds passed before she felt the bed dip at her side and then again on her other side. She had the sense that he was caging her in with his body, and when she felt a light touch flutter across her chest, along her breasts, she lowered her hands away to the sides of her head and found that she had been right.

He was straddling her on his hands and knees and was undressed down to his boxers, but that was all she registered before he leaned down and kissed her.

Endymion kissed Serena until she relaxed and then he pulled back, and carefully shifted her legs apart and knelt between her legs and began stroke them. Up and down his hands slid, pushing her skirt up more each time, before he moved his hands to stroke up and down her arms.

On one of his passes he eased his hands over and covered her soft breasts. He brushed his thumbs over the peaks before he began to massage the soft orbs. He listened to her sigh and hum and watched her eyes slide close.

He decided to move things along since he wanted her to experience more pleasure. He gave her breasts a last gentle yet firm squeeze before he moved his hands away and leaned down and brought his lips to the side of her neck. He skipped kisses down her neck and along the top of her chest before angling his path to one of her soft orbs as he stretched out between her legs.

A sharp gasp escaped her mouth as he wrapped his lips around her nipple, and his eyes flashed proudly to know he was affecting her; surprise, pleasure, or both he didn't care. As long as she was feeling it. He flicked it with his tongue before he opened his mouth wide and took as much of her into his mouth as he could and began to suckle her.

Serena opened her eyes and looked down only to see the top of Endymion's head and his face buried against her as his mouth and tongue worked on her. Then she watched slightly wide eyed as his hand moved blindly to her other breast and began to massage it as he had only moments ago.

It felt good, but she didn't know what to do beyond laying there and letting him do what he wanted. Her hands were still next to her head, her legs flat on the bed, and the rest of her body as relaxed as she could be given the situation.

"… all you have to do is allow yourself to feel and react to those feelings." He had said, so she would do just that.

She lightly placed a hand on the back of his head, as if it keep him there, and placed her other hand on his shoulder. She wasn't brave enough to cover his hand on her, but she was brave enough to slide her hand over his shoulder and stroke along his upper back.

He switched his mouth to her other breast and covered her moist breast with his hand before he began to squeeze rhythmically. She hummed and arched her back slightly, pushing herself further into his mouth and hand, as she continued to stroke along his warm upper back.

She relaxed back on the bed as she watched him. It felt good, not anywhere near as good as when he touched her between her legs, but still good. She could lay there and feel him doing that for hours, so pleasant it was, but she wondered if he liked it or if he was just doing it for her.

"Does that feel good to you?" Serena asked softly, curiously.

Endymion lifted his head enough to look at her through his hair as he continued to suck on the breast in his mouth. He knew she could see the desire clear in his eyes, but he would answer with words as well so she would not hesitate in asking in the future; either with him or his younger self.

"It does." He answered after he released her from his mouth. "You are so beautiful, and so soft." He added as he gently squeezed the breast beneath his hand. "The mere sight of you makes me desire you all the more."

"And I intend for you to understand just how much I desire you before the day is over." He said as he lowered his head and kissed her breast.

Endymion lifted himself and kissed her before he sat back on his heels and began to remove the rest of her clothes. Her blue school skirt, panties, and socks came off and joined his on the floor leaving her completely naked.

He's seen this before. He's seen this before. He's seen this before. Serena told herself over and over again, struggling not to cover herself as Endymion looked at her naked body.

She had never been so bare outside of bathing and showering, and she felt like her entire body was blushing in embarrassment. Still, she focused on his eyes and could see that they were dark and hooded and flickering up and down her body as his hands trailed up and down her thighs.

The way he was looking at her made her feel beautiful even if she was embarrassed. She had never felt concern with the way she looked, but the way he was looking at her and even his actions made her feel more secure with her appearance.

With that security in mind she wanted to get back to how she had felt in the living room. She wanted the kisses to start again and feel the building pleasure, so she did the only thing she felt bold enough to do in the position she was in; she held out her arms to him.

Endymion smiled a small yet soft smile before he easily lowered himself into her arms and rested his weight on her as he brought his lips to hers.

His little princess was shy but she was slowly trying, and he adored her for it and didn't at all mind it. He had always loved her innocence. His Serenity knew it and could mimic it well, as she had demonstrated in their roleplaying, but Serena didn't have to pretend. She was still very innocent, at least in terms of physical pleasure, and he desired her more for it.

That innocence was simply another part of her purity, of the essence of who she was, and he could never get enough of it.

He slid his hand up her leg and over her hip and along her side as their tongues slid together and twisted around each other. In the next moment he began to rock his hips against hers, wanting to feel her heat and knowing the material of his boxers wouldn't hurt her sensitive skin.

He soon developed a rhythm with his hips and his hands and knew it was working, because he could feel the heat in her womanhood growing and her hands were moving more along his upper back and in his hair.

Their kisses soon grew intense and passionate, only stopping to catch their breath before being drawn right back.

Serena was enjoying the pleasure so much she could barely think. She loved the feel of his weight on top of her. She could feel him through his boxers unlike back in the living room, and knew that that part of him was what was fueling her pleasure.

His hands seemed to be everywhere. Drifting up and down her legs, over her hips, along her sides, and up to cover her breasts as he had before. He repeated the process again and again as he moved his lips against hers, and twisted his tongue around hers. All of it designed to increase her pleasure, which she admitted was working perfectly.

Suddenly she broke their kiss with a gasp and looked down at him in surprise to find herself laying on top of Endymion. He smiled up at her, looking completely comfortable, as he stroked his hands along her back before they drifted down and covered her bottom.

She gasped again, a blush painting her face, at the feel of his heavy hands covering her. Then she shivered lightly as he squeezed her and lifted his hips into hers.

"Feel free to take my boxers off." Endymion said with a light smirk.

Serena's eyes widened at his words, and she shifted her eyes down to give herself time to think. Could she really do it? Could she really take off his boxers? He obviously wanted her to since he said she could, but could she actually make herself do it?

She was already laying naked on top of him, and it would be right for him to be just as naked as she was. Plus, she was curious to see all of him just as he had seen all of her. But she was still nervous to actually do it.

"… all you have to do is allow yourself to feel and react to those feelings." His words went through her mind again, reminding her and she took strength from them and his obvious patience.

She looked back to his eyes, seeing the gentleness there, and bit her lip before she began to ease backward she down his body. When her hands reached his hips she curled her fingers beneath the band of his boxers and looked back up. His eyes were still gentle, and he nodded lightly in encouragement.

She took a deep breath and let it out before she began to pull the material down. Before anything could be revealed she looked away, and continued to pull the material down his legs before adding them to the rest of their clothes on the floor.

Serena moved back up his body and straddled his legs, her eyes flickering everywhere but down at his body.

Just look. He looked at you earlier. She encouraged herself. Then again he already knew what I looked like, so it wasn't exactly the same.

Still, she took a deep breath and forced herself to look down, and her eyes widened at the sight. His manhood was not quite sticking straight up, but pointing in her direction. This was his hardness, this was what she had felt, this is what had been giving her pleasure.

It was…interesting to look at. She reached out with a finger and poked it, and watching as it swayed slightly. She blushed in the next moment as she realized what she had been doing, and looked up to Endymion.

"It is alright. Explore all you want." Endymion said encouragingly.

Serena nodded and looked back to his hardness and cautiously yet curiously touched it with her thumb and forefinger before she wrapped her fingers around it completely. She found it hard yet soft, and very warm.

"Does it hurt to be this way?" She asked curiously as she gently squeezed.

"It does if I do not get any relief." Endymion answered as he watched her curious movements.

She poked and prodded curiously at him. She didn't know if he was affected by her touch. If he was she was missing it since she wasn't looking at his face.

"What am I supposed to do now?" Serena asked as she moved her hand away and looked to his face, and watched him smile as he sat up.

"Come here my little Princess." Endymion said as he held out his hand.

He helped her straddle his lap so she was seated on his hardness, and then kissed her as he helped her rock back and forth on him.

Serena molded her lips to his, tilting her head slightly to give her tongue more reach to move with his, as she pressed her chest to his and wrapped her arms around his neck. A small part of her was embarrassed at the position she was in, but the rest of her didn't care and just wanted to feel more pleasure and be close to him.

And with that in mind she thoroughly enjoyed being pressed against him as she was; from their mouths, to their chests, to their stomachs, and finally to the place where his hardness was pressed against her intimate area.

She moved back and forth along his hard length as he had showed her, and the pleasure it created brought shivers racing along her body. It was good, so good, addicting, and she wanted more.

"I want to feel more." She breathed in his ear after she broke their kiss.

"Very well." Endymion breathed right back before he guided her up so she was kneeling slightly over him.

He grabbed himself and stroked a few times, unable to help himself, and helped her ease down until he was at her entrance. He took a moment to call on his golden crystal to surround his length in its glow, so his princess would not feel pain from his entrance.

Not to mention to protect her from pregnancy since she and his younger self were too young to start their family, and their Small Lady was not due to join their lives until they were King and Queen.

Once he was surrounded in the golden power he helped her ease down until she was lowering herself and pushing down, taking his length into her body, and waited as she adjusted to the foreign intrusion and got as comfortable as she could.

Serena frowned at the uncomfortable stuffed feeling she had at Endymion's hardness being inside her. It hadn't hurt like she thought it would, and she was suspicious that that was his doing somehow, but it was still uncomfortable.

She shifted her hips slightly, hoping to ease the feeling, her inner walls unconsciously clenching around him, which produced a deep groan from him. She stopped in embarrassment and looked at him red faced and nervous.

"It is okay to be nervous." Endymion said gently as he gazed at her. "I do not think anything less of you because of it. I love all of you as you are; innocent, pure, nervous, cheerful, strong, bashful, passionate, and anything else you are and want to be."

"You really love me? Me, Serena?" She asked softly, his words warming her.

"Yes. I love you; the Serena right here with me." He reassured her. "Past, present, or future. It does not matter. You are Serenity, and you will always be my love." He added, telling her the exact same thing he told his Serenity when they were playing their roleplaying game; the words no less true now than they were then.

Serena smiled softly, melting at his romantic words, before she kissed him and hugged him to her. She could tell that his words were genuine. Despite being older in mind he still loved her, and all because she was Serenity. Someone else might not understand, might see if differently, but she understood perfectly.

He was the older self of her Darien, her Prince. He was the King of her future. He was Endymion. She would react exactly the same way had she been confronted with her Prince from the past. Because he was Endymion, and that was all that mattered.

She wanted to feel more and now she was determined to do just that. She reacted on instinct and began to move up and down on the hard length inside her as she held him to her. Again and again and again she moved as they kissed, their mouth's hot, moist, and eager for more as she ran her fingers through his hair.

Soon Serena was allowing her feelings to take control. Soft moans that grew in pitch and whimpers drifted up from her throat and into Endymion's mouth as her pleasure grew and spiraled higher and higher. She moved her hips faster, erratically, practically bouncing as she tried to create more of the pleasure filling her body, and move toward the high she could just feel out of reach.

Endymion broke their kiss with a moan and rolled them, careful to go in a direction that would keep them from being wrapped in her hair, before he pressed his face against the side of her neck. He pressed her against the mattress and thrust his hips firmly and fast. Her legs slid around his waist and it took only moments before she was crying out her first ever release.

He felt her body shudder under and around him, her voice not too quiet yet not too loud, somehow just the right pitch. Still, he didn't stop, he kept going, and as she calmed down he took it to another level; determined for her to feel more.

He sat up, careful to keep their intimate connection, and shifted onto his knees before he spread them and scooted a bit closer to her. He made sure her legs were draped over his thighs and began to rock his hips back and forth as he listened to her light panting.

It was a position he liked to use with his Serenity and he was sure Serena would enjoy it. It was likely to be unexpected, given this was her first time, but he was still going to do it. He was feeling too much not to.

Serena rested her arms on the pillow above her and closed her eyes as she licked her dry lips. That pleasure was amazing and she shivered lightly as the remains of it drifted away. Now she found herself in a new and embarrassing position, but it was a position that was bringing her pleasure high back; especially since he had never really stopped moving inside her.

She moaned and arched her back up and spread her legs only to moan again as her pleasure from his moving length spiked brilliantly. She opened her eyes as she relaxed back on the bed and watched him place his hands on her knees. He parted her legs further as he continued to move steadily inside her, and she moaned as he ground his hips against hers somehow adding to her pleasure.

More. I want more. I want…

She lowered her arms instead of finishing the thought, and grabbed his wrists and pulled back before placing his hands on her chest. She wanted to feel his hands on her, and as she rested her arms back on the pillow he satisfied her desire. His fingers squeezed and molded her breasts as he moved back and forth inside her.

Endymion listened as his little princess moaned and panted as she watched his hands caressing, squeezing, and molding her soft breasts. Her eyes slid lower and he could tell the exact moment she caught sight of him moving within her because her face grew redder and her eyes closed.

He thrust harder, jerking her body, and listened as she moaned louder and arched her back pushing her breasts further into his hands. He continued his harder thrusts and watched her hands grasp the pillow tightly and felt her toes curl against his legs before she cried out loudly as another release rocked her body.

He moved his hands away from her breasts and slid them around her back as he leaned down to hold her in a hug. He rested his head next to hers and panted as he rocked his hips back and forth, thrusting with the same firm hardness that had triggered his princess' release.

He moaned as pleasure flowed through his body. She felt so good, hot and moist, and she was squeezing him so tightly that he thought he would lose his mind. The pleasure was so intense.

Endymion moved his hips faster, wanting more pleasure, as he panted harshly against Serena's neck, and listened as she screamed. One hand suddenly grabbed his hair and pulled as she wreathed in his hold and bucked her hips against his.

Serena moaned in her pleasure as it continued in little bursts after the explosion that had just rocked her world, and listened despite her distraction as her King groaned in what she instinctively knew was absolute pleasure.

Somehow his hips began to move even faster, and then he was suddenly crying out as his hold on her tightened almost uncomfortably. She could feel what she could only describe as an intensely heated spray inside her, and knew that he was experiencing the same explosion of pleasure she had.

"Don't stop! Don't stop! Please don't stop!" She moaned out as the pleasure continued spreading from her intimate area and bursting through her body.

Endymion was more than happy to heed her pleasure filled command.

~The King~ ~His Princess~

Four days had passed since Serena and Endymion were intimate and it was now the last day of his stay in that time.

The Princess and King had slept together multiple times since that first time on his second day in his past. Serena had still been curious and had wanted to feel that amazing mind blowing pleasure again, and Endymion had been more than willing to accommodate her; especially when she started to participate more.

Of course they had also spent time together outside of that pleasing activity. He had helped her with her homework, helped her train to be a better fighter, and just talked to her about many things about their lives and the things happening in their lives.

One of which included her decision to officially distance herself from Amy, Lita, Raye, and Mina. Amy and Lita had tried to talk to her at school, but she hadn't been interested; especially since they had started off by immediately wanting to know if she was alright and what he had told her, and saying that they had told her she shouldn't go off with Darien and definitely not alone.

She had in turn simply told them that she was reevaluating her friendship with them and Raye, and what friendship had started with Mina, and not to bother her unless there was an attack by the Negaverse. She hadn't spoken to them since then, and had been spending her lunch hour at school doing just that; reevaluating their friendship and considering other things going on in her life.

She was unsure about stepping back from being Sailor Moon, and another monster attack hadn't happened since the salon fight that would help her decision one way or the other. Still, she was seriously considering it, but wondering if she should hold off until the Negaverse was finally defeated so people didn't suffer for it. Although, she was aware that that would defeat the purpose of stepping back.

Now on Endymion's last day, with only a couple of hours left, they were spending that time together at Darien's apartment. The living room and kitchen were empty and quiet, but suddenly a lusty feminine moan echoed down the hallway from the bedroom where the two currently were.

Serena was wearing an ombré spaghetti strap sundress that stopped just above her knees, and transitioned from white at the top to a vivid light blue at the bottom. At the moment the skirt of her dress was scrunched up on her thighs as she straddled Endymion's lap as he sat on the end of the bed.

The straps of her dress were hanging off her shoulders against her upper arms, the top of her dress pushed down making her breasts visible, allowing her only enough freedom to grip his shoulders with her hands.

Her head was tilted back slightly, her eyes closed, as she steadily rocked her hips back and forth to create the delicious friction of his hardness moving inside her. She panted and moaned as pleasure continuously spread from her core throughout her body; helped along by Endymion kissing and sucking on her breasts.

Endymion, for his part, was thoroughly enjoying himself. Since their first time being intimate his princess had grown more confident and hands on; especially when she was assured that he enjoyed her touch and the sound of her voicing her pleasure.

After that first time, that very same day, they had slept together multiple times, only pausing to eat and allow her to get her homework done, which he had been happy to help with. As soon as she was finished they went right back to it, eager to feel the addictive pleasure and experience the bliss of a release.

This same pattern continued over the next four days. They would meet at the arcade, leave and go to his younger self's apartment, and almost immediately start kissing and touching, which inevitably lead to them falling into bed and sleeping together.

After the first time homework would get done or eating would happen, sometimes both, and then they would be right back to it; being intimate two or three more times before he took her home for the day.

He groaned in pleasure as he recalled how she had surprised him last night by appearing in his bedroom and climbing into bed with him; her intent beyond clear. He had not even considered denying her. He had simply kissed her and began touching her the way she desired to build her pleasure, so they could journey down the road to bliss together.

Now he was doing the same, touching her the way he knew she desired, as she rode him with a shy confidence only his Serenity could duplicate. He slid his hands up and down her back, touching her skin and the fabric of the dress that was snug enough to remain in place even with the straps off her shoulders and her lovely breasts exposed.

He slipped his hands beneath the skirt of her dress and stroked and squeezed her bare bottom as she moved on him, and then took turns caressing and massaging one breast and then the other; the desirable sounds of her soft moans and cries stoking his desire for her higher and higher.

Serena panted and moaned as her pleasure mounted, her body hot and shivering at the amazing sensations spreading from her core outward. It had long since flushed her skin, hardened her nipples, and left her lips constantly parted in the shape of an 'o'.

The ripples of pleasure were seductively addictive, which didn't at all surprise her at this point. She had figured out that fact after their second time together that first day when she found herself wanting him again before her pleasure from her second release had even faded.

Her body shivered a little harder and she started to move her hips faster, recognizing the sign that her building pleasure would soon explode in the way she had become familiar with and absolutely loved.

Her hips moved faster seemingly with a mind of their own, and some part of mind that could still function beyond the pleasure knew she was close. She knew it, and her body definitely knew it. She was close, so close, so very close, and she wanted it! She wanted it so badly!

She felt him wrap an arm around her waist and lean back on his free hand. She moved with him without thought, moaning between panting breaths, as her hips moved rapidly back and forth before she began to lift them up and down bouncing on him.

He lifted his hips into her bouncing hips, thrusting up into her body firmly one, twice, and a third time before she cried out suddenly. She shuddered against him and gripped his shoulders as she arched into him, pressing her chest against his, even as she continued to try and move her hips.

Endymion groaned and tilted his head back as he felt his princess' inner walls clenching and rippling around him. It felt so good, along with the exquisite feeling of her soft breasts pressed against him, and he loved that he was able help her reach her end.

Still, as good as it felt it wasn't enough to get him to his end. He needed more, and he was going to get more.

He tightened his arms around her waist and sat up straight as her body trembled against him, and placed his free hand on her upper back before he stood up. He carefully turned, his pants and boxers still around his ankles and the panties and light blue sweater she had been wearing nearly next to his feet, and lay her on the bed where he had been sitting; careful to stay with her and maintain their connection.

He pressed his mouth to hers and took advantage of her parted lips, slipping his tongue through, and kissed her deeply as he leaned his forearm on the bed at her side. She moaned into his mouth as their tongues twisted and slid together, her inner walls still clenching around him in her pleasure.

Slowly he rocked his hips, gently thrusting his length back and forth within her, as they continued to kiss. She moaned and he felt her hips shift slightly sending more pleasure skittering up his length and through his body.

He moved his free hand to cover her breast and massaged the soft mass. A moan drifted up her throat and into his mouth, her back arching up pushing herself further into his hand, and he squeezed the breast and swiped his thumb across her nipple.

Her inner walls seemed to clench around him in response, and he kissed her once more before he moved to stand up. Once he straightened he pushed up the front skirt of her dress as he moved his hips, so it was bunched up across her stomach so he could the point where they were connected.

Serena followed Endymion's eyes down, pass her bare chest, and wondered if she could still blush with how flushed her skin was as she saw what had his attention. Even from her angle she could see his hardness moving back and forth inside her intimate area between her thighs.

She licked her dry lips, aroused by the sight as she was by the feel of his movements, and moaned as she closed her eyes. In the next moment her eyes snapped open to feel his hands lifting her legs behind her knees until they were up and bent slightly toward her. Then he shifted his hands to rest on her knees and parted her legs to the side and held them in that position as he watched himself moving within her.

The inner walls of her intimate area clenched automatically at the position and the feel of him inside her, and she moaned again as her pleasure instantly increased.

Part of her was embarrassed since he had not put her in such a position during their time together. He had introduced her to the position of straddling him; facing him and facing away from him. Although, they had not been connected when she was facing away from him. She had just lay back against him while he rubbed her intimate area; sometimes through her panties and other times after taking her panties off.

All of them had felt good, but this was the first time he had deliberately spread her legs the way he had. And she could not deny that she liked it. Something about having her legs spread, more so than when he was rubbing between her thighs, made her feel much more pleasure than usual.

Endymion listened as Serena moaned, and his eyes flickered up to watch her eyes close and her back arch up in an obvious display of pleasure. He wanted to see her touch her breasts, he wanted to touch her breasts, but he also wanted to keep his hands right where they were; on her knees keeping her legs spread open.

If he were back home with his Serenity he knew she would be touching her breasts, because she knew him well enough to know that was what he wanted. However, he was here with his princess and she was too shy for that. She would learn to be more open in that way with his younger self.

But if she was his Serenity she would be caressing and massaging those soft orbs for his visual pleasure as well as her own pleasure, and she would be touching herself where they connected. She sometimes did that when she wanted more pleasure when his own hands were otherwise occupied.

He licked his lips as his mind supplied such a scene as he moved his hips back and forth within his princess. Her head would be thrown back, her eyes closed, and her neck stretched as if she was trying to create room inside herself for more pleasure.

One hand would drift back and forth between her breasts to show each one equal attention while her other hand would slide down her stomach and play with the little nerve ball that added some much to her pleasure.

He groaned deeply at the imagery and thrust more firmly within Serena, and watched her body jerk slightly and her breasts sway. He groaned again and thrust more firmly, tightening his hold on her knees, to produce the same affect.

Serena moaned and licked her dry lips between panting breaths as she turned her head from side to side as her pleasure steadily built. She slid her arms around her stomach to hold herself, not knowing what to do with her hands and arms since she couldn't reach him.

"More, more, more, more, more." She moaned, and would have been surprised if she could hear how lustful she sounded, before she cried out as he moved faster and harder within her.

Her pleasure spiked higher and higher with his every thrust, her body jerking against the bed, a cry of pleasure escaping each time. Then his hands shifted her knees outward, spreading her legs further apart, and she almost screamed as an explosion of pleasure ripped through her core and sent waves of pleasure rippling through her body.

So lost in her pleasure she barely felt Endymion's hands leave her knees and his weight settle on top of her. His arms slid beneath her, one up to grasp her shoulder and the other around her back, and she idly wrapped her arms around his neck before everything became even more.

This time a scream did flow from her as he moved faster within her creating another explosion of pleasure in her core.

Endymion groaned as he pressed his face against his princess' neck as he moved his hips hard and fast as he thrust into her hot wet body. He rode out her second release just as he did her first one, and drove rapidly toward his first one.

His breath came out harshly against her skin as he moved against and within her. His grip on her tightening with his every rapid thrust as his pleasure flew higher and higher.

He moaned as her inner walls continued to clench around him, her body jerking in his hold, her soft breasts cushioning his chest. He could feel that her legs were still up and spread, and he vaguely wondered how long that would last.

The thought suddenly slipped from his mind as pleasure exploded and raced through his body.

A deep groan left him as he thrust hard and sharply, his hips moving erratically as his body worked toward making the pleasure last as long as possible.

His little princess moaned and wrapped her legs around his waist, and he groaned again as his pleasure spiked with her move.

He lifted his head and kissed her deeply, pushing his tongue into her mouth, as he ground his hips against her with another groan.

Serena answered with a moan and tightened her arms and legs around him, her body still jerking with his movements and pleasure still rippling through her body.

~K&P~

Endymion and Serena had showered and were fully dressed aside from their shoes; the cleansing activity having taken up some of the remaining time they had left to wait. Now they lay stretched out on the bed next to each other on their sides facing one another just waiting for the minutes to pass.

"I have written letters to you and my younger self. They are on his desk." Endymion informed her.

"What did you write?" Serena asked curiously.

"You will have to read your letter, and ask after his, to find out." He replied with a small smile.

"Do I really have to wait to find out?" She asked, and received an immediate kiss before he replied.

"It will not be long." He said gently. "Make sure you do not get too distracted by my younger self being back that you forget about them."

"I won't." She promised as she nodded, and then sighed. "I'm going to miss you, and having your point of view of things when we talk."

"My younger self may not have my life experience, but he still has experience from the life he has lived so far, and it will still help you." He told her, and watched her nod her understanding.

"But I'll still miss you." She said softly.

"I understand." Endymion said gently, and he truly did.

He understood that she would miss his maturity and the advice he could give her based on the years he had been with her older self. He was also aware that she would miss their physical intimacy together. He knew how to move her body and touch her just right in order to increase and build her pleasure.

He had also introduced her to a couple of pleasurable positions as well, but only enough so she knew what real pleasure was. That along with whatever his Serenity introduced to his younger self should give the couple a start at their physical relationship.

"You will see me again; before my younger self becomes me." He reassured her, and watched her eyes light up.

"Really?!" Serena said in happy surprise.

"Yes." He confirmed with a nod.

He was aware that it wouldn't exactly be a happy reunion. He wouldn't be able to touch her and she wouldn't be able to touch him, but they could see, talk, and remember this time together. He knew his younger self would have it worse since his Serenity wouldn't be available for anything beyond sight, and even that would be limited given what the circumstances would be.

"I already can't wait." She said with a smile.

Just then Endymion felt a warm yet warning pulse from his golden crystal echo throughout his body, and he knew it was time for him to go.

"It is time for me to depart my little Princess." Endymion said calmly, shifting to lay on his back, and watched her sigh sadly.

"Okay." Serena said, nodding bravely as she sat up, still not wanting him to leave.

"Do not forget the letters." He reminded her as his body began to glow with the golden light of his crystal. "And make sure the two of you speak about your relationship before anything physical happens."

"I won't forget, and we'll definitely talk." She said as she watched, slightly wide eyed, as the golden light grew brighter and brighter.

"Goodbye Serena. It was a pleasure to see you again." He said with a smile.

"Goodbye Endymion. Thank you for coming to see me. I'll treasure it always." Serena said, and watched him nod before he closed his eyes.

She watched him through the bright light, not exactly sure what to expect, and after a few minutes the light faded away until it was completely gone. She could see no difference in his appearance, but that didn't mean the King wasn't really gone.

Then his eyes fluttered open, and they looked the same but still somehow different.

"Darien?" She said hesitantly as she looked down at him.

"Serena." Darien said with a slow smile; one she recognized from the many times he had teased her.

"Welcome back." Serena said with a smile.