Love and Destiny Chapter 5 (PG13) by Sailor Draco
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Makoto went in Usagi's room, put some clothes and personal items in a duffel
bag, gathered some CD's Usagi requested, some books, manga, and other needed
things. Stephen gathered up Luna's things, she and Artimes would be staying
with Ami for the time being. Cats weren't allowed in the apartments, Rei
couldn't have them at the temple, and Artemis couldn't stay at Minako's
apartment by himself, so Ami offered to take care of them for a while.
Usagi was with Rei, Rei decided to take Usagi to the mall and have some
fun. They never knew when they would get another chance to just hang out
and be normal. It was the first time since the movies that they were alone
together. They had nearly everything, and was getting ready to leave when
Makoto spoke. "Why didn't you tell me you were my knight?"
Stephen sighed, "I didn't think you had any of your memories back, and I
didn't want to burden you with those memories if you didn't already have
them. You already had to much to worry about with the Princess and Endymion."
A smile crossed Makoto's face, "You're right, I didn't get my memories back
until the night before we went to the movies." The smile slowly began to
fade. "But you still could have told me. I would have wanted to know, to
have those memories back again." Stephen put down the things he was holding
and went over to Makoto, held her face in his hand so he was looking into her
deep emerald eyes. "I'm sorry Princess, I just wanted you to be happy. I
didn't want to cause any more pain or trouble in your life than you already
had." A small smile once again graced Makoto's face. "You're so sweet," she
whispered as they joined in short but passionate kiss. They pulled apart
but still stood close, inches apart. Stephen raised his hand and brushed
her bangs away from her ear and smiled, "I'm glad to see you still have the
earrings I gave you Princess." She smiled as well.
"Yes, I've had them for as long as I can remember, though I never could
remember where I got them, until I got back that memory," Makoto.
"Yes, there enchanted. I infused them with part of my power so they will
always be with you, no matter what lifetime you're in, and lend you the
little bit of extra power when you need it." He saw the slightly confused
look on her face. "Haven't you ever noticed your earing glittering or a
extra burst of power? As far as I know they have only been activated on
very few occasions." She nodded, she remembered back in the beginning a
few rare moments when this did happen. "You see, I've always been with
you, I always will my Princess," he whispered in her ear as they embraced.
Shortly afterward they went out with Usagi's and Luna's stuff and went
off to the apartments to meet up with the others.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Usagi sat at the booth, a sad and distant look in her blue eyes. Rei was
talking away, Usagi didn't hear any of it, her mind was somewhere else.
Finally Rei noticed the sadness surrounding her friend.
"What's wrong Usagi?" Rei asked concerned. Usagi snapped out of it.
She forced a fake smile. "Nothing, I'm fine." Rei knew Usagi didn't want
to talk about it, so she decided to not push her and change the subject.
So where do you want to go next? We have twenty minuets before we meet up
with Stephen and Makoto. Wanna go check out the manga shop?"
"No, I think I'll pass. Let's go somewhere else," replied Usagi.
Rei was a little shocked. Usagi had hardly ever refused manga, even as
she grew older. She laid some yen on the table to cover there lunch, then
jumped up and grabbed her moon friends hand, pulling her up and towards the
door. "Come on then! I heard there's a great sale at the clothing store!"
Usagi couldn't help but go along with her martion friend. She smiled,
thankful for Rei's attempts to cheer her up and make her temporary forget
about the events that had taken place only a week ago.
~~~~~~~~~~
Makoto and Stephen were in his apartment. Usagi and Rei should be there at
any moment. They had finished gathering Usagi's things and had already
dropped Luna off with her stuff at Ami's. Daemon would be out of the
hospital in a few days. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Stephen
got up and walked over to the door with the stride of a Prince, looked
through the bronze eye hole, saw it was Usagi and Rei, and opened the oak
door. Usagi walked in first, her jet black skirt moving gracefully with
her body. She was wearing a tight matching long sleeve shirt with a square
neckline, a distant look on her face. There was a large red bag in her
hand full of what she bought. Rei came in behind her, her raven black
hair flowing behind her, wearing a red dress with a similar neckline with
knee high leather boots, a similar bag in her hand. They gracefully walked
over to the couch and sat down.
"Sorry we're a bit late," said Rei. "There was a sale and we lost track
of time."
"That's fine," laughed Makoto.
"Okay, here's the plan we all came up with. Usagi will stay here as
long as there is a threat to her life and Endymion is out there. The
meetings will not be held at Rei's temple anymore because as has been
pointed out before Endymion knows the meetings are held there. From now
on they will be held at secret locations, a different one each time. No
communications with Usagi or us over the phone because they can be tracked,
use your communicators instead. Ami says as far as she has figured out
those can't be traced. Ami knows all of this already, she helped work it
out. Any questions?" asked Stephen. They all nodded their heads no.
"Well I better go, shouldn't stay here to long," said Rei. She turned
to Usagi. "Are you going to be all right Usagi?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine," said Usagi in a whisper of a voice.
"Don't forget, I'll always be there if you need me," said Rei.
Makoto nodded, "We all will." Stephen walked Rei and Makoto to the door, then
locked it back up behind them.
"Princess, you'll be staying in Daemon's room for a while, don't argue,
he insist. He says when he comes back he'll sleep on the fold out bed we
got," said Stephen as he picked up Usagi's bags and put them in Daemon's
bed room. He saw Usagi start to argue but spoke up, "Princess like I said,
don't argue about it with me, like I said he insist. If you want you can
argue about it with him when he gets back." A slight smile graced her face,
"Thank you. And please do me a favor, don't call me Princess," said
Usagi. "Call me Usagi, the senshi do." Stephen smiled back, the Princess
hadn't changed much since the millennium. Even back in the Silver Millennium
she didn't like being called Princess. Yes, these would be interesting
times indeed.
~~~~~~~
Demoness stood in Usagi's apartment, going through her dresser drawers,
throwing things out left and right. She wore a tight black dress with
leather boots, and a low neckline, a black choker with a amethyst on it
lay around her neck. She straightened up, put her hands on her hips and
looked around the apartment. Clothes lay tossed every where, books knocked
down from there shelves, papers flung carelessly everywhere. It was a
total mess. Demoness had looked everywhere, trying to find some clue as to
where the Princess went. So far she hadn't found a thing. Suddenly she
saw a picture on the piano in a golden frame. It was of Usagi with
Mamoru. She walked over and picked it up. It was taken on the beach,
Usagi was standing in front of Mamoru, his arms around her, she
leaning in, a smile on both of their faces, the rolling waves of the ocean
behind them. Usagi was in a baby blue bathing suit that brought out her
eyes and enhanced her blonde hair, Mamoru in the usual black swim trunks.
'They look so happy,' thought Demoness. She couldn't believe it, 'They
look like their really in love. But that's impossible, he couldn't be in
love with the very woman he was meant to hate, could he?' She put the
picture down, she was very confused.
~~~~~~
Minako was still in critical condition, still in a coma. There was no telling
when she would come out of it. Daemon was finally getting out, most of his
wounds healed. Jason and Calvin went to pick him up, Stephen stayed behind,
protecting the Princess. For her saftey there was always one of the knights
near or with her for Mamoru had no way of knowing their earth identity and
they were more powerful then the senshi.
Usagi was sitting on the couch, reading a book, trying to get her mind off
things, to escape into another world where her troubles didn't exsist. It
wasn't working. She was having trouble concentrating on the book, for her
thoughts kept coming back to Daemon and that he would soon be here. Finally
the door unlocked, opened, and there stood Daemon. He was still looking a
little pale, parts of his body still bandaged. He walked in, then stopped
when he saw Usagi. The two just stared at each other, some deep emotion
in their eyes. Stephen could tell they wanted to be alone.
"Welcome back Daemon. I'll be over at Makoto's if anyone needs me," he said
then walked out, locking the door behind him. Daemon walked over to Usagi
and sat next to her on the couch, she put done her book. After moments went
by Usagi finally spoke.
"I'm glad you're back Prince Dracon," said Usagi. Her eyes were weary
and red from crying. She hadn't been her cheerful usual self since all of
this started. Her beautiful blonde hair was out of its usual odango atama
hair style, her hair gracefully flowing around her shoulders and back.
"I'm glad to see you as well Princess," he replied, not knowing what to
say to her right now. Tears started to roll down her rose cheeks, a sad
miserable expression on her face. She didn't know what to do anymore, things
were so out of control. It hurt Daemon to see her so vunabral and upset, he
realized her whole world was being torn apart and she didn't know what to
do. She was the senshi leader, in the end she had always managed to save
them, save the earth, save everything. But now she didn't know what to do,
and that frightened her so.
"It's all right Usagi, everything will be OK," he said, brushing away a
few tears from her face. She fell in his arms. He wrapped his arms around
her, comforting her, letting her cry on his shoulder. It was all he could
do for her now.
"I'm scared Daemon," she whispered. "Everything I once treasured, the
life I had, is falling apart. The silver crystal has shattered, Endymion
has betrayed me, Minako is almost dead, and I am helpless to do anything to
stop it."
"No Usagi, you are not helpless," he said in a gentle but firm voice.
"You have saved the Earth countless times, you saved those you loved before,
you can do it again. We will stop Endymion, Minako will be alright some day.
And remember, you still have me and the other knights, we will fight at your
side until the end, never forget that."
"Daemon, thank you," said Usagi in a soft voice, hoarse from crying.
She was still in his arms, the side of her face still on his shoulder, her
arms laying on his, her golden hair graciously draping around her. A few
more tears continued to flow down her cheeks. "But that's not what scares
me the most," she whispered. "I think... I think I love you." Daemon
didn't know what to say, he had loved her for thousands of years, and now
she was finally saying the words he had waited nearly a eternity to here.
"I thought I loved Endymion, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe I was confusing
love with devotion, after all I thought he had saved my life when my father
was murdered. I feel more when I'm around you then I ever felt with
Endymion and that frightens me more than any enemy I have ever faced."
He understood. Since the Silver Millennium she had Endymion around her,
her life practically revolving around him. Now she wasn't sure how to carry
on without him. Daemon held her tighter. "It's all right Usagi. I love
you, I always have, always will. I'll always be here when you need me, go
ahead and figure out what you need to. I'll always wait for you." Usagi
sat up a bit so they were face to face. "Thank you Daemon," she whispered.
Before either one of them knew what was happening they joined in a short
but passionate kiss which created the first real sparks between them.
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Makoto's Apartment
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Makoto smiled cheerfully as she brought out the tea. Stephen smiled as he
saw his Princess, so happy and full of life. These two had been enjoying
the days they had together all they could, for they both knew it might not
last, Aethus might just win. 'Well he won't with out one hell of a fight
first!' thought Makoto. She still hadn't regained all her memories yet, she
had regained those that took place before her first memory of that night
when Stephen gave her the earrings, but not much before that.
******
She remembers what happened the next morning clearly. The two lovers were
asleep in each others arms when a servant came in to make the bed and clean
the room when she saw them together in the bed asleep and screamed. They
jolted straight up, the ear piercing scream ringing through out the castle,
"No Amelia, don't go! Let me explain!" shouted Princess Makoto, afraid the
servant would tell her father. Quickly the two got dressed, for they knew
the servant would tell the king, then they would have to confess their
secret relationship, and that would cause problems in the palace. A worried
expression came over Makoto's face. Stephen took in her arms, holding her
close to himself. "Don't worry Princess, we'll figure out some other way.
I'll never stop loving you, no matter what happens," he said.
"And I will never stop loving you," replied Princess Makoto. They joined
in a romantic kiss, knowing that if Makoto's father had anything to do with
it it would be their last for a long time. Suddenly the door burst open,
the Jupiter King stood in its doorway, anger and shock on his face. The
lovers quickly broke apart, seeing the Kings furious rage. The Jupiter King
was tall with broad shoulders, and a slightly muscular upper body. He wore
dark forest green pants and fancy shirt, with gold cufflinks and amulet.
He had black hair, black beard, emerald eyes, and was very, very mad.
"Father I can explain!" Cried Makoto.
"You better Makoto!" He shouted.
"Sire, I love your daughter, Princess Makoto. We've been in love for a
year, and I swear to you sire I would never do anything to harm her. I
would give my very life to protect her." Stephen.
"And I love him father," said Makoto.
"I can't believe you hid this from me Makoto! We will talk about this
later. As you for you Stephen, I think its best you leave, NOW! I'll have
you temporary resigned to Venus." Of course Stephen had to obey the kings
word, it was treason to do otherwise. So he immediately left for Venus,
while the Jupiter Princess cried and argued with her father.
******
"Stephen, what happened after my father restationed you. I can't remember.
I only remember what happened before then," Makoto. Stephen smiled a little
and put his arms around her, she put her head on his shoulder.
"Well Princess Venus was your best friend and before you always visited
frequently. So you told your father you were going to see her. Naturaly he
would check with her to make sure but she covered for us. Being of the
planet of love she was thrilled to help us sneak around your father. About
a month or two later though I was called to Earth to help defend Endymions
kingdom against Beryl, and was killed. It was a trap though, because we
were all killed but Endymion. No one knows the truth. It was a trick to
get the galaxy's best knights there so they could be eliminated and the
Earth kingdom could take over the moon."
"So Beryl was on with the Earth Kingdom the whole time?"
"Yes, but when it came to attack the moon something most have gone
terribly wrong, though I don't know what." Suddenly there was a knock on
the door. Makoto got up out of her lovers arm and answered it. She gasped,
"Haruka! Michiru! What are you doing here!" exclaimed a shocked Makoto.
"Hi Makoto. We need to talk," said Michiru. Makoto let them in, they both froze
when they saw Stephen, the usual look of seriousness and dislike on their
faces.
"Hello Emerald Knight," Haruka said, a bit of venum in her voice.
"Uranus, Neptune," he said acknowldgeing both of them.
"You know each other?" asked a confused Makoto.
"We have full memories, only Saturn and the inner senshi do not," explained
Michiru. There was a long moment of silence before anyone finally spoke.
"Is the Princess safe?" asked Haruka.
"Yes, she's safe," replied Stephen.
"What's going on? We could feel something was happening, we came as soon as
we could." Michiru.
"Aethus is back, Endymion has turned against Serenity," Stephen.
The two outer senshi gasped in shock. Of all the things, this was the very
last the would suspect. They knew King Aethus all to well and knew what
evil he was capable of.
"Are you sure of this?" Asked Haruka.
"Yes, we are sure. During the last battle she tried to use the crystal, it
shattered. She nearly got killed, he has the golden crystal. Prince Dracon
saved her life," Makoto. She continued to explain the events that had come
to pass.
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Makoto went in Usagi's room, put some clothes and personal items in a duffel
bag, gathered some CD's Usagi requested, some books, manga, and other needed
things. Stephen gathered up Luna's things, she and Artimes would be staying
with Ami for the time being. Cats weren't allowed in the apartments, Rei
couldn't have them at the temple, and Artemis couldn't stay at Minako's
apartment by himself, so Ami offered to take care of them for a while.
Usagi was with Rei, Rei decided to take Usagi to the mall and have some
fun. They never knew when they would get another chance to just hang out
and be normal. It was the first time since the movies that they were alone
together. They had nearly everything, and was getting ready to leave when
Makoto spoke. "Why didn't you tell me you were my knight?"
Stephen sighed, "I didn't think you had any of your memories back, and I
didn't want to burden you with those memories if you didn't already have
them. You already had to much to worry about with the Princess and Endymion."
A smile crossed Makoto's face, "You're right, I didn't get my memories back
until the night before we went to the movies." The smile slowly began to
fade. "But you still could have told me. I would have wanted to know, to
have those memories back again." Stephen put down the things he was holding
and went over to Makoto, held her face in his hand so he was looking into her
deep emerald eyes. "I'm sorry Princess, I just wanted you to be happy. I
didn't want to cause any more pain or trouble in your life than you already
had." A small smile once again graced Makoto's face. "You're so sweet," she
whispered as they joined in short but passionate kiss. They pulled apart
but still stood close, inches apart. Stephen raised his hand and brushed
her bangs away from her ear and smiled, "I'm glad to see you still have the
earrings I gave you Princess." She smiled as well.
"Yes, I've had them for as long as I can remember, though I never could
remember where I got them, until I got back that memory," Makoto.
"Yes, there enchanted. I infused them with part of my power so they will
always be with you, no matter what lifetime you're in, and lend you the
little bit of extra power when you need it." He saw the slightly confused
look on her face. "Haven't you ever noticed your earing glittering or a
extra burst of power? As far as I know they have only been activated on
very few occasions." She nodded, she remembered back in the beginning a
few rare moments when this did happen. "You see, I've always been with
you, I always will my Princess," he whispered in her ear as they embraced.
Shortly afterward they went out with Usagi's and Luna's stuff and went
off to the apartments to meet up with the others.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Usagi sat at the booth, a sad and distant look in her blue eyes. Rei was
talking away, Usagi didn't hear any of it, her mind was somewhere else.
Finally Rei noticed the sadness surrounding her friend.
"What's wrong Usagi?" Rei asked concerned. Usagi snapped out of it.
She forced a fake smile. "Nothing, I'm fine." Rei knew Usagi didn't want
to talk about it, so she decided to not push her and change the subject.
So where do you want to go next? We have twenty minuets before we meet up
with Stephen and Makoto. Wanna go check out the manga shop?"
"No, I think I'll pass. Let's go somewhere else," replied Usagi.
Rei was a little shocked. Usagi had hardly ever refused manga, even as
she grew older. She laid some yen on the table to cover there lunch, then
jumped up and grabbed her moon friends hand, pulling her up and towards the
door. "Come on then! I heard there's a great sale at the clothing store!"
Usagi couldn't help but go along with her martion friend. She smiled,
thankful for Rei's attempts to cheer her up and make her temporary forget
about the events that had taken place only a week ago.
~~~~~~~~~~
Makoto and Stephen were in his apartment. Usagi and Rei should be there at
any moment. They had finished gathering Usagi's things and had already
dropped Luna off with her stuff at Ami's. Daemon would be out of the
hospital in a few days. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Stephen
got up and walked over to the door with the stride of a Prince, looked
through the bronze eye hole, saw it was Usagi and Rei, and opened the oak
door. Usagi walked in first, her jet black skirt moving gracefully with
her body. She was wearing a tight matching long sleeve shirt with a square
neckline, a distant look on her face. There was a large red bag in her
hand full of what she bought. Rei came in behind her, her raven black
hair flowing behind her, wearing a red dress with a similar neckline with
knee high leather boots, a similar bag in her hand. They gracefully walked
over to the couch and sat down.
"Sorry we're a bit late," said Rei. "There was a sale and we lost track
of time."
"That's fine," laughed Makoto.
"Okay, here's the plan we all came up with. Usagi will stay here as
long as there is a threat to her life and Endymion is out there. The
meetings will not be held at Rei's temple anymore because as has been
pointed out before Endymion knows the meetings are held there. From now
on they will be held at secret locations, a different one each time. No
communications with Usagi or us over the phone because they can be tracked,
use your communicators instead. Ami says as far as she has figured out
those can't be traced. Ami knows all of this already, she helped work it
out. Any questions?" asked Stephen. They all nodded their heads no.
"Well I better go, shouldn't stay here to long," said Rei. She turned
to Usagi. "Are you going to be all right Usagi?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine," said Usagi in a whisper of a voice.
"Don't forget, I'll always be there if you need me," said Rei.
Makoto nodded, "We all will." Stephen walked Rei and Makoto to the door, then
locked it back up behind them.
"Princess, you'll be staying in Daemon's room for a while, don't argue,
he insist. He says when he comes back he'll sleep on the fold out bed we
got," said Stephen as he picked up Usagi's bags and put them in Daemon's
bed room. He saw Usagi start to argue but spoke up, "Princess like I said,
don't argue about it with me, like I said he insist. If you want you can
argue about it with him when he gets back." A slight smile graced her face,
"Thank you. And please do me a favor, don't call me Princess," said
Usagi. "Call me Usagi, the senshi do." Stephen smiled back, the Princess
hadn't changed much since the millennium. Even back in the Silver Millennium
she didn't like being called Princess. Yes, these would be interesting
times indeed.
~~~~~~~
Demoness stood in Usagi's apartment, going through her dresser drawers,
throwing things out left and right. She wore a tight black dress with
leather boots, and a low neckline, a black choker with a amethyst on it
lay around her neck. She straightened up, put her hands on her hips and
looked around the apartment. Clothes lay tossed every where, books knocked
down from there shelves, papers flung carelessly everywhere. It was a
total mess. Demoness had looked everywhere, trying to find some clue as to
where the Princess went. So far she hadn't found a thing. Suddenly she
saw a picture on the piano in a golden frame. It was of Usagi with
Mamoru. She walked over and picked it up. It was taken on the beach,
Usagi was standing in front of Mamoru, his arms around her, she
leaning in, a smile on both of their faces, the rolling waves of the ocean
behind them. Usagi was in a baby blue bathing suit that brought out her
eyes and enhanced her blonde hair, Mamoru in the usual black swim trunks.
'They look so happy,' thought Demoness. She couldn't believe it, 'They
look like their really in love. But that's impossible, he couldn't be in
love with the very woman he was meant to hate, could he?' She put the
picture down, she was very confused.
~~~~~~
Minako was still in critical condition, still in a coma. There was no telling
when she would come out of it. Daemon was finally getting out, most of his
wounds healed. Jason and Calvin went to pick him up, Stephen stayed behind,
protecting the Princess. For her saftey there was always one of the knights
near or with her for Mamoru had no way of knowing their earth identity and
they were more powerful then the senshi.
Usagi was sitting on the couch, reading a book, trying to get her mind off
things, to escape into another world where her troubles didn't exsist. It
wasn't working. She was having trouble concentrating on the book, for her
thoughts kept coming back to Daemon and that he would soon be here. Finally
the door unlocked, opened, and there stood Daemon. He was still looking a
little pale, parts of his body still bandaged. He walked in, then stopped
when he saw Usagi. The two just stared at each other, some deep emotion
in their eyes. Stephen could tell they wanted to be alone.
"Welcome back Daemon. I'll be over at Makoto's if anyone needs me," he said
then walked out, locking the door behind him. Daemon walked over to Usagi
and sat next to her on the couch, she put done her book. After moments went
by Usagi finally spoke.
"I'm glad you're back Prince Dracon," said Usagi. Her eyes were weary
and red from crying. She hadn't been her cheerful usual self since all of
this started. Her beautiful blonde hair was out of its usual odango atama
hair style, her hair gracefully flowing around her shoulders and back.
"I'm glad to see you as well Princess," he replied, not knowing what to
say to her right now. Tears started to roll down her rose cheeks, a sad
miserable expression on her face. She didn't know what to do anymore, things
were so out of control. It hurt Daemon to see her so vunabral and upset, he
realized her whole world was being torn apart and she didn't know what to
do. She was the senshi leader, in the end she had always managed to save
them, save the earth, save everything. But now she didn't know what to do,
and that frightened her so.
"It's all right Usagi, everything will be OK," he said, brushing away a
few tears from her face. She fell in his arms. He wrapped his arms around
her, comforting her, letting her cry on his shoulder. It was all he could
do for her now.
"I'm scared Daemon," she whispered. "Everything I once treasured, the
life I had, is falling apart. The silver crystal has shattered, Endymion
has betrayed me, Minako is almost dead, and I am helpless to do anything to
stop it."
"No Usagi, you are not helpless," he said in a gentle but firm voice.
"You have saved the Earth countless times, you saved those you loved before,
you can do it again. We will stop Endymion, Minako will be alright some day.
And remember, you still have me and the other knights, we will fight at your
side until the end, never forget that."
"Daemon, thank you," said Usagi in a soft voice, hoarse from crying.
She was still in his arms, the side of her face still on his shoulder, her
arms laying on his, her golden hair graciously draping around her. A few
more tears continued to flow down her cheeks. "But that's not what scares
me the most," she whispered. "I think... I think I love you." Daemon
didn't know what to say, he had loved her for thousands of years, and now
she was finally saying the words he had waited nearly a eternity to here.
"I thought I loved Endymion, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe I was confusing
love with devotion, after all I thought he had saved my life when my father
was murdered. I feel more when I'm around you then I ever felt with
Endymion and that frightens me more than any enemy I have ever faced."
He understood. Since the Silver Millennium she had Endymion around her,
her life practically revolving around him. Now she wasn't sure how to carry
on without him. Daemon held her tighter. "It's all right Usagi. I love
you, I always have, always will. I'll always be here when you need me, go
ahead and figure out what you need to. I'll always wait for you." Usagi
sat up a bit so they were face to face. "Thank you Daemon," she whispered.
Before either one of them knew what was happening they joined in a short
but passionate kiss which created the first real sparks between them.
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Makoto's Apartment
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Makoto smiled cheerfully as she brought out the tea. Stephen smiled as he
saw his Princess, so happy and full of life. These two had been enjoying
the days they had together all they could, for they both knew it might not
last, Aethus might just win. 'Well he won't with out one hell of a fight
first!' thought Makoto. She still hadn't regained all her memories yet, she
had regained those that took place before her first memory of that night
when Stephen gave her the earrings, but not much before that.
******
She remembers what happened the next morning clearly. The two lovers were
asleep in each others arms when a servant came in to make the bed and clean
the room when she saw them together in the bed asleep and screamed. They
jolted straight up, the ear piercing scream ringing through out the castle,
"No Amelia, don't go! Let me explain!" shouted Princess Makoto, afraid the
servant would tell her father. Quickly the two got dressed, for they knew
the servant would tell the king, then they would have to confess their
secret relationship, and that would cause problems in the palace. A worried
expression came over Makoto's face. Stephen took in her arms, holding her
close to himself. "Don't worry Princess, we'll figure out some other way.
I'll never stop loving you, no matter what happens," he said.
"And I will never stop loving you," replied Princess Makoto. They joined
in a romantic kiss, knowing that if Makoto's father had anything to do with
it it would be their last for a long time. Suddenly the door burst open,
the Jupiter King stood in its doorway, anger and shock on his face. The
lovers quickly broke apart, seeing the Kings furious rage. The Jupiter King
was tall with broad shoulders, and a slightly muscular upper body. He wore
dark forest green pants and fancy shirt, with gold cufflinks and amulet.
He had black hair, black beard, emerald eyes, and was very, very mad.
"Father I can explain!" Cried Makoto.
"You better Makoto!" He shouted.
"Sire, I love your daughter, Princess Makoto. We've been in love for a
year, and I swear to you sire I would never do anything to harm her. I
would give my very life to protect her." Stephen.
"And I love him father," said Makoto.
"I can't believe you hid this from me Makoto! We will talk about this
later. As you for you Stephen, I think its best you leave, NOW! I'll have
you temporary resigned to Venus." Of course Stephen had to obey the kings
word, it was treason to do otherwise. So he immediately left for Venus,
while the Jupiter Princess cried and argued with her father.
******
"Stephen, what happened after my father restationed you. I can't remember.
I only remember what happened before then," Makoto. Stephen smiled a little
and put his arms around her, she put her head on his shoulder.
"Well Princess Venus was your best friend and before you always visited
frequently. So you told your father you were going to see her. Naturaly he
would check with her to make sure but she covered for us. Being of the
planet of love she was thrilled to help us sneak around your father. About
a month or two later though I was called to Earth to help defend Endymions
kingdom against Beryl, and was killed. It was a trap though, because we
were all killed but Endymion. No one knows the truth. It was a trick to
get the galaxy's best knights there so they could be eliminated and the
Earth kingdom could take over the moon."
"So Beryl was on with the Earth Kingdom the whole time?"
"Yes, but when it came to attack the moon something most have gone
terribly wrong, though I don't know what." Suddenly there was a knock on
the door. Makoto got up out of her lovers arm and answered it. She gasped,
"Haruka! Michiru! What are you doing here!" exclaimed a shocked Makoto.
"Hi Makoto. We need to talk," said Michiru. Makoto let them in, they both froze
when they saw Stephen, the usual look of seriousness and dislike on their
faces.
"Hello Emerald Knight," Haruka said, a bit of venum in her voice.
"Uranus, Neptune," he said acknowldgeing both of them.
"You know each other?" asked a confused Makoto.
"We have full memories, only Saturn and the inner senshi do not," explained
Michiru. There was a long moment of silence before anyone finally spoke.
"Is the Princess safe?" asked Haruka.
"Yes, she's safe," replied Stephen.
"What's going on? We could feel something was happening, we came as soon as
we could." Michiru.
"Aethus is back, Endymion has turned against Serenity," Stephen.
The two outer senshi gasped in shock. Of all the things, this was the very
last the would suspect. They knew King Aethus all to well and knew what
evil he was capable of.
"Are you sure of this?" Asked Haruka.
"Yes, we are sure. During the last battle she tried to use the crystal, it
shattered. She nearly got killed, he has the golden crystal. Prince Dracon
saved her life," Makoto. She continued to explain the events that had come
to pass.