Story By : Sailor Stardust
Rated
: General
Dated
: 30/03/01
Journey To The Center Of The Heart
Chapter 2 : You re here, theres nothing I fear
"Im tired, Im hungry and its
almost night!," Serenity kept on complaining all the way. Mostly Jadeite seems to
ignored but alas he burst out. "Listen, princess, Im doing the best I can to
get us out of this freaky jungle!!, so if you just follow my lead and be quiet, I wont have to waste my time here
with you!! Jadeite apparently was yelling at her. Serenity was stunned and
motionless, her eyes started to form the familiar liquid. "oh no, please,
princess, im begging you to not…." WAHHH!!" her cried echoed throughout the
jungle as birds flew of from their hideout as though they heard a gun shot!.
"Geez, crisp woman!" Jadeite hurried to Serenity and covered her mouth.
Serenity tried to struggle from his grasp but soon heard a scary roar sound.
"What was that," Serenity asked softly, her body shivered by the sound, she
slowly backend and softly knocked Jadeite. "That's what im afraid of, if you
scream… It's the sound of a man-eating beast." Jadeite explained as his eyes
wondered around the Jungle. He walked quickly to the opposite side as to where
the roar had came from, Serenity was closed behind him, not wanting to be left
out alone in the middle of the jungle. "According to my knowledge, we should
follow the North Star. It's the first thing you have to do if you re lost in a
jungle," Jadeite gave a quick lecture and to his surprise Serenity followed
what he had said. "North Star, got it!," she said as she tried to keep that in
mind. "Jadeite, im really, really, positively, tired, can we rest for a while,"
she pleaded as she kept on rubbing her soared leg. Never in her entire life has
she walked this far. At first, Jadeite hesitated but seeing her like that, made
him gave up. "Alright, just sit right there," he pointed out an old, munched up
log. "eeww," she thought but she had no other choice. "Wait here, I ll go get a
few branches to start a fire," Jadeite announced. Serenity quickly ran towards
him and hugged him tightly. "No!. don't leave me here!!," her voice trembled
and her eyes closed tightly, her grasp nearly choked Jadeite. "im..not going
that far, alright, " he struggled to loose himself from her grasp. He immediately
walked towards a bunch of twigs lying almost everywhere on the jungle's
floor. Serenity sat on the log
uncomfortably, her eyes watched every inch of the forest, not wanting to hear
the roar she just heard. The night approaches, her body was now shivering from
the coldness that surrounded her. " Where is he?" Serenity thought. Her heart
beat faster as she thought of Jadeite ran and leave her alone there. She got up
and walked blindly into the night. Jadeite?" she asked softly at first. No response.
Her mind was screaming in terror, she couldn't stand to be left until she felt
a cold hand touched her bare shoulder. "AHH!! Serenity nearly died of heart
attack. "I told you to sit still," Jadeite sounded annoyed. But to Serenity his
voice meant safety and she was relieved for that.
As they success lighten up
the dark jungle with their blissful fire, Serenity dropped to the ground and
sighed tiredly. But the coldness that she felt was still there and she slightly
shivered. Jadeite noticed this and handed her his cloak . "here, you need
this." He said and turned to face his fire. He played with the fire with a small twig as his mind wondered on
how to get out of the jungle safely. Serenity stared at Jadeite. His face shone
brightly and his blond hair changed to the color of sunset as the light of the
fire reflected on him. 'god, hes so cute, Serenity stared at him dreamily. He
gently brushed the strands of hair with his fingers as the cold breeze softly
blew on them. Jadeite turned to watch
Serenity as to notice Serenity was staring at him, she quickly turned to the
other side not wanting to be caught staring at him. Jadeite shook his head and
smiled to himself.
Earth Kingdom was alarmed that Jadeite and Serenity
didn't appeared. "they supposed to be here hours ago," Endymion complained.
Queen Celest send her best swordsmen to go on search mission. Kunzite, Zoisite
and Nefrite were riding on their own horses as they galloped to the nearby
village. Endymion was going too but was stopped by his mother. "Endymion, we
need you here if they safely returned to the Kingdom," Endymion was about to
protest when his mother put her finger
to his lips. "hush, now, just do what you 've told, Endymion." Queen Celest
left her son with his sadness.
"Wake up, princess, its
morning," Jadeite whispered in her ear. "how adorable she looks when shes
sleeping" he thought to himself. "mm, I ll take bunny after this, Venus…" she
mumbled in her sleep. Jadeite laughed upon hearing this. "Whos there!" Serenity
jolted with a fighting position. Jadeite laughed even harder in seeing her
reactions. "oh, its you," Serenity said annoyed. "well, who do you expected,
come on, we got to go on." Jadeite abruptly stood up, brushed the dust off his
clothe and made his way. "wait!, don't you want to eat or drink at least?"
Serenity tried to keep up with him. "nope, not thirsty," Jadeite said without
slowing his pace. "well.. well.. I am thirsty and hungry!" Serenity stopped,
hoping he would too, but he just got further from her. "hey! Im talking to you!
Don't you have any decency towards other people than yourself," her words
slapped Jadeite right on his face. He stopped and faced her, his eyes were
blankly cold, Serenity didn't like the look. She walked back as to see Jadeite
approached her rather slowly and scary kind of way. She stopped and shut her
eyes, waiting to be slap or to be kick but only to hear Jadeite's breathing in
her ear. " we will stop to eat and drink at the river bank up front. With that
he continued his walk. "okay," she
answered softly as she followed closely behind him.
Theres berries bushes and a
few fruit trees, Serenity picked all the fruits and put them in her dress that
she lift it up a little to bagged it all and placed it on the ground where
Jadeite sat. she too sat next to him, she invited Jadeite to share with her but
he rejected her offer. "well, if you don't want it I might as well eat it all!"
she popped the berries in her mouth one by one. She watched the birds and ducks
swimming in the river. How beautiful' she thought. She drank from the river by
scooped it with her hands. She was on her way when she manage to take a glimpse
on a weird kind of berries. "looks delicious," she said aloud. Jadeite watched
Serenity when he noticed the berries. "Serenity!! No!!! don't eat it!!, Jadeite
shouted as he ran towards her and slapped her hand, spontaneous, she dropped
the berries to the ground. "whats wrong with you!!! Its just a fruit! Serenity
yelled at him. "its not just a berry, princess!, it's the poison berries! It will
kill you if you eat it! He explained roughly and walked away. "well you don't
have to be so.. grumpy" she said softly, knowing that it was her mistake in
making him grumpy.
As
they walked another few more miles, they stopped as they were on the edge of
the cliff.. "well now what do we do, Sir," Serenity sighed frustrated. Jadeite
searched for anything that could help them to go to the other side when he
again spotted an old wooden steps bridge that tied onto a huge tree with a very
dangerous bitten ropes. He walked to the bridge, "oh god, please Jadeite, its
so dangerous, looking down from the bridge, she can see a river within the
cracked of the wooden steps. "we have no choice Serenity, we have too!" Jadeite
said tried to give her some support on walking on the old bridge. Serenity's
body shook as her hands grabbed tightly on to the rope. As she stepped on the
bridge, it cracked and swung side to side making Serenity jumped back and held
on tight to Jadeite. He rolled his eyes, lifted her chin up and he was dazed in looking into the most beautiful
blue eyes that sparkled as she moved her head. "I ll be right behind you
alright," he softened his voice in giving her encouragement to go on crossing
the ruined bridge. She nodded slightly
but not completely sure on what shes about to do. She stepped once again and
the bridge swung side to side, her heart began to cry and she once again shaken
by the sound of cracks. They were about
half way across when Jadeite accidentally stepped on a wrecked wood and it immediately
shattered, he yelled as he dropped into the hole, Serenity turned ferociously
to him making the bridge shook violently, Jadeite was about to fall when
Serenity caught him in time. She cried but Jadeite comforted her by saying that
she should move on if he fall. Serenity shook her head and tried to pull him
up, the more she pulled him, the more cracking sounded. Till alas, the bridge
had met its days, it shattered and
broke apart. Serenity and Jadeite felt down deep down….
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