STORY BY : SAILOR STARDUST

RATED : GENERAL

DATED : 16/04/01

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE HEART

PART 6 : EMOTIONS WITHIN

Far away in the Tyron Planet, Queen Serene and the four senshis were busy discussing with the Tyron's ambassador and his generals when the silver millennium crystal that was placed in a cast suddenly shone brightly, the moment Serenity let out her inner energy during her capture. Queen Serene gasped aloud and quickly went to retrieve the crystal and examined it closely. As the leader of the group, Venus stood beside the stunned Queen and asked her whats going on. The Queen shook her head and turned towards the ambassador. "I need to settle a few problems, but I shall return to this meeting soon. Queen Serene announced and the ambassador nodded. She quickly returned to her chamber and took out her communicator. It took her several tries for the reception was not that good and they were in the very distant planet. Her call destination …Earth Kingdom.

Serenity felt a warm hand touched her cheek. Her over tiredness prevented her from waking up and her eye lids can be seen moving wildly trying hard to open. She can feel a gentle hand brushed away her bangs that caught in her eye. She moaned over the touch and opened her eyes slowly and saw another pair of aqua eyes staring at her. "Jadeite, are you alright?" she asked and got up with the help of Jadeite. He nodded and gave her a smile. "how did we manage to escape, Serenity?" he asked softly. His eyes locked into hers, pleading to know the truth. Serenity smiled brightly and hang her arm into his, "that's a secret," she replied happily, forgetting her pain. Jadeite walked slowly, for his body still suffered the massive attack. "Jade…are you alright?" Serenity asked him again. "of course," Jadeite smiled but then winced as the pain made its revenge on his solid body. "you re a bad liar, you know that," Serenity stated and ordered him to unbutton his clothe Jadeite protest but her long silence and her gaze made him unbuttoned his clothe unwillingly. Serenity gasped at the sight of his body. Bruised and badly injured, Serenity stared at it sadly. Jadeite turned to look at her and quickly consoled her. "don't cry now, its not that painful you know. After all, I ve been in a terrible condition before." Jadeite cupped her sad face. "come on, give me a smile" he tried to cheer her up. Instead of giving him a smile she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I cant do much, but I can give you the last treatment." She stated happily. The kiss on his cheek send a shiver down his spine and a sweet taste in his mouth. "Whats this feeling that im having" he thought. Never in his entire life have he feel something emotional towards women before. "thanks, but for now we have to keep on going," he replied and buttoned his shirt but what do you know, Serenity helped him buttoned the last two!…As the pair walked deep into the forest, Jadeite gasped and gulped. "Sere…this is the dark forest, I want you to stay close to me alright" Jadeite hold her hand tightly as he constantly looked his surroundings. "this forest is beautiful Jade…" she exclaimed. She noticed a pretty flower and tried to touch it. Jadeite looked at her and shouted NO!.. before her fingers could barely hold it, the flower opened its petal to revealed its sharp fangs. Jadeite pulled Serenity to him before the flower can get to her. Serenity screamed in horror. "what the?.." Jadeite narrowed his eyes at her, " don't touch something you don't know!" he gave her a brief lecture. "in this dark forest, don't expect something beautiful to be innocent, they are the monsters behind their beauty," his looks suddenly change in seeing Serenity depressed . "she looks so cute" he thought as he deliberately moved towards her hypnotized with one swift he pulled Serenity and kissed her passionately. Her eyes were widen in shock and she agitated at first but the kiss was simply irresistible, full of compassion and silence promises. She moaned as jadeite deepened the undying kiss, she was about to be drawn in her fantasy world until Jadeite broke the kiss in realizing what he had done. "im ..im sorry, princess" jadeite backed away from her." I shouldn't have done that". He turned to walk away when Serenity grabbed his arm. "Theres no need to apologize, Jade. " she couldn't think of anything else to say and walked to his side. Jadeite smiled at her. "come along now, theres should be a small stream in front, I could hear it!" He stated. "Funny, I cant hear anything" she thought.

"mother, please open your eyes" Endymion held on tight to her hand. "Endy.. don't go" a soft almost unheard voice spoke. Endymion closed his eyes and rested his hand on his forehead. "Serenity" he thought. How he wanted to be by her side that time but the walls always managed to separate them both. He met Serenity once and already he was inlove with her………or was he?

The King rushed to the Queen's side once the guard told him that his beloved wife fainted in his son's room. "what happen here Endymion," the king asked sternly as though it was his fault the Queen fainted. "mother must be very stressed lately, not enough sleep and eat could caused breakdown" Endymion exclaimed. He looked out the window hoping to see Nefrite's presence but he wasn't arrive yet. "maybe he did find them" Endymion thought .

"this dark forest is getting creepy every second." Serenity said fearful. Jadeite scooped the water for a second drink and wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "it is, but, we are not going to sleep here for the night," Jadeite got up and walked away leaving Serenity's eyes still glued to her surrounding unnoticed that Jadeite had been long gone. "no leaves on the trees and the ground is plain with no grass, what a nightmare," she thought. When there was solemn quietness, she turned anxiously and than terror crept in her. "JADEITE!!!" she shouted and was now crying out loud. "SERENITY!!" Jadeite was also searching for her. "god damnit! I thought she was behind me !! he thought, restlessly hitting every leafless bushes in front of him as he made his way back to the stream.

"Your highness, theres a signaled coming from the Tyron Planet." Kunzite announced. Endymion dashed to the Communicator Base and answered the call. Queen Serene appeared on the screen. "Your majesty, is there anything wrong?" Endymion asked calmly. "Endymion, is Serenity alright?" Queen Serene asked concerned. "she fine, shes resting in her chamber right now. Tired after a long day," Endymion smiled. Queen Serene doesn't look satisfied. "may I speak to her" she asked. His heart ached at her request. "I ll be right back," Endymion excused. Outside the Communicator Base, he walked back and forth trying to come out with a good reason. "why don't you say that the princess is sleeping," Kunzite suggested. "hmm, might work" Endymion stated and went back in the Communicator Base. "shes sleeping, my Queen, is there any message that I can pass to her?" Endymion answered with a smile. The Queen shook her head "never mind Endymion, I was just checking on her, take good care of her, farewell" Queen Serene cut off the communication. "farewell" Endymion replied silently.

Panting heavily Serenity leaned down on a large tree. She swept away her tears and sweat when all of the sudden the tree's branches wrapped her body and with one motion it carried her to the peak and there uncover a gruesome face ready to engulp her. "AARRGGHH!!" Serenity struggled to break free as she was to be eaten alive slowly!!.

Whew! Thats part 6!! Hope you guys enjoy it!! ^_^

Scary thought aint it!!

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