Heero's head snapped up as he heard the soft and warm voice. He looked at Serena; he had thought it had been one of the pilots at the door.
"Serena..."
{Oh great Selene! What am I doing? I spent all week avoiding him and now I seek him out?} Serena gave him a wobbly smile. " Umm..hey."
Heero just looked at her, in the back of his mind, of his lost soul in a dark place, he saw a speck of white light.
Serena walked up to him nervously, she looked him over. He wore blue jeans and a white T-shirt with running shoes.
" What do you want?" he asked her in a monotone.
{ Oh how am I going to do this!?! I can't touch him with him noticing! And I'm sure he'll notice if his laptop glowed!} She sighed.
" Where are you going?"
" What?" she looked at him startled. How did he know?
" Trowa informed me earlier. So where are you going?"
{ Oh Luna, I'm so sorry. I wish we could stay.}she looked down at the ground. "Trowa..." she sighed out.
When she looked at Heero his face was of rage and jealousy, she blinked when her eyelids opened again his face was in the usual cold expression. {I'm imagining things now. Great.}
" Where are you going?" He asked again.
" I'm sorry...I can't tell you." She whispered.
Heero stared. The speck of light was brighter now, almost like a star. He knew it was the way out. If he could reach it, he would no longer be lost. He stood up from his chair and turned to look at Serena. The light became larger and brighter.
" Heero?" she whispered. He was staring at her intensely with an unknown emotion in his eyes, it was making her quite nervous.
He took a step closer to her, and she took a step backwards, in the direction of his bed. The light came closer, then moved back. He took another step, she took another step back.
" Heero?" she whispered.
He approached her again, and again she stepped back.
" Heero!" she said.
He was getting frustrated, the light kept moving away from him! He was getting nowhere with this! His brain then registered that someone had called his name. He blinked than looked at Serena who had shouted his name. He blinked, she was glowing- no SHINING with the same white light the star was.
" Heero?" she said cautiously taking a step backwards, but she stopped when she felt the bed against the back of her leg. Unknowing that she couldn't move back anymore, Heero lounged at her. He grabbed her wrists, but his momentum was too much, they were sent flying up and they landed on the bed, Heero on top of Serena. Heero was standing right in front of the light.
" Heero..." she whispered as she gazed into his eyes. Could that be...affection that she saw?
Heero gazed into Serena's eyes, so blue, so clear, so innocent; like crystal, so much like hers...a memory resurfaced.
" Serenity..." He whispered.
And before he could rethink it, he kissed her. He let go of her hands and wrapped them round her waist.
Serena was shocked. {Heero's kissing me!!} She felt him let go of her wrists and then wrapped his arms round her waist. She felt his tongue pressing on her lips, telling her to open her mouth. She knew she shouldn't...but...it...felt so...so...right! More right than it had ever been with Mamoru. She slowly separated her lips and Heero's tongue invaded her mouth with a passion. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her hands were soon buried in his hair. Pressing his head down toward her as she responded to the intense kiss.
Heero was engulfed in the white light. It was so warm, safe, loving. It washed away his sins; it gave him a second chance. He was embraced among the living.
Neither of them realized when they were both surrounded by a white glow, and then with a burst of light, an intense red glow. Then they both faded into a bright dark pink before disappearing.
Heero pulled back form the kiss and looked at Serena's flushed face. She was breathing gently and her eyes were a bit dazed but focused as she looked at him. He chuckled; she blinked, and then blushed.
" He-He-Heero...I..uh...I mean..." she spluttered out.
" Where are you going Serenity?" he asked softly looking into her eyes.
" I can't tell you." She whispered and looked away.
" Are you going back to the moon Serenity?" he said as his eyes became unfocused and thought of something from the past.
Serena's eyes widened and the blush left her as she paled, but Heero didn't notice. " I do-don't know what you're talking about!" she avoid his eyes.
Heero's eyes became focused once again and he blinked. As the reality of the situation sank in, he looked down at Serena who was staring at the wall almost frightfully. The actions of what he had just one entered his brain and he swore inwardly. He had just forced himself on her! She had every right to be afraid! He looked down at her, her bangs covered her eyes, but he saw the sparkling tear that flowed down her cheek. He rolled over to the side, and Serena tried to move away from him. He tightened his grip on her waist, bringing her closer to him.
" Shhh..it'll be alright." He whispered in her ear as he wiped the away tear with his fingers. " Let me tell you a story."
" Of what?" she said softly as she buried her face in his neck.
" Of a time long ago, of a time long since forgotten. A time of peace and beauty called the Silver Millennium." He did not sense that she had stiffened at his last words." A time of misplaced love and innocent betrayal. A story about the son of Aries, god of war and the princess of the moon. A tale of love and heartbreak. Of two gods named Heero and Serenity"
She gulped, " Wh-what?!?!"
" Shh...just listen. Once the planets and the stars ere join in a Silver alliance. The whole Universe was at peace. Well, peace without war and battles, but for those that had a restless soul. It was far from peaceful."
*** Flashback***
A god who looked to be a teenager of 17, who was really quite a few thousands years old, was screaming at his father, who looked to be in his prime, though he was in truth a LOT more older.
" What!?!? You're remarried?? And you never bothered to tell me!!"
" Calm down, I didn't tell you because I knew you would act up like this."
" Way to drop a bomb Aries." The boy said sarcastically. " You know, I had just spent the last thousand years training to be the next God of War and I thought I'd finally come home for peace."
" Heero, don't take that tone with me! I am your father!" Aries shouted back at his only son and successor.
" Yes I know! I've been up there, In Olympus training for the day that I have to take over YOUR position, when you might choose to pass it on!! I've been training with my friends and fellow gods. I also know that I had been waiting for a visit form my so-called FATHER when it had been break times or Celebrations!! I know full well that I never saw him for all those years when I meet my friends' families and looked on!! Up there training myself for YOU, for a position I would GLADLY not have!! Yes, I know full well you're my CARING father!"
Aries winced at his words, " Heero I'm sorry. But I couldn't-"
" Why?!?!? Because you were courting around all the princesses? Huh!?!? I don't know why mother bothered to save you." Heero spat out, " She gave her life for you and this is how you repay her back?!?!"
Aries face was solemn. " Heero, she died telling me not to grieve for her and move on. To love again. I'll always love her, but I've moved on. You should have too."
" I have Aries," he said through gritted teeth.
Aries felt despair as Heero didn't address him as father, instead he used his name.
" But I still care for her! She is my Mother!! And she was my family."
" Heero..."
" Don't start! You know what's really making me mad?? It's not that you remarried, it's not that I know have a half-sister, the new princess of Mars that I didn't know. It's the fact that I DIDN'T know!! You never bothered to tell me!! I was sitting up there in Olympus thinking I was still Daddy's little boy. Thinking the only family I had left was HIM! But no! He had found himself a wife and kid!! And he didn't even bother to tell his family!!
But wait, it obvious you don't care about me anymore. Now that you have Queen Rei and Princess Rei. What really hurts is that, Aries, I had to find out by a servant. And that had been a slip-of-the-tongue. What? Don't you care about your family anymore?? Wait, I guess I'm not your family anymore." Heero finished off with a sneer and left.
He was just out castle walls when he heard a shriek.
" Daddy! Daddy!! Where have you been? Where's the stranger you said you had wanted me to meet?" an energetic looking princess with a face and body of a 10 year old of an earthlings. She had red fiery hair with violet streaks in it.
{Stranger?} Heero turned to the castle gates and walked out. {You didn't even bother to tell them about me. I guess I really AM not part of your family anymore Aries.}
Aries, former god of war, looked down at the disappearing figure out of the castle gates and sighed with intense sadness. {He would find out the news by tomorrow about my resignation. By tomorrow's dawn he'd be the new God of War. I'm sorry for putting that on your shoulders Heero, but I just can't do it anymore.}
*** End Flashback***
Serena felt the anger in Heero's body and wanted to comfort him. She did the only thing possible in their positions, she pressed herself closer to him. She felt some of the anger drain away and he continued.
" You know for someone who wouldn't even meet his new sister, he felt like he should watch over them still. And he did, he looked out for them from Mount Olympus."
" Hmmm...?" Serena leaned her head to his chest.
Heero looked down at her softly, " And no one expected him to fall for her best friend." Heero's eyes glazed over again. " Best friend to Princess Rei, sister of Solaris the Sun God. Princess Serenity of the moon."
Serena tensed again as they drifted back to memories of long forgotten times.
*** Flashback***
" Still staring at that weak onna, Heero?" the Dragon lord asked from his position next to the wall.
They were in a building of some sort, the walls were always shifting, moving. Disappearing in and out with a play of all colors know to man, and some not. In the middle of the room was a well. It was held some of the magical waters from Mercury and Neptune with some of the powers of the gods added to it. It served as a looking glass to wherever you want. Right now it showed a picture of 2 ladies in a meadow, in the background was the Earth. It showed one lady with her silver hair in two meatballs on top of her head picking flowers as another with blue hair read a book. They were both dressed in court gowns. They looked of the age 17.
" ...mind your own business Wufei." Heero told the Dragon lord off.
Quatre, at least what the guys called him, was also looking down into the pool. He looked at the carefree princess picking a variety of flowers together and making a crown out of them. { Always so happy ne, sister?} He was Solaris, God of the Sun, brother to Princess Serenity. He watched as his sister went up behind the blue haired lady and put the crown on top of her head. The blue haired lady looked up behind her to smile at Serenity.
" Ami-chan..." he whispered.
Trowa, Prince of Jupiter, older brother of princess Makoto, moved from his spot of the wall to the pool when a black cat with a crescent moon on its forehead came to join the girls in the picture. They watched as she transformed from feline to a beautiful lady with waist long purple hair, 4 meatballs on top of their heads. They sat down and started to converse. The only bad thing with the pool was that they couldn't hear anything, so the guys were looked out of the conversation.
" Luna..." Trowa whispered.
Duo sighed as he looked at the 3 gods who were in love but unable to do anything about it. The girls barely knew they existed, never mind love!! He and Wufei advance toward the pool as well. They looked on as a portal opened and Princess Setsuna and Princess Hotura walked out.
Wufei's lips craved into a affectionate smile as he gazed at his love and engaged, Princess Setsuna. Duo felt his lips smile as he looked on at his life-long friend, Princess Hotura of Saturn. These 2 were lucky, their loves knew them and cared for them. Though for Duo,it was obvious he loved Hotura and Hotura loved him back, but they were just too uncertain to tell each other. So they continued on with the mask of 'We're just best friends!!' when others say that they were a couple like Setsuna and Wufei. Wufei and Setsuna had eternity, literately!! Setsuna was the Keeper of the Time/Space gate.
Quatre stared at the picture of Princess Ami. He had only met her once before when he had went to the moon for a day's worth visit. He had been talking to Serenity when this beauty step into the room to ask to take his sister away for her studies and stole his heart.He had seeked her out many times since then. It was obvious form the local observer that they liked, if not loved, eachother, but they were just too shy to admit it.
Heero had been looking over Rei when she was sent to the moon to train and protect princess Serenity. He watched her train for many hard long years with the other 3 scouts. Venus, Jupiter and Mercury. He watched her mature from the looks of a 14 year old to a 16 year old. When the day came to meet the princess of the moon, he had not been expecting a goddess such as her. She was complete innocence and beauty. At first he denied his attraction to her, then it became so clear that he cared for her, that he couldn't deny it anymore. But as time passed, he accepted that Rei could look after herself and found himself spending more and more time looking over Serenity. How she moved, how she radiated innocence and how she shown with it. She was pure light itself. As time passed, he admitted to himself that he loved her. But the others already knew he loved her so he didn't need to tell them.
Trowa looked at the serene picture of the 5 women. He felt extreme hatred for the whit cat with a crescent moon on his forehead that had just showed up. He jumped onto Luna's lap and purred. He could see her giggle and start to pet that cat. He narrowed his eyes. It was because of that cat, Artemis, guardian of Sailor Venus that he could never have Luna. Luna was in love with him and vice-versa. He saw his sister run up to the group and told them something, then the group got up and left.
Quatre sighed, " I think we tortured ourselves enough for today don't you agree? Let's leave them to their business."
Trowa nodded and the picture began to fade. But not before Heero saw Serenity run to greet and hug the Prince of Earth, Endymion. Heero became consumed with hatred for a moment for which he glared at the fading figures. The guys waited for him to regain his composure before they left.
*** End of Flashback***
" You look just like her you know, just your hair is different and you have no crescent moon mark." Heero whispered into her ear.
" Uhh...it's getting late, I need to leave now." Serena said as she tried not to show she was panicing.
" I'll stop you."
" You can't stop me from leaving. I need to go.." Serena pushed herself out of his arms and tried to get o the door as quick as possible.
" Yes I can, haven't you heard me? I am the God of war, Heero Aries." Heero said as he sat up in his bed. " go, but you can't escape me again Serenity. I'll find you one way or another."
Serena's rushed out of the room to meet the other scouts. Heero stared at the open door and her retreating back. {I've finally found you again Serenity, I'm not going to let you get away that easliy. I'll find you, where ever you may be going.}