Chapter 8 - Princess Serenity Revealed
Early the next morning, Usagi awoke hearing
the turn of the door knob. She was
laying next to Quatre, her arm draped across his bare chest. She opened her cerulean blue eyes, seeing a
dark haired figure step into the room. She watched in terror as a gun was pulled and pointed at Quatre. Feeling her body tense up, Quatre's eyes
flew open and he felt around on the dresser next to him for his gun.
"Heero no!!" Usagi shouted, throwing her body
over Quatre's, shielding him from any harm.
"Usagi!" Quatre cried, his arms wrapped tightly
around her naked body.
"I told you to stay away from her!" Heero yelled,
his mask shattering and a look of rage stretched its way across his features.
"You can't run my life, Heero!" Usagi snapped,
still covering Quatre with her body. "I've
finally found love and you want to take it away from me!! Mamoru never showed me this kind of love and
we were destined to be together!!!" Usagi cried, thinking nothing of her
secret.
"Who's Mamoru?" Quatre asked, looking down at
the beautiful princess in his arms. His
mouth dropped open when he saw these weird pink ribbons swirling around her
naked body. "What's going on?!?" Usagi looked
over at her brother, seeing the look of shock on his face as well. She floated up off the bed, the ribbons
forming a long white dress that hung to her ankles, a long ribbon hanging down
the back. Her long golden blond hair
went up into two buns that looked like odangos on her head. A golden crescent moon appeared on her
forehead, glowing dimly, and real white wings appeared on her back making her
appear an angel.
"Who are you?" Heero asked, seeing the form
that floated above a startled Quatre.
"My name is Princess Serenity. I am the Princess of the Moon. I was killed over one thousand years
ago. Using the last of her strength, my
mother sent me and my court here, I was reborn your sister Heero," Usagi said,
floating down to the bed. She sat down
beside Quatre, feeling an extreme guilt clutch at her heart for not telling him
sooner. "I… I'm sorry Quatre… I couldn't
tell you." Quatre only smiled warmly at her, only love in his crystal blue
eyes.
"It's all right Usagi, I understand." He said,
love filling his voice. Heero looked
over at the couple, seeing something he had never seen in his sister's eyes
before… he saw happiness. She had never
been happy as a child, now that she was an adult, she had found what she was
looking for… someone to love and to love her back equally. Heero glanced at the couple one last time,
then turned from the room, closing the door behind him.
"I love you…" She whispered, tears coming to
her eyes. Slowly, the white dress, the
white wings, the crescent moon began to fade, leaving her naked in Quatre's
strong arms. He kissed her on the forehead,
brushing her bangs back.
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"Have you located the girl yet?!" The man
demanded, impatience showing in his voice.
"Actually yes we have. A girl was spotted the other day at a circus
matching the Princess's description. They saw she was with a Quatre Raberba Winner, the leader of the colony."
A soldier said, standing before the ruler.
"What are you waiting for?!? Go get her!!" He ordered, his voice rising
with his frustration.
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"And what did you too do?" Duo asked, giving Quatre
a sly smile.
"Umm… nothing." Quatre said, turning as red
as a tomato.
"Nothing huh?" Duo asked, nudging Quatre in
the side. "So what did Heero have to
say about you and his sister?" He whispered. This caused Quatre to turn an even brighter shade of red. Usagi walked out of the kitchen, holding a
pan of some sort. The food inside of the
pan was black and smoke was rising from the contents.
"Did I mention I'm a lousy cook?" Usagi asked,
a sweatdrop appearing on the side of her head. Duo grabbed the pan from her, picking up the fork he had lying on the
table.
"I'll be the judge of that." Duo said as he
began to shovel the contents of the pan into his mouth.
"I can't believe you're eating that." Trowa commented
from his spot at the table.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!?" Usagi snapped. "Look, he likes it." She said, a smile
spreading across her face.
"Duo will eat anything." Quatre commented.
"Not you too, you're insulting my cooking
too?" She asked, getting big puppy dog eyes welled with tears.
"I… uhh… I didn't mean that." Quatre said,
scratching the back of his head as a sweatdrop appeared on his forehead.
"How can you say that until you've tried it!"
Usagi snapped, grabbing the pan back from Duo. "Will you try a bite? For me?" Usagi
asked, giving him the big puppy dog look again.
"Of course I'll try it," Quatre said as he reluctantly
took a bite that she'd put in his mouth. His eyes went to a look of shock. "This really isn't as bad as it looks." Quatre said, taking another
bite.
"You like it?" She asked, joy filling her
face. "He likes it! He likes my cooking!" She said, jumping up
and down. Duo snatched the pan back
from Quatre, picking up just where he'd left off.
"Are you hungry Usagi?" Quatre asked a minute
later.
"I'm starved. I hope you can cook better than me." Usagi said.
"I have 29 sisters, I know the basics." He
said with a smile.
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About twenty minutes later, Usagi, Quatre, Trowa,
Duo, and Wufei were sitting at the table eating a great meal. Heero was nowhere to be seen, probably still
mad. Trowa, Quatre, Wufei, even Duo
were staring at the petite little girl in front of them in open mouth shock.
"Where does it all go?" Duo asked, seeing as Usagi
ate more than even he did.
"I don't think I've ever seen anyone eat like
that before, not even Duo after he hadn't eaten for three hours." Wufei commented,
shock even showing on his face.
"That was great Quatre!" Usagi said, smiling
at the platinum blond that sat beside her, his arm draped around her tiny
waist. In front of Usagi, lay about 5
empty plates, each one having been heaping with food at one time.
"Open the door!!" A voice rang out through
the house. Everyone turned, guns
pulled, blades drawn as the door flew open, revealing about 20 men. "Hand over the princess now!!" They
demanded. Quatre pulled Usagi close to
him, a look of determination in his eyes as he held a gun on the leader of the
group.
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