1 Chapter 16
If Pagan had to pick a word to describe the expressions of the Sailor Senshi, after that introduction, she would have to go with the word Stunned.
All was silence until Serena finally shook her head swiftly to clear her thoughts before inquiring.
"Our cousin, Pagan?" she asked as she gazed upon the dark haired young man.
"Yes Serena, Damien here is our cousin through our grandfather's line, who was the royal consort of the Lunarian Queen Selene, the mother of Serenity and Isis."
"Tell me Serey kitty, did you never wonder on how you born with so much power?" Pagan inquired.
Serena looked back and forth between Pagan and Damien and slowly nodded her head, for the past couple of years, especially during the battle of Galaxia, Serena had indeed wondered at the boosts of power she would get.
"It was through our mothers, that we gained the powers of not only the moon, but also the destructive powers of Saturn as well.
Thought it would appear that you and Aunt Serenity carried more of Grandmother Selene's Lunarian blood and talents than Grandfather Damien's Saturian abilities."
At hearing this, Serena looked at her other blood cousin. "So you were named after our grandfather?"
"Yes Serenity, I was born under the Noble Saturian house of NightRaven. You see that before our grandfather married Selene, he was once married to a Saturian lady.
In fact she was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Saturian herself, this lady was my grandmother.
After the birth of their first born son, my grandmother died of a strange illness, since she was too weak to combat the sickness in cause of her weakness from childbirth."
Feeling slightly edgy about giving away so much of anything from his past, even if it was over a thousand years ago, Damien began to wander around the room though kept his attention towards his audience.
Stopping behind Hotaru, Damien lightly placed his hands upon the young woman's shoulders and gently rubbed them, both to calm her still shocked nerves of seeing him once again and also to reassure himself that they were actually within this room together and not another dream.
"As I was saying, several years pass and our grandfather's eye had been caught by the Lunarian Queen, Selene.
From what I had been told as a child, it had been a swift courtship and beautiful wedding. About two years later Serenity and Isis were born." As Damien finishes his tale, he lowers his head and looks down to the young woman so close to him, to find that she was watching him closely. Damien noticed that the Saturian Princess' deep violet orbs were as bright and watchful as they had always been in the past, and slowly he grants her a rare closed-lipped smile that only the Princess and his Comrades of the Shadowcourt had ever seen.
Watching the tender scene between the two, Pagan suddenly turned her eyes to each senshi to see what they thought of this moment.
Pagan saw that Serena and Darien had gravitated together in the result of the Earth Prince was holding her cousin in a gentle loving hold. While Serena was resting her head upon his shoulder as she watched the two ancient lovers renewing the bond they had forged centuries ago.
The Inner Senshi all had a variety or expressions showing on their faces running from surprised to overjoyed to mischievous.
Pagan was glad she didn't have to worry too much about them. Looking into the eyes of senshi of time and oceans, Pagan could clearly see a mixture of both happiness yet caution for the younger warrior that they had helped to raise.
The Shadowmoon Princess skipped over her brother and her beloved knowing what they thought of this union, and finally settled on the one person that she was sure would cause a fuss.
One look into the wind warrior's face, told Pagan that Haruka was indeed NOT happy, in seeing a man paying attention to her little Hotaru, and especially not touching her, civil and innocent it may be.
Quickly before the over-protector of Uranus could do anything that would consequently embarrass the young Saturian Princess or make a highly foolish and potentially lethal mistake, Pagan gave a swift yet semi-sharp mind probe to Serena to get her attention. Once having it directed it to the swiftly angering Senshi of the winds.
Serena and Darien being the closest to Michiru and Setsuna, quickly caught the two outers attention and as Pagan had, silently pointed out the same as they had seen.
Setsuna took one look upon Haruka's face and instantly her eyes slightly widened in fear of what could happen as she remembered exactly who Damien NightRaven was, not to mention what this particular man was capable of doing.
Pagan cleared her throat to direct the attention of the others to her. "Damien, the others are all staying here tonight. You are more than welcomed to join us if you would like."
Damien thought for a moment in decision before deciding to leave, but before he could voice his answer and bid all a farewell, he felt a small warm hand lay gently upon his own larger one.
Looking down, the Saturian Noble could clearly see the silently plea to stay in his heart's eyes and looked up at Pagan stated quietly "I do not see the harm of one night. Thank you princess I would be honored." "Good then it is all agreed, Hotaru would you care to show Damien to his room since it is only right across the hall from your own?" Pagan asked him, a slight wicked glint showing within her Silver-grey eyes, as she looked from the couple to the steaming Haruka.
"Of course Pagan, right this way Lord Damien, the chambers aren't very far, I had sincerely hoped that you would stay with us." Hotaru said.
"Hotaru, it will always be a pleasure for me to be within your company for no matter the time, be it a single moment to several lifetimes." Damien said quietly, eliciting a slight blush from the young woman beside him as they walked out the door.
Pagan waited until the couple's voices had faded away then turned silently towards the others, steeling herself for the argument that she was sure would be facing her.
"What in all the winds of Uranus do you think you are doing Lunarian, Hotaru is way to young to have any of that type of attention and you practically let him…"
"Uranus if you do not wish to make a fool of yourself anymore than what you are doing at this time very moment I would advice you to hold your tongue senshi!" Pagan snapped.
Pagan narrowed her eyes, until they were nothing but mere slits the color showing that of a heavy puter.
As the Shadowmoon Princess tried to control her deadly temper, the silver crescent mark flashed violently within the room.
Suddenly Pagan felt something hit the back of her knees causing her to fall upon them, followed by something solid and soft pressing under her chin and body, a rumbling sound emitting from the object.
Opening her eyes wider, Pagan found that it had been Tal'lan who knocked her down and pressed against her in an attempt to help her calm herself.
Gazing into his Greenish Amber eyes, eyes that held much intelligence, savagery, and yet tenderness and love, the Princess slowly returned to her calm state and buried her face into her beloved's lush fur coat as the possible consequences of her temper came in a blinding rush.
"Princess of Uranus… It is only out of the years of friendship you have shown my princess, and that you are only thinking of the young Death senshi as your cub, that I do not take deciplinary action upon your vulgar Insinuations upon the honor of a member of the Royal family, and part of the elite Shadowcourt Senshi. Your accusations upon the honor of not only Lord NightRaven but also the Princess Pagan, would have had you severely punished, and would have been considered completely justified, seeing as how within the past, the two Saturian senshi had been lovers then, and have as strong a soul-bond as your Princess Serenity and her Prince Endymion, as well as Princess Pagan and Myself." Tal'lan growled out.
"Setsuna.. Senshi of Time… you are not of my court but I ask you to please, after I leave this room to show my cousin, your princess and your comrades some details of the time when the Alliance was complete and healthy. So that this situation may never happen again." Pagan's soft voiced request what put within a tone of aloofness, as one would give to only a polite stranger, not a valued friend of many years, yet also carried the steel toned quality of an Imperial Royal bloodline.
Turning her head to Haruka, Pagan coldly stared pure silver, black ringed eyes, silently searching before she spoke softly.
"Haruka Ten'oh, Princess of Uranus, Sailor Uranus, for these many years and many more within the Silver Millieniumn you and I have been friends, but I will say this to you now.
If you ever dare to defame the honor of a member of my family again I will deliver you a challenge of rite by combat, as was our ways of judgement. You do not remember exactly who Damien had been. I told you when I introduced him, that he was my DeathKnight… his title is clearly that. Damien has the exact same type of powers that Hotaru does, if not more deadly for he focuses less upon healing others and more upon utterly mutilation and destroying them. If you had charged him at this point in time, he would have severely harmed, if not in fact almost kill you even with Tal'lan, my brother and myself here. All he would have seen is someone that would have been trying to take away his soulmate once again just after they had found each other. Also if you had noticed, Hotaru was more than willing to spend time alone with him, As she could have easily declined my request to show him to his room. If you wish to still challenge him, I would suggest as someone who knew Damien well you do so in a calm, honorary manner. For I would not wish to see Hotaru and the other's upset should you try to attack him and he end up extremely harming you."
Taking a deep breath, Pagan looked at each senshi within their eyes, landing lastly upon her cousin, who stood very still as if in shock of recent events and nodded to them bidding them a farewell and a good night.
With that done she The High Princess of the Imperial Shadowmoon court walked gracefully out of the room, her stout and loyal Tal'lan beside her.
If Pagan had to pick a word to describe the expressions of the Sailor Senshi, after that introduction, she would have to go with the word Stunned.
All was silence until Serena finally shook her head swiftly to clear her thoughts before inquiring.
"Our cousin, Pagan?" she asked as she gazed upon the dark haired young man.
"Yes Serena, Damien here is our cousin through our grandfather's line, who was the royal consort of the Lunarian Queen Selene, the mother of Serenity and Isis."
"Tell me Serey kitty, did you never wonder on how you born with so much power?" Pagan inquired.
Serena looked back and forth between Pagan and Damien and slowly nodded her head, for the past couple of years, especially during the battle of Galaxia, Serena had indeed wondered at the boosts of power she would get.
"It was through our mothers, that we gained the powers of not only the moon, but also the destructive powers of Saturn as well.
Thought it would appear that you and Aunt Serenity carried more of Grandmother Selene's Lunarian blood and talents than Grandfather Damien's Saturian abilities."
At hearing this, Serena looked at her other blood cousin. "So you were named after our grandfather?"
"Yes Serenity, I was born under the Noble Saturian house of NightRaven. You see that before our grandfather married Selene, he was once married to a Saturian lady.
In fact she was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Saturian herself, this lady was my grandmother.
After the birth of their first born son, my grandmother died of a strange illness, since she was too weak to combat the sickness in cause of her weakness from childbirth."
Feeling slightly edgy about giving away so much of anything from his past, even if it was over a thousand years ago, Damien began to wander around the room though kept his attention towards his audience.
Stopping behind Hotaru, Damien lightly placed his hands upon the young woman's shoulders and gently rubbed them, both to calm her still shocked nerves of seeing him once again and also to reassure himself that they were actually within this room together and not another dream.
"As I was saying, several years pass and our grandfather's eye had been caught by the Lunarian Queen, Selene.
From what I had been told as a child, it had been a swift courtship and beautiful wedding. About two years later Serenity and Isis were born." As Damien finishes his tale, he lowers his head and looks down to the young woman so close to him, to find that she was watching him closely. Damien noticed that the Saturian Princess' deep violet orbs were as bright and watchful as they had always been in the past, and slowly he grants her a rare closed-lipped smile that only the Princess and his Comrades of the Shadowcourt had ever seen.
Watching the tender scene between the two, Pagan suddenly turned her eyes to each senshi to see what they thought of this moment.
Pagan saw that Serena and Darien had gravitated together in the result of the Earth Prince was holding her cousin in a gentle loving hold. While Serena was resting her head upon his shoulder as she watched the two ancient lovers renewing the bond they had forged centuries ago.
The Inner Senshi all had a variety or expressions showing on their faces running from surprised to overjoyed to mischievous.
Pagan was glad she didn't have to worry too much about them. Looking into the eyes of senshi of time and oceans, Pagan could clearly see a mixture of both happiness yet caution for the younger warrior that they had helped to raise.
The Shadowmoon Princess skipped over her brother and her beloved knowing what they thought of this union, and finally settled on the one person that she was sure would cause a fuss.
One look into the wind warrior's face, told Pagan that Haruka was indeed NOT happy, in seeing a man paying attention to her little Hotaru, and especially not touching her, civil and innocent it may be.
Quickly before the over-protector of Uranus could do anything that would consequently embarrass the young Saturian Princess or make a highly foolish and potentially lethal mistake, Pagan gave a swift yet semi-sharp mind probe to Serena to get her attention. Once having it directed it to the swiftly angering Senshi of the winds.
Serena and Darien being the closest to Michiru and Setsuna, quickly caught the two outers attention and as Pagan had, silently pointed out the same as they had seen.
Setsuna took one look upon Haruka's face and instantly her eyes slightly widened in fear of what could happen as she remembered exactly who Damien NightRaven was, not to mention what this particular man was capable of doing.
Pagan cleared her throat to direct the attention of the others to her. "Damien, the others are all staying here tonight. You are more than welcomed to join us if you would like."
Damien thought for a moment in decision before deciding to leave, but before he could voice his answer and bid all a farewell, he felt a small warm hand lay gently upon his own larger one.
Looking down, the Saturian Noble could clearly see the silently plea to stay in his heart's eyes and looked up at Pagan stated quietly "I do not see the harm of one night. Thank you princess I would be honored." "Good then it is all agreed, Hotaru would you care to show Damien to his room since it is only right across the hall from your own?" Pagan asked him, a slight wicked glint showing within her Silver-grey eyes, as she looked from the couple to the steaming Haruka.
"Of course Pagan, right this way Lord Damien, the chambers aren't very far, I had sincerely hoped that you would stay with us." Hotaru said.
"Hotaru, it will always be a pleasure for me to be within your company for no matter the time, be it a single moment to several lifetimes." Damien said quietly, eliciting a slight blush from the young woman beside him as they walked out the door.
Pagan waited until the couple's voices had faded away then turned silently towards the others, steeling herself for the argument that she was sure would be facing her.
"What in all the winds of Uranus do you think you are doing Lunarian, Hotaru is way to young to have any of that type of attention and you practically let him…"
"Uranus if you do not wish to make a fool of yourself anymore than what you are doing at this time very moment I would advice you to hold your tongue senshi!" Pagan snapped.
Pagan narrowed her eyes, until they were nothing but mere slits the color showing that of a heavy puter.
As the Shadowmoon Princess tried to control her deadly temper, the silver crescent mark flashed violently within the room.
Suddenly Pagan felt something hit the back of her knees causing her to fall upon them, followed by something solid and soft pressing under her chin and body, a rumbling sound emitting from the object.
Opening her eyes wider, Pagan found that it had been Tal'lan who knocked her down and pressed against her in an attempt to help her calm herself.
Gazing into his Greenish Amber eyes, eyes that held much intelligence, savagery, and yet tenderness and love, the Princess slowly returned to her calm state and buried her face into her beloved's lush fur coat as the possible consequences of her temper came in a blinding rush.
"Princess of Uranus… It is only out of the years of friendship you have shown my princess, and that you are only thinking of the young Death senshi as your cub, that I do not take deciplinary action upon your vulgar Insinuations upon the honor of a member of the Royal family, and part of the elite Shadowcourt Senshi. Your accusations upon the honor of not only Lord NightRaven but also the Princess Pagan, would have had you severely punished, and would have been considered completely justified, seeing as how within the past, the two Saturian senshi had been lovers then, and have as strong a soul-bond as your Princess Serenity and her Prince Endymion, as well as Princess Pagan and Myself." Tal'lan growled out.
"Setsuna.. Senshi of Time… you are not of my court but I ask you to please, after I leave this room to show my cousin, your princess and your comrades some details of the time when the Alliance was complete and healthy. So that this situation may never happen again." Pagan's soft voiced request what put within a tone of aloofness, as one would give to only a polite stranger, not a valued friend of many years, yet also carried the steel toned quality of an Imperial Royal bloodline.
Turning her head to Haruka, Pagan coldly stared pure silver, black ringed eyes, silently searching before she spoke softly.
"Haruka Ten'oh, Princess of Uranus, Sailor Uranus, for these many years and many more within the Silver Millieniumn you and I have been friends, but I will say this to you now.
If you ever dare to defame the honor of a member of my family again I will deliver you a challenge of rite by combat, as was our ways of judgement. You do not remember exactly who Damien had been. I told you when I introduced him, that he was my DeathKnight… his title is clearly that. Damien has the exact same type of powers that Hotaru does, if not more deadly for he focuses less upon healing others and more upon utterly mutilation and destroying them. If you had charged him at this point in time, he would have severely harmed, if not in fact almost kill you even with Tal'lan, my brother and myself here. All he would have seen is someone that would have been trying to take away his soulmate once again just after they had found each other. Also if you had noticed, Hotaru was more than willing to spend time alone with him, As she could have easily declined my request to show him to his room. If you wish to still challenge him, I would suggest as someone who knew Damien well you do so in a calm, honorary manner. For I would not wish to see Hotaru and the other's upset should you try to attack him and he end up extremely harming you."
Taking a deep breath, Pagan looked at each senshi within their eyes, landing lastly upon her cousin, who stood very still as if in shock of recent events and nodded to them bidding them a farewell and a good night.
With that done she The High Princess of the Imperial Shadowmoon court walked gracefully out of the room, her stout and loyal Tal'lan beside her.