Author's Note:

I'M BACK! My fingers have been itching till the day I started typin' this story! ^_^ *giggles*....bout time huh? I was very busy ovah de summah and coco_berry and I are still collaborating....(ah, coco_berry...I dun think we'll ever finish that story! LOL!)!!! Plz read and review okie......enjoy =)

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Oh wait wait wait... This chappie is pretty long and boring but keep readin' it cuz it gets better (I think)!!!

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Love Affair

~Chapter 6~

He jerked his head up looking at his fallen angel. He was prepared for the outcomes. He was ready and willing to kill himself if Serenity didn't come through.

'How could someone enter your life and just leave?' Endymion thought.

It was just too unfair to him. He thought it was pointless to go on with life when everyone just leaves you in the end. It was why he never believed in love. Everyone who he kept close had disappeared, left his life to be alone. Death just rips the people he cared for away from him. His parents were the only ones who Endymion ever shown the slightest emotion of love toward...that until Queen Selenity killed them both. He never loved nor believed in love after the she did that. He blamed Selenity for his bitterness and vowed to place revenge on her and her kingdom.

'NO!' his consciences scream at him, 'you will continue with your plans Endymion! Look what Selentiy brought upon you...hate. It's her fault and she must be punished. Even Serenity has a hate towards her...don't back out just because you care for Serenity....you have a plan...stick to it!'

Endymion shook his head, trying to get the thoughts out of his head. It's been 2 days and Serenity hadn't woke up yet. He was beginning to loose hope. He knelt beside her caressing her soft, pale hand.

"You look beautiful Serenity....even when you're sleeping. You're so pure, so innocent. Sure you can be a loud mouth but overall you're still an angel...my angel," he whispered in her ear, "I've brought you only pain and misery. I've hurt you so much and usually that would make me happy...but it doesn't. Before I laid my eyes on you I have slept with many women and I am ashamed of it, but like I said before, you're different. You bring this feeling inside of me that I just can't describe, a feeling no woman has made me feel. I don't want to go back to how I was living before, Serenity. Serenity.....please don't leave me, I...I-"

He brought his eyes on his hand and felt a light squeeze.

"Serenity!?!"

"Hush, Endy...you're getting soft with me," Serenity said quietly, still very weak.

"My God Serenity...don't ever run out on me again! You gave me a heart attack!!" he exclaimed coldly.

"Then next time be honest with me," she snapped, still quiet.

"I...I...I-" he was again interrupted.

"-No, I should be sorry," she sighed defeated, " I know how you live and you're not exactly a saint. I overreacted, I jumped to conclusions, and I wasn't thinking."

Endymion looked down, lost with his words. What was a man to do in these situations? (A.N: What are men really suppose to say? I have no clue so bear with me, lol)

"Well, uh...um...you...uh- need to rest! You must be very tired so...I'll be leaving now."

Serenity grabbed his arm, "Please, don't leave me...can you just stay here by my side?"

Endymion looked into her sapphire eyes, how could he say no? How could anyone say no?

'What the hell is happening to me?' his mind screamed. He weakly nodded his head and sat beside her warm, little body.

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She walked off to her room, torpedoing 3 vases to a wall and slammed her door shut.

"That little snake! She's supposed to hate Endymion, not become all love- dovey!!!" Beryl screamed. She had peeked through Serenity's door and saw the whole seen, her mind burned in jealously, resentment and hate. Her plan didn't work! It just backed fired on her, getting the two even closer!

She sat down to her vanity table and began brushing her silky hair.

"WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?" she yelled, "I've been primping for the past 2 days just to get Endymion's fucking attention, and for what!? To be completely ignored?"

She flung her brush to the door and it stuck onto it like a dart on a corkboard. She smiled... if there's one thing she refused to do in life, it was backing down from a challenge...and Serenity was going to be her challenger. ________________________________________

~Meanwhile on the Moon~

"REI! Have you got a reading on her yet? Has your flames of failure, insolence and aggravation got anything on my baby?" yelled Queen Selenity.

Tears where forming in Rei's deep, violet eyes. No one has ever said something so demeaning to her. The yelling, the screaming, the unstoppable putdowns from the Queen were just too much!

"I know my fire readings aren't much, but I'm trying you know! If you think I'm such a failure.." Rei was unable to finish and had combusted in tears.

Selenity's face softened. She knew she wasn't herself lately. She missed Serenity deeply and was taking her anger out the scouts, "Rei, I should apologize. I know you're really trying to find Serenity."

She placed her arm on her shoulders, "You're not a failure my Child. You're a strong, fierce warrior, who does the best she can. Your gift of reading the fire is only an asset...I wish the crystal was more of a help....I'm proud of you Rei.....I just..." It was Selenity's turn to brake down crying.

The other scouts came in and saw the two of the strongest women they knew breaking down.

Lita put her hand on Selenity's back, "We all miss her your Highness," she filled in. Lita's beautiful, emerald eyes were getting slightly watery. Her brown hair tousled onto her face covering her flushed cheeks.

"Serenity means something to us all and we will get her back!" Amy said keeping in her tears, but was unnecessary. Her light blue eyes revealed her misery and sadness.

"Enough!" yelled Mina, "I've had enough with all the tears, the cheap talk, the loss of faith! I'm so sick of it! This will do nothing to get my Princess back! We got to work, search and hunt! You get that scouts....Selenity?"

Selenity looked at Mina with confusion. Selenity? Wasn't it QUEEN Selenity, Highness, your Majesty...where had this disrespect arisen? She gazed into her eyes and saw determination. Mina was determined to find Serenity. The leader of the scouts had talked well with her mind in tact on what was too happen! Never had she heard all this determination and hunger from the little blonde. Selenity grinned.

"I may not be the smartest scout but from what we gather earth has a powerful force around it shielding it from anything on Serenity, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"Right. But the crystal must be powerful enough to get pass it. If it wasn't then it's worthless to Endymion if his powers can block away the crystal's powers"

"Mina, I've tried that already and the crystal has gotten nothing-"

Mina cut Selenity off, "SSH! I'm not done! If nothing came to you about Serenity's where bouts then maybe the information has stumbled elsewhere. I do not believe Endymion's power is greater then the crystal's...the reading probably didn't come to you but to someone else....a form of misguiding information."

Amy's head jerked up high! "What if Rei did a fire reading focusing on the powers of the crystal, while our Queen focuses on Serenity. Like you said Mina, the info must have stumbled somewhere else misguiding it from us. While the Queen tries get the info, Rei will retrieve it!"

The scouts looked at her in utter confusion but Selenity nodded her head, "Wonderful idea Amy. Rei, get another fire reading, but this time don't focus on Serenity focus on my energy....okay?"

Rei nodded her head, "Is this something we do together this time?"

Selenity nodded and they both got started while the scouts moved away for them to concentrate.

'Crystal of wonder, awe and power...bring forth my Daughter and future Queen, Serenity" whispered Queen Selenity over and over and over.

'Oh great fire, guide me to the powers of the wondrous Imperial (A.N: Is it Imperial or Imperium? Plz tell me so I can fix it) Silver Crystal,' Rei thought in her head. All of a sudden she gasped for air, sweating wildly.

"I GOT IT!" yelled Rei, jerking her head up, "They're in a palace, somewhere where there's lots of trees annd...and...I don't know how to describe it guys but I know where she is!"

"Well, now that we know where she is...how are we going to get there?!?" asked Lita frantically.

"We got a reading on her, so it'll be easy for you to get to her now," said Selenity.

Mina looked at Queen Selenity, "And exactly how are we going to do that?"

"Sailor teleporting of course. Concentrate on where Serenity is, but in this case Rei will have to do most of the mind work so long she's seen more of the surroundings. You will be found with her or at least near her if you concentrated well enough," she replied.

Rei opened her mouth,"But your highness, you said the shield blocked our powers...how can we teleport?"

"The shield only blocked readings on Serenity and the people of earth. It's been up since the defeat of the planet against the moon. By what I've heard that is the reason why people of earth know nothing about life on other planets. I gathered that only few know about life beyond the shield...most of the people who did know where erased from such memories. No info goes out and no info goes in. The knowledge we get from that planet is from ancient prophecies and past information before the shield," Amy revealed.

"Then why did we wait? If we could've teleported then why didn't we?" Lita was now frustrated.

"Lita, there's no way I would ever let you walk around an unfamiliar planet searching for Serenity when you all have no place to start! Planet earth is very big and would take months till you find her! My way was safer and more better," Selenity said, "now that you know, lets not waste time! Find Serenity!"

The girls nodded and joined hands, "SAILOR TELEPORT!!!!!"

They teleported and were off...unaware of Rei's little secret.

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~Back with Endymion and Serenity on Earth~

"Mmmm, the garden looks wonderful," Serenity sighed blissfully.

Endymion smiled, "Just like you."

She blushed turning a bright red. Serenity wanted fresh air so Endymion brought her to the garden. The sun was rising the air felt better then it ever did. Serenity sighed, how would her life living on earth be like? She saw her and Endymion married living a fantasy and...and...

'Get real Serenity!' she scolded herself, 'You still don't know what Endymion's up too! You're so weak giving up your kingdom to some dumb fairytale!'

As much as she loved Endymion, how long would their love last?

'Hmmm, lets think Serenity! Don't rule out that Endymion wants to kill your mother, your friends and your people.....oh and wants to take over the world!' her consciences rang at her

'Shut-up!' she yelled at her conscience, 'No way you're going to break my happiness apart...not yet, not now!'

She had to get her mind of things, "Lets do something!"

"Excuse me?"

"Let's have some fun!"

"Ah...Serenity are you loosing it?....it's getting dark and-"

"So? C'omon! We can-"

"You're not fit for some excitement! I mean, you just woke up yesterday and you still need to rest! We are not going to leave this palace!"

Serenity clasped her hands together, pouted her lips and gave him the most adorable puppy eyed look, "Puh-lllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzeee!"

Endymion looked at her sternly, "NO!"

~5 minutes later~

"I can't believe you got me to go horse-back riding!" Endymion complained, "how do you do it?"

"My secret," she giggled. After she pulled "the face" Endymion crumbled like pie. She hopped on her horse and trotted around to get the feel of it first.

"Lets just stay around here, when something happens to you I wan to be near the palace," he said.

"Uh-uh! We are going to have fun. Trotting around is not fun," and with those words set, she galloped over the fence and back in to the woods, this time running away for a different reason, "catch me if you can!"

Her newfound hobby was horse-back riding. She loved the speed, the exhilaration and the wind beating against her! She just loved it! She raced through the woods with Endymion hot on her trail calling out blasphemy at her, "Get your ass back here!"

"I never knew you had a fetish for my buttocks," she giggled back still racing through the area. "Well, now that you mentioned it....." he yelled slyly.

"Oh shut-up!"

They raced through the tall trees like fast rapids. If you had stared at Endymion without knowing he was "evil", you would have swore the man was a kind-hearted angel. Serenity stopped suddenly noticing a brown animal 10 feet away from her, "Endy...." She asked in a scared tone.

"Yes," he said trotting beside her.

"What's that?"

"What's what?"

"That brown looking thing," she replied pointing at it.

He looked and then burst out in laughter causing it to run off, "It's a deer....you can find all different kinds of animal here on earth."

"A deer...a deer...it looks kinda cute. It's harmless right?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Oh,"

Endymion could still see the fascination in her eyes, "Come lets head back."

"I wanna see it."

"The deer?"

"You got to be kidding me! It's a fucking deer! C'omon, lets go!"

Serenity snapped, "You go, I wanna see it!" and she bolted after it unsure of where it went.

"SERENITY!" Endymion yelled, "ah shit, not again!" He raced after her but to his luck, lost her...again.

He looked everywhere for her. He felt deja vous all over again. He wasn't up to the hunt.

'What if she's drowning in a river, AGAIN' his mind screamed.

"Shut your trap" he yelled at himself.

'It's going to be all you fault'

"No, it's going to be the damn, deer's fault!"

He spent an hour looking for her and decided that maybe that she went back. He sped to the palace only to find Serenity petting the deer. He smiled. She looked so angelic just standing there. He was planning on giving her the third degree but decided against it.

"What took you so long?" she laughed.

"A certain dumb blonde seemed to have ditched me and I was just looking for the certain dumb blonde," he sarcastically replied.

She gave a snort and gave her attention back to the deer.

"Endymion," said a voice.

Serenity and Endymion whipped their heads around and saw Beryl with a panic stricken face, "Endymion *they* managed to get pass the force field! They're on their on the way to the palace."

Endymion's face went pale. It was like he had seen a ghost...no, a demon more like it. His hands went limp and his jaw dropped. Serenity felt unease and confused.

'Who's here? Who's *they*? Went through what force field? Why is he looking at Beryl like that? Why does Beryl look like that?' Serenity thought.

Endymion snapped back to reality and grabbed Serenity by the wrist, "What the hell is going on?" she screamed.

He brought her to the garden and there stood a little shed at the back. He brought her over to it, "Look Serenity, I got to do something and I cannot tell you who's here so don't bother asking. Stay in the shed and DON'T leave until I come get you. Do not scream, talk or even think! I'm afraid they have found you."

He shoved her in the dark shed and slammed the door shut before she could run out. She screamed, cursed and hollered but Serenity knew he wasn't listening...or even there. She wanted to know what was going on.

"It couldn't be..." she said to herself, "...the scouts?"

The door crashed open sending little bolts of thunder around the shed.

"PRINCESS!" yelled for pretty soldiers in multi-coloured skirts.

Serenity didn't know what to do. Faint or hug them? She went with hugging all four.

"Ach, Serenity...I can't breathe!" screeched Rei.

"Shut-up Rei...we were loud enough but anymore noise and they're going to know we're here," whispered Amy in a firm tone.

Lita gave a short, no-time-to-speak-we're-here-to-rescue-you speech and threw Serenity over her shoulders like a sack of potatoes. Yet, to her surprise Serenity pulled her self down and stepped away from the girls.

"I know why you're here and I know it's your job.....but I'm not going with you."

The girls exchanged confused looks and Mina spoke up, "So exactly how are you going to get to the moon?"

"I'm not going back," Serenity took a deep breath, "...yet. I want to stay here on the planet Earth for a couple of more days, maybe I could prevent Endymion from attacking."

Rei looked at her suspiciously, "Mina take the girls outside and guard the area from intruders...I'm going to have a word with our princess."

The scouts left leaving Rei with Serenity, "There's more isn't there?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" Rei noticed her mistake and lowered her voice, "You love him don't you?"

Serenity looked into her eyes and knew she knew the truth. She was hesitating to answer though and didn't know what to say, 'Yup, I'm in love with a power hungry, evil man who wants to kill you, my mother and take over the universe,' didn't sound right.

Rei spoke again to capture her attention, "Serenity, I'm going to ask you again...are you in love with Endymion?"

She looked away and nodded slowly in defeat

"I knew it."

Serenity whipped her head up gazing at Rei, "How?"

"When I was reading the sacred fire in search of you...I saw you in bed and Endymion holding your hand. You were just staring at each other like...well....like you were in love," Rei continued, "I think that's what led us to you."

"Our love?"

"Just a thought," she assured her. There was a slicing pierce of awkwardness in the air between the two until Rei just had to press on, "I can't let you stay here though, as much as I want to believe the man can love and I just can't! He's just going to hurt you serenity!"

Serenity had tears forming in her eyes and began to whisper, "I tell myself that all the time but I can't lie to myself and deny those feelings. Give me some time and I know I can prevent this war and change Endymion's old ways-"

Rei cut her off, "Serenity! What you're doing right now is just lying to yourself. You think you can change him? The man doesn't love you! I know you love him, but can really say to yourself that you can continue loving a man who doesn't love you back?!?"

"Yes."

Rei's eyes went wide eye and she gave a shell-shocked gasp.

Serenity slung her head down and gave a weak smile, "I can safely say that I can continue loving Endymion without him loving me back. I will love him forever; no matter what he does I will love him...unconditionally! Rei, you never seen this other side of him, this tender, caring and wonderful side. Plus I can't go back trapped in my eternal prison on the moon. Here I'm a "prisoner" yet I feel free...he's makes me feel free and I just..." she dazed of smiling.

Rei's face became soft and her eyes where now full of pity and sorrow for her friend. 'She's only going to end up in heart-ache and I can do nothing to prevent it,' she sighed in her head. She couldn't help but feel the way she felt. She knew there was nothing she could do except pray that things turned out for the best.

Rei's thoughts were soon interrupted when Amy came in saying that people were coming and that they should leave. Her heart was racing a hundred miles a second.....what was she suppose to do? Leave her princess and live this dream for gods know how long and let her end up heart broken OR take her home where she'd be safe and sound and..., 'miserable for her entire life' she added in.

"Amy, lets go."

"But..."

"She's not coming...lets just go."

Amy looked into Rei's violet eyes then to Serenity's crystalline orbs and nodded knowing that she had no say in this. She left to tell the others while Rei trailed behind her.

"Rei..."

She stopped but didn't turn around, "Yes?"

"Thank you."

She nodded and continued.

"Rei..."

She stopped again still not facing Serenity.

"One day you'll see, things will turn out for the best."

"Well, until that day comes...I wish you the best and hope your heart survives all odds. Farewell my friend, " and she was gone, through the door to join the scouts leaving Serenity alone once more.

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Author's note:

Yes, it was long but I feel this chapter gave more depth into the story and slowed things down a bit more. Okie this is a MUST READ!!! Starting from chapter 7 to so forth those will be the most heated chapters in the story! It's going to be full od pain, suffering, hope and most of all...full of love! Plz review this story and don't judge it to fast.....there's more to come!