A/N: Sorry about not explaining how Rei and Mina got their powers, the explanation will be in the beginning of this chap, promise! I totally forgot about that! Well read on and enjoy!
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Title: Moon's Force
Chapter Ten
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Queen Rei swung her fiery sword through the hot air. Her brow was rumpled in frustration and dedication to her training. Rei really hadn't gotten much training in since her awakening. Her dear husband had been so kind as to give them both powers of the Earth that manifested themselves to be like that of their old abilities. She felt so low right now.
They told her after she'd waken up, the her sister wife had laughed at her being knocked out! She laughed! That comment had only intensified her anger towards the Moon…Queen. How had Serena become so strong? Oops, it's Serenity now. Rei shook her head, her frown turning into a small malicious smile as she performed various techniques on dummies, picturing each as having blonde hair that went to the ground in streams of silver gold.
That one thought made her growl in hatred, punching the bag so hard it fell to waste on the matted floor. Serenity was even beautiful! More so than when they were teenagers. It was apparent that she'd become so much more intelligent too, with those large crystal eyes of wisdom. To her they were nothing but ice rocks that she wished to punch out, so Rei stabbed another dummy with her sword where eyes should be, and it burst into flames at contact with her red hot blade. The other fact that made her so incredibly angry (and jealous), was that Serenity was married, and it seemed, very happy, seeing as the woman's eyes turned ecstatic at going home to her family.
All of those facts, which were quite true, weren't what made her hate the leader of the Moon. It was the power within the petite blonde that brought her temper to new heights. Serenity had not even transformed yet when she'd fought Rei…
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" Isibo, I'm sorry, but you must sleep now." Serenity smiled, hoping Isibo would not understand her if she was saying it unlike the other times she had. No such luck though, the white haired babe scrunched her dark blue eyes…and wailed.
- Damn! She's too smart for me.- With a sigh Isibo's mother cued her to sleep, after fifteen minutes she slept with a content look upon her creamy skinned face.
" She takes very much after you, my Serenity."
Serenity jumped at the feel of something like a soft hand on her shoulder. She squeaked in surprise to find a long lost soul standing there.
" Mo-mother?" Her crystal eyes stared in wonder and shock, straight into eyes that mirrored her own in color. Eyes she hadn't seen since she was fourteen.
" Yes, dear Serenity. I've been permitted to come see my grandchild. Alas, your earth parents weren't allowed to join me. They haven't fully grasped being dead. Someday they will see her, and you." The last Queen became solid then, taking her daughter up in her arms.
" Oh mother! I miss you so! I wished you'd been revived along with everyone else." Serenity took in the old, but still familiar, scent of her mother. She had always smelled of lilacs, a flower she'd loved so much, and had grown freely on the Moon.
" I've been watching you grow Serenity. I'm proud of how you've handled yourself. You've grown into such a beautiful woman and a wonderful Queen. I was quite surprised when you married Artemis, but happy non the less!" The silver haired woman, smiled broadly, remembering how she watched her daughter walk the aisle from her perch among the heavens.
Serenity had very little time to spend with her daughter, only a few hours, but luckily enough, Isibo woke to meet her grandmother. They played with the baby for yet another hour, before the old Queen had to leave. Once again she had become transparent and disappeared waving. Princess Isibo burst into tears when her grandmother was gone, but soon hushed for a feeding.
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Darien growled to himself, how could he have been so stupid?! It was right there in front of him. The vid phone of his office sat mockingly on his desk, right there the entire time he'd been racking his brains! King Darien had made a public speech about the horrors of the Moon Kingdom and the lunarians living there. Now his citizens wanted war for what was done to them, for they thought the icy temperature of their world was the floating sphere's fault, and damn the King if he wasn't going to give them what they wanted…
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Councilor Pluto, who was away from the Time Gates for a day, walked hurriedly to the family room. Inside the large ivory doors was the royal family: King Artemis, Queen Serenity, and Princess Isibo. They calmed their laughing to see her serious look, immediately sensing something big has happened.
" Lady Setsuna, oh, it's looks as if your on duty. My apologies Councilor Pluto, what's happened?" Serenity stood, smoothing out the fabric of her silver and white medieval gown, hair flowing over her shoulders in a runnel of silvery gold.
" My own apologies your majesties, but an urgent call as been made." Councilor Pluto straightened from her regal bow.
Serenity's reaction was just as expected, calm and collected was always her domineer in such situations.
" Of course, I suspect it's the one we've been waiting for. Ready Artemis?" Serenity turned to her white haired husband.
" As ever Sere." He stood, Isibo in his arms with a sweet smile upon her face.
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" What takes so long to get to a vid phone?! I'm trying to declare war and I get put on hold!" Darien was so tense his shoulders hurt.
Mina and Rei stood behind him, each flanking a side to peer over his shoulders. Rei rubbed her husband's shoulders to ease him some, all she cared was that she might see who Serenity had found that was better and more handsome than the Crystal Earth's ruler. Unconsciously, the thought made her angry and jealous, making her squeeze Darien's shoulder rather than massage it. He yelped in pain and glared at her.
" Sorry Darien, my thoughts got away from me." Rei gave him a small smile and became content when he returned the smile.
The screen of the vid phone finally showed a Serenity sitting in a royal blue padded hair, a white haired, dark blue eyed, baby upon her lap. A man stood behind them in the suit of a King, but his head could not be fully seen. Only the beginnings of shaggy white hair like that of the baby. He indeed must be the king, was the thought going through the trio's head.
" King Darien, I'm surprised you did not call sooner." Serenity was calm, her crystal blue orbs still with confidence.
" What do you mean by that?" Darien spoke through his clenched teeth, the fact that he couldn't see the man's face who had replaced him was irritating.
" It's quite simple how to do it, all you had to do was channel your energy to fix the vid phone on a radio wave with the Moon. Hence, you get this conversation. No matter, what do you wish to say?"
" I'm declaring war on the Moon! What else would I want to see your face for?" Darien smirked. He'd so gotten her there…
" Or you could have used an old fashioned model of the 21st century to do such a thing."
Or not.
" Don't mock me Serenity!" Darien growled his sentence out.
" Who's the man behind you Serenity? Your pathetic excuse of a husband? I'm sure your daughter will grow up to be just as pathetic!" Rei had needed something to get the man to show his face, she wished she hadn't have said that now.
The man sat down in a chair next to his Queen. His handsome face clearly that of an old friend, and old comrade. Artemis didn't look non to happy about someone insulting his daughter in the least bit.
" Artemis?!" Rei and Mina practically screamed in unison. Shock coursing through them like and overflowing dam.
" Indeed I am. Do not insult my daughter or my wife! I swear it will be your end!" He was seething with anger, no one made a mockery of his family!
" Well then, I do believe this I over. Your Kingdom will fall under the Crystal Earth!"
Darien pressed the small green button to turn the vid phone off. That was not what he was expecting. How could his baby Rini be replaced so easily by that brat on her lap?! Hadn't serenity loved her future daughter at all? It was apparent that she hadn't if she married Artemis and bore him a bouncing baby girl.
The war was on now, tipped hopefully in their favor. He had a bad feeling this was going to end the wrong way…
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A/N: Well, I've gotten it into the war now! Sorry if that was a bit off, I'm not completely happy with it, but I really don't feel like fixing it. Lazy me. Anyways review and I shall be completely grateful! C ya!
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