THE EARTH ROYALTY, Chapter Ten
Darien felt a cold shiver run down his spine as he watched the one he loved sit in the park, gently resting up against Amy as they did their homework. After William and Holly had returned, he knew that now was the time had come when it was absolutely necessary to see Serena.
From her earlier reactions to him, he highly doubted that she would fall back into his arms and love him in only the way that she could. She, like him, was hurt by the others lack of response, but he knew that someone, somehow had managed to stop their mail reaching one another. When Darien found that person, they were going to wish that their ancestors had never even been born.
"Darien, it's now or never, and it can't wait," Darien tried to encourage himself. He slowly walked up to where they sat back to back. He heard her laughter and saw Amy's face of enjoyment. Amy was facing him and saw him as he approached, her face filling with a mixture of emotions.
"Serena," Darien let her name hang in the air as he watched her beautiful self start at the familiarity of the voice. She turned to face him.
"What do you want? To show off your beautiful new girlfriend?" She whispered fiercely.
"Toni isn't my girlfriend, and she never will be, please let me explain," he looked directly into her eyes hoping for the chance that might let him win her back.
"Serena," Amy spoke up, "Why don't I leave you two alone so you can work things out?" Darien smiled at her while she received a scowl from Serena.
"Oh fine if you must, but I won't be here either," Serena said airily, "Darien will be left to talk to himself," she ended harshly.
"Serena," three different voices spoke out. One with sadness, one with slight anger and a new one with joy. Serena, Amy and Darien turned at the new voice.
"SEIYA!" She ran to him and he caught her in a hug, kissing her back as she kissed him.
"Darien, I'm sorry, if you keep trying, I'll sure she'll at least let you try to explain." Amy tried to soothe the anger in his heart at her betrayal and the newcomer.
"Amy, what if the StarLights are on Anno's side or some other kind of evil, I'd hate for anyone to get hurt. They weren't around in the Silver Millennium and that's when the Sailor Scouts were created. I want to know their purpose here and their intent towards you all."
"I understand all this, but how can you expect Serena to even think about trusting you, when she thinks that you don't love her and that you're here only because there's a big baddie that needs to be eliminated." Amy argued her friends point of view that Darien had already gone over many times in his sleep.
"Amy, come on, we can finish study at the arcade with everyone else there," Serena called over her shoulder to her friend, who started walking slowly to her leader with a sad smile at the Prince of the Earth. "Darien, d'you reckon that you could leave all my friends alone cos they all feel the same way I do about you!" She added coldly and then turned back to the guy with long hair. He felt two cold punches to his heart.
-/OH ENDYMION! Anno's here in South America! We're tired out from trying to protect this village that Eliza lives in, we can't keep this up for much longer!/- Antonia called through Darien's mind.
-/Alex, Bill, Holly, Trista, South America, Anno, big fight, the four girls finding it hard to cope./- He rushed through the ones he knew he could use. -/ Amara, Michelle, can I borrow you both for a while?/-
-/What's up?/- Amara replied.
-/Serena's in danger again, Anno's sending his henchmen to try and steal her. He's creating a diversion in South America, hoping that all my attention will be focused there./- Darien talked mentally as he ran after Amy and Serena.
-/Where about's should we head?/- Michelle asked.
-/The arcade./-
Darien picked up speed as he raced to his old hang-out. As he ran through an alleyway, he glowed and transformed to Prince Endymion. He jumped up to a window of the arcade and felt Anno's familiar presence.
He jumped thought the open window and un-sheathed his sword as he gracefully landed. Many strange glances greeted him as he held it at the neck of a high school kid.
"Why don't you get a bloody life!" Endymion snarled at him.
"Because my friend, I want this Earth and all the beauty that comes with it, and I will rule it with the beautiful Sailor Moon by my side." Anno transformed as he grabbed the sword form around his neck and threw it across the room.
He was met with a blast of golden light. "Argh! You're gonna pay for that!"
"Everyone, get out!" Sailor Uranus and Neptune had arrived! Anno conjured a gigantic snake to cover the exits of the arcade. "Ok then, stay in one corner near us!" They commanded.
Endymion threw a flock of roses and created an energy-draining shield around the enemy. He looked back at the two Sailors and said, "Look after everyone and hen the snake vanishes, leave, don't worry about me."
He called forth another ball of light that began to take shape in the form of a warrior with a sword. The rose shield dropped and Anno was met with the Golden Warrior. The energy sword slashed at him, cutting him, and stopped him from using his powers.
The warrior vanished as the snake began to flicker from sight. "NO!" Anno cried and the snake was back in full. He flicked his wrists and an arrow shot from behind the Prince. It missed the heart, as Endymion tried to dodge, but he still was impaled. He fell to one knee and heard a familiar cry, "Prince Endymion," even though he was hurt, her voice of pain for him was joyous for him.
"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!" "NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"
The attacks that flew towards the blood red cloaked enemy were stopped as Anno's hand was held up to them.
"SATURN SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE"
Sailor Saturn's voice filled the room. She was no where to be seen. Her attack seemed to come for the right of Anno. It hit him and he turned to it's origin. His back exposed, another voice was heard, this time for behind him,
"PLUTO DEADLY SCREAM"
He screamed as it hit him. He readied an attack and threw it at the dark haired prince where it disintegrated. He stared in amazement as the prince had done nothing to prevent it, and then he figured it out, but it was too late,
"SOUTH AMERICAN DEATH RAY"
A voice none of the super-heroes had heard before in this lifetime. From in front of Anno, eight people appeared from thin air. Anno was helpless on the floor as Princess Elizabeth had momentarily killed him, but he would wake up, and soon.
"Attack him," Endymion commanded. "URANUS WORLD SHAKING!" "NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!" "SATURN SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE" "PLUTO DEADLY SCREAM" "SOUTH AMERICAN DEATH RAY"
Joined with these voiced attacks, ball of cloudy, red, dark green, light blue, and dark blue combined together and hit the enemy as he sat up light- headed. He fell back and lay there as the royalty of Earth, except for Endymion, approached him with their swords ready. He teleported away before they reached him.
Wills returned quickly and knelt by his fallen cousin. "Are you alright?" He whispered.
"He shot an arrow at me . tipped with poison." Endymion was weak as he spoke.
Darien felt a cold shiver run down his spine as he watched the one he loved sit in the park, gently resting up against Amy as they did their homework. After William and Holly had returned, he knew that now was the time had come when it was absolutely necessary to see Serena.
From her earlier reactions to him, he highly doubted that she would fall back into his arms and love him in only the way that she could. She, like him, was hurt by the others lack of response, but he knew that someone, somehow had managed to stop their mail reaching one another. When Darien found that person, they were going to wish that their ancestors had never even been born.
"Darien, it's now or never, and it can't wait," Darien tried to encourage himself. He slowly walked up to where they sat back to back. He heard her laughter and saw Amy's face of enjoyment. Amy was facing him and saw him as he approached, her face filling with a mixture of emotions.
"Serena," Darien let her name hang in the air as he watched her beautiful self start at the familiarity of the voice. She turned to face him.
"What do you want? To show off your beautiful new girlfriend?" She whispered fiercely.
"Toni isn't my girlfriend, and she never will be, please let me explain," he looked directly into her eyes hoping for the chance that might let him win her back.
"Serena," Amy spoke up, "Why don't I leave you two alone so you can work things out?" Darien smiled at her while she received a scowl from Serena.
"Oh fine if you must, but I won't be here either," Serena said airily, "Darien will be left to talk to himself," she ended harshly.
"Serena," three different voices spoke out. One with sadness, one with slight anger and a new one with joy. Serena, Amy and Darien turned at the new voice.
"SEIYA!" She ran to him and he caught her in a hug, kissing her back as she kissed him.
"Darien, I'm sorry, if you keep trying, I'll sure she'll at least let you try to explain." Amy tried to soothe the anger in his heart at her betrayal and the newcomer.
"Amy, what if the StarLights are on Anno's side or some other kind of evil, I'd hate for anyone to get hurt. They weren't around in the Silver Millennium and that's when the Sailor Scouts were created. I want to know their purpose here and their intent towards you all."
"I understand all this, but how can you expect Serena to even think about trusting you, when she thinks that you don't love her and that you're here only because there's a big baddie that needs to be eliminated." Amy argued her friends point of view that Darien had already gone over many times in his sleep.
"Amy, come on, we can finish study at the arcade with everyone else there," Serena called over her shoulder to her friend, who started walking slowly to her leader with a sad smile at the Prince of the Earth. "Darien, d'you reckon that you could leave all my friends alone cos they all feel the same way I do about you!" She added coldly and then turned back to the guy with long hair. He felt two cold punches to his heart.
-/OH ENDYMION! Anno's here in South America! We're tired out from trying to protect this village that Eliza lives in, we can't keep this up for much longer!/- Antonia called through Darien's mind.
-/Alex, Bill, Holly, Trista, South America, Anno, big fight, the four girls finding it hard to cope./- He rushed through the ones he knew he could use. -/ Amara, Michelle, can I borrow you both for a while?/-
-/What's up?/- Amara replied.
-/Serena's in danger again, Anno's sending his henchmen to try and steal her. He's creating a diversion in South America, hoping that all my attention will be focused there./- Darien talked mentally as he ran after Amy and Serena.
-/Where about's should we head?/- Michelle asked.
-/The arcade./-
Darien picked up speed as he raced to his old hang-out. As he ran through an alleyway, he glowed and transformed to Prince Endymion. He jumped up to a window of the arcade and felt Anno's familiar presence.
He jumped thought the open window and un-sheathed his sword as he gracefully landed. Many strange glances greeted him as he held it at the neck of a high school kid.
"Why don't you get a bloody life!" Endymion snarled at him.
"Because my friend, I want this Earth and all the beauty that comes with it, and I will rule it with the beautiful Sailor Moon by my side." Anno transformed as he grabbed the sword form around his neck and threw it across the room.
He was met with a blast of golden light. "Argh! You're gonna pay for that!"
"Everyone, get out!" Sailor Uranus and Neptune had arrived! Anno conjured a gigantic snake to cover the exits of the arcade. "Ok then, stay in one corner near us!" They commanded.
Endymion threw a flock of roses and created an energy-draining shield around the enemy. He looked back at the two Sailors and said, "Look after everyone and hen the snake vanishes, leave, don't worry about me."
He called forth another ball of light that began to take shape in the form of a warrior with a sword. The rose shield dropped and Anno was met with the Golden Warrior. The energy sword slashed at him, cutting him, and stopped him from using his powers.
The warrior vanished as the snake began to flicker from sight. "NO!" Anno cried and the snake was back in full. He flicked his wrists and an arrow shot from behind the Prince. It missed the heart, as Endymion tried to dodge, but he still was impaled. He fell to one knee and heard a familiar cry, "Prince Endymion," even though he was hurt, her voice of pain for him was joyous for him.
"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!" "NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"
The attacks that flew towards the blood red cloaked enemy were stopped as Anno's hand was held up to them.
"SATURN SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE"
Sailor Saturn's voice filled the room. She was no where to be seen. Her attack seemed to come for the right of Anno. It hit him and he turned to it's origin. His back exposed, another voice was heard, this time for behind him,
"PLUTO DEADLY SCREAM"
He screamed as it hit him. He readied an attack and threw it at the dark haired prince where it disintegrated. He stared in amazement as the prince had done nothing to prevent it, and then he figured it out, but it was too late,
"SOUTH AMERICAN DEATH RAY"
A voice none of the super-heroes had heard before in this lifetime. From in front of Anno, eight people appeared from thin air. Anno was helpless on the floor as Princess Elizabeth had momentarily killed him, but he would wake up, and soon.
"Attack him," Endymion commanded. "URANUS WORLD SHAKING!" "NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!" "SATURN SILENCE GLAIVE SURPRISE" "PLUTO DEADLY SCREAM" "SOUTH AMERICAN DEATH RAY"
Joined with these voiced attacks, ball of cloudy, red, dark green, light blue, and dark blue combined together and hit the enemy as he sat up light- headed. He fell back and lay there as the royalty of Earth, except for Endymion, approached him with their swords ready. He teleported away before they reached him.
Wills returned quickly and knelt by his fallen cousin. "Are you alright?" He whispered.
"He shot an arrow at me . tipped with poison." Endymion was weak as he spoke.