THE EARTH ROYALTY, Chapter Eleven
"Hey, cuz, when you feel up to it, can you get your girlfriend off all of our backs?" Alex called to Darien who was lying on the sofa.
All seven princesses and princes could feel the anger of the Moon Princess as she verbally attacked her court. Amy, Michelle, Amara and Holly were at the centre of this attack, and therefore giving Darien, Toni, Alex and Bill a piece of their minds mentally.
Everyone was exhausted. Alex had suggested that they 'bug' each of the hang- outs of the Sailor Scouts and the StarLights. As a result, they could all hear Serena's shouts and winced as it rose and fell and then rose again.
"I loved to talk to her, but she thinks that I'm going to hurt again, and so to stop that hurt from appearing she's going to keep away from me." Darien replied with a sigh. "But don't worry, I'll try and speak to her now. Wish me luck." He smiled and his family did as he disappeared into golden light.
~ * ~ * ~
Darien appeared in the trees surrounding Raye's temple. He was hidden from view as he watched Serena, even as angry as she was now, he found her even more beautiful.
~Oh well, no time like the present.~ He thought to himself and walked round to the front of the temple. As he came into view, he saw the surprised looks of the sailors of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn. Seeing their faces, Serena turned around on her heels and saw him.
"What are you doing here?" She practically spat the words out at him.
A voice or five give him warnings in his head to get out while he could. "Serena," he said, "I know you don't want to listen to me, but you are going to have to or otherwise, you will never know why five of the eight Sailor Scouts supposedly betrayed you. The way you are going on you will never find lout because you are not giving them the chance to explain anything to you." He was taking a risk to say this to her in the mood that she was in, but he had no other choice.
"Why should I?" She seemed to calm down a little, at least her voice lost its coldness which was replaced with bitterness and also, it was at a normal person's voice level.
"Because, I can explain practically everything you need to know and also as the leader of my court and you of yours, we should discuss whether we will help each fight this new evil." Darien was speaking calmly, hoping for an effect on her.
She nodded and walked past him. She didn't turn around so she didn't see the smiles or the thumbs-up that came form the outer Scouts and Amy. He smiled back at her and then turned to follow her.
While he walked by her side, at a distance that wasn't too far or too near to her, she didn't say a word and led him to their special place, the Rose Garden.
"I don't know why you are here, what you want and why you feel it necessary to turn my friends against me and make me feel like I'm the one who is evil," Serena almost had tears in her eyes as she said this.
"Serena, I came back here because of you, and how much I love you." She seemed to want to protest at that statement, but Darien held one hand over her mouth and put one to his lips. "Let me explain. When I went to America, I was being pulled there by some force, I didn't really have a choice about it, that's why I gave you that ring, in the hopes that you would always know how much I care about you. I thought that if I wrote to you every week that you would reply to me, especially as I mentioned Toni in the letters and told you all about her. I was saddened by your lack of response and began to feel that it was only a one sided relationship, me being the one in love. I came back as soon as I could and brought the only source of support that I had then. I found you with a new boyfriend and then had to contend with Anno for your love." As he spoke he lifted his hand from Serena's mouth and waited for her to speak.
"Darien, you are the one who is utterly stupid. I sent you letters almost everyday at first and then later every week. Never once did I receive a reply. The girls can tell you this." She spoke sadly.
"Serena, I don't doubt this. I also have people who can tell you the same of this and only after seeing Amara and Michelle in the arcade when I first came back, did I fully understand. I understood and asked Amy if she would help me find the source of this particular problem. Both of us wrote, but someone got between us and stopped it from reaching each other." He stopped to let her process this information.
"Is Amy trying to find this person?" Serena asked, still unable to lose the sadness from her voice. He nodded to her and let her sit in silence next to him. Darien could feel her thoughts were about him, but he was focusing on her privacy and so his concentration was being used up to stop him from hearing her thoughts.
"What are you doing?" She asked and he realised that she had been staring at him for a while.
"An old Earth power that all my family has. It's the ability to read minds and talk through them. If we want to read them we will, if we don't we don't. However there is one exception, if someone is focusing on you, then you will hear then. I could feel you doing the same but I didn't want to invade your privacy so I was concentrating on not hearing your thoughts."
"Thank you." She smiled at him and he smiled back.
"You are very welcome princess."
"Why have over half my court betrayed me then?" She asked quietly.
"Because they allowed me the chance to tell them, what I want to tell you. Although Holly did give me some trouble to get through to her." He smiled slightly. "Amara and Michelle, I have already said I saw them in the arcade and then with Toni's help, they heard part of our story. Later, when I asked them to bring Amy with them, did they all hear the rest of the story. Trista already knew because she hasn't lost any of her memories, and we needed Holly to help save our cousin Bill, her past love, so she came, reluctantly, and then regained her own memories." Darien stopped.
Serena was quiet for a long time as she processed this new information. She turned to him and fluttered her eyelids and moved closer to him. Darien had to resist the urge to pull her even closer and kiss her, as she was opening herself to him. But a voice opened in the back of his head. 'Seiya'. Images that he had seen of the two of them together flooded his mind and he brought his hand up to her chin.
"Serena," she opened her eyes, "I love you, but it's not my style to ever go behind someone else's back." She looked questionly up at him. "You are with Seiya now, I know that, I don't believe to kissing another guy's girl."
"Someone else's girl," Serena repeated quietly and then stood up and raised her voice level as only she could. "Another guy's girl! Well excuse me! Haven't you heard? Women are human beings as well, we are not property! I am no one else's girl! I am my own person!" She turned on her heel and almost all the good that the talking had done, was gone!
"Hey, cuz, when you feel up to it, can you get your girlfriend off all of our backs?" Alex called to Darien who was lying on the sofa.
All seven princesses and princes could feel the anger of the Moon Princess as she verbally attacked her court. Amy, Michelle, Amara and Holly were at the centre of this attack, and therefore giving Darien, Toni, Alex and Bill a piece of their minds mentally.
Everyone was exhausted. Alex had suggested that they 'bug' each of the hang- outs of the Sailor Scouts and the StarLights. As a result, they could all hear Serena's shouts and winced as it rose and fell and then rose again.
"I loved to talk to her, but she thinks that I'm going to hurt again, and so to stop that hurt from appearing she's going to keep away from me." Darien replied with a sigh. "But don't worry, I'll try and speak to her now. Wish me luck." He smiled and his family did as he disappeared into golden light.
~ * ~ * ~
Darien appeared in the trees surrounding Raye's temple. He was hidden from view as he watched Serena, even as angry as she was now, he found her even more beautiful.
~Oh well, no time like the present.~ He thought to himself and walked round to the front of the temple. As he came into view, he saw the surprised looks of the sailors of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn. Seeing their faces, Serena turned around on her heels and saw him.
"What are you doing here?" She practically spat the words out at him.
A voice or five give him warnings in his head to get out while he could. "Serena," he said, "I know you don't want to listen to me, but you are going to have to or otherwise, you will never know why five of the eight Sailor Scouts supposedly betrayed you. The way you are going on you will never find lout because you are not giving them the chance to explain anything to you." He was taking a risk to say this to her in the mood that she was in, but he had no other choice.
"Why should I?" She seemed to calm down a little, at least her voice lost its coldness which was replaced with bitterness and also, it was at a normal person's voice level.
"Because, I can explain practically everything you need to know and also as the leader of my court and you of yours, we should discuss whether we will help each fight this new evil." Darien was speaking calmly, hoping for an effect on her.
She nodded and walked past him. She didn't turn around so she didn't see the smiles or the thumbs-up that came form the outer Scouts and Amy. He smiled back at her and then turned to follow her.
While he walked by her side, at a distance that wasn't too far or too near to her, she didn't say a word and led him to their special place, the Rose Garden.
"I don't know why you are here, what you want and why you feel it necessary to turn my friends against me and make me feel like I'm the one who is evil," Serena almost had tears in her eyes as she said this.
"Serena, I came back here because of you, and how much I love you." She seemed to want to protest at that statement, but Darien held one hand over her mouth and put one to his lips. "Let me explain. When I went to America, I was being pulled there by some force, I didn't really have a choice about it, that's why I gave you that ring, in the hopes that you would always know how much I care about you. I thought that if I wrote to you every week that you would reply to me, especially as I mentioned Toni in the letters and told you all about her. I was saddened by your lack of response and began to feel that it was only a one sided relationship, me being the one in love. I came back as soon as I could and brought the only source of support that I had then. I found you with a new boyfriend and then had to contend with Anno for your love." As he spoke he lifted his hand from Serena's mouth and waited for her to speak.
"Darien, you are the one who is utterly stupid. I sent you letters almost everyday at first and then later every week. Never once did I receive a reply. The girls can tell you this." She spoke sadly.
"Serena, I don't doubt this. I also have people who can tell you the same of this and only after seeing Amara and Michelle in the arcade when I first came back, did I fully understand. I understood and asked Amy if she would help me find the source of this particular problem. Both of us wrote, but someone got between us and stopped it from reaching each other." He stopped to let her process this information.
"Is Amy trying to find this person?" Serena asked, still unable to lose the sadness from her voice. He nodded to her and let her sit in silence next to him. Darien could feel her thoughts were about him, but he was focusing on her privacy and so his concentration was being used up to stop him from hearing her thoughts.
"What are you doing?" She asked and he realised that she had been staring at him for a while.
"An old Earth power that all my family has. It's the ability to read minds and talk through them. If we want to read them we will, if we don't we don't. However there is one exception, if someone is focusing on you, then you will hear then. I could feel you doing the same but I didn't want to invade your privacy so I was concentrating on not hearing your thoughts."
"Thank you." She smiled at him and he smiled back.
"You are very welcome princess."
"Why have over half my court betrayed me then?" She asked quietly.
"Because they allowed me the chance to tell them, what I want to tell you. Although Holly did give me some trouble to get through to her." He smiled slightly. "Amara and Michelle, I have already said I saw them in the arcade and then with Toni's help, they heard part of our story. Later, when I asked them to bring Amy with them, did they all hear the rest of the story. Trista already knew because she hasn't lost any of her memories, and we needed Holly to help save our cousin Bill, her past love, so she came, reluctantly, and then regained her own memories." Darien stopped.
Serena was quiet for a long time as she processed this new information. She turned to him and fluttered her eyelids and moved closer to him. Darien had to resist the urge to pull her even closer and kiss her, as she was opening herself to him. But a voice opened in the back of his head. 'Seiya'. Images that he had seen of the two of them together flooded his mind and he brought his hand up to her chin.
"Serena," she opened her eyes, "I love you, but it's not my style to ever go behind someone else's back." She looked questionly up at him. "You are with Seiya now, I know that, I don't believe to kissing another guy's girl."
"Someone else's girl," Serena repeated quietly and then stood up and raised her voice level as only she could. "Another guy's girl! Well excuse me! Haven't you heard? Women are human beings as well, we are not property! I am no one else's girl! I am my own person!" She turned on her heel and almost all the good that the talking had done, was gone!