Usagi laughed several times and her body shook with laughter. "So . . . he though that Yaten was a GIRL!" Usagi laughed again.

"Hai, the only reason he let us stay there was because he thought he had a chance of seducing Yaten." Taiki smiled a little as he recalled his fond memory.

"That is so funny, I haven't laughed that hard in AGES!" Usagi wiped the tears away from her eyes and stared at Taiki. "Where did you go after that?" She smiled.

"Well," Taiki was silent a moment, and then looked back up, eyes moistened with tears. "We went to a small galaxy called The Milky Way." He watched as the small amount of recollection shoot through Usagi as she heard the familiar name.

"What happened next?" Usagi asked, almost in a daze.

"We went to go see the newest royalty of this galaxy, a young, blonde- haired girl by the name of 'Princess Serenity.'" Taiki looked back down at his thumbs for a moment and twiddled them.

"Go on . . ." Usagi said as she started regaining her memories as well.



"Now announcing Ojisama Taiki and Ojisama Yaten of the planet of Kinmoku." An announcer called.

"Where is Kinmoku, Mercury?" The blonde haired girl on the throne asked the blue haired sailor senshi that stood next to her.

"Far away from here," The blue haired, blue eyed senshi of the planet Mercury laughed lightly.

"In another galaxy?" The blonde haired girl asked.

"Hai, Princess." Sailor Mercury laughed as the Princess sweat dropped.

"Hai, I knew that." The blonde haired girl laughed as she turned to the senshi that stood on the other side of her that was in orange fuku. "Right, Venus-chan?" The princess smiled.

"I think you failed astronomy, if I'm correct." The orange senshi of the planet of Venus stifled a laugh.

"Oi," The blonde haired princess started say in protest.

"Serenity-sama." Two boys walked into the throne room and knelt before the throne.

"Hai?" The Princess sweat dropped.

"I am Taiki," The first Prince looked up. "I hail from the planet of Kinmoku, we bring regards of peace from our Queen, Kimiko." Taiki's long brown hair cascaded over his shoulder and Sailor Mercury blushed when she came into eye contact with the violet-eyed boy.

"I am Yaten," The silver-haired prince looked up. "And we also bring you congratulations on becoming Princess." He flashed a debonair smile and his green eyes glimmered, and Sailor Venus immediately found a blush on her face and her heart was beating so loudly she thought that everyone in the could hear.

"Uhm . . ." Princess Serenity fixed the crown that she had placed atop of her famous hairstyle. "I'm kind of new at this, so forgive me if I don't seem so diplomatic." She sighed and brushed a strand of golden hair away from her eyes. "You don't have to bow, but I welcome you, on behalf of the Moon Kingdom." Princess Serenity's smile was kind and gentle.

"We thank you and we feel welcome already." Taiki stood up and smiled.

"Hai, it is lovely here, if I do say so myself. You have wonderful gardens here." Yaten smiled and shot a glance at Sailor Venus.

"Well, you are welcome to stay as long as you want to," Princess Serenity smiled. "But I don't have time to show you around the palace myself, and for that, I am sorry." Princess Serenity turned to Sailor Venus. "These are some of my guards, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury." Princess Serenity pointed to each as they bowed in acknowledgment. "Sailor Venus, why don't you show Ojisama Yaten around, and Sailor Mercury can show Ojisama Taiki around, okay?" She smiled.

"Uh . . . hai, Serenity-hime." Sailor Mercury bowed and walked down to meet Ojisama Taiki formally.

"Okay," Sailor Venus stepped down off of the platform and met Yaten personally, and soon the four of them were out of the throne room, showing the guests around.

Princess Serenity sighed in boredom, and twiddled her fingers for a moment.

"Luna?" She called out and a black haired woman with four odangoes on her head stepped out from a room. "Do I have anymore appointments today?" Princess Serenity called.

"Iie, Serenity-hime." Luna bowed slightly.

"Have you gotten any word from Mamo . . . I mean Prince Endymion yet?"

"Iie, my lady." Luna bowed again and Princess Serenity felt her heart sink.

"Thank you, that will be all." Princess Serenity nodded to Luna and Luna walked back into her office.

Princess Serenity stood up out of her throne and stretched for a moment and reached into her gown and pulled out a small pen and notebook and walked over to a desk that sat near her throne. She opened the small, red book up and sighed as she started writing.

Dear Mamoru,

It feels like ever since I have become Princess Serenity, and you King Endymion, that we have grown apart. I know that kingly business takes up most of your time, but it hurts sometimes, and when I just want to be held, you aren't around to hold me. I talked to Ami today and she told me that the tests still turned out negative, and I fear that I will never have our darling Chibi-Usa. I miss you so much, Mamoru . . . I long for the old days when all we had to worry about was Sailor business, not controlling an entire galaxy. I'm sure it will get better, and I know that I'll be a good mother and wife, but sometimes, I hold doubts as to whether I will make the best Queen. But don't you worry, Mamoru, I'll hold all these thoughts inside of my little book and I'll be the best Queen I can be.

Always Yours,

~Usako

Princess Serenity tearfully closed her small book and hid it back in the folds of her brilliantly white dress. She got up from the desk and started to walk aimlessly around the palace grounds, searching for someone. Princess Serenity sighed and looked down at the ground, and was surprised when she bumped into someone.

"Gomenasai," Princess Serenity rubbed her nose and looked up at the person she had bumped into.

"It's okay, Usagi-chan." The kind voice answered.

"Makoto-chan! You surprised me." Princess Serenity looked up at her guard who was dressed all in green, and had brown hair that was tied back into a ponytail.

The Sailor Solider of the planet of Jupiter smiled. "Princess Serenity, you are still the same clumsy Usagi that I know." She grinned and dodged a punch that Princess Serenity gently threw into her arm.

"You had better watch out, Jupiter, I'm a Princess now, and I could banish you to the farthest away reaches of the galaxy." Princess Serenity threatened, acting more like Usagi now.

"I'm sure you would send me away, just as long as you could figure out how far away you could send me!" Jupiter laughed. "The only planets you know of are in this galaxy, and you only know of them because they are your Senshi." Jupiter laughed harder.

"Oi, that isn't very nice, and you know it!" Princess Serenity smiled, she didn't mind being teased by one of her best friends. Her smile turned into a frown as she watched Jupiter stop laughing.

"What's wrong, Usagi-chan?" Sailor Jupiter had a look of concern on her face, and she placed her hand onto Princess Serenity's shoulder.

"I still haven't heard back from Mamo-chan . . ." Princess Serenity let the tears that had come to her eyes to fall down her face. "And Ami said that there is still no sign of Chibi-Usa."

"It will be okay," Sailor Jupiter tried to smile. "I'm sure that Mamo- san is just really busy, I'm sure you're always on his mind."

"I guess so," Princess Serenity sniffed, and wiped away the tears that had collected in her eyes.

"Be strong, not just for you, but for the rest of your kingdom." Sailor Jupiter turned Princess Serenity's chin up and looked into her eyes. "Don't worry about it." She pulled the Princess of the Moon into a tight hug.

"Thanks, Mako-chan." Princess Serenity smiled. "You never fail to cheer me up." She released herself from the hug and smiled.

"Did you meet those new princes, yet?" Sailor Jupiter smiled. "Man, they are good-looking!"

Princess Serenity laughed. "Yes, I have to admit that they are handsome," She giggled.

"I'd like to go to their planet, I'm sure there are lots of other cute guys." Sailor Jupiter winked.

Princess Serenity laughed and continued her walk along the hallway with Sailor Jupiter.

***

Usagi clutched her head tightly as memories of the Moon Kingdom flooded back to her, and she looked at Taiki in a new light. She took a deep breath, "You had fallen in love with Sailor Mercury, and we were so close until you had to leave." She sighed.

Taiki looked back at her and sighed. "The entire Moon Kingdom is destroyed, even . . .?"

"Hai, Taiki I'm afraid everything was destroyed except me." Usagi sighed, recalling the deaths of her best friends. She squeezed her eyelids tightly together and then opened them again, and had a smile on her face. "I'm going to be happy for them, Taiki. I'm really going to try; they would have wanted it that way. For Ami . . ." She sighed.

"Then . . . I'll be strong as well. I'm sure Ami would have wanted it that way." Taiki smiled and stood up. "It's late now, I should be going back to my room, I'll see you tomorrow." Taiki smiled and bowed gently to Usagi. "I'll see you in the morning, Princess." He smiled and left her room.

"Goodbye, Ojisama Taiki." Usagi smiled and leaned down on her bed. She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

[A/N: ^^ Thank you for reading my story thus far! I'm a bit stuck on where to go with it, so if anyone has any ideas about where I could go, I would be grateful to hear them! Review please!!!]