A/N: This chapter is NOT for the Princess Serenity lovers. No flaming pleaz, it's not nice and it's only for this chapter I promise. (I think)
Note: Serenity bashing: Good for plotline, bad for Sailor Moon lovers.
"You... did... WHAT?!" Nekuyo asked in a panic.
"I cut down that silly little rose bush that you're always sitting by. I thought it'd be a nice change. You always seem so sad and lonely when you're sitting by that bush, so I put in some Carnations since they're your birthday flower. I thought it'd be a nice change to perk you up!" Serenity said in a perkily. Nekuyo fumed silently at the oblivious Serenity. She calmed down and tried to think this through.
"Serenity... WHO... who gave you permission to go into MY Rose garden and destroy a rose bush and put a CARNATION bush in the ROSE garden?" Nekuyo asked trying not to twitch.
"But... I thought you'd be happy. You always look so and..." Serenity trailed off "Don't you like it?" Serenity asked with her puppy dog eyes. Nekuyo's eyebrow twitched involuntarily.
"Eheh... Eheh... 'Don't you like it' she asks. Serenity, I love the fact that you're giving, and I know you MEAN well... BY COULDN'T YOU HAVE MESSED UP SOME OTHER GARDEN?! THERE ARE 100 ROSE GARDENS ON CASTLE GROUNDS! 99 OF THEM BELONG TO YOU, ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU?? WHY COULDN'T YOU LEAVE MINE ALONE??" Nekuyo asked in tears. "Don't you understand how special that rose bush WAS to me?!" Nekuyo ran off crying and in rage to her garden.
Nekuyo looked at the newly planted carnation bush with a blank stare... All of the roses were gone. Her father had put a magic spell in those rose seeds especially for her. Those roses were the only things in the whole palace that she had that contained any sort of sentiment in them. Everything else was just junk if you asked her, either that or it belonged to Serenity. She bowed her head and noticed a discarded rose at her feet. It was still alive, she could tell because it was blue, a sign she was sad. She picked it up and looked at it silently. She closed her eyes and tears started to fall. She clenched the rose into her hand and took a deep breath, holding back sobs.
Erik was leaning against the wall of the garden in a corner, unnoticed by Nekuyo. Nekuyo was starting to shake and curl her arm upward, the rose still clenched into her hand. She opened her eyes suddenly and her hand opened palm down. A newly blackened rose fell from her hand, as dark as coal as it dropped to the ground. Her arm fell limp to her side as she was humped over. Her eyes had a somewhat evil glint to them, but not noticeable to the untrained eye. Nekuyo picked up the rose and left the garden silently.
"I'm reminded of a saying. What was it? 'The straw that broke the camels back'." Erik said as he watched the scene carefully. He got up and left without looking back at the bush of Carnations where Nekuyo had been standing. He knew that something was going to go terribly wrong.
The next morning there was a huge buzz going about the palace.
"Did you here? The princess ran away!" One of the maids said to another.
"Princess Serenity ran away?!" The second one said in shock.
"No, no, no. Princess Nekuyo ran away." The first corrected.
"Since when did Serenity have a sister??" The other asked in a sarcastic way, she was hoping that if everyone kept acting like that then maybe everyone would forget that there had been a 'Princess Nekuyo' and the search party would be called off since her boyfriend was in it.
"Heh, I know what you mean. I always ignored her room. Yet she never got scalded for it being messy, I don't think anyone ever went in there." The first said.
"Maybe she cleaned it herself." The second suggested.
"No way, didn't you see the way she acted? Always standing tall and mighty. 'Shoulders back, stomach in, and never associate with the maids or guards'. So unlike her sweet elder sister, her sister acted like she was one of us, never afraid to her hands dirty or hangout with us." The first maid said. "No way would she stand for cleaning her own room, not little Miss Princess." She added. The both chuckled and continued with their housework.
Erik growled every time he heard the maids talking. They never said anything nice about Nekuyo, putting her down at every chance or comparing her to her 'much nicer, kinder, and so much sweeter elder sister', and it made him sick. If it hadn't been for the fact he was on his way to go do guard duty again he would've talked to them and given them a piece of his mind. He rolled his eyes in disgust as he was reminded of who he was guarding, the infact 'elder sister' that the maids were talking about. Some times, no matter how nice she was passed off as, he just couldn't stand Serenity. She was far too ditzy.
Erik came up to the doorway and growled at it. He decided he could guard it just as well from the opposite side of the hallway, even if the hallways were 12 feet across.
Serenity came out of the room and looked to the right side of her door, as she was going to give a bright hello to the guard. But the guard wasn't there.
"They didn't give me a guard? Do they know how dangerous that is?" Serenity said in an agitated voice.
"Yo, over here princess." Erik said waving his hand a little with his arms crossed, he was looking rather bored, as if he'd rather be doing anything else.
"What are you doing over there?" Serenity asked, not seeing that Erik REALLY didn't want to be here.
"I'm waiting for my guard session to be over, that's what." Erik said as he examined his fingernails.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Serenity insisted.
"I know what you meant Princess, I'm just trying to not be rude." Erik said in a bored voice.
"Then answer the question." Serenity insisted.
"Fine. Once again, not to be rude...but I just plain don't like you." Erik stated as if it was a common knowledge. This came as quite a shock to Serenity.
"You don't what?!" Serenity asked in shock.
"What? Are you so shocked that you aren't loved and admired by all? I'm certain you must have been sure there was atleast ONE person who didn't like you." Erik said, almost shocked that Serenity was acting so dumb. He was only stuck with guarding Serenity because there was a shortage of Knights in the palace because they were on search for Nekuyo. He was a knight in training (AKA Guard) and rarely had contact with Serenity, he had not expected her to be so... naïve, especially for someone of her stature, acting ditzy was one thing...but actually being dumb?
"Ofcourse I am! It's my job! Atleast until I become Queen." Serenity said indignantly. Erik just looked at her as if she was crazy. Serenity stomped off. She'd teach that Guard a lesson, just wait until her mother found out!
"Mother! I can't believe that Guard outside my door right now!" Serenity said indignantly.
Serenity's Mother Serenity sighed, her daughter wasn't one to complain to her, but she was so stressed out because of Nekuyo running away and she wasn't sure if she was able to deal with this.
"Yes Serenity, what happened?" The Queen asked.
"He insulted me!" Serenity said very mad. Her mother raised her head and looked over to her.
"How so Serenity?" Queen Serenity asked.
"He said that he didn't like me." Serenity complained. Her mother's mind went blank for a moment. Was this really the heir to her throne?
"Serenity, I hope you don't expect everyone to like you. Not everyone will, I'm sure he's not the only one. But if it makes you feel any better I shall talk to him." The Queen said trying to be helpful, hoping that it'd help get her mind off of Nekuyo.
"So... My daughter tells me you said you don't like her... Though I can understand that this is really not relevant to anything, but I have been requested to ask you why. So, why exactly do you not like Serenity?" Queen Serenity asked. Erik stood straight and stiff in attention before Queen Serenity, almost not daring to speak. The Queen sighed. "Child, you need not be so nervous, this has no effect on how high up you'll be allowed to go or whether you become a Knight or not. Now tell me why you dislike my Daughter Serenity so much." The Queen said. Erik summoned up his courage and took a deep breath.
"Because of what she did to Princess Nekuyo." Erik said, trying to put his thoughts into a nutshell. "And for the fact that she is the heir to the throne and has not taken up any sort of acknowledgement in this and refuses to act like a proper princess." Erik added since he and the Queen were alone in the room.
"Well, for some reason I'm too surprised at that remark about responsibility...but this thing about my other daughter Nekuyo, explain that to me." The Queen insisted.
"I am quite aware of what the Princess did to ruin Princess Nekuyo's rose garden. She replaced the Rose bush that was a gift from the King to Nekuyo and she replaced it with Carnations. But that was just a straw that broke the camel's back from what I've observed." Erik said meekly.
"Ah, so you're saying that there's more?" Queen Serenity asked, this was all new to her.
"Neku- Princess Nekuyo...has been treated unfairly for such a long time. I just recently heard the maids talking. Nekuyo has been cleaning her room for a long as she's had her own room, and none of the Knights like her, they send Guards to watch over her door, sometimes she never has anyone guarding her at night, I've been the only one who's ever bothered to guard her really... And no one follows the smallest order from her. And Serenity is always favored. Neku- Princess Nekuyo has been very tolerant about this, I don't think I've ever seen her, or heard about her complaining. But the one request that I remember her making was that she have one rose garden all to herself out of the 100 on castle grounds. No one even had to take care of it, she'd do it herself. And it was hers. I don't think Serenity had a right to do what she did. As long as I've been here Serenity kept over stepping her bounds to try to make Nekuyo happy, and I know she meant well, but she should've just left things alone. Nekuyo had that one rose garden, and that bush especially that was torn down, and Serenity just stepped in again and did what she pleased... It wasn't fair, nor was it her place to decide what to do." Erik said in a long drawn-out spiel to the Queen about the relationship between the two siblings. The Queen was shocked at both how astonishing this sounded and the fact this Guard was so attentive. It finally dawned on her as to why this boy was paying so much attention.
"Erik, that was your name right?" The Queen asked.
"Yes your Majesty." He replied.
"Erik... Are you in love with Nekuyo?" She asked in an interested tone.
"What I just said was from an outsiders point of view, what I think of either girl did not effect that truth in any sort-" Erik said, but was cut off.
"That's not why I'm asking, just please answer the question." The Queen said. Erik bowed his head and stood at attention, blushing slightly. "Well?" She pressed. Erik's blush brightened into a crimson color.
"Y-Y-Your Majesty I..." Erik began, trying to find the right words.
"You needn't say it... I've gotten my answer already by the way you're blushing. How would you like to be excused from duties for the time being?" The Queen asked.
"I-I'm not sure what you mean by that Your Majesty." Erik said, looking at her questioningly.
"There is going to be an attack on the palace soon. I can feel it. In such a peaceful world there shall be a great disturbance. I might not know the future like Sailor Pluto, but the Palace won't stand a chance if the Knights are not here. So... Perhaps YOU could be sent to go find her. Even though I know this is a lot to ask of you, but you seem to care for Nekuyo much more than anyone who is searching for her now, and they are probably goofing off somewhere anyway. They would be of more use here." The Queen explained.
"You want me to go look for Princess Nekuyo?" Erik asked incredulously.
"Of course. In this kind of kingdom, it's your feelings that guide you; you are the best choice for this whether you think yourself to be. From what you've told me, I think you know most about Nekuyo. You'll probably be able to figure out where she is easily." The Queen said as if it were just a common truth. Erik blushed; had he really given all that much away just talking to her? Maybe he should just keep his mouth shut once he finds Nekuyo.
"Y-Yes your Majesty, I'll go find Ne- Princess Nekuyo and bring her back." Erik said as he bowed to the Queen.
"You're...what?" Steven asked.
"Leaving. I'm leaving to go find Princess Nekuyo. The Queen sent me on a special mission to go find her because she knows that those Knights don't give a damn about her and are probably loafing off on Venus or something." Erik said as he was preparing himself to leave tomorrow.
"So you think you know where she is?" Steven asked as he was polishing his sword.
"I know I know where she is. She's on Jupiter. I remember she sighing and mumbling about running away to Jupiter as long as I can remember. So I'm guessing she finally did. And I'll bet those buffoons haven't got the slightest idea." Erik said as he lay down on his bed.
"You seem oh so confident that you'll be able to find her. Most girls know how to avoid being found if they really don't want to be found." Steven said skeptically.
"Just you wait. I'll find her and bring her back just like the Queen requested. The Queen has confidence in me and that's all I need to know that I can infact do this right if nothing else." Erik sniffed. Steven rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to the sword in his hands.
"So...you gonna try another one of your hair-brained ideas to sweep the Princess off of her feet?" Steven asked in an amused tone.
"HEY! My ideas aren't hair-brained!" Erik growled. Steven snickered evilly.
"What about that one at the masquerade?" Steven asked innocently.
"Hey! That could've happened to anyone! How was I to know that Nekuyo was allergic to that kind of silk?" Erik complained.
Erik remembered that he was dressed up in a costume similar to the one he wore whenever he tried to encounter Nekuyo. He had presented her with this beautiful mask lined with silk and studded with glass and fake jewels. It was such a pretty color of royal blue to match her dress. Unfortunately she had been allergic to that particular kind of silk, or maybe the dye that was in it and her face was red and swollen around the eyes for weeks. He was apologizing constantly for it, but couldn't do it directly to her face. But she still had the mask as far as he knew; she still cherished it, but just couldn't wear it.
"Yeah, whatever. It was still pretty funny to see her face all swollen in the shape of that mask." Steven chuckled. Erik bashed him over the head and growled. "...Ite." Steven said simply.
"In any case, I'll be leaving tomorrow so you won't have to put up with me for a while." Erik said as he calmed down. Steven just rubbed his head and growled at Erik.
Nekuyo sighed as she stepped off the teleporter-pod, was this really worth it? Maybe she had overreacted just a little. NO! Her mind told her. You are most certainly NOT overreacting! That little witch who you call an older sister has never bothered to consider what you wanted and you know it! She just does what suits her and we both know it! She's a complete ditz and she doesn't deserve to be heir to the throne of the Silver Millennium! Nekuyo nodded to herself. She was doing the right thing by running away. She growled, Serenity should be a Princess, not a...a... DUMB BLONDE! She growled again.
She looked up and blinked... Now where to go? She certainly couldn't hang around here the whole time. She'd finally have to support herself. She smirked, that was something she could do that Serenity most certainly couldn't. That girl couldn't make her own bed right if her life depended on it. She looked down at her outfit, this most certainly wouldn't do. She'd have to buy close that are common around Jupiter, not the Moon. She smiled at the fact her birthmark was covered for once. She had on a white long pleated dress and a sleeveless top w/ matching high-heels and her pack. And as she looked around whilst walking down the street that most people had jeans and sweaters on. It was COLD. Well, she reasoned, it is Jupiter; it's a tad farther away from the Sun. She'd have to go shopping.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Little girl from closer to the Sun on a little trip eh? Oh I'll give you a trip alright..." A huge man said, grabbing her from behind and dragging her into one of the back-Alley's of the town. Nekuyo growled at him as soon as he had stopped moving. "Ooo, little girl thinks she's so tough? I like's them feisty." He said, quite amused with the way Nekuyo was acting. Nekuyo visibly sweat-dropped, a vein popping out on her head. She growled and assuming her super-human strength (As everyone knows girls are born with super-human strength!) grabbed him by the arms and threw him over her head.
"NO ONE calls me feisty!" Nekuyo complained loudly. She picked up the pack she had dropped, straightened her skirt, and walked out of the alley, stepping on the thug on her way out. "I knew those self-defense lessons would come in handy." Nekuyo said to her self. "Just because I'm a Princess doesn't mean I've got to play the damsel in distress." She added.
A/N: Okay, this chapter didn't really turn out as I expected... Or maybe it did and I just thought I was expecting something else... That's happened to me before Y'know. But I'm fairly certain this is the only chapter with Serenity bashing. Not a really good chapter for those of you who feel Serenity was smarter than Usagi. I personally don't think that she WAS much smarter than Usagi was. But I think she had her moments. And was infact a Princess, just not as smart as one would think. And this isn't saying she's uncaring... But her care is slightly misguided. And well...this IS an alternate universe fanfic... So it doesn't matter.
Note: Serenity bashing: Good for plotline, bad for Sailor Moon lovers.
"You... did... WHAT?!" Nekuyo asked in a panic.
"I cut down that silly little rose bush that you're always sitting by. I thought it'd be a nice change. You always seem so sad and lonely when you're sitting by that bush, so I put in some Carnations since they're your birthday flower. I thought it'd be a nice change to perk you up!" Serenity said in a perkily. Nekuyo fumed silently at the oblivious Serenity. She calmed down and tried to think this through.
"Serenity... WHO... who gave you permission to go into MY Rose garden and destroy a rose bush and put a CARNATION bush in the ROSE garden?" Nekuyo asked trying not to twitch.
"But... I thought you'd be happy. You always look so and..." Serenity trailed off "Don't you like it?" Serenity asked with her puppy dog eyes. Nekuyo's eyebrow twitched involuntarily.
"Eheh... Eheh... 'Don't you like it' she asks. Serenity, I love the fact that you're giving, and I know you MEAN well... BY COULDN'T YOU HAVE MESSED UP SOME OTHER GARDEN?! THERE ARE 100 ROSE GARDENS ON CASTLE GROUNDS! 99 OF THEM BELONG TO YOU, ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU?? WHY COULDN'T YOU LEAVE MINE ALONE??" Nekuyo asked in tears. "Don't you understand how special that rose bush WAS to me?!" Nekuyo ran off crying and in rage to her garden.
Nekuyo looked at the newly planted carnation bush with a blank stare... All of the roses were gone. Her father had put a magic spell in those rose seeds especially for her. Those roses were the only things in the whole palace that she had that contained any sort of sentiment in them. Everything else was just junk if you asked her, either that or it belonged to Serenity. She bowed her head and noticed a discarded rose at her feet. It was still alive, she could tell because it was blue, a sign she was sad. She picked it up and looked at it silently. She closed her eyes and tears started to fall. She clenched the rose into her hand and took a deep breath, holding back sobs.
Erik was leaning against the wall of the garden in a corner, unnoticed by Nekuyo. Nekuyo was starting to shake and curl her arm upward, the rose still clenched into her hand. She opened her eyes suddenly and her hand opened palm down. A newly blackened rose fell from her hand, as dark as coal as it dropped to the ground. Her arm fell limp to her side as she was humped over. Her eyes had a somewhat evil glint to them, but not noticeable to the untrained eye. Nekuyo picked up the rose and left the garden silently.
"I'm reminded of a saying. What was it? 'The straw that broke the camels back'." Erik said as he watched the scene carefully. He got up and left without looking back at the bush of Carnations where Nekuyo had been standing. He knew that something was going to go terribly wrong.
The next morning there was a huge buzz going about the palace.
"Did you here? The princess ran away!" One of the maids said to another.
"Princess Serenity ran away?!" The second one said in shock.
"No, no, no. Princess Nekuyo ran away." The first corrected.
"Since when did Serenity have a sister??" The other asked in a sarcastic way, she was hoping that if everyone kept acting like that then maybe everyone would forget that there had been a 'Princess Nekuyo' and the search party would be called off since her boyfriend was in it.
"Heh, I know what you mean. I always ignored her room. Yet she never got scalded for it being messy, I don't think anyone ever went in there." The first said.
"Maybe she cleaned it herself." The second suggested.
"No way, didn't you see the way she acted? Always standing tall and mighty. 'Shoulders back, stomach in, and never associate with the maids or guards'. So unlike her sweet elder sister, her sister acted like she was one of us, never afraid to her hands dirty or hangout with us." The first maid said. "No way would she stand for cleaning her own room, not little Miss Princess." She added. The both chuckled and continued with their housework.
Erik growled every time he heard the maids talking. They never said anything nice about Nekuyo, putting her down at every chance or comparing her to her 'much nicer, kinder, and so much sweeter elder sister', and it made him sick. If it hadn't been for the fact he was on his way to go do guard duty again he would've talked to them and given them a piece of his mind. He rolled his eyes in disgust as he was reminded of who he was guarding, the infact 'elder sister' that the maids were talking about. Some times, no matter how nice she was passed off as, he just couldn't stand Serenity. She was far too ditzy.
Erik came up to the doorway and growled at it. He decided he could guard it just as well from the opposite side of the hallway, even if the hallways were 12 feet across.
Serenity came out of the room and looked to the right side of her door, as she was going to give a bright hello to the guard. But the guard wasn't there.
"They didn't give me a guard? Do they know how dangerous that is?" Serenity said in an agitated voice.
"Yo, over here princess." Erik said waving his hand a little with his arms crossed, he was looking rather bored, as if he'd rather be doing anything else.
"What are you doing over there?" Serenity asked, not seeing that Erik REALLY didn't want to be here.
"I'm waiting for my guard session to be over, that's what." Erik said as he examined his fingernails.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Serenity insisted.
"I know what you meant Princess, I'm just trying to not be rude." Erik said in a bored voice.
"Then answer the question." Serenity insisted.
"Fine. Once again, not to be rude...but I just plain don't like you." Erik stated as if it was a common knowledge. This came as quite a shock to Serenity.
"You don't what?!" Serenity asked in shock.
"What? Are you so shocked that you aren't loved and admired by all? I'm certain you must have been sure there was atleast ONE person who didn't like you." Erik said, almost shocked that Serenity was acting so dumb. He was only stuck with guarding Serenity because there was a shortage of Knights in the palace because they were on search for Nekuyo. He was a knight in training (AKA Guard) and rarely had contact with Serenity, he had not expected her to be so... naïve, especially for someone of her stature, acting ditzy was one thing...but actually being dumb?
"Ofcourse I am! It's my job! Atleast until I become Queen." Serenity said indignantly. Erik just looked at her as if she was crazy. Serenity stomped off. She'd teach that Guard a lesson, just wait until her mother found out!
"Mother! I can't believe that Guard outside my door right now!" Serenity said indignantly.
Serenity's Mother Serenity sighed, her daughter wasn't one to complain to her, but she was so stressed out because of Nekuyo running away and she wasn't sure if she was able to deal with this.
"Yes Serenity, what happened?" The Queen asked.
"He insulted me!" Serenity said very mad. Her mother raised her head and looked over to her.
"How so Serenity?" Queen Serenity asked.
"He said that he didn't like me." Serenity complained. Her mother's mind went blank for a moment. Was this really the heir to her throne?
"Serenity, I hope you don't expect everyone to like you. Not everyone will, I'm sure he's not the only one. But if it makes you feel any better I shall talk to him." The Queen said trying to be helpful, hoping that it'd help get her mind off of Nekuyo.
"So... My daughter tells me you said you don't like her... Though I can understand that this is really not relevant to anything, but I have been requested to ask you why. So, why exactly do you not like Serenity?" Queen Serenity asked. Erik stood straight and stiff in attention before Queen Serenity, almost not daring to speak. The Queen sighed. "Child, you need not be so nervous, this has no effect on how high up you'll be allowed to go or whether you become a Knight or not. Now tell me why you dislike my Daughter Serenity so much." The Queen said. Erik summoned up his courage and took a deep breath.
"Because of what she did to Princess Nekuyo." Erik said, trying to put his thoughts into a nutshell. "And for the fact that she is the heir to the throne and has not taken up any sort of acknowledgement in this and refuses to act like a proper princess." Erik added since he and the Queen were alone in the room.
"Well, for some reason I'm too surprised at that remark about responsibility...but this thing about my other daughter Nekuyo, explain that to me." The Queen insisted.
"I am quite aware of what the Princess did to ruin Princess Nekuyo's rose garden. She replaced the Rose bush that was a gift from the King to Nekuyo and she replaced it with Carnations. But that was just a straw that broke the camel's back from what I've observed." Erik said meekly.
"Ah, so you're saying that there's more?" Queen Serenity asked, this was all new to her.
"Neku- Princess Nekuyo...has been treated unfairly for such a long time. I just recently heard the maids talking. Nekuyo has been cleaning her room for a long as she's had her own room, and none of the Knights like her, they send Guards to watch over her door, sometimes she never has anyone guarding her at night, I've been the only one who's ever bothered to guard her really... And no one follows the smallest order from her. And Serenity is always favored. Neku- Princess Nekuyo has been very tolerant about this, I don't think I've ever seen her, or heard about her complaining. But the one request that I remember her making was that she have one rose garden all to herself out of the 100 on castle grounds. No one even had to take care of it, she'd do it herself. And it was hers. I don't think Serenity had a right to do what she did. As long as I've been here Serenity kept over stepping her bounds to try to make Nekuyo happy, and I know she meant well, but she should've just left things alone. Nekuyo had that one rose garden, and that bush especially that was torn down, and Serenity just stepped in again and did what she pleased... It wasn't fair, nor was it her place to decide what to do." Erik said in a long drawn-out spiel to the Queen about the relationship between the two siblings. The Queen was shocked at both how astonishing this sounded and the fact this Guard was so attentive. It finally dawned on her as to why this boy was paying so much attention.
"Erik, that was your name right?" The Queen asked.
"Yes your Majesty." He replied.
"Erik... Are you in love with Nekuyo?" She asked in an interested tone.
"What I just said was from an outsiders point of view, what I think of either girl did not effect that truth in any sort-" Erik said, but was cut off.
"That's not why I'm asking, just please answer the question." The Queen said. Erik bowed his head and stood at attention, blushing slightly. "Well?" She pressed. Erik's blush brightened into a crimson color.
"Y-Y-Your Majesty I..." Erik began, trying to find the right words.
"You needn't say it... I've gotten my answer already by the way you're blushing. How would you like to be excused from duties for the time being?" The Queen asked.
"I-I'm not sure what you mean by that Your Majesty." Erik said, looking at her questioningly.
"There is going to be an attack on the palace soon. I can feel it. In such a peaceful world there shall be a great disturbance. I might not know the future like Sailor Pluto, but the Palace won't stand a chance if the Knights are not here. So... Perhaps YOU could be sent to go find her. Even though I know this is a lot to ask of you, but you seem to care for Nekuyo much more than anyone who is searching for her now, and they are probably goofing off somewhere anyway. They would be of more use here." The Queen explained.
"You want me to go look for Princess Nekuyo?" Erik asked incredulously.
"Of course. In this kind of kingdom, it's your feelings that guide you; you are the best choice for this whether you think yourself to be. From what you've told me, I think you know most about Nekuyo. You'll probably be able to figure out where she is easily." The Queen said as if it were just a common truth. Erik blushed; had he really given all that much away just talking to her? Maybe he should just keep his mouth shut once he finds Nekuyo.
"Y-Yes your Majesty, I'll go find Ne- Princess Nekuyo and bring her back." Erik said as he bowed to the Queen.
"You're...what?" Steven asked.
"Leaving. I'm leaving to go find Princess Nekuyo. The Queen sent me on a special mission to go find her because she knows that those Knights don't give a damn about her and are probably loafing off on Venus or something." Erik said as he was preparing himself to leave tomorrow.
"So you think you know where she is?" Steven asked as he was polishing his sword.
"I know I know where she is. She's on Jupiter. I remember she sighing and mumbling about running away to Jupiter as long as I can remember. So I'm guessing she finally did. And I'll bet those buffoons haven't got the slightest idea." Erik said as he lay down on his bed.
"You seem oh so confident that you'll be able to find her. Most girls know how to avoid being found if they really don't want to be found." Steven said skeptically.
"Just you wait. I'll find her and bring her back just like the Queen requested. The Queen has confidence in me and that's all I need to know that I can infact do this right if nothing else." Erik sniffed. Steven rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to the sword in his hands.
"So...you gonna try another one of your hair-brained ideas to sweep the Princess off of her feet?" Steven asked in an amused tone.
"HEY! My ideas aren't hair-brained!" Erik growled. Steven snickered evilly.
"What about that one at the masquerade?" Steven asked innocently.
"Hey! That could've happened to anyone! How was I to know that Nekuyo was allergic to that kind of silk?" Erik complained.
Erik remembered that he was dressed up in a costume similar to the one he wore whenever he tried to encounter Nekuyo. He had presented her with this beautiful mask lined with silk and studded with glass and fake jewels. It was such a pretty color of royal blue to match her dress. Unfortunately she had been allergic to that particular kind of silk, or maybe the dye that was in it and her face was red and swollen around the eyes for weeks. He was apologizing constantly for it, but couldn't do it directly to her face. But she still had the mask as far as he knew; she still cherished it, but just couldn't wear it.
"Yeah, whatever. It was still pretty funny to see her face all swollen in the shape of that mask." Steven chuckled. Erik bashed him over the head and growled. "...Ite." Steven said simply.
"In any case, I'll be leaving tomorrow so you won't have to put up with me for a while." Erik said as he calmed down. Steven just rubbed his head and growled at Erik.
Nekuyo sighed as she stepped off the teleporter-pod, was this really worth it? Maybe she had overreacted just a little. NO! Her mind told her. You are most certainly NOT overreacting! That little witch who you call an older sister has never bothered to consider what you wanted and you know it! She just does what suits her and we both know it! She's a complete ditz and she doesn't deserve to be heir to the throne of the Silver Millennium! Nekuyo nodded to herself. She was doing the right thing by running away. She growled, Serenity should be a Princess, not a...a... DUMB BLONDE! She growled again.
She looked up and blinked... Now where to go? She certainly couldn't hang around here the whole time. She'd finally have to support herself. She smirked, that was something she could do that Serenity most certainly couldn't. That girl couldn't make her own bed right if her life depended on it. She looked down at her outfit, this most certainly wouldn't do. She'd have to buy close that are common around Jupiter, not the Moon. She smiled at the fact her birthmark was covered for once. She had on a white long pleated dress and a sleeveless top w/ matching high-heels and her pack. And as she looked around whilst walking down the street that most people had jeans and sweaters on. It was COLD. Well, she reasoned, it is Jupiter; it's a tad farther away from the Sun. She'd have to go shopping.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Little girl from closer to the Sun on a little trip eh? Oh I'll give you a trip alright..." A huge man said, grabbing her from behind and dragging her into one of the back-Alley's of the town. Nekuyo growled at him as soon as he had stopped moving. "Ooo, little girl thinks she's so tough? I like's them feisty." He said, quite amused with the way Nekuyo was acting. Nekuyo visibly sweat-dropped, a vein popping out on her head. She growled and assuming her super-human strength (As everyone knows girls are born with super-human strength!) grabbed him by the arms and threw him over her head.
"NO ONE calls me feisty!" Nekuyo complained loudly. She picked up the pack she had dropped, straightened her skirt, and walked out of the alley, stepping on the thug on her way out. "I knew those self-defense lessons would come in handy." Nekuyo said to her self. "Just because I'm a Princess doesn't mean I've got to play the damsel in distress." She added.
A/N: Okay, this chapter didn't really turn out as I expected... Or maybe it did and I just thought I was expecting something else... That's happened to me before Y'know. But I'm fairly certain this is the only chapter with Serenity bashing. Not a really good chapter for those of you who feel Serenity was smarter than Usagi. I personally don't think that she WAS much smarter than Usagi was. But I think she had her moments. And was infact a Princess, just not as smart as one would think. And this isn't saying she's uncaring... But her care is slightly misguided. And well...this IS an alternate universe fanfic... So it doesn't matter.
