Erik had informed the knights that they were to return to the palace after having found them on Venus in some legal Hoar House.
"Who sayz?" "Yea! Wez was jus' startin' to have fun!" A couple of them complained.
"This note is from Queen Serenity. This states that all four search parties are to return to the Moon and I am to take over on the search for Princess Nekuyo." Erik held out the formal note that the queen had given him. The knights started laughing.
"Queen Serenity must be outta her head! No way that you're going to be able to find the runt if WE can't! We were searching for almost 2 months before we gave up! Princess Nekuyo isn't going to be found. Hell, if I didn't know better I'd say she went to Earth, the forbidden planet!" The Captain of the Guard said as he laughed.
"Well, I've already gotten a few leads onto her whereabouts so since you guys can't find them I'll just take over. The only reason I'm here is to give this to you and inform you that you'll be relieved from your post if you don't get home within a week. The Queen is very concerned about something and is talking about raising defenses on the palace." Erik said as he headed the note to the Captain of The Guard. He saluted to the Captain and turned to leave.
"Hey kid" The Captain stopped him, Erik turned around. "You… Really think you can find her?" He lifted his drink to his lips. Erik smiled.
"Something tells me I'll have better luck than you guys had…" Erik walked out of the building smiling. The Captain of The Guard rolled his eyes a bit and took a sip of his drink.
Jadeite cursed his luck on having been selected to go scouting for powerful beings. This had to be one of the most tedious jobs to be done for the destruction of the Moon Kingdom…but he did it to please his queen anyway. If anyone knew how ruthless Beryl was, it was he. He clutched his cloak around him; it was awfully cold on Jupiter for this time of year. (Note: Yes, I know, by this state in time he would still be on Earth as one of Endymion's guards, but it's AU!) A woman in white ran past and bumped into him.
"Oh! I'm so sorry sir!" She turned and bowed but suddenly got a glimpse of what was behind her and made a run for it again. Jadeite didn't process what had happened for a moment when he had sensed the marvelous power coming from her. He noticed a few thugs running after her and realized her situation. He smiled, that girl would make his Queen VERY pleased. He changed his direction and ran after the girl and the thugs.
Nekuyo ran exceedingly fast for a girl in a skirt and high-heels, as was noted by the thugs. These thugs were after her Ofcourse; because of the thug she had beaten the crap out of earlier.
"Damn, I knew I should've just went to Mercury!" Nekuyo yelled as she turned the corner, slipping a bit because of her shoes. She was tempted to abandon she pack, or atleast throw it at those jackasses, but she had decided against it, you really didn't know when you'd need a change of clothes. It dawned on her that she had something useful in her pack though. She unzipped it while still running and pulled out a knife. She turned and threw it in a direct line towards the thugs. The all moved out of the way and looked behind them to see where it went.
Jadeite skidded to a stop seeing that they had done the same and looked startled as a knife was headed right towards him but he stopped it with his middle and fore fingers and looked to see whom had thrown it. He smiled yet again as both the girl and the thugs whom had been chasing her were speechless for a moment. The thugs were seemingly at indecision, but decided to get rid of the witness first so charged Jadeite in a foolish manner. Jadeite just smiled…. This was going to be much more fun than he had thought at first.
Erik sighed worriedly, after talking to the Captain he was a bit worried that he might not have been able to find her. But all the signs, including Nekuyo herself, had pointed to Jupiter so her was POSITIVE that she was here. He looked around a bit and decided he'd start with the check-in station. He gave the briefest and least romantic (that he could manage atleast) description of Nekuyo and the man pointed in the direction she had walked off in. He thanked the man and took off in that direction.
He ran into a thug (same thug) who was carrying a knife (Only smarter this time apparently).
"Listen kid, I've had a crappy day, so hand over your money and you won't get hurt…" The thug threatened. Erik looked at the bruises on the thug.
"What's with the bruises?" Erik asked, not at all convinced that the thug could hurt him much even if he was nearly twice his size. The thug growled remembering the feisty little girl from closer to the sun then snapped out of his thoughts.
"None of your business!" the thug charged at Erik who flipped him over his shoulder and beat the crap out of him. He ran off in the direction he was going certain now he was on the right trail, those bruises looked a lot like what Nekuyo had done to him one day when they had taken the same self-defense class.
Jadeite wiped his hands of the thugs he had just creamed and looked towards the stunned girl. The girl opened and closed her mouth a few times like she was atleast trying to talk but no sound came out. Jadeite smiled and took this advantage to approach the girl.
Erik looked at the ground. Skid marks, on the sidewalk? That didn't make too much sense. Also the fact that they were high-heel marks…. High-heels?? That had to be Nekuyo's doing, he had seen her run before, that girl could make tracks. He turned a corner and came almost face to face with Nekuyo and Jadeite's confrontation.
"You know… You've got a great power within you…" Jadeite said as he circled her. Nekuyo kept turning her head to look at him. "You could be…a very big asset to our… mission." He added.
"YOU! How DARE you hassle a Princess?!" Erik yelled as he charged. Jadeite looked up, once again processing information then smiled as he knocked Erik back with a blast of dark energy. Nekuyo gasped at that and started to make a run for it when Jadeite caught her wrist.
"Princess?? You are most certainly not a Moon Princess though… In any case, you're coming with ME!" Jadeite said as he and Nekuyo disappeared. Erik gaped at that… This couldn't be good. He got up and was about to run back to the Moon Palace before he remembered he was on Jupiter. He ran towards the transport station, hoping to get there before something bad could happen. What could happen in so little time? He didn't know, but he knew something was going to happen.
Back at the Palace…
"A powerful energy? Dark energy?" Queen Serenity asked Erik cautiously.
"Yes, he blasted me with it before I could get near him. He disappeared and took Princess Nekuyo with him." Erik said in a bit of a stressed voice. The Captain of The Guard, also the Queen's personal bodyguard, looked at Erik in a concerned way. The Queen was processing this information, trying to figure out the best way to deal with this. She sighed worriedly, she was afraid that this was going to happen.
"The Negaverse's seal is coming undone… Beryl has been able to get through… She's gotten Nekuyo and will use her powers against us somehow, we must be prepared with the heavy defenses, and I may have to call upon my powers as well… We should be ready for anything. I shall have to inform everyone. Thankyou Erik, this helps me greatly. I'm so very sorry your search was in vain. We'll get Nekuyo home safe Erik, please don't fret, I know you must be worried for her." Queen Serenity said in a deathly calm voice. Erik looked at her as if she was made out of stone and then bowed his head, leaving the room.
The Queen and the Captain were both very silent for quite a few moments afterwards.
"Go after your son Captain, I know you want to." Queen Serenity said after a bit. The Captain of The Guard hesitated a moment, but then bowed and walked off after Erik. Queen Serenity sighed and left the throne room to retire to her quarters.
"So Erik… You find the Princess??" Steve asked almost laughing. Erik growled at him and that shut him up very abruptly. Erik peeled off his outer armor and sighed. He sat down and pulled off his boots and lied down with a flop. There was a knock on the door and Steve answered it since Erik was probably not going to get up. Steve stumbled backwards a bit in surprise. He bowed and that got Erik's attention. "H-H-Hello Sir!" Steve said as he saluted. Erik leaned up a bit then flopped back down.
"Stand down." The Captain said casually. Steve relaxed and went over to Erik.
"Get up! You'll make us look bad!" Steve said insistently. Erik looked at him and rolled her eyes.
"What? I'm not on duty right now." Erik said casually. Steve growled.
"What are you babbling about??" Steve asked urgently, and a bit embarrassed since the Captain was right in their room waiting.
"Steve…. He's my Dad." Erik said. Steve sweatdropped and stuttered a bit before looking at him questioningly, then to the Captain. The Captain walked over to Erik and flopped down on the bed with him.
"Mind if we have a few minutes to talk Steve?" Erik asked. Steve just nodded and walked out of the room in shock.
Silence…
"You wanna talk about something?" The Captain asked casually while turning his head to look at Erik.
"On what topic?" Erik furrowed his brow slightly.
"Well… I've heard you've been having girl troubles…" The Captain (Tenki) said in an amused voice.
"Daa~aaad!" Erik insisted blushing. "What's it to you anyway??" Erik sat up. Tenki smiled.
"Well, It's kind of my business. My son falling in love with the daughter of the woman I bodyguard for." Tenki said smiling.
"I… It's just that Ne- Princess Nekuyo…" Erik said, trying to explain. "I practically grew up with her… I didn't know she was a Princess at the time…" Erik said blushing. The Captain smiled heartily.
"I know, this is what they get for not treating Nekuyo as a Princess right from the start. Had they, we wouldn't have this problem… Ofcourse, then we wouldn't have anyone so devoted to her either… Not half of my men are as devoted to Serenity as you are to Nekuyo. She's very lucky, no matter how much she doesn't see it." Tenki said after wrapping an arm around Erik's shoulder.
"Daa~aaad, don't say it when I know you don't mean it!" Erik said, but blushed anyway. Tenki just laughed and hugged his son.
"Something tells me you're long overdue for a promotion in status." Tenki said mischievously.
"Don't you dare, I'll prove that I deserve to be a knight all on my own!" Erik said, and he would've tried to hurt him had he not had all of that armor on. Tenki just smiled.
"I've got to get back to work now." He got up and started to leave.
"Dad, you're not going to promote me just on what's happened are you?" Erik asked suspiciously. Tenki smiled again but continued to walk. "Dad…? Daa~aaad…. DAD!" Erik called after him as he walked down the hall. He frowned and crossed his arms. His father was always leaving him hanging in such odd ways. "He does that to torment me, I know it…" Erik said, not aware that Steve was right behind him.
"ERIK!!! Why didn't you TELL me you were the Captain's son?!" Steve asked outraged by this turn of events. Erik nearly jumped to the ceiling.
"Why do you care? Didn't hurt you any that I didn't." Erik insisted going back into the room. Steve followed him and continued to argue.
Queen Beryl smiled at Jadeite's work. This was more that perfect. A Princess! Not just that, the second daughter of Queen Serenity. This would work almost exactly into hr plans.
"Excellent work Jadeite. You've served me well. You shall be rewarded for this." Beryl said as she examined the now unconscious form of Nekuyo. She walked out of the room with Jadeite left to process what she meant by 'reward'. "Jadeite…" Beryl said in a sultry voice. That snapped Jadeite out of his reverie and he followed her into the bedroom quite happily. (Authoress: D'oh! I can't believe I actually added that!! It's this odd theory of mine of why Jadeite was always so insistent of pleasing his Queen. I always had the feeling that there was something there, even though I know there isn't, it's my story so I though I'd that I'd add that.)
A/N: Okay, that last author's note was kind of pointless since I was at the end of the chapter anyway…
Okay… How was it?? Did it not follow the other 3 chapters? It might've been cuz I wrote it in…. looks at clock wow, only 2 hours. A new record for me really, I kinda like that idea. |-D in any case. I hope you liked it and I hope I get more reviews than what I've been getting… This'll be my fourth chapter and I've got less than 10 reviews on this story….
"Who sayz?" "Yea! Wez was jus' startin' to have fun!" A couple of them complained.
"This note is from Queen Serenity. This states that all four search parties are to return to the Moon and I am to take over on the search for Princess Nekuyo." Erik held out the formal note that the queen had given him. The knights started laughing.
"Queen Serenity must be outta her head! No way that you're going to be able to find the runt if WE can't! We were searching for almost 2 months before we gave up! Princess Nekuyo isn't going to be found. Hell, if I didn't know better I'd say she went to Earth, the forbidden planet!" The Captain of the Guard said as he laughed.
"Well, I've already gotten a few leads onto her whereabouts so since you guys can't find them I'll just take over. The only reason I'm here is to give this to you and inform you that you'll be relieved from your post if you don't get home within a week. The Queen is very concerned about something and is talking about raising defenses on the palace." Erik said as he headed the note to the Captain of The Guard. He saluted to the Captain and turned to leave.
"Hey kid" The Captain stopped him, Erik turned around. "You… Really think you can find her?" He lifted his drink to his lips. Erik smiled.
"Something tells me I'll have better luck than you guys had…" Erik walked out of the building smiling. The Captain of The Guard rolled his eyes a bit and took a sip of his drink.
Jadeite cursed his luck on having been selected to go scouting for powerful beings. This had to be one of the most tedious jobs to be done for the destruction of the Moon Kingdom…but he did it to please his queen anyway. If anyone knew how ruthless Beryl was, it was he. He clutched his cloak around him; it was awfully cold on Jupiter for this time of year. (Note: Yes, I know, by this state in time he would still be on Earth as one of Endymion's guards, but it's AU!) A woman in white ran past and bumped into him.
"Oh! I'm so sorry sir!" She turned and bowed but suddenly got a glimpse of what was behind her and made a run for it again. Jadeite didn't process what had happened for a moment when he had sensed the marvelous power coming from her. He noticed a few thugs running after her and realized her situation. He smiled, that girl would make his Queen VERY pleased. He changed his direction and ran after the girl and the thugs.
Nekuyo ran exceedingly fast for a girl in a skirt and high-heels, as was noted by the thugs. These thugs were after her Ofcourse; because of the thug she had beaten the crap out of earlier.
"Damn, I knew I should've just went to Mercury!" Nekuyo yelled as she turned the corner, slipping a bit because of her shoes. She was tempted to abandon she pack, or atleast throw it at those jackasses, but she had decided against it, you really didn't know when you'd need a change of clothes. It dawned on her that she had something useful in her pack though. She unzipped it while still running and pulled out a knife. She turned and threw it in a direct line towards the thugs. The all moved out of the way and looked behind them to see where it went.
Jadeite skidded to a stop seeing that they had done the same and looked startled as a knife was headed right towards him but he stopped it with his middle and fore fingers and looked to see whom had thrown it. He smiled yet again as both the girl and the thugs whom had been chasing her were speechless for a moment. The thugs were seemingly at indecision, but decided to get rid of the witness first so charged Jadeite in a foolish manner. Jadeite just smiled…. This was going to be much more fun than he had thought at first.
Erik sighed worriedly, after talking to the Captain he was a bit worried that he might not have been able to find her. But all the signs, including Nekuyo herself, had pointed to Jupiter so her was POSITIVE that she was here. He looked around a bit and decided he'd start with the check-in station. He gave the briefest and least romantic (that he could manage atleast) description of Nekuyo and the man pointed in the direction she had walked off in. He thanked the man and took off in that direction.
He ran into a thug (same thug) who was carrying a knife (Only smarter this time apparently).
"Listen kid, I've had a crappy day, so hand over your money and you won't get hurt…" The thug threatened. Erik looked at the bruises on the thug.
"What's with the bruises?" Erik asked, not at all convinced that the thug could hurt him much even if he was nearly twice his size. The thug growled remembering the feisty little girl from closer to the sun then snapped out of his thoughts.
"None of your business!" the thug charged at Erik who flipped him over his shoulder and beat the crap out of him. He ran off in the direction he was going certain now he was on the right trail, those bruises looked a lot like what Nekuyo had done to him one day when they had taken the same self-defense class.
Jadeite wiped his hands of the thugs he had just creamed and looked towards the stunned girl. The girl opened and closed her mouth a few times like she was atleast trying to talk but no sound came out. Jadeite smiled and took this advantage to approach the girl.
Erik looked at the ground. Skid marks, on the sidewalk? That didn't make too much sense. Also the fact that they were high-heel marks…. High-heels?? That had to be Nekuyo's doing, he had seen her run before, that girl could make tracks. He turned a corner and came almost face to face with Nekuyo and Jadeite's confrontation.
"You know… You've got a great power within you…" Jadeite said as he circled her. Nekuyo kept turning her head to look at him. "You could be…a very big asset to our… mission." He added.
"YOU! How DARE you hassle a Princess?!" Erik yelled as he charged. Jadeite looked up, once again processing information then smiled as he knocked Erik back with a blast of dark energy. Nekuyo gasped at that and started to make a run for it when Jadeite caught her wrist.
"Princess?? You are most certainly not a Moon Princess though… In any case, you're coming with ME!" Jadeite said as he and Nekuyo disappeared. Erik gaped at that… This couldn't be good. He got up and was about to run back to the Moon Palace before he remembered he was on Jupiter. He ran towards the transport station, hoping to get there before something bad could happen. What could happen in so little time? He didn't know, but he knew something was going to happen.
Back at the Palace…
"A powerful energy? Dark energy?" Queen Serenity asked Erik cautiously.
"Yes, he blasted me with it before I could get near him. He disappeared and took Princess Nekuyo with him." Erik said in a bit of a stressed voice. The Captain of The Guard, also the Queen's personal bodyguard, looked at Erik in a concerned way. The Queen was processing this information, trying to figure out the best way to deal with this. She sighed worriedly, she was afraid that this was going to happen.
"The Negaverse's seal is coming undone… Beryl has been able to get through… She's gotten Nekuyo and will use her powers against us somehow, we must be prepared with the heavy defenses, and I may have to call upon my powers as well… We should be ready for anything. I shall have to inform everyone. Thankyou Erik, this helps me greatly. I'm so very sorry your search was in vain. We'll get Nekuyo home safe Erik, please don't fret, I know you must be worried for her." Queen Serenity said in a deathly calm voice. Erik looked at her as if she was made out of stone and then bowed his head, leaving the room.
The Queen and the Captain were both very silent for quite a few moments afterwards.
"Go after your son Captain, I know you want to." Queen Serenity said after a bit. The Captain of The Guard hesitated a moment, but then bowed and walked off after Erik. Queen Serenity sighed and left the throne room to retire to her quarters.
"So Erik… You find the Princess??" Steve asked almost laughing. Erik growled at him and that shut him up very abruptly. Erik peeled off his outer armor and sighed. He sat down and pulled off his boots and lied down with a flop. There was a knock on the door and Steve answered it since Erik was probably not going to get up. Steve stumbled backwards a bit in surprise. He bowed and that got Erik's attention. "H-H-Hello Sir!" Steve said as he saluted. Erik leaned up a bit then flopped back down.
"Stand down." The Captain said casually. Steve relaxed and went over to Erik.
"Get up! You'll make us look bad!" Steve said insistently. Erik looked at him and rolled her eyes.
"What? I'm not on duty right now." Erik said casually. Steve growled.
"What are you babbling about??" Steve asked urgently, and a bit embarrassed since the Captain was right in their room waiting.
"Steve…. He's my Dad." Erik said. Steve sweatdropped and stuttered a bit before looking at him questioningly, then to the Captain. The Captain walked over to Erik and flopped down on the bed with him.
"Mind if we have a few minutes to talk Steve?" Erik asked. Steve just nodded and walked out of the room in shock.
Silence…
"You wanna talk about something?" The Captain asked casually while turning his head to look at Erik.
"On what topic?" Erik furrowed his brow slightly.
"Well… I've heard you've been having girl troubles…" The Captain (Tenki) said in an amused voice.
"Daa~aaad!" Erik insisted blushing. "What's it to you anyway??" Erik sat up. Tenki smiled.
"Well, It's kind of my business. My son falling in love with the daughter of the woman I bodyguard for." Tenki said smiling.
"I… It's just that Ne- Princess Nekuyo…" Erik said, trying to explain. "I practically grew up with her… I didn't know she was a Princess at the time…" Erik said blushing. The Captain smiled heartily.
"I know, this is what they get for not treating Nekuyo as a Princess right from the start. Had they, we wouldn't have this problem… Ofcourse, then we wouldn't have anyone so devoted to her either… Not half of my men are as devoted to Serenity as you are to Nekuyo. She's very lucky, no matter how much she doesn't see it." Tenki said after wrapping an arm around Erik's shoulder.
"Daa~aaad, don't say it when I know you don't mean it!" Erik said, but blushed anyway. Tenki just laughed and hugged his son.
"Something tells me you're long overdue for a promotion in status." Tenki said mischievously.
"Don't you dare, I'll prove that I deserve to be a knight all on my own!" Erik said, and he would've tried to hurt him had he not had all of that armor on. Tenki just smiled.
"I've got to get back to work now." He got up and started to leave.
"Dad, you're not going to promote me just on what's happened are you?" Erik asked suspiciously. Tenki smiled again but continued to walk. "Dad…? Daa~aaad…. DAD!" Erik called after him as he walked down the hall. He frowned and crossed his arms. His father was always leaving him hanging in such odd ways. "He does that to torment me, I know it…" Erik said, not aware that Steve was right behind him.
"ERIK!!! Why didn't you TELL me you were the Captain's son?!" Steve asked outraged by this turn of events. Erik nearly jumped to the ceiling.
"Why do you care? Didn't hurt you any that I didn't." Erik insisted going back into the room. Steve followed him and continued to argue.
Queen Beryl smiled at Jadeite's work. This was more that perfect. A Princess! Not just that, the second daughter of Queen Serenity. This would work almost exactly into hr plans.
"Excellent work Jadeite. You've served me well. You shall be rewarded for this." Beryl said as she examined the now unconscious form of Nekuyo. She walked out of the room with Jadeite left to process what she meant by 'reward'. "Jadeite…" Beryl said in a sultry voice. That snapped Jadeite out of his reverie and he followed her into the bedroom quite happily. (Authoress: D'oh! I can't believe I actually added that!! It's this odd theory of mine of why Jadeite was always so insistent of pleasing his Queen. I always had the feeling that there was something there, even though I know there isn't, it's my story so I though I'd that I'd add that.)
A/N: Okay, that last author's note was kind of pointless since I was at the end of the chapter anyway…
Okay… How was it?? Did it not follow the other 3 chapters? It might've been cuz I wrote it in…. looks at clock wow, only 2 hours. A new record for me really, I kinda like that idea. |-D in any case. I hope you liked it and I hope I get more reviews than what I've been getting… This'll be my fourth chapter and I've got less than 10 reviews on this story….
