~ Serenity ~

chapter 3: Touch my tears

Author's note: yay I FINALLY updated. The title was inspired by the music my sis was listening to, by Queen "Who wants to live forever" it was used in Highlander movie and series as well, as I was informed.No it will have a slight sadness but nothing to get ready a box of kleenex.

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Usagi smiled as she flew around her continent, it was doing well, perhaps more fire and a bit of steel. some buildings seems to be alittle running low on repairs as well.But there was plenty of food and water and light and dreams for all to enjoy in the night.

Usagi smiled slightly as jolted back to royal academy.

"It's okay, I guess I will have to find Oscar -sama first."

Then bowed to Pastha and left the academy, with slightly better mood then last night. Out of sheer dumb luck she bumped into someone, it seems that she was bumping into a lot of things recently, two days ago she bumped into a corner post.

"Ah! Missy you gotta look where you going! you might hurt your self." Oscar's voice floated over her now dizzied self.

"Sorry Oscar sama, a lot of things been recently on my mind."

"You are worried?"

"Well sort of, but it's good thing I bumped into you...I wanted to request some fire for my continent."

"That readily granted! but are you sure you do not need to talk to me?"

"Well...if you will keep secret what I will tell you."

"A secret? maybe we should head over to my place."

Usagi nodded, she had to tell someone, knowing a little of Oscar sama, she knew that he would keep his promise.

~Oscar's mansion

"Well you can tell menow, in my study no one will interrupt"

Usagi sighed like if she had the world's weight on her shoulders.

"Well first of all, I still miss my home. The future I knew was to be wonderful, with Endymion and my guardians.and the other is I never knew who my father was, my mother died before she could even tell me. I asked the sky and they did not tell me the answer. And still my heart is with my home not here."

Oscar smiled,

"Well missy, even to these days part of my heart is always for my family probably be older then me now, even my younger siblings. It makes me sad knowing that when the times comes to alternate, countless years have gone past. a single day here is almost a month outside the sanctuary. Now, don't be so sad I will buy you ice cream and go a for a walk in the park.How does that sound?"

Usagi perked up at the mentioning of ice cream.

"I will never miss an offer on an ice cream!"

Oscar chuckled as he gave her a stylish bow then offered her his arm. Usagi gladly took it and they went out towards the park but they did not hear the murmurs of the servants.

maid: "Hey isn't that Oscar-sama with the queen candidate?"

butler: " Yeah, I didn't know they were suppose to be that friendly."

maid: "Who knows? it's Oscar sama after all."

butler: " yeah..well that isn't unusual but still Usagi-san is a queen candidate and important."

maid: "Well I am sure Oscar-sama is aware of that I hope..."

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Oscar and Usagi sat down each with a sundae in front of them.

"Sometimes I wonder why I was taken from a future I knew...to do this..examination."

Oscar laughed heartily,

"Well Missy there is always a reason why the queen wished you to be here."

"Like the darkness that I feel?"

Oscar frowned at that,

"Darkness? I knew her power was weakening indicating a queen alternation...but...I didn't know the extend was to that."

after a pause finally said again,

"I will report this to Julious sama."

Usagi nodded and started to finish off her sundae, which Oscar haven't even gotten half way through his.

"You eat very fast..." Oscar trailed off as he saw her polish off the sundae faster then him.

"It's normal for me.."

"Then how do you stay slim?"

Usagi grinned,

"It's a secret!maybe one day you will find out." Usagi laughed as Oscar did a mock sullen face. They chatted about their homeland for sometime.

while later~

"Hmmm...let me see you to your dorm before it gets dark." Oscar said as he finally finished his and got up and so did Usagi.

"Thank you, for a fun day Oscar-sama.Your home sounds very interesting."

"No problem missy, though I can't see my family again...I still treasure it and accept my position as a guardian."

Usagi nodded,

"Understand."

Then he heaved her up to the carriage he used and asked the driver to drive to the queen candidate's dorm.

"Good evening to you Oscar -sama." Usagi said and was a little startled when he took her hand and kissed it gently.

"Same to you missy, and have a good rest, tomorrow is another fresh week." Then he winked as he left and Usagi stood there for sometime blushing.Why was her face burning like red tomato?

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"The other queen candidate, who is she?" Rosalia asked her nurse,

"The other young miss?"

"Yes, she is difficult person." Rosalia said as she put down her tea.

" I do not know I am afraid miss Rosalia."

"Hmmm..."

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Julious sat reading his reports when Oscar came in his expression hinting a worry of some sort.

"Is there a problem?" Julious asked straight away.

"Yes, I been alerted by the silver haired queen candidate there is a darkness that is coming."

"By Usagi?"

"Yes."

"How did she know...?"

"Perhaps she is not just a normal person, a normal young girl. I wouldn't be su prised if other guardians felt that way too."

Julious sat back mulling over the matter for awhile.

"I will talk to her and tell Pastha to investigate this privately, we can not risk panicking the flying city."

"Understood, did you want me to send Usagi in?"

" That would be very nice of you."

Oscar chuckled as he went out to fetch Usagi where ever she was.

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Back at Julious's mansion~

Julious fell into a deep thought as he prepared for things to talk over with Usagi, about this matter especially.He didn't have anything much to say except praise for her cultivation.

"Julious -sama, Usagi-san is here." a servent announced and Julious motioned for her to enter.

"Did you call me Julious -sama?"

"Yes, about the darkness that you had talked about to Oscar." He watched this silver haired candidate as she looked at him with those slightly unemotional yet beautiful calm blue eyes.

"That is natural , where there is light there is darkness."

Julious raised his eye brow in suprise,

"Are you sure that there is this darkness?"

Usagi nodded fiercly, as Julious scrutinised her with his cold blues eyes and Usagi shifted a little on her feet. Julious -sama was beautiful yet so cold. He was like day with coldest wind roaming across a barren land filled with paradise like flower here and there.

Julious thought he saw for an instance a beautiful angelic like figure but gently smiling with beautiful shining wings behind and stretching out her hand to him! He blinked and it was gone, what was that vision? he wasn't Clavis why him? Julious put his hand over his eyes try to forget about the figure he saw.

"Julious sama are you alright?"

Usagi asked,

"Ah I thought I saw a beautiful figure, like an angel with her wings..." Julious trailed off realizing that he was talking to Usagi not Oscar. He blinked again, as he saw her smiling and stretching out her hand...just like that angelic figure.

Usagi tilted her head in questioning way, puzzled why Julious-sama the most composed member of the guardians were acting strange.

"No it's alright, please report when ever you sense this darkness moving close to the sanctuary..." Julious said as he managed bring himself back to his normal stern look.

Usagi nearly laughed but managed to restrain herself from laughing at Julious -sama's apparent struggle to compose himself.

"Understood Julious-sama."

Usagi said as she went away, and soon as she went far enough she laughed.

"ha...haa..that was funny."

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Julious stayed in his study for the day, thinking over and over again of the angelic like figure, until Oscar came over in the evenings to play chess.

"Oscar." He said as Oscar came in,

"I heard Usagi laugh as she left your mention earlier today."

Julious's head jerked up at that news.

"Oh no! she saw me struggle to compose myself after I saw this vision of an angelic figure, smiling and stretching out her hand towards me! I swear in the name of the queen that...I saw it."

Oscar chuckled,

"I am sure I would have found amusing too, be lucky Clavis -sama wasn't there."

Julious felt mortified and prayed that Clavis wouldn't find out.Though curiously, he wondered what the silver haired queen candidate was doing?

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Clavis's mansion

"That was a beautiful performance Lumiale -sama!" Usagi exclaimed as Lumiale finished of a beautiful harp piece for both Clavis and Usagi.

"That was a worthy performance." Clavis put in as well.

"I am glad you both liked it...it was something I composed not long ago."

"Wow! so you really are a musician as well too?I saw your art works as well the other day." Lumiale smiled and nodded.

"I am talentless in music I suppose, but my future didn't need me to perform or what so ever...just look after the world." Usagi sighed as she faintly trailed off her words.

Clavis raised his eye brows and Lumiale had a puzzled face.

"So....you saw your future?" Lumiale carefully asked,

"Yes...I saw it again and again...it was beautiful...a city with sky piercing crystalline structure, people were all happy, protected from evil...a ultimate utopia it was.." Usagi said and seems to look somewhere far away , like if day dreaming.

Then Usagi gasped, she told them what she promised she wouldn't say!

"Oh no! please keep this what I told you a secret! please Lumiale and Clavis-sama?"

"I promise, silver haired queen candidate." Clavis said first, meaning every single word of it.

"Of course, I will keep it a secret." Lumiale said as he strummed his harp again.

"I will play another song before you have to return for the night."

"Thank you Lumiale -sama."

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Next day at the RI~

"Pastha-san, I am ready..."

"Okay, close your eyes," Pastha said as Usagi stood on the Star Disc.

Usagi looked around, maybe a little of steel and fire and dream.

The suddenly, Usagi screamed, as she felt something painful pierce her all over even in her spirit form it hurt her like anything, but got up anyways. She have fought before and will not fall down easily.

"Ha, so the queen brought you to this cosmos ...how clever of her." a voice said as it emerged from the darkness that now surrounded her.

"So you came to this cosmos to harass this one too?"

"That's right..."

Usagi gave a sigh and asked,

"So which form are you now?"

"Did you really want to see me that much?" Choas chuckled as it came out as a...a beautiful man.

Usagi's eye nearly bulged,

"Last time you used body of sailor Galaxia...so which poor fellow did you take over this time?"

Chaos purred like a lazy cat as he answered.

""Oh no one, this is my physical form if I ever wanted it. But it's more fun taking over others."

Whilst in RI~~~~

Julious came almost running at the news that Usagi was missing.

"Is it true that Usagi is missing?!"

Pastha who was near her answered,

"Yes, to be more precise it's her spirit form that is missing."

"Can she live whilst her spirit form is not with her body for this long?"

"Not too sure, Julious sama, we are looking into it right now and searching for her."

Julious sighed and looked at Usagi's face.Then asked Pastha,

"What happened?"

Pastha was quiet for some minutes before he answered the question.

"I wasn't far away, because Rosalia have just left when she came in to inspect her continent.She was on it then suddenly of al she screamed, like if she was greatly pained then she just fell as her screaming stopped.I was shocked to react by the screaming."

"Does other guardians know?"

"No, Julious-sama."

"Good, I will try to contact her..."

Julious knelt down and took her hand, and tried to call out.

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Meanwhile~

"Why, did you think I had a hideous form? I always admired your beauty you know, always thought it had compliment mine really well."

"You are really vain." Usagi said with her arms crossed, this chat wasn't going anywhere so Usagi cut the chase to the question she was mean to ask awhile ago.

"Why did you bring me in here?

Choas raised his elegant eyebrow, and observed her.

"A new cosmos to be my playground, my stronghold. Then I realized queen brought you here..so decided to have some fun."

Usagi then heard Julious sama's voice calling her name.

"Julious sama!"

' Usagi! where are you?'

"I am not sure...but just facing the darkness now."

'Do you need any help?'

"No, I can deal with it for now."

'Please be safe'

"Don't worry I will be. Julious sama."

"Well. isn't it the ever so righteous guardian of Light?" Chaos laughed, throwing his head back, his black hair ruffled as some invisble wind went through it.

"Well I am going." With that Usagi turned around, and soon she felt the light sacrea shining through sending the chaos away for now.

Usagi startled awake, first thing she saw was worried face of Julious.

"Julious sama?"

"Usagi! you worried us!" Julious said in his usual tone though if anyone knew him well, certain amount of genuine worry lay under those words.

Usagi looked down at her hands,

"It was there again..." Usagi mumbled to her self but Julious heard it as well but decided to keep quiet about it instead.

"At least you are safe now."

"Sorry for worrying you all." Usagi said as she gracefully got up.

"I think I will need some rest..." then carefully walked away as not to sway from tiredness, until she fell asleep and fell to the floor again...asleep.

"Usagi!" Julious said as he rushed to her side and picked her limp form arm, despite her height she was light.

"Julious sama will you be okay?" Pastha asked having observed this from usually stern guardian of light.

Julious turned from his walk to the exit of the room,

"I will see to her dorm, considering she can not walk at all. please make sure this doesn't leak out...not even to Rosalia."

"Understood."

With that Julious left the Royal Institute with sleeping Usagi in his arms.

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Usagi got up late after noon, with a maid next to her.

"Huh? how was brought here?"

"Julious -sama brought you home, Usagi-san." maid replied as she poured hot chocolate into a cup and gave it to her.

"Julious -sama?"

"Yes, though it's very rare that he visits the dorm."

"Hmm must thank him tomorrow."

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Julious sat in his study, staring out into the moon, something Clavis had do, but he didn't care. The full moon reminded him of the angelic figure he saw today. Who was this woman he saw? she seemed graceful, beautiful and very wise. His heart trembled at the thought of her, like..if she was the queen he had give his vow to.

He for once was troubled, he now remembered..how Clavis must have felt. Was he falling for a woman that might have just been his imagination?

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Sorry for a long wait ^______^ but some interaction between Usagi and Julious.

Yup tell me what you think anyways ^_^

Dream wind.