Disclaimer: See chap one
By the way, this is slightly OOC. Itsa serena/darien senshi/general fic. Thoughts are done in italics but I don't think its showing. I'm sure u'll understand neway. Enjoy! ^-^
Chapter Two
'Serena if you don't stop fidgeting I'm going to cram that rather large pot plant over there down your throat.' Hissed Raye. All five girls were wearing light summer flowing dresses that reached their ankles, and frankly Serena couldn't stand hers. As often as she could get away with it, she wore men's pants or pants with a short skirt and slit to allow freedom of movement.
'She's just nervous, they'll be here soon,' said Mina with a smile.
'They are taking too bloody long,' Serena stopped fidgeting and plastered a fake cheesy smile on her face when the Queen turned to look at them.
'Here they come now,' whispered Ami and all turned towards the teleportation portal.
'Announcing King Adonai and Queen Gaia of Earth and their son, Prince Endymion and his Royal Generals.' Bellowed the herald. A bright flash of light appeared and out stepped the royal family.
'Aah Queen Serenity, it is a pleasure to see you again, you are doing well?' beamed Gaia as the two women embraced. They had only met a few times yet enjoyed each other's company most often spent comparing their headstrong children.
'Well enough, it's good to see you too, come let me introduce my daughter.' Replied Serenity. 'This is Princess Serena, heir to the Moon Kingdom.'
Serena stepped forward, must concentrate she thought, and must not fall over. Serena managed an only slight wobble in her curtsey.
'Why she is beautiful, such grace in one so young, Prince Endymion?' said Gaia. Darien scowled, he hated being called Endymion, it made him sound so old. 'Pleasure to meet you, please call me Darien.' He said as he bowed and straightened up to gaze into the most beautiful eyes he ever saw. They are like the ocean, always shifting with so many shades he mused.
All Serena could was politely nod, she was concentrating on keeping her jaw from dropping. He is young and much more cuter than I expected thought Serena.
'These are Princess Serena's Royal Guardians, her Senshi, Princess Minako of Venus, Princess Raye of Mars, Princess Lita of Jupiter and Princess Ami of Mercury.' Each girl slightly curtsied when mentioned.
'Earth's four Warrior Generals, Princes Malachite, Nephrite, Zoicite and Jadeite.' Each General bowed. (Technically they aren't Princes, it's just a title but they all have estates.) The eight young people looked around rather bored as the King and Queens continued with their small talk. Serena had had enough, they were talking about flowers for goodness sake next they'll move onto napkins or pillows or something equally stupid.
'Excuse me most gracious mother,' interrupted Serena with subtle sarcasm that only those close to her knew and detected, 'It is time for the Sabres to be fed and I do not wish to be late.'
Raye snorted and got an amused yet confused look from Jadeite.
'Of course dear, why don't you show the Prince and his Generals the animals, I'm sure they'll enjoy it.' ordered Serenity and in a whisper that only Serena could her, 'I want to see you all come back together and for the Prince and his Generals to be smiling.'
'I don't think that General can smile,' whispered Mina looking at Malachite, 'his face looks like a rock.' Though a rather handsome rock, I'll admit she secretly thought to herself.
Serena agreed, 'Please follow me,' she said and the girls turned and walked off not looking to see if they were being followed.
Darien shrugged at his Generals, and gave a look that said what the hell and they all followed.
@~@~@~@~@
(The girls are all of the same age but because Serena is so immature, the other girls are like big sisters to her.)
A few years ago, the girls were exploring in the ice caves to the north of the palace, they were in a phase where they were searching for lost treasure of ice fairies, and they had stumbled on a carcass of a mother Sabre. Sabres are like Sabre tooth-tigers but larger and completely white, and were renowned for their loyalty to those they judged worthy. Many a man had been killed in trying to tame such a beast. It was not that uncommon to see them but most people left them alone for fear of being eaten.
The girls had cautiously approached the Sabre and found it quite still. 'It's so pretty,' whispered Serena before gently touching the nose of the beast. Before anyone could move the Sabre had lifted its head and had Serena's hand in its mouth.
'Rena!' cried the girls but Serena didn't move. She gazed into the tiger's eyes and saw great pain but also intelligence there. The Sabre let go of Serena's hand and gazed up at a ledge on a small cliff face. She promptly rolled her eyes and died.
The girls had then climbed the small cliff side and found a cave with five sabre cubs. The girls had each picked one and have cared for them since.
The cubs now lived at the palace in a special enclosure where it was constantly winter. They adored the girls and wouldn't let anyone else feed them or touch them. On the way to the sabres the girls didn't speak to the guys at all. They remained expressionless and were walking quite fast. 'Princess, pray tell us, what are Sabres?' asked the Prince unnerved by the silence.
'They are relatively like your Earth's tigers,' said Ami when Serena refused to talk. Darien raised an eyebrow. 'Tigers?' The tigers on earth were rather savage carnivores; villagers often hunted them to keep their numbers down. This I gotta see he thought.
They came upon a large white fence; rather plain and seemed out of place in such a beautiful place like the palace.
'Prince Endymion,' Serena turned to face him and noticed the grimace that crossed his face, must remember to call him Endymion as often as possible she thought, 'Please stay here while we feed the Sabres.' She turned to leave but he stopped her.
'Just stay here? Well, I always thought that Lunarians were rather rude but what do I look like, a dog?' Darien asked, eyebrow raised.
'No of course not...' replied Serena, 'I find dogs much more appealing. Stay.' She managed to keep a straight face and all girls went inside.
Darien gaped. Did she say what he thought she said? He looked to his friends. Malachite was as stony as ever. Zoicite was studying some of the flowers in the garden and apparently didn't hear. Nephrite and Jadeite however were both looking rather amused.
'You gotta admit, she's different.' Chuckled Jadeite.
'Yeah so is a hippo in a tutu which is what she reminds me of,' muttered Darien. 'Come, I would like to see these beasts of theirs, a little peek would not hurt,' suggested Nephrite, always the more daring one. Darien was rather curious himself so they all entered the gate.
The Generals gaped in shock as they entered an enclosure and found it to be in deep-set winter. (It's summer outside) The place was huge and incredibly beautiful. They were in some sort of huge meadow of snow with trees and flowers that still bloomed; there were caves in the distance and several large footprints around. A pounding could be heard and the Generals glanced at each other nervously for they could tell something big was coming.
'Let us hide,' mouthed Zoicite and they all scrambled behind and onto a large rock cropping that gave them a good view of the middle of the meadow.
Just in time it appeared, as the girls came out from a wooden building carrying large bowls with meat the size of a horse. Each bowl was a different colour and had names inscribed on them. Pearl, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald and Crystal could be made out, (for the girls had found treasure after all.)
The Generals watched curiously as each bowl was place in the clearing and the girls stepped back. Ami then took out a small bamboo flute and began playing. Its soft melodious notes carried over the meadow, and the males were frozen with awe and trepidation. 'It's beautiful,' breathed Zoicite, for in its simplicity the notes sang of warmth and happiness, of open arms and acceptance.
The pounding grew louder and the guys could see five white kittens in the distance. These kittens grew larger and larger and when they finally reached the clearing they saw that those kittens were the height of a large horse and the width of two. The Sabres pounced and nibbled and mock fought as they scrambled to eat their food.
The girls smiled, truly smiled and Darien couldn't help but notice how beautiful they looked. After their meal was finished, each of the Sabres suddenly pounced on each of the girls.
The princes jumped up in alarm before quickly ducking again when they heard it. Laughter. Carefree, unrestrained laughter. The girls were laughing. 'There're mad,' whispered Nephrite. 'Utterly bonkers,' agreed Jadeite.
'Crystal,' chided Serena as she hugged her beloved Sabre, her arms barely encircling its neck. Raye and Lita were both wrestling with their Sabres, kicking up quite a lot of snow. Mina had Pearl sitting, (it was as tall as she was) and was brushing it lovingly. Ami was still playing her little flute while Sapphire purred and wrapped itself around her.
'Lita! You just hit me instead of Emerald!' shouted Raye from her position in the snow. 'Oh don't be such a baby! Emerald would have barely noticed that.' Lita smirked. 'Oh? And would he have noticed this?' demanded Raye as she shoved Lita into the snow. Thus ensued a mock fight that ended up in a free-for-all tickle match with the Sabres trying to join in.
'Come let us leave before we are noticed,' whispered Malachite tearing his eyes away from a certain blonde princess of Venus.
All of a sudden, the Sabres all froze. They cautiously sniffed the air. The girls didn't notice as they were still hurling snow. As one the Sabres leapt up and over the rock clearing to land one on each of the five men trying to leave. They growled, no more the playful kitten but angry polar bear.
Jadeite reached for his sword only to remember that they had been asked to remove weapons before. 'Protect the Prince,' commanded Malachite. The four formed a circle around the prince.
Pearl lunged and made a swipe for Zoicite's head. He dodged but not enough and received a gash on his forehead.
Malachite snarled. He was leader and protector of them all. That Sabre will pay. He jumped forward and aimed a punch at the Sabre's side and simultaneously kneed it's underbelly before back kicking it to one side. (This is all happening very fast and the other Sabres/princes are not reacting. Excuse the fighting terminology, not sure if it is correct) Pearl rolled back up and roared. The other Sabres roared too.
'Want more, little kitty?' taunted Malachite before attacking Pearl once more. The other Sabres jumped into the fray.
'STOP!' screeched five voices in unison to no avail. 'I see blood,' worried Mina. That did it for them. The princesses all jumped into the fight, each reaching their Sabre and the male that was attacking them.
Good thought Darien as he saw Serena approach, She will call off her beast now. Serena waited for a gap to appear between Crystal and Darien and immediately marched up to him and punched him in the face.
As Malachite was about to club Pearl with a branch he found, Mina stepped right between the Sabre and the branch. Malachite purposely swung a little too wide then let go where the branch went flying off. 'Stupid,' he spat 'I could have brained you senseless..... If you weren't already that is.' Mina glared at him defiantly; Pearl behind her was head-butting her anxiously.
Raye had pretty much done what Serena did yet she added a few kicks to the side for good measure. Jadeite was lying on the ground in shock, totally unprepared for this spitfire to attack him.
Lita had jumped onto Emerald's back and tickled it in the sides and underbelly until he decided that it was more fun to attack his mistress then some stranger that hurt him. Ami had stood there playing her flute which distracted both General and Sabre and calmed them both down.
The girls worriedly check their beasts for injuries while the princes picked themselves off the ground, Sabres were tough they admitted. The girls turned and glared daggers at the princes. 'We told you to stay! What do you think you are doing? This place is off limits to all but us for a very good reason!' huffed Serena.
'How were we to know that when you high tailed and abandoned us! We never would have come if we knew rabid donkey crossed gorillas were here!' shouted Darien, still embarrassed that he was knocked out by a girl no less.
'They are Sabres and highly intelligent which is more than I can say for you!' snapped Ami much to the girls' surprise.
'Highly intelligent indeed if you compare them with yourself,' replied Zoicite who was chagrined that he was the only one bleeding.
Raye and Jadeite were glowering at each other. 'If Garnet was hurt you'd have hell to pay,' she growled. Jadeite smirked. 'It was a fluke, a girl like you could hardly lift an arrow let alone make such intimidating threats.' Raye snarled. That arrogant bastard with that stupid mocking grin she thought.
'Chuffle-brained, bubble headed, ditzy, clueless, senseless, airhead, no mind whatsoever ....' Muttered Malachite, his face stern yet no expression could be read. Mina had no words, her expression said it all, defiance.
Lita was too busy reassuring Emerald to insult the General yet she often looked up shooting dagger glares in his direction. Nephrite bristled. This girl is impossible he thought.
They continued the arguing and insults when a bell-like voice rang through the air.
'Serena, please come inside now, lunch will be served soon and I wish to talk to you. Princes and Senshi are invited too of course.'
'Where is her voice coming from,' wondered Zoicite forgetting he was insulting Ami's intelligence.
'My mother can call me wherever I am though she can not see me fortunately.' Replied Serena trying to straighten up her appearance. That was when they all noticed their appearance. Disheveled, untidy, rumpled, no word could quite describe it. The girls groaned, they will not be able to make it past the Queen; she is not going to be happy.
'Come on,' grumbled Lita patting Emerald farewell, 'let's just get this over with.
Tbc
Whatcha think? Slightly longer to make up for the shortest of the other chap. Its starting off kinda slow but its kinda hard to establish all the characters. A lot more will happen in later chaps. Plz review ^-^!
By the way, this is slightly OOC. Itsa serena/darien senshi/general fic. Thoughts are done in italics but I don't think its showing. I'm sure u'll understand neway. Enjoy! ^-^
Chapter Two
'Serena if you don't stop fidgeting I'm going to cram that rather large pot plant over there down your throat.' Hissed Raye. All five girls were wearing light summer flowing dresses that reached their ankles, and frankly Serena couldn't stand hers. As often as she could get away with it, she wore men's pants or pants with a short skirt and slit to allow freedom of movement.
'She's just nervous, they'll be here soon,' said Mina with a smile.
'They are taking too bloody long,' Serena stopped fidgeting and plastered a fake cheesy smile on her face when the Queen turned to look at them.
'Here they come now,' whispered Ami and all turned towards the teleportation portal.
'Announcing King Adonai and Queen Gaia of Earth and their son, Prince Endymion and his Royal Generals.' Bellowed the herald. A bright flash of light appeared and out stepped the royal family.
'Aah Queen Serenity, it is a pleasure to see you again, you are doing well?' beamed Gaia as the two women embraced. They had only met a few times yet enjoyed each other's company most often spent comparing their headstrong children.
'Well enough, it's good to see you too, come let me introduce my daughter.' Replied Serenity. 'This is Princess Serena, heir to the Moon Kingdom.'
Serena stepped forward, must concentrate she thought, and must not fall over. Serena managed an only slight wobble in her curtsey.
'Why she is beautiful, such grace in one so young, Prince Endymion?' said Gaia. Darien scowled, he hated being called Endymion, it made him sound so old. 'Pleasure to meet you, please call me Darien.' He said as he bowed and straightened up to gaze into the most beautiful eyes he ever saw. They are like the ocean, always shifting with so many shades he mused.
All Serena could was politely nod, she was concentrating on keeping her jaw from dropping. He is young and much more cuter than I expected thought Serena.
'These are Princess Serena's Royal Guardians, her Senshi, Princess Minako of Venus, Princess Raye of Mars, Princess Lita of Jupiter and Princess Ami of Mercury.' Each girl slightly curtsied when mentioned.
'Earth's four Warrior Generals, Princes Malachite, Nephrite, Zoicite and Jadeite.' Each General bowed. (Technically they aren't Princes, it's just a title but they all have estates.) The eight young people looked around rather bored as the King and Queens continued with their small talk. Serena had had enough, they were talking about flowers for goodness sake next they'll move onto napkins or pillows or something equally stupid.
'Excuse me most gracious mother,' interrupted Serena with subtle sarcasm that only those close to her knew and detected, 'It is time for the Sabres to be fed and I do not wish to be late.'
Raye snorted and got an amused yet confused look from Jadeite.
'Of course dear, why don't you show the Prince and his Generals the animals, I'm sure they'll enjoy it.' ordered Serenity and in a whisper that only Serena could her, 'I want to see you all come back together and for the Prince and his Generals to be smiling.'
'I don't think that General can smile,' whispered Mina looking at Malachite, 'his face looks like a rock.' Though a rather handsome rock, I'll admit she secretly thought to herself.
Serena agreed, 'Please follow me,' she said and the girls turned and walked off not looking to see if they were being followed.
Darien shrugged at his Generals, and gave a look that said what the hell and they all followed.
@~@~@~@~@
(The girls are all of the same age but because Serena is so immature, the other girls are like big sisters to her.)
A few years ago, the girls were exploring in the ice caves to the north of the palace, they were in a phase where they were searching for lost treasure of ice fairies, and they had stumbled on a carcass of a mother Sabre. Sabres are like Sabre tooth-tigers but larger and completely white, and were renowned for their loyalty to those they judged worthy. Many a man had been killed in trying to tame such a beast. It was not that uncommon to see them but most people left them alone for fear of being eaten.
The girls had cautiously approached the Sabre and found it quite still. 'It's so pretty,' whispered Serena before gently touching the nose of the beast. Before anyone could move the Sabre had lifted its head and had Serena's hand in its mouth.
'Rena!' cried the girls but Serena didn't move. She gazed into the tiger's eyes and saw great pain but also intelligence there. The Sabre let go of Serena's hand and gazed up at a ledge on a small cliff face. She promptly rolled her eyes and died.
The girls had then climbed the small cliff side and found a cave with five sabre cubs. The girls had each picked one and have cared for them since.
The cubs now lived at the palace in a special enclosure where it was constantly winter. They adored the girls and wouldn't let anyone else feed them or touch them. On the way to the sabres the girls didn't speak to the guys at all. They remained expressionless and were walking quite fast. 'Princess, pray tell us, what are Sabres?' asked the Prince unnerved by the silence.
'They are relatively like your Earth's tigers,' said Ami when Serena refused to talk. Darien raised an eyebrow. 'Tigers?' The tigers on earth were rather savage carnivores; villagers often hunted them to keep their numbers down. This I gotta see he thought.
They came upon a large white fence; rather plain and seemed out of place in such a beautiful place like the palace.
'Prince Endymion,' Serena turned to face him and noticed the grimace that crossed his face, must remember to call him Endymion as often as possible she thought, 'Please stay here while we feed the Sabres.' She turned to leave but he stopped her.
'Just stay here? Well, I always thought that Lunarians were rather rude but what do I look like, a dog?' Darien asked, eyebrow raised.
'No of course not...' replied Serena, 'I find dogs much more appealing. Stay.' She managed to keep a straight face and all girls went inside.
Darien gaped. Did she say what he thought she said? He looked to his friends. Malachite was as stony as ever. Zoicite was studying some of the flowers in the garden and apparently didn't hear. Nephrite and Jadeite however were both looking rather amused.
'You gotta admit, she's different.' Chuckled Jadeite.
'Yeah so is a hippo in a tutu which is what she reminds me of,' muttered Darien. 'Come, I would like to see these beasts of theirs, a little peek would not hurt,' suggested Nephrite, always the more daring one. Darien was rather curious himself so they all entered the gate.
The Generals gaped in shock as they entered an enclosure and found it to be in deep-set winter. (It's summer outside) The place was huge and incredibly beautiful. They were in some sort of huge meadow of snow with trees and flowers that still bloomed; there were caves in the distance and several large footprints around. A pounding could be heard and the Generals glanced at each other nervously for they could tell something big was coming.
'Let us hide,' mouthed Zoicite and they all scrambled behind and onto a large rock cropping that gave them a good view of the middle of the meadow.
Just in time it appeared, as the girls came out from a wooden building carrying large bowls with meat the size of a horse. Each bowl was a different colour and had names inscribed on them. Pearl, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald and Crystal could be made out, (for the girls had found treasure after all.)
The Generals watched curiously as each bowl was place in the clearing and the girls stepped back. Ami then took out a small bamboo flute and began playing. Its soft melodious notes carried over the meadow, and the males were frozen with awe and trepidation. 'It's beautiful,' breathed Zoicite, for in its simplicity the notes sang of warmth and happiness, of open arms and acceptance.
The pounding grew louder and the guys could see five white kittens in the distance. These kittens grew larger and larger and when they finally reached the clearing they saw that those kittens were the height of a large horse and the width of two. The Sabres pounced and nibbled and mock fought as they scrambled to eat their food.
The girls smiled, truly smiled and Darien couldn't help but notice how beautiful they looked. After their meal was finished, each of the Sabres suddenly pounced on each of the girls.
The princes jumped up in alarm before quickly ducking again when they heard it. Laughter. Carefree, unrestrained laughter. The girls were laughing. 'There're mad,' whispered Nephrite. 'Utterly bonkers,' agreed Jadeite.
'Crystal,' chided Serena as she hugged her beloved Sabre, her arms barely encircling its neck. Raye and Lita were both wrestling with their Sabres, kicking up quite a lot of snow. Mina had Pearl sitting, (it was as tall as she was) and was brushing it lovingly. Ami was still playing her little flute while Sapphire purred and wrapped itself around her.
'Lita! You just hit me instead of Emerald!' shouted Raye from her position in the snow. 'Oh don't be such a baby! Emerald would have barely noticed that.' Lita smirked. 'Oh? And would he have noticed this?' demanded Raye as she shoved Lita into the snow. Thus ensued a mock fight that ended up in a free-for-all tickle match with the Sabres trying to join in.
'Come let us leave before we are noticed,' whispered Malachite tearing his eyes away from a certain blonde princess of Venus.
All of a sudden, the Sabres all froze. They cautiously sniffed the air. The girls didn't notice as they were still hurling snow. As one the Sabres leapt up and over the rock clearing to land one on each of the five men trying to leave. They growled, no more the playful kitten but angry polar bear.
Jadeite reached for his sword only to remember that they had been asked to remove weapons before. 'Protect the Prince,' commanded Malachite. The four formed a circle around the prince.
Pearl lunged and made a swipe for Zoicite's head. He dodged but not enough and received a gash on his forehead.
Malachite snarled. He was leader and protector of them all. That Sabre will pay. He jumped forward and aimed a punch at the Sabre's side and simultaneously kneed it's underbelly before back kicking it to one side. (This is all happening very fast and the other Sabres/princes are not reacting. Excuse the fighting terminology, not sure if it is correct) Pearl rolled back up and roared. The other Sabres roared too.
'Want more, little kitty?' taunted Malachite before attacking Pearl once more. The other Sabres jumped into the fray.
'STOP!' screeched five voices in unison to no avail. 'I see blood,' worried Mina. That did it for them. The princesses all jumped into the fight, each reaching their Sabre and the male that was attacking them.
Good thought Darien as he saw Serena approach, She will call off her beast now. Serena waited for a gap to appear between Crystal and Darien and immediately marched up to him and punched him in the face.
As Malachite was about to club Pearl with a branch he found, Mina stepped right between the Sabre and the branch. Malachite purposely swung a little too wide then let go where the branch went flying off. 'Stupid,' he spat 'I could have brained you senseless..... If you weren't already that is.' Mina glared at him defiantly; Pearl behind her was head-butting her anxiously.
Raye had pretty much done what Serena did yet she added a few kicks to the side for good measure. Jadeite was lying on the ground in shock, totally unprepared for this spitfire to attack him.
Lita had jumped onto Emerald's back and tickled it in the sides and underbelly until he decided that it was more fun to attack his mistress then some stranger that hurt him. Ami had stood there playing her flute which distracted both General and Sabre and calmed them both down.
The girls worriedly check their beasts for injuries while the princes picked themselves off the ground, Sabres were tough they admitted. The girls turned and glared daggers at the princes. 'We told you to stay! What do you think you are doing? This place is off limits to all but us for a very good reason!' huffed Serena.
'How were we to know that when you high tailed and abandoned us! We never would have come if we knew rabid donkey crossed gorillas were here!' shouted Darien, still embarrassed that he was knocked out by a girl no less.
'They are Sabres and highly intelligent which is more than I can say for you!' snapped Ami much to the girls' surprise.
'Highly intelligent indeed if you compare them with yourself,' replied Zoicite who was chagrined that he was the only one bleeding.
Raye and Jadeite were glowering at each other. 'If Garnet was hurt you'd have hell to pay,' she growled. Jadeite smirked. 'It was a fluke, a girl like you could hardly lift an arrow let alone make such intimidating threats.' Raye snarled. That arrogant bastard with that stupid mocking grin she thought.
'Chuffle-brained, bubble headed, ditzy, clueless, senseless, airhead, no mind whatsoever ....' Muttered Malachite, his face stern yet no expression could be read. Mina had no words, her expression said it all, defiance.
Lita was too busy reassuring Emerald to insult the General yet she often looked up shooting dagger glares in his direction. Nephrite bristled. This girl is impossible he thought.
They continued the arguing and insults when a bell-like voice rang through the air.
'Serena, please come inside now, lunch will be served soon and I wish to talk to you. Princes and Senshi are invited too of course.'
'Where is her voice coming from,' wondered Zoicite forgetting he was insulting Ami's intelligence.
'My mother can call me wherever I am though she can not see me fortunately.' Replied Serena trying to straighten up her appearance. That was when they all noticed their appearance. Disheveled, untidy, rumpled, no word could quite describe it. The girls groaned, they will not be able to make it past the Queen; she is not going to be happy.
'Come on,' grumbled Lita patting Emerald farewell, 'let's just get this over with.
Tbc
Whatcha think? Slightly longer to make up for the shortest of the other chap. Its starting off kinda slow but its kinda hard to establish all the characters. A lot more will happen in later chaps. Plz review ^-^!