This will be the last chapter of First Kisses?, people, for your
information. In the last chapter, Chapter 25, Serena had a discussion
with several other Scouts. And they had this discussion of theirs with
each other in the Imperial Palace's Hebron Garden, prior to a Christmas
Day/Night party and/or ball. This vision hinted, at least, at the next
adventure for Serena and several other people who were close enough to
her in her life, in fact. Supposing that it didn't do more than that,
of course.
In this last chapter, Serena and several others will have to part for at least a while from their Terran friends. For their Terran friends will have other things that they then will have to do in each of their lives, obviously enough. Serena and others won't like it, naturally enough. But it will still have to be done, just the same, in fact. Especially if Serena and others will actually want to survive for a long enough time into the future, if at all possible, somehow, of course.
Now, without any further ado, if we may, readers, let's get on with this last chapter for First Kisses? and see just how it closes out this story, and leads into the next one. Please feel free to read, review, and enjoy the rest of this story, if at all possible, and if at all desired, people. Remember, everyone, A Rather Hostile Takeover will be the next story in this particular story series of mine. I will give you at least a few hints about it, after I close out this particular story. And then you can go from there, if you wish or need to do so, in fact.
First Kisses?
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Moon City Spaceport
Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon
January 10, 987
About two or three weeks later, Darien felt that he needed to return to Earth again, so that he could check up on a few things there relating to his nation's current joint project with the Moon Kingdom. So he eventually told all the necessary people that. Even Serena, of course.
Serena naturally pleaded with him not to leave the Moon again, for all the obvious reasons,
of course. But she still realized that he needed to get back to the Earth for various reasons that were likely too numerous to mention. She said, during one of their brief meetings right after New Year's Day, "Prince Darien, I most certainly will miss you very much while you're away from me."
"I'm sure you will, Serena. But do you want a possible future for us, if at all possible,
Serena?"
"Sure I do, Darien. I just wish you didn't have to be on Earth so often to better our chances at having that future with each other, if at all possible, Darien."
"I know that, Serena. But what happens if the Negaverse destroys your Moon Kingdom? Won't you want to survive, and end up somewhere where you won't likely have to worry about them for at least a little while?"
"I suppose so. But is that supposed to make me miss you any less?"
"I guess not. You're going to miss me, no matter what, whenever we're apart, Serena. I've now come to understand that about you, after about ten or so years of knowing you in my life, more or less."
"All right, Darien. If you feel you must go back to your world for a while, then so be it. But before you go, please let's take at least one more walk together here on the grounds of the Imperial Palace."
"No kissing, perhaps?"
"No kissing, Prince Darien. Or at least not, most likely, until I'm a teenager, I think. And that'll be in about thirty months or so, I think, Prince Darien, if my math's sufficiently correct."
"So when you turn thirteen, maybe you'll want to kiss me at least once, Serena?"
"At the very earliest, I believe."
They talked a little longer during that very meeting, before they parted from each other again. Then Prince Darien began getting ready to return to Earth not more than a few hours later. And so did Rolando and Sylvia, for they'd also be returning again to Earth, of course. Naturally, Sylvia's three siblings would be going with them, of course. Even though, by then, Ulysses, Rebecca, and Martha would probably have preferred to stay on the Moon, for all the obvious reasons, instead of going back to where they all came from on Earth.
The last few days before the four aforementioned Wakefields left the Moon with Rolando and Darien were often quite hectic for them all, of course. Especially for Sylvia, for she often enjoyed being on the Moon whenever possible. And she'd begun to develop a very close friendship with a number of the Moon Kingdom's Princesses. Even Serena, and she'd probably miss them very much whenever she wasn't with them, of course.
Sylvia and several of the other Princesses then had one final slumber party with each other the night before Sylvia would have to return to Earth with Darien, Rolando, and her three siblings. This was so that they might have something to remember for a while, if they'd not actually see each other again for at least a little while, of course.
They had that slumber party the night of January 9, 987, which was about three days after Hannah's last birthday, about four days before Beatrice's next birthday, and about a week before Aurora's next birthday. Not to mention about two weeks before Sylvia's next birthday on January 25, as a matter of fact. They didn't know if they'd all see each other again before Sylvia's birthday, at least, of course. But they knew that it'd not be likely that they'd be able to see each other again for a long enough time in the next week or two. So, not only did they decide to have a slumber party with each other, they all decided to celebrate the birthdays of Beatrice and Aurora at least a few days ahead of time. That was just in case Sylvia couldn't be around to help them celebrate Aurora and Beatrice's birthdays on their actual dates. They stayed up almost all night on the night of January 9, 987. And some of them stayed up even several hours more into the following morning of January 10, 987.
Now, it was about an hour past local noon in the Moon City area of the Moon. And Darien and his fellow Terrans were getting their things put on the necessary shuttle between Moon City on the Moon and Kyoto, Japan, on Earth. As they were doing so, they all said their farewells to their friends from the Moon Kingdom. Even all three of Sylvia's siblings, of course. Sylvia said, "On behalf of me and my siblings, I'd like to thank you all for the hospitality you gave to each of us while we were here on the Moon with you. I hope that we can see each other at least once more in the next few weeks, months, or years. God willing, of course."
"It was our pleasure, Sylvia. Feel free to visit us again any particular time that you get the chance to do so, if you want, and if at all possible, Sylvia. The same thing goes for your siblings, of course."
"Maybe we'll take you up on that at least once more, Queen Serenity."
"Prince Ulysses, did you enjoy yourself while you were with us?"
"Sure, Queen Serenity. I especially liked the horses we were actually able to ride just before Christmas Day here on the Moon."
"I suppose so. You ride well, it seems. Just as your older sister Sylvia seems to be able to do quite often."
"Well, thank you for making it possible for us to stay with you and your people for a while here on the Moon."
"No problem, Prince Ulysses."
Rebecca then said, "Thank you for the nice dress you gave to me, Queen Serenity and Moon Princess Serena."
"It was our pleasure, Princess Rebecca," said Serena, when her mother nodded to her to respond to Rebecca's just-made comment. "I hope that you can wear it rather often in the future, if at all possible. When you wear it, please try to think of us all here on the Moon, if you possibly can."
"Understood, Moon Princess Serena. I'll try to do that whenever I can in the future."
Then Martha said, "Thank you, Princesses Raye, Amy, Lita, and Mina, for writing up a story for me to read from several scrolls, whenever possible, in the future. I've not yet begun to read it. But I really do hope that I'll enjoy reading it, in the future, whenever I can read at least a little bit of it then."
"No problem, Princess Martha," said all four of those Princesses, of course, before Amy added, "There may even be some more surprise gifts for you Terrans now on your shuttle, which you might receive later, once you all return to your respective homes. I won't say what they are, if there are any such surprise gifts for you now on your shuttle. But if there are, I hope that you'll all enjoy them, and I think the rest of us Moon Kingdom royals who are now seeing you off from here feel much the same way, if not entirely, Princess Martha."
"Girls, if you do have some more surprise gifts for us on our shuttle, did you really have to put them on it?" asked Princess Sylvia.
"If so, yes, Sylvia, for we now consider all six of you Terrans our friends," answered Serena.
"I see." Sylvia then caught a wave from Darien out of the corner of her left eye. He was motioning to her that she should now send her siblings over to the shuttle in question, so that her three siblings could get settled down enough in it before it'd leave the Moon City Spaceport. Sylvia then said, "Uly, Becca, and Martha, go to the shuttle. I'll be with you shortly. Tell Darien to come back here for a moment. And then have Rolando bring you into the shuttle. Don't look back, please, when you go to the shuttle. For if you do, at least one of you might start to cry. And that might make you feel rather embarrassed. I know that you three really don't want that to happen to you here. So please do as I'm telling you to do now, without any argument from any of you. I'm really not in the mood right now to argue with any of you kids, in fact. So please don't try me here right now."
So Ulysses, Rebecca, and Martha did exactly as their older sister told them to do, without any argument from them about it. Darien appeared at Sylvia's side a few moments later. Then Sylvia said, "Queen Serenity, I'd like you to take everyone but Serena back into the spaceport's terminal, so that Darien and I can have a few moments alone with Serena, before we go again."
Serenity said, "Sure, Sylvia. Come on, Daniel, and girls, so that Darien and Sylvia can be alone with Serena for a few moments more."
Several of the other Princesses were about to object. But when they saw a certain look in Queen Serenity's eyes that let them know that she'd not stand for them to disobey her at the current time, they all fortunately thought better of it. And they all followed her, Prince Daniel, and the rest of the Princesses besides Serena back to the spaceport's terminal. This, of course, was for the obvious reasons. Serena and her two Terran friends watched them go, until they were all sufficiently enough out of sight here. And then Serena said, "Prince Darien, I will miss you most of all you Terrans. Please try to be back here as soon as you can. Or at least try to send me message canisters as often as you possibly can."
"Understood. I'll see what I can do to get back to you again in the very near future, Serena. But I really can't make any promises on how soon I might be able to do that again for a long enough period of time. I'll certainly try to stay in regular enough touch with you, though. You can be sure that I'll at least try to do that, Serena."
"Thank you, honey."
"Is there anything else you want from me, before I go, then, Serena?"
"Hold me for a moment, and give me a hug, at least. That is, of course, if Sylvia won't mind you doing that at all."
"No, I don't mind if he does that for you, Serena."
"All right, Serena. Are you sure you don't want anything more than that right now?"
"Yes, sweetheart, I am. Please do it, before I change my mind about it, though, Darien."
So Darien opened his arms, and Serena literally flew into them, as the tears then began pouring out of her eyes, and down her cheeks. As they poured down her cheeks, he held her close to him. But not too close, of course. He did this at least until she somehow managed to cry herself out about five minutes after she'd flown into his arms, if not longer.
When she stopped crying, he then asked, "Are you done now with crying, Serena Moon?"
"Yes, I suppose so. One of these days, we'll never be apart again, if at all possible. And then we'll never have to cry again, if we don't ever want to again, I hope."
"Just not here in this time period?"
"I think so, Darien. Maybe in about two millennia, that'll not be the case. But for now, at least, it is."
"You mean no earlier than the 30th Century, don't you, Serena?"
"Yes, I do, Darien. I don't like it, of course. But it still is the case, no matter how much I might hate it. So I suppose that I have to deal with it to the best of my ability to do so, whenever I possibly can do just that in my life."
"Understood. Now may I get on the shuttle, Serena?"
"Yes, I suppose. Go with God, then, my dearest honey."
"If at all possible, I'll do exactly that, Serena."
Then Darien left Serena behind with Sylvia again. And he didn't look back as he hurried to the shuttle in question, just as a loud siren sounded near it. That siren then told Serena and Sylvia that Sylvia had only about five more minutes to get on board it, and settled well enough in her seat, before the shuttle would then begin leaving the spaceport behind.
Serena and Sylvia looked at each other for a few more seconds of that precious time before departure. And then Sylvia said, "Serena, I'll be thinking of you quite often while we're again apart from each other, I'm sure. I hope that you'll do the same, if at all possible for you, Serena."
"Sure I will, Sylvia. I also wish that you didn't really have to leave, of course."
"Well, if Darien's needed on Earth again, I suppose that I, my dear siblings, and Rolando, at least, are also needed on it again. Don't worry, Serena. For I don't really know just how come I'm sure here, and I don't really know when it'll happen again, that we'll somehow see each other again in the future, at least once more, before the likely end of the Moon Kingdom. God willing, of course."
"Be very careful with yourself, then, Sylvia, if at all possible. Please try not to reveal, to anyone else who doesn't already know of it, your current secret identity as the Junior Sailor Scout named 'Junior Sailor Skyhorse', at least as long as we're not all together again with each other,
Sylvia."
"I'll do my best not to do that, Serena. But it may be hard for me to keep Uly, Becca, and Martha, at least, from learning about it at all. For I'm rather close to my three siblings in my life, if not also to my parents. And they're all rather close to me, of course."
"Understood. I suppose you better leave now, then, Sylvia. Or you'll be stranded here for a while longer. Even though you'd probably rather go home for at least a little while, if at all possible."
"Agreed. May the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David then watch over all of you while we're again apart. And may He somehow bring us all together again with each other sometime in the very near future."
"Thank you, Sylvia. Now you better get on your shuttle before it's too late to do so."
Sylvia briefly embraced Serena for a few seconds. And then Sylvia hurried, as well, to the shuttle without looking back even once. About two minutes before the shuttle would begin leaving the spaceport, Sylvia boarded it, turned briefly toward where Serena was waving at her, and waved back for a few seconds more, at most. With that done here, she then hurried to her seat in it. And she was securely enough into it before the shuttle began its needed departure procedures to leave the spaceport, if it hadn't already begun to do so.
Ten minutes later, at most, the shuttle was out of Serena's sight, and heading on course as quickly as it could for Earth. Serena stayed where she'd waved at Sylvia for at least a few moments after it was too far away from her to see it easily enough. And she said a silent prayer that all the people now aboard that shuttle would get to each of their respective destinations on Earth safely enough, wherever each of those destinations might be on Earth's planetary surface.
After doing so, Serena then eventually went back to the spaceport's terminal. And she rejoined the rest of her fellow Moon Kingdom royals in it. After doing that, she soon left the spaceport with her current companions for the Imperial Palace.
Eventually, things did get back to normal as much as they possibly could, at least for a while. And they stayed that way for at least a few days, if not weeks, on the Moon for all the Moon Kingdom royals now there with Serena and her crowd of people. They'd stay that way at least until Serena and her crowd would find another adventure of any sort had just come their way, of course. No matter where that particular adventure might actually ever take them all in God's very own Universe.
And as they lived their lives again as normally as possible, while waiting for another adventure to somehow come their ways again in that Universe, they all tried to enjoy themselves at least a little bit. Even Serena, although she was naturally missing her Terran friends Darien, Sylvia,
and Rolando, at least, if not other Terrans as well. Serena would often look for the Earth in the skies, whenever she possibly could. But she wasn't always able to find it whenever the weather didn't permit her to get even a glimpse of it. Like whenever a major storm came through the Moon City area of the Moon, for instance. However, she was usually able to see it several times a week, on the average, while she and her crowd waited for their next adventure to come their way.
Much of her free time was often spent with her sisters, and with Amy, Mina, Raye, and Lita,
at least, if not other people in her life, of course. But not all of it, for all the obvious reasons. And she often hoped for a quick return to the Moon by Prince Darien, at least, if not also Prince Rolando and Princess Sylvia. Even though she knew that might not be possible for them for at least a while, she still often hoped that it'd be possible for Darien, at least, if not also other Terran friends of hers, to somehow return to the Moon for at least a few days or weeks, if not longer. And this would be the case, at least until she saw him, if not other Terrans besides him, at least once again in her life. In the meantime, she tried to the best of her ability to remain rather calm around other people in her life. But, of course, she wasn't always successful, especially around Raye, for all the obvious reasons.
End of Story Three
A Rather Hostile Takeover will be the next volume of this particular series of mine here. To date, the completed and uploaded volumes for this series are "The Beginning Of It All," "Meeting The Menace," and "First Kisses?", with at least three more completed volumes, if not more than that, still to be put up here, eventually, on That's only if, and when, time permits me to upload them all completely, quite obviously. To this point, at least, the currently-known Sailor Scouts have all generally been rather successful in battle against their assorted enemies from the Negaverse. But the tide of battle will start to change quite soon and begin to cause them and others sufficiently close to them quite a bit more trouble than they have yet faced in their lives as Scouts. And they will begin to see many things that they will wish that they had never seen, if they haven't already begun to do so in actual physical reality. The Negaverse will start to turn the tide of battle toward themselves in the Scouts' next adventure. How so, I can't yet say, for the obvious reasons. Rest assured, though, people, it most certainly won't bode well for the Scouts and those close enough to them in each of their lives, in fact. And when that happens, the Scouts will eventually find that they won't be able to totally stop what will eventually happen. Short of the probable total sacrifice by Queen Serenity, of course.
A Rather Hostile Takeover will still take at least some time to put up here, just the same,
readers. For I have not yet completed the series, even though I've written at least partly into the seventh volume of this series, if not totally into it. Six volumes are complete. The seventh volume in this series is in progress, as of the current time. And the Moon Kingdom hasn't yet fallen at the point that I am now at in its series. When I finish getting the first six volumes of this story series up, I will start to upload the seventh one. And then we can go from there, once you have seen all that I'll have by that time for "The Chrysanthemum Chronicles" story series, readers. I don't expect to be able to start uploading the seventh volume in the series for at least a few weeks or months, though, people. For each volume in this particular story series of mine here is generally of good size, whenever possible, in fact, readers. There are many more things yet to come in this series. But if I say too much more than that right now and right here, you might choose not to continue reading this series, I think. For I might then be spoiling it for you all here, obviously enough, of course. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!
In this last chapter, Serena and several others will have to part for at least a while from their Terran friends. For their Terran friends will have other things that they then will have to do in each of their lives, obviously enough. Serena and others won't like it, naturally enough. But it will still have to be done, just the same, in fact. Especially if Serena and others will actually want to survive for a long enough time into the future, if at all possible, somehow, of course.
Now, without any further ado, if we may, readers, let's get on with this last chapter for First Kisses? and see just how it closes out this story, and leads into the next one. Please feel free to read, review, and enjoy the rest of this story, if at all possible, and if at all desired, people. Remember, everyone, A Rather Hostile Takeover will be the next story in this particular story series of mine. I will give you at least a few hints about it, after I close out this particular story. And then you can go from there, if you wish or need to do so, in fact.
First Kisses?
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Moon City Spaceport
Moon City, Moon Kingdom, Moon
January 10, 987
About two or three weeks later, Darien felt that he needed to return to Earth again, so that he could check up on a few things there relating to his nation's current joint project with the Moon Kingdom. So he eventually told all the necessary people that. Even Serena, of course.
Serena naturally pleaded with him not to leave the Moon again, for all the obvious reasons,
of course. But she still realized that he needed to get back to the Earth for various reasons that were likely too numerous to mention. She said, during one of their brief meetings right after New Year's Day, "Prince Darien, I most certainly will miss you very much while you're away from me."
"I'm sure you will, Serena. But do you want a possible future for us, if at all possible,
Serena?"
"Sure I do, Darien. I just wish you didn't have to be on Earth so often to better our chances at having that future with each other, if at all possible, Darien."
"I know that, Serena. But what happens if the Negaverse destroys your Moon Kingdom? Won't you want to survive, and end up somewhere where you won't likely have to worry about them for at least a little while?"
"I suppose so. But is that supposed to make me miss you any less?"
"I guess not. You're going to miss me, no matter what, whenever we're apart, Serena. I've now come to understand that about you, after about ten or so years of knowing you in my life, more or less."
"All right, Darien. If you feel you must go back to your world for a while, then so be it. But before you go, please let's take at least one more walk together here on the grounds of the Imperial Palace."
"No kissing, perhaps?"
"No kissing, Prince Darien. Or at least not, most likely, until I'm a teenager, I think. And that'll be in about thirty months or so, I think, Prince Darien, if my math's sufficiently correct."
"So when you turn thirteen, maybe you'll want to kiss me at least once, Serena?"
"At the very earliest, I believe."
They talked a little longer during that very meeting, before they parted from each other again. Then Prince Darien began getting ready to return to Earth not more than a few hours later. And so did Rolando and Sylvia, for they'd also be returning again to Earth, of course. Naturally, Sylvia's three siblings would be going with them, of course. Even though, by then, Ulysses, Rebecca, and Martha would probably have preferred to stay on the Moon, for all the obvious reasons, instead of going back to where they all came from on Earth.
The last few days before the four aforementioned Wakefields left the Moon with Rolando and Darien were often quite hectic for them all, of course. Especially for Sylvia, for she often enjoyed being on the Moon whenever possible. And she'd begun to develop a very close friendship with a number of the Moon Kingdom's Princesses. Even Serena, and she'd probably miss them very much whenever she wasn't with them, of course.
Sylvia and several of the other Princesses then had one final slumber party with each other the night before Sylvia would have to return to Earth with Darien, Rolando, and her three siblings. This was so that they might have something to remember for a while, if they'd not actually see each other again for at least a little while, of course.
They had that slumber party the night of January 9, 987, which was about three days after Hannah's last birthday, about four days before Beatrice's next birthday, and about a week before Aurora's next birthday. Not to mention about two weeks before Sylvia's next birthday on January 25, as a matter of fact. They didn't know if they'd all see each other again before Sylvia's birthday, at least, of course. But they knew that it'd not be likely that they'd be able to see each other again for a long enough time in the next week or two. So, not only did they decide to have a slumber party with each other, they all decided to celebrate the birthdays of Beatrice and Aurora at least a few days ahead of time. That was just in case Sylvia couldn't be around to help them celebrate Aurora and Beatrice's birthdays on their actual dates. They stayed up almost all night on the night of January 9, 987. And some of them stayed up even several hours more into the following morning of January 10, 987.
Now, it was about an hour past local noon in the Moon City area of the Moon. And Darien and his fellow Terrans were getting their things put on the necessary shuttle between Moon City on the Moon and Kyoto, Japan, on Earth. As they were doing so, they all said their farewells to their friends from the Moon Kingdom. Even all three of Sylvia's siblings, of course. Sylvia said, "On behalf of me and my siblings, I'd like to thank you all for the hospitality you gave to each of us while we were here on the Moon with you. I hope that we can see each other at least once more in the next few weeks, months, or years. God willing, of course."
"It was our pleasure, Sylvia. Feel free to visit us again any particular time that you get the chance to do so, if you want, and if at all possible, Sylvia. The same thing goes for your siblings, of course."
"Maybe we'll take you up on that at least once more, Queen Serenity."
"Prince Ulysses, did you enjoy yourself while you were with us?"
"Sure, Queen Serenity. I especially liked the horses we were actually able to ride just before Christmas Day here on the Moon."
"I suppose so. You ride well, it seems. Just as your older sister Sylvia seems to be able to do quite often."
"Well, thank you for making it possible for us to stay with you and your people for a while here on the Moon."
"No problem, Prince Ulysses."
Rebecca then said, "Thank you for the nice dress you gave to me, Queen Serenity and Moon Princess Serena."
"It was our pleasure, Princess Rebecca," said Serena, when her mother nodded to her to respond to Rebecca's just-made comment. "I hope that you can wear it rather often in the future, if at all possible. When you wear it, please try to think of us all here on the Moon, if you possibly can."
"Understood, Moon Princess Serena. I'll try to do that whenever I can in the future."
Then Martha said, "Thank you, Princesses Raye, Amy, Lita, and Mina, for writing up a story for me to read from several scrolls, whenever possible, in the future. I've not yet begun to read it. But I really do hope that I'll enjoy reading it, in the future, whenever I can read at least a little bit of it then."
"No problem, Princess Martha," said all four of those Princesses, of course, before Amy added, "There may even be some more surprise gifts for you Terrans now on your shuttle, which you might receive later, once you all return to your respective homes. I won't say what they are, if there are any such surprise gifts for you now on your shuttle. But if there are, I hope that you'll all enjoy them, and I think the rest of us Moon Kingdom royals who are now seeing you off from here feel much the same way, if not entirely, Princess Martha."
"Girls, if you do have some more surprise gifts for us on our shuttle, did you really have to put them on it?" asked Princess Sylvia.
"If so, yes, Sylvia, for we now consider all six of you Terrans our friends," answered Serena.
"I see." Sylvia then caught a wave from Darien out of the corner of her left eye. He was motioning to her that she should now send her siblings over to the shuttle in question, so that her three siblings could get settled down enough in it before it'd leave the Moon City Spaceport. Sylvia then said, "Uly, Becca, and Martha, go to the shuttle. I'll be with you shortly. Tell Darien to come back here for a moment. And then have Rolando bring you into the shuttle. Don't look back, please, when you go to the shuttle. For if you do, at least one of you might start to cry. And that might make you feel rather embarrassed. I know that you three really don't want that to happen to you here. So please do as I'm telling you to do now, without any argument from any of you. I'm really not in the mood right now to argue with any of you kids, in fact. So please don't try me here right now."
So Ulysses, Rebecca, and Martha did exactly as their older sister told them to do, without any argument from them about it. Darien appeared at Sylvia's side a few moments later. Then Sylvia said, "Queen Serenity, I'd like you to take everyone but Serena back into the spaceport's terminal, so that Darien and I can have a few moments alone with Serena, before we go again."
Serenity said, "Sure, Sylvia. Come on, Daniel, and girls, so that Darien and Sylvia can be alone with Serena for a few moments more."
Several of the other Princesses were about to object. But when they saw a certain look in Queen Serenity's eyes that let them know that she'd not stand for them to disobey her at the current time, they all fortunately thought better of it. And they all followed her, Prince Daniel, and the rest of the Princesses besides Serena back to the spaceport's terminal. This, of course, was for the obvious reasons. Serena and her two Terran friends watched them go, until they were all sufficiently enough out of sight here. And then Serena said, "Prince Darien, I will miss you most of all you Terrans. Please try to be back here as soon as you can. Or at least try to send me message canisters as often as you possibly can."
"Understood. I'll see what I can do to get back to you again in the very near future, Serena. But I really can't make any promises on how soon I might be able to do that again for a long enough period of time. I'll certainly try to stay in regular enough touch with you, though. You can be sure that I'll at least try to do that, Serena."
"Thank you, honey."
"Is there anything else you want from me, before I go, then, Serena?"
"Hold me for a moment, and give me a hug, at least. That is, of course, if Sylvia won't mind you doing that at all."
"No, I don't mind if he does that for you, Serena."
"All right, Serena. Are you sure you don't want anything more than that right now?"
"Yes, sweetheart, I am. Please do it, before I change my mind about it, though, Darien."
So Darien opened his arms, and Serena literally flew into them, as the tears then began pouring out of her eyes, and down her cheeks. As they poured down her cheeks, he held her close to him. But not too close, of course. He did this at least until she somehow managed to cry herself out about five minutes after she'd flown into his arms, if not longer.
When she stopped crying, he then asked, "Are you done now with crying, Serena Moon?"
"Yes, I suppose so. One of these days, we'll never be apart again, if at all possible. And then we'll never have to cry again, if we don't ever want to again, I hope."
"Just not here in this time period?"
"I think so, Darien. Maybe in about two millennia, that'll not be the case. But for now, at least, it is."
"You mean no earlier than the 30th Century, don't you, Serena?"
"Yes, I do, Darien. I don't like it, of course. But it still is the case, no matter how much I might hate it. So I suppose that I have to deal with it to the best of my ability to do so, whenever I possibly can do just that in my life."
"Understood. Now may I get on the shuttle, Serena?"
"Yes, I suppose. Go with God, then, my dearest honey."
"If at all possible, I'll do exactly that, Serena."
Then Darien left Serena behind with Sylvia again. And he didn't look back as he hurried to the shuttle in question, just as a loud siren sounded near it. That siren then told Serena and Sylvia that Sylvia had only about five more minutes to get on board it, and settled well enough in her seat, before the shuttle would then begin leaving the spaceport behind.
Serena and Sylvia looked at each other for a few more seconds of that precious time before departure. And then Sylvia said, "Serena, I'll be thinking of you quite often while we're again apart from each other, I'm sure. I hope that you'll do the same, if at all possible for you, Serena."
"Sure I will, Sylvia. I also wish that you didn't really have to leave, of course."
"Well, if Darien's needed on Earth again, I suppose that I, my dear siblings, and Rolando, at least, are also needed on it again. Don't worry, Serena. For I don't really know just how come I'm sure here, and I don't really know when it'll happen again, that we'll somehow see each other again in the future, at least once more, before the likely end of the Moon Kingdom. God willing, of course."
"Be very careful with yourself, then, Sylvia, if at all possible. Please try not to reveal, to anyone else who doesn't already know of it, your current secret identity as the Junior Sailor Scout named 'Junior Sailor Skyhorse', at least as long as we're not all together again with each other,
Sylvia."
"I'll do my best not to do that, Serena. But it may be hard for me to keep Uly, Becca, and Martha, at least, from learning about it at all. For I'm rather close to my three siblings in my life, if not also to my parents. And they're all rather close to me, of course."
"Understood. I suppose you better leave now, then, Sylvia. Or you'll be stranded here for a while longer. Even though you'd probably rather go home for at least a little while, if at all possible."
"Agreed. May the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David then watch over all of you while we're again apart. And may He somehow bring us all together again with each other sometime in the very near future."
"Thank you, Sylvia. Now you better get on your shuttle before it's too late to do so."
Sylvia briefly embraced Serena for a few seconds. And then Sylvia hurried, as well, to the shuttle without looking back even once. About two minutes before the shuttle would begin leaving the spaceport, Sylvia boarded it, turned briefly toward where Serena was waving at her, and waved back for a few seconds more, at most. With that done here, she then hurried to her seat in it. And she was securely enough into it before the shuttle began its needed departure procedures to leave the spaceport, if it hadn't already begun to do so.
Ten minutes later, at most, the shuttle was out of Serena's sight, and heading on course as quickly as it could for Earth. Serena stayed where she'd waved at Sylvia for at least a few moments after it was too far away from her to see it easily enough. And she said a silent prayer that all the people now aboard that shuttle would get to each of their respective destinations on Earth safely enough, wherever each of those destinations might be on Earth's planetary surface.
After doing so, Serena then eventually went back to the spaceport's terminal. And she rejoined the rest of her fellow Moon Kingdom royals in it. After doing that, she soon left the spaceport with her current companions for the Imperial Palace.
Eventually, things did get back to normal as much as they possibly could, at least for a while. And they stayed that way for at least a few days, if not weeks, on the Moon for all the Moon Kingdom royals now there with Serena and her crowd of people. They'd stay that way at least until Serena and her crowd would find another adventure of any sort had just come their way, of course. No matter where that particular adventure might actually ever take them all in God's very own Universe.
And as they lived their lives again as normally as possible, while waiting for another adventure to somehow come their ways again in that Universe, they all tried to enjoy themselves at least a little bit. Even Serena, although she was naturally missing her Terran friends Darien, Sylvia,
and Rolando, at least, if not other Terrans as well. Serena would often look for the Earth in the skies, whenever she possibly could. But she wasn't always able to find it whenever the weather didn't permit her to get even a glimpse of it. Like whenever a major storm came through the Moon City area of the Moon, for instance. However, she was usually able to see it several times a week, on the average, while she and her crowd waited for their next adventure to come their way.
Much of her free time was often spent with her sisters, and with Amy, Mina, Raye, and Lita,
at least, if not other people in her life, of course. But not all of it, for all the obvious reasons. And she often hoped for a quick return to the Moon by Prince Darien, at least, if not also Prince Rolando and Princess Sylvia. Even though she knew that might not be possible for them for at least a while, she still often hoped that it'd be possible for Darien, at least, if not also other Terran friends of hers, to somehow return to the Moon for at least a few days or weeks, if not longer. And this would be the case, at least until she saw him, if not other Terrans besides him, at least once again in her life. In the meantime, she tried to the best of her ability to remain rather calm around other people in her life. But, of course, she wasn't always successful, especially around Raye, for all the obvious reasons.
End of Story Three
A Rather Hostile Takeover will be the next volume of this particular series of mine here. To date, the completed and uploaded volumes for this series are "The Beginning Of It All," "Meeting The Menace," and "First Kisses?", with at least three more completed volumes, if not more than that, still to be put up here, eventually, on That's only if, and when, time permits me to upload them all completely, quite obviously. To this point, at least, the currently-known Sailor Scouts have all generally been rather successful in battle against their assorted enemies from the Negaverse. But the tide of battle will start to change quite soon and begin to cause them and others sufficiently close to them quite a bit more trouble than they have yet faced in their lives as Scouts. And they will begin to see many things that they will wish that they had never seen, if they haven't already begun to do so in actual physical reality. The Negaverse will start to turn the tide of battle toward themselves in the Scouts' next adventure. How so, I can't yet say, for the obvious reasons. Rest assured, though, people, it most certainly won't bode well for the Scouts and those close enough to them in each of their lives, in fact. And when that happens, the Scouts will eventually find that they won't be able to totally stop what will eventually happen. Short of the probable total sacrifice by Queen Serenity, of course.
A Rather Hostile Takeover will still take at least some time to put up here, just the same,
readers. For I have not yet completed the series, even though I've written at least partly into the seventh volume of this series, if not totally into it. Six volumes are complete. The seventh volume in this series is in progress, as of the current time. And the Moon Kingdom hasn't yet fallen at the point that I am now at in its series. When I finish getting the first six volumes of this story series up, I will start to upload the seventh one. And then we can go from there, once you have seen all that I'll have by that time for "The Chrysanthemum Chronicles" story series, readers. I don't expect to be able to start uploading the seventh volume in the series for at least a few weeks or months, though, people. For each volume in this particular story series of mine here is generally of good size, whenever possible, in fact, readers. There are many more things yet to come in this series. But if I say too much more than that right now and right here, you might choose not to continue reading this series, I think. For I might then be spoiling it for you all here, obviously enough, of course. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!