Author's Note:
I am revising all of my stories. So this is just an updated, edited, and cleaned up version of the old story. Enjoy.
Return of the Moon Princess
Chapter Two:
Cosmos walked out onto the training field with Darien. The scouts stopped training and Cosmos let her gaze fall onto Sailor Moon. "As you are all aware of by now a war is coming up. We must strive to get stronger and to get Sailor Moon ready..." Cosmos left off when she saw the angry stare form the scouts. "Is there a problem?" She asked anger edging into her voice.
"Sailor Mini Moon will be ready." Mars said making the word Mini stand out. Sailor Cosmos closed her eyes and a silver light started to come from her body. She opened them and saw the fear in Mars' eyes.
"The Sailor Moon you use to know has been dead!!!!!! You have offended your Queen by not getting her daughter ready to take her place." Her words seem to echo off the sky and the clouds seemed darker. They all nodded and the silver light died down. "If you want to protect what Serena left you, then you must defend it with your life, I am here to help you, my power is far beyond yours or any other scout...the outers will be here soon enough to help us also." Cosmos looked away from them all. "After this war there will be 10 years of peace...do yourselves a favor by settling down and having children to take your place in the future." Cosmos voice broke and they all looked confusedly at her. She looked at them and held on my tightly to her staff. "The pain of being alone forever is too great for some people; you must be strong to get through it..." She whispered.
They all nodded and Mars took a step closer. "Serena could never do that...she hated to be alone." She said.
Cosmos smiled at her "If only you knew." She said and turned her back toward them. "Continue to train...we have 2 weeks before the war will break out." Cosmos said and started to walk away.
"Who are we fighting against?" Jupiter asked.
Cosmos stopped and turned her heard toward them. "Prince Diamond had an heir when you killed him...his son seeks revenge..." With that said Cosmos walked back into the palace leaving the scouts and Darien alone. The minute Cosmos got inside she fell down and started to cry. "It's too hard to see them Pluto...and know they feel resent toward me...to know they almost hate me because I'm forcing the last memory of...myself out of them." As if on queue Pluto appeared before her and helped her stand up.
"I know how hard it is Serena. You must get through this though...they will find out soon enough who you are...and they will understand everything. Just please let destiny take it's time." Cosmos nodded and just like that Pluto was gone. Cosmos straightened herself up and went to her old room. She stood in front of the mirror where she always saw herself as Neo-Queen Serenity or Princess Serenity. Now the hard face of Cosmos peered at her. She felt regret wash over her. She didn't want this destiny...she just really wanted to be Serena Tsukino. But it has been years since she had known that identity.
She heard a cough and turned around to see Darien standing in the doorway. He closed the doors and locked them to make sure no one came in on them. He then walked up to her and they shared a kiss filled with such passion.
Cosmos broke apart from him and smiled, "I need you to give me a room to sleep...I'm sure you know I can't possibly sleep in here." Cosmos said.
Darien nodded, "I'll have one of the servants take you up to the guest rooms in a second...right now your mine." He muttered. Cosmos let the passion take over and spent the next 3 hours in her old room making love to Darien. When they got done she left quickly though. 3 hours of them both gone at the same time might be a little too suspicious. She went to the throne room and looked at her old chair. She stood there for what must've been a little too long. One of the servants walked up to her cautiously.
"My lady do you want me to show you to your room?" He asked. Cosmos reluctantly took her eyes off the throne chair and smiled softly at him.
"Call me Cosmos please...and yes if you don't' mind I think I need to go to my room." The servant nodded and led Cosmos to her room. He left her in front of the open doors and she walked in.
She knew that her making love to Darien could be a mistake...she could've gotten pregnant. But like Pluto said...just like destiny take it's time. She sighed and closed the doors. She didn't' know when she would see the scouts, Rini, or Darien again. She just hoped the answers would be clear when she woke up. She lay down on her bed and quickly fell asleep thinking about all the years of her life.
When she woke up she quickly got up and looked out the window. She guessed it was around 7:00 and she was getting hungry. She went down to the Throne room again to see Darien sitting there and Rini in front of him. Darien waved her over and she went over to them. "Dinner will be done in about 30 minutes. We all eat dinner together so you can talk about whatever...the outers arrived also." He said and tried not to stare at her for too long.
Cosmos nodded, "Thank you, how did you do in your training today small lady." Cosmos said decided to keep the name they use to call her daughter.
Rini smiled happily, "I did great! I hope I get as good as my mom was though." She said and her smile wavered a little. Cosmos smiled and patted her on the head.
"I'm almost positive you will." She whispered. Rini's smile grew and she ran off toward her room. Cosmos looked at Darien; he apparently had been staring at her the entire time. She blushed, "I haven't missed one minute of your life...I've always been watching...but it just wasn't the same." Cosmos said.
Darien nodded, "I always thought you would watch no matter what." He said and stood up.
Cosmos smiled and her stomach growled. Darien laughed, "You're still the same meat ball head I knew so long ago." He whispered. The words brought tears to Cosmos' eyes but she blinked the back furiously. They spent the next 20 minutes just staring at each other. Then dinner was called at they went into the dining room. The table was huge just as she remembered. All the scouts arrived...the outers being the last ones as always. As dinner began no one spoke a word, finally Uranus interrupted.
"So Cosmos...how is Serena doing?" She asked casually. Everyone but Neptune and Saturn stopped and looked at Uranus.
"She's doing just fine; she sends her love and greetings to everyone." Cosmos said acting as if it was an everyday question.
"You talk to Serena?" Mars asked.
"Yes...she came up there with me and her mother. Where else would she go?" Cosmos asked and looked at Mars. Mars stood up fury flooding her features.
"You didn't tell us you talked to Serena." She screamed. Cosmos stopped eating and looked at Mars.
"Your temper is annoying Mars. You never asked me so I never told you. You were too busy yelling at me today for me to tell you much of anything anyway." Cosmos said.
"You are not welcome in this castle." Mars said bitterly.
Cosmos didn't say anything for the longest time and Mars knew she went too far. Cosmos stood up and pointed her staff at Mars.
"Shut up!!!!!!!" She yelled. A light flashed from her staff and everything seemed to stand still. She put the staff down and everyone almost found it quit humorous when Mars couldn't open her mouth. "You won't be able to open it until tomorrow. If you continue to say such rude things to me...your punishments will get more severe." Cosmos said and sat down again. Mars quickly left the room and Cosmos knew that she was going to have to tell Mars before all hell broke lose.
After dinner Cosmos politely excused herself from the room. She found Mars in the back trying as hard as she could to open her mouth. Cosmos closed her eyes and recited a spell. Just like that Mars could talk again. "I'm sorry to have to do that...but you saying I was welcome in my own castle hurt my feelings badly." Cosmos said softly.
Mars looked at her, "Your castle? This is Serena's castle." She said and glared at her.
Cosmos nodded, "I know...my castle." She said and looked Mars right in the face. Confusion spilled out over Mars features.
"I am Serena...when I died I went up with Pluto to become Sailor Cosmos." She whispered.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Mars asked.
Cosmos held up her hand, "You must not tell anyone else! I only told you because you were literally giving me hell whenever I mentioned Sailor Moon." Cosmos laughed and hugged Mars quickly. "Remember, tell no one." Cosmos said and left Mars alone to think.
End of Chapter
Authors note: I'm so, so sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out...some major family problems came up and well I'm just now getting over them lol...yea...but I should be able to get the next chapter up quickly. Please review...the reviews are the things that motivate me. Enjoy it