The Runaway Princess
By: MoonFee
Chapter 7
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. And, the plot belongs to Sapphire Midnight
A/N: The only thing I have to say is sorry for the long unbroken up paragraphs. I know they can get hard to read.
In the Morning:
When the girls woke up, they were both pumped. Since the races started at noon, according to a letter they found when they woke up, they had plenty of time to get ready and relax. They asked Molly to have their breakfast brought up to them and they asked if she would eat with them. Molly agreed saying she had nothing better to do.
"So Molly, how many of the other princesses have signed up for a competition?" asked Mina while picking at her food. She wasn't all that hungry.
"Well, not many really signed up since most of them can't do anything. Most of them sign up for swimming and/or dancing since they are two of the few things a woman is allowed to do without shame. The only person I know that signed up for anything out of the ordinary is Beryl for the fencing competition. What is hard to believe is that she is actually pretty good at it." Explained Molly. Usagi choked on her food.
"That is hard to believe. She can actually do something else besides perform 'services' for other people?" I can't believe that. Well, the competition ought to be interesting, that is for sure.
"You shouldn't be mean to her Princess Usagi. Her family has a lot of influence over everyone, including the King and Queen. If Prince Endymion doesn't find a different princess that he likes, his parents will probably make the arrangement for him and Beryl to wed. That is why Aspasia and everyone else wants you to win his heart. No one wants her as high queen."
"I wouldn't either. She would probably scare everyone into what she wants." Added Mina.
"There is no probably about that. She would." Said Molly in a fearful voice.
"Don't worry about it Molly. From what little time I have spent with the prince, I doubt he would marry her. He can't stand her." Said Usagi to comfort her fears.
"That is good to hear. I think I am going to go and join my parents. They are going to be there for anyone who wants to do something with their reward. Good luck."
"Before you leave Molly, can you make sure that our outfits are brought up for the competitions." Asked Mina.
"Sure." Molly then left the two to get ready for the day, which they did. They both took nice long hot baths, and put on a comfortable outfit that they could change out of easily to put on their competition outfits. Mina decided to take a walk around the palace while Usagi decided she was going to go for a little jog to help relax her muscles. Nothing major happened on Usagi's jog; however, the same could not be said for Mina. As she was walking around the palace, admiring all of the beautiful artwork on the halls, she came across Endymion and Malachite.
"Well hello there!" said a delighted Mina.
"How are you Mina?" asked Endymion.
"Oh fine, and you, Darien?" He nodded his head to show that he was fine. "What about you Mally? Are you ready to lose?"
"Ha! That is very funny. Just because you beat me before does not mean you will beat me again. Remember our barter. I expect you to hold true to it."
"As I do you." The two continued on their small conversation for a while until Darien got tired of being excluded and gave a little "Ahem." "Oh sorry Darien. Oh by the way, just a little warning, Usagi signed up for a competition and I'm pretty sure it was ice-skating, so be prepared. No one can beat her at it."
"Well, then it's a good thing that I decided not to do the ice-skating competition then, isn't it?"
"Are you looking forward to pissing her off?" asked Mina with a hint of sarcasm.
"Actually, yes. She can be quite the fiery one, and that is quite a turn on for me."
"Well, the next time I want to know what turns you on, I will ask. Until then, please refrain from commenting." Said Mina a little disgusted. I think I will tell Usagi that. It would be funny to see her reaction. She wouldn't know whether to be nice to him and give in or be herself and turn him on! Mina missed the glare that Malachite shot Darien.
"Since my dear friend doesn't want me telling you what turns me on or not, we should get going. I have to warm up for the fencing competition, the only one I will enter. Please give Usagi my regards and ask her to root for me." I heard that Beryl was signed up. I will put her in her place and make her never forget how I feel about her. And, that is not a good thing for her. The three went their separate ways. The men went to practice for their competitions and Mina went up to her room, where she found Usagi laying on the bed, relaxing.
"Hey Usagi? You'll never guess who I ran into."
"Then fill me in. I'm in no mood for guessing games." Said Usagi a little annoyed. I just want to get this over with. I suddenly have a bad feeling about the competitions. I just don't know what it is. Mina missed the annoyance.
"I ran into Prince Endymion and General Malachite. The pri…"
"You know, you can call them Darien and Mally. I know that you want to. I mean you're always saying D-Prince Endymion. It really doesn't matter to me."
"Well fine. Darien told me that he wouldn't be in the ice-skating competition. He did it to make you mad because he said it turns him on. He asked if you would be rooting for him in the fencing competition."
"That is really nice to know. How is that supposed to make me mad?"
"By denying you the chance to beat him!" Usagi just rolled her eyes at Mina and looked at the clock. Shows what you know Mina.
"Since the competitions will be starting in half an hour, we should get down to the courtyard to watch some of the other ones before ours take place. "
"Sounds good." With that, the girls headed on down to the courtyard.
In Space:
Flashback
"Go and send for the girls. Tell them I have a mission."
"Yes, your majesty."
End flashback
"Ah girls, it is good to see you again." Said Queen Daeva as she surveyed them. Yes. They are exactly what I need. They can get the job done and they will do it right.
"As it is you, my Queen." Responded one of them.
"I have received word from my daughter that the Princess Serenity and leader of the senshi, Minako are located at the palace on Earth, under the names of Princess Usagi and Princess Mina. There are competitions going on today for anyone to enter. I want each of you to enter a different competition and one of them must be the ice-skating because that is what Princess "Usagi" is going to enter. Your objective is to bring both girls back to me alive. That is the only way I can retrieve the crystal. Do you understand what you must do?"
"Yes, my Queen." Responded a different girl.
"You have my leave. No go. And, don't disappoint me!"
"We won't. You have my word on it." Responded the last of the girls.
Back on Earth:
When Usagi and Mina got to the courtyards, they found that a section of the stands had been reserved for the princesses to sit and that their names were actually placed on their seats. Usagi and Mina found theirs and sat down, happy to notice that Beryl's seat was on the other side of the stands. The first few competitions were dancing and the equestrian races. They went on simultaneously. The two watched as most of the princesses danced. They were shocked to see that a peasant won. They looked closer and watched as she went off happily to sit in the winner's tent where she was to wait until the end of the first round of competitions to gain her prize. The girls then turned their attention to the equestrian races. They noticed that it was mostly men who were in this competition and that none of the generals or the prince had shown up for any of the competitions. They watched as a rather handsome man won the race. Judging from his clothing he was obviously a lord of some land. As he got off of his horse and headed to the winner's tent a servant came and took his horse. Everyone waited a few minutes before the two winners came out of the tent accompanied by Prince Endymion who was carrying two bags. He stood up before the audience and announced that the peasant from the dancing competition chose a bag full of gold coins. According to Endymion she planned on opening a home for the homeless with that money. She shouldn't have to waste her money on that. That is what my parents should be doing, taking care of the homeless. That is what I will do when I am king, thought Endymion. The winner of the equestrian race chose an extremely well crafted sword as his reward. There were jewels encrusted in the handle. The blade was made out of pure diamond, making it unbreakable unless hit by another diamond. It was extremely beautiful and complements should go to Monsieur Fullere, a fine craftsmen, explained the prince. He then went on to talk about the next few competitions. They found out that there were a few pairs of competitions until three when acting and swimming would take place. Then, archery and hunting would take place. Finally, ice-skating and the fencing competition would take place.
"Oh my gosh. Usagi! You can't watch the prince fence! You'll be ice-skating while he is fencing!" cried Mina as she realized what that meant.
"Yes Mina, I understand that fencing and ice-skating will be going on at the same time. Honestly, it doesn't bother me." She can be so stupid sometimes. "Let's go inside and get something to eat until before your competition against Mally." Usagi snickered as she said his nickname. That is so funny. It's like calling someone Sally or Halle.
"Oh shut up." Said an annoyed Mina as the two went off to eat lunch. After sitting and picking at their food for a couple of hours the two decided to return to the competitions.
"Usagi, I'm just going to go and get ready for my competition. You go and sit in the crowd and root for me. Since I probably won't see you until you win your competition. Good luck." Said Mina.
"Yeah you too. I know that you will do fine. Root for me." The two girls took separate ways. When Usagi was walking into the crowds she was shocked to find everyone practically leaning on the edge of the seats watching the swimming competition. Usagi went and sat down in her seat. She asked the nearest princess what was going on.
"It's amazing! General Zoicite has never ever lost to anyone in the swimming competition, but he is neck and neck with that woman swimming down there." She said as she pointed to the two people in front who were far ahead of everyone else.
"How many laps left?" asked Usagi.
"Only two. This is really amazing." Usagi didn't say anything after that. She looked down to see the blond haired general swimming neck and neck with what appeared to be a woman. Usagi couldn't tell her hair color because she had a swimming cap on. She watched as the two got to the end of the pool and turned around. One lap to go. Whoever gets to the other side first wins. She watched as they passed the quarter mark. It was then that Zoicite decided to take off. That's horrible! He was toying with her! Then Zoicite passed the half mark. She watched as the woman suddenly took off faster than what the general was going. She overtook him at the three-quarter mark and then slowed down a little to let him catch up, but before he could she took off and won the match. Usagi watched as the winner got out of the pool with Zoicite not far behind her. They were suddenly engaged in conversation and walked towards the winner's tent. Just as they were entering the woman took off her swimming cap, but Usagi didn't catch her hair color. She waited a few minutes before Endymion walked out with the two winners from the competitions. Usagi about choked when she saw who the winner for the swimming competition. No! It can't be! Endymion started by giving the previous winner his prize before handing a bag filled with an assortment of different sized and cut aquamarine gems. He gave them to a Lady Amelia, who bowed gracefully to the prince, making her short blue hair bounce a little. She then walked off. Oh! My! Selene! Amy! Usagi sat there in shock as the next two competition's competitors were coming out. She didn't see the wave that Mina sent her. She sat there staring dumbfounded until the princess next to her asked if she was okay. "Yeah. It's just I could swear that…. Oh never mind. It's nothing." I think I am losing my mind. Let's not think about it.
Usagi then looked around until she found Mina. She waved at Mina, putting the earlier competition winner out of her mind. She watched as several of the people started off the competition, some winning and some losing, completely ignoring the hunting competition that was going on. Usagi watched as both Mina and Malachite easily defeated their rivals. They were given a break before they would go onto the final competition that would consist of the top eight. Both him and Mina made it. They went and sat on the sidelines. Mina looked over to Malachite who was sweating up a storm.
"I see the heat of having to compete against me is getting to you." Commented Mina as she admired him. Look at his well-chiseled chest. I would love to run my hands over it over and over and over and over again. She tried to imagine what his muscles would feel like under her hands.
"I think it is more of the fact that I have been in about five times as more competitions than you. You see, I, being the general, am forced to be in the most matches. You, being the only lady, they are taking it easy on. No one wants to offend a princess. Unfortunately for you, I don't care. Just remember out little agreement. I have to go to my next match. Good luck, I know you will need it." Malachite then picked up his bow and went to his competition. It wasn't long after that until Mina had to go too. She then picked up her bow and won her next few matches, as did Malachite, until it was down to the two of them. The final competition would be long range. The best out of five shots would win. (Meaning whoever won the most out of the five matches would win.) As the saying goes, 'ladies first.' Mina went up first. She aimed, pulled back and fired her first arrow. It hit just left of a perfect bull's eye. Then Malachite came up. He aimed, and pulled his string, putting his arrow just to the right of Mina's, giving him a perfect bull's eye. One point to Malachite. Then the target was pushed back a good distance. (I don't know what a good distance is for archery so imagine.) Since Mina was behind, she got to go first again. She aimed, and fired. This time her arrow went to the right of a perfect bull's eye. Malachite was then up. He aimed and shot. Again, his arrow hit a perfect bull's eye. Malachite was up by two. They pushed the target back even farther. Mina was up first. Concentrate Mina! One more bull's eye and he wins! She took her own advice and took a few minutes to take into account the wind's direction and speed. She looked at the distance and measure how far up she would have to aim. She took aim and then fired. Her arrow went straight to the very center of the target, giving her a bull's eye. She smiled triumphantly and watched as Malachite took his shot and was a little off and hit the outer part of the bull's eye. Mina was at one and Malachite two. The target was pushed back farther. Since Mina was still behind, she got to shoot first again. And again, her arrow hit straight on. Malachite then shot his arrow, hitting the same spot as Mina's but at a different angle. The judges said that because his was aimed down and hers straight on, she got the point, tying them up. The target was again moved farther back. Mina told Malachite he could go first because she went first on all of the other shots. He agreed. I don't want to have another round like the last one. It would suck to lose to the angle of the arrow. Malachite took his time. He felt the wind and took in the distance of the target. You could barely make out the red center. He took aim and then shot. The arrow went up in the air it seemed like it went on forever until it started its decent. Slowly, it came to rest at a perfect ninety-degree angle in dead center. The crowd cheered. The judges asked Mina is she wanted to give up. She just laughed at them and asked for her shot. I will show them something they have never seen! She stepped up felt the wind and looked at the distance. She pulled her arrow far back, like she told Malachite not to do, she pulled it until it was a millimeter away from breaking. She made sure her was right on and shot. After the arrow left, the string snapped from the strain. The arrow went flying straightforward at a speed so fast it was hard to keep up with the arrow. Everyone watched as the most improbable thing happened. Mina's arrow struck right through Malachite's and hit the bull's eye right on. Malachite arrow was split right down the center. The judges didn't know what to do. They couldn't call it a tie. They decided to call Mina the winner because her arrow was still intact. No one could believe it. General Malachite just got beat by Princess Mina. It was very unheard of until Malachite started clapping. Mina looked up into the crowd to find Usagi jumping up and down with joy. She just grinned and whispered to Malachite. "How about we have dinner tonight?" He just shrugged his shoulders to say whatever and walked off.
Usagi was jumping and down with joy. She couldn't believe it. Mina's arrow struck right through his! I can't believe it. That was the best I have ever seen her do. Mother would be so proud! Oh crap! I need to go and get ready! I'm up next! Usagi then ran out of the crowd before she saw the two winners walk out of the winner's tent. She missed the shocked Mina who was looking at the tall brunette next to her. She missed it all.
Usagi ran down and found where Molly was. They hurried up to where Molly had brought her stuff. Usagi changed super fast and ran out to the field where the competitors were gathering.
Once Mina got over the shock of a "Lady Makato" being there. She ran up to the stands hoping to catch a word with Usagi before she remembered that Usagi was going to be up next. I can't believe that Lita is here! Usagi would be so shocked. I wonder why Makato was glaring at me. Mina looked down as the competitors were coming out. She looked everywhere to find Usagi among the ice-skaters, but she could not find her anywhere. After a few minutes of looking, she gave up and figured she would enjoy the competition. She was so caught up in watching for Usagi she forgot about the fencing competition. Mina watched as one by one everyone got eliminated, except for a woman with long dark hair that almost looked purple and General Jedite were left. She looks extremely familiar… Raye! It would make sense, but, then, where is Amy? Wait a minute… where is Usagi? Mina watched as Raye beat Jedite. They seemed to be in a heated argument as they walked to the winner's tent. Mina looked everywhere for Usagi until she heard a large "Ohhhh!" from the crowd. She turned to see everyone's attention focused on the fencing competition. She asked the princess, who Usagi asked earlier, what was going on.
"I swear, some people just don't pay attention. There are three people left in the fencing competition: the prince, Beryl, and some unknown person who is beating the crap out of Beryl. The match is getting really good. Watch." Mina watched as the unknown person beat Beryl by twenty points. Beryl had none. At the end of the match Beryl went storming off after the unknown person refused to reveal their identity. It was now down to the prince and the unknown person. They bowed to each other before the match began. The judge said the first to ten would win. Mina had heard that the prince was good, but after he scored the first nine points with relative ease while the unknown person didn't get a single point, she realized just how good. After the ninth point was scored, the unknown person was smiling inside, although you could not see it. They went to "last" match and bowed. The prince decided he would spare the unknown person any embarrassment and let him score seven points, he then decided he would end it; however, it was not he who score that point or the next one. They both ended up being tied. This pissed Endymion off a little and after they bowed for the beginning of the final round he began hacking left and right, trying to get a point in. He came so close so many times, but he did not touch the unknown person. The round had now gone on for ten minutes and you could see the sweat seeping through both competitors' suits. It seemed like the round was going no where until the prince managed to knock the unknown person down, causing their epee to fall out of their hand. Endymion was standing over him, about to give the final blow when he felt an epee hit his back. He turned around to find the unknown person using his foot to hold the epee. The judges blew the whistle and announced the unknown person as the winner.
The prince and the unknown person walked back to the winner's tent. When they got inside, Endymion decided to ask the question that was bothering him. "May I see the face of the man who beat me?" The other man nodded and took off his mask to reveal not a man, but a woman. And, not just any woman, but Usagi. Endymion about fell down when he looked upon her. "You?"
"Yes, me. What I wouldn't give to savor the picture of you standing there with that dumbfounded look on your face. And you thought you would piss me off by not entering the ice-skating competition. Ha!"
"But Mina said that…"
"Mina was not there when I told Molly to sign me up. Mina never asked me what I signed up for. She just presumed. I would also love to see her face, but right now I think I will go and find my prize." Usagi then turned around and about fell over when she saw what she saw. Oh my Selene!
"Why hello Princess Usagi. Long time no see. I hope you haven't forgotten your dear friend Lady Relina?"
"H-how could I ever forget you Lady Relina. I saw Lady Amelia earlier. Is…um…"
"Yes, Lady Makato is here too. You missed her because she was in the hunting competition. I imagine you were too busy watching Princess Mina win the archery contest."
"Yes, I was." Usagi couldn't hold it in any longer and ran up to her friend and hugged her. "You cannot imagine how good it is to see you again." Said Usagi as a tear ran down her cheek.
"No, your highness, it is you who cannot imagine how happy it is to see you again." I hope this doesn't take long. I want to get this over with so I can go back home.
"I hate to disrupt your conversation, but Princess Usagi you need to pick your prize." Interrupted Endymion.
"Oh yes." She looked at the table and saw all of the finest materials and jewels, but what caught her eye was the bag of Moon Pearls. "I'll take those." She said pointing to the Moon Pearls.
"An interesting choice, but I think they will fit you perfectly." Said Endymion as he grabbed them along with the bag of rubies that Relina had already picked out. "Shall we?" asked the prince as he managed to offer an arm to each of the girls. They linked their arms together and went out so that Endymion could announce the winners.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this has been one of the most extraordinary competitions we have ever seen. My generals and me were all beaten at our competitions that we have hardly if ever lost to. And not just beaten, but beaten by extraordinary women. Here are the last two for the day. Lady Relina beat General Jedite at the ice-skating competition. Her chosen prize was a bag of rubies." He said as he handed her the rubies. "And, then I, myself, got beaten at the fencing competition by Princess Usagi of the Lunessa kingdom. She is the best fenceman I have ever seen. Her chosen prize was a bag of Moon Pearls." He said while handing the pearls to Usagi and nodded for them to go ahead and leave. "I would like to thank you all for coming and watching and competing. We have discovered a lot of unknown talent. As I said before this was an extremely extraordinary competition. I am afraid that I now need to go and practice my fencing skill so I don't lose again." Said Endymion as he walked off leaving the crowd laughing.
As Relina walked away Usagi followed her. "Relina? Is it really you?"
"Who else would it be?"
"How did you… what happened?"
"I'll tell you later. We will meet you guys in your rooms after dinner. I have to go. Bye." Said the raven-haired girl as she walked off.
"Wait!" yelled Usagi, but Relina just kept walking. I don't know what to think. She seems a little different. Where does she have to go? She only knows Mina and me. I've got to tell Mina! Thought Usagi as she ran around trying to find Mina.
Meanwhile after her shock of seeing a Lady Makato, Mina went to find Malachite. She couldn't eat dinner with him tonight because the girls were back. She wanted to let him know to save lunch for her tomorrow. She found him sitting with a bunch of pissed off looking generals and prince. "Aww, what's the matter? Sulking because you got beat by a bunch of girls?" chided Mina in a baby-like voice.
"Go away Princess Mina. We're not in the mood to talk." Grumbled a sulking Jedite.
"I will once I have a word with General Malachite." She said with a voice that said get up and come over here. He did.
"What do you want Mina? Have you come to rub it in, because I don't care." Started an upset Malachite.
"No. I just wanted to let you know I can't go to dinner tonight. The Ladies that beat your friends are my friends. I haven't seen them in a while so we are going to have dinner with them. I was wondering if you would mind waiting until lunch tomorrow?"
"Oh, well if that's the case. Sure." Said Malachite a little happy she wasn't going to make him look bad in front of the generals.
"Thanks!" said Mina as she gave him a peck on the cheek and ran off, leaving a bunch of generals laughing and one staring in shock as he held his cheek. She just kissed me.
Mina found Usagi walking around like a chicken with its head cut off. "Usagi! What are you doing?"
"I'm looking for you! You won't believe what happened."
"Trust me I would. I met a certain Lady Makato and saw a certain Lady Relina get up to get a reward for winning the ice-skating competition."
"Yeah, I met that certain Lady Relina and saw a certain Lady Amelia get a reward for winning the swimming competition. 'Relina' told me they would meet us for dinner. You have to cancel your plans with Mally!"
"I already did. Let's going up to our room. We don't want to miss them."
"Yeah, let's go." The girls then ran up to their rooms carrying their winnings. Mina had chosen a bag full of orange colored fire opals. As they were going to their rooms they ran into Molly. Mina had an idea, so she grabbed Usagi's bag of Moon Pearls and ran up to Molly. "Hey Molly! Could you have your dad make us some outstanding jewelry out of these? I know that the Moon Pearls will go perfect with Usagi's dress made from the Moon Satin your mother made. And, these fire opals will go with the dress that I had made."
"Sure. I'm sure he can have it done by tomorrow night. I'll make sure it is brought up as soon as it is finished."
"Thanks." Said Mina as she grabbed Usagi's hand and ran up to their rooms.
In Space:
After the competitions were over, Beryl decided to play her mother a visit. "Mother! You there! Where is she?" yelled Beryl as she ran up and kicked the poor servant.
"Sh-she's in t-the th-thro-throne room!" he yelled out in fear.
Beryl ran off to the throne room and started venting her anger by yelling at her mother. "You won't believe what happened! That Moon brat beat me at fencing! She didn't even spare me a point! She humiliated me! Then, she beat the prince and as he presented her with her prize, he had a sparkle in his eyes that I have never seen! He loves her Mother! He won't even look at me!" Then Beryl let out a huge scream of frustration and found someone to start kicking.
"Beryl that is enough! All of you, get out!" yelled Daeva at all of the servants in the room. "Well, I am sorry to disappoint you Beryl, but if he is on her side, we will have to kill him along with the rest of the people loyal to the Earth royal family."
"No! I know what we could do." Oh, this will be good.
"Really?" Now what is her empty head going to come up with?
"Well, if he loves her, then she probably loves him. What if you were to make her choose between his life and the crystal, then when she chooses his life and gives you the crystal, you can throw him to me, and I will marry him? We could then make her live as a slave to us, having to me with her love for the rest of her life. What do you think?"
"That is the smartest thing I have ever heard come out of your mouth. It is times like this that I see me in you. Be like that more often." Well, my daughter does have brains after all. Maybe I could benefit by keeping her alive. "Now, tell me, did the girls complete the first part of their mission?"
"Yeah, all of them checked in with me after they won. They will be meeting with the princess tonight and enacting the second part of the plan."
"Good. Now go back to Earth. We don't want them suspecting you of anything anymore than they already do."
"Yes, Mother."
In their Rooms:
As soon as Usagi and Mina got to their rooms, they changed into something comfortable and started talking. "Oh my Selene! I wonder what happened?" started Mina.
"I'm just happy they are okay."
"Yeah me too. I wonder how they knew we were here?"
"I don't know. I hope they can tell me what happened to my mother." They fell silent after that. They both knew deep down that the Selenity was dead, they just refused to believe it. After sitting in silence for a while, a knock was heard at the door. Both girls jumped off the bed and fell over each other before they got to the door simultaneously. They opened it up to find three extremely happy looking girls there. They all attacked each other in friendly embraces and fell into the room crying. After about ten minutes of this they sat down and started a long conversation. "Okay, what happened?" asked Usagi.
"Well, we're not exactly sure because Daeva hit us with a pretty hard blast, knocking us unconscious for a few minutes. When we woke up we saw Daeva and Queen Selenity dueling it out. Daeva sent a powerful blast at the Queen and rendered her unconscious. We flew in a rage at Daeva because we were sure that she killed the Queen. We hit her with everything we had. Then, Queen Selenity woke up and used the last of her energy and power to kill Daeva, killing herself in the process. We ran over to her side after it had ended, but she was dead. We didn't know where you could have gone. We looked everywhere, but found only life on Earth, so we came here. It was then that we heard the rumor of this Princess Usagi who was upsetting a Princess Beryl. We knew by the name Usagi that it had to be you, so we disguised ourselves as ladies and entered the competitions with hope that you would recognize us, and you did. So, now we are here."
"We are so glad you are back." Started Mina, but then she looked at Usagi who was crying. "What's wrong Serena? And, don't give that bull crap about someone hearing."
"Minako, Raye, Amy, Lita, I am so relieved to have my friends all back, but I think I need some time on my own to think about things. Good night." I can't believe it. She really is dead. If she hadn't sent me I could have used the crystal's power to destroy Daeva without having to sacrifice our kingdom. Why did she have to leave me? WHY? Usagi left the girls and went to her room.
"Way to be insensitive Minako. You actually call yourself a friend? She just found out her mother died and the only thing you can say is we're glad you're back?" barked Lita.
"I'm…"
"Honestly Minako, what type of friend are you? You left us on the Moon to die. All you were thinking about was your own skin. You are no true friend. Have you been by Serena's side the whole time you've been here?" started an angry Raye
"We'll no. But…"
"But nothing. Minako, you are forgetting your duties to your princess so you can go off chasing some general of Earth. I saw you! You should be ashamed of yourself!" jumped in Amy.
"I just…"
"No Minako! You were our leader and you failed your duties." Responded Lita.
"You are not our leader anymore Minako. We want you gone." Said an expressionless Raye.
"You can't!"
"Yes, we can Minako. You heard her. No go! You don't belong here anymore. We can take care of the princess without you. You do not deserve to be our leader. Now leave!" finished Amy.
Minako just looked at them, and she knew they were right. I failed them. I knew it. They are right. I don't deserve to be here. I deserve to die for leaving them to their deaths. I failed my queen. I failed my princess. I have failed my friends. I am of no more use here. I should go. Who would want me now? Thought Minako as a tear slid down her face. She left the room to go who knows where. The girls just looked at each other and smiled. Then, they went to sleep.
Yay! I finished another chapter! So what do you think? Is this how you expected it to go? I hope that you really like how it is going. I now have a whole bunch of homework to do for school, which includes reading about 400 pages in less than 36 hours. I had better get to work. Please review and wait for two weeks at the most for my next chapter. Thank you for reading.
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