Once Upon A December

Chapter Three

Rating: PG13 for later chapters

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or DN Angel. But I do own Tomo.

Makoto and Daisuke found Risa in the gardens, carefully smelling the nearby flowers, humming to herself.

Daisuke had to admit, she was very beautiful. The way her long hair shimmered and how her eyes sparkled, it was sure the draw in any hormone driven man. Which most of them were.

Daisuke hadn't really gotten into girls much yet. Him having a best friend as a girl hadn't helped that much either. But in that moment, all he could look at was the elegant flowing movements of the Lady Risa. He smiled at her and she blushed, giving him a small smile back.

Makoto looked at Daisuke, confused. He was looking at the Lady Risa with a funny, goofy smile on his face and Risa was giggling behind her hand. She didn't like the way he was looking at the Princess of Saturn.

"Daisuke," she said sternly, waving her hands in front of her best friends face. "Daisuke what's wrong?"

The older red haired boy shook his head as he saw Makoto wave her hand in front of his face. He blushed.

"What was that Mako-chan? I had my mind else where," he looked over to his auburn haired friend. She had a different beauty that compelled him. Her looks were more striking, more powerful than Lady Risa's, whose were calm and gentle. Makoto's bright, vibrant, emerald eyes shocked most people at the first sight of them. And her auburn hair shone like the kingdom of Helios. Her figure was athletic and toned.

Risa's hair wasn't much different from Makoto's, a beautiful red/brown color. Her eyes though, weren't as exciting and vibrant as Makoto's but were a soft, calm brown which Daisuke felt he could melt in.

How come he hadn't noticed all of these traits when he had first met her? She really was an extraordinary looking girl.

"I was asking you if you were alright. Suke-chan, you're all red!" Makoto brought him out of his thoughts once more.

"Huh?" Daisuke placed a warm hand to his cheek to find it hot. "Oh, no I'm fine Mako-chan." Daisuke began to walk over to Lady Risa, leaving a confused and slightly hurt Makoto behind.

Makoto stared on as Daisuke sat down next to Risa and began to speak with her, trying to strike up an interesting conversation. She sighed. Daisuke had a betrothed now; she wouldn't be the center of attention any more. Or the center of his world, the Lady Risa had taken that spot now.

She turned around, trying to hold back the tears that threatened to fall out of her eyes. The auburn haired princess turned to give Daisuke one last look. He had just picked a flower and placed it in Risa's ear.

They were perfect for each other. She began to walk away, back to the balcony where she had met Tomo, thinking that he still might be there.

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Sure enough, when she reached the balcony, Tomo was leaning over the rail and beginning to look more and more handsome to Makoto. Maybe it was a bad idea that she had come. She turned to leave.

"Oh don't go," she heard him say as he stared at the moon. "It would be nice if I could have some company."

Makoto shyly walked onto the balcony and leaned over the railing next to Tomo. This was the Prince of Venus, the soon to be king. One of the most handsome men in all of the silver millennium, and he had asked her to keep him company.

"So, did you catch up to the prince yet?" he asked, tearing his beautiful golden eyes (a famous trait of the royalty of Venus) away from the moon and onto her lithe form.

Makoto looked him in the eyes then sadly cast her eyes down towards the ground of the balcony. "Yes…" she mumbled.

"And…?" Tomo urged on.

"Well, let's just say he wanted to spend some time with his betrothed," Makoto twisted her foot on the ground, shuffling around some loose gravel.

Tomo didn't answer, but nodded his head understandingly.

It was silent for a while before Tomo spoke up. "You've been to the Moon, right Princess?"

"Oh, yes, I have. And please, call me Makoto."

"Well I've heard," he continued, "that if you're having troubles, just stare at the Moon and Queen Selenity will make all of your troubles go away. So dear Princess—"

Makoto opened her mouth to tell him to call her Makoto but he spoke before she could.

"Excuse me, Lady Makoto, just stare at the Moon and wish all your troubles away." He took her hand and kissed it once more, gave a bow and walked off of the balcony.

Makoto turned to the railing and let out a large puff of air, collapsing over the edge. Her hands dangled lifelessly in the morning glories that had crawled up the balcony, their petals closed for a night of comforting deep sleep only to wake in the morning and show off their vibrant colors and soft petals.

"Why can't things just be easy in life?" she questioned to herself. "Why does Daisuke have to be so hard to understand? He gets so strange sometimes, I just wish he would talk to me, be more open. Isn't that what best friends are supposed to do?" She picked a morning glory from the vine and looked up to the moon.

"Please Queen Selenity, make all of my troubles go away," after staring at the moon for a moment Makoto gave up hope and sighed. She laughed bitterly. "I knew nothing would happen…" she sighed one last time as she tossed the picked morning glory over her shoulder and off the balcony.

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Lady Risa sighed. Her betrothed was quite boring. He was very shy and quiet, not her type of man at all.

"So," she began, "what do you like to do?"

Daisuke shuffled his feat and looked down at the ground. "Um…" he mumbled. "I guess I like to train. I'll be becoming a knight soon."

Risa nodded but in her head said, hardly. This boy is one of the flimsiest boys I have ever seen.

Daisuke could see that something was wrong. "Is something the matter Lady Risa?" He questioned thinking that, by telling her he liked to train; she thought he liked violence, which he didn't.

"Huh?" Risa turned towards him. "Oh, no nothing is wrong. I was just thinking. Perhaps we should go back inside."

"Oh, right," Daisuke nodded and led her back into the ballroom where their parents were officially announcing their betrothal.

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Woo hoo! Another quick chapter out! I hope you guys like it. I was trying to show more of how Makoto thinks about Daisuke. I hope it went out okay. And thanks to all of my reviewers, you guys ROCK!

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