Summary: When Endymion and his Generals visit the Moon, they soon find out that nothing is ever as it seemed to be, especially when Serenity and her Senshi are concerned...
Genre: Romance, Action/Adventure
Pairings: Usagi/Mamoru, Senshi/Generals
Disclaimer: I own all the sarcasm in this plot. Unfortunately Sailor Moon doesn't belong to me. What a shame.
Author's Note: This is just to say that I haven't forgotten about this fanfic. This has been lying around in my hard drive for some time, but I wanted to establish more of my storyline before I posted since I didn't want to follow my prologue with a lame chapters. I know most of you have been waiting for a long time already - thank you for being patient!
As well, thanks to all the people who reviewed so far!
Chapter 1
"Of all the people from Earth, they had to send HIM?!" Crown Princess Serenity was livid.
Her mother, Queen Serenity frowned at her, "Yes, and he is a guest so try to treat him with a little more respect," she stressed the last word. "He is the Prince of Earth after all so I don't want any repeat episodes of what happened last time, do you hear me, young lady?"
"Yes mother." sighed Serenity.
Her mother smiled at her, "Don't worry, it'll only be a few weeks at most. Besides, I've heard that he's grown into quite a handsome young man himself," the Queen winked at her daughter, who promptly flushed. "Motheeer!"
"You'd be surprised, Serenity." was all she said.
Princess Serenity refrained from rolling her eyes at this comment. "I can't wait," she thought sourly.
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Moments later, she burst into the Minako's room, managing to surprise the unsuspecting senshi.
"Really?!" she heard the Princess of Venus exclaim, "I can't wait to see him! I heard that he's a major hunk!"
Serenity sat down beside Makoto, "So you've heard." she said moodily.
"Wait a minute." said Minako, "You knew Prince Endymion and his Generals are visiting and you didn't even tell us?!"
"What's to tell?" There was no trace of their normally cheerful friend.
Ami was only paying half her attention to the conversation. She was focused solely on the screen of her Mercury computer. "So that's what the image was about." she thought to herself.
"Why do you hate him so much anyways?" asked Makoto.
"Yes, do tell," said the Princess of Mars, her piercing violet gaze settling on the silver-haired girl.
Serenity scowled, "Because he's an arrogant jerk. Enough said."
"C'mon Serenity, there has to be something he did to make you hate him so much." persisted Makoto.
"Actually," contributed Ami, speaking for the first time, her eyes still on her computer. "It could have been hate at first sight, although the odds of that...are a bit low." The blue-haired princess was only paying half her attention to the conversation anyways.
Serenity beamed at her, "Exactly!"
Rei rolled her eyes, "How can you hate somebody without even knowing them?"
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you." said Serenity. "Well, the Terran Royal Family visited the Moon when I was about 8 or 9. Well, the jerk got it into his thick skull to make my life miserable because he was bored and didn't like girls. Therefore it became his mission to make my life hell."
The other Senshi looked interested. Even Ami finally looked up from her screen.
"So, did he succeed?" asked Minako.
"I'll tell you what happened." said a dry voice behind them. All the senshi jumped a foot into the air.
"Luna! Don't do that!" exclaimed Serenity, scowling at the dark-haired girl.
"So what happened, Luna?" asked Makoto eagerly.
"I have to admit that the Prince was as much to blame as Serenity, but I can't believe how immature you two were. Anyway, to make a long story short, the Prince left with pink-dyed hair, numerous bruises, a huge rash and a lot of cursing. Serenity here, ended up with a missing pigtail and a twisted ankle. You get the basic idea." Here Luna gave Serenity a stern glance, "And I hope that this time won't be a repeat of what happened last time."
"You forgot to mention his vow for revenge." Serenity said dryly and then she shrugged, "He deserved every single one, although I think I might have gone a bit overboard with the itching powder."
"A bit?!" Luna's red eyes widened for a second. The others cringed inwardly.
"Calm down, Luna." said Serenity soothingly, "I promise that I won't do anything as long as he doesn't try anything."
"But if he does, you give him double," said Makoto, cracking her knuckles.
"Exactly," grinned Serenity, "Since his Generals are going to be coming along as well this time..."
"We'll take care of them." said Minako, her lips curving into a devious smile and then she sighed dreamily, "I heard that they're quite good-looking themselves...."
Luna's lips twitched, but she only stood up and headed for the door, "I'll leave the rest of you to your gossip. I've got some paperwork I have to get done."
"Okay, see you Luna!" called Serenity.
As soon as the door closed behind the dark-haired girl, Serenity beckoned the others to come closer.
"Hey, you know what?" said the Moon Princess mischievously, "I've got an idea."
The other senshi glanced at each other uneasily.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad. You haven't even heard it yet." pouted Serenity.
"Fine, let's hear this idea of yours then." said Rei, "Although this better be one that doesn't get us all killed." she muttered under her breath.
Serenity grinned, "Well, as I see it, I only have to be nice to the Prince when my mom and his parents are around...."
Rei rolled her eyes, "Odango, this better not be another one of your hare-brained schemes."
The silver-haired girl glared at her, and it worked as well as such looks had ever worked on the Martian Princess - which was not much.
"Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted," continued Serenity, "I know that slime of a Prince is NOT going to behave himself, so why do I have to? I know he's going to try and carry out his revenge some time during his visit. Only my idea is to have someone else do the dirty work."
"Wait a minute!" demanded Makoto incredulously, "You want us to do your dirty work for you?"
"No!" said Serenity, "I was thinking more of...an alter-ego of some sort. A disguise."
"Hmm..." said Ami as the other senshi pondered over this idea.
"You know what?" said Rei after awhile, "I like it."
"Me too!" said Minako enthusiastically.
"But what if the Prince doesn't try anything?" asked Makoto, "You can't just beat him up for just being born."
"I know he's going to try something." said Serenity stubbornly, "But I just don't know what. Which is way we'll need a back-up plan."
"Okay, we'll help you with this plan of yours," said Rei, "But only if the Prince is as jerky as you say."
"Besides, there's a fine line between love and hate." said Minako innocently, twirling a strand of blond hair around her finger.
"WHAT?!" Serenity almost screamed, "You can't be serious! I do NOT, I repeat, do NOT like that, that...jerk!"
"If you say so."
"Anyway," said Ami, cutting into the conversation before anymore happened, "If you do want to disguise yourself up, how are you going to do it? And what are you planning to masquerade around as?"
"Well..." said Serenity, "I haven't really decided yet."
"It has to be someone who has a reason to hang around the palace." said Makoto reasonably, "As for how, I think the Crystal would work, only I don't think your Mom would let you."
"I know." said Serenity glumly.
"You could use the Disguise Pen." suggested Ami after awhile.
Serenity jumped up and hugged Ami, "You're a genius! What would I ever do without you?"
"Well, you could pay more attention to your studies." said Ami seriously, although even she had a bit of trouble trying to hid a smile at that one.
"True," agreed the Moon Princess absentmindedly and then she glanced at the others, "You sure you guys don't want to join in?"
The others looked at each other.
"Sure, why not?" said Makoto shrugging, "Sounds good to me."
"And the best part is that they won't know who we are!" added Minako with glee.
"It's a plan then." Serenity rubbed her hands together gleefully, her eyes sparkling with mirth, "This is going to be so much fun..."
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Not much action so far, but hey, this is plot development and I am planning to make this a multi-chaptered fanfic. No, this is NOT based on any other fanfics in the SM section, so no flaming about that! This is DIFFERENT! Anyway...as usual, just tell me what you think so far and I'll try to update sooner next time! ^.^