A/N- Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I've had swim meets and I went to Sea World San Diego this weekend and forgot my computer. So here's this chapter. A warning to all Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki fans… you might not like their personalities or actions in this chapter. I'm sorry, but you guys wanted action and I thought it might be a nice way to get some in. Also, I've decided to write a prologue story so be watching out for that story. The first chapter should be up today or tomorrow.
Thanks for all the reviews!
eliza-morgan22- Thank you! Serenity is gonna need Darien's protection in the future.
AmberJupiter- Darien's parents are going to come into the story more in this chapter. They physically won't be in it, but they will be talked about more.
Dertupio- Sorry that wasn't an action chapter. This one is though! If you want action from their past you're going to have to wait a little bit until I write a prologue story. I'm playing around with the idea right now and I'm pretty sure I'll go with it so be watching!
Ffgirlmoonie- I'm sorry, but I'm confused. Married? No. I have no idea what the "M" is. Sorry.
cosmos serenity- My secret is out O no! Don't worry everyone has figured out Darien is the missing prince… well except the characters, but they won't be blind for long! Hope you didn't pull too much hair out ;p
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mysterious advisor- I know it's sad, that was one of the my main objectives. Sorry, but that was deliberate. Sere and Dare are on the right track now and are going to smack right into the truth soon!
Moon Titan- This is for Darien's past, but only to the part he remembers and it's more of him talking to Serenity and not a whole lot of flashbacks. Sorry.
VcChick- I know I screwed up. Sorry! You weren't the only one to catch that. So there's a HUGE clue to everything, though it doesn't really help anything since everything is being unraveled right now. Thank you though!
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Moon Titan- I know I didn't make that part clear, sorry. Um, Lita never actually met Darien. Yes she did work in the castle, but she had other duties at the time. She probably saw him around the castle, but when you're worried about your lost love I don't think you worry too much about the love struck royal couple. Thanks for bringing that up and I hope that helps! Don't worry about what you put in your comments because I can take it. I enjoy this criticism and it does help me. Hopefully I don't make anymore mistakes like this one again!
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Dinner passed quickly for everyone, but too slowly for Serenity. Seiya was constantly trying to get her to stay with him and sending her puppy dog eyes at her, but glaring at Darien. Darien, on the other hand, was talking to everyone and being well mannered, all the while holding Serenity's hands under the table whenever he could.
When dinner was finally finished everyone got ready to leave. Serenity walked out on Darien's arm and Seiya walking next to her. "Serenity." Seiya said grabbing her arm and pulling her out of Darien's embrace. "Please reconsider and stay here. He can't take care of you like I can." Seiya pleaded.
"You're right." Serenity said after a moment's pause.
"He is?" Darien said as his mouth dropped open in surprise.
"I am?" Seiya asked looking equally confused. "I mean I am." He said as he recovered from his shock.
"Yep, you two would take care of me differently. Darien would take care of me better though." Serenity said walking back over to Darien who was smiling once more and wrapped his arms around Serenity's face.
Seiya was going to retort to Serenity's comment when a loud scream was heard from where the rest of the group was standing near the carriages. "Mina!" Serenity gasped pointing to where Yaten was pulling Mina into the house and Malachite fighting Taiki. The rest of the guys were getting the other girls in the carriages.
"Serenity, stay with everyone alright?" Darien said as he helped Serenity into the carriage. She nodded and he lightly kissed her lips before he turned around.
"Darien!" Serenity said as she grabbed his arm. "I know that you guys don't like Seiya and his brothers, but they are nice guys Darien. Please don't hurt them too badly. Just enough to get Mina back." Serenity said.
"But Serenity." Darien groaned.
"They did nothing, but help me when they found me Darien and we know we're lucky for that. Please Darien." Serenity pleaded.
"Fine, but just because you asked me to." Darien said. He kissed Serenity once more and then ran off to help the guys who were trying to open the door. The carriage was soon down the road and far enough for the guys to worry more about Mina then there girlfriends.
"I can't believe you ran away Serenity." Rei said looking at Serenity.
"I don't want to talk about it right now." Serenity mumbled.
"We understand." Amy said patting Serenity's knee. Serenity smiled and leaned her head on Amy's shoulder.
"We have other things to worry about. Rei are you sure the guys can get Mina in time?" Lita asked fearing the worse for her friend.
"Five to three. Five pirates against three spoiled lords. Ya, I'm pretty sure." Rei said.
"Let's hope you're right." Serenity said.
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Back at the Manor
"We've almost got it open!" Darien grunted as he leaned on the door. Soon Seiya and Taiki had retreated further into the house and soon the guys were breaking the door down. They poured into the room and were faced with Taiki and Seiya holding their swords.
"You don't want to fight us. We just want Mina." Malachite said.
"You've already taken Serenity back! Rei tries to avoid Taiki! Maybe we should let Yaten hide Mina and never let you find her!" Seiya yelled, mainly at Darien. Darien fumed and went to grab Seiya who backed away. Darien pulled out his sword and held it to Seiya's neck.
"They are women who deserve to make their own choices and those choices deserve to be respected." Darien growled. "Get over Serenity leaving because she just did!"
"Darien! Go help Malachite with Yaten. We can handle these two." Jadeite said holding his sword up to Taiki. Darien nodded and followed Malachite down the hall. He found Malachite shouldering a door trying to get it open.
"Let me help you." Darien said. Malachite backed up and the two men counted to three. On the third count they rammed the door and got it to finally open. Mina was sitting in the corner with her knees pulled to her chest and her head held down.
"Don't go near her!" Yaten said. Malachite growled and stalked over to him.
"Why shouldn't I? She loves me and I love her. Last time I checked that means that we like being with each other." Malachite growled.
"Malachite, I'll take care of him and you can go get Mina." Darien said. Yaten tried to attack Darien, but Darien was the more experienced of the two. Darien was able to block all of Yaten's attacks and through a couple attacks of his own in. Soon Yaten's sword was lying in the middle of the room and Yaten was cornered. Darien had his sword to Yaten's neck and was waiting for Malachite to get Mina out. Yaten was holding his stomach where Darien had been able to slash his shirt and part of the skin.
"What are we going to do to them?" Malachite asked as he held Mina close to his chest.
"I don't know, but I promised Serenity not to hurt them… much." Darien sneered.
"Why would she ask you that?" Malachite asked.
"Something about them being nice to her when they found her." Darien said. He moved his sword as he pulled Yaten from the wall and started walking him down the hall. Malachite followed them still clutching the now unconscious Mina.
"What should we do with them?" Zoicite asked looking at the two lords that were trapped in two chairs. Seiya and Taiki had cuts in their shirts and Taiki was holding a hand to a bleeding cut on his shoulder.
"It looks like they've had enough fun for the day." Darien said. "Let's go home." Darien let the others leave before him before he walked over to Seiya and leaned down to Seiya's ear. "If I ever catch you around Serenity, or your brothers around any of the other girls, then the outcome will be different. A promise to Serenity stopped me from killing you and from them killing you and your brothers. But this is a new promise and one I intend to keep." Darien got up and quickly left to find the others with the horses.
With a simple nod the guys were all off back to the house and to make sure their own loves were safe.
At the house Serenity watched out the window waiting for Darien and the others to return. "When are they going to get here?" She groaned.
"Hopefully soon. I hope they have Mina with them and she's fine." Lita said from the couch.
"She will be. She's strong and Malachite wouldn't let anything happen to her." Rei said.
"They're here!" Serenity screamed as she saw the dust cloud on the road and then the five riders. The four girls rushed outside as the guys reached the house. "Where is she?" Serenity asked looking for Malachite and Mina.
Malachite got down from his horse and lifted off a sleeping Mina from the saddle. "She's fine. She's just tired from everything. She passed out when we found her and woke up briefly on the ride here before falling asleep again. She just needs some rest." Malachite explained walking past the group and into his room.
"Are you ok?" Serenity asked Darien.
"I'm fine. Seiya and his brothers are alive and fine as well, just like I promised. You don't need to worry about them anymore." Darien said kissing Serenity's head.
"What are you talking about?" Serenity asked giving Darien as quizzical look.
"Don't worry about it." Darien whispered. The horses were put away and everyone returned to the house and were all sitting on the couches next to their lovers. Nephrite yawned and put his arm around Lita.
"We're going to bed." Nephrite announced as he got up and helped Lita up. "We'll see you guys in the morning."
"Goodnight." Lita said.
"Night." Everyone said back. Soon everyone had gone into their rooms and were getting ready for bed. Serenity got up and walked to the closet to get some blankets out. Darien walked by and watched Serenity take the blankets and return to the living room.
"What are you doing?" Darien asked Serenity as he walked in after her.
"I'm getting some blankets so I can go to sleep when I eventually get tired." Serenity said.
"Why don't you come to bed?" Darien asked.
"After everything I've done? I don't think I should." Serenity said sitting down and holding some blankets around her.
"I think you should. I want you to sleep next to me." Darien said.
"What? Why?" Serenity asked.
"When I woke up the first morning of you being here, I found you next to me. Cuddled up into my side and my arm around your waist." Darien explained. "I want to wake up to that again." He said. Serenity blushed when Darien described that morning and turned around. "Don't ever hide from me." Darien whispered into her ear. "Now, let's go to bed."
"I'm not tired." Serenity said.
"We'll stay up and talk." Darien said. He pulled Serenity up with him and walked her to their room. Darien turned around so Serenity could change as soon as they entered the room. When he heard the sheets rustle around he turned back around and Saw Serenity lying in the bed. Her blonde hair shined against the dark blues and blacks of his bed.
Darien took off his shirt and loosened his pants as he got into the bed with Serenity. "Tell me about the first thing you remember." Serenity said.
"I remember to being woken up by someone shoving me. It was Malachite and he was trying to find some people for his pirate ship. I agreed to go with his since I didn't know anything about who I was. When Malachite asked me my name I didn't have one to give him so he called me Darien.
"When we got to the ship we set off and hit our first raid on a small island a day's sail from Triste. Malachite and I became fast friends and soon we found the other guys and we just stuck together. After Malachite met Mina some of the men were worried Malachite would go soft because of Mina. So I became the new captain, but kept Mal as my first mate." Darien explained. "And the rest is history."
"Wow. So someone just dumped you in Triste?" Serenity asked.
"I guess, but I don't." Darien said. Serenity came over and laid her head down on Darien's chest. Darien put his arm around Serenity and started tracing patterns on her arm.
"And you don't remember anything from your past?" Serenity asked.
"Just three faces that I've seen in dreams. One is Diamond, and the other three are two women and one man. We've been going after Diamond so much to figure out why I know him, but he never tells me." Darien said.
"And the other three?" Serenity asked, looking up into Darien's eyes.
"The first one is a woman with long, wavy red hair. She has dark emerald green eyes and his always making this horrible laugh." Darien said.
"That sounds like Beryl if you ask me. Did she wear a necklace or anything?" Serenity asked.
"Yes, a dark chain with a red ruby in the middle." Darien answered.
"That's Beryl, but how would you know her?" Serenity asked, more to herself than Darien. Darien just shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window. "Who is the other woman?"
"She has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She's always wearing a crown with a green emerald in the middle of it. She seems to always be smiling down at me when I see her in my dreams. Not a smile that we share, or two friends, but one a mother shares with her child." Darien said. "And before you ask, yes she has a necklace. It's a gold locket, and the locket has small emeralds decorating it."
"That's… that's Queen Terra." Serenity gasped. "Who's the man?" She asked more eagerly.
"He has dark black hair, like mine. His eyes are a dark deep blue and he wears a similar crown to the other woman. He's always in military garb and always has a sword tied to his waste. The sword has a emerald and diamond encrusted handle." Darien said.
"I know that's King Damion! Father gave him that sword when I was thirteen." Serenity said. "Darien, turn around. Let me see your back." Serenity ordered.
"What? Why?" Darien asked.
"Just do it." Serenity said. Darien turned around and Serenity pulled the covers down so she could see his entire back. On his lower back, near the spine was a small green dot surrounded by a larger white circle. "Holy…" Serenity gasped. She traced the small tattoo with her finger as she stared at it.
"You know what it is, don't you?" Darien asked.
"Darien, your name isn't Darien." Serenity said.
"What are you talking about? You know something about my past don't you?" Darien asked turning around and grabbing Serenity's wrists.
"I have the same tattoo." Serenity said. She turned around and on her shoulder was a white dot with a green circle around it.
"How?" Darien asked.
"When Prince Endymion was visiting at one point, we went to town. There was a gypsy in town who offered to give us tattoos. We knew our parents wouldn't want us to get tattoo's, but we were at the age that we didn't care what they thought or wanted and we wanted something secret share just for the two of us. So we got our jewel colors tattooed first. Then we surrounded them with the other's colors creating these circles." Serenity explained. "Darien, you're the missing Prince. You're Endymion!" Serenity screamed. She jumped up onto Darien and kissed him hard.
"Wait, you're saying that I'm the missing Prince people have been waiting for all this time?" Darien asked.
"Yep! And now I don't have to try to love you because I already do." Serenity said.
"Serenity, wait. Are you sure?" Darien asked.
"Positive." Serenity answered with a big smile. Darien just nodded and looked off into space. "What's wrong Dare?"
"It's just a lot to digest." Darien said.
"Well, how about we sleep on it and talk about it in the morning." Serenity suggested. Darien nodded his head and got into a more comfortable position.
"Good night Endy." Serenity mumbled as she fell asleep on Darien's chest. To Darien that name did feel oddly comfortable coming out of Serenity's lips.
"Good night Sere." He whispered as he too fell asleep.
A/N- So here it is. Sorry it took so long for me to get it up. It's kind of a weird chapter, but now you guys can stop going "Are they blind?" There's going to be some problems in the future though so it isn't going to be a smooth ride. This story is far from over right now. Review please!
