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Disturbingly confused- Are you talking about what happened with Diamond or the flash back Serenity had? Besides, I couldn't make it too graphic because the story is rated T.

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Chapter 4: Untold Feelings

When Serenity woke she felt warm all over, she sighed blissfully, but her legs protested with a sharp pain that turned into a slow throb. Serenity turned over and her nose ran smack dab into a chest. She should've been scandalized or something, but Serenity could only immerse herself in the warmth surrounding her. So for a moment she snuggled into the arms of her mystery man who held her. She hadn't slept in the same bed with anyone since she was six when she used to crawl in her parents bed when there was a bad storm. She'd forgotten the comfort of another human body sleeping next to hers.

Serenity was someone who loved her sleep and took her time getting up. So that's what she did, she took her time lying there in this man's arms, and soon she decided she was awake enough to open her eyes.

As her eyes drifted open and her eyes met a bare male chest. But once again this was the point she was suppose to bolt and start screaming, and Serenity knew that's what she should do. But it was obvious that whoever was holding her wasn't up yet so why not enjoy it while she could. It couldn't be Diamond holding her; this man's skin was a bronze tan; Diamond's skin was extremely pail like hers.

An untold feeling came over her; Serenity couldn't describe it. She lifted her hand and placed it on the chest before her. Whoever he was he was obviously very well built. Every muscle was clearly defined and prominent, Serenity opened her hand and began to slowly trace a random pattern on his chest. It was a slow leisurely foray, as if she had all the time in the world.

It was then she realized what the feeling was; it was a feeling of rightness. She belonged in these arms, she felt safe in these arms, and she didn't want to leave them. Serenity looked up and saw the face of her savior the night before. His black hair was tumbled about his head, and his face was as handsome as it had been.

Wow, I wasn't dreaming Serenity thought giddily, and laugh forming in her throat. She knew his eyes would be a blue, but much darker than her own. Serenity laid her hand back on her his chest again and laid her head on his chest with a sigh.

It was then that the memories of the night before began to resurface in her mind. Pirates had invaded the town, then she had been trapped under the beams and then blackness. It was then that Serenity realized not only was he naked, but she wasn't wearing anything at all either.

Serenity then noticed that she was flush up against him, their bodies touching intimately. His body was hardened with muscles while her body felt soft and cushioned against his. Blushing, Serenity tried to gently scoot away from him, but his arm only tightened around her waist bringing her back to him.

Serenity sighed a little annoyed and was tempted to hit him over the head, but she buried the childish impulse.

She tried to gently scoot away again, but froze as he spoke, "Going somewhere Princess?"

Serenity slowly looked up at him a blush stealing across her cheeks, as she met the deep blue eyes she had seen the night before. There was a mischievously light and laughter in them that only made Serenity blush even more.

Stupid bastard, he was awake the whole time Serenity groaned in her mind. She lowered her eyes back to his chest and asked timidly "Umm…sir, would you mind letting go of me?"

Endymion smiled, but only brought her closer and inhaled the fragrance from her hair. "But you smell so good Princess, why would I want to let something like you go." he said breathing in her natural perfume. Serenity only blushed even more, she knew he was playing with her, but she had never been teased before.

"Please?" she asked again growing slightly afraid of what he might do if her didn't let her go. Endymion's smile widened then removed his arm from her waist allowing her to put some space between them.

Serenity wrapped the sheet around her and tried to sit up but winced; it hurt when she tried to move her legs.

"Oh right, lets see how your ankle is." Endymion said lifting the sheet up to expose her wrapped up foot. Endymion slowly removed the towel and ice packs to examine her foot.

Serenity winced again as she saw it. It was swollen, puffy, and pink. Tears came to her eyes as she tried to move it. Endymion put a gentle hand on her ankle and said, "Just try not the move it, believe it or not the swelling actually went down. Just lay back and let me wrap this up."

Serenity did as she was told reclining back onto the pillows. Without getting out of the bed Endymion reached over and brought out a roll of gauze. He cradled her ankle gently in his lap and wrapped her ankle up. Serenity felt tears prickle at her eyes, but was able to hold them back.

Endymion could only admire the Princess eve more as he wrapped up her ankle. That delicate little ankle shouldn't look sickly like this, and knew every movement hurt. But she was trying to be brave and not let her tears fall form her eyes.

Setting her ankle back down he laid down next to her again and affectionately brushed her cheek. But she cringed again as he accidentally brush her bruised cheek. She opened her eyes to see Endymion leaning over her rage in his eyes for Diamond and tenderness for her. He brushed her cheek again, but more softly this time so not to cause her pain.

"He shouldn't have been allowed to do this to you." he said gently rubbing her cheek; Serenity had closed her eyes under his ministrations, his caresses taking some of the pain away. "You should've been protected."

Serenity then sat up and stared down at him coolly. She hadn't allowed any guard to escort her anywhere after she'd been raped by one when she was thirteen. She had always been fine by herself, and that's how she preferred it.

"Are you offering for the job?" she said looking down at him. Endymion sensing he had struck a sore nerve tried to respond, but the door to his cabin swung open.

Jadeite and Malachite walked in like they always did in the morning to wake up their captain who sometimes slept in. It was uncommon but when it happened they usually took it upon themselves to wake up Endymion.

"Rise and shine Endymion." Jadeite said walking over to the bed. "You have a ship to run." Endymion smiled at his friend, but Serenity drew the covers up over her head her face going bright red.

"Oh, and good morning to you to Princess." Jadeite said sweeping into a regal bow. Serenity found herself smiling at Jadeite's playfully antics; Endymion sat up and pushed a smiling Jadeite away from the bed.

Malachite gave Jadeite a little shove of his own then placed a bundle of cloth on the table. "We washed and dried your cloths from last night Princess. We're currently searching our storage areas for more women's clothing, we should find some soon."

"Alright, now get out of here." Endymion said waving away his friends. Once Serenity heard the soft click of the door being closed she peaked out from under the covers, and saw that they had indeed brought back her purple dress from last night.

Endymion stood from the bed and stretched, Serernity quickly pulled the covers back up over her head. Did the man not realize he was still completely without cloths. Endymion's deep laughed reached her ears as she dove back under the covers. He leaned over and slightly lifted the covers so her could see Serenity's face.

"What Princess? Never seen a naked man before?" he said playfully. Serenity blushed again, but glared and tugged the covers back over her head. Endymion laughed again then turned to get dressed.

What is it about him? Serenity though in her mind. He took liberties that no one else would dare take with a woman of her stature. He gave no qualm to her personal space at all, and spoke and teased her like he'd known her for years. Not even Andrew had acted to her like this.

Maybe that's why I'm drawn to him. Serenity thought. That would make sense, he was like a breath of cool refreshing air after being locked in a musty old room, and it felt very good to take a breath of fresh air. After all she had been stuck in that musty room for her entire life.

"You can come out now Princess. I'm decent." Endymion said as he watch her golden head reemerge from the covers. Endymion handed her, her dress, and the turned his back letting her know he would give her privacy.

"Couldn't you just leave?" Serenity asked in a small voice, she'd never dressed in the presence of a man before and it made her slightly uncomfortable.

"Afraid not Princess. You happen to be injured and I intend to see that you do not injure yourself further." Endymion said gallantly. Serenity sighed in frustration. "Oh, fine." she said unfolding her dress.

Serenity soon found that moving her legs the slightest bit hurt a lot. She tried to be extra careful with her ankle, but it still hurt. Serenity was able tog et her dress on without much trouble, and then with practiced hand put her hair up her usual hairstyle. Though Luna had sometimes did it for her, she had done it mostly herself her whole life.

After getting dressed, Serenity then tried to get up and walk across the room, but it didn't go as planned. Once Serenity pushed of the bed to try to stand her legs protested sharply, especially her ankle, and they crumpled beneath her. Luckily, Endymion caught her under her arms before she hit the ground. He picked her up and set he back on the edge of the bed.

"I told you, you were injured. Now just stay there and I'll go get Zoicite to take a look at your legs." Endymion said. He hoped she would do as he said; she wouldn't be able to walk for a couple days as it was.

Serenity watched him walk out the door, and then decided she was deeply frustrated at her own inability. It then occurred to her that she should be very thankful that they had helped her last night or she would still be trapped underneath the beams with probably worse injuries. Waiting for his return Serenity looked around the cabin. It was very neat, her room would look the exact opposite if she didn't have maids to pick up and clean everything. There were two bookcases filled to the brink, and another door that was slightly ajar. She could see a desk that was covered in various maps and instruments, as were the selves next to them. Everything was in dark colors emphasizing that it was in fact a man that lived in this room.

Serenity stooped her inspection as she heard the door open again. Endymion walked back in with another man behind him. He had long blond hair that was pulled back into a ponytail, if his features hadn't been so rugged Serenity might've mistaken him for a girl.

"Princess this is Zoicite, our doctor on the ship." Endymion said sitting beside her on the bed. Serenity gave him a welcoming smile that Zoicite returned.

"Ok, let's see how you did Princess." he said kneeling down before her sliding her skirt up to her thighs so he could see the extent of her injuries. They all winced even Serenity when they saw her legs. They were an ugly mass of bruises, all of the large and dark purple.

No wonder I couldn't stand Serenity though staring at her legs. Her ankle looked relatively normal compared to her legs that looked she'd painted them purple.

"Alright Princess, I'm going to try some normal movements with your legs. Tell what movements hurt you."

Zoicite lightly grasped her good ankle then slowly lifted it until her leg was straight. Serenity bit her lip to keep from crying and nodded an affirmative that it hurt. Zoicite did the same with her other legs and got the same results. Serenity then felt Endymion's hand reach over and grasp hers in a steady grip. She look at him thank full then squeezed his hand as Zoicite did another painful movement to her leg.

Finally, Zoicite stood shaking his head. "I'm afraid you're not going to be able to walk until some of those bruises go away. Since even the smallest movement hurts, the only thing I can say is for you to rest your legs and try not to move them at all."

Serenity almost cried again, she didn't mind sleeping around in bed all day, but not being able to walk at all was hard to accept. "What about my ankle?"

"It's just a sprain, and you'll probably be able to start walking on it the same day that you can start using your legs, but stay off of it for a few weeks. We'll have to ice it every day to, so the swelling goes down."

The door swung open again and the other three generals walked in. "How's she doing?" Nephrite asked.

Serenity looked at all three of them and decided that she had never been in a room with so many good-looking men. Endymion of course she thought was the most handsome of them all but the other four were not without their good looks. She already knew Zoicite, and the one with short blond hair and purple eyes had been called Jadeite. The other one had long silver hair and blue eyes, and the last brown wavy hair and green eyes to match. Then, feeling quite stupid Serenity realized that she didn't exactly know where she was.

"This may sound quite awkward, but where am I?" Serenity asked. She turned and met Endymion smile.

"You're aboard the Gealach Princess, I'm her captain Endymion at your service." Endymion standing up sweeping into a bow. "And these are my four generals Malachite, Nephrite, Zoicite, and Jadeite." he said gesturing to each one.

Serenity sat there slightly confused. "Wait I'm on a ship?" she said. Endymion nodded his mischievous smile still on his face. Serenity then noticed the gentle rocking motion of the room, and the calling of gulls just outside the window. She thought back to last night's events again, and could only recall that they had saved her from under the beams.

"But you guys saved be last night." Serenity said.

"Well not exactly." Jadeite put in from somewhere behind Endymion. Serenity looked to Endymion for an answer, he replied "to put it quiet frankly Princess Serenity, we kidnapped you."

Serenity sat there stunned for a second. Thinking back even harder she vaguely recalled that she had been chased by several figures through the town. "Pirates." she said finally. "I'm on a pirate ship aren't I."

"Yup, and only the finest in the entire ocean." Nephrite said with a look of pride on his face. Serenity looked back to Endymion, and stared up at the handsome face of her savior, well now her captor. Maybe both she thought.

"You kidnapped me." she said, they all nodded. They seemed like little boys immensely please with themselves. "And now I'm on a pirate ship sailing to god knows where." They nodded again. It was at this point Serenity didn't really know how to react. She was in fact very happy because she was sailing blissfully away from Diamond, but there was still the fact that she was being kidnapped. They all stared at her waiting to see how she would respond, but all they got was a frustrated Princess.

"Well I don't know how you want me to react because frankly I don't know how to react myself," she said throwing her hands above her head. They all looked very surprised, none of their captives had reacted like this. They had expected her to start screaming her head off or something.

"Ok ummmm, what do you plan to do with me?' she asked. It was Malachite that answered.

"Quite simply we want to break your betrothal to Diamond, and we're just going to hold you until that happens."

There was silence for a moment. "Are you serious?" Serenity asked barley able to comprehend what Malachite said. When they nodded a joy as huge and bright as the sun filled her. She wasn't going to marry Diamond, the betrothal could be broken, and she did something she hadn't done in a long time.

Endymion saw Serenity's eyes go as bright with happiness as the sun shining outside. And then with a sequel of happiness she launched herself into his arms knocking him to the ground. All the generals were stunned, but Serenity was too happy to care. Endymion heard a chorus of thank yous in his ear as he tried to sit up with the bundle of joy in his arms. Serenity didn't even notice the pain in her legs, she was sooooooo happy. She didn't have to marry Diamond!

"Thank you soooooooooooo much!" she said squeezing Endymion even harder. Endymion didn't quite figure out what to do with the Princess in his arms. He looked around and the generals were just as confused as he was.

"Ok, ok settle down. " Endymion said settling the bouncing Princess back on the bed. "This is quiet odd. She's actually happy about it." Zoicite said

"Happy, I'm ecstatic. Thank you so much," she said still bouncing up and down on the bed. "I was against marrying Diamond form the beginning, but since I was against marriage as well it was hard to convinced parents of my betrothed's true character."

"We'll she's a smart one at that." Nephrite said.

"Ok. Now that we have a happy captive, Im sure she's pretty hungry." Endymion said, at this he received an eager nod from the Serenity. The other generals took the hint and left the cabin. "I'll said something up immediately," said Nephrite.

Once they were alone Endymion was still staring at her trying to figure out. She was very odd for a Princess. It was then he realized that her hair was up in the most peculiar style. There were one bun on each side of her head, and the rest of her hair was flowing out of them. He brought a hand up to one of her buns, and said, "I like your hair down."

Serenity was slightly taken aback, no one had ever commented on her hair. It was the royal hairstyle that the women of her family had been wearing for years, but was brought up short by his next comment. "It looks spaghetti and meatballs up like this," he said with a smile.

Serenity sputtered then said, "This is the royal hairstyle of my family!" Endymion just laughed at the anger look on the young Princess's face. "Ok I take it back, I like your hair both ways."

The door to the cabin swung open and Eric walked in carrying a tray of food.

"I know you I saw you at Seiya's manor." Serenity said. Eric smiled ad said, "You sure did ma'am, the captain sent me there so I could lead the to your room without any trouble. But you'd already run away by the time we got there."

Endymion patted the boy on the back and the he lifted Serenity up into his arms and carried her over to the table were Eric had set it down. And Endymion got to watch the Princess gobble up the food faster than he'd seen any royal eat before.

He raised an eyebrow, but Serenity just smiled. After she was done he saw her look longingly out the window. "Want to go up on deck?" he asked. This was greeted by an eager nod.

Serenity blushed as Endymion picked her up his arms again. Her arms automatically found their way around his neck, and she tried to keep a straight face as he walked up onto the deck. The salty ocean breeze blew threw her air and made her feel brand new. As she stared out at the blue ocean a feeling of untold freedom encompassed her.

She wasn't bound by the rules of society here. She was safe here with Endymion, and she was far away from Diamond. She could be any girl she wanted to be; she didn't have to put her mask back on. And her cage had crumbled around her and she was free to do whatever she wanted. Serenity took in a deep breath and a genuine smile broke out on her face. Endymion just saw a look of pure joy come over the Serenity's face and he saw all of her barriers drop and the girl come out of her. Endymion knew exactly how she felt; he had felt the exact same way the first time he'd sailed with his father.

"I know it dose that to you." he said. Serenity looked at him and felt pure joy encompass her again and she hugged his neck even tighter.