AN: Written for Angsty April on LJ.
Conception
Across the universe, it was widely known that life was rarely created from interplanetary unions. For those couples who found love together, they resolutely accepted a life without children naturally borne to them. The curse seemed a terrible one, but the deep connection was said to sustain these pairings.
In these couples, there was no concern for traditional birth control methods as they were entirely unneeded. Should the pair be so fortunate to conceive, it was viewed as a blessing of the gods themselves – a once in a generation occurrence with the resulting offspring leading heroic and extraordinary lives.
Thus, when the Lunar princess joined with the Terran prince in holy matrimony, there were whispers across the galaxy that there would be no succession – that two major dynasties would become extinct. The whispers grew to rumors, and within the Terran prince's once glorious golden kingdom, a dark force took hold. The people could not – would not – accept an end to the beloved line of Endymion. While Serenity and Endymion tried to reassure their subjects that the stars themselves had predicted a beloved and powerful child borne to the next generation, the people wanted to ensure proper lineage. A scarlet haired woman, recently vocal about the demise of the Terrans, promised she could give them the heir they so desperately craved.
While the great machine of war grew, a distracted population let other grievances go overlooked. For a short time, love fiercely blossomed between the great shitennou and Serenity's senshi – unions consummated in covert places, moments snuck in unlikely venues. Inevitably, the loyal guardians were finally forced to return to their original and rightful places on opposite sides of the war.
When the end came and the battleground stretched around the quartet,in time, only the strongest pair remained.
"You pause. Why?" He had never known her to be cautious in anything.
Her blue gaze darted away from his piercing silver one. With her liege dead, the Moon in ruins, and the Lunar kingdom nearly under the rule of a new queen, he wondered why she wouldn't surrender. In their short time together, he recognized her to be loyal and strong, but not without reason. Why did she falter?
"What if we could go back?" She answered his question with one of her own.
"To where?"
The hand not upon her sword pressed upon the smooth abdomen he knew to be taut and golden. While he gazed upon his former lover, his vision hovering over the slight swell in her shredded fuku, she glanced back to the now lifeless body of his Prince. While she had first wondered at his brave commitment to Serenity, now she second guessed his motives. Faced with a very real defeat, had Endymion ended his life because of the fate he had seen before him? Had he known he would be forced to couple with that terrible woman? To give rise to a generation of unwanted children? Had his sacrifice been to stop a terrible future?
Turning her attention back to the man in the tattered cape, she wondered if she was capable of the same bravery. Against everything she believed, against the very gods she was descended from, she knew the unborn baby which grew inside her was not destined for greatness as so many previous unions had produced. While created in love, what future would this child be born to? A mother enslaved and a murderous father?
Holding up the great sword of the Moon, Venus swiftly drove the weapon deep inside her womb.
AN: Enough.