Love Conquers All!
By: Katie-lee Brady
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NOTHING! The only thing I own is the story line, but the characters were used, which I totally don't own. I also don't own the story lines of X-Men 2, and some season of Alias… but there is a few characters made up… very original :)
Chapter 12: Decisions and ache
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Previously On: Love Conquers All! – Rei is confronted by Mina and Ami. They want to know her past. So she tells them of her past with Chad and why they 'hate' each other.
Serenity and Endymion talk about 'what if' situations. But Serenity already knows something? But what?
When Endymion approaches Rei, she tells him that Serenity will be in danger, and that she's… haha! I'm not telling! Read on and find out… hehe… :p
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Endymion was now frowning at her, "What about Serenity? What's going to happen? Why will she not be safe?" he quickly asked.
Rei once again bit her bottom lip, "A life changing alteration. A new Serenity… same spirit…" she sounded lost now. She paused to try and get understanding from her thoughts before speaking.
"What are you talking about?" Endymion tried to stay calm, but what she was saying was a totally different meaning, and it actually scared him.
In one second, Rei's head snapped towards Endymion, "Serenity's…" her eyes were watering. Sadness and horror filling them with each tear that threatened to spill.
"Serenity's… what?" Endymion moved closer towards Rei, "What? What's happening?" he sounded stressed.
"I'm so… so sorry Endymion" Rei finally broke own into tears.
Endymion on the other hand was getting annoyed, and angry. "Rei," he tried to say calmly, "what did you see?"
"She… she's going to die." She cried as she lowered her head. "There's nothing you can do…" she added just under a whisper.
Endymion immediately went quiet. That was one thing he was not expecting. But then hearing that there was nothing he could do to stop it… it aggravated him. He had just found her again after how many years, now Rei says that she I going to die, and there's nothing he, or anyone else can do to stop it. But as he thought more about it, it did explain Serenity's earlier question. But then, why would she keep that from him? Why did she not tell him?
"How" Endymion asked Rei. His voice was quivering and high pitched. He was scared, anxious, and most of all, afraid. What was he to do?
Rei slowly raised her head towards his, "She will fight, no matter where she is. Her fate is set, and you can't change fate. By all means you can try… but you will fail" she looked solemnly at him.
He fell to his knees with his hands over his face. "How? Why?" he spoke through a strained voice.
"How is undecided… why is undecided… but what ever the choices… what ever her plans and actions; she will die" Rei replied in a low voice, "Her time is up, and the ferryman is waiting for her." Endymion was quiet. "You can not let this disrupt the plans you had for this war. Everything must… must still go according to plan" she insisted in a strong commanding voice.
Endymion quickly turned his back to her and wiped his face, "thank-you Rei" he tried to stay strong, but his voice failed him, "I will use this advice and win this was" he said as he strode out of the room.
Rei sat there in silence, "no, there is no need to be thankful" she said out loud to herself, "I should be saying sorry…" she quietly sobbed. "Through out this whole time I have stayed with you, your mind has been pre-occupied with Serenity. You lose her, and just now you get her back. And because of this war, you are going to lose her again, for real" she let her eyes water and sail down her face. "But there is still hope… you just have to believe" she said with faint hope in her voice.
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"So you're really only 22 years old" Mina said to Serenity. It wasn't a question, but a statement in disbelief.
"Yes" Serenity laughed, "Why? How old did you think I was?" she asked.
"Well, considering you did bring yourself back to life" Ami added.
The girls were sitting in a small lounge room with an open glass wall towards the gardens. Serenity took Endymions advice, and got to know Ami and Mina better. They hit it off right away. And they had leant so much off each other.
"Mmm…" Serenity mumbled in thought. "Well from when I last brought myself back from the dead, to know, I'm 22" she restated.
"Okay, so how old were you before you… you know… died?" Mina asked out loud, "not to be rude?" she added.
"Not at all" Serenity smiled, "when I first 'died' I was 23."
"Wow" Ami said, "Just a year older" she smiled, "hopefully this time you can out grow that number."
"Yeah… But it had been 300 years, and now that" Mina mumbled to herself, "So technically" she looked at Serenity, "You're 345 years old" Mina smiled in victory.
"Suppose you could put it that way" Serenity replied.
"Well at that way it makes me seem less old" Ami laughed.
"May I ask you a question?" she asked looking at Ami.
"You just did" Ami replied.
Mina laughed, "Stop being so… weird" she said turning towards Serenity, "What is it you wanted to know?"
"Well, it's just fascinating to me… and it really annoyed me because I couldn't see… but how was… how did Endymion act during my 300 year 'Sleep'?" she asked them.
"Mmm…" Mina went silent.
Ami just looked at her. She slightly looked away and bit her bottom look.
Serenity eyed them off… was something wrong? Did something happen? Something must have happened, or why else were they acting strangely right now? "What?" she asked softly.
"Well…" Mina replied looking at Ami. "No one actually knew you existed… we found out about your pasts when you came her the first night" she said in a cautious voice.
"But don't get us wrong, it just gave us an answer as to why Endymion started acting… differently all those years ago" Ami added.
"O-kay" Serenity dragged, "how did he act differently?"
"He didn't! That's the thing" Mina said in a low voice.
Serenity laughed softly, "Then how did you know he acted 'differently'?" she asked them.
"Because one night he comes home raving mad. The next couple of nights are the same. Then one night he is calm and quiet as anything. And them he just started acting… normal" Mina paused.
"Maybe to normal. He took his duties more serious and no longer cared for anything" Ami added. Her eyes never meeting Serenity's.
Serenity was now frowning, "okay… that's understandable… but that's not a big, big change" she said confused. "I would have thought something totally different. Like killing… blowing up things… umm, I don't know."
"Mmm… now that's understandable" Mina laughed.
"But it's true… it was different to us because we knew him best… and that was very much out of character… especially after so long" Ami said.
"Uh" Serenity said as she looked away from the girls.
"Well hey, enough about this subject…" Mina suggested after a moment of silence, "What sort of things do you like… like… clubbing? Cooking? You know?" she asked Serenity.
Serenity faintly smiled, "well, I do like to dance… and I can cook… umm… I'm not really good at much, as my whole life I was only subject to fighting and killing," she paused to look at the girls.
Both Ami and Mina were looking at her with shocked faces. "You were subjected to that your whole life?" Ami asked in disbelief.
"Well, yeah. My whole family, the Tsukino line, has been fighting with the Vatican since it first got established. My family has a long line or warriors… and I guess every generation is meant to carry on that legacy" she laughed at the reality of it all.
"Well, when this is over, think, you can live peacefully with Endymion, forever and ever" Mina said in a sweet, childish voice.
Serenity looked away from them with. Her faint smile disappeared and she was biting her bottom lip.
"Why do you look so sad all of a sudden?" Ami asked quickly.
Serenity clenched her jaw and blinked away the feeling of wanting to cry. "It's nothing" she smiled at them, "I was just thinking about something. So what were you Saying?" she asked them. Hoping they would fall for her fakeness.
Ami and Mina looked at each other, "nothing… don't worry about it" mina said.
"Oh, okay then" serenity spoke in a small voice.
Ami quickly looked away from the girls. "are you alright?" Serenity asked cautiously.
After a moment Ami turned and smiled, "It was just Endymion, wondering where you are. He wants to see you. He's in the library" she said looking at them.
Serenity nodded her head, "Okay" she then got up.
"Maybe we can catch again, soon" Mina said as Serenity started walking away.
"For sure" Serenity smiled, "its nice talking to you guys… you two are really nice" and she walked out of the room.
When Serenity was out of sight, Ami turned to Mina, "Did you see how she reacted, and sideswiped that statement about after this war and her being together with Endymion forever and ever?" she sounded serious.
Mina nodded the whole way through Ami speech. "Yes… do you think something's going to happen… or she knows something we don't… or maybe" she gasped, "She's thinking about leaving Endymion again?" her voice was high and panicky, though there was worry and stress.
Ami just looked at her, "there's something… maybe we should ask Rei if she has seen anything?"
"Yeah… they can both see into the future, so maybe Serenity saw something… and no doubt Rei would have saw it too" Mina added.
"Let us go then" Ami said as he get up form her chair and started to walk away.
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When Serenity reached the library, it was quiet and looked deserted. The library was huge. The size of an average persons house, but like one eighths (1/8) of the actually mansion.
"Endy?" she said softly as she walked in. The whole place was marble with large dark red oak shelves and grand stair case.
"Serenity" Endymion sounded happy as he appeared at the top of the stair case.
"Hello" she smiled as he approached her.
"Hello back" he said as he hugged her. "So what's up with all the 'hellos' lately?"
"Nothing, you can never get enough hellos."
"Uh-huh" he laughed to himself.
"Anyways, Ami said you wanted to talk to me… so what did you want?"
"Oh, yeah, it was just about the plans we have for you to do your thing, I was talking to Rei and she said the soon the better or something" he said trying not to sound fake.
"Oh yeah, how did the thing with Rei go anyway?" she quickly said. Trying to get off the whole topic completely.
"Yeah, it went good. She told me some really good advice and thinks we have a pretty good chance of winning" he said calmly.
"Mmm…" Serenity nodded, "That's good news."
"Yeah it is" he agreed. "Anyways, enough about this whole war… let's focus on us while we have the time" she suggested.
Serenity smiled, "that would be really nice" she said holding back her tears.
"Are you alright" Endymion immediately said.
"Yeah, just this whole situation… I hate it" Serenity spoke honestly.
"Well, for now it's about us… and plus, it will take our minds off the things" he said as he kissed her. When they pulled apart he took her hand and dragged her off somewhere so they could enjoy each others company.
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"Okay, we have to ease into it, okay" Mina looked at Ami. They were headed towards Rei.
"Ease" Ami replied.
"Ami, take this serious" Mina said bringing them both to a halt. "We don't want her to know that we know something… she might not even know anything."
"Know what?" Rei voice asked as she rounded the corner.
"Umm…" both Mina and Ami looked at each other.
Rei continued to stare at them with one raised brow, "what might I know?" she asked again.
"Umm…" Ami was frantic. She kept chattering incoherent words.
Rei then turned her gaze upon Mina, "Mina" she said warningly.
"Okay, okay" Mina blow under the stress, "We just wanna know if you knew anything about why Serenity is acting all weird and stuff?"
Rei was taken back, "Why do you want to know?"
"Well, we were talking… and I said something about her being with Endymion forever and ever… and she just looked away sad…"
Rei was taken back once more, "So she did know" she said under her breath to herself.
"Know what?" Ami then asked. Now putting pressure on Rei.
"There's something… but I can not tell you" she said looking at them.
"Why not" Mina nearly shouted in dispute.
"Because Endymion has asked me not to tell anyone" she looked at them, "and that means anyone."
Ami and Mina then went into Slums Ville. They came there looking for Rei in hope of finding something out… and now they weren't allow to know anything. Such bummers.
"Well at least tell us one thing" Mina looked at her, "is it that bad?"
"Unfortunately, yes" Rei replied.
"It's going to tear them apart, isn't it?" Ami then asked.
Rei just looked at them, "Look, we have a fair chance to win this fight… and everything is going according to plan… but one thing will not… but as much as it is unexpected, it is expected" Rei said quietly to them. "No matter what."
"Is there anything anyone can do?" Mina then asked.
"I'm not permitted to talk about it okay… I'm sorry… I have to go" Rei quickly said as she disappeared.
"Mmm… I wonder is Trista's seer has seen anything?" Mina then said out loud.
"Mina" Ami questioned her. Warning her, "we are not allowed to know… which means what ever it is… will distort things… and ruin our chances of winning… so leave it, and when the time comes… we will know." Ami looked sternly at her, "and besides, if Akemi has seen anything, Endymion and Trista would have been notified first, and then the decision not to tell anyone… so even if she did, she would most definitely not spill."
"Yeah, I guess your right" Mina said lowering her head. "lets get back to lab."
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"Endymion," Serenity said looking up at him, "I never want this night to end" she kept smiling.
Endymion smiled down at her, tightening his grip, "yeah, me too" he whispered.
"Do you think this will always be like this?" she then asked him. Not wanting him to worry about her.
Though Endymion found it hard to burst out in a fit of tears, anger and rage. It wasn't fair that she had to die. Little lone where and when. "I hope so" he replied. Mize well make the best of what time they have, than fight about the situation.
"Will you sty with me forever? No matter what?" she than asked.
Endymion, now was getting a little worried, "Yes. Why do you ask?"
"I dunno. Just incase something happens and it breaks our bond… or relationship. I just want to know that you'll love me no matter what" she smiled.
"Well like is said earlier, "If you ever did die" nearly choking on the word 'die', "I will find your reincarnation, and hope they are just lie you… even down to the part where they fall in love with me."
To his response Serenity snuggled more into the side of Endymion, "Yeah… besides, how could anyone NOT fall in love with you" she laughed.
Endymion just held her tighter against him.
"I hope that we stay happy like this forever… and the pain you suffered because of me will not stop you from enjoying the simplest things in life. And I hope that no matter what, we will live in the light" she mumbled dozing in and out of sleep.
Endymion listened carefully to what she was saying, but in the end, it made no sense to him. "Shh… it's alright, just sleep for now" he said as he too tried to relax in hopes that sleep would take over him. But the whole Serenity dying thing rung in his head like a grey cloud; never leaving even the smallest of thoughts.
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This chapter may seem pointless, but trust me; there is much in this chapter that leads up to the final point. But hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for the next chapter. Cheerios.
Chapter started: 3rd January 2008 – 5:07pm
Chapter continued and finished on: 6th January 2008 – 11:34am
Katie-Lee :)