Author: Yeah, it's been a long while. I had decided to focus on two of my other fics, but now that I am getting a little bit of writer's block for them, I decided to give this fic another try ^_^ so here is the next chapter and I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Don't own Sm.
Serena and Sammy stepped into the arcade to be met with a huge room filled with many games; tons upon tons of children running about and playing anything their heart desired. There was a section cut off that were aligned with booths for customers to sit and eat and at the entry way was where you ordered food and cashed in tickets for prizes.
Sammy's eyes were wide with amazement, mouth falling agape. "Ho-ly shit!"
Serena grinned, eyes scanning through the variety of games she could play. "Holy shit is right, brother. What shall we play first?"
"Anything with a steering wheel!"
"You are so on!"
.::3 Hours Later::.
Serena stepped out of the arcade with a grin upon her face as she and her brother began walking down the street, heading towards home. Sammy laced his fingers and placed them behind his head, shifting his eyes upon his sister, a grin upon his face as well.
"Oh my God! I can't believe I never knew these existed! You used to come to here all the time?"
Serena nodded. "Yeah, like every day! Mom and Dad were good friends with Andrew's parents. I used to come here and get as many milkshakes I could drink and play free games."
Serena smiled, reminiscing over the best days of her life. "The girls, Andrew and I were always together…" She suddenly trailed off, narrowing her eyes and tilting her head slightly to sniff the air. Furrowing her brows, she shifted her eyes upon her brother, whose eyes were already upon her. Without saying a word, both Serena and Sammy spun on their heels, turning around to look behind them.
The duo narrowed their eyes as they spotted a woman standing several feet from them. The woman had halted in her steps as well, not uttering a word as she stared upon them with garnet eyes. Without warning she began walking forward, closing the distance between them.
Serena eyed the woman intensely, seeing that she looked rather familiar and what struck her the most was the woman's scent; she was one of them. Furrowing her brows, eyes flashing gold in recognition, Serena let a hand fall behind her back as her fingernails began to grow longer and became razor sharp.
"Who are you?" demanded Serena.
The woman smiled, cocking her head to the side. "No need to get hostile my dear, I am not here to harm you Princess."
"Princess?" Serena's brows arched as she shifted her eyes upon her brother, whom was staring upon the strange unknown woman before them in confusion.
"Yes Princess, I am your guardian." She shifted her eyes upon Sammy. "as well as yours, my Prince."
"Look lady…I think you've had one too many drinks because you're talking crazy!" exclaimed Sammy, taking a step back from the woman.
The woman in turn rolled her eyes. "Your mother said this would be difficult."
"Our mother?" Serena took a menacing step forward. "What would you know about our mother?"
"She's a long time friend of mine."
"Really now…you have yet to introduce yourself." muttered Serena through clenched teeth.
The woman smiled. "I've already told you…I am your guardian, but if you need to know my name, it's Setsuna."
Serena swallowed deeply; taking note that this must be the woman her mother was talking about. Now becoming alert and curious, Serena's nails drew back to its normal size and she crossed her arms over her chest, wanting to know what this woman's purpose is.
"Well…what do you want from us?"
"We need to talk."
Sammy raised a brow, still looking upon this woman skeptically. "Talk about what?"
"About your heritage…and the full story that surrounds your parents' deaths."
The silver streaked brunette turned towards his sister unsure of what to do as Serena was contemplating over her next course of action. Sighing deeply, she locked eyes with Setsuna with a nod of the head.
"Where to?"
Setsuna smiled. "Follow me."
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Serena silently looked around, eyeing the interior of Setsuna's BMW before her eyes landed on the window. She arched a brow as they pulled up in front of a mansion and once the car pulled to a stop, she made her way out of the vehicle. She turned to her brother when she heard him whistle lowly, eyes wide as they were glued upon the mansion.
With an arched brow, Serena turned towards Setsuna, who was locking the doors to her vehicle. Serena narrowed her eyes upon the woman.
"Nice place…you don't live here alone."
Setsuna smirked. "No I don't."
"Who are the other two in the house?" questioned Sammy, coming up to stand beside his sister as they both stared upon Setsuna cautiously.
"Your guardians." was Setsuna's simple reply.
Serena frowned. "Okay, what is up with the whole guardian thing…how many are there?"
Setsuna licked her lips and crossed her arms over her chest. "We are your protectors. There are eight in total, five of whom you know quite well, Princess." Before Serena could question the woman any further, Setsuna suddenly began walking towards the house, not bothering to tell her guests that she was leaving them.
Sammy turned to Serena, running a hand though his bangs. "I don't like this."
Serena nodded in agreement. "Me either. Look, we will just listen to what they have to say and get then we get the hell out of here."
Sammy sighed. "What do you think she meant by being our protectors…what are they trying to protect us from and who are the other five guardians you know?"
"I don't have the slightest idea." Serena paused, scratching the back of her head. "Mom said something about this, she said that I had a lot to learn…this might explain why she was wearing that gown and had that crescent on her forehead."
Sammy arched a brow. "What are you-"
"I've already told you I am not here to harm you, so please come along if you want an explanation." stated Setsuna, leaning against the front door and eyeing her guests with amusement. The pair glanced at each other and with a quick nod, both Sammy and Serena jogged their way up to the walkway where Setsuna silently stood in front of her home.
Opening the door, they all quickly entered Setsuna's home and both Sammy and Serena silently admired the nicely decorated home. The two young assassins jumped, completely taken aback as they heard a loud piercing scream, followed by the sound of broken glass and a stream of profanities following after.
"Damn it Amara!"
After the sudden shout, running footsteps could be heard, followed by a roar of laughter. Setsuna sighed heavily, shaking her head at her companions' usual antics. She quickly ushered Serena and Sammy into the living room and waited for them to take a seat.
"I will be right back, please make yourselves comfortable." With that said, the mysterious green haired woman exited the room.
Sammy ran a hand through his hair, eyeing his sister in a moment of silence. "What do you think of all of this?"
Serena sighed, slouching in her seat with a thoughtful expression upon her face. "I really don't know. Mom told me that I would meet a Setsuna and low and behold, here she is. All I can really do is hear what she has to say."
Sammy slightly furrowed his brows. "There are two more wolves here."
"I know." Replied Serena casually.
Sammy arched a brow appalled. "Does that not concern you?"
"If they were going to attack, they would have done so already; they're not a threat."
Sammy snorted, crossing his arms over his chest. "I wouldn't let my guard down just yet."
"I didn't say that my guard was down, only that they're not a threat to us."
Just as Sammy was about to retort, Setsuna came waltzing into the room with a tray holding cookies, tea, cups and napkins. She placed them down onto the coffee table and began to fix herself a cup of tea.
"Don't be shy, help yourselves to whatever you like." said Setsuna as she picked up two cookies and took a seat on a large plush chair behind her, then took a long sip from her tea. Sammy shifted his gaze towards cookies and snagged himself three and then turned towards the tea a little unsure. He never really cared for tea but it just smelled so good! With a slight shrug of his shoulders, he prepared himself a cup, than shifted his gaze upon his sister as she snatched up about 8 cookies.
"Damn Serena! You pig!"
"Shut the hell up! I'm hungry!"
"We just ate like 2 whole pizza pies each and you had two banana splits and a large chocolate shake!"
"Yeah…and that was like 2 hours ago."
Sammy shook his head; he knew he had a rather big appetite but his sister was just plain ridiculous!
"You are such a bottomless pit." mumbled Sammy as he slouched back in his seat and took a bite out of his cookie. Serena's only response was flicking off her little brother as she inhaled her cookies and took a long swig of her tea. She was about to compliment Setsuna on the cookies and tea, but two figures suddenly appeared in the walkway of the room, causing the blonde to arch a brow.
The blonde with short unruly hair was the first to come waltzing into the room with a grin upon her face. She suddenly yelped as another woman with long curly sea green hair grabbed the blonde by the ear and twisted it rather painfully.
"I said I was sorry Michelle!" whinned the blonde as she dropped down to her knees as Michelle began to twist harder. Michelle glared at the blonde, releasing her hold, a frown forming upon her face as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yeah and I remember telling you to quit doing that Amara!"
The blonde rubbed at her very red and very sore ear than gave a shrug, lacing her fingers behind her head casually and standing to her feet.
"Well I can't help it that you're easy to sneak up on, besides…" she wiggled her eyebrows, giving the young girl a rakish grin. "It's so hot hearing you curse." Amara couldn't help but be amused by Michelle's blush of anger and embarrassment and turned to head towards the couch.
Michelle growled lowly under her breath and suddenly stuck out her foot and tripped the tall blonde. Amara yelped once more as she unceremoniously fell to the floor with a loud thud as Michelle stepped over the sprawled out form on the floor and made her way to the vacant loveseat.
Amara pushed herself up on all fours, pouting once more. "What was that for!"
Michelle re-crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away from the blonde with an 'hmph'. Amara scrambled to her feet and made her way to the loveseat, snaking her arms around Michelle's waist and pulling her close. She gave the aqua haired girl the best puppy-dog look she could muster up.
"Aww, don't be mad at me." She leaned in, trailing soft kisses down Michelle neck, than smirked when the aqua haired girl drew in a shaky breath.
Setsuna suddenly cleared her throat, hiding her amusement with a look of indifference. "We have company."
"So." muttered the blonde, twirling a lock of Michelle's hair with a finger.
Setsuna clenched her jaw as her eye twitched. "So cut it out!"
"Make me!" chirped Amara, a smirk forming upon her face.
The green haired woman growled lowly. "Don't make me come up out this chair, woman!"
Setsuna, Amara and Michelle snapped their heads towards Sammy as the boy choked on his tea and began to cough profusely.
Serena hid her smirk, eyeing her brother in pure amusement as she saw that some of the tea had fallen on the crouch of his pants and looked as if he had peed on himself. She couldn't hold back a slight giggle as her brother noticed the wet stain and growled in dismay.
Sammy clenched his jaw and glared at his sister who was failing miserably to hide her giggles. Blushing in embarrassment, the young teen cleared his throat, turning his attention upon Setsuna.
"So…what did you want to talk to us about?" he questioned, placing his tea down on the table and picking up a few napkins to try to clean his pants.
Setsuna bit back a grin as she saw the annoyance written plainly upon her prince's face. She turned to Amara and Michelle, waving a hand towards them. "I would like to introduce you to two of your guardians; Amara and Michelle."
Michelle smiled as Amara smirked with a nod of the head. Serena and Sammy looked upon the two with blank looks, than shifted their gaze upon Setsuna.
"What is up with this whole guardian thing?" questioned Serena, wanting to get to the bottom of this.
Setsuna straightened up in her seat. "I'll start from the beginning." She shifted her gaze upon Serena, staring her straight in the eyes. "You lived a past life a millennia ago as Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom."
Serena arched a brow, before falling out into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. "What the hell are you talking about, lady?"
The green haired woman frowned slightly. "Did you not see your mother wearing a royal gown?"
Serena swallowed deeply. "How did you know that?"
"I know many things…I have lived a millennia."
"You don't look older than 20." replied Sammy.
"I'm 24 or to be more precise 1024."
"How is that possible?" questioned Serena, completely skeptical about the whole situation.
Setsuna sighed, seeing that she wasn't getting anywhere. "In your past life I was the princess of Pluto, the guardian of the gates of time and Sailor Pluto the Senshi of time and space. I as well was your guardian; my duty was to protect you at all times."
"Protect me from what?"
"You were the princess of the largest ruling kingdom in the universe. There were many people who wanted to harm you so your kingdom would crumble."
"Because I was the next heir to the throne?"
Setsuna nodded. "Yes and you had 8 guardians in total; Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto."
"What about Earth?"
"The Prince of Earth was your lover."
Serena's brows shot up at the woman's words. "Lover?"
"Yes, Prince Endymion of Earth."
"Was he reborn too?"
"Yes…though he is no longer with us."
The young princess's head shot up. "What do you mean?"
"He died a few months ago."
"Who was he?" questioned Serena, though in her heart she already knew the answer.
"Darien Chiba."
Author: Done for now, hope you enjoyed ^_^ Please review and tell me what you think!
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