Vampirates
By: Katie-lee Brady

Summary: her feelings get the better of her, and encouraged her to take a course in life based on a promise. But along the way, she finds out the truth of reasoning as well as the truth about herself.

Rate: M

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon nor do I assume I do. This is merely a random plot I thought of to which I used the Sailor Moon characters. . please don't sue *hands and knees* plsss.

I also do not own the character name of .Hack. I'm just borrowing the name, not character.

Chapter 6: Lady Lita: Bringer of Truth

I followed suit to Endymion; I got up from the bed and awaited him to come out of the bathroom. As I waited I gathered my clothes and put them into a bundle.

As Endymion came out of the bathroom he stopped and looked at me, "sorry for all this hassle my dear," his voice held a certain, unpleasant note. His body shifted as if he wanted to do something, but he merely restrained himself and looked at me.

"It's fine, don't worry," I hushed as I stepped into the bathroom and freshened myself up. I had dressed myself into one of the many, white, dresses that were bought for me. If I didn't know any better, I would say that whoever bought me these clothes wanted me to wear white. But nonetheless they were all beautiful masterpieces. The dress I chose I was one of the few simple ones there. It had a cute heart shaped lining at the front that emphasised my breasts and was very tight around my waist then flowed free from the hips to my knees. The straps were thin, but all over pretty.

Stepping out of the bathroom I paused to see Endymion holding a pair of white small heeled shoes, "I think these will go very nicely with the dress," he smiled handing me the shoes, "which I might I say looks very beautiful on you." His eyes never left mine and nor did his smile leave his face.

"Thank-you," I said quickly as I felt myself blush. I took the shoes and placed them on the ground, sliding my feet in I noticed they only covered the top half of my feet. "What do you think?" I looked up to meet his eyes as I took a step back to present myself. I don't know if it was something I did, but his aura changed to a deep green. A colour I didn't really see too much, but from all the time I did see it, the emotion in the atmosphere was some sort of annoyance… but there was still that gold tainted streamer in his aura. It was absolutely magnificent, I never saw something like it, and right now it was pulsating, and was smothering the surrounding green around it slowly.

"You look," he started, I could tell by his pause he was trying to think of something flattering, "like a princess," he laughed mainly to himself, "breathtaking," he appraised with a smile. We were locked on each other's eyes and it felt like nothing else mattered, it was just him and I, nothing else existed. But what was this feeling? I most certainly didn't think it was possible to feel this way.

"I think we should go now," he sighed, bringing me out of my own little world with just him, "lady Lita does not have a patient personality and her thoughts are flooding me with anger," he growled lowly at the last part.

I merely looked at him, "who… what…" I sighed, "How is she flooding your thoughts?" I asked dumbly.

Endymion merely looked at me like I should have known, "I suppose it is only the vampires, who can do it, but we all share a similar brainwave, hence we can talk to each other telepathically."

I felt like hitting myself, I knew that, I did! "And just… who is Lady Lita?" I asked as he held out his hand for me to take.

"Ah," he slowly led me to the door when I placed my hand in his, "She is a dear old friend, but I would be very cautious of her…" his aura was going a deeper green with red reflections.

"Is she an enemy or something?" I asked making him pause.

"What do you mean?"

"Well… um… this will sounds strange, but your aura is showing your emotions, and well… it's going red… a really vibrant red," I paused upon seeing his features. His eyes were wide like a big shock of some sort had just hit him. "Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything," I muttered beginning to take my hand away from his grasp. Why would anyone want to be close to a freak like me? There was no one else out there like me and well… that was what I was; a freak.

"No, no my dear," Endymion grasped my hand tighter, "I was just thinking about something else, but it is not strange, do not fear," he paused taking a deep breath, "Lita is someone from a long time ago that comes with trouble where ever she goes." He explained to me, "but please, I must ask you to be guarded around her, even if she seems to be friendly," his eyes were fierce like something horrible was going to happen if I didn't.

Nodding I gulped the air in my throat and tried to look away.

"I'm sorry if I scared you," he said softly, "I just do not want any trouble," he smiled, "so I think we best go up before anyone thinks we're running away."

Walking out of his cabin I couldn't help but notice the ship's halls were all polished red timber… a very elegant ship for pirates… I mean… I did see the flag right? Yes… I think… oh my… it was very weird to me. Just up a head of the hall I saw a light, and within minutes we were at the arched door and were in a room with tables and stairs at the far end. Endymion guided me to the stairs, and while holding up my hand, we took the stairs one at a time. I think this was for my sake in these heels. Alright, they were small heels, but still… balance like mine… whoa! When we reached the top I saw we were now on the top deck, and everyone was standing a far distance from our entrance. Endymion pulled me back from taking another step and I looked straight at his face. His eyes were glancing over everyone, his features where sharp and aware.

"MOVE!" came a strong feminine voice. Taking my eyes off Endymion, I followed his to the people in front of us. There was some movement then an Amazon like woman appeared through the crowd with men following her in a frantic panic. "Ah!" she smiled widely, "Endymion," she nodded moving her head to the side to me, "absolutely gorgeous!" she breathed, "I'm so glad to see you again Serenity!" she smiled wide taking a few steps forwards.

"Lita!" Endymion said in a wave of fury taking a step in front of me. I don't know what was on his face, but I looked at Lita and horror was on her face. Lita appeared to be looking at me again and back at Endymion.

Gasping Lita shook her head, "she doesn't know!" her brows furrowed.

"Go away! Back to work!" Endymion yelled at his men on deck to leave them alone. In a fast sweep, everyone that was on deck was no longer seen at all. His head swang back to Lita, "I do not think it is appropriate to discuss this here," he said in a very controlling voice.

I tugged lightly on his hand and his face came back around to me, "it's alright," he whispered putting an arm around me to ensure I was secure if I had any worries.

Lita laughed, "The poor girl!" she looked at Endymion with hatred, "she is scared and all you can think of is ensuring she stays by your side! Are you even planning on telling her the truth!" her voice was harsh, and her aura was an even harsher red.

Endymion was now breathing hard. I myself was becoming paranoid. Okay. Let me review this. That woman! That Amazon like woman is Lita. Okay. Upon meeting, I didn't tell her my name, but she called me Serenity. Close to my name… but… what did she just say, "are you even planning on telling her the truth," does that mean… that maybe this Lita knows who I really am, the real me? But what of Endymion? Lita did have a point. I didn't know who he was, and well, he was very adamant on keeping me with him… my mind was a circus!

"Who is Serenity?" I wriggled out of Endymion grasp and looked at Lita, "why did you call me that?" My voice was calm but a note of frustration was there. "What are you hiding from me Endymion? What truth?"

Lita laughed, "I'm going to guess that he has told you nothing," she smiled, "Dear Endymion here knows the penalties for what he did, and none the less," she looked at Endymion, "she was bound to be found anyways, and like her destiny was written, she will return to Estelle to her rightful place."

Endymion was still holding his deathful glance at Lita, "what are you all talking about!" I yelled at them in frustration, "it is highly annoying to have people talk about me when I am RIGHTHERE!"

"Why don't you tell her now Endymion? It's not like you can hide it now," Lita smiled with a hint of sarcasm.

I looked at Endymion. This did not seem like the man I got to know. He was still, and watched on, I thought he would have tried to defend whatever it was he was trying to defend. "Endymion?" I breathed, "What is she talking about?"

"It's no use, he is bound by the rules," Lita said walking towards me, "But you my dear," she breathed a sigh of relief, "You are Serenity. Through and through, there is no mistaking it."

I looked at her, "how…" I took a step back. Okay, so she's claiming I'm someone else… but well, it's not like I know my true identity, "Who am I then?" I whispered to her, "How do you know who I am?"

Lita let her mood drop and smile at me, "because after you were lost at sea so many years ago, I lost my charge and best friend. I declared I would look for you once I had the qualifications, and that the king would agree to me leaving Estelle," she turned to Endymion "unlike others, I didn't rush out to get captured or become a banished presence from Estelle," she turned back to me, "I am here to take you back to where you belong," she bowed, "Princess."

Somehow what she said made sense, but there were still some queries in her statement, "What of Endymion? What do you mean…?"

She sighed, "I would rather talk about this after Endymion has gotten the run through," she turned to him, "a foolish young boy," she sighed, "it's understandable what he did, but foolish. And now it will cost him." She said walking past me to the doorway I had just come out before.

I watched as the other men who were with Lita followed her into the room. Once they were all gone and it was just I and Endymion on deck I couldn't help but look at him. I had so much to think about now. Was it true though? Could I really trust this Lita character? As much as I didn't want half of it to be true, a person's aura never lies, and her aura was not hiding anything. But somehow, watching Endymion in a frozen like state, made me think of all the 'what if' possibilities. Like what if Lita was telling the truth? Then what was I to Endymion? What of Endymion? I moved from the main deck to the forecastle deck and leaned myself over the railing. The breeze was chilling but a feeling I didn't know too much of. It was new to me, and it helped me clear my mind.

I ended up taking a seat on the ground and putting my legs through the holes of the railing, and leaning my body and head against the railing as well. It was surprisingly comfortable and relaxing.

"Serena?" I heard a faint voice whisper. Slowly I opened my eyes and saw Endymion leaning towards me, "I know you probably don't want to see me or even talk to me… but," he sighed leaning away from me to go.

"Wait," I quickly said in a raspy tone. Did I manage to fall asleep? "Just tell me," I took a breath, "just tell me the truth please." I fully turned my head towards him, "if you do not want me to think so bad of you, I want to hear the truth from you, not Lita."

Sighing, Endymion took a seat on the ground with me, but with his back to the rails, "Where do you want me to start?" he didn't dare look at me, but pain was evident in his voice.

"Where ever you feel comfortable," I said leaning my head on his shoulder as I watched the sea thrush about behind the ship. I don't know why I did this, but somehow I still felt safe around him.

"As hard as it is to say, but Lita was telling you the truth," he sighed, "I did mean to tell you one day, but I didn't want you to run from me, I already lost you once, and honestly, I wanted you to know you were safe with me when I told you who you really were."

"What do you mean you lost me once?" I lifted my head from his shoulder to look at him, "Endymion," I said softly to get him to look at me, "That girl you found when you were younger; the reason you left Estelle… that girl was me? Wasn't it?" I paused, "Darien?"

There was a groining sigh as he turned his head from me. "I had been here in this world for a total of 4 months; I didn't think I would have found you so soon, but that night, your singing echoed in my mind and I knew," he sighed again, "I was planning on telling you everything when you came for me after I gave you the locket, but the rouge vampires had found me and stole me. If it hadn't been for them, I would have had you back in Estelle with me the next day…" I saw how much this was hurting him to confess. His voice was labouring and he was losing strength keeping his head up.

"Hey," I whispered putting my head back on his shoulder, "we can't change the past."

"Well, after that night I was used to maintain the vampires here," he shook his head.

"What do you mean?" I asked keeping my lazy tone.

"I was young, powerful and a full blooded vampire god. I was the perfect catch to any vampire clan. Much like how some people would have tried to steal you for their own selfish desires," he raised an eyebrow turning to me as I looked at him.

Suppose, I would have guessed the same thing. "Well, yes."

"It was due to that fact; being on the sea so much, I didn't have the time nor chances to look for you. But every day I hoped one day I would find you or you would come looking for me."

"Then how come you did what you did at Madam Ral's?"

There was a light chuckle from Endymion, "She knew exactly who we were, and she herself was an Estelle creature. But if she knew that myself and you were destined together or there was a connection there… the results would have been catastrophe."

"What do you mean?" I raised a brow looking at him, "so that was all an act more or less you did? Trying to scare me and that?"

"Yes," he nodded, "you see, although we are all monsters, we do have morality and humanity in Estelle." He paused, "You're third birthday party, my family was invited to celebrate it with your family, and there was an odd note in the air. We were drawn to each other. You hadn't learnt to walk yet, but still, you managed to pull yourself up and walked to me. We were connected; there was no denying It." there was a soft cackle, "it was much unexpected."

"What do you mean?" my voice held no secrets of my interest.

"Two days before that, knowledge of one of the younger princes from a very high aristocratic family was also deemed connected to you. He was said to be a fine suitor since you were both of the genetics." He paused, "It wasn't as big a connection like we had, but there was still a destiny line with you two." He took a breath, "come your third birthday when we connected, our families tried to conceal it and keep us apart since inter monster relations are forbidden due to unknown genetic changes that would happen."

"So in other words… this feeling… is wrong?" for some reason my heart just sunk within me and I felt numb. This feeling I had whenever I was with Endymion was wonderful. It was like nothing I had ever felt.

"So we are told," he whispered with malice, "but that didn't stop you," he smiled. "Although our families were close, they tried to no avail to keep us apart. When you were four and a half, you snuck out of the kingdom to the royal rose garden. I had told you many times it was one of my favourite places since the smell was like no other. But you came one day, and you were crying. I asked you what was wrong, and you told me that they had forged your binding necklace to bind you to that horrible aristocratic Prince. You pleaded with me to take you away with me and run; if we weren't so young and I understood more, I would have taken you far away. But I had no idea what the necklace was for. Not till the day before your fifth birthday when your family and the aristocrats made an announcement that the cruise was to get you and the prince acquainted before he gave you the necklace. It was at that moment I felt it… and think you would have too. Because two hours before you left on that cruise, you found me in the rose garden again, tear stained holding a necklace." He looked at my chest where the necklace was, "you gave me the necklace because our bond was much stronger than the one with the prince. You made me promise to you that one day, I would come and save you and bind you to me with the necklace, for you had replaced it with a fake one."

Endymion had rested his head against the railing, "I promised you I would, and before I knew it you were running back to the castle so no one would know anything… but that was the last I saw of you, because the next night it was announced you were lost at sea. Many people lost faith, but being connected with you, there was always that constant buzz that told me you were alive."

"And that was why you wanted to find me?"

"Well naturally, but you had so much fear reserved to the fact of having that prince as your partner. Your personal guards who you grew ups with, Amara and Michelle were devastated, but Lita, who was also a close friend and guard of yours, wanted you back so much declared she would train to the top of her class and find you. But I knew that once they had found you, the joining ceremony would begin straight away, so I knew I had to find you first and bind us, even if it destroyed our families bonds. Unfortunately, when I found you, you had lost all memory of your Estelle life. But I thought, maybe if I gave the necklace back to you, it might trigger memories or something, and maybe it would draw you into finding me."

"So, you knew who I was at Madam Ral's, and even till now, you didn't tell me?"

"I needed you to remember, or at least I needed to know you still felt the same for me. It was for that reason; I didn't join us when I found you that Christmas."

"And now with Lita here? What will happen?" my voice held a panicky note.

"I left Estelle to find you; I am tainted with these Vampirates. There is no return for me now. But Lita will try at any cost to take you back to Estelle. There you will be joined with the Prince and live happily ever after."

"And do I have any say in this?" I asked with an annoyed tone.

"In Estelle, the saying goes that the stars are placed, and so is our destiny." He looked at me, "your destiny was placed the day you were first connected to someone. And that was not me." He looked away again, "besides, I have no say in what Lita wants to do."

"What do you mean? Did you not say you were once a God in Estelle? How does that work?"

"I'm a traitor Serena," he whispered, "I have been tainted with the presence of vultures. I am no god here in this world. And due to the fact Lita has the King's blessings, I am subordinate to her."

"But are you not your own person?" I slipped my legs up from the side and pulled them in front of me as I turned to look at Endymion, "This is not Estelle, and so what power could she have over you?"

Endymion just looked at me with his sad eyes, "there is nothing I can do. It doesn't work like that. Having the Kings blessings, she has unlimited powers."

"But what of me? What if I don't want to go back to Estelle?" I was beyond angry, "It's not like I remember being there! Nor do I want this to be my destiny!"

"You have been here for far too long," a strong feminine voice came, breaking whatever calm atmosphere was there before. "You are thinking like the creatures that wonder this world."

"Well how could I not!" I stressed standing up, "I have no recollection of my past, and this is the only life I know of! And here you come trying to tell me my destiny was this and that!" my hands were becoming sweaty and my vision was becoming spotty again.

"Serenity!" Lita said sternly, "when I have got you safely in Estelle the doctor mages will restore your memory. So stop this nonsense right now!" her voice was like a slam against my mind. Because all I remember was everything going black.

"Why are you even here?" the voice was soft but feminine. "You know there is no point. She will be taken back to Estelle away from you." I tried to open my eyes, but I felt like I had no energy at all.

"Yes… but I am drawn to her regardless." That voice was owned by a very sad male. Was I even awake? Or was I dreaming.

"I'm sorry Endymion; I do remember our childhood together as being friendly, but for the sake of the future for Estelle… Serenity has to go back." No, I was definitely not dreaming.

"You think I would be used to this fowl treatment. Even as a boy you Estelle aristocrats still thought you all owned the world, using us Vampires for our powers, giving us the title of gods to make everything better. But even then, we were not treated any different then savage beasts. Estelle will never have equality, not with that horrid thinking you all have."

"Even so, we are all bound by the same law and no one but that main family has any say over the courts judgement of what is to be said in the Estelle law."

"And no one in the royal family will ever say anything due to the courts damned decisions. Telling people they know all, and telling people how to live and go about their lives." There was a pause, "tell me Lita," Endymion's voice held a pitiful yet harsh note, "how is dear Kenneth?"

For some reason I felt the air around me freeze, "I would watch your tongue Endymion!" Lita said harshly.

"Why? Because we are practically in the same boat?"

"But unlike you, I have dealt with that fact, and understand that nothing can result from that connection."

"So says who?" there was another pause. "I honestly thought you would have been stronger. But I guess I was wrong."

"You are pushing it Endymion!"

"What? Because I'm merely saying the truth! Or is it because you still envy the fact that you are merely a servant to the aristocrats and have no choice but to follow the rules!"

"Shut up right there Endymion!" Lita's voice was raised and held an aggressive tone like no other. "You do not know anything!"

"You're right," there was a short laugh of sorts, "the Lita I used to know who was just as disobedient as Serenity is long gone. Smothered by the elder's views. Telling you what is right and wrong. What you can and can't do!"

"Ugh! I am taking Serenity this night as she is under animation. Fair well Endymion," she said as I heard two other footsteps in the room. Within moments I felt myself move. I was still lying on my back… but why was my conscious here? Was I still alive? Was this a really, really weird dream? I didn't know the answer I was looking for, but when my back was placed on soft bedding like surface, it felt like my heart had been grabbed out of my chest and stomped on. What was this feeling?

All I knew was that I had a sinking feeling. Like nothing everything was going to change drastically, and I didn't know if I could take it or not. Did I want to know my past if it already sounds so scary? Maybe it only sounds bad… but one thing I knew for sure, was that I longed for the touch and sight of Endymion; my dearest Darien.