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Bless it be
From Betrayal to Redemption Ch. 4
After I left the Shrine I hopped on my motorcycle and just rode around the city. 'I have to find her. But where could she be?' I turned down a street into a neighborhood called Hearts Gate. I cleared my mind and focused on finding Serena. I could tell she was close but I couldn't pinpoint where. I moved to the other side of the street when I saw a car coming towards me. It looked just like mine but with a different color scheme. I turned my head to see who the driver was and almost hit a mailbox. I could not believe who I just saw driving that car. He…No the Sailor Scouts had defeated him years ago. My eyes had to be playing tricks on me. I did not just see Jadeite driving past me.
I took in a couple of deep breaths and once again focused on finding my princess. I felt my heart tug toward something on my left and when I looked I saw a woman dash out of the window view. 'Pay dirt. You can't run anymore Moon.' I parked my bike in the driveway and noticed two cars lined up. 'Who the hell is here with her?' I knocked on the door and heard Serena yell, "Zach can you get that? I'm busy in the other room."
"Sure thing hon."
'HON? He's calling my Sere, hon? She couldn't have moved on.'
The door opened to reveal a man with green eyes and short blond hair. "Who the hell are you?"
"I think I should be the one asking the questions since this is my house," he replied.
"Your house? Are you sure? There's no woman here?"
"I don't think that's any of your business."
"I saw her in the window and I know she's still here. I have to see her."
"Think again pal. If the lady wishes to see you then she will. But she doesn't so move on."
"I'm not going anywhere till I see Serena. How do I know that you're not holding her prisoner here?"
"Prisoner? I think you have her confused with someone else. Now if you please…"
"I said I wanted-"
"Well she doesn't so mo-"
"AHHH! Damn you!" Serena screamed from upstairs.
"Serena," they both said with a look. They ran in the direction of the voice and saw her lying on the floor trying to get up.
"Serenity watch out!" Zach shouted.
She turned around just in time to dodge a blow from her attacker. Darien got ready to transform when Zach stopped him. "You'll regret doing that. She's not partial to people helping her."
"She needs me. She can't fight that guy alone."
"Serena needed you. Serenity needs no help to fight a battle. Just watch."
Darien turned to see Serena still in human form fighting this guy. She hadn't even broken a sweat yet. She back flipped to move further away and called upon her sacred powers. Her crescent moon glowed and she shot an energy ball out of her hands. When the guy was stunned she surprised him by knocking him down and jamming her heel into his throat. "Who sent you?"
"Go to hell"
"I'll be sending you there if you don't tell me who sent you."
"The true Royal Moon Family."
"And that would be?"
"The Black Moon," he said as a black upside down crescent moon flashed on his forehead. Serena's eyes widen and she gasped. Shocked from the turn of events she lowered her guard he went for her ankle to throw her to the other side. When she had regained her balance he said, "I am Garnet, Serenity."
"Garnet? What am I supposed to know you?"
"Not yet, but you know my Prince. Diamond will destroy you. I can promise that," he replied and with a flash of light he was gone from their sight.
"Serena are you okay?" Zach asked.
Without even replying to him she brushed past, came up close to Darien and yelled, "Why is the Black Moon Family still here?"
"How should I know? We haven't seen them since you left six years ago."
"So they just disappeared and you didn't have the sense to find out why?"
"You're yelling at me because you didn't fulfill your duty as a Scout?" Darien replied.
"My duty? If you haven't recalled I was booted out! You didn't want me then for who I was and I for damn sure wasn't going to stand around and let you beat me down again."
"So you ran away? Real mature for a princess."
"So says the traitor and liar."
"I never lied to you!"
"There's lie #3,012."
"Princess…" Zach cautioned.
"And did you see how he didn't comment on the traitor remark? I wonder why."
"Serenity, you know better than-"
"SHUT UP ZACH! He's had this coming for a long time and he's gonna get it. I've waited six long years to tell him just how I feel."
"You are no longer a child anymore. You are the crowned Princess of the Moon and you have responsibilities."
"Really, I totally missed the crescent moon glowing on my forehead."
"You must have because you're acting like someone below your social standing."
"Well for this moment in time I'm just Serena. The woman whose gonna have a nice chat with this guy here."
"This guy? Oh I'm just a guy now? I thought I was your prince charming and soul mate," Darien prompted.
"I see that the past six years have only made you more stupid. How exactly did you manage to get a degree in medicine? Sleep with your professor, promise her forever and then once you got what you wanted you dropped her like yesterday's trash?"
"Who are talking about here? My teacher or your warped image of yourself?"
"FUCK YOU SHIELDS!"
"SERENITY!" Zach shouted. "A lady does not use such language especially not before other royalty."
"Well this lady does and she's gonna enjoy every minute of it!"
"Who the hell is this guy?" Darien asked. "And how does he know all of this?"
"That's none of your damn business."
"I think it is if he knows information about me. About us."
"Us? There is no 'us' Darien. You brought about that fact of life, remember? Or did you suddenly forget that you destroyed everything that I believed in when you broke up with me?"
"Looks like you're still destroyed cause you're more whacked than usual."
"And here we go," Zach whispered and backed away from Serena.
"Whacked? Is that some new terminology that you got from Asshole and Jackass University?"
"Did you buy that comment at Brats R Us or did your brain manage to think of it on its own?"
Serena's face flushed over and without any notice she flung her arm outwards and sent Darien down the stairs without even touching him.
"How's that for brain power?" she asked and went down the stairs after him.
"Serena, keep in mind that he is royalty!" Zach screamed after her.
"Oh I'm not going to kill him Zach. Unfortunately we need him alive so that his powers can join with you and the generals."
"Generals?" Darien asked.
"Yes, your generals. Well my generals actually, since they did pledge allegiance to me," Serena said and bent down to Darien's level.
"Your generals? Hold on you took the men who were supposed to be my generals?"
"Not suppose, Darien. They are in a sense. I'd like you to meet Zachary Coldstone. Centuries ago you knew him as Zoicite: Head of Intelligence for the Earth Royal Kingdom."
"That means that Jadeite, Nephrite, and Malachite are here too correct?"
"Ah I see that you remember that detail. And yes they are here with me."
"You took my generals for your own needs Serena?"
"I did not take them. They came to me of their own free will. You were not ready or even prepared in life to take them."
"And you were?" he asked standing up.
"I needed them. They were my only reason for keeping faith in myself and my heritage."
"And she ours. The four of us had found each other as children, but knew not what our purpose was. When we met Serena in America we found out."
"I'm glad that you found each other, but you made an oath to protect me and stand by my side. I expect you to do so."
Angered that someone no less Darien would question what he and the generals had done he moved in front of Serena. He looked Darien square in the eye and said, "You want to speak of oaths, Prince? Here's an oath: you swore to love and cherish Serenity as long as you lived. Even in death and the following lifetimes your love for her would remain true. You broke that oath did you not? Hmm…not sure if that musters up? Here's another one: The Sailor Scouts vowed to always protect the Moon princess and serve her. The pledged their lives to the Moon Family and swore to always stand by its ruler. They broke that vow too. I see no reason why I should walk behind or beside people who break oaths and vows."
"I never broke any oaths."
"There's lie #3,013," Serena mumbled and sat on the couch.
"Dammit Serena! I'm sorry okay?"
"You're sorry? That's all that you have to say to me is that you're sorry?"
"I was wrong for breaking up with you-"
"Really? From where I'm sitting I think it was a beautiful decision."
"You don't mean that."
"Don't I?" she questioned and leaned forward in her seat. "I thought I was going to die when you broke things off with me. I never thought that I would have been strong enough to stand before you again and face you down."
"Face me down? This isn't a war Serena."
"Isn't it?"
"No it's not! We're on the same team here."
"We used to be on the same team. After this enemy is destroyed and Tokyo is once again at peace, we're gone."
"Serena just listen to me. I never meant to break up with you. I just…I was having these dreams that-"
"Dreams? You broke up with me over dreams?"
"Nightmares really. I saw you on our wedding day. You looked so beautiful and happy but…"
"But what Darien? Spit it out!"
"I saw you die! I watched you die right before my eyes every night. Every time that I closed my eyes I saw you dying and that damn voice kept telling me that if I kept seeing you then my dream would come true."
"A voice? And what it never occurred to you that it may have been a trick?"
"I couldn't take that chance. I loved-I love you too much to risk anything happening to you. I couldn't let you get hurt-"
"Oh so instead you dump me, break my heart, and never once tell me why which caused me even more pain. Yeah you really saved me from a bunch of heartache."
"Why do you have to be so cynical? I'm trying to explain what happened-"
"No Darien you want my sympathy! Did you really think that if you came in here and spit out that sob story that I'd take you back? You have no idea the hell you put me through do you?"
"The same hell I was putting myself through. But I didn't want the dream to come true so I did what I had to do. That dream was so real-"
"Will you shut up about that damn dream! You made the decision Darien. No one forced you to do what you did."
"How can you say that! I told you what I saw in my dream and what that guy said."
"Perhaps it would have come true. But if you had loved me like I loved you, you would have come to me and WE would have figured something out. But you didn't think of that did you? Tell me something Darien, if you loved me so much why didn't you fight for me that day? Why did you just leave without even a glance in my direction?"
"I was protecting you."
"Protecting? Ha! If that's what you call protection I don't want it."
"I thought that if you didn't fight with the Scouts than you wouldn't be in danger anymore. With you out of harm's way I could have patched things up between us. I thought I was doing the right thing."
Serena just starred at his face and couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You thought that by ripping away the one thing I had left, by siding with them against me would make me go back with you? Get out of my house."
"What?"
"Get out of my house. Now."
"I'm not leaving here until we work this out."
"There's nothing to work out. Now get out before I call the police."
"I'm not leaving."
"GET OUT!" She screamed and harsh winds came in through the windows.
"Serena stop!"
"I never thought that I could have hated you more than I did six years ago Darien, but I do. You mean nothing to me."
"You don't mean that," Darien whispered.
"I do and I know this: we will NEVER be together."
"Princess…" Zach called.
"Luna is my advisor Zachary, not you."
"Then I suggest you start acting like the calm and rational princess I raised you to be," Luna stated.
"I thought that we discussed you not eavesdropping Luna."
"No, you discussed it Serena. I just listened to your views. I'm glad that you made it here safely Darien. I'm sure that Serena has been the perfect hostess, yes?"
"Wait a minute, you sent him here?"
"That I did."
"Why!"
"Because this battle between you two must stop. For the sake of this planet, his birthright you two must stop fighting amongst one another or this planet will pay the price. Working as a team, as a unit is this world's only chance for survival."
"I'll think about it."
"There's no thinking to be done Serenity. Billions of people's lives are resting on your shoulders. If you want to continue to argue and fight with Darien then so be it. But it will be your conscious that these deaths will be on. No one else will be to blame for the destruction of this planet, but you. I'm not saying that you have to fall back in love with him again, but you need to work together as a team."
"What of the others?" Zach asked.
"The Scouts? They are important yes, but if she does not want to be cordial with them, then she does not have to."
"Thanks to Selene," Serena whispered.
"I wouldn't be thanking her too soon."
"Why not?"
"What were those power surges you had moments ago?"
"The recent one was just anger being vented. No harm done."
"So you think. Continue."
"The first one was me using my powers on the enemy."
"Who is he? What's his plan?"
"It's the Black Moon Family."
"Well then I definitely think we have more than one problems on our hands."
"What other problems have arised?" Zach asked.
"Well with the Princess' power surge earlier she caused a chain reaction."
"What kind of chain reaction? A negative one?"
"Depends on how she looks at it."
"Cut the cryptic crap, Luna. What exactly have I done?" Serena questioned.
"Let those whom you wish not to see, see you."
"The Scouts know where I am?
"Down to where you were standing at that moment."
"Great. Well hopefully the generals will be able to hold them off for another day or so."
"Ha! If they don't get killed first," Zach replied.
End of chapter! Oh and if you have any questions or suggestions send those to me too! Always willing to answer.
Selene Grace