And this was how it was for days and weeks and months. She would watch the princesses frolic about meadows, chat. She watched her father continue to rule, and noticed how much older he appeared since she left. Most of all, however, she watched the princesses get courted.
She enviously watched how Princess Mars could love or hate Chadwick, it made no difference to him because his devotion was unwavering. Princess Jupiter could always rely on Kenneth, they were best friends as well as lovers. Anthony was always there to make Princess Venus smile. Gregory would never disappoint his Mercury Princess, and he always seemed to read her mind. Michelle and Alexandra didn't need suitors, their friendship was enough. Even Helen had a mysterious new Saturn Knight. And as always there was the Moon Princess and Endymion, the symbol of true eternal love. ..
All of her peers had found love and she was destined to be alone, it wasn't fair. She had been so proud of her new duty, but now felt that it was torture. The only thought that kept her alive was Lazarus. She was afraid to admit it, but she was smitten with his mussed violet hair. But he would be a grandfather by the time that she returned.
She dearly had wanted to look at him through the mirror, but was scared that his future would include some beautiful woman other than herself. Out of frustration she let loose a Dead Scream into the infinity of the gateway. It just slowly disappeared into nothingness.
She bit her lip and refused to cry. As an alternative, she decided to check on what her father was doing. He was in his throne room. And Lazarus was on his knee bowed before him!
King Pluto shook his head.
"Lazarus, this is crazy." He said. "How do you expect to court my daughter? She isn't in this plane, besides, when she returns in 50 years she'll still appear to be 20." Lazarus insisted, "I don't care, I think that I love your daughter." He pleaded with the king. "Just let me try. If she doesn't love me back, then I'll stop pestering you." King Pluto shook his head again. "I said no, and my decision was final!" Lazarus muttered his good byes to the king and left. His heart had been crushed, and his hopes shattered. All this had already occurred and he hadn't even told Setsuna how he felt.
An idea occurred to him, and he went to the portal. He teleported to the Moon Kingdom so that he might talk to Queen Serenity.
At the Moon Kingdom, he ran into Princess Venus outside the gardens. Being the most outwardly warm of the princesses, she ran up and said hello. Lazarus bowed before her and she giggled. She said, "I haven't seen you since the banquet. What are you doing here?" He decided to talk to her about love since she was in love.
"How do you feel when you're in love?" was his reply. They sat down on a bench inside the gardens, and she sighed thinking. "Well," she said. "It's kind of like a feeling right here." She motioned towards her heart with her hands. Continuing with her examples of love she said. "And you want to do everything in your power to be with them, but when you are, you get all tongue-tied and silly. It's awful not knowing what to say, and just staring at them, but you know you'll do it again in 5 minutes." His eyes lit up and he gazed intently at her.
"Really?" She nodded and acknowledged him with a, "Uh huh." He took her hands and grinned. .