After that day, Usagi spent most of her time in the past two days in a room she was assigned to by Endymion, incapable of stepping out of the room doors without a youma guard in front of her face, staring her down.
Endymion had confiscated her brooch, leaving her unable to transform.
"At least the food is good..." She sighed, thinking to the times when the youma would bring food to her for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
She lied on her bed, thinking of the girls and her family, wondering if they were looking for her. Not that she doubted them, but how would her parents take this? Their daughter suddenly disappearing off of their radar. Her mom would be devastated, her father taking his gun and trying to find who took his little girl, and Shingo... probably asking if anyone has seen his sister.
They may not have gotten along, but she still loved him a lot. She hoped he loved her too.
"Enjoying yourself?" She hated when he just randomly decided to converse with her.
"No. Obviously." She rolled her eyes.
"Oh well. No crystal, no freedom."
"That's fine. If it means annoying the shit out of you, it's worth it." She smirked.
He was oddly silent. "What?"
"I never would have expected that of you." Ah. She laughed out loud.
"You'd better get used to it, prince-y boy!"
She could feel him cut the link to the conversation and she sighed once more.
This whole situation really made her feel for Mamoru and the girls. Being alone like this all their lives, aside from a few friends and people who tried to get close.
Yet, in her circumstances, she had no other people here with her. Of course, Endymion was here, but he refused, she assumed, to step a mile near her room. IIt hurt her feelings a little bit, but he made his choice.
Lifting up her left hand, she looked at the black ring on her finger and blushed again. "I still can't believe he put this on my wedding ring finger." She put her hands over her face.
"Ugh why can he do this to me...? My heart can't handle it." She already knew the answer : The fact that he just looked like Mamoru. A man who had made a significant impact on her life the day she hit him in the face with a low scored test paper.
Burying herself under the covers of the bed, her eyes began tearing up from her memories of him and how she missed his attitude that just felt wrong when it came from Endymion.
Silently, she cried into her pillow, beneath the blankets.
Endymion could not place the sudden feeling of sadness that washed over him for no reason. It may be the girl, but he wasn't sure if he should jump to that conclusion.
He had the gems of Jadeite, Nephrite, and Zoicite in his hands. Kunzite kneeled before him, at the foot of all the stairs up to the throne.
"What now, your highness?" Kunzie asked.
"I'm thinking that this place could use more... people, than youma..." Endymion eyed the gems. "Perhaps the Moon Princess could bring these three back."
"Willingly?" Kunzite questioned. The prince thought for a moment. "Why not go ask her nicely to revive my fallen comrades?"
"Nicely, huh?" The prince sighed before standing, know Kunzite was right.
"I doubt she'd be willing to help under unkind circumstances... She is quite stubborn in her own right." He figured.
"Follow me, Kunzite." He ordered, walking down the steps to the throne and into the halls. They walked for a while before reaching her room. It was the only set of doors with two youma at each side.
"Hey, Princess!" He knocked loudly on the door. He may be evil, but he's not rude. At least, in this instance.
Both men heard the loud groan and the shuffling of blankets before they watched the door open.
"Yes...?" Endymion noticed the red puffiness of her eyes.
"The Prince has a... request of sorts." Kunzite spoke up, noticing his Prince's distracted gaze.
"I'm not handing over the Crystal..." The Prince snapped out of his trance at this statement.
"No... I'm not here for that." He held the gems up for her to see. "These were previous Generals you had your fair share of battles with. They may work to make this place... more lively. Also, purify Kunzite while you're at it." He moved his head to motion to Kunzite.
In her sleepy state, she agreed with a mumble of words as she opened the doors to let them in.
"I can't promise that this'll work..." She stated, taking the gems and motioning for Kunzite to stand across from her and Endymion.
Taking her Moon Stick. She focused her energy on the area where Kunzite stood. The warmth of the Crystal flowed through her veins and when she felt it ready to erupt from the Stick, she tossed the gems to Kunzite, hitting all within the range of the blast.
It was a bright blinding light that she was used to, but Endymion shielded his eyes since it wasn't his cup of tea.
He felt the heat die down and he uncovered his eyes. To his utter surprise, he saw the four Generals who looked equally as confused. Endymion turned to Usagi and noticed her shaking figure and how she nearly fell, but he caught the girl.
"Fine... I'm fine... Just.. tired..." She stood up herself but she somewhat used Endymion as support.
"Master... What... where are we?" Jadiete asked as he held his head.
"Generals..." Endymion spoke and they all fixed their posture.
"You all seem so niiiice..." Usagi said, yawning.
They all kneeled before the two. "We are here to serve and protect the King and his Princess."
"What? Since when did you upgrade yourself to King...?" Usagi asked, nearly falling asleep.
"Since you kicked Metalia and her powers became mine." Endymion said, matter-of-factly. "As for the restoration of my generals whom I assume are from my past," He took her right hand and placed a kiss on it, immediately waking her up fully, her face turning red as a tomato. "Thanks for that. Now you won't need youma to keep you here."
Ignoring how red her face got from blushing, he walked out with his generals in tow. It took Usagi a moment to process what just happened.
"He... I..." Her mind paused for a moment. "HIS princess?! Oh he better not have said that himself!" If possible she felt her face get hotter.
Tossing herself on the bed, she buried herself within the blankets again for maybe an hour when she heard knocking on her door.
"Princess? We brought you some things..."She heard a much softer voice this time.
Opening the door, she saw the Generals with large bags and it appeared the Zoicite was stuck carrying the heaviest.
"Endymion finally realized that you need necessities such as clothes and things... We went to your home and kinda stole this stuff from your room..." Jadeite said, walking in and placing a bag down.
"Oh... Thank you." She smiled at them. They all nodded.
"We know this is difficult for you, Serenity, but we just need to hope for the best right now." Nephrite gave her a sad smile.
"We'll be going now. He has us assigned to different duties around the castle." With that, they exited with Kunzite winking at her as he shut the door closed.
Waving goodbye, Usagi moved over to the bags and began to open them. When she got to the bag Zoicite was carrying and noticed all of her clothing when something jumped out at her.
"Usagi! Are you alright?" Luna's face was in Usagi's, looking over her features for any injuries. The girl didn't respond, but she did hug the feline.
"How did you get in there?" Usagi asked, petting the cat and smoothing down her fur.
"The Generals came into your room while I was walking in. I saw them and was about to go get your family, but they told me about the situation... They let me hide in the bag." Luna explained. "Your family got the note, so for right now, they assume that you're at Rei's."
"Okay. As least they're not on high alert..." Usagi sighed.
"Though, for the two days you've been gone, they're beginning to get suspicious of where you really are..." Luna said, concerned. "How have you been this entire time...?"
"I've been fine, Luna. He hasn't hurt me, physically at least..." Usagi looked down.
"Usagi..." The cat rubbed her face on her owner's cheek. "I know it hurts you, but you need to be strong against it."
The Princess's tears were falling slowly as she gave a sad smile. "I can't help it... He has his face after all... It hurts me more knowing that I can't do anything..." Watching this hurt Luna more than she would ever show. All the cat guardian could do was jump to her owner's shoulder and nuzzle her as the girl cried her eyes out.
"You'll save him, Usagi. I know you can. It will take a while, but I'm sure you'll be able to get past evil Endymion and to his heart." The guardian took her cat's words into account.
"Yeah... I can... I will. No matter the cost." She was now, and planned to forever be, determined to save Endymion from the evil that possessed him. Even if it meant the cost of her own life.
Endymion looked over the generals and few youma in the room.
"Officially, as of this day and moment, I am to be referred to as your King. You only serve me, as there will be consequences for any betrayal." His voice bellowed out for all to hear, echoing down the halls.
"Praise for our rightful leader, King Endymion!"
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