It felt soft, and his bed usually was, but this felt different. Endymion wasn't sure how to feel anything else other than satisfied or pleased in a manner. The strange thing was that he'd never woken so peacefully before since that voice and the dreams of his past haunted him and never left him alone.

The dream he had woken from was a nice one, from what he could tell. The soft voice of a woman whispering to him while gently caressing his hair as he just rested, feeling completely at rest with everything. All cares just seemed to fall away, as if he were in a trance.

Endymion's eyes slowly opened to find not the typical dark colors of his bed sheets, but what appeared to be soft, creamy-like skin and golden threads of hair covering most of it. Moving away a bit, he realized it was Serenity, but she looked completely different from when he saw her the night before. He assumes so, anyways.

Her hair was lose from the buns and it surrounded her, from what he could see, and somehow accented her skin tone, and maybe her eyes, if they were open. She appeared to be wearing a dress of sorts, but he couldn't really tell. Her face made her appear at peace, despite being stuck here by him. He took note of the small things, such as her soft lips to match her pink cheeks, the shine of her hair, everything.

It was an odd scene to wake up to, but he couldn't feel himself getting mad over the fact that she was in his room.

Feeling lighter, he looked down at his own body and saw that all his armor and heavy clothing articles were removed. Looking behind him, they were pushed to an area of the bed that was far away from them.

Much to the dismay of his body, he moved to leave and get ready for the day. Serenity made an audible groan at the loss of warmth, but she hadn't woken up yet, he assumed. Looking outside, he could see that he slept longer than usual and that it was probably around 8:00 in the morning.

Shrugging it off, he went to do his daily routine of showering, fixing his hair with magic, etc. Walking back into his room, he found Serenity now awake, but just barely.

The dress she wore looked familiar, but he wasn't sure from where.

"You're finally up." He commented. She just glared at him.

"You woke me up with all your moving..." Her voice groggy from waking up.

"My move out from the grip that you had on me?" He questioned, a grin growing on his face.

"Probably... I don't know... I just remember dragging you to this bed, getting your armor off, and undoing my hair..." Her eyes were more open now as she was more awake and she was growing annoyed at seeing his smile grow as she spoke. "I guess the warmth made me sleepy?"

"Good to know that you felt comfortable under my body heat." She tossed a pillow at him, but he obviously caught it.

"You seem like such a tease..."

"I do my best." He grabbed his armor and adjusted the pieces into place. "Now hurry up and get ready. I have today planned out perfectly." She sighed in annoyance and got up from the bed, finally noticing the dress.

"What the fuck?" She asked casually.

"You don't remember changing your clothes? I don't ever believe I've seen a woman sleep in a dress."

"I didn't change my clothes..." Usagi walked past him and to her room for her other clothes, wondering why she randomly changed to her old dress in her sleep.

Getting ready, she decided to lazily put her hair into one giant bun since she just didn't really care right now.

She put on a simple skirt with a pink shirt that had "bunny" written on it in kanji. Finally finished, she followed Endymion and she soon learned how boring of a day he typically has.

He met with Youma commanders and dealt with all sorts of seperate issues throughout the castle. Many of the youma they passed had given her dirty looks, scaring her a bit since she couldn't transform. Her grip on Endymion's arm only increased and she wasn't worried if she was cutting off any circulation.

"Are you trying to take my arm off, Serenity?" He asked, visibly annoyed.

"N... No... They just..." She sighed and loosened her grip, but not too much. It was a wonder as to why she has yet to trip on her own feet like this. Or on his long cape.

Usagi couldn't really look up or around. If she looked up, she'd see Endymion, but if she looked around she'd see the youmas of different power levels around her and both really worried her at the moment.

It didn't make sense why she was so nervous now. She was Sailor Moon after all! The crystal was in her grasp and she could use it to purify if needed be! Why be such a mess now?

Endymion ended up practically dragging her around throughout the long day and all Usagi could do was mentally complain about her feet aching from the constant movement.

There were countless meetings with the generals as well as observing the castle structure since it was a fairly old building.

"Feeling tired yet?" He inquired with a smirk.

"Yes! How do you just manage to walk to and fro without your feet feeling like they want to fall off?!" She moaned out loudly, sitting down and taking her right foot into her hands, massaging it before moving to her left foot.

"The darkness gives me the powers to--"

"Oh yes! Darkness here! Darkness there! I'm just about ready to purify the whole damn place! You know, you actually haven't changed a bit from when I last had an argument with you!" She crossed her arms, stuck her tounge out and turned away from him.

"I haven't changed, you say? How peculiar..." He wondered, a little curious. "Enlighten me some more, won't you, Princess?" He nealed by her and he turned her to face him.

Her eyes widened as her faced turned red. "If... If you really cared, you'd remember on your own!" She pushed herself away from him, got up, and she practically bolted down a hall.

Minako wasn't sure how to feel. Worried or excited. In the normal way, not sexually.

She was trailing behind them for a while and she could barely hear them, but she could hear enough when they passed her half an hour ago.

"Serenity sure can be a handful. I wonder how her guardians put up with her energetic personality, sometimes! Though, I envy them a little bit in that aspect." The man with curly blond hair said. The man with long brown hair next to him shrugged.

"Endymion likes what he likes, I guess." The two snickered.

The voices were very familiar to her. So, she followed as discreetly as possible.

"You think the others are okay, Neph?" The blond asked.

'Neph' shook his head. "I would pray so. Serenity's current condition might be a little uncontrolled. It has been one thousand years since the last time she'd had alcohol."

Minako never had self control. "What?!"

Both men were startled and turned to her.

"Jadeite?! Nephrite?! What are you talking about with Usagi?!"

"Um... Taking a guess... Venus...?" Jadeite nervously spoke. He and Nephrite kept exchanging nervous expressions.

She was a little skeptical and maybe even confused to their behavior. With a grip on her transformation pen, she questioned them. "You're not still evil, are you?"

"We... do what we have too...?" Nephrite answered, unsure. They worked for an evil Endymion, but they don't really like it.

Minako raised an eyebrow.

"Well... We aren't, but Endymion..." Jadeite added.

"I see... Where is our Princess?" Minako asked. Both men looked at each other and their facial expressions of sadness told her: We can't say... "Why won't you tell me?"

They both visibly tensed.

"It's not that we don't want to help... Endymion just... knows." Jadeite looked around. "It's his link to us just as with your link to your Princess."

"Yes. I use it to keep track of them if they ever leave castle grounds." Minako turned to see Endymion, stupid armor and everything.

"Where--" He cut her off, a smaller youma appearing and wraping it's arm around her neck, nearly choking her. She could breathe, but not much and it hurt.

"Your Princess is safe. I haven't killed her yet." She really wanted to hit him now. "She's locked her crystal away and I won't be able to take over without it's power. I need to kewp her alive until I can get her to willingly hand it over. It all depends on how she acts really." His red eyes held a glint of arrogance. "What she does now affects if I keep her alive afterwards. She might be of use for... certain needs."

Minako threw a kick and obviously missed. "How could he think that that would be a smart thing to say to the leader of the senshi?! He's only making it worse for himself! Oh just wait till I get my hands on you, you pig!" It pissed her off more when he laughed at her.

Jadeite and Nephrite both looked shocked since their prince would have never even suggested such a thing. Then Endymion pointed to them. Rude.

"You two. Head back to the castle." He demanded. Both nodded and walked off quickly. Endymion then turned to a red-faced Minako. "It's best to give up now, Venus. You'll lose soon enough."

She wanted to cry and once he turned and disappeared, so did the youma. Coughing with tears now free falling, she looked at her open communicator.

The girls all looked irate. Even sweet Ami looked ready to rip his head off.

"Get all that...?" She asked, in the midst of her coughing.

"Crown. Now." Luna's dark tone rang through and they all nodded.

When Endymion returned, he was in a fairly good mood. Having threatened Venus, insinuating of specific future intentions with their Princess, and just messing with her head seemed to make his day. He went for his dinner and had seen that Serenity was already there, holding her head in -- what he could see -- annoyance, her face a little red.

Kunzite walked up to him and whispered. "She went looking for something to drink after she took her leave of you earlier... She accidentally had some alcoholic drinks."

"How do you "accidentally" drink alcohol?" Endymion asked, a little amused. Kunzite shrugged and returned to his post at the door. The prince took his seat by the girl and noticed how flustered she really looked. "You look awful."

Usagi looked up and glared at him. "And you look like a piece of crap." She shoved the food away and turned away from him, her face turning more red. "I have a major headache and you'll only make it worse."

"Maybe you shouldn't have gotten into the alchohol." He started eating after his statement.

"Your cabinets don't have labels, and I don't look at alchoholic beverages enough to know what they look like..." She sighed. Getting up, she moved to the doors. "I'm going to bed early. Enjoy your meal... I don't care..."

"Okay?" Endymion questioned mentally. Then he figures that, duh, alchohol does make people say and do stupid things. He finished his food soon enough and returned to his own dark chambers.

It wasn't until now that he realized how cold his room could be. A strange sensation that he never typically cared about. What changed?

"You know what. You just refuse to acknowledge her."

"Please. You wish that was the case, don't you tuxy boy?"

"I'm clearly not in control."

Endymion scoffed, knowing he was right, but he refused to think any more on it and got into his bed, the lights switching off.

Usagi tossed and turned in the giant blanket that covered her. Sleep seemed impossible with this banging force in her head. Sighing she got up and wandered around her room for a little while and she saw the lights of the room next to her turning out.

The blonde walked to the doors and put her hand on them. Unsure of her current thinking state, she stood there for nearly five minutes before quietly entering the room.

"What are you doing? You must have lost your mind." She mentally berated herself. "Also, CREEPY! Why are you doing this?!"

Her movements were mostly unconsciously made, and she wasn't sure what was happening either. Before she realized it, she'd leaned down and pressed her lips to Endymion's, but slowly.

She was didn't know why she was doing this, but it felt familiar to her for some reason.

When she finally stepped away, she was surprised he didn't wake up. Once her mind finally caught up with her, she turned red and immediately snuck out of the room as quickly as possible.

When she got into bed, she noticed that the pain in her head went away and that she was able to get to sleep now. What changed...?