Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Lost Love ❯ two ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 2

They were seated in the thrown room where they awaited the arrival of the people from Earth. The Generals and Prince entered into the room where Queen Serenity smiled gently.

"Welcome to the Moon Palace. I have arranged everything for you where you can get to known Princess Serenity and her court. Perhaps it will be more under control than what those few of you witnessed this morning. I will introduce you to the court. Princess Ami of Mercury, Princess Rei of Mars, Princess Minako of Venus, Princess Makoto of Jupiter, and my daughter, Princess Serenity of the Moon." She pulled out a piece of paper with names written on it.

"The Queen of Earth helped me to pick out these pairings for a tour. Princess Ami of Mercury with General Zoisite, Princess Rei of Mars with General Jedite, Princess Minako of Venus with General Kunzite, Princess Makoto of Jupiter with General Nephlite, and Princess Serenity of the Moon with Prince Endyiom of Earth. I must leave you all and hope that you will get along. The royal ball with be held tomorrow evening and I hope that you will know the Moon Palace well by then." She dismissed herself and left the room. Minako stood up at the same time Makoto did. Both of them turned to each other and nodded.

"Like I promised before, our fight is still on. We will go to the training room and resolve this problem."

"Ooooo. A Princess fight, I've gotta see then," smiled Jedite. Nephlite gave a light chuckle.

"So must I."

"I'm betting that Makoto girl is going to win," said Jedite.

"If I know Minako, she will win." They turned to their fellow General. He had long silvery hair and blue eyes.

"You should know Kunzite," said Jedite. He rose an eye brow.

"What is that suppose to mean Jedite?"

"It's not like we don't know that you and Minako have been seeing each other. Even Makoto knew. They were arguing over us Generals but, I wonder who," said Jedite.

"Why would they be arguing over us. This is the first time I've seen Serenity and her court." Zoisite had joined in. He moved a strand of his long curly blonde hair back while his green eyes rested on his friends. Jedite suddenly turned to Nephlite.

"You! That Makoto girl was arguing over you! She was the one you called Princess!"

"If I recall correctly, she said you were a gentlemen. Minako said that Kunzite was cute," said Zoisite. Prince Endyiom looked at them all.

"I will lead you to the training room."

Makoto and Minako where apart but, faced each other. Their eyes glaring.

"Jupiter Planet Power, Make-Up!" Nephlite watched with interest as electricity surround this girl along with leaves. Once the light left, she stood in a short skirt. Her boots went to her knees. The colors she represented was green and white. She gestured her hand for the other woman to transform.

"Venus Planet Power, Make-Up!" A yellow light surround the girl along with hearts. Once it left, she was in the same outfit but representing the colors yellow and white. They both moved into a fighting position as Rei stood in the middle of them.

"You fight until someone decides to give up. You know the rules." She stepped away and took her seat by Ami. Venus charged at Jupiter who just waited until she was almost ramming into her to quickly jump out of the way.

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" Venus dodged only to have one hit her arm. She growled.

"I don't get the whole entire point of this fight," said Ami to Rei. She nodded.

"Neither do I. Neither do I. I have a feeling that they're going to get to a new level today but, I might be wrong." They continued to watch the fight as it went into physical combat. Blocking, ducking, kicking, punching. They both blasted an attack at each other to have both of them thrown across the room. Rei seemed to be right. Both senshi started glowing as they continued to fight. It was getting stronger and stronger with each punch.

"Jupiter Crystal Power..."

"Venus Crystal Power..."

"Make-Up!" They both seemed to transform into something different. Another layer of skirts, a longer bow, longer gloves, and different sleeves. Another thing that was different was their front bow was a different color. Jupiter's was yellow while Venus' was green.

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" Rei quickly went up to the rail in shock as she looked at Jupiter using Venus' power.

"Something's different. What's going on here?" Ami quickly pulled out her mini computer and started analyzing things.

"It looks like they are combined together some how. They share the same power source now. I believe something like that will happen to the rest of us."

"Jupiter, what is the whole point of this fight?"

"I was just about to ask you the same question. We need to talk to Ami about this new transformation. It seems very different to me."

"Ditto." Both girls just looked at each other and started laughing.

"I think they went off the deep end," said Jedite. They both detransformed and smiled at each other.

"That was so stupid," said Minako.

"But it was fun," smiled Makoto. Rei ran over to them.

"You two are connected in some sort of way. Isn't that nice?" They both nodded.

"Makoto-hime!" Makoto quickly turned to who was calling for her. It was one of her servants from Jupiter. She handed her a letter and then quickly left. Makoto looked down at it, afraid to open it. She quickly handed it the Minako who handed to the Rei who handed it to the closet person next to her, Nephlite. He looked confused.

"Makoto doesn't like opening letters from her parents. She's afraid that they're going to make her come back," explained Rei. He nodded.

"Wait! Don't open it now. I want to hear it later." Nephlite nodded.

I don't want to know what's in it yet. I have a feeling that it's not going to be. Serenity walked over to them and smiled gently.

"Don't you think that it would be best for you to give a tour to the Generals?" Ami nodded.

"Queen Serenity ordered it to be done." They left in their pairs all around the castle. Ami and Zoisite took over the library, Minako and Kunzite took over the music room, Rei and Jedite looked around in the temple, Serenity and Endyiom was nowhere to be found, and Makoto and Nephlite where in the garden area. She smiled at him gently.

"Any where else you'd like to see?" she asked.

"Any where with you is fine." She smiled at him gently.

He's acting like a perfect gentlemen but, I wonder what's in that letter. Is it something good or bad? I hope it's good news like I could marry anyone that I want. Wait, that would be terrific news! But, the messenger ran in quickly. It must be important. I know that it must.

"Mako-chan!" She looked up to see Minako running toward her, Kunzite in tow. A smile was on her face.

"What is it?" asked Makoto as she reached her.

"Serenity and Endyiom are getting married in a two weeks! It's finally settled. We get to visit the Earth as well too! Isn't that marvelous?" Makoto nodded as they locked arms while walking.

"We have a lot of things to worry about then," said Makoto.

"Like what?" asked Minako.

"Where it's going to be, what everyone's going to wear, you know Sere is going to ask us for help to plan her wedding. Then we have training to do as well. You know we still have to ask Ami-chan about that new transformation. We're busy, busy girls." Minako let off a laugh.

"You're right Mako-chan." They continued walking around while the two Generals followed.

"Have you read the letter yet?" asked Kunzite.

"No. She hasn't asked me to yet. I have a bad feeling about it too. I don't think it's going to be good news." He nodded.

"They act as close as we do Nephlite." He nodded in agreement.

"Like sisters and we act like brothers."

Makoto was pacing in her room.

Should I ask him to read it now or later? It seems to be a great deal of importance but, I don't know! I have to make a choice though. Alright, go and ask him to read it would be perfectly fine. The only problem is, what would the others think if they found me in his room? I would of course explain. They would believe me, right? Pull yourself together Makoto! Just go to his room and ask him to tell you what the letter says! She left her room and headed for him. Wonder was in her eyes. She paused a minute at his door and let out a breath. She knocked to see it open. He was standing there in his uniform but, without the jacket. He smiled at her.

"Can I be of some service Princess Makoto?" He gave a bow and kissed her hand gently to look at a blush cross her face. She looked up at him and then fiddled with her fingers.

"Have you read the letter by chance?"

"Not yet but, I could read it for you right now. Please come in." He opened the door and then closed it after her. He sat down on his bed and picked the letter up from his night stand. He looked over at her pacing.

"Makoto." She looked up at him.

"Yes?" He motioned his hand to the empty place next to him. She took a seat next to him and slowly watched while he opened the letter and read it over. He acted like he was still reading it while he went into thought.

How am I going to tell her this? No one should know of this news while they're away from home. Poor girl. But how should I put it? Should I just say it casually? 'Makoto, your mother just died this afternoon.' No, I can't do that to her. I'm not going to hurt her like that but, I have to... She felt his hand gently touch hers while his blue eyes gazed into hers.

She was looking back, searching for something.

"Nephlite, what is it? What happened?" Fear was in her eyes. He let out a sigh.

"Makoto, I'm sorry to tell you this but." He couldn't continue. She was drawn in, still looking for answers. Trying to figure something out.

"But, what?"

"Your mother passed away this afternoon." She turned away from him. Her hand over her mouth while she tried to hold back the tears. She feel a lump in her throat growing. She couldn't swallow it down.

"I should get going," she said in a whisper as she started getting up. His hand still held hers while he stopped her. She didn't turn to him. His hand gently touched her shoulder.

"It's alright to cry Makoto." At those words, he saw her hands go to her face as the tears went down.

"What am I going to do Nephlite? My father is going to be divested. How can I help him through this?" He lifted her chin up to look at her.

"Listen Makoto, you need to be strong. While helping your father, you need to also help yourself. I think it would be best of you to leave and be with him instead of staying here." She shook her head no.

"I have a duty to protect Serenity from any danger. I can't leave. If anything happens to her, the whole universe will be in an up roar. With no Queen to take over then all hope is lost." He held her close to him as he felt her hold onto him tightly.

"Makoto, you have to take care of yourself. You mean something as well and you have feelings too."

"I can't Nephlite. I have to take care of our Princess first. She always comes first, then the Queen, then our families. Our well being is last." He held her closer to him as silence filled the room. By someone coming in broke the silence. He looked up to see Jedite. He froze right in place.

"I'll come back later. I can see you two are busy---"

"It's alright Jedite. I should get going anyways. My father needs me more than Serenity does." Nephlite nodded and watched her walk past Jedite where she closed the door behind her.

"Alright Neph, what did you do to her?" Jedite was getting protective. Nephlite sat on his bed.

"Nothing Jed. It was the letter I read to her." Jedite stood in front of the older man.

"What did it say?" Nephlite just shook his head.

"It's up to her to tell anyone else if she wants." Jedite nodded.

"What did you come here for?" Jedite took a seat next to him.

"Just to tell you her age, as well as the other Princesses of course."

"Well?"

"She's 18 Neph. You know that you two wouldn't work out with you being 22 and all." Nephlite sighed.

"You're lucky that you're still 20."

"Zoisite's 21."

"Kunzite's 23. The eldest of us all."

"I'm glad me and Rei only have a 2 year difference."

"Jed, you're forgetting something."

"What?"

"They're Princesses." Jedite sighed.

"Yeah, I know Neph. I know. I wish they were Generals though!"

"They're not. Princesses of war. You know none of us can court them Jedite. Makoto told me about their priorities and what comes first. Serenity, Queen Serenity, their family, and then they're last Jed. How could they make it to where they are their last priority?" Jedite nodded and then looked at the sun gone.

"I have to go Neph. I'll see you tomorrow." Nephlite nodded as he watched his partner, friend, and colleague leave his chambers.

I hope that I'll get to see her again. The only problem is when?I might be able to visit her while she's on Jupiter. The planet that I've wanted to visit. Too bad that she won't be at the ball tomorrow night.

AN: Well, I hope you like it as much as I love writing it!