Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alone ❯ Chapter 21: Confessions ( Chapter 21 )

Alone
By Selenity Jade

Chapter 21: Confessions

Rated: R

Disclaimer: I wanna own Endymion, but unfortunately, since he is a drawing on paper, that's impossible. *sigh*

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Endymion stood before the pale-haired Prince of Nemesis, and he felt nothing but hatred. He didn't like the cocky son-of-a-bitch. He didn't like the superior way he drank his red wine. He didn't like the haughty look in his lavender eyes. He didn't like the condescending tone in his voice. He liked nothing about this man.

It was irrational, this instant hate he felt the moment he walked into the room. He didn't understand it, but he wasn't about to question it. Better to hate and be suspicious than to foolishly trust someone.

He wouldn't have been so stupid as to trust this Diamond, though. He radiated deceit.

"I see you are finally well, Endymion," the Prince stated finally. They had stared at each other for what seemed like hours and Endymion got the feeling this prince did not like him anymore than he liked Diamond.

"Yes," the black-haired prince replied reluctantly.

"Can you fight?"

What a stupid question. Of course he could fight. He didn't know where he learned it, but he was an excellent swordsman. "Yes," he said simply instead. It wouldn't do to insult the man just yet. He was under his control. For the time being anyway.

"Are you any good?"

"I defeated your brother easily," he replied, unable to hold back the smug tone in his voice. He had been told Sapphire was the best swordsman in Diamond's troops. It was almost disappointing to have beaten him so easily.

The pale prince's eyes narrowed. "Good," he said finally. "I'll send you into the past to work with Wiseman and his new pet, Black Lady."

Endymion didn't even blink.

"You do want revenge for what that Queen has done to you, do you not?"

He reluctantly nodded.

"Good. Only remember, you are not to kill her or Sailor Moon. They are mine."

Endymion restrained his sneer and nodded. "Understood."

"Good. You are dismissed," he said arrogantly, turning his gaze back to his wine.

Endymion felt his lip curl, but turned and walked calmly from the room.

After all of this was over, he would destroy that man. He would rule, not that overconfident fool. After all, he had been told that Sapphire was even better than his brother. That meant that Endymion was now the best swordsman on Nemesis and that included the supposed prince.

He couldn't help the smirk that flashed across his face. "Soon," he murmured as he walked the empty halls. "Soon."

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King Endymion gazed at the new Serenity in surprised awe. This was something he had not expected. All of the awakened Senshi also seemed dumbstruck but the sudden turn of events. But everyone snapped out of it when Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn simultaneously bent to one knee with a hand over their hearts and their head bowed.

"Your Highness," Pluto said, and the rest of the Senshi, including the Starlights, bowed to her.

She appeared calm, though Endymion could see the slight tightening of her mouth that indicated that bowing was too much. He did not kneel, but instead bowed his head to her, as equals. "Serenity, I see much has happened," he began, hoping to ease her discomfort.

She nodded her silver head slowly. "Yes..."

He glanced at the still kneeling Senshi. "We should retire to a room more suited for a conversation. Follow me," he said and turned, leading her and the rest of the Senshi to the parlor near the throne room.

When they arrived, he gave Pluto an irritated look, and then smiled slightly at the young princess. "May I ask something, Serenity?"

She looked up at him. "Yes?"

"Are you still Usako inside too?"

She smiled softly at the nickname. "Yes, I am both Usagi and Serenity, I simply... had my powers awakened. I have always been both, but Serenity was passive before."

"Almost like multiple personalities," Uranus commented.

Serenity shrugged. "Sort of. It's more... the awareness didn't really merge until now. The memories were dampened. I was always Serenity; I was simply born under a new name. Do you understand?"

Pluto nodded. "It was not a true reincarnation. You were simply sent to grow in a new time with new parents."

She nodded in thanks at the Time Senshi. "Yes."

King Endymion looked thoughtful. "This never happened to my wife. She grew into her powers and her hair slowly grew silver, though it started when she was still in her early twenties. My memories as Endymion were always there after the fight with Beryl, but... they weren't a part of me. I don't know when they did become who I was, when I became more Endymion than Mamoru. It was that gradual. This must be a shock to you."

Serenity laughed softly and a little bitterly. "A little. Right now, I'm still reeling from the feeling of Endymion dying in my arms and taking my own life. I remembered it before of course, but the feelings weren't as strong as they are now. It had always been like it happened to a person who wasn't me, but I felt it, and now I remember it, remember the way he felt cold as his last breath left him and the agony I felt in my heart."

Endymion watched her worriedly. He had always known his past death had hurt her badly enough to cause her to kill herself, but to relive that pain again now was too painful for him to imagine. "Perhaps you should rest before we go back to your time," he suggested.

She shook her head. "No. I want to go back now."

Sailor Star Fighter was the one to reveal a small snag in their plans. "How will you explain this to your parents?"

Serenity smiled. "They know I was Princess Serenity and they know I'm Sailor Moon... but you're right, to know that I am no longer the Usagi they know... It might be a shock. But I have to tell them. I can't just disappear."

King Endymion nodded slowly. "Alright. Let me set up the security system I devised and then we shall go." He checked his watch. "Let's meet in front of the Time Gate in two hours. Is that alright?"

She nodded. "That is fine."

He turned and left the room, but not before hearing Sailor Pluto get up to follow him. He slowed to allow her to catch up without hurrying and then glanced at her. "Yes?"

"She is stronger now."

He nodded. "I know. Serenity was like that too."

"She also has a lot on her shoulders now. She can no longer go back to being a school girl."

He sighed. "You're right about that."

"I hope you save her Mamoru before she realizes that there is no turning back. That she will no longer be able to be Usagi and an ordinary girl."

"So do I."

"If this fails, Your Majesty..."

"It won't. I have faith in her."

"Like you have faith in the Queen?"

He nodded. "Of course. They are the same person, just from different times. I always had faith in Usako."

She smiled sadly. "I hope your faith is enough, King Endymion." And with those words, she turned and walked back the way she came.

Endymion stared after her with a frown. What does that mean?

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She lay beneath the crystal shield as if asleep. As if she were dead. And it tore his heart to see her so still, so lifeless. His wife had always been so full of joy, and now she was blank, expressionless.

"Serenity," he murmured softly as he knelt beside her clear coffin and rested his head on the crystal. "I need to leave now... And I don't know when I'll be back."

He knew it was silly, talking to someone who couldn't hear him, but he had to. She was his lover, his best friend, his life.

And he missed her.

He whispered to the still form for a long while, unaware of how much time passed. He didn't even know what he was saying anymore, just murmuring nonesense about the Outers and Starlights being healed, and going back in time with her younger self.

He even confessed a growing attraction to the young version of his wife. "I'm so confused, Usako. I feel like I'm betraying you."

He didn't get an answer, but he wasn't exactly expecting one. All he knew was that maybe...

She was listening.

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AN: *sigh*

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