Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Golden Hind ❯ The Surprises Part B ( Chapter 3 )

Well here is the disclaimer I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the stuff I used from Hercules.

On with the story, The Surprises Part B

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Saturn jumped away from them with Mace behind her, he was a brilliant warrior, but needless to say he was no Amazon like his girl friend. When Saturn stopped on the 8th tree from the Princess, Mace almost fell as he stopped from knocking into Saturn. She grabs his armor and yanked him into the tree. He sat on the branch not sure of what had happened.

"Why did you let a man you don't know take the princess?" Mace asked slightly shocked.

"Well, before I shoved him to the ground, I noticed he was holding Serena's hand and she was still human. That man will not harm her; he is the only man alive that can touch her bare skin. She may not know, but she's in love, if she weren't Serena would not fret over a man she wounded." Saturn stated smiling and watching the two walk off together.

"Do you recognize him?"

"Huh?" Saturn asked changing her expression.

"He's an Earthling."

"How can you tell?"

"The skin color. People born and raised on that planet have varying skin color and hair color. His skin is a tan, from working out in the sun, and he has dark hair. Mercurians have light colored hair and naturally tan skin, with the exception of the royal family. Martians, have fair skin and dark hair or red hair. Jupitarians all have brown, blonde or black hair, slightly tan skin and all show that they have much strength. Saturnites have pale skin and midnight black hair or Tan skin and White hair. Neptunians all have water colored hair and pale skin, almost white. Ranians have blonde hair, light skin or they have light brown hair and dark skin. Plutarins all have Dark Tan skin, Unlikely hair colors, none of which are normal, and act almost exactly like Sailor Pluto."

"Hmmm you seem to know a lot about that." Saturn said.

"Oh yeah traveling from planet to planet for princess to see me, I looked around and scoped everything out." HE smiled as said this, then when he finished his smile turned to a frightened look. "Oooops!" Suddenly he felt his helmet being removed, the next thing he knew he was on the ground, with the wind knocked out him, trying to figure out why his head hurt.

"You loved and missed me huh?" Saturn said looking at him angrily. She had slight tears in her eyes. "Well if you truly loved me, you never would have had to go to those planets to meet princesses."

"Hotaru I… I..." His speech was cut off as his helmet fell and hit him in the head. He rubbed his head and looked up into the tree to see Saturn crying.

"Have it your way, you stupid play boy, go marry one of those other princess or nobles, what ever they were, forget we ever met." She jumped from the tree and gracefully landed on her feet. She walked over to him and stared down at him. "While you're at it, go home, I don't ever want to see your face again. SATURN TELEPORT!" She disappeared.

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Mace tried to grab her before she disappeared, but to no avail. He sat up and covered his aching face with his helmet. He'd really screwed up this time; he knew she would be angry if she ever found out that he had visited all those planets. `I should have told her the truth instead of telling her that to make her jealous.' She was not jealous, she was angry. He knew, she thought about him as much as he did her. He loved her and nothing was taking her from him and now he was going to fix the mistake he made. He was going to that ball dressed as a noble man, who would sweep her off her feet and slowly reveal that it was him and not a noble that loved her. He would explain everything and the real reason as to why he went to those planets. He quickly stood from his spot and ran back toward the palace, when he reached it, there was no trace of his armor, but instead he wore a mask and a black noble suit. He walked into the palace and to the ballroom, where he knew Saturn would be.

"If anyone has an idea on how the noble suit would look let me know, I don't and would like to.

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Saturn appeared in the hall outside the ballroom. After she appeared she let her scout suit and glaive to disappear and leave her standing in the dress Serena had given her.

"Stupid freaking men" Saturn muttered while crying. She backed up against the wall and tried to get a hold of herself, `he was after all just a man right? No he wasn't just any man, he was the man the she loved and couldn't be with out.' This made her cry even harder.

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Serenity walked down the hall dressed in a beautiful white gown. It was sleeveless, with a plain white-clear sash, that went across the top, from under one arm to under to the back where in the middle it tied together and fell down her back to the end of her gown, which was touching the floor. The sparkling dress fitted her perfectly until it reached just below her waist, then it fell loosely to the floor billowing a little bit from the slight draft in the palace, that was always there. She wore gloves that matched, along with white shoes that had golden yellow moons on the tip of them. Around her neck she wore a silver chain, which hung down to the top of the dress, with her families' crystal on it. In the middle of her fore head she had a golden crescent moon with the tips facing up. Over her eyes she wore a feathery white mask that brought out her deep cerulean blue eyes. In her ears she had golden yellow moons hanging from a small white crystal stub.

As she approached the ballroom she noticed a figure up against the wall holding back sobs. Serenity quickly ran to her friend as soon as she noticed it was Hotaru.

"Hotaru? What are you so upset about? I've never seen you cry, so it must be huge." Serenity asked concerned.

"Mace!" Hotaru sobbed. Serenity quickly engulfed her friend in a hug.

"Oh Hotaru, what did he do?"

"He doesn't love me!" Hotaru cried

"Hotaru are you sure?"

"In the past three years he has been to every planet in our solar system to meet with the princess." Hotaru said holding back more of her pain. Serenity hugged her friend harder, not sure of what to say since she had never had this problem. A man dressed in a black mask and a noble suit walked up and saw the two. "He just doesn't love me any more, and I love him so much, I can't live without him, Serenity."

"I do love you Hotaru, I only said that to make you jealous and want me even more, but it made you angry, to think that I need more then just you. I'm so sorry Hotaru." Mace said as he reveled himself and walked up to them slowly. Hotaru looked at him and buried her head in Serenity's arms. Serenity muttered something and Hotaru was in Mace's arms. He quickly hugged her tighter and refused to let her go. She looked up and him and struggled to get free, still angry with him.

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Hotaru thought she felt the arms around her change, but she dismissed it, until they tightened around her and she got a whiff of a male's scent, it was Mace. She almost wrapped her arms around him, but held back the urge. She inhaled his scent and had to hold herself, she looked up at him and started to struggle, but Mace just held her and looked into her eyes. When she caught a hold of his she stopped struggling. HE slowly bent his head down and brushed her lips with his. Hotaru couldn't control herself anymore, his scent the taste of his lips, she needed them. She brought up her arms as he pulled his head away and pushed it back capturing his lips. He was shocked to say the least, but responded to her by returning her need. Serenity quietly said something and they, not to their knowledge, appeared in Saturn's favorite garden. They came up for air and as soon as Mace could he recaptured her lips showing that he was never going to let her go. After a minute or so Mace took his lips from hers and move to her neck. She moaned in pleasure and tightened her grip on him.

"Three year is far too long!" Hotaru softly said.

"Far too long" Mace agreed as he moved his lips back to hers and kissed her again with even more passion then before. They then broke apart and headed to the ball. Each one obtaining a mask. Hotaru's was a black feathery mask that brought out her eyes perfectly.

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Serenity smiled as she watched the two disappear. `Love should never ever be tainted by jealousy.' Serenity quickly walked to the doors of the ballroom, where her mother was waiting for her.

"Mother, should you not be inside?" Serenity questioned.

"I've been waiting for you, my dear! Where have you been?" Asked the queen patiently.

"I went into the village!" The queen looked at her shocked and angry. She gulped, but continued, " I had to heal a man that I wounded. Did Hotaru's spell not work?"

"Serenity! No it did not. You are not supposed to use your healing powers, except in an emergency." The queen said angrily.

"Mother, I shot him, he was an innocent, whom I thought was after my gold, but wasn't. I refuse to apologize for it either, he didn't deserve to die, coming here to help the golden hind and all."

"Serenity, just change into a ball gown and go inside."

"Mother have you looked at my dress?" The queen examined Serenity and smiled.

"You look so beautiful, I'm sorry, I was so angry at you for being late, that I didn't notice."

"Thanks mother and I accept your apology."

"Just go inside, no royalty will be announced until the end of the masqued ball." The queen stated.

"See you later mother." Serenity called as she opened the door. She walked through and saw four girls above the stairs look at her and then one with black hair look away quickly. Serenity smiled at her friends. Even with the masks she could tell who they were. Amy was so poised and she held a book on science or something close to it. Lita was the tallest and she was hanging half way over the banister trying to scoop out the men that had come for the ball. Mina was the best dressed and wore a beautiful tight fitting orange gown. Raye, as always, glared at Serenity for showing up late, but she still loved Raye and the rest of the girls as if they were her sisters. Serenity walked over to them.

"You all look lovely!" Serenity stated looking at the girls dressed once again. Rei wore a red gown, her favorite color, which fit her tightly above the waist and fanned out from the waist down to her ankles. On her feet she wore red high heels. She wore a red choker and red star earrings and red gloves to match. Her mask, that covered her eyes, was red, tipped with a bit of black, it resembled a crows face.

Ami wore a simple blue dress that complemented her eyes and a little of her womanly figure she tried to hide. She wore lighter blue shoes, gloves and a headband in her hair. She wore the sign of Mercury, in blue, on a silver chain around her neck, along with matching earrings. Her mask was simple, with lines of embroidery covering it, and covered her eyes.

Makoto wore a black sleeveless dress with red roses all over it and matching black shoes and gloves. She wore a black choker around her neck with a red rose in the middle of it and the sign of Jupiter, in green, as the leaves. Her mask matches her dress, each piece that covered her eyes was a red rose with green leaves sticking out and in the middle of the rose there was a hole where her green eyes showed through.

Minako, the most stunning in Serenity's opinion, wore an orange dress with criss-cross spaghetti straps, that went to her knees. She wore shoes that were high heels and had straps going from the back of her shoe, around her leg to her knee. She wore an orange bow in her hair, with the end of the ribbons falling down to the middle of her back. The necklace that she wore was just slightly too long to be a choker and held the sign of Venus. She had matching earrings, in orange. Minas mask was orange sides ways hearts, and in the middle her light blue eyes showed through. That was Mina's trademark the heart, after all she was the love goddess.

Serenity smiled, waved to them and walked down the stairs. As she reached the bottom a gloved hand reached out and touched hers. Serenity flinched and pulled her hand back causing the young man to glare at her.

"If you don't want to dance, just tell me don't jerk away as if my touch is going to kill you!" The man said angrily.

"I'm terribly sorry, kind sir!" She curtsied gracefully then continued, "I was not expecting anyone to touch my hand and shock me." She stood from her curtsied to see that the man was stalking away. "I really am sorry!" Serenity said softly. She stepped off the stairs and walked into the crowd. Everyone was dancing; almost all the girls weren't wearing long gloves, like she had too. A man in silver armor came up to her and tapped her shoulder. She turned around and looked at him and was almost breathless as she realized she was staring at one of the princes. She curtsied gracefully and he bowed smoothly. Some of the girls were scowling at her out of envy or pure hatred. She felt the stares and ignored them.

"May I have this dance?" He took her hand and kissed it. She smiled.

"I would love too." She curtsied again only with her hand in his, when she stood up his other hand came to encircle her waist and stop at mid-back. She then placed her other hand on his shoulder. They began to slow dance to the beautiful tune and he pulled her a little closer to him.

"Sorry, but I always have a hard time dancing so far apart. Do you mind, my lady?" He asked sweetly in a slightly deep voice. She looked up at his face and saw that he had tan skin and a white mask, allowing his deep midnight blue eyes to be seen. He was looking at her and smiling, waiting for her reply. She smiled.

"No at all my good sir, as long as you give me more then one dance." She said, eyes sparkling.

"How can I resist, you are the best partner I have ever danced with." He said as he pushed her out and she came back into him from a twirl. "See you even spin beautifully and most women I have danced with tonight end up letting go of my hand and falling on their rears." He said simply. Serenity giggled a little into his chest, knowing that she should not be.

"Thank you good sir, for the compliment, I do have to say you are just as good a dancer as my father was and that is saying quite a bit." She said smiling.

"Well any complement that compares me to the man who brought you into this world, is well accepted, my lady. Shall we try another spin?" Serenity shook her head yes and the prince spun her around and brought her back to him, just as the song ended. They broke apart and started to clap at the orchestra. The lead violinist curtsied and then the pianist stood and bowed. Serenity clapped and smiled at the two, she knew who they were, even with the masks. The prince bent down and whispered into her ear. "May I have the last dance this evening?" Serenity looked at him and smiled.

"I would love that. I'll meet you at the bottom of the stairs at 11:45 pm. That way we will be garnteed the last dance together." Serenity said as she tried to look into his eyes, but couldn't see them, from the glare of lights. She curtsied to him and stood again. He bowed and took her hand in his and brought it to his lips.

"Till we meet again, sweet princess." He said just before he kissed her hand. He let her hand go and walked off into the crowd. Serenity pulled her hand to the crystal and held it. Serenity watched him until she couldn't find him. `Till we meet again my prince.' She thought dazily. She slowly and carefully walked through the dancers and went out on to the balcony that was open for anyone and all. She walked to the railing and stared up at the earth. Unknown to her, 3 figures were slinking up on her and one was being dragged.

It was Ami, Makoto, Rei, and Minako. They walked up to Serenity as she turned around. She jumped and almost fell over the edge.

"Please do not do that!" serenity said slightly cross.

"Sorry Serenity!" Minako apologized quickly.

"But we have to know who that man was you were dancing with," Makoto finished for her.

"I will not know, well not until midnight anyway." Serenity said turning back to look at the Earth. "Only 1 hour and 45 minutes till I dance with him again." Serenity said, forgetting her friends were still there.

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Well I thinks it done and I hope that you liked it I thinks it's okay it took me a while to get it right, Let me know how it was.