Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon: Only Love can Conquer Hate ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE

 

By SailorJane & Anonymous

 

 

Chapter Notes:

 

Well I had another chapter that featured the two couples in bed talking about their relationships. However, I decided to move on with the main part of the story. A week has now passed since the last chapter.

 

This is a long chapter. I considered taking out the first part, but it contains some nice yuri, and I know how much you all like that.

 

 

 

CHAPTER 14

 

Sailor Moon sat in a makeup chair inside a private dressing room at the comic-con. It was the biggest dressing room they had, for their biggest stars, but Sailor Moon was rewarded with her own personal room. The princess, in her full uniform, squinted her eyes and squirmed as Sailor Mercury, also in costume, wiped off the blonde's forehead; holding her bangs back with her other hand.

 

“I can't believe,” Sailor Moon cried, “I tripped and fell in front of everybody outside! The media's gonna have a field day with this.”

 

“It's okay Sailor Moon,” Mercury replied in a loving voice, “We all fall sometimes, the fans won't hold it against you. They love you. Besides, I don't think the media would waste time talking about something like that.”

 

 

 

“And our top story this hour, Sailor Moon has a nice TRIP at today's Comic-con.”

 

Sailor Jupiter sat on the couch in the dressing room outside Sailor Moon's personal room watching the news. She was not amused watching the media humiliate her princess. The shorter Sailor Saturn sat next to her. Saturn's glaive was resting against the wall in the corner of the room. Saturn leaned her head on Jupiter's shoulder. The taller scout didn't push her away, but didn't return the affection either. Sailor Uranus and Neptune sat on a couple of makeup chairs watching the TV. Sailor Pluto was the only one standing, her eyes closed as if she was sleeping.

 

“That's right Tom,” the female anchor said. A videotape, caught by a cell-phone, showed Sailor Moon outside the comic-con waving to the many cosplay fans before tripping and falling face-first on the pavement. Sailor Mercury came to her aid as the heroine sat up holding her forehead. “No monsters can take her down, but high-heel boots and a bumpy sidewalk, that's a different story.” The newswoman began to laugh as the camera came back to the news anchors sat at their desk.

 

“Have a nice TRIP Sailor Moon,” The Male anchor said, “See you next Autumn.”

 

The female anchor looked at him like he was an idiot. She finally smiled back at the camera, “In a related story, are Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars in a lesbian relationship?”

 

“So how's everything going,” Sailor Saturn asked Jupiter, “With Amy?”

 

Jupiter looked at her friend trying to snuggle up beside her. The tall scout didn't protest her affection, “It's going okay I guess.” She didn't say anything else. Hotaru could tell she wasn't interested in talking about it. Lita had a tough skin, but she was determined to pierce it.

 

Sailor Uranus sighed watching the news coverage of the event, “Sailor Moon's gonna be whining about this all day.”

 

“Oh come on Uranus,” Jupiter looked over towards her irritated. “You don't give Serena enough credit. She's tough!”

 

 

 

“I want my mommy!” Sailor Moon whined back in the dressing room. “I'm such a clutz!”

 

“Stop it,” Mercury let go of the princess' forehead and stepped back. “You'll be okay. We're just gonna go out, answer questions, sing a couple of songs, and get out of here.”

 

Sailor Mercury could now see that the cut Sailor Moon had received when she hit her head on the pavement was clean. The scout of water now closed her eyes and lightly placed her gloved hand on the blonde's forehead. A feeling of dampness and healing energy enveloped Serena's face. Mercury's soft touch made the princess feel better. She had seen so little of Amy in the past week, she forgot how much she loved her company. After a minute or so, Mercury opened her eyes and let go of Sailor Moon's forehead. The wound was now completely gone, save a small scar where the wound had been. Amy smiled at her work.

 

“All gone,” Mercury said as if she was talking to a child.

 

Sailor Moon looked in the mirror. The cut was gone, but she still freaked out seeing the almost invisible scar on her forehead.

 

“Oh no,” She cried again, “I have a big ugly scar on my forehead.” She rapidly waved her hands up in and down in a panicky state of mind.

 

“Serena,” Amy sighed, “It's not that bad-“

 

“Everybody is going to laugh at me,” She wouldn't listen to the genius scout, “This is seventh grade all over again!”

 

Even when the Princess was whining like a little girl, Amy still loved her. It was the child-like innocence that made Serena Tsukino so cute. She could not allow her nagging mind to spare her for one second: How could you give up on Serena? Dump Lita! Be with Serena! Certainly the past week had been very difficult for the scout of water. Lita had exceeded Amy's expectations. She enjoyed going to dinner with her, she appreciated that Lita took an interest in the scholastic subjects Amy liked, and they had enjoyed a couple intimate moments in bed together. There was just one problem: Lita was not Serena. She would never in a million years ever be able to replace the princess. Amy knew she had to make the best of this time she had with the love of her life.

 

“Come here,” Mercury managed to calm Sailor Moon down and played with her bangs. Using only her finger, Mercury moved the strands of hair around her forehead. Serena couldn't really see what her friend was doing, so instead she looked into her eyes. Amy's eyes met with the blonde's a couple times, but she kept her focus on the blonde hair. She got the bangs to cover up the almost invisible scar on the girl's forehead. She stepped away and smiled, “How's that?”

 

Serena looked in the mirror. Her bangs looked quite different than the parted way she usually wore them. They were swerved off to one side. She smiled at this.

 

“It's gone,” she said, “And I like this look.”

 

Amy smiled and put her hand on the girl's shoulder, “See,” Amy said, “I told you not to worry.”

 

Sailor Moon's smile began to fade away as she felt Mercury's healing energy on her shoulder. A few seconds of silence passed before she picked up Mercury's gloved hand and rubbed it against the side of her face. Mercury began to shudder at this feeling. What was she doing?

 

“Last night,” Serena spoke very softly, “I could barely sleep.” Serena talked so slowly, time seemed to stand still as Amy could feel the girl's soft skin through her glove. “That room… that room in Amara and Michelle's house… it's so cold… and… lonely.” She closed her eyes, “It's been like that all week. One night Hotaru came down. I think she was having a nightmare or something and asked to stay with me. She's so sweet. So we slept together…” She rolled her eyes, “Well, not actually `slept' together, you know. I mean we slept in the same bed-“

 

“I know,” Amy interrupted knowing what she meant.

 

“It felt really nice,” She said, “To have someone to hold while I sleep, even if it isn't Darien. She wasn't around last night, so I had to sleep alone again.” There was a long pause before Serena turned to Amy with sad eyes, “I wish you could have been there.”

 

Amy asked if Serena would follow her to the couch nearby. The blonde got up and followed her, hand in hand, as they both sat facing each other on the couch. Amy sighed before looking at her princess:

 

“You know,” she spoke softly and slowly, “You can always call me up Serena. I would have kept you company last night, not even to do anything sexual. If all you wanted was someone to hold under the sheets, I could have been there for you.”

 

“But what about Lita?” Serena said. The blonde's gloved fingers were interlaced with the bluenette's. She began to rub her index finger along Amy's causing the water-scout to look down at her hand.

 

“I'm sure she would understand,” Amy replied. “She said it herself, you are still our first priority.”

 

Serena was now giving Amy the exact same look the bluenette had given her a week ago, “Last night,” She said, “I kept thinking of who it was I wanted to hold me while I was lying in bed. And you know what? It wasn't Darien.” Amy knew exactly what Serena was about to say, but the words were shocking nonetheless, “It was you.”

 

Amy was starting to wish Serena had stayed distant. It would have made it so much easier for Amy to focus on her relationship with Lita. But holding her first love's hand, snuggling next to her on the couch, was only reminding her as to why she fell in love with her in the first place.

 

“I'm sorry Amy. I know I'm not making this easy for you. You're with Lita now and I'm happy for you both but-“ She let her head fall towards the ground, “I just didn't realize until now how much I want you,” A long pause came after, “And love you.”

 

Oh no! Amy was caught in the worst position she possibly could have been in. She had to make sure:

 

“What did you say?”

 

“I love you Amy,” Serena kept her head down. She couldn't look her love in the eyes, “I'm so sorry, I should have told you the night you said it to me, but I was just wanted to make sure-“

 

“Serena,” Amy aggressively grabbed Serena's chin and pulled it up until she was eye to eye with her, “Look me in the eye!” Amy's voice had a hint of anger; angry that her love had taken this long to tell her, angry that she had been so cold to her a week before, but mostly, angry that she was telling her this while she was in a committed relationship with Lita. She couldn't afford any more mixed signals. Amy had to make sure that what Serena said was true: “Look me in the eye and tell me,” she hesitated and her voice calmed down, “That you love me.”

 

Serena was a little intimidated. Amy was never this aggressive to her. However, she knew how hard it must have been to toy with her best friend's heart like this. She answered most sincerely, “Amy Mizuno, my beloved Sailor Mercury,” She held the girl's hand as tightly as she could, “I love you!”

 

If only Sailor Mercury had listened to reason, she would have told her princess that she did in fact love her too. However, she would have explained that Sailor Moon was destined to be with Tuxedo Mask, to rule Crystal Tokyo, and to raise their daughter Rini. Mercury would have explained that she was now in a committed relationship with Sailor Jupiter. The two would hug, she would get up and leave, ignoring the princess' tears. Sailor Mercury would have gone into the main dressing room where Jupiter and the outer senshi were. She would have kissed Sailor Jupiter and told her how much she loved her. Jupiter would return the affection, and the two scouts would live together, along with their fellow couple Mars and Venus, and protect the prince and princess for all time. They would be happy together. Maybe Mercury would still spare some thoughts for her first love. Maybe she and the princess would discuss it in rare moments they had to themselves. However, Sailor Mercury would always be faithful to Sailor Jupiter.

 

She didn't listen to reason. Amy Mizuno allowed her heart to overwhelm her. Within a few seconds of hearing the love of her life repeat the words she had always heard in her dreams, Sailor Mercury kissed Sailor Moon.

 

Unfortunately, just as she had done before, Serena moved her face away feeling uncomfortable.

 

Amy sighed in response to this familiar feeling. “What's wrong?” Amy lifted her head not wanting to make the princess too uncomfortable.

 

“I'm sorry,” she said looking up at her friend, “It's just that I've never kissed a girl before.”

 

Amy was starting to have doubts, “Maybe I should go,” she sighed and began to stand up. But Serena forcefully pulled her down and kissed her again.

 

“Just because I've never kissed a girl before,” Serena said, “Doesn't mean I don't want to.” They kissed again, but Serena continued to stop every couple of seconds. “I want to kiss you Amy, but it feels weird to me.”

 

Amy knew exactly how she felt. The first time she had kissed Raye, it was a little awkward. “Is it because I'm a girl?”

 

“No,” Serena said, but then closed her eyes and nodded, “All right, maybe you being a girl is a little weird, but it's just that I've been kissing Darien for so long, feeling the lips of another girl, anyone for that matter… It feels weird.”

 

“Serena,” Amy shook her head, “Are you sure you want to do this?”

 

Serena didn't know how to respond. All she could do was grab the girl again and kiss her. This time the kiss lasted longer than a couple of seconds. Sailor Moon was now holding onto her fellow scout. Amy was more aggressive than normally. She pinned the princess to the couch and slipped her tongue into Serena's mouth. Amy had always wondered what her princess tasted like. She could feel the cool fresh scent of Listerine that Serena had used an hour earlier, but that wasn't what Amy felt. Sailor Moon's tongue ignited Mercury's taste buds with indescribable feelings of sweet passion and intimacy; maybe with a slight taste of cherry. She ran her hands up and down the princess' body. Sailor Moon moaned and held her head back slightly. Not wanting to stop, Mercury kissed the girl's neck.

 

“Are you okay?” Mercury asked.

 

“Yes,” Sailor Moon cried, “Please don't stop.”

 

She didn't.

 

 

 

Sailor Pluto finally opened her eyes. This was all she had to do to instantly grab the attention of the other scouts, especially Saturn.

 

“What is it Mama?” Saturn turned to her, letting go of Jupiter.

 

Pluto was silent for a second, not blinking once, “The timeline seems unstable.”

 

Saturn shot up from the couch in a panic. Jupiter stood up as well. “Rini!” Saturn said in a concerned manner, “Does it have something to do with Rini?”

 

“Slightly,” Pluto answered, “But it's not Rini I'm necessarily worried about. It's our princess.”

 

“Sailor Moon?” Michelle stood up, “Will there be another attack?”

 

The Sailor soldier of time closed her eyes again, “It's difficult to see.” She stood silent as a statue. Not one of the girls made a sound. Saturn looked quite frightened. She held onto Jupiter, who returned the affection. Uranus and Neptune held hands. The sound coming from the TV had become nothing but static in their ears.

 

Pluto finally opened her eyes in a Vulcan way, “Fascinating.”

 

All of the other scouts looked at each other not sure what to think of Trista's unemotional response. They knew that she would never reveal too much about the future. Jupiter and Saturn sat back down on the couch. Soon the door opened to reveal two figures disguised in trench coats and fedoras. A white cat followed them in. They knew it was Sailor Mars and Venus, along with Artemis.

 

Venus was the first to remove her hat and coat casually throwing them on the floor. She was in her Sailor Venus outfit, now shaking her head and grabbing her breasts.

 

“Hey guys!” She said in an overly happy manner.

 

Mars picked up Venus' discarded clothes and hung them on the coat rack. She did the same with her own hat and coat revealing her own uniform.

 

“Where the hell have you two been?” Uranus snarled at Venus.

 

“Sorry,” Mars said straightening her hair out, “We were discussing something important.”

 

“Oh don't tell them yet babe,” Venus put her hand on her girlfriend's shoulder, “I want Serena to hear the news.” She looked around noting that her princess was not around, “Where is she anyway?”

 

“She's still sulking,” Amara folded her arms and looked towards the door of the private dressing room.

 

“Mercury is helping her get ready for the show,” Michelle added in a much more pleasant tone.

 

Mercury and Moon in the same room? Raye thought to herself. Alone? This could be problematic.

 

Jupiter got up from the couch letting go of Hotaru and walked towards the door, “I'll go get them.”

 

“No!” Mars panicked and pushed the tall girl back onto the couch. Everyone looked at Mars like she was crazy, especially Lita who gazed at her suspiciously. Mars pointed towards the door in a friendly manner, “Let me get them,” she thought of a quick excuse, “Uh, Mina's got this joke she wants to tell you.” Raye walked towards the door.

 

“I do?” Mina asked confused. Then she realized what it was Mars was worried about, “Oh, okay!” She smiled and stood against the mirror for all five of the scouts to see, “So a talent agent is sitting at his desk. And in walks this family. The father says, `Have I got an act for you.' So they all start to take off their clothes…”

 

 

 

By now, Amy was feeling Serena's breasts through her leotard. She had seen Sailor Moon's breasts before, but now she was actually touching them! Well almost… She longed to take the shirt off and gaze upon her beautiful body. Unfortunately, she was interrupted:

 

“Serena, Amy,” Mars said opening their door, “We need you t-“

 

Raye caught her two fellow soldiers doing exactly what she was afraid they were doing. Sailor Moon opened her eyes to see her friend and jumped back against the couch holding her chest and bending her knees. Amy turned around scared to death of who it might be, but sighed in relief when she saw Sailor Mars standing in the doorway.

 

“Oh God,” she said, “I thought you might be Lita.”

 

Sailor Mars closed her eyes, “No, I stopped her from coming in here.”

 

“Thanks babe,” Mercury said getting up from the couch. Her princess began to spread her legs and arms back out.

 

Raye shook her head in the negative, “I should scold you for doing something you know is wrong behind Lita's back,” she looked outside seeing everyone staring at Mina with wide eyes, “And in the next room nonetheless!” Raye turned back to them.

 

Sailor Moon and Mercury hung their heads feeling guilty.

 

“You won't tell on us,” Sailor Moon said, “Will you?”

 

“No,” Mars said seriously, “Just get out here and let's get this stupid comic-con shit over with.” She closed the door and left the two of them alone.

 

Serena and Amy now stood up looking at each other. They didn't say anything. The bluenette straightened out her princess' outfit; straightening her bow, fixing her skirt; while Serena straightened out the blue hair before her. This was a moment that the two of them would not see enough of. It was a shame that it had to end so abruptly.

 

 

 

“And then they all take a bow,” Venus was finishing her joke, “And the talent agent says, `Well that's an interesting act, what do you call it?' And the father sticks out his chest and says `The Aristocrats.'” Mina delivered the last line of the joke in an over-the-top fashion and began laughing slightly.

 

All of the other scouts and Artemis stared at her shocked and disgusted. Saturn got up and made her way for the door, “I'm gonna go throw up!”

 

“Mina,” Neptune said as her daughter went outside, “That is the most vile disgusting joke I've ever heard in my life. And believe me, I hear enough of them from Amara.”

 

By now Sailor Mars had emerged from the private dressing room. She only needed to see the horrifying look on the others' faces to know what had just happened. “Oh no,” Raye looked to her girlfriend, “You didn't tell the Aristocrats joke, did you?”

 

“Yes,” Jupiter said with her eyes closed, “Every… detail… of it!” She shuttered to think of the joke.

 

Raye looked up to the ceiling in an irritated way.

 

“Hey,” Mina defended herself, “You told me to tell a joke.”

 

“I meant,” Raye looked at her, “A joke that didn't involve sodomy and bestiality!”

 

Just then, Sailor Moon and Mercury appeared from the dressing room. The other scouts were happy to see that their princess was in a better mood. She and Mercury were standing close to each other, catching some attention from Jupiter. Saturn also made her way back into the room.

 

“Hey guys,” Sailor Moon said, looking like she was hiding a dirty little secret, “So are we ready to go yet?”

 

“Just as soon,” Amara spoke, “As that weird promoter guy gets back.”

 

“Oh,” Mina spoke up again, much to everyone's discomfort, “I have to tell you all something!”

 

“Oh please Mina,” Saturn said holding her stomach, “I can't take any more dirty jokes.”

 

“No, no no!” Venus shook her head, “This is important.” She looked over to Sailor Mars, who smirked a little. Sailor Venus loved Mars so much. Mina knew how crazy and eccentric she was. But Raye accepted her as such. Sure, the priestess liked to tease her or even scold her from time to time, but the two girls respected each other's quirks. Mars held Venus' hand. The scouts hadn't noticed until the two girls reached for each other's hands that both were wearing rings over the gloves of their left ring fingers.

 

“Raye and I,” Venus spoke softly and happily, “Are getting MARRIED!”

 

Mina screamed the last word so loud, everybody almost thought this was another joke. Every pair of eyes in the room immediately made their way towards Raye. Surprisingly, Raye nodded her head in the affirmative and smiled, “Yes.”

 

The mood now shifted. Serena jumped up and down, “Oh my God! That's great!” Serena made her way towards her blonde twin and hugged her. The two blondes held each other as they jumped up and down like two school-girls.

 

Lita stood up and hugged Raye, “Aw congratulations Raye.”

 

“Thanks Lita,” the priestess returned the affection.

 

“Who knows,” Lita said, “Maybe Amy and I will be following your marriage.”

 

Sailor Mercury looked very uncomfortable. Yes, Jupiter's statement was hard to hear, but she didn't take the news of her close friend's marriage as well as she wanted to.

 

Hotaru joined the blonde duo in a hug, although she was not nearly as excited as either of them.

 

“Let me see that ring,” Serena lifted Venus' hand.

 

“Well,” Venus said as the princess looked at the ring, “Not having a lot of money, nor a lot of support from my parents, I couldn't afford the most expensive-“

 

“Knock it off Mina,” Raye interrupted still talking to Lita. By now Hotaru had moved into congratulate the raven-hair. “There are brides with diamond rings that aren't nearly as happy as I am right now.”

 

The outer-scouts now moved in to talk to their friends.

 

“Congratulations you two,” Michelle said and then turned to Amara, “How come we're not getting married?”

 

“Well I hate to interrupt this happy moment,” Amara said coldly, “But have you all forgotten that lesbian marriage isn't allowed in Japan?”

 

Michelle nudged her girlfriend not wanting to spoil the moment.

 

“Ah,” Mina reached under her shirt and pulled out a brochure, “I'm way ahead of you Amara. We're getting married in,” she spoke now with a Spanish accent while holding her hand out, “Barcelona, Spain!”

 

Michelle took the brochure and looked it over with her short-haired lover.

 

“But you don't speak Spanish?” Trista asked curiously.

 

“Qué usted hablando?” Mina corrected her, speaking with perfect Spanish pronunciation, “Hablo fluido Espanol. Era la una classe que mantuvo mis calificaciones.”

 

Everyone looked at her stunned. Raye put her hand on the blonde's shoulder. Suddenly the mood broke into laughter as they all began to talk about the wedding. Mina and Raye wanted all her girls to be bridesmaids.

 

Suddenly a knock came on the door, “Sailor Moon, may I come in?” The voice was strange, nearly matching Luna's queen's English accent, but with a dark nasally tone that nearly pierced their ears.

 

“It's that promoter guy,” Amara said irritated.

 

“Uh yes,” Sailor Moon said, “Come in.”

 

The door opened. In walked a short, thin man, dressed in a blue suit, with short blonde hair, pale skin, black eyes, and floppy ears. His face seemed like it had been pulled down from the chin. He had a strange gaze. The Sailor Scouts found him to be quite creepy, but they had dealt with strange promoters before.

 

After all… he was a promoter.

 

“Are you feeling better now Sailor Moon?” Although the promoter's English-accented voice still retained it's low nasally tone, it sounded professional. He came up to the girl and put his hand on her face, “Oh I see your wound has already healed.”

 

Mercury didn't like seeing this man touch her princess' face. However, she didn't speak a word. She began to feel vibes coming from this man; something that usually Mars would pick up on relatively quickly, but Mars was preoccupied with her girlfriend.

 

“Yeah,” Sailor Moon said a little uncomfortably, “I'm fine.” Her eyes shifted as the man stared at her uncomfortably, “So are we ready to go now?”

 

“You know,” the man put his hand down and gazed upon her, his eyes squinted. He held his breath, “I must confess, I have watched you from afar.” He spoke almost like a Shakespearean actor, with dynamics to his speech in both volume and pace, “Both in real life, and from the foggy pixels of the various mediums; internet, TV, whatever else they are making these days.” He held his shaking hands out as if to touch the girl before her, but did not make contact, “I have never fully examined your face and body. From this intimate distance, I can see…” He paused and smiled, “That you are the living embodiment of a Goddess.”

 

Raye moved directly behind the man hoping he wouldn't do anything weird. Mina and Lita followed her. They gave him enough space.

 

“Uh,” Sailor Moon forced a smile, “Thank you?”

 

“Oh you must forgive me,” he turned around and laughed to the other scouts, “To be in the presence of the famous Sailor Scouts is quite intimidating.” He looked to Jupiter and Venus, “Ah, I know you two. Sailor Mars, the bringer of electricity. I have always wondered, why do you not offer your powers to aid at the world's energy crisis? And by the way, how is it that you are taller than I am?” Lita was looking down at the man but did not have a chance to answer as the man looked to the other scout. “And of course, Sailor Venus. Well, I mention that Sailor Moon is the living embodiment of a Goddess, but…” His jaw dropped and he ran his fingers through her long blonde hair. Venus looked really uncomfortable. The man was instantly pushed back by Raye.

 

“Hey,” She said, “Look, but don't touch.” Mina held onto her girlfriend.

 

“Ah,” he smiled and pointed his finger, “So the scandal is true. Two of our beloved Sailor Scouts are involved in a forbidden relationship.” He patted Raye on the shoulder, “Don't worry,” he laughed, “Your secret is safe with me.”

 

He now looked to the other scouts. Uranus was prepared to hit him if necessary, “I apologize,” the man said, “But I am not as familiar to the rest of you.”

 

“We prefer it that way,” Amara said agitated. She held Neptune.

 

“Oh please,” He waved his hand, “I'm sure I come off to all you girls as some perverted weasel.”

 

“Yeah that sounds about right,” Amara said, “You have a name?”

 

His eyes shifted. By now, all the girls wanted to do was get outside and join the comic-con. This man was really starting to scare them, “I have gone by many names before, but you can call me Tiberius.”

 

“Tiberius,” Saturn interrupted, “Like the Roman Emperor?”

 

Tiberius turned to Saturn, the only girl shorter than him, and his eyes widened. Pluto watched him closely hoping he wouldn't do anything to her, “You are absolutely right!” He said keeping his hands to himself. Hotaru looked very uncomfortable, “Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, the second emperor of ancient Rome. You must have learned about this in history class.”

 

“No actually,” Hotaru answered, “I just finished reading I Claudius by Robert Graves.”

 

“I see,” his eyes calmed down, he leaned in closer towards Hotaru's face, “You'll have to forgive me, I've never read that book.”

 

Jupiter came by and held the smaller girl. She looked angrily into the man's eyes.

 

“How interesting,” Tiberius smiled and moved around the room, “Everyone is so close to each other here. So many taboo relationships.” He stopped in the middle of the room and pondered to himself, “You know, you may think I'm crazy for saying this.”

 

“Too late,” Venus said, “We already DO think you're crazy.” The girls laughed mildly at Venus' joke.

 

Tiberius laughed as well. He continued to laugh long after the girls had stopped. His laughter echoed throughout the small room, “Yes, we all love jokes don't we. But I was going to say that I've often thought of myself as a reincarnation of the great emperor Tiberius.” He looked at himself in the mirror, “Yes can't you see the resemblance? You know Tiberius was a misunderstood man, bad image, especially in his later years. But think of all he went through. The contemptible murder of the many friends and family he cared about. The-“ His eyes widened and he stared at himself in terror. His voice was still calm, “Yes… Yes I can still hear the screams of the woman I loved. She's gone now, never to be seen again.” His eyes squinted again. The scouts could not help but stay in one place watching this scene of madness unfold before them, “But this woman I loved… Was she the love of Tiberius the emperor? Or was she the love of Tiberius the promoter? It's strange to think about, I won't lie to you. It sends a chill up my spine-“

 

Tiberius broke in mid-sentence and turned slowly towards Sailor Mercury. His eyes met her's as he slowly walked towards her. Amy didn't move. She was almost hypnotized by this man's gaze. Sailor Moon almost wanted to stand in the man's way. Tiberius stopped two feet away from Mercury. He turned his head slowly looking at her with one eye. He smiled.

 

“Sailor Mercury,” He said without turning his head back, “The consort of ice. You have the ability to make ice sculptures.”

 

“Yes,” Mercury said. This time she wasn't blushing. She felt like she had met this man before. Just in case she was wrong, she attempted to connect with the strange man in a human way, “Would you like an ice-sculpture?”

 

“Oh no,” he said finally turning his head to see the girl eye to eye, “I'm not a fan of ice-sculptures.” He now spoke slowly and with a low cadence. His smile began to fade away, “It must be such a burden and a responsibility: the power to turn flesh into hard ice.”

 

Amy's hatred for this man began to grow. She could feel the tips of her gloved hands becoming cold. Her instincts knew who this man was, but her mind could not place it. Still Tiberius gazed upon her with disdain, “An ice-sculpture is so fragile… It can shatter into a million pieces… And what happens to those millions of pieces? Does anyone clean them up? … No! Because ice melts… But that numbness never really goes away does it Sailor Mercury?”

 

Sailor Moon could see a fire in her friend's eyes. She wanted to ask her what was going on. Jupiter stepped forward next to Sailor Moon. Something was about to happen. All of the Sailor Scouts looked to each other, with only Amy almost certain what was going on.

 

The silence in the room was unlike anything the girls had ever heard before.

 

“Tell me Sailor Mercury?” Tiberius asked, “Do you have someone you love.” No one answered, although Jupiter wanted to shout to the man, `Yes me!' But Amy only stared at the man without blinking. The man's eyes widened and his jaw dropped, “Of course! I know now.” He looked to Sailor Moon, “It's so clear to me.”

 

Sailor Mercury felt ice surrounding her fists as she glared at the perverted man.

 

“Tiberius!”

 

A man's voice interrupted the tension. His was also British, but his voice had a more pleasant, yet commanding and low presence to it. The girls turned to see a taller man. Strangely enough, he looked slightly like Tiberius, but his hair was dark brown, his face much more handsome, and his body was fit, visible even under his suit. By now Mercury's hands had warmed and Tiberius was staring at the man who interrupted him. The taller man stared at the other with disappointment in his eyes:

 

“The attendees are waiting!” His voice was low. He spoke slowly, but directly.

 

The two men stared each other down for as long as they could. Finally Tiberius looked back to Mercury and smiled, “Of course!” He began to walk out the door, “I'll see you all out there.”

 

Tiberius stopped as soon as he stood side by side to the brown-haired man. He sighed angrily and walked out of sight. The taller man took one last look at all the scouts and walked away.

 

There was a long silence and stare between the Scouts. However, all of them seemed relieved to be rid of that strange perverted man.

 

“What a nutjob!” Venus sighed.

 

“That's putting it bluntly,” Mars replied and held onto her.

 

As the other scouts talked amongst one another, Sailor Moon came up to Sailor Mercury. The bluenette was shaking. Sailor Moon held her hand.

 

“Are you okay?” She asked.

 

Mercury shivered, “I felt something,” She whispered, “There's something not right about that man. I almost feel like I've felt his presence before.” She hugged her princess abruptly, “I'm scared Serena. I'm afraid something might happen to you.”

 

“Hey, hey,” Serena consoled her, “I'll be okay. We're at a comic-convention. The only thing we have to worry about is crazy fans trying to rip off pieces of our clothing to sell them on ebay!”

 

Mercury couldn't laugh. She was too caught up in the heat of what had just happened. She wouldn't let her princess go. Jupiter watched her girlfriend holding the princess suspiciously. Of course she knew that Sailor Moon and Mercury were close friends and they were probably only consoling each other for the moment. She felt the soft hands of Saturn hold onto her. The tall girl returned the affection.

 

“Well,” Uranus got up, “We should get going. The soon we get out there, the sooner we can leave.” She held Neptune's hand and led her towards the door.

 

“Remember,” Artemis said, “You three are outside, Saturn's watching the floor.”

 

“We got it,” Neptune said, “Ready Pluto?”

 

Pluto stared off into space. Her face was full of fear, as if something terrible was about to happen. She wouldn't tell the others what was about to transpire.

 

“Trista?” Uranus put her hand on the girl's shoulder recognizing her insecurity, “What's wrong?”

 

“Nothing,” Trista lied. Uranus held onto her other girlfriend and comforted her. She gave the green-haired girl a simple kiss putting her mind to ease… for now.

 

“C'mon Amy,” Sailor Moon said, “I'll be okay, I promise!”

 

Sailor Mercury reluctantly let go of her princess. Jupiter let go of Saturn, which she reluctantly accepted.

 

“Let me walk you out babe,” Jupiter took Amy's hand. The blunette took one last look towards Serena before accepting Jupiter's hand and walking out with her. Jupiter did take Hotaru's hand as well, “C'mon Saturn, you can come out with us.” Before the princess knew it, all of the scouts were gone. So much had happened since she got here, she could only imagine what was waiting for her outside.

 

“Sailor Moon?” Artemis asked standing next to her.

 

The heroine sighed. She stretched her shoulders, jumped up and down and clapped her hands. She slowly walked out of the dressing room with her cat.

 

 

 

End Notes:

 

Are things going to work out for our heroes? Of course not! Keep your eyes peeled because Chapter 15 is going to be intense.

 

If Tiberius kinda freaked you out, then I did my job. Let me know what you think of this character.