Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Torn Between Duty And Love ❯ Father, Mother: where are you? ( Chapter 4 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

TORN BETWEEN DUTY AND LOVE
by Blue Dreamer (bluedreamer80@hotmail.com)
A Land Of Dreams : www.alandofdreams.com

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Disclaimer:
Sailor Moon is owned by all its respective owners, Naoko Takeuchi, et al. Any other characters in this story are copyright to me as well as the story itself. Thank you and I hope you enjoy. This fic is inspired by Yumi Tamura's masterpiece Legend of Basara which happens to be the manga and anime I prefer.

Synopsis:
Serenity grew up in the shadow of her twin brother... What happens when she will have to take destiny in her hands and go fight the dictatorship that has taken place in her country?

Editors:
Jessica (futuremoonteen@aol.com)

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Chapter 04 : Father, Mother: where are you ?

-"Shingo, earth to Shingo" Luna was shouting

-"Yeah, no need of yelling like this at me" Serenity answered back

-"Hurry up and get ready, we must try and catch up with the prisoners caught by the Emperor" Luna said

In a minute Serenity got ready. As she adjusted her clothing, she thought 'I hope I will defeat the Emperor and his son's kingdom and bring back peace to my people... Until then, I will have to behave like my brother.... Oh Endymion... Why why am I thinking so much of you? I ... hope I will meet you when this stupid battle is over as for now I have to be Shingo' A brief moment of regrets was in Serenity's head... Her hair... her beautiful long hair of which she was so proud of... and then her firm features came back 'What I am thinking of? It's no time for love and regrets... I must save my parents and avenge my brother's death'

She then came out of her hiding place to see all the left villagers and spoke

-"We are going for war... any of you who will want to stay back... it's now or never..."

-"Shingo, we will follow you" said the people "to brink back peace... you're our savior... We are sure to win this battle"

'They would never have reacted like this if they only knew I was Serenity... I have to keep this play up... for them' Serenity thought

And then Serenity, and the people proceeded in catching up with the Emperor's army in order to save the prisoners and to kill the Emperor's son who had being in command of the whole action.


Meanwhile, Endymion had caught up with the rest of his troops and looked at the prisoners...

-"Quite a few should make good prisoners if they cooperate" he said laughing sarcastically

-"Yes indeed prince Endymion" answered his main general Kunzite and long time friend looking at Serenity's mother and Shingo's girlfriend

-"Don't get too greedy Kunzite... The Emperor will want his share" said Endymion

-"Certainly prince Endymion... and you as well"

-"Don't worry about me... I have already taken my share" he answered enigmatically

-"But... you did not take any prisoner from here?"

-"No ... she's not a prisoner... well never mind for now... let's hurry up and go back to the castle."


As it was getting darker, the army troops decided to stop and take a break. They were all hungry and the Prince Endymion let Minako out of her chains and ordered her to cook their meal. If she tried to run away... members of the village would be killed.

-"Minako, please try and save yourself... Shingo will be waiting for you" Selene, Serenity's mother told her

-"I can't, I won't let any of you get killed for me"

-"But..." protested Selene

-"Hey you... hurry up" shouted a guard to Minako

Minako was a beautiful teenager and while she was preparing dinner, the Emperor's army was looking at her with envy... as they hadn't had female company for some time now. As she finished preparing supper, Endymion was amused by the scene... all his army like wolves observing their prey...

'Serenity... I wish I could be with you right now... not having to see my men behaving like this....' Endymion was lost in his thoughts until Kunzite came and sat next to him

-"who's this girl you've met Endymion?" Kunzite asked.

Kunzite was probably the only real friend Endymion had. They actually grew up together as Kunzite is Endymion's cousin. Kunzite always promised to protect Endymion, even if that means getting himself killed.

-"A girl, an angel... she's so unpredictable and charming... I..." said Endymion

-"You definitely are in love cousin" Kunzite said laughingly

-"You're right... but my mission has to come first, no matter what. I gave her my mother's ring... well... I hope she will find it as I put it in her small sack when I kissed her. Just in case..." said Endymion sheepishly

-"You probably right ... especially if you plan on beating the Emperor himself"

-"I know..."

The conversation was cut short as they heard screams coming out from the woods...

As Endymion and Kunzite ran towards where the screams were being heard, not far from there Serenity and the villagers heard the noise as well:

-"Oh my gosh Minako!" Shouted Serenity and then made Tempest go faster... while shouting back to the villagers, "I'll proceed and save Minako"

The villagers were wondering what was going wrong and decided to hurry up their pace to try and catch up with 'Shingo'

As Serenity approached the Emperor's son's camp, she saw Minako coming out of the woods, her clothing all torn, carried by Kunzite. 'What have they done to you... little sis'

Serenity's father could not take it anymore and as one of the army was standing there, got hold of him and strangled him. As the Prince came out of the wood he saw what was happening and had to take a quick decision... and in order to suppress the incoming rebellion, shot Serenity's father.

Even though Serenity was not too far, she saw her father collapsing and started to cry.... 'Those bastards... I will kill you all' Serenity had enough common sense, despite the situation, not to go on the open... she knew she had to wait... wait for the others to come...


Near the woods... Selene is crying as well... was she going to loose all her family members?

She then overheard Endymion telling his troops "You are not going to abuse anyone here until we arrive to destination and that's an order" he said roughly "I don't want such an incident to be reported again"

His army muttered but agreed to these strange orders. Endymion then left the camp and went away to get all these thinks out of his mind giving the command over to the 2nd general in command Malachite.


Serenity did not know what to do and only hope for the others to come fast. She got off her horse and hid behind the bushes. As she was still a little weak she decided to take the medicine Luna had given her for her strength to come back. Surprisingly enough, as she opened her bag and searched for the medicine, her fingers got caught to a small parcel.

'What could Luna have given me?'

As she opened the parcel, she found a ring inside 'Why would Luna give me such a gift? Especially knowing that I cannot wear a ring if I'm going to act as Shingo' Serenity was very puzzled but however decided to tie the ring to a string and put it around her neck. 'I'll have to ask Luna about this later'


-"Your Highness Shingo" started Artemis

-"It's terrible...my father... they..." sobbed Serenity

-"You got to stay calm... it's our only way to free everyone" Artemis said

-"I know" could only answer Serenity "But they've... they have hurt Minako...I think they may have..."

-"Shut... the other villagers are here, don't tell them as they would get upset"

Serenity nodded her head and they were now all planning on an attack.


Endymion left his camp to take his horse to neighboring hot springs. After bathing the horse in the water he applied the medicinal herbs Serenity provided him with.

'Serenity... will I ever see you again beautiful girl?'


Serenity and her team had managed a plan in which they would hope to free most of the prisoners and decided to attack the camp as the army was resting. Indeed, the prisoners were guarded by a small number of guards. Serenity's people attacked as bravely as they could and managed to free the prisoners. As Serenity gave a quick hug to her mother Selene could only gasped "Serenity, it's you isn't it?' Serenity only said a very soft 'yes' and proceeded in the battle and looking for Minako.

As the prisoners were now fighting by her side, Artemis felt it was time to retreat before the rest of the army comes at them and approached Serenity "Your Highness Shingo, we must now leave before we get more massacred'

-"What about Minako, I'm not going to leave her here with these brutes"

-"There's nothing we can do about her ... we have to leave NOW" he said a little more firmly this time.

-"Serenity, listen to yourself... you must react as a leader, not as a woman" Artemis told her boldly and grabbed her to take her away with the others

Serenity was shocked as Artemis called her Serenity. 'Luna must have told him'

All the remaining prisoners have now been saved somehow Serenity was upset as she could not do anything for her father, and worst of all, she has no idea where Minako could be right now.

As all of Serenity's people were now in safety, she spoke to them all "I'm going to find the murderer of my father and brother, and find Minako as well"

-"We will help you" said the villagers

-"I want you to go and find a place to hide... I don't want all of you involved in this battle. I don't want any more killings in my side... I don't want any of you getting hurt. Please" pleaded Serenity

-"Your Highness but... we could help" said a small child

-"You could help me more finding a place to hide." She answered and then added to the little boy "I want you to go and protect the people, will you do this for me?"

-"Of course I will" he answered proudly

-"Thank you"

Willingly or not, Serenity managed to convince most villagers to go and find a hideout somewhere. She was now alone with Artemis by her side.

-"You should go and protect Luna" she had tried to tell him

-"My duty's to protect the Savior" he answered before continuing "Luna would agree with me"

Serenity then remembered about the ring and ran to Luna

-"Thank you for your gift, but why?"

-"Why what" asked Luna wandering what Serenity was jabbering about

-"You know, the ring" she insisted showing the beautiful ring

-"I swear to you young girl" she started, "I never gave you such a jewel"

Serenity gasped 'Could he have given her this?' To Luna's skeptical looks, Serenity answered "Never mind.... we got to go now"

All the people from her village proceeded in finding a good hideout which they found deep inside the woods. "No one would even think of coming here" exclaimed Selene as they were all getting themselves accustomed to their new home... "This cave is fantastic" said a little girl "we can play hide and seek"

Serenity remembered the times she used to play with Shingo, Mokko, Minako... all of them have gone... 'Why is there so much misery' Serenity thought

-"Shingo" Artemis was standing behind her "Tomorrow we will go but for now we both need to rest"

Serenity agreed to this but after everyone was asleep... she could not help thinking... 'Onichan (brother) ... I have to find Minako... for you right?" Many thoughts had been creeping in her mind. She decided to put an end to them by slowly going outside... 'Sorry to al of you but I must fight alone'

As she touched the ring and looked at it she thought 'Who are you really Endymion? Will I ever get a chance of meeting you again?"

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Author's notes
Hope you like it so far. Anyways keep me informed on how you like this fic.

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