"A White Rose, A Red Rose" - Chapter 2.5 by Miaka

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Oh, there was this story I was reading once, and I can't remember the author
or the title
(yes, my memory is bad) so if any one can tell me the titla and/or author of
a really cute
story about Jupiter in which she goes to Rei's school and is have trouble
with this guy that
she does not like, she volenteers at the hospital and so does she, oh, and
also this is the
story in which she plays the Sailor Moon arcade game and uses the Jupiter
Desperation?
Move and is acused of cheating.  Well, if anyone knows what I am talking
about, tell
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"White Rose, Red Rose" - Chapter 2.5

      Laughing, a Princess ran through the halls of her palace.  Running
past servants,
guards, Lords, and Ladies.  All who saw her smiled.  She radiated joy,
happiness, and
love.  True there were some changes from when she was a little girl, she had
longer hair,
it was past her ankles, and her eyes showed that she was more intelligent,
but she was
still the same girl at heart, if not happier.  She was still the white rose
that she had been
when she was little.
      And now she was almost twelve.  A very important age for a lady.  It
was time in
which a girl became a young woman, and then at sixteen she was actually a
woman.  It
was the age in which mother's started looking for suitable matches and a
girl's training
changed from the basics to more involved things.  It was a very important
age.
     But most importantly for the Princess on her twelfth birthday her court
would be
coming to stay.  She had already met all of them and they had been good
friends ever
since she was little, but now they would officially be her protectors and
she would be
able to see them every day.  Not that they had not been protective of her
when they were
little, in fact they had always been extremely protective.

- Flashback -

     "Serena if you keep running like that you will hit something.  The
garden has a lot of
things to trip over."  Minako yelled after Usagi.
     "Yea, you could trip and fall."  Rei added as she picked up her skirts
and ran after the
Princess.
     As if on cue Usagi tripped and went sprawling straight into a large
rock and knocking
herself unconscious and getting a large cut on her forehead.  Ami, the
healer of the group,
immediately rushed over to her and began to heal her wounds.
     Makoto went up to the rock and punched it, hard.  As a result the rock
cracked into
several pieces.  Makoto proceeded to pick them up one by one crushing them
into dust.
Nothing could live that hurt her Princess.
     Minako had just burst into tears and Rei was hounding Ami to see if
there was
anything she could possibly do to help.

 - End of Flashback -

That had just been one of the many incidents.

@--<--<---

     The morning of the Princess's birthday dawned bright and the Princess
was wide wake
to enjoy it.  "Mamochan, you should see this sunrise."  she whispered to no
one in
particular.  "I would like so much to speak to him right now, but I don't
want to wake
him, he does need his sleep after all.  And my turbulent emotions probably
kept him
awake half the night anyhow."  Usagi sighed.
     But, as usual, Mamoru already knew her need and as usual he responded
to it.  She
could almost feel the warmth of his comfort as he asked groggily, "Usa, what
is the
matter? Today is your twelfth birthday, the day that marks you a young
woman, I thought
you would be so happy that you would be bouncing off the walls."  she
laughed softly at
his remark.
      "Mamochan, you can always make me feel better.  I am afraid though.
My training is
going to really start in earnest and I am not sure if I can do it.  Everyone
expects so much
of me, I just am not sure if I can live up to their expectations."
     "My little Usa, you never change,"  Mamoru said, still waking up.
     "Should I?"  Usagi questioned, a hint of sadness in her voice.
     "No!  I love you this way, I would not have you any different for the
world.  You are
always thinking of other people and never thinking of yourself.  No one
could ever be
disappointed in you.  All I meant by saying that you never change is that
you are the same
wonderful girl I met almost ten years ago."  Mamoru finished lamely.  Usagi
smiled.  She
loved it when he tried to make her feel better for he always succeeded.
Mamoru could
feel the change in her attitude and the calming of her heart.  He felt as if
a great weight
had been lifted off his shoulders.
      "Now Usa, I am going to give you your birthday gift.  Close your eyes
and
concentrate on the picture I am going to place in your mind."  Closing her
eyes Usagi
looked into her mind for what Mamoru had put there.  As she began to focus,
energy
began to course through her, but not her own.  She knew it immediately, it
was his.  She
loved the feel of it; it felt so different from hers, like gold compared to
silver.
     After a short while the energy stopped flowing, although she could
still feel it tingling
within her.  She never really saw the picture he put into her  mind.  "Open
your eyes
now."  Mamoru told her in a gentle voice.
     Opening her eyes she found a beautiful red rose before her.   Gasping
she gently
reached out to touch it.
     "This rose will last as long as we remain close.  It will remind you
that I am always
there for you."  he told her.
     Usagi stroked the petals in awe.  "Mamochan, it is beautiful!  I have
never seen a red
rose before.  They do not grow here, do they grow where you live?"
     "It is red?!  I meant to send a white one.  Whoops."
     "I am glad you did.  It is absolutely gorgeous.  Thank you ever so
much.  Well, I guess
I should go down to breakfast.  Talk to you later.  Thank you ever so much
for being
there for me!"  with that she took off running down to breakfast.

@--<--<---

     Mamoru sat in his room staring at the sun which was still low in the
sky.  Sighing he
placed his head in his hands.  'A red rose.  Why did it change to red?  I
sent a white rose.
The gift was supposed to reflect how our friendship was pure and innocent.
But it came
out red.  Why?'  but he knew.
     It had been creeping up on him and he knew it.  His roses reflected his
feeling and red
roses stand for undying love and passion just as white roses stand for
innocent and pure
love.  He knew he loved her.  But why?  Why did he have to love her like
this?  He had
always loved her, but it was supposed to be like a sister.  She was apart of
him, true, but
he had known her, it seemed like forever.  She was his best friend, and
people were not
supposed to fall in love with their best friends.  That ruins friendships.
But he had.  He
broke the rules and had fallen in love with her.  She was now at the age
that her mother
would begin to look for a suitable husband for her and he could not bear the
idea of that,
some other man being able to hold her, some other man bringing a smile to
her face.
That was his job.  But then he had never even really met her, just talked to
her and of
course knew her ever feeling and emotion, that was all.
     "Earth to Endy!"  Jade's voice drifted into Mamoru's thoughts and he
looked up.  Jade
was sitting in front of him waving his hand in front of his face.  "Man,
where have you
been?  The moon?"  Mamoru smiled weakly.  "So, Endy, what is the matter?"
Mamoru
could feel Jade reach out with his mind and cut him out.  "That was a rather
harsh way to
stop me."  Jade said frowning.  "You always tell me everything, after all I
am the
guardian of your passion, so I have a right to know.  If you don't tell me
the bond might
crush me!"  Jade said with mock horror.
      "Jade, I know that you think I tell you everything, but I kept you
from one of the most
important things in my life.  What I am about to tell you is to be kept VERY
quiet.  You
are never to tell a soul and you must swear on the bond,"  Mamoru said
quietly and very
seriously.
     "O, I swear  on the bond never to tell anyone about whatever it is that
I am about to be
told."  Jade said the words in a flippant voice but he knew that if it was
so important that
Endymion would make him swear on the bond and had hid it form him so long,
that it
must be important and must be taken seriously.  "It is a girl, huh?"  Jade
asked.
     "Yea, but not just any girl.  She has this way about her, this aura of
joy and happiness.
Every one around adores her, and needless to say, so do I."
     "Well, what is her name?  Who is she?  What does she look like?  Do I
know her?
Where does she live?  How old is she?"  Jade fired the questions at his
Prince rapidly.
     "Well, to your first question her name is Usagi, at least that is what
I call her.  I don't
know what her real name is.  And to all your other questions the answer is
that I don't
know."  Mamoru sighed.  This one was going to be hard to explain.
     "So let me get this straight, you are in love with some girl, which is
not surprising
since you are sixteen, but some girl you have never actually met, and you
are head over
heals for her?"
     "That's about it."
     "But how?  Is she some figment of your imagination?!"  Jade asked
exasperated.
     "No she is real.  I seem to have some sort of connection to her.  I can
speak to her, feel
her, know all her emotions and  thoughts.  When I was three I first felt
her, and when I
was seven I first spoke to her.  I suppose that you have heard stories about
how I was a
rotten little boy and then all of a sudden just started smiling and no one
knew why?
Well, it was because of her.  When I was little I felt like I was missing
some part of
myself and felt like I was empty on the inside.  Then, one day, I felt a joy
well up in the
emptiness.  Even as a three year old I was smart enough to know that the joy
was not my
own, after all I had no reason to be happy, but I felt a happiness
nonetheless.  This
continued on and I felt like there was someone out there that was sharing my
feelings and
I thought that if I could feel their feelings they could probably feel mine,
so I tried to be
happy all  the time.  Finally  one day I heard a gentle female voice call
for help.  I
reached out and found the source.  Not knowing her name I called her gentle
one.  I
helped her with her problem and ever since then we have been great friends.
At first
neither of us thought to tell the other where we lived or anything.  I
decided never to
broach the subject though because I did not want her to know I am a Prince,
she might
start to treat me differently.  Somewhere over the years I started to fall
in love with her
and never realized it, and now I am hopelessly in love with her and don't
even know what
she looks like.  But today is her twelfth birthday and I meant to give her a
white rose, and
it came out red"  Mamoru finished his tale despondently.
     "You gave the girl a red rose?!  Red roses are the symbol of undying,
passionate
love!!!"  Jade nearly screamed.
     "I know" came the almost inaudible reply.
     "And you probably channelled your energy through her to create the rose
and it was
supposed to be white?  And it came out red?  Man you have got it BAD!"
     "I know.  But I don't think that she knows what a red rose stands for.
She is familiar
with white roses and sees them all the time, in fact people compare her with
the white
rose, but she was surprised when the rose was red and said she had never
seen one
before."
     "So she doesn't even know what it means?  This has got to be the
funniest situation
you have EVER gotten yourself into!"  Jade began to laugh.
     Mamoru watched him as he fell off the bed and began to roll on the
floor howling in
later.  A small smile began to curl on his lips.

@--<--<---

     Usagi put the rose in a small vase of water and set it on the table
next to the bed.
Smiling she reached out and touched it.   She was sure it was the softest
thing that she
had ever felt.  'I wonder what the red rose stands for.'  she thought.  'I
heard that each
colour of the rose means a different thing, so I wonder what red stands
for.'
       "Princess Serenity, it is time to come down for breakfast, your
mother desires your
presence immediately."  Molly smiled at the girl sitting on her bed.  She
did not see the
rose, only the Princess's happy face.
     Standing Usagi responded, "Is it not a glorious day Molly?  I feel so
happy that I could
just fly!"  As always the Princess's joy was contagious and Molly's smiled
widened.
     "It is a fitting day for your birthday your highness."
     "Oh Molly,"  Serenity said giggling.  "How many times do I have to tell
you, call me
Serena, like all my friends do.  I mean you have been my maid and friend
since forever!
But anyhow, did you not say that breakfast is ready?! Let's go!"  With that
Serena and
Molly took off down the hall laughing the whole way.

@--<--<---

     Queen Serenity smiled as her daughter burst into the breakfast room.
She was dressed
in her usual, loose pants and shirt.  'At least she has put the sword in her
dimensional
pocket.' the Queen thought with relief.
     But despite the fact that she dressed differently than any other girl
and learned all the
things a prince learned as well as that of a princess, Princess Serenity
promised to be an
excellent ruler someday.  She had an incredible gift of understanding and
was always fair
and just. Plus the people loved her.  No one that had ever met her had
disliked her, and
she disliked no one.  True she had never shown any special favour to any
boys as her
mother hoped she would, but she never showed any disliking either.  But that
would
come soon enough, especially as she was now twelve.
     "Good morning mother!  It is such a beautiful morning!"  Usagi ran
around the table to
her mother and gave her a light kiss on the cheek and sat down next to her.
     "Serena, you are wearing pants,"  her mother chided gently.
      Serena laughed  "Well, the ball is not until this evening and so I
thought that I would
wear them until I have to go get ready.  Are Minako, Ami, Makoto, and Rei
really going
to be staying forever?!  I mean they will miss their mothers and fathers,
won't they?"
Serena asked, concern begining filling her voice.
     "Serena, of course they will miss their parents, but they already know
and are prepared
for that fact.  And their parents know that they can come and stay as long
as they want
anytime they want.  Besides, your training requires it that you make a
circuit of all the
courts, so you will be visiting each of the kingdoms and staying at the
palaces."
     "REALLY!!!"  Serena screamed happily.
     "Have I ever lied to you?"  the Queen asked, smiling at her daughters
exuberance.
     "No, but this is just too good to be true!  I will be able to see the
other kingdoms
healing techniques; I will get a chance to spar with the greatest masters,
cook with the
greatest chiefs, and the list goes on and on!" Serena could barely contain
her delight.
     "Do not forget the reason that you are going."
     "Of course not!  I have to see how the other kingdoms rule so that I
can see the best
and worst points of each government and make my kingdom the best it can
possibly be."
Usagi laughed as she spoke.
    'And so that you will be exposed to more Princes that you could possibly
wed.'  Queen
Serenity thought mentally adding to her daughters list.
@--<--<--
     Usagi's day flew by and soon she was in a dress standing by her
mother's side in the
ball room.  She had had a lovely day and was looking forward to seeing her
friends.  The
ball was underway and it was just a few minutes before her friends would be
introduced
and the oaths would be made.  After that they were free to catchup with each
other.  She
had not seen any of her friends for a year and a half as their parents had
wanted to be able
to complete the stage of the training they were in and spend as much time
with them as
possible.  Needless to say the girls had a lot to say to each other.
     Usagi watched the announcer step up and hold up his scroll.  The room
fell to an
excited hush and Serena waited impatiently, excitement mounting by the
minute.
'Wonder what Mamochan thinks about my feelings right now' she wondered
briefly.
     "Princess AinoMinako of Venus, head guard of the Princess Serenity's
court"  the
announcer announced (tee hee, the announcer announced).  Minako practically
waltzed
into the room looking every inch a princess.  She wore the royal colours of
her court and
her long golden hair flowed down her back while her blue eyes twinkled in
the light.
Approaching the throne she dropped into a low curtsey and then turned toward
the
entrance as the next name was called.
      "Princess HinoRei of Mars, second in command."  Rei walked elegantly
into the
room dressed in the Martian royal colour, deep, blood like red.  She looked
elegant with
her black hair cascading down her back and purple eyes shining.   She came
up to the
throne and curtseyed.
     "Princess KinoMakoto of Jupiter, third in command."   A tall girl with
fiery auburn
hair came in the room and with her came a storm of excitement.  Her green
eyes seemed
to demand that people have a good time.  She also was dressed in her
kingdoms royal
colours and style.  She curtseyed gracefully.
     "Princess MizunoAmi of Mercury, fourth in command."  The girl that came
in had
deep blue hair and her whole body seemed to suggest a delicacy that few
others had.  She
shyly glanced around the room as she approached the throne and then dropped
into an
elegant curtsy.
     "Princesses, you are welcome.  You have traveled far to come and be
apart of my
daughters court and we are honoured to have you.  You have been friends of
my daughter
for a long time and like daughters to me, and so it makes me very glad to
know that you
have come to stay with us.  Princess AinoMinako, please step forward and
present
yourself to your Princess."  Minako stepped forward towards Usagi.
"Princess
AinoMinako do you, on behalf of Venus, swear that you will protect the
Princess
Serenity at any cost, letting her life become your life, her needs yours?"
     "I do swear that I will protect the Princess Serenity at any cost.  Her
life is my life and
her needs are my own.  I do accept"
     "Lift your head" Minako lifted her head and looked straight into the
eyes of the
Princess.  The Princess's crescent moon was already glowing on her forehead
and  on
Minako's forehead the symbol of Venus began to glow.  A beam of light
connected the
two symbols and Minako could feel herself filling with energy.  Although she
had already
had special power because of being part of the royal line, only the guardian
of the Moon
Princess could receive the full power of her planet, and as it was known the
power of
Venus is the power of Love.
     The other girl's were much in the same fashion although according to
their own
respective planets and ranks.  Minako's power was based off Love, Rei's off
Fire,
Makoto's off Thunder and Lightning, and Ami's off water.  But even with the
power of
their planets backing them, none could claim to be half as powerful as the
Princess of the
Moon for she was more powerful than all of them combined.

@--<--<---

End of Chapter 2.5

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