Affair - Chapter 12
by Sereko
sereko13@yahoo.com


It took me long enough, ne? I wrote the bedroom scene of this
chapter about a year ago, almost directly after I wrote the
very first words. It's a favorite of mine, if only because
you can see Serenity and Endymion's affection towards each
other. It is one of the few scenes when the two aren't being
chased or hiding, etc. Hope you enjoy it!


Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the characters
associated with the story (Well, maybe Prince Arian). I merely 
use Naoko Takeuchi's genius as a starting point for my own 
storytelling.



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Chapter 12
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	Silence pervaded the area. No one spoke, no one breathed. A 
late night fog settled on the ground. The cool atmosphere sent a chill 
up Jadeite's spine. He shivered and then took a cautious glance over at 
Kunzite. "Did she just say..." His soft whisper drifted away with the 
breeze. 
	"...that she is..." Zoicite quietly continued the thought.
	"...the Crown Princess of..." It was Nephrite this time. His 
once powerful, calm voice had disappeared to make room for a wispy lilt. 
"...our worst enemy's empire?"
	A soft gust of wind brushed past them all, lifting and twirling 
the evening fog in a solemn dance. Kunzite could barely gather enough 
strength in his throat to respond. What was he supposed to do now? 
	They all turned their heads to look at their liege and his 
mistress. Kunzite's long, white hair billowed around him as more wind 
seeped through the clearing. 'Oh, my prince, why her? Of all the women 
to give your heart to...why did you have to choose the one that you 
cannot be with?' He tenderly knelt down and brushed a strand of hair 
out of the sleeping monarch's face. 'No matter, I will do all that I 
can to keep you two together...but even my power is limited. I fear you 
will be torn apart soon enough.' He added sardonically, 'Especially if 
you keep leaking your secret to everyone.'
	He steadily lifted his head to speak to the others. As his eyes 
roamed over them, he was able to get a grasp on what they were feeling. 
Nephrite seemed confused, as if he couldn't understand how his prince 
had found himself in love - much less with their foe. Zoicite's gaze 
was cool, but his stance gave away the fact that he was in utter 
disbelief. The fire in Jadeite's eyes was burning as brightly as ever. 
There was a new gleam in them, though, that showed his happiness for 
Endymion despite the situation he had tangled himself up in. "Let us 
take them inside." The three men of whom he had been observing stared 
at him strangely. "She will sleep in his room." Mouths opened in 
protest, but he cut them off. "And we will ensure that they are not 
caught."

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	Kunzite laid Serenity on the bed carefully. Her body was so 
small, so fragile to the touch. He was surprised when he had first 
lifted her up because she was as light as a feather. He almost didn't 
want to move her for fear that she would break in his arms. On the 
other side of the bed, Jadeite and Nephrite put Endymion down. 
	"Are you sure that we should put them in bed together? Should 
we not put one of them on the couch or the ground or something?" 
Zoicite's concern over the immodesty of the situation was quickly blown 
over with shock. 
	All of the generals knew that Endymion and Serenity were sound 
asleep. Neither had even awakened when they were picked up. The sight 
before them suggested otherwise. As if they were awake and conscious of 
what was going on, the two drew together like moths to a flame. 
	Endymion rolled over to the middle of the bed and reached out 
with his arm. Serenity immediately responded by shifting from her side 
of the bed into his hold. Once she had reached him, Endymion wrapped 
his arms about her tightly. She did the same while resting her head 
against his shoulder. 
	Kunzite gave a soft sigh at the sight and then turned to leave 
the room. Nephrite followed after him. Jadeite stared a bit longer 
until he finally blinked his eyes, shook his head and walked out the 
door. Zoicite watched in disbelief as they all departed. With wide eyes 
and jumbled words he continued to point to the pair. "But...Wait...They 
just...Hey guys! Come on!" He started to turn and chase after his 
friends. "Did no one just see that!?"
	The strawberry blonde's yells faded as he ran further and 
further from his liege. After a few moments, the entire palace was 
quiet once more. The generals turned in for the night in their rooms 
next door and the palace guards resumed their stilted watch over the 
home of the monarchs. 

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	The sun creaked through the curtains in the prince's room. 
Morning had come and the palace was already bustling with maids and 
servants. The sunlight and pattering of feet was what woke Endymion up. 
He stirred groggily in the blankets that were placed on top of him the 
night prior. One of his hands reached up and massaged the bridge of his 
nose. When he opened his eyes, he caught sight of the bright rays of 
the sun and attempted to lift his other hand in order to shield his 
sensitive vision from the glare. Something was preventing his hand from 
responding, however. He turned over to see what the problem was and 
that's when his mind finally decided to wake up. For, lying beside him 
and on top of his unresponsive arm was Serenity.
	His body tensed. 
	'Oh lord, what has happened...' Endymion shifted so that he was 
facing his beloved, but also propped slightly above her. Deep blue eyes 
searched her face in sorrow. Without even realizing it, he reached up a 
hand to her face and let it fall to her cheek. Her skin was so soft to 
the touch that he couldn't help but let out a small smile. 'So 
beautiful...' Endymion leaned forward to press a light kiss on Serenity's 
forehead. As he pulled away, he felt her stir beneath him.
	After she arched her back in a stretch, Serenity groggily 
opened her eyes. She almost thought that the vision before her was a 
dream because of the way the light was shining upon her lover's face. 
However, when she felt his very real skin pressed up against her cheek 
she knew otherwise. "Mamo-chan!" Startled at his presence, her eyes 
flew open and she attempted to sit up. Endymion just gave her a sad 
smile and lightly pressed her back onto the bed. 
	"Shh, my love. Shhhhh..."
	Serenity was only more confused by this. "Mamo-chan, what are 
we doing in bed together?"
	"It seems that after we passed out last night my guards placed 
us here."
	"But-"
	"Shh, Usako. Please." His eyes glinted as he pleaded. "I fear 
that peaceful mornings such as these will not be with us much longer. 
Please, let us enjoy them while we can." 
	"But-"
	"Please, Usako!" His whispers became insistent. 
	Serenity looked up at him sympathetically. "Of course, Mamo-chan." 
She craned her head up in order to give him a short, but lingering kiss 
and then let her body soak into the mattress underneath her. A calm 
silence settled between them and it led Endymion to resume his place 
lying next to Serenity. 
	After a few moments of contemplation, Serenity breathed out, 
"So they know."
	Endymion heaved a sigh. "They know everything."
	Serenity couldn't prevent herself from squeezing her eyes shut 
in pain. "It all happened so fast." She faced Endymion and grasped at 
his shirt. "I-I want more time. Just a little bit more time with you..." 
Her grip loosened and her body slumped in sorrow. Closing her eyes, she 
continued, "Who am I fooling? I do not just want a few more moments 
with you." She lifted her head to look into his eyes. "I want an 
eternity. I never want to have to let you go."
	Before she could say another word, Endymion descended upon 
her and captured her lips in a passionate kiss. He was forceful and 
demanding, plucking her lips for all that they were worth. It was as if 
he had never kissed her before and was now trying to express to her all 
of the emotions that she stirred up in him. Serenity simply melted 
beneath him as she kissed him back with equal fervor. Her hands had 
tangled themselves in his silky hair while his were busy massaging the 
nape of her neck. Groans simultaneously emanated from the backs of 
their throats. 
	The kiss ended, as it had begun, with a swirl of lust and love 
and passion. When Endymion had managed to pry himself away from Serenity, 
he held both sides of her face and looked intensely into her eyes. "You 
will never have to let me go. Never. Just as I will never have to let 
you slip from my own fingers." He saw the protest in her eyes and cut 
her off before she could even try to challenge the validity of his 
statement, "I do not care what our parents will do or our guardians or 
the entire universe! Even if they say that we are to be locked in our 
rooms forever, never to see each other again, I will find a way to you!" 
	"Mamo-chan..."
	"I love you. I love you so very much, Usako, and no one can 
take that away or tell me to stop." He leaned down and gave her a small 
peck. "I will always love you."
	With misty eyes, Serenity smiled sadly up at him. "And I you, 
my dearest prince." She paused for a moment to watch the way his eyes 
sparkled when the sunlight hit them just right. Deep inside, some part 
of her knew that she would have few more precious moments like these to 
make such observations. "I never thought that I could love someone the 
way that I love you. But, despite that, it will only be a matter of 
time before everyone finds out about us. Then, we will be torn apart no 
matter how much we wish to stay together."
	"How, exactly, is everyone going to find out?"
	"Oh, Mamo-chan." She covered her face with her hands. "Your 
guardians will tell your parents and then they will tell my mother and 
the senshi will find out. I-I will never be allowed to see you again!"
  "Usako." He paused while staring deeply into her eyes. "My guardians 
are my closest friends. I trust them like brothers." Another meaningful 
pause ensued. "They will not tell my parents."
	"Of course not!" Startled, Endymion and Serenity spun around to 
see Jadeite at the bedroom door. "At least not until we know ALL of the 
juicy details!" 
	"Jadeite!" 
	Noticing that his liege was a little less than pleased with him 
barging in, Jadeite blushed and gave a sheepish bow. "I am sorry, 
prince. Excuse me as well, my lady." He straightened himself and walked 
towards a chair on the side of the room. "I just came to drop this off." 
Looking at the parcel in his hands, the prince and princess could 
determine that he had brought with him a dress. "I managed to scrounge 
it up and thought that the princess might like a change of clothes." He 
bowed once more. "Again, I am sorry to have intruded. I will return 
with the other generals when you two have finished waking up." Endymion 
was suspicious of Jadeite's extremely formal behavior, but was relieved 
to see the blonde turn and give him a wink before he exited the bedroom. 

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	Jadeite carefully shut the door behind him. He let a small 
smile grace his face as he thought back to what he had just witnessed. 
The fiery general had come to the prince's room at the beginning of the 
dark haired man's conversation with the lady, but had stayed outside to 
give the two the time they needed to console one another. Jadeite 
smiled again. The happiness he felt for his prince was practically 
exploding from within him. He and the other generals had always hoped 
that one day Endymion would find his perfect someone...and now he had. 
He had met a wonderful young woman who possessed spirit and tranquility 
at the same time. 
	Unfortunately, despite their seemingly perfect match, a dark 
cloud hung over the couple. The blonde only hoped that the two would be 
able to find a way to break through the barriers that stood between 
them. With a sigh, he pushed away from his liege's door and went to 
fetch the other generals. 'Enough of this thinking, it's time for some 
action. Endy will not give Princess Serenity up without a fight...and 
there is nothing that will prevent me from fighting right alongside him.'

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	It was simple, light and a pale blue color. Endymion had 
reluctantly risen from bed after Jadeite's departure and had walked 
over to examine the dress his friend had brought with him. The parcel 
was perfect for the temperate, spring weather that the Earth was 
experiencing. "If you would like, you can use the bathroom to freshen 
up and change." There was no reply. "Usako?" The prince said as he 
turned to face his bed. 
	There lay an angel born from the heavens. She had completely 
re-submerged herself in his bed sheets with her hair surrounding her in 
a waterfall of gold. Endymion chuckled. "Usako." He said as he drew out 
her name in a playful manner. 
	With a smirk on his face, the prince carefully approached the 
bed. Once at the foot, he lightly let one of his hands trace Serenity's 
legs through the sheets. The feathery touches continued along the 
length of her body as he walked to the headboard. "Darling, you must 
get up. I know that you do not want to look disheveled when my generals 
come."
	She peeked her head out from under the covers. "Wrong. I do not 
mind in the least." He raised an eyebrow. "The only thing that I am 
concerned about right now is..." Endymion was not left to wonder what 
she was going to say, since she had promptly grabbed his head and 
brought it down to her own. 
	"Come now." The prince managed to reprimand when he pulled away.	
	He was quickly brought down for another tantalizing kiss. 
	"Why don't we just forget about your guards and lay in bed all 
day?" 
	Endymion could feel her smile through their kiss. "No," he 
stubbornly groaned out. Despite his protest, however, he realized that 
he had somehow ended up on the bed and on top of Serenity. He leaned 
further forward for a moment of intensity and then pulled away. "You 
have to get out of bed."
	"And why, per say, is that?" 
	"Because..." 
	Serenity giggled seductively at his loss of explanation. 
"Exactly my point."
	As he was being thoroughly teased - both mentally and physically 
- by his beloved, a plan came to him.  'Just devious enough that it 
might work,' he thought to himself. With a smile, Endymion intensified 
his current kiss with the blonde. He slowly began to lift away after 
bringing her to the brink of a moan. As he had expected, she followed 
him. He administered another deep and desperate kiss and again slowly 
pulled away further. As Serenity followed him, her upper body slowly 
started to rise from the mattress. 'Just one more, I think.' The dark 
haired man, who had his arms supporting the lady's back so that she 
would not fall from her semi-upright position, delved down deeper into 
the inviting mouth beneath him. His retreat was much slower this time 
and his princess chased after him without resolve. It wasn't long before 
Endymion parted from his sweet with a big smile upon his face. 
	Breathless, Serenity merely stared at him. "Wh-Why did you stop?"
	"Because, my dear, now I am able to carry you out of bed." He 
motioned to her position and she looked confusedly down at herself. Low 
and behold, she had managed to chase Endymion's kisses all the way up 
into a sitting position. "It was too hard to forcefully lift you out of 
bed when you were lying down, but now you have already gone half way 
for me!" 
	The princess nearly punched the smile off of the face of the 
man before her. "You are the devil."
	"Now, now. No name calling, dearest." The triumphant smile 
stayed as he swooped her up into his arms with one swift move. "I had 
to get you out of that bed somehow, did I not?"
	His answer was a glare. 
	He laughed. "I am sorry, but we must make ourselves at least 
somewhat presentable for when my generals come." He kissed her pout. 
"We can have fun later."
	An evil gleam shone in Serenity's eyes. "Promise?"
	"I promise."

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	After a cursory knock, Kunzite spoke through the doors before 
him, "Prince, may we come in?" He received an affirmative answer and 
then opened the bedroom doors so that he and his fellow generals could 
enter. What they saw when they came in made all of their hearts ache. 
Serenity was sitting amongst a group of chairs on the side of the room. 
Endymion was standing behind her with a hand on her shoulder that she 
clutched within her own. The men filed into the available seats. 
	An uncomfortable silence ensued. 
	"Goodness, are you always this somber?" That is, until Serenity 
broke it.
	Laughs drifted through the room. "Only when we do not know what 
to say," Zoicite answered her. "I suppose it would be logical to begin 
with introductions." The princess smiled and nodded her head. With her 
encouragement, he listed the names of the guardians at his side. 
	There was a pause when Jadeite's name was mentioned. The 
princess sprang up in her seat and pointed a finger at him while 
shouting, "I know you!"
	The man in question jumped back a bit in his chair. "You do?"
	She smiled slyly with a quirk on her lips, "You interrupted at 
least two of my meetings with Endymion."
	Jadeite looked confused. He stared up at his prince for an 
answer. "She read your telepathic messages. The first time you 
disrupted us was actually the first time that we met," Endymion 
answered. Jadeite blinked rapidly at this answer. 
	"I telepathed with you the first time that you met?" The prince 
and princess nodded. "And I was unable to realize that there was 
something going on?" They nodded again. "Good lord," he said as he 
shook his head back and forth. 
	It wasn't until a few minutes later that he realized something 
a bit more important. He cut into the conversation that had swelled in 
after his silence. "Wait one minute!" His eyes locked onto Serenity's 
and she leaned back at the force of it. Endymion's hand slid down her 
arm until he laced his fingers with hers tightly. "How did you manage 
to hear my messages? If they were urgent enough to interrupt you, then 
I would have made sure that only Endymion could receive them."
	It was a difficult explanation to give, but Serenity managed 
with quite a bit of grace. Lunarians were involved and other such 
things that were foreign to the men. Eventually the conversation 
steered to other topics such as the origins of their pet names as well 
as some more important matters like the laws of their respective worlds 
and how many were being broken. Serenity felt herself ailing after a 
while. Her body was still not fully recovered from the night before and 
it was hard to handle all of the questions and comments that were being 
thrown at her. Even Endymion had to sit down once the discussion fell 
into full swing. 
	A thought occurred to the blonde suddenly and succinctly. 'Venus 
should be here.' 
	['Why?'] The man at her side asked.   
	Serenity didn't even flinch when Endymion picked up on her 
private thought. She merely replied, ['Because we should deal with all 
secrets if we deal with one.'] Though Serenity had minor empathic 
connections with her senshi for safety purposes, the bonds were not 
strong enough to speak across long distances like she did with the 
prince. In order for her to contact Venus a planet away, she usually 
had to either be in very dire circumstances so that her adrenaline 
would assist her or she had to fall into a deeply meditative state. 
With the resources that Serenity had at her disposal at that moment, 
she would have to try a version of the second. 
	In order to prevent suspicion amongst the generals, she would 
have to do it within seconds and with her eyes open. Her brain shut 
down to the outside world and she focused all of her thoughts and 
energy on the senshi of love. It wasn't enough for her. Venus' mind was 
still too far away for her to reach. Without her command or knowledge, 
her body began to draw power from her lover through their intertwined 
hands. 
	Endymion jolted when he felt it. He was a little confused, 
having not paid any attention to the process she was going through. He 
had begun to talk with his generals in her place so that her lack of 
attention would not be noticed. There were a few more moments before 
the draining of his strength stopped and he had to stifle a yawn. 
	Because of the speed of the procedure and the amount of 
intensity it took for every second that Serenity kept up the connection, 
she was only able to send one word to her friend. It was backed with 
enough intent that the senshi would not question the order, however. 
	['Did you reach her?']
	The princess smiled when Zoicite said something to her. ['Yes, 
just barely.']
	['What did you tell her?']
	['Come.']
	"We cannot trust you."
	"I do not expect you to trust me, Nephrite," she responded to 
the general's statement. "I do, however, expect for you to continue to 
trust your prince. You must understand that neither Endymion nor I 
planned any of this. It was as much a shock to us and it is to you now."
	"I doubt that," Nephrite cut in sharply. 
	"Would you desist! I can take little more of this criticism 
from you! I speak only the truth when I say that your prince and I were 
shocked. So shocked by our sudden attraction, in fact, that I resisted 
for quite a while." She paused a moment to try and curb her anger. "You 
cannot possibly comprehend what we were feeling. For that matter, there 
is no way for you to understand the emotions that run through us at 
this very moment."
	The general rolled his eyes at what he considered her melodrama. 
"You are bonded. I am perfectly aware of what that entails."
	"It is more than that!" she yelled. The four men not engaged 
in the conversation nervously looked towards the door, afraid that 
someone might have heard her. Serenity stood from her seat in order to 
kneel in front of Nephrite. She grabbed one of his rough hands. "I 
love him!" she said as she earnestly looked up at him. "I am so much a 
part of him that I feel my soul tear apart when we are not together. Do 
you not know how that feels?"
	His face was solemn now. The brown eyes that once flared with a 
bright fire now seemed smothered. "No, princess. I do not."
	"Then let me show you." A few tears had fallen from her eyes 
and she brought his hand to her cheek so that he could feel them. She 
let her eyes droop closed and Nephrite felt himself do the same. With a 
little direction, she fed the link that she had formed with his hand and 
sent him her emotions. The general's head fell back against the chair. 
Serenity was being easy on him, but even a touch of what she felt for 
Endymion was overwhelming. Warmth, tenderness, but also passion swirled 
inside of him. Waves upon waves crashed through his system until he 
responded to their call. His eyes opened slowly and his head leaned 
towards the princess'. The hand that he had resting upon her face 
slipped to the back of her neck. It clutched the soft skin and turned 
Serenity's head upward.
	Had the others not known any better, it would have seemed that 
Nephrite was trying to kiss the young woman. Jadeite's curiosity got the 
better of him and he tapped into the transaction taking place before him. 
He felt the strong emotions and his eyes widened from them. They did not 
take him over as they had Nephrite, however, since he was not so 
intimately connected to the blonde. With a smirk he turned to Endymion. 
"If you do not watch out, Endy, Nephrite will steal your woman." 
	"The irony of this situation amuses me. Just a few minutes ago 
Nephrite was treating her like a criminal on the street and now he 
seems entranced with her," Kunzite said smiling.   
	"Almost as if he is in love," Endymion whispered. 
	Jadeite was surprised by his liege's words. "I understand now. 
She said that she would show him what love felt like and she has." The 
young man turned to his leader and dear friend. "I am not sure if I 
would let him experience it much longer, prince. He may do something he 
regrets. Better yet, he may do something you will regret."

 





End Chapter 12
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I didn't intend to end the 
chapter here, but my computer
was acting up and decided to
die on me. This is as much
as I could save before it
crashed. I hope it will be
enough to appease you all
until I can finish writing
the rest of Chapter 13. See
you soon!

 
Please send ANY comments to me, Sereko. 
My e-mail is: sereko13@yahoo.com

Copyright © 2003 by Sereko