Affair - Chapter 2
by Sereko
sereko13@yahoo.com


Since I never seem to have any time, what-so-ever, with which to write...
I've decided to post a teaser chapter. I've had a large portion of 
chapter two sitting in my hot little hands for quite a while...but since I
had not finished it, I did not post it. I've decided to put it out despite
it's incompleteness to see what people's general reaction to the progress
of the story is. I hope you enjoy it. I like this chapter a lot.

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




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Chapter 2 - A Teaser
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	Serenity awaited his return with mixed feelings. To pass the time 
she walked around the riverbank and studied anything that she could find. 
It was such a beautiful world that everything she came across she found 
to be magnificent, especially the sunsets. Less than an hour after 
Endymion had left, the sun finally fell behind the far mountains. 
Gorgeous pinks, purples, and oranges spread themselves across the blue 
sky like a painting. It took her breath away. Then again, that was 
nothing compared to when the Moon came out of hiding. 
	She couldn't believe her eyes. Her home. Her birthplace and play 
place and work place was hovering above her. 
	It was a full moon that night which only made her jaw drop lower 
in awe. She had never dreamed that it could look so beautiful. Reaching a 
hand out above her as if to touch it, she marveled at its brilliant glow. 
"Home." 
	Serenity heaved a great sigh and turned away from the Moon's 
beauty. 'I do not miss it. Not yet, anyway.' Her body grew weary at the 
remembrance of the event that had landed her on Earth in the first place. 
With such somber thoughts in her head, she lay down comfortably on the 
grass. Her gaze lifted to the filtering of the Moon's rays through the 
tree branches overhead. The patterns the light made through the leaves 
fell across her form and the surrounding area. A warm breeze swept by and 
tousled her bangs. The river next to her made sweet, soft sounds as it 
flowed past. Serenity let her mind wander and pretended to be in an 
enchanted place with fairies fluttering around her. She smiled.

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	Endymion frantically looked at the darkening sky. It was late, 
very late. Angry at their son's tardiness, his parents had done 
everything to fill his free time. He was only able to get out of the 
palace and away from the King and Queen, not to mention his guardians, 
when bedtime had fallen upon him. He had to quietly sneak out of the 
balcony doors in his room so that he could meet with Serenity. But it was 
much later than he had hoped. He hadn't been able to stop thinking about 
her the entire time he was at the palace. He knew she would be waiting 
and was afraid that she might have left since he was hours past when he 
had planned on meeting her. 
	The river and surrounding trees came into view so he commanded 
his horse to slow to a walk. Once at the edge of the clearing, he 
dismounted and turned to tie his horse to a tree branch. What he saw when 
he turned made him stop his movements. 
	Serenity had managed to lie down in the exact place where he had 
been sleeping earlier that day. He cautiously approached with his horse's 
reins still in hand. Just by glancing at her, he could see that she had 
fallen asleep. He mentally berated himself for being so late. Hearing a 
crunch behind him, he swung around to see what was there. It was just 
his horse having stepped on a fallen leaf. He took a deep breath and 
berated himself again, but this time for leaving Serenity to meet him in 
an unguarded area. Something could have happened to her. 
	Endymion carefully walked over to the side and tied his stallion 
to a tree branch that would let the animal drink from the river if it 
wished. With that settled, he stepped back over to his sleeping beauty. 
	Her golden hair sparkled under the moonlight. It caught his eye 
and he couldn't help himself from taking a seat next to her to view her 
more closely. Her pert little mouth was slightly parted as she took her 
breaths. He held in a laugh at the situation. He no longer needed an 
explanation as to why Serenity had found the urge to sit by him and 
stroke his cheek when she had come across him. It was impossible to 
resist such actions. 
	With that said, he held out a hand to rest on her flawless skin. 
The moonlight through the trees seemed to make her look paler than she 
had that afternoon. It also, however, made her radiate beauty from every 
pore. She almost seemed to glow, especially with the mop of luxurious 
blonde hair that fell all around her. She was an angel.      
	A grin slipped onto Endymion's face when he felt her lean into 
his hand as she stirred awake. Just as he had, her own hand rose from her 
side in order to cover his. Serenity let out a little moan and one last 
deep breath before she left the luring land of sleep. Her eyes opened not 
knowing what they would see.  
	"Good morning, sleepy head."
	Serenity shot up into a sitting position. "Wha-?" She shook her 
head to clear it.
	"Shh, it is okay." Endymion rested his hand on her shoulder in 
comfort. 
	"Where-?" Shaking her head once more, Serenity finally looked at 
the man sitting next to her. In an instant, she remembered all that had 
happened earlier that evening. The grass below her was green because she 
was no longer on her silver Moon. It was hard for her to move freely 
because she was on the Earth where the gravity made her heavier. There 
was a man beside her because she had run into him earlier that day when 
she fled the Moon. "Mamoru."
	Endymion smiled. "Yes, it is me. Are you all right?"
	"I am fine, just a little disoriented." She brought a hand to her 
face and massaged the bridge of her nose. "I cannot believe that I fell 
asleep. In such a strange place, no less."
	"I am afraid that may be partly my fault." Serenity looked at him 
in confusion. "I was planning on being here much earlier, but my parents 
kept me as busy as humanly possible so I was unable to get away soon 
enough." Endymion pulled away from his close position with the princess 
and sat a few feet away instead. 
	"Yes, well, maybe it is your fault." Raising her chin up high, 
Serenity continued, "Had you not left in such a hurry with such riddles 
for words, assuming that I wanted you to return, I would have had no 
reason to stay." She straightened her posture as she said this, trying to 
convey a portentous exterior while her interior fluttered as though a 
thousand butterflies lived inside. "Then, I could be home in a nice warm 
bed instead of out in the middle of a forest."
	"I am truly sorry for having caused you such great discomfort. Is 
this your way of telling me that you wished I had not returned tonight?"
	Serenity's eyes widened. "What has that got to do with anything? 
I was merely saying that your pompous attitude-"
	"It has got everything to do with it." Once again, the princess 
found herself mere inches from the prince. "I told you when I left that 
I would make you see the futility of the time boundary you set up. Have I 
succeeded?" 
	Endymion gazed innocently into her eyes, a smirk lifting his 
lips. Serenity had to restrain herself from throwing caution to the wind 
and letting his eyes take away her resolve. "I...well, that is to say...
you see...um..." With her last ounce of stubbornness, she tore her eyes 
away from his and stared at the creek instead. 
	"I will take that as a yes."
	Serenity's head sprung back to its previous position. "I did not-" 
She paused in her outburst when Endymion began to chuckle. "Are you 
laughing at me, sir?" Her eyes blazed with fire at this.
	"You are the most stubborn person that I have ever met," he 
laughed, ignoring her question. "You cannot even admit when you find 
yourself in the wrong."
	"Well, I never!" With a huff, she diverted her attention again to 
the stream beside her.
	Sobering up slightly, Endymion leaned over Serenity so that his 
lips barely brushed her ear as he spoke. "Do you mean to tell me that you 
do not feel drawn to me right now - that I must be in your company for 
some months before you can fall victim to the bond between us?"
	Serenity's spine shook with shivers. She could hardly restrain 
herself from melting into a little puddle at his feet. He had the 
unbelievably wonderful ability of making her want to kiss him at the 
strangest moments. 'But, I won't! I will *not* give into this! It is 
simply not right!' Before she understood what was happening, the prince 
drew away from his precarious position and settled himself on the grass 
a foot away. Serenity turned her head to stare at him, only to find that 
he was lying down with his hands behind his head and his eyes closed. 
'What is he doing?'
	"If it is simply not right," here he paused to take a deep 
breath, "then why does every bone in my body scream at me that this is 
what I have been waiting for my entire life?"
	It only took another second for Serenity to realize that she must 
have accidentally said the last bit of her thoughts out loud. "I...," her 
voice trailed off as she tried to figure out what she wanted to say to 
him. "I am sorry, but I do not know." She could feel his disappointment. 
Finally shoving her pride aside, Serenity turned towards him and 
whispered, "All I do know is that every bone in my body screams that 
very same thing." 
	The prince's eyes opened cautiously. Not daring to look at her, 
he whispered back, "What did you just say?"
	Serenity lay down next to him, finally biting the bullet and 
giving up her pointless fight. She heaved a great sigh and then spoke, 
"I said that I feel the same way. I...I am just scared. I have never had 
emotions race so impulsively before and I don't know what to do."
	"Then do not do anything." With a genuine smile upon his face, 
Endymion propped his upper body up on his arms so that he could look down 
upon the princess. "Just let things happen by themselves."
	"Okay." Relaxing in the warm summer atmosphere, Serenity lazily 
gazed up at the stars above her. She admired the Moon once more, 
marveling at its brilliance. "The Moon is so beautiful from here."
	"Is it not also beautiful in your home town?"
	"Oh! Well, yes. Of course it is. It-It just seems to shine more 
brightly here, that's all." The princess berated herself for letting the 
comment slip. She had almost forgotten that she was pretending to live 
on the Earth. 
	"Where are you from, Usagi?" questioned Endymion. 
	Serenity froze. 'Oh, Mamoru. Why must you ask me all these 
questions that I must lie to answer?' She had always been passionate 
about honesty. One of the biggest problems that she had with her mother 
was that the Queen constantly lied to her. Unfortunately, she knew of no 
other way to answer Endymion. She couldn't tell him the truth, that was 
for sure. He would never believe that she was fro-
	"You are not from around here, are you?" 
	"Wh-What do you mean, Mamoru?"
	Endymion sighed. He carefully shifted his position so that he 
was leaning over Serenity, his hand lightly touching the side of her 
face. When she opened her eyes to look up at him, he spoke, "You are 
different than anyone I have ever met. You have this presence about you 
that no one on Earth has."
	"I do not know what you are talking about. I am sure that you have 
not met every single person on this Earth and, therefore, you have no 
idea if there is someone else like me or not." 
	"No, I am sure of this." He paused in order to stare deeply into 
her eyes. "I think you come from the Moon, Usagi," Serenity gasped.  






End Chapter 2
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So? Did anyone like it? I know it's not 
much, but hopefully I will be able to
write more soon. I do so miss all my
sappy, waffy little interludes with 
Mamoru and Usagi. ^-^ Please tell me
what you think, for that is the basis
I am using as inspiration. The more
feedback I receive for a story, the 
more excited I tend to get and that 
results in me writing. Stay tuned!

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