Hi hi everyone! Well i'm back with another chapter of As the Tears Fell, and guess what? Things
actually start to happen in this chapter! Thank God! Truthfully, for those of you who are
wondering, I have no idea how much longer this is going to be. Hopefully under 15 chapters. I
promise though that it will be done by the end of May(such a reassurance I know) cause i am
entering it in a fanfic contest, not like i will win but whatever, and it has to be done by then.
Anyway, sorry for taking so long with this chapter, but, I had to read Jane Erye(over 500 pages,
such a good book though) and write a paper on it, along with tens of millions of other things.
Then there is the fact that this story, without my author notes, and all the extra spaces(which i
can't fix sorry) it is about 15 pages, so it took a while to write. one more thing, the first half of
this chapter, you may find some errors, and I apologize. My proofreader(thanks mars-chan!)
proofread it and sent me the mistakes, and i changed them, but my computer didn't save right,
and it already deleted the e-mail, sorry bout that. Anyway, thanks again to Mars-Chan, such a
big help!
Sooooo sorry bout the extra spacing!!!! I am working on it ok?
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As the Tears Fell~Chapter Nine
MCRK(oh yeah, this is probably the best chapter so far, so enjoy)
'Serin where *are* you?' Rei wondered desperately as she rounded the corner of the hallway
and ran into Makoto. "Hey Rei." She said. "Hi. Have you seen Serin anywhere?" She asked.
"Yeah. I just passed her. She asked that if I saw you to tell you that she will be in her room."
Makoto answered. "Thanks!" Rei said heading towards Serin's room. Once there she knocked
on the door. "Come in." The voice called from inside. "Hey. What's up?" Rei asked walking into
the room. Serin threw down the book she was reading and jumped up excitedly. "Where have
you been?" She asked. "I've been looking for you everywhere!" "I've been looking for you! And
then I ran into Jed, and Dave." She explained. "So what is it you needed to tell me?" Serin closed
the door and motioned for Rei to join her on the bed. "Well I was on my way to talk to my mom,
and I ran into Endymion. And he was asking if I had talked to Jade, oh yeah, we're friends now,
and anyway, we were talking, and then he told me he loves me!" She exclaimed happily. The
two screamed in excitement. ************************* Nephlite passed Serin's room on
his way to meet Makoto and heard screaming. He shook his head. 'Don't they ever do anything
other then scream?' He thought. 'Well then again, I guess we contribute to it. And I have a feeling
that if Makoto tells them what I'm about to ask her, they are all gonna scream...again.'
************************* "That's so great!" Rei cried. "Tell me everything that
happened." "Well I said something about--" She stopped realizing that what she had said, was
the one thing she couldn't tell Rei. "Well it was some thing about romance. And then he said that
I was to romantic. But then when I got angry, he grabbed me and he started telling me that he
was in love with someone. And then he said that every time he listened to me talk, or laugh, or
looked into my eyes, he remembered how lucky he was, and how much he loves me." "That is
so romantic!" Rei exclaimed. 'So why is it that when Dave said he loved me, it was nothing like
that?' She wondered silently. "I've been dying to tell someone, but I wanted you to be the first to
know." She explained. "Even though I wasn't the first to know when Dave said it to you..." She
added meaningfully. "Look I'm sorry. But he said it for the first time right before we went to
Ami's to talk. There was no way that I could have told you first." Rei explained. "I know, don't
worry about it." She said "Ren, how do you feel when you're around Endymion?" She paused. "I
mean I know you love him, but what do feel when you're around him?" Rei asked softly. Serin
gave her a weird look before responding. "Well you know what it's like. I mean, I love him so
much, and when I'm near him, I feel like everything is right. I feel like my life finally has a
purpose, that someone really loves me in *that way* and it's just the best feeling in the world. It's
almost indescribable. It's the feeling of being in love, a totally incredible feeling that is like nothing
else in the world. But, isn't that how you feel when you're around Dave? I mean, seeing as the
two of you are in love." She asked. "Of course I do." She replied hastily. "Rei, are you ok? Is
there something you aren't telling me?" Serin asked peering closely at her. "No really I'm fine."
She assured her, forcing a smile. 'Except for the fact that I don't think my boyfriend really loves
me, and I'm not too sure I love him any more.' She thought silently. "Ok. If you say so." She said
uncertainly. "So what's up with you otherwise?" "Nothing really. Hey did you know that Minako
asked Jed out finally?" She questioned. "She did? Finally! What did he say?" Serin asked. "He
said yes." "How do you know that though? I thought Minako was at the training grounds?" "I
guess she is. I really don't know. But I ran into Jed. And then we were talking to Jeff, the one
that likes Minako, and he asked if she was going out with anyone, so I asked Jed, and he said
that he was going out with her and then Jeff--" "Wait Rei, slow down." Serin said interrupting
her. "Are you talking about Dave's friend Jeff?" She asked. "Yeah." "So Jade met him?" "And
Dave." "He met Dave?" Serin asked in surprise. "Yeah. You aren't mad because he met him
before you are you? It was only cause they both happened to be there. Please don't be mad."
Rei pleaded. "Don't worry I'm not." She said dazed. 'Oh God I feel terrible for Jade! I forgot to
tell him that Dave told Rei that he loves her. He must have found out though from the two of
them.' "But, you'll get to meet Dave soon. He promised that the next time your mom has a ball,
he'll come so he can meet all of you." Rei said. "It's about time." She said. "Yeah yeah I know."
The two were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Come in." Serin called. One of the palace's
servants walked into the room. "The Queen has requested the presence of Princess Rei. There is
some one here who wishes to see her. She also asks that the Princess Serenity comes." The
servant said. "Did the Queen say who it was?" Rei questioned. The servant shook her head. "She
just asked that the two of you join her as soon as possible in the throne room, and preferably
alone." "Thank you. Please tell her we will be right there." Serin said nodding. The servant
bowed respectively before closing the door once again. "I wonder who could possibly be here to
see me?" Rei asked as the two stood. "Most everyone I know is already here. And it's not like
my mom would be visiting." "Well we might as well go and see ne?" Serin said as the two headed
out. *************************
Makoto shifted her weight back and forth from foot to foot, as she waited for Nephlite
impatiently. 'Where is he?' She wondered. 'It's not like him to be late.' At that moment there was
a knock at her door. Breathing a sigh of relief she went to answer it, and, once she discovered it
was Nephlite, let him in.
"Good Afternoon My Lady." He said pressing his lips softly against hers for a brief exchange of
passion.
"Good afternoon." She said, blushing slightly at his welcoming. "Please come in," She said
holding the door after him. She offered him a seat on the couch and joined him a moment later,
after closing the door.
"Your room is very beautiful. Who ever designed it has a wonderful sense of decoration." He
commented looking around the room.
"Actually, I did it." She admitted shyly.
He looked at her in surprise. "You have quite an artistic sense."
"Thank you."
"But as I am sure you have guessed I did not come here to compliment your room, which is not
nearly as beautiful as it's occupant." He pointed out.
"So you only come to compliment me so you can get me to agree to something huh?" She
teased.
He laughed lightly. "Never My Lady! I never need a reason to come see you, talking to you is
enough of a reason."
"Yeah yeah, just get on with the question already." She said laughing.
"Well it's not quite that easy." He started.
"What could possibly be such a big deal that you can't ask me?" Makoto questioned. "Aren't you
just going to ask me to be your girlfriend or whatever?"
"Not exactly."
"Oh." She said her face falling.
Nephlite smiled at he reaction. "I assure you, my question is much better than that." Taking one
finger he gently reached over and placed in under her chin; and with the strength needed to move
a cloud, he lifted her head up and stared into her emerald green eyes. "Has anyone ever told you
that you have eyes the color of the rainbow?" He said softly.
"I think you're the first to say that." She said, trying to keep her heart beating, despite the fact
that it had long ago melted.
"Well, you have the most gorgeous eyes I have ever seen. A black cat, dark as night, with green
eyes, pure as emeralds would be no match against yours."
"Arigato."
"I have, a very important question to ask you, but," He hesitated for a moment, "I'm not sure
what you'll say."
It was then for the first time, since he had come in the room, did Makoto realize that his left hand
was behind his back. "Is everything all right?" She asked in alarm.
He chuckled lightly. "Every thing is fine my dear."
"So what is it you need to ask me?" She questioned, growing uneasy about this whole thing.
Either something incredibly wonderful was about to happen, or something absolutely horrifying.
Her thoughts automatically went to the latter.
"Makoto, I realize that I never even told you that I love you, so the first thing that I must say is
that I love you, more than anything in this universe. Not many people affect me the way that you
did, and I love everything about you, right down to the way your eyes sparkle when you laugh.
That having been said," He paused for a moment to pull his hand out from behind his back. In it
there was a small black velvet box.
'OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!' Makoto's mind
screamed as she saw the box.
He flipped it open to reveal a gorgeous, brightly shining ring. It was gold, and met in a V at the
front. In the middle was a large diamond, and surrounding it on both sides were jewels; green
emeralds, that matched the shade of her eyes exactly.
"Oh...My...God." She whispered, voicing her thoughts.
Nephlite slid off the couch onto one knee and held the box up to her, as he said the words that
every teenage girl dreams of hearing, "Makoto, will you marry me?"
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"So you decided to come after all."
Victoria whirled around to see who had spoken, and came face to face with her past. "Serenity."
She said softly, her breath catching in her throat.
"Victoria." She said addressing her.
"Are you still mad at me?" She asked in a small voice.
"I'm not really sure anymore."
"If it helps any, I want you to know I'm sorry, for everything that I've put everyone through."
"It's not that simple anymore. I mean, you can't just apologize, and everything is fine." Serenity
said.
"I know. But it's not like I can go back and change the past. What's done is done."
"If you could, would you have told her? If you could relive your life over, would you have told
Rei about this whole thing?" She asked.
"Truthfully, I don't know that I would have." Victoria admitted.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Serenity asked angrily. "You just apologized, and yet, you
wouldn't change things. How dare you stand there and admit that you would put your daughter
and the others through the same torture twice. And for your own needs."
"How dare me?" Victoria asked, her voice shaking. "What right do you have to stand there and
yell at me about how I put my 'daughter and the others through the same torture twice.' What
about me?" She demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Serenity asked in confusion.
"In you whole fit of anger over the years did you ever once stop and think how I felt about this
whole thing? Of course not because if you had, you would have realized that this was just as
much torture on me as it was for Rei. So don't even tell me about putting everyone else through
torture because of my own needs." Victoria exclaimed.
"What torture? There was no--" Serenity started.
"I'll tell you the torture I went through." She said cutting her off. "Your husband has just passed
away. And you find out that when your daughter is 12 years old, she has to leave, to go live on
another planet to protect someone's else's daughter. And your sister's no less!" She exclaimed.
"I don't consider that torture." Serenity said coldly.
"You wouldn't because you never went through it. You've had your daughter with you from the
day she was born and you will. be with her until the day you die. I, on the other hand, have not
seen my daughter in five years. And not even because she is angry with me. Because she's been
too busy protecting your precious daughter."
"I'm sorry you feel that way." Serenity said quietly.
"Well I do. I mean explain this to me, why is it that your daughter is so different then the others?
So she's the Princess of the Moon? So what? Are the other guards not princesses of their
planets as well? So why is it that they have to give up their lives to protect your daughter? And
yet, this has never happened before. This is the first generation where the other princesses had to
do this. So explain to me, why this is." Victoria said.
"Are you accusing me of making this whole thing up?" Serenity exclaimed.
"I'm not accusing you of anything. I just want to know why that is."
"If you really want to know, I'll tell you. As you know, all the girls can each control an element.
Serin, however, doesn't really control any one element. She was born with what is called the
power of the moon. And it has happened before, over one hundred years ago. This means that
she is able to control more power than the most powerful magi. When she was born it was
foretold that when she was a young adult, an evil force would attack. A force so great that the
only ones who will even have a chance to defeat it will be Serenity, Endymion, and their
guardians. Therefore they must live together and practice together daily in order to prepare
themselves for the darkness. And they must protect the Princess, because only she has the
ultimate attack of the Silver Crystal." Serenity explained quietly.
Victoria was silent for a moment. "Well I guess I look like a total idiot again."
Serenity didn't respond.
"Well I just have on thing I wanted to ask you, and then if you like you can go back to hating
me." She hesitated for a moment before asking, "How's Rei?"
"She's fine. She knows that her and Serin are cousins and the two are inseparable. She's happy
here."
Victoria did not miss the deeper meaning in that last sentence,. 'She's happy here. She's happy
here. She's Happy Here. She's Happy Here. She's Happy *HERE*.' The words slammed into
her mind a hundred times over until they brought the gentle sting of tears to her eyes. "Well then I
guess I'm just interrupting the happiness that everyone has here. I'm sorry I wasted your time."
She turned and ran towards the door but was stopped by the voice.
"Vicki wait."
She turned around slowly to see Serenity catch up to her. "You haven't called me Vicki since we
were little kids." She whispered.
"Yeah I know. I din't mean the comments like that. And, I wanted to tell you, that if it's ok with
you, I liked to go back to being best friends, like we were when we were little kids." Serenity
said offering her an apologetic smile.
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yeah I do." She said hugging her tightly.
"Thank you Renny. And I really am sorry." Victoria said, tears streaking her cheeks.
"You know, I always hated that nickname." Serenity commented.
"I know." She said smiling at her.
"So," She said letting her sister go, "How would you like to talk to Rei?"
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"I can't believe she is actually going out with that jerk! How could she really love him? Oh God
I'm so stupid!" Jade exclaimed angerly to himself.
His thoughts were interupted when Endymion walked into the room. "Hey Jade, you ok?" He
asked as he watched his friend, for what seemed like the millionth time, pace back and forth in
frustration.
"He is a complete ass hole!" He exclaimed.
"Who is?" Endy asked in confusions as he closed the door.
"Dave. Her wonderful boyfriend." He responded sarcastically.
"Oh so you met him huh?" Endy asked, knowing he was referring to Re's boyfriend.
"He is just the biggest jerk, and I can not for the life of me, figure out what she sees in him. And
you want to know the worst part? She's in love with him!" Jade exclaimed.
"Well maybe she isn't really in love with him. Maybe it's just infatuation but it looks like love." He
suggested.
Jade stopped pacing for a moment to glare at him. "They both said it."
"Oh ok, never mind then."
"But it's not even that. I mean I could handle them being in love if he was a decent guy then I
would even possibly be happier for her I mean of course I would be happier if it was me, but as
long as she was happy then it would almost even be ok."
"Jade, you're babbling." Endy said gently. "Just tell me what happened."
"Ok. I met him, and he was all like whatever, no big deal. Then as she was leaving she was like,
'I love you,' and he was like, 'I love you too.' So that was the first shock, cause I had no idea
that the two were in love. But then as she leaves, his two friends started laughing at him and
making fun of him. And it turns out that the only reason he is going out with her, is because she is
gorgeous, and because he wants to sleep with her." Jade explained.
"Are you sure he's only going out with her to sleep with he? Maybe you just misread what they
were saying?" Endy suggested.
"I asked him, 'Are you only going out with her to sleep with her?' And he said yes. And he also
said that the only reason that he even told her he loves her was so she would sleep with him
sooner. God he's such an ass hole!" Jade exclaimed angerly banging his fist against the wall.
"You know Jade, as much as I hate to say this, it is her life. And she may be ready to be intimate
with him, and there is nothing you can do to stop that." Endymion pointed out gently.
"I know." He said. "But, still I feel like, like it's not right. I love her so much, and it's so hard to
stand by and watch her fall in love with some guy, who really doesn't love her."
"I know, but's it's something you have to do. She has to learn about him on her own. You can't
interfere."
"It's no like Iwas planning on telling her. I don't want to be responsible for their break up. But it's
just, oh I don't know. Never mind. You wouldn't understand." Jade said sighing and turning
away.
"What were you going to say?"
"It's just well, you're in love with Serin right?" He asked.
Endy nodded his head.
"And how do you feel about her? Like everytime you are around her?"
Endy could see where this was going, and he waited for Jade to respond to his own question
first.
"Doyou miss her every waking moment? A feeling where love doesn't describe it anymore, there
is no word big enough to explain how you feel for her?
Endy nodded. "I feel that way about Serin."
"And it's the best most wonderful feeling you've ever had right?" Jade continued.
He nodded again.
"And what makes it twice as wonderful is if you know the person feels the same way about you
also right?"
He nodded yet a third time.
"Well imagine if you felt that way, and yet, you didn't know how the other person felt. They only
see you as their best friend, nothing more. Imagine what it must feel like to have to talk to that
person and look at them every day, without ever telling them how you really feel. And you have
to stand back and watch them while they fall for someone else; someone who doesn't even really
love them. How would you feel then?" Jade asked.
Endy swallowed hard before answereing. "I would have to say that that would be the mnost
horrible feeling in the world. To feel so strongly about someone, and to not know how they feel
about you, or if they even know how you feel about them" He admitted.
"Yeah I figured that's what you'd say." Jade said. "Well guess what? While you're imagining what
that would feel like, and all the pain it would bring, I'm living it. And I have been every day since
I set foot on the Moon. So don't tell me that I have to 'let her learn on her own'. Because I can't
do that. I can't stand seeing her hurt. And I'm going to do the best I can to some how, let her
know what he's really like. So please, until you go through what I am, don't offer me advice on
leaving her alone." With that said he turned and left the room, leaving Endy sitting there in
complete shock.
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Rei and Serin were about to walk into the throne room to meet the Queen when they ran into
her.
"Hey mom. We were just coming to talk to you." Serin said.
"Yes I know. I figured it would be bettr to meet you out here first and explain to you what's
going on first." Serenity said.
"Is anything wrong Aunt Serenity?" Rei asked in concern.
"Everything's fine honey, but, wwell I assume that you were told that someone was here to see
you?" She asked uneasily.
"Yes."
"Well their waiting inside, so why don't you go ahead and talk to them. I just need to talk to
Serin for a moment." Serenity said giving her a slight push towards the door.
"Are you sure everything's ok?" Rei asked uncertainly.
"Everything's fine." She responded with a fake smile.
"Ok. If you say so." Rei said as she went insude the throne room leaving Serenity and Serin
outside.
"Who is it that's here? Cause Rei and I were both trying to figure it out. Because she said most
everyone that she knew was here, and it's not like Aunt Victoria would come to visit..." Her
voice trailed off as she saw the look on her mother's face. "Oh God, it is Aunt Victoria isn't it?"
She asked.
Serenity nodded. "But I was afraid that if I told Rei who it was, then she wouldn't go in. And the
two of them really need to talk."
"Well now she did, so now what do we do?"
"Give them some time alone. Rei hasn't talked to her mother in over five years, and she is still
very angry at her. And then later, I'll introduce the two of you." Serenity said leading her away.
*************************
She didn't say anything for a moment, just staring at the person, still in shock that she was
actually here. "Why are you here?" She asked finally.
"Well according to Serenity, Jeadite thought that it was time the two of us talked, so he asked
the her to invite me to visit." Victoria explained.
"Jeadite? Jed set this whole thing up?" Rei exclaimed. "I'm gonna kill him."
"Don't get mad at him. He was right, we should have talked about this whole thing a long time
ago."
"Yeah, twelve years ago when I was old enough to understand why I could do that." Rei said
sharply.
"Please, would you just let me explain?" Victoria pleaded.
She was silent.
"Thank you. I know, that you probably hate me, and I know that I deserve it. And I am sorry for
everything that I put you through, but there was a reason." Victoria explained.
"What reason would that be?"
"The fact that I didn't want to lose you. I mean, your father had just died, and then I found out
that I had to lose my baby too? It was almost to much to bear."
"But you would never have really lost me." Rei pointed out.
"I know, but it wouldn't have been the same. I know that this doesn't really make much sense,
but I felt like if I had told you, I would have been losing you sooner. I mean, tell me the truth, if
you had known that you were one of Serenity's guardians, and that she was your cousin, would
you not have been here constantly? Wouldn't you have been desperatly waiting until the time
when you would be able to come live here?"
She was quiet for a moment. "You know, I'm not really sure. I'm sure I would have been
excited, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't miss you!"
"It's just that, you were all I had left, and I didn't want to lose you too. I know that I was a
terrible mother, and I know that I knew really nothing about you, and I know that I was never
there for you, but you were my baby girl! And even if I didn't show it that much I loved you
more then anything! And I couldn't stand the thought of you moving away at such a young age."
Victoria said. "But I know that that sounds incredibly stupid, and I don't blame you if you still
hate me."
"No it doesn't. And truithfully, I don't hate you and I never did." Rei said.
"You sure about that?"
"Yes! I mean, true, you didn't know me very well, and we weren't always there for each other,
but you were my mom, and you still are. And I love you now as much as I did then. I could
never fully hate you." She said, tears starting to run down her cheeks.
"Oh Rei, I'm so sorry for everything that I put you through." Victoria said, who was also starting
to cry.
"I missed you so much." Rei said running into her mother's arms.
"I missed you too." She said stroking her daughter's hair.
"I'm so sorry, for not talking to you before now." Rei cried.
"No sweetie, don't blame yourself. If I had told you about this whole thing sooner, we would
have never have had this problem in the first place." Victoria said.
"How about we just put this behind us and not talk about it anymore?" She suggested.
"That's sounds like a wonderful idea." Victoria said pulling away as the two sat down. "So,
what's been going on in your life in the past five years?"
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Makoto sat there speechless.
"Makoto?" Nephlite questioned.
"I'm sorry. Did you just propose to me?" She asked, unsure that she had heard right. "Ok joke's
over. Very funny though, but who else is in on this? Are Jade and endy hiding behind the curtains
or something to see my reaction?" She asked getting up to check.
"Makoto, this isn't a joke." Nephlite said stopping her. "I know this is sudden and all, but I love
you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"Nephlite, I love you too, but isn't this kinda quick? I mean we have only even known each
other, what one month?" She asked.
"I know I know. And if you feel completly different, I'll understand. But this just feels so right.
The happiest moments in my life right now are the ones that I spend with you. And that's not
enough anymore. I want to spend every waking and sleeping moments with you. I want to wake
up with you next to me every morning and fall asleep with you at my side every night. I want to
be with you, in every sense of the word, Makoto I love you, nothing will ever change that."He
said passionatly. "But, I do understand if you don't feel the same way." He added, almost
dejectedly.
She reached a hand up and wiped away the mositure of happiness from her eyes. "I do feel the
same way. I want nothing more than to be with you for ever, to live with you and love you from
now until the day we both die. But it's too soon for this!" she exclaimed. "I don't want to just
jump into this. I mean, I'm only 17! Plus I have my duty to the Princess, as you have your's to the
Prince. Neither one of us can exactly leave them and move to a different planet!"
"So is your answer no?" He asked, disapointedly.
"My answer is..." Makoto paused for a minute, unsure of how to answer. A beeping noise
caught her attention and brought it away from the question for a moment. She whipped out her
communicator and turned it on. "Jupiter here."
A picture of Sailor Mercury's face appeared on screen. "Juypiter hurry down to the lake, their's
a large group of youma attacking and we need all the help we can get."
She nodded. "On my way." After closing down the screen she lifted her wand in the air and
shouted, "JUPITER POWER!" Within moments she was Sailor Jupiter. "Let's goi." she said to
Nephlite as the two ran off towards the lake.
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"Hey Jupiter,glad you could make it." Mars called out as she blasted another youma with her
Fire Soul.
"Sorry it took me so long." She said as she looked around the battlefield. "Where the hell are all
these youma coming from?" She questioned.
"I don't know, but they are starting to get annoying." Venus commented.
"Where's the Prince?" Nephlite asked as he hit a youma with his attack. "Him and the Princess
are safe somewhere inside right?"
"Actually, we're both right here." Endymion said.
"You know you shouldn't be out here." Zoisite called as he launched his attack.
"Yeah we don't need you two getting injured." Mars commented.
"Mars, you know perfectly well that I can take care of myself. And we can help you know."
Moon said, as she polished off a youma using her tiara, as if to prove her point.
"Fine, but when you get injured, I'm not explaiing it to your mom." Mars said as she continued to
fight.
Thr group finally fought off the youma, only to reveal a huge monster behind them. They attacked
but to no avail.
"I got it!" Mercury called finally, looking up from her mini computer, her visor still on.
"It's weakness is fire, so Mars and Jade..."
"No problem." Jade said. "Phoenix...Flames...ENGULF!"
"Mars...Celestial...Fire...SURROUND!"
"OK everyone, hit them now!" Mercury yelled.
"Jupiter...Thunderlap...ZAP!"
"Ocean...Winds...ENCASE!"
"Mars...Fire...IGNITE!"
"Phoenix...Flames...ENGULF!"
"Polar...Ice...FREEZE!"(See Author's Note #1 at end of chapter)
"Shine...Aqua...ILLUSIONS!"
"Venus...Love and Beauty...SHOCK!"
"Cosmic...Energy...BLAST!" (See Author's Note #2 at end of chapter)
"Moon...Tiara...MAGIC!"
The monster howled in pain for a few moments before disintegrating before them.
"Thank God that thing is gone." Zoisite said.
"I wonder why we keep getting so many attacks lately. We never had this many before." Minako
commented.
"Let's just hope that they stop." Kunzite spoke up.
The other's all nodded in agreement and turned back, ready to go inside, when a voice answered
their question.
"I can tell you why there have been so many youma attacks."
The scouts and Genreals all turned around to ses a tall woman with bright red flowing hair.
"Who are you?" Mercury asked cautiously.
"Queen Beryl."
"And how is it that you can tell us why there are so many attacks?" Jade asked.
"Because, I'm the one sending them" She said grinning. "And don't bother attacking me, it won't
do any good." She added as she noticed them readying their attacks. "I'm just here to warn you
that the time has come...and the Darkness is almost here." With that said, she was gone.
"Anyone have any idea who the hell that was?" Nephlite asked after a moment.
"No idea, but I'm gonna go talk to my mom and Luna about this. We'll have to hve some sort of
meeting later to figure out what is going on." Serin said. "For now, why don't we all go back
inside and get some rest. I think it's going to be a long few days."
Everyone nodded and headed inside. Jade noticed Rei and caught uop to her, putting his hand
on her arm to stop her. "Hey Rei, what was it you wanted to talk to me about before?" He
asked.
She glrade at him, shrugging his hand away and continued walking.
Jade stood there, stupefied for a moment, when Serin came up to him. "Hey Jade, something
wrong?" She aske.d
He turned to her. "Did Rei say anything bout being mad at me?" He asked.
Serin frowned. "Not that I know of. But I'll ask her later if you want me too.'
He nodded. "Thnks. It's just not like her to ignore me." He was about to continue when he saw
Endy walking up behind Serin. "I gotta go, thanks again though." He said hurrying off.
"Hey Sweetie." Serin said as Endy kissed her on the cheek. "Why did Jade not stay when you
came? Are you two not talking?" She asked.
He shook his head. "He's not talking to me." He protested. "I think it's this whole thing with Rei,
it's really getting to him."
"I feel so bad for him! It must be terrible to love some one and not know how they feel about
you." she said symphathetically.
"Yes, but we don't have to worry about that, because I love you." He said smiling down at her.
"And I love you just as much."
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Jade noticed Rei waiting outside his door as he neared it, and his heart soared at the though of
talking to her. Until he saw the look on her face. "Rei, are you ok? You--"
"How could you?" She demanded interrupting him.
"How could I what?" He asked in confusion.
"You brought my mom here!" She hissed.
"Um Rei, maybe we should continue this conversation in my room." Jade suggested nervously as
he looked around and noticed passing people staring at the two.
"Fine, but I'm not giving up on this." She said.
He opened the door and the two walked inside where Rei exploded at him.
"I can't believe you did that!" She exclaimed.
"Would you just let me explain?" He pleaded.
"What is there to explain? You knew how angry I was at my mom, you knew that I didn't want
to talk to her, and yet you went behind my back and invited her here with out even asking me
first!"
"You aren't the only one related to her." He said quietly.
"What are you talking about?" She asked.
"You told me yourself, Serin and you are cousins, making your moms sisters. Don't you think
that they were happy to see each other again? Don't you think that Serin might want to meet her
aunt?" He questioned.
"That's not the point!" She shouted angry once again. "That's my business and there's. It didn't
concern you."
"Look Rei, I was just trying to help. It's not that easy going through life without your parents, and
I knew you would never talk to her yourself." Jade explained.
"Well what about your parents? You haven't said anything about your mom since I last saw you,
and not once in all the years that I've known you have you said anything about your father. How
do I know that you haven't talked to them in five years?" She asked.
"I never knew my dad, he left before I was born. And my mom died three years ago because of
cancer." He said softly. "There, are you happy?"
Her face softened, "I'm so sorry Jed, I had no idea. Why didn't you tell me when your mom
died?"
"I sent a letter to your mother first. My mom came to visit me, on Earth, when she died. I wasn't
ready to talk about it, so I asked your mom to write a letter to you, explaining my mother's
death. Didn't she send you a letter?"
"Actually she did, but I during the years I've been here, every time she sent me a letter I sent it
back before reading it." Rei said slowly.
He sighed. "See there you go again with that damn stubbornness of yours. If you had read one of
the letters maybe you could have made up with your mom sooner."
"Maybe I wasn't ready to then, and maybe I wasn't ready to now. But that didn't matter to you
did it?" She asked in anger again.
"Come on, you aren't mad at me are you? You know I didn't do it to hurt you or upset you." He
said.
"You know, through the twelve years that I have known you, I have never ever been able to get
mad at you," She started.
His face brightened in hopes of her forgiveness.
"Until now." She continued.
His face fell and his heart broke a thousand times over.
"I have never been so mad at you in my entire life. And right now, I don't want to talk to you, so
please, for now, just stay away from." She fled the room before he could see the pain in her
eyes.
And before she could see the tears in his.
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Makoto wandered into Serin's room, in a daze, humming happily.
Minako and Serin looked at her curiously. "What are you so happy about?" Serin asked.
"I'll tell you once everyone gets here. They're all coming right?"
"Yeah, we're just waiting for Ami and Rei to show up." Minako replied.
The two came through the door at that moment. "Hey everyone, we're here." Ami said.
"Hey what's up with Makoto? Why is she so dazed?" Rei asked.
"She has some big thing to tell us, but she wouldn't tell us till everyone got here, so sit down she
can tell us." Serin commanded.
"Ok." Makoto said. "I guess you all want to know what I am so excited right?" The others
nodded. "Well, I just came from talking to Nephlite and he told me he loves me, AND" She
added before the others started screaming. "He asked me to marry him."
There was complete silence in the room.
"What happened to all the screaming?" Makoto asked.
"He really proposed to you?" Rei asked.
"No joke?" Minako asked.
"Really and truly proposed to me." She answered.
They all screamed in unison.
"Makoto that's so wonderful!" Serin exclaimed hugging her.
"Congratulations, we're so happy for you!" Minako added.
"I don't mean to be a downer on this whole thing, but aren't you somewhat young to get
married?" Ami asked.
"Well, that's the thing. When he asked I did say that while I love him, I am too young to get
married." Makoto explained.
"Wait, what was your answer?" Rei asked.
"Well I told him that I do love him, and I do want to spend the rest of our lives together, I'm not
ready to get married yet. And that my first duty lies to the princess, and I can't just abandon her."
She explained.
"Ohhh Makoto! Now you're making me feel guilty!" Serin cried.
"Oh Serin! Don't feel bad, I didn't mean it like that." Makoto said gently.
"Have I ruined all of your lives?" She asked. "I know I ruined Rei's."
"Oh come on Serin, you *know* that that is not true in anyway." Rei said hugging her tightly.
"You are my best friend and I don't know what I would do with out you. You know that." 'And
it wasn't your fault that my mom never told me, and it wasn't your fault that I was born a chosen
one. Don't blame yourself." She mind sent.
"And Serin, you didn't 'ruin' and of our lives. We love you to death and we wouldn't change this
for anything." Minako said.
"We love things the way they are." Ami added.
"Thanks guys." Serin said smiling. "And sorry Makoto, for interrupting you, so what happened
then?"
"No problem. so anyway, I told Nephlite that I wasn't ready to get married yet, so he said he
totally understood, and we aren't going to get married yet, we are going to wait for the Prince
and the Princess, but, we are engaged!" she exclaimed holding out a necklace with the ring on it
"Oh my God! It's gorgeous!" Minako exclaimed as the others agreed.
"It really is beautiful, but Makoto, what did you say about the Prince and me?" Serin asked
curiously.
She blushed. "Oh well we figured that if we waited for the two of you to get married then it
would be easier for us to get married, because we would already be living on the same planet,
whether it be the Moon or Earth." She explained.
Rei hit Serin softly on the arm. "You're engaged? How come you didn't tell me that?" She asked.
"Maybe cause I'm not!" Serin exclaimed. "Makoto, where did you get the idea that I was
engaged to the prince?"
"Well I know you aren't yet, but according to Nephlite, the two of you will get married. He's
seen it in the stars."
The others all laughed in relief. "Oh ok cause I was getting worried for a moment, I mean
Endymion and I are in love, but I didn't think he had proposed to me." Serin said relieved.
"Hey Rei, when you talked to Jade earlier, did he say anything about me?" Minako asked
suddenly.
"No, not that I remember. Sorry." Rei said her features changing from excited to angry.
"OK spill, what's wrong?" Serin asked. "You aren't talking to Jade, are you?"
"Not really no."
"Why not?"
"I'm sure your mom told you that my 'visitor' this morning was my mom right?" Rei asked as
Serin nodded. "Well I talked to her, and I turns out that the reason she came, is because Jed
asked your mom to invite her!"
Serin groaned inwardly. 'So that's what his 'idea' was!' She thought. "And you confronted him
about it and got all pissed off?" She asked.
Rei nodded. "And now we are not exactly talking."
'Did you forgive your mom at least?' Serin asked Rei though her mind.
She nodded. 'But I can't believe Jed would do that without telling me!' She sent.
"Oh man, are you two doing this thing again?" Minako groaned.
The two stopped and looked at the others. "Sorry." Rei said softly.
"Would you two mind explaining why you can do that? I mean we have put up with it for the past
five years, never questioning it, and I think we deserve to know." Makoto said.
The two looked at each other before speaking. "This is going to come as somewhat of a shock,
but the reason that the two of us can do this, is because we are so close, and the reason for that
is..." Serin paused for a moment.
"My mom is her mom's baby sister. We're cousins." Rei finished.
Their was complete silence in the room.
"You two...are cousins?" Ami asked finally.
They nodded.
"How long have you known?" Minako questioned.
"Without telling the rest of us?" Makoto added angrily.
"For the past five years. You guys aren't mad at us are you? Please don't be mad at us." Serin
pleaded.
"It's not that we're mad, so much as surprised." Ami said quickly, before Makoto could
comment.
"How come you never told us?" Minako asked.
"It's not that we wanted to keep it a secret from you guys, but we weren't sure if anyone was
supposed to know." Rei explained. "There are only a few people that know."
"I just wish you hadn't waited this long to tell us." Makoto commented.
'We are sorry. But we didn't even know about it until Rei came to the moon. Neither of us were
ever told anything about it." Serin explained.
"Yeah thanks to my mom." Rei said bitterly.
"Let's not go there again Rei please?" Serin asked. "I know how much it hurt you, but you
forgave her, just think about that ok?"
"Yeah sorry." She said.
"So, this isn't going to make everything weird between us is it?" Serin asked uneasily.
"Doesn't bother me." Minako said cheerfully.
"Me either." Ami added.
Rei and Serin looked towards Makoto who was silent for a moment.
"So, what's up with everyone else?" She asked after a moment, and smiled at Rei and Serin who
smiled back happily.
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"Ami?" He asked smiling. "Where are you?" Zositeie ventured further into the forest looking for
Ami. "You know, I was kinda surprised when you asked me to meet you here."
"You fool."
Zoi whirled around to see who had spoken. "Beryl! What are you doing here?"
"Why meeting you of course." She said smiling evilly at him. At the look of confusion on his face
she contiued. "Ami didn't send you that note, I did."
"So now what? Why did you single me out?"
"It's quite simple actually, I want you to fight in my army. I decided that maybe we could do this
the easy way, I give you the choice, then you come with me."
"I will never join you." He growled moving into attack position.
"And why not?" She asked.
"I'm not a traitor. My friends need me, Ami needs me." He said defiantly.
"Oh really? They show their 'need' in strange ways." Beryl said.
He dropped his attack pose. "What are you talking about?"
She waved her hand, an image appearing. "This is what is going on at the palace as we speak."
She said.
The image showed all of the scouts and generals in the sitting room, talking about something. As
Zoiste listened, he was able to hear bits and peices of the conversation. Each person spoke,
expressing their complete dislike for him. Until they came to Ami. "No please, not Ami." He
whispered
She smiled as she watched, he was falling into her trap perfectly.
He watched in horror as Ami admitted that she had never really love him, she only said it out of
pity for him. Zoisite felt like his entire world was falling apart. He dropped to his knees as he
screamed. "NO! It's not true!"
Beryl knelt beside him and put on hand on his shoulder. "I'm afraid it is. But things don't have to
stay like this."
He looked up at her hopefully. "They don't?" He asked.
"No." She said soothingly. "In the Dark Kingdom, no one hates each other. And you will hve
everything you could ever want, a family, shelter, food, women, clothing, power, everything. Just
think about it."
After a moment he nodded. "If they don't need me, then I sure as hell don't need them." He said
standing up.
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The scouts and generals were indeed gathered in one of the sitting rooms of the palace, but they
were not talking about Zoi, other than wondering where he was.
"Hey Ami, have you see Zoi at all today?" Kunzite asked her.
She shook her head and was about to answer when a gripping pain ripped through her. She fell
to the ground in complete pain. The othes ran over to her.
"Ami, are you ok?" Serin asked.
"ZOISITE!" She screamed in anguish.
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A loud booming laugh echoed through the Negaverse as the brainwashing was complete. Beryl
smiled at her new recruit. "What is your first mission?" She asked, testing him.
He smiled back withan evil smil of his own. "To kill the scouts and capture the other generals."
She laughed again. This was going to be fun.
*************Next Day*************
"As soon as everyone gets here, we'll start. So sit back and relax, or at least try to, considering
the situation." Queen Serenity said.
The scouts and generals, minus Zoisite were gathered in the meeting room of the palace to
discuss what had happened with Zoisite.
Jade took the seat next to Rei. She sighed when she realized who had sat down next to her.
"Look Jed, I really don't want to talk to you right now." She said as she stood up and went over
to comfort Ami, who was still distraught over the lost of Zoisite.
"She still not talking to you huh?"
Jade looked up expecting to see Serin, but was surprised as Endymion took the seat next to him
that Rei had occupied only moments before. "Um yeah, she's still pretty mad at me. I wanted to
tell you, that I'm sorry for the things I said to you."
He shrugged. "No big deal, I understand. You're forgiven."
Jade sighed in relief. "Well that's one less person I have to worry about being mad at me."
"What did you do anyway that got her so mad? I mean all Serin told me was that you did
something, and it really upset her, which is why she isn't talking to you."
"I'm sure Serin told you a little bit about how Rei hasn't talked to her mom in over five years
right?" He waited for a nod before continuing, "Well, with the Queen's permission, I kinda invited
her mom to the moon." He explained
"Well I'm sure in the end she'll realize why you did it. She can't stay mad forever." Endy said.
"Yeah but she can hold a grudge for a pretty long time. But anyway, how are you holding up with
this whole thing?" Jade questioned.
"You mean with Zoi gone? I don't know. I mean, it's tough, but Serin's there to comfort me
which helps a lot." He paused for a moment, and then realized what he had just said, "I'm sorry.
That was stupid of me to say."
He smiled. "It's ok. Besides, if you think about it, technically I have Minako comforting me." He
rolled his eyes.
Endy laughed. "Yeah we all know how much you love her."
Serin, who had been talking to Makoto, looked over to Endy and Jade. "So are you two talking
again?" She asked.
"Yes we are." Endy said putting his arm around her.
"Good." she said leaning against him.
Jade looked away in slight jealousy, trying to keep his gaze away from Rei, who sat in front of
him. The Queen, thankfully, chose that moment to start the meeting.
"As you all know, Zoisite was taken by Queen Beryl."
Ami felt her eyes fill with tears once again at the mention of her love.
"What you don't know, is that Queen Beryl is the leader of an evil dimension, known as the
Negaverse. She has no good left in her, and she cares only about power. Her main goal is to
take over Earth, and then the Moon. Apparently, to carry out her plan she needed more
warriors. Which is why she took Zoisite."
"That isn't the whole story, is it?" Rei asked.
Serenity shook her head. "It dates back to the time when I first got married. It was then told that
I would have a daughter," She paused for a moment to smile at Serin. "It was also told that
during her teenage years, when she was close to being an adult, and evil force would attack. One
so great that the only ones who would ever have a chance to defeat it, would be Serenity,
Endymion, and their guardians..."
As the Queen continued talking Jade's mind drifted away. He knew he should be paying
attention, but figured that he could get Endy to tell him if the Queen said anything majorly
important. So, instead of paying attention, he let his mind and eyes drift towards Rei. He loved
everything about her, she was everything that he could ever want in someone. Except for the fact
that, she didn't love him back. He thought back to what Dave had told him,
"...You aren't the one she runs to to kiss hello, or smiles at lovingly. You're her best friend, and
nothing more. And that is the way it always has been, and always will be..." He was right. Jade
would always just be 'Jed' to Rei, her best friend, the one who was always there for her, the one
that she loved to death, but not in that way. Finally tearing his eyes away from her, he made the
hardest decision he had ever had to make.
"Hey Jade," Endy said tapping him on the shoulder, "Meeting's over, we're all going out to the
training grounds, you coming?"
Jade looked up and realized everyone was already on their way. "Uh yeah I'll be right there."
Endy and Serin exchanged worried glances before looking back at Jade. "Jade, is something
wrong?" Serin asked.
:He looked at Rei once more and smiled sadly. "No, I'm fine. You two go ahead I'll meet you
there in a minute."
The two nodded and took off for the training grounds. Jade stood and sighed to himself. "I
hereby resolve that I will no longer love Princess Rei of Mars. It hurts to much to try, when
nothing is ever going to come from it." He said quietly to himself, then left the room.
Minako walked out of the shadows in complete shock. "Jade loves Rei?"
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End of Chapter Nine of As the Tears Fell.
This story, page and all it's contents are (c) '99 MCRK
Translations:
Ne: Right. (ex. The party starts at 4 ne? the party starts and 4 right?)
Arigato: Thank You.
Author's Note #1: As you may have noticed, in a previous chapter(either 6 or 7) Zoisite's atatck
was different. I changed it because the first one kinda sucked. And I realize that this was not
much better, so it may change from time to time, especially because he is evil now.
Author's Note #2: In the same chapter mentioned above, it is said the Kunzite does not have to
say anything to trigger his attack, well let's just say that this is a new atack which is why he needs
a phrase ok? And thanks soooooo much to Mars-Chan for coming up with the attack phrase for
me, and for proofreading this damn thing!!! Arigato!!!!!
Well I hope every like this chapter, sorry it took so long to get out, but you see how long it was!
God, my absolute longest chapter every, this is a complete record for me! Be proud of me
peoples!!! Oh, BTW, I luv all you guys for not flaming me on the last chapter, thank you sooo
much! So if you liked the story, hated the story, or are just bored and feel like emailing me, send
everything to Pekkle9983@aol.com
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