Moonlight Love: The Flame in Her Heart
By Hino Rei 

Okae, sum Authors Notes...
1) I am definietly not Naoko Takeuchi, and I do not own Sailor Moon. Sailor
Moon and all
other characters are rightfully hers!
2) This is Rei's/Lady Mars's/Princess of Mars's story.. kae? ^-^
3) I'm using Japanese/Royal names.. for those that don't know, here's a
list:
Princess Serenity : Tsukino Usagi : Serena : Sailor Moon/Moon Princess
Princess Mars/Lady Mars : Hino Rei : Raye : Sailor Mars
Princess Mercury/Lady Mercury : Mizuno Ami : Amy : Sailor Mercury
Princess Jupiter/Lady Jupiter : Kino Makoto : Lita : Sailor Jupiter
Princess Venus/Lady Venus : Aino Minako : Mina : Sailor Venus/Sailor V
4) I use a few Japanese words, but then again.. I might not.. I'm not sure..
ne-way..  I
just use basic words, like hai (yes) konnichiwa (hello), etc.. ok?
5) Also, I use their names (Usagi, Rei, Ami, etc..) as their nicknames..
I'll be using
"Usa" for Usagi though sometimes, because it's a lot to always type
"Princess Serenity" or
just plain "princess" without getting her and then queen mixed up. For the
King and Queen
of Earth, I'll call them just by their names sometimes without the "king" or
"queen" part
added on, and same for Queen Serenity sometimes, ok?
6) Lianne, Amethis, Alina, u all are tha bomb!! ^-^ Luv your fan-ficz!!
7) Uhmm..... oh yeah, please e-mail me.. comments, questions, flames, death
threats
(O_O).. I will get mad at flames and death threats though.. and.. oh.. and
please don't
sue!! I already told you!  I'm just another one of those million or so fans
of Sailor
Moon! I only got..uhm.. er.. ::grabs wallet and empties it out:: 3 dimes and
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Welpz.. nuf of stupid meeh talkin... onto my all that fan-fic. ^-^

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Lady Mars looked at the 4 generals who were talking with each other, and
obviously, there
were 2 of them checking the girls out. One with blonde hair, and one with
brown. Lady Mars
wondered to herself, which one was Jaedite. She walked up to the group.
"Hello.. welcome to the Moon Kingdom.. hope you all enjoy your stay here..
I'm Lady Mars,
one of the Princess's guardians.. and I'll be showing one of you.. whichever
one is Lord
Jaedite.. around.."
Jaedite smiled. "Well, how do you do, lovely Lady of Mars?" he asked,
kneeling down to
kiss her hand. "I am Lord Jaedite, and I'll be happy to have you show me
around now
maybe?"
Mars blushed. "Hai.. come now!" she said, already walking, practically
leaving him behind,
until he caught up.
"So, where to first on this so-called Moon Kingdom?"
"What do you mean SO-CALLED??" she shot at the general.
"I'm sorry, miss.. I didn't mean for it come out that way."
"It's alright.. well.. basically, our little tour around the Moon is walking
around,
talking. You'll be stuck with me for the first few days here so we might as
well get to
know each other!" Mars said. She brushed out a lock of hair that had fallen
in her face
with her hand as the two walked.
"It would be an honor to get to know you well." Jaedite said. Jaedite was
the type that
tried to charm girls.. and most of the time did. Of course, he thought that
his charm
would work easily on the beautiful girl that he was walking with... but for
once... he was
wrong..
"And it would be an honor if you wouldn't try to charm me as much." she
replied. "Anyway,
this here are the Royal Gardens.. Lunar Gardens some people call them... it
is quite a
beautiful sight at night time, underneath the light that is given off from
your planet,
Earth.. a very peaceful place, to sit and talk, to just to get away from
everybody else.
It's like a whole other world when you're up here." she said. The two walked
through
the gardens, and there were many flowers.. roses.. casablancas.. daisies..
every flower
you could imagine existed here.
"So, Lord Jaedite, please, tell me about yourself." she said.
"You wanna know about me?" he asked, surprised.
"Hai.. of course.. tell me all about yourself.. how it is on Earth,
everything!" she said,
smiling. She thought that he was kind of cute.. very attractive, actually.
She couldn't
help it. But she wasn't the type of girl that gave in easily. She was a
Princess of the
planet of Mars, and it would ruin her's and the family's reputation if she
gave into
things to easily. And being around the Princess, she could see why!
"Well.. let's see... where to start, where to start... Ah! I know... I'm 21
years old
right now.. just turned 21 a few weeks ago. I love to get away from the
royal places a lot
and hang around the other places around Earth. I'm very handsome and very
charming --"
"Stop being conceited!" she interupted.
"You told me to tell you everthing about me!"
"Well...damn.. well, alright.. continue on.."
"Magic, though everyone seems to know how to use it.. I'm not exactly the
best person at
it at all, and I have to admit it. It was an important part of training, and
I knew, and
still know, enough to pass the final test. But probably, my strong points
would be
fighting and charming girls for myself." he said, giving her a smile. "So,
how about you?" he asked Mars.
"Uhm.. I'm 18, and a princess of Mars.. I love going back there whenever I
can.. but the
Moon is just as beautiful.. more brighter, and cooler.. my family insisted
that I didn't
take training to be a warrior.. they said I'd get myself into too much
trouble.. but the
whole training.. the test.. everything.. it was a cinch. I passed just like
that, and
today, am a part of the Princess's inner guardians.  My strong points would
be working
with magic, fighting, and not giving into things easily." she said.
"You passed training just like that?" he asked, surprised.
"Like I said, it's a cinch! Maybe later, after the tour, we can have a
fight.. just for
fun.. to see who's better, just you and me?"
He grinned. "Sounds like fun."  he thought.
"Well.. anyway.. this here are the royal courts.." she said as they stepped
out of the
garden areas and into a big area. "Over there, where the hills are, is a
beautiful picnic
spot.. and over there is a huge lake.. yet another beautiful stpo to get
away. And way on
the other side of the Moon is the most ugliest places ever.. the NeverEnding
Craters is
what some of the moon people call it. To get over to their villages, you
have to take this
road, through this one forest of silver and evergreen trees, and you'll find
them. They're
very nice people especially when you get to know them well." she said, then
looked at him.
He had been looking at all the places she had pointed out, but most of the
time, at her.
"Lord Jaedite?" she asked, and he snapped out of it.
"Oh, yeah.. well.. we could visit some of those places later.. how about we
go inside?"
"Hai.. come on.." she said, and she walked up the steps to go inside the
palace.
He took his time, walking up. He watched her every move as she went up, in
front of him.
Dark, silky, jet-black hair with the sun making it shine a dark-purple in
some areas; a
slim figure; a slight all-over-tan. He couldn't see her legs for she was
wearing a long
lavendar dress, but it was tight-fitting to show off her figure. But he knew
her legs must
be nice, and long. She moved gracefully, but if you looked into her eyes,
you could see
calm and fierce in them.  he
thought.
The two walked through the doorway of the palace, and saw the Queen with the
King and
Queen of Earth.
"Good afternoon, Lady Mars, Lord Jaedite." Serenity greeted the two. King
Endymion and
Queen Mononoke smiled at the two.
Mononoke whispered to her husband. "They would make a striking couple,
woudn't they?" and
he nodded in return.
"Good afternoon, Queen Serenity." the two replied back. "We were just on our
way--"
Jaedite interupted her. "to the back courts to practice some fighting
skills, weren't we?"
he asked, looking at Mars.
She sighed. "Hai.."
"Well, I want you both to be ready, plus everyone else, tonight for the ball
though,
alright? Please.. don't hurt each other too much.." she said, which was kind
of like a
warning to Mars, which meant to her -- don't hurt him.. or else.. the
welcoming ball is
tonight, and if you all are not presentable..well.. we know the rest. They'd
get in
trouble, blah blah blah..
Mars nodded, and they went out to the back courts.
"These are the back courts? Looks nothing like a place to be fighting or
training!" he exclaimed.
"oooh.. trust me.." she said. "This is it." she said, then she stuck her
hand up, and
shouted "Mars Planet Power, Make Up!!" she shouted, and she transformed from
a Princess in
a long gown to one of the inner senshi, guardians of Princess Serenity. Her
fuku looked
very much like the Super-Sailor fukus.. but the bows in the back were
shorter, and the
middle of their front bow had a crescent moon with their planet symbol over
it. High heels
still a part of the outfit, and the tiara was different too, in the middle
of the red
jewel, if you looked close enough, was the sign of Mars. Her
shorter-than-short mini-skirt
was what caught Jaedite's attention.
 he thought.  he
checked her out,
the fuku fitting perfectly over her figure. His eyes starting at her face,
admiring her
beautiful shining eyes and her full lips, following her curves, and then her
legs, then
back up, their eyes locking for a second.
"You like what you see, don't you..." she said. <.... I know I like the
sight that I'm
seeing on you myself..> she thought, but let go of it quickly.
He was caught at the comment the lovely young lady had said, and didn't know
what to say.
"Well, never mind." she said. "First, before we start.. rules.. basic moves,
few powers..
if you're down but cannot get up, the fight is over.. if injured badly, the
fight is
over.. if you die, then, well, it's obvious." she said, smiling. He nodded,
bowing down as
a sign of respect, and she bowed down back.  Then he tried a strong kick
aiming right at
her stomach...
.... which she blocked easily, by swiftly grabbing his foot, then she
flipped him over to
the ground.
"Don't tell me that you won't be able to get up and that's all there is...."
she said, but
he got up, kicking her down. She had a small bruise on her left leg, but she
didn't care.
She's had worse, of course.
"Mars.... Fire Soul!" she shouted, a blast of fire hitting Jaedite badly. As
he had said
earlier, he wasn't too good with magic, so could not block this attack. It
was very strong
too, it being her weakest attack.
She then shouted, "Mars Burning Mandala!" sending an even stronger fire
attack at him. He
gave a powerful kick at her face, pushing her back a few steps, but gave a
kick back at
his stomach, the heel hitting him hard, and knocking him down. She looked
down and decided
not to try any more attacks or anything on him, and helped him up. His arm
had a bruise
here and there, and, even though this sounds nasty, his ass probably had a
major bruise
too from being knocked down. Mars herself had her share of bruises, and a
small one on her
face from the kick he had given her. She looked at him and asked, "Are you
ok, Lord
Jaedite?" She noticed that his face had a major scratch on the cheek.... but
it wasn't a
scratch.. it was a cut.. and it was bleeding. It must've been from when she
used her
attacks, the fire must've hit him in his face.
"I'm alright.. it doesn't look like you are though.. with that bruise on
your face." he
said, and tried to give her a smile, but it hurt since his cheek was
bleeding.
"Oh, here.. let me do something about that.." she said, pulling off a huge
leaf from one
of the plants. She folded it in half, and pressed it against his cheek. "Now
hold it there
for a while, and we'll put something on that later." she said. She had her
hand holding
it, and his hand covered hers, which made her blush a bit, but he took his
hand off, and
slipped it around her waist, but she backed away, and the leaf fell onto the
ground.
It was covered with blood, and his face looked even worse.
He tried to talk, but couldn't from the pain that was all of a sudden
hitting him from the
cut.
"Oh, shit.. Jaedite.. keep still.. don't talk.. let's go inside.. ok?"
He nodded, and she helped him up to her room, quickly avoiding the royal
family.
They arrived in her bed chambers. "Sit!" she commanded him, as she opened up
her top
drawer and searched for some medicine and a bandage to put on his cheeck. He
sat, afraid
of what the girl would do if he didn't, and looked around. She had a large
room, with a
big bed, some black and dark purple plushy pillows and a thick black
comforter, with dark
purple sheets. On her desk were pictures of her family, herself, and
friends, on planet
Mars and here on the Moon. She had 2 identical vases, they were black with
silver
splattered here and there, and in both vases were dark red roses and
casablancas.
 he thought,
thinking that
he should give one to her at the ball later that night. He looked back at
the bed and had
a nasty thought, making him grin, of him and the Lady Mars together, but
shook it out of
his head, when he noticed her coming back. She had a bottle of some type of
medicine, a
bandage, and 2 pieces of cloth, one which was damp.
"Okay, Lord Jaedite, now lay down, and close your eyes. This may hurt a bit,
but don't
make too much noise, ok?" she said, and he nodded, doing as he was told. She
took the damp
cloth first, and wiped away the blood stains on his face and wiped away the
blood coming
out from the cut, then she dried it off with the dry one. Then she took the
cloth, wetting
it with the medicine (which was kinda like that rubbing-alcohol stuff) and
dabbed it on
the cut. He squinted, biting his lower lip, taking a deep breath, trying not
to make a
noise. It felt like he was being stung by a bee over and over again. Then
she took the
bandage, and put it on his cheek.  [You know, it was one of those bandages
that get
kinda..uhm.. taped on or whatever..]
"There.. much better.." she said. He felt the bandage, and was relieved that
the stinging
pain was gone, but it still hurt.
"Arigato.." he said quietly. He really didn't know what to say, and could
barely talk
because it hurt.
"It was no problem for me, Lord Jaedite.. I'm so sorry that I did that to
you.. I didn't
mean to hurt you like that.." she felt really bad now.
"No, Lady Mars.. it's ok.. it's not your fault.. I'm the one that challenged
you in the
first place.." he said.
"Yeah.. but I still feel bad.."
"It's ok.. it's not as bad as you think it is." he said, hoping it would
make her feel
better, even though it felt just as bad as it looked. He reached over,
bringing her close
to him, giving her a hug. She sighed, as she let him bring her close, and
smiled. She
didn't normally let people touch her, but he wouldn't know.
She felt really close to Lord Jaedite though, which she didn't normally let
herself feel
to anybody either, except someone she was protecting, like the Princess, but
this felt
different. Something she had felt once before, but had ignored.  And by
ignoring the
feeling, had made her the strong, hard-to-convince type of person. Secretly,
she had to
admit, she liked the guy. Maybe, it could be love, but it was too soon to
say so.
And secretly, he was feeling the same way.

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Uhm.. it seems short to your guys.. but it's long enough for me.. took me a
while.. part 2
is finished also, so read that, then you can wait till I get out of my lazy
state and
write the other few parts... ok?
Hopefully, u liked this, and will pppplllleaaassseeee continue reading my
fan-fics... and
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