Here's a chapter for you mamoru/rei lovers! The other chapter 13 is for
those who want a J/R pairing. Enjoy!
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When Rei looked into Mamoru's eyes, she could see he was furious. He had always been able to see right through her, and she was sure that he knew what had happened between Jadeite and her. Wait... did she just call him Jadeite? Oh right, that was his true name. She looked over to him. He seemed to have immediately recognized his prince and knelt down in front of him. Rei managed to put a smile on her face.
"Look Mamoru, I found one of your knights. Apparently they're still alive after their evil counterparts were destroyed by us." She kept the smile plastered to her face for a few more seconds. Mamoru's eyes were cold- he had not been fooled at all. But a flicker of understanding went through his eyes when he looked at Jared as a flashback went through his head.
Flashback
"Enter, Prince." The guards opened the doors and he walked inside swiftly and looked into Rei's face, pausing. She knew him better than anyone. She probably already knew what he was going to tell her. The news that would break both of their hearts.
"Serenity wants you to get married, Rei." Endymion said softly.
"Does she, Endymion?" Princess Mars sat in her imperial throne made of blue fire and looked at him calmly. She sent out a quick mental command to her guards to leave. They bowed and did. "Why?"
"Your soul-"Endymion choked. "-mate has been found." He wanted Rei to come down from her throne so that he could say something that would make it better. So he could comfort her somehow. Rei felt his thoughts within her but didn't move from her seat. Her eyes were infinitely deep and full of pain.
'She is always the one best at keeping her emotions hidden,' Endymion thought admirably. "Well." Rei said smoothly, "if it is true, and my ancestors say it is time, then I will." She finally stood up from her throne. Endymion couldn't stand it anymore. He rushed towards her, and she knew what he was going to do, but she couldn't stop him. He came up to her and took her in his arms. Rei broke inside, but slowly pushed him away. She looked at him, and the look in the other person's eyes made her want to feel stronger, to tell him it was alright and they'd somehow... maybe in another life, be together. But she couldn't raise her voice above a whisper, and she didn't want to give him hope because there wasn't any.
"How is it, you're the only man who's been able to bring this feeling out of me?" She whispered, looking straight into his eyes. Endymion felt his throat close in emotion but pushed back the urge to kiss her right there. The beautiful princess, his true love, nodded, agreeing with his decision. Then there came a soft whisper into her mind, asking her for entrance. She knew it was, so she allowed it.
"Rei?" Serenity's soft voice brushed against her mind like a feather from an angel's wing. Endymion's heart tightened as well; he was also in Rei's mind, so he kept his mind blank so Serenity wouldn't detect him.
"Yes?" Rei answered.
"It is time. You will love him, I promise. I've sent him to your palace right now... he should be there any second."
"Of course, Princess." Rei answered swiftly. She hated all of this formal crap. She loved Serenity but she could never really be on same grounds with her, no matter how much Serenity desired it as well.
"Rei, something's wrong. Tell me."
"Nothing, Princess, nothing."
"Stop being so stupid!!!" A screech came into her head, and Rei had to smile.
"I'll talk to you later." And she firmly pushed Serenity out of her mind but not fast enough to hear another frustrated scream in her head. When she turned to Mamoru her eyes were distinctly softer, and Mamoru leaned over to kiss her as a guard yelled out.
"Your Highness! A man by the name of Jadeite wishes to speak with you. Shall I give him entrance?"
Rei and Endymion's lips only brushed but a huge spark of electricity had gone through them.
"Oh Rei, it can't end like this."
"I'm sorry Endymion." Rei kissed him quick and hard. "I love you," She told him softly. Then she told the guards mentally to open the doors and allow her so-called 'soul mate' to enter.
The man who entered was definitely Rei's type, but she felt no connection to him as she had with Endymion. She knew she would care for him, even love him a little, but it would never be the type of love she shared with Endymion. Endymion recognized the man immediately. He was one of his top guards, Jadeite. He was a good man. Rei would like him. He felt a huge hatred and jealousy burn inside him, but he pushed it down and welcomed the man.
"Rei, I shall leave you with Jadeite as I finish some unfinished political business. I trust we shall see each other again?" He looked into her eyes, searching for her answer. Rei said nothing, but her silence spoke for her. Endymion held down the urge to shake her right there and elope with her. He left.
End of Flashback
"Jadiete, I thought you were dead." Mamoru smiled slightly, but his jealousy rippled inside his head into Rei's, who frowned slightly.
"My prince, I thought I'd never see you again." Jared bowed down on one knee. "Neither did I think I'd ever see my soul mate." He turned warmly to Rei, but her face was rigid. He took a step back. What happened to her? Rei realized he was looking at her and tried to smile, but she couldn't. It seemed as if she couldn't take her eyes off Mamoru. She swallowed and managed to speak.
"Apparently his name is Jared in this lifetime."
"I see." Mamoru's eyes hardened and he nodded. "Jared, it is good to see you," He managed to spit out. "My name is Mamoru in this world."
"Of course." Jared murmured.
"Rei, may I speak to you privately?" Mamoru glanced at her. Jared widened his eyes. "Oh of course, of course, Prince! I'll let you two chat... I just need to check something, yes- check something... I'll see you later Rei?"
"Yes." Rei's thoughts tried to reach him. Help me help me don't go! Jared didn't seem to have heard it, and just walked away. Rei just looked at his slowly fading shape into the distance. Suddenly it was incredibly silent. She couldn't see Jared any longer, and she really really didn't want to look into Mamoru's eyes. She turned away. She couldn't do this. She couldn't face him after... after what they did.
"Rei." His voice... oh, his voice. So full of pain. "Rei, look at me." Rei slowly turned and looked into his eyes. Uh oh. He was furious. Really really furious.
"I'm sorry." She looked down. Mamoru breathed out sharply.
"You're sorry? Sorry?!? Do you have ANY idea..." He gripped Rei's shoulders tightly and roughly brought her to him.
"do you have any idea of how much I've missed you?" His lips descended on hers and Rei felt complete. Jared could never make her feel this happy. Her mind was searing, and her body trembled as Mamoru kissed her deeply. Then she realized what she was doing and pushed him away. "No, don't."
"Why not? That Jared will never be good enough for you. Even in the past, he wasn't. But I know you Rei. I know you better than anyone else ever will. The magic the ancestors put in your body makes you believe Jadeite is the man you truly love ONLY when you're making out with him! We can break the curse, Rei. We will."
"I... I can't believe you're willing to leave the Princess." Rei looked at him sharply. Mamoru sighed and started pacing.
"I care about her, I do. But only as a brother, nothing more. Her true love..." He looked upward at the sky. "...is somewhere out there in the universe. May Serenity help her find him."
"SHE CARES ABOUT YOU, YOU DIMWIT! YOU'RE HER TRUE LOVE! DON'T THROW IT AWAY!" Rei screamed in his mind. Mamoru just shook his head.
"No, she only saved me and nearly sacrificed her life for me all of those times because she cares for me as a sister. Seiya is her true-"
"-what?" Rei whispered. Seiya... the legendary fighter from the skies... wasn't he...? She pushed the thoughts away. "What are you talking about? How do you know this?"
"They eloped in the past." Mamoru explained with a dry laugh. "You know, all of these memories that Serenity apparently saw when she met her mother? They're all fake. Serena didn't commit suicide in the Silver Millennium for me. She did it for him. He was the man she loved. Queen Serenity wanted the both of us to get married, but in fact, we never did. That night... was the night of our engagement. We were about to be engaged when Seiya came in and they ran away together. We helped them plan it... don't you remember?" Mamoru looked at her attentively. Rei's eyes clouded but then it dawned on her. He was telling the truth. The Silver Millennium was a lot more screwed up than the visions of it that Queen Serenity had given them.
"But Mamoru... you committed suicide as well... why?"
"I didn't. I was killed by some enemies while protecting you. It's another fake vision that Serenity gave us."
"I should have known about these memories, shouldn't I? I am the priestess of the great fire... how did you come to know this before me?"
"Your father Mars is in league with Serenity and he controls the great fire. It was only by coincidence that I knew this. The crystal in my body is not a part of the millennium crystal. My mother... was one of the many mistresses of my dad's. She was a powerful witch from some star of Saturn. Queen Serenity still had power over me, since I pledged allegiance to her, but the outer scouts filled me in. They knew this whole time but they couldn't say anything because of the oath they had made."
"Then how did they tell you?" Rei was aggravated that Haruka and Michiru never told her but how could they?
"It was quite ingenious, actually. Michiru was looking at some of the visions in her mirror, and she showed all of them to me after hearing that my heart crystal wasn't part of the millennium one. Only those who have hearts made of the millennium crystal have already had this knowledge. The fact mine wasn't made of that crystal wasn't known to everyone."
"What now? Isn't my heart part of the millennium crystal?"
"Well... yes and no. Ever since Queen Serenity has died... she's lost her power in the underworld (the underworld contains both hell and heaven) and she can't do anything about it. Serena's the holder of the millennium crystal now."
"But the oaths still hold, right? They're connected to the crystal..."
"Yes. But the thing is, Michiru showed them to me, she didn't say anything. Plus, even if she did, it didn't matter. I'm not a part of the millennium crystal."
"But you told me..."
"But I didn't take the oath, did I?" Mamoru started to grin.
"Should I tell the other scouts?"
"I think we should. After this all gets sorted out, we can find Serena's soul mate... and-"
"Jadeite! Oh my god." Rei's eyes widened. "What about him? Who's his soul mate? It can't be me... can it?"
"No, don't worry. Jadeite's love..." Mamoru squinted as he thought. "She was a very beautiful woman, I remember. An angel." Rei started laughing. "No really, she was an angel. Such beings did exist. Same with fairies, witches, wizards, etc. Where do you think myths and legends come from?" Rei stopped laughing for a moment and actually thought about it. It made some sense.
"Where is she? Can she exist on earth?"
"Of course not. She's an angel. She lives on Venus, with the rest of them."
"Then how can Jadeite meet her?"
"Um..."
"Mamoru, he is a wonderful person with a pure heart. He should meet his soul mate."
"There is one way."
"What?"
"We'd have to use the power from our crystals to beam her down here. That takes a hell a lot of energy."
"Ok... well, what about the rest of the scouts? Are their soul mates the same as the ones in their visions?"
"Let me see. I'm your soul mate. Mercury's was the elf lords..."
"There were elves?" Rei's eyes sparkled.
"Of course! See, different mythical creatures originated from different planets. On mercury, water-sprites and different sea monsters. On Venus, angels and medusas. On Mars, phoenixes and fire-sprites. On Jupiter, elves, fairies, and trolls. On Neptune, sirens- the most beautiful and deadly creatures. On Uranus, the dragons, and on Saturn... zombies and what not. Finally, on Pluto... these ice sprites."
"Wow. So wait, continue about the different soul mates."
"Ok so Mercury was in love with the elf lord... also known as Zoicite. They met on Jupiter at some ball. Charming chap, always hitting on the ladies. It was so unusual for him to stick with one girl, but he truly loved her. Venus loved the archangel... the head of the angels, Kunzite. I wasn't surprised, to be frank. Jupiter loved the fairy king, of course- Nefrite. Neptune and Uranus- well yes, they were soul mates. Pluto loved the king of the dragons... I have no idea where he is now. And Saturn loved the king of all the sprites- I don't know where he is either. All of the generals fell in love with their 'fate' soul mates except me- I fell in love with you instead of Serena and Serena fell in love with Seiya, and Jedeite loved someone else too. All of the generals wanted to meet a siren, but I wouldn't let them." Mamoru smiled.
"Why can't you meet a siren?"
"Well... ok... see... Michiru is the queen of the sirens."
"I've never heard her sing."
"They don't really sing. Well, they do... very well, but their battle cry is to die for- literally. It's so beautiful you can't move... you can't do anything. Plus, if you ever see a siren in their true form and you're not their soul mate, you go mad with desire."
"Oh." Rei blinked. "But Michiru... she's extremely beautiful, but it's not like every man is killing Haruka to get to her."
"She has never shown her true form to anyone but Haruka." Mamoru smiled. "Sheesh, you sure ask a lot of questions." Rei blushed and buried herself in his arms more.
"I'm just... it's so much to take in. I can't believe we were all so deceived."
"I know." Mamoru sighed.
"How are we going to the scouts that aren't 'with' their real soul mates... like Serena, Pluto, and Hotaru with their real soul mates?"
"Travel back in time. Leave this place forever."
"What?" Rei pushed away from him and looked into his eyes. "What are you saying?"
"This world is corrupted. Everyone's fate and destiny is not what it's supposed to be, and everything's just messed up. It was never supposed to turn out this way. The moon kingdom was not supposed to fall. We should go back, change all of that- make what was supposed to happen, happen."
"What was supposed to happen?"
"The moon kingdom was supposed to live on for eternity. All of the magical races weren't supposed to die from the severe rush of energy that the dying moon kingdom sent out to give us a new life. They were supposed to be reborn with us, but they weren't. It wasn't... supposed to be this way..." Mamoru looked off into the distance. Rei hugged him from behind.
"We'll fix this."
"I hope so."
"Will Pluto let us fly back in time?"
"It was her idea. Plus..." Mamoru grinned. "she never had to guard the time gate back then, they had a whole army guard it. She was happy, and free. She wants nothing more than come back to the past."
"That's good." Rei smiled. "I think you should call the scouts and tell them that you've 'found' me. We should discuss this and get it over as soon as possible."
"You're right. Do you think Jadeite knows where the other generals are?"
"I think so." Rei smiled.
"Excellent. I think the presence of the other generals will be enough to remind the scouts of their true loves." Mamoru's eyes gleamed with excitement. Then he called out to Jadeite mentally, and he came running.
"Yes prince?" Jed came, panting.
"Good news." Rei smiled in a way he had never seen her before.
"What?"
"You'll see." She couldn't help but grin.
"You guys? I've found Rei. We have to tell you something, soon. Since Rei's reached Princess form she can teleport me there to you guys with some friends of ours, k? I'll see you guys soon." Mamoru turned off his communicator before they could answer. He turned to Jadeite. "Ok, now where are the other generals?"
"One sec." Jadeite pulled out his own communicator and told the other generals that they had found the other scouts and their prince... as well as their true loves. Then the generals magically teleported in front of Rei and Mamoru and immediately knelt. Rei looked at Jed in astonishment.
"How did you know that I'm not your true love?"
"I overheard your conversation. Mamoru told me to." Jed smiled at Mamoru. "Thank you."
"Your welcome." Then Mamoru realized the rest of the generals were still bowing and told them to stand up. "We need to teleport to the other scouts. Because you don't know where they are, make sure to create a circle around Rei- who is Princess Mars by the way- and she will teleport us. Clear? Ok lets go."
They created a circle around Rei and Rei quickly transformed into her Princess form. The jaws of the other generals visibly dropped when they saw her in her most powerful form and Mamoru cleared his throat to let them know Rei was already taken. Rei winked at the generals teasingly and they laughed. Her mesmerizing violet eyes turned to Mamoru, and their eyes met. Then she closed her eyes and in a split second, they were teleported back to the scouts.
When Rei looked into Mamoru's eyes, she could see he was furious. He had always been able to see right through her, and she was sure that he knew what had happened between Jadeite and her. Wait... did she just call him Jadeite? Oh right, that was his true name. She looked over to him. He seemed to have immediately recognized his prince and knelt down in front of him. Rei managed to put a smile on her face.
"Look Mamoru, I found one of your knights. Apparently they're still alive after their evil counterparts were destroyed by us." She kept the smile plastered to her face for a few more seconds. Mamoru's eyes were cold- he had not been fooled at all. But a flicker of understanding went through his eyes when he looked at Jared as a flashback went through his head.
Flashback
"Enter, Prince." The guards opened the doors and he walked inside swiftly and looked into Rei's face, pausing. She knew him better than anyone. She probably already knew what he was going to tell her. The news that would break both of their hearts.
"Serenity wants you to get married, Rei." Endymion said softly.
"Does she, Endymion?" Princess Mars sat in her imperial throne made of blue fire and looked at him calmly. She sent out a quick mental command to her guards to leave. They bowed and did. "Why?"
"Your soul-"Endymion choked. "-mate has been found." He wanted Rei to come down from her throne so that he could say something that would make it better. So he could comfort her somehow. Rei felt his thoughts within her but didn't move from her seat. Her eyes were infinitely deep and full of pain.
'She is always the one best at keeping her emotions hidden,' Endymion thought admirably. "Well." Rei said smoothly, "if it is true, and my ancestors say it is time, then I will." She finally stood up from her throne. Endymion couldn't stand it anymore. He rushed towards her, and she knew what he was going to do, but she couldn't stop him. He came up to her and took her in his arms. Rei broke inside, but slowly pushed him away. She looked at him, and the look in the other person's eyes made her want to feel stronger, to tell him it was alright and they'd somehow... maybe in another life, be together. But she couldn't raise her voice above a whisper, and she didn't want to give him hope because there wasn't any.
"How is it, you're the only man who's been able to bring this feeling out of me?" She whispered, looking straight into his eyes. Endymion felt his throat close in emotion but pushed back the urge to kiss her right there. The beautiful princess, his true love, nodded, agreeing with his decision. Then there came a soft whisper into her mind, asking her for entrance. She knew it was, so she allowed it.
"Rei?" Serenity's soft voice brushed against her mind like a feather from an angel's wing. Endymion's heart tightened as well; he was also in Rei's mind, so he kept his mind blank so Serenity wouldn't detect him.
"Yes?" Rei answered.
"It is time. You will love him, I promise. I've sent him to your palace right now... he should be there any second."
"Of course, Princess." Rei answered swiftly. She hated all of this formal crap. She loved Serenity but she could never really be on same grounds with her, no matter how much Serenity desired it as well.
"Rei, something's wrong. Tell me."
"Nothing, Princess, nothing."
"Stop being so stupid!!!" A screech came into her head, and Rei had to smile.
"I'll talk to you later." And she firmly pushed Serenity out of her mind but not fast enough to hear another frustrated scream in her head. When she turned to Mamoru her eyes were distinctly softer, and Mamoru leaned over to kiss her as a guard yelled out.
"Your Highness! A man by the name of Jadeite wishes to speak with you. Shall I give him entrance?"
Rei and Endymion's lips only brushed but a huge spark of electricity had gone through them.
"Oh Rei, it can't end like this."
"I'm sorry Endymion." Rei kissed him quick and hard. "I love you," She told him softly. Then she told the guards mentally to open the doors and allow her so-called 'soul mate' to enter.
The man who entered was definitely Rei's type, but she felt no connection to him as she had with Endymion. She knew she would care for him, even love him a little, but it would never be the type of love she shared with Endymion. Endymion recognized the man immediately. He was one of his top guards, Jadeite. He was a good man. Rei would like him. He felt a huge hatred and jealousy burn inside him, but he pushed it down and welcomed the man.
"Rei, I shall leave you with Jadeite as I finish some unfinished political business. I trust we shall see each other again?" He looked into her eyes, searching for her answer. Rei said nothing, but her silence spoke for her. Endymion held down the urge to shake her right there and elope with her. He left.
End of Flashback
"Jadiete, I thought you were dead." Mamoru smiled slightly, but his jealousy rippled inside his head into Rei's, who frowned slightly.
"My prince, I thought I'd never see you again." Jared bowed down on one knee. "Neither did I think I'd ever see my soul mate." He turned warmly to Rei, but her face was rigid. He took a step back. What happened to her? Rei realized he was looking at her and tried to smile, but she couldn't. It seemed as if she couldn't take her eyes off Mamoru. She swallowed and managed to speak.
"Apparently his name is Jared in this lifetime."
"I see." Mamoru's eyes hardened and he nodded. "Jared, it is good to see you," He managed to spit out. "My name is Mamoru in this world."
"Of course." Jared murmured.
"Rei, may I speak to you privately?" Mamoru glanced at her. Jared widened his eyes. "Oh of course, of course, Prince! I'll let you two chat... I just need to check something, yes- check something... I'll see you later Rei?"
"Yes." Rei's thoughts tried to reach him. Help me help me don't go! Jared didn't seem to have heard it, and just walked away. Rei just looked at his slowly fading shape into the distance. Suddenly it was incredibly silent. She couldn't see Jared any longer, and she really really didn't want to look into Mamoru's eyes. She turned away. She couldn't do this. She couldn't face him after... after what they did.
"Rei." His voice... oh, his voice. So full of pain. "Rei, look at me." Rei slowly turned and looked into his eyes. Uh oh. He was furious. Really really furious.
"I'm sorry." She looked down. Mamoru breathed out sharply.
"You're sorry? Sorry?!? Do you have ANY idea..." He gripped Rei's shoulders tightly and roughly brought her to him.
"do you have any idea of how much I've missed you?" His lips descended on hers and Rei felt complete. Jared could never make her feel this happy. Her mind was searing, and her body trembled as Mamoru kissed her deeply. Then she realized what she was doing and pushed him away. "No, don't."
"Why not? That Jared will never be good enough for you. Even in the past, he wasn't. But I know you Rei. I know you better than anyone else ever will. The magic the ancestors put in your body makes you believe Jadeite is the man you truly love ONLY when you're making out with him! We can break the curse, Rei. We will."
"I... I can't believe you're willing to leave the Princess." Rei looked at him sharply. Mamoru sighed and started pacing.
"I care about her, I do. But only as a brother, nothing more. Her true love..." He looked upward at the sky. "...is somewhere out there in the universe. May Serenity help her find him."
"SHE CARES ABOUT YOU, YOU DIMWIT! YOU'RE HER TRUE LOVE! DON'T THROW IT AWAY!" Rei screamed in his mind. Mamoru just shook his head.
"No, she only saved me and nearly sacrificed her life for me all of those times because she cares for me as a sister. Seiya is her true-"
"-what?" Rei whispered. Seiya... the legendary fighter from the skies... wasn't he...? She pushed the thoughts away. "What are you talking about? How do you know this?"
"They eloped in the past." Mamoru explained with a dry laugh. "You know, all of these memories that Serenity apparently saw when she met her mother? They're all fake. Serena didn't commit suicide in the Silver Millennium for me. She did it for him. He was the man she loved. Queen Serenity wanted the both of us to get married, but in fact, we never did. That night... was the night of our engagement. We were about to be engaged when Seiya came in and they ran away together. We helped them plan it... don't you remember?" Mamoru looked at her attentively. Rei's eyes clouded but then it dawned on her. He was telling the truth. The Silver Millennium was a lot more screwed up than the visions of it that Queen Serenity had given them.
"But Mamoru... you committed suicide as well... why?"
"I didn't. I was killed by some enemies while protecting you. It's another fake vision that Serenity gave us."
"I should have known about these memories, shouldn't I? I am the priestess of the great fire... how did you come to know this before me?"
"Your father Mars is in league with Serenity and he controls the great fire. It was only by coincidence that I knew this. The crystal in my body is not a part of the millennium crystal. My mother... was one of the many mistresses of my dad's. She was a powerful witch from some star of Saturn. Queen Serenity still had power over me, since I pledged allegiance to her, but the outer scouts filled me in. They knew this whole time but they couldn't say anything because of the oath they had made."
"Then how did they tell you?" Rei was aggravated that Haruka and Michiru never told her but how could they?
"It was quite ingenious, actually. Michiru was looking at some of the visions in her mirror, and she showed all of them to me after hearing that my heart crystal wasn't part of the millennium one. Only those who have hearts made of the millennium crystal have already had this knowledge. The fact mine wasn't made of that crystal wasn't known to everyone."
"What now? Isn't my heart part of the millennium crystal?"
"Well... yes and no. Ever since Queen Serenity has died... she's lost her power in the underworld (the underworld contains both hell and heaven) and she can't do anything about it. Serena's the holder of the millennium crystal now."
"But the oaths still hold, right? They're connected to the crystal..."
"Yes. But the thing is, Michiru showed them to me, she didn't say anything. Plus, even if she did, it didn't matter. I'm not a part of the millennium crystal."
"But you told me..."
"But I didn't take the oath, did I?" Mamoru started to grin.
"Should I tell the other scouts?"
"I think we should. After this all gets sorted out, we can find Serena's soul mate... and-"
"Jadeite! Oh my god." Rei's eyes widened. "What about him? Who's his soul mate? It can't be me... can it?"
"No, don't worry. Jadeite's love..." Mamoru squinted as he thought. "She was a very beautiful woman, I remember. An angel." Rei started laughing. "No really, she was an angel. Such beings did exist. Same with fairies, witches, wizards, etc. Where do you think myths and legends come from?" Rei stopped laughing for a moment and actually thought about it. It made some sense.
"Where is she? Can she exist on earth?"
"Of course not. She's an angel. She lives on Venus, with the rest of them."
"Then how can Jadeite meet her?"
"Um..."
"Mamoru, he is a wonderful person with a pure heart. He should meet his soul mate."
"There is one way."
"What?"
"We'd have to use the power from our crystals to beam her down here. That takes a hell a lot of energy."
"Ok... well, what about the rest of the scouts? Are their soul mates the same as the ones in their visions?"
"Let me see. I'm your soul mate. Mercury's was the elf lords..."
"There were elves?" Rei's eyes sparkled.
"Of course! See, different mythical creatures originated from different planets. On mercury, water-sprites and different sea monsters. On Venus, angels and medusas. On Mars, phoenixes and fire-sprites. On Jupiter, elves, fairies, and trolls. On Neptune, sirens- the most beautiful and deadly creatures. On Uranus, the dragons, and on Saturn... zombies and what not. Finally, on Pluto... these ice sprites."
"Wow. So wait, continue about the different soul mates."
"Ok so Mercury was in love with the elf lord... also known as Zoicite. They met on Jupiter at some ball. Charming chap, always hitting on the ladies. It was so unusual for him to stick with one girl, but he truly loved her. Venus loved the archangel... the head of the angels, Kunzite. I wasn't surprised, to be frank. Jupiter loved the fairy king, of course- Nefrite. Neptune and Uranus- well yes, they were soul mates. Pluto loved the king of the dragons... I have no idea where he is now. And Saturn loved the king of all the sprites- I don't know where he is either. All of the generals fell in love with their 'fate' soul mates except me- I fell in love with you instead of Serena and Serena fell in love with Seiya, and Jedeite loved someone else too. All of the generals wanted to meet a siren, but I wouldn't let them." Mamoru smiled.
"Why can't you meet a siren?"
"Well... ok... see... Michiru is the queen of the sirens."
"I've never heard her sing."
"They don't really sing. Well, they do... very well, but their battle cry is to die for- literally. It's so beautiful you can't move... you can't do anything. Plus, if you ever see a siren in their true form and you're not their soul mate, you go mad with desire."
"Oh." Rei blinked. "But Michiru... she's extremely beautiful, but it's not like every man is killing Haruka to get to her."
"She has never shown her true form to anyone but Haruka." Mamoru smiled. "Sheesh, you sure ask a lot of questions." Rei blushed and buried herself in his arms more.
"I'm just... it's so much to take in. I can't believe we were all so deceived."
"I know." Mamoru sighed.
"How are we going to the scouts that aren't 'with' their real soul mates... like Serena, Pluto, and Hotaru with their real soul mates?"
"Travel back in time. Leave this place forever."
"What?" Rei pushed away from him and looked into his eyes. "What are you saying?"
"This world is corrupted. Everyone's fate and destiny is not what it's supposed to be, and everything's just messed up. It was never supposed to turn out this way. The moon kingdom was not supposed to fall. We should go back, change all of that- make what was supposed to happen, happen."
"What was supposed to happen?"
"The moon kingdom was supposed to live on for eternity. All of the magical races weren't supposed to die from the severe rush of energy that the dying moon kingdom sent out to give us a new life. They were supposed to be reborn with us, but they weren't. It wasn't... supposed to be this way..." Mamoru looked off into the distance. Rei hugged him from behind.
"We'll fix this."
"I hope so."
"Will Pluto let us fly back in time?"
"It was her idea. Plus..." Mamoru grinned. "she never had to guard the time gate back then, they had a whole army guard it. She was happy, and free. She wants nothing more than come back to the past."
"That's good." Rei smiled. "I think you should call the scouts and tell them that you've 'found' me. We should discuss this and get it over as soon as possible."
"You're right. Do you think Jadeite knows where the other generals are?"
"I think so." Rei smiled.
"Excellent. I think the presence of the other generals will be enough to remind the scouts of their true loves." Mamoru's eyes gleamed with excitement. Then he called out to Jadeite mentally, and he came running.
"Yes prince?" Jed came, panting.
"Good news." Rei smiled in a way he had never seen her before.
"What?"
"You'll see." She couldn't help but grin.
"You guys? I've found Rei. We have to tell you something, soon. Since Rei's reached Princess form she can teleport me there to you guys with some friends of ours, k? I'll see you guys soon." Mamoru turned off his communicator before they could answer. He turned to Jadeite. "Ok, now where are the other generals?"
"One sec." Jadeite pulled out his own communicator and told the other generals that they had found the other scouts and their prince... as well as their true loves. Then the generals magically teleported in front of Rei and Mamoru and immediately knelt. Rei looked at Jed in astonishment.
"How did you know that I'm not your true love?"
"I overheard your conversation. Mamoru told me to." Jed smiled at Mamoru. "Thank you."
"Your welcome." Then Mamoru realized the rest of the generals were still bowing and told them to stand up. "We need to teleport to the other scouts. Because you don't know where they are, make sure to create a circle around Rei- who is Princess Mars by the way- and she will teleport us. Clear? Ok lets go."
They created a circle around Rei and Rei quickly transformed into her Princess form. The jaws of the other generals visibly dropped when they saw her in her most powerful form and Mamoru cleared his throat to let them know Rei was already taken. Rei winked at the generals teasingly and they laughed. Her mesmerizing violet eyes turned to Mamoru, and their eyes met. Then she closed her eyes and in a split second, they were teleported back to the scouts.