Chapter 5: Senshis' concerns

After her meeting with the members of Kinmoku, Serenity spent most of her time locked up in her room. The Senshis started to really worry about her and for the security of the Kingdom, believing she was seriously ill. The King Endymion was replacing her to rule the City. Serenity seemed out of her mind during the day and looked up at the stars during the night. The Senshis were observing her from afar, talking about what they should do to solve the problem.

Mars - We should directly facing her. She is not in her normal state. That's obvious.

Venus - My poor queen, I wonder why she is tormenting about.

Mercury - Mars, you're a bit violent but it is true that we should directly talk to her. We are always strong together. She is still the Sailor Moon we know.

Jupiter - The Sailor Moon we know... As for me, she is no longer the queen we know until then.

Venus - Jupiter!

Mars - She's right. She seems to be a different person...

The Sailor Senshis was hesitating on what they should do about their queen when Sailor Pluto came into the room with Sailor Saturn.

"Saturn!", crying out all the Senshis in the same time.

Sailor Saturn was holding her Silence Glaive and was expressionless as ever. She looked at the four Queen's soldiers and said.

"You already know that our Queen is changing."

"A change?" replied Mars.

"What kind of change?" asked Mercury.

Sailor Saturn indirectly replied to the question.

"This should happen one day. You know there is two minds in the Queen's body. One is contradicting the other at the moment."

"Two minds?" asked Venus.

Pluto shook her head. She was the Soldier of the Time and she knew what Saturn was talking about. However, she was not sure that the other soldiers were ready to hear that. Saturn seemed to feel the same way and did not replied to Venus's question.

"There will be one way to resolve this. But it is too early to talk about that. Your role is to protect the Queen before she commits a mistake."

"What kind of mistake can she make?"

The purple eyes were staring at all the Soldiers.

"You will understand when it is time." And she left before anyone could say anything.

Pluto was about to leave too when Venus screamed after her.

"Pluto! What's the meaning of this? Do we have a new ennemy?"

Pluto turned down her look and said.

"We might... But it will be someone you have no suspicion about."

She left too and headed for the King's room.

The four Soldiers left alone were desperately looking at each other without knowing what to do.

Pluto took a breath before entering Endymion's room. She served the King so long time ago now but she was always feeling nervous before meeting him. She knew exactly what this feeling meant, that was the reason of her loneliness as a Soldier. She knocked two times and her heart jumped when she heard the King's voice. Pluto entered the room bowing. Endymion asked her to come closer without turning back to her. Pluto raised her head and her cheeks blushed a little. She came closer and said.

"My King"

He finally turned back and replied to her.

"You don't need to bow."

She raised her look and saw the sad look of Endymion's profile.

Only those words came from his mouth.

"What should I do..."

"My King"

Pluto could feel that he was suffering to be so powerless. The Queen was getting more and more away from him every day.

"We will find a solution, My King."

Pluto did not know how to reply to him. She was also suffering to see him like this. She used to look at him far away and only seeing his happiness made her happy. Even if she knew that deep inside her, it was not enough. An unrequited love will never be satisfied. However, Endymion always treated her as she was special. For him, she was more than a soldier but she was not her wife.

Endymion looked at her and she could see the tears shining in his eyes. He got on his knees and embraced Pluto's waist with his arms. Surprised, she stayed paralyzed a moment when she suddenly heard him crying. Pluto lowered her eyes on him and shyly approached her hand towards the King's hair. She started caressing his hair and they remained like that for a moment, in silence.

The four Soldiers decided to face Serenity even if they did not fully understand the situation. They entered Serenity's room without waiting Serenity's answer. Mars who was the most temperamental soldier almost screamed at her.

"What's the meaning of this, my Queen?"

Serenity stood up by surprise when she saw them entering her room.

Mars grasped her by the shoulders.

"Do you know that your mood affected everybody? Are you conscious of what you are doing? Pluto said that we might have a new enemy, there is no time to waste..."

Serenity usually had a sweet personality even when Mars was screaming at her. But now, something was different. She took Mars's hand and pushed it from her shoulders.

"Affected everybody? Is really my duty to get everybody in a good mood? Can I have some time for myself without being pressured by all your stress?"

Mars as the other soldiers were shocked when they looked into Serenity's cold eyes.

"Get out of here..." she whispered.

"But..." started saying Venus.

"Get out!" finally screamed Serenity.

The four soldiers, still shocked, went out of the room.

Serenity was left alone and started having her usual headache. She took her head with her two hands and screamed in despair.