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The Return of Prince Demando	By : Kimiski Category: Sailor Moon > Het - Male/Female Views: 10959 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 3

The Captive Princess
Revised Edition

A throbbing pain ran through Usagi's whole body. She slowly opened her eyes with a soft moan, moving her head to look around. She was in what appeared to be a huge palace of sorts, with antique windows and old-fashioned furniture. For some reason it felt familiar, but it was dark and reeked of evil.
Usagi tried lifting herself up only to feel an intense amount of sharp pain in her side. She fell back onto the large vanilla colored bed clutching the wound. Glancing down at it she saw her top had been raised above her waist to make room for the bandages that were stained in blood. She still wore the red skirt from before she transformed and socks, while her boots were off and next to the side of the bed.
"Damn." Trying hard to ignore the pain, she stiffly and slowly got up from the bed. Slipping her shoes back on she headed towards the huge double doors. Pushing them slightly open she peered out to make sure no one was outside. Tiptoeing outside, she closed the door behind her until it clicked. Every new step she took, fresh blood dripped onto the floor. With an intake of breath a horrible thought occurred to her. "The Silver Crystal!" Usagi made to turn around and run back as fast as possible but as soon as she had turned Esmerodo appeared, grabbed her from the air and vanished.
They appeared in another room. Esmerodo touched the ground with Usagi still in her hold struggling to get out of her grasp. "Let me go!" Usagi said in between intakes of breath. Esmerodo growled as Usagi hit her, and finally threw her onto the floor. "Ugh."
Esmerodo smiled at Usagi's weak form laying on the ground. "On the floor before me like you should be, Moon Princess." After a few moments of struggle, Usagi managed to stand.
"Don't you have that backwards?" She asked.
"Why you!"
"ESMERODO!" A male voice rang from the darkness stopping her from slapping Usagi across the face. "Don't forget who you are in front of." It was Safiel's voice. Usagi just now noticed among the darkness a long golden table with fancy tableware and bowls filled with food. Sitting at the table was Safiel and Rubeus, and at the head of the table sat Demando with an empty seat next to him. Usagi lowered her eyes.
"What's going on?" She asked suspiciously. Demando gracefully stood up.
"Dinner." He smiled. "Come sit." He gestured to the chair at his side. Usagi didn't move.
"No offence." Said Usagi. "But I don't really think that eating with any of you would be appropriate." She was trying hard not to get angry. Luckily, the anger that did mange to slip through would hide any fear. Usagi knew the fear would be greater if she was alone with him and privately thanked the other three for being there.
"Oh, and why is that?" Rubeus asked in a bored voice. "Or do we even want to know?"
"Considering you tried killing me and all my friends almost over a year ago and tried to kill them again while you're suppose to be dead, I don't think that qualifies for friendly dinner conversation."
"My," Demando chuckled. "That is a good argument. Nonetheless, you will join us your highness."
"And if I refuse?"
"Heh, I don't think you have much of a choice in the matter." Safiel reached in his pocket and to Usagi's horror, pulled out her locket that contained the Silver Crystal. She gasped and made to step forward but Safiel's words cut her off. "I wouldn't try anything stupid if I were you." He slowly moved his eyes from her side to her face. "Trying with those injuries you really would have to be stupid."
After a few seconds hesitation, Usagi sat down in the chair next to Demando, the prince following suit soon after. "Good girl." Safiel teased, shoving the locket back inside his pocket.
In silence everyone else brought food to their plates and began to eat, but Usagi just stared blankly at the food. Esmerodo noticed this and pouring a glass of red wine, handed some grapes over to Usagi. "Whats wrong, it's not poisoned or anything." She smiled.
"I'm not hungry thanks."
"Oh stop picking on her Esmerodo." Cried Rubeus. "It's becoming tiresome."
She slumped back into her chair, taking the grapes for herself, glaring. As she did so, Usagi noticed something. The earrings of Dark Crystal she use to wear were gone. Instead, a small gold stud with a tiny black feather coming off of it hung from one ear. She looked over to the rest of them to see the same exact one.
"Something interesting?" Usagi wheeled her head around to see that Demando had been watching her the whole time.
"No." She lied. Usagi looked down for a moment before looking back at Demando. "You weren't alive this whole time, were you." It wasn't a question, but more of a fact Usagi wanted him to confirm.
"Depends." Demando replied picking up his glass and swirling around the red whine. "What's your definition of alive?" He took a sip. "If you mean as we are now, then no."
"But how…are you possibly back?"
"I'm afraid I can't tell you that Princess," He took another sip. "Just yet."
"Fine. Then why are you back?" She shot at him.
"Besides the obvious?" He peered over his glass. "Nothing more or less than to simply finish what we started." Usagi slammed her palms against the table causing the dishes to clang.
"You still foolishly want to bring Crystal Tokyo and the Earth under the Black Moons control? Don't you understand yet, you cant do it? It didn't work in the 30th Century or when you came back here! What makes you think you can do it here again? Nothing's changed!"
"You are wrong, many things have changed." Demando said with a cold stare.
"You're right." Usagi removed her hands from the table and stood up. "Things have changed. The power of the Senshi and Silver Crystal are stronger than ever before! With new allies we've gone up against more powerful demons than you could ever imagine! Don't be a fool and try this again!"
"Don't underestimate us child." Esmerodo rose from her seat and leaned against the table. "Don't think you are the only one who has gained power over time. As for the power of the Silver Crystal, kind of hard to use it when you don't have it." She smirked.
"I will stop you."
"Not if we take your life before then." Esmerodo leaned in closer.
"Crystal Tokyo will come to pass! I wont let you taint it!" She shouted. "I'll never bow to someone like you! You're not fit-" SLAP! Esmerodo hit Usagi across the face causing her head to snap left.
"You dare you think ME unfit!" She screamed. "You think someone like YOU is truly capable of being Queen? Foolish! If you were any proper Queen our people shouldn't have been shunned from Earth, resulting in the attack on Crystal Tokyo that YOU couldn't stop either! Neo Queen Serenity!"
Usagi didn't move, keeping her head in the same spot where it resulted after being hit. Rubeus and Safiel watched with interest while Demando's eyes gleamed fixated on Usagi. She moved her head back in place and looked at Esmerodo hard into her eyes. There were no tears, only a stern stare of determination, which quickly made the smirks vanish from Rubeus and Safiel's faces. Demando smiled.
"While I don't know all of what happened in the future to lead to your ludicrous ideals of domination." Usagi said quietly. "I'm sure if peace on Earth is something you truly had wanted, I doubt Serenity would had banished you so coldly." She turned around and walked from the table, heading for the door opposite the room. Without a second glance behind her, she swung the door open and walked out.
"ERRRR!" In a fit of rage, Esmerodo grabbed some of the dishes and threw them onto the floor, the sound echoing off the high walls and ceiling around them. "Damn that child, what does she know?"
"You're wrong." Demando moved his glass of whine further on the table and leaned back in his chair folding his hands with a soft chuckle.
"Prince?" She asked in a shocked voice.
"She's not a child anymore." He said.
Usagi ran as fast as she could trying to ignore the pain in her side and reopening her once again closed wound, not seeing the disturbing smile run across Demando's face.
Meanwhile, back in the 20th century everyone had all gathered at the Hino Shrine.
"What!" A small cat sitting on Chibi-Usa's lap gaped at all of them. "That evil prince from the past has the princess?" Rei slowly nodded at Diana.
"What did you tell Usagi's parents Rei?" Michiru asked her raven-haired friend.
"I told them she went to stay with you guys with Chibi-Usa, for a while…." Her voice trailed off.
"So what do we do now?" Hotaru broke the awkward silence.
"We get Usagi back of course!" Chibi-Usa piped up.
"Yes but how?" Minako asked. "We don't have any idea where they are. Maybe the 30th century like before?"
"No." Setsuna sighed. "They wouldn't be stupid enough to try there again."
"Well they were stupid enough to try here again." Minako bit her bottom lip.
"Yes, but if something strange had occurred in the 30th century, the Queen and King would have contacted me by now. Plus the travel in time would have caught my attention." She reasoned.
Makoto leaned back against the wall with a small thud, closing her eyes and rubbing her temple. "She could be anywhere on Earth, and maybe not even on Earth at all."
"We do have leads." Setsuna said. "They are most likely still in this time period, or I would have felt something. They also must be in this galaxy if we assume their mission is to take over this Earth once more."
"That narrows it down." Minako said sarcastically.
"They might be more powerful but their bodies should still be weak if they were just reawoken. They haven't left this world, they wouldn't be able to make it." Ami pulled out her mini computer that Luna had given her a long time ago and started plugging things into it.
Haruka stood up. "Lets go look around the city for any clues at all to where they might have taken her. Especially look at the attack sight from last night and Usagi's house. I have a funny feeling the fire at her house is mixed into this somehow."
"We should probably all go in groups as well." Michiru got up and wrapped her arm around Haruka's. "We know they are after us as well."
"Okay, I'll go with Hotaru!" Chibi-Usa picked Diana up in her arms and stood looking confident, but Luna looked worried.
"Setsuna, do you mind going with them?" She asked.
"What, why?" The little girl's face dropped.
"Don't forget you are still a Senshi in training Chibi-Usa." Luna reminded her. "You're skills and power still have a while to go."
"No matter what I do I'll never be as powerful as Usagi, even with the Moon Kingdom bloodline." She thought of her confrontation with Demando and quickly felt bitter.
"That's no excuse to act rash." Said Artemis. "You'll get your own powers one day and be able to stand alone like Sailor Moon. But now isn't the time to be trying to do that."
"I know. I'm sorry. I haven't forgotten, I am Mama's daughter. I just let what Demando said get to me, that's all."
"I understand." Luna smiled. "So how about Setsuna, Hotaru and Chibi-Usa then Ami and Makoto, Minako and Rei, and Haruka and Michiru-san?"
"Mama, what about…mew?" Diana looked around the room then back at everyone else. "Where is the Prince?"
"Where is Mamoru-san?" Michiru asked also looking around.
"He went looking for Usagi around 11pm last night and he hasn't been back since." Chibi-Usa said sadly. "I gave him my communicator incase of something happening."
"Oh!" Said Ami suddenly. "Everyone has theirs with them right?" Everyone pulled theirs out except for Chibi-Usa.
"Don't worry Chibi-Usa, since we are in a group one of us can contact everyone else if something happens." Hotaru said taking her friends hand. She nodded.
"Alright, lets go." They all put their hands in together. "To save our captive princess."
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