Hey Minna! Here's one of my shorter stories, and it's NOT about Sailor Moon. This is a short look into the mind of Sailor Venus. Enjoy! A Star-Crossed Love By Angelstar1014 E-mail: Angelstar1014@hotmail.com Dedicated to Mee Mee Steph Did you know that irony isn?t always funny? For example, I am the Sailor Scout of Love, and yet that is the one thing I don?t have. I did once. 1,000 years ago, I fell for a man named Kunzite. Princess Serenity had left for the Earth again, going to see the prince there, even though it?s forbidden. She gave me a lecture about never being in love before. Well, I was about to get a full and complete understanding of what she was talking about. We followed her to Earth, and that?s where I saw him. He insulted the princess, but I really couldn?t have cared less. I was too busy getting mesmerized by his eyes. They were beautiful, perfect. Prince Endymion introduced him as Kunzite, the leader of his bodyguards. He?s a leader too? This was too good to be true! I convinced him that we should talk, for security purposes, when in actuality, I just wanted to speak to him. We had similar tastes, interests, hobbies, in short, perfect for each other. Except for one little problem? I?m a princess, and my laws insist that I marry one of noble blood or better. If you think a love between the price of Earth and princess of the Moon is impossible, try a love between the crowned princess of Venus and a man without a drop of noble blood in his well-built body. The heavens shook when my father found out about us. I was restricted to the moon. Grounded, so to speak. When the princess left, I was to stay behind and the others were to retrieve her. Of course, I didn?t listen, I?d gladly face my father?s wrath in order to be with Kunzite. Whenever Serenity left to sneak to Earth, I?d be with her, we?d confide about our loves. About what was so wonderful about them that we?d risk our parents? wrath, the punishment we knew would come. Eventually, the news that I had disobeyed him reached my father. He took me back to Venus. That move may have costed us the war with the Negaverse. With me gone, Beryl was able to turn my love against his prince, against me. From him the other general fell. I returned too late. We all know what happened then. My princess was dead and we were doomed. Even in rebirth we were not destined to be together. Beryl got to him before I could. We became enemies once more. Once I received my memories back, I felt like crying. Why can?t we be together? Why? But I held back my tears. As the leader of the Sailor Scouts, it wouldn?t do to show weakness, especially towards the enemy. Even when my leadership was relinquished to Sailor Moon, I did not cry. What right do I have to cry over a dead love when our princess, that we had sworn to protect, lost her love and there was still a chance to bring him back? Once we were reborn yet another time and with all our memories, I hoped that Sailor Moon would remember all the talks we shared about our loves, but if she did she made not move to acknowledge it in any way. That night I took a long shower and cried my eyes out. I would have used my pillow if I didn?t have Artemis with me. It?s been almost a year now, I?m still alone. Surprisingly enough, I?ve managed to find time to miss him, in between the monster attacks and study sessions. I loved him so much, still do, I suppose. Once Serena commented that her love with Darien seemed star-crossed at times. No, my mind thinks. You still have him, he?s still with you! Kunzite?s gone forever . . . I have experienced a star-crossed love, not once, but twice. And the funny thing is that I would gladly go through the pain of losing him again a million times, for just one more kiss. Well what do you think? Not the bubbly girl you thought she was huh? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com