AN: I don’t own Bleach or Sailor Moon. I’m not rich enough.
Yes, this was inspired by the Swan Princess, but that’s ended now as you will see. Enjoy!
Turning the Clock Round
Serenity danced in the garden, her with gown flowing around her. She was still upset that she had been betrothed to the prince of Earth, but it left her to wonder which one. The prince of Earth had not visited since there had been some warring on that planet. It seemed like they were quite barbaric on Earth. She laid in the green grass and sighed. She was only 13 and now she had marriage on her mind constantly. She didn’t want this marriage, she wanted love.
“Serenity-hime!” Luna called to her.
Serenity’s head perked up and she smiled at the black cat.
“Yes, Luna?”
The cat sighed at sat next to her charge. “Because of your mother’s deal, we are going to be having a ball. All the princes from Earth will be here to meet you. You need to practice your dancing and your greetings.”
Serenity pouted and rolled over so she wasn’t facing the cat. She groaned in annoyance and played with a blade of grass.
“Serenity! It’s going to happen whether you want it to or not!” Luna huffed.
Serenity reached over and scratched her charge’s ears and sighed. “Doesn’t mean I have to go along with it Luna. I can still fight a little bit.”
Serenity slowly got up and followed Luna into the hall to practice her dancing.
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It was only a few days before the princes arrived from all around. Serenity stood and greeted each and every one. Needless to say she was not impressed with any of them. There were princes from Egypt, Russia, Japan, Elysian, even a few from Africa. They were all so assured that she was going to pick him as her king, that she lost interest after the greetings.
Her eyes lit up when she spotted the three lights of Kinmoku. The princes not vying for her hand in marriage. She ran across the ball room floor and hugged them each.
“Seiya! Yaten! Taiki! I’ve missed you!” Serenity cried out.
The crowd of princes looked over at the four and glared at the three men who had earned the princess’s true smile.
Seiya smiled and patted her head. “Odango, you need to pay more attention to your suitors, they’re going to kill us it seems.”
“What Seiya? Aren’t you man enough to save your precious princess?” Yaten teased.
The Lunarian princess frowned and sighed. “None of them want to really know me, they want to know what power they can get.”
Taiki patted her back and smiled. “You know you have to do this though. We’ll be here in case anything happens.” He assured the little rabbit.
“Looks like we have some late party crashers.” Yaten observed.
Serenity turned and saw a whole group of young men walk in. Half were dressed in black robes, the other half were in white robes. They were obviously unhappy with the other’s arrival. The party crashers’ hair was all sorts of colors and shapes, it defied gravity and nature. Serenity grabbed Seiya’s hand for comfort at the sight of these boys.
Seiya led her up to the group and smiled at them. “Gentlemen, this is Princess Serenity. Would you like to introduce yourselves to her and where you are from on Earth?”
Serenity frowned at Seiya for a moment before turning to the younger men and smiling at them.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you all. Are you all princes from Earth?” She asked, surprised by the sheer number of men in front of her.
An older gentleman stepped forward and kissed her hand. He was bald and his snowy beard was long enough to reach the floor. He was from the side dressed in black.
“We, Princess Serenity, are from a place called Soul Society. These are the captains who run my thirteen squads and are princes in their own right.” He explained gently.
Serenity smiled and nodded to each of them, still nervous with how some seemed more interested in other things.
Another man came forward, he was much younger and his auburn hair was slicked back. He smoothed a strand of Serenity’s hair from her face.
“Young Princess, we are from a place called Hueco Mundo. It’s similar to the Soul Society in some aspects. These gentlemen, and we use that term loosely with some, are the Espada; the strongest and most eligible in the land.” His voice was cold and gave Serenity chills.
Seiya pulled Serenity away from the leader of the Espada. “Serenity will begin dancing with the princes soon. Just let her have some champagne and she will be happy to dance with you gentlemen.” He quickly dismissed themselves and headed back to where Yaten and Taiki were.
“Seiya! Why did you tell them that!?” Serenity demanded as she hit him playfully.
Seiya laughed and took the abuse from his best friend. Taiki was watching the group of men in black and white with interest. Yaten was playing with champagne.
“Odango! You have to dance with them. As much as you don’t want to, you have to dance with every prince in here. I promise Taiki, Yaten, or I will cut in if you signal us.” Seiya appeased.
Serenity sighed. Tonight was not going to be her night and these recent arrivals had only left her feeling more and more uneasy with the whole marriage prospect.
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Elsewhere at the ball, Endymion was seething. It was his right to have the Lunarian princess and no other’s. He ran a hand through his short black hair and his cobalt eyes watched the princess with disgust.
How dare she even think of looking at other men, how dare her mother put on this tawdry affair of a ball, and how dare Serenity spend more time with the Kinmokuans rather than with him!
He was going to have to get her to focus only on him, make her think he truly was her only hope and then when the time was right, take her out.

Well, we have plots to dispose of our dear bunny, but will they come to fruition? Anyways, it’s finally a crossover, just took me a while to figure out how to do this whole Bleach thing. The reason I put both the Espada and the Gotei 13, is simply because I couldn’t decide on any of the men. Serenity will dance with each, but some may be shorter dances than others.
Vote for who you think she should be with! I will even accept Halibel and Uohana for love knows no bounds.