Title: A First Season Romance With A Few Youma on the Side
By: Terra DeeEarth
E-mail: [email protected]
Typed date: Sunday November 7, 1999 {gee this one took a long time to get out!}
Editor: Tembo Foulds
E-mail: [email protected]
Rated: {Tembo what do you think?} [Potty mouth] {pg to pg-13, I use awful terrible swear words in here... ie. Firetruck.}
Disclaimer: {I don't own Sailor Moon.... [Don't look so shocked! That was my job!] I was surprised when I found out too!}
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School had just let out for the summer in the city of Tokyo,
Japan. Only people who went to special cram schools still had to
attend.
Amazingly none of a very special group of teenage girls had to
go.
Raye's private school had no programs for her Grandpa to talk her into taking.
Lita had begun to get decent grades again when she started at
Juban and befriended the school genius Amy {Lord I spelled it right!!!! now can I keep this up?} and the school's detention representative, Serena.
Amy had decided not to attend a summer cram session, but to study on her own... because it left her more time for ~other~ things. [*Awes come from Temmy*]
Serena had been lucky enough that with the help of her new friends Amy, Lita and Raye, she pulled up her grades enough not to have to attend a summer session.
Even newcomer to their group, Mina was out of school for the
summer, a feat considering that generally her grades were as bad as
Serena's and she had had less time to get help from her new found
friends.
Had they been any other group of teenage girls they would
have spent the summer gossiping, hanging out in malls, and fighting monsters on the Crown's video games. [The difference is they fight them in real life.] {Sometimes our brilliance astounds me}
But this group of girls was different, they knew that their summer would be spent differently this year, talking strategy, working out in abandoned areas, and fighting real-life youma.
They were the Sailor Scouts, looking for the Moon Princess and
trying to defeat the evil Zoicite. {Who even though I'm basing this on the DIC version gets to be male, 'cause I feel sorry for him.}
And this is where our story begins...
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Darien Chiba was walking down the street worrying, but not about something extremely important to the world {for now} as you might expect from a guy who had just recently found out that he was Tuxedo Mask, protector of the super heroine Sailor Moon and someone searching for a mysterious princess. {Sounds a lot like what the scouts are doing. Makes ya kinda wonder what would have happened if he'd ah trusted them enough to tell them what he was searchin' for aye?} [IT'S SPELT "EH?" Terra!]
'What if she changes her daily schedule in the summer? What if
I don't run into the Meatballhead for a whole summer. Mine would be
completely ruined, that's for sure!'
He just had to see her. That last battle had been pretty nasty, his shoulder still hurt a bit. He was lucky; if the new Sailor Scout hadn't shown up they'd all have been toast. But he knew that one look at the Meatballhead and everything would magically be all better, even his quest to find his dream princess and who he was could wait as long as he was near her.
*Smack*
'What a relief only one person could run into me like that!' he
thought cheering up.
"Gomen, gomen!" she cried from the pavement.
"Nice one, Meatballhead," he responded without meaning to.
"Only you, Darien? I had thought it was someone worth
apologizing to!" she yelled, as she ran off before he could see her
tears.
'Look at what you did now, you fool!' he reprimanded himself. 'You should have been nice; you should try to make friends with the poor Bunny. Bunny is the perfect name for her... She'll always hate you if you don't stop making fun of her.'
His day thouroghly cheered up now that she had made an appearance, he continued at a slower pace to the arcade.
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Serena ran for all she was worth. She just couldn't let Darien
see her cry that would hurt more than being caught in Malachite's dome.
She shuddered at the thought.
She made it to the arcade and safely to her out-of-the-way booth in the back, often used for scout meetings when Raye's Grampa felt social. She sat there and tried to calm down.
'I wish Darien would be nicer, I'm sure he's a really nice guy,
after all Andrew wouldn't be friends with him if he wasn't. I guess it just embarrasses him to have me running into him all the time.'
'I wish I weren't such a klutz. If I weren't maybe I could help the girls out more... and be liked by HIM.'
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When Serena had rushed in she had seemed upset about something,
Andrew could tell.
'I wonder what could have happened to make her so sad?' he thought.
He then went over to the back booth to try to cheer his little
friend up.
"Hey, Serena what's wrong?" Andrew asked.
"Nothing, Andrew," she replied, but her voice cracked.
"Come on, Serena what happened was it a boy?"
She looked up sharply, but remained silent, she didn't trust herself not to cry.
Andrew was instantly alert for trouble; Serena was like a sister to him. "Did he hit you?"
She shook her head.
"Serena, you need to tell me what happened, only then can I help. Did he hurt you?"
"I-I sorta crashed into him on the sidewalk and..." she broke off.
"I see, he made fun of you?"
She nodded.
"Serena, he's not worth it. Don't be upset because of something some jerk said." Knowing full well ~some jerk~ was his best friend. "If he doesn't appreciate you he's not worth your time."
She gave him a half-smile.
"I'll bring you a shake okay?"
She nodded, Andrew could always say something to make her feel a bit better about herself.
While Andrew was talking to Serena, Darien had walked in and sat down on his usual stool, thinking Andrew was off fixing the game
that often refused to take tokens, ~Central Control~ by name.
Andrew walked up on his side of the counter.
"You just had to do it didn't you?"
"Do what?" Darien asked.
"Tease Serena."
Darien looked over to the empty ~Sailor V~ game.
"She isn't even here," Darien said.
"Wrong she's in the back booth. She came in here nearly in tears. What would you know about that?"
Worried she might be hurt, but still putting on a cool act so Andrew wouldn't suspect that he actually liked the little Bunny.
"No she walked into someone on the way here and he hurt her feelings bad."
"Who?" 'I'll kill him!'
"You!"
"What? She hates me, why would something I said bother her?"
"You really are dense."
"Not everyone can be the ~king of the arcade~. What do you want me to do?" 'I'll do it, just get off my case about Serena.'
"Why don't you go and apologize, if you think you can without
teasing her some more."
"Fine!" Darien headed towards the back of the arcade.
Andrew smiled, 'he's got it bad.' [Sounds like someone I know.] {I want to know who you're talking about?!?!?!}
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"Excuse me, Mea-Serena do you mind if I sit here?" he asked
quietly.
"Go ahead," she replied coldly.
"Serena, I'm sorry."
"Darien, don't bother. I know you're only here because Andrew made you." 'It's true no matter how much I wish otherwise.'
"No, he didn't force me."
"Sure."
"I didn't know how much the things I said hurt you. I really am sorry."
She couldn't even process what he'd said until she noticed his back was turned and he was leaving the arcade.
Andrew came over to her, "What did you say to him? He actually
looked upset."
"Andrew I've got to go now, can you tell my friends that I'm not going to make it today, please." She then left to follow Darien.
When she had finally caught up to him, he had taken a short cut
down a seemingly deserted alleyway. [I wonder why?]
'Doesn't he know how dangerous this is?' she asked herself.
Something was behind him, he whipped around to take it by surprise.
'Man is he jumpy!' Serena thought as she hit the asfault for the second time that day, in an attempt to dodge his punch.
He heard a whimper and saw Serena sitting on the pavement. 'Oh Kami I almost hit her! I wonder where she learned to dodge like that?'
"Serena," he gave her a hand up. "You shouldn't sneak up on people in alleyways."
"I came to see if you were all right. And you shouldn't BE in the alley in the first place."
"I'm fine," he said turning to leave.
It was then she noticed there was a reddish spill on the back of his jacket.
He motioned for her to follow him as he began to walk.
'Who spills things on the back of a jacket... besides me and Mina.' It almost looked as though it had seeped through from the inside,' she thought, being the expert on spills she was.
She could only think of one thing that would make a reddish stain from the inside of someone's jacket.... his or her blood.
He had left her on the street as soon as they were safely away from the alley.
She followed him to make sure he was all right, but still couldn't figure out how he'd gotten hurt between the arcade and the alley without her seeing it happen.
He wondered why she'd followed him into some of the places he'd
begun to use as shortcuts since he found out he was a superhero.
'She cares too much, unfortunately for me I bet she'd do that
for anyone, even a perfect stranger. I'm practically a stranger to her. Damn it my shoulder is starting to hurt again.'
Soon he'd reached his objective. The park. He knew it was
dangerous to go to this particular park because of all the youma attacks lately, but he could take care of himself.
'So tired, sore, I've got to sit down.'
He sat leaning against a tree, he closed his eyes.
'Just a short rest and then I'll go home and fix my shoulder.'
'There he is,' she thought, realizing he was weak from loss of blood,(having been in that position herself) she knew he needed her help.
'Why would he come here of all places? There's a youma attack here almost weekly!'
She came up behind him quietly, not knowing if she should wake him or not. Amy was the doctor not her. But it was her that was here not Amy. And she was Sailor Moon, she could at least protect him until she found out how else she could help. This would be tough to do on her own, but she had to try.
She knelt down beside him if he would move a little so she could find out how much blood he'd lost.
She put gentle pressure onto his arm. He groaned and moved away from the pain slightly. She could get a good look at how much blood was on the jacket.
'Oh that's nasty, the blood is thicker than it ought to be too. This looks like an old wound, that has reopened.'
She was terrified for him, no one had told her that he'd been hurt in any way.
'So I doubt he's been to a doctor, Andrew would have told me.'
'There's someone close,' Darien thought. 'How long have I been out of it? Damn, if this happens during a fight Sailor Moon and the others could get hurt.'
He felt pressure where Zoicite had stabbed him with that crystal. He was slowly regaining consciousness.
'Darien's not going to be pleased that I'm here,' Serena thought, praying she was doing what Amy would have done in the same situation.
He blinked furiously 'what had happened?'
'Kami, I passed out in one of the most dangerous places in Tokyo!'
He tried to sit up rapidly.
"Calm down you'll only hurt yourself worse," a feminine voice told him.
"What-?"
"Shush, I took care of you while you were out. If you think you can get up we'd better get you to a doctor."
"No, I don't need a doctor," he said, his vision hadn't cleared and he just couldn't place the voice.
"Yes you do. You don't even know who you're talking to," she giggled, 'if you had you'd be flippin' out by now.' For some reason she liked taking care of him.
"How'd you know that?"
"You've lost a lot of blood, you probly can't see straight."
"How do you know all that?" he insisted.
"I'm not as dumb as most people think I am."
"I know you don't I?"
"Somewhat."
He tried to get up.
"Let me help you," Serena said, slipping her tiny body under his good arm and helping support most of his weight. 'Thank Kami I'm a Senshi!'
"Who are you?"
"A friend."
'This girl sounds a lot like... No she couldn't be... could she?' "Sailor Moon?"
'Oh my god!' "Nope, what makes you think that?"
"You're small and supporting most of me on your shoulders."
"I'm just strong for my size." 'Well that's the partial truth. I hate having to lie like that.'
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"The pay phone at the edge of the park. I might be strong but we'll never make it anywhere without help."
Just then his foot hit something. He stumbled, but she kept her balance.
'I was beginning to think it was Serena, but there's no way she could have balanced me from a fall, not like this girl did. Who is she?'
But aloud he said, "Sorry, I still can't see much."
"That's all right, I've been in worse scrapes than that would have been."
"Are you sure you're not Sailor Moon?"
"Mhmm."
He had no choice then, but to lean on her heavier.
They both knew it was a strain for her to even keep walking now, but they kept going. She had to help him, it was who she was. He didn't want to leave her alone in a place like this even if he wouldn't be much help to her in his condition.
"We're almost there," she was feeling the strain. 'I'm going to feel this in the morning. I can't let him know that it's me though he's already guessed about Sailor Moon, he could be killed if the Negaverse found out.'
They continued without speaking until she set him down to call the ambulance.
He was losing it again, he could feel it, but there was nothing he could do.
"Rest it's all right, I'll protect you," she whispered.
That was the last thing he heard before he passed out.
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Darien woke up, he was in a strange bed. He did not know where he was. His should didn't hurt like before, what had happened.
Then he remembered what had happened the night before. 'I guess my guardian angel was watching over me that night. I wonder who she was?'
"You're awake, we were worried that you hadn't gotten here in time." She was a cheerful redheaded nurse that reminded him of Andrew's sister Lizzie.
"Who brought me here?" he asked.
"We don't know, when the ambulance got to the park you were alone by the phone booth. No one knows where the girl who made the call went. Some say she probably didn't want any publicity over the matter. Do you know what she looked like?"
"No, my vision was hazy, she wouldn't tell me her name either."
"Lie back and relax, your friend wants to see you now."
'How would they have known to call Andrew? I never bothered to put anyone on that next of kin card.' he asked himself.
"You okay, Darien?" Andrew asked from the door.
"I think so," he answered.
"Good, you gave me quite the scare."
"Who called you, though?"
"One of the secretaries here called me this morning at the arcade. She said my number was in your pocket."
"I didn't have it there before I left the arcade though."
"I know, you have my home and the arcade numbers memorized."
"She must have been someone I knew then."
"Who?" Andrew asked.
"The girl who brought me to the phone booth and called the ambulance. She wouldn't tell me her name and she left before the ambulance arrived."
"That's odd Dare."
"Wait a minute, aren't your parents at that conference on one of the other islands?"
"Yeah..."
"Isn't Lizzie in France for the summer?"
"Yeah... what are you getting at?"
"You should get going then. If you're running the arcade alone, you shouldn't shut down to come see me."
"You're my friend Dare, I would have. But Serena volunteered to help out by keeping up shop while I was here."
"Little helpless Serena's running the arcade?"
"She's not so helpless, besides her friends were supposed to get there soon, and you know how Lita is when people get rough with her friends."
"Yeah, I guess she's well protected."
"Darien you sound like you care."
"Me? About the Meatballhead?"
"You can't hide it from me. I could pass for the husband of Venus," he winked.
"No mythology, please Andrew, I'll debate the qualities of Aphrodite later."
"Nah, she's unattainable. I've set my sites within reach now."
"Oh I can't wait to hear this..."
"What? You like Serena."
"I never said that."
"You never said ~NO~ either."
"I give. Who do YOU like?"
"Sailor Venus."
"Andrew!!!!!!!!!!"
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"Serena, where were you yesterday? You didn't call 'till late," Mina asked. Serena was the only scout who was even semi-close to yet.
"I was busy, someone needed my help."
"Sure, Serena, is that why you missed the meeting too?" Raye teased.
"You guys it sounds like whatever she was doing was important, leave her be." Amy said.
Even though Serena was technically leader, EVERYONE listened to Amy.
"So, why are you working here today?" Lita asked.
"Andrew's friend Darien is in the hospital, they called Andrew this morning, just after I got here, he was going to close up, so I told him I'd take care of things while he was gone."
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"The nurse said now that they've treated my shoulder I can leave. You wanna have a coffee?" Darien asked Andrew as they got ready to go.
"If we have it at the arcade, I don't want to make Serena work any longer then I have to."
"Yeah, I never thought of her as the responsible type."
"There are things that girl can do that amaze even me, and I've known her since she found out what a video game was," Andrew laughed.
"The thought of her waitressing, just doesn't click for me."
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"Hey, Serena how's it going?" Andrew asked.
"Everything's fine, not once did I have to call on Lita to protect me AND I didn't once mess up, even one order."
"Great job."
Then she noticed Darien sitting in his usual stool. "How are you feeling Darien?"
"What? Uh fine I guess." 'She's still talking to me after yesterday. Wow.'
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She had moved out of Andrew's ~thrown~, as he called it and over to the booth where Raye, Amy, Lita and Mina were sitting.
The girls talked for a few minutes, until Mina suddenly noticed something.
"Serena, why aren't you wearing your broach?"
"Omigosh, I must have dropped it. I'll be back as soon as possible. I'll be at the park. Konbonwai!" Serena said as she ran off.
Andrew was coming over to get their orders. "Where did Serena run off to?"
"She's going to the park. She is such an airhead," Raye muttered.
After he'd returned to them and delivered their orders, he went back to chatting with Darien.
"Andy, where did Serena get to? She ran out of here like a bat out of hell."
"Raye said she was going to the park."
"The park?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Do you know how dangerous the park is? Even in the daytime she shouldn't be going alone."
"Why don't you go with her then?" Andrew asked, but Darien was already half way to the door.
Mina, who'd been coming up to get a shake, after Artimis so kindly spilled hers so he could have it, just had to say, "They'd make such a cute couple."
"Wouldn't they though," Andrew replied.
"I should get them together."
"I'm Andrew, you're one of Serena's new friends, right?"
"Yes, my name is Mina, but you can call me Venus, goddess of luv."
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Darien followed Serena to the park. 'What is she doing here? It looks like she's looking for something. I wonder what.'
Serena heard someone come up behind her. "Who's there?"
"You never know. You shouldn't be here it's dangerous." Darien told her.
"I don't need you to baby-sit me. I can take care of myself!" she said as she continued searching.
"What are you looking for?"
"My broach."
He helped her search, they didn't speak much.
Darien realized that they went to some of the places he'd have been the night before, there was no way there could be two places like this. He was beginning to suspect Serena of being the girl from the night before, but was convinced otherwise when she tripped over a piece of upturned pavement. She would have landed flat on her face, had he not caught her.
She was dazed for a few moments expecting to eat pavement.
He held her and noticed that this was probably where he'd tripped last night.
"My broach!" Serena cried as she ran over a few steps to retrieve it.
"Darien are you all right?" she asked as she noticed an odd look on his face.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
'Negavibes!'
"Uh Darien, we'd better get out of here," Serena said, she did not like the bad feeling she was getting.
"Yeah, let's go," he answered.
"And just where do you think you're going? I've got you now!" Zoicite screeched as he entrapped them in a bubble and transported them to the Negaverse. {Yes HE I feel sorry for him with what DIC did to him.} [I'm just glad they kept Jedy-chan the same way.]
"I'm sorry," both Serena and Darien said at the same time.
"My broach my fault."
"I should have done something."
"You couldn't have."
And then the bubble was gone and they were falling........
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When Darien came to he was on a cold floor. Serena in a mess of hair was beside him, out cold.
"Well, well, well, Tuxedo Mask finally awakens," Zoicite taunted.
Malachite was watching his boyfriend proudly.
"What do you want, Zoicite?" Darien asked.
"Your head on a platter, but my queen says she wants you as a slave. What my queen wants, my queen gets."
"Let the girl go!"
"No, she'll be your motivation."
'Why is Zoicite arguing with Darien?' Serena wondered as she awoke to see the tow exchange some blows. 'He's in trouble and it's my fault.'
"Stop," she said weakly, as she stood up.
"Serena get back!" Darien called to her.
Zoicite appeared in front of her.
"Get away from us, you creep!" Serena yelled as she kneed Zoicite hard in the balls. [Great move...almost did that to Travis.] {poor Travis!}
Malachite them appeared behind her. "You'll pay for that twit." {I think he liked Zoi's balls as they were.} [*lol*]
He began to hit and kick her despite Darien's efforts to stop him, until Zoicite got up off the floor.
"Malachite, take the girl to a cell, after I speak with the Queen I'll join you with him."
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After what felt like hours to Darien, Zoicite was ordered to take him to a cell.
'How can their Queen know who I am? Even I don't know who I am. I hope Serena's okay. If they hurt her-'
"Cape-boy! Wake up we're here," Zoicite yelled at him. Giving Darien a shove, Zoicite locked the cell and disappeared.
'Damn it. I didn't have a chance to get away, to save her, I couldn't even transform. I'm useless,' Darien thought as he began to pace his cell.
*thud*
'What the hell?' His foot had struck something soft. He looked down. 'Serena!'
She was lying there on the cold, hard floor, she looked like she'd been beaten more after Malachite took her away. Her hair hid her face but he knew that if he swept the golden fountain from her face he'd find his little Bunny with a black eye and blood trickling down her face.
'Poor thing all this because she was in the park with a guy she probably hates. Not that I blame her for hating me. She'll probably be afraid to come near me after this. If there is an after this.'
He wished he could do something, protect her, help her, save her. After a few moments he realized, he could help her. He was a med-student, after all. With newfound determination and hope, he began to treat her wounds.
He wrapped her in his jacket, so she wouldn't freeze and used pieces of his shirt as bandages. {Wh-who!} [*does her French growl*] He even brought down the swelling on some of her bumps with cold loose bricks.
He then began to wonder, why exactly he couldn't transform unless Sailor Moon had, it seemed. He couldn't figure it out.
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She was warm and Kami she hurt all over. 'What happened? Where am I?' She tried to move, but it just hurt too much. She groaned in pain.
Darien heard her. He'd tried not to fall asleep, to stand guard over her, but he'd still dozed off.
"Shh. Don't try to move," he whispered.
"I... already-fig-figur-ed that ou-t," she managed to reply.
"Don't worry I tried to fix your scrapes, they're nothing serious."
"Dar-ien?"
"Yes," he replied a bit ashamed.
"I-am-so-orry-to-g-et.... you in-to this m-ess."
"No Serena, this is NOT your fault. What did that guy do to you?"
"He... just ...smacked...me .... around a little. I...'ll be fine."
"You're one tough little girl."
She gave no reply. He listened for second or two. Her breathing was regular now, she'd fallen asleep in his arms.
'Now to think of a way out of here."
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He began to hear crashing sounds, every sense he had was screaming danger.
Even in sleep Serena felt it too.
"Darien, what's going on?" She asked in a sleepy whisper.
"I don't know, but whatever it is it's getting closer."
She weakly tried to get up, ending up back on the floor.
"Stand back!" Someone yelled as lightning came crashing through the cell door.
When the dust cleared, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury were standing at the door.
"Come on, while the others hold them off!" Mercury ordered.
Darien was in shock for a minute. 'How did they find us? Why haven't I transformed?'
He then heard Serena collapse on the floor, because of another attempt to stand.
'Oh my god!' Jupiter thought. 'What happened to Serena?'
Darien went to her and picked her up, "Let's get out of here."
Mercury opened her communicator, "Mars! We have the prisoners. Get your team together and get out of here."
Then using a small device she'd built in a matter of hours, Mercury opened a portal back to the park.
Mars and Venus used a similar device to get to another spot in the park. It wouldn't be good for four of the scouts to be seen together without their leader in a situation like this.
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They arrived at the park, Serena asleep in Darien's arms.
"Put the girl down so Mercury can check her out," Jupiter ordered.
Darien complied, he'd seen Mercury do this on her fellow scouts, and he knew it wouldn't hurt Serena.
Mercury scanned Serena with her computer. "Thankfully, there's nothing too serious. She's just exhausted. *turning to Darien* you did a good job. *too all* we can't just send her home like this, though."
"Maybe we can arrange to have one of us scouts take care of her," Jupiter suggested.
"Jupiter. That's next to impossible," Mercury said.
"She can stay with me," Darien suggested.
"You!?!" Mercury and Jupiter asked.
"Well I've taken care of her for awhile now and she knows me from around town."
"I don't know..." Jupiter started.
"I think it's a good idea," Mercury said.
"What? Mars will flip."
"There's no other choice, Jupiter."
"You sound like V-babe. What would Moon do?"
"Whatever she had to."
"I guess it's settled then," Jupiter admitted. She did not like the idea of leaving Serena alone with a guy they barely knew.
"I'd better go now," Darien said.
"Right, I'll have Mars ~okay it~ with her parents then," Mercury informed him.
"How?-- never mind," he said picking up Serena and heading towards Azabu apartment complex. {I'm a stalker I admit it} [*lol*]
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"Jupiter, please tell me I did the right thing," Mercury said.
"I don't know Ames, I don't know."
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When Darien got home he decided to give Serena the bed and sleep on the couch.
'She's such an angel,' he thought as he laid out some of his smaller clothes at the end of the bed, for her to wear when she woke up.
He was so tired, he was asleep as soon as he hit the couch.
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{this touch-typing works soooo much better when you put your fingers on the right keys} [Told you!]
When Serena woke in the morning she found herself in a strange bed.
'What happened last night... The scouts, they came and saved us.. I hope they're all okay. Maybe this is Mina's house.'
She crept out of bed and looked around.
'There's no way Mina's room would look like this, it's more like a guy's room.--- What? A picture of Andrew and me? Whose room is this?'
There were clothes on the end of the bed, guy's clothes. Jogging pants and a simple white T-shirt, they would be way to big for her but they were better than the stained, torn and dirty ones she had on.
She dressed and leaning against the wall for support she made her way out of the room.
It wasn't until she reached the door that she realized that she wasn't alone.
He was there with her. He looked so kwaii asleep on the couch.
As if he could sense her watching him, he stirred. He was now half awake, she smiled and waited there for him to fully wake.
'What a night. I hope Serena's all right. Serena!!!' he thought, whipping up off the couch to go check on her, only to see her leaning against the wall..... giggling.
"What?" he asked.
"If I didn't know you better I'd think you were actually worried about me."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You've made it quite clear that you've hated me since we met."
He was really ashamed of his behavior now, 'She actually thinks I could hate her, that anyone could hate her.'
"Serena, I don't hate you."
"Darien, I'm not as dumb as you think I am."
'Deja vu.'
"What did you say?"
"I said, I'm not as dumb as you seem think I am."
"Serena, I'm sorry for everything I've ever said mean to you, and I've NEVER hated you."
"Look, I won't give you a hard time about it. Where are we? And how did we get here?"
"We're at my apartment, after the Sailor Scouts got us out of that place, Mercury and I agreed that this was the safest place to bring you."
"Thanks," she said, feeling dizzy, she tried to make her way to a chair.
Her feet refused to move, she lurched forward and closing her eyes, braced herself for a fall. But the floor never hit her.
Darien saw her about to fall, and using his Tux abilities, managed to catch her and bring her back to her feet.
"You can open your eyes."
She turned bright red, Raye's skirt red.
"Sorry, that's another one I owe you."
"No problem, I'm surprised you can even stand, let alone walk after the beating you took." With that, he picked her up and carried her over to the couch.
Still red as a {pardon my swearing Tembo} fire truck {well not the ones around here, because they're a yellow-green...}, she said, "I'm pretty strong for a girl my size." [*Tembo screams at Terra for swearing!* Fire Truck is a VERY VERY bad word Terra!]
There was a silence while Darien put two and two together.
"You were the one," he said finally.
"I was what?" she asked.
"You were the girl who saved my life in the park, weren't you?" He was expecting her to say no, but in a weak voice he heard...
"Yes."
"You saved the life of a guy you can't stand?"
"I saved the life of a friend who needed me."
"How'd you even know I was there?"
"I followed you."
"Even after I almost made you cry?"
"You needed someone, and I was the only one who could see that."
"Thank you. I WAS beginning to think it was you, before you saved me from falling."
She looked away.
"Sorry, but you know usually you cause me to fall." 'You even caused me to fall in luv.' [Mush.] {first seasons usually are}
"I guess I deserved that one. Hey why were you in the park anyway?"
"I was just going for a walk.. to think about what you told me."
"No not when you hurt your arm, when I was looking for my broach."
"Andrew told me that you were going to the park, and I figured that it was too dangerous for you to go alone."
"That was very sweet of you."
"You should probably be resting," he suggested, not being comfortable with where the conversation was heading.
"I am resting."
Darien sighed. "Umm, you want to watch Sailor V or something?"
"Sailor V, are you kidding?"
"Nope," he went over and put the tape in the VCR.
He sat down on the opposite end of the couch as Serena and began to fast forward the previews.
He wasn't really paying attention to anything other than the TV, so he didn't notice Serena sneak up close to him, until she snatched the remote {otherwise known as the 'Godstick'}from his hand.
"You're supposed to watch the promos," she giggled. {just for you tem!} [CATNAPPED! WE HAVE TO WATCH CATNAPPED!]
Strange thing was, he usually did.
It was into the last 15-20 minutes of the movie when Darien began to feel a weight on his shoulder.
He slowly turned, to see that Serena had fallen asleep during the movie, leaning against him.
'She's sooooo cute like that, okay she's soooo cute no matter what she does.'
He couldn't get over the fact that Bunny was asleep, even snuggled up against him. He felt like he could fly and might have tried to, if it wouldn't have woken her up.
Needless to say, he luved the feeling he had when she was around, like she was the only thing in the world that could possibly matter.
Unknowingly he dropped his head on top of hers and fell asleep. For the first time in a long time he did not dream of the princess.
Unfortunately Serena was dreaming... a replay of Malachite beating her and interrogating her about what she knew of Darien.
Darien was awakened by her cries.
"No, I don't know anything about him...even if I did I wouldn't tell you!" she cried in her sleep.
'Should I wake her up?' he asked himself.
"Hit me all you want, but you won't make me tell you anything about Darien!"
'Tough Bunny. She took that beating for me?'
"Somebody! Help me! Please!"
'She needed me and I wasn't there. Well I'm here now."
"Serena," he shook her. "Serena, wake up, you're having a nightmare."
"What? Help!" she cried as he struggled waken her.
She blinked her eyes open. "Darien?"
As he nodded, she threw her arms around his neck and began to silently cry her eyes out.
He just held her, "Shhh, it's all right, everything's fine now," he chanted.
Soon she stopped shuddering. Her breathing became normal again.
Darien sighed, not letting her go. 'She's okay, she'll be okay, but Malachite will pay for this!'
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Darien was awake for a long time trying to figure out what to do about this whole episode with Serena. He couldn't come up with anything.
When Serena woke up to find herself sitting on Darien's lap, all snuggled {I like that word} [Snuggling's fun...*giggles*] up in his arms, her heart leapt, then she was immediately embarrassed by her actions.
'I almost got him killed and he's here taking care of me. I'm the worst person in the whole entire universe!'
"Are you awake sleepyhead?" she heard him call softly.
"Mhmm," she said sliding out of his arms.
He was a bit disappointed to say the least, but totally unprepared for the bitter cold that he felt as left his arms, and headed for the bathroom.
Serena really didn't want to leave his arms let alone his apartment, but she had to get to Raye's so they could figure out what to do about the Negaverse.
Darien was quite surprised to see her taking it so well.
"I've got to be going now, Darien. Thank you soooooo much for all you did, I can never repay you."
He thought, 'You light up everyday of my life, how could I repay you?' but said...
"Do you need me to take you anywhere?"
"No, thank you, I'm only going to Raye's."
He was worried that he'd now lost his angel's light forever, when halfway out the door she turned.
"See you around!" she called cheerily and skipped out the door.
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Serena's small communicator went off to Amiee and Mina's ~all call~.
She could hear Mina yell, "Venus Crescent Beams---" as Amiee called for help.
"Youma by the lake we need help--" Amiee cried only to be cut off by Mina screaming out in pain.
Serena began to run for all she was worth towards the lake.
She ducked behind a tree, "Moon Prism Power!"
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Darien was just about to make himself lunch, when he felt that familiar sensation pulling at him. Sailor Moon had just transformed, and she needed him.
When he arrived all the scouts (Merc, Moon, Mars, Jupe and V) were fighting a really BIG youma. [A REALLY big one eh?]
By the time they had defeated the youma, everyone had taken a few hits, but Tuxedo Mask more than any of them, he had been feeling guilty about not being there to help the other day.
His wounds were bleeding as he slumped against a tree.
"Are you all right?" Sailor Moon asked him.
He nodded, wondering how she could be so concerned when he'd made it clear that he was only helping them to get the rainbow crystals.
"Mercury," Sailor Moon called. "You've got to help him."
"But Moon-"
"Now, this is serious. Jupiter, Venus, Mars, guard the area. Don't let anyone over here until I say."
None of the scouts questioned their leader's orders this time.
Mercury bandaged his cuts with the help of Moon.
"Thank you, Sailor Moon, Mercury, but it's dangerous here," Tux said.
"It's all right, I'll protect you," Sailor Moon told him.
His head snapped back up, 'did she just say what I think she said? But that was what Serena said!'
"Mercury, may I please speak to Sailor Moon alone?" he asked quietly.
Mercury looked to her leader. Moon nodded.
"If you need me just shout, I'll be close," Mercury said giving her leader a pat on the shoulder.
Moon smiled, "You always are."
When Mercury had left hearing range Moon asked, "What did you need to speak to me about?"
"Well, uh, this is kinda hard to explain."
"You should never be afraid to ask me anything."
"Never mind."
"Come on, you've saved my life soooo many times, what can I do for you?"
"Serena?" he asked.
"What did you call me?"
"Serena, is that you?"
"Nope, who's Serena?" Moon asked, thinking, 'I'm toast.'
"I won't tell anyone. I need to know if you're her."
Sailor Moon looked at her feet and turning away slightly she did not know what to do.
"So it is you," he said, tracing a mark on her arm.
She was about to call for Mercury and the others when he hugged her.
"Serena, I will always protect you," he said as he removed his mask.
"D-Darien?"
He nodded.
"I've wanted to do this for a long time, but I was afraid to get you mixed up in all this," he said, then he kissed her.
Soon they heard snickering. [*Giggles*]
"Scouts?!" Moon gasped.
"Well, at least some of us are concerned with our duties," Mars crowed.
Moon blushed.
After a moment a realization came to Darien and he said, "Raye, lay off her for once."
The scouts gave amazed looks as he held Moon close.
The Beginning!
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{hope you liked my first typed single parter....well actually I hope you like everything I send in, even if they are corny, not horny Tembo you pervert CORNY! Well catcha later!}
{14 typed pages! yay}
[Horney! Terra said Horney! HA HA HA HA HA! Terra you pervert! *Whispers to audience* You should hear what she said she'd get for me on my wedding day! What a PERVERT! Geez Terra are you ever sick or what!?!? *Tembo laughs insanely* PERVERT, PERVERT! TERRA IS A PERVERT! {excuse me! who said they had to be a specific colour?!?!?} *lol* Oh well it's time for some of my "Incredibly insane quotes!"
Quote #1
Minako: "MUTANT!"
Tembo: "Yah...I have MaGiCaL powers...AND I'll KICK your ASS!"
~*Minako and Tembo having a fight. (We're sisters you know...it's what we do.) {and often they do!}
Quote #2
Terra: Minako will fit in a handbag, my backpack...
Tembo interrupting: She'll fit in most overhead compartments! *Tembo laughs insanely at Minako*
~*One of our ramblings on the road.
Quote #3
Tembo: PERVERT PERVERT! TERRA IS A PERVERT!
~*Tembo....Sound familiar? It should.
Quote #4
Tembo: Guess what Terra? My fingers are covered in blue paint!
Terra: I asked you what was new.
~*Tembo and Terra on ICQ
Quote #5
Tembo: Travis if you tip my chair back one more time I'll sack you!!
~*Tembo angry at Travis...*lol* (Minako... :P) HA ha ha! (She likes him!){you are so lucky she doesn't read my fan fiction!}
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