Heart & Soul
AN Hi Guys! This is the revised version. Not much changed, only, like, one scene, but it might make more sense in a later chapter if you read it again. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. I DO, however, own my roller blades! ^-^()
Now, I shall sing you a song. What? you don't wanna here it? Aw, pooh.
oh well. just read the fic.
Heart & Soul
PG-13
Neko Tenshi
Serena's POV
"Darien, how could you!" I screamed and my boyf-no, EX boyfriend. "I can't believe this! You yell at ME when I want a
break from our relationship, and here you are, cheating on me with some sluttish whore!" I gestured towards the skinny, gangly
red head with straight hair, clothes a few sizes to small, and a bust size showing she had one to many implants.
"Serena, I...uh...she's my cousin!" Darien exclaimed. I could tell he was proud of himself for his WAY to lame excuse.
"Oh, sure. You were just making out with your fellow family member. Hello, Bastard! You don't have any family LEFT!" I
screamed at him tears threatening to fall, but I held them back. I knew what I said was harsh, but after this, I didn't care.
"Serena-" he began, but I cut him off.
"Darien.... Just forget it." I said, sighing and lowering my voice. I looked up at him; my eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"I'm tired of your excused. As far as I'm concerned, this relationship is over." I finished icily, walking out the door, shutting it softly
behind me.
~
I leaned against the door and finally let the tears fall. I couldn't believe what just happened. I pushed my self up off the
door and ran out of the apartment complex to the park. When I got to the garden, I fell to the grass, surrounded by lilies, daffodils,
irises, and other exotic flowers. The only flower not present was a rose. There was not a single rose in the whole entire garden,
which I was grateful for. I never really liked roses. Plus, I'm allergic to them. Weird, huh? After a few more minutes of crying, I
heard a rustling in a near by tree.
"Who's there?" I asked, sniffling. A boy, that looked to be around my own age of 15, with colbolt blue eyes and long
chestnut brown hair pulled back in a braid with a Chicago sox hat and baggy ripped blue jeans and a black T-shirt on, jumped down
from the tree, smiling. I got up quickly and went into a defensive stance, wiping tears from my eyes.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Woah, hold up! I ain't gonna hurt cha! The name's Duo Maxwell. Who 'r' you?" the boy asked.
"Serena Tuskino." I answered, falling back hard onto my bottom. I don't know why I told him my name. It was... strange, to say the
least. He came over and sat across from me. We talked for a while, and he got to be a pretty cool guy. He learned more about me
in 5 minutes that Darien ever knew in 5 months.
"Wow. So you do karate, AND you sing AND you baby-sit AND you manage to get ALL you school work done? Geez, I could NOT
accomplish that." Duo said, hanging his head. I laughed.
We were having so much fun just talking that I forgot all about Darien and his Barbie. Well, almost...
"So, anyway, where do you go to school? I haven't seen you around here before." I said, wiping flower petals off my Capri jeans.
"I just moved in today from Italy. (AN: don't ask. I was just thinking about Italy at that moment...) I was just checking out my new
surroundings. I've been enrolled to Juuban High School." Duo said, popping off the head of a dandelion.
"You're going to Juby?" I asked looking up.
"Juby? You mean Juuban? Yeah, why?" He looked at me.
"Because I go th-" I was cut off by a familiar sounding voice.
"Serena! Serena? What are you doing here? I thought for sure you'd be in the rose garden..." Darien babbled on, and I moaned
and rolled my eyes. I stood up and walked up to him. Grossing my arms over my light green spaghetti strap shirt.
"Anyway, I came to apologize" He FINALLY finished.
He looked at me with these big puppy dog eyes and he looked so lame and pathetic that I almost felt sorry for him. ALMOST.
"Look. Darien. It's over. Finished. Finé. Finite. WE'RE THROUGH!" I said, getting right up in his face. I expected him to pout and
try again. But instead, he did the horrible, the disgusting, the unthinkable: he KISSED me!
I stood there in a state of shock for a moment, and he must have thought I was enjoying it, because he wrapped his arms
around my waste, which brought me out of my stupor. I wrapped my arms around his neck, which he thought I was doing for
the kiss, but I was actually looking for a pressure point. When I found it, I smiled against his lips and squeezed. He yelped and
broke the 'kiss'. His hands flew up to his neck, and I punched him in his stomach. He leaned over in pain, so I decided to go over
and help. Or, at least, that's what he thought. I grabbed his arm and flipped him over my shoulder, pinning him with my feet.
I got off him and got right up in his face. Again. But this time, he didn't kiss me, thank GOD.
"I told you Darien, once before, that if you ever touch me in a way I don't like, my wrath would fall upon you. But did you listen
to me? Of course not. Why would you? All you know of Serena is a clumsy ditz that fails school. Well guess what. You were
wrong. Good bye, Darien. Please, DON'T come back." I started to walk away, but turned around again. "Oh, and, seeing how
the girls don't know this, don't mention this to any one, or prepare for a very painful dé javú."
I walked over to where Duo was standing. "Well Duo, it was nice meeting you, but I have to go. I'm supposed to meet
the girls there 15 minutes ago." I said, walking off towards Sakura Street.
"Wait, if you were supposed to meet them 15 minutes ago, wouldn't that make you late? And isn't the arcade the OTHER
way? And are these girls your talking about the girls you told me about? And why don't they know about your super cool ninja stuff?
And why..." Duo babbled on until I stopped a few steps down the street. I turned around
"DUO! Shut up! They think I'm ALWAYS late, the same way that they think I'm a clumsy ditz and don't know about the
karate. And if you ever tell them, I will make you my personal punching bag. And yes, the arcade is the other way. I live on this
street and I have to go home and get those stupid clothes they think I'm obsessed with, another thing that will turn you color's the
human body is not supposed to be if you blab, and yeah, they're the girls I was talking about earlier. Bye!" I ran until I finally made
it to my big 2-story red brick house.
Wow. I still say it every time I see my house. Every one does, too. See, my dad got promoted to being president, causing
us to become, well, loaded, so we moved into the wealthier neighbor hood. I opened the door ran up the stairs to my room. I loved
my room. It was really big. The walls were pale yellow, making the room look brighter, and the bead spread and curtains were
spring flowers. The carpet was white, with a tint of blue in it, matching my bed covers. Everything that was wood was a dark,
dark brown, and antique.
My old room, in my other house, was pink; to play along with the little game called destiny. And I also pretend to fail tests
and quiz's, when I really don't. I just don't show them the actual test. The only other person who knows is my mom. Only Mom
knows about the whole Sailor Moon thing. Anyway. I walked over to my closet and pulled out a -what I thought was extraordinarily
ugly- pink jacket. I pulled in on; zipping up the zipper until you could only see the pink flowers on the trim of my shirt.
I looked at my self in my full-length mirror. I hated my destiny. Why couldn't I choose my OWN way of life? I'm supposed
to be a clumsy, ditzy, stupid girl who does horrible in school. When really, I'm more graceful than Mina when she's playing
volleyball-god you should see her play, she the best! -And more serious than Raye is when she's at the temple-dude, there is
no messing with that girl while she's praying. - And I could actually do better in school than even Amy if I tried, but I really don't
want to-she studies way to much for her own good, an-oh my god I am SO LATE! I jumped up from my bed, and running out the
door while saying: "Hi mom, bye mom". As I left the house I think I could here her saying "Why hello Serena, how are you doing.
Late again? Pretending to be late all the time could become I habit you know...."
~
I ran into the arcade at full speed, which is pretty fast, and skidded to a halt in front of the glass double doors. As I passed by
the counter, I said hello to Andrew and Lizzy.
"Hi guy's! Sorry I'm late, I had some...ah...business to finish up." I said. Screeching to a halt in front of the table that my friends
were sitting at. "I'm sure you were Serena." Lita said teasingly. "Yeah, she was probably hanging all over Darien again." Raye said.
"Actually..." I slid into the booth next to Amy. "I broke up with Darien." I finished casually, stealing one of Mina's French fries from
across the table.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!" they all screamed so loud that the whole city of Juuban could of heard them. And had to cover their ears. "What'd
ya do that for, Serena! What about destiny?" Raye shouted. "Well, I have a feeling that who I date is MY business!" I shouted back,
standing up and leaning my hands on the table. "Woah! Serena. Chill." Andrew said, walking up to our table. I backed down a
little until I finally sat down. Every one looked at Andrew.
"So girls, what can I get you?" Andrew asked, taking out a pad of paper and a pen. "I'll have a banana split and a coke." I said.
Ugh. I was NOT going to be able to eat all of this. "I'll have a root beer float." Raye Said. "And I'll have the same" Ami replied,
looking up from her book. "I want a chocolate fudge Sunday!" Mina announced. "Yeah, me too!" Lita agreed. "Alrighty, be back
with your order's soon."
~
After I got half way into my banana split, I made a lame excuse to go to the bathroom. When I got there, I climbed up onto the
ledge above to sink and hid behind the huge plants. And I cried. With all my heart and soul.
~
Raye's POV
I watched Serena walk towards the bathroom, pretending to stumble on her way there. Yeah, I know about Serena's pretending to
be a clumsy ditz. And I admire her for keeping it up. I always wanted to tell her I knew and that she didn't have to, but I never did.
I also knew about Darien cheating on her, but Queen Serenity told us all in our dreams not to tell Serena about Darien's games.
"Hey, guys, I'm going to check on Serena. To make sure she didn't fall in, or any thing." I lied. I swear, the first thing I'm going to
do is apologize. I walked towards the bathroom, and opened the door once I got there. When I walked in, Serena was no where
in sight. "Serena?" I called softly. I heard a sniff. She was on the ledge on the sink. She always hides there. I climbed up onto the
sink and looked up onto the ledge. "Serena?" I asked again. She stiffened. "What?" She asked, sniffing. I could tell she was
wiping tears, but I didn't say anything. "You OK?" I asked softly. "Yeah. I just lost something. But...OH! Here it is! Well, that's over!
See ya later Raye!" She said, jumping off the ledge. She forgot to stumble at the bottom, though, and fell a little too late. She
ran out the door and I followed. I watched her run out of the arcade, saying good-bye to the girls as she left. I walked over to
the table and picked up my black trench coat.
"Hey guy's, I gotta go. Grandpa needs me back at the shrine. See ya!" I started to turn around, but Lita stopped me. "Hey Raye,
did you find out what was wrong with Serena?" She looked worried. "Uh, no. I didn't see her in there, actually. Weird, huh? Well,
See you guys at school tomorrow!" And with that, I ran out of the door. And yeah, I go to their school now. I got Grandpa to let
me go to a public school with all my friends.
I ran about half a block, and stopped. I sort of figured that she went to the park, so I crossed the street and walked into the park,
over towards the lake, under the weeping willow. I knew that's where she'd be if she were here, because I've sat there and
watched her, crying for countless hours, wanting so very much to be able to go over there and telling her that she can do
whatever she wants with her life. But I didn't, and today would be different. I ducked under the leaves, my hands in my coat
pocket. I walked over to Serena and sat down next to her. She was startled, I could tell, so I put my arm around her shoulder.
She froze, then wiped her tears away. "Hey, you OK, for real this time?" I asked quietly, trying to catch her eye, but she avoided
my glance. "Uh...Heh heh, of course, why wouldn't I be OK?" She said, laughing lamely. "Serena, you don't haft to pretend
anymore. And don't you try to deny it." I lightly scolded. She looked at me. I took a deep breath, and explained.
"I know about you're secrete. You're not a clumsy, ditzy, stupid girl who doesn't do well in school. You could actually probably pass
Lita in the strength department, Amy, when it comes to school, Mina in...Something, and me in being as graceful as I've been told
I am. Serena, you're a wonderful person. And your heart must really be made of gold if your willing to give up your whole life for
one person's destiny. I really admire you, Serena." She smiled at that, and I went on. "I know you really a good person, Serena,
and that you don't have to do what other people say. Follow your own destiny. Life your own life. Buy a Ferrari and take me for
a ride!" I joked. She laughed. "See, there you go." I smiled
"How did you know that it was all a big lie?" She asked. "It was obvious" I answered, "At least for me. The way you fight and are
so into the battles, and so good and graceful, you could never be how everyone thinks you are. So," I stood up and pulled her up
with me, "from now on, pink is prohibited. Come on, let's go to your house." I said, pulling her towards her HUMONGOUSE home.
"Hey wait, why do we have to go to my house?" She asked. "Because when we were always fighting, we never really got to know
each other, and I think that we could be pretty good friends, don't you think?" She nodded. "Plus, I want to use you Jacuzzi." I
laughed at the look on her face when I said that, and when she saw I was kidding, laughed along with me, and we talked the
whole way to her house.
~
"Wow, Serena. I really love your room!" I exclaimed as she took me on a tour of her house. "Thanks!" She responded happily. We
were hanging out in her bedroom, and she was showing me some of the new clothes her dad got her. "What do you think of this
one?" She asked. "Oh, that's so cute!" I exclaimed. "I love it!" She had on light blue flare jeans and a Hawaiian style tubetop that
showed her stomach, with platform sandals that looked like they were made out of straw. "Really? I was thinking of wearing it to school on Tuseday..." She trailed off, looking herself over in the mirror. "WHAT? Serena, you can't wear that to school! You'll get in trouble!"
I said. "I wasn't going to wear it to school, well, not REALLY. I was going to put it on under my uniform. I can roll up the pant legs
far enough so they won't fall below the skirt." She said, smiling. "But there is one thing wrong with it." She turned around to face
me. "What?" I asked, looking at her quizzically. "I need shorter hair." She said, turning around and folding her hair up to see the
different lengths. "CUT YOUR HAIR?! But Serena! It took you from kindergarten to get your hair that long!" I panicked. She couldn't
cut her hair. I loved her hair. She knew it, too. "Well, I don't want to wear the 'meatballs' anymore, because they remind me of...
it-" I cut her off when I burst out laughing. 'It' was Darien. She started laughing along with me. "Any way, I won't cut it ALL off.
Only to mid back." She gave me a look that calmly said 'don't argue with me'. "Oh, all right. It's your hair. Well then, lets go! I'll
get mine cut, too." I said casually. She looked at me like I had just decided to join a strip club. She was always fussing about how
much she loved my hair. "Just kidding." I said, smiling. She sighed. "All right, let's go!" She said enthusiastically, and after she
changed, we left.
~
We got back to Serena's house just in time for dinner. "Hey Mom? Would it be OK if Raye spent the night?" Serena asked
her mom. "Not tonight, honey, I'm sorry. I have to go to a meeting, but she could in 3 days on Monday if you two can get up in time for school the next morning. Do you think you can do that her mother asked. "Of COURSE we can, Momma. PLEASE?" Serena pouted and folded her hands under her chin; a pose that I thought looked utterly ridiculous. "Well, I don't see
why not, then. Would you like to stay, Raye?" "Yes, Mrs. Tsukino. Thank you." I said, nodding my head slightly. "Well then, I guess I'll be going. Grandpa's probably started to worry. See you on Monday, Serena!" I called as I went out the door and down the block to my house before I could be invited for dinner. Why? I don't really know...
***********Monday***********
On Monday after school Serena and I left our group of friends (consisting of Mina, Lita, Amy, Catty, Cleo, Duo, and Quatre) to walk to Serena's house. That weekend, Serena had told the other three inner scouts, Luna and Artimus about her faking everything and got along A LOT better than we had before. When we got to Serena's we went up stairs to her HUMOUNGOUS room and sat around listening to music until Mrs. Tuskino called us down for dinner.
Mr. Tsukino was out of town for the week, so Serena, her mother and I, since her younger brother Sammy was at a
friend's house, spent all night watching movies and hanging out. That's when I found out that Mrs. Tsukino knew our secret. We
were all sitting around in the living room when I was introduced to Mrs. Tsukino as Sailor Mars. I didn't know what to say. Maybe
Serena was as big a ditz as I thought her to be. "Mom already knows about the Sailor Scouts. And about how I faked all that crap
to 'fulfill my destiny'." She finished the last part in a snotty, suck up voice that made her mother and I crack up. That night around
midnight, Serena went up stairs and changed into our pajamas. Mine were a deep, dark red silk with black Chinese and Japanese
symbols sewn onto them. Serena had on a pair of sky blue pajama pants and a white spaghetti strap with sky blue moon's and
stars lining the bottom. Then we got into our beds, well, my bed was a pallet on the floor next to Serena's bed, but it counted.
"So Serena, are you still planning on wearing your new outfit to school tomorrow?" I asked, turning my head to look up
at her. "Yup." She answered sleepily. "Why?" I asked. "I was planing on going out to Spy after school." She yawned. I grinned.
I never woulda thought. Spy was a big hang out for under age kids, ya know, like freshmen to seniors, but only really, well, not
really punk, but tougher kids went. "I wanna go with you." I said. "Sure. You can borrow something of mine. We'll look in the
morning, k?" She looked down at me. "OK. G'night, Serena." I yawned, rolling onto my side. "G'night, Raye."
~
Well, I wasn't sure, but I think that I'll end it here and just start a new chapter, cause it's been so long since I've last had
something out. I hope you like it. Oh, and Spy really IS a club, my cousin goes there. just thought you might want to know! ^.~ v
Ja Ne!
~Selena~
AN Hi Guys! This is the revised version. Not much changed, only, like, one scene, but it might make more sense in a later chapter if you read it again. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. I DO, however, own my roller blades! ^-^()
Now, I shall sing you a song. What? you don't wanna here it? Aw, pooh.
oh well. just read the fic.
Heart & Soul
PG-13
Neko Tenshi
Serena's POV
"Darien, how could you!" I screamed and my boyf-no, EX boyfriend. "I can't believe this! You yell at ME when I want a
break from our relationship, and here you are, cheating on me with some sluttish whore!" I gestured towards the skinny, gangly
red head with straight hair, clothes a few sizes to small, and a bust size showing she had one to many implants.
"Serena, I...uh...she's my cousin!" Darien exclaimed. I could tell he was proud of himself for his WAY to lame excuse.
"Oh, sure. You were just making out with your fellow family member. Hello, Bastard! You don't have any family LEFT!" I
screamed at him tears threatening to fall, but I held them back. I knew what I said was harsh, but after this, I didn't care.
"Serena-" he began, but I cut him off.
"Darien.... Just forget it." I said, sighing and lowering my voice. I looked up at him; my eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"I'm tired of your excused. As far as I'm concerned, this relationship is over." I finished icily, walking out the door, shutting it softly
behind me.
~
I leaned against the door and finally let the tears fall. I couldn't believe what just happened. I pushed my self up off the
door and ran out of the apartment complex to the park. When I got to the garden, I fell to the grass, surrounded by lilies, daffodils,
irises, and other exotic flowers. The only flower not present was a rose. There was not a single rose in the whole entire garden,
which I was grateful for. I never really liked roses. Plus, I'm allergic to them. Weird, huh? After a few more minutes of crying, I
heard a rustling in a near by tree.
"Who's there?" I asked, sniffling. A boy, that looked to be around my own age of 15, with colbolt blue eyes and long
chestnut brown hair pulled back in a braid with a Chicago sox hat and baggy ripped blue jeans and a black T-shirt on, jumped down
from the tree, smiling. I got up quickly and went into a defensive stance, wiping tears from my eyes.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Woah, hold up! I ain't gonna hurt cha! The name's Duo Maxwell. Who 'r' you?" the boy asked.
"Serena Tuskino." I answered, falling back hard onto my bottom. I don't know why I told him my name. It was... strange, to say the
least. He came over and sat across from me. We talked for a while, and he got to be a pretty cool guy. He learned more about me
in 5 minutes that Darien ever knew in 5 months.
"Wow. So you do karate, AND you sing AND you baby-sit AND you manage to get ALL you school work done? Geez, I could NOT
accomplish that." Duo said, hanging his head. I laughed.
We were having so much fun just talking that I forgot all about Darien and his Barbie. Well, almost...
"So, anyway, where do you go to school? I haven't seen you around here before." I said, wiping flower petals off my Capri jeans.
"I just moved in today from Italy. (AN: don't ask. I was just thinking about Italy at that moment...) I was just checking out my new
surroundings. I've been enrolled to Juuban High School." Duo said, popping off the head of a dandelion.
"You're going to Juby?" I asked looking up.
"Juby? You mean Juuban? Yeah, why?" He looked at me.
"Because I go th-" I was cut off by a familiar sounding voice.
"Serena! Serena? What are you doing here? I thought for sure you'd be in the rose garden..." Darien babbled on, and I moaned
and rolled my eyes. I stood up and walked up to him. Grossing my arms over my light green spaghetti strap shirt.
"Anyway, I came to apologize" He FINALLY finished.
He looked at me with these big puppy dog eyes and he looked so lame and pathetic that I almost felt sorry for him. ALMOST.
"Look. Darien. It's over. Finished. Finé. Finite. WE'RE THROUGH!" I said, getting right up in his face. I expected him to pout and
try again. But instead, he did the horrible, the disgusting, the unthinkable: he KISSED me!
I stood there in a state of shock for a moment, and he must have thought I was enjoying it, because he wrapped his arms
around my waste, which brought me out of my stupor. I wrapped my arms around his neck, which he thought I was doing for
the kiss, but I was actually looking for a pressure point. When I found it, I smiled against his lips and squeezed. He yelped and
broke the 'kiss'. His hands flew up to his neck, and I punched him in his stomach. He leaned over in pain, so I decided to go over
and help. Or, at least, that's what he thought. I grabbed his arm and flipped him over my shoulder, pinning him with my feet.
I got off him and got right up in his face. Again. But this time, he didn't kiss me, thank GOD.
"I told you Darien, once before, that if you ever touch me in a way I don't like, my wrath would fall upon you. But did you listen
to me? Of course not. Why would you? All you know of Serena is a clumsy ditz that fails school. Well guess what. You were
wrong. Good bye, Darien. Please, DON'T come back." I started to walk away, but turned around again. "Oh, and, seeing how
the girls don't know this, don't mention this to any one, or prepare for a very painful dé javú."
I walked over to where Duo was standing. "Well Duo, it was nice meeting you, but I have to go. I'm supposed to meet
the girls there 15 minutes ago." I said, walking off towards Sakura Street.
"Wait, if you were supposed to meet them 15 minutes ago, wouldn't that make you late? And isn't the arcade the OTHER
way? And are these girls your talking about the girls you told me about? And why don't they know about your super cool ninja stuff?
And why..." Duo babbled on until I stopped a few steps down the street. I turned around
"DUO! Shut up! They think I'm ALWAYS late, the same way that they think I'm a clumsy ditz and don't know about the
karate. And if you ever tell them, I will make you my personal punching bag. And yes, the arcade is the other way. I live on this
street and I have to go home and get those stupid clothes they think I'm obsessed with, another thing that will turn you color's the
human body is not supposed to be if you blab, and yeah, they're the girls I was talking about earlier. Bye!" I ran until I finally made
it to my big 2-story red brick house.
Wow. I still say it every time I see my house. Every one does, too. See, my dad got promoted to being president, causing
us to become, well, loaded, so we moved into the wealthier neighbor hood. I opened the door ran up the stairs to my room. I loved
my room. It was really big. The walls were pale yellow, making the room look brighter, and the bead spread and curtains were
spring flowers. The carpet was white, with a tint of blue in it, matching my bed covers. Everything that was wood was a dark,
dark brown, and antique.
My old room, in my other house, was pink; to play along with the little game called destiny. And I also pretend to fail tests
and quiz's, when I really don't. I just don't show them the actual test. The only other person who knows is my mom. Only Mom
knows about the whole Sailor Moon thing. Anyway. I walked over to my closet and pulled out a -what I thought was extraordinarily
ugly- pink jacket. I pulled in on; zipping up the zipper until you could only see the pink flowers on the trim of my shirt.
I looked at my self in my full-length mirror. I hated my destiny. Why couldn't I choose my OWN way of life? I'm supposed
to be a clumsy, ditzy, stupid girl who does horrible in school. When really, I'm more graceful than Mina when she's playing
volleyball-god you should see her play, she the best! -And more serious than Raye is when she's at the temple-dude, there is
no messing with that girl while she's praying. - And I could actually do better in school than even Amy if I tried, but I really don't
want to-she studies way to much for her own good, an-oh my god I am SO LATE! I jumped up from my bed, and running out the
door while saying: "Hi mom, bye mom". As I left the house I think I could here her saying "Why hello Serena, how are you doing.
Late again? Pretending to be late all the time could become I habit you know...."
~
I ran into the arcade at full speed, which is pretty fast, and skidded to a halt in front of the glass double doors. As I passed by
the counter, I said hello to Andrew and Lizzy.
"Hi guy's! Sorry I'm late, I had some...ah...business to finish up." I said. Screeching to a halt in front of the table that my friends
were sitting at. "I'm sure you were Serena." Lita said teasingly. "Yeah, she was probably hanging all over Darien again." Raye said.
"Actually..." I slid into the booth next to Amy. "I broke up with Darien." I finished casually, stealing one of Mina's French fries from
across the table.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!" they all screamed so loud that the whole city of Juuban could of heard them. And had to cover their ears. "What'd
ya do that for, Serena! What about destiny?" Raye shouted. "Well, I have a feeling that who I date is MY business!" I shouted back,
standing up and leaning my hands on the table. "Woah! Serena. Chill." Andrew said, walking up to our table. I backed down a
little until I finally sat down. Every one looked at Andrew.
"So girls, what can I get you?" Andrew asked, taking out a pad of paper and a pen. "I'll have a banana split and a coke." I said.
Ugh. I was NOT going to be able to eat all of this. "I'll have a root beer float." Raye Said. "And I'll have the same" Ami replied,
looking up from her book. "I want a chocolate fudge Sunday!" Mina announced. "Yeah, me too!" Lita agreed. "Alrighty, be back
with your order's soon."
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After I got half way into my banana split, I made a lame excuse to go to the bathroom. When I got there, I climbed up onto the
ledge above to sink and hid behind the huge plants. And I cried. With all my heart and soul.
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Raye's POV
I watched Serena walk towards the bathroom, pretending to stumble on her way there. Yeah, I know about Serena's pretending to
be a clumsy ditz. And I admire her for keeping it up. I always wanted to tell her I knew and that she didn't have to, but I never did.
I also knew about Darien cheating on her, but Queen Serenity told us all in our dreams not to tell Serena about Darien's games.
"Hey, guys, I'm going to check on Serena. To make sure she didn't fall in, or any thing." I lied. I swear, the first thing I'm going to
do is apologize. I walked towards the bathroom, and opened the door once I got there. When I walked in, Serena was no where
in sight. "Serena?" I called softly. I heard a sniff. She was on the ledge on the sink. She always hides there. I climbed up onto the
sink and looked up onto the ledge. "Serena?" I asked again. She stiffened. "What?" She asked, sniffing. I could tell she was
wiping tears, but I didn't say anything. "You OK?" I asked softly. "Yeah. I just lost something. But...OH! Here it is! Well, that's over!
See ya later Raye!" She said, jumping off the ledge. She forgot to stumble at the bottom, though, and fell a little too late. She
ran out the door and I followed. I watched her run out of the arcade, saying good-bye to the girls as she left. I walked over to
the table and picked up my black trench coat.
"Hey guy's, I gotta go. Grandpa needs me back at the shrine. See ya!" I started to turn around, but Lita stopped me. "Hey Raye,
did you find out what was wrong with Serena?" She looked worried. "Uh, no. I didn't see her in there, actually. Weird, huh? Well,
See you guys at school tomorrow!" And with that, I ran out of the door. And yeah, I go to their school now. I got Grandpa to let
me go to a public school with all my friends.
I ran about half a block, and stopped. I sort of figured that she went to the park, so I crossed the street and walked into the park,
over towards the lake, under the weeping willow. I knew that's where she'd be if she were here, because I've sat there and
watched her, crying for countless hours, wanting so very much to be able to go over there and telling her that she can do
whatever she wants with her life. But I didn't, and today would be different. I ducked under the leaves, my hands in my coat
pocket. I walked over to Serena and sat down next to her. She was startled, I could tell, so I put my arm around her shoulder.
She froze, then wiped her tears away. "Hey, you OK, for real this time?" I asked quietly, trying to catch her eye, but she avoided
my glance. "Uh...Heh heh, of course, why wouldn't I be OK?" She said, laughing lamely. "Serena, you don't haft to pretend
anymore. And don't you try to deny it." I lightly scolded. She looked at me. I took a deep breath, and explained.
"I know about you're secrete. You're not a clumsy, ditzy, stupid girl who doesn't do well in school. You could actually probably pass
Lita in the strength department, Amy, when it comes to school, Mina in...Something, and me in being as graceful as I've been told
I am. Serena, you're a wonderful person. And your heart must really be made of gold if your willing to give up your whole life for
one person's destiny. I really admire you, Serena." She smiled at that, and I went on. "I know you really a good person, Serena,
and that you don't have to do what other people say. Follow your own destiny. Life your own life. Buy a Ferrari and take me for
a ride!" I joked. She laughed. "See, there you go." I smiled
"How did you know that it was all a big lie?" She asked. "It was obvious" I answered, "At least for me. The way you fight and are
so into the battles, and so good and graceful, you could never be how everyone thinks you are. So," I stood up and pulled her up
with me, "from now on, pink is prohibited. Come on, let's go to your house." I said, pulling her towards her HUMONGOUSE home.
"Hey wait, why do we have to go to my house?" She asked. "Because when we were always fighting, we never really got to know
each other, and I think that we could be pretty good friends, don't you think?" She nodded. "Plus, I want to use you Jacuzzi." I
laughed at the look on her face when I said that, and when she saw I was kidding, laughed along with me, and we talked the
whole way to her house.
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"Wow, Serena. I really love your room!" I exclaimed as she took me on a tour of her house. "Thanks!" She responded happily. We
were hanging out in her bedroom, and she was showing me some of the new clothes her dad got her. "What do you think of this
one?" She asked. "Oh, that's so cute!" I exclaimed. "I love it!" She had on light blue flare jeans and a Hawaiian style tubetop that
showed her stomach, with platform sandals that looked like they were made out of straw. "Really? I was thinking of wearing it to school on Tuseday..." She trailed off, looking herself over in the mirror. "WHAT? Serena, you can't wear that to school! You'll get in trouble!"
I said. "I wasn't going to wear it to school, well, not REALLY. I was going to put it on under my uniform. I can roll up the pant legs
far enough so they won't fall below the skirt." She said, smiling. "But there is one thing wrong with it." She turned around to face
me. "What?" I asked, looking at her quizzically. "I need shorter hair." She said, turning around and folding her hair up to see the
different lengths. "CUT YOUR HAIR?! But Serena! It took you from kindergarten to get your hair that long!" I panicked. She couldn't
cut her hair. I loved her hair. She knew it, too. "Well, I don't want to wear the 'meatballs' anymore, because they remind me of...
it-" I cut her off when I burst out laughing. 'It' was Darien. She started laughing along with me. "Any way, I won't cut it ALL off.
Only to mid back." She gave me a look that calmly said 'don't argue with me'. "Oh, all right. It's your hair. Well then, lets go! I'll
get mine cut, too." I said casually. She looked at me like I had just decided to join a strip club. She was always fussing about how
much she loved my hair. "Just kidding." I said, smiling. She sighed. "All right, let's go!" She said enthusiastically, and after she
changed, we left.
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We got back to Serena's house just in time for dinner. "Hey Mom? Would it be OK if Raye spent the night?" Serena asked
her mom. "Not tonight, honey, I'm sorry. I have to go to a meeting, but she could in 3 days on Monday if you two can get up in time for school the next morning. Do you think you can do that her mother asked. "Of COURSE we can, Momma. PLEASE?" Serena pouted and folded her hands under her chin; a pose that I thought looked utterly ridiculous. "Well, I don't see
why not, then. Would you like to stay, Raye?" "Yes, Mrs. Tsukino. Thank you." I said, nodding my head slightly. "Well then, I guess I'll be going. Grandpa's probably started to worry. See you on Monday, Serena!" I called as I went out the door and down the block to my house before I could be invited for dinner. Why? I don't really know...
***********Monday***********
On Monday after school Serena and I left our group of friends (consisting of Mina, Lita, Amy, Catty, Cleo, Duo, and Quatre) to walk to Serena's house. That weekend, Serena had told the other three inner scouts, Luna and Artimus about her faking everything and got along A LOT better than we had before. When we got to Serena's we went up stairs to her HUMOUNGOUS room and sat around listening to music until Mrs. Tuskino called us down for dinner.
Mr. Tsukino was out of town for the week, so Serena, her mother and I, since her younger brother Sammy was at a
friend's house, spent all night watching movies and hanging out. That's when I found out that Mrs. Tsukino knew our secret. We
were all sitting around in the living room when I was introduced to Mrs. Tsukino as Sailor Mars. I didn't know what to say. Maybe
Serena was as big a ditz as I thought her to be. "Mom already knows about the Sailor Scouts. And about how I faked all that crap
to 'fulfill my destiny'." She finished the last part in a snotty, suck up voice that made her mother and I crack up. That night around
midnight, Serena went up stairs and changed into our pajamas. Mine were a deep, dark red silk with black Chinese and Japanese
symbols sewn onto them. Serena had on a pair of sky blue pajama pants and a white spaghetti strap with sky blue moon's and
stars lining the bottom. Then we got into our beds, well, my bed was a pallet on the floor next to Serena's bed, but it counted.
"So Serena, are you still planning on wearing your new outfit to school tomorrow?" I asked, turning my head to look up
at her. "Yup." She answered sleepily. "Why?" I asked. "I was planing on going out to Spy after school." She yawned. I grinned.
I never woulda thought. Spy was a big hang out for under age kids, ya know, like freshmen to seniors, but only really, well, not
really punk, but tougher kids went. "I wanna go with you." I said. "Sure. You can borrow something of mine. We'll look in the
morning, k?" She looked down at me. "OK. G'night, Serena." I yawned, rolling onto my side. "G'night, Raye."
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Well, I wasn't sure, but I think that I'll end it here and just start a new chapter, cause it's been so long since I've last had
something out. I hope you like it. Oh, and Spy really IS a club, my cousin goes there. just thought you might want to know! ^.~ v
Ja Ne!
~Selena~