Innocence Lost: Chapter 1
By: Moonchild DJ
Genre: First Season
Rating: PG
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the characters in any way,
shape or form, I'm just borrowing them for my fics! The wonderful Naoko
Takeuchi owns them. :)
Author's Note: Konnichiwa, minna-san! Moonchild DJ here, with the first
SM fic I ever wrote. Please be kind, and please tell me what you think!
On with the story!
"Serena? Don't tell me you're thinking of boys again! You must put
your mind on more important things-like your school homework or a way to
defeat the Negaverse." Luna growled softly as she noticed the blondehaired
girl's quietness and her off-in-space vision. She dangled her tail under
Serena Tsukino's nose like a wake-up call, and watched her sputter and
sneeze her way back to reality.
"Luna, I wasn't thinking of boys, I was thinking of Darien!" Serena
retorted defensively as she glared at the black cat with the crescent moon
mark upon her forehead.
"My point exactly! I know you worry about him since our last battle with
the Negaverse, now that he's in their clutches, but you have to concentrate
on things that are easily solved-like your homework." Luna motioned to the
open math book in front of Serena with a paw. "You can't let your grades
perish because of him."
"But it's been a week since it all happened, and there's been no sign of
him since! There must be *something* that can be done to help him!" Serena
replied, getting up from her desk and pacing her room.
"Serena...!" Luna growled. She rolled her amber eyes heavenward as if
asking for divine assistance-or, in their case, lunar assistance. "Pray
tell me, can YOU think of something to help the poor boy? You've already
tried to heal him, and the Negaverse just snatched him back and re-erased
his true memories again!"
"I know that, Luna. Malachite said Darien was in worse shape because Beryl
had to wipe his mind clean, and it caused him pain. Luna, it was *my* fault
that he was hurting-if I hadn't tried to heal him..."
"You were just trying to restore him back to normal, make him remember his
true self and the life he shared with you as Princess Serenity and Prince
Endymion. Don't let the Negaverse swine tell you you did the wrong thing."
Luna replied softly, noting Serena's bowed head and tears. "It's the
Negaverse's doing if Darien's suffering, not yours. Besides, I wouldn't
trust that monster Malachite's words-he could've been lying to you!
"Maybe..." Serena sniffled. But who was to say-maybe Malachite spoke the
truth and Darien was hurting? He wanted her Silver Crystal and the Wand,
and probably enjoyed watching her suffer over Darien-but what if he wasn't
lying? She glanced at Luna.
"There has to be some way to free him. Can you think of anything at all
that would help us?"
"Off-paw, I can only think of one thing-the Lunar Mind Meld, a way for
truth to be revealed by Artemis and myself. But it would not work on him,
it can only be used for the Scouts."
Serena nodded dismally, running her fingers absently along her long knee-
length pigtails. "I understand." She sighed sadly, putting her focus back
to her homework as Luna watched her worriedly.
******
*Sailor Moon-help me be free again!*
Serena gasped as she heard that beloved voice.
*Darien! Where are you? Are you all right?!*
*Yes, for now...I need you!*
*Oh, Darien...I'll help you, I swear it.*
"Sailor Moon, look out!" Sailor Mars cried as their enemy attacked and
crashed into her. Screaming as she flew through the air, Sailor Moon
righted herself and landed on her feet to face her attacker. Angry that
her contact with Darien had been severed, she didn't speak a word as she
slipped off the tiara from her forehead and mentally changed its form to a
weapon. She smiled as the glaringly-bright disc hovered between her gloved
hands before arcing through the air toward the Sailor Scouts' Negaverse
enemy.
"Sailor Moon, are you okay? You just sort of spaced out!" Sailor Mercury,
also known as Amy Mizuno, asked as the group gathered around Sailor Moon
in concern.
"Yeah, spaced out more than usual. You looked like you were...distracted."
Mars, also known as Raye Hino, grumbled, violet eyes narrowing.
Sailor Moon shook her head, fingering the jeweled brooch on her uniform
absently as the short-skirted sailor-like uniform glowed and faded like
unfolding ribbons before turning into her normal clothes.
"I heard Darien in my head. He said he needed me, needed my help to be
free again."
"So he distracted you while we were fighting that Negaslime? I know he's
turned traitor, but to knowingly mess you up so you'd get hurt?! That
creep!" Sailor Jupiter, aka Lita Kino, growled as her uniform also
unribboned, turning into normal clothes. Serena's panicked blue eyes
glanced startlingly into Lita's hazel-green gaze.
"No, it wasn't like that, really! He wasn't trying to trick me, he just
needed my help." Serena protested.
Sailor Venus, otherwise known as Mina Aino, gave her a skeptical look as
she and the other Scouts' uniforms changed.
"Yeah, right. At that specific time, when up against a Nega-villian...?
Too weird to be just coincidence, don't you think, Serena?"
"No, you're wrong! My Darien would never do that!"
Luna sighed, her feline heart breaking at the torn expression on Serena's
face. Her tail switched angrily at the thought of Tuxedo Mask's duplicity.
"That's just it, Serena-YOUR Darien. This Darien...he belongs to the
Negaverse, to Beryl. He's not the same young man you knew. You must accept
that."
Serena clenched her fists angrily. "Never, Luna. I won't give up on Darien.
I'm gonna save him, even if I have to die for it!"
The Scouts, Serena's greatest friends, gasped.
"Can you hear yourself?! Sacrifice is noble in some cases, but the real
Darien would never want you to risk it all to save him!" Raye shouted half-
angrily and half-fearfully as she tried to shake some sense into her friend.
"I have no other choice, Raye. He can only be healed by the Moon Wand,
which can only be done in close range. I have to find him, go to him
somehow, even if I have to go into the Negaverse myself."
Raye sucked in a sharp breath, purple eyes filling with tears. All this for
a guy she'd once hated, only to find he was her once-upon-a-time love? It
didn't seem real. "Now I KNOW you've gone crazy. You've been listening to
Malachite's lies too much if you're thinking of going into the Negaverse-
they'll take the Wand and destroy you! And where would that leave all of
us, Princess?!"
"My life isn't worth much without Darien, anyway. He's like the other half
of me-I have to try. They can have the Wand, I just want Darien back."
Luna jumped onto Serena's shoulder and sunk her claws into the skin to get
her full attention. "Young lady, your mother, Queen Serenity, Queen of the
Moon Kingdom, sacrificed her life and her throne to keep you, your court,
Darien, and the Wand safe from Beryl! Now you would just hand it all over
to save your prince?!" she yowled angrily.
"Yes. I would." Serena answered quietly. Squeezing Raye's hands gently in
her own, giving her a faint, sad smile, she took the stunned cat off her
and walked away from the group.
"Oh...she has her mother's giving heart, that one does..." Luna murmured
faintly, amber eyes overflowing with tears. Artemis stood beside her, hard-
pressed to keep his own tears in check.
"Yes. She does...We must see to it that she does not face this challenge
alone. Though Serena has her mother's courage, her court and her guardians
must protect her, even from herself."
"Right!" Those assembled agreed in one voice, knowing it would not be
easy. Struggles like these never were.
******
"Excellent job, Malachite, allowing Darien's thoughts to be transferred
back to that Serena twit." Queen Beryl purred in satisfaction, raking her
dagger-like fingernails through her long red hair as she peered intently
into the crystal orb in front of her. "How ever did you do it?"
Malachite smiled. "Well, my Queen, the 'help me be free again' bit was true
enough-we know that our Dark Prince and the Moon Child can communicate
mentally in extreme situations. He did so after we captured him when he
first regained his 'Moon Kingdom' memories. However, the rest was of my
making, to lure the girl to us."
"Do you really think she'll come to us, and bring the Wand with her? She
isn't stupid." Beryl warned.
"No, she isn't. But she is very much...what's the human word...?...gullible
and in love with Darien, and I believe she would risk anything to keep him
safe."
"Including her very life. Mm..she IS very resourceful. She could be useful
to us."
"Your pardon, my Queen, but how could that be?"
Beryl smiled slowly, a movement that made even one of the Negaverse's Dark
Generals shiver in fear.
"Wouldn't my old enemy, Queen Serenity, just roll in her grave for the plans
I have for her pretty little daughter?" she murmured softly, her slim, tall
frame shaking with the eveil laughter the plan in her mind brought to her.
Oh, she would enjoy every minute of this, she knew. Revenge could be so
sweet.
~End of Chapter 1~
By: Moonchild DJ
Genre: First Season
Rating: PG
E-Mail: moonchilddj@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the characters in any way,
shape or form, I'm just borrowing them for my fics! The wonderful Naoko
Takeuchi owns them. :)
Author's Note: Konnichiwa, minna-san! Moonchild DJ here, with the first
SM fic I ever wrote. Please be kind, and please tell me what you think!
On with the story!
"Serena? Don't tell me you're thinking of boys again! You must put
your mind on more important things-like your school homework or a way to
defeat the Negaverse." Luna growled softly as she noticed the blondehaired
girl's quietness and her off-in-space vision. She dangled her tail under
Serena Tsukino's nose like a wake-up call, and watched her sputter and
sneeze her way back to reality.
"Luna, I wasn't thinking of boys, I was thinking of Darien!" Serena
retorted defensively as she glared at the black cat with the crescent moon
mark upon her forehead.
"My point exactly! I know you worry about him since our last battle with
the Negaverse, now that he's in their clutches, but you have to concentrate
on things that are easily solved-like your homework." Luna motioned to the
open math book in front of Serena with a paw. "You can't let your grades
perish because of him."
"But it's been a week since it all happened, and there's been no sign of
him since! There must be *something* that can be done to help him!" Serena
replied, getting up from her desk and pacing her room.
"Serena...!" Luna growled. She rolled her amber eyes heavenward as if
asking for divine assistance-or, in their case, lunar assistance. "Pray
tell me, can YOU think of something to help the poor boy? You've already
tried to heal him, and the Negaverse just snatched him back and re-erased
his true memories again!"
"I know that, Luna. Malachite said Darien was in worse shape because Beryl
had to wipe his mind clean, and it caused him pain. Luna, it was *my* fault
that he was hurting-if I hadn't tried to heal him..."
"You were just trying to restore him back to normal, make him remember his
true self and the life he shared with you as Princess Serenity and Prince
Endymion. Don't let the Negaverse swine tell you you did the wrong thing."
Luna replied softly, noting Serena's bowed head and tears. "It's the
Negaverse's doing if Darien's suffering, not yours. Besides, I wouldn't
trust that monster Malachite's words-he could've been lying to you!
"Maybe..." Serena sniffled. But who was to say-maybe Malachite spoke the
truth and Darien was hurting? He wanted her Silver Crystal and the Wand,
and probably enjoyed watching her suffer over Darien-but what if he wasn't
lying? She glanced at Luna.
"There has to be some way to free him. Can you think of anything at all
that would help us?"
"Off-paw, I can only think of one thing-the Lunar Mind Meld, a way for
truth to be revealed by Artemis and myself. But it would not work on him,
it can only be used for the Scouts."
Serena nodded dismally, running her fingers absently along her long knee-
length pigtails. "I understand." She sighed sadly, putting her focus back
to her homework as Luna watched her worriedly.
******
*Sailor Moon-help me be free again!*
Serena gasped as she heard that beloved voice.
*Darien! Where are you? Are you all right?!*
*Yes, for now...I need you!*
*Oh, Darien...I'll help you, I swear it.*
"Sailor Moon, look out!" Sailor Mars cried as their enemy attacked and
crashed into her. Screaming as she flew through the air, Sailor Moon
righted herself and landed on her feet to face her attacker. Angry that
her contact with Darien had been severed, she didn't speak a word as she
slipped off the tiara from her forehead and mentally changed its form to a
weapon. She smiled as the glaringly-bright disc hovered between her gloved
hands before arcing through the air toward the Sailor Scouts' Negaverse
enemy.
"Sailor Moon, are you okay? You just sort of spaced out!" Sailor Mercury,
also known as Amy Mizuno, asked as the group gathered around Sailor Moon
in concern.
"Yeah, spaced out more than usual. You looked like you were...distracted."
Mars, also known as Raye Hino, grumbled, violet eyes narrowing.
Sailor Moon shook her head, fingering the jeweled brooch on her uniform
absently as the short-skirted sailor-like uniform glowed and faded like
unfolding ribbons before turning into her normal clothes.
"I heard Darien in my head. He said he needed me, needed my help to be
free again."
"So he distracted you while we were fighting that Negaslime? I know he's
turned traitor, but to knowingly mess you up so you'd get hurt?! That
creep!" Sailor Jupiter, aka Lita Kino, growled as her uniform also
unribboned, turning into normal clothes. Serena's panicked blue eyes
glanced startlingly into Lita's hazel-green gaze.
"No, it wasn't like that, really! He wasn't trying to trick me, he just
needed my help." Serena protested.
Sailor Venus, otherwise known as Mina Aino, gave her a skeptical look as
she and the other Scouts' uniforms changed.
"Yeah, right. At that specific time, when up against a Nega-villian...?
Too weird to be just coincidence, don't you think, Serena?"
"No, you're wrong! My Darien would never do that!"
Luna sighed, her feline heart breaking at the torn expression on Serena's
face. Her tail switched angrily at the thought of Tuxedo Mask's duplicity.
"That's just it, Serena-YOUR Darien. This Darien...he belongs to the
Negaverse, to Beryl. He's not the same young man you knew. You must accept
that."
Serena clenched her fists angrily. "Never, Luna. I won't give up on Darien.
I'm gonna save him, even if I have to die for it!"
The Scouts, Serena's greatest friends, gasped.
"Can you hear yourself?! Sacrifice is noble in some cases, but the real
Darien would never want you to risk it all to save him!" Raye shouted half-
angrily and half-fearfully as she tried to shake some sense into her friend.
"I have no other choice, Raye. He can only be healed by the Moon Wand,
which can only be done in close range. I have to find him, go to him
somehow, even if I have to go into the Negaverse myself."
Raye sucked in a sharp breath, purple eyes filling with tears. All this for
a guy she'd once hated, only to find he was her once-upon-a-time love? It
didn't seem real. "Now I KNOW you've gone crazy. You've been listening to
Malachite's lies too much if you're thinking of going into the Negaverse-
they'll take the Wand and destroy you! And where would that leave all of
us, Princess?!"
"My life isn't worth much without Darien, anyway. He's like the other half
of me-I have to try. They can have the Wand, I just want Darien back."
Luna jumped onto Serena's shoulder and sunk her claws into the skin to get
her full attention. "Young lady, your mother, Queen Serenity, Queen of the
Moon Kingdom, sacrificed her life and her throne to keep you, your court,
Darien, and the Wand safe from Beryl! Now you would just hand it all over
to save your prince?!" she yowled angrily.
"Yes. I would." Serena answered quietly. Squeezing Raye's hands gently in
her own, giving her a faint, sad smile, she took the stunned cat off her
and walked away from the group.
"Oh...she has her mother's giving heart, that one does..." Luna murmured
faintly, amber eyes overflowing with tears. Artemis stood beside her, hard-
pressed to keep his own tears in check.
"Yes. She does...We must see to it that she does not face this challenge
alone. Though Serena has her mother's courage, her court and her guardians
must protect her, even from herself."
"Right!" Those assembled agreed in one voice, knowing it would not be
easy. Struggles like these never were.
******
"Excellent job, Malachite, allowing Darien's thoughts to be transferred
back to that Serena twit." Queen Beryl purred in satisfaction, raking her
dagger-like fingernails through her long red hair as she peered intently
into the crystal orb in front of her. "How ever did you do it?"
Malachite smiled. "Well, my Queen, the 'help me be free again' bit was true
enough-we know that our Dark Prince and the Moon Child can communicate
mentally in extreme situations. He did so after we captured him when he
first regained his 'Moon Kingdom' memories. However, the rest was of my
making, to lure the girl to us."
"Do you really think she'll come to us, and bring the Wand with her? She
isn't stupid." Beryl warned.
"No, she isn't. But she is very much...what's the human word...?...gullible
and in love with Darien, and I believe she would risk anything to keep him
safe."
"Including her very life. Mm..she IS very resourceful. She could be useful
to us."
"Your pardon, my Queen, but how could that be?"
Beryl smiled slowly, a movement that made even one of the Negaverse's Dark
Generals shiver in fear.
"Wouldn't my old enemy, Queen Serenity, just roll in her grave for the plans
I have for her pretty little daughter?" she murmured softly, her slim, tall
frame shaking with the eveil laughter the plan in her mind brought to her.
Oh, she would enjoy every minute of this, she knew. Revenge could be so
sweet.
~End of Chapter 1~