Crimson Moon: Part One
By: SalrAnime

Ok, I'm trying something...not so new here. This fic is going to be a dark, romantic, slightly adult version of the Sailor Moon we all know and love. Since I LOVE a good vampire flick, and I am a complete hopeless romantic, this fic will incorporate all the parts of the two things. Hard to imagine...Sailor Moon and Vampire!? Well then read on
None of the Sailor Moon characters belong to me, if you don't already know that you're dumb as hell! Oh, yeah I just now decided to use the Japanese names, so LEARN THEM...changed my mind again

"Serena...Serena...Serena WAIT UP!!"

As usual, Serena Tsukino was once again late to school, and running at top speed to make the bell. She didn't even hear her friend, Molly calling for her from behind. Molly ran as fast as she could to meet up with her friend.

"SERENA!!!"

"Oh! Hey Moll, I didn't eves see you there"

"I noticed, you know if you left early enough to get to school you wouldn't have to make these mad dashes to make it before the bell rings"

"Hey, you're late too!"

Molly ran without a come back to Serena's last observation. They ran together the rest of the way chatting and having fun, without noticing the two cats perched on a fence watching them.

"It's hard to believe that she saved the world so long ago, don't you think Artemis?"

"Yeah, she was so young then, but now...she's grown so much"

"How long has it been since the scouts defeated queen Beryl? It's been awhile"

"Yeah, it's been almost three years...they were only fourteen when they became scouts, now...do you think they'll ever get their memories back?"

"It will happen eventually...it's their destiny"

"Serena, you were late again!?"

"Yeah, Ami...but it's only my third time late this week, that's waaaay better than last week!"

"Serena, we aren't kids anymore, we're seventeen, we'll be graduating from high school this year, and you could at least start studying for the college entrance exams"

Serena chewed a mouth full of food and sounded muffled when she spoke again.

"Sure, I will...just as soon as I finish this yummy cake! Lita you really outdid yourself this time!"

"Thanks a lot; I'm glad you all like it"

Lita smiled at the group of five friends sitting at the table before her, thinking to herself all the while that they had done this before....

"Hey, Rei...Rei are you ok?"

"Oh, sure Mina I'm fine"

The other four girls looked at their friend with concern in their eyes.

"It's just that...don't you guys get this weird filling of de ja vu when we're all together like this...like we've done it all before, but we just can't remember for some reason?"

They all sat in silence until Serena finally broke the calm that seemed so weird with that group.

"Rei, you're just being all shrine maiden weird again, what matters is what's happening now, not some weird past life"

"Shrine maiden weird huh? At least I'm not a meatball head like you!"

"MEATBALL HEAD!!? WIERD"

"Meatball head!"

"Weird!!"

"It's so strange, we've been friends for almost three years, and they still squabble like pigeons"

"Well Mina, some things never change"

"I guess you're right, Ami"

As the sun went down, and night became cooler, the girls said their goodbyes, and left the Cherry Hill Temple to return to their own homes. Serena hated walking by herself, the girls all knew that. Ami and Mina had walked her as far as they could take her, but she still had long walk ahead of her, and she was all alone on the empty streets.

"If it wasn't fall, it wouldn't be so spooky out here"

She watched as the falling shades of orange and red float through the sky, making shadows of ghost and demons on the pavement below her. She shivered a little, and pulled her pink jacket a little tighter around her shoulders to guard against the increasing chill. She froze when she heard footsteps behind her. She spun around to see who was there, but saw nothing.

"That's weird"

She began to walk again, and once again she heard the sound of someone following her.

"Who's there?"

No answer. She began to walk again when...

"Hey meatball head!"

"AHHHHH!!!!!!" Serena screamed at the top of her lungs, already on edge by the specter she had heard following her earlier.

Darien was surprised by Serena's reaction, and felt a little bad that he had scared her so badly, until they fell back into their usual routine of fighting and name calling.

"JERK! Don't sneak up on me like that!"

"I wasn't sneaking!"

"Then what were you doing!?"

"I was walking home genius! "

"Your apartments the other way genius"

"......Well, I saw you out here and...don't you think its kind of late to be out by yourself?"

She looked at him blankly, surprised by the genuine care that shone from his intense dark blue eyes.

"Yeah, I guess it is, but I can take care of myself...why? were you worried?" She said with a sly smile. It was funny to her that all these years that She had known Darien, he was too smug to notice that she knew he followed her home when she left the arcade a little late, or that he would watch from a distance on dark nights, just to make sure she was ok. She never quite understood why he did, but a part of her would never ask him....she was quite sure he didn't understand it himself.

"Yeah well, a meatball head like you shouldn't be out when it's so dark, you could get lost" He said, turning from her to hide the pink stain that crept up on his cheeks.

"It's been three years and you still can't get my name right!" Serena huffed loudly and began to walk off ahead of him. Usually he would be content to stay farther back and keep an eye on her from a distance, but today...he knew someone was following her. Darien had decided to stay closer to her tonight. There was something dark and dangerous out there, and it wanted Serena. He concentrated hard on the area around him, listening for anything out of the ordinary, looking, searching...for anything. Darien's concentration was broken by the familiar annoyed voice of the petite blond next to him.

"You're still here?" She asked sounding more than slightly annoyed.

"I thought you may want some company walking home"

"No thank you, I'm fine"

She turned to him with a look of mock anger when he didn't leave.

"Darien, I said I'm fine!"

"Yeah, I know"

She finally gave up and let him walk her home, but she couldn't figure out why he was so worried, it didn't make any sense to her. His dark blue eyes continually changed the direction they were looking in, as if he was looking for some unseen object. Darien's obvious paranoia made Serena a little more apprehensive.

"Darien...what are you?"

"Shhhh..."

A branch breaking...Darien stopped Serena where she stood, thankful that she had accepted his first "sush" and had fallen silent.

"Who are you!?...Show yourself!!"

"Very good, I haven't been caught by a human in over five hundred years"

A tall man with snow white hair and dark green eyes jumped down from a tree across the street from where Darien and Serena stood. Although she got strange vibes from the man, Serena had to admit that he was very handsome....and somewhat familiar. Serena almost jumped when Darien pulled her closer to him, and knelt down to whisper in her ear.

"If I get into a fight with this guy, I want you to run as fast as you can back home"

S he looked into his serious eyes with eyes full of surprise and shock. 'Darien can't be serious, he can't be that dangerous, and we should just walk away...'

"But..." Serena protested.

"I'll be ok, Serena"

If there was one thing that Serena learned in the three years she had known Darien, it was that he was as stubborn as a mule. He was going to protect her whether she wanted him too or not. She reluctantly nodded in agreement to Darien's request, still believing that it would not come down to a fight, she platinum blond was simply trying to scare her and her friend, that's all.

"Running won't do you any good, and fighting...well fighting will get you killed"

Serena gasped in shock 'he heard us!? from this far away?'

"What do you want?" Darien roared at the strange man.

"I don't want you boy, I want the girl, Serenity" He said dismissing Darien as if he was a fly and looking straight to Serena. She shivered when she saw the determination in his eyes, it was fuelled by obsession.

"Serenity? You've got the wrong girl, that isn't her name"

The man looked away and began to laugh.

"I know who she is...even if she doesn't" The man began to take steps toward Serena when Darien stepped between him and his goal, already in fighting stance.

"...If you want her, you gotta get through me first"

"Darien..." Serena breathed his name breathlessly. 'Why is he protecting me'

"Very well, as you wish" The man ran towards Darien at an inhuman speed causing Darien to have his doubts, but either way Serena would be safe. Serena felt Darien firmly push her away from him as he began to run into the blur that was the unnamed man, the fight had !" Darien blared the command with so much urgency, that Serena's feet began to move before she even knew she was running.

The man with the white hair instantly turned to go after Serena, but he was stopped by a swift punch from Darien. He chuckled to himself smugly as he wiped the small drip of blood from his lip.

"I wasn't paying attention ... it won't happen again."

It seemed like they had been fighting for hours, but the white haired man still wasn't tired, in fact he often laughed at Darien's attempts to land punches. Darien breathlessly threw another punch that failed to connect with its target, but this time he mustered all his strength for a swift kick to the stomach as soon as his punch was dodged. The man in white looked shocked when Darien's foot connected hard with his gut. Darien smiled as the man doubled over momentarily in pain from the blow. 'So he can be hurt' The white haired man looked up with a new fury burning in his eyes, turning them a blood red as he lounged towards Darien, too fast for him to see, and grabbed him by the neck, pulling him up from the ground.

"I'm tired of playing"

Darien tried to dodge him, but he was too slow...or the other guy was too fast. He felt two cold hands grip his neck cutting off his air supply. Darien kicked the man time after time, but the man never flinched.

"It would be a waste to kill you like this...I may be able to use you..."

Darien saw the man open his mouth exposing a set of pearl white fangs, then there was a blinding pain in his neck as the man...bit him? 'He's biting me!?' Confusion and terror ran through Darien's mind unchecked, before his mind became cloudy, his vision blurred, and his world....dark.

To be continued...

I hope you like the first part, but if you didn't...it gets better. E-mail me if you have suggestions or comments. If you have no constructive criticism, DON'T E-MAIL ME!!! I have no time to read the ratings of children.

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