AN: This story is completely AU. No magic, no powers, no Japan. This story is based off the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. I loved to read fanficiton, and I have attempted to write a couple myself, but I'm not perfected. I do try as hard as I can to write a good story, so please no flames. Constructive criticism is more than welcome.

Disclaimer: I do not own Salior Moon or any of its characters. I only own myself and my daughter.. that's about it. And, of course, the characters I create. So no suing. I don't have any money anyways.

Also, here's some basic information about each character.
Serena Tsukino: 22 years old. Located in New York. Lives with Mina. No "meatballs". Her hair is blonde, mid-back length, with layered bangs around her nose && chin. Writer for Fashion, New York's top fashion magazine. Wants to write about Sports, but is told she can't until she proves herself.
Darien Shields: 24 years old. Located in New York. Lives with Andrew. Editor for S&G(Sports && Girls), New York's top sports magazine.
Mina Aino: 22 years old. Located in New York. Lives with Serena. Writer for Fashion.
Andrew Tomlinson: 24 years old. Located in New York. Lives with Darien. Editor for S&G.

These will be the main characters in this story. The other girls will fall into play here and there. New characters will be introduced. Anything else you might need to know will eventually be explained.

How To
By: xBRiTTANYNiCOLE
AKA Requienne

Summary: Serena is an editor for the magazine Fashion who is tackled with the task of becoming the How To girl. Darien is also an editor for the magazine S&G who, foolishly enough, takes on a bet. Unknown to them, their lives are about to intertwined in more ways than they would ever imagine.

KEY:
"TALKING."
'THINKING.'
EMPHASIS.
MEMORY/FLASHBACK.

Serena Tsukino, editor of Fashion, New York's top fashion magazine, drummed her fingers on her desk with a rather anxious look on her face. Not only did she currently hate her job due to the fact she wasn't allowed to write about what she wanted, but now she waiting for her boss, Sasha Wallace, to call her for a "meeting" about her articles. She sighed heavily and dropped her forehead to her desk, groaning.

"You're seriously going to cause brain damage if you keep doing that." Mina said laughing at Serena, who suddenly jumped at the voice of her best friend. "What in the world? I thought you were taking the day off?"

Mina shrugged. "I was. But then I realized.." she said putting an arm around her dear friend. "What fun would it be without my bestest friend in the whole wide world?" Serena stared blankly ahead. "Yes, well, I would love to have the day off, but now I am waiting for Sasha."

"What? Why? Serena.. What did you do this time?" Mina said in a joking voice. Serena smacked Mina's arm and sighed. "I didn't do ANYTHING. That's probably the problem. I don't WANT to write about.. lip gloss and 'pink is the new black!' and what shoes to wear with what pants. It's boring to me. I want to write about sports. You know, there are women and girls out there who would LOVE to have atleast one sports article in a female magazine, that way they don't have to read a stupid guy magazine and see Play Boy women plastered everywhere. Who honestly wants to see that, other than scum of the earth men?" Serena grumbled. Mina just patted Serena's back. "You have a good point, my dear, but Sasha doesn't care what your point is and whether or not it's good or bad. She cares about.. well.. what she wants. I think you just might be S.O.L, darling." Serena took it upon herself to then glare at Mina with a "Gee, thanks" look on her face. Before she could say anything else, however, Sasha called Serena's name. "Serena. Please come to my office." Serena's head jerked to ward to the voice, where Sasha stood just outside her door. Sasha was very tall, around 5'9", with short red hair, pale skin, and bright green eyes. She had quite a temper, as well.

Serena stood up slowly and started t trudge her way over to Sasha's office, but decided half way it would probably look better if she held her head up with atleast some dignity. Sasha stepped into her office and with Serena following and sat behind her desk. "Serena, please, have a seat." Serena nodded and sat down almost cautiously. "It appears to me you haven't been very diligent about your work. I have asked you several times to get to work with a photographer and do a fashion shoot with Victoria's Secret and interview their models. Have you set this time up?"

Serena stammered. "I, uh, well.. You see."

"So you haven't." Sasha interrupted, looking down at the papers in front of her. "Serena. When you first came to us a couple years ago, I was a little hesistant to hire you based on your passion for sports. I thought it might get in the way of the work you had in hand. But I decided against my feelings and hired you anyways." Sasha looked at Serena with a serious almost glare. "Don't make me regret it." Serena's eyes widened and she gulped. Sasha held up the papers she had on her desk. "See these? These are your papers os dismissal." Serena opened her mouth to speak, but Sasha held her hand up. "I am going to sign them right now. I was presented with an idea from a former coworker about an article. I am going to assign this to you. You will have to complete the task in the time alloted in order for me to throw these away. I hate to take it to these measures, Serena, but lately you have failed to show me that you truly want to be a writer." Serena's heart was pounding. 'Dismissal? She wants to FIRE me?' Sasha reached for another set of papers on her desk and handed them to Serena, who grabbed them with shakey hands. "This is your new project. You are officially Fashion's How To girl. Please read over the papers and ask any questions if needed. Remember, your job relies on this. We are finished." Serena nodded and got ou of her seat. Pale and numb, she left Sasha's office and walked backto her own desk where Mina was waiting.

"What happened in there?" Mina asked, worried. "Serena? Why are you so pale?" Serena shook her head and took a deep breath. "She's going to fire me." Mina's eyes widened. "WHAT? Are you serious?"

Serena nodded. "Yeah. She said I had one chance to save my job. I don't even know what it is.. she just said I'm the new 'How To' girl. I'm supposed to read these papers and get started. I've only got so long to do it." Mina snatched the papers from Serena's hands. "Um, yeah. You'veonly got 2 weeks. You have 3 days to find a guy, 10 days to do your 'job', and 1 day to write the article, babe." Serena, confused, too the papers back. "Find a guy?" She scanned the papers. "Is. She. Serious?! I'm supposed to write an article on How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days?! This is insane!"

Mina didn't necessarily agree. "I think it could be fun.. I mean, you get to find a guy and basically annoy the piss outta him. It sounds fun to me!" Serena glared at Mina. "Yeah, maybe for you, Ms. I'm-Gonna-Date-Everything-That-Has-2-Legs-And-A-Penis!" Mina laughed. "Hey now. Those are the only requirements! He aslo has to have.. " And Mina went on and on. Serena wasn't paying attention though. She was trying to figure out how she was going to do this article. She didn't have a choice. She had to keep her job.

-End.

Okay that's it for chapter 1! Review and I'll get chapter 2 up pretty quickly. Thanks!