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Okay, so this is my first fanfic. And I am kinda nervous about what you all are going to think. But I am so open to constructive criticism and any comments you have so PLEASE send me your feedback because I ABSOLUTELY LOVE E-MAIL!!! I worship Razzz(Hope you're feeling better Liz!!!) and Jade, and Sue Mei cuz you all are beyond fantastic storytellers and pretty much the majority of all the fanfic authors I have read are too, but I am really bad with remembering names. Okay, so I don't own Sailor moon( Some big company in Japan does and I think DIC does too, and so does Naoko Takeuchi(I hope that I spelled that right!) or any of the characters in this story unless in later chapters I decide to add some new people to the story line. And if this story is totally lame TELL ME! Oh yeah, It takes place during the Sailor Moon R series right after Emerald takes over and it is based on the NA version because that is all I have seen and I don't speak Japanese. It takes place in both the present and the past. Oh, see okay so you know the episode Promises Fulfilled where Darien and Serena get back together? Well see I loved how they hooked up again but I thought that the episode was lame and like before they got back together I used to amuse myself in class with scenarios, so I figured I would combine all of those scenarios into one and tell it how I imagined it happening. Oh and if anyone else had this idea first I AM SO SORRY! You can e-mail me and yell at me. : ) So have fun and SEND ME YOUR INPUT!!!
Promises Fulfilled
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Serena was lying in bed, her heart pounding in her chest. The locket...the symbol of hers and Dariens love...it's soft music filling her soul with memories of days gone by.
Oh Darien... why? why?
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The dance was slow, a soft mellow piece of music that always filled her heart with romantic images and dreams of the future. His strong cordial arms wrapped around her guiding her into a turn, his musky scent filling her senses.
Prince Endymion of Earth had certainly grown up on her. No longer the unruly prince of their childhood, he was now a powerful leader and warrior of Earth. She had sensed the change in him slowly over the past few years as he'd begun to mature right before her eyes.
Princess Serenity sighed as she looked out of the corner of her eye. His parents and her mother, watching the ball from their throwns, their eyes on their children. She knew what it was that they wanted, for it was the same thing she wasn't quite sure that Endymion wanted, but that she herself wanted more than anything. For the Princess of the Moon to wed the Prince of the Earth. If only it were that simple. She loved him, with all of her heart, he was her best friend, her confidant, the one whom she ran to with all of her problems, the one that would hold her close and tell her his most deepest darkest fears and secrets, the one who held her up when she thought that she might fall. But deep down in the center of her core she was almost sure that to him she was just his friend. How she yearned to be more. Sometimes it seemed so right, the moment. She knew he felt deeply for her, he'd told her that much, but love was something Endymion held so highly... something he regarded as beyond what words could describe...he'd never confessed to love her. Oh but in her heart how she would dream, and wish, and with moments like these when he held her close, gazing into her eyes, penetrating into her soul... she felt like nothing on the moon, in the galaxy or the Universe could ever part them. If only...
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Endymion was torn... here was this creature in his arms, the most beautiful, loving, gentle being whose strength and courage in the darkest of times amazed even him. Her liquid blue eyes were like the depths of the ocean, a whirlwind he felt her could lose himself in perhaps forever. Did he love her? Yes, but could she feel the same? He'd returned to stay on the moon for 2 months after being away for nearly a year and the women that had thrown herself into his arms was not the girl he'd left behind. She was his best friend, perhaps the only one to truly understand him, the only women who could ever see him as he really was. She was free of the stereotypes that were often associated with royalty. Nothing and no one could ever hold back this angel of heaven. She didn't need someone like him to drag her down. She needed someone who could love her even more than him, which he wasn't sure was even possible, someone who could make her happy, make her wildest dreams come true. It was doubtful she would ever feel the same as him. So he'd resigned himself to forget any possibility of a marriage between them. But oh, in moments like these... when she was so close... the soft vanilla scent of her skin putting his nerves on end... he thought that he would break, he could feel his reserve crumble. And when the dance ended he was reluctant to pull away. Her touch sent a shocking sensation throughout his body as she said,
"I need some fresh air Endy, would you like to join me out on the balcony?"
How could he refuse? He placed his hand on the small of her back and led her out into the cool night air as he caught his fathers eye. He knew how much his parents were hoping for an engagement between the two of them. knew how much Queen Serenity wanted one as well, tonight would be the perfect opportunity, but he couldn't do that to Serenity, wouldn't make her feel obligated to him. It wouldn't be fair to her to have to spend the rest of her life with someone like him.
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It was a beautiful night indeed. The distant stars were seemingly cold pinpoints of light in the evening sky. The Earth was on the horizon. Serenity closed her eyes, inhaling the exotic scents of the gardens below, the wind whipping through her hair, warm against her skin. She could sense Endymion beside her, gazing down at her, smiling. She basked in the glow of his affection.
"Sometimes, I feel as though this is all too good to be true, like a dream, that it's some type of elaborate fantasy my heart has created." She sighed and he had to laugh at her ramblings.
"Every moment I spend with you seems like a dream..." He said his mood suddenly changing. She was so beautiful... he threw his convictions to unseen winds, no longer able to resist the hypnotic red that was her lips.
She turned towards him her heart pounding in her chest. Did he just say what she thought that he'd said? His gaze met hers and she felt as if the moon and stars would realign and total chaos would reign from the heavens.
He caressed her cheek with his fingertips, a distant fire in his eyes.
"Endy..." She murmured as she felt him draw her closer, the music from the ball a faraway serenade as their eyes met just before their lips.
His lips on hers; soft, gentle, terrible urgency restrained...
Her lips on his; trembling, surprised, and yet yearning...
And then her mouth opened and his, and the passion and the desire became almost overbearing. She fully embraced him, feeling the sinewy muscles of his back, not wanting to ever let go... but then she pulled away slowly, tears welling up in her eyes, her emotions on overload.
He looked down at her, concern in his eyes and a flash of fear that perhaps she didn't feel the same way as he did. She rested her head against his chest.
"Just hold me Endymion." She whimpered.
He kissed the top of her head as he tightened his arms around her.
"That's all I've ever wanted Serenity, I love you." He whispered into her hair.
"I love you too Endy."
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Darien Chiba was standing out on the rooftop of his apartment building gazing out over the city below. The rushing cars, the buildings, the people. He looked out toward the horizon. There stood the Starlight Tower. The memories that building brought back were almost unbearable. Serena. Months had passed since he had abruptly ended their relationship. Months without her touch, her kiss. Months of that dream... months of the agony of having to go on without her.
"Damn it!!!" He shouted to no one in particular, his frustration mounting. Why? How could she have this power over him? This yearning in his heart, for her and her alone. To make matters worse she didn't except his reasons, or the end of their relationship. No, she was hurting and denying and crying. He'd seen it all. He'd felt her pain too. He'd lain in bed at night, unable to sleep, afraid to dream, fearing the worse, not wanting to have to watch her die in his nightmares anymore. Darien would sit for hours just staring up at the moon remembering the past, his childhood as the Prince of Earth, his mother and father, meeting the sweet Princess of the Moon Kingdom for the first time. Growing up at her side... loving her from a distance. The fateful battle on the Moon against Beryl, his last moments with Princess Serenity... and more recent events. Fighting along side the Sailor Scouts as Tuxedo Mask, regaining his memory, finding out that his Princess was none other than Serena...dying in her arms...getting another chance to start over. He sighed as he headed back down to his apartment. It would probably be another restless night.
Darien didn't turn any lights on as he locked the door behind him and made his way into the bedroom. The crescent moon's light filtered in through the blinds and fell across his bed. Closing his eyes as he laid back against his pillows, hoping that tonight there would be no dreams, that there would be no youmas, that tonight Serena stayed safe. For that was all that mattered, as long as she was alive, that the dream warnings never caught up with her. It had been a week since Hypnotica had spun her sleep spell upon Sailor Moon and when he'd arrived on the scene the fear in his heart had been overwhelming, fear that she was leaving him, and the tears that has fallen had given him away to the other scouts. They knew that he was faking his contempt for Serena, but didn't know why. (He had to make sure that they never found out.) He had taken his princess in his arms and kissed her, for what had seemed at the moment probably the last time. And he told her he was sorry. And after a heart wrenching moment she'd opened her eyes, and said his name. He'd never felt so relieved in his entire life. After the four sisters had realized their wrongs and Rubius had captured the other four scouts there had been that stunt Serena had pulled in her effort to get them back, thank god she'd gotten out of that one alive...
His eyes fell upon a picture of them. It had to have been taken at least 4 months ago, right before the dreams had begun. They looked so happy together in the park, his arm around her shoulders, her smile so beautiful. The cracked glass of the frame caused him to roll over and face the window. A reminder of the dreams, and the voice.
He was so tired. He tried to fight sleep as his eyes closed with the image of Serena on his mind.
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"Ohaohaohaohaohaohahhhhh, I 'm going to be so late!" She was running now, her hair whipping behind her as she skidded around a corner and...
"HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING MEATBALL HEAD!!!" The girl paused for emphasis, "Serena!!!" Raye shouted as she tried to push Serena off of her.
Serena pulled herself up with a groan, straightening out her school uniform and gathering her school supplies and lunch.
"RAAAYYYYEEEE! Now Ms. Hiruna is going to kill me!" Serena whined as she looked down at the scrape on her knee.
Raye snorted. "Well Serena who's fault is that? We could have avoided this situation if you'd just been looking where you were going!"
Serena shook her head as she turned in the direction of her school as she took off running again. "No time now Raye, I have got to get moving."
Raye watched her go, fuming, and after a moment shouted "DON'T YOU DARE BE LATE FOR THE SCOUT MEETING AT THE TEMPLE AFTER SCHOOL, OR YOUR ASS IS PUDDING!!!"
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The Cherry Hill Temple 4:40pm...
"Where is Serena?" Raye Hino paced back and forth in front of the temple steps, her midnight black hair flapping in the wind. Her eyes as overcast as the skies above.
Ami checked her watch again and huddled against the wind. "She probably had detention for being so late to school."
"Or else she's at the arcade stuffing her face." Reeni said as she leaned against Mina for warmth.
Lita rolled her eyes at Mina. Weren't they always having this conversation?
"She really has got to start spending more time on her studies or else she will never get into a good University." Ami's voice was muffled from her sweater.
The other three scouts looked at her, and laughed.
"In what parallel universe?" Mina asked.
"Like even." Raye barked, scanning the road that led up to the temple.
"It'll never happen!" Lita chuckled.
Artemis spoke up for the first time from his cozy position on Mina's lap. "Look, even with detention she should have been here a while ago."
A dark mood settled over the group as his words hit hard. If there was trouble she would have called on the communicator, which she wasn't responding to their calls on either.
Lita gazed up at the sky, it was filled with ominous dark clouds, thunder could be heard in the distance. A storm was brewing.
"Well, we have a decision to make girls, we can either split up and go looking for her, risking this storm, or we can wait here at the temple and hope that she shows up, or at least calls." Luna jumped down from her perch on one of the many stone pillars and landed in front of Raye, who impatiently said,
"I think that we should just go inside and start the fire reading without her. Leader or not she has to learn that she can not continue to do this."
Lita shook her head, "Raye, Serena could be in danger."
"The only danger she's in right now is of me opening up a can of whoop ass on her! I am so sick of her behavior, never being on time, wussing out at the last minute, and not to mention being the biggest crybaby." Raye growled.
Mina stood up, taking Reeni in her arms. "That's not true Raye! She has really improved her attitude. I will admit that Serena has her faults but the girl has got courage, and strength that I don't think that any of us has. And she has been going through a really tough time with Darien lately."
Ami put a hand on Mina's arm, "Calm down everyone! We have to consider all of the facts and not just our opinions. Serena is missing, her mother says she hasn't seen her since this morning, she hasn't been heard from since Lita last spoke to her right after school, and she hasn't tried contacting us over the communicators. What are we going to do?"
Raye sat down next to Ami and put her head in her hands. "I'm sorry you guys, I'm just worried, you know, and it's been a really stressful week with Emerald showing up and Rubius's final battle, and then there's suddenly all these new twists to a plot I was once so sure of. I know Serena has changed. She may still be a clutz, and a whiner, but the past year of scout bisness has totally changed her outlook on life. She hasn't pulled anything like this in months and I'm afraid that this time it's for real." She sighed once again.
"You know Raye, all you had to say was that you were worried and we would've been cool with that instead of having to beat you around the bush to get it out of you. We're all worried." Lita said.
"So girls, what are we going to do, should we go looking for her?" Mina asked.
Ami shook her head. "She may try contacting us here. I think that we should just stay here, the storms will be here any moment and it won't do us any good to get ourselves into trouble as well, and besides, maybe she took shelter after she heard the thunder and saw the clouds, you know how Serena is."
She looked around the group and saw nods of agreement. It didn't make any sense to go out in this weather, especially is Serena was probably just dicking around.
Raye stood up and began walking towards the temple as the rain began to fall.
"Well? What are we waiting for, let's get inside before we get soaked."
The rain began to fall harder as Mina, Lita, Raye, Ami, Artemis, Luna and Reeni began a sprint to shelter.
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The distant clap of thunder sent shivers up Darien's spine as he looked out of the window of the diner. Andrew and Rita were seated across from him, enthralled in a conversation he'd lost interest in the moment the storm had first began to rear it's ugly head. The morning had been so bright, had held so much promise for a great day, and then suddenly just a little after 3:30 dark clouds had begun rolling in, shrouding out the sun and a cold, sharp wind had started to blow.
"DARIEN?" Andrew sounded a little annoyed at his friends lack of attention.
Darien looked up from his stupor, to the expectant faces of Andrew and Rita, apparently one of them had asked him a question.
"I'm sorry you guys. I just, I guess I'm just a little spacy today."
Andrew chuckled. "You've been more than a little spacy for quite a while now Darien. What's bothering you?"
Darien smiled. "Nothing, I just think that I should get going. I don't want to get caught out in this storm when it starts to get really bad." He stood up, pulling on his jacket.
"All right, try to get some sleep. It might help." Rita said softly, taking Andrew's hand in hers.
"I'll try, bye." Darien murmured as a figure running through the rain caught his eye. A flash of blonde pigtails... That couldn't be her? Could it? He thought that she hated storms.
"Later Darien!" Andrew called out to Darien as he left the Arcade heading towards where he had last seen the silhouette of the girl.
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The distant clap of thunder was the only warning she'd had before the rain had begun to pour. Serena Tsukino ran blindly through the rain, her feet pounding on the wet pavement.
Raye was going to kill her. The meeting was at four, it was now quarter to five.
"Damn it!" She squealed as she slipped and fell. It had been such a bad day. First she was late for school, and Hiruna had given her an hour detention. Then she'd failed another math quiz. And now here she was running through the deserted streets of Tokyo, unsure of where she was, a storm raging overhead. She was close to tears. She didn't even bother to get up. She shivered, the rain soaked her to the bone.
*BOOM!*
She jumped as the thunder crashed not far from her and a sob escaped her throat. Where was she??? How could she have been so foolish to not have been looking where she was going??? The tears began to fall onto her cheeks, mingling with the rain. What good was it going to do her if she just laid here, in the cold street, in the middle of for what seemed to her no man's land, somewhere she had no recognition of the streets, the buildings or any other surroundings. She pulled herself up and began running once again, trying to clear the panic from her mind. Croskins, Piethsed, Hayes-Hunter, Vader, the street names blurred as she studied them, calculating and guessing each turn. Losing herself in her thoughts.
Then there came the footsteps.
They'd been there for a while now. A steady beat against the pavement following her own, stopping when she did, taking every turn, following every street, staying at a distance where their master appeared a shadow in the torrential rains.
Fear began to creep into her heart. Who was it? What did they want? Just another lost soul searching for refuge from these storms?
She began to run even faster as her imagination took over, tossing about ideas of blood, and murder, of thieves and rapists. She was once again no longer watching where she was going. She did not see the pot hole in the road ahead. And as she ran she turned her head, squinting in the rain, hoping they were gone....
"AAAHHHH!" Her foot was caught in the hole, and she fell with a startled cry. Her ankle was twisted at an unnatural angle. She tried to get up, but her leg gave out from under her with mind numbing pain as she crumpled back down to the street.
Now what was she going to do?
And then she heard them again. The footsteps, coming nearer with every passing moment, an urgency to them, ready to pounce upon their prey.
Fear clutched her now, sending her into a panic. What could she do? She wanted to scream for help, but doubted that anyone would hear her cries. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as a hand was laid on her shoulder.
She jumped and cried out, opening her eyes to see...
"DARIEN!"
He was drenched, clothes clinging to his athletic body, his midnight black hair matted to his forehead, eyes full of concern.
"Serena, are you okay?" He asked as his gaze met hers and her heart began to pound in her chest. His eyes...
She shook herself out of her stupor, "I was trying to get to the temple and I got lost and... I think I tripped in a pot hole..." She murmured as he knelt down beside her examining her ankle, his soft, powerful hands running over her bare skin sending a shivers up her spine.
Before she knew what was happening he was picking her up, cradling her in his arms, as he began to walk in the direction they'd both come from.
"I think that you've sprained your ankle, my apartment isn't too far from here." He said gruffly as she squealed in surprise and looked up at him questioningly.
A comfortable silence fell between them as he walked through the pounding rain, street after street, after a while their surroundings becoming more and more familiar. Each lost in their own thoughts.
Serena could feel nothing but him. His powerful arms, holding her tight to his chest, his breath, warm against her face, his heart, a soothing solid beat...She reveled in the slight huskiness of his breathing, the tang of his cologne...
Darien risked a glance down at her. She was so beautiful, and here she was once again in his arms. Maybe it was supposed to be this way... always coming to this one conclusion. Serena in his arms. He shouldn't be doing this, he should bring her home. But that was at least another mile from where they were...
"Darien," Serena began, breaking the silence and his train of thought, "Why were you following me?"
He stopped for a moment and looked down at her, adjusting her in his arms. "I was just leaving the Starlight Diner, where I'd met Andrew and Rita for a late lunch, when I saw you. You were running, and I was worried, I thought that perhaps something had happened, that someone was in trouble." He scolded himself for lying to her, but at least it was partly true. He'd been concerned for her safety alone, no others. And then she'd been hurt, because of him.
She frowned, confused, "Then why didn't you catch up to me or at least shout my name?"
she asked.
"I wasn't sure it was you." He lied again. He'd known it was her after just one block, he'd seen the blonde pigtails.
"Oh," she sighed, almost disappointed it seemed.
"Here we are," he said softly as the the apartment building lobby appeared as he opened the door, grateful for the change of situation. Maybe this was a bad idea...
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Her hair swirled around her as she raised her staff to the sky, a hoarse, grating laugh filled the air. The storm was growing stronger, the dark power was nearly oppressive. Soon the Sailor Scouts would appear, ready to challenge, and then she would capture the Moon soldier, their leader, would make her bend to her will, and in one final strike against them, kill her...
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Darien had toweled off and changed into some jeans and a sweatshirt in the bathroom as Serena laid on his bed, trying to keep her mind off of the pain in her ankle, remembering the last time she'd lain in this bed, next to him, the sun setting on the horizon, his strong arms around her, as their lips had met...
"Here we are." He said somewhat uncomfortably as he pulled a pair of sweat pants and a sweatshirt out of one of his drawers and came over to where she was. He looked at the bandages they'd put on her ankle. It would be few days before it healed.
He handed her another towel and she dried off to the best of her ability. She began to struggle to undo the back of her blouse, unable to unbutton the top of it to pull it off. Her eyes met his and he reached behind her and unbuttoned it.
He helped her take her uniform off, trying to keep his eyes off of her now scantily clad body, his hands lingering against her soft skin....
GET A GRIP! He scolded himself. This wasn't some cheazy porn flick. This was him and Serena, and she needed his help, she couldn't do this on her own. They pulled the sweat shirt on over her head. Now came the hard part. Serena winced as Darien gently tried to lift her leg to slip on the sweat pants, but it was to no prevail. She was in too much pain. He looked up and saw the tears coursing down her flushed cheeks, "I'm sorry Sere, I didn't mean to hurt you."
She shook her head, wanting to scream, why couldn't she control these emotions? How could he have these powers over her? "It's not that Darien, I..." Her voice trailed off as he wiped her tears away, moving closer, their faces inches apart. He couldn't stand to see her in so much pain. Pain that he'd caused.
She choked back a sob as she met his gaze, his eyes were so yearning...the deep royal blue a reflecting pool of conflicting emotions.
Darien caressed her cheek with his fingertips. He could no longer resist her.
"Darien..." she murmured as their lips met, her body trembling.
He wrapped his arms around her, giving in to his temptations. It had been so long...
The pain of their separation was too much... he needed her.
He lost himself in the warmth of her soft mouth, the gentle curves of her body, he openly cried, his tears mingling with hers...
("Oh Darien, finally we can be together for all eternity..."
"You must stay away from Serenity...")
He couldn't go on any longer without her. That he was certain of this now. It was like the breath of life was once again coursing though his veins.
(Just as their lips met, the floor gave away... "SERENA!!!!")
He was a whole person once again if just for this one moment. The torches of love warmed his spirit as he felt her trembling hand against his cheek, the rain still pounding on the windows, lightning flickered outside, the thunder roared.
The kiss ended slowly, leaving both of them breathless.
(The fate of the world..."Princess Serenity will die.....") The voice screamed in his mind.
"Serena..." He began cautiously looking for the right words.
She waited patiently for him to continue, her emotions running rampant in her heart.
Darien took a deep breath and hated himself. Loathed himself more than he'd ever before. He grimaced, "This is wrong Serena. We shouldn't have..."
Serena pulled away from him, and he almost reached out towards her...
"What just happened was not an accident Darien. And it most definitely was not a mistake! What's going on Darien? Why are you doing this to me, to us?" Her eyes were livid, her tone hysteric.
He looked away, torn.
"Darien, just tell me the truth, you owe me that much, just tell me the damned truth." She whispered, unshed tears threatening to fall.
Darien stood up, and leaned against the wall, shaking his head, "Serena... I can't..."
Her instincts reacted with lightning speed. She reached for the phone just as it rang. "What is it Raye?" She asked as she checked the caller id.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN SERENA TSUKINO? DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE ALL WERE? YOU DAMN BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE!" Raye roared.
"It's a long story." Serena said absent mindedly as she looked up at Darien who was now pacing in front of the bed, his face a maelstrom of unreadable expressions. Her heart sank as Raye said,
"That can wait until later. We've got trouble. This is no real storm Serena, Emerald is up to something, that's all that we could get out of the fire reading. We think that she's after Reeni again. Lita, Mina and Ami are already on their way down to the docks where the fire claims the real eye of the storm is. Be there as fast as your ass can get you there."
"Raye, I..." Serena had begun, but Raye had already hung up.
"Damn it!" She cursed as she set the cordless phone down, burying her head in her hands. Why couldn't Emerald just fuck off for a few hours? Why now?
Darien looked up from his thoughts, his eyes clouded over. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Serena sighed, "Raye said that there's trouble and that we should head down to the docks."
"What about your ankle?" He asked concern breaking through to the surface of his voice.
She shrugged. "Life goes on. Sailor Moon is needed. I guess I'll just do my best, hopefully the transformation won't let the sprain carry over."
Silence fell over the room. Their eyes met and he looked away. Serena felt her hopes crumble. Why was he doing this?
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Prince Endymion was out in the royal gardens, spending time with his beloved.
The past few days had gone by so quickly. He studied the Crescent moon pearl ring in his hand...
Serenity...
She stood there not even 10 yards from him, kneeling in the soft grasses, the glowering sun setting her golden tresses aflame. Her face buried in the roses. He smiled, she was indeed a divine creature.
She turned around, her lilac gown clinging to her subtle curves, and smiled.
"Oh, Endy." She sighed as she twirled, laughing as he caught her in his arms.
He smiled as their lips met, relishing her touch.
He pulled back, gazing into her azure eyes. He wasn't quite sure as to how to go about doing this... He took a deep breath.
"Sere, Would you do me the honor of spending the rest of your life with me? Will you marry me?" He asked, his heart pounding in his chest, a flight or fight adrenaline rushing through his veins.
Her eyes grew wide, unshed tears glittering in the twilight,
"Oh, Yes Endy. Yes I will."
She laughed as he joyfully spun her around in the air, and she closed her eyes as he brought her face to his for a kiss... If only there were more moments like these...
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They ran through the deserted streets, through the pouring rain towards the docks.
Her: trying to ignore the throbbing pain in her ankle, and the confusion of the past hour,
Him: trying to find the words to say to make it all better, and mentally preparing himself for the upcoming battle.
Only a block to go.
Sailor Moon could hear a distant roar of fire. The fight had already begun.
As they neared the scene a war zone appeared before them.
"Venus Crescent Beam... Smash!"
The four scouts encircled Emerald, each unleashing her powers at simultaneous times.
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Jupiter... Thunder Claps... Zap!"
"Mars... Celestial Fire... Surround!"
Emerald cackled, flipping her hair over one shoulder. Easily throwing off their attacks.
"Nice try girls, but I'm afraid that you've amused me long enou...AAHHH!" She cried out, reaching for her cheek, blood tricked down her face. A red rose rested in the ground behind her.
A menacing voice spoke from the surrounding darkness,
"I am Sailor Moon, Champion of Love and Justice, and on behalf of the Moon I will Punish you Emerald!" Serena appeared from the shadows, hell bent on destroying the bitch right then and there.
Jupiter breathed a sigh of relief. "Sailor Moon!"
"Thank God you're here!" Mercury shouted from where she stood, drooped over with weariness.
Raye snorted, "It's about time!"
"Glad you decided to show girlfriend!" Mina declared as she ran towards her friend.
"Well, Well, Well, If it isn't the little moon star herself. You pretty little fool, you actually believe that you can defeat me?"
Serena put her hands on her hips, and laughed. "Damn straight, and please, spare me the whole goddess of darkness shit."
Emerald hissed angrily, "Time to say good-bye!"
With a bark of fury she let loose a despotic flurry of electric bolts, Serena's back arched as she cried out in pain.
"Sailor Moon!" Jupiter screamed.
Mina gasped.
"No!" Tuxedo Mask dove in front of her taking the brunt of the attack, collapsing in her arms.
Serena held him to her, rocking him in her embrace.
"Darien, Darien, speak to me, please, Darien!"
Emerald snorted contemptuously, "How sweet."
He opened his eyes slowly, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
"Serena... you have the power. End it here, end it now." He murmured.
She smiled down at him and gently brushed some of his unruly bangs out of his eyes.
"Anything for you." She whispered in his ear as she laid him down on the soft grasses.
Sailor Moon limped foreword, blood dripping from her nose.
"You're time is up Emerald!"
The Sailor Scouts joined hands, determination etched across their faces.
"Mars Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
Serena let her head roll back as masses of power began to manifest in the surrounding air.
"Moon Crystal Power!"
All together now, "Sailor Planet Power!"
Their cries were drowned out by the roar of the uncontrollable supernova they released, a brilliant white fire engulfing all it encountered in flames.
Emerald let out a piercing howl as the fires consumed her.
Darien gawked, wide eyed at the scene before him from where he lay, as the pounding rain began to slow it's fall.
The scouts settled back to the ground weary and drained.
Sailor Mercury scanned the sky,
"Where did she go?"
Her words hung heavily in the air, the storms had abruptly stopped.
Each one searched the faces of the others, looking for answers to unasked questions.
Until Dariens' and Serenas' eyes met...
"Aaaahhhhhhh!"
An eruption of satanic energy struck Sailor Moon from the skies above.
Emerald appeared from behind the clouds, scorched, and ragged. Her irritating laugh echoing in the short silence that followed her attack.
"I told you that I was invincible. Not even your most potent assault could defeat me! You are defenseless!"
Serena lay on the ground, weakened by the blast.
"Sailor Moon!" Mars ran towards her but to no prevail, Emerald released another ghastly bolt of electricity, the scouts doubled over in agony, Serena moaned.
Darien crawled to her, ignoring the blinding pain.
'I must protect her...'
"Now Sailor Moon, you are mine!"
A globe of wicked violet energy encased Serena, and a ferocious swirling funnel of darkness appeared.
They all stood helpless, shocked, not knowing what to do.
Venus choked back a cry of surprise.
"Serena!" Darien cried out, stumbling to his feet, his hand outstretched towards her.
Her eyes wide, she looked down upon him. Terror, grief, and an almost understanding filled them. She smiled sadly as a single tear coursed down her cheek, as she whispered: Goodbye Darien.
The finality of the moment was frightening.
And then she was gone.
"NO! SERENA! NO!" Wracked with sobs he sank to his knees, this couldn't be happening. "Don't leave me! SERENA!"
Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury each stood in silence, stunned, grieving the loss of their leader, their friend. Each lost in their own memories.
"Follow if you dare Tuxedo Mask!" Emerald taunted from the storms above.
His heart was a bleeding pulp of unimaginable pain and regret... He'd stayed away, done as he was told...and now she was gone...
Darien gazed up at the bleak skies, the funnel's dark powers encompassing all they encountered. She was in there. And she could still be alive...
He slowly climbed to his feet, rage coursing through his veins. Emerald would not get away with this. She would pay a heavy price indeed. He glanced at Jupiter,
"Take care of Reeni for me, help her fight the future." He murmured.
'Don't worry my love, I'm coming...'
With a single leap he disappeared into the omnipotent mass, in search of his beloved.
It vanished behind him leaving only darkness in it's wake.
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So??? What did you think??? Is it that lame??? I'll try to have part two out in at the most two weeks. So watch for it. It will come. AND PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH ANY THOUGHTS OR CRITICISMS. I'm dying to know what you all think!!!
Until next time boys and girls! Later.
Okay, so this is my first fanfic. And I am kinda nervous about what you all are going to think. But I am so open to constructive criticism and any comments you have so PLEASE send me your feedback because I ABSOLUTELY LOVE E-MAIL!!! I worship Razzz(Hope you're feeling better Liz!!!) and Jade, and Sue Mei cuz you all are beyond fantastic storytellers and pretty much the majority of all the fanfic authors I have read are too, but I am really bad with remembering names. Okay, so I don't own Sailor moon( Some big company in Japan does and I think DIC does too, and so does Naoko Takeuchi(I hope that I spelled that right!) or any of the characters in this story unless in later chapters I decide to add some new people to the story line. And if this story is totally lame TELL ME! Oh yeah, It takes place during the Sailor Moon R series right after Emerald takes over and it is based on the NA version because that is all I have seen and I don't speak Japanese. It takes place in both the present and the past. Oh, see okay so you know the episode Promises Fulfilled where Darien and Serena get back together? Well see I loved how they hooked up again but I thought that the episode was lame and like before they got back together I used to amuse myself in class with scenarios, so I figured I would combine all of those scenarios into one and tell it how I imagined it happening. Oh and if anyone else had this idea first I AM SO SORRY! You can e-mail me and yell at me. : ) So have fun and SEND ME YOUR INPUT!!!
Promises Fulfilled
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Serena was lying in bed, her heart pounding in her chest. The locket...the symbol of hers and Dariens love...it's soft music filling her soul with memories of days gone by.
Oh Darien... why? why?
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The dance was slow, a soft mellow piece of music that always filled her heart with romantic images and dreams of the future. His strong cordial arms wrapped around her guiding her into a turn, his musky scent filling her senses.
Prince Endymion of Earth had certainly grown up on her. No longer the unruly prince of their childhood, he was now a powerful leader and warrior of Earth. She had sensed the change in him slowly over the past few years as he'd begun to mature right before her eyes.
Princess Serenity sighed as she looked out of the corner of her eye. His parents and her mother, watching the ball from their throwns, their eyes on their children. She knew what it was that they wanted, for it was the same thing she wasn't quite sure that Endymion wanted, but that she herself wanted more than anything. For the Princess of the Moon to wed the Prince of the Earth. If only it were that simple. She loved him, with all of her heart, he was her best friend, her confidant, the one whom she ran to with all of her problems, the one that would hold her close and tell her his most deepest darkest fears and secrets, the one who held her up when she thought that she might fall. But deep down in the center of her core she was almost sure that to him she was just his friend. How she yearned to be more. Sometimes it seemed so right, the moment. She knew he felt deeply for her, he'd told her that much, but love was something Endymion held so highly... something he regarded as beyond what words could describe...he'd never confessed to love her. Oh but in her heart how she would dream, and wish, and with moments like these when he held her close, gazing into her eyes, penetrating into her soul... she felt like nothing on the moon, in the galaxy or the Universe could ever part them. If only...
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Endymion was torn... here was this creature in his arms, the most beautiful, loving, gentle being whose strength and courage in the darkest of times amazed even him. Her liquid blue eyes were like the depths of the ocean, a whirlwind he felt her could lose himself in perhaps forever. Did he love her? Yes, but could she feel the same? He'd returned to stay on the moon for 2 months after being away for nearly a year and the women that had thrown herself into his arms was not the girl he'd left behind. She was his best friend, perhaps the only one to truly understand him, the only women who could ever see him as he really was. She was free of the stereotypes that were often associated with royalty. Nothing and no one could ever hold back this angel of heaven. She didn't need someone like him to drag her down. She needed someone who could love her even more than him, which he wasn't sure was even possible, someone who could make her happy, make her wildest dreams come true. It was doubtful she would ever feel the same as him. So he'd resigned himself to forget any possibility of a marriage between them. But oh, in moments like these... when she was so close... the soft vanilla scent of her skin putting his nerves on end... he thought that he would break, he could feel his reserve crumble. And when the dance ended he was reluctant to pull away. Her touch sent a shocking sensation throughout his body as she said,
"I need some fresh air Endy, would you like to join me out on the balcony?"
How could he refuse? He placed his hand on the small of her back and led her out into the cool night air as he caught his fathers eye. He knew how much his parents were hoping for an engagement between the two of them. knew how much Queen Serenity wanted one as well, tonight would be the perfect opportunity, but he couldn't do that to Serenity, wouldn't make her feel obligated to him. It wouldn't be fair to her to have to spend the rest of her life with someone like him.
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It was a beautiful night indeed. The distant stars were seemingly cold pinpoints of light in the evening sky. The Earth was on the horizon. Serenity closed her eyes, inhaling the exotic scents of the gardens below, the wind whipping through her hair, warm against her skin. She could sense Endymion beside her, gazing down at her, smiling. She basked in the glow of his affection.
"Sometimes, I feel as though this is all too good to be true, like a dream, that it's some type of elaborate fantasy my heart has created." She sighed and he had to laugh at her ramblings.
"Every moment I spend with you seems like a dream..." He said his mood suddenly changing. She was so beautiful... he threw his convictions to unseen winds, no longer able to resist the hypnotic red that was her lips.
She turned towards him her heart pounding in her chest. Did he just say what she thought that he'd said? His gaze met hers and she felt as if the moon and stars would realign and total chaos would reign from the heavens.
He caressed her cheek with his fingertips, a distant fire in his eyes.
"Endy..." She murmured as she felt him draw her closer, the music from the ball a faraway serenade as their eyes met just before their lips.
His lips on hers; soft, gentle, terrible urgency restrained...
Her lips on his; trembling, surprised, and yet yearning...
And then her mouth opened and his, and the passion and the desire became almost overbearing. She fully embraced him, feeling the sinewy muscles of his back, not wanting to ever let go... but then she pulled away slowly, tears welling up in her eyes, her emotions on overload.
He looked down at her, concern in his eyes and a flash of fear that perhaps she didn't feel the same way as he did. She rested her head against his chest.
"Just hold me Endymion." She whimpered.
He kissed the top of her head as he tightened his arms around her.
"That's all I've ever wanted Serenity, I love you." He whispered into her hair.
"I love you too Endy."
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Darien Chiba was standing out on the rooftop of his apartment building gazing out over the city below. The rushing cars, the buildings, the people. He looked out toward the horizon. There stood the Starlight Tower. The memories that building brought back were almost unbearable. Serena. Months had passed since he had abruptly ended their relationship. Months without her touch, her kiss. Months of that dream... months of the agony of having to go on without her.
"Damn it!!!" He shouted to no one in particular, his frustration mounting. Why? How could she have this power over him? This yearning in his heart, for her and her alone. To make matters worse she didn't except his reasons, or the end of their relationship. No, she was hurting and denying and crying. He'd seen it all. He'd felt her pain too. He'd lain in bed at night, unable to sleep, afraid to dream, fearing the worse, not wanting to have to watch her die in his nightmares anymore. Darien would sit for hours just staring up at the moon remembering the past, his childhood as the Prince of Earth, his mother and father, meeting the sweet Princess of the Moon Kingdom for the first time. Growing up at her side... loving her from a distance. The fateful battle on the Moon against Beryl, his last moments with Princess Serenity... and more recent events. Fighting along side the Sailor Scouts as Tuxedo Mask, regaining his memory, finding out that his Princess was none other than Serena...dying in her arms...getting another chance to start over. He sighed as he headed back down to his apartment. It would probably be another restless night.
Darien didn't turn any lights on as he locked the door behind him and made his way into the bedroom. The crescent moon's light filtered in through the blinds and fell across his bed. Closing his eyes as he laid back against his pillows, hoping that tonight there would be no dreams, that there would be no youmas, that tonight Serena stayed safe. For that was all that mattered, as long as she was alive, that the dream warnings never caught up with her. It had been a week since Hypnotica had spun her sleep spell upon Sailor Moon and when he'd arrived on the scene the fear in his heart had been overwhelming, fear that she was leaving him, and the tears that has fallen had given him away to the other scouts. They knew that he was faking his contempt for Serena, but didn't know why. (He had to make sure that they never found out.) He had taken his princess in his arms and kissed her, for what had seemed at the moment probably the last time. And he told her he was sorry. And after a heart wrenching moment she'd opened her eyes, and said his name. He'd never felt so relieved in his entire life. After the four sisters had realized their wrongs and Rubius had captured the other four scouts there had been that stunt Serena had pulled in her effort to get them back, thank god she'd gotten out of that one alive...
His eyes fell upon a picture of them. It had to have been taken at least 4 months ago, right before the dreams had begun. They looked so happy together in the park, his arm around her shoulders, her smile so beautiful. The cracked glass of the frame caused him to roll over and face the window. A reminder of the dreams, and the voice.
He was so tired. He tried to fight sleep as his eyes closed with the image of Serena on his mind.
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"Ohaohaohaohaohaohahhhhh, I 'm going to be so late!" She was running now, her hair whipping behind her as she skidded around a corner and...
"HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING MEATBALL HEAD!!!" The girl paused for emphasis, "Serena!!!" Raye shouted as she tried to push Serena off of her.
Serena pulled herself up with a groan, straightening out her school uniform and gathering her school supplies and lunch.
"RAAAYYYYEEEE! Now Ms. Hiruna is going to kill me!" Serena whined as she looked down at the scrape on her knee.
Raye snorted. "Well Serena who's fault is that? We could have avoided this situation if you'd just been looking where you were going!"
Serena shook her head as she turned in the direction of her school as she took off running again. "No time now Raye, I have got to get moving."
Raye watched her go, fuming, and after a moment shouted "DON'T YOU DARE BE LATE FOR THE SCOUT MEETING AT THE TEMPLE AFTER SCHOOL, OR YOUR ASS IS PUDDING!!!"
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The Cherry Hill Temple 4:40pm...
"Where is Serena?" Raye Hino paced back and forth in front of the temple steps, her midnight black hair flapping in the wind. Her eyes as overcast as the skies above.
Ami checked her watch again and huddled against the wind. "She probably had detention for being so late to school."
"Or else she's at the arcade stuffing her face." Reeni said as she leaned against Mina for warmth.
Lita rolled her eyes at Mina. Weren't they always having this conversation?
"She really has got to start spending more time on her studies or else she will never get into a good University." Ami's voice was muffled from her sweater.
The other three scouts looked at her, and laughed.
"In what parallel universe?" Mina asked.
"Like even." Raye barked, scanning the road that led up to the temple.
"It'll never happen!" Lita chuckled.
Artemis spoke up for the first time from his cozy position on Mina's lap. "Look, even with detention she should have been here a while ago."
A dark mood settled over the group as his words hit hard. If there was trouble she would have called on the communicator, which she wasn't responding to their calls on either.
Lita gazed up at the sky, it was filled with ominous dark clouds, thunder could be heard in the distance. A storm was brewing.
"Well, we have a decision to make girls, we can either split up and go looking for her, risking this storm, or we can wait here at the temple and hope that she shows up, or at least calls." Luna jumped down from her perch on one of the many stone pillars and landed in front of Raye, who impatiently said,
"I think that we should just go inside and start the fire reading without her. Leader or not she has to learn that she can not continue to do this."
Lita shook her head, "Raye, Serena could be in danger."
"The only danger she's in right now is of me opening up a can of whoop ass on her! I am so sick of her behavior, never being on time, wussing out at the last minute, and not to mention being the biggest crybaby." Raye growled.
Mina stood up, taking Reeni in her arms. "That's not true Raye! She has really improved her attitude. I will admit that Serena has her faults but the girl has got courage, and strength that I don't think that any of us has. And she has been going through a really tough time with Darien lately."
Ami put a hand on Mina's arm, "Calm down everyone! We have to consider all of the facts and not just our opinions. Serena is missing, her mother says she hasn't seen her since this morning, she hasn't been heard from since Lita last spoke to her right after school, and she hasn't tried contacting us over the communicators. What are we going to do?"
Raye sat down next to Ami and put her head in her hands. "I'm sorry you guys, I'm just worried, you know, and it's been a really stressful week with Emerald showing up and Rubius's final battle, and then there's suddenly all these new twists to a plot I was once so sure of. I know Serena has changed. She may still be a clutz, and a whiner, but the past year of scout bisness has totally changed her outlook on life. She hasn't pulled anything like this in months and I'm afraid that this time it's for real." She sighed once again.
"You know Raye, all you had to say was that you were worried and we would've been cool with that instead of having to beat you around the bush to get it out of you. We're all worried." Lita said.
"So girls, what are we going to do, should we go looking for her?" Mina asked.
Ami shook her head. "She may try contacting us here. I think that we should just stay here, the storms will be here any moment and it won't do us any good to get ourselves into trouble as well, and besides, maybe she took shelter after she heard the thunder and saw the clouds, you know how Serena is."
She looked around the group and saw nods of agreement. It didn't make any sense to go out in this weather, especially is Serena was probably just dicking around.
Raye stood up and began walking towards the temple as the rain began to fall.
"Well? What are we waiting for, let's get inside before we get soaked."
The rain began to fall harder as Mina, Lita, Raye, Ami, Artemis, Luna and Reeni began a sprint to shelter.
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The distant clap of thunder sent shivers up Darien's spine as he looked out of the window of the diner. Andrew and Rita were seated across from him, enthralled in a conversation he'd lost interest in the moment the storm had first began to rear it's ugly head. The morning had been so bright, had held so much promise for a great day, and then suddenly just a little after 3:30 dark clouds had begun rolling in, shrouding out the sun and a cold, sharp wind had started to blow.
"DARIEN?" Andrew sounded a little annoyed at his friends lack of attention.
Darien looked up from his stupor, to the expectant faces of Andrew and Rita, apparently one of them had asked him a question.
"I'm sorry you guys. I just, I guess I'm just a little spacy today."
Andrew chuckled. "You've been more than a little spacy for quite a while now Darien. What's bothering you?"
Darien smiled. "Nothing, I just think that I should get going. I don't want to get caught out in this storm when it starts to get really bad." He stood up, pulling on his jacket.
"All right, try to get some sleep. It might help." Rita said softly, taking Andrew's hand in hers.
"I'll try, bye." Darien murmured as a figure running through the rain caught his eye. A flash of blonde pigtails... That couldn't be her? Could it? He thought that she hated storms.
"Later Darien!" Andrew called out to Darien as he left the Arcade heading towards where he had last seen the silhouette of the girl.
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The distant clap of thunder was the only warning she'd had before the rain had begun to pour. Serena Tsukino ran blindly through the rain, her feet pounding on the wet pavement.
Raye was going to kill her. The meeting was at four, it was now quarter to five.
"Damn it!" She squealed as she slipped and fell. It had been such a bad day. First she was late for school, and Hiruna had given her an hour detention. Then she'd failed another math quiz. And now here she was running through the deserted streets of Tokyo, unsure of where she was, a storm raging overhead. She was close to tears. She didn't even bother to get up. She shivered, the rain soaked her to the bone.
*BOOM!*
She jumped as the thunder crashed not far from her and a sob escaped her throat. Where was she??? How could she have been so foolish to not have been looking where she was going??? The tears began to fall onto her cheeks, mingling with the rain. What good was it going to do her if she just laid here, in the cold street, in the middle of for what seemed to her no man's land, somewhere she had no recognition of the streets, the buildings or any other surroundings. She pulled herself up and began running once again, trying to clear the panic from her mind. Croskins, Piethsed, Hayes-Hunter, Vader, the street names blurred as she studied them, calculating and guessing each turn. Losing herself in her thoughts.
Then there came the footsteps.
They'd been there for a while now. A steady beat against the pavement following her own, stopping when she did, taking every turn, following every street, staying at a distance where their master appeared a shadow in the torrential rains.
Fear began to creep into her heart. Who was it? What did they want? Just another lost soul searching for refuge from these storms?
She began to run even faster as her imagination took over, tossing about ideas of blood, and murder, of thieves and rapists. She was once again no longer watching where she was going. She did not see the pot hole in the road ahead. And as she ran she turned her head, squinting in the rain, hoping they were gone....
"AAAHHHH!" Her foot was caught in the hole, and she fell with a startled cry. Her ankle was twisted at an unnatural angle. She tried to get up, but her leg gave out from under her with mind numbing pain as she crumpled back down to the street.
Now what was she going to do?
And then she heard them again. The footsteps, coming nearer with every passing moment, an urgency to them, ready to pounce upon their prey.
Fear clutched her now, sending her into a panic. What could she do? She wanted to scream for help, but doubted that anyone would hear her cries. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as a hand was laid on her shoulder.
She jumped and cried out, opening her eyes to see...
"DARIEN!"
He was drenched, clothes clinging to his athletic body, his midnight black hair matted to his forehead, eyes full of concern.
"Serena, are you okay?" He asked as his gaze met hers and her heart began to pound in her chest. His eyes...
She shook herself out of her stupor, "I was trying to get to the temple and I got lost and... I think I tripped in a pot hole..." She murmured as he knelt down beside her examining her ankle, his soft, powerful hands running over her bare skin sending a shivers up her spine.
Before she knew what was happening he was picking her up, cradling her in his arms, as he began to walk in the direction they'd both come from.
"I think that you've sprained your ankle, my apartment isn't too far from here." He said gruffly as she squealed in surprise and looked up at him questioningly.
A comfortable silence fell between them as he walked through the pounding rain, street after street, after a while their surroundings becoming more and more familiar. Each lost in their own thoughts.
Serena could feel nothing but him. His powerful arms, holding her tight to his chest, his breath, warm against her face, his heart, a soothing solid beat...She reveled in the slight huskiness of his breathing, the tang of his cologne...
Darien risked a glance down at her. She was so beautiful, and here she was once again in his arms. Maybe it was supposed to be this way... always coming to this one conclusion. Serena in his arms. He shouldn't be doing this, he should bring her home. But that was at least another mile from where they were...
"Darien," Serena began, breaking the silence and his train of thought, "Why were you following me?"
He stopped for a moment and looked down at her, adjusting her in his arms. "I was just leaving the Starlight Diner, where I'd met Andrew and Rita for a late lunch, when I saw you. You were running, and I was worried, I thought that perhaps something had happened, that someone was in trouble." He scolded himself for lying to her, but at least it was partly true. He'd been concerned for her safety alone, no others. And then she'd been hurt, because of him.
She frowned, confused, "Then why didn't you catch up to me or at least shout my name?"
she asked.
"I wasn't sure it was you." He lied again. He'd known it was her after just one block, he'd seen the blonde pigtails.
"Oh," she sighed, almost disappointed it seemed.
"Here we are," he said softly as the the apartment building lobby appeared as he opened the door, grateful for the change of situation. Maybe this was a bad idea...
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Her hair swirled around her as she raised her staff to the sky, a hoarse, grating laugh filled the air. The storm was growing stronger, the dark power was nearly oppressive. Soon the Sailor Scouts would appear, ready to challenge, and then she would capture the Moon soldier, their leader, would make her bend to her will, and in one final strike against them, kill her...
**********
Darien had toweled off and changed into some jeans and a sweatshirt in the bathroom as Serena laid on his bed, trying to keep her mind off of the pain in her ankle, remembering the last time she'd lain in this bed, next to him, the sun setting on the horizon, his strong arms around her, as their lips had met...
"Here we are." He said somewhat uncomfortably as he pulled a pair of sweat pants and a sweatshirt out of one of his drawers and came over to where she was. He looked at the bandages they'd put on her ankle. It would be few days before it healed.
He handed her another towel and she dried off to the best of her ability. She began to struggle to undo the back of her blouse, unable to unbutton the top of it to pull it off. Her eyes met his and he reached behind her and unbuttoned it.
He helped her take her uniform off, trying to keep his eyes off of her now scantily clad body, his hands lingering against her soft skin....
GET A GRIP! He scolded himself. This wasn't some cheazy porn flick. This was him and Serena, and she needed his help, she couldn't do this on her own. They pulled the sweat shirt on over her head. Now came the hard part. Serena winced as Darien gently tried to lift her leg to slip on the sweat pants, but it was to no prevail. She was in too much pain. He looked up and saw the tears coursing down her flushed cheeks, "I'm sorry Sere, I didn't mean to hurt you."
She shook her head, wanting to scream, why couldn't she control these emotions? How could he have these powers over her? "It's not that Darien, I..." Her voice trailed off as he wiped her tears away, moving closer, their faces inches apart. He couldn't stand to see her in so much pain. Pain that he'd caused.
She choked back a sob as she met his gaze, his eyes were so yearning...the deep royal blue a reflecting pool of conflicting emotions.
Darien caressed her cheek with his fingertips. He could no longer resist her.
"Darien..." she murmured as their lips met, her body trembling.
He wrapped his arms around her, giving in to his temptations. It had been so long...
The pain of their separation was too much... he needed her.
He lost himself in the warmth of her soft mouth, the gentle curves of her body, he openly cried, his tears mingling with hers...
("Oh Darien, finally we can be together for all eternity..."
"You must stay away from Serenity...")
He couldn't go on any longer without her. That he was certain of this now. It was like the breath of life was once again coursing though his veins.
(Just as their lips met, the floor gave away... "SERENA!!!!")
He was a whole person once again if just for this one moment. The torches of love warmed his spirit as he felt her trembling hand against his cheek, the rain still pounding on the windows, lightning flickered outside, the thunder roared.
The kiss ended slowly, leaving both of them breathless.
(The fate of the world..."Princess Serenity will die.....") The voice screamed in his mind.
"Serena..." He began cautiously looking for the right words.
She waited patiently for him to continue, her emotions running rampant in her heart.
Darien took a deep breath and hated himself. Loathed himself more than he'd ever before. He grimaced, "This is wrong Serena. We shouldn't have..."
Serena pulled away from him, and he almost reached out towards her...
"What just happened was not an accident Darien. And it most definitely was not a mistake! What's going on Darien? Why are you doing this to me, to us?" Her eyes were livid, her tone hysteric.
He looked away, torn.
"Darien, just tell me the truth, you owe me that much, just tell me the damned truth." She whispered, unshed tears threatening to fall.
Darien stood up, and leaned against the wall, shaking his head, "Serena... I can't..."
Her instincts reacted with lightning speed. She reached for the phone just as it rang. "What is it Raye?" She asked as she checked the caller id.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN SERENA TSUKINO? DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE ALL WERE? YOU DAMN BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE!" Raye roared.
"It's a long story." Serena said absent mindedly as she looked up at Darien who was now pacing in front of the bed, his face a maelstrom of unreadable expressions. Her heart sank as Raye said,
"That can wait until later. We've got trouble. This is no real storm Serena, Emerald is up to something, that's all that we could get out of the fire reading. We think that she's after Reeni again. Lita, Mina and Ami are already on their way down to the docks where the fire claims the real eye of the storm is. Be there as fast as your ass can get you there."
"Raye, I..." Serena had begun, but Raye had already hung up.
"Damn it!" She cursed as she set the cordless phone down, burying her head in her hands. Why couldn't Emerald just fuck off for a few hours? Why now?
Darien looked up from his thoughts, his eyes clouded over. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Serena sighed, "Raye said that there's trouble and that we should head down to the docks."
"What about your ankle?" He asked concern breaking through to the surface of his voice.
She shrugged. "Life goes on. Sailor Moon is needed. I guess I'll just do my best, hopefully the transformation won't let the sprain carry over."
Silence fell over the room. Their eyes met and he looked away. Serena felt her hopes crumble. Why was he doing this?
*********
Prince Endymion was out in the royal gardens, spending time with his beloved.
The past few days had gone by so quickly. He studied the Crescent moon pearl ring in his hand...
Serenity...
She stood there not even 10 yards from him, kneeling in the soft grasses, the glowering sun setting her golden tresses aflame. Her face buried in the roses. He smiled, she was indeed a divine creature.
She turned around, her lilac gown clinging to her subtle curves, and smiled.
"Oh, Endy." She sighed as she twirled, laughing as he caught her in his arms.
He smiled as their lips met, relishing her touch.
He pulled back, gazing into her azure eyes. He wasn't quite sure as to how to go about doing this... He took a deep breath.
"Sere, Would you do me the honor of spending the rest of your life with me? Will you marry me?" He asked, his heart pounding in his chest, a flight or fight adrenaline rushing through his veins.
Her eyes grew wide, unshed tears glittering in the twilight,
"Oh, Yes Endy. Yes I will."
She laughed as he joyfully spun her around in the air, and she closed her eyes as he brought her face to his for a kiss... If only there were more moments like these...
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They ran through the deserted streets, through the pouring rain towards the docks.
Her: trying to ignore the throbbing pain in her ankle, and the confusion of the past hour,
Him: trying to find the words to say to make it all better, and mentally preparing himself for the upcoming battle.
Only a block to go.
Sailor Moon could hear a distant roar of fire. The fight had already begun.
As they neared the scene a war zone appeared before them.
"Venus Crescent Beam... Smash!"
The four scouts encircled Emerald, each unleashing her powers at simultaneous times.
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Jupiter... Thunder Claps... Zap!"
"Mars... Celestial Fire... Surround!"
Emerald cackled, flipping her hair over one shoulder. Easily throwing off their attacks.
"Nice try girls, but I'm afraid that you've amused me long enou...AAHHH!" She cried out, reaching for her cheek, blood tricked down her face. A red rose rested in the ground behind her.
A menacing voice spoke from the surrounding darkness,
"I am Sailor Moon, Champion of Love and Justice, and on behalf of the Moon I will Punish you Emerald!" Serena appeared from the shadows, hell bent on destroying the bitch right then and there.
Jupiter breathed a sigh of relief. "Sailor Moon!"
"Thank God you're here!" Mercury shouted from where she stood, drooped over with weariness.
Raye snorted, "It's about time!"
"Glad you decided to show girlfriend!" Mina declared as she ran towards her friend.
"Well, Well, Well, If it isn't the little moon star herself. You pretty little fool, you actually believe that you can defeat me?"
Serena put her hands on her hips, and laughed. "Damn straight, and please, spare me the whole goddess of darkness shit."
Emerald hissed angrily, "Time to say good-bye!"
With a bark of fury she let loose a despotic flurry of electric bolts, Serena's back arched as she cried out in pain.
"Sailor Moon!" Jupiter screamed.
Mina gasped.
"No!" Tuxedo Mask dove in front of her taking the brunt of the attack, collapsing in her arms.
Serena held him to her, rocking him in her embrace.
"Darien, Darien, speak to me, please, Darien!"
Emerald snorted contemptuously, "How sweet."
He opened his eyes slowly, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
"Serena... you have the power. End it here, end it now." He murmured.
She smiled down at him and gently brushed some of his unruly bangs out of his eyes.
"Anything for you." She whispered in his ear as she laid him down on the soft grasses.
Sailor Moon limped foreword, blood dripping from her nose.
"You're time is up Emerald!"
The Sailor Scouts joined hands, determination etched across their faces.
"Mars Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
Serena let her head roll back as masses of power began to manifest in the surrounding air.
"Moon Crystal Power!"
All together now, "Sailor Planet Power!"
Their cries were drowned out by the roar of the uncontrollable supernova they released, a brilliant white fire engulfing all it encountered in flames.
Emerald let out a piercing howl as the fires consumed her.
Darien gawked, wide eyed at the scene before him from where he lay, as the pounding rain began to slow it's fall.
The scouts settled back to the ground weary and drained.
Sailor Mercury scanned the sky,
"Where did she go?"
Her words hung heavily in the air, the storms had abruptly stopped.
Each one searched the faces of the others, looking for answers to unasked questions.
Until Dariens' and Serenas' eyes met...
"Aaaahhhhhhh!"
An eruption of satanic energy struck Sailor Moon from the skies above.
Emerald appeared from behind the clouds, scorched, and ragged. Her irritating laugh echoing in the short silence that followed her attack.
"I told you that I was invincible. Not even your most potent assault could defeat me! You are defenseless!"
Serena lay on the ground, weakened by the blast.
"Sailor Moon!" Mars ran towards her but to no prevail, Emerald released another ghastly bolt of electricity, the scouts doubled over in agony, Serena moaned.
Darien crawled to her, ignoring the blinding pain.
'I must protect her...'
"Now Sailor Moon, you are mine!"
A globe of wicked violet energy encased Serena, and a ferocious swirling funnel of darkness appeared.
They all stood helpless, shocked, not knowing what to do.
Venus choked back a cry of surprise.
"Serena!" Darien cried out, stumbling to his feet, his hand outstretched towards her.
Her eyes wide, she looked down upon him. Terror, grief, and an almost understanding filled them. She smiled sadly as a single tear coursed down her cheek, as she whispered: Goodbye Darien.
The finality of the moment was frightening.
And then she was gone.
"NO! SERENA! NO!" Wracked with sobs he sank to his knees, this couldn't be happening. "Don't leave me! SERENA!"
Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury each stood in silence, stunned, grieving the loss of their leader, their friend. Each lost in their own memories.
"Follow if you dare Tuxedo Mask!" Emerald taunted from the storms above.
His heart was a bleeding pulp of unimaginable pain and regret... He'd stayed away, done as he was told...and now she was gone...
Darien gazed up at the bleak skies, the funnel's dark powers encompassing all they encountered. She was in there. And she could still be alive...
He slowly climbed to his feet, rage coursing through his veins. Emerald would not get away with this. She would pay a heavy price indeed. He glanced at Jupiter,
"Take care of Reeni for me, help her fight the future." He murmured.
'Don't worry my love, I'm coming...'
With a single leap he disappeared into the omnipotent mass, in search of his beloved.
It vanished behind him leaving only darkness in it's wake.
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So??? What did you think??? Is it that lame??? I'll try to have part two out in at the most two weeks. So watch for it. It will come. AND PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH ANY THOUGHTS OR CRITICISMS. I'm dying to know what you all think!!!
Until next time boys and girls! Later.