A/N: I do not own Sailor Moon… nor any of its characters… I wish I did. And also, this story is both SerenaxDarien ANDSerenaxSeiya, you will see what I mean in later chapters… and please NO FLAMES, they get tiring… And one more thing… this is my world and in my world, what I say goes for these characters… hehehehe…. Enjoy the story!

Life Changes

Chapter 1.

The sun shone brightly over the couple sitting on a lone bench in park. Birds chirped nearby as the beautiful young woman inhaled the fragrance of roses in the air as the young man sitting next to her watched her in wonder.

"Oh Darien, things have just seemed to finally fit into place, don't you think"? The blonde said as she ran her hand through her long golden hair that was pulled into two pigtails with buns on top.

Darien smiled, "Yes, Serena, it has. Just think, you are finally graduated and it seems the Earth is finally at peace."

"Now we can finally live the normal lives we have always wanted," Serena sighed. She turned to look at Darien as memories began to flood her mind of the last time she had to become Sailor Moon. She thought of all her friends and the trials and hardships that they had all went through. And then her thought were drawn towards one friend in particular, Seiya. Serena missed him, she knew that she had begun to fall for him, but buried it because she knew that she had a destiny to fulfill. Besides, she loved Darien, and only Darien.

"Are you alright, Serena?" Darien asked after noticing her spacing off.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking of the past and everything," Serena replied smiling.

Darien stood and held out his hand to hers, "Come on, I'd better get you back before the girl's are upset. I know you had plans with them today." Serena smiled and nodded, taking his and letting him help her stand. "Now, I'm not going to have much time with you this week, but don't forget what we had talked about. I really do hope you consider it. Plan on me taking out next weekend and you can give me your answer then."

Serena beamed as they walked towards the temple, "I cannot wait!" It wasn't too long and they had reached the temple and Darien kissed Serena goodbye, not a deep kiss, but a simple kiss on the forehead. Serena went quickly into the temple.

"Meat ball head!" Raye said surprisingly, "You are actually here early!"

Serena stuck her tongue out at Raye as she followed her into her bedroom, "I am not always late anymore. I have matured, you know!" Raye laughed as she finished getting her bedroom cleaned up before the other girl's arrived. "It will be so nice to see the other girls for once," Serena said as she began to help Raye make her bed.

"I know, it seems like we never get to see each other anymore," Raye said as she finally finished and sat down. "So why was it so important that we meet today? It just seems strange that for once you called a meeting, especially since we haven't had the need for one in so long."

Serena sighed, "I will explain it all when the rest of the girl's arrive." Raye nodded as she heard the others arrive. Both girl's stood and went to greet them.

It took several minutes before the girls had calmed down enough for Serena to explain to them why she asked them to come.

"So Serena," Mina started. "What's with all the urgency?"

"Yeah, what is it?" Lita asked

"Is it a new enemy?" Amy finished.

Serena smiled and shook her head, "No, no, it's nothing like that. I asked you all to come today so I could make an announcement." The girls all sat in silence; they had not seen their leader this serious in a long time. "Since it seems that Earth is at peace, I have decided that as of now, you are all released from your senshi duties and can freely live your own lives." All four girls stared at her in shock. Mina was the first to speak.

"You're… releasing us?" Mina asked uncertainly. Serena nodded.

"But… why?" Lita asked.

"We have not had an enemy threat in over two years. I have decided that it was time that you all were able to move on and begin living your lives as you choose, instead letting your senshi duties decide for you," Serena said gently. "We have all made sacrifices to save Earth, especially you guys, and I think it is time that you are rewarded for it. Especially with graduation coming up, I think it is time you all begin living your dreams." Serena turned towards Amy, "I know you want to go to medical school, now you have the chance to go and not worry about the threat of attack." Amy nodded. Serena turned to Mina, "And you, Mina, you want to be a singer, right?" Mina nodded. "Well, go for it! Now you never have to worry about missing a rehearsal or anything." Serena faced Raye, "And now you can devote your studies to becoming a head priestess." Raye nodded in return. Serena lastly faced Lita, "My dear friend Lita, now you will be able to pursue your cooking skills and become a great chef!" Lita nodded. "Now don't you all see why you all should do this?!" Serena stood there, watching as her scouts pondered on what their leader has said.

"What about you?" Raye asked. "What will happen to you and Darien?" The other girls nodded and looked at Serena.

Serena blushed slightly and looked down, it was now or never, "Darien is returning to America to finish his studies in a month… and he wants me to go and live with him."

All the girls could do is look at Serena with shocked expressions… and then all hell broke loose.

A/N: Hehehe… now that is one hell of a cliffhanger, huh? Don't worry, the next chapter will be up very soon… hopefully my creativity stays on a role… lol… Well let me know what you all think. I always love reading the reviews. Also, for those of you who are wondering about Storm, I am still working on writing a sequel for all of you who wanna know more. Don't worry, I wont leave all you hangin for very long..

Later, Bunny