DISCLAIMER: I don not own sailor moon
Authors POV
(Darien's 9 and Serena's 5)
In a room at the Jubaan hospital sat a little 9 year old boy crying. Tears spilling down his face, he didn't see a little girl poke her head into the room. She had two little buns on her head with curls hanging down.
"Hi I'm Serena. What's your name?" The little girl asked, smiling widely at the boy, her cheeks rosy pink. He sniffled a little and answered.
"I'm Darien, I think." He answered, more tears streaming down his face.
"Darien, why are you crying?" she asked leaning her head on his leg.
"My mommy and daddy are gone and I'm all alone." He answered.
"No your not, you have me I'll be your friend." He looked down at her and smiled a little.
"Thank you Serena" he whispered. Rubbing his eyes with his sleeve,
"Serena there you are" A man said entering the room. "I've been worried sick, well come on your mom wants to see you." He said holding his hand out for her.
"Okay daddy," she turned to Darien and handed him a rose. "Here Darien, we will always be friends." He reached for the rose, and softly brushed his hand with hers a spark rushed up his body connecting something in his brain. The little girl grabbed her dad's hand and they walked out of the room.
"Thank you" he whispered
6 YEARS LATER
(Serena is now 16 and Darien is 20)
"Sailor moon, there's another youma attack at the park!" Sailor Mars yelled into the communicator.
"I'm coming, just hold on" she whispered into he communicator,
"Ms. H?" she asked,
"Yes, Serena" she said looking up.
"May I leave early, please, please I promise, I won't be late tomorrow,"
"This is the only time Serena. Don't be late tomorrow" she said raising her eyebrows.
"Thank you!" she ran out of the room, she went to a secluded spot hidden behind some trees,
"MOON PRISM POWER" There was a flash of pink as ribbons covered her body, dressing her in her sailor scout outfit. She ran to the nearest building jumping up on top of it, jumping from roof top to roof top, getting to the park in a few minutes. The scouts were fighting two youma's; one was catlike and was leaping all over the place no one could hit it, another was a machine like youma that was in hand to hand combat with Sailor Jupiter. I jumped into action hitting the youma fighting with Jupiter in the side; it crashed and rolled off to the side.
"Mercury, weakness!" sailor moon yelled,
"The eyes, it's the eyes" she yelled back, she took her tiara off her head.
"MOON TIARA ELIMANATION!" she yelled throwing the Tiara, and hitting the machine coming at her in the eyes. She could hear the scouts shouting there powers and trying to hit the cat youma.
"Mercury I need mist, Jupiter, give me some thunder, and Venus ensnare it, and Mars double attack" Sailor Moon yelled. They did as they were told; the mist made the youma stop long enough for Jupiter to hit it with a blast of thunder, Venus used her love chain to grab it, while Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars connected their attacks hitting the beast in the side, it disintegrated.
She wanted to yip in glee, she had given her first set of actual orders and they worked, but no one else wanted to yip with her.
"Where were you!? We could have been seriously hurt" Mars yelled.
"Mars, do not talk to me like that!" Sailor moon snapped.
"You knew I would be at detention, you know I can't be like this during the day." Sailor Moon yelled.
"I'm sorry" Mars said backing down.
"I can't be late for school tomorrow, I promised the teacher." She said softly. "Mars I'm sorry, you're right I should have gotten here sooner, I didn't mean to talk to you like that." She nodded her head in acknowledgment. Venus nudged her with her elbow.
"I'm sorry to you too." She replied softly.
"I have to go, homework to fake. I'll see you tomorrow we will have a scout meeting since I won't have detention." Serena sighed then leaped away, the girls looked at her with sad faces. They went and de-transformed, and started to walk to the arcade.
"I don't understand why she has to fail in normal life."
"Because they will find out, when Serena found us all, Luna told us what she has to go through, you remember when a youma attacked each of us thinking we were the princess, and Rei you know just as much of the rest of us, you should never speak to her like that. We need to give her a break." Amy said.
"What about Tuxedo Mask, where does he fit in?" Mina asked, a little bit dreamily. "
"Well he has to be the prince" Lita said,
"Then why doesn't she do anything," Mina asked
"Well I think she knows something's supposed to happen, we will wait for her lead." Amy said
"I feel like she protects us more then we protect her," Rei whispered finally saying something after what Amy said to her.
"Maybe she thinks we need it, I think we should practice, I'm still leader of the scouts." Venus said stepping in front, and doing a little pose.
"You only know that because Serena said you were." Rei scoffed at her, getting back to her old self. They all laughed at that and entered the Arcade.
"Hey ladies" Andrew said.
"Hey Andrew" they all yelled. They went and sat in the regular booth. He walked up to them after helping a few customers.
"So the usual right?" he asked looking at the ladies. "Where's Serena?" he asked.
"Oh she went home a little early, not feeling well." Lita said.
"Oh…I'll be right back with your order" he said with one more smile then walking away.
"Oh Rei look it's Darien" Mina whispered. Pointing to a guy who was sitting at the counter his back was to them and his shoulders were slouched, you couldn't see his face, but he was wearing a very ugly very green jacket.
"Hmm…he looks upset" Rei said wondering why. Then there was a flash of lightning and it started to pour outside.
"That's weird." Lita mumbled.
"Yeah"
Over at the counter where Darien and Andrew were
"So Dar, you gonna tell me what's wrong." Andrew asked his best friend.
"There isn't anything wrong, I just feel…I don't know how I feel" he said again for the billionth time. There was a flash of lightning and then the rain started pouring. Darien's head shot up.
"Well it looks like your mood matches the weird weather." Andrew said wiping off the counters. Darien had gotten up and was picking his stuff up and setting some change down.
"I have to go" he said oddly. Andrew looked at him confused.
"Where are you going?" he asked confused.
"I have to go" he said odd again. He rushed out of the building quickly getting strange looks from Andrew and the girls.
WITH DARIEN:
He was wandering the streets of Juuban city, getting soaking wet; he looked like a drowned cat. He didn't know why but as soon as it started to rain he knew he had to go outside, he was looking for something he could feel it. He was as anxious more now then saving sailor moon. He always did get weird feelings like this, he would just be depressed one day and all excited the next. But he didn't have anything exciting in his life, he should be sad always, his parents died and he doesn't even remember his own life from before that, just a rose.
He went down another street and stopped in front of an alley. He started to walk down it, and paused again when he heard sobbing near the end of the alley.
"Hey is anyone here." He asked into the darkness. The sobbing stopped. He tried to hear if anyone was still here, when he heard some ones faint breathing.
"I'm not gonna hurt you, I just wanted to see if your okay?"
"Darien?" he heard a girl whisper. He couldn't put a name or face to the voice.
"Who is it?" He asked confused.
"Me" The girl said walking out of the darkest shadows. Darien could see an outline of the girl, a girl that had buns on the top of her head and long, hair that was now dripping down her back.
"Meatball head!" he said flabbergasted, "Are you okay?" he asked, after seeing her usual happy excited self standing here sopping wet crying in the rain, but he also felt relieved, he was now calmer, then his anxiousness from earlier. He didn't think about that long.
"I'm fine" she sighed leaning back against the wall again. Darien moved closer. He couldn't tell if those were tears or rain, but he sensed they were still tears.
"Then why are you standing in the rain, I know your afraid of lightening." He said simply like he's known all along.
"How'd you know" he couldn't just say he knew, it would be weird.
"You just look afraid" he said simply.
"Why are you here" she asked confused, her voice sounded tired and sad.
"I was going home." It was the best answer he could give.
"You don't live around here." She said back.
"Fine, I felt like something was wrong, I came to look. I didn't know it was you, if you want me to leave I will" he said turning to leave.
"NO!" she gasped out. He turned around confused. "I'm sorry the past couple of weeks have been hard."
"It can't be that hard your only in what 9th grade." He guessed
"I'm in 11th." She stated.
"Did you fail another test?" he smirked at her. She looked up at him and started to burst into sobs.
"Oh. I was just…Serena, I'm sorry." He said quickly, he paused, he just said sorry to his enemy.
"What did you just say?" she asked, tears still streaming down her face.
"I'm sorry." He said again. "Here I know it won't be much, but your shaking, this rain came out of no where." He said handing her his coat and putting it around her shoulders, she could practically wear it as a blanket it was so big on her small figure.
"Thanks" she whispered.
"How about I get you a big cup of hot chocolate." He said. Gesturing out of the alley way.
"I would Darien but it's late I must get home" she said looking at the direction of her home.
"I'll walk you" he offered. All she did was nod. They walked a few moments in silence
"Darien why are you doing this?" she finally asked coming to a stop in the middle of the sidewalk.
"I'm being kind."
"To me?" she asked.
"Yes" he stated simply walking again. She walked a little faster to catch up, not noticing the wet leaves on the ground. She slipped. Falling face first to the ground, she put her arms out to take most of the impact, but the impact never came, instead warm and wet arms wrapped around her, turning her around to face her savior, they were leaning over, like in a dip of a dance.
"Thanks" she breathed out, staring into his deep blue eyes. He stared right back into her crystal clear blue eyes.
"No problem" he said not letting her up. He finally loosened his arms and took her hand to help her up more, but they both with drew there hands. Serena felt a shock run through her body and connect something in her brain. Darien just felt a shock.
Serena looked at her hand with a confused look. But she felt calmer, and less sad. She smiled a bit inside. The rain had stopped and there wasn't any thunder or lightning you could tell the sky was clearing.
Weird, They both thought. Neither one of them noticed something strange. They had started to walk again, but stopped in front of her house.
"Umm…thanks again." Serena said, looking up into his face.
"Yeah…you're welcome." He said, he felt the urge to take her away make her, her happy usual self. But slapped those thoughts away, No, she is 4 years younger that's not right, and it's Serena.
"Darien?" He looked at Serena who was looking at him confused.
"What were you saying?" he asked.
"Here's your jacket, thanks for letting me use it." She said handing him the ugly green jacket, that was now wet.
"Your welcome" he could tell she was trying not to touch him, when she handed it to him, he thought it was odd. But just wiped it from his mind.
"Goodnight Darien," she walked up to her front door and went into the house.
"Sleep dreams Serena." He said softly then walked away back to the arcade to get his car and go home.
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