Story: Pay Up

Chapter: One

Anime: Sailor Moon

Pairing: Serena/Darien

Rated: Teen

Author's Notes: Surprise! New, short story. Yes, it will be short. Maybe only three chapters max. I was watching some youtube videos and got the idea. The story takes place directly after the battle scence of the break up episode, where Tuxedo Mask is walking away from her. It has an alternate ending, obviously. Something to show that Sailor Moon is not weak.

I watched him walk into the horizon with his cape swishing behind him in the most elegant way. I knew tears were flowing down my face freely by now, but I didn't care. I wanted to watch his back fade into the distance. I wanted to see if disappear to a place where I could no longer go freely. I knew soon it would pull me into the opposite direction. It would not be like the sun for him, but the darkness – the black sky that surrounded my kingdom, the moon. I could feel it pulling on my soul's strings to return. I could feel it pulling me in, and I knew this time, it would not be so easy to let go.

Ever so slowly, I walked back to my house. I didn't bother to transform back just yet nor did I acknowledge the stares I continually received alone the busy city street. I knew they all noticed the tear stains being replaced with new ones.

"Is that Sailor Moon?" I heard a woman whisper to her friends.

"Mommy, why is Sailor Moon crying?" a little girl asked, tugging on her mother's pant leg.

"I don't know, honey," her mother answered before they crossed the street.

He said he didn't like weak girls. I knew I wasn't that strong so I guess he didn't have a choice but to break up with me. I wasn't him type. Maybe he should have never quit dating Raye. She's strong. She's definitely stronger than me. I'm sure he would be a lot happier with her. I only hindered him. That's all I was good for. I not only hindered the man I love, but my friends too. I'm always the one they have to look out for during battles and it's not just because I'm the princess. It's because I'm a burden. I've been a burden since the start even when it was just me.

I sighed, knowing I needed to get home for dinner, and I knew I couldn't go to my house dressed like this. That would surely give me away. I pushed down on the ground as low as I could go, and shot up into the air like a bullet. I landed on the top of the nearest building with stairs, and hurriedly transformed back to Serena Tsukino out of view of the street. After the flashing lights disappeared, I looked around the roof I was on.

"Oh, perfect, Serena. Out of all the rooftops in Tokyo, you just have to choose his to change on," I mumbled to myself. I looked around to make sure no one could see me even though I knew I was too high up for their eyes to notice who I was. I walked swiftly over to the roof door, and opened it, knowing it would be unlocked. I mean, who could possibly try to break in to the building from the roof? It was several – I mean, several – stories up. I was surprised in myself for being able to get up this high.

Going through the doorway, I raced down the stairs while praying in my head that I wouldn't run into him. I could see the evaluator ahead, and picked up speed when I saw it was about to close.

"Hold it, please!" I yelled, practically out of breath. I saw a large hand stretch out to stop the automatic doors. I slowed down to a walk, and stepped inside. "Oh, thank you… so much." I had to catch my breath.

"Serena?" I looked up. Crap. "What are you doing here?"

I looked up at Darien's confused face. "Oh, Darien. Jeez, I hardly recognized you without the mask with a look of loathing hidden underneath. Sorry."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Are you going to answer my question?" he asked, eyeing me with those gorgeous eyes of his.

"No."

"And why not?"

"Because quite frankly, Darien, we're no longer in a relationship according to you so I don't feel the need to fill you in on my activities," I said, snapping back at him. Wow, where was this coming from? I was crying over him only a few minutes ago. I was sure my eyes were still red, and my nose… oh, God. I needed a tissue.

"True, but I do live here whereas you don't, and since we are no longer in a relationship there is no reason for you to be here. That is why I asked my question."

"Darien, do you like hearing yourself talk or something?" I stifled a laugh. I forgot how fun it was arguing with him.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Serena?" he said, eyes going darker. Oh, scary. Not.

"How ironic. I've been asking myself the same thing about you ever since we broke up."

The elevator slowed to a stop. I thought we were at the bottom, but the doors slid open to the hallway of the tenth floor. We still have ten more to go together. A man with dark brown hair sauntered on the cart and pressed the ground button. The silver doors returned to each other once again, and continued on its journey. The man turned to me and smiled.

"Hello. How are you, miss?" he said, with a sweet voice, but it was nothing compared to the traitor beside me.

Either way, I smiled back. "I'm dandy. How about yourself?"

His grin went a bit wider. "I'm better now. Do you live here?"

"In this building, no, but Tokyo, yes. You?"

"Yeah, I live on the tenth floor. I'm Travis. Do you have a name, beautiful?"

I blushed. It's been awhile since I've been hit on. The guys seemed to back away when they saw Darien by my side. Maybe he noticed that I was single now. "Serena. It's nice to meet you, Travis."

"Likewise, Serena." The evaluator came to a stop and dinged. The door opened, letting us out. Travis reached into his pocket and pulled out a small card.

"Here," He said, handing it to me. "Call me sometime."

"Oh, um, thanks." I said. He picked up my hand, kissed it quickly, and let it fall back to my side. He smiled one more time before he walked out of the cart and into the lobby. I turned back to Darien. "Dang, it's only been a few hours and the line is already starting. I guess I still got it." I thrusted my hip out to him, and slapped my rear with a wink his way. I laughed. "See you around, Cape Boy." I walked out, snickering at his shocked expression.

What did you think? Did you like it? I know it's short. This story will probably be only three chapters long. Hope you liked it and won't forget to reviews.

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