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Life's Choices

Chapter 2

The next afternoon, Darien walked into the Crown Arcade to find Amy, Raye, Lita, and Mina sitting at their normal booth, all four looking sad. Andrew, the owner of the arcade, was sitting behind the counter in his usual spot.

"Good afternoon, Dar." Andrew greeted him as he sat down the counter, setting a cup of iced coffee down in front of him. Darien looked at his best friend. They had been friends for years. Andrew was three years older than Darien at 25. He had inherited the arcade from his father a couple of years earlier. "How is internship going?" Darien had started at Tokyo General Hospital that passed summer as an intern after he had graduated at the top of his class from the local university.

"It's going fine. It's long hours, but I love it." He looked back at the group of girls. "Why do they all look so forlorn?" Darien asked Andrew quietly.

"All I know is that it has to do with Serena." Andrew informed his friend. Darien head snapped up from him coffee cup. "They came in a little bit ago looking for Serena, hoping she was here or I knew where she was, but they didn't say any more than that. Maybe you can get some more information out of them." Andrew explained. Darien nodded and rose from the stool. He walked over to the booth.

"You ladies look like you have a problem. Maybe I can help." Darien said cheerfully. The brunette, the blonde, the blue-haired females glared up at him for disturbing them and prying into their business, but the raven haired girl smiled up at him.

"Hello, Darien." Raye greeted him. "You haven't seen Serena, have you?"

"Not since yesterday when I got into another spat with her and she stalked off as usual. Why? Is she missing?"

"Yes." Amy was the first to answer his question, her face serious.

"According to her mother, Serena was not in her bedroom when Mrs. Tsukino to woke her up. Also, most of her possessions were gone." Lita offered the information.

"Did she leave a note?" Darien asked, not wanting to panic.

"Not that anyone could find." Mina said, finally speaking.

"Where have you guys looked for her?" Darien questioned, his mind racing.

"Everywhere. We have been searching all morning." Amy replied.

"Well, let me know if I can be of any help." Darien said as he began to walk away.

"Maybe Tuxedo Mask knows where she is." He heard Lita say before he walked out into the afternoon sunshine. Why would I know where Serena is? He wondered as he began to walk towards the park. Now, I have two women to find. Sailor Moon had been avoiding him completely in the last month or so. He couldn't find her anywhere and now Serena was missing as well.

The scouts were still talking in the arcade as Darien wondered around the city.

"Since we don't have any enemies anymore, how do we go about finding Tuxedo Mask, Lita?" Raye countered, getting annoyed.

"I don't know, Raye. I am just trying to come up with ways to find Serena. Amy, did the computer come up with anything?" Lita asked.

"No, it's like she doesn't want to be. Even if she uses the Silver Crystal, I can't find her unless she turned into Sailor Moon." Amy explained sadly.

"What if she has turned into her Lunarian self finally like Luna predicted she would before long? Maybe that is why you can't find any trace of her?" Mina suggested. "She has been acting strange for the last month or so."

"Yes, that might be true, Mina, but why would Meatball Head run away?" Raye asked. Mina sighed and leaned back in the booth.

"I don't know, Raye."

"What are we going to do?" Lita asked hopelessly.

"Well, if we can't find and she doesn't want to be found for the time being, we can only hope that wherever Serena is, she is safe and happy." Amy offered, hoping it would make them all feel somewhat better. The rest of the scouts looked at her and she knew that it hadn't helped. They had lost their leader and best friend. Maybe I could try to talk to Tuxedo Mask as Lita suggested. I am sure he would know where Serena is or where she might have gone.

A couple of nights later, Sailor Mercury sat down by the docks just staring at the water. It made her feel calmer being here.

"Waiting for someone?" A deep male voice asked from behind her. Amy rose to her feet and turned to face Tuxedo Mask.

"Yes, you. I didn't know if I would be about to find you, but I had to try." She replied.

"I am guessing Sailor Moon sent you to do her dirty work. Well, let me save you the…"

"No, Tuxedo Mask." Amy cut him off before he had the chance to finish his statement. "I mean, yes, I am here about Sailor Moon, but it is not what you think." Darien crossed his arms and studied the warrior in blue.

"Then what is it you want?"

"Sailor Moon has gone missing and I was hoping you might know where I could find her." Amy informed him with sadness in her voice.

"What do you mean she is missing?" First, Serena and now Sailor Moon, what was going on? "Do you think there is a new enemy that could've taken her?"

"No, I don't. We, I mean the Scouts and I think she has left."

"Left? Why?"

"I don't know, but I have known Sailor Moon longer than any of the others and I have a feeling it has to do with you."

"What makes you think that?" Darien asked, wondering exactly the sailor scout knew. Amy hesitated before answering him.

"I know in the last few months, you two have gotten closer."

"Apparently not close enough if she can't even tell me if something was bothering her." Darien fumed at Amy. "I am sorry, Mercury, but I have no idea where she could've gone. I don't even know who she really was."

"All right. Thank you for your time, Tuxedo Mask." In an instance, she was gone. Darien fell to his knees. Both of his loves were gone.

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