Chapter 3

Serena looked at the yummy food her mother cooked but had no appetite. This tutor thing was affecting her more than she thought it ever could and the frustrating part of it was that she didn't know why she was so freaked out. She took a few bits of her food and pushed her plate away.

"Serena? Are you feeling well?" She heard her mother's concerned voice.

"Why did you say yes to the tutor thing?" She asked them. Her parents exchanged looks.

"Come on Serena, you of all people know you need lessons." Her father said, taking a sip of tea.

"Yeah, or they'll flunk you." Sammy jabbed at her. Serena sent a glare at her little brother who smirked at her and took a big bit of his rice.

"We didn't do this to be mean. We're concerned about your future." Her mother said softly and kissed her temple. "You look tired. Go lay down and I'll save your dinner and dessert for you." Serena left upstairs, practically dragging her feet. She fell dead on to her waiting bed and was out like a light, hoping tomorrow wasn't as bad as she was making it seem…

XOXOXO

Serena woke up early and arrived to school early making the students look at her like she was crazy. But she ignored the whispers and gave them a bright smile. On her way to class, she was stopped by a many of her classmates, a dozen or so boys, she was so caught up in her chatting that she didn't see her tutor standing by her class room, staring at her.

Darien knew from Kunzite, whom Mina always informed, that Serena was the most popular girl in school. But he couldn't really imagine it until he saw it for himself. She breezed through the various crowds like nothing, cheering them up and making the boys hang on her. He didn't know if she realized it, but all the guys who tried to charm or hit on her, she brushed them off and distanced herself from them. And for some reason, he was happy about it, that she had no interest in them. Darien scoffed at that thought.

A couple of girls passed him and gave him a shy smile before giggling and running toward Serena. They whispered something to her and she lifted an interested brow and looked passed them, right into his eyes. She stilled, and narrowed her eyes dangerously. If that look was to make him feel intimidated it didn't work. He smirked at her attempt as she walked from her group of friends.

"Prick." She greeted with a nod of her head.

"Meatball head." He greeted her coolly back.

"What are you doing here? Trying to pick up on young girls?" She asked him, looking behind her at her giggling friends.

"Jealous?" He purred in her ear. She snorted and began circling him.

"Of course not, I don't get jealous easily." She said, running her fingers across his chest, and then back. He caught her hand and pulled her in front of him, meeting her daring eyes with a dare of his own.

"Watch it Serena, you don't know what you're doing." He told her dangerously.

"I don't? Then why do I keep doing it?" A good question. What the hell was getting into her? She was flirting with him! And she liked it! This was getting out of control…

"So, this is where we were supposed to meet?" A new voice asked. Serena and Darien snapped out of their staring contest and she dropped her arm to her side. He was about Darien's age, long, curly light brown hair and bright, clear, green eyes. He was attractive, but couldn't really compare to Darien. She added, and she gasped at her turn of thoughts? Now what? She was going to compare every man she met with him?

"Good to see you Zoicite." Darien acknowledged him.

"Hey Serena!" Ami called out, down the hall way, making her way through students greeting to her. "Hello Darien." She said and gave him a friendly smile. She turned her attention to Zoicite, who was staring opened mouthed at her. Ami tried to hold her smile and not frown, but his look was strange.

"And you are?" Serena spoke up for her when her mouth didn't seem to work.

"In love." He murmured seductively and kissed the back of Ami's hand. Ami looked at him a bit flustered and giggled in a most UN-Ami way. She tried to pull her hand back but he held fast to it, unwilling to let go. "I'm Zoicite Greene and you are the most beautiful woman in the world, Miss…" He trailed off, waiting for her to give him her name. Ami was too shell shocked at his boldness to offer a name.

"Ami Mizuno." Serena supplied freely, loving the little scene in front of her. Darien ran a hand down his face and looked heavenward.

"A beautiful name…" He told her and kissed her hand one last time before letting it go. Ami, unused to all the attention he was giving her, backed into Serna and grabbed her hand for support. Serena slid her arms around Ami's waist and put her chin on Ami's shoulder.

"He likes you." She whispered to her while keeping a close look on Darien.

"Serena, Ami, you're here early." Ms. Haruna happened upon them with the keys to the classroom. Serena stood up and pulled Ami into the classroom with her. "And you must be the tutors Mr. Shepard sent to me." She gave them an appreciative look. "How nice." She said and put her bag on her desk.

Tutors? It didn't hit Serena why Darien was here until she heard the word 'tutor'. The blood drained from her face and she staggered to her seat.

"Not him." She said in a voice that sounded like an echo. "God, please, not him!" She managed to squeak out.

"Really Serena, enough dramatics." Ms. Haruna said, unaware of the past Darien and Serena shared. But maybe…She thought desperately, maybe Darien was going to be Ami's tutor and Zoicite would be hers. A crazy little laugh sounded off in her head, yeah, that's it, Zoicite would be her tutor.

Darien was just as distressed as she was and was cursing his teacher and himself for arranging this extra credit assignment. Hell, he didn't really need the extra credit that much, he could write a paper, anything but have to deal with her!

"I'm so glad! This arrangement is going to work out, no doubt." Ms. Haruna laughed with delight. Serena eyed her teacher, she was acting strange. The teacher went to a filing cabinet and pulled out two neat folders, handing one to Zoicite and one to Darien. "I took the liberty to make a small profile for you about the girls. I figured, that since this will be a year long thing that…"

"Year long?" Serena and Darien both yelled at her. Ms. Haruna rolled her eyes.

"Did we forget to tell you? How rude of us." She said with a dismissive flutter of her hand. Serena felt faint, and her breathes were becoming shallow.

"I think I need to lie down." She said in a sick voice. Ami patted her on the shoulder in concern.

"Do you need to go to the nurse?" She asked her friend, ignoring the look in Zoicite Greene's eye.

"It's just a panic attack." Darien muttered. Serena sent him a glare.

"I thought you said that there were other students? Other ones besides him?!" Serena pointed a finger at Darien.

"Did I say that? Oops?" Ms. Haruna offered, like that would make it all better. There was something strange in the way the teacher was acting but she couldn't put her finger on it. "Anyways, you should start right away. Serena especially, since she has a lot of catching up to do."

Serena stood up sharply. "Excuse me? I'm not late on any of my assignments!" She protested.

"Of course not, but you parents wanted you to take some extra credit. They want you to reach your full potential." They are all against me Serena thought in despair. My mom and dad and teacher, even Ami won't stand up for me! They want me to suffer with him!

"You two better get back to campus. They'll see you after fifth period. Come to the door to get them." Ms. Haruna said.

"Of course. By the way, which one will I be tutoring?" Zoicite asked. Me, please let it be me…Serena chanted in her head.

"Why Ami of course." Ms. Haruna said with a smile.

"Nooooooooo!" Serena moaned along with Darien's groan.

XOXOXO

He couldn't concentrate on his quiz, all he could think about was that he had to pick Serena up from school and take her to the library to begin the torture. Three hours with Serena? He couldn't even stand three seconds with her. She always made him want to argue and tease. She always ran into him and threw things at him. She ate too much and she was too damn cute to avoid! It wasn't that he didn't like her, nothing so dark, but there was just something about that girl that made him get mean and protective…

Woah, protective? Where did that come from? He shook his head, not wanting to think about his turn of thought. He sighed and filled in the blanks of the test sheet. The year was almost over anyway, he could survive typhoon Serena right?

He had an hour to kill before he had to pick her up, so he wandered around campus looking at the future events when someone ran into him.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry!" The person apologized, picking up the book he dropped.

"I wasn't paying attention." Darien apologized back and kneeled to help him out. There were cook books scattered all around their feet. After all the books were picked up, they finally looked at one another. His eyes met with dark blue ones. He's familiar to me, just like Zoicite was. The other man looked just as curious.

"Have we met before?" He asked in a low voice.

"No, I'm Darien Chiba." He said and held out his hand.

"Nephrite, Nephrite Eve." He said and took his hand. The warmth of the shake was like the first time he shook hands with Zoicite, and Jadeite, and Kunzite. Was this a guardian also?

"I just had the strangest feeling that we met somewhere." Nephrite said, shaking back his dark, wavy brown hair.

"Me too. Are you new here?"

"Yeah, I transferred three days ago." Nephrite said and looked down at the books he was holding. "I'm still a little lost." He admitted looking at the map of the campus on the bulletin bored a couple feet away.

"Hey, if you need my help, I'll be happy to show you around." Darien said with a friendly smile and they began walking together. They came across a poster of an upcoming movie. 'Moondusted', a story about Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask and their un-quenching love for one another. He laughed. If they only knew that he and Sailor Moon never really talked.

"Sailor Moon." Nephrite said and scratched his nose.

"You know of them?" He asked. Nephrite shrugged.

"Just what everyone else knows. I'm a Sailor Jupiter fan myself." He said with a smile, looking at the actress who was playing Sailor Jupiter. "She looks way better that the actress. Do you have a favorite?"

Darien shrugged. "Sailor Moon I guess." He admitted.

"Really, I would have thought you would be a Mars fan for some reason."

"Nah, she has too much mouth. Sailor Moon on the other hand had a lot of heart. Besides, my friend, Jadeite is a Mars fan." He said with a laugh. "If you come to the Crown Arcade later this evening, I'll introduce you. I think you'll like him." He checked his watch and cursed. "I better get going. It was nice meeting you. Call me if you need directions to the arcade." He jotted down his cell number and gave the paper to Nephrite and sprinted to his car.

XOXO

Serena tapped her foot impatiently in the hallway of the school waiting for Darien. Zoicite had come a half an hour early to get Ami, who sputtered in protest as he whisked her away.

"Sorry, sorry." He said breathlessly after a five minute wait.

"And you complain about me being late." She muttered and began walking with him to the parking lot.

"Hey Serena, are you busy tonight?" Brian, captain of the football team asked her when she passed him getting a drink of water.

"Well…" She didn't really care for him. He was cute and charming, but for some crazy reason, he wasn't her type.

"She promised a date with me later. Sorry, too late." Darien said after he saw Serena try to get out of it. Brian's face fell, but he smile anyway.

"Another time then." He said and kissed her cheek.

"If it was someone else who asked me and you said that, then I would have kicked your ass. But since it was Brian and he doesn't take no for an answer, I thank you." She said and gave him a grateful smile.

"You're welcome." He said and opened the door for her and their first tutoring session was off with out too much bickering.

XOXOXO

Since the Crown Arcade was their nightly pit stop before going home, he drove her there and left her to her friends.

"Serena? You and Darien?" Mina asked in surprise. Serena shot her a look and slid next to Raye.

"Shut up. He's just my tutor, nothing more." Raye smiled secretly and slid a full strawberry shake to her. Serena looked at it in surprise, but it turned to suspicion.

"What did you do to it?" She asked.

"Nothing, I swear. Mina told me about Darien being your tutor and I thought that a reward would be granted to you if you didn't come in here screaming at one another, so, wala." She said and popped a straw into it.

"Actually, Ms. Haruna bought it for you for being such a good sport about the tutoring thing." Lita said and hit Raye on the arm.

"Taking credit from others Raye?" Serena said and put her lip on the straw to take a gulp when another straw was put into her shake.

"She bought one for Darien too, but Andrew spilled it on accident, so you have to share." Raye said, ignoring the comment from Serena.

"Share? My milkshake? Are you crazy?" Serena asked her friend, flabbergasted that she would even consider that option. Especially with Darien.

"Share, or I'll take it away from you." Raye warned. Serena looked from her shake to Darien, and was unwilling to give up her strawberry shake.

"Darien, come here please." Mina called to him. He was sitting at the barstool with Kunzite and Jadeite and he looked at them questionably. Slowly, he slid off the stool and came to see them.

"Ms. Haruna and Mr. Shepard bought you and Serena a strawberry shake, but Andrew dropped yours. So you and Serena have to share." Mina said.

"I don't want a shake." He told them and walked away.

"Come on, you like strawberry." Jadeite pulled him back and sat Darien across from Serena.

"A race! To see who can finish it first before you get a brain freeze." Mina offered.

"That's childish Mina. Besides, I always win the races." Serena said proudly, looking pointedly at Raye whom she always raced with.

"But you have a new challenger." Raye said brightly, a little too brightly.

"It'll be fun, I'll even put a plaque up with the winners name on it." Andrew joined in. So Serena and Darien were surrounded by their friends, pushing for something as absurd as a milkshake race and they couldn't get out of it.

"Fine." Darien said and put the shake between them. Serena lifted a brow. He was agreeing to this? Stoic Darien, Mr. Zero Personality with the plain blue folder with no stickers on it?

"Alright." Serena said and put her lips on the clear straw, only inched from Darien's face. Their eyes bore into each others.

"Go!" Mina and Raye said simultaneously and they began. A trick she used was to let the ice-cream melt in her mouth before swallowing. The cold liquid pored down her throat and into her empty stomach. Her cheeks were clenched tightly together to suck in the thick shake, her tongue, resting at the end of the straw. The milkshake dwindled down until it was almost at the bottom. She felt no brain freeze coming on and thought maybe she had won, but Darien showed no signs of brain freeze also. The last sip was divided between them, and thus Andrew had called it a draw.

"A tie!" Raye asked, looking at Serena in surprise. Serena wiped her mouth with a napkin and shrugged.

"Do they both get a plaque?" Mina asked Andrew.

"Well, I did promise. I'll see what I can do." He said and went back to the counter to help some customers.

"Nice, very nice." Darien turned to the sound and saw Nephrite behind him. But he wasn't looking at him, or even speaking to him. It was Lita he was staring at.

"Nephrite, you made it." Darien said and shook his hand.

"It wasn't hard to find." Nephrite said smoothly.

"Guys, this is Nephrite Eve, a Sailor Jupiter fan." Darien added the last past with a touch of sarcasm.

"Sailor Jupiter?" Lita asked all of the suddenly, finally looking at the new arrival. "Why her?" She asked, leaning into the table.

"She has green eyes. I'm a sucker for green eyes. Just like yours." He said smoothly. Lita was used to being charmed, and this guy, Nephrite was doing it very well. And it didn't hurt that he was the most beautiful man she ever saw, hell, he didn't even look like the senior she pined for all these years. But there was just something about him that captured her. She fluttered her lashed playfully.

"I like your eyes too." She said flirtatiously. He leaned in, resting his arm on the back of the booth seat so where he was close enough, but not touching.

"Like? Not love?" He asked her deeply, fluttering his eyes too. Her heartbeat speed up when she smelled his intoxicating mix of cologne and soap.

"I'll love them more if I see more of them." She said sweetly, and they held eye contact for a while as the world dropped away from them.

"Who's your favorite?" Raye asked Jadeite, stroking his arm lovingly, seductively, faintly.

"Not hard at all, Sailor Mars." He said smoothly and kissed her lightly.

"Why her?" She whispered.

"She reminds me of you love, that's why. But she can never compare. No one can compare." He said huskily as her touch venture to his chest, pulling at his shirt to kiss him. Their lips met almost desperately, a hungry kiss that promised more if only they were alone. The sound of the arcade gradually brought them back to reality and they ended their kiss reluctantly.

"Oh I almost forgot, here, you left these on the table last night." Raye said, digging in her purse and giving Jadeite's glasses back.

"Well, I have to admit, Sailor Venus has my vote." They heard Kunzite say, and he wrapped an arm around Mina's shoulder and nuzzled her neck. "She has your eyes and hair. It's almost like you had a twin or something." Serena saw an unnerving emotion cross Mina's otherwise pleased face. All this talk about the Sailor Scouts, made the girls quiet down considerably.

"What about Tuxedo mask and his partners? Any comment about them?" Jadeite asked.

"To tell you the truth, I don't really know because you can't see their faces." Serena said and shrugged.

"True." Lita said and the girls nodded.

"What? You're not turned on? I thought girls liked masked men that are hard to find out." Jadeite protested.

"Who said that?" Mina asked. "I personally like to know what guys are thinking and what they look like. For all we know, the Tuxedo Circle guys are ugly with great bodies."

Kunzite sputtered. "Whose body were you looking at? Not Tuxedo Mask himself!" He sent a glare at Darien for some reason.

"No, Sailor Moon has a thing for him. I like the one with the light blonde hair." Mina said dreamily.

"Sailor Moon has a thing for Tuxedo Mask?" Darien asked them, looking at each girl expectantly. "How do you know that?"

"You can see it. That tension between them. Just the other night, I heard that she asked Tuxedo Mask if her butt was big. He took a long look at it and said he liked it." Raye told him, playing with Jadeite's fingers.

"I like her butt." Serena said simply.

"Looking at other girls?" Darien asked her. Serena turned to him.

"Does it turn you on?" She asked him huskily. There I go again, flirting with him. Uhh, what has gotten into me?

"A little." He shot back, looking at her with the same daring eyes he had earlier.

"Whoa, just how close have you guys gotten in one day?" Raye asked them. They didn't answer her, just stared at one another.

"Where is Ami?" Lita asked them, shaking her hair back, knowing that it brushed against Nephrite's arm.

"She's not back with Zoicite yet?" Serena asked, breaking eye contact, suddenly concerned. Zoicite was being quite liberal with his attention and intentions with her. And Ami never really had experiences with the opposite sex, she was worried.

"I'm sure she's fine Sere." Mina said softly.

"Speak of the devil." Kunzite said and they turned to the bell ringing over the entrance. Zoicite came in first, followed by a giggling Ami who seemed to be enjoying herself immensely.

"Ami, who's your friend?" Lita called out. Ami blushed and joined them.

"This is Zoicite, he's my tutor." She said shyly. Greetings arose from the table. The room hummed with magic, it gave Darien goosebumps. Serena looked at her friends, wondering if they felt it too. All the power emanating from the table. It was getting hot, like a bewitching candle that flickered in a stale room, humming there. A boom echoed off the walls of the arcade and they all ducked.

"Another monster?" Serena whispered to her friends as they ducked under the table.

"We should get home, let the scouts handle this." Lita told them out loud. The guys nodded and they parted ways. The girls ran to the alleyway and transformed quickly and then, they were heading out to the street in the sound of the commotion.

"Can't have one peaceful night can we?" Sailor Moon called out to the girls after the monster let out a howl of battle.

"Nope." Sailor Jupiter yelled back over the roar and aimed an attack at the ugly, girl slash bird like monster.

XOXO

Zoicite and Nephrite went along with the other guys for some reason. Déjà vu hit them as they moved with the other guys. A powerful assault to the mind, this déjà vu they were having. The world around them was phasing out and in, the colors all around them turned bright colors then black and white. Their breathing was labored, like the air around them was too thick to breathe in. Zoicite and Nephrite fell to their knees and Darien halted Jadeite and Kunzite. The wind picked up all around them, whipping around their bodies and making their clothing flutter uncontrollably. The source of the wind was coming from where Zoicite and Nephrite fell.

"Prince?" Jadeite asked Darien in confusion.

"I knew it." Darien whispered and the wind hit his chest, full blast making his armor appear. Zoicite and Nephrite looked at him in awe.

"Endymion?" Nephrite said with a scratchy throat.

"Prince?" Zoicite asked unsteadily. Darien shifted uncomfortably, he was still unused to being called Prince.

"At last, all of my guards are returned to me. And now, my mission to find the shadowed princess is come." He said with a strong voice and gave into to his other transformation, with the others following suit, one right after another. A burning feeling in Zoicite and Nephrite's abdomen made them clench their stomachs and soon, they were dressed in an impeccable tuxedo suit and mask as well.

"But first, we have to help the beautiful damsels in distress." He said, raising his eyebrows a couple of times. They were off with a swish of their dark capes.

XOXO

Serena concentrated and jumped at the last minute to avoid a sloppy attack of the feathers the yomen was throwing at them. It was like she was molting or something. She hated birds when they molted!

"Venus, love me chain encircle!" The monster's wings were tied to her sides.

"Anytime now Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars said and pushed her forward.

"Hey, that was uncalled for!" Sailor Moon sputtered. Sailor Venus's hold on the golden chains was lessening and she shot the two feuding pair a glare.

"I'm going to let go!" She threatened them.

"You better not!" Sailor Jupiter called out.

"Shine aqua illusion!" Sailor Mercury said and froze the monster in place.

"Really you two." Sailor Venus let go of the chain and walked to the two with hands on her hip. "Can't you get through one battle without fighting?"

"She started it. She didn't need to push me!" Sailor Moon said, sticking her tongue out at Mars.

"Do we need a Scout intervention?" Jupiter asked them.

"No." Moon and Mars said in a guilty voice.

"I'm sorry." Mars said and she and Sailor Moon hugged.

"See, its all better now. Can we get back to moondusting the monster?" Mercury asked them.

"I guess." Sailor Moon said in a huff. But as they turned back to the fight, they were met with five cloaked men already stabbing the monster to death with silver swords.

"They always kill the monsters so messy." Sailor Moon said and shielded her eyes as Tuxedo Mask plunged a rose in the monster's head and it disappeared.

"Do they always fight like this?" A new Tuxedo clad partner asked Tuxedo Mask. He shrugged. Soon, a cheer erupted from the crowed that had watched them and they were assaulted with flashes from cameras and daring reporters, trying to break through the barricade of police forces.

"Kiss her, kiss her kiss her." A chant began. Of course they knew who they wanted to kiss. Headlines of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask and their unspoken love for one another were plastered every where they turned around. Sailor Moon blushed and shook her head.

"Did you see the new movie they made of us?" Tuxedo Mask asked her.

"Since when did we ever give them the impression that we were in love with one another?" she asked him as they met in the middle.

"Never. Until next time?" He asked and she nodded emphatically.

"See you!" She said and she and her party went opposite from Tuxedo Mask and his party. They laughed at the disappointed moans from the crowd.

XOXOXO

"It was a failure after all." Someone said, from their lab in the basement.

"I told you it was a maybe." The other person said, lounging on a battered, but really comfortable couch.

The first person gave a troubled sigh and flipped through the pages of the old book. "Lets try something new then? Perhaps a kissing spell of some sort. Nothing big, but I think they'll like kissing one another."

"Ah, a true romantic at heart. Perhaps I should do this one. I think I'll be more successful to tell you the truth." The person on the couch said, getting up from their spot.

"Oh really? Then by all means, impress me." The other said and kissed their

Partner on the cheek and handed them another glass vile.

"Watch the master work." They said and began the recipe.

XOXO

AN: Another chapter of this new story finished. I hope it gets more reviews. Maybe the next few chapters will grab more attention...Anyway, love you all lots and lots kisses :muh: