Lita looked at the door as it opened. She breathed a sigh of relief as she noticed that it was just Amy.
"I guess you want to talk to me about Serena. Poor girl is on her last nerves. She's almost ready to give up Darien and accept the fact that he will never remember. She is almost to the point where she is almost okay with me marrying him." Lita shook her head and walked over to the couch that was in the bathroom. She sat down with a humph.
"I see." Amy looked grave. "The situation is getting too out of control. Poor Serena is willing to give up the chase to give her some closure and she must feel that if she runs away from the problem, then it will go away into the back of her mind…far, far away."
Lita nodded and looked at the floor for a moment before she spoke, her voice was breaking slightly, "Yes, but one day the problem will come back for vengeance and she will have a bigger problem, because she has been harboring the feelings for so long."
Amy narrowed her eyes. "And she probably will not survive that."
"No, it will be to much of an emotional overload." Lita looked at Amy. Her tear filled eyes held a look of determination. "We will begin our mission again. We will not rush the process of getting Darien's memories back, but slowly. Make Serena more like Serenity; bring up things that happened during the Silver Millennium, even what happened when we were reborn the first time. Slowly build up what he has gone through to help trigger something, anything."
Amy nodded. "Good idea."
"I will tell my father I refuse to marry Darien on pain of death. If he tries to force me, I will make myself scare. It will look like I am dead, but I know Serena could not handle it if I died. Has Michiru talked about Saturn or Uranus and if their memoires are back?"
"Saturn is very close, Pluto is helping her out with that and Uranus….who knows. Last time she got her memories in a random place at a random time. That is probably what will happen. Michiru is there now, trying to help out with her memory gain."
"Good. We all need to be ready in case another person decides to attack us again."
Amy laughed sacrastly, "Lita, you mean to say when the next person will attack. Whether us or some planet to get what they want. Who knows, we just know we will need all the sailor scouts to be fully ready with perfect memories of everything before that happens."
Lita nodded her head. "Lets go, I'm sure they are wondering where we have went, or at least me. Father will be worried, mother will be worried, and Darien's mother will be on me like hawk, for all of them to find out why I had to use the restroom then. Yeah me." She gave a groan as she prepared herself for what she knew was coming next.
Amy laughed at Lita's expression. Hopefully Serena is found.
While Amy was talking to Lita, Rei and Mina were looking for Serena, Darien annoyed by all the girls throwing themselves at him, just for a dance, went out into the castle garden to take a break from everything. He enjoyed walking through looking at the flowers, especially the roses, but he most of all enjoyed the quiet. He was so into his thoughts that he did not know that he had walked upon someone, who was sitting on one of the stone benches. For some unknown reason he felt a jump, again in a deep part of his mind, as he looked upon the blonde hair which looked silver in the moonlight held up in a ponytail…
"Your majesty…" The young girl turned around showing no other than Serena. She clutched her hands together over her chest as she stood up.
"Miss. Tuskina." He felt bad for her because she looked quite uncomfortable. "I am sorry to surprise you like this. I was deep in thought. Please forgive me."
"No..no..no" She waved her hands at him. "It is okay. I mean it is your garden and I really should not be here because…well you know…I am sorry, I disturbed your walk…"
"Breathing is a good thing." He looked at her, his eyebrow raised. She seemed so…he didn't know how to describe it..around him. "It is fine. Look Ill just keep on walking."
"No…its okay. I should get back to the party anyway. Mina must be looking for me." She began to walk away.
"Miss. Tuskina, please, stay. I can tell you wish to be alone right now. I wasn't looking to stop here."
She turned around quickly. "But roses are your favorite flowers." Her eyes widen and she clapped her hands over her mouth before she rushed off.
Darien was shocked for a moment before he sprinted after her. He caught up with her easily. "How do you know that?" His eyes were dangerously dark because he had told no one- not even his own parents.
Serena was cursing herself as she tired to get away. His grip on her arm was tight.
"Answer me. Are you a spy for the reginal colony?"
Serena gulped as the tears started to flow out of her eyes. "Please, that hurts…."
He took no notice. "Your tears won't work on me. What are…" He was cut off as she slapped him. He was shocked by the murderous look in her eyes.
With a burst of strength he didn't know she had she pulled her arm out of his grip. Her voice was dangerously cold. "How dare you accuse me of working for some Earth spy group, when I have lived on the moon for my whole life. I take great offense at that." She held his gaze before she remembered that she was no longer Princess Serenity of the Silver Millennium, but just Serena. Her gaze wavered she as she lowered her eyes to how a pheasant would look at their Crown Prince. "I am sorry, I do not know what came over me. Please…I am sorry…You just were looking at the roses so intently I made a rash conclusion…" She bowed her head before she turned and quickly sprinted off.
Darien was confused at the little outburst. It was almost like she was a Princess….but she defiantly was not a Princess. Just a kid of a wealthy family. His short walk became a three hour walk for his thoughts and he was completely surprised to walk back into the ballroom and see only his upset parents.
"DARIEN THOMAS CIBA!" His father yelled as soon as he saw him. "WHERE have you been?"
"Walking, father. I had a lot to think about and I could not handle all the people everywhere."
"Dear, it is important for the whole royal family to be there at a royal family ball. I understand if you need to walk for a couple of minutes, but no longer than ten and defiantly not three hours." His mother walked up to him and put her hand on his arm. "I was quite worried, as was your father."
"Worried has nothing to do with it. Roselina, please let me speak with our son. Take the boys to their nanny." King Derek looked at his son gravely. His wife moved away and soon left the room with the two young, tired boys for it was well past midnight. "You disgrace both me and your mother by disappearing into the garden for over half the ball and poor Mr. Tuskina was shocked when his daughter came in from the garden looking distressed. What were you doing?"
"I shocked her and she ran away scared because she couldn't tell who I was."
King Derek was silent for a moment. "I hope that was all that past. I trust you. Do not, however, miss so much of a ball while I am still King.
Darien bowed. "Yes, father."
"Now it is off to bed for the both of us. We have had long days today and tomorrow comes no later."
As Darien feel into a deep sleep one thought came to his mind. She is a Princess.
