Title: A GRIM FUTURE
Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Sailor Moon
Authors Note: This is another story I wrote many years ago and posted on the site that has recently shut down. It is my earlier writing, so it's a little disjointed, but I hope you enjoy it anyways! It's not exactly the happiest story on the planet, but the ending will look up I hope!
The newspapers the next morning all held the same titles. "Sailor Moon Returns." There was a picture of Serena and Darien kissing on the front, and a caption that said something about the prince finally getting his jewel back.
Serena sat on the couch, clean and with new cloths. Her hair was pulled up behind her in a loose claw that let wisps fall in front of her face. She smiled slightly at the picture and bit her nail lightly.
The other people in the room watched her carefully, Darien and the girls all present. They almost still couldn't believe that she was actually here.
Darien had spent the night with her, but he couldn't keep himself from staring at her at every moment. He was almost afraid that she would disappear if he did. She was wearing pajama pants, light pink ones. She had on a light fitting white tank top. They could see the scars on her arms and the majority of her black markings. She had told them about it, but seeing them only reminded them. Her hands shook slightly at every movement, but she said they had always been doing that. Her eyes shone slightly as she read the newspaper, something that they hadn't done for almost three years.
Serena could feel their eyes on her, and she knew how they must have been feeling. The probably thought she was a ghost or something, and she honestly didn't feel like herself anymore. But she was nervous around them, because she didn't know what they were like anymore. So she just flipped through the newspaper, reading all the things that had happened. A big one was that the people had voted that Darien should take the throne right away.
"Are they going to have a ceremony for you then?" She asked Darien.
Darien sat down beside her, smiling at her as he brushed some stray strands of hair away from her face. "I think so, some fancy dress thing we're I'll actually go and sit on the throne." He said.
"Am I invited?" She asked looking up at him.
Darien laughed, once again sharing the joyful sound with everyone like he had three years ago. "I think I can arrange something." He said smiling. Serena's smile faded slightly after a moment. "What's the matter?" He asked still rubbing her shoulder lightly.
Serena looked up at him. "I have to go to the moon." She said after a hesitation.
Dariens smile faded as he looked at her. That meant that she was leaving him again.
"I can hear it calling to me, something it's never done before. I finally realize how to get there, and there are my people living there who need me. I know that I just got back and I really do want to stay with you, but my people need me as much as yours need you." Serena looked like she was about to cry again. "I'll come back, I promise that I will. I've always come back before, and this time there isn't any danger." It seemed as though she was trying to convince herself more then him.
Darien leaned over and kissed her. When he pulled away he looked down, not in her eyes. "You have to do what you think is right." He said shortly.
Serena knew that she was hurting him, and her heart was breaking in her chest. "I won't leave until tomorrow." She said, going against her already made plans to leave today. "We can spend all day together today, and all night. I'll come back for the ceremony, and then I'll have one that you can come to when I've fixed everything on the moon."
Darien got up off the couch and once again walked towards the window. Serena followed him after a moment, and then quietly wrapped her small arms around his waist from the back. She leaned her head on his back gently and he rubbed the front of her arms.
"I love you." She said softly.
Darien looked to the ceiling above him, choking back his tears. That was the one thing that he had wanted to hear every day since he had lost her, just once more. How could he be lucky enough to get his once wish? She loved him that was all that mattered anymore.
"If it means that much to you, then you should go." He said quietly.
"It's my responsibility, as much as ruling over this earth is yours. I must fix things, for the moon his still hurting. My people have restored the cities, but only the crystal can restore the castle and order. Without me, darkness will never truly be gone from their lives, or from mine." Serena said.
Darien looked down and nodded. Serena walked lightly around him, and he pulled her slowly into his arms so he was resting his head on her head. She still hugged him around that waist.
"With the moon coming back to power, that will allow all the other planets to start over. I won't just be helping my people, I'll be helping the whole universe, like I was always meant to. I will follow in my mothers' footsteps, and I will shine light into everything. That was how it was once, and how it shall be again."
Serena and Darien didn't move for awhile, but for the first time since he lost his parents, Darien silently cried. His tears fell listlessly down his strong cheeks, falling lightly into Serena's hair. This time he was able to say goodbye, but he didn't want to.