Graduation

Graduation

Flashback…cont…

"I just sent them to the family room."
"Okay thanks." The doctor said before she walked the path Serena and Darien walked moments before.

When she opened the door, a tall man was pacing while a petit blonde was trying to calm him down.

"Oh, hello." The blonde greeted.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Levy."

Serena got up and walked to the door unnoted to Darien who was still pacing.

"You're working on Darien's parents."

At the word 'parents,' Darien rushed to Serena's side.

Dr. Levy nodded. "You're Darien?"

"Yah, Darien Chiba, and this is my girlfriend."
"Serena."

"Nice to meet you."
"Same to you."
"Your parents are Aaron and Darren Chiba?"
"Yes. How are they? What happened? When can I see them? How-"

Serena placed a hand on his arm halting his questions.

"Sorry."
"It's okay. Let's sit and I'll explain what happened."
"Sure." Darien sighed as Serena led him to the couch.

When both were seated, Darien took Serena's hand in both of his.

"Dr. Levy took a seat. "About an hour ago, the police got a call. A car was hit head on on the freeway. They were brought here. I've been working on them for the past forty-five minutes."
"So how are they?" Serena asked.

"They passed away a few minutes ago." She said glumly. "I'm sorry. There was nothing further we could do. There was major head trauma and your father suffered a heart attack from the accident."

Serena placed her other hand over Darien's. She shut her eyes tightly to prevent the onset of tears that were threatening to pour out.

Suddenly the warmth left her hands but it then wrapped around her body. She then wrapped her arms around him.

"The nurses are cleaning them up. I'll come back when you can see them."
"Th-thank you." He choked out through Serena's hair.

She nodded and walked out, shutting the door behind her.

Serena slowly opened her eyes, and as soon as she did, the tears fell. "I-I'm sorry Dare." She whispered as she looked to his face. To her surprise, a tear fell down his own cheek. She raised her hand to wipe it away, but as soon as it landed on his face, his hand covered hers. He brought it to his lips.

He then suddenly wrapped his arms around her again.

They just sat like that, holding each other, until Dr. Levy came back.

Darien and Serena were sitting in Dr. Levy's office.

"What else do you need?"
"How old are you Darien?"
"Fifteen."
"Do you have any other relatives?"
"No. My parents are…were only children, and my grandparents have all passed on."
"Then we're going to have to send you to a foster home."
"WHAT!?" Both Serena and Darien asked at once.

"You can't take him!"
"I just lost my parents…Sere's the only person I have left on Earth; you can't take me away from her!"

"There's got to be another way." Serena plead.

"Do you know of anyone else who can take you in?"
He thought for a minute.

"What if he comes to live with my family?"
"I suppose it would be fine. Can you make arrangements?"
"I'll call my parents in the morning."

"Then that should be fine. I'll have to get social services on the phone so they can talk to your parents. I'll contact the one near your home town…"

"So they talked to Ilene and Ken, and they took me in. I moved out when I turned eighteen so I wouldn't be in the way."
"Even though we told you that you wouldn't be."
"Wow, I'm sorry Darien." Amy said.

"Yah, how did you handle it?" Lita asked.

"It wasn't easy. The only reason I was able to was because of Serena and her family. They gave me the strength to go on. My grades plummeted after we got back. Luckily it was only my sophomore year, because my GPA went down. I was able to bring it back up my Junior and Senior years."
"He was strong…he just didn't know he had it in him…just like now. He is strong, but he didn't know it."

"But if you lock yourself in your apartment ever again, I'll come in and beat you senseless." Andrew said as he set down the orders.

0.o

"Congratulations to all our graduates." The principal said. "And to close off our celebration, we have four lovely ladies from this class who would like to make a speech regarding one of the graduates who could not be here today. We didn't know her long, but she was a bright student the time she did spend here. Mina, I hand the mic to you."

Mina walked up with Amy, Lita, Raye, and Darien behind her. "Today we wanted to speak on behalf of one of our friends. Serena Tsukino. She joined us about a month and a half ago. She just so happened to be my best friend from elementary school. I'm not going to tell you all her life story because we would be here all day."
"But we are doing this on behalf of her. She was taken from us by one you all know and love. Seyia Kou. Three Lights idol. He came into her boyfriend's apartment and kidnapped her."

"She was the nicest girl you would ever meet, but Seyia took her from us. He thought that since he's some pop star, he could have anything or anyone he wanted. So he took our Rena. We didn't know her long, but we knew her well."

"She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet, and we hope you get the pleasure to one day."

Darien finally walked up to the mic. "Many of you probably don't know me, and it wouldn't surprise me. My name is Darien, and Serena is the light of my life. Half of you probably don't care to hear my sob story, so I won't share it. I just wanted a part of Serena to be here today, and I know a part of her rests in these girls and in myself. I just have one last closing. If anyone of you sees any of the Three Lights or Serena, please do her a favor and contact the police. Like Amy said, she's been gone for a month and a half, and we have no clue where she is. Thank you all for listening. Have a good day."

Everyone then clapped as the stage cleared.

Darien stood there as the crowd cleared. He sighed as he looked on the horizon. Something caught his eye. I have to stop hallucinating. He closed his eyes tightly and rubbed them, but when he opened them again, he saw the same thing, only it was getting closer. It was just a wash of gold. He looked at the steps of the stage to make sure he wasn't seeing Mina again. She's there with the other girls and Sere's family. He looked again and saw a golden sea surrounding a petit girl running towards the stage. He jumped from the top and began to run to the girl. As he got closer, he could see her perfectly.

"Where's he off to?" Sammy asked pointing to Darien.

"I have no idea…" Ilene said in wonderment.

"Wait…is that…it can't be." Ken said.

"Oh my gosh it's Serena!" Mina yelled running towards the blonde.

The group followed her

"Darien!" Serena yelled.

"Serena!"

The two were about a block apart when something slammed into the side of Serena as well as Darien.

Darien tried to get up, but two bodies were on him.

"Get the hell off me!" He yelled, but despite his struggles, the men remained on him. They slowly got up bringing him up with them.

When he was standing, he saw Serena struggling to get free from Seyia.

"LET HER GO!" He raged.

"Now why would I do that?" He asked tauntingly. He looked to Serena. "Now, now, now, where do we think we're going my beautiful? You know I told you that you were not to run."

She spit in his face. "You're crazy if you think I'll ever listen to you." She bit out.

Seyia saw a group running towards them. "Everyone stop now!" He pulled a gun from his waistband. "Or I'll shoot her."

Everyone stopped in their tracks as he leveled the gun with Serena's head.

"Seyia, put the gun down." Darien said hesitantly.

"I will when we get away. Now Sere, you'll be coming with me…without hesitation or struggles."
"And if I don't?"
"Well I'll have my brothers shoot Darien."
"NO!"

"Then let's go."

"Fine." She sighed. She looked back to Darien teary-eyed. "I'm sorry Dare. Everyone." A tear fell down her cheek to the ground as Seyia turned her and shoved her in a black SUV.

Yaten and Taiki then shoved Darien to the ground at the group's feet before running to the SUV and got it. It then drove off, wheels squealing on the way.

Darien got to his knees. "DAMNIT!" He yelled slamming his fist into the ground.

Ilene placed a hand on his shoulder. "Darien." She spoke softly.

He slowly got up and sighed.

"We'll get her back. I promise you. We will get her back." Ken said.

He sighed again as they walked towards the Crown.


A/N: Sorry it's shorter, but I need to get to bed and I couldn't think of anything else that I needed to add. Hope you liked...and please don't kill me for not bringing Serena back...I promise you that she will come back...eventually...

Thanks for reading,
SailorMoonForever