Author: Shadow

Disclaimer: I, Shadow, do hereby state that Sailor Moon, sadly, belongs to Naoko only!!

Summary: Book 3! Darien and Serena are touring the world with the others in Serena's first tour. Confusion of what true love is tortures Serena as Darien tries to prove himself to her and she proves that she is a true Techno Princess. Final book

Author's Note: The type of techno music Serena plays is absolutely nothing like Daft Punk, Eiffel 65, Paul Oakenfold or anyone like that. Her sound is very similar to smile.dk especially their song butterfly.

I should have posted this earlier. On October 8, 2006 one of my best friends, Denny, was riding home with 3 other people. On their way home a drunk driver hit them in the side of the car. Denny and 2 of the 3 others were killed. So Denny, Danielle, Satan (Jesse) RIP you guys. We all love you and will miss you terribly. You know you guys are permanently in my prayers.

This story is for Denny because Denny had what it took to be a rock and roll guitar God and he always believed that I could be a rock singer. Denny is probably rocking out with Kurt Cobain and other rock legends up in heaven right now!

Book Three: Kill The Lights and Start The Show

Chapter Ten: If You'll Be My Prince

Serena stood under the hot water of her shower, thinking. She sighed and tilted her head down letting the water blast the back of her neck. "I'm so confused…" she whispered to herself. She felt the familiar painful tug at her heart as she thought of Darien again. "He says he truly loves me, but does he? Does he truly?"

She turned off the water and climbed out. She took her towel that she had lying on the counter and wiped off the mirror. She looked at herself in the hazy fogged mirror and touched her reflection gently.

She smiled and laughed gently. She was an international pop star. She had a platinum album hanging on her wall in her penthouse apartment back in LA. "Serena, so much has changed…yet so much hasn't. Just look at you. You're the same ole diva from Ohio, long blonde hair, perky boobs…thinking of which…I must find a better bra to wear on stage, these puppies bounce to much…wait…what was I talking about…that's right…my sudden rise as a star…I'm only a year or so out of high school…and look at me. Pop super sensation."

Serena laughed at herself bitterly. "You sound like you're going crazy Serena. Not only are you talking to yourself but your train of thought and speech pattern make no sense."

She reached over for her blow dryer and started drying off her hair for the concert that night.

Serena jumped and twirled. Spun and dipped making the young fans scream as the moon added light onto her stage. She smiled and looked up at the sky. They were having the concert just outside the Roman Coliseum.

The lights were blinding, bright neon colors with flashing strobes in time with the heavy bass and beat that the men were thumping out. It looked like a raver nightclub up on stage. She smiled; knowing that the shiny metallic outfits they wore would accentuate all the colors and light on the stage even as the fog from the fog machine dulled it. And it was like this at every concert.

The six girls had dragged the four men around Rome where they had noticed that Serena's concert clothing were becoming the raging style. "God, I thought they were always so tacky." Serena had said as they looked up at the mannequin dressed in blue and silver, the one next to it dressed in green and silver.

But now as she looked out at the audience, so many of them were wearing her pants or her shirts, and not just her concert shirts. It was the greatest feeling in her life to see just how much of an impact she was truly making on the world.

"Grazie Roma! Roccia e rullo!" Thank you Rome! Rock and roll! She yelled bowing. The fact that she was at least trying to speak Italian made the audience even firmer fans. She laughed and waved.

She blew kisses as she turned to leave the stage with everyone else. She stopped then turned and smiled "Cerchi il nostro nuovo album per venire verso l'esterno l'anno prossimo!" Look for our new album to come out next year!

Serena sat on the bus lifting up the wide, shiny, pleated pink cloth that was connected to her silver pants at the knee to check on the back of her leg.

"How does it feel?" Darien asked sitting next to her, handing her a Fiji water bottle.

She gently traced the pink scar and smiled "it twinges from time to time, but nothing horrendous. Its not like how it was in Sweden."

Darien nodded and smiled "that's good. You had us worried there for a while. We weren't sure if you'd ever be able to dance again like you did on stage tonight."

Sam sighed and ran his fingers through his sweaty, matted brown hair. "I'm glad she could. Damn, did you see how many kids were trying to sneak past security to try and see us…well…her?" he asked smiling.

"Serenity, biggest thing since processed cheese!" Mina said as she stretched out on the couch, a small smile on her exhausted, angelic features.

Rei turned on her Akon CD "smack that!" she said dancing.

Amy groaned rubbing her feet. "Are you immortal and impervious to pain? Jesus…my feet hurt so fucking bad!"

"I would still be dancing if my leg was throbbing right now." Serena said chugging her water.

"Yeah, but you are Miss Dance, Dance Revolution Queen Sere." Lita said laughing.

"Weenies." Michelle taunted as she danced with Rei sandwiched between her and a laughing Andrew.

"Hey! Serena Winston is not a weenie nor is she chicken shit, or a pussy!" Serena declare as she hopped up and popped her favorite techno CD in and started dancing and grinding with Andrew who didn't look like he even wanted to complain one bit.

"Nope, not chicken shit at all." Andrew said grinning as he held Serena's hips.

Darien smiled as he realized that it was some of the ruff stuff they hadn't mixed properly yet. But when a song came on he didn't recognize he looked at Serena. It had a fast, almost oriental sounding beat to it. The song had lots of bass, something that would go well on either a DDR machine or a nightclub.

"What's this one?" Darien asked her.

"Oh, um…heh" Serena stuttered blushing. "Uh…actually I played around with all of your instruments while I was bored. Sakano, the chubby guy, was still in there and he recorded it. Do you like it?"

Darien nodded as Andrew laughed "This is the perfect style for the new album Serena, forget the classy, dark violins, we'll hit up the Japan, anime sound!"

"Do you have lyrics?" Darien asked.

Serena nodded and grabbed her notebook and started the song over. "They're really rough, I still have to work on them." She admitted as she waited for the long opening to hit the heavier bass line "Its just a silly fantasy, I'm afraid to wake." She sang lightly as he voice melted almost perfectly with the song "Its just a silly fantasy hidden in the shade of my mind." The song progressed as she started singing "But her I stand on stage, microphone in hand. Can you hear them calling? Can you hear them screaming my name? Whoa yeah, yeah, yeah! I'm going to Paris, London, Rome and Madrid to sing beneath the neon light. Whoa yeah, yeah I'm going to be world famous! Just wait and see! Whoa yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah see you mama, see you papa! Whoa, whoa yeah! I can hear them screaming my name; I can feel the neon lights, so here I come world get ready for me! Whoa yeah, yeah, yeah!" the song thumped on for a little while longer then faded out.

"Serena!" Michelle cooed as she tackled her friend "that was bloody brilliant!"

Rei laughed "you always did get your best inspiration from Japanese techno."

"Its what has made her so great when it comes to song writing." Lita added before Rei's comment could be taken foully.

"Seriously Serena, that was awesome. You wrote that not that long ago? I love it, it really screams what your mind has evolved into because you have become world famous. This will be your best album out of any album you make I'm sure." Sam said trying to pry an obviously drunk Michelle off of Serena "And why is Michelle already drunk?"

"Today is her and Hannah's anniversary." Mina said sitting down where Michelle had just occupied.

"Maybe you should have stayed in high school longer Mina. Great grammar." Rei said sarcastically.

"The tampon is supposed to go in your pussy not you ass Rei." Mina hissed out at her black haired friend.

"Shut up! I downloaded smile.dk onto this CD!" Serena hissed turning up the stereo.

"Why does this sound so familiar?" Andrew asked arching his eyebrow.

"Serena's source of MAIN INSPIRATION!" Mina said laughing. "She loves smile.dk. They sound so J-pop when in all reality they are considered Dutch-Pop or whatever."

"Listen to their song butterfly and you'll definitely understand." Amy said pushing the button to the song butterfly.

They heard the harp that immediately switched the oriental sound.

"Ay, iyaiyai,
Ay, iyaiyai
A-a-a iyaiyai,
Where's my samurai

I've been searching for a man
All across Japan
Just to find, to find my samurai
Someone who is strong
But still a little shy
Yes I need, I need my samurai

Ay, ay, ay,
I'm your little butterfly
Green, black and blue,
Make the colors in the sky
Ay, ay, ay, I'm your little butterfly
Green, black and blue,
Make the colors in the sky

I've been searching in the woods
And high upon the hills
Just to find, to find my samurai
Someone who won't regret
To keep me in his net
Yes I need, I need my samurai

Ay, ay, ay,
I'm your little butterfly
Green, black and blue,
Make the colors in the sky
Ay, ay, ay, I'm your little butterfly
Green, black and blue,
Make the colors in the sky

Ay, iyaiyai,
Ay, iyaiyai
A-a-a iyaiyai,
Where's my samurai

Ay, iyaiyai,
Ay, iyaiyai
A-a-a iyaiyai,
Where's my samurai?" Serena sang dancing on the couch.

Andrew snorted laughing "Oh my God!"

Sam just chuckled "yup, definitely screams, "Serena, sing me" doesn't it now?"

"It suits her personality. We should see if they're still together and get them to do a concert or more with us since they are Serena's soul of inspiration." Darien said.

"No can do kiddies!" K announced from the front of the bus. "The boss man wants you guys to wait until at least your third album before they pair you up with anybody. He doesn't want you to coattail anyone's success."

Serena sat and pouted. "Pooh!"

"Pooh?" Andrew began laughing again.

"Looks like Michelle had a drinking buddy." Lita said poking Andrew in the head.

Serena looked over at Darien as the song lyrics floated through her head. "Are you my samurai Darien?" Serena asked herself quietly under the noise of Andrew laughing.