Chapter 11: Raye Hino
Edited: 8/12/16
Serena sighed to herself as she continued to rub her forehead. She sat in her room, in front of her vanity as she stared at the flower the stranger had given her. She had placed the one casablanca lily he had handed to her in person next to the others. She looked over at the roses Tuxedo Mask had given her before she stood up and moved away from the vanity. Luna looked up at Serena after she finished licking her paws and saw the confused state on the teen's face.
"Penny for your thought Serena." Luna sat up as Serena fell backwards on to the large bed. Serena stared up at the ceiling as she tried to make sense of what had happened last week. "I'm not sure what to think Luna... I have a lot on my mind that my head hurts a lot." She sat up straight and streatched her arms before standing up.
"I'm gonna go down for dinner before taking a bath. Be back in a bit." Serena walked over to her bedroom door before she stopped and turned to Luna.
"You want anything Luna?"
Luna layed down and curled up into a ball before letting out a small yawn. "A bowl of milk will do just fine Serena." Serena smiled and exit her room before making her way down to the dinning hall. As she walked down the stairs, her mind wondered to the vision she had at the park when she first meet that mysterious guy in a white outfit.
'Why do I get the feeling that I know him from somewhere? And why does he keep giving me lilies? What does it mean..?' Serena was lost in deep thought, that she lost her footing on the stairs and began to fall. She closed her eyes, and placed her arms out to protect herself. Serena waited for the painfull impact but after a minute, she slowly opened her eyes.
"Your so clumsy Meatball Head."
Serena looked down to find that she had fallen on right on Darien who sat on the floor with a small pile of books scattered around them. Serena glared at him before she got off of him and stood up.
"Well sorry, I was a little busy thinking about something." She helped him up before she began to help him pick his books up. Serena was about to hand him his books back when she noticed they where all about stones. Darien grabbed the last book before he noticed her holding the other three.
"Do you mind?" He asked, bringing her out of her deep thought. She looked at him before handing him his books back.
"Sorry, just got a little curious."
Darien gave a small nod before he began to walk away back up the stairs. Serena watched him before she turned away and headed to the dinning hall. Once she was in line waiting to grab her dinner, her mind began to wonder again.
'I wonder why Darien had all those books on stones and rocks? Must be some type of project or something.'
Serena shook her head before she grabbed some white rice with a side of fried shrimp, a small side salad, some chicken, a medium lemonade, and a small slice of chocolate cheese cake. She headed over to her usual seat where she sat with Darien, Andrew and Amy. She walked over to their regular table only to find it empty of Amy or Andrew. Shrugging to herself, Serena sat down and began to eat her dinner.
As soon as she finished her dinner and moved to her desert, Amy and Andrew showed up along with Darien.
"Hey Serena."Amy smiled causing Serena to smile back as they all sat down next to her. She opened her mouth to greet them when a rock hard biscuit collided with the back of her head. Amy covered her mouth as Darien and Andrew glared in the direction the biscuit came from. Serena turned around as Mandy sat a two tables down from their table, with a smug look on her face. Turning around, Serena grabbed her tray and walked away. Amy and the guys all exchanged glances before they watched Serena throw her unfinished dessert away and walked out of the dinning hall. Amy let out a sigh and picked at her food as she shook her head.
"Mandy just loves to pick on Serena."
Amy said before Darien and Andrew gave a nod when Darien felt someone behind them. He turned around to find Mandy standing behind him, he looked away annoyed before he felt her wrap her arms around his neck.
Serena was stomping over to the schools vending machines to get Luna her milk and herself something to eat. She was sick and tired of Mandy and her attitude. She wanted so badly to go Sailor Moon on her but she couldn't bring herself to do it. That and Luna warned her not to use her powers on an innocent human. Even if that human is as annoying as Mandy. Serena slammed her fist against one of the vending machines before she inserted some change into in and got herself a rice ball before getting Luna her milk. She made her way up to her dorm room and poured Luna her milk into a small cat bowl she bought when she was on town last week when she bought her mother her birthday presents. Serena ate her rice ball before she took a long bath. Serena layed in the bath tub, staring up at the ceiling thinking about that masked guy who had saved her and her friends.
'Why can't I stop thinking about that guy? And what's with the flowers?'
She left out a sigh and closed her eyes. She tried to relax before her mind wondered. She slowly began to fall asleep before she slowly sank under the water. She layed under water for nearly two minutes before her eyes widen and she realized her vision was slightly blury. She sat up straight in the tub and gasped for air before looking around the bathroom startled.
'What the heck? How did I stay underwater for that long without drowning?'
She stood up and wrapped a towel around herself before letting the water drain from the tub before she walked into her room. She put on her pink pajamas with small white bunnies before drying her hair as she sat on the vanity, staring into the mirror. Serena began brush her hair out when her eyes landed on the present Darien had given her that she hasn't looked at. She put the brush down and reached into the bag, pulling out the paper gift wrap tissue paper before looking inside. Her eyes widen as she reached in and pulled out the silver rectangular victorian jewelry box that she and Darien saw when they went into town. Serena set the box on the vanity and stared at it surprised.
'Why would Darien buy this?' She ran her finger across the surface of the box before she slowly opened the lid. The inside of the box on the lid was a deep blue satin while the bottom of the box had white satin. There was a beautiful red rose in the center of the box that was also made of satin. Serena stared at her reflection in the small mirror on top of the lid. She smiled a little as sbe ran her finger across the surface again before she gently closed the lif and stood up. She sat at her desk and began to do her homework. Once she finished, Serena turned the lights off, layed down on the bed and went to sleep.
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Serena slowly opened herself to find herself sleeping in a garden on a victorian stone bench. She sat up as she rubbed her tired eyes. She was about to stretch her arms out when she heard what sounded like a small explosion. Serena stood up and ran in the direction of the noise. She ran through a small hallway before coming to a stop in front of large cast stone columns. Serena hid behind one of them and peaked around it. She saw another girl with long black hair in a red fuku shooting fire balls at the man wearing the white suit. She smiled as she watched them train for a few minutes before he smile disappeared. Serena watched as both stopped to take a break and the man in the white suit set his sword on a stone bench nearby before both walked away.
Serena turned around still hiden and watched them both disappeared out of sight. She waited for a minute before she quietly walked over to the sword left on the bench. She tooks a hold of the sword handle with botb her hands before she lifted the sword up. Smiling to herself, she lifted the sword up into the air only for it to fall to the ground due to its heavy weight. Serena puffed out her cheeks in a childish way and tried to lift the sword up again. She continued this for a few more minutes before she finally managed to lift the sword up above her head. The weight of the sword was too heavy before she began to tumble backwards. She tried to keept her balance, not once noticing the man and girl coming back as Serena turned around, accidenty swinging the sword. She nearly missed the man and girl who had ducked down to avoid getting their heads sliced off. Serena let the blade of the sword fall to the ground and smiled sheepishly as the man and girl who both stood up straight, the man shaking his head and chuckling while the girl gave Serena a disapproving look.
Serena...
Serena...
Serena...
SERENA!
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Serena slowly sat up from her bed as Luna sat next to her with a slightly annoyed look. She looked over at her clock that read eight thirty before she jumped out of the bed and began to change into her uniform as quickly as possible. Luna shook her head as Serena brushed her hair out before putting them in her signature style. She walked into the bathroom, washed her face and her teeth before she put on her shoes. She grabbed her school bag before she ran out of her room.
Serena ran down the stairs, nearly tripped again but she managed to keep her balance. She made her way to the dinning hall just as Darien, Andrew and Amy walked out. She stopped in her tracks to catch her breath as she placed her hands on her knees.
"Well good morning Meatball head. Your running late again."
Serena glared at him as she jumped up straight.
"Stop calling me that!"
Andrew and Amy exchanged looks as Darien and Serena began to fight, again.
"Let's go and let them sort out thier own problem."
"Good idea, see yah later Dare."
Both Amy and Andrew walked away from their friends as both teens continued to fight with eachother. Neither noticing a girl walking up to them. Said girl stopped in her tracks and watched the fight for a few seconds before she smiled a small smirk as she walked up to them.
"Darien."
Both Serena and Darien turned to the sound of her voice. Serena stared at the girl who had long black raven hair that reached a little lower from her waist. Her violet eyes shining slight amusment and something else Serena couldn't identify. Serena looked at Darien who smiled at the girl.
"Hey Raye."
Serena blinked before she turned to the girl before a vision appeared in her mind.
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Serena found herself in the same spot from her dream. She sat on the stone bench, watching the man in the white suit training with the girl in the red fuku. The girl's long black hair moved back as she dodged the man's sword.
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Serena looked away and she held her head. Darien and Raye looked at her as she held her head.
"You ok Meatball head?"
Serena looked back at Raye before she looked away and began to walk backwards.
"Y-yah, just... Gotta headache. And stop calling me that..."
Serena walked away and walked down the hallway as the bell rang, completely forgetting about breakfast. Both Darien and Raye exchanged looks before Darien ran after Serena to see if she was alright, leaving Raye alone in the hallway who glared slightly at the direction Serena left.
'So she's the one Mandy told me about?'
Serena continued to walk down the street as her head continued to both her. It's never hurt before when she's had those visions.
'Why does my head hurt so much?'
Serena leaned against a bunch of lockers to rest and let the cold metal sooth her head. Her eyes slowly began to drop as she tried to stand before she fell backwards into something hard. She slowly opened her eyes to find herself in Michael's arms, who looked at her worried.
"You ok Serena?"
Serena slowly closed her eyes and fell into a small light sleep. Michael watched for a second before he let out a small sigh and smiled a little.
'Just as expected...'
He slowly and gently picked Serena up into his arms and let her lay her head on his chest as Darien came running down the hallway and turned the corner. Darien stopped in his tracks and saw Michael holding Serena bridal style. Clentching his fists tightly, Darien stomped over to them.
"Hey, what do you think your doing?"
Michael smirked slightly to himself before he turned around to Darien, letting him see Serena asleep. The angre and jealousy Darien felt suddenly turne to worried as he saw her state.
"What's wrong with her?"
Michael saw Darien's worried state and smiled to himself before he looked down worried at Serena.
"I'm not sure, she just suddenly passed out. Why don't you take her to the nurse's office and I'll tell the teacher why your late."
Michael asked Darien as he set Serena in his arms. Darien blinked surprised before he looked up. Before he could say anything, Michael was already running down the hallway. Darien looked back down at Serena who snuggled closer to his chest which caused him to blush lightly.
'She's a lot lighter then I thought she'd be.'
He turned around and began to walk down the hallway to the nurse's office, not noticing someone hiding in the shadows watching. Raye walked out from behind the lockers she was hiding behind and bite her lower lip. She turned away and froze in place as she came face to face with Mandy.
"What?"
"Have you seen Darien? He's never been late for class before."
Raye turned to her side and pointed to the direction Darien had disappeared to. Mandy looked at Raye and blinked before a smirk appeared on her face.
"Something wrong~?"
Raye turned around and looked at Mandy before looking away. She knew she shouldn't believe Mandy about anything. Ever since she first started at this school two months ago, she knew Mandy had ways of making everyone miserable or making them do whatever she wanted. Raye didn't wanted to be treated like the kind of freak she was treated back home so she had to do as Mandy told. And Mandy had two things on her that she'd love to tell everyone in the school.
"Let me guess... You saw her... Didn't you?"
Raye didn't say a thing as she clentch her hands tightly.
"Jealous Raye~?"
Raye turned to her and glared.
"What's your excuse?"
Mandy let her head fall back and laughed.
"Oh oh oh oh oh~ Oh please, jealous of who? She can't hold a candle to me if thats what your saying. Besides, I'm trying to help you get together with Darien remember~?"
Raye looked away, knowing it was a lie. Of course she had developed a crush on Darien when she first saw him in her chemistry class, and she wanted to be more then friends. Mandy had insisted she wanted to help her try and win Darien over until she was told that another girl was trying to get him first. At first Raye didn't believe her, not until today when she first saw Serena. She didn't really see why Mandy had told her about Serena until she saw that Darien's attention was on nothing but Serena as they both argued like five year olds. Raye still didn't believe Mandy was trying to help her but now she didn't know what to do.
"If you say so... So, who is she?"
Raye looked over at Mandy from the corner of her eye.
"All I know is she's here on a stupid scholarship that mh grandfather gave her for helping him. Her name is Serena and she and Darien seem pretty close in my opinion, which disgusts me. I don't see what's so special about her. In my opinion, she's just full on plan."
Mandy moved a stran of her hair back as she talked. Raye looked away and stared at nothing.
Darien knocked on the nurse's office door, waiting for someone to answer. After a second, the door opened and a elderly woman in a white coat opened the door. Sbe adjusted her glasses and smiled at Darien before it disappeared as she saw the sleeping Serena in her arms.
"Oh dear, is the poor dear alright?"
Darien looked down at Serene and was about to answer when the nurse allowed him to enter the room. She instructed him to place the sleeping young girl on one of the beds in the small room next to the office before she excuse herself out of the room. Darien sat down in one of the chairs next to the bed and watched Serena sleep. He was really worried, he didn't want to see Serena like this. Serena slow breathing made him feel a little better, knowing she was ok and she was still alive was good. Darien looked around before he slowly reached over and gently stroked Serena's soft cheek. He smiled a little before he blinked surprised as she unconsciously leaned into his touch and a small smile appeared on her face. He slowly removed his hand before he paused half way as Serena's smile disappeared. He placed his hand back on her cheek and gently stroked her cheek with his thumb, which caused the smile to come back, only this time the smile was a little bigger then before.
Darien jumped back a little as there was a gental knock on the door. He turned to the door and saw the nurse smiling at them both, which caused him to blush deeply. The nurse walked over to Serena, checked her pulse and heart rate before she turned to Darien smiling softly.
"She's fine, she most likely passed due to exhaustion. A good long rest should do her good."
Darien smiled and thanked her before the nurse walked out of the room again. Darien sat back down in the chair and continued to watch Serena sleep, not wanting to leave her side until she wakes up. His eyes widen surprised as he saw a small tear roll down her face before he reached over and gently wiped it away.
'I wonder what's she's dream that's causing her to cry?'
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Serena ran down the same long hallway as she held on to her dress. She giggled to herself as she saw the sun coming through the opening at the end of the hallway. She ran through and ran into the same rose garden. She ran through the rose garden before she stopped in her tracks in front of the gazebo. She ran behind a rose bush and hide behid it before she slowly peaked out and looked. The same man in the dark armor stood under the gazebo but he wasn't alone. The woman in the red fuku from before stood in front of him. Serena watched as the woman slowly walked up to the man in the armor and she began to flirt with the man. The man's back was to Serena and she couldn't see his expression even though both their faces were blurry. Serena could feel tears rolling down her face as she saw the woman leaned forward to the man. From Serena's spot, it looked like they were both kissing. Serena turned away, not wanting to see any of that. She stood up and ran out of the garden as the tears kept rolling down her face.
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Darien watched as more tears rolled down Serena's face. He leaned over a little and gently wiped them away. He moved away a little before he paused. Darien stared at Serena for a few seconds before he slowly leaned down and gently kissed Serena's forehead. He pulled back and saw the smile return to her face, which caused him to smile a little. He stepped back, he sat back down in the chair and continued to watch over her.
Raye walked down the deserted hallway of the school as she tried not to let Mandy get to her. She was sick of Mandy, she decided not to let Mandy manipulate her anymore. Raye walked pass the nurse's office before she paused in her tracks. She walked backwards and peaked through the opened door. She could just barly see Darien sitting in the chair through the opened door leading to the other room. Raye bit her lower lip as Darien smiled softly at the person laying on the bed. Raye couldn't see who but she could see it was a girl due go the skirt before she saw the small strands of gold hair dangling from the bed. Raye glared as she instantly knew it was Serena. She looked away and bit hard on her nail, trying to control her emotions. In her opinion, Serena seemed like a nice girl but she couldn't help feel jealous as she got all Darien's attention. Turning away, Raye walked down the hallway, not noticing the dark shadow following her undetected before she stopped in her tracks. She could feel someone or something following her. Slowly turning around, Raye turned around and gasped at the same time Serena's eyes opened wide. She jumped up from the bed which surprised and startled Darien.
"Whoa, Serena. Calm down, what's wr-hey!"
Darien yelled as Serena ran out of the room and the nurse's office into the hallway as the shadow disappeared, leaving behind only Raye's school bag.
'N-No...'