Here's the new chapter you all have obviously been dying to read, so here it is. But I assure you, this isn't the last chapter, there will be more after this one.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailor moon.

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Darien stepped into his dimly lit room and walked closer to his bed. "Is that you, Serena?" He asked, not sure if he was dreaming or not. Serena smiled.

"Yes, it's me Darien. And I'm here to tell you that....I have been thinking and I have made a choice." Once he got closer to her, he saw what she was wearing and felt himself grow with a need for her. She was clad in a silk red nightgown that was held up by very thin straps. It was almost see-though. The length of it wasn't very long either. It was just above mid-thigh.

To tell the truth, she looked both beautiful and sensual. Darien had to try really hard to control himself. He smiled at her, hoping he would get the answer he wanted. 'I hope she realized she loves me.' He hoped with all of his heart and soul.

"And what have you been thinking about?" He asked, while she took a deep breath and let it go. "You....us....I mean, I want to....I want to be with you. Not just for tonight, but for the rest of my life. I want to be what you call your mate. And I have given a lot of thought to this and...." Serena trailed off as she looked down at the floor and blushed slightly, but she didn't know why.

She knew she loved him, but she just had to get the courage to tell him. Darien stepped forward. He was now directly in front of her, not touching her. "Serena, are you sure you want me to make you my mate? I mean, you realize you can't go back to being human once I turn you, and you can't be with any other man aside from me." Serena nodded.

"I know, and I can deal with being a vampire for the rest of my life. But as for the part about not being able to be with any other man other than you, I wouldn't even think of being with someone else if I was yours." She said as she wrapped her arms around his waist. Darien smiled.

"And I have a good reason for me to become your mate." Serena said, while looking up into his deep blue eyes. He smiled again and wrapped his arms around her small body. "And your reason would be?" He said, giving her his sexy trademark smirk. Serena blushed once again, for the second time that night.

'Can I really tell him? I really do love him, but I keep loosing the courage to tell him. Please God, answer my prayers and please give me the strength to say the words I want to say to him.' Serena sighed, almost baking out, when suddenly she felt a large amount of energy and courage come to her.

"Because....because....because I....I love you, Darien." She said as she began to shake with excitement and anticipation, waiting for his answer. Those words had made Darien feel as if his heart and soul had came out of his body and gave themselves right over to Serena. Darien stood there, stunned, not knowing what to say or do. He wanted to take her in his arms and just kiss her until the end of the world. He wanted to just declare that his heart and his love was hers then and there.

There were so many things he wanted to do. Jump, yell, leap off his balcony for the joy and love that he felt swamp his heart. "Are you okay, Darien? You seem, well, you look as if you're about to die." Serena said with concern. He finally looked down at her and smiled as he took her in his arms and hugged her tightly and then pulled back.

"God, it seems like I've waited for you to say that for over a hundred years, Serena. You don't know how many times I've had dreams of you saying that to me. But I want you to know something." He said with indescribable happiness in his eyes. Serena nodded for him to continue.

"I love you too. I have ever since the night I met you. I fell head over heals in love with you at first sight, even though I didn't know it then, I know it now, and I know that I'm madly in love with you. I love you Serena and I don't think I could ever love anyone else, but you." He said as tears started to form in Serena's eyes.

"Oh Darien, I....I...." She was at a loss for words at his declaration of love to her. Instead of saying anything, she jumped into his arms, almost knocking him down, and kissed him passionately. Darien instantly wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back. "You understand after we join, we will be bound to each other for the rest of eternity and after that, right?" He said as he picked her up off of her feet and placed her on his bed. Serena smiled.

"Yes, I understand that. I want to be bound to you for the rest of mine and your life." She said as he got on the bed and crawled over to her and held himself above her on his arms. "So do I, Serena, more than anything else in this world and the next." He said while he leaned down to kiss her and then, laid his full weight on top of her small body. Serena sighed. She felt absolute warmth from him and safety.

Darien smiled as he looked down at her smiling face. 'I hope I see that same smile for the rest of my life.' He thought as he kissed her lips lightly, her body sinking into the mattress with his body pushing her deeply into it as he deepened the kiss. Serena felt as if her body were being pressed into a cloud by the one man and vampire she truly loved.

She felt the red silk sheets underneath and around her, which she knew she was going to be gripping onto pretty soon. After Serena could no longer breath, and Darien knew that, he smiled inwardly and continued his kisses down her jaw line to her neck.

After she had caught her breath, she groaned under him, feeling desire for him surge though out her entire being and heart. Darien finally got down past her neck and her collarbone to the top end of the nightgown. He smiled, knowing that he could just take it off normally, like he always did the times before, but tonight was going to be different. He needed her, wanted her, hell, he would even beg and plead for her. But above all, he knew he loved her and that she was more than willing to love him back.

Darien suddenly turned his smile, into a very mischievous smirk. 'I guess she'll have to enjoy being single for a few more minutes or seconds.' He thought as his hands gripped the nightgown tightly in each hand on her sides and quickly ripped it, knowing she would be bare underneath, but instead of being greeted with the sight of her necked form, he saw red once more.

Serena lay beneath him now with only a red bra and matching underwear. She waved a finger at him. "Tisk, tisk, Darien. You should learn to be more patient." She said as she heard him growl a little. "You are starting to drive me crazy, Serena. You should know that's not good for me, but you're the one who brought this upon yourself so...." He trailed off while smirking again. Serena smiled and reached up to undo his shirt. When she did, he shrugged it off and threw it to the other side of the room. His strong bare chest was open to her view.

'Is it me, or does he look even stronger tonight?' Serena thought as she pulled Darien back down to her, wanting him as close as she could get him. Instead of kissing her like always did, he bent and whispered in her ear. "Is it me, or do you look even more beautiful than ever tonight?" He whispered in his vampire accent.

She shivered as she realized that he had read her thoughts. Darien smiled, knowing that she wasn't going to be capable of hiding her feelings or thoughts from him anymore, now that they were going to be together. He went back up to her face and looked down at her. She looked up at him, blushing a very light shade of pink now.

After Darien had finished his usual tour of her body, he was soon holding his body above hers again and waited for a few moments, just to add suspense. While he had been kissing her all over a while ago, he was whispering words of love and promises to her while taking off the remainder of her clothing. She now lay necked before him.

He still had his pants on, and wasn't about to take them off, at least that's what it looked like to Serena. "Well, what are you waiting for, Serena?" He said as he smirked at her. "You expect me to take them off myself, don't you?" Serena said while pouting and crossing her arms over her breasts. Darien chuckled.

"I hope our children aren't as stubborn as you." He said while chuckling still. The thought of having children with him made her blush and to add on top of that, their current situation made her blush even more. Darien looked down at her and smiled once more for at least the hundredth time that night. He saw how red her face had gotten and the rest of her body was the same. Serena closed her eyes and tired to get herself back to her normal color.

While she did this, Darien quickly took off his pants and his boxers. He laid his body on top of hers which made her gasp, feeling his warm, naked body against hers. Her eyes shot open to saw his eyes staring down at hers. He closed his eyes and kissed her while she sighed and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Once he pulled away from the kiss, he rose above her once more and positioned himself for his entrance. Serena looked up at him, a bit dazed. "If you have any doubts about this, Serena, just say so and I'll stop." Darien had his fist clenching a ball of the sheets in his hand next to her, hoping that she wouldn't want him to stop and not make her his mate. He wanted to, so badly.

It would hurt him deeply if she had doubted him, his love for her. Serena gave him a small smile and touched the sides of his face with her hands and held him there to look down at her.

"How could you think that, Darien? I want to do this. I want to be yours. How many times must I say it? I love you Darien, you and only you. No one else." She said with seriousness, but with love as well. At this, he let the sheets go and leaned down to kiss her.

"I love you too, more than anything else could compare." With that, he kissed her with all of his heart, his soul, and most of all, with his undying love. While he kissed her, he decided that he needed to make her his right then and there.

Very quickly, he thrust inside her, making her break their sweet kiss and scream and grip his shoulders. He winced a little from the pain of her scream and of her nails digging into his skin, but waited until she settled herself against him. Once he knew that she was ready for him to continue, he started to slowly slide in and out of her. Serena could do nothing but moan or gasp and claw at his back and shoulders.

With every minute that passed, Darien started to gain speed and started his thrusts into her. Serena gasped and moaned and even called out his name a couple of times, just hear herself say her lover's name. Darien, himself even whispered her name to her just as she called out his.

A few minutes had passed before Serena gained enough energy to wrap her legs around his waist to keep up with him and even thrust her own hips up to his. Darien moaned out loud as she did so.

Seconds passed as Darien drove himself deeply within Serena. Darien kept on speeding up the pace, something he had never done before with her in their last two joinings. After what seemed like an eternity, Serena cried out and collapsed on the bed, taking Darien down with her.

When they had collapsed, Darien had landed right on top of her. His forehead came into contact with hers while she lay there, with her eyes closed and trying to catch her breath.

While Serena lay there, she felt Darien's release inside of her, but it was different from the last times he had done that. Yes, she had felt him do it from the times before, but this one just felt different from the other times. 'Maybe it's just me.' Serena thought as she slowly opened her eyes to see Darien half smiling.

He looked pretty tired from their ordeal. She probably looked the same since she felt that way. Serena moved Darien's hair out of his eyes. He tried to smile, but yawned instead. She giggled when he finished yawning.

"What's so funny, Serena?" He asked as he picked himself off of her and laid next her, pulling her close to his side, and yawned once more. Serena wrapped her arms around Darien and smiled a weak smile. "Nothing, just you." She said, now yawning herself. He chuckled. "Let's go to sleep now. You have a big day tomorrow." He said while closing his eyes. Serena looked up at him.

"What do you mean? I don't remember having an appointment for anything tomorrow." She said, looking confusedly up at him. Darien only pulled her closer to him. "You have to meet my father for some important business. You'll find out what that is tomorrow."

He said before he kissed her and fell into a deep sleep. Serena lay beside him now and thought only one thought while she started to drift off to sleep. 'I wonder what his father will be like.' Was her last thought before she fell into a deep sleep as well.

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Well, I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I'll get the next one up as soon as I get lots and lots of reviews!

~mackenzie