The very last chapter about Darien and Luna's bizarre little...
thing... Anywho, like I've said, I don't own these characters. In one
sense, the powerful person in Japan owns them. In another, they own
themselves.
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"Darien's Day as a Cat"
Recorded by Ziska Ames
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CHAPTER FOUR
20th Century
The first thing that registered in Darien's brain when he woke
up was that he was strangely cold and uncomfortable. He opened his
eyes and looked around his apartment slowly. His apartment...
He grinned and stretched as he got off the floor. Briefly he
wondered how he had gotten to the floor in his kitchen in the first
place.
His mind kicked in and he laughed loudly for a moment.
Imagine, dreaming that he was in Serena's cat's body. And that Serena
was Sailor Moon! It was all so absurd.
In a good mood he ran a hand through his hair and headed out
to the arcade. Andrew would love this.
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Luna rolled over and smacked her paw into Serena's face.
Serena pushed her off the bed and mumbled. "Get your paw out of my
face, Darien. Didn't I tell you not to sleep in here?"
Luna sat up on the floor and glared at Serena. "Stop dreaming.
I'm not Darien."
"Huh?" Serena asked as she stared down at her cat. "When did
you change back?"
"Change back? What are you talking about?"
"But... I thought... oh... it must have been a dream. What a
strange dream." Serena mumbled. She pushed herself up right and yawned.
"Oh man, everyone will get a kick out of this. Image Darien and Luna
switching bodies!"
"Switching bodies?" Luna asked even more confused. "Serena,
please explain."
"No time!" Serena yelled as she suddenly burst into motion
grabbing clothes and speeding out the door.
"Serena! Where are you going?!"
"The arcade!" Serena yelled as the door slammed. Luna moaned
and jumped back on the bed. For some reason she was dreadfully tired,
as if she had been awake all night.
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"And then Serena and Luna-as-me came to the park and Amy said
I would have to pretend to be Luna. Then we broke up and I went back
to Serena's and fell asleep on her pillow. That's when I woke up."
Darien finished as he drained the rest of his coffee.
"That's pretty strange, Darien." Andrew admitted. He looked up
and waved to Serena. "Hey, Serena! Come over here. Darien just had the
weirdest dream and you were in it."
Serena came over and jumped up onto a stool. "Really? That's
weird. I had a strange dream with Darien in it."
"Really, Meatball Head? What was yours about?" Darien asked
as he smirked at her. Something tickled the back of his brain when he
looked at her. Something he was forgetting. Something to do with his
dream.
"I dreamt that Darien switched bodies with Luna. It was really
bizarre."
Darien choked on his coffee and turned to face Serena. "You
dreamt what?"
"That you switched... bodies with... my cat... what?" She
asked as she noticed Andrew and Darien staring at her.
"That's what my dream was about." Darien said quietly.
"What? In your dream was I..."
"Sailor Moon." Darien said softly.
"And you were..."
"Tuxedo Mask."
"This is really weird guys." Andrew said as he looked from one
to the other. Darien jumped up and grabbed Serena by the wrist.
"Come on, we need to talk."
She allowed him to drag her to the park and was a little
stunned when he took her to the bench where they had been in her dream.
"Serena." Darien started after a moment. "Tell me exactly what
you remember from your dream."
"Well, I woke up and was looking around for Luna outside when
you came up holding her. Then I went to a scout meeting and Luna
turned out to be you. Then a woman showed up named Setsuna and told us
that a future Mercury had put a spell on you two so you switched
places. Then I went and found Luna, who was you, and we all came to
the park. Actually, right to this bench. Then we argued for a while
and I stormed off and went home and went to sleep. That's it really.
What happened in your dream?" She looked up at him with wide eyes as
she finished her monologue.
"I woke up as a cat and thought it was a dream. So I went and
ran around in the park till I noticed this woman who was named...
Setsuna. She told me I had been switched with Luna because I was
supposed to hang around with you and get to know you better. Then Luna
showed up in my body and we went to your house where you grabbed me
thinking I was your cat. Then you took me to that meeting and
basically my dream was the same as yours after that."
"This is really weird. Why did we have the same dream?"
"Serena... maybe it wasn't a dream."
"What do you mean? Of course it was a dream! I mean... I was
Sailor Moon!" Serena said looking away towards the lake.
Darien grabbed her chin gently and forced her to look at him.
"Serena... are you?"
"Of course not." Serena stuttered after a moment. Darien
looked into her eyes and took a daring step.
"I'm Tuxedo Mask. For real."
Serena stared. "For... for real?"
"Yes. Not just in the dream. And I think you are Sailor Moon.
And your friends are the scouts. And your cat can talk."
"I... I..." Serena couldn't deny it, she didn't want to lie...
Suddenly the last piece of the puzzle came to him. The ending
of the dream...
"Serena, I don't know if you ever found this out but the way
to break the spell was if I admitted I..." he stopped. He didn't know
if he could go through with this. She'd always made him believe she
hated him. What if it was true? He was about to spill his heart out to
her. But what if she didn't want him to?
"You had to what, Darien?" Serena prompted after a moment.
He took a deep shuttering breath and closed his eyes. "I had
to admit I... I love you..." he trailed off keeping his eyes shut. He
turned away from her as she remained silent.
"But you're back to your body. If it wasn't a dream... then
the curse was broken... and that means..." She left it unfinished as
well. She searched his face, his small grimace, the tightly clenched
eyes. She reached up and turned his face so he was looking in her
direction. "Open your eyes, Darien." she said softly.
Slowly he looked down at her.
"Do you really love me?" she asked softly.
"Yes." he answered immediately. It was a bare whisper but one
of such intensity that Serena knew it was completely true.
"Oh Darien." she said as she just looked at him. "I'm so happy.
I... I think I love you too."
Instantly she was in his arms being hugged fiercely. He
pressed his lips to her hair as she returned the embrace. "Truly,
Serena?"
"Yes. I love you, Darien." She said as she pulled back enough
to look into his eyes.
He just looked at her for a moment, then he brought a hand up
tracing her chin from cheek bone to cheek bone. "You're so beautiful."
he whispered as he traced the outline of her lips.
Serena closed her eyes and reveled in the feeling of him
touching her face. She sighed after a moment and looked up at him.
"Darien?"
"Yes, Serena?" He asked cupping one cheek in his hand.
"Would you just kiss me already?"
He chuckled deeply and leaned down. "Anything for the princess."
he whispered as he sealed her mouth with his.
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What a sweet ending, ne?
Well, that's it for this story. Comments always welcome!!
E-mail: OpiumChicken@yahoo.com
Ja ne,
Zi-chan
thing... Anywho, like I've said, I don't own these characters. In one
sense, the powerful person in Japan owns them. In another, they own
themselves.
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"Darien's Day as a Cat"
Recorded by Ziska Ames
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CHAPTER FOUR
20th Century
The first thing that registered in Darien's brain when he woke
up was that he was strangely cold and uncomfortable. He opened his
eyes and looked around his apartment slowly. His apartment...
He grinned and stretched as he got off the floor. Briefly he
wondered how he had gotten to the floor in his kitchen in the first
place.
His mind kicked in and he laughed loudly for a moment.
Imagine, dreaming that he was in Serena's cat's body. And that Serena
was Sailor Moon! It was all so absurd.
In a good mood he ran a hand through his hair and headed out
to the arcade. Andrew would love this.
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Luna rolled over and smacked her paw into Serena's face.
Serena pushed her off the bed and mumbled. "Get your paw out of my
face, Darien. Didn't I tell you not to sleep in here?"
Luna sat up on the floor and glared at Serena. "Stop dreaming.
I'm not Darien."
"Huh?" Serena asked as she stared down at her cat. "When did
you change back?"
"Change back? What are you talking about?"
"But... I thought... oh... it must have been a dream. What a
strange dream." Serena mumbled. She pushed herself up right and yawned.
"Oh man, everyone will get a kick out of this. Image Darien and Luna
switching bodies!"
"Switching bodies?" Luna asked even more confused. "Serena,
please explain."
"No time!" Serena yelled as she suddenly burst into motion
grabbing clothes and speeding out the door.
"Serena! Where are you going?!"
"The arcade!" Serena yelled as the door slammed. Luna moaned
and jumped back on the bed. For some reason she was dreadfully tired,
as if she had been awake all night.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"And then Serena and Luna-as-me came to the park and Amy said
I would have to pretend to be Luna. Then we broke up and I went back
to Serena's and fell asleep on her pillow. That's when I woke up."
Darien finished as he drained the rest of his coffee.
"That's pretty strange, Darien." Andrew admitted. He looked up
and waved to Serena. "Hey, Serena! Come over here. Darien just had the
weirdest dream and you were in it."
Serena came over and jumped up onto a stool. "Really? That's
weird. I had a strange dream with Darien in it."
"Really, Meatball Head? What was yours about?" Darien asked
as he smirked at her. Something tickled the back of his brain when he
looked at her. Something he was forgetting. Something to do with his
dream.
"I dreamt that Darien switched bodies with Luna. It was really
bizarre."
Darien choked on his coffee and turned to face Serena. "You
dreamt what?"
"That you switched... bodies with... my cat... what?" She
asked as she noticed Andrew and Darien staring at her.
"That's what my dream was about." Darien said quietly.
"What? In your dream was I..."
"Sailor Moon." Darien said softly.
"And you were..."
"Tuxedo Mask."
"This is really weird guys." Andrew said as he looked from one
to the other. Darien jumped up and grabbed Serena by the wrist.
"Come on, we need to talk."
She allowed him to drag her to the park and was a little
stunned when he took her to the bench where they had been in her dream.
"Serena." Darien started after a moment. "Tell me exactly what
you remember from your dream."
"Well, I woke up and was looking around for Luna outside when
you came up holding her. Then I went to a scout meeting and Luna
turned out to be you. Then a woman showed up named Setsuna and told us
that a future Mercury had put a spell on you two so you switched
places. Then I went and found Luna, who was you, and we all came to
the park. Actually, right to this bench. Then we argued for a while
and I stormed off and went home and went to sleep. That's it really.
What happened in your dream?" She looked up at him with wide eyes as
she finished her monologue.
"I woke up as a cat and thought it was a dream. So I went and
ran around in the park till I noticed this woman who was named...
Setsuna. She told me I had been switched with Luna because I was
supposed to hang around with you and get to know you better. Then Luna
showed up in my body and we went to your house where you grabbed me
thinking I was your cat. Then you took me to that meeting and
basically my dream was the same as yours after that."
"This is really weird. Why did we have the same dream?"
"Serena... maybe it wasn't a dream."
"What do you mean? Of course it was a dream! I mean... I was
Sailor Moon!" Serena said looking away towards the lake.
Darien grabbed her chin gently and forced her to look at him.
"Serena... are you?"
"Of course not." Serena stuttered after a moment. Darien
looked into her eyes and took a daring step.
"I'm Tuxedo Mask. For real."
Serena stared. "For... for real?"
"Yes. Not just in the dream. And I think you are Sailor Moon.
And your friends are the scouts. And your cat can talk."
"I... I..." Serena couldn't deny it, she didn't want to lie...
Suddenly the last piece of the puzzle came to him. The ending
of the dream...
"Serena, I don't know if you ever found this out but the way
to break the spell was if I admitted I..." he stopped. He didn't know
if he could go through with this. She'd always made him believe she
hated him. What if it was true? He was about to spill his heart out to
her. But what if she didn't want him to?
"You had to what, Darien?" Serena prompted after a moment.
He took a deep shuttering breath and closed his eyes. "I had
to admit I... I love you..." he trailed off keeping his eyes shut. He
turned away from her as she remained silent.
"But you're back to your body. If it wasn't a dream... then
the curse was broken... and that means..." She left it unfinished as
well. She searched his face, his small grimace, the tightly clenched
eyes. She reached up and turned his face so he was looking in her
direction. "Open your eyes, Darien." she said softly.
Slowly he looked down at her.
"Do you really love me?" she asked softly.
"Yes." he answered immediately. It was a bare whisper but one
of such intensity that Serena knew it was completely true.
"Oh Darien." she said as she just looked at him. "I'm so happy.
I... I think I love you too."
Instantly she was in his arms being hugged fiercely. He
pressed his lips to her hair as she returned the embrace. "Truly,
Serena?"
"Yes. I love you, Darien." She said as she pulled back enough
to look into his eyes.
He just looked at her for a moment, then he brought a hand up
tracing her chin from cheek bone to cheek bone. "You're so beautiful."
he whispered as he traced the outline of her lips.
Serena closed her eyes and reveled in the feeling of him
touching her face. She sighed after a moment and looked up at him.
"Darien?"
"Yes, Serena?" He asked cupping one cheek in his hand.
"Would you just kiss me already?"
He chuckled deeply and leaned down. "Anything for the princess."
he whispered as he sealed her mouth with his.
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What a sweet ending, ne?
Well, that's it for this story. Comments always welcome!!
E-mail: OpiumChicken@yahoo.com
Ja ne,
Zi-chan