well, I'll tell you again. I don't own Sailor Moon.
Lost and Found
Chapter 2
Darien had detransformed and was walking home when, for the
second time that night, he felt the familiar rush of danger.
However, Darien did not think that this was the kind of danger
that Sailor Moon normally got into. He didn't think. Instead he
let his legs run him to where ever he was needed to go. Darien
slowed to a jog. In front of him he saw Serena walking across
the street. Her head was down and she did not see that a car was
zooming strait for her. A moment of panic swept through him as
he ran to push her out of the way. His body slammed into hers.
The force of his push gave them enough energy to make it safely
to the other side onto a patch of grass. Tires screeched to a
halt as the car stopped.
Serena found her self laying on the ground. 'What kind of
nutcase just pushed me into the grass?' She saw Darien laying
next to her. 'What the heck did he think he was doing?!' She was
about to start voicing her questions when a voice cut them off.
"My Lord! I am so sorry Miss. I did not see you walking
across the street. If this young man had not pushed you out of
the way, I could have killed you! I am so sorry." The man turned
to Darien. "You saved this young lady's life, you should be
proud. What is your name?" The man asked.
"Darien Chiba." The man took out a check book and wrote
Darien a check of two-thousand dollars.
"I can't accept this." Darien stammered as the man handed
him the check.
"I don't need it." Before he could argue further, the man
got into his car and zoomed off. Darien just stood there awe
struck. He turned to Serena who looked just as awe struck as
him. She turned to face him; silent tears streamed down her
face.
"My God, I could have been killed. I didn't even see the
car." She said. Without warning she launched herself into his
arms and started to cry. After the initial shock wore off,
Darien wrapped his arms around the smaller form and soothingly
stroked her hair with the hand that did not hold the check in
it.
"I could have been killed." She repeated. Serena had been
near to death so many times before as Sailor Moon. Yet this time
was different. She had been aware that she could die at anytime
as Sailor Moon, she had come to accept that, but as Serena...she
had thought she was safe. It scared her to think that this might
have been the closest time to death. Darien, Darien of all
people had saved her. "Thank you." She muffled gratitude to her
savior.
'I had to save you.' Was what he thought, but his mouth did
not form the words upon his lips.
"You're welcome." Was all that he could say. "Maybe I
better walk you home this time." He said soothingly.
"Would you please?" Watery baby blue eyes looked up to
stormy blue ones. He nodded. Repositioning his arm so that his
arm wrapped around her waist, he led her home. Her head lay
rested upon his chest as she walked.
"So, what are you gonna do with your money?" She asked.
"Well, I'll split it with you."
"What would you do that for?"
"The guy nearly runs you over and gives ME money. He should
have at least given something to you."
"Yeah, but you saved my life, and you could have been
killed!" She just realized that he not only saved her life but
had risked his own to do so. 'Kinda like Tuxedo Mask.' She mused
silently. 'But he never has walked me home after saving me from
a battle.' She snuggled closer to him.
"Turn left here." Serena said directing him. They arrived
at her house.
"I guess I'll see you later." Darien said.
"Would you like to come inside?" She asked.
"I would love to, but I need to get home; I'm starting a
new job tomorrow. I need to be up at 4:30." He flashed her a
quirky grin.
"And I thought I needed to be up early tomorrow. What new
job is this?"
"I was offered a small shoot in a commercial for a company
called 'The Millennium Corporation'. The commercial is being
spread out for three weekends."
"The Millennium Corporation? My dad works there. We're
going to his boss's house for a company picnic or party or
something tomorrow."
"Really? Well, have fun tomorrow. Bye Serena."
"Bye Darien." The two parted their separate ways.
Later...
Darien bolted upright in bed. He had been having the odd
dream once again. It haunted him every night. The doors that led
to the balcony were slightly open allowing a cool breeze to cool
his sweating body. His clock's digits read 4:13. 'Not enough
time to go back to sleep.' He rose from his bed and walked out
onto the balcony. The stars twinkled down at the lone figure
from where he stand. The moon looked beautiful. Darien had a
very unexpected flash of something appear before him. He stood
on a balcony much like he was now. The difference was that he
was looking at the earth in the night's sky instead of the moon.
Also, he was not alone. His princess was there with him. As
sudden as it had come the flash disappeared. He pressed a
shaking hand to his head. 'Where in heaven's name did that come
from?' Silently he stood until he was brought back from his
world of thoughts from his alarm going off back inside. Darien
ran a hand through his tousled jet-black hair and went inside.
After shutting off his alarm he got a shower. A cold shower. By
5:05 he had eaten breakfast, dressed, and was completely ready.
He headed out.
"Didn't I promise myself I wouldn't do this again." Darien
muttered to himself as he walked inside the building. 'I
shouldn't have taken this modeling job.' He really did not want
to be modeling again. But he really did need the money if he was
going to go on to the next few years of his college career.
Upon arriving, Darien had had no idea of what he was going
to be modeling for. But this, well, he hadn't expected this.
Darien wore a suit of armor. ((Endymion style of course!))
The custume designer had said that the armor would be very hard
to wear let alone move in. But surprisingly to the designer and
Darien, he had no problem moving. Darien felt like he had worn it
before. He had a feeling that it could be a long day.
Meanwhile...
Serena was swinging her arm over to hit the snooze button.
Although she missed it. However, she didn't miss the furball
that was curled up next to it.
"MEEEEOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!" Luna wailed as Serena's hand
came into contact with her head.
"EEEEEEKKK!" Luna did manage to wake Serena up by scaring
the heck out of her. Serena, having jumped out of bed, finally
managed to turn the clock off.
"Luna, I thought that you were at Lita's house?"
"Well, I was, but it's so hard to sleep with those girls
talking all night. Even Amy was." Serena just yawned and closed
her tired eyes.
With both eyes still closed, Serena managed to bump her way
around her room and gather clothing. When she went out into the
hallway she noted that no one else in her family was up yet. She
had forgotten that she had set the alarm clock an hour early so
that she might actually be on time. What a change. The sun was
just peeping through the windows as she walked down the hall to
the bathroom. For once, she would be able to have a warm shower
instead of an ice cold one because she was the last one in to
get a shower. It was a nice change. Serena got changed in the
bathroom after she was done getting ready. Having a little
brother taught her to never walk from the bathroom to her room
while wearing only a towel. Surprisingly, she felt energetic.
Having nothing to do she went downstairs and ate breakfast.
Of course for Serena, who inhaled her food, it didn't take long
before she was done. Still bored she went back upstairs. Poor
Luna was curled up in a little ball on her windowsill. She sat
at her desk and drummed her fingers in boredom. It was rare that
she was bored when she was at home. She usually had Luna to talk
to, but she was asleep. Her eyes swept the room and then finally
settled on her book bag. It wasn't that she was lazy and didn't
do her homework, it was that she had better things to do. An
evil grin spread across her face. 'Miss H would just die if I
actually did my homework, and it was correct.' Serena got up and
hauled her book bag over to her desk. She pulled out her
homework and set it on the desk.
It was an hour later that her Mom came into the room to
wake her up so that she could get ready.
"Serena honey," her mother yawned, "it's time to-" She
stopped dead when she saw her daughter dressed and sitting at
her desk intently absorbed in something. "Sweetie, what are you
doing?"
"Homework." Serena said not even looking up from her work.
"Okay, who are you, and what have you done with my
daughter?" Mrs. Tsukino asked seriously.
"Don't flip Mom. I set my alarm an hour early. When I went
to hit the snooze button I hit Luna and she scared me so much
that I had to wake up early."
"What about the homework?" She still eyed her daughter
skeptically. The evil grin once again spread across Serena's
face.
"Miss H will have a heart attack and then classes will be
canceled. Duh Mom." Serena went back to work. 'Yup, my
daughter.' Mrs. Tsukino sighed contently.
A little while later the whole family was packed into the
car and was heading to the family picnic. 'The place is a
mansion.' Serena thought in awe. There was a sign that was
posted at the gate.
"Welcome to the Golden Palace." Serena's father read the
sign out loud.
They passed the mansion. There were at least three doors on
the front side of the house.
"Why do they have so many doors?" Sammy asked.
"The main entrance is for my boss, and the second one is
for the servants to enter by and the third one is for the
servant's servants to go in through." Mr. Tsukino said. Sammy
snickered.
"Ken, that was uncalled for, and you know it." Mrs. Tsukino
said sharply to her husband. Mr. Tsukino parked the car. They
all got out and went to explore. The picnic took place both
inside and outside.
Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino went inside, Sammy wandered off and
Serena was left by herself. She decided that she would stay
outside since it was such a nice day out. 'Besides, the food's
probably outside.' Serena eventually found the food and began to
pig out. While she was stuffing her face she happened to notice
a path that seemed to lead into the gardens. It seemed to draw
her even more than the food did. ((Surprisingly)) The path
indeed led into a beautiful garden. Serena wandered the path
aimlessly. She came upon the center of the garden where there
was a clearing instead of the tall hedges that were on either
side while she walked the paths. In the center of the clearing
was a beautiful woman. She looked young. Her black hair was in a
braid. She turned her head to face Serena. Shock was written on
her face when she saw Serena. Feeling uncomfortable at the stare
the woman was giving her she spoke.
"Ummm... are you okay?" Noticing that she was openly
staring at the young girl she had the grace to blush.
"I'm so sorry. It's just that you look exactly like a dear
friend of mine. What is your name?"
"Serena."
"Your names are even similar."
"What is your name?" Serena asked. The woman smiled.
"Gaia."
"I would like to meet your friend, she might be my twin."
Serena said cheerfully to Gaia. Gaia however smiled sadly.
"She died, years ago." Gaia knew that this was indeed her
friend, who would have become her daughter-in-law, Princess
Serenity. "What are you doing in the gardens Serena? I suppose
you didn't know that they were off limits to guests."
"I should be asking the same thing to you." Serena said
defiantly.
"I live here." Gaia said with a some how very familiar
quirky grin.
"Oh." She looked up to even more familiar eyes. "Have we
met before? I feel as if I know you." Serena said.
"We might have met in another life." Gaia smiled.
"Well, since you live here, you must be my Dad's boss
then." Gaia nodded. "I didn't offend you, did I?" Serena eyed
her nervously. Gaia just laughed.
"No. Even if you did I wouldn't do anything bad to your dad
because of something that you did. He didn't do anything wrong."
Serena began to like Gaia very much. "Would you like me to take
you to the horses?"
"Yeah. I love horses." Serena exuberantly quipped.
"I thought you might." Gaia replied with a twinkle in her
eyes. Serena followed Gaia through a different path that led to
another, even more vast clearing and stables. Gaia opened the
gate and walked inside of the paddock with Serena at her heels.
"Would you like to ride one?"
"I don't know how."
"You'd be surprised what you know." Gaia flashed an
encouraging smile to Serena. "I'll saddle and show you how to
mount." Gaia led Serena over to two horses. Gaia saddled both of
them. "This one's Moonlight, and this one is Sunshine." Gaia
pointed to the white horse and then to the gold colored horse.
"I think you'll like Moonlight. Now, just see how I mount up
on Sunshine." Gaia put her foot in the stir-up and her other leg
over the top of the saddle and sat down. Serena gulped. She put
her foot into the stir-up and prepared to fall as she swung her
leg over. Surprising herself, she managed to balance herself and
to sit on Moonlight.
"Come on." Gaia trotted away. Serena followed. They had a
wonderful time of tag on the two horses. After about a half hour
of riding they both finally stopped and unsaddled the horses.
"Won't anyone miss you?" Serena asked as soon as she
realized that she had forgotten that anyone else was near them.
"No." Gaia said. "I hope you don't think that I'm a bad
hostess, but I really don't like being seen too much. People
always try to suck up to me, and that just makes me like that
person less instead of more." Gaia helped Serena unsaddle
Moonlight. Another horse in a nearby stable. It was a
magnificent horse that was deep black. Serena was enchanted by
the horse.
"What's this one's name?"
"His name is Midnight. He was my son's horse." Gaia said
quietly.
"Your son? My dad told me that you didn't have any
children."
"He was kidnapped, years ago." Gaia's voice dripped with
sadness.
"My gosh. I totally didn't mean to upset you."
"That's okay." She waved her hand as to brush it off.
"Can I see some pictures of him?"
"Sure, he was really cute." Gaia winked trying to have a
light air about it.
"Doesn't it hurt to think of him?"
"Sometimes...sometimes I wonder if he had a good child
hood, and why he hasn't contacted me. Other times, I like to
think that he was even happier than I could have made him. And
sometimes I wonder if he has just completely forgotten me." Gaia
fell silent.
"Will you show me the pictures now?" Gaia nodded. They left
the stables and followed another path back to the house.
"How many paths go thru here?"
"Many. Endymion, my son, memorized them at age two. He
really loved these gardens." The two small talked as they
entered the house, unnoticed by any of Gaia's guests. Both zig-
zagged their way to a staircase that had a sign saying "Off
Limits". Gaia and Serena ignored the sign and went up to the
fourth floor of the mansion. It was a long walk for Serena to
get to Gaia's bedroom where she had the photo album.
"This is my favorite picture of Endymion." She flipped the
picture to a little boy sitting upon Midnight. He had untidy
ebony hair, and blue eyes, the familiar blue eyes of someone
else. Serena gasped as she realized that Endymion was none other
than her Darien.
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