Title: Too Perfect To Be Real
Author: Merc
Chapter: 4
E-mail: MoonGirl015@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: *does a happy dance* I don't own Sailor Moon!!! But I guess you might be wondering why I'm so happy? Because! *Holds up mamo-clone* I own one of these!
Author's notes:
Well, I must say, getting chapter four out took longer than I thought. I had it all written out, but I wanted to revise it (and I had VERY good reasons to do so, right Juno? *evil grin*) and I must say now, my co-writer, Usagi, has gone off to college, so she couldn't be here to help re-write...*sniffs* So I'm finishing up the rest of my story by myself. Oh, that makes me feel kinda lonely. ANY-WOO! Here it is, and I know Juno wanted this SO bad...chapter 4! Hope you enjoy it!
~Merc
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"Serena! I love you!"
Serena fell to her knees. The words that had just been spoken by the man that had once been her life called out to her, but she didn't notice. Instead she heard the cries in her heart. Cries for help, of hurt and pain. Her friends were desperately calling out to her. 'No' she shook her head. 'They're calling out for someone I can't be anymore. Someone I never *could* be. Sailor Moon can't protect her friends if Serena Tsukino doesn't believe in herself anymore.' She stood again, pulling her bag up along with her and ignoring the weird glances people passing by gave her. She was going to start a new life away from Sailor Scouts and enemies of the Negaverse. But above all, she was starting a new life away from Darien. Besides, her friends were strong enough to take care of themselves.
She stopped just before entering the airplane as a rush of cold wind passed by her. A vision of the Sailor Scouts gathering energy enter her mind. A very angry monster began to advance on the defenseless girls and Serena began to shake out of fear. Would this be the end of her friends? All because of a choice she made? As if in answer to her questions a streak of red flashed between the Sailor Scouts and the giant. She let out a deep breath as she realized Tuxedo Mask had arrived. The scouts would be able to handle it now. Shaking off everything that had gone on in the past five minutes she passed a very confused flight attendant, smiling as she walked down the isle. Just a few more hours and she'd be living a new life.
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A handsome young man looked up from his newspaper as the blonde sat down next to him. He peered at her from behind his dark sunglasses with curiosity. He shook his head and chuckled slightly as the beauty beside him struggled to place her bag under the seat in front of her. He smiled to himself. 'This is going to be an interesting trip.'
"Can I help you with that?" He leaned over and easily slid the bag underneath the seat. Coming back up he gave his most charming smile. "Those things can be kinda tricky to put under the seats, but once you've done it a lot, it gets easy." He brought his hand out for her to take. "My name is Seiya Kou." His eyes sparkled with delight when he saw her lips curl up into a smile of her own after taking his hand and gently shaking it.
"I'm Serena Tsukino..."
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The scouts looked at the new arrival after the monster had turned to dust. Each shocked that he would even think to come near them after what he had done to Serena. "Darien," Lita spoke up. "May I ask what you're doing here?" She began cracking her knuckles and smiled triumphantly when Darien backed away slightly.
He looked around, it seemed that all of the girls were wondering the same question, the look of pure disgust and hatred evident on their faces. Even Ami, sweet innocent Ami, had a look of hatred towards him. He covered up the emotions in his heart and turned everything to ice. "Excuse me, but if I hadn't shown up when I did you all would have been monster food. You should be grateful I came to protect you."
Mina shook her head. "Protect." She turned to the other girls and slightly giggled. "He came to protect us." The tone of sarcasm was disregarded by Darien. "And how, may I ask 'oh-great-protector', do you expect to protect us from getting hurt if you can't even protect your true love's heart from being hurt?"
His mind screamed out in frustration. He'd had enough of people not listening to what the truth was. "Mina, it isn't what you think! The night I took Serena out I was going to propose to her. She had slipped off to the bathroom when the waitress came around. It turned out she was a good friend of mine that had gone off to college in Europe. We'd call each other now and then, but eventually that died out. When I saw her that night I told her about my plans to propose to Serena. She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek before leaving." It was here that his voice dropped down to a whisper. "Serena never gave me the chance to explain, and now she's heading off to America to start a new life, away from me." He turned away, ashamed at himself for letting her go.
Rei put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "So then, it was all a misunderstanding?" Rei shook her head. "It all makes sense now. I knew the sacred fire wouldn't lie to me."
Ami smiled reassuringly at him. "Don't worry Darien. After knowing Serena for so long I know it would be impossible for her to stay in America without wanting to come back. You'll have your chance to explain things and make them go back to the way they were." The others mumbled their agreements.
He turned and smiled gratefully at the four girls around him. "Thanks guys. I just hope you're right."
Mina smiled. "Serena does love you Darien, and nothing in heaven or on earth can break that love. How long could she possibly stay away?"
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Serena smiled up at her best friend, Ashley, as she helped put Serena's hair up, both of their eyes dancing with happiness.
"I can't believe it Serena! You and Seiya have been dating for one year now!" She giggled excitedly. "So, tell me what you two are gonna do tonight."
Serena rolled her eyes. "But I've told you 5 times already! Are you really so desperate to learn all about mine and Seiya's relationship?" Serena smiled through the mirror at her friend.
"You know as well as I do that I love romantic things. And your relationship is so romantic! I mean, think about it! All of the things he's done for you in this past year. He gives you a rose every week, I can't even count the number of stuffed Teddy Bears you have piled in your room! And not to mention, he's written you so many songs! Don't you remember the night we double dated and he got up on stage and sang one of his songs just for you? It was so sweet!"
Serena laughed. "Of course I remember! How could I forget?" Her eyes glazed over as she went on. "Seiya is perfect. He's sweet and funny..."
"Don't forget romantic and VERY handsome!"
"I was getting there! But anyways, tonight he's taking me to the moonlight tower..."
Ashley smiled. Of course she knew what was going to happen tonight. She and her fiancé, John, had helped Seiya plan. But Ashley was not one known for keeping secrets, so she tended to drop "subtle" hints. "Where boyfriends always take their girlfriends to propose! You can't forget that's where John proposed to me!" The brunette reached her hand over to show Serena the diamond ring placed on her finger for the third time that day.
"Ashley, the only reason I can't forget that is because you keep reminding me every two seconds!" Serena giggled. "Anyways, Seiya tells me he's got a surprise planned over there. Of course, I have a feeling I know what it is and *don't* say anything," Serena held up her hand to stop her friends comment. "But then, after all of that, he's taking me to the park and we're renting a boat for the lake. And we might end up going back to his apartment..." Serena gave her friend a sly smile and both girls broke out in a fit of giggles.
Once the laughter had subsided, Ashley went back to working on Serena's hair, making sure not to mess anything up. "Well Serena, I must say, you are one lucky girl."
Serena smiled. "We're both lucky girls Ashley. After all, we both found the men of our dreams." Ashley nodded in agreement.
"We sure did."
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Seiya fingered the black velvet box placed in his pocket again. For some reason it helped to calm his nerves, and that was exactly what he needed. After one year of dating Seiya was certain Serena was the girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. She was fun and sweet, she had a great sense of humor and was so carefree, not to mention she was the most beautiful angel he had ever seen.
He looked down once again to make sure his tuxedo was perfect and when he was confident it was, he knocked on the door to Serena's apartment. He had helped her find this place when she had first come here one and a half years ago and it had been "conveniently" near his place. She had met Ashley close to a year ago from her work, and they had immediately become friends. And of course Serena was incredibly excited when she found out Ashley needed a new place to stay and had offered her apartment right away. All of them, including John, had become good friends and often did a lot of double dating, but tonight was just for him and Serena. He smiled inwardly as he mouthed 'Serena Kou'.
As expected, Ashley answered the door. "Seiya!" She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him inside hugging him tightly as she began to wail.
He shook his head and chuckled. "Why is it that women always get so emotional at times like these?"
She stepped back and wiped her tears away. "Let's just say it's a girl thing."
He shook his head. "So I've figured."
"Seiya?" He turned his head slowly against his will when the sound of her voice filled his ears. At first he thought he was hallucinating, because before him was a beautiful angel clothed in a white dress with small pink flowers on it. There were thin straps and the dress clung tightly to her upper-body. Once the dress reached her waist, it puffed out ending just slightly above the ground. Her hair was done up in a bun on top of her head with delicate curls coming out around it. A shiny tiara was placed around the bun completing the look of her hair. His eyes dropped to her face and he practically melted at the sight of it. Her lips were the perfect shade of pink and had been glossed over making them look shiny. Her cheeks were slightly covered in a soft blush and her eyes had a pale blue eye shadow on them covered over with silver sparkles. Her blue eyes glistened as she stepped forward slightly.
Seiya's mouth opened and closed a couple times before he could find his words. "Have I died and gone to heaven? Are you really an angel?" Serena giggled and she could hear Ashley sighing from somewhere behind Seiya. He walked forward and held his hand out and she took it eagerly.
"I'm whatever you want me to be muffin." He smiled at his nickname.
"I don't want you to be anything but Serena Tsukino tonight." He pulled her towards the door. "Are you ready to go Princess?"
She nodded and stepped out of her apartment door waiting for Seiya to follow her out. He took her arm in his and led her to the elevator. Once inside he spoke up. "I have a small gift for you when we get to the limo."
Her eyes lit up. "You rented us a limo? Wow, you really out did yourself today! And why on earth did you get me a gift? One would think that all you have done is enough."
He smiled. "Well, the gift comes at a price." She looked at him questioningly and he instantly became serious. "I want to know why you moved so suddenly to America. I know you've said it was because of your job, but I can't help to think something else had a strong influence."
Serena turned away and sighed as the elevator opened. She had been planning to tell Seiya the real reason she left for a long time, but always lost her nerve at the last moment. "All right Seiya, I'll tell you why I moved here. I think you deserve to know anyway." He frowned at the look of hurt that crossed her face, but he was determined to find out. He walked her slowly through the lobby, silence settling in upon them. His face lit up when he saw the limo. Hopefully that would take her mind off of whatever it was that could be hurting her, at least for a little while.
They stepped out into the warm night air and Serena stopped in her tracks when she saw the shiny black limo waiting there. In the back of her mind she could hear Seiya laughing and she noticed he had already opened the door for her to step inside. "Oh Seiya!" She was breathless and excited. She stepped forward, not realizing the tall man walking down the sidewalk until they had bumped into each other. "Wow, I guess bad habits do die hard..." She mumbled to herself. Looking up she saw Seiya practically rolling on the floor in laughter. "Oh sure Seiya! Go ahead and laugh at me. There are plenty of things I can laugh at you for. Like the time John poured cold water down your..."
"Here Serena," Seiya quickly interrupted, laughing nervously. "Let me help you up." He reached down and pulled her up to her feet easily. And then turned and helped the man Serena had ran into up as well. "Forgive her, sir. She's always been that clumsy."
"Seiya!" Serena protested and Seiya began to laugh again.
"I know she has." The couples' eyes quickly turned to the man. It was then that Serena realized the situation. She shrieked. "Darien!"
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That seems like a good place to leave it! *evil grin* I told you Juno! This was supposed to be the last chapter, but now I think there's gonna be at least two more chapters and an epilogue left. Maybe three chapters...I don't know! But what I *do* know is that I like the new direction everything is going. So, I guess you'll all have to wait for the next part, ne? Until then! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
~Merc
Author: Merc
Chapter: 4
E-mail: MoonGirl015@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: *does a happy dance* I don't own Sailor Moon!!! But I guess you might be wondering why I'm so happy? Because! *Holds up mamo-clone* I own one of these!
Author's notes:
Well, I must say, getting chapter four out took longer than I thought. I had it all written out, but I wanted to revise it (and I had VERY good reasons to do so, right Juno? *evil grin*) and I must say now, my co-writer, Usagi, has gone off to college, so she couldn't be here to help re-write...*sniffs* So I'm finishing up the rest of my story by myself. Oh, that makes me feel kinda lonely. ANY-WOO! Here it is, and I know Juno wanted this SO bad...chapter 4! Hope you enjoy it!
~Merc
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"Serena! I love you!"
Serena fell to her knees. The words that had just been spoken by the man that had once been her life called out to her, but she didn't notice. Instead she heard the cries in her heart. Cries for help, of hurt and pain. Her friends were desperately calling out to her. 'No' she shook her head. 'They're calling out for someone I can't be anymore. Someone I never *could* be. Sailor Moon can't protect her friends if Serena Tsukino doesn't believe in herself anymore.' She stood again, pulling her bag up along with her and ignoring the weird glances people passing by gave her. She was going to start a new life away from Sailor Scouts and enemies of the Negaverse. But above all, she was starting a new life away from Darien. Besides, her friends were strong enough to take care of themselves.
She stopped just before entering the airplane as a rush of cold wind passed by her. A vision of the Sailor Scouts gathering energy enter her mind. A very angry monster began to advance on the defenseless girls and Serena began to shake out of fear. Would this be the end of her friends? All because of a choice she made? As if in answer to her questions a streak of red flashed between the Sailor Scouts and the giant. She let out a deep breath as she realized Tuxedo Mask had arrived. The scouts would be able to handle it now. Shaking off everything that had gone on in the past five minutes she passed a very confused flight attendant, smiling as she walked down the isle. Just a few more hours and she'd be living a new life.
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A handsome young man looked up from his newspaper as the blonde sat down next to him. He peered at her from behind his dark sunglasses with curiosity. He shook his head and chuckled slightly as the beauty beside him struggled to place her bag under the seat in front of her. He smiled to himself. 'This is going to be an interesting trip.'
"Can I help you with that?" He leaned over and easily slid the bag underneath the seat. Coming back up he gave his most charming smile. "Those things can be kinda tricky to put under the seats, but once you've done it a lot, it gets easy." He brought his hand out for her to take. "My name is Seiya Kou." His eyes sparkled with delight when he saw her lips curl up into a smile of her own after taking his hand and gently shaking it.
"I'm Serena Tsukino..."
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The scouts looked at the new arrival after the monster had turned to dust. Each shocked that he would even think to come near them after what he had done to Serena. "Darien," Lita spoke up. "May I ask what you're doing here?" She began cracking her knuckles and smiled triumphantly when Darien backed away slightly.
He looked around, it seemed that all of the girls were wondering the same question, the look of pure disgust and hatred evident on their faces. Even Ami, sweet innocent Ami, had a look of hatred towards him. He covered up the emotions in his heart and turned everything to ice. "Excuse me, but if I hadn't shown up when I did you all would have been monster food. You should be grateful I came to protect you."
Mina shook her head. "Protect." She turned to the other girls and slightly giggled. "He came to protect us." The tone of sarcasm was disregarded by Darien. "And how, may I ask 'oh-great-protector', do you expect to protect us from getting hurt if you can't even protect your true love's heart from being hurt?"
His mind screamed out in frustration. He'd had enough of people not listening to what the truth was. "Mina, it isn't what you think! The night I took Serena out I was going to propose to her. She had slipped off to the bathroom when the waitress came around. It turned out she was a good friend of mine that had gone off to college in Europe. We'd call each other now and then, but eventually that died out. When I saw her that night I told her about my plans to propose to Serena. She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek before leaving." It was here that his voice dropped down to a whisper. "Serena never gave me the chance to explain, and now she's heading off to America to start a new life, away from me." He turned away, ashamed at himself for letting her go.
Rei put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "So then, it was all a misunderstanding?" Rei shook her head. "It all makes sense now. I knew the sacred fire wouldn't lie to me."
Ami smiled reassuringly at him. "Don't worry Darien. After knowing Serena for so long I know it would be impossible for her to stay in America without wanting to come back. You'll have your chance to explain things and make them go back to the way they were." The others mumbled their agreements.
He turned and smiled gratefully at the four girls around him. "Thanks guys. I just hope you're right."
Mina smiled. "Serena does love you Darien, and nothing in heaven or on earth can break that love. How long could she possibly stay away?"
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Serena smiled up at her best friend, Ashley, as she helped put Serena's hair up, both of their eyes dancing with happiness.
"I can't believe it Serena! You and Seiya have been dating for one year now!" She giggled excitedly. "So, tell me what you two are gonna do tonight."
Serena rolled her eyes. "But I've told you 5 times already! Are you really so desperate to learn all about mine and Seiya's relationship?" Serena smiled through the mirror at her friend.
"You know as well as I do that I love romantic things. And your relationship is so romantic! I mean, think about it! All of the things he's done for you in this past year. He gives you a rose every week, I can't even count the number of stuffed Teddy Bears you have piled in your room! And not to mention, he's written you so many songs! Don't you remember the night we double dated and he got up on stage and sang one of his songs just for you? It was so sweet!"
Serena laughed. "Of course I remember! How could I forget?" Her eyes glazed over as she went on. "Seiya is perfect. He's sweet and funny..."
"Don't forget romantic and VERY handsome!"
"I was getting there! But anyways, tonight he's taking me to the moonlight tower..."
Ashley smiled. Of course she knew what was going to happen tonight. She and her fiancé, John, had helped Seiya plan. But Ashley was not one known for keeping secrets, so she tended to drop "subtle" hints. "Where boyfriends always take their girlfriends to propose! You can't forget that's where John proposed to me!" The brunette reached her hand over to show Serena the diamond ring placed on her finger for the third time that day.
"Ashley, the only reason I can't forget that is because you keep reminding me every two seconds!" Serena giggled. "Anyways, Seiya tells me he's got a surprise planned over there. Of course, I have a feeling I know what it is and *don't* say anything," Serena held up her hand to stop her friends comment. "But then, after all of that, he's taking me to the park and we're renting a boat for the lake. And we might end up going back to his apartment..." Serena gave her friend a sly smile and both girls broke out in a fit of giggles.
Once the laughter had subsided, Ashley went back to working on Serena's hair, making sure not to mess anything up. "Well Serena, I must say, you are one lucky girl."
Serena smiled. "We're both lucky girls Ashley. After all, we both found the men of our dreams." Ashley nodded in agreement.
"We sure did."
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Seiya fingered the black velvet box placed in his pocket again. For some reason it helped to calm his nerves, and that was exactly what he needed. After one year of dating Seiya was certain Serena was the girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. She was fun and sweet, she had a great sense of humor and was so carefree, not to mention she was the most beautiful angel he had ever seen.
He looked down once again to make sure his tuxedo was perfect and when he was confident it was, he knocked on the door to Serena's apartment. He had helped her find this place when she had first come here one and a half years ago and it had been "conveniently" near his place. She had met Ashley close to a year ago from her work, and they had immediately become friends. And of course Serena was incredibly excited when she found out Ashley needed a new place to stay and had offered her apartment right away. All of them, including John, had become good friends and often did a lot of double dating, but tonight was just for him and Serena. He smiled inwardly as he mouthed 'Serena Kou'.
As expected, Ashley answered the door. "Seiya!" She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him inside hugging him tightly as she began to wail.
He shook his head and chuckled. "Why is it that women always get so emotional at times like these?"
She stepped back and wiped her tears away. "Let's just say it's a girl thing."
He shook his head. "So I've figured."
"Seiya?" He turned his head slowly against his will when the sound of her voice filled his ears. At first he thought he was hallucinating, because before him was a beautiful angel clothed in a white dress with small pink flowers on it. There were thin straps and the dress clung tightly to her upper-body. Once the dress reached her waist, it puffed out ending just slightly above the ground. Her hair was done up in a bun on top of her head with delicate curls coming out around it. A shiny tiara was placed around the bun completing the look of her hair. His eyes dropped to her face and he practically melted at the sight of it. Her lips were the perfect shade of pink and had been glossed over making them look shiny. Her cheeks were slightly covered in a soft blush and her eyes had a pale blue eye shadow on them covered over with silver sparkles. Her blue eyes glistened as she stepped forward slightly.
Seiya's mouth opened and closed a couple times before he could find his words. "Have I died and gone to heaven? Are you really an angel?" Serena giggled and she could hear Ashley sighing from somewhere behind Seiya. He walked forward and held his hand out and she took it eagerly.
"I'm whatever you want me to be muffin." He smiled at his nickname.
"I don't want you to be anything but Serena Tsukino tonight." He pulled her towards the door. "Are you ready to go Princess?"
She nodded and stepped out of her apartment door waiting for Seiya to follow her out. He took her arm in his and led her to the elevator. Once inside he spoke up. "I have a small gift for you when we get to the limo."
Her eyes lit up. "You rented us a limo? Wow, you really out did yourself today! And why on earth did you get me a gift? One would think that all you have done is enough."
He smiled. "Well, the gift comes at a price." She looked at him questioningly and he instantly became serious. "I want to know why you moved so suddenly to America. I know you've said it was because of your job, but I can't help to think something else had a strong influence."
Serena turned away and sighed as the elevator opened. She had been planning to tell Seiya the real reason she left for a long time, but always lost her nerve at the last moment. "All right Seiya, I'll tell you why I moved here. I think you deserve to know anyway." He frowned at the look of hurt that crossed her face, but he was determined to find out. He walked her slowly through the lobby, silence settling in upon them. His face lit up when he saw the limo. Hopefully that would take her mind off of whatever it was that could be hurting her, at least for a little while.
They stepped out into the warm night air and Serena stopped in her tracks when she saw the shiny black limo waiting there. In the back of her mind she could hear Seiya laughing and she noticed he had already opened the door for her to step inside. "Oh Seiya!" She was breathless and excited. She stepped forward, not realizing the tall man walking down the sidewalk until they had bumped into each other. "Wow, I guess bad habits do die hard..." She mumbled to herself. Looking up she saw Seiya practically rolling on the floor in laughter. "Oh sure Seiya! Go ahead and laugh at me. There are plenty of things I can laugh at you for. Like the time John poured cold water down your..."
"Here Serena," Seiya quickly interrupted, laughing nervously. "Let me help you up." He reached down and pulled her up to her feet easily. And then turned and helped the man Serena had ran into up as well. "Forgive her, sir. She's always been that clumsy."
"Seiya!" Serena protested and Seiya began to laugh again.
"I know she has." The couples' eyes quickly turned to the man. It was then that Serena realized the situation. She shrieked. "Darien!"
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That seems like a good place to leave it! *evil grin* I told you Juno! This was supposed to be the last chapter, but now I think there's gonna be at least two more chapters and an epilogue left. Maybe three chapters...I don't know! But what I *do* know is that I like the new direction everything is going. So, I guess you'll all have to wait for the next part, ne? Until then! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
~Merc