Hi everyone! I hope your not mad, I've had a huge writers block, and forgot I hadn't posted this chapter yet. I'm so sorry, please forgive me. I hope you will still read my story, and think of me in the same way. Oh, and my story doesn't really follow my description, but I hope you like it anyway.
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chapter 3 the love battle commences
Sailor Moon ran up to Rini, to try and save her, but as she got there something strange happened. A red clear bubble formed around The evil lady and she floated away, still holding Rini.
"Mama! Daddy!" Rini cried as she floated away. "Oh, and if you were wondering, I'm Madalya! Your worest nightmare!" The evil lady laughed as she went out of view in the sky.
"I can't do anything right!" Serena started to cry, but tried to hide it. Darien walked up to Serena and gently turned her to face him "We all make mistakes sometimes, and there's nothing anyone could have done that would have stopped her from taking Rini."
He moved his hand up and wiped a tear from Sailor Moon's check. "It's not your fault." But Sailor Moon could tell it was bothering him. He had that sad look in his eyes. Probably just another person missing from his life.
She remembered the first time she had introduced Darien to her parents. They didn't like the fact that he was older than her but they had tried not to show it. That almost-perfect day was ruined when her dad asked the question that had changed Darien's mood completely.
~Her dad had asked Darien, "So, maybe we can meet your parents someday." Darien got really quiet. "I- don't think that's possible." "Why, what would be a good time for them? Are they really buisy?" Serena's dad asked. Darien tried not to make eye contact. "My parents..... Died when I was five." Darien answered slowly, like it was hard to say the words.
"I don't know, Serena. He seems really quiet." Serena's dad had told her after Darien had left. "Maybe he would have talked more if you hadn't been so interested in his parents!" Serena hadn't meant to get so mad, but for once in a long time Darien hadn't been pretending to be happy, and her dad had to ask about his parents.~
"Come on, Sailor Moon. It's really late and you have school tomorrow." Sailor Moon detransformed and Darien walked her back to her house. Darien was about to leave when Serena stopped him.
"I sorry for what you have to go through, and now this. You must think about it alot." Darien didn't turned around. "I've gotten used ot it. But I hope that I will always have people that will at least say "Hi." to me when they see me unlike other times." Darien turned around. "Thanks to my friends." He smiled. "Good night, Serena."
Serena walked through her house as quietly as possible. She was still trying to figure out a good excuse for not having Rini. 'I know. I'll lie and say I don't know where she is.' Serena smiled at her plan. Now that that was done, she did have school tomorrow and she wanted to be on time for once all year.
Serena, surprisingly enough was on time, but that didn't mean she listened. If only she could think of a way to make Darien happy. She couldn't even remember the last time she had seen him smile when he wasn't pretending, or she hadn't seen that sad look in his eyes.
Serena got out of school and met up with Lita to ask her a question. "Lita, you don't have parents right?" Lita gave Serena a weird look. "This is about Darien, isn't it?"
"Ummm. Yah. Ya see, I never see him happy anymore. He think's about his parents all the time. Or, at least, that's the way I think it is. I want to do something for him, but I don't know what. He doesn't have any relatives or friends, really besides the people he sees everyday. "Serena, maybe the best thing to do would just be to leave him alone. Don't talk about around him. And, even if you do do something, it might make him feel worse." Lita smiled. "I hope that helped you." Serena tried to smile. "Yah, thanks." Serema walked away, still confused. Darien got in his car and started to drie, not really sure at first where he was going. Then he thought of the place he needed to be, but not really sure if he wanted to be there. He sighed. 'I hope this is the right thing for me to do right now.' Darien saw Serena as he passe the school, and slowed the car.
"Hi." He said after he had rolled down the window. "Hi. Where ya going?" Serena asked. "No where. Just driving." Darien said, half lying. "Can I come?" Serena asked hopefully. "Don't you have homework to do?" Serena looked at the ground. "I...." Darien smiled. I think you should do your homework, but I guess you can come." Serena smiled. "I have to ask my mom first." "come on, I'll take you to your house." Darien said, even though it was walking distance.
After they had gone to Serena's house and checked with her mom, they started to drive, though Serena had to be back in an hour. "So, where are we going?" Serena asked. "No where, really." Darie didn't like to lie to her, but he didn't really want her to have gone with him, either. He knew it would have been rude to tell her she couldn't go without a reason, so he had just said she could go.
After about ten minuets, they came to a stop at an abandoned house. Darien looked at it for about ten seconds, then drove slowly out of the neighborhood. "Why did we stop at that house?" Serena asked, once out of the neighborhood. "Nothing, anymore." Drien tried to say calmly.
"Was that....?" Darien knew what she meant. He nodded. "It's pretty." Serena really did think so, she wasn't just saying it to make him feel good. Well, actuly that was part of it. "It looked a lot nicer." Silence resumed for about five minuets.
They came to a stop at the side of a road, on the corner of the street. "Can you wait here, for aybe five minuets?" Darien didn't wait for her to answer. He got out of the car and walked around the corned into a graveyard.
"Mom... Dad..." Darien said silently. He looked around for their graves and stood in front of the two.Silently he read the grave stones. Then there was a voice behind him. "Darien..." The voice was gentle and soft, and it sounded oddly familiar. Darien turned around, looking for the sorce of the voice, but didn't find anyone. He then resumed his spot in front of the graves. Directly in front of him was a beautiful women, not more the ten years older than he was. She had wavy hair, a golden color, down to her ankles. "Your father and I are very proud of you." She said in a voice that was full of melody. "Mom?" Darien asked, afraid of the answer. She only nodded.
Serena, who was getting restless waiting for Darien to return, got out of the car and walked into the graveyard around the corner. She started to spy on Darien, knowing it was wrong, but wanting to see what he was doing.
"But, why now?" Darien asked quietly. "I miss you too, but, sometimes.... I think you worry about it to much. People are getting worried about you, especially Serena." She tried to smile. "I know it's hard, and that you think no one understands what your going through, but, believe it or not, people do. Lita doesn't have parents, either."
She walked closer to Darien. "You have a wonderful life ahead of you at crystal Tokyo, with Rini and Serena. Don't let it go to waste. "You know about that?" Darien asked finally, surprised. "I know more than you think. I know everything."
She turned and walked away towards where Serena was, prtending she didn't know Serena was there. Serena started to get angry. She turned around to face Darien "I love you, Darien. Don't forget me." And with that, Dariens mom ran around the corner and dissapeared.
"I won't." Darien said to himself, and smiled. "I love you too." For some reason, Serena heard that, and not everything else that had been said.
Serena jumped out of the bushes and ran up to Darien. "Who was that?" Trying to control her anger, yet trying not to cry. "Were you spying on me?" Darien asked, surprised to see Serena there all of the sudden. "Why does that matter! I heard what you said!" Serena said getting even madder. Darien sighed. "Serena, if you were watching me then you would have known who it it was."
Darien started to walk back to the car. " I thought you'd understand." Serena ran to catch up with him. "Understand what? That you have another girlfriend!?" Darien stopped, and faced Serena. "What? I thought you said you heard what I said?" "I did! How you said you lovered her!" Darien started to understand. "You don't even know what your talking about. Serena, it was my mom." Serena didn't believe him. "I think your forgetting something." "She's a ghost, ok. I admit it. Now do you get it?"
"I can't believe this whole time, has been a lie." Serena tried not to cry. She couldn't get the fact that what she thought wrong. Daien didn't want to argue with her any more. 'She'll forget it soon.' Or at least that's what he thought.
They didn't say anything the whole drive home, except when Serena asked to be dropped off at the arcade and not her house. Serena ran out of the car and down the street to her house crying. She didn't care if Darien saw her, which he did, or if he felt sorry for her. 'I can't believe he did that to me. After all these years!' Serena thought as she ran through the park.
Her thoughts were cut off by the little girl laying on the ground a few feet in front of her. It was Rini! "No." Serena said, more to herself than anyone. She ran up to Rini, and saw that she was still alive, just unconscious. Serena picked her up, and walked home, no longer crying. One of her problems had just been solved.
Later that night, at their house, Rini began to open her eyes partway. "How'd I get home?" She asked in a scared whisper. "Shhhh... You need to rest." Serena said in a quiet, motherly voice. "Mama?" Rini asked, closing her eyes again. "Are we in the future again?" Serena didn't have time to answer, Rini was already asleep in her bed.
Darien walked slowly down the street, hoping to see Serena again. Just see her even. He knew that Serena wanted to believe him, but sometimes there are things that just seem so unrealistic. Like what happened to him. If Serena had stayed in the car then she wouldn't have even known and assumed she knew what was happening.
Serena came walking down the street on the opposite sidewalk, pretening not to see Darien. After a little while, Rini came runn down the street after Serena. "Serena! Why can't you ever wait for me?! You're walking to fast!" Rini cought up with Serena and struggled to walk as fast as she was.
Rini looked around. "Hey, it's Darien!" She went running across the street, not even looking. Serena chased after Rini. "Rini come back here! You're supposed to stay with me!" "Hi!"Rini said when she had cought up with Darien.
Darien stopped walking. "Rini? I thought that....." Rini turned and looked back at Serena. "Yah, no thanks to Serena. Didn't even try to do anything." Rini said sarcastically. Serena tried to pretend not to care that she was standing by Darien, like it meant nothing to her. Serena rolled her eyes, pretending to be mad and not to care, even though what she felt was deep sorrow. "Come on Rini, we're going to be late." Serena grabbed Rini's arm, tryind to pull Rini away before Darien found out her secret. "Serena, what's wrong with you?!? Your scaring me. You never care if your on time." Rini glued her feet to the ground, not willing to move, and almost in tears, for fear of her life. But Serena gave t tug on Rini's arm, focing her to walk and Rini never got the chance to let the tears come.
"Serena, don't you think you taking this a little bit to far?" Darien said slowly walking towards her. Rini looked up at Darien for an answer. "What's going on?" "Maybe Serena is willing to tell you." And with that Darien walked away, not even wanting to recall the events that had taken place not that long ago.
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If you have any suggestions for my next chapter, or just feel like talking feel, free to e-mail me @: roasted-chicken@mail.com
If you e-mail me at my old e-mail address, sailor_star_jupiter@mail.com, your e-mail will not be read, as I do not check that one any more.
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chapter 3 the love battle commences
Sailor Moon ran up to Rini, to try and save her, but as she got there something strange happened. A red clear bubble formed around The evil lady and she floated away, still holding Rini.
"Mama! Daddy!" Rini cried as she floated away. "Oh, and if you were wondering, I'm Madalya! Your worest nightmare!" The evil lady laughed as she went out of view in the sky.
"I can't do anything right!" Serena started to cry, but tried to hide it. Darien walked up to Serena and gently turned her to face him "We all make mistakes sometimes, and there's nothing anyone could have done that would have stopped her from taking Rini."
He moved his hand up and wiped a tear from Sailor Moon's check. "It's not your fault." But Sailor Moon could tell it was bothering him. He had that sad look in his eyes. Probably just another person missing from his life.
She remembered the first time she had introduced Darien to her parents. They didn't like the fact that he was older than her but they had tried not to show it. That almost-perfect day was ruined when her dad asked the question that had changed Darien's mood completely.
~Her dad had asked Darien, "So, maybe we can meet your parents someday." Darien got really quiet. "I- don't think that's possible." "Why, what would be a good time for them? Are they really buisy?" Serena's dad asked. Darien tried not to make eye contact. "My parents..... Died when I was five." Darien answered slowly, like it was hard to say the words.
"I don't know, Serena. He seems really quiet." Serena's dad had told her after Darien had left. "Maybe he would have talked more if you hadn't been so interested in his parents!" Serena hadn't meant to get so mad, but for once in a long time Darien hadn't been pretending to be happy, and her dad had to ask about his parents.~
"Come on, Sailor Moon. It's really late and you have school tomorrow." Sailor Moon detransformed and Darien walked her back to her house. Darien was about to leave when Serena stopped him.
"I sorry for what you have to go through, and now this. You must think about it alot." Darien didn't turned around. "I've gotten used ot it. But I hope that I will always have people that will at least say "Hi." to me when they see me unlike other times." Darien turned around. "Thanks to my friends." He smiled. "Good night, Serena."
Serena walked through her house as quietly as possible. She was still trying to figure out a good excuse for not having Rini. 'I know. I'll lie and say I don't know where she is.' Serena smiled at her plan. Now that that was done, she did have school tomorrow and she wanted to be on time for once all year.
Serena, surprisingly enough was on time, but that didn't mean she listened. If only she could think of a way to make Darien happy. She couldn't even remember the last time she had seen him smile when he wasn't pretending, or she hadn't seen that sad look in his eyes.
Serena got out of school and met up with Lita to ask her a question. "Lita, you don't have parents right?" Lita gave Serena a weird look. "This is about Darien, isn't it?"
"Ummm. Yah. Ya see, I never see him happy anymore. He think's about his parents all the time. Or, at least, that's the way I think it is. I want to do something for him, but I don't know what. He doesn't have any relatives or friends, really besides the people he sees everyday. "Serena, maybe the best thing to do would just be to leave him alone. Don't talk about around him. And, even if you do do something, it might make him feel worse." Lita smiled. "I hope that helped you." Serena tried to smile. "Yah, thanks." Serema walked away, still confused. Darien got in his car and started to drie, not really sure at first where he was going. Then he thought of the place he needed to be, but not really sure if he wanted to be there. He sighed. 'I hope this is the right thing for me to do right now.' Darien saw Serena as he passe the school, and slowed the car.
"Hi." He said after he had rolled down the window. "Hi. Where ya going?" Serena asked. "No where. Just driving." Darien said, half lying. "Can I come?" Serena asked hopefully. "Don't you have homework to do?" Serena looked at the ground. "I...." Darien smiled. I think you should do your homework, but I guess you can come." Serena smiled. "I have to ask my mom first." "come on, I'll take you to your house." Darien said, even though it was walking distance.
After they had gone to Serena's house and checked with her mom, they started to drive, though Serena had to be back in an hour. "So, where are we going?" Serena asked. "No where, really." Darie didn't like to lie to her, but he didn't really want her to have gone with him, either. He knew it would have been rude to tell her she couldn't go without a reason, so he had just said she could go.
After about ten minuets, they came to a stop at an abandoned house. Darien looked at it for about ten seconds, then drove slowly out of the neighborhood. "Why did we stop at that house?" Serena asked, once out of the neighborhood. "Nothing, anymore." Drien tried to say calmly.
"Was that....?" Darien knew what she meant. He nodded. "It's pretty." Serena really did think so, she wasn't just saying it to make him feel good. Well, actuly that was part of it. "It looked a lot nicer." Silence resumed for about five minuets.
They came to a stop at the side of a road, on the corner of the street. "Can you wait here, for aybe five minuets?" Darien didn't wait for her to answer. He got out of the car and walked around the corned into a graveyard.
"Mom... Dad..." Darien said silently. He looked around for their graves and stood in front of the two.Silently he read the grave stones. Then there was a voice behind him. "Darien..." The voice was gentle and soft, and it sounded oddly familiar. Darien turned around, looking for the sorce of the voice, but didn't find anyone. He then resumed his spot in front of the graves. Directly in front of him was a beautiful women, not more the ten years older than he was. She had wavy hair, a golden color, down to her ankles. "Your father and I are very proud of you." She said in a voice that was full of melody. "Mom?" Darien asked, afraid of the answer. She only nodded.
Serena, who was getting restless waiting for Darien to return, got out of the car and walked into the graveyard around the corner. She started to spy on Darien, knowing it was wrong, but wanting to see what he was doing.
"But, why now?" Darien asked quietly. "I miss you too, but, sometimes.... I think you worry about it to much. People are getting worried about you, especially Serena." She tried to smile. "I know it's hard, and that you think no one understands what your going through, but, believe it or not, people do. Lita doesn't have parents, either."
She walked closer to Darien. "You have a wonderful life ahead of you at crystal Tokyo, with Rini and Serena. Don't let it go to waste. "You know about that?" Darien asked finally, surprised. "I know more than you think. I know everything."
She turned and walked away towards where Serena was, prtending she didn't know Serena was there. Serena started to get angry. She turned around to face Darien "I love you, Darien. Don't forget me." And with that, Dariens mom ran around the corner and dissapeared.
"I won't." Darien said to himself, and smiled. "I love you too." For some reason, Serena heard that, and not everything else that had been said.
Serena jumped out of the bushes and ran up to Darien. "Who was that?" Trying to control her anger, yet trying not to cry. "Were you spying on me?" Darien asked, surprised to see Serena there all of the sudden. "Why does that matter! I heard what you said!" Serena said getting even madder. Darien sighed. "Serena, if you were watching me then you would have known who it it was."
Darien started to walk back to the car. " I thought you'd understand." Serena ran to catch up with him. "Understand what? That you have another girlfriend!?" Darien stopped, and faced Serena. "What? I thought you said you heard what I said?" "I did! How you said you lovered her!" Darien started to understand. "You don't even know what your talking about. Serena, it was my mom." Serena didn't believe him. "I think your forgetting something." "She's a ghost, ok. I admit it. Now do you get it?"
"I can't believe this whole time, has been a lie." Serena tried not to cry. She couldn't get the fact that what she thought wrong. Daien didn't want to argue with her any more. 'She'll forget it soon.' Or at least that's what he thought.
They didn't say anything the whole drive home, except when Serena asked to be dropped off at the arcade and not her house. Serena ran out of the car and down the street to her house crying. She didn't care if Darien saw her, which he did, or if he felt sorry for her. 'I can't believe he did that to me. After all these years!' Serena thought as she ran through the park.
Her thoughts were cut off by the little girl laying on the ground a few feet in front of her. It was Rini! "No." Serena said, more to herself than anyone. She ran up to Rini, and saw that she was still alive, just unconscious. Serena picked her up, and walked home, no longer crying. One of her problems had just been solved.
Later that night, at their house, Rini began to open her eyes partway. "How'd I get home?" She asked in a scared whisper. "Shhhh... You need to rest." Serena said in a quiet, motherly voice. "Mama?" Rini asked, closing her eyes again. "Are we in the future again?" Serena didn't have time to answer, Rini was already asleep in her bed.
Darien walked slowly down the street, hoping to see Serena again. Just see her even. He knew that Serena wanted to believe him, but sometimes there are things that just seem so unrealistic. Like what happened to him. If Serena had stayed in the car then she wouldn't have even known and assumed she knew what was happening.
Serena came walking down the street on the opposite sidewalk, pretening not to see Darien. After a little while, Rini came runn down the street after Serena. "Serena! Why can't you ever wait for me?! You're walking to fast!" Rini cought up with Serena and struggled to walk as fast as she was.
Rini looked around. "Hey, it's Darien!" She went running across the street, not even looking. Serena chased after Rini. "Rini come back here! You're supposed to stay with me!" "Hi!"Rini said when she had cought up with Darien.
Darien stopped walking. "Rini? I thought that....." Rini turned and looked back at Serena. "Yah, no thanks to Serena. Didn't even try to do anything." Rini said sarcastically. Serena tried to pretend not to care that she was standing by Darien, like it meant nothing to her. Serena rolled her eyes, pretending to be mad and not to care, even though what she felt was deep sorrow. "Come on Rini, we're going to be late." Serena grabbed Rini's arm, tryind to pull Rini away before Darien found out her secret. "Serena, what's wrong with you?!? Your scaring me. You never care if your on time." Rini glued her feet to the ground, not willing to move, and almost in tears, for fear of her life. But Serena gave t tug on Rini's arm, focing her to walk and Rini never got the chance to let the tears come.
"Serena, don't you think you taking this a little bit to far?" Darien said slowly walking towards her. Rini looked up at Darien for an answer. "What's going on?" "Maybe Serena is willing to tell you." And with that Darien walked away, not even wanting to recall the events that had taken place not that long ago.
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If you have any suggestions for my next chapter, or just feel like talking feel, free to e-mail me @: roasted-chicken@mail.com
If you e-mail me at my old e-mail address, sailor_star_jupiter@mail.com, your e-mail will not be read, as I do not check that one any more.
