(Here I should insert that thing that says 'I do not own Sailor Moon', but I don't feel like it so I won't. ;P)
This story in full is dedicated to all dreamers, of which I am one.
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Tranquility: Chapter Four
By Jewel of Venus
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"Who is it, Lita?" Lita blushed as Sere and Seishi tried to pry her new crush's name out of her. As unlikely as it seemed at first, Seishi's personality was remarkably close to Sere's. And their joint lunch-time hobby? Matchmaking. So far, they had failed, but they weren't giving up hope.

"Lita, we'll find out sooner or later! We just want it to be sooner! Tell us!" Seishi pleaded. Lita waved her napkin in the air like a white flag.

"Ok! I give! I like..." she leaned in close to the other two girls and paused.

"Who? Who?!" Sere demanded.

"Justin."

"Really?" Seishi gasped. Her ice blue eyes sparkled. Lita saw this and took great pains to stop what was undeniably running through both Sei-chan and Sere's minds.

"Oh, no! I've seen that look before. I don't want him knowing! He already has a girlfriend!" Lita pleaded with her eyes. "Please don't try to set us up."

"Ok, fine." Sere pouted.

"You could have made such a cute couple..." Seishi sighed. "But that's ok, I guess."

"Thanks guys." Lita smiled. "But while you're in the mood, guess who has a crush on Mina..."


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"Seishi? Wow! You're on time!" Sere exclaimed as Seishi ran up to her.

"I woke up from a bad dream and I couldn't get back to sleep." she explained. Sere just sat and want back to her pouting, which she had been doing before Seishi had come. "Umm...what's up?"

"Darien doesn't have school today! It's not fair!" Seishi giggled and noticed Lita coming up.
"Hey! How you...doing?" Seishi watched as Lita stormed past her, walked up to Sere, and slapped her in the face.

"You bitch!" Lita hissed. Sere stood there, her eyes widened in fright and a growing red mark on her cheek.

"Hey!" Seishi yelled. "What was that for? Stop it!" Lita ignored her and stood over Sere's quivering form.

"You told, bitch!" Lita cried.

"T-told what?" Sere managed.

"You know very well! You told Ashley that I liked Justin!"

"N-no! I didn't!" Lita slapped Sere again.

"You lying bitch! Ashley told me that you did!"

Seishi couldn't stand it any more. Yelling hadn't gotten Lita's attention, so...

SNIP!

Lita's ponytail fell to the ground. She turned around to see Seishi standing behind her with a pair of scissors.

"I said, STOP IT!" Seishi growled. As Lita stepped away from Sere and towards Seishi, Sere saw Seishi motioning for her to leave. Sere nodded, stood up, and ran towards home.


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Sere fumbled with her key and unlocked the door. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. Mina had told her that Lita had a temper, but she hadn't thought it was this bad. She opened the door and stepped inside. There was a note on the counter.

Bunny,
I went out right after you left. Kam
and I are going downtown. I'll be back
by 8:00.
~Darien

Setting the note down, Sere curled up on the couch and cried.


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The sound of knocking brought Sere drowsily from a fitful sleep.

"Coming!" she called hoarsely. She made her way to the door and opened it.

"Hi." The black-haired girl said quietly.

"Seishi?"

"Yeah, can I come in?"

"Sure." Sere opened the door the rest of the way and let Seishi walk in. They sat down on the couch.

"Sei-chan...what happened?" Sere asked. The girl before her was not the same girl she'd seen at school. Her uniform was dirty and torn, and she'd lost some of the sparkle from her eyes. Seishi sighed.

"I guess it's a good thing I had that dream this morning, huh?" Sere didn't say anything, so she tried again. "I talked to Ashley. She said that she overheard Lita tell us that she liked Justin. And of course, Ashley is the source of ALL the gossip in school...She said you told her 'cause she's afraid of Lita. She didn't know Lita'd get that mad. She's really sorry, Sere." Seishi looked at Sere sideways. "Why did you get so scared?" Sere bit her lip.

"I'll tell you later."

"Well, I just thought I'd let you know..."

"Thanks...really." The door opened and Seishi looked up.

"Hi Darien."

"Umm...hi."

"I'd better go." Seishi stood up. "I'll see you later Sere. Bye Darien."

"Yeah, bye." Darien sat down on the couch next to Sere. "Are you ok, Bunny?"

"Oh, Darien..." Sere started crying on his shoulder. He held her, knowing she just needed to cry.


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Woah...Lita really lost her temper. Don't worry, minna, it'll all be fine! E-mail me with anything that you want to say! I can take your flames. Serenitys_Star@dbzmail.com, K?
~Jewel-hime

Sailor Moon was created by Takeuchi Naoko (Arigato, Queen Naoko!).