Hey there every one! here it is, Chapter 4 as promised! Much Thanks to you guys reading this story, hope you like it Arigato! And I know it's taking me a while to get to the romance of this story, but hey! I'm working on it. In the mean time hope you like it! CIOW! SAYONARA!
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, and some companies. I'm not Naoko nor am I part of any company! All I own is this story so ask for permission before using it in any way please! Princessmoongirl@starplace.com!
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Chapter 4:
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Serena burst out the front door of her school and skipped down the walkway. "Romance and Love her I come!" she screamed happily to the sky and her surroundings. (It worked! It worked! I can't believe it worked! I am so good I am so free!) Her mind rang out with her victory, and she laughed at her own cleverness. Pointing her shoes towards the contest, she flipped on her highest turbos and literally flew at mach 2, down the street.
Still over jovial about her earlier success, Serena slowed down 5 streets from the contest and searched her pockets for the Luna pen. (If I'm gonna be sure I win I've gotta have Rei's Psychic Powers!) She thought.
'Isn't that cheating?' a little voice inside her said.
'Huh?' the blonde responded out loud.
'That's cheating isn't it? Doesn't everyone deserve a fair chance at this? Other people are looking for love too you know.' continued the annoying little voice
'Who the heck are you?'
"Your conscience moron who else would I be?!'
'My conscience?'
'Yes your conscience! The one and only!'
'But...I don't have a conscience!'
'Yes you do!'
'No I don't'
"Yes you DO! And what you did to Ms. Haruna wasn't nice either! Those roses were meant for you! Melvin probably spent his last four allowances just to get them for you, and this is how you repay him!'
'No I DON'T! And this contest is very important to me! And like the saying goes! All's fair in Love and War! Right now I'm looking for love and when it comes to Melvin," Serena shivered, "I'm definitely at war."' Serena continued searching her pockets, before she realized what she was doing.
"Oh my god I'm arguing with myself! That's it! This makes it final! I am way to stressed out! I DESERVE this trip!" she checked her backpack and her shirt pockets.
"Dang it where's that stupid pen!"
"You don't have it." her conscience spoke up.
"What do mean I don't have it!?" Serena began to panic.
"You dropped it this morning."
"I what!?"
"You droppe..."
"Ooh shut up would you!'
"Jeez fine! Your the one who asked. See if I help you again!"
Serena looked at her watch. There simply wasn't enough time to go home and get that darned pen and make it to the contest in time to get her ticket. Tears welled up in the pretty girls eyes. "Now I'll never fall in love!" she bawled.
"Oh would you stop your blubbering!"
"Huh?"
"Look you've still got a chance! Just try and get it honestly! It's all you can do!"
"I thought you weren't gonna help me no more. (Not that you ever have before now.)"
"Well for your information I happen to have delicate ears! Your shrieking'll make me go deaf."
A quizzical look came to the blondes face. "But if you're my conscience then your ears are my ears baka! And my ears are most definitely not sensitive." (Man this conscience thing is getting confusing) thought Serena.
"Never mind...now are you going to go this contest or are you going to bawl like you were 13 years younger than you are presently?"
"I'll go I guess, but I probably won't win."
"You can only try."
"Yeah I guess so..." Feeling a little better Serena picked her speed up and headed off once again towards the contest. (Who knows? Maybe I can still make it in!)
~Darien~
(So what if I'm going to some stupid contest meant for teenagers to find a girlfriend.) Darien thought, as he walked down the street (So what if I do look pathetic in front of the crowd of on lookers that will no doubt be there. So What?) Darien stopped in his tracks. This is ludicrous! He told himself what am I doing? Forget Andrew and his stupid ticket I'm going home. He turned around to walk back the way he came, and he probably would have been fine if a low flying, blonde meatball-headed plane hadn't tackled him into the hard cement.
Groans were heard from both parties as they each dragged themselves up off the ground. Darien was the first to notice the other and cursed when he recognized the blonde meatballs. Ignoring the strange fluttering in his stomach and chest he shouted at the fallen angel.
"Don't you ever watch were the bloody hell you're going? That's the second time today you meatball-brained, spaghetti head!" He watched: waiting expectantly as the petite figure on hands and knees facing in the opposite direction froze at the sound of his voice. He continued to watch as she slowly turned around to face him. He noticed immediately the fire in her eyes and that she looked to be taking a -very- deadly attack stance...
"_What?_" She breathed, in a deadpanned voice, barley above a whisper, Darien watched as the girl moved like fluid to stand up and look down upon him. Her voice so transformed with the warning of danger and utter fury that a chill ran up his spine. "Did you just call me, lunchmeat?"
~Serena~
She flew down the sidewalk and passed the strangers walking either way. She was much happier now; she had given herself a much larger confidence the one she had occupied just a minute ago. "I'll make it." She told herself, "I will win this thing! I've worked to hard not to!" And as if being chased by a group of full grown Doberman dogs, the girl kept on running as if the ground she trod on could explode at any minute.
Just one turn from the street Serena collided with a solid wall. "OOF! Woooaahh!" Serena's arms flailed and her right side connected with solid ground. "Ohhhoohhh owwwhoohoo." She moaned as she picked herself up to her hands and knees with one hand to her forehead and one on the ground. She heard a shuffling behind her then a voice that made her stomach tighten, and her mouth go dry. "Don't you ever watch were the bloody hell you're going!? That's the second time today you meatball-brained, spaghetti head!"
The blood rushed to Serena's face and whatever effects his voice had had on her were gone before the end of the sentence, replaced by a searing heat coursed through her body like an electrical current. Her body seemed to move on it's own to take an overpowering stance above the object in question. "What" she heard a monstrous voice say, "did you just call me, lunchmeat?"
~Darien~
Still on the ground he gazed up at the monster before him silhouetted by the sun behind her, he strained to see her face. When he failed to make out her features he decided to play it cool. He let his body Relax and let himself look as though he had been sun-tanning there (in the middle of the sidewalk) all day and she had just invaded his private property. He stretched his legs straight out and leaned back on his elbows. "I called you meatball head, spaghetti brain, or is your skull to thick to understand that?" (Did she just call me lunchmeat?) Darien chuckled at the thought, and Serena's whole body shook with anger. The nerve of this creep! Talking to her like that, who did he think he was? A prince?" Well she would show him. Taking note that his whole body was in kicking distance she began drawing back her right foot. Darien, not to thick headed himself, took note of the receding foot and decided that maybe playing it cool wasn't such a good idea...he didn't like where it seemed her foot was going to land. (He had good reason to too, No guy, let me tell you, No GUY likes being kicked there!) He quickly jumped up before she could get any ideas. "And kicking people isn't nice either, odango atama." he said shaking and finger at the shadow. (Uh oh. bad idea.) Darien thought, she looked like she was gonna blow any second now, she was shaking like a Mexican jumping bean. And he wasn't disappointed.
Serena let it out...she let it ALL out! "THAT'S IT! END OF THE LINE SLEEZE BALL!" she shrieked launching herself at the man, knocking him back to the ground again, straddling his waist, she reached for his throat and proceeded to bang his head violently against the cement. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU, NOBODY -EVER- CALLS ME MEATBALL HEAD!" Serena screamed in his face. Poor Darien, he was just to surprised at the attack to do anything." IF YOU LIVE THROUGH THIS SOMEHOW I'LL HAUNT YOU TILL THE END OF YOUR DAYS! DO YOU HEAR ME?" "NO ONE! NO ONE! NO ONE EVER CALLS ME MEATBALL-HEAD!!!
...Serena got in a few more good wacks after saying this before she heard voices and was roughly pulled off of her victim.
~Serena's house~
Luna sat looking at the phone in quiet analysis. She'd seen Serena use the thing a million times (In quick succession.) but she still wasn't sure she could get it to work. "Dang that stupid central control!" She cursed in her mind. "It shouldn't take three weeks to upgrade a stupid communicator. Now I have to use this thing!" Luna knew she had to get a hold of the scouts, because Serena had not come home yet, meaning she was probably on her way to the contest or at the arcade place. Nudging the phone off the table, it landed with a silent crash on the carpeted floor. Luna hopped down and pawed in the first number. A firm female voice answered the phone. "Cherry Hill Temple here! Wishing you many blessings and a happy life! And hey if you want to guarantee a happy life come on down and pick your self up a few good luck charms! Inexpensive and beautiful, they'll make any day a super day..."
"Rei!" the cat cut in. But either the voice didn't hear her or really didn't care cause it kept on truckin..."or why don't you come on down and buy yourself a genuine priestess or priests garment!? You'll feel special in our vast array of color choices!...Well o.k. We only have white, red, and blue but their still 100% cotton..." REI!" the cat tried again. And again the voice kept on talking. The cat rolled her eyes, Rei usually doesn't talk that often but when it comes to insulting people (namely Serena) or raising money for her shrine, this girl could compete with even the highest order of gum flapping girls...(that is...namely Serena)...."Well anyway the voice continued, this is Rei, head priestess of this temple, how may I help you?" Luna sighed, (Finally!)
"Rei? Listen this is Luna I need to talk to you about Serena. You see she's at thi..." "Luna!? LUNA!? you mean I wasted the speech I took a half hour to think up on a cat? oohhhhhh you suck!" the priestess blurted out exasperated. Luna's face went sour, 'Well maybe you should listen to your callers names before flapping your lips off! Then you wouldn't have, ahem, -wasted- your precious speech now would you have Rei!?" the feline retorted. There was silence at the other end. "Stop complaining Luna it's a bad habit. You should hang around me more often instead of that donut head ditz. Her habits are wearing off on you." Thunk! Luna hit the floor. This girl HAD to be kidding! "Uh yeah Rei, I'll keep it in mind um look. You know that contest going on down at Rose Boulevard?" "Yeah. What about it?" "Well Serena went to it. "Luna paused to see what Rei would say........."Well are you going to keep going or not Luna?" "Yes I am!" The cat snapped. "Look Serena had this plan to use the Luna pen to turn into a girl with the powers of a priestess to win this contest and...."
"What you mean," Rei interjected "Is that Serena was going to steal my powers to cheat the odds and win the contest right?"
"Uh yeah, that's right." Luna said quickly, surprised at how well Rei was taking all this. "But the thing is I tricked her out of taking the Luna Pen with her to school, and I know time won't allow her to come back and get it before the contest begins."
"So what's the problem?'
"She's not home yet. That's the problem. I think she's either over at the contest to try and win it anyway, or she's at the arcade. I want you Lit and Ami to go find her and bring her home, she'll be depressed when she doesn't win if she's at the contest, and she needs to come home for training and study besides all that. Got it?"
"So you want me to waist my time, and go over to that contest and retrieve the nuthouse do you??" Rei asked
"Well, um yeah."
"O.K!"
"Huh?" the cat said blankly
"I said o.k.! I'll grab Lita and Ami and head on over and...." the phone clicked and a few buttons where pushed.
"MEOW!" Luna said jumping back.
"Oh! Is someone on the phone? ---Sammy is that you?" It was Serena's mother! 'OH MY GOSH what do I do!?' fretted Luna in her mind.
"Oh hey Mrs. Tsukino!" chirped Rei, "Sorry to bother you but it seems as though your cat has called me!"
'What are you doing!? Are you nuts!' Luna bawled out in cat language. Hearing the pitiful meow over the line Mrs. Tsukino laughed. "Well so she did! I'm sorry she bothered you Rei but that is so ironic!" Serena's mom laughed a wind chime like, laugh, "at least she called a friend!" Rei laughed along politely before saying goodbye and see you later; she hung up the phone and called out to her grandpa.
"I'm leaving grandpa!"
"Oh no your not! There's still chores to be done!" came the immediate response.
"Sorry gramps! Duty calls! An emergency happened with one of my friends, tell you 'bout it later! Bye!"
"What emergency? Rei you get back here right now!" yelled thee 3-foot grandpa waving his fists futilely in the air. 'Fine but you get double duty tomorrow!" he screamed
(I don't think so!) Rei thought as she ran in her friends' houses directions. (Not if _I_ win that contest! Then I'll weasel my boyfriend into it to! ooooh! How romantic! Maybe we'll kiss!) She laughed at her own genius (Thanks for the idea Serena!)
-Later-
Everyone was together, well minus the blonde girl...Andrew, Rei, Lita, and Ami that is, Could be seen walking down the street just past the arcade.
" So she wasn't in there." Stated Lita decisively
"Nope!" chipped in Amy
"Hey thanks for letting me come along with you guys!" laughed Andrew "One of my friends should be over there, I want to make sure he doesn't chicken out! And it's better to go over with friends, I should have walked with him."
"We don't mind." said Lita dreamily.
Rei did what she was best at, she griped, while totally ignoring Andrew," I told you guys we should have started looking at the contest area! I already know she's there!' Rei said crossly.
"You know what Rei? I don't think you care whether Serena is there or not." teased Lita, "I think what's making you mad is that _You_ are not there winning that contest in her place." She watched as Rei turned as red as her deity/planet Mars.
"It is NOT that! And besides, Luna said..."she trailed off glancing at Andrew, the other two caught her glance." she said Serena didn't have the "lucky" pen. With out it she can't and won't win!
"Ahhh but you aren't sure of that see! And THAT is why you are mad." Lita said continually teasing the girl of the fiery planet. And that's how they took the next corner, with Rei and Lita yelling insults at each other, Andrew just walking along smiling with his hands in his pockets, and Ami doing her best not to look like a walking human tomato.
How the two girls heard Ami's and Andrew's gasp over their own two voices they never really cared or thought about, the scene before them was just to amazing.
"I-I think we've f-found h-her." Ami sputtered, amazed at what she saw.
Yep that was inarguably Serena and they knew it, no one else on the planet earth could possibly have hair like that, nor possibly have a voice like that. They all three began running in sync towards their best friend who appeared to be trying her best hand at Murder with some guy she was sitting on. Rei and Andrew gasped when she realized -who it was- Serena happened to be killing.
"Serena you Baka, what the freak do you think your doing? Have you gone nuts!" Rei cried.
"Serena what's the matter with you?" Ami chided
"Wow, Darien what the heck did you do? Andrew knelt beside his brutally battered friend.
"Wow go get him girl!" cheered Lita
"Lita!" said Ami
"What?" retorted Lita shrugging at her friend Ami.
"That was inappropriate, Lita, don't encourage Serena to attack men!"
"Give me a break Ames! It's just one less heartbreaker for this planet to worry about! Go Serena!" the tall brunette cheered. Ami sighed.
"What ever." the blue haired genius answered.
Rei spoke again,
"Serena get the hell off my boyfriend!" The raven-haired priestess cawed. Pulling Serena's shoulders backwards and up.
Serena, startled at hearing Rei's voice and being pulled away so violently stopped her shrieking and dropped the dark haired man's head on the cement once more before crying out. "Rei!"
She watched as the wolf in an elegant girls skin and clothing sat down and cradled Serena's offender like a child, with Andrew sitting across from her.
'Oh Darien!" she cooed sickeningly, "oh my poor Darien did that big ugly monster hurt you my poor baby?'
"BIG UGLY MONSTER!" Serena yelled "Wait till I get my hands on you!" Serena dived for the priestess but was smacked off before she got to close.
"Back off you donut brained pig! I don't know what drug you took today but if you come any closer to me or my boyfriend I'll karate chop you into twice the number of the pieces of sushi you've eaten in your lifetime!" Rei threatened furiously.
Serena backed off, she knew Rei would back up her words if needed. (Twice the amount of sushi aye?) Serena considered this seriously, (That would be allot of karate chops, and a lot of pain too...hmmmm, nope definitely not worth it.) Serena took a few deep breaths and settled back with Ami and Lita to watch the drama play itself out.
"Darien, Darien are you o.k. Sweetie? It's alright hon the witch won't hurt you now that I'm here." Serena held her breath and did her best to hold her tongue. "Witch?" she muttered, "Yeah right, Look who's talking" Rei shot the ponytailed girl a look that shut her up. Patting his cheek Rei tried desperately to bring her beloved back to life. "I swear Serena if he's dead, you'd better find a way to get into a witness protection program. Because if you don't..." Rei, used one hand to support the limp man, used the other one to draw a slow and deep line in her own neck. Seeing this the soldier of the moon prayed silently that he would live with only a concussion or serious brain damage. Either of the two would be fine with her. NO ONE called her meatball-head and got away with it...at least not without being in some sort of a serious medical condition.
Finally Rei got sick of babying him and slapped him square across the face. Andrew winced, and his mind reverberated with one word... (Ouch!) "Hey wake up would you! I have somewhere to be in a few minutes. And you gotta be there with me!" Rei ignored her friends' inquisitive looks and repositioned Darien when he looked like he was coming around.
"nummansnmmandnl" Darien murmured
"What!? What are you saying?" Rei cried laying him flat on the ground, still supporting his head, she began once again to .tap his cheek again incessantly.
"Uh Mrs. Thompson, I'm having trouble here, what's 5-8?"
Rei looked on stupified and Serena burst out laughing. 'Wow he's even worse than I am!!" haahaa haa haaa.
"Damn Serena." Lita gushed "You knocked him all the way back to 2nd grade! Way to go!" They burst out laughing and the two girls high fived.
"What a joke!!!" She cried with tears running down her face. "He said Bloody hell!" Ahhh haaa haa haa!
With her free hand Rei began getting white knuckles as she balled up Darien's coat in her fist. "SSSERENA!!!" Rei yelled
(Uh oh) Serena turned to run
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Rei dropped Darien's head to the ground (once again) and started a high-speed chase. Lita screamed when Rei came barreling after her too. WAAAAAAAA! Lita and Serena Shrieked running circles around Ami, Andrew and the body that was just lying there. Ami, the blue haired levelheaded genius, once again took the mature control of the medical situation. Neatly setting her book down beside her she lifted the man's head into her lap and proceeded to check his pulse, temperature, and eye dilation. Andrew watched with interest. After she was convinced that his life was no immediate danger she pulled out the smelling salts that she always kept handy for any such situations. (Ami wants to be a doctor like her mother, so being, she's prepared for any medical emergency.) While waving the salts under the unconscious's nose, she observed that his features were really quite stunning. His silky jet black hair, perfect build, and good fashion sense were all so obvious that even Ami, who hardly ever noticed anything about guys in general, noticed them. And Darien, Rei said his name was Darien, it was really a nice name and it fit him really well. Surprised at how her mind was wandering Amy blushed when he stirred in her arms. Ignoring the scream parade going on around her she cupped Darien's face in her hands and asked him if he could remember who he was. (Those bumps have got to have knocked something lose.) Thought Ami as she examined the back of his head. She wouldn't be surprised if it swelled to twice its usual size...
"m'unna'ill'dead!" Darien said as he shot up and pushed the disgusting salts away from his face.
Ami lurched forward to calm the man down. " O.K. Darien relax and breath, you don't need to be moving so fast after what you just went through. Now say it again.... slower."
Darien looked around wildly from Ami to the three crazy banshees that were chasing each other around them. Two of which he recognized. One of which he had serious business with. He stood up...a little to quickly and Ami quickly stood also to offer support to the taller man, as did Andrew. He looked at her, surprised but grateful and then his eyes went ice cold as he refocused on the banshees. Ami tried again to recapture the attention of her patient. "I'm sorry Darien, what did you say a minute ago?" she asked sweetly.
Darien pulled his arm up off of her shoulders and found his bearings, "I said," he replied as he took a running stance aimed at a certain blonde, "I'M GONNA KILL HERRRRRRR!" he hollered as he took of running at the meatball-head." WAIT 'TILL _I_ GET MY HANDS ON YOU!"
Serena looked back quickly at the sound of a male voice and saw not one, but two dangerously ticked people off running after her blood. She screamed again and tears started to fall as she cried out, "This is not my day!"
"No!" Rei called out this is your FUNERAL!!"
Serena glanced at her watch, (Dang the things I go through for love!) she thought and began running the other way. Leading a very scared Lita, one Dangerous Rei, one utterly ticked and gorgeous Darien (Despite the 132 bumps on the back of his head), and one sighing Ami, and one bewildered Andrew to the biggest and most romantic contest Juuban would ever see!!
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Yep so there it is as promised! Ok so know contest results yet but next chapter there should be. I dunno till I write it. But at least the scouts got in here like I said they would. Sorry this takes place before miss "Venus makes the scene" don't expect her unless I throw her in for good measure during the last few chpts. well anyway once again I'm up late writing. Its 2:27 A.M. I'm a little tired but I must do some weight lifting before bed. So CIOW for now! Arigato for reading minna-san!
~Moon Sorceress~
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, and some companies. I'm not Naoko nor am I part of any company! All I own is this story so ask for permission before using it in any way please! Princessmoongirl@starplace.com!
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Chapter 4:
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Serena burst out the front door of her school and skipped down the walkway. "Romance and Love her I come!" she screamed happily to the sky and her surroundings. (It worked! It worked! I can't believe it worked! I am so good I am so free!) Her mind rang out with her victory, and she laughed at her own cleverness. Pointing her shoes towards the contest, she flipped on her highest turbos and literally flew at mach 2, down the street.
Still over jovial about her earlier success, Serena slowed down 5 streets from the contest and searched her pockets for the Luna pen. (If I'm gonna be sure I win I've gotta have Rei's Psychic Powers!) She thought.
'Isn't that cheating?' a little voice inside her said.
'Huh?' the blonde responded out loud.
'That's cheating isn't it? Doesn't everyone deserve a fair chance at this? Other people are looking for love too you know.' continued the annoying little voice
'Who the heck are you?'
"Your conscience moron who else would I be?!'
'My conscience?'
'Yes your conscience! The one and only!'
'But...I don't have a conscience!'
'Yes you do!'
'No I don't'
"Yes you DO! And what you did to Ms. Haruna wasn't nice either! Those roses were meant for you! Melvin probably spent his last four allowances just to get them for you, and this is how you repay him!'
'No I DON'T! And this contest is very important to me! And like the saying goes! All's fair in Love and War! Right now I'm looking for love and when it comes to Melvin," Serena shivered, "I'm definitely at war."' Serena continued searching her pockets, before she realized what she was doing.
"Oh my god I'm arguing with myself! That's it! This makes it final! I am way to stressed out! I DESERVE this trip!" she checked her backpack and her shirt pockets.
"Dang it where's that stupid pen!"
"You don't have it." her conscience spoke up.
"What do mean I don't have it!?" Serena began to panic.
"You dropped it this morning."
"I what!?"
"You droppe..."
"Ooh shut up would you!'
"Jeez fine! Your the one who asked. See if I help you again!"
Serena looked at her watch. There simply wasn't enough time to go home and get that darned pen and make it to the contest in time to get her ticket. Tears welled up in the pretty girls eyes. "Now I'll never fall in love!" she bawled.
"Oh would you stop your blubbering!"
"Huh?"
"Look you've still got a chance! Just try and get it honestly! It's all you can do!"
"I thought you weren't gonna help me no more. (Not that you ever have before now.)"
"Well for your information I happen to have delicate ears! Your shrieking'll make me go deaf."
A quizzical look came to the blondes face. "But if you're my conscience then your ears are my ears baka! And my ears are most definitely not sensitive." (Man this conscience thing is getting confusing) thought Serena.
"Never mind...now are you going to go this contest or are you going to bawl like you were 13 years younger than you are presently?"
"I'll go I guess, but I probably won't win."
"You can only try."
"Yeah I guess so..." Feeling a little better Serena picked her speed up and headed off once again towards the contest. (Who knows? Maybe I can still make it in!)
~Darien~
(So what if I'm going to some stupid contest meant for teenagers to find a girlfriend.) Darien thought, as he walked down the street (So what if I do look pathetic in front of the crowd of on lookers that will no doubt be there. So What?) Darien stopped in his tracks. This is ludicrous! He told himself what am I doing? Forget Andrew and his stupid ticket I'm going home. He turned around to walk back the way he came, and he probably would have been fine if a low flying, blonde meatball-headed plane hadn't tackled him into the hard cement.
Groans were heard from both parties as they each dragged themselves up off the ground. Darien was the first to notice the other and cursed when he recognized the blonde meatballs. Ignoring the strange fluttering in his stomach and chest he shouted at the fallen angel.
"Don't you ever watch were the bloody hell you're going? That's the second time today you meatball-brained, spaghetti head!" He watched: waiting expectantly as the petite figure on hands and knees facing in the opposite direction froze at the sound of his voice. He continued to watch as she slowly turned around to face him. He noticed immediately the fire in her eyes and that she looked to be taking a -very- deadly attack stance...
"_What?_" She breathed, in a deadpanned voice, barley above a whisper, Darien watched as the girl moved like fluid to stand up and look down upon him. Her voice so transformed with the warning of danger and utter fury that a chill ran up his spine. "Did you just call me, lunchmeat?"
~Serena~
She flew down the sidewalk and passed the strangers walking either way. She was much happier now; she had given herself a much larger confidence the one she had occupied just a minute ago. "I'll make it." She told herself, "I will win this thing! I've worked to hard not to!" And as if being chased by a group of full grown Doberman dogs, the girl kept on running as if the ground she trod on could explode at any minute.
Just one turn from the street Serena collided with a solid wall. "OOF! Woooaahh!" Serena's arms flailed and her right side connected with solid ground. "Ohhhoohhh owwwhoohoo." She moaned as she picked herself up to her hands and knees with one hand to her forehead and one on the ground. She heard a shuffling behind her then a voice that made her stomach tighten, and her mouth go dry. "Don't you ever watch were the bloody hell you're going!? That's the second time today you meatball-brained, spaghetti head!"
The blood rushed to Serena's face and whatever effects his voice had had on her were gone before the end of the sentence, replaced by a searing heat coursed through her body like an electrical current. Her body seemed to move on it's own to take an overpowering stance above the object in question. "What" she heard a monstrous voice say, "did you just call me, lunchmeat?"
~Darien~
Still on the ground he gazed up at the monster before him silhouetted by the sun behind her, he strained to see her face. When he failed to make out her features he decided to play it cool. He let his body Relax and let himself look as though he had been sun-tanning there (in the middle of the sidewalk) all day and she had just invaded his private property. He stretched his legs straight out and leaned back on his elbows. "I called you meatball head, spaghetti brain, or is your skull to thick to understand that?" (Did she just call me lunchmeat?) Darien chuckled at the thought, and Serena's whole body shook with anger. The nerve of this creep! Talking to her like that, who did he think he was? A prince?" Well she would show him. Taking note that his whole body was in kicking distance she began drawing back her right foot. Darien, not to thick headed himself, took note of the receding foot and decided that maybe playing it cool wasn't such a good idea...he didn't like where it seemed her foot was going to land. (He had good reason to too, No guy, let me tell you, No GUY likes being kicked there!) He quickly jumped up before she could get any ideas. "And kicking people isn't nice either, odango atama." he said shaking and finger at the shadow. (Uh oh. bad idea.) Darien thought, she looked like she was gonna blow any second now, she was shaking like a Mexican jumping bean. And he wasn't disappointed.
Serena let it out...she let it ALL out! "THAT'S IT! END OF THE LINE SLEEZE BALL!" she shrieked launching herself at the man, knocking him back to the ground again, straddling his waist, she reached for his throat and proceeded to bang his head violently against the cement. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU, NOBODY -EVER- CALLS ME MEATBALL HEAD!" Serena screamed in his face. Poor Darien, he was just to surprised at the attack to do anything." IF YOU LIVE THROUGH THIS SOMEHOW I'LL HAUNT YOU TILL THE END OF YOUR DAYS! DO YOU HEAR ME?" "NO ONE! NO ONE! NO ONE EVER CALLS ME MEATBALL-HEAD!!!
...Serena got in a few more good wacks after saying this before she heard voices and was roughly pulled off of her victim.
~Serena's house~
Luna sat looking at the phone in quiet analysis. She'd seen Serena use the thing a million times (In quick succession.) but she still wasn't sure she could get it to work. "Dang that stupid central control!" She cursed in her mind. "It shouldn't take three weeks to upgrade a stupid communicator. Now I have to use this thing!" Luna knew she had to get a hold of the scouts, because Serena had not come home yet, meaning she was probably on her way to the contest or at the arcade place. Nudging the phone off the table, it landed with a silent crash on the carpeted floor. Luna hopped down and pawed in the first number. A firm female voice answered the phone. "Cherry Hill Temple here! Wishing you many blessings and a happy life! And hey if you want to guarantee a happy life come on down and pick your self up a few good luck charms! Inexpensive and beautiful, they'll make any day a super day..."
"Rei!" the cat cut in. But either the voice didn't hear her or really didn't care cause it kept on truckin..."or why don't you come on down and buy yourself a genuine priestess or priests garment!? You'll feel special in our vast array of color choices!...Well o.k. We only have white, red, and blue but their still 100% cotton..." REI!" the cat tried again. And again the voice kept on talking. The cat rolled her eyes, Rei usually doesn't talk that often but when it comes to insulting people (namely Serena) or raising money for her shrine, this girl could compete with even the highest order of gum flapping girls...(that is...namely Serena)...."Well anyway the voice continued, this is Rei, head priestess of this temple, how may I help you?" Luna sighed, (Finally!)
"Rei? Listen this is Luna I need to talk to you about Serena. You see she's at thi..." "Luna!? LUNA!? you mean I wasted the speech I took a half hour to think up on a cat? oohhhhhh you suck!" the priestess blurted out exasperated. Luna's face went sour, 'Well maybe you should listen to your callers names before flapping your lips off! Then you wouldn't have, ahem, -wasted- your precious speech now would you have Rei!?" the feline retorted. There was silence at the other end. "Stop complaining Luna it's a bad habit. You should hang around me more often instead of that donut head ditz. Her habits are wearing off on you." Thunk! Luna hit the floor. This girl HAD to be kidding! "Uh yeah Rei, I'll keep it in mind um look. You know that contest going on down at Rose Boulevard?" "Yeah. What about it?" "Well Serena went to it. "Luna paused to see what Rei would say........."Well are you going to keep going or not Luna?" "Yes I am!" The cat snapped. "Look Serena had this plan to use the Luna pen to turn into a girl with the powers of a priestess to win this contest and...."
"What you mean," Rei interjected "Is that Serena was going to steal my powers to cheat the odds and win the contest right?"
"Uh yeah, that's right." Luna said quickly, surprised at how well Rei was taking all this. "But the thing is I tricked her out of taking the Luna Pen with her to school, and I know time won't allow her to come back and get it before the contest begins."
"So what's the problem?'
"She's not home yet. That's the problem. I think she's either over at the contest to try and win it anyway, or she's at the arcade. I want you Lit and Ami to go find her and bring her home, she'll be depressed when she doesn't win if she's at the contest, and she needs to come home for training and study besides all that. Got it?"
"So you want me to waist my time, and go over to that contest and retrieve the nuthouse do you??" Rei asked
"Well, um yeah."
"O.K!"
"Huh?" the cat said blankly
"I said o.k.! I'll grab Lita and Ami and head on over and...." the phone clicked and a few buttons where pushed.
"MEOW!" Luna said jumping back.
"Oh! Is someone on the phone? ---Sammy is that you?" It was Serena's mother! 'OH MY GOSH what do I do!?' fretted Luna in her mind.
"Oh hey Mrs. Tsukino!" chirped Rei, "Sorry to bother you but it seems as though your cat has called me!"
'What are you doing!? Are you nuts!' Luna bawled out in cat language. Hearing the pitiful meow over the line Mrs. Tsukino laughed. "Well so she did! I'm sorry she bothered you Rei but that is so ironic!" Serena's mom laughed a wind chime like, laugh, "at least she called a friend!" Rei laughed along politely before saying goodbye and see you later; she hung up the phone and called out to her grandpa.
"I'm leaving grandpa!"
"Oh no your not! There's still chores to be done!" came the immediate response.
"Sorry gramps! Duty calls! An emergency happened with one of my friends, tell you 'bout it later! Bye!"
"What emergency? Rei you get back here right now!" yelled thee 3-foot grandpa waving his fists futilely in the air. 'Fine but you get double duty tomorrow!" he screamed
(I don't think so!) Rei thought as she ran in her friends' houses directions. (Not if _I_ win that contest! Then I'll weasel my boyfriend into it to! ooooh! How romantic! Maybe we'll kiss!) She laughed at her own genius (Thanks for the idea Serena!)
-Later-
Everyone was together, well minus the blonde girl...Andrew, Rei, Lita, and Ami that is, Could be seen walking down the street just past the arcade.
" So she wasn't in there." Stated Lita decisively
"Nope!" chipped in Amy
"Hey thanks for letting me come along with you guys!" laughed Andrew "One of my friends should be over there, I want to make sure he doesn't chicken out! And it's better to go over with friends, I should have walked with him."
"We don't mind." said Lita dreamily.
Rei did what she was best at, she griped, while totally ignoring Andrew," I told you guys we should have started looking at the contest area! I already know she's there!' Rei said crossly.
"You know what Rei? I don't think you care whether Serena is there or not." teased Lita, "I think what's making you mad is that _You_ are not there winning that contest in her place." She watched as Rei turned as red as her deity/planet Mars.
"It is NOT that! And besides, Luna said..."she trailed off glancing at Andrew, the other two caught her glance." she said Serena didn't have the "lucky" pen. With out it she can't and won't win!
"Ahhh but you aren't sure of that see! And THAT is why you are mad." Lita said continually teasing the girl of the fiery planet. And that's how they took the next corner, with Rei and Lita yelling insults at each other, Andrew just walking along smiling with his hands in his pockets, and Ami doing her best not to look like a walking human tomato.
How the two girls heard Ami's and Andrew's gasp over their own two voices they never really cared or thought about, the scene before them was just to amazing.
"I-I think we've f-found h-her." Ami sputtered, amazed at what she saw.
Yep that was inarguably Serena and they knew it, no one else on the planet earth could possibly have hair like that, nor possibly have a voice like that. They all three began running in sync towards their best friend who appeared to be trying her best hand at Murder with some guy she was sitting on. Rei and Andrew gasped when she realized -who it was- Serena happened to be killing.
"Serena you Baka, what the freak do you think your doing? Have you gone nuts!" Rei cried.
"Serena what's the matter with you?" Ami chided
"Wow, Darien what the heck did you do? Andrew knelt beside his brutally battered friend.
"Wow go get him girl!" cheered Lita
"Lita!" said Ami
"What?" retorted Lita shrugging at her friend Ami.
"That was inappropriate, Lita, don't encourage Serena to attack men!"
"Give me a break Ames! It's just one less heartbreaker for this planet to worry about! Go Serena!" the tall brunette cheered. Ami sighed.
"What ever." the blue haired genius answered.
Rei spoke again,
"Serena get the hell off my boyfriend!" The raven-haired priestess cawed. Pulling Serena's shoulders backwards and up.
Serena, startled at hearing Rei's voice and being pulled away so violently stopped her shrieking and dropped the dark haired man's head on the cement once more before crying out. "Rei!"
She watched as the wolf in an elegant girls skin and clothing sat down and cradled Serena's offender like a child, with Andrew sitting across from her.
'Oh Darien!" she cooed sickeningly, "oh my poor Darien did that big ugly monster hurt you my poor baby?'
"BIG UGLY MONSTER!" Serena yelled "Wait till I get my hands on you!" Serena dived for the priestess but was smacked off before she got to close.
"Back off you donut brained pig! I don't know what drug you took today but if you come any closer to me or my boyfriend I'll karate chop you into twice the number of the pieces of sushi you've eaten in your lifetime!" Rei threatened furiously.
Serena backed off, she knew Rei would back up her words if needed. (Twice the amount of sushi aye?) Serena considered this seriously, (That would be allot of karate chops, and a lot of pain too...hmmmm, nope definitely not worth it.) Serena took a few deep breaths and settled back with Ami and Lita to watch the drama play itself out.
"Darien, Darien are you o.k. Sweetie? It's alright hon the witch won't hurt you now that I'm here." Serena held her breath and did her best to hold her tongue. "Witch?" she muttered, "Yeah right, Look who's talking" Rei shot the ponytailed girl a look that shut her up. Patting his cheek Rei tried desperately to bring her beloved back to life. "I swear Serena if he's dead, you'd better find a way to get into a witness protection program. Because if you don't..." Rei, used one hand to support the limp man, used the other one to draw a slow and deep line in her own neck. Seeing this the soldier of the moon prayed silently that he would live with only a concussion or serious brain damage. Either of the two would be fine with her. NO ONE called her meatball-head and got away with it...at least not without being in some sort of a serious medical condition.
Finally Rei got sick of babying him and slapped him square across the face. Andrew winced, and his mind reverberated with one word... (Ouch!) "Hey wake up would you! I have somewhere to be in a few minutes. And you gotta be there with me!" Rei ignored her friends' inquisitive looks and repositioned Darien when he looked like he was coming around.
"nummansnmmandnl" Darien murmured
"What!? What are you saying?" Rei cried laying him flat on the ground, still supporting his head, she began once again to .tap his cheek again incessantly.
"Uh Mrs. Thompson, I'm having trouble here, what's 5-8?"
Rei looked on stupified and Serena burst out laughing. 'Wow he's even worse than I am!!" haahaa haa haaa.
"Damn Serena." Lita gushed "You knocked him all the way back to 2nd grade! Way to go!" They burst out laughing and the two girls high fived.
"What a joke!!!" She cried with tears running down her face. "He said Bloody hell!" Ahhh haaa haa haa!
With her free hand Rei began getting white knuckles as she balled up Darien's coat in her fist. "SSSERENA!!!" Rei yelled
(Uh oh) Serena turned to run
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Rei dropped Darien's head to the ground (once again) and started a high-speed chase. Lita screamed when Rei came barreling after her too. WAAAAAAAA! Lita and Serena Shrieked running circles around Ami, Andrew and the body that was just lying there. Ami, the blue haired levelheaded genius, once again took the mature control of the medical situation. Neatly setting her book down beside her she lifted the man's head into her lap and proceeded to check his pulse, temperature, and eye dilation. Andrew watched with interest. After she was convinced that his life was no immediate danger she pulled out the smelling salts that she always kept handy for any such situations. (Ami wants to be a doctor like her mother, so being, she's prepared for any medical emergency.) While waving the salts under the unconscious's nose, she observed that his features were really quite stunning. His silky jet black hair, perfect build, and good fashion sense were all so obvious that even Ami, who hardly ever noticed anything about guys in general, noticed them. And Darien, Rei said his name was Darien, it was really a nice name and it fit him really well. Surprised at how her mind was wandering Amy blushed when he stirred in her arms. Ignoring the scream parade going on around her she cupped Darien's face in her hands and asked him if he could remember who he was. (Those bumps have got to have knocked something lose.) Thought Ami as she examined the back of his head. She wouldn't be surprised if it swelled to twice its usual size...
"m'unna'ill'dead!" Darien said as he shot up and pushed the disgusting salts away from his face.
Ami lurched forward to calm the man down. " O.K. Darien relax and breath, you don't need to be moving so fast after what you just went through. Now say it again.... slower."
Darien looked around wildly from Ami to the three crazy banshees that were chasing each other around them. Two of which he recognized. One of which he had serious business with. He stood up...a little to quickly and Ami quickly stood also to offer support to the taller man, as did Andrew. He looked at her, surprised but grateful and then his eyes went ice cold as he refocused on the banshees. Ami tried again to recapture the attention of her patient. "I'm sorry Darien, what did you say a minute ago?" she asked sweetly.
Darien pulled his arm up off of her shoulders and found his bearings, "I said," he replied as he took a running stance aimed at a certain blonde, "I'M GONNA KILL HERRRRRRR!" he hollered as he took of running at the meatball-head." WAIT 'TILL _I_ GET MY HANDS ON YOU!"
Serena looked back quickly at the sound of a male voice and saw not one, but two dangerously ticked people off running after her blood. She screamed again and tears started to fall as she cried out, "This is not my day!"
"No!" Rei called out this is your FUNERAL!!"
Serena glanced at her watch, (Dang the things I go through for love!) she thought and began running the other way. Leading a very scared Lita, one Dangerous Rei, one utterly ticked and gorgeous Darien (Despite the 132 bumps on the back of his head), and one sighing Ami, and one bewildered Andrew to the biggest and most romantic contest Juuban would ever see!!
____________________________________END Chpt.4_________________________________
Yep so there it is as promised! Ok so know contest results yet but next chapter there should be. I dunno till I write it. But at least the scouts got in here like I said they would. Sorry this takes place before miss "Venus makes the scene" don't expect her unless I throw her in for good measure during the last few chpts. well anyway once again I'm up late writing. Its 2:27 A.M. I'm a little tired but I must do some weight lifting before bed. So CIOW for now! Arigato for reading minna-san!
~Moon Sorceress~