KEEPING YOU IN SIGHT
Chapter 3a
By Reminjia
E-mail: reminjia@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13
Author's Note: All right, getting back on schedule this week, I hope!
I won't have much time to write as the summer draws to an end, so I
need to get as much done now as possible! In addition to the people
I thanked in the last update, I would like to give thanks to the
following people who have given me feedback since my last update:
Kimmie-chan (who sent me a response moments after I sent in my
update!), and ELK for your encouraging critiques, and to Amanda
Kepler and Marni for the really nice e-mails! Thanks for your great
comments, and to all of you who've written them in weeks past, and
also to those of you who continue to read this. Your support has
been amazing, and I cannot thank you all enough! Again, I thank my
chief motivator, and sister. Thanks for letting me be on the
computer so much! I know, I know, I kind of dragged the story on to
this part, but from this chapter on, we should be moving at a much
quicker pace.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Sailor Moon, nor
the song "I Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon.
*Chapter 3a*
Having left the party together, Lita, Amy, and Raye were all walking
down a street dimly lit by street lamps. The three were reliving the
events of the evening, and giggling over their friend's brawl with
Mark. Each of them were so involved in naming off their own favorite
comment made during the night that they failed to notice the evil
force lurking in their presence.
"I just can't get over the fact that he came!" Amy exclaimed.
"Me neither," Lita agreed, she paused to consider his character for a
moment before continuing, "he just doesn't seem like the party type,
I wonder what changed his mind."
"I wish he wouldn't have come!" Raye said in a defiant voice.
Lita laughed at her, "You're just mad because you lost your bet to
him!"
Almost the whole walk, Ray had been bemoaning the fact that she had
lost $40 yen [note I don't pretend to know the value of money and the
ratio of American dollars to yen, so lets just say the equivalent of
$40 American dollars!] to Darien Chiba of all people. And the same
amount of time, Amy and Lita had been giving her a hard time about it.
"How could he have known?" Ray asked accusingly, "He's never even
been to one of these parties. How could he have known that Rita
would do that?"
"Well," Amy hesitated, "he does know Rita. And I might have guessed
something similar if it wasn't against my principals to sacrifice my
money for such a stupid reason!"
"Oh blah blah blah, Amy," Raye said. "The point is, I lost $20 yen,
and I'm certain I would have won that much if Darien hadn't gotten
involved!"
Sending sideways glances to one another, Lita and Amy failed to fight
the urge to laugh at their friend. Pretending to be mad at them, Raye
stuck her head up in the air and marched off, but had a slight grin
on her face. She was just turning around to tell them off when a
creature crashed down in between them.
Realizing they had to transform, Lita, Amy, and Raye set aside their
silly games and did just that.
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
The three girls had transformed into the champions of justice,
protectors of peace, and they prepared to fight the monster who was
making its first attack.
Jupiter took it upon herself to make the first attack. While her
force was strong, she knew she wouldn't be able to defeat the monster
on her own, and she seriously doubted the other two could either.
Observing the ongoing struggle between Jupiter and this new creature,
Mercury turned to and said, "Mars, we need Sailor Moon right now, I'm
not sure how long Jupiter can hold him off!" Upon finishing this,
she turned to offer her assistance to Jupiter.
"Right," Mars said to herself, and proceeded to pull out her
communicator.
* * * * * *
"Bleep. Bleep. Bleep."
Serena's communicator went off, and Serena was feeling a rush as she
hadn't known for months. She was going to get to dust a creature,
and she would be saving the world, finally her life would be of worth
again! The adrenaline was pulsing through her veins was unlike one
she'd known before, this time she was ready for a new villain. Her
prediction had been right, and she had been preparing herself for
this moment for the past week.
Realizing she had yet to answer the communicator, Serena abandoned
her thoughts and returned to reality.
"What is it and where do you need me?" Serena asked before Sailor
Mars could question her lateness in answering the page.
"We're not quite sure what it is right now but Jupiter is fighting
against it. This new monsters powers appear to be very strong.
Mercury is preparing to scan the monster to locate its weaknesses and
maybe even discover what kind of negative energy it holds," Mars
rushed quickly, bringing her leader up to speed. "We aren't too far
from your house, probably about three blocks north."
"All right, I'm on my way."
"Thanks Serena," Raye smiled, "we could really use your help."
Closing the communicator, Serena went about her standard procedure of
locking the door to her room and turning off the lights, so she could
leave the pretense of her simply being asleep. Certain that the door
was locked, Serena transformed,
"Cosmic Moon Power!"
Sailor Moon opened her bedroom window and kept it propped open, so
she could easily get back in later. Quickly, she made her way down,
knowing that she could have done this in her sleep. Bright lights of
energy could be seen, and Sailor Moon took off at a racing speed, she
knew where she was needed. The adrenaline she had first felt upon
getting the message was nothing in comparison to that which she now
felt, making her way to the battle.
* * * * * *
Surrounded by his studies, Darien took a pause to consider the party
he had only just returned from. Serena had looked so beautiful while
she was fighting against Mark. He only wished that she could feel
just as comfortable around him as she did so many other people. He
knew that if they got to know one another, it would only be a matter
of time before she opened up to him too. At least he hoped that was
the case.
Though he had only been in attendance at the party for an hour, it
had been much more fun then he'd imagined. The whole night had even
begun in an amusing way, he walked in the front door and was greeted
by Chad's father. While few could hardly find anything in that to
be amusing, it had been. Chad's father was one of those dads who
liked to be the best friend to all of his child's friends. Darien
had hardly been in the front door when he was plagued by questions
varying from his education, activities, work, to his love life. It
had been Chad's mom who had come to his rescue, claiming she had a
task for her husband to complete. Once again, most wouldn't find any
humor in this, but to Darien, it was one of the funniest things in
the world to have an offer of serious friendship come from a middle
aged man who had fathered one of his friends.
Needless to say, the next amusing factor in that hour had been
stumbling upon Serena and Mark in the midst of their brawl. That
alone could have made the entire evening the most entertaining he'd
been a part of. Raye and Chad's reactions to his winning the bet
were also quite pleasing, and it had resulted in him being $80 yen
richer. After Serena had left, and then soon after the other three
girls, Darien had been alone with the guys.
They all of course sat around joking, and reminiscing the highlights
of the fight. Darien was an avid participator of this conversation
until a sight caused him to pause. He had looked up to see some
couples slowly dancing. The couples all looked extremely content
together, and Darien yearned for that. There was nothing that he
wanted more than to care about someone and have them return his
feelings. It was a long shot, a very long one, but Darien had great
hope that maybe Serena might be the girl he could care for like that.
Now that he had returned home and was attempting to finish his
homework, Darien couldn't focus on it. Something felt different,
could it be that he really did hold strong feelings for Serena?
Desperately wanting to deny this factor, Darien shook if off that it
was most definitely not that, but just an accumulation of everything
that was going on in his life. Yes that was-
Darien felt Sailor Moon's presence. Was there a battle going on even
as he sat there considering the possibility. He was taken over by
massive pain and he knew that there was a battle going on, and he
most go to protect his best asset. Sailor Moon.
* * * * * *
Sailor Moon had arrived on the scene just in time. Only moments
before, despite their best efforts, Jupiter and Mercury had been
bested by the monster. It was only Mars up against this monster, and
she looked as though she might be reaching the end of her battle too.
Looking over to see Jupiter and Mercury leaning up against a tree,
trying to stand again, Sailor Moon knew that now was the best time to
make her presence known.
"Stop right there!" Sailor Moon exclaimed causing the creature to
pause in its attack against Sailor Mars. Seeing she had its
attention for at least a few moments, she proceeded with, "How dare
you interrupt this time of peace and cause pain to my friends! On
behalf of the moon, it is my duty to destroy you, and protect the
interest of my planet!"
"Stupid twit," the monster muttered, "only you, Sailor Moon, could
join a battle that is, obviously, almost completed. Take a look
around you, and see what I've done to your friends. Nothing you do
can have any effect on me."
Glaring at the monster, Sailor Moon prepared to launch an attack,
"I'll show you just how much you don't know, Nega-scum!"
"Have it your way, you shall join your friends soon," the monster
growled.
Taking in the situation, Sailor Moon noticed that Sailor Mars had
gone to join Jupiter and Mercury in hopes of helping them regain some
strength in case they were needed again. Knowing that the monster
had lied when it said it still had all of its power, Sailor Moon was
confident that this monster would be a piece of cake, and she made
her attack.
After a few minutes of struggle, the monster had her wrapped in the
same tentacles that had gripped her friends. Mars was still trying
to revive Jupiter and Mercury, as she knew she couldn't save her
friend on her own. She lacked the strength. Never had Sailor Moon
thought she might truly be defeated by a monster. All right, so she
had thought that the last time she fought, but regardless, Serena had
started to lose hope in being helped.
The wind knocked out of her, Sailor Moon closed her eyes and hoped to
be greeted by a sweet bliss soon. At that moment, a rose cut through
the goey tentacle sending her into a free fall. She opened her eyes,
expecting to see the gates to heaven or some such, only to be met by
a pair of dark blue eyes.
*****************************************************
GASP! I wonder who it might be! Sorry this part is so short. This
will be the first of two or three parts to chapter 3. The rest will
be up next week. If all goes well, chapter 4 might be up. As for my
excuse, I plead the 4th... of July that is!!! Hahaha... also I've worked
nearly every night this week, and had summer school in the morning.
Gross, I know. But I'll be done with school next Friday, so my time
will be a bit more open. YAY! Questions or comments,
reminjia@hotmail.com. Thanks for reading!!!
Chapter 3a
By Reminjia
E-mail: reminjia@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13
Author's Note: All right, getting back on schedule this week, I hope!
I won't have much time to write as the summer draws to an end, so I
need to get as much done now as possible! In addition to the people
I thanked in the last update, I would like to give thanks to the
following people who have given me feedback since my last update:
Kimmie-chan (who sent me a response moments after I sent in my
update!), and ELK for your encouraging critiques, and to Amanda
Kepler and Marni for the really nice e-mails! Thanks for your great
comments, and to all of you who've written them in weeks past, and
also to those of you who continue to read this. Your support has
been amazing, and I cannot thank you all enough! Again, I thank my
chief motivator, and sister. Thanks for letting me be on the
computer so much! I know, I know, I kind of dragged the story on to
this part, but from this chapter on, we should be moving at a much
quicker pace.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Sailor Moon, nor
the song "I Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon.
*Chapter 3a*
Having left the party together, Lita, Amy, and Raye were all walking
down a street dimly lit by street lamps. The three were reliving the
events of the evening, and giggling over their friend's brawl with
Mark. Each of them were so involved in naming off their own favorite
comment made during the night that they failed to notice the evil
force lurking in their presence.
"I just can't get over the fact that he came!" Amy exclaimed.
"Me neither," Lita agreed, she paused to consider his character for a
moment before continuing, "he just doesn't seem like the party type,
I wonder what changed his mind."
"I wish he wouldn't have come!" Raye said in a defiant voice.
Lita laughed at her, "You're just mad because you lost your bet to
him!"
Almost the whole walk, Ray had been bemoaning the fact that she had
lost $40 yen [note I don't pretend to know the value of money and the
ratio of American dollars to yen, so lets just say the equivalent of
$40 American dollars!] to Darien Chiba of all people. And the same
amount of time, Amy and Lita had been giving her a hard time about it.
"How could he have known?" Ray asked accusingly, "He's never even
been to one of these parties. How could he have known that Rita
would do that?"
"Well," Amy hesitated, "he does know Rita. And I might have guessed
something similar if it wasn't against my principals to sacrifice my
money for such a stupid reason!"
"Oh blah blah blah, Amy," Raye said. "The point is, I lost $20 yen,
and I'm certain I would have won that much if Darien hadn't gotten
involved!"
Sending sideways glances to one another, Lita and Amy failed to fight
the urge to laugh at their friend. Pretending to be mad at them, Raye
stuck her head up in the air and marched off, but had a slight grin
on her face. She was just turning around to tell them off when a
creature crashed down in between them.
Realizing they had to transform, Lita, Amy, and Raye set aside their
silly games and did just that.
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
The three girls had transformed into the champions of justice,
protectors of peace, and they prepared to fight the monster who was
making its first attack.
Jupiter took it upon herself to make the first attack. While her
force was strong, she knew she wouldn't be able to defeat the monster
on her own, and she seriously doubted the other two could either.
Observing the ongoing struggle between Jupiter and this new creature,
Mercury turned to and said, "Mars, we need Sailor Moon right now, I'm
not sure how long Jupiter can hold him off!" Upon finishing this,
she turned to offer her assistance to Jupiter.
"Right," Mars said to herself, and proceeded to pull out her
communicator.
* * * * * *
"Bleep. Bleep. Bleep."
Serena's communicator went off, and Serena was feeling a rush as she
hadn't known for months. She was going to get to dust a creature,
and she would be saving the world, finally her life would be of worth
again! The adrenaline was pulsing through her veins was unlike one
she'd known before, this time she was ready for a new villain. Her
prediction had been right, and she had been preparing herself for
this moment for the past week.
Realizing she had yet to answer the communicator, Serena abandoned
her thoughts and returned to reality.
"What is it and where do you need me?" Serena asked before Sailor
Mars could question her lateness in answering the page.
"We're not quite sure what it is right now but Jupiter is fighting
against it. This new monsters powers appear to be very strong.
Mercury is preparing to scan the monster to locate its weaknesses and
maybe even discover what kind of negative energy it holds," Mars
rushed quickly, bringing her leader up to speed. "We aren't too far
from your house, probably about three blocks north."
"All right, I'm on my way."
"Thanks Serena," Raye smiled, "we could really use your help."
Closing the communicator, Serena went about her standard procedure of
locking the door to her room and turning off the lights, so she could
leave the pretense of her simply being asleep. Certain that the door
was locked, Serena transformed,
"Cosmic Moon Power!"
Sailor Moon opened her bedroom window and kept it propped open, so
she could easily get back in later. Quickly, she made her way down,
knowing that she could have done this in her sleep. Bright lights of
energy could be seen, and Sailor Moon took off at a racing speed, she
knew where she was needed. The adrenaline she had first felt upon
getting the message was nothing in comparison to that which she now
felt, making her way to the battle.
* * * * * *
Surrounded by his studies, Darien took a pause to consider the party
he had only just returned from. Serena had looked so beautiful while
she was fighting against Mark. He only wished that she could feel
just as comfortable around him as she did so many other people. He
knew that if they got to know one another, it would only be a matter
of time before she opened up to him too. At least he hoped that was
the case.
Though he had only been in attendance at the party for an hour, it
had been much more fun then he'd imagined. The whole night had even
begun in an amusing way, he walked in the front door and was greeted
by Chad's father. While few could hardly find anything in that to
be amusing, it had been. Chad's father was one of those dads who
liked to be the best friend to all of his child's friends. Darien
had hardly been in the front door when he was plagued by questions
varying from his education, activities, work, to his love life. It
had been Chad's mom who had come to his rescue, claiming she had a
task for her husband to complete. Once again, most wouldn't find any
humor in this, but to Darien, it was one of the funniest things in
the world to have an offer of serious friendship come from a middle
aged man who had fathered one of his friends.
Needless to say, the next amusing factor in that hour had been
stumbling upon Serena and Mark in the midst of their brawl. That
alone could have made the entire evening the most entertaining he'd
been a part of. Raye and Chad's reactions to his winning the bet
were also quite pleasing, and it had resulted in him being $80 yen
richer. After Serena had left, and then soon after the other three
girls, Darien had been alone with the guys.
They all of course sat around joking, and reminiscing the highlights
of the fight. Darien was an avid participator of this conversation
until a sight caused him to pause. He had looked up to see some
couples slowly dancing. The couples all looked extremely content
together, and Darien yearned for that. There was nothing that he
wanted more than to care about someone and have them return his
feelings. It was a long shot, a very long one, but Darien had great
hope that maybe Serena might be the girl he could care for like that.
Now that he had returned home and was attempting to finish his
homework, Darien couldn't focus on it. Something felt different,
could it be that he really did hold strong feelings for Serena?
Desperately wanting to deny this factor, Darien shook if off that it
was most definitely not that, but just an accumulation of everything
that was going on in his life. Yes that was-
Darien felt Sailor Moon's presence. Was there a battle going on even
as he sat there considering the possibility. He was taken over by
massive pain and he knew that there was a battle going on, and he
most go to protect his best asset. Sailor Moon.
* * * * * *
Sailor Moon had arrived on the scene just in time. Only moments
before, despite their best efforts, Jupiter and Mercury had been
bested by the monster. It was only Mars up against this monster, and
she looked as though she might be reaching the end of her battle too.
Looking over to see Jupiter and Mercury leaning up against a tree,
trying to stand again, Sailor Moon knew that now was the best time to
make her presence known.
"Stop right there!" Sailor Moon exclaimed causing the creature to
pause in its attack against Sailor Mars. Seeing she had its
attention for at least a few moments, she proceeded with, "How dare
you interrupt this time of peace and cause pain to my friends! On
behalf of the moon, it is my duty to destroy you, and protect the
interest of my planet!"
"Stupid twit," the monster muttered, "only you, Sailor Moon, could
join a battle that is, obviously, almost completed. Take a look
around you, and see what I've done to your friends. Nothing you do
can have any effect on me."
Glaring at the monster, Sailor Moon prepared to launch an attack,
"I'll show you just how much you don't know, Nega-scum!"
"Have it your way, you shall join your friends soon," the monster
growled.
Taking in the situation, Sailor Moon noticed that Sailor Mars had
gone to join Jupiter and Mercury in hopes of helping them regain some
strength in case they were needed again. Knowing that the monster
had lied when it said it still had all of its power, Sailor Moon was
confident that this monster would be a piece of cake, and she made
her attack.
After a few minutes of struggle, the monster had her wrapped in the
same tentacles that had gripped her friends. Mars was still trying
to revive Jupiter and Mercury, as she knew she couldn't save her
friend on her own. She lacked the strength. Never had Sailor Moon
thought she might truly be defeated by a monster. All right, so she
had thought that the last time she fought, but regardless, Serena had
started to lose hope in being helped.
The wind knocked out of her, Sailor Moon closed her eyes and hoped to
be greeted by a sweet bliss soon. At that moment, a rose cut through
the goey tentacle sending her into a free fall. She opened her eyes,
expecting to see the gates to heaven or some such, only to be met by
a pair of dark blue eyes.
*****************************************************
GASP! I wonder who it might be! Sorry this part is so short. This
will be the first of two or three parts to chapter 3. The rest will
be up next week. If all goes well, chapter 4 might be up. As for my
excuse, I plead the 4th... of July that is!!! Hahaha... also I've worked
nearly every night this week, and had summer school in the morning.
Gross, I know. But I'll be done with school next Friday, so my time
will be a bit more open. YAY! Questions or comments,
reminjia@hotmail.com. Thanks for reading!!!
