Darkness to Light Part 9
By Minako-chan
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Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, so don't sue me!
Only got flies in my wallet!
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(Narrator's P.O.V.)
Amy stepped into the rose garden next to the hospital
building and paused with sympathy in her eyes as she
watched her dear friend sitting on the bench, staring
blankly into space, with tears streaming down her
cheeks. The tears were reflected by the sunlight
and seemed to sparkle. Rose petals flew around her
and she smiled sadly at the memory of Darien, whom
she knew she would probably never get to talk to again.
"Serena." Amy approached Serena.
"Amy..." Serena replied, sighing. "I don't know
what to do. I just want to get out of here...I can't
face him anymore...I've failed as a nurse. I shouldn't
have done what I did."
"I know...but..." Amy sat down beside her. "I can't
blame you for what happened, I mean, from what I've
heard from the nurse that told me about the kiss, it
seemed rather romantic." Amy winked, as Serena gave
her a weak smile.
"Amy, do you think Darien feels the same way toward me?"
She asked, afraid to hear the answer.
"I'm VERY sure about it. He does. After you left, I
asked him. He was upset that I doubted his feelings
toward you." Amy smiled. Serena looked up with eyes
full of tears, mixed with happiness and sadness.
"I want to transfer." Serena stated.
Amy gasped. "Why? You can be sure now that he feels
that way toward you! Why can't you stay?"
"I know you're trying to get us together, but after
what happened, I can't look at him the same anymore,
do you understand, Amy? After the kiss...I just can't
go back and pretend nothing has happened. I can't go
on taking care of him as a 'patient'. I don't know
what to look at him as, a friend? A boyfriend? A crush?
Or what? It's just too confusing. Trust me, we'll
forget about this after a short while, then I can come
back, but I won't take care of him anymore...I'll take
care of some younger patients..." She sighed, shaking
her head.
Amy sighed. "Alright, if that's what you want...I mean,
what you just said makes sense, but do you really want
to throw this away?"
Serena looked up at her friend. "Amy, I don't know what
goes on in that head of yours. First you were strict
about me liking this guy, and now you're telling me to
go for him."
"I'm just telling you what I feel about this..." said
Amy. "It's up to you. I know it sounds lame, but listen
to your heart. I can make the transfer for next week
if you'd like, or you can stay here and see what happens.
It's up to you."
"Thanks Ames. I think I'll be better off being somewhere
else. But make sure if he asks you, don't tell him
where I live, what my phone number is, or which hospital
I'm at, k?"
Amy was forced to nod. She couldn't refuse when Serena
asked her favours.
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Serena approached the big isolated room and pushed the
door slightly opened, making no sounds at all, and
peeked in.
Darien was lying on the bed, 'staring' at the ceiling,
awake but not moving. The corners of his eyes were
wet and sparkly. He blinked and she could see tear
drops rolling softly down his cheeks. At once she
wanted to run up and hug him and give him reassurance
that she would always be there. But she wouldn't. She
had decided to leave, and it was better that way for
herself. She had to be selfish just this once. Her
heart was breaking at light speed, she could feel knives
stabbing into it a million times. Her tears were like
crystals, flowing steadily down her face, and she didn't
bother to wipe them away. She bit her lip and mumbled
softly, "I'll never forget you." thinking that no one
would ever hear it.
Darien heard a soft whisper and his head shot up.
He sat up and turned toward the direction of the door.
Serena gasped. She should have known that he was
better than depending on his other senses now. She
tiptoed away from the door and ran silently down the
hallway, and hid near the closest janitor's room. Her
heart was pounding. She didn't want him to find her.
Not now. Not ever. It would hurt too much to see his
hurt face again.
Darien stumbled off the bed and made his way toward
the door. He reached out with his arms and tried to
grab a hold of someone. Serena. He knew it was her.
But he couldn't feel anything but the door and the
walls around him. He walked down the hallways quickly,
back and forth, and felt his way with his hands. He
made his way down to the door of the janitors' room.
Leaning against the wall, he slowly slipped and sat on
the floor, facing Serena although not knowing it. He
covered his face with his hands and sat there sobbing
softly.
Serena saw him. She bit her lower lip until she
couldn't feel it anymore. She reached out and wanted
to touch him, to comfort him and rock him in her arms.
Her hand was only a few inches away as she bent down
quietly. He was so close...
She couldn't stand the pain anymore. She had to get
away from him. She got up and ran. She slammed her
palm on the down button at the elevator, and ran straight
to Amy's office.
"Amy!" She pushed the door opened, and saw a startled
Amy sitting at her desk talking on the phone.
"I'm sorry I'll call you back." Amy said, putting down
the receiver.
"Thanks Ames." Serena said gratefully.
"What's up?" Amy said, fingers tapping on the desk
softly.
"I want the transfer. I was hoping you can make it today?"
She asked.
"Today? Are you insane? It takes at least a few days. I
can make it next Monday, having you starting at the
hospital across town. Do you want that?" Amy paused, and
watched as Serena nodded eagerly, then continued. "But
for now I guess we can assign you to nurse some other
patients, instead of Darien Chiba."
Serena winced at the sound of his name, and nodded
silently, as Amy reached over to some file cabinets
and got out a clipboard.
"Here," she said, placing the folder on her desk,
motioning Serena to pick it up and read it, "this
woman just got in this morning. She suffered a
stroke. Read the details carefully, and I'll get
to you later on."
Serena nodded, and without a word, she left Amy's
office and made her way to the 4th floor.
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Darien made his way back into his room and sat down
on his bed. He knew she was there when he was sitting
on the floor in despair. He could sense someone's
presence, and he knew it was her. But as soon as he
lifted his face from his hands, he heard footsteps
quickening, leaving him behind.
And so, she was gone.
With determination, he vowed to himself that he
needed to see again, so that he could find her,
to cup her face in his hands and look directly
into those eyes, that smile that could light up
his life. He thought back on the doctor's words.
Strong will and determination, and hope. He had
all that. Now what he needed was a miracle.
Kneeling by his bed, he lowered his head and
prayed. He prayed that he could see again. He
prayed that Serena still had feelings for him.
He prayed that she wouldn't leave his side.
A sound startled Darien and he got up almost
immediately.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to disturb you. My name
is Flora. I'll be your new nurse."
Darien almost fell to the floor at the sound of
an old nurse. Serena had left him.
"Where's my other nurse?" He asked rudely.
"Oh you mean Nurse Tsukino? She will be here until
Saturday, then on Monday she's to be transferred."
Flora replied patiently, not at all offended by his
cold tone.
"What? Which hospital?" He asked impatiently.
"I'm sorry Mr. Chiba, she asked that to be
confidential information. I cannot tell you anymore
that what I've told you already." answered Flora.
Darien slammed his fist on the mattress and cursed
quietly.
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A few days had past and it was Saturday already.
Serena had been awfully quiet but doing her duties
well, but Amy was worried sick of her friend. She
knew that Serena wanted to see Darien badly, but
was restraining herself. Serena walked into Amy's
office and interrupted her thoughts.
"Amy, is the transfer ready for Monday?" She asked.
Amy nodded and her eyes were filled with sadness.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Serena?" She
asked. "There's still time for you to cancel..."
"No." Serena interrupted. "I'm determined to be
a good nurse. Not a nurse who goes around flirting
with patients, like how the other gossiping nurses
have described my situation with Darien."
"Nonsense. You know those people have nothing
better to talk about. Deep down inside you know
they are only jealous."
"There's nothing more to be jealous about. I'll
be gone after today."
"I'll miss you Serena. It was fun working in the
same place as you, and seeing you everyday...but
Serena, I'm worried about you. You've been awfully
quiet..."
"That's because I want to focus on my duties.
Isn't that what everybody wants?"
Amy could only nod and sigh. Serena left the
room quietly and the clock hit 6pm. In another
2 hours she would be gone.
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Serena paced back and forth in front of Darien's
room. She could hear the nurse that was sent there,
Flora, was talking to Darien, filling him in on news
around the world. Serena could hear him say "uh huh"
every once in a while, and knew that he wasn't paying
attention, but nonetheless Flora kept on talking, and
flipping through newspapers.
Serena glanced at her watch. 7:38pm. In another
20 minutes or so she could go home, and look forward
to being in a new workplace where she could get her
mind off Darien and move on.
Her friends didn't know what was wrong with having a
relationship with Darien. Lita, her friend who was
a great chef and was always there for Serena about
guy problems, told her to go for it.
"If you have feelings for him and know that he has
feelings for you too, why are you leaving? Are you
out of your mind?" Lita had said.
Rei, the one who always yelled at her, looked at her
with sympathy but was also angry for her for rejecting
him.
"Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND, MEATBALL HEAD? Why are you
leaving? There's no reason to leave him! Just because
you're a nurse and he's your patient doesn't mean you
can't be involved with him!" Rei snapped.
Mina, the sensitive one, Goddess of Love (*giggles*),
stayed on the other girls' side.
"Normally I would be on your side, Serena. But this
time, I don't understand why you're leaving. It's
not like you guys are star-crossed lovers like Romeo
and Juliet *sigh*, and it's not like you guys are
destined to be apart. I mean, here you are, knowing
that he has strong feelings for you...and you're
leaving? I would NEVER give up a chance like that!
You know, he could be THE ONE!" She sighed.
Serena remembered herself waving her hand in
surrender and kept quiet. She appeared to be
stubborn, but deep down her heart was breaking
and hurting more and more.
Flora finally finished talking, and Serena heard
her say that she was going to get a pop down at
the cafeteria. As she walked out, Flora looked
at Serena and smiled.
"Final good bye, eh?" She said, and patted her
hand on her shoulder as Serena nodded with tears-
filled eyes.
"What do you want now Flora?" Darien sighed as
Serena walked in his room.
"Darien." She said simply.
"SERENA! OH GOD!" Darien stood up and rushed to her
side. "I've missed you so much..."
"I've come to say goodbye Darien." She sobbed.
"What? Are you really transferring? Why Serena?
Why?" He cried in agony.
"Because...it would be better that way." She
replied.
"For you maybe, but not for me." He lowered his
head, and wiped his tears.
"Please don't make this any harder than it already
is..." Serena pleaded.
"Why can't you just stay? Why can't things be
simple?" He shook his head.
"Why don't we make things simple? My life was a
lot simpler before I met you..." Tears filled her
eyes and poured out down her cheeks.
Darien gasped at the remark. "No, don't shut me
out. Don't walk out on me right now. Serena, I
need you. You're the reason why I want to see
again, and if you leave me right now, I would never
be able to see again..."
Serena placed her hand on his face and stroked it
with her thumb. "Sorry Darien." She glanced at her
watch. "My duties are over."
With that, she brushed her lips lightly on his,
savouring this last kiss, and left.
Darien dropped to the floor in despair, crying
into the soft bed sheets.
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TO BE CONTINUED
By Minako-chan
-------------------------
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, so don't sue me!
Only got flies in my wallet!
------------------------
(Narrator's P.O.V.)
Amy stepped into the rose garden next to the hospital
building and paused with sympathy in her eyes as she
watched her dear friend sitting on the bench, staring
blankly into space, with tears streaming down her
cheeks. The tears were reflected by the sunlight
and seemed to sparkle. Rose petals flew around her
and she smiled sadly at the memory of Darien, whom
she knew she would probably never get to talk to again.
"Serena." Amy approached Serena.
"Amy..." Serena replied, sighing. "I don't know
what to do. I just want to get out of here...I can't
face him anymore...I've failed as a nurse. I shouldn't
have done what I did."
"I know...but..." Amy sat down beside her. "I can't
blame you for what happened, I mean, from what I've
heard from the nurse that told me about the kiss, it
seemed rather romantic." Amy winked, as Serena gave
her a weak smile.
"Amy, do you think Darien feels the same way toward me?"
She asked, afraid to hear the answer.
"I'm VERY sure about it. He does. After you left, I
asked him. He was upset that I doubted his feelings
toward you." Amy smiled. Serena looked up with eyes
full of tears, mixed with happiness and sadness.
"I want to transfer." Serena stated.
Amy gasped. "Why? You can be sure now that he feels
that way toward you! Why can't you stay?"
"I know you're trying to get us together, but after
what happened, I can't look at him the same anymore,
do you understand, Amy? After the kiss...I just can't
go back and pretend nothing has happened. I can't go
on taking care of him as a 'patient'. I don't know
what to look at him as, a friend? A boyfriend? A crush?
Or what? It's just too confusing. Trust me, we'll
forget about this after a short while, then I can come
back, but I won't take care of him anymore...I'll take
care of some younger patients..." She sighed, shaking
her head.
Amy sighed. "Alright, if that's what you want...I mean,
what you just said makes sense, but do you really want
to throw this away?"
Serena looked up at her friend. "Amy, I don't know what
goes on in that head of yours. First you were strict
about me liking this guy, and now you're telling me to
go for him."
"I'm just telling you what I feel about this..." said
Amy. "It's up to you. I know it sounds lame, but listen
to your heart. I can make the transfer for next week
if you'd like, or you can stay here and see what happens.
It's up to you."
"Thanks Ames. I think I'll be better off being somewhere
else. But make sure if he asks you, don't tell him
where I live, what my phone number is, or which hospital
I'm at, k?"
Amy was forced to nod. She couldn't refuse when Serena
asked her favours.
------------------------
Serena approached the big isolated room and pushed the
door slightly opened, making no sounds at all, and
peeked in.
Darien was lying on the bed, 'staring' at the ceiling,
awake but not moving. The corners of his eyes were
wet and sparkly. He blinked and she could see tear
drops rolling softly down his cheeks. At once she
wanted to run up and hug him and give him reassurance
that she would always be there. But she wouldn't. She
had decided to leave, and it was better that way for
herself. She had to be selfish just this once. Her
heart was breaking at light speed, she could feel knives
stabbing into it a million times. Her tears were like
crystals, flowing steadily down her face, and she didn't
bother to wipe them away. She bit her lip and mumbled
softly, "I'll never forget you." thinking that no one
would ever hear it.
Darien heard a soft whisper and his head shot up.
He sat up and turned toward the direction of the door.
Serena gasped. She should have known that he was
better than depending on his other senses now. She
tiptoed away from the door and ran silently down the
hallway, and hid near the closest janitor's room. Her
heart was pounding. She didn't want him to find her.
Not now. Not ever. It would hurt too much to see his
hurt face again.
Darien stumbled off the bed and made his way toward
the door. He reached out with his arms and tried to
grab a hold of someone. Serena. He knew it was her.
But he couldn't feel anything but the door and the
walls around him. He walked down the hallways quickly,
back and forth, and felt his way with his hands. He
made his way down to the door of the janitors' room.
Leaning against the wall, he slowly slipped and sat on
the floor, facing Serena although not knowing it. He
covered his face with his hands and sat there sobbing
softly.
Serena saw him. She bit her lower lip until she
couldn't feel it anymore. She reached out and wanted
to touch him, to comfort him and rock him in her arms.
Her hand was only a few inches away as she bent down
quietly. He was so close...
She couldn't stand the pain anymore. She had to get
away from him. She got up and ran. She slammed her
palm on the down button at the elevator, and ran straight
to Amy's office.
"Amy!" She pushed the door opened, and saw a startled
Amy sitting at her desk talking on the phone.
"I'm sorry I'll call you back." Amy said, putting down
the receiver.
"Thanks Ames." Serena said gratefully.
"What's up?" Amy said, fingers tapping on the desk
softly.
"I want the transfer. I was hoping you can make it today?"
She asked.
"Today? Are you insane? It takes at least a few days. I
can make it next Monday, having you starting at the
hospital across town. Do you want that?" Amy paused, and
watched as Serena nodded eagerly, then continued. "But
for now I guess we can assign you to nurse some other
patients, instead of Darien Chiba."
Serena winced at the sound of his name, and nodded
silently, as Amy reached over to some file cabinets
and got out a clipboard.
"Here," she said, placing the folder on her desk,
motioning Serena to pick it up and read it, "this
woman just got in this morning. She suffered a
stroke. Read the details carefully, and I'll get
to you later on."
Serena nodded, and without a word, she left Amy's
office and made her way to the 4th floor.
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Darien made his way back into his room and sat down
on his bed. He knew she was there when he was sitting
on the floor in despair. He could sense someone's
presence, and he knew it was her. But as soon as he
lifted his face from his hands, he heard footsteps
quickening, leaving him behind.
And so, she was gone.
With determination, he vowed to himself that he
needed to see again, so that he could find her,
to cup her face in his hands and look directly
into those eyes, that smile that could light up
his life. He thought back on the doctor's words.
Strong will and determination, and hope. He had
all that. Now what he needed was a miracle.
Kneeling by his bed, he lowered his head and
prayed. He prayed that he could see again. He
prayed that Serena still had feelings for him.
He prayed that she wouldn't leave his side.
A sound startled Darien and he got up almost
immediately.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to disturb you. My name
is Flora. I'll be your new nurse."
Darien almost fell to the floor at the sound of
an old nurse. Serena had left him.
"Where's my other nurse?" He asked rudely.
"Oh you mean Nurse Tsukino? She will be here until
Saturday, then on Monday she's to be transferred."
Flora replied patiently, not at all offended by his
cold tone.
"What? Which hospital?" He asked impatiently.
"I'm sorry Mr. Chiba, she asked that to be
confidential information. I cannot tell you anymore
that what I've told you already." answered Flora.
Darien slammed his fist on the mattress and cursed
quietly.
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A few days had past and it was Saturday already.
Serena had been awfully quiet but doing her duties
well, but Amy was worried sick of her friend. She
knew that Serena wanted to see Darien badly, but
was restraining herself. Serena walked into Amy's
office and interrupted her thoughts.
"Amy, is the transfer ready for Monday?" She asked.
Amy nodded and her eyes were filled with sadness.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Serena?" She
asked. "There's still time for you to cancel..."
"No." Serena interrupted. "I'm determined to be
a good nurse. Not a nurse who goes around flirting
with patients, like how the other gossiping nurses
have described my situation with Darien."
"Nonsense. You know those people have nothing
better to talk about. Deep down inside you know
they are only jealous."
"There's nothing more to be jealous about. I'll
be gone after today."
"I'll miss you Serena. It was fun working in the
same place as you, and seeing you everyday...but
Serena, I'm worried about you. You've been awfully
quiet..."
"That's because I want to focus on my duties.
Isn't that what everybody wants?"
Amy could only nod and sigh. Serena left the
room quietly and the clock hit 6pm. In another
2 hours she would be gone.
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Serena paced back and forth in front of Darien's
room. She could hear the nurse that was sent there,
Flora, was talking to Darien, filling him in on news
around the world. Serena could hear him say "uh huh"
every once in a while, and knew that he wasn't paying
attention, but nonetheless Flora kept on talking, and
flipping through newspapers.
Serena glanced at her watch. 7:38pm. In another
20 minutes or so she could go home, and look forward
to being in a new workplace where she could get her
mind off Darien and move on.
Her friends didn't know what was wrong with having a
relationship with Darien. Lita, her friend who was
a great chef and was always there for Serena about
guy problems, told her to go for it.
"If you have feelings for him and know that he has
feelings for you too, why are you leaving? Are you
out of your mind?" Lita had said.
Rei, the one who always yelled at her, looked at her
with sympathy but was also angry for her for rejecting
him.
"Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND, MEATBALL HEAD? Why are you
leaving? There's no reason to leave him! Just because
you're a nurse and he's your patient doesn't mean you
can't be involved with him!" Rei snapped.
Mina, the sensitive one, Goddess of Love (*giggles*),
stayed on the other girls' side.
"Normally I would be on your side, Serena. But this
time, I don't understand why you're leaving. It's
not like you guys are star-crossed lovers like Romeo
and Juliet *sigh*, and it's not like you guys are
destined to be apart. I mean, here you are, knowing
that he has strong feelings for you...and you're
leaving? I would NEVER give up a chance like that!
You know, he could be THE ONE!" She sighed.
Serena remembered herself waving her hand in
surrender and kept quiet. She appeared to be
stubborn, but deep down her heart was breaking
and hurting more and more.
Flora finally finished talking, and Serena heard
her say that she was going to get a pop down at
the cafeteria. As she walked out, Flora looked
at Serena and smiled.
"Final good bye, eh?" She said, and patted her
hand on her shoulder as Serena nodded with tears-
filled eyes.
"What do you want now Flora?" Darien sighed as
Serena walked in his room.
"Darien." She said simply.
"SERENA! OH GOD!" Darien stood up and rushed to her
side. "I've missed you so much..."
"I've come to say goodbye Darien." She sobbed.
"What? Are you really transferring? Why Serena?
Why?" He cried in agony.
"Because...it would be better that way." She
replied.
"For you maybe, but not for me." He lowered his
head, and wiped his tears.
"Please don't make this any harder than it already
is..." Serena pleaded.
"Why can't you just stay? Why can't things be
simple?" He shook his head.
"Why don't we make things simple? My life was a
lot simpler before I met you..." Tears filled her
eyes and poured out down her cheeks.
Darien gasped at the remark. "No, don't shut me
out. Don't walk out on me right now. Serena, I
need you. You're the reason why I want to see
again, and if you leave me right now, I would never
be able to see again..."
Serena placed her hand on his face and stroked it
with her thumb. "Sorry Darien." She glanced at her
watch. "My duties are over."
With that, she brushed her lips lightly on his,
savouring this last kiss, and left.
Darien dropped to the floor in despair, crying
into the soft bed sheets.
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TO BE CONTINUED