Hello again all you sailor moon fans- this is animefreak5483 again.

Here's my second attempt at a SM fic- I had so much fun writing my last short fic- that I thought I'd try another. This one changes a little of the story around- but I think it fits ok- but you be the judge, I guess :D

Anyway- I enjoy all comments- so don't be afraid to tell me what you think-
I don't own Sailor Moon- 'cause if I did, I'd be replaying the series over again and again on TV!
"I am Sailor moon and in the name of the moon, I will punish you!" The blonde said as she turned from a simple teenager to night warrior and champion of the moon. Tonight was like so many before- the dark kingdom could never let anyone get any sleep. "And I was having a good dream too!" Sailor moon growled at the enormous youma. Everyone was there- Mercury, Mars, Venus and Jupiter, Luna and even Artemis. The whole gang, but nothing seemed to be working on this monster. This certain monster, which resembled a large blob creature, just absorbed everything and spit it back out ten times amplified.

"It's too strong!" mars yelled.

"I can't find it's weak spot! Nothing is affecting it." Mercury cried.

"NO! That can't be! We can't lose! I'm Sailor Moon! I cannot allow you to win and trash me dreams!" Sailor moon yelled. But the youma didn't seem to listen or care for her speech. Instead it ran straight for her- as it was about to hit her with an attack that looked deadly a brilliant red rose embedded itself into the beast.

Sailor moon felt herself being swept up into safe arms. The strong arms belonged to none other than tuxedo mask.

He flew in the air towards the other girls.

"Tuxedo Mask." Sailor moon whispered dreamily- for he was the same image she saw in her dreams. He set her down on her own two feet.

"Dreams are special and intimate thins! How dare you deprive the world of such a treasure? I will not allow it!" He said in his mysterious voice. He leapt into the air and began to fight the monster, giving the sailor scouts a chance to regroup.

The monster seemed to become more powerful and more determined after tuxedo mask arrived. It forgot about the people it was trying to kill; it didn't even notice the sailor scouts as they attacked. It seemed to focus on nothing but attacking tuxedo mask.

"Look Out!' Sailor moon screamed as a blast went flying straight at her tuxedo-wearing hero. He, of course, agilely dodged it, rolling over near the scouts again.

"It's not safe here." He said as he grabbed sailor moon and jumped high in the air to avoid another attack.

"What did you do to it? It must really hate flowers- because it seems to want you dead." Sailor moon giggled as she held tighter to tuxedo mask's fame as they landed on a near by rooftop.

"No time for jokes, sailor moon- this guys is serious." Tuxedo mask replied as he jumped down and began to battle with the monster, hand to hand.

"You will not win prince of earth!" The youma growled at tuxedo mask.

"Neither will you!" Came his reply. He back flipped away and launched dozens of roses at the beast.

While the monster was preoccupied with the masked super hero, the scouts were trying to figure out a way to kill this monster.

"I think we maybe able to over power him, if we all attack at once." Sailor Mercury suggested. "We just need to get him to stay still long enough for us to coordinate an attack." She continued as Sailor moon returned to her friend's sides.

"Don't worry about that scouts- I'll take care of that." Tuxedo mask yelled over to them. He swiftly dealt with the beast- but even he wasn't going unhurt.

Somehow he was able to get behind the creature and held it still with all his strength. "NOW HIT HIM!" He yelled as he struggled with the monster.

"But what about you?" Sailor moon screamed- she definitely didn't like the thought of her beloved caped hunk injured.

"I'll be fine- now hurry!"

Suddenly the monster flipped TM on his stomach. He hit the ground and got the air knocked out of his lungs. The youma hit him with a power blast on his back-

"NO! Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor moon cried seeing him injured. Before the monster was able to continue its assault on tuxedo mask the girls attacked the monster with no mercy.

Tuxedo mask, with the rest of his strength rolled out of the line of fire and added a few of his roses to finish off the youma. The beast instantly exploded sending tuxedo mask flying with the force of the dark energy breaking up.

Tuxedo mask hit the side of the building and crashed to the ground.

Sailor moon was about to add her usual cocky remark, but when she heard a painful groan, she remembered tuxedo mask was injured.

"Tuxedo Mask!" She cried as she and the scouts went to see if he was ok. "Are you alright? Oh you poor thing." She said as she took him in her arms.

He slowly opened his eyes- feeling a warmth around him that he was not accustomed too.

"Sailor moon?" He asked as his vision cleared.

"I'm here. are you hurt? What can we do?" she asked him. She loved the feeling she got holding him close.

"Did we get him?" He asked still a little dazed.

"We sure did! Wow! That thing blew shy high!" Mars said triumphantly.

"I'm fine." He said standing. "No worries sailor moon. It'll take more than that to take me out of the game." He laughed. "I'll be fine. Well, you and your scouts have saved the day again." And with that he leapt out of sight.

"Sailor Moon?" The four scouts yelled at her.

"What?" She answered still in her dreamy state.

"You going to go home or stay and dream of tuxedo mask right here for the rest of the night?"

"Come on- gosh! You guys are so up tight."

Darien silently slipped back into his apartment. His whole body was throbbing in pain from that landing before the youma blew.

Luckily he found only a few scratches- which he easily treated. After soaking in a warm bath he found he just couldn't get back to sleep.

He just lay in his large bed. alone. It was at these times his mind and his heart wandered from the stoic and serious Darien he made himself is.

'Is this how it's always going to be?' his mind asked. 'In this large apartment. alone? Or would there ever be someone there with him.' he closed his eyes and groaned. Every moment of his life he was haunted by a mysterious figure- he never seemed to get a break. During the day a bubbly meatball head tormented him with her vast smile and warm heart; at night as Tuxedo mask, the lovely sailor moon come to his mind. And what seemed the worst of all was in his dreams. The beautiful silhouette of the mysterious princess plagued his soul with her pleading for hi to help her-

tonight, as in most nights, Darien sat in bed until exhaustion and pure mental fatigue took him to sleep.

The next day he went back t his usual self- Darien Shields- College student. After a long day at school, he decided to see what was new at the Arcade and with Andrew. Although everything seemed normal, Darien felt as though he was being watched all day. But after finding nothing around that could be causing the feeling, he shrugged it off as nerves or stress.

When he entered the Arcade the usual crowd of teenagers created a lively atmosphere. Darien made his way to his usual spot and Andrew brought him his black coffee.

"Darien what happened to you?" Andrew asked noticing a wrap around one of Darien's arms.

"Would you believe an abusive girl fried?" Darien smiled.

"No. You never date." Andrew replied.

"Well, I did last night, but I kind of wished I didn't." Darien lied.

"You went on a date? With who?"

"A girl from school- . Karen." he quickly made up. "Her ex saw us and decided that he wanted her back."

"So you were in a fight? Andrew smiled looking amused. "Did he break your arm?"

"More like I sprained it on him." Darien smiled liking his made up story.

"My little Darien went out on a date!" Andrew replied, pretending to baby Darien and get all emotional.

"Yes, so what's the big deal?" Darien asked. 'Well I sort of went on a date.' He thought to himself. 'I call saving sailor moon a date.' he justified his lie.

"Well I've given up on women for a while- I think staying a bachelor for life is safer."

"Ah come on Dar. Don't be that way- I'll set you up with some nice girl." Andrew offered.

As Darien and Andrew talked, not too far away several girls were listening in on the guys' conversations. Well, one girl was at least.

"Serena- listening in on other people's conversations is not polite." Amy whispered towards a snoopy Serena.

"Yeah- you know if you like the guy so much- why don't you just ask him out?" Mina suggested.

"What?" Serena almost screamed. "What makes you think I even like that jerk?"

"Well you are always talking about him, bumping into him, and tormenting the poor guy." Lita commented.

"Yeah, it's totally obvious you like Darien. So why try to deny it?" Raye added.

"Shut UP!" Serena cried as she got up and walked over to the counter near Andrew and Darien.

All he friends couldn't believe where she was going.

"Do you think she'll ask him?" Raye questioned.

"She'll chicken out like normal and make a complete idiot of herself." Mina sighed.

"Well what ever happens- it'll be a good show." Amy giggled.

A/N: Mvdiva (diva? Nope sorry Jody you are not a diva) I know- I suck at grammar- I'll have to watch closer next time- I just type to fast sometimes.. Sorry! But thanks for the comment- I think I will have to do some touch ups- Well so called diva- Ms. High and Mighty English Major who by the way knows grammar, but doesn't know what she wants to do with her life I will try to live up to your standards OH mighty Vanquisher of the Verb Tenses, the Queen of Quotations and the Czar of Commas.(Yes, I know I'm rambling now! But it's MY fic- "I do what I want.") But you'll see much worse if you are going to teach that junk to kiddies! I'm shocked- Jody you must have been bored to read some of my fics! The great almighty diva is reading Kate's fics- wait a sec- oh yes I believe the hell has frozen over!

Don't worry all of you in fan fic land- she's a friend, I like to pick on her ( And the only thing she has to get me with is my poor grammar skills. I've always sucked at grammer and spelling! It's a defective gene in my family- no one in my family can spell- except my mom. I blame my father! Anway forget the whole thing- Just continue on reading and forget about it.