Hello to my dear readers. I was free this evening and decided I would
write another installment of my story for you to enjoy. I had to think of
where I wanted to go from last chapter and after thinking I know and you
are about to read the results. I really appreciate everyone who has
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story. So long for now, and enjoy!
Chapter 10-Under the Moonlight
Serena really hated when the battles came right before bedtime. It was so hard trying to cover for yourself when your parents and sibling were trying to get ready for bed and have you do the same. Plus, it was dark and she could only leave her house in her pajama's that consisted of boxers and a tank top. It wasn't the warmest thing to be running at night in, almost as cold as her uniform.
After making sure her parents were in bed, Serena had crept out the window, climbed the tree down to the ground and began her run to the construction site. She had transformed moments after she began running for she had more speed and agility in this form, or so she thought.
The live feed didn't say much about the attack, only a local artist turned into a monster because they had a crystal. A crystal it appeared they had already lost to Zoycite. She was a little concerned, a local artist, did that mean Peggy? She poured on more speed and eventually found herself feet from the battle.
The scouts were all clutching injuries trying to avoid the wrath of the monster and trying to attack as well. Mercury and Mars looked up and smiled at the site of their leader. Both were trying to protect a brunette as well. She looked vaguely familiar to Serena but she cleared her head of the thought, there were more important things right now to do.
"Stop harming innocent school girls," she paused and muttered, "Like myself. And most definitely stop showing up at this time! I mean really do you understand what it feels like to wake up every morning with bruises and feeling exhausted? Nope, because I kill you before you can do that! And that's exactly what I plan to do now. Moon Tiara Magic!"
"Wow! She's ticked!"
"Mars, I don't think you should bug her right now even though she may have made a fatal error." Mercury replied in hushed tones.
"What? What did she do?"
"Sailor Moon! Stop your tiara from hitting them it's a human you have to heal them not kill them!"
Sailor Moon having heard Mercury shout out the horrifying news halted in her tracks. I could kill someone! "Tiara stop!" she cried with pure determination. Her every thought was dedicated to stopping the tiara. After moments passed a single red rose flew through the air and hit the tiara. Sailor Moon sighed in relief as the tiara fell to the ground.
"Tuxedo Mask, you came!" Sailor Moon cried as she walked over to pick up her tiara.
Darien had arrived just in time to hear the dreadful words, Sailor Moon had made a mistake that could cost a life. He had no clue what to do to correct the error but before he could stop and think, his subconscious as Tuxedo Mask took over. He threw a rose.
"Sailor Moon do your thing!" He couldn't find the words for what her attack was called. He flushed when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around with his cape swirling around him. "What?" he asked seeing no one there.
"I know you want the crystal in my hand right now Cape-boy. How about a little duel, you and me? For this crystal only, you up to the challenge Cape-boy?" a feminine voice about four feet ahead of him whispered so only he could hear.
"You're on Zoycite." He spoke gravely as he walked to wear he heard her voice last.
"Fine, let's go." She appeared before him and floated off to the thin steel supports of the new building. After landing she gave him a look of shear defiance.
Darien ran and jumped onto the rail with the ease of a bird flying through the air. "Let's get this over with. I want that crystal. And I want it now!" He took a running leap and extended his cane towards her. Zoycite disappeared and reappeared on the same side he had just left.
"You're gonna have to do better than that if you want this crystal!" She dropped the crystal as a rose pieced her hand. Darien swooped down and picked it up before looking at her with vengeance.
Zoycite was shocked to say the least. When had he become so powerful and determined? Something was different about him. She noticed he was expecting the crystal and she used it to her advantage.
"Zoy!" She hurled a large crystal towards him that he couldn't avoid if he wanted to.
Darien dropped the crystal and used his arm and cape to protect himself from the dangerous crystal. He was worried he knew he couldn't move out of the way in time. He stood motionless and waited for the impact to come. It never came.
(Previously at the battle)
Sailor Moon had been so relieved when Darien, Tuxedo Mask, stopped her tiara from killing the innocent victim of the Negaverse. She smiled, he was extremely reliable and dependent when she needed him, and Raye never had that.
"Excuse me, I know your all happy that you didn't kill them but don't you want to take care of it before it destroys us over here!" The tall brunette cried out.
Sailor Moon turned and looked at the monster, which had cornered the two wounded scouts and the girl. The girl, it was, what was her name, she racked her brain when she heard Luna's voice.
"Lita, you can take care of it yourself. Catch!" Sailor Moon watched as Lita caught a green pen similar to Raye and Ami's. The moment the pen touched her hand electricity shot out from around her. After the light had faded a new scout stood among the others.
"Why I ought to, Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" She called out as she flew a batch of lightening towards the monster. It doubled over in pain. "I believe its your turn now Sailor Moon!"
"Yeah, and do the right attack this time!" Sailor Mars added before being hit on the shoulder by Ami.
"Sure whatever! Moon Healing Activation!" Sailor Moon called out as the attack swept towards the monster. The monster raised its arms in defeat and cried as the healing energy overtook its body. It fell to the ground once the light had faded.
Serena gasped in shock as she looked at Peg's limp form. She could have killed her friend. She ran over to her body when she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. "What Mars?" she asked surprised to see the look of concern on her face.
"Go help him. We will take care of her until we get back and then we can talk about our new ally here." She patted Serena on her shoulder before Serena took off running to see if everything was all right.
She stopped in her tracks when she saw that Tuxedo Mask and Zoycite were dueling. It appeared he was losing to, no, he had just snatched the crystal away from her. Her eyes widened in shock! "Tuxedo Mask no! Moon Tiara Magic!"
She flung her tiara with out all the dramatic flair she normally used. She had to save him! For all the countless times he had risked his neck for her, he deserved the same of her. She watched as the crystal flew closed to him and as the tiara flew towards the crystal. In a flash of brilliant gold, the crystal shattered and the tiara fell to the ground.
"See you later Cape-boy! And thanks, for the crystal!" Zoycite laughed before disappearing into the starry night.
"Are you all right Tuxedo Mask?" Sailor Moon asked tentatively as she stepped closer to him.
Darien looked at the little girl who had just saved him. "Yes, thanks to you I am. Thank you Sailor Moon."
"It was nothing, you would have done the same for me." She replied.
"Good job tonight. I really thought you were gonna kill that innocent artist."
Serena thought she heard a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "I didn't mean too! I would never harm anyone intentionally, especially a friend of mine." She cried back in outrage.
"I know it's just, the results could have been catastrophic if I hadn't shown up. I mean really what would have happened if I hadn't shown up. One of these times I won't be able to come and save you. You have to toughen up, learn to fight for yourself." Darien hadn't meant to be harsh but once the words started flowing he just had to continue.
Serena was outraged, what had happened to the warm, caring, protective Tuxedo Mask she had fallen in love with? This new Tuxedo Mask was more like Darien and that thought frightened her to the bone. Could he possibly have discovered his identity? Did he know it was she? Tears began to pour down her face with the different possibilities flowing through her head.
"Sailor Moon, I don't mean to harm you or hurt you in anyway. Like you, I don't think I could ever harm a friend of mine. And a friend you are to me, more in fact." He had started out harshly but when he had finished his words were calm, like a whisper. He gently reached up and touched her face. He caught some of the tears in his gloved hand and they were warm through the light fabric.
What was making him act this way? First he is all cold and distant even though she saved his life and now he was caring and sweet once again. He certainly was a mystery that was for sure. But the tingling sensation he was causing to form on her face felt so wonderful she didn't care right now.
"Sailor Moon, would you mind if I," he paused and looked into her clear blue eyes, "If I." He bent down tilting his head towards her own. Serena was shocked and she blushed under his scrutinizing gaze.
Darien shook his head, what was coming over him. She was just so close and he had never found her more beautiful standing under the moonlight. Maybe it was the stress he was under from having learned his own secret, maybe it was the short skirt she wore, or maybe a combination of both but he liked the feeling, a lot.
"You were saying?" Sailor Moon asked hesitantly drawing him out of his reverie.
"I was saying. Would you mind if I kis," he stuttered, "Kissed you Sailor Moon." Serena looked up in shock at his words. He wanted to kiss her, well by all means she wouldn't object. She shook her head politely no and he smiled before placing a butterfly kiss on her lips.
As soon as his lips had touched her own he knew he had died by Zoycite's hand and gone to heaven. He slowly let his arms trail down her back to pull her closer to him. When he received no objection he kissed her again with a little more fire behind it.
Serena was in a state of bliss. He was kissing her and his lips tasted so sweet. She couldn't decipher if it was the taste of coffee or chocolate but she loved it just the same. When she felt his arms come around her, and cradle her, she felt as if nothing could harm them, not even the Negaverse.
She coiled her hands into his hair, played with it gently and wished that she could remove the mask and kiss Darien. Kissing him as Tuxedo Mask was anything but un-enjoyable but in all reality she loved Darien and not Tuxedo Mask and she wanted him to feel the same.
After a few moments of sweet loving kisses he pulled back and kissed her by her ear. "I also want you to have this." He pulled out the star locket from his pocket and smiled at the amazed look on her face.
"Where did you get this?" she asked in wonderment. He hadn't mentioned it earlier at Peggy's and now it seemed that he had had it all along.
"A friend told me a legend about something similar to this." Similar, yeah right, more like identical he thought. "I wanted you to have it, to hold on to it for me. That way when we meet again, we'll have something to share, under the moonlight on a beautiful night like tonight. Till we meet again Sailor Moon." He produced a rose with a flick of his wrist and offered it to her.
Serena's shaking hands took the rose and she smiled at him. She stood on her tipi toes and gave him a light kiss on his cheek. Even if he didn't love her as Darien, she could work on it. Until then, this would have to do and it wasn't such a bad thing.
"Well, I can't wait then." She smiled and watched as he leapt off the structure into the darkness of the city.
Till you read again, just kidding,
Frozen Fire
Chapter 10-Under the Moonlight
Serena really hated when the battles came right before bedtime. It was so hard trying to cover for yourself when your parents and sibling were trying to get ready for bed and have you do the same. Plus, it was dark and she could only leave her house in her pajama's that consisted of boxers and a tank top. It wasn't the warmest thing to be running at night in, almost as cold as her uniform.
After making sure her parents were in bed, Serena had crept out the window, climbed the tree down to the ground and began her run to the construction site. She had transformed moments after she began running for she had more speed and agility in this form, or so she thought.
The live feed didn't say much about the attack, only a local artist turned into a monster because they had a crystal. A crystal it appeared they had already lost to Zoycite. She was a little concerned, a local artist, did that mean Peggy? She poured on more speed and eventually found herself feet from the battle.
The scouts were all clutching injuries trying to avoid the wrath of the monster and trying to attack as well. Mercury and Mars looked up and smiled at the site of their leader. Both were trying to protect a brunette as well. She looked vaguely familiar to Serena but she cleared her head of the thought, there were more important things right now to do.
"Stop harming innocent school girls," she paused and muttered, "Like myself. And most definitely stop showing up at this time! I mean really do you understand what it feels like to wake up every morning with bruises and feeling exhausted? Nope, because I kill you before you can do that! And that's exactly what I plan to do now. Moon Tiara Magic!"
"Wow! She's ticked!"
"Mars, I don't think you should bug her right now even though she may have made a fatal error." Mercury replied in hushed tones.
"What? What did she do?"
"Sailor Moon! Stop your tiara from hitting them it's a human you have to heal them not kill them!"
Sailor Moon having heard Mercury shout out the horrifying news halted in her tracks. I could kill someone! "Tiara stop!" she cried with pure determination. Her every thought was dedicated to stopping the tiara. After moments passed a single red rose flew through the air and hit the tiara. Sailor Moon sighed in relief as the tiara fell to the ground.
"Tuxedo Mask, you came!" Sailor Moon cried as she walked over to pick up her tiara.
Darien had arrived just in time to hear the dreadful words, Sailor Moon had made a mistake that could cost a life. He had no clue what to do to correct the error but before he could stop and think, his subconscious as Tuxedo Mask took over. He threw a rose.
"Sailor Moon do your thing!" He couldn't find the words for what her attack was called. He flushed when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around with his cape swirling around him. "What?" he asked seeing no one there.
"I know you want the crystal in my hand right now Cape-boy. How about a little duel, you and me? For this crystal only, you up to the challenge Cape-boy?" a feminine voice about four feet ahead of him whispered so only he could hear.
"You're on Zoycite." He spoke gravely as he walked to wear he heard her voice last.
"Fine, let's go." She appeared before him and floated off to the thin steel supports of the new building. After landing she gave him a look of shear defiance.
Darien ran and jumped onto the rail with the ease of a bird flying through the air. "Let's get this over with. I want that crystal. And I want it now!" He took a running leap and extended his cane towards her. Zoycite disappeared and reappeared on the same side he had just left.
"You're gonna have to do better than that if you want this crystal!" She dropped the crystal as a rose pieced her hand. Darien swooped down and picked it up before looking at her with vengeance.
Zoycite was shocked to say the least. When had he become so powerful and determined? Something was different about him. She noticed he was expecting the crystal and she used it to her advantage.
"Zoy!" She hurled a large crystal towards him that he couldn't avoid if he wanted to.
Darien dropped the crystal and used his arm and cape to protect himself from the dangerous crystal. He was worried he knew he couldn't move out of the way in time. He stood motionless and waited for the impact to come. It never came.
(Previously at the battle)
Sailor Moon had been so relieved when Darien, Tuxedo Mask, stopped her tiara from killing the innocent victim of the Negaverse. She smiled, he was extremely reliable and dependent when she needed him, and Raye never had that.
"Excuse me, I know your all happy that you didn't kill them but don't you want to take care of it before it destroys us over here!" The tall brunette cried out.
Sailor Moon turned and looked at the monster, which had cornered the two wounded scouts and the girl. The girl, it was, what was her name, she racked her brain when she heard Luna's voice.
"Lita, you can take care of it yourself. Catch!" Sailor Moon watched as Lita caught a green pen similar to Raye and Ami's. The moment the pen touched her hand electricity shot out from around her. After the light had faded a new scout stood among the others.
"Why I ought to, Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" She called out as she flew a batch of lightening towards the monster. It doubled over in pain. "I believe its your turn now Sailor Moon!"
"Yeah, and do the right attack this time!" Sailor Mars added before being hit on the shoulder by Ami.
"Sure whatever! Moon Healing Activation!" Sailor Moon called out as the attack swept towards the monster. The monster raised its arms in defeat and cried as the healing energy overtook its body. It fell to the ground once the light had faded.
Serena gasped in shock as she looked at Peg's limp form. She could have killed her friend. She ran over to her body when she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. "What Mars?" she asked surprised to see the look of concern on her face.
"Go help him. We will take care of her until we get back and then we can talk about our new ally here." She patted Serena on her shoulder before Serena took off running to see if everything was all right.
She stopped in her tracks when she saw that Tuxedo Mask and Zoycite were dueling. It appeared he was losing to, no, he had just snatched the crystal away from her. Her eyes widened in shock! "Tuxedo Mask no! Moon Tiara Magic!"
She flung her tiara with out all the dramatic flair she normally used. She had to save him! For all the countless times he had risked his neck for her, he deserved the same of her. She watched as the crystal flew closed to him and as the tiara flew towards the crystal. In a flash of brilliant gold, the crystal shattered and the tiara fell to the ground.
"See you later Cape-boy! And thanks, for the crystal!" Zoycite laughed before disappearing into the starry night.
"Are you all right Tuxedo Mask?" Sailor Moon asked tentatively as she stepped closer to him.
Darien looked at the little girl who had just saved him. "Yes, thanks to you I am. Thank you Sailor Moon."
"It was nothing, you would have done the same for me." She replied.
"Good job tonight. I really thought you were gonna kill that innocent artist."
Serena thought she heard a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "I didn't mean too! I would never harm anyone intentionally, especially a friend of mine." She cried back in outrage.
"I know it's just, the results could have been catastrophic if I hadn't shown up. I mean really what would have happened if I hadn't shown up. One of these times I won't be able to come and save you. You have to toughen up, learn to fight for yourself." Darien hadn't meant to be harsh but once the words started flowing he just had to continue.
Serena was outraged, what had happened to the warm, caring, protective Tuxedo Mask she had fallen in love with? This new Tuxedo Mask was more like Darien and that thought frightened her to the bone. Could he possibly have discovered his identity? Did he know it was she? Tears began to pour down her face with the different possibilities flowing through her head.
"Sailor Moon, I don't mean to harm you or hurt you in anyway. Like you, I don't think I could ever harm a friend of mine. And a friend you are to me, more in fact." He had started out harshly but when he had finished his words were calm, like a whisper. He gently reached up and touched her face. He caught some of the tears in his gloved hand and they were warm through the light fabric.
What was making him act this way? First he is all cold and distant even though she saved his life and now he was caring and sweet once again. He certainly was a mystery that was for sure. But the tingling sensation he was causing to form on her face felt so wonderful she didn't care right now.
"Sailor Moon, would you mind if I," he paused and looked into her clear blue eyes, "If I." He bent down tilting his head towards her own. Serena was shocked and she blushed under his scrutinizing gaze.
Darien shook his head, what was coming over him. She was just so close and he had never found her more beautiful standing under the moonlight. Maybe it was the stress he was under from having learned his own secret, maybe it was the short skirt she wore, or maybe a combination of both but he liked the feeling, a lot.
"You were saying?" Sailor Moon asked hesitantly drawing him out of his reverie.
"I was saying. Would you mind if I kis," he stuttered, "Kissed you Sailor Moon." Serena looked up in shock at his words. He wanted to kiss her, well by all means she wouldn't object. She shook her head politely no and he smiled before placing a butterfly kiss on her lips.
As soon as his lips had touched her own he knew he had died by Zoycite's hand and gone to heaven. He slowly let his arms trail down her back to pull her closer to him. When he received no objection he kissed her again with a little more fire behind it.
Serena was in a state of bliss. He was kissing her and his lips tasted so sweet. She couldn't decipher if it was the taste of coffee or chocolate but she loved it just the same. When she felt his arms come around her, and cradle her, she felt as if nothing could harm them, not even the Negaverse.
She coiled her hands into his hair, played with it gently and wished that she could remove the mask and kiss Darien. Kissing him as Tuxedo Mask was anything but un-enjoyable but in all reality she loved Darien and not Tuxedo Mask and she wanted him to feel the same.
After a few moments of sweet loving kisses he pulled back and kissed her by her ear. "I also want you to have this." He pulled out the star locket from his pocket and smiled at the amazed look on her face.
"Where did you get this?" she asked in wonderment. He hadn't mentioned it earlier at Peggy's and now it seemed that he had had it all along.
"A friend told me a legend about something similar to this." Similar, yeah right, more like identical he thought. "I wanted you to have it, to hold on to it for me. That way when we meet again, we'll have something to share, under the moonlight on a beautiful night like tonight. Till we meet again Sailor Moon." He produced a rose with a flick of his wrist and offered it to her.
Serena's shaking hands took the rose and she smiled at him. She stood on her tipi toes and gave him a light kiss on his cheek. Even if he didn't love her as Darien, she could work on it. Until then, this would have to do and it wasn't such a bad thing.
"Well, I can't wait then." She smiled and watched as he leapt off the structure into the darkness of the city.
Till you read again, just kidding,
Frozen Fire