What All Need to Grow DOOM TREE SEASON 2 Chapter 3: A Knight to Remember, a sailor moon fanfic

Shinigami =

Thanks for the sweet review. M/N's date is very vague at this point, and Dare still doesn't remember Serena … much less getting engaged to her – but you never know. After all, I did bring him back from the Negaverse fast. But, then we'd have to get rid of the Moonlight Knight fast too. As for why MK hasn't appeared yet, he didn't appear until this episode. Don't worry about Mina and Lita – I always hated that part about them not getting bf's! Now that the enemy is unmasked (I know – bad pun in this series, but at least I didn't use it last season … LOL) As to the girl Jedite likes … I'm going to be a tease about it.

What All Need to Grow

Chapter Three

A Knight to Remember

It had been two weeks since the girls all regained their memories. After finally having his fill of a certain Mr. Yamada, Neflyte finally just had the youmas teaching the special accelerated class to give out the final test rather than wait for when all other students took it on a national level.

Predictably, Amy was the top score. Followed by two other filler students (youmas). Then came Molly, which shocked her but no one else. Next was Lita, who was speechless.

But next was a stunning announcement to all but Neflyte, Molly, and the youmas. Right after Lita was Serena, with a score of 97%!

Then was Raye, followed by Mina. Both of them had 96%.

That night, Lita, Serena, Amy was all standing at the train station in silence. Finally Serena broke the quiet. "I can't believe that middle school is over with. We only had that one last exam?"

"Yes. But Mr. Yamada was being very cruel trying to have you removed from our class based on past performance." Amy agreed.

Lita huffed at that. "Yeah, you may have been lazy and uninterested in Ms. Haruna's class. But that didn't mean that you hadn't turned around with us. Did you see the look on his face when Neflyte showed him your score?"

"Actually, I was still a little spaced out by it myself. I can't remember having one single 96 before. I just wish I could show it to Darien with him making some rude comment." Serena whimpered. Thinking about Darien still caused her so much pain.

Lita wrapped an arm around their hurting leader. "You'll get him back. Wait and see!"

"That would be a nice wish to come true for the holidays. I hope that there won't be any attack on Labor Thanksgiving Day, that is one day I would like to spend celebrating rather than fighting." Amy admitted.

Before they could continue, a man's screams from outside grabbed all of their attentions. A Cardian in the form of a lion was attacking a young man. It roared, and an energy wheel that appeared above it began to spin … draining the young man's energy. The lion didn't seem phased when the three girls rushed outside to help.

Suddenly Lita recognized the young man! "Ken!"

He seemed to know her as well. "Stay back, Lita! Careful!"

"Hey, what's happening, Ken?" Lita cried out with tears in her eyes.

The lion started to pounce on Lita, but Ken saw it and pushes Lita out of the way. "LITA, JUMP!"

"Ken, watch out!" But then Ken tripped and fell onto the walkway below them and is hurt badly.

"It's coming back!" Lita cried as she took a defensive position.

Amy and Serena arrived with all twelve of the girls' guardian youmas. "Oh no! Look!"

Seeing it was outnumbered, the lion disappeared into the wheel. A moment later it too vanished. The youmas vanished once Molly and the Generals teleported in to help.

Lita was beside Ken. She looked up and saw seven of her friends all staring down worriedly at the pair. "He's unconscious! Help him please!"

In moments the group was in action. Serena and Amy called for ambulance. Jedite was the General with the gift of healing. He scanned the young man before him. "His injuries won't wait for the ambulance. I'll have to do what I can to ease the damage, but I can only go so far."

Because he was still healing from Vampeel's attack (he hadn't told anyone just how injured he had been- several internal bruises, hemorrhages, broken bones, and a severe concussion), Jedite had to borrow energy from the others. Still, it had only gone so far.

Minutes later, the ambulance arrived. Ken was rushed to the hospital. Lita, Serena, and Amy stay with him on the way. The others teleport home to wait for Serena's call and so that Jedite could rest.

At the hospital, it was an orderly ciaos. Ken needed a transfusion, but the hospital was nearly out of his type. Luckily, Lita and Ken shared the same type. She volunteered her blood to help save him.

Amy and Serena stood beside the bed the nurses laid Lita on. It was still too soon to know how Ken would be. But the girls were more worried about their friend.

"Are you feeling all right, Lita?" Amy asked.

Serena chuckled. "I could sing for you, Lita, but I might make you feel worse."

"That's okay. You guys go on home and celebrate. After all it's not every day you graduate out of a school and have to wait around for that year's graduating class to catch up to ya! I'm sure your folks are going to want to party for this one, Serena. And your mom is going to be so proud of you Amy." Lita smiled.

Lita had no family outside of the Scouts. Her parents were killed in a hurricane while visiting some of their friends in Florida. But they had been wealthy, and Lita was fourteen when it happened. Her godparents saw no problem with her living on her own. And so she did, that was until the others became a part of her life.

Now with sleepovers, battles, meetings, and just hanging out, Lita rarely ever felt lonely. Besides now she had a guardian youma assigned by each General to guard her. It was like having four cool roommates.

Lita knew that dinner would be fixed and a good movie will have been rented for her by the time she got home. She also knew that at least one youma would remain at her side, and one would be waiting to pick them up in the car the Generals and Molly had given her as a surprise her (just as the others got – their youmas doing the driving until the girls got their licenses that is) the weekend after they all remembered destroying Beryl. Just thinking about that party still made Lita smile.

Amy smiled. "Well we already call our folks and told them about the scores and the attack. Everyone agreed to hold off celebrating until the weekend."

"Yeah. That way you and Jedite can recover, while the timing is better with most parents' work schedules." Serena added.

"Uh, Lita . . . so what's the story on you and Ken?" Amy asked curiously.

Lita smiled and looked over at the young man. "He's my best friend."

Serena was shocked "Your best . . ."

So was Amy who finished the sentence. ". . . friend?"

"Yeah. Since we were kids, Ken's always been there for me." Lita explained. "It's always been like that ever since we were kids. He's always been there for me, no matter what. Like with the monster. He was in danger himself, but he wanted to protect me from it."

"Ah, so from the sound of it, he feels the same way about you." Serena was still trying to read more into it than there was.

Amy admonished her. "Huh? Serena, please."

But Lita knew the truth. "I guess so. Yup."

Later that evening, Serena was in her room working hard on something. Luna walked in and was in shock with the sight. "Serena is still studying? A bit over the top seeing as the class is over with. The Sailor Scouts are having a meeting tomorrow."

When Serena didn't respond, Luna tried again. "Hey, are you listening to me?"

Finally she jumped up onto Serena's table to physically get the girl's attention. "Hello."

Serena was busy drawing away. If Serena hadn't already passed with so high a grade, Luna would have exploded. It was obvious what the girls was up to, so Luna quietly left the room. She decided to let Serena have some time, and give her the message during a break.

Serena hadn't even notice Luna. She was so focused on remembering her past … their past. Every image had to be as close as she could get herself to what happened before the Moon Kingdom fell.

"I've got to help Darien get his memory back." She thought to herself.

The next day the group was at the manor discussing the facts. Luna had seated herself next to Artemis. "It's clear that Alan and Ann are a dangerous force trying to steal life energy from people."

The white cat like being so close to her, but knew that right then wasn't the time to romance his Luna. "And that means we have to come up with a way to take them out."

"First we have to find out where their base of operations are." Jedite moaned out. He was still feeling bad from the night before.

"You my friend are going to do nothing but rest. And before you argue, who will the Princess agree with?" Neflyte gently said.

"That mysterious explosion a few weeks ago that was near Serena's house. Maybe it has some connection with the attacks on those people." Amy brought up.

Lita slammed her fist into the wall next to the fireplace. "Well, I don't care! They're gonna have to deal with me now!"

"Breaking you hand isn't going to help anyone, Lita." Zoicite rested a hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Hey, is Ken doing any better yet?" Amy asked.

Lita shook her head in frustration. "Poor guy hasn't even been able to get out of bed."

"Oh . . ." Amy gasped.

Jedite tried to sit up in a more comfortable position. His broken bones were still sensitive, and the bruises were not completely healed. "I'm sorry that I couldn't do more for him, Lita."

"Hey, you kept him from dying. And even I can see that you still need time to heal. Thanks." Lita smiled.

Luna looked over at the door for the umpteenth time. "Hey, I'm starting to worry about Serena. She's late."

"That's nothing new. Maybe she's looking for Darien." Mina smiled.

Neflyte shook his head. "No, she has been getting better about being on time for meetings."

"And she always calls now if she's going to be this late." Molly added. Turning around her youmas stepped forward, knowing that their mistress was in need of them. "Girls, I have enough protectors here. I want all of you to go find Serena, and make sure that she is safe."

"Yes Mistress." They said in unison.

Neflyte looked at his wife oddly. "Sweetheart, Serena has her own guardian youmas."

"Yes, but if she said so they would remain with her without checking in." Molly explained.

Just as Mina and Molly had predicted, Serena was looking for Darien and she had ordered her youma to stay near without checking in. She figured that she'd be scolded for being late, and told to just let him remember on his own. "Major bumsville! Oh, I'm so late, and there has been no sign of Darien! I run everywhere, and I'm always late anyway! I should just give up! Why bother? He'll never love me again … not if my search today has been a sign."

Serena then sees Molly's youmas in their human forms. "I know girls, I'm running late and haven't called in. Hey, who's that?"

Right ahead of her, Serena see Ann – talking to Darien! "Oh, that Ann. She never gives up, does she? Well, alien or not, Darien is still my guy!"

Before the youma could stop her, Serena marched up to the pair. Ann was 'trying' to sing "Home on the Range" – and that was stretching that definition to its breaking point. Darien was rubbing his head in frustration.

"Stop that! Noise Police! Citizen's arrest!" Serena shouted out as she got between the pair. The youma were thankful their lady saved their eardrums from further abuse.

"Hey, Meatball Head. Hey, glad to see ya." Darien smiled on her. Anything to get away from that Ann girl.

Serena however takes it the wrong way. "You are, Darien? Do you remember?"

"Hmm? I heard that some congratulations are in order. You are already done with middle school?" He flustered, trying to change the subject of the conversation.

Serena felt her heart drop and fly at the same time. He didn't remember them, but he did seem to still care enough to applaud her success. If he would only be there at the party that Saturday night. "Thanks. The guy who paid for the program, Maxfield Stanton, he would have just let us use school for gossiping and learning about things outside of the schedule. But that Mr. Yamada kept trying to pressure him to drop me from the class – so Mr. Stanton just had the teacher give us the final early. Now we're waiting for the graduating class to catch up with us. In fact he's hosting this big party for the class this Saturday night, at his company – Stanton International. I was looking for you all day to see if you would like to come."

She solidified her heart for the rejection she was sure would come. After all, it was obvious that he had only friendship feelings towards her. "I'd like that. Listen gotta go now, but I'll see ya on Saturday. Call me with all of the details … okay?"

Serena was stunned. Had he just said yes? "Okay. Bye Darien."

Ann, however, glares at her. "You think a sophisticated guy like Darien is interested in your dumb party? Get with the program, geek."

With that Ann rushed down the street after Darien. "Darien, wait! Darien, wait!"

"Oh Darien. Maybe she's right. Maybe it IS a stupid idea to invite you to the party. What if he never remembers? What if he falls for Ann? What will I do then?" Serena thought to herself. But before the youmas could approach, a red rose appeared before Serena's face. The first thing she thought popped out of her mouth. "Tuxedo Mask?"

Turning around, she see that it was only Alan, holding a large bouquet of rose like the one he had used to grab her attention. "Serena, how about a smile on that lovely face of yours? I've come with a message to cheer you up."

Serena was spooked, but so far it didn't feel like an attack. She mentally called to her and Molly's youma to stand back, but for them to be ready to fight in a moment's notice. "What kind of message, Alan?"

"You are to be congratulated, Serena, because, in the whole high school, you're the girl I want." He smiled as he tried to offer her his flowers. This was getting weird!

"Uh . . . really, Alan . . . I'm not in high school yet. I mean we don't know if we'll be in the same school or not and …" Serena stuttered in shock. The guy wanted to date her?!?! As if! She was happily engaged – thank you!

"That can be easily taken care of, my dear. Serena, my feelings reach beyond the orbit of your planet . . ." Alan spoke with a dramatic flare that was scary. Could he be serious? Oh boy, were the others gonna flip out about this!

Serena just wanted to transport out of there … and pronto. "Ah . . ."

". . . beyond the farthest stars, to the end of the Universe." He finished. If it weren't for her love for Darien, and her promise to be his wife, Serena might have fallen for Alan's charms.

Again he offers her the bouquet, but her drawings fell to the ground snapping her back into reality. "Oh, sorry about that."

Three of the youma take that moment to get their friend out of there. Monlou being the first to speak. "Hey Serena."

"We're glad we finally found you. The meeting was moved up to today, so we had better get going." Roghen explained as they helped Serena pick up her drawings.

Grateful for the intercession, Serena tucked the pictures away. "Uh . . . gotta go. Bye, Alan."

They rushed off to a place the other youma found where they could all teleport to the manor.

Alan on the other hand is not put off in the least. "Every time she runs away, it only heightens my determination. No problem, Serena. I'll win you over if it's the last thing I do."

Once at the mansion Serena and the youma ran inside. The others were peeved at their leader – but thankful that she was all right at the same time.

"Serena! Why didn't ya call if you knew you were gonna be late?" Molly berated the blonde first.

Sighing dramatically, Serena explained. "I was looking for Darien. When I finally found him, Ann was trying to woo him! Let me tell you all right now that Ann is not a singer! And then I asked him to come to the party Saturday …"

That got Mina's attention. "Way to go girl!"

"What did he say, meatball head?" Raye jumped in to.

"He said he'd like to come and for me to call and give him the details later! And stop calling me that, Raye!" Serena snapped.

Jedite chuckled. "You'll get him back yet Princess."

"That's not what Alan wants though." Serena shuttered at the memory.

Neflyte looked at her. "What do you mean? I thought you only saw Ann?"

"At first it was only Ann. After Darien left she smarted off about Darien wouldn't want to waste his time at our party, and then chased after him. Then Alan showed up with what looked like a dozen or so roses! He said how lucky I was since I was the only girl in high school he wants. I told him I'm not officially in high school yet, and that we might not go to the same schools at all. Then my pictures dropped, and the girls used that as a way to get in and pull me out of there."

Once Serena was through with her story, she fully expected the others to laugh at her. All she got was looks of concern. "Hey, it's not like Alan has any chance with me, you know. I'm a happily engaged woman … who fiancé doesn't even remember asking the question in the first place."

Serena started to break down. She wanted Darien back so badly. But she calmed down when Kyla appeared.

"There is another attack by the lion monster downtown."

Zoicite nodded and transformed instantly. "But where did it come from? And was it Alan and Ann who sent it here?"

"Doesn't matter. This time it is gonna pay." Lita snapped, punching her fist into her hand for added emphasis.

"That's right. This is a matter for the Sailor Scouts and High Guardian Generals. Let's move." Raye said.

As he transformed and started to go with the group, Neflyte stopped Jedite. "You know you are in no shape to fight yet."

"But, I can help!"

This time Serena walked over and added in her say. "We know that, but we want you well for the party. With all of the energy you used to save Ken, and your earlier injuries … Jedite another fight this soon will simply put you out of commission for even longer. Please stay here and rest."

Jedite groaned in frustration. He should be out there helping his friends. "One thing is certain. You are going to be the best of Queens, Princess."

Serena blushed hotly at that, while the others chuckled at the sight. Then the rest were gone.

Jedite hated being alone, but didn't know that he wasn't going to remain so for very much longer.

Brooke hated that she had been force to go out with Jimmy. He was arrogant, conceded, rude, self-absorbed, and thinks that at his word he could have anything. If it weren't for her oh so wicked stepmother, Cleva, Brooke would have been home drawing or writing about him.

The guy that had been in her dreams since before she lost her father. Her father had believed the dreams to be visions of a past love that might one day return to his daughter. But, stepmother often tore up the pictures, poems, and stories that Brooke created from her dreams. The only place safe for that sweet love she longed for was in her mind and heart.

Cleva insisted that Brooke go on this date. An even gave Jimmy something when she thought that Brooke hadn't been looking – they both winked and smiled. Something was very wrong, and she only wanted to go back home.

"Jimmy, I think that it's time you took me home." Brooke said flatly.

But Jimmy drove up a deserted driveway. "I still have one more thing to do for your step mom yet."

After a few minutes they stopped and Jimmy shut the car off. Brooke went for scared to on the verge of screaming in terror. "What do you mean?"

"She asked me to make sure you come home whored up properly. Time to lose that cherry little girl." Jimmy chuckled as he grabbed both of Brooke's wrists, shoving her against the door hard.

Brooke couldn't believed what was happening! She was on a deserted road, and about to be raped! "No! Please … someone help me!"

Suddenly, Jimmy was ripped off of her and two women tore Brooke from the car – or what she first thought were women. Looking at them, Brooke could have sworn they were monsters. But, before she could scream, she heard his voice … and she could tell that he was angry.

"You come near this place or this young lady and you will never be seen again! Am I understood?"

Jimmy gurgled as the blonde headed guy pinned him against a nearby tree by the throat. "Her momma will let me have her yet … and then she'll put the tramp to work on her back!"

The blonde pushed even harder on Jimmy's throat with his arm. Brooke knew that he would kill Jimmy, and she didn't want that on her hero's conscience. But, what could she do? She only knew him from her dreams … was he still the same … did he have that strange and wonderful name? It was worth a try at the least.

"Jedite …" The blonde guy turned to her with a look of hope in his eyes, obviously he was the man from her sweetest dreams. "… don't do it … please, you're better than him!"

There were tears in Jedite's eyes. "Brooke."

"Please, Jedite … for me."

He smiled gently for a moment, and then he turned back on Jimmy with hate glowing in his eyes. "Be grateful I love Brooke so much. It is for only my Brooke's sweet sake."

Jedite threw Jimmy against his car. "Leave, and never return!"

The girls moved to create a barrier between their enemy and Jedite. The General put a possessive arm around Brooke and urged her forward towards the house before shouting over his shoulder, "if you do anything to bring harm to my Brooke or her good name then you will receive a visit from myself, the other Generals, and the ladies before you. Consider this to be your only warning."

Brooke smiled up at Jedite with such devotion. She had never dared to hope, but her father had been right – Jedite was sent to her in her dreams until he could be at her side. "You have been in my dreams for so long now … I almost began to think you were only a dream, Jedite."

"And I thought that I had been alone in my isolation. But every now and again, I would dream of you. I would remember the past, and feel how badly I wanted to be with you again. Yet, if you don't want to …"

Brooke stopped him at the door, and felt a sudden pang the same moment he winced. "You're hurt! And it's old! Could one of you please open the door?"

The youma were shocked at who was asking them, but did as Brooke said. Then the young woman took their master into the living room and settled him onto the couch.

"Jedite, why did you help me when you were so hurt?"

He winced as he settled back onto the cushions. "You mean the world to me, Brooke. I couldn't …"

She silenced him by laying her fingers on his lips. "And you are my everything. I know that I don't remember everything we went through as memories, but I remember our past through my dreams. I love you, and I will fight to get back what that witch stole from us. Now let me help you heal."

Knowing that she would not take no for an answer, Jedite smiled and nodded. Unable to hold herself back, Brooke kissed his lips as she took hold of his face on his cheeks. He eagerly returned her kiss as he held her close. That was all Serenity needed to reunite a couple she knew was still very much as one as they had been in her lifetime.

Well, now you all know Jedite's girlfriend's name!!!!!! Now how badly do you want to know their past? Could there be more bells ringing in a wedding chapel? Also I brought in the Moonlight Knight. Review and ask me some questions people!!! The story has changed so much from my original vision that I'm not really sure where it will go from here! Is there any other problems you readers had with the original storyline? Tell me.