Chapter 10
Revelations
Luna stared open mouth at the news reporter talking about a foiled attempt to rob a bank. They said that Sailor Moon saved everyone.
But that was impossible. Serena was here the whole day. Something was wrong.......
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Darien was at work when he heard all the commotion out side. The window washers were hanging on by a mere thread of the cable. He looked out side, seeing the men hanging on for his life.
"Someone call for help!" He cried to his co-workers. But suddenly there was a girl swooping down and grabbing the man.
He frowned and looked at the cable. Some one sliced in on purpose! He realized.
"Sailor Moon! She saved him!" said on of his co-workers.
Sailor Moon? But that wasn't his Sailor Moon, he would have transformed. He told his boss the he was taking the rest of the day off and went to the docks where he saw her last. I have to get to the bottom of this.
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Serena, Caleb and her Lita were walking down the street when they saw the bogus Sailor Moon.
"How dare she take my identity? I am the only Sailor Moon!" Serna cried in outrage.
Lita tried to calm her seething friend. "We should call the others. Do you have your communicator?"
Serena took it out and called her friends. They came as soon as they could.
"Where did she go?" Raye asked breathing hard.
"The docks. We should go." Lita said and they moved away from the crowd of people.
"What about Caleb?" Serena asked.
"I'll take him to your parents' house. You go with them." Mina said and took Caleb from her and darted off.
They all went to the docks.
"I hate this place." Serena said and shivered.
There was a scream and all the scouts went to where it came from.
"Look, up there!" Raye said and pointed to the bogus Sailor Moon hanging from a rope."
They all transformed. Lightning sliced through the darkened sky and thunder rolled. "Great, a perfect setting for a trap." Mercury muttered.
"Look! There's Kunzite!" Serena said pointing to the top of a building.
"How do you know him?" Mars asked suspiciously.
"Uhhh......"
"Enough. He's the one behind all of this." Mercury hissed at the two.
Kunzite spotted them on the ground. "So you finally show up Scouts." He said in a cold evil voice. Serena shivered. He was so different from the Kunzite she knew back in America.
"What do you want?" Serena yelled up at him.
Kunzite laughed and shook his head. "Nothing from you. You're just bait for my real catch. He should be coming anytime now, but in the mean time, deal with this." He raised his hands and dark energy gathered.
Serena and her scouts were alert and readied themselves for a possible attack. Instead, they were surrounded by a black dome of dark energy.
"He's trapping us!" Mars cried.
"Not if I can help it. Jupiter supreme thunder.......crash!" She aimed an attack at the dome, but it absorbed it.
All the scouts gasped in shock.
"Mars fire.........ignite!" Mars called out her power, but the dome absorbed it also.
Oh no! Where was Mina? Where was Darien? Serena thought with dismay.
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Darien ran to the docks. Where was she? He felt her transform. Oh gods, if anything happened to her.......
He rounded a corner and stopped dead in his track. She was hanging from a rope high on a huge crane. They caught her! His heart clenched. He transformed and went to save her.
"Be careful Tux, someone got her up there." He scanned the dock and then quickly made his way to her. He jumped and sent a red rose sailing, cutting the cables. She began to fall, and he caught her in his arms. Something didn't feel right. She didn't set right in his arms.
He returned to the ground and gently turned her to him. "Sailor Moon? Every thing is alright now. You're going to be okay." He soothed her.
"I can't say the same thing for you." She rasped and Darien backed away from her, but it wasn't fast enough. Something cold and sharp stabbed his shoulder. He cried out.
"Why Sailor Moon?" He asked. She couldn't be Sailor Moon, she would never do this to him.
"Ah, poor gullible Tuxedo Mask." She taunted and shed her clothes. Zoicite stood on a big crate looking down on him.
"Where is the real Sailor Moon? What did you do with her?" He demanded, gritting his teeth against the pangs of his hurting shoulder.
"I want those crystals! Give them to me." She demanded, ignoring his question.
He threw a rose and Zoicite dodged it. Darien took the opportunity to escape and started running. He ran feeling Zoicite right behind him. He ducked in the shadows. Zoicite was in a rage, cutting bags and kicking the crates.
He started to run cautiously across the open dock.
"There you are! Think you could get away from me did you?" Zoicite appeared in front of him with a menacing sharp crystal in her hand. She charged after him and Darien caught her attack with his cane. His shoulder screamed at him.
"Hahahahah. You can't win." Darien managed to push her off of him. "Zoi!" She threw razor petals at him. He turned his face away from her. The rushing petals knocked off his mask.
"Venus crescent beam..........smash!" He heard a voice from the side.
Darien opened his eyes and saw Zoicite holding her wounded hand.
"Ahhhh, who did that?!" Zoicite demanded. Sailor Venus stood in the moonlight.
"Who are you?" Zoicite demanded, but she was already gone. Darien left also.
He ran around a dark corner, and readjusted his mask. His shoulder hurt like hell. Blood ran freely down his back.
"Did you get the crystals from Tuxedo Mask?" Darien heard a voice above him. He looked up to see another Negaverse general talking with Zoicite.
"No, another Sailor Scout showed up."
"Impossible, I have all the scouts in the black dome."
"But I saw her!" Zoicite protested and looked down. "Anyway, he should be showing up soon anyway. It looks like the Sailor Scouts are goners anyway. That black dome is really powerful."
Darien didn't want to hear anymore. He crept in the shadows, to where there were moans and whimpers. He peeked around the crate and saw that the Scouts were trapped in a small dome that was gradually shrinking. His heart tore when he saw Sailor Moon fighting to keep herself up.
"Where is your beloved Tuxedo Mask now scouts?" Zoicite taunted. "Oh, Tuxedo Mask, you better come and save your fan club before they're all squished. All you have to do is give me the Crystals and they'll be freed."
The Sailor Scouts moaned again and all of them began to lose their strength. He couldn't stand it anymore.
"Alright! I'll give them to you, just let them go!"
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Serena opened her eyes at Darien's voice. "No! Don't" She screamed to him. Please! No! She silently begged him.
He staggered forward with the crystals out in his hand.
"Venus crescent beam........smash!" Venus sent an attack towards Kunzite's hands. It sliced through his skin and he lost his control over the dark dome.
"See! I told you!" Zoicite said. Kunzite growled and was about to send an attack, but a voice halted him.
"Kunzite, Zoicite, come back now. Five against one aren't good odds." It rasped in a female voice.
"But Queen Beryl, we can defeat them." Kunzite protested.
"No come back."
"But..." Zoicite was cut off.
"You DARE question me?! I said come back NOW!"
"Yes your majesty." The mumbled and left.
Darien saw all the scouts run and hug Venus.
"About time you came Venus!" Mars grumbled.
"Sorry, but you're all alright."
"Where was Tuxedo Mask? I swore he was here." Serena said scanning the dock but he was no where in sight.
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Darien returned to his apartment.
"How could I be so stupid? Falling for that fake Sailor Moon. I almost got her and the scouts killed." He groaned and staggered over to his couch.
"Nice place you have Darien." Said a voice. He sharply looked up at his big screen to see Zoicite on the screen playing with her hair.
"What do you want? How did you find me?"
She laughed. "The Negaverse knows everything. Look, I tire of chasing you for the crystals. So I propose a duel. The winner takes all the crystals. That is, unless your scared." She mocked.
"I'm not scared of you or anyone from your world." He shot back.
"Good. Meet me at the Starlight Tower ay five. Oh and Darien, maybe you should have a doctor take a look at your shoulder. Must be painful." With that she left.
Starlight Tower at five. I'll be there.
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Serena stayed up all night wondering about Darien. She felt guilty. It was because of her that he almost gave up the crystals he had.
"Oh Darien, if you only knew. If you only knew everything, maybe I wouldn't be such a weakness for you." She whispered and got up from the couch. She had to tell him the truth. Tomorrow. She promised herself and went to her crying baby to feed him.
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She saw him the next day after school. He was kinda hunched over. She sneaked up to him.
"Hey there's a bee in your back." She said and slapped him hard on the back.
He grunted and turned to her. "Thanks meatball head. I hate bee's" He said dryly.
Serena fumed, forgetting why she sought him out in the first place. "Don't start! I get enough from you friend Raye, I don't need it from you." She said and stuck out her tongue.
"Okay, I'm sorry. Hey I gotta go. See you around Serena." He said and left her.
Darien didn't insult her back. Something was wrong. She tightened her fists and then looked down at her hand. Hey, this is blood! Must be bad. Where was he going in this kinda condition? Her interests were piped. I better follow him, who knows what can happen to him.
She stayed a safe difference behind him. He went every which way. Then he stopped in an alley and looked around the corner. She went up behind him, and went to touch him, but he must have sensed her because he spun around, prepared to use a karate chop or something on her.
She squealed and jumped out of the way. Darien realized who she was and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are you following me?" He demanded. Ohhh, see if she would EVER check on him again.
"Cool you jets, I just wanted to see if you were alright."
"What do you mean?"
She held up her bloody hand. "Because you're bleeding." Her heart still lurched at the sight of his blood on her hand.
"Why do you care anyways?" He asked eyeing her.
Because I love you, you jerk that's why! She screamed silently to herself. "Because you Raye's friend." Uh, she wanted to tell him the truth damn it, but he was acting so, so.......DARIEN like.
"I appreciate you concern, but I don't need your help. Just leave me alone." He stormed off.
Serena stared at his retreating figure with her mouth open. "Hey! I got a C+ in first aide! I can tell!" She called after him. Ohhhhh, I'm going to see what he's up to. She stalked after him, more determined than ever.
He stopped once again in front of the Starlight tower. A red haze settled over them. She gasped and he turned around.
"Serena! Get out of here!" He yelled at her.
But she couldn't. She was rooted to the spot. "I wish I could." She whimpered and they were transported to the Starlight Tower.
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~ "Oh Serena. Why didn't you listen to me?" He asked her softly when she lost consciousness. They arrived on one of the floors of the tower. He crouched over Serena, prepared to defend her is he needed.
"So nice to see you again." Zoicite purred evilly.
"No matter what, you let the girl go." He told her. She simply laughed.
"Don't worry we have no interest in her. Here are my crystals." She walked to the center of the empty room and placed her crystals down. "Now your turn."
Darien hesitated, and then took the two crystals he had and walked to the center, and placed them with the others. He began to back away. The other negaverse general appeared and took the vulnerable crystals. "You double crossed me!" He said in outrage.
"Some one needs to hold on to the crystals." The new general said.
"Are you backing out on me?" Darien demanded.
"No way. The duel will resume. I've been looking forward to this for a long time." Zoicite said with hatred burning in her eyes.
Darien threw a rose at the other general, but he phased out and the rose cut Zoicite's face.
"You'll pay for that. I'll meet you at the roof. I hope you and you're friend are good runners." She taunted.
The room started getting cold and razor-sharp icicles started to drop. Serena wailed like a possessed banshee.
"The elevator!" He called out to her. She reached it before he did and started pushing the button.
"Aren't we suppose to use the stairs in case of an emergency?"
"What stairs? Hurry!" He pushed her in as soon as the doors opened.
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Serena sighed in relief when the elevator began to move.
"Don't worry Serena. I won't let anything happen to you." Darien promised leaning on the glass wall of the elevator.
Oh, Darien. I wish I had the nerve to tell you everything.
"Darien, why are you after the rainbow crystals?" She blurted. He was a bit taken off guard.
He sighed. "I want to know who I am." A shadow of sadness fell over them. "I was orphaned in a terrible car accident when I was six. The doctors said that I hate acute amnesia. I would never get any of my memories back. So I lived at the orphanage until I could get a job. It never bothered me, until I kept having this dream. There's this princess that keeps begging me to get something called the imperium silver crystal. I think she could tell me who I am." Serena felt a stir of jealousy. It always came to the princess. She thought bitterly. Who was I to think I could compete with a bloody PRINCESS? But still, she couldn't put all the blame on this mysterious girl. Darien had been through a lot and she had never been there to comfort him. Well, he WAS a rather secretive man, but this princess seemed to comfort him from all the hurts he had to endure. And what did she do? Hurt him more. Why did he want to be with Sailor Moon when all she offered him was heart ach? How could he forgive her so readily? "Anyway, thanks for listening meatball head" His voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Don't start. Remember you said you wouldn't call me that anymore. Remember that? You do remember?" She had to jump to defenses.
"I remember." He said a little slyly.
"Well, I glad you told me. It must be hard not knowing who you are." She said with a smile.
"I get clues." He murmured softly and looked away. Serena smiled at his profile. He looked so much like Tuxedo Mask. Her heart pitter pattered and she looked down. She had to tell him, but how?
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Mina and the other scouts ran to the Starlight Tower. When they got there, they saw that the whole tower was covered in ugly greenish-brown plant tentacle like branches.
"Is there anyway to get in?" Venus asked. When Serena didn't show up for the meeting, they all got worried. So they sent Caleb to Serena's parents and Mina told them that she and Artemis felt strange vibes coming from the Starlight Tower. So she and the other scouts went to check it out.
"Mercury, can you do a scan?" Jupiter asked.
Mercury touched her earring and her visor dropped. She did a quick check. "It looks like all the entrances are closed off. Wait." She frowned. "There's something moving. Hey, Serena's trapped in an elevator and Darien's with her."
Ut-oh. Mina thought. Perfect Serena. Why did you choose now to tell him?
Jupiter aimed an attack at the doors and they blasted open. "Nothing like the direct approach." She smirked and the scouts all ran in to the building.
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Okay, now a good time as any. Serena told herself, trying to work up her courage.
"Uh, Darien....." Was the elevator getting hot or was it just her. She glanced up in the open shaft. "Oh No! Look! Fire!" She cried.
Darien glanced up and she heard him curse Zoicite. They were going to die. Sailor Moon could get us out of this. But then Darien would find out who I really am. Do I want him to find out this way? Serena bit her lip, contemplating her dilemma.
The spiral of fire was getting closer and closer. There's no other choice. O damn, I should have told him when I had the time!
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"Oh! You're going down Zoicite! Moon Prism Power!" Darien watched dumfounded as Serena was enveloped in bright lights and ribbons sprouted out from her broach.
No! It can't be! He saw her clothes disappeared and her naked body was wrapped in pink ribbons. His eyes widened, that body, he knew so well, that harbored his son. The person one who ever penetrated his defense walls and allowed him to love was the same person who hated him? No! How can that be? How can Serena and Sailor Moon be the same person?
Get over It Darien. You knew truth deep down. You wanted Serena and Sailor Moon to be the same person as soon when you met then both. You wanted it even more when you started having feelings for the meatball head, but still loved Sailor Moon His inner conscious was getting on his nerves.
She finished her transformation and then knocked him down with her own body. The fire reached the floor, but Sailor Moon let out a glow and they weren't even touched by it. The elevator came to a halt. She picked her self up off of him, and looked down at him.
How come he didn't notice in the first place how much alike their eyes were?
"Are you alright?" She asked. His mouth seemed to be broken, so all he did was nod.
She pulled him to his feet and then they leapt from the billowing smoke and confronted Zoicite whom seemed to be talking to herself.
"Hold it! It takes more than a measly fireball to get rid of Sailor Moon. You should know that after all this time." Serena said and did her little pose thing.
Zoicite whirled around, her eyes wide. But she quickly recovered and then laughed. "How ironic. It isn't you I want, but your friend Tuxedo Mask." Serena should have played dumb. She should have kept her mouth shut at that point, she knew. But something clicked inside of her, he was too weak to fight, and a part of her wanted to reveal everything at this moment to him. Great, Serena.......just great.
She widened her arms and placed her self in front of Darien. "Well you can't have him." She said.
Darien felt like he had been punched in the stomach. She knew?! All this time she knew his real identity? Why didn't she tell him? She didn't trust him enough? Was that it? Or maybe.......maybe she didn't care for him enough. He told her many times how much he loved her, but she never said the words back to him. He trusted her with his fragile heart many times, but somehow she always broke it, but he always mended it too. The only person who ever truly understood him was the princess in his dreams. She was always there to comfort him ever since he was a little boy. He thought that if he ever fell in love, it would be with the princess when ever he found her. But then he met Sailor Moon, and Serena, and now THIS was happening. Why did he do this to himself? He didn't know what to feel anymore. He was angry for sure, and hurt, but most of all he was.......disappointed.
"Move out of the way." He growled and yanked her back. He gave in to his transformation. "Let's get this over with Zoicite. This duel better be fair. No games."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." She said. But there something was in her voice. He heard it. A whizzing sound echoed behind him and he turned around.
"Look out!" Serena cried, but it was too late. A sharp crystal zoomed by her and stabbed him in his wounded shoulder. "NO!" She screamed and ran to the falling figure. She caught him. He looked so pale. Teas burned her eyes, and ran freely down her cheeks. There seemed to be a gaping hole right in the middle of her heart. "Tuxedo Mask?" She whispered her whole body shook with fear.
Darien groaned, but opened his eyes to her sweet voice. Who was he kidding? He would go through a million heart aches to be with her. "It's up to you now to get the crystals. And I want you to know that I've always forgiven you. Even now....Serena."
Serena's throat clenched trying to hold back he sobs. "I was going to tell you the truth today. Please," She begged, "Don't leave me! I need you. Darien! Don't go, you can't. Stay with me! I love you." She said the last part in his hair.
Darien felt the pull of darkness, but he heard her last words. He smiled deep in his self. I love you too........
Serena felt him go limp. "NO!" She sobbed.
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The scouts had just rounded the corner after taking a gajillion stairs, just in time to see Darien fall and Serena catch him.
"That's Darien." Venus whispered, feeling Sailor Moon's pain like it was her own.
"Yeah, but I think we're too late." Mars said looking at the pair. It had always been Serena and Darien. She thought with no trace of bitterness. They always belonged together, even she could see that.
"I was going to tell you the truth today. Please, don't leave me! I need you. Darien! Don't go, you can't. Stay with me! I love you."
The scouts held back tears of their own. Serena's tears looked like shimmering stars, and they grew brighter and brighter.
"What's happening?" Jupiter asked when one of Serena's tears floated up above Serena's head and began to glow. Everyone watched in shock at the rainbow crystals started falling from above. Each one began to turn into little wisps of color and enter Serena's tear drop.
"The crystals are becoming one!" Luna exclaimed. Then all of the crystals had entered it, and the tear drop turned in to one crystal. "The Imperium Silver Crystal!" Luna breathed and stared in wonder at the new crystal.
"What happens now?" Artemis asked.
"Don't know. Maybe the Princess will be revealed."
The Crescent Moon Wand was taken out of the sub space pocket and the imperium silver crystal was placed in the little holder on the wand. They watched as Serena stood up from her place by Tuxedo Mask's side and stare blankly at it. There seemed to be no kind of emotion in her eyes.
"It's Sailor Moon!" Mina exclaimed when she saw the crescent moon flare on her forehead.
Mercury couldn't believe her eyes. "She's the Moon Princess!"
Mars smiled deep inside. Some how, she always knew Serena was more that she let on, even if she didn't know it herself.
Jupiter was just dumbfounded.
Serena was lifted off the ground and twirled around in one spot, still in her trance. Suddenly, a white dress sprung out from her scout outfit and she was dressed in her royal garb.
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Serena felt like she was falling in to darkness. She was in her body, but her mind was else where.
"Serenity." Called a voice. She turned to it.
"Who's there?" She called.
The voice laughed with a tinkling giggle. "Serena, come to me."
Serena went, not knowing why she was trusting the voice. But it felt safe and familiar.
She floated to a bright light. Am I dead? She asked herself. The light soon molded into a girl.
Serena gasped, looking at herself dressed in white with a crescent moon on her head.
"Princess?" She asked cautiously. The princess smiled.
"I was about time you and Endymion found me. I was waiting ages to be free." She said with a soft smile.
"Who's Endymion?" Serena asked the princess.
"Why, he is our love. Our heart, our life." She said with a dreamy sigh.
Serena just stared at the princess. "He is the father or our child." The princess said and Serena felt realization dawn on her.
"Darien?" She whispered. The princess smiled.
"Who else? Serenity, we need to get back. The world is counting on us. We have a lot of miseries to go through."
"Will Darien be okay?" Serena whispered. The princess's eyes softened with pity for her future self.
"I don't know." She whispered and ran and hugged Serena.
Serena felt her princess self entwine with her soul. She opened her eyes and saw that the scouts and Zoicite were looking at her like she grew a second head.
Serena looked down at her self and gasped when everything suddenly hit her dizzy mind.
SHE WAS THE MOON PRINCESS! Oh dear lords......and all this time, she had hated......herself.
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AN: I hope ya'll liked this chapter, and I hope the wait didn't end in disappointment......next chapter will up soon.......
Luna stared open mouth at the news reporter talking about a foiled attempt to rob a bank. They said that Sailor Moon saved everyone.
But that was impossible. Serena was here the whole day. Something was wrong.......
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Darien was at work when he heard all the commotion out side. The window washers were hanging on by a mere thread of the cable. He looked out side, seeing the men hanging on for his life.
"Someone call for help!" He cried to his co-workers. But suddenly there was a girl swooping down and grabbing the man.
He frowned and looked at the cable. Some one sliced in on purpose! He realized.
"Sailor Moon! She saved him!" said on of his co-workers.
Sailor Moon? But that wasn't his Sailor Moon, he would have transformed. He told his boss the he was taking the rest of the day off and went to the docks where he saw her last. I have to get to the bottom of this.
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Serena, Caleb and her Lita were walking down the street when they saw the bogus Sailor Moon.
"How dare she take my identity? I am the only Sailor Moon!" Serna cried in outrage.
Lita tried to calm her seething friend. "We should call the others. Do you have your communicator?"
Serena took it out and called her friends. They came as soon as they could.
"Where did she go?" Raye asked breathing hard.
"The docks. We should go." Lita said and they moved away from the crowd of people.
"What about Caleb?" Serena asked.
"I'll take him to your parents' house. You go with them." Mina said and took Caleb from her and darted off.
They all went to the docks.
"I hate this place." Serena said and shivered.
There was a scream and all the scouts went to where it came from.
"Look, up there!" Raye said and pointed to the bogus Sailor Moon hanging from a rope."
They all transformed. Lightning sliced through the darkened sky and thunder rolled. "Great, a perfect setting for a trap." Mercury muttered.
"Look! There's Kunzite!" Serena said pointing to the top of a building.
"How do you know him?" Mars asked suspiciously.
"Uhhh......"
"Enough. He's the one behind all of this." Mercury hissed at the two.
Kunzite spotted them on the ground. "So you finally show up Scouts." He said in a cold evil voice. Serena shivered. He was so different from the Kunzite she knew back in America.
"What do you want?" Serena yelled up at him.
Kunzite laughed and shook his head. "Nothing from you. You're just bait for my real catch. He should be coming anytime now, but in the mean time, deal with this." He raised his hands and dark energy gathered.
Serena and her scouts were alert and readied themselves for a possible attack. Instead, they were surrounded by a black dome of dark energy.
"He's trapping us!" Mars cried.
"Not if I can help it. Jupiter supreme thunder.......crash!" She aimed an attack at the dome, but it absorbed it.
All the scouts gasped in shock.
"Mars fire.........ignite!" Mars called out her power, but the dome absorbed it also.
Oh no! Where was Mina? Where was Darien? Serena thought with dismay.
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Darien ran to the docks. Where was she? He felt her transform. Oh gods, if anything happened to her.......
He rounded a corner and stopped dead in his track. She was hanging from a rope high on a huge crane. They caught her! His heart clenched. He transformed and went to save her.
"Be careful Tux, someone got her up there." He scanned the dock and then quickly made his way to her. He jumped and sent a red rose sailing, cutting the cables. She began to fall, and he caught her in his arms. Something didn't feel right. She didn't set right in his arms.
He returned to the ground and gently turned her to him. "Sailor Moon? Every thing is alright now. You're going to be okay." He soothed her.
"I can't say the same thing for you." She rasped and Darien backed away from her, but it wasn't fast enough. Something cold and sharp stabbed his shoulder. He cried out.
"Why Sailor Moon?" He asked. She couldn't be Sailor Moon, she would never do this to him.
"Ah, poor gullible Tuxedo Mask." She taunted and shed her clothes. Zoicite stood on a big crate looking down on him.
"Where is the real Sailor Moon? What did you do with her?" He demanded, gritting his teeth against the pangs of his hurting shoulder.
"I want those crystals! Give them to me." She demanded, ignoring his question.
He threw a rose and Zoicite dodged it. Darien took the opportunity to escape and started running. He ran feeling Zoicite right behind him. He ducked in the shadows. Zoicite was in a rage, cutting bags and kicking the crates.
He started to run cautiously across the open dock.
"There you are! Think you could get away from me did you?" Zoicite appeared in front of him with a menacing sharp crystal in her hand. She charged after him and Darien caught her attack with his cane. His shoulder screamed at him.
"Hahahahah. You can't win." Darien managed to push her off of him. "Zoi!" She threw razor petals at him. He turned his face away from her. The rushing petals knocked off his mask.
"Venus crescent beam..........smash!" He heard a voice from the side.
Darien opened his eyes and saw Zoicite holding her wounded hand.
"Ahhhh, who did that?!" Zoicite demanded. Sailor Venus stood in the moonlight.
"Who are you?" Zoicite demanded, but she was already gone. Darien left also.
He ran around a dark corner, and readjusted his mask. His shoulder hurt like hell. Blood ran freely down his back.
"Did you get the crystals from Tuxedo Mask?" Darien heard a voice above him. He looked up to see another Negaverse general talking with Zoicite.
"No, another Sailor Scout showed up."
"Impossible, I have all the scouts in the black dome."
"But I saw her!" Zoicite protested and looked down. "Anyway, he should be showing up soon anyway. It looks like the Sailor Scouts are goners anyway. That black dome is really powerful."
Darien didn't want to hear anymore. He crept in the shadows, to where there were moans and whimpers. He peeked around the crate and saw that the Scouts were trapped in a small dome that was gradually shrinking. His heart tore when he saw Sailor Moon fighting to keep herself up.
"Where is your beloved Tuxedo Mask now scouts?" Zoicite taunted. "Oh, Tuxedo Mask, you better come and save your fan club before they're all squished. All you have to do is give me the Crystals and they'll be freed."
The Sailor Scouts moaned again and all of them began to lose their strength. He couldn't stand it anymore.
"Alright! I'll give them to you, just let them go!"
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Serena opened her eyes at Darien's voice. "No! Don't" She screamed to him. Please! No! She silently begged him.
He staggered forward with the crystals out in his hand.
"Venus crescent beam........smash!" Venus sent an attack towards Kunzite's hands. It sliced through his skin and he lost his control over the dark dome.
"See! I told you!" Zoicite said. Kunzite growled and was about to send an attack, but a voice halted him.
"Kunzite, Zoicite, come back now. Five against one aren't good odds." It rasped in a female voice.
"But Queen Beryl, we can defeat them." Kunzite protested.
"No come back."
"But..." Zoicite was cut off.
"You DARE question me?! I said come back NOW!"
"Yes your majesty." The mumbled and left.
Darien saw all the scouts run and hug Venus.
"About time you came Venus!" Mars grumbled.
"Sorry, but you're all alright."
"Where was Tuxedo Mask? I swore he was here." Serena said scanning the dock but he was no where in sight.
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Darien returned to his apartment.
"How could I be so stupid? Falling for that fake Sailor Moon. I almost got her and the scouts killed." He groaned and staggered over to his couch.
"Nice place you have Darien." Said a voice. He sharply looked up at his big screen to see Zoicite on the screen playing with her hair.
"What do you want? How did you find me?"
She laughed. "The Negaverse knows everything. Look, I tire of chasing you for the crystals. So I propose a duel. The winner takes all the crystals. That is, unless your scared." She mocked.
"I'm not scared of you or anyone from your world." He shot back.
"Good. Meet me at the Starlight Tower ay five. Oh and Darien, maybe you should have a doctor take a look at your shoulder. Must be painful." With that she left.
Starlight Tower at five. I'll be there.
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Serena stayed up all night wondering about Darien. She felt guilty. It was because of her that he almost gave up the crystals he had.
"Oh Darien, if you only knew. If you only knew everything, maybe I wouldn't be such a weakness for you." She whispered and got up from the couch. She had to tell him the truth. Tomorrow. She promised herself and went to her crying baby to feed him.
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She saw him the next day after school. He was kinda hunched over. She sneaked up to him.
"Hey there's a bee in your back." She said and slapped him hard on the back.
He grunted and turned to her. "Thanks meatball head. I hate bee's" He said dryly.
Serena fumed, forgetting why she sought him out in the first place. "Don't start! I get enough from you friend Raye, I don't need it from you." She said and stuck out her tongue.
"Okay, I'm sorry. Hey I gotta go. See you around Serena." He said and left her.
Darien didn't insult her back. Something was wrong. She tightened her fists and then looked down at her hand. Hey, this is blood! Must be bad. Where was he going in this kinda condition? Her interests were piped. I better follow him, who knows what can happen to him.
She stayed a safe difference behind him. He went every which way. Then he stopped in an alley and looked around the corner. She went up behind him, and went to touch him, but he must have sensed her because he spun around, prepared to use a karate chop or something on her.
She squealed and jumped out of the way. Darien realized who she was and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are you following me?" He demanded. Ohhh, see if she would EVER check on him again.
"Cool you jets, I just wanted to see if you were alright."
"What do you mean?"
She held up her bloody hand. "Because you're bleeding." Her heart still lurched at the sight of his blood on her hand.
"Why do you care anyways?" He asked eyeing her.
Because I love you, you jerk that's why! She screamed silently to herself. "Because you Raye's friend." Uh, she wanted to tell him the truth damn it, but he was acting so, so.......DARIEN like.
"I appreciate you concern, but I don't need your help. Just leave me alone." He stormed off.
Serena stared at his retreating figure with her mouth open. "Hey! I got a C+ in first aide! I can tell!" She called after him. Ohhhhh, I'm going to see what he's up to. She stalked after him, more determined than ever.
He stopped once again in front of the Starlight tower. A red haze settled over them. She gasped and he turned around.
"Serena! Get out of here!" He yelled at her.
But she couldn't. She was rooted to the spot. "I wish I could." She whimpered and they were transported to the Starlight Tower.
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~ "Oh Serena. Why didn't you listen to me?" He asked her softly when she lost consciousness. They arrived on one of the floors of the tower. He crouched over Serena, prepared to defend her is he needed.
"So nice to see you again." Zoicite purred evilly.
"No matter what, you let the girl go." He told her. She simply laughed.
"Don't worry we have no interest in her. Here are my crystals." She walked to the center of the empty room and placed her crystals down. "Now your turn."
Darien hesitated, and then took the two crystals he had and walked to the center, and placed them with the others. He began to back away. The other negaverse general appeared and took the vulnerable crystals. "You double crossed me!" He said in outrage.
"Some one needs to hold on to the crystals." The new general said.
"Are you backing out on me?" Darien demanded.
"No way. The duel will resume. I've been looking forward to this for a long time." Zoicite said with hatred burning in her eyes.
Darien threw a rose at the other general, but he phased out and the rose cut Zoicite's face.
"You'll pay for that. I'll meet you at the roof. I hope you and you're friend are good runners." She taunted.
The room started getting cold and razor-sharp icicles started to drop. Serena wailed like a possessed banshee.
"The elevator!" He called out to her. She reached it before he did and started pushing the button.
"Aren't we suppose to use the stairs in case of an emergency?"
"What stairs? Hurry!" He pushed her in as soon as the doors opened.
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Serena sighed in relief when the elevator began to move.
"Don't worry Serena. I won't let anything happen to you." Darien promised leaning on the glass wall of the elevator.
Oh, Darien. I wish I had the nerve to tell you everything.
"Darien, why are you after the rainbow crystals?" She blurted. He was a bit taken off guard.
He sighed. "I want to know who I am." A shadow of sadness fell over them. "I was orphaned in a terrible car accident when I was six. The doctors said that I hate acute amnesia. I would never get any of my memories back. So I lived at the orphanage until I could get a job. It never bothered me, until I kept having this dream. There's this princess that keeps begging me to get something called the imperium silver crystal. I think she could tell me who I am." Serena felt a stir of jealousy. It always came to the princess. She thought bitterly. Who was I to think I could compete with a bloody PRINCESS? But still, she couldn't put all the blame on this mysterious girl. Darien had been through a lot and she had never been there to comfort him. Well, he WAS a rather secretive man, but this princess seemed to comfort him from all the hurts he had to endure. And what did she do? Hurt him more. Why did he want to be with Sailor Moon when all she offered him was heart ach? How could he forgive her so readily? "Anyway, thanks for listening meatball head" His voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Don't start. Remember you said you wouldn't call me that anymore. Remember that? You do remember?" She had to jump to defenses.
"I remember." He said a little slyly.
"Well, I glad you told me. It must be hard not knowing who you are." She said with a smile.
"I get clues." He murmured softly and looked away. Serena smiled at his profile. He looked so much like Tuxedo Mask. Her heart pitter pattered and she looked down. She had to tell him, but how?
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Mina and the other scouts ran to the Starlight Tower. When they got there, they saw that the whole tower was covered in ugly greenish-brown plant tentacle like branches.
"Is there anyway to get in?" Venus asked. When Serena didn't show up for the meeting, they all got worried. So they sent Caleb to Serena's parents and Mina told them that she and Artemis felt strange vibes coming from the Starlight Tower. So she and the other scouts went to check it out.
"Mercury, can you do a scan?" Jupiter asked.
Mercury touched her earring and her visor dropped. She did a quick check. "It looks like all the entrances are closed off. Wait." She frowned. "There's something moving. Hey, Serena's trapped in an elevator and Darien's with her."
Ut-oh. Mina thought. Perfect Serena. Why did you choose now to tell him?
Jupiter aimed an attack at the doors and they blasted open. "Nothing like the direct approach." She smirked and the scouts all ran in to the building.
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Okay, now a good time as any. Serena told herself, trying to work up her courage.
"Uh, Darien....." Was the elevator getting hot or was it just her. She glanced up in the open shaft. "Oh No! Look! Fire!" She cried.
Darien glanced up and she heard him curse Zoicite. They were going to die. Sailor Moon could get us out of this. But then Darien would find out who I really am. Do I want him to find out this way? Serena bit her lip, contemplating her dilemma.
The spiral of fire was getting closer and closer. There's no other choice. O damn, I should have told him when I had the time!
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"Oh! You're going down Zoicite! Moon Prism Power!" Darien watched dumfounded as Serena was enveloped in bright lights and ribbons sprouted out from her broach.
No! It can't be! He saw her clothes disappeared and her naked body was wrapped in pink ribbons. His eyes widened, that body, he knew so well, that harbored his son. The person one who ever penetrated his defense walls and allowed him to love was the same person who hated him? No! How can that be? How can Serena and Sailor Moon be the same person?
Get over It Darien. You knew truth deep down. You wanted Serena and Sailor Moon to be the same person as soon when you met then both. You wanted it even more when you started having feelings for the meatball head, but still loved Sailor Moon His inner conscious was getting on his nerves.
She finished her transformation and then knocked him down with her own body. The fire reached the floor, but Sailor Moon let out a glow and they weren't even touched by it. The elevator came to a halt. She picked her self up off of him, and looked down at him.
How come he didn't notice in the first place how much alike their eyes were?
"Are you alright?" She asked. His mouth seemed to be broken, so all he did was nod.
She pulled him to his feet and then they leapt from the billowing smoke and confronted Zoicite whom seemed to be talking to herself.
"Hold it! It takes more than a measly fireball to get rid of Sailor Moon. You should know that after all this time." Serena said and did her little pose thing.
Zoicite whirled around, her eyes wide. But she quickly recovered and then laughed. "How ironic. It isn't you I want, but your friend Tuxedo Mask." Serena should have played dumb. She should have kept her mouth shut at that point, she knew. But something clicked inside of her, he was too weak to fight, and a part of her wanted to reveal everything at this moment to him. Great, Serena.......just great.
She widened her arms and placed her self in front of Darien. "Well you can't have him." She said.
Darien felt like he had been punched in the stomach. She knew?! All this time she knew his real identity? Why didn't she tell him? She didn't trust him enough? Was that it? Or maybe.......maybe she didn't care for him enough. He told her many times how much he loved her, but she never said the words back to him. He trusted her with his fragile heart many times, but somehow she always broke it, but he always mended it too. The only person who ever truly understood him was the princess in his dreams. She was always there to comfort him ever since he was a little boy. He thought that if he ever fell in love, it would be with the princess when ever he found her. But then he met Sailor Moon, and Serena, and now THIS was happening. Why did he do this to himself? He didn't know what to feel anymore. He was angry for sure, and hurt, but most of all he was.......disappointed.
"Move out of the way." He growled and yanked her back. He gave in to his transformation. "Let's get this over with Zoicite. This duel better be fair. No games."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." She said. But there something was in her voice. He heard it. A whizzing sound echoed behind him and he turned around.
"Look out!" Serena cried, but it was too late. A sharp crystal zoomed by her and stabbed him in his wounded shoulder. "NO!" She screamed and ran to the falling figure. She caught him. He looked so pale. Teas burned her eyes, and ran freely down her cheeks. There seemed to be a gaping hole right in the middle of her heart. "Tuxedo Mask?" She whispered her whole body shook with fear.
Darien groaned, but opened his eyes to her sweet voice. Who was he kidding? He would go through a million heart aches to be with her. "It's up to you now to get the crystals. And I want you to know that I've always forgiven you. Even now....Serena."
Serena's throat clenched trying to hold back he sobs. "I was going to tell you the truth today. Please," She begged, "Don't leave me! I need you. Darien! Don't go, you can't. Stay with me! I love you." She said the last part in his hair.
Darien felt the pull of darkness, but he heard her last words. He smiled deep in his self. I love you too........
Serena felt him go limp. "NO!" She sobbed.
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The scouts had just rounded the corner after taking a gajillion stairs, just in time to see Darien fall and Serena catch him.
"That's Darien." Venus whispered, feeling Sailor Moon's pain like it was her own.
"Yeah, but I think we're too late." Mars said looking at the pair. It had always been Serena and Darien. She thought with no trace of bitterness. They always belonged together, even she could see that.
"I was going to tell you the truth today. Please, don't leave me! I need you. Darien! Don't go, you can't. Stay with me! I love you."
The scouts held back tears of their own. Serena's tears looked like shimmering stars, and they grew brighter and brighter.
"What's happening?" Jupiter asked when one of Serena's tears floated up above Serena's head and began to glow. Everyone watched in shock at the rainbow crystals started falling from above. Each one began to turn into little wisps of color and enter Serena's tear drop.
"The crystals are becoming one!" Luna exclaimed. Then all of the crystals had entered it, and the tear drop turned in to one crystal. "The Imperium Silver Crystal!" Luna breathed and stared in wonder at the new crystal.
"What happens now?" Artemis asked.
"Don't know. Maybe the Princess will be revealed."
The Crescent Moon Wand was taken out of the sub space pocket and the imperium silver crystal was placed in the little holder on the wand. They watched as Serena stood up from her place by Tuxedo Mask's side and stare blankly at it. There seemed to be no kind of emotion in her eyes.
"It's Sailor Moon!" Mina exclaimed when she saw the crescent moon flare on her forehead.
Mercury couldn't believe her eyes. "She's the Moon Princess!"
Mars smiled deep inside. Some how, she always knew Serena was more that she let on, even if she didn't know it herself.
Jupiter was just dumbfounded.
Serena was lifted off the ground and twirled around in one spot, still in her trance. Suddenly, a white dress sprung out from her scout outfit and she was dressed in her royal garb.
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Serena felt like she was falling in to darkness. She was in her body, but her mind was else where.
"Serenity." Called a voice. She turned to it.
"Who's there?" She called.
The voice laughed with a tinkling giggle. "Serena, come to me."
Serena went, not knowing why she was trusting the voice. But it felt safe and familiar.
She floated to a bright light. Am I dead? She asked herself. The light soon molded into a girl.
Serena gasped, looking at herself dressed in white with a crescent moon on her head.
"Princess?" She asked cautiously. The princess smiled.
"I was about time you and Endymion found me. I was waiting ages to be free." She said with a soft smile.
"Who's Endymion?" Serena asked the princess.
"Why, he is our love. Our heart, our life." She said with a dreamy sigh.
Serena just stared at the princess. "He is the father or our child." The princess said and Serena felt realization dawn on her.
"Darien?" She whispered. The princess smiled.
"Who else? Serenity, we need to get back. The world is counting on us. We have a lot of miseries to go through."
"Will Darien be okay?" Serena whispered. The princess's eyes softened with pity for her future self.
"I don't know." She whispered and ran and hugged Serena.
Serena felt her princess self entwine with her soul. She opened her eyes and saw that the scouts and Zoicite were looking at her like she grew a second head.
Serena looked down at her self and gasped when everything suddenly hit her dizzy mind.
SHE WAS THE MOON PRINCESS! Oh dear lords......and all this time, she had hated......herself.
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AN: I hope ya'll liked this chapter, and I hope the wait didn't end in disappointment......next chapter will up soon.......