A/N: Thanx everyone for reviewing!! It really means a lot to me :-).
Sorry about the last chapter, it really sucked I know. It's just that my
heart wasn't really into it, so it was kinda hard to write. I'll try to
write this chapter better but I don't know, I've been kinda sad lately( my
friend is acting weird, one friend is kinda distancing me, etc.). And
writing lets me forget about my problems. Ok sorry for boring all of you,
on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon nor any of the other characters.
The Real Me
Chapter 7
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It had been a month since Serena's and Darien's date and they were now officially a couple in love. According to everyone that knew them, they had never been happier. Serena's friends and family noticed how happy and cheerful she had become and how she had even become less of a crybaby. Darien's coworkers noticed how chipper he had become at work and how cheerful he was with the patient's. Even though it was a short period of time, everyone agreed they were better together then apart. And ever since they had told each other that they loved each other, they were together more than apart. Anyone that was with them, however, had to feel like a third wheel because whenever they were together, nothing and nobody mattered as much to them as each other. Yes, Serena and Darien really did equal true love.
Even though they were both deliriously happy, they still withheld things from each other. Neither had told each other about their secret lives fighting the negaverse. They both wanted to desperately, and every time they got together, which was practically every day, the secret would be on the edge of one of their tongues but it wouldn't come back and guilt would follow. Because of this they could never be 100% honest with each other. They each had their own private suspicions about what each other's secret was.
One day at the arcade, Serena, Darien and the girls were sitting at the booth drinking milkshakes. Correction, the girls were drinking the shakes, Serena and Darien would just stare at each other's eyes. After Darien left to go to the bathroom, Serena decided to voice her concern to her friends.
"Hey guys?" she started. Her friends looked up.
"Ya Serena?" Mina asked cheerfully.
"Do you guys...uh...how do I put this...?"Serena stammered.
"Cmom girl, spit it out." Lita suggested.
"Ok do you guys think that Darien loves only me?" The girls just kind of sat there not really knowing what Serena meant by the question. Finally Amy answered.
"Well of course he does Serena. He told you that he loved you and you guys are an exclusive couple. Why do you ask?" Serena sighed. She decided to tell her best friends what was gnawing at her gut.
"I think Darien might be cheating on me," she concluded. The other girls just scoffed and looked at Serena like she might be crazy.
"That's nuts!"
"No way!"
"Darien loves you Serena, he would never do that!"
"Serena, Darien doesn't even look at other girls when they walk by, why would he cheat?" were some of the shocked responses she received.
"Well it's just little things really. I noticed that sometimes when I call him he's not home and when I go by his house, he's never there. Then when I ask him about it, he can't give me any reasons. Also, lately I noticed that he always looks like he wants to tell me something but he never does. Then after he doesn't tell me he gets this weird look on his face, so I know it's not good news." she concluded.
"Serena that doesn't mean he's cheating! It could mean anything!" practical Amy pointed out. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well then what the heck am I supposed to think??" She asked desperately.
"Well if you think about it, you do kind of the same thing whenever we have scout business," Raye said.
Serena pondered that, but then shook her head," No that makes no sense because I have a valid reason, what's his excuse??" While the other girls made protests in defense of Darien, Serena's mind wondered. **Oh Darien what are you up to?** she thought sadly.
Meanwhile Darien had finished going to the bathroom and was walking over to the counter to talk to Andrew. He had a lot on his mind, and he needed to talk to his friend to unload some of them.
"Hey man," Darien greeted Andrew who was as usual wiping the counter.
"Hey, what's up?" Andrew replied.
"Nothing.." Andrew knew better, whenever Darien used that tone, something was up.
"Ok man, spill. What's going on?" He said cutting to the chase. Darien sighed.
"It's about Serena and me."
"What? Everything's not going perfect in love paradise?" Andrew bantered.
"No."
"Hey man I didn't know you were serious. What's going on?" Andrew said, now concerned.
"I think Serena wants to break up with me." Darien confessed. Andrew couldn't help it. He did the only thing one might have done after hearing that line, he laughed.
Darien flushed red." It's not funny, the girl I love is going to dump me."
Andrew wiped a tear from his eye and stopped laughing. "Sorry, it's just so funny!! Are you on something? Why would you think that? Serena is crazy about you."
Darien sighed again. "Ya I thought we were happy together, but little things lately have me questioning things."
"Care to explain?"
"Ok well sometimes when I ask her to do something, she says she can't because she has to study. Study?? I mean come on it's Serena. Then when I ask her how studying went, she always goes completely blank and doesn't know what I'm talking about. Also sometimes on dates, she'll just ran off for no reason!" Darien didn't mention the fact that it always came in handy that Serena left since for some reason Sailor Moon always needed his help after," And when we're together I always get the feeling she wants to tell me something but she never does. She obviously wants to break up!"
"Is that all?"
"All?? I think it's enough."
"Cmon, that stuff could be anything! No way she wants to break up with you!"
"Well what am I supposed to think?" Darien said plaintively. Andrew went on in the background convincing him Serena didn't want to break up, but Darien's mind was wondering. **Oh Serena, what are you up to?** he thought. (A/N: Aww aren't they so alike?? lol).
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Serena and Darien were at the amusement park and were having the time of their lives. The food, games, the rides, who wouldn't have fun? What made it especially great was that they were together. It didn't matter where they were as long as they had each other.
Right now they had just finished going on the roller coaster and Serena still felt a little queasy. To make her feel better, Darien suggested going over to the games so he could win her a prize. Serena happily agreed. So they walked over to the strongman booth(A/N:You know, those things you hit then the thing hits the top and you win a prize? It's like for strong ppl!) where Darien was determined to win something for Serena. After he had paid and was standing with the mallet in his hand, he looked up and sized up the game.
"Oh Darien it's so high and it looks really hard! You don't have to do this," Serena told Darien. He just gave her a half smile and realesed the mallet with what looked like little effort. However the gong rang and the disc(A/N:I dont kno what they're called!! Bear with me!!) reached the top and Darien had won. Serena jumped up and down in glee and gave Darien a kiss on the cheek. He stood there with a smile on his face. **Compared to fighting with the Negaverse, this is no contest** he thought to himself with a laugh. Serena chose a very large bunny as her prize and it was so large that she could not lift it with grunting. Darien smiled at her antics and picked it up for her.
"Since when did you get so strong?" Serena smiled at him.
"Since I met you. Your love inspires me," Darien said gushingly. Serena rolled her eyes.
"Haha, sure sure."
"So where do you want to go next?" Darien asked.
"Um..let's go to the......" Serena stop mid sentence when she saw something in her purse was beeping. Reaching in she saw it was her sailor communicator--the scouts needed her. **Damn, always when i'm with Darien!** She thought angrily. stuffing the communicator in her purse.
"Ser? Something wrong?" Darien asked looking at her.
"Darien i'm really sorry, but I have to go!" she exclaimed in a rush ready to run off. But Darien grabbed her arm before she could leave.
"What? Why do you have to go now?" he asked, obviously confused. She shook her head.
"No time to explain! I have to go NOW!" she yelled. He took a step back.
"Well, do you want me to drop you off to where you have to go?"
"NO! I have to go!" and with that she ran off into the crowd. Darien sighed. **She did it again! Why does she do this?** Sadly he made his way to the parking lot. No point in staying here by myself.
Serena was running though the crowd, making her way to the park where the scouts needed her. When she was sure no one watching her, she transformed into Sailor Moon. **I feel so bad! I just ditched Darien! But what can I do?** Shaking her mind from that, she concentrated on the fight that she had almost reached.
Turning the corner, she saw the battle. The scouts were trying their hardest to fight a grousome looking youma. It was green with scales and had not one but two heads. The heads seemed to be opening up their mouths and shooting out sharp looking thorns. The thorns had already nipped Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus, they were now lying in the grass--looking in extreme pain. Sailor Moon wasted no more time. She ran into the battle, head on.
"Finally!" Sailor Mars said exasperated.
"Hey I got here as fast as I could," Sailor Moon replied.
"No fighting guys, we've got to get rid of this youma!" Amy commanded. The other girls nodded and went after the monster. Amy went first.
*Mercury Bubbles Blast!*
The bubbles clouded the monster's vision for a few minutes. But then it did something none of them expected, it opened both it's mouths and let out a huge guts of wind that sent the girls to the grass, and blew all all the bubbles away.(A/N: lame I know). Mercury stood there in shook.
"What the....?" but before she could say anything else, the monster realesed a parade at thorns at the girl and she fell under the reign.
"Mercury!!" Sailor Moon shouted in concern as she knelt beside her friend.
"Sorry," Mercury said in a weak voice," He was too strong for me," and with she passed out.
Mars however had other ideas.
*Mars Fire Ignite!*
As the fireballs made their way to the monster, the monster just let out a laugh, followed by an icy jet of water which put out the fire.
"How could he d o that?" Mars exclaimed dumbfounded turning around to Sailor Moon.
"Watch out!" Sailor moon let out the warning too late, because the thorns had already caught Mars in the side. With a strangled cry, she fell to the floor unconscious.
Sailor Moon was now all alone, the scouts have been all attacked. Now the monster feasted it's deadly eyes on her...
Meanwhile, while Darien was making his way out of the amusmant park, he felt a harsh, sharp stabbing pain at his heart. It meant only one thing Sailor Moon needed him. Running as fast as he can, he went towards where his heart led him, while transforming in the process. In what seemed like no time at all, Tuxedo Mask had made his way to the park where he saw a huge, ugly, powerful looking youma had Sailor Moon backed into a corner. Looking around, he saw that the other Sailor Scouts had all fallen with sharp things in them. Turning back, he saw the youma had it's mouths open and looked ready to shoot those at Sailor Moon. Without a second thought, Tuxedo Mask ran, through his body before Sailor Moon's, and grabbed her behind a tree away from the youma.
"Are you ok?" he asked breathlessly.
"Ya i'm fine thanks to you, " she answered gratefully.
"This monster is really tough! Do you think we can take him?" Tuxedo Mask asked her. She nodded.
"I think we can, we just need to think of a plan." Tuxedo Mask nodded and waited for her to continue," I think what we should do is you can throw one of those roses at it to distract it and I'll........" while she was talking, Tuxedo Mask looked her up and down to make sure there were no bruises or cuts. When he made his gaze to her hands, his heart stopped. She was wearing a bracelet identical to the one he had given Serena on their first date. Yes it was silver with the same pink rhinestones. **That's silly, the company obviously made more than one and Sailor Moon has one. What's the biggie?** he thought to himself. But without thinking, he grabbed her wrist and gently turned over the bracelet to see if there was an inscription.
"Um...what are you doing?" Sailor Moon asked giving him a weird look. When Tuxedo Mask saw the inscription he stopped breathing.
"Serena. Thanks for making my dreams come true--Darien," He whispered in shock. "Where did you get this?" he turned back to Sailor Moon. She took her wrist back.
"It was a gift," she answered.
"From??" Tuxedo Mask asked frantically.
"Why do you care?" she asked, getting annoyed.
"It's really important!! Just answer!"
Sailor Moon sighed. "Fine whatever, I got it from my boyfriend, are you happy?"
"Did he give it to you on your first date?" Darien asked intently.
"How did you know that?" Sailor Moon asked looking nervous. He was about to answer when the youma gave a loud roar and pulled the both of them back to reality, remembering the battle. On instinct, they both got up and went to face the youma.
"Ok, I'll hit it with my rose and you dust it with your tiara, ok?" Sailor Moon nodded. Tuxedo Mask took a step forward, realesed one of his razor sharp roses and hit the youma straight in the face, blinding it momentarily.
"Now!" he yelled at her. She nodded, took her tiara off, and stood straight facing the youma.
*Moon Tiara Magic* she yelled dusting the youma.
Tuxedo Mask ran over, "Are you all right?"
"Yup," she nodded. He looked her straight in the eye, her beautiful baby blue eyes, and he knew. It was her. It was Serena. **Of course, it all makes sense. The times she had to run off, the times I had to transform right after she left, the bracelet, her eyes. How could I have been so blind!** he thought.
"Are you all right?" Serena asked him looking concerned.
"Yes Serena. I...." but he got interrupted before he could tell her that he was in fact Darien.
"Hey! How do you know my name?" Serena asked looking both worried and shocked. Before he could answer, the moans of the other scouts were heard, and they both ran off to make sure they were ok. It seemed that the thorns were temporary, and after a few dazed minutes, all the scouts were standing and ok. After Darien made sure all the scouts were ok, he ran over to Serena.
"Serena...."
"Ok about that! Where did you find out my name??" Darien decided to have a little fun with her.
"Well I think it would be wrong of me not to know my own girlfriend's name," he said bantering. She looked mad now.
"Girlfriend?? I'm not your girlfriend! I have a great boyfriend. He....."Before she could continue, Darien pulled her close to him and gave her a long passionate kiss. She stood shocked beneath for a few seconds before she registered what was happening. She quickly pushed him away with a strong kick.
"What the hell do you think you are doing!!!! What the hell is wrong with you, dumbass!!!??" she asked him outraged.
"Don't recognize me?" he asked her, in a voice full of laughter.
"Ok buddy, listen up! I don't give a care in the world who you are! You can not kiss me! I have a loving boyfriend, and I love him more than anything, so stay the hell away from me!"
"Aww, Ser you really love me? I love you too," Darien replied, starting to giggle.
"What the hell is wrong with you?? I just said I have a boyfriend, he's not you!" The other scouts had come closer and were giving Darien angry looks.
"That's where you're wrong. See he is me!" and with that Darien lifted up his mask to reveal who he really was. Once everyone saw that Tuxedo Mask was indeed Darien, they all gasped in shock, most of all Serena.
"Darien??? Is that really you??"
"Sure is," he replied reaching for her hand.
"You're Tuxedo Mask??" she asked, still in a state of shock.
"Yup!"
"But...how....why....OH! it makes sense now!"
"What makes sense?" Darien asked curiously.
"See whenever I called you and you weren't home and couldn't tell me why, I thought that you might be with another girl," she confessed, looking down at the ground.
"You actually thought that? Don't you know how much I love you?" he asked hurt.
"I'm sorry, I was just being paranoid."
"Haha, don't worry. I shouldn't talk. When you left during our dates and couldn't tell me why I thought that maybe you were going to break up with me"
"What???" Serena gasped, "No way. I love you so much, I wouldn't even think about it!" With that, they held hands and Darien took her into his arms, so relived all his fears were unfounded.
The scouts in the background were still revealing from all these revalations. Amy, however, had regained her composure.
"This is really great for you guys. But Darien there's something I don't understand. How did you know Serena was Sailor Moon?"
"That's really easy Amy. When we were behind the tree, I saw that she was wearing the bracelet I had given her and that it had the same engraving. So I put two and two together," he replied. Everyone nodded, understanding.
Serena looked up at Darien, smiling. "I'm so glad this happened. It just makes us closer," Darien nodded in agreement.
"I love you so much,"
"I love you too," she replied and they exchanged a heartfelt kiss, with the scouts in the background ohhing and ahhing over them. Serena and Darien broke apart and joined everyone in the laughter. Nothing could get better than this, or so they thought.
In the distance, an short girl with blond pigtails stood watching the scene. She smiled to herself. **And so it begins.** she thought with an evil laugh. Snapping her fingers, she disappeared from anyone's sight.
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A/N: Ok everyone that's chapter 7. It wasn't my best, I know, but I'm just not in the writing mood right now. Hopefully by the next chapter my friend will act normally again and I can concentrate on the writing. Please Read and Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon nor any of the other characters.
The Real Me
Chapter 7
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It had been a month since Serena's and Darien's date and they were now officially a couple in love. According to everyone that knew them, they had never been happier. Serena's friends and family noticed how happy and cheerful she had become and how she had even become less of a crybaby. Darien's coworkers noticed how chipper he had become at work and how cheerful he was with the patient's. Even though it was a short period of time, everyone agreed they were better together then apart. And ever since they had told each other that they loved each other, they were together more than apart. Anyone that was with them, however, had to feel like a third wheel because whenever they were together, nothing and nobody mattered as much to them as each other. Yes, Serena and Darien really did equal true love.
Even though they were both deliriously happy, they still withheld things from each other. Neither had told each other about their secret lives fighting the negaverse. They both wanted to desperately, and every time they got together, which was practically every day, the secret would be on the edge of one of their tongues but it wouldn't come back and guilt would follow. Because of this they could never be 100% honest with each other. They each had their own private suspicions about what each other's secret was.
One day at the arcade, Serena, Darien and the girls were sitting at the booth drinking milkshakes. Correction, the girls were drinking the shakes, Serena and Darien would just stare at each other's eyes. After Darien left to go to the bathroom, Serena decided to voice her concern to her friends.
"Hey guys?" she started. Her friends looked up.
"Ya Serena?" Mina asked cheerfully.
"Do you guys...uh...how do I put this...?"Serena stammered.
"Cmom girl, spit it out." Lita suggested.
"Ok do you guys think that Darien loves only me?" The girls just kind of sat there not really knowing what Serena meant by the question. Finally Amy answered.
"Well of course he does Serena. He told you that he loved you and you guys are an exclusive couple. Why do you ask?" Serena sighed. She decided to tell her best friends what was gnawing at her gut.
"I think Darien might be cheating on me," she concluded. The other girls just scoffed and looked at Serena like she might be crazy.
"That's nuts!"
"No way!"
"Darien loves you Serena, he would never do that!"
"Serena, Darien doesn't even look at other girls when they walk by, why would he cheat?" were some of the shocked responses she received.
"Well it's just little things really. I noticed that sometimes when I call him he's not home and when I go by his house, he's never there. Then when I ask him about it, he can't give me any reasons. Also, lately I noticed that he always looks like he wants to tell me something but he never does. Then after he doesn't tell me he gets this weird look on his face, so I know it's not good news." she concluded.
"Serena that doesn't mean he's cheating! It could mean anything!" practical Amy pointed out. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well then what the heck am I supposed to think??" She asked desperately.
"Well if you think about it, you do kind of the same thing whenever we have scout business," Raye said.
Serena pondered that, but then shook her head," No that makes no sense because I have a valid reason, what's his excuse??" While the other girls made protests in defense of Darien, Serena's mind wondered. **Oh Darien what are you up to?** she thought sadly.
Meanwhile Darien had finished going to the bathroom and was walking over to the counter to talk to Andrew. He had a lot on his mind, and he needed to talk to his friend to unload some of them.
"Hey man," Darien greeted Andrew who was as usual wiping the counter.
"Hey, what's up?" Andrew replied.
"Nothing.." Andrew knew better, whenever Darien used that tone, something was up.
"Ok man, spill. What's going on?" He said cutting to the chase. Darien sighed.
"It's about Serena and me."
"What? Everything's not going perfect in love paradise?" Andrew bantered.
"No."
"Hey man I didn't know you were serious. What's going on?" Andrew said, now concerned.
"I think Serena wants to break up with me." Darien confessed. Andrew couldn't help it. He did the only thing one might have done after hearing that line, he laughed.
Darien flushed red." It's not funny, the girl I love is going to dump me."
Andrew wiped a tear from his eye and stopped laughing. "Sorry, it's just so funny!! Are you on something? Why would you think that? Serena is crazy about you."
Darien sighed again. "Ya I thought we were happy together, but little things lately have me questioning things."
"Care to explain?"
"Ok well sometimes when I ask her to do something, she says she can't because she has to study. Study?? I mean come on it's Serena. Then when I ask her how studying went, she always goes completely blank and doesn't know what I'm talking about. Also sometimes on dates, she'll just ran off for no reason!" Darien didn't mention the fact that it always came in handy that Serena left since for some reason Sailor Moon always needed his help after," And when we're together I always get the feeling she wants to tell me something but she never does. She obviously wants to break up!"
"Is that all?"
"All?? I think it's enough."
"Cmon, that stuff could be anything! No way she wants to break up with you!"
"Well what am I supposed to think?" Darien said plaintively. Andrew went on in the background convincing him Serena didn't want to break up, but Darien's mind was wondering. **Oh Serena, what are you up to?** he thought. (A/N: Aww aren't they so alike?? lol).
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Serena and Darien were at the amusement park and were having the time of their lives. The food, games, the rides, who wouldn't have fun? What made it especially great was that they were together. It didn't matter where they were as long as they had each other.
Right now they had just finished going on the roller coaster and Serena still felt a little queasy. To make her feel better, Darien suggested going over to the games so he could win her a prize. Serena happily agreed. So they walked over to the strongman booth(A/N:You know, those things you hit then the thing hits the top and you win a prize? It's like for strong ppl!) where Darien was determined to win something for Serena. After he had paid and was standing with the mallet in his hand, he looked up and sized up the game.
"Oh Darien it's so high and it looks really hard! You don't have to do this," Serena told Darien. He just gave her a half smile and realesed the mallet with what looked like little effort. However the gong rang and the disc(A/N:I dont kno what they're called!! Bear with me!!) reached the top and Darien had won. Serena jumped up and down in glee and gave Darien a kiss on the cheek. He stood there with a smile on his face. **Compared to fighting with the Negaverse, this is no contest** he thought to himself with a laugh. Serena chose a very large bunny as her prize and it was so large that she could not lift it with grunting. Darien smiled at her antics and picked it up for her.
"Since when did you get so strong?" Serena smiled at him.
"Since I met you. Your love inspires me," Darien said gushingly. Serena rolled her eyes.
"Haha, sure sure."
"So where do you want to go next?" Darien asked.
"Um..let's go to the......" Serena stop mid sentence when she saw something in her purse was beeping. Reaching in she saw it was her sailor communicator--the scouts needed her. **Damn, always when i'm with Darien!** She thought angrily. stuffing the communicator in her purse.
"Ser? Something wrong?" Darien asked looking at her.
"Darien i'm really sorry, but I have to go!" she exclaimed in a rush ready to run off. But Darien grabbed her arm before she could leave.
"What? Why do you have to go now?" he asked, obviously confused. She shook her head.
"No time to explain! I have to go NOW!" she yelled. He took a step back.
"Well, do you want me to drop you off to where you have to go?"
"NO! I have to go!" and with that she ran off into the crowd. Darien sighed. **She did it again! Why does she do this?** Sadly he made his way to the parking lot. No point in staying here by myself.
Serena was running though the crowd, making her way to the park where the scouts needed her. When she was sure no one watching her, she transformed into Sailor Moon. **I feel so bad! I just ditched Darien! But what can I do?** Shaking her mind from that, she concentrated on the fight that she had almost reached.
Turning the corner, she saw the battle. The scouts were trying their hardest to fight a grousome looking youma. It was green with scales and had not one but two heads. The heads seemed to be opening up their mouths and shooting out sharp looking thorns. The thorns had already nipped Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus, they were now lying in the grass--looking in extreme pain. Sailor Moon wasted no more time. She ran into the battle, head on.
"Finally!" Sailor Mars said exasperated.
"Hey I got here as fast as I could," Sailor Moon replied.
"No fighting guys, we've got to get rid of this youma!" Amy commanded. The other girls nodded and went after the monster. Amy went first.
*Mercury Bubbles Blast!*
The bubbles clouded the monster's vision for a few minutes. But then it did something none of them expected, it opened both it's mouths and let out a huge guts of wind that sent the girls to the grass, and blew all all the bubbles away.(A/N: lame I know). Mercury stood there in shook.
"What the....?" but before she could say anything else, the monster realesed a parade at thorns at the girl and she fell under the reign.
"Mercury!!" Sailor Moon shouted in concern as she knelt beside her friend.
"Sorry," Mercury said in a weak voice," He was too strong for me," and with she passed out.
Mars however had other ideas.
*Mars Fire Ignite!*
As the fireballs made their way to the monster, the monster just let out a laugh, followed by an icy jet of water which put out the fire.
"How could he d o that?" Mars exclaimed dumbfounded turning around to Sailor Moon.
"Watch out!" Sailor moon let out the warning too late, because the thorns had already caught Mars in the side. With a strangled cry, she fell to the floor unconscious.
Sailor Moon was now all alone, the scouts have been all attacked. Now the monster feasted it's deadly eyes on her...
Meanwhile, while Darien was making his way out of the amusmant park, he felt a harsh, sharp stabbing pain at his heart. It meant only one thing Sailor Moon needed him. Running as fast as he can, he went towards where his heart led him, while transforming in the process. In what seemed like no time at all, Tuxedo Mask had made his way to the park where he saw a huge, ugly, powerful looking youma had Sailor Moon backed into a corner. Looking around, he saw that the other Sailor Scouts had all fallen with sharp things in them. Turning back, he saw the youma had it's mouths open and looked ready to shoot those at Sailor Moon. Without a second thought, Tuxedo Mask ran, through his body before Sailor Moon's, and grabbed her behind a tree away from the youma.
"Are you ok?" he asked breathlessly.
"Ya i'm fine thanks to you, " she answered gratefully.
"This monster is really tough! Do you think we can take him?" Tuxedo Mask asked her. She nodded.
"I think we can, we just need to think of a plan." Tuxedo Mask nodded and waited for her to continue," I think what we should do is you can throw one of those roses at it to distract it and I'll........" while she was talking, Tuxedo Mask looked her up and down to make sure there were no bruises or cuts. When he made his gaze to her hands, his heart stopped. She was wearing a bracelet identical to the one he had given Serena on their first date. Yes it was silver with the same pink rhinestones. **That's silly, the company obviously made more than one and Sailor Moon has one. What's the biggie?** he thought to himself. But without thinking, he grabbed her wrist and gently turned over the bracelet to see if there was an inscription.
"Um...what are you doing?" Sailor Moon asked giving him a weird look. When Tuxedo Mask saw the inscription he stopped breathing.
"Serena. Thanks for making my dreams come true--Darien," He whispered in shock. "Where did you get this?" he turned back to Sailor Moon. She took her wrist back.
"It was a gift," she answered.
"From??" Tuxedo Mask asked frantically.
"Why do you care?" she asked, getting annoyed.
"It's really important!! Just answer!"
Sailor Moon sighed. "Fine whatever, I got it from my boyfriend, are you happy?"
"Did he give it to you on your first date?" Darien asked intently.
"How did you know that?" Sailor Moon asked looking nervous. He was about to answer when the youma gave a loud roar and pulled the both of them back to reality, remembering the battle. On instinct, they both got up and went to face the youma.
"Ok, I'll hit it with my rose and you dust it with your tiara, ok?" Sailor Moon nodded. Tuxedo Mask took a step forward, realesed one of his razor sharp roses and hit the youma straight in the face, blinding it momentarily.
"Now!" he yelled at her. She nodded, took her tiara off, and stood straight facing the youma.
*Moon Tiara Magic* she yelled dusting the youma.
Tuxedo Mask ran over, "Are you all right?"
"Yup," she nodded. He looked her straight in the eye, her beautiful baby blue eyes, and he knew. It was her. It was Serena. **Of course, it all makes sense. The times she had to run off, the times I had to transform right after she left, the bracelet, her eyes. How could I have been so blind!** he thought.
"Are you all right?" Serena asked him looking concerned.
"Yes Serena. I...." but he got interrupted before he could tell her that he was in fact Darien.
"Hey! How do you know my name?" Serena asked looking both worried and shocked. Before he could answer, the moans of the other scouts were heard, and they both ran off to make sure they were ok. It seemed that the thorns were temporary, and after a few dazed minutes, all the scouts were standing and ok. After Darien made sure all the scouts were ok, he ran over to Serena.
"Serena...."
"Ok about that! Where did you find out my name??" Darien decided to have a little fun with her.
"Well I think it would be wrong of me not to know my own girlfriend's name," he said bantering. She looked mad now.
"Girlfriend?? I'm not your girlfriend! I have a great boyfriend. He....."Before she could continue, Darien pulled her close to him and gave her a long passionate kiss. She stood shocked beneath for a few seconds before she registered what was happening. She quickly pushed him away with a strong kick.
"What the hell do you think you are doing!!!! What the hell is wrong with you, dumbass!!!??" she asked him outraged.
"Don't recognize me?" he asked her, in a voice full of laughter.
"Ok buddy, listen up! I don't give a care in the world who you are! You can not kiss me! I have a loving boyfriend, and I love him more than anything, so stay the hell away from me!"
"Aww, Ser you really love me? I love you too," Darien replied, starting to giggle.
"What the hell is wrong with you?? I just said I have a boyfriend, he's not you!" The other scouts had come closer and were giving Darien angry looks.
"That's where you're wrong. See he is me!" and with that Darien lifted up his mask to reveal who he really was. Once everyone saw that Tuxedo Mask was indeed Darien, they all gasped in shock, most of all Serena.
"Darien??? Is that really you??"
"Sure is," he replied reaching for her hand.
"You're Tuxedo Mask??" she asked, still in a state of shock.
"Yup!"
"But...how....why....OH! it makes sense now!"
"What makes sense?" Darien asked curiously.
"See whenever I called you and you weren't home and couldn't tell me why, I thought that you might be with another girl," she confessed, looking down at the ground.
"You actually thought that? Don't you know how much I love you?" he asked hurt.
"I'm sorry, I was just being paranoid."
"Haha, don't worry. I shouldn't talk. When you left during our dates and couldn't tell me why I thought that maybe you were going to break up with me"
"What???" Serena gasped, "No way. I love you so much, I wouldn't even think about it!" With that, they held hands and Darien took her into his arms, so relived all his fears were unfounded.
The scouts in the background were still revealing from all these revalations. Amy, however, had regained her composure.
"This is really great for you guys. But Darien there's something I don't understand. How did you know Serena was Sailor Moon?"
"That's really easy Amy. When we were behind the tree, I saw that she was wearing the bracelet I had given her and that it had the same engraving. So I put two and two together," he replied. Everyone nodded, understanding.
Serena looked up at Darien, smiling. "I'm so glad this happened. It just makes us closer," Darien nodded in agreement.
"I love you so much,"
"I love you too," she replied and they exchanged a heartfelt kiss, with the scouts in the background ohhing and ahhing over them. Serena and Darien broke apart and joined everyone in the laughter. Nothing could get better than this, or so they thought.
In the distance, an short girl with blond pigtails stood watching the scene. She smiled to herself. **And so it begins.** she thought with an evil laugh. Snapping her fingers, she disappeared from anyone's sight.
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A/N: Ok everyone that's chapter 7. It wasn't my best, I know, but I'm just not in the writing mood right now. Hopefully by the next chapter my friend will act normally again and I can concentrate on the writing. Please Read and Review!
