Author's note: I am very flattered that all of you are enjoying my story.
Thank you for reviewing!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
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~*It's a Far Better Thing*~
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Serena wandered around Rei's shrine with Mina, conversing about what had happened to Amy, and wondered if they would ever see her again. Mina had held the transformation stick in her pocket, not too keen on letting anyone else have it.
"Well we have to call Amy's mother something, I mean we can't just leave her hanging." Serena commented as they sat down on the steps of the shrine. Mina nodded solemnly.
"For now we can lie to her, tell her that Amy is spending the night with one of us, but we are out of school for a week, her mom would get worried if she isn't home and doesn't talk to her once during the week." Mina spoke in short choppy words, and Serena could only guess why.
"We can't lie to her mom, but I can understand why we can't tell her the truth, it would sound too bizarre." Serena replied. Mina placed her head on her knees and let out a long deep sigh. She lifted her head and gazed at her friend.
"Why is it, that whenever something bad happens, you are so calm, I remember when it used to be the other way around. You have changed so much Bunny. You are graceful, and beautiful, not to mention fearless, I just don't understand how.invincible you seem." Serena looked taken back. Nobody had ever called her invincible before, especially not Mina or her friends, but Serena had to admit, she did change a little bit. Serena smiled at her friend and placed her arm around Mina's shoulders.
"I am nothing like that, to tell you the truth I am devastated, but for some reason, I just cant bring myself to cry anymore, because, crying wont get Amy back." Serena placed her head on her friends shoulder and smiled at her. They sat in silence for a moment, staring out at the cars, and people that passed the shrine. Mina's arm wrapped around Serena's waist and she smiled. She was glad that she was able to have a friend that could understand her, and the way that she felt, but she couldn't help but wonder why the pain was so strong. She had seen Amy get hurt in many battles before, but this time it was different for some reason.
Mina thought back to walk home she had with Amy yesterday, she looked so worried, and she wanted to get to Serena very quickly, but Serena, Rei, and Lita had gone in an opposite direction that they went in.
'What was bugging Amy so much?' Mina asked herself. She stood up slowly, getting a confused look from Serena and then looked down at her.
"Amy said that she had to tell you something important yesterday, but she wouldn't tell me what it was. Maybe she told one of the others, I'm gonna go tell them." Mina said before turning around and taking off towards the shrine. Serena looked at her and then turned back towards the street, Amy had something important to tell her, but what could it be?
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"Well what do you see when you gaze into the fire?" Rei's grandfather asked Kazuki, who had taken a keen interest in having sight. (Sight as in being physic) He closed his eyes and intertwined his fingers, saying the prayer that Rei's grandfather had taught him. He stayed silent for a moment before opening his eyes and placing his hands in his lap.
"I see pain, and misery." He replied flatly. Rei's grandfather blinked and looked at Kazuki.
"You mean you actually saw something? Not many first timers can see right off the bat. You must have some potential power in you." He said to Kazuki. Kazuki smiled malevolently.
"Well I am pretty sure that there are more people than I who have had success in fire gazing." Kazuki retorted with a smile. Rei's grandfather looked at him and shook his head.
"Nope, Rei was the only person I knew with physic abilities, and it came to her just as easily as it came to you, it took me much practice before I was able to gaze through, but maybe there is just something special about you." Rei's grandfather smiled at Kazuki.
"Yes, maybe there is something special about him." Kazuki and Rei's grandfather turned around and looked at Rei, she seemed to be frowning at Kazuki. She sat down next to him and closed her eyes, her fingers wove in and out of each other and she chanted. She kept her eyes closed for quite sometime before opening them again and looking dead at Kazuki.
"It is strange that one would see pain and misery when they first gaze, and have sight. There is something different about you, and I wouldn't mind to figure out what it is." Rei commented as she looked back towards the fire. Kazuki managed a smirk and then stood up, walking towards the shrine door.
"I should get home now, it doesn't seem like I am wanted here." He stepped out and waved back at them before descending the steps and walking passed a dazed looking Serena.
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Lita and Mina decided to walk with Serena to the observatory, still wondering on what to tell Amy's mother. They decided that they would seek Darien's advice. It was only 3:00, but they figured that it wouldn't hurt to bug Darien.
Serena ran up the steps of the observatory, running past security guards who chased after her. Lita and Mina sighed in exasperation and followed Serena and the security guards up the steps. Serena burst through the doors and got tackled by one of the security guards.
"Hey let me go!" Serena yelled as she got picked up off the ground.
"Listen little lady, you have to have a special I.D. to enter here," as they tried to drag her out of the observatory struggling. Darien sat down in a chair placing his head in his hands.
"Let her go." Darien said as he walked up to the security guards and flashed his I.D. once more. He pushed Serena through the door gently as his cheeks burned bright red.
"What are you doing here?" Darien asked in aggravation. Serena took a deep breath and then relayed the story to him. Darien listened with interest, and only made Serena stop when the security guards walked passed them.
Once she was finished Darien stayed silent for a moment and then let out a long sigh.
"Well I don't know what I would be able to tell you, just stay on guard like Luna and Artemis told you to. Now I have to get back to work."
"DARIEN!" Mina yelped. Darien looked at her and let out a long sigh.
"They aren't going to let me leave, and I don't have the equipment that Amy has, so there really isn't anything that I can do." Darien ran his fingers through his hair and looked at Serena. She looked sad, and depressed. He wished that there would be something that he could do to calm her, but there was nothing. He licked his lips and then spoke once more.
"Look, after work I will try my best to do something to help you." Darien planted a kiss on top of Serena's head and then turned around and walked back into the lab area. Serena let out a low growl and then stormed down the stairs of the observatory.
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Serena opened the door to her house. She was too angry to want to stay at Darien's house any longer. She kicked off her shoes and went to go to her room, but was stopped about halfway up the stairs.
"Serena, welcome home. There is something for you in the kitchen." Her mother said happily. Serena huffed and walked back down the stairs and into the kitchen. She saw her little brother, and her father sitting down at the table about ready to eat dinner, and in the middle of the table was a vase full with 2 dozen red roses. Serena raised and eyebrow and then smiled at her father.
"So dad, you've decided to actually give mom a gift outside of a special occasion?" Serena asked as she leaned over her brother to smell the roses. Sammy growled at her, and she smiled rumpling his hair and then taking her seat at the table.
"No dear, they are for you." He said in a somewhat angry tone. He was always very protective of Serena, but maybe protective wasn't the word. Ever since she could remember her father hated the fact that she was going out with Darien, he thought that not only was he too old, but she was way too young and immature to have a boyfriend, especially one that was in college.
Serena tugged on her hair and smiled. Darien must have been apologizing for the way that he acted, and ordered the roses for her. Serena sniffed them again as her mom started serving dinner.
"Are these from Darien?" Serena asked, causing her father to glare across the table at her. Her mother cleared her throat at her fathers reaction and then picked up an envelope from off of the counter.
"There was just this." She commented as she handed Serena the letter. Serena opened it quickly, not even paying attention to what was on the front. She let out a low groan as she saw the handwriting that was all too familiar.
Bunny,
It pains me to see that you still haven't taken my love for you into consideration. My patience is getting thin very quickly, and I will not rest until you are mine. I hope that you enjoyed the flowers, sorry if they aren't enough.
I want you to love me Bunny, I want you to be with me, but until you get rid of him, there is no way that we will be able to bind our hearts together as one. I don't want to hurt you, but it is better to have just one loss instead of many. I love you Bunny, please remember that, and one more thing, it's a far better thing.
Your Secret Admirer
Serena looked at the letter in confusion. It's better to have just one loss instead of many? That was just too weird for her to understand. The letter confused her and she had no idea what it meant. She sighed and then looked over at her mother who seemed to be leaning over her shoulder trying to read the letter.
"It's from a secret admirer, and this is the 3rd day in a row that I have been receiving something from him, but the first time that I have gotten a gift and not some crummy letter." Serena giggled, she could actually take having a secret admirer, but that line in letter still bugged her. It's better to have one loss instead of many. Serena smiled and put the letter into her pockets and looked at her mother who put a helping of mashed potatoes on her plate. Serena made eye contact with her father, whose face was turning red from anger and then slowly began to eat.
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Rei kept her eyes closed, keen on figuring out why it was that Kazuki had seen nothing but pain and misery. She hadn't seen that in any of her vision what so ever, so what could it have meant?
She opened her eyes and gazed at the crackling fire, interested and yet worried at the same time. She let out a low sigh and then stood up, she sure wasn't going to be able to figure it out on an empty stomach, and with Serena around, that pizza did not last. She walked through the shrine, her mind still on Kazuki, but her stomach on food. Rei let out an exasperated sigh and stormed into the kitchen to fix something to eat.
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His dark eyes twinkled off of the crystals reflection. He placed the wine glass against his lips once more and sipped the bluish liquid that was in it. His eyes then slowly wandered over to his new prize. She sure was beautiful. He stood up, setting the wine glass on the arm of his chair and walked over to the girl that was wrapped in darkness.
Her blue hair hung over her eyes and her skin was cold, like she was dead. He lifted her head up and smiled at her, there were more to go, she wasn't listening, and he was going to have her, no matter what happened. He dropped her head and looked at the small circular object that floated in front of her, it was absolutely beautiful.
He placed his fingers on it, feeling her pure energy surge through his body, and he smiled.
"She is very strong, that she is, but I wonder, are all of her friends the exact same way?" He spoke, his velvety voice lingering in the darkness. He smiled again and placed his hands around the small circular structure, energy flew through out his body once more, sending tiny ripples up his spine. There was something different about her; she wasn't like regular humans. He wondered for a moment before releasing the object and walked back towards his chair, and the crystal that he gazed into to so that he can watch his beloved.
He sat down and picked up the wine glass, his hand going down and stroking the beast that lay along side of him.
"We have found quite a strong young lady Inuki, hopefully her friends are the exact same way." He smiled as the beast besides him basically purred and then turned his dark eyes back towards the crystal.
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Author's Note: All right, I hope that you enjoyed this one. I am very happy that you all are enjoying my story so far, and Neko-Chan thank you for all of the compliments; my next chapter will be dedicated to you.
~*Neko-Sama*~
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
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~*It's a Far Better Thing*~
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Serena wandered around Rei's shrine with Mina, conversing about what had happened to Amy, and wondered if they would ever see her again. Mina had held the transformation stick in her pocket, not too keen on letting anyone else have it.
"Well we have to call Amy's mother something, I mean we can't just leave her hanging." Serena commented as they sat down on the steps of the shrine. Mina nodded solemnly.
"For now we can lie to her, tell her that Amy is spending the night with one of us, but we are out of school for a week, her mom would get worried if she isn't home and doesn't talk to her once during the week." Mina spoke in short choppy words, and Serena could only guess why.
"We can't lie to her mom, but I can understand why we can't tell her the truth, it would sound too bizarre." Serena replied. Mina placed her head on her knees and let out a long deep sigh. She lifted her head and gazed at her friend.
"Why is it, that whenever something bad happens, you are so calm, I remember when it used to be the other way around. You have changed so much Bunny. You are graceful, and beautiful, not to mention fearless, I just don't understand how.invincible you seem." Serena looked taken back. Nobody had ever called her invincible before, especially not Mina or her friends, but Serena had to admit, she did change a little bit. Serena smiled at her friend and placed her arm around Mina's shoulders.
"I am nothing like that, to tell you the truth I am devastated, but for some reason, I just cant bring myself to cry anymore, because, crying wont get Amy back." Serena placed her head on her friends shoulder and smiled at her. They sat in silence for a moment, staring out at the cars, and people that passed the shrine. Mina's arm wrapped around Serena's waist and she smiled. She was glad that she was able to have a friend that could understand her, and the way that she felt, but she couldn't help but wonder why the pain was so strong. She had seen Amy get hurt in many battles before, but this time it was different for some reason.
Mina thought back to walk home she had with Amy yesterday, she looked so worried, and she wanted to get to Serena very quickly, but Serena, Rei, and Lita had gone in an opposite direction that they went in.
'What was bugging Amy so much?' Mina asked herself. She stood up slowly, getting a confused look from Serena and then looked down at her.
"Amy said that she had to tell you something important yesterday, but she wouldn't tell me what it was. Maybe she told one of the others, I'm gonna go tell them." Mina said before turning around and taking off towards the shrine. Serena looked at her and then turned back towards the street, Amy had something important to tell her, but what could it be?
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"Well what do you see when you gaze into the fire?" Rei's grandfather asked Kazuki, who had taken a keen interest in having sight. (Sight as in being physic) He closed his eyes and intertwined his fingers, saying the prayer that Rei's grandfather had taught him. He stayed silent for a moment before opening his eyes and placing his hands in his lap.
"I see pain, and misery." He replied flatly. Rei's grandfather blinked and looked at Kazuki.
"You mean you actually saw something? Not many first timers can see right off the bat. You must have some potential power in you." He said to Kazuki. Kazuki smiled malevolently.
"Well I am pretty sure that there are more people than I who have had success in fire gazing." Kazuki retorted with a smile. Rei's grandfather looked at him and shook his head.
"Nope, Rei was the only person I knew with physic abilities, and it came to her just as easily as it came to you, it took me much practice before I was able to gaze through, but maybe there is just something special about you." Rei's grandfather smiled at Kazuki.
"Yes, maybe there is something special about him." Kazuki and Rei's grandfather turned around and looked at Rei, she seemed to be frowning at Kazuki. She sat down next to him and closed her eyes, her fingers wove in and out of each other and she chanted. She kept her eyes closed for quite sometime before opening them again and looking dead at Kazuki.
"It is strange that one would see pain and misery when they first gaze, and have sight. There is something different about you, and I wouldn't mind to figure out what it is." Rei commented as she looked back towards the fire. Kazuki managed a smirk and then stood up, walking towards the shrine door.
"I should get home now, it doesn't seem like I am wanted here." He stepped out and waved back at them before descending the steps and walking passed a dazed looking Serena.
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Lita and Mina decided to walk with Serena to the observatory, still wondering on what to tell Amy's mother. They decided that they would seek Darien's advice. It was only 3:00, but they figured that it wouldn't hurt to bug Darien.
Serena ran up the steps of the observatory, running past security guards who chased after her. Lita and Mina sighed in exasperation and followed Serena and the security guards up the steps. Serena burst through the doors and got tackled by one of the security guards.
"Hey let me go!" Serena yelled as she got picked up off the ground.
"Listen little lady, you have to have a special I.D. to enter here," as they tried to drag her out of the observatory struggling. Darien sat down in a chair placing his head in his hands.
"Let her go." Darien said as he walked up to the security guards and flashed his I.D. once more. He pushed Serena through the door gently as his cheeks burned bright red.
"What are you doing here?" Darien asked in aggravation. Serena took a deep breath and then relayed the story to him. Darien listened with interest, and only made Serena stop when the security guards walked passed them.
Once she was finished Darien stayed silent for a moment and then let out a long sigh.
"Well I don't know what I would be able to tell you, just stay on guard like Luna and Artemis told you to. Now I have to get back to work."
"DARIEN!" Mina yelped. Darien looked at her and let out a long sigh.
"They aren't going to let me leave, and I don't have the equipment that Amy has, so there really isn't anything that I can do." Darien ran his fingers through his hair and looked at Serena. She looked sad, and depressed. He wished that there would be something that he could do to calm her, but there was nothing. He licked his lips and then spoke once more.
"Look, after work I will try my best to do something to help you." Darien planted a kiss on top of Serena's head and then turned around and walked back into the lab area. Serena let out a low growl and then stormed down the stairs of the observatory.
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Serena opened the door to her house. She was too angry to want to stay at Darien's house any longer. She kicked off her shoes and went to go to her room, but was stopped about halfway up the stairs.
"Serena, welcome home. There is something for you in the kitchen." Her mother said happily. Serena huffed and walked back down the stairs and into the kitchen. She saw her little brother, and her father sitting down at the table about ready to eat dinner, and in the middle of the table was a vase full with 2 dozen red roses. Serena raised and eyebrow and then smiled at her father.
"So dad, you've decided to actually give mom a gift outside of a special occasion?" Serena asked as she leaned over her brother to smell the roses. Sammy growled at her, and she smiled rumpling his hair and then taking her seat at the table.
"No dear, they are for you." He said in a somewhat angry tone. He was always very protective of Serena, but maybe protective wasn't the word. Ever since she could remember her father hated the fact that she was going out with Darien, he thought that not only was he too old, but she was way too young and immature to have a boyfriend, especially one that was in college.
Serena tugged on her hair and smiled. Darien must have been apologizing for the way that he acted, and ordered the roses for her. Serena sniffed them again as her mom started serving dinner.
"Are these from Darien?" Serena asked, causing her father to glare across the table at her. Her mother cleared her throat at her fathers reaction and then picked up an envelope from off of the counter.
"There was just this." She commented as she handed Serena the letter. Serena opened it quickly, not even paying attention to what was on the front. She let out a low groan as she saw the handwriting that was all too familiar.
Bunny,
It pains me to see that you still haven't taken my love for you into consideration. My patience is getting thin very quickly, and I will not rest until you are mine. I hope that you enjoyed the flowers, sorry if they aren't enough.
I want you to love me Bunny, I want you to be with me, but until you get rid of him, there is no way that we will be able to bind our hearts together as one. I don't want to hurt you, but it is better to have just one loss instead of many. I love you Bunny, please remember that, and one more thing, it's a far better thing.
Your Secret Admirer
Serena looked at the letter in confusion. It's better to have just one loss instead of many? That was just too weird for her to understand. The letter confused her and she had no idea what it meant. She sighed and then looked over at her mother who seemed to be leaning over her shoulder trying to read the letter.
"It's from a secret admirer, and this is the 3rd day in a row that I have been receiving something from him, but the first time that I have gotten a gift and not some crummy letter." Serena giggled, she could actually take having a secret admirer, but that line in letter still bugged her. It's better to have one loss instead of many. Serena smiled and put the letter into her pockets and looked at her mother who put a helping of mashed potatoes on her plate. Serena made eye contact with her father, whose face was turning red from anger and then slowly began to eat.
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Rei kept her eyes closed, keen on figuring out why it was that Kazuki had seen nothing but pain and misery. She hadn't seen that in any of her vision what so ever, so what could it have meant?
She opened her eyes and gazed at the crackling fire, interested and yet worried at the same time. She let out a low sigh and then stood up, she sure wasn't going to be able to figure it out on an empty stomach, and with Serena around, that pizza did not last. She walked through the shrine, her mind still on Kazuki, but her stomach on food. Rei let out an exasperated sigh and stormed into the kitchen to fix something to eat.
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His dark eyes twinkled off of the crystals reflection. He placed the wine glass against his lips once more and sipped the bluish liquid that was in it. His eyes then slowly wandered over to his new prize. She sure was beautiful. He stood up, setting the wine glass on the arm of his chair and walked over to the girl that was wrapped in darkness.
Her blue hair hung over her eyes and her skin was cold, like she was dead. He lifted her head up and smiled at her, there were more to go, she wasn't listening, and he was going to have her, no matter what happened. He dropped her head and looked at the small circular object that floated in front of her, it was absolutely beautiful.
He placed his fingers on it, feeling her pure energy surge through his body, and he smiled.
"She is very strong, that she is, but I wonder, are all of her friends the exact same way?" He spoke, his velvety voice lingering in the darkness. He smiled again and placed his hands around the small circular structure, energy flew through out his body once more, sending tiny ripples up his spine. There was something different about her; she wasn't like regular humans. He wondered for a moment before releasing the object and walked back towards his chair, and the crystal that he gazed into to so that he can watch his beloved.
He sat down and picked up the wine glass, his hand going down and stroking the beast that lay along side of him.
"We have found quite a strong young lady Inuki, hopefully her friends are the exact same way." He smiled as the beast besides him basically purred and then turned his dark eyes back towards the crystal.
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Author's Note: All right, I hope that you enjoyed this one. I am very happy that you all are enjoying my story so far, and Neko-Chan thank you for all of the compliments; my next chapter will be dedicated to you.
~*Neko-Sama*~