Author's note: I have been having a bit of writers block, and I wanted to
wait until I knew that the story wouldn't completely stink before writing
it again. And like I said before this chapter is dedicated to Neko-Chan, my
devoted reader, thanx for all of the compliments.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
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~*It's A Far Better Thing*~
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After dinner Serena picked up the vase of roses from off of the table and headed to her room. She pulled a rose from out of the vase, its sweet comforting scent filling her nostrils. One the way up the stairs there was a knock on the door. She watched her mother walk to the door and open it smiling merrily.
Her mom nodded and then moved out of the way of the door and let someone enter. Serena looked at him and smiled merrily, but his happy expression changed once he saw the flowers in her hands. He raised an eyebrow as he shut the door behind him and then began to walk towards Serena when her mom grabbed his shirt from behind.
"You look famished, why don't you come and have something to eat?" She asked. Serena dropped her head and then let out a small sigh.
"Mama is right, go get something to eat Darien, I will be down in a second so that we can talk." Serena smiled and pranced upstairs leaving a confused looking Darien behind her.
Serena held the rose in her hand and sniffed it once more while taking it down with her to see Darien. She pranced into the kitchen and smiled as she sat down at the table setting the rose in front of her. Darien looked at it over the rim of his glass.
Serena smiled sweetly, the roses obviously getting her into a better mood. Darien took another sip of water as Serena's mom set a plate of food in front of him. Darien accepted graciously and took a bite of chicken as Serena's mom left the kitchen to leave them to themselves.
"Where did you get the rose?" Darien asked as he picked up his water glass to take another sip.
"Well I got 24 roses from some guy, you know a secret admirer, and now I believe that he must have some expensive taste, I mean 24 flowers?" Serena giggled at the thought, and Darien frowned.
"Serena I wanted to know more about what happened, do you think that you can explain what you saw again?" Darien asked as he finished his mashed potatoes and moved onto his green beans. Serena closed her eyes, hoping that she wouldn't have to retell this story again, but obviously it was inevitable.
"Lets wait until you are finished and then we can go to my room for more privacy." Just as Serena said that her father walked into the kitchen and glared at Darien. Serena gave her father an agitated stare and then turned her attention back to Darien, who was looking at her father with his fork halfway to his mouth.
"Is there something wrong Mr. Tsukino?" Darien asked as he flashed a smile. He grunted and stormed out of the kitchen, and Serena tried to stifle a laugh. Darien smiled and then ate some more of his green beans.
Within 10 more minutes Darien had finished eating, and then ventured with Serena to her bedroom. Serena put her flower into the vase and Darien eyed them with a pang of jealousy coursing through his body. Serena smiled at him cheerfully. She plopped down next to him and crossed one leg over the other, as she began to recount the story. Darien listened with much interest and at one point he stood up and paced back and forth across her floor.
Serena tilted her head to one side and watched Darien, the warm fuzzy feeling she always had whenever she was with him, flowing through out her entire body. She let out a small sigh and smiled at him. Darien glanced at her, smiling gently.
"Well I don't know what we can do about Amy disappearing, but from now on we should travel in pairs, because Rei got attacked when she was by herself, and Amy got attacked when she was by herself, but my question is, how come Amy was taken, and Rei wasn't?" Darien asked as he sat down next to Serena again. Serena simply sighed.
"Rei was attacked two days ago, maybe the threat wasn't as imminent then." Serena suggested. Darien shook his head and then stood up again.
Serena jumped up and hugged him tightly. Darien looked down at her in a confused manner.
"Both of my friends got attacked, so be careful, I wouldn't want you to get attacked too!" Serena basically yelped. Darien chuckled and he patted her on top of the head. Serena nuzzled his chest and then pulled away smiling happily.
"I wanna give you something!" Serena laughed. She turned around and plucked a rose from out of the vase. She smiled briefly and then handed it to Darien, who looked at it with distaste. He didn't want it, probably because it was from her secret admirer. Serena noticed the look on Darien's face and turned away from him.
"I thought that you would like Darien, I'm sorry that it is from my secret admirer, but he gave them to me, and I wanted to give one to you, because after all a red rose does stand for love." Serena let out a long sigh and then plopped down on her bed. Darien looked at the flower and then turned towards Serena.
"It's beautiful, just as beautiful as you Bunny." Darien knelt down next to her, and his lips danced hungrily against hers. Serena let out a sigh against his lips and placed her arms around his neck. Darien only called Serena by her nickname when he was feeling intimate with her. Serena smiled warmly as Darien pulled away slightly.
Serena's face was burning bright red, and Darien took this chance to give her one more kiss. Serena tried to stifle a giggle as he teased her, his tongue dancing with hers. Serena loved it when Darien was romantic with her. She pulled him closer to her, not wanting him to part with her.
"Serena, your mom-" Serena pulled away abruptly and turned a blood red color at sight of her father standing in her door way. She smiled at her father and jumped up, knocking Darien over.
"Going!" She yelped as she pushed passed him, leaving Darien in her room to deal with her father. Darien smiled slightly as her father looked at him, with his head tilted to the side, still trying to come to the realization that his daughter and her boyfriend where basically making out with each other.
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"Damn it! I don't get how he saw that!!!!!!!!!" Rei bellowed as she threw the door to the fire room open and stormed outside of it. Her grandfather looked at her and shook his head. Rei was being to temperamental, and he knew why. Kazuki had seen something that she could not see and it angered her. Rei did not like being outdone, especially since she was more experienced than him.
"Rei, calm down, maybe if you relax you will be able to see something."
"GRANDPA RIGHT NOW ALL I CAN SEE IS RED! THERE IS NO WAY THAT A PITIFUL FIRST TIMER CAN SEE DARKNESS, AND PAIN! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! YOU KNOW THAT JUST AS WELL AS I DO!" Rei yelled at the top of her lungs. She was clearly frustrated. Her grandfather walked next to her, and placed his hand on her arm. Rei looked at him and then let out a long sigh.
"Grandpa there is something different about him, I can't trust him until I figure out what it is." Rei smiled and then turned back towards the dojo. Her grandfather smiled and then walked back into the temple.
"Thank you for the delicious dinner Rei, don't stay up too late it would be dangerous to your physic abilities if you kept at it all night, but instead of trying to see what he saw why don't you try to see him." Her grandfather shut the door to the shrine leaving Rei standing in the blowing wind.
Rei's heart skipped a beat as she saw someone walking up the steps of the shrine. The moon was out already, and the stars were the only source of light. Rei stepped back as the person smiled. Rei clutched her transformation stick and narrowed her eyes as she took a step back.
"Don't worry miss Hino, there would be no reason to try to attack me." The man stood on top of the stairs, his silvery white hair blowing behind him.
"What do you want?" Rei demanded as she brought her transformation stick up to her chest. The man laughed and shook his head. He wore a black suit, with a long black cape billowing behind him. Rei stepped back once as he stepped forward.
"Your spirit seed, if it lowers my beloved Serenity to me, then so be it." Rei's eyes widened and she gawked at him.
"Go Inuki." He said. Suddenly a dark figure flew over Rei's head. Rei turned around quickly. A huge black beast, with fangs dripping with saliva, long sharp claws, and a hugs red star on its hairy chest growled ferociously at her. Rei shook her head and lifted her transformation stick in the sky.
"Mars Crystal Power!" She yelled. Rei transformed and she looked from the man to the beast.
"You are strong, but I doubt that you will be strong enough to attack me Rei." He replied coldly. Rei turned towards him and shouted.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" An arrow and a bow made out of fire appeared in her hands and she shot it towards him. The man jumped into the air and nimbly landed on a tree.
"I'm stronger than you think." She snarled as she used the attack once more. The tree caught on fire as he dodged it, the arrow cutting off strands of his long elegant hair. He smiled as he landed not too far away from her. He lifted his long slender fingers and snapped.
Rei landed on the ground with a thud. The beast called Inuki was on top of her, biting her and shredding her clothes. Rei let out a painful yell as the creatures claws burned into her flesh.
"Enough Inuki." He said as he stepped up to Rei. The beast jumped off her back and landed next to the man and Rei stood up, despite the warm sticky blood that flowed fiercely down her back, forming a puddle at her feet. She took a step back, placing a hand over one of her wounds and glared. The smiled and lifted up his hand, his palm facing Rei. Rei suddenly flew back, crashing through the doors of the shrine. Rei rolled across the ground as she struggled to get up.
The man stepped in front of her and lifted her up by her hair. Rei let out a little shriek of pain before looking at him once more, blooding and tears blinding her. His face was so familiar, and yet she couldn't put her finger on it. The man smiled and almost at once Rei's eyes widened.
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Serena had to tell Darien that her mom wanted him to save him from her father's wrath. Darien was completely embarrassed about being walked in on and then tossed to the ground, but he seemed to get over it. Serena who was extremely happy with Darien decided that she was going to go with him to his apartment and stay there with him for another night.
With her father present, Darien did his best to protest, but Serena's mother insisted although her father disagreed immensely. Serena got some clothes together, and left with Darien quickly. Sammy laughed as thoughts about what they could and probably wouldn't be doing surged through his head, and when he murmured one out loud Serena's father went ballistic.
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"Darien, its not real late, maybe we can stop by Rei's shrine for a moment and see if she wants some company." Serena urged. Darien shook his head. He held the rose that she had given him in one arm, as Serena's arm was hooked into his other one. Serena talked his ear off happily, and all he could do was nod his head slowly and smile cheerfully. Serena looked to the ground for a moment and then back up to Darien.
"Darien, why did you kiss me like that? I mean the second kiss was playful, but the first one seemed like you were agitated over something." Darien and Serena stopped walking? Was it really like that? And if it was, why did Serena melt into it so quickly? Was it that she loved the way he kissed her no matter how roughly he was doing it? Darien shook his head and smiled down at her.
"I didn't mean to kiss you like that, but I don't know what came over me, I suddenly just wanted you." Darien looked away as he said that. He had never really felt the urge to tell Serena that he wanted, and he never felt the urge to want her the way that he did. It bugged the hell out of him, but he was going to have to get over it. Serena smiled and planted a kiss on his arm. Darien looked down at her and smiled, then they continued on their way to his apartment.
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A/N: Alrighty, there is the next chapter. Poor Rei, I hope she will be all right. Hehehehehe. Well I hope that you enjoyed this story very much. And Neko-Chan I hope that this chappy was good enough to be dedicated to you, I am glad that you are enjoying my stories. And you are pretty cool too! Well review people!
~*Neko-Sama*~
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
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After dinner Serena picked up the vase of roses from off of the table and headed to her room. She pulled a rose from out of the vase, its sweet comforting scent filling her nostrils. One the way up the stairs there was a knock on the door. She watched her mother walk to the door and open it smiling merrily.
Her mom nodded and then moved out of the way of the door and let someone enter. Serena looked at him and smiled merrily, but his happy expression changed once he saw the flowers in her hands. He raised an eyebrow as he shut the door behind him and then began to walk towards Serena when her mom grabbed his shirt from behind.
"You look famished, why don't you come and have something to eat?" She asked. Serena dropped her head and then let out a small sigh.
"Mama is right, go get something to eat Darien, I will be down in a second so that we can talk." Serena smiled and pranced upstairs leaving a confused looking Darien behind her.
Serena held the rose in her hand and sniffed it once more while taking it down with her to see Darien. She pranced into the kitchen and smiled as she sat down at the table setting the rose in front of her. Darien looked at it over the rim of his glass.
Serena smiled sweetly, the roses obviously getting her into a better mood. Darien took another sip of water as Serena's mom set a plate of food in front of him. Darien accepted graciously and took a bite of chicken as Serena's mom left the kitchen to leave them to themselves.
"Where did you get the rose?" Darien asked as he picked up his water glass to take another sip.
"Well I got 24 roses from some guy, you know a secret admirer, and now I believe that he must have some expensive taste, I mean 24 flowers?" Serena giggled at the thought, and Darien frowned.
"Serena I wanted to know more about what happened, do you think that you can explain what you saw again?" Darien asked as he finished his mashed potatoes and moved onto his green beans. Serena closed her eyes, hoping that she wouldn't have to retell this story again, but obviously it was inevitable.
"Lets wait until you are finished and then we can go to my room for more privacy." Just as Serena said that her father walked into the kitchen and glared at Darien. Serena gave her father an agitated stare and then turned her attention back to Darien, who was looking at her father with his fork halfway to his mouth.
"Is there something wrong Mr. Tsukino?" Darien asked as he flashed a smile. He grunted and stormed out of the kitchen, and Serena tried to stifle a laugh. Darien smiled and then ate some more of his green beans.
Within 10 more minutes Darien had finished eating, and then ventured with Serena to her bedroom. Serena put her flower into the vase and Darien eyed them with a pang of jealousy coursing through his body. Serena smiled at him cheerfully. She plopped down next to him and crossed one leg over the other, as she began to recount the story. Darien listened with much interest and at one point he stood up and paced back and forth across her floor.
Serena tilted her head to one side and watched Darien, the warm fuzzy feeling she always had whenever she was with him, flowing through out her entire body. She let out a small sigh and smiled at him. Darien glanced at her, smiling gently.
"Well I don't know what we can do about Amy disappearing, but from now on we should travel in pairs, because Rei got attacked when she was by herself, and Amy got attacked when she was by herself, but my question is, how come Amy was taken, and Rei wasn't?" Darien asked as he sat down next to Serena again. Serena simply sighed.
"Rei was attacked two days ago, maybe the threat wasn't as imminent then." Serena suggested. Darien shook his head and then stood up again.
Serena jumped up and hugged him tightly. Darien looked down at her in a confused manner.
"Both of my friends got attacked, so be careful, I wouldn't want you to get attacked too!" Serena basically yelped. Darien chuckled and he patted her on top of the head. Serena nuzzled his chest and then pulled away smiling happily.
"I wanna give you something!" Serena laughed. She turned around and plucked a rose from out of the vase. She smiled briefly and then handed it to Darien, who looked at it with distaste. He didn't want it, probably because it was from her secret admirer. Serena noticed the look on Darien's face and turned away from him.
"I thought that you would like Darien, I'm sorry that it is from my secret admirer, but he gave them to me, and I wanted to give one to you, because after all a red rose does stand for love." Serena let out a long sigh and then plopped down on her bed. Darien looked at the flower and then turned towards Serena.
"It's beautiful, just as beautiful as you Bunny." Darien knelt down next to her, and his lips danced hungrily against hers. Serena let out a sigh against his lips and placed her arms around his neck. Darien only called Serena by her nickname when he was feeling intimate with her. Serena smiled warmly as Darien pulled away slightly.
Serena's face was burning bright red, and Darien took this chance to give her one more kiss. Serena tried to stifle a giggle as he teased her, his tongue dancing with hers. Serena loved it when Darien was romantic with her. She pulled him closer to her, not wanting him to part with her.
"Serena, your mom-" Serena pulled away abruptly and turned a blood red color at sight of her father standing in her door way. She smiled at her father and jumped up, knocking Darien over.
"Going!" She yelped as she pushed passed him, leaving Darien in her room to deal with her father. Darien smiled slightly as her father looked at him, with his head tilted to the side, still trying to come to the realization that his daughter and her boyfriend where basically making out with each other.
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"Damn it! I don't get how he saw that!!!!!!!!!" Rei bellowed as she threw the door to the fire room open and stormed outside of it. Her grandfather looked at her and shook his head. Rei was being to temperamental, and he knew why. Kazuki had seen something that she could not see and it angered her. Rei did not like being outdone, especially since she was more experienced than him.
"Rei, calm down, maybe if you relax you will be able to see something."
"GRANDPA RIGHT NOW ALL I CAN SEE IS RED! THERE IS NO WAY THAT A PITIFUL FIRST TIMER CAN SEE DARKNESS, AND PAIN! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! YOU KNOW THAT JUST AS WELL AS I DO!" Rei yelled at the top of her lungs. She was clearly frustrated. Her grandfather walked next to her, and placed his hand on her arm. Rei looked at him and then let out a long sigh.
"Grandpa there is something different about him, I can't trust him until I figure out what it is." Rei smiled and then turned back towards the dojo. Her grandfather smiled and then walked back into the temple.
"Thank you for the delicious dinner Rei, don't stay up too late it would be dangerous to your physic abilities if you kept at it all night, but instead of trying to see what he saw why don't you try to see him." Her grandfather shut the door to the shrine leaving Rei standing in the blowing wind.
Rei's heart skipped a beat as she saw someone walking up the steps of the shrine. The moon was out already, and the stars were the only source of light. Rei stepped back as the person smiled. Rei clutched her transformation stick and narrowed her eyes as she took a step back.
"Don't worry miss Hino, there would be no reason to try to attack me." The man stood on top of the stairs, his silvery white hair blowing behind him.
"What do you want?" Rei demanded as she brought her transformation stick up to her chest. The man laughed and shook his head. He wore a black suit, with a long black cape billowing behind him. Rei stepped back once as he stepped forward.
"Your spirit seed, if it lowers my beloved Serenity to me, then so be it." Rei's eyes widened and she gawked at him.
"Go Inuki." He said. Suddenly a dark figure flew over Rei's head. Rei turned around quickly. A huge black beast, with fangs dripping with saliva, long sharp claws, and a hugs red star on its hairy chest growled ferociously at her. Rei shook her head and lifted her transformation stick in the sky.
"Mars Crystal Power!" She yelled. Rei transformed and she looked from the man to the beast.
"You are strong, but I doubt that you will be strong enough to attack me Rei." He replied coldly. Rei turned towards him and shouted.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" An arrow and a bow made out of fire appeared in her hands and she shot it towards him. The man jumped into the air and nimbly landed on a tree.
"I'm stronger than you think." She snarled as she used the attack once more. The tree caught on fire as he dodged it, the arrow cutting off strands of his long elegant hair. He smiled as he landed not too far away from her. He lifted his long slender fingers and snapped.
Rei landed on the ground with a thud. The beast called Inuki was on top of her, biting her and shredding her clothes. Rei let out a painful yell as the creatures claws burned into her flesh.
"Enough Inuki." He said as he stepped up to Rei. The beast jumped off her back and landed next to the man and Rei stood up, despite the warm sticky blood that flowed fiercely down her back, forming a puddle at her feet. She took a step back, placing a hand over one of her wounds and glared. The smiled and lifted up his hand, his palm facing Rei. Rei suddenly flew back, crashing through the doors of the shrine. Rei rolled across the ground as she struggled to get up.
The man stepped in front of her and lifted her up by her hair. Rei let out a little shriek of pain before looking at him once more, blooding and tears blinding her. His face was so familiar, and yet she couldn't put her finger on it. The man smiled and almost at once Rei's eyes widened.
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Serena had to tell Darien that her mom wanted him to save him from her father's wrath. Darien was completely embarrassed about being walked in on and then tossed to the ground, but he seemed to get over it. Serena who was extremely happy with Darien decided that she was going to go with him to his apartment and stay there with him for another night.
With her father present, Darien did his best to protest, but Serena's mother insisted although her father disagreed immensely. Serena got some clothes together, and left with Darien quickly. Sammy laughed as thoughts about what they could and probably wouldn't be doing surged through his head, and when he murmured one out loud Serena's father went ballistic.
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"Darien, its not real late, maybe we can stop by Rei's shrine for a moment and see if she wants some company." Serena urged. Darien shook his head. He held the rose that she had given him in one arm, as Serena's arm was hooked into his other one. Serena talked his ear off happily, and all he could do was nod his head slowly and smile cheerfully. Serena looked to the ground for a moment and then back up to Darien.
"Darien, why did you kiss me like that? I mean the second kiss was playful, but the first one seemed like you were agitated over something." Darien and Serena stopped walking? Was it really like that? And if it was, why did Serena melt into it so quickly? Was it that she loved the way he kissed her no matter how roughly he was doing it? Darien shook his head and smiled down at her.
"I didn't mean to kiss you like that, but I don't know what came over me, I suddenly just wanted you." Darien looked away as he said that. He had never really felt the urge to tell Serena that he wanted, and he never felt the urge to want her the way that he did. It bugged the hell out of him, but he was going to have to get over it. Serena smiled and planted a kiss on his arm. Darien looked down at her and smiled, then they continued on their way to his apartment.
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A/N: Alrighty, there is the next chapter. Poor Rei, I hope she will be all right. Hehehehehe. Well I hope that you enjoyed this story very much. And Neko-Chan I hope that this chappy was good enough to be dedicated to you, I am glad that you are enjoying my stories. And you are pretty cool too! Well review people!
~*Neko-Sama*~