Author's Note: Okie Dokie here is Chapter 10, and I hope that you enjoy it.
Serena finally realized that her secret admirer is the one who made her
friends disappear. Took her long enough, I was thinking of making her wait
to find out a little longer, but her ignorance had gone on long enough.
Well here is chapter 10, I hope that you like it whole lot!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon
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Serena's stare deepened into a glare and she stepped back. What was Kazuki doing here? He wasn't a bad guy or anything, but still, he shouldn't be hanging out with her friends. Serena stepped back again, gently hitting Darien's body with her own. Serena turned her head and looked up at him and then back to Kazuki. She couldn't tell them right now, because it would reveal to Kazuki that she and Rei and all of her friends were sailor scouts. She took a deep breath and then smiled cheerfully.
"I have to walk Darien to work, unless of course he wants to use his car today, but until he is at work, I cant talk to you guys. See ya!" She yelped as she grabbed his wrist and led him out of the building. Lita exchanged glances and then Kazuki stepped up behind Mina and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Mina what was that about?" Kazuki asked her. Mina shrugged her shoulders and then slipped around Kazuki to get to Serena.
Serena was watching the ground while she walked hand in hand with Darien. She kept thinking back to her dream that she had. Rei hadn't heard her in the dream, but that strange man had. She couldn't help but see the resemblance between Kazuki and that guy, but she could jump to conclusions this quickly. There are people who resembled each other immensely and they weren't even related, so she had to be logical about this. But why was Kazuki with Mina and Lita, unless he had known before hand that Rei was attacked, which made Serena suspicious about him again.
Serena was too deep in her thoughts to realize that she and Darien had stopped walking and that her name was being repeated over and over again. Darien's hand tightened around hers and she jumped, wondering what was going on.
She looked Mina dead in the eye and smiled angrily. Mina noted it and smiled back just as fiercely.
"Serena what did you mean he took it out of her?" Mina asked as quietly as possible. Serena looked at Darien who nodded at her and Serena ran her fingers through her hair.
"Something important, I didn't see what it was but he took it out of her, it was like a portal opened to her body and after he pulled it out of her, she was unconscious, she wasn't dead, just unconscious, and he called me Serenity." Serena spoke just as quietly as Mina and then huffed in exasperation. She didn't want to explain it anymore, it was annoying her too much. Mina nodded and then looked at Darien, whose eyes stayed locked onto the top of Serena's head.
Mina noticed the lust that was in his eyes, and it was almost as if it was over-powering the love that he felt. Darien felt Mina's stare and looked up at her. He smiled warmly but continued to look at Serena. Uneasiness stirred throughout the entire group, as seconds seemed like hours.
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He licked his lips and stood up. He still held the object that he had retrieved from Rei in his hand, for it was feeding him much energy. For some reason, making sure that his attack on Rei passed onto Serena in a dream made him weak. Maybe if he wouldn't have spoke to her, but only looked at her, he wouldn't be feeling so drained, but he did.
She looked so worried and yet so beautiful wanting to protect her friend. She had shouted an incantation to try and transform into something. He had to make sure that she didn't have it when he would finally confront her. He would have to take it away from her, or else his plans will back fire immensely.
He clutched the object tighter, drinking in the energy that spilled from it. Rei's body slowly began to turn a gray sickly color, as the life slowly dripped from her body, like blood from a small wound.
He noticed that the seed was getting weaker, so he decided to give it back to its owner. He stood up, and let his cape drop behind him and then placed the seed in front of Rei's body. It floated there for a moment before being drawn back into her body. The man stepped back , confused on what just happened.
Rei's eyes opened slowly as the color barely returned to her. She was pale, her skin a creamy white color, instead of the gross sickly gray color that it had once been. Her eyes had dark circles under them, and instead of being the beautiful purple color that they always were, they looked black, like her pupils hadn't returned to their regular size yet.
Her mouth began to move, but nothing came out. He placed his fingers on her lips and placed his hand against her chest.
"You are stronger than I thought, will all that acid that burned your flesh and with the poison that entered your body, you should be nothing but a rotting carcass, but I should have seen it as soon as I laid eyes on you 5. You are the legendary warriors, and Serenity, she is your leader, she is the one I want, the one that I will make love me, so that I can grasp the power that belongs to me. Now, I will need to silence you once more." He commented as he formed a portal against her body. Her body rippled, like a pond that just had a stone thrown into it, and he stuck his hand through her body. Rei's hand barely lifted once his hand had exited her body once more. It dropped and so did her hand. Her head rolled on her shoulders. He held her spirit seed once more and then carried it over to the crystal with him.
He placed it against the crystal and it fused within it. He smiled. He would have her soul forever now, and her soul would only add to the power that the crystal already had. He sat down as the huge black beast Inuki sat besides him, gnawing a bloody bone. Inuki would feel what his master was thinking and if he were human he would be able to respond to it, but he was unable to. The dog continued to gnaw on the bone, his red bloody eyes straying over in his masters direction, who gazed longingly at the crystal, which was now preoccupied with Serena's gorgeous face.
Inuki whimpered and then turned his full attention on the bone. His master laughed evilly as he watched Kazuki approach the group with Lita. Serena held Darien's hand tightly and she seemed to be leaning against him, which was most disturbing, but he would soon have her, no matter what happened he would have her.
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"I apologize if I had been any trouble at all, maybe I should just stop hanging out with you guys, it seems that all this trouble started happening when I showed up." He replied almost rudely. Serena was too quick to nod and Kazuki knew that she didn't like him to begin with. A small smile crept up on his face as he walked passed Mina and stood in front of Serena.
Serena released Darien's hand and stepped back, leaning up against a wall. Kazuki was frightening her. Kazuki held both hands on the side of her face smiling down at her.
"I'm sorry about your friends, I really am." Kazuki took a fistful of Serena's hair in his hand, he wanted to intimidate her so badly, but now he felt as if he was teasing her, and Serena, heard the way he sounded as he spoke. He was teasing her. She frowned and straightened up, but Kazuki still had her hair in his hand. He brushed it against his lips and then smiled at her.
"But I am even more sorry about you." He put very little space between them, Darien felt threatened at once. He cleared his throat loudly, but Serena and Kazuki kept their eyes locked. Kazuki then moved his lips to her ear and whispered in it.
"Just listen to him Serena, that way no one else would get hurt." Serena's eyes widened as hers met with Kazuki's. He smiled and straightened up. He released her hair after brushing it over his lips once more and smiled.
"Your hair smells nice, I wonder what you use on it." He commented as he began to walk off. Serena looked after him as Darien walked up next to her, and Mina and Lita looked after him in confusion.
"What the hell just happened?" Lita asked. Mina couldn't describe it though. She felt angry, and her blood was boiling. She looked at Serena who looked like she was about to run off after him, and then turned away, as if she were about to punch her friend. Mina clenched her fists and then took off walking, in the opposite direction, wanting to do everything in her power not to hurt someone. Mina had to admit to herself, that this had to be the first time that she felt truly jealous.
Darien seemed to be the only to see Mina leave, and he could so well as to how he felt, but he was making progress, it seemed to be a bonus that Serena had already been in love with him, but Mina had feelings for Kazuki, and judging by what just went down, Kazuki had feelings for Serena. Darien stopped at this thought.
Could Kazuki be the one causing all of this hurt and pain to Serena? Could he be the one that keeps sending her those annoying letters telling her that she will lose something valuable to her if she doesn't leave him? Darien had to remember one thing though. They had only met 3 days ago, and Serena had started getting the letters a day before they met, so he couldn't be in love with her already, could he?
Darien erased the though from his mind and then looked down at Serena who turned around and began walking back to his apartment building.
"Serena, where are you going?" Darien asked her, while grabbing her by the arm. Lita looked at Serena and smiled warmly.
"I think she is just a little aggravated, besides Kazuki walked in that direction, so she is going the opposite way, to avoid him you know?" Lita placed an arm around Serena's shoulders. Serena smiled, and twisted a strand of hair around her fingers.
"Look Darien, your job isn't to far from here, so why don't you just walk to work the rest of the way by yourself, I will go and head back to your apartment and wait there until you get back, it will work better that way." Serena grabbed his keys from out of his pocket and took off almost at once. Darien looked sadly after her, and Lita stood rooted to the spot.
"Darien, do you notice a change in Serena?" Lita asked once she was out of earshot. Darien nodded slowly and then looked at Lita.
"I think that it is my fault, I told her something the other night, that I probably shouldn't have told her. Well go with her, I don't want her to end up getting hurt, and as soon as I can, I will call Mina and ask her to come over to my apartment, just so I can make sure that she is safe. Well I should get going, bye Lita." Darien turned around and Lita took off after Serena.
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She was jealous. She knew she was jealous. She didn't know how to get rid of that feeling though. It was hard enough as it was seeing Kazuki basically flirt with Serena like that, but then when she thought back to the moment when he had kissed her, her heart skipped a beat as she thought about.
She thought back to all the other guys that she had ever had crushes on, and whenever she found out that they were taken, she just nodded her head and walked away, making the pain disintegrate within her, but this time it was different. Mina entered a small café and sat down at a table, staring at nothing, and not answering the waitress that had come to take her order.
"Excuse me miss, what can I get for you?" The waitress asked. She wore a pair of black shorts and a white T-shirt that was tucked into her shorts. Mina still didn't say a word. The waitress flipped her brown sausage curls over her shoulder and then sat down across from Mina. She tapped Mina's hand which rested on the table, droplets of blood beginning to form underneath her palm. She had sliced her palm open with her fingernails.
Mina jumped startled at the sudden touch of her hand. She looked up and blushed realizing that she was too deep into her own thoughts. Her skin burned as she turned her palms up and looked at them. The waitress smiled at Mina and then spoke again.
"Anything that I can get you?" The waitress asked. Mina nodded.
"I would like a piece of lemon pie and some milk." The waitress looked at Mina's hands and grabbed her by the wrists. Mina tried to pull her wrists away, but the waitress held on tightly.
"Would you like me to get some bandages for your hand?" She asked as she touched her bloodied hands. Mina flinched as the contact stung and then looked up at the waitress and shook her head.
"No, I will be fine, now please can you get me my order?" The waitress looked at her shocked and then stood up, but she didn't walk away. Mina was getting annoyed by now, and the waitress could tell by her short intakes of breath that she was getting angry. The waitress turned to Mina and smiled, making sure to jot down her order.
"So who is the guy that you are trippin' over?" Mina looked at the waitress. She must have been in high school to use that kinda of language. Mina smiled at her and then motioned for her to sit down. The waitress obviously knew about men. The waitress shook her head and then spoke.
"Look, I will get you your food and then maybe you can spill your guts out to me, I am a good listener of course, and I am used to it, but I have never seen a girl hurt herself because of a guy, even if it was unintentional." Mina smiled at her and watched her walk off before turning her head and looking out the window.
The waitress returned shortly with Mina's pie and milk, but it sat untouched as Mina reluctantly, yet forcefully went on with her story about Kazuki. She did leave out the disappearances of her friends, because she didn't need this girl telling everyone about her business. The waitress listened intently to what Mina said and smiled at the right times and nodded at the right times. It was only obvious that Mina was coping with jealousy.
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A/N: I don't think that I am satisfied with this, so I am going to end it right here. There was going to be more, but I decided to put the second half of this chapter into the next chapter. Well I hope that you enjoyed it. Review please.
~*Neko-Sama*~
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon
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Serena's stare deepened into a glare and she stepped back. What was Kazuki doing here? He wasn't a bad guy or anything, but still, he shouldn't be hanging out with her friends. Serena stepped back again, gently hitting Darien's body with her own. Serena turned her head and looked up at him and then back to Kazuki. She couldn't tell them right now, because it would reveal to Kazuki that she and Rei and all of her friends were sailor scouts. She took a deep breath and then smiled cheerfully.
"I have to walk Darien to work, unless of course he wants to use his car today, but until he is at work, I cant talk to you guys. See ya!" She yelped as she grabbed his wrist and led him out of the building. Lita exchanged glances and then Kazuki stepped up behind Mina and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Mina what was that about?" Kazuki asked her. Mina shrugged her shoulders and then slipped around Kazuki to get to Serena.
Serena was watching the ground while she walked hand in hand with Darien. She kept thinking back to her dream that she had. Rei hadn't heard her in the dream, but that strange man had. She couldn't help but see the resemblance between Kazuki and that guy, but she could jump to conclusions this quickly. There are people who resembled each other immensely and they weren't even related, so she had to be logical about this. But why was Kazuki with Mina and Lita, unless he had known before hand that Rei was attacked, which made Serena suspicious about him again.
Serena was too deep in her thoughts to realize that she and Darien had stopped walking and that her name was being repeated over and over again. Darien's hand tightened around hers and she jumped, wondering what was going on.
She looked Mina dead in the eye and smiled angrily. Mina noted it and smiled back just as fiercely.
"Serena what did you mean he took it out of her?" Mina asked as quietly as possible. Serena looked at Darien who nodded at her and Serena ran her fingers through her hair.
"Something important, I didn't see what it was but he took it out of her, it was like a portal opened to her body and after he pulled it out of her, she was unconscious, she wasn't dead, just unconscious, and he called me Serenity." Serena spoke just as quietly as Mina and then huffed in exasperation. She didn't want to explain it anymore, it was annoying her too much. Mina nodded and then looked at Darien, whose eyes stayed locked onto the top of Serena's head.
Mina noticed the lust that was in his eyes, and it was almost as if it was over-powering the love that he felt. Darien felt Mina's stare and looked up at her. He smiled warmly but continued to look at Serena. Uneasiness stirred throughout the entire group, as seconds seemed like hours.
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He licked his lips and stood up. He still held the object that he had retrieved from Rei in his hand, for it was feeding him much energy. For some reason, making sure that his attack on Rei passed onto Serena in a dream made him weak. Maybe if he wouldn't have spoke to her, but only looked at her, he wouldn't be feeling so drained, but he did.
She looked so worried and yet so beautiful wanting to protect her friend. She had shouted an incantation to try and transform into something. He had to make sure that she didn't have it when he would finally confront her. He would have to take it away from her, or else his plans will back fire immensely.
He clutched the object tighter, drinking in the energy that spilled from it. Rei's body slowly began to turn a gray sickly color, as the life slowly dripped from her body, like blood from a small wound.
He noticed that the seed was getting weaker, so he decided to give it back to its owner. He stood up, and let his cape drop behind him and then placed the seed in front of Rei's body. It floated there for a moment before being drawn back into her body. The man stepped back , confused on what just happened.
Rei's eyes opened slowly as the color barely returned to her. She was pale, her skin a creamy white color, instead of the gross sickly gray color that it had once been. Her eyes had dark circles under them, and instead of being the beautiful purple color that they always were, they looked black, like her pupils hadn't returned to their regular size yet.
Her mouth began to move, but nothing came out. He placed his fingers on her lips and placed his hand against her chest.
"You are stronger than I thought, will all that acid that burned your flesh and with the poison that entered your body, you should be nothing but a rotting carcass, but I should have seen it as soon as I laid eyes on you 5. You are the legendary warriors, and Serenity, she is your leader, she is the one I want, the one that I will make love me, so that I can grasp the power that belongs to me. Now, I will need to silence you once more." He commented as he formed a portal against her body. Her body rippled, like a pond that just had a stone thrown into it, and he stuck his hand through her body. Rei's hand barely lifted once his hand had exited her body once more. It dropped and so did her hand. Her head rolled on her shoulders. He held her spirit seed once more and then carried it over to the crystal with him.
He placed it against the crystal and it fused within it. He smiled. He would have her soul forever now, and her soul would only add to the power that the crystal already had. He sat down as the huge black beast Inuki sat besides him, gnawing a bloody bone. Inuki would feel what his master was thinking and if he were human he would be able to respond to it, but he was unable to. The dog continued to gnaw on the bone, his red bloody eyes straying over in his masters direction, who gazed longingly at the crystal, which was now preoccupied with Serena's gorgeous face.
Inuki whimpered and then turned his full attention on the bone. His master laughed evilly as he watched Kazuki approach the group with Lita. Serena held Darien's hand tightly and she seemed to be leaning against him, which was most disturbing, but he would soon have her, no matter what happened he would have her.
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"I apologize if I had been any trouble at all, maybe I should just stop hanging out with you guys, it seems that all this trouble started happening when I showed up." He replied almost rudely. Serena was too quick to nod and Kazuki knew that she didn't like him to begin with. A small smile crept up on his face as he walked passed Mina and stood in front of Serena.
Serena released Darien's hand and stepped back, leaning up against a wall. Kazuki was frightening her. Kazuki held both hands on the side of her face smiling down at her.
"I'm sorry about your friends, I really am." Kazuki took a fistful of Serena's hair in his hand, he wanted to intimidate her so badly, but now he felt as if he was teasing her, and Serena, heard the way he sounded as he spoke. He was teasing her. She frowned and straightened up, but Kazuki still had her hair in his hand. He brushed it against his lips and then smiled at her.
"But I am even more sorry about you." He put very little space between them, Darien felt threatened at once. He cleared his throat loudly, but Serena and Kazuki kept their eyes locked. Kazuki then moved his lips to her ear and whispered in it.
"Just listen to him Serena, that way no one else would get hurt." Serena's eyes widened as hers met with Kazuki's. He smiled and straightened up. He released her hair after brushing it over his lips once more and smiled.
"Your hair smells nice, I wonder what you use on it." He commented as he began to walk off. Serena looked after him as Darien walked up next to her, and Mina and Lita looked after him in confusion.
"What the hell just happened?" Lita asked. Mina couldn't describe it though. She felt angry, and her blood was boiling. She looked at Serena who looked like she was about to run off after him, and then turned away, as if she were about to punch her friend. Mina clenched her fists and then took off walking, in the opposite direction, wanting to do everything in her power not to hurt someone. Mina had to admit to herself, that this had to be the first time that she felt truly jealous.
Darien seemed to be the only to see Mina leave, and he could so well as to how he felt, but he was making progress, it seemed to be a bonus that Serena had already been in love with him, but Mina had feelings for Kazuki, and judging by what just went down, Kazuki had feelings for Serena. Darien stopped at this thought.
Could Kazuki be the one causing all of this hurt and pain to Serena? Could he be the one that keeps sending her those annoying letters telling her that she will lose something valuable to her if she doesn't leave him? Darien had to remember one thing though. They had only met 3 days ago, and Serena had started getting the letters a day before they met, so he couldn't be in love with her already, could he?
Darien erased the though from his mind and then looked down at Serena who turned around and began walking back to his apartment building.
"Serena, where are you going?" Darien asked her, while grabbing her by the arm. Lita looked at Serena and smiled warmly.
"I think she is just a little aggravated, besides Kazuki walked in that direction, so she is going the opposite way, to avoid him you know?" Lita placed an arm around Serena's shoulders. Serena smiled, and twisted a strand of hair around her fingers.
"Look Darien, your job isn't to far from here, so why don't you just walk to work the rest of the way by yourself, I will go and head back to your apartment and wait there until you get back, it will work better that way." Serena grabbed his keys from out of his pocket and took off almost at once. Darien looked sadly after her, and Lita stood rooted to the spot.
"Darien, do you notice a change in Serena?" Lita asked once she was out of earshot. Darien nodded slowly and then looked at Lita.
"I think that it is my fault, I told her something the other night, that I probably shouldn't have told her. Well go with her, I don't want her to end up getting hurt, and as soon as I can, I will call Mina and ask her to come over to my apartment, just so I can make sure that she is safe. Well I should get going, bye Lita." Darien turned around and Lita took off after Serena.
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She was jealous. She knew she was jealous. She didn't know how to get rid of that feeling though. It was hard enough as it was seeing Kazuki basically flirt with Serena like that, but then when she thought back to the moment when he had kissed her, her heart skipped a beat as she thought about.
She thought back to all the other guys that she had ever had crushes on, and whenever she found out that they were taken, she just nodded her head and walked away, making the pain disintegrate within her, but this time it was different. Mina entered a small café and sat down at a table, staring at nothing, and not answering the waitress that had come to take her order.
"Excuse me miss, what can I get for you?" The waitress asked. She wore a pair of black shorts and a white T-shirt that was tucked into her shorts. Mina still didn't say a word. The waitress flipped her brown sausage curls over her shoulder and then sat down across from Mina. She tapped Mina's hand which rested on the table, droplets of blood beginning to form underneath her palm. She had sliced her palm open with her fingernails.
Mina jumped startled at the sudden touch of her hand. She looked up and blushed realizing that she was too deep into her own thoughts. Her skin burned as she turned her palms up and looked at them. The waitress smiled at Mina and then spoke again.
"Anything that I can get you?" The waitress asked. Mina nodded.
"I would like a piece of lemon pie and some milk." The waitress looked at Mina's hands and grabbed her by the wrists. Mina tried to pull her wrists away, but the waitress held on tightly.
"Would you like me to get some bandages for your hand?" She asked as she touched her bloodied hands. Mina flinched as the contact stung and then looked up at the waitress and shook her head.
"No, I will be fine, now please can you get me my order?" The waitress looked at her shocked and then stood up, but she didn't walk away. Mina was getting annoyed by now, and the waitress could tell by her short intakes of breath that she was getting angry. The waitress turned to Mina and smiled, making sure to jot down her order.
"So who is the guy that you are trippin' over?" Mina looked at the waitress. She must have been in high school to use that kinda of language. Mina smiled at her and then motioned for her to sit down. The waitress obviously knew about men. The waitress shook her head and then spoke.
"Look, I will get you your food and then maybe you can spill your guts out to me, I am a good listener of course, and I am used to it, but I have never seen a girl hurt herself because of a guy, even if it was unintentional." Mina smiled at her and watched her walk off before turning her head and looking out the window.
The waitress returned shortly with Mina's pie and milk, but it sat untouched as Mina reluctantly, yet forcefully went on with her story about Kazuki. She did leave out the disappearances of her friends, because she didn't need this girl telling everyone about her business. The waitress listened intently to what Mina said and smiled at the right times and nodded at the right times. It was only obvious that Mina was coping with jealousy.
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A/N: I don't think that I am satisfied with this, so I am going to end it right here. There was going to be more, but I decided to put the second half of this chapter into the next chapter. Well I hope that you enjoyed it. Review please.
~*Neko-Sama*~