Author's Note: I know that I have not updated this in a while, but I have
been having a bit of writers block, and I went to go visit my father. I
haven't seen him in 3 months so I was so happy. Anyways I will stop
rambling and let you read the story. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon
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Serena unlocked Darien's door and stormed inside, Lita catching the door before it was slammed in her face. She stepped inside and kicked off her shoes then closed the door behind her, as she listened to Serena explode in a fit of anger.
Lita was surprised at the words that were escaping her mouth, but she could only guess why she was acting like that. Kazuki had gotten extremely close, and then he started teasing her. Serena never did like it when she was teased; she used to hate Darien whenever he had teased her.
Lita had walked into the living room and watched Serena flop down on the couch, crossing her arms over her chest and breathing deeply. Lita went over to the couch and sat down next to Serena, placing a friendly arm around her shoulder. Serena was yanked out of her thoughts at this gesture and gazed longingly at her friend, searching for some sort of comfort.
Lita however supplied none. Lita squeezed Serena's shoulder and then took her arm from around her shoulders. Serena hung her head down, loose strands of hair falling over her shoulders. Lita stood up in the awkward silence and stretched.
"What was all that about?" Lita asked after moments of debating with herself, with whether to let Serena speak first. The long deafening silence almost killed Lita, so she found it in her best interest to speak out first. Serena glanced up at her friend from the corners of her crystal blue eyes and let out a frustrated sigh.
"I don't like him invading my space that's all." Serena mumbled. Lita smiled at her and then sat back down next to her.
"You know Mina's jealous. When they came to my apartment, Kazuki had his arm wrapped around her shoulder, it seemed friendly enough, but I sensed some hidden passion behind it. What do you think?" Lita asked as she crossed one leg over the other and leaned back, propping her had against her hands. Serena sat up straight, her full attention now on Lita. The corners of Lita's lip curled slightly, noting at what could get her friends attention. Serena stayed silent for a moment before breaking the ear splitting silence.
"Mina can do so much better than that jerk in my opinion. I don't care if she likes him or not, he knows something Lita. She isn't safe with him." Serena commented. This time it was Lita's turn to stiffen. She blinked at Serena and then nodded for her to continue.
"Well I had this dream last night, about Rei being captured by this guy with long white hair, and I tried everything, but I couldn't help her whatsoever. She couldn't hear me or anything, but he could. He heard me. Then he whispered in my ear, It's a far better thing. That was the same thing that my secret admirer has been writing in the letters that he has been giving me."
"Maybe its just a coincidence."
"It would have to be a very big coincidence then. I mean he even called me Serenity in the dream. How big of coincidence is that Lita? And then today Kazuki said, that I should just listen to what he is saying that way no one else would get hurt. Lita he cant be trusted." Serena placed her head in her hands and let out a long sigh. Lita took that as a sign that she no longer wished to talk about this matter and to leave her alone. Lita smiled and stood up.
"Well I am going to bake something, I know you could go for some sugar cookies." Lita smiled and walked off into the kitchen to see if Darien had all the ingredients that she needed to make them. Serena however hadn't even acknowledged her, she simply sat still drowning in her own thoughts.
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Later that Day:
Mina had finished talking about Kazuki and moved onto her everyday life. Every now and then the waitress would get up and leave taking someone's order and then returning after she had served them their food. Mina still had a half eaten piece of pie, and she had been in the café for nearly the entire day.
The waitress didn't seem to mind though. They had gotten into deep conversation, and she would forget that she was even at work. She enjoyed Mina's company very much, and Mina seemed to enjoy hers even more. They chatted away like old friends that haven't seen each other in 5 years or more. The waitress had even introduced herself as Hokuto.
"So Mina, I know that you may not want to talk about him, but you said that you had only met Kazuki about 3 or 4 days ago right? So why is it that you are so jealous over him?" Hokuto asked her kindly. Mina shrugged.
"Remember when I told you that he held me? Well it felt so familiar like I have been held by him before, but the strange thing is that I have never met him before in my life." Mina was amusing to the girl, and hours had gone by quickly. As soon as Mina had finished speaking she looked out the window and gasped. The sun was already setting. She jumped up and scrambled out of the booth.
"Hokuto I am sorry to cut this short, but I have to go home." Mina pulled enough yen out of her pocket to pay for the pie and the milk and darted out of the door with so much swiftness Hokuto was surprised by it. She looked at the yen on the table and realized that Mina had over paid her and smiled. At least she got a decent sized tip.
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Mina dashed down the street and stopped suddenly as she saw someone that she recognized. She pulled the hat on her head down low over her bangs and continued to walk not wanting to talk to him. However her efforts were for nothing. He had spotted her instantly and caught up to her.
"Hey Mina, what's up?" He asked kindly as he took her by the arm. Mina shrugged and growled as he pulled her hat from off her head.
"Nothing Kazuki, now I have to get home. I'll talk to you later." Mina said as she yanked her arm away and sped up as she continued to walk. Kazuki smiled.
"Then I will walk you home. It's not like I have to be anywhere important I just like to be outside and smell the fresh air."
"Kazuki the air is completely polluted, so I would guess that it isn't that fresh."
"I like the walk." He replied smoothly. Mina was getting completely aggravated by his persistence and slowed down to walk at a similar pace as he, she wasn't going to win this fight, not even if she tried her hardest to outwit him.
"You were jealous." Kazuki commented slowly. Mina stopped in her tracks and looked at him with curious eyes. Kazuki stopped walking and turned around to face her, realizing that he could have possibly said the wrong thing to her. Mina crossed her arms over her chest and smiled briefly.
"What makes you think that I was jealous?" Mina asked in an undertone. Kazuki slightly grinned and then pushed some of his long dark hair over his shoulders.
"You stormed off in a fit of rage, any one could have seen it."
"Darien was extremely jealous, you were toying with something that has belonged to him forever. That is very unwise."
"Serena isn't an object, now lets get you home." Kazuki took Mina by the arm, and this time she complied. He had hit the nail right on the head with his comment about her being jealous. Mina could no longer fight this battle even though she had wanted to. The walk home was silent, but when they arrived they had exchanged a few words.
"Why doesn't Serena like you?" Mina asked as she fished for her keys in her pocket. Kazuki leaned up against the side of her house and shrugged his shoulders slightly. He however knew why Serena didn't like him, but felt that it was in his best interest not to elaborate on that matter.
"Darien doesn't seem to like you either, what did you do to them?" Mina pulled out her keys and began to unlock her door, but her eyes were on Kazuki. He was watching her intently, and she had only become fully aware of it when she had turned to look at him. Kazuki straightened up and placed a hand on Mina's shoulder.
"If they don't enjoy my company, then that is there problem. I walked you home, so now it is only necessary to see you in." His hand drifted to hers that had rested on the doorknob and turned it, letting the door swing open. Mina kept her eyes locked with his for a moment before she placed on foot inside of the house.
"Kazuki, goodnight." She replied. She turned to face him and smiled. His arm shot around her waste and pulled him close to her. His eyes were dancing with mischief as is teasing her.
"Mina, there is no need to be jealous, as of now I only have eyes for one person." He placed his lips against her forehead and kissed it gently. Mina closed her eyes, hating that he was having this effect on her. She felt like melting into him, and giving him everything that she could possibly give him.
His lips then found hers, jolting her out of her thoughts, and causing her eyes to widen in surprise. It was the sweetest kiss that she had ever had in her entire lifetime. His fingers ran through her hair as his lips continued to brush against hers. Mina could only think of the burning passion within this kiss, and how familiar it felt. Mina had hoped that he was being sincere about this kiss, especially since just a minute ago his eyes were teasing her.
She pulled away reluctantly and looked to the ground, her cheeks hot with embarrassment. He placed his hand under her chin and lifted her head up to where he could see it and smiled. Her face was hot red, and he seemed to enjoy that. His eyes were still looking into hers teasingly.
"I'll come pick you up tomorrow morning to go do something, goodnight Mina." He released her and walked down the steps to the sidewalk. Mina huffed angrily and stormed inside her house. Who was he to tell her what to do? Mina slammed her door behind her and stormed up the stairs. Her blood was boiling due to the fact that her mind had been so easily over whelmed due to a simple kiss.
Her mind had become an endless maze of anger. She threw open her bedroom door and quickly stripped off her clothes, changing into her floral pajamas; she threw herself down on her bed. There was no way that she was going to be the center of his mockery. Mina covered her head with her pillow, and slowly drifted into a restless, unfriendly sleep.
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Lita had hung out with Serena all day and she was tired. She had baked cookies, made lunch, made brownies, and then had Serena help her make dinner. She could have sworn that she did nothing but cool all day. AS soon as dinner was finished they quickly decided to go and get Darien. Serena had been extremely forgiving of Kazuki by now, but she still thought very little of him.
Lita and Serena walked down the street talking about what they should do about their friends disappearance, and wondered it their families and friends would be alright. Serena was almost certain that they would be alright, since so far the only people that have been targeted were the sailor scouts.
"What are we going to do about this threat though Serena? I mean if we sailor scouts are being attacked, then that could only mean that Mina, you and I are the only ones left, and they must be taking us out easily." Serena nodded as they continued to walk down the now less than busy street. People were chattering happily around them, not knowing that they could be in danger in any moment. Lita had glanced over at her friend, who now looked somber and patted her back gently.
"Amy and Rei were both captured while they were by themselves. I suppose the only way not to be targeted is to stay with another Sailor scout, which means that you, Mina, and I should always be in each other's company." Lita smiled at her friends intelligence but then frowned. Something was going to complicate things a bit.
"Mina's going to want to stay in Kazuki's company, are you sure that you can put up with that?" Serena gave her friend a side glance and scowled.
"Mina is in over her head, there is no way that the guy can care for her, he barely even knows her, but if she feels that way about him then that is her problem. I'll just ignore him." They crossed the street to the observatory, and smiled as they caught Darien just as he was coming out of the large building. Darien greeted them both with a smile and then together they all walked back to his apartment.
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They arrived and ate dinner quickly. Nothing was said between the group, and Darien and Serena made eye contact less than usual. Lita was feeling awkward and tried her best to create conversation, but Serena and Darien wouldn't talk. Darien seemed to be in a happy mood, but Serena was being cynical. Obviously what had happened between Kazuki and her was still on her mind. After dinner Lita gave them cookies and they all sat down on the couch in the living room and had cookies and milk while watching TV. Serena sighed heavily after taking one bite out of her sugar cookie and then stood up, setting them down onto the table.
"I want to go home, I will see you guys later." Serena disappeared into Darien's room and then reappeared with her bag of clothes and then walked over to the door and slipped on her shoes. She went to open the door but it shut just as soon as she had opened it. She turned and saw Darien standing behind her, his hand firmly on the door. She huffed in exasperation, wanting to get away from them, both. She just wasn't able to think around them, even though she was eating, which normally enabled her to think very well.
"Darien, I want to go home." Serena nearly whined. Darien smiled at her, happy that his old complaining Serena had come back.
"You just can't leave by yourself, Odango-chan, It isn't safe." Serena frowned, he hadn't called her that in a long time, but he had definitely called her what he used to call her when she was still in junior high. It brought a small sarcastic smile to her face, her body shifted once, resting against his for a brief moment before she straightened herself up, not wanting him to see that she was most vulnerable when he used his pet names on her.
"Darien, as long as the guy who is totally in love with me, stays in love with me I am perfectly safe, now I would like to go home to visit my family, I have been spending night after night here, I mean its almost as if I live here now."
"Once you are out of high school you will." The passion in Darien's voice was hidden, but it was still there all the same. Serena turned to him and nodded, pushing him back slightly.
"Darien, I would really like to visit my family, I will be alright, besides I will transform right away if anything goes wrong." She opened the door and slipped out of it before Darien was able to say anything. Serena let out a sigh of relief as she walked down the hall towards the exit of his apartment building. She could think easier by herself, but she still didn't want to leave Darien.
She cursed herself for giving off the impression that she was so vulnerable by being called by her nickname, but she realized that she didn't care, he had called her something that he hadn't called her in years, and he realized that it felt good to be called that. She walked down the street to her house, she really wanted to see her family, and she was excited enough to skip to them.
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Serena's mom was washing the dishes when there was a knock on the door. She set the plate down and walked over to the door, opening it slightly. She smiled at the person who stood in front of her, trying not to show her surprise at what he was wearing.
"May I help you?" She asked as she opened the door. The man smiled at her and then nodded.
"I would like to talk to you about your daughter." He commented. Mrs. Tsukino raised an eyebrow and motioned him to come inside. She called her husband whom was in the living room, into the dining room and asked her guest to have a seat. She made sure that Sammy was out of the room and focusing on the last of his homework before addressing the man.
"What's your name and what is it about Serena that you would like to discuss with us?" Serena's father asked. The man smiled and brushed his white hair out of his face. His bangs fell back over his eyes and he leaned back in his chair, evaluating her parents for a moment before speaking.
"My name is Karui Kinu. It is a pleasure to finally meet Serena's parents, although I would have liked it better to meet her real mother." He smirked. The Tsukino's exchanged glances with each other for a moment and Serena's father spoke in a questioning tone.
"What do you mean her real mother? We are Serena's real parents." He pushed his glasses up on his nose and then looked towards his wife. She closed her eyes and then smiled at the man. She smoothed out her apron and then opened her eyes once again, evaluating him carefully, taking note of his silvery white hair, a trait of the elderly, yet he looked to be about 20 years old. She looked into his dark emotionless eyes, trying to read his stoic expression, but to no prevail.
An evil smile appeared on his face as he thought about how he would go about answering their questions. He would have to do it carefully, and make sure that the conversation didn't come to more personal question about where he was from, and if they refused to comply with what he was going to ask them he would just take them, all of them, and he wouldn't care if she cried or not, for Serena was beautiful even when blinding tears tainted her gorgeous face. But he had come to take them anyways, she still wasn't complying with his demands and he had warned her.
He was going to have to do something about him, hopefully hurt him enough to get him to back down and return back, he had meddled in his affairs enough, but then again he could wound him in way unimaginable, perhaps his little love Mina. He had of course seen him getting unmistakably close to her again. That was going to have to change.
"Well I have come here to ask you for permission in for your daughters hand in marriage, but then, you seem like the type to be...overprotective of your offspring." He smiled at Mr. Tsukino's face turned bright red. He was towering over Karui in an instant. Karui kept still fighting the urge to do what he had come here for in the first place.
"YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MARRY MY SERENA! SHE IS ONLY IN HIGHSCHOOL!!!!!" Mr. Tsukino yelled. Karui smiled and stood up, about ready to leave when Serena's mom grabbed his arm.
"Besides," she started, " she is going to be marrying Darien Shields." Something sliced through Karui in that instant. She stood frozen, his eyes narrowing and his blood boiling. Something inside of him clicked as he whirled around on the two parents a giant force pushing them back, causing them to fly into the wall. The house rumbled as Karui walked up to them, his eyes burning red. Serena's parents looked up at him terrified as he lifted Mr. Tsukino up in one swift movement.
"You have made a terribly mistake." He said as his hand shot through his chest. Mrs. Tsukino shrieked in fear as she scrambled away from him to call the police. Karui turned and lifted a hand up, causing her to go flying once more. He pulled his hand out of Mr. Tsukino's chest finally finding what he wanted. A black mess leaked from Karui's body engulfing Mr. Tsukino as if absorbing him, and then it slowly disappeared.
Karui turned towards Serena's mom and swiftly walked over to her. Tears and blood were streaming down her face as he lifted her up, energy flaring around him. His eyes still burned a blood red as everything around him was thrown around. He reached through her and quickly found the spirit seed and dropped her to the ground, absorbing her body into his as well. His eyes slowly landed on the staircase as he heard Sammy's footsteps.
He was frozen to the spot. Karui swooped down on him and threw his hand into his chest as Sammy screamed and writhed in pain. This one was much more harder to find. He hadn't weakened the boy, only startled him. His energy still flaring he plunged deeper into Sammy's subconscious, finally reaching the spirit seed. He pulled his hand out slowly as he held the 3 spirit seeds against his chest. Sammy was glossy eyed, and looked lifeless as he turned pale almost instantly. Karui picked the boy up by his collar a portal forming at the top of the stairs.
He started walking up the rest of the way, smiling malevolently, but froze. The burning of his eyes had died down as he turned and face the door. He watched the doorknob turn slowly and then door open. He jumped through the portal closing it quickly as soon as he heard her voice.
"MOM DAD SAMMY I'M HOME!" Serena yelled as she kicked off her shoes happily. She ran into the living room and froze. A blood curdling scream escaped her mouth shortly after.
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A/N: Well there's that chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it a whole lot. Well I finally told the bad guys name, and just do you know Karui Kinu means dark silk. I use the name Kinu a whole lot, but that's only because I love silk. And ways I hope that you enjoyed it, and you must review! I will try to post the chapters faster for you though! Thanx for reading!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon
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Serena unlocked Darien's door and stormed inside, Lita catching the door before it was slammed in her face. She stepped inside and kicked off her shoes then closed the door behind her, as she listened to Serena explode in a fit of anger.
Lita was surprised at the words that were escaping her mouth, but she could only guess why she was acting like that. Kazuki had gotten extremely close, and then he started teasing her. Serena never did like it when she was teased; she used to hate Darien whenever he had teased her.
Lita had walked into the living room and watched Serena flop down on the couch, crossing her arms over her chest and breathing deeply. Lita went over to the couch and sat down next to Serena, placing a friendly arm around her shoulder. Serena was yanked out of her thoughts at this gesture and gazed longingly at her friend, searching for some sort of comfort.
Lita however supplied none. Lita squeezed Serena's shoulder and then took her arm from around her shoulders. Serena hung her head down, loose strands of hair falling over her shoulders. Lita stood up in the awkward silence and stretched.
"What was all that about?" Lita asked after moments of debating with herself, with whether to let Serena speak first. The long deafening silence almost killed Lita, so she found it in her best interest to speak out first. Serena glanced up at her friend from the corners of her crystal blue eyes and let out a frustrated sigh.
"I don't like him invading my space that's all." Serena mumbled. Lita smiled at her and then sat back down next to her.
"You know Mina's jealous. When they came to my apartment, Kazuki had his arm wrapped around her shoulder, it seemed friendly enough, but I sensed some hidden passion behind it. What do you think?" Lita asked as she crossed one leg over the other and leaned back, propping her had against her hands. Serena sat up straight, her full attention now on Lita. The corners of Lita's lip curled slightly, noting at what could get her friends attention. Serena stayed silent for a moment before breaking the ear splitting silence.
"Mina can do so much better than that jerk in my opinion. I don't care if she likes him or not, he knows something Lita. She isn't safe with him." Serena commented. This time it was Lita's turn to stiffen. She blinked at Serena and then nodded for her to continue.
"Well I had this dream last night, about Rei being captured by this guy with long white hair, and I tried everything, but I couldn't help her whatsoever. She couldn't hear me or anything, but he could. He heard me. Then he whispered in my ear, It's a far better thing. That was the same thing that my secret admirer has been writing in the letters that he has been giving me."
"Maybe its just a coincidence."
"It would have to be a very big coincidence then. I mean he even called me Serenity in the dream. How big of coincidence is that Lita? And then today Kazuki said, that I should just listen to what he is saying that way no one else would get hurt. Lita he cant be trusted." Serena placed her head in her hands and let out a long sigh. Lita took that as a sign that she no longer wished to talk about this matter and to leave her alone. Lita smiled and stood up.
"Well I am going to bake something, I know you could go for some sugar cookies." Lita smiled and walked off into the kitchen to see if Darien had all the ingredients that she needed to make them. Serena however hadn't even acknowledged her, she simply sat still drowning in her own thoughts.
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Later that Day:
Mina had finished talking about Kazuki and moved onto her everyday life. Every now and then the waitress would get up and leave taking someone's order and then returning after she had served them their food. Mina still had a half eaten piece of pie, and she had been in the café for nearly the entire day.
The waitress didn't seem to mind though. They had gotten into deep conversation, and she would forget that she was even at work. She enjoyed Mina's company very much, and Mina seemed to enjoy hers even more. They chatted away like old friends that haven't seen each other in 5 years or more. The waitress had even introduced herself as Hokuto.
"So Mina, I know that you may not want to talk about him, but you said that you had only met Kazuki about 3 or 4 days ago right? So why is it that you are so jealous over him?" Hokuto asked her kindly. Mina shrugged.
"Remember when I told you that he held me? Well it felt so familiar like I have been held by him before, but the strange thing is that I have never met him before in my life." Mina was amusing to the girl, and hours had gone by quickly. As soon as Mina had finished speaking she looked out the window and gasped. The sun was already setting. She jumped up and scrambled out of the booth.
"Hokuto I am sorry to cut this short, but I have to go home." Mina pulled enough yen out of her pocket to pay for the pie and the milk and darted out of the door with so much swiftness Hokuto was surprised by it. She looked at the yen on the table and realized that Mina had over paid her and smiled. At least she got a decent sized tip.
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Mina dashed down the street and stopped suddenly as she saw someone that she recognized. She pulled the hat on her head down low over her bangs and continued to walk not wanting to talk to him. However her efforts were for nothing. He had spotted her instantly and caught up to her.
"Hey Mina, what's up?" He asked kindly as he took her by the arm. Mina shrugged and growled as he pulled her hat from off her head.
"Nothing Kazuki, now I have to get home. I'll talk to you later." Mina said as she yanked her arm away and sped up as she continued to walk. Kazuki smiled.
"Then I will walk you home. It's not like I have to be anywhere important I just like to be outside and smell the fresh air."
"Kazuki the air is completely polluted, so I would guess that it isn't that fresh."
"I like the walk." He replied smoothly. Mina was getting completely aggravated by his persistence and slowed down to walk at a similar pace as he, she wasn't going to win this fight, not even if she tried her hardest to outwit him.
"You were jealous." Kazuki commented slowly. Mina stopped in her tracks and looked at him with curious eyes. Kazuki stopped walking and turned around to face her, realizing that he could have possibly said the wrong thing to her. Mina crossed her arms over her chest and smiled briefly.
"What makes you think that I was jealous?" Mina asked in an undertone. Kazuki slightly grinned and then pushed some of his long dark hair over his shoulders.
"You stormed off in a fit of rage, any one could have seen it."
"Darien was extremely jealous, you were toying with something that has belonged to him forever. That is very unwise."
"Serena isn't an object, now lets get you home." Kazuki took Mina by the arm, and this time she complied. He had hit the nail right on the head with his comment about her being jealous. Mina could no longer fight this battle even though she had wanted to. The walk home was silent, but when they arrived they had exchanged a few words.
"Why doesn't Serena like you?" Mina asked as she fished for her keys in her pocket. Kazuki leaned up against the side of her house and shrugged his shoulders slightly. He however knew why Serena didn't like him, but felt that it was in his best interest not to elaborate on that matter.
"Darien doesn't seem to like you either, what did you do to them?" Mina pulled out her keys and began to unlock her door, but her eyes were on Kazuki. He was watching her intently, and she had only become fully aware of it when she had turned to look at him. Kazuki straightened up and placed a hand on Mina's shoulder.
"If they don't enjoy my company, then that is there problem. I walked you home, so now it is only necessary to see you in." His hand drifted to hers that had rested on the doorknob and turned it, letting the door swing open. Mina kept her eyes locked with his for a moment before she placed on foot inside of the house.
"Kazuki, goodnight." She replied. She turned to face him and smiled. His arm shot around her waste and pulled him close to her. His eyes were dancing with mischief as is teasing her.
"Mina, there is no need to be jealous, as of now I only have eyes for one person." He placed his lips against her forehead and kissed it gently. Mina closed her eyes, hating that he was having this effect on her. She felt like melting into him, and giving him everything that she could possibly give him.
His lips then found hers, jolting her out of her thoughts, and causing her eyes to widen in surprise. It was the sweetest kiss that she had ever had in her entire lifetime. His fingers ran through her hair as his lips continued to brush against hers. Mina could only think of the burning passion within this kiss, and how familiar it felt. Mina had hoped that he was being sincere about this kiss, especially since just a minute ago his eyes were teasing her.
She pulled away reluctantly and looked to the ground, her cheeks hot with embarrassment. He placed his hand under her chin and lifted her head up to where he could see it and smiled. Her face was hot red, and he seemed to enjoy that. His eyes were still looking into hers teasingly.
"I'll come pick you up tomorrow morning to go do something, goodnight Mina." He released her and walked down the steps to the sidewalk. Mina huffed angrily and stormed inside her house. Who was he to tell her what to do? Mina slammed her door behind her and stormed up the stairs. Her blood was boiling due to the fact that her mind had been so easily over whelmed due to a simple kiss.
Her mind had become an endless maze of anger. She threw open her bedroom door and quickly stripped off her clothes, changing into her floral pajamas; she threw herself down on her bed. There was no way that she was going to be the center of his mockery. Mina covered her head with her pillow, and slowly drifted into a restless, unfriendly sleep.
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Lita had hung out with Serena all day and she was tired. She had baked cookies, made lunch, made brownies, and then had Serena help her make dinner. She could have sworn that she did nothing but cool all day. AS soon as dinner was finished they quickly decided to go and get Darien. Serena had been extremely forgiving of Kazuki by now, but she still thought very little of him.
Lita and Serena walked down the street talking about what they should do about their friends disappearance, and wondered it their families and friends would be alright. Serena was almost certain that they would be alright, since so far the only people that have been targeted were the sailor scouts.
"What are we going to do about this threat though Serena? I mean if we sailor scouts are being attacked, then that could only mean that Mina, you and I are the only ones left, and they must be taking us out easily." Serena nodded as they continued to walk down the now less than busy street. People were chattering happily around them, not knowing that they could be in danger in any moment. Lita had glanced over at her friend, who now looked somber and patted her back gently.
"Amy and Rei were both captured while they were by themselves. I suppose the only way not to be targeted is to stay with another Sailor scout, which means that you, Mina, and I should always be in each other's company." Lita smiled at her friends intelligence but then frowned. Something was going to complicate things a bit.
"Mina's going to want to stay in Kazuki's company, are you sure that you can put up with that?" Serena gave her friend a side glance and scowled.
"Mina is in over her head, there is no way that the guy can care for her, he barely even knows her, but if she feels that way about him then that is her problem. I'll just ignore him." They crossed the street to the observatory, and smiled as they caught Darien just as he was coming out of the large building. Darien greeted them both with a smile and then together they all walked back to his apartment.
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They arrived and ate dinner quickly. Nothing was said between the group, and Darien and Serena made eye contact less than usual. Lita was feeling awkward and tried her best to create conversation, but Serena and Darien wouldn't talk. Darien seemed to be in a happy mood, but Serena was being cynical. Obviously what had happened between Kazuki and her was still on her mind. After dinner Lita gave them cookies and they all sat down on the couch in the living room and had cookies and milk while watching TV. Serena sighed heavily after taking one bite out of her sugar cookie and then stood up, setting them down onto the table.
"I want to go home, I will see you guys later." Serena disappeared into Darien's room and then reappeared with her bag of clothes and then walked over to the door and slipped on her shoes. She went to open the door but it shut just as soon as she had opened it. She turned and saw Darien standing behind her, his hand firmly on the door. She huffed in exasperation, wanting to get away from them, both. She just wasn't able to think around them, even though she was eating, which normally enabled her to think very well.
"Darien, I want to go home." Serena nearly whined. Darien smiled at her, happy that his old complaining Serena had come back.
"You just can't leave by yourself, Odango-chan, It isn't safe." Serena frowned, he hadn't called her that in a long time, but he had definitely called her what he used to call her when she was still in junior high. It brought a small sarcastic smile to her face, her body shifted once, resting against his for a brief moment before she straightened herself up, not wanting him to see that she was most vulnerable when he used his pet names on her.
"Darien, as long as the guy who is totally in love with me, stays in love with me I am perfectly safe, now I would like to go home to visit my family, I have been spending night after night here, I mean its almost as if I live here now."
"Once you are out of high school you will." The passion in Darien's voice was hidden, but it was still there all the same. Serena turned to him and nodded, pushing him back slightly.
"Darien, I would really like to visit my family, I will be alright, besides I will transform right away if anything goes wrong." She opened the door and slipped out of it before Darien was able to say anything. Serena let out a sigh of relief as she walked down the hall towards the exit of his apartment building. She could think easier by herself, but she still didn't want to leave Darien.
She cursed herself for giving off the impression that she was so vulnerable by being called by her nickname, but she realized that she didn't care, he had called her something that he hadn't called her in years, and he realized that it felt good to be called that. She walked down the street to her house, she really wanted to see her family, and she was excited enough to skip to them.
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Serena's mom was washing the dishes when there was a knock on the door. She set the plate down and walked over to the door, opening it slightly. She smiled at the person who stood in front of her, trying not to show her surprise at what he was wearing.
"May I help you?" She asked as she opened the door. The man smiled at her and then nodded.
"I would like to talk to you about your daughter." He commented. Mrs. Tsukino raised an eyebrow and motioned him to come inside. She called her husband whom was in the living room, into the dining room and asked her guest to have a seat. She made sure that Sammy was out of the room and focusing on the last of his homework before addressing the man.
"What's your name and what is it about Serena that you would like to discuss with us?" Serena's father asked. The man smiled and brushed his white hair out of his face. His bangs fell back over his eyes and he leaned back in his chair, evaluating her parents for a moment before speaking.
"My name is Karui Kinu. It is a pleasure to finally meet Serena's parents, although I would have liked it better to meet her real mother." He smirked. The Tsukino's exchanged glances with each other for a moment and Serena's father spoke in a questioning tone.
"What do you mean her real mother? We are Serena's real parents." He pushed his glasses up on his nose and then looked towards his wife. She closed her eyes and then smiled at the man. She smoothed out her apron and then opened her eyes once again, evaluating him carefully, taking note of his silvery white hair, a trait of the elderly, yet he looked to be about 20 years old. She looked into his dark emotionless eyes, trying to read his stoic expression, but to no prevail.
An evil smile appeared on his face as he thought about how he would go about answering their questions. He would have to do it carefully, and make sure that the conversation didn't come to more personal question about where he was from, and if they refused to comply with what he was going to ask them he would just take them, all of them, and he wouldn't care if she cried or not, for Serena was beautiful even when blinding tears tainted her gorgeous face. But he had come to take them anyways, she still wasn't complying with his demands and he had warned her.
He was going to have to do something about him, hopefully hurt him enough to get him to back down and return back, he had meddled in his affairs enough, but then again he could wound him in way unimaginable, perhaps his little love Mina. He had of course seen him getting unmistakably close to her again. That was going to have to change.
"Well I have come here to ask you for permission in for your daughters hand in marriage, but then, you seem like the type to be...overprotective of your offspring." He smiled at Mr. Tsukino's face turned bright red. He was towering over Karui in an instant. Karui kept still fighting the urge to do what he had come here for in the first place.
"YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MARRY MY SERENA! SHE IS ONLY IN HIGHSCHOOL!!!!!" Mr. Tsukino yelled. Karui smiled and stood up, about ready to leave when Serena's mom grabbed his arm.
"Besides," she started, " she is going to be marrying Darien Shields." Something sliced through Karui in that instant. She stood frozen, his eyes narrowing and his blood boiling. Something inside of him clicked as he whirled around on the two parents a giant force pushing them back, causing them to fly into the wall. The house rumbled as Karui walked up to them, his eyes burning red. Serena's parents looked up at him terrified as he lifted Mr. Tsukino up in one swift movement.
"You have made a terribly mistake." He said as his hand shot through his chest. Mrs. Tsukino shrieked in fear as she scrambled away from him to call the police. Karui turned and lifted a hand up, causing her to go flying once more. He pulled his hand out of Mr. Tsukino's chest finally finding what he wanted. A black mess leaked from Karui's body engulfing Mr. Tsukino as if absorbing him, and then it slowly disappeared.
Karui turned towards Serena's mom and swiftly walked over to her. Tears and blood were streaming down her face as he lifted her up, energy flaring around him. His eyes still burned a blood red as everything around him was thrown around. He reached through her and quickly found the spirit seed and dropped her to the ground, absorbing her body into his as well. His eyes slowly landed on the staircase as he heard Sammy's footsteps.
He was frozen to the spot. Karui swooped down on him and threw his hand into his chest as Sammy screamed and writhed in pain. This one was much more harder to find. He hadn't weakened the boy, only startled him. His energy still flaring he plunged deeper into Sammy's subconscious, finally reaching the spirit seed. He pulled his hand out slowly as he held the 3 spirit seeds against his chest. Sammy was glossy eyed, and looked lifeless as he turned pale almost instantly. Karui picked the boy up by his collar a portal forming at the top of the stairs.
He started walking up the rest of the way, smiling malevolently, but froze. The burning of his eyes had died down as he turned and face the door. He watched the doorknob turn slowly and then door open. He jumped through the portal closing it quickly as soon as he heard her voice.
"MOM DAD SAMMY I'M HOME!" Serena yelled as she kicked off her shoes happily. She ran into the living room and froze. A blood curdling scream escaped her mouth shortly after.
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A/N: Well there's that chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it a whole lot. Well I finally told the bad guys name, and just do you know Karui Kinu means dark silk. I use the name Kinu a whole lot, but that's only because I love silk. And ways I hope that you enjoyed it, and you must review! I will try to post the chapters faster for you though! Thanx for reading!
~*Neko-Sama*~