Author's Note: He got Serena's family! Bwahahahahahahaha! I am going to
have an epilogue on the story even though there isn't a prologue, so sorry,
but oh well. I.don't.give.a.damn. Anywayz I hope that you enjoy this
chapter. It's spring break and I am not gonna be burdened with homework so
I actually have time to write this. Yay me. Well enough with my mindless
babble onto the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters, but Karui, and Kazuki are mine. (wow whats with the K's?)
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~*It's a Far Better Thing*~
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Blood dripped down the small cracks in the wall. Furniture was overturned, and pictures lay on the floor, the glass on the frames broken. Hot tears blinded her eyes as she saw what lay in front of her. She had just finished screaming, and her throat was dry and tight. She groped for the wall, her legs not able to hold her anymore. She stumbled and fell into the wall, hitting her head on the corner of it, cracking her skull slightly. Blood trickled down the side of her face, blending together with her nervous sweat.
Her body slid to the floor as she stared at the scene before her. The hot blinding tears stopped coming as stared at what was in front of her, her vision blurring. Her body swayed, she didn't feel like she was on this planet anymore, but the pain, oh the pain. She felt as if though sharp jagged rocks had pierced her heart. It was unimaginable. She tried to clear her thoughts, but she already knew what had happened. It couldn't happen like this though. She ran her tongue over her dry lips and tried to make sense of what was happening. Her mind was an endless maze of sorrow and pain, but she couldn't let that get to her.
Serena tried to stand up, but her limbs weren't workable yet. She fell, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip. The taste of blood made the tears fall once more as she tried once again to stand. Her legs were wobbly, and she was barely able to move. She groped the walls, using them to keep her balance, and she walked to the kitchen. She reached the phone and touched it, her colorless hands trembling violently. She managed to grasp the phone tightly, her hands turning even paler than they already were and slid down to the floor. She turned to phone on with much difficulty, trying hard to swallow her tears. She wanted to call the police, but her fingers dialed a different number.
She placed the phone to her ear, and as soon as she heard the other line click she burst out into tears.
"Hello?" A familiar voice said in her ear. Serena could barely bring herself to talk. She choked on her words as she tried to talk between sobs.
"Serena? What's wrong?" The voice asked her as he recognized her troubled state. When Serena had heard him say her name, her nerves weren't as perplexed as before. Her trembling body calmed a little bit, but she was still crying, trying to soak in what she had seen. She knew what had happened and there was no doubt about it. But why her family? Why take the most precious thing in her life away from her. Serena got lost in her thoughts and forgot that she was even on the phone anymore. So far Amy, Rei, her little brother, and her mother and father, had fallen victim to whatever mysterious force was in love with Serena.
She clutched the phone tightly and she was now breathing heavily. She closed her eyes and ran her fingers through her hair, finally remembering that she held the phone in her hot sweaty hands.
"Darien...my family..my house." The thought of her family brought her to tears again. Darien listened to his beloved sobbing as if she had just gotten stabbed with 1,000 white hot knives and nodded slowly, even though she couldn't see them.
"I will call the police and then I will be right over. I will call Lita and Mina and make sure that they know what happened. I will be over in about 30 minutes, don't leave the house." And with that Darien hung up. Serena turned the phone off and angrily threw it at her wall. The phone cracked and Serena stood up ignoring it. She quickly went to her main hall and darted up her stairs. She got about halfway up the stairs and stopped. Something felt different about this spot. She kneeled down and touched it with her forefingers, dark negative energy shot throughout her entire body. She jumped up and stared at the spot, able to see what had happened.
'That same man that attacked Rei attacked Sammy right here.' Serena thought. Her eyes darkened for a minute and the turned sad. She turned around and then saw her parents being attacked. Why was she seeing this? It didn't make sense. Then he looked at her, his dark eyes penetrating hers. She shivered in her spot on the stairs as she watched his body swoop down on her, but he went right through her. She looked down and saw him reaching into Sammy trying to pull something out of him, and then within a few minutes, Sammy looked like nothing except for a lifeless corpse. So he had attacked her parents first and then Sammy. She placed her hand on her forehead, pushing back her bangs when she felt it, the strange curve of her skin underneath her fingers.
She darted up the stairs and then stared at her reflection in the mirror. The moon crescent that normally appeared on her face whenever she summoned the Moon Crystal's power was on her forehead. It glowed a dim gold color for a moment and then disappeared. Serena shook her head and then walked around her upstairs seeing if anything was out of order up there, and there was nothing. Sammy's homework books were scattered all over the floor in his room, and Serena could only guess that he had been doing his homework and heard the commotion down stairs and had went to investigate. If it wasn't for that racket that was made Sammy would still be here.
Serena growled with anger and hit her fists against the ground. A shard of glass pierced through her flesh as she did this, and then noticed that some of the things in Sammy's room were knocked over. Serena ignored the dull pain in her hand and picked up a picture frame. She smiled as she looked down at the picture of Sammy, and her future daughter Rini posing on the beach together. Serena smiled, while Rini was living in the past, she was Serena's cousin, but whenever Rini and Serena were alone with the scouts they knew Rini as Serena's daughter, even though they had fought like sisters.
She had sent Rini back to her own time, thank god, not too long before this had happened. Rini had no clue as to what was going on. She sighed as she placed the picture against her chest and cradled it tightly. The doorbell rang shortly after and she set the picture down on Sammy's desk and pulled the piece of glass out of her hand, before running down the stairs. The blood on her head still mingled with the sweat, and the blood that dripped from her hand left a trail of blood on the stairs. She opened the door slowly, first checking to see who it was.
Her heart almost burst through her chest as she saw her friends standing in front of her. She stood to the side and motioned for the three of them to come in, surprised at how fast they had made it there, and then noticed Darien's car in front of her house. She closed the door behind her quickly and then turned to face the startled looks her friends were giving her.
"Serena your head." Darien said as he placed a hand gently on her bloodied skull. Serena shook her head and then quickly told them about what she had seen happened after she had touched the stairs. They all listened intently, although Mina was sleepier than the others, she was listening more carefully than the others.
"What did he look like Serena?" Mina asked, concerned and yet intrigued. Serena described him quickly, making sure that she put in every detail that could identify him. Mina listened to the description and made a mental note of keeping watch for a man with long silvery hair.
"And then his eyes were so dark and cold, emotionless, but they looked so familiar, and when I looked into them, I could have sworn that I have seen them somewhere else before, and then his face." Serena stopped suddenly. She dashed down the stairs and opened the door and stared directly into the face of a policeman. She let him enter, making sure to tell them that the only thing she touched since she got home was the walls and the telephone.
The police searched her house and dusted for fingerprints while Darien cradled a stoic Serena. Mina and Lita sat close to them in silence, thinking about what Serena had told them. Why was it that Serena was able to see what was happening after it happened? The police had cleaned Serena's injuries up quickly and then left after they had finished searching her house for the night. They had asked Darien to stay with Serena for the night and he did so. Lita and Mina decided to stay, just for extra protection and Serena showed the both of them to her parent's room.
Mina and Lita objected at first but Serena insisted, she didn't want them to be stuck in Sammy's room, and there wouldn't be any room for them to be in her room, and she didn't have any sleeping bags for them. Serena let them both borrow a pair of her pajamas and then went to show Darien to Sammy's room. When Serena had opened Sammy's door Darien immediately saw the broken picture, and the blood that was on the floor.
"I take it that you broke yourself on that right?" Darien asked as Serena turned to leave. Serena stopped and looked at the picture, almost reluctantly.
"I'm glad that I sent her back home when I did." Serena said while leaning against the doorframe. Darien nodded and then turned to face Serena. He slowly took her into his arms and planted a kiss on her head. Serena smiled and then leaned her head against his chest.
"Darien, do you think that he will come after you too?" Serena asked quietly. Darien felt her shudder in his grasp as she said that. He shook his head and then said no, wanting to reassure her that nothing bad was going to happen. Serena didn't buy it. Darien released her telling her to go to bed, and she did so, but slowly.
She took her time changing into her pajamas and then went to check on her Mina and Lita. They had both fallen asleep quickly, but their transformation sticks were on the nightstands, just in case something were to happen to them.
Serena closed the door quietly and then crept over to Sammy's bedroom door and opened it slightly, and watched Darien lying on the bed, reading, one of Sammy's books most likely. She opened the door all the way knocking on it, and got his attention. She walked into the room and sat down on the bed next to him.
"I just wanted to say goodnight. Mina and Lita are asleep just so you know." Darien snaked and arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him. He ran his fingers over her jaw line and then turned her head and kissed her lips gently.
"Goodnight Serena." He said as she cuddled closer to him. He said it with finality, but Serena wouldn't leave him. She molded her body perfectly against his and began to sob into his T-shirt. Darien sighed as she balled his T-shirt into her fists, as each sob became louder. Darien kissed the top of her head and then quietly 'sshhhed' her. Serena's sobs died down about 30 minutes later, and thankfully, she didn't wake Mina or Lita up.
"Let me take you to bed." Darien said as he picked her up and carried her to her room. He opened her door and then set her on her bed, kissing her tear stained face once more. This was just too much for Serena, she wasn't going to be able to take it anymore, so he had to do his best to make sure that the rest of her friends didn't get kidnapped by this guy. Serena watched him closely as he kneeled down besides her bed and adjusted her covers just perfectly. Darien looked into her sad, baby blue eyes and landed another kiss on her lips and then stood up to leave. Serena sat up quickly, propping her body up on her elbow.
"Darien don't go, you cant leave me." She begged. Darien turned and looked at her pleading face, and sighed, wondering why she wouldn't let him sleep, but he knew just as well that he had to be there for her, or else he wouldn't be able to live with himself. Besides if he wasn't here for her now, then he could only guess at the wrath that he would deal with in the morning.
"Serena, I am just as tired as you are, I can stay for a little bit, but then I am going to hit the sac, if you have no objection."
"You can't leave Darien, because if you do, I don't know if I will ever see you again." Serena threw herself into his arms and found that she was sobbing once more. Darien smiled as she looked up at him, her eyes pleading for some sort of comfort. Darien sighed and kissed her forehead before putting her back into bed. He lay down next to her and gathered her up in his arms, knowing that she would never go to sleep unless he did something to help ease her pain. He kissed her hair gently and then heard her whisper something inaudible. He didn't care; he was enjoying himself too much right now.
He had forgotten how nice it was to hold Serena; how complete he felt when he was with her. He buried his face in her long blonde hair and took in her sweet scent. Serena shivered at his closeness, but them smiled and relaxed, quickly falling asleep. Darien had stayed awake long after she had fallen asleep, thinking about everything that had happened, and what would happen to Serena if anyone else that she loved dearly would disappear.
There would be no way to comfort her whatsoever. She would be unreachable if something like that were to happen, so Darien knew that he had to find a way to make it stop. He had fallen asleep thinking of ways to protect Serena, each way more creative than the rest, and even that night, he had dreamt of Serena, dreamt of doing things with Serena that he would never even think about thinking when he was awake.
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Serena had awaken long before anyone else. Everything in the house was silent, and yet she found that even though she was with someone that could protect her, she couldn't sleep. It was 5 in the morning when she went to look at her alarm clock. She could hear the crickets chirping outside, and it was almost like a melodic song that she could waltz to. She silently climbed out of her bed, making sure not to wake Darien and grabbed some fresh clothes and a towel so that she could take a shower.
She stripped completely and stepped inside the shower, shivering as the cold icy blast of water hit her bare skin. She couldn't understand why, but she was taking more cold showers this week than anything else. It was Thursday now, and she had to figure out what was going on before anything else happened, and that was going to be hard. She kept her mind on the events and couldn't help but cry. At first she thought that new found tears were just the shower water, spraying her face, but when she wiped her eyes and smelled the salt, she knew that she had been crying. She had to stop crying, whoever it was who was trying to get her to love him must have taken joy in seeing her suffer.
Serena stepped out of the shower after washing her body and her hair and sighed as she wrapped a towel around her naked body. She dried her hair and threw it up in its usual style and then sighed as she got dressed. She walked into her room and smiled as she watched Darien still sleeping. Her alarm clock read 6 a.m. now, and she was still the only one awake. She nodded to herself and then fled downstairs. She wanted to clean up her house, and make it look nice for when her parents arrived, but how was she going to explain to her parents about what happened?
She would have to save them, and in order to do that she would have to transform into sailor moon, and if her parents were even the least bit conscious then that was going to be a problem. She got lost in her thoughts as she cleaned up the mess in her living room. Last night the cops said that they were able to find no clues that would help her with the disappearances of her family. She continued to clean, and even when it was around 8 in the morning her friends and Darien stayed sleeping. They must have been exhausted as well, so she decided just to let them sleep, after all, with this new threat, they were going to need as much rest as possible.
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He didn't even realized what he had done until it was too late. He frowned as he binded her brother up with the darkness surrounding them all. Karui then proceeded to walk to his throne, getting an aggravated whine from Inuki. Karui's foot flew into his pets side, causing it to growl for a moment, before settling down once again. Karui sat down in his throne for a moment before rubbing his temples. He really couldn't gaze into the crystal right now, for he was too weak from his attack. It was easier to pull one spirit seed from one person than it was to pull a spirit seed from three people in row, even if they were defenseless humans. He smiled triumphantly as he held the three spirit seeds in his hands. He had already drained most of the energy from them, and yet he knew that if he took it all, Serena would be most devastated.
Even the energy from these three weren't helping him recuperate. But he didn't want to harm anyone else, and yet he knew he had to, that was the only way to get Serena to listen to what he was saying. He smiled as he thought of his new prey, it was going to be the brunette, she didn't seem like much of a challenge. So he would get her next, but he didn't know where to find her.
'Damn, that means that I will have to use the damned crystal to find out where she is.' Karui thought impatiently. He drew the crystal close to him and placed his hand against it, awakening it's powers, while draining his. The three spirit seeds that he had collected where drawn into it, and he knew that he would have to get enough rest to regain all of his former strength. He closed his eyes as he searched for her aura and smiled as to where he found it. It was at Serena's house.
'Well my little rabbit sure is keeping herself busy now isn't she?' He thought with a little smile. Footsteps echoed off the darkness around him and he looked up. His smile turned into a frown quickly.
"What are you doing here?" Karui spat at the intruder.
"Karui, I am of kin, you know better than anyone else that I am too able to access this realm. But I have come to tell you something, leave her alone; she doesn't need to lose anyone else. Her heart is in pain right now, and what you are doing isn't going to help any." The man looked at Karui, his eyes full of question, and then they fell dark once again. Karui snorted and then cast his gaze down to the crystal.
"I will not, she is mine, she will belong to me." Karui stated matter-of- factly. The intruder smiled and waved off the comment dismissively.
"You couldn't get her in the future, what makes you think you can have her now?" Karui went white at this comment. All the color drained from his face and his eyes glowed blood red. He squeezed the crystal tightly, causing the sharp edges of it to rip through his flesh. Blood dripped off of the bottom of the crystal, slowly forming a puddle at his feet.
"Leave now." Karui said, his voice emotionless and cold as ice. The intruder took a step towards Karui, but Karui's voice came back in such forcefulness that it knocked him down.
"I SAID LEAVE NOW." Karui bellowed. Energy escaped his body causing his kin to slide back. The man shielded his eyes with his arm, and kept his feet planted firmly into the ground, until Karui's attack was finished. Karui looked up, his red eyes turning back to a dark crystal blue once more. He let out a low growl and then sat down releasing his hands from the crystal and sending it back to its resting state.
"Karui, you are mistaken, she will never take you." The intruder bowed and then disappeared into the darkness. Karui looked up to where he once was and shook his head.
'No dear brother you are mistaken, she will have me, she just needs a push in the right direction.' He thought as leaned back into his chair. His silvery bangs fell in front of his eyes as he closed them, falling into a deep slumber.
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A/N's: so what do you think? I hope you liked it very much! Well please review it will make me a happy person!!!!
~*Neko-Sama*~
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters, but Karui, and Kazuki are mine. (wow whats with the K's?)
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~*It's a Far Better Thing*~
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Blood dripped down the small cracks in the wall. Furniture was overturned, and pictures lay on the floor, the glass on the frames broken. Hot tears blinded her eyes as she saw what lay in front of her. She had just finished screaming, and her throat was dry and tight. She groped for the wall, her legs not able to hold her anymore. She stumbled and fell into the wall, hitting her head on the corner of it, cracking her skull slightly. Blood trickled down the side of her face, blending together with her nervous sweat.
Her body slid to the floor as she stared at the scene before her. The hot blinding tears stopped coming as stared at what was in front of her, her vision blurring. Her body swayed, she didn't feel like she was on this planet anymore, but the pain, oh the pain. She felt as if though sharp jagged rocks had pierced her heart. It was unimaginable. She tried to clear her thoughts, but she already knew what had happened. It couldn't happen like this though. She ran her tongue over her dry lips and tried to make sense of what was happening. Her mind was an endless maze of sorrow and pain, but she couldn't let that get to her.
Serena tried to stand up, but her limbs weren't workable yet. She fell, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip. The taste of blood made the tears fall once more as she tried once again to stand. Her legs were wobbly, and she was barely able to move. She groped the walls, using them to keep her balance, and she walked to the kitchen. She reached the phone and touched it, her colorless hands trembling violently. She managed to grasp the phone tightly, her hands turning even paler than they already were and slid down to the floor. She turned to phone on with much difficulty, trying hard to swallow her tears. She wanted to call the police, but her fingers dialed a different number.
She placed the phone to her ear, and as soon as she heard the other line click she burst out into tears.
"Hello?" A familiar voice said in her ear. Serena could barely bring herself to talk. She choked on her words as she tried to talk between sobs.
"Serena? What's wrong?" The voice asked her as he recognized her troubled state. When Serena had heard him say her name, her nerves weren't as perplexed as before. Her trembling body calmed a little bit, but she was still crying, trying to soak in what she had seen. She knew what had happened and there was no doubt about it. But why her family? Why take the most precious thing in her life away from her. Serena got lost in her thoughts and forgot that she was even on the phone anymore. So far Amy, Rei, her little brother, and her mother and father, had fallen victim to whatever mysterious force was in love with Serena.
She clutched the phone tightly and she was now breathing heavily. She closed her eyes and ran her fingers through her hair, finally remembering that she held the phone in her hot sweaty hands.
"Darien...my family..my house." The thought of her family brought her to tears again. Darien listened to his beloved sobbing as if she had just gotten stabbed with 1,000 white hot knives and nodded slowly, even though she couldn't see them.
"I will call the police and then I will be right over. I will call Lita and Mina and make sure that they know what happened. I will be over in about 30 minutes, don't leave the house." And with that Darien hung up. Serena turned the phone off and angrily threw it at her wall. The phone cracked and Serena stood up ignoring it. She quickly went to her main hall and darted up her stairs. She got about halfway up the stairs and stopped. Something felt different about this spot. She kneeled down and touched it with her forefingers, dark negative energy shot throughout her entire body. She jumped up and stared at the spot, able to see what had happened.
'That same man that attacked Rei attacked Sammy right here.' Serena thought. Her eyes darkened for a minute and the turned sad. She turned around and then saw her parents being attacked. Why was she seeing this? It didn't make sense. Then he looked at her, his dark eyes penetrating hers. She shivered in her spot on the stairs as she watched his body swoop down on her, but he went right through her. She looked down and saw him reaching into Sammy trying to pull something out of him, and then within a few minutes, Sammy looked like nothing except for a lifeless corpse. So he had attacked her parents first and then Sammy. She placed her hand on her forehead, pushing back her bangs when she felt it, the strange curve of her skin underneath her fingers.
She darted up the stairs and then stared at her reflection in the mirror. The moon crescent that normally appeared on her face whenever she summoned the Moon Crystal's power was on her forehead. It glowed a dim gold color for a moment and then disappeared. Serena shook her head and then walked around her upstairs seeing if anything was out of order up there, and there was nothing. Sammy's homework books were scattered all over the floor in his room, and Serena could only guess that he had been doing his homework and heard the commotion down stairs and had went to investigate. If it wasn't for that racket that was made Sammy would still be here.
Serena growled with anger and hit her fists against the ground. A shard of glass pierced through her flesh as she did this, and then noticed that some of the things in Sammy's room were knocked over. Serena ignored the dull pain in her hand and picked up a picture frame. She smiled as she looked down at the picture of Sammy, and her future daughter Rini posing on the beach together. Serena smiled, while Rini was living in the past, she was Serena's cousin, but whenever Rini and Serena were alone with the scouts they knew Rini as Serena's daughter, even though they had fought like sisters.
She had sent Rini back to her own time, thank god, not too long before this had happened. Rini had no clue as to what was going on. She sighed as she placed the picture against her chest and cradled it tightly. The doorbell rang shortly after and she set the picture down on Sammy's desk and pulled the piece of glass out of her hand, before running down the stairs. The blood on her head still mingled with the sweat, and the blood that dripped from her hand left a trail of blood on the stairs. She opened the door slowly, first checking to see who it was.
Her heart almost burst through her chest as she saw her friends standing in front of her. She stood to the side and motioned for the three of them to come in, surprised at how fast they had made it there, and then noticed Darien's car in front of her house. She closed the door behind her quickly and then turned to face the startled looks her friends were giving her.
"Serena your head." Darien said as he placed a hand gently on her bloodied skull. Serena shook her head and then quickly told them about what she had seen happened after she had touched the stairs. They all listened intently, although Mina was sleepier than the others, she was listening more carefully than the others.
"What did he look like Serena?" Mina asked, concerned and yet intrigued. Serena described him quickly, making sure that she put in every detail that could identify him. Mina listened to the description and made a mental note of keeping watch for a man with long silvery hair.
"And then his eyes were so dark and cold, emotionless, but they looked so familiar, and when I looked into them, I could have sworn that I have seen them somewhere else before, and then his face." Serena stopped suddenly. She dashed down the stairs and opened the door and stared directly into the face of a policeman. She let him enter, making sure to tell them that the only thing she touched since she got home was the walls and the telephone.
The police searched her house and dusted for fingerprints while Darien cradled a stoic Serena. Mina and Lita sat close to them in silence, thinking about what Serena had told them. Why was it that Serena was able to see what was happening after it happened? The police had cleaned Serena's injuries up quickly and then left after they had finished searching her house for the night. They had asked Darien to stay with Serena for the night and he did so. Lita and Mina decided to stay, just for extra protection and Serena showed the both of them to her parent's room.
Mina and Lita objected at first but Serena insisted, she didn't want them to be stuck in Sammy's room, and there wouldn't be any room for them to be in her room, and she didn't have any sleeping bags for them. Serena let them both borrow a pair of her pajamas and then went to show Darien to Sammy's room. When Serena had opened Sammy's door Darien immediately saw the broken picture, and the blood that was on the floor.
"I take it that you broke yourself on that right?" Darien asked as Serena turned to leave. Serena stopped and looked at the picture, almost reluctantly.
"I'm glad that I sent her back home when I did." Serena said while leaning against the doorframe. Darien nodded and then turned to face Serena. He slowly took her into his arms and planted a kiss on her head. Serena smiled and then leaned her head against his chest.
"Darien, do you think that he will come after you too?" Serena asked quietly. Darien felt her shudder in his grasp as she said that. He shook his head and then said no, wanting to reassure her that nothing bad was going to happen. Serena didn't buy it. Darien released her telling her to go to bed, and she did so, but slowly.
She took her time changing into her pajamas and then went to check on her Mina and Lita. They had both fallen asleep quickly, but their transformation sticks were on the nightstands, just in case something were to happen to them.
Serena closed the door quietly and then crept over to Sammy's bedroom door and opened it slightly, and watched Darien lying on the bed, reading, one of Sammy's books most likely. She opened the door all the way knocking on it, and got his attention. She walked into the room and sat down on the bed next to him.
"I just wanted to say goodnight. Mina and Lita are asleep just so you know." Darien snaked and arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him. He ran his fingers over her jaw line and then turned her head and kissed her lips gently.
"Goodnight Serena." He said as she cuddled closer to him. He said it with finality, but Serena wouldn't leave him. She molded her body perfectly against his and began to sob into his T-shirt. Darien sighed as she balled his T-shirt into her fists, as each sob became louder. Darien kissed the top of her head and then quietly 'sshhhed' her. Serena's sobs died down about 30 minutes later, and thankfully, she didn't wake Mina or Lita up.
"Let me take you to bed." Darien said as he picked her up and carried her to her room. He opened her door and then set her on her bed, kissing her tear stained face once more. This was just too much for Serena, she wasn't going to be able to take it anymore, so he had to do his best to make sure that the rest of her friends didn't get kidnapped by this guy. Serena watched him closely as he kneeled down besides her bed and adjusted her covers just perfectly. Darien looked into her sad, baby blue eyes and landed another kiss on her lips and then stood up to leave. Serena sat up quickly, propping her body up on her elbow.
"Darien don't go, you cant leave me." She begged. Darien turned and looked at her pleading face, and sighed, wondering why she wouldn't let him sleep, but he knew just as well that he had to be there for her, or else he wouldn't be able to live with himself. Besides if he wasn't here for her now, then he could only guess at the wrath that he would deal with in the morning.
"Serena, I am just as tired as you are, I can stay for a little bit, but then I am going to hit the sac, if you have no objection."
"You can't leave Darien, because if you do, I don't know if I will ever see you again." Serena threw herself into his arms and found that she was sobbing once more. Darien smiled as she looked up at him, her eyes pleading for some sort of comfort. Darien sighed and kissed her forehead before putting her back into bed. He lay down next to her and gathered her up in his arms, knowing that she would never go to sleep unless he did something to help ease her pain. He kissed her hair gently and then heard her whisper something inaudible. He didn't care; he was enjoying himself too much right now.
He had forgotten how nice it was to hold Serena; how complete he felt when he was with her. He buried his face in her long blonde hair and took in her sweet scent. Serena shivered at his closeness, but them smiled and relaxed, quickly falling asleep. Darien had stayed awake long after she had fallen asleep, thinking about everything that had happened, and what would happen to Serena if anyone else that she loved dearly would disappear.
There would be no way to comfort her whatsoever. She would be unreachable if something like that were to happen, so Darien knew that he had to find a way to make it stop. He had fallen asleep thinking of ways to protect Serena, each way more creative than the rest, and even that night, he had dreamt of Serena, dreamt of doing things with Serena that he would never even think about thinking when he was awake.
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Serena had awaken long before anyone else. Everything in the house was silent, and yet she found that even though she was with someone that could protect her, she couldn't sleep. It was 5 in the morning when she went to look at her alarm clock. She could hear the crickets chirping outside, and it was almost like a melodic song that she could waltz to. She silently climbed out of her bed, making sure not to wake Darien and grabbed some fresh clothes and a towel so that she could take a shower.
She stripped completely and stepped inside the shower, shivering as the cold icy blast of water hit her bare skin. She couldn't understand why, but she was taking more cold showers this week than anything else. It was Thursday now, and she had to figure out what was going on before anything else happened, and that was going to be hard. She kept her mind on the events and couldn't help but cry. At first she thought that new found tears were just the shower water, spraying her face, but when she wiped her eyes and smelled the salt, she knew that she had been crying. She had to stop crying, whoever it was who was trying to get her to love him must have taken joy in seeing her suffer.
Serena stepped out of the shower after washing her body and her hair and sighed as she wrapped a towel around her naked body. She dried her hair and threw it up in its usual style and then sighed as she got dressed. She walked into her room and smiled as she watched Darien still sleeping. Her alarm clock read 6 a.m. now, and she was still the only one awake. She nodded to herself and then fled downstairs. She wanted to clean up her house, and make it look nice for when her parents arrived, but how was she going to explain to her parents about what happened?
She would have to save them, and in order to do that she would have to transform into sailor moon, and if her parents were even the least bit conscious then that was going to be a problem. She got lost in her thoughts as she cleaned up the mess in her living room. Last night the cops said that they were able to find no clues that would help her with the disappearances of her family. She continued to clean, and even when it was around 8 in the morning her friends and Darien stayed sleeping. They must have been exhausted as well, so she decided just to let them sleep, after all, with this new threat, they were going to need as much rest as possible.
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He didn't even realized what he had done until it was too late. He frowned as he binded her brother up with the darkness surrounding them all. Karui then proceeded to walk to his throne, getting an aggravated whine from Inuki. Karui's foot flew into his pets side, causing it to growl for a moment, before settling down once again. Karui sat down in his throne for a moment before rubbing his temples. He really couldn't gaze into the crystal right now, for he was too weak from his attack. It was easier to pull one spirit seed from one person than it was to pull a spirit seed from three people in row, even if they were defenseless humans. He smiled triumphantly as he held the three spirit seeds in his hands. He had already drained most of the energy from them, and yet he knew that if he took it all, Serena would be most devastated.
Even the energy from these three weren't helping him recuperate. But he didn't want to harm anyone else, and yet he knew he had to, that was the only way to get Serena to listen to what he was saying. He smiled as he thought of his new prey, it was going to be the brunette, she didn't seem like much of a challenge. So he would get her next, but he didn't know where to find her.
'Damn, that means that I will have to use the damned crystal to find out where she is.' Karui thought impatiently. He drew the crystal close to him and placed his hand against it, awakening it's powers, while draining his. The three spirit seeds that he had collected where drawn into it, and he knew that he would have to get enough rest to regain all of his former strength. He closed his eyes as he searched for her aura and smiled as to where he found it. It was at Serena's house.
'Well my little rabbit sure is keeping herself busy now isn't she?' He thought with a little smile. Footsteps echoed off the darkness around him and he looked up. His smile turned into a frown quickly.
"What are you doing here?" Karui spat at the intruder.
"Karui, I am of kin, you know better than anyone else that I am too able to access this realm. But I have come to tell you something, leave her alone; she doesn't need to lose anyone else. Her heart is in pain right now, and what you are doing isn't going to help any." The man looked at Karui, his eyes full of question, and then they fell dark once again. Karui snorted and then cast his gaze down to the crystal.
"I will not, she is mine, she will belong to me." Karui stated matter-of- factly. The intruder smiled and waved off the comment dismissively.
"You couldn't get her in the future, what makes you think you can have her now?" Karui went white at this comment. All the color drained from his face and his eyes glowed blood red. He squeezed the crystal tightly, causing the sharp edges of it to rip through his flesh. Blood dripped off of the bottom of the crystal, slowly forming a puddle at his feet.
"Leave now." Karui said, his voice emotionless and cold as ice. The intruder took a step towards Karui, but Karui's voice came back in such forcefulness that it knocked him down.
"I SAID LEAVE NOW." Karui bellowed. Energy escaped his body causing his kin to slide back. The man shielded his eyes with his arm, and kept his feet planted firmly into the ground, until Karui's attack was finished. Karui looked up, his red eyes turning back to a dark crystal blue once more. He let out a low growl and then sat down releasing his hands from the crystal and sending it back to its resting state.
"Karui, you are mistaken, she will never take you." The intruder bowed and then disappeared into the darkness. Karui looked up to where he once was and shook his head.
'No dear brother you are mistaken, she will have me, she just needs a push in the right direction.' He thought as leaned back into his chair. His silvery bangs fell in front of his eyes as he closed them, falling into a deep slumber.
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