Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon nor do I own Supergirl.
(Slightly) IMPORTANT Author's Note: Hey, everyone! This is my first SM fic and please critique me anyway you can. This is a slightly AU fic set in America so there's no Sailor Moon or Tuxedo Mask and whatnot. Serena and the others are 17 and seniors in high school while Darien is in college and about 23. I absolutely love feedback so please review!
'I'm supergirl
And I'm here
To save the world
And I wanna know
Who's gonna save me?
I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know
Why I feel so alone'
- 'Supergirl' by Krystal Harris
Chapter One: Of Bruises and Bullies
Serena Riley, a petite blonde with her hair set in two ponytail buns, stood primly on the court and giggled good-naturedly with her friend, Mina Harper. They were completely absorbed in their own little world, practically oblivious to everything going on around them.
"Then he asked me out!" bubbled Mina excitedly with a wide grin.
"Are you serious?" Serena questioned with wide, animated eyes. "Andrew asked you out?"
A shadow of a frown appeared across her best friend's face, but it quickly turned into a determined smile. "Well, not in so many words, but basically he did."
"Mina," Serena said in a disbelieving tone, "What exactly did he say?"
Mina began a long detailed lecture of her flirtatious exchange with the Crown Arcade worker. Serena listened diligently at first, but something in the back of her mind pestered at her. It felt as if she should be doing something important. . .
'Oh, well', Serena mentally shrugged it off, 'It couldn't possibly be that important.'
She continued to listen to her friend's story, but was suddenly surprised to hear Mina break off in the middle of a sentence and scream, "Serena, look out!"
With a confused look on her face, Serena turned around and was struck with hard flying volleyball in the face. She fell ungracefully to the ground and hid her face in her hands. Crystalline azure eyes watered with pain as her forehead and nose throbbed with agony at the impact.
"Riley!" Coach Lloyd called from the other side of the court, jogging to the fallen girl. She knelt beside her and gently pried Serena's hands from her face.
"Oh, Serena!" Mina cried worriedly, dropping down to her knees to join the girl, "I should've paid better attention."
"Oww," moaned Serena while gingerly touching her forehead. Coach Lloyd shook her head exasperation and sighed.
"Honestly, Riley," she stood up and eased her athlete to her feet, "What am I going to do about you?"
Placing a cheeky smile, Serena grinned and beared her pain. "You'd be old and grumpy."
Mina giggled and nodded her head in quick agreement. "She's got you there, Coach."
Robin Lloyd muttered a few things under her breath about silly athletes, but then said aloud, "Well, it looks like you're going to have a bruise the size of Iowa on your forehead due to your carelessness."
Serena winced at the thought of a bruise marring her pale face. Already she could picture the blueish purple mark growing rapidly in size across the forehead. "Yay?" she replied halfheartedly, pouting slightly.
"Hmph, don't give me that look," Coach Lloyd snorted blankly, "You're the one who was to busy tittering like mindless birds. Just for that, you and Harper have sixteen lines, starting now. Then I'll get you some ice."
Mina and Serena grumbled at the punishment although both knew it was well deserved. Taking their places at the sideline of the volleyball court, they began running from one side to the other. The two girls were members of the Gentry High School Lady Jaguars Varsity Volleyball team. Mina had long been in love with the sport since grade school, but Serena recently fell for it in her freshman year. No longer was she the klutzy (of course, she still has the occasional klutz attack every now and again) and unfocused girl she was in junior high, but a dedicated and graceful athlete.
With this new devotion, it caused her to become slightly more punctual and care about her grades. Serena's friends were all surprised, but now unhappy about the change. They have never seen that much light and passion in Serena's eyes whenever she played volleyball.
"It's all your fault, Mina," Serena pouted a little while later when practice was over. They had both changed out of their black and royal blue athletic uniform into their regular clothes. Together, they walked leisurely towards the arcade, legs slightly sore from the extra lines.
"Hmph, it's just as much your fault as it is mine!" Mina mock glared and threw a slender arm around her friend's shoulders, "Besides, you know you still love me."
"No, I don't." snorted Serena, trying hard to pull away from Mina. Instead, it ended up in a tickle war with both laughing like crazy and Serena trying hard to get away from the other blonde.
"Sorry, Mins," she called over her shoulder, sprinting fast, "I'm just to fast for you."
She may have been to fast for one of her best friend's but the talented volleyball player wasn't at all invincible to the mighty green and black wall she ran into. Then again. . . It wasn't at all a wall, but the well built chest of the one and only Darien Shields.
"Still can't watch where you're going, Meatball Head?" his deep voice rumbled almost making her knees go weak.
Almost.
Serena stood up straight and gently touched the ugly bruise on her forehead. "Next time get out of the way!" she growled.
Darien didn't answer. He simply looked at bruise with an arched brow.
"What are you staring at, jerk?" Serena glared as she became uncomfortable under his scrutiny. Mina, on the other hand, stood a little off to the side, surveying the scene in front of her. She covered her mouth to keep her giggles under control, but it was become harder by the minute as Darien just continued staring at Serena.
Mina had to admit that the two would make a cute couple. They balanced each other out perfectly. They were like day and night, meant for each other. The only problem was that their personalities were as different. It was like trying to be mix water and oil. If only they could see past each other's flaws and first impression to actually get to know the other person.
The two stared each other down in silence eeriely resembling an old western showdown. Mina faintly wondered when they would pull out the guns. The silence was soon broken when Darien, being the idiot that he was, opened his mouth with a remark.
"Who did you run into to get that?" was his snide reply.
She saw red.
"You creep!" Serena yelled, enraged at the insult. "Just because you're always in the way doesn't mean everyone else is as dumb as you are!"
"I'm in the way?" Darien scoffed blankly, "You're the blonde twister that just comes out of nowhere attacking people."
Stomping her foot in frustration, Serena glowered darkly at him. Darien only gazed back, amusement twinkling merrily in his ocean hued eyes. "Ooh," she screeched angrily, "I cannot stand you!"
Darien and Mina both winced at the level of intensity her voice reached. 'If he's smart,' she thought warily, her head begin to ache. Unfotunately for her, Darien continued to taunt Serena.
He chuckled unkindly and shot back, "Keep talking like that, Meatball Head, and you'll never get a boyfriend."
Serena stopped and just gawked at the dark haired man. First with shock and soon the hurt followed closely behind, her porcelain features no longer contorted in the angry scowl. Turning on her heel, she marched off with her head held high although her pride was severely wounded. "Serena!" Mina called to her friend, but it fell to deaf ears. She turned to Darien and glared. "That was low, Darien! Even for you."
With a sigh, she rushed to catch up with her friend in hopes of comforting her, leaving Darien silent. A troubled look crossed his face before quickly vanishing. 'Oh, well,' he thought callously to himself, 'Meatball Head's just a teenager. She'll get over it.'
But deep down, very deep down, he didn't like the look of distress on Serena's usually so cheerful face.
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A/N's: Well, there's this first chapter. I really hope you like it, and if not, oh well. Remember to press that lil' blue button and review! Tell me what you think and all that nice stuff! =D
Until the next chapter,
Rayana Ashaete
(Slightly) IMPORTANT Author's Note: Hey, everyone! This is my first SM fic and please critique me anyway you can. This is a slightly AU fic set in America so there's no Sailor Moon or Tuxedo Mask and whatnot. Serena and the others are 17 and seniors in high school while Darien is in college and about 23. I absolutely love feedback so please review!
'I'm supergirl
And I'm here
To save the world
And I wanna know
Who's gonna save me?
I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know
Why I feel so alone'
- 'Supergirl' by Krystal Harris
Chapter One: Of Bruises and Bullies
Serena Riley, a petite blonde with her hair set in two ponytail buns, stood primly on the court and giggled good-naturedly with her friend, Mina Harper. They were completely absorbed in their own little world, practically oblivious to everything going on around them.
"Then he asked me out!" bubbled Mina excitedly with a wide grin.
"Are you serious?" Serena questioned with wide, animated eyes. "Andrew asked you out?"
A shadow of a frown appeared across her best friend's face, but it quickly turned into a determined smile. "Well, not in so many words, but basically he did."
"Mina," Serena said in a disbelieving tone, "What exactly did he say?"
Mina began a long detailed lecture of her flirtatious exchange with the Crown Arcade worker. Serena listened diligently at first, but something in the back of her mind pestered at her. It felt as if she should be doing something important. . .
'Oh, well', Serena mentally shrugged it off, 'It couldn't possibly be that important.'
She continued to listen to her friend's story, but was suddenly surprised to hear Mina break off in the middle of a sentence and scream, "Serena, look out!"
With a confused look on her face, Serena turned around and was struck with hard flying volleyball in the face. She fell ungracefully to the ground and hid her face in her hands. Crystalline azure eyes watered with pain as her forehead and nose throbbed with agony at the impact.
"Riley!" Coach Lloyd called from the other side of the court, jogging to the fallen girl. She knelt beside her and gently pried Serena's hands from her face.
"Oh, Serena!" Mina cried worriedly, dropping down to her knees to join the girl, "I should've paid better attention."
"Oww," moaned Serena while gingerly touching her forehead. Coach Lloyd shook her head exasperation and sighed.
"Honestly, Riley," she stood up and eased her athlete to her feet, "What am I going to do about you?"
Placing a cheeky smile, Serena grinned and beared her pain. "You'd be old and grumpy."
Mina giggled and nodded her head in quick agreement. "She's got you there, Coach."
Robin Lloyd muttered a few things under her breath about silly athletes, but then said aloud, "Well, it looks like you're going to have a bruise the size of Iowa on your forehead due to your carelessness."
Serena winced at the thought of a bruise marring her pale face. Already she could picture the blueish purple mark growing rapidly in size across the forehead. "Yay?" she replied halfheartedly, pouting slightly.
"Hmph, don't give me that look," Coach Lloyd snorted blankly, "You're the one who was to busy tittering like mindless birds. Just for that, you and Harper have sixteen lines, starting now. Then I'll get you some ice."
Mina and Serena grumbled at the punishment although both knew it was well deserved. Taking their places at the sideline of the volleyball court, they began running from one side to the other. The two girls were members of the Gentry High School Lady Jaguars Varsity Volleyball team. Mina had long been in love with the sport since grade school, but Serena recently fell for it in her freshman year. No longer was she the klutzy (of course, she still has the occasional klutz attack every now and again) and unfocused girl she was in junior high, but a dedicated and graceful athlete.
With this new devotion, it caused her to become slightly more punctual and care about her grades. Serena's friends were all surprised, but now unhappy about the change. They have never seen that much light and passion in Serena's eyes whenever she played volleyball.
"It's all your fault, Mina," Serena pouted a little while later when practice was over. They had both changed out of their black and royal blue athletic uniform into their regular clothes. Together, they walked leisurely towards the arcade, legs slightly sore from the extra lines.
"Hmph, it's just as much your fault as it is mine!" Mina mock glared and threw a slender arm around her friend's shoulders, "Besides, you know you still love me."
"No, I don't." snorted Serena, trying hard to pull away from Mina. Instead, it ended up in a tickle war with both laughing like crazy and Serena trying hard to get away from the other blonde.
"Sorry, Mins," she called over her shoulder, sprinting fast, "I'm just to fast for you."
She may have been to fast for one of her best friend's but the talented volleyball player wasn't at all invincible to the mighty green and black wall she ran into. Then again. . . It wasn't at all a wall, but the well built chest of the one and only Darien Shields.
"Still can't watch where you're going, Meatball Head?" his deep voice rumbled almost making her knees go weak.
Almost.
Serena stood up straight and gently touched the ugly bruise on her forehead. "Next time get out of the way!" she growled.
Darien didn't answer. He simply looked at bruise with an arched brow.
"What are you staring at, jerk?" Serena glared as she became uncomfortable under his scrutiny. Mina, on the other hand, stood a little off to the side, surveying the scene in front of her. She covered her mouth to keep her giggles under control, but it was become harder by the minute as Darien just continued staring at Serena.
Mina had to admit that the two would make a cute couple. They balanced each other out perfectly. They were like day and night, meant for each other. The only problem was that their personalities were as different. It was like trying to be mix water and oil. If only they could see past each other's flaws and first impression to actually get to know the other person.
The two stared each other down in silence eeriely resembling an old western showdown. Mina faintly wondered when they would pull out the guns. The silence was soon broken when Darien, being the idiot that he was, opened his mouth with a remark.
"Who did you run into to get that?" was his snide reply.
She saw red.
"You creep!" Serena yelled, enraged at the insult. "Just because you're always in the way doesn't mean everyone else is as dumb as you are!"
"I'm in the way?" Darien scoffed blankly, "You're the blonde twister that just comes out of nowhere attacking people."
Stomping her foot in frustration, Serena glowered darkly at him. Darien only gazed back, amusement twinkling merrily in his ocean hued eyes. "Ooh," she screeched angrily, "I cannot stand you!"
Darien and Mina both winced at the level of intensity her voice reached. 'If he's smart,' she thought warily, her head begin to ache. Unfotunately for her, Darien continued to taunt Serena.
He chuckled unkindly and shot back, "Keep talking like that, Meatball Head, and you'll never get a boyfriend."
Serena stopped and just gawked at the dark haired man. First with shock and soon the hurt followed closely behind, her porcelain features no longer contorted in the angry scowl. Turning on her heel, she marched off with her head held high although her pride was severely wounded. "Serena!" Mina called to her friend, but it fell to deaf ears. She turned to Darien and glared. "That was low, Darien! Even for you."
With a sigh, she rushed to catch up with her friend in hopes of comforting her, leaving Darien silent. A troubled look crossed his face before quickly vanishing. 'Oh, well,' he thought callously to himself, 'Meatball Head's just a teenager. She'll get over it.'
But deep down, very deep down, he didn't like the look of distress on Serena's usually so cheerful face.
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A/N's: Well, there's this first chapter. I really hope you like it, and if not, oh well. Remember to press that lil' blue button and review! Tell me what you think and all that nice stuff! =D
Until the next chapter,
Rayana Ashaete