Well, it's part 8. You know, I began this story last fall and
I'm still writing it! ^^; Well, it takes a while for great works, ne? Oh,
to answer a few questions that popped up in review of part 7.
-Both sets of scouts/senshi know now that the girl that's with
them isn't the right one. The girls in present day know that they
have Princess Serenity, and the girls of the MK have just figured out
that their princess isn't who they thought she was (rmember Mercury
calling Venus over to tell her something? Even though I didn't spell
it out, I figured that most ppl would be able to guess what she said.).
-Yes, everyone's mad at Darien/Endymion right now. Haruka
because of the motorcycle thing, and the and the inners were worried
at the beginning that Serenity might say somethng (which she obviously
did in calling him Endymion) that would cause problems that they didn't
want to explain, and just got angrier because of the way that they
found Darien holding Serenity. They thought that he was taking
atvantage of her now. And the other senshi are upset because they found
Serenity crying in Endymion's arms.
Does that clear things up? I hope so. I don't try to be confusing
on purpose, and writing this story in two different times at the same time
is hard. ^^;
***SM + NT = True SM + ME = Sue (not mine, please don't sue)***
------------------
Turn Back Time
Part 8/?
PG-13
-----------------
Darien's eyes grew wide as the woman sailed toward him. He
quickly shoved Serena to the side, just in time, and then found himself
pinned on his back on bed.
"What the bloody hell--!" he started, but was cut off by Haruka
as she clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Uh uh uh...there are ladies present! Where -are- your manners
Shields?" she taunted, and then took her hand away, "Oh yes, I believe
you left them on the side of the road!" Sarcasim was evident in her
voice, as she glared down at him, her eyes piercing into his own.
"Haruka..." came a soft voice, and the woman glanced over her
shoulder at the well dressed lady who had remained in the doorway,
"Please.."
At those words she rose and crawled off of him. Darien sat up
and glanced at Serena, who lay sprawled in a heap at the head of the
bed.
"Are your friends on drugs?!" he demanded.
Serenity gave him a confused look, her lips parting as a soft
confused sound came out,
"Wha?" the look-a-like Endymion was making no sense, and why
had that lady tackled him? As a matter of fact, the two new women
looked very familiar....
"Don't you remember?" Haruka demanded, standing in front of
him, her arms folded.
"Remember?" Darien echoed stupidly.
"Maybe I can jog your memory you poor excuse for a driver..."
she said threatenly.
"Driver?" he repeated, as the pieces began to fall into place.
"You're that guy-- er girl-- from that stupid drag race?"
Haruka turned several shades of purple, as she flexed her fingers,
just itching to knock some sense into the arrogant bafoon who sat only
inches from her. It was Mina who intervined this time.
"I think we have a rather more pressing matter, Haruka-san."
she said, hesidently placing her hand on her arm.
Haruka turned and glanced at Mina over her shoulder and she
took back her hand, but at a glance from Michiru, she grudgingly let
the other girls step around her, and moved to stand at the back of the
room beside her calmer companion.
Rei quickly stepped up to Serenity and took her hand, helping
her to get untangled and off of the bed.
"Come on, -Serena-," she said, stressing the word slightly, "We
have to go home now."
"Uh, you don't have to take her just yet, I can take care of
her..." Darien began, unsure of why he even suggesting such a rediculous
notion.
At this simple statement, he earned 6 'and you think that *we're*
the ones on drugs?' looks. Except for Serena, who had now pulled her
hand from Mars' and looped her arms around his; hugging his forarm to
her chest.
Darien froze, and slowly turned to the girl clinging to his arm.
"Er..what are you doing Serena?"
That was exactly what the rest of the group wanted to know.
Serenity did not want to leave. Not when Endymion, well, not
really Endymion but close enough, was right there. She knew that he
wasn't really her love, but somehow she felt comforted when she was
with him. She turned pleading eyes on Mars,
"Please, let me stay M--Rei. I feel safe here..."
Rei's eyes bore into her own. Serenity knew that she was close
to blowing her cover. The other girls had drilled her before on Serena's
dislike of Darien and her acting this way was very out of character.
Darien looked down at the girl beside him. Serena actually
*wanted* to stay with him? He placed a large hand on her forhead, and
Serenity tensed slightly, but he withdrew it quickly. Serena was burn-
ing up!
Serenity felt her forehead flare with heat and knew instantly
what had happened. Her cresent moon had appeared! She gasped and
quickly pulled away from Darien's arms and tried to flee the room.
However, dizzyness overtook her before she could get two steps past the
bed, and she fainted.
Darien felt Serena tense, and suddenly, practically at the moment
that his hand touched her skin, she had gasped and sprung off the bed!
"Serena--!" he cried as she slumped to the ground. He started
toward her, but was blocked by several girls before the thought of get-
ting off the bed had finished making it's way to his mind. Only one
thought was in his mind now, he had to get to Serena.
Shoving his way through the tangel of arms and bodies in his
wake, his frustration burst and he shouted,
"Get out of my way!"
"....!" were the 6 replies to this sudden command.
Huruka was especially shaken, that voice...it had sounded like
HIS...the man she was sworn to protect...a man she couldn't quite reme-
mber...then suddenly a name made its way up to her lips and was breathed
out in a whisper,
"Endymion?..."
She couldn't move. The commanding presence of her future king
was too great. The other 5 girls seemed similarly affected.
While this was happening Darien had made his way to Serena. She
lay on her right side, her legs curled toward her and her arms splayed
across the floor. Her head was turned to the side; her long, silky, hair
flung haphazardly, covering her face.
Carefully he gathered her slight body into his arms, and brushed away her
hair, so that her pale face was visable...and nearly dropped her.
"...!"
Darien felt his heart begin to speed up. There was a cresent
moon on meatball head's forehead. His body began to tremble and suddenly
a vision of him and Serena walking together in a garden filled with roses
filled his mind. His head was spinning...
"Serena?!" was all he could choke out before another vision
asulted his senses.
He was wearing a tuxedo and a white mask over his eyes. Serena
was clothed in a dress seemingly made of moonbeams, and she seemed to
float down the huge white marble staircase. As she decended the last few
stairs, he moved out of the shadows and took her hand. She had gasped,
startled, but when he put his finger to his lips, she realized who he
was. Slowly he pulled her into his arms and began to guide her around
the dance floor. Suddenly there was a close up of their faces and Serena's
drew nearer and nearer as he leaned down to kiss her--
Then suddenly he was back in his bedroom.
"Princess...?" he breathed, blinking his eyes, trying to focus
his turbulent thoughts.
Serena was the Princess who he had been searching for!
Slowly he lifted his head to look at Mina, Lita, Ami, Rei, and--
he nearly chocked again. On all of the girls' foreheads small symbols
were glowing in the dim light of his room. He glanced down and found that
he now wore his familiar tuxedo. The mask slowly fluttered to the floor.
He looked back to the girls and noticed that their hair blew gently in
an unseen wind and their eyes were closed; their arms hanging limply at
their sides.
Suddenly their was a flash of purple light behind Haruka and
Michiru, in the hallway just outside his doorway. When the light faded,
a shadow fell across the room as a new person prepared to make their
entrance.
* * * * *
Gradually the lights that surrounded them faded out and the 4
senshi of the moon stood, with a slightly woozy 'Princess', outside the
royal palace. The long row of fountains that poured out sparkling water
shimmered in the evening light as the moon's rotation took them farther
away from the light of the sun. The planet Earth shone like a fist -
sized green and blue marble, in the distance.
Serena stumbled slightly at the sudden change in gravetiy, she
felt lighter now, of course, Ami would have told her that everyone was
lighter on the moon, but people who had grown up there didn't feel any-
think different.
Sinking to her knees, Serena took a deep breath and tried to
figure out what had just happened. She had just teleported with her
senshi. She was no longer on Earth, in a strange time with, with a stranger
man, whom she was secretly beginning to be attracted to.
Four sets of boots gathered around her and Serena looked up a
bit sheepishly, expecting to get a lecture from Rei on..well on some-
thing. Instead it was Mina who spoke again.
She looked slightly nervous about what she was about to say, but
she swallowed, squared her shoulders, and an air of confidence came over
her.
"Serenity, you don't seem yourself..." she began.
"Well niether do you, Venus." Serena replied, "What's with all
the 'I'm the leader' jazz? And how did you guys ever find me? I have
no idea how I got there, and then that man came and brought me back to
his palace! But the night before I was attacked in the woods...but then
some old guard saved me and and today I was thinking about how I would
never get back home! And he wants me to marry him!!!" she ended in a
traditional Serena Wail, tears forming in her eyes.
The four senshi stood shellshocked at Serenity's outburst.
Whatever it was that they had expected her to say, that was deffenitly
*not* it.
"You're not who we think you are, are you?" came a sudden point
blank sentence from Mercury. It was more of a statement then a question.
Serena lifted her head and turned to look at her 'brainy' friend.
"Mercury, you all seem different to me." Serena looked around
at her friends, her mind spinning, then continued, "Are you all the
gaurds of the Princess?"
This earned her a few more intense gazes, and then Mars turned
to her and answered,
"Duh, meatball brains, and just *who* do you think the Princess
is?"
Wheels began to turn again in her head and Serena slowly got to
her feet. Pointing a shaky finger at her chest she whispered,
"Me?"
Four sweatdropping senshi nodded their heads.
Mercury stepped toward her again.
"I propose that we take Serenity back to her courters and then
continue this discussion there."
"No, wait." Serena turned to face the four mature young women.
"I'm really the Princess? Does Luna know?"
"Luna?" Sailor Mars echoed, confusion in her voice.
"Like duh, Mars. Luna, my rather-annoying-yet-somehow-smart-
talking-cat-aviser-type feline?"
"Um, Serenity, Luna's not a cat, she's your 'nanny' if your
will." Venus interjected, causing Serena to turn from her, on her tip
toes in your face, ranting stance in front of Mars.
"Nanny?"
"Is there an echo in here?" Mars snapped, "Yes. She is your
nanny, and also your adviser, and has been such since you were born!"
At their Princesses blank stare the senshi all looked at each
other, trying to figure what was going on. Spying Luna, walking with
Artemis and Diana, on the marble veranda that surrounded the the east
side of the palace, Jupiter pointed anxiously, while grabbing Serena's
arm.
"See, there she is!"
What Serena saw was a mature woman of about 36, yet she was
still beautiful, with long raven colored hair, that hung down to her
knees, done up in two heart shaped buns on her head. She wore a yellow
and black dress, that shimmered in the light, and no shoes. With her
was a tall man, of about 40; with long white hair, dressed in matching
white pants and long sleeved top, with a golden cresent moon pendent
hanging around his neck. Skipping between them, and holding onto their
hands, was a young girl of about 7 or 8 wearing a short purple dress,
knee high purple stockings, and black shoes. Her hair was also a mauve
(puruple) color.
She was confused. Where was Luna, and who were these people?
Was one of them holding her?
Seeing her continued confused look, Mars heaved a deep sigh
then waved her hand in air.
"Luna! Over here!" The three turned to look in their direction,
then hurried over.
Serena was dumbstuck. She pointed a finger at the young woman.
"*You're* Luna?" The woman nodded, giving her a curious look.
"And who're you?" Serena demanded, pointing an accusing finger
at the man.
"Artimes." He replied, raising an eyebrow and glancing at the
other senshi out of the corner of his eye.
"A-and her?" was the last question that she could rasp out.
"Diana, our daughter." Luna answered, "And who might you be,
dear?"
"She's Serenity, of course." Venus replied.
Luna gave the leader of the senshi a pointed look.
"I'm afraid that you're mistaken, Venus. For I know my
Princess, and although she bares a striking resebalnce to the girl I
helped to raise, I assure you that this girl is *not* her."
The royal warriors exchanged glances, then Jupiter voiced the
thought on all of their minds:
"Someone had better call Pluto..."
* * * * *
Ok, that's it for this week. How do you guys like "On the Run"?
It's another import that I'm posting so that people don't think that I
don't exist any more, cuz it's so long between posts. Thanks for always
reading and reviewing! Be on the watch for a Christmas story soon! ^-^
I'm still writing it! ^^; Well, it takes a while for great works, ne? Oh,
to answer a few questions that popped up in review of part 7.
-Both sets of scouts/senshi know now that the girl that's with
them isn't the right one. The girls in present day know that they
have Princess Serenity, and the girls of the MK have just figured out
that their princess isn't who they thought she was (rmember Mercury
calling Venus over to tell her something? Even though I didn't spell
it out, I figured that most ppl would be able to guess what she said.).
-Yes, everyone's mad at Darien/Endymion right now. Haruka
because of the motorcycle thing, and the and the inners were worried
at the beginning that Serenity might say somethng (which she obviously
did in calling him Endymion) that would cause problems that they didn't
want to explain, and just got angrier because of the way that they
found Darien holding Serenity. They thought that he was taking
atvantage of her now. And the other senshi are upset because they found
Serenity crying in Endymion's arms.
Does that clear things up? I hope so. I don't try to be confusing
on purpose, and writing this story in two different times at the same time
is hard. ^^;
***SM + NT = True SM + ME = Sue (not mine, please don't sue)***
------------------
Turn Back Time
Part 8/?
PG-13
-----------------
Darien's eyes grew wide as the woman sailed toward him. He
quickly shoved Serena to the side, just in time, and then found himself
pinned on his back on bed.
"What the bloody hell--!" he started, but was cut off by Haruka
as she clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Uh uh uh...there are ladies present! Where -are- your manners
Shields?" she taunted, and then took her hand away, "Oh yes, I believe
you left them on the side of the road!" Sarcasim was evident in her
voice, as she glared down at him, her eyes piercing into his own.
"Haruka..." came a soft voice, and the woman glanced over her
shoulder at the well dressed lady who had remained in the doorway,
"Please.."
At those words she rose and crawled off of him. Darien sat up
and glanced at Serena, who lay sprawled in a heap at the head of the
bed.
"Are your friends on drugs?!" he demanded.
Serenity gave him a confused look, her lips parting as a soft
confused sound came out,
"Wha?" the look-a-like Endymion was making no sense, and why
had that lady tackled him? As a matter of fact, the two new women
looked very familiar....
"Don't you remember?" Haruka demanded, standing in front of
him, her arms folded.
"Remember?" Darien echoed stupidly.
"Maybe I can jog your memory you poor excuse for a driver..."
she said threatenly.
"Driver?" he repeated, as the pieces began to fall into place.
"You're that guy-- er girl-- from that stupid drag race?"
Haruka turned several shades of purple, as she flexed her fingers,
just itching to knock some sense into the arrogant bafoon who sat only
inches from her. It was Mina who intervined this time.
"I think we have a rather more pressing matter, Haruka-san."
she said, hesidently placing her hand on her arm.
Haruka turned and glanced at Mina over her shoulder and she
took back her hand, but at a glance from Michiru, she grudgingly let
the other girls step around her, and moved to stand at the back of the
room beside her calmer companion.
Rei quickly stepped up to Serenity and took her hand, helping
her to get untangled and off of the bed.
"Come on, -Serena-," she said, stressing the word slightly, "We
have to go home now."
"Uh, you don't have to take her just yet, I can take care of
her..." Darien began, unsure of why he even suggesting such a rediculous
notion.
At this simple statement, he earned 6 'and you think that *we're*
the ones on drugs?' looks. Except for Serena, who had now pulled her
hand from Mars' and looped her arms around his; hugging his forarm to
her chest.
Darien froze, and slowly turned to the girl clinging to his arm.
"Er..what are you doing Serena?"
That was exactly what the rest of the group wanted to know.
Serenity did not want to leave. Not when Endymion, well, not
really Endymion but close enough, was right there. She knew that he
wasn't really her love, but somehow she felt comforted when she was
with him. She turned pleading eyes on Mars,
"Please, let me stay M--Rei. I feel safe here..."
Rei's eyes bore into her own. Serenity knew that she was close
to blowing her cover. The other girls had drilled her before on Serena's
dislike of Darien and her acting this way was very out of character.
Darien looked down at the girl beside him. Serena actually
*wanted* to stay with him? He placed a large hand on her forhead, and
Serenity tensed slightly, but he withdrew it quickly. Serena was burn-
ing up!
Serenity felt her forehead flare with heat and knew instantly
what had happened. Her cresent moon had appeared! She gasped and
quickly pulled away from Darien's arms and tried to flee the room.
However, dizzyness overtook her before she could get two steps past the
bed, and she fainted.
Darien felt Serena tense, and suddenly, practically at the moment
that his hand touched her skin, she had gasped and sprung off the bed!
"Serena--!" he cried as she slumped to the ground. He started
toward her, but was blocked by several girls before the thought of get-
ting off the bed had finished making it's way to his mind. Only one
thought was in his mind now, he had to get to Serena.
Shoving his way through the tangel of arms and bodies in his
wake, his frustration burst and he shouted,
"Get out of my way!"
"....!" were the 6 replies to this sudden command.
Huruka was especially shaken, that voice...it had sounded like
HIS...the man she was sworn to protect...a man she couldn't quite reme-
mber...then suddenly a name made its way up to her lips and was breathed
out in a whisper,
"Endymion?..."
She couldn't move. The commanding presence of her future king
was too great. The other 5 girls seemed similarly affected.
While this was happening Darien had made his way to Serena. She
lay on her right side, her legs curled toward her and her arms splayed
across the floor. Her head was turned to the side; her long, silky, hair
flung haphazardly, covering her face.
Carefully he gathered her slight body into his arms, and brushed away her
hair, so that her pale face was visable...and nearly dropped her.
"...!"
Darien felt his heart begin to speed up. There was a cresent
moon on meatball head's forehead. His body began to tremble and suddenly
a vision of him and Serena walking together in a garden filled with roses
filled his mind. His head was spinning...
"Serena?!" was all he could choke out before another vision
asulted his senses.
He was wearing a tuxedo and a white mask over his eyes. Serena
was clothed in a dress seemingly made of moonbeams, and she seemed to
float down the huge white marble staircase. As she decended the last few
stairs, he moved out of the shadows and took her hand. She had gasped,
startled, but when he put his finger to his lips, she realized who he
was. Slowly he pulled her into his arms and began to guide her around
the dance floor. Suddenly there was a close up of their faces and Serena's
drew nearer and nearer as he leaned down to kiss her--
Then suddenly he was back in his bedroom.
"Princess...?" he breathed, blinking his eyes, trying to focus
his turbulent thoughts.
Serena was the Princess who he had been searching for!
Slowly he lifted his head to look at Mina, Lita, Ami, Rei, and--
he nearly chocked again. On all of the girls' foreheads small symbols
were glowing in the dim light of his room. He glanced down and found that
he now wore his familiar tuxedo. The mask slowly fluttered to the floor.
He looked back to the girls and noticed that their hair blew gently in
an unseen wind and their eyes were closed; their arms hanging limply at
their sides.
Suddenly their was a flash of purple light behind Haruka and
Michiru, in the hallway just outside his doorway. When the light faded,
a shadow fell across the room as a new person prepared to make their
entrance.
* * * * *
Gradually the lights that surrounded them faded out and the 4
senshi of the moon stood, with a slightly woozy 'Princess', outside the
royal palace. The long row of fountains that poured out sparkling water
shimmered in the evening light as the moon's rotation took them farther
away from the light of the sun. The planet Earth shone like a fist -
sized green and blue marble, in the distance.
Serena stumbled slightly at the sudden change in gravetiy, she
felt lighter now, of course, Ami would have told her that everyone was
lighter on the moon, but people who had grown up there didn't feel any-
think different.
Sinking to her knees, Serena took a deep breath and tried to
figure out what had just happened. She had just teleported with her
senshi. She was no longer on Earth, in a strange time with, with a stranger
man, whom she was secretly beginning to be attracted to.
Four sets of boots gathered around her and Serena looked up a
bit sheepishly, expecting to get a lecture from Rei on..well on some-
thing. Instead it was Mina who spoke again.
She looked slightly nervous about what she was about to say, but
she swallowed, squared her shoulders, and an air of confidence came over
her.
"Serenity, you don't seem yourself..." she began.
"Well niether do you, Venus." Serena replied, "What's with all
the 'I'm the leader' jazz? And how did you guys ever find me? I have
no idea how I got there, and then that man came and brought me back to
his palace! But the night before I was attacked in the woods...but then
some old guard saved me and and today I was thinking about how I would
never get back home! And he wants me to marry him!!!" she ended in a
traditional Serena Wail, tears forming in her eyes.
The four senshi stood shellshocked at Serenity's outburst.
Whatever it was that they had expected her to say, that was deffenitly
*not* it.
"You're not who we think you are, are you?" came a sudden point
blank sentence from Mercury. It was more of a statement then a question.
Serena lifted her head and turned to look at her 'brainy' friend.
"Mercury, you all seem different to me." Serena looked around
at her friends, her mind spinning, then continued, "Are you all the
gaurds of the Princess?"
This earned her a few more intense gazes, and then Mars turned
to her and answered,
"Duh, meatball brains, and just *who* do you think the Princess
is?"
Wheels began to turn again in her head and Serena slowly got to
her feet. Pointing a shaky finger at her chest she whispered,
"Me?"
Four sweatdropping senshi nodded their heads.
Mercury stepped toward her again.
"I propose that we take Serenity back to her courters and then
continue this discussion there."
"No, wait." Serena turned to face the four mature young women.
"I'm really the Princess? Does Luna know?"
"Luna?" Sailor Mars echoed, confusion in her voice.
"Like duh, Mars. Luna, my rather-annoying-yet-somehow-smart-
talking-cat-aviser-type feline?"
"Um, Serenity, Luna's not a cat, she's your 'nanny' if your
will." Venus interjected, causing Serena to turn from her, on her tip
toes in your face, ranting stance in front of Mars.
"Nanny?"
"Is there an echo in here?" Mars snapped, "Yes. She is your
nanny, and also your adviser, and has been such since you were born!"
At their Princesses blank stare the senshi all looked at each
other, trying to figure what was going on. Spying Luna, walking with
Artemis and Diana, on the marble veranda that surrounded the the east
side of the palace, Jupiter pointed anxiously, while grabbing Serena's
arm.
"See, there she is!"
What Serena saw was a mature woman of about 36, yet she was
still beautiful, with long raven colored hair, that hung down to her
knees, done up in two heart shaped buns on her head. She wore a yellow
and black dress, that shimmered in the light, and no shoes. With her
was a tall man, of about 40; with long white hair, dressed in matching
white pants and long sleeved top, with a golden cresent moon pendent
hanging around his neck. Skipping between them, and holding onto their
hands, was a young girl of about 7 or 8 wearing a short purple dress,
knee high purple stockings, and black shoes. Her hair was also a mauve
(puruple) color.
She was confused. Where was Luna, and who were these people?
Was one of them holding her?
Seeing her continued confused look, Mars heaved a deep sigh
then waved her hand in air.
"Luna! Over here!" The three turned to look in their direction,
then hurried over.
Serena was dumbstuck. She pointed a finger at the young woman.
"*You're* Luna?" The woman nodded, giving her a curious look.
"And who're you?" Serena demanded, pointing an accusing finger
at the man.
"Artimes." He replied, raising an eyebrow and glancing at the
other senshi out of the corner of his eye.
"A-and her?" was the last question that she could rasp out.
"Diana, our daughter." Luna answered, "And who might you be,
dear?"
"She's Serenity, of course." Venus replied.
Luna gave the leader of the senshi a pointed look.
"I'm afraid that you're mistaken, Venus. For I know my
Princess, and although she bares a striking resebalnce to the girl I
helped to raise, I assure you that this girl is *not* her."
The royal warriors exchanged glances, then Jupiter voiced the
thought on all of their minds:
"Someone had better call Pluto..."
* * * * *
Ok, that's it for this week. How do you guys like "On the Run"?
It's another import that I'm posting so that people don't think that I
don't exist any more, cuz it's so long between posts. Thanks for always
reading and reviewing! Be on the watch for a Christmas story soon! ^-^