Meet the Past: Chapter 3
The scouts and Darien starred at the embracing couple. "OK." Darien said shakily, "We explain everything at my house after school. Do you know how to get there?" The scouts shook their heads. "Well I know that Ray knows how to get there so bring her." Darien said. Getting up he said, "Come on Endo we have to go." "Same Serenity." Bunny said also getting up. Reluctantly the couple parted. "We'll see each other again this afternoon." Endymion assured the blond girl.
Serenity was silent for the rest of the walk while the others talked happily. At school she was assigned the same homeroom as Bunny. Mrs. Haruna was very kind to Serenity and very impressed that she could speak Japanese and English perfectly. "Well my mother thought it would be a good second language for me to learn." Serenity explained coming up with a quick, but good excuse. Mrs. Haruna took it.
Through out the rest of the day Serenity kept out of trouble and answered every question she was asked correctly. By the end of school she had been declared the nicest, shyest girl in school and all the teachers thought she was an angel. Bunny was quite disgusted but kept her thoughts to herself. "She's me!" Bunny thought, "How can she be so perfect?"
After school Serenity appeared at Bunny's locker with her newly acquired fan group of boys and girls alike. "Can you bring me to Ray's temple so that we can get to Darien's house?" she asked Bunny. "Why don't you get Lita, Amy, and Mina and wait for me in front of the school." Bunny suggested, "Then we'll all walk down to Ray's. "That sound's great Bunny!" Serenity exclaimed and ran off to find the other three followed by her many admirers.
Molly walked up to Bunny. "You're pen pal sure is a sweetie." She said, "Serenity listens to everyone's ideas and always tries to work with them even if they're stupid. She's the most popular girl in school! Even Melvin's left you alone to join her fan club." "A little annoying if you ask me." Bunny said putting the last of her things into her book bag. "And the weirdest thing is that she looks like your twin!" Molly said watching Serenity walk towards Lita's locker.
"I've got to go Molly." Bunny said walking towards Serenity, "See you tomorrow. "Bye Bunny!" Molly yelled after her. Bunny walked out of the school and sat down on the front steps. She pulled out a cookie she had gotten from Melvin and started to eat after checking for no gross things in it. Serenity followed by Mina, Lita, and Amy appeared behind her. "Come one Bunny! We're ready to go! You can eat the cookie while we walk." Serenity said happily. Mina snorted. "I guess you've never seen her attempt that before." She said. Serenity ignored the comment and pulled Bunny into a standing position. The group started walking to Ray's house.
Ray was sweeping the courtyard when they arrived. She waved to Serenity. "I'll get you a broom and we can sweep this together. Then Grandpa wanted us to polish some lamps." "Sorry I can't help today." Serenity said, regret in her voice, "Something came up on the way to school and we need to get to Darien's apartment. He told us that you knew how to get there. Can you show us?" "Why do you guys need to go to Darien's house?" Ray asked putting down her broom and walking toward the others. "Scout business. I think." Mina said. "Darien!" Ray exclaimed, "What does he have to do with scout business?" "I don't know." Lita said, "I think Serenity knows some of the main details, but she won't say much."
Everyone glanced at Serenity who was daydreaming and starring at the sky. "I think Bunny is a bad influence for her past self." Ray commented, "She's starting to act just like her. I think that minimal contact should be taken into consideration." "Hey!" Bunny squealed, "Don't be so mean Ray!" Ray stuck out her tongue. Bunny did the same. "Well let's get going." Ray said calmly. She bumped Serenity out of her daydream and walked out of the temple. Serenity and the others followed.
Fifteen minutes later the group arrived at Darien's apartment. Bunny knocked on the door. A few seconds later Darien opened it. Looking up Serenity saw Endymion sitting in the living room and ran right past Darien. "Uh... Hi." He said looking at the five that didn't run strait in. "Hi Darien." Bunny said, "You wanted us here now?" "Yeh he said, "Come on in."
The girls slowly walked into Darien's apartment. The walls were a shade of light tan that looked very nice with the white couch and chairs in the living room. There were pictures on the wall and there were a few houseplants in the room. "You've got a nice place." Mina commented. "Thanks." Darien said closing the door, "Do you want anything?" "Just water." Amy said looking around more. (Ha, Ha! do you get it? Amy-Water? She's the water scout! OK. Bad joke. So sorry. Just couldn't help myself from pointing that out. Let's get back to the story.) "Ice cream!" Bunny exclaimed. Darien rolled his eyes and went to get a glass of water and the ice cream.
Ray looked over to see Serenity sitting on Endymion's lap. He whispered something in her ear and she giggled. Serenity kissed him on the cheek. Endymion returned the favor. Turning her head, Serenity saw that Ray was watching and blushed. Ray looked away feeling her own cheeks starting to burn. "Wat'cha looking at Ray?" Bunny asked popping up in front of her. "Please Bunny." She said, "Don't start acting like Melvin." Bunny blushed. "Sorry." She mumbled. (OK. So I know that Ray doesn't know Melvin or at least not as well as the others but I just had to put it in there!)
Darien returned with the water and the bowel of ice cream. Bunny practically attacked Darien to get it. "Easy Meatball Head!" he exclaimed, "It isn't like I'm not going to give it to you." "Don't call me Meatball Head!" she said still attempting to get the ice cream. Ignoring Bunny, Darien gave Amy her water. "Thanks Darien." She said taking a sip. He looked down at the little blond that was still jumping at the ice cream. Darien smiled and handed her the ice cream. Bunny took it scowling.
Darien sat down in one of the white armchairs. The rest did the same. "OK." He said looking at everybody around the room. "This is Endymion." Darien said gesturing to him, "He says he's from the past and that his name is Prince Endymion of the Earth Kingdom. He thinks I'm his present self. I first saw him on the sidewalk wearing armor looking like he didn't belong there. What's the deal with Bunny's look alike?"
After a few seconds of silence Bunny said, "This is Serenity." She pointed to the blond in Endymion's arms, "She also says she's from the past. In fact she says she's from the Silver Millennium, two thousand years ago. She was from the Moon Kingdom and calls herself Princess Serenity. Ray first found her crying in the rose garden at Crossroads Park and she thought she was me. She was wearing an old fashion full pink dress."
"But we have a question for you. We know that Prince Endymion has to do with the scouts. Why is he with you?" Bunny asked frowning at Darien. "Well I know that the Moon Princess is scout business too." Darien said, "So I could ask you the same thing. Why is Princess Serenity with you?" Bunny looked at the other girls in alarm. What was she going to say to Darien? Could she tell him their identities? If she did would he tell? "You can tell." Amy said softly. "We- We're the Sailor Scouts." Bunny stammered, "Our job is to protect the Moon Princess!"
Darien just starred. His Bunny was a Sailor Scout? That couldn't be. She was clumsy, a crybaby and she never seemed to show any bravery at all. "We're supposed to protect the present day princess." Lita corrected. "Which happens to be Bunny." Mina added. Bunny blushed and put her head down to hide it.
"Am I going mad?" Darien thought, "Not only is my Bunny a super heroine she's also a princess!" "Darien's the present day prince." Endymion said, "I guess you should also know because you're the Sailor Scouts, that Darien is Tuxedo Mask Everyone jumped they had forgotten that Serenity and Endymion were there. "But we HATE each other!" Bunny exclaimed, "I'm supposed to love my prince and Tuxedo Mask! How am I going to do that when he's my ARCH ENEMY?!" "Well you're going to have to find some way," Serenity pointed out getting closer to Endymion, "because I refuse to change history." Bunny glared at her. Serenity stuck out her tongue. Bunny stuck out her tongue too. "I think she's been around Ray too much." Mina said watching the two look alikes
Darien walked over to Bunny and put his hands on her shoulders. "I can try to be nice to you Meatball Head." He said, "But you've got to be nice to me." "STOP CALLING ME MEATBALL HEAD!" Bunny screamed forgetting about Serenity. "Ohhhh!" Darien said laughing, "If you want me to stop calling you Meatball Head you'd better be nicer, Meatball Head!"
Bunny tried to calm herself. "Darien you can not be Tuxedo Mask!" she said quietly, "Tuxedo Mask is nice and protects me. You're sure not nice to me and I don't think you'd protect me if your life depended on it!" "Well you better get used to it because I am Tuxedo Mask." Darien said starting to get annoyed. "Then I don't care how many times he's saved me because I hate him!" Bunny yelled. Serenity and Endymion flinched at the coldness of the future selves.
"I think we'd better go before this gets any hotter than it already is." Amy said getting up and pulling Bunny away from Darien. "Good idea!" Ray said motioning for Serenity to come over. "But I don't want to go!" she said. "How about Endymion comes and we bring you two over to Crown Arcade." Lita suggested, "Do you know the way to Bunny's house?" "No I don't know the way to Bunny's house, Jupiter." Endymion said politely. "Call me Lita." She told him, "Come over here and I'll give the directions to you." Endymion and Serenity went over to Lita who pulled out a piece of paper and pen from her purse. (That's a tongue twister! Not a really hard one though.)
Bunny and the others waited by the door until Lita and the lovebirds returned. "Well, we'll see you some time soon I hope." Amy said. "We'll be back sometime this week without the Meatball Head so we can work something out." Ray said smiling. Lita, Serenity, and Endymion returned. "Bye!" Lita said. The group left quietly.
Darien sighed and sat down in one of the armchairs. "So my Bunny really does hate me." He said sighing, "Well I guess I brought it upon myself with all that teasing." Something really bothered him. "Bunny hates Tuxedo Mask now." He whispered, "What am I going to do?"
Bunny sighed she was alone in her house. Lita, Mina, Ray, and Amy had left. Serenity was with Endymion at the arcade, Luna was prowling with Artemis, and her parents were on some school trip of Sammy's. "I said I hated Tuxedo Mask." She whispered, "Just because he was Darien. I must be the cruelest defender of love and justice there ever was!" Bunny began to cry. It wasn't her usual 'Darien you're so mean!' type of crying it was real.
Queen Beryl laughed. She had watched the whole scene at Darien's apartment and then Bunny at her house. "The Princess hates the Prince! Isn't his precious!" she exclaimed, laughing to no one in particular, "I guess I'll have to scoop him up now."
Endymion and Serenity were sharing an extra large milk shake with two straws. "So do you like it in your future kingdom?" Serenity asked Endymion. "I guess so." He replied, "It's so different than I know." "I feel the same way." Serenity said looking out the window.
"So I heard that Mars found you in the rose garden crying." Endymion said worried, "Why?" "Shhhhh!" Serenity said with urgency. She looked around to see if anyone had heard. "Call her Ray." She said. "So what about my question?" Endymion asked. Serenity smiled, "When I got back home from visiting you that day Mars caught me and told me to go down to the gardens after I had changed. When I got there, after I got your rose, they started to yell at me for a lot of things. But at the end they told me I couldn't see you again. So I ran to my room. The next thing I knew I was here and Ray was shaking me. She brought me to her temple so I could take a nap. When I woke up I was at Lita's house. Then Bunny brought me home to her house. I think it was the water from the falls that brought us here."
"Do you still have the rose?" Endymion asked. Serenity nodded and pulled it out of her pocket. It was brittle and missing a few petals but it was still beautiful. He smiled.
"How did you get here?" Serenity asked. "Well I was in my room and this white mist sort of appeared. The next thing I knew I was here. Darien saved me from one of his friends asking me a lot of questions. He brought me to his house and he explained a lot about things he's used to. He also told me he was Tuxedo Mask."
"Bunny seems mad at Darien." Serenity said quietly. "Darien likes her though." Endymion replied, "He told me." "Bunny said she hated Tuxedo Mask!" Serenity exclaimed, "How are we going to get them together?" "We have to find some way." He said, "I promised Darien that make Bunny love him." Serenity smiled. "That was sweet of you." She said, "Any ideas on how?" "None." Endymion said still smiling.
Ray, Mina, Amy, and Lita were sitting at the temple. "So how are we going to get Bunny to
like Darien?" Ray asked nibbling on a piece of pizza. "We could do a blind date." Mina suggested. "That wouldn't work that well." Lita said, "For one, Bunny will know we're setting her up with Darien. And for two Darien doesn't need a blind date. He's already in love." "We could get someone else to get Bunny on the date." Amy said, "Like Andrew. She'll listen to anything he says."
"Well what are we waiting for?" Ray asked, "Let's go tell Andrew what to do to get these two past lovers back together!" "We need to find somewhere for them to go." Mina pointed out. "How about Angelica's?" Lita said, "Their cooking is really good and it's perfect for a date!" "We can't have the two paying and it's an expensive restaurant." Ray pointed out. "We could pool our allowances." Suggested Amy. "All right!" Ray exclaimed, "Everyone take out whatever money you have on you."
Lita pulled twenty dollars out of her wallet. Mina gave three dollars and seventy-five cents. Ray gave five and then added twenty from her piggybank. Amy pulled out fifty dollars. "Well that's $98.75." Amy said counting the money, "Do you think that will be enough?" "There's only going to be two of them so yeah." Lita said. "But one of them is Bunny." Mina reminded the group. Amy sighed and pulled out five more dollars. Ray left and returned with ten more. "That should do it." Amy said counting the money and putting it in a spare wallet that Ray had also brought out, "Now we can go down to the arcade.
The arcade was empty except for Andrew and a couple in a corner booth when the group arrived. "Hey guys!" he said happily, "What can I get you?" "Two vanilla, one chocolate, and one strawberry." (Do you recognize this from Sleeping Bunny ch 1?) Lita said, "We also have a favor to ask you." "Shoot." Andrew said going to make the orders. "Next time Bunny comes here can you get her on a blind date with Darien?" Mina asked. Andrew stopped what he was doing. The couple in the booth giggled.
"So you don't want Bunny to know that she's going out with Darien?" Andrew asked trying to get the facts right. "Yes." Ray said. "Where?" he asked. "At 'Angelica's'." Amy said, "We've got the money for the date, but we're giving it to Darien." "When?" Andrew asked. "On Saturday at seven o'clock." Lita said. "Sure." Andrew said walking over with the milkshakes, "I can do that, but write it down so I don't mess it up telling her. Lita smiled and did as she was told.
"Good luck on getting Bunny and Darien together." The girl in the couple said standing up. It was Serenity. Endymion stood up. "I've got to go drop Serenity off at Bunny's and then I'm going back to Darien's place." He explained, "Do you want me to give him a message?" "No." Amy said, "We'll go with you." She pulled out some money and gave it to Andrew for the milkshakes. "The milkshakes are on me." Andrew said. "Then it's for getting Bunny and Darien on the date." Amy said putting the money down. The group left with Endymion and Serenity.
Twenty minutes later, Serenity had been dropped off and the rest of the group was entering Darien's house for the second time that day. "Darien I'm back!" Endymion called, "And you've got some visitors." Darien poked his head out of the kitchen and was surprised to see Lita, Mina, Amy, and Ray. "Hi guys." He said, "I was just about to make dinner. Do you want to stay and discuss what ever you're going to tell me over it?" "Sure!" Mina said before anyone could stop her. "Then watch TV or read a book while I make it." Darien said smiling. Returning to the kitchen he thought to himself, "Why are the scouts back? Did I do something wrong?"
Mina charged to the TV. The other three walked over to the very large bookshelf. Lita chose a cookbook, Ray chose a book on the history of fire use, and Amy chose a collage on book genetics that Darien had left on top of some others. Twenty minutes later dinner was ready.
"So why did you return today?" Darien asked a little nervously. The group of six was stuffed around a four seating table. Each person had a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs. "We came to arrange a date for you and Bunny." Ray replied, "Like it or not she's going to have to accept you.
"All right where are we going?" Darien asked smiling. He liked the way these girls thought. "You two are going to Angelica's on Saturday at 7:00." Amy said pulling the wallet out of her purse, "This is the money for the date." Darien took it. "Thanks guys." He said, "I don't know what the future would be like without you." Mina smiled, "No teasing!" she warned, "She hates it."
Bunny was still in a bad mood when she got home. She threw her shoes into the closet instead of placing them neatly and when Sammy made fun of her you could almost see the fire coming out of her ears. Bunny stomped up to her room and threw herself onto her bed.
"Maybe I should have been nicer." She thought, "But it is Darien's fault for teasing me. He is Tuxedo Mask though. That means Darien cares about me enough that he saves me. But he saves Sailor Moon, Not Bunny Tsukino!" Bunny was confused.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked. "I told Darien I hated him." She told the cat. "But I thought you tell him that everyday. "I did before I found out he was Tuxedo Mask! But now-" Bunny started to cry. "Darien Shields, Tuxedo Mask?" Luna said, "I would have never guessed. "But he is!" Bunny sobbed, "And I told him I hated him so that means I hate Tuxedo Mask!" Luna licked some tears off her cheek. "Have a nap Bunny." She said, "Think about it a little longer. Calm down and everything will be alright."
What did you think about it? I know it's a little original to have Bunny hate Darien this much, but isn't it good to be original? Please R&R!