Operation: Sleeping Beauty Take Two
Chapter 2/2
PG-13
By Tsukilove
Disclaimer: I don't own it...No really - ask anyone!
AN's:
Big thanks to my pals Stormy and Andi-chan who helped me/edited this. Means A
LOT! Also thanks to MK for her inspiration and to you (yes you...the one with
the nose!) for reading. Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it
(specially the last bit of this - SO MUCH FUN grins) And of course, thankies to Jen
(who is moving at the moment and probably won't see this for eons ) Enjoy!
Reviews are very much appreciated
NB: '...' denotes thinking.
Warning! Warning! sirens sound Buckets may be needed from the sheer fluffyness of this!
You have been warned...
"Uhm..."
"This is interesting."
"Did Sailor Moon just kiss Tuxedo Mask!?"
"It would seem so."
The four scouts stared, confused at what had just occurred in front of them.
Meanwhile the couple in question looked at each other in amazement.
Silence reigned for but a moment as the masked Darien spoke first. "How did you
know it was me?"
"Uhm...how did you know it was me?" Serena stuttered back in reply.
She could feel his eyes glinting at her from behind his mask. Fidgeting nervously, her
eyes darted back and forth between the safety of the other senshi and the obviously
not-so-happy man beside her.
Gulp.
She all but jumped out of her skin as a gloved hand sealed around her similarly clad wrist. Her
eyes shot up to meet his own burning, cobalt ones.
'Ooo...pretty...' she thought dazedly before she was swept up into his strong arms. "...now,"
was the only thing she managed to decipher in her half dazed state because, 'His eyes are so
dreamy... Sigh... Wait a sec!'
"What...what's now?"
"Talk, Sailor Moon. As in you and me. Alone," he replied ominously. Without
another moment's notice, he sprang up and away from the park. The last thing Sailor
Moon saw were three of her friends gaping in shock, the fourth one waving and shooting
her a knowing wink, before she and Tuxedo Mask disappeared from view.
"Shouldn't we…I dunno...go help her or something?" Jupiter asked in a daze.
"Nah, I think she'll be just fine," Venus smirked, a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
Serena would thank her later...
Somewhere in downtown Tokyo, on the roof of an anonymous skyscraper, two of
Japan's most famous and equally loved superheroes were...standing in an awkward
silence.
"Soooo..." began Sailor Moon, shuffling nervously and trying to look at anything BUT
him.
'Especially those dreamy eyes...and those nice strong arms that were so warm and...GAH! Focus, Serena, focus!'
"What's with the whole 'whisking me away' thing? People might start to get the wrong idea."
She let out a small fake giggle that seemed to get blown away by the wind.
More awkward silence ensued.
She blushed.
He continued to stare.
"You honestly thought I wouldn't realize who you are?" his deep voice interrupted her thoughts.
'Well, actually…I was hoping...'
She considered just how many ways she would get back at the traitorous Mina for coming up
with the stupid 'Sleeping Beauty' plan in the first place.
'Because...ugh! Look, here I am! Alone with…with...smouldering blue eyes and strong
arms and...wait, question. Must answer…'
"Uhm...realize? Erm...realize what?" She put on her best patented 'innocent little me' face that
usually worked a charm.
Usually.
"Don't play games with me! You were awake!"
'Oh dear. He uhm...doesn't look too happy. Right. Onto plan B...'
"Games? What games? I don't know what you're...Oh! What's that over there?" She pointed
out and away, lacing her voice with as much conviction she could muster.
"Huh?" Tuxedo turned, right on cue. Bless him.
'HA!' she crowed to herself in triumph as she ran to clear the building and hightail it out of there.
But before she could even make it to the edge, two strong and ever-so-familiar arms encircled
her waist and spun her around until she was faced with a tuxedo-cladchest. A nicely formed,
strong, broad, chiselled chest that she could just...
'Darnit, FOCUS!'
"Serena who?" she asked hopefully with her best smile. But no one could appreciate it as, all of
a sudden, nice, warm lips were covering her own in an all- too-short kiss.
"Serena, please..." He was breathless.
She wasn't doing much better...
'Mmm...nice lips…bring back...WAIT!'
He had kissed her...again.
'Darn it! Foiled again!'
"Uh...don't know what you're...uhm...talking about?" she managed, blushing crimson.
'Ok, what happened to the whole 'focusing' thing?'
Serena once again found her lips covered by his, this time in a longer and more passionate kiss
than both of the others combined. Without any further thought, she melted against him, losing all
knowledge of who and where they were.
She heard him growl before he reluctantly tore away from her.
"Hmm..." she mumbled before realizing just who she had been kissing and...
"H-hey! S-stop that!" Feeling flustered at her blushing cheeks and his smug grin.
"I should have put two and two together before, really," he smirked. "I mean, you both klutz out
enough..."
"Hey, now! Wait a sec, mister!" She walked towards him, poking him the chest for good
measure. "I do not klutz out! I..."
He was smirking at her, and those damned eyebrows were raised at her, his expression all
condescending, and...
'Eep! Uh-oh...Backward paddle! Man overboard!'
"I mean...uhm...Serena who?"
She paused to look at him to see if she had any chance at all before letting out a huge sigh and
falling down to her knees in defeat. "Fine, fine. You win," she grumbled. "But I'd like to point
out for the record that this…" She waved her hands about to emphasize her words. "…is all
your fault!" she finished with a huff, and crossed her arms defiantly.
Darien knelt down before of her, removing his hat and his mask and looking her in the eyes.
"And how is that?"
Her eyes rose up slowly to meet his as she unfolded her arms. She stared up at him wordlessly
for a moment, before bringing her lips to his. "Because, even though you say mean things to
me, when I look into your eyes...it makes my heart feel like it's going to pound out of my chest. I mean, why IS that? Huh?"
Darien didn't quite know what to say to that.
"I just...I guess I just wanted to see if it was a stupid one-sided thing, ya know?"She gave a half-
hearted laugh. "But nooooooo! You just had to go and kiss me, didn't you? And not only
THAT, but you go and turn out to be Tuxedo Mask, whose just happens to be someone I
admire and respect and...what a mess! Mina and her stupid plans! I have a right mind to go..."
For the umpteenth time in that weird, wacky (and all together rather productive) evening, she
found lips covering hers. Not that she minded, of course, but she would have liked to finish
explaining what was going on. Not to mention the fact that she was utterly confused as to
where they now stood.
Moments later, Darien reluctantly removed his lips from hers. "Personally, I'd like to thank
her." He smiled, but Serena frowned.
"Do you always have to be so argumentative?"
A deep, genuine chuckle erupted from the man in front of her and she couldn't help but smile
back. Her smile soon turned uneasy however, as a sudden fear struck her.
"Darien." She bit her lower lip with her teeth, her expression worried. "What's going to happen
tomorrow?"
Darien looked down at her. She looked so scared and vulnerable that he wanted to pull her into
his arms and never let go. The world be damned.
"Well, I would like to...Well, I…" It was a rare moment for Darien to find himself at a loss for
words.
Serena blinked and tilted her head to the side in question. Darien sucked in a breath and finally
spoke.
"Serena, I like you. A lot. I don't know what it is that makes me say those mean things to you.
It's like a defence mechanism, I guess. Beautiful girl comes in and flips your whole world
upside down, and well...I like to feel in control of my senses, but you just send them into a
frenzy!" He glanced up, just to make sure she hadn't gone and run away from him.
She was still there.
Granted, she looked a little stunned, like a rabbit caught in the headlights...but he'd take her
surprise as a good thing.
"Do you understand?"
"You…you think I'm beautiful!?" She stared in shock.
"Yes. Very." He smiled, but he was surprised to hear her giggle.
He frowned. Here he was, trying to be Casanova and she was laughing at him!
'I don't think I'll ever understand women'.
As her giggles subsided, Serena managed to find her ability to speak again.
"You know Darien, I was thinking exactly the same thing about you." His upset now fading, he
smiled—and she right back at him.
"How about I give you a lift home?" he offered, and swept her into his arms.
Landing gracefully outside Serena's house, Darien reluctantly let her slide to the ground.
"Darien...you didn't answer my question before. About tomorrow."
"How about lunch? At the Crown?"
Serena's face lit up. "Sounds great. Oh - I really should be getting to bed. Luna wants me up
for a meeting tomorrow." She rolled her eyes dramatically. "Night, Darien."
He kissed her lightly on her nose. "Goodnight, Serena."
Making sure his sleeping beauty had gotten into her room safely, Darien transformed back into
his normal attire and left the Tsukino household. One thought played on his mind as he walked
back to his apartment with a love struck grin playing on his lips:
He couldn't wait for tomorrow.
The following day, at around noon (give or take a few minutes), two of Japan's most-loved
superheroes (in there normal attire, of course...) could be found in a little, well known games
arcade. Tucked away in a secluded booth where they could not be disturbed, they were
staring at each other, googly eyed, food sitting cold in front of them; which was very unusual for
the blonde one of the perfect- looking pair.
At the front of the store, a crowd had formed round the stricken manager of the arcade who had
collapsed in a dead faint. It was most mysterious. As a random customer fanned him, all that
could be heard from his incoherent mumbling was something along the lines of, "B-but...they're-
they're meant to HATE each other! I-I don't..." Someone from the staff brought over a glass
of water for the pale, sandy-haired young man and shushed him gently to try and calm him
down, whilst whispering to a friend how sorry she felt for him. Obviously the stress of running
the place by himself must have finally gotten to him, and she would have to speak to the owner
about getting some help.
The doors to the arcade slid open as a young girl, securely wrapped in a brown trench coat,
crept into the arcade. Her obvious sneakiness showed that she was trying to be as
inconspicuous as possible. Dark glasses donned her face with a hat placed on her head, golden
tendrils of hair falling out from where she had tried to stuff it into the already-brimming cap.
Spotting her desired target, she crept from booth to booth, keeping as low as possible. Her
eyes occasionally flipping from the arcade doors to the couple hidden at the back of the room,
she crept wordlessly closer to the pair. Finally reaching her destination, she peaked her head
from up under the table.
"Psssssst" she said in a loud whisper.
No response.
"Oi...Serena!" She clicked her fingers in front of her dazed friend. When she got no response
again she decided that she had to take serious action. Removing her overly-large sunglasses
and taking off her hat which enabled her hair to fall free, she waved wildly at her friend and her
male counterpart.
"Serena! Darien! Snap out of it! I'm in dire need of your help! They're after me!"
No sooner were the words spoken then with a 'swoosh' of the doors, three girls traipsed in with
looks to frighten little children everywhere. Indeed, one baby started crying when one of the
girls, a raven haired beauty, looked its way.
"Mina!" she bellowed, pointing an accusing finger at the now stunned and very- much-afraid
blonde who was at that present moment searching for a possible escape. She spotted one, just
mere footsteps away. All she had to do was skirt round that pram, cartwheel over that chair
and leapfrog over the crowd surrounding a still-very-much-disorientated Andrew, slip out the
back door and she was home free!
"Mina! Don't even think about it! You have some serious explaining to do girl!" shouted Lita.
You could visibly see the thunder crackling around her.
Mina gulped rather audibly.
"Guys! She's going to aim for the back door!" Amy said in a panic. "We'll never catch her if
she gets there!" Mina gasped at the petite blue haired girl, who looked decisively scary.
"You TOO, Amy?! No FAIR! Et tu Frankie!"
"That's Et tu BruTE, Mina, and yes! I want to know exactly what plan you concocted!"
Mina chose that moment to bolt for her escape.
"She's off!! Let's go, girls!" Lita, followed by Amy and then Raye, headed for the blonde
typhoon as she dodged obstacles and flying objects to reach her goal.
Raye only stopped for a millisecond to raise an eyebrow at the still googly-eyed pair."Oh...get a
ROOM people!" she sniffed in disgust before running after the others.
As the ruckus calmed down, the two lovers began leaning in for another kiss.
Just one of many, many more to come.
END
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