Hello everyone! I know you are all upset with the lack of updates on this story, but do you know how difficult it is to write two different sides of the same person? And I write and update when I am in a particular mood. So I can't bash Darien when I'm all happy and stuff. Now that I have mentioned that, thank you to all of my reviewers and this and all remaining chapters will be dedicated to my friend William or WB. He stated in a review that I'm bashing Darien too much but you haven't seen bashing yet!!! I intend to lower that high and mighty attitude that he displayed in the anime! Ok! Sailor Epyon thank you for reading my story, your stuff rocks! And for the Reeny-haters, she will get hers in the next few chapters. But enough blabbing…on with the show! REVIEW PLEASE…THANK YOU!
A Tangent in the Future
By Crystaldove
Chapter 6
"I saw her crying for us as we vanished. I never got to tell her how I felt. The place he banished us to was a dark barren rock. We named it Nemesis because we were the enemy to Earth and I was crowned Diamond Prince of the Dark Moon. Negative energy thrived on that planet. It poisoned my people and filled all of us with tremendous power. To mark the final symbol of our defiance, we magically adorned ourselves with black down-turned crescents."
Diamond turned back towards Serena and found her crying. He ran to her side and embraced her slightly.
"Serena, why are you crying…are you in pain? I can get some herbs for you."
"No I'm alright. It's just…what happened to you. Oh my…he never changes. I thought my age was the problem. I fulfilled my mother's greatest wish and he still talks down to me. He wasn't like this in the past. I always thought the fact that he grew up in the orphanage made him that anal, but he should have gotten over it after 1000 years! I thought that by loving him without restraint that he would release his hard exterior but…I was wrong. I just made it worse and pushed him away."
"I told you it wasn't your fault or his…it was mine."
"Your…fault?"
"The reason Darien broke up with you was because of dreams…nightmares I sent him about you. His dreams involved your death if he stayed with you. I made him think that you would die unless he left you alone."
Diamond released his grip on Serena and looked into her pale tear streaked face.
"I know you must hate me, but understand. He took away my life, made me into this dark warrior who now thrives off of hate. So out of revenge…I took his life."
"You really love her don't you?"
"Her?"
"Neo-Queen Serenity."
"Yes…"
Serena choked back a sob and turned away from Diamond.
"I wish I had someone to love me like that. If Darien really loved me, he would have found a way around these dreams. He would have asked the others or come to me. But I guess my immaturity would have prevented me from thinking correctly."
"No Serena, don't say that…don't let his words make you think less of yourself. You do have that kind of love, you have the love of someone that would do anything to make you happy."
"I thought that was Darien…but I was wrong. So the dreams he had scared him, but were they a good enough reason to break my heart? And his actions of the last few weeks were worse than when we first met…worse than when he'd lost his memory. He's the reason I have been in such deep pain, the tears the depression. He tried to take away my crystal! I fell because of him and if you didn't appear…he would have killed me!"
Serena began to become hysterical and her breath ragged.
"A dream! Some dream caused me the worst pain I've ever experienced. No it's not your fault…he chose this method of pain. He humiliated me; he left me crying in the street. This comes from the same person who said dreams led me to him? How ironic, but your dreams would not have caused my death…his distance did."
"Serena, I didn't mean to cause you any pain. I wanted him to suffer; my hatred of him superceded everything. I shouldn't have come here, my fight was with Endymion not Darien."
Serena looked up from her tears and noticed that Diamond was trembling with fury and his eyes retained more secrets.
"There's more isn't it? I know your banishment didn't end things there."
"Oh no, that bastard had it coming to him. On Nemesis, we discovered that the negative energy was being released from a monolith deep in the planets' core. My brother discovered how to channel that energy to the surface and used it to open a portal to Earth eventually across time itself. We returned to Crystal Tokyo. Time had elapsed and I discovered that the King and Queen had produced an heir, Princess Small Lady Serenity. I spied on the Queen and her daughter in their private gardens and noticed how the child adored her mother yet her attitude about her mimicked her fathers'. I was told that Endymion was heard saying that he was glad that Small Lady had his intelligence and wasn't like her mother."
"Why…why did he marry me if I'm so damn stupid? He doesn't love me, he never loves me…I'm just a pretty face to him. Our marriage…it was political wasn't it?"
"I don't understand."
"During the Silver Millennium, Earth wasn't a member of the Alliance. The Terrans viewed magic as satanic and envied our ways and longevity. Endymion was going to live on the Moon after we married. He loved me then, but it seems that I married him for love and he married me for the power and prestige of the Silver Millennium. He wasn't satisfied with being just the King of the Earth, he wanted to rule the entire Universe!"
"What is your name, your real name? You said that you were crowned Prince Diamond."
"You are quite intelligent Serena. My name is Ayden. I was born in the year 2930. I'm 19 years old."
"19…he sent you away when you were 14? How could he be so cruel?"
"Let's not talk about him anymore and besides at least I'm older than you this time."
Serena gave a small smile and her face returned to its somber appearance.
"Are you mad at me Serena?"
"No! Of course not Ayden. You've given me the reason I've begged of Darien for weeks. I'm grateful that I'm seeing his true self now before I married him. I'm ok, just a little tired. I have a lot to think about."
"I'm sorry, I forgot. Lay back and rest, I'll send for you something to eat."
"Ayden?"
"Yes."
Serena heard the quivering in his voice and sat up from her position."
"Are you ok, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing really."
"Ayden please, I want us to be friends."
"After all I've done, you still want to be friends with me?"
"Of course! If not for you, I would still be in a relationship where I'm not appreciated and marrying a man that considers me immature and stupid. And your actions were the result of his stubbornness."
"Serena, you are…"
"What?"
"You are a very beautiful woman, inside and out. You haven't changed; you have the same pure spirit in the future. I'm glad his lack of compassion didn't dampen your heart. Now get some rest. We'll talk later."
"Thank you."
"Anything for you Princess."
Ayden departed the room and was met by Sapphire in the hall.
"Well brother, you seem to be in great spirits."
"She is as loving and kind now as she is in the future. I thought she would be upset about the dreams; but she understood."
"You've told her everything?"
"Not quite, I haven't mentioned the final attack yet. I didn't think she was ready for that. She is still kind of weak. Have you located Rubeus?"
"No, I'm afraid that he has hidden himself in time and space. I will find him."
"I don't doubt you; I know you will succeed. I was going to get something to eat for Serena, would you care to join us?"
"So you're on a first name basis with her?" Sapphire replied with a smirk.
"Yes and I want you to meet her too. Without Endymion here to interfere maybe we could work out something that could help us in the future."
"You mean without Endymion here, you can express your feelings for her."
Ayden looked crossly at his brother while they strolled down the palace halls. He didn't confirm or deny what Sapphire said; he just shook his head.
"Darien, I just wanted to save my mommy. I didn't mean to hurt her mom."
"I know you didn't, but you could have seriously injured her. Look Reeny, no more secrets. If you want me to help you, you're going to have to tell me what happened with your mother. I can't do too much and now with Sailor Moon missing…"
"She couldn't help me anyway; who needs her?"
"STOP IT!"
Darien yelled and crouched down to her level.
"I would have been dead long ago if she hadn't saved me. She has risked her life to save yours and the Senshi and she is the only hope in saving your mother."
"I don't want to talk about it."
Reeny uttered with hard red eyes and ran off towards his apartment.
"What are you hiding?"
He mumbled to himself as he continued walking.
A few hours later the Senshi still didn't have in luck on locating Serena.
"I know she's ok but where is she? How come we haven't been contacted?"
"Calm down Raye. We're all worried but being angry won't help."
"I know Mina, I'm just scared."
"Serena, are you up yet? There is someone here I would like for you to meet." Ayden asked while knocking on her door.
"Yes, come in. I just woke up."
"How are you feeling?"
"Better now, thanks."
"I brought you some food."
"Thank you, I was a little hungry."
"There is no need to continually thank me Serena. It's an honor to serve you."
"You're embarrassing me Ayden…stop."
During all of the pleasantries, Sapphire entered the room.
"Am I interrupting something?"
"No brother; Serena this is my brother Lord Sapphire."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Princess."
"Now don't you start all that princess stuff, I get it enough from Artemis. I insist that you call me Serena."
"Well ok…it's just that you are the legendary solider and the most powerful being in our universe. But if I am to call you Serena, then you must call me Blake."
"Ok Blake, it's a pleasure to meet you. Wow this looks great Ayden, did you make this?"
"He sure did, you wouldn't think that he could cook. He rarely does but for 'some' reason, insisted that he prepared your meal."
Ayden cut his eyes at Blake and he only shrugged his shoulders. Blake looked at Serena with amusement and he noticed that his brothers' attention was turned back on her. He watched as his brother gazed at her while she ate and knew it was only time before his brother admitted his true feelings. As she ate she learned more about the brothers and their childhood. She was surprised to know that they were taken from their parents who still resided outside of Crystal Tokyo.
"Ayden, I know my Senshi are worried sick about me, is there anyway I can contact them?"
"Wouldn't you just prefer to go home?" He responded with sadness in his eyes.
"No, I'm still a bit weak, and you haven't told me everything yet. Besides, I'm enjoying your company."
Serena gave him one of her dazzling million dollar smiles and Ayden thought that his heart would just melt.
"Blake, could she use the monolith to project herself in the past?"
"She could, but the effects could be damaging to her. Her purity might be tainted from the negative energy."
"I could do it, but I would need a boost. As of right now, my power could only project me across the galaxy and back a few centuries…not ten. They should also have the Guardian Crystal by now. That would help too."
"Guardian Crystal, what is that?"
"My mother feared that the people of Earth would try something to stop my wedding to Endymion. So she used her Silver Crystal to create a tracking device for me. This glow of the Guardian would intensify the closer I was to it and would automatically appear if I were taken. We're in the 30th century, on a planet that is located in the Milky Way…maybe I don't need a boost, just an amplifier. If all of the Senshi were together, I could tap into their power. I just need to get them to central."
"I think I can assist you. Our computer can amplify your signal."
"I would appreciate that Blake. This was good Ayden! Lets go."
End chapter
It's me again. I know this was kind of short but I was just typing away and noticed that I had like 10 pages of text and I couldn't figure out where to break into the next chapter. So this means that I will update this one sooner than I have previously. Also, the next chapter of 'Homicide: The Death of Serena' will be out soon too. I see that is a very popular story. I have gotten about as many reviews for that story as I have for this one. I hope everyone has been reading and enjoying all my stories. I have two more waiting to be posted, but I will wait until after I finish this on and Love Lost before I post. I also worked out the details for my Sailor Moon/ Gundam Wing crossover. I will be jotting that down by Christmas. Ok, I know you are waiting to review and my rambling is keeping you from it. I'm sorry. Go on now, REVIEW!
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