A/N : I apologize for the previous short chapter hehe ^^' I hope this one is longer? Read on, and enjoy! ^_^

Disclaimer : I would be swimming in money if I owned Sailor Moon ^_~

Revengeful Flame of Seduction
Chapter 2

His pace was steady and quick as he walked towards his bedroom, with papers in his hand. He turned the doorknob and pushed it open violently, startling the woman inside. She only turned to the door for a brief second before she continued on applying her makeup in front of the mirror. He moved closer and threw the papers in front of her.

"What is this Ann?"

She took a glance at the papers "Bills"

"What are you trying to do?! Ruin me??" he spoke in a harsh tone while throwing his arms up in the air in frustration.

Ann stood up "Oh please Darien, this little amount won't ruin you or should I say ruin us. Don't act so selfish honey. What is yours is mine. Don't forget we're married"

He smirked mockingly "This is not the first time you waste so much money in shopping Ann and your closest is full of clothes! What the hell is wrong with you?? And don't remind me that we're married if you don't want me to say that I regret getting married to you"

"Darien!" she screeched.

"You should stop spending money like there was no tomorrow if you want to keep receiving money from me" with those words, he stormed out of the room leaving a screaming Ann alone.

Darien barged into his study room and let himself fall on his leather armchair in front of his desk. He hid his face between his hands with his elbows resting on the desk. He sighed deeply and rubbed his face. It's been 5 years. 5 years since Serena and him parted ways. It had not been a year after the divorce that Darien remarried with his so-called 'dream girl', Ann. The last few years had been a nightmare for him. Ann kept spending and spending. She didn't work at all. He was rich yes, but it wasn't a reason to waste money like they were useless piece of papers. He started to regret the marriage more and more with each passing day. Serena and him didn't really spoke to one another again after the divorce. The last thing he heard about her from his parents was that she went to Japan to continue her studies a few days before his wedding day with Ann. It didn't affect him in any way since they never had any strings attached, feelings wise speaking of course. He was staring blankly in front of him when his thoughts drift off to Serena.

"I wonder how she looks like now that she's 23, a grown up woman" he smiled with mockery "Probably the same, plain and boring. Why am I even thinking about her anyways?" he shook her out of his mind and decided to drown himself into work. He could hear Ann's car speeding off. He was used to it. Besides wasting money, she constantly went out partying like a single woman every night. Darien thanked God that they didn't have any child together. He was sure that his child would lack love from his mother... and that was the last thing he would want if he ever get blessed with a kid.

* * *

Japan

The rain started to pour over the city of Tokyo as a young woman slowly moved towards the window of her condo to have a better look of outside. She cast her eyes downwards, on the people running trying to stay dry with their suitcase over their heads but soon enough, the image of the busy streets with people running in all directions started to fade away, to welcome her into her own world of deep thoughts. 5 years had passed already but she still couldn't forget about him... The day before she flew here, she promised herself to become strong and independent. She took those 5 years to build herself a strong personality that wouldn't accept defeat in any form there was. Each year made her hatred for him grow into a lust and thirst for revenge. She would never forget that day when he walked away from her to marry another. That memory was still fresh in her mind. She knew how to get back at him. She was aware that the way she looked back then was one of the reasons he left her. She smiled wickedly at that thought. She wished he could see her now. In fact, now at 23, everywhere she went, heads would turn to look at her. She changed into a gorgeous, sexy and attractive woman that was wanted by every man here in Tokyo.

"I'll show him" she spoke softly as her lips crept into a devilish smile.

Her thoughts were soon disturbed by the sound of a pair of keys unlocking the door.

"Serena! I'm home!" a lively voice with a cute accent spoke out.

Serena smiled at the sound of her friend and went up to her "Hey Nanami, did you enjoy the weather outside?" she asked sarcastically.

Nanami hit her playfully "Sure of course, you should go outside to see for yourself you bozo"

"Yup the famous Bozo da clown. Female version of course"

They both erupted in a bowl of laughter.

"Oh I almost forgot, there's a letter for you. Here. It's from America" Nanami handed her the letter.

Serena stared down at it for a little while before she slowly extended her arm to take it. Nanami could see that her friend was hesitating to open it.

"What's wrong Sere?"

"Oh nothing hun. It's probably from home" she smiled.

"How exciting! I'll let you read it, I'm going to go take a nice shower"

* * *

Serena sat comfortably on her bed and opened the envelope. She began to read to only receive shocking news about her mother's recent death, she who had fought with her cancer for so many years, had died without her only daughter by her side. Warm tears cascaded down her cheeks like raindrops sliding against the windows. She dropped the letter and cried on her knees. Nanami entered the room to only see her crying softly.

"Sere! What's wrong??" she asked with concern.

"Nanami..." Serena hugged her friend and cried on her shoulder "... my mother passed away..."

"Oh my God Serena... I'm so sorry to hear that..."

"...I have to return to America..."

Nanami's face fell "I understand... but I am so going to miss you but are you going to come back to Japan?"

"I think I won't but don't worry... I will come visit you as often as I can... it's a promise"

Nanami smiled and held her friend tighter "I'm going to miss you so much... when will you be leaving?"

"Friday"

* * *

"You want me to what?!" Darien jerked up from his office's armchair.

"Darien! No need to scream! All I asked was for you to go pick up Serena at the airport tomorrow" his mother spoke softly.

Darien went back to his work "No can do mother. I'm busy"

His mother snatched his documents out of his hands "Darien. She got no family now. I asked you one little thing and you can't even do it for me. She was your wife once for God's sake!"

"Fine! Fine! I'll go!" he lashed out, fuming mad.

"Good son. After her mother's funerals, I'll have other matters to discuss with you"

She left her son's office and as soon as the door closed, flying binders hit against it.

"Damn it! I hope she's going to return to Japan after" he remained quiet with an angry look. "Like my life doesn't already sucks" he pounded his fist hard against the desk before letting out a furious sigh.

A/N : How do you think would their first encounter after 5 years be like?