Author's Note: Hey all! This is the next chapter! I really want all of your opinions on this one. Let me know if you think it is too rushed! If you do then I'll re-write it…I have another idea! Also I've gotten a lot of reviews from people who don't want to see Darien and Serena together, so I was thinking that I might write another ending for this story that would have different couples! So let me know what you think of that idea too!! Also thank you to anyone who has reviewed my story…you guys are wicked for taking the time to read and review my story and I really hope you like the next part! If you don't…be honest…I can handle a little criticism!! Luv Ya!!
Disclaimer: Don't own Sailor Moon, but one today? Only time can tell!!
Serena panted and looked around her. She could see the shadow of the heart snatcher on the ground beside her.
"Come on Serena…" it hissed.
"You know you can't hide from me forever." Serena looked around in a panic.
"It's right! There's no where left to run!" Serena thought, surveying the park. She looked down at her leg.
"I have no choice. I'm all alone…no one can help me." She thought as she slowly stood, ignoring the pains shooting through her leg. She slowly walked out from behind the bush and faced the monster.
"Its about time!" the monster hissed.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting…but I hope you realize that I'm not going to make it easy for you!" Serena said. The monster laughed.
"Really? And what would a little human like you do to stop me?" the monster asked, mocking her. Serena smirked.
"This." She answered simply and threw her locket up into the air and began her transformation. The monster stood with its mouth wide open as it watched Serena transform into Sailor Moon.
"T-t-this can't be happening…" the monster stuttered. Serena slowly walked forward.
"Awe…is the big bad monster afraid of me?" Serena asked. The monster quickly regained its composer and began to brutally attack Sailor Moon. Serena grunted as the monster kicked her in the stomach, winding her.
"Not so tough without all you little friends, are you?" the monster mocked her again. Serena growled.
"I DON'T need them! I can do it by myself!" Serena screamed and charged the monster. She kicked it in the face and then in the stomach. The monster smiled at Serena as she attempted to catch her breath.
"Why don't you just give it up? You know they won't help you…you know they don't want to. You will always be alone…that's the way it was meant to be for you. He will always ignore you for other women…your friends, your daughter…you know that you won't be happy." The monster smiled again as Serena's fighting stance began to relax, its words hitting home. Serena shuddered at hearing her own thoughts being said aloud.
"The others are only using you…" the monster calling, trying to regain her attention. Serena's head snapped up.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked quietly, afraid of the answer.
"Serena…they only want their soul mates…you were the closest person to them. You have to know that they are using you to get closer to them." The monster spoke as if all should have known. Tears slowly flooded Serena eyes.
"How is she doing this? How can she put all my fears to words?" Serena asked herself. The monster took a step closer.
"I can take you away from all this Serena. If I take your heart crystal…you'll leave them all…forever. You will go to a happier place…maybe even meet up with your real mother." Serena looked up at her with hope in her eyes.
"Do you mean it?" Serena asked. The monster nodded.
"Of course I do…I wouldn't lie to you like the others did…now just hold still." The monster whispered and prepared to shoot the beam that would steal all her pure thoughts.
"WAIT! Serena!" Serena turned at the shout and saw nine people racing towards her. Leading them all…was Tuxedo Mask.
"No they do care! They came!" Serena thought as she faced the monster again.
"You're too late!" The monster shrieked and shot a black beam straight into Serena chest.
"NO SERENA!" Tuxedo Mask screamed as he watched some kind of crystal being pulled from Serena's heart.
"Shit…she had a talisman!" Ami said as she quickly typed on her computer. Tuxedo Mask turned to her, furious.
"Is that all you care about? You best friend is about to die…and you are typing on the damn computer again! Just kill the fucking thing!" Darien screamed as he charged into battle. The laughing monster caught the talisman.
"I have it! My queen, I have it!" the monster laughed and a witch appeared in the air.
"You have done well! Give it to me!" the witch called.
"Over my dead body!" Darien called and knocked the monster off its feet. The talisman went flying, and Jedite caught it.
"Nice catch Jed!" Darien called him by his nickname, without realizing it. Jedite smiled and rushed back towards Serena.
"Oh no you don't!" The witch called and shot her power into Jedite. He gasped in pain and dropped to the ground. The witch transported over to where he was and picked the talisman up.
"Thank-you Tuxedo Mask. The doubt you placed in her not only allowed me to get a talisman, but I also killed Sailor Moon…Damn I'm good at this game." The witch giggled as she disappeared. Darien screamed in rage and turned back to the monster. Blind with rage, he grasped the monster's head and then it's shoulder and snapped its neck. It dropped to the ground and turned to dust. He turned to the scouts.
"Why didn't you help me?" He screamed. He gripped the sides of his head and cried. "Why didn't you help me…why didn't you help her?" Darien asked weakly, starring up, in horror, at the four women who were suppose to protect Serena with their lives. He quickly looked away from them and slowly made his way over to Serena, who was surrounded by the four generals. He picked her up and cradled her in his arms.
"Come on Serena, wake up hunny. Come on, you can do it. Please Serena? For me? Just open your eyes." Darien pleaded with Serena as tears fell from his eyes. The generals looked at each other with tears in their eyes for both their prince and their princess.
"Please Serena…just…look at me please." Darien begged as he gave her a kiss. When he pulled away, he heard her moan.
"Serena?" he asked, not daring to hope. As he stared at her face, watching for any sign that she might be alive, her eyes slowly opened.
"Darien?" Serena whispered. Darien smiled through his tears as he looked up at the generals. He glared over at the scouts.
"She's awake…no thanks to you." He growled and they slowly walked over.
"Darien…don't be like that. It was my fault…I doubted you…I was going to let her." Serena whispered softly. Darien shook his head and caressed her face.
"No love…that was my fault. I made you believe I didn't care…that I wasn't ready to be with you. But I was…and I am…and I won't let anything happen to you! Even if it takes the rest of my life to prove it to you…I'll prove to you that I do love you, exactly the way you love me. Darling you know that I would give my life for yours…if there's a way for you to live through this…I'll find the way. I promise you that I'm going to make it so you die old and wrinkled, sleeping in a warm bed!" Darien whispered his promises. Serena giggled at his last sentence.
"You sure as hell better be in that bed too, so please…don't do anything rash?" Serena asked. Darien smiled and kissed her. Serena looked up at the scouts.
"Could you guys come a little closer? I have something to tell you all." Serena whispered. The scouts bent down on their knees and looked at her.
"I think it's about time I told you who the generals really are." Serena explained. The generals looked at each other nervously.
"Do you really think that wise, Serena?" Zoisite asked. Serena smiled, weakly at him.
"If Sailor Pluto shows up wanted to kill someone for disrupting the time line, let her know it was me." Serena giggled. She then took a deep breath and launched into the story.
"Back in the silver millennium, I wasn't the only one who had protectors. Darien or Endymon had four generals, but you guys acted more like family instead of guards and prince." Serena paused, smiling at the memory. She then looked up at the scouts.
"Like Serenity and Endymon, the generals: Zoisite, Jedite, Nephrite and Malachite had fallen in love. They fell in love with my scouts. You were so stubborn, but I'm sort of glad you were. It gave me and Darien a chance to play matchmaker." Serena giggled. Serena sighed.
"The night before the kingdom was destroyed, the generals and Endymon decided that was the night they were going to purpose. They did everything together, so they figured they should do this together too. So the night of the ball, each of them took us to our favourite spot and at exactly 11:05, my exact birthday, they all purposed." Serena looked up at Darien and smiled.
"Do you remember any of that?" She asked quietly.
"I remember purposing…and how happy you were. I remember my exact thoughts were about how beautiful you were at the moment, and how I managed to get an angel to fall in love with me." Darien said as he looked down at her. The generals smiled at their own memories. Serena then looked back at the scouts.
"I wish that I could say that we all lived happily ever after, but you all know that we didn't. Now I wanted to know, do any of you remember how you died?" She asked quietly. Mina spoke up.
"I only remember that I was trying to protect you from someone." She whispered as if trying to put a face to the memory. The other scouts nodded in agreement. Malachite looked at the ground.
"I'm afraid that was us." He whispered. Serena looked over at him.
"You know that wasn't your fault." Serena looked back at the scouts.
"The same night, after the generals and Endymon had said good night, they all met in the garden to tell their stories and how everything went. Soon after they met, Baryl showed up and tried to kidnap Endymon. The generals combined their powers to transport Endymon to my room, while they stayed to try and protect him. However, Baryl had other plans and kidnapped them and brainwashed them." Serena looked up at Darien.
"You were so angry that you marched down to where my mother was sitting with me running behind you, and demanded to know exactly where Baryl's fortress was. Mother refused to let you go; that was exactly what Baryl wanted. While you were arguing, Baryl attacked and the scouts ran towards the battle." Serena looked back at the scouts.
"When you came face to face with them, you almost gave up. You couldn't hurt them; you didn't want to. I was standing on the balcony, begging Endymon not to go, when I saw you each square off against one another. I watched as all ten of you were killed by the ones you loved the most." Serena's faced paled slightly, showing the horrors of the memories on her face.
"You all know the end of the story, but what you don't know is that after we defeated Baryl the second time, the general were reborn on earth. Well actually, they weren't really reborn. They had secret identities while they were under Baryl's spell, and they just took on that form, permanently. You guys shouldn't be too surprised by their identities. You already know them all! So…" Serena started, taking a deep breath.
"Let's start the introductions!" Serena giggled lightly. Serena took a deep breath and looked over at Rei.
"Rei, even in the silver millennium, you had your gift. It was in the temple on the moon that you met Jedite. You two were so stubborn, it took you forever to get together, but you finally did and I'd never see either of you so happy. Rei, Jedite is your finance from the silver millennium, but you also know him as Chad." Serena said softly. Rei gasped and looked towards him. Jedite sighed and closed his light blue eyes in concentration. His short blond hair grew slowly and darkened until it reached his natural brown colour. He opened his eyes to instead reveal a dark brown colour. He then looked towards the ground.
"Rei." Chad nodded formerly still pissed at her. Rei just watched him with her mouth wide in surprise. Serena then looked at Lita.
"Lita, you and Nephrite met while you were training in the gym. You two instantly began friends and once you had, you terrorized the rest of us with your practical jokes and your prank wars. It took Nephrite a long time to work up the nerve to ask you out, but you were practically jumping for joy when he did. Lita I'd like you to meet your partner in crime or as you know him in this life…Ken." Lita looked towards Nephrite to see his long brown hair getting shorter and his brown eyes slowly turning blue. He blinked when the transformation was finished.
"No way!" Lita cried, and Ken avoided her eyes.
"Ami…" Serena started, trying to get Ami to focus on her. When Ami finally looked at her she smiled.
"You and Zoisite were both the smartest one of the two groups. You really started to hit it off once you two met in the library. You would always be there for one another to test a theory or something like that. In that time you knew him as Zoisite, but you know him now as Greg." Zoisite's hair slowly went from blond to brown, as his light blue eyes darken to a deep navy colour. Ami gasped, covering her mouth with one hand. Greg crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"I told you this was a bad idea." Greg grumbled. Serena just giggled and turned to Mina.
"Mina, you fell in love with the leader of the generals. You two were the hardest ones to get together, both of you thinking you couldn't put a relationship before your job of protecting Endymon and I. Finally after a lot of planning by Endymon and I, we finally got you two to loosen up and admit you had feelings for one another. I must say that once you two finally got together, you had the strongest relationship out of the scouts. So Mina, I'd like you to meet your soul mate Malachite, or as you know him Andrew." Serena giggled at the look on Mina's face. Malachite sighed as Mina finally looked at him and slowly transformed back into himself. His long white hair began to disappear and change back to his own dirty blond colour, and his silver eyes finally regained the innocent blue colour everyone was used to. Mina just stared at him, not moving.
"Surprise." Andrew said, coolly. Darien who had been silent this whole time looked at them.
"You guys are my generals?" He asked in wonder. The four boys met his gaze slowly. They all nodded afraid of what was coming. Suddenly Darien began to smile and laugh.
"Oh my god this is so cool! I always wondered why I felt so close to you guys! This is going to be wicked!" Darien said quickly, his voice full of excitement.
"Plus you guys don't know what it's like being the only guy. Really the girls drive me nuts with all the gossip and boy stuff." Darien said rolling his eyes. The guys chuckled quietly when Serena hit him.
"If I knew you felt like that, I wouldn't have invited you." She said softly, teasing him. Darien looked down at her with a smile.
"You know I'm kidding! Plus if I didn't endure it, I'd never get to see you." He answered softly. Serena giggled softly and looked towards the scouts. Each had gone off in her own direction, trying to grasp what Serena had just told them. She looked at the generals to see them glancing at the scouts with uncertainty. She turned to Darien to see him too looking from the girls to the guys.
"Do you think I told them too soon?" She asked quietly. Darien looked down at her and shook his head.
"I think they have finally realized exactly what I had today. They were ignoring the guys just as I was ignoring you. Also I think they realize how much they hurt the guys. I mean the generals really didn't want to tell them yet, because they thought the same thing you did, that the scouts aren't ready for it. I'm positive that it will work out though. They just need to talk about it." Darien looked down at her with tears in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry I put you through all that. I'm sorry that I made you doubt my love for you. I'm sorry that this happened to you because of me." Darien said with tears running down his face. Serena slowly wiped them away.
"Darien, I know you're sorry. I know you didn't mean to and didn't know that it was bothering me. I should have told you sooner." Serena whispered. Darien shook his head.
"You shouldn't have had to tell me at all. It just…this is all so new to me. I never really felt like this before and I guess…it scared me. I've never been in a relationship like this. I guess I didn't know how to act."
"I've always thought that you've been doing a good job." Serena giggled.
"I love you." She whispered softly. Darien looked down at her and smiled.
"God I love you…I love you more then life itself." He answered as he hugged her to himself.
Serena smiled at his comment and took in a deep breath. Darien looked at her in concern.
"Are you alright?" he said, softly. She shook her head softly.
"No, telling that story took a lot out of me. I need to sleep but I'm afraid if I do, I won't wake-up." Serena whispered softly.
"Don't say stuff like that! Of course you would wake-up!" Darien answered.
"No Darien. Whether she wakes up or not, totally depends on you."
Author's note: That's all for this chapter!! I'm warning you now that it might be a while for the next one, but hopefully you won't give up on me! For those who are wondering about the outers…they will make an appearance soon!! Ta Ta For Now.