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~`- Changing Causes Chaos -`~
~`- Chapter Three: Mysterious Friend -`~

Her hair was tied loosely behind her head in a rat-tail hairstyle*, but still, untied bangs fell across her face. Behind dark black sunglasses baby blue eyes stared unchangingly forward as she walked down the sidewalk, deep in thought. Her name was Serena Alecis Alexander, (*Grins* Alexis- chan...I'm gonna use your name, FEEL PROUD!) she had golden blonde hair and beautifully pale, ethereal skin. When she was about two blocks away from what the residents called the Arcade, something fell from the sky and smacked her in the back of the head, promptly pulling her back to reality.

"Hey! Watch it!" Serena yelled as she turned and skillfully caught a crumpled up paper ball before it fell to the ground. The thrower, a boy around the age of fourteen or fifteen, turned around with his mouth open about to say something, but took a look at her and faltered. He was a little taller, had short midnight-black hair, tan skin and colbalt blue eyes.
'What is this...?' She thought as she glanced down at the paper ball curiously and without any facial change, smoothed it out and took a look. The paper was a test and written largely in red ink was a 30%.
"A THIRTY?! Are you stupid? Or just incredibly lazy?" The boy's eyes narrowed and his eyebrows furrowed angrily.

"Give me that back you jerk!" he yelled childishly and took a step in her direction. Serena had a sudden impulse to pull back and play keep away, taunting the whole time; but stopped herself before she let that impulse take over. She had never followed or had any impulses to act like a child, not even when she was a child... so why was she getting any now? The boy snatched the test, then turned swiftly and stomped away; stopping only once to look back briefly before starting again.
'What a strange kid...' Suddenly she shifted her attention to where she was, in front of a jewelry store bristling with strange activity. 'Maybe this store has just the thing I'm looking for... maybe we can get this train called Destiny on it's way.' She thought mysteriously, then shook her head and continued on her way towards the arcade, once again deep in thought.

The arcade turned out to be a hang out place for both kids and teenagers alike. After school, kids would come here to talk with friends and play video games. It seemed that most of the females in the room were flocking to the counter to talk, or swoon, to a tall, blonde haired man who was cleaning one of the counters. Reaching up she grabbed the sunglasses, pulled them off and put them in her pocket. She turned her head from left to right and could see numerous video games to her left and many booths with people sitting and talking to her right. She looked at the counter again and realized the blonde haired guy had somehow ditched his "admirers" and was walking over to her.

"Huh?" Serena asked realizing he was saying something to her.
"I was asking if you were new here, I haven't seen you around before." Up close he had friendly green-blue eyes and boyishly messy blonde hair. His personality is what you would dub "Big Brother". Serena nodded.
"Yeah, I just moved here," she said shortly and an uncomfortable silence surrounded them as she calmly watched everyone's activities.
"Oh, hey thats great! What's your name? Where did you move from?" He asked, suddenly babbling after the long period of silence. Silently Serena struggled with arguments that had been brewing from when she had first entered the town of Tokyo.
"I am Serena Alexander..." She paused, suddenly wanting to avoid telling anyone where she came from "...And you are?"
"I'm Andrew Kain, how do you do?" He said extending his hand in a friendly gesture, she glanced at it shortly before curtly nodding her head causing him to withdraw his hand slightly.
"Do you work here?"
"Temporarily, until I save up enough money for Medical School. Do you have a job Serena?" He asked polietly and she nodded.
"For the time being I am a temporary doctor until when I get my degree I will be a full-timedoctor...."
"Hey that means we'll probably see each other in school! So is there anything I can get for you Serena? It'll be on the house since you're new."
"Some black coffee...please."
"Sure! Follow me." Then he turned and walked back to the counter with Serena following slowly behind.

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Meanwhile...

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'Mom's going to nail me to the floor for this test!' Darien thought despairingly as he came within sight of his two-story house. Slowing his steps a little he glanced down at his wrinkled test paper, as if hoping that the percentage would have miracliously changed during his walk home. It didn't, it was still the failing grade of 30%.
'I guess I should have said my final goodbyes to Molly and Melvin...' He thought ruefully, taking a deep breath, he climbed the steps and opened the front door. The hallway he entered when he opened the door was about half the length of the house before it stopped and the stairway to the second floor began. Five feet from where the door was there was a doorway which lead to the family room and five feet from that doorway on the opposite side of the hall was a swinging door which lead to the kitchen. From inside the kitchen Darien could hear his mother cleaning, sighing gratefully he carefully shut the door, tiptoed towards the stairs and began to climb upwards.

"How did you do on your test Darien?" Darien winced, his doom was upon him. Turning slowly he looked at his mother- she was leaning against the wall, watching him closely.
'It's almost as if she was summoned,' he thought suspisciously.
"I hear Melvin got a 90% and Molly got a 81%," She added, casually hinting the danger signals.
"I got a 30-" before he even finished the sentence he knew was in for it.
"DARIEN! What am I going to do with you?!"
"I'm sorry mom...I really tried! I promise to try harder next time!" Her eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You better! Now go to your room and DO your homework!" He nodded and didn't exhale until he had safely entered his room and closed the door behind him.

An hour later Darien was staring un-comprehensivly at a page in his math book trying not to nod off into sleep. Unknown to Darien the black cat that he had rescued earlier had been sitting on his windowsill silently watching him for the past hour. Hopping into his room she slowly made her way past all the junk on his floor to where he was sitting. Before she even got halfway she paused and tilted her head slightly as if listening to something.

"Darien, Quick! Molly needs your help!" The cat whispered urgently, springing onto his desk and successfully startling Darien awake.
"I have defiantly studied too much..." She heard him mumble as he rubbed his eyes and blinked, like she was going to suddenly disappear. "I need to sleep..."
"No! You can't sleep right now! Molly has been attacked by the Negaverse and you are the only one who can help her!" The cat hissed and she swatted his hand with her claws to wake him up.
"OUCH! What about Molly?"
"She was attacked by the Negaverse and even as we speak she is being drained by the monster posing as her mother."
"M-monster? How am I going to fight a MONSTER?! I am either dreaming or I've gone insane!" His voice rose higher with every syllable.
"KEEP IT DOWN!" She hissed irritated. Then she dropped a pocket watch in front of him. On the cover of the watch there was a circle with a cross inside of it. "Take this, say 'Terra Integrity' and if I'm right you will transform into Tuxedo Mask, Protector of Earth."
He picked up the pocket watch and examined it.
"This? But it's just a pocket watch..."
"Just do it."
"Fine...Terra Integrity..." Suddenly, he was engulfed by a bright, golden light which filled the room with brillance and warmth. When he stepped out he had a black tuxedo on, with a matching top hat and a white domino mask on his face, in his breast pocket was a blood-red rose with a razor sharp tip; on his back there was a black cape that had velvet on the inside. He pulled the rose out from the pocket to examine it and magically another appeared to take it's place.
"Now go and help her before it's too late!" the cat warned him. He nodded partially in fear and partially in acknowledgment.
"Right...wish me luck." Then he opened the window big enough to slip through before he was hesitant. "My mom..."
"I'll handle it." The masked hero nodded before jumping out of the window onto a tree branch outside.

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The air was cold and filled with the smell of blood. Bodies littered the ground and I was walking through some ruins as I continued my vain search, for what- I don't know. I kept going through my usual dream routine- I've had this dream since I was seven so by now I know it by heart. That's how I could tell that something was wrong. The normally bleak, gray skies grew dark and hopeless with every step that I took. The mist also, normally thin and a little dampening, was becoming more and more like rain; and instead of silence I heard someone call me- but it wasn't my name...yet I still recognized it as my own.

"Serenity...." I could feel my heart stop. Was that my name? I could not remember...As if it read my mind the voice said. "Serenity...your name is Serenity...you shall remember who you are...If and only if you find the Silver Imperium Crystal..."
"...Remember...who I am?"

Ever since I was seven I had amnesia... because when I was seven, my parents, Kenji and Ilene Nefertari, were going to take me to the beach for my birthday. Everything was fine until we came on a two-lane cliff that we had to drive on...thats when a drunk driver came along a bend at break-neck speed- in the wrong lane. I don't remember anything that happened...just those last moments of my parents.
"Yes. You will have regained all those lost memories and have found what you search for to no ends inside of your dreams..." The voice, though disembodied, had a comforting and a calming effect, whoever it was must have been royal because both her tone of voice and her vocabulary had an elegant way to it.
"Who are you?" The voiced laughed clearly amused by something.
"...I have a feeling that those three words are going to be heard alot this year....Anyway I'm your friend, your guardian...trust me."
"Give me your name...please..." I have been talking to shadows my whole life, never having anyone real to talk to or seek comfort in, so I was used to going solo...but right now I really wanted to know her name.
"Call me Setsuna..." Suddenly a spasm of pain struck in my heart. It felt like a bolt of electricity short but alerting.
"What was that? That shock..."
"Tuxedo Mask is in trouble and you must help him! He will help you find the Silver Crystal...and....moon...careful...Tsukino..." But before Setsuna could finish what she was saying the air filled with static and I began to fall.

When I woke I realized I wasn't in my apartment. I was running along the rooftops at a breakneck speed towards what I realized to be that jewelry store I walked by today. I stopped one roof away from the two story jewelry store and yet again felt the strong jab of pain in my chest. I stood still until it became unbearable then I continued my trek through the darkened windows inside the store. Stealthy as a cat I ran down the stairwell from the apartment into the store itself, thats when I realized I was wearing a mask. Oh well, I'll figure out what it looks like later, and this Tuxedo Mask needs my help now.

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I dodged another bolt of energy as I tried to desperately get closer to the monster who had my best friend, Molly, in a death grip. I, Tuxedo Mask, was this morning only Darien Chiba, the lazy klutz who couldn't get up on time and got horrible grades, and in five minutes I had become the Protector of Earth... some disadvantages of that is that I can't tell anyone about it- Who'd believe me? Also I have to fight a VERY big and ugly monster.

The very first monster I have ever fought is the one I'm trying not to be killed by right now. The monster is a clone of Molly's mom- I knew something was wrong with her today, just not what. It had brown hair just like her and the same facial features though the only difference was now obvious- the red flaming eyes and fangs. She...I mean it, had been shooting energy blasts at me since I came in about five minutes ago. I saw my friend being attacked by it and I yelled at it, catching it's attention. Bad idea. Well at least Molly is unconscious...and can't hear my screams of fear. Suddenly the monster grew frustrated and fired a huge blast in my direction- Great...Just when I start saving the world, I lose! Closing my eyes I waited for pain or something like it.

Nothing. Snapping my eyes open I realized there was someone standing in front of me with their back to me, driving the blast in another direction. He...no it was a she, it had to be, there was too many curves on this person for it to be a guy and she had long silvery blonde hair which went down to her lower back even though it was up. From the back I could see that she had her hair in an odd hairstyle-two buns on either side of her head, and she had silver armored boots which probably went a little above the knees. She had armor on, pure white armor, there was little armor on her upper thighs but most of it was on her abdomen,chest and back. Underneath the armor I could see a royal blue skirt which wasn't all that long. With a swift turn she faced me and I realized that she was wearing a mask, the mask coverved all of her face except for her mouth, the left side of the mask was black and the black stopped directly in the middle of the mask in a diagonal line. The right side of the mask was pure white. Behind the mask I could see her beautiful baby blue eyes.

"Tuxedo Mask, take that imposter out before harm befalls someone more...Let it's soul be born anew," the woman said tranquilly, she had a silvery elegant voice like a silver bell. I nodded, suddenly I realized I didn't know how to! OH MAN, OH MAN! I should have asked that cat how to DESTROY this monster! My savior watched me expectantly, I began to panic. Suddenly it was kittie cat to the rescue, she jumped on my shoulder and whispered,
"Hold your palms up and say 'Gaia Bomber'." I nodded, my neck is begining to hurt by now. I looked back toward where the woman used to be and I realized she was gone- DARN! I should have asked for her name! Then I realized the monster was charging up again.
" GAIA..." The monster was just about ready to fire.
"BOMBER!" Not anymore. A light glowed from my fingers, I instinctively grabbed the rose in my pocket and threw it at the monster. In mid-flight the light merged with the rose and nailed the monster, blasting it to pieces. I turned to leave when I saw that woman again.
"Good work Tuxedo Mask," She said, causing me to stop, I had butterflies in my stomach and she was the cause of them. I then noticed something I hadn't seen before- she had a thin Long Sword in her right hand which she sheathed instantly...I wanted to know who this beautiful woman was!
"Who are you?" I could see her lips twitch into the begining of a smile.
"At the current moment in time? A friend." That's when the cat bristled and jumped from my shoulder.
"Tell us your name immediately!" the cat demanded.
"And what of you? What of thee name that is so dear?" She countered, her voice was still calm but the smile on her face was gone. She sounded ancient now.
"That, you don't need to know!"
"Then I guess it's the same for you, well I must be gone- Farewell Tuxedo Mask, So long...Luna!" and she took a step into the shadows and disappeared. The cat, Luna, hissed angrily.
"Your name is Luna?" ***********************

*Rat-tailed hairstyle: It's a hairstyle like a pony tail except it's not so tight on the scalp. Look up Zidane off of Final Fantasy IX and look at his hairstyle and you will see what a rat-tail looks like.
MY WRIST HURTS!!! Owiee, owiee, ouch! No more typing for today, thank you! Hope everyone enjoys this chapter and writes me.... *HINT-HINT* Review ME! Well gotta go, bye!

-Angel-Of-Serene