Is this what I think it is…yes this is another installment of 'Can Love That's Lost Be Found'. I know I haven't updated this since September. And I have good reason too. Unlike 'Homicide: The Death of Serena' and 'A Tangent in the Future', this story deals with several emotional elements. I have to be in the right frame of mind while writing this story. I have been angry, heartbroken and just stressed the past few months and that would affect the outcome on the later chapters. So I waited a while and still wasn't in the right frame. But since I was in male bash mode, could write on Tangent. Then I was in pissy mood, and wrote on Homicide. I decided I needed another muse to write on this story, and got it in the form of #18 Sailor Moon Stars 3!! I got the last book! And it has the wedding in it and I was crying by the last page so here you are, chapters 9 and 10! I should be finished with this by 12 and may have an epilogue. Sorry for the delay, thank your for the reviews, continue to review and ANGEL OF SERENITY!!!!!!!!!

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You guys must read her story…it is sooo sweet!! Angel of Serenity and my girl Jennifer…these chapters are for you.

Can Love That's Lost Be Found

By crystaldove

Chapter 9

The girls and Darien proceeded to the outside temple grounds. Artemis was following as well when he noticed Luna lagging behind.

"What's the matter Luna?"

"I didn't intend to leave Serena alone for this long. We have been here with Darien for a few hours and I don't want her to think that we are all neglecting her in her time of need. You help the girls with Darien. Call me if you made progress, I'm going home."

"Ok, I understand. I'll tell the others for you."

Luna headed back to Serena's while Artemis headed for the others. He expected to see intense workouts but what he saw looked like a yoga class.

"Um what are you doing?"

"Shhhhhh…. we're becoming one with our elements." Mina whispered. "Raye said that this exercise will teach us how to better control our powers. Since Darien is the guardian of this planet, he has more elements to get control over…this is why he has had trouble tapping into his power."

"Ok, this is good for all of you."

"Yeah imagine the guys I can get now!"

"Mina!!"

"Sorry…"

"Computer analyze sector 5-C for trace energy. Rubeus was seen here last. Also plot the locations that has been attacked and place on a scale 3 grid."

~ Processing data princess…negative…energy signature has not been found in the vicenity. Locations have been plotted, please select method of viewing ~

"Project the image on hologram. Hmm this is interesting…"

"What is interesting Serena."

"Took you long enough to get her Luna. While you were 'out' I've had the computer to plot the points that the enemy has been targeting and it makes a pattern if you connect them."

"I was with…nevermind. A pattern, what kind of pattern?"

"Well…wait there is a inner pattern. The outer shape is of a 5-pointed star and the inner appears to be a pentagon."

"What do you mean by appears to be?"

Luna jumped on the console to get a better look at the projection.

"Three points are missing and if I superimpose a map of Tokyo and line it up with the locations that were targeted…I have the final targets; Juuban Elementary, Sakura Sweets and the Cram School. All of these locations are in central Tokyo."

"Very good Serena. How did you know how to do this?"

"It's just simple geometry…"

Luna looked at her charge and noticed the glazed over appearance of her eyes. She also noted that Serena's workings with the computer were like second nature to her. Even Amy had to refer to the ancient texts when working with this computer. Instead of letters on the panel, there were symbols of an unknown origin. When Luna thought about it, she could have guessed that Serena either helped developed or built this system in the past. With her memories merging, it was hard to tell. Luna did enter this information her personal palm top computer to discuss with Artemis later.


Artemis was still working with Darien and the girls when he realized an important and rather obvious fact…all the elements of the girls were found on Earth. This would mean that Darien could manipulate the girls' powers to mimic the properties of these elements on earth. Artemis pulled out his palm top and proceeded to do a complex physics equation. He figured that each of girls elements were similar to their counterparts on earth and with the right training, Darien could use these if he was unable to call upon the terran ones.

'So lets use past battles…if Darien was fighting with us when we attacked Beryl in the Arctic…he could have used Mars' fire to destroy enemies. But we have to first get him able to withstand the properties of the terran elements before he can use the planetary ones.'

Artemis decided to use this theory with water first. That way if something went wrong, Darien would just be wet versus being burned. He saw a bucket of water and ran to it.

"Lita come here."

Lita stopped what she was doing and ran to Artemis' side.

"I need you to help me test a theory. Take this bucket of water and on my mark throw the water at Darien."

Lita nodded and waited for the signal.

"Darien!"

Darien turned towards Artemis' voice at the same time Lita was given a signal to toss the water at him. Right before he was splashed, Darien held up his hand and the water hovered in mid air. Darien blinked a few times and slowly moved his hand. To the amazement of everyone, the water followed. Recognition dawned on Darien's face and blew upon the water…freezing it instantly.

"How did you do that?"

"Water is an element of Earth…Endymion…I am it's prince. Wind, fire, water, rocks, plants, animals even the gravity itself can be controlled… by… me. They said I was weird, only a freak would claim to speak to the birds. I was crazy, I would make flowers for them to be my friends and they called me a freak. So I stopped talking to them, stopped making flowers and kept my dreams to myself. That's when she came to me…she believed in me and she loved my flowers. I would give her one everytime I saw her…"

Tears poured down Darien's face and his planet finally was able to respond to his pain. A gentle breeze caressed his skin in a loving, motherly embrace and flowers grew all around him. Suddenly a bird perched itself on his shoulder.

"You're still here? I've missed you too. You have, you've seen my princess. Yes she is very beautiful. I know she's been sad, it's my fault. You know about everything? And you want to help me, how? I understand. Thank everyone for me. Goodbye my friend."

"That bird was talking to you Darien?"

"Yes, he was my first friend. I found him one day when I was a child. Apparently the older boys used his nest as target practice and injured him and killed his family. We were both orphans so I nursed him back to health."

Flashback

"I can't keep you anymore. The headmistress said that no family would take a child that claims to speak to birds. You are healed now and I know you can find others like you. They think I'm crazy here, but I know she is out there and I will find my princess. Off you go now…fly away to someone that will love you."

end flashback

"All this time he has been right with me. His nest is on the corner of my balcony. I remember hearing a bird sing late at night whenever I awoke from a nightmare. It was him, my little robin."

"Darien, I am proud of you. You have overcome and accepted much in this short time. Serena will be proud of you too."

"No, I'm not worthy of her…not yet. I have to get stronger. I have to unconsciously control my abilities, so I can protect her, then I will be worthy of her."

Artemis smiled; this is what he wanted to hear. So he relayed to the team what he discovered and over the next few days, Darien spent all his spare time training with the others. The girls also trained with Serena and was amazed at what she had learned while they were with Darien.

A week after the initial discovery found Darien facing off with Amy deep in the forests outside of Minato-Ku.

"I'm not sure about this yet Darien. You have just mastered the terran elements, I don't think you are ready for mine."

"Don't you understand, what good is it for me to be able to master my elements, when an enemy may not be from this planet? I need to be able to withstand and partially control the powers of other planets if I am to be adequately able to protect Serena. Now please do it!"

Amy concentrated and threw a shot of ice directly at Darien. He crossed his arms and the ice collected around them. He screamed in pain, the ice of Mercury was thousands of degrees colder than the ice of Earth. Ice formed on his arms and raced up to his shoulders. He was in danger of being consumed, but with a mighty yell he broke free of the icy trap. He shivered slightly and his hair was matted with sweat. Water dripped down his arms and pooled with the remaining ice chunks at his feet.

"Again"

He uttered through ragged breaths.

"No you need to…"

"AGAIN!"

Amy didn't argue and threw a stronger blast at him. Artemis told everyone to train without transforming to get their terran forms used to being attacked. This training would give them a stronger resistance and in turn, make them stronger in their sailor forms.

Artemis watched the exchange with Amy and Darien. He noted that Darien was getting stronger with every training session. He also noted there were some things that couldn't be taught by him. Endymion was a weapon-trained warrior also. He remembered how Darien handled the sacred Hino family katana the previous week. He wondered if Raye's grandfather could teach him or refresh his memory in weapons training.

After the blast Amy sent, she also sent fog to lower the temperature and in her effort to maintain a certain level with him, she heard Darien call out.

"More Amy, make it colder."

She decided to test a theory of her own. Following a trick she learned from Serena, she wordlessly transformed.

"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION"

Darien was completely covered with ice, so much that you couldn't see his features beneath the tomb.

"Mercury what have you done?"

"I'm testing my own theory Mina. He was right, our enemies aren't from Earth and he needs to feel the ultimate power I can throw at him now. If he doesn't break free soon I will vaporize the ice…"

Everyone watched with hopeful breaths. Suddenly a mist appeared around the block Darien was trapped in, steam erupted from newly formed cracks and it exploded. The girls and Artemis ducked and looked up to see a very wet, yet very pleased Darien walk toward them.

"Again."

After an unsuccessful attempt to capture Sailor Moon, Rubeus was banished from the Dark Moon. Now a new enemy named Emerald was desperately trying to capture the final three points on grid. Three weeks had now passed since Darien had started training with the girls and to everyone's amazement, he had mastered not only the elements of Earth, but he could block, absorb and reflect the elements of the others.

"Darien."

"Yeah Luna?"

"Do you realize who you truly are?"

"What do you mean, I am Endymion."

"Yes, but you are much more. You are the protector, the champion of Earth, much like Serena is the same of the moon…"

"What are you saying?"

"You are Sailor Earth."

"What, no really? Only females can be sailors."

"By whose authority? You and the others are the first protectors of this galaxy."

"You say that like there are others."

"Yes. There are sailors in other galaxies…there was one where Artemis and I are from. And you six aren't the only protectors of this galaxy either."

"A protector for each planet…there are sailors Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto?"

"Yes, I've met them only once, when I was very young. They were older than the others. And they may be four others…Queen Serenity vaguely mentioned something about latecomers to the Alliance and promised their service to the Princess' first born."

"Were they reborn as well."

"I don't know, but I would assume so. Please keep this between us. I'm not sure if Serena remembers."

"Ok, but why are you telling me this?"

"You are very strong Darien, your powers will one day equal Serena's. The reason Earth didn't join the Alliance was because of the fear of magic. It was seen as the workings of the devil and those who used it were branded witches. This is why Queen Serenity shielded the Alliance from the view of the Earth. She felt a great potential within you when you were quite young, but the prejudices of your people kept her from allowing you to receive the proper training. Instead of leaving you with the hunger to use your abilities, she repressed them. This is why we have been training you. This is the same training you would have received, if Earth were apart of the Alliance. The planets closest to the moon had warriors that received guardians…Artemis to Venus, Phobos and Deimos to Mars. And you…"

"My robin?"

"Sort of…Queen Serenity chose a common bird to an area frequented by your parents while on vacation. The area is located in the modern day North America. And you found your guardian then, the same way you did when you were a child. From what I understand, the two of you were inseparable. He was the one that led you to the missing princess when you first met. Now what I mean by sort of is that since Beryl would have recognized you sooner with your guardian, he was reborn as a robin."

"All of you had something changed to make you less recognizable to the Dark Kingdom if it ever arose. Mina lost her seriousness, Lita became a homebody, Raye was argumentative…well more argumentative and Amy less studious. I know, nothing much changed there but believe me she was worse. But Serena was different; she had the most drastic change. It was like she purposely changed herself seeing how she is now…if only I knew, I wouldn't have downed her so much. She lost her grace, her self-control, her intelligence and her appearance. Serena is a very beautiful girl, but she is even more enchanting…with her silver hair and silver tinted eyes. And as for you…losing your memory blocked whatever change fate had in store for you. But back to your initial question. The robin is not your guardian's true form. Call him to you."

Darien searched the skies and then mimicked the call of a robin. Within a few minutes, his friend appeared. Upon landing on his shoulder, it looked at Luna for a long moment.

"Don't worry, my friend, she will not hurt you."

"Only you can reveal his true form Darien. And by the way, I suggest you put on your armor."

Darien nodded in compliance and he appeared in dark blue dress uniform with black armor covering his chest, legs, shoulders and arms.

"Why are my shoulder plates so thick?"

"You are about to find out. You must become one with your guardian."

Darien placed the robin on his index finger and stared deeply into its eyes. After a few moments of concentration, the sigil of Earth appeared on his brow and the greenish-blue symbol emitted light that connected with the bird. The sigil then appeared on the robin, covering most of his face. With a shrill and flaps of it's wings, the guise of the robin fell revealing a hawk…a goshawk to be precise and a rather large one at that. The bird spread its wings and hopped up Darien's arms and perched with his mighty talons on his shoulder.

"That would explain the shoulder plates."

"My prince…you don't know how good it feels to stretch my wings again. Of all birds…a robin, but I guess that would be best since you wouldn't have been able to keep me."

"Paladin…it's really you?"

"I would hope so Endy."

"Paladin, I thought you were aware of everything."

"Well you 'are' wearing your armor sire. But since you are being so picky 'Darien' is this better?"

"You know Paladin, I think I like you as a robin better."

"Sire, uh Darien lets not jest here. Besides how will I fit in my nest now?"

"You're living with me, but for the sake of being discovered, you have retained you robin guise."

"I can deal with that. But prince have you forgotten your manners. Greetings, I am Paladin, guardian of Prince Endymion."

"I know who you are, I am Luna, guardian to Princess Serenity."

"The princess' guardian…Serena?"

"Yes."

"I've just seen her. She was in the park looking out at the lake."

"Was she…upset?"

"She was unemotional. She's getting worse Darien."

"Go to her Paladin, watch over her for me."

The enormous hawk shrunk back into his guise as a robin and spoke in a pitch only Darien could hear. With it beautiful song, he flew off to find Serena.

"Here Darien." Luna did one of those little backflips and produced a watch-like object. "Since Serena severed your link, you are unable to sense when she is in trouble. With all of your abilities, it may be hard to decipher which vibes are coming from the Dark Moon, so Artemis and I found the blueprint for your communicator in Central's database and built it for you. Unlike the others, it is tuned to Serena's energy and whenever she transforms this will alert you. You can also communicate to the others and myself with this."

"And Serena?"

"We reworked the girls communicators to receive you signals, I haven't updated Serena's, she will not hear you."

"Are we done?"

"Well yes…"

"I'm going to see Andrew if anyone needs me."

Luna wanted to go after him. She knew he was upset. Serena didn't know or cared to know anything about Darien's progress. For the past month she hadn't mentioned him and when asked by anyone, she would state that her dealings with Darien had nothing to do with the matters they were facing. She was so forceful with her admission that his name was seldomed mentioned.

End chapter

OK, this is 8 pages! Woo Hoo! I know there was a lot of crying on Darien's part in this chapter. But he is dealing with some extreme issues. And aren't we all tired of Serena crying all the time? Ok here are some details you may question:

I know the bird as a guardian is kind of passe', but at least it's a hawk and is actually found in North America. Besides, everyone else uses a falcon. I like hawks better. Do you think it was kind of weird that Darien only used flowers in the anime and blasts in the manga? He is the prince of the earth, and he should have control of the planets elements like the rest of the girls. He is Sailor Earth…he is its protector like the others are the champions of their planets right? In the manga, Serena worked with Central's computer more than Amy or Luna, especially during the Super arc. Darien does have a communicator in the manga, so hey, give him one in the story. Oh and Paladin means guardian.

Ok, that's enough, now review and proceed to chapter 10.

Dove