Crimson Moon: Part Two
By: SalrAnime

Ok, this is the second part of the fic, I'm glad at least SOME of you enjoyed the first one enough to move on to this part. I promise it will get better, just let me warm up

None of the Sailor Moon characters belong to me etc. Who would actually sue for copyright infringement because of a fanfic anyway!?

NO light seemed to penetrate Darien's pitch black room, not even the moonlight seemed to penetrate the thickness of his dark grey curtains there was nothing but black. There were no sounds, no signs of life, except for the uneasy sleep of the room's occupant. Darien tossed in his silk sheets as if in a fight with an unseen force, until he suddenly awoke drenched in sweat from his phantom battle.

"Man, I haven't had a nightmare since I was a child!"

Darien rose groggily from his bed, padding across the white carpeting into his bathroom and straight to his glass shower door. He needed to relax after his dream, and the shower was just such a relaxing thing to him, he was glad he splurged on it a little at times like these when he needed a shower head with five different massage positions. Once he was done with his thirty minute shower, he grabbed a large red towel from a bronze towel rack, and observed himself in the mirror as all Leos do on a daily basis. Everything seemed in order, except for his unusually pale complexion, and the two puncture marks on the side of his throat.

"How in the world did that happen!? Man I must be loosing my mind or getting sick or something not to know how I did this." He looked at the marks on his neck for a little while longer before dismissing them and heading the Crown arcade center to see his best friend Matoki.

Serena rose from her bed unusually early for a Saturday, her alarm never even had its usual chance to be thrown against the opposite wall! However, truth be told, she hadn't slept all night after what had happened the night before.

"I just pray Darien's ok" Serena held herself as a shiver wracked her body when she remembered what had happened the night before. It all happened so fast, Darien was there walking her home, then they were attacked by someone who claimed to know her, but she had never seen him before. She just remembered running as fast as she could home, all the while fighting the urge to go back and help Darien. She would probably only get in his was, and he told her to run anyway, she should listen to him this time. The only problem was, he had never contacted her that night, and she had no way of knowing if he was ok or possibly lying in a ditch somewhere slowly dying because she left his behind! Serena for the thousandth time that morning calmed herself, and repeated her now familiar mantra.

"Darien's the strongest guy I know, he knows like five different forms of martial arts, no bleached blond would ever be able to hurt him. He's ok and probably already at the crown arcade having his customary cup of coffee... With that said, and the little reassurance it gave her, Serena threw on a pair of dark blue jeans, and a white off the shoulder top, with a pair of white boots, and began her way to the crown arcade only stopping to grab her light pink jacket on the way.

"Man! Darien, you've had like ten glasses of water, calm down before you get water logged"

"I think I'm coming down with something, Andrew. The best way to get rid of a cold fast is to flush it out of your system"

"Yeah, well you just look real thirsty to me" Andrew surveyed his pale friend closely. He was just too pale, if he was coming down with something, it seems like it's probably a little more than a cold, but besides Darien's thirst and pale skin, he seemed fine.....Andrew shrugged off his worry and began to talk to his friend about school, ignoring his gut feeling that something wasn't right.

Darien was in deep conversation about the evils of Organic Chemistry, with Andrew, when the familiar arcade chime signaled the arrival of an all too familiar blond Odango Atama.

"Hey, meatball head!"

He Expected her normal "ZERO PERSONALITY HAVING JERK!" retaliation, when she suddenly ran to him throwing her arms around his neck as if he had been brought back from the dead. Serena was speechless, she was so relieved that Darien was ok, that she didn't know how to react. Finally she ran to him throwing her arms around his neck, too relieved to realize she was showing affection for her arch enemy.

"...meatball head ..wha....what are you doing!?" Darien screeched, quite surprised by Serena's suddenly display of affection....and in public!

"Why didn't you call me or something; tell me you were alright!?" She could almost feel the tears bubbling over, but was too angry to let them go. Here she was worrying ALL night and the jerk was acting like nothing happened.

"What are you talking about!?" She looked at him shocked and pissed at the same time.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! I thought you were dead after I didn't hear from you last night, I didn't know what happened to you! I couldn't even sleep last night, so naturally I was late for school and..."

"It's Saturday, Serena " She was fuming now, this guy was a piece of work worrying her half to death and now he wouldn't even acknowledge he had worried her half to death.

"That's besides the pint, I was worried about you!"

"I don't understand why?"

Serena stepped back and looked at him, blinking twice.

"No way! You mean you don't remember?"

"Remember what?"

"You walked me home last night, and we got attacked"

Darien shook his head "no".

"The whole, 'run if I get into a fight' plan?" She looked into his eyes trying to find some recognition, but found none.

Again he shook his head.

"Green eyes white hair ring a bell?"

Darien said nothing, but he looked away as if in deep thought. 'Green eyes white hair, I though that was a dream'

"Hello, earth to Darien" Serena waved her small hand in front of Darien's face, breaking him momentarily from his concentration, before asking Andrew for another glass of water.

"Man!...do you have a drug test or something!?" Serena asked, shocked by all the glasses of water he had drank....you'd think he would get full or something.

"What did you just say?" Darien asked, shocked that Serena even knew about drugs, she seemed so innocent.

"Nothing" Serena stated, remembering she was supposed to be miss little innocent. Letting her small glimpse of lack of innocence show, she watched Darien, gulp down his fifth glass of water since she had arrived, shocked.

"You're drinking a ton of water, Darien"

"What can I say, I'm thirsty"

"You look kind of pale too, are you feeling ok"

She put her hand to his forehead, and quickly pulled her hand back.

"You're ice cold!"

He looked up at her suddenly and touched his own forehead...she was right, he felt almost as if there was no blood pumping through his body.....like he should be dead.

"Maybe you should go home and rest for a little while"

"Yeah, maybe you're right..." Darien gave Serena a thoughtful glance before rising from his seat, and starting the walk back to his apartment.

As Darien walked from the Crown game center, he stumbled onto a tree weakly as his felt the strength draining from his body. He didn't understand it, he felt as if his whole body was suddenly just shutting down.

"What's happening to me?"

"You're changing" Darien jumped, surprised by the voice that came from behind him answering his supposedly unheard question.

"Who...Who are you?"

"I am Shukoroshi, I've come here to help you" Darien eyed the dark haired man. He was as tall as Darien, but a little more muscular. Like the man from the other night, he also had dark green eyes. In a matter of fact, besides the jet black hair, he looked exactly like the attacker from a few nights ago. The man eyed Darien thoughtfully for a short time, then tossed him a silver flask.

"What is this?" Darien flipped the flask over in his hands watching as the sun glinted off the chrome surface. Opening the flask he took a whiff of the liquid inside, even more curious as to what it was do to it's unusually rich aroma.

"Just drink it"

"Tell me what it is first"

"It will cure your thirst..." Shukoroshi said with his arms folded over his chest in defiance.

'Man, could this guy be anymore cryptic!?' Darien thought for a moment and after being satisfied that if the man wanted to kill him, he probably wouldn't poison him, he took a quick sip...then a longer one. When he was finished he threw the flask back to Shukoroshi.

"How do you feel now?"

Darien stood to his feet, and noted that he did feel better.

"I feel fine now, what was that stuff, it was...sweet"

"It was blood"

Darien's face instantly went from a look of curiosity to a frown as he pushed his way past the Shukoroshi to continue his walk to his apartment.

"That isn't funny"

"Neither is your predicament"

Serena waited for her friends to show up, and played a few arcade games with them for a few hours before she decided to leave.

"Leave!? It's not even 7 o'clock yet!"

"I know Lita, but I'm kind of tired"

"Serena, is something wrong?"

"No, I'm fine Mina, really!"

"Well ok, just be careful going home"

"I will be"

She smiled and waved goodbye to her friends, and left the game center on her way to Darien's apartment. She knew she should be going home, but she was so worried about him. She gasped as a terrible thought came to her mind.

'He was cold, and pale, what if he is injured, and he's slowly bleeding to death, but he's too stubborn to ask for help!' She half walked half jogged to his apartment when that thought came to her mind. She was halfway to Darien's apartment, when a familiar voice shook her to the core. Serena turned slowly towards the voice next to her.

"Serenity, I want you to come with me"

She tried to run away from the white haired man, but he took her by her arm and pulled her into a dark ally.

"Wh, Who are you?"

"You don't remember?"

She looked blankly at him.

"I am Shigo"

"What do you want from me?!"

"...you"

he leaned closer to her, forcing her wrist against the cold brick wall nest to her head. She fought harder when she felt cool lips pressed against her next.

"I won't hurt you, I just want to..."

"Let me go!"

Tears began to fall from here eyes as she began to loose hope of rescue.

"I can never let you go..."

"Never say never, creep!"

Shigo turned to see Darien standing in front of him posed to fight.

"You, my mess up...it's funny that after five hundred years, you are the only one that I've made that's been able to escape my control"

"I'm not as week as the others"

Shigo analyzed his competition.

"No, you aren't there's a strange energy coming from you be Endymion!?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, but you better let her go"

He let go of her wrist and turned to Darien. Serena watched the whole scene in shock, she couldn't move!

"You're too weak to fight me and survive, I will have my revenge, and then I will have your woman"

"You won't be fighting him"

Shigo looked up to the sky, surprised to see Shukoroshi jumped down inches from him.

"Shukoroshi..."

"It's been a long time...I've been searching for you, Shigo"

Shigo laughed.

"It is time that you stop running, and accept your punishment...Darien, get her out of here"

Darien moved for Serena, and was temporarily blocked by Shigo, who was punched out of the way by Shukoroshi. Darien took Serena by the wrist and began to run towards safety. He picked her up when he noticed that he was going too fast for her to even stay on her feet. He was surprised to find that she was surprisingly light.

"Darien...where are we going?"

"My apartment"

"...you're so fast..."

"Must be all that milk"

He smiled at her, and she smiled back happy that he wasn't so serious. When they finally made it to his apartment, he sat her down and went to the kitchen.

"Are you hungry?"

"I...was"

"If you need anything, I'll be in the bedroom, I want you to stay here tonight"

"But, I can't I have to go home"

"It'll be sundown in another fifteen minutes, he gets stronger as it gets closer to sunset, and I wouldn't be able to protect you"

He began to walk away when she stopped him.

"Darien, what's going on?"

"I'm not sure"

"Who was that other guy?"

"He...I can't really answer that either...he should be back in a little while, he said he would tell us both everything then"

Darien left the room leaving Serena to her own thoughts.

"Everything..."

To be continued...

Hope you liked it, read the next one to see exactly what "everything" is