Shattered Hope

Chapter 9-A Man Who Sees No Light

A.N.: Sorry it took me so long to post, I've been really busy with homework that all my teachers decided to assign for my March break (evil teachers blame them). I'd like to thank:

/Mere Bear/- I think that's the first time some one has said that they like cliffhangers

/Mere/- what was a dream? Do you mean the other chapter when Serena dreamt she was married to Darien? s_s

/Hot Cutie/- I think it would be a very interesting/funny sight to see some one marry a chapter ^_^

/Sugar Spice Girl/- sorry it was one of those chapters that you have to wait for the next one.

/Chibi J/- I have to agree with you, it is sweet when two people find out who the other one is through kisses.

/Idril of Dortonion/

/SilverWingPhonix/

Thanks for your reviews. And now with out further interruptions here is chapter 9. Enjoy and don't forget to review at the end ^_^

Previously in shattered hope:

Sailor Moon felt him kiss her softly, she melted into his embrace. This kiss became more passionate he backed her up against a wall. She wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her. His hand some how found its way up her shirt on the lower part of her back. She moaned at the contact.

"Serena..." he said quietly.

She broke the kiss apart putting her hands on his chest, "What did you just say?"

And now on with the show...

Tuxedo Mask didn't know why he had said that, he had been kissing Sailor Moon. He hadn't realized his mistake after it had slipped from his lips. "What?" He hoped she didn't hear what he had said.

"I heard you say something, what was it?" She looked him in the eye (well as much as she could). She has clearly heard him say 'Serena'. Had he found out her true identity? Did he know if Sailor Moon and Serena were one? If so who was he?

"I didn't say anything. I swear, you must be hearing things".

She didn't know if she believed him, but she trusted him. Maybe she was hearing what she wanted to hear; maybe she wanted him to like her as Serena and not as Sailor Moon. "Really? I could have sworn that you did."

He shrugged. He really needed to get back to Serena she would be waiting for him. "I really need to go."

She smiled, Darien was probably waiting for her, "Yeah, me too."

He briefly kissed her again before dashing off into the alley way./Damn/ she needed to find a place where she could de-transform. After finding a secluded street she changed back into her normal clothes and headed back to where she last say Darien. She saw him there waiting for her. "Hey, did you get help?"

"Yeah, every things okay." He smiled, "We need to get you to school."

She forgot about this, she was probably really late. "I'm really late. I'm just going to run to school, is that okay with you?" She knew that he probably didn't want her to walk by herself. But she was really late and she needed to get there soon. She was going to have a really long detention.

"I guess." He wanted to do something but he was tossing the idea in his mind, "to you want me to come get you after school?"

"Sure, but I'll have detention." She frowned. If she was lucky she wouldn't have to see Yukio after school. "I'll see you then."

"Good," he smiled. He decided that he would do it. He smiled at kissed her softly.

She was surprised to say the least. "Bye Darien," she was a little lost for words but she knew that she needed to get to school. /So he does like me/ She soon found herself standing at the steps of her school. She quickly rushed inside.

"How lovely of you to join us," Ms. H mocked politeness. "I will be seeing you after school for detention."

Serena frowned and pulled out her math textbook. Although both Darien's and Tuxedo Mask's kisses were good enough for detention.

Yukio stared at the back of her head from his seat behind her./ I will get rid of him and that stupid Mask boy. I won't let them have my Serena. She is mine, and mine alone/.

Serena didn't really pay attention to the eyes that were piercing her back. She was off in her own world thinking about her Darien and Tux.

"Serena. Hey Serena." Molly snapped her out of her daze.

"Huh? What?" Serena looked around confused.

"Serena the last bell of the day just rang, school's over." Molly looked at her strangely. She and Serena had been drifting apart lately.

"Oh thanks Molly but it doesn't really matter I have detention anyway." Serena sighed and slumped down in her chair.

"Here's your assignment Serena. You have exactly one and half-hours to complete it. I expect it to be done." With that Ms Haruna went and sat back down at her desk.

Serena groaned when she saw how much work needed to be done. But sure enough she worked on it, at the hour mark she held up her hand. "Ms. H, I'm finished."

The teacher came over to inspect her work. She raised a brow when she read it, "Serena I must say that I am impressed with this paper. I didn't think that you had it in you." It sounded like Ms. H was actually telling the truth. "You can leave now, your detention is over."

Serena packed up all of her books and zipped up her backpack. She was a little surprised that the teacher would say that. It sounded like a complement...it was really weird. She walked through the halls. "Serena."

Yukio had spotted her leaving the classroom. He had been waiting for her. "Yukio what do you want?"

He smiled, "I just wanted to apologize for this morning. I didn't want to come off as pushy. I'm sorry if I made you feel weird." He tired to sound genuine, but something in his eyes told her other wise. "I don't want you to think of me as a stalker, I'm new here and you were the first person nice to me. And I just want to get to know you, so that maybe one day we could be friends."

She knew she couldn't trust him, some thing inside her told her she needed to get out of here. "I really need to go Yukio Darien is waiting for me."

"You and Darien seem to be really close. It seems like you spend a lot of time together."

"Yes..." She wanted to leave but it was like he was keeping her there. "I need to go." She wouldn't let this conversation continue more than it needed to be. "Bye Yukio."

He grabbed her hand, like last time, "What's the rush Darien can wait a few minutes."

She looked down to where his hand was holding hers she looked back and met his eyes. She hated those eyes. They looked like a predator looking for their prey. "My mom wants me to be home."

He pulled her towards the wall he pushed her up against it. Her body slammed against the lockers violently. She whimpered in pain. "Oh come on Serena, it's only a few minutes." He spoke softly into her ear. He blew little puffs into her ear. Then he made a sound like he was breathing in her hair. He rested his hand on her waist, it was slowly moving upwards while his other arm kept her in place.

"Yukio stop it," she felt helpless, like she couldn't do anything to stop him. Hot tears rolled down her cheeks as his hand found her breast. She tried to move away but his hands tightened around her, she could feel her body bruising. "Stop it!" She screamed.

His hand covered her mouth, "if you know what's good for you Serena you'll shut the hell up." He continued to touch her painfully.

She finally got up her nerve and bit that had that was covering her mouth. He frowned, his eyes burned with anger. "You bitch!" He slapped her across the side of her face. Her head slammed back into the lockers from the strength of his blow. "That was a very stupid thing to do."

He continued to force himself on her, he slammed his lips onto hers. Whack! Her knee connected with his crotch. He fell onto his knees in agonizing pain. She quickly dashed away from him, running as fast as she could. She ran out into the day, then she saw him there.

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Darien heard the sound that some one was fast approaching behind him. He saw Serena running towards him, tears streaked down her cheeks. "Serena what is it?" She hugged him, burying her face into his chest. He noticed the bruises on her arm. "Serena tell me what happened?" He demanded he felt anger rise within himself.

"I was walking..." She cried even more, "then he came and he touched me...Darien it was horrible."

He wrapped his arms around her protectively. He felt like he had failed in protecting her. He was going to kill that Yukio bastard. But he also knew that he couldn't leave Serena alone. "I'm going to take you home."

"I don't want to go home, no one is there. I don't want to be there by myself, what if he comes after me and I can't stop him this time." She didn't want to think what would have if she hadn't gotten away.

"Shush," he stroked her hair. "I'll come with you and stay there until your mother gets home."

"Thank you Darien." She sniffled and followed him to his car. When they got home Serena opened up the house and let Darien in. She led him to her bedroom. She sat down on the bed. He wasn't sure what he should do. He didn't know how to comfort her. She was still upset.

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He sat down beside her on the bed. For the first time he noticed her shirt was stained red with blood. "Serena you're bleeding. Do you have bandages?"

She hadn't noticed that she was bleeding, she didn't feel any pain. Her head was hurting from when he slapped her. "The bathroom down the hall, in the bottom left hand cupboard."

Darien got off the bed and went to go search for them. He came back soon after. He sat down beside her. "I'm going to lift up the back of your shirt so I can clean it." He carefully pulled up the back of her shirt so he wouldn't hurt her. She winced in pain. Darien stopped immediately, "I'm sorry did I hurt you?"

"No," she tried to fight back her tears, Darien had seen her cry enough today. She didn't want to burden him with her problems. She felt really bad that he had to be here, but she didn't want to be alone, and she felt really safe when Darien was around. She hissed when he cleaned it with peroxide and he apologized.

"I'm finished." He gently put her shirt back into place.

"Thanks," she replied quietly and she adjusted her shirt. "I so sorry Darien that I pulled you into this mess." She felt new tears fall down her face.

"Why are you apologizing to me for? You didn't do anything to deserve this?" He pulled her into his arms. He brought her chin up so he could look her in the eyes. "Listen to me, what happened is not you fault okay?"

She nodded, she wanted to believe Darien, but she couldn't help but feel that this was her fault. She rested her head on his shoulder. He wrapped a protective arm around her. "Will everything be okay?" She asked him in a small voice.

"I hope so, I won't let him touch you again I promise you Serena." He thought of the boy, envisioning the torture that he wanted to inflict on him.

They sat there for along while, just Darien holding her. Comforting her in the only way he knew. It was difficult for him. He had never really been around people. He didn't really know how to comfort her. They heard the car pull up, "That's my parents."

"I should leave," he got up, she took his hand and stopped him.

She kissed him, "Thank you for everything Darien." She smiled slightly.

He smiled in hopes to make her feel better, she let go of his hand and let him leave.

As soon as he step foot out of her house he started his search for Yukio. He would pay what he did to Serena.

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The night started to fall down on Tokyo, the shadows growing and covering more ground. He walked the streets he was really drained. After the little 'incident' that happened today he was so drained. He knew that he was supposed to say low profile so those Sailor Scouts wouldn't find out he was still alive but he needed energy. He spotted his next victim walking in his direction. He looked over the girl she would do fine. He would wait until it was the right time.

* * * * *

Darien had walked to the school, he knew Yukio wouldn't still be there. He had no clue where to start looking for him. Maybe something at school would tell him. He had searched the school but he had no luck, no clues to where he might find him. It was a good thing tomorrow was Saturday, at least Serena wouldn't have to see Yukio. Knowing that he couldn't do anything more and that it was getting late, Darien decided that he better go home.

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Serena found it weird that their parents hadn't called out to see if she was home. In fact she didn't even hear them come in. She looked out her window to see her driveway their car was there. Where were they? She walked out of her room and called down from the banister, "mom, dad, Sammy?" She called out but nobody responded. She slowly walked down. "Are you guys here?"

She stopped dead in her tracks when she walked into the kitchen. Her mother lay still on the floor her purse in her hands. She was unconscious. "Mom?" Serena rushed over to her, she tried shaking her. "Mommy wake up," she begged.

She rushed over to the phone, she went to go dial a number but all she got was a nothing. The phone was dead. She rushed into the other room, she saw Sammy knocked out on the floor. He was here she could just feel it. She needed to get out of the house, but she didn't want to leave Sammy and Mom here. "Leaving so soon?" His chilling voice asked from behind her.

She turned around he stood there, his left arm hanging loosely off the railing of the staircase and the other loosely by his side. A dark grin plastered on his face. "What did you do to them Yukio?"

He walked down the remainder of the steps, "Oh nothing much, when they wake up they might have a little bit of a head ache. They should wake up soon." He stopped in front of her, she knew that she couldn't get out of here. He gently stroked her arm with his hand.

She jumped away from him, "Leave me alone!"

He laughed at her, "What are you going to do Serena, no one to help you now, Darien isn't here to save you this time, or your mom or little brother Sammy. You are alone and there is nothing you can do about it."

She moved to run but he anticipated her move. "What did you do to Darien?"

He smiled, "Not telling," he noticed her trying to move again. "Do you honestly think that you can get away from me."

He gripped her shoulders and brought her to the closest wall. The dry wall cracked from the impact. He pulled some thing out of this back pocket and jabbed it into her side. She went to scream but her voice couldn't make the sound. She felt her body weakening, she couldn't stand on her feet, they wouldn't support her. He let go of her. Her body slid down the wall until she landed on the floor. "What... what did you give to me?"

He bent down in front of her immobile body; "Oh it was just a simple dose of anesthesia. It should been taking its full effect about," he looked down at his watch and smiled, "now."

Serena tried to say something but she realized that the serum had taken its full effect. She felt him pick her off the ground and carry her in his arms. She wanted to cry. /Darien.../ her heart called out to him.

* * * * *

Darien bolted up right in his bed, his body was covered in sweat. "Serena?" He didn't understand what was happening, he felt like she needed him, like she was calling out to him. He quickly jumped out of his bed and grabbed a shirt. He needed to see her to make sure that she was alright.

He grabbed his jacket and his car keys and headed out of his apartment. When he got to her house he noticed the police cars pilled out side of her house. He quickly got out of his car and walked over to Ami. "Ami what's going on?"

Ami had her arms wrapped protectively around her chest, "Mr. Tuskino came home to find Serena's mom and little brother knocked out." From the look on her face he could tell that she had been crying. She looked at him, "Darien, Serena's gone."

"What?" He was shocked; he wouldn't allow himself to believe that she was gone. "What do you mean she's missing? She can't be missing."

"Darien the police are out looking for her, they don't know who did this."

His face turned cold. "I know who did this."

"Who?"

"Yukio," he said with distaste. He didn't know where she was, what was happening to her. What that bastard was doing to her. He needed to find her. Without saying a word he turned and left, he failed her. He promised that he would protect her and he failed. He was a horrible person.

He sat down in his car and turned on the engine. He placed his head on the wheel. He willed her with all his might to be alright, to be safe and unharmed.

* * * * *

Serena groaned. Her head felt like it had been smashed with a ton of bricks. She felt the binds on her hand and her feet. She looked around for any sign of where she could be. It was a dark room, there weren't any windows and she couldn't really see the door that led into it. The anesthesia still hadn't worn off so she could hardly move.

"Looks like sleeping beauty is awake." Yukio walked out from the shadows of the dark room. "I hope your sleep was a pleasant one."

She spat on his face. She didn't want to hear his crap. She didn't like the mocking tone that he was using.

He wiped the spit off the side of his face and he glared at her, "That was stupid Serena, considering that I am the one in charge here. I suggest you play along and everything will go a lot smoother for you."

"Let...me...go," she managed to say.

"So what you can be with you stupid boyfriend Darien?" He became angrier at the mention of Darien. "Well that's not going to happen, because you are mine Serena and that's just something you'll have to learn."

She noticed that he had another syringe in his hand. He flicked the tip of it with his finger to test it and a little bit of the serum came out from the top. She tried to struggle but it didn't help much. "If you don't struggle it won't hurt as much." He injected it into her arm directly into her vein. "Have a nice sleep Serena."

She tried to stay awake but she couldn't her body was shutting down. Her eyelids became heavy and she fell into the abyss.

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And that's the end of chapter 9. Please review, I write faster, a lot faster, when I get more reviews. Chapter 10 is actually finished so all I have to do is get it edited. Also if anyone here reads my other story Black Tide and is interested in editing it (bonus you're the first one to read new chapters) just let Tramie or I know if you are. Also let me know if you have any ideas for my story. Thanks for you time,

~*~ Shottsy~*~

Preview for next chapter:

He forcefully covered her mouth with his left hand. "Shut the hell up Serena," he started moving backwards into the depths of the building.

She wouldn't have that her freedom was so close she could almost feel it. She bit down into his hand. She could taste his coppery blood fill her mouth. She spat it out. He moved to grab her with his good arm and she elbowed him in the crotch. He stumbled backwards in pain.