AN: How's it going Minna? I know I should be finishing the other stories
before I begin a new one but.a girl suggested this idea to me and I just
had to write this.
Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon and the others but this story belongs to me.
Serena shot up like a bullet in her bed. Her heart was pounding wildly against her rib cage, her breathing rapid, and her entire body was drenched in sweat. She wrapped her slender arms around herself and shuddered as the nightmare came back to her. Unwillingly a mental image of Darien being torn away from her and a female voice warning her to stay away from Darien, unless she wanted this to be his fate, replayed itself.
Normally Serena would have just assumed that it was just some horrible nightmare and shrugged it off but this wasn't the first time she had had this nightmare. She had been having this nightmare for quite some time now and she could no longer ignore it and just call it a "nightmare." If she had been a normal teenage girl with a normal life, she might have shrugged off the recurring dream as paranoia of losing her boyfriend to another girl but Serena Tskunio was anything but normal.
Although she had tried as hard as she could to be a normal teenager by ignoring her instincts to fight against evil forces when the young blond first learned of her destiny, Serena knew that she was anything but normal. She was destined for far greater things than anyone she knew, she was not only a super hero known as Sailor Moon but the princess and future queen of Crystal Tokyo, Serenity, and over time Serena had learned to accept her fate and trust her intuition. So right now Serena knew that the nightmare she had been having was a lot more than just a nightmare, it was some kind of disturbing prediction of the future.
As the blonds breathing began to return to normal, but her body had began to shake as she groped around her until her hands found something soft and fuzzy. Serena pulled the fuzzy thing to her chest and leaned down to burry her face in it. Serena felt herself relax as she inhaled Darien's familiar scent. How she loved the scent of his aftershave mixed with the smell of rose petals. After all this time, the bunny Darien had given her when they first started going out, still contained his rich scent.
'I should just ask-' Serena's thoughts cut off as realization dawned upon her. Serena suddenly felt alone as she realized that she couldn't turn to anyone for comfort. No, she had to keep this to herself and the one person that she usually could find understanding and comfort from was the one she surely could not tell, EVER. Her guardian Luna would say that she was just being ditzy and creating those dreams from her own paranoia and her friends would only agree. Her parents were ruled out immediately since it would be kind of hard to explain all this to them without explaining her identity as the moon princess, besides she didn't like sharing things as personal as her dream to one day marry Darien, especially with her dad, he would surely explode. He wasn't too thrilled when Serena began going out with Darien in the first place and telling him her dream of marrying Darien would surely make him go over the edge. That only left Rini; as if she would ever confide in a six year old that enjoyed making her life as miserable as possible that would only add to Rini's fun in torturing her.
Crystal tears began falling down the blond's cheeks and onto the furry bunny. "What am I going to do?" the flaxen beauty sobbed looking at the rabbit. "For once I am all on my own and I have no idea what to do. I can't possibly continue to ignore this any longer, I have to deal with this all on my own but I don't know what to do. What should I do?" she wailed, directing the question at the stuffed bunny in her arms. She looked at the bunny expectantly as if she actually expected to hear it answer her back. Serena sighed dejectedly when it didn't answer.
The blond's sobs subsided and she remained quiet for some time, deep in thought. "I know what I have to do," she whispered quietly in the eerie silence, "and I'm not looking forward to doing it."
~Next Day~
Serena felt her heart begin to beat faster and her breathing grow more rapid as she neared the arcade. 'Maybe I should just go home," she thought as she neared the arcade's entrance. Serena's eyes flickered over the people in the arcade, searching for a certain ebony haired man. Her gaze stopped abruptly at the counter where Andrew stood chatting happily to Darien who was nodding and smiling occasionally.
One look at Darien and Serena's heart began to beat even more fiercely than before against her chest and the young blond felt herself gasping for air. 'Don't do this to yourself Serena!' she mentally scolded herself. 'Maybe I should leave and come back later.' Just as that thought occurred to her Andrew spotted her and waved causing Darien to turn around and spot her also. Serena silently cursed. 'So much for leaving, now that I've been spotted I have to go in. I guess it's better to get it over with now anyway rather than worry over it.'
Serena took a deep breath to calm herself and clamped her hand over the bar on the door and stepped inside. As she made her way to Darien, doubts began to creep into her head. 'What I'm doing is for the best!" Serena reasoned as she reached Darien.
"Hey Serena," Andrew said as he walked away to help a customer.
"Hey Drew," she yelled after the sandy haired man.
"Hey Sere," Darien's husky voice whispered into her ear, sending shivers down Serena's spine. The ebony man leaned down to kiss the beautiful blond but only met air. Darien's eyes snapped open in surprise and looked inquiringly at the blond. "Did I do something wrong?" Serena shook her head. "Then what's wrong?" Darien asked confused by his girlfriend's behavior.
"We need to talk." Serena said more coolly than she had intended. 'The more distant and cold I am to him, the easier it will be to break up with him.' Serena thought as she led Darien to an empty booth in the corner. Darien sat down quietly and Serena slid into the booth, across from him with a stony expression on her face.
If Darien wasn't worried before, he was now. He had never seen Serena with such a look on her face. a look of such dislike and coldness. Serena was always a very open person with a bubbly personality, incapable of hatred toward anyone.except for now. "W-What's w-wrong?" Darien stuttered.
"I don't think we should see each other any longer," Serena stated harshly.
"Why?" a bewildered Darien asked. As far as he knew everything had been going just great.
"I just don't think things are working out between us," Serena stated.
"I thought everything was going perfectly!" Darien exclaimed, not believing what he was hearing.
"We'll its not!" Serena snapped. "I don't feel the same way about you anymore. I don't love you!" the blond said clinching the break-up. Her eyes flickered over Darien's crest fallen face and she felt her heart fall. 'Maybe I just should say 'phsyc! I was just kidding." Serena thought. 'No what I'm doing is for the best! I can't be selfish and allow Darien to die!' Serena reasoned. As strong as her reasons were, Serena knew that if she stayed any longer she would end up backing out. Snatching her bag, Serena got up and walked as quickly as she could out the door.
~one week later~
Serena walked quietly down the street, taking in her surroundings. For once she wasn't in a hurry to get to school. Ever since her breakup with Darien Serena had changed in many ways, you could say she matured a lot. Her friends and family had taken notice of this right away when Serena chose to do her homework first before going to the arcade and getting to school on time. Her parents were pleased with her new sense of maturity but her friends began to question this; asking if she was feeling alright and if there was anything wrong. As far as her friends and family knew, Darien and she were still going out. So the blond haired beauty had reassured them that everything was alright and that she guessed she was just maturing and her friends had bought it without further questions but that really wasn't the truth. She wasn't alright. Her heart felt as if it had been torn in two, without Darien she felt incomplete.
True, it had been her choice to breakup with Darien but only because of the horrendous nightmare and she missed Darien terribly. By putting up this front of total self confidence and maturity Serena seemed to put Darien out of her mind for a while and concentrate of her new attitude.
So now Serena was walking down the street taking in surroundings that she once thought nothing of because of her hectic rush to school. Serena enjoyed her walk to school and not having to rush but that was not her real reason for getting up this early. Oh no. The reason was so that she wouldn't run into Darien; she had even decided to take another path just to be safe and so far it was working.
The first day Serena had arrived early to school, she had thought for sure Ms. Haurana was going to faint and when Serena actually handed in her homework, Ms. Haurana actually did faint. Despite her solemn mood, Serena felt herself giggling at the memory.
'I wonder how Ms. H would react if aced a test, she'd probably have a heart attack.' Serena mused. *THUD* Serena hit something hard and felt herself staggering backwards, her arms flailing. A pair of strong arms grabbed her waist and steadied her, just before she fell.
"I'm so sorry." Serena began immediately. "I wasn't paying attention-" the words died on her lips as she looked at the face of the person-Darien.
I know its not one of my usual on the edge of your seat cliffhangers but.oh well. Anyway how will the encounter go with Darien and Serena? Review to find out. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon and the others but this story belongs to me.
Serena shot up like a bullet in her bed. Her heart was pounding wildly against her rib cage, her breathing rapid, and her entire body was drenched in sweat. She wrapped her slender arms around herself and shuddered as the nightmare came back to her. Unwillingly a mental image of Darien being torn away from her and a female voice warning her to stay away from Darien, unless she wanted this to be his fate, replayed itself.
Normally Serena would have just assumed that it was just some horrible nightmare and shrugged it off but this wasn't the first time she had had this nightmare. She had been having this nightmare for quite some time now and she could no longer ignore it and just call it a "nightmare." If she had been a normal teenage girl with a normal life, she might have shrugged off the recurring dream as paranoia of losing her boyfriend to another girl but Serena Tskunio was anything but normal.
Although she had tried as hard as she could to be a normal teenager by ignoring her instincts to fight against evil forces when the young blond first learned of her destiny, Serena knew that she was anything but normal. She was destined for far greater things than anyone she knew, she was not only a super hero known as Sailor Moon but the princess and future queen of Crystal Tokyo, Serenity, and over time Serena had learned to accept her fate and trust her intuition. So right now Serena knew that the nightmare she had been having was a lot more than just a nightmare, it was some kind of disturbing prediction of the future.
As the blonds breathing began to return to normal, but her body had began to shake as she groped around her until her hands found something soft and fuzzy. Serena pulled the fuzzy thing to her chest and leaned down to burry her face in it. Serena felt herself relax as she inhaled Darien's familiar scent. How she loved the scent of his aftershave mixed with the smell of rose petals. After all this time, the bunny Darien had given her when they first started going out, still contained his rich scent.
'I should just ask-' Serena's thoughts cut off as realization dawned upon her. Serena suddenly felt alone as she realized that she couldn't turn to anyone for comfort. No, she had to keep this to herself and the one person that she usually could find understanding and comfort from was the one she surely could not tell, EVER. Her guardian Luna would say that she was just being ditzy and creating those dreams from her own paranoia and her friends would only agree. Her parents were ruled out immediately since it would be kind of hard to explain all this to them without explaining her identity as the moon princess, besides she didn't like sharing things as personal as her dream to one day marry Darien, especially with her dad, he would surely explode. He wasn't too thrilled when Serena began going out with Darien in the first place and telling him her dream of marrying Darien would surely make him go over the edge. That only left Rini; as if she would ever confide in a six year old that enjoyed making her life as miserable as possible that would only add to Rini's fun in torturing her.
Crystal tears began falling down the blond's cheeks and onto the furry bunny. "What am I going to do?" the flaxen beauty sobbed looking at the rabbit. "For once I am all on my own and I have no idea what to do. I can't possibly continue to ignore this any longer, I have to deal with this all on my own but I don't know what to do. What should I do?" she wailed, directing the question at the stuffed bunny in her arms. She looked at the bunny expectantly as if she actually expected to hear it answer her back. Serena sighed dejectedly when it didn't answer.
The blond's sobs subsided and she remained quiet for some time, deep in thought. "I know what I have to do," she whispered quietly in the eerie silence, "and I'm not looking forward to doing it."
~Next Day~
Serena felt her heart begin to beat faster and her breathing grow more rapid as she neared the arcade. 'Maybe I should just go home," she thought as she neared the arcade's entrance. Serena's eyes flickered over the people in the arcade, searching for a certain ebony haired man. Her gaze stopped abruptly at the counter where Andrew stood chatting happily to Darien who was nodding and smiling occasionally.
One look at Darien and Serena's heart began to beat even more fiercely than before against her chest and the young blond felt herself gasping for air. 'Don't do this to yourself Serena!' she mentally scolded herself. 'Maybe I should leave and come back later.' Just as that thought occurred to her Andrew spotted her and waved causing Darien to turn around and spot her also. Serena silently cursed. 'So much for leaving, now that I've been spotted I have to go in. I guess it's better to get it over with now anyway rather than worry over it.'
Serena took a deep breath to calm herself and clamped her hand over the bar on the door and stepped inside. As she made her way to Darien, doubts began to creep into her head. 'What I'm doing is for the best!" Serena reasoned as she reached Darien.
"Hey Serena," Andrew said as he walked away to help a customer.
"Hey Drew," she yelled after the sandy haired man.
"Hey Sere," Darien's husky voice whispered into her ear, sending shivers down Serena's spine. The ebony man leaned down to kiss the beautiful blond but only met air. Darien's eyes snapped open in surprise and looked inquiringly at the blond. "Did I do something wrong?" Serena shook her head. "Then what's wrong?" Darien asked confused by his girlfriend's behavior.
"We need to talk." Serena said more coolly than she had intended. 'The more distant and cold I am to him, the easier it will be to break up with him.' Serena thought as she led Darien to an empty booth in the corner. Darien sat down quietly and Serena slid into the booth, across from him with a stony expression on her face.
If Darien wasn't worried before, he was now. He had never seen Serena with such a look on her face. a look of such dislike and coldness. Serena was always a very open person with a bubbly personality, incapable of hatred toward anyone.except for now. "W-What's w-wrong?" Darien stuttered.
"I don't think we should see each other any longer," Serena stated harshly.
"Why?" a bewildered Darien asked. As far as he knew everything had been going just great.
"I just don't think things are working out between us," Serena stated.
"I thought everything was going perfectly!" Darien exclaimed, not believing what he was hearing.
"We'll its not!" Serena snapped. "I don't feel the same way about you anymore. I don't love you!" the blond said clinching the break-up. Her eyes flickered over Darien's crest fallen face and she felt her heart fall. 'Maybe I just should say 'phsyc! I was just kidding." Serena thought. 'No what I'm doing is for the best! I can't be selfish and allow Darien to die!' Serena reasoned. As strong as her reasons were, Serena knew that if she stayed any longer she would end up backing out. Snatching her bag, Serena got up and walked as quickly as she could out the door.
~one week later~
Serena walked quietly down the street, taking in her surroundings. For once she wasn't in a hurry to get to school. Ever since her breakup with Darien Serena had changed in many ways, you could say she matured a lot. Her friends and family had taken notice of this right away when Serena chose to do her homework first before going to the arcade and getting to school on time. Her parents were pleased with her new sense of maturity but her friends began to question this; asking if she was feeling alright and if there was anything wrong. As far as her friends and family knew, Darien and she were still going out. So the blond haired beauty had reassured them that everything was alright and that she guessed she was just maturing and her friends had bought it without further questions but that really wasn't the truth. She wasn't alright. Her heart felt as if it had been torn in two, without Darien she felt incomplete.
True, it had been her choice to breakup with Darien but only because of the horrendous nightmare and she missed Darien terribly. By putting up this front of total self confidence and maturity Serena seemed to put Darien out of her mind for a while and concentrate of her new attitude.
So now Serena was walking down the street taking in surroundings that she once thought nothing of because of her hectic rush to school. Serena enjoyed her walk to school and not having to rush but that was not her real reason for getting up this early. Oh no. The reason was so that she wouldn't run into Darien; she had even decided to take another path just to be safe and so far it was working.
The first day Serena had arrived early to school, she had thought for sure Ms. Haurana was going to faint and when Serena actually handed in her homework, Ms. Haurana actually did faint. Despite her solemn mood, Serena felt herself giggling at the memory.
'I wonder how Ms. H would react if aced a test, she'd probably have a heart attack.' Serena mused. *THUD* Serena hit something hard and felt herself staggering backwards, her arms flailing. A pair of strong arms grabbed her waist and steadied her, just before she fell.
"I'm so sorry." Serena began immediately. "I wasn't paying attention-" the words died on her lips as she looked at the face of the person-Darien.
I know its not one of my usual on the edge of your seat cliffhangers but.oh well. Anyway how will the encounter go with Darien and Serena? Review to find out. :)