Yes, I know it's been a while since a updated. I managed to make time between my two jobs. Over the time such inspiration as filled me.. so I will be surprised if I go through writer's block. Hope that you like what I have came up with so far, I'm even going to get started on the next chapter.

By the way, I do not own sailor moon or any characters from the show and or manga. Please do not sue, I have no money.

Chapter 2

Make a Statement

As Serena started hanging out with Gillian more and more Serena herself started to change as well. It seemed that by befriending Gillian she brought out a more mature side to her, though she still acting as her old immature self. Gillian was starting to be a big help in the academic department since she took it upon herself to make sure that Serena did her homework with her (after discovering the kind of grades Serena was getting, but hey no one is perfect), though Gillian always found it frustrating when Serena would get paged by her other friends on this weird little pink beeper or walky-talky thing. Other than school, Serena's looks had changed drastically from her first day at school. Over the weeks Gillian had introduced her to many different styles. Anything was better than being your mother's Barbie, what Gillian told her, or just looking like a Barbie period.

Serena had a renaissance look but with a modern day look to it as well. She wore regular long skirts with peasant tops, and corsets. Gillian cut Serena's hair, after calming her down and letting her know she knew what she was doing- holding her down helped as well. She only cut Serena's hair right below her rear. Gillian didn't want to do anything too drastic and Serena was getting used to wearing it down or in a low pony-tail. She would still put it up in her traditional buns as well, she felt more comfortable with the hair style, despite what everyone else might think.

The more Serena hung out with Gillian the more she began to realize she was a loner. It wasn't that she didn't have any friends, she had a few really close ones, but aside from that if Gillian was not with Serena or Dawn and Danielle, Gillian would be by herself.- or so it seemed since no one else was with her. Though enough about Serena and Gillian.- Wonder how Serena going to a different school affects her Sailor Scout life.

Rei's Temple

"Why is she always LATE!" The fuming prissiest screeched as her face was turning red with rage.

"Oh don't be so hard on her. She gets kicked out of her old school, and she is still making adjustments to her new school." Luna sighed, "Besides, she's always been late for a Sailor Scout meeting, what makes you think she would make it to this one on time?"

As soon as the words left Luna's mouth her face met with the end of a broom that landed 3 inches from her face. Luna let out a cat screech in surprise and hissed at it as her fur on her tail started to become big and bushy. Moving her eyes up along the broom, she found that the hand holding it was the owner of the face painted with rage (in other words, Rei's).

"I don't care if she got kicked out of her old school because she was too stupid to handle it. She's been at her new school for two months and that's not enough time to settle in? And what about this Goth chic she's been blowing us off for to hang out with, huh?" Rei was dragging the broom away as she walked over to left side of the entryway to the temple and stood there. Amy stood across from Rei, leaning against the pillar that was part of the gate entryway, either looking stuff up on her laptop or getting schoolwork done. Lita was next to Amy, the sky currently is more interesting than anything. Luna was standing behind Lita for protection from Rei. Mina however sat over at the top of the steps, her face cupped in her hands and she softly muttered something beneath her breath. She thought no one heard her except for Artimis who was right next to her curled up and looked like he was snoozing.

"What was that?" Rei said to Mina. Rei must have been on her period with how moody she has been acting lately, which is more than the norm.

Mina, very calmly replied in a 'matter of fact' tone, "You have no right. That's what I said. Where do you come off thinking that you know how Serena should react to going to a new school. As for Gillian, or "Goth chic" as you call her, I'm glad Serena is making new friends. Do you know how hard it was for me when I moved here from England? I wouldn't have had anyone to hang out with if it wasn't for you guys. Amy, Lita you both should know exactly how Serena is feeling."

Amy closed up her laptop and took off her glasses. "It's not that I don't agree with you Mina, it's just that Serena has been distant to us lately. As scouts we have to be aware of what is going on with everyone. With everyone going to so many different schools we can't keep track of each other as much as we were before, and it's imperative that we know where Serena is and who she is with. Serena is the Princess and with this new threat against us and the world we have to be on high alert."

"She's right," The white feline spoke up as he stood up. "She's right that given the circumstances we have to keep a close eye on Serena, but I don't think that should mean keeping tabs on her ever second of the day. I mean everyone needs space. No one remembers what happened on the Moon? Though I guess if we gave her space then we wouldn't be here."

"Who cares about what happened in the past." Rei spoke softer than last time. "She needs to stop sneaking off doing Gods knows what and letting us in on it!" Rei was quickly cut off as Mina, out of nowhere, was suddenly in her face.

"Look who's talking about "sneaking off"!" Now it was Mina's turn to be mad as Rei was for once scared of someone else who would normally be harmless to her. "Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about Rei, I saw you together!"

Rei gasped as Amy and Lita readied themselves to pull Mina off Rei if needed to. Shock now replaced Rei's face as she quickly denied the accusation, "I have no idea what you are talking about!" There was no way Mina could know, she made sure they were in places the girls would never go… or so she though.

Mina just glared at her, "I saw you with Darien at the Tokyo University. The Science and Art Fair they were having. Any of this ring a bell?" Everyone expect Rei and Mina had a look if disbelief. Rei wouldn't, she couldn't have. But the look on Rei's face told everyone that it was true. Rei, knowing that the Prince of the Earth and the Moon Princess were destined to be together, went ahead and made an attempt to disturb that destiny. "Why would you do that Rei? You know that Serena and Darien are supposed to be together, and yet you are sneaking off with him. What would Serena say if she found out that your stealing her Prince from the silver Millennium?"

"I'd probably say I didn't care." There Serena stood in front of the girls at the top of the temple steps, wearing a soft green floral shirt with an empire cut style, tan kapries(spelling?), and a pair of sandals with ties that went up her calf's and a light green hat that matched her shirt. She just stood there smiling. "So did I miss anything exciting yet?"

Everyone's jaw dropped after they heard Serena did not care. Lita spoke up first before anyone else could, "You don't care? What do you mean you don't care! He was the love of your life and there isn't even a tear? Something!.. Wait..- are you a pod-person in Serena's place? Where is she!"

Serena and the rest of the girls gave a regular anime sweat drop. Serena giggled a bit, "That's just it you guys, he may have been the love of my life but he was my past life's love," Serena turned to Rei, "It may upset me a little, but I don't really have a say if Darien and you are together. In fact you were seeing him before we found out who He and I were, so you have every right to be with him if you want to. Besides I don't want to be with someone just because I'm told that I have to be with him."

Luna started to come towards Serena, "Serena do you understand what it would mean if you and Darien are not together? That means everything that Queen Selene did was in vain!"

"No it doesn't. Selene wanted Serenity to have another chance of happiness, that doesn't have to mean that it has to be with Endymion." Serena began to get frustrated, " Like it or not guys.. I am not the Princess, not in this life. In this life I am normal Serena.. who happens to be a super hero.."

"You.. you really don't mind if I'm seeing Darien?" Rei asked softly, this is not how Serena would normally act if she heard something like this before. This was not what any of them were expecting. What happened to the girl who would cry over losing a video game or would be constantly eating?

"Oh, I brought snacks! Don't worry my mom made them." Serena held up a basket filled with cookies and some slices of different cakes. Ah, there she was.

Sailor Scout meeting

Instead of Luna trying to talk to Serena in front of everyone, she thought it would be best if waited until they got home, before they went to bed. The meeting went on as the girls discussed tactic to use against their new enemy. Rei and Mina are each at different sides of the room, staying far away from each other.

"Despite all the information we have gathered about our current enemies, I fear that I still cannot figure out where they have came from." Amy was explaining as she typed away at her computer. "All that we know is that they try to drain energy from humans to build up their power. This also means that if they start to get desperate we know that they are weak and we have a better chance at defeating them. It could also mean that if they get desperate that it'll mean big trouble. We have no idea what they are capable of."

"So basically if we don't expect the unexpected and are unprepared, we're going to get our asses handed to us, right?" Lita's voice had a very dry tone as she spoke.

"Well.. to put it so bluntly, yes. We might not be strong enough to defeat them. We should train and build up our strength the best we can."

"Where are we going to find a safe place to train at? This is Tokyo, the second someone hears a fire ball or thunder from us we might be in the news being shown as a threat to the city." Serena brought on a very good point.

Mina looked around the room at everyone. "I've got a place we can train at. In fact so we can be more safe for our identities and the temple we should start using it as our new meeting base from now on."

"That sounds great Mina but.. where is this place?" Artimis was puzzled and wondered what Mina could have been talking about.

"I can't tell you guys here.. it might not be safe. I'll call you guys on the communicator and tell you where to go the next time we have a meeting."

"Hmm…" Luna looked a little wary, "Alright Mina, we'll give it a shot, but are you sure that this place will have everything that we will need, will it be secure?"

"Absolutely"

"Alright then!" Serena cheered happily with crumbs still around her mouth from the food she brought over. "I guess that's everything, I've got to get going, I don't want to be late for my class, I'll see you guys later!" With that Serena was out the door with her belongings and all.

One by one the girls left until the only ones left were Mina and Rei. Neither one of them moved from their spot. Rei was waiting for Mina to speak first about Darien. So much time went by that Rei couldn't stand it anymore and finally said something. "What were you doing there?"

"Huh?" Mina looked up, apparently Mina had just went into a daydream state. "Oh, you mean about the Fair where I saw you and Darien?.. I was with my family. My father's company that he works for are supporters of the Fair and they make a point to go there. I went last Sunday, and say you holding onto Darien's arm, walking into that seminar thing.. I think a lot of doctors were going in there."

"Ugh, yeah.. Darien wants to go into the medical field and I went with him since I told him I had nothing to do and he had no one to go with.. Just so you know, he and I aren't dating, we weren't even before we found out he was Serenity's prince."

Mina raised an eyebrow, "Oh? That's not what it looked like to me.."

"I know what it looked like, but Darien makes it very clear to me that he thinks of me as a friend. I think it's the age thing. Since I'm 16 and he's 20."

Mina turned her head thinking for a moment, "But you still want him don't you?"

"Honestly?.. Yes." Rei looked down to the ground with such sad eyes. Though she might be rough on the edges, she was still like any other girl, she wanted to be loved and share that special feeling with someone. Mina noticed Rei's downcast look. She could feel her longing. Like any good friend, she walked over to Rei and gave her a tight hug.
Rei hugged Mina back and gave a content sigh, she was glad that Mina was not as angry as she though, Serena too for that matter. Suddenly something hit Rei like a ton of bricks, "Mina.."

"Yes Rei?" Mina asked still hugging her friend.

"Did Meatball head say she had to get to a class?"

"I think so.. I wonder what has brought on this sudden change in Serena?"

Rei shook her head. "I don't know.. I guess we really should be more involved with what's going on in her life now."

Mina nodded in return.

Tokyo Community Center

Darien Shields found himself in front of room 304 of the Tokyo Community Center. Looking at the piece of paper in his hand that held the address and room number he saw that he was at the right place. He opened the door to find any empty room.. really empty. The only things in there were a CD player, mirrors on one wall (mirrors that touched from ceiling to floor), and a bar going horizontal on every wall and some bar stands. Darien's face couldn't express how confused he was. The message that was left for him had to be wrong, it just couldn't be right. Darien started to turn around when as soon as he did he bumped into a familiar face.

"Oof!" The sound came from another male, same height as Darien only he had bleach blond hair that was tied back. "I'm so sorry sir," When the young man looked to Darien's face his face broke out into a grin, "Darien! I was hoping you would show up! How have you been, haven't heard from you since we graduated from Community college. Still going to school to be come a doctor?"

Darien started to chuckle a bit, "You still can't let a guy get two words in before asking another question, can you Seto? Yeah I'm alright, still in school, and yes it's been a while since we talked. So.. why did you ask me to come here?"

"Oh I didn't tell you?" His face turned a little pink in embarrassment. "When we graduated I had completed my major in dance, now I am at Tokyo U. studying to be a teacher so I thought with all my knowledge in dance why not spread my wisdom into the young talents of today's youth. So I am a student dance teacher here at the community center. This here is my classroom. In fact my class should be starting soon."

Darien looked surprised but not too much, "Well that explains the tights." He laughed a bit. "So it's good to hear that your starting off with a career. I have an internship right now at the hospital. Kind of like what your doing, only they wont let me play with any of the sharp objects yet." They both had a laugh at that.

"Hey that's great! If any of my dancer's get injured I'll send them to you. I've got a few pretty girls in this class too Darien. This one girl is a complete knockout, if she wasn't my student and a little bit older I would be defiantly trying to get into her tights."

"Are you sure you haven't already?" Darien teased. Seto in college was always a ladies man and going after the first pretty girl he sees. Now it looked as if Seto hadn't changed much.

"Nope, can't touch em. I don't want to mess up with this opportunity that I have now." Darien nodded in agreement. Seto checked his watch, "Crap my students will be here any minuet! I'll call you later Dare, maybe we can make plans to hang out some time."

"Yeah that'd be nice." He shook Seto's hand goodbye and made his way out. Walking down the hallway, girls coming from the opposite direction flooded the walk way so much that Darien had to push himself against the wall so they could get through. One girl caught his eye, but he didn't see her face. She was blond and had her hair tied up into one bun on her head, wearing a green leotard the powder pink tights complete with dance shoes, and a white wrap around skirt that was a little see through like all the other girl's skirts, and was very flowy as she moved.

Darien watched her go down the hall until all the girls went into the room, including her. "I should have went into becoming a dance instructor." He muttered to himself.

Seto's Dance Class

"That's right girls, backs straight." Seto carried on with his class as he instructed them on what to do. "Linda keep your leg from bending.. That's better, now Portabra(spelling?) and up.. good." Serena did as Mr. Seto told them to. She had been working hard and wondering if he had noticed at all. She had to use all of her willpower to keep from sighing in a lighthearted fashion and concentrate on the class. Serena was in a basic ballet class, so for the past few weeks they were still practicing at the bar. Serena couldn't wait to start doing jumps and turns. From what she heard it would take a few years to get as good as a real Ballet dancer, but Serena was just looking for something new to do, something that didn't involve killing demons.

Seto tried his best not to look at Serena. She was a very talented dancer, he could see that after the first 3 weeks of dance class and she gained some balance rather quickly. And to think this girl the first week kept falling over her own feet even when she had the bar to hold onto. She was much better now, and graceful, and he noticed how determined she was. He also noticed how that green leotard just seemed to wrap itself so nicely over Serena's body, hugging in just the right place- No! He couldn't and wouldn't think of a student in that manner. He has everything riding on this class and he couldn't lose that to a 5ft blond with perfect breasts. Seto sighed to himself thinking 'This is going to be a long year.'

END OF CHAPTER

that is all I have for now. I need to sleep. Hope you enjoyed it.