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AN: last chapter, it's a little longer then the rest but i think it's the best, or maybe the second best.
ffgirlmoonie: thaks a lot for trying
inunkag4ever: thanks for the review, i did get more.
Dertupio: well there is no prologe but this is the last chapter
cherrybunny: i give you a special shout out because you helped me decide how to write thic chapter. without you there's be no part 4
A New Rebirth
Part 4: it's a blooming crystal
Darien and Serena spent a few hours at the small pond talking about all kinds of things. Mostly they talked about how their lives would change now that she was serenity. Especially since she couldn't hide her moon mark. They also talked about how to bring it up to queen neo-serenity. They finally decided to just go in and tell her during the ball. And as for their lives, they decided not to change how their lives were going at the moment. They were happy, and together, and for once, they didn't know what the future held. This time around, it would be exciting again. They'd be able to live every day not knowing what was going to happen.
They walked back to the ball hand in hand. They noticed the eyes move away from the windows as they walked back to the balcony. Serena and Darien smiled at each other remembering how their friends would always be so nosy. The doors opened for them and they walked back in. Without hesitation, they walked right up to the throne where queen neo-serenity sat.
"Serena, Darien, I hope your having a good time," she said. She then noticed the moon mark on Serena, "Serena, you have your moon mark. So you remember your past right."
She nodded, "yes I do, I remember everything."
"That's fantastic. And you Darien," she asked.
"I'm sorry but no. Although, I do love Serena, I know that and I won't leave her," he said.
"Well it'll come in due time," she said. "Please, return to the ball, I want you to have fun."
"Yes, we will," Darien and Serena said before they joined in on one of the dances.
"Now that Serena has her memories back what are we going to do," asked Helios. He steeped out from behind queen neo-serenity's chair and stood beside her.
Queen neo-serenity looked up at her best friend and husband. "She ruled for over a thousand years in one life. I've ruled for almost 20. I think that I'll do them a favor and make it so they don't grow past 16 for her and 18 for him. They can spend as long as they want together as teens. In a few hundred years, I'll take it off them and they can grow again. I don't have any children of my own so I'll let her become queen again, if she wants. I know all she wants to do is be with us and protect her friends."
"That's a great idea Rini," Helios said. She reached out and gently squeezed her hand. A gesture that no one saw but brought a smile to each other's faces.
Serena and Darien didn't notice till a while later that the other scouts had joined them on the dance floor and every one else had left. Mina was wearing a beautiful yellow-orange dress and dancing with Raye who was wearing a deep red tuxedo. Michelle was wearing a blue-green dress and dancing with Amarah who wore a tan tuxedo of her own. Amy was in a stunning ocean blue dress and dancing with Trista who wore a deep gray, almost black, tuxedo. Hotaru was wearing a deep purple dress and danced with Lita who wore a dark green tuxedo. Ceres wore a light pink dress and dances with Juno who wore a light green tuxedo. And finally, Pallas wore a light blue dress and danced with Vesta who wore a light red tuxedo.
The six pairs of scouts danced in a circle around Darien and Serena. They felt like they were lifted up onto a dream as they danced. Serena rest her head on his shoulder as they danced slowly together. One hand rest on his arm and the other held his other out. His free hand wrapped around her waist holding her close.
They were out there for hours slowly dancing together and soon every guest had left. Darien was the first to notice that they were only ones left. He cleared his throat and everyone looked up. "Well I guess the ball is over," Mina said.
Raye rolled her eyes, "no really," she said sarcastically.
"You're so mean Raye," Mina said and stuck out her tongue.
"Hey, don't do that. You know what happens after," Raye teased.
Mina epp'ed and covered her mouth with her hand.
"Since when did you all couple up," Serena asked.
"Well Serena, after you and Darien passed away, every one was so incredibly sad. We all kind of got together to help ease the pain. And it just stuck. We found that we loved each other and we wanted to be together," said Michelle.
"Yea, and later, with queen neo-serenitys approval. We all married each other. Didn't you notice that she and Helios got together," Amarah said with a wink.
"It's about time," Serena said amazing everyone.
"What do you mean Serena," Amy asked.
"Well it was so obvious that all of you had crushes on the others. Do you know how many times I tried to get you all together like this? But no, you were all too stubborn or to shy to even think about that," Serena said putting her hands on her hips.
"So that's what all those weird missions in pairs were about," Vesta said.
"Yea, but at least your together now," she said.
"I guess we should thank you though Serena. Without you we would still be blushing every time we saw each other and try to avoid it." Hotaru said.
"Hey, you all might have been shy about it at first but you don't know Amy like I do," Trista said earning a deep red blush from the small girl.
"Same goes for Hotaru," Lita said.
"Hey, us amazon girls are never shy," Juno said.
"Really," Ceres said. "Do you want me to tell them all what happened the first time we kissed."
Juno turned bright red all over and glared at Ceres, "oh you're going to pay for that later. I'll make sure of it."
"I don't know about you all, it was fun making Vesta blush for me. She was just so cute when she matches her cloths," Pallas said.
Everyone started laughing together as they saw Vesta turn red matching her tuxedo.
A loud bell stopped their laughing telling them all it was three in the morning. Serena yawned drawing all their attention. "I think we should head to bed, it's way to late," Serena said.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Darien said. He and Serena said goodnight to the girls and walked off together.
Darien and Serena slept together well past noon cuddling close to each other for extra warmth. He woke well before her, he never was the type to sleep in because he had to be up early to work. He slipped from her arms and changed into some regular cloths. She moved slightly causing him to freeze. When she didn't wake, he left her. Darien walked down a long hallway that he knew led to a side part of the garden.
Since he and Serena fist got together, he'd been making a special present for her. But, despite all his attempts, the golden rose wouldn't bloom. He managed to get the right color my crossing a yellow tulip with the silver rose. But it proved harder then he thought. He needed to add more tulips then he thought so it wouldn't look a pale yellow. He hoped that when it finally did bloom, it wouldn't look more like a tulip then a rose.
For some reason he wanted to give her a golden rose. Why he did not know but he thought that in some way, it would be very special to her. The gold rose progressed greatly and quickly with his special powers. He noticed that it seemed larger then most roses but he thought that to be because of the tulip. But when it looked as if it was about to bloom, it stopped. He kept it alive with a combination of good gardening and special magic but it still would go no further. When he got tired and hot from working in the sun, he closed up the makeshift green house and went back to his room.
Serena was up and waiting for him when he returned. "Where'd you go Darien?"
"I needed to go for a walk for some fresh air," he lied.
"Ok, we should probably go see the queen, she'll have something for us to do," Serena said.
"Why don't you go back to your room and change, I'll join you shortly," he said.
"Sure," she said smiling. Serena got up from the bed and left to her room. Darien changed into clean cloths and headed out. He knew he had at least half an hour before Serena was ready, so he left his room and went to find Lita. Darien wanted to ask her about the rose and she agreed to see it.
Darien and Lita walked together to the side garden where he showed her the flower. They talked for some time about the rose and then separated.
Unknown to Darien and Lita, they were being watched by Serena. She could not see the rose from her spot but she saw them sitting together and talking. She got jealous but brushed it of to them just talking. The rest of the day went by without a problem but again the next morning, Darien had sneaked away from Serena again and went and saw Lita in the garden. Like before Serena got jealous but she didn't want to show it. She knew her friend Lita wouldn't do such a thing as cheat with Darien on her, especially when she was in love and married to Hotaru. And Darien wouldn't cheat on her to begin with, would he?
Darien loved her and she knew that. But Serena wondered if it was the clumsy but energetic girl that she once was that he loved. She was polite now, and kept her temper, and didn't bounce off the walls. She was the same person on the outside but not inside. This made Serena worry and Serena couldn't help but feel that he wanted to be with someone else more lively.
She woke up one morning in his bed but again not finding him there with her. She sat up and waited for him to return from the meeting with Lita in the garden. It had been a week since the ball and since she fully became serenity. Every day he'd leave to see Lita. Serena wondered if Lita even knew that she was helping Darien cheat on her. She brushed the thought away. Lita would never hurt Serena because of the special bond they shared. She was their princess and Lita, along with all the scouts, would protect her no matter what, weather Serena liked it or not.
Serena was brought out of her thoughts abruptly when she heard the door open. She looked up to see Darien, covered in mud, standing in the door. "So where was it today that you went to Darien," she asked a little coldly.
"For a walk in the garden. I tripped over my self and fell in to some mud," he said smiling boyishly.
"Uh huh, so Lita was with you on this short walk again," she asked.
"Well, um, she was there and we decided to walk together," he said trying to cover up his tracks.
"When are you going to tell me the truth Darien, what are you really doing out in the garden every day with Lita? Are you cheating on me Darien," Serena asked standing up furious.
"What are you talking about Serena, I'd never do that," Darien said.
"So what are you doing together then," Serena asked getting even more angry.
"Nothing, we're doing nothing," Darien said.
"I thought you were in love with me Darien but now I see it's only the person I use to be. You don't really love me so you need to go find another way, and poor unsuspecting Lita is being put threw this too," Serena said. "Well fine Darien, then you go off in your happy-go-lucky world, but I'm leaving."
Serena stormed past him and out the doors before he could say anything. She ran down several halls doing add twists and turns until she was in an old part of the castle far from any one. In a dark corner, she curled up on the floor and hugged her knees to her chest while she cried.
There was just no way for her to get over him, in a thousand years, their love never grew old but now it came to this. She couldn't stand to be without him but she couldn't let him use her like a toy as he pleased. She sat there in her dark corner and cried for hours not responding to any of her scout's calls.
Darien searched for her all night. The others had given up and said that she'd be back by breakfast but Darien couldn't let her sit and cry like that. He wandered the halls calling out for her not finding her until early morning. She was asleep in a dark corner, her legs were tucked into her chest and her arms wrapped around them. He could see that her dress was still wet from tears, she had cried herself to sleep.
Darien frowned at her position, he knew that that was an uncomfortable position to wake up in. carefully, he slipped his arms under her knees and behind her back and lifted her into the air. She cuddled closer to him holding onto his shirt. He was happy to see that at least she still liked him while she slept.
He carried her past their bedrooms and to the side garden where the rose grew and set her down upon the soft grass. She lay in a ball on the ground close to him and the rose. It was right in front of her so that when she awoke, she'd see it first, then him.
The morning light woke her and Serena's eyes slowly fluttered open. It took her a moment to see the rose and she gasped at its beauty. She looked past it at his sorrow filled eyes. "Darien, what is this," she asked.
"A present for you, that's what Lita and I have been working on every morning. I managed to grow it this far but it wouldn't bloom. So I asked for her help because she's the plant person. It was hard to get the gold coloring just right but I did it for you, it was a surprise," he said.
"Oh Darien it's beautiful," Serena said lightly touching the petals.
"So you forgive me," he asked.
"Yes of course I do, there was nothing to forgive, I only hope that you can forgive me Darien," she said looking down ashamed but still looking at the flower.
"It's okay Serena. I was jealous once too remember," he said. He reached out and touched the hand that held the flower. "I love you and only you Serena."
She looked up and smiled, "I love you too Darien."
Underneath their hands the golden rose slowly but visibly bloomed. Darien and Serena looked at it amazed and watched. When it was finished, they saw a golden glowing jewel in the center. "Darien is that," she started.
"Yes, it is. It's my golden crystal," he said taking it from the flower.
"Well you know what this means. There's no doubt that your Endymion," Serena said smiling.
"Yea, I'm glad I have it," he said.
"Me too," Serena said. They leaned forward and kissed each other. They held hands and lay together until sunset and they watched the moon raise into the sky.
"Darien, now that we're not ruling anything and have more free time, I was wondering what you thought about when we ruled crystal Tokyo? Like, would you ever do that again voluntarily," she asked as she starred hard at the full moon.
"Honestly, I would and I wouldn't. I liked to have responsibility and be able to rule an entire planet. But it was so much hassle too, we never got privet time," he said.
"But we could order it, or both of us play sick," she said.
"True. I guess I would. But I don't know about here, maybe somewhere else on earth. Something that's new and exciting," he said.
"How about the moon. I remember that when we fought Matilda, Luna went to the moon's sacred prayer tower and prayed for me. Because of her and my praying, the moon kingdom was reborn. We could start a new there," she said.
"You know what Serena that sounds like a great idea," he said. "Don't know how many people we'd be governing though."
"Once we set up a transporter system between the planets, we can start offering places for people. And then start making transportation to other planets possible. The human population would have room to grow again," Serena said.
"Yea, let's do it Serena. I'm sure Amy can figure something out," he said smiling. They kissed again and looked up at the moon. Their new home awaited, all they had to do was go to it.
They walked into the castle once again holding hands. Serena held the golden rose in her other hand and Darien carried his golden crystal. They went to the throne room where queen neo-serenity sat talking about planet matters with the scouts. "Serena, Darien, it's good to see you two back together. The scouts an I have been talking and we think that we have an idea that we want to know what you think. Okay?"
"well first, we have an announcement," Serena said.
"oh, and what would that be," queen neo-serenity asked.
"Darien and I have decided that we're going to the moon and start the moon kingdom once more. We're hoping that we can get Amy's help in creating a transporter between the two planets," she said.
"well if that's your choice then. It's not my place to stop you," queen neo-serenity said. "I wish you the best of luck. Amy will help you if she wants."
"thank you," Darien and Serena said together. The intertwined both hands together and closed their eyes. Serena's princess dress appeared and then melted away as her queen dress appeared. Dariens prince armor appeared and also melted away as hid king tuxedo appeared. Serena and Dariens bodies aged almost 8 years in a matter of seconds and they were back to their proper ages.
Between them appeared two staffs, one moon staff and one earth staff. Their crystals to their proper places upon the tops of the staffs and Darien and Serena unlocked one pair of hands and grabbed the staffs. They were enveloped in a soft gold and silver light and they disappeared transporting themselves to the moon.
The End
AN: so this is the end, my friend. the last chap. please still review, i'll do another folow up just to shout out who reviewed for theis chap in that one but it'll have no story.