Authors note: A haunting person comes to haunt Serena and her world…Is she willing to sacrifice being Sailor Moon in order to save the ones she loves? Or is that too part of a devilish plan?

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Chapter 3: Confusion

DARIEN'S POV

"Serena!...Wait! Please!" 'I don't understand…what is going on? Why? What brought this on? She was fine when I spoke to her on the phone this morning? How can she doubt my love for her?'

I look down at my hands to see the object that had been thrown at me just a few seconds ago. 'Why Serena? Why?...am I really that bad of a man that you weren't sure of my love for you?'

"I've even gotten hurt by you…ever since Rini came into the picture. You always take her side for everything…never wanting to listen to my side of the story…she's said some unforgivable things about me…and you don't even care….you back her up totally giving her the security she needs to torture me without you ever getting mad at her…"

'Do I really? I just thought that she was always over-reacting when she told me that Rini would tell her horrible things. I mean, how much damage can a little girl do? But, this is Rini….she is our daughter. Rini wouldn't be so mean to her mother would she? At least not on purpose?' I look down at her. The poor girl looked…lifeless. She's just standing there in the same spot Serena was standing a few minutes ago. 'She's crying…'

"What have I done….." I turned to see Raye falling to her knees sobbing fierce fully. I couldn't believe myself that NO ONE…including myself…didn't go running after her. But, we know that she wouldn't listen to us right now…obviously something is bothering her. But what? That's what I want to know. If I know Serena….she probably just needs time to spend on her own…she probably just needs time to cool off and then everything will be back to normal. I hope.

I turned to look at Raye again. The girls were around her comforting her telling her that Serena was not feeling well and that she probably didn't mean what she said about her not being Sailor Moon…that's when it hit me. She quit! Was the shock of today's events what have me glued to this particular spot? Maybe she didn't mean it? No! she can't stop being Sailor Moon…we NEED her. This whole world NEEDS her. I NEED HER. Can't she see that? 'I'm sorry Serena…I'm so so sorry. Please. Come back to me my love. Come back' I couldn't help but let the tears that I had been holding back pour down freely down my cheeks. 'What have I done…?'

NORMAL POV

"Don't worry about it Raye…Serena is probably just mad because of the things you said to her…yes…they were very mean but I know you Raye…you would never try to hurt Serena purposely. It just came out wrong that's it." Lita comforted Raye while her sobbing only became worse.

"NO NO NO…you don't get it…I should have NEVER said anything like that to her…She's are princess! I had NO right talking like that to our princess you guys…I showed no respect to her as an individual…I was just mad…because…I was worried about her. I freaked when she just passed out for no reason at all. I thought something had happened to her. For crying out loud…it is our duty to protect her! I felt so helpless when I saw her lying there and shaking about. I didn't know what to do. What was I suppose to do? What?" she yelled while crying even louder. Lita and Mina just hugged her and told her that everything would fall into place soon enough.

Amy, in the meantime, couldn't stop staring at Rini and Darien. She saw that they hadn't moved from the spot where there were…she couldn't see their faces but she knew very well that they were crying. Their shaking shoulders said it all. Amy couldn't help but feel sorry for them most of all. She may not know what is wrong with Serena but she knew that it was because of her little faint spell from earlier. She knew that there was something that she wasn't telling us. And THAT is the key to fixing all this.

RINI'S POV

'Mama?...please come back…please. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for hurting you so much. I never meant anything. I love you Mama. I love you.' I felt so empty. I felt so useless. I felt really guilty. I knew that it was my fault. I went too far this time. I should have stood up for her. She's my mama after all. What kind of a daughter am I? I pushed away the person that I admired most.

"She'll be happy with her NEW mother…won't you"

'New mother…as if. Can't she see that it's her that I love and want? I know I was mean but it doesn't compare to how much fun I have with her.' Sure Raye is fun but she doesn't compare to my mama. Raye can be a party pooper at times and Serena well…we all know how she can be. There is no comparison. I know that I act as if she is a bother but I can't help it. She's the younger version of my mama and I can get away with more things with this younger version than with my future mama. This, of course, only made me cry harder. I felt even guiltier. Inside of me, there was a part of me that wanted her to reappear and just hug me and tell me that she's here to stay and that she forgives me for being so mean to her. I feel as if I move…reality will kick me harder in the head when I know that she really is gone and that she wants nothing to do with being my mother. 'Does she even love me?' that question pondered in my head for the next 5 minutes until I felt a small hand on my shoulder. Hopefully, I looked up only to find Amy, who with tears in her eyes let me know that whatever I was thinking…was not true. 'Thanks Amy…but I still feel like the world's worst daughter" She put her arms around me and I slowly closed my eyes and fantasized that it was my mama holding me and stroking my hair ever so gently. I didn't want to open my eyes because I knew that I wouldn't find my mama in sight. But sadly, I had too. I looked up to Amy and she just gave me a little comforting smile to reassure me that everything will be fine. If only I believed her.

NORMAL POV

After a long while of silence, Lita was the one who broke it.

"What do you guys think is going to happen?" She asked to whoever could answer that for her. For the first time Rini and Darien moved towards them.

"I…really don't know. This just happened out of no where. We couldn't for see this coming?" Amy said for once feeling hopeless in not knowing the answer. "This isn't like Serena to react this way. Everything she said…she had already told me." She said thinking hard while the others looked at her shocked.

"What do you mean she already said everything she just did? When? Where? Why didn't you tell us Amy?" Lita asked her voice firm. Amy looked at her as if she had only meant to think what she had said.

"Oh…well it was a while back….when we were about to fight Beryl"

"THAT LONG" Mina screamed.

"Yes…she confessed that she knew about our "secret meetings" of her and well at first I was also shocked and ashamed that she had found out." Amy signed remembering their conversation. "She was hurt…but you know how Serena is…always forgiving and she said that she understood. She told me that she did need to get serious about this whole Sailor Scout business. She said that she was also grateful because we were thinking on how we could help her get better in becoming a better leader. That's what I don't understand….why would she bring this up now? Again?" Amy tried to see if she could put two and two together but nothing…nothing was coming to her.

"But why didn't you tell us?" Lita said, a little annoyed that her question was still unanswered.

"Well…I didn't think it was necessary since she wasn't mad and she said that she understood. Besides she even asked me no to mention anything to the rest of you. I was still going to…but the next couple of days were the worst…the next day we met Mina, and then the day after that we find out that Darien is Tuxedo Mask and that Serena was the Princess that we had been searching for…when I knew she was the Princess…I had to obey what she had asked of me and not say a word to you girls. That is why I didn't say anything." She concluded looking at everyone to see if they understood now. They did.

"I see…yea…I understand" Lita said feeling bad for getting annoyed earlier. "So should we go looking for her? See if maybe she has cooled down?" She continued by looking to everyone in the group.

Darien was the one who spoke. "Yes"

"Are you sure? You're the one who knows her best…should we?" Lita looked at him carefully.

"We have to find out what is troubling her. This isn't like Serena. If Amy is correct, then she must have something that is bothering her and is using this whole 'we don't care for her' as an act to hide the real reason. I don't care if she isn't ready to see us…we are gonna find her and talk to her until she tells us the reason for this whole nightmare that just took place. If you girls aren't ready to confront her…then fine…I'm tired of just standing here trying to figure out why she left…why she said I didn't love her…why she quit being Sailor Moon!...I won't let her leave…I won't!" he said while turning around and walking away in the same direction Serena had disappeared to.

Rini looked at her father walk away. 'guess nothing changes…his love for her is STILL the same…I'm glad. Don't worry daddy…I'll help you.' And with that as her last thought she ran to catch up to her father who, when she did, grabbed her hand and continued walking.

The girls watched the pair leave until they couldn't be seen anymore.

"Well I'm not staying here either." Raye said getting up from the floor cleaning her stained tear streaked cheeks. "Darien's right…we need to help our Princess. We must find the reason why she reacted this way. I guess my little loss of control…was the perfect thing she needed to get away from us…well I'm not gonna let her fight this one on her own. I just hope we are in time" she said while looking at the rest of the girls nod in agreement.

"Someone must inform Luna and Artemis what has occurred" Mina said while looking for any volunteers. Amy did.

"I'll go" she said while leaving the girls to find their princess.

"I have a bad feeling about this whole thing Lita, I feel some really bad energy around this whole city…I just hope Serena is ok." Raye said while leaving the park. 'Please Serena…Please be ok.'

SERENA'S POV

I couldn't believe I just did that….although I did mean it…I'm not gonna be Sailor moon anymore. It was too dangerous. I thought that they were going to follow me or something….Maybe they don't care. That thought made my eyes swell up with tears. 'Darien…' he just had stood there. 'Oh Darien….'

"Don't think about HIM…my love…I can give you the power that can prove to them that you are worthy of being their leader. In Fact, you don't need them to be powerful my love. Just stay with me and I'll never hurt you…never."

That voice….who are you? Why do you torment me so? Just let me suffer in peace?

"I never wanted to torment you my love…"

"Stop it! Don't call me love...I'm not your love…maybe you may have been right about the girls and Darien but that doesn't mean that I want to be with you….I just want to be alone…Leave me alone!" I screamed as if I had to in order for this strange person to get the hint and leave me alone.

"Your hurting…I understand your outburst. Your lucky I'm a very understanding person my love if not you would have regretted ever raising your beautiful voice at me. I will leave you for now…but I WILL be back…that I can assure you…like I said before…you WILL be mine." He laughed as his voice disappeared in my mind.

How am I ever going to get rid of this guy? Who is he? And What can I do to defeat him without getting the rest of the scouts involved.

"And if I run away?"

DUN! DUN! DUN! I hope you liked this chapter…I know it may be confusing but I'll try to clear it up in the next chapter. I'm sorry that it took me a while to update but with the whole Christmas holidays and all well just didn't have time… you all understand. Well I'll try to update soon with Chapter four….Hope you all Enjoy! PLEASE REVIEW!

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Peace, Love and Serenity

God Bless,

Sakura Ai

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