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Chapter 9

"No." He said and sighed. He had been so foolish, thinking about what he would expect to be right for her when he had basically killed her himself. He never thought how bad it would effect Serena, he thought maybe she would forget him and not worry about it, but she had devoted herself to finding out why he had lost his love for her. In the end she had just given up, blaming it all on herself, and yet he didn't see it, he put on an angry exterior and was harsh to her whenever she came near.

"Darien, you need to let out all your emotions, you cant keep them locked up forever, it was not your decision to make. A relationship includes two people and Serena did have a right to know what was going on in that thick skull of yours." Sailor Venus said and walked over to a tree where she leaned against the trunk. She motioned for Darien to follow her and he did so, reluctantly.

Darien had no idea why she was showing him a tree, he saw trees everyday, what significance would it have to do with Serena.

"Look at this Darien, what do you see?" Sailor Venus asked, pointing to the ground at the bottom of the tree and then at the tree itself.

"It's a tree stuck in the ground, like every other tree." Darien replied simply, not opening his mind to anything beyond the eyes.

"No Darien it is not just a tree, it is a living creature that needs more than one thing to help it live. It needs the soil to be moist so that it can get nutrients. It also needs the rain to make the soil nice and soft so that it can get water. It needs sun and also light to grow. Surprising of all it needs living creatures, to carry on its seeds to make another legacy of trees. Without animals it would not be able to spread its leaves other than below its bow."

Darien looked at Sailor Venus and then back to the tree, trying to take it all in. It took his mind a while to try and understand what she had just said, but eventually he figured it out, and he stared at the tree. Even things which don't seem to have much significance such as trees need someone, they need to work together and in turn everything turns out okay, or even better. But they need to take risks; the tree needs to trust the animals to pick a good place for the seeds.

"What have I done?" Darien shouted, turning and looking over the cliff at where Serena fell. He needs her and she needs him, and right now she needs him to help her.

Without thinking about it, he took off his cape and sword and ran over to the edge of the cliff.

"Prince Darien what…" With that he was over the cliff and gone before she could say anything else. Venus got on her communicator and told the girls to make their way quickly back to the cliff. Then she walked over to the edge and looked down at the rocks and the sea below. Both of her leaders had plunged down, for all she knew they were both dead, had been impaled on the rocks, but she knew deep down she had to trust them and know they would do the right thing.

The flight from the cliff seemed to take ages to Darien, but soon enough he felt the ice cold of the water hit his face, and then engulf his whole body. It was shocking and he felt momentarily paralyzed, but he managed to get his bearing back and take control of his system. Looking around under the water he searched for the princess, rotating round and round, searching for anything that would mark where she was. The water above his head was loud and ruthless as it crashed against the rocks, causing the water underneath to cloud up from all the debris and dust.

If he was going to find his beloved then he needed to go further out or deeper down to look, surely though if she had just fallen she wouldn't have gotten out this far. But there was no telling, she could have drifted out towards the many islands, she had been out here for ages and she wouldn't last long, he needed to find her.

Realizing he wouldn't be any good if he drowned from suffocation, he pulled his body up towards the surface. Instantly he gulped in the air, allowing his lungs to be swamped with air again and tread water, trying to work out his next course of action.

Darien and Serena had always had a bond, a way of understanding one another, a way of knowing what the other was feeling and a few times even where the other person was. All he needed to do was focus on that bond, place the picture of Serena in his head and he would be able to reach her.

So treading water and trying to still all other thoughts, Darien thought about his princess, the long blonde hair, the bright blue eyes, the way her smile seemed to light up a room. The daft clothes she wore, that gorgeous body. But no matter how hard he tried he could not get anything off of where she was. Instantly he began to panic. Surely that meant she was dead. She had probably hit the rocks as she fell; all was at a loss now. There was nothing he could do. The love of his life was dead. There was no point in living any more. He had done this to her. The lies and anger had ruined her life and caused her to commit suicide. There was nothing more in this life to live for.

But just when he was about to give up hope he saw something white bobbing up and down in the water and then go under.