Title: Morning Surprise

Author: KiwiKol

Chapter 9 – Confusion

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Last Chapter

Zoicite lost the remaining half of the sword and stumbled back from the impact. Tuxedo Mask pinned the general to the ground with his cane and materialized one of his steel tipped roses. His blue eyes, burned with fire behind the mask, threatening the general to even try to make a move. Zoicite, though shocked, glared back with equal fervor. However, both men were distracted when a scream sounded through the air.

Chapter 9

While Tuxedo Mask was taking down Zoicite, the Scouts were working on defeating the monster. Oh…and trying to get the nasty little green things off of them.

"Mars Fire…Ignite!"

The little green things suddenly caught fire and turned to dust, but not without some scorch marks.

"Pyro, watch where you're aiming that stuff…are you trying to fry us; aim for the enemy not us," Sailor Moon yelled jumping away from the little burning amebas.

"Oh, quit complaining, I got them off of you didn't I?" Mars shot back with a glare before sticking out her and turning back to the fight.

"Don't you two start bickering now; we have a youma to change back," Jupiter reasoned before turning back to the youma and shouting,

"Jupiter Thunder…Crash!"

Streaks of lighting headed for the youma, but before the attack even got there the youma pulled out a large science lab flask that absorbed the lightning. The youma then proceeded to hit the bottom of the flask. This caused the absorbed lightning to shoot out at the Scouts, who barely dodged from being unprepared.

"What are we going to do if she can absorb our attacks?" Sailor Moon whined.

"Calm down Meatball Brains," Sailor Mars replied.

"Don't call me that," Moon shot back before turning to another scout, "Mercury, do you have any idea on how to get rid of that thing?" She pointed to the flask the youma was holding.

"Actually, I might just have a plan," Sailor Mercury replied, "if Mars sends her fire attack and then I send my bubbles attack, the combination of the heat and cold just might make it bust." She finished making some calculations on her Mercury computer, nodded her head, and then turned it off.

"Alright, let's show this Nega-trash what we're made of," Mars stated while powering up for her attack.

"Mars Fire…Ignite!"

Again the youma positioned the flask in front of her, causing Mar's fire to be sucked into it. Once Mar's attack was administered, Mercury started to call out her attack,

"Mercury Bubbles…-"

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow," the youma started screaming and threw the flask into the air before Mercury finished her attack.

"What's her problem?" Jupiter asked with a dumbfounded look on her face. Mercury shrugged her shoulders and pulled out her mini computer. She immediately started analyzing the situation.

"It seems that Mar's fire made the flask too hot to hold."

The scouts, paying attention to Mercury, didn't notice the crystal shard flying towards them and shatter the flask; causing all of the glass shards to fly towards Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon turned her head when she heard the glass shattering. 'Oh no, what am I going to do, I don't have time to get away?' she thought frantically. Therefore she did the only thing that she could think of. She screamed.

The scream caused the scouts to look over and see what was happening, but when they saw they were too panicked to move.

The second Tuxedo Mask saw the glass shards threatening Sailor Moon's life; he took off running barely hearing Zoicite yell after him.

"There's nothing you can do cape-boy," Zoicite smirked after the figure clad in black. He watched as Tuxedo Mask put everything into running, practically flying, and tackled Sailor Moon before the shards cut her or him to pieces. Zoicite's smirked disappeared as his eyes widened into shock. "How is this possible? You aren't supposed to be able to get within a foot of her, let alone touch her!"

"What are you talking about Zoicite?" Tuxedo Mask asked helping Sailor Moon stand up. Both heroes glared at the Negaverse general, all the while being confused on what he was talking about.

Zoicite ignored them, however, and mumbled something the scouts barely heard, "Queen Beryl's not going to like this outcome at all." He then disappeared in a flurry of sakura petals, completely forgetting about the youma he was supposed to take with him.

"Well, it looks like General Zoicite trusts me to finish the job," the youma said getting the scouts attention. "Now, let's see what I have to defeat you lousy brats." She was about to pull out an attack when a gold wave of light passed through her and turned her back into a human. Everybody looked at Sailor Moon with raised eyebrows.

"What? It's my job to change them back…and I got tired of her babbling," Sailor Moon answered to their unasked question. At this everybody started laughing. Sailor Moon just smiled.

"Rita!" a man voice exclaimed from close by. The heroes' laughter died down when they saw who the owner was.

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Andrew was brought back to consciousness by some laughter near by. When he came too, all of the previous events flashed through his mind. He looked over and saw his girlfriend lying on the ground unconscious.

"Rita!" he yelled getting up and running over to her. He blocked out his surroundings while checking her over for injuries. "Oh, God…Rita, I'm so sorry, I should have been a better boyfriend and protected you more. How come I'm so weak? How-"

The future doctor was cut off when a small hand landed on his shoulder. He turned around to see Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, and the other scouts standing there watching him.

"She's ok. The Negaverse didn't hurt her. And believe me when I say, she'll remember you protecting her life before she will even believe that you failed." Sailor Moon spoke looking down on the man who's like her big brother.

'She's right. Rita wouldn't want me to blame myself for what happened. I'm just glad that she's ok. I'm glad Sailor Moon and the others were her to help. Thought…I can't help but feel that they look familiar for some reason.' Andrew was brought out of his thought when a groan was heard. He looked down to find Rita waking up. He turned around to thank the scouts to find that they were gone. He shrugged it off and decided to take Rita home.

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While Andrew was in his thoughts, the scouts all nodded to each other and headed off in different directions. Sailor Moon started to head home when she was picked up bridal style and carried off. She looked up to find her capture being none other than Tuxedo Mask.

"What do you think your doing?" Sailor Moon asked while crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"Why…do what I said I was going to do." He replied with a grin.

"And what was that?" she responded while mock glaring at him.

"Kidnap you of course," they both started laughing and continued their route to Darien's apartment. When they landed on his balcony they walked inside and detransformed.

"Are you thirsty?" Darien asked walking into the kitchen of his apartment.

"Yeah, do you have any soda?" Serena replied following him.

"Yep, I have Coke, Mountain Dew, and Slice…what do you want?" he asked while looking in his fridge.

"Umm…I'll take a Coke," she replied, then reached to take the said soda out of Darien's hand. He grabbed himself a Slice and headed for the Living Room. There he plopped down on the couch and opened his soda. Serena followed his example and sat down beside him. A comfortable silence ensued until Serena asked a question that had been on her mind all day. Well at least since they were at the arcade.

"Darien?"

"Yeah?" he responded turning his gaze to her direction.

"What were you growling about at the arcade earlier?" she asked with a pout and puppy dog eyes.

Darien fell for the look immediately and mumbled, "I didn't like the fact that Andrew called you 'Sere'."

"Awe…was Darien jealous?" Serena asked while smirking at him.

"NO! I was not jealous, I was just…" Darien tried defending himself while Serena just sat there looking at him with an all knowing look. "Fine…I was jealous…are you happy?" Darien pouted admitting his defeat.

"Very!" Serena responded while throwing herself in his arms and capturing his lips in a soul searing kiss. Darien gladly responded to the kiss and wrapped his arms around her. However, when he did this Serena let out a hiss of pain. He immediately let go and asked her what was wrong.

"Sere, are you ok?" he asked with worry in his voice.

"It's nothing Darien," she responded while shifting her gaze to the floor.

"Something's wrong, otherwise you wouldn't have felt pain when I touched your…back," a look of realization dawned on Darien's face. "Oh God, Serena, I didn't realize that when I tackled you during the battle that your back got scraped up. Turn around so I can look at it and make sure that everything is ok." She complied with his command and he gently lifted her shirt, causing her to blush.

"Why are you blushing Meatball Head, it's not like I haven't seen you with your shirt off," they both lightly laughed as Darien continued examining her back. Her back, for the most part, look ok. She only had a couple of little scrapes with bruises, but nothing was bleeding.

"Don't call me that…and my back is fine. I'm just glad that you made it to me in time," she responded while turning back around to face him.

"I am too, though I can't help but feel that it was my fault," Darien replied with his eyes downcast.

Serena saw the worry in his eyes and her heart melted. She put both of her hands on his face and made him look at her, "Hey, it's like I told Andrew earlier… she'll remember you protecting her life before she will even believe that you failed…and it's the truth. You didn't let me get hurt, you saved my life." He enveloped her in a hug, as if she were the last thing keeping his life together…little did she know that she was.

"I forgot to ask…who got the rainbow crystal?" Serena asked breaking the silence with apprehension in her voice.

"I have the crystal," Darien replied looking in her eyes, "though before you ask…I can't give it to you. There are some things that I need to tell you." He paused for a minute before taking a deep breath and continuing. "When I was six I was in a major car accident. I lost a lot of things in that accident…including my parents and memories."

Serena suddenly let out a gasp while looking at Darien with wide eyes. At this action Darien's eyes turned cold and he stated, "I don't need pity, Serena, I've lived fine on my own after I got out of the orphanag-" he was cut off, however, when she placed a finger on his mouth.

He looked at her confused when she replied, "I don't pity you Darien…I could never pity you. However, I do admire you. There is no way that I could have grown up through life without a family. I do want to let you know now though, that you're not alone anymore. You'll always have me…but I must ask what do the Rainbow Crystals have to do with all of this?"

His eyes slowly changed back into their deep blue color from the ice blue they were, "Thank you Sere. You don't know how much that means to me," he slowly leaned forward and gently kissed her before continuing his story, "You see, since I have amnesia, I don't remember anything about my past. Not too long ago…actually I think it was about the time that the Negaverse appeared…I started having dreams. These dreams consist of a princess asking me to find her the Silver Imperium Crystal. She tells me that in order to do that I must gather the Rainbow Crystals. She keeps telling me that if I find the crystal, I'll find her…doing that will allow me to figure out my past." He finished looking at his and Serena's intertwined hands.

"I understand…actually, I think that we are looking for the same princess. However, can I ask you something?" she requested while hiding her face from his.

"Anything," he responded looking at her.

"Do you…l…love…the princess?" she asked while holding back sobs.

"I have to admit…I thought that I did…that was at least until I met…you," he replied while lifting her head and looking into her eyes. A single tear made its way down Serena's cheek as they gazed into each other's eyes. Darien carefully leaned down and kissed the tear away before moving to her lips. They sat there for a few minutes just kissing and holding each other.

"It's late, maybe we should get some sleep…you can where one of my shirts," Darien said pulling away and standing up. Serena nodded and followed him into his bedroom. He handed her a shirt before going into the bathroom to get ready for bed himself. When Darien entered his room again he noticed Serena already lying down. He stripped to his boxers before climbing under the covers and wrapping her in his arms.

Serena turned to face him before asking, "Darien, what do think Zoicite meant earlier when he said that you shouldn't be able to touch me?"

"I don't know, sweetheart," Darien paused to think before a smirk found its way on his handsome face, "maybe he's just jealous."

"Oh God, I hope not," she outwardly cringed causing both of them to laugh. They then snuggled closer to each other and fell into a blissful sleep.

A/N: Hope you guys liked it. It's longer than the last one as promised.

Till next time,

KiwiKol