Chapter Three

When she reached the arcade she asked for her anti-depressant from Andrew, Chocolate. Puffing Serena said to Andrew "One super sized, chocolate milkshake and one chocolate sundae please,"

"Whoa Serena, you don't need all that, how about the Milkshake," said Andrew Bargaining it down. Serena nodded and walked to the end of the counter, arms wrapped around her.

"You alright sis?" he asked coming back with her milkshake,

"Just bad thoughts again Andrew, bad thoughts," she whispered shaking her head.

"Care to share?" he asked,

"Mamoru," she said and started drinking her drink as fast as she could, thinking the brain freeze would drive his voice out of her head.

"Oh, why you thinking about him?"

"Ow, brain freeze, damn it, it won't work. When does he get back Andrew you have to tell me," at the front of the arcade in walked a figure, it was Darien,

"Today" he said to her answering her question to Andrew.

"What you? You're Mamoru?" she spluttered leaning against the wall for support.

"Yea, I am but when I went to Australia I changed it to Darien, easier for them to say apparently, I kind of like it so I kept It." he explained. Once Serena recovered, she walked up to him and slapped him and walked out of the Arcade, Darien just stood there stunned holding his hand to his cheek. "I think I may have deserved that,"

"Yea, I think you kind of did Darien," agreed Andrew, "You know she hadn't been down and depressed like that for like 3 years now, and you dance with her once and talk to her and she has another episode, she almost didn't graduate you know because of it."

"Really?" he said staring at the blonde. "I had that effect on her,"

"Um, well, yea, you twit, you left her with a very passionate kiss and didn't tell her where you were going swore me to secrecy and well, you just don't think do you?"

"Um, no I guess not," he said not sure what to answer.

"Since then she also hasn't been able to get into a relationship, also because of your kiss that day. Personally I have been calling it D-Day, cause it changed her completely, probably why you didn't recognize her to begin with." sighed Andrew, over getting angry with him.

"Do you know where she lives?" he asked hopefully

"Nobody does because I guess she never goes home, always working, all she ever does, first time she came in here in like a year." he said, "None of the girls, I think know where either I guess, seen as it generally only the four of them and their Boy friends and Serena obviously hasn't had the luck with that."

Over at the temple Serena, ran up the Stairs, she stormed into Rei's room where all four of the girls were, talking, "Why didn't you tell me that I was dancing with Mamoru last night?" she demanded.

"Um you were dancing with Mamoru last night?" said Rei Standing up and making Serena sit down, tears streaming down the woman's face. "Calm down Serena, Calm Down," she whispered.

"So when did you realize?" asked Ami,

"When he told me, ten minutes ago." she said

"I guess you got up Slapped him and ran out of the Arcade?" asked Mina,

"Yes, I . . . How did you know it was the Arcade?" she stuttered.

"Because that was just Andrew, and well Darien's just woken up from, his day dream place, when Andrew yelled at him for what he did." she said simply.

"Oh, okay then." said Serena looking at her hands.

"You really slapped him Serena," exclaimed Lita, although Serena was a Police Officer, they all new she wouldn't hurt someone unless it was important.

"Yes, I did, and I feel so bad about it."

"Still hooked," said the other four girls nodding to each other.

"I am, so what, all your set up's having been duds anyway, got to hang onto something." she said looking at her feet.

"You want to know what I think?" asked Ami, Serena Nodded so she continued, "You know his phone number, and you know where he lives just go to him Serena,"

Serena thought about it for a moment and then nodded slowly, "I will think about it on the way home, I have to walk past there to get home from here." So she got up and waved goodbye to the girls and left, walking herself home, When she reached Darien's Apartment Building, she stood out front of it contemplating on whether or not to go in. 'I go in, I will, probably do something stupid, what happens if he has a girl up there, I wouldn't be able to talk to him'

Behind her Darien, said, "Serena?" Serena turned around and readied herself into a fighting stance, seeing that it was him; she slightly lowered her arms but still keeping them up just in case, "Come up stairs, we need to talk about something's." Serena just followed dumbly behind him. In the lift neither said a word, Darien was

Staring at the wall, trying to think of something to say to the woman and Serena was trying to keep her from running away from him. They reached his apartment and they walked in Serena walked through and sat on the couch, holding her fist's as tightly as she could, just to stop her from running away.

"I am sorry," he said, looking at the woman,

"Why, Darien that is all I wanted to know? Why did you leave? Why did you not tell me where you were going, and why did you kiss me?" she whispered.

"I am afraid of getting to close, Serena, you of all people know that, to be honest, I didn't even know where I was going and I kissed you because I don't know," he said looking at her then sitting next to her on the chair.

"You don't know oh," she whispered again, dropping her head, 'I am showing weakness again.' she thought.

"I don't know Serena," he edged a little closer to her.

Serena sat in silence staring down at her hands that were white, because of the blood not circulating down there. Darien put his hand to her face and lent in to kiss her, Serena didn't move, until he finally placed his lips on hers and she melted just like when he kissed her five years ago. Serena leaned forward to deepen the kiss and Darien stopped. "I will make this up to you but I have to go," he said leaving her in his apartment. Serena, was left in the apartment tears streaming down her face, "Damn him," she said slamming her head against the wall, she sat there for a little while, then she got up and left, instead of going to the girls like when she was younger, she went to the police gym and started to violently attack the punch/kick bag bare footed and bare handed, tearing her hands to shreds, once all her pent up anger and tears and collapsed on the ground, "I knew it," she whispered to herself. Serena looked though her bag and found what she was looking for and held it in her hands, she opened it and let the melody of the star locket wash over her, thinking about all the fun she had when she was a sailor scout and how they never actually Found the princess, surprisingly after they defeated Beryl, Luna decided that it wasn't important for them to find her, something about how they would find her when It really was necessary too, she pulled out her other keepsake from her Sailor Moon days, her transformation locket she held it in her hand eyes closed wishing that Life was like that now, she snapped her eyes open knowing full well that living five years ago would never happened. She whispered, "Moon prism Power" and she transformed into Sailor Moon. "This is so familiar, so comfortable," she said to herself and she went off into the city.