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AN: i know i said i'd have this chapter up a week or so ago but things came up. i'm reallt sorry about that. but here is the forth chapter, i hope you like it.

CHAPTER 4

It was a lot easier to get into Dariens seeing as the guards had all left already. She searched the mansion for him without any trouble. She finally found him in a library reading and she saw the book was about ninjas. She smiled under the mask because he didn't hear her enter. She looked over his shoulder, her mouth next to his ear. "It's not enough that you know me but you have to read about me too?"

Darien nearly jumped out of his chair as he spun around to look at her. "What are you doing here, you've already stolen from me once tonight?"

"I need to ask a favor of you," Serena said.

"A favor? What makes you think I'll do you a favor," Darien asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because if you do this for me, I'll give myself up to you. You can choose what you want to do with me after that." Serena stood straight up and crossed her arms. She looked down at Darien who seemed too not to believe her. "I give you my word."

He was thinking, wondering if it was a trick to get more of his jewelry. But she hadn't technically lied to him so he had no reason not to believe her. "Fine I'll do it. And when I'm done helping you, I'll put you in prison where you belong. So, what is this favor that you want?"

"I need you to help me break a curse," she said.

"A curse? There's no such thing as a curse. I knew that you were trying to get my money," he said standing up.

"I'm not lying, I really do need your help," she spoke in her most sincere voice.

He looked at her, he couldn't see her face but he could see her big blue eyes ones that felt so familiar. In them held the honesty of a saint and he couldn't help but believe her. "Fine, whose curse would you like me to help break?"

"Mine," she told him. She saw that he was confused, "I do not want to be a ninja any more. Unfortunately, I have no choice."

"Why do you have no choice in being a ninja," he asked more confused.

She sighed, "I told you, it's because of this curse. My family has kept up this tradition for a long time and eventually it became a duty bound by blood, no one could escape it. We do it to remind people of the past, of what a ninja was. If I could find a way to remind people for the rest of time, then I think I could break the curse."

"Do you really want to stop? You have fame and, if you wanted, fortune." He looked at her more confused then ever.

"I'm sure. It's because I have fallen in love and cannot be with him as I am. Even if I go to jail, I'll be free to love him not held back by this curse." She clenched her fists at her side and shut her eyes tightly so a tear slid from the corner.

"Why not tell him? Maybe he'll understand," Darien said

"Maybe he would, but I don't think so. So are you going to help me or what? I only have a month left before I'm forced to steel again." She opened her eyes and looked at him with determination.

Something in her voice and eye's reminded him of Serena. "Earlier today I told you that I loved someone. I may have not opened up to you but you helped me open up to myself. I'll help you break your curse so you can open up to this man that you love."

"Thank you, I really appreciate it," she said.

"So what are we going to do," he asked.

"Well it's to late tonight to start. I've not had enough sleep for tomorrow. We can pick up tomorrow night just after full dark," she said heading to the entrance. She paused at the door and turned to him waiting for an answer. At his firm nod, she turned and left.

For two weeks, she would sneak out of her apartment and went to Dariens mansion. They talked for hours each night but in the end, neither one could think of something that could stand the test of time. Movies all became old and unmatchable and songs lost their tune as new ones were written.

"There is nothing we can do. In two weeks, I will be forced to steel again. I don't want to do that." She slammed her fist on the table. She stood beside it looking down at the papers spread across it. She yawned under her mask, her glove covered hand hovered over her mouth.

"You know if I knew who you were, we could do this during the day. It would be better for the both of us," he suggested.

"Your right but I don't know if your ready," she said. "I have to go now, it's getting really late."

Serena turned to walk away but Darien reached out and grabbed her wrist. "You're coming tomorrow, right?"

"Right, unless you've decided to go back on our agreement," serena said.

"No I haven't. But I've been thinking. I trust that when this is over, you will turn yourself in but what's to stop you from braking out of jail. You are a ninja and that's your specialty," he said.

"It's because of the curse that I have these ninja powers. No curse, no powers," she said.

"Alright, then I'll see you tomorrow," he said and let her wrist to go.

She put her hands in her pockets only to feel something hard. She pulled it out and looked at it, "oh I almost forgot about this." She held the star locket out to him in her palm. He reached out and touched it to take it. Instantly, it opened and soft melody began to play. A gentle light shown from a crescent moon that danced in a circle inside the locket.

Darien pulled his hand away. The lid closed stopping the music and turning off the light. Both Darien and Serena looked at the locket and then at each other. She set it on the table and left immediately. Darien slowly reached out and grabbed the locket. He waited for it to open but nothing happened. He turned it over in his hands a few times examining it. It remained closed, even after he tried to pry it open.

He set it back it down on the table and stared at it. He thought of why he had even gotten it. It was small, barley clean, and didn't open. And yet, it was like it called to him. He found it in a secret compartment in an old dresser. The resale store gave it to him for free since the secret compartment upped the dresser price.

So he brought it back to his place and put it into the vault forgetting about it. He picked it back up and put it in his jacket pocket figuring that the lock jarred open when she had it but now was stuck again.

Serena wished for her bed as she hopped from roof to roof. She had been at Dariens longer then ever making her stay up later and loosing more sleep. It was because she was so tired that she failed to notice the man following her. She landed on one roof and stopped to catch her breath.

The man following her took his chance. He aimed at her heart and pulled the trigger of the gun.

Luckily for Serena, she heard the soft click of the gun before it went off. She jumped into the air trying to dodge it. The bullet hit her in the leg and she fell to the roof below hitting it hard as she landed on her side. The gunman, thinking she was dead, smiled and walked away from his hiding spot.

In the dead silence of the night, Serena heard him walk away. She could hear that he wasn't far away, maybe a few buildings over. Once she knew he was gone, she sat up and checked the damage he did to her. Her leg was bleeding badly; the bullet had gone into the side of her thigh. She looked around trying to find a place to stay because she was to far from home. If she tried to make it home, her leg would only bleed more causing her to die from blood loss.

The door to the roof flew open as someone ran out. A girl with long blond hair stopped yards away from serena. "Full Moon Ninja?"

AN: i know big cliff hanger but you all can gess who the girl is if you know anything about sailor moon. any way what do you think. please reveaw as much as possible.