Sorry this took so long, please let me know what you think. I post a picture of Princes Serena and Prince Darien on my name so that you could all see the armor I was trying to describe. If anyone can describe it better than me and would allow me to replace my description with it, please e-mail it too me. Thanks. This is unedited and if my Beta gets me the edited chapter I will post it. I just couldn't wait anymore, it's been about 10 days since I sent it to her. She must be busy. Anyway Enjoy!

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The Masquerade

Three days after my breakdown in Darien's arms, I sat in a booth staring out the window. I was watching the traffic and listening to all the kids having fun playing games. Darien and I had not seen each other since that day. I barley knew anything about him, but I figured he was busy with work, I seriously doubted that he was avoiding me. Nothing had really happened between us.

The only thing I wanted to know was what he was going to say to me when Mina had interrupted him. But it must not have been that important, or it was something that Darien only wanted to talk to me about. Either way I was super curious.

I sighed as I heard a glass touch my table. I wave a hand in an acknowledgement and sighed.

"Are the passerby's really that boring?" questioned Kunzite. I jumped out of my seat and turned to him. A shiver went up my spine.

"Actually I wasn't really watching them!" I spoke pulling my cup closer to me. At least I thought it was mine. A chocolate moose milkshake was not something I could honestly see him drinking.

"This is my drink right?" I asked making sure.

He smiled and nodded. I gulped down about half of it and then looked out the window again. After a few moments I heard Kunzite sit down across from me. Darn I was hoping Andrew had asked him to bring it to me. I looked from the window to him.

"I'm sorry, how can I help you?" I asked with a forced smile. I honestly wanted to be alone to think, or so I kept telling myself anyway. I truly would have loved to have Darien sitting next to me that would be better than a man who sent terrible shivers down my spine. They were shivers of fright, not happiness.

"I wanted to invite you to a get together I'm having." He spoke.

My eyes widened, I barley knew the man, okay I barley knew the man he is now. I knew his character when he was fighting for Queen Beryl and I knew the man that had loved the leader of the Solder Senshi. Right now I could honestly not tell if he was either of those men. I kind of hoped that he was the Kunzite on the moon. He was the only man who had ever swept Mina off her feet.

He had been a very logical and strategic individual, so had Mina. They often butted heads when talking about combat and tactics, but they loved it. They often found if they compromised with each other their plans were very good. I sighed again and Kunzite raised an eyebrow at me.

"I'm sorry if you feel that this request is a bother!" He said moving to get up.

"NO! NO! I was only remembering something, I'm sorry Kunzite." He looked at me and then slowly sat back down.

"You barely know me, why do want to invite me? I'm just curious." I spoke

"Darien seems to enjoy your company!" He said.

"He enjoys teasing me!" I stated smiling. I honestly could care less if Darien teased me. It was fun, all except that nasty nickname. You all know the one.

Kunzite laughed. I smiled at him sipped my shake while I waited for him to regain composure.

"That is precisely my point. Darien rarely takes time from work to do anything with anyone, or get to know anyone!" Kunzite said. "There are few that are exceptions to that!"

Somehow what he was saying sounded suspicious to me.

"Really, he seems very popular to me!" I stated simply.

"I never said he wasn't popular. I said he rarely gets to know people. He knows many people, but that is because he is a doctor and a male." Kunzite said appearing to get frustrated.

"When is this get together?" I asked leaving him alone. Darien was a touchy subject when referring to the women who chased him. Was he jealous or annoyed with them? I looked at him and realized that he was defiantly annoyed.

That had annoyed him when he was Endymion's top general. He was always annoyed with every woman who fawned over Darien. But then no one ever fawned over him then really. He was probably slightly jealous, but then again at the time he had Mina and couldn't believe that women would fawn over Darien, when they had someone who lover them. But not many women were like Mina. She was after all one of a kina. She was head strong and very loyal. She never looked, or spoke of anyone other then Kunzite after she had met him. He plagued her mind and she plagued his. They were head over heels in love, almost as much as Darien and I were.

They did manage to keep their heads in a battle situation and never once did Kunzite try to protect Mina, nor did she try to protect him. It may seem strange, but Mina was in charge of protecting me and he was in charge of protecting Darien. In the end Mina had had to kill him and in doing so she killed herself. That was the only selfish thing she did while being a Senshi.

"Serena!" Kunzite said waving his hand in front of my face. I shook my head and realized I had tears rolling down my face. I wiped them away and apologized to him.

"Forgive me, I got lost in thought again. I'm not sure why I keep thinking of the past, forgive me, what did you say!" I spoke.

He eyed me strangely but kept him mouth closed.

"I was saying it's this Friday. Would you like to come?" He asked.

"What kind of get together is this?" I asked. I really wanted to go to see Darien, but I had to be realistic. If it was something that I might find boring I needed to know.

"It is a masquerade!" He smiled.

My eyes widened, people still did masquerade now a days. I could barley help but smile. I truly wanted to go now, especially if Darien was going to be there.

"I would love to go, thank you for inviting me!" I smiled.

"You are very welcome and may bring a guest with you if you wish!" He said. "And Darien will be there, I made sure of it!" He said smiling knowingly at me. I gaped at him, as he walked out of the arcade, with my mouth wide open.

He acted like he knew about me and Darien in our past lives, was that even possible for him to remember that far back? I shook my head that was not possible. No one knew about the past on the Moon but me. I sighed and looked out the Window again. Maybe I was just obvious in the fact that I liked him here and now, that made a lot more sense than the past. I had decided to go and I would not back out, I was looking forward to it, only question was, what costume would I wear?

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Well here I am at this masquerade with a man I don't know. We have been dancing for several dances now and he seems oblivious to the fact that he has been stepping on my foot quite often, not to mention he held me closer to him than I thought appropriate. We barely know each other and he kept trying to slip his hand down to touch my arse. I had to keep moving his hand up. All in all this man was an oblivious idiot. This was the last dance to which I would dance with him.

I curtsied to my partner and thanked him for the dance and began to walk away. As I turned from the gentleman, he grabbed my hand and spun me back around to face him.

"I wish to dance with you again!" He replied smiling under his mask that matched his green elf suit. He was dress like Legalas only had long black hair instead.

"Maybe later, I would like to rest for a while, thank you!" I stated gently pulling my hand from his grasp, only to have him grasp my hand again. This guy just did not grasp the fact that I was tired of dancing with him.

"Let's dance again please!" He begged. I was tired, I had danced with him three times and my arms hurt. He was not a bad dancer, but he was very stiff and barley held onto me, I felt like I was going to trip and fall when I danced with him. I had been polite the whole evening and I was tiring of feeling like I would trip anytime.

I slumped slightly and sighed. He seemed oblivious to the fact that I was tired of dancing with him. What was so fascinating about me? I didn't find myself a very good dancer, plus I wasn't enjoying myself.

"Sir I…." I was cut off as my hand was taken from the gentleman that I had danced with.

"I'm terribly sorry sir, but I would truly like to have my girlfriend back!" Spoke a male voice. My head snapped up at the voice. I was shocked, girlfriend. I was no one's girlfriend. Then I saw a wink from some steel blue eyes. I recognized these eyes, we would never be together that was for sure.

"I'm sorry!" replied the man as he hurried away from me. I smiled a thank you at Kunzite. He still sent shivers up my spine, but not as badly. I pulled my hand from his grasp and dropped them to my sides. He was growing on me and as I got to know him. He barley scared me anymore. Still slightly, but any man that had once tired to kill you would probably make you feel similar.

"Thank you!" I replied truly grateful

"Just be a bit more forceful and they'll leave you alone." He replied with a smile.

"I'll try that next time, seeing as you didn't give me enough time to even try!" I said smiling and returning his banter.

"What ever you say Serena!" He said walking away from me. I shook my head and followed him. He was after all the host of the party. He had taken to calling me Serena, not meatball head, since we met a few days ago in the arcade.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked. He barley knew me, how could he presume that I would have done differently? I still felt that he knew something about me that he was hiding. From the first moment I met him, I felt that he knew me better than anyone here did. But how could that be. I had grown to love and know my friends, but yet it felt as if he knew a part of me that only few people did. The part of me that once was a sailor scout and a princess of the Moon kingdom.

"Serena!" Spoke a voice right in my ear. I jumped about three feet and turned to look at her. It was Mina. She was wearing a beautiful orange dress that was slightly off the shoulders and had her hair tied back like normal, only wearing a matching orange bow.

"Mina!" I smiled and hugged her gently. Kunzite had stopped moving when I had said her name.

"Who's the cutie?" Mina whispered in my ear. I laughed, typical Mina.

"This is Kunzite!" I said as he turned around. His eyes fell on Mina and he slowly walked toward her, his eyes never leaving her face. He walked right by me, took her hand and kissed the back of it as he bowed. I stared gaping at him. Men didn't do that now-a-days. Mina was blushing deeply and watching his every move. When he stood he held on to her hand.

"Would you care to dance, Mina!" He asked holding her name out longer than normal. Almost like a purr. Men did not purr, but he seemed enthralled by her none the less.

She giggled and shook her head yes. A man had taken Mina's breath away that was amazing. But Kunzite looked at Mina with such passion, that I stood watching them as they began to dance. Kunzite stared at nothing but her, his eyes never left her face, as if he was taking her in to never forget her.

"Serena!" I jumped as a man whispered my name in my ear. His laughed sent a shiver down my spine. Only one man had ever done that, Darien.

"Darien!" I slightly smiled turning to face him.

He still held a smile on his face as I looked up at him. I had truly forgotten how tall the man was when he wore boots. Boots? I turned around and instantly looked down at Darien's feet. Black plated knee high boots that came to a point above the knee. Blue pants that were tucked into his boots and disappeared under a metal plate of armor that seemed to plate off as it came up to his Chest. The armor looked like it was three pieces and One piece on each side extend down to his mid thigh. The plate in the middle stopped about where he would wear a belt. The three pieces seemed to meet at the bottom of a breast plate. The breast plate was black with silver engravings on it. The breastplate formed into a collar. Near the collar on both sides a black cape attached to the black part of the armor. From under the crest of the cape, at each shoulder, a silver plate extends past his shoulders. His arms were covered by a blue coat like cloth that goes up and into the armor.

Sorry Mina san, I wish I was better at descriptions, but I have yet to figure out exactly how to write these. This is the only thing I can't seem to improve upon. Anyway think of the outfit Darien wears when he Prince Endymion of the past. I love that armor. Plus there is a picture in my bio.

"I've tried calling your name several times and each time and you seemed to ignore me." He alleged.

"I wasn't ignoring you!" I said smiling at him; he was a hard man to ignore, considering he wore what Prince Endymion had worn when I had first met him. The same armor as a thousand years ago. I instinctively reached my hand out and placed my hand on the breast plate directly over the center silver carving right under the collar. I traced my hand over the carving and was shocked when Darien's hand enveloped mine.

"I'm sorry!" I spoke pulling my hand out of his grasp. I flipped around and looked toward the crowd again. I held my hand, the hand that I had placed on Darien's breast plate, curled into a ball over my heart. I had forgotten my place. Darien was Darien. Not one else. Endymion was gone completely, that part of Darien had never existed in his mind.

Suddenly Arms enveloped me and I stood stiff as a board and felt Darien's armor against my back.

"Darien?" I asked shocked. I looked over my shoulder and my nose touched his. He opened his eyes and looked into mine and instantly released me. His eyes had shown confusion He then walked away from me toward the balcony door. I watched him, but couldn't move. He had held me just as Endymion had the last night we were together. He had held me for only for a moment, but his arms had felt wonderful.

I took one step forward and almost took off at a run. I had to catch Darien. I had to know what he was thinking when he had done that. I walked quickly and watched him disappear through the balcony doors. As I reached the balcony doors a hand enveloped mine and stopped me.

I looked over and inwardly groaned. It was the man from earlier.

"I see your boyfriend has left you to dance with another!" He angrily spoke. As he talked he gripped my hand harder.

I looked to the balcony and saw nothing; Darien was already in the garden. With this knowledge in mind, I turned to face my attacker.

"For your information, he was not my boyfriend. He actually miss took me for the woman he is dancing with." I spoke pulling on my arm. He squeezed harder and caused me to whimper.

"Really, because it sure didn't look like he knew her when she appeared!" The man spoke. "Or does he always kiss her hand?" He asked keeping his firm, painful hold on my wrist.

"He always does that; she loves it when he does that!" I said now trying to get his hand off with my other hand.

"Then you'll have no problem dancing with me again!" He stated.

I stopped pushing on his hand and gaped at him. This man sure did not know how to take a hint.

"I don't wish to dance right now!" I glared at him.

"You will!" He growled He tightened his grip and almost made me fall to my knees. He was going to break my hand. I cried out in pain and he ignored me.

"No, I won't!" I cried, trying not to cause an up roar.

The balcony doors bursted open and the man looked up and loosened his grip slightly. I stood upright fully again and gasped when the man's hand released my hand completely. I retracted my hand to my chest and held it gently. After a moment, I looked up to see Darien, causing a scene.

He looked like your dashing hero, well sort of. Darien had twisted the man's hand behind his back and held it firmly in place. I could barley keep a smiled from crossing my face. After a moment I rushed forward.

"Darien let him go, please!" I begged placing my hand on his arm. He looked to me and instantly released the man. The man collapsed to the floor, quickly regained his balance and turned back around to face Darien.

Darien placed the same arm around me that had held the guys hand, and pulled me close to him. I placed my hands on his breast plate and looked up at him. He was watching the man in front of me intently. I turned to face the man who held his hurt wrist with his other hand.

I cowered slightly into Darien and his grip tightened on me, but didn't hurt me.

"I suggest that you leave. NOW!" Darien growled.

The looks in Darien's eyes were that of a mother cat defending her young. He frightened me, but at the same time, I felt safe. The feeling was hard to explain. Darien had never been like this when we were younger.

The man glared at us and as he began to move, Kunzite grabbed him by his collar and pulled him away from us. Mina looked at me concerned, but chose to stay with Kunzite.

Darien's grip on me loosened, but he kept his arm around me. I turned and looked at him and came face to face with him. I blushed and looked away. He then took his free hand and took my right hand and held it. I looked back at him as he held my hand to the exact place I had touched before on his breastplate.

I was truly amazed that he hadn't released me instantly. We were in public, this was not appropriate in public. Or so my brain kept telling me. I just stared at Darien and blushed, but didn't look away.

"Come with me, out on the balcony?" He asked huskily. He was rubbing his thumb over the hand he held. I could only nod. He released my waist from his side, but kept a hold of my hand and guided me outside. This time I actually made it outside, I was alone with Darien on the balcony.

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Okay was that chapter worth the wait? I know it's like super short, but this feels like where it should end. I hope you enjoy it and please leave me a review telling me if it fits or not. I really would like to know. It's taken me about 12 restarts to get this chapter right and I think I finally have it. Please let me know, does it fit.