A/N: I feel like such a bad person for updating so late and everything but just when I finished this chapter I lost it- and then a month or so ago my computer practically died and everything. I just got the monitor in a couple days ago so now I'll be fine for updating for a while. Alright, well here's a very quick sum up of everything that's gone on in this story (it's been a while since I updated so I'm sure a lot of you don't remember what happened previously).

Short Summary: Serena cuts now b/c of her parents dieing, almost getting raped by Diamond and everything. Darien is worried for her (he doesn't remember a thing like of his alter ego or that Serena and he are destined to be together. Rini and Sammy are still in the picture and have been having horrible nightmares along with Serena.

Last chapter recap: The nightmares were like a plague. They never stopped.

Alright well, enough with this huge author's note and let's get to the story, shall we? Well Please R/R!

Disclaimer: Maybe if I become really good friends with Naoko Takeuchi someday she may let me own Sailor Moon. goes into dreamland but gets hit with reality… or not.

Chapter 7: Finding Out Everything

Grabbing the keys to his motorcycle, Darien thrust them into the ignition, and sped off out the parking garage of his apartment building. A piece of paper lay in his hands reading Serena's address. Andrew had given it to him at their last meeting soon after Darien mentioned something about Serena being injured. It rustled around in the wind violently, - the result of him driving speedily. Once he got to the address written on the paper, he quietly rode into the driveway and drove up it closer to the house. He took the keys out of the ignition and walked over to the front door and rang the doorbell. It seemed as though it was broken, so he knocked loudly. No one came to the door.

'Is this the right house?' Darien asked himself and checked the address for the second time. Seeing that it was indeed the right one, he knocked hard on the door again.

A red and teary-eyed Serena answered the door trying to convince him she was fine, she put on a fake smile and greeted him.

"Oh, hi Darien," Serena faked another bright smile, "What are you doing here?"

She turned as if she was checking if someone was behind her, quickly wiping a hand across her eyes, which were betraying her with their brackish wet substance.

Darien noticed this and asked gently in deep concern, "Serena what happened to you? What's wrong- you can tell me."

"No, nothing- I'm fine," Serena said and realized this was starting to sound like those predictable lines that romance movies tend to have scripted.

"Serena, I've been really concerned, - lately you haven't been your normal cheery self. Please tell me what's wrong…" Darien said gently wiping the tears from her porcelain skin.

"Darien, you shouldn't be concerned for me. Um… well, why don't you come in and I'll get you something to drink. It's too hot out here," she said and opened the door wider to let him in, stepping out of the doorway.

"Won't your dad get his shotgun out on me if I'm here? I've heard he's really strict about letting guys into the house," Darien said and saw a pained expression come over her face as she held onto where her heart was and gripped the counter tightly.

With his unknown alter ego's heightened speed, he caught her as she doubled over in pain not being able to breathe. Right at that moment, Rini had walked down the stairs wiping her eyes. She saw the scene in the kitchen. Serena in Darien's arms- her eyes closed with a pained expression on her face; tears trailing down Darien's face.

"Call 911 Rini!" Darien said quivering in fear for the Meatballhead.

Rini ran down the rest of the stairs along with Sammy who upon hearing the commotion came downstairs.

"Serena!" he yelled in a panic.

As Rini reached to grab the phone, a voice said barely audible, "Don't… Rini…"

Serena's eyes flew open suddenly. Serena had heard all that was going on around her, but up until now, she hadn't found her voice yet. It was like she was trapped inside her body and couldn't call out to them until now.

Rini stopped reaching for the phone.

"Don't," Serena repeated now a little more forcefully the pain slowly fading.

"We have to at least make sure you're okay," Darien said quickly wiping away his tears unnoticed.

'No they can't,' Serena thought, 'I'm fine I must have had another heart pain relapses again. This was a little stronger than my last ones… Ow … please kami make the pain stop… I can't let them call an ambulance though; they'll find out that I'm Sailor Moon. I've got to convince them that I'm fine.'

Rini, Sammy, and Darien embraced her tightly in a hug. Whey they broke apart, she stepped toward the couch quietly saying, "Thank you Darien," and said inaudible to anyone's ears, "I love you… Darien," and stumble from getting light-headed. Darien swiftly caught her and picked her up bridal style.

"Where's her bedroom?" Darien asked the two.

"Upstairs, first door to the left," Rini said.

"How do you know that we can trust him Rini?!" Sammy whispered harshly being protective of his older sister. Serena gave them a weak, but reassuring smile and they knew they could trust him to be a gentleman.

Darien carried the odango-haired girl to her bedroom meanwhile Serena thinking, 'I wish he remembered and knew how much I love him. He's so nice to me and gentle… Maybe he'll love me even though he doesn't know about me being the moon princess. Maybe he will even if he doesn't know that we were past lovers two thousand years ago and even for the little time he had his memory before he lost it.'

Darien laid the sleeping princess onto her bed. He pulled the covers over her and sat next to her on the bed. Grabbing her hand with complete gentleness, he made her more relaxed.

A couple of hours passed by, Darien falling onto the bed fast asleep. The angel next to him though, was having a restless dream again; more like a nightmare.

(Serena's Dream)

"Darien!" Serena cried happily running toward him.

She enveloped in an intimate embrace. Her heart fluttered being in his arms. She went up to kiss him, but Darien pushed her gently away.

"Serena! What are you doing?! We're enemies aren't we? Why are you acting so strangely?" Darien said with a blank look on his face.

Serena's eyes instantly were brimming with tears. 'Why doesn't he remember anything? Doesn't he know we're dating? Hell, we're even getting married in the future! I saw it when we went there, so I know it's got to happen… right?' Serena thought in distress.

"You don't remember do you?" Serena questioned him quietly, her voice cracking.

Darien slowly faded away

"Darien!!!"

"He won't remember… her never will. WE are the people who are destined to be together…" a voice said.

"Who are you?!!!" Serena yelled as recognition quickly passed over her features.

"Diamond?! No! It isn't you. It can't be… Diamond is DEAD!" Serena said panicking.

"Surely I'm not. I'm coming… coming to take the person who is truly mine… YOU!" Diamond laughed maniacally.

"No…"

"Your lover isn't here to protect you now!"

"NO…" Serena's eyes widened in fear.

"He doesn't love you anymore…"

"NOOOOO!!!" Serena screamed.

Diamond advanced toward her. The dream setting then abruptly changed into the place back at the Dark Kingdom's palace… except this time he would get what he wanted.

"STOP IT!!! Please…" Serena sobbed.

(End of Dream)

Tears fell down Serena's cheeks as her nightmare continued. Darien had heard her scream his name as he was woken from his slumber. He looked at the clock and rubbed his eyes. Darien realized the time, and knew that if he didn't leave now he'd be late to his college mid term exam, and would receive a failing mark in the class. Darien walked over to where Rini and Sammy were.

"I have to take a very big test at school right now so is it okay for you two to watch over Serena for a little while until I'm back? I'll be back in an hour okay? Serena is still asleep upstairs. I'll be back as soon as I can," Darien said. They slowly nodded their heads.

"Be back soon okay?" Sammy and Rini asked him.

"I will," he said and left on his motorcycle to go to his college and take the exam.

Sammy and Rini went on to check on Serena but never got there.

About forty-five minutes later Serena woke up from her horrible nightmare.

"Oh my god!" Serena yelled and slid onto the ground a sobbing mess, "D-D- Diamond…? It was only a dream, only a dream. Where's Darien?... Oh no he left me… like the dream…," she said rocking herself into a trance grabbing a knife she always kept under her bed. And that's where Darien found her- bloodied newly cut wrists and arms – practically all over her body- and her just rocking back and forth making more deeper gashes everywhere.

"Serena? Stop! What are you doing? Why are you hurting yourself?!" Darien yelled.

She stared at him distantly and whispered, "Y- You… you- left me and forgot about…. me... You're not real; you're just going to fade away. You always fade away, in my dreams… Why can't he- why can't HE fade away…?"

"Serena snap out of it!" Darien yelled, and then saw her frazzled he went over to her with an embrace.

"Darien…?" Serena shivered and then let out a waterfall of tears, "You didn't leave me… Why can't you remember us Darien? Why? We were so happy…" she choked out as he rubbed her back soothing her.

"Serena you can't keep doing this- you can't keep hurting yourself. Please give me the knife Serena…" Darien said holding out his hand.

Finally giving, in she handed him the knife stained with her blood which was dripping off the edge.

"Let's get you cleaned up," Darien said and thought; 'Now I know the reason for the blood on her sweatshirt the other day… Oh Serena…'

Darien made Serena a bath and helped to clean her cuts out looking semi-away to not make too much embarrassment in the situation. Throwing the red washcloth away he lent her a while to compose herself and dry herself off.

She came out of the bathroom with just her robe on and went to her vanity to brush her hair and fix her odangoes- Darien just watching.

"Darien… I have to- no, - I want to tell you everything."

"Everything? But I already know about your cutting problem and everything what else can you be hiding?" Darien asked.

"More than you'll ever know…" Serena said solemnly and went by her nightstand. She opened the first drawer of it, and pulled out a piece of cloth and a star locket.

"Darien… let me tell you a story…," Serena said calmly.

"Does this have to do with what you've said you were hiding-" Darien questioned and got quieted by a delicate finger on his lips to silence him.

"Yes, it does. Now the sooner I get to tell you the story, the faster things may turn for the better," Serena said and continued. "A girl named Sailor Moon and a man named Tuxedo Mask were brought to the future by a child with pink hair-"

"What does this have to do with anything," Darien asked impatiently and shut up when he saw the look of determination on Serena's face to finish her story.

"Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon were in love and had been fighting because of a reoccurring dream foretelling peril for the other lover. Once they had worked everything out they went to the future to Crystal Tokyo. There they went and found out that the pink hair child that had brought them back to the future was really their own. They also found out that each other were married and were even King and Queen of the wonderful land called Crystal Tokyo. But then an evil Prince captured Sailor Moon and brought her to his palace. He put her on his bed and wanted to do horrible things to her. Fortunately she escaped and was able to get out of the palace. She went through a maze of bushes and got to a building where her lover was. Although, this was not her lover, but the dark prince in disguise. Her real lover then stepped in, and although he had, they weren't out of this mess. Sailor Moon ended up using the Silver Imperium Crystal- a crystal with immense power that helped bring the good out in people or destroy those with none- on the dark prince. Though the dark prince was gone- her lover and child lost their memory of her entirely along with her companions that accompanied her on her journey who were known as the Sailor Scouts. Sailor Moon got transported back to the Crystal Palace where she looked for her lover. She found him in a bed with bandages on him from the fight with the dark prince. Somehow everyone was able to get home although their memories were lost, but before Sailor Moon left, she took his bandage from the nightstand where it lie- and kept it just incase he were never to remember her. This," Serena said holding up the cloth, "Is the bandage of Tuxedo Mask, her lover,… you."

"Me?... Oh wait. I- … remember…" Darien said as a blast of pure white light surrounded the two of them as Serena opened her locket. "Our locket…" he said and collapsed.

Serena exhausted from telling him what happened changed her already blood soaked bandages and watched over her prince as he slumbered.

A little while later he awakened as he saw Serena looking at a picture of him and her that lay on her night table. Walking up to her slowly and quietly, he wrapped his arms around hers and turned her around giving her a kiss on the forehead.

"Serena… you've known all this time… Why didn't you tell me?" Darien asked softly yet in a frustrated tone.

"You didn't need to know. I'm supposed to be the only one who had to suffer…" Serena said quietly.

"I'll always be beside you Serena, I love you," Darien said as he bent down and gave her a passionate kiss. A kiss that makes the saying, 'Distance makes the heart grow fonder,' more real than any of them could have imagined. His tongue explored her mouth never getting enough of her. She closed her eyes finally enjoying this feeling that hadn't been felt in so long and embraced it with open arms. They finally broke apart from their kiss the emotions still lingering. They walked downstairs holding hands. Serena left to make some hot chocolate for the two of them. Darien just searched the house for something. There was something different… something missing in the Tsukino house…

'Wait- where ARE they?!' Darien thought to himself distressed as he looked everywhere.

Serena opened the cabinet door and reached for two mugs for their hot chocolate.

"Serena!" Darien yelled in a panic, "Rini and Sammy are missing!"

A crash was heard as two coffee mugs fell onto the floor and shattered into oblivion.

A/N: Well, that should hold you guys over for a little while. That was the most I've written for a chapter in a long time, and it's all for you guys. I hope you liked this. I'm not sure how much time I'll have to update in the next week or two, but I'll try. Love you all and well please review b/c this took me forever to write- plus the more reviews I get the more inclined I'll be to update faster hehehe. Well yea so Please Review! Ja ne minna!

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