The Dark Side of Life

By: LaLunegirl

Chapter 3

December, 2003

Revised: January 1, 2008

He jumped back with a start when four men came up behind him out of no where.

"YOU!" he shouted in anger, his eyes flashing.

The oldest of the four smiled grimly and nodded. "Yes me" He said. "Hello again Darien."

"You did this to me!" Darien shouted referring to his battered body. Well…once battered body. The man raised his eyebrow.

"As far as I can see there is nothing wrong with you. Well nothing serious." He said smirking. "And to clear something up…I am not responsible for your attack. That was done by one of your ancient enemies."

"Kunzite! Enough of your mind games. We must tell him what happened" Spoke up the brown haired man.

"I know." Sighed the man, Kunzite. "Darien…To put it bluntly…you are no longer human. You are as you were long ago one of us again."

"Dead" Kunzite added with flourish when this got no reaction from Darien.

Darien stared at him for a moment not noticing the brown haired man rolling his eyes. Then he began chuckling. "Very funny Kunzite." But stopped when he noticed that no one else was laughing with him. "What you can't be serious. I wouldn't be standing here talking to you if I were dead!" He said his eyes flashing. "This is not funny" The man with the brown hair stepped forward.

"Before we explain what Kunzite means I think we should introduce ourselves." He said. "This is Kunzite as you already know. I am Nephrite. The short blond haired man is Jadeite. And the long blond haired man is Zoisite. Darien… We are your new best friends." He said finishing with a smirk. This was returned with a glare from Darien.

Serena sighed as she got ready for bed that day. She had taken the day off because she was having the meeting with Darien's siblings and besides that she was just completely emotionally drained. Molly was still not home but she had called. Apparently Melvin and she came from the same part of the country and they had decided out of the blue, to go home for the holidays. And it helped that the majority of Molly's classes were online (She was studying to be a computer programming analyst) so in other words Serena had the whole house to herself. She used to love having the quiet home to herself but after Darien, she felt like someone was watching her and she was afraid to answer the door. Molly had asked her to come along but Serena had classes, which could not be done via e-mail. The phone rang as she was slipping into bed, groaning Serena picked up the phone.

"Hello?" She asked softly into the receiver.

"Stay away from Darien Shields If you know what is good for you!" Hissed a voice through the other line. Serena stared at blankly at the wall ahead for a moment before answering.

"I'm afraid you missed something. I couldn't visit Darien even if I wanted to…besides a graveyard is not my ideal hangout?" She said starting to ramble but stopped herself before she imbarassed herself further.

"What are you babbling girl?" Demanded the voice.

"Darien Shields died yesterday." Serena said softly. "I'm sorry. Did you not know?" She asked.

"HAH! You think he is dead? Not a soul alive can kill him now...And of course I knew him well. I MADE HIM!" Hissed the voice before the man at the other end slammed the phone down. Serena jerked the receiver from her ear at the loud sound and stared at it. Then shrugging she put it down and slipped into bed. But her dreams were to be haunted by a mysterious ebony haired man.

"You aren't speaking any sense!" Darien growled.

"Come here Darien. Have a seat" Said Jadeite softly as he pushed Darien into a chair. Darien fell down onto the chair and stared hard at Kunzite. "You tell me what is going on Kunzite. And you tell me now!" Darien demanded. Kunzite sighed.

"You know this would be so much easier if you remembered your past li….Wait! Nephrite. Your potion! Give it to Darien. Then we won't have to explain so much!" he said suddenly turning to Nephrite. Nephrite nodded slightly before disappearing, leaving Darien clutching his heart.

"WH-where the hell did he go?" Darien demanded near hysteria.

"Calm down Darien. All will be revealed soon enough. We need this potion to explain some of what we are to tell you. "Zoisite said trying to calm Darien down. Darien, with wide eyes stared at them in horror. "You all can't be human!" he said. Jadeite rolled his eyes and said "Duh!" A moment later Nephrite reappeared. This time he walked through the door as to not scare Darien again. In his hands was a beaker filled with blue gooey liquid.

"Since you are now…well you will soon find out…this potion will help you remember your past. I must warn you. It will feel like your brain is being squeezed at times, fried at times, and mashed at times…probably because it is. This potion will literally turn your brain upside down and inside out. This helps the potion unlock your memories of your prior life." Nephrite explained with a slight chuckle. "Are you allergic to pine nuts?" Darien stared.

"Do you have diabetes?"

Darien stared.

"Do you see bright lights at night?"

Darien stared.

"Do you-""NEPHRITE!" Kunzite shouted making the poor brown haired man jump.

"Sorry. Sorry. Yeesh!" Nephrite said rolling his eyes, "All right Darien. If you feel any nausea…well there is nothing we can do. So deal with it. Oh and did I forget to add that this lasts the whole night? Woops." He said shaking his head as Darien was held down by the other three men, and the liquid poured down his throat as he tried to choke it down. Darien let down a scream as the process began.

"Should I have mentioned that there are certain….side affects that I am still working out with this particular potion?" Nephrite muttered to himself but then shrugged. There was nothing he could do about it now.

"We are sorry our lord…but it is necessary" Sighed Kunzite as he struggled not to use his full strength, and risk hurting the squirming Darien, but still be able to hold Darien down.

"We also have to figure out where KKris is. I don't' think he has forgiven Darien yet. Even after 3 thousand years." Nephrite said.

"And we still need to figure out why he hates him so much" Said Jadeite sarcastically.

"We still have to notify the ladies" Reminded Zoisite. The four men groaned at the thought of telling Kunzite, Zoisite, and Nephrites girlfriends that they had found Darien and had not told them until… well when they tell them.

"I will do that right away" Said Kunzite. "Or else there will be hell to pay" He shuddered at the thought. "Make sure he doesn't hurt himself and when he begins to calm down put him to sleep so that you can come explain it to the girls. I don't think I can handle the girls by myself." He heaved a big sigh and turned to go.

"Good luck man" Laughed Jadeite as he struggled with Darien, who was getting wilder and wilder with his thrashings.

"I think were going to need more than luck to bring him back" Chuckled Kunzite motioning to Darien.

"Hurry Kunz…were going to need the girls if we are going to explain the 3 thousand years that he has been gone. Even with the potion he won't remember certain thing." Sighed Zoisite. "3 thousand years…oh boy…this is gonna be hell" He muttered to himself. Then suddenly Darien's head shot up and smacked him over the head. "If this guy doesn't stop soon I'm going to make it another 3 thousand years" he growled. Kunzite chuckled again and disappeared.

Serena groaned as she went into class the next day. She was still puzzled over the weird phone call she had gotten earlier on. But life must go on.

"Hey Serena!" Serena groaned as an arm snaked around her waist again.

"Did I not tell you to never touch me again?" Serena growled as she tried to dislodge his arm from her waist. Jacob laughed as he tightened his grip on her. "You aren't getting away from me that fast honey!" He said smiling. Serena gasped in shock when he painfully tightened his grip around her waist his fingers digging into her side. "Come on sweetheart…we have somewhere we ought to be right now" He growled in her ear as he pulled her along. Serena stumbled slightly but staggered along, the pain getting worse.

The morning went no better for the guys. Darien had finally stopped thrashing and had been put to sleep. Exhausted the guys fell onto various pieces of furniture around the house.

"So…How long do you think Kunzite will take?" Asked Zoisite. "I mean he did have to go all the way to Transylvania to retrieve the girls."

"I give him the rest of the night" Jadeite spoke up "Because its going to take him that long to sit there and listen to the girls scold him about not coming to them sooner, then he's gonna have to sit through their 'what do you think? Should I bring the blue suit or neon' you know girls and their packing." A mutter of agreement went across the room.

"But you know they may just hurry, because Darien is here." Mused Nephrite. The guys looked at each other. For a moment silence followed. THEN without warning they burst out laughing.

"YEAH RIGHT!" They smirked.

Serena was more than a little scared but she wasn't about to show it. She had been thrown in Jacob's car and locked in. She didn't know where he was driving her other than it was far from Tokyo.

"Jac-"

"Shut up Serena!" He hissed not letting her complete her phrase. Serena stared at him in silence, trying to think about what she had done to made him act so…so stupid. "You've put me through enough…after tonight you'll be mine and no one else's" He hissed taking his eyes away from the road for a moment. Serena's blood ran cold when she stared at her reflection through his eyes. His eyes looked so soulless. So dead….so evil. "Are you cold darling?" he asked smirking slightly when he noticed her shiver. Serena glared at him before turning her back on him. He just let out a bark of laughter and turned back to the road. Serena was freaked out by now. She knew deep inside that if she ever got him really mad…he would make her pay dearly. And she was afraid now was the time.

Please God! Serena thought as she stared into the bright sky Help me

"Where is he?" Shouted KKris as he paced across the marble floor. "WHERE THE HELL COULD HE HAVE GONE?" He roared. "Michel!" He shouted for his manservant. "I WANT HIM FOUND!" He Shouted.

"I'm sorry sir but he seems to have disappeared" Said the man as he came slithering up to his master. "I cannot do anything. I am sorry" He said shrinking away from the other man. KKris stared at him, his eyes flashing. "Do you know what it means if we loose Darien? " He hissed. Michel shook his head. "it means that the lord of the turned vampires is back….and we cannot have that! I still don't know how he survived 3 thousand years ago! Now you say we've lost him again?" He turned and punched the man. "NO FUCKIN WAY! FIND THAT BASTERD!" He roared. Michel, freaked out scampered out of the room. "You think you can take over my creation again? Over my dead body!" he hissed staring at a painting of him and Darien laughing with a showgirl that he had commissioned when Darien had been freshly turned. It was a VERY old painting

Darien groaned as he got up the next morning. His head hurt like hell and he was in a unknown place. "Kunzite? Nephrite? Zoisite? Jadeite?" He called. Where was everyone? "Boy's where are you?" He demanded. At once three men came rushing into the room. "What took you so long?" he demanded as he stared at them with icy eyes. "And where the hell are we? Why are we not at my manor?" He demanded. "And why does this place seem so strange?" He demanded.

"Endymion?" Nephrite said softly. Darien looked at him sharply.

"I have told you thousands of times! Do not call me that. It makes me to sound stuffy and old." Darien said sighing.

"HE'S BACK!" Shouted Jadeite as he began jumping

"What the hell are you talking about?" He demanded around. Darien rolled his eyes and smacked his old friend on the backside head. rolling his eyes. "I never left you! Where is Kunz?" He demanded looking around. "And what in hell's name are you wearing?

"He is gone to get the girl's Darien" Zoisite said. "And as for you…well we have a lot of explaining to do" he sighed and sat down on a sofa next to his boss "We had best wait for Kunzite to get back"

"What is wrong with my memory? All I remember is fighting off KKris…then I remember….a girl…with long blond hair. She helped me…tried to save me. ARGH! Who is this girl?" he demanded looking around like a caged animal. "I feel as though I'm living two separate memories in my head." He groaned and grasped his head in pain. "You'd think after all these years I would be used to all this pain" He said sarcastically grimacing as a wave of pain hit him again. "I should not feel this pain….Why do I feel pain?" A thought suddenly occurred to Darien. His head shot up and he stared straight at Zoisite. "Zoisite…Explain this to me. Why does a man…who hasn't felt anything in over 15 thousand years suddenly feel pain?" He demanded. Zoisite gulped as he shrugged slightly.

"I'm sorry my lord. I will need time to research this phenomenon." He said in his most convincing voice. "If you would like…I could give you some Tylenol. It works wonders for mortals when they are in pain." He slapped his hand over his mouth after this left his mouth. (He had forgotten that Darien didn't remember being mortal! Darien had his old memories back fully with bits and pieces of his present incarnation memories)

"So…I am to be a mere mortal now eh?" Darien demanded as he got up from where he sat. But as another wave of pain hit him he slumped back down. "I AM NOW A BLOODY MORTAL!" He hollered trying to suppress the pain. "A DAMN MORTAL!" his face scrunched up "GET ME THAT MEDICINE!" Zoisite produced a small white tablet out of thin air and shoved it down Darien's throat.

"I must warn you my lord…It does take about half an hour to begin working…that is if it works for us at all" Zoisite said trying not to chuckle.

"Darien…Lay down. It might help" Nephrite said trying to push Darien in a laying position on the bed. Darien gave up and slumped back. "Go to sleep. Force it. By the time you wake the girls will be here with Kunzite and we can explain what has been going on." He commanded softly.

"I want to be woken up the moment Kunzite gets back" Darien commanded as he closed his eyes and willed himself to sleep. Once his light snoring filled the room everyone gave a sigh of relief. It would be hell trying to explain all this to him! Now that Darien was asleep they could go to sleep also. The sun did not weaken them but contrary to belief they had to sleep at times also. They all filed out of the room and into their own rooms in various parts of the house.

The snoring stopped as the last person left. Darien snapped his eyes open and looked around. Then as quietly as he could he snuck out the window. The mystery girl was bothering him and would continue to do so until he found her and figured out what her connection with him was. The bright daylight hurt his eyes a bit and that surprised him greatly. Only original vampires had problems with the light because they were never human thus they didn't have the immunity that the turned vampires had to the sunlight. Finally after a bit of squinting he got used to the light. Closing his eyes he concentrated on the image of the girl. Long blond hair, sparkling blue eyes, delicate features and a beautiful personality. And he pinpointed her location. She was moving at a very fast speed. "How can that be? Not even the best race horse can go that fast!" Darien muttered out loud not really paying attention to the outside world or how much he world had changed in 3 thousand years. His whole being was focused on the girl. He closed his eyes again and in a puff of smoke stood a large black crow in Darien's place. He took flight to the direction the girl was going.

Serena screamed in pain as Jacob grabbed her and dragged her out of the car.

"JACOB PLEASE!" She cried out trying to figure out how the hell she had gotten into this predicament in the first place.

"I was never good enough for you was I?" Jacob hissed as he began tying her hands together. "You've been ms "I've got a stick up my ass" for way to long. Your' mine now…just like you should have been the first time I asked you out!" he hissed as he pulled at her hair. Serena gave a shriek of pain.

"I never did anything to you!" She cried out.

"You never noticed me either. You hit me but I took it with out a word. You insulted me and I did the same. You turned me down…NOW TRY AND TURN ME DOWN AND LIVE!" he began shouting hysterically.

"I hit you because you didn't leave me alone! You stalked me. I got a restraint order and you ignored it. I tried to be kind and polite but you still came after me! I tried moving schools…you followed me! What the hell was I supposed to do?" Serena screamed back, tears flowing down her cheeks "I just wanted to be left alone" She whispered.

"I loved you since I saw you! And you wouldn't even look my way! Stop denying your feelings for me!" He said as he pushed her. Her back hit the tree trunk as she let out a cry of pain.

"You're insane!" she gasped out. He just laughed.

"Yeah! Insane about you!" He whipped out a blade from the inside of his pant leg and pointed it to her. "You're mine now. Get used to it!" he hissed before tying the rope around the tree and her waist so that she couldn't escape. "Be right back darling…don't go anywhere" he chuckled as he got into his car and drove off. Serena stood there, leaning against the tree uselessly crying.

"Why are you crying?" Serena looked up and screamed………………..

The end of chapter 3.

Ja Ne