AN: Thanks to all the people who reviewed. This chapter is a good 500 words more. Enjoy. And please review.
He knew that what he was doing was wrong. He knew that he was only supposed to transform when there was an emergency, but his Serena's memory was gone, and to him that was an emergency. Plus if there was, in fact, a big emergency, or trouble with the Negaverse, they'd need her to be there as Sailor Moon. The sooner she got her memory back the better.
Tuxedo Mask swiftly walked down the hall. Luckily all the girls went to the same school. He looked down at his paper. All the girls were in the same math class, except Amy, who was in the enriched program. He saw the door to their class and opened it. As he walked into the class, he heard dozens of gasps coming from the students. He ignored then and searched the classroom for the girls.
" Lita. Mina. Raye. Come here please. The principal has excused you from class today, to talk to me about your problem."
The girls looked at each other. Tuxedo Mask was in their math class? The girls frowned; they realized this must be about the Negaverse, if he was coming to their school in the middle of the day. But why couldn't it wait until after school?
They looked at him, then at Serena, who sat on the opposite side of them. She just continued to look at her assignment. Wasn't she happy to see her boyfriend? Or was she just playing the part of a schoolgirl? No. If she were trying to play that part, she would have squealed with delight or something like that. The girls instantly knew something was wrong. Had they broken up?
The girls got up and then walked over to him as if it was normal seeing him. It was to them. They saw him almost everyday as Tuxedo Mask, and then everyday for sure as Darien.
Realizing that the class was watching them, and would expect them to do something crazy in front of the major hero, they pretended to giggled and stared at him dreamily.
At first Tuxedo Mask was taken back by this then chuckled when he realized that they were just acting as not to arouse suspicions from the class. He then turned and walked out of class.
Once outside he turned back to face them. " This is an emergency. We need to talk right away," he whispered so just they could hear.
" What's wrong? And what's with Serena? Why didn't you ask for her too?" Lita asked very quietly.
Tuxedo Mask shook his head. " I'll explain later. We need to get Amy," he paused as he realized it might look suspicious if all the other girls followed him to her class, and if they all left the building together.
" You three meet me at the temple. I'll go get Amy alone, so people won't get suspicious. If we all leave together they might connect the dots and we can't afford that."
The girls nodded and then quickly walked down the hallway the opposite way.
Tuxedo Mask put on his brave face. Fighting monsters and the Negaverse was one thing, but teenage girls' hormones were another. He just hoped they wouldn't tease Amy too much about this later.
He found her classroom and walked inside. Once again, he heard the class gasp at his presence in the room. He searched the class until he spotted Amy, sitting near the back of the class.
" Amy Anderson. Please come here," Tuxedo Mask said softly, but with authority.
Amy blushed as the class turned around in their seats and stared at her. Her legs felt weak. Here she was, the class nerd, and Tuxedo Mask was asking for her. To her it was no big deal of course, but to the rest of the class it looked bad for her rep.
Amy stood up, still blushing, and walked over to Tuxedo Mask. Completely embarrassed, she just stared at him then walked out of the room. Tuxedo Mask bowed his head to the teacher, who looked frozen in place, and then followed Amy outside the classroom.
Once outside the door, Amy frowned. " What's the matter, Tuxedo Mask? This better be worth the embarrassment and teasing that is sure to come," she said jokingly.
Tuxedo Mask nodded, his face solemn. " It's about Serena. The rest of the girls are at the temple waiting for us," he said softly so only she could hear.
Amy nodded and then turned to walk down the hall, but Tuxedo Mask grabbed her wrist. " Here. I'll carry you there. It will go a lot faster. Plus if we just walked into the temple, people might get suspicious and call the newspapers."
Amy nodded her cheeks still red. " Of course. My bad, Tuxedo Mask."
Tuxedo Mask grabbed Amy by the waist and lifted her into his arms, before running down the hall and out the window. Scared, Amy clutched until his neck.
" Your crazy, Tuxedo Mask. This is so scary," she screamed as they jumped from building to building.
Tuxedo Mask just chuckled as he jumped the last building and then landed on the ground next to Raye's temple, surrounded by large trees. He released a frazzled Amy unto her feet and then looked around. There was no one in site, so he de-transformed.
Amy shook her head, still amazed by her lift to the temple, and then walked inside, Darien right behind her. Lita, Mina and Raye were already inside, in one of the rooms. Amy and Darien sat down next to them.
" Girls," Darien started unsure of how to start. " Has Serena seemed a little… umm… odd today?"
" Odd. You mean more than usual?" Raye asked teasingly.
" Raye!" Amy scolded. " This is important, isn't it, Darien?" she asked facing him.
Darien nodded then looked at the other girls for their answers. Lita and Mina nodded their heads.
" Today, when you walked into our class, she didn't even smile," Lita said remembering.
" Yeah. She looked up and then continued reading her assignment," Mina added.
Darien's face dropped. It was bad. He looked at the floor, feeling tears welling up behind his lashes. He blinked them back, not wanting to show his emotion.
" She… she doesn't remember me," Darien paused, taking a deep breath, his voice starting to crack. " She doesn't remember me, or that she's Sailor Moon, or even you guys."
The girls sat there, too shocked to speak. " It must have been the battle that wiped away her memory. We have to get her to remember," Amy said in her usual controlled tone.
" We have to always be around her. What if the Negaverse realizes that there is no longer a Sailor Moon and then they attack her? Serena could be in grave danger," Lita said suddenly.
" They don't know that Serena is Sailor Moon do they?" Mina asked.
Darien shook his head. " I don't think so. But I'm not sure of much anymore. What if they add up all the pieces?"
" Wait a minute. Didn't Sailor Moon kill Beryl?" Raye asked softly.
" Maybe part of her survived. We'll just have to wait and see," Amy said.
The others nodded. " But if Beryl or one of her minions survived, that could mean trouble," Darien stated.
" First, we need to get Serena to trust us, as new friends," Lita said as she stood up. " I think we should go back to class and watch over her."
They all agreed and then they friends all parted.
At the same moment somewhere far away from the scouts, trouble was arising. Beryl had, in fact, died, but a few of her head-followers had lived.
What the girls and Darien didn't know was that the one of Beryl's followers had seen the fight and had watched as the scouts left. He had then followed their head leader, Sailor Moon, and discovered her true identity, Serena. And now he was planning how and when he should attack her and bring her back to their side. He knew that she had lost all memory and was no longer Sailor Moon. He knew that his only chance to get rid of her as Sailor Moon, and transform her into his princess of darkness, would be now and the only way to do that was if he was sly. He had the perfect plan.
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