Title : Together At Last
Author : Buni Of The Moon
Couple : Serena and Darien
Rating : T 13+
Summary : Serena and Darien discover their feeling for one another and share a kiss, but do they know each others secret identities?
Chapter : 2

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Together At Last
Chapter Two
By Buni Of The Moon

Chapter Two

He lay on top of his bed, thinking. Thinking of her. Of her eyes. Of her smell. Of that kiss. He closed his eyes and turned to look out of his bedroom window and stared at the moon in the clear night sky.

She sat on her windowsill, hugging her knees as she did in the alley. She couldn't understand it. Where had all these feelings come from? Why did she run from him? Why did he think the kiss was a mistake? Why did he think she was a mistake? She looked up at the shining moon, tears filling her eyes.

Serena closed her eyes and leant her head back on the wall. Why was she so dumb? Why did she think he liked her? Why did she like him? "Argh" she moaned to herself. "Serena, you complete and utter idiot." She had to do something. She was sure he had felt that something too. He had to. Otherwise, why would he have kissed her? She had to go. She had to go to him now. She knew where he lived from one of their previous fights. She had followed him home to see where he lived so the next day she could plant a trap for him. She had never got round to it as her mom saw her report card for the term and wasn't too pleased. Usagi cringed at the thought of it. That was it. She was going to him. And that was final.

She grabbed a comfy pair of jeans and a T-shirt from her floor that was littered with clothes and pulled on a hoodie. She shoved on some socks, scuffed on her shoes and grabbed her locket, placing it in her hoodie pocket. She opened her window and using her senshi powers jumped to the ground floor. Looking up at the moon she pulled her hood over her head and jumped over the back gate onto the street.

As she walked down the roads and streets leading to Darien's house she got the nagging feeling she was being followed. She turned round several times but saw nothing and assured herself she was being paranoid. As she passed the familiar trees, planted along the sidewalks, the shadows began to move and the wind whistled stronger. She got that familiar feeling of being followed and turned round to see a shadow swirling round aided by the wind and leaves from the trees. Serena fell to the ground and crawled backwards until another whooshing noise was behind her. She spun round and saw another 2 shadows come to life, and another, and another. She was surrounded. Why had she been so stupid to come out by herself at night? It was the perfect convenience for the creatures of the Nega-verse to catch her and steal the locket. The locket! She held it above her head and yelled "Moon prism power!"

In a matter of seconds she had transformed into her alter-ego Sailor Moon. "I am Sailor Moon, champion of Justice, and no-one is going to get my locket!" she said with an uncertain defiance in her voice. As she stood looking around her, the shadows seemed to increase in number and surround her in a circle. She turned left and right, but realised she had been surrounded, there was no escape. She took her tiara off her forehead and held it in her hands, ready to throw. "I'm warning you, you nega-trash. Back off." As she said these words, she spun around and yelled "Moon tiara magic!" A bright light slashed the shadow creatures in half and they oozed into the tarmac road beneath them and drifted back towards a tall tree, which seemed darker than the rest.

Before Sailor Moon could defend herself, the shadows had risen behind her and grabbed her pig tails, pulling her to the ground. She screamed, but no-one could hear her, she was alone. How she wished Tuxedo Mask could be here. "Help me, Tuxedo Mask, where are you?"

Darien sat up in bed suddenly. He felt her, she needed help. Time for Tuxedo Mask to make an appearance and save Sailor Moon again. What trouble had she got herself into this time? He didn't know but he knew she needed his help. He pulled a rose out of his jacket pocket and transformed into Tuxedo Mask. "I'm coming Sailor Moon, I'm coming." With those words, he bounded out of his window and across the rooftops to the place where his heart led him.

There was an unspoken force of attraction between Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon. He felt her every pain, her every feeling. When she was in trouble her heart called and his answered. They were destined, but he didn't know how to tell her. All he did was make an appearance, save her and disappear into the night. And that's what he would continue to do. No more confusion, he was confused enough with the Serena situation, let alone bringing Sailor Moon into this love triangle.

"Tuxedo Mask, where are you?" The shadows had engulfed her and she started to sink into the deep depths of their darkness. She began to fall. Her eyes closed and she fell. Downwards and downwards, spiralling into the deep blackness that surrounded her. Her body became limp and she felt herself floating, not downwards, but towards a strange light. The light reminded her of her friends, of Tuxedo Mask, of hope.

She came to her senses and gasped for air. Her eyes opened wide and saw the figure of a caped man throw bullets of roses towards a mass of shadows, slowly configuring into one. "Sailor Moon!" the figure seemed to yell. "Help me! I can't hold it off for much longer! Use your Tiara!" As the masked figure came into focus she realised it was Tuxedo Mask. She had to help. He had come to her aid, he needed hers now.

With much effort, Sailor Moon pushed herself to her feet and stood, swaying slightly. She picked up her tiara for the second time that night, held it above her head and screamed with all the power she had inside "Moon Tiara Magic!" A bright light swerved past Tuxedo Mask's face and hit the creature right in the centre of its shadowy presence. With a loud, piercing shriek, the creature burst into many shards of light and became dust on the ground below. The wind came and blew the dust away into the air and was gone.

Sailor Moon turned to face Tuxedo Mask, opened her mouth and managed to say, "Thank you Tuxedo Ma…" before she collapsed on the ground below her. Tuxedo Mask ran to her aid. Feeling her neck for a pulse he sighed with relief. She was only unconscious. Then another thought occurred to him. What was he going to do? None of her little Scout friends were around. It was just him. And her. Alone. Where was he going to take her? He couldn't very well leave her here. Anything could happen.

He finally came to the conclusion he would take her back to his house. A risky move, she could find out his identity, but it was worth it, he didn't want her to get hurt any more. He softly pushed his hands under her limp body and swooped her up into his arms. Without a moment to spare he bounded back over the rooftops back to his house.

He lay Sailor Moon down on his bed and watched her sleep for a while. Her chest rising up and down, her hair moving slightly as the air left her lungs. How peaceful she looked. His eyes skimmed up and down her body. He had never noticed before but she was so beautiful. Her legs were so long and perfect and her tummy was so flat and toned. The outfit she wore as Sailor Moon was so tight; it left little to the imagination of a man like Darien. He had never been with a woman properly. Sure he'd had girlfriends, but they didn't last long. They all left him. His trouble was, he wasn't willing to share his feelings, to open up. He knew that was his downfall. Besides, most women were only after him for one thing. His money. Just because his parents had died in that car crash when he was young, they left him their inheritance money. He was a millionaire, but wanted to keep a low profile around those who didn't already know, like Serena and her friends.

'Wow' he thought to himself, 'I haven't thought about Serena since I picked up Sailor Moon'. Shaking his head he sat up from where he was perched on the end of the bed and bent over to Sailor Moon's head. He lent down and kissed her forehead lightly. As he did this, he happened to smell her hair. Lavender. That's nice. I recognise that. He stood up and began to walk away when the thought occurred to him; Serena's hair smelt the same. He turned back around and looked at Sailor Moon more closely. It was her. The same hair, the same body, the same smell.

Sailor Moon began to stir and opened her eyes. "Serena?" Tuxedo Mask whispered to her. "Is that you?"

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