Emotions
Summary: Kicked out of her house yet again for another failed test, Serena couldn't do anything but sit on her front porch…at least until Lilly showed up. Serena had nothing to do but wait outside until her mother let her in after 7pm; why not take the girl's offer? Serena's life slowly changes but is it for the better or the worse? Co-Written: Pieces of Grace
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, but I own the plot and the OCs you notice.
Chapter 2: Goodness don't you people ever stop bothering her?
Serena groaned and rolled over. The annoying beeping sound had been going on and on for a grand total of 15 minutes. "Serena, Serena, get up! The others need you!" Luna said, pawing at Serena's half-awake form. Moving very sluggishly, the girl picked up her brooch and slowly climbed out of her window, the black cat following her.
"Where are they, Luna?" Serena mumbled with her blues eye half open, not paying attention to the street ahead of them as they walked to the park. "They're in the park as usual. You'd think the enemies would've gotten smarter as they got stronger." Luna half-mumbled to her, keeping pace with her charge.
Only ten minutes had passed before something moved from behind them, "Well, well, well, what do we have here, a little girl and her kitty wondering the streets? Shouldn't you be at home sleeping?" A youma said, stepping out of the shadows, preparing to attack Serena.
Serena stumbled back and winced as she tripped and landed on the bottom of her bunny pajamas. A wave of dark energy struck Serena's fallen form making her scream out in pain. Luna glared at the youma, ran toward the youma, and then bit the youma's arm, trying to stop the attack on her charge. The youma tossed Luna away from it and raised its arms to the injured Serena, about to take the rest of her energy.
"Serena, run!" Luna breathed out as she fell back injured herself.
"Phoenix Fortune Strike," Someone said in a low-voice as a bunch of gold and red oval-shaped objects came from off of a roof and hit the youma in the back makin it scream in pain as it turned to dust.
Serena tried to find the person who saved her but was surprised to find the spot empty somewhat of a smile appeared on her face as she mumbled something that sounded oddly like, "Another Sailor Uranus?" That smile didn't last long as her communicator started beeping again, "Yes?"
"Are you okay? You need to hurry up and get here. Mars sounds like she's gonna blow your head off." Mercury said, seeing her friend's scratched face.
"I'll be there soon. Give me at least 10 more minutes." Serena said, moving to scoop up Luna and closing the communicator. Looking around, Serena started moving towards a dark alley and then transformed into Sailor Moon, all her previous injuries gone with the transformation. Wasting no more time, Sailor Moon started running and jumping, rooftop to rooftop, reaching the park just in time to watch Mars strike the youma with fireball, looking pissed as hell.
I hope this attack works, mother, Sailor Moon thought silently as she pulled her tiara off and started charging it with energy, I really hope it works in this form. That dang youma took most of my energy.
"Moon Twilight Flash!" Sailor Moon shouted as her tiara released all the energy she had poured into it. The youma screamed in pain but was still there, only there was half a youma left.
"MOON, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Mars yelled, frustrated and worn-out, as she charged up her bow and arrow with more fire. Sailor Moon didn't reply. Instead she pulled out the crescent moon wand, causing more of the inner scouts to worry about their leader.
"Moon Princess Halation!" The exhausted Sailor Moon shouted, as the youma turned into moondust. Having used the rest of her energy, Sailor Moon fell toward the ground and groaned as she realized she couldn't get up.
"SAILOR MOON!" The inner scouts shouted, as they rushed to their fallen leader, wondering exactly what the hell just happened. "I'll take her, girls. You guys head home, while I take care of Serena and Luna," Tuxedo Mask said, as held his girlfriend and her guardian, both whom seemed to be not moving.
"I'll go with you. I can scan her and Luna to see what's wrong with them." Sailor Mercury said, stepping up. She knew her mother wouldn't be home, so she didn't need to worry.
"Call us Mercury if you find out what's wrong with Moon. Tomorrow she's gonna hear me out, even if I have to wait until she gets out of detention!" Mars said to herself more than the other scouts who felt sorry for their leader.
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"Serena, Serena, get up. Your friend, Lilly is here. Serena, are you okay?" Irene asked, touching Serena's forehead lightly. Finding no fever, she made the sleepy girl wake up and say 'ahhh'.
"Serena, are you sure you want to go to school today? You look a bit pale and there are bags under your eyes. Have you been getting enough sleep lately?" Irene asked. Serena's blue eyes opened up only half-way, as she started to stand up and head toward the bathroom in her room.
Irene glanced at Serena worriedly, before going back downstairs to see Sammy eating his breakfast and Lilly reading a Naruto: Shippuden manga. "Lilly, Serena insists on going to school today, but do you think you can do me a favor and watch her, please? I know I just met you, but you seem like a nice girl, and I really do believe Serena's sick."
Lilly looked up from her manga, nodded her head and replied in her American accent, "Anything in particular I'm lookin' for?"
Irene shook her head as she double checked Serena's lunch box, a stumble and a thud was heard from upstairs as every head turned towards the steps, "Serena are you okay?" Ken yelled up the steps. No reply came, so Irene moved Serena's lunch bag away from her and ran upstairs towards Serena's room. Sammy followed, leaving Ken and Lilly alone. Both exchanged glances and followed the younger male up the stairs.
Serena leaned heavily on her bed rail having some idea why she was so weak. 'Must be from the youma that attacked me yesterday,' Serena thought. She was trying not to fall asleep, but failed miserably. As she closed her eyes, she started to drift into a deep sleep, completely unaware of her father's question. The Tsukino family and Lilly entered Serena's room and saw Serena knocked out.
"Sammy, call an ambulance!" Irene yelled, moving Serena's pale body into her hands. Lilly was quiet and had a look of fear on her face, as she helped Irene move Serena's body.
"Oh my goodness! Is that Serena's cat?" Lilly asked looking at the dark blue-furred cat that seemed pale in alarm.
"Yes. I'm going to see if Sammy called that ambulance, and I'm going to call the vet for Luna." Ken said, as he left the women in Serena's room.
"Lilly, go on to school," Irene said, as she started rocking Serena's pale body in her arms, "Afterwards, you can come up to the hospital. Okay? I don't want your parents to get mad that you missed a day of school over this."
Lilly's brown hair covered her eyes as she rubbed her eyes and stood up. "Yes, Ms. Tsukino. I'll see you guys at the hospital after school." Lilly left the room only to flatten herself against the wall as paramedics came upstairs with a stretcher to get Serena.
-At School With Lilly- (Hope you guys don't mind to much)
Lilly sat at her desk in the back of class 3. Lilly noted with much displeasure that two of Serena's friends tend to yell at the poor girl for her grades in class, along with Molly and Melvin.
The late bell rang. Everyone, including Ms. Haruna, looked expectantly at the door, waiting for Serena to run in out of breath. It didn't happen yet, but no one really seemed to care, since Serena had come later than that before.
"Wonder where that Tsukino girl is?" A random whisper had spread among the class as they were 'doing' their work. Molly and Melvin seemed to be talking quietly about Serena with the occasional yell/shout from Molly of "Really?"
Lilly felt like she should be anywhere but here. It was like the entire room was spinning, and Lilly couldn't wait for class to end in twenty minutes. The constant talking of possible things that happened to Serena was starting to get to her, and she was on her ends-wits with all of it.
The moment the bell rang, Lilly stood up, all her books in hand, and rushed off to the music class, praying that something in this class would calm her jittery nerves. Being the first one in class, excluding the teacher, Lilly took a seat in the back where the vocalists usually sat when ever they played a song that required vocals. "Miss Anderson, you're quite early. Do you know of a song we could possibly study then? Pick something you know, anything at all."
Lilly paused. She had been so focused on getting to music class to calm down, that it was amazing when she actually heard the teacher's request. "Well…I do know this one song that'll help me out right now you know problems at home and with friends."
The music teacher, a short woman with dark brown hair and black eyes stared at the American girl questionably. "Think you could sing a line or two from it?"
"Dunno, Mrs. Yuki. Fanfiction dot net has problems with song lyrics these days." Lilly said, with out thinking, as a glass shattering was heard.
"What was that?"
"Fourth wall."
"Oh, right. Now, maybe the song title then?" Mrs. Yuki said, going over to her laptop and working on some stuff.
"Hmm…it was called Through the Rain by Mariah Carey. It's a good song I've memorized the verses to it and everything!" Lilly said, as she flipped through her folder of songs lyrics that she carried around for if she ever got bored in class.
"Lovely song." Mrs. Yuki said with a smile.
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Raye tapped her foot, waiting for Serena to come to the shrine for the meeting. She was getting angrier and angrier.
"Where is that meatball head? She's usually here by now." Raye said in annoyance.
"Chill out, Raye. I'm sure she has a good reason for being late." Lita said.
"Now that I think of it, things are a little off. Amy isn't here yet…Luna has yet to come…and Serena is much later than usual." Artemis said concernedly. The others nodded. At that moment, Amy showed up.
" What kept ya so long, Ames?" Mina asked, nudging Amy on the shoulder playfully. She stopped when she noticed the tears in Amy's eyes.
"Serena's…Serena's…" Amy started.
"What's wrong with Serena?" Darien asked defensively.
"She's been taken to the emergency room. I went by her house today to check up on her, and one of the neighbors told me." Amy said, sobbing while the others gasped.
"I knew there was something wrong with her last night. We shouldn't have been so harsh on her." Mina said sadly.
"And what about Luna?" Artemis asked concernedly.
"She's been taken to the emergency vet." Amy said sadly. "Poor Luna." The others had tears in their eyes at the thought of possibly losing their guardian.
"Enough mourning! Let's go see Serena at the hospital! She needs our support!" Raye shouted. The others nodded in agreement.
"Plus who knows what could happen to her if we aren't there to protect her!" Lita said. Darien was deep in thought.
'Please be okay, Sere.' Darien thought. 'I need you…don't leave me…'
-Twenty Minutes Later-
Lilly sat in the waiting room having a conversation with Irene when a nurse walked in with Darien and the others in tow. Irene looked up at the others and gave them a glare, oppose to a smile, which she was known for giving them.
"Ms. Tsukino! How is Sere?" Darien asked. Irene rose from her seat and went to check on Serena in her room. The girls and Darien frowned and looked towards Lilly who was looking out the window ignoring them.
"Excuse me miss…your name's Lilly right?" Amy asked timidly knowing the others wouldn't ask.
"Yeah, what's it to you?" Lilly asked in English, knowing Amy understood her because Amy was the class genius.
"No need to be rude!" Mina snapped at Lilly in English, Lilly rolled her eyes and started looking out the window again.
Amy bowed her head, hurt at the rudeness, Raye's eye twitch. Raye didn't know perfect English but she caught some of what Lilly said.
"Lilly, do you know how Serena is doing?" Darien asked dead serious, this was his girlfriend/future wife he was talking about.
"She's in a coma-like sleep according to the doctors. They believe that one of those demon things attacked her and took her energy…problem is they don't know the timeframe since Serena was at home all night." Lilly said in an emotionless tone, watching the clouds go by rather slowly playing with each other careless of the world beneath them.
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AN 1: I've been using the time lapses a lot in all these chapters I'm typing. Hope no one minds, then again I don't care if you do!
Okay so this took some time to get out because one…my computer with the chapter on it died…its being repaired and upgraded as we speak. Also Grace-chan had a copy of it so it wasn't entirely destroyed!
Anyway I'm busy working on my other fics and will get back to this one soon enough…