AN: A part of Rei and Darien's fight comes from Sonny with a Chance – which sadly I don't own either.
Rei's date; who does she want to be?
When Darien arrived for his and Serena's date, a now unsure of herself Rei, began acting like Serena had acted before her dreams – she ran up to Darien and gave him the most romantic, passionate and Serena-like kiss that she was capable of.
"What was that all about Serena?" A shocked Darien asked. "You haven't acted like that for a little now."
"I know, and I'm sorry about that," Rei said. "I've just haven't been sleeping well lately. Not to mention that Rei and I aren't getting along all that well lately."
"Well, as much as I'd like to, I really can't help you with what's going on in your life right now," Darien said to his girlfriend.
"Why not?" Rei cried. "You've always helped me whenever I've had a problem!"
"Because, I have to be leave soon." Darien replied.
"You're leaving me? Darien, what about our future?" Rei cried as she got into Darien's car.
"Serena, I haven't forgotten about our future," Darien – not knowing that the future that he and the real Serena had experienced was only one of many futures that were possible – said in an attempt to reassure his girlfriend. "It's just that I just received a letter from Harvard today. They've reinstated my scholarship and they want me there by the end of next week."
"No Darien, you can't leave me again," Rei said as she began to bail like Serena would bail – even though it didn't occur to Rei that she was doing so.
"Serena, don't be ridiculous," Darien said. "Don't you remember that we all agreed to live our lives as normally as possible after we defeated Galaxia?"
"Yes." Rei said.
"Well, that's what I'm doing," Darien responded. "I'm trying to live my life and set us up for the future after we're married."
"You're right, Darien," Rei said as she stopped crying. "It's just that with all that's going in my life right now….."
"Serena, listen to me," Darien interrupted. "You've got seven amazing friends who can help you with Rei. And for whatever else is going on, you've got all your friends, Luna and Artemis to help you."
"I know, it just feels like you're abandoning me," Rei stated.
"Serena, I could never abandon you," Darien responded. "You're my heart, my soul, and my love."
"And your mine, Darien," Rei lovingly said.
"So how could you think I was abandoning you then?" Darien asked.
"You're right, I was just letting my insecurities pop again," Rei sweetly said.
"Which is one of the things I love about you Sere," Darien said.
"What in the world is going on here?" Rei said to herself. "I'm supposed to act like Serena for the public, not go all out and become her. Though that wouldn't be so bad. Sere's got a great body and she looks great in mine. It would be so great if Sere and I could stay this way."
Well, after a couple moments of silence, Rei then asked Darien the one question that she had wanted to ask after ever since they drove out of the Campbell's driveway.
"So Darien, we are we going tonight?" Rei asked.
"That's a surprise my little meatball head," Darien replied.
"Darien, I swear to Kami that if you call me that horrible name just one more time I'm going to fry your ass!" Rei exclaimed.
"What are you talking about Serena, you love it when I call you that," Darien asked in total shock.
"I…I don't know Darien!" Rei said.
"And what do you mean that you'll fry my ass? That's something that Rei would say." Darien asked.
"I….I really don't know," Rei – who was switching back and forth between acting like herself and acting like Serena.
But Rei wasn't the only surprised by her little outburst.
"What in the world is wrong with Sere tonight," Darien asked herself. "One minute she's the loving, sometime insecure and kind person that I fell in love with and the next minute she's acting like Mars."
"Sere, is everything alright?" Darien – concerned about his girlfriend asked.
"I'm fine Darien; let's just get this date over and done with." Rei coldly replied.
"You know, if you didn't want to go out tonight Sere, you could have just told me before we left your house you know," Darien, now upset with his girlfriend said.
"Well, if that's how feel, then maybe you should take me home!" Rei exclaimed.
"Then I'm taking you home," Darien said.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
And with that, Darien turned his car around, dropped off his girlfriend and then went home.
"Serena, why are you home so early?" Irene asked after Rei she had been dropped off only a half-hour after leaving for her date with Darien.
"Darien and I had a huge fight mom," Rei said.
"Well, that's nothing new. Why didn't you just make up?" Irene asked.
"Because Darien's being a complete jerk-face, and I just don't want to deal with him when he's being like that." Rei angrily replied as she headed up to her room.
"Well, whatever happened, I'm sure that Rena and Darien will make-up tomorrow," Irene said to herself as her daughter angrily marched upstairs.
But while Irene had been shocked to see her daughter back from her date so early, Luna was pissed to see Rei home so early.
"Rei, what the hell happened? Did you break up with Darien?" Luna angrily asked Rei.
"No, we just had huge fight," Rei responded.
"And because of that, you had Darien bring you back this early?" Luna asked.
"Luna look, it's bad enough that Rei calls me meatball head. I don't need my boyfriend calling me that too!" Rei angrily said.
"What did you just say?" A shocked Luna asked.
"I said, 'Luna, it's bad enough that I call Serena meatball head. I don't need Darien calling me that too just because I happen to be occupying his girlfriends' body!"
"But Rei, that's not what you said," Luna responded. "You said, "It's bad enough that Rei calls me meatball head I don't need my boyfriend calling me that too!"
"Oh Kami, I did say that didn't I?" Rei asked as she realized what she had said.
"Rei, what is going on with you?" Luna asked.
"I, I really don't know, Luna!" Rei cried. "Ever since my meeting with Queen Selenity, my brain has been going haywire. There are times I want to be back in my own body and be Serena's girlfriend. But other times not only do I want to be Serena, I want Serena to be me and be my girlfriend after I break up with Darien."
"Oh my stars!" Luna replied.
"Luna, did this kind of thing ever happened in the past when Queen Selenity had to switch the other Senshi?" Rei asked worriedly.
"No, never!" Luna exclaimed.
"Then what's happening to me," Rei, now really worried, asked.
"I honestly don't know!" Luna said.
"Oh Kami, what if the same thing is happening to Serena too?" Rei stated as the situation was becoming cloudier.
"Oh my stars!" Luna replied.
"Luna, we need to call Serena, now!" Rei commanded.
"Unfortunately, we can't," Luna sadly commented.
"Why not!" Rei exploded.
"Because right now she's with Queen Selenity training to be you and Sailor Mars," Luna said.
"Luna, I don't care if Serena is fighting five hundred yomas by herself right now, we need some answers!" Rei stated. "There's a very real possibility that she is having the same problems that I am."
"Rei, even Serena is having the same problems as you, we can't call her," Luna said.
"And why the hell not?" Rei demanded.
"Because while you out with Darien, I discovered that there's an alien ship heading towards Earth," Luna responded.
"Which means we have another enemy about to appear?" Rei asked.
"It would appear that way," Luna said. "This means you need to start learning how to be Sailor Moon now!"
"Luna, I….I don't think I can handle that right now!" Rei cried.
"Of course you can, you'll just have to put your personal problems on hold." Luna stated.
"Like I said, I don't think I can do that," Rei said.
"And why not?" Luna demanded.
"Because I don't know who I want to be?" Rei cried.
"Rei, listen to me, I'll talk to Queen Selenity about this problem later," Luna promised. "But right now, I need to start learning how to be Sailor Moon."
"Alright Luna, I'll do my best, but I can't guarantee that once I've learned how to be Sailor Moon that I'll be as good as Serena was or that I'll ever want to go back to being Rei and Sailor Mars."
"We'll deal with that later, for now I need start training you," Luna added.
"Alright then, let's go," Rei confidently stated as she and Luna headed out for the night.
But while Rei was confident that she'd be able to learn how to be Sailor Moon, Luna was really worried.
"Rei, I'm so sorry for what have we done. We've really messed you up." Luna asked herself as she and Rei headed out for Sailor Moon training.
What's going to happen? Is Rei going to become Serena? Is Serena going to become Rei? Will she want to become Rei? And what about Serena's dream? Who is the dream woman? Is it Rei or are Rei's feelings one-sided? Only one way to find out. Read and Review.