A Run From Destiny

Chapter Two

"Has anyone seen Serena?" Darien asked as he met the girls at the crown. Each girl shook her head. They hadn't seen Serena all weekend.

"Her family went fishing" Andrew told them, bringing them thier drinks, "but they wouldn't let her go. Something about her needing to study and do her homework. Since it was her birthday, she was feeling really down and told me she intended to study hardy so that her parents would love her again" He set the drinks on the table. "I didn't even know it was her birthday until she told me" He glared at them. "You hurt her deeply"

"How do you know all of that?" Darien asked frowning. Andew laughed harshly.

"Because unlike you, I can tell when Serena is unhappy and I listen to her" He said. "Did any of you wish her a happy birthday?" They all avoided his gaze and he nodded. "That's what I thought" He said. He turned and went back to the counter muttering about how ungrateful they were. Not one to take the blame, Raye stood and stormed over to him.

"What gives you the right to yell at us and call us ungrateful?" She snapped. Andrew sighed and looked into Raye's violet eyes.

"Serena is like a sister to me, Raye, which is more than you can say. friends don't sleep with other friends boyfriends" Mina, Lita and Amy gasped and glared at Raye and Darien.

"How do you know that?" Raye asked in a low voice.

"You really are full of shit, you know that?" Andrew said. "You and Darien spend time together, in public. Did you really think that just because those three didn't notice, that Serena wouldn't either. She puts her life on the line for you guys every day and you treat her like dirt" Raye took a step back.

"What are you talking about?" She asked. Andrew couldn't possibly know thier secret, but one look at him and she knew that he knew the truth.

"I've known about you for a long time, Ever since I stumbled across a wounded Serena" He told them. He could see that they wanted the full story and he was more than happy to tell them. Perhaps then they would realize what they'd done.

~Flashback~

Andrew was closing up shop when he heard a gasping sound. It sounded like someone was in pain. He turned just in time to see Sailor Moon, wounded and stumbling. He caught her as she fell and watched in amazement as she her outfit changed and he was looking down at Serena.

"Oh my gosh" He said. He quickly carried her to his apartment. Once there, he set her on the bed. "Serena, Serena, can you hear me" Her eyes fluttered.

"Andy" She whispered.

Once Andrew had taken care of her cuts and wounds and had given her some medicine to relieve the pain, he made some tea for her.

"I don't understand. The newspapers reported that the sailor senshi have a mechanism to keep them from getting injured" He said. Serena smiled weakly.

"They do" She said. "They have me" Andrew was now staring at his friend in shock.

"What do you mean?" He asked, fearing the worst. Serena sighed.

"I use my crystal to heal them during the battle. The result is that all the pain and wounds inflicted on them get transferred to me" Andrew gasped.

"Why would you do that?" He asked. "They're your protectors, not the other way around" Serena shrugged.

"This has all happened before, Andy" She said. "thousands of years ago. Back then, I didn't know I had this ability and they all died. In my grief, I killed myself" Andrew's eyes widened.

"You're a reincarnation?" He questioned more to himself than to her, but she answered anyway.

"Yes" She said. "Everyone always believed that I killed myself with Darien's sword, but I didn't. I don't know how I know this, but I used a sword given to me by someone very special"

~End of Flashback~

"After that, she came to me after every battle and I'd fix her up" Andrew finished explaining.

"Whose sword did she use?" Darien asked, hurt. She should have used his sword, she was his fiance' after all. Andrew shrugged.

"She never could remember" He said. "We'd talk for hours about the silver millenium and her mission here and you guys" He shook his head. "You really screwed up. Fix it" That was all he said before disapearing into the back room. The girls and Darien sat down at a table and Lita was the first to talk.

"I'm going to go talk to Serena" She said. "But I want you two..." She directed her gaze at Darien and Raye. "To stay away from her"

"I can't believe I never noticed it" Mina said, head down. "I should have"

"Not necessarily" Amy said, ice in her voice. "You're the soldier of love, not lust" She stood up and eyed her former friend and prince. "I'd deal with you myself, but I'm sure that Serena wants that privilage. Until then, stay away from all of us. The only time I want to see you is during a battle. Scout meetings will no longer take place at the temple" She walked out, anger in every step. Lita and Mina were quick to follow her. Raye's violet eyes burned with anger.

"They can't do that" She hissed. Darien sighed.

"I think they just did" He said quietly.

"What do we do?" Raye asked.

"I don't know" Darien said truthfully. "If they can't accept us, then fine. That's thier problem" Raye smiled once she realized that Darien had no intention of leaving her for that moon brat. That was all that mattered to her anyway. She had won Darien and if they girls wanted to fight with her about it, than she didn't need them.

Lita knocked on the door to the Tsukino residence and Sammy opened the door. The girls were surprised to see that the twelve year old boy had been crying.

"Sammy, is Serena here?" Lita asked. Sammy shook his head and motioned for them to come in. Once they were seated in the living room, He gave them the note that she had left for his parents. Once they read it, they turned back to Sammy.

"Where are your parents?" Amy asked.

"Gone" Sammy said. "They left me" Mina's eyes widened.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"After reading the note, Mom said that if the city found out, they'd stop sending money. I asked her what she was talking about and I found out that they hadn't legally adopted Serena and that she was a foster child. They had faked adoption papers for the school but the city sent them money as long as they thought Serena was a foster child. I told them that it was wrong and then they told me I wasn't even thier real son and that I could go back to the orphanage they had found me and left" Sammy explained. "I don't want to go to an orphanage. I just want my sister" With that, he broke down and Lita looked at her friends. "We have to find Serena" She said. She stood up and went into the kitchen.

"Trista, I know you can hear me. We need your help" Sailor Pluto appeared before her.

"I know what you want, but I cannot take you to Serena. She needs to come back when she is ready" Pluto informed her. Lita nodded.

"I know that, but I also don't think she knew this would happen to Sammy" She said. "Can't you at least take him. He doesn't belong in an orphanage" Pluto fell silent and then nodded.

"Very well" She said. "I will do as you requested. I will also tell Serena what has occured between you, the prince and Raye" Lita nodded.

"Thank you" She said. Sailor Pluto and Lita went into the living room.

"Sammy, this is the guardian of time. She knows everything and she knows where Serena is. She has agreed to take you there" Lita explained. Sammy looked up at Pluto.

"Are you a Sailor Senshi?" He asked. Pluto nodded.

"I am, but once in awhile I help out regular civilians as well as the other senshi" She said. Sammy smiled. Lita qucikly wrote a letter and all three girls signed it. They handed it to Sammy, who took Pluto's hand. In a flash, they were gone.

"Do you think we did the right thing?" Amy asked. "What if Serena turns him away?"

"She won't" Mina said. "She loves him, in her own way"