Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any character involved with it. It belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. I am sorry it took me sooooo long to come up with this one!!! I am trying I think I need some ideas people!!!!! But thanx to all who like it and keep reading!!!!!
Chapter 20
Serena got up as soon as her alarm clock went off.
She ate breakfast with her face buried in her neglected novel.
The girls were surprised to see a book in Serena's face when they met her in her yard.
Ami was more then happy to guide Serena around obstacles and escort her across streets as Serena continued to read.
Rei waved to the girls, when it was time for her to part ways, even she didn't want to distract Serena from her obvious concentration.
"I think you can stop for awhile," Ami put her hand on Serena's novel and pushed it down a bit.
"Just this page, then I'm at the end of a chapter," Serena said and re-raised the book.
"Where's Seiya?" Yaten asked the girls as they took their seats.
"Why are you asking me, I just got here," Serena scowled at him.
"I thought he might have left early to meet you," Yaten explained.
"Nope," Serena answered.
"You don't think he went looking for Darien, do you?" Lita questioned with concern.
"Why would he do that?" Taiki queried and looked quite surprised by Lita's statement.
"Cause of the other night," Mina replied.
"Didn't he tell you about the fight he and Darien had?" Ami asked Taiki.
"No," Yaten snapped.
"What happened?" Taiki looked directly at Lita.
"They got into a fight at Serena's and we went to stop it," Lita explained.
"Every time there's a problem with Seiya, you're the reason," Yaten slammed his hands down on Serena's desk and yelled in her face.
"Class has begun," bellowed.
"I can't wait to leave this place and the trouble you create," Yaten barked at Serena as he stormed across the room.
"Take your seat," ordered Yaten.
Yaten ignored the teacher and continued towards the door.
"Take your brothers and leave," Serena screamed through her tears.
"Serena ran off. She could hear her friends and call her, but she had no intentions of stopping. Not even for her coat.
It wasn't hard for Serena to disappear. Sailor Moon had wings and those wings would carry her as far away from there as they could go.
"Running solves nothing," Sailor Moon yelled at herself.
She made a sharp turn and within minutes, landed on her balcony.
Luna almost jumped out of her skin when Sailor Moon walked in through the balcony doors.
By the time she reached her bed Sailor Moon became Serena.
With a look of seriousness and a tone of maturity Serena looked down at Luna: "How would I find Darien? I can locate any of the scouts by an energy feeling I can sense. But I can't seem to sense him,"
"His ah...Cell phone?" Luna replied, still very stunned by Serena's sudden arrival.
"I never thought of something that simple," Serena admitted.
"What's going on? Where are the girls? Why aren't you at school?" Luna began to question with a demanding tone.
"I have a few things I have to do before I'll be able to settle down and pass those damn finals," Serena stated. "I have no intentions of spending my summer at school. This crap between Seiya and Darien has to be settled right now. The only one that can put an end to this is me."
Serena dialled Darien's number and paced her floor as the phone rang.
"Hello," Darien answered.
Serena felt her heart race.
"I need to talk to you," Serena told him, trying to keep her nervousness out of her voice, "Where are you?"
"Shouldn't you be in school?" He replied with a little chuckle in his voice.
"Shouldn't you?" Her tone was cold and serious.
"I'm at my apartment," Darien informed her.
Without another word Serena hung up the phone and once again became Sailor Moon.
"This will be much nicer to do in the summer," Sailor Moon moaned as she opened her balcony doors.
"What the hell?" Darien gasped and slid his door open.
"It's the fastest way for me to get from point a to b," Sailor Moon smiled and strolled in.
"Is this about your little boyfriend?" Darien's voice was snide. "Or is he a girlfriend?"
"It's about him, me, my friends and his family," Sailor Moon returned the tone.
"I didn't come to fight," the snip left her voice. "I was hoping to have a civilized conversation."
Serena took a seat on the couch.
"Why did you come to my house the other night?" Serena kept a calm tone.
Darien took a long deep breath and sat in a chair across from Serena.
"I still love you," he said softly.
"You betrayed me in a way I can never forget. I still care about you but I don't love you. You tried to kill Seiya. You tried to kill him Darien," she screamed, then quickly clenched her jaw, closed her eyes and took in a quick deep breath.
Darien stood up and paced the room.
"You gave me a ring, you swore your love for me," her tone was calm again.
He dropped to his knees in front of her with glossy eyes and a strained voice he said: "I will not let your child grow up without a father. No more fighting, if I have to I will fight beside him. But never against him."
Serena couldn't prevent her own tears from escaping.
Darien brought Serena to her feet as he stood up.
Serena did not protest when Darien wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
For several minutes, they just stood in a silent embrace.
Serena wanted to tell him there was no baby. But for the sake of peace, she would let him keep his misinterpreted idea.
"Cup of tea?" Darien whispered.
Serena simply nodded.
His release was not immediate, he gave the top of her head a gentle kiss before he let go.
Serena sat back down when Darien went to start tea.
"Are you hungry?" He called out. "Do you want to get a bite to eat?"
"I'm fine," she giggled.
"Oh my God!" She suddenly blurted out.
"I can't believe I walked out of 's class. He's going to have a cow. I wonder if the girls left to." She started laughing.
"You couldn't wait till lunch to fly over here," he put emphasis on 'fly'. "I'm honoured," he chuckled.
"Don't get a swelled head," she sneered. "Yaten blamed me for Seiya not being at school, I got upset and left."
"Why isn't Seiya at school?" Darien asked and brought over the tea pot and a couple of cups.
"Lita thought he might have gone looking for you," Serena explained.
"Wants another beating does he?" Darien remarked sarcastically and gave a quick grin.
"He thinks he's..." Serena stopped and poured a bit of tea, to see if it had steeped enough yet.
Darien watched Serena.
"Have you dropped out of school?" Serena questioned as she sat back.
"No," he answered plainly.
"But you're missing so much," she said.
"I've been doing most of my classes online," he told her. "Do you plan on telling me what's wrong with Seiya?"
"I didn't think discussing Seiya with you was appropriate," Serena mentioned and checked the tea again.
Darien laughed: "And I thought you came over to talk about him."
"About you two fighting, not his problems," she lightly snapped.
"Ahh, he has problems," Darien teased.
"I'm not telling you," Serena stated and crossed her arms.
Darien smiled.
"Tell him not to worry," Darien remarked. "I have a lot of school work to catch up on. I'll be heading back tonight."
"I probably won't be back till the summer," Darien added. "Andrew and I have made plans to go to France for awhile in the summer."
"After today I'll probably be spending the summer in school," Serena moaned.
"You're not the first one to ever storm out of a class before," Darien chuckled at her.
Serena glanced at her watch: "Ami has a spare right now. I guess I should call her."
"You go let the girls know you're ok and I'll give you a call later, before I go," Darien smiled.
Serena finished her tea.
Darien stood up first: "You want me to drive you?"
"That's ok," Serena smiled and stepped out onto the balcony.
"Is some nice warm sunshine to much to ask for?" Sailor Moon growled up at the grey sky, when she landed on the school roof.
She wasn't quite ready to face anyone, so she began to pace and rapidly rubbed her hands up and down her chilled arms.
"Why does everything have to be so complicated?" She whined out loud. "I'll catch pneumonia out here."
She glanced at the stairwell door: "I really don't want to go down there yet. I don't know what to say to anyone."
She walked over to the roof edge and looked out over the front of the school.
"Ami and Taiki are probably out looking for Seiya right now. I think I prefer fighting bad guys, at least I knew what to do with them," She said to herself.
She headed back to the door, but stopped short of actually opening the door.
"It should be as easy to talk to Seiya as it was to talk to Darien," she stated firmly.
She changed back to Serena and opened the door.
Serena was happy to see her book bag when she opened her locker. She reached in and pulled out her coat. She felt the warmth of her jacket bring her blood back to her cold arms.
"Since I don't know if I'm coming back later, you better come with me," she scowled at her book bag.
"Now where are we going?" She questioned herself as she strolled out the front doors of the school.
Serena pulled her communicator out of her bag.
"I guess I'll start by asking Ami if she found Seiya," she pushed the button to contact Ami.
"I better let Lita and Mina know I'm ok," she said before Ami answered.
"Where are you?" Was Ami's greeting.
"Just leaving the school," Serena replied. "I needed my coat. Where are you?"
"At Darien's apartment," Ami answered. "He gave me a key before he left for America last year so I could keep an eye on the place while he was away. I thought it would be a good place to start."
"I just left there," Serena told Ami.
"Were you guys throwing furniture at each other?" Ami snapped angrily.
"No, we were having tea and talking," Serena answered with a squeak.
"Someone tore the place apart," Taiki commented.
After a few moments of silence from all of them, they all said: "Seiya."
"Seiya kidnapped Darien," Serena screamed.
"We'll come pick you up," Ami spouted.
"I can travel faster then you," Serena yelled with excitement as she ran towards the Crown. "I'll leave my books..."
"Wait for us," Taiki ordered. "Please," he added in a softer tone.
"We don't even know where he would have taken him," Ami remarked.
The familiar black sedan pulled up to the Crown's curb just as Serena got there.
"Hurry up," Serena demanded while throwing her bag in the back and then climbing in.
"I think Seiya would take Darien to the estate," Serena told them and yanked the door shut. "I watched Seiya fight the computer in the sparring room last night. The computer would be a good way for Seiya to wear Darien down."
"Hurry, hurry," Serena barked at Taiki.
"Calm down," Ami said softly. "Seiya can't use Star Power to transport Darien. They'd have to be in a car or something. You said you just left there, so they can't be far ahead."
"Are you sure?" Serena queried.
"Yes," Taiki answered.
Serena sighed heavily leaned back in the seat and began to tap her foot with impatience.
"You tap your foot like Sikora," Taiki snickered.
"I'm worried about Darien," Serena stated with a slight snap.
Serena leaned forward: "He promised not to fight with Seiya anymore. I know he's said that before but this time he made a promise, I saw it in his eyes, Ami," Serena cried.
"He promised not to fight. That doesn't mean he can't defend himself," Ami tried to give Serena a reassuring smile.
"I hate guys," Serena yelled with disgust, throwing herself back in the seat. "They're so pig headed."
Taiki refrained from comment, he just gave Ami a quick glance.
Serena's foot tapping became heavier and faster.
"Did you see the girls?" Ami asked.
"No," Serena answered.
"Did you call Luna?" Ami asked.
"No," Serena answered.
"You keep tapping," Ami giggled. "I'll leave a message with Mina and Lita. Then I'll tell Luna you're with us and your ok."
Serena said nothing. She stared out the window, wishing the trees would go by faster.
Serena flew out of the car before it came to a full stop and dashed for the house.
"Wait," Ami and Taiki both bellowed.
Serena came to a stop in the massive foyer. She turned to wait for Ami and Taiki to catch up.
Out of the corner of Serena's eye she noticed a figure appear in the study doorway.
She spun her head.
"He's not here," Sikora told Serena as Yaten joined her in the doorway.
"Where would he take him?" Serena snapped.
"Where would who, take whom?" Maliki inquired as he exited the family room.
Serena did not answer him, she turned to Ami and Taiki: "They're not here."
Serena clasped her brooch.
Ami ran over and put her hand on Serena's.
"Serena please calm down," Ami begged while looking into her friends eyes.
"What's going on?" Maliki's voice boomed through the foyer.
"She just wants us to leave her planet," Yaten sneered.
"You have a big mouth," Taiki snarled at Yaten.
"They were her words," Yaten snapped defensively.
Serena locked eyes with Sikora.
"You were yelling at her," Ami barked back at Yaten.
"Do you think Darien had taken Seiya somewhere?" Sikora asked Serena with a calm tone, but there was an angry scowl on her face.
"Seiya took Darien," Serena replied shakily as tears began to well up.
"Darien's missing and his apartment has been trashed," Taiki added.
"Why would you think Seiya did it?" Maliki snarled, deep creases forming between his brows.
"His cell," Ami spouted. "I can't believe I never thought of that."
Ami stomped away angry at herself. She frantically pushed buttons on her communicator. "Ami your such an idiot," she snapped.
"Seiya and Darien got into a fight the other night," Serena began to explain. "Seiya was losing when the girls showed up and stopped the fight."
Serena looked back at Sikora: "When Seiya didn't show up for class, I thought he might have gone looking for Darien, because Seiya thinks he's not good enough for me because he couldn't beat Darien. I'd rather fight bad guys then deal with boys," Serena huffed. "I thought things were finally going good, why couldn't they wait till after mid terms," she screamed.
"I assure you, the fighting is over," Maliki stated crossly and turned back into the family room.
Serena heard Ami say: "Where are you?" into the communicator.
"Ok," Ami giggled as she paced. "She's with me," Ami gave Serena a glance.
"Let us know when," Ami said. "Bye."
All eyes were on Ami as she strolled back over to them.
"That was Darien," Ami told them.
"Where is he?" Serena asked.
"He had to go get something fixed on his laptop," Ami giggled nervously, feeling a little self-conscience with everyone staring at her. "Then he has to meet Andrew for lunch."
"So where is Seiya?" Serena kept her focus on Ami.
"I don't know," Ami replied. "I think you should tell Sikora you don't really want them to leave," Ami whispered to Serena as Sikora headed back into the study.
Taiki pushed Yaten against the double door archway, so he wasn't in Serena's way.
"I don't really want you to leave," a sad little voice escaped Serena when she came up to Sikora.
"I just wanted Yaten to go away," Serena explained.
"Blame it all on me," Yaten sneered and left the room.
"I know," Sikora smiled and gave Serena a hug.
"Afternoon classes start in half an hour," Sikora said, looking over at Taiki. "You might want to grab a quick lunch."
"Would you guys like some lunch?" Taiki asked.
"I'd love some," Ami smiled.
"No thanks," Serena said, glancing over her shoulder at Taiki. She then turned back to Sikora: "Please let me talk to Seiya," she pleaded.
"You'd have to find him before Maliki," Sikora replied bluntly.
Serena ran out the French doors clutched her brooch and transformed.
She took to the sky, closed her eyes and thought of nothing but Seiya.
With her eyes still shut, she felt her body turn. She opened her eyes and focused in the direction of her own house.
She soared as quickly as possible and lightly touched down on her balcony.
Sailor Moon peeked in her room and could see Seiya talking to Luna.
Serena quietly opened the door and stepped in.
Luna turned her head and looked at Serena, as she approached the bed.
Seiya took an audible deep breath but didn't turn and look at Serena. Instead he lowered his head.
Seiya's eyes quickly darted up when Serena came before him.
"I know what I said last night was wrong," his words mumbled when he spoke.
He lifted his head and gazed into her eyes, "I'm sorry," his voice soft with remorse.
Serena sat down next to him and noticed a piece of paper on her pillow.
Serena picked up the paper:
I remember a smile so warm and sweet,
For you my heart does still beat,
Souls have touched and shared together,
Moments that will last forever,
I watch your shadow in the moonlight,
A warmth fills me with delight,
No one can take you away from me,
For you are mine for eternity.
Seiya whispered the words of the poem as Serena held the paper.
"I came here to bring you that. I wanted you to know how I felt," Seiya told her. "Then Luna and I began to talk."
"I'll keep it close," Serena smiled and slipped the poem under her pillow.
"I saw you with Darien and I got mad," Seiya began to tell her.
"I was trying to put an end to this fighting," Serena said, then scowled angrily: "And now you've gone and trashed his apartment."
"How did...?" Seiya began.
"Ami and Taiki told me," Serena cut in with a snap.
"I'll pay for the damages." Seiya sighed. "It's just that I saw you in his arms and..."
"He doesn't want our baby to grow up without a dad, the way he did," Serena remarked.
"You didn't tell him you aren't pregnant?" Seiya scowled, but the corner of his mouth was curled up in a grin.
"I'll let him keep thinking that if it ends the feud," Serena smiled. "He promised to stop fighting with you."
"He's said that before," Seiya commented.
"He got down on his knees and promised me. I could feel his words were true. I could see it in his eyes," she stated.
Seiya turned Serena's head and looked into the eyes he had fallen in love with: "I also promise not to fight with Darien anymore."
"Thank-you," Serena smiled.
Seiya gently cupped Serena's chin in his hand and softly kissed her.
With lips locked together, Seiya slowly laid Serena down on the bed.
"Seiya," Luna snarled and hopped up onto the bed.
Seiya sat back up and looked at Luna: "But," he whined in a tone similar to Serena's.
Serena remained lying on her back and giggling.
"I think you had better go apologize to Darien," Luna told Seiya.
"He's not home," Seiya told Luna, who was now sitting on Serena's tummy.
"He's having lunch with Andrew," Serena mentioned. "They might have finished by now," she added.
"Then get going," Luna ordered.
"I'm coming with you," Serena sat up, knocking Luna off.
"You should be in school," Luna scowled at Serena.
"I only have one class this afternoon. Lita and Mina will tell me what I've missed," Serena replied and transformed.
Sailor Moon stepped out onto the balcony: "Let's go," she ordered Seiya.
"I can't wait till I'm old enough to be able to travel my way with someone and I can take you with me," Seiya sighed as Sailor Moon put her arms around him and carried him off.
They landed at the side of the Crown, out of view of anyone passing by.
Then Sailor Moon transformed back into Serena.
"Now that I have my coat, the sun decided to shine," she complained as they walked around the building.
"I really don't want to do this," Seiya moaned.
Serena stopped.
Seiya took her hand: "I said I didn't want to, not that I wasn't going to," he gave her hand a little tug as he took a step.
"Maliki is always telling me to think before I act and then I wouldn't spend so much time apologizing for stuff," Seiya sighed.
"Will you ever listen to him?" Serena said sarcastically and frowned.
Seiya let out a deep breath as they entered the restaurant.
The place was rather busy, but it only took Serena a second to locate Darien.
She wondered if this was a good idea, when she noticed a deep scowl form on Darien when he saw Seiya.
Seiya gave Serena's hand a little squeeze, then they proceeded towards Darien's table.
Despite the glare that had been in Darien's eyes moments before, he stood up when Serena and Seiya reached the table.
"Have you two met?" Darien looked from Andrew to Seiya, while gesturing Serena to any empty seat beside him.
"Yeah," they replied and exchanged little tilts of their heads.
"Milkshakes?" Andrew smiled across the table at Serena.
"I don't think we're staying," she told him as Seiya sat across from Darien and slid an empty coffee cup out of his way.
Seiya took a deep breath looked directly at Darien and exhaled slowly: "I came to apologize. Jealousy kind of got the best of me earlier."
Darien kept eye contact with Seiya while he calmly and somewhat arrogantly sipped on his coffee.
"I kind of...Ah...Well you see," Seiya mumbled, the paused.
"Destroyed my apartment?" Darien remarked with a pompous attitude.
Seiya was struck with bewilderment.
"How?" Seiya began to question.
"Your dad joined us for coffee," Andrew mentioned and pointed at the empty coffee cup Seiya had moved.
"He was wondering if I'd seen you, or my apartment," Darien chuckled. "Then he gave me a blank cheque so I could get my apartment fixed and whatever else you trashed." Darien pulled the cheque out of his jacket pocket.
Darien held the cheque in front of his face, making sure Seiya couldn't see his broadening grin, then he winked at Serena.
"I always loved hand-crafted woodwork from France's seventeenth century. I could redo my apartment all in antiques," Darien said eagerly.
Darien's smile became brighter when he saw the color in Seiya's face fade.
Serena slapped Darien's arm.
"I'm only teasing," Darien grinned at Seiya and slid the cheque across the table to Seiya.
"Keep it," Seiya told Darien.
"Maybe we should go see what your place looks like," Andrew suggested.
Darien picked the cheque back up then turned to Serena: "Want to see what kind of temper=tantrums your boyfriend is prone to?" Darien grinned.
"It can't be worse than someone throwing poisonous roses," Serena quipped.
Darien refrained from further comments.
"I still have a door," Darien remarked when they all exited the elevator.
The cold winter air blew at them, and paper fluttered around in the wind when Darien opened his apartment door.
The balcony doors were wide open, furniture was strewn about and a kitchen chair had its legs embedded in a wall.
Darien's feet crunched over broken glass and dishes as he walked over to close the balcony doors.
Andrew tipped the T.V back, but when he noticed the screen was cracked, he let it fall back on its screen.
"I am really sorry," Seiya said with a definite tone of remorse.
Serena stood, softly shaking her head.
Darien's phone could be heard ringing, but its location was uncertain.
Darien opened his bedroom door and answered the phone that was in there.
Andrew pulled the chair out of the wall, Serena picked up a few papers and pulled a broom out of the closet.
"I take it you ran out of anger before you got to my bedroom?" Darien sarcastically sneered when he rejoined the others.
"I have a class in about half an hour," Andrew announced. "I have to get going."
"My laptop is ready for pick-up, so I'll go down with you," Darien told him.
"We'll clean some of this up," Serena said to Darien, then glanced at Seiya.
Seiya said nothing and continued to sweep glass into a pile.
"You should be at school, Serena," Darien scowled at her.
"I have one class this afternoon," she replied. "Lita and Mina will tell me what I missed."
She began picking up papers again.
Darien and Andrew said good-bye and walked toward the elevator.
"Are you really okay with all of this?" Andrew asked him.
"Are you kidding, hell no I am going to get that little prick back," Darien responded with an evil grin.
"What do you plan on doing?" Andrew queried.
"I have a few ideas, I just need to plan them out slowly," Darien laughed.
"What are your feelings about Serena?" Andrew looked at Darien quizzically.
"I will have her again, it is destiny for us to be together, I just know it. She will open her eyes and find out that I am the one for her and always will be," Darien said standing tall with his hand to his heart.
"Well don't do anything stupid okay," Andrew remarked.
"I know what I'm doing, everything will work out just great," Darien responded.
After Darien and Andrew left the apartment, Serena's communicator began beeping in her pocket.
Serena was greeted by Ami's face: "Where are you?" Ami asked.
"Seiya and I are cleaning up..." Serena started.
"Seiya is with you?" Taiki bellowed in the background.
"Darien's apartment," Serena finished.
"We'll be right there," Taiki stated.
Serena heard books slamming shut.
"I guess we'll see you in a few minutes," Serena replied and then Ami turned off her communicator.
"Taiki and Ami are on their way here," Serena told Seiya.
"Great," Seiya moaned, coming back into the main area with some garbage bags.
When Taiki and Ami showed up, Serena and Seiya had most of the mess cleaned up.
Ami looked at the pile of broken tables and the bags of garbage.
"Maliki is looking for you," Taiki scowled angrily at Seiya.
"I know," Seiya mumbled quietly.
"We'll I think you better get a hold of him," Taiki responded.
"Help me throw some of this stuff out," Seiya asked Taiki.
"I have to vacuum and get the rest of the small bits of glass out of the carpet," Serena told Ami. "Can you take these papers and see if you can put them in order?" She asked Ami and handed her all the papers she collected. "I think it's a report that Darien was working on for school."
"Where did all the glass come from?" Taiki questioned and looked at the balcony doors and then the living room window.
"Darien's coffee table and kitchen table used to be glass topped," Ami told him as she headed for the bedroom to sort out the stack of papers.
"And he used to have dishes and a tea set," Serena added.
Taiki glared at Seiya.
Seiya chose to ignore Taiki's angry looking eyes, and picked up the shattered bits of wood that had been a coffee table.
When the boys came back after the last trip to the garbage, Serena looked around and said: "Broken glass and dishes, thrown out, school work all in order, carpet vacuumed, tea washed off walls, Darien needs to get someone to fix the wall where the chair was stuck in it, and he needs to buy some tables and dishes. I think we're done and I can finally sit down and eat."
Serena then turned to Seiya: "I'm starving to death and it'll be entirely your fault," she had a little scowl and then a big smile.
"You are going to have to ask Darien how much he thinks it's going to cost..." Taiki began.
"Maliki gave him a blank cheque, so he could get everything fixed and replaced," Seiya informed Taiki.
"Go enjoy your last burger and shake, because I don't think you'll have another one for the next hundred years or so," Taiki remarked.
"Where are you two going?" Serena inquired.
"Anywhere but the Estate," Taiki replied.
"My house to study I guess," Ami smiled at Serena.
"See ya later," Serena waved to Ami and Taiki as they headed one way and Seiya and Serena went towards the Crown.
