Duchess and Luna

Serena straightened her short blue skirt and white shirt. She frowned at the red bow, but made it work. She walked seductively towards him drawing all sorts of attention to herself. Darien tried to play it cool and kept his head down, but he could still see her a light blush began to creep up on his face and than anger when he felt all the men in the library turning their heads to stare at his Serena.

"Hey Darien," Serena said giving him her famous smile.

"Even her eyes seem to smile," Darien thought with a sigh as he watched her.

"Hey Serena." Darien smiled back, he couldn't help himself. To think he could have ever hated this beauty in front of him. What had he hated about her? He couldn't for the life of him pinpoint what it was. It wasn't her intelligence, because she was very smart. It wasn't her beauty, he thanked god for her beauty everyday. Was it her height? No, he loved that she was foot shorter than him, it just seemed to suit her well. It most certainly wasn't her odangos, despite him calling her meatball head besides her gorgeous blue eyes Darien thought her hair was her loviest feature. He imagine being able to run his fingers through the soft golden tresses as she slept in his arms.

"Ready to get started?" Serena asked him as she sat down in a graceful manner that surprised him. He was so use to seeing her as a klutz he couldn't believe she could be that grace.

"Graceful and a klutz I think I love her more."

"You know Darien, I'm really thankful you're here to help me, I just have such a hard time understanding, Mr. Kudo, " Serena pouted with a frown. Darien knew she could probably do this math in her sleep or she wouldn't have skip up so many classes, but he decided to play along. This was after all the excuse he'd been looking for to spend more time with her, without her father noticing and throwing a hissy fit before sending to be killed.

"Yes, I'm glad, I got some one I could teach rather than some hopeless case." They laughed. She pretended not to know and he pretended to teach her something, but the real message was in their eyes. Unfortunately Darien steadfastly ignored all of Serena's small advances that would not be noticed by anyone who wasn't paying close attention to them.

"Oh the library is closing I guess we'd better be going," Darien stated simply.

"Join me for some coffee before you go?" Serena asked.

"Sorry, but I have to get home, I've got so much work." Serena nodded and watched him go.

"Damn it why is he refusing all my advances, he sure seemed eager the other night." She sighed exasperated and packed her things. She left thinking about how she could get Darien to make a move or at least give in to her advances.

"I will have you Darien Chiba, you will be mine whether you want to be now or not!" Serena vowed as she pulled up in front of her large victorian style home. She walked in after giving the valet her keys so he could park her car in her personal garage.

"Serena, darling your home," Ikuko Tsukino said.

"You're home early today mom."

"Oh yes well I thought tonight would be the perfect night to spend some time with my two children." Serena nodded.

"Is dinner ready?" Serena asked.

"Oh yes, I took the time to make dinner tonight, I know how much you like my cooking,"

"But it isn't my birthday," Serena replied.

"What I need to have a reason now for cooking for my daughter?" Ikuko asked.

"No well I guess not." Serena looked around as they headed for the dining room.

"What is it?" Ikuko asked.

"Where's Duchess she always meets me at the door when I get home," Serena replied looking around."Duchess!"

"Oh honey leave her be, I'm sure she's out chasing after a boy cat or something."

"Oh, but Duchess is a house cat, she doesn't go outside without me," Serena cried."I have to find her."

"No, no its time for dinner now come on, Sammy's waiting." Ikuko ushered her into the dining room.

"But I have to change clothes," Serena whined.

"Not today, we can break from the rules this once," Ikuko replied.

"Well why did I waste my time?" Sammy asked with a pout.

"Shut up Sammy!" His frown deepened and Ikuko rang a little bell. Dinner was brought in and served. Kenji Tsukino walked in just after they had completed Grace with none other than Seiya. Serena frowned. Dinner tonight consisted of all her favorites, which meant dinner was perfect, but now it had been ruined considerably. If it wasn't all her favorites, she was sure she would have lost her appetite.

"Serena, what a pleasure it is to see you tonight," Seiya said.

"Yea, nice of you to join father for dinner," Serena replied. He kissed her hand that she did not offer him."Mom may I please take dinner in my room, I suddenly feel a bit sick and want to climb into bed." Ikuko looked alarmed for a moment, but quickly hid it as she looked at her watch.

"After you tell us about your day and listen to Sammy's because its only polite."

"Sammy please go first than," Serena replied looking at him. Sammy was staring at Seiya who was serving himself and was listening to Kenji talk. Sammy thought he was absolutely disgusting. He made a face before turning to Ikuko.

"Mom, I think I'm starting to get what Serena has, may I take dinner upstairs and crawl into bed as well?" Sammy asked.

"Not until you both tell us about your day," Ikuko replied hoping to stall. Sammy and Serena heard Seiya give a nasty burp.

"Fine, we socialized, and school was boring as usual nothing special happened." They ordered the maid standing in the room to bring up their food and practically raced upstairs before Ikuko could stop them.

"Duchess!" Serena called over and over.

"Duchess where are you?!" Serena sighed and walked into her room and spotted her poor cat who she had, had since she was five lying on the floor with a wound.

"AAAAHHHHHH NO DUCHESS!" Serena screamed. She ran to her cat and cried over her. She didn't even hear the footsteps running towards her room. Her mother entered first and pulled her away from the body. Kenji stared on in disgust. The cat was suppose to have been found and taken away. Not placed in her room. Seiya found the whole thing amusing, he had placed the dead cat in her room just an hour earlier as a joke. He'd made sure that while him and Kenji were out shooting plates that the cat got shot.

"Who did this ?!" Serena demanded to know suddenly furious. Some one had purposely hurt her Duchess."

"I'm so sorry Princess, Seiya and I were shooting old clay plates we made, it was an accident you weren't suppose to see this, I don't know how..."

"I hate you!" Serena screamed interrupting him. She hit him a couple of times and ran out as tears streamed down her face. Ikuko hit Kenji before running after her. Serena didn't even bother to get her car as she ran out the front gates of her home and into the night before her mother could stop her. As she ran away from her home seeking comfort. She couldn't find any of her friends. So she turned towards the only person left. Darien! But Darien wasn't at his dorm, he'd moved out, and she left feeling more down than ever.

Meanwhile Darien walked through the rose garden in the park. He loved roses and words could not express how much he loved them. He bent down to smell one just as rain decided this was the ideal time to pour down on a hoodless Darien.

"Oh thank god I watched the news before I left," Darien muttered and just as he was opening his umbrella something rammed into him hard. Soon he was in a tangle of legs, arms, and long golden hair.

"Serena?" Darien asked astonished upon hearing her cry of pain. They separated themselves from each other.

"Darien?" Serena asked happy to fine some one who could comfort her. Darien just barely saw her tears from the small light in the park.

"What's wrong Serena?" Darien asked. Serena's tears came out harder as she told him about finding her poor Duchess dead in her own room. Darien held his umbrella over her soaked form as she cried into his chest.

"I'm so sorry about Duchess, but at least she's in a better place," Darien soothed. Serena's wails got louder.

"What could be a better place for my Duchess than with me?!" Darien frowned and hit himself in the head. He should have known better, now he had upset her even more and he didn't like that.

"No where, I'm just being stupid," Darien replied." Come on let's get you home out of the rain."

"No, no I couldn't possibly go back home right now, not with those cat killers there, no never, stupid Seiya I bet he pulled the trigger on purpose," Serena cried. Darien stiffened a bit at the mention of Seiya's name.

"Well than you can come to my place, now come on you're soaked the bone, we can't have you catching a cold." Serena merely nodded and held onto him tight as lighting flashed randomly. She hated thunder and lightening. He took her to his car and drove her out to his beach house. By the time he arrived she had fallen asleep being so exhausted from running all around Tokyo, crying, and losing her precious Duchess. He carried her inside and dressed her in one of his shirts and for awhile he just sat staring at her in his bed thinking how much of a beautiful angel she was. In the morning Serena awoke in a comfortable bed she noticed wasn't her own.

"Oh it smells like Darien!" Serena thought happily. She loved his cologne, Axe."He smells so good, but wait why does it smell like Darien in my room?"

Slowly the golden haired angel opened her eyes to a large circle window. The sun shined through lighting up her face as if she were the blessed child of god. She took a deep breath and looked around after sitting up. Memories of last night flooding into her head, and the lost of her Duchess came back in full.

"Poor Duchess," Serena moaned. Just than the smell of food reached her nose and she slowly got out of bed and noticed that she wore one of Darien's shirts. She checked herself out and with relief she found that her undergarments were still on and that she hadn't done anything without her knowledge. She shook out her hair after taking it down and walked out of the bedroom, the aroma of pancakes putting a smile on her face.

Darien turned around to see his Serena come out of his bedroom. Her long beautiful golden hair flowing down her back like a waterfall and almost reaching his wooden floors.

"Good morning, I hope you're feeling better today," Darien said with a smile. She shrugged.

"Some what, thanks for comforting me," Serena said. He shook his head.

"It was no trouble at all, you needed comfort and as a friend I gave it to you."

"Oh no, no wonder he didn't go for my advances yesterday, he only thinks of me as a friend," Thought Serena."I must have looked like such a fool yesterday."

"Thank you again," Serena replied her smile never faltering. She was use to keeping her feelings to herself when it really mattered.

"Well eat breakfast, because I have a surprise for you," Darien replied as he sat her breakfast on the table. She sat down and nodded. She ate and when she finished Darien came in with a box.

"What's in the box?" Serena asked.

"Open it." Darien replied. She walked over to him in the living room and pulled the string off. Next she lifted up the top and was greeted with the sight of another black cat, but this car had purplish fur sort of and its eyes matched the color of its fur. Also there was a beautiful cresent moon on its forehead.

"Oh she's so beautiful!" Serena exclaimed picking up the beautiful kitten. She petted her gently.

"I know its early, but I found her wandering the streets of Tokyo, I was going to take her to the pound, but you look like you need her more and she needs a home."

"Thank you Darien, this is one of the greatest things anyone has ever done for me," Serena replied. Darien smiled.

"What will you name her?"

"Luna, because of the cresent moon on her forehead."

"Yea, Luna I like that." The cat meowed and they laughed. Everything seemed so simple and perfect than that neither wanted it to ever end.

A/n: Yes, I know that Serena isn't actually SM in this fic, but what's Luna without her cresent moon, right?