Pain

"I can't get near those three," Diamond frowned. Beryl leaned against her car and chuckled.

"I guess it's not so easy is it?" Beryl asked mockingly. "I tell yah what I'll let you slide on Serena, but only because she has extensive injuries and they will be awhile, I don't have a while." Diamond glared at her.

"Shut up you bitch…and where did you get that new car?" Beryl smirked and merely glanced at the brand new car she was leaning on.

"Oh this old thing?" Beryl asked. "I just pulled this out of Daddy's garage."

"Oh yeah I'm sure," Diamond said not believing it for a moment. "What happened to that Red car you had?"

"It was a dump so I trashed in some third world country for three times the price my dad paid when he bought it." Diamond raised an eyebrow.

"That's ridiculous it's a third world country, who there has that much money to spend on your fucking car?" Diamond asked.

"You'd be surprised how much a crook is willing to pay." Diamond rolled his eyes and took out a cigarette and lit it.

"Well aren't you just a gentleman, the least you could do is offer me one." Diamond blew smoke in her face before he through the pack at her. Beryl coughed a little before taking out a cigarette, she sauntered over to Diamond sitting on the hood of his own car. He lit her cigarette for her before she sauntered back to her own car hood.

"Beryl you're such a fucking slut," Emerald commented as she walked over and leaned against Diamond kissing him. "Good morning baby." Diamond didn't say anything lost in thought.

"Can it bitch, I'm sick of your little remarks," Beryl retorted as she took a drag on her cigarette.

"I hope Sapphire's got some ideas, this is a tough one, but I will win this bet Beryl."

"Of course you will," Beryl told him smirking as Sapphire drove into the College parking lot with Prisma next to him.

"How goes the bet?" Sapphire asked Diamond. "I already heard about Elevator Amy." He chuckled along with Prisma.

"Amy was easy, but ever since that freak accident it has been harder to get near them. You got any ideas?" Sapphire thought for a moment as he stood up in his car and leaned against the window, since the top was down, Prisma stood up behind him. Diamond wasn't worried about Prisma telling the girls, that went against the rules of dating Sapphire and they were in love, she wouldn't ruin their relationship.

"I for one am glad those three bitches got run over," Beryl told them. "That bitch had some nerve dating my Darien."

"Oh please he was never yours and face it you're never going to get him back," Emerald told her. "You haven't got a chance in hell."

"Hmph! Who are you to tell me I've got no chance in hell, your man doesn't even touch you, because he's too busy fucking other women as sport. Which can only mean you're not giving him what he needs, why don't you learn to pleasure him like I can." Emerald glared and attacked Beryl pulling her hair. Sapphire and Prisma laughed at them.

"Come on, I need some place more, quiet, I need to think," Diamond told them annoyed with Emerald and Beryl. Sapphire and Prisma walked off with Diamond leaving the two to duke it out on their own.

"Serena, you need to put away all this baby stuff," Kenji told her walking into her room with her mother, who was bringing in her mail having been talking to Serena a moment ago.

"Kenji!" Ikuko exclaimed. "The funeral was a week ago, show some compassion." Kenji looked at his wife.

"What's the point of keeping this stuff around she's not pregnant, and he's not in the hospital." Serena remained silent listening to them argue. She looked down at the little pillow with Daichi stitched into it and a few tears dropped. Also in her lap was the picture the nurse had taken when he opened his eyes for her. Thankfully she didn't look so gruesome by then; it was also the picture they used at the funeral. Of course the funeral wasn't very long, what was there to say about a baby boy who held onto his life so that his mother could hold him as his father did and love him. He was in her heart forever. It saddened her that Darien had to hide in the back at his own son's funeral and she know it pained him too. They hadn't seen each other since she left the hospital.

"Dad!" They both stopped arguing and looked at her. "I will not be putting Daichi's things away, I want to be reminded of him. Stop treating him as if he never existed! If Sammy or I died you would not erase us, I will not erase him."

"You mean Kenji." Serena made an exasperated noise.

"Get out Kenji, just get out," Ikuko told him angrily. Serena turned over in bed and curled up without too much pain hugging the little pillow. Ikuko set her mail on the table and sat on the bed beside her.

"Baby I'm so sorry, I don't know what's gotten into your father, these last few months have changed him greatly. We've all changed; I'm just sorry your father has changed for the worst."

"It's not your fault mum," Serena told her. She turned slightly so she could see her mother. "Dad's always been a bit distance and an opportunist. For the longest time we have all conformed to a way of life he was okay with and when he is no longer content he makes threats. Just like when he wasn't pleased my school performance." Serena looked her mother deep in the eyes. "Mother you have to face, that you and Daddy spend a lot of time away from home, and that at this point in all our lives we each have a separate life. If things hadn't played out like they did you two may have never known about the baby. Mommy I had hoped this wouldn't happen, but you have finally come home not recognized your family. You two don't know Sammy and I as well as you think anymore, but we know you two well enough. This family lives two lives each and I was hoping to change that with Daichi but now I know it won't happen."

"Serena I know we all lead separate lives I've realized that, but we can still come together I know it." Serena shook her head and wiped her tears.

"No mommy, we won't, you will see in time, you will see that Dad isn't the man you married, but really I think you've known for a long time now that he's not the same person. Not since Sammy was a baby." Ikuko just stared at Serena who looked at her blinking away some tears before she left out to think over what her daughter had told her. She looked at her bedroom door, Sammy's door, and Serena's. What did she know about her family anymore? Had she been the mother they deserved or one of those snobs who puts their children off on other people? No surely she had been around much more in their younger years, right? Yes, she had completely handed the reins over to Kenji when Serena was born and took them back six years later only to have Sammy and only semi give them up till Sammy was six as well. She had known everything about them than, she had been their word, now only four years later she had completely lost touch with them. Ikuko knocked on Sammy's door and entered his room only to find it empty. She went downstairs and found him working hard for both him and Serena.

"Sammy?" Sammy looked up and stopped working when he saw his mother's face. He knew what she had to say, Serena had been saying she would tell them for a bit now, mainly because mom would play more interference between her and their father.

"You're not a bad mother."

"How did you know?" Ikuko asked.

"Serena's been wanting to say something for awhile, I was kind of afraid about a divorce, but lately everything has been so screwed up I wonder if that would be best for us all," Sammy told her as she came over and hugged him. "But really mom you're not the bad parent, you've always been there for us when we needed it, but Serena and I have realized now that dad's love revolves around the material things and our success, if we do not succeed we're simply not his family. Daichi wasn't strong to survive he lost father's love especially when his love didn't save him."

"Oh baby."

Serena got out of bed and locked her door, surgery had given her back her figure, and thankfully she might even be able to have children again, but she knew it would be harder. But she would never give up, she would have Daichi back, and Darien would be his father. She opened her bottom drawer and pulled out a bottle of whiskey and drank it straight, frowning the entire time.

"Ahhhh…shit," Serena muttered quietly as she hung her head and put the back to her hand to her lips. She burped after a moment. Now that the pills weren't keeping her loopy she needed another route, and that was alcohol. She was frequently eating breath mints and brushing her teeth to get rid of the smell. Darien wouldn't approve of her drinking like this, none of her friends would. The only people that knew were Amara and Michelle, and she accidentally got caught. She had promised Amara it would stop, but she knew it wouldn't not until Daichi was growing inside her once more. She finished off her bottle and looked up to see Luna jump through her window and stare at me.

"Oh Luna, how did this happen to me, everything was perfect and now…." Serena zoned out for a moment. "Now everything is screwed up." Serena let her tears spill down her face. She hid the bottle among a stash of other empty bottles, before opening her last bottle she had to get Sammy to get her more. With the last bottle she crawled into bed and lay down taking a drink as she stared at the baby bed. Her new cell phone rang but she didn't bother to pick it up, she didn't want to talk to anyone. Serena didn't know when it got darker, but when she did notice she was quite sober again. A knock sounded on her door. She barely had time to push the empty whiskey bottle under her pillow when her dad walked in.

"Serena, get up and come have breakfast, you will eat at the dinner table from now on or I will be sending you off to school in Switzerland." Serena turned over and glared at her father.

"Than I guess you'll just have to be sending me to Switzerland," Serena told him defiantly. Kenji looked angry.

"Serena, you get downstairs for dinner this instant and you had better get rid of all this baby stuff for talking to me like you did." He left out and slammed the door. Serena didn't budge that day or for the next two months, only leaving to complete the school exams she missed, but otherwise she did her work from home.

"You're leaving?" Ikuko asked. She had been spending more time at home as of late while Kenji spent more time away when he wanted to send Serena away to Switzerland. "You're in your uniform as well."

"Swimming starts soon and you have to actually attend, I don't want to miss it and there's a school trip today as well, I will be back in four days."

"And where are you going?" Ikuko asked.

"School is taking a trip to Korea." Serena pulled out the permission slip and Ikuko looked it over and signed it.

"Well I'm glad you're getting out baby," Ikuko told her. She kissed her forehead. Serena kissed her cheek.

"Thanks mom, I will see you." Serena left out. The valet brought around her Aston Martin a replacement car, for the one she had lost. She popped the trunk and the maids came out with her luggage and one carryon bag. She got in the driver's seat and soon drove off quickly, she easily avoided the street she had, had her accident on and soon was on the highway out of Japan completely bypassing the school. She didn't want to lie to her mother, but she would never approve of her going off to Fukushima where she had purchased a nice mountain home away from everyone on Mt. Zao. Only the very rich owned anything up there. Her home was simple and she had planned for it to be a place where Daichi, Darien, and herself could go to be a family. Her cell phone rang.

"Thanks for covering for me Lita, I just really need this, right now, I have we have…" Serena got a little choked up.

"It's okay Sere, I know, Mina and I understand, you just go and fix your relationship, okay?"

"Thank you, you guys." After a moment Serena hung up and wiped her tears. She took several deep breaths and looked at the picture of her and Daichi with his eyes open, and whispered, "Soon baby."

"You really think she's going up there to meet him?" Mina asked.

"Yes, I do, I really think she's on her way to healing."

"I sure do hope so, I mean weeks of not talking to us and acting like a zombie before and after exams and than suddenly she needs this favor."

"Hey guys!" Mina and Lita jumped.

"Oh hey Ami," They greeted. "What's up?"

"Nothing I've just got done busting this pervert."

"You find your pervert yet?" Mina asked.

"My pervert?" Ami asked.

"Yeah, remember why everyone is calling you elevator Ami?" Mina asked as some girls walked by, making them giggle and stare at Ami while gossiping.

"He was sixteen."

"Oh please, if you think some sixteen year old boy knows how to fuck you in the elevator you're wrong," said a girl who had lost a boyfriend to Ami. "You got played you nosy bitch, no doubt he in particular is high fiving his buddies for taking your virginity. Frankly I'm glad you got played its refreshing to know the assholes got you, it's sweet revenge even if I didn't plan it."

"Yeah, couldn't have planned it better," said another bitter girl. They walked off laughing. Ami frowned angrily and turned on her hill taking her things, she left.

"Ami?" Lita called.

"Where are you going?" Mina called after her. They sighed.

"Just great things aren't about to get any better around here."

"Not even close to better," Mina told her as she called Yaten. "Baby I think it's time we took that trip." Lita made a similar call to Andrew and they ditched the school trip.

"Serena?" Serena stumbled into the house drunker than usual. Darien was surprised to see the whiskey bottle roll across the floor empty except for a tiny bit that sloshed around. She stood up a little unsteadily and Darien caught her as she fell forward a bit, but she recovered and moved farther into the house and flopped down on the couch. "Serena did you drive all the way here drunk?"

"No, I drove the second part here drunk."

"Serena!" Serena ignored him and turned on the television flipping through it. Darien knew it was useless to talk to her now. In the morning he knew they would be having a very long talk. He shut the door and took her luggage into their bedroom. He came back and saw she was bit out of it. "Serena did you eat?" Serena looked at Darien and smiled at him and rubbed the side of his face. "So gorgeous, like Daichi." She fell forward and passed out. Darien carefully carried her to the bed.

"Good day ma'am." Raye looked up from her sweeping to spot the gorgeous Diamond in front of her. "I hope I'm not disturbing your work, I just came for a bit of luck."

"Oh no never please right this way." She led him over to the stand and he bought some luck. He turned to leave before turning back.

"If you wouldn't mind can we do a private reading?" Raye smiled.

"Yes, we can." She led him to the room with the great fire.

"So who else lives in this temple with you?" Diamond asked.

"Oh just my grandpa the Priest, and Chad, a priest in training."

"Are they around today?" Diamond asked conversationally.

"No, they're off to another city for the day." Diamond grinned but then turned it into a smile.

"Good, that means they won't try and steal you away to do other things." Raye smiled and let him to the room. "You know you have gorgeous eyes for a Shinto priestess." Raye stared deep into his eyes.

"Really?"

"Oh yes, quite beautiful, I've never seen one with such exquisite eyes as you."

"Oh god," Raye nearly fainted and her caught her staring into her eyes, she couldn't break his hold. "You are beautiful!"

"And you my little priestess are a delightful little flower."

"Shut up and kiss me," Raye breathed and kissed Diamond. Diamond smirked and kissed her back taking control immediately.

"Please you could stay with us, we could very happy, or we could run away." Raye said three days later as Diamond push her out of his rented apartment.

"Sorry baby, but Diamond is tied down to no one, it's time for my loins and I to go fuck another girl. Good day." He shut the door and walked towards the elevator leaving her to cry on the floor outside his door. She could stay for all he cared, he would not be returning to this apartment. "Two down, three to go."

"Serena, we have to talk about your problem."

"No, we don't, I don't have a problem!" Serena was angry with herself for getting caught my Darien, he should have been asleep when she arrived, at least than she could have crashed on the couch.

"Serena you drove drunk."

"So what it was only halfway here."

"Sere, I don't understand why you have a death wish, how are we ever going to get Daichi back?" Serena stared at him in disbelief.

"I would never risk Daichi's life with alcohol how dare you say that!" Serena screamed. "So I have a little drink most nights to forget, get off my back Darien, but I would never kill myself, I won't take his life again!" Serena stormed out of the house and drove off. Darien tried to follow in his car, but she was driving so wrecklessly he feared he would cause her to drive off the road.

"Please be careful Sere," He whispered watching her get farther and farther away.

"Aren't you?" Diamond asked. He pretended to do a double take, "Yes you must be."

"Must be what?" Serena asked drunkenly. She had been sitting at the bar for two days now, she would have to sober up by morning for sure and return home.

"An angel," he shook her head but her grip was limp, she didn't care. Diamond was disgusted with the state of Serena not the blond haired angel he remembered. "You know angel if you turn out to be a good fuck I might keep you around longer than a month."

"Oooh a month," Serena said drunk. "What a hottie like you…" Serena poked Diamond in the chest, "…doin' in a filthy bar like this?" Serena downed some sake.

"Oh I have some business here." Diamond poured himself a little sake.

"Business and that business is getting inside me I take it from your earlier comment," Serena said grabbing his crotch, much more promiscuous than he had imagined.

"Aren't you overly touchy, drunk," Diamond chuckled.

"Cut the bullshit, I've noticed you trailing me before the accident."

"Why Serena I thought I had already cut the bull shit."

"No, what you said was if I were a good fuck you'd keep me around for more than a month." Diamond looked surprised at the clarity of her words. She looked at him fiercely. "Say what you want to do I'll not play guessing games with you all night." Diamond looked at her puzzled.

"Well obviously I was wrong I thought I made perfect sense." He drank a little more sake, but he was nowhere close to drunk. "Look all I wanna do is talk, another round of Sake on me, please." Serena shrugged and Diamond order another round. Soon they were laughing about their father's and talking about how exactly he had played his role in screwing them up.

"You know I wouldn't have let Daichi's father be so fucked up to him, I wouldn't want another me right," Serena laughed, but then she stopped and let some tears fall before downing the rest of the sake. "What say you and I get out here and have some fun?"

"You know moon face that doesn't sound like a bad idea, I know just where to go." Diamond paid and took Serena's hand and led her to his car.

"No wait, I can't leave my car, I can't spend the day looking for it tomorrow."

"It's all right we can have fun in my backseat." He pulled her in and he was surprised with all the things she knew how to do. "My…my didn't you turn out to be a little minx." Diamond enjoyed himself immensely and fucked her from behind as he did so he whispered in her ear. "Sere?"

"Yes?" Serena answered.

"Darien sure taught you a lot of things, you're a regular little more whore," Diamonds whispered vindictively. Serena somehow escaped the position they were in as Diamond didn't fight her as he laughed. Serena quickly got out of the car leaving her panties. She ran to her own car and drove off.

"Oh I'll win this bet easily enough."

A/n: I know it took forever, but I finally update. I want to thank all my readers and reviewers who still enjoy this tale. I can't believe its been so long since I started this story.

Sailor Moon Says: Emotional pain can be very overwelming, but drinking is not the way to beat the pain. Sailor Moon Says!