Vegas Chapter 8

Reality is such a Beeyach

A sleepy Serena walked up the jet bridge tired and freezing. She did not remember being this jet lagged when she arrived in Vegas. She willed her legs to move forward hoping the blood flow would make her warmer; she scowled when she realized that she was not as smart as Darien who had carried on his winter coat. Serena on the other hand was only wearing her a sweat suit and a pair of Ugg's. Her hair was slipping out of their traditional do and she was mumbling about how they had to sit on the train to take them back to Tokyo.

Darien could tell that Serena was just miserable. She didn't sleep well on the plane. She just kept tossing and turning mumbling about how the girls were going to kill her. He swore she even said that her cat was going to kill her as well. Poor girl must be under a lot of stress and yet he still did not understand why her friends would care so much if she did get married with out telling them. Sure she was young and still in school but these types of things happened in the East.

There was something going on and he would get to the bottom of it. He took Serena's carry on from her tired hand and then put his arm around her. She was too tired to object and she laid her head in the nook of his arm as they walked though the airport together. They were lucky that by the time that they got to baggage claim their bags were the first to come around the baggage carousel. Serena pulled her coat and mittens out and put them on. Immigration did not take that long and they boarded the speed train in to Tokyo. It was 9am, but the sun was hidden behind grey snow clouds. Out the window all you could see was a white haze as the snow began to fall.

Serena laughed a little as she recalled four years ago being on this same train when Rei, Ami and her went to defeat Jadeite. She was starting to wake up a bit and slowly she moved away from Darien's warm arms and sat up content in her own seat.

"Eh hem…" Darien cleared his throat to talk and Serena just nodded to acknowledge him as she stared out the window.

"Your stuff should be delivered to our apartment today. After we get some rest we can go pick out some furniture for your room. I didn't plan on having a roommate and the extra room I have is small but I can move my office furniture in to the living room for the time being." He explained quietly.

The thought of her having a separate room from her husband made her heart sink. 'Don't get attached, make him hate you.' She thought. She refused to set herself up for the evitable sorrow that could come from the separation if she became attached to her raven-haired husband.

"Don't worry about it. I can sleep on the couch. Its only six months right?" Serena mumbled out wishing it didn't have to be this way. If she was a normal girl and this would have happened to her with her very crush… a crush that seemed eager to be her husband… it would be a fairytale. She didn't live in a world of normalcy. She had a destiny and it was teetering on a thread.

"What are you talking about?" He asked eyebrows raised high.

"I am going to college in June, baka." She turned around to glare at him for the first time today.

An amused grin swept over his face. "And where pray tell are you going to college at, meatball head?"

"Tokyo University. I will be dorming with Mina." She huffed that he didn't believe her.

"Serena, Tokyo U is only a fifteen minute train ride. You can stay at home and attend collage."

Her face became red and livid. "I will do as I please. I am going to live at the college like everyone else."

"Not if I am paying for it you won't be!" Shit he shouldn't have said that but it was too late.

"What! Your such an asshole! Fine! I'll get my own job!" The thought was sickening. He was her husband now, her parents didn't have to pay for her things anymore.

The train stopped at the station and Serena jumped up immediately and grabbed her two bags and marched around Darien who was trying to get up at the same time while she pushed him back in the seat.

He quickly grabbed his bags and followed her. "SERENA!"

"BAKA!" She said walking quickly down corridor to the escalator.

"This conversation is not over!" Damn she was fast he thought as he struggled though the crowds to catch up with her.

"Yes, it is!" She yelled back two golden streamers waving behind her.

He finally caught up to her in the parking garage and by this time he was furious. Man if this was how their marriage was going to be he was A) Going to be in even better shape than he was already or B) Pissed off all the time.

"Serena! Geeze don't run off like that." He panted.

She just scowled.

"Come on. We have to catch a cab because I have been gone for six months and my car is at the apartment." He turned to go but she stood firm.

"I will catch my own cab, to my own house!" she yelled at him.

"Serena, I am sorry. I didn't mean it like that… Please?" He couldn't have her walk off now.

When the realization struck that she had no home, no parents, no money… tears stung her eyes.

"Come on. Let's go home. It's cold." He beckoned her.

She didn't object and she followed him to the taxi pick up point.

Darien put her in the cab as he helped the taxi driver put the bags in the truck and gave the man directions across town sliding in to the back seat next to her.

They did not even go two miles when a beeping noise came from Serena's bag. She went white as she fumbled though her bag to shut it off.

Darien thought it looked like some sort of beeper but it was pink with colored buttons on it and screen the little red button was lit up. She turned it off and sighed.

"What was tha…."? He didn't even get to finish when it began beeping again this time the orange button all lit up. Serena again ignored it.

Darien was going to open his mouth to ask the question again but this time the American version of the wonder girls Nobody began playing on Serena's cell phone and a picture of Mina flashed on the screen.

"Don't say a word." Serena growled at him in a low vicious voice and the proceeded to answer the phone with a fake sleepy "Moshi, moshi?"

"SERENA! What is going on! Luna just ran in to my room freaking out saying that movers are taking out your stuff and a new family is moving in! Where are you, do we need to sailor teleport and come get you?" Mina yelled frantic.

"Mina, I am fine. I just found out two hours ago but it would have been six am in Tokyo so I did not call. My parents did not feel safe with me staying at the house alone so they rented the house and got me an apartment." She managed to yawn.

"They what! Serena! You could have stayed with me!" Mina said irritated.

"I would much rather stay with you, Mina!" She shot Darien a death glare.

"Well when are you moving in? I'll tell the girls and we can all come help!" Mina suggested.

"Uhhh no. Don't worry about it. The apartment came furnished and they are just moving my things… well there is one problem…" Serena trailed off.

"What!" Mina said with worry.

"I can't bring Luna… can she stay with you?" Serena said sheepishly.

"Yeah…. Sure… Man, Sere… she is going to be beyond pissed off." Mina whistled.

"I know… but it's only for six months." It was Darien's turn to shoot her a deathly glare and all Serena could do was smirk.

Then a car almost cut off the cab and the driver laid on his horn and shouted a couple choice phrases.

"What was that!"? Mina yelled.

"Oh, I, uh, I left the TV on. They have only one pathetic Japanese channel here." She lied.

"You really can sleep through anything. Well I miss you. Call me when you get in okay! By the way, next time answer on the communicator so we can call hear, JA!" and Mina hung up the phone.

Serena slumped down in her seat. She had just accomplished one of many lies she would have to tell in the upcoming months. This was not very becoming of a future queen, to lie to her guard, but this time they could not protect her. She had to figure this out on her own.

Darien was about to start up the conversation again when they pulled up to the apartment. He was hungry and knowing Serena she was most likely starving. He paid the taxi driver and began to walk toward the entrance. It didn't take long for him to realize that Serena was not by his side but she was still in the port of coacher staring up at the building with her jaw agape.

"Catching flies?" He asked with a smirk.

"Baka." She mumbled embarrassed to have been caught staring at how lovely his apartment complex was.

He just laughed at her and continued to walk through the sliding glass doors.

"Wait up!" She yelled scrambling to keep up with him before the elevator closed.

Serena held back a smile as they rode in the elevator up to the top floor. This was amazing. Darien pulled out his special gold elevator key as they reached the top floor and the doors opened to revel a very modern, open, large space.

The apartment was large but small at the same time. It had a very open floor plan with a large kitchen. Serena began wandering absent-mindedly around the apartment delicately touching all of the surfaces.

"Let's see your room!" She said turning to him with a smile, a smile that he loved. Her curiosity always was too much.

"How about you look around and clean up and change and I will make some breakfast. I had some items delivered yesterday." He suggested.

For a moment all her worries were gone as she smiled in delight and took off wandering from room to room.

Serena walked in to the smallest of the three rooms in the house. It was a small gym lined with mirrors and equipment. Enough room to do yoga in also. No wonder why Darien had only said he had two rooms.

The next room was the office Darien had alluded to. It held all of his diplomas and degrees on the wall. On the desk were two picture frames, the only two she had seen since she arrived in the apartment. One was a picture of a child Darien with his parents. She knew the story; Rei told her once that Darien was orphaned at a young age. The next picture was quite shocking; it was of Darien in America at collage with four boys. Four boys that looked vaguely familiar but as she tried to search with in her mind to pull the boys faces she just could not quite put a memory as to where she knew them. Gently placing the photo down she went to the last and final room, Darien's.

It was beautiful with clean, neat modern Japanese furniture. The bed was quite large, large enough for both of them she thought. She entered the bathroom where Darien had placed her suitcase and she quickly cleaned up.

Feeling refreshed she walked in to the larger room to smell of food filling the room.

"Yum!" she squealed when she saw all of the yummy food Darien prepared for them.

"Glad you like it, but then again what don't you like." He taunted her.

Serena smiled wickedly as she filled her plate. "What are you having?"

"What?" He looked dumbstruck.

She just kept on eating.

"You're right, at the pace your going there won't be any food left for me."

Holding back her anger she just looked up with her bright blue eyes and smiled. "I didn't plan on there being any left for you."

With that he grabbed a plate and began to put food on it.

She just laughed at him as he pulled up a stool and began eating next to her. Where she kept stealing glances at him as he ate. He was just so handsome and a blush rose on her cheeks as she began to have fantasies of them playing house and having children.

"ENDYMION" she heard herself scream in her head dropping the fork with a clash on the plate. She grabbed her head in pain as flashes ran through her head of time past, death and destruction.

"Serena?" He grabbed her. "Are you alright?"

She looked up in his eyes, dark midnight blue, had she seen these eyes before? No, she had to continue her mission. Rini left a clue for this very reason, so others would not sway her. She belonged to Endymion.

"I'm fine. I'll clean up, you should go clean up too." With that she got up and began to clean the kitchen.

This was going to be harder than he thought.

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Andy teleported from the airport to her home leaving her drained. She had used up most of her energy with the teleport alone. She would need to gain much more to join the two universes and it seemed like the people of earth would have to contribute some of their energy to the cause. After all it's the least they could do for their Prince and future Queen. She smiled in the mirror as her green eyes began to glow.