Title: For All Eternity
Author: Star Angel
e-mail:star_angel11015@hotmail.com
Rating: G
Resume: Imagine being the last girl on Earth and having to save the
rest of the world…now imagine the last guy on Earth being the one guy
you can’t stand.
Disclaimer: Sailor moon and her gang of merry sailor scouts are not
mine...yet (insert evil laugh)Robbie Atkins belongs to me. As for
Mother Nature, well, she belongs to all of us so let's take care of her.
Help: -anything in * *is a person’s thoughts
-anything in a parentheses with AN are my comments
-anything in parentheses without AN are stage directions.
Author’s notes: at the bottom.
WARNING: mushiness alert. It’s a story with a plot and everything but
it is, above all, a Serena and Darien get together fic. If you don’t
like those, you’re crazy and should check immediately into a mental
hospital. Also, you shouldn’t read this fic
For All Eternity
-“(sigh) Isn’t Robbie Atkins the cutest actor in the whole wide world.”
Raye glanced briefly at the open magazine Serena was reading. Her
expression remained indifferent as she saw the face of the new star on
the glossy paper, smiling widely and drinking Koo-koo cola.
-“He’s not bad I guess, if you like Americans.” She said as a reply to
her friend’s question.
-“Not bad!?!” Serena’s eyes bulged out as she stared in disbelief at
her friend. “He is so cool…and built…and …and…(sigh) perfect.” Raye
just shrugged.
-“I don’t know, Raye.” Amy interrupted looking up from her Physics book
quite handsome.”
-“See Raye.” She stuck her tongue out at her and turned toward her
classmate. “ I knew that brain was good for something other than
schoolwork. We just might make you into a normal teenager yet Amy.”
Serena giggled.
-“Hey don’t insult Amy.” Raye got up from the park bench to face the
young blond. “ Just because she can pass an exam and you can’t doesn’t
mean she’s not normal.” Serena stood up as well and the two girls
stared each other down as they commenced yet another fight.
-“They at it again Amy?” Lita called as she came down the street
towards where her friends were arguing. Amy just smiled, keeping up
her usual cheery disposition.
-“Hey Lita. And what a silly question, when are they not arguing?”
-“I was not insulting her. It was just a joke.”
-“Ha! Some joke! You’re just jealous because you don’t have a brain in
that meatball head of yours.”
-“DON’T CALL ME MEATBALL HEAD!”
-“Speaking of meatballs, here’s lunch!” Mina came up to her friends
holding up her picnic basket.
-“Food!” Serena pushed past Raye knocking her on the bench and right
onto Amy. “Hey Mina! What did you bring? Open the basket! Hurry,
hurry, hurry!” Mina laughed at her friend, jumping around her like
she’d just brought a basket of gold.
-“Oh Serena! Do you think about anything besides food?” Luna scolded
shaking her head.
-“I think about boys, sailor V video games and how to save the world
from the Negaverse. Other than that, my mind is clear.”
-“Yeah, clear and empty.” Raye muttered. Serena ignored her, deciding
on concentrating on the food basket instead. Mina had already begun
laying the food on the picnic blanket.
-“What were they yelling about this time Luna?” Artemis asked as the
black cat jumped into Mina’s arms.
-“Well it started out about some Robbie character and finished about
Serena’s meatball head.”
-“I am not a meatball head!” Serena yelled through a mouthful of rice.
Everyone followed her lead and dug in. Lita held up the magazine photo
to Mina.
-“Oh Robbie Atkins! He’s dreamy.” Answered the blonde. Everybody
ignored the looks Raye and Serena shot to each other. “Speaking of
which, I brought a treat.” She pulled out a six pack of Koo-koo cola
from the basket. All the girls, including Luna who scratched the can
fiercely until it broke and started licking the liquid pouring out,
reached for the drink.
-“Finally, I’m going to get to taste this stuff.” She opened her can
and took a swig.
-“You’ve never had any Serena?” Amy managed to get out between gulps.
-“Nuhn-uhn.” Serena shook her head and drank some more. “Every time my
mom bring some home, it’s finished before I can even see a drop. Even
Luna’s been stealing some.” Luna just kept licking her can, trying to
get as much as possible before the ground absorbed the cola.
-“Yeah, this stuff is pretty addictive.” Raye took another gulp. “In
fact, everyone’s drinking it. Even Grandpa and he can’t taste sugar.”
The girls didn’t notice their surroundings, too busy with their drinks
but if they had they would have realized that everyone in the city…in
the world… had begun drinking Koo-koo 24 hours a day. It was being
sold everywhere for a ridiculously low price and the stocks never
seemed to run out since each country seemed to have at least 100 Koo-
koo cola factories. In fact, the soft drink seemed to have appeared
overnight.
-“Who cares, this stuff is yummy.” She was only halfway through her
can when she spotted him coming down the street. Anger started boiling
up in her. She usually got aggressive feelings whenever Darien was
around but this was different, fiercer. It seemed to be running from
her head to her toes, just like the soft drink being absorbed by her
blood, the brown liquid going through her system.
-“Hey, meatball head.” He called out as he walked by with a smug
smile. She jumped out in front of him, shoving him roughly in the
chest.
-“For the last time, DON’T CALL ME THAT! I am so sick and tired of you
Darien! Every time I see you it’s nothing but bad names and insults.
What is it? You think just because you’re older than me that gives you
the right to treat me badly and push me around?”
-“Serena?” Darien was frightened and worried, he’d never seen her like
this.
-“Ooooooooh! So the big man does know my name!”
-“Give me another can Mina.” Raye ordered as she tossed her now empty
one onto the ground.
-“Don’t order me around miss Bossy.”
-“Who are you calling bossy you dumb blond?”
-“Oh for Pete’s sake. Who cares? The both of you stop arguing and
give me another can.” Lita yelled.
-“Don’t yell at me!” Mina retorted.
-“Please, must we always bicker?” Amy interrupted, trying to keep her
anger inside and bring peace to the group.
-“Stay out of this brainiac!” Raye screamed.
-“Why should I you snobby little pest! You all always argue as I sit
around and tolerate this garbage. I can’t take it anymore!”
Serena stopped and turned to where her friends were sitting. Darien ,/p>
also looked at them speechless. Amy had never lost her temper towards
her friends, let alone used harsh words against them. Something was
wrong. But none of the rest of the group seemed to realize this as
they continued their argument.
They looked around the park to see that the same phenomenon was
occurring everywhere. Food vendors were arguing with their clients,
picnickers were throwing food at each other, swimmers were practically
drowning each other, cyclists were trying to drive each other off the
path. It seemed that everyone seemed to be attacking or being attacked
by someone.
*And they’re all drinking Koo-koo cola*. Serena thought.
-“Koo-koo cola! Get your Koo-koo cola! Right here!” A soft drink
vendor had installed himself under a tree and was advertising the
popular beverage.
-“Give me one!”
-“How much?”
-“Out of the way, it’s mine!”
-“Give me all your cans!”
Everyone in the park, including the sailor scouts, was stampeding
towards the vendor, shoving and elbowing their way, pushing Serena onto
the ground in the process.
-“Are you okay?” Darien helped her up and she roughly pushed him
aside. She turned to face him angrily when she realized he hadn’t done
anything wrong.
-“Those people are pretty thirsty wouldn’t you say?” She told him
distractedly as she stared at the swarm of people around the cart.
-“You’re bleeding.”
-“Huh?” He took her arm to grab her attention and pointed to her
forehead. She touched the deep gash there and realized that there was
blood running over her face. He took out a handkerchief and started
wiping at her cut.
-“It doesn’t look too bad but I think it’s gonna need stitches.”
-“Why are you being so nice to me after I just yelled at you?” she
asked softly.
He turned away and shrugged. He stared down the path to the mob.
-“Because a hot day brings the animal out of people and you’re hurt.
C’mon, I’ll drive you to the hospital.”
-“But my friends…” she started as he went to where he was parked. He
pointed to the scouts, now trying to pull Luna off a can of Koo-koo
cola as the cat tried to scratch their faces.
-“No offense but I don’t think they’ll miss you.”
She nodded and, with one final look at her group, she joined him in his
car.
* * * *
-“Ow! I thought you were supposed to numb the skin before you started
stitching?”
-“Well hold still so that I don’t miss the patch of skin I
anesthetized.”
-“I didn’t move!”
-“Oh so what, you’re calling me a bad doctor? I’ve been doing this
since before you were born, kid.”
-“Ouch! Well you’re aim and your bedside manner definitely need to
improve!”
-“Why you little…”
(AN: Darien in the background with a big sweat drop.)
-“Doctor.” Darien stood up to stand in between Serena and the Doctor
who were facing off. “It looks like you’re done so why don’t you go see
another patient who needs more attention than us.”
-“Okay but remember you little brat,” The older man looked around
Darien to Serena. “I know how to use a scalpel.”
-“Could’ve fooled me.” She yelled.
The doctor ground his teeth and crushed the can of Koo-koo cola on the
table next to him.
-“Now look what you made me do. I’m gonna have to go and get another
one!” With that, he stomped out of the examination room.
-“I wonder what’s the matter with everyone today?” Darien told her as
he put on his jacket. He shrugged and stared back at Serena with a
weird look on his face.
-“What?” She demanded, crossing her arms over her chest and bringing
her eyebrows together.
He approached her and gently touched the stitches. She suddenly lost
all ability to speak under his fingers.
-“I hate to tell you this Serena but he didn’t do that well of a job.
It’s probably gonna leave a scar.”
She forced herself to step away from him and in front of a mirror.
-“Oh darn! Why couldn’t this have been because of a negamonster and
not because of a crowd of thirsty picnickers.” She grumbled.
-“What’s a negamonster?”
-“Huh? Oh nothing, nothing! Hehehehehehe… (AN: it’s supposed to be a
nervous laugh.) Uh c’mon, let’s get out of here.” And she quickly
turned around and went out the door followed by a very confused Darien.
-“I need to go to the bathroom, could you wait a minute.” he asked.
She did wait…and wait…and wait. *Where is he? I need to leave. If
another nurse comes up to me and tries to start a fight about me
loitering I’m going to have to use my tiara.* Fed up, she went out to
search for him.
She checked a few bathrooms, too angry to care about all the
embarrassed men zipping up very quickly (AN ;p), but didn’t find him.
After walking around for about five minutes and being pushed and yelled
at by nine candy-stripers, she found him in the vending machine room,
starting a fight with the doctor who had stitched her up.
-“Darien, what are you doing?”
-“I came in here to get a drink when this nut came up and tried to
steal my can.” he answered.
-“I’m outta change you little punk!” The physician yelled.
Darien held the can of cola over his head as the doctor jumped up and
down uselessly since he was at least a foot shorter than the younger
man.
-“I paid for this can old man.” Serena gasped as he shoved the doctor
onto the floor. “Go bug someone else unless you wanna fat lip.”
-“Why you little…” The doctor’s red face suddenly changed to a light
shade of grey. The two teenagers watched in horror as the screaming
little man began freezing up and turning grey all over. Suddenly, he
stood as still as a statue. Serena touched his cold and stiff body
with shaky fingers and jumped back with a shriek. This man was a
statue!
-“Darien, this man has turned entirely into stone!”
-“So what?”
Serena’s jaw dropped. She couldn’t believe him, Darien may have
teased her before be he had never been deliberately cruel. Now he just
shrugged his shoulders and drank some more cola…drank some more Koo-koo
cola! She reacted suddenly, slapping the can out of Darien’s hand, the
drink spilling all over the floor.
-“Hey, what did you do that for?”
Silently apologizing to him, she slapped him hard in the face.
-“Darien, a man just turned into a statue and you can only think about
your spilled drink?!? Isn’t that just a bit weird?!?”
-“You’re right Serena. I-I don’t know what got into me.” He rubbed
his cheek, genuinely surprised at his reaction.
-“How much did you drink?”
-“That was my first can and I only drank half of it.”
-“I didn’t drink too much either. It’s a good thing too. Didn’t you
feel more, like, mean when you drank it?” He nodded in agreement.
-“And that doctor was drinking it too.”
Suddenly, another scream was heard down the hall, followed by another.
They quickly ran into the corridor to find people transforming into
stone in front of their eyes, just like the doctor had. And all around
the bodies were nearly empty cans of Koo-koo cola. Darien’s eyes
widened and Serena gasped as they both realized the same thing:
Serena’s friends had all been drinking the soft drink!
* * * *
They ran outside to Darien’s car, watching more people petrify around
them. Screams could be heard all throughout Tokyo. The car screeched
to a halt at the park, they both quickly jumped out, trying to ignore
the horrors around them as they tried to find the girls. Fortunately
or unfortunately, they did.
Serena burst into tears as she saw her friends, huddled under a tree.
Raye, the one with the worst temper, was already stone. Serena cried
in horror as Lita cried out her name as her head quickly petrified.
Mina was holding Luna and Artemis’ cold and lifeless bodies in her arms
as the ‘disease’ overcame her body. The always calm and collected Amy
seemed to be spared partially: she was human from her head to her waist
but her legs were frozen together.
-“Serena, thank goodness!” Amy yelled through her tears.
-“Amy!” Serena quickly ran into her friend’s arms and the two hugged
tightly and cried together. “What happened?”
-“I-I don’t really know. We…we were just sitting here…arguing over who
should get the last can of cola when…” She burst into tears and buried
her head in Serena’s shoulder.
-“Amy, should I transform?” she whispered.
-“N-no, I don’t see what good it…it would do.” Amy managed in between
sobs. “There’s no monster to fight here. We must find the c-cure.”
-“Then it’s a good thing you’re still around huh? As Raye would say, I
couldn’t tell a germ from a slice of pizza.” The two girls laughed
sadly. “And with two doctors-in-training, we’ll figure this out in no
time.”
-“T-two?”
-“Yeah Amy, I’m still healthy and I’m going to help you guys figure
this out.” Darien crouched down next to the girls.
-“Oh Darien! I find myself with renewed hope.” Amy cried out.
-“Good, now, let’s try to find other people who may be able to help
us.” He picked Amy up while Serena held her heavier legs and carried
her to his car.
* * * *
They searched everywhere but nobody; absolutely nobody was still human
in the city…or the world. The television showed statuettes of what
should have been actors and newscasters. It seemed that they were the
only people left who were actual people!
After hours of fruitless searching, they finally gave up. Serena and
Amy sat morosely in the car as Darien went into a restaurant to get
them some food.
-“I wonder why there aren’t more people that are still human.” Serena
cried out, frustrated.
-“Well, according to my calculations, with the amount of cola that has
been distributed and the popularity of the drink, it is statistically
improbable that…”
-“Huh?”
-“It’s a miracle that the three of us are still human. Or at least, 2
and a half of us.” Both girls stared sadly below Amy’s waist. “The
only reason you and I are probably still alive is because we are sailor
scouts and because you haven’t drank that much. We’re lucky that
Darien hasn’t had that much cola.”
-“Yeah, real lucky.” Serena frowned slightly and crossed her arms.
Amy smiled a little.
-“What’s wrong? Darien can really help us out with his knowledge of
science.”
-“Yeah I know, but couldn’t we have been with someone a little less
annoying. Even when the human race is being turned into one big museum
exhibit, he still finds the time to tease me.”
-“That’s just the cola talking.”
-“No way Amy! Darien and I have hated each other since we first met.”
-“You like him.”
-“What?!?”
-“You really do.”
-“Has your brain turned to stone?!?”
-“You just try to hide your feelings by fighting with him.”
-“Keep dreaming Amy!”
-“You love him.”
-“Okay, that’s it! Now I’m sticking my fingers in my ears!
Lalalalalala (AN: She’s singing…or at least trying to), I can’t hear
you, lalalala.”
-“You’re madly in love with him.”
-“LALALALALALALALA!!!!”
-“He loves you too.”
-“(pause, fingers leaving ears) Really?”
-“Mmm-hmm.”
-“No way.”
-“Yes way.”
-“Then why does he always yell at me?”
-“He’s afraid of not being able to control his feelings.”
-“Really?”
-“Really.”
-“You’re taking a psychology course aren’t you?”
-“I’m their top student.”
-“Tell me something I don’t know.”
-“Here’s lunch.”
-“Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!” Both girls jumped so high, they almost made it to
the moon (AN: I know bad joke. Don’t write to me about it please. Oh,
and i know that poor amy is half-stone and cannot actually jump but
it's a figure of speech that means she's really, really scared 'kay)
-“I guess I shouldn’t have gotten the fish
-“Sorry Darien.” Serena gasped as her heart rate returned to
normal. “It’s just so quiet y’know?”
-“Yeah, I know.” He muttered glumly.
-“What did you bring us…other than fish I mean.” Amy asked cheerfully,
trying to break the tense mood.
-“I also have a chicken salad and some egg rolls. (AN: I think those
are Chinese but who cares.) Oh and uh, Serena…” She almost choked on
her rice at the mention of her name on Darien’s lips. Blushing
slightly, he brought out a little cardboard box. “I know you like
donuts so here.”
Speechless, Serena took the box and opened it carefully, as if she were
about to reveal a diamond engagement ring. The happiness she felt
wouldn’t have been greater if it was a precious stone.
-“Jelly donuts, my favourite.”
-“I kinda figured out that you liked them since they were the ones
coming to my head most of the time.”
They both chuckled nervously but sobered quickly. She smiled at him
and stared into his eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Something
passed between them then, a feeling that surfaced every now and then
but that was usually roughly pushed aside. Serena finally looked away
as she realized what they were doing and as she turned around, she
caught Amy’s wink. She shot her a look that said ‘this doesn’t prove
anything’. But she still didn’t look at him throughout the rest of the
meal.
* * * *
They all slept at Darien’s apartment that night. Both girls had come
home to stone families and neither said a word as they gathered some
personal items. Serena burst into tears at the site of her mother on
her kitchen floor, trying to reach for her father and brother in the
living room.
Darien awoke to the sounds of muffled sobs. He rose from his couch and
went to the bedroom where the two sailors had been sleeping. But Amy
was asleep alone in the bed. He tiptoed around his apartment and
located the source of the crying. Without bothering to knock, he
opened his bathroom door. Serena hadn’t heard him because she remained
in a ball on the floor. Her tears ripped his heart to bits.
He kneeled down in front of her and she seemed to realize his presence.
She quickly whipped her head up and wiped her eyes.
-“D-did I-I wake you?”
-“It’s alright. What’s wrong?” He wanted to kick himself. It was
obvious what was wrong, he just didn’t know what else to say. He
wasn’t good with emotions.
-“I- I was just about to fall asleep when I-I remembered something Amy
said. She said that we were the only ones left alive! Do you think
it’s true, that everyone who is a statue now is dead? If they are,
that means that even if we find a cure, it’s too late. It’s finally
hit me. Humanity is coming to an end and it’s up to us to save it! I
try to be brave, I try to fight against evil but this is so big! I
feel so alone and helpless...”
-“But you’re not alone Serena. Amy is with you. She’s been a good
friend to you and everyone knows she’s smart. You two are close and
you’ll make it. And-and…you have me.” He gently wiped the tears
silently streaming down her cheeks and brushed her hair out of her
face. “I know I haven’t always been the nicest person towards you
Serena but…but even I can see that you are truly a brave person who has
more greatness in her than anybody knows. Just remember, that I’ll be
with you to the very end.”
-“Promise?” She whispered.
She sounded so frightened then that Darien felt his heart explode. How
could he have actually let her believe that he didn’t care about her
when nothing could be further from the truth? He wrapped his arms
around her and pulled her into his lap. She tightly grabbed onto his
shirt and pressed herself to his chest, as if to wrap herself in him
-“Promise.”
* * * *
Breakfast was consumed in awkward silence. Darien and Serena had ended
up falling asleep on the bathroom floor in each others arms and
although Amy hadn’t said anything, she made it obvious that she knew
that the two had shared a deep emotional connection last night…even if
they both refused to acknowledge it.
*They are so blind. Maybe this apocalypse will let them see what they
really mean to each other.*
*I swear, if Amy winks at me one more time she’s going to end up with
scrambled eggs down her shirt.*
*I wonder what’s going on with Amy? I mean, nothing happened between
Serena and I last night.*
*Mercury should get her head out of the gutter. I mean, just because
we slept together…Eeeeeeek! I mean, fell asleep together…oooh boy.*
*I was just comforting her…at night…on the floor of my bathroom… while
she as wearing those cute little pajamas…Whoa! Don’t go there Darien,
I mean, this is meatball head you’re talking about.*
*I don’t even want to sleep with him…I mean I guess I wouldn’t mind…
Where did that come from?!? Oh, I’m gonna get you back for this Amy!*
*So what if she’s cute… and young…and feisty…and her hair smells so
nice…I’m a pig.*
-“Ahem…” Amy cleared her throat.
-“(gasp) (cough, cough)”
-“(gasp)”
-“Sorry guys. (giggle)” Amy said. “What were you two thinking about.”
(AN: Combination anime sweat drop and huge blush for D and S.
Hehehehehe, I’m evil aren’t I?:P)
“I was just wondering where we were going to do our research for the
cure.” She continued. “I’m sure you were both thinking the same.”
-“Uhm…yup.” Serena answered.
-“Sure.” Darien replied.
-“Of course.”
-“What else would we be thinking about?”
(AN: About a minute of heavy silence and Amy trying not to burst into
hysterical laughter.)
“Uhm, my college has a great lab. Our science department gets great
funding and we have the most complete collection of reference books in
our library.” Darien finally spoke.
-“Good, let’s get…(Gasp)”
-“Amy what…?” Serena immediately stood up and went to her friend’s
side as Mercury held up her hands. All three stared speechlessly at
Amy’s fingers. The nails and tips were already stone and the rest of
her fingers were turning to a light shade of grey. Serena put her
hands on Amy’s shoulders. The blue-haired girl gave a weak smile
through her tears.
-“I guess I won’t be giving much of a hands on approach to this. Well,
I’ve always been told that my brain was they best thing about me.”
Darien’s chair made a loud scraping noise as he pushed it back
angrily. He squeezed his hands into fists as he tried to control the
overwhelming rage growing inside of him.
-“We’ll find the cure for this thing Amy.”
He banged the table hard and stayed in that position, trying to control
his anger. Serena watched his back as it moved along with his ragged
breaths. Quietly, she stepped over to him and wrapped her arms around
his shoulders, burying her face into his neck. Nobody mentioned it,
but all saw the patch of skin on his upper arm turning into stone.
* * * *
-“What’s this?” Serena asked, poking at the strange glass bottle.
-“That’s an Erlenmeyer flask.” Darien mumbled distractedly as he
stared into a microscope.
-“And this.”
-“A model of a DNA strand.”
-“And what’s…”
-“Serena, can’t you see that I’m a little busy!?!”
-“Well excuse me! But can’t you see that I’m totally bored!?! You’re
not letting me help.” She whined.
-“Weren’t you helping Amy type up her computer analysis?”
-“Well, yeah...” she mumbled sheepishly. “But she started yelling at me
because I type too slowly and kicked me out. Besides, her lower
knuckles still work and she knows more about computers than I do.”
-“And I know more about science than you do so why don’t you just get
out of…”
-“I don’t have to take this, I’m going to help Amy.” She crossed her
arms across her chest, stuck her tongue out at him and stomped out of
the room.
-“Little brat!”
He gasped suddenly and clutched his upper arm. The growth was quickly
spreading. He started to breathe slowly and calm down but his entire
arm from his shoulder to his elbow had petrified. He let his arm fall
to his side, his hand rubbing it distractedly as he thought about
this. The stone had stopped spreading after his little outburst during
breakfast but had started again at that moment. “Of course!”
He put a needle into his arm and placed the blood sample under a
microscope. After writing down his conclusions of the analysis he left
the laboratory and headed to the computer room in search of Amy and
Serena.
-“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
-“That sounded like Serena!”
He ran the rest of the way towards the computer room and burst in,
practically tearing the door off the wall. His scream caught in his
throat as he looked at Amy’s computer station. Serena was crouched
down next to Amy who was sitting at her desk only something was
terribly wrong. More of her body had turned to stone. In fact,
everything below her nose had solidified! He saw overwhelming fear in
her teary eyes. *How horrible.*, he thought, *She couldn’t even cry
out for help.* He fought back his own rage and shock and walked over to
the girls. Serena had wrapped herself around her friend’s body and was
crying hysterically into her hair.
* * * *
-“Serena?”
She gasped and put her hand over her heart as Darien tapped her
shoulder.
-“You scared me.”
-“I’m sorry. Here, I made you some tea.” He handed her the steaming
cup and she took it eagerly.
-“Thank you.”
He sat down next to her on the bench. They both sat in silence as she
drank slowly, the liquid slowly calming her. Gently, Darien slid his
arm around her shoulders and pulled her to him slightly. She froze for
a moment and resisted but only for a second. With a sigh, she let her
body go limp against his shoulder. *How do you do this to me?* She
thought. *How can you make me go crazy and make me feel so at peace at
the same time?*
She remembered Amy’s words from the
day before. She slowly opened her eyes and stared up into his smiling
face. For a moment, she forgot all about their problems. She forgot
all about losing her friends and the strange illness overtaking
humanity. She forgot all about the heavy responsibility that now
rested squarely upon their shoulders. All that mattered right now was
him. At that moment, she felt as if nothing else mattered and that she
would always be all right because she knew he would always stand by
her.
Slowly, he leaned his head towards hers. *He’s going to kiss me.* She
realized but she couldn’t find it in her to resist. She raised her
hand up to grab onto his shoulder, to pull him closer to her but
instead of pressing into firm flesh and muscle, her fingers met solid
rock.
Just as their lips were about to meet, she quickly whipped her head to
the side, the spell broken by the cold reality underneath her
fingertips. With much effort, she pulled herself away from him and
straightened up. She was Sailor moon and the world was depending on
her. She couldn’t let herself be tempted, not until they got this over
with. *If only Luna could see me now.* She thought sadly.
-“How’s Amy doing?” She asked.
He stared silently at her for a moment, disbelief clearly evident in
his eyes but she refused to look at him, refused to give in. After a
moment, he sighed and looked down towards the floor.
-“I read to her for a little while after I got her to stop crying.
She’s asleep right now but we can’t let her be alone for too long, in
case she wakes up.”
She nodded.
-“You were coming to tell us something.”
-“Yes. My growth has spread.”
-“Well no duh. I’m not blind Darien.”
-“Don’t get mad Serena. That might just be what’s killing everyone.”
-“What?”
-“Remember how you observed that we became more aggressive after
consuming the soft drink. Well it’s not just a side effect of the cola
but it might also be what’s helping it spread. Come with me.” They
stood up and headed towards a counter. He indicated for her to look
into one of the microscopes. “You take biology. So you know that we
are looking red and white blood cells and platelets in this blood
sample.”
-“Yeah, but those hairy green things shouldn’t be there.”
-“Exactly. That’s the virus the cola contains. Look in here.” She
looked through another microscope. The substance there contained water
and the green virus. It was a sample of Koo-koo cola. “When our bodies
absorb the drink, the virus gets into our bloodstream and we become
infected. Now, look in here.” He pointed to a third microscope and
she looked through that as well. It was another blood sample but this
one was different. She mentioned her observation to Darien. “You’re
right. The white blood cells are our bodies’ natural protectors
against illnesses. In my first blood sample you saw that they were
fighting, that some cells had survived. But in this sample, there are
none left.”
-“Yeah, but there are some new things too.”
-“Right, those new things are adrenaline.”
-“Adrenaline? As in that stuff that you’re body makes when you get
excited or something.”
-“Yes but not only when we get excited but when we get angry. I took
this blood sample after I yelled at you. When you left and I was still
angry, my arm became more and more stony. And here’s why. Look again
and you’ll see that the virus is feeding on the adrenaline.” She paid
close attention and sure enough, what Darien had said was true. The
virus cells were enveloping the adrenaline cells and growing at each
time.
-“So, the angrier we get, the more powerful the virus gets.”
-“Exactly.”
-“(Gasp) Amy got angry at me in the computer room just before I left!
Oh no, this is all my fault!”
He placed a finger underneath her chin and pulled her face up so that
she was looking into his eyes.
-“Don’t you ever think that Serena. Amy only got mad at you because of
the drink, you know that she almost never gets angry. As for me, we
always seem to be yelling at each other so you didn’t do anything
differently that could’ve done this to me.”
She smiled up at him. Somehow, his touch and his words brought back
all the confidence and strength she had lost. She fought back a
whimper as his fingers left her chin and he looked into the
microscope.
“What I can’t figure out is how come the virus is more powerful with
adrenaline. I’ve never seen any other one affected like that. (AN:
I’m not a biology student so I don’t know if any other virus is
affected by adrenaline but let’s just pretend okay? And if you do
know, don’t hesitate to write and inform me.) And also, how is it
turning human cells into stone. Serena quickly, come look! It’s
happening!”
He stepped aside and she watched as the viruses started emitting some
sort of energy. In a matter of seconds, the plasma and all the other
blood cells had solidified. She brought her eyebrows together as she
recognized the energy. It was negative energy. *This is the
Negaverse’s doing, just as I suspected.* She squared back her
shoulders and fought the anger building up inside her.
-“It doesn’t matter why Darien. This is a virus and there’s got to be
some antibiotic…or whatever it’s called…that can destroy it. You start
working on it, I’ll go get Amy.”
He nodded in agreement and Serena went up to the infirmary where Darien
had left a slumbering Amy.
* * * *
Luckily she hadn’t woke up. Serena didn’t even want to think how
scared Amy would have been to wake up alone in her condition. She
walked up to her friend and gently tapped her on the cheeks. Mercury’s
eyes slowly opened. She saw Serena in front of her and attempted to
smile and say hi when she realized she couldn’t move. She experienced
a moment of panic until she remembered. She fought the desperate tears
creeping into her eyes. *I had been hoping that it was all a dream. I
hope Serena and Darien have made some progress.*
-“Good morning sleeping beauty. Wink if you want to say hi.” She said
with a smile, trying to cheer her friend up.
Amy would have laughed then if she could’ve. Instead, she just winked.
“Amy, we were right. It’s just like we said last night; the Negaverse
is up to this. We found some sort of virus in the blood stream that
feeds on adrenaline. It was giving out negative vibes and turning the
human cells into rock. I’m going to try my wand on you to see if I can
cure you with the silver crystal. Are you ready? Blink three times as
a yes.”
Amy blinked three times.
“Moon Crystal Power!”
!!!!Serena transforms into Sailor Moon!!!!
Sailor Moon took out her wand. She opened her locket and placed the
silver crystal on it. (AN: All my excuses if I’m wrong about this.
It’s just that I haven’t seen the show for about two years since YTV
cancelled it L. So I don’t remember if her crystal was on the wand or
in her locket so I’m just going to combine the two. But it doesn’t
really change the story.)
“Okay Amy. Here goes nothing. Moon healing activation!”
Sailor moon pointed her wand towards Amy. There was a brilliant flash
of bright light and then…nothing. The sailor stared in disbelief at
her wand. Concentrating, she tried again.
“Moon healing activation!” But still, nothing happened. Sailor moon
tried again a few more times. She was getting really tired: she used
up a lot of energy when she activated the wand. She gathered up what
was left of her strength and prepared herself for another try when she
looked into Amy’s eyes. The girl was crying and her eyes were giving
her friend a message. *It’s not going to work Serena. Stop trying.
It’s over.*
Sailor moon nodded as a sign of agreement and transformed back into
Serena. She went over to Amy and cupped her friend’s face, wiping away
her tears.
“We are NOT giving up Amy! When magic fails, we turn to science. This
thing may be evil but it is still a virus so there’s got to be a cure.
We’re going to find it I promise. Now c’mon, Darien’s probably
worried.” She pushed the wheelchair they had placed Amy in and guided
her out the door. Downstairs, they found Darien working hard in his
laboratory. He looked up as they came in.
-“ Hi! You were gone a pretty long time. What were you girls doing up
there?”
Serena looked down at her friend. Amy just winked at her.
-“Nothing. Let’s get to work.”
* * * *
-“Well, there’s another theory shot to the ground.”
Darien stretched and rubbed his reddened eyes. They’d been working for
close to 12 hours straight with no progress. Amy had long ago fallen
asleep watching them.
-“Maybe we should try to get some rest. We’re too tired: we might miss
something important. I’m sure it’ll be better tomorrow.” She
suggested.
-“Forget it! It takes years of research to make a real medical
breakthrough. We don’t know enough about this thing to even begin.
We’ve been wasting our time. How could we actually think that we could
find a cure in a few days!?!”
Darien was at his wit’s end. He was so tired and frustrated. It
seemed like all his studies were for nothing. He felt useless and dumb
and he was about ready to throw a beaker against the wall when…he felt
Serena’s cool hands on either side of his face. He closed his eyes
and let her stroking fingers soothe the tension out of his face.
-“You have to stay calm, you don’t want to make your condition worse.
I don’t want to lose you now.”
He opened his eyes and put his hands over hers, pressing her palms into
his cheeks, reveling at the softness of her skin. * She effects me the
way no one else ever has. She’s so different: she’s loud and ditzy and
rude but…she’s so perfect at the same time. I don’t think that I’ve
ever really hated her. Maybe…maybe I love her.*
-“Serena, I…I…I have discovered something.”
He stepped away from her and removed her hands. He was just about to
tell her he loved her! He couldn’t believe himself. He never let his
emotional guard down like that. He tried to once, he had tried to kiss
her but she made it plainly obvious that she didn’t feel the same way
about him. Her rejection had hurt him more than he thought possible
and he didn’t want to feel that kind of pain ever again.
“This virus doesn’t just spread when we get angry it just works
faster. Sooner or later, we’re both going to become stone.”
Her eyes filled with tears and dismay and it took every ounce of
strength within him not to rush over and pull her into his arms.
Serena was shocked at the news and for a moment felt her courage start
to crumble. She wished that Darien would hold her, she was sure that
she’d feel better if he did but he obviously didn’t want her in that
way. She had been wrong before, he wasn’t going to kiss her; he was
just trying to comfort her. *It was a good thing I pulled away before
I embarassed myself. Well, I don’t need him. What a jerk, he’s only
been nice to me because he doesn’t want me to be scared. Well fine,
the sooner we find this cure; the sooner I can go back to being angry
with him.* Her mind told her that she didn’t want him but she still
pressed her hand to her locket, right over her heart. She tried to
ignore the pain in her chest and fought back her tears.
-“We are not going to become stone! We’re going to find the cure.”
She declared.
-“Now, now. Let’s not make promises we can’t keep.” A taunting voice
seemed to be coming from every which way. Darien and Serena looked
around the room but no one was there besides them. It had also woken
Amy up and her eyes were darting left and right, searching for the
source as well.
Finally, a shadowed figure appeared in a corner of the room, surrounded
by a white glow. Violent energy was emanating from him, creating a
whirlwind around them. He lifted his face slightly and he was revealed
to them.
-“Robbie Atkins!?!” Serena screamed over the howling of the wind.
-“You’re the spokesperson for Koo-koo cola. I should have known.”
Darien yelled, pointing an accusing finger at the being.
Amy’s eyes were wide with fear and tears of desperation were going down
her face.
-“Oh nononono. We musn’t get angry. Your friend over there is a prime
example of that. Hmmm, she’s quite beautiful isn’t she?” He smiled
but there was something purely evil in his expression.
He made a sweeping motion at the blue-haired girl and whatever humanity
was left in her died. She was a statue.
“And now, her beauty will be preserved for all eternity.
Hihihihihihihi.” His laugh sounded like that of a schoolboy. He was
actually enjoying this.
-“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! AMY!” Serena yelled and scrambled to her friend’s
side. “Why!?!” She yelled, wiping the desperate tears off her
face. “What did we ever do to deserve this!?!”
-“You exist!” He hissed, sending out a bolt of energy and destroying
all their test tubes and research equipment. “You humans are a flawed
and ugly race whose nature is to kill others before dying! You go
around acting like you’re superior to nature and yet you act like
barbarians. Greed, jealousy, hate, anger…all purely human emotions.
You are a disgusting race and I have made it my mission to destroy
you! All people have lost their humanity because of their anger and
greed. They drank so much of that filthy sugar and it has cost them
their life. You will remain stone figures forever! Mother Nature will
be able to live again without your filthy pollution and abuse. You
will be conscious in your frozen state as a punishment and as an
example to any other race who betrays the planet that bore them and
loved them.” He realeased another bolt of energy and hit Darien and
Serena. They both stumbled back at the force. “I have sped up the
virus’ effects. You should both be stone by dawn. Hahahahahaha…”
He disapeared as suddenly as he had come, leaving a chaotic sea of
papers and glass around him. Serena was crying openly now and Darien
ignored his mind as he rushed over to her and put his arms around her.
To his surprise, she pushed him away.
-“Stay away from me. It’s over, I’ve failed!” Still sobbing, she ran
out of the building.
She frantically raced through the streets of Tokyo, desperately
searching for some sign of life. Someone to tell her that humanity
still had a chance. But all she saw were statues of what used to be
people. Images flashed before her of her friends as they turned into
stone, their desperate cries for help; Lita yelling her name as she
petrified; Amy turning to stone and not being healed by the crystal.
The silver crystal hadn’t worked, medical science hadn’t worked:
humanity was doomed and all she could do was watch. She needed to go
somewhere where she could die in peace, where no statues were around; a
place where she wouldn’t mind spending eternity.
She finally collapsed on the small bridge in front of Darien’s
apartment. She tried to catch her breath as her tears subsided. There
was nothing but silence, nobody was around, it was just quiet. But
then, she thought she heard something, like a whistling but softer…
smoother. She got up and looked down at the small river running
underneath her. She saw her reflection with the moon in the
background. The moon, her home, a place where she had once been the
most powerful princess of the galaxy, a place where she was once loved
by all, a place where she had lived happily, the place where she had
once died. She would love to look at it for all eternity. And it was
so calm and soothing here, she felt so at peace. She watched the water
and waited for the end.
* * * *
*Where is she?* Darien wrapped his hand around his bicep. His arm was
very heavy and it hurt to swing it around, which was inevitable since
he was running. It had taken him a few seconds to get over his shock
and run after her. The illness was spreading, his chest had started
solidifying and he was getting very tired and more and more worried.
Finally, he spotted her on the bridge in front of his building. She
was just standing there, her face illuminated by the reflection of the
moonlight. She looked like a Goddess. *I wonder if she knows how
beautiful she really is.* He approached her quietly, not wanting to
startle her. But the silence was heavy around him and she sensed his
approach.
-“Don’t come closer Darien.” She whispered. Her voice was calm and
steady, he realized that all fear had left her. He stopped where he
was, staring at her, not knowing what to say or do. Finally, he walked
towards her and stood next to her. She didn’t move a muscle. He
frowned when he saw the back of her neck; it had turned to stone. It
wouldn’t be long now.
-“Serena…” He began.
-“It’s over Darien. Go someplace where you’ll be happy and at peace.
It’s over…” She trailed off.
-“I know.” He whispered. She finally looked up at him, startled. She
hadn’t expected him to give up so easily; he had always seemed so
strong. She reached up and gently wiped away the errant tear that had
escaped from his eyes. He twined his fingers with hers, forcing her to
stay there. “Please. Don’t let me die alone.” He begged.
-“Oh Darien.” She whispered and wrapped her arms around him, burying
her face into his chest.
-“Serena, I want to spend eternity with you.” He told her, holding her
tightly against him, wishing that they could be one and the same. They
stood that way for a long time, the disease overcoming their bodies
during the night. They could barely move. With much effort Serena
pulled away slightly, to look up into his face. He cupped her cheek
with his hand and pulled her closer. Their lips met in a gentle kiss.
They took their time, loving each other with all they had. Mouth
saying in gestures and not words exactly how they felt. The last of
their bodies began petrifying, their arms and chests and faces fusing
together. The last was their lips, their last act of love preserved
forever and finally…they were one…for the rest of time.
* * * *
AN: End of part one. You didn’t actually think humanity was doomed
did you. Pffff, as if, this is sailor moon. Okay, time to put on the
smiley faces, here comes the saving of the world. Enjoy! :)
* * * *
It was silent, so silent.
-“It’s perfect.” He whispered as he watched from the sky. His laughter
was the only sound that could be heard. “I have succeeded. Mother
Earth may finally live again!”
The sun rose slowly over the new Earth, illuminating the still
silhouette of our intertwined lovers. It seemed as if all human life
had vanished, trapped in their stone prisons.
Suddenly, a light glittered from in between them. It became stronger
and stronger, bigger and bigger, outshining even the sun, envelopping
the entire planet.
-“W-what is that!?! Aaaah!” Atkins shielded his eyes against the
light, brighter than any he had ever seen. A strong flash exploded
around the earth. Once it faded, Atkins looked down
again. “Nooooooooooooooooo!”
* * * *
Raye blinked. Carefully, she lifted her hand to her eyes and wiggled
her fingers. A big smile spread across her face.
-“Raye!” She spun around at the sound of her name.
-“Lita!” She yelled back and raced toward her friend. The two met and
hugged tightly.
-“Is this a private party?” Someone else yelled.
-“Mina!” The two girls screamed together and sandwiched her between
them. (AN: Insert a funny agony face for Mina here.)
-“Girls, I don’t think that Mina’s getting any blood circulation to her
head.” Artemis said with a laugh. Luna merely sighed and shook her
head.
-“Really, you two are as bad as Serena.”
The girls suddenly sobered.
-“We must find Serena.” Raye said. They looked around to see the
people in the park waking up. “She’ll tell us what happened.”
-“She must have saved us! Oh, I knew Serena had greatness in her!”
Luna exclaimed.
-“See Raye, Serena’s not as dumb as you think.” Mina stated, crossing
her arms.
-“Hey, speaking of brains, Amy and Darien were with her too!” Lita
declared.
-“Darien! Oh yeah! (sigh) (AN: Mini-hearts in Raye’s eyes. Is she in
for a surprise or what? Hihihihihihihihi…) He must have helped
Serena. There’s no way meatball head pulled this off by herself.
(AN: Everyone else groaned and bowed their heads with big sweat drops
appearing.)
-“Raye, it doesn’t really matter! Just be happy that we’re all safe.
Now c’mon, let’s go find them!”
* * * *
Serena pulled away from Darien with a gasp. They stepped away from each
other, both panting. The moment had been so intense that neither had
realized that they could breathe again. Finally, they both
straightened up and looked at each other silently.
Serena approached him and placed a hand on his chest. Slowly, she made
her way up to his shoulder and ran her fingers over his arm. She
placed her other hand on his cheek, gently caressing the skin there,
reveling at the texture underneath her fingertips. A huge smile
appeared on his face, she started to laugh.
Swiftly, he grabbed her around the waist and lifted her off her feet,
swinging her around him. All they could do was laugh. He suddenly
stopped and pulled her tightly to him, she wrapped her legs around him
and buried her face in his neck, tears falling freely.
-“We’re alive…we’re alive…we’re alive…” It was all she could say.
-“Yes.” He whispered back to her. “ And we’re together.”
They stayed like that for a long time, crying and laughing together,
emotions overwhelming them. Suddenly, Serena whipped her head up and
looked into his face.
-“My friends, they’re at the park. And my family, they must be so
confused and worried.”
-“You go find them, I’ll go see Amy.” He set her down.
-“Darien…what are we going to tell them…I don’t know what happened.”
-“We’ll have time to figure that out later. Meet me later tonight so
that we can talk about it.” He smiled sheepishly. “Maybe over
dinner.”
She grinned. Humanity had just been saved for God knows what reason
and he was trying to make a date with her…just her kind of guy.
-“Sure, where and when?”
-“My place. Eight o’clock.”
She nodded and pulled away from him. She started running down the
bridge towards the park when Darien came up behind her and grabbed her
arm. She spun around, confused.
-“Darien, wha-mmmmf.” Before she could finish her sentence, his lips
covered hers in a quick kiss, completely taking her breath away.
-“My place. Eight o’clock. Don’t forget.” And with that, he turned
around and walked away leaving her pleasantly numb. She placed her
fingers on her lips.
-”I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” She whispered.
* * * *
Serena looked at her watch and groaned. The screen showed that it was
7:46 pm and she still hadn’t found her friends. She finally stopped at
the park where she had begun. She needed to find them and discuss
their plans on how to defeat Atkins as soon as possible.
-“Oooooh! I’m going to be late! I wish that they could just come to
me.”
-“You’ll never see them again!” Suddenly Atkins appeared out of
nowhere, realeasing a ray of energy, hitting Serena right in the back,
pushing her roughly to the ground. She looked up and saw Atkins
looming over her in the trees, angry energy crackling around him. “It
took me a while to remember that you somehow saved this pitiful race.
That energy of yours practically knocked me out of the galaxy. You’ll
pay for your mistake.”
-“That what you think scumbag!” she yelled standing up. “Moon Crystal
Power!”
!!!!Serena transforms into Sailor Moon!!!!
“I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! I will right wrongs and
triumph over evil! And that means you!”
-“Fool, you are the evil one! I don’t know what you wish to accomplish
by changing clothing but you are nothing. I will teach you a lesson.
I summon the children of nature!”
He spread his arms wide and the energy around him seemed to double in
quantity and strength. For a minute, everything was still. Suddenly,
all the animals came out of their nests, circling Sailor Moon, just
watching her.
-“Uh oh.” She muttered.
They suddenly all attacked at once, the animals coming at her from
every which way, mauling her.
-“Mercury Star Power!”
-“Mars Star Power!”
-“Jupiter Star Power!”
-“Venus Star Power!”
!!!! Amy, Raye, Lita and Mina transform into Sailors Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter and Venus!!!!
-“Mercury Ice Bubbles…Freeze!”
The animals fell all around Sailor moon, asleep in their ice coccoons.
(AN:I don’t believe in cruelty towards innocent little animals so we’ll
just say they’re gonna hibernate until the fight’s over ‘kay.)
-“What is this!?!” Atkins screamed, confused.
-“We are Sailor Mercury…
-“…Mars…”
-“…Jupiter…”
-“…and Venus. The sailor scouts of justice!”
-“Sailor Scouts! You’re alright!” Tears of relief flooded Serena’s
eyes as she saw them safe and sound.
-“You can’t get rid of us that easily Serena.” Raye told her with a
wink.
-“More of you annoying brats.” Atkins muttered. “No matter. I call
upon the Spirits of the clouds! Unleash your energy!”
Black storm clouds started gathering in the sky above the warriors.
Although there was no rain, sparks could be seen in the sky. Suddenly,
a huge bolt of lightning crashed down to the ground, nearly hitting
Sailor Jupiter, tumbling the scout to the ground!
-“Sailor Jupiter!” Venus yelled as the girls raced to her side. She
helped her friend to stand up. “Are you alright?”
-“I’m fine.” She stated. “But now I’m mad! I’ll show him how to use
thunder!” She stepped away from her friends and raised her face and
arms to the sky. Another lightning bolt escaped from the clouds
straight towards her. “I call upon the powers of Jupiter!” Her antenna
went up as she channeled all her power. Just as the bolt was about to
hit her, she joined her open palms and changed the course of the
lightning. Atkins was too surprised to duck and it hit him squarely in
the chest. To Jupiter’s dismay, it hardly affected him.
-“Hmmm. You are stronger than I thought. Icestorms of the tundra,
come to my aid!”
The lightning stopped but a strong wind picked up. The five warriors
shivered as the air started to become colder. They looked up and it
started to snow, hail accompanying the snowflakes. Before they knew
it, the girls were buried under a mountain of snow and ice.
“It’s over for you sailor scouts.”
*Mars fire…ignite!*
Suddenly, a towering column of fire erupted from deep within the heap
of ice, melting the snow quickly and revealing the five freezing but
strong scouts.
“I’m not finished with you.” Atkins’ voice seethed with anger. “Roots
of life, trap them.”
A strange crackling sound was heard and Venus pushed Mars out of the
way as a huge tree stretched itself and bent towards the ground nearly
killing the scout of fire. The girls screamed as all the other trees
around them started acting the same way, banging the ground
continuously until the girls were encompassed by the thick trunks. The
trees joined together and created a dome above the scouts.
-“Watch out! The dome is shrinking!” Mercury cried out.
-“We’ll be crushed!” Sailor Moon yelled.
-“No! Venus Crescent Beam…Smash!”
The crescent flew from Venus’ hand, slicing through the thick wall of
trees. It returned like a boomerang, enlarging the hole. The scouts
escaped just as the timber crushed around them.
-“No! You monsters! You’ve damaged Mother Earth’s beautiful trees!
Cyclone of power, avenge your sisters’ deaths!”
He raised himself up higher into the sky, more clouds approaching above
his head. He spread his arms and looked up to the sky. Thunderbolts
came crashing straight towards him but he merely absorbed their
energy. A strong cold wind picked up again, lifting fallen leaves and
twigs off the ground. The trees started to moan and groan, swaying
back and forth at its force. Rain came crashing down, soaking the
sailor scouts and making the earth slick under their feet.
-“What’s happening!?!” Sailor Jupiter yelled.
-“If I remember my physics lessons correctly, this type of dramatic
shifts in the weather usually signal the arrival of wind entrapped in a
spinning…” Sailor Mercury started.
-“Amy!” The four other sailor scouts yelled.
-“Oh…it’s a tornado.”
-“See Mercury.” Serena told her. “ You can just tell us instead…DID
YOU JUST SAY A TORNADO !?!”
-“Not only one but two tornados!” Venus yelled, pointing to the
horizon. Two sister cyclones were speeding towards them, seemingly
growing bigger and picking up speed as they approached.
-“Uh guys, this would be a good time to run!” Mars yelled.
All the girls screamed and the five dashed madly away from the
tornados. But they weren’t fast enough, one by one, they each were
sucked into the vacuum of the tornados. The two cyclones joined
together, enlarging and picking up more speed. The sailor scouts were
helpless against the force of the wind. Atkins just laughed.
* * * *
*We’re going to die.* Serena thought as she spun around in the
cyclone. *I can’t save them. I can’t do anything. I’m just dumb and
powerless.*
*You’re wrong Sailor Moon.* A familiar voice suddenly sounded in her
mind.
*Who’s there?* She asked, a little afraid, she’d never had someone
talk to her in her mind before unless it was in a daydream. *Oh great,
now I’m going nuts.*
*You’re not crazy Sailor Moon. I am able to communicate with you
through our minds.*
A face appeared in a vision before her eyes. She was shocked.
*Tuxedo Mask?*
*Yes Sailor Moon.*
*How…*
*I don’t know, it’s just an ability I possess. But I can only use it
when it is necessary. I must hurry, I can’t hold this state much
longer.*
*What did you want to say Tuxedo?*
*I only wanted to remind you of what you already know. You are a truly
brave person who has more greatness in her than she knows. Look inside
of you Sailor Moon, you’ll find more power than you know.*
*I don’t believe you.*
*May I remind you that I am inside your mind Sailor Moon? I know that
you want to believe me, you are just afraid to. Never be afraid of who
you are. I must go now.*
*Tuxedo…wait!*
*I’ll be waiting for you outside.*
*But…*
*Just believe…*
And suddenly, he was gone. His presence left as suddenly as it had
come but his strength was still there, inside of her, feeding her.
*I call upon the powers of the silver crystal of the moon. Free us
from this dirty circle of evil.*
Her locket opened to reveal the beautiful crystal, shining brightly and
picking up Sailor Moon’s energy, growing stronger and stronger. A
bright flash of light escaped and suddenly, the cyclone dissipated.
The five sailor scouts were released and gently floated back down to
Earth. The light disappeared. Sailor moon stared down in shock at her
locket. She never knew what power she possesed.
-“The silver crystal must have saved the humans.” She realized.
-“Good job Sailor Moon.”
She turned towards the source of the voice and found Tuxedo Mask
standing there, smiling at her. She smiled back.
-“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” The sound of Atkins’ angry voice boomed around
them. “That flash was released just before the humans were saved. It
was that crystal. I will destroy it…and you!”
-“That would not be wise Atkins.” Another voice was heard from…
everywhere. Atkins suddenly started panicking.
-“She is coming.” He whispered.
-“Who is coming?” Lita asked. But before Atkins could answer, the
earth started to shake. Everyone lost their balance and fell over.
Tuxedo Mask fell on a rock (AN: Has anyone else ever noticed that this
guy is KO a lot of the time?) and was knocked unconcsious. The ground
suddenly split open and a pure white light emanated from the crack.
-“What’s happening?” Amy yelled.
-“The creator is here.” Atkins told them.
-“Who? Who is the creator?” Venus asked.
A bright ball of light lifted up from the crack and suddenly unfolded
like a flower revealing…a goddess is the only word that could describe
this woman. A creature of incredible beauty, wearing beautiful
clothing that slid around her like water, her face and body were like
molded into earth by a master craftsman, her eyes were red and burned
brightly like fire and her hair flew wildly around her like the most
refreshing and powerful of winds.
-“She is made of the four elements!” Sailor Mars suddenly
exclaimed. “She is…”
-“Mother Nature.”
* * * *
Atkins descended to the ground and kneeled down in front of the entity.
-“Oh great creator. I’m sorry I have failed you. But I was just about
to punish those who opposed us. Why did you stop me oh great one?”
-“I love you too much to let you make that mistake my child.” She
whispered in a melodious voice that seemed to echo around them. She
placed her hand on his head and looked at him tenderly for a moment and
then she turned to the surprised sailor scouts. “Sailor Moon, I wish
to apologize for any problems my son may have caused you and your
fellow humans.”
-“Mother Nature, what happened. Why did Atkins wish to destroy us.”
-“I must regretfully admit that I am mostly to blame for his
behaviour.” The scouts gasped.
-“You mean to tell us that you wanted us to be turned to stone like
that. How dare you punish an entire race!?!” Mars exclaimed, the
anger evident in her eyes.
-“Insolent fool! Do not speak in that manner to the creator!” Atkins
exclaimed.
-“Hush my child.” Mother Nature whispered soothingly to her son. She
turned back and smiled at Sailor Mars. “You must be the child of fire,
from Mars. I can see the flames’ power inside of you. You have every
right to be angry. But you must understand that I never meant for this
to happen. I have been producing heirs ever since the Beginning.
Atkins was created centuries ago to protect the nature on this planet
from withering and dying. I taught him how the ignorance of my
precious mankind was destroying my wildlife. I wished for him to teach
you of your wrong ways so that all of nature’s creations could live
peacefully” She sighed sadly.
“But I have failed to teach him of the beauty of your race. He has
forgotten that because I created you, you each have some of my beauty
inside of you. The time will come one day when humans and the Earth
may live harmoniously. But that time will only come with patience and
teachings. But my son is young and impatient. He was angry because he
thought his efforts in vain as he sees my many creations being
destroyed by God’s children. He refused to see the beauty and kindness
and love that each human being posseses. Instead, he saw only the
ugliness and cruelty and hatred. He decided to use yourselves against
you. You must believe me when I say that he had only the purest
intentions at heart but was blinded by his own anger. My deepest
apologies.”
-“No Mother Nature.” Sailor Moon said with tears in her eyes. “It is
our mistakes that drove your son to this. He’s right. We’ve been
destroying your planet for our own selfish reasons.”
-“You are just evolving. A perfectly natural thing for humans.
Unfortunately, you’ve gone about it the wrong way. But it is destined
to be so. One day, you will have evolved enough to see the error of
your ways and you will be a born-gain race. It was Atkins’ job to
protect nature until that day came. I’m afraid he has forgotten his
true mission. I will correct that mistake. I must return to the
center of the Earth to continue the growth of nature and pray that
someday, we may all live as one on this beautiful planet.”
-“Mother Nature, before you go, could you please tell us how the human
race was healed. I mean, I had already tried the crystal before and it
hadn’t worked.”
-“It was not the crystal Serena.”
-“You know who I am!”
-“Of course. The Goddess of the moon brought you to me and asked me to
make you reborn on this earth. I have been watching you all for years
my dear.”
-“Well, if it wasn’t the crystal than what was it.”
-“Think about it Serena. The virus attacked you when you were angry.
When humans are angry, they tend to reflect this negative energy onto
other humans. Anger translates into hatred. What is the only thing
that can conquer hatred?”
-“Love.” Sailor Moon whispered. Mother Nature nodded her head and
picked Atkins up.
-“Love will save the world Sailor Moon. Someday, the Moon Princess
shall rule over all the solar system with her great love and she will
restore the peace I am searching for. I wish you luck in love Sailor
Moon. It is the most important thing.” And with that, she lowered
herself into the earth.
At this time, Tuxedo Mask started to stir. Sailor Moon raced over to
him and set his head in her lap. She turned back to the scouts.
-“Could you guys leave us alone please? I know you guys don’t
understand what’s happened but I will explain it all tomorrow. I just
need to take care of some things tonight.”
The four very, very confused sailor scouts looked at each other
hesitantly.
“Trust me.” Sailor Moon told them. The scouts just shrugged and left.
-“Sailor Moon, what happened.” Tuxedo Mask asked sitting up.
Serena told him what had happened, minus the part about her true
dentity of course.
-“Well, I’m happy that everything’s alright. I have to go.” He got
up, grabbing his head in the process. He was going to have a big
headache for a little while.
-“Tuxedo wait. I have to talk to you.”
He turned around. She sounded serious and that worried him. But he
wanted to make this as short as possible, he was already late for his
date with Serena.
“I want to thank you for all the help you’ve been. You give me so much
strength. I don’t think that I could’ve made it this far without you.
I’m a stronger warrior when you’re around and I’m so grateful to have
you in my life.” She sighed and approached him. She couldn’t look him
in the eyes as she spoke again. “ I don’t know if you’ve realized this
but…I have feelings for you.”
Tuxedo’s eyes widened in surprise. He’d completely forgotten about
Sailor Moon’s emotions towards him. Of course he’d realized that she
cared for him, he would be blind of he didn’t. *She’s about to declare
her love for me. He realized. (AN: Big Anime sweat drop appearing.)
This couldn’t come at the worst possible time. I’m going to have to
let her down gently: my heart belongs to Serena.*
“But…”
*But?*
“But as strong as those feelings are, I have to tell you that we can’t
be anything more than friends.”
*What!?!*
“I’m in love with someone else. I hope you understand.”
*Whoopee!*
-“Of course, it’s your heart Sailor Moon. You can’t control it.”
-“Good. I’m glad we’ve got that settled. I have to go.”
-“Yeah, me too. I’ll see you when I see you.”
-“Bye.”
*Okay, just back away slowly so that she won’t think I’m insensitive. *
He did so, waving and smiling nervously and checking his watch the
entire time. As soon as she had turned around and started to walk
away, he ran as fast as he could towards the exit. Serena stopped and
turned around. She let out a sigh of relief and ran out of the park.
*I thought he’d never leave. I didn’t want to seem too insensitive by
acting too eager to leave. I’m just glad he took it well and I hope
that he finds someone to love just like I have.*
* * * *
-“I’m almost an hour late, I hope Darien’s not mad.” Serena knocked a
few times on Darien’s door. It opened almost immediately with Darien
standing behind it with a huge grin on his face.
“I’m so sorry I’m late…”
-“Don’t be, I just got in.”
-“Oh really.” He nodded. She realized suddenly that he was pressing
an ice pack to the back of his head. She tenderly touched his
face. “Darien what happened?”
-“Uh…uhm… I slipped on the pavement on my way home. My head is killing
me but I should be okay by tomorrow.”
-“I should go then.” She said with worry and concern.
-“No. Come right… argh” He leaned towards her too rapidly and intense
pain shot up to his head. Serena caught him as he almost fell over.
-“I’m going home, you’re going to bed.” She told him.
-“But…”
-“No buts.” She gently supported him and led him to his bedroom. (AN:
I know what you’re thinking. Get your heads out of the gutter!
Naughty, naughty.) He opened his mouth to protest but she lay a single
finger over his lips, effectively shutting him up. “ Tell you what,
come pick me up tomorrow after school and we’ll go out to dinner then.
You’ll be feeling much better.”
-“Oh, alright.” He finally agreed, unable to hide the disappointment
in his face. She smiled tenderly and cupped his cheek. She made him
look into her eyes and gave him a slow and passionate kiss that made
him forget all about his pain.
-“I’m sorry Darien.” She told him, staring tenderly into his eyes.
She’d never realized how passionate they were. *I could spend eternity
looking into those eyes.* “I just care about you too much and I don’t
want you to be hurt. I almost lost you today but I want you to stick
around for a little while.”
*I could stay with you forever Serena.*
Her eyes suddenly opened wide and she was rendered speechless. He
realized suddenly that he had spoken those words aloud. He blushed
fiercly.
-“Hehehe…what…what I mean is…y’know…um…”
-“Did you read my mind?”
-“Huh?” She smiled at his stunned expression.
-“That was exactly what I was thinking.”
Darien was sure that his jaw was hanging down to the floor. He took a
deep breath; it was now or never. He looked deeply into her eyes and
framed her face in his hands.
-“I love you Serena.”
He almost winced as he said the words. He had wanted to say so much
more, he wanted to tell her exactly how wonderful she was, how she
effected him, how he loved being with her even when they fought.
Instead, those were the only words that came out.
The smile on her face disappeared and she looked at him like he’d just
told her that he was he was the 5th Beatle or something. *You’re such
a dope Darien. How could a beautiful, wild, feisty, annoying, adorable…
perfect young woman be in love with a scarred, cold man like you?
What’s the Japanese word for it…Baka.* (That little comment is
dedicated to AngelAmethyst, she knows what i'm talking about ;))
Tears filled her eyes and she pressed herself up against him,
surprising him as she crushed her lips against him in a scorching
kiss. She pulled away from him and pressed cheek against his wanting
to laugh and cry at the same time. *He loves me. I can’t believe
this! How could a totally cute, brilliant, confident…perfect guy be in
love with a stupid klutz like me? If this is a dream, I don’t ever
want to wake up.*
-“Oh Darien.” She pulled away from him and stared into his face. “Do
you know how much I wanted to hear you say those words!?!”
-“You mean you don’t hate me?” She wanted to strangle him and soothe
him at he same time. Instead, she just laughed.
-“No way!” She squealed. “I love you!”
-“Really?”
-“Really!”
-“Are you sure?”
-“Oh shut up and kiss me you big dope!”
He smiled.
-“Your wish is my command my love.”
And he bent his head down again to caress her lips with his own. It
was the most beautiful, intense, emotional, passionate moment either of
them had ever experienced. They changed the angle of their faces and
the moment became more and more passionate. Their arms tightened their
hold and the two were crushed even more together Serena’s hands roved
through his hair. Just as Serena felt she was about to explode under
his lips… he grunted in pain instead of pleasure. He pulled back
slightly, breaking their contact, and started rubbing the back of his
head. She clamped a hand over her mouth.
-“Oh Darien, I’m sorry. I forgot all about your injury. Are you in
much pain? I made it worse didn’t I? Oooh, I’m so stupid. I’m
sorry…” She stopped apologizing as she realized that he was trying not
to laugh. She crossed her arms over her chest and norrowed her
eyes. “What’s so funny?” She demanded. Darien couldn’t take it
anymore. His laughter came bubbling out of him. Serena just fumed.
-“You should have seen the look on your face. It’s just a bump Serena,
not a bullet wound.”
She shot him an angry look and it just made him laugh harder. After a
few seconds, she joined him and in a few seconds they were both in
tears. Hiccuping with laughter, she wrapped her arms around his waist
and buried her face in his chest. Finally, they both calmed down. He
put his arms around her and gently started rocking her.
-“I love being with you Serena, even when we fight.”
-“I love you Darien, even when we fight.” She smiled and stood up on
tiptoes to peck him quickly on the lips. “Now, that’s enough. Go to
bed.” Before he could speak, she wriggled out of his grip and headed
for the elevator. He followed her into the hallway. She entered the
elevator as he stood in front of the doors.
-“Tomorrow, after school, don’t forget.” She yelled as the elevator
doors closed.
He touched his fingers to his lips.
-“I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
END
Epilogue
-“So anyway, this sales lady tells me…Serena, are you listening?”
Molly waved a hand in front of Serena’s eyes.
The two school friends and the sailor scouts were standing outside the
gates of Serena’s school. Molly had been telling them a story but
Serena had been looking down the street the whole time.
-“Yeah Mol. Keep going.” Serena mumbled, signaling for her to
continue. Luna and Artemis looked at each other. The scouts looked
strangely at Serena.
-“So…uh… she told me that…” she narrowed her eyes. “That the dress made
me look like a big purple elephant. Do you agree Serena?”
-“Yeah Molly. Blue rhinoceros. That’s great.”
Her friends looked at each other with worry. Serena had fallen for
Molly’s trick.
-“What’s the matter with her today?” Mina whispered.
-“I don’t know.” Amy answered in the same hushed tone. “She’s been
acting more distracted today.”
-“I didn’t think it was possible but she’s more spazzed out than
usual.” Raye murmured.
-“Don’t look now guys but here comes trouble.” Lita said pointing down
the street. All the girls looked in that direction and gasped. Darien
was walking down the street, a single, long-stemmed rose in his hand.
-“Uh, oh! We’d better get her outta here before they spot each other
and Serena gets even weirder.” Molly said. But it was too late.
Serena had seen him approaching and practically ran up to meet him.
Her friends ran after her, ready to prevent any conflict. To their
surprise, they both just stood there and stared at each other,
smiling. The girls stood close enough to hear but stayed on alert.
-“What are they doing? Isn’t it about time for the battle cry to be
sounded?” Lita asked the others.
-“Oh! This isn’t good. Serena must have some new strategy or
something.” Raye said.
-“We’d better intervene before it gets out of hand.” Amy suggested.
They started approaching the couple when Mina stood in their way.
-“Wait!” She ordered them. “Something’s different. I feel something
strong between them today. I think we should wait this thing through
and just watch.”
-“Huh, are you whacko!?!” Molly yelled.
-“Ssssssshhhhhhh. They’re starting to speak.”
-“Good afternoon Darien.” Serena began.
-“Good day Serena.” He answered. They both just stood there, staring
dumbly at each other.
-“What a beautiful rose. Who’s it for?”
-“Oh this girl that I know.”
-“A girl?”
-“Yeah. We started off on the wrong foot and I think that we should
make amends.”
-“Really? So this girl must be very special to you.”
-“She’s the most important thing in the world to me. Can I tell you a
secret?”
-“Of course.”
-“I’m in love with her. But I don’t know if I should tell her. I
don’t know if she loves me back.”
-“Well I think you should tell her.”
-“So you’re saying that she loves me back.”
-“I’m sure of it.”
-“I’m the happiest man alive.”
Serena started giggling. She suddenly jumped into his arms and
smothered his lips with her own.
Seven jaws slammed to the ground. Molly looked about ready to faint.
Luna looked down and shook her head in exasperation. *This
assignmentjust keeps getting weirder and weirder. Why didn't i become
and accoutant like my mother wanted?*
Raye snapped out of it suddenly and marched up to them. She tapped on
Darien’s shoulder. When he didn’t respond, she snapped her fingers
next to Serena’s ear. They just ignored her, content in their
embrace. She got really mad. (AN: She turns beet red and smoke starts
coming out of her ears in the usual Anime style.)
-“WOULD YOU TWO KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF EACH OTHER FOR A SECOND AND LOOK
AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
They both looked up at Raye as if they had just realized that she was
there. It was obvious that they were annoyed at her intrusion.
-“Do you mind Raye?” Darien yelled.
-“We’re trying to have a private moment.”
-“When did this happen!?!”
-“None of your business!” Serena screamed.
-“But…”
-“C’mon Serena. Let’s go someplace quiet.” He turned around and
pulled Serena after her. She turned to look back at Raye and stuck out
her tongue at her friend. Then she smiled and made a sign that she
would call them later tonight. Her friends watched them as they
disappeared down the street.
Molly fainted.
-“I knew I sensed something between those two.” The scout of love
declared with a smile.
-“Oh shut up!” Raye exclaimed.
End of epilogue.
And by the way, I wrote that epilogue just to get revenge on Raye. I
had to punish her for treating Serena the way she does and for going
after her man. You remember that little outing on the lake. Take that
Raye! Hehehehehehe;p
Okay, I hear all you Raye fans growling. I’m sorry but (in the dubbed
version) she’s a real bi- HEY! Okay, who threw that?!? Ew, rotten
fruit! Hey! were no longer in the dark ages! EW, EW, EW!
You people are disgusting(picking rotten peach out of my hair. Looking
into the angry faces…)uh…hehehe…but I still love you all.
Okay but seriously though, this is my very first sailor moon fanfiction
and I am so nervous. My e-mail is up there before the title so please
send all commentary there. And yes I do accept negative commentary as
long as it’s constructive criticism and not a blatant attempt at
putting down my story and my writing style, stabbing my heart with a
million sharp knives and sending me into a spiral of dark depression…
I’ll send the senshi to kick all your butts if you do.
Okay, time for thank yous:
Thanks to angelamethyst for reading and correcting as much as she
could. I haven’t had the internet (I just got it a few days ago…
yippee!) or the show (stupid YTV…they brought it back as a weekly show…
it’s torture!) for about three years so she’s been feeding me info and
fanfics until I could get through that horrendous ordeal.
I also want to thank my mom for finally…finally…FINALLY…getting me the
net. I love you mommy!
I want to thank my cousins and friends for letting me mooch off them
and get onto the net.
I want to thank my sister for making me like sailor moon even more
because she hates it (I don’t know why?) and for reminding me that I
had no deadline and that I shouldn’t put pressure on myself. It helps
when I have author’s block.
Finally, I’d like to thank Naoko Takeuchi for creating sailor moon and
for selling me all rights to the show and character…ow! Wha-?…Oh, hi
Naoko, how did you get into my house?…no, please…drop the brown banana…
uh, I gotta take care of this, bye.
Star Angel
PS: look for my next fanfic “Identity” (hopefully) coming out sometime
this year.
