Chapter 6

Chapter 6:
Jay: "Calm down Darien! You're not helping any!"
Darien: "Don't you DARE tell ME to CALM DOWN! WHAT is going on?!"
Michael: "ENOUGH!!"
Jay and Darien stopped their bickering and turned to Michael, who stood there with an impatient look on his face. Before Michael could say anything more, the doorbell rang, and Michael being closest to the door, dropped the phone and sprinted to the door.
Michael: "Oh! Its just you." he said somewhat disappointed.
Nate: "Gee thanks! We feel so special now!"
Michael: "WE!?"
Zach came into view holding a sleeping Rini in his arms and said,
"See! Told you they'd miss you."
Michael, realizing that Serena was there too, gives her a bear hug, and says,
"Don't you know that you had us worried! The scouts were especially worried! What do you have to say for yourself?"
Serena: "Why don't you ask YOUR Prince?"
At that moment all eyes flew from Serena and onto Darien, who stood there speechless, trying to think of something to say,
"Um, . . . well, . . . you see . . . I, . . . uh, um . . . "
Serena answered for him by saying,
"You were JEALOUS! You thought that using our link to send me that dream would make everything BETTER!"
All the Generals were dumbfounded by Serena's words, but then suddenly realization dawned on them and they realized what she meant. Serena saw the look of realization on their faces and said,
"YOU KNEW! The whole time! Every time I cried my eyes out, you told me you didn't know! HOW COULD all of you LIE to ME!"
All of the men looked very ashamed of themselves. She was right, they had lied to her, even if it was to protect her. Serena took their silence as acceptance , and continued her lecture,
"I can't believe this! If I can't trust you, than WHO can I trust?! This is MY LIFE!! I can do WHATEVER I please! I don't need YOU to decide for ME!"
Now addressing Darien, she says,
"We could've talked this out. We could've found a way through this! But, as always, YOU shut me out! How can I go on like this! We're supposed to share our problems and help each other out. I don't care what happens to me, as long as we're together. When we're together, I feel as if, as if, we can do almost anything . . . Now, now I don't know anymore. You've actually gone and done the unthinkable . . . "
" . . . you've made me doubt our love."
All of Serena's words stabbed Darien in the heart. He felt so guilty. He began thinking, 'Why must I always do this!? Why do I always push HER away!? I have to make her understand that I do truly love her, and will do anything for her! I'm not going to lose her, because I did something stupid! I need her in my life! How am I going to make her understand . . . "
Darien: "Generals!"
The Generals were also feeling the pain of her words. Their heads were bowed in shame. They were suddenly broken out of their thoughts by the voice of their prince.
Michael, realizing the seriousness of Darien's tone, answered formally,
"Yes, your majesty?"
Darien: "Will you please leave Serena and I alone for a few minutes."
Nate: "Of course."
Jason: "Whatever you wish."
Zach: "We'll be with Rini if you need anything."
The four men then wordlessly proceeded to Darien's bedroom. Darien waited until he heard the door close before speaking.
"Usako . . . "
Serena, who was looking down and crying, looked up, yet still refused to meet his gaze. Darien saw her crystalline tears and realized how serious she was. He was broken out of his thoughts by the sound of Serena's low voice,
"How can you call ME THAT after all that you've put me through."
Darien was taken back by her comment, he couldn't believe that she was saying this, at the same time, he couldn't blame her . . .

In the Future . . .
Neo-King Endymion watched the whole scene from a portal at the time gate. He was just as shocked as his younger self. He never meant to hurt his beloved, he just couldn't live without her during this long separation. He couldn't believe that he had actually made her doubt his love for her. How could it be possible? Then, an idea popped into his head, and he knew exactly what he had to do. He knew that he didn't have much strength left and that Pluto would be very angry at him, well, more than angry, she'd probably knock him down with her time staff but it would be worth it . . .

Back at Darien's Apartment . . .
Darien kept trying to get her to look at him. He didn't know what to say. Everything was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Then, suddenly, a gust of wind blew into the room and formed a fog-like atmosphere. The Generals, who were listening from the closed door, came running out after they heard Serena gasp. The six of them were greeted by a man. He had dark hair and was wearing a mask. He wore a purple tuxedo and his hands were gloved in white, and one of them held a scepter. He looked, one by one, at each of the men, before his eyes fell upon Serena. He smiled widely when he saw her.
'She looks even more beautiful than I remember . . . She looks healthy and ALIVE, not pale and sickly . . . "
He thought as he continued giving her an animal-like stare. His eyes couldn't get enough of her luscious body and delicate curves.
Darien and the Generals stared with awe. All of them were thinking: 'who is this guy?' When Serena began blushing under this strange man's gaze, Darien had had enough!
'Who the hell does he think he is! How DARE HE UNDRESS MY USAKO, right in front of me, no less! How DARE HE LOOK AT HER LIKE THAT!' he thought as he took two strides forward and pushed Serena behind him. Lets just say that Endy was not too thrilled by his younger self's actions.
Darien: "WHO are YOU and WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
"Who do I look like?"
No one expected this response from him. They all thought he looked vaguely familliar, but didn't say anything. Serena, being bold said,
"You look like my Mamo-chan."
Endy grinned even more. He hadn't heard her voice in so long, he answered,
"Darien, I am your future self. I came to let you know that I was the one who sent you those dreams."
Darien immediately realized the voice was the same as in the dream and looked like he was going to kill his future self. None of them could understand why his future self would do such a thing. As if reading their thoughts, Endy continued,
"I did it because the future is changing . . . something happened to my Serenity, your future self, Princess, and I would not be able to live without her had it not been for yours and Darien's separation . . . I would've gone insane without her, you . . . This never meant to hurt you, the way it did. For that, I am truly sorry . . . I, we, do love you . . . you must never doubt or forget that."

Endy waited for a few moments before continuing,
"I'll leave you now. I believe that the two of you have some catching up to do."
He looked at each one of the Generals once more and noticed that they understood how he felt . Endy smiled and looked at his younger self. Darien understood as well, but he wasn't too thrilled about it, yet he moved a little away from Serena, so that Endy could see her . Endy did not expect this much understanding from his past self, but was nonetheless pleased. He was shocked at first, but then extremely happy. He looked at her longingly and mouted'I love you' to her. He began to leave, but not before disclosing one more piece of information.
" By the way, she's yours."
Relief washed over Darien as he realized that Rini was his and Serena's daughter. He turned and began looking at her. They looked into each others eyes and said nothing. Their eyes revealed everything that needed to be said: 'sorry' 'i love you' 'missed you'
Darien unconsciously licked his lips. He'd been waiting so long to taste her lips on his once more. The anticipation was killing him, as it was Serena as well. Both were oblivious to the four men who wanted to leave , but they needed to see them kiss, so that they knew everything would be alright again.
The two inched closer and closer to one another. Darien, being very impatient, couldn't wait. He grabbed Serena by the waist and brought her closer to him. She gasped in surprise and ended up hitting his chest, but smiled nonetheless . Their faces began moving closer and closer to each other, as Serena tilted her chin and snaked her arms around his neck and began playing with his hair. He in turn ran one hand through her golden, silky hair, while the other caressed her cheek. The gap between them was almost closed . . .

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

The communicators went off. Serena somehow managed to get away from Darien and get hers.
She said, "Moon here."
Ami: "Its good to see you. When we're through with this youma, you're gonna get a nice long lecture!"
"Sorry. Where are you?"
"We're at the old warehouse. Hurry! We need Sailor Moon!"
Serena closed the communicator and said,

"Duty calls! We gotta book it!"
As if on cue, Luna and Artimas show up and say that they'll watch Rini , and that there will be a scout meeting at Darien's later to discuss information discovered about the Dark Moon
The Generals, Darien, and Serena transformed and went on their way to the battle.

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