Okay, this part is entirely in first person. Standard disclaimers
apply. This is the mushiest chapter around, no angst, just "smootchies"
as Willow from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" would call it. All other
author's notes are at the bottom!
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When Tuxedo Mask had kissed me before the bolts of energy hit, I'd felt
no more pain, no more sadness. Only love, only this power riding
through me. I remembered a quote from the Bible, and it rang through mymind. 
	"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall
be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, 
for the former things have passed away."        (Revelations 21:4).  I
hoped that God would protect him from the pain, that he wouldn't have
to suffer like I was. And I thanked Him, for giving me Darien.	Wait,
was I just going to give up like this? Was I just going to let him die?
No! I was Sailor Moon!	But how could I stop this?I felt something
rise up in me, a strange power, strong and pure. I felt it envelope us
just before the bolts hit. It protected us, my forehead felt warm, it
tingled with energy. I heard Darien say something about the energy, and
I smiled softly. My Scout uniform vanished, only to be replaced by a
long, silken white dress. I felt something warm in my hand, between
mine and Darien's.	"Serenity." he breathed, his breath warm on my
skin. I looked up at him. The mask and top hat was gone, in fact, his
Tuxedo Mask outfit was gone. It had been replaced by black armour with
gold coloured designs on it.	"Endymion!" I sighed happily. @>---
"Endymion!" she sighed, and I looked at my uniform. It was black
armour, and something from the past invaded my mind. Memories of my
life on Earth, of a great war between us and the Dark Kingdom- and of a
princess named Serenity, my Serenity. Something warm was between our
hands, and I reluctantly unlaced my fingers from hers. There was a
glowing sphere there, and a crystal shell, like something was suppossed
to go in there. I felt the rainbow crystals in my pocket rise up, and
fly into the shell. Three more followed it, from Zoicite's direction.
The final two rainbow crystals appeared from Serenity, and the combined
crystals glowed pink for a moment, and then hardened. A silvery crystal
was in it's place, and the object registered in my mind.	"Silver
Crystal, lend me your strength to defeat Zoicite.... MOON PRISM POWER!"
Serenity yelled, and a blast of energy hit Zoicite. She screamed, and
retreated, but not before yelling back at them, 	"I'll get you,
Serenity, and your precious crystal, too!" I felt Serenity tremble from
where she was lying in my lap.	"Serenity, are you all right?!?" I
asked. She nodded, and I then looked at the bloody wound on her
shoulder. I gently touched the surrounding skin, and my princess yelped
in pain. "I'm sorry." I crooned, while my hand stroked her cheek, the
other one still entwined with hers. 	"No, it's okay.... it just hurt."
I realized that as Darien, I'd kissed Serena, and as Tuxedo Mask, I'd
kissed Sailor Moon, but I hadn't kissed Serenity for a thousand years.
I leaned down, and kissed her soundly, hungrily, pouring into the kiss
all the yearning I held for Princess Serenity, all the passion I held
for Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, and all the love I held for SerenaUsagi Tsukino.
@>-----	He was kissing me so soundly, so deeply, so
hungrily, all the pain from my shoulder had faded like a bitter memory,
the loss of energy I'd suffered from forming the crystal replaced by
the roaring electricity in my veins. I couldn't feel anything but his
lips ravaging, taste anything but chocolate (which is what his kisses
taste like), smell anything but his scent of roses and something else,
something spicy (and very sexy... ) and hear only my heart thumping
rapidly. I was in heaven.	"SERENITY!" the very loud voice jolted us
out of the heaven, and we fell back to Earth. There were four Scouts
and two cats staring at me and Endymion like we were aliens from outerspace.
	"What?!? Luna, for God's Sake, can't you see I'm busy?!?" I
asked, and Sailor Mars giggled.	"Oh, we could tell just how busy you
were." I blushed, and Endymion smiled.	"Serena?!?" Venus asked, and I
smiled softly. 	"How did you know?"	"Your looks, your voice, the way
you- DARIEN?!?!" Venus made the connection between Endymion andDarien.
	"Hi." he waved sheepishly, and I smiled. 	"Could you guys....
leave us alone for a little bit?!?"	"But you're hurt!" Luna protested.
I looked at my shoulder, and felt the pain come blasting at me, fullforce.
	"So I am." I murmered weakly before passing out in Endymion'sarms.@>------
	I woke up three days later in a dark room. Nurses
strolled by the room and the only light was from the dim hall. I sat up
in the stiff hospital, and my bandaged shoulder protested to themovement. 
	"Ow." I muttered, and heard a small snort. Looking over, I
saw a chair sitting next to my bed. In the chair was Darien, still in
his tuxedo from the gala. He looked like a little boy as he slept,
except, a little boy with a five o'clock shadow on his face. I smiled,
and covered him in a blanket, the pain finally fading from my shoulder.
He immediatley opened his eyes, and his sapphire orbs homed in on me. 
"Serena, you're awake!" he cried quietly, and I nodded. 	"I didn't
mean to wake you up."	"No, no, you didn't, I was just... dozing off."
I smiled at his lame excuse to try to make me feel better. I then
realized from his rumpled tuxedo, his messy hair...	"Darien, you've
been here since I passed out?" He nodded, a slight blush creeping uphis cheeks. 
	"That's so... sweet. Thanks, Dare." I smiled and leaned
over to kiss his cheek, however, (and I should have suspected this when
I saw that mischievious glint in his eyes), he turned his head so I
caught his lips. We stayed there, tenderly kissing each other, until he
leaned me back.	"You should rest," he murmered while gently running
his hands down my cheek. He kissed my neck, once, twice, and I smiled.
Now how did he expect me to sleep when he's doing THAT?!? He then
stopped, as if reading my mind, and lay down on top of the covers
beside me, pulling me close, stroking my hair, which was down. I felt
my eyelids becoming heavier by the second, and found myself drifting
off to sleep.	"Go to sleep, Sere." he murmered throatily just before Idid.
@>-------	I smiled at my sleeping princess, who lay beside me. It
never ceased to amaze me how perfectly our bodies fit together, our
hands held each other, how it seemed like we were made for each other.
Reflecting on the past three weeks while absentmindedly stroking her
silky golden strands, I realized that ever since I'd been hit in the
head with a test paper belonging to Serena Tsukino, I'd loved her. Her
beauty had stuck me like a bullet, her cheerful attitude captured me.
At first I'd felt like an opossum crossing the road in the middle of
the night, and Serena was the headlights of the oncoming car, which i
was caught in, frozen. At first, I'd tried to push her away, to run.
Now, I'm perfectly ready to be run over by my Serena. 	I knew our
battles with the Negaverse weren't over yet. Perhaps they never would
be. But as long as we had each other, we wouldsurvive.
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******************************@>-----------****************************Okay,
it's finally over and done with. *Long sigh* First, I'd like to thank
everyone who emailed me when I was posting it chapter by chapter on
"First Love". For all you people at ASMR, you're just getting it
because I was too lazy to do the HTML work. *sweatdrops*. Anyways, a
special thanks to Zoomy and especially Sailor Starlite!!! Starlite gave
*me* an award for this fic, so I have to thank her repeatedly!!! DOMO
ARIGATO!!! *applause*. I'd also like to thank my dad, who has been
encouraging me to keep writing my stories. And as usual, Oniisan, who
(tries) to keep me out of trouble and Bridgita, my personal muse and
best buddy gets a shout out and thanks. Keep the emails coming,
people!!! I <3 feedback!	I'm planning to put out "Fiery Depths", the
second Guardians fic on my site. I've also been alerted that the link
to the first story, "Secrets of the Wind", isn't working on ASMR, so
until that is fixed, just email me and I'll send ya the fic. Keep an
eye out for a Sailormoon R season fic of when Alan and Ann were hitting
the scene, based around the VR episode. Oooh! Ohh! I'm also trying to
get a story punched out based on Bunny and Darien's thoughts during the
manga #12 when Bunny starts to fade away while talking about Darien and
Rini. However, right now my webpage is undergoing MAJOR reconstruction,
so I'm concentrating on that, then the Guardians fic, then the other
two. Thanks for you patience!
Amethystamethyst@tuxedomask.com