Hey Minna!!! Welcome to the final installment of Caribbean Cruise!! I'm sorry it's taken so long! I had a really bad case of writer's block! And now in the middle of finals it's gone away and I'm finding myself writing this...*sigh* how do I get myself into these situations? Well I hope you enjoy, and PLEASE read the end notes as I have an enormous announcement ok? Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, not me kay? And for anything else I may have ripped off...gomen nasai! Title: Caribbean Cruise -Epilogue Author: Selene Seta-Terra (goddess_of_cows@hotmail.com) Rating: PG Ding-Dong. The doorbell rang and Keith put down his paper to answer it. It opened to reveal a courier holding out a clipboard. "Mr. Keith Kennelworth?" the man asked. Keith nodded. "Can you sign on the dotted line?" We have a shipment for you." As Keith signed, wondering if this was the new vanity he had bought for Ilene, the man called out "Hey guys bring it up!" Three large burly men came walking up to the house each holding a large crate. Keith blinked confusedly as Ilene came to stand behind him. "What's all this dear?" she asked. "I'm not sure," he replied as they both stepped aside to let the men place the crates marked fragile in the front foyer. "Have a good day sir, ma'am," said the deliveryman as he and his coworkers left. Keith and Ilene looked at each other then at the crates. Ilene took an envelope off the top crate as Keith pried the lid off. "Roses!?" Keith yelped as Ilene said, "It's from Serena." Then they looked at each other, the roses and the letter. "Dear Mom and dad," Ilene read. "I've sent ahead a couple roses that Darien gave me, so that they won't wilt. Would you mind putting them in water? I've included some vases too. Thanks! I love you and I'll see you tonight! (The Courier Company assured me they would be there tomorrow morning.) Love, Serena." Ilene put down the letter and looked at the crates. "A couple of roses?" She rolled her eyes and helped her husband pick up some of the roses from the first crate and took them to the kitchen.~ ~ ~ Mina, Lita, Rei and Ami were walking through the mall. "I wonder how well Serena and Darien put up with each other on that cruise?" Rei said. "Well it will be nice to have her back in any case," Lita said. "Yeah," Mina and Ami echoed. Suddenly a display in a toy store caught Mina eye. "Hey you guys look!" she said excitedly, pointing to a large promotional banner and display that was swarmed by kids in a large toy store. The girls' gazes followed Mina's finger and a chorus of "oh my God" and "I do NOT believe this" and "Hee hee isn't it cool?"'s followed. They were looking at a huge promotion for "Sailor Moon Talking dolls" and "Tuxedo Mask dolls" with "Sailor Senshi Talking dolls" coming soon. The girls elbowed their way through the hoards of children all screaming to get a doll. Mina snatched up a demo doll, not realizing she pushed the button that triggered the speech, and nearly dropped it when the doll piped out her speech. "Hey negasleaze! For interrupting my date with the dreamiest guy on Earth, I'm Sailor Moon, the champion of love and justice. On behalf of the moon I shall right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" The girls looked at each other and broke up, howling with laughter. "Like she would ever say something like that!" one of the girls managed to get out. "Granted sometimes it's bit hard to make a good speech in some situations, but where would she get that from?!" Then Ami, the voice of reason, remembered something. "Hey didn't Serena say that the company who made these got the idea when she was at the show with Darien?" she asked. "Yeah that's right!" the girls said in unison. "OH MY GOD!" Then Rei, quick as a wink, put the demo doll back and snatched up the last doll for sale, and the four of them walked towards the cash register. They pooled their money to buy the doll and headed out of the store to use the rest of their money to buy ice cream at the arcade and discuss this turn of events.~ ~ ~ Serena and Darien sat on the plane, with Serena's head on his shoulder. Their hands were intertwined and they were talking softly so each other. In the seats next to them sat three fidgeting children. Across the aisle sat the woman who was supposed to be watching them and her boyfriend. Laughing they got up and left for the bathroom together, leaving the children unsupervised. The moment the two adults were out of sight, the children looked at each other and grinned their best 'let's be little devils' grins. They started bouncing on the seats and yelling. The little girl kicked off her shoes and the boys followed suit, and all of the offending articles came down on passenger's heads. Then one of the little boys noticed Serena's long shiny blond hair. With a lion like grin he crept upon his prey. The two others, noticing his preoccupation decided to roughhouse in the aisle. The little boy pounced, grabbing one long blond ponytail, jerking Serena's head off Darien's shoulder and sending her sprawling as well as loosening her hair so it fell out of it's odango. She pushed up to see a small chubby covered in her hair and trying to swing on it. Darien was on his feet, helping her up and she saw red. "Just what do you think you were doing!" she hissed. The little boy stuck out his tongue and announced that he was Tarzan and that he should get the window seat. With that he pushed his way to the window where he began to make faces against the glass. Darien grabbed the squirming child and deposited him in front of the flight attendants breaking apart the other two children and trying to soothe the other passengers. "That little menace attacked my girlfriend. Would you kindly retrieve the parents from the bathroom to keep these children in rein." With that Darien turned and led Serena back to their seats, where he kissed her head better and they snuggled in for the rest of the flight.~ ~ ~ "Flight 737 direct from Ft. Lauderdale Florida to Tokyo Japan has now landed in Tokyo. All passengers are reminded to gather all their carry on luggage before disembarking. We hope you have enjoyed your flight with us and please fly Air Japan again. Thank you and have a nice day." Serena and Darien grabbed their carry on bags and joined the line of people in the aisle. Serena leaned back against Darien. "I wonder how everyone will react..." she pondered. Then a thought struck her. "Oh gods! How is DAD gonna react?!?! Ooooh, we are SOO dead..." "Why don't we just not tell them right away," Darien suggested. "We can get him used to having me around as your friend, and break it slowly to him." "That's a good idea, but that means we have to keep it from every one, cause all my friends are liable to let it slip out, except for Ami and my brother goes to the arcade lots too..." "Oh well it'll be fun to try and keep it from everyone. Well see how long we can keep anyone from suspecting we're more than friends. It'll be like a game." "Ok Darling, lets give it a try. My Dad bought a shotgun when I was born to deal with these sort of instances and I really want it to stay out of your face..." Darien chuckled and kissed her head. She turned in his arms and lifted her face for a kiss. Darien grinned and kissed her temples first, then the tip of her nose. Serena pouted and rose up on her tiptoes, then she smiled and let her eyes flutter closed again as she felt his arms tighten around her as he lifted her up and against him as he leaned down and their lips melded together as one. When they broke apart, out of breath, they had to hurry down the hallway, hoping they weren't too mussed up. They exited the corridor, a reasonable distance apart, and immediately encountered a throng of people waiting for them. Immediately they were surrounded and hugged to death. "How was it?" "You both look so healthy and rested!" "Did you get to do lots of swimming?" "Was the weather nice?" "Did you miss us?" "Wow! You two didn't murder each other?! I'm impressed!" The group had started to move toward the bag conveyer belt while this was going on and by the time all the bags had been collected almost everyone had calmed down. Serena had been reflecting on how much things had changed when her friends broke into her thoughts. "We have to have our slumber party tonight!!" And before Serena could figure out what was happening, her mother had answered. "That sounds like an good idea girls, that way you can get caught up on all the news and Serena won't be tying up the phone line tonight." And then Serena was drug away by her hyper friends towards her family's car. She managed to grab the bag with all the gifts and mouth at Darien "call you later." He smiled and nodded his head ever so slightly before she was drug out of sight.~ ~ ~ Poppoppoppoppoppoppoppop-beep! Lita took the microwave popcorn out of the microwave, emptied it into a bowl before returning to her former living room, before the gaggle of giggling girls has descended on it, to pry details out of Serena. She grinned at the small paper bag hidden behind her favorite houseplant. She and the other girls had decided to pry as much out of Serena before revealing the doll. With a smirk, she sat down with the popcorn and they all grabbed a handful, ready to dive into the secrets of Serena's love life. "Guys, come on!" Serena protested, blushing red. "Why do you think I know what her looks like in a towel?" "Well sugar, you did share a room with him and he had to bathe sometime..." Mina stated. "Not to mention it's the same sight in swimming trunks..." The girls sighed, even Ami, who blushed and quickly went back to reading her biography of Elizabeth I. (AN: I thought it was time Ami read something INTERESTING...like history and no more physics. HISTORY rules!!!) "Oh, I dunno he looked ok..." The girls pounced on this. "Ok as in good?" "Ok as in you like him?" "Ok as in good looking?" "Ok as in you want him?" "MINA!!!" Serena shouted, scandalized and blushing bright red. "Ok as in he looked like practically any other college guy, ok?" 'Very hot college guy,' she amended silently, keeping to her and Darien's promise to keep it a secret for now. She quickly changed the subject. "I have some gifts for you guys!" She chirped as she hauled out her suitcase and flipped it open. The girls crowded round as she dove in to look for everything. When she surfaced, all the bags in hand, she saw Rei holding up the strapless bikini, Lita holding up the other suit and Mina unzipping the garment bag. 'Uh oh,' she thought then plastered on a smile determined to make this blow over. "Serena, when'd you get this swimsuit?" Rei asked. "Yeah and this one? I thought you took your pink one..." Lita put in. "Umm...Darien bought them for me..." "WHAT?!?!!?!?!?!?!?" screamed the girls, who were not expecting this. "Becau..." Serena started to explain, but was interrupted. "WOW!! Where'd you get this dress Serena?" Mina asked, holding up the white formal for all the girls to see. "I don't remember helping you pack ANYTHING like this..." "ANOTHER strapless Serena?" Rei commented drolly, her eyebrows raised. "Well Serena we're waiting. Where did you get this? It sure looks expensive..." Ami asked placidly. " Umm...at a boutique on the ship...Darien bought that for me too..." Serena admitted in a small voice. This wasn't going well! "WHAT!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?" Suddenly a hyper blond attached herself to Serena and tossed her into the bathroom with the dress. "You're not coming out till you're ready to model that for us!" Mina shouted through the door. 'Damn, defiantly not going well," Serena reflected, then turned to put on the dress. A few minutes later, she knocked on the door. "Mina can I come out now?" "Are you in the dress?" "Yeah, can you zip me though?" "Ok!" she chirped and opened the door to Serena's back. Mina quickly zipped up the dress and drug Serena out into the room and spun her around to face her and the others, in doing so she got her first good look at the dress. Everyone froze as various articles of clothing floated to the floor from limp hands. The next second, Serena was surrounded by friends who were poking at the dress, pulling at the material and staring dubiously at the cut of the dress. "I am happy to se that my conjecture, being that you apparel would become dislodged at any attempt at locomotion on your part, is false," Ami stated. Four pairs of eyes stared blankly at her and collective sweatdrops threatened to drown the room. Ami sighed. "I was afraid that Serena's dress would fall down when she moved, as there's no support on top..." "But it's so tight it doesn't need it!" Lita argued. "BE QUIET!!!" Serena shouted as she crossed her arms over her chest. " Leave me alone! It's just one lousy dress!" "One expensive sophisticated dress..." someone muttered. "Oh does that mean you bought this one yourself?" Mina and Lita chimed, both looking like the cat who swallowed the canary as they held up the blue bridesmaid dress. Serena groaned, and the girls jumped on this. "Oh really...so this wan ANOTHER gift?...but why'd you need another dress anyway?" "Well it was for the wedding..." "WHAT!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! You got MARRIED?!?!?!?!?!" the girls shrieked. "And in BLUE?!?!!?!?" Mina continued. There was a brief silence where everyone drowned in sweatdrops, and before Serena could open her mouth someone started to pound on Lita's door. "Hey keep it down in there! We can hear you all over the building!!" "But can you blame us?" Mina asked excitedly to the startled man. "Our friend here" at this point she drug Serena forward "just went on a cruise with her worst enemy and MARRIED him!!!" "MINA!!!" Serena wailed, mortified, scenes of her wedding daydream dancing through her head as the shocked man gave her a once over and whistled. "Well I sure don't blame the guy, he is sure lucky to have gotten a catch like you missy," the man said giving Serena a friendly wink. "Well well well, You leave to chew out some noisy neighbors and I come to find you flirting with them!!" a cranky female voice came from behind the man who gulped and turned to face his wife all dolled up in a bathrobe, slippers, hair rollers and a rolling pin in hand. "Now honey..." the man began nervously. "Oooh...don't you 'now honey' me!" she growled and drug the protesting male back to their apartment by his ear. The girls just stood there shocked as the scene played before them. As soon as the couple was out of sight they blankly swung the door shut. 7 seconds passed by and then the girls were rolling on the floor with laughter. As soon as they calmed down slightly, Mina broke the silence. "Serena, if married life makes you gain that much weight, it won't just be your hair resembling meatballs anymore..." "MINA!!!!" wailed a recovered Serena, "not only was that a TOTALLY rude comment, I'M NOT MARRIED!!!!!! Do you know who you told that I was married to Darien?!?! MY DAD'S BOSS!!!!"* * * "You know Margaret, that girl looked awfully familiar. That hairstyle is very distinctive and I know I've seen it before..." the man said after everything had calmed down. Suddenly he bolted up off the couch and over to a framed photograph. "Ah I knew it! She's Kennelworth-san's daughter! But isn't she only 14?" "Well ask Kennelworth-san about it tomorrow dear. But you are right they all looked pretty young. Come to bed now dear, you can find out tomorrow."* * * After explaining about Corrine and Ryan and listening to her friends sigh about how romantic it was, Serena manage to finally distribute the presents to her friends. Then they had a mini fashion show in Lita's living room to show off their new gifts.(AN: I told you that ima meant living room in Japanese as well as now, so when they asked "what are you wearing right now" on the final I could have said the living room is above the storage room, and I wouldn't have sounded like a total idiot...told you Karen! Ok sorry to the rest of you that was a bit pointless for you to read, but if you enjoyed it I can e-mail you other stupid answers I've put on tests...^_~) "I know," Rei said afterward, "lets go online to see what sort of models real fashion shows have." There was a chorus of agreements and Serena had no idea how luck was playing with her life. "Hmm I know let's check out Kenrick International and see if Yvette O'Keefe's portfolio has been upgraded!" Mina enthused and warning bells rang through Serena's head. Before she could do anything, Mina typed in the URL and almost instantly Serena's picture popped up on screen for the world to see.* "HUH?!?!?!?!" the 4 girls squawked, looking from the screen to Serena and back again as Serena blushed bright red. "Umm, I guess I didn't mention I met one of their scouts on the ship..." Serena said weakly offering a half smile to her friends. "Ok, THAT IS IT!!" Ami snapped. "Screw getting you guys to bed to better heal ourselves, you Serena are going to start at the beginning and tell us any other out of the ordinary things that happened to you on this cruise!" The other girls stared in shock at the normally composed Ami then nodded in agreement. Serena sighed and began to tell other interesting things, still keeping out the fact that she and Darien were or even acted like a couple. Poor Ami, she had no idea that what she spoke had been the famous last words everyone speaks of...* * * "Serena," the girls groaned, "how could you? Getting drunk like that! Do you realize what could have happened? You could have stripped or something for all you know..." Rei continued. "Ewww...I never thought that would happen," Lita said. "Rei your mind is so dirty!" Veins popped on Rei head as she smacked Lita upside the head and the conversation turned back to analyzing Serena's actions.* * * Later that night, Serena tiptoed out of her futon and down the hall to Lita's phone cradle. Taking the phone into the bathroom with her she sat on the floor and dialed Darien's number. "Hi Darien," Serena whispered into the phone. "Sorry to call so late. I couldn't get them off my back and to sleep until just a while ago." Unknownst to her, the girls had crawled out of their futon's as soon as Serena had closed the bathroom door and were now gathered soundlessly around the speakerphone. "It no problem honey," Darien returned over the phone line. "I was still awake waiting for your call. I needed to hear your voice again before sleeping." The girls all held in sighs. "Oh me too muffin. Promise you'll come to dinner tomorrow night, ok? Anyways the girls mean well but they tried to get every last detail out of me and made assumptions and thought I had married you during the cruise and..." she broke off with a sigh. Darien's warm chuckle came though the line. "I think you're a bit too young now honey, but I'm dreaming that someday I'll see you gliding down the aisle to me on your father's arm, of course after we make our relationship known to everyone and when it's legal. And yes dinner it is." "Oh Darien, I dream for that too..." Serena's response was cut off by four girls who couldn't keep their sighs in any longer. "Minna!!!" came Serena's shocked voice. "I thought you were asleep! Oooh wait till I get my hands on you," she muttered, then quickly said a loving bye to Darien and heard her friend's good bye as well. "Bye bye lover boy! And remember only 4 more years!" they giggled before hanging up then turned to see a very angry senshi leader stalking out of the bathroom."Neep!! Peace!!! Peace!!!" they squeaked and Mina dove behind the plants to retrieve a small brown package. "We already knew!!" she cried holding up the small package to a her ticked of friend. Serena pulled off the bag to face a doll of herself that suddenly piped up into a very special speech. " Hey negasleaze! For interrupting my date with the dreamiest guy on Earth, I'm Sailor Moon, the champion of love and justice. On behalf of the moon I shall right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" Serena turned bright red and looked down at her friends who were smiling weakly at her. "Cute isn't it?" offered Lita and Serena just sighed.* * * "Happy Birthday dear Kaylee, Happy birthday to you!" the group of pople sang as they presented Kaylee with a birthday cake. Serena leaned over to whisper to Kaylee. "I'll be back in a minute, there's something I want to show you." The child nodded and turned her head back to the crowd as Serena slipped away. She looked around and then slipped into a closet to transform. The next moment Sailor Moon peeked her head out of the closet and snuck out toward the balcony she had spotted earlier. Darien felt Sailor Moon transform and he quickly excused himself and transformed. Then he let himself be drawn to the scene. "A birthday is a time to be surrounded by friends, and pig out on ice cream and cake! I am Sailor Moon the champion of love and justice and in the name of the moon..." She jumped from her perch on the balcony to land near Kaylee, "I'm here to wish you a Happy Birthday Kaylee!" Tuxedo Mask watched from the balcony as the kind senshi made the birthday girl's wish come true. 'I wish Serena could have been here to see this he thought before vaulting down to add his best wishes to the child. Landing next to Sailor moon, who was receiving an enthusiastic hug from the child he smiled as she looked up at him and he created a rose out of this air and handed it to the girl. "Happy Birthday Kaylee," he said with a smile. The girl just looked up with adoration at her two favorite superheroes when 4 more senshi landed around her. "Wow..." Kaylee breathed, her eyes shining. "Can I have your autographs?" the senshi giggled and agreed. Once they all had given the child and her friends their autographs, Kaylee tentatively asked Jupiter: "You guys seemed very hurt after that big fight with all those horrible monsters attacking you, but you seem fine now. What happened?" "Well, there were a lot of monsters and we didn't have Sailor Moon with us, so yeah, we were kinda hurt, but senshi heal very fast. So now we're all better!" Jupiter said. "That's good," the girl said, sounding very relieved. The senshi continued to chat with the kids for a few more minutes before they left. They changed back and a minute later Serena jogged back into the party, a small box in hand. "Serena Serena!!!" Kaylee yelled. "You'll never guess who came to wish me happy birthday!! Sailor Moon and all the senshi and Tuxedo Mask!! Isn't it cool?!?!" "Wow! I'm sorry I missed it! But speaking of Sailor Moon, happy birthday!" Serena said, handing Kaylee the box. Eagerly the child tore off the wrapping to find a small pink broach inside, just like Sailor Moon's. With the force Kaylee put behind her hug, you would have never guessed she was sick.* * * (At Darien's apartment almost dinnertime) "Do I look ok?" Darien asked Serena nervously. "I never really had an opportunity to meet your family, especially your father and I want to make a good impression..." "You look fine sweetheart," she assured him and pulled down his head for a kiss. When they broke apart she straightened his shirt and giggled. "Feeling better?" she teased. "Much better," he whispered back, kissing her ear gently. "Then we had better get going," she said and they headed out to Darien's car. They arrived at Serena's house and Darien pulled up to the curb and they went up to the house. "Mom, we're home!" Serena called as she opened the door. Ilene came out of the kitchen into the entranceway. "Hello Darien. Please come in. I'm so glad to really meet you since there wasn't much time to do so before the trip. Do you like chicken?" "Thank you Mrs. Kennelworth. It's a pleasure to be able to come for dinner and meet all of you. It smells wonderful," Darien said as he extended his hand. Ilene shook it with a smile and motioned him into the dining room. Ilene and Darien made small talk for about 10 minutes, getting to know each other better until she invited them to sit at the table after washing their hands, as she called down Sammy. "My husband should be home any minute, so we'll serve dinner then," Ilene said with a smile as she went to go put the finishing touches on dinner in the kitchen. Just then the front door slammed. "SERENA!!! WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU GETTING MARRIED!?!?!?!!?!?" Keith yelled as he stomped into the house. Serena and Darien exchanged glances. "Crap, Mina told his boss I had gotten married on the cruise," Serena whispered to Darien before she and Darien started running for their lives out the back door. The End. * Ok I don't think this is very probable or legal, but hey it's my story! Well minna, here ends my lil story. I hope you liked! This has been a major project for the last 10 months, about half of that time spent in writers block though...^_~ Please write to me and give me feedback. Was it funny? Ok, minna I'm officially out of school for the summer as of today. Neep, I hope I did well on those stupid Chem. and Physics finals...neep! Ah well at least I'll never have to look upon any more chemistry or physics for the rest of my life after Tuesday at 3:00... Then I'll write some more I promise. MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! IF any authors will be going to Animethon this July 15-16, PLEASE contact me. I'm running a fanfic panel and I need more authors. Animethon is an Anime festival, the largest in Western Canada, in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. So if you'll be nearby check it out! It's at Grant MacEwan Community College, Downtown campus. Caribbean Cruise, all parts and Ideas copyright Selene Terra.