Remember Princess Chapter 3 Rated: G Author: natia_99 (aka, nat-chan) Disclaimer: Hmmm...let's see here....under article 52 subclause z, ownership of all Sailormoon products and storylines shall belong to: *nat-chan erases out Naoko and writes nat-chan with red crayola marker* heh heh, they'll never know..... AN's: I know I know, my disclaimer's are getting more and more bizarre, but that's only because I have written wAAAAAyyy to many fics--er wait, that's not a good excuse, now I sound even wierder...sigh...there is no hope for me....waahhh. Thanks: Grace, Silver Bunny, you guys rule! Thanks for all the virtual love and support! ^_^hee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ "Yaaaaaaaaaaahoooooooo!" Serena shrieked joyously as she rollarskated full speed through the park. Darien caught her up and took her hand. She grinned over at him, "I can't believe I'm good at this!" she beamed. "You're good at skating, it makes sense." He observed. They rollar skated for a while, swerving, spinning, even jumping. Finally Darien caught Serena's arms and spun her to a stop, slowly. And as they spun slowly to a stop, arms interlocked, gazing into one another's eyes, romance swept in and took over. Darien ached to kiss her but wouldn't. It was too soon. Too soon. She watched him thoughtfully before grabbing his arm and pulling him away at break neck speed, "C'mon, let's go EAT!!!" He laughed. They ate hot dogs and then played frisbee. Serena tossed and caught with ease thanks to her Moon Tiara trick. Darien patted himself on the back proudly for remembering that. Queen Serenity smield over them. Once again Endymion proved his intelliegence, and his love.... Evening fell and a dance started in the pavillion. Darien grabbed Serena's hand, "C'mon, let's go." "But I can't dance! I *know* I'm terrible already!" "I'll teach you!" He called back, dragging her. He pulled her up the steps and onto the dance floor. And deja-vu took over.... Darien murmured the steps softly in her ear as she took them with ease. "You're a natural." He smiled. They danced for hours.....finally Serena *had* to get home. Reluctantly they walked back to her house. Once again, beneath the window sill, silver moon shining down, Darien bit back the overwhelming urge to kiss her. She had turned to leave but suddenly turned back. She smiled, stepping closer to him, "You keep fighting back the urge to kiss me..." She said softly and he started, "....why?" The question hung gently, seductively in the air as she blushed up at him. He leaned down and kissed her tangling his fingers in her hair....overwhelmed by his two loves for Princess and Meatballhead. Serena was too overwhelmed by her own feelings to register any of his, which was fortunate since he was remembering every kiss of a thousand years ago... It was Serena that finally broke away, collecting herself softly. She smiled up at him, seeing the tumble of emotion in his eyes and feeling it near her heart.....it left her content... "G'night..." She murmured, stifling a giggle at his delightfully dazed face. "G'night...." He breathed as she vanished beatifully into the night. ~~~~~~~~~~&~~~~~~@ She watched his retreating figure from her window with a smile that had somehow crept up her spine to the corners of her mouth, and would not leave. She threw herself into bed with a sigh, could life *be* anymore perfect? The thought of Darien's glazed eyes after that kiss made everything else in the world seem pale and unimportant by contrast--even though School was wonderful and protecting the Universe was a pretty big deal..... She slipped into sleep still smiling......in love with all the innocent joy of a first fall, oblivious to the existence of it a thousand years before....knowing only that Darien's thoughts read like the pages of some silvery book....soft against her heart.... Queen Serenity smiled over her daughter.....at last she seemed settled with everything. Love made all things seems brighter, softer, easier..... ~Sweet dreams my Princess....~ But sweet dreams never had chance to find her, for the beep of her communicator suddenly cut through the silence of the night. "Wha-???" Serena exclaimed jumping up, and then as she realized what the sound was, "Waaahhhhh!! Can't a girl get *any* sleep around here?" She stumbled to the window, "Grrmumblezzz....mooncrystalpower...." *FLASH* Sailormoon lept out into the night. She arrived at the battle scene and shook her head at the ugly Youma and four scouts zapping furiously from all directions. "It's a crime the way they keep making you monsters uglier and uglier." She said calmly, poised to make her famous speech. The scouts stilled as the Youma stopped and regarded this new addition to the battle. "I am Sailormoon, Champion of Love and Justice--and *you* are punished, in the name of the moon!" And for the first time, she lept into battle with grace and ease, reaching up and swishing her tiara out before anyone--or thing--could react. "Moon Tiara Magic!" She sang out and hit the Youma dead on, dusting it without needing her wand--or Tuxedo Mask. "Wow, great job Sailormoon." Mars breathed, a little shocked. Tuxedo Mask stood in the shadows of a tall tree, smiling. This was how it was meant to be. She was strong, confident, a true leader. He tossed a rose out and it landed gently at her feet. "I knew you could do it Sailormoon." His voice broke clearly through the night and everyone jumped. He stepped into the moonlight and approached her. Her eyes widened. "Tuxedo Mask! Th-Thank you..." Had he *ever* complimented her before--or stayed after a battle for that matter. He nodded to the scouts, "Sailor's, I am at your service." He smiled, tipping his hat. Now that he knew his true identity he could stop with all the mystery and distance....well, maybe not *all* the mystery....it was kinda cool..... He bowed down to Serena, as he had at their first meeting some thousand years previous, "Sailormoon, I live to protect you...." She looked down startled at him and then wildly at the scouts, mouthing, "What?!" They simply shrugged. He kissed her hand and she nearly jerked it away. *What* was he doing??? He looked up at her and sighed. He'd half hoped she'd need saving so he could sweep her off into the night and finally talk with her as he'd always wanted to....give into the strange romantic feelings he'd always had for her in this form. But there was nothing really stopping him now was there? No, there was not. So he did just that. Swept her up into his arms and lept off into the night...leaving four gaping scouts. Lita was the first to recover, "I guess he's no the enemy..." "Seems more like he's in love with Sailormoon." Commented Mina with a sigh. Rei and Amy sweatdropped. "Oy." Meanwhile, beneath the moonlight on some far off roof top, Tuxedo Mask gently let Sailormoon out of his grasp, but kept her in his arms. "Sailormoon..." He breathed, enjoying the feel of her so close. She was staring at him with disbelief, "I....I never dreamed..." She stuttered, but then smiled, "Well alright, I *did* dream....but I didn't think it would ever happen..." He smiled and bent to kiss her, catching her lips softly.....but she jerked away, "No, oh no!" She cried, cutting him to the heart, "I'm sorry, I can't! Oh I can't! I-I love someone else!" And then she lept off into the night, tears trailing down her cheeks, sobbing brokenly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ Gasp! Oh no! WHAT will Darien do? ^_^hee