RIVALS FOR SAILOR MOON’S HEART PART: 2 HI! I’m back! I hope you liked my first chapter because here comes number 2!! I liked how I started off the story in chapter one. So I am going to try and keep it as enjoyable as it was. I am writing this before I got any e-mail so I can’t thank any one yet, but for those who did like it and just haven’t told me THANK YOU!! Serena sat on the living room couch in a plain white tank top with sky blue colored boxers on and her pink bunny slippers. It was quiet since the only ones in the house were her and Luna. Sammy was out with his friends and her mom and dad were out for the weekend leaving her to take care of Sammy. She cluched the rose very tightly in her hands. Thinking over and over again about the previous night. ‘ I cant get it out of my mind. Every time I look at this I get shivers down my spine. Why do I like him so much any way? Just because he is absolutely gorgeous and handsome and brave and strong and- AAAAAAAAAHH!’ “ He saw me that night, maybe he was watching me ..” she said. “Who was watching you?” said Luna walking into the room. Serena quickly covered the rose and laughed it off. “Nothing.” “Are you just going to sit there all day or are you going to get out?” “Luna I got killer bruises from that last battle. It’s a little hard to move. I wanna let these heal a bit before I get outside.” She said. “Yeah right. Well why not call the girls over here for while, to visit?” “O.k. that sounds cool.” She got up and walked to the phone. And called Amy and Ray and Lita and Mina to come over. *** “So what should we do?” asked Lita. “I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW!” Serena said jumping up and down with excitement. “Lets have a good old slumber party. We can make our oun dinner, watch movies and read magazines. I haven’t done it in ages.” She said. Everyone yelled “yeah” at once. *** Darien walked around town trying to just kill some time. He couldn’t get his mind off of last night. “Why did I fallow her to the building? Why?” he kept on saying this over and over to himself when he walked in to the arcade excpecting to see Serena and instead saw Andrew talking with a few guys he had never seen before. “Oh! Hey Darien!” waved Andrew. The4 men turned their heads to see a tall man walking up to them. “Darien these are some friends of mine. This is Chad.” He motioned to a rugged handsome man with thick long shoulder length hair that coverd his eyes. Good looking in his oun messy way. “This is Luke.” Their was a tall man with strait bleached hair that went down to his ears. Piercing green eyes. And a small scar on his left cheek. “This is Greg.” “I remember you, you’re a good friend of … whats her name…. Amy! Right?” Darien said to the obviously shy boy. “You- you know her?” he said. Hiding his face. Then Andrew drew his attention to a tall, VERY good looking man. His hight, and well built. He had long full shiny black hair pulled back in a pony tail, hypnotizing silver eyes, and a pierced ear to his left. “This is Blaze.” Darien stood in shock. He couldn’t move. “D-did you just say Blaze?” he tried to say. Blaze was a little surprised at this mans reaction to his name and put his soda down and stood up. “Yeah, why?” he said. “I- I just never heard that name before. it struck me kinda funny.” Darien said. It was a lame excuse. But it saved him. This guy couldn’t be THAT Blaze. No way. “Any way, I heard that Ray went over to Serena’s house for a slumber party…. M-m-m-maybe we should go over their to see if they need anything.” Said Chad. The men a smiled slyly. Dariens head perked up at the mention of Serena. “Yeah right Chad.” Andrew said with a slight sneer. “Who is this Serena?” asked Blaze. “Oh, a great girl. She’s a good friend of mine and the girls. Even the guys here. Especially Dariens, right Darien?” “No comment.” “Well.. I- I- h-havent seen Amy in a while. M-m-maybe we should.” Said Greg. “Why not?” said Luke. *** “That was the best movie I have ever seen Serena. Next time we do any thing like this you gotta play that again.” “I figured you of all people would love it Mina.” Said Serena. “It had such a sad ending though, do you think all relationships end like that?” said Lita, with a slightly depressed look on her face. “Of course not Lita. It does happen some times but not all the time. And remember the VERY ending?” “Oh, I thought I was gonna cry.” Said Ray. “But it was very long, I wonder what the 5 hour versions would be like.” Said Amy. “Probably even more Romantic than this.” Mina said dazing off into her oun world. “Hmmm. I thought Leo was very good in his role ‘Jack’.” “Ewww! No way! Brad pitt.” “Ray, you are so corny. Leo was great!” “No way Lita. Brad would have done a great job.” “Oh. So you would have been glad to see him die like that. Freezing to death?” Serena said. “UH…” Ray was quiet. “Hey, Serena. Do you have any Teen magazines or stuff like that?” Mina said. Trying to change the subject. “Yeah, I think so.” “Lets do those quizzes and our horoscopes just for fun.” “O.K! I’ll be right back!” she dashed to her room. A few minutes later. Serena raced down the stares to see the girls all in their p.j.’s. “What..” she said. “Oh. Come on Serena. You cant have a real slumber party without us in our p.j.’s its tradition.” Said Mina. “O.k… I’ll be right back.” She dashed to her room again. “I’ll bet she has some really stupid pajamas. Like have it be a whole body suit with bunny ears.” Said Ray. “No way! I’ll bet its gonna be one of those pink long sleeved and long panced two part P.j’s.” Lita said. “Or just a long white shirt.” “Oh, come one. Serena is gonna come down here with bunny ears on Amy, you know it.” Said Ray. “Hey, lets turn off the lights. Have it candle lit for the mood. And have popcorn. Like they do in the movies.” “Oh come on lita, were not kids any more.” “Jeez Ray, just do it for old times sake. I’ve never done it before.” “Oh alright.” “IM BACK!” Serena said skipping down the stairs. The girls turned their heads expecting to see something hilarious when what they saw nearly made them hit the floor. Serena stood with her hair still in buns but with a little bow in each flowing part of her hair to prevent tangles when she slept. She had on a two piece shiny pink p.j. suit. Spagetti straped top that showed a little not a lot, but quit a lot of her top. It went down to her belly button. And her bottom part coverd her panties just barely wich showed off her legs. She was definetly in her p.j.’s. they didn’t expect her to look so good. “WOW! If only Darien could see you now.” Said Mina. “OH STOP IT MINA!!” Serena said. Slightly blushing. Serena went into the kitchen to get some cookies. “Hey, what’s that?” Lita said moving to the couch. She picked up a- “Rose. It’s a rose.” “Wow. She must really love them.” “I wonder why…” said Ray in a grumble. “Here, I bought these at the store last week, I didn’t have time to make any.” “Thank goodness.” “Just for that Ray, NO COOKIES FOR YOU!” “SERENAAAAAAA!” Ding Dong! “Who could that be? Its nearly 7.” “Actually its after 7.” Mina corrected Amy. “I’ll get it.” Serena said jumping to the door. “SERENA! WAIT! DONT OPEN THE DOOR YET! CHANGE OUT OF THOSE-“ Ray couldn’t finish her sentence before Serena opened the door and turned as pale as a ghost. “D-Darien?” she said. With a great struggle. “S-SERENA!?!” Darien tried with all his might to keep from looking down, but his insides couldn’t stop him. He stared at the most cute little p.j.’s he had ever seen. And the fact that it was SERENA’S p.j.’s made them down right beautiful. Serena was so shocked she couldn’t move. Soon the other men behind Darien walked up and saw what Darien was looking at, all except for Blaze. They gawked as well, Darien noticed them staring at her and jumped them in rage. “SERENA!!” Mina, Lita, Ama, and Ray yelled as they ran to her side encompessing her. “Here.” Mina put on a large jacket over the shaking Serena. “T- thank you Mina.” Ray and Lita turned their attention to the arguing men. “YOU PEEPING TOMS!!” Ray yelled. Lita slammed the door. Which caught the men’s attention, as they stared at the closed door. *** “I CAN’T BELIEVE THOSE GUYS! THEY COULD AL LEAST HAVE STOPPED STARING!!” Lita shouted. As she puffed in anger. Amy and Mina continued to conferted her. “Its o.k. Serena, you weren’t naked at least.” Mina said. “Thanks a lot Mina, but I might as well have been, he saw me. DARIEN SAW ME! DARIEN!!! OF ALL PEOPLE!!” Serena said getting more active by the second. “Don’t worry, we took care of him and those creeps.” Lita said in pride. “Any way Serena, what were you thinking anwering the door dressed like that!? ANYONE could have seen you.” Ray said. “I’m sorry.” Serena said. “Yeah, well… whatever. Their gone, so let’s have some fun!!” Ray said. “YEAH! COME ON SERENA ! PUT ON SOME MUSIC!!” Mina said cheerfully. Serena looked around at the circle of smiling faces. She wiped her tears and jumped up with a smile and said, “COOL! WHO’S INTO BACKSTREET BOYS!?!” A loud cheer of “ME!” erupted from the girls, and the party was back on. *** “I don’t know how you guys talked me into this, we already got the girls to hate us, ya want them to put us on the ‘most wanted’ list?” Darien said. “Come on Darien. Girls are having a slumber party, it’s night. It’s just un-american for guys to not crash a girls slumber party.” Luke said. “This is more for perverted Jocks then collage students.” Andrew said. “I-I- don’t know if we sh-sh-should, I mean, A-A-Amy’s in their, and-“ “And your dying to see her, we know Greg.” Luke interrupted. “Tell, me the point of this?” Blaze said. “Oh man, Blaze we got some serious catching up to do for you.” Luke said. “Face it Luke, you’re the only one who wants to do this.” Darien said. “You honestly expect me to believe that?” Luke said turning around to face Darien. “ I saw the way you were looking at Serena, heck, you were 3 seconds away from jumping her.” Darien turned as red as a cherry and couldn’t speek. “Not that I blame you though, she looked HOT in those pajama’s. I never knew she had such a body.” Luke said dirty. Darien suddenly broke into a force of furious rage and was about to attack Luke, Andrew saw this and quickly jumped between the two. “Calm down Darien, Look. Lets just go. We don’t want to cause any trouble for the girls.” Andrew said. “Yeah right, if it were Rita that was in there, you would have snucked in 5 minutes ago.” Luke said. Andrew was speechless. “I’m going, if you guys wanna miss out, fine. More the girls for me.” Luke said, sneeking off. “Especially Serena.” Luke said the last line as quietly as possible. But Darien heard him, and this only made him face head to head with Luke. And the others fallowed. They reached the back door, that was a slider, that was made of the thick glass. The kertain was slightly open so they could peek in. What they saw made them all nearly drool. There were all the girls, dancing in their pajama’s. All the men stared at each girls in awe. But they all caught their breath at the sight of each girl they had feelings for, particularly Darien for Serena. ‘Their not so attractive, what was the fuss these guys were making over-‘ Blaze’s thoughts stopped, he couldn’t breath, that was when he saw Serena. He starred shamelessly at her. Her long slender, but strong legs, her slim waist. Her perfect breasts, her FACE. The most drop dead gorgeous face he ever, and the most beautiful hair.. ‘She’s as gorgeous as Sailor Moon.’ He couldn’t help but notice that he liked the fact that she was wearing pajama’s instead of a uniform. Wich made it all the more tempting. *** Suddenly Ray stopped dancing. And looked around the room, looking for something. “Ray, what’s wrong?” Serena asked. “I feel something. Like someone’s watching us. Its creepy.” Ray said, still searching. The other girls noticed Ray and Serena looking around the room. Suddenly, Ray stopped dead in her tracks, and stared wide eyed at the glass door. The men stopped in horror. Serena couldn’t breath she was so terrified. “EEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!” Serena screamed. Ducking behind the girls. Amy and Mina both went to comfert Serena and cover her. Lita and Ray on the other hand, had looks fit to kill. “THAT DOES IT! YOU PERVERTS ARE DEAD!!” Lita shouted, cracking her knuckles. “PEAPING TOMS!” Ray charged. “RUN!!” Luke shouted. “GET BACK HERE YOU CREAPS!!” Lita shouted, chasing them. The men were barely to fast for the enraged girls, and were getting away fast, but not before Ray could throw her special ‘charms’ on them. “RRRR. They got away. If they so much as dare show their faces tomarrow…” Lita said to herself. “Wait, what did you throw on their backs Ray?” she asked. “My little ‘fire ball’ charms.” She said, winking. “Whoa. It wont kill them will it?” “Ha ha, no. But will give them some good well deserved bad luck for the week.” She said happily. “We better check on Serena, she could be bawling her eyes out now.” Ray said. *** “PANT! I cant believe… PANT… we did that.” Andrew said, panting. “What a rush, I’m up for another.” Luke said grinning. “ARE YOU NUTS!? WE GO BACK THERE AGAIN AND LITA AND RAY WILL KILL US!!” Darien shouted. “Well except for Greg, he was the only one who didn’t look.” They all looked at the blushing Greg. “Who was that girl with the long blond hair that was pulled up?” Blaze asked. “Oh, you noticed her too, eh Blaze? Man, we may have almost gotten killed but it was worth it to see Serena in those clothes. I had no idea she was so HOT!” Luke said. “That does it. I swear Luke, if you so much as LOOK at her again, I well rip you apart!” Darien said, in a threatening voice. “Excuse me?” Luke said. “You heard me. Don’t ever even TOUCH her Luke.” Darien growled. “Are you dating her Darien?” Blaze asked. “Well, uh.. I uh…” “I thought so. So she is available after all.” He smiled. “What..?” Darien said. *** “That was too fun Serena, let’s have another slumber party some time soon.” Lita said. “You bet.” She beamed. “Well, we better get going. We’ll see you at the Crown later, kay?” Mina said. “Right, bye bye!” Serena waved to them as they all left. She shut the door and went and sat back on the couch. “That was very fun Serena, I’m sorry about the whole peeping tom thing though.” Luna said. “It wasn’t your fault Luna, I would just like to know why they were doing that?” She huffed. “Is it not obvious?” Luna said. “What?” “Never mind.” Luna jumped off and walked into the kitchen. Serena walked up to her room and pulled out the rose that she had saved from 2 nights ago. “I still cant get you out of my mind.” She said. BEEP BEEP BEEP! “Oh great.” Serena pulled out her comunicater. “Serena, it’s Amy. We spotted another attack. Were at the park, please hurry.” “Right.” She said, “Luna!” *** “What am I gonna do? Serena is gonna hate me to my grave now? How am I sapposed to face her now?” Darien scolded himself lying on his bed. “The first thing to do is to opologize. But how? I don’t think I’ve ever opologized to her before.” Suddenly, a shooting pain shot through his body. “AAAAUUUUUGH! NO! NOT AGAIN!!” was the last thing he said, before he disappeared out of the apartement. *** “SAILOR SCOUTS! I’M HERE!!” Sailor Moon shouted, running to her friends. “’About time, what took you so long?” Mars shouted. “Oh stop it Mars! Any clue how we stop this thing?” She asked, pointing to the monster, that had a bushy head, that coverd it’s face, and the rest of it’s body covered in a sheet. “The direct approach.” Jupiter said. “JUPITER! THUNDER CRUSH!!” She shouted, shooting thunder to the monster, witch barely dodged it. “Dang, its fast.” She said. It charged the scouts, they jumped out of the way and landed far from it, except Sailor Moon, who tripped and fell a few feet away. “WAAAAAAAH!” She screamed. “UH!” She heard the monster shout out in pain, and stand back. She looked around to see what happened and saw a rose in front of her. “A rose?” she said, all of a sudden she saw Tuxedo Mask, run through the scene, grab Sailor Moon, and jump high in the air. “WAH!! TOO HIGH!!” She shouted, clamping onto Tuxedo Mask harder. Making him smile. They landed on the ground, just as they reached it though, they were attacked from behind. “UH!!” Sailor Moon shouted in pain as she hit the ground. “SAILOR MOON!!” Tuxedo Mask shouted, running to her. He saw a beam of energy shoot through the air, aiming at Sailor Moon. “NO!” He ran toward her, covering her body with his own to shield her from the attack. “NO! TUXEDO MASK!!” She shouted. She used all her strength to kick him off her, to push him out of the way, not letting him risk his life to save her again. “NO!!!!” He screamed, running back. But was stunned when he saw her flying through the air after a explosion. “SAILOR MOON!!” He screamed even louder. Fallowing her body, he caught her before she hit the ground. The other scouts watched in horror. “YOU BASTERD!!” Venus shouted in fury. “VENUS CRESENT BEAMS SMASH!!!” She shot her powerful beams at the monster dead center. “JUPITER THUNDER CRUSH!” “MARS FIRE EGNIGHT!” “MERCURY BUBBELS BLAST!” All the scouts were attacking the monster in full force, infuriated at what it did to their best friend. Tuxedo Mask saw none of this though, his attention focusing on the limp girl before him. “SAILOR MOON! SAILOR MOON!!!” He shouted over and over again.‘No, no…. no no no...!’ he said to himself over and over. “SAILOR MOOOOOOOOOOOON!!” His head fell between her neck and chest. And he began to cry. He felt a sudden twitch in her. “Uh…. Uh huh?” she moaned. “Sailor… Moon?” He said, not believing his eyes. “Tuxedo.. Mask?” “GASP! ARE YOU O.K!?” She shouted, suddenly remembering what happened. “You.. your alright?” he asked. “Huh?” she looked at her self, she didn’t have a scar on her. ‘She was covered in wounds a minute ago.’ He thought. “I fell fine now but- GASP!” Before she could finish her sentence, she was pulled into his arms. “I thought you were dead!!” he shouted, clutching her body even tighter. Sailor Moon was speechless, the man than she dremped about every night was hugging her, rather possesivly. “I’m, I’m o.k., I swear..” she tried to pull away slightly, but his grip on her showed her no mercy, he would not let her go. “DDDDDDIIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!” Shouted the monster, charging behind them. “MOON HEALING ACTIVATION!!” She shouted. And the monster was dust in seconds. “Sigh.” Sailor Moon said in relief. “SAILOR MOON!!” Shouted the scouts. They ran towards her. “Guys!” she was about to join them. When a arm wrapped around her waist, turned her around to face two deep blue eyes. “Don’t ever do any thing like that again Sailor Moon, I will protect YOU. And to make sure I succeed in this, I’ll be watching you.” And with that, he was gone. The other scouts finally reached her, to find her staring at the sky, blushing. *** “Are you sure you’re o.k. Serena?” Amy asked again. “I promise Amy, I feel fine.” Serena reasherd. “Well, alright.. but take it easy.” “I will, Bye!!” she waved to her friends, taking off. Once she reached around the block, she slowed down, and thought about Tuxedo Mask’s words. Suddenly she had the erg to run to a certain building. “Maybe…” *** Sailor Moon reached the top of the building that she went to two nights ago. She looked around, and saw nothing. “Guess I was just being silly.” She walked up to her usual spot and gazed at the scene. “I’ve been waiting for you.” Said a deep voice behind her. She quickly turned around. And saw Tuxedo Mask, watching her intensly. “I..un.. you have?” she asked, getting very nervous. He took a step forward, but this made Sailor Moon take a step back. He took another step towards her, and she took another step back. He lost his patience, reached his arm around her waist, placed his hand in the middle of her back, and pulled her towards him. She struggled to break free, but this only made his grip on her tighten. He placed a hand on her left cheek. And gazed at her face. “What…. What…” she studderd. “I don’t see any wounds…” he said. ‘THAT’S what he was doing.’ She said to herself. She suddenly felt his hand on her back grip harder, pulling her closer. “Don’t ever do that again Sailor Moon, I thought I lost yo- I thought you were dead.” He said. “I, I didn’t want you to get hurt, I couldn’t think of any thing els.” She said, looking down. He put his hand on her chin, lifting her head up. Making her blush more. “I will protect YOU, Sailor Moon. Don’t ever forget that.” He said. Her legs felt like jelly, and was about to collapse, she began to shiver. “You shaking..” he said, in a concern tone. “I… “ she pulled her gaze to the ground again. He let go of her cheek and grabbed his cape with his free hand, and wrapped it around her shoulders, covering her with his cape. “Warmer?” He asked. She couldn’t speek, all she could do was nod. “T-Tuxedo Mask..” “Yes?” “Why, do you always save me? Why do you want to protect m-us?” she asked. “I fight with you sailor scouts to beet the mega vers. But I protect only you.” He said. She gasped slightly. But tried her best to keep it quiet. “W-why?” she asked, almost in a wisper. “I don’t know, something about… makes me want to protect you with my life.” It was a few seconds before he began to speak again. “But I think I know why.” “W-why?” “Do you know any thing about the moon princess?” “I know were supposed to protect her with our lives.” He just stared at her. ‘Why cant I get myself to let go of her. Every time I get this close I lose control.’ “W-why?” she asked. “I was just wondering.” He said. ‘She’s so close… she’s right here, in my arms… I .. don’t know if I can hold out any longer.’ “Are you o.k.?” “Huh?” he asked, snapping out of his daze. “Are you hurt at all?” she asked. “I’m fine.” He said. He heard her sigh in relief. “Why?” he asked. “Well, what do you m-mean why? I was w-worried you were hurt.” She said. ‘She cares.. that much for me…’ he thought to himself. She began to shiver again. “Are you still cold?” he asked. “Um.. y-yes.. I should probably get home..” she said nervously. She was about to walk away, when she found out she couldn’t move. His grip on her only tightend even MORE. She looked up at him, he wasn’t going to let her go. “Tuxedo… Mask..?” she said. He pulled her up towards him, she struggled slightly, but yet again was out strengthened. The gap between him and her was closing fast. When suddenly- “AH!!” Sailor Moon shouted in pain. This made Tuxedo Mask twitch in fear for a second, and dropped her, but quickly caught her. “Whats wrong? Are you hurt?” he asked, holding onto her tight. “No-I-‘ She tried to reashure him, when she saw his gaze meet her leg. “Your leg.. it’s bleading..!” he looked at her leg terrified, then looked at her, with a face of anger. “Ah-“ was all she could say, before he placed his arm under her legs, and the other on her back, and jumped from the building they were at to another. “WAIT! WHERE ARE WE-“ “You lied to me Sailor Moon, you’re coming with me.” “W-what?” she said, in slight fear. ‘Think of something- QUICK!!’ “Please, I’m sorry I lied, but I didn’t want you to worry, put me down please.” Was all she could say. ‘She actually sounds… scared.’ He thought to himself. They stopped on the ground. He gazed into her eyes, still holding her tightly. “Alright, I’ll let you go here. But know this, don’t pull another stunt like that again. And to make sure you don’t, I’m goint to keep an eye on you.” He said, putting her down. “Huh?” was all she could say, before she found herself running home. ‘I cant believe that just happened!’ she thought to herself. She had run a few blocks, and was just about home. ‘I don’t think he would have fallowed me. I hope it’s safe to de-transform now.’ She transformed back into Serena, and ran into her house. From a roof top, only one house away…. “Sailor Moon….. is …..Serena?” Tuxedo Mask said. *** “YAWN! What a day. At least I didn’t get detention.” Serena said. “Yes, I think your improving.” Luna said. “Yep, does this mean you’ll stop nagging me?” “You wish.” “LUNA!!” She shouted, as Luna ran away giggling. She continued to walk when she heard someone call her… “MEATBALL HEAD!!” ‘No no.. not him….’ She turend around to see Darien. “What do you want this time Darien?” she asked, impatiently. He didn’t say anything for a second, just stared at her. She was starting to get nervous. “Wh-what?” she asked. ‘He’s looking at me funny, almost like he’s concerned about something.’ She thought. Then she remembered what happened the night before. “Look Darien, I am really mad right now, so if you-“ “I’m sorry.” “….. huh?” “Serena, I’m so sorry, I don’t know why I did that at you party. There’s no excuse to what I did, and I just hope you can forgive me.” He said, in the utter most sincere tone. ‘Am I hearing things, or did you just apologize to me?’ “Darien, your actually apologizing to me?” she asked out loud this time. He looked at her for a second in shock then nodded. ‘ she really see’s me that way?’ “I-I-…” she was dumbfounded. “You guys really scared us Darien, what on earth made you DO something like that? It’s so unlike you!” “I…. To tell you the truth I was THIS close to just walking away.” He said, using hand signals. “Then why did you?” she asked. ‘I cant honestly tell her WHY… can I?’ “One of the guys was a real jerk, I didn’t trust him. So came along with him to…” he didn’t finish, he made his point. Listening to this made Serena make 3 perfect circles on her face. “You mean, you came to king of… protect… us?” she asked, stuttering. “Um.. well..” “Well… that doesn’t sound quiet like you but for some reason, it ‘feels’ like you. So, I guess I forgive you. But if you EVER-“ “I swear! I’ll never pull any thing like that again Serena!” he said, waving his hands in front of him. “O.k. I’ll pretend this never happened. just be glad my family was out. Well… bye.” She was about to walk past him when he stepped on front of her. “Darien?” “I, I also wanted to call a truce, between us.” He said, nervously. “WHAT!?” She shouted in shock. “Oh come on, it’s not that much of a shock.” “Do you listen to yourself when we talk to eachother?” she said, with her hands on her hips now. ‘I do…’ “That’s why I want to call a truce. And start over.” “Jeez, what happened to YOU yesterday to make you change so much?” she asked. He just gave her a odd look with his eyes. Then continued. “Well… sure. Truce.” She held out her hand, and shook his. “So.. now what?” she asked. “Do you want to get something to eat at the crown?” he almost laughed when he saw her face light up at the mention of this. *** “O.k., o.k. what about the time that me and Lita were at the arcade about to confont Andrew about his girlfriend. When-“ “When you finally found out you didn’t have a chance.” Darien interrupted. “And Lita nearly killed you when you keeled over on the street.” She said slyly. “O.k., I asked for that.” Darien said, fake wincing. “Who ordered the triple topping pizza?” asked a worker. “RIGHT HERE!” Serena squealed happily. Darien just watched her in awe as she ate the food. “Where do you put all that food that you eat?” he asked. “I thought the point of this meal was to call a truce.” She said. “I was just wondering how you stay in such good shaped when you.. eat…so……..much….” he trailed off, just realizing what he just said. “I…” she said when she suddenly jumped up. “OH MY GOSH! I’M LATE!!” She shouted darting out. “I’m sorry Darien, I gotta go! Bye!!” she waved. “Wait! Uh… you want me to walk you?” he asked, standing up fallowing her. “Huh? Oh… uh… no, that’s o.k. Darien. I’m just meeting some friends.” She said, dashing off, blushing. ‘you wont get away from me that easily Serena.’ He said. *** “Jeez, what is with Darien today? He was so nice, so kind…. Something weird is going on here.” She said to herself. When she suddenly bumped into someone. “Uh! OH NO!” She quickly stood up and started bowing over and over again. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m-“ she was suddenly stopped with two hands on her shoulders. “Huh?” she looked up to see a very handsome face, and oddly fermilure somehow. “It’s alright Serena, it was my fault.” “Huh? How do you know my name? H-have we met?” she asked. “Um..no. But my friends have talked about you and they pointed you out once.” He said. “Oh.. uh.. do I know them?” “Yes. Greg, Andrew, Luke, and.. Darien.” He said, with a little struggle with the last name. “Oh..” she said, getting a little angry, now realizing where she had seen him. “You were one of those guys who showed up at my party last night huh?” she said. “I- no. I didn’t see any thing. But I was with them and took off when they went in there.” He said, lying through his teeth. “Hmmmm.” She said, not quiet believing him. “My name is Blaze. Maybe you would like to have lunch.” He said, putting his hand around her shoulders and pushing her towards a restaurant. She gasped slightly but quickly backed away. “I’m sorry, but I’m late for a meeting with my friends, and I just had lunch with a…. Friend.” She said nervously. She was beginning to walk off when all of a sudden a hand grabbed her arm. “What are you-?” she asked. “But I will see you again? Right?” he asked, looking directly into her eyes, making her nervous. “Um… I suppose… good bye.” She took off. He chuckled slightly. Then all of a sudden turned around to see a furious face. “Hey Darien.” He smiled. “You stay away from her.” He said coldly. “Why? You don’t have a claim on her.” “She’s isn’t I item you can possess. You just keep your distance.” He said. “You keep your own.” He said, walking away. ‘I’m going to keep a close eye on you now Serena.’ Darien swore. *** “Aaaaaaahhhh… I am SO glad we get school off tomarrow.” Serena said. “Me too, I’ts been a long weak.” Mina agreed. “But it’s Monday you guys.” Amy said. “Well… it seamed like a long weak.” Mina blushed. “So, what are we actually going to talk about guys?” Serena asked. “Tuxedo Mask.” Luna said. All of a sudden, Ray’s room was full of sighs. “He is just too dreamy to be a enemy Luna.” Mina said. “Ditto. He’s so mysterious, and sexy, and so much like my old-“ “BOYFRIEND!” every one shouted. Making Lita blush. Luna scanned the room, looking at all the blushing girls, except for Serena. Witch was really unusual for her. ‘She must be sick or something.’ She thought. A few hours later…. “Bye guys, I better hurry home, mom is gonna freak!” Serena waved to her friends and ran home. She was only a block away when a weird feeling came over her. She stopped, ‘ is someone watching me?’ she thought. She suddenly got a full case of goose bumps. She looked around to see if she could see any one watching her. “I must be paranoid.” She said, then walked into her house. As soon as the door closed, a man jumped from a roof top to where she was just standing. ‘Well, now I know why she’s always over at Ray’s talking for so long at one of her ‘meetings.’ But this would mean THEY are Scouts too. Who’d have thought?’ he thought. He jumped to a tree and looked through a window as Serena walked into her room. ‘She seems alright.’ He thought. Then noticed she was beginning to undress. And with that, was gone in less than a second. *** Serena was tossing in her sleep. Mumbling things about the crystal… Tuxedo Mask… and Darien. Luna was watching all of this. “Serena…SERENA!!” Luna shouted, shaking Serena, waking her up. “Luna.” She sighed, breathing hard. “Is something wrong Serena? You looked like you were having a horrible nightmare.” She said. “I was.” She said, leaning over. “What about?” Luna asked. “I don’t remember.” She stood up and changed into a long sleeved shirt that hugged her whole upper body. And baggy pants, that showed the cerve of her hips. And small shoes. “I need to go for a walk.” She said, picking up a sweater, and walking out the door. “Uh…” *** “Man, I haven’t had a dream like that in a long time. I cant even remember what It was about. It’s probably a good thing too.” Before Serena even realized it, she was walking to the park where the previous fight was. “I guess he’s mad at me.” She said, thinking of Tuxedo Mask. Then walked to the spot where she saved him and stood there and gazed at it. She didn’t know how much time had gone bye until. “Well, well, well, what have we here?” said a sick voice behind her. She spun around to see a man that looked about 16-17. Hair pulled back, with baggy clothes. Good looking, but he looked like a drunk. “I’m warning you, stay back.” She said, tears of fear dwelling up. Taking steps back. “Aw, come on girl. Let’s have some fun.” He said, coming closer. “I’m not going to tell you again.” He only took another step towards her. She grabbed her locket and began to run screaming “HELP!HELP!!!!! HEEEEEEELP!!!” She was about to transform when she felt two hands grab her waist, pull her to the ground and grip her wrists to hold her down. “Your not going any where hun. You’re stayin’ right here, and were gonna have a little party.” “LET ME GO!! HEEEEEEELLLLP!!” She kicked and screamed with all her might. But her kicking stopped when he climed on top of her. “You know your real cute when your scared.” He chuckled, and leaned towards her. BASH!! Serena kept her eyes closed when she heard a sound, and all of a sudden, the man was off her. She opend her eyes to see him running for his life, with bruises all over him. She just layed there wide eyed. “Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.” “ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?” Shouted a warm voice. She looked up to see none other than Tuxedo Mask. “WAH!” She screamed, and jumped back, still on the ground. “It’s o.k., I wont hurt you. Did he hurt you? What did he do to you?” he asked. Full of concern. “I-“ She was stopped by Tuxedo Mask picking her up and checking her for wounds. “What are you doing out here by yourself?” he asked, holding onto her shoulder tightly. “I, I was going for a walk… I had a bad dream, and I thought this could relax me.” She said nervously. “Why did you come here? You could have been…Why did you come here?” he asked again. Not allowing himself to admit what might have happened. “I don’t know, I just walked here.” She said, looking down. She gasped as he pulled her into his embrace. His arms were wrapped around her. One hand on her shoulder, and the other on her waist. She heard him panting and sighing. ‘Was he, worried about me? ME?’ She asked herself. “Don’t come out here again by yourself. Especially at night.” “Hey, you cant-“ “PLEASE!!” He said sternly, looking into her eyes. Still holding on tight to her shoulders. She just looked at him stunned. “Wh-why?” she asked. “I don’t want you hurt Sere-“ She gasped. “You know my name?” “Promise me you wont do what you did tonight again.” “I… alright… I wont do this again… but-“ She was once again silenced by another warm embrace by Tuxedo Mask. “I’m going to trust you Serena, but I’m going to watch you to make sure. I know you too well.” He said to her ear. ‘WHAT!?’ She said to her self in shock. Her thoughts were brought to a stop when he picked her up and leaped into the air, jumping from a tree top, to a roof top, to roof top. “Wait! What are you doing!?” she yelled. He stopped when he came to a roof top not far from her house. “I’m taking you home, I’m going to make sure you will get home safe.” “You even know where I live?” “I know a lot about you Serena. I know where you live, go to school, your friends. But I am no stalker Serena, please note this, I only protect you.” Serena suddenly got a flash back of déjà vu. ‘I only protect you’ she remembered Tuxedo Mask say those words on the roof top. “Why… why me?” she asked. A little scared. “Please, don’t be scared of me Serena, I care about you. The last thing I will allow is you hurt.” He said. “But…I…” she couldn’t think of any thing to say. She suddenly struggled to be free. She landed on her feet. And looked strait to his eyes. “Why are you doing all this for me? I’ve never even met you!” ‘Well, it’s the half truth. You better appreciate this Luna.’ “You don’t trust me Serena?” “I… I don’t know.” She said, looking again at the ground. “Why not? Have I done something to earn your mistrust?” he asked, with worry? “No.. it’s just.. I … I don’t know what to think…!” she said. “Very well, ask me any thing you like. And I will answer truthfully.” She just looked at him in shock. ‘was he serious?’ “O.k., how do you know so much about me?” She asked. “I have been watching you.” “Watching me?” “Now it’s my turn, will you give me your trust?” “…..” she looked at the ground. “Serena?” “..k…” “What?” “O.k… I trust you.” She said, looking up into his eyes. He came closer to her, but this time she didn’t back away, only looked into his eyes sternly. “You are strong, I know this Serena. I just want to make sure your safe.” “Why do you watch me Tuxedo Mask?” she asked. “Because I care about you.” “Huh?” was all she said, before he picked her up again, only this time, much tighter. And began to leap into the night. They were only a few blocks away from her house, and Serena found herself clutching her locket. ‘could he know that I’m Sailor Moon? And that’s why he’s protecting me?’ They arrived at her house, and he stopped at the tree in front of her window, and put her into her room. She walked in her room, turned round, and found he was still there. “What?” He just continued to gazed at her. “I promise, I wont go walk by myself like I did tonight again.” “I’m going to hold you to that.” He said, before he took off. “Man… what a night.” *** At that very moment, a dark figure appeared over Serena’s house. And watched Tuxedo Mask leave. “If Serena knows him, than she must be a Sailor Scout. None other than Sailor Moon.” He smiled at this thought. He vanished from where he was, and to her window. *** “Luna? Are you still awake? Guess not.” She put on her long T-shirt. And leaped to bed. “YAWN! I’m gonna get some good sleep tonight.” She said, flopping onto her pillow. She turned in her bed, and looked out the window, when she saw a dark figure floating in the wind, at first she thought is was Tuxedo Mask and jumped at the thought of him SEEING her. And fell off the bed. “What are you still doing her you-“ she stopped when she saw it wasn’t Tuxedo Mask. “I’ve been looking for you Serena.” Said the cold but powerful voice. “Bl-Bl-Bl-“ she couldn’t say his name so terrified. “Ah, you know my name. I guess I was right when I figured you were Sailor Moon.” “What? I don’t know what your-GASP!” Before she could finish her sentence, he vanished and appeared in front of her. And wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her towards him. “LET ME- MMPH!” He put his hand on her mouth before she would wake up her family, he didn’t think about the cat. “Now be quiet Serena, so I wont have to kill your family if they wake up.” He saw her eyes shoot open in fear at his comment. “Good. Then keep quiet.” He grabbed her and was about to pull her out the window when she punched him in the side as hard as she could. Jumped out the window, and ran down the street. Reached and alley and transformed. “At least now I can fight.” She said. She pulled out her communicater. “AMY! AMY COME IN! PLEASE!” She shouted despretly. “Serena? What is it?” she heard, it was Amy. “AMY! NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! GET EVERY ONE! TRANSFORM! AND MEET ME AT ME NEIGHBOR HOOD! I’M UNDER ATTACK!!” “RIGHT!” And Amy was gone. “All I can do now is stall him.” She said. “Stall me? Really Sailor Moon.” Said that cold voice. Sailor Moon jumped back away from Blaze. “I must say, you are tougher than I thought. You can certainly pack a punch. But did you stop to think what I could do to your family if I got too angry?” “W-what?” “Don’t worry, they’re alive… for now.” He smiled. And launched himself for her. She just barely dodged him, and began to run down the street. ‘O.k. Tuxedo Mask, you can pop up any time now like you always do.’ She thought. “I HAVE YOU!!” He shouted from behind her. “MOONTIARAMAGIC!!” She shouted as quickly as possible. He disk/tiara flew towards him. ‘DANG! MISSED HIM!’ She continued to run. “YAH!!” He shot a beam of energy towards her, hit her heal, causing her to trip and fall. “YOUR MINE!!” “WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!” “JUPITER THUNDER CRUSH!!” A large bolt of thunder shot Blaze dead center, and threw him ten feet back. Sailor Moon stood up to see her four friends running towards her. “GUYS!” She launched herself at Mercury. “Sailor Moon! Are you alright?” Mercury asked. “Guys! He knows who I am! I don’t know how! But he knows!!” she cried. “WHAT!?” All the scouts shouted. “It’s true. And if you think you can protect her 24 hour’s a day, dream on. I’ll take her, sooner or later, I will.” Blaze vowed. “YOU’LL HAVE TO KILL ME FIRST!!” Shouted a voice. Then out of now where, a rose shot through the air, and to Blaze’s face. “AUGH!” He shouted in pain. “I warned you, you touch her and I’ll kill you. Now, I will.” Tuxedo Mask shouted, now in front of the Scouts and Blaze. “TUXEDO MASK NO!” Sailor Moon shouted. The two men fought with fury, until finally Blaze shot a beam of energy to Tuxedo Mask’s shoulder, causing him to fall. “DIE!!” “Oh no you don’t! JUPITER THUNDER CRUSH!” “AH!” Blaze shouted, backing away. “Either leave now Blaze, or face us all.” Mars shouted. “I’ll be back Scout’s, and you wont be there to save Serena.” And with that, disappeared. All the girls just looked at each other in shock. As Sailor Moon rushed to Tuxedo Mask. “Are you o.k?” Sailor Moon whispered so the others wouldn’t hear. “Yes. Are you?” he asked. “Yeah. I guess this mean’s you know who I am.” “I’ve known it for days.” He said. “What?” she said in shock. “I’ll be watching you extra close Serena. Farewell.” And with that, was gone as well. Every one was quiet until Amy broke the silence. “What do we do now? Serena cant stay at her house alone any more. He’ll come any time.” “Were going to have to protect her, keep a close eye on her, and never leave her alone.” Jupiter said. “I agree. She can stay with me tonight, and we’ll think of something ells tomarrow.” Mars said. “Alright.” Every one agreed. “I’ll go get my stuff.” Sailor Moon de-transformed and headed to her house. All the scouts got a sudden flash of déjà vu as she left. For some reason, protecting her like this felt so… right. *** Serena went to her room. And put the final stuff into her bags and was about to leave when something caught her eye. A rose. She walked to it, picked it up, there was a note. She opend it. “Dear Serena, I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you like I said I would, now that you know that I know who you are, it’s only fair you know eventually who I am. I will watch you closely until we beet Blaze. So don’t worry, I’ll be here watching. Sincerely, Tuxedo Mask.” “I don’t believe it.” She said as she walked down the stairs, left a note to her family a friend had a emergency and she had to leave and would call tommarrow. *** “AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGH! I WAS SO CLOSE!!!!!!” Shouted a furious Blaze. “I SWEAR SAILOR SCOUTS! THE MINUTE YOU LET YOU GUARD DOWN! SHE WILL BE MINE! AS WELL AS YOUR LIVES! AND EVERY SINGLE BIENGS ON THIS WHOLE PLANET!!!!” HIIIIIIIII!! Do you like it so far? Oh man, I cant believe it took me so long to type this? I had such a bad case of writers block. But I’m also working on some other stuff. Ideas just keep popping into my head. It’s so cool! Well, I’m eager to get e-mail. So send it in and I’ll keep typing. But remember, if there’s something you didn’t like about this, just tell me, gently. My e-mail address is in the first chapter. See ya!!