Konnichi-wa minna!  Here is chapter 4!  
A Trap For A Truce:  Chapter 4:  At last...some mush!
AN:  I am using these AN's to harass--er--I mean *encourage* some
people to post their 
fics!  Makoto Kino, Grace Mcmoon, Lady Spring....who else?  There are
so many great girls (and guys?) writing such wonderful fics and NOT
submitting them!  This is a terrible crime!POST POST POST!
There, that's my rant for the day! ;)Rated:  GSet:  First Season
Disclaimer's:  My plot to kidnap Sailormoon is still in the works, so
for now, she's notmine....sigh....Enjoy minna and keep e-mailing!  :)
p.s.  I'm posted at some other sites besides First Love!  Go visit
them, they're wonderful!Love In The Spring Time: 
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Lights/3406/index.html
annnnd Lazuli and Mako-chan's fanfic corner: 
http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/health/520/
(under "Natalie's Fics...gasp, my secret identity is RUINED! *giggles*)
Thanks to Lady Spring, Lazuli and Mako-chan for posting me!  ;)
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Serena and Darien tumbled into the room and readied for bed hurriedly. 
They were bothexhausted.
Darien yawned as he headed for the couch, "Hey--shouldn't we review?"
"WHAT?!  You can't be serious!?  I'm waaaaaaaaaaay too tired!"  MoanedSerena.
"I dunno Serena, we said EVERY night.  You don't want to fall behind do
you?  I mean--"THUNK
A pillow hit him squarely in the face, "NO WAY!  I REFUSE to study!"
He laughed and threw it back, "Alright!  Alright!"
She laughed to and then fell carelessly into bed--and sleep.
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It was teetering into the wee A.M. when Darien woke to find Serena
missing.  He checked
the room, the bathroom....then he threw on a sweater and headed out to
look for her.The sun was peeking over the horizon and there she was.  Sitting
placidly with a huge bookin her lap....sketching?!
He came up from behind her and peeked at her drawing....it was amazing.
He knelt down by her,
"Something else I didn't know about you.  How many secrets do you haveSerena?"
She jumped and looked up startled at his face, "Darien!  I--!"
"So the truth comes out!  Is this why you're always oversleeping?"
She nodded and was silent a moment.He waited for her to speak.
"I love to draw in the night..."  She confessed sweetly.
"That one looks amazing!"  He said pointing, "Can I see?"
She looked at him a moment and then handed him the book.
Something had changed....she trusted him....he was kind...
He looked through her book with awe, "These are great!  And I'm not
just saying that either!"
Too late she remembered and tried to get back her book before he found
it, "Wait!"But he flipped to it at that exact moment and frowned with curious
surprise,"Hey, this is me?  When did you do this?"
She blushed furiously, "One day when you were sitting in the
arcade....you didn't see me.."
He studied it, his tall figure leaning over a coffee.
"I'm surprised you didn't add horns and a tail."  He chuckled.
"Darien I would never!"  But the thought made her giggle.
"Have you ever taken classes?"  He asked."Nope."
"Wow!  You should see if you could get into some college drawing
classes! You're works goodenough!"
She smiled gratefully, "Thanks.  I never thought of it....no one knows
I draw...I've never
told anyone....kind of like singing...only Mina knows..."  (AN:  I
guess you can tell Mina's
my fav huh?  But I mean really, who ELSE would help Serena with singing
and stuff?)He smiled, "Secrets huh?  I know about those."
"What do you mean?"  She asked softly.He met her gaze, "I have a few myself."
He paused thoughtfully and then added, "And since I accidentally found
out one of yours,I'll tell you one of mine."
She nodded, "Okay.  What could you possibly have secret?"
He moved closer to her, "My past.""Oh."
"I-I lost my parents in a car accident when I was six."  he stumbled
over the words,"I was the only one to survive.  I have amnesia though, I can't
remember them or the accident..."
She looked at him in disbelief, "Oh Darien!  How terrible for you! What
happened to you?Who took care of you?"
"I lived in an orphanage till I could get a job and move out."
She took his hand in a warm squeeze."I've only ever told Andrew."
"Well, thank you for telling me."  
He smiled down at their joined hands, "Are we friends now?"
She nodded vigorously.
"Good.  I'm glad."  He chuckled, "C'mon, let's go back and sleep in!"
"Hurray!"  She cheered, rising with her book.
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bored of *'s oKAY?!)
They slept in late and then headed for the dining hall so Serena could
'inhale half thebuffet table' as Darien teased lightly.
Then, in a wonderful blur, they played tennis, swam, sunbathed and
reviewed their books before
docking at their first stop and heading for a beautiful sunset beach.
Stretched out on a blanket Darien sighed contently as Serena sat beside
him sketching.She turned to him suddenly, "Hey, uh, Darien?"
"Hmmm?"  He said lazily."Would you mind if I--er-sketched YOU?"
He opened one eye to peek at her and smiled, "Sure." He shrugged and
returned to his half-nap.
She squealed happily making him feel like a million bucks for assenting
and then went to work.
They lingered until twilight...(AN:  I LOVE that phrase!  Don't youminna?)
Darien dozed off completely and Serena made several sketches of him,
taking the time--without
realizing--to memorize and describe his every feature with the gentle
strokes of her hand.
Finally the staff began calling them in, as dark clouds rolled in,
unseen, on the horizon,rumbling ominously.
Serena reluctantly woke Darien, brushing her fingers carefully throughhis hair.
She looked at his handsome features and sighed.  She didn't know what
to make of him.This enigmatic young man.  One minute her worst enemy, the next,
something akin to her best friend...?  
She thought back to his confession earlier--about his parents....it
felt like a lifetime ago
now....another reality...how could this one man make her feel terribly
childish andincredibly mature?
He opened his eyes slowly to her sweet face bent over him.
"Hey sleepyhead, time to go back to the ship!"
"Hey."  He said, his voice traced with grogginess.
He smiled and tugged playfully at one of her pigtails, "Alright
Meatballhead, let's go."
His voice was not teasing however-but affectionate.  His sleepiness had
his defenses down.
She pretended to frown, "Hey!  What's the big idea?  Didn't I wake youup nice?"
And that's when it hit struck him how familiar they were with one
another now--how Serenawas the first girl to ever wake him up, or see him sleep!
He tried to shake off the significance of this and found it impossible
as his voicebetrayed him, "Yeah, you did."She turned startled eyes on him.
~That tone....his face....couldn't be!~Then she remembered about his parents.
~No one ever tucked him in, woke him up....actually...thinking of her
screaming motherand nagging Luna, maybe that wasn't so bad....~
"Yeah, well, I wouldn't want to wake you up like I'M woken up everymorning!"
She imitated her mother, posture and all, 
"Serena!  Are you up yet?  You're GOING to be LATE!  Serena Tsukino I
will NOT stand by andlet you sleep till noon on a Saturday!"
Darien chuckled at her antics.  The moment of romantic tensiondispelled.
The rumbling grew louder in the distance.
"Hmmm, looks like a storm's coming."  Said Darien.He didn't see Serena stiffen.
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Darien climbed into bed--and Serena onto the couch uneventfullyuntil.....CRASH!
A flash of lightening was followed by a deafening noise.
And before Darien had time to react he found a shaking Serena had
launched herself full under
the covers and with the next crash she was in his arms."Serena?!"
"I'm sorry!  I'm scared of lightening!  I'm know I'm such a baby but--"CRASH!
With a shriek she buried herself in his chest, choking back sobs.
Darien was at a loss.
~What do I do?~  He thought desperately.  But as the thunder grewlouder and more
persistent he found himself instinctively soothing her....
His arms gradually collected her shaking form and then he was strokingher hair
and back, murmuring comfort in her ear.
The storm was bad and the fact that it shook the ship a couple of times
only made thingsworse.
But Serena finally fell asleep...warm and unafraid in Darien's arms.
He glanced down at her sleeping form and sighed.  It was late.  He'dsettled back
against the pillows with her comfortably some time ago.
~I should put her back on the couch...~ Was the last thing he
remembered thinking before
he fell asleep...still holding the sweet girl in his arms.
moonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstarmoonstar
(hey, it's original ne?  better than *'s!!!!!)
Serena awoke with a sensation of deja vu...she'd dreamt all night of
Tuxedo Mask and now she 
felt as though she was really in her handsome hero's arms. (AN:  ahhhhirony)
	"mmmmmm.....oh Tuxedo Mask...."  She murmured softy.
Darien however...barely waking...froze in shock.~How does she...?~
Serena pulled herself up and he shut his eyes tight--hoping he wasconvincing.
He heard her giggle, "oops...it was just a dream."He relaxed a fragment.
Then he heard her sigh, her voice so quiet, "Darien...you held me all
night?  Why areyou so kind to me?"
She gently brushed his hair aside and leaned in close till he couldfeel her warm
breath, "You sure are handsome...."  She whispered.
Then she was gone.  And a few moments later the shower came on...
Darien roused himself unsteadily.  Trying to quiet his heart--afraid
everyone could hearit pounding....
He threw on his jogging clothes and headed out--hoping it would clearhis head.
Serena emerged from the bathroom and peered around for him.
~He must've gone for jog.~She walked slowly over to his things.
~I don't understand him...~
She flipped absently through his notebooks, skimming his upright
handwriting as though she could find some answer there.
Finally she closed them with frustration.~He doesn't even DOODLE!~
What an aggravatingly mysterious man! (AN:  Sigh, I love Darien to
pieces, but I must agree
with Serena on that one! *Serena nods her approval to me and we highfive*)
A book underneath the others caught her eye.  It was small and a bit
rough around the edges.
She pulled it out and opened it slowly, stealing a guilty, fearful
glance to the door.It had various things, vague sketches, writing...
Afraid it was his diary she moved to shut it when it fell open to a
poem....a poem he hadadded to recently....and she couldn't help but read it....
She caught her breath...it was beautiful.
She rushed over and grabbed her sketchbook, copying it in.  Then she
tucked his smallbook back where she found it.
Darien walked in to Serena clutching her sketchbook, flushed with aguilty blush.
"Darien! I--er--that is--"
But Darien cut her off, grabbing her hand, "C'mon Serena!  We'redocking!"
"Oh--!"  Was all she managed to squeak out before he was dragging her
down the deck.It was their day in town.
They stood at the rail watching the massive ship dock.  The small
coastal city was alightwith voices, music....
"I love watching the ship dock."  Breathed Darien, but turning he found
Serena gone...She returned running full speed, clutching her purse.
"LET'T GO SHOPPING!"
And in a trail of smoke from the sheer speed of Serena they were
off--racing toward the rampwith Serena squealing,
"I can't WAIT!  There must be so many adorable little knick-knack
shops!  Aiieeee! MaybeI'll buy myself some tropical clothes!"
"Serena!  Slow down!"  Darien warned, fearing for his life at their
breakneck speed, "We're gonna--"                   CRASH!
They tripped and sprawled out at the foot of the ramp--Serena tangled
in Darien, Darien in an unnatural knot beneath most of Serena.
He turned glazed eyes on her, seeing stars."Oh, sorry!"  She exclaimed.
And the same two women from the buffet AND tennis game stepped over our
unfortunate pairchuckling and headed off.
Darien groaned, "I told you we'd--"  And then he passed out.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Darien came to he was sitting.... at a table....in a cafe?
"Huh?!" he blurted, rubbing his head.
Serena was sitting across from him, "Hey!  How do ya feel?"
He would never understand fully how he arrived at the outdoor cafe,
with a drink, across from the Meatballhead."How'd I get here?""We walked silly!"
He tried to remember, he really did....but no.
Finally he shrugged and drank his coffee....wondering vaguely if he'd
ordered it...
Serena waited patiently till he finished and then stood, "C'mon, let's
go see the sights!"She offered her hand.
He stood, looking around to see they were still in view of the ship,
they hadn't gone far.
It comforted him a little, considering the last thing he remembered was
the vague sensation of being walked over...???
He took her hand carefully and this time she walked--not ran---towardstown.
They took a nice, leisurely tour of the city.  They caught the bus to
all the major landmarks
and stopped at quaint little bakeries for treats, and then they wentshopping.
Darien had never really *been* shopping.  It was a lot of fun to watch
Serena get so excited.
They spent most of the afternoon trying on clothes and showing eachother.  
Darien relented on Serena's careful suggestion that he try
some...different styles (ie, ones
that did NOT include green blazers).  And Darien made a valiant play at
being just as interested in the 40th dress Serena tried on as the first.
After a dinner in town at a cozy restaurant they headed back to the
ship, still hand in hand, 
shopping bags on their arms, chatting and laughing about the various
events of the day.
The statues they'd seen, the strange ice cream they tried, the adorable
little girl Serena had
chatted with at the park, the funny foreign film they'd tried towatch.....
For all intensive purposes, they looked like a happy couple.
Jenkins smiled watching them come up the ramp."Good evening."
"Hey Jenkins!"  Chirped Serena with sparkle emitting from her evergesture.
"Did you have a good time in town Miss Tsukino?"
"Oh-my-gosh-it-was-amazing!"  Blurted Serena, "We went to a cafe, and
this site with theseamazing ruins and then to get ice cream in the park and..."
Darien carefully steered her away and kept her talking to himself to
save Jenkins.
Jenkins smiled after them and Darien raised an eyebrow as if to say he
knew how she was...whichhe did.
Darien walked her to their cabin, patiently enduring her endless,
endless chatter.  
It was a nice balance since he wasn't even chatty in the slightest.  
But he took her by the arms suddenly, "Serena!"
"...and then there was that--huh?  yeah?"
He looked so serious.  Did she do something wrong?
But then he smiled, "I really enjoy your company."
She returned his smile brilliantly, "Thanks!  Me too!"
She jabbed him playfully in the side, "You're a lot of fun when youloosen up!"
He laughed, "And you're really smart when you put your mind to it!"
"Hah!  We're even!"  She grinned.
He reached over for his books, "Shall we study?"
But she leapt up on the bed and began jumping, "Nope!  I'm in waaaaaay
too good a mood 
to study!  If you want me to you're gonna have to come here and winthis--"
She bent down and grabbed a pillow, "--PILLOW FIGHT!"
And to anyone who might know Darien at all, his next action would be a
total surprise.
Because he grabbed the nearest pillow, jumped on the bed and joined inheartily.
"You're ON!"THWACK!THWACK!THWACK!THWACK!THWACK!THWACK!
Finally Serena had to concede defeat--though at first her superior
experience at jumping on
beds gave her a decided advantage--although it was a little spoiled
after she started laughing
at Darien falling on his butt over and over till she couldn't keep her
balance either.They settled down to study and made quite a sight, rumpled and
disheveled.The distinguished Tuxedo Mask in disguise Darien with his black hair
sticking up in all
directions could only be topped by Serena's out of control Meatballs.
But neither noticed as they reviewed their studies diligently.
And so ended the third day......