The Dark Side of Love By Aimee-2 Disclaimer: I do not, I have never, and I never will own the Sailor Moon series or characters. Rating: PG Part I Serena stole sideways glances at Darien as they walked along the lakeshore, she could not help but appreciate how handsome he was. This time he caught her staring and spun her around in his arms, planting a kiss on her forehead, "What are you staring at, Meatball Head?", he asked playfully. Serena broke into giggles and managed to get out, "Oh Darien," before he cut her off with a kiss, "I'm SO happy!", she finished. They continued their walk hand in hand feeling completely safe, unaware of the evil presence observing their every move. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Impatiently the man waved his hand across the face of the viewing crystal. "Not long," he thought, "Not long until Serena will be mine forever. Soon she will realize how weak that fool with her truly is." He was tall, with dark hair, handsome. Dressed all in black with dull, dark gray armor similar to that of Prince Darien. In fact, in every way he was Darien, except for the aura of pure evil he exuded. And the eyes. His eyes were flat black and filled with a cold rage. The only time a hint of light shone through was when we was looking at Serena. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "It sure has been quiet lately," said Serena as she stuffed another muffin in her mouth, "It's almost pointless to keep having these scout meetings every week." "Yeah! So you can have even MORE time with Darien!" retorted Raye with mock annoyance. All five of the girls broke into giggles. It was true the meetings had gone from being tense times spent discussing evil plots of the Negaverse to laid back gab sessions. Serena was on her stomach by a small table (within arm's reach of the plate of muffins) flipping half heartedly through a comic book, Mina and Raye were seated side by side in the window seat amongst a pile of fashion magazines while Lita and Artemis both looked about to doze off as they lounged on a sofa. Ami was sitting Indian-style on the floor scribbling notes out of the Physics book in her lap. Even the usually serious Luna had a lazy look on her black cat face. She stood up and stretched then decided it was time she took charge of the giggling scouts. "Ok girls, we have something new to show you," she glanced at Ami, "Sailor Mercury would you care to explain?". "Sure thing, Luna," said Ami as she got to her feet, "we have been working with my computer, now it can scan the whole city for evil energy. That way we can detect possible enemies a lot sooner!" "Way cool Mercury!", said Lita, happy for the possibility of some action, "How about a demonstration?" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "DAMN," thought the dark man, "this new toy of Mercury's will not make my task any easier, that's assuming that it even works." Once again he flashed his hands over the crystal obscuring his sight of the scout's meeting. He smiled to himself, "Only one way to find out!". He leapt into the air and with a flash of dark power and a cold laugh, he was gone. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ok this is my first attempt at a fanfic, so please...be gentle. but any feedback would be great. suggestions are always welcome. A special thanks needs to go out to my mentor!! :o) if i get some response to this i will try my hand at a part two. thanks again. ~Aimee (Aimless248@hotmail.com)