The Destiny Series by -Angel- Episode Two "The End of the Sailor Scouts?" Serena sat in her room, staring out of the window. It had been two days since she had seen Darien and Raye kiss, and she hadn't been able to speak to anyone since then. Although, she ate and slept normally, the spark had gone out of her. She didn't seem to care about anything anymore. Luna had noticed it more than anyone. Serena constantly stared out the window, sometimes crying silently, other times just thinking. Luna was completely confused, so after the second day, she called an emergency meeting of the Sailor Scouts. "Something's wrong with Serena. She's not herself." Luna began. She noticed Raye and Mina looking extremely uncomfortable, while Amy and Lita looked extremely concerned. "What's wrong with her?" Lita said, sitting next to Luna. Amy took a seat next to Lita, while Mina and Raye stood silently. "She's extremely depressed. All she does is stare out the window and cry. Does anyone know what happened? She refuses to talk to anyone." Luna said. Lita and Amy shrugged, but Lita looked pointedly at Raye. Raye sighed, then nodded slowly. Luna saw it. "Raye? You know something about it?" Raye sighed and sat down, "Um, well, see, Darien came over to my house two days ago, and?" her voice trailed off. "Well?" Lita said. Luna began to get a worried look in her eyes. "We kissed." Raye blurted out. The scouts were quiet for a moment. Then the noise started. "What??" Lita said. "You KISSED Darien?!" Amy said incredulously "Darien? Serena's Darien?!" Luna asked, unable to believe her own ears. "YES!" Raye shouted. "I kissed him! Okay?" She was fed up. Nobody understood how she felt about him. It was a strange force that had brought them together. A force Raye couldn't describe, but didn't want to end. "Raye! Serena and Darien are destined to be together. I'm sorry if you feel this way about Darien, but it's his destiny and yours?" Luna spoke gently. "Destiny! Ha! Who cares about destiny?" Raye spoke harshly. Amy and Lita were stunned. "Raye, it's our destiny to be Sailor Scouts. The past said it, the future said it?" Lita said. "What would have happened if Serena had ignored HER destiny to be Sailor Moon? The Negaverse would have taken over." Amy said logically. "But didn't you also say that we make our own destiny, Amy? That the future isn't something planned, but something we create?" Raye challenged her. Amy shut her mouth. It was true, she had told her boyfriend Greg those very words. "This is different, Raye." she muttered, before she sat down. "No it's not. Darien and I are in love. He and Serena may be destiny, but if that's so, then this was supposed to happen. I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts, and nothing you guys can say will stop me." Raye said plainly, then walked away in a huff. "Something's gotten into her," Luna commented. Tanya sighed impatiently. Her spell on Tuxedo Mask must have struck him by now. Sailor Mars and him should be having romantic chats. But there was only one way to find out if her spell had taken affect. "Scott!" she called, suddenly getting a new idea. "Scott, where are you?" she called over and over. Scott appeared, smiling devilishly with a bouquet of roses in his hand. "For you, my dear. Now what do you want?" he said warmly. She smiled slightly and put the flowers in a vase. "We need to test my spell. It's been four days since I cast it, I think it's taken effect." Tanya said, turning back to Scott. "Well, the only thing that would bring the Sailor Scouts together would be a monster of some kind." Scott said thoughtfully. Then he teased, "Something to threaten Earth's future." Tanya nodded. "Well, it can't destroy them. Just test my spell. How about Froggardin?" she asked as she motioned over to the door. "Aaahh, he'd be perfect. He's still in training, he'll listen to instructions, and he's a threat to Earth." Scott agreed. "Bring him here." Tanya said, sitting on the couch. Scott humored her, and called in Froggardin. A hideous monster with a huge tongue hopped in. "What is your will, Tanya?" the monster asked, obviously intimidated by Scott. "Listen to me?" Tanya began. Raye and Darien sat on an isolated bench in the park. They both were very worried. "Well, she won't say a word to anyone. This has really upset her." Raye said, not looking at Darien. "This is absolutely terrible! What if she does something crazy? God, what made me even think about kissing you?!" Darien said, then caught himself. "Not that it wasn't nice?" he added with a quick look to Raye. "That's not the issue. And it shouldn't have been nice. We shouldn't have kissed at all. We shouldn't even have been there alone." Raye commented back, her mind on other matters. "But we WERE together alone. And we DID kiss." Darien said. He then thought and said quietly, "And it WAS nice." Then he shook his head. "But that's not the point. The point is Serena and I are together. We know we have to stay together or something terrible may happen. Besides, destiny is unavoidable." Darien turned to face Raye. "If destiny is unavoidable, then this is supposed to happen. This IS destiny. And we should just flow with it." Raye commented, daring to gaze into Darien's big blue eyes. He is so perfect, she thought. "But it's hurting Serena. This isn't fair, it isn't right. I want to be with Serena." Darien answered back. Don't I? he asked himself. He looked back at Raye. She's so beautiful and caring, he thought for a moment. "This is about US, Darien. You and me. It's going to hurt Serena, but we can't always think of her. My duty as a Sailor Scout is to defend her, but I'm not a Sailor Scout all the time. It's time for me to start think about what I want. And I want you," she said, her eyes never leaving Darien's face. Man, I want him, she thought. Darien thought for a moment. Then he couldn't resist any longer. He leaned closer to Raye and whispered in her ear, "I want you, too." Then, they kissed. Raye felt completely happy. As she kissed Darien, she ignored all things around him. Although it felt wonderful to be with him, there was this nagging thought in the back of her head. But her mind was so clouded that she couldn't make it out. She pushed the thought away. Darien held Raye tightly as they continued to kiss. He had a bad feeling about it, but a strange compulsion made him kiss her even more. He wanted only to kiss her, he could think of nothing else. Suddenly, they were no longer on the bench. A strong wind had blown them apart. Raye looked confused and stared at what had separated them. It was a hideous creature with a long tongue. She screamed. Darien quickly grabbed her and they ran around a corner. "What is it?" she whispered, extremely frightened. "I don't know, but whatever it is, it didn't appear in friendship," Darien said back as the monster hopped after him. Elsewhere, Luna and Serena were coming towards the park. "Serena, I'm sure this walk will cheer you up." Luna said cheerfully. Serena sighed, but continued. At least she came, Luna thought. One step at a time. Suddenly a rush of wind nearly knocked them both over. "What on Earth?" Luna said, then nearly jumped out of her fur. A huge monster had appeared at the farside of the park. "Serena! The Negaverse!" Luna said. Serena looked up. "My gosh! I have to get over there!" she said. Luna was surprised. At least she was still taking her Sailor Moon responsibilities seriously. Serena and Luna ran towards the monster. Dozens of people screamed and ran out of the park. Serena hid behind a bush with Luna as the monster came near. "Transform!" Luna shouted. Serena nodded. "Moon Prism Power!" she shouted. Suddenly, she felt herself in a familiar setting where her instincts took over. As her uniform appeared, she began feeling more and more confident. She completed her transformation. "Quick, Sailor Moon, over there!" Luna said and dashed out of sight. Serena ran toward the monster. Meanwhile, Darien and Raye hid under a leafy bush. They were tired and out of breath. "We have to do something!" Raye whispered. "Don't ask me what." Darien said back. The monster hopped around, slashing tress and branches with his razor-sharp tongue. He grew closer and closer to Darien and Raye's hiding place. Raye started to panic. Finally, when the monster destroyed Raye and Darien's hiding place, Raye screamed. Darien grabbed her wrist and tried to escape. However, the monster's tongue snatched both of them. As the tongue wound around them, they were drawn closer and closer together. They began struggling, but the tongue was too tight. "It's getting tighter!" Raye said. "Hold it right there!" a voice yelled. The creature turned is head and gave a grunt of curiosity. "Is that?" Darien wondered. "I am Sailor Moon! The champion of justice! And on behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil. And that means you, Wart-breath!" Sailor Moon stepped out of the shadows. She glanced at Raye and Darien. Her clouded over for a brief moment, but then she resumed looking at the monster. "Well, well. It's the Sailor Scout I've heard so much about. Funny, thought you'd be taller." said the hideous frog-like creature. He spoke very well, despite the fact that his tongue was occupied. "Let them go!" Sailor Moon replied. "You know? You're right. No sense in killing people I didn't even come after for." The tongue loosened. Raye and Darien ran away. "You're the one I want, Moonie." he said with a snort. "Well, don't even bother." Sailor Moon said, the anger in her eyes never leaving. The frog shot out its tongue. It missed Sailor Moon by one inch. She shrieked and barely avoided it three times. Exhausted, she crouched down. "Ha, not so brave." The frog hopped closer to her. His tongue didn't miss her this time and he pulled her close to him. "You're coming with me," he whispered. She struggled, but the tongue grew tighter and tighter. "I'll never go with you?" she said through clenched teeth. "Oh yeah?" he chuckled menacingly. "Yeah!" three voices said in unison. Sailor Moon's face brightened as Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus stepped out of the darkness. "Sailor Scouts!" said the frog. He grinned, "Good. I can take you all back." "I don't think so!" Venus said. "Venus crescent-beam smash!" she said and a strong beam of light hit the frog's tonuge. He dropped Sailor Moon. "Oh, you'll pay for that!" he said and shot out several sharp razors. The Sailor Scouts successfully dodged them. "No, you'll pay for THAT!" Jupiter shouted back. "Jupiter thunder crash!" A bolt of electrified thunder hit the frog full force. He yelled in pain, and hopped around for a moment. Then his tongue shot out unexpectedly and grabbed up all the Sailor Scouts. "Not again!" Sailor moaned as the tongue slowly crushed the Sailor Scouts together. "It's too strong!" shouted Mercury. "I can't break free," she stuggled breifly than gave up. "There's no hope!" said Jupiter frightfully. Suddenly the tongued loosened as the frog yelped in pain. A red rose landed at its feet. "There's always hope!" a male voice called out. "Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon gasped. "And Sailor Mars!" said another voice, and they both stepped out of the shadows. "'Oh, great. United at last!" said the frog sarcastically. His tongue was singed. "Well this'll be the last time." He hopped high in the sky and opened his mouth. Six enormous razor blades flew at each of the heroes. The blades fell at a rapid pace. Sailor Mercury rolled out of the way. Jupiter and Venus screamed as the blades missed them by a coupled of inches. Mar and Tuxedo Mask hugged each other as both they're blades shattered around them. Sailor Moon ran out of her blade's path towards Tuxedo Mask. "That's it wart-face. You're going down!" Sailor Mars said, breaking free of Tuxedo Mask's arms. "Mars fire ignite!" A fire ball came straight at the frog. He opened his mouth and swallowed it. His laughed at Mars. "No, Sailor Mars. If anyone's going to be this thing, it's me." Sailor Moon said with authority. "And why you?" Mars suddenly turned on Sailor Moon and glared at her. "Because I'm the leader." Sailor Moon said, extremely angry. "It's MY destiny!" "Destiny isn't binding!" Mars shouted back. She went over to Tuxedo Mask. "Destiny can be avoided." Mars said. A tear trickled down Sailor Moon's cheek. Tuxedo Mask winced as he saw the single teardrop, but it didn't stop him from putting his arm around Mars. Sailor Moon turned her back from the frog. She began crying. The frog prepared to destroy all of them, but he heard Tanya calling him. "I have what I need Froggardin, come back." He nodded and whispered, "Next time." He disappeared. The scouts were perplexed. Mars and Tuxedo Mask quietly walked off. Sailor Moon kneeled on the ground, sobbing. "It's true." she said to herself. She continued sobbing, while the other Sailor Scouts stood around her, not knowing what to say. Sailor Mars's behavior was so confusing, they all thought. Why would she do this? Luna and Artemis sat on a hill, watching the scene. Artemis said grimly, "Luna, this is worse than we thought. This could be the end of the Sailor Scouts." Written by Angel ActinAngel@aol.com