Title: Truth Shines Through
Author: Dream Enid
E-mail: writergrl3@hotmail.com
Rating: PG13
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     Hey everyone!  I'm glad to be writing so 
soon.  Please e-mail me at 
writergrl@hotmail.com that's an L then 3.  
Thanks.  Oh, sorry about the typo-s in the 
other story.  I was rushing to make the 
deadline and didn't have time to run spell 
check.  Hey Alicia Blade and Jade!  If you're 
reading this, you've both been an inspiration 
to me.  I love to write; I just never had 
tried to write a fanfic before the last one.  
Also a friend of mine you should read~~ her 
name is Starkeeper I think.  Sorry, I know 
this girl in real life.  She changes her AOL 
screen name so many friggin' times.  There 
must be what? Five variations of this name?  
So anyway, it's Sunstarkeeper or Starkeeper, 
something like that.  Check her, Jade, and 
Alicia Blade out.     
     This story is during Beryl.  It is while 
Darien and Serena discover the other's 
identities. I will; however, be changing the 
way they find out.  Just so you know?
     Also, I don't own Sailor Moon yadda yadda 
yadda you know the details.  Enjoy!  
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     Serena Tsukino recently transformed into 
Sailor Moon to fight the new youma, who was 
once again looking to find out the secret 
identities of the Sailor Scouts, and most of 
all, Sailor Moon.  (AN: whew!  That was a long 
sentence!)  She breathed deeply as she glanced 
around at the scene around her.  She found 
herself staring at the new youma with 
unmistaken loath.  
     This new youma appeared to be a woman, as 
one could never quite tell with youmas.  This 
woman had wickedly long red hair held high, 
behind her head in an intricate knotted 
ponytail.  She had a normal skin color but was 
far from normal.  Her seductively red tube top 
dress hugged her body tightly.  She wore high 
heel strappy shoes; it was an amazement she 
could walk in them at all.
     The youma was cornering the only scout on 
the scene.  Sailor Moon knew what to do.  It 
seemed the youmas were getting stronger, but 
she had to try.  She brought her hand to her 
forehead; withdrawing her tiara to reveal a 
small crescent moon pointing upward toward the 
top of her head.
     "Moon, Tiara, Magic!" Sailor Moon 
shouted, each word as determining as the 
first.  In one fell swoop, the youma 
sidestepped the tiara as the tiara raced back 
to Sailor Moon.  She caught it; placing it 
back on her forehead. 
     "Is that all you can do?" the youma 
sarcastically asked.  She lifted her hands 
high above her head.  She looked as if to hit 
the scout hard with the energy from her hands.  
Why, oh why, did she not tell the scouts where 
she was going before she left?
     "This won't take long.  You are history," 
the youma added, raising her hands high above 
the air.  Quickly, she thrust her arms down; 
focusing her gathered energy to collide with 
Sailor Moon.  She scattered, trying to get out 
of the way of the power.  The youma cackled.
     At that moment, a brilliant red rose sped 
through the air to separate the woman from 
Sailor Moon.  Sailor Moon fell to her knees 
gratefully.  She could always count on Tuxedo 
Mask. 
     "Sailor Moon!" the voice of a man called.  
"She is just trying to weaken you!  Use your 
power of the?"  
     "You!  Why do you always have to go 
around helping Sailor Moon and her little 
'gang'?" the youma cried out, thrusting her 
energy toward Tuxedo Mask.  He could not move 
quickly enough.  He felt a blow from the 
energy.
     "The power of what?" Serena shouted.  
"The power of what?" she asked again.
     "You will know soon," was his reply.
     The youma wished to have nothing with a 
Sailor Moon with new powers.  She was hard to 
control even without them.
     "Silence!" The youma shouted sending 
another blast of energy toward Tuxedo Mask.  
She would not let him ruin her plans.  She 
raced toward Tuxedo Mask; she seemed to be 
floating through the air as she hurtled toward 
Tuxedo Mask.  
     "Oh, Tuxie," she called out, pinning 
Tuxedo Mask to the ground.  He struggled 
against her grip.  She was much stronger than 
she seemed.  He grunted, trying to pull 
himself from her grip.  The youma laughed at 
Tuxedo Mask's struggle.
     "Oh, Tuxie, forgive me!  I did not tell 
you or Sailor Moon my name!   My name is?"
     "You're about to be dusted," a voice rang 
out through the air.  It belonged to none 
other than Sailor Mars.  Sailor Mars, Mercury, 
Venus, and Jupiter, had shown just in time.  
     "You've come!" Sailor Moon exclaimed.
     "Quiet, you fools!" the youma shouted.  
"My name is Faye, and I will be your 
downfall!"
     "Faye?  You look like no fairy I've 
seen," Tuxedo Mask grunted from underneath 
Faye.  She was sitting on his chest, pinning 
him in place.
     "Well, see I keep forgetting no one will 
know unless I show them what I really am," 
Faye giggled.  Enormous red wings erupted from 
Faye's shoulders as her skin turned to a pea 
green.  Her hair fell from her knotted 
ponytail to gracefully frame her face.  It 
fell just below her shoulders.  Her hair was 
no longer one solid color.  It now held 
highlights.  Her red tube top dress now held a 
high slit.  "That's not all I can do, mind.  I 
can also fly, but more importantly I have 
unbelievable strength as you might have 
noticed.  You see, I have this teeny tiny 
problem.  You will listen to me, or I'll crush 
Tuxedo Mask into oblivion," she said quickly 
seeing all five scouts' hands twitch with the 
urge to fight her.  
     "Now where was I?  Oh, yes!  See, my 
boss.  She's the grumpy sort, wanting the 
Rainbow Crystals.  Now, you see I kind of need 
these crystals because if I don't get them, 
I'm sacked.  And if I'm fired, terrible, 
heinous crimes happen.  So I thought, and I 
thought.  'Now who could possibly have these 
crystals?'" Faye's lips tweaked into a slight 
smile.  She quickly kissed Tuxedo Mask on the 
lips.  Tuxedo Mask's lips burned.  He felt the 
hatred leak into his body.
     "You will 'not' do that again!" Tuxedo 
Mask roared.
     "Oh, yeah?" Faye asked kissing Tuxedo 
Mask again.
     Tuxedo Mask spat at Faye's face.  "That 
is what I think of you!" 
     Faye's smile faded.  She applied pressure 
to Tuxedo Mask's chest as he cried out in 
agony.
     "So let's continue.  You will refrain 
from fighting until after my story," she added 
throwing dirty glances at the scouts.  "So 
'let's' continue, 'without' interruptions," 
she said, her voice filled with menace.
     "So who could have the infamous crystals 
but our own Tuxedo Mask?  Yes, of course we 
have our share, but how can the Silver 
Imperium Crystal form without all seven?  Now, 
Tuxie?let's have a trade shall we?" she asked, 
patting Tuxedo Mask's chest.
     "Oh, what's this?" she asked, feeling the 
lining of Tuxedo Mask's front jacket pocket.  
"Could it be?"
     "Don't be stupid," Tuxedo Mask replied.  
Never the less, he freed his arms in an 
attempt to keep the youma from reaching into 
his pocket.  "As fun as this is, I must be 
going?"
     "You're going nowhere," Faye hissed, 
pushing Tuxedo Mask back to the ground, and 
holding his arms to his body.  She shifted to 
holding him in place with one arm.  "If this 
is the way you're going to play, I might as 
well know who you are.  After all, we will be 
seeing more of each other if we go at this 
rate, won't we?"
     Realization dawned on Tuxedo Mask and the 
scouts as the Sailor Moon rushed up to stop 
the horrible monster from doing the very thing 
they all feared.  The youma sent her energy 
hurtling at Sailor Moon.  Sailor Moon slowly 
sank to the ground, watching the scene laid 
out before her in fear.
     The youma reached up toward Tuxedo Mask's 
one and only object keeping his identity from 
the rest of the world.  The others watched in 
horror as her finely manicured fingers clasped 
the edge of his mask.  Tuxedo Mask felt terror 
surge through his body.  He had to stop her.  
His own life depended on it.
     "No!" Sailor Moon shouted rushing toward 
to the two people before her.  "No," she 
whispered.  She pushed Faye off of Tuxedo 
Mask.  This was unwise; however, because his 
mask went with her. 
     "You little brat," Faye responded, 
floating up.  She was suspended in the air.  
She held Tuxedo Mask's very own protection in 
her hands.  "It doesn't matter now.  I have 
Tuxie's mask!  I now know his very identity!"
     Sailor Moon looked down at Tuxedo Mask in 
order to see? Darien?  Sailor Moon's face held 
utter amazement, except; it wasn't Sailor 
Moon's face anymore.  It was Serena's.  She 
had de-transformed from the shock of things.
     Serena?  His Serena? Darien wondered.  
Serena was Sailor Moon?!  It seemed to fit 
now.  Both were klutzy, ditzy and full of the 
same joy for life.  No one could mistake those 
meatballs on the top of her head.  How could 
he not recognize her as Sailor Moon? 
     "Whoa!  Two birds with one stone!  Well, 
it looks like I'm the crowd now.  I got to go!  
Catch up with 'ya later, Tuxie!  Don't forget 
the crystals!  Oh, do you mind if I keep this.  
It adds to my d飯r!  Toodles!  Mr. Mask, Ms. 
Moon, I'll be catchin' up later.  Or should I 
say Mr. Chiba, Ms. Tsukino?" Faye managed to 
say in one breath as she disappeared out of 
the air.  Her laughter encircled around them 
carried by the air.
     "You?" Serena gasped.
     "Me?  What about you?" Darien replied.  
"I never thought a meatball head could be a 
superhero!"
     "Oh, yeah?  Yeah?  Well, same to you, 
Buddy!" Serena shouted as she turned to flee 
from the scene.
     "Wait, Serena, that's not what I meant."
     "Humph!"
     "Umm?Serena?" Amy began.
     "Yes?  What now?"
     "We'll just leave you two alone," Lita 
answered.
     "Don't leave me with, with, that!" 
     "You need to work things out," Raye 
added.
     "I don't need to work anything out!"
     "You two really should talk.  You never 
know what might unfold," Mina replied.  
     "And what is that supposed to mean?"
     "Well, it means?"
     "See 'ya!" four voices said determinedly.  
They set out away from Serena and Darien.
     "Wait!  Wait!  You can't possibly leave 
me with this? ugh!" Serena broke into a light 
jog from the entire scene.  Darien ran after 
her.  He kept her pace until he reached her.  
He continued to walk side by side with Serena.  
Serena was the one seeming to keep up with 
Darien for it took two strides for her to keep 
up with one of Darien's.
     "A bit of a stalker, are we?" Serena 
asked, her words holding venomous sarcasm.  
     "One might think it was the other way 
around."
     "This is why I dislike, no, 'hate' you so 
much, Darien."
     "Do you really, I mean, hate me?"
     "What do you think, Darien?"  Serena 
sprinted away from Darien.  Darien just stood 
there, his chest falling up and down with each 
chocked breath.  He winced each time he 
breathed in.  His chest still hurt him from 
when Faye held him to the ground with 
unspeakable power.  He watched Serena continue 
down the sidewalk until she disappeared from 
view.
                                      ***
     Darien walked through the Arcade with his 
shoulders slumped over.  He saw Andrew behind 
the counter.  He was thirsty, and it was 
getting close to dinner anyway.  
     Andrew regarded his best friend coming 
through his arcade door.  Darien had been 
Andrew's close friend for quite some time now.  
Maybe he could offer him something to eat; it 
'was' dinnertime.  
     "Wow, Darien," he began, "you look like 
you got run over by a truck!"
     "Thanks.  Knew I could count on you to 
cheer me up."
     "Awww, I was just kidding, Darien!  Pull 
up a stool.  Come on, it's dinnertime.  I'll 
buy.  What do you want?"
     "Surprise me."
     "Alright, a Coke and cheese burger it is.  
Anything on your burger?"
     "Just ketchup and pickles, Andrew."
     "Got'cha.  Oh, and I'm givin' 'ya fries."
     "'k."
     "So what brings you to me like this, 
Darien?"
     "Oh, you know, Andrew, scaring off 
Serena, important things like that.  Say you 
haven't seen her around have you?" 
     "Actually, yeah, she's over there by the 
Sailor V game.  She looks mad.  I'd watch it 
if I were you."
     "'k.  I'll be back soon.  Call me when 
the burger comes, okay?"
     "Okay, Darien."  Something was definitely 
wrong with Darien, Andrew decided.  Why was he 
going over to Serena?  Was he going to start a 
fight?  That's not how it usually happened, 
though.  Usually Serena did something klutzy 
causing her to fall into Darien.  They usually 
got in a fight, Serena defending her 
personality and grades, Darien responding to 
the shrieks of 'baka' with more insults.  It 
was a vicious cycle.
     "Hello," Darien called out to the back of 
Serena as she tried to vent out the whole 
fight with Faye with Sailor V.
     "Hi," Serena replied sarcastically.  
     "What'cha doin'?" Darien asked with his 
voice full of joy like a two- year- olds'.
     "What do you think?  I'm playing Sailor 
V," Serena replied with even more sarcasm.
     "Well, Serena.  If you want to win, you 
kind of have to fight the bad guys, not Tuxedo 
Mask," Darien chuckled nervously.
     "I'm gonna do whatever I want." Serena 
replied looking at the little Tuxedo Mask on 
the screen with pure hatred.
     "That's fine Serena.  I do have dinner 
coming any second now.  Oh, do you want to 
come sit by me.  You can have half of my 
burger and some fries."
     "I'm tired of 'everybody' thinking they 
can bribe me with food!  I'm not that much of 
a pig that I'll sit through dinner with the 
one human, notice I said, 'human,' I hate most 
on Earth!  And furthermore, and, and 
furthermore, what's 'on' the burger?" Serena 
asked suspiciously.
     "Ketchup and pickles," Darien replied 
laughing.
     "This isn't funny!  I was, umm, just 
wondering anyway," Serena responded, 
pronouncing each syllable with energy.
     "I agree," Darien replied, mocking 
Serena.
     "Stop!" Serena yelled.  She jumped from 
the Sailor V seat and ran to Andrew's counter 
shrieking, "Andrew, Andrew!  It's being rude!  
Make it stop!"
     "Who?  Darien?" a voice called out from 
nowhere.
     "Yes!" Serena replied maliciously.
     "Well, tell him his burger's coming out 
anyway."
     "Andrew?"
     "Yes?" 
     "Could you just put a whole bunch of 
onions in there, and make his breath stink?"
     "Serena?  I think he would notice." 
     "Well, could you do anyway?  For me?"
     "Nah, sorry," Andrew replied and shouted, 
"'Yo, Darien!  You're burger's off the grill."
     "What did you do that for?  Now he's 
going to come over here."
     "Do you really hate him that much, 
Serena?" 
     "Yes!"
     "Well, try to be nice, okay?"
     "Meatball Head being nice?  Whoa, someone 
get the doctor!" Darien joked, causing Serena 
to shriek in surprise and Andrew to spill a 
coffee cup he was going to put away.
     "Don't 'do' that, Darien!" Serena 
shrieked, breathing deeply. 
     "What?"
     "Scare me like that!  And I told you 
don't call me Meatball Head!  I have a name!"
     "Yeah, it's Meatball Head," Darien 
replied smugly.
     "Ooh, if you don't stop, I'm gonna? Ugh!  
Andrew?  May I have half of that burger?  
Darien said I could anyway."
     "Darien," Andrew said with a question in 
his eyes.   
     "Yes?"
     "Nothing," Andrew said, eying Serena.  
"We'll talk later."
     "'k, Andrew.  So where's that burger?  
I'm starved!"
     "Right here.  It's fresh off the grill."  
Darien picked up a knife and cut his burger in 
half.  He put the half burger on the extra 
plate Andrew brought as a request from Darien.  
Darien added a plentiful amount of fries to 
accompany the burger. 
     "There 'ya go, Meatball Head," Darien 
replied, his heart full of joy.  What was this 
feeling?  He certainly had never felt it 
before.  He knew it was a joy only caused by a 
certain blonde with a certain hairstyle. 
     "Darien?" Serena asked after Andrew left 
to see other costumers.  
     "Yes?"
     "Why do you always call me that?"
     "What?  Meatball Head?"
     "I dunno, I always thought it was cute, 
you know?  I mean, it fits you, my little 
Meatball Head.  I could say it and at once 
everyone knew who I was talking about."
     "Oh.  I never thought of it like that," 
Serena replied through a mouth full of burger.
     "Yep.  Anyway about this whole Faye 
business?" 'Why did he have to bring that up?' 
Serena wondered.  She felt it was going well, 
he almost was even being likeable, and then he 
had to go bring that up.  It brought back 
memories from the afternoon.  "So I was 
thinking we could talk shop of this whole 
affair over, let's say?"
     "If you say dinner, I'll slap you to 
kingdom come," Serena cut in, coming back to 
her senses.
     "Then how about lunch tomorrow?"
     "Well, I guess that would be okay."
     "Great!  I'll pick you up at the Arcade 
at noon?  I know this little place.  You might 
want to put on a dress."
     "Okay," Serena replied.  Why did this 
feel so much like a date?
     "Perfect!  So what'cha want to do now?"
     "Oh, I don't know?" Serena began.  She 
ate a fry.  Then she looked at Darien 
quizzically.  Was he staring at her?  Sure 
enough he looked away when she looked up.  
They were in for a strange day it seemed.
     Darien picked up a French fry.  He 
genteelly tore off a small piece of the fry.  
He stole a side- glance at Serena as he tilted 
his head back.  In one swift motion he threw 
the piece of French fry in the air to catch in 
his mouth.  It bounced off his nose.  Serena 
giggled.     
     "What?" Darien asked in surprise.  "This 
is funny?"
     "No!  No!  It's not that!" Serena managed 
to say, tears streaming down her face, as she 
was laughing too hard.  "It's just? it's so 
funny!"  They both burst out laughing.  It was 
getting harder to breath.  They had to stop 
laughing.
     "Well, it's hard!" Darien protested.
     "It can't be that hard!" Serena 
exclaimed, picking up a small fry.  She tilted 
her head back.  She tossed the fry in the air 
and smiled a victorious smile as the fry 
pelted into her mouth without interference.
     "Told you!"
     "Beginner's luck!"
     "Oh, yeah?"
     "Yeah!"
     "I'll try it again then!"
     "Fine," Darien said, handing Serena 
another small fry.  Serena took the fry with a 
determining glare.  Once again Serena tossed 
the fry in the air and caught it in the mouth.
     "I 'can' do this!" Serena said cracking a 
smile.
     "Gosh darn nit!  I guess you can," Darien 
said amazed.
     "Gosh darn nit?" Serena asked holding 
back a smile.
     "You making fun of me?" Darien asked.
     "Maybe," Serena replied, trying to keep 
herself from laughing.
     "I'm hurt," Darien said, mocking tears in 
his eyes.  Darien casually checked his watch 
as he normally did out of habit.  "Wow!  It's 
two o' clock in the afternoon already?  I got 
to get going to the hospital!  They'll be 
expecting me soon!  Don't forget?noon 
tomorrow!  I'll pick 'ya up here!" Darien 
exclaimed as he jumped up to run toward the 
door.  He stopped at the door to open it for a 
small girl leaving the arcade.  (AN: I 
couldn't keep the mush for too long!  Just 
kidding.)  'He really is cute," Serena 
thought.  'Whoa!  Did I think that?  That sure 
is strange.'
      Andrew watched Darien and Serena while 
he was helping his costumers.  Serena was 
giggling like a schoolgirl.  Well, she was a 
schoolgirl, but that is beside the point.  She 
was giggling with Darien.  She was giggling 
'with' Darien and not at him!  The times, they 
are a changin'.  He decided to go over to 
Serena and see how she was.
     "Serena?"
     "Yes, Andrew?" Serena sighed.  Serena was 
sighing over Darien?
     "What's up between you and Darien?"
     "What do you mean, Andrew?"
     "Well, you were giggling.  I saw you."
     "No I wasn't," Serena snapped.
     "Serena, I didn't mean it like that.  You 
don't have to get defensive.  After all, you 
and Darien 'do' make a cute couple."
     "No we don't!  Besides!  We would have to 
'be' a couple to be a 'cute' one!" Serena 
exclaimed, storming out of the arcade, leaving 
Andrew chuckling.  
     Serena couldn't help but smile as she 
left the arcade.  A cute couple?  Wait!  No.  
She hated Darien.  She would not even consider 
dating him.  That was not an issue!  It did 
not even matter that Darien was Tuxedo Mask.  
It just meant she would never go out with 
Tuxedo Mask.  That's all.  Serena continued to 
think over all that happened, staring at the 
cement as she walked.  She did not look up 
until she collided with a person.
     "Watch where you are going, Meatball 
Head," Raye called out.  Serena looked up to 
see her four best friends, Raye, Lita, Amy, 
and Mina.  Luna was sitting on Amy's shoulder, 
and Artemis on Mina's.  
     "Raye," Mina called out warningly.  
"don't start.  So how did it go with you and 
Darien?" 
     "Well, wouldn't you like to know?" Serena 
said, walking off, and making the others 
groan.
                                       ***
     Serena looked at herself in her full-
length mirror.  She wore a plain pink 
spaghetti strap dress, which hung to her mid- 
thigh.  The bottom of the dress was lined with 
little rabbits hopping the hem of the dress.
     Serena checked herself in the mirror and 
smiled nervously at her reflection.  She 
wondered if she was dressed fancy enough, 
being as she never went to a fancy restaurant.  
     Serena looked back at her reflection with 
a thought.  How would she look with a small 
chain around her neck?  Serena walked over to 
her jewelry box.  A beautiful song played as 
she pulled out a simple silver chain, and 
looked to find the charm to go with it.  She 
picked up her jewelry box and took it to her 
bed.  Sitting on the bed, she then proceeded 
to dump all the continents on her bed, 
searching for the small chain.  Serena finally 
found the charm she was looking for with a 
happy feeling. 
     Serena regarded the charm.  It was a 
small crescent moon.  She remembered when Luna 
gave it to her on Christmas.  Her friends held 
similar necklaces given to them by Luna on 
Christmas.  Amy was given a small blue circle, 
which was identical to Mercury; Mina was given 
a small circle, identical to Venus.  Raye was 
given a small red circle identical to Mars and 
to Lita, a small circle with a ring around it 
represent Jupiter.
     Serena nodded.  Yes, that was the 
necessity.  She put the necklace on, and 
scooped all the jewelry back into he box.  She 
set the jewelry box on her dresser once more.
     Serena checked herself one more time, 
looking for any flaw at all to pounce on.  She 
grabbed her lipstick to reapply again.  Serena 
started putting her lipstick on again when she 
realized she had on too much.  She laughed, 
reaching for a tissue to blot her lipstick.  
She tried holding her breath to calm the 
nerves.  At that moment Luna walked in the 
room.  
     "Mmhmm."  Serena explained to Luna 
keeping her mouth closed.
     "Excuse me?" Luna asked, watching 
Serena's face turn from blue to purple.
     "Phew!  Sorry.  Nerves," Serena replied 
as she let her breath out.  She was breathing 
hard as she tried to explain to Luna about her 
nerves.  "Err, Tuxedo Mask, I mean, Darien and 
I are going out to lunch to discuss this 
'Faye' person."
     "Well, have fun," Luna replied with a 
knowing smile.
     "Fun?  This is purely business!"
     "And how many times have I heard that 
one?"
     "But it's true this time, Luna!"
     "How many boys have you gone out with for 
'purely business' intentions?"
     "Well, none of them, but this is 
different."
     "What makes you so sure?" Luna asked.
     "Well, this is Darien!  I hate him!  Eww, 
I just thought of what it would be like to go 
out with Darien.  Yuck.  Mental picture and 
it's not pretty!"
     "That's not what the others say," Luna 
hinted.
     "Oh, yeah?  What did they say?" Serena 
demanded rather than asked.
     "Yeah," Luna began, "after Raye, Mina, 
Amy, and Lita ran into you, they went to the 
Arcade.  They talked to Andrew who said you 
guys were yakking it up.  You guys wouldn't 
stop laughing.  According to him, you were 
practically giddy.  In fact, Andrew said you 
guys were 'cute' together."
     "He said that?" Serena asked with a smile 
creeping onto her face.
     "I see that smile!" Luna exclaimed.
     "What smile?" Serena asked, wiping the 
smile off her face.  "Oh, well, it doesn't 
matter.  I got to go.  I'm meeting him at the 
Arcade in twenty minutes.  Bye!"  Serena 
called out as she headed toward the door.
     "See you soon.  Have fun at your 
'business' meeting."
     "Haha.  It is business.  Sorry to 
disappoint you," Serena said as she walked out 
her front door.  She closed the door behind 
her.  She walked in the wonderful morning air.  
She breathed deeply, loving the way the fresh 
air smelled.  Yes, she admitted, air did have 
a smell, and this air smelled wonderful.  
     She didn't seem to think of the way air 
smelled before.  What made her think of it 
now?  What made her think of the grass, the 
sky, the birds, the trees, rainbows, and 
everything wonderful now?  It seemed almost as 
if it fell into her life.
     Serena felt a tingly feeling in her 
stomach as she opened the door to the Arcade.  
Funny, she never had that feeling before.  If 
she did, it was not a lot of times.  She saw 
Andrew beaming at her from the counter.
     "Serena," Andrew called out, "over here!  
So tell me," he added when she got to the 
counter.  "So how's Darien?" he asked winking 
at Serena.
     "How should I know?" Serena snapped.  
"And don't go around paying attention to that 
pompous jerk.  And is something wrong with 
your eye?  It keeps twitching."
     "Sorry, Serena.  I didn't know, I mean, I 
thought you guys were going out."
     "I would rather die than go out with that 
spastic freak!"
     "Ouch.  Well, I guess it's true," Darien 
said behind Serena causing Serena to jump once 
more, and Andrew to spill the coffee cup he 
was collecting once more."
     "Don't 'do' that, Darien!" Serena said.
     "Okay, okay, you ready to go?"
     "Yep!"
     "Well, you look cute," Darien said 
causing Serena to blush a deep red.  "Come on, 
the car's parked around the block.  That's the 
closest I could get it."
     "That's cool," Serena said, praying the 
tingly feeling in her stomach, which got worse 
on Darien's arrival, to go away.  
     "You'll love this place, Serena; I know 
you will."
     "Good, but this is business stuff, 
right?"
     "Well, what do you think?" Darien asked 
walking toward the red convertible.
                                          ***
     "That was so funny!  He really said that 
to you?" Serena asked, laughing as she brought 
a bite of chicken to her mouth
     "Yeah, he did, but let's get down to 
business now." Darien said, looking over at 
Serena.  He wanted to talk the whole lunch 
away on pointless things, which would not 
matter in the years to come, but he felt he 
must discuss this 'Faye issue.'  Darien 
reached into his pocket.  He pulled out five 
glittering crystals.  (AN: I forgot how many 
he had so now he has five according to me!)  
He set them out on the table in front of 
Serena.  "They're the Rainbow Crystals.  I've 
been collecting them.  There's seven total.  
The Negaverse has two.  If the Negaverse got a 
hold of these, havoc would happen.  They join 
together to form the Silver Imperium Crystal.  
This truly belongs to the Moon Princess.  I 
trust you being the Sailor of the Moon, you're 
the leader?" Serena nodded.  "You know who the 
princess is?" Serena shook her head.  "Well, 
there they are.  What do you think?  I need 
you're opinion."
     "I'm not sure.  I think I need to look 
closer.  May I pick them up?"  Darien nodded 
his head.  Serena picked up the yellow, 
orange, red, green, and blue sparkly crystals.  
She looked at them.  She received a headache 
all of a sudden, a jumble of information.  She 
shook the headache out, setting down the 
crystals.  She decided she should see one 
crystal at a time.
     Serena picked up the yellow crystal.  She 
peered hard into the crystal.  A memory 
flickered.  She looked hard into the crystal 
to see what it was she thought she saw.  She 
saw a palace.  She saw herself or someone who 
looked like herself on a palace balcony.  Her 
forehead glowed gold with a little crescent 
moon.  She looked down from the balcony to 
talk to a man in armor and a cape beneath the 
balcony.  The man looked more or less like 
Darien.  Serena felt herself being lost in the 
memory played before her.
     Serena snapped into realization like 
being woken from a dream.  The crystal slipped 
from her fingers onto the table; her face was 
clammy.  When did she remember that from?  
What was that scene played before her?
     "Hey, Meatball Head," Darien warned, 
"careful with the crystals.  We need those for 
the princess.  Hey is something the matter?"  
Darien asked with true concern.  Serena looked 
up to Darien.  Her pupils were dilated; sweat 
broke out on her forehead.  
      "Oh, man!" Darien exclaimed.  "You okay?  
We need to get you to a doctor," Darien 
explained calmly.  Working in the hospital he 
knew of such things, which happened.
     "Check please!" Darien cried desperately.  
     "Oh, I think I can handle that," a woman 
replied.  The woman's brilliant red hair 
looked oddly familiar.
     "Well, could you hurry, please?  My 
friend here, she's in trouble.  I've got to 
take her to the hospital!"
     "Yes, I'll get it right away," the woman 
replied smoothly.  Serena made a sudden 
conscious effort to hold tight onto the 
crystals in her hand as she laid her head over 
her hands.
     "Serena, it's okay," it's just the 
waitress.
     "Well, I think Ms. Moon has the right 
idea, Mr. Mask," the waitress said as her 
stature suddenly changed.
     "Oh, no," Darien muttered under his 
breath.  "Serena, don't let go of the 
crystals," he whispered as silently to Serena 
as she could.
     "I won't," Serena mouthed with her head 
still face down to the table.  Darien still 
seemed to understand Serena.
     Faye cackled as she returned to her full 
fairy attire.  She lifted her olive green 
fingers to stroke Serena's long blonde hair.  
Serena flinched.  Darien stood up to help 
Serena.
     "I'm very capable of breaking her neck in 
one swift motion," Faye warned Darien as he 
saw tears stream down Serena's face.  The two 
locked eyes.  They suddenly knew everything 
the other was thinking.  It was an over-
powering feeling.  They both looked away 
quickly, but slowly, they looked up and into 
each other's eyes once more.
     'Protect the crystals,' Darien's eyes 
flashed.
     'I know,' Serena's eyes said with 
acknowledgement as her hand held the crystals 
tighter.  They were digging into her hand; 
they were breaking the first layer of skin.
     'I'm scared,' Serena's eye's pleaded as 
she slid off her seat and onto the floor to 
her knees.  Darien threw himself to the floor 
to reach Serena.  He felt a need to hug her.  
Darien wrapped his arms around Serena's waist.  
Serena leaned her head on Darien's shoulder.
     "How touching!" Faye replied 
sarcastically.  To the horrified watching 
crowd, she said, "I'll borrow these two for a 
sec.  Toodles!"  Faye disappeared, pulling 
Darien and Serena with her.
                                          ***
     "One more time, where are the crystals?" 
Faye shouted.
     "I'll never tell you," Serena said.  She 
was glad when Faye pulled them into the 
darkness for it gave her a chance to put the 
crystals into her transformation broach.  Faye 
scowled at Serena, who was behind the bars of 
a prison- like cell in the Negaverse.  Darien 
was in the same cell as Serena.
     "Is it here?" Faye demanded as she pulled 
on Serena's dress causing one of the straps to 
snap.
     "Hey!  You'll have to pay for that," 
Serena exclaimed.
     "Ha!  I'll pay for nothing."
     "Back off," Serena shouted.
     "Serena, please," Darien whispered as he 
tried to keep Serena from making Faye too 
upset.
     "I think your little 'boyfriend' has it 
right.  I just leave you two to think," Faye 
said, leaving Darien and Serena.
     "This is all your fault!" Serena 
exclaimed, pounded her fists on Darien's 
chest.
     "Oh, yeah?"  Darien grabbed Serena's 
wrists to stop her from beating his chest.
     "Yeah!  If you hadn't allowed her to 
learn your identity, then I never would have 
de-transformed.  As far as I'm concerned, you 
can take your stupid crystals.  I'm going to 
go!" Serena exclaimed, pulling her wrists from 
his grip.  She opened her broach to reveal the 
crystals.  She held her hand out as the 
crystals removed itself from the locket and 
floated into her hand.
     Serena looked at the crystals once more.  
She suddenly saw an image flash in the blue 
crystal.  Serena looked closely into the 
crystal.  A ball scene flickered.  There were 
people everywhere.  She spotted her look 
alike.  A man approached the look alike.  He 
bowed to the woman.  
     Realization dawned on Serena.  She nodded 
to herself.  She set the crystals next to 
Darien as her eyes began to droop.  She 
noticed Darien pocketing the crystals into an 
inner pocket he had.  Serena's eye's further 
closed.  Serena leaned against one of the 
walls of the cell.  She looked out from the 
cracks of her eyes.  She thought hard until 
she closed her eyes all the way and lay 
asleep.
                                       ***
     Serena woke up to find herself held close 
to Darien in his arms.  She felt warm, safe, 
and a million others she could not recognize.  
Serena looked up to Darien's face.  His dark 
black hair wisped across his closed eyes.  
Serena brushed the hair away and tucked it 
behind his ears.
     "You awake?" Darien mumbled, waking 
himself up.  
     "Yeah, I am."
     "Good.  Hey, Serena?  You see things in 
the crystals, don't you?"
     "What, um, makes you say that?" Serena 
whispered airily.
     "Well, you stare intently into those 
crystals.  You gasp.  You stare closer and 
harder.  Then almost as the energy is draining 
out of you; you get tired."
     "Yeah," Serena whispered, "I do.  I see 
things in the crystals."
     "Do you mind if I ask what you see?"
     "Well, I?"
     "This is so great!  It's like a movie," 
they heard a voice call out.  Faye was sitting 
in the air, in fairy form.  She held a bowl of 
popcorn in her lap.  "Want some?" Faye asked 
offering the popcorn.
     "Don't take anything," Darien warned 
Serena.
     "I won't.  I'm not stupid, you know!" 
Serena whispered back in a hushed voice.
     "You sure about that, Sailor Moon?" Faye 
asked.
     "Yes, I'm sure," Serena sneered.
     "Careful," Darien warned again.
     "No, Darien!  I don't know who she is 
thinking she can just play with our lives like 
little puppets!" Serena shouted.  She ran 
toward the bars as if to run through them to 
get to Faye.  Faye laughed, throwing energy at 
Serena.  It hit her hard as she fell back 
against the wall.  Serena determinately stood 
back up.
     "Well, you got spunk and I admire that.  
I truly do," Faye said.  "Yeah, you know.  Go 
women's rights!"
     "Don't you make fun of me," Serena said.
     "Oh, really?  You're pathetic Sailor 
Moon.  You fight me when I am rude, but you 
also fight me even when I'm nice.  You are 
arrogant.  You think you're better than me," 
Faye said.
     "I am," Serena said with a weak voice.
     "Excuse me?"
     "I am better than you," Serena said with 
a voice weak but determining.
     "Serena please!"  Darien begged.
     "I have you here.  I found you and your 
identity.  I can stop your tiara from crushing 
me.  You need your little 'boy toy' to protect 
you.  I am far strong, superior, and all in 
the name of the Negaverse!"
     "Gee, and how did you get me here.  You 
revolved your whole evil life around Darien 
and me.  You hunted us down until you caught 
us by surprise to get us.  You abused hundreds 
of people to get what you want.  I use my 
seven friends and myself to stop you.  My 
scouts, my guardians, and Tuxedo Mask, protect 
me because they want to, not because I make 
them.  You have me here, locked up like an 
animal.  I could fight you, and yet, you keep 
me locked in this stupid cage!  You are 
stronger than me, but I still stand up to you!  
You keep sending your evil.  Even if you kill 
me, I have my friends to keep your evil from 
spreading around the world.  I am on the side 
on good.  If I ever die, then I will still 
live on through the love, kindness, and good, 
people care so much about!"
     Faye threw too much energy at Serena.  
Serena hit the wall, unconscious.  "Well, at 
least you stay well behaved," Faye told 
Darien.  Darien held a sickening feeling in 
his stomach.  "So what about these crystals?" 
Faye asked, her anger having left her.
     "You'll never know.  I'll die before I 
tell you," was his reply as he once again 
gathered Serena into his arms.
                                           ***
     "You told me I keep you here in a cage," 
Faye told a waking Serena.  "Well, here's your 
chance.  Get up."  Faye snapped her fingers, 
making the bars disappear.  Serena jumped to 
her feet.  She crossed over where the bars 
once were.  She glanced back at Darien.  He 
gave her an encouraging smile.  "Well, 
transform," Faye told Serena.  Darien nodded 
to Serena.
     "Moon, Prism, Power!" Serena shouted, 
looking around the room.  She materialized 
into Sailor Moon through a series of ribbons 
before their very eyes.  She glanced back at 
Darien for final encouragement.  "I'm ready."
     "Well," Faye grinned.  "This is the 
ultimate battle.  You and I will fight until 
the death."
     "Death?" Serena asked uncertainly.
     "What's the matter?  Afraid good won't 
win out?"
     "No," Serena said flatly.  "I'm ready."
     "Great.  We'll start on three.  One, two, 
three."
     Serena sent her tiara hurtling toward 
Faye as Faye sent her energy toward Serena.  
Faye sidestepped the tiara the same time 
Serena did with the energy.  On the 
turnaround, the tiara grazed Faye's hip.  Her 
hip started to bleed from the deep cut.  The 
energy ricocheted off the wall as it sped 
toward the standing Darien.  Serena's voice 
caught in her throat as she watched her love's 
head hit the fall hard and bleed steadily.
     Yes, her love.  At that moment, so many 
different emotions flew through Serena.  She 
knew she had loved him all the time.  She had 
loved him ever since her bad Algebra test 
grade bounced off his head.  Her heart burned 
with anger for the stupidity of his slow 
reactions, and yet, it ached for his pains. 
     She knew what to do.  Her mind 
concentrated on the Rainbow Crystals as she 
drew the moon wand Luna had given her.  The 
five Darien owned flew from his jacket pocket 
to combine with the two, which flew from 
Faye's.
      Faye shouted words at Serena, none of 
which Serena heard.  The seven crystals formed 
into a pure silver stone.  Serena knew at 
once, this was the Silver Imperium Crystal, 
which was now attaching to her moon wand.
     Faye continued to yell words at Serena.  
Serena held the wand above her head, muttering 
words she never knew she knew to put together.  
Faye screamed in agony as she turned to dust, 
dead.
     Serena ran toward Darien.  She sat with 
her knees buckled under her.  She pulled 
Darien onto her lap and held him in her arms 
the way he did with her so many times that 
night.  
     "I love you," Serena whispered, tears 
streaming down her face.  "I love.  I love y-
you," she cried, the tears falling harder.  A 
tear fell from her face to Darien's face.  His 
head healed completely as Serena and he caught 
up together in a memory.  
     Everything trickled back to Serena as she 
remembered.  She remembered.  She was the 
Princess of the Moon, and Darien was the 
Prince of Earth.  He was her love, her dear 
prince.
    Serena's mother visited Serena in her 
dreams.  Queen Serenity explained Serena's 
life of long ago during a time when she was 
called Princess Serenity.  It was Serena to 
all her important and close friends.  Prince 
Darien always preferred to use his pet name, 
Meatball Head.
     Every scene of Princess Serenity's life 
flashed through Serena's mind, from the she 
was born to the day she along with most of her 
kingdom died from invasion of the Negaverse.  
     Serena's mind went blank as she slumped 
onto Darien's unconscious body.  She 
transformed into Princess Serenity.  A white 
shoulder-less gown flowed out from her.  White 
pearls glistened in her hair.  A small chain 
of pearls graced one of her small wrists.  The 
moon wand lay at her feet.
                                             
***
     Luna and Artemis were asleep on Serena's 
bed when they felt the mark of their crescent 
moon on their foreheads.  Their princess they 
spent so long searching for was found.

     Amy was typing on her laptop when she 
felt Mercury burn upon her forehead.  Their 
princess was found

     Lita was cooking in her kitchen was her 
soul glistened green.  The long wait was over.

     Mina was on her bed, writing a note to a 
close friend of hers when she noticed the joy 
Venus was broadcasting.  They found her, their 
wonderful, wonderful princess.

     Raye was consulting her fire when it 
occurred.  Her fire glowed red, explaining the 
amazing occasion to her.

     All six felt the memories flood back to 
them.  Serena was their dear princess, and 
Darien, their prince.  They wondered at once 
how they could have missed it.  They both held 
the same joyous naivety.  It seemed like 
yesterday they were living on the Moon 
Kingdom.  
     They each heard Queen Serenity's voice 
explode in their eardrums, explaining what 
happened long ago.  They died to protect their 
princess.  They felt victorious knowing they 
would die to save her in this lifetime as 
well.
                                      ***
     Serena stirred.  She sat up.  She woke 
the same time as Darien.  "I love you," she 
bawled.  
     "I know.  I love you, too," he replied, 
his eyes misting over.  They held each other 
in their arms.  Serena slowly de- transformed 
from Princess Serenity to Sailor Moon, and 
then to Serena.  She watched Prince Darien 
dissolve into Darien.
     "Come on," she said.  "It's creepy in 
here."
     "Okay," Darien laughed as she looked into 
Serena's eyes.  Their locked eyes searched 
each other for meaning.  Darien never doubted 
once that his love was stronger than Faye.
     Serena and Darien stood up hugging each 
other, blood still drying on Darien's suit.  
They concentrated on Raye's temple, where they 
knew the others were.
                                           ***
     Luna, Artemis, Amy, Mina, Raye and Lita, 
were discussing what they felt when Darien and 
Serena materialized before them.  They fell 
silent.  The eight looked at each other.  They 
fully understood what happened in the 
Negaverse.  After hearing of their pasts, they 
knew what happened from Serena being born 
until the very second Serena and Darien 
appeared before them.
     "Is there anything we can do?  Anything 
at all?" Raye asked in concern for her best 
friend.
     "Yes, anything?" Luna added.  All this 
time she had been guarding the Moon Princess!
     "Actually, I'm kind of tired," Serena 
giggled.
     "I know what you mean, love," Darien 
laughed, kissing Serena.  The others laughed.  
They knew they would be ready for anything.
^_^

Well?  What'cha think?  It's a different tune 
then the first fanfic.  Please tell me what 
you like and don't like so I know what to do 
for next time.  Please e- mail me!  I need it 
so desperately.  Not desperately, but close 
enough. ;) Thanks.  Bye. ~Dream Enid