Title: Seals of Heart and Space
Author: E. Cypher
E-Mail: LunarEB2@aol.com
Rating: PG

Hi all!! This is my first real attempt at a fic, so I don't know
how this will go but...hope ya like it! Anyway, I wasn't sure how
to set this story up, so I decided to use a wonderful idea I got
from another writer, namely Alicia Blade-a personal inspiration
of mine, to organize the multiple POV's that will probably end
up in here. So I'm going to be using a habit I've acquired from
elsewhere, like this - ::Darian::. Well, enjoy the story, I look
forward to hearing your opinions. Oh yeah, and this happens
before Serena and Darian know each others secret identities, k?

Okay, here's the usual run down. I in no way own Sailor Moon or
Slayers. Okay? Okay. Now, heeeere we go-

Chapter 1: Introductions

::Darian::
        It's a beautiful day out. Clear sky, bright sun, and I'd
gotten out of my college classes early, so now I headed to the
arcade. Haven't talked to Andrew in a few days, been so busy with
my med class work, so I figured it was about time I sat down with
him, had some coffee, and just mainly rambled. Oh yeah, and
probably insult Meatball Head again, can never get to much of
that. I smile to myself. For some reason it just brightens my
whole day,having a heated arguement with that girl. It's not like
me of course, Andrew can verify that, but she just seems to bring
it out of me. I sigh and let my thoughts drift for the rest of
the walk.

::Andrew::
        I was busy wiping down some of the booths in the arcade when
I glanced down at my watch. Hmm, school got out about five
minutes ago, that means...
        "Hi Andrew!!" I hear a familiar upbeat voice yell out. I
smile and turn to see a young girl with long blond hair enter the
arcade.
        "Hey there Serena, how ya been?" I ask, throwing the wash
rag into the water bucket I had.
        "I'm GREAT! School's out, I'm going out with my friends
later, and I can be there on time because I didn't get a single
detention today!!" She bounced in and sat herself down on a bar
stool as I rounded it face her.
        "Can I get you anything?" I ask, laughing at how the
simplest thing makes her day.
        "Just some water thanks, it's really hot out there." I turn
to get her a cup when I notice another arrival. Hmm, he's out
early today...

::Serena::
        "Thanks Andrew!" I exclaim as he sets the glass down in
front of me. "Boy it's going to be nice to not have Raye on my
case. I'll actually be early! That'll show her."
        "Wow, so miracles do happen, eh Meatball Head?" Comes a
deep voice from behind me. I almost cringe at the sound and turn
with a half scowl on my face.
        "Nice try Darian, but you can't ruin my good day that
easily." Then I blink as a thought hits me. "Wait, aren't you
supposed to still be in school?" He raises an eyebrow at that. I
wonder what he thinks is so interesti...WAIT a sec, since when do
I know so much about HIS schedule??? He practically voices my
thoughts.
        "Since when do you know, or care, about my schedule?" I can
almost feel that conceited smirk on his face. It's infuriating
and I struggle for a response.
        "I..I don't, it's just," finally a thought hits me, "I do my
best to avoid your annoying prescence!" I wait for his comeback
with a straightface, but suprisingly, he just looks at me and
chuckles.
        "Okay okay, we'll leave it at that, you're not the only one
having a good day," he says and turns to Andrew. "Hey bud, think
I could get a coffee out of you?"
        "Sure Dar, be right with you," he turns and fills a mug.
"Here ya go, I have some work to do, so enjoy," then he walks off
to take care of his stuff.
        Meanwhile I'm sitting there rather stunned. He was actually
nice to me, okay, just WHAT happened to Darian??? Not that I
mind. "I think that's the first time you've let an argument go,
what's with you today?" I ask him, rather hesitantly lest I ruin
the mood. He merely shrugs.
        "As I said, you're not the only one having a good day, and I
just don't feel like it now..Meatball Head." I almost yell at him
for that, yet he says it so calmly and almost kindly that I can't
seem to get the words out. Instead I just shake my head and get
up from the stool.
        "Well I have to go before I'm.." I glance at the clock, " OH
NO! I'm still going to be late!" I grab my stuff and sprint for the door.
"Bye
Darian!" I yell, turning only slightly to wave as I round the now open
doorway. I wonder why he was being so
nice...and even more at why he had that strange expression on his
face as I left. I shrug it off and keep sprinting. Oh well,
better hurry!! And with that, I brush the matter off and hurry to
the scout meeting at the temple.

Meanwhile Elsewhere...

::Lina::
        I yawn and open my eyes, stretching in the new morning
sun. "What an exhausting night! Who would've thought that those
bandits had a sorceror working for them?" I shrug and pat a
rather large pouch beside me, smiling. "Oh well, he was no
match, and I still got all the treasure!" I smile until I realize
something. " Oh yeah! Let's see how much all this treasure is
worth." I sit up on my knees and begin rummaging through the
bag... "Hmm, a bunch of gems, fifty gold coins-give or take-, and
what's this?" I pull a small silver pendant out of the bag. It
bears a crescent moon design with a small onyx on one side, and
shows images of the four elements on the other. "Well, don't find
this type of stuff on thieves often." I slip the chain gently
over my head, and see dark forms in the trees surrounding me as I
do so. I sigh to myself. "Don't they ever give up?" I close the
bag, tie it to my belt, and stand up. "Okay, come on out!"
They move to come into the clearing, but suddenly another form
enters the scene.
        "Hey there Lina! Where ya been?" I turn to my "partner",  young man
with long
blond hair and blue eyes. He's dressed in his normal light blue shirt and
breeches along with his shoulder
and leg guards and his breastplate. He may not be bright, but
he's not a bad fighter, I've seen enough to know that.

::Gourry::
        "Hey there Gourry, you arrived just in time to have some
fun!" she calls out to me. She's a short young girl with long red
hair and, oddly enough, red eyes as well. She has a pair of red
breeches with black boots and a blue threaded shirt with a cream
white cloth wrapped around her chest, and another around her back
from left side to right. She also has shoulder covers, though
more for design then effectiveness, and they stretch out a bit
beyond her shoulders. The right reaches a good upper arm length
out, while the left only a about half that far and has a red orb
imbedded in it right at the shoulder. From these a black cloak
flows outward in the wind. Like myself, though somewhat smaller,
she has a sword sheath at her hip.
        I look at her rather blankly. "Fun? What do you mean Lina?"
        She gestures out around her. "Why these bandits here where
just about to ambush helpless little me I believe." I look around
and sure enough the shadows are there. She turns back them. "So
show yourselves already!" Finally they all stalk out of the trees
, trying to maintain what look they may have left after being
discovered.
        A bandit up in front of Lina glares at me. "This doesn't
involve you pal, just back off and let us take our business out
on this here little girl." Did I mention she was really short?
Well, she's a bit underdeveloped too, but I've learned better
then to mention that.
        I glance around, noting where they've all placed themselves,
easy pickings. "Hmm, what do you think Lina?" I ask looking at her. She puts
her head in her hand as if to ponder it.
        "Well, I took care of the main group, you can handle these
guys." Then she carelessly turns her back on them and walks
towards me. The bandit stares after her.
        "Hey! How dare you turn your back on us! Get her guys!!" He
calls out and they all leap towards her with swords drawn.
        In a blink I draw my own sword and dash forward, blocking
the closest attackers and knocking them to the ground with a
single stroke before moving on to the rest. It's over in a
minute. I turn to the bandit leader, who now cowers on the
ground, and he bolts instantly, the rest scattering likewise. I
sheath my sword and turn back to Lina who is leisurely lying on
the grass. "Raid another group of thieves did we?"
        She looks up at me. "Oh come on Gourry, with Rezo gone it's
back to the normal days." She smiles and turns back to the sky. I
sit down beside her. "And Zelgadis too, who knows where he's run
off to this time."
        I just look down at her for a minute before turning up the
sky as well. It's a nice day out, but an odd area of black clouds
are on the horizon. I shrug. Thinking is Lina's department. "So
where're we headed now Lina?" I glance back down at her to see
her fingering a pendant absently.
        "Wherever the road takes us, after we sell this treasure of
course." She smiles and winks up at me, then looks out at the
clouds I'd seen. "Hmm, wonder where that storm came from, looks
kind of strange." Now we just sit, or lay, there, enjoying the
day and resting for whatever may come next...