Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Remember Me ❯ Back to the Life of Lies ( Chapter 4 )

Remember Me

By AngelnamedEcarg76

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters. (Only Daniel Alexander) Sorry for the longest wait ever! Happy New Year!! It seems like I am going to be continuing this story. Oh! And thank you for those of you who reviewed! Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!! Just for that, I'm making this chapter a bit longer! I know Darien didn't make much of an appearance on the last chapter, but he will in this one! Oh yeah! And one more thing, the scouts already have their ultimate powers, so don't bother asking me about that! Alright, well, on with the story!!

 

“Yes, we should,” Serena answered courteously, before turning to Daniel.

“I'll see you on Saturday,” he said before kissing Serena kindly on the cheek.

Serena walked away from him and headed towards the car, not daring to look at Rei's reaction.

Rei, on the other hand, stared at Daniel, and he at her.

“Rei,” Mina got her attention, “let's get going.”

“Right,” Rei said turning around and getting in the car.

 

Once they got to Rei's temple, Lita volunteered once again to get Serena's stuff and take it to the room she was going to be staying in.

Everyone, except Rei, was going on about school and guys.

“You should've seen the way Lita was sleeping through out class!” said an excited Mina.

“You should really start studying the materials I brought for you, exams are coming soon!” Ami said anxiously.

“I will, Ami. Just as soon as I'm all set here,” Serena assured her.

 

After she was set, the girls left Serena in her new room, except Rei.

“This room's great, thanks Rei,” Serena said.

“Don't worry about it,” Rei assured her, but quickly changed the conversation, “So; you're going out with the doctor this Saturday?”

Serena looked up from what she was doing, “Yeah…, why?”

“It's just that, who knows what may come up that day,” she said.

“What do you mean?” Serena was confused.

“You know, scout business,” Rei answered her.

“Oh,” Serena had completely forgotten all about her other life.

“All I'm saying is that maybe you should wait on dating,” Rei said, hoping that Serena would understand.

“Don't worry, it won't interfere,” Serena assured her.

Rei sighed. But before she left, she said, “Just be careful.”

 

The next day, Serena woke up earlier than ever. She went over the materials Ami had brought her. And for the first time in her life, she understood every bit of it.

 

She got up and put on her school uniform. She then combed her hair in a different hair style, half ways to be exact, and leaving her bangs down. She almost looked like Mina, except for the long flowing hair.

 

She went to the front of the temple, and saw that Rei was already heading out to her private school, as well.

“Good morning, Rei,” she said.

Rei turned around, “Hey,” after noticing Serena's hair she said, “I'm glad you stayed with your new hair do's.”

“Yeah, well, like you said, it might make my mother recognize me,” she told her.

“I'll see you later, then,” Rei said before leaving Serena half ways down the stairs and hurrying to catch the bus.

 

Once Serena got to school, everyone noticed her new hair-do.

“Nice hair-do, Serena,” Molly complimented her.

Serena smiled at her.

 

For once, classes went a lot faster, taking the fact that Serena hadn't interrupted the teachers for an excuse to use the restroom. She had even answered questions right, when called on.

 

Serena was walking to Rei's temple, when someone accidentally ran into her.

“Ugh,” she moaned into the person's chest, before taking a step back to see who it was.

She stood in front of a handsome guy with ocean colored eyes, and dark, black hair. Tall, like Daniel. He was wearing somewhat purple slacks, and a green jacket that covered what seemed to be a black shirt.

“I'm sorry,” she pardoned herself.

 

But for some reason, the guy wouldn't say anything. He continued to look speechless at her. When Serena got the impression that he wasn't going to answer at all, she walked around him. But before she had taken another step, she felt a strong, yet gentle hand grip her wrist. She looked back and stared once more into the ocean eyes.

 

He smiled at her, “I'm really glad you're alright now, Serena.”

She stared at him for a moment with narrow eyes, `How does he know me?'

“I'm sorry,” Serena said sincerely, “Do I know you?”

The young man seemed surprised.

“Don't you remember me?” he asked perplexed.

Serena looked at him more profoundly, but quickly closed her eyes and turned her head to the side, “I'm sorry—”

“Look at me, Serena!” he still had his hand wrapped around her wrist, so he tightened his grip and forced her closer to him. He held her inches away from his face. He couldn't understand why she was doing this, and he felt irritated.

 

She couldn't help but feel frightened of the man in front of her.

“Please,” she pleaded softly, “you're hurting me.”

He widened his eyes in disbelief of what he was doing to her and let go of her wrist, “I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.”

They stayed silent for a while.

“I should be going,” she said calmly, while secretly massaging her wrist.

“Wait,” he said, blocking the way.

He sighed; he remembered now what the doctor had once told him in the hospital, “I don't know what came over me, I'm sorry,” he apologized, then stretched out his hand to her, “My name is Darien, Darien Shields.”

Serena's eyes looked down to his hand, and then up at his eyes, `He seems kind,' she thought and shook his hand kindly.

“I'll see you around then?” he asked her, hoping she wasn't scared of him anymore.

She smiled, “Seems like it.”

 

Serena got to the temple, still wondering of the event that had just taken place.

`How did he know my name?' she kept thinking.

 

Saturday came crashing down on Serena. Unfortunately, Rei had been right. A youma had shown up just hours before her date and Serena had to come up with an excuse to give to Daniel. `An excuse,' Serena thought, but then corrected herself, `No, a lie, one of so many to come,' she sighed, `I guess its back to the life of lies,' she finished, just before using her wand toward the youma. To her surprise, it didn't work.

`Why didn't it work??' she wondered, looking down at the wand.

“Serena! Look out!” she heard Rei yell.

She looked up to see the youma charging towards her.

Serena tried using her wand again, but once more, it failed. She looked at her wand in astonishment and anxiety then at the youma still heading towards her, its long claws aimed right at her. Serena let out a soft breath.

“Mars, Flame Sniper!!” she heard from somewhere in her surroundings.

Serena was once again surprised that night, the youma dodged the attack. It fired its body up in the air just before Mars's fire hit it. But even that didn't make it change its target, as it began to descend; its claws were still aimed right toward Serena.

Serena thought quickly and held out her wand horizontally like a sword. The hard impact forced her down towards the hard ground, but she held her position. She was astonished that the wand had blocked the powerful attack.

Unfortunately, the youma didn't stop there. It began using both its claws, swinging them violently toward her. She continued blocking them with her wand.

“Jupiter, Oak Evolution!”

“Venus, Love and Beauty Shock!”

“Mercury, Aqua Rhapsody!”

The scouts tried everything to distract the youma away from Sailor Moon, but something was different about this one. It was somehow too powerful for them. Each of their attacks failed to touch it.

“Sailor Moon!!” they cried after their friend.

Serena, though, too concerned about dodging every attack the youma sent her, couldn't pay attention to her friends.

She began getting weary, that at times she failed to dodge the youma's claws, and partially pierced her at random places.

The scouts continued sending their attacks. Even though they knew it was useless, they weren't going to give up on saving their leader and future Queen.

Serena groaned in pain and exhaustion. All she's done is shield herself; she hasn't had a single opening to attack back.

`I'm going to die…' she thought, now suddenly frightened.

“You're going to die now!” the youma's fierce voice said unexpectedly, while launching his now glowing claws toward Sailor Moon's face, which only made a worn-out Serena sigh in despair.

She could no longer do anything; just wait for death to take her.

Just as the claws were inches away from her face, something sharp shot out deflecting the attack.

This, for some reason made the youma stop to look at what or, in this case, who had sent the shooting object and broken his most powerful attack.

Serena still lay on the ground, holding her upper body with both her arms. She turned to look at the object that had incredibly saved her life. There she saw in awe, a single red rose, piercing the hard cement like an arrow. She then turned her gaze toward its owner.

There stood a man in a tuxedo and matching cape. He looked mysterious in every way. But to Serena, the white mask that covered his eyes, made him more mystifying.

“Tuxedo Mask!” yelled Sailor Venus, which only made Sailor Moon look at her friend in shock.

`They know him?!' she thought, but then came to the realization that they must've met him while she was still in the hospital.

Serena looked back at the tuxedoed man that her fellow scout had called Tuxedo Mask. She couldn't see his face clearly, but she somehow sensed he was staring right at her. Then, in a split second she saw him disappear and appear again next to her slightly wounded and drained body.

“Are you alright?!” he said anxiously while kneeling next to her and examining her body for any serious injuries.

As for Serena, she was in complete shock. Here was a complete stranger worried about her well-being.

“I'm fine,” she said, while he gently cleaned the blood from her lower lip with his gloved hand, “thanks to you,” she finished, still looking mysteriously at him.

He smiled.

“YOU!!” they both heard close by.

They turned to face the youma pointing at Tuxedo Mask.

“YOU WILL NOT COME BETWEEN ME AND MY TARGET!!” he yelled, charging their way.

Tuxedo Mask quickly picked up Sailor Moon in his arms and jumped, barely missing the assault.

The youma growled, but just before he was about to follow the pair, he heard a voice intended for only him hear, `Griever, stop. Come back.'

Obediently he stopped, and began to leave, but not before looking infuriately back at the pair still flying in the night sky.

 

Serena held tightly for her dear life to the man carrying her, which he found puzzling. Then it occurred to him. She didn't remember who he was as Darien, so she mustn't remember who he was as Tuxedo Mask either. This upset him.

“Don't worry, I won't let you fall,” he reassured her.

For some reason, his soft voice did just that.

 

`God, how I've missed holding her body close to mine,' he thought to himself happily, but quickly it reversed, `Except, she doesn't. She doesn't remember me at all. She doesn't recall me rescuing her all those times. She doesn't remember spending all those times with me. She doesn't even remember all those times my lips touched hers,' he felt a tear slide down his cheek. He couldn't help thinking that it was his fault she was in this condition. `Perhaps this is for the best,' he finally thought, `Maybe its better that she doesn't remember all those times I pushed her away and hurt her the way I did. Perhaps its better that she finds someone better.”

 

When Tuxedo Mask didn't sense anyone following them, he landed on the roof of a building. He carefully set Sailor Moon down, trying not to touch her wounds.

“It's alright now,” he assured her, as she unwrapped her arms from his neck, which he quickly missed afterward.

“Thank you,” she said sincerely.

“It was my pleasure,” he answered truthfully.

She looked straight into his mask, “My friends called you Tuxedo Mask. Is that truly your name?”

“Would you prefer to call me something else?” he suggested, smiling teasingly.

She chuckled softly, “No, it suits you just fine.”

It was his time to chuckle, but quickly stopped to look at her earnestly. `To her, it would seem like this is the first time we've met,' he thought wretchedly.

 

Serena noticed he was in deep thought. But what she couldn't understand, was the fact that he was staring right at her as he did so, “Are-are you alright?”

He subtly looked away, “Don't worry about me.”

He then looked back at her, trying his hardest to appear fine, “I think you know where to go from here,” he finished, taking a leap to land on the next building and then the next.

 

Once Serena figured he wasn't going to come back, she took a look at her surroundings. Right across from the building she was standing, was Rei's temple. Her eyes furrowed in curiosity.

`How did he—? Does he—?' she couldn't understand, `Does he know I've been staying here?' With that she changed back to her usual attire.

 

As soon as she was down from the building, she came to the decision that she'll have to talk to Rei about this once she got to the temple.

 

From afar, Tuxedo Mask had hidden himself behind an object dark enough for him to hide from view. He stepped out of the shadows in time to see Sailor Moon turn back into the other version he loved so much. He saw as she walked up the steps toward the temple, and then enter it. He turned around again and leaned on his back. `She's safe,' he thought at last. With that, he left.

 

Serena went to her room, hoping Rei was there. To her surprise all four girls were there waiting for her arrival.

“Serena!” they stood up to greet their friend.

“I'm so glad you're alright,” Lita said relieved.

“Yeah, we thought that Dar— Tuxedo Mask, had found a serious wound and had taken you to the hospital!” Mina said quickly, to hide the fact that she'd almost said Darien's name.

“No, I'm fine, except for a couple of bruises and cuts that keep stinging.”

“I'll go get the first aid kit,” Rei said and quickly left the room.

Serena made her way toward the bed to lie down.

“Oh, Serena, we're so sorry! We tried everything to get that thing off you, but…it was useless!” Ami cried.

“I know you did, Ami,” Serena looked at her friend in sympathy, “What I don't understand,” she changed the conversation, “is why the wand didn't work! All those times I tried using it! Why didn't it work?!” she held her head with her hand, fixing her troubled eyes on the floor.

At that moment, Rei stepped back in the room, carrying a white box with a red cross on it.

“Maybe you guys should give Serena some time to recover. Besides, it's late; we should all get some rest. We'll try to figure out just what happened today, when we're all in apt conditions,” Rei said calmly.

“But—,” Lita was cut off.

“Rei's right. By tomorrow we'll have recovered our strength and I'm sure Luna will have some explanation as to what happened,” Serena stepped in, thinking that this way she'll have some time to talk to Rei about what happened outside the temple between Tuxedo Mask and her while she helped her clean her wounds.

“Alright, we'll leave,” Mina answered, standing up, “Just make sure you get some rest,” she pointed at Serena. She waited for the other two by the door.

“Fine,” said Lita.

“We'll see you two tomorrow,” Ami followed Lita.

“Yeah,” Rei answered as they left.

 

Once they were alone, Rei turned to face Serena, “Well, first thing's first. We need to clean those cuts before they become infected,” she said while taking out a couple of band aids, rubbing alcohol and an ointment.

Serena didn't know how to start the conversation regarding Tuxedo Mask, so they stayed silent for a while. Fortunately, it was Rei that started the conversation.

“So, did Tuxedo Mask say anything to you before he dropped you off?” she asked, while still keeping her attention on the cut she was tending on Serena's shoulder.

Serena looked up from her calf, “Just that his name was Tuxedo Mask.”

“Oh, well sorry I didn't mention him to you before. It's just that at some point, I didn't think he was going to show up at all. I got really worried to tell you the truth.”

“Worried that he wasn't going to show up? Come on, you got to give him a little credit. He can't know where we are all the time, we just met him,” she looked back down to her calf, not noticing that Rei had stopped tending the cut on her shoulder.

“Right,” Rei answered her hesitantly.

“Something got me wondering though,” Serena began.

“Yeah? What?” Rei asked.

“Did you tell him all about us?” with this Serena turned her whole body around and faced Rei, “I mean, like where we live and who we are?”

“I—I might have, why?”

“It's just that, after he dropped me off, he told me that I knew where to go from there. Then I looked at my surroundings and the temple was right in front of it,” Serena said, hoping it was just some kind of coincidence.

“Now that you tell me about it, I did tell him where we have our scout meetings. He must've thought the rest of us were here, so that's where he brought you,” Rei answered her a bit cautiously but logically.

“Do you think that's right? I mean, we just met him. How can we know he's in fact an ally and not an enemy?”

Rei smiled courteously at her concerned friend, “I have a gut feeling he's more than trustworthy.”

At this, Serena became curious, “What makes you so confident? Do you know who he is?”

Rei was silent for a while, and then smiled, “How could I? I just met him.”

They continued with what they were doing. When they were finished, Rei left Serena in her room to think of what to make of their conversation about this man who calls himself Tuxedo Mask.

 

The next day, as they had agreed, they met up in Rei's temple. The scouts told Luna all about how their attacks didn't affect the youma at all. Even though Luna was wise, she couldn't think of an explanation. But, when they explained how the wand didn't work and how Tuxedo Mask had achieved at deflecting the attack, Luna became silent in thought, while looking up at Rei. Rei had interpreted to Luna that Serena had forgotten all about Darien and Tuxedo Mask after her dreadful accident.

In the end, the wise cat only said, “There is an explanation for all of this, I'm sure of it.”

No one said anything, they knew better than to question the one who made them all who they are today.

 

On Monday, Serena walked from school to the hospital to catch Daniel before he went home. To her relief, he was barely opening his door to his car.

“Hey,” she called out softly.

He turned around to stare at the angel he once took care of when her wings were broken. He smiled affectionately as he walked toward her.

When he was about three feet away from her he stopped and said kindly, “Hello angel.”

Serena smiled. She loved it when he called her that. She closed the gap between them by hugging him, which he followed by quickly wrapping his arms around her warm body.

“I'm off for today. Would you like to get something to eat?” he asked tenderly.

“I'd love to,” she answered.

He took her to a near restaurant. It wasn't too fancy. While they ate, he asked her how her studies in College were going.

“They're great. Especially acting, my instructor tells me I have a real talent for it,” Serena answered smiling.

He smiled at this, “I'm glad you've found something that interests you. Not everyone finds what they like when they're your age.”

Once they were done, they took a walk in the park; he had his arm around her shoulders while she held on to his hand that dangled at the end of it. Neither caring who passed them or what time it was.

Since the park was close to where the temple was, he decided to walk her there instead, giving himself more time with her.

When they were coming to a corner, someone came around it and saw them with a startling gaze.

The couple, on the other hand, was too absorbed with one another that they didn't mind showing how much they cared for one another by both leaning in to give the other a gentle kiss on the lips.

At last, when Serena took notice of who was in their path, she stopped. The doctor stopped as well, only to look at Serena, then to the person staring back at her with a shocking look.

“Hi Darien,” Serena said kindly.

 

…to be continued.

 

 

I'm going to stop here. I know I said I was going to make this chapter a bit longer, but I liked were I stopped. I'm going to try to start the next chapter by this week, so please be patient. I want to keep all of my readers interested, so I have to think carefully as to what I write. As always your comments are greatly appreciated!!