Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Remember Me ❯ Alone ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: Don’t own, don’t sue. Alright, I know Ch.6’s ending was terrible! But hopefully it was intriguing enough for all of you to stay tuned! Let me just say that writer’s block is a bitch! Anyway, I was kind of thinking about drawing a FanArt for this particular FanFic, but then it occurred to me, I don’t own Photoshop or a scanner!! Ugh!!!! Hmm, I wonder if I can just draw it and then simply take a digital picture of it, can I do that? Do any of you know?? That just shows how lazy I am to look at the rules for FanArt, but seriously, if any of you know, I will be very grateful! And another thing, I know I know I’m talking…well writing too much, just so you don’t get confused, Serena is still dressed as Sailor Moon, but I’ll be referring to her as Serena. Alright, I think that’s all, here’s Ch.7! Enjoy!

“I hope they’re all alright,” Serena tried to stay as calm as possible, knowing that if she panicked she would probably end up doing something stupid and regretful.
“They’re alright. And I’m sure they’re all hoping that you’re alright,” he convinced her, as he bandaged the last wound on her body. He looked up at her from the wound, and she at him. They stayed like this for about a minute. How he missed having her alone in his apartment.

He knew he was staring too much, so he looked away, “You should get some rest. I’ll bring something for you to eat after.” He stood up, walking towards the door.

Serena on the other hand, was staring confusedly at a particular spot. Something had happened to her during that whole minute of staring Darien in the eyes. Like…a flash. She didn’t know whether to be scared or not, but it had definitely confused her.

Before Darien walked out of the room, he looked back at her. When he saw the confused look on her face he questioned her, “Are you alright?”

She was holding her temple with one hand, when she looked up at him, “I–I don’t know, it’s like a flash suddenly appeared before me. But, it just happened so quickly, I don’t know what to make of it.”
Darien was intrigued, “What kind of flash?”
She looked quietly away from him, “I’m sorry, it’s foolish.”
“No. It’s not, tell me,” he persuaded, now walking back towards her.
She faced him again, “It was an image, but…,” she looked away closing her eyes and smiling, thinking it was her exhausted mind playing tricks on her.
“But what? An image of what?” he asked her calmly, trying to sound casual.
“My mind’s exhausted, I’m sure it’s just playing tricks on me, but, what I saw was an image of you and me at the beach, just the two of us,” she looked back up at him smiling awkwardly, “We were smiling and holding each other, as if we were in love .”
“Us?” Darien asked, surprised yet a bit excited that something was coming back to her.
“Yeah,” she said, laughing it off, “I’m sorry, it must be my state.”
He smiled softly, regarding her as if she was right, “Get some rest.”
He walked towards the door and walked through it, happily believing that Serena was getting her memory back.
Serena thought about her flash, but just quickly fell asleep on it.

Daniel woke up, focusing his eyes with the darkness to try and figure out where he was. In the end, he couldn’t. He figured it must be a secret place, for there weren’t any windows to let any light in, only some weird looking light orbs. He tried to stand up, but something quickly caught him the wrists and ankles. He couldn’t really make them out, but he figured they must be chains by the way they felt and the noise they made. He was about to struggle when he heard a voice call out to him.
Daniel looked up and focused all of his attention on the person speaking to him. There stood a man in silver armor and black cape. He couldn’t see his entire face, for he was wearing a helmet that went well with his protective clothing.
“You’re finally awake,” the deep voice started, “For a moment there, a thought my servant had hit you with such force that I had taken you for dead.”
“What do you want?” Daniel asked, not feeling intimidated by the man standing in front of him.
The man in front of him smiled coldly at him, “Just your body!”
Within a split second, there was a flash in front of Daniel and then his eyes turned dark, as if his soul had been taken from him.
The man walked up to the soulless body, stretched out his hand to its forehead and magically sucked the entire body within his palm.
Under the helmet, a victory smile had surfaced.

Serena woke up the next morning to a familiar smell. Luckily, her body had healed up faster thanks to Darien’s care and for the fact that her body was stronger than that of a regular human. When she went into the kitchen, she found Darien placing the last of the pancakes on a plate.
“Good morning,” he greeted.
“Good morning,” she addressed him courteously.
“I trust you slept well,” he commented after noticing her new clean outfit.
“I did, thank you,” she said.

After they ate their breakfast, they discussed the scout situation, while leaving the television on in the background.
“I’m sure that, whoever’s after you, will keep the scouts alive. But we‘re going to have to be cautions, we don‘t know who we‘re dealing with,” Darien said logically.
Serena knew he was right, “The thing that I don’t understand is why hasn’t the one in charge presented him or herself to us yet? Most usually do by now…” she quickly turned to the T.V. after a reporter had just announced some breaking news.

“It is the most bizarre thing to ever happen here in Japan. For those of you just tuning in, an explosion was reported inside of the Tsukino residence,” the reporter announced.

After Serena heard her family name her heart skipped a beat.

Here I have a neighbor who witnessed the whole thing just in front of the Tsukino residence! Please tell us what you saw,” said the reporter.

The woman the reporter was interrogating was trembling, “I was just taking out the trash and getting the mail, just then, the Tsukino family arrived from their usual trip to the store. We greeted one another. As I began looking through my mail and heading back towards my house, I heard an explosion in back of me! I look back only to see flying debris from the Tsukino residence! After I called the fire department and an ambulance, I went back outside to see if anyone had survived, but the heat was too strong for me to even get close! After the flames were extinguished, the firefighters reported no survivors…,” the woman took a deep breath to try and continue, “When they finally took out their bodies, I-I just couldn’t believe it! I couldn’t! As I saw their bodies being taken away, all I kept thinking was, ‘I was just talking to these people, and now…they’re gone.”
“What a tragedy. Tell us, were you in close relationship to the Tsukino family?” the reporter questioned the woman.
“We all got along well-,” she was cut-off when Darien turned off the television set.
He turned to Serena, only to feel devastated. Serena’s eyes were bloodshot with tears falling from each of them.
“No…No…NOOO!!!” she screamed as she dropped herself to her knees.
“Serena…,” Darien began.
Just as soon as he said her name, she stopped sobbing. She looked up at him in astonishment, “What did you say?”
But Darien couldn’t bring himself to say it again.
“What did you call me?” she asked again, breathing and looking at him intensely.
He kept looking at her and still kept silent, not daring to break the trust he had won a few hours before.
“Who are you?!” she asked annoyed.
“I’m only trying to help you,” he answered softly.
He bent down to her, but she pushed him away as she began getting up. She sprinted towards the door but quickly stopped when Darien called out to her, “Serena!”
She immediately turned to face him, “Are you the one who caused their deaths?” she asked, trying to hold back her anger, along with the rest of her emotions.
“No!” he said honestly.
“Do you know who did?” she questioned through clenched teeth, while a tear trailed down her cheek.
“I told you, I don’t know who we’re dealing with,” Darien answered.
“How do I know you weren’t lying to me then?” she asked.
“I would never lie to you,” he answered her with truth behind every word.
Serena looked away from him, she didn’t know what to think anymore. First, her friends were taken away from her. Then, her parents. And now, the man in front of her has revealed that he knows who she really is. She didn’t know what to do, she was alone.
She took a few step towards the door, when Darien asked softly, “Where are you going?”
“I can’t stay here,” she answered as she walked out the door.

When Serena finally made her way out of the building, she began walking quickly down the street trying to figure out how to get to her house, when it suddenly hit her, the news broadcast hadn’t mentioned where her family’s bodies had been taken. She stopped. She no longer knew where to go. In daze, she began walking, heading to wherever the road took her.

After walking a few blocks, Serena was stopped by a familiar voice.
“Serena…,” it called out.
She turned to come face to face with the one person whom she’d completely forgotten. She let out a relieved sigh and ran to him arms.
“Daniel…,” she said in his chest.
“Are you alright?” he asked worriedly.
“No,” she answered, not wanting him to stop holding her.
“We can talk about it at my place if you want,” he suggested.
“Thank you,” was all she could say.

From afar, Tuxedo Mask was watching.

To be Continued…

Well, that’s it, for now. Sorry for the delay. I’ll be starting Ch.8 soon, I’m starting to get more into the story, and I know where I’m going with it now. Alright, well thanks a lot to those who reviewed my last piece. And keep them coming!!