Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Things can Change ❯ Goodbye ( Chapter 13 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A/N: I’m not even going to try and make excuses this time. I’m lazy I know.
Key: “ _” = talking
‘ _’ = thoughts
/?/?/?/ = flashback/true memory
_-_-_- = new scene of later on.

Darien looked down at the girl crying in his arms, how could this girl be his smiling Serena? How could this depressed girl ever be known to have been the most cheerful person he had ever known? No matter the soothing motions he made she continued to cry like a child who had made a wrong that they did not know how to fix. Was this perhaps what had happened to his Serena? Surely not. Or so he believed. He found it odd remembering back how they had first met.

/?/?/FLASHBACK/?/?/

Darien had been walking down the street on his way to visit his friend Andrew halfway looking at a book and at the sidewalk when a something came crashing on his head. He blinked as a paper landed in his hand. He unwound it and his sunglasses slid off his face slightly at seeing how low a grade this person…Serena something had gotten, or at least that’s what the paper said. He looked up watching a angry middle school girl blonde stomping around and found himself highly amused and was put in mind of a monkey.

“Hey meatball head, anyone tell you not to litter?” The girl turned around instantly, with a beat red face. She came marching up to Darien causing him to be startled enough into taking a few steps back. He quickly regained his composure as she got up in his face and yelled at him.

“YOU JERK! My name is Serena! S-E-R-E-N-A! Not meatball head!” She grabbed the paper out of his hand and stomped away. Just as she was about out of ear shot she heard his reply.

“But meatball head is so much more fitting I mean just look at your hairstyle.” For a moment he thought she was going to come back at him but she kept on walking.

“YOU ARE SUCH A JERK!”

/?/?/END FLASHBACK/?/?/

A sad smile came to Darien’s face and he gently moved a strand of Serena’s hair out of her face. He silently promised himself long ago to protect her and now he had failed her. “I’m sorry Serena...” Just as he was about to say more to the oblivious Serena the other girls came rushing at them surrounding the two.

“SERENA!” Came the cry of four girls. The death grip that was holding Serena to Darien slowly loosened until her tiny hands were barely grasping his shirt. It shocked Darien as to what kind of power these girls held on her that even he did not. They had gotten her attention, snapping her out of her daze to where she looked like she was slowly coming back to reality.

Within an instant it seemed Serena slowly got up and dropped back down so she was out of his lap and sitting on the ground her legs sprawled out below her and her head down. Slowly she lifted her head turning to look at the girls around her. “Hey guys. Sorry I’m such a crybaby.” Her word broke the silence and they rushed and wrapped their arms around her. All of them getting slightly teary-eyed themselves.

“Serena your such a fool, don’t apologize for crying. I can’t believe you had us so worried.” Rae said.

“Are you okay now Serena?” Amy asked wiping away tears from her face. Amazing even herself it seemed Serena nodded and smiled slightly.

“Yeah, I think so.” Serena moved lifting a leg up to her chest and resting her head on it. She still looked sad, but not as bad as she had when she had cried her heart out. Possibly because she had realized how good of friends she actually had as more of her memories came flooding back.

/?/?/?/Flashback/?/?/?/

Serena stood in front of the elevator a moment before slowly exiting her disguise off and dressed in clothes that her cousin had bought her and her hair the dyed color that she had let her cousin pick out. She made it to the end of the hallway to where it would lead her to Darien’s apartment room when she rounded the corner. She peered around the corner her heart racing at just the thought of seeing his door when she saw Rae and Darien standing outside his door talking.

Inside Serena burned with jealousy but stayed her ground spying. She gripped the wall in fear of if she let go she would burst out yelling at the two and not find out what was going on. Surprisingly she could catch onto their conversation.

“Hey thank you so much Darien for letting me borrow this book it was such a help!”

“Oh, well glad it came of some use to you Rae. Are you sure you understood everything though? Andrew threw a fit last time he tried reading that, I could explain it to you if you liked?” Darien told Rae kindly.

“Your so sweet, that girlfriend of yours must be really lucky, but no really I understood it completely.” Rae leaned forward kissing him on the cheek quickly handing him the book before taking off towards where Serena stood.

‘Oh shit I can’t let her see me spying!’ Serena thought forgetting that she Rae wouldn’t know it was her and taking off running in the opposite direction of Rae and Darien.

/?/?/?/END FLASHBACK/?/?/?/

“I’m sorry but do you guys think you can help me home? My legs feel like Jelly. This caused them all to laugh including Darien as they each tried to help her up. Though in the end it was Lita and Rae who helped support her. Darien, Amy, and Mina walked behind them watching out for each other.

They must have been a sight to see, each soaked and covered in mud yet none of them seemed to notice. Before they had even realized it though the rain finally stopped and they were standing face to face on Serena’s doorstep.

“Thanks guys.” She whispered to them. It broke their silence and the girls all crowded around Serena hugging her. Then surprising them all Darien walked up in front of them all and reached above the door emerging with Serena’s key and unlocking her door before returning it to her proper place. “Thank you Dare.”

Surprising her as she had turned to look at him he leaned down and kissed her on the lips gently. “Good night Serena.” Before she could utter another word Darien was ushering the girls away shouting to them that Serena needed her rest. At the gate the girls turned around waving at her.

“We’ll see you tomorrow right Serene?”

“Right tomorrow of course…” She whispered to herself and nodded to them. Then she waved a smile forming on her face “YEP!” she shouted to them. This caused the other to be more cheerful as they walked off. Sighing after they left Serena leaned against the doorway. “What have I got myself into this time?”

Going inside she sighed as she kicked off her shoes and stomped upstairs. Every step felt like she was moving a ton of bricks. She sighed happily as she made inside her bathroom and kicked off her mud caked pants and shirt. She looked down at her hands there were some scratches and of course the one from when she had fallen earlier and been saved by the dashing Andrew.

She laughed as she remembered how she had used to go gah-gah over him. She had, had such a crush on him and so had many of her friend. She stepped into the shower a smile on her face welcoming the warm water coming at her.

/?/?/?/FLASHBACK/?/?/?/

Serena stared at the walls in the classroom trying to balance a pencil on her nose. She was supposed to be working but it seemed so boring to her right now. Act it was free study time but, same thing to her. Serena sighed pulling out a manga from her backpack flipping through it ignoring the glare of Ms. Haruna. Serena nearly fell out of her chair though when her book was grabbed out of her hands and snatched away. Serena slowly looked up to her see her blue haired friend glaring down at her holding her copy of Full Moon.

“Hey it was just getting good! Give it back Amy!”

“No way, you need to study unless you plan on flunking out of middle school Serena!”

“B-But!” Serena wasn’t allowed to continue for her friend grabbed her arm and dragged her to the back of the room. Amy plopped down in a chair dropping some books on the desk and pushed them over to Serena. Serena looked horrified and Amy laughed.

“Don’t worry this will be easy I promise I’ll help.” Serena’s eye’s lit up. “But I won’t let you cheat.” Serena sighed pouting slightly and both girls laughed and only stopped when they could feel the glare of the teacher and many of the students on them.

/?/?/?/END FLASHBACK/?/?/?/

Serena smiled as she stepped out of the shower wrapping a towel around her body and her hair. She had so many good memories that she seemed to remember at just that moment of when her and the girls hung out or even when they were fighting the negaverse.


‘The Negaverse.’ A frown formed on Serena’s face as she touched her blonde hair. “It shouldn’t be this color, it should be the color I dyed it but Jedite…He changed it back. I wonder what he was thinking?” Serena let out a sigh. She had been trying to avoid thoughts like this but it seemed that this was the most necessary thing on her plate that she had to deal with.

She shook her head. What use was it to think of it right now? It wouldn’t do any good because she wouldn’t be able to find him. She sighed reaching her hand out to find her brush and removed the towel from around her head. Slowly she brushed her hair before she finally reached out her hand for the blow drier.

Serena plopped down on her bed a while later fully dressed in her pajamas and hair dry. She smiled curling up in bed and hugging her pillow to her and falling asleep.

It wasn’t long though until she was awakened by the sound of something strange. Serena blinked rubbing her eyes and was tempted to fall back in the bed and go back to sleep to dream about Tuxedo Mask again. She sighed realizing her window was open which must have been the reason that she had awoken.

Serena’s hand froze on the window pane a thought accruing to her that made her eyes widen and her body shake. She slammed the window shut and spun around looking frightened as if she expected someone to jump out at her. Though no one did she did spot something out of the ordinary.

Her fingers trembled even more as she walked to her desk and picked up a note addressed to her. She could barely read it as her hands shook and dropped it after she had read it. Though when it touched the ground it erupted into flames. “So you want to meet with me eh Jedite? Fine.” Serena her composure slowly regained by force. She closed her eyes a moment and when she opened them, her eye’s shown with the determination she found herself able to muster in times like this.

“I won’t back down, and I won’t let you use me again though. So be prepared for my wrath, because I will show no mercy.” Serena could almost laugh at how stupid she thought that sounded but she needed whatever power those words brought her and wasn’t ready to jinx it just yet. She walked over to her bed and reached under fishing around for something and finally emerged with her transforming broach. She grinned to herself slightly before walking to her closet and grabbing a jacket.

She would have changed but she needed to get this over with, before she lost her nerve that she was already loosing by the minute. She walked over to her window slipping on her jacket as she did so before she opened it and jumped out the window. She rubbed her butt moments later and took off running towards the pier docks.

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Serena stood looking side to side in the middle of the pier. It was eerie there at night and just the thought of being here sent shivers down her spine. She crossed her arms across her chest rubbing her arms slightly as she slowly walked around looking for a certain blonde haired man. “Jerk.” Serena murmured as she found herself unable to find him. ‘Leaving me out here to freeze. Oh god what am I thinking He’s the bad guy why do I expect him to be nice? Grr… I need to stop talking, er thinking to myself like this. People will think I’ve gone crazy, but then how would they know what I think? Argh no must stop!’

“JEDITE you bastard show your face!” Serena screamed in frustration. Arms wrapped around her shoulders and she could feel breath on her neck. Serena froze up slowly turning her head towards the one assaulting her. “Jedite.” She breathed not having expected him to show up.

“Serena, all you had to do was call and I would have come. I’m sorry to have made you wait.” He said smirking at her. She opened her mouth to say something but he took the moment to his advantage and kissed her pressing her back up against the wall. He pressed his body closer to her locking her fingers in his and holding them above her head.

Serena was frozen for a moment surprised by his actions and wondered if he knew her intentions. She wasn’t quite sure but she squirmed trying to get him off of her. She tried screaming but nothing came out she was speechless for the moment. A sudden burst of power though allowed her to break her hands away from his and push him away. He looked at her startled. “No.” She said eye’s narrowed glaring at him hatefully. “I’m not your toy.”

“I never said you were.” Jedite said trying to seduce her again.

“You don’t have to say that your actions speak louder than words. I’m no longer a fool under your spell you will not be able to manipulate me anymore.” Serena said to him.

“What are you talking about I never-” He stopped as Serena threw up her arm, pulling back the sleeve to reveal nothing on it. “I don’t know what you mean by this…” Jedite lied.

“Of course not.” Serena sneered. “Shall I refresh your memory then? You put a bracelet on me to manipulate me into believing my friends hated me, that everyone was turning against me and all I had was you to turn to.” She was furious and she got closer to him poking her finger in his chest. “You egotistical bastard! I won’t let you get away with making me think I needed you!”

Before she could say more though, Jedite disappeared. “What?!” Serena spun around looking for him. Arms encircled her making her unable to move.

“You’re a fool.” Jedite spat. “Do you not realize why I did this? I did this all for you! I was protecting you from the queen! If you wouldn’t have broken that bracelet than you would have been able to live now…” He trailed off and buried his head in her neck. He was quiet for a long time and Serena thought he wasn’t going to say anything else when he whispered the words that she hadn‘t expected. “Now you’ve brought it on your own self…I’ll have to kill you.”

Jedite’s arms tightened around Serena and she thought he was trying to hurt her when she heard his breathing, ragged as if he was crying or finding it hard to breath. Her eyes widened as she felt her shoulder get wet. A drop and then another. She looked up at the sky, it was perfectly clear and she could see a full moon overhead. “Jedite…” Serena whispered. He was crying.

“You stupid, stupid girl! Why couldn’t you let things be, they were going perfect between the two of us. We could have been happy together, we were in love for Christ sake!”

‘No, I only thought I was in love with you, you’re the only one who was in love. I thought it was just your way of toying with me, I’m sorry I didn’t realize. But it’s too late, you had no chance in the first place. I don’t love you, the only one I do is Darien. But your tears they make me unable to speak this to you. Your evil but you have a heart, or is it that you’re manipulating me now? Are you trying to make me feel sympathy to you? No, your tears I can tell their sincere even though all I can do is feel them. I’m so sorry that your love is unrequited. Maybe if you weren’t evil then things could have been different. Who knows maybe in another lifetime you’ll have another chance at happiness, and who knows maybe this time it will be the two of us.’

Serena closed her eyes gathering courage before she spun around in his arms. “I’m sorry.” Serena whispered and leaned up and kissed him. He was surprised but kissed her back. ‘Sorry to deceive you but this is the last condolence I can give you.’ He closed his eyes and Serena could feel a tear drop on her face. Was he still crying? No. This was her own tears. His had vanished but she sensed that he knew what was coming.

Serena fingered her locket transforming quietly. She summoned her tiara to her hands and pulled back from him. He still had his eyes closed but she had the feeling he could see as clearly as if his eyes had been opened.

“Goodbye.” Serena whispered to him as she lifted her tiara to him and he turned to ash. In the last moment though he opened his eyes and gave her a sad smile.

“Goodbye, Miss Moon.”

Serena fell to her knee’s and heard her tiara collapse on the ground but didn’t bother picking it up. She cried silently, not sure if it was because he was dead or the fact that she had killed him. It wasn’t until the sun was starting to rise and she had already de-transformed that she picked herself up and walked home. It was the start of a new day and the sins of yesterday washed away with the rays that flooded down on her from the sun today.

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A/N: Um wow, I kind of had fun writing this chapter though It did take me a while. Sorry updating while managing my grades is hard. Damn and hear I said I wouldn’t make excuses at the beginning. Oh well. Anyway… What did you think of this chapter? I kind of wrapped up some of the stuff and I’m happy, but knowing me in a little while I’ll get carried away and make even more changes for Serena to go through. I tried writing something longer and it sort of worked though I hated how I couldn’t make this sound like my story Caught in a Moment. That was the main goal I had set out and it for this chapter but it turned out nothing like the good quality of that. ^_^ Caught in a moment is like my best story writing ever thought it is short which makes me sad.

Well anyways not to get off topic again what did you guys think of this chapter? Should I continue or wrap it up? Was it what you guys expected or totally off? I know at one point I got complimented for making people guess and I was supper happy to hear that because I hate being predictable. So am I living up to everyone’s expectations or should I quit before I get murdered in my sleep? Haha you guys wouldn’t do that…right? -sweat drop- Well happy readings and leave a comment please, their much appreciated and helpful to me as a writer. (and their like my anti-depressants in this world filled of unhappiness)