Author: Serenita
Title: The Choice
Rating: Pg-13 (Violence)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Hi there! This is Serenita! (For
those of you who don't know that's
Serena in Latin or Spanish. I don't
know which one.) This is my newest
story! I hope you like it! I don't own
Sailor Moon and please send me all E
-mails! Thanx!
The Choice
The Sailor scouts all stood in the park,
prepared for battle. It was a fight like all
others, but this one, would change all other
battles significance.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" The
yoma was hit with her power but it did little
damage.
"DAMN!" cried Mars, frustrated and furious.
"What does it take to kill this thing!?!" The
scouts were oblivious to what to do next. This
yoma was powerful, almost too powerful for
them. Everything they shot at it did little.
Mercury took out her mini computer and was
looking for a way to destroy it.
"Jupiter Thunderclap ZAP!" she cried. The
yoma was hit, and yet again, bringing little to
it. It shot a powerful blast at them throwing
them backwards. Serena held Rini in her
arms as they flew back. Serena hit the ground
hard but protected Rini. They all stood up
and prepared to fight again.
"You okay?" she asked her. Rini nodded.
"MERCURY!" cried Serena. Mercury knew
exactly what her princess was frantically
asking her.
"I'm on it!" she shouted back at her a little
pressured and annoyed.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" It hit the yoma.
The yoma leaned back because of the force of
the hit and then shook its head and shot
another blast at them.
"DOESN'T ANYTHING HURT IT!?!"
Screamed a ticked Mina.
Amy's computer beeped and then she cried
out with glee.
"I found a way to destroy it!"
"What is it, Mercury?" asked Tuxedo Mask.
She quickly typed in a few components.
"We need to hit it with all of our attacks
combined!"
"Right!" they all cried in unison.
"Shine Aqua..."
"Venus Love Chain..."
"Jupiter Thunder Clap..."
"Mars Celestial Fire..."
"Pink Sugar Heart..."
"Moon Spiral Heart..."They Yoma conjured a
huge ball of energy and threw it at them.
They completed their attacks despite that the
attack of the yoma was zooming at them.
"...Illusion!"
"...Encircle!"
"...ZAP!"
"...Surround!"
"...Attack!"
"ATTACK!" Their attacks combined and
blasted through the yoma's. The yoma's
attack scattered and most of it disappeared
but a powerful blast kept coming. The yoma
cried out once it was hit and slowly turned to
dust. The other scouts moved out of the way
of the attack but Rini and Serena didn't see it
coming and were celebrating their great
victory.
"Serena! Rini! Look out!" the scouts cried.
They turned to see the attack coming for
them. Tuxedo Mask heard the scouts cry and
turned to see Rini and Serena in a helpless
situation. He couldn't save them both at the
same time. That tore at his heart. He would
have to choose one. Either that or have them
both hurt. But...which one? He had to choose
between the one he loved with his whole
heart and soul, the one he would spend the
rest of his life with, or his daughter, the
symbol of their love. Though he thought of
this in a split second, to him it felt like hours
of agony. He finally picked one. He took a
deep breath and he ran as fast as his legs
could carry him. Everything was almost in
slow motion. He closed his eyes tightly.
'Please...forgive me.' He silently cried out to
her. He grabbed her and then dodged out of
dangers way. Serena saw Darien take Rini
out of harms way. She turned to see the
attack coming, there was no stopping it now.
She braced herself for the pain that would
come. The attack was harsh to her body even
though that it had been greatly limited down
in power. She flew through the air. The
physical pain was slowly covering up her
emotional pain that she felt. She slammed
into a tree that was about twenty feet behind
her. A wood post, that had been sticking out
of the ground to mark a new bike path that
was going to be put there, dug itself into the
back of her calf. She screamed in pain and
then she fell to the ground. The post easily
moved from being stuck in the ground into
being wedged into Serena's leg. The scouts
gasped as they finally registered what had
happened. She threw her head forward, her
hair covering her face. Serena was breathing
hard. She knew that the post in her leg was
the cause of her pains...well...not all of her
pains. She knew that it would hurt a lot but
she didn't care, right then she could have
been dying and not minded in the least. She
grabbed a hold of the wood post and broke it
off. A huge piece was still sticking deep in
her leg. She knew she shouldn't do it, but she
did it anyway. She ripped the remaining
piece out of her leg. She threw her head back
and screamed in pain. Blood oozed out of her
deep wound. It fell all over the back of her
leg, in little rivers that slowly grew. She
silently hit herself for causing her more pain
than she had. She threw her head foreword
gritting her teeth to keep her self from
screaming again. Her tears poured down her
face. The physical pain was there, yes, but
now the emotional pain was coming back,
and turbo charged.
'Darien...chose...Rini...over...me.' It ran
through her mind over and over. The scouts
ran to her aid.
"Serena! You could bleed to death! WHY DID
YOU DO THAT!" cried Amy. Amy,
practically a doctor, knew exactly what she
was talking about. Darien heard her yell at
Serena. He put Rini down.
"Are you okay?" He asked. She nodded still
shocked from what happened. She couldn't
believe that in a million years that Darien
would do that, would choose her over
Serena. She watched him run over to Serena.
The scouts looked at him run over to Serena.
He couldn't read their faces. He then looked
down at Serena. Her head was down facing
the ground, her hair covering her face.
"Serena..." He gently touched her arm. She
viciously ripped it from his grasp. She threw
her head up to glare at him with pain, anger,
anguish, and many other unreadable
emotions.
"Don't touch me." She said thick with
emotion. He mostly heard anger. His eyes
widened in surprise. "Darien...Go...Away."
She said in-between sobs.
"Just...go...don't...talk...to...me...ever...
again...I don't..."
"Serena...I.." He started to interrupt. She
quickly glanced up at him, her eyes full of
hatred. She forced back her tears and sobs.
"Don't give me that Serena crap. You had a
choice to make, between Rini and me, and
you Chose HER! I hate you Darien! I HATE
YOU!" He backed away shaking his head.
"...no..." he said quietly.
"Leave me alone, Darien." She tried to get up
but she felt a shooting pain ride up her leg,
pulling her down. . She cried out in pain and
fell to the ground. It was bleeding rapidly,
making the little rivers that were once there
bigger, running more quickly down her leg.
He could also so that her foku had many
bloodstains on the back, caused from being
thrown into a tree. He stood still for a
moment. He ripped of apart of his cape and
gave the material to Amy. She stared at it for
a minute.
"Wrap her wound tightly to try to stop the
bleeding. Take her to a hospital immediately.
Help support her so that she doesn't walk on
it and have more blood lost. She might have
hit a main artery, so get her there pronto." He
quickly turned and walked away. He told
Amy to do that because apart from him she
was the closest to being a fantastic doctor. He
knew she wouldn't listen to him so he let
Amy do it. 'Why was she so harsh?' he asked
himself. 'Well...DUH! You just picked her
future daughter over her and got her hurt
really badly! I think she would be just a little
pissed off!' He transformed back to his
normal form. He checked on Rini and then
looked back at Serena. The scouts had
transformed back to there normal form and
were helping Serena up. He could see that
part of his cape was tied tightly around her
leg. They put their arms underneath her to
try and out as little pressure on her leg as
possible, but at the same time trying to keep
the bleeding down so she wouldn't bleed to
death. Lita and Raye were carrying Serena,
Amy and Mina was following to help if
needed. They all glanced back at him and
gave him an unreadable look. They turned
back and kept walking. He felt happy that a
hospital was only a few blocks away and that
she would probably be safe, but yet
extremely sad. He felt a single tear run down
his cheek. He quickly wiped it away and took
Rini's hand. He would take her to his place
tonight. Serena wouldn't want to see her
anyways. He sighed deeply trying his hardest
to hold back the tears. He had made the
wrong choice after all.
The scouts arrived to the hospital in
about ten minutes. All the girls were helping
to carry Serena.
"Help us.." said Raye helplessly with worry.
The whole time that they were walking to the
hospital, Serena was slowly losing
consciousness. She had lost a lot of blood and
needed help badly. The two assistants behind
the desk looked up and saw them. A poor girl
was practically unconscious and losing blood.
Little pools were slowly forming on the floor.
One got up and ran for a doctor.
"Doctor Anderson! DOCTOR
ANDERSON!?!" The other assistant ran to
help them.
"Our friend..." said Lita.
"Please help her." Said Amy.
"She's lost a lot of blood already." Said Mina.
The assistant tried to keep Serena awake.
"Does she have family?" asked the assistant.
They nodded. Amy's mother came zooming
around the corner with to technicians and a
stretcher following him. She arrived just as
Serena fell forward, unconscious. She caught
her and had her placed on the stretcher.
"Amy, WHAT HAPPENED!?!" she asked. She
knew Serena and it pained her to see her
daughter's best friend in great danger. Amy
went with them knowing that they would ask
technical questions and knew what to say.
The assistant stopped them.
"You can't go with them. That girl is a student
of this hospital and that is her mother. That is
the only reason she went with them. The
girls all fell back and sighed. The assistant
brought them over to the main desk.
"We need you to answer some questions
because she can't." They all nodded. "What's
her name?"
"Serena Tsukino."
"Age?"
"Fifteen."
"Phone?"
"546-7890...."
Darien laid on his bed staring at the
ceiling. He had been laying there for the past
hour thinking about what had happened.
Rini had fallen asleep about a half an hour
ago. He had wondered what would have
happened if he had picked Serena over Rini.
He shook his head. No... he had made the
right choice. No matter if he was the only one
who thought so. The phone rang. He turned
his head and stared at it for a moment. He
then picked it up.
"Hello?" He said gruffly. No one answered.
He thought he heard someone crying on the
other line. "Hello?" he asked again.
"Darien..."
"What? Who is this?"
"This...is Mina." He suddenly felt a shock of
worry run through him.
"What is it Mina?" He asked with worry.
"It's...It's..."
"IT'S WHAT!?!" he asked with a little more
worry then he wanted to show.
"It's Serena." She didn't have to say another
word.
"I'm on my way." He slammed down the
phone. He rushed to grab his jacket. He ran to
Rini and began to shake her.
"Wha...What?" She asked.
"Something's wrong with Serena." Her eyes
flew open.
"What? What's wrong with her?" He shook
his head.
"I don't know. Just...come on." She got up
and ran to get her coat. He ran and locked the
door worried about Serena and his future.
He arrived at the hospital a few minutes
later. He could see the scouts sitting in a far
corner of the hospital waiting room. He ran
to them.
"What happened?" He asked. He looked at
their faces. All were damp with tears. He saw
that new tears came to their eyes. Raye tried
her best to stay calm so that she could tell
Darien.
"Darien...when Serena was hurt... She lost a
lot of blood on her way here. If... if she
doesn't get a donor... she'll...she'll die. She
almost died on her way here." Darien's eyes
widened. He let every word rack through
him. He slowly sat down in a chair. He
placed his head in his hands. This was all his
fault. He did this. He probably killed the one
person he loved more than anything. The one
he loved in the past, present, and future. The
one who made his life worth living. She
could die because of him! He silently
hit...no...killed himself inwardly. He slowly
looked up. He saw Mr. And Mrs. Tsukino at
the front desk, begging the assistants to let
them see her. The assistant shook her head
with sadness.
"I am sorry, she is in no state to see anyone
except a doctor."
"But we're FAMILY!" Cried Irene. The
assistant shook her head.
"I am really sorry, but I can't allow you in."
Mrs. Tsukino buried her head in her
husband's chest. Darien watched them suffer
and realized that he hurt them too. He
wished he could do something. Then
suddenly, an idea came to him. There was
one thing that he could do. And he might die
from it, but he didn't care. Darien rushed up
to where Serena's parents were standing.
They all looked at him. Mrs. Tsukino's eyes
were filled with tears.
"What blood type is she?" he asked quickly.
They all turned to face him.
"What?" they asked.
"I said what blood type is she?" He asked
quickly. He had decided to do this. There was
no backing out now.
"Type O." Said Irene Trembling.
"I'm type O. I'll donate the blood that she
needs." They all looked at him in shock. The
assistant looked up in surprise and then
shook her head.
"No, I can't allow you to do that." She said.
Darien was dumbfounded.
"What do you mean? I want to do this. This is
my own free will!" She looked at him with
sympathy.
"Miss Tsukino has lost a whole lot of blood.
If... if you were to give the amount that she
needs to her...you could die." The words hit
him. He didn't think of that. They all watched
him as he looked at the ground. Was he that
willing? Could he do that? Could he risk
everything? Have the future not exist? Rini
not to be born? He then remembered Serena.
Her smiling face, her bright cheery attitude,
and the way she made him feel. Did this all
mean this much to him? He asked himself
that. The answer came back quickly. Yes.
Even if he didn't live through it others
deserved to have her. He looked up.
"I don't care if I die. I will give her what she
needs." Irene looked up at him smiling
through her tears. "I don't care if I die." He
said softly. "I would give my life any day for
Serena." Irene cried out in happiness and ran
to him. She placed her face in his chest crying.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she cried
over and over. He smiled dimly. Irene
looked up, embarrassed by her actions. She
wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at
Darien.
"She is very lucky." She said to him. He
smiled and shook his head.
"I'm the lucky one." Kenji walked over to
Darien. For the first time he respected Darien.
Even thought he still thought this man was
way to old for his daughter, he knew that this
man loved his daughter and was practically
giving his life to her. Darien offered his hand
to him. Kenji looked at it, grasped it and
pulled Darien into a hug. Darien was
surprised at first but returned it. The assistant
smiled but had to break up this little Kodak
moment.
"Sir?" Kenji let go of Darien. He smiled at him
once more and Darien walked over to the
front desk. "I need you to fill out some
forms." Darien nodded. He did all the
agonizing paperwork and was finally led to
Serena's room where they were preparing for
the blood transfusion. He walked in and
looked over at Serena. He stopped and took a
step back. Her face was deathly pale. No rosy
color in her cheeks, her hair had seemed to
have lost its glow. She looked like death. That
wasn't his Serena. That wasn't her. He
walked over to the hospital bed took off his
shirt and lied down on it. One of the nurses
eyed him. He rolled his eyes. The one of the
reasons that he loved dating Serena that
when they were walking down the street
together, she would never get
jealous...well...almost never, because most
eyes were on her too. He lately had to beat
them off with a stick. She had matured a lot
since they started going out and was become
more and more beautiful everyday. Just like
the goddess of the moon, Selene. He then
realized how important giving his blood to
Serena was at that moment. The nurse slowly
inserted the needle into his skin. He grimaced
for a second and then his face relaxed. He
hated needles. She hooked him up to Serena
and then the process began. He laid there for
a while. Looking at the ceiling, then at Serena
and then back at the ceiling again. This
process repeated itself a few times. The nurse
came over to remove the needle. He stopped
her.
"Does she have enough?" he asked. The nurse
shook her head.
"Not enough to be certain, but I have to stop,
you given a lot, your lucky to be conscious."
Darien shook his head.
"Give her all that she needs until you are
certain." The nurse started to speak again but
he stopped her. "Just do it." She looked at
him with some amazement. He must really
care for this girl to do this for her. She obeyed
his wishes and continued. When she was
certain the girl got what she needed, she
stopped the process and turned to the young
man that was so generous to this girl. He was
unconscious and pale. She ran over to check
his pulse. It was barely there. He was very
close to death. She ran for a doctor.
Serena awoke to a blazing light. Soon it
passed and she saw that she was in a hospital
room. She looked around the room that she
was in. There was a Curtin drawn on the left
side of the room. Another patient, perhaps.
She could see Raye standing up and asleep.
Serena never knew Raye could sleep standing
up. Even in sleep she had a stern face. She
saw Amy sitting in a chair, her glasses falling
off and a book in her lap. Her mom and dad
were sitting next to each other in separate
chairs. They fell asleep with their foreheads
together, which Serena thought made them
look so cute. She turned to see Lita and Mina
in one chair. Mina was sitting in Lita's lap.
Suddenly Minas arm stretched out and
whacked Lita in the face. Lita awoke to an
arm in her face. Serena could see her face
starting to turn red with anger.
"MINA! GET YOUR STUPID ARM OUT OF
MY FACE!" she screamed in Mina's ear. She
jumped up a foot in the air and then plopped
to the floor on her butt. All awoke and told
Lita and Mina to shut up.
"Shut up LITA!" hissed Raye. "We don't want
to wake Serena! She needs her sleep!" Amy
shook her head and went back to her book.
"IT"S NOT MY FAULT MINA HAD HER
STUPID ARM IN MY FACE!" screamed Lita
still angry.
"SHHHHHH!" They all hissed back. She
looked sheepish for a minute.
"Sorry."
"Anyway," said Mina wiping the dirt off her
butt and standing up. "We don't want her to
find out about.... You know." Serena got
interested.
"About what?" she asked. All jumped and
looked at her. They hadn't realized that she
had been awake. Irene had tears in her eyes
and ran to Serena.
"MY BABY!" she cried! She threw her arms
around her and hugged her tight. Serena
twitched.
"M-O-M!" she said. Her mother got control of
herself and let her father hug her. Then they
left the room to leave the girls with Serena.
"Oh Serena! We are so glad you are okay!"
Raye said as she ran to hug Serena.
"How bad was I?"
"Pretty bad." Said Amy. "Mom said if we
came any later you would have died."
"Who was the donor?" She asked. They
looked at the ground. "And where's Darien?
Didn't even bother to show up, huh?"
"Uh....Serena..."
"Don't stick up for him! He didn't even to
bother to see if I was okay! If I was alive!
The...."
"SERENA! SHUT UP!" All looked at Raye.
She was crying. Serena was confused.
"What is it Raye?"
" Darien was your stupid donor! He gave you
almost all of his blood so you could live!" She
walked over and unveiled the curtain. Serena
looked and gasped. Darien was lying there,
heart monitor beeping, and tubes
everywhere. Serena's hand flew to her face.
Fresh hot tears sprung to her eyes. She slowly
climbed out of her bed. The girls left knowing
that she needed to do something on her own.
She walked over to him, tears pouring down
her face. She gently touched his face. She
could hear is slow breathing. She shook her
head and hit herself internally for all that she
had said. She was selfish, spoiled, and
ignorant person. She knew he was slowly
going. The beeps on the monitor were longer
apart. Soon it was just a flat line.
"...no..." she whispered through her tears.
"No, Darien, I won't let you die. She noticed
her locket on the stand beside her bed. She
grabbed it and walked over to him. She held
the Crystal over him.
"...please..." she whispered. "... please help
him..." There was a bright light that flooded
the room. It washed over his body and he
was bathed in it. When the light died she
looked at him. She hoped for him to open his
eyes, twitch, show some kind of sign of life,
but there was none. She cried harder. She
threw the crystal to the floor but of course it
didn't break. She got up onto Darien's bed
and cried into his chest. She was crying so
hard and lost in her own dark thoughts that
she didn't hear the heart monitor start to
beep again. Darien awoke to find Serena
curled up next to him, giving him a bath in
her tears. He didn't know it he should disturb
her of not.
"...Darien..." she said between sobs. "Darien,
I am so sorry. I did this to you. I was so mad
when I thought you didn't come to see if I
was okay and here you were giving me my
life! I am so cruel and heartless Darien! I am! I
know you can hear me, so I want to tell you
this. When you saved Rini instead of me, I
was hurt. I thought our love meant forever,
and when you finally had a choice you chose
her... it made me feel unwanted. I didn't like
that feeling. So I got mad at you. And yet
after all that I did, you saved my life! You are
such a great guy, Darien, and I can't believe
that I lost you, all because of my jealously. I
am so...sorry...DAREIN!" The last word was
a cry. She had tried to hold back the tears but
it didn't work. She had probably lost him,
forever. Darien was confused. What was she
talking about?
"What do you mean that you lost me,
Serena?" Her crying suddenly stopped. She
looked up at him quickly. Her eyes met his
ocean blue ones. She studied him for a
minute.
"Dar...Darien?" He smiled a little.
"Yes." She smiled and squealed with delight.
"DARIEN!" She flung herself into his arms.
He was surprised at first but then smiled and
returned her embrace.
"Oh Darien! I was so afraid that I had lost
you!" He hugged her tighter.
"Never, Serena, never." She hugged him
tighter. Like if she let go he would disappear.
She drew out of their embrace. "Serena, the
reason I chose Rini over you, was because I
knew you were stronger than she was and
would be able to live through that. If that was
her out there, she would have died. I knew
that you could have made it through. I just
didn't know it would hurt you so much."
Serena started to cry again.
"Darien, I am so sorry. I can't believe that I
was so cruel to you! Please forgive me!"
"There's nothing to forgive." She looked
confused. "You had a right to be upset.
Anyone would have been upset if they were
in your place. Don't cry now, everything's
okay." She hugged him tighter again.
"That's what I love most about you Darien.
You understand me completely." He smiled
and kissed the top of her head. "I love you,
Darien."
"I love you too, Serena, I love you too." She
smiled and snuggled up to him. He wrapped
a protective arm around her, which made her
feel safer than she had for a long time. They
fell asleep in each other's arms, just like that.
They didn't have to say anything else. Their
actions said it all.
AWWWWW! I hope you liked it. I'll be
writing a new one soon! Look for "A princess
of the Moon"! C ya!
Title: The Choice
Rating: Pg-13 (Violence)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Hi there! This is Serenita! (For
those of you who don't know that's
Serena in Latin or Spanish. I don't
know which one.) This is my newest
story! I hope you like it! I don't own
Sailor Moon and please send me all E
-mails! Thanx!
The Choice
The Sailor scouts all stood in the park,
prepared for battle. It was a fight like all
others, but this one, would change all other
battles significance.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" The
yoma was hit with her power but it did little
damage.
"DAMN!" cried Mars, frustrated and furious.
"What does it take to kill this thing!?!" The
scouts were oblivious to what to do next. This
yoma was powerful, almost too powerful for
them. Everything they shot at it did little.
Mercury took out her mini computer and was
looking for a way to destroy it.
"Jupiter Thunderclap ZAP!" she cried. The
yoma was hit, and yet again, bringing little to
it. It shot a powerful blast at them throwing
them backwards. Serena held Rini in her
arms as they flew back. Serena hit the ground
hard but protected Rini. They all stood up
and prepared to fight again.
"You okay?" she asked her. Rini nodded.
"MERCURY!" cried Serena. Mercury knew
exactly what her princess was frantically
asking her.
"I'm on it!" she shouted back at her a little
pressured and annoyed.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" It hit the yoma.
The yoma leaned back because of the force of
the hit and then shook its head and shot
another blast at them.
"DOESN'T ANYTHING HURT IT!?!"
Screamed a ticked Mina.
Amy's computer beeped and then she cried
out with glee.
"I found a way to destroy it!"
"What is it, Mercury?" asked Tuxedo Mask.
She quickly typed in a few components.
"We need to hit it with all of our attacks
combined!"
"Right!" they all cried in unison.
"Shine Aqua..."
"Venus Love Chain..."
"Jupiter Thunder Clap..."
"Mars Celestial Fire..."
"Pink Sugar Heart..."
"Moon Spiral Heart..."They Yoma conjured a
huge ball of energy and threw it at them.
They completed their attacks despite that the
attack of the yoma was zooming at them.
"...Illusion!"
"...Encircle!"
"...ZAP!"
"...Surround!"
"...Attack!"
"ATTACK!" Their attacks combined and
blasted through the yoma's. The yoma's
attack scattered and most of it disappeared
but a powerful blast kept coming. The yoma
cried out once it was hit and slowly turned to
dust. The other scouts moved out of the way
of the attack but Rini and Serena didn't see it
coming and were celebrating their great
victory.
"Serena! Rini! Look out!" the scouts cried.
They turned to see the attack coming for
them. Tuxedo Mask heard the scouts cry and
turned to see Rini and Serena in a helpless
situation. He couldn't save them both at the
same time. That tore at his heart. He would
have to choose one. Either that or have them
both hurt. But...which one? He had to choose
between the one he loved with his whole
heart and soul, the one he would spend the
rest of his life with, or his daughter, the
symbol of their love. Though he thought of
this in a split second, to him it felt like hours
of agony. He finally picked one. He took a
deep breath and he ran as fast as his legs
could carry him. Everything was almost in
slow motion. He closed his eyes tightly.
'Please...forgive me.' He silently cried out to
her. He grabbed her and then dodged out of
dangers way. Serena saw Darien take Rini
out of harms way. She turned to see the
attack coming, there was no stopping it now.
She braced herself for the pain that would
come. The attack was harsh to her body even
though that it had been greatly limited down
in power. She flew through the air. The
physical pain was slowly covering up her
emotional pain that she felt. She slammed
into a tree that was about twenty feet behind
her. A wood post, that had been sticking out
of the ground to mark a new bike path that
was going to be put there, dug itself into the
back of her calf. She screamed in pain and
then she fell to the ground. The post easily
moved from being stuck in the ground into
being wedged into Serena's leg. The scouts
gasped as they finally registered what had
happened. She threw her head forward, her
hair covering her face. Serena was breathing
hard. She knew that the post in her leg was
the cause of her pains...well...not all of her
pains. She knew that it would hurt a lot but
she didn't care, right then she could have
been dying and not minded in the least. She
grabbed a hold of the wood post and broke it
off. A huge piece was still sticking deep in
her leg. She knew she shouldn't do it, but she
did it anyway. She ripped the remaining
piece out of her leg. She threw her head back
and screamed in pain. Blood oozed out of her
deep wound. It fell all over the back of her
leg, in little rivers that slowly grew. She
silently hit herself for causing her more pain
than she had. She threw her head foreword
gritting her teeth to keep her self from
screaming again. Her tears poured down her
face. The physical pain was there, yes, but
now the emotional pain was coming back,
and turbo charged.
'Darien...chose...Rini...over...me.' It ran
through her mind over and over. The scouts
ran to her aid.
"Serena! You could bleed to death! WHY DID
YOU DO THAT!" cried Amy. Amy,
practically a doctor, knew exactly what she
was talking about. Darien heard her yell at
Serena. He put Rini down.
"Are you okay?" He asked. She nodded still
shocked from what happened. She couldn't
believe that in a million years that Darien
would do that, would choose her over
Serena. She watched him run over to Serena.
The scouts looked at him run over to Serena.
He couldn't read their faces. He then looked
down at Serena. Her head was down facing
the ground, her hair covering her face.
"Serena..." He gently touched her arm. She
viciously ripped it from his grasp. She threw
her head up to glare at him with pain, anger,
anguish, and many other unreadable
emotions.
"Don't touch me." She said thick with
emotion. He mostly heard anger. His eyes
widened in surprise. "Darien...Go...Away."
She said in-between sobs.
"Just...go...don't...talk...to...me...ever...
again...I don't..."
"Serena...I.." He started to interrupt. She
quickly glanced up at him, her eyes full of
hatred. She forced back her tears and sobs.
"Don't give me that Serena crap. You had a
choice to make, between Rini and me, and
you Chose HER! I hate you Darien! I HATE
YOU!" He backed away shaking his head.
"...no..." he said quietly.
"Leave me alone, Darien." She tried to get up
but she felt a shooting pain ride up her leg,
pulling her down. . She cried out in pain and
fell to the ground. It was bleeding rapidly,
making the little rivers that were once there
bigger, running more quickly down her leg.
He could also so that her foku had many
bloodstains on the back, caused from being
thrown into a tree. He stood still for a
moment. He ripped of apart of his cape and
gave the material to Amy. She stared at it for
a minute.
"Wrap her wound tightly to try to stop the
bleeding. Take her to a hospital immediately.
Help support her so that she doesn't walk on
it and have more blood lost. She might have
hit a main artery, so get her there pronto." He
quickly turned and walked away. He told
Amy to do that because apart from him she
was the closest to being a fantastic doctor. He
knew she wouldn't listen to him so he let
Amy do it. 'Why was she so harsh?' he asked
himself. 'Well...DUH! You just picked her
future daughter over her and got her hurt
really badly! I think she would be just a little
pissed off!' He transformed back to his
normal form. He checked on Rini and then
looked back at Serena. The scouts had
transformed back to there normal form and
were helping Serena up. He could see that
part of his cape was tied tightly around her
leg. They put their arms underneath her to
try and out as little pressure on her leg as
possible, but at the same time trying to keep
the bleeding down so she wouldn't bleed to
death. Lita and Raye were carrying Serena,
Amy and Mina was following to help if
needed. They all glanced back at him and
gave him an unreadable look. They turned
back and kept walking. He felt happy that a
hospital was only a few blocks away and that
she would probably be safe, but yet
extremely sad. He felt a single tear run down
his cheek. He quickly wiped it away and took
Rini's hand. He would take her to his place
tonight. Serena wouldn't want to see her
anyways. He sighed deeply trying his hardest
to hold back the tears. He had made the
wrong choice after all.
The scouts arrived to the hospital in
about ten minutes. All the girls were helping
to carry Serena.
"Help us.." said Raye helplessly with worry.
The whole time that they were walking to the
hospital, Serena was slowly losing
consciousness. She had lost a lot of blood and
needed help badly. The two assistants behind
the desk looked up and saw them. A poor girl
was practically unconscious and losing blood.
Little pools were slowly forming on the floor.
One got up and ran for a doctor.
"Doctor Anderson! DOCTOR
ANDERSON!?!" The other assistant ran to
help them.
"Our friend..." said Lita.
"Please help her." Said Amy.
"She's lost a lot of blood already." Said Mina.
The assistant tried to keep Serena awake.
"Does she have family?" asked the assistant.
They nodded. Amy's mother came zooming
around the corner with to technicians and a
stretcher following him. She arrived just as
Serena fell forward, unconscious. She caught
her and had her placed on the stretcher.
"Amy, WHAT HAPPENED!?!" she asked. She
knew Serena and it pained her to see her
daughter's best friend in great danger. Amy
went with them knowing that they would ask
technical questions and knew what to say.
The assistant stopped them.
"You can't go with them. That girl is a student
of this hospital and that is her mother. That is
the only reason she went with them. The
girls all fell back and sighed. The assistant
brought them over to the main desk.
"We need you to answer some questions
because she can't." They all nodded. "What's
her name?"
"Serena Tsukino."
"Age?"
"Fifteen."
"Phone?"
"546-7890...."
Darien laid on his bed staring at the
ceiling. He had been laying there for the past
hour thinking about what had happened.
Rini had fallen asleep about a half an hour
ago. He had wondered what would have
happened if he had picked Serena over Rini.
He shook his head. No... he had made the
right choice. No matter if he was the only one
who thought so. The phone rang. He turned
his head and stared at it for a moment. He
then picked it up.
"Hello?" He said gruffly. No one answered.
He thought he heard someone crying on the
other line. "Hello?" he asked again.
"Darien..."
"What? Who is this?"
"This...is Mina." He suddenly felt a shock of
worry run through him.
"What is it Mina?" He asked with worry.
"It's...It's..."
"IT'S WHAT!?!" he asked with a little more
worry then he wanted to show.
"It's Serena." She didn't have to say another
word.
"I'm on my way." He slammed down the
phone. He rushed to grab his jacket. He ran to
Rini and began to shake her.
"Wha...What?" She asked.
"Something's wrong with Serena." Her eyes
flew open.
"What? What's wrong with her?" He shook
his head.
"I don't know. Just...come on." She got up
and ran to get her coat. He ran and locked the
door worried about Serena and his future.
He arrived at the hospital a few minutes
later. He could see the scouts sitting in a far
corner of the hospital waiting room. He ran
to them.
"What happened?" He asked. He looked at
their faces. All were damp with tears. He saw
that new tears came to their eyes. Raye tried
her best to stay calm so that she could tell
Darien.
"Darien...when Serena was hurt... She lost a
lot of blood on her way here. If... if she
doesn't get a donor... she'll...she'll die. She
almost died on her way here." Darien's eyes
widened. He let every word rack through
him. He slowly sat down in a chair. He
placed his head in his hands. This was all his
fault. He did this. He probably killed the one
person he loved more than anything. The one
he loved in the past, present, and future. The
one who made his life worth living. She
could die because of him! He silently
hit...no...killed himself inwardly. He slowly
looked up. He saw Mr. And Mrs. Tsukino at
the front desk, begging the assistants to let
them see her. The assistant shook her head
with sadness.
"I am sorry, she is in no state to see anyone
except a doctor."
"But we're FAMILY!" Cried Irene. The
assistant shook her head.
"I am really sorry, but I can't allow you in."
Mrs. Tsukino buried her head in her
husband's chest. Darien watched them suffer
and realized that he hurt them too. He
wished he could do something. Then
suddenly, an idea came to him. There was
one thing that he could do. And he might die
from it, but he didn't care. Darien rushed up
to where Serena's parents were standing.
They all looked at him. Mrs. Tsukino's eyes
were filled with tears.
"What blood type is she?" he asked quickly.
They all turned to face him.
"What?" they asked.
"I said what blood type is she?" He asked
quickly. He had decided to do this. There was
no backing out now.
"Type O." Said Irene Trembling.
"I'm type O. I'll donate the blood that she
needs." They all looked at him in shock. The
assistant looked up in surprise and then
shook her head.
"No, I can't allow you to do that." She said.
Darien was dumbfounded.
"What do you mean? I want to do this. This is
my own free will!" She looked at him with
sympathy.
"Miss Tsukino has lost a whole lot of blood.
If... if you were to give the amount that she
needs to her...you could die." The words hit
him. He didn't think of that. They all watched
him as he looked at the ground. Was he that
willing? Could he do that? Could he risk
everything? Have the future not exist? Rini
not to be born? He then remembered Serena.
Her smiling face, her bright cheery attitude,
and the way she made him feel. Did this all
mean this much to him? He asked himself
that. The answer came back quickly. Yes.
Even if he didn't live through it others
deserved to have her. He looked up.
"I don't care if I die. I will give her what she
needs." Irene looked up at him smiling
through her tears. "I don't care if I die." He
said softly. "I would give my life any day for
Serena." Irene cried out in happiness and ran
to him. She placed her face in his chest crying.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she cried
over and over. He smiled dimly. Irene
looked up, embarrassed by her actions. She
wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at
Darien.
"She is very lucky." She said to him. He
smiled and shook his head.
"I'm the lucky one." Kenji walked over to
Darien. For the first time he respected Darien.
Even thought he still thought this man was
way to old for his daughter, he knew that this
man loved his daughter and was practically
giving his life to her. Darien offered his hand
to him. Kenji looked at it, grasped it and
pulled Darien into a hug. Darien was
surprised at first but returned it. The assistant
smiled but had to break up this little Kodak
moment.
"Sir?" Kenji let go of Darien. He smiled at him
once more and Darien walked over to the
front desk. "I need you to fill out some
forms." Darien nodded. He did all the
agonizing paperwork and was finally led to
Serena's room where they were preparing for
the blood transfusion. He walked in and
looked over at Serena. He stopped and took a
step back. Her face was deathly pale. No rosy
color in her cheeks, her hair had seemed to
have lost its glow. She looked like death. That
wasn't his Serena. That wasn't her. He
walked over to the hospital bed took off his
shirt and lied down on it. One of the nurses
eyed him. He rolled his eyes. The one of the
reasons that he loved dating Serena that
when they were walking down the street
together, she would never get
jealous...well...almost never, because most
eyes were on her too. He lately had to beat
them off with a stick. She had matured a lot
since they started going out and was become
more and more beautiful everyday. Just like
the goddess of the moon, Selene. He then
realized how important giving his blood to
Serena was at that moment. The nurse slowly
inserted the needle into his skin. He grimaced
for a second and then his face relaxed. He
hated needles. She hooked him up to Serena
and then the process began. He laid there for
a while. Looking at the ceiling, then at Serena
and then back at the ceiling again. This
process repeated itself a few times. The nurse
came over to remove the needle. He stopped
her.
"Does she have enough?" he asked. The nurse
shook her head.
"Not enough to be certain, but I have to stop,
you given a lot, your lucky to be conscious."
Darien shook his head.
"Give her all that she needs until you are
certain." The nurse started to speak again but
he stopped her. "Just do it." She looked at
him with some amazement. He must really
care for this girl to do this for her. She obeyed
his wishes and continued. When she was
certain the girl got what she needed, she
stopped the process and turned to the young
man that was so generous to this girl. He was
unconscious and pale. She ran over to check
his pulse. It was barely there. He was very
close to death. She ran for a doctor.
Serena awoke to a blazing light. Soon it
passed and she saw that she was in a hospital
room. She looked around the room that she
was in. There was a Curtin drawn on the left
side of the room. Another patient, perhaps.
She could see Raye standing up and asleep.
Serena never knew Raye could sleep standing
up. Even in sleep she had a stern face. She
saw Amy sitting in a chair, her glasses falling
off and a book in her lap. Her mom and dad
were sitting next to each other in separate
chairs. They fell asleep with their foreheads
together, which Serena thought made them
look so cute. She turned to see Lita and Mina
in one chair. Mina was sitting in Lita's lap.
Suddenly Minas arm stretched out and
whacked Lita in the face. Lita awoke to an
arm in her face. Serena could see her face
starting to turn red with anger.
"MINA! GET YOUR STUPID ARM OUT OF
MY FACE!" she screamed in Mina's ear. She
jumped up a foot in the air and then plopped
to the floor on her butt. All awoke and told
Lita and Mina to shut up.
"Shut up LITA!" hissed Raye. "We don't want
to wake Serena! She needs her sleep!" Amy
shook her head and went back to her book.
"IT"S NOT MY FAULT MINA HAD HER
STUPID ARM IN MY FACE!" screamed Lita
still angry.
"SHHHHHH!" They all hissed back. She
looked sheepish for a minute.
"Sorry."
"Anyway," said Mina wiping the dirt off her
butt and standing up. "We don't want her to
find out about.... You know." Serena got
interested.
"About what?" she asked. All jumped and
looked at her. They hadn't realized that she
had been awake. Irene had tears in her eyes
and ran to Serena.
"MY BABY!" she cried! She threw her arms
around her and hugged her tight. Serena
twitched.
"M-O-M!" she said. Her mother got control of
herself and let her father hug her. Then they
left the room to leave the girls with Serena.
"Oh Serena! We are so glad you are okay!"
Raye said as she ran to hug Serena.
"How bad was I?"
"Pretty bad." Said Amy. "Mom said if we
came any later you would have died."
"Who was the donor?" She asked. They
looked at the ground. "And where's Darien?
Didn't even bother to show up, huh?"
"Uh....Serena..."
"Don't stick up for him! He didn't even to
bother to see if I was okay! If I was alive!
The...."
"SERENA! SHUT UP!" All looked at Raye.
She was crying. Serena was confused.
"What is it Raye?"
" Darien was your stupid donor! He gave you
almost all of his blood so you could live!" She
walked over and unveiled the curtain. Serena
looked and gasped. Darien was lying there,
heart monitor beeping, and tubes
everywhere. Serena's hand flew to her face.
Fresh hot tears sprung to her eyes. She slowly
climbed out of her bed. The girls left knowing
that she needed to do something on her own.
She walked over to him, tears pouring down
her face. She gently touched his face. She
could hear is slow breathing. She shook her
head and hit herself internally for all that she
had said. She was selfish, spoiled, and
ignorant person. She knew he was slowly
going. The beeps on the monitor were longer
apart. Soon it was just a flat line.
"...no..." she whispered through her tears.
"No, Darien, I won't let you die. She noticed
her locket on the stand beside her bed. She
grabbed it and walked over to him. She held
the Crystal over him.
"...please..." she whispered. "... please help
him..." There was a bright light that flooded
the room. It washed over his body and he
was bathed in it. When the light died she
looked at him. She hoped for him to open his
eyes, twitch, show some kind of sign of life,
but there was none. She cried harder. She
threw the crystal to the floor but of course it
didn't break. She got up onto Darien's bed
and cried into his chest. She was crying so
hard and lost in her own dark thoughts that
she didn't hear the heart monitor start to
beep again. Darien awoke to find Serena
curled up next to him, giving him a bath in
her tears. He didn't know it he should disturb
her of not.
"...Darien..." she said between sobs. "Darien,
I am so sorry. I did this to you. I was so mad
when I thought you didn't come to see if I
was okay and here you were giving me my
life! I am so cruel and heartless Darien! I am! I
know you can hear me, so I want to tell you
this. When you saved Rini instead of me, I
was hurt. I thought our love meant forever,
and when you finally had a choice you chose
her... it made me feel unwanted. I didn't like
that feeling. So I got mad at you. And yet
after all that I did, you saved my life! You are
such a great guy, Darien, and I can't believe
that I lost you, all because of my jealously. I
am so...sorry...DAREIN!" The last word was
a cry. She had tried to hold back the tears but
it didn't work. She had probably lost him,
forever. Darien was confused. What was she
talking about?
"What do you mean that you lost me,
Serena?" Her crying suddenly stopped. She
looked up at him quickly. Her eyes met his
ocean blue ones. She studied him for a
minute.
"Dar...Darien?" He smiled a little.
"Yes." She smiled and squealed with delight.
"DARIEN!" She flung herself into his arms.
He was surprised at first but then smiled and
returned her embrace.
"Oh Darien! I was so afraid that I had lost
you!" He hugged her tighter.
"Never, Serena, never." She hugged him
tighter. Like if she let go he would disappear.
She drew out of their embrace. "Serena, the
reason I chose Rini over you, was because I
knew you were stronger than she was and
would be able to live through that. If that was
her out there, she would have died. I knew
that you could have made it through. I just
didn't know it would hurt you so much."
Serena started to cry again.
"Darien, I am so sorry. I can't believe that I
was so cruel to you! Please forgive me!"
"There's nothing to forgive." She looked
confused. "You had a right to be upset.
Anyone would have been upset if they were
in your place. Don't cry now, everything's
okay." She hugged him tighter again.
"That's what I love most about you Darien.
You understand me completely." He smiled
and kissed the top of her head. "I love you,
Darien."
"I love you too, Serena, I love you too." She
smiled and snuggled up to him. He wrapped
a protective arm around her, which made her
feel safer than she had for a long time. They
fell asleep in each other's arms, just like that.
They didn't have to say anything else. Their
actions said it all.
AWWWWW! I hope you liked it. I'll be
writing a new one soon! Look for "A princess
of the Moon"! C ya!