Author: Serenita Title: The Choice Rating: Pg-13 (Violence) E-Mail: MoonGoddess2133@home.com 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!