I Try
by Sailor Hope
Hey its me again! With Yet another story! Well this one is of course Serena and Darien. But this time its a scout thing! And again I got the idea for this story from a song by Macy Tracy called “I Try”. Its a really good song so if your heard you’ve heard a good song. And if your thinking its like the video for the song!! YOU’RE WRONG! So stop trying to guess. You’ll just have to read it and find out how good it is. Ha Yeah right. Well I HOPE you like it. So...on with the story!!
My life...well lets say I would love to trade it. I’m the great champion of love of and justice. I’m the heroine of the universe. I’m Sailor Moon. I know what you’re thinking! Why do you hate your life? Its great! Well as much as I’d like to agree with you, you are totally wrong. I try so hard to be whats expected of me but I can’t. I’m a clutzy girl with no coordination. Not to mention I’m not very smart. Heck! I’m not smart at all. The highest grade I’ve ever made on test was a 55! But to make matters worse I’m always being nagged by my so-called best friend Raye, my mean cat Luna, and by the conceited jerk Darien. I mean sure he is cute. OKAY! Hes handsome! But he has a minus zero personality. And he is so mean. He has the worst nick-name. Do you know what he calls me? He calls me meatball head! It is so annoying. Every day I *run* into him and then a teasing away he goes! Its almost worst than Raye and Luna’s nagging! Well right now I’m on my way to the arcade to see probably the only person who doesn’t nag me. Only one more block to go. Almost the-OUCH! Oh great! I ran into someone again! Well...better get off the ground and apologize! I look up and realize who I ran into! *Oh no! Its Darien! Oh please don’t call me meatball head! Dont call me meat-*
“Hey Meatball head! You know you need to watch where your going! Your going to cause more damage to your meatball head!” he says laughing at me with his georgeus smile!
*God hes even cuter when smiles. God he has the cutest smile! If only I could steal one kiss! Hey!!! Stop that!*
“Um...hi Darien” I say as I feel the blush rising in my cheeks.
“Well...have to say thats the first time you’ve never wailed meatball head. Congratulations! Your actually growing up! Hahaha!”
“Oh! You are the most arrogant person! Ugh!!” with that I stomp off into the arcade.
God! Just what I needed! More criticizing! Well..maybe I’ll be feeling better when I talk to Andrew. He always cheers me up!
“Hi Andrew.” I said with my miserableness obvious in my voice.
“Hey Serena. Whats wrong? Are you okay?”
“Nothing. Just my life thats all. Not like it matters. When it comes to me nothing matters!”
I see Andrew back up with Darien and start talking about some thing that I couldn’t make out.
~Andrew and Darien’s Conversation~
“Woah Andrew. Whats wrong with meatball head?”
“I don’t know. In all the years I’ve known her, I’ve never seen her this upset.”
“Andrew. How long have you actually known her?”
“Well...I’ve known her for six years. Why?”
“Huh? Oh, just curious thats all. So, what do you thinks got her down. I don’t like seeing her like this. Its not right.”
“Wait a second? YOU don’t like seeing her like this? Since when do you care?”
“Uh....I...well...um...”
“Oh...I see.”
“See what? What? Andrew...I don’t like that grin on your face! Wha...what are you thinking? A...Andrew?”
“Ha! I should of known. No wonder you always tease her.”
“Known what? Andrew....wha..what are you getting at?”
“You like her! Duh!”
“WHAT?”
“Woah. Lower the decibles Darien. You don’t have to be so protective of your feelings. Yeesh.”
“Protective of what feelings? I don’t like her Andrew. I have no feelings for her.”
“Sure ya don’t. Like I believe that!”
“ANDREW!”
“Um...okay...I...I’ll back off now. Just...let me give you a piece of advice. Don’t be so mean to her. If your just a *little* nice to her maybe...maybe she’ll like you too.”
“Andrew..but I..”
“Just listen to me. You don’t have to admit it. I can tell so I’m not going to make you. Just...be nice to her. Ask her out. Let her see the real you. Not the cold arrogant one that you usually are.”
“But..I..”
“Just do it.”
With that he walked off.
~Serena~
I don’t know what they’re talking about but ever since Darien’s outburst hes been glancing at me strangely. But whats even weirder Andrew is looking at him in a..a..well in a harsh way like hes ordering to do something...and not to mention the way Darien is looking. He looks...well..he looks like hes...scared. Ooh this is getting to me! What could they be talking about? Wait where’s Andrew going. And why does Darien looked so nervous? Oh god this is making me go crazy! And...oh Darien looks so cute when he looks nervous and-OH NO! He saw me! Oh god! What am I going to do? I can’t look away. Wait..why...why is he looking at me like that? Oh god...he..hes looking at me in the strangest way. But I like it! Its almost as if hes looking at me with..with love. Yeah right! Like he would be looking at me like that? I probably have something on my face. Oh no! I turn my head around quickly as I feel the blush rising on my face. Please don’t come. Please don’t come. Please don-
“Um..hey mea-...er..Serena.”
“Um..uh..hi..Darien.”
“So..uh...whats up?” “Huh? Uh...nothing much.....i guess. Just......not feeling well.”
“Well.....wanna talk about it?”
“Well..........I don’t know.”
“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want.”
“Well......i guess it wouldn’t hurt.....But you have to promise not to laugh!”
“I won’t.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
“Well...since you promised. Well..its just that everybody expects me to be this big hero when I’m not. I try I really try but....I just can’t do it. Every day, all I hear from Luna is nag, nag, nag. Even my best friends do. But Luna is the worse! Nag, nag, na-”
“Wait. Isn’t Luna....your cat?”
“Um...hehe..well...you know how cats are! Annoying as heck! Hehehe.....uh oh.”
“Okay. This is just a little weird. Your cat?....talks...well.....nags? Since when do cats talk? Are you feeling alright? You’re starting to sound crazy.”
“Well.....uh...I......well...um...I gotta go!”
“Uh...hey wait!”
“Huh?”
“Well...um...what are you doing tomorrow?”
“Um...nothing...why?”
“Well...I...I was just wondering if...well...would you like to go out on a date...with me?”
Wha...what did he say? Did he just ask me out? Oh my gosh...i mean...i can’t believe hes doing this! Oh what do I say? Well what do you think I’m going to say?
“Um...sure I’d love to.”
“Really? Cool...um....i’ll pick you up at.....say 7?”
“Sure! See you tomorrow k?”
“Okay bye. Hey wait!”
“Hmmm?”
“Wear...something a little fancy okay?”
“Oh...okay!! See ya!”
“Bye!”
I run out of the arcade skipping with you joy! I can’t believe it! He asked me out! He actually asked me out..oh god I can’t wait till tomorrow. How am I going to keep my head on straight. God I l-(AN: Sorry bout that. Couldn’t let her say it THAT early!)
“AAAAH!”
Oh no! Not a youma!! Great....I might as well transform and get this over with so I can get home and dream about Darien.
“Moon Crystal Power!”
I feel my clothes come off and my sailor suit come on. Once the transformation is done I run towards the scream. When I get there I see something I wish was a dream. Sailor Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus are all lying on the ground unconcious.
“NO!!!!!!!!!!”
Finally I turn to see the youma. It is a plant looking thing -very ugly- with long stems with teeth at the end of them.
“You are going to pay for that! Moon Scepter Elim-AAAAAAHHH!!!!”
Ow...that hurt. Wha...what did it do? Oh god.....it shot me with that ugly stem on it and ohhh those teeth hurt. Wh....where is Tuxedo Mask? Wouldn’t he be here by know? Doesn’t he care?
“Oh got to get up....no one else here to help...oh no not again...just let me kill you and get this over with. Oh god...here it comes....Moon Sce- uh oh.. too late...AAAAAHHHH!”
I sit and wait for the pain but it never comes. Suddenly I feel a wind blowing on me. I open my eyes and realize that I am flying. I feel a pair of strong arms around me and I look up. Its Tuxedo Mask! He sets me down and throws several roses at the youma. My hero! God hes cute! Almost cuter than Darien! Nope! No ones cuter than MY Darien! He is- NO!!! Oh god! Tuxedo Mask! Hes on the ground to! Gotta help him! I run towards him and kneel beside him.
“Tuxedo Mask?! Are...are you okay? Please.....say something!”
I hear him groaning and on impulse I pick up his head and lie to on my lap.
“Tuxedo Mask! Please! Say something! You can’t go!”
With that said I start sobbing uncontrolably. He can’t leave me! I need his help. Heck I need. Him! Wait! What about Darien? I thought I cared for him. But I do! Heck I love him! But..Tuxedo Mask...GOD this is confusing! My sobbing gets worse and I’m sure if I was sobbing any harder I would have drowned him.
“Sailor Moon?”
“Huh.....? Are...are you okay?”
“I’m fine just a little hurt. Don’t worry about it okay?”
“Really? Are you sure?”
“Yes I’m fine. Now you better get that youma before-”
“Oh I was so worried about you! I thought I lost the best partner I ever had! I’m so gl-AAAAAAAAH!!”
Suddenly I’m thrown away from him and onto the ground. With the last bit of strength I have I place my hand on my stomach then pull it off and look at it. Oh no! Theres blood all over it! Not to mention the fact its dripping endless of my hand! OWWW! Suddenly I fell something lift me up. I look up and see Tuxedo Mask. If he didn’t have that stupid mask on I would have been able to see the worry and fear on his face but I didn’t.
“Sailor Moon. Are you alright! My god your bleading bad! You need to get to a hospital right now!”
“Wha..what about the......youma?”
“Don’t worry. With the last bit of strength they had the scouts killed him.”
“Wh..where are they? Why would the leave me like this? Do they hate me that much?”
“They’re alright but unconcious. They’ll be okay. But if you don’t get to a hospital soon I’M gonna lose the best partner I ever had!”
I laugh at his little joke and it seems to give him more confidence than I have. I have never been this hurt bad by a youma. And when I was even as nearly as hurt as I am now I bearly survive. And this is MUCH worse than that! I know I’m going to die. But I got to do something first. I’ve go to tell Darien how I feel. He has to know.
“Tuxedo Mask?”
“Almost there.”
“Stop.” “Huh?” he stops suddenly looking at me with eyes through which I can not see.
“Thank you. I need to do something first.”
“No we need to take you to the hospital right now!”
“No! I need to tell someone something first! Its important?”
“More important than your life?” “Tuxedo Mask!!! I need to do this!”
“Well...I...”
“Now!”
“If you’re that confident. I guess. So...who is it? Maybe I’ll know who it is.”
“His name is Darien.”
“Wait? Darien?”
“Yes...Its really important! Though...I don’t know if hes still at the arcade.” “Arcade?”
“Yeah...thats where I last left him before this happened.”
“Left him?”
“Um...yeah. Whats wrong?” “Well....its nothing.”
“Tuxedo Mask whats wrong. With what bit I can see of your face you’ve just turned really pale. Whats wrong? You can tell me. Oh no! Nothing happened to him did it? Hes okay right? The youma didn’t get him right? Right? PLEASE say hes okay!” with what he just said tears start to well up in my eyes. He HAS to be okay! He can’t leave me!
“No..hes okay! Don’t worry hes okay! Can I ask you something though? Um....whats your real identity?” “What? My....real identity?” Well......I can trust him. And besides, if he betrayed me and told the negaverse who I really was I wouldn’t be around anyway.
“Um...well..when I’m normal I’m really.....well my names Serena.”
“Oh god! SERENA????!!!!!”
“Uh...yeah.”
“Oh my gosh! You.....you’re.....oh my god!”
“Um...do I know you?”
“Uh...I guess you could say that.”
“Okay I think I’m going to regret my words but.....Darien?”
“Uh....surprise?”
“DARIEN!!!!!!!!”
“Yeah its me. Now lower the decibles and let me get you to the hospital.”
“Darien.....I can’t believe its you! You...you are okay right? Your not hurt.”
“Yeah I’m fine. Like I said I’m fine. Now keep quiet and let me get you to the hospital.”
“Okay.”
Okay. That was all I said. As much as I wanted to say ‘No I can’t keep quiet! I love you!’ but no! I had to say ‘okay’ WOW! You’re a real winner Serena! Keep this up and before you know it it will be too late to tell him. Well....might as well listen to him and keep quiet. I’ll tell him at the hospital. For now I’ll just stare at his mask....mask? Wait a sec! We can’t go to the hospital like this! What will they say?
“Umm Darien?”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t you think they might say something if we go to the hospital like this?”
“Like what? Oh you mean our alter-egos? Well I guess your right better untransform. Do you think you can stand up?”
“Yeah....I think so. Don’t worry bout it kay?”
“Well, okay.”
He sets me down and I suddenly feel a loss warmth. I want to throw myself back into his arms but with the pain I’m feeling it would only make it worse. So instead I untransform. Once thats done I turn back to see Darien standing there. And for the first time since I’ve known him, I can actually read what hes feeling. He....hes actually scared...for me! Oh know.
“Um...Dare-owwww. Oh that hurt. Whats happening?”
Suddenly I feel my world go black and I slip into unconciousness.
“SERENA! Oh god! Serena! Got to get to hospital.....Serena....live....can’t lose....love too much.”
Darien runs as fast as he can (with Serena in his arms) to the hospital. Once he arrives they take him and Serena into the emergency room. Once they’re there he hears worst possible news you could ever hear.
“Sir...I’m sorry to tell you this..but we’re too late. We’ve stopped the bleeding...but she will die with in an hour. She’ll come on conciousness soon so try and make her comfortable. I’m very sorry.”
“No...it can’t be! She can’t leave me! I never got the chance to tell her! No!!”
“Sir...I’m very sorry. We’ll be moving her to room 4a. If you’d like you can come with us? or you can go and get some coffee or something in the lobby then to the room if you’d like.”
“I’ll go with you.”
“Okay.”
Darien walked with them to her room and stayed towards the back when they set up the equipment. After they left he sat in the chair beside her bed and stared at her.
“Serena you can’t leave me........please don’t leave me. I.....I love you too much to lose you! He closed his eyes as the tears that were welling up in his eyes fell down his face. “oh god please don’t leave me.”
Open my eyes and see a white ceiling. What happened? Where am I? Wheres Darien did he abandon me? No Darien don’t leave me.
“Darien....”
“Huh? Ser.....Serena?”
Huh? Hes here? Thank god hes here!
“Darien!”
“Woah Serena take it easy. Take it REAL easy.”
“Darien...its okay, I know whats going to happen to me.”
“Wha?”
“Its okay...I just need to tell you something before I go.”
“Serena your not going to die. You’ll live just hang in there.”
“Darien please. Just let me tell you what I have to say before its to late, please?”
“Okay....”
“Thank you. Well....I don’t know how to say except to just say it. Darien....I...I love you. I always have. Your smile, your laugh, your eyes, your...you. There I said it. I love you Darien and I always will.”
“You...you love me? but why?
I chuckle a little at his question “Weren’t you listening? I told you.”
“Oh.....yeah.....right” he says I see a blush rising on his cheeks. “Um...well...you should know that.............................I feel the same way.”
He wha? He feels the same way? Oh my gosh. I......can’t believe it!
“You do?”
“Uh-hu.....I always have” he says choking back sobs.
“Don’t cry Darien. Please...don’t cry. I just want you to know that I’ll always be with you when you need me.”
“No...Serena...you can’t leave me.”
“I love you Darien.” I lean up and kiss him on the lips. It was short I know...but I had to do what I always wanted to do. Once we pull apart I look into his georgous blue eyes as I feel my world fade.
“Serena? SERENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don’t go! I need you! NO!!! No...you can’t go! I love
you.”
I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it
Its clear my world crumbles when you are not near
Goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it
Its clear
My world crumbles when you are not near
“Um...sir? I’m very sorry about your loss but we need to move the body to the mor-”
“NO!!!!!! Leave now!”
“But sir-”
“NOW!!!!!!!!”
“Very well sir.”
Its black. All I see is black. I hear wind but feel none. I feel warmth but see no
light. Where am I? Am I dead? Oh Darien. I’m so sorry.
“Princess Serena”
“Huh? Who’s there?”
“Do not fear daughter its is just I.”
“Who...who are you?”
“I’m you mother....Queen Serenity. I have waited a very long time to find you. But I wish
is wasn’t in this way.”
“Your...your my mother? But how....?”
“I guess now I as good of time as any to tell you. One thousand years ago was the Silver
Millennium. I was Queen of the moon and my daughter, Princess Serenity, you, was the
heir to the Silver Millennium. It was a very happy time...filled with love and joy. But our
happy times weren’t meant to be. You feel in love with the Prince of earth, Prince Darien.
You were to be married. But the negaverse attacked the moon and your prince stayed to
defend our kingdom. When you were alone the Queen of the Negaverse, Queen Beryl,
attacked you. She would have killed you if Prince Darien hadn’t come. Soon he was
swept away from you. With your love guiding your heart you ran to him. Floating in the
air you reached for his hand. Once your hands touched they killed you both. In the end I
sent everyone to a new future on earth. And after that you know the rest.”
“Darien? Is Prince Darien?”
“Yes, my daughter.”
“I...I remember. Oh my god...mother!” I run to give her a big hug. After awile I release
her and look up at her with tears in my eyes.
“I have missed you too. But it is not your time to be with me.”
“Wha.......?”
“As much as I would love to be with you must go back.”
“Go back? Where?”
“You are much to young to be in death. You must return. Your prince needs you more than anything.” with a movement of her hand there was a portal. “Go through there. Through this portal you will return to you, Darien, everyone. You will return to earth. Go
now but do not forget that I love you and I will always be in your heart if you need me.
Now go.”
“Goodbye mother. I love you.”
“As I do you.”
I step in to the portal with a feeling of both sorrow and of joy. Suddenly I feel a great pain going through me. Suddenly it is black againg but I can hear a voice. This time its not my mother. Its...its Darien. Oh i’m back! I’m back!
“Darien?” I say bearly above a whisper.
“Huh? Se....Serena? Is it really you?”
“I came back.”
“Oh thank god! I thought I lost you. But....how? You...you died. I know you did. You did right in my arms. Please don’t say you’re a ghost. Please dont say-”
“Darien...I am not a ghost. Its me. In the flesh.”
“Phew. I thought I had really lost you. Serena I love you so much! DON’T ever do that to
me again! I don’t think my heart can take it.”
“You don’t have to worry about that for a long time. I love you too much to ever leave you.”
He leans forward and kiss me fully on the lips. I kiss him back with equal passion
for fear that I will wake up to find this all a dream. Finally, I have found my prince and my one true love and I will never leave them as hard as I might try.
Well.....what’d you think? I hope you like it as much as I did! Well....e-mail all comments to Serenity1000@hotmail.com but please NO flames. I hate flames. Now for the legal stuff:
As much as I would love to own Sailor Moon, I don’t! So please don’t sue me! You would bearly get a penny out of me anyway! The only thing I own is the simple little stories I write so show some sympathy! Well thats all! Luv ya!
Sailor Hope
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