So I don't know what number story this is but I
really doubt you care. My name is JLaLa if you
don't already and this is my author's notes!
Yea! Okay first of all I wanna thank Twilight
and Violet Ice for being so nice to me and also
not to mention GREAT writers. Also to Meriellen5
aka Azurite, thank you for being there for me.
READ HER WORK, SHE'S GOOD. Another good friend
and writer is Sailor Peace if you've read her
works you've just read the writing of someone
with TALENT. The girl is good.
So I don't own Sailormoon, are gonna rub it in?! :(
PG-13, Enough said, underage people OUT. J/P
< >= thinking
* *= emphasizing on a word or I might capitalize it
This takes place during the first season of SailorMoon but
it's alternate reality fic.
When your feeling lost in the night
When you feel your world's just ain't right
Call on me, I will be waiting, Count on me, I will be there
Anytime the times get too tough, Anytime your best ain't enough
I'll be the one to make it better, I'll be there to protect you,
See you through, I'll be there and there is nothing I won't do.
I will cross the ocean for you
I will go and bring you the moon
I will be your hero your strength, Anything you need
I will be the sun in your sky
I will light your way for all time
Promise you, For you I will.
Sung By Monica (For You I Will)
LESSONS TO LEARN
By:JLaLa (jlynpinay@aol.com)
Chapter One: The Dancing Angel, Is she for real?!
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Maybe it was fate that Darien Chiba would walk up that certain
flight of stairs that warm spring evening. Or that it was fate that
he'd buy an apartment near that flight of stairs. Or that on that
certain day his car would break down and his teachers would load a
the biggest pile of books on him ever imagined. Actually that part
was due to bad luck.
"Someone must really hate me up there", Darien muttered to himself
as he struggled up the stairs. He worked out. Sometimes. But he
didn't think he'd have such a problem. They were BOOKS for goodness
sake. He sat down on the steps and took out a white handkerchief to
wipe his sweaty forehead. Looking up at the dark night sky he watched
the stars in their sparkling glory. The sound of music waved around
the air, it sounded sad. Getting up he wiped his hands on his pants
and took the heavy bag. But suddenly time stopped as Darien looked
up at a nearby window.
There she was. This absolute vision of beauty and loveliness.
Her long sun blonde hair was in a pair of pigtails and then
stream down in a wave of gold to her ankles. But her eyes, they
were the most enchanting blue he had ever seen. There was a
sadness in them however, a sadness that reflected his own. He
watched as she danced in the arms of a middle age man and saw
that her young slender body was uncomfortable against him.
He did not even realized that he was staring until he dropped
his bag of books. On his feet. HARD. One word. Hurt.
"OW! DAMN IT!" He curse to himself and he saw that she had turned
her gaze at him. Their eyes met for a split second and them she moved
her eyes back to her partner. Something in him ached for her. He knew
nothing. All he knew that he had to meet her or know something about
her. He'd find out somehow.
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"I don't know if I could do that Darien, I mean I've been so busy I
don't think I could fit it in my schedule", Raye said as they sat
in the Arcade the next day. The two had met through his best friend
Andrew and since then had been like brother and sister. But to go
investigate some dance studio to find out a girl's name? This was
way past the brother/sister line. A bell jingled indicating that
someone had come in. Entering were Raye's three friends. The tall
brunette Lita, the shy, blue haired Amy, and the blonde bombshell
Mina who also happened to be his best friend's "flavor of the month"
though he had a feeling something a little more than attraction held
them together. Maybe love.
"So what's going on here?" Mina asked and squeezed in next to him.
The other two sat next to Raye. Mina looked at the two curiously.
Was there something going on? She was up for a little gossip.
"Darien here wants US to go find out the name of some chick he has
the hots for", Raye informed them and he felt himself blush. "I
don't know why he won't just introduce himself"
"YOU? Have a crush?" Lita said smiling. "I've heard strange things
but this beats them all." It was true. He had never had crush or
paid any attention to girls. For all he knew they'd probably thought
he was immune to girls all this time.
"Yeah cool, calm Darien has a crush on some girl", Mina said coyly.
"She must be some knockout."
"How does she look Darien?" Ami asked him. At least she didn't look
as shocked as everyone else.
"Long blond hair, the bluest eyes you'd ever seen and legs that go
from here to eternity", Darien described and her face flashed in
his mind.
"She sounds like me", Mina replied and then looked at him. For a
moment she saw that something in Darien's eyes had changed. The
unfeeling, cold look was gone replaced with something else. Love?
Yeah right. This was Darien they were talking about. But something
told her that they had to do this for him. "Okay, I'm up for it.
Let's find out who this girl is."
"You're sure you want to do this?" Darien said in astonishment.
She nodded and a thankful smile curved his lips. Two miracles in
a day! Darien in love and smiling!
"Sure I'm down. Just to keep the cute smile on Darien's face
there", Lita said grinning.
"I'll help. I'm kinda curious who this girl is", Amy said. "She must
be something if she captured your heart Darien."
"Yeah she is", Darien replied.
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"Did you feel it necessary to actually sign up for one of the classes?"
Raye asked Mina as they waited in the dance studio the next day. "I
mean all we have to do is find her name out, right?" She frowned at
the black leotard and white tights she wore. This was just NOT her
style. Mina however was enjoying her figure in her new ensemble
however.
"Well maybe since she's teaching us she can give us some information
about herself", Amy supplied. "It might be good for Darien to know
a few things about her."
"Yeah she must be some girl, the owner told me that this girl is
only FOURTEEN", Lita said. "She must be a hell of a dancer."
"Not really. I've only been in about fifteen ballets in my life", a
voice said from behind them. They turned to see a petite girl in a
pink leotard and white tights. This girl was gorgeous. Now they knew
why Darien had fallen for her. Her beauty was charming and she had
a gracefulness about her. She looked kindly at them. "I'm Serena
Tsukino, your teacher."
"I'm Mina and this is Raye" She pointed to the raven-haired beauty
next to her. "Over there is Lita" Serena looked at the brown hair
girl and was captured by the rose earrings she wore. "And Amy"
She gave a small smile to the smart looking girl who returned
her smile.
"Nice to meet all of you", she replied. Serena couldn't help
but be intimidated by them. She had hardly been around normal
teenage girls. Not to mention a great looking group, she must
have looked awful next to them. She had no friends and didn't
know anything about the how to bond with teenage girls.
"No, we're not dancers", Raye said. "But we'd love to learn"
There was something about Serena; she felt a closeness to her. A
special kinship and she felt as though she wanted to protect her.
The sad look in her eyes made Raye wonder what she hid however.
Serena reminded her of someone. A person who held the same sad look.
Who was it? That was it, Serena reminded her so much
of Darien. Perhaps there was something very unique about the two.
The word SOULMATES flashed in her head.
"Okay well maybe we should start with some stretching exercises",
Serena suggested. "This might be kind of hard at first but I'm sure
you guys will get it"
"How hard can it be", Mina said nonchalantly. How wrong she was.
Walking over to the wooden barre Serena slowly raised her leg up
until her foot was practically behind her head. Everyone watched
in amazement and awe.
"People can actually stretch that way?" Makoto said and all of sudden
stretching didn't seem so easy. She didn't even like reaching her arm
out to get something from a table sometimes.
"You must be kidding", Raye said. Like she'd actually do that.
"Come on, we've gotta learn somehow", Amy said. Serena watched as
the girls tried unsuccessfully to stretch like she did and she try
to keep in her laughter. She didn't know which one was funnier when
Mina accidentally kicked Raye in the stomach or when Raye slapped
her.
They tried and they tried and they tried some more. Serena tried to
keep from ripping her hair out in frustration.
And finally someone got it.
Mina triumphantly stretched long leg and grinned at her friends.
Raye glared at her while Serena, Lita and Amy clapped for her.
She had got it!
There was just one problem.
"Serena...I think I'm stuck."
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"Pain, hurt, ouch", Mina said as her and her friends moved painfully in
the booth. "Tell me, why did we do this again?"
"Because we promised Darien, he owns us so bad", Raye said and grimaced.
She reached slowly for the spoon and scoop the ice cream from her cup.
Okay slowly if she could just get it into her mouth she'd be set. Slowly
...slowly...SPLAT! The ice cream landed on the table. "Now I'm gonna
kill Darien for this"
"Did anyone know that ballet required so much hip rotation", Lita asked
and shifted in her seat. After the horrifying stretches they had move on
to the hip exercise that increased the pain she felt tenfold just by
thinking of it. It looked so easy for Serena.
"Is it normal to not feel your legs after what we've been through?" Amy
asked. "I can't even talk without feeling pain"
The bell jingled and Andrew and Darien entered. The two were a pair of
lady-killers. Andrew with his fair handsomeness and Darien with his
dark, mysterious look.
"So how are you ladies doing?" Andrew said and put an arm around his
girlfriend.
"Andrew sweetie, DON'T TOUCH ME", Mina said painfully. He quickly
removed his arm and smoothed her hair.
"Well that's a first", Raye said and Mina stuck her tongue out. Looking
up at Darien, Raye glared at him. He looked so happy.
She hated it.
"Don't worry girls", he assured them. "I'm sure in time you'll get it"
The girls frowned at him. If they had enough strength they'd wipe that
smile off his face.
"Darien come here", Ami said suddenly with a smile. As came closer
she grabbed his collar and pulled him to her till they were face to
face. "Don't tell me that I'll get because right now I can't even
feel me legs and as soon as I get better, I'm going to KILL YOU!
NOW GET OUT OF MY FACE!" Pushing him away she went back to trying
to eat her food.
"As you can tell we're having a few problems Darien", Lita said.
"But sit down so we can tell you about HER" Taking a seat Darien
waited in anticipation.
"Well like you said she's beautiful", Mina said. "And she's graceful,
intelligent, and very nice. She's top notch Darien and well you're
just YOU"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Darien asked.
"No offense but making us spy on her won't get her anywhere near
you", Raye said. "You've gotta somehow introduce yourself and not
make a total ass of yourself" She thought of the melancholy look in
Serena's eyes. "She's not like other girls. There's a seriousness to
her."
"I can't help but feel a little afraid, there's something special about
her, I've never felt this way about anyone. I don't know what it is."
Everyone looked at him not believing that this was their friend Darien.
Their eyes filled with tears at the wistfulness in his voice.
"It's love Darien, you've fallen in love", Raye said in a choked voice.
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Walking through the park Raye felt a peace surrounding her and the wind
blew through her dark hair. The sound of children's laughter lingered
and danced in the air. As she turned she noticed a girl with a strange
hairstyle sitting on a park bench. It was Serena. As she walked closer
she saw that she had been crying, in her hands a shredded pink cloth.
"Serena?" she said and Serena turned to look at her. Drying her eyes
she gave the girl a small smile, it looked half-hearted however.
"I just needed to be alone", Serena said quietly. Raye wondered why it
seemed that Serena was so quiet though she lived a life surrounded by
audiences of people. Also that at the dance studio she saw that she
never talked to anyone there except for the owner. It was like she
had no friends or anything.
"What's this?" she said and taking the pink cloth she saw that it
was a shredded leotard. Examining it quickly she could tell that
this had been a beautiful leotard once. "Serena, who did this?"
"Don't worry Raye, it's just a leotard", she said lightly though
she could not hide the pain in her voice. Who would do such a cruel
thing to a girl like Serena? "I have others."
"If you wanna talk I'm here for you. We're friends, right?" Raye said
sincerely and she saw that Serena was surprised at her kindness.
"Thank you", she replied softly. "By the way, I was thinking that
maybe you and your friends should take another class instead of
ballet."
"Like what?" Raye said.
"Well I'm going to start teach another class on ballroom dancing but
well you'll have to bring partners and I'll try to find some more
people to join." Suddenly like lightning the idea struck her.
"Serena, I think I know someone who would be interesting in joining"
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At the arcade everyone waited in wonder about what Raye had to say.
Darien looked nervously at his hands, what if she was telling him
something bad like Serena had a boyfriend. He would understand,
someone like her never stayed single that long.
"Hey everyone", Raye said and sat down. "Guess what? I ran into Serena
yesterday and she told me about this great class she's gonna teach but
all of us have to have partners."
"What kind of dancing?" Ami ask warily.
"Ballroom, you know the waltz and stuff like that", she answered. "I
already ask Chad to go with me since he doesn't do anything around
the Shrine"
"Or maybe cause you're hot for the guy", Mina said and turned to her
boyfriend. "So what do you say Andrew, you game?"
"Sure I wanna meet this girl", he said.
"I'll ask Ken", Lita said.
"I guess I could ask Greg", Ami said though the thought made her
cheeks burn.
"One more thing", Raye said and cleared her throat.
"What?" Darien asked.
"I...um...signed YOU up too", she said and look down.
"YOU DID WHAT?!"
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I know this sucks but I really tired from school so please be patient
with me.
Stay tuned for Chapter Two: Darien Dancing? Now I've seen it all!
Ja Ne!
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