Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ I Wanna Be With You ❯ I Wanna Be With You ( Chapter 1 )

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Hello everyone! I came upon the
inspiration for and started writing this story
at 2:05 AM, yes, in the morning. =) Couldn't
sleep, bad case of insomnia. I was reading
a romance novel to try to send me to Dreamland,
but it was so sad that I thought that similar
lines would be good for a fanfic. I read the
book at least two hundred and thirty times and
I still end up crying. ~sob!~ This is the next
part after "Tell Me" but certainly not the last. I
HATE leaving them apart, I end up crying more.
I always put myself in the shoes of the character
and you get better results that way. Anyway, I
hope you all enjoy this! =) Thanks to Mercurious,
Jade Max, Alexia-chan, Lady Shay, and Redrose.
Much love to the readers! =) Send me feedback!
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Insert the Standard Sailor Moon Disclaimer here.
The song "I Wanna Be With You" is not mine,
it's sung and owned by Mandy Moore.

***If I could ask the reader to put themselves in
the position of the character, I find that it gives
the best result. =) ***

I Wanna Be With You
By: Callista Matthews
E-mail: Callista_Matthews@sailormoon.com
Editor: Alexia-chan
Rated: PG - 13 for language and some
situations

"She's having a nightmare again." Luna
whispered as she continued to stare helplessly at
the poor girl. Serena had been plagued by merciless
nightmares, tough monsters, an adorable yet nosey
little girl,and an ever-distant ex-boyfriend whom
she still loved. Serena bolted off her bed, sitting
straight is a cold sweat. Her eyes were glossy and
had a haunted look to her face. Her nightmares
were increasing in intensity and the Silver Crystal
could no longer help her like in the past. Luna,
noticing that Serena's haunted eyes were staring into
oblivion, curled up in a ball on Serena's lap. Serena's
hand absent-mindedly stroked the soft fur underneath
it.
Luna looked up, "Serena, are you okay?"
Serena looked down on Luna, her eyes still glossy
and heartbroken.
"I'm fine Luna. It's just that..." Tears were
running down her silky cheek, the heart-wrenching type
of tears. "I can't take this anymore! I miss him so
much, I miss the closeness we had, the love we shared,
just the pleasure of being in his company, I miss
everything! He was the one that I took my strength
from, he's the reason why I fought hard, he's the one that
I loved! The only man I would ever love." Her voice
trailed away in a whisper. The tears continued to fall as
she bowed her head.
A shrill beep was heard on her desk. "Damn!"
Serena wiped her tears and hurried to get her communicator.
"Moon here." She answered. Mercury's face popped up on the
monitor. "Serena, really big monster on the harbor. We
really need you right away. Jupiter and Mars down, Venus,
Tuxedo Mask and I are holding down the fort."
"I'll be there in a jiffy." Serena turned off her
communicator and turned toLuna. "Do you want to come?"
"Of course! I still need to gather information
about our enemy." Luna's eyes moved to the little pink
bundle on Serena's bed. The "fungus", as Serena lovingly
calls her, was sleeping deeply. "I wish she didn't have to
have this over her head, she's so young."
Serena's eyes followed. "I know. I wish that I
can keep her safe, but I have a feeling that another
threat has come up but this one none of us can protect
her from." Then she snapped out of it. "We need to
go, Luna."
Serena and Luna dashed out into the night in
a hurry. What they didn't see was a certain girl with
pink hair and a Luna Ball chasing after them.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At The Harbor*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Moon Crystal Power!" Serena began her transformation
sequence in the shadows to ensure secrecy. When she
finished, she dashed near the edge of the water where
Venus just went down and Tuxedo Mask and Mercury
was holding up, barely. Serena just skipped her usual
introduction speech and attacked the monster with her
tiara. The monster, who opened a disguised eye from its
back, emitted an eerie glow and stopped her tiara.
Sailor Moon stopped on her tracks. "What?"
The monster suddenly turned its attention behind
Sailor Moon. Rini was running after Sailor Moon when
the monster lunged at the little girl. It was about to
lash out a big blast that would injure the little girl severely.
Sailor Moon saw the monster aiming at Rini
and ran to get her. Sailor Moon succeeded in protecting
Rini with a super jump but she was injured in the
process. When they reached the ground with a horrifying
thud, Sailor Moon told Rini, "Run, daughter, run..."
Rini looked in disbelief, but a dawning could
be seen in her young eyes and she did as her mother
told her to do. The monster, knowing that there was
bigger prey to destroy, turned to Sailor Moon and
attacked.
"Venus Love Chain, Encircle!" Venus' attack
stopped the monster from killing Sailor Moon, which was
less than an inch from her body. The monster staggered
for a moment, giving Moon enough time to take out her
scepter and get rid of the monster. When she finished
dusting the monster, she lowered her scepter and collapsed
on the ground. The Scouts and Tuxedo Mask, all exhausted,
felt a stream of energy enter their bodies and repairing the
worst of the damages done to them.
When they were strong enough, the flow
stopped and Mercury was the first to see the streams
of energy returning to its source...Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon collapsed in exhaustion and the
Scouts and Tuxedo Mask rushed to help her. Before
they were able to get to her, however, they stopped
dead on their tracks as a white and yellow glow began
to surround Sailor Moon, changing her regular suit to a
dress with a mix of silver and gold. On her forehead
was her usual crescent moon but intertwined with a sun.
The glow began to heal a majority of Sailor
Moon's life-threatening injuries as well as her severe
energy depletion. After done with its task, the glow
faded and Serena returned to her Sailor outfit.
"Serena!" The four Inner Scouts rushed to
her side to help her get up. Tuxedo Mask, however,
stood rooted to the ground where he stood.
Mars reached Moon first, being the most
frantic out of the four when she saw Moon's injuries.
"Sailor Moon! Wake up!" She shook Sailor Moon,
hoping that she was okay. "Serena! Wake up, Meatball
Head!"
Mercury scanned Moon's body, holding her
breath. After several minutes, she withdrew the breath
she was holding. "Mars, she should be waking up any
minute. Her major cuts and bruises are healed and she
received a considerable amount of energy to replace
the one she lost in battle."
No sooner than Mercury finished speaking,
Moon opened her eyes, looking at a tear-stained
Mars and three extremely worried faces. She sat
up cautiously, aware of her injuries during the fight.
The first words out of her mouth was, "Is everyone
alright?"
The four Scouts sighed in relief. "Everyone's
fine, Sailor Moon. You finished off the monster in
no time." Jupiter answered. Sailor Moon
de-transformed. She placed her left hand on her
forehead, feeling an upcoming headache. She closed
her eyes but suddenly snapped them open once more.
"Where's Rini?" Her head twisted around to look
for the little girl. "She came after me, but I sent
her to go hide."
This snapped everyone, including Tuxedo
Mask, out of their relief. They all started to call
the little girl when a blitz of pink went past their
circle to wrap her small arms around Serena's waist.
"You're okay! Mo- Serena!" Rini caught
her tongue before any other people overheard her
half-spoken sentence. "I thought you were going to
die!" She continued to sob.
Serena rubbed the little girl's back, like
her mother had done when she was younger.
"Sweetheart, it's okay. I'm fine. Just a little bruised,
but that's about it." Serena attempted to smile, for
the little girl's sake. Serena's maternal instincts kicking
in, along with her Sailor Moon instincts.
After several more minutes, Tuxedo Mask
finally joined the little gathering.
"I'll take them home." He said softly.
The five de-transformed Scouts and one
pink-haired child turned to look at him with shock.
"What do you mean? I thought that you
no longer cared. As far as taking Serena and Rini
home, we'll do it." Raye switched to 'protect' mode.
"Unless you have still have some feelings for Serena..."
Raye eyes hiding her hope.
Darien's voice turned harsh. "Let's get
something straight, Raye. I no longer have any
unresolved feelings toward Serena. My emotions are
crystal clear and I don't ever want to be with her
again romantically. I am, however, concerned about
Rini's well-being. If any monster decides to attack, I
feel that I can protect her better than Serena can at
this stage." Darien's clear, blue eyes were cold.
Raye's eyes were spitting fire at his direction.
The two stared at each other, boldly challenging the
other to attack. The other three Scouts were prepared
to fight Darien as well. Even Amy.
Serena stood, her face not betraying one
single sign of the pain developing in her already
agonized heart. Darien's statement only furthered the
eternal ripping of her heart and soul. "That's enough!
Raye, it's fine. He can just walk us home."
Serena took Rini's hand in hers as they
walked out of the harbor. Darien and Raye were
still challenging the other to back off when Darien
turned to catch up to the two meatball-headed girls.
Raye and the girls starred at the three,
each had different thoughts, but one avowal was
clear through their minds. 'Don't hurt her anymore.
She's dying inside already.'

*~*~*~*~*~*~* Outside Serena's House *~*~*~*~*~*~*

*~* I try but I can't seem to get myself to think
of anything...but you *~*

After Darien helped Serena to her bedroom,
Rini was already asleep.
"Help me to tuck her in her bed." Serena
quietly whispered to Darien, heading outside her room
to the room next to hers. Darien followed and helped
to tuck in the pink 'fungus'. They both returned to
Serena's room where there was a window to let himself
out.
Serena went immediately went to her bed
and put her covers around herself, wanting desperately
to be left to her misery. She hoped Darien would
just leave so she can await the tears coming from
her eyes as it usually does every time she hears
rejection. The deep and searing pain in her chest was
overwhelming and was threatening to choke her.
Darien didn't leave immediately. His hard
and cold eyes softened and warmed. His eyes was
hiding the pain of having to be away from her for
all eternity. He felt like there are some things between
them that couldn't just go away.

*~* Your breath on my face, your warm gentle
kiss I taste, I taste the truth *~*

Darien took a hesitant step toward
Serena, watching her reaction. He couldn't see her
face because her back was to him and her covers
were tucked all the way to her chin. He kept on
going and reached the edge of the bed. He sat
down and Serena felt the depression on the bed.
She gathered up her courage and turned to face
him.

*~* We know what I came here for. So I won't
ask for more *~*

They kept on starring at each other. A
multitude of emotions flashed though each of their
eyes, one after another. Serena reached her hand
out, carefully, to Darien's face. Before Serena's
hand was able to make contact with his skin, Darien
flinched. Serena's questing hand stopped and she
retracted it. She felt like she hadbeen physically
slapped. She sat up, lowering her gaze from Darien's.
She already knew what was going to happen. She
made her decision and looked straight into Darien's
eyes, not knowing her own eyes were glossy with
tears.
"Darien, just for one night, can you
pretend that you love me? Can you forget that you
hate me and absolutely don't ever want to see me
again? Please? For just tonight, can you show me
what it could have been if you did not hate me?"
Her eyes were begging him. She was seeking relief
so badly that she would do absolutely anything to
have just one loving moment with her only love,
even if it was just acting. Even if it wasn't sincere.

*~* I wanna be with you. If only for one night. To
be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight.
I wanna be with you. There's nothing more to say,
there's nothing else I want more than to feel this
way... I wanna be with you...*~*

Darien was shocked that she asked him that.
He loved her, but he never realized that she did
truly gave up hope on him until she whispered her
plea. His heart broke even more, knowing she
believed that he no longer loved her and hated her
with a passion. He never thought that she would be
this hurt. He thought for a minute, looking through
her desperate eyes.
"Alright. Just for tonight."

*~* So I'll hold you tonight like I would if you were
mine to hold forever more. And I'll savor each touch
that I wanted so much to feel before, to feel before.
How beautiful it is just to be like this. *~*

Serena wrapped her arm around Darien
and kissed him with everything in her. Darien, kissed
her back with the same intensity, knowing this was
going to be their first, last, and only time to make
love and to show each other how deep their love
ran. Unfortunately, Serena only thought that Darien
was just pretending. However, for her, this was enough.

*~* Oh baby. I can't fight this feeling anymore.
Drives me crazy when I try to. So call my name
and take my hand. Can you make my wish, your
command? *~*

*)*)*)* Somewhere in Time *)*)*)*

A lone figure stared at Serena's window,
seeing unseen shadows lurking in the dark, shadows
too evil to see. An invisible band of light pulsed
and the shadows retreated...for now.

*~* I wanna be with you, if only for one night. To
be the one that's in your arms to hold you tight. I
wanna be with you. There's nothing more to say.
There's nothing else I want more than to feel this
way. *~*


Well? Was it worth the wait??? Huh? Huh? This
story can be read as one story or as a part of
the series, makes no difference. Although I think
that if you read it as a series, it enhances the
ending for it. Try it out and see how it goes. Well,
good news! One more part and this series is over!
It's going to be an interesting ending folks! Stay
tuned!