Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon AR ❯ Chapter 10

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

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Darien stood there dressed entirely in white
floating amongst the clouds. Serena floated towards
him, the folds in her dress trailing behind her.
"Darien, you're back," she said.
"Sure I am. What do you think of this dream
huh?" He asked.
"Well..I've had ones like this before at least,"
she replied.
"Really?" Darien said and before she knew it,
Serena had been hit in the face with a pie.
"What the....hey! Who did that?" she whined.
"I did of course," Darien said.
"Why?" She asked.
"I don't know. it's your dream," He said and
flung another pie at her. She floated out of the way of
it.
"Hey! Stop it!"
"I wish I could, but your mind is running the
show here," He said and began to fling pies one after
another. Serena managed to dodge a few, but most of
them hit her somewhere.
"All right, since this is my dream and you're not
real...." she said to herself as she floated right at her
boyfriend. He flung another pie at her, she rolled to the
right of it and kept coming. He frowned.
"Hmmm....well this isn't good," he said and
disappeared leaving behind a massive floating creme
pie in his wake as tall as he was. Serena let out a yell
before she crashed into it.
The alarm went off. Serena picked herself up
out of bed and without thinking began to wipe herself
off. it took her a minute to realize she wasn't covered
with whipped cream.
"Uhh....I hate dreams like that," she said.
"Don't you also hate being late?" Luna asked
her.
"Yeah, but I've got...plenty....of...time," she said
looking at the clock and realizing she was already an
hour late.
"Not again!" She screeched and hurriedly
began to dress herself.

"Listen Melvin, I'm sick of your gossip," Amy
was saying that morning in Crossroads Junior High.
"Aw come on Amy, you know you're just as
curious as I am. Don't tell me you aren't. I saw how
you looked at him. I'm telling you there's more to that
kid in the room we saw then meets the eye.
Someone walked in the door, Amy didn't pay
any attention to it since it was common for students to
come in and sit down. After all it was a classroom.
Melvin's reaction was somewhat different. He looked
at the new arrival and his eyes widened. Amy turned
around quickly to see what the threat was and standing
there was the dark haired kid from Room 7.
Fifteen minutes, with Serena still absent, Miss
Haruna walked into the mostly full classroom and
approached the front. There were various giggles
among several of the students.
"Let's get one thing straight," Haruna began. "I
don't want to hear another giggle, laugh or anything else
like that for the rest of the day. I don't have to be a
monster to be mean," she growled. The class
immediately quieted down.
"That's good," Haruna said cheerfully. "Serena
isn't here is she?"
At that point Serena dashed in the door,
tripped stumbled a few steps and fell to the floor with a
thud.
"Well it's good to see nothing has changed in
my absence," Haruna muttered.
"Sorry Ms. H. I was working hard all night and
I..." Serena babbled.
"Sit down Serena," Miss Haruna said.
"Yes Ms. H!" Serena said hurriedly moving to
our seats.
Miss Haruna looked down at her desk.

"I've got a notice here. it says that we have a
new student in our class, oh..it's you Patterson. Why
do I get all the strange ones?" She muttered and stared
at the new arrival from room 7.
"You throw a chair at me and you're in
trouble."
Every student in the class's jaws all dropped.
"My chair throwing days are over," Patterson
replied.
"Normally I'd go through the formal
introduction to the class, but from your record I'm
guessing you probably won't be around more than a
few days." Haruna said. "So, class, there he is D.V.
Patterson."
The class by this time was sufficiently confused
as to what was occurring.

Several hours later, Raye was walking towards
Crossroads Junior High for lunch. Rick fell in alongside
her.
"Hello Raye," he said.
"Hi Rick, you know I was thinking. Since we
are boyfriend and girlfriend now. Maybe we should
actually go on a date," Raye said.
"Oh...yeah..I was wondering when we would
get around to that," Rick replied with a nervous laugh..
"What's your problem?" Raye asked.
"Well..you see...before I go out, my family
wants to meet you..heh heh....in fact they asked me to
ask you to come to dinner," Rick said. Raye could tell
he was very anxious about the whole affair.
"Uh...sure...why not? What are you so nervous
about anyway?"
"My family isn't what you'd
call...um....normal."
"I'm sure it'll be fine," Raye said with a smile.
"Whatever they're like I'll be okay."
"Really?"
"Sure. I mean I won't take it out on you at
least."
"Uh..great...thanks," Rick said. She doesn't
know what she's getting into. He thought.
This is just great...just great. Raye thought to
herself beneath her smile. They always have a catch!
Aren't there any normal boys on the planet!

When Raye arrived at lunch she found the other
four sailor scouts sitting there. Amy was leafing
through an advanced text on Evolutionary Biology. Lita
and Mina were reading from a teenage magazine and
Serena appeared to be asleep, her head was resting on
the table.
"What's her problem?" Raye muttered less then
politely and sat down.
"She's still having those dreams," Amy said.
"Oh I see," Raye retreated. "It must be tough,"
she said considerately.
"I'm surprised Raye, you rarely stick up for
her," Lita said.
"We've been through this before Lita," Raye
said sternly. "Serena's got a lot of problems. Darien
shouldn't be one of them, but you see what
happens..they can't stay close," she finished.
"I'm sure when he gets back things will be fine,"
Mina said.
"I hope so. She's so out of it when she's like
this," Lita said and they all looked sympathetically at the
sleeping girl.
"Say..what's that you're reading?" Raye asked
Lita and Mina hoping to change the subject to
something more uplifting.
"Oh..this..it's a quiz on whether your boyfriends
right for you or not," Lita said.
"One of those stupid things," Raye muttered.
"You're in a wonderful mood today," Mina
said snidely.
"I've got my own problems," Raye said.
"What's that quiz say anyway?"
"Okay, just answer these ten questions," Lita
said and began to read the quiz.
"1. Does your boyfriend look like your ideal
man?" Lita said.
"Uh....well...he's close," Raye said.
"2. Does he have some of the same interests as
you?"
"Yeah."
"3. Key question: Has his parents made him
invite you to dinner with them?" Lita asked.
"WHAT!?" Raye shouted. "How can that be a
question?"
"It is Raye, we both answered it," Mina said.
"But....that can't mean anything," Raye said
nervously.
"Sure it can. There are different point totals
here," Lita said.
"So what if he did. What does that mean?"
Raye said.
"Well...it means you're in trouble," Lita said.
"Yeah...I'd watch it Raye," Mina said.
"Ehh...." Raye said.

Serena was dreaming. She was sitting at her
desk watching Miss Haruna give a lecture. Then things
began to get weird.
"Serena..how many chickens do you own?"
Miss Haruna asked.
"Um...none miss," Serena said.
"Really? Then what do you call that!" Miss
Haruna yelled. Serena looked down at her desk to see
a chicken sitting there.
"I don't know where it came from Miss H,"
Serena cried.
"Sure you do!" Haruna yelled and morphed into
Darien.
"Darien. What's going on?" Serena whined.
"I'll tell you. It's time for the chicken," Darien
said.
"What?" Serena asked. The chicken flew off
her desk and landed on Darien's shoulder.
"Hah. Just like I thought. It's over," he said
and disappeared.
"Wait! Darien!" She shouted. A rose flew
through the air and stuck into the ground. The setting
had changed. She was outside in the park. She was
Sailor Moon now.
"Tuxedo Mask! Where are you?" She yelled.
"He isn't around," came the hideous voice of
Coardite as the negaverse commander appeared in
front of her.
"But the rose?" Sailor Moon cried.
"Roses die," Coardite said and raised his hand.
Energy flew out from it and then there black.
Serena woke up with a start.
"Ahh!" She shouted. Her four friends looked
over at her with concern.
"Serena? What is it?" Mina asked.
"Chickens...." Serena whined.

Later that day at a large apartment complex.
Inside one of the rooms Amy sat at her computer
typing. While Amy did have a house where her parents
lived, her father also rented her this room several
blocks away so that she could study in peace if she
needed to. She had made it a second home since she
spent much of her time working. Furthermore it gave
her privacy, which she found she liked very much.
There was a knock on the door. She answered it and
found Serena sitting there.
"Hello Serena. What brings you here?" Amy
asked.
"Amy....I've been having problems," Serena
moaned.
"Darien?" Amy asked.
"Yes," Serena said.
"Well come in and tell me about it," Amy said
consolingly. Serena came in and sat on the bed that
had been set up in the room. Amy sat next to her.
"What is it now?" She asked.
"Well...I had nightmares...they were strange,
but I...that's not the problem though," Serena said. "I
went for a walk today and I went to the park and I just
sat there on a bench. All these people walked by.
There were all these couples, smiling,
laughing.....kissing. They were having so much fun
together and there I was, alone again. I started crying,
and I just couldn't stop. Then I came to see you."
Amy didn't know what to say. All her
intelligence couldn't help her figure out how to help her
friend.
"I'm sure he'll be back Serena, and then you
can get together again," Amy said.
"Everyone keeps saying that!" Serena yelled
and stood up from the bed with clenched fists. "YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH!
Sure, little Amy has her boyfriend Greg. Do you worry
about it? No, because your perfect!"
"Serena. Calm down," Amy said.
"Calm down. Why don't I do that. Maybe I
could take a nap," Serena muttered sarcastically.
"My boyfriend is gone again! How many times do I
have to sit here and take this! I don't have to! I don't
care! I don't need him!"
"Serena..." Amy said.
"Shut up!" Serena replied and collapsed the
floor crying. Amy paused. She had no clue how to
handle this. Suddenly she had a brainstorm.
"Serena. He still loves you," She said.
"What?" Serena said between sobs.
"I said he still loves you. I know it," Amy
replied.
"How do you know it?"
"Because you know it."
"I do not!" Serena shouted.
"Of course you do. You're not afraid of him
dating someone else. You just miss him. That's all. Of
course he loves you. He's just far away."
"Uh.....is that it?" Serena asked and stopped.
"He still loves me."
An image flashed into her mind. That of
Maverick telling her the exact same thing.
"HE STILL LOVES ME!" Serena shouted
with a smile and ran to the balcony attached to the
apartment. She looked out over the city.
"HE STILL LOVES ME!" She shouted
gleefully.
This is weird, but I'm not about to complain.
Amy thought.
Serena turned around.
"Thanks Amy, you helped a lot," Serena said
and hugged her friend.
"Uh....sure...." Amy said. The only problem
is....I could be wrong. She thought. Who am I kidding
though? Darien still loves her. Doesn't he? Oh...this is
why I don't get involved in these relationships!
"I feel great," Serena said. "What is it you
working on?"
"My introductory calculus work," Amy said.
"It's an extra credit assignment."
"Calculus? Is that like Latin?"
"No, Serena, it's math."
"Math huh? Well..I'm pretty good at math
myself. I aced my last test you know," Serena said.
"I know. It's good that you're showing the
ability to work Serena, but what about your other
classes?"Amy replied.
"Oh...um....you know what they say...one step
at a time," Serena replied with a nervous laugh.
"I'm not surprised," Amy muttered.
"Oh come on, Rome wasn't built in a day. At
least not if the Brown, Harrison, Lilith, Parker, Brown,
Wyatt, and Brown version of my text book is right,"
Serena said.
"You know the name of ever author of your
history textbook, but you're still getting a D in the
class?" Amy asked in bewilderment.
"Um.....yeah.....I guess that's strange isn't it?"
Serena said with the characteristic smile of apathy
.Amy had grown so accustomed to.
I'm must be dealing with some form of
extraterrestrial intelligence here. I just know it. Amy
thought letting her rarely used fantasy side take over.
Still..at least she's acting normal again.
"You know in retro-rocket," Serena began.
"That's retrospect Serena," Amy muttered.
"Yes, retrospect, I had nothing to worry
about."
"I see," Amy said. "Say Serena. How is it you
just suddenly broke out of your depression anyway?"
"Oh. After you said Darien loved me, I was
reminded of what Maverick told me a week ago,"
Serena said. "He said that Darien still loved me. Just
like you did," Serena said.
"He what?" Amy said in surprise.

Later that day.
"Why are we here?" Rick asked nervously. He
and Steve were standing at the doorway to a strangely
configured house that was covered with surveillance
cameras as well as several flags. On the door were
two words. PATTERSON RESIDENCE.
"I need to ask D.V. something," Steve said and
rang the doorbell. To their surprise a brusque voice
immediately responded.
"Who is it?"
"Um....I'm a friend of D.V," Steve said.
"Liar. D.V. Doesn't have friends," the voice
said.
"Okay...I'm a classmate of his," Steve said.
quickly.
"All right...as long as we have things straight.
You are not granted security clearance to enter the
house. D.V. will come out there, but remember,
several highly accurate weapons are trained on you at
all times," came the voice. Seconds later the two heard
the sound of several locks opening. The door parted
revealing D.V. Patterson who was as usual scowling..
"Yes?"
"Hey..um...D.V. Well...umm...you know that
homework we're supposed to do tonight. I sorta
forgot what it is," Steve said surprised by his
nervousness.
"Here," Patterson said producing a paper with
the assignment written on it.
"How'd you have that ready so fast?" Rick
asked. Patterson turned and stared at Rick. "I am
always ready. Anything else?" he said turning back to
Steve.
"No..um...thanks," Steve said.
"Your welcome. Oh...you can repay me by
hitting Melvin on the head at some point in time. He
could use it," Patterson said stoically and walked back
into the house closing the door behind him.
"Don't you just love people like that?" Rick
asked with a playful grin on his face.
"He got me the assignment. I'm not knocking
it," Steve said.
"Leave the premises immediately," Came the
brusque voice again.
"What?" Rick said.
"You have been warned. Leave or in ten
seconds you will be fired upon," the voice
replied.
"Time to go!" Rick said and he and Steve
hurried down the road.

Following a few hours spent with their
boyfriends, Lita and Raye found themselves sitting at a
restaurant sipping on some drinks with some time to
kill.
"Where's Mina again?" Raye asked.
"She's got a gymnastics meet or something
tonight," Lita said.
"Oh, yeah, right she's going up against that rival
of hers," Raye said.
"Yup," Lita said.
"Maybe we should stop by and see how she's
doing," Raye said.
"Sure maybe in a bit," Lita said. "I can't walk
to much, my wound healed, but that last battle kinda
strained it."
Raye nodded.
"So...who do you think is more insane? Rick
or Steve?" Lita asked.
"Us...for going out with them," Raye replied
sourly.
"You ladies look annoyed by something," a
voice said and the two found themselves looking up at
an amiable looking waiter.
"Hi, I'm godfrey, my friends call me God," he
said.
"They what?" Lita asked in surprise.
"I'm sure you're very proud," Raye muttered
"I don't get it. What's with you girls and these
bouts of depression? Don't you have like boyfriends or
something?" godfrey asked.
"YES!" The two girls shouted.
"Woah...sorry....my mistake," godfrey said
and hurried off.
"What an idiot," Raye said.
"Yeah...still....yelling at him made me feel pretty
good," Lita said with a smile.
"True," Raye said.

Her meet was to begin in one hour. Mina went
through her stretches before she started her warmups.
She saw ,out of the corner of her eye, Iria Romanova,
who had already begun to warm up.
She's so fluid. Mina thought. Her coach who
was standing nearby and seemingly sensing Mina's
feelings walked over to her.
"Don't you worry about Romanova, you can do
it," the coach said.
It was Mina's turn to tumble. She ran across
the floor and sloppily did her pass. Her coach was
quick to appear beside her.
"What happened?" She asked.
"I was nervous," Mina said.
"Don't let Romanova intimidate you. This is a
match of skill. Don't let her use her mind games to
defeat you," the coach said. "Now get back in line and
do that pass until you pull it off."
"Yes coach," Mina said and hurried back to the
mat.
"Back again," Romanova said falling in behind
her. "This makes it easy. I may not even have to do
my new move after all," she said. Mina ran across the
floor and was able to pull off a slightly better run, but it
wasn't going to win her anything.
"Go onto another apparatus," her coach said.
"Then come back."
"Right," Mina said. She saw Romanova was on
the uneven bars so Mina went to the balance beam.
Without her competitors eye on her she did her routine
very well. She felt more confident. She headed to the
floor again. She went and pulled off her pass
flawlessly.
"That's great Mina," the coach said. "Now
head over to the vault."
"But Romanova's there," Mina said.
"Deal with it," the coach said.
Mina began the walk towards the vault. She
approached the line where Romanova was standing
nervously. Sweat began to form on her forehead.
I'm not ready for this. Mina thought and
pondered what to do. Maybe I shouldn't practice it.
Then I can't mess up. But if I don't practice I could
mess up in the meet?
Her problem was solved by the wall exploding.

The cloud of dust that rose soon cleared
revealing the large metallic body of the negaverse
cyborg.
"Sailor Venus!" it yelled. "Prepare to meet
your destruction," it said and advanced towards her.
The rest of the people in the room began to scurry out.
Mina stood her ground. I have to keep it distracted
until they can all get away. She thought nervously as
the robot raised its arm to attack her.
"Negaverse Hate Chain Encircle!" It shouted.
A replica of her own attack, only consisting of black
energy flew at her. She leaped into the air hit the floor
exercise mat and flipped into the air landing several feet
away. The cyborg turned towards her.
"Very impressive, just how long can you keep
that up?" it muttered and leapt at her. She rolled out of
the way of it, but it bounced off the floor and landed in
front of her before she could stand. It swung its arm
down at her. She screamed as she heard the metal
impact.
She didn't feel anything. Then she figured it
out. Someone had put themselves in front of her. She
looked up to see it was Maverick. Time seemed to
stop at that instant. The cyborg just stared. Maverick
just winced in pain. She just looked. The cyborg took
the first initiative and leapt away. Maverick went down
to one knee his sword drawn facing the cyborg. Mina
could tell he was pain.
"Transform...now," he whispered and stood up
slowly.
"HAH! Hurts doesn't it?" The cyborg said
menacingly.
"Yes," Maverick said and launched a blast at
the cyborg. The robot dodged it easily. Maverick
leapt into the air and charged him anyway. The cyborg
rolled away. The two were soon engaged in combat.
Mina took the chance to pull out her power
stick.
"Venus star power!" She yelled and transformed into
Sailor Venus. Maverick and the cyborg were fighting it
out in the middle of the gym. The cyborg launched an
attack at Maverick. The hero dodged it by executing a
perfect back handspring. The cyborg flipped into the
air and crashed into Maverick and the two went
crashing into the vaulting horse. Maverick fell to the
ground.
"That looked just like," Venus said to herself.
"Never mind that. Gotta help," she said. "Venus love
chain encircle!" She shouted and the attack flew
straight at the cyborg and hit him in the back. It
shouted and turned to face her. She readied herself.
It charged. She jumped into the air using her sailor
scout power. The cyborg matched her and swung at
her in mid air. She narrowly avoided the attack and
flipped forward landing on the ground several feet
away. The cyborg landed opposite her. The two spun
around to square off again.
It's been given gymnastic skill as well as my
powers. But, it can't know what my enhanced powers
will do. Heck, I don't even know what they'll do. She
brought forth the power within her and prepared. She
felt it surge and knew what she was capable of. The
cyborg waited.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" She shouted and
sent the attack flying at it. The cyborg jumped out of
the way and flipped off the ground right at her. She
hadn't expected that, but she rolled and came up
quickly pushing herself off the floor and beginning to flip
along it as fast as she could, using her power to it's
fullest she flipped upwards and while upside down
attacked. The Love Chain flew out and hit the cyborg
which had been waiting for her landing to strike. It
rolled backwards.
"I'll be back!" It shouted and disappeared in a
flash of light.