Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Hope ❯ The Stalking ( Chapter 6 )

Shattered Hope

Chapter 6

Previously in shattered hope:

She dropped the phone and let it ring; it scared her a lot. The phone continued to ring until it got the answering machine. Then it started ringing again. She backed away. /Why did he keep on calling her?/ Again the phone rang. She ran over to it and disconnected the phone. /Why did I make Rei go home?/

She was scared now, what if he was watching her. She would never know. She ran up to the front door to make sure it was locked, then she raced to the back to door to check that one. "Luna!" She called out into the house.

And now on with the show…

~*~ Dream ~*~

"Serena," the voice sent shivers down Serena's spine. She was on the street it was dark out; it was most likely around 10 or 11 at night. She didn't know how she got here; the last thing she remembered was going to sleep. Now here she was in a dark street, with someone following her. She was scared.

She broke it into a run she needed to find somewhere safe, some where this person couldn't get her. "You can't run Serena," the voice said from her left, "No matter where you go I will find you," now the voice was coming from her right.

She ran to the first door she saw and began to pound on it. She tried to scream but she couldn't find her voice. She felt two arms grab her, spinning her around to face her chaser. She came face to face with Yukio. "Hello Serena," His voice ran in her ears; an evil grin plastered on his face.

Serena bolted up, sweat running down her forehead. It wasn't real; it was just a dream. She couldn't help but to think that it might come true, by the way Yukio acted, so possessive and he didn't even know her.

She tried to go back to sleep but she couldn't. She got out of bed and grabbed a towel. She walked into her bathroom and turned on the shower head. She put her hand in to check the temperature. Satisfied with the temperate she removed her clothes and stepped into the Luke warm temperature. She let the soft pellets of water wash over her body as if to wash away her memory of the dream.

She desperately wanted to forget it, not think about him. Why could she remember the one dream she didn't want to, and not remember all the ones that she wanted to? She rested her forehead against the cold tile, images of long forgotten dreams creeping into her brain.

"Mommy where is daddy?" The little girl questioned her mother. She noticed her mother began to cry. Serena shut her eyes feeling sadness fall over her. She didn't understand the dream, when she thought about she wanted to cry.

Serena heard a soft knock at the door. She turned off the shower and stepped out. She wrapped a towel around herself and went to open it; it was her mother. "Serena hunny are you all right?" She asked concerned.

"Yeah mom I'm fine I just couldn't get back to sleep," she yawed, she was tired but she didn't want to have any more nightmares.

"Neither can I," her mother replied. Then she smiled. "Why don't you put your pajamas on. I was about to fix myself something to eat. Do you want me to fix you something too?"

"Sure I'll be down in a minute," she was hungry she hadn't really eaten anything today. She walked back into her room and noticed Luna still sleeping peacefully on the edge of her bed. She quickly put on a clean top and some pajama pants and walked down to the kitchen.

Her mother was rifling through the fridge to see what they could have as a midnight snack.

"What would you like to eat? How about crackers and cheese?"

"Sure that sounds good," Serena went over to the cupboard and pulled out two plates one for her and one for her mother. Then she placed them on the kitchen counter. She got out the cutting board and cut the cheese slices. Once the food was, prepared both of them sat down at the table to eat them. There was a weird silence that remained between them.

"Serena its good that I got to talk to you alone," her mother figured it was better to say what was on her mind. "Serena I don't like this Yukio boy, I know that I don't know him but I just…"

She was cut off by Serena, "Mom don't worry about it, I don't think I want to see Yukio any more."

A wave of relief swept over Serena's mom, but it was soon replaced with worry. "What did he do that you don't want to see him any more?"

"He didn't do anything really…" Serena trailed off, it had really freaked her out when he called many times this afternoon.

"You said `really', did he do something?"

"He just keeps on calling." She looked at her mother; the look on her mother's face told her that she wanted to know more. "I called off our date early; I didn't tell him that I didn't feel comfortable with him. So I told him that I was sick and Rei was going to walk me home. So I thought that he would leave me alone" She looked at her mother to see if she was following what she understood.

"Go on," her mother encouraged her.

"Well he insisted that he walk us home, but neither one of us wanted him to come. Finally we left without him and when I got home this afternoon he called as soon as I was alone. It was not two seconds after Rei left, so I didn't pick up and he kept on calling."

Serena's mother was very worried, "Serena I don't think I want to you be near this boy."

Serena looked at her mother sadly, "The problem is that he's going to be going to my school soon, and he's talking to the principal tomorrow."

"Well if he keeps on harassing you I'll have a talk with your principal," Her mother promised. She didn't want anything to happen to Serena. "Why don't you go back to bed and try to get some more rest?"

"All right," she got up but not before she gave her mother a hug. "Thanks mom".

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Serena rushed out of her house; she was running late, again. She had finally got to sleep around four in the morning. Now she was going to be late for school. As she was rushing she didn't notice the person following her. She turned the corner, stopping. She looked back at noticed Yukio was across the street. She held her back to the wall so he wouldn't see her. /Maybe he's just trying to go to school?/ She asked herself, /Who are you kidding here Serena, the guy is following you!/ The other half of her mind was screaming at her.

"Hey meat ball head, what are you doing there?" Darien said to her. She noticed that Yukio looked in her direction. She quickly covered his mouth with her hand.

"Be quiet," she whispered to him, she glanced around the corner to see if he was still there, she gave a sigh of relief when she noticed that he was gone. She took her hand off Darien's mouth.

"What was all that about? You've been acting so weird lately meat ball head," he commented on her strange behaviour.

She was still worried that Yukio was around that she didn't even bother to tell off Darien when he called her meat ball head. When she was satisfied she started to walk off in the direction off school.

This confused Darien and it worried him a bit too. She had never acted this strange before. He decided to find out what was wrong, "Hey Serena." He called her by her name as he caught up to her.

"What do you want Darien?" She wasn't really in the mood to hear him put her down.

He noticed that she had a worried look on her face, "Are you all right?"

"Yes I'm fine; I just need to get to school. Damn…" she cursed, Yukio was walking towards them. "Um Darien do you see that guy behind me?"

He looked over her shoulder to see a brown haired boy walking up to them. It was the same boy at the Arcade yesterday; the one that Serena and Rei had wanted to get away from. "Yes what about him?"

"I think he's been following me to school," she had this panicked look on her face as Yukio was getting closer.

He didn't know why but at that moment he felt like he had to protect her, to keep her safe from harm, like he was meant to do it. /That's sort of what I feel about sailor moon/. As Yukio approached, Darien took her hand in his. "Hello Serena." Yukio greeted.

"Hi Yukio," Serena said. Darien gave her a reassuring squeeze, letting her know that it would be all right. Somehow, with Darien there she wasn't as scared to face Yukio.

Yukio noticed that Serena and Darien were holding hands, he frowned at his. "Who's this?"

"This is Darien…" Serena began she didn't know exactly what she was going to say.

"Her boyfriend," Darien finished. He glared at Yukio. He definitely didn't like him.

Yukio looked shocked, "Serena, I didn't know you had a boyfriend."

"Well um… you never actually asked me." She wasn't really sure if he would believe her, after all she had agreed to go out with him.

"It was nice meeting you, Yukio, but we have to leave now so Serena can get to school on time." Darien didn't want to talk to him. He could tell that Serena felt really uncomfortable.

"Bye Yukio," Serena waved as she turned around and followed Darien in the direction of her school. When they were out of hearing distance, she talked to him. "Thank you, for what you did back there. I really appreciate it."

He smiled at her with a genuine smile. She had never seen him do that before. "It's not a problem, I don't want this guy following you". Soon they reached the school. Ami, Mina and Lita were waiting at the front gates for Serena. The looks on their faces were priceless.

"Hi Serena and um Darien," Lita said very carefully. What in God's name was going on? Serena showed up to school on time and with Darien, and they were holding HANDS! It was very odd that Serena would show up to school on time but it was just plain strange and maybe a little bit freaky that two enemies were now holding hands and having a pleasant conversation. She was wondering what could have happened in the last 24 hours to cause this new change.

"Hi guys," Serena greeted them. The bell rang signalling school was starting.

"We better get going to class"; Ami said heading into the main doors. As much as she wanted to know what was going on, she needed to go to class. Ami walked in and was approached be none other than Yukio. "Oh, hi Yukio," She greeted him warmly.

He pulled her over to the side, "Ami can I talk to you for a minute?"

She was a little hesitant but she agreed, "Sure what do you want to talk about?"

"Its about Serena, how long has she been with her boyfriend?"

Ami was confused. Serena didn't have a boyfriend. As much to her knowledge she had never been out with a boy before Yukio. "What are you talking about?"

Ah ha, Yukio smirked on the inside, so Serena was lying. "Her boyfriend Darien".

"Oh Darien? I'm not sure", Ami didn't know what Serena had told him but she didn't want to interfere.

He noticed that she was uncomfortable, "Thanks a lot Ami, Bye" he took off in the direction of the principal's office.

"Okay," She was still confused but she had to get to class so she didn't think about it.

Ms. H hushed the students, "All right class we have a new student today, his name is Demo-Nisshu Yukio." She turned to Yukio, "Yukio why don't you take a seat right next to Serena?"

Yukio smiled and slid into the spot beside her. Serena inwardly cringed, "Hi Serena." Yukio whispered.

"Hi," She nodded and tried to not look at him and keep her eyes focused on the board.

"Pist Serena," Yukio tried to get her attention. She finally had to look over at him.

"What Yukio?"

"What are you doing after school today? I was wondering if you wanted to hang out?" He asked. He would not lose her to collage boy (Darien).

"I'm not sure," She needed an excuse and there wasn't a scout meeting today. "I think that I'm hanging out with Darien". /Please believe me/.

"Oh," He sounded a little bummed. "Would you mind if I came along?"

She nervously bit her lower lip, "I'm not sure, I think Darien wanted us to have some alone time." /Please leave me alone./

"Okay," He turned his attention back to the lesson that was going on.

Serena slunk down in her chair; this was going to be a long day. Lunch had come and gone. Most of it was spent with Serena trying to avoid Yukio at all costs. Regretfully she had to sit through the rest of the day with him right beside her. Finally the bell rang sounding that the very long tiring day was over. Serena quickly grabbed her stuff and headed out of the school. She wanted to get home as soon as possible.

"Serena," Damns, it was Yukio. He had caught up with her even though she was practically running away from him. "Serena wait up. Didn't you hear me calling you?"

She turned around, she knew she couldn't keep running so she turned around to face the music. "No I didn't, I just in a rush. Sorry I can't talk I have to leave". She turned to go.

He grabbed her arm, "What's the rush?"

His hold was tight, "Yukio please let go, your hurting me." He still wouldn't let go.

"Hey," Darien walked over and noticed that Yukio was grabbing Serena. Yukio let her go and she walked over to him. "Serena why don't you wait outside, I want to talk to Yukio for a minute". Serena looked hesitant. She didn't know what Darien was going to say to him. She looked at Darien, questioning what he was doing he reassured her and she went outside.

Yukio glared at Darien. He didn't want to talk to him. "What do you want to say Darien? Just get it over with".

Darien tried to keep himself in check. He wanted to punch out Yukio so badly, that stupid smirk plastered on his face. "You know what I'm going to say, but I'm going to say it any ways stay away from Serena. She doesn't like you so just leave her alone".

"How do you know that Darien? Why wouldn't she just tell me that she doesn't like me?" Yukio wanted to win this fight. He knew Darien and Serena weren't going out, he would prove it and Serena would be with him in the end.

"Because Serena's a nice person and she doesn't want to hurt your feelings." He only had a little bit of control left; this guy's attitude was really pissing him off. "So I'm warning you one last time, stay away from Serena". With that, Darien turned and walked away, leaving Yukio standing there fuming.

Darien walked over to Serena who seemed to be very nervous. "Are you okay? He didn't hurt you did he?"

All of the sudden the ground was really interesting to look at. "No I'm fine". She replied not looking at him. She didn't want him to see her this way, weak and unable to take care of herself.

He lifted up her chin so that she was looking at him. There were tears in her eyes. "Yes I fine really". She stepped back a little bit, away from his touch. "I just want to go home".

"I'll walk you home, I don't want to take the chance that he'll follow you".

She nodded and walked with him. There was no conversation. She didn't feel like talking.

Finally they got to her house. "This is my place," She said quietly. She found her eyes drifting to the floor again. "Thank you. For every thing, it really means a lot to me", she paused, "and I know that we don't get along and that you don't have to do this, but thank you".

He felt his heart wrench for her, "You don't need to thank me, if this guy every bothers you again then I'll deal with him." Then she did something he wasn't expecting she kissed him on the cheek. She quickly went into her house before he had a chance to reply. He just stood there on the sidewalk in awe. /Wow/ was his only thought.

The man in the car emitted a low growl; everything was getting messed up. Darien was screwing up all of his plans. This boy was proving more than a minor set back. He would defiantly have to take some drastic measures to get ride of him.

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And that's the end of chapter 6, sorry it was a little boring. I've been sick this week and it was really hard to sit down and the computer to try to write this. Plus I got writers block three times! So that didn't really help, any ways that you for reading my story please don't forget to review.

Special thanks to:

~the Master~ for your review

Until next time,

~*~ Shottsy ~*~