Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Mars Saga ❯ A Sickened Kiss ( Chapter 17 )

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The Mars Saga
by Candy aka solarsun
Chapter 17: A Sickened Kiss

Clutching his blankets Darien shot up in his bed covered in sweat. Ever since Jeadite had told him that he wanted to be a double agent for his side he had been bothered by nightmares. They weren't normal nightmares either. He rubbed his forehead swinging his feet over the side of the bed. He needed to get something to drink. Walking to the kitchen he turned on the faucet taking a cup and filling it. After that he took a drink of it signing and looking down into the water. Why was he having these crazy dreams? Walking out to his living room he sat down looking ahead and thinking. This past dream started nice. It was of the scouts sitting in the middle of a beautiful garden. It seemed really peaceful there and he found himself sitting down in the middle of the girls. Then Jeadite would appear pointing a hand at him and laugh as a shadow came about them and death was all he felt before he woke up. These dreams always shook him. Sighing he closed his eyes taking another drink of his water. After the last gulp of his water he stood up placing the cup in the kitchen deciding it was best to head back to sleep. He had work in the morning. Laying back down he gazed up at the ceiling for the time being trying to think.

What was going on. Closing his eyes, he saw a shadowy figure again, not with Serena's hair style but long hair. Her violet eyes gazed out at him through the shadow. She stood there as if laughing at him quietly. Why couldn't he figure out who this girl really was? This girl really annoyed him considering she must know what happened. Opening his eyes again he sighed. This was going to be one long night.

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Amy strolled down the street with Zach laughing. Each holding an ice cream cone.
"We shouldn't have stayed out so late." Amy said laughing quietly. "My mother is beginning to worry about me. I'm not acting normal." Zach turned to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Well I guess that would be a good thing, wouldn't it?" He said with a smile making Amy blush and look down. Never in her life had something made her want to not study and go hang out with them. Sure the scouts did that to a point. But she was the brains behind the operation, so she still had to be book smart when it came to it all. Looking up she just couldn't help but smile again. He seemed to not care if she was a genius or just a regular girl. Zach seemed to like her for who she was. That was all that really mattered to her for some odd reason with him. They stopped in front of an apartment complex as Amy looked up; it was her complex that she lived in. She hadn't realized the time and how fast they had walked to her house. Looking up she could see a light on where the kitchen window was.
"Moms still up.." She said giggling. "I should go." Turning she headed for the door when Zach's hand touched her shoulder. Amy looked back to see him standing there with such a gentle smile, her heart seemed to melt by the warmth of it.
"You can't just leave without saying goodnight Amy," He said. Amy stood there blushing nodding and bowed slightly making Zach laugh. Standing straight again she looked at him puzzled.
"What?" She asked.
"...Your so formal..." He said. Reaching over he placed a kiss upon her cheek. "Goodnight dear Amy, sleep well." This made Amy turn redder as she looked into his eyes. Never in her life had she felt her heart flutter as it was now as they stood there.
"...Goodnight Zach," She responded then came rushing back to reality when she heard a "plop". Looking at her hand she realized her ice cream had gotten to warm and had melted so much it had fallen off the cone that had been holding it. Amy couldn't help but break out laughing as Zach did. Walking over she dropped the cone in the garbage and headed toward the door. "I hope to see you tomorrow," She said.
"You can count on it," Zach responded as she headed inside quietly leaving him out there staring at the doors. A beeping sound came from his jacket pocket as he threw his ice cream away, retrieving what looked to be a cell phone.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Zoicite, Beryl wants us." Jeadite's voice said from the other side. Zach sighed. Reality came crashing down upon him once again. It seemed like every time he took a step closer to the Amy girl, and actually could feel his heart flutter to the heavens just thinking about her..Beryl would step in and send it all crashing down.
"Ok," He responded shutting the cell phone and putting it in his pocket sighing. Walking away he slowly started to disappear into the night air as he headed back to the negaverse.

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Serena awoke seeing the light stream from her window, hitting the blankets upon her bed, with Luna in the middle of it all. Sighing she stood up, slowly crawling out of bed to turn the alarm clock off that Luna had made her set the night before. Walking to the bathroom slowly she yawned and took a shower. After that she changed into her school uniform and headed down the stairs to see her mother and brother at the breakfast table. Her father must have already gone to work because she saw a dirty plate beside the sink. Sitting down, her mother set down a plate of eggs and toast for her which she began to eat.
"It's strange..." Her mother began. "The beginning of this school year has been different." Sammy looked up from his comic which he was reading while shoving toast in his mouth.
"How so?" He asked.
"I mean I remember at least 4 days a week Serena would be late coming down, and her grades last year wear horrible. This year...well...It just doesn't seem like Serena...like she's grown up or something."
"I'm in the room..." Serena muttered still sounding sleeping as she shoved a piece of toast with egg in her mouth. Her mother just chuckled going back to doing the dishes.
"I didn't say it was a bad thing, now did I?" She responded which made Sammy snicker which made Serena glare at him.
"I so have you know I'm the same Serena this year as any other year, your all just crazy." She said taking a gulp of her orange juice and standing up. "Well I got to get going. The others want to meet me down the street." Serena's mother handed her her lunch nodding as Serena headed out the door. Her mother watched her smiling then glared at Sammy.
"You could learn a thing or two from her.." She said.
"Like how to juggle sleeping with playing video games and somehow pull off a passing grade?" Sammy said chuckling, grabbing his bag too and heading out the door.

Serena rushed down the street seeing Amy with two people standing there with a book in her hand. Slowing down she walked up to them all.
"O hey Serena," Amy said looking up. "Zach wanted to walk me to school since his work and Jed's isn't that far from our school." Serena looked and glared at Jed as he stood there with some weird smirk upon his face.
"Hey Serena," Zach said waving. Serena smiled at him.
"O hey baka brain," Jed said waving and saying as sweet as Zach had. Serena just stomped her foot glaring at him.
"Look who's talking," She responded turning her back to him.
"Hey guys!" Lita said rushing up to them all. "Sorry I'm late, my recipe I made this morning took longer then I expected."
"It's ok," Amy said. "We haven't been waiting for long." Mina's footsteps where heard from behind them all as they turned to see the blonde rushing with Raye in sight not far behind her with Hotaru beside her.
"We all ready?" Raye said. Serena nodded as they headed off to walk to their schools together. It wasn't much of a walk with everyone there because Hotaru and Raye had to leave right away, but they always did it. It was like a ritual every morning as of late, though Jed and Zach had been added. None of the girls complained about Zach being there but Serena on the other hand would throw her arms about later on yelling how Jed was such an idiot. Everyone else would look at each other and laughed quietly. This is how she acted when they first started talking to Darien.
Turning her head, Serena waved good-bye to Raye and Hotaru as they all stopped at the private college's gates as the girls entered there. Everyone else walked ahead as they headed to their school and work. Walking into the halls of their school Amy turned back and waved at her two friends smiling will turning to look at the rest.
"Today is going to be a good day," Mina said all of a sudden.
"How are you so sure?" Serena asked as they turned and entered their homeroom.
"I just do." Mina said sighing as they all sat down.

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Maybe for the girls the day was going to go well but Darien was feeling awful. He tried to work but found himself telling his manager that he was sick who nodded saying he didn't look all that great and sent him home. Darien's next memory of the day was standing outside of Cherry Hill temple. His vision quit blurry. Walking up the steps he tripped falling down. The impact caused him to pass out.

It wasn't till after 3 that Darien was found by Hotaru and Raye who where coming home.
"Man, some of this stuff is hard..." Hotaru said flipping through her new homework sheets while Raye just giggled looking ahead seeing a body there.
"O my!" She gasped running up and and pushing the man on his back. She looked in shock as she saw Darien laying there. Hotaru came rushing up.
"Quickly go and get the spare room ready!" Raye ordered. Hotaru nodded and rushed ahead as Raye bent down checking his pulse and his body temperature. Frowning she stood up. He was sick. Grabbing his arm she pulled him across her back as she began to walk inside to the temple slowly. Hotaru came rushing help helping Raye hold onto him as they brought him into the spare room. Raye laid him down looking at him. What had happened, and why was he at the temple because of all of it? Leaving, hotaru came back with a cold cloth for Raye to wipe Darien's face off, to try and cool him down. Frowning she heard steps walking in the temple. The girls where here.
"Raye...Chelsy?" Serena's voice called out.
"In here!" Hotaru called out. All the girls gathered around the bedroom door looking in. Most of them looked shocked at them.
"What's wrong with Darien?" Mina said.
"We don't know..." Raye said wiping his forehead again. Everyone looked down at Darien looking worried. That's when his eyes went wide and grabbed Raye's hand. Raye looked in shock at him. Turning his head he looked her squarely in the face. Something was wrong. Raye looked at him in the eyes trying to pull her hand from his grasp.
"...My princess..." His voice muttered as he leaned in and kissed her lightly. Raye's face broke out in a major blush as she turned to him for some explanation but the next thing that happened was Darien falling back on the bed, snoring away.
"W...what was that?!" Raye said standing up throwing the rag on the floor.
"He might have hallucinated," Amy said. "With his high fever and all." Everyone sighed. Why did he kiss Raye?!

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Heh I guess this was their first unofficial kiss. I love adding things like this to my stories. I bet that gave you guys a shock! Please review before you go and as always thanks for taking the time to read one of my stories.