Author: SailorAuntieV
Author: Ian_Buddy
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance
Author’s Note: Hey one and all, this is my latest
story. Mind you I still have ten
billion other stories to start and/or finish, but since this seemed like such a
short story I decided to go ahead and write it. I hope everyone enjoys this, I thought it was kind of cute. Also it’s one of the only stories I have
that has the sailor scouts and sailormoon in it. This story, like my others, is a clean sappy romance (meaning no
sex or cursing). It is about Serena
running into a pole and then suffering from amnesia. Now, with the help of her friends and Darien, she has to get
through fighting monsters and discovering her feelings for a certain someone
:> I know that’s not a good
synopsis, but I hope you enjoy the story anyway. Enjoy!!
Disclaimer: Of course you know I don’t own
SailorMoon…yadda yadda yadda! On a
serious note, SM is the property of Naoko Takeuchi, DIC, and everyone else who
airs it (sorry I don’t know all the others).
These stories are for fun, not for profit.
A POLE ENCOUNTER
Chapter 1: The Perfect Man
It was a bright Saturday afternoon. People were strolling along the streets
relaxing in the peaceful warm summer weather.
Suddenly loud laughter broke through the tranquil air as two bouncy
blondes made their way down the sidewalk.
“That was so funny Mina,” the meatball headed girl stated as
she tried to catch her breath. “I can’t
believe you said that to her.”
“Well it serves her right for calling My Orlando Bloom a
non-talented buffoon,” Mina said to her friend. “Really Serena, we’re gonna have to teach Raye a lesson. She can’t go around insulting every gorgeous
guy because she can’t get a boyfriend.”
“True,” Serena agreed with her blonde friend.
“We don’t have boyfriends either and we still keep our heads
high and fingers crossed.”
Serena started to giggle at Mina’s silly gestures. “So Mina, what time again are we suppose to
meet up with the others?” Serena asked after her giggling subsided.
“In about…two hours,” she responded as she checked her
watch.
“Good, then how about we stop at ‘The Crowne’ and grab a
bite to eat,” Serena stated with hopefulness in her voice.
“Sure, I am a bit hungry myself. Let’s go.”
So both girls picked up their pace as they headed towards
their favorite after school hangout spot.
“So Sere,” Mina inquired as they continued to their
destination. “Are you going to tell me
or not?”
“Tell you what?” Serena asked feeling a bit confused.
“About your dream guy…your perfect man!” Mina answered with
her usual giddy personality.
< Oh boy, there she goes again. Mina is so boy crazy…well so am I, but not
as much as her. > “My dream
guy…um…how about…um…Andrew!” Serena stated joyfully after a long contemplation.
Mina burst out with laughter. “Serena you are so silly.
I know Andrew’s a hunk, and a sweetheart, but face it girl…he’s already
taken so come up with someone else.”
“Oh I don’t know Mina.
I like all guys. I don’t think I
have a perfect one in mind,” Serena lied.
She was very reluctant to tell Mina or any of her other friends about
her long time crush on a certain annoying and irritating, but ruggedly handsome
dark haired blue-eyed guy.
“I bet I know who your dream guy is. You want to hear?”
“Sure, go for it,” Serena said to humor her exasperating
friend who doesn’t know how to drop a subject.
< Mina thinks that just because she’s Sailor Venus then she’s
omniscient when it comes to love. But
it would be interesting to hear her describe the perfect guy for me, although
no other guy could ever come close to Darien.
Darien Shields…what a strong and powerful name for such a wonderful
guy. He is by far the most gorgeous man
I have ever seen with his piercing blue eyes and dark hair that constantly
falls into his eyes. Whoa, what I
wouldn’t give to be able to brush those dark locks from his face. How I wish he would hold me in his arms and
whisper sweet loveliness in my ear.
*sigh* What a shame that we can
never be together. >
That last thought momentarily depressed her. It wasn’t the fact that she didn’t want to
have a relationship with the infamous available, and sought after hunk. She definitely wanted that, but Serena
thought that Darien had no particular interest in her given the fact that every
time they were around each other all they did was fight. For being such a cute guy he sure was quite
exasperating. Ever since that fateful
day when her discarded test paper accidentally collided with Darien’s face, she
knew right then that he was ‘the one’.
It was just a feeling, something deep inside that turned on whenever he
was present. It kind of felt like love
once lost, like they were destined to be together.
“Hello, earth to Serena,” Mina said as she waved her hand in
front of her friend’s face.
“Huh…what?” Serena stated as she was brought back to
reality.
“Where did you go?
All of a sudden you just spaced out.”
“Sorry,” Serena stated with embarrassment. “I was just thinking about my perfect guy.”
“Ah, I thought you didn’t have one,” Mina said with her smug
all-knowing look.
“I don’t…I just…” Serena stammered not knowing how to get
herself out of this mess.
“Anyway,” Mina interrupted Serena’s rambling, “Do you want
me to describe your dream guy or not?”
“Sure go ahead.”
“Now since I am the ‘Goddess of Love’ I can easily tap into
you Love-A-Meter and figure out who’s your perfect guy,” Mina said with
enthusiasm.
“My Love-A-What?”
“Your Love-A-Meter,” Mina stated again. Then she leaned in close to Serena to whisper,
“Just between me and you the Love-A-Meter is something I made up because it
sounded so cool, but everyone believes I know what I’m talking about.”
“Oh!” Serena said as she rolled her eyes and then began to
giggle at her friend’s ridiculous creations.
“Anyway,” Mina continued stealthily, “Your Love-A-Meter is
telling me that this guy is a very tall and handsome man.”
“Very insightful Mina.
You’re like a regular fortune teller,” Serena said sarcastically as she
continued to chuckle at her friend’s wild imagination.
“Just hold on, let me finish. In contrast to being dashingly handsome, he doesn’t seem to have
the best fashion sense. But he does
have beautiful dark hair that makes you want to slide your fingers through, and
dark blue eyes which you can easily loose yourself in.”
Serena’s merriment instantly came to a halt. < She can’t be describing Darien…can
she? He’s definitely gorgeous with
horrible taste in fashion…aka the nasty green jacket. But why would she describe Darien? Am I that transparent with my feelings towards him? No…she couldn’t possibly know. >
“He also has a smile that warms you down to the tips of your
toes,” Mina continued as she noticed Serena being pulled back into a dream-like
state. “He’s very kind but has a sad
and lonely heart which can only be filled with joy by his true love.”
< Darien does seem lonely, despite his nonchalant
attitude. I wonder if I could be the
one to bring joy into his heart. >
“He would love you like no one has ever loved another, and
treat you like a queen.”
< I’ve seen him around children and know he definitely
has a sweet and tender side to him.
Without a doubt he could make a wonderful boyfriend. >
Mina smiled knowing she had Serena exactly where she wanted
her. Now it was time for her to reveal
the mystery man. “Does that describe
your perfect guy well?” she asked the starry-eyed girl.
“Yes it does,” Serena responded still in a dream-like state.
“It’s amazing that Darien could be so perfect,” Mina said,
going in for the kill.
“Yes I know.” < If
only Darien could realize it…wait a minute.
Did I just say…oh no! >
“I mean No! Wh-what do you
mean? How did you…I mean, why would you
think Darien’s my dream guy? He’s a
royal pain in the behind, and we argue all the time…we never get along and…”
Serena tried to convince her friend, who continued to walk with an annoying
smug look on her face indicating she had just uncovered a deeply hidden secret.
“Whatever Serena, you can’t fool me. Remember, I’m the Goddess of Love,” she
responded lightly as they finally approached the Arcade.
Serena sighed in defeat.
She couldn’t believe she so easily fell into Mina’s trap, but she wasn’t
about to give up just yet. “You’re
wrong Mina. I admit it would be nice if
Darien were my dream guy. But I’m not
that much of an airhead to hope for the impossible. Besides…I’m sure he hates me anyway,” she said the last statement
with sorrow in her voice.
“Now why would you think that Meatball Head?” Serena and
Mina heard the deep masculine voice comment from behind them.
Serena instantly came to a screeching halt. She didn’t have to lay eyes on the newcomer
to know who that make voice belonged to.
< Darien! >
Serena’s sudden stop almost caused Darien to plow into
her. But, because of his great agility
and sharpened reflexes he was able to swiftly maneuver around her. “Good grief Meatball Head, don’t just slam
on the breaks in the middle of the sidewalk, someone could get hurt.”
Serena could do nothing but stare at him in surprise. < Oh my goodness, please don’t tell me
he heard our conversation. It would be
so mortifying if he knew how I felt about him.
I guess it would be ok if he felt the same way but I know he doesn’t. And knowing him, he would use my feelings
against me just to tease and humiliate me.
I can’t let that happen. >
“Earth to Meatball Head, are you still there?” Darien asked
as he waved his hand in front of her face.
Serena quickly snapped out of her thoughts and glared at her
nemesis. “Yes I’m here Darien, and stop
calling me Meatball Head.”
“But it fits you so well,” he said while sporting one of his
gorgeous heart-stopping smiles.
“I don’t care, I don’t want you to call me that,” she
responded growing angrier every second.
“How’re you doing Darien?” Mina piped in trying to ease the
tension.
“Don’t be nice to him Mina.
He was just eavesdropping on our conversation,” Serena announced before
Darien could say his greetings.
“Come on Meatball Head, you act as though I’ve committed a
crime,” Darien responded light-heartedly.
“You have, and you should be locked up for it,” she
countered angrily while crossing her arms and tapping her foot for
emphasis. “How rude you are to sneak up
behind us and listen to our conversation.
You should feel like a royal jerk right now.”
Darien couldn’t help but chuckle at the steaming girl.
< The nerve of him, I can’t believe he thinks this is
funny. I’m so embarrassed that I want
to crawl in a hole and die, and all he can do is laugh. But he does have a wonderful laugh and a
beautiful smile…stop it! > “I
don’t see what’s so funny Darien,” she stated roughly as she tried to stay mad
at him.
“You are Meatball Head, and you are extremely cute when
you’re mad,” he replied sweetly as his finger gently tweaked her nose.
< Whoa…what was that?
Was he flirting with me? No…I
must be imagining things. I can’t let
my guard down yet or else I might get hurt. >
“So Darien,” Mina interjected, “How much did you actually
hear?”
Darien forcefully shifted his gaze from Serena’s sapphire
eyes to look at Mina. “I pretty much
heard the whole thing,” he said with a smug grin. “Oh and by the way Mina, that was a very insightful and
complimentary description of me.”
“Thank you,” Mina responded happily, smiling from ear to
ear. “I’m and expert when it comes to
love.”
“So I hear,” Darien said as he smiled mischievously at
Serena. “And I was also delighted to
hear that Meatball Head thought of me as her dream guy.”
At that statement Serena’s face immediately turned a dark
shade of red. < My life is over. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look him
in the eyes again. Why do these things
always happen to me? > “I-I…”
she stammered, but no matter how hard she tried she could not formulate a
decent rebuttal.
“If you wanted me that badly Meatball Head all you had to do
was tell me,” he said with an impish smile as his hand came up to light caress
her cheek.
That statement instantly struck a chord with Serena which
knocked her out of her stupor. < How
dare he! Who does he think he is? That Jerk!
I knew he would tease me and stomp all over my feelings. Well not this time. > Serena quickly jerked her face from Darien’s
touch and took a step back. “Why you
pompous, arrogant jerk! How dare you
even think such a thing. You are not
now nor ever will be my dream guy,” she yelled out venomly.
Darien chuckled slightly at Serena’s hostile behavior. “Come on Meatball Head, admit it…you know
you want me.”
“I will admit no such think Darien Shields, and for the last
time stop calling me Meatball Head,” she spat feeling totally appalled at his
brazen and arrogant response. “I have
no interest in being with you Darien, I don’t care how gorgeous you are!”
Darien raised his eyebrows in surprise at Serena’s
confession, and then a knowing smile danced upon his lips.
Serena, on the other hand, realized her slip up and her face
continued to turn a few more shades of red, if that was even possible. < I can’t believe I said that. Stupid, stupid…why can’t I insult him
without my lustful feelings getting in the way? Oh how I want to smack that self-righteous, all-knowing look off
his gorgeous face…oh, there I go again.
I need to get away from him before I say something I truly will
regret. But he’s not going to get the
last laugh this time. >
“Look Darien,” she stated in a serious tone as her finger
poked his hard muscular chest. “I don’t
want you, and I never will. You mean
nothing to me. All you ever do is put
me down and tease me about my hair, my grades, and my clumsiness. Well not this time buster, I am sick of you
and your conceited, arrogant personality.
I would never want to be with you even if you were the last guy on the
planet. So why don’t you do us both a
favor and stay out of my life.”
With that Serena turned on her heel, put her nose up in the
air, and hurriedly walked away. She
thought she might have been a little harsh with him. There had seemed to be a flicker of hurt in his eyes as she told
him off, but she quickly pushed the thought out of her mind. < That will show him, that jerk. Nobody teases me and gets away with it. But I hope I didn’t hurt his feelings too
bad…well so what if I did, he deserved it.
And I don’t think Darien has any feelings to be hurt anyway. He seems so cold-hearted all the time. I just wish… >
But before Serena could finish her thought, it
happened. In less than a second she
heard Darien’s voice yelling out her name in desperation, and as she opened her
eyes to look at him she saw it. There
was no time to scream or a chance to stop the collision…and then all went
black.
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End of Chapter 1: A Pole Encounter
Hello everyone, I hope you liked the first chapter of this
story. It’s not my best work but I like
it. Wow this chapter is short. It’s probably one of my shortest, except for
my story Moonlight Destiny. Hopefully
this will be the first story that I will complete. I’m already working on chapter 4, and there are 5 chapters total. So cross your fingers. Anyway, tell me how you like it. Please no flames, constructive (but kind)
criticism is welcomed but do remember I am a very sensitive person *smiles*. Chapter 2: Remember will be out real soon. Thank you again to all my best-est friends
and family for reading my stories. Love
you guys. God Bless!
V-Chan
October 15, 2005
Revised: June 7, 2007
