Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the characters or any of the personalities in the following story. I do, however, own the story's plot. So, the characters aren't mine, but the plot is. Any and all of the happenings in this story are brought on by either my imagination or clips from the show. Any similarities between any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This particular fanfic takes place during Sailor Moon R.
WARNING!!! This Is an AU fic! Right form the beginning!!! Im telling you now so you don't get mad!!!! Right from the beginning its AU but its still real good. But if u don't like AU fics then don't read this.
On to the story…
Chapter One
Sailor Jupiter led the scouts into the video game studio, which was taller than any building they'd ever seen. "If we followed Diamond this far, he's gotta be in this building!" she exclaimed angrily, frustrated at the fact that Serena had gone in first, so eager was she to kill him.
Ami nodded. "My radar shows his energy level on the fifth floor." She paused and her face drained of all color.
"What's wrong, Ami?" Darien asked, panicking.
"It's Serena."
"What about her?"
Ami turned to Darien. "I-I think Diamond's got her."
~*~ ~*~
Serena walked calmly through the building. She'd never killed someone before, but she knew she could kill Diamond. She hated the fact that he wouldn't give himself a chance to be good instead of evil. And she hated the fact that he had eyes for her. "Diamond!" she yelled. "Show yourself!" She heard evil laughter. "Damn it," she mumbled. She looked around the room. "Yeah, like I haven't heard that before. Let me guess, you're hiding somewhere in the shadows and you're going to jump out in about three seconds and try to kill me. Right?" She laughed and shook her head. "Will you get it over with already?" she asked impatiently. "Then Darien and the scouts can come and save my scrawny ass." She began tapping her foot and looked at her wrist as if she were wearing a watch. "I don't have all day, you know! I have a date tonight!"
All of a sudden, a strong arm grabbed Serena's waist and its pair grabbed her throat. "Well, well, well, no need to be impatient," came Diamond's masculine voice in her ear, just above a whisper. "Yes, I'd like to see your friends try to save you. Though they won't be able to."
Serena sighed impatiently. "I've heard that one, too," she said calmly.
Diamond rolled his eyes.
"No, really," she answered, feeling Diamond's sigh of discontent on her neck. "There was Queen Beryl and Anne. And not to mention Malachite..."
"Can you shut up for two seconds?" Diamond asked angrily.
Serena counted in her head, one-onethousand, two-onethousand. "Okay, it's been two seconds!" she announced. "See, I can be quiet for two seconds."
Diamond turned Serena quickly in his arms so that she was facing him. He lowered his face to a centimeter away from hers. "I don't want to kill you, but if you don't shut up, I'll be forced to."
Serena scoffed. "You wouldn't kill me. You need me for your 'diabolical' scheme, whatever it may be."
Diamond smiled evilly. "No, I don't need you for my scheme." He bent his head and whispered something in her ear.
Serena's face flushed red with embarrassment. "Let go of me!" she screamed.
Diamond laughed again and turned her back around as he saw the Sailor Scouts rounding the corner. "Ah, who do we have here?" he asked.
"The scouts!" Serena shouted. "I told you they'd come!"
Diamond rolled his eyes once more. "Yeah, I've heard that one too many times."
Serena's eyes narrowed. "If you don't let go of me, they'll kill you."
"Not with you in the way," he answered smugly.
Rae frowned. "Do you think we care if she's in the way?" she asked. "Compared to how many people you'd kill if you were in power, one life is nothing."
Diamond laughed. "Oh, I believe you'd give up your precious princess." He looked directly at Darien. "Wouldn't you?"
Darien's fists were clenching and his nails were drawing blood from his palms. But he kept control. He knew what Rae was doing. "Not like I can't find another one," he said simply, shrugging his shoulders.
Serena almost got angry by that remark, but she knew what they were doing. She knew they were trying to trick Diamond into letting her go. Into believing that she'd be devastated by their lack of care.
A portal appeared behind Diamond. "Well then," he said, "you won't care if I take her with me." He stepped through the portal. "Adíos!" he called.
"Darien!" Serena yelled. "Darien, I love you!" she screamed as the portal closed.
Everyone glared at Rae. "Looks like your plan was a flop," Darien said angrily.
Rae laughed nervously. "Well, I thought it'd work." She shrugged in anger. "And we can get her back." She looked at Darien. "Right?"
Darien looked at the place where the portal had disappeared from and then looked back at Rae. "You'd better hope so," he answered angrily. He walked up to Rae and actually grabbed the front of her bow and pinned her against the wall. "Because if we don't, there'll be two less Sailor Scouts." His voice was soft, but menacing. "Do I make myself clear?"
Rae nodded and Darien dropped her.
~*~ ~*~
NEMESIS
Serena awoke groggily and shifted herself into a sitting position. She frowned and looked down at what she was wearing. She gasped. She had on a long, flowing, baby blue dress with diamonds scattered at her bustline. She then saw Diamond walk into the room. "You pervert!" she screamed. "You changed my clothes, you monstrosity!"
Diamond laughed. "I do have certain powers, you know. I'm not like that." He snapped his fingers and Serena was back in her street clothes. He snapped again and she was wearing her Sailor Moon outfit. He snapped once more and she was back in her dress. "See?" He looked at the dress she was in. "That one's my favorite."
Serena frowned. "Then get it off of me."
Diamond smirked. "Do you really want me to do that?" he asked, advancing a few steps.
Serena fervently shook her head. "No, never mind," she mumbled.
Diamond sat down at the edge of the over-sized couch that Serena was on. "Now I want you to know that, now that you're here that is, don't bother trying to escape. The only way out is through portals that only my family and I can create. And if you do try to escape, and get killed, it's not my fault." He paused and took a sip of the wine that he held in his hand. "You have free reign of every room here, except the doors that are locked. Those certain doors will always be locked, so don't bother trying to break them down." He stopped, wondering if he forgot anything. "Oh, and your crystal doesn't work here. Nor does your scepter. So don't even try."
Serena was devastated as she looked at her crystal and saw that it didn't have the beautiful glow that it had on Earth. Tears came to her eyes. "I hate you," she said quietly.
Diamond stood up. "You won't," he said. He left her in the room, all by herself.
"If I can't use my weapons, give me something so that I don't feel vulnerable!" she screamed.
Diamond turned before he shut the door. "I won't let anything happen to you." With that, he shut the door.
Serena screamed in frustration and picked up what looked to be an expensive glass figurine. She was about to throw it at the door when she realized that it was a figurine of her as Sailor Moon. Oh dear, she thought, what is he, obsessed?
Carefully, she put the figurine down. "Well," she said to herself, "if I've got free reign of this place and I can't get out, I might as well make the best of it." She started getting herself familiarized with the room, but kept tripping over small footstools and catches in the carpet. She sighed, looking down at her dress, and then looked into the nothingness of the ceiling. "Can't I have something more manageable than this dress?"
Amazingly enough, the long blue dress turned into Serena's Sailor Moon outfit. Serena looked down. "Now this is more like it." She opened the door and stepped into the hallway. She marveled at the candelabras that were attached to the walls and the oriental carpets on the perfect wood floors. The walls were made of stone, and she suddenly wished she had the dress back on. She would have felt more fit into the scenes around her.
Soon enough, Serena heard voices coming from a room to her right. She turned the doorknob and was surprised to see that the door wasn't locked. She opened the door and saw Diamond talking to one of his cohorts, who looked a lot like Darien. "Sapphire, we don't have time for this," Diamond said angrily. He turned to the door and smiled. "Ah, Serena, you've decided to see the castle?"
"C-castle?" she stuttered. "I didn't know this was a castle."
Sapphire smiled. "Would anything less be fit for a prince, Your Majesty?" he asked.
Serena shook her head. "No, I don't know why I didn't see it wasn't a castle."
"Maybe because you've always pictured a peaceful castle," Diamond said. He smiled. "Like yours," he added coolly.
~*~ ~*~
EARTH
"Ami, can you work any faster?" Darien urged.
"Look Darien," Ami said angrily, "we're all working as fast as we can, why don't you do something other than sit there!"
"I'm not just sitting here!" he yelled back.
Lita jumped in. "Guys, calm down. Come on, we're all on edge right now. We've got to stay together and work as hard as we can."
Everyone nodded.
~*~ ~*~
NEMESIS
"I'm cold, hungry, and lost," Serena complained to herself. She shivered. "I never thought I'd hear myself say this..." she mumbled. She sighed, remembering Diamond's words from dinner that evening: If you ever need anything at all, no matter where you are, say my name and I'll find you. Serena sighed angrily. "I won't do it, I won't do it, I won't do it." She paused. "Diamond!" she called.
Diamond showed up three seconds later. "You rang?" he asked.
"I'm lost," Serena admitted. "I'm hungry, I'm cold, and I'm wet."
Diamond looked Serena up and down. "Take no offense to my question, but how did you get wet?"
Serena sighed. "The fountain in the main room broke."
"Again!" Diamond exclaimed. "Sorry, we've been having trouble with it." He snapped his fingers and Serena was in the long blue dress again. "Like I said, it's my favorite."
Serena shrugged. "It's dry," she said. "That's good."
"Give me your hand," Diamond said.
"What!"
Diamond laughed. "I won't do anything. Just give me your hand."
Serena hesitated. Oh, well, she thought, he could have killed me earlier. She extended her hand.
Diamond pulled a small, circular object out of his cape and gave it to Serena. "This is a map of the castle," he said. "The red rooms are the ones that are locked. This little pink dot is you, the white one's me, the blue one is my brother Sapphire. Visitors, should there be any, appear in black. Now watch out, because if you press the red button, the picture goes three dimensional and uses arrows to point to where the closest unlocked room is." He paused for a moment and studied the map. He pointed to a large room that was down the hall from Serena's. "Although that room is unlocked, please don't enter without knocking."
"Why not?" Serena asked, even though she pretty much knew the answer.
"Because that's my room," he answered.
"About rooms," Serena said, as she and Diamond started to walk through the halls. "Do you think mine could look a little more cheerful? So that I'm not so depressed."
Diamond was taken aback by the suggestion. "Of course. But I find it a little hard to take in that you're adjusting so easily."
Serena shrugged. "Well, I figure that I'm stuck here no matter what. I might as well make the best of it."
Diamond nodded. "That's actually a good attitude," he said. "I figured that, by now, you would have tried every possible way to kill me." He stopped in front of a room.
"But then I couldn't get out," she pointed out. "I wouldn't be able to get home."
She saw Diamond stiffen. "Yes, of course," he answered shortly. He opened the door to the room. "Your room," he said simply, letting her into her already redone room. He lingered at the door for a moment. "I hope you like it. Please meet for breakfast tomorrow morning." He shut the door and walked away.
Serena looked at the door for a moment in confusion. "Oh no," she moaned. "I shouldn't feel bad for this, but I hurt his feelings!" She looked around the room and gasped. It was just like her room at home! She opened the doors and saw even the clothes in her closets just like at home. The only difference was that her room was clean. Sparkling clean. She was surprised to see that even her pictures of Darien were still there.
Tears welled up in Serena's eyes as she looked around the room. She took out the map of the castle and located Diamond's room. She thought for a moment and then smiled. She threw the map on the bed. It's always nice to thank someone, she thought, but I should wait until later, when he's not as hurt.
~*~ ~*~
EARTH
Darien sat alone in his apartment, gazing at one of his pictures of Serena. He groaned. Why did I let it happen? he thought. I let Diamond take her. He set down the picture and walked into his bathroom to splash cold water on his face. "Serena," he mumbled, "I love you, too." A single tear dropped into his sink.
~*~ ~*~
NEMESIS
Serena looked at the map and realized that Diamond had been in the same spot in his room for over an hour. She decided that she could now go in. And of course snoop around a little...
She picked up the map and headed towards his room. She opened the door quietly, setting aside the fact that she was supposed to knock.
Oh great, Diamond thought, she's already setting aside my one simple request. Is it so hard to knock on my door?
Serena shut the door quietly and looked around the room. She drew in a short breath. It was just a plain, simple, normal room that any person would have. It was no more intricate than hers, with a table and chairs, a dresser with a mirror, a bed, a bedside stand with a lamp and a picture of her, and a walk-in closet. She was amazed at the simplicity of the room. And even more amazed that there was a picture of her on his bedside table. Not Sailor Moon. Not Neo-Queen Serenity. Just a picture of normal Serena, with her jeans and a tee shirt on, smiling at the photographer.
She began to scan the room for something suspicious, interesting, or abnormal, but couldn't find anything. No evil wands or swords, no capes or crowns, no staff with a crystal ball on it, no throne. Just a normal bedroom. She walked over to the bedside table and picked up the picture. Just this one picture of me? she thought. I'd think he had a collection or something.
All of a sudden, Diamond rolled over. "Do you enjoy looking at your own picture?" he asked, amused.
Serena jumped and set the picture back down. "I ... no, I was, umm..."
"Snooping?" he suggested.
"No, no, no," she said. "Being inquisitive."
Diamond laughed. "Snooping," he said. "Have a seat." He pointed to a chair and it floated across the room for Serena to sit on.
Serena looked hesitantly at the chair.
"Don't you think that if I wanted to do something to you, I would have already?" Diamond asked.
Serena took this into thought and sat down.
Diamond smiled. "Oh, so you're not afraid of me anymore?"
"I was never afraid of you," Serena said defiantly. "I just didn't like you?"
"Didn't? As in past-tense?"
Serena actually giggled. "Believe it or not, as in past-tense," she said softly. "You're not like a bad guy's supposed to be."
Diamond chuckled. "Well Serena, what's a bad guy supposed to be like?"
"Where should I start?" Serena said flatly.
"With the personality."
Serena sighed. "They're supposed to be mean and not like anyone and turn all of their friends away when they're in need. They're supposed to hate the good guys, and when they capture a good guy, they're supposed to either kill them or make their lives miserable."
Diamond nodded. "I see," he said seriously, although he thought that this whole 'good guy' 'bad guy' thing was a big joke. "What about physicality?"
"Well," Serena said thoughtfully, chewing on her thumbnail. "They're ugly and have bad teeth and ungroomed hair. The hair is a must, by the way. And they've gotta have a really deep voice," she said, imitating a deep voice, then giggling about it.
Diamond laughed and lowered the pitch of his voice. "Like this?" he imitated.
Serena laughed. "Yeah, like that!" she exclaimed.
Diamond laughed again.
"And they've gotta be really weak so that I can beat 'em," Serena joked. "And they don't fight their own fights. No siree. They send their lower minions to do their dirty work."
"Hmm..." Diamond said thoughtfully. "Maybe I should be like that..."
"No!" Serena exclaimed, although she caught his joke. "You're fine the way you are." She regretted the words as soon as they were out of her mouth.
"Okay, then, Serena," Diamond said. "Since you know so much about bad guys, what kind of things do they keep in their houses?"
"Oh, they don't have houses, they all have dark, dreary castles. And they have torture chambers and dead bodies all over the place."
"See, now, I have those. Those are the rooms you can't go in," Diamond said, a playful sparkle in his eye.
Serena giggled. "I knew it!" she exclaimed. She settled down a little bit and then cast a sideways glance at Diamonds. "What are in those rooms, anyway?"
Diamond sighed and laid back on his pillows with his arms behind his head. "The dead bodies," he answered.
"I'm serious," she complained.
"So am I!" he joked. He saw her cross her arms. "Okay, okay, you've beat it out of me," he said. "Some are treasure. Others are a few things that maybe you'll see one day. But not today. And not tomorrow." He paused, thinking. "A few are Sapphire's rooms. His bedroom and dining area." Diamond turned his head and looked at Serena. "He's not very sociable."
Serena smiled. "What's in the rooms that I might see one day?"
Diamond smiled and sat up. "You'll just have to wait, won't you?"
Serena frowned. "Now that's not fair," she said. She stood up quickly. "I'll just have to beat it out of you."
Diamond laughed as Serena threw a non-committed punch at him and he caught the punch, which threw her off balance and she landed on the bed. He let go of her fist. "Come on, Serena, you can do better than that," he teased.
Serena laughed and threw another weak punch. Neither she nor Diamond heard Sapphire walk through the door, as they were both laughing hard and wrestling weakly from all the laughter. Sapphire smiled. I've never seen Diamond laugh or smile so much, he thought. And I thought we were the 'bad guys'. He saw Diamond finally pin Serena down with his hands over her wrists and her legs blocked with his own.
"What're you going to do now, Serena?" Diamond asked.
Sapphire heard Serena laugh and walked out of the room. My, my, my. I guess my message can wait 'till tomorrow.
Serena sighed with defeat and turned her head. "I'll spit in your face!" she exclaimed jokingly. Instead, she twisted slightly and threw Diamond off of her. She, now, was pinning him. "Ha!" she said triumphantly.
Diamond smirked and moved his leg so she fell onto his chest. Their lips met lightly.
So how'd you guys all like it? I hope you thought It was good, cuz I had a fun time writing it! R&R plz! The more reviews I get, the faster I post more chapters!!!!!
Blessed be -yuna
I do not own any of the characters or any of the personalities in the following story. I do, however, own the story's plot. So, the characters aren't mine, but the plot is. Any and all of the happenings in this story are brought on by either my imagination or clips from the show. Any similarities between any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This particular fanfic takes place during Sailor Moon R.
WARNING!!! This Is an AU fic! Right form the beginning!!! Im telling you now so you don't get mad!!!! Right from the beginning its AU but its still real good. But if u don't like AU fics then don't read this.
On to the story…
Chapter One
Sailor Jupiter led the scouts into the video game studio, which was taller than any building they'd ever seen. "If we followed Diamond this far, he's gotta be in this building!" she exclaimed angrily, frustrated at the fact that Serena had gone in first, so eager was she to kill him.
Ami nodded. "My radar shows his energy level on the fifth floor." She paused and her face drained of all color.
"What's wrong, Ami?" Darien asked, panicking.
"It's Serena."
"What about her?"
Ami turned to Darien. "I-I think Diamond's got her."
~*~ ~*~
Serena walked calmly through the building. She'd never killed someone before, but she knew she could kill Diamond. She hated the fact that he wouldn't give himself a chance to be good instead of evil. And she hated the fact that he had eyes for her. "Diamond!" she yelled. "Show yourself!" She heard evil laughter. "Damn it," she mumbled. She looked around the room. "Yeah, like I haven't heard that before. Let me guess, you're hiding somewhere in the shadows and you're going to jump out in about three seconds and try to kill me. Right?" She laughed and shook her head. "Will you get it over with already?" she asked impatiently. "Then Darien and the scouts can come and save my scrawny ass." She began tapping her foot and looked at her wrist as if she were wearing a watch. "I don't have all day, you know! I have a date tonight!"
All of a sudden, a strong arm grabbed Serena's waist and its pair grabbed her throat. "Well, well, well, no need to be impatient," came Diamond's masculine voice in her ear, just above a whisper. "Yes, I'd like to see your friends try to save you. Though they won't be able to."
Serena sighed impatiently. "I've heard that one, too," she said calmly.
Diamond rolled his eyes.
"No, really," she answered, feeling Diamond's sigh of discontent on her neck. "There was Queen Beryl and Anne. And not to mention Malachite..."
"Can you shut up for two seconds?" Diamond asked angrily.
Serena counted in her head, one-onethousand, two-onethousand. "Okay, it's been two seconds!" she announced. "See, I can be quiet for two seconds."
Diamond turned Serena quickly in his arms so that she was facing him. He lowered his face to a centimeter away from hers. "I don't want to kill you, but if you don't shut up, I'll be forced to."
Serena scoffed. "You wouldn't kill me. You need me for your 'diabolical' scheme, whatever it may be."
Diamond smiled evilly. "No, I don't need you for my scheme." He bent his head and whispered something in her ear.
Serena's face flushed red with embarrassment. "Let go of me!" she screamed.
Diamond laughed again and turned her back around as he saw the Sailor Scouts rounding the corner. "Ah, who do we have here?" he asked.
"The scouts!" Serena shouted. "I told you they'd come!"
Diamond rolled his eyes once more. "Yeah, I've heard that one too many times."
Serena's eyes narrowed. "If you don't let go of me, they'll kill you."
"Not with you in the way," he answered smugly.
Rae frowned. "Do you think we care if she's in the way?" she asked. "Compared to how many people you'd kill if you were in power, one life is nothing."
Diamond laughed. "Oh, I believe you'd give up your precious princess." He looked directly at Darien. "Wouldn't you?"
Darien's fists were clenching and his nails were drawing blood from his palms. But he kept control. He knew what Rae was doing. "Not like I can't find another one," he said simply, shrugging his shoulders.
Serena almost got angry by that remark, but she knew what they were doing. She knew they were trying to trick Diamond into letting her go. Into believing that she'd be devastated by their lack of care.
A portal appeared behind Diamond. "Well then," he said, "you won't care if I take her with me." He stepped through the portal. "Adíos!" he called.
"Darien!" Serena yelled. "Darien, I love you!" she screamed as the portal closed.
Everyone glared at Rae. "Looks like your plan was a flop," Darien said angrily.
Rae laughed nervously. "Well, I thought it'd work." She shrugged in anger. "And we can get her back." She looked at Darien. "Right?"
Darien looked at the place where the portal had disappeared from and then looked back at Rae. "You'd better hope so," he answered angrily. He walked up to Rae and actually grabbed the front of her bow and pinned her against the wall. "Because if we don't, there'll be two less Sailor Scouts." His voice was soft, but menacing. "Do I make myself clear?"
Rae nodded and Darien dropped her.
~*~ ~*~
NEMESIS
Serena awoke groggily and shifted herself into a sitting position. She frowned and looked down at what she was wearing. She gasped. She had on a long, flowing, baby blue dress with diamonds scattered at her bustline. She then saw Diamond walk into the room. "You pervert!" she screamed. "You changed my clothes, you monstrosity!"
Diamond laughed. "I do have certain powers, you know. I'm not like that." He snapped his fingers and Serena was back in her street clothes. He snapped again and she was wearing her Sailor Moon outfit. He snapped once more and she was back in her dress. "See?" He looked at the dress she was in. "That one's my favorite."
Serena frowned. "Then get it off of me."
Diamond smirked. "Do you really want me to do that?" he asked, advancing a few steps.
Serena fervently shook her head. "No, never mind," she mumbled.
Diamond sat down at the edge of the over-sized couch that Serena was on. "Now I want you to know that, now that you're here that is, don't bother trying to escape. The only way out is through portals that only my family and I can create. And if you do try to escape, and get killed, it's not my fault." He paused and took a sip of the wine that he held in his hand. "You have free reign of every room here, except the doors that are locked. Those certain doors will always be locked, so don't bother trying to break them down." He stopped, wondering if he forgot anything. "Oh, and your crystal doesn't work here. Nor does your scepter. So don't even try."
Serena was devastated as she looked at her crystal and saw that it didn't have the beautiful glow that it had on Earth. Tears came to her eyes. "I hate you," she said quietly.
Diamond stood up. "You won't," he said. He left her in the room, all by herself.
"If I can't use my weapons, give me something so that I don't feel vulnerable!" she screamed.
Diamond turned before he shut the door. "I won't let anything happen to you." With that, he shut the door.
Serena screamed in frustration and picked up what looked to be an expensive glass figurine. She was about to throw it at the door when she realized that it was a figurine of her as Sailor Moon. Oh dear, she thought, what is he, obsessed?
Carefully, she put the figurine down. "Well," she said to herself, "if I've got free reign of this place and I can't get out, I might as well make the best of it." She started getting herself familiarized with the room, but kept tripping over small footstools and catches in the carpet. She sighed, looking down at her dress, and then looked into the nothingness of the ceiling. "Can't I have something more manageable than this dress?"
Amazingly enough, the long blue dress turned into Serena's Sailor Moon outfit. Serena looked down. "Now this is more like it." She opened the door and stepped into the hallway. She marveled at the candelabras that were attached to the walls and the oriental carpets on the perfect wood floors. The walls were made of stone, and she suddenly wished she had the dress back on. She would have felt more fit into the scenes around her.
Soon enough, Serena heard voices coming from a room to her right. She turned the doorknob and was surprised to see that the door wasn't locked. She opened the door and saw Diamond talking to one of his cohorts, who looked a lot like Darien. "Sapphire, we don't have time for this," Diamond said angrily. He turned to the door and smiled. "Ah, Serena, you've decided to see the castle?"
"C-castle?" she stuttered. "I didn't know this was a castle."
Sapphire smiled. "Would anything less be fit for a prince, Your Majesty?" he asked.
Serena shook her head. "No, I don't know why I didn't see it wasn't a castle."
"Maybe because you've always pictured a peaceful castle," Diamond said. He smiled. "Like yours," he added coolly.
~*~ ~*~
EARTH
"Ami, can you work any faster?" Darien urged.
"Look Darien," Ami said angrily, "we're all working as fast as we can, why don't you do something other than sit there!"
"I'm not just sitting here!" he yelled back.
Lita jumped in. "Guys, calm down. Come on, we're all on edge right now. We've got to stay together and work as hard as we can."
Everyone nodded.
~*~ ~*~
NEMESIS
"I'm cold, hungry, and lost," Serena complained to herself. She shivered. "I never thought I'd hear myself say this..." she mumbled. She sighed, remembering Diamond's words from dinner that evening: If you ever need anything at all, no matter where you are, say my name and I'll find you. Serena sighed angrily. "I won't do it, I won't do it, I won't do it." She paused. "Diamond!" she called.
Diamond showed up three seconds later. "You rang?" he asked.
"I'm lost," Serena admitted. "I'm hungry, I'm cold, and I'm wet."
Diamond looked Serena up and down. "Take no offense to my question, but how did you get wet?"
Serena sighed. "The fountain in the main room broke."
"Again!" Diamond exclaimed. "Sorry, we've been having trouble with it." He snapped his fingers and Serena was in the long blue dress again. "Like I said, it's my favorite."
Serena shrugged. "It's dry," she said. "That's good."
"Give me your hand," Diamond said.
"What!"
Diamond laughed. "I won't do anything. Just give me your hand."
Serena hesitated. Oh, well, she thought, he could have killed me earlier. She extended her hand.
Diamond pulled a small, circular object out of his cape and gave it to Serena. "This is a map of the castle," he said. "The red rooms are the ones that are locked. This little pink dot is you, the white one's me, the blue one is my brother Sapphire. Visitors, should there be any, appear in black. Now watch out, because if you press the red button, the picture goes three dimensional and uses arrows to point to where the closest unlocked room is." He paused for a moment and studied the map. He pointed to a large room that was down the hall from Serena's. "Although that room is unlocked, please don't enter without knocking."
"Why not?" Serena asked, even though she pretty much knew the answer.
"Because that's my room," he answered.
"About rooms," Serena said, as she and Diamond started to walk through the halls. "Do you think mine could look a little more cheerful? So that I'm not so depressed."
Diamond was taken aback by the suggestion. "Of course. But I find it a little hard to take in that you're adjusting so easily."
Serena shrugged. "Well, I figure that I'm stuck here no matter what. I might as well make the best of it."
Diamond nodded. "That's actually a good attitude," he said. "I figured that, by now, you would have tried every possible way to kill me." He stopped in front of a room.
"But then I couldn't get out," she pointed out. "I wouldn't be able to get home."
She saw Diamond stiffen. "Yes, of course," he answered shortly. He opened the door to the room. "Your room," he said simply, letting her into her already redone room. He lingered at the door for a moment. "I hope you like it. Please meet for breakfast tomorrow morning." He shut the door and walked away.
Serena looked at the door for a moment in confusion. "Oh no," she moaned. "I shouldn't feel bad for this, but I hurt his feelings!" She looked around the room and gasped. It was just like her room at home! She opened the doors and saw even the clothes in her closets just like at home. The only difference was that her room was clean. Sparkling clean. She was surprised to see that even her pictures of Darien were still there.
Tears welled up in Serena's eyes as she looked around the room. She took out the map of the castle and located Diamond's room. She thought for a moment and then smiled. She threw the map on the bed. It's always nice to thank someone, she thought, but I should wait until later, when he's not as hurt.
~*~ ~*~
EARTH
Darien sat alone in his apartment, gazing at one of his pictures of Serena. He groaned. Why did I let it happen? he thought. I let Diamond take her. He set down the picture and walked into his bathroom to splash cold water on his face. "Serena," he mumbled, "I love you, too." A single tear dropped into his sink.
~*~ ~*~
NEMESIS
Serena looked at the map and realized that Diamond had been in the same spot in his room for over an hour. She decided that she could now go in. And of course snoop around a little...
She picked up the map and headed towards his room. She opened the door quietly, setting aside the fact that she was supposed to knock.
Oh great, Diamond thought, she's already setting aside my one simple request. Is it so hard to knock on my door?
Serena shut the door quietly and looked around the room. She drew in a short breath. It was just a plain, simple, normal room that any person would have. It was no more intricate than hers, with a table and chairs, a dresser with a mirror, a bed, a bedside stand with a lamp and a picture of her, and a walk-in closet. She was amazed at the simplicity of the room. And even more amazed that there was a picture of her on his bedside table. Not Sailor Moon. Not Neo-Queen Serenity. Just a picture of normal Serena, with her jeans and a tee shirt on, smiling at the photographer.
She began to scan the room for something suspicious, interesting, or abnormal, but couldn't find anything. No evil wands or swords, no capes or crowns, no staff with a crystal ball on it, no throne. Just a normal bedroom. She walked over to the bedside table and picked up the picture. Just this one picture of me? she thought. I'd think he had a collection or something.
All of a sudden, Diamond rolled over. "Do you enjoy looking at your own picture?" he asked, amused.
Serena jumped and set the picture back down. "I ... no, I was, umm..."
"Snooping?" he suggested.
"No, no, no," she said. "Being inquisitive."
Diamond laughed. "Snooping," he said. "Have a seat." He pointed to a chair and it floated across the room for Serena to sit on.
Serena looked hesitantly at the chair.
"Don't you think that if I wanted to do something to you, I would have already?" Diamond asked.
Serena took this into thought and sat down.
Diamond smiled. "Oh, so you're not afraid of me anymore?"
"I was never afraid of you," Serena said defiantly. "I just didn't like you?"
"Didn't? As in past-tense?"
Serena actually giggled. "Believe it or not, as in past-tense," she said softly. "You're not like a bad guy's supposed to be."
Diamond chuckled. "Well Serena, what's a bad guy supposed to be like?"
"Where should I start?" Serena said flatly.
"With the personality."
Serena sighed. "They're supposed to be mean and not like anyone and turn all of their friends away when they're in need. They're supposed to hate the good guys, and when they capture a good guy, they're supposed to either kill them or make their lives miserable."
Diamond nodded. "I see," he said seriously, although he thought that this whole 'good guy' 'bad guy' thing was a big joke. "What about physicality?"
"Well," Serena said thoughtfully, chewing on her thumbnail. "They're ugly and have bad teeth and ungroomed hair. The hair is a must, by the way. And they've gotta have a really deep voice," she said, imitating a deep voice, then giggling about it.
Diamond laughed and lowered the pitch of his voice. "Like this?" he imitated.
Serena laughed. "Yeah, like that!" she exclaimed.
Diamond laughed again.
"And they've gotta be really weak so that I can beat 'em," Serena joked. "And they don't fight their own fights. No siree. They send their lower minions to do their dirty work."
"Hmm..." Diamond said thoughtfully. "Maybe I should be like that..."
"No!" Serena exclaimed, although she caught his joke. "You're fine the way you are." She regretted the words as soon as they were out of her mouth.
"Okay, then, Serena," Diamond said. "Since you know so much about bad guys, what kind of things do they keep in their houses?"
"Oh, they don't have houses, they all have dark, dreary castles. And they have torture chambers and dead bodies all over the place."
"See, now, I have those. Those are the rooms you can't go in," Diamond said, a playful sparkle in his eye.
Serena giggled. "I knew it!" she exclaimed. She settled down a little bit and then cast a sideways glance at Diamonds. "What are in those rooms, anyway?"
Diamond sighed and laid back on his pillows with his arms behind his head. "The dead bodies," he answered.
"I'm serious," she complained.
"So am I!" he joked. He saw her cross her arms. "Okay, okay, you've beat it out of me," he said. "Some are treasure. Others are a few things that maybe you'll see one day. But not today. And not tomorrow." He paused, thinking. "A few are Sapphire's rooms. His bedroom and dining area." Diamond turned his head and looked at Serena. "He's not very sociable."
Serena smiled. "What's in the rooms that I might see one day?"
Diamond smiled and sat up. "You'll just have to wait, won't you?"
Serena frowned. "Now that's not fair," she said. She stood up quickly. "I'll just have to beat it out of you."
Diamond laughed as Serena threw a non-committed punch at him and he caught the punch, which threw her off balance and she landed on the bed. He let go of her fist. "Come on, Serena, you can do better than that," he teased.
Serena laughed and threw another weak punch. Neither she nor Diamond heard Sapphire walk through the door, as they were both laughing hard and wrestling weakly from all the laughter. Sapphire smiled. I've never seen Diamond laugh or smile so much, he thought. And I thought we were the 'bad guys'. He saw Diamond finally pin Serena down with his hands over her wrists and her legs blocked with his own.
"What're you going to do now, Serena?" Diamond asked.
Sapphire heard Serena laugh and walked out of the room. My, my, my. I guess my message can wait 'till tomorrow.
Serena sighed with defeat and turned her head. "I'll spit in your face!" she exclaimed jokingly. Instead, she twisted slightly and threw Diamond off of her. She, now, was pinning him. "Ha!" she said triumphantly.
Diamond smirked and moved his leg so she fell onto his chest. Their lips met lightly.
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