Written by December 7, 2000
Rated G (All of it)
Hello! This is the first fic that I have finished, but I have other
stories posted on the web on ASMR. I really hope that you all enjoy
it. PLEASE forgive all my grammatical errors. It works out that
grammar and I don't mix. Grammar JelpGJrealmpmar See what I mean?
Just to let all you know, this is a first season romance and what
I think happened with Darein's past. On with the show. Oh yeah! I
don't own Sailor Moon.
Major thanks to Lady Bulma!
Lost and Found
Prologue
The crisp afternoon air in summer made everything seem very
bright and cheery. A little boy ran through his family's garden.
It was his most favorite place to go. He loved going to the
garden at any time; during the day or during the night. As he
ran, the wind played with his ebony hair making it even untidier
than before. A clearing came to view in the center of the
garden. The sky being so baby blue, he could not resist to lay
down and watch the white clouds pass by in the clearing.
Watching the sky for so long made it impossible for him to tell
when the baby blue sky changed to a midnight blue that matched
the color of his eyes. The little boy lay in the damp grass
watching the stars when he fell asleep.
Back at the house that over looked the gardens a tall, dark
haired woman smiled. She had seen him go into the gardens, but
noticed how he had failed to return in time for dinner. The
woman, named Gaia, walked through the starlit garden. Coming to
the clearing she saw her son fast asleep in the grass.
::Flashback::
Queen Gaia walked through the royal garden. Her son had
once again neglected to come to supper. She followed the
familiar twists and turns until she saw his young form curled up
on one of the stone benches near a fountain in the garden. Queen
Gaia picked up her son and carried him back to the palace.
::End Flashback::
"Things haven't changed much since the Silver Millennium,
have they Endymion?" She asked. "I hope you remember your former
self soon." Bending down she gave her son a kiss as she carried
him back to the house. She lay in bed remembering the terrible
battle between the NegaVerse and the Moon Kingdom. She had felt
her son being murdered. It was too late by the time she had
reached the moon to save him. Her friend, Queen Serenity, was
dying because of using the Imperium Silver Crystal. Her husband
had been killed shortly before Endymion had been. She had been
left completely alone.
::Flashback::
"Gaia..." Serenity smiled weakly.
"Oh Serenity." Gaia cried.
"He saved her life. Endymion died saving her life. But..."
Silver tears formed in the dying Queen's eyes. "...she took her
life for them to be together. I have no strength to go into the
future, nor do I have the power to send you there."
"My dear friend, Serenity. I will use the Imperium Gold
Crystal to send myself there."
::End Flashback::
Gaia had not had the strength to bring her husband into the
future. She had had no memories of ever being Queen of the Earth
until something very odd had happened. Her husband had been the
only one that Gaia had been able to love. Since she could not
bring him into the future she had never been in a relationship
at all. Yet when she was twenty eight, the successful owner of
the Millennium Corporation, she had become pregnant. It had been
a very confusing time for her. Three months into the pregnancy,
all of her memories from her previous life had come flooding
back into her mind. With all of her memories restored, she knew
that Endymion was on his way. But she always felt bad for
Endymion to not have a father figure in his life. So the first
weekend in each month, he would stay with two good friends of
hers that she had known for years. They had no children of their
own and so were very glad to take care of him. It was always
said when he left. The whole mansion, and everyone that worked
there missed him when he was gone.
A few days later...
"Endymion, hurry up!" Gaia laughed as her son trudged his
suitcase to the car. His expression was eager and excited. Gaia
laughed at the way her son looked.
"Now, remember to behave for Mr. and Mrs. Chiba." Gaia
said.
"I will." He hopped into the car.
"Don't worry Gaia, he has always behaved for us!" Mrs.
Chiba said.
"If we ever had children we would want them to be exactly
like him. You are very lucky to have him Gaia." Mr. Chiba
smiled.
"Thank you. I'll see you all Sunday afternoon."
"Bye Mom!" Six year old Endymion called.
"Good-bye Gaia!" The Chibas said. Gaia leaned through the
opened car window and kissed her son goodbye. The Chibas and
Endymion drove out of sight. They were going to a little place
in North Japan that they owned.
"You're going to like it Endymion. The place where we're
going has a beautiful rose garden here."
"Neat!" Endymion said. They drove for a long time and the
car ride soothed Endymion to sleep.
"Love, we are lost." Mrs. Chiba said calmly to her husband.
"No we're not." He reassured her. Yet as they drove on, he
started to doubt himself.
"We're lost." Mrs. Chiba said a little more forcefully.
"I think you may be right." He agreed. The rode turned
sharply up. There was a new moon that night and it was hard to
see the road. The road now twisted around a sharp bend. Out of
no where a deer jumped in front of the car. Mr. Chiba slammed
onto the breaks. It did more harm than good. The car spun out of
control and fell off the cliff. Mr. and Mrs. Chiba were thrown
out the windshield of the car. Little Endymion, who had woken up
as soon as Mr. Chiba had put on the breaks, hit his head on the
seat in front of him, knocking him un-conscious.
A near-by farmer heard a lot of noise a little ways down
the road from his farm. He started up his truck. Driving down
the road he saw that there was an upside-down car.
"Dear Lord!" He cried. Slamming on the breaks he stopped
his truck and got outside. Two people were lying on the ground
near the car.
"Dear Lord!" He cried again as he felt for a pulse; both
were dead. He looked over at the car. A small hand was in view
through one of the open windows in the car. Rushing over, he
felt for a pulse; the child had one. The farmer rushed over to
his car. He opened the glove compartment looking for his cell
phone. Upon finding it he dialed for an ambulance.
Paramedics found a panicking man by the side of the road.
"Those two... are... are... dead! But, there's a child
inside the car." The paramedics rushed over. One paramedic
looked in and checked for a pulse.
"He's got one!" Gently they got Endymion out of the car. He
was put onto a stretcher and rushed to Proctor's Hospital. The
Chibas were taken to the hospital as well.
It was three days later before Endymion awoke. He looked up
to see a doctor standing above him.
"What is your name?" The doctor asked gently. Endymion
tried to say his name, but he found that he couldn't remember
who he was! Tears streaked down his face. He turned his head to
look up at the doctor.
"I-I don't...remember." He was confused and scared.
"Complete Amnesia," the doctor told the nurse, "and he has
no known relatives. We'll have to arrange for an orphanage." The
doctor said as he glanced down at the chart.
"Where are my parents?" He asked.
"I'm sorry little one, but, they died in the car crash."
'Dead?' He thought. 'No! No! This isn't fair. I don't know
who I am and my parents are dead?' He tried with all of his
might to remember. To remember anything. He couldn't picture his
parents, or where he lived, nor could he figure out what his
name is.
"Darien? Darien. Is- is that my name?" Whether it was or
not, that was what he would be called. Young Darien cried
himself to sleep.
When he awoke, another doctor was in the room.
"Sir, do you know what my last name is?" Darien asked
hopefully.
"Your parents' driver's license said Chiba. We also found a
Happy Birthday Card. We believe it was addressed to you. The
date on the back says 'To A Wonderful Six Year Old.' It was also
dated August third."
"Thank you." That took some ease off of his mind.
Miles away, his real mother was worried out of her mind...
"They were supposed to call Friday night when they got
there," Gaia cried through hysterics when the police had shown
up at her house after she had called them there. "I didn't get
an answer when I called. They w-w-were go-going to c-c-come back
ye-yes-yesterday." She cried harder through her body racking
sobs.
"Ms. Terra, is it possible that they could have kid-napped
your son by any chance?" A police officer asked.
"I don't think they would do that to me!" Gaia cried.
"Miss, did they say anything that could have indicated that
they might take Endymion, anything at all?"
Their last conversation echoed in her mind, but most
particularly what her friends had said:
'Now, remember to behave for Mr. and Mrs. Chiba.' Gaia
said.
'I will.' He hopped into the car.
'Don't worry Gaia, he has always behaved for us!' Mrs.
Chiba said.
'If we ever had children we would want them to be exactly
like him. You are very lucky to have him Gaia...
Gaia told the policemen what they had said.
"It looks like they kidnapped him."
"No!" Gaia sobbed even louder.
"We should call all of the hospitals anyways." One of the
policemen commented.
"Hello I'm Nurse Katie from the Procter Hospital how may I
help you sir?"
"Hello, I'm Officer Blay. I need to know whether you have
admitted any patients with the last name Chiba or Terra."
"We have had three patients with the last name of Chiba."
"Three?"
"Yes, two parents and their child."
"Was the child's name Endymion Terra?"
"No, it was Darien Chiba."
"Okay, thank you anyways." The officer hung up.
Darien looked around at his new "home". Faces were looking
out of many dirty windows at the new resident. He went into the
orphanage rather reluctantly. 'I can do this.' Darien reassured
himself.
"I can't do this!" Gaia cried into her pillow. It had been
two very long and difficult weeks for her. 'I have to be strong
for Endymion!' Gaia tried to reassure herself, but couldn't help
but worry over her son. How in the world could either of them
make it?
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I hoped you all liked it so far. Review below. - Jelp