Wow, hey reader(s)! This is the Revolutionary here, with my first real Sailor Moon fanfiction. Lessons in Life is my first Sailor Moon fanfiction in a while, ad the first ever put up on Normally I write and red Yu-Gi-Oh- the story Like the Rain is currently under revision. Lessons in Life is dedicated to Fai-chan, better known to the rest of the world as EightofSwords, and Nan-Chan, or Jade Eye. Of you like Sailor Moon humor, you have to check out Swordss story Subject to Change, although all of her fictions are more than amazing. For those of you that are Subject to Change regulars (Meg-of-the-Moon, Serenity-Hime, and others), please understand that 1) I am not as good of a writer as EightofSwords and 2) this is more romance that humor… anyway, this IS a SerenaXDarien, although it may seem different at first. Oh, and by the way, some names I use the Japanese, and some the English. Just get used to it, because I like it . Okay, enough blabber, on with the story.

Disclaimer: reads off teleprompter I… do not… own… Sailor Moon… What?

Lessons in Life

Chapter One- An Old Married Couple…?

"FREE-E-E-DOM!"

A drawn out shriek echoed down the halls as students began to pour out of the classrooms and into them. A couple of students turned to look behind, but most already knew where the cry came from.

"Outta my way guys!" came another yell, and the students of Crossroads High School all shifted as a set of blonde pigtails streaked through the crowd. Behind the golden streamers came a girl, walking at a slower pace and carrying her bag, occasionally waving or smiling as she passed by a cute upperclassman. A dark haired boy rounded the corner, as the pigtails came speeding towards him. The girl behind started to count…

"Three…"

The boy turned around to wave to a friend.

"Two…"

The pigtails were nearing a pile of books carelessly left on the floor (AN: poor books!)

"One…"

Suddenly, the pigtails flew up, and then disappeared beneath the head line of the snickering students. Two heavy thumps followed, and crash of random school supplies falling against worn linoleum.

"ONDANGO!"

"SHEILDS!"

"YOU ARE SO DEAD!" they both screamed.

"Me? What did I do?" the boy stood up, impulsively running a hand through his midnight black hair. He was tall, and loomed above the small figure that was still sprawled out on the floor," You're the one that decided ram into my body!"

The girl with long, blonde pigtails looked up at him, indignant. Her sapphire blue eyes flashed, and she put her fists in her hips, ready for a fight.

"You were in the one that was in the way, you should have been watching where you were walking rather than socializing! Isn't that right you guys?"

No answer.

"You…guys?"

She looked around, only to find the hall devoid of all people but herself, the boy in front of her, and the girl that had been behind her, who was now slowly approaching.

"Lita!" the blonde yelled," Thank goodness you're here! Ya see, this bozo here just ran into me and is now trying to make it all my fault, when really he was the one that ran into me because he was to occupied fraternizing with his-"

"Whoa, Odango Atama," the boy sneered," fraternizing? I didn't think that word was even in your vocabulary! Then again, your vocabulary mainly consists of the words "must" and "eat"."

A bark of laughter suddenly interrupted their arguing, and they both turned to the Lita, who was now half in the ground, clutching her stomach as she tried to keep the giggles down.

"H-honestly Serena- HA! You t-HA two act just like- HA HA HA- an- an old married couple!"

"WE DO NOT!"

The two turned glare at each other as the other girl launched into another fit of laughter. Everyone at school, no matter what grade, knew the Devious Duo- Serena "Trip" Tsukino and Darien (I'm-Too-Sexy-For-My-Green-Jacket) Shields. They were bitter enemies, and whenever those two happened to meet, the only thing that came of it was trouble- and maybe some broken bones, depending on if Serena was extra clumsy that day. Serena was a freshman, and Darien a junior, but neither age difference nor gender seemed to affect their spats.

"Yes… yes you do!" Lita was now on her knees, tears streaming down her face.

The two stared at her, quarrel temporarily forgotten.

"Really Kino-san, it's not that funny..." Darien said, confused.

Suddenly, the girl stood up from the ground, now standing a few inches above Darien. She flashed him a goofy grin, and then helped Serena up from the dirty school floor.

"I know," Lita said simply, now completely calm.

The two girls began to walk down the hall – well, half- walk, half-drag, as Lita was forced to pull Serena away from Darien who was still trying to continue the insult-a-thon.

"Great, not only are you a clumsy airhead," Darien called down the hall," but you're friend is psycho!"

Lita just laughed maniacally, before turning back and kneeing Darien where-it-hurts. She flashed him another grin, and then left him crouching in the hall in pain.

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"Wow, so you actually kneed him, Lita?" Rei asked, incredulous.

Serena nodded, causing her pigtails to bob up and down happily," Yea, she did, and it was so cool!"

Ami looked up from the book she was currently reading, to face her enthusiastic friend. Her reading glasses were balanced precariously on the tip of her nose, which only added to her more-than-genius look, which was good, seeing as she was. She cleared her throat, although she had had everyone's attention from the moment she had set down her book.

"Lita, I don't think that you should have done that. I've heard that that specific action…can well…hurt. I just don't think that your actions were justified."

"No way Ami!" Serena exclaimed, her eyes wide," Darien totally deserved every molecule of pain, he's such a jerk!"

"But even still-"Ami said, but was cut off by Rei.

"What exactly does this Darien Shields guy look like?"

Rei sat down at the table, a serious look plastered on her face. The table was covered in a stack of books, from manga to text, and various food items, courtesy of Lita's kitchen.

"Well…" Ami said, biting the eraser of her pencil in calm thought," um… he's in my Organic Chem., Trigonometry, and European History classes, he wants to go to college in America… he's one of the top in his class even though-"

"Ami, I was asking for a physical description, not an educational record."

The bluenette (RR: there we go Fai-chan!) blushed crimson as Lita filled in the gaps.

"He's tall, about my height, with midnight black hair and these dreamy dark eyes. Darien's on the track team and in the kendo club too. He's um… 17, junior. Oh, and like Ami mentioned, he's really smart. But let me tell you Rei, he is a real hottie!"

Serena spat out the fried dough (Yummy, huh Fai?) that she had half chewed, it landed on one of the pages of Ami's open book.

"WHA? LITA, ARE YOU CRAAAZZZYYY? Darien Shields is THE BIGGEST JERK in the WORLD!" Serena yelled, her face turning redder with each word in anger.

"Well, I didn't say he was a nice guy," Lita said," I mean, I did knee him an' all"

Rei shrugged, and then put a finger to her chin.

"I dunno. He sounds interesting."

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"Wow, so she actually kneed you Darien?"

Darien nodded, and sighed. He was at the arcade, talking to his best friend, Motoki, who ran the café part of it.

"Poor guy," Motoki said, while wiping of the countertop for the eighth time that past hour (RR: he does that a lot in ff.)," I know Lita pretty well, she's one tough chick. You shouldn't have provoked her like that."

"I know," Darien replied, dropping his head down and holding it in his hands," But there's just something about her- and all her friends, that jus stands to be provoked. Especially Serena – she's the reason Lita was there at all. I don't know Motoki… there's just something different about all of them… different from you and me."

"Um, maybe the fact that they're girls?" Motoki said, with a laugh. Darien looked up at his friend, but didn't reply. Motkoi finished wiping the counter and then came around and sat on the stool next to his friend. "You know, you really need a girlfriend."

Darien shot up, and looked at his friend like he had suddenly turned into a tortoise," What? Are you crazy? You know I don't have any time for a girlfriend! And besides, all of the girls I've met are deranged!"

"Oh yea, you don't have any time because you're too busy what… studying? Sulking in your apartment? Darien, seriously, I worry sometimes. You don't go out at all,

you don't have a social life outside of school, you don't have a girlfriend- nothing. I mean yea, school is important, but so is the real world!" Motoki stared at his friend, eyes flashing in a mixture of worry and anger.

Darien's temper flared at his friend's words, but he kept his voice calm," Motoki, you just don't understand. I just don't have the time to socialize a lot. I have a lot of school work that keeps me busy." Not to mention the fact that my night job consists of running around town in a tuxedo, throwing roses, and saving the prettiest super hero in the world. Sailor Moon…

Voila, j'ai fini! And for those who don't speak French this is the end. It's over. This is the point of no return. Well, at least until the next chapter. I'll continue if I get some reviews. Please, don't send me any flames, otherwise my paper heart will bleed… well, burn I guess, but anyway, don't. But please, feel free to constructively comment! Ok, that's all, see ya next chapter!

Oh, yea. about the lines… I'm not smart enough how to get a line to actually work on FF, so I just used a line of "lines". Well, that and the whole concept is amusing to me. Anyway, I have Microsoft word, and if anyone out there can tell me how to get a normal line to work, I would be eternally grateful!

Okies, peace out,

RR