Title: Attacked
Part: 10
Series: Family Ties
by
Terra DeeEarth
Typed:July 22,1999
{well that's when I started it any way}
Rated PG
For Tembo's dirty mouth.

	Disclaimer: {I own Sailor Moon!} [Terra!  It's not good to lie.  
Lying is a sin!  And if you owned Sailor Moon I would be the Queen of 
England!] {NOOO Bob is the Queen of England!} [I told you it's not good 
to lie!] {But she is and Minako is the king of stupid questions!} [I 
TOLD YOU NOT TO LIE!] {But she is and Carli is the Queen!} [*Tembo 
pulls her hair back and screams in frustration!*] {Well you can have 
France!} [*Screams again*] {And since when do I know what's a sin and 
what's not.} [*Tembo sweatdrops*] {Oh just tell them not to sue us.} 
[Please please don't anyone sue us. Tay?] {O.k!}

	PLEASE HELP US PUT OUR DISCLAIMER OUT OF ITS MISSERY.  We really 
need a new disclaimer, we'll give you all the credit for it.  Please 
send to: Terra_DeeEarth@hotmail.com

	{Hey minna! (people) Tembo gets to be the editor, but you already 
knew that didn't you}

Special Thanks to: 
	~all of you the readers (mail us)[PLEASE!]
	~as always Tembo 'the man' Foulds for being my editor and Just 
'cause  [I am not a guy!  Just so you know! :)  ]

	This part of my fic is for Sailor Catrina, whose stories I luv, 
and e-mails I like just as much!

'......' is thinking
"......" is talking {duh}
{......} these are my comments
[......] are Tembo's comments
*......* this is somthing happening
~......~ this is somthing emphasized (caps will also be used)
~*~...~*~ time or scene change

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~*~a few days later~*~

	"Darien, I'm so glad you're feeling better," Serena said as they 
walked down a deserted street hand-in-hand.

	"Yeah, well Amiee gave me a talking to." he said smiling.

	"About what?"

	'You've got to tell her sometime' he told himself.

	"The visions and dreams I've been having."

	"Dreams?" she asked, worried.

	"Don't worry, Sere, Amiee thinks I'm just getting back some of my 
childhood memories."

	"About your parents?"

	"No..."'Here goes nothin'"Probably a childhood playmate.  It's 
strange though she looks just like me... and a lot like Sailor Earth."

	"Amiee knows what she's talking about, and she always knows the 
right thing to say."

	"Serenity, prepare to die!" Ariono yelled at Serena. {I don't know 
how to describe his looks.  Think sexy.  Tembo could describe him she's 
very good at thinking ~sexy guy~.} {She says blonde with brown 
eyes}[Nice deep brown eyes you could get lost in. *Tembo makes goo-goo 
eyes*]{I told you she was good at this sorta thing}

	"Who the hell are you?" Darien yelled back.

	"Mortal, if you are wise you'll leave now and forget what you've 
seen."

	"Never! Serena run!"

	"Darien no! Not without you," she cried.

	Ariono got bored, as he frequently did in these battles he saw as 
pointless, so he created a whirlwind and sent Darien into brick wall, 
just hard enough to stun him or to seriously injure a normal human.  
Ariono hated killing if he did not have to, he was only there because 
his older sister said killing the Moon Princess was vital.  To him it 
was nothing personal.

	"Sorry to have to do that to your friend, Serenity, but you left 
me no choice."

	"Who-who are you? And who is Serenity?" Serena asked.

	"I am Ariono of the Dark Earth family, if you didn't know.  And 
you can't fool me with the dumb act, you know very well that you are 
Serenity."

	During his whole speech, Serena had been backing away from Ariono.  
She was about to run to Darien's side when he pulled his whirlwind trick 
on her, only much harder, for he didn't know that Darien wasn't a NORMAL 
human being.

	Suddenly the was an old English sheepdog in front of her growling 
like mad to protect the unconsious girl.

	Darien had almost regained full consiousness when he heard voices.

	"Leave them alone," he heard a very familiar female voice say 
calmly.

	"And why, may I ask, should I?" he heard Ariono say.

	"Because you have no right to terrorize people who have done 
nothing to deserve it."

	"She deserves it, but that's beside the point.  Who will make me?"

	"I will."

	'That sounds like Rhea,' Darien thought.

	"You, I could blow you away with just as much ease as I did the 
Princess."

	"Sure you could.  Why, I do beleive... Are you afraid to come down 
here and fight like a man?" she provoked.[All men are sissies that's why 
he isn't already down there!  I've beaten up my good share of them!]{My 
hero,! *sweatdrops*}

	"Gentlemen, don't fight ladies," Ariono said with a laugh.[Tell 
that to the guys who *tried* to beat me up!]{I said LADIES, and there 
ain't no gentle men around here, remember that guy you beat up, and the 
fact a year after you did we found out her was raping the little girl he 
babysat for}

	"You proved you're no gentleman by attacking an innocent girl, and 
we both know I'm not exactly a lady."

	"Ohhhh, I'm shaking," 'Shit, they told me she was dead, although 
she would make a very pretty ghost.  Can I really hurt her?' Ariono 
thought.

	"What are you afraid you'll lose to a girl."

	Just then Darien managed to get up and go to Katherine's side.
	
	"Kami, both of you?" Ariono questioned.

	"What are you talking about now?" Katherine said, still in a 
~ready to fight~ pose.  

	"Two against one, those aren't good odds.  I'm outie," he said 
disapearing.

	"Rhea, are you alright?" Darien asked.

	Noticing his presence for the first time, "Uhh I'm fine. Oh Kami, 
Serena!" she cried, running past Eclipse to Serena's side.

	"Princess, are you alright?" Katherine cried.

	'Princess?' Darien thought,'Princess?  Does she know? Or did she 
just hear Ariono call her that?'

	"Darien," Serena called weakly.

	"I'm right here, Serena!" he said, rushing over to her.  "How do 
you feel?"

	"Like I've been thrown into a brick wall."  She said beggining to 
smile.

	"It doesn't look like anything is broken.  Do you think you can 
get up?" Katherine asked.

	"I think so," Serena replied.  grabbing both Darien and Katherine 
by the arm, she managed to pull herself up.

	"Katherine put her arm around behind Serena's back to help support 
her weight.  "By the Guardians, Princess, do you attract this much 
trouble when I'm not in town?"

	"Ususally I can manage by myself or with a couple friends.  It's 
just lately you've fallen back into your old role as my protector.  Oh 
Rhea, I want you to meet Darien, my boyfriend."
	
	Darien smiles and says, "We've met. *to Katherine* We really 
should try to get together, without something odd happening."

	"We could try, but it's hightly unlikely.  After all you're going 
out with my little sister, but I guess her father is protective enough 
of her in those respects." She clapped him on the back with her free 
hand and said, "Welcome to a world of amazing things.  With Serena 
around, nothing is EVER boring!"[No kidding?]{Yeah and you think I'M 
blonde}

	"Rhea, that's not fair!" Serena whined.

	"You should have at least let someone know where you were gonna 
be." Katherine lectured. 'She must know she's the Moon Princess NOW'

	"Like, I'm going to tell my dad, that I'll be walking down a 
deserted street with Darien! He'd go balistic."

	"What about your friends?  Your mother called them to find out 
where you were, not one knew!"

	"Sorry, I didn't think it would be that big of a deal." Serena 
said looking like she would burst into tears.[NOT THE WATERWORKS!]

	"Oh, Princess! I'm not trying to make you cry," Katherine said, 
"but this is the second time I've come to your rescue, since I got back 
here."

	"Second time?" Darien questioned. "When was the first?"

	"Mina and I were walking in the park and a bunch of guys jumped 
us." Serena said sheepishly.  "Why was Mom looking for me anyway?"

	"Her and your dad had to go out of town to fill in for a colege of 
his.  They said they should be back in a about a week."

	"Alright, I'm in charge of Sammy for a week," Serena cheered, 
forgetting about what happened.

	"Wrong, Sammy's staying with a friend and I'm in charge."

	"Does this mean I'm allowed in the yard for a week?" Darien joked.

	A bark came from behind them.

	"Oh sorry 'Clipse I didn't even see you there," Darien said as he 
bent down, leaving Katherine to support Serena for a moment, to scratch 
Eclipse along the neck.

	Serena thought, 'that's odd he would never let me call him 
~'Clipse~ without growling or snapping at me.'

	Katherine smiled sadly. 'Poor Darien, it's really gonna hit him 
hard when she finds her Prince.' The seed of a question was then planted 
into her brain.

	"Rhea is somthing wrong?" Darien asked notincing the down 
expression on her usually cheery face.

	"Nothin' really, I'm just bein' a space case.  Come on let's get 
Serena home and cleaned up.  Her parents had to leave imidiately so 
you're safe," Katherine said. Then as her blue and green eyes glinted 
mischeiviously, she added, "provided you don't try anything."

	"I wouldn't dream of it," he replied smiling.

	"'Clipse come on time to go," Katherine giggled.  Eclipse had been 
growling at a cat, something he usually did not do.

	"Serena," Darien asked, "isn't that Luna?"

	"Ohh..." She began attempting to go get Luna, while forgetting 
that Katherine was the only thing keeping her from sinking to the 
pavement.  They both landed it with a thud.

	"Are you two OK?" Darien asked.

	"Yeah," Katherine said, with a smile, giving her dog the eye.

	"I think so," groaned Serena.

	'She hasn't changed a bit! Katherine was right, Gods that Earth 
child can be annoying!' Eclipse thought, 'She'll never let me forget it 
now.'

	Katherine stood up replaced her backpack on her shoulders, clipped 
a leash to Eclipse's collar, then began to help Serena up.  When Serena 
was finally upright, she realized she could barely hold herself that way 
and she had been hit much harder than Darien.

	"Here Princess, put your arm around my shoulders and lean on me." 
Katherine ordered.

	Darien looked at her strangely. Katherine assumed this was because 
of what she had told Serena to do, but that was only part of the reason.

	"It's so most of her weight will be on me without it putting much 
strain on me.  Besides people would ask questions if I just picked her 
up and carried her."

	Darien just nodded.

	"Darien, could you please carry Luna for me?" Serena asked.

	"Sure," he said, going over to where Luna was.  "It'll make me 
useful."

	"Darien, I'm sorry.  I didn't mean to make you feel useless or 
out-of-place.  It's just... 'Well I can tell him part of the truth!' 
She's always gotten into scrapes and I've always tried to be there for 
her.  Things have just been this way forever."

	"You mean you've always saved Serena from creeps in the park, or 
on back roads?"

	They began walking, Eclipse thought Darien looked like he needed 
responsibility, so he brought Darien the end of his leash.  This gesture 
did not go unnotised by Katherine.

	"Yes, creeps, bullies and monsters.  Whenever I'm around."

	"Monsters?" he questioned.

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{Well send questions, comments, suggestions and flames to:  
Terra_DeeEarth@homail.com

Wow a cliffhangar.  Me?  Ya I know that you hate them and I probably 
hate them even more.  Some of the other authours have probably recieved 
harassing e-mail from me telling them not to make cliffhangars.  I can 
just hear someone saying "Practice what you preach", probly Bob, not 
Tembo though, Tembo's as bad as I am.  She's  a perfectionist and she 
tells me not to obsess over little things (which I don't)}

	[YOU!  LIEING AGAIN I SEE TERRA!  I am NOT a perfectionist.  You 
obsess about the colors you paint my pictures with!  Me a perfectionist? 
HA!]

	[I'm BAAAAACCCCCCK!  Send us comments and other such things like 
my story sucks and Terra's is great, to Terra or ME at 
Tembo_rules@hotmail.com  Send us something PLEASE!  Well Gotta go edit 
anouther story byeeeee luv Tembo.]

	{Her stories don't suc and if I find out that any meanie has been 
sending her e-mails that say they are they'll catch it from me!  Yes I 
happen to be very protective over my other half.  She's the one who's 
quitting writing just 'cause she ain't gettin' any encouragement from 
her readers, she says that if people read her story, people would mail 
her!  Ha ha ha, I've had all of six people (I think it has just climbed 
that high) write me and I still write!  Not to mention the only support 
that I have here at home is her!  

	Yes the ranting shall stop. My addy is still: 
Terra_DeeEarth@hotmail.com if anyones interested.

	Luv yas bubyee}