Oh, Baby! 
Part 2 of 2 
Author: ChibiCori 
E-mail: kamikaze_bunny_eater@yahoo.com
website: www.chibiicori.virtue.nu
Rating: PG 

Disclaimer: I'm feeling the pressure to make this disclaimer
entertaining.  I mean, I'm usually pretty good at being humorous 
for disclaimers, but right now, I feel off.  So I'm going to 
try.  
*Ahem* ::Cori stares blankly at readers:: Uhhh, yeah.  I don't 
own it.  Wait, can I try that again? 

This is the second part to Oh, Baby!  So ya'll can stop bugging 
me, about this fic at least. 

Oh, Baby! Part 2 
 
Darien sighed gratefully as he sat on one of the benches that 
littered the park's walkways.  He had never been so tired in his 
life. 
Every bone ached, every muscle screamed for release.  He tried 
his hardest to not look as tired as he felt, but the dark circles 
under his eyes and his slouching posture gave him away. 
 
That morning- make that, early morning.  No, EARLY, morning- had 
been an ominous foreshadowing of the disaster Serena's degression 
into babyhood would actually be.  She had decided to wake up from 
deep sleep at three in the morning, and being the butterfly she 
was, refused to be alone.  

Needless to say, Darien was reacquainted with his favorite 
episodes of I Love Lucy.  When Serena finally settled back into 
dreamland around six, Darien noted bitterly that the sun was now 
pouring happily into his apartment.  Grumbling, Darien threw his 
comforter over his head and attempted sleep.  

And when I write attempt, I mean it, because at 7:15, Serena 
decided she had had enough sleep for the night. 
 
At the first cry, Darien told himself he was just hearing things, 
she couldn't possibly be up again.  All babies do is eat, sleep 
and cry, right?  At the second lusty wail, Darien groggily noted 
that the latter seemed to be very true in Serena's case. 
 
Darien soundly cursed the names of all the senshi as he 
reluctantly got out of his bed and picked Serena up out of her 
makeshift crib.  She gurgled brightly at her perch on Darien's 
hip as he crossly threw a pre-prepared bottle into his microwave.  
Plopping her onto the counter, he crossed his arms on the cool, 
tile top and rested his forehead on his forearms.  Letting out a 
long, whooshing breath, Darien listened as the microwave hummed 
in the background. 
 
Serena's tiny fingers threading through his hair brought his head 
back up and she looked at him with the most adorable expression.  
Darien found himself immediately forgiving her need to be up at 
ungodly hours. 
 
"How is it you can be awake so early as a baby when you do 
nothing but sleep all Sunday morning as a teenager?" Darien asked 
lightly, not expecting any answer. 
 
But he got one, sort of.  Serena giggled and crossed her eyes, 
then patted his cheeks with smooth palms, as if apologizing for 
the inconvenience.  

Darien stared at her for a moment, searching clear blue eyes for 
any sign of deviance, but saw only innocence and the little 
mischief that had always been there. 
 
After she was fed, the morning became a blur.  One minute, he was 
rushing to keep her from harm's way, then the next he was rushing 
to keep his things out of harm's way.  The vicious circle of 
diaper changing, feeding, burping, holding and then changing 
again began to make him see double.  

Darien was nearly pulling his hair out and he had never said the 
word, "No" so many times in his life.  Having a baby was a lot of 
work, but a baby Serena would scare even Godzilla. 
 
The vision of a 50-foot baby Serena crawling through the streets 
of Tokyo, drooling on cars, teething on policemen and probably in 
desperate need of a change filled Darien's head.  Fighting a 
shiver, Darien came back to his senses just in time to save a 
vase from falling on Serena, which she had caused by bumping into 
his bookshelf. 
 
Around the fifth time she bumped into something, causing 
countless items to plummet to their doom, Darien decided it was 
time to go.  
Anywhere, he didn't care, as long as baby Serena couldn't 
demolish his apartment.  Darien found himself missing the old 
Serena immensely.  Not that she never bumped stuff, but at least 
he could make out with the old Serena.  That and he missed her 
voice, and her laugh, and how she did her hair, and how she felt 
with her arms wrapped loosely around his waist, and her wacky 
antics and....damn, he suddenly felt very lonely. 
 
Darien tried force the feeling relief down as he strapped Serena 
into her stroller, but it rushed over him all the same as he 
buckled the last buckle.  She was bound into the thing, somewhat 
resembling an astronaut at launch.  There would be no problems in 
Houston, as long as he kept her in it.  Darien sighed as he 
realized that he would have to take her out eventually.  Stupid 
common sense, who needs ya? 
 
Darien's ease was short-lived however.  The moment he had stepped 
out onto the street, pushing the stroller with a bubbly Serena in 
it he felt dread grip his heart again.  What did people always 
say, something along the lines of "Good looking men with babies 
or puppies?" 
 
He warily noted that more women then usual were eyeing him.  You 
know, the old "Look at that fine piece of meat" look.  Throw in a 
sensitive between the "fine" and the "piece" and you have the 
exact look many single, young women in Tokyo were giving Darien 
that morning.  It didn't help that Serena looked like a little 
darling, staring in wide-eyed curiosity about her. 
 
A good-looking guy and an adorable baby, he was screwed.  The 
inevitable happened a few moments later when Serena suddenly 
burst into wanting, baby noises.  Darien frowned as he noticed 
that her attention was completely absorbed, her hands reaching 
out and her mouth pulled into a little pucker.  'If she is 
checking out some 5-year-old kid, I'm gonna-' 
 
But when Darien's gaze followed Serena's, he instantly halted his 
dark thought.  It was not some kindergarten-Romeo she was so 
excited about, but a couple buying ice cream from a street 
vendor. 
 
"Is that what you want?  Same old Serena." Darien laughed as he 
lowered himself to rest on his haunches, smiling widely at the 
baby in front of him, "Sorry, but I think you're a bit too young 
for that right now." 
 
Serena absent-mindedly wrapped her tiny fingers around Darien's 
index finger, then pointed her own finger at the vendor and began 
to talk to him, which had it been understandable would have been 
along the lines of "pwetty, pwetty pwease with a cheewy on top?" 
 
Darien sighed as he accepted she was going to be as persistent as 
ever. "No Serena, you can't have any ice cream.  You are too 
little.  Just wait a couple of days when you are-" 
 
"What difference would a couple days make?" a strange voice, an 
extremely female voice, asked from behind him. 
 
Darien froze, like if he kept very still and very quiet, the 
extremely female voice would just go away.  But when the voice 
cleared her throat delicately, Darien reluctantly turned on his 
toes and looked up at the voice.  As he feared, the extremely 
female voice had a very female form.  She was attractive with 
short blond hair and green eyes.  Unfortunately, those green eyes 
had that "meat" look in them. 
 
Darien fought a sigh as he slowly straightened.  He hesitantly 
thought that he would have found this young woman cute, and 
probably would have asked her out on a date.  He also noted 
dryly, that he would have lost interest in the young woman in 
about two days.  Of course, that was all before he found his 
soulmate in a certain meatball adorned girl.  She held his heart 
and his somewhat short attention span like no other woman ever 
would. 
 
Speaking of the Mini-Meatball Head, he didn't like the look she 
was giving the young woman.  He'd seen it many a time on Serena 
when other women attempted to hit on him.  Funny thing was, it 
was no less menacing on the now cherubic face.  Her expression 
was completely blank, her face not decieving a single emotion to 
him or the woman.  Everything was in her eyes, which sparked and 
flamed with a mix of all sorts of feelings.  And none of them 
good.  When Serena got THAT look, Darien always knew that trouble 
was never far behind. 
 
"Well?" The young woman asked again, tucking a stray blond petal 
behind her ear-rather flirtatiously too. 
 
Darien racked his brain for an excuse, but due to his lack of 
sleep, his brain wasn't working at its best, "Ummmm-" 
 
"I mean, why wait a couple of days when she can have some right 
now?" she offered quickly, not wanting to scare off the fine, 
sensitive piece of meat in front of her. 
 
Darien smiled slightly, noticing that that LOOK of Serena's was 
getting more violent by the moment, "Errr, she is really too 
young for it." 
 
The woman's laughter ringed out into the street, causing several 
people to turn and stare.  Darien put a hand behind his head and 
blushed bright red.  He hated making a spectacle of himself, 
though he was getting more used to it with Serena and Rini 
constantly pulling him around town. 
 
When she was finished, she waved her hand in dismissal, "Don't be 
silly.  No one is ever to young for ice cream!" 
 
'Darn, she didn't take the hint.' Darien thought sourly,'Then 
again, it was a kind of vague hint.'  

"She is too young to hold the cone." Darien stated matter-of-
factly, hen took his place behind the stroller, ready to push it 
as quickly as humanly possible, away. 
 
But the young lady refused to be, uhhh, refused, "I'm sure you 
can get it in a bowl, if you ask nicely."  

Darien nearly shuddered at the sweet and flirty tone the "if you 
ask nicely" was in, then quickly added, "Well, I'm not a very 
nice person.  It's a hopeless cause." 
 
The woman laughed, again, "Tell you what, I'll ask him for you.  
I am VERY nice.  I'll even pay for it too." 

'Shoot!  Go away!' 
 
"Oh no, I couldn't.  I don't know you well enou-" 
 
"My name is Vicki, I am a Capricorn and I looooove walks in the 
park!" 
 
"gh" Darien blinked as he realized she had just divulged all that 
information before he had even finished the word. 
 
Vicki smiled and tossed him a stomach-turning sweet look before 
jogging over to the vendor.  The corner of Darien's mouth quirked 
up for a moment and then he just shook his head.  It was 
hopeless; he was cursed to be a boy toy for the rest of his life. 
 
Serena's displeasured grunt brought his attention back down to 
her curly head.  She was still looking darkly at Vicki, who was 
now animatedly ordering ice cream.  She then looked up at Darien 
with a, dare he say, cross look on her face? 
 
"Now Serena, you wanted ice cream and now you're getting it.  You 
can't complain about that." Darien scolded, then grinned 
crookedly as he smoothed a hand over unruly, golden curls, "Why 
do I keep talking to you like your 15?" 
 
Serena's mood suddenly shifted and she was happy and bouncy 
again.  She tugged at the end of Darien's jacket and cooed a soft 
little song to him, finding entertainment in the fabric that only 
babies can find.  She then stretched her arms out to him, 
wiggling little fingers at him in want and her mouth wordlessly 
begging him to pick her up. 
 
Darien couldn't resist the adorable invitation and unbuckled her.  
Lifting her to sit on his hip, he nuzzled her nose gently with 
his.  In return, he got a razberry on his cheek.  Darien smiled 
and held Serena closer, enjoying the feel of being her sole means 
of protection for the moment.  For the first time that morning, 
he was enjoying baby Serena's company. 
 
An attention-grabbing cough broke the sweet scene Darien and his 
little angel made.  

He turned to see Vicki standing behind him, giving him a thorough 
once over.  Darien fought the urge to stare coldly at her and 
nodded a head towards the cones and bowl in her hands, "So they 
do serve in bowls huh?" 
 
"Oh!" Vicki started, instantly bringing her eyes back to his, at 
least showing a bit of embarrassment, "Yeah.  I took a wild guess 
and got her chocolate." 
 
"Good guess." Darien muttered, not really interested in 
conversation. 
 
"Thanks!  And I hope you don't mind, but I got you one too." 
Vicki held a cone of vanilla out to him. 
 
Darien shook his head, "I'm not a big ice cream fan." but did 
reach out for the bowl so he could get something out of this 
whole nightmare.  But Serena interrupted the transaction by 
leaning away from him and reaching out for Vicki.  Darien stared 
in wonder as Vicki squealed in delight. 
 
"Ooooh!  She wants me to hold her! Can I?" 
 
Serena made it quite clear that she wouldn't take no for an 
answer and Darien mumbled an affirmative response as he passed 
his tiny girlfriend to the enemy.  Serena looked up at Vicki and 
smiled brightly, batting her blue eyes at her. 
 
"I think she likes me!" Vicki breathed, looking at Darien with 
much meaning, "Is she yours?" 
 
"Uhhh, no.  I'm just babysitting." Darien said as he eyed Serena 
warily. 
 
"How sweet.  She is just so cute!" Vicki said in baby talk as she 
pressed her forehead to Serena's.  Serena backed her forehead 
away and turned her attention to the ice cream cone in Vicki's 
other hand, melting in the early afternoon sun. 
 
"Do you babysit a lot?" Vicki asked, turning her full and 
complete attention to him. 
 
"You can say that." Darien answered, Vicki's sudden new attitude 
slowly taking his thoughts from Serena's odd behavior. 
 
"I bet you'll be a great daddy." Vicki cooed- literally cooed. 
 
Panic swelled inside him as Vicki began to advance on him, her 
words laced with an obvious meaning, "Uhhh, yeah.  People tell me 
that all the time." 
 
"Of course, you'll have to be married before you can have a 
baby." Vicki purred - literally purred - "Then again, marriage 
isn't an automatic prerequisite, is it?" 
 
Darien swallowed nervously, taking a step backward to each of her 
steps forward.  His rump finally hit a tree trunk and he suddenly 
felt very trapped, like a fine, but sensitive, piece of meat.  
Sparing a glance around, he saw no means of escape and he prayed 
silently to any god that would listen.  'Please God, if you will 
just get me out of this, I won't bother Serena about her poor 
grades for a week, no, a month!' 
 
They seemed to go unanswered as Vicki began to close in for the 
kill "How would you like to-" 
 
Darien watched in awe as Vicki's smooth face suddenly twisted 
into one of shock and she began to screech.  Darien quickly 
grabbed Serena away from her before she dropped her, but the baby 
seemed to be enjoying the show immensely.  

Vicki flailed around for a few moments before grabbing her shirt 
and untucking it from her shorts.  A scoop of ice cream plopped 
onto the sidewalk between Vicki's legs. 
 
Serena giggled loudly, causing both adults to look at her.  
Darien couldn't help but notice Serena's hand was a bit sticky 
with, if his nose was to be trusted, vanilla ice cream.  The 
little brat had stuffed an ice cream scoop from the cone Vicki 
was holding down Vicki's shirt! 
 
'That's my girl!' Darien thought as an unholy grin split his 
face.  A chuckle soon followed and soon Darien was doubled over 
in laughter, Serena delighting in the show of enthusiasm.  

Vicki simply stared in disbelief. "Why are you laughing?  That 
little brat just put ice cream down my shirt!"  Vicki cried out 
in outrage. 
 
Darien wiped a tear from the corner of his eye and fought the 
urge to let laughter consume him again, then pointed out, "Cuz it 
was funny." 
 
"It most certainly was not!  I'll have you know that this is a 
very expensive shirt!" 
 
"And I'll have you know that I really don't care." Darien 
countered, sliding a glance at Serena, who was looking at Vicki 
with triumph shining in her eyes. 
 
"Why you-" Vicki struggled to find the word, but couldn't.  She 
finally just let out an exasperated cry to the heavens and then 
looked back at Darien, her eyes lethal, "I'm leaving.  I could 
never date someone who behaved so horribly." 
 
As Vicki stormed off, Darien couldn't help but add sarcasticlly, 
"Gee, how will I ever go on living?" 
 
This brought a giggle from Serena, who looked up at him with 
shining eyes.  Darien sighed as he looked at her pointedly, "You 
really shouldn't have done that Serena.  It wasn't very nice." 
 
But he couldn't help but think that Serena knew he didn't mean 
it.  She just smiled coyly at him and bowed her head at the half-
hearted scolding. 
 
Which leads us back to the park, where Darien sat in grateful 
silence, Serena playing quietly in the grass in front of him.  
They had headed to the park right after the interlude with Vicki 
and had made themselves comfortable.  A breeze blew at Serena's 
curls, sending them dancing playfully around her head.  Darien 
had tucked a pink flower from the gardens behind her ear and she 
looked like a baby elf playing in the well-manicured grass.  At 
first she had scooted all about, forcing Darien to go after her 
and bring her back.  Serena thought it a game and continued to do 
so, a tiny game of tag.  But now she just sat on a little tuff of 
grass by the bench and watched a ladybug scitter from blade of 
grass to blade of grass. 
 
"Darien?" a deep female voice called from behind him, drawing his 
gaze away from Serena. 
 
It was Haruka and Michiru, who pushed a stroller with her.  
Darien immediately recognized Hotaru to be the occupant.  She had 
gotten bigger since the last time he had seen her, she was almost 
a year and a half now. 
 
"Hey there." Darien offered in salutation. 
 
Haruka shook Darien's hand and then asked, "What are you doing 
here?  Is Serena with you?" 
 
Darien tripped over the words as he tried to answer, "Well, kind 
of." 
 
"Kind of?" Haruka looked about to ask what he meant when a tug at 
her pant leg brought her attention downwards.  Her eyes were 
greeted by a blond baby, with bright blue eyes and a pink flower 
tucked behind her ear.  She smiled up at Haruka and tugged at her 
pant leg again, using the fabric as support as she stood on 
wobbly legs.  Haruka stooped to 
pick the baby up before she pantsed her, that and to get a good 
look at the oddly familiar face. 
 
Michiru also noticed the familiarity and asked Darien suriously, 
"Darien, is this baby here with you?" 
 
"Yes." 
 
Michiru and Haruka both looked up at him with surprise, then 
quickly looked back at the baby.  Suddenly making a connection, 
Michiru looked back at Darien and then away in embarrassment as 
she asked, "Umm, I know that we've been out of loop for while, 
but, uh...  This baby looks a lot like, errrr-" 
 
"Did you and Serena make this baby?" Haruka interrupted, getting 
straight to the point Michiru was trying to make. 
 
Darien blinked, not fully understanding for a few moments.  When 
the impact of her words finally sank in, Darien instantly put up 
defending hands in front of him, shaking his head in fierce 
denial, "NO!  Oh geesh, no!" 
 
Michiru eyed him critically then looked at the baby again, "Then 
why does this baby look so much like Serena?" 
 
"Because it is Serena." Darien answered, still in shock over 
Haruka's accusation. 
 
"What?!" both girls cried in unison. 
 
"Uhhh, you might want to make yourselves comfortable." Darien 
said, pointing to the bench. 
 
As Hotaru and Serena played in the grass in front of them, both 
without a care or a memory of their older selves, Darien 
explained Serena's situation.  When he finished, Haruka stared at 
the shrunken princess and Michiru gasped. 
 
"And Ami is positive that it is only temporary?" 
 
Darien nodded, "Yeah, that's what all her readings say." 
 
"Thank goodness.  The last thing we need is another baby senshi." 
Haruka added in dry wit as she jerked her head in Hotaru and 
Serena's direction. 
 
Darien nodded in agreement as he leaned his elbows on his knees, 
watching as Hotaru held Serena's hands and supported her as 
Serena lifted herself into an unsteady standing position.  He 
smiled at the site the two shrunken senshi and wondered if Hotaru 
would ever get to grow up to be Serena's age.  Well, her real 
age. 
 
"I hope another monster doesn't attack while Serena is out of 
comission." Michiru's worry broke into Darien's thoughts. 
 
"What do you mean?" Haruka, who had been paying attention asked. 
 
"Well, Sailor Moon is still the one who always finishes the 
monsters.  The other senshi couldn't possibly beat a fully 
powered demon without her." Michiru explained. 
 
Suddenly, as if the fates were doing it just to spite them, an 
explosion sounded at the other end of the park.  Darien, Haruka 
and Michiru immediately knew the reason for it too.  One of those 
weird 'Eye' people were attacking again.  They all stood, looking 
towards the battle.  Even Serena and Hotaru had stopped their 
play to look, instinctively knowing that something was very 
wrong. 
 
"We must go help them." Michiru said, putting a hand on Haruka's 
shoulder. 
 
Haruka paused a moment and then nodded her head, "Darien, stay 
here with the princess and Hotaru." 
 
Darien wanted to argue, but didn't as Haruka and Michiru took off 
running towards the battle.  'Man, why do I always feel like I'm 
here to baby-sit?' 
 
He turned to pick up Serena and Hotaru.  He should get them far 
from the battle scene, who knows how far the senshi could be 
drawn into the park.  But when he felt Rini transform, he ceased 
the motion.  Fear seized his insides, as they always did when 
either Rini or Serena transformed. 
 
Darien found himself torn between protecting the two infant 
senshi and running to his daughters aid.  It had always been so 
much easier to defeat the monsters when both Serena and Rini 
changed, and though Darien had always worried about them, this 
time was much different and much more worrisome.  This time, Rini 
didn't have her mother there to scoop her up and move her from 
dangers way, or deal the final blow that would save them all.  
Finding the cons to outweigh the pros, Darien scooped up both 
infants as he ran towards Rini and the battle. 
 
When he got there, he placed both girls behind some bushes and 
looked at Hotaru with all seriousness, "Hotaru, I have to go help 
Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama, I want you to stay here and keep 
Serena with you.  Do you understand?" 
 
Hotaru looked at the raging war behind him and then at Serena.  
When she turned her solemn purple eyes back to Darien's she 
nodded and then said, "Go, help fwiends." 
 
Darien put a hand on Hotaru's shoulder and smiled.  The little 
girl understood so much for one her age, then again, she was 
supposed to be a 10 year-old girl right now. 
 
He then turned to Serena, who was watching the dust clouds risng 
above her green haven in interest.  She wasn't scared of the 
noises of clashing powers and fists; she seemed to know what they 
were and what they meant.  Darien planted a soft kiss on her 
downy curls and then turned to the battle.  Pulling a rose from 
his jacket, he allowed the magic of his alter ego to run through 
him. 
 
Soon he stood before them, his mask and top hat in place.  He 
leaped into the trees around them and found his way to the thick 
of the fight.  They're foe this time was the one called Tigers 
Eye.  He laughed as he ordered his monster to attack Jupiter and 
Mars.  Darien halted before throwing the rose to see what the 
monsters attack was. 
 
On the ground, the frightening clown reached into his oversized 
pants and pulled out four fish in each hand, "I am Big Pants and 
I have a joke you are going to love! It's called the Fish Fry!" 
 
With that, the clown threw the fish at Jupiter and Mars.  They 
dodged the attack, but not without sacrificing some of Rei's 
beloved hair. 
 
"Hey!" Mars called out in fury, then spoke to her friends, "Watch 
out, those fish are sharp!" 
 
Tigers Eye chuckled as the clown readied another bunch of fish, 
"Fish Fry, I'll have to share that one with Fish Eye." Then he 
cried out to the senshi, "Dear me, seems like I have you beat.  
Even with your new pumpkins here, you don't have the power to 
destroy me or Big Pants!  Where is your precious Sailor Moon 
now?"  

Big Pants smiled viciously as he threw his arm back, ready to 
send another onslaught of razor sharp fishies when a sudden red 
slash impaled the hand and made him drop his fish.  Big Pants 
cried out in pain as Tigers Eye looked up at the voice sounding 
from the trees; 
 
"How dare you attack this park where babies eat ice cream and 
people watch their children play?!  You are in need of a 
changing!" 
 
Mars guffawed and turned to Venus, "Do you think babysitting has 
gotten to him?" 
 
"What do you think?" Venus snickered. 
 
Tuxedo Mask, obviously done embarrassing himself, jumped down 
from the trees.  Neptune ran to his side and asked in a hushed 
voice, "Where are Hotaru and Serena?" 
 
"They are safe." Tuxedo Mask offered, vaguely. 
 
Uranus narrowed her eyes and said menacingly, "If you just left 
them in the bushes, I'm gonna..." 
 
Tuxedo Mask swallowed nervously as he shook his head, "What do 
you take me for Uranus, a complete moron?" 
 
Uranus looked about to answer, and not in a very affirmative way 
for Darien when she was suddenly whacked upside the head with a 
foam-rubber bat.  She slowly turned her head to see Big Pants 
smiling grotesquely at her. 
 
"Play with me!" he demanded. 
 
Uranus clenched her jaw tight and then spoke through her teeth, 
"Are you ever going to regret that.  World Shaking!" 
 
The attack flew at Big Pants, who stood in a batting position, 
his big rubber bat in his hands.  As Uranus's attack neared him, 
he took a mighty swing and sent it flying over the trees.  
Everyone watched until it landed, causing a huge explosion.  When 
they turned back to Big Pants, he was gone.  

Suddenly, he appeared before Mercury.  He slammed his bat into 
her, throwing her into a bush behind her and then advanced to 
Mars, who didn't have time to react before she was sent flying 
into a tree trunk. 
 
He continued to pummel the senshi, acting as if rounding bases in 
a baseball game.  

With all the inner senshi down, Big Pants set his sights on Chibi 
Moon.  He swung his bat high above his head and laughed evilly, 
then brought it down in a deadly arc. 
 
Tuxedo Mask's cane stopped the deathblow, "Tuxedo Mask!" Chibi 
Moon cried. 
 
"Call Pegasus, Chibi Moon!" he cried, grunting at the exertion of 
holding Big Pants at bay. 
 
Chibi Moon's pink eyes filled with tears, "What good would it do, 
without Sailor Moon's attack he is useless!  Oh, how I wish she 
were here!" 
 
The air filled with a wicked laugh as Tigers Eye scoffed, "She's 
right, you all are doomed without Sailor Moon.  Give up or I'll- 
Huh?" 
 
Everyone's gaze followed Tiger's Eye to see baby Hotaru standing 
in front of him.  She looked up at him darkly and then stuck her 
tongue out at him. 
 
"Hotaru!" Uranus and Neptune cried in unison. 
 
"You a bad, bad man!" Hotaru pointed out calmly, giving Tiger's 
Eye a stern look. 

Tigers Eye smirked, "Yeah, I am.  And what are you going to do 
about it, squirt?" 
 
Hotaru crossed her arms in front of her chest and said with a 
shrug, "Me distwaction." 
 
"Huh?" 
 
Seeing that the blond man in front of her clearly didn't get it, 
Hotaru hooked her thumb over her shoulder.  Tigers Eye and the 
enshi's gaze followed to see Serena sitting right next to Big 
Pants, her eyes filled with curiosity. 
 
Big Pants was delighted to have the new play thing and dropped 
his bat, causing Tuxedo Mask to fall backwards.  Chibi Moon 
immediately dropped to her knees beside him. 
 
"Ooooh!  Aren't you pretty?  Want to play?" Big Pants cooed, 
Serena giggled, then took a hold of his ankle. 

The pleased expression on Big Pants' face began to melt as a tiny 
moon symbol appeared on Serena's forehead.  The clown monster 
began to flail and scream, but he couldn't seem to escape 
Serena's tiny grasp.  The area began to shine around them and Big 
Pants let out a final wail before disintegrating before them all.  
As the light faded, Serena clapped her hands gleefully and then 
looked at Tigers Eye before sticking her tongue out at him. 
 
"I've been beaten by a couple of infants!  Oh, the guys will 
never let me forget this!" Tigers Eye cried before leaping into 
his circle of fire. 
 
Nobody moved for a minute, they all just stared at Serena and 
Hotaru before Uranus whacked Tuxedo Mask upside the head, "I 
can't believe you just left them in the bushes!" 

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Darien sighed heavily as he threw himself onto his couch, Serena 
snuggled on his chest.  She was changed, bathed, fed and burped, 
all together a very happy baby.  Darien felt like he would 
probably need a crane to lift him up in the morning. 
 
After the whole park thing, Serena conked out.  She deserved it 
though.  Darien chuckled as he thought of how even as a baby, she 
was one the bravest soldiers ever.  She slept then, wearing only 
a diaper and holding fistfuls of his shirt.  Her curls drifted 
into her eyes, and Darien brushed them out of the way with gentle 
fingers.  She wriggled then, causing Darien's hand to still 
momentarily before falling back into deep slumber. 
 
Darien sighed again as he felt his eyelids grow heavy.  He 
mentally counted off things he had better do before he fell 
asleep; check on baby formula, make sure he had enough diapers in 
the orning...yawn!...doors locked...clean clotheeeesssss...
zzzzzzzzzz 
 
Darien drifted off, completely unaware that the baby on top of 
him had just grown a few inches. 

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Serena yawned and stretched as she slowly opened her eyes, 
wincing slightly at the obtrusive light.  She felt like she had 
been sleeping forever.  The last thing she remembered was 
fighting that monster Saturday morning... 
 
Goosebumps rose on her flesh and Serena scowled as she reached 
for her covers.  But they weren't there.  'What the heck?  What 
is going n....'  Serena finally pried her eyes open and took in 
her surroundings. 
 
'Hey this is Darien's apartment!' Serena thought as she looked 
around.  It didn't take to long to notice that she had been 
sleeping in Darien's apartment, on his couch- or to be more 
precise, on Darien- and that she was completely naked. 
 
"EEEEIiiiiiIIIIEEEEEEee!" 
 
Darien woke with a jolt, sitting up suddenly.  The last thing he 
had expected was to be slapped back down suddenly, a hand placed 
firmly over his eyes. 
 
"No, don't you dare look!" he heard a happily familiar voice 
demand. 
 
"Serena!  You're back!" Darien cried, and in his joy reached out 
to hold her. 
 
He was rewarded with Serena's ear-drum shattering shriek, "No, 
absolutely no physical contact until I am fully clothed!" 
 
"Fully-?" Darien began, then realized that when she had grown 
back to her full size again, her cotton and plastic covering her 
butt must have popped right off.  So she was naked, 
how...interesting. 
 
"Where can I find something to wear?" Serena asked shakily. 
 
Darien smiled, "Borrow a shirt of mine or something.  I doubt 
anything the girls brought over will fit you." 
 
He heard her hesitate then breath out a sigh as she said, "Fine.  
Close your eyes." 
 
Darien grinned even wider as he squeezed his eyes shut.  She 
paused, feeling with her palm to make sure that he had complied 
with her orders before taking off.  He heard the padding of her 
feet and then the sound of dresser drawers opening before he 
opened his eyes. 
 
He got up and went to the kitchen, looking for something for her 
to eat, because knowing Serena, she would be starving.  From his 
room, he heard a THUNK and then her muttered curse.  

Chuckling, Darien threw some old pizza into the microwave.  He 
heard Serena enter the room and he finally got to look at her in 
all her grown-up glory.  And he had to admit, she looked really 
cute in one of his over-sized t-shirts. 
 
Her blue eyes, which hadn't changed really, looked warily at him 
and her long blonde hair hung loose around her shoulders, 
brushing the ground.  She rubbed her forehead and mumbled, "I 
bumped my head on your dresser." 
 
Darien laughed and took her into the circle of his arms, "Here." 
he whispered, before kissing her bump. 
 
Serena blinked in confusion, then smiled because, heck, it felt 
better, "Do you have anything to -" 
 
The microwave beeped and Darien pulled out the plate and handed 
it to her.  Serena giggled as she blew on the hot pizza, "What 
are you, a mind reader?" 
 
"No, I just know my Serena." Darien said, lifting his arms to 
hang lazily on her shoulders. 
 
Serena gazed up at him at that and then set down her untouched 
pizza, "Ummm, what is going on?  First of all, I wake up naked, 
in your apartment, sleeping on your couch with you.  Then I find 
at least four bumps on my head that I don't remember getting in 
the first place. I feel like I haven't had any solid food in me 
for days and there is a whole bunch of baby stuff in your room." 
 
Darien stared in amazement, "You mean you don't remember anything 
that's happened to you in the last two days?" 
 
"No, the last thing I remember was fighting that monster Saturday 
morning," Serena explained, a puzzled expression crossing her 
features. 
 
Darien shook his head impishly before leading her to the living 
room, "We'd better sit down for this.  It's a long story and just 
thinking about it is making me dizzy." 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I'll save you the details.  Sigh, this was longer then I first 
expected.  Anyway, tell me what you think! 

 ^_~ 
Cori!

Written: ...hmm, sometime in 2001!