Blind Love
Chapter 1 - The Celebrities
"Move out of my way!"
"Come on, hurry! He's here!"
"They are all here!"
"OMG, OMG, OMG…."
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
These were the screams and gushing of excited fans as they rushed to their little airport where the biggest celebrities in the world would be landing. At the air port, all the 200 of the towns folks were gathered, their eyes directed toward the jet that stood alone on the grass field. As the people yelled cheers of happiness, one lone girl on the verge of womanhood stood with her head down. Her eyes were shaded by dark pink sun glasses, her golden hair made into a messy chignon bun rested atop her head like a hat as if to keep the summer heat down. She was wearing a light pink dress that reached her ankles and floor pink sandals with ribbons winding around her legs. The dress did not reveal any of her curves however the mysterious air of grace and serenity about her stood out more than her clothing. She stood still with a long stick in her hand rooted to the ground. She neither shouted nor smiled, it was as if this whole procession had nothing to do with her and in truth it didn't but all the same she had been forced by her friends to attend this historic event.
I would rather read a good book. Of course if she had said this out loud it would have earned her raised brows and pity eyes so she thought it instead. She sighed, she was trapped. There were too many bodies moving all around her, if she tried to leave she would be stepping on lots of toes and would probably be knocked down.
So I guess I have to stay until the crowd thins out. The thought was very unpleasant but seeing no other choice, she stilled her body, lifted her face up to one particular direction and stood still as a statue. Those around her knew her well enough to not bother her. Standing beside her was a little girl of six years with dark purplish black hair and Amethyst eyes. The little girl's hand was held tightly in the left hand of the silent blond but with her other hand she cheered like everyone else.
The gate of the jet slid open and white painted stairs rolled down to the ground. A hush fell over the audience as they watched with bated breath for their stars to walk out. However the first to walk out were body guards dressed in suits of black with white vests and black ties. Most of them had their eyes shaded with black sun glasses and others had contraptions around their ears and left breast plates as a communication device. After them, the first two celebrities to walk out of the plane were women of renowned ability. The first girl, personally known by the people of the town of Crystal Moon, was a tall Amazon girl with chestnut hair held up in a high ponytail, with one pink rose earring on her right ear and a beautiful forest emerald eyes that sparkled with recognition and amusement. She was garbed in black heeled booths, black pants and stylish green halter top that brought out her eyes.
"LITA!!" the crowd screamed. Every one in the town knew this girl, she had been born and raised in the town but five years ago she had left to pursue her dreams as a cook and baker in Italy and in that short amount of time and at the tender age of 22, she had become the number one chef in the world! She was often featured on TV, on cooking shows and even appeared in movies along side the other celebrities in the jet. As she walked down the stairs, she raised her hands in greeting, waving it at everyone and the people responded enthusiastically. However her eyes searched restlessly for a familiar face she had left behind in other to pursue her career.
The woman by her side was known as Harvard's youngest genius! She was 20 years old with extensive degrees in the medical field. Ami Anderson, a short bluish black haired short girl with pale sapphire eyes and the world's best pediatrician. Every child patient she treated always loved her and would come back to her office just to visit her. Her mother whose frail health had made her retire much earlier had handed over their hospital to her daughter and now Ami owned one of the world's best hospitals! She was wearing a blue ruffle knee length skirt and a white tank top covered with a loose fitting white jacket. Her feet were secured in white short heeled sandals.
"Ami I love you!" someone in the crowd called out amidst other cheers and she smiled graciously at them but did not wave as the Amazon girl had done. As these two women walked a little further down the stairs, three other women followed after them. The first woman was tall with short sandy blond hair and topaz eyes. She looked strong with a stubborn chin and a confident smile! She had on a white pant, a creamy T- shirt and a long white trench coat as her feet were covered in a white tennis shoes.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaa! It's Amara!" the fans went into crazy over drive. Amara was well known for the victories she claimed at every championship speed racing tournaments. Either it be motor racing or car racing, she always came out victorious. Of course she also performed on stage with her piano accompanying Michelle, the famous violinist.
"And Michelle!" another fan screamed.
The famous violinist with aqua hair and eyes walked with the grace she was known for beside her partner. Michelle had a calm hypnotic presence about herself that was irresistible. She walked with a grace of a born lady and dressed maturely that reflected in all her performances. At the moment she was wearing a dark aqua dress that enhanced her eyes as well as her blessed physical features.
The third woman was beautiful dressed in a light purple suit that hugged her figure in all the right places. She wore purple high heeled shoes with the leather zigzagging around her ankles with flow pins at the end of the last string of the shoe. She had a small bun at the back of her head with the rest of her massive greenish brown hair falling to her back knees. She was tall like Amara and carried about her grace, elegance and the bearing of a queen with an air of mystery. Her magenta eyes were bright with the spectacular view of her new surroundings, so absorbed in taking everything in that she didn't hear the cheering from the crowd. She was the best fashion designer in the fashion world, used the best models to model her clothes but made it at an affordable price for even the poor to buy if they saved up for at least a month. Of course she was also the manager of one of the world's beautiful models.
As these three woman walked to join the first two, another pair of celebrities emerge out of the jet. These two were the most famous of all of them saved the last celebrity still sheltered by the jet. Rei and Mina, both beautiful though Mina surpassed Rei just a little. Mina was a model, won Miss World three times in a row and now worked exclusively as a model for Trista. As she came into view, the crowd let out a deafening scream that the blond haired girl in their midst who held a stick had to drop the hand of the child she was holding to block her ears.
Curse you celebrities to hell!
Mina was wearing a beautiful summer orange dress with a summer hat, gold earrings and yellow high heels. The wind whipped the dress around her as it did her hair which was held at the back by an orange ribbon. She run down the stairs waving frantically at her audience with a pair of baby blue sapphire eyes, Mina was a person who enjoyed and basked in attentions.
Rei on the other hand followed slowly and nodded at the people. She had won Miss World once but had stopped competing in it since Mina's arrival to the stage. She had given up modeling as she had never really liked it for something she had always enjoyed doing, singing. Now she was a world famous singer and still modeled here and there. This Japanese beauty was also a priestess in Japan, owner to the Cherry Hill temple. She had on red pants and a black tank top and red and black high heels. Her ears were adorned ruby earrings and her hands were graced with bracelets of black and red. Her dark amythyst eyes reflected the colors of a dark setting sun.
These seven women walked down the stairs and finally landed on the ground. The crowd blinked. Where was he? And of course the he was referring to the hottest male model and actor alive. He was a man known to enjoy his privacy, but how could one have privacy when his looks drew every female, gay and even straight male's eyes from miles away? He was nicked name 'The Flaming Torch'. He had dark ebony hair, cobalt eyes and a to die for body. Well built with toned muscles and hard packs. He, like Ami had graduated from Harvard as the valedictorian at a young age and also held extensive degrees in doctorate. As he took one step at a time and walked into the blinding rays of the summer sun, he retreated quickly back into the comfort of the jet as deafening cheers pierced fort out of the people's mouth. The animals startled by these in human screeches jumped up in alarm and began to flee the area. These people were crazy screaming their head off over other people, they decided.
The blond haired once again dropped the hand of the little girl she was holding, dropped to the ground on her knees and used both hands to block her ears as tears streamed down her face. This was why she hated crowds. The noise they made nearly always drives her mad. The little girl by her side also placed her tiny hands over the older girl's ears and winced, she knew what the deafening noise was doing to her mother.
"Darien! You're so hot!"
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!" and so on the excited fans screamed their undying love and devotion to a man they knew nothing about personally but only saw on TV.
The man in question sighed. She had to go out and face that loud crowd again. He had hoped that since this small town had few people and it was known to have well mannered people, they would not be screaming as loud as the fans of the big cities he often visit. But these few people seemed even louder compared to the thousands of fans he faced everyday if it was at all possible.
"You can do it. Just one more step." His manager said kindly. She was an older looking woman with green dyed hair and green eyes. She was fitted in a thigh reaching dress that showed the top of her bountiful breasts.
"Easy for you to say Emerald, you're not the one having to face this crowd." Darien said sarcastically before taking the final step out into the sunlight to face his destiny.
This time he just winced at the noise but did not retreat back into the Jet, a few seconds later his manager joined him.
"That wasn't so hard." She whispered as she stood close behind him.
"I'm deaf right now, I can't hear anything you are saying." He said with half seriousness. Some people loved attention but he was not one of them. The only reason why he was still modeling was because of his manager, he would rather just stick with the acting or working at the hospital 24/7.
"Once you face the crowd everything else becomes easier." Another woman with light blue hair said from behind him. (One of the dark moon sisters)She was Mina's manager and went by the name Birdie. Several women followed her and they walked passed Darien and descended the plane. The second woman after the light blue haired girl was a woman with dark green hair and eyes known as Katcy, Rei's Manager. The third woman hard dark brown hair and eyes, she was the hair stylist for the group of celebrities and the fourth woman had black hair and hazel eyes; she was the make up artist. As they reached down to the ground and heard no descending foot steps from Darien and his manager, they followed the firs seven woman around as they greeted the audience.
"Emerald go ahead, I will be down in a minute." Darien told his manager.
"Don't take too long." She purred before walking down the stairs, her hips swinging from side to side. Darien sighed, he respected the woman and had established a relationship of trust and work environment but Emerald wanted more than that. She had gone through lengths trying to seduce him and many times he had almost fallen into her trap but at the last minute he always managed to find the strength to evade her alluring. She was hot and sexy, with a body men lusted over but Darien wanted so much. He felt in the depth of his soul that there was someone out there just for him but he had been looking for the longest time and had found no one. At first he had thought that Rei was that someone, but after several months of dating he knew she wasn't for him. He had broken it off and hurt her deeply, so deeply that till this day they still didn't talk despite how often they were around each other. He had next gone out with Mina however the blond had felt no connection with him and had dumped him like he did Rei. And despite how much he loathed admitting the truth, he was hurt. He had actually loved Mina and had looked forward to a happy retiring future with her, but she had fallen for his best friend and when he had been away, they two had gotten together.
Now looking over the audience, he wondered what his life was about. How could he have so much 'fans' and 'friends' and yet feels so lonely? Looking over the crowd once more, he sighed. There had been a time in his life when he had loved the attentions the screams, girls throwing themselves at him, but now it was like their screams was a chain and their shouts of love the key they would not give him to set himself free. He had entered into celebrity life for money, but now he had enough and wanted out but he was learning fast that quitting was not an option, especially during these times when his popularity seemed to increase 100% everyday.
As his eyes traveled all around, it rested on blond haired girl on her knees near a fountain. She seemed to be covering her ears and a little girl hovered over her. Darien raised his brow.
Guess she doesn't like the noise as much as I do. He watched with interest as the little girl whispered something and after a second the blond lifted her head. She breathed and stood up, her face turned at Darien. She was wearing dark pink glasses so he couldn't see her face but he was able to glimpse the tear stain on her face and he blinked at this. She took a hand of the child and whispered something and the little girl nodded. They turned their backs and began walking away with the little girl leading and the older girl flowing along with her stick. The crowd unconsciously parted for them to pass.
Who is that? And if she hates crowd why did she come? He wondered and began hurrying down the jet stairs. As soon as he landed on the ground and began walking in the direction of the leaving girl, the crowd parted ways for him. he walked steadily as to not give notice to the people that he was following someone and the rest of the celebrities and managers followed him as they shook peoples hands. Lita ran passed Darien, greeting more people but as her gaze lifted ahead, she saw two familiar mops of hair and her eyes widened in pained remembrance. She began running hard to catch up to the blond and black haired girl.
"Serena!" She screamed. The crowd hushed and Darien watched as the brunette ran trying to catch up to the girl he was following.
I guess Lita knows her then.
"Serena wait!" she screamed again but the blond kept on moving.
"SERENA PLEASE WAIT!" she yelled loudly and the blond paused, turned slowly and face her direction. Everyone watched with missed feelings. They knew the relationship between Lita and Serena, they knew what Lita's going away had done to the blond but what they had never thought about was that if Lita ever returned, how would her old friend react in the face of the one who abandoned her.
Serena stood still and held tightly the hand of her daughter. She waited for the other woman to catch up to her with her emotions in her mouth. Why was she back? Was she here to gloat about accomplishing her dreams? Serena wondered but said not a word. Darien sped up and caught up to Lita as did the other stars.
"Serena?" Lita said softly, she knew she had no right to call out that name or to have anything to do with her but how could she not when she had missed her best friend and lover so much!?
"It's been a long time hasn't it Ms. Kino?" Serena greeted pleasantly. The formality of her tone cut Lita deeply and tears roused in her eyes.
I will not cry, I will not cry! I deserve this. I was the one who chose to leave. Lita said to herself but still it hurt so much.
"Yeah, it's been 5 years." She replied pathetically.
"So it has."
"Um…so what have you been up to?"
"Nothing." Serena answered.
"How have you been then? I mean health wise?"
"Good." These one answer questions weren't helping Lita but she knew Serena would no longer open up to her as she had once before.
"Hey Hotaru, wow…you are so grown now. When I left you were just a year old!" Lita said to the little girl who clutched tightly her mother's hand.
"How do you know my name?" Hotaru asked and Lita's eyes widened.
"What do you mean? Because I'm your…" but before she could finish, the truth dawned on her. She looked up to Serena's face and the tears spilled.
"You never told her did you!?" she demanded but Serena did not respond. "How could you not tell her something so important!?" still Serena did not reply.
Lita marched in front of Serena and slapped her across the face. The crowd gasped with eyes of horror, pain and worry. And some were even angry that Lita dared raise her hand on Serena, especially after what the blond had done for her!
"HOW COULD YOU BE SO EVIL AND CRUEL!?" Lita yelled at Serena.
"Don't' hurt my mommy!" Hotaru screamed as tears ran down her face. She stood in between Lita and Serena with stretched hands. How dare this woman hurt her precious mother!
"No Hotaru you don't understand!" Lita said pleadingly.
"Just stay away from us!" Hotaru yelled at her and took Serena's hand and began walking the blond away from the crazy Brunette. Several other girls followed after the child and Serena, looking back to give Lita looks of hostility or apologetic expressions.
"No…no no no…Hotaru I am your mother." Lita said softly to herself and tears trailed down her face.
"Come on Lita, let's go to our hotel." Trista said as she placed her hand around the younger woman. Surrounded by their army of guards, the celebrities headed to their booked hotel. Darien wondered what the hell was going on. Lita had always spoken kindly of Serena so then why the sudden violence? And she had a daughter!?
As the celebrities left, what had started out as a happy welcome left everyone feeling empty and sad and angry or a bit of all of them.
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"Mommy are you ok?" Hotaru asked as they reached home.
"Yes, I'm fine. Don't you worry sweetie." Serena replied as she took out a set of keys to open the door.
"Yeah well that looks like a nasty bruise, lets get you inside and put a wet towel over it." A pink haired girl said.
"I'm ok Cele. Please all of you return home now. It's almost dinner time anyway." Serena said as she unlocked the door.
"But…!" a blue haired girl began.
"Please, just do this for me." Serena sighed and entered the house. Hotaru followed her in.
"I will see you later ok?" she said and closed the door. The four sisters whom had followed her home stood there for a minute staring at the door in worry before leaving for their house.
Inside the house, or cottage, Serena headed to the kitchen and began to unpack the grocery bag. After their little run in with Lita, they had passé the super market for groceries. Hotaru helped Serena unpacked and stacked the foods away.
"Hotaru, why don't you practice your violin for a while." Serena said as she dragged on an apron.
"Ok mama." The little girl ran out of the kitchen and Serena sighed. She took out the cutting board, some tomatoes from the fridge, Onions and a pack of spaghetti. Serena hated buying sauce at the store so she always made her own special sauce for the pasta. As she got down to cutting the onions, Hotaru returned with small violin made to fit her size and began playing a soft melody on it. As she played, Serena hummed along with it as she cooked. An hour later found sitting at their dinning table and chowing down on Serena's spaghetti.
"Mama?"
"Yes dear?"
"Who was that lady from today?" Hotaru asked innocently. She was still disturbed that someone would dare hurt her sweet mother. Serena had been dreading that question since that afternoon but when Hotaru asked it, she knew what answer was best to give.
"She will tell you who she is on her own accord." She answered and Hotaru nodded. After they finished eating, they washed the dishes, cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed the house, putting things into neat order.
"Hotaru, go ahead and take your shower." Serena said as she picked up a forgotten trash.
"Mommy, can I please take a bath with you today." Serena looked up into her blinking eyes and smiled.
"Of course. Grab your sleep wear and put it on my bed."
"Yaaaaaaaaay!" Hotaru ran of with a cheer and Serena chuckled at her enthusiasm. After the final cleaning was done, she loaded the bath tab with warm water and filled it with lavender and vanilla bubble soap and the two bathed in it. This was how it had always been, the two of them from the beginning. If Lita wanted her daughter she was going to have to fight for her!
It was just seven pm when they finished dressing and they retired to the living room for some entertainment. They played their instruments, Hotaru the violin and Serena the piano. After that Hotaru didn't want to watch movie so Serena picked up one of Hotaru's favorite books and began reading it to the child.
"Jordan is not very nice at all!" Hotaru interrupted the flow of the story.
"Why is that?" Serena asked with amusement.
"Because he keeps picking on poor Cindy!"
"True however have you thought of why he keeps picking on her?"
"Well Aunty Cele said that when a guy picks on a girl its because the guy likes her. But I don't want the guy I like or who likes me to pick on me. I would hate him!" Hotaru said passionately and Serena laughed.
"Well yes, from Jordan's behavior it is understandable that you would think he is mean but that is just the outside appearance. He wants people to think he is mean to Cindy."
"Why?"
"Because it is the only way he can protect her."
"Oh? But isn't being mean to her only hurting her?" Hotaru asked with confusion. Serena put down the book and turned the child to face her.
"Yes but you have to realize there is three kinds of hurts. There is a hurt that can later be mended when properly explained, and there is a hurt where time heals it but there is another hurt that…"
"Would never heal no matter how long it takes. It may dull but it leaves an everlasting scar that would always be there to remind you of the event." A man with black hair and gray eyes continued Serena's sentence. His hair was held at a base with a tie and the rest trailed at the base of his neck with a long pony tail.
"Daddy!" Hotaru screamed happily and run into her father's open arms. He laughed at her and swung her around.
"My precious little baby! Oh how I've missed you!" he said and walked closer to Serena.
"You sure like to surprise us don't you?" Serena said to the man. He was very handsome, dub number two after Darien though to Hotaru the two were equal.
"You always loved surprises." He grinned at her, his eyes bright with warmth and affection for the blond whom he loved so much.
"Welcome home Seiya."
"Glad to be home." He said softly and opened his other arm for her. Serena entered and hugged him tightly, she had missed him dearly but she would never admit that to him.
"Daddy how long will you be here this time?" Hotaru asked.
"Well I don't rightly know but I plan on being here for as long as possible." He said and walked the two ladies to the couch.
"So why are you here now?" Serena asked.
He looked at her and she knew why.
"Well it doesn't matter. We have some spaghetti I made. Go ahead and take a shower while I warm it up for you." she said an he stood up and smiled gratefully at her.
"Thank you so much Rena."
"Don't mention it. Now Hotaru you get ready for bed."
"What?! Noooooooo! I want to talk to daddy!"
"But I thought you wanted to go see the strawberry field with me tomorrow."
"Strawberry field?" Seiya asked.
"Yeah! It's a field filled with strawberries! I went there once with mama and I want to go again!"
"Well then I guess I can go too." Seiya said, looking at Serena for confirmation. She nodded in agreement.
"Good, so if you sleep tonight you will be awake to go with us but if you don't wake up on your own I will not take you with us!" Serena said and Hotaru groaned.
"Don't worry sweetie, I will be here for a while longer. I won't disappear on you." Seiya said and Hotaru pouted.
"Ok, but if you leave I wont forgive you!" Seiya laughed.
"I wont' how about I tuck you in mmm?"
"Ok! Is that ok mama?"
"Sure." Seiya walked the stairs and into Serena's room as was directed by Hotaru and Serena stood for a minute watching the direction they headed. She walked into the kitchen and began warming things up with a small smile on her lips before the smile turned into a grimace.
Lita and Seiya back here at the same time! God this is going to be a nightmare if not an unforgettable summer! She thought as she set the food on the table. After everything was set, she sat down in front of the piano and began playing a melody. When Seiya returned he stood and stared at her, taking in the painfully melody. This had been the same song she had played 6 years ago when he and Lita had hurt her so badly. Hearing the sad, lonely and painful song brought tears into his eyes.
This is one of the hurt not even time can cure!
"You've become even better at the piano." He said as he walked up to her. She stopped playing and looked up to him with a smile.
"I've been practicing for over 5 years, if I didn't get better then I don't even deserve to hear piano music." She teased and he laughed before taking his seat at the table where his prepared food awaited him.
"I suppose you are right." He said thoughtfully as she began playing a different melody, sensitive to his pain. The music she was playing was soft and slow and sweet…a lullaby filled with warmth and the love of a parent. Seiya listened thoughtfully and smiled at the skilled precision with which Serena directed the music. 8 years ago he had come to this remote village after the deaths of his parents. At the time he was only a boy of 16 and alone in the world. He had come to Crystal Moon to live with his widowed uncle. His uncle had proudly introduced him to the town's people and he had met Serena who had been 11 and Lita who had been 14 at the time. He had loved both girls but he had loved Serena in a much more desperate way than he had Lita. He began teaching her how to play the piano and finally one year later he asked her out on her 12 birthday. He was seventeen then and he knew people would talk about their age difference so their relationship had been kept a secret; Lita was the only one who knew about it. After a year and 5 months of going out, the unthinkable happened. While he had had no conscious act in the event, he had still been a part of the plot that wounded and scared Serena forever. It is a scar he works now to try and eliminate but the trust she had once held for him no longer existed, till this day she trusted no ne, expected nothing from none and lived her life without depending on anyone. Even after what they did to her, she was still the one to come to their rescue.
Tonight as his jet had landed a few hours after the other celebrities' arrival, he was told about what Lita had done to Serena. He had been so mad that he had been walking in the hotel housing the celebrities before he knew it. Vesu and her sisters had stopped him but the anger he felt still brew in him.
"Serena…about Lita…"
"Don't you worry, I can take care of my self." She said and increased the pace of the song, a signal that the conversation in that direction was over.
"So how are the other members of your band? Yaten and Taiki?" she asked instead.
"They are doing well. They were so upset that they couldn't come with me!" Seiya said with a devilish smirk on his lips.
"Oh? Why couldn't they come?"
"They have several photo shots, commercials and so on to do. I did mine a little earlier. They decided to postponed things so now they have to make it up." He said with a chuckle.
"Poor them."
"Yaten was especially pissed off." The glee in his voice was unmistakable and Serena laughed at his childishness.
They passed the night in harmonious conversations and music before they retreated to their rooms to rest for the night.
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Super among the Hollywood stars was silent affair. Lita had locked herself up in her room sine their arrival at the hotel. Not knowing what to do or say sine none of their knew what was going on, they retreated into their individual suits or went outside for private walks. Darien was one of those who went outside for walking, he ha seen the mad dash his manager had taken to his room and he rather not go there and try to convinced her to stay out of his room. He walked for about an hour undisguised but he noticed that people didn't come to bother him as expected. Before he had left he had thought of putting on a disguised and had asked the manager of a hotel where he could by disguising materials but the manager who had blond hair and laughing green eyes laughed.
"Everyone in this town knows everyone. If you put on a disguise, you will have more people bothering you than if you don't because no one would know you." he understood now what the manager meant. He had a huge crowd hiding behind him with every step but they did not come to him. He stopped by a park under a large tree where a bench sat and he sat on it to enjoy the warmth. For while people just watched him with open curiosity but when he said not a word and just sat still, they returned to their previous activities as if a big star wasn't sitting among them.
This is a strange town indeed but I like it. He thought with a smile as he caught glimpses of their conversation. Her laid on the bench intending to sleep when he caught a glimpse of a conversation that alerted his ears. Although it may had seemed that he was sleeping, he was intently listening to the gossip going around.
"Yeah, I can't believe she would hit Serena like that!"
"But I sort of understand where Lita is coming from."
"There is nothing to understand! Lita gave up her child and Serena raised her up, now she is angry about the child not knowing that she is her mother?"
"Lita was always violent but she never seriously hurt anyone, least of all Serena."
"Goes to show what fame and money makes a person!"
"I feel sorry for Serena though, I mean after what Lita and Seiya did to her?! She still cared for them!"
"I couldn't do it! I would have killed both of them if I were Serena." And so on the conversation went around but the people said not a word about this hurt Lita and this Seiyah ad put Serena through. However after the end of his listening, Darien got a pretty good picture of the character of this Serena person.
From the way the town people spoke of her she sounds like a heroine! Darien thought as pictures of the girl passed before his eyes. She hadn't looked anything especially pretty, she just looked like the average Jane, and only that hairstyle that had looked like a hat was an interesting thing about her. But her personality as he heard talks about her spoke of a gentle, forgiving heart and a lonely person. Over and over the lonely part hit hi hard, he had always felt lonely. Now here was another person also as lonely as him, could they both be seeking the same thing in the world? And if they were both seeking that same very thing, couldn't they give it to each other? The more he heard about this magnificent creature called Serena, the more infatuated his mind became with her.
If I'm not careful I might end up causing a scandal! He thought with a shake of his head. Then it finally dawn on him who Seiya was! The band singer and model, he recalled hearing that he lived in Crystal Moon. Was he the other cause of Serena's pain? There was so much mystery within this tiny community, Mystery that would take time and he planned on solving every one of them.
Finally at seven he returned back to the hotel to find the others already there getting ready for supper. He went to his room, showered and left before his manager knocked on his door. He opened the door and smiled at her.
"I'm done, lets go." He said and closed the door behind him and locked him. he hid his card key in his wallet and began walking away. She pouted at him and followed dejectedly.
At their dinner table, Lita still didn't show up and after 30 minutes of no sign of her they began to discuss the plans for the next day.
"Well since the movie crew isn't here just yet, how about we go and see their historical sights? I mean that's the real reason we all wanted to be in this movie after all!" Rei said. For as long as she could remember, she had heard interesting stories about this town. A town that didn't welcome strangers but made exceptions for a few. A town so clean and devoid of the pollutions of other towns and cities. A town hidden in the midst of cherry blossom trees. There were legends about this town, some say this was exactly where Camelot, the magical kingdom of Arthur, used to be. Other's say that the a drop of water was dropped on the ground from the holy grail and this land flourished beautifully. Whatever the circumstances were, this town was a tourist attraction however tourist needed special permission to enter. And when they entered they are given a certain number of days they must used to do all they wanted and get out. Punishments for crimes here were harsher so this town was pretty much crime free.
"I heard the people are going to be picking straw in a strawberry field half a mile from the city, I want to go too!" Mina said excitedly.
"Oh yeah, I heard about that too. I think it sounds cool, we should go check it out!" Birdie agreed and reluctantly the whole table of celebrities agreed.
"Someone better tell Lita about this." Darien said.
"I will take care of it." Trista volunteered and they nodded.
After dinner, Trista carried a tray of food and went up to Lita's room. She knocked.
"Who is it?" Lita asked.
"It's Trista dear." She heard the shuffling of feet and seconds later the door was open. As soonas she opened the door, Lita retreated back to the window she was sitting at.
"Why is your room dark?" Trista asked as she looked around for the light switch and turned it one. Then she walked nearer to Lita and saw dried tear tracks on her cheeks. She sad down at the head of the bed closest to the Amazon girl a long chat.
"Tomorrow we plan to go to the strawberry field with the town's people, you want to come?"
"No."
"It might be fun." Trista pressed.
"No Trista. I am not interested in stepping a foot in a field SHE started." Trista understood that the she was a reference to the blond girl from earlier.
"Lita, I don't know your connection with that girl but what I do know isthat you have lots of fans here. If you hide in this room and not face them while you are here, they are going to know what a coward you are and you will loose the support of these people! Is that what you want!?"
"You don't understand anything!" Lita shot back angrily.
"No I don't so why don't you explain it to me?" Trista challenged.
"For get it!" for a minute a heavy silence settled between them. Trista got up and walked to the door ready to leave.
"I don't know what the heck this is all about but Lita, remember that those who came here with you are your friends and we will listen anytime you want to talk." The older woman said and left the room. Lita sat by her window and did not touch her food. Late in the night when all else was asleep, she prayed for strength to handle the coming drama and went to sleep.
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Serena = 19
Seiya = 24
Diamond = 25
Hotaru = 6
Sapphire = 8
Darien = 24
Amara = 27
Michelle = 26
Trista = 28
Mina = 21
Rei = 21
Lita = 22
Ami = 20
Katcy = Rei's Manager
Birdie = Mina's manager
Lily = Make up aryist
Vivian = Hair stylist
Emerald = Darien's manager