Heya minna-chan!!^-^ Thanks to those who reviewed for my
story, 'I Stood By…' And since I got requests for a sequal…here it is!^-^
Review! Also this story takes place two
years after 'I Stood By…'
Disclaimer- Don't own either shows
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Trunks looked out the window into the night sky. For two years, he had devoted all his time
and energy to his daughter and his job.
He had withdrawn from the outside world, going out only at the
insistence and pleads of his daughter.
At first, he had not even eaten nor sleep. What's the point? Food
had lost its taste after she had left and sleep was plagued with dreams of
her. He gazed at the stars and his gaze
fixed on the moon. He was fascinated by
it…infatuated one might say. The moon
had fascinated him since it had reappeared…that night…two years ago. He sighed and rubbed his temple. He would not think of that night…when he
realized his mistake, but alas, it was too late. She was gone…and he knew the reappearance of the moon was of her
doing.
"Dad?" He looked up
to see his daughter Rini. She had pink
hair in cone shape buns with streamers hanging down. Her red eyes stared back at him worriedly…the same worried look
Serena use to give him. She took so
much after her mother. When Serena had
left, she had retreated to the safety of her room. It was together that they decided that Serena wouldn't have
wanted them to hide themselves, but to live life to the fullest. Both depended on each other for
comfort.
"Hai?"
"Are you alright?" worried red eyes watched her father
carefully. Rini had been surprised
when, after that night two years ago, her father had come into her room and
held her as she cried herself to sleep.
From then on, he was always there for her. He apologized for never being there for her mother and her
before. She believed this had to do
with the reason her mother left.
"I'm fine…just remembering." He sighed.
"Please don't be sad…she wouldn't want you to be!" Rini looked at him innocently. He smiled at her. She was so innocent…but she didn't know the reason her mother
left. And he hoped she never found out,
even though he knew it would not be fair to her.
"Come on Rini, I'll go make some supper for us!" As Rini squealed and bounced off towards the
kitchen, he grinned. She was so much
like her mother…and with Serena once again invading his thoughts, he gaved one
last glance at the moon. Then he
proceeded towards the happy chattering of his daughter.
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"Yes, my leaving was for the best…" The queen of the moon was muttering to
herself, watching as Trunks and Rini ate their supper. Rini was chattering happily with Trunks. Before she had left, this had never
happened. Rini was now ten. Trunks was now thirty two…and she was
thirty.
'Rini…I'm sorry I left…I miss you so…you were my light…two
years…I watched over you for two years..and its just not the same as being
there…' Serena sighed.
'Trunks….oh I miss you so much!…:I knew you would make a
great father…its nice to see that you and Rini are finally bonding..but I wonder…where
is the lady in your life?'
"Serena?" Serena turned at the sound of her advisors, Luna
and Artemis's voice.
"Hai?"
"You need to take a vacation…" Luna stared worridly at her
charge. After Serena had left, the
scouts had confronted Trunks.
*********Flashback*****************
"Where is she?? What
did you do to her??!?!?!" an angry Uranus stalked up to Trunks, who had just
tucked Rini in bed.
"She left…." Trunks replied.
"We know! But
why?!?!?" Rei was angry.
"I know why…and I must say…it's about time." Michelle said,
after confronting her mirror.
"Is it the same reason she came to us for comfort?" Mina
asked. At Michelle's nod, the scouts
turned back to Trunks, their eyes blazing with anger.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU PAY ATTENTION TO HER??!?!?!? SHE'S YOUR
WIFE!!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY
TIMES SHE CAME TO US, CRYING BECAUSE OF YOU?!!?!?!?!?!" Uranus screamed at Trunks. She began to rant with other choiced words.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!" Lita was enraged.
"I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE STUCK WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS! YOU DID NOTHING BUT HURT HER AND STILL SHE
LOVED YOU!!!!" Rei yelled.
"You don't deserve her." Ami said simply.
"Ami is right…and if it weren't for the fact that I don't
want to waste my time with the likes of you, I would use you for my scratching
post!" Luna glared at him, seething with anger. AN:…I know…Luna's claws won't hurt him…but she had to say
something!!!
"Luna, it wouldn't bring the princess back. Now lets go." Trista turned and left, the others following her. None noticed as Trunks fell to his knees,
crying. He had made no move to defend
himself, as he believed everything they said was true.
*************End Flashback**************
The scouts had immediately sought their missing princess and
it wasn't hard. After all, after seeing
the moon shining brightly in the sky, they immediately figured out their
princess's location. Using sailor
teleport, they teleported to the moon.
Luna sighed. Two
years, they had been on the moon and Serena, now Queen Serenity of the white
moon kingdom, showed no signs of being the happy Serena they had known in the
past. She spent most of her free time
staring at the earth and every once in a while, watching Rini and Trunks. It was truly sad that the happy go lucky
girl they once knew was gone from their lives.
The queen had been missing the spark in her life. And she for one, would do everything to get
that spark back. So the scouts,
Artemis, and she had figured at how to help their queen and friend regain that
spark back.
"But Luna..the kingdom." Serenity began to object.
"No Serena, I will not hear it. The scouts, Artemis and I will manage the kingdom. You need the vacation." Luna argued.
"Are you sure you can handle the kingdom as cats?" Serena
asked.
"We've got the scouts too, and we'll just change into our
human forms." To prove their point, Luna and Artemis transformed into human
forms as the scouts came in. AN: too lazy to descibe how they looked, but
you should know how they look^-^
"Serenity….go on the vacation…we'll take care of the kingdom
while you're gone. Besides, we already
chosed a spot for you and everything!" Ami argued.
"Go my queen, it will do you some good." Trista said.
"Al…alright…if you all say so." Serena relented.
"Perfect! Now we'll
leave you to pack! Pack lots of
clothes, spring clothing. Maybe some
gowns…" Mina informed. With that the
scouts left the room. Outside the room,
they turned to Trista with the same question.
"Will this work?
Sending her to earth I mean."
Lita asked.
"Only time can tell." Trista replied.
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"WHAT??!! I'm going
to earth!!!?!?!?!?" Serena cried out.
"Hai my queen." Pluto replied.
"But why?"
"Because you miss Rini…and it would be nice to see you smile
again…." Michelle said.
"But.."
"No buts Koneko-chan…you're going..you agreed and we got you
a place and everything!" Amara
interrupted.
"Alright…"Serena grumbled.
"Good, now step through the portal, it will take you to your
destination." Trista created a portal, and Serena stepped through.
"We can only hope that this will bring back her spark." Luna
sighed, glancing sadly at the Earth.
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"Hm…nice place…"Serena said, looking around the house. It was fairly large, considering only one
person was living in it. Everything was
decorated to her liking and she had to smile.
The scouts really didn't have to go through all the trouble.
"Hm….I wonder if anything changed…" and Serena left to walk
around the city.
"Mommy! Look at the
pretty lady!" Serena smiled gently at a toddler as he pointed at her. His mother grinned slightly, and hushed
him. Serena smiled gently at the
two. The mother began to apologize, but
she hushed her.
"Honestly, I'm flattered." She had said, grinning. She bought the boy ice cream.
"Daddy…can I get some ice cream?" Serena's head snapped up
as she heard the familiar voice.
"Sure Rini…" Serena grinned slightly as Trunks and Rini went
to get some ice cream from a vending cart.
"Thanks dad, you're the best." By now, Serena was looking with
a bit of longing, though the smile didn't wipe from her face. Quietly and quickly, she turned around to
leave.
"Thanks dad, you're the best." Trunks smiled at this. He looked up and pain flashed through his
eyes as he thought he saw two blond streamers hanging from blond buns
flee. He blinked and when he looked
again, it was gone.
'Must be my imagination..' he thought painfully. Rini looked where her father was staring at,
and furrowed her eyes in confusion.
There was nothing there but people walking by. She rubbed her eyes as she thought she saw a glimps of gleaming
blond behind a tree. She dismissed it
as sunlight shining on something.
**********Few Days later*****************
Serena shifted continuously from one foot to the other. Throughout the past few days, she had
watched Trunks and Rini. With all the
watching, she felt a sense of longing.
She couldn't help it. Today, she
thought she would show herself. She
looked at her watch. Yes, it was about
time for school to end. She couldn't
face Trunks just yet…but she couldn't stay away from Rini. Just then the bell rang, signaling the end
of the school day. Through all the
racket, one voice stood out from the rest to Serena.
"Melissa, why don't you come over my house? My dad is going to pick me up and he won't
mind." Rini invited, not noticing Serena ahead.
"Sure, I'll just tell my mom. Gee Rini, your dad sure has gotten a lot nicer since your mother
left……" Melissa trailed off looking ahead.
"Yeah…I wish my mom was here though…daddy says he misses her
and…" Rini said sadly, then trailed
off, finally noticing Melissa had stopped walking. She looked ahead to see what had captured her friend's attention
and gasped. There, ahead of her, was a
woman…no, an angel without wings. She
had long blond hair, in a similar style as Rini's hair. Her blue eyes sparkled with an unknown
emotion. She was wearing a white
sundress and white heals. The hairstyle
was her mother's trademark. The blue
eyes was the blue eyes of her mother.
The angel WAS her mother. Her
mother was here…today…after two years!!!
"M…mom??" Rini wasn't sure if she was real.
"Hi Rini." It was
her mother!
"MOM!!" She cried, running into her mother's opened
arms. She didn't care who saw her,
them, her mother was back!
"Mom, where have you been? I missed you so much! What
are you doing here? Why did you
leave?" Rini began to blurt out questions
after questions.
"I've been staying with…people who needed me, I missed you
too! Oh Rini, you've grown so
much! I'm here on vacation, and as for
why I left, it's up to your father to tell you." Serena smiled at Rini.
"Dad says you left because he was a fool." Rini
replied. Serena laughed at her
daughter's innocence in replying.
"So mommy, how long are you staying? Are you coming back with us??" Rini asked.
"I'm staying for a month and no, I won't be staying at home
with you. I'm staying at a different
house." Serena replied, and immediately regretted it as her daughter's face
became downcasted. Rini quickly smiled
again.
"Oh well, you're here and that's all that matters!" Rini began to drag her mother to meet her
friends. She brought her to a group of
kids and some adults.
"Hey Rini, who's this?
She looks just like your mother!" Alex, one of the boys said.
"This is Alex, Melissa, Sasha, Sandra, Ken, Ryan, Jason,
Matt, Mamoru and Trisha. That's Mr.
Kurray, Alex's father. And this is Mr
and Mrs. Stines, Ken's parents. And
this is Mr. Shields, he's Mamoru's dad.
Everyone, this is my mom!" Rini grinned, leaving everyone stunned at the
fact that her mom was here.
"Your mother? The
one who left?" Serena's eyes flashed
with pain but it quickly vanished as Mr. Kurray said that.
"Hello, I'm Darien Shields." Mr. Shields greeted Serena, she smiled and greeted him back.
"Wow Rini, your mom is really pretty!" Sasha looked at the
tall serene figure before her.
"My mom is the prettiest lady in the world!" Rini said,
making Serena blush.
"Now Rini, that's not true!
There are plenty of prettier women than me! Take Mrs. Stines for example!" Serena said, and Mrs. Stines
flushed at the comment.
"No, you're much prettier than I am." Mrs. Stines said,
liking the new woman immediately.
"Rini!" everyone turned to see Trunks looking for Rini.
"Right here dad!" Rini called out. Trunks looked towards Rini, not seeing the figure behind
her. He ran up.
"There you are, I've been waiting for a while now! Why didn't you come to the…" he faded off as
he noticed the figure behind his daughter.
"Serena…." He gasped.
"Hello Trunks…long time no see."
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Hm…think I'll leave it there^-^…don't forget to review…and I
know…I left the chapter at a very bad spot…but……uh…sees readers glare and
advance towards her uh..i gotta go! Bai bai!! REVIEW!!!
