Chapter Two : Liar, Liar pants on Fire
10 years later in the twentieth Century;
Rini was finally a young adult, she could vote, gamble, and drive if she wanted to, but today was the day she had to go home since her training as a sailor scout was now complete. She brought out a pink polka dotted suitcase and started to fold her clothes.
"I can't believe I'm going home today…" moving on to her valuable possessions that she kept in a box.
"It seems almost like yesterday that I floated down here for the first time, interrupting one of Serena's dates with Darien." She laughed at the thought while staring down at a picture of them swinging on the swings. Serena was mad that Darien was pushing Rini instead of her and started to yell.
"Raye got a good mouth shot on Serena…" She smiled then started looking at the little bracelets, her favourite sunglasses, even notes that she wrote to Melissa on how cute Kelly was that Rini eventually started to date him.
"Oh shit, I forgot about Kelly!" Rini rushed from what she was doing, running down the stairs putting on her coat.
"Where do you think you're going Rini?" asked Serena with a big donut in her face sitting and watching MTV. "The girls and Darien are going to be here any minute for your big day."
Rini looked at her younger version of her mother and said "If you keep pigging out like that there won't be a big day, there will be a big you, and I'll be back in a minute. I have some unfinished business to do." Serena stuck out her tongue from the comment but the girl didn't see as she ran out the door and down the street turning left a couple times before she found Kelly's house.
"Oh I hope he's home…" she said anxiously. She knew he loved her, but she wasn't looking for love, so in return she didn't find any. She liked him a lot, if that counts.
It was bad enough that she had to break up with him over no reason. What could she say? Hey Kelly, I'm actually from the future, and you know my cousin who looks like me? Well uh…yeah… she's actually my mother, not to mention Queen of the Earth, and Sailor Moon. In addition I have to return now, never to come back because my training of a sailor scout is finally complete. Yup, that would go over sooo smoothly…in a mental institution.
Rini rang the doorbell once but as no one answered.
"Fuck it." She started to press the button rapidly, Kelly, after being her boyfriend for three years deserved a goodbye.
After the twentieth ring she started to give up, huffed in annoyance and proceeded to go back until she heard the door open slightly.
"Rini? What are you doing here?" Kelly asked nervously "I thought you we're spending the day with your family?"
Rini smiled to greet Kelly with a small kiss and a hug. "Hi Kelly, that's what I need to talk to you about…"
"Ok, but I have to be quick. I'm busy studying for a…test." That's weird. Kelly never studied, thought Rini.
That was one of the parts she really liked about him. He was a bad boy, with a piercing on his ear, and a skull tattoo on his upper arm. She never told her parent's about having a boyfriend, but Mina knew about it considering she stalked the hell out of her one day claiming that her "love radar" was acting up whenever she was around her.
"Well ok then…can I come in to talk about this? It's important."
Kelly leaned on the door handle "Sorry, my mom doesn't want anyone in the house right now." his eyes darted Rini's as Kelly looked behind him for a second.
Kelly was never a good liar either. "What's wrong Kelly? Why are -" Rini asked in concern, but as she looked past him, she saw a familiar coat on the hooks. It was purple…and looked just like…
"Melissa's…"
"Melissa? Rini, Melissa's not here…What are you talking about? You're acting Crazy…"but as he was speaking, he was suddenly cut off from the voice that was coming closer.
"Hey Kelly, are you done so we can continue our fun upstairs? Who are you talking….Rini…?"
Rini couldn't breathe, think, or speak for a minute, until she realized what was right in front of her. What was right in front of her for a long, long time.
Rini's face was so red she could explode; her eyes frantically looked at Kelly, "Crazy Kelly? I'm the crazy one? How the fuck could you? We've been dating for three years and you've been cheating on me?"
"It's not what you think-"
"Don't give me 'it's not what you think' or 'that's not what it looks like' bullshit. I'm not stupid. How long has this been going on?" Rini yelled looking between Melissa and Kelly.
"If you weren't stupid you would of realized this along time ago." Melissa bitched, but Rini forced to keep her eyes on Kelly. Rini had a sensible mind when she thought about the topic on cheating. She thought that people always went after the girl, saying it was all her fault that the boyfriend cheats, but it's more the guys fault if they let the girls do it to them in the first place. Rini thought Kelly would never dare to cheat on her, how wrong was she?
Kelly looked like his tough exterior shrivelled up into a ball on behalf of the sweat that she saw from his forehead. "sincewestartedgoingout" he mumbled in a small voice.
"What? Can't hear you Kelly. Speak louder! If you can do shit to her with your mouth, I'm sure you can fucking speak!"
"Since we started going out-"but it was too late before he stumbled on the ground holding his face in his hand for comfort. Rini punched him as hard as she could as she looked at him from the ground.
"You know what? It's good that I know about this now, because I'm moving today, never to see your cheating lying scum face ever again!" Rini said looking down at Kelly, turning to see a scared Melissa.
"And for you Melissa…how could you? My own best friend betrayed me. I always knew you we're jealous of me, but to have my leftovers? Now you can have him all you want, because he'll just do the same to you what he did to me. Goodbye…I hope you're so happy together."
Melissa started to chew her nails in nervousness, she did not want to get punched out too. "Rini, I'm sorry"
"If you we're sorry, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. Save it for someone who cares." Rini snapped.
"But Rini, I love you! Don't leave me…" Kelly interrupted, looking at her with one good eye. Rini stared at him for a second, chuckled then started to walk home before she could hear Melissa yell at him. When she turned the last corner Rini started to cry at the unfortunate events, even though she knew she shouldn't.
How could she have not known? The times when they went camping and she went to bed early, whenever Melissa and Kelly would schedule the same day for family hangouts? The study dates that Rini wasn't included in because she didn't have the same subjects as them? Melissa started to smoke at the same time Kelly too. Was she so naïve? Rini promised herself never again to fall for stupid boy antics. The young princess did that once a long time ago and she got her heart broken and she's ashamed that she let it happen again, but at a lesser extent.
As Rini wiped her final tears, she felt better knowing she had no one here for her to miss, except her family. They we're different from the future ones, less serious, and more fun, even if they we're the same. Maybe it was time itself that aged them to be more serious in the future, Rini wondered, but let her mind go blank as she entered the house. Rini noticed that Serena was no longer on the couch.
"Oh god, its 4:30 already? I better hurry up and finish packing or else I'll be late." She said, Looking at the clock in the kitchen and eating a chocolate granola bar before heading upstairs.
Rini continued to put stuff into her suitcase, until she remembered her replica heart sceptre she had when she was a kid. The heart sceptre was one of the most important things in her life. Just before she left for the twentieth century, Rini remembered sitting on her bed crying because she didn't have any powers like her mother or the other sailor scouts. A golden light came to her a sceptre appeared, saying she would better experience through the power of love and friends.
"Now where did I put it? The closet? No I don't think so…dresser? No I cleared everything out….Bed! Underneath the bed! It shocks me how smart I am." Rini started to reach with all her might under the bed, but she couldn't feel any sceptre or anything for that matter until Rini felt a silk cloth containing to hide a slightly big object.
"What's this?"
She snatched the object carefully and saw that she found a pink cloth wrapped around something that was made out of glass…or was it crystal? Rini started to tremble as she begun to unwrap this mystery, only to find the crystal orb that once held a special Pegasus.
Rini stopped breathing, up until she had to gasp out breaths. She stared at it, seeing no more shine that it once had, nor the life that it contained.
Didn't it disappear with all her memories, with him, and her heart? Rini wouldn't, no, couldn't let herself have feelings for the boy that promised to see her but never did. Just like her feelings, she stuffed the crystal orb with all her stuff in the bag, looked back at her attic one last time, then walked down the stairs a final time to say goodbye.
"Darien must have told Serena to give me some space, knowing that it would be hard for me to go." She whispered, looking at the twilight sky. "I promise I'll visit again one day. Maybe that day I'll be greeted with a baby Rini."
In a short distance she saw everyone at the lake. Darien and Serena were side by side, like always and the girls smiled, holding gifts for her travel.
"Now Rini, chase all the boy's away. I don't want anyone hurting my pumpkin, even if she's an adult now."
Rini smiled at her dad, seeing the age difference when she first arrived. He was still as handsome as ever, "I promise Darien." Rini said giving him a tight hug. "Even my future daddy use to say to me all the time when I was younger." He couldn't believe their little girl was now as tall her mother.
Rini turned around to see all the girls with various gifts. They hugged her each, "Thanks so much you guys for raising me and teaching me to be a great sailor scout like you. I will miss all of you."
"Silly Rini," said Raye as Lita continued "We are the future. You'll always have us protect you."
"Don't forget…oh what is it again?" Mina asked, "There is only one love in life, to be happy or to make people happy."
Rini laughed, "Oh, Mina."
"No Mina, it's 'there is only one happiness in life to love, and to be loved." Amy said, shaking her head with a smile. "Don't forget to study Rini."
"I won't forget, thanks Amy."
"Yes, or you'll end up just as irresponsible as you're mother." Luna interrupted from the ground, as Serena yelled in the background "Hey, I heard that Luna!"
"Rini, don't forget to tell Diana we love her, and I hope you have a safe journey." Artimus said as Rini looked at the last, most important person she wanted to say goodbye too. She saw her mother crying and ran right into her arms.
"10 years has gone by fast hasn't it?" Serena said, her voice muffled into her daughters hair as they both stood there, together crying.
"Oh mom…"
"I can't wait to have you Rini. I love you, even if we fought so much, I love you with all my heart." Rini sobbed into her mother's shoulder. The girls gave them a couple minutes, than Darien tapped lightly on Serena's shoulder.
"It's time for her to leave now. She'll be back soon."
Serena unlatched herself from Rini and smiled at the young princess who was now holding up her crystal key. "Take me home crystal key! I'm done now! Take me home to the future!"
The water started to whirl around violently as the clouds bunched around the spot where Rini was standing. She started to levitate off the ground. "It's working, it's finally working…" she waved her last goodbye and got sucked up into the time continuum.
Rini knew she would be fine in the future, no more boys, no more betraying friends, no pegasus' with broken promises, only duty…but little did she know that she would be quite wrong from what her parents had in mind…
AN: Hi fellow moonies, another chapter is up, and I think so far that the story is coming together quite smoothly. Hoped you like it! Review are like lays chips, you can never have just one...lol
