Chapter 4

Morning soon came to the Tsukino house hold, it was only 7.30 in the morning but moment was heard in one of the bathrooms, which caused a raven haired teenager to stir, opening up her eye's she looked around the ocean blue bedroom. Everything was quite apart from a shower running.

Rei sat up in the bed that was provided by her best friend, she remembered the late night stroll she took in the park, how she had bumped into Serena breaking down in front of her. Talking out problems with Darien getting into slight arguments with Serena about her recent bad habit she had tried to burn all of Serena's smoking gear but the blonde never let them leave her side.

The door opened and she saw Serena with her hair down, which just went past her shoulders, she would miss calling the girl meatball head, wearing a white vest and grey sweatpants, "Oh I'm sorry Rei did I wake you?" Rei shook her head while pushing the covers off herself "Nah I was waking up anyway I must say it's a Sunday and you're up early, I didn't think it would be possible" Serena just let out an angelic laugh before throwing her wet hair up into a sloppy pony tail "Blame that one on Ruby he has me going jogging with him at 6am every morning Sunday or no Sunday!"

That was one thing that Rei wasn't expecting, one of their enemy's from the dark moon family was so close… a blood relative none the less! And Serena didn't give two damns, She was slightly worried that Serena was going to get hurt but what the girl said next, "Well I'm getting my pay back, manual labour in re-decorating this house! EVERY! Sunday"

Having to blink a few times, Rei couldn't help but burst out laughing that would be a funny sight to see, tough guy from the black moon family painting a wall pink or yellow. Standing up she let out a stretch "You can borrow some of my clothing today, sorry I don't have any girlish things anymore kind of threw them out." She handed Rei some baggy jeans, along with a short sleeved orange hoodie, "This is something that Lita would wear! Please don't tell me you also wear….." her suspisous was confirmed when she went routing through Serena's underwear draw.

"What? There more comfy than them dental floss things Mina wears! You've got to admit that, just pick out some boxers and socks I'll be downstairs making breakfast, the bathroom will be free until 9 so if I was you I'd enjoy the hot water while you can" with that the moon princess walked out of her bedroom but turned round suddenly, "Oh I kept your toothbrush too, it's next to the sink as well as your favourite shampoo n body was!" with that she left.

Giving her head a shake, Rei decided to take Serena up on her offer, grabbing a pair of orange boxers n matching socks, she walked out of the bedroom to freshen up.

Not even an hour later, the aroma of food began to wake up the house. Rei was leaning against the kitchen counter watching the blonde whip up a feast for breakfast while also putting a joint of meat in the oven with plenty of seasoning. She studied the girl and the more she studied the blonde haired moon princess the more she was drawn to wanting to protect her. She saw Serena place a coffee, tea and juice down on the table, after hearing footsteps upstairs.

The first one to enter the kitchen was Irene, "Morning Serena, how many times do I have to tell you to enjoy your Sunday mornings sleeping? Oh good morning Rei I didn't know you was here." Rei just smiled to the older woman, "I bumped into Serena last night and she offered her hospitality" Irene raised her eye brow, "You went to the Tokyo spring lake again last night after Emerald and the boy's left didn't you?" she picked up the cup of black coffee taking a slight sip. "Um… Mrs. Tsukino how do you know which is your drink?"

The older woman smiled while waiting for an answer from her daughter, " it's only me and Serena in this house that drinks coffee, especially black coffee, her father hates the stuff and Sammy doesn't like hot drinks all together." Understanding that, Irene turned back to her daughter giving her that 'your-going-to-tell-me' look. "Yeah I did, after the run in with Darien yesterday I just had to get some air, you know how I am, plus it was a pretty good thing I went otherwise I wouldn't have spoken to Rei for like another 3 months!" shaking her head she gave Serena a kiss on the cheek "Just be careful that parks been known to host them monsters that the sailor senshi fight"

That made something click inside Rei's head, if Serena went their often then that's how she was able to respond fast enough to the monsters. Serena smiled to her mother, "Don't worry mother the sailor senshi have that under control in any case breakfasts almost done, why don't you go get ready so us girls can go shopping? I get to drive right?"

Irene laughed "Sorry dear, you may know how to drive that death trap but not my baby" with that she walked out taking her coffee to get ready for shopping. Rei turned to Serena "I'm so sorry you've had to do the work by yourself at the park Serena but every time we get there you've already done the job.." Serena held up her hands, "Don't worry about it love, if anything I consider it as training plus you know how I feel about the people, sometimes either Ruby or Sapphire's with me anyway depending on what time of day and who I'm with that day."

Rei sat back in her chair, "I'm not too sure if I like you hanging around them Sere, I know you said that they was shocked about their future people did, but…" She saw the blonde princess smiling, "I was cautious at first too, in fact I kicked Rubious so hard in the nuts when I first saw him and then when I mentioned he was my cousin I had to call my mother to come down and she confirmed it, after that they've been coming round almost every night for dinner. Mum wouldn't have it any other way plus it's not like there going to leave me on my own from now on. I can almost guarantee that one of them is going to be watching me like a hawk because of Darien…. You said you felt bad vibes from him…. Was it nega bad vibes or just…" Rei closed her eye's trying to remember the vibes she got from the earth prince, "for now just stalker vibes lets just hope it's just that" both girls nodded.

The rest of the family had come down for breakfast, Kenji was taking Sammy to the laser arcade centre while the girls was heading towards the mall.

Downtown at the tattoo studio Sapphire, Rubious and Andrew was gathered sitting at the counter. Andrew had decided to take the day off to try and catch his sister but the boys mentioned that she doesn't work Sundays which had made him slightly upset, but Rubious had mentioned Darien coming yesterday and bruising his sisters wrist.

"He did WHAT! I told him to stay away from my baby sis, how dare he try and yank her away from her job…." Rubius placed a hand on his shoulder, "I know how you feel Andrew she is my cousin after all it's just like when she lived in Osaka with me and my aunt for that year at the age of 10, when them girls…. " He gritted his teeth, Andrew nodded it wasn't a nice time for Serena when she was that age at all.

Sapphire didn't know though so he was slightly curious about it, "What happened?" Rubious sighed and leaned forward on his chair, "Serena's parents was going through a separation at the time cause Kenji had lost his job and Irene was getting panic attacks about their home, so my mother said she'd look after Serena for a year and got her enrolled into Osaka elementary school, Serena loved it at first she had me and a few other friends she made quickly while being there…. But Serena wasn't how she was now, she had to wear glasses and braces. Oh boy was she smart too…. But the popular crowed didn't like her, she was new and getting all the attention from the crowds, so every time I wasn't around….they bullied her, calling her fat, braceface, book worm, any bad word at that age you can think of Serena got that verbal abuse until…. ¾ way through they began to physically abuse her. I caught them and told the bullies to back off…but it made it worse, one of the girls got her older brother to jump Serena on her way home. I was in an after school activity club and my mother received a phone call from the hospital, she rushed to pick me up and when we got there she was in a critical condition that she almost died."

Sapphire's eye's widened, as Andrew kept his head down, "I was at Irene's place that day they got the phone call, I was teaching Sammy something and Irene picked up the phone, 10 minutes later she was in a panic attack and dad had to drive us as fast as he could to Osaka, when we got there Serena had been placed in ICU, she was in a coma." "Yeah one she didn't wake up from for 2 months, when she did wake up she couldn't remember anything, not even me or my mother, all she remembered was her name and parents. Even Sammy wasn't remembered or Andrew, The doctors recommended that she went back with her parents and the kid who beat her up was placed in that kids prison. His sister bragged to her friends about what happened but most of them began to leave her group. Serena was an angel to everyone she didn't deserve it."

Sapphire sat back he was shocked at the information he had just been received, "So when I moved back here to Tokyo and bumped into her after Emerald had done her tattoo, it was like a stab to the heart that she couldn't remember me, I had to phone Aunt Irene to confirm it and since then our family relationships become stronger especially since we know who she really is, and that we have to protect her especially from that god forsaken earth prince!"

Andrew looked to both of the guy's, Serena had told him everything about her being the reincarnated moon princess, and the black moon family but he just couldn't bring himself to believe these two in front of him was trying to destroy the world especially the future, hell he almost passed out when She had mentioned that Chibiusa was her daughter in the future and the girls father was Darien. He had wanted to kill the man there and then.

He gripped the chair tightly, "My sisters been through so much heart ache and pain… and yet she's still able to smile so brightly after people hurt her… and I can never do a thing! About it!" he slammed his fist on the table. "Whoa there Drew calm down I know you don't have magic powers like we do but … you can do something by keeping that Darien away from her at the Arcade, my guess is that since he knows Serena goes there for coffee on a morning that he'll try and be there at the same time to try to intercept her."

"that's right normally Serena comes in before him and when she goes Darien comes in 10 minutes later just missing each other… but yesterday Darien must have gotten up slightly earlier that's how they ran into each other…."

Sapphire had been quite again and then realised something, "What if Darien only wants her for the crystal?" both men looked to him "what do you mean?" "I was up last night thinking about what he had said to me, that she's got no choice but to be with him… I think… he wants the silver crystal… he wants to rule with power"

Rubious fists was shaking, he wouldn't let his cousin go through that, "I want her protected her at all times…but we all need a day off this is why Serena gets Sunday and Wednesdays off, and I can't ask you or Emerald to stay here every day when she's working…" sapphire shook his head, "I don't mind, I can study my law for university while being here and on days I can't make it Ruby you can cover, Andrews going to be here tomorrow Darien wont try anything while he still thinks Andrew is his friend and oblivious to the sailor senshi… I want to try and see the scouts…" "That's where I can come in… I can talk to the girls when they come into the arcade, I'm not pleased with them but I do know for a fact they hate him for sleeping with her best friend." So the three brainstormed for a while, Sapphire had to deal with a customer at some point who had asked for Serena but since she wasn't in he covered, a few other customers came in but refused and booked in at a later date with Serena.

This made the guy's smile, she was a popular artist, on the road to becoming a famous one.

Over at the Tokyo shopping district, Serena her mother and Rei was having a blast, Serena had treated them to some clothing and make up, even though she didn't wear it herself, she enjoyed being able to treat her mother for all the help she had given the girl. An was more than happy to treat Rei for being such a good friend. Rei had even asked Irene about a few things Serena and Rubious did as kids where she was more than happy to tell stories, the raven hair girl glanced to her blonde friend at times noticing confusion on the girls face and wondered about it. There was something that both Serena and Irene wasn't telling her that had happened in Serena's past to forget her cousin.

"So Irene what's your sisters name?" "You want to know about my sister? Rubious mother? Well… her names Beryl Black, but why did you want to know?" the name Beryl made both girls spines shiver, but shrugged it off, "Actually mother, I'd been wondering about it too in fact I've been struggling to remember your side of the family all I know of is Rubious and Aunt Beryl moved to Osaka when I was 6 and that's it…"

At that point Irene had stiffened up slightly and both girls noticed it, "you was just too young Serena, maybe them moving away hurt you that much you was so close to my sister and your cousin." Serena just accepted that answer for now until a voice shouted over, "Serena Tsukino?" turning around she saw a girl with brunette hair and green eye's, she suddenly froze she didn't know why she did but this girl sent a fear down her spine.

"Umm… who are you?" Asked Rei, "Me? Oh I'm sorry I should have introduced myself, or at least Serena should have after all… we went to school together when we was 10, my names Melissa Jones, I haven't seen her since she was in Osaka. Don't you remember me? Bracey?"

Serena's world stopped, for some reason unknown to her, this girl sent fear into the core of her heart, and that name that nickname stabbed her so hard in the back it was un believable, "I'm shocked, seeing a old friend and you freeze up? What's up your cousin not round to save you this time specky? Actually wait? Where are them Specs?" out of no where a pain shot through the blondes temple, causing her to keel over, Rei and her mother jumped out of their seats and rushed to her side, "SERENA! oi you Melissa what did you do to her?"

Melissa looked to the raven haired girl, "I didn't do anything I'm just shocked she doesn't remember who I am… I just wanted to come over and have a civil conversation with bulldozer…" Rei widened at that one, she now could single this girl out as a bully, "Wait Melissa jones? I remember you, you better get your face out of here now or I will call the authorities! You and your brother are not allowed anywhere near my family! And I will not stand for you putting my daughter in pain again!"

The girl held her hands up, "Alright I just wanted to apologise to her anyway about what my brother did, I was young and stupid, take care Shark teeth!" with that the girl left, but before they could ask Serena if she was ok, Rei felt her go slump looking around the shopping district in a panic, "Someone call an ambulance! My sister needs help!" immediately a young couple was on the phone to the paramedics, "There on their way miss!"

Rei looked down at her friend, who's face held pain, "What went on between you and her Sere?"

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