Four- Who are my parents?

Meiyo was out with her journal and pen the next morning. She began to write down everything she was feeling about the possible next new enemy and her fears with her dad being gone.

I'm back. I never really thought I'd like getting my feelings out on paper, but it helps me see what I'm feeling. Anyways, last night, after the incident with Akaru, Natsuki, and Kirio we were all made to go do a stupid meeting. There's really not enough information, but most everyone is concerned and my mom decided we need extra training. Everyone else agreed too. GREAT! More training! We already go two days a week- each of us. That's EVERYDAY that my mom is hours away training someone. Akaru and Mikomi trained last. And me and Naosu are training sometime today.

I decided not to tell anyone about how I was feeling. I just have a bad feeling about everything right now. And that dream--nightmare that I had. It was awful. It really felt like someone was there. I didn't have one tonight; thankfully, but I don't want to experience that again. I'm so scared and I feel like I have no one to go to. Sachi won't listen to me- he's… being a jerk. And all he cares about is his stupid parents that weren't really in his life. I shouldn't have said that, but I'm mad at Sachi right now. I wish my dad was back, I KNOW something is wrong. I just have a gut feeling--

There was a knock on Meiyo's door. She quickly shut her journal and buried it underneath her stack of school books. "One minute." She walked away from her desk and sat down on her bed. "Okay, come in."

Minako opened the door and came inside, "What on earth were you doing? I heard-- Oh never mind. Breakfast is ready."

"Thanks Mom." Meiyo replied. Minako nodded and shut the door. Meiyo fell back on her bed in relief. She didn't want anyone to know that she was writing-- in a journal. She sat up and headed on toward their breakfast bar. Sachi was already up at the bar gulping down the pancakes and eggs Minako had made. Meiyo made a face. She didn't care for her mother's food and it showed by the amount of syrup she put on her pancakes. She downed it down with a glass of milk. She got down to put her plate away, but Sachi stopped her.

"I don't know how you did it, but I'll get you back." he promised her.

Meiyo made a face, "Did what?"

"Don't play stupid Meiyo." he said, but slipped away before he could question her anymore.

Meiyo was utterly puzzled. She had no idea as to what he was talking about, but she decided that it wasn't going to bother her. She went back into her room and quickly changed. She hid her journal in her school bag and headed out toward the door, but her mother stopped her before she reached it.

"You and Naosu have training today at two-thirty. I want you there this time Meiyo or otherwise I'm going to start keeping you with me when you have training." Minako explained.

"I'll be there mom. And aren't you doing two training sessions a day now?" Meiyo asked trying to hide her bitterness.

"Yes, you and Naosu are training first and then I'm having Usagi train with Gemmei." Minako replied. "If you want to look at the training schedule its posted on the fridge."

Meiyo nodded, "I will later. Love you mom." and she turned on her heels and walked out the front door. Meiyo threw her head back and starred up at the sky as she walked aimlessly around the Palace grounds. She didn't feel like going out today; she didn't want to risk being late to her own practice. "What a pity that would be." she groaned out loud. Having her dad be so far away from her was making her anxious and very curt with everyone. The past two years, she and her father had grown remarkably close to each other. When she found out he was taking up a job she was rather horror stricken. She couldn't figure out why her father would do that to her.

She caught a glimpse of some of the younger children playing kickball. She laughed; it was amazing how the younger children were so much like the Chibi Senshi's themselves- Cosmic Senshi's rather. Which, was another reason why they had yet to miss a single practice since they had all reached that level. Meiyo had been late or not shown up at all on some very rare occasions and her mother insisted on fussing about it still.

Ten-year-old Kimiko begged Meiyo to come onto their team. Shaking her head, Meiyo continued on. Kimiko gave out pretend wails, but this did not even move Meiyo a bit.

She wasn't the least bit shocked when she saw Kirio in a tree, talking down to her twin sister. By the defeated look on Natsuki's face she had been unsuccessful in getting Kirio down. Kirio and Natsuki both waved at Meiyo as she continued walking. Meiyo smiled and waved back. She was quite amazed to see that many of the children were out and roaming the palace. She figured with the new threat of an enemy that there wouldn't be too many kids out, but it seemed the majority of them were.

She saw Mikomi and Shinju working on some homework near the Garden Fountain. Most of the younger adopted children were playing on the field she had passed by earlier. She spotted, however, a very weird and disturbing scene. Sweet, nineteen-year-old, Koyo had gotten into a disagreement with Yumi. Koyo tripped Yumi and walked away.

Meiyo seethed with anger. Balling up her fist, she marched right over to Yumi. She tried her hardest not to show her anger with Koyo, but when she noticed the fear in Yumi's eyes she had not succeeded. Meiyo dropped down to the five-year-olds level and placed her hand on Yumi's shoulder.

"Please, I'm not going to hurt you, Yumi. I'm the Senshi of Love, remember? I don't hate you." Meiyo attempted to explain.

Yumi's face was streaming with tears, "Why do some of the older kids hate me then?"

Meiyo shrugged, sadly. She didn't know how someone could hate a child. "I don't know Yumi, just remember, though, I'm here for you. So don't be afraid to come to me."

"Meiyo-Chan, who are my real parents? I was adopted too." Yumi asked.

Meiyo sat there, on her knees, stunned. How could she tell Yumi that she was created for an evil purpose, and that she had no real birth parents? Meiyo's heart felt numb and saddened; Yumi picked up on this.

"They don't exist, do they?" She asked, sniffling. She tired hard to wipe her tears away, but they kept coming. "Meiyo, what if… what if… I was created for evil only? That's what Koyo and Sachi keep telling me."

"Oh, Yumi! There's no way you're evil. Look inside your heart; the answers are there." Meiyo stood up. "You are wise for being so young. Don't let what Koyo and the other kids say bother you. I know your heart is full of love and goodness."

Yumi nodded and smiled broadly up at Meiyo. She stood up and wrapped her arms around Meiyo's waist, "Thank you Meiyo-Chan."

Meiyo departed, leaving Yumi alone; lost in thought. Yumi wanted to know how she got here, and if she really did have any parents. She didn't know why it mattered so much to her, she after all did have two very loving parents and two sisters, but something was going on inside her that she couldn't explain.

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Meiyo continued on her walk through the palace, she wasn't the least bit surprised not see Aoi Mizuno out and about today or her younger sister, Mari. And Akaru wasn't out either. This irked Meiyo greatly. She didn't understand how they could be wasting a perfectly good day. Meiyo guessed that Aoi was inside studying for some test and that Rei had planned something for her and Akaru to do together. She was usually right with her speculations.

Meiyo glanced down at her watch and saw that it was a quarter till she had to be at practice. Not wanting to disappoint her mother, she headed on over toward the training area. When she arrived she was slightly shocked to see only Naosu.

"You're mom hasn't arrived yet." Naosu pointed out.

"Well, that's unusual. Have you checked her office yet?" Meiyo asked. Naosu shook her head. Meiyo walked over to her mother's office, she was just about to open the door when something fell in front of her face. It dangled down from a piece of string and was very light. She scooped it up with her hands and looked at it closely; it was a picture of her father. She turned the back over and read, "You're a loser."

Meiyo snatched the picture down and walked haughtily back over to Naosu. "Did you find anything out?"

"Only that Sachi is going to pay for something. He's going to pay for something greatly." she glanced over at the simulator and nodded, "I know just how he is going to pay."

"Maybe I don't want to know…" Naosu spoke quietly.

Authors Note: I left this one at bit of a cliffhanger, because Minako hasn't showed up yet, but don't worry, I will update very soon. As for the other story going on, I haven't had the chance to go over it and make sure it sounds decent. But I did however get a very clever idea for Setsuna's story. I believe I'm going to call it Forbidden Treasure. I'll update my profile with it. Anyways, please review and if you notice any mistakes will you please let me know. Its very easy to fix them, but if you don't tell me then I don't know.