Thank you for reviews. About Darien, I'm most likely going to…what, did you think I was going to tell you? Then you'd leave & won't review & I'd cried & we'd all be sad. So to keep you here, I'm doing this. I don't own Sailor Moon, by the way…

Serena was still stroking Darien's hair, but her mind had wandered. She thought about all the times he had called her "meatball head" & how she said she hated him. Then about how he was Tuxedo Mask & then was taken. Then him forgetting about her, then breaking up with her.

She sighs. "We've been through so much together, you can't leave me now."

"Don't worry. I'll be OK." she hears a voice.

She looks down to see Darien beginning to awake. She smiles & wipes her tears. "You're awake. That's good."

He lifts his head up & puts his arms around her. "It's OK, you don't have to be so strong. You can cry." he soothed her.

Serena shook her head. "I can't cry anymore. Crying solves nothing. What we have to do is find a cure!" she exclaims, feeling a little hope.

Darien looks surprised. "But there is none…"

"Then we'll find one!" She jumps up, determined. "I won't just sit back & watch you die!" She looks up into the sky. "As God as my witness, I will find a cure for you!" she pumps her fist into the air.

Darien laughs. "Drama queen." He gets up as well & stands by her.

She turns, smiling. "You know it."

They lean in to kiss, when they hear a rustle. They both spun around to see Andrew carrying an unconscious Mina.

"Mina!" Serena exclaimed, running to her fallen friend. "Wake up!" she exclaims, shaking her.

"Stop shaking me." Mina groans, rubbing her eyes.

Serena took a gulp & brought Mina into a hug. Mina is surprised. "What was that for?" she asks when Serena pulls back.

Serena shrugs her shoulder. "I'm very emotional right now, I feel like hugging. Plus, can't I hug my sister?"

Mina suddenly feels a pinch of guilt. She was about to betray her own sister, loved one & the world. She stood up & turned.

Serena stood up as well. "Mina, I'm sorry. I won't call you that…"

Mina shakes her head. "It's not that. It's…" she stops, just staring at Serena's concern.

Serena watched Mina's face as well. "Mina, what's wrong?" she asked, getting closer, but Mina puts her arms up to stop her.

"I'm sorry…I can't talk right now!" she runs off, tears streaming down her face. Serena, Darien & Andrew stand in awe.

"What's wrong with her?" Darien asks.

"I don't know. But I'll sure find out." Serena starts to go after her, but feels a hand on her shoulder. She turns to see Andrew shake his head.

"Let her be. She'll be fine." 'I hope.' he adds, silently to himself.

Meanwhile, Mina is running, dodging people. She runs into someone & goes flying back.

"I'm so sorry." the person apologizes.

"No, it was my fault." Mina looks up to see a pretty girl with red hair.

"No really. Let me buy you some cake." the woman says, helping Mina up.

Mina, never letting a free cake go, nods. "OK."

Mina & the woman are sitting in the café, eating chocolate cake. Mina is enjoying herself, immensely. The woman watched, smiling.

"You sure are hungry, aren't you?" the woman asks.

Mina, realizing what she's doing, blushes. "Sorry." she stops & wipes her face. "I'm so rude. My name is Mina Aino. What's yours?"

Before the woman answers, her phone rings. She answers it.

"Hello?" A pause & "Hi, sweetheart!" she smiles.

Mina watches the exchange in envy. When the woman hangs up, she smiles. "Sorry, that was my fiancé." She gets a dreamy look in her eyes. "Andrew is so cute."

Mina goes still, her heart stopping. "What's his name?"

"Andrew Furuhata." the woman says, dreamingly.

Mina gulps. "Let me guess, your name is…Hina?"

The woman snaps out of it. "How'd you guess?"

Mina held in her tears. "Just a lucky guess." She stands up & grabs her coat. "I better go." She bows. "Thank you for the cake. I'm sorry again for bumping into you."

"No prob." Hina says. "Maybe you can meet Andrew sometime. He is really nice."

Mina nods. "I bet." She turns. "Bye…Hina." She walks out, tears streaming down her face again.

She walks to a park & sits down. "How can I compete against her? She's beautiful & kind & utterly perfect." She looks down in her hands. "I have nothing going for me. I'm just a stupid high school girl hanging onto the past." She looks up into the sky. "That's it! I'm not going to sit here & cry about the past." She stands up. "I'm going to focus on Serena & helping her with Darien." She smiles & nods. "Yeah, that's what I'll do." She walks home, a light of hope in her heart.

Unknown to her, a pair of eyes were watching her. "She's slowly breaking down. Soon, she'll be easy as cake." A laugh & darkness.

Wow, poor Mina! But Serena is determined to find a cure. Let's hope she does! I'll update as fast as I can. But in the meantime, RR!