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Chapter Seven :

A woman with dark green hair stood in the shadows, a wine goblet in her hand. The man before her was bent down on one knee, looking down at the ground. She liked that. It had been a long time since she had gotten such respect. "You may stand and speak Clay."

"Thank you my lady." Clay gracefully stood up, placing his right hand over his heart briefly before speaking. "We have located them. They are currently in Tokyo, with...the others."

"Very good Clay, you have done well."

"Thank you my lady."

Taking a sip of wine, she run her fingers along the rim of the goblet. "Have you told...him of this yet?"

"No my lady. As you requested, I came to you as soon as we had anything."

"Good work Clay. Do not tell him yet. I wish to have that pleasure myself."

"As you wish, my lady." Clay bowed his orange head, and disappeared from the room.

Tossing the goblet to the floor, it's contents spilling onto the white marble, turning red on contact. Clenching, then unclenching her fists, the woman looked up at the ceiling. "Rainle! Come to me!"

A woman with deep purple hair, elf ears, and deep pink eyes appeared in a flash of red light. She bowed instantly, her hand over her heart. Glancing up, she flashed a nasty smile. "You bellowed, my lady?"

"Do not be impertinent with me right now. Why was Clay the one to bring me news of their location. You know that man is going to directly to the lord with this news, if he has not already!"

"But he said --"

"I know what he said fool!" taking a deep breath to clam herself, she lowered her voice. A lady never has need to raise her voice. "I also know that he is loyal to but one person, and that person is not me. I am but tolerated at this point. I want you to go and collect them. We need them to complete the plain."

"Why me?"

"You're not known as fare as I know, and hence, not watched over. Fail me in this Rainle, and you'll end as all Diamond's other monsters did."

She smirked slightly as the monster jerked back as if in pain. Diamond had died years ago, along with almost all who had followed him. Rainle had been on a with her during Diamond's battle, send on an errand that had taken longer then anyone had thought it would.

And as Diamond's sister, all his belongings, fell to her at his death. Title and all. Though no one treated her with the respect they had her older brother. Pandemonium broke out once they had found out she was going to be the one to take over his 'kingdom'. The woman snorted. It was more a hovel now then a kingdom.

"That was uncalled for."

"As is your impertinence. My brother is dead, and you now serve me. I'm surprised he kept a noisy little baggage like you, I would have thought he would kill you. Ahh, well who knows what goes on in the mind of a man? Now go, before I lose my good mood..."

"As you with...my lady" and with that, the monster disappeared mush the same way it had appeared. Smiling into space, the woman began to walk from the room. "Yes, everything is slowly falling into place. Soon, everything will be mine. And I will prove once and for all, my brother was nothing compared to me!"

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"No."

"Come on Serena!"

"No! Don't you have work or classes or...or...something!"

"I have off today. Come on, what could it hurt?"

"I said no Darien! Now leave me be!"

Darien ran a restless hand through his hair as he sank back down into the booth. He had been so happy she had agreed to come out with him. 'One step closer to winning her back' he had thought. He snorted loudly. He was no closer to getting her to open up then he had been when they had first meet one another. And it hurt.

He had been drifting away from her without realizing it. Thinking she would always be there for him. Taking her open and giving nature for granted. He had pushed away the one person that had loved him with all her heart. The one who found him each time they were reborn. The thought that they were not preordained to be together never crossed him mind.

His head shot up, and his eyes locked with Serena's. "What will happen to Rini?"

"Nothing."

"What do you mean, nothing! Her enter existence is based on the two of us being together!"

"No, it required you and I getting together for at least one night. Rini will be fine. Though I think we will have to send her back to her time soon..." Serena looked away and blushed slightly. If Darien didn't get that, then he was denser then she had ben in middle school. His confused look told her everything. Sighing loudly, she shook her head. What had happened to them?

"What do you --"

"I'm pregnant. God Darien, be a little more dense, will ya!" she shouted out finally, then blushed as everyone in the dinner turned to look at them. Sinking down into the booth, she turned to glare at Darien. The cooled look in his eyes shocked her. She had not seen him look at her like that in years.

"When were you planing on telling me?" she looked down, then lifted her chin and opened her mouth. He held his hand up to stop her. "You weren't, were you? How could you do that to me Serena?"

"How could you completely shut me out of your life!" she shot back, aiming to hurt, and hoping to numb the pain that was seeping into her chest. She thought she had killed all her feelings toward him over the five months they had been apart...

"I did not shut you out!" the king of the earth shouted as he slammed his hands down on the table, standing slightly to tower over her.

"You did" the princess of the moon shouted back, slamming her hands down, and rising as well. Much to her cringe, the man still towered over her. Not for the first time in her life, she damned his build for making it so she had to look up at him.

It was someone clearing their throat that brought them both out of the staring match they had started. Damon and Gada stood a few feet away from them. Damon glared daggers at Darien as Gada shook her head sadly. She was about to say something, when Damon turned on her and pocked her in the shoulder.

"What the hell has your brother done now!"

Gada jerked back slightly, and looked at him as if he were deranged. "I came in when you did stupid! And how is it my fault men have no idea how to act around woman!"

"What the hell dose that mean!"

"What do you think it means!"

"I...think I've heard this conversation before..."

Gada blinked, having to pull up short since another insult had been on the tip of her tong before Damon had changed the topic. Thinking back, she did remember this conversation. But it had been Darien and Serena who had had it.

Looking back at the table, they saw the two of them watching them like hawks. It was then she noticed everyone was watching them. Laughing nervously, she rubbed the back of her head lightly, then forced Damon into a booth with her brother as she sat next to Serena. "Nothing to see here people! Go back to your dinners...lunches...whatever..."

Serena rested her chin on her fists and grinned from Damon to Gada. "Soo, how was your outing?"

Darien perked up at that. "What outing?"

Damon ignored him completely, as did Gada, who, as it happened, was the first to talk. "You knew about that?"

"Of course I did, I told him he should ask you..."

Gada glared at the man across from her. "A spontaneous thing, hu?"

Darien tried once again. "What outing?"

He was, once again ignored by all. This had been happening too often lately. Soon he would start to think he was disappearing!

"You lied to her!" Serena asked, her eyes widening.

"Yeah, he lied to me!" Gada shouted, gasping Serena's hand in a most comical manner for support, tears streaming down her face. Damon rolled his eyes.

"Like you've never lied to me..."

The tears stopped, and she smiled slightly. "True. I lied about the color of the livingroom set. It's not black."

Damon sat up straighter. "Please tell me it's not pink!"

Serena smiled "I love pink!"

Gada nodded "just what I told him."

Darien had long ago stopped trying to get into the conversation, and was not leaning back, enjoying the show. He could tell Damon was about to burst a nerve, and honestly, he was kind of enjoying it...

"That was the one color I asked you not to pick!"

"But it was also the only one I knew your sister liked!"

"You ordered a pink living room set for me!"

"...No. It's white. But your face when you thought I had!"

"Gada, I'm going to kill you..."