The Secret

"Rini wake up, small lady," Serena tried to shake Rini awake, but she refused.

"Small Lady?" Ikuko asked as she came out of Sammy's room with a jacket.

"Oh its just a nickname," Serena said before grabbing Rini out of bed. She was going to make her late and she only had twenty more minutes. Before Rini could even open an eye she found her teeth brushed, hair combed, and her body fully dressed for school bag in hand.

"Serena you can't possibly go out without a jacket," Ikuko said as she was about zoom outside with Rini.

"Right!" She grabbed two jackets and soon they were to the door putting shoes on and gone.

BAM!

"Ow!" Serena and Rini exclaimed at the same time.

"Where are you two bunnies rushing off too?" Darien asked laughing as he helped them up. Serena was forever bumping into him and it was starting to be a little humorous nowadays.

"School!" Rini exclaimed jumping into his arms. Serena frowned as she paused in her hug.

"School is closed today, I was just coming to tell you," Darien said.

"How is school closed?" Serena asked frowning.

"Well there's been a slight problem in construction. The roof didn't hold up against all this heavy rain, Ami said it'd be closed for the next two weeks at most depending on how bad it rains."

"So you came all the way over here to tell us that?" Sammy asked."No call?"

"My phone's out, blew a fuse in the building, I was just going to the fruit parlor crown for a cup of coffee when I met Ami coming back from the school, she figured you'd be late."

"Well come in out of the rain," Serena said happy Darien was around. She pulled him inside the house and out of the rain.

"Girls, Sammy what are you doing back in here?" Ikuko asked when she heard the door open and shut.

"Schools closed!" Sammy yelled running up to his room.

"Well come have breakfast than!" Ikuko shouted as his room door slammed shut and the sound of video games was heard.

"Mom Darien is here," Serena said pulling him into the kitchen. They sat down and Rini took her own seat after a look from Ikuko.

"Glad to have you for breakfast Darien," Ikuko stated. After a great breakfast and angry looks from Kenji Serena took Darien up to her room.

"I think your father thinks we're up to something," Darien said as Serena hooked up her Sailor V game.

"Why do you say that?" Serena asked looking at him curiously.

"Because he hasn't left the house yet in fact he's standing at the door." Darien opened the door and Kenji fell in the room. They laughed.

"Father, what are you doing?" Serena asked. Kenji laughed nervously and stood up.

"Uh..I was just checking on you?"

"Why?" Serena asked turning her head side ways and looking at him wide eyed. He realized that what he was afraid of happening, Serena knew nothing about. Of course he didn't know that, but Serena had as of late concealed her knowledge of such things. Still he had nothing fear, because she wasn't interested in that.

"I don't know, but I'll see you later today," Kenji said before going downstairs quickly. Darien shut the door and petted Luna as he sat down on the bed. Soon the Ikuko could hear them playing video games just like Sammy.

"Rini why don't you go upstairs and join one of them I'm sure..."Ikuko turned around to look at the youngster and found she had disappeared. She called her name over and over before shrugging assuming that she had gone upstairs. Around lunch time Serena's and Sammy's friends were over and she took snacks up to their rooms.

"Serena where's Rini?" Ikuko asked as she looked at all the girls and Darien.

"She's downstairs didn't you just see her, I mean she's been down there all morning," Serena replied as she beat Mina."Yes!"

"Awe man!" Mina exclaimed. Serena's sailor moved onto the next round.

"No, I thought she was up here with you!" Ikuko exclaimed alarmed."I can't believe she would leave the house without saying anything and in this weather." They all paused as lightening flashed in a particular place again and again.

"We'll go look for her!" They all exclaimed. Raincoats were slipped on as they all ran downstairs and out the door before Ikuko could say anything.

"RINI!" They called over and over again as they split up into groups of twos. Darien went with Rei, Ami and Mina, and Serena and Lita.

"Ahhh help, help!" Rini screamed. Serena and Lita looked at each other and ran into the park.

"Rini!" Serena exclaimed as she saw the small child just barely move as lightening struck the spot she had just occupied.

"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR POWER!

"JUPITER THUNDERBOLT CRASH!" The youma didn't know what hit it, but it was unphased.

"Call the others!" Jupiter shouted as Sailor Moon grabbed Rini and dodged another bolt of lightening. She hid behind a tree as the rain poured down on them. She flipped open her communicator and called the others.

"Serenity Tsukino, what were you thinking running off like that!" Sailor Moon scolded in a voice that sounded so much like her mother that Rini was shaking even more so, she hated to get her mother mad at her, it always ended with disastrous results for her backside.

"I was looking for you," Rini cried. Sailor Moon was about to answer when the tree they were hiding behind was fried.

"MARS FIRE IGNITE!"

"VENUS LOVE CHAIN AND CIRCLE!" Venus's chain combined itself with Mars' fire power and the youma was thrown back into that same tree just as Sailor Moon jumped out of the way or they would have been crushed. Lightening came down from the sky unexpectedly and hit Sailor Moon as she shoved Rini out of the way, but she no worse than the others as she struggled to her feet.

"AHH!" Lita punched the youma and it flew back a little further. More lightening rained down the from the sky and Sailor Moon grabbed Rini as they dodged and dodged the bolts of lightening.

"Let's hit it with a team attack and Sailor Moon you finish it off!" Mars yelled.

"Right!" Sailor Moon gave Rini to Tuxedo Mask and joined her team of Sailor Scouts. She pulled out her wand.

"Who are you?!" The youma yelled.

"I am Sailor Mercury and I will punish you in the name of Mercury!"

"I am Sailor Venus and I will punish you in the name of Love!"

"I am Sailor Mars and by the powers vested in me as a Shinto priestess you are going down!"

"I am Sailor Jupiter and I will destroy you for miss using the powers of Nature!"

"And I am Sailor Moon and your nega dust!"

"IN THE NAME OF THE MOON WE WILL PUNISH YOU!" They said together.

"JUPITER FLOWER HURRICANE!"

"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"

"VENUS ROLLING HEART VIBRATION!"

"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"

"MOON HEALING ACTIVATION!" The youma was destroyed all together. They all fell to the ground in satisfaction the youma had taken a lot out of them when he had beat them silly and they detransformed.

"SERENA, MINA, LITA, REI, and AMI!" Rini yelled with surprise.

"Yes its us," Serena replied as the little girl ran to her as tears were still running down her face and she wanted comfort despite her shock.

"You shouldn't have run off like that!" Darien scolded as he too detransformed making sure nobody had seen them.

"I'm sorry, but I just wanted to find my mommy," Rini cried.

"Rini, we told you we'd help your find your parents," Ami said.

"I know, but I thought you'd all forgotten and I really wanted my mommy, but we have to get the crystal to the future we just have too!" Rini wailed.

"Oh Small lady I promise you we'll find a way to your mommy, she'll be safe," Serena said in a nuturing tone of voice. Everybody took a good look at Serena and Rini.

"Promise Mama?" Rini asked.

"Yes, I promise."

"Motherly affection all of a sudden," Rei muttered.

"Cute nicknames, and the use of mama," Lita said.

"Same looks," Mina said.

"Don't forget eating habits," Darien put in.

"No, you don't think?" They looked at each other and than Ami who quickly flipped open her computer as the rain poured down on them in buckets and they began to shiver like mad. Her computer was damaged immediately.

"Oh no!" They all saw and frowned.

"Come on lets get out of this rain we can do it later, Ami." Ami nodded and they all stood up slowly and limped back to the Tsukino house hold.