Disclaimer: Again, I don't own any of the characters from Sailor Moon.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do:
Rini told me that Ami is going to Germany to attend a special premed program. She doesn't know about the Scouts. I wonder what the girls are going to do without her. I know Serena is hurting at the thought of losing us both. I avoid all the places we used to bump into each other. We are civil to each other when we do meet, usually after Rini has visited me. We try to make sure she's not caught alone again.
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Ami didn't leave, after all. I'm glad. Rini found out she was leaving early, and the girls couldn't even go to the airport to say good-by because of Negaverse activity. Serena handed me a gift for Ami, and I went with Rini to say their good-byes for them. Rini didn't think much of the girls for not coming, but Ami understood- especially when she saw the gift. The Scouts were in trouble and needed help. She chose to stay. I drove her back as quickly as I could, guided by my sense of their danger. I stayed with Rini while Ami –Sailor Mercury- went to help them. It was not long before I knew that they had won the battle.
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I hardly even see Andrew anymore since I don't go to the arcade where he works. I miss talking to the other girls, too. What would I say to them? My only comfort is when Rini comes by. For some reason when she's here I get the feeling that everything is going to be all right someday.
My sensei can tell that something is bothering me, but respects my privacy. I thought all Americans were nosy. He has added some meditation exercises to my routine to help me relax and focus. It has helped. We have become friends. He is in his mid-thirties and tall like I am, so we are well matched. I practice my English on him, and he tries his Japanese on me. He is learning quickly. He speaks Chinese too, and is teaching me some. We share another thing in common: we are both orphans, though he has some family. He doesn't want to speak of it yet, he says it's a long story. I can sympathize with that.
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The Negaverse almost got Rini today. A sudden thunderstorm came up, and she ran away from her school before Serena came to get her. Serena ran into me on the street, and told me Rini was missing. Feeling her tremble in my arms when the thunder struck, I nearly lost my resolve to stay away from her. I stepped away from her, this storm was not natural and we had to find Rini. As we ran, we saw a flash of gold and violet light in the distance. Serena said it was from Rini! That child has some power, which must be why they're after her. We rushed over there.
What we found was the source of the lightning storm and a mystery. There was a monster, a droido it called itself, creating the lightning and thunder. It had Rini trapped in a restaurant and the other girls were there and had been knocked out before they could transform. The mystery was that they were floating, everything was weightless in this area. It was just the two of us to fight this creature. We transformed and Sailor Moon braced herself in the doorway to challenge it while I went to an upper level window to wait to attack it. The thunder it produced was deafening and then it shocked Sailor Moon with an electric bolt. She was fine, she'd been through worse backlashes from Jupiter, but I was mad. I had had enough of this droido and blasted a rose right through its thunder drum, and then I forced it back with multiple shots until Sailor Moon eliminated it. She was so brave to face that fight when I know she is scared of thunder. I am so proud of her. I started to go to her.
One problem: no gravity. What was going on? It's hard to be dignified when you're floating in mid-air. The only graceful one in the room was Sailor Moon; she had even fought weightless. Turns out Rini had somehow caused this, and then she reversed it. The other girls had recovered by then, and we all crashed to the floor. They started to ask her questions about her past and where she was from, but she was reluctant. I got the feeling that this was wrong, to press her for answers now, and said so. We will need to win her trust first. She looked at Sailor Moon and I with near recognition, the first time she had seen us in our guises. Then she ran to me like she was going to someone she was missing. I felt I had to protect her, this lost child so like I had been long ago. I walked her partway home, holding her hand as she sang and chatted. Serena and the other girls followed. She was a little upset about the attention I was giving Rini, but was mostly glad she was happy and safe. There was a beautiful rainbow in the sky, a sign of hope.
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I saw the girls today. I saw Rini first standing outside a small shop. The others were inside. Serena looked at me and asked me to forgive her. I almost did, I so wanted to. I had been going to get Rini an ice cream, but I made some excuse and left. Why does it have to be so hard between us? Me forgive her? When it's all my fault that there's this rift between us? I felt when there was danger, that she was fighting but not scared. I was ready to go to her when the feeling passed. She had won again, on her own. She has gotten so much stronger, so much braver since she started fighting evil a year ago.
AN: I'm glad that at least one person my including Peter Caine in the story. You'll have to wait and see how involved he gets. Next chapter: the domestication of Darien.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do:
Rini told me that Ami is going to Germany to attend a special premed program. She doesn't know about the Scouts. I wonder what the girls are going to do without her. I know Serena is hurting at the thought of losing us both. I avoid all the places we used to bump into each other. We are civil to each other when we do meet, usually after Rini has visited me. We try to make sure she's not caught alone again.
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Ami didn't leave, after all. I'm glad. Rini found out she was leaving early, and the girls couldn't even go to the airport to say good-by because of Negaverse activity. Serena handed me a gift for Ami, and I went with Rini to say their good-byes for them. Rini didn't think much of the girls for not coming, but Ami understood- especially when she saw the gift. The Scouts were in trouble and needed help. She chose to stay. I drove her back as quickly as I could, guided by my sense of their danger. I stayed with Rini while Ami –Sailor Mercury- went to help them. It was not long before I knew that they had won the battle.
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I hardly even see Andrew anymore since I don't go to the arcade where he works. I miss talking to the other girls, too. What would I say to them? My only comfort is when Rini comes by. For some reason when she's here I get the feeling that everything is going to be all right someday.
My sensei can tell that something is bothering me, but respects my privacy. I thought all Americans were nosy. He has added some meditation exercises to my routine to help me relax and focus. It has helped. We have become friends. He is in his mid-thirties and tall like I am, so we are well matched. I practice my English on him, and he tries his Japanese on me. He is learning quickly. He speaks Chinese too, and is teaching me some. We share another thing in common: we are both orphans, though he has some family. He doesn't want to speak of it yet, he says it's a long story. I can sympathize with that.
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The Negaverse almost got Rini today. A sudden thunderstorm came up, and she ran away from her school before Serena came to get her. Serena ran into me on the street, and told me Rini was missing. Feeling her tremble in my arms when the thunder struck, I nearly lost my resolve to stay away from her. I stepped away from her, this storm was not natural and we had to find Rini. As we ran, we saw a flash of gold and violet light in the distance. Serena said it was from Rini! That child has some power, which must be why they're after her. We rushed over there.
What we found was the source of the lightning storm and a mystery. There was a monster, a droido it called itself, creating the lightning and thunder. It had Rini trapped in a restaurant and the other girls were there and had been knocked out before they could transform. The mystery was that they were floating, everything was weightless in this area. It was just the two of us to fight this creature. We transformed and Sailor Moon braced herself in the doorway to challenge it while I went to an upper level window to wait to attack it. The thunder it produced was deafening and then it shocked Sailor Moon with an electric bolt. She was fine, she'd been through worse backlashes from Jupiter, but I was mad. I had had enough of this droido and blasted a rose right through its thunder drum, and then I forced it back with multiple shots until Sailor Moon eliminated it. She was so brave to face that fight when I know she is scared of thunder. I am so proud of her. I started to go to her.
One problem: no gravity. What was going on? It's hard to be dignified when you're floating in mid-air. The only graceful one in the room was Sailor Moon; she had even fought weightless. Turns out Rini had somehow caused this, and then she reversed it. The other girls had recovered by then, and we all crashed to the floor. They started to ask her questions about her past and where she was from, but she was reluctant. I got the feeling that this was wrong, to press her for answers now, and said so. We will need to win her trust first. She looked at Sailor Moon and I with near recognition, the first time she had seen us in our guises. Then she ran to me like she was going to someone she was missing. I felt I had to protect her, this lost child so like I had been long ago. I walked her partway home, holding her hand as she sang and chatted. Serena and the other girls followed. She was a little upset about the attention I was giving Rini, but was mostly glad she was happy and safe. There was a beautiful rainbow in the sky, a sign of hope.
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I saw the girls today. I saw Rini first standing outside a small shop. The others were inside. Serena looked at me and asked me to forgive her. I almost did, I so wanted to. I had been going to get Rini an ice cream, but I made some excuse and left. Why does it have to be so hard between us? Me forgive her? When it's all my fault that there's this rift between us? I felt when there was danger, that she was fighting but not scared. I was ready to go to her when the feeling passed. She had won again, on her own. She has gotten so much stronger, so much braver since she started fighting evil a year ago.
AN: I'm glad that at least one person my including Peter Caine in the story. You'll have to wait and see how involved he gets. Next chapter: the domestication of Darien.