How Crystal Tokyo Came About
SerenitySea
Chapter 7
PG-13
Email: Serenity_Sea@Yahoo.com
Author's notes:
THIS IS CHAPTER 7 AND I AM KEEPING IT INSTEAD OF SUMMARIZING IT.
STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY.
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Reenie arrived in a pink flash in outside Darien's room, in the hallway. She stood in the hallway, and turned to face the ultra-shiny reflective elevator doors, gazing at her own reflection. Since the last time Darien and Serena had seen her, she'd been about 9. There wasn't too much of a difference—not. She was definitely taller. Her old 4'6 height, she was about 5'0—closer to Serena's own height. She'd filled out somewhat, and her hair, be it still in the 'odango' style, was longer and not quite as poufy. Though it wasn't yet her mother's length, it was past her shoulders. Her face had thinned, along with the rest of her, and…who cared? These people loved her.
So why was she so worried?
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Serena had gotten off the floor about 3 minutes ago and was standing in the kitchen, getting out the ingredients she needed to make milkshakes. She stopped. All of the sudden, she felt very old. A small sigh escaped her lips, which did not go unheard by Darien.
He came up from behind her and embraced her lovingly. Suddenly, she felt a familiar presence. For the second time that day, a vision of Reenie rose unbidden in her mind. Her body went stiff. Darien reluctantly let go.
"Darien, go answer the door, please." She told him.
He was going to argue, but the look on her face and her tone of voice stopped him.
She stood with her back to him and waited for his departure. So he walked out of his kitchen towards his front door. He took a deep breath and placed his hand on knob.
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Reenie turned away from her reflection, back to the door. *Maybe I should go see Trista first, instead. Nahh.* She raised her hand slowly from her side and prepared to knock on the door.
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Quickly Darien turned the knob and opened the door. A teenage girl with pink hair was standing outside the door, her hand raised in mid-air, as if to knock. *Wait a minute. PINK hair???* he thought, as he was beginning close the door on her. *That's Reenie!* he swung the door open, lighting quick. *But—her hair's long. And she looks like…like…a teenager!* His mind argued.
"Reenie?" He asked incredulously.
His answer was when the girl—his daughter—jumped into his arms at full force.
"Oof!" And then he did what any good father would do. He hugged her back.
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While adding the ice cream to the blender, she heard the door open. There was silence, and she heard the door shrieking its protest as Darien began to close the door. She frowned. *That's not supposed to happen.* The door was yanked open and then, "Reenie??" came from Darien. Serena smiled. She'd been correct. It was Reenie outside. She flicked the 'on' button on the blender, and waited for her future daughter and husband to come in.
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Reenie removed her arms from Darien's neck and stepped off her tiptoes to the ground. She cast a careful look at her future father, to see if anything was different, and noticed that he was sort of 'glowing,' underneath his cool façade. *It's so weird. I know I didn't knock on the door. How did he know I was here?*
"Come on in. Serena's making milkshakes." Darien made a face, and Reenie laughed. One thing her father didn't know yet was that her mother—bad cook though she was—made a killer milkshake. She closed the door behind her and followed him to the kitchen.
They got no further than the living room when Serena intercepted them with a tray of milkshakes. If she was surprised at Reenie's obvious maturity, she didn't show it.
"Reenie!" She said, feigning surprise. "How are you? Is everything ok at home? Why are you here?" she asked, concerned for her future family's happiness.
Reenie looked at her future parents and almost cried. They looked so much like her mom and dad. *Except,* she reminded herself, *They're mad at me for that whole incident with Helios…*
She felt a warm, fuzzy feeling overcome her and she smiled broadly. "I'm ok. And Mom and Dad are fine."
Serena, who was still holding the tray, waited expectantly for Reenie's next answer.
"I'm here for your wedding, of course."
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Rei looked at the fire as she always did—seeing it, but not really seeing it.
The flame had taken on a pinkish appearance, and began to take the shape of a teenage girl.
The last conscious thought that ran though her head before she fainted was, 'Reenie??'
That was how Chad found his girlfriend, 15 minutes later.
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