Chapter 21 …… The Meeting at Ami's (Part I)
Darien, Serena and Hotaru climb into the limo and Serena gives the driver the address to Ami's place. "Say Hotaru, Where do you come from?" asks Serena as she leans her head on Darien's shoulder.
"China. And around here in Japan. This may seem odd but have I met you before?" says Hotaru looking at Serena.
"I don't know. I was going to ask you the same thing. You seem familiar to me." Says Serena softly before she gets a small sense of danger to come.
"Oh Dare I got a tattoo." Says Hotaru perking right up.
"Are you serious? Your father must have had a fit when he found out." Says Darien his voice showing a little hint of anger.
"He wasn't. I showed him it and he just smiled. I didn't understand to well why he didn't freak out."
"What's the tattoo of?" asks Serena.
"Well I can't show you because of my pants and my dress but here I'll draw it for you." Says Hotaru as she digs through her bag to get a pen and a piece of paper. She pulls them out and draws a big star and then a crescent moon then the sign of Saturn. "The star is black, the moon is a silver color and the Saturn sign is purple." Says Hotaru as she hands Serena the paper.
Serena looks at the drawing and then passes it to Darien but not before screaming in her mind, "Holy crap she can't be her. She just can't be."
"Hey that's really nice Hotaru. It fits you somehow." Says Darien.
The three sit the rest of the way in silence.
Rei sits up in bed, "She's back."
"Who's back? What are you talking about Rei?" mumbles Chad.
"Her, she, the silent one. She's back." Mumbles Rei.
"Ok your going nuts. I have no idea who you are talking about."
"I'm sorry Chad I can't tell you." Says Rei as she gets out of bed and scrambles to find her clothes.
"What are you doing?" asks Chad as he sits up and watches Rei get dressed.
"I have to go to Ami's. I'm sorry Chad but it's very important. Can you drive me back there quickly?"
"Of course." Says Chad as he gets out of bed and gathers his clothes.
Rei runs out of the bedroom and runs to the first floor and goes to her bag, she pulls out her cell phone and dials Ami's number.
"Hello?"
"Ami?" says Rei.
"Mina. Rei what's up where are you? You are the only one not here."
"Who's there?"
"Well me and Alex, Serena and Darien, Lita, Ami's in her room and Darien's cousin Hotaru."
"Keep everyone there please I'm on my way, me and Chad will be there in about thirty minutes."
"Ok Rei. I will."
"Good Bye." Says Rei as she sees Chad coming down the stairs. She hangs up the phone and puts her shoes on. "Half an hour I need to be there."
"I can have you there in twenty." Says Chad as he puts his shoes on and grabs his car keys.
Rei and Chad leave the house and climb into Chad's car.
"What did Rei want?" asks Lita after Mina hangs up the phone.
"She wanted to know who was here." Says Mina with an odd look on her face. "She sounded out of breath like she was just running."
"Ami said that her and Chad weren't gonna come. They are on the outskirts of town at Chad's place." Says Lita.
"Well they are coming and she asked me to keep us all here." says Mina.
"Since Rei already knows I should tell you guys now cause I know Rei is upset about something." Says Ami from the hallway.
"Ok Ames, tell us what's the news." Says Serena.
"Please tell me you said yes." Says Mina with hope in her voice.
"Said yes to what?" asks Serena.
"Serena look at Ami's left hand." Whispers Darien into her ear.
Serena looks at Ami's hand and sees the diamond ring. Her eyes grow wide and so does her smile. "Holy shit you two are getting married?"
Ami smiles, "We are." As she sits in the love seat with Lita.
Serena and Mina squeal and jump up and run to Ami and Lita hugging them tightly.
Darien and Alex look at each other and roll their eyes. Hotaru just watches silently.
"You guys I can't breath." Gasps Lita.
"Oh shit, sorry." Say Mina and Serena together.
"It's ok. We knew you would react like this." Says Ami with a sweet smile.
"So why were you in the bedroom this whole time?" asks Mina as she walks back over to Alex and sits in his lap.
"I needed to think for a bit that's all. Oh Darien who's she?" says Ami nodding to Hotaru.
"This is Hotaru my cousin. She moved in with me and my parents moved out."
"Hello Hotaru. I'm Ami."
"Nice to meet you Ami. I like your apartment, it's very blue."
"Thanks. So when is Rei coming?"
"She should be here in about ten minutes actually." Says Mina.
Someone knocks on the door but before anyone can get up to answer it Rei and Chad walk in. "I need to talk to you five." Says Rei pointing to Darien, Lita, Mina, Ami and Serena. As she walk straight down the hall to Ami's bedroom.
The five get up and follow Rei. Leaving Chad with Alex and Hotaru.
"Hey I'm Chad." He says as he sits down looking at Hotaru and Alex.
"Alex."
"I'm Hotaru. I take it that was Rei?"
"Yup she was in a rush to get here. She kept mumbling something about 'she's back, the silent one.' God knows what got into her." Says Chad looking down the hall at the closed bedroom door.
"Rei what's this all about?" asks Serena sternly.
"She's back. The silent one." Says Rei as she looks at everyone in front of her.
Everyone but Serena has a clueless look on their faces. Serena has a look of terror on her face and she goes white.
"Who's the silent one?" asks Lita not even seeing Serena.
"Serena knows who I mean. Don't you." Says Rei softly.
Everyone looks at Serena and see the looks of terror on her face.
"Serena?" asks Ami.
"I know who you mean and I know where she is." Says Serena not looking away from Rei's face.
"I don't know who she is only that she's back. This can't be good." Says Rei.
"Back up. Who are we talking about here?" asks Darien.
"Darien you don't know because we died before she came and you never knew the stories. My scouts did though. But I don't get why she's back we are still missing three before she can come back."
"I know. But she must know that danger is near and brought her human form here. The girl must not know who she is."
"Who are you two talking about?" asks Mina getting annoyed.
"Sailor Saturn." Say Rei and Serena together.
"Who?" say Darien, Mina, Lita and Ami together.