Here is part two of "Emiko." From this point we're mainly going to be in the time of the Chibi Senshi. We'll get a couple of brief peeks in the future.
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Emiko
Part Two
By
Angel Raye
It was a cold December afternoon and the girls were on their way home from school. As usual Daisy and Gloria were having an argument of some kind. "I told you I could go for a whole day without getting into trouble if I tried," Gloria grandly declared. "So my dear Daisy you lose."
"Lose what," Annika asked, perking up her ears with interest.
"Daisy and I made a bet that I couldn't go for a whole day without getting trouble in school," Gloria replied. "I didn't get into trouble today."
"No you didn't," Hope admitted. "You were trying very hard."
"Because I wanted to prove to her that I could do it," Gloria stated. She focused her blue eyes on Daisy. "So now you have to do what you agreed."
"And what would that be," Maggie asked suspiciously.
"Jump into the palace pool," Daisy muttered.
"Big deal," Ariel piped up. "We've all done that."
"Buck naked," Gloria informed them. A sweat drop appeared on each of the girls' heads.
"Are you nuts," Faith shrieked. "If any of our parents catches you then you'll be in big trouble."
"So no one will catch me then," Daisy snapped, still boiling at the thought that she had lost a bet to Gloria of all people. "I didn't think she would win this bet."
"Well I did," Gloria smugly stated. She turned to the others. "Anyone care to watch?"
"Not me," Ariel replied. "I wanted Madelyn to tell me more about the painting she was in." A few days ago Madelyn had been pulled into a painting. Even though she had only been gone for twenty minutes, she had an adventure that lasted several days in the painting.
"And I have to talk to Aunt Amy about Chiaki," Maggie sighed.
"I thought you didn't have to do any therapy over that," Daisy exclaimed.
"Not really," Maggie admitted. "But Aunt Amy just wants to see how I am doing."
"Anyone else," Gloria asked as she looked at Annika and the twins.
Annika had a feeling that Gloria was up to more then just watching Daisy dive naked into the pool. Wanting to stay out of trouble she declined saying, "Mama wants me to be with her this afternoon."
"I am going to practice this new Christmas song on the violin with Michiru-mama," Hope added.
"I'll come," Faith replied with a gleam of fun appeared in her eyes.
"Great," Daisy muttered.
Mina and Lita had spent the day shopping for Christmas presents. They realized that they were running a little late and left a message with the other Senshi to let Gloria and Daisy know that they would see them later on. "I suggest we find those two," Mina told Lita as they pulled into the carport. "My parental instinct is telling me that Gloria is up to something. She and Daisy were saying something about a bet this morning."
"I heard that conversation too," Lita replied. "My parental instinct is saying the same thing about Daisy."
"Then that confirms my suspicions," Mina sighed. She turned to Lita. "You know I am open to the possibility of having more children since as Senshi we do have immortality but it will have to wait until Gloria is an adult. I don't think I could deal with another child and her."
"I'm with you," Lita agreed. "Daisy is too temperamental and easily provoked. Who knows what she would be like with a sibling to provoke her?"
"I fully understand," Mina laughed as they exited the carport. They walked up the breezeway toward the palace entrance. Suddenly they saw a young girl walking toward them. She looked about college age with long dark hair and red eyes. Then they saw that she had a small child in her arms. The little girl looked to be about four with blonde hair and green eyes. There was something very familiar about both of them. "May we help you," Mina asked them.
"Mommy," the little girl suddenly squealed in delight. She began to wriggle frantically trying to get out of the other girl's arms while stretching her arms out toward Mina.
"Nani," Mina asked blankly.
"Mommy, Mommy," the little girl cried out as she continued to reach for Mina.
"Now Emiko calm down," the older girl told her. "I have to explain everything first."
"No," Emiko protested. "Want Mommy."
"Sweetie, I don't know who you are," Mina stated weakly as she tried to recover from her shock.
"You Mommy," Emiko cried stretching her little arms out even further.
"Oh you precious thing," Mina thought. She reached over and took the child into her arms. The little girl stopped wriggling and rested her head on Mina's shoulder.
"Who are you," Lita asked the young woman.
"I know this is going to be hard to believe," the girl replied. "But we're from the future. Emiko is Mina's future daughter. My name is Kadiri and I am Hotaru's future daughter. We have an explanation as to why we're here. But I would rather tell the Queen and all of the Original Senshi together. "
"We'll call a Senshi meeting," Mina told her as she looked at the little girl in her arms. "I am anxious to hear about all of this."
Daisy, Gloria and Faith arrived at the palace pool. A meeting had been called for the Original Senshi so that gave them some time without parental supervision. The other children still declined coming to see Daisy jump naked into the pool. That was fine with Daisy. The smaller audience she had the better. "Now go on," Gloria told her. "Start stripping."
"Fine," Daisy muttered as she removed her school uniform. She tried to hide her embarrassment of her budding chest. If she had known she was going to lose this bet she wouldn't have made it.
Faith and Gloria watched as Daisy walked toward the pool without her clothes on and dove in. As soon as Daisy was in the water Gloria nudged Faith. "Let's grab her clothes and run," she hissed. Faith laughed. The two girls quickly gathered up Daisy's clothes and took off at top speed.
"You creeps," Daisy shouted as she realized what they were doing. The only reply she got was their shouts of laughter. Daisy growled as she got out of the pool. "If that is the way you want to play it," she muttered. "This isn't over yet." Daisy looked around the pool to see if there was anything to cover up with so that she could go back to her quarters. She thought about the cover to the pool but it was an Olympic size pool so the cover would be too big and heavy. She finally settled on the net that was occasionally strung across the pool for games of water volleyball. Daisy wrapped the net around her body and started toward her quarters, praying that she wouldn't run into anyone on the way back.
The queen and the Senshi sat in amazement around the conference table. Kadiri had just explained why they were here. Hotaru couldn't believe she was going to have another child one day. After almost losing her life having Madelyn she thought that would be it. But here was a beautiful young lady claiming to be her future daughter.
"You're my daughter," gasped Hotaru. "But I thought I wouldn't have anymore."
"I am sure there will be plenty of medical advances in the future that will enable you have more children Hotaru," Amy gently explained.
"Why were you sent here," Serenity asked. She gazed at the kawaii little girl sitting on Mina's lap. The child wasn't anything like Gloria was at that age.
"All the Senshi decided to send us to this time," Kadiri replied with a shrug of her shoulders. "I'm not sure why this particular time was chosen but it was so we're here."
"The results of the scans are ready," Amy reported. "Emiko is definitely Mina's daughter and Kadiri is Hotaru's daughter."
"I guess we can assume that we all get married again and have more children," Lita stated.
"I guess you could say that," Kadiri sighed as she thought of Yuuichiro. "But I promised I wouldn't reveal to much about the future. That's why I am here. To make sure that Emiko doesn't say that much about it."
"That's a big responsibility," Raye pointed out. She turned to Serenity. "Are we going to assign these two to quarters?"
"I want to stay with Mommy," Emiko protested latching tightly onto Mina's arms.
Everyone looked at Mina. She smiled at the child. "Of course you can stay with me," she told her. "But I need to talk to Gloria first so how about staying with Kadiri a little while longer?"
"Onee-san," Emiko squealed at the thought of Gloria.
"Remember Emiko you can't let Onee-san know who you are," Kadiri gently reminded her. She then turned to Serenity. "You can just assign me some quarters."
"No," Hotaru burst out. She turned to Kadiri. "Come and stay with us. I won't take no for an answer."
Kadiri smiled at her mother's past self. "You told me that I should expect you to ask me to stay with you," she told her. "I'll be glad too."
"I'm glad," Hotaru smiled. She stood up. "I had better talk to Madelyn first though."
"I think we should all talk to our children and husbands," Amy pointed out. "There's bound to be a lot of questions."
"Very well," Serenity turned to the two visitors. "How about if you two stay here and your mothers will come get you when they are ready?"
"That's fine," replied Kadiri. She reached over and took Emiko from Mina. "Mommy will come back for you soon."
"Okay," Emiko chirped.
"Now let's go find the children," Lita stated. She opened the door to the conference room and suddenly let out a loud shriek.
Daisy cautiously crept to the door of the pool and looked out to see if anyone was coming. The coast was clear. There was a way she could get back to her quarters without going across the main entryway but she would have to go by the conference room and she knew that the Queen and the Senshi were having a meeting. "I'll just have to risk it and hope that no one comes out," she thought. Daisy quietly tiptoed past the conference room. She was just about in the clear when she heard the door open and a loud shriek behind her.
"Daisy Julia Kino what in the world is all this," Lita boomed, shocked at the site of her daughter roaming the halls wearing nothing but a volleyball net.
"M...Mom," Daisy gasped weakly as several sweat drops appeared on her head. "I can explain."
"You'd better," Lita shouted. The Queen and the rest of the Senshi came to the door to see what all the yelling was about. They all gasped in amazement and amusement at the scene before them. Daisy wished a hole would open up in the floor so that she could crawl through it. Lita grabbed her coat and wrapped it around her daughter. "Now what is the meaning of this?"
Daisy sighed and quickly explained what happened. "You mean Faith had a part in this," Haruka cried in bewilderment.
"Yes," Daisy replied wrapping her mother's coat tightly around herself.
"Let's go Haruka," muttered Michiru. "There is a certain young lady who is going to be in for a long afternoon."
"And Gloria will be in for an even longer one," Mina added grimly as she stormed off in the direction of her quarters. The other Senshi also headed off to their quarters.
Daisy turned to her mother. "Mom can we please go back to our quarters," she pleaded. "This is really embarrassing."
"Serves you right for making a bet," Lita stated as grimly as Mina had. She quickly began to usher Daisy back to their quarters. "Besides I have to talk to you about something else."
With the music from her stereo blaring Gloria lay on her bed doubled over with laughter. Daisy's clothes were in a heap next to her bed. As far as Gloria was concerned this was the best joke she had ever played. "And what's best," Gloria thought. "Was that no one was hurt." She was laughing so hard and the music was so loud she didn't even hear her mother come into the room. In fact she wasn't even aware of Mina's presence until the music was suddenly switched off. "Hey what's the big idea," Gloria rudely demanded as she sat up.
"Watch the mouth young lady," Mina sternly told her. "You're not going to believe what we saw right after our conference today."
"Nani," Gloria asked putting on her most innocent look, a look that her parents had longed since learned not to trust.
"Daisy wearing nothing but a volleyball net," Mina replied. She looked at the pile of clothes by Gloria's bed. She picked them up. "Now the uniform looks exactly like yours but it's too big for you. Also these shoes are not yours. I believe these are Daisy's clothes."
"Now I wonder how that happened," Gloria innocently stated.
"Save it," Mina snapped angrily. "Daisy already told us what you and Faith did and you can count on some extra chores this week to help you think about what is right and wrong."
"Bummer," Gloria muttered flopping back on the bed.
"There's something else I need to talk to you about," Mina sat down on the bed across from her daughter.
"What about,' Gloria asked.
"We have a young visitor who will be staying with us for a while," replied Mina.
"Is it that drip Heather," muttered Gloria.
"No it's not her," Mina snapped. "And do not call her a drip. She is your cousin."
"Don't remind me," Gloria groaned.
Mina silently counted to ten. "This is a child you haven't met before," she explained. "Her name is Emiko and she is only four."
"Who is she," asked Gloria her curiosity getting the best of her.
"You might say she is a relative," replied Mina. "I am a lot like her mother so she will be calling me Mommy, just to let you know."
"She's not going to have to share my room is she," Gloria suddenly asked. "I didn't mind when Tiffany was here since she was only a couple of years younger but I don't want to share my room with a four-year-old baby."
"I'll put her in the guest room," Mina informed her. "But I expect you to be nice and help me out too. It's been a while since I've had to take care of a four-year-old."
"Oh I will Mom," promised Gloria in her most innocent voice. Mina had long ago learned that the more innocent her daughter sounded the more trouble she was planning. She gave Gloria a sharp glare. "I'll be keeping an eye on you," warned Mina. "I don't want to see any trouble."
"Yes Ma'am," Gloria replied. But the wheels in her head were turning.
Madelyn and Ariel were in the middle of putting a puzzle together. While they were doing that, Madelyn was telling about her adventure in the painting a few days ago. Ariel was enthralled but not envious. With the things that had happened to her in the last few months, Ariel didn't like spending even a day without her mother. "Well I am glad you came back," Ariel told Madelyn.
"We all are," said another voice from the doorway. The two little girls looked up and saw both Hotaru and Amy were there.
"Mommy," Ariel jumped in Amy's arms.
"Hi Baby," replied Amy as she hugged and kissed her daughter.
"Hi Mama," Madelyn jumped up and flung her arms around Hotaru's slim waist.
"Hi Darling," Hotaru hugged her daughter. "Mama needs to talk to you about something."
"And I need to talk to you Ariel," Amy added. "Let's go to my office so that we can talk."
"Okay Mommy," Ariel replied. She waved to Madelyn. "Bye Madelyn. I'll see you at dinner." Madelyn waved back and watched as Amy carried Ariel out of the room. Then she turned her attention on her mother.
"We're going to have a visitor come stay with us for a while," Hotaru told her.
"Who Mama," asked Madelyn, her curiosity arising.
"Her name is Kadiri," replied Hotaru. "She's college age and a distant relative on my side of the family."
"Have I ever met her," Madelyn inquired, excited at the idea of having a visitor.
"No you haven't," said Hotaru. "But she might seem familiar to you." Hotaru recalled the feeling of familiarity she felt when she initially met Kadiri.
"Can I meet her now," asked Madelyn eagerly.
"In a minute," Hotaru laughed at her daughter's eagerness. "There's another visitor here too but she won't be staying with us. She'll be staying with Aunt Mina."
"There's another visitor here," Madelyn gasped.
"Yes but this one is a lot younger," replied Hotaru. "She is only four. Since Aunt Mina is a lot like her mother she is calling her Mommy."
"Why is she here," Madelyn asked.
"She came with Kadiri," explained Hotaru. "I know I can count on you to be on your best behavior with our guest."
"I promise Mama," replied Madelyn. "I'll help her out as much as I can."
Kadiri sat anxiously awaiting for her mother to return with her sister. Emiko was getting impatient too. Kadiri was able to better appreciate what Yuuichiro went through with Nori, and she was eight. Emiko was bored and needed something to do. Unfortunately there was nothing in the conference room to entertain a four-year-old.
After what seemed like an eternity Hotaru returned with Madelyn. Kadiri gasped at seeing her older sister as an eight-year-old. "Kawaii," Kadiri thought. She was used to seeing adult Madelyn. Of course her sister was a good one hundred twenty plus years older then she was. And here she was just a little girl, same age as Nori and a couple of the other palace children in the future.
"Madelyn this is Kadiri," Hotaru introduced them.
Madelyn walked up and bowed before Kadiri. "Konnichiwa Kadiri-san," she greeted.
Kadiri smiled. It was so funny seeing her sister be so formal. She knelt down so that she was level with Madelyn. "Nice to meet you Madelyn," said Kadiri. "Please you can call me Kadiri."
"Arigato," replied Madelyn. An instant connection was made between the two.
Emiko walked up to Hotaru and tapped her on. "Aunt Hotaru," she cried. "Where's Mommy?"
Hotaru was about to reply when she heard approaching footsteps. "I believe I hear her coming now," she stated.
At that moment Mina came in with Gloria. "Mommy," Emiko squealed as she dashed over to Mina. She wrapped her arms around her mother's leg and hung on.
"Hi Little One," Mina smiled and patted the child on the head. She didn't want Gloria to get jealous before the ice was broken. She turned to Gloria who was standing there with her arms folded. "Gloria this is Emiko."
Before Gloria could reply Emiko flung her arms around her. "Onee-san," she squealed in delight to an astonished Gloria.
To be continued....
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Emiko
Part Two
By
Angel Raye
It was a cold December afternoon and the girls were on their way home from school. As usual Daisy and Gloria were having an argument of some kind. "I told you I could go for a whole day without getting into trouble if I tried," Gloria grandly declared. "So my dear Daisy you lose."
"Lose what," Annika asked, perking up her ears with interest.
"Daisy and I made a bet that I couldn't go for a whole day without getting trouble in school," Gloria replied. "I didn't get into trouble today."
"No you didn't," Hope admitted. "You were trying very hard."
"Because I wanted to prove to her that I could do it," Gloria stated. She focused her blue eyes on Daisy. "So now you have to do what you agreed."
"And what would that be," Maggie asked suspiciously.
"Jump into the palace pool," Daisy muttered.
"Big deal," Ariel piped up. "We've all done that."
"Buck naked," Gloria informed them. A sweat drop appeared on each of the girls' heads.
"Are you nuts," Faith shrieked. "If any of our parents catches you then you'll be in big trouble."
"So no one will catch me then," Daisy snapped, still boiling at the thought that she had lost a bet to Gloria of all people. "I didn't think she would win this bet."
"Well I did," Gloria smugly stated. She turned to the others. "Anyone care to watch?"
"Not me," Ariel replied. "I wanted Madelyn to tell me more about the painting she was in." A few days ago Madelyn had been pulled into a painting. Even though she had only been gone for twenty minutes, she had an adventure that lasted several days in the painting.
"And I have to talk to Aunt Amy about Chiaki," Maggie sighed.
"I thought you didn't have to do any therapy over that," Daisy exclaimed.
"Not really," Maggie admitted. "But Aunt Amy just wants to see how I am doing."
"Anyone else," Gloria asked as she looked at Annika and the twins.
Annika had a feeling that Gloria was up to more then just watching Daisy dive naked into the pool. Wanting to stay out of trouble she declined saying, "Mama wants me to be with her this afternoon."
"I am going to practice this new Christmas song on the violin with Michiru-mama," Hope added.
"I'll come," Faith replied with a gleam of fun appeared in her eyes.
"Great," Daisy muttered.
Mina and Lita had spent the day shopping for Christmas presents. They realized that they were running a little late and left a message with the other Senshi to let Gloria and Daisy know that they would see them later on. "I suggest we find those two," Mina told Lita as they pulled into the carport. "My parental instinct is telling me that Gloria is up to something. She and Daisy were saying something about a bet this morning."
"I heard that conversation too," Lita replied. "My parental instinct is saying the same thing about Daisy."
"Then that confirms my suspicions," Mina sighed. She turned to Lita. "You know I am open to the possibility of having more children since as Senshi we do have immortality but it will have to wait until Gloria is an adult. I don't think I could deal with another child and her."
"I'm with you," Lita agreed. "Daisy is too temperamental and easily provoked. Who knows what she would be like with a sibling to provoke her?"
"I fully understand," Mina laughed as they exited the carport. They walked up the breezeway toward the palace entrance. Suddenly they saw a young girl walking toward them. She looked about college age with long dark hair and red eyes. Then they saw that she had a small child in her arms. The little girl looked to be about four with blonde hair and green eyes. There was something very familiar about both of them. "May we help you," Mina asked them.
"Mommy," the little girl suddenly squealed in delight. She began to wriggle frantically trying to get out of the other girl's arms while stretching her arms out toward Mina.
"Nani," Mina asked blankly.
"Mommy, Mommy," the little girl cried out as she continued to reach for Mina.
"Now Emiko calm down," the older girl told her. "I have to explain everything first."
"No," Emiko protested. "Want Mommy."
"Sweetie, I don't know who you are," Mina stated weakly as she tried to recover from her shock.
"You Mommy," Emiko cried stretching her little arms out even further.
"Oh you precious thing," Mina thought. She reached over and took the child into her arms. The little girl stopped wriggling and rested her head on Mina's shoulder.
"Who are you," Lita asked the young woman.
"I know this is going to be hard to believe," the girl replied. "But we're from the future. Emiko is Mina's future daughter. My name is Kadiri and I am Hotaru's future daughter. We have an explanation as to why we're here. But I would rather tell the Queen and all of the Original Senshi together. "
"We'll call a Senshi meeting," Mina told her as she looked at the little girl in her arms. "I am anxious to hear about all of this."
Daisy, Gloria and Faith arrived at the palace pool. A meeting had been called for the Original Senshi so that gave them some time without parental supervision. The other children still declined coming to see Daisy jump naked into the pool. That was fine with Daisy. The smaller audience she had the better. "Now go on," Gloria told her. "Start stripping."
"Fine," Daisy muttered as she removed her school uniform. She tried to hide her embarrassment of her budding chest. If she had known she was going to lose this bet she wouldn't have made it.
Faith and Gloria watched as Daisy walked toward the pool without her clothes on and dove in. As soon as Daisy was in the water Gloria nudged Faith. "Let's grab her clothes and run," she hissed. Faith laughed. The two girls quickly gathered up Daisy's clothes and took off at top speed.
"You creeps," Daisy shouted as she realized what they were doing. The only reply she got was their shouts of laughter. Daisy growled as she got out of the pool. "If that is the way you want to play it," she muttered. "This isn't over yet." Daisy looked around the pool to see if there was anything to cover up with so that she could go back to her quarters. She thought about the cover to the pool but it was an Olympic size pool so the cover would be too big and heavy. She finally settled on the net that was occasionally strung across the pool for games of water volleyball. Daisy wrapped the net around her body and started toward her quarters, praying that she wouldn't run into anyone on the way back.
The queen and the Senshi sat in amazement around the conference table. Kadiri had just explained why they were here. Hotaru couldn't believe she was going to have another child one day. After almost losing her life having Madelyn she thought that would be it. But here was a beautiful young lady claiming to be her future daughter.
"You're my daughter," gasped Hotaru. "But I thought I wouldn't have anymore."
"I am sure there will be plenty of medical advances in the future that will enable you have more children Hotaru," Amy gently explained.
"Why were you sent here," Serenity asked. She gazed at the kawaii little girl sitting on Mina's lap. The child wasn't anything like Gloria was at that age.
"All the Senshi decided to send us to this time," Kadiri replied with a shrug of her shoulders. "I'm not sure why this particular time was chosen but it was so we're here."
"The results of the scans are ready," Amy reported. "Emiko is definitely Mina's daughter and Kadiri is Hotaru's daughter."
"I guess we can assume that we all get married again and have more children," Lita stated.
"I guess you could say that," Kadiri sighed as she thought of Yuuichiro. "But I promised I wouldn't reveal to much about the future. That's why I am here. To make sure that Emiko doesn't say that much about it."
"That's a big responsibility," Raye pointed out. She turned to Serenity. "Are we going to assign these two to quarters?"
"I want to stay with Mommy," Emiko protested latching tightly onto Mina's arms.
Everyone looked at Mina. She smiled at the child. "Of course you can stay with me," she told her. "But I need to talk to Gloria first so how about staying with Kadiri a little while longer?"
"Onee-san," Emiko squealed at the thought of Gloria.
"Remember Emiko you can't let Onee-san know who you are," Kadiri gently reminded her. She then turned to Serenity. "You can just assign me some quarters."
"No," Hotaru burst out. She turned to Kadiri. "Come and stay with us. I won't take no for an answer."
Kadiri smiled at her mother's past self. "You told me that I should expect you to ask me to stay with you," she told her. "I'll be glad too."
"I'm glad," Hotaru smiled. She stood up. "I had better talk to Madelyn first though."
"I think we should all talk to our children and husbands," Amy pointed out. "There's bound to be a lot of questions."
"Very well," Serenity turned to the two visitors. "How about if you two stay here and your mothers will come get you when they are ready?"
"That's fine," replied Kadiri. She reached over and took Emiko from Mina. "Mommy will come back for you soon."
"Okay," Emiko chirped.
"Now let's go find the children," Lita stated. She opened the door to the conference room and suddenly let out a loud shriek.
Daisy cautiously crept to the door of the pool and looked out to see if anyone was coming. The coast was clear. There was a way she could get back to her quarters without going across the main entryway but she would have to go by the conference room and she knew that the Queen and the Senshi were having a meeting. "I'll just have to risk it and hope that no one comes out," she thought. Daisy quietly tiptoed past the conference room. She was just about in the clear when she heard the door open and a loud shriek behind her.
"Daisy Julia Kino what in the world is all this," Lita boomed, shocked at the site of her daughter roaming the halls wearing nothing but a volleyball net.
"M...Mom," Daisy gasped weakly as several sweat drops appeared on her head. "I can explain."
"You'd better," Lita shouted. The Queen and the rest of the Senshi came to the door to see what all the yelling was about. They all gasped in amazement and amusement at the scene before them. Daisy wished a hole would open up in the floor so that she could crawl through it. Lita grabbed her coat and wrapped it around her daughter. "Now what is the meaning of this?"
Daisy sighed and quickly explained what happened. "You mean Faith had a part in this," Haruka cried in bewilderment.
"Yes," Daisy replied wrapping her mother's coat tightly around herself.
"Let's go Haruka," muttered Michiru. "There is a certain young lady who is going to be in for a long afternoon."
"And Gloria will be in for an even longer one," Mina added grimly as she stormed off in the direction of her quarters. The other Senshi also headed off to their quarters.
Daisy turned to her mother. "Mom can we please go back to our quarters," she pleaded. "This is really embarrassing."
"Serves you right for making a bet," Lita stated as grimly as Mina had. She quickly began to usher Daisy back to their quarters. "Besides I have to talk to you about something else."
With the music from her stereo blaring Gloria lay on her bed doubled over with laughter. Daisy's clothes were in a heap next to her bed. As far as Gloria was concerned this was the best joke she had ever played. "And what's best," Gloria thought. "Was that no one was hurt." She was laughing so hard and the music was so loud she didn't even hear her mother come into the room. In fact she wasn't even aware of Mina's presence until the music was suddenly switched off. "Hey what's the big idea," Gloria rudely demanded as she sat up.
"Watch the mouth young lady," Mina sternly told her. "You're not going to believe what we saw right after our conference today."
"Nani," Gloria asked putting on her most innocent look, a look that her parents had longed since learned not to trust.
"Daisy wearing nothing but a volleyball net," Mina replied. She looked at the pile of clothes by Gloria's bed. She picked them up. "Now the uniform looks exactly like yours but it's too big for you. Also these shoes are not yours. I believe these are Daisy's clothes."
"Now I wonder how that happened," Gloria innocently stated.
"Save it," Mina snapped angrily. "Daisy already told us what you and Faith did and you can count on some extra chores this week to help you think about what is right and wrong."
"Bummer," Gloria muttered flopping back on the bed.
"There's something else I need to talk to you about," Mina sat down on the bed across from her daughter.
"What about,' Gloria asked.
"We have a young visitor who will be staying with us for a while," replied Mina.
"Is it that drip Heather," muttered Gloria.
"No it's not her," Mina snapped. "And do not call her a drip. She is your cousin."
"Don't remind me," Gloria groaned.
Mina silently counted to ten. "This is a child you haven't met before," she explained. "Her name is Emiko and she is only four."
"Who is she," asked Gloria her curiosity getting the best of her.
"You might say she is a relative," replied Mina. "I am a lot like her mother so she will be calling me Mommy, just to let you know."
"She's not going to have to share my room is she," Gloria suddenly asked. "I didn't mind when Tiffany was here since she was only a couple of years younger but I don't want to share my room with a four-year-old baby."
"I'll put her in the guest room," Mina informed her. "But I expect you to be nice and help me out too. It's been a while since I've had to take care of a four-year-old."
"Oh I will Mom," promised Gloria in her most innocent voice. Mina had long ago learned that the more innocent her daughter sounded the more trouble she was planning. She gave Gloria a sharp glare. "I'll be keeping an eye on you," warned Mina. "I don't want to see any trouble."
"Yes Ma'am," Gloria replied. But the wheels in her head were turning.
Madelyn and Ariel were in the middle of putting a puzzle together. While they were doing that, Madelyn was telling about her adventure in the painting a few days ago. Ariel was enthralled but not envious. With the things that had happened to her in the last few months, Ariel didn't like spending even a day without her mother. "Well I am glad you came back," Ariel told Madelyn.
"We all are," said another voice from the doorway. The two little girls looked up and saw both Hotaru and Amy were there.
"Mommy," Ariel jumped in Amy's arms.
"Hi Baby," replied Amy as she hugged and kissed her daughter.
"Hi Mama," Madelyn jumped up and flung her arms around Hotaru's slim waist.
"Hi Darling," Hotaru hugged her daughter. "Mama needs to talk to you about something."
"And I need to talk to you Ariel," Amy added. "Let's go to my office so that we can talk."
"Okay Mommy," Ariel replied. She waved to Madelyn. "Bye Madelyn. I'll see you at dinner." Madelyn waved back and watched as Amy carried Ariel out of the room. Then she turned her attention on her mother.
"We're going to have a visitor come stay with us for a while," Hotaru told her.
"Who Mama," asked Madelyn, her curiosity arising.
"Her name is Kadiri," replied Hotaru. "She's college age and a distant relative on my side of the family."
"Have I ever met her," Madelyn inquired, excited at the idea of having a visitor.
"No you haven't," said Hotaru. "But she might seem familiar to you." Hotaru recalled the feeling of familiarity she felt when she initially met Kadiri.
"Can I meet her now," asked Madelyn eagerly.
"In a minute," Hotaru laughed at her daughter's eagerness. "There's another visitor here too but she won't be staying with us. She'll be staying with Aunt Mina."
"There's another visitor here," Madelyn gasped.
"Yes but this one is a lot younger," replied Hotaru. "She is only four. Since Aunt Mina is a lot like her mother she is calling her Mommy."
"Why is she here," Madelyn asked.
"She came with Kadiri," explained Hotaru. "I know I can count on you to be on your best behavior with our guest."
"I promise Mama," replied Madelyn. "I'll help her out as much as I can."
Kadiri sat anxiously awaiting for her mother to return with her sister. Emiko was getting impatient too. Kadiri was able to better appreciate what Yuuichiro went through with Nori, and she was eight. Emiko was bored and needed something to do. Unfortunately there was nothing in the conference room to entertain a four-year-old.
After what seemed like an eternity Hotaru returned with Madelyn. Kadiri gasped at seeing her older sister as an eight-year-old. "Kawaii," Kadiri thought. She was used to seeing adult Madelyn. Of course her sister was a good one hundred twenty plus years older then she was. And here she was just a little girl, same age as Nori and a couple of the other palace children in the future.
"Madelyn this is Kadiri," Hotaru introduced them.
Madelyn walked up and bowed before Kadiri. "Konnichiwa Kadiri-san," she greeted.
Kadiri smiled. It was so funny seeing her sister be so formal. She knelt down so that she was level with Madelyn. "Nice to meet you Madelyn," said Kadiri. "Please you can call me Kadiri."
"Arigato," replied Madelyn. An instant connection was made between the two.
Emiko walked up to Hotaru and tapped her on. "Aunt Hotaru," she cried. "Where's Mommy?"
Hotaru was about to reply when she heard approaching footsteps. "I believe I hear her coming now," she stated.
At that moment Mina came in with Gloria. "Mommy," Emiko squealed as she dashed over to Mina. She wrapped her arms around her mother's leg and hung on.
"Hi Little One," Mina smiled and patted the child on the head. She didn't want Gloria to get jealous before the ice was broken. She turned to Gloria who was standing there with her arms folded. "Gloria this is Emiko."
Before Gloria could reply Emiko flung her arms around her. "Onee-san," she squealed in delight to an astonished Gloria.
To be continued....