Chapter Two: Bad Chibiusa!

Mercury roamed aimlessly throughout the palace, peeking into various rooms and corridors wherever she went. She must've walked through every room and hallway in that palace twice before bumping into Venus, who seemed to be doing to exactly the same as Mercury had been doing.

"Did you find her?" Mercury asked, overly nervous and worried. Venus, overly mad and annoyed rather than worried, tightened her fists and crossed her arms.

"No. but if I ever do, she's SO going to regret making us look for her!" Venus mumbled angrily.

Mercury smiled with embarrassment and tried to contain a giggle, "Please Venus! She's a 16 year old girl! We did things like this all the time, too," Mercury paused and looked at Venus, who was giving Mercury an 'oh please' look, "Heh, okay! Well, you did at least."

Mars and Jupiter ran up, out of breath, to their side. Mars managed a "D-Did you find her yet?"

Venus and Mercury grinned cheesily and scratched their heads, "Uh, not really.." Venus choked.

Jupiter sighed and rested her forehead on the palm of her hand, "Damnit! We've spent over an hour trying to look for this brat, Mars and I even ran around the gardens trying to find her!"

Usagi walked up from behind them and with her most cheerful and innocent voice asked "Finding who?" Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus immediately froze with their eyes wide and filled with almost a terror at the sound of her voice.

Mars slowly turned around with a look of fear still frozen on her face, and forced a cheerful and embarrassed grin, "Heh, well, um. We sorta lost your daughter-"

From outside the Crystal Tokyo Palace, all could hear a loud and furious, "YOU WHAT?!?!?!" echo loudly through the air to almost shake the ground.

Chibiusa strolled down the busy streets of Crystal Tokyo with Luna P floating along side her like usual. It was just days after her 16th birthday and she needed to get away from the palace. The palace was too enclosed, too constricting. Out here in the streets though, she felt free to do whatever she wanted without having to worry about her mother or father scolding her. She was sick of the training she was receiving from the Senshi; she already knew everything that they had to teacher her.

A breeze caught her long pink pigtails and blew them into the air. She grabbed onto the collar of her jean jacket and pulled it tighter around her. It was a little colder than usual that day and she should've worn more than shorts, a pink tank, and a jean jacket. After the wind had begun getting too annoying, she decided to escape the weather by entering into a small café on the side of the road. She took her seat and looked at the menu, not noticing a dark figure sitting at another table.

The figure stood and walked casually towards Chibiusa's table and pulled out a chair to sit across from her. Chibiusa looked up from her menu and rolled her eyes, "Setsuna, why are you here?"

Setsuna sat on the chair across from Chibiusa and crossed her legs gracefully, she always had a way of looking elegant, "I'm here because you're here. You ran away again."

Chibiusa scoffed and turned away from Setsuna, "I hate it there, no one respects me. And I'm sick of my mother always pressuring me to 'act more like a princess' and 'be more elegant'," Chibiusa complained. Setsuna nodded in understanding and looked down at the top of the table.

"I understand, you want to be free. You're just like your mother when she was your age. But you must understand her; she only wants you to be your best. She wants you to live a better life she had lived. She believes that if she raises you in the 'proper' way, than you will become a good queen after she's gone; a better queen than herself perhaps."

Chibiusa paused and looked at Setsuna who comforted her with a kind smile. Setsuna always had that talent to cheer anyone up no matter what the scenario with her smile, she had a wonderful smile. Luna P landed to rest on Chibiusa's lap for a while before Setsuna stood from the table. Perhaps Setsuna was right, her mother DID only want the best for her.

"I take it you understand now; I can see it in your eyes. Shall we go now?" She asked, still holding her charming smile. Chibiusa looked at her, confused. "Well, you didn't think I wouldn't return you home, did you? I can only imagine how worried your poor mother is right now," Setsuna reached over and took Chibiusa by the ear and lifted her from her chair.

"Ah!! Setsuna! What the hell?! I thought you came here to help me!" Chibiusa cried out in pain as Setsuna tugged tightly onto her ear like a mother to a small child.

Setsuna kept her elegant smile and giggled slightly, "You might not see it now, but I am Small Lady."

"Ow ow ow ow ow ow!!!!" Chibiusa whined like a child as Setsuna effortlessly dragged her out from the Café by the ear. Luna P followed behind like usual, almost seeming to laughing with Setsuna along the entire way back home.

"What are our co-ordinates?" a teenage girl asked weakly from a large satin bed. Her hair was long and silver, almost seeming to glow against the background of the black pillows and sheets. Her eyes were faded, almost none-existent as they stared blankly up at the ceiling. At this, a young man with short, spiked red hair and black eyes kneeled by the side of the bed to take her fail hands in his own.

"We're only a few short hundred miles from Earth, Sorcha" he said sweetly with a kind smile. He gripped her hand with a tight but gentle grasp and leaned forward to kiss the hand lovingly.

"Arlen, please hurry, I don't have much time-"she said weakly as a tear began to form within her eyes. Arlen held back the tears within his own eyes and choked trying to hold back his sobbing.

"Don't worry, once we reach earth, we'll find that crystal and we'll make you that cure. You'll be on your feet in no time," Arlen said with determination as he continued to kneel beside the bed and by her side. 'I WILL get that crystal if I have to pry it from their dead fingers'