Elios sat watching the storm with the King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo, "I'm worried about Rini." He said suddenly, and they turned to him, "Why? She is probably in her room."
"No, she left for school an hour ago." Serenity looked up at Endymoin; "She's terrified of thunderstorms." Elios had a hunch that she hadn't ever made it to school, "Call the school, and make sure that she's there, I just have a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach." She dialed the number to the school, "Hello, this is Serena Tsukino, is my daughter at the school yet?" She was listening closely, and both men strained to hear what the woman on the other end of the line said. The Queen hung up, "She isn't there, are you sure that she...?"
"I saw her leave." Elios had no idea where Peruru was, and he wasn't about to find him and tell him what was going on, "I'll look for her." They nodded, and he ran out of the palace, once again following Rini's aura.
Rini felt herself huddling closer and closer to the slick wall, her head hurt so much that she could barely see, "What I wouldn't do for a couple of aspirin." She said, not even understanding herself. Her whole body was too numb to know in what direction she was moving. Suddenly, two dark figures were in her vision; "Well look what we have here." Rini cringed, "It's the Princess, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is, and it's her fault that we got expelled." Uh oh, now she was in trouble, "Please, just stay away!" The two boys laughed, then she was suddenly being pulled up, and they pushed her against the wall, "Well let's pay her back, shall we?" Her senses came back to life, all except sight, when a fist made solid contact with her face. Rini was too helpless, of all the people in the city; these two had to find her.
Elios ran for ten minutes, not sure if he was going in the right direction anymore. He turned a corner, and saw two boys beating someone up. He couldn't see who any of the three were, but he thought that he had better break it up, "Hey guys, shouldn't you be doing something else, like I don't know, studying?" Then he saw the soft flow of pink hair and froze; it was Rini, "Mind your own business!"
"Now that I've seen who that is, I certainly cannot!"
"Oh, you mean the Princess here? We found her right here, she looked pretty dead anyway, so finders keepers, find your own punching bag." His eyes flashed dangerously, and one of the boys fell to the ground, screaming in agony, "Dude, you're like, a prince aren't you?" The other asked, and backed off, "What do you think dimwit, I don't know what the hell he did to me, but I'm in pain!" Elios walked over to him, and kicked him to the side, "Rini, are you all right?"
"Elios! At least something is going right today." Then she fainted, and he picked her up, his wings coming out of his back, and he batted at the guy that was standing, who slammed against the wall, and fell to the ground. "Maybe someone will decide that you make good 'punching bags'." He lifted off, uncaring of the lightning that might strike them at any time.
"No, she left for school an hour ago." Serenity looked up at Endymoin; "She's terrified of thunderstorms." Elios had a hunch that she hadn't ever made it to school, "Call the school, and make sure that she's there, I just have a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach." She dialed the number to the school, "Hello, this is Serena Tsukino, is my daughter at the school yet?" She was listening closely, and both men strained to hear what the woman on the other end of the line said. The Queen hung up, "She isn't there, are you sure that she...?"
"I saw her leave." Elios had no idea where Peruru was, and he wasn't about to find him and tell him what was going on, "I'll look for her." They nodded, and he ran out of the palace, once again following Rini's aura.
Rini felt herself huddling closer and closer to the slick wall, her head hurt so much that she could barely see, "What I wouldn't do for a couple of aspirin." She said, not even understanding herself. Her whole body was too numb to know in what direction she was moving. Suddenly, two dark figures were in her vision; "Well look what we have here." Rini cringed, "It's the Princess, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is, and it's her fault that we got expelled." Uh oh, now she was in trouble, "Please, just stay away!" The two boys laughed, then she was suddenly being pulled up, and they pushed her against the wall, "Well let's pay her back, shall we?" Her senses came back to life, all except sight, when a fist made solid contact with her face. Rini was too helpless, of all the people in the city; these two had to find her.
Elios ran for ten minutes, not sure if he was going in the right direction anymore. He turned a corner, and saw two boys beating someone up. He couldn't see who any of the three were, but he thought that he had better break it up, "Hey guys, shouldn't you be doing something else, like I don't know, studying?" Then he saw the soft flow of pink hair and froze; it was Rini, "Mind your own business!"
"Now that I've seen who that is, I certainly cannot!"
"Oh, you mean the Princess here? We found her right here, she looked pretty dead anyway, so finders keepers, find your own punching bag." His eyes flashed dangerously, and one of the boys fell to the ground, screaming in agony, "Dude, you're like, a prince aren't you?" The other asked, and backed off, "What do you think dimwit, I don't know what the hell he did to me, but I'm in pain!" Elios walked over to him, and kicked him to the side, "Rini, are you all right?"
"Elios! At least something is going right today." Then she fainted, and he picked her up, his wings coming out of his back, and he batted at the guy that was standing, who slammed against the wall, and fell to the ground. "Maybe someone will decide that you make good 'punching bags'." He lifted off, uncaring of the lightning that might strike them at any time.