It's been a little while but I'm back! Thanxs to all the people who reviewed chapters one and two. You inspire me truly. Okay enough of that crap, Now I think Mina/Minako, and Andrew are going to pair up. I'm not sure yet, but we all know Darien and Serena are going to pair up at some point right? Well I don't want my story to be to predictable, but I'm a fan of Darien Serena stories myself, so their pairing is a must. SM belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. I have to say that because, if ever she were to read this story and see her characters being used I want her to know that I'm very very poor so please don't sue me, and I love your characters, that's why I'm using them. One more thing I would like to give a shout out to my kitty Cocoa. Hi Cocoa! Look your names on the net!

Serena's whole body was tingling. She was tingling in places she didn't know could tingle. Mina's whole body was numb, except for one part of her anatomy that was very much alive. Together they looked like two flushed statues standing by the road with their mouths open like fish. What brought Serena out of trance was the pungent smell of two day old fish. "I'll give you this fish for only two yen eh?" said the toothless women who held the fish under Serena's nose.

She looked down at the poor decrepit fish hanging in the women's hands, and began to gag . "No thank you." she said covering her nose and backing away from the old women. The women frowned. "Whaaaat?!" "This is very good fish! Fresh from the sea just this morning!" she said putting it under her own nose to smell it. Her eye's twitched. "See." she said in a tight voice "very fresh." Serena bumped into Mina as she tried to escape the persistent woman.

Mina jumped when she felt someone bump into her. She turned see Serena covering her nose as an old women with one very depressing looking fish came toward them. She glanced at Mina and smiled showing two crooked teeth jammed into black gums on her top row. " What about you young lady hmmm? I'll give you a special price on this giant king fish. It's very fresh! Right out of the sea, just a few minutes ago eh?" Her eye's were like black marbles set into the deep wrinkles of her face, making her look small and fragile, but Mina could detect a slyness in the shiny dark orbs. Serena looked at the old woman. "I thought you said you caught the fish this morning?" Serena said with raised brows. The old women's eyes turned sharply towards her. "No, no! stupid girl! I said I've been fishing since this morning, and I just caught this prize winning-" she said looking at Mina "fish a few minutes ago."

A vain popped up in Serena's neck. "Why you old-" "Serena!" Mina said cutting her off. She turned to look at the old women who was unabashedly assessing Mina's clothes for any signs of wealth. " Sorry we have no money. See." Mina said showing the old women an empty money pouch she always carried just for situations like this. The old women's smile quickly faded. She made an annoyed sound with her mouth. "So why'd you waste my time for stupid girl?!" she said. Her eye's suddenly darted to the left and lit up when she spotted a wealthy gentleman walking past her stall. "Kind sir-" she said once again with her toothless smile returning. She pushed past Serena and Mina. "Can you believe that fat old pig! she called me stupid!" Mina said.

Serena only shook her head as she finally began to notice their surroundings. They were somewhere in town square. On both sides of the coble street there were vendors and children playing. Beside the smell of the rotten fish that still lingered, Serena could smell the blooms of the cherry blossoms that had just opened, and the tantalizing smell of fried foods cooking all around them. Since it was still early morning people were just starting to leave their houses for the days work. In a matter of minutes the street would be crowded with people.

Mina stopped to gaze in awe at their surroundings. She had never seen so many things going on all at once. A women on the corner was frying fresh tempura while her little daughter sold flowers. Mina tapped Serena on the shoulder when she spotted two Geishas walking gracefully down the street. At that exact moment a shower of cherry blossoms fell over them, making them look surreal. She gazed in awe at the brilliant colors of their kimonos. "Where do you want to start?" Serena whispered to Mina who was still staring at the beautiful women. "Over there by the fountain looks like a good place doesn't it?" Serena said pointing to the stone fountain of the water nymphs that sat right in the middle of the town square.

Mina and Serena were quiet as they made their way to the fountain. The sounds of the street were blocked out by both of them. It wasn't an awkward silence, Mina was grateful because it gave her time to think. Instead of think of Andrew who she knew would just confuse and stress her out she thought instead of how stupid it was of her to waste almost all of her money on the jam when she spotted a man frying tempura and kushikatsu. Her stomach growled loudly making her cough to cover the sound.

Serena was a little afraid. She looked to see if Mina was still next to her as they made their way to the fountain. Beneath the third water nymph she noticed a young man sitting down reading a book. She stared at him openly trying to get her full view of him before he caught her staring at him. He had long brown hair tied behind his head. It didn't escape her attention that he was very well dressed either. Was he a noble man? If he was why in the world was he sitting by a fountain and reading of all things. Before she could finish her next thought the man looked up from his book and straight at her. She looked away quickly, but not fast enough that she didn't notice how handsome he was and that his eyes were a warm amber brown.

Mina looked at the man sitting at the fountain. Was he staring at her? Of course he was! She winked at him. If he had seen her he made no notice of it. He turned back to reading his book. Instead of thinking of his brush off as a deliberate snub Mina shrugged and smiled slyly. He would be thinking about her she was sure of it. She made an impression on everyone. She sat the last remaining basket down on the edge of the fountain. "Mina! Andrew gave me 20 yen more than what he owed!" Serena said gripping Mina's arm tightly. Mina smiled brightly. "God, I love that man! This means we can by extra sweets and tempura and tonkatsu and-" "No this means father will have enough money to fix the roof and the fence." Serena said. Mina felt tears form in her eyes. "I hate being poor." she said. To add insult to injury she watched a little girl buy sliced pickles from a vendor. Pickles were her favorite!

Serena rolled her eyes. She tucked the money into her sash and picked up a jar of jam out of the basket. "Here" she said tossing it to Mina "Work your magic." She picked up a jar for herself. She took a deep breath. "Fresh strawberry jam for sale! 100% percent home grow strawberry's the sweetest ripest strawberries ever!" she shouted. "Special price of only two yen a jar!". "Buy now before they're all gone! This is our last basket of this years prize winning jam!" Mina said. Serena looked out of the corner of her eyes at Mina. Prize winning? When had their jam ever won I prize?

Mina spotted a finely dressed man walking past them. "You sir." she said grabbing his sleeve. "How would you like to buy some of this award winning jam?" The man turned in annoyance until he saw Mina and Serena. He made an abrupt stop. Mina smiled slowly. "It's delicious," she said dropping her voice. "I've taste tested all of these myself." she said catching his eyes.

The sunlight reflected off her baby blues and the man took sharp intake of breath. 'Got cha' Mina thought when she saw the man reach for his wallet with trembling fingers. "I'll-I'll take two-" he glanced at Serena who was looking at him "I mean four, I'll take four jars." 'Score one for me.' Mina thought. It was fun to practice her seduction on real man rather than school boys. "Only four?" she said with what could have almost been a pout. She placed her hand on the man's arm. She leaned closer so he could make direct contact with her piercing eyes. "How about two more for later? You won't regret it sir I promise you. In each jars is a little taste of heaven." "Six jars." the man said swallowing hard.

"Six jars it is." Mina said reaching back into the basket. The man snapped his fingers, and a short man came forward to collect the six jars. Serena carefully placed each jar in his arms. The man stared at her adoringly. Between Mina and Serena alone ΒΌ of the jams were gone in less than 20minutes. Needless to say most of their costumers were men. Serena used her sweet charm to lure them to her while Mina used false advertisement and fluttering lashes which they found irresistible.

Serena wiped sweat from her brow. "Well we have two jars left." Serena looked up the lane to were the street grew quieter, and large houses could be seen in the distance. "Yuri hill of course!" Mina said reading her mind. Serena smiled "Just what I was thinking." she said.

Raye was standing in the middle of the dark foyer with her arms wrapped around herself. She was trying to get acquainted with her new surroundings. This house was still so new to her. It was roughly the same size as their mansion In Kobe. Darien had suddenly decided to move them to Juban saying that it was better for business. She hadn't really minded because their was nothing to connect her to their old home anyways. The only thing she missed was the garden Darien had had built for her. She wrapped her arms around her self tightly. He'd told her he would build her a bigger better one here at their new home.

When he showed interest in anything that interested her she became ecstatic. It showed that he really did care for her. She closed her eyes and remembered how happy she was when he had let her lay her head on his chest and rest. His fingers hand lightly stroked her hair and at one point he had even kissed her forehead. Malachite who had sat across from them had looked at her with pure hatred. Darien had stared at him with a hidden smile and continued to stroke her long hair.

Raye's eyes popped open. She could feel his presence. The hairs on her back were all on end. She turned around quickly. He was there right behind her. She took a quick step back. He smiled showing straight white teeth and sharply pointed canines. "I see you have a six sense for my presence." he said. "It's called nausea." Raye said in disgust. Malachite laughed lightly. She became alarmed. Her eyes went immediately to his hands, which were tucked into the pocket of his pants.

"I've come to make up." he said suddenly becoming completely serious. His face took on a no nonsense crazed look. It reminded her of a murderers calm face just before he made his strike. Despite all this it was still a beautiful face carved out of flawless marble.

Raye's hand went to the small knife she kept in the pocket of her dress. "Come here my-" Malachite was cut off by the sharp wrapping of knuckles against the wall. He looked at Raye then he turned around.

"What is it?" he said in assort of sing song voice. The young maid blushed underneath his intense eyes. "Um milord there are two young ladies at the door selling jam." she said in a small soft voice. "Jam?" he said . "Yes milord. They refuse to leave until they have spoken to the owner or owners of the house." "Do they really now?" Malachite said in amusement. He walked forward and picked up the young maid's hand. She gasped. "Thank you Molly" he said and kissed her hand.

"Maybe they could stay for dinner eh Raye?" Malachite said still staring into Molly's eyes. Raye's brow drew together as the realization of it hit her. "Molly tell them to go away or I'll have them forcefully removed!" she said. Malachite's eyes grew lazy as he stroked Molly's hand "Nonsense. Tell them to come right in." Malachite said. "Y- Yes milord." Molly said and turned to go and deliver the message. " Why are you against them coming in? Don't you want to show of our beautiful home love?" he said. "It really would be nice to have to fresh young bloods for lunch wouldn't it" he said with a breathtakingly beautiful smile.

Malachite said as he went past Raye to the desk near the window which curtains were drawn tight. He switched on the lamp on lit a match and lit two lamps. The room became flooded with light. "This is much better. Now I can see your beautiful face love." Raye balled up her fists. "Damn you I told you never to call me that!" she shouted. She picked up a small vase near her and tossed it at him. He caught it with a swoop of his hand and gently placed it on the desk. "Your aim needs improvement love." he said dryly.

Serena and Mina walked side by side as the young maid lead them through the dark halls. She and Mina cast glances at each other out of the corner of their eyes. "Did you see all that furniture they had?" she whispered. " Yeah they must be very very rich." Serena whispered. "I've counted twenty one windows and about eleven doors and we're only on the first floor!" Mina blushed. "We're not so poor that you have to count their windows and doors." Mina whispered.

"Right in here." the maid said motioning for them to enter a room bright with light.

Serena stepped in first with the basket hanging on her arm. She couldn't stop staring at the elegant things in the room. Then her eyes caught sight of the two figures in the room. Her breathe hitched in her throat. She had never seen two more beautiful people in all her life. She turned briefly to Mina who stood close behind her. Her attention turned back again to the two unusual people in the room. The man sitting behind the desk was striking.

He had unusually white hair that Serena thought was gray at first. It cascaded over his shoulders and down his back. From what Serena could see he was wearing all white which was unusual thing to see, because anyone who worked could never afford to wear white. Then she remembered these people were rich, they had people working for them. The girl reminded her of a porcelain doll she'd seen once in a toy store. Her skin was very pale and smooth. She had a china doll face and didn't seem to be much older than she or Mina. Her hair was long and inky black.

Serena stared at it in amazement she had never seen hair so black and beautiful. It was baby fine and matched perfectly with her violet eyes. She wore a beautiful red dress that showed off her shapely figure. Her white arms were hugged across her waist. Her eyes were blank and her small red mouth showed no hint of a smile. Serena suddenly felt self conscious of her own common day dress, and her sun tanned arms.

Mina throat went dry and she felt warm all over. She had never seen anyone so beautiful in all her life. She tore her eyes away to look at the other person in the room. The girls eyes turned to look at her. She looked her up and down sighed and looked away. Mina furrowed her brows. 'What's her problem' she thought.

Malachite assessed the two young women from behind his desk. Where had they come from and why had they not come to visit before? Then he remembered they were the common folk. He then noticed there coarsely made clothes and tanned faces. Still he had seen great beauties and they were in the top twenty.

He liked beautiful things, and when he began to love them he took them away. "So which one of you was it who refused to leave without selling this jam." he said motioning to the basket. Mina took a step up. "We only had two jars left milord and we thought it would be a good idea our home made jam to be introduced to a new community." she said. "They're highly sought after in our community. My mother makes them from fresh strawberries. We use the ripest in the whole country side." Serena added.

"We don't eat jam and he hates it." Raye said coldly. Malachite smiled and pushed back from the desk. "My sister is such a comedian. I love sweet things." he said looking at Mina. Mina couldn't stop the blush that flooded her cheeks. " May I ask the name of you to beautiful ladies?" he said inching closer to Raye. Raye looked at him out he corner of her eyes.

Serena shifted underneath his intense gaze. The flood gates opened and she couldn't stop them. " My name is Serena this is my cousin Mina" Serena said just as Mina was about to tell them her name. " I mean they call me bunny, they being some people at school because of my hair not because I act like a bunny or anything just because-" "Would you like to stay for dinner?" Malachite interrupted. "I'm sure they have some place to be. Don't you?" Raye said turning to them. " Yes we really must be going." Mina said.

Malachite looked at Raye and smiled. "I'm sure you ladies have come along way, so why don't one of you tell me where you live and I'll have one of my coach men take you home." "I'm sure they would much rather walk." Raye said turning to Malachite. She turned back around when she saw a smile spread across his face. "And this is my sister Raye." he said putting his arm around her shoulder.

Mina looked at the young girl who looked about sixteen there was no resemblance. The girl's eyes widened with rage. Her mouth was clamped shut. Mina could see the muscles working in her jaw. Serena saw the same reaction. She and Mina exchanged looks. "Don't you think I should get Moshe to drive them home Raye?" he asked leaning close to her ear. Raye was breathing hard "Yes," she said through clenched teeth. "Good girl." Malachite said leaning down closer. Serena and Mina watched in amazement as Malachite closed his eyes and planted heartbreakingly sweet kiss on Raye's cheek. The same thought ran through both their minds. 'What the hell kind of brother and sister were they?'

Raye's fists were clenched so tight all the blood drained out of them. Malachite released Raye's shoulders and walked towards Mina and Serena. He stopped inches away from them. From his other hand he pulled out a small brass bell. He rung it three times. In less then a minute a man came into the room. "Yes milord?" the tall blond said. "Take these to ladies home Moshe and pay them for their jam." he said. He carefully pulled the basket from Serena's arm. He then picked up both their hands. They jumped when they felt how cold it was. "I'll be seeing you two ladies again." he said then lightly kissed both their hands, sending shivers up their arms.

"Show them the way out Moshe." Malachite said. "Yes milord." Moshe said and lead Serena and Mina down the hall. Malachite turned around to look at Raye who was standing completely still. "I have plans for those two." he said. Raye didn't respond she only stared at him, her chest heaving with anger. "What's the matter. Cat got your tongue?" he said. Raye moved to fast for him to see. He saw the blade early enough and managed to dodge the full force of it. The blade sliced his right cheek spraying blood on the carpet.

Raye moved fast trying to swing back to get his throat, but Malachite had caught on. "Don't you ever ever in this life or the next touch me again!" she shouted. Malachite dodged two more of her blows. "You little bitch!" he said moving fast behind her. He grabbed her hair. Raye screamed as he grabbed a handful of hair and pulled it back so her neck strained painfully. Raye used her knife to cut his wrist. He let go and she shoved him back against the window. She looked at him trying to push himself from against the curtains. If she didn't do something now he would kill her. What had she done? She saw the chord at same time he did. Before he could reach her she pulled the chord to let in the sunlight.

Yessss! I'm finally finished chapter three I hope every one likes it. Sorry for the cliff hanger you just have to wait for chapter four. Is he dead or isn't he hmmm interesting. Now please go review.