I wish you where here

By: Strawberry

Chapter 2

Genre: Drama/General

I don't own SM

It was a bright and sunny Friday morning; Andrew went upstairs to wake up Rini. They were going to visit her grandparents for the holidays, he stepped into Rini's room, she was asleep on her bed, and there was something in her hand, Andrew took it from her hand and looked at it. He sighed as he saw the figures of his best friend and his wife with their daughter on her first birthday, not long before there disappearance. Mina came up behind him

"What's this?" She asked as she took the picture from Andrews's hand,

"God Andrew we have to tell her the whole story." Mina said as she looked at the picture

"Ok, we'll tell her soon." Andrew said as he put the picture back in Rini's desk draw

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Rini came downstairs with a pink suitcase in her hands,

"Ready for the airport?" Mina asked Rini, she nodded, Andrew came over to Rini

"Hey Rini there's something we have to talk to you about, we have time the cab should be here soon." He said, Rini followed him to the green, old but comfy couch.

"Rini, there's something about your parents that you don't know. No one knows just 4 other girls and 2 cats." Mina said

"What are you talking about?"  Rini asked as she sat down

"We're going to tell you the whole story of your parents." Andrew said

"The whole story?" Rini asked

"Your parents where warriors, they fought for good, in fact that's how they met." Andrew said

"What like Spiderman and Batman?" Rini asked in disbelief

"Exactly, they had powers, your mother was the leader of the Sailor scouts, she was Sailor Moon and your father was our Savoir, Tuxedo Mask." Mina said

"Where they famous?" Rini asked eagerly

"They're where people had seen us but never said anything we were all myths, we fought at night." Mina said as she thought of 5 girls running under the moonlight, the only sound was there shoes, the wind in there hair. Mina sighed

"They were heroes." Andrew said as he smiled at Mina

"So the story about my parents isn't true?" Rini asked

"Not all of it, your parent met on the battlefield, they feel in love and married but a great war raged on in Tokyo, a war between good and evil. The Evil was too strong; we left Tokyo and came here.  Your parents lived with your grandparents and you, every night they'd watch the news to see what was happening. Your mother was the one who decided we should leave, she wanted to protect you. The wars raged on. Soon evil had a hold on Tokyo, it was being destroyed. Your mother knew it was up to the Sailor Scouts but she didn't want to risk our safety, she ordered us to stay here and watch you." Mina said recalling the memory, she had a solemn tone, Andrew took over.

"They went to fight it, and they beat it I remember they called us telling us they would be home to see you soon they wanted to see you so much, they really missed you… There plane was never found." Andrew said

"So they could still be out there right?" Rini asked hopefully

"Sweetie it is possible but not very likely… I'm sorry, but you're old enough to now about your parents." Mina said as she put her arm around Rini's shoulder, Rini looked down, a small tear rolled down her cheek.

"So do my grandparents know about this?" Rini asked sadly

"No, they're not supposed to know." Mina said

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Rini stepped out of the cab with Mina and Andrew close behind, she walked up the unfamiliar steps of her grandparent's house, she sighed and knocked on the door knocker. Almost immediately the door opened, a woman with long bluish grayish hair opened, she had big brown eyes. She was wearing a beige turtleneck and a long brown skirt.

"Is that my little granddaughter?!?!?" The woman asked as she embraced Rini

"Hi grandma." Rini said as she returned the hug, Rini saw a man in a charcoal colored sweater with white cotton up shirt underneath and khaki pants. he had black hair and black glasses,

"Is that little Rini? Well look how big she's gotten." the man said

"Hi grandpa." Rini said as he hugged Rini

"You remind me so much of your mother." Grandma Ilene said as she smiled down at Rini

"Yeah she's really grown up." Mina said

"Hi Mina, Andrew, I'm so glad you 2 could come. I know we're not blood family but we're honored you 2 and Rini could spend the holidays with us." Grandma Ilene said

"Well. I was waiting for you guys to get here, we need to go out and pick a tree." Grandpa Ken said

"Now Rini, you can stay here and we can bake cookies or you can go out and pick a tree." Grandma Ilene said softly

"I think I want to stay here, I'm a little tired." Rini said

"Do you want me to stay with you?" Mina said as she bent down to eye level with Rini,

"No, you can go." Rini said, Mina nodded and her Andrew and Grandpa Ken left.

"Well Rini, what would you like to do?" Grandma Ilene asked

"I don't mind, anything's fine." Rini said softly

"Are you okay sweetie? When you came here when you were 6 you were so exited." Grandma Ilene asked as she and Rini where making cookies, Rini had a star cookie cutter then switched to Santa, Grandma Ilene was making more dough

"I just am thinking." Rini replied

"Your thinking about you parents aren't you?" Grandma Ilene asked thoughtfully

"How did you know?" Rini asked as she wiped her hands on a Christmas apron that was white and red plaid and had some holy on the pocket in the middle.

"Because I miss them too." Grandma Ilene said she sighed

"Especially around the holidays, I remember your first Christmas, your dad dressed up as Santa, he said he'd do it every year, even when you where in college." Grandma Ilene said as she chuckled, Rini laughed too.

"That's was your mother old apron, see that burn mark right here." Grandma Ilene said as she showed Rini the small burn mark on the bottom corner on the apron.

"You mother burned it, she was trying to take out the cookies from the oven and couldn't find a mitt so she tried to use her apron." Grandma Ilene said as she laughed, Rini did too but stopped soon after she began

"You must miss them so much." Grandma Ilene said

"I don't even remember them." Rini said sadly

"Your mother was so beautiful and kind and your father was handsome and kind also." She said very softly

Rini sighed as she continued to put the cookies on the sheet, when all the dough was gone the rest weren't back yet, Grandma Ilene and Rini were in the basement looking for Christmas decorations.

"Hello!" came Grandpa Ken's voice from upstairs, Rini ran up the stairs to see the tree, it was a big and tall and very green tree, She smiled

"Ken there you are. I was getting worried" Grandma Ilene said from the top of the basement stairs,

"Sorry Ilene," Mina said as she took off her scarf

"Yeah Sweetie this tree was mighty hard to get." Ken said

"Well you guys where should we put it?" Andrew asked

"How about by to the fireplace?" Ilene said

"Will do." Andrew said as he and Ken moved the tree there

"Ken have you seen the Christmas decorations? I've looked everywhere downstairs." Ilene said

"There in the attic, I put them there after the flood." Ken said

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Rini, Grandma Ilene and Andrew were in the attic, there were getting the Christmas boxes down,

"Now I know we had 6 boxes, I could have sworn." Ilene said

"Maybe you didn't mark one?" Andrew asked

"That must be it! Thank you Andrew!" Ilene said

"I'll look for it while you guys take the boxes down." Rini said

"Thank you sweetie." Ilene said

"Don't make a mess Rini." Andrew said as he and Ilene said as they carried the boxes downstairs, Rini looked for an unlabeled box, after going through 5 wrong boxes Rini came across another box, it was small but not too small, maybe the equivalent of 4 shoe boxes. Rini looked at it curiously. She opened the box, immediately dust flew out. After it cleared Rini curiously looked in it, there was an old photo album marked "Serena and Darien" some videotapes with no labels, a picture frame with a picture of a man and women. Rini moved the box from the shelf to the floor, just then a book fell down, it must have been in between the box and this one, she curiously looked at it. It was a leather-bound book, she blew on it so the dust flew off revealing the words "Journal" she opened it.

"Rini?" A voice called, Rini shut the book immediately

"Yes?!" She asked as she turned around to see her grandpa Ken

"What do you got there sweetie?" He asked

"I found this box." Rini said as she put the Journal in the box, he grandfather bent down and rummaged through the stuff

"Oh my gosh, I'd thought we'd lost this." He said

"What is it?" Rini asked

"This is a box of some of your parent's old stuff." He said as he looked closely at the unfamiliar book in the box

"That fell down when I took the box from the shelf." Rini explained

"I see." Grandpa Ken said as he opened the book and read it

"So this is my parents?!?!" She asked excitedly, Ken nodded as he looked more as the book

"Is it your journal?" Rini asked

"It appears to be… Your dads." Ken said in surprise

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