Next Day
When Rini got up the next morning her mother called for her. "Rini I have something for you." Serena told her daughter as she walked into the breakfast area. "Andrew bring it in please."
Andrew walked into the breakfast area with a small wooden box. He set it on the table. "Thank you Andrew. You are dismissed." Serena waited until Andrew left the room. "Rini this is for you." Serena opened the box. Inside the box was a silver crescent moon with a smaller crescent moon engraved in it.
"Mother?" Rini looked questionably at her mother.
"We all agreed that you deserve it. Take it, raise your hand above you head, and say Neo Moon Enchant this will appear immediately. You will turn into Sailor Neo Moon." Serena instructed her daughter. "Don't transform now."
Rini hugged her mother and ran upstairs to her room. "Hotaru! Look what my mother gave me." Rini showed Hotaru the silver crescent moon.
"Wow, Rini it is beautiful." Hotaru looked at it.
"Thank you. Do you want to go for a walk with me?" Rini asked Hotaru pleadingly.
"Sure. Let me get changed." Rini and Hotaru went in opposite directions towards their bedrooms.
Rini went downstairs to find Hotaru waiting for her. Hotaru was wearing a white skirt, a black jacket, and a pair of knee high black boots. Rini had on a pink skirt with white flowers on it, with a white shirt, and a pair of knee high white boots.
"Let's go." Hotaru and Rini walked out into the garden and out of the palace.
Hotaru and Rini walked around Crystal Tokyo for almost and hour. "Rini lets go back to the palace. I'm getting hungry." Hotaru suggested to Rini.
"You can, if you want to. I want to stay out here." Rini told Hotaru. Rini was having fun. She didn't want to go back to the palace.
"Alright then. I will see you later, Rini." Hotaru turned and walked back to the palace.
Rini continued to walk around Crystal Tokyo. Rini looked up at the sky. The clouds were getting dark. It's going to rain. Rini thought to herself. Rini kept walking though. She was too far from the palace to make it back before it started to rain. So, Rini thought she would be able to find shelter down here.
Rini tried to find shelter but it was no use. She couldn't find anything. It started to rain. Before Rini could run for a tree, an umbrella covered her. Startled, Rini turned to face Elios.
Elios smiled and started walking to a covered alleyway. "What is the princess doing all the way out here"?
"Thank you. I was taking a walk and didn't want to go back to the palace." Rini answered Elios' question.
"Alone?"
"No, Hotaru was with me but she wanted to leave." Rini responded. "What are you doing out here?" It was Rini's turn to ask a question.
"The same as you were. I was walking back home when I saw you. Then it started raining." Elios took off his jacket and put it over Rini's arms.
"What made you come back yesterday?" Rini was eager to ask the question.
Elios thought about his answer. I came back because my love took her place as the Moon Princess. Elios thought to himself. "I came back because Illusion didn't need help anymore."
"Ok, well it is nice to have you back." Rini looked into Elios' eyes and smiled. Then she focused on the ground.
Everything was quiet for a few minutes. "Well, it has stopped raining and your mother is probably worried. So, you better get back to the palace, Princess." Elios was the first to speak.
"You are probably right." Rini took off Elios' jacket and handed it to him. "Thank you for the umbrella and your jacket." Rini walked into the street.
"Do you want me to walk you back to the palace?" Elios followed her into the street.
"If you want to." Rini smiled. She hoped he would.
"Let's go." Elios and Rini headed back to the palace.
Balcony
Neo Queen Serenity and Ami were waiting for Rini to return. They watched from a balcony over looking the garden. When Rini and Elios came into view Serena sighed. "I told you he wouldn't let anything happen to her." Ami looked at Serena and walked back to into the palace. Serena soon followed.
Garden
"Thank you Elios." Rini and Elios walked into the garden.
"Your welcome my princess." Elios bowed and kissed Rini's hand then walked out of the garden.
The next couple of days went by fast for Rini. She saw Elios everyday. Rini was falling in love with Elios all over again.
When Rini got up the next morning her mother called for her. "Rini I have something for you." Serena told her daughter as she walked into the breakfast area. "Andrew bring it in please."
Andrew walked into the breakfast area with a small wooden box. He set it on the table. "Thank you Andrew. You are dismissed." Serena waited until Andrew left the room. "Rini this is for you." Serena opened the box. Inside the box was a silver crescent moon with a smaller crescent moon engraved in it.
"Mother?" Rini looked questionably at her mother.
"We all agreed that you deserve it. Take it, raise your hand above you head, and say Neo Moon Enchant this will appear immediately. You will turn into Sailor Neo Moon." Serena instructed her daughter. "Don't transform now."
Rini hugged her mother and ran upstairs to her room. "Hotaru! Look what my mother gave me." Rini showed Hotaru the silver crescent moon.
"Wow, Rini it is beautiful." Hotaru looked at it.
"Thank you. Do you want to go for a walk with me?" Rini asked Hotaru pleadingly.
"Sure. Let me get changed." Rini and Hotaru went in opposite directions towards their bedrooms.
Rini went downstairs to find Hotaru waiting for her. Hotaru was wearing a white skirt, a black jacket, and a pair of knee high black boots. Rini had on a pink skirt with white flowers on it, with a white shirt, and a pair of knee high white boots.
"Let's go." Hotaru and Rini walked out into the garden and out of the palace.
Hotaru and Rini walked around Crystal Tokyo for almost and hour. "Rini lets go back to the palace. I'm getting hungry." Hotaru suggested to Rini.
"You can, if you want to. I want to stay out here." Rini told Hotaru. Rini was having fun. She didn't want to go back to the palace.
"Alright then. I will see you later, Rini." Hotaru turned and walked back to the palace.
Rini continued to walk around Crystal Tokyo. Rini looked up at the sky. The clouds were getting dark. It's going to rain. Rini thought to herself. Rini kept walking though. She was too far from the palace to make it back before it started to rain. So, Rini thought she would be able to find shelter down here.
Rini tried to find shelter but it was no use. She couldn't find anything. It started to rain. Before Rini could run for a tree, an umbrella covered her. Startled, Rini turned to face Elios.
Elios smiled and started walking to a covered alleyway. "What is the princess doing all the way out here"?
"Thank you. I was taking a walk and didn't want to go back to the palace." Rini answered Elios' question.
"Alone?"
"No, Hotaru was with me but she wanted to leave." Rini responded. "What are you doing out here?" It was Rini's turn to ask a question.
"The same as you were. I was walking back home when I saw you. Then it started raining." Elios took off his jacket and put it over Rini's arms.
"What made you come back yesterday?" Rini was eager to ask the question.
Elios thought about his answer. I came back because my love took her place as the Moon Princess. Elios thought to himself. "I came back because Illusion didn't need help anymore."
"Ok, well it is nice to have you back." Rini looked into Elios' eyes and smiled. Then she focused on the ground.
Everything was quiet for a few minutes. "Well, it has stopped raining and your mother is probably worried. So, you better get back to the palace, Princess." Elios was the first to speak.
"You are probably right." Rini took off Elios' jacket and handed it to him. "Thank you for the umbrella and your jacket." Rini walked into the street.
"Do you want me to walk you back to the palace?" Elios followed her into the street.
"If you want to." Rini smiled. She hoped he would.
"Let's go." Elios and Rini headed back to the palace.
Balcony
Neo Queen Serenity and Ami were waiting for Rini to return. They watched from a balcony over looking the garden. When Rini and Elios came into view Serena sighed. "I told you he wouldn't let anything happen to her." Ami looked at Serena and walked back to into the palace. Serena soon followed.
Garden
"Thank you Elios." Rini and Elios walked into the garden.
"Your welcome my princess." Elios bowed and kissed Rini's hand then walked out of the garden.
The next couple of days went by fast for Rini. She saw Elios everyday. Rini was falling in love with Elios all over again.