AUTHORS NOTES:

So…. are you ready for this chapter!! I hope you are! I had fun writing it.

Ok…. no long Authors notes today. Lets just get straight to the point.

DISCLAIMER:

Again…I don't own Sailor Moon. *Tear* Oh well. Let the story continue!!

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"~DEADLY OBSESSIONS~"

"Part three"

 "I've been searching through out time, and I haven't found Serena any where. They left no trail what so ever. Its like they disappeared!"                                         

"Well, thanks anyway Pluto! If you find anything, let us know!" Pluto nodded and disappeared with a flash.

Silence filled the air as the girls looked at each other with worried eyes.

Rei dropped down to her knees, "SERENA!" She screamed.

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The scream echoed through the street as Rini walked away from the emotional girls and sighed. It was 8:45, she had arrived thirty minutes ago and she couldn't think about the terrible things that could be happening.  "Oh mommy, where are you?" She stopped and clasped her hands over her face. She sobbed into her tiny hands. " Uuhhhh" she pulled her hands away and saw nothing, nothing at all. Her hands where fading away, but before she could call for help they where back again. "What…what just happened?" She looked down at the rest of her body. " Yep, still there. I must be seeing things. I've got to be." She started walking toward home, thinking to herself.

~ I can't be disappearing, can I? Pluto would have told me if something could happen like this. But she really never answered my question. Mommy did look pretty worried. ~ "Owww".  A sharp pain shot through her head, she put her hands on her head. Is it happening again? " Am I disappearing again?" She said!

" Again! You mean you have been disappearing small lady? You should have told me!"

"PLUTO, help, I…" she looked at her hands. "Wait a second! I'm not disappearing. But why did my head suddenly throb like that."

"OH, sorry about that. I kind of accidentally hit your head with my time staff. I can't see where I'm swinging it with that blinding light in my eyes." Her face went from a 'whoops' kind of look, to a look of seriousness. "I came to tell you something important, but looks like we have another problem. Have you really been disappearing small lady?"

Rini looked up at Pluto. " Well, no, not really!" she said innocently.

" Oh thank goodness!"

"It's more like fading in and out! Though it only happened once!"

"WHAT? Oh no, first the queen, now you!" Pluto put a hand quickly to her mouth, just now realizing what she said.

"MAMMA! WHATS HAPPENED TO HER PLUTO? YOU BETTER TELL ME." Tears built up in her eyes as she looked at her tall mysterious friend.

" Well, maybe you should sit down first." Pluto guided the worried little girl over to a bus stop bench.

 " This morning, the queen had some sort of a 'panic attack'. She started screaming and throwing things. When she pieced together what was happening in the past to what was happening in the future, she understood. Knowing what would happen if she got too out of control, she sealed herself inside a protective case. Kind of like the one she was in when the Nega moon attacked. It will only open, and set her free when things have been set write in the future as well as the past. When she did this, she left this behind for you."

Pluto held out, what looked like a, new transformation locket. She opened the locket up, and there was a shiny crystal inside.

" The silver crystal." Rini said.

" Me and the Queen already suspected you could fade if Diamond did what we thought he would do. We also knew that the queen might become evil, that's why we sent you to the past, so she couldn't accidentally hurt you. She put a magic spell on the crystal, so that anyone who has possession of it will not fade. This spell was made specifically for you, small lady!"

"For me!" Pluto nodded, closed the locket and placed it in Rini's hand. She stood and raised her time staff.

" The crystal will keep you stabilized and here with us until every thing is fixed and the future is back to normal. Use it wisely. I have to go now." Rini jumped to her feet grabbing Pluto's hand before she could leave.

"WAIT! Can't I go see my mommy first, please Pluto?"

" I'm sorry Rini, but my instructions where to keep you in the past. You have to help the scouts."

" But!"

"No buts." Pluto thought to her self then made a decision. " Hand over your time key, just for know." Pluto held out a long white-gloved hand.

"NO! Please Pluto, don't take my time key. I won't be able to get home!"

"Don't worry I will come back and get you when its time. I just don't want you sneaking back to the future, its dangerous there!"

"Dangerous? It's more dangerous here. This is where that Diamond guy was last seen, and Mercury told me about the heart snatchers. This place is more dangerous."

Pluto had never thought of that. Knowing she couldn't win this argument, she would end this a different way. She simply gave a friendly smile, and bending down snatched the time key off the gold chain that hung around Rini's neck.

Rini was not expecting this. She flung forward toward Pluto. "Noo!" she screamed. But Pluto had already gone into the unknown grounds of time. "Pluto!" she dropped to her knees, she stared at the closed locket and then slipped it in her pocket. " I will save you mama, I will!"

"RINI! Are you all right?" Amy, who had just walked up, dropped down besides Rini and put a gentle hand on her shoulder.

" We heard shouting, what happened Rini?" Lita, and Rei stood close by.

" Oh Lita its just terrible, something has happened." She stated, she turn and threw her arms around Amy.

"I just want to go home. Now I can't even do that."

"What do you mean Rini?" Rei was now beside Amy and put a comforting hand on Rini's back.

" NEVER MIND, Nothing happened." The little girl ripped herself out of Amy's arms and ran down the street.

The others just stared in amazement as she converted back to the Rini they first met. She had been so lonely, so secretive back then. Since the Rini had started to share her problems with them, and trust them. But now she was running from them again. 

 " Should we go after her? We should find out what has happened."

"No! I don't think we should. You know where she is probably going. She has no where else to go."

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The teary eyed little girl ran through the dimly lighted street. The moon wasn't anywhere to be seen on this starless night. The clouds covered the silvery stars and when she looked at those dark clouds, chills ran through her spine. She now stopped running and walked at a very slow pace. She stared down at the sidewalk pavement, thinking. She had only just gotten here, she hadn't even thought about where to stay. She didn't want to go to Serena's parents house, it wouldn't have been the same. She crossed through an alley and when she came out she stood in front of a familiar apartment building. "I wonder if he is home. He doesn't even know I'm back yet."

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"Well Andrew, I had better be going now."

"Ya ok, thanks for stopping by. I hope Mina gets better, I've been meaning to stop by and see her."

The tall black haired man stood up from stool at the counter. "I'm sure your stopping by would perk Mina write up." He turned and started to head for the doors. He really didn't feel like coming here, or anywhere for that matter. He just wanted to lie at home forever, but he forced himself to go out. He went to college, work then stopped by the arcade after that, as usual. He figured it was just delaying the inevitable to not come hear and talk about the Tuxedo Mask thing. He was about at the automatic doors when Andrew stopped him in his tracks, with these words.

"Oh Darien, I almost forgot to ask. Where has Serena been? She hasn't come by the arcade today; usually I can look forward to her daily visit. Is she sick or something?"

Darien thought about telling him the truth, but it was no use. "Yeah…that's it. She is sick. She's at home with her parents." He took this presence of silence to walk out the door before Andrew could stop him.

He walked down the dark and deserted street, looking only at the ground. He was so tired. He hadn't slept since the accident. Every time he fell asleep, he had that same dream. He hadn't been so afraid of a dream since Rini's father gave him that recurring nightmare (witch was actually his future self). He turned down an alley, the one he always took to get home and emerged from the other side. He walked through the front door and the doorman stopped him. "Excuse me sir, but someone told me that they would be waiting in the lounge for a Darien Chiba (I don't know if that's the last name that goes with Darien. But I know it's his last name in Japanese though!). Would you be that person?"

"Ah, yes my name is Darien Chiba, but I'm not expecting anyone."

The man sighed in relief. He had been stopping every one asking if their name was Darien. "Well, she said this was a surprise."

Darien muttered thanks to the doorman and walked forward. Who could it be? He wasn't expecting anyone. Could it be that Serena came back? He walked around the lounge looking for… well he wasn't quit sure who he was looking for. He walked to the sitting area, and stopped. He looked around but saw no one he recognized. He heard a sleepy grumble come from the couch beside him. The couch was facing away from him and toward the elevators. He bent over the back of the couch and looked down at the sleeping form of a pink pony tailed little girl. "RINI!" She shifted a little in her sleep, but apparently didn't hear him. He walked around to the other side of the couch. He sat down on the edge of the couch, carefully trying not to wake her.  Rini opened a lazy eye.

"Darien? She lifted up and looked at him. "Oh Darien, I was so scared. I didn't know where to go. So I came hear. Can I stay with you Darien?"

"Well…"

" Oh please papa, please!"

"Papa?" He was shocked at this unfamiliar word, but thought it was a word that one day he would be accustomed to hear.  He looked into her sad watery eyes and he couldn't resist her begging. "Well, I guess its all write, but what are you doing here? I mean here in the past."

She looked down at her pocket and back at Darien. "I came to help."

He only stared at her. He knew that something was troubling her, but he didn't want to bring that up yet. He simply said, "Come on! I bet your hungry, lets go fix you something to eat." Rini took his hand and hopped off the couch. She looked up with a big grin. "Ok, I'm starved!" They walked over to the elevator and headed up to his apartment.

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It had been a month since she was taken. He thought she would have returned by now. It was pure torture waking up every day, knowing he probably wouldn't see her. Rini was still staying with him. She never told anyone about what had happened. She was always very quiet. It seemed as if she was in her own world. She was always clutching tight on to something shiny in her hand. Whenever someone confronted her of this she simply said, ' I am fine' and walked off.

Mina had gotten out of the hospital two days after Rini arrived. They had told her everything. About Serena, and about the disappearing wound. Mina was completely devastated about Serena's abduction. She kept saying she was a failure as a Sailor Scout, and should have fought harder.

After that, they hadn't seen Mina as of late.

Even Artemis (her guardian cat) said she was keeping secrets from him. Pluto had reported back once since then, saying she had found no sign of Sailor Moon.  What she didn't mention was what had happened to the future queen (Serena's future self, and Rini's mom).

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"Haruka, maybe we should just ask the Inner Senshi what is going on instead of spying on them."

"Shush Michiru! We'll do no such thing."

The two outer sailor soldiers stood atop a building directly above three of the Inner Senshi. The Inner Senshi were not transformed, but in there regular form. They were sitting under a building talking. Haruka guessed they were having some sort of midnight meeting.

"Haruka? Isn't one of them missing?" Michiru asked. She pulled her jacket tighter around her, for the night breeze was beginning to chill her skin.

"Um…yes. One is missing. Lets see, there is Rei, Lita, and Amy. So that leaves…Mina! Where is Mina?"

Michiru looked around the area for Mina, thinking she may be late and just now walking up.

"I don't see her Haruka!"

"Well let's listen to what there saying… maybe something happened…maybe to Mina!"

The two looked over the edge of the building, careful not to be seen, and listened with hawk ears.

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"What was this meeting for Rei?" Lita asked. "It better be good to. Its cold out here!"

"Yes" Amy said rubbing her arms. "And why didn't we meet at the Temple, like always?"

Rei looked around to make sure they weren't being watched. "Well, because Luna is staying at the Temple.  I wanted this to be a pure Scout meeting!"

Lita leaned against the building. "I see. So what is so important that Luna couldn't even hear?"

Rei followed Lita's example, as did Amy, and leaned against the side of the building. "Well, its not that its so important. Its more like, I didn't want to worry Luna. Her and Artemis have already been so worried about Serna and Mina. What I wanted to talk about is Mina actually. Has anyone else noticed she's been acting strange?"

Lita and Amy both looked at each other. Lita spoke first. "To tell the truth. Yes. She has been acting rather strange since Serena's disappearance."

Amy added to her statement. "But…well, its to be expected really. Mina feels responsible for Serena's kidnapping. She doesn't know what to think. She just feels…. lost I guess."

"Yeah, maybe so. But lately I have been feeling weird vibes from Mina. Like… Evil. Maybe I'm just imagining it…. but…." Rei looked away from the two. "Look, Mina's are friend and she seems like she's growing apart from us. I think we should do something for her, to make her feel better. That we trust her!"

The others nodded in agreement. "But what could we do?" Lita questioned.

"Well, I had an idea. But I wanted to make sure it was ok with you two!"

The two huddled around Rei to hear what she thought. None of them were aware of two shadows watching and listening to them from above.

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"No…"

A silent whisper escaped from her mouth. She was dreaming again.

Darkness surrounded her and she couldn't find anything. She couldn't see. Soon, the entire area was lit and she squinted her eyes from the bright light.  She saw her friends before her. Amy, Rei, Lita, Rini, and Darien. Even Andrew was there. She looked at all of them. They were all looking at her in disgust.

"What?" She said. None of them answered. They all just gave her the same look.  "What is it?"

They all started to back away from her. Covering their eyes. "No wait! I'm sorry! Don't leave me!! Please! Don't leave! I'm sorry! I'll do better I promise! Please don't LEAVE!" She dropped to her knees, holding herself off the ground with her hands. Tears escaped from her eyes and her hair flowed around her face. "Please…. don't leave…." She whispered, But the figures of her fiends continued to retreat.

She banged on the floor with her fist. " I said I was SORRY! No! Please!!! Don't go. Don't let it take me!!!" She fell over on her side, crying. The figures of her friends were completely gone now. An immense pain grew on her side. "NO! DON"T TAKE ME! PLEASE! STOP!" She clutched at her side and cried with tears. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She woke up, sweat all over her face, breathing heavily. She gasped for air and she quickly jumped out of her bead, pulling her knee length nightgown straight.

"Mina? Are you ok?" The voice came from her guardian cat Artemis. She looked over at him, shock still visible no her face.

She took a deep breath and walked over to him slowly. "Yes…I'm fine!" She gasped out. "but if you don't mind…I would like to be alone…"

Artemis's eyebrows rose in concern. He didn't want to leave her alone. But every night since she had come home from the hospital, she awoke in sweat from a nightmare. Most nights she would ask him to leave her alone, and he did so, but he never liked it. So he left the room in. "Mina…I'll leave," He said to her as he walked out of the room "but if you need me, just call me. Ok?"

Mina managed a small smile toward her friend. "Yes Artemis. Of course." She whispered.

He left the room, and she closed the door behind him.

She walked over to her Vanity mirror and stared at her self. She could still see the sweat that lined her forehead and face. Her hair was let down in a big mess. It needed to be brushed, badly. Her blue eyes glistened in the darkness and her bottom lip quivered. She put a hand to her side, the side that had been injured on that horrible night. A small whimper escaped from her mouth and she slowly raised her nightshirt up a little ways past her rib cage. She let a breath she had been holding in escape and small sobs came from her mouth. She put her free hand to her face and over her eyes, to soak up the tears. The pain from her side was terrible. But the picture it presented was worse. For when she looked in the mirror at her side, she saw what she always did. It may seem normal when looked upon by doctors or other people, but when reflected upon in a mirror, it was a gruesome site.  The full area where she had been injured was a ghastly black. SO pitch black that it blended in with the complete darkness of her room.  She didn't know why it always hurt, and the fact that this blackness of her skin only showed in the mirror made Mina even more frightened. She fell to her knees in the middle of her room and shed tears like she never had before. For every night she had this dream, and every night the infected area grew.

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AUTHORSE NOTES:

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