Cinnamon Buns Chapter 3

Odette walked into Darien's apartment. "Bunny said she'll meet you then!" she called out to Darien. "That's good." He called out of the kitchen, "I'm making a pizza for dinner. What do you want on your half?" "Just cheese and some sausage." Odette replied. "I don't have any sausage." Darien said apologetically, "You can buy some at the corner store, though. It shouldn't take you that long." "OK." She said walking towards your room, "I'll pay."
Odette pulled out the little golden box. "Give me five dollars to buy some sausages!" she commanded. A five dollar bill fell out of the opening. "Where are you going?" Samara asked from her cat bed. "To pick up some sausage for Darien." Odette answered. "I'm coming with you." The cat said, walking over to her master and jumping on her shoulder, "I haven't been out all of today."

Ten minutes later Odette was walking home from the market, the sausages in a bag. She looked around her. The sun was just starting to set. "I like Tokyo." She commented to Samara, "I think Darien's cool. Let's not move around anymore." "I'm glad you agree with me." Samara retorted.
Odette gave a last glance at the sky before walking into Darien's apartment building and gasped. "Look Samara, there's someone floating in the sky!" she exclaimed. Samara's fir stood on edge. "That's Kunzite!" she said growling, "After dinner you are to go out there and find him! Where is he headed?" "The Tokyo Tower." Odette said watching the man in the floating bubble. "We're going there after dinner. Your destiny has begun."

Dinner was quiet that night. Samara lapped her milk restlessly glancing around between laps. Odette was pale and had been since she had returned to the apartment. She ate her pizza slowly.
"What's wrong?" Darien asked, "You and Samara seem nervous tonight." "Oh it's nothing." Odette said quickly plastering on a fake smile. "We're going out tonight to help someone and we're a bit nervous. "Oh." Darien replied.
"I guess this isn't the best time to tell you this but you seem to need to be cheered up." He stopped. "Go on." Odette requested softly. "I care about you Odette Rhea." Darien said seriously, "You're like a sister to me. You didn't care when I found out about you being Sailor Earth. You didn't tell the Sailor Scouts who I was. You are truly like family."
A tear trickled down Odette's face. Darien's speech was just so beautiful. "You're like a brother to me Darien!" she sobbed, "When my mother was still alive she used to talk and talk about a brother I never had. She'd talk about him like he really did exist. It was my favorite thing to here about when I was younger. Well Darien Shields, you're exactly like mama described him. You look the same. You act the same. I don't care what other people say, you are my brother!"
Odette got up from her seat and went over to Darien. They embraced each other. "Odette." Samara said softly, "We've got to go." The two broke apart. "Good bye Darien." She said softly. "Good bye Odette Rhea." He replied.

After leaving Darien's apartment Odette sped towards Tokyo Tower, Samara on her heels the whole time. "Do you see him?" the cat asked as Odette looked up the tower. "Yeah. I do." Odette said quietly, "He's just floating there snickering about something.

"So did anyone talk to Odette today after the meeting?" Lita asked. "I did." Replied Bunny, "She came over to the arcade to give me a letter from Darien." "I wonder why she looked there?" Ray said sarcastically. "Be quiet!" Bunny whined. "Can't make me!" she retorted. "STOP IT!" Lita yelled, "Anyway what did Darien's note say?" Bunny pulled a paper out of her pocket and read,
Dear Bunny
Would you like to go with me to Mike's tomorrow after school?
This Isn't one of Odette's tricks to get us together like London's
Ice Cream. I'll be there at four thirty to make time for detention.
-Darien

"He's smart," Ray started, "to make time for detention." "Quit it Ray!" Mina commanded, "Let the poor girl live in peace! I think it's sweet. Did you except" "Yeah, I d-" Suddenly the power went out. Lita stumbled. "Are you alright?" Bunny cried. Lita held her head and moaned.
"An electrical failure!" Amy exclaimed looking out the window, "All the power lines are cut. And, oh!" The rest of the girls looked out the window to see what Amy was exclaiming about and gasped. "They're dead!" Ray said referring to two corpses under the cut power lines.
"There's an enemy nearby." Mina said quietly, "Let's transform." The other three nodded. "MOON PRISM POWER!" "MERCURY POWER!" "JUPITER POWER!" "VENUS POWER!" "MARS POWER!" "MAKE UP!"
In a flash of light the five Sailor Scouts of love and justice stood in the darkened room. They walked out of the building onto the street. "It's so dark." Venus commented. "Yeah." Mars agreed, "It's never been this dark before." "Look at the top of Tokyo Tower!" Sailor Moon exclaimed suddenly. There was a big ball of glowing light, "Let's go there!" "That's a good place to look." Venus said. The five ran towards the tower.

A few minutes later they got to the base of the tower. "Let's go up." Mars said calmly. The Sailor Scouts joined their hands. They started to glow. Slowly they rose from the ground. Then faster and faster they went up. Finally the Sailor Scouts reached the top. The released each other's hand and the glowing stopped.
"You've come." Kunzite said softly, but dangerously. "Let me have the first attack." Sailor Moon said pulling the moon stick out of thin air. "MOON HEALING ESCALATION!" Power exploded from the stick. The lights of Tokyo came back on. The other four Sailor Scouts breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly Kunzite shot a blast of energy towards Sailor Moon. It hit her and she went flying off the edge of the building. She closed her eyes. "I don't want to die like this!" she thought to herself, "I want to be able to save the world with my friends!"
Abruptly Sailor Moon stopped. It wasn't hard like she had expected. It was soft and springy. Had she died?" Sailor Moon opened her eyes to see herself in the arms of Tuxedo Mask. "This is dangerous." She told him, "The enemies will defeat us! All you can do is run far away!" Sailor Moon kissed him and flew back up to the top of the tower.
Tuxedo Mask put a hand to his mouth. "Sailor Moon," he thought to himself, "You're so strong today. You show me a different side every time we meet. Is there still another you? What kind of girl are you really? Who on earth are you!?"

Sailor Earth smiled at the bewildered Tuxedo Mask. She was on the top of the tower with the other Sailor Scouts but hidden so they couldn't see her. They probably thought she was at home whining to come and fight while a growling Samara refused to let her. This suited Sailor Earth. She patted Samara absently. She didn't want the other scouts to know she was there. Her destiny was going to happen tonight.

"SUPREME THUNDER!" Sailor Jupiter yelled throwing her attack towards Kunzite. The bubble around him absorbed it. Kunzite snickered. "Send me more energy!" he said smiling wickedly, "I will return it to you hundreds of times more! I will blow Tokyo away with you!" He began to truly laugh.
"Get out of here and hurry!" exclaimed Sailor Moon, "He's going to attack with the energy he's accumulated from our attempts to fight him! I must protect Tokyo!" She pointed the moon stick at the group of Sailor Scouts. A sphere of light appeared around them carrying them away.
Kunzite put his hands together. A ball of swirling colors started to form. "Oh no, this isn't good!" Sailor Venus cried trying to get out of the bubble, "It's not supposed to happen this way!"
Suddenly the ball of energy blasted out of Kunzite's hands strait towards Sailor Moon. The scouts, including Sailor Earth gasped and closed their eyes. There was no way they could save her from where they were. This didn't include Tuxedo Mask who had been hiding behind a large mettle box only feet away from Sailor Moon. He jumped into the path of the speeding energy ball. In no time flat he was hit. He fell to the ground, not making any sound.
Sailor Moon opened one eye after hearing a practically strong word from Kunzite and not being hit. She was surprised to see Tuxedo Mask on the ground in front of her. She heard startled cries from the other scouts. They had finally opened their eyes. "Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon whispered dropping to her knees.
Tuxedo Mask only felt pain. His ears were pounding. His eyes were watering. "What happened?" he thought. And then he remembered. He had taken an energy blast that was meant for Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Mask heard someone calling his name. Slowly he opened his eyes to see a girl with long blond hair. "Sailor Moon?" he whispered. "Oh Tuxedo Mask stay with me!" she cried, "Open your eyes!"
"Making such a sad face..." Tuxedo Mask thought, "Why is she crying? I know. This happened before." Memories came flooding back. "Endymion! A girl cried. She had her hair up the same way as Sailor Moon and Bunny. She wore a beautiful white dress. "Endymion!" she cried again, "ENDYMION!"
"Endymion." Tuxedo Mask thought. "That is my name. I was reborn as Darien Shields. To meet you." He said aloud to the girl above him, "And Serenity is your name." Tuxedo Mask lost consciousness. "No!" Sailor Moon yelled, "NO!"
Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask began to glow. Sailor Moon's tiara shattered revealing a crescent moon. Her fuku turns into a flowing white dress. Tuxedo Mask's tattered tuxedo turned into an armored suit. Sailor Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury gasped. "Princess Serenity?" Sailor Mercury whispered. Sailor Venus and Earth smiled. "I told you she was the princess." Earth whispered to Samara.
Sailor Moon pulled a pocket watch out of an invisible pocket. It started to run backwards faster and faster.
"I remember." Sailor Mars said. "We're the four guardian soldiers who protect Princess Serenity." Jupiter finished. "We were reborn," Mercury said quietly, "to protect the princess and to restore the Moon Kingdom. And our princess is..." All eyes rested on Sailor Moon.
"I remember," Sailor Moon thought, "Tuxedo Mask... The one I love, Endymion... My memory is reviving rapidly. Just like the color of your deep eyes, seeming to draw me in... The blue planet. Hiding hopes and possibilities, the blue planet. Long ago, I loved to look at the blue planet from the moon. The blue planet's... The Kingdom of Earth's first order prince. A wonderful man, stronger than anyone. Endymion. Wanting to see him, I occasionally went down and stood on Earth. Endymion..."
Tears welled up in her eyes as he held her. "We can't meet like this anymore." Endymion said quietly to the princess in his arms. "Why?" she asked. "The people of Earth and the Moon must not be in contact with each other. That is the law of God. We can't fall in love." Endymion replied. "It's too late." Princess Serenity said sadly."
"Make the Moon Kingdom ours!" Beryl yelled running with the other people towards the Moon Castle, "Bring me the Silver Imperium Crystal!" She saw Princes Endymion protecting the Moon Princess. "Prince!" she cried, "Are you betraying Earth!? This is all for Earth's prosperity!"
Endymion drew his sword. "Stop this useless dispute!" he commanded. Beryl raised her sword. A black cloud of energy formed behind her. Serenity screamed as the blade cut threw Endymion. "No! Endymion!" she screamed.
 "Answer me Endymion!" Sailor Moon cried, "I remember! Open your eyes! We were born and we met again, but is this destiny Endymion? Tuxedo Mask? I haven't told you anything about me yet! The only one... the person that I love!"
A bright glowing tear falls from her cheek into the air. The tear got bigger and brighter as power streamed out of it. The Sailor Scouts shielded their eyes. "It's dazzling." Sailor Jupiter murmured, "I can't see anything. Such amazing power. I can't get near it!"
As the tear fell through the air it transformed into a beautiful, glowing crystal. "I can see it!" Sailor Mercury exclaimed, "Sailor Moon's tear crystallized into the Silver Imperium Crystal! "This extraordinary power!!" Kunzite said aloud to himself, "This strong white light! It can't be the Silver Imperium Crystal!
The bright light shined through Tokyo. As the light shined colds and other illnesses were cured, plants bloomed, and an earthquake happened. "It's no use! Kunzite said trying to shield himself from the light, "I can't keep up this barrier any longer!" He transported back to Queen Beryl.
"Look!" Sailor Mars exclaimed The Silver Imperium Crystal is..." The crystal began to spin. A glowing light emerged from the crystal and floated into Tuxedo Mask. The crystal floats to Sailor Moon's hands.
"Kunzite!" Queen Beryl called. "Now! For our Dark Kingdom, steal the princess and the Silver Imperium Crystal!" "Yes, Queen." Kunzite said. He bowed and disappeared.
Kunzite reappeared where he had been standing. Samara turned to Sailor Earth. "He's going to make his move to take the prince." She informed her, "Do you remember how your mother talked about your brother?" Earth nodded. "Well you were right when you said Darien was like your brother your mom told you about because he is! Darien isn't just Tuxedo Mask, he's Prince Endymion your brother! You must save him. Even if you die. The future depends on it!
He started to form another energy ball. This time it wouldn't harm anyone. It would just retrieve the prince. Princess Serenity held onto Prince Endymion tighter. Suddenly a blast of gold energy exploded into him, making the energy ball disappear and making Kunzite get blown away.
A young girl stepped out from behind another one of the mettle boxes. She wore a blue dress similar to Princess Serenity's. Her eyes were dark blue and her hair, which was hanging to her ankles, was midnight black. Next to her was a cat with a circle on its forehead. The circle was cut into four equal parts by two lines. The scouts gasped. "Sailor Earth?!" they exclaimed.
"No one dares hurt or take my brother while I'm around," She said menacingly to Kunzite who was crumpled in a pile near the edge of the tower, "Even if he is one of his guards." "B-brother?" Mars repeated. Odette turned to her, keeping one eye on Kunzite. "That's right, "She said, "I never told you. Samara forbade me to until now. My real identity is Princess Odette Rhea of the Earth Kingdom. I was called the protected scout because I never protected the Moon Princess. Well, I was too well protected myself to protect anyone." The four scouts starred.
Kunzite threw a ball of power towards Odette. She quickly turned around and motioned to make a shield but she was too slow. The ball hit her. She flew up into the air and came down hard. Odette stood up like nothing had happened. There were only a few scratches to show she had been thrown into the air like a doll. Seeing the scouts' surprised faces, she said, "It's going to take more than that to hurt the second in line to the Earth throne."
Princess Odette Rhea made another gesture and a golden sphere formed around her. She floated up to Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion. Her sphere became one with the other. Odette then kneeled next to Serenity. She looked up and acknowledged Odette for the first time. Serenity smiled through her tears. "And I remember you too, Princess." She said.
Odette put her right hand to her heart and kept it there for a few seconds. When she took it away there was a golden ball of energy glowing softly in her hand. It flew to Endymion and entered his body above his heart. "He'll be alright." She said, smiling, "I promise.
Serenity looked into Odette's eyes. She looked deathly weary. Odette stood up. The bubble slowly began to float towards the Earth. As soon as Endymion, Serenity and Odette touched the ground the sphere flickered and disappeared. Odette fainted. The scouts ran towards the three.
"I can't believe you're the princess!" Mars said after hugging her friend. "Are you alright?" Mercury asked worriedly, typing on her mini computer. "I'm fine Mercury." Serenity replied, "but I don't think that Odette is too well off. "You're certainly right!" She exclaimed, "Odette doesn't have much life force energy left." "She almost all of it to Endymion." Serenity informed her. She fingered the crystal that had once been one of her tears. "She saved Endymion." She whispered. That was the last thing she said before fainting.
"OK," Sailor Venus said, "We've got two half dead royalty, and one that's just fainted. What are we going to do with them?" "Well Sailor Moon's parents are out of town so she can go home." Mercury stated, "And do we even know who Tuxedo Mask is?" "I do." Samara replied walking over to the scouts, "It's Darien Shields." "I wasn't expecting that one." Mars said. "So we can bring Odette and Tuxedo Mask to Darien's place." Jupiter said, sighing in relief.

Five minutes later, Jupiter was carrying Tuxedo Mask, Mars was carrying, Sailor Moon, and Venus was carrying Odette. They were about to teleport to the ground when Venus thought of something. She turned towards Samara. "Aren't you worried about Odette?" she asked, "You are her protector." "This was her destiny." Samara said simply, "I know she won't die because she is destined to do something else with her life. I'll be at Darien's later. I've got some business to do." With that she turned and walked away.
"She makes Artemis seem like an angel." Venus muttered, "At least he cares about me enough that if I was half dead he wouldn't do some 'business'!"

Odette moaned. Some one giggled. "It's about time sleepy head! You've been sleeping forever!" the voice said. "Samara it can't be five yet!" she mumbled, "I just went to sleep." "Yah," the voice replied, "last week." Odette opened her eyes. "Lita." She said weakly. Lita was sitting on a chair next to her bed, "I've really been out a week?" "Well actually eight days today." Lita said, "And you're probably hungry. I'll be right back with some soup. She got up and walked out of the room.
When Lita arrived she held a tray with a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a cup of orange juice. Odette struggled to sit up. Lita quickly put the tray down and helped her into a sitting position. Finally Lita brought the meal over.
"Do you think you can handle the spoon?" Lita asked, "You still seem pretty weak." "I will not be hand fed!" Odette said, "I'll handle the spoon just fine. Lita rolled her eyes. Odette was acting exactly like the princess she was. Well, more like Princess Serenity than Odette. Lita put the tray on her lap. "Try your luck then." She said. Lita highly doubted that Odette could handle it but she wasn't going to hurt her pride. She'd let Odette hurt it herself.
Odette delicately picked up the spoon. She gasped. Odette knew that the spoon only weighed a few grams, but it felt more like thirty pounds. Her hand shaking from the weight she managed to get the spoon into the bowl. She smiled. It was hard but she could do it. Odette tried to take the spoon out with the added weight of the soup. She managed to get it three inches before it slipped out of her hand, clattering back into the bowl.
Lita snorted. "I told you." She said. Lita reached for the spoon and brought it to Odette's mouth. Odette scowled and opened her mouth to let the soup in.

A half an hour of spoon-feeding and scowls later Lita left the room with an empty tray. Odette had fallen back asleep a few minutes before.
Lita walked into the kitchen. There was a pot of homemade soup on the stove. Making that had wiped out Darien's food supply. There was also a few dirty dishes in the sink. Now that Odette was awake Lita could wash the dishes and go to the store restock the pantry and refrigerator.
They were going to need a lot of food. Lita had agreed to stay at Darien's apartment until Odette could look after herself again. Ray had agreed to do the same with Darien. They had been chosen because they were the toughest in the group. They all knew it was going to take a lot of will power to keep the to Earth royalties in bed, or at least resting.

Ten minutes later Lita finished the dishes. She decided to go to the store. Quickly she scribbled down a note saying where she was for Odette. Lita slipped into Odette's darkened room. She put the note on the bedside table and slipped back out of the room.
Lita entered the kitchen again. Ray was sitting at the table, having a bowl of soup. "Will you watch Odette while I'm out getting groceries?" she asked, scribbling down a grocery list. "Sure." Ray replied, "One sleeping person is boring. Two sleeping people might be more interesting. Of course Bunny's the most interesting sleeper in the world. She shouts out names of food while sleeping."
"That's nice." Lita replied, "Listen, Odette woke up about a half an hour ago. She had some soup. Do not let her get out of bed! She's still really weak. She couldn't feed herself. If you do have to feed her be careful. I swear her looks can almost kill!"
Ray laughed. "I'll watch Odette. Don't worry, but thanks for the head's up." "No problem." Lita said laughing. She left. Ray put her soup bowl in the sink and walked to Odette's room. Quietly she opened the door.
Odette looked like a sleeping angel. There was a peaceful look on her face that could make anyone smile. Her midnight black hair seemed to make a backdrop for her naturally pale face and perfect red lips- "Is she sleeping?" a voice asked. Ray twirled to look behind her. There was no one there. She looked down. There was Samara.
"Yes, she's sleeping." Ray replied to the cat. Samara sighed. "Come sit on the couch." she said, "I've got a lot to tell you. Ray did as she was told and walked to the couch. She sat down. Samara jumped onto her lap and stretched out like a normal cat.
"You probably think that I'm a lousy protector that doesn't care about Odette at the least." She said sadly, "You see it hurts me to be around he because she reminds me of so many thing that I want to forget. Like her parents and my parents.
Her mother was a Princess of Saturn. She was born with red hair. The people of Saturn rarely see bright hair like red or blond hair so her parents named her Calinda. It's a Latin name that means fiery. My mother's family had always served the royal family of Saturn so when Calinda moved to Earth to marry Odette's father my mother came with her.
Odette's father was named, Alexander. The royal family of Earth also had a loyal advisor cat family. When my mother met my father they fell in love and eventually married each other. You should see a cat wedding it's quite different from a human wedding. Anyway we were all reborn on the Earth for the second time after Beryl attacked the Moon. Odette didn't remember anything about being the princess, just the fact that she was the Earth Princess. She was too young to remember much when she died. But everyone else did.
Calinda and Alexander spent years to find a way to contact their good friend Queen Serenity. Finally they did. The two found out that there was a sub computer on the Moon that held Serenity's will. Calinda and Alexander found a way to make a computer identical to the sub computer. Eventually there was enough power so that Queen Serenity's spirit could travel to the Moon, the castle where we lived, and to watch her daughter, Princess Serenity. Odette got to know Queen Serenity as Aunt Serenity.
When the fire started in the house the first two people out were Odette and I. Next was the computer that supported Queen Serenity's will. The building collapsed as the king and queen attempted to get it out. My parents were with them. Odette and I watched the house collapse. I found Calinda before she died. She gave me Odette's transformation stick and told me about her destiny. Lastly she told me to keep Odette safe!" Samara ended her story and started to cry.
"Oh Samara!" Ray said stroking the sobbing cat with one hand and brushing away a tear with the other, "I don't blame you for wanting to keep Odette at a distance, especially when she was in her princess form!" "Will you tell the other scouts what I just told you? Will the four of you take care of and protect Odette?" Samara asked. "Yes we will." Ray said softly. "Good." She replied, "My work here is done. I can be with my parents again." Ray gasped. "Her parents are dead! Is Samara going to kill herself?!" she thought in alarm.
Samara jumped off Ray's lap. She said a few words in another language. An extremely bright white circle appeared in the room. Samara walked into it. The circle disappeared and with it went Samara. Ray starred at the spot for a few seconds. Then she got up and went to check on Odette.

She found her awake starring up at the ceiling. "Samara's gone isn't she?" Odette asked, not moving her glance. "Yes. She walked into a glowing white light and disappeared." Ray said quietly. "Samara went into the past." Odette said still not looking away from the spot in the ceiling, "Lucky things cats, they don't need a key. They can go where ever they want. Father Time's daughter won't stop them." Ray decided not to comment on this bit of nonsense. "Did you check on Darien yet?" Odette asked finally looking at Ray. "No, I haven't." she replied. "You should do that." Odette said, "If I need anything I'll let you know." Ray nodded and left the room.
She poked her head into Darien's room. He wasn't awake. "The Earth's princess is sure strange." Ray said, thinking about what Odette had said. "Lucky things cats, they don't need a key. They can go where ever they want Father Time's daughter won't stop them." What had Odette meant by this?

A week after Samara's strange exit Amy had allowed Odette to get out of bed. She was bundled up in a few quilts sitting on the couch playing checkers with Amy. Lita walked out of Darien's room with a sigh. "He's still not awake!" she exclaimed. "Well that thing that he took for Sailor Moon was enough to kill him." Amy reminded Lita, "I'm not surprised he's still sleeping, even with half of Odette's life force. That was probably just enough to keep him from dying."
ACHOO! Odette sneezed extremely hard. She rubbed her nose, which was cherry red. "That's the second time you've sneezed since you got up!" Amy exclaimed, "If you sneeze one more time you're going back to bed!" "But I just got up!" Odette whined. "I don't care." Amy said sternly.
"Can you tell us about your Aunt Serenity?" Ray inquired trying to change the subject before Odette gave Amy on of her death glares also she knew that all the girls had been curious since she had told them what Samara had said. She had been given on the day after Odette had woken up, while trying to feed her. Lita was right. They were deadly and they were getting stronger and stronger along with Odette.
"Well Aunt Serenity wasn't my real aunt." Odette started, "She was Queen Serenity, the queen of the Moon in the Silver Millennium. When I was about three or something like that in this lifetime, mama and papa made a computer so that the will of Queen Serenity could visit. She ended up practically living with us. If she wasn't at my house she could be watching her daughter or on the Moon. I knew every time Bunny got an F on a test or broke a bone tripping over something. I'd always sneak away from my chaperone to the computer room to talk to her. It was nice. She'd always listen and give me advice."
"That is nice." Mina said, "I wish I had someone like that to talk to." "Do you remember anything about the Silver Millennium?" Ray asked, expecting the answer to be no. "Yes." Odette said happily, "There are so many funny things that happened when I snuck off from the person watching me. They all had to do with Princess Serenity. There were two with Venus, one with Mars, one with Jupiter and none with Mercury. "Can you tell us?" Mina asked curious.
"The first one I'll tell is the best. I had snuck away and was watching Serenity and Endymion make goo goo eyes at each other, when a maid came over with refreshments. At the same moment Sailor Venus appeared. She walked over to the three. She wasn't looking and instead of grabbing Serenity she grabbed the maid." Odette paused smiling. Mina was beet red. "Anyway," Odette continued, "I burst out laughing and Venus whipped her head around to look so did Endymion and Serenity. Venus looked at who she was holding, blushed and let go. My brother ended up introducing Venus to me before letting the person watching me where I was."
"Tell us another one!" Lita begged. AH-AH-AHCHOO! "Ok." Odette replied. "If I pretend I didn't sneeze maybe Amy won't notice." She thought hopefully. "No." Amy said sternly, "Odette's going to bed before she catches something else!" Grumbling Odette got off the couch and walked into her room.

Three days after Odette's day of story telling Darien woke up. "Where's Odette?" he demanded. Ray looked up from the book she was reading. "She's in the living room watching TV with the others." She said, "I'm glad to see you're up." "Is she OK?" he insisted. "Yeah. She's been up for about a week. She also chased me around the apartment because I told her she was too weak to get up today. And believe me she's the first person to ever chase me. It's usually the other way around." Darien chuckled and got out of bed. "You should-" Ray started but was cut off by Darien. "If you tell me I'm too weak I swear I'll chase you around too." Darien said smiling.
He walked over to a little cupboard near the end of the room and took out a set of papers. Seeing Ray's confused face he said, "I've got to ask Odette something." Darien walked out of the room and into the living room.
Darien looked at the couch to see the familiar cinnamon bun hairstyle with a blondie with a red bow, a brunette in a high ponytail, and a blackish blue haired girl. He walked up behind Odette. "Hey Cinnamon Buns." He said causally leaning against the back of the couch. All four heads whipped around. "Darien!" Odette cried happily, "You're up!" "Of Course I'm up." He replied smiling.
"You've been out for a whole two weeks and two days!" Odette said. "And how many of those were you out for too?" Darien asked. "A week." She replied. "And you're alright now?" Darien asked seriously. "Yes." Came the answer.
"Have you guys been to see Bunny?" he asked. "No." replied Lita, "We've called a few times but her mom's told us she's been up in her room each time. She won't be disturbed." "Well let's go visit!" Darien suggested. "But we can't visit today you-" Ray started but was cut off by Darien. "I wasn't kidding about chasing you." Darien warned, "And I'd bet you'd rather have Odette catch you than me." "I don't know." Odette said smiling mischievously. A little golden ball of energy appeared in her right hand. "It would probably be just as bad."

An hour later the group of six set off towards Bunny's house. Darien had gotten off easy with a light jacket compared to Odette. She had on a wool hat, a scarf, and two winter coats. She was still scowling. Seeing this Lita assured her, "You look cute!" "I'm not supposed to look cute!" she said, "I'm eleven."

Finally they reached Bunny's house. Mrs. Tsukino greeted them and took their coats. She was a bit surprised when she got to Odette because it was only fall and she was bundled up for extreme weather. "You can go right up to her room." Bunny's mother said, "I dare say she needs to be cheered up. She won't even let the crescent moon bald spotted kitty in!" Ray snickered at the named. The six made their way up the stairs.
Luna was sitting in front of the door. "Crescent moon bald spotted kitty?" Ray asked the cat. "If you call me that again I'll scratch your eyes out." Luna said. Lita knocked on the door. "Bunny we're here to see you and so is Darien!" she called. "Come in." came the quiet response.
They all gasped when they got a good site of Bunny. Her hair was out of the meatballs and streamed to the floor. "Hi guys." She said softly. The group walked in. Ray closed the door." "It's as long as it was in the Silver Millennium!" Odette exclaimed. Bunny smiled. "It's a bit too long for me." She said, "I don't know how I managed it back then.
"I think now is a good time to ask you something, Odette." Darien said, "We're all together now." He took out the set of papers Ray had seen earlier. "Would you like it if I adopted you?" Odette smiled. It was a sad smile. "I'd love you to Darien but you can't." she said, "I've got one more thing to fulfill my destiny and I can't do it here. I wanted to see you all one more time before I left. I also wanted to give you each a present."
Odette made a gesture with her hand and a beautiful rose appeared. "This is for you Darien." She said, "It is the first rose ever. They call it the rose of hope.
Next a small, handheld computer appeared. "This is for you Amy." Odette said, "This hand held links to the main computer on Mercury. It has all the information you'll ever need on it.
The third thing that appeared was a small gold chain with a large ruby heart pendant. This is for you Mina." she said, "This was the goddess Venus's favorite necklace. Venus was your mother in the Silver Millennium.
A large perfectly round crystal ball appeared after that. "This is the Mars Scrying Crystal, Ray." Odette explained, "You can use it to see the future. It's much faster than the great fire."
A second necklace appeared in the air. It also had a pendant but it wasn't as perfectly shaped. It was rough and pointy. "This is for you Lita." She said, "This necklace came from Jupiter. It gives more power to the wearer.
The last thing did not come out of thin air but from Odette's small backpack that she had brought along. It was the small golden box. "The last item is for you Bunny." Odette said quietly. This box holds anything you'll ever need. All you have to do is command it to give you something."
Odette pulled something out of her backpack. "I had the most fun in this life time." Odette whispered. In a flash of light she was gone.

The End! Look for the epilouge. Did I spell that right? Oh well. R&R!