Richforce: For this chapter I'll be referring to some Ashanti legends.
Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, the chibi scouts belong to Angel
Raye.
~*~
Chapter eight: A Big Goodbye and a Big Hello
Raye was woken up by the morning rays of the sun. It was going to be relatively uneventful day at the Cherry Hill shrine. She got dressed and went outside. She found Chad raking the rock garden; Annika was feeding Raye's pet ravens, Phobos and Deimos; and Stardust was still curled up asleep by the donation box. "Good morning, has anyone seen grandpa?"
"I think he's still in bed." Chad said before getting back to work.
Raye went over to his room. "Come on Grandpa, rise and shine!" she shook him but he didn't respond. "Grandpa you can't stay in bed all day." He still didn't move and then she realized his skin felt cold. "Grandpa? GRANDPA!!"
Pretty soon ambulance sirens could be heard around the shrine.
~*~
In the Blackstar fortress Merlor was addressing Scorpio. "So can you do it?" he asked.
"Easily, two nightmare stones at once should be no problem." Scorpio said.
"What are you up to Uncle Merlor?" asked Prim as she and Axel came in.
"An opportunity is presenting itself to use two powerful nightmares; these two will be your victims." He conjured an image of a man with black hair and blue eyes and a woman with red hair and violet eyes. "They will be vulnerable in a few days.
"So we got some goof off time!" said Axel.
"Not quite." said Scorpio. "The Ingots need polishing so get your buckets and rags."
"We never get to have any fun." said Prim.
~*~
At the Hospital the other scouts, knights and mini-scouts came when they heard what happened. The doctor came out to the waiting room. "Well?" asked Raye.
"I'm sorry." said the Doctor. "His heart condition had grown worse than we could handle." Tears started to form in Raye's eyes. "If it's any consolation he died peacefully."
Raye just broke down right where she stood. "I'll be right here for you." said Chad.
"We all are here for you." said Serena.
"I never got the chance to say goodbye." cried Raye. "I wish I could have told him my secret before he died."
"I know I couldn't possibly understand what you're going through, but I do know that if you ever needed friends it's now."
"Thank you."
"Are there any next of kin I should inform?" asked the doctor.
"My parents, they're in Ghana right now. Their names are Ikki and Meilin Hino."
"I have an associate in Ghana, I'll see if he can reach them." The doctor then went back to his work.
"My Grandma and Grandpa are coming here?" asked Annika.
"I'm not sure." said Raye. "I haven't seen them since I was ten."
"We better get going." said Chad. "We got...a funereal to plan."
~*~
That night Raye couldn't sleep. All she could think about was all that was left unsaid to her grandfather. "'I love you' I haven't said it often enough to you. I haven't told you how lucky I was to have a grandpa like you. I haven't told you about me being a princess from another age lost to memory and a sailor soldier. Now I never will. The song is true; you don't know what you have till it's gone."
Annika came into the room. "You can't sleep either?"
"Not at all."
"I wondered why he was called my great grandpa, now I know that's it's because he was great."
"I'm sorry, but I don't think I can tell you a story tonight."
"Then how about I tell you one?"
"I guess."
Annika sat down. "Grandma and Grandpa, your mom and dad, told me that this story, like all stories, belongs to the spider Anansi. When the world was still young all of the world's stories were kept in a box kept by the sky king. Anansi wanted the stories so he could know the beginning and end of all things..." Raye listened as Annika told about Anansi's deal with the sky king to bring him four rare or dangerous creatures in exchange for the stories. She heard how Anansi tricked the stinging hornets, the unseen fairy, Onini the bullying python and Osebo the greedy leopard into his web and traded them for all the stories and shared them with the world.
~*~
The days leading up to the funeral were slow to Raye. She spent a lot of time away from home because there was always something in the shrine that reminded her of her grandfather. She also wasn't sure about her parents coming for the funeral. On one hand they left her at the shrine to keep her safe while they went to Rwanda to help those in trouble, on the other hand they didn't have to go. {I can hardly remember what they look like.} She often thought to herself. {I know they won't recognize me, I wonder if there is any room in our lives for each other.}
The day before the funeral her parents arrived. "Are you sure you had to go see them first?" asked Raye.
"We had to use Luna-P on them before they saw Annika." said Serena. "We still have to keep our identities a secret."
"The Blackstar already knows who we are, what difference does it make?"
"People just aren't ready to accept this solar system's secret history. It could cause a panic if they found out that there are aliens in their midst."
"You think our parents wouldn't keep that secret or love us any different if they knew?"
"I don't, but we have to be careful."
Raye's parents came to the shrine. Her father Ikki had black hair and blue eyes, her mother Meilin had red hair and violet eyes. "Mom, Dad?"
"Raye!" her parents said when they saw her. They rushed up and hugged her.
"We're so sorry we left you!" cried Meilin.
"We missed you growing up and that's unforgivable!" Ikki cried.
"Its ok." cried Raye. "You wanted help people and keep me safe, I'm proud to have parents like you!"
Annika peered from behind a pillar and then rushed out to Ikki and Meilin. "Mama, Papa!"
"Annika!"
"My baby's grown so much." said Meilin.
"We're sorry we left you here so young." said Ikki.
"It's ok, you're here now." said Annika.
"We better go over preparations for the ceremony tomorrow." said Raye. "But first I'd like to introduce you Chad Bandon." Chad walked up to Raye's parents with an extended hand.
~*~
The day of the funeral arrived. A small memorial was sent up in the shrine with a photo and a jar containing Mr. Hino's cremated remains. Friends of the family and regular visitors to the shrine all came to pay their last respects. Mina bent down to talk to Gloria. "Now I don't want any of your practical jokes today, especially around Annika."
"But she always likes my jokes!" said Gloria.
"But she's also sensitive, so no pranks. If you want to make her feel better talk to her about the good times we had with Mr. Hino."
"Okay."
"Also, it was a nice thing that you did with Rini, Ariel and Daisy."
"The kittens just felt that their sister needed them. We were glad to let them stay at the shrine while Stardust was feeling down."
"Still it was sweet."
The room then quieted down as Raye got ready to speak. "I know everyone would expect my father to give this speech, but he felt that since I was the one who knew my grandfather best the past ten years I should give it. If Yoshiro Hino could be summed up in one word it would be kind. He gave of himself without thinking about it; he was willing to take in a bossy ten year old girl with a temper and teach her patience. Everyone in this room can remember at least one time when Yoshiro helped them, even if you weren't a regular visitor to the shrine. He will be as greatly missed as much as he was loved."
After that everyone passed by the memorial and offered their last regards to Yoshiro Hino. Serena went over to Raye. "You ok?"
"I guess, though I know a lot of people will probably be disappointed in me for dropping out of school."
"Dropping out?!"
"Someone has to run the shrine now that grandpa's gone and since Mom and Dad will probably go back to Africa soon, I think it's what grandpa would have wanted."
"He would want you to finish school! We're so close to graduation, it's like giving up the race when you're in the lead in front of the finish line!"
"I'm not sure if this shrine would last that long."
"Let me ask you this then, I know that you haven't made up your mind before but if you didn't have to run the shrine what would you want to be?"
"I decided a few months ago, I would have been a singer and toured the world with Chad. But that doesn't matter now."
"It's still your dream why don't you go for it?"
"I don't want this shrine to die, it's my home."
"Tell you what; if we all chip in and help you at the shrine will you at least stay in school till graduation?"
"Sure. Serena."
"Yes?"
"It's great to have a friend like you."
~*~
Ikki and Meilin were watching the sun set as they were talking. "It feels strange to back home after so long." said Ikki. "I still expect to see the shadow of a giraffe or an elephant with that sunset."
"I got used to Africa myself." said Meilin. "What gets me is who much the girls have grown. When we left Raye was playing with dolls and Annika was still in diapers, now Annika's the one playing with dolls and Raye's found a boyfriend."
"Eight years tends to do that."
"It doesn't seem that long to me."
"I know, it seems to me that it wasn't too long ago that Pop and I were looking at another sunset at this very spot. He was teaching me how to be a good priest; I can't believe he's gone."
"You also want to stay?"
"Yes we've done all we could over there, it's about time we did what we could here."
"Your right, it's time we came home. We're the parents of those girls, it's time we started acting like it."
They started to kiss when Prim and Axel came by. "Aw, look at the lovebirds." said Prim.
The couple broke their kiss. "Excuse me are you here for the funeral?" asked Ikki.
"No." said Axel. "We're here for the two of you. Ready sis?"
"Whenever you are!"
"NIGHTMARE GO!"
Raye came by just in time to see her mother turn into a python nightmare with two snakes for arms and her father turn into a half-man, half-leopard. "Mom! Dad!"
The python turned to Raye. "I am Onini!"
"And I am Osebo!" said the leopard.
"No, I just got you back!"
"Well they're ours now!" said Axel.
Raye got ready to transform when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "You're not alone." said Chad.
"We're all your family." said Serena. "We'll always be there for each other."
"Yes." said Raye. "We can beat these creeps and save my parents."
"MOON INFINITY POWER!"
"MOON REGAL POWER!"
"MOON FAIRY POWER!"
"MERCURY ASTRAL POWER!"
"MERCURY NOBEL POWER!"
"MERCURY LULLABY POWER!"
"MARS ASTRAL POWER!"
"MARS NOBEL POWER!"
"MARS LULLABY POWER!"
"JUPITER ASTRAL POWER!"
"JUPITER NOBEL POWER!"
"JUPITER LULLABY POWER!"
"VENUS ASTRAL POWER!"
"VENUS NOBEL POWER!"
"VENUS LULLABY POWER!"
"PLUTO ASTRAL POWER!"
"PLUTO NOBEL POWER!"
"PLUTO LULLABY POWER!"
"URANUS ASTRAL POWER!"
"URANUS NOBEL POWER!"
"URANUS LULLABY POWER!"
"NEPTUNE ASTRAL POWER!"
"NEPTUNE NOBEL POWER!"
"NEPTUNE LULLABY POWER!"
"SATURN ASTRAL POWER!"
"SATURN NOBEL POWER!"
"SATURN LULLABY POWER!"
"EARTH ASTRAL POWER!"
"EARTH NOBEL POWER!"
"EARTH LULLABY POWER!"
"The love of parents for their children should never be used to cause others pain!" said Sailor Moon. "I am a defender of justice, love and peace! I am Sailor Moon; I will protect the weak and vanquish the evil!"
"It's just the second time and it's already getting old." said Axel.
"Well in case you haven't noticed you're severely out numbered!" said Sailor Mercury.
"That can be remedied." said Prim. They let loose a bunch of ingots. "You guys know the drill!"
The ingots charged separating Sailor Mars and Mars Knight from the rest of the group. Onini and Osebo quickly attacked them. "Don't think that I have a crush on you!" said Onini as she curled herself around Mars Knight.
"Mars Knight!" Sailor Mars said before Osebo pounced on her.
"Be more concerned about yourself girl." He then tossed her aside.
Onini then tossed away Mars Knight. "We have keys to find let us depart." She said to Osebo.
"We have to find way to beat those two." said Mars Knight.
"Wait a minute, Osebo, Onini; I know how to beat them! Get a spirit ward ready!" she and Mars Knight got the spirit wards out. "Throw them at those trees over there."
"Ok, I don't know how that will help though."
They threw the wards at two trees that were across from each other. "You missed us!" said Onini.
Sailor Mars and Mars Knight then leapt past the trees. "Why don't you try hitting us then!" said Sailor Mars.
"If you want to die girl." said Osebo.
They rushed them but were then stopped by a red energy web created by the wards. "What trickery is this?!" shouted Osebo.
"I can't move!" said Onini.
"Don't you know?" said Sailor Mars. "The leopard and the python always lose to the spider."
"MARS WARFIRE INCINERATE!"
"MARS PYRO AX!"
The attack rendered to two unconscious just as the Ingots were destroyed. "Time to de-claw this cat!" said Sailor Moon.
"And de-fang that snake!" said Moon Knight.
"MOON MAGNUM STARBEAM!"
"LUNAR SABER CUT!"
Osebo and Onini were destroyed after they were separated from Raye's parents and reverting to nightmare stones.
"And who says two heads are better than one?" said Axel before he and Prim vanished.
"We better get my mom and dad inside." said Sailor Mars.
~*~
That night after everyone left Raye's parents called her, Chad and Annika to the dinning room. "Mom, Dad, I want to talk to you about what's going to happen to the shrine." Raye said.
"That's why we called you here." said Ikki. "We know it may be an inconvenience to you but..."
{I knew I had to take over...} Raye thought.
"We were wondering if we could move back in and take care of the shrine." said Meilin.
Raye was shocked. "You're staying?!"
"If you want us to." said Ikki.
"Right now nothing could make me happier!" she said before giving her mother and father a hug.
"Yeah!" said Annika. {I'm not surprised; I knew they were going to stay.}
"I'd be honored to learn from the both you." said Chad.
Raye wiped a tear from her eye as she looked out the window to the sky. {Grandpa, I know you're still watching over me and you know that I am Sailor Mars. I also know that you're smiling at us being together after so long.}
~*~
Richforce: Don't you just love happy endings? Too bad it's over yet! Keep reading. Ciao!
~*~
Chapter eight: A Big Goodbye and a Big Hello
Raye was woken up by the morning rays of the sun. It was going to be relatively uneventful day at the Cherry Hill shrine. She got dressed and went outside. She found Chad raking the rock garden; Annika was feeding Raye's pet ravens, Phobos and Deimos; and Stardust was still curled up asleep by the donation box. "Good morning, has anyone seen grandpa?"
"I think he's still in bed." Chad said before getting back to work.
Raye went over to his room. "Come on Grandpa, rise and shine!" she shook him but he didn't respond. "Grandpa you can't stay in bed all day." He still didn't move and then she realized his skin felt cold. "Grandpa? GRANDPA!!"
Pretty soon ambulance sirens could be heard around the shrine.
~*~
In the Blackstar fortress Merlor was addressing Scorpio. "So can you do it?" he asked.
"Easily, two nightmare stones at once should be no problem." Scorpio said.
"What are you up to Uncle Merlor?" asked Prim as she and Axel came in.
"An opportunity is presenting itself to use two powerful nightmares; these two will be your victims." He conjured an image of a man with black hair and blue eyes and a woman with red hair and violet eyes. "They will be vulnerable in a few days.
"So we got some goof off time!" said Axel.
"Not quite." said Scorpio. "The Ingots need polishing so get your buckets and rags."
"We never get to have any fun." said Prim.
~*~
At the Hospital the other scouts, knights and mini-scouts came when they heard what happened. The doctor came out to the waiting room. "Well?" asked Raye.
"I'm sorry." said the Doctor. "His heart condition had grown worse than we could handle." Tears started to form in Raye's eyes. "If it's any consolation he died peacefully."
Raye just broke down right where she stood. "I'll be right here for you." said Chad.
"We all are here for you." said Serena.
"I never got the chance to say goodbye." cried Raye. "I wish I could have told him my secret before he died."
"I know I couldn't possibly understand what you're going through, but I do know that if you ever needed friends it's now."
"Thank you."
"Are there any next of kin I should inform?" asked the doctor.
"My parents, they're in Ghana right now. Their names are Ikki and Meilin Hino."
"I have an associate in Ghana, I'll see if he can reach them." The doctor then went back to his work.
"My Grandma and Grandpa are coming here?" asked Annika.
"I'm not sure." said Raye. "I haven't seen them since I was ten."
"We better get going." said Chad. "We got...a funereal to plan."
~*~
That night Raye couldn't sleep. All she could think about was all that was left unsaid to her grandfather. "'I love you' I haven't said it often enough to you. I haven't told you how lucky I was to have a grandpa like you. I haven't told you about me being a princess from another age lost to memory and a sailor soldier. Now I never will. The song is true; you don't know what you have till it's gone."
Annika came into the room. "You can't sleep either?"
"Not at all."
"I wondered why he was called my great grandpa, now I know that's it's because he was great."
"I'm sorry, but I don't think I can tell you a story tonight."
"Then how about I tell you one?"
"I guess."
Annika sat down. "Grandma and Grandpa, your mom and dad, told me that this story, like all stories, belongs to the spider Anansi. When the world was still young all of the world's stories were kept in a box kept by the sky king. Anansi wanted the stories so he could know the beginning and end of all things..." Raye listened as Annika told about Anansi's deal with the sky king to bring him four rare or dangerous creatures in exchange for the stories. She heard how Anansi tricked the stinging hornets, the unseen fairy, Onini the bullying python and Osebo the greedy leopard into his web and traded them for all the stories and shared them with the world.
~*~
The days leading up to the funeral were slow to Raye. She spent a lot of time away from home because there was always something in the shrine that reminded her of her grandfather. She also wasn't sure about her parents coming for the funeral. On one hand they left her at the shrine to keep her safe while they went to Rwanda to help those in trouble, on the other hand they didn't have to go. {I can hardly remember what they look like.} She often thought to herself. {I know they won't recognize me, I wonder if there is any room in our lives for each other.}
The day before the funeral her parents arrived. "Are you sure you had to go see them first?" asked Raye.
"We had to use Luna-P on them before they saw Annika." said Serena. "We still have to keep our identities a secret."
"The Blackstar already knows who we are, what difference does it make?"
"People just aren't ready to accept this solar system's secret history. It could cause a panic if they found out that there are aliens in their midst."
"You think our parents wouldn't keep that secret or love us any different if they knew?"
"I don't, but we have to be careful."
Raye's parents came to the shrine. Her father Ikki had black hair and blue eyes, her mother Meilin had red hair and violet eyes. "Mom, Dad?"
"Raye!" her parents said when they saw her. They rushed up and hugged her.
"We're so sorry we left you!" cried Meilin.
"We missed you growing up and that's unforgivable!" Ikki cried.
"Its ok." cried Raye. "You wanted help people and keep me safe, I'm proud to have parents like you!"
Annika peered from behind a pillar and then rushed out to Ikki and Meilin. "Mama, Papa!"
"Annika!"
"My baby's grown so much." said Meilin.
"We're sorry we left you here so young." said Ikki.
"It's ok, you're here now." said Annika.
"We better go over preparations for the ceremony tomorrow." said Raye. "But first I'd like to introduce you Chad Bandon." Chad walked up to Raye's parents with an extended hand.
~*~
The day of the funeral arrived. A small memorial was sent up in the shrine with a photo and a jar containing Mr. Hino's cremated remains. Friends of the family and regular visitors to the shrine all came to pay their last respects. Mina bent down to talk to Gloria. "Now I don't want any of your practical jokes today, especially around Annika."
"But she always likes my jokes!" said Gloria.
"But she's also sensitive, so no pranks. If you want to make her feel better talk to her about the good times we had with Mr. Hino."
"Okay."
"Also, it was a nice thing that you did with Rini, Ariel and Daisy."
"The kittens just felt that their sister needed them. We were glad to let them stay at the shrine while Stardust was feeling down."
"Still it was sweet."
The room then quieted down as Raye got ready to speak. "I know everyone would expect my father to give this speech, but he felt that since I was the one who knew my grandfather best the past ten years I should give it. If Yoshiro Hino could be summed up in one word it would be kind. He gave of himself without thinking about it; he was willing to take in a bossy ten year old girl with a temper and teach her patience. Everyone in this room can remember at least one time when Yoshiro helped them, even if you weren't a regular visitor to the shrine. He will be as greatly missed as much as he was loved."
After that everyone passed by the memorial and offered their last regards to Yoshiro Hino. Serena went over to Raye. "You ok?"
"I guess, though I know a lot of people will probably be disappointed in me for dropping out of school."
"Dropping out?!"
"Someone has to run the shrine now that grandpa's gone and since Mom and Dad will probably go back to Africa soon, I think it's what grandpa would have wanted."
"He would want you to finish school! We're so close to graduation, it's like giving up the race when you're in the lead in front of the finish line!"
"I'm not sure if this shrine would last that long."
"Let me ask you this then, I know that you haven't made up your mind before but if you didn't have to run the shrine what would you want to be?"
"I decided a few months ago, I would have been a singer and toured the world with Chad. But that doesn't matter now."
"It's still your dream why don't you go for it?"
"I don't want this shrine to die, it's my home."
"Tell you what; if we all chip in and help you at the shrine will you at least stay in school till graduation?"
"Sure. Serena."
"Yes?"
"It's great to have a friend like you."
~*~
Ikki and Meilin were watching the sun set as they were talking. "It feels strange to back home after so long." said Ikki. "I still expect to see the shadow of a giraffe or an elephant with that sunset."
"I got used to Africa myself." said Meilin. "What gets me is who much the girls have grown. When we left Raye was playing with dolls and Annika was still in diapers, now Annika's the one playing with dolls and Raye's found a boyfriend."
"Eight years tends to do that."
"It doesn't seem that long to me."
"I know, it seems to me that it wasn't too long ago that Pop and I were looking at another sunset at this very spot. He was teaching me how to be a good priest; I can't believe he's gone."
"You also want to stay?"
"Yes we've done all we could over there, it's about time we did what we could here."
"Your right, it's time we came home. We're the parents of those girls, it's time we started acting like it."
They started to kiss when Prim and Axel came by. "Aw, look at the lovebirds." said Prim.
The couple broke their kiss. "Excuse me are you here for the funeral?" asked Ikki.
"No." said Axel. "We're here for the two of you. Ready sis?"
"Whenever you are!"
"NIGHTMARE GO!"
Raye came by just in time to see her mother turn into a python nightmare with two snakes for arms and her father turn into a half-man, half-leopard. "Mom! Dad!"
The python turned to Raye. "I am Onini!"
"And I am Osebo!" said the leopard.
"No, I just got you back!"
"Well they're ours now!" said Axel.
Raye got ready to transform when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "You're not alone." said Chad.
"We're all your family." said Serena. "We'll always be there for each other."
"Yes." said Raye. "We can beat these creeps and save my parents."
"MOON INFINITY POWER!"
"MOON REGAL POWER!"
"MOON FAIRY POWER!"
"MERCURY ASTRAL POWER!"
"MERCURY NOBEL POWER!"
"MERCURY LULLABY POWER!"
"MARS ASTRAL POWER!"
"MARS NOBEL POWER!"
"MARS LULLABY POWER!"
"JUPITER ASTRAL POWER!"
"JUPITER NOBEL POWER!"
"JUPITER LULLABY POWER!"
"VENUS ASTRAL POWER!"
"VENUS NOBEL POWER!"
"VENUS LULLABY POWER!"
"PLUTO ASTRAL POWER!"
"PLUTO NOBEL POWER!"
"PLUTO LULLABY POWER!"
"URANUS ASTRAL POWER!"
"URANUS NOBEL POWER!"
"URANUS LULLABY POWER!"
"NEPTUNE ASTRAL POWER!"
"NEPTUNE NOBEL POWER!"
"NEPTUNE LULLABY POWER!"
"SATURN ASTRAL POWER!"
"SATURN NOBEL POWER!"
"SATURN LULLABY POWER!"
"EARTH ASTRAL POWER!"
"EARTH NOBEL POWER!"
"EARTH LULLABY POWER!"
"The love of parents for their children should never be used to cause others pain!" said Sailor Moon. "I am a defender of justice, love and peace! I am Sailor Moon; I will protect the weak and vanquish the evil!"
"It's just the second time and it's already getting old." said Axel.
"Well in case you haven't noticed you're severely out numbered!" said Sailor Mercury.
"That can be remedied." said Prim. They let loose a bunch of ingots. "You guys know the drill!"
The ingots charged separating Sailor Mars and Mars Knight from the rest of the group. Onini and Osebo quickly attacked them. "Don't think that I have a crush on you!" said Onini as she curled herself around Mars Knight.
"Mars Knight!" Sailor Mars said before Osebo pounced on her.
"Be more concerned about yourself girl." He then tossed her aside.
Onini then tossed away Mars Knight. "We have keys to find let us depart." She said to Osebo.
"We have to find way to beat those two." said Mars Knight.
"Wait a minute, Osebo, Onini; I know how to beat them! Get a spirit ward ready!" she and Mars Knight got the spirit wards out. "Throw them at those trees over there."
"Ok, I don't know how that will help though."
They threw the wards at two trees that were across from each other. "You missed us!" said Onini.
Sailor Mars and Mars Knight then leapt past the trees. "Why don't you try hitting us then!" said Sailor Mars.
"If you want to die girl." said Osebo.
They rushed them but were then stopped by a red energy web created by the wards. "What trickery is this?!" shouted Osebo.
"I can't move!" said Onini.
"Don't you know?" said Sailor Mars. "The leopard and the python always lose to the spider."
"MARS WARFIRE INCINERATE!"
"MARS PYRO AX!"
The attack rendered to two unconscious just as the Ingots were destroyed. "Time to de-claw this cat!" said Sailor Moon.
"And de-fang that snake!" said Moon Knight.
"MOON MAGNUM STARBEAM!"
"LUNAR SABER CUT!"
Osebo and Onini were destroyed after they were separated from Raye's parents and reverting to nightmare stones.
"And who says two heads are better than one?" said Axel before he and Prim vanished.
"We better get my mom and dad inside." said Sailor Mars.
~*~
That night after everyone left Raye's parents called her, Chad and Annika to the dinning room. "Mom, Dad, I want to talk to you about what's going to happen to the shrine." Raye said.
"That's why we called you here." said Ikki. "We know it may be an inconvenience to you but..."
{I knew I had to take over...} Raye thought.
"We were wondering if we could move back in and take care of the shrine." said Meilin.
Raye was shocked. "You're staying?!"
"If you want us to." said Ikki.
"Right now nothing could make me happier!" she said before giving her mother and father a hug.
"Yeah!" said Annika. {I'm not surprised; I knew they were going to stay.}
"I'd be honored to learn from the both you." said Chad.
Raye wiped a tear from her eye as she looked out the window to the sky. {Grandpa, I know you're still watching over me and you know that I am Sailor Mars. I also know that you're smiling at us being together after so long.}
~*~
Richforce: Don't you just love happy endings? Too bad it's over yet! Keep reading. Ciao!