FINALLY HOME
Diana Crescent
Chapter Forty-One: A Visit From the Future
Hello!! I'm back!! After a long, but not as long as the last time, wait, I bring you, Chapter Forty-one!!!!
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Two more weeks passed and things were, to put it mildly, bad. The girls had taken to hanging up on the boys when they called and glaring them down every chance that they got.
Serena was sitting in her office, seething with anger that the guys had the nerve to act like they didn't know what they had done.
A knock came from the door and she prayed that it wasn't one of the boys.
"Come in." She said after a minute.
Trista walked in, looking relieved. Apparently she hadn't run into Millardo. "We're going to have a visitor. Can you leave?"
"Whether I can or can't, I will." Serena said, grabbing her purse and quickly running out of the door before one of the guys walked out.
Trista was quickly out of the door as well.
The both leaned against the wall and let out a sigh. They hadn't been caught.
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The scouts were standing near the lake, waiting for their visitor.
Serena couldn't help but feel it was Rini. Call it a mother's intuition.
A pink cloud formed and a woman, no, a teenage girl with pink cotton candy hair fell out. She looked about sixteen, but they knew she was much older.
"Rini." Serena whispered, holding her arms out for the girl.
"Mother!" Rini cried out, running straight into her mother's arms.
Trista smiled. "Now, as we all know, we will be re-fighting Wise Man. Rini is here to help, as always."
Serena looked at her daughter and winked at her. Rini laughed, knowing that she had caused quite a bit of trouble, though none of them cared.
"Well, we'd better get you settled in." Raye said, ready to go decorate Rini's room.
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Serena sighed in relief as she made it back in her office without being seen. Rini was with her now, as well as Luna.
Serena smiled at her once-future daughter. "So, how is everything?"
"Fine. Everything's going good back home. Trista told me everything about here. How are you? She told me about the guys." She said softly.
Serena was about to answer when the door opened and Seyia stepped in, looking completely desperate. He got one look at Rini and shock registered. After a minute, he finally said, "Hey kid--kiddo!"
Rini smiled. "Hello Uncle Seyia." She replied sentimentally and softly.
He just looked at her for a minute. She was the spitting image of Serena, with the exception of the hair and eye colors. "Good lord Rini. You're all grown up." He said and went to hug her.
"You're still the same." She said and hugged him back. She backed up and slapped his arm playfully, "I can't believe you did that to Lucretia!! My own aunt!!"
He looked at her and then to Serena. Serena just glared.
Seyia coughed nervously. "Well.it's a long story and not really my place to tell it."
Luna let out a 'humph' and a grumble which resembled "All men are idiots and Artemis was always the worst, though now I'm not so sure."
Serena and Rini both tried to cover up their giggles, but it came out as a choking sound. Though, it was no use because Seyia had understood Luna as well.
"So, kiddo, what are you doing here?"
She looked at him like he was an idiot. Serena looked as though it figured and Luna looked like he had just proven her point. Which he had.
"We're battling Wise Man next. I'm here to help." She said, trying to use little words and small sentences.
"Oh. Okay." He said. "Well, I gotta go, but it was great to see you, kid. Maybe, if Serena gets over it, she'll let me see you." He kissed her head and left.
"You know, he's more blond than you and Mina combined."
"He's blonder than me, Mina, Artemis, and you combined." Serena corrected, at which point Rini agreed.
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They all sat, each and every single one of the girls, at the table, each and every single one of them depressed. With the exception of Rini and the generals, though they was swiftly becoming that due to her companions.
"So. . .do they have any good shopping?" Rini asked Mina.
"It's okay."
"How's the racing?" She asked Amara.
"It's okay."
"Any good restaurants?" She asked Lita and Serena.
"They're okay."
"Dammit all people!! You can't let them do this to you!!! Maybe they have a good reason for leaving!!"
They all looked at her, letting her words sink in.
"You're right. We can't let them win! We're letting it eat us up inside. We have to show them that we don't care!" Hotaru said.
As they all cheered up, Rini let her head slam onto the table. No one really noticed, not even when she muttered "That's not what I had in mind."
Zoisite, who was now going by Zach, patted her back. "It's okay, it's okay."
Jedite, who was now going by Jeff (due to the fact he hated the name Jed)(A/n: or at least I do anyway.) smiled at her, "You can always hang with us if they start getting to you."
"How have you three managed to survive two weeks with them?"
"We're not exactly sure, but we think it's the fact that we ignore them in this mood." Malachite, who's new name was Malcolm, told her, making her laugh a little.
"I can always count on you guys to make me laugh."
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Rini was waiting for someone to open the door. She had run the doorbell and knocked. She knew they were home because of the cars.
A tall, burly man who she just so happened to know from her time opened the door. She smiled lovingly. "May I please speak with Mr. Winner?"
Rashid looked at the girl. A goodness was deeply buried within her, he could tell. He could also tell that this was very important, not only to her, but also to the others as well.
"Please come in, what name shall I announce you by?"
"Chiba. . ." She thought for a minute, "Chiba Serenity."
"Please wait in the library." He said and showed her the door.
Rini sat in a large chair, waiting for Quatre to come. She knew he would explain everything to her, after hearing her name. . .heck, just seeing her would probably get him to explain.
Two minutes later, a group of men came in, after hearing her name they were wondering who she could be, with the five exceptions of Seyia, Sammy, Taiki, Yaten and Artemis.
"Who are you?" Heero asked, not getting a good look at her.
Rini stood up and looked at them all. There were her three blood uncles, well cousins, but uncles to her, the scouts' future husbands and the man that she loved the most out of them all.
Heero's eyes widened.
She smiled at him softly, just as Serena had done before he left.
"I am Serenity Tranquillity Usagi Chiba," She paused, think over something, but decided against it. ~That's to be saved for later. . .~ "princess of Earth, heir of the neo-Queen, future keeper of the Imperial Silver Crystal. In the other dimension, if everything had gone like my grandfather had planned, I would be Serena's daughter. I'm from the future. Oh, and everyone calls me Rini. However, things have drastically changed. I will no longer be born. I am here for a reason that will be reviled to you shortly if you do not already know. However, I am HERE to find out what happened. So? What happened to make the girls so angry?"
"That's just it, kiddo, we don't know." Seyia said.
"Uncle Seyia! Don't be stupid! Something happened and you have to know!! Surly you do!"
"When we came back from being gone--"
"How long were you gone?"
"Three months." Trieze answered his niece.
"How many times did you talk to them during that time?"
"None." Duo said timidly.
"Did you tell them where you were going?"
"No." Quatre said timidly.
Rini looked as though she was frustrated and they were completely hopeless. "Luna was right. You're all idiots. I MEAN THINK ABOUT! DANG IT!!! YOU LEAVE, NOT TELLING THEM ANYTHING, DON'T COMTACT THEM FOR THREE MONTHS AND EXPECT THEM TO WELCOME YOU BACK WITH OPEN ARMS WHEN THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO SAVE THE WORLD AND HAVE DIED FOR THE WORLD, JUST SO THEY CAN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!!! Good God!! Selene help you because you haven't got enough sense to help yourselves! Athena give you aid, because you need it!" She shouted, her anger rising far beyond its usual boundaries.
Everyone just looked at her for a minute, than Seyia whispered. "What have we done?"
"We've hurt them, far beyond anything ever could." Artemis answered, feeling awful for what he did to the girls. . .and Luna, his Luna.
Rini quickly got her temper in check, seeing them in so much distress. She sighed and went over to Heero, who was pale and looked as though he'd just lost his best friend.
She hugged him and whispered, "I don't know what you're going to do, but you have to do something. Tell them the truth. I'll get them to listen somehow, but you're going to have to explain."
Heero was shocked when Rini hugged him, but loosened up quickly.
Rini stepped back. "You all mean a great deal to me. . .heck, you mean almost everything to me, as do the girls and I don't like seeing you all so hurt." With that, she walked out of the room and left to let them all think.
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Serena sat in her office with Luna and Rini. Rini was trying to convince her to just listen to the guys. She was almost there when Raye walked in looking dejected and hurt.
"What's wrong Raye?"
Raye just broke down into tears. "I miss him Serena. I miss Wufei and it hurts that he would do that. I just want to know why. So I can go on with my life."
Serena finally broke down as well. "I miss Heero that way too. I just want to know what I did to make him hate me."
Rini went up to her mother and hugged her tightly while Luna comforted Raye. "They don't hate you. Please, just let them explain. Just hear them out." She whispered, praying that Serena would go along with it.
"Alright. The scouts and the boys will meet together and we are to hear them out with an open mind." Serena said firmly.
If Rini was alone, she was positive she would have done a stupid victory dance, however, she did not and just let her insides to the cartwheels for her.
She could already hear herself going "Oo-oo! Oo-oo!"
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Okay, that it until next time. Reviews are wanted and welcomed and addictive so I need a lot to fill my need. Next time: the meeting!
Diana Crescent
Chapter Forty-One: A Visit From the Future
Hello!! I'm back!! After a long, but not as long as the last time, wait, I bring you, Chapter Forty-one!!!!
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Two more weeks passed and things were, to put it mildly, bad. The girls had taken to hanging up on the boys when they called and glaring them down every chance that they got.
Serena was sitting in her office, seething with anger that the guys had the nerve to act like they didn't know what they had done.
A knock came from the door and she prayed that it wasn't one of the boys.
"Come in." She said after a minute.
Trista walked in, looking relieved. Apparently she hadn't run into Millardo. "We're going to have a visitor. Can you leave?"
"Whether I can or can't, I will." Serena said, grabbing her purse and quickly running out of the door before one of the guys walked out.
Trista was quickly out of the door as well.
The both leaned against the wall and let out a sigh. They hadn't been caught.
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The scouts were standing near the lake, waiting for their visitor.
Serena couldn't help but feel it was Rini. Call it a mother's intuition.
A pink cloud formed and a woman, no, a teenage girl with pink cotton candy hair fell out. She looked about sixteen, but they knew she was much older.
"Rini." Serena whispered, holding her arms out for the girl.
"Mother!" Rini cried out, running straight into her mother's arms.
Trista smiled. "Now, as we all know, we will be re-fighting Wise Man. Rini is here to help, as always."
Serena looked at her daughter and winked at her. Rini laughed, knowing that she had caused quite a bit of trouble, though none of them cared.
"Well, we'd better get you settled in." Raye said, ready to go decorate Rini's room.
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Serena sighed in relief as she made it back in her office without being seen. Rini was with her now, as well as Luna.
Serena smiled at her once-future daughter. "So, how is everything?"
"Fine. Everything's going good back home. Trista told me everything about here. How are you? She told me about the guys." She said softly.
Serena was about to answer when the door opened and Seyia stepped in, looking completely desperate. He got one look at Rini and shock registered. After a minute, he finally said, "Hey kid--kiddo!"
Rini smiled. "Hello Uncle Seyia." She replied sentimentally and softly.
He just looked at her for a minute. She was the spitting image of Serena, with the exception of the hair and eye colors. "Good lord Rini. You're all grown up." He said and went to hug her.
"You're still the same." She said and hugged him back. She backed up and slapped his arm playfully, "I can't believe you did that to Lucretia!! My own aunt!!"
He looked at her and then to Serena. Serena just glared.
Seyia coughed nervously. "Well.it's a long story and not really my place to tell it."
Luna let out a 'humph' and a grumble which resembled "All men are idiots and Artemis was always the worst, though now I'm not so sure."
Serena and Rini both tried to cover up their giggles, but it came out as a choking sound. Though, it was no use because Seyia had understood Luna as well.
"So, kiddo, what are you doing here?"
She looked at him like he was an idiot. Serena looked as though it figured and Luna looked like he had just proven her point. Which he had.
"We're battling Wise Man next. I'm here to help." She said, trying to use little words and small sentences.
"Oh. Okay." He said. "Well, I gotta go, but it was great to see you, kid. Maybe, if Serena gets over it, she'll let me see you." He kissed her head and left.
"You know, he's more blond than you and Mina combined."
"He's blonder than me, Mina, Artemis, and you combined." Serena corrected, at which point Rini agreed.
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They all sat, each and every single one of the girls, at the table, each and every single one of them depressed. With the exception of Rini and the generals, though they was swiftly becoming that due to her companions.
"So. . .do they have any good shopping?" Rini asked Mina.
"It's okay."
"How's the racing?" She asked Amara.
"It's okay."
"Any good restaurants?" She asked Lita and Serena.
"They're okay."
"Dammit all people!! You can't let them do this to you!!! Maybe they have a good reason for leaving!!"
They all looked at her, letting her words sink in.
"You're right. We can't let them win! We're letting it eat us up inside. We have to show them that we don't care!" Hotaru said.
As they all cheered up, Rini let her head slam onto the table. No one really noticed, not even when she muttered "That's not what I had in mind."
Zoisite, who was now going by Zach, patted her back. "It's okay, it's okay."
Jedite, who was now going by Jeff (due to the fact he hated the name Jed)(A/n: or at least I do anyway.) smiled at her, "You can always hang with us if they start getting to you."
"How have you three managed to survive two weeks with them?"
"We're not exactly sure, but we think it's the fact that we ignore them in this mood." Malachite, who's new name was Malcolm, told her, making her laugh a little.
"I can always count on you guys to make me laugh."
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Rini was waiting for someone to open the door. She had run the doorbell and knocked. She knew they were home because of the cars.
A tall, burly man who she just so happened to know from her time opened the door. She smiled lovingly. "May I please speak with Mr. Winner?"
Rashid looked at the girl. A goodness was deeply buried within her, he could tell. He could also tell that this was very important, not only to her, but also to the others as well.
"Please come in, what name shall I announce you by?"
"Chiba. . ." She thought for a minute, "Chiba Serenity."
"Please wait in the library." He said and showed her the door.
Rini sat in a large chair, waiting for Quatre to come. She knew he would explain everything to her, after hearing her name. . .heck, just seeing her would probably get him to explain.
Two minutes later, a group of men came in, after hearing her name they were wondering who she could be, with the five exceptions of Seyia, Sammy, Taiki, Yaten and Artemis.
"Who are you?" Heero asked, not getting a good look at her.
Rini stood up and looked at them all. There were her three blood uncles, well cousins, but uncles to her, the scouts' future husbands and the man that she loved the most out of them all.
Heero's eyes widened.
She smiled at him softly, just as Serena had done before he left.
"I am Serenity Tranquillity Usagi Chiba," She paused, think over something, but decided against it. ~That's to be saved for later. . .~ "princess of Earth, heir of the neo-Queen, future keeper of the Imperial Silver Crystal. In the other dimension, if everything had gone like my grandfather had planned, I would be Serena's daughter. I'm from the future. Oh, and everyone calls me Rini. However, things have drastically changed. I will no longer be born. I am here for a reason that will be reviled to you shortly if you do not already know. However, I am HERE to find out what happened. So? What happened to make the girls so angry?"
"That's just it, kiddo, we don't know." Seyia said.
"Uncle Seyia! Don't be stupid! Something happened and you have to know!! Surly you do!"
"When we came back from being gone--"
"How long were you gone?"
"Three months." Trieze answered his niece.
"How many times did you talk to them during that time?"
"None." Duo said timidly.
"Did you tell them where you were going?"
"No." Quatre said timidly.
Rini looked as though she was frustrated and they were completely hopeless. "Luna was right. You're all idiots. I MEAN THINK ABOUT! DANG IT!!! YOU LEAVE, NOT TELLING THEM ANYTHING, DON'T COMTACT THEM FOR THREE MONTHS AND EXPECT THEM TO WELCOME YOU BACK WITH OPEN ARMS WHEN THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO SAVE THE WORLD AND HAVE DIED FOR THE WORLD, JUST SO THEY CAN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!!! Good God!! Selene help you because you haven't got enough sense to help yourselves! Athena give you aid, because you need it!" She shouted, her anger rising far beyond its usual boundaries.
Everyone just looked at her for a minute, than Seyia whispered. "What have we done?"
"We've hurt them, far beyond anything ever could." Artemis answered, feeling awful for what he did to the girls. . .and Luna, his Luna.
Rini quickly got her temper in check, seeing them in so much distress. She sighed and went over to Heero, who was pale and looked as though he'd just lost his best friend.
She hugged him and whispered, "I don't know what you're going to do, but you have to do something. Tell them the truth. I'll get them to listen somehow, but you're going to have to explain."
Heero was shocked when Rini hugged him, but loosened up quickly.
Rini stepped back. "You all mean a great deal to me. . .heck, you mean almost everything to me, as do the girls and I don't like seeing you all so hurt." With that, she walked out of the room and left to let them all think.
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Serena sat in her office with Luna and Rini. Rini was trying to convince her to just listen to the guys. She was almost there when Raye walked in looking dejected and hurt.
"What's wrong Raye?"
Raye just broke down into tears. "I miss him Serena. I miss Wufei and it hurts that he would do that. I just want to know why. So I can go on with my life."
Serena finally broke down as well. "I miss Heero that way too. I just want to know what I did to make him hate me."
Rini went up to her mother and hugged her tightly while Luna comforted Raye. "They don't hate you. Please, just let them explain. Just hear them out." She whispered, praying that Serena would go along with it.
"Alright. The scouts and the boys will meet together and we are to hear them out with an open mind." Serena said firmly.
If Rini was alone, she was positive she would have done a stupid victory dance, however, she did not and just let her insides to the cartwheels for her.
She could already hear herself going "Oo-oo! Oo-oo!"
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Okay, that it until next time. Reviews are wanted and welcomed and addictive so I need a lot to fill my need. Next time: the meeting!