Thank you for reviewing again. I don't own sailor moon.

Serena & Rini reached the hospital & walked in.

Rini ran up to the desk & asked. "Can you tell us where Darien Shields' room is?"

The receptionist looks down at her & pops her gum. "Room 125, on the right."

"Thank you!" Rini begins to run down the hall, Serena screaming after her to slow down.

"But I want to see…" BAM

Serena sees powder & gauze go flying & flinches. "Told you Rini." she mumbled, limping over.

When she reached it, she took in the scene with a smirk: Rini was covered with white powder with white gauze on her head. The only thing not white was her big pink eyes.

"What did I tell you?" Serena sighs, helping her up.

Rini coughed some powder up. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine." Serena takes the gauze off & begins to wipe the powder off. It takes a good 10 minutes until she's completely clean.

"Ready?" Serena asks.

Rini nod &, walking this time, hurries down the hallway. Serena notices a white spot on her skirt but doesn't say anything.

Rini reaches the door & waits for Serena to limp over. When she gets there, Rini says, "Can we go in?"

Serena smiles. "First I have to tell you: one, you must be quiet & two, he's not doing so good, so be nice to him. No bouncing, running or loud noises."

Rini nods, her powder-tinted pink hair bouncing with her. Serena takes in a breath & opens the door.

Rini goes in first & gasps. Serena follows & softly shuts the door. Rini looks up at Serena & she nods.

Rini cautiously walks over & pulls herself up on the bed. "Darien…" she whispers, reaching out to touch him.

Serena watches, holding tears in. She really wanted to see Darien, but decided to let Rini have her chance.

Slowly backing out the door, Serena closes it & sighs. Closing her eyes, she takes a breather. She hears a soft pitter patter of feet above her.

She leans out the window & looks up. She smirks as she sees her friends, still in Sailor mode, talking on the roof.

"Where do you think she's from?" Jupiter says.

"I don't know. Maybe she's from a different planet? Like the moon." Mars suggested.

"But the moon was destroyed. And if she was from the moon, she would be related to Serena." Venus said.

"Plus it's far-fetched." Mercury sighs.

Serena opens her mouth to say something, when Venus says, "And what about Serena?"

Serena closes her mouth & listens. "What about her?" Jupiter said.

"I talked to Luna & she said that Serena wasn't accepting that Darien might…not survive." Venus said.

"Well, how do you expect her to feel? The man she loves is dying!" Mars shouts, standing up, tears in her eyes.

The scouts & Serena watch her as she paces the roof. "Mars, none of us want him to die. But if he does, Serena has to go on as our leader. Without her, we'll crumble." Mercury said, matter factually.

Serena wasn't able to hear the rest because she heard. "Miss, can I help you?"

Sticking her head back in, Serena sees a nurse staring at her, weirdly. Serena blushes. "Sorry. I was just going for a walk." She limps away, turning redder.

The nurse watches, then sticks her head out the window. She sees nothing, shrugs her shoulders & closes the window.

Serena limps down the hallway, thinking about what the Scouts said. "Maybe I should just accept the fact that Darien's dying…" she sighs, tears forming in her already red sapphire eyes.

"Why?" a little voice said.

Serena looked down & saw a little girl in a hospital gown, holding a teddy bear. She smiles, "Why what?"

"Why are you ace-ce-ping that Darien will die?" she asks, eyes wide.

Serena looks up. "Because he's not waking up."

"So?" Serena looks down in surprise. "You should never give up. That's what my mommy says."

"You know what? You're right. I won't give up." Serena says, smiling. "Thank you. My name's Serena. What's yours?"

"Hana." she says softly, clutching the bear.

"Hi, Hana. What are you in here for?"

"I was burnt really badly." She lifts her sleeves up to reveal 3rd degree burns. Serena pushes the urge down to cringe & puts on a serious face. "Ow. Are you OK?"

Hana nods, grinning. "Yeah." Looking at Serena, she asks, "What happened to you & Darien?"

"We were in a bad car crash."

Hana nods. "Oh." Suddenly, she grabs Serena's good hand & leads her toward the play room. "Come play with me, please?"

Serena bits her lip. "Actually, I'm here…" But she looked down & saw Hana's face. "You know what? I would love to."

Hana's face split into a grin. "Yaaa!" She pulls harder, Serena laughing trying to keep up.

How sweet. Every hospital story has to have a sick little girl…Please RR