Hello readers, this is Dove here. I'm not going to bore you with pages of notes, but please do read the notes at the end of this chapter.

You know what I want for Christmas…I want to own Sailor Moon, but since I would see pigs fly first before that happened, please note that I do not own Sailor Moon. Thanks for reading and please review. Hell's Hauntress how are you and I have love for you, Angel of Serenity and my girl Jennifer!

Homicide: The Death of Serena

By Crystaldove

Chapter 6

"Detective Monroe? What do you want with me?"

"Just to ask you a few questions."

"Uh huh, I sense a strange aura around you."

"It's probably because I'm here to ask you about the disappearance of Serena Tsukino."

"Is that all? What about her?"

"How come you don't seem too concerned about your 'friend'?"

"We show our emotions in our own ways…this is mine."

"I see and you don't seem to become alarmed when I mention her name. Besides you're the only one of her friends who haven't been looking for her."

"Who's looking for her?"

"Amy, Lita and Molly. That college kid Andrew from Crown…oh and Darien."

"My Darien is out looking for that ditz! He's supposed to be here with me! How could he? He hates her and now is trying to find her?"

"Really?" Det. Monroe opened his notebook and jotted this information down. "He hates her…interesting."

"Yeah, he teases at her ruthlessly."

"I hear you do the same thing."

"Oh that, I'm not like he is…I just tease her for fun."

"Fun for whom, you or her?"

"Huh?"

"What could have been viewed as a mere jest to you, could have helped lower her already fragile esteem. As far as Darien, could his teasing been a form of infatuation? He could have liked her."

"What…oh please, Darien is my boyfriend! Serena is too immature for him. He is sophisticated, strong and intelligent…all the things she isn't or would ever be."

"Would ever be huh? I mean isn't he too old for you?"

"What does age have to do with anything?"

"He is what…19 or 20 and you are 14, what do you parents have to say about that?"

"My grandpa knows that I am a mature young lady."

"Really and how many 'mature' young ladies, spend their free time teasing another peer. Those actions show what lack of maturity you really have. Lets see here, I was told by several eye witnesses that you said and I quote "My life would be much better without her…" This was said on the day she was reported missing, just moments before your friends found out that she ran away. Now Miss Hino did you carry out you wish?"

"What are you saying? I was joking, who told you that? Was it Lita? I bet it was Lita she's been accusing me of being happy that Serena is dead."

"Do you know something we don't Miss Hino? Serena hasn't been listed as deceased. She is still a runaway…Is the reason that you aren't out looking for her is because you know where she is or what happened to her, Miss Hino?"

"I know what you're trying to do?"

"What am I trying to do Raye?"

"I know with runaways, if they aren't found soon it's assumed that they're dead. I was just stating a fact that we all may have to face."

"Hmmm…that is truly informative. Where do you get your information from?"

"I'm not your average school girl, I have intelligence."

"I just wanted to know if you had a clue as to where she might have gone off to? I have spoken to her friends, her classmates and now you. Do you think her home life may have had anything to do with it? Possibly the relationship with her friends; maybe tired of all the 'joking' comments, the high and might attitudes she received from her 'friends'. How about the fact that she was made the laughing stock of others when she only yearned for their friendship?"

By the time he had finished his statement, Det. Monroe was yelling at a cowering Raye who was trying to get a hold of her emotions.

"LOOK! It's her own fault that she was ridiculed!" She screamed pushing herself out of the corner that the detective had backed her into. "If she actually picked up a book other than a manga, watched where she was going, shut her annoying mouth for once and listened to others for a change…she would have been better off!"

"So you mean if she was more like you…a self-centered bitch of girl! So she wasn't the smartest person… humph, you are the nicest but I see no one berating you; avoiding yes, berating…no."

"I'm just blunt and the truth hurts."

Det. Monroe walked back towards Raye and looked her deep in her raging violet eyes.

"The truth hurts huh, and the truth is without her…you wouldn't have 'any' friends."

"…"

"This is the second time we've come to you for questioning Miss Hino. We saw you about six months ago concerning the Sendai Hill bus whose last stop before it's final destination…was this shrine."

"How do you know about that?"

"I'm a detective, I have access to 'all' of resources. I was truly surprised to see your name listed in another missing persons' case. Even though all the girls were found…they didn't have any recollection of what happened except that they mentioned seeing you through the fog… Care to elaborate?"

"Uh I was taken too by the driver."

"Driver, no one ever mentioned the driver…they got on the bus and never was let off. So you were physically kidnapped by the driver; I didn't see a report about that."

"I was returned a few hours later."

"Really?"

"Uh yeah, why would someone need to report me missing when I wasn't gone that long?"

"I see. So you don't have any idea of where Serena could be?"

"Haven't I answered that already?"

"No you answered everything 'but' that. Goodbye Miss Hino."

Det. Monroe scribbled down additional notes as he walked away from the shrine.

After telling the police what Smith told them, Darien and the girls parted ways and he returned home.

"This place is as empty as my life. Why did I have to hide my feelings for you behind an insult Serena? If I was upfront…Damn I could have prevented you from leaving. But you would have treated me like the rest…like those who know about me…NO! You're different, special…too good for me. But I would have protected you…you could have stayed here. I could have taken care of you…why did I hurt you?"

Detective Monroe opened his notebook after reporting his previous findings to his superiors.

Darien Chiba- College Student/ Former Model

-Constantly taunted Serena about grades

-Caused Serena to tears on more than one occasion

-Associates with juvenile girls even though he is a sophomore in college

Detective Monroe approached Azuba Terrace apartments to speak to Darien. Darien was sitting on his couch still wallowing in misery when he was brought out by a knock on his door.

"Who is it?"

"It's Detective Monroe. I need to ask you a few questions."

Darien reluctantly opened his door, leery of what the detective would ask.

"Come in, how may I help you?"

"You can tell me a little more about your relationship with Serena Tsukino."

"What do you mean?"

"From what I have been able to gather, you've had an interesting involvement with her. It seems that you used to ridicule her constantly, sending her away in tears."

"Uh yeah, I was teasing her…"

"By picking out her faults and shortcomings!"

"I…uh…yes I did."

"You were what…admiring her. I was told from the moment you met her, you called her "Meatball Head". Why is this?"

"It's from her hairstyle."

"Her hair huh…lets come back to that. How old are you?"

"20."

"20 and living in Azuba. You mentioned modeling on our first meeting."

"Yes sir."

"What do you do for a living now?"

"I do odd jobs in between classes."

"And you can afford to live here?"

"I uh received a trust from my parents."

"A trust? Aren't those awarded at 21 or after 16 in the case of the death of the parents."

"My parents died with I was 6 and I lived at the orphanage until I was 16. I get an allowance every month."

"Oh that's unfortunate about your parents. Can you tell me about your life at the orphanage."

"Well I mostly kept to myself. Life there was hard. Most of the children were envious of me."

"Why?"

"I wasn't abandoned like the rest of them, my parents died and that showed that I was loved. And that fact made me despised. The others would tell me that my parents preferred death than raising me. I was the boy dubbed 'killer', I would kill anyone that dared to get close to me."

Tears formed in Darien's eyes as he remembered the pain that was like a fresh wound.

"Sorry, rattling off there. Would you like a beverage Detective?"

"No thank you. Can I ask you another question."

"Yes."

"Why did you tease Serena? It seems as if you know what kind of pain rejection stems from."

"I was afraid."

"Afraid?"

"I thought that she would get close to me…so I pushed her away. I was mean because I knew she wanted to be my friend and I wanted much more. I was afraid that she would reject me once she found out about my past, turn her back on me like the others at the orphanage…"

"From what I've gathered Serena isn't like that. If anything 'she' is the one afraid of rejection and would try all she could to help out those who are close to her…including you Darien. But what I can't understand is if you care for Serena so much, why are you dating her friend Raye?"

"WHAT! I am not dating Raye! Hell, I can barely tolerate her, especially now!"

Det. Monroe jotted this note in his book and continued to probe Darien.

"Well she truly believes that you are, and you've been seen in her company shortly before Serena vanished… sure this isn't just a lovers' quarrel? Maybe Raye found out about your feelings and did something to her or you really did hate her and are trying to keep suspicion off yourself by helping in her search?"

"NO! Look I met Raye a few days after she met Serena. She caught the tail end of one of our arguments and thought that since we had similar opinions about Serena, we would get along fine. She heard me calling her 'Meatball Head'; she thought it was so hilarious that she started taunting her with that name. I didn't intend for anyone else to hear that…it was my name for her."

"Meatball Head?"

"Yeah, I'd never seen a more ridiculous yet fitting hairstyle. Her ponytails reach her calves and would probably reach the floor if she ever took it down. She wouldn't be Serena without it though. But no one knows how I really feel about her. I looked forward to seeing her everyday, I would wait on the corner for her…knowing that she runs late and never looks where she's going so she could run into me." Darien's eyes were again downcast and he tried valiantly to contain his grief. "Anyway Raye seemed to appear everywhere I went, even signed up at the same karate class I was taking. I really can't recall how it began, one day I was going to the arcade…the next I was buying her a milkshake. Like a leech she attached herself to me, I would have said something…but Serena seemed jealous. It caused her to pay me more attention so I let Raye hang around me. But I have never once said, implied, hinted or insinuated that I liked, loved, cared for or dated Raye. I wouldn't even let her kiss me!"

Darien exploded, breathing hard and slightly shaking.

"But you had to know she liked you."

"That's just it. She didn't get all lovey-dovey until Serena was around. I rarely saw her outside of that since I changed the time of my karate class. It was like she was trying to make Serena jealous…now that I think about it, she would constantly humiliated her infront of me."

"Like Raye may have known that you liked Serena or that she liked you so either of you could reconsider your thoughts of the other?"

Yeah and she's gotten worse since…since well you know."

"Yes, she is a suspicious one. Well I thank you for your time Mr Chiba. I have one more stop to make this evening. If I have any other questions, I'll call on you again."

Darien sighed as he shut the door. He had revealed his deepest feelings to Det. Monroe and part of him was confronted by his admission.

History has shown the people who gain the most from a missing person are usually the ones least suspected… their own family, especially the parents.

Detective Monroe left the Azuba District and drove towards Juuban. On route there he noticed two children playing outside, he watched as their father arrived home and their mother ran outside to meet them. A sad smile appeared on his face as he saw the children being swept up in their father's embrace and carried into their home. He continued to think about that scene as he walked up the steps of the last suspects' home.

'A family with two loving parents' He muttered to himself as he rang the door. He looked over his notes while the door was being answered.

Ilene Tsukino- Mother

-Witness-confirmed verbal abuse and neglect of Serena

-Known for putting out her child for poor grades and behavior

-Tended to favor son to daughter

End chapter

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!! Here you have it, all four suspects now it's up to you to figure out whom has the most to gain from Serena's death. Who seems the guiltiest to you? Now for all of you who watch court, forensic and mystery programs know that the one that seem the most guilty, isn't always the killer. So here is a contest, email me and figure out the murderer AND the motive!!! Ok there are like 4 more chapters to go and I hope you are enjoying this. PLEASE READ ALL MY STORIES AND REVIEW!!

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