Chapter Eight

New Tokyo Pack

Disclaimer: Standard Disclaimer applies. (In other words I have no rights to SM or the SS in any way, shape, or form.) However this story line is mine.

Warning: Profane language, violence, sexual content and blood, gore, vampires, werewolves and all the good stuff. M-rated.

Double Warning: Bad writing involved

Darien sighed. Molly had managed to get them a meeting with the New Tokyo pack just before dawn, but it had taken some serious negotiations, and a lot of phone time. Darien had sat with her and had dictated their promises and agreements, and she repeated them to the person on the other end. Darien would have much rather spoken to the pack himself, but Molly explained that that would mean he could find out who they were and reveal them to the world.

So, Darien had to tell Molly what they wanted, which was information, and she had to give their answer to him, which, at first, was no. Darien finally told them he would bring ten thousand dollars (1), if they agreed to meet with him and the others. They agreed to the meeting, but refused the money, apparently deciding that Darien really wanted the information, and was willing to do just about anything for it.

After the phone call, Serena and Molly took off to play a new Sailor V game, which surprised Darien; he thought that they had gotten over that phase. But when he went to remind them of Dawn, he saw a new bookshelf in Serena's room. Obviously, that was where Serena kept vanishing to in her attempts to avoid him. The shelf was absolutely full of various mangas, as well as quite a few books. He stared at it, trying to read the titles of the books, when Molly crowded him none-too-gently from the room.

He knew that Molly had done it for Serena. Serena must have told her what had happened. The moment he was out of the room, Molly popped the question he had been thinking about asking her.

"Is it alright if I stay here with Serena?" She asked. "I can give you all the money I make at the club, but I just thought-."

"Yeah, I was gonna ask you if you would."

She breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you. I already got permission from Nikolai, and he said he would send another feeder for me."

"Would they need to stay here?" Darien asked, thinking about Rick.

"No. I mean, they only have to be here at dusk, and until I wake up, then they could take off. I asked Rick to stay longer so he could explain the pack to you guys."

"I just wanted to know if we needed to set up the guest rooms." Darien said, rubbing his eyes. He was exhausted. He hadn't slept in two days, and he was thinking longingly of his bed. Renee had gone to school for the day and the other girls had already gone to bed. "Well, sleep well." He told Molly, as he turned and walked down the hall to his bedroom. He felt her eyes on him as he turned into his corridor.

As soon as he got to his room, he laid down on his bed without changing clothes. The moment his head hit his pillow, he was out.

Serena drove, feeling self-conscious and slightly nervous, where Rick directed her. Raye and Lita were in the car with her, the others had followed in Darien sports car. Renee was left at the palace with Molly and the new feeder, another werewolf, which had sworn that he wouldn't touch Renee or Hotaru. Hotaru had come over after school and was spending the night, which was the perfect reason to leave Renee behind. Serena couldn't have planned it better.

Serena wasn't sure how she was supposed to feel about meeting a rather large pack of werewolves. She hoped that they were all like Rick, calm and gentle. Her mission was to learn about the renegade pack and find out if any of the local werewolves had a hand in Lily's murder, or if they had any clue as to who did.

"Go ahead and stop here." Rick said. They had just pulled onto a plot of land that had a small farmhouse and barn. The entire yard was filled with cars.

A pretty woman walked toward them, a bright smile playing at her mouth, as Serena climbed from the car, closely followed by Raye, Lita, and Rick. Serena thought she looked familiar and as she walked closer, Serena studied her. She had waist length curly auburn hair, which framed her like an aura. She wore a white shirt under a lime green jacket, and a knee-length lime green skirt. A light orange sash was tied around her waist, accenting the outfit. As she drew closer, Serena could see the color of her eyes, which were brown, and it hit Serena who the woman was. It was Rita, Andrew's girlfriend, whom she had last seen when Sailor Mercury had broken Darien's Dark Crystal, when Darien had been turned against them, and released the Rainbow Crystal Carriers.

Rita drew up to them, still smiling. "Serena?"

Serena nodded. "Yeah?"

"I was sent out to greet you. I'm Rita of the New Tokyo Werewolf Pack." She held her hand out to shake Serena's. Serena frowned, not wanting to feel the creepy ant crawling sensation that she got when she touched them, but shook Rita's hand anyway. Rita glanced over her shoulder at Lita and Raye, and her smile faltered for a second. "Hello, Lita. How are you doing in you goal to become an Biologist?"

Serena turned to face Lita, slightly surprised. Lita blushed slightly. "It's kinda been put on hold for a while. At least until the negotiations are over with."

"Yeah, I heard you were at the palace helping out with that." Rita said, her smile widening. "That must be fun." Lita nodded not saying anything. Rita turned to Serena, then looked up again as Darien pulled into the yard beside Raye's jeep. Mina, Amy and Darien piled out of his car and looked around. "Well, we must get to the pack." Rita said. She turned and led them into a row of trees next to the house.

After walking for what seemed like a half hour, they stepped into a clearing. Serena gasped feeling a wall of warm crawling energy slam into her the moment she entered the field. She stumbled slightly and felt Amy and Lita both grab her arms to steady her.

"What happened?" Amy asked, not looking at her, but staring across the small meadow at the opposite bank of trees. Serena shook her head, fighting to catch her breath. The energy was making Serena feel as though something heavy was sitting on her chest. Slowly she managed to regain enough of her breath that she was able to look at what Amy was staring at.

About a hundred people were in the field with them. Interspersed among the humans were wolves and werewolves. Almost directly across from Serena and the others, was a throne made of stone. A man sat on it looking bored. Serena stared at them all, amazed. She hadn't realized how many people in New Tokyo were werewolves. She stepped away from Amy and Lita and walked slowly to the center of the clearing.

As she moved closer she recognized the man on the throne, and she froze, her jaw dropping. Andrew stared back at her from his seat on the stone throne. For a moment he looked about as surprised as she was. His golden hair had grown out since Serena had last seen him. His hazel eyes were more green than anything else and looked tired. He was wearing only a pair of pants and an open dress shirt.

"Hello, Serena." Andrew said softly.

AN: Feel free to read and review. Leave comments, questions, thoughts, ideas, etc if you wish. Also leave your emails so that if you do have a question, I can respond to it. I will not respond to flamers. All I ask, if you do have something to say against my writing, is that you word it politely.

(1): Author's note: Ok, I know that in Japan that they have a different form of 'dollars', but I was too lazy to go look it up. I apologize to those of you who hate people confusing moneys. Please forgive this, on purpose, mistake. I hope you are enjoying the story, otherwise.

Thanks to moonqueen, kamalchemy88 (you know it! wink), ffgirlmoonie, Megan Consuer, Eva C (Serena doesnt want to be a princess. She is really confused, most people when they want to get married, and are with someone, often get confused and just up and leave. I'm married and trust me, I know.), and SnowAngel101 (oooh, now this gets interesting. I hope you dont mind that I used lily for the name... smiles).