Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. I am simply borrowing the characters for the story.
Note: This is a newly revised chapter. Hopefully this is written much better, with much more emotion and information. I hope to continue with chapters as well as updating revised chapters. All reviews are welcome.
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A small, young girl stared out the window with a look of utter impatience on her face. "When is daddy going to come?" she whined. Her aunt Kim just smiled as she finished with drying the dishes from lunch. "He'll be here as soon as he can. Babies sometimes take a little bit of time to arrive." The little girl jumped off the couch, her blonde curls swinging around her cherub face. "But he's taken so long already! I wanna see him now!" she exclaimed. Her aunt just smiled. She would have laughed, but she didn't want to hurt Serena's feelings by laughing at her outrageous statement. Kim thought back to when she found out her brother and his wife were going to have another child. She had been concerned that Serena, who had always been the center of attention with her perky attitude and beautiful face, would feel neglected with so much of the attention being focused on Irene and her baby. Serena, however, did not seem to notice the difference. She was so happy that her mommy was going to give her a brother or sister and was determined to be the best sister she could be. The girl really was astonishing. Kim hoped that her attitude would not change after the baby actually arrived. Just then her father drove up, jumped out of the car and burst into the house.
"It's a boy! You have a new baby brother, princess!" exclaimed Ken Tsukino as he grabbed his girl and spun her around the family room of their home. Serena started jumping around in circles as soon as she was set down, chanting "It's a boy. It's a boy." Ken looked to his sister who was beaming with pride at her brother. "Everything's perfect. He's 7 pounds 2 ounces and 19 inches long. He has the most beautiful face in the world, just like Serena." He quickly glanced at the girl who was still bouncing in circles. "Serena." She stopped bouncing and looked at him. "Yes daddy?" Ken's grin got even bigger. "Want to go meet your baby brother?" Neither he nor Kim were quite prepared for the "YES" that erupted from his little 4 year old girl. Laughing he gathered her up, glanced at Kim to invite her along, and started for the car.
Serena was so happy! The baby was born. Now she could sit on Mommy's lap again, and Mommy would be able to play instead of just lay in bed all the time. She couldn't wait to see the baby boy. She would be the best older sister in the whole wide world. Ken smiled at the girl, whose eyes were sparkling with joy and a huge grin on her face at being an older sister. He couldn't wait to see his two babies together.
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Serena stared out the window of the car the whole way to the hospital. Daddy wad driving so slow. Why did he have to stop at all those corners? The other cars got to go. All she wanted to do was get to her baby brother as soon as possible. Daddy and aunt Kim were talking about the baby, but Serena didn't care. She just wanted to get there and see him for herself. She started bouncing as soon as she saw the hospital building come into view. "There it is Daddy!" screamed Serena.
Ken smiled at his impetuous little girl. She sure did have a good memory to know this was the hospital. She had only been here two or three times before and it was not somewhere they normally drove by. "Yes baby, we're here."
Walking to the nursery, Serena somehow got separated from her father, who was in just as big a hurry as Serena to get back to his exhausted wife and newborn child. Serena started looking in the rooms and saw kids there. Most had moms and dads hanging out too. Some looked very sick, while others looked like they were fine. She wasn't the slightest bit scared walking around the pediatric ward alone. Instead, she was sad for all the kids that had to stay in this place instead of play outside. She knew her daddy would find her soon, and maybe she could find a friend since she was there. Soon, after seeing so much sadness, Serena forgot about being alone and wanting to see her brother. She had a new mission, to cheer one of these kids up. Serena knew no fear, and tried to take it away from those around her. She stopped and looked in a young boys room. He appeared to be a few years older than her, but he seemed so scared and lost. She felt drawn to this boy. She wanted to become his friend and make him smile again, and so she walked right
in. "Hi! How are you? My name is Sewena. What's youws?"
A look of pure shock ran across the boys face. He had obviously not been expecting anyone, but especially not a little blonde four year old girl carrying roses, to come in and start talking to him. The most scary part for him was that he didn't have an answer for her. He didn't remember his name or anything at all from before he ended up in the hospital. "I don't remember. I think someone said it was Darien."
Serena wanted to cry as she saw Darien's face fill with fear as he admitted he didn't know his name. She did not understand how you forgot your name though. Serena decided to crawl onto the bed with the boy. She tried to get a good grip to pull herself up, but the slippery mattress and the roses made it very hard and she stared to fall back. Darien grabbed her hand to help her up and get her situated. "That's too bad. I have a new baby brover. I get to give Mommy these
flowers, but you can have one if you want. They smell pwetty." Serena offered
one to the boy. They were still basically perfect, regardless of how many times they had
been hit against the bed while she had been climbing up to him. Darien took it
and tears started to trail down his face.
Serena didn't know what else to do. Everything she did caused the boy to cry. "Where's your mommy and daddy?" "I don't know. They told me I don't have one anymore. I don't have anyone." Serena smiled and touched a tear track on his face with her tiny finger. "You have me. I will always be your friend." With that smile statement she pulled Darien into a hug. He held on for dear life, as though this special little girl would vanish in the night too.
"SERENA TSUKINO!!! WHERE ARE YOU?"
Serena's head whipped around to look out the door. "Oops, that's my Daddy. I think he wants me to come see my brover. I'll be back. See you later," giggled Serena as she slid off the bed, waved and skipped from the room.
As soon as she entered the hallway a pair of strong arms grabbed her
and held her close. "There you are. You scared me young lady! Lets go find your
Mom now, okay?" said a very relieved father. "Yes Daddy, lets go!" and Serena
tried to wiggle down to run the opposite way down the hall.
Darien was pushed from her mind the moment she entered her mother's room. "Mommy!" yelled Serena as soon as she saw her, and raced towards the bed. "Serena! Where were you?" asked an anxious Irene. She had not been able to help look for Serena in case she actually found the room. "I found a new friend. He was sad because he didn't have a mommy or a daddy, and didn't remember his name." Irene smiled at her little girl. She had such a big heart.
Serena wanted a hug from her mother. Seeing Darien had made her scared her parents would go away too. Especially because mommy had not been home last night. Maybe she would stay in the hospital forever. She started to climb up the bed when her father lifted her up and placed her in her mothers arms. There was her baby brother, sleeping. Serena wanted a closer look, forgetting all about her recent fears. Something new and exciting always distracted her from the scary thoughts that would creep into her mind. "Careful." said Irene as Serena started to pull down on the blanket so she could see better. Serena looked at her parents. "Can I name him?" Ken laughed and Irene smiled. "Sorry sweetie, we already did. Meet your brother Samuel." "Sammy," whispered Serena in response. Serena was happy with that. "I'm going to be the best big sister. You just wait."
It was soon Serena's bed time. Kim had left earlier with her husband who had come to see the baby and check on the family. Ken gently lifted the dosing Serena from her mothers arms, who was also dozing. What a precious gift he had been given. He hoped that he would always remember this day and keep them all special and well loved. Ken gave Irene a kiss goodbye on the forehead so that she would not awaken, and started to carry Serena to the car. As they left the building to go home, Ken was sure that Serena had mumbled the name Darien. He had no idea where she would have heard that name. Soon they were on their way home to prepare for the homecoming tomorrow for mother and baby.
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This is only the beginning. Reviews are wanted!!
