Blood Bond With Love 18
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By the time Serena finished with her story Rini had small tears in her eyes.
"Why did they leave you?"
"That's what I plan on finding out Rini. say would you do me a favour?"
The pink haired girl wiped off her tears and nodded.
"Sure"
"Would you keep Sammy away from the living room after dinner please?"
"Sure Serena, I'll do that"
"Thank you Rini" She jumped off the bed and was about to walk out when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned around to meet with her future mother's eyes. Serena was looking at her with loving eyes just like her mommy's.
'Mommy?' She thought sadly. Serena pulled the girl closer and held her in a warm hug.
"I love you Rini. I'm so sorry" She whispered. Rini hugged her back, not fully understanding the blonde's sudden tenderness but not minding it.
"It's ok Serena... momma" It was so low she almost missed it.
Serena kept the girl on her arms for a few more minutes before pulling back. The more she thought about her parents the more she realized how alone Rini must have felt. How alone she must feel, she had been pushing her away out of anger and jealousy. Jealousy because she fitted in no matter what she did or said. Because she acted more like Ikuko's daughter than she had ever had. She'd never felt so left out, as the past few years, but then again the past three years had been the first time in five years she had been away from her family.
Serena finally pushed back, looking at the pink-eyed girl staring questing at her. She chuckled and ran a hand down the girl's cheek. She leaned closer and kissed her pinkish cheeks. She felt so afraid for what she was about to face with her parents.
A loud boyish scream was heard from downstairs. "SERENA, RINI, MOM SAYS TO GET YOUR BUTTS HERE RIGHT NOW. DINNER'S READY!"
Serena and Rini chuckled.
"Off with you before dinner gets cold" Rini nodded and ran to the door.
"Serena"
"Yeah?"
"I love you too"
Four little words from her future daughter was all it took to fill Serena with new courage to face the road ahead. She smiled back and standing up she walked closer to Rini. The girl offered the older girl her hand. She gladly took it as they walked downstairs for dinner.
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"Well that was a delicious dinner as always dear" Complimented Ken. Ikuko flashed him a gracious smile as she stood up to pick up the dishes.
"Yes, great dinner mom, well I gotta go study now!" Sammy emphasised the last sentence. Being obvious he was just trying to get out of helping his mom with the dishes.
"Fine Sammy. You're safe this time"
"I'll help mom" Offered Serena. Gaining a suspicious look from her dad and Sammy.
"Thank you Serena"
"C'mon Sammy, I want to show you something!!" Rini tugged on his sleeve and began pulling him out of the living room.
"Ok! Ok! Hold your horses!"
Once the two of them were out of sight and hopefully on their way to France by now. She took a deep breath.
'I'm sorry Faith, but I'll can't follow the promise. well I never did say, "I promise" so I guess technically there is no promise. But I have to do this alone.'
"Mom, dad. I need to talk to you" Ikuko and Ken focused on their daughter giving her their full attention.
"What is it dear?" Asked Ikuko as she sat down on a chair.
"Well. 'Think Serena think, I have to do this gently. I can't just go on and say it, yeah something that has to do with the theme. I got it!' umm. William's in Tokyo"
Her father's eyes widened completely in shock.
"When?"
"A week ago"
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"He didn't want you to know yet"
"We are your parents you ARE suppose to tell US" Said Ken harshly.
"What is he doing here?" Asked Ikuko more gently.
"Unc. Morpheus asked him to come ahead to resolve some business for him"
"What kind of business?"
"Law business" Her answer was short and to the point. The way her father's eyes looked as she talked about him chilled her to the bone. When it came to the fruit of his one night's lust and passion he always seemed to harden in heart.
"What business he isn't even out of law school"
'Round one'
"He's very smart and trying very hard, he got permission to practice with Morpheus from Harvard"
"He probably had something to do with it. William is too young to practice law on his own." Snorted Ken.
'Round two'
"He LOVES law, father. And he is very smart and dedicated to it. His teaches believe he will be out of law school in two years instead of three"
"His teachers probably say that because they know who his guardian is!"
Her eyes teared in anger. How was it possible that a father believed this little in his son?
'Round three' She thought finally. She met with her mother's eyes, then her father's again.
"His FATHER! They know who his FATHER is! William is smart and very dedicated if you don't want to believe it that's your problem. Because like it or not he IS your son, he is your responsibility you are his father though you never took responsibility for him"
"Don't you dare talk to me about responsibility Serena!"
"I dare because you never took any! NOT FOR HIM, NOT FOR ME" Yelled Serena, as long as the words were out she regretted them.
A heavy silence carried over the room. Ken closed his eyes and Ikuko covered her eyes with her hands.
"Serena" Started her mother.
"Why did you leave me? Why did you leave me for six years?"
"Serena we had_"
"NO! I want the truth for once. I want to know exactly why"
Ken met his wife's eyes; Ikuko looked ten years older all of the sudden.
"Serena. we left you there because we thought that was the safest was to ensure your future. We wanted you to be ok and have good opportunities.
"Oh and I wouldn't have had them in America?"
"We couldn't send you to a school Serena, because of the immigration requirements. You would have missed at least a year before we could have gotten permission to send you to school. Sammy was too small for school so we had time" Said Ken.
"Fine but six years? You didn't even visit once!"
"We don't need our decisions questioned Serena!" Ken's voice was back to angry but his wife placed a gentle arm on his hand.
"No, she wants to know and its time she gets some answers. The papers are almost overdue, she needs to choose who to stay with, isn't that right Serena?"
Serena looked down at the table, too ashamed to meet her mother's gaze. She hadn't told her parents anything about the legal papers; obviously she had been more up to date with them than she'd thought. The blonde nodded, never lifting her gaze from the table.
"Your father got fired after a year of working with the company that hired him in the first place."
Serena looked up surprised at the news. She'd always thought it was all the same company.
"We didn't want to go back to Tokyo. call it pride or shame. It was selfish on our part; we know it and we're sorry. Luckily for us a newspaper company had already had an eye on your father's work for quite some time. Soon after he was fired that other company hired him. Everything was going so well we didn't dare move from there. They were paying your father well; we had good health care, good schools. By the time we finally got everything we'd hoped for two years and a half had already passed since we left you."
"I didn't get any calls from you for six months!" Serena wanted to run she wanted to scream. She wanted to run to her room and forget what she was hearing. Her parents had preferred success and commodities rather than her own daughter.
"We didn't know where you were for five months! We called everywhere, your aunt Jena, she said she'd sent you to Oichi. We told her his phone was dead. finally after calling every person we'd once known we came across a message a young lady had left months ago. She said you were in the hospital and that you'd been shot. we were so worried Serena! We found the hospital, and called them, they told us Morpheus had taken you with him"
"Shelly called you when I was in the hospital. She told me you weren't home. Where were you?" She asked pleadingly.
"We. we had been invited to go 'out' for a month and_"
"And you were in vacation" She finished sadly.
"We were very worried about you" Said Ken
"After getting Morpheus's phone number, we finally got to talk to him then he explained to us what had happened. He said you were doing fine, I told him we would be in Tokyo by next week but."
"He said we shouldn't because we could go to court for abandon." Said Ken.
"He told us that child services had been informed of the accident since we hadn't been there. And that he'd been legally signed as your guardian for the next 14 months because he was the legal guardian and parent of your brother. He suggested we didn't go back now or we could face court. We though maybe you could come to us, but he said you couldn't leave the country for at least two years. If they sent you to us or we came to you we would go to court. we accepted and."
"And 11 months later we were 'informed' Morpheus's brother wanted to adopt you"
"We declined but."
"Then you thought it over and decided it was best for me" Serena was on the verse of crying.
"Serena you didn't hear yourself talk on the phone. Every time we called to see how you were doing. All you would talk about was; Noe this, Trinity that, Faith, Luz and soon." Tears slid down the blue haired woman's cheeks.
".And soon instead of saying Neo you were saying dad and mom. that's when we realized we couldn't keep doing you harm. We either went there and face court or we just gave you up." Ikuko covered her eyes with her hands and cried, Ken places his hand on her shoulder.
"We just wanted you to be happy"
"You hardly called," Whispered the blonde.
"We couldn't bring ourselves to, we couldn't stand you calling others your parents or how happy you truly sounded" Said Ken, very softly now.
"I'm sorry" Cried Serena.
"D.don. don't be honey, it wasn't your fault. It was ours for not taking you with us. We brought this on ourselves and onto you and we are the ones that are sorry. You were just being you and that's the wonderful part about you Serena," Sobbed her mother.
Serena ran over to her mother and held her in a big hug.
"Those people must really be wonderful parents to have raised such a wonderful girl" Whispered Ikuko to her daughter's ear.
Ken rubbed Serena's back comfort as she and his wife cried. He felt like crying too, because he knew that deep down he had been he bringer of all this.
"We love you honey and we'll love you no matter what"
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Serena sank into her pillow as she landed on her bed. It had been an exhausting day, she was sure she would sleep as soon as she hit the pillow. And right she was, seconds after she closed her eyelids sleep took her away to dream land. or was it memory land?
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Thank you all for reviewing!! So far the voting is going great! I'm not telling who's winning, that's a surprise. well sorta cause is you reeeeeeaaaaaallllly wanna know there is another way but I'm not telling ^.^ KEEP VOTING!! Well here is chap. 18, I hope this made you stop and wonder and that everything made sense, please do tell me if it didn't.
APOLOGY: I'm soooo sorry I completely messed up Luz's age last chapter. I fixed it she's 8.
Sorry. I'm human.
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By the time Serena finished with her story Rini had small tears in her eyes.
"Why did they leave you?"
"That's what I plan on finding out Rini. say would you do me a favour?"
The pink haired girl wiped off her tears and nodded.
"Sure"
"Would you keep Sammy away from the living room after dinner please?"
"Sure Serena, I'll do that"
"Thank you Rini" She jumped off the bed and was about to walk out when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned around to meet with her future mother's eyes. Serena was looking at her with loving eyes just like her mommy's.
'Mommy?' She thought sadly. Serena pulled the girl closer and held her in a warm hug.
"I love you Rini. I'm so sorry" She whispered. Rini hugged her back, not fully understanding the blonde's sudden tenderness but not minding it.
"It's ok Serena... momma" It was so low she almost missed it.
Serena kept the girl on her arms for a few more minutes before pulling back. The more she thought about her parents the more she realized how alone Rini must have felt. How alone she must feel, she had been pushing her away out of anger and jealousy. Jealousy because she fitted in no matter what she did or said. Because she acted more like Ikuko's daughter than she had ever had. She'd never felt so left out, as the past few years, but then again the past three years had been the first time in five years she had been away from her family.
Serena finally pushed back, looking at the pink-eyed girl staring questing at her. She chuckled and ran a hand down the girl's cheek. She leaned closer and kissed her pinkish cheeks. She felt so afraid for what she was about to face with her parents.
A loud boyish scream was heard from downstairs. "SERENA, RINI, MOM SAYS TO GET YOUR BUTTS HERE RIGHT NOW. DINNER'S READY!"
Serena and Rini chuckled.
"Off with you before dinner gets cold" Rini nodded and ran to the door.
"Serena"
"Yeah?"
"I love you too"
Four little words from her future daughter was all it took to fill Serena with new courage to face the road ahead. She smiled back and standing up she walked closer to Rini. The girl offered the older girl her hand. She gladly took it as they walked downstairs for dinner.
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"Well that was a delicious dinner as always dear" Complimented Ken. Ikuko flashed him a gracious smile as she stood up to pick up the dishes.
"Yes, great dinner mom, well I gotta go study now!" Sammy emphasised the last sentence. Being obvious he was just trying to get out of helping his mom with the dishes.
"Fine Sammy. You're safe this time"
"I'll help mom" Offered Serena. Gaining a suspicious look from her dad and Sammy.
"Thank you Serena"
"C'mon Sammy, I want to show you something!!" Rini tugged on his sleeve and began pulling him out of the living room.
"Ok! Ok! Hold your horses!"
Once the two of them were out of sight and hopefully on their way to France by now. She took a deep breath.
'I'm sorry Faith, but I'll can't follow the promise. well I never did say, "I promise" so I guess technically there is no promise. But I have to do this alone.'
"Mom, dad. I need to talk to you" Ikuko and Ken focused on their daughter giving her their full attention.
"What is it dear?" Asked Ikuko as she sat down on a chair.
"Well. 'Think Serena think, I have to do this gently. I can't just go on and say it, yeah something that has to do with the theme. I got it!' umm. William's in Tokyo"
Her father's eyes widened completely in shock.
"When?"
"A week ago"
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"He didn't want you to know yet"
"We are your parents you ARE suppose to tell US" Said Ken harshly.
"What is he doing here?" Asked Ikuko more gently.
"Unc. Morpheus asked him to come ahead to resolve some business for him"
"What kind of business?"
"Law business" Her answer was short and to the point. The way her father's eyes looked as she talked about him chilled her to the bone. When it came to the fruit of his one night's lust and passion he always seemed to harden in heart.
"What business he isn't even out of law school"
'Round one'
"He's very smart and trying very hard, he got permission to practice with Morpheus from Harvard"
"He probably had something to do with it. William is too young to practice law on his own." Snorted Ken.
'Round two'
"He LOVES law, father. And he is very smart and dedicated to it. His teaches believe he will be out of law school in two years instead of three"
"His teachers probably say that because they know who his guardian is!"
Her eyes teared in anger. How was it possible that a father believed this little in his son?
'Round three' She thought finally. She met with her mother's eyes, then her father's again.
"His FATHER! They know who his FATHER is! William is smart and very dedicated if you don't want to believe it that's your problem. Because like it or not he IS your son, he is your responsibility you are his father though you never took responsibility for him"
"Don't you dare talk to me about responsibility Serena!"
"I dare because you never took any! NOT FOR HIM, NOT FOR ME" Yelled Serena, as long as the words were out she regretted them.
A heavy silence carried over the room. Ken closed his eyes and Ikuko covered her eyes with her hands.
"Serena" Started her mother.
"Why did you leave me? Why did you leave me for six years?"
"Serena we had_"
"NO! I want the truth for once. I want to know exactly why"
Ken met his wife's eyes; Ikuko looked ten years older all of the sudden.
"Serena. we left you there because we thought that was the safest was to ensure your future. We wanted you to be ok and have good opportunities.
"Oh and I wouldn't have had them in America?"
"We couldn't send you to a school Serena, because of the immigration requirements. You would have missed at least a year before we could have gotten permission to send you to school. Sammy was too small for school so we had time" Said Ken.
"Fine but six years? You didn't even visit once!"
"We don't need our decisions questioned Serena!" Ken's voice was back to angry but his wife placed a gentle arm on his hand.
"No, she wants to know and its time she gets some answers. The papers are almost overdue, she needs to choose who to stay with, isn't that right Serena?"
Serena looked down at the table, too ashamed to meet her mother's gaze. She hadn't told her parents anything about the legal papers; obviously she had been more up to date with them than she'd thought. The blonde nodded, never lifting her gaze from the table.
"Your father got fired after a year of working with the company that hired him in the first place."
Serena looked up surprised at the news. She'd always thought it was all the same company.
"We didn't want to go back to Tokyo. call it pride or shame. It was selfish on our part; we know it and we're sorry. Luckily for us a newspaper company had already had an eye on your father's work for quite some time. Soon after he was fired that other company hired him. Everything was going so well we didn't dare move from there. They were paying your father well; we had good health care, good schools. By the time we finally got everything we'd hoped for two years and a half had already passed since we left you."
"I didn't get any calls from you for six months!" Serena wanted to run she wanted to scream. She wanted to run to her room and forget what she was hearing. Her parents had preferred success and commodities rather than her own daughter.
"We didn't know where you were for five months! We called everywhere, your aunt Jena, she said she'd sent you to Oichi. We told her his phone was dead. finally after calling every person we'd once known we came across a message a young lady had left months ago. She said you were in the hospital and that you'd been shot. we were so worried Serena! We found the hospital, and called them, they told us Morpheus had taken you with him"
"Shelly called you when I was in the hospital. She told me you weren't home. Where were you?" She asked pleadingly.
"We. we had been invited to go 'out' for a month and_"
"And you were in vacation" She finished sadly.
"We were very worried about you" Said Ken
"After getting Morpheus's phone number, we finally got to talk to him then he explained to us what had happened. He said you were doing fine, I told him we would be in Tokyo by next week but."
"He said we shouldn't because we could go to court for abandon." Said Ken.
"He told us that child services had been informed of the accident since we hadn't been there. And that he'd been legally signed as your guardian for the next 14 months because he was the legal guardian and parent of your brother. He suggested we didn't go back now or we could face court. We though maybe you could come to us, but he said you couldn't leave the country for at least two years. If they sent you to us or we came to you we would go to court. we accepted and."
"And 11 months later we were 'informed' Morpheus's brother wanted to adopt you"
"We declined but."
"Then you thought it over and decided it was best for me" Serena was on the verse of crying.
"Serena you didn't hear yourself talk on the phone. Every time we called to see how you were doing. All you would talk about was; Noe this, Trinity that, Faith, Luz and soon." Tears slid down the blue haired woman's cheeks.
".And soon instead of saying Neo you were saying dad and mom. that's when we realized we couldn't keep doing you harm. We either went there and face court or we just gave you up." Ikuko covered her eyes with her hands and cried, Ken places his hand on her shoulder.
"We just wanted you to be happy"
"You hardly called," Whispered the blonde.
"We couldn't bring ourselves to, we couldn't stand you calling others your parents or how happy you truly sounded" Said Ken, very softly now.
"I'm sorry" Cried Serena.
"D.don. don't be honey, it wasn't your fault. It was ours for not taking you with us. We brought this on ourselves and onto you and we are the ones that are sorry. You were just being you and that's the wonderful part about you Serena," Sobbed her mother.
Serena ran over to her mother and held her in a big hug.
"Those people must really be wonderful parents to have raised such a wonderful girl" Whispered Ikuko to her daughter's ear.
Ken rubbed Serena's back comfort as she and his wife cried. He felt like crying too, because he knew that deep down he had been he bringer of all this.
"We love you honey and we'll love you no matter what"
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Serena sank into her pillow as she landed on her bed. It had been an exhausting day, she was sure she would sleep as soon as she hit the pillow. And right she was, seconds after she closed her eyelids sleep took her away to dream land. or was it memory land?
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Thank you all for reviewing!! So far the voting is going great! I'm not telling who's winning, that's a surprise. well sorta cause is you reeeeeeaaaaaallllly wanna know there is another way but I'm not telling ^.^ KEEP VOTING!! Well here is chap. 18, I hope this made you stop and wonder and that everything made sense, please do tell me if it didn't.
APOLOGY: I'm soooo sorry I completely messed up Luz's age last chapter. I fixed it she's 8.
Sorry. I'm human.