Chapter 4
Changing Times
Graduation Day
"Mom I am so proud of you!" Rini said to Serena as she was standing in the apartment getting ready to but her cap and gown on.
She was wearing a knee length white sundress, with flower patterns on it. It had a halter top and little yellow beads to bring out the dress at the dress line. She also had on a pair of sandals, white and her locket on a necklace, just in case.
Her hair the usual fashion, two meatballs, and pig tails coming out the back, little make-up was wanted and needed. Serena was a beautiful girl and she rarely needed make-up to make her look better than she already did.
"I think I'm ready!" Serena said excitedly, "You sure mom? Didn't forget anything?" Rini said to her.
"Nope I got everything!" she said smiling. She couldn't wait to walk down the aisle and have that degree in her hands by the end of the day. Her work really did pay off. She was getting ready to leave when Rini stopped her,
"Mom?"
"Yes Rini?"
"Do you think we'll be ready to go home soon? Since you have gotten stronger and I have too and also you have done well for yourself, like going to school and getting an education?"
"We'll find out soon, we'll know when it's the right time to head back home and when we do, we'll be the first ones at the airport getting a one way ticket to Tokyo! I promise!" she said to her smiling, which eased Rini's mind a bit.
It has been four years now since they left Tokyo, and Serena is already a completely different person and so is Rini. They have both been going to school taking care of themselves, and also been becoming stronger like they said they would while here in London. They know that soon they will be going home, but their both not sure whether or not now is the time for them.
Tokyo
"Good morning Mr. Chiba" was all that Darien heard while walking down the hall in the high rise building that he worked at.
"Good Morning…" was all he would say, he wouldn't even look up until he reached his personal secretary and wished her a good morning.
"Good Morning Melissa," Darien said "Good Morning Mr. Chiba, theirs a fresh cup of coffee and some doughnuts on your desk." She said to him informatively.
"Thank you Melissa, Don't know what I'd do without you." He said smiling at her, which made her laugh.
"Ahh, comfort…" Darien said as he sat down on his chair. "Mr. Chiba, you have a call waiting on line one." Melissa said through the intercom.
"Hello Mr. Chiba, I wanted to let you know that there is a new position that had just opened up for an Executive Advertiser of the company, so if you know anyone in mind please give me a call." The older man said over the phone.
"Yes, I see… sure, no problem" Darien said in response.
Hmm… yup just as I thought, NO ONE comes to mind
Darien said laughing to himself and started doing the new papers that he had to finish for the day.
London
"Mom! Congratulations!" Rini said happily to her mother a recent graduate from Brunel University.
"Thanks Rini, how about we go out to dinner to celebrate, hmm?" Serena said to the young girl.
"Yeah! That would be awesome come on lets go!" Rini said to her as she started pulling her down the street to one of the restaurants in town.
"So do you like the meal?" Serena said to Rini. "Yeah I like it a lot, but I should be asking you that, it's your big day"
"I like it I like it all…" Serena said to her as she stared off into nowhere in particular,, just thinking really, about school, work, friends, and Darien.
"Rini, do you think that we're ready to go home?" Serena asked her.
"Why do you miss Tokyo?" "A lot." "Well if you think your ready, we can go and you can get a great job, and we can get our own place it'll be great!" Rini said to her, but she realized why she was saying this and she became a little sad.
"I know you miss daddy too mom, but if you're not ready, you're not ready." Rini said trying to stand her ground, "Maybe you're right, let's get the check and go home. How about some movies?" "Sure! That'll be great!" Rini said excitedly as Serena got the check and they left.
Later that Night
"Did you like the movie?" Serena said to the sleepy child.
"Yeah mom but I'm kind of tired and I think I should go to bed." She said to her mother.
"Okay then, well go to bed, you need your rest anyway. Good night Rini."
"Good night mom." She said before she brushed her teeth and went off to bed.
Serena was still up watching T.V. she was ready to go to bed when she heard a faint crying in Rini's room,
"Rini, are you alright?" Serena said to her in worry, "yeah, I'll be fine good night." She said trying her best to not let her mom come in her room. "Well come here and give me a hug silly!" she said laughing, and when she saw Rini, the laughing completely stopped.
Rini was in tears standing in her night gown getting ready to go to bed and holding a picture of her family, but the thing that made Serena stop quickly was when she only saw some of Rini, she was what you could call slightly disappearing and it scared Serena to death.
"Rini! Whats the matter?! Tell me are you sick?! Is he Black Moon behind this! I'll kill them if th—" she was screaming in a rant until Rini stopped her suddenly "NO! it's not that at all…. It's, it's, because you and daddy are growing apart more and more everyday, and it's starting to take a toll on me, and it is less likely now for me to ever be born because we aren't in Tokyo anymore…" Rini said crying even more.
"How long has this been happening?" Serena said worried stiff. "About a month or two…" Rini said looking guilty, "Why didn't you tell me?!" "cause I know you would've went home without a thought and I knew that I couldn't keep it from you forever so there." Rini said scared of what was going to happen next.
"Well don't you worry, by tomorrow morning I will call companies in Tokyo and we will get a flight right back home alright?" she said trying to reassure her and herself.
"Okay mommy…" she said to her mother. "Well go to bed and I'll figure this all out by the morning."
Tokyo
"I have no clue what to do about this new position that just opened up in the company." Darien said to himself while he sat in his normal chair and looked at the picture of his family.
Serena you have no idea how much I miss you and Rini, I wish you two could just come home…
As he usually sat on his chair waiting for the day that his true love would come back…one day
London
"Hi, yes my name is Sarah Davis and I was wondering about the job opening that you have for Executive Advertiser…" Serena said to the woman politely.
Oh yes that spot had just opened up we're just waiting to see if any likely candidates will be eligible for the job," the lady stated.
"Well, all I ask is an interview, I just graduated from Brunel university with a 3.5 G.P.A. in Advertising, which is the reason I was looking for this job, I am recently living in London, but moving back to Tokyo immediately, is there any way I could maybe set up an interview this week?" she asked the woman.
"Sure, I'll give your name to the director, and he will meet with you Tuesday, 10:30, sound good?" the woman asked her, "Oh yes thank you very much miss." She said hanging up the phone. "Well mom what was that place you just tried to get a job for?" Rini asked her, "The company is called Sato and Tanako, I'm meeting with the Advertising Director Tuesday at 10:30 for an interview." She told her, "oh yay! So does this mean we need to pack?" Rini asked ecstatically, "yes it does, we're catching the next plane back to Tokyo!" Serena said happily. "Yay! I'll get my things!"
Tokyo
Daren was sitting in his apartment waiting for his food to be delivered when he heard his cell phone rang and saw that it was work.
"Hello, Darien Chiba speaking," he said to the person on the other end.
"Mr. Chiba, It's Melissa, sorry to call you so late, I wanted to let you know that the Chairman of the Advertising Department found someone interested in the job, and they would like you to interview her on Tuesday, 10:30." She said to Darien.
"Oh, alright I see… a woman huh? This will be interesting, email me all the information about this woman." Darien said to Melissa, "She is a current graduate of Brunel University in London majoring in Advertising with a 3.5 overall G.P.A." Melissa told him.
"Well this will be fun. Thank you Melissa." He said to her as the bell rang and he told her he had to go. He couldn't wait to see what this new employee was like, and he wasn't going to be easy.
