Chapter 5
Long Awaited Hellos
"Hi, can I have two one way tickets to Tokyo, Japan please?" Serena said as her and Rini went up to the Service desk to receive their tickets.
"Alright then, and what name will that be under?" the lady asked her.
"That would be under Sarah and Rebecca Davis please." She informed the lady, "Well I'll take your bags and put them into checked baggage, here are your tickets, I hope you enjoyed your stay her in London miss." The woman said to her.
"I sure did, thank you very much." As Serena handed the lady their checked baggage and took their tickets to head for the terminal.
"Mom! I can't believe that we are going back to Tokyo!" Rini said excitedly.
"I know right? I can't wait! I'll be having a new job and meeting new people it'll be great!" Serena told her.
"Are we going to visit daddy?" The young girl asked her future mother, "Well I know that we will one day, but not soon. I have to make sure that everything is okay in Tokyo, and I just can't drop in and say, 'hello Darien it's me Serena, long time no see huh?' do you know what he would do?" Serena said to her trying to explain why she is taking this as slow as possible.
"But they'll know it's you mom, they know what you look like, duh I doubt they forget that hair of yours." Rini told her mother obviously.
"Yes I know which is why I am going to use the Luna pen to disguise myself so that they know that it isn't me until the right time." "But isn't that going to drain your energy drastically?!" she said to Serena worriedly.
"Yes it will, but it's a risk I am willing to take, their will be many nights when I'll sleep for hours on end, and hours where I won't be able to sleep at all, but it's better than showing up out of nowhere and them be shocked that I came back." Serena tried to explain to her.
"I guess I understand, so still Rebecca?" Rini asked disappointed, "Yup, still Rebecca, or Becky, whatever you like." She said to the young girl, "Becky sounds nice, I like that too."
As they finished off their conversation their flight number was announced over the loud speaker, "Now boarding flight 757 to Tokyo, Japan. Please form a neat line while we try to get you seated as soon as possible." The lady finished saying, as that had come to a close, both Serena and Rini got into the line awaiting their seats so that they could go back home.
As Serena sat down, Rini had been dying to ask her a question. "Will we be visiting you mommy and daddy?" she asked her hoping for the answer that she wanted to hear.
"Maybe, I really want to see them, but I just don't want to take the chance of being seen that's all." She said hesitantly to the young girl by her side.
She doesn't want Rini to know how much she missed Tokyo. She missed the cherry blossoms in the spring and how their was never snow and it was never cold, she missed going to school there and being with her friends that she knew truly loved her, and she missed Darien the most, but she would never let her know that. Right now the last thing she needs is to let her guard down.
A few hours later they landed in Hineda Airport, (which is a real airport in Japan) and all that Serena wanted to do was to get some sleep, she was tired to no end and she needed a couple days rest before her big interview.
"Alright Rini, were going to leave now and find the closet hotel near the Sato and Tanako building, so that it'll be easy for me to get home." She said to the little girl, as they both sat there waiting for their luggage to come down the chute so that they could get somewhere to stay and fast.
The Next Day
"Well I had a good night's sleep how about you mom?" Rini said to her mother as she saw that she was dosing off as she was drinking her usual morning coffee.
"I slept alright, well as could be expected I guess…" she said into her cup as she sat there trying to think what she could wear to tomorrow's interview, but actually hat didn't matter, since she was using the Luna pen, it new what would be suitable for the interview.
"Well do you want to get anything to eat mom? I'll order some food if you'd like some." Rini said to her, "You know what Rini? I would like that very much, can you order me some curry from down stairs?" she asked her, "Sure I'll call room service." Rini said as she picked up the phone and ordered a bowl of curry, and some chicken teriyaki.
Not to long later, the door bell rand that woke Serena up completely. As she answered the door, she saw the tall man who brought in their food and tried a taste before he left, just in case of any problems.
"Do you like it miss?" the tall man sad to Serena, "Of course I do it tastes like the food that—wait, who is your cook here?" Serena asked with a hint of curiosity, "Well it is made the one and only Ms. Lita Kino, what have you never had her food?" the man said almost in surprise.
When Serena heard of this she almost fainted, she couldn't believe that Lita was a famous chef in an expensive hotel in the middle of Tokyo. She was so proud of her! She knew that one day that Lita would be where she pictured her in life, but she never thought that she would be this well known, not at all.
"Really? Wow! That's an amazing curry that she makes, I'll have to order some more later!" Serena said to the man in excitement. "Sure ma'am if you need anything else just please let me know, and enjoy your meal." The man said to the two as they both said thanks and he left the room. By this time it was about 4:30 and knew that she would need to go to sleep early so that she could wake up refreshed in the morning.
"Good night Rini, I need to get some sleep." Serena said to the young princess, "Alright good night mom!" Rini said as they both hopped off to bed.
Darien's Apartment
"Well Serena, I have an interview tomorrow, bight and early, so I can't wait up for you tonight, but …I love you Serena" he said to where he normally sat in his comfortable chair, yet tonight he went straight to bed, for he had an interview with a young woman, and he has no clue what's in store for him!
The next Morning
"Oh my gosh! I'm gonna be late!!!!" Serena said screaming as it turned 10 o'clock.
"Well at least you don't have to pick out your clothes," Rini said to her nervous mother.
"Your right Rini! All I have to do is use my Luna pen and I'll be off!" Serena said happily, as she grabbed her pen and yelled those magic words, "Disguise power! Turn me into a beautiful, young business woman!" she said ad within seconds she was completely transformed.
She now had medium blonde hair, wavy mid-back length, with bright blonde highlights, was wearing pale pink make-up and sheer lip gloss, she had on a blazer jacket, gray, as well as the skirt, and her shirt button up pale pink as well. To finish off the outfit, she had on black thin heels, and jewelry to accent her features.
"Wow mom! You look great!" the young girls said to her mother, "Thanks, do I look like me at all?" she asked nervously, "No mom, if I didn't see you transform, I would've thought you were a stranger!" she said to Serena. "Good! Now time to grab my bag and go! Luckily it's not far from here." She said as she headed for the door. "Well good luck! Call me!" the young girl said to Serena as she headed out the door, "Thanks, and I will!" she said as she shut the door and headed straight for the elevator.
Sato & Tanako
"Good Morning Mr. Chiba" Melissa said to him as he walked into his office.
"Is my 10:30 appointment here yet?" Darien said in a somewhat annoyed tone.
"No sir, but she till has 10 minutes," "Yes I know that Melissa, but does it kill a person to be early?" Darien said and Melissa looked somewhat upset, "I'm sorry, just haven't had my morning coffee, let me know when she arrives, please?" he said to her apologetically. "Will do Mr. Chiba." She said as she put her head down into more of her work.
"I hope I'm not late, I hope I'm not late!" she was almost yelling which caused the people around her to look at her suddenly.
As she rounded the corner she came to the office she was to meet the Director of Advertising, and boy was she nervous.
"Uhmm, Excuse me, my name is Sarah Davis and I am here to meet with the Director of Advertising, I was told to come here." Serena said in a nervous tone. "Oh, don't be scared, Mr. Chiba is a nice man," Melissa said to her and Serena almost went into shock
Chiba?! No, it can't be… that is a common name in Japan after all, or it could be his alias… what!? Why would a good honest man need an alias?! I have to calm down and quick! Serena was saying to herself not even realizing that she was being called into the office.
"Umm Ms. Davis?" as Melissa said that, it completely knocked her out of her train of thought. "Oh, yes! So sorry, was just thinking that's all, thank you." She said to the secretary and headed into the office.
"So Ms. Davis it is?" Darien said as he was facing the window, looking out to Tokyo, which made Serena more nervous.
"Umm, yes that would be me…" She said cautiously, "Well then hello Ms. Davis, My name is Darien Chiba, I am the Director of Advertising, nice to meet you." He said as he turned around slowly to face her and all she saw was pools of blue.
"I… I can't believe this," Serena said almost in a stupor, "Are you alright? Would you like some coffee, and a doughnut maybe? Melissa makes the best coffee." He said with a smile on his face.
He had to admit it, this woman was beautiful, and their was something about her eyes that he just couldn't look away, they had this sadness to them but at the same time happiness, he couldn't really explain it, but all he knew was that they were beautiful, as was she.
"Actually I would like that, I didn't get to have my morning coffee," she said as she laughed the worst laugh in the world it was a mix of nervousness, and fear, which made it very high pitched and redundant.
"You have no need to be scared of me Ms. Davis, I will do nothing to you but evaluate you, that is my job to see if you deserve this position." He said to her in all seriousness.
"Yes I know that, well then I guess on with the interview!" she said as fast and as loud as possible. "I'll make sure for Melissa to give you Decaf." He said laughing at her. "What's that supposed to mean?!" Serena said to him offensively.
Nothing I just think you don't need any caffeine with a voice like that!" he said laughing even more.
"Well you know what?! I can't believe—" she tried finishing her sentence but her phone rang, and she felt so embarrassed. "I'm sorry, really I am." "It's alright… are you going to answer it or no?" he said to her so she could make up her mind.
"I have to it's important." "Alright then go ahead." He said to her. "Hello? That's all you needed to tell me?! I thought you were in trouble! Pease don't do that again! Yes I'll remember alright, good bye, love you too." Serena finished as she hung up the phone.
"Your daughter?" he asked her wondering, which caused Serena to go into a fit of laughter about how on the money he was, but her was to not know, at least not yet.
"Oh no! that was my sister, one of the major reasons why I got this job." She explained to him.
"Oh really, do you care to share?" "Well sure my parents and matter of fact many people weren't there for me and my sister, we couldn't take it anymore, so my sister and I packed only the things that we needed and headed to London, she went to school, while I went to college and provided money for us to have food an somewhere to live, luckily it worked out alright, but the reason I brought her back was because 1. She missed Japan, and my reason was because she is getting sick and I need to find treatment for her." Serena said almost in tears.
"Well I am sorry to hear that, but I hope that she will be alright, and also I didn't mean to upset you, also I wanted to let you know that we didn't even have to go through this interview, you already got the job." He said to her making her almost shed tears of happiness.
"Oh thank you Mr. Chiba, you don't know how much this means to me!" she said jumping for joy." "Oh no problem, ad please call me Darien." He said to her as he gave her one of signature smiles. "Alright, thanks Darien." She said to him and smiled humbly before walking out of the room.
As she left the room, Melissa asked her how the interview went, and Serena replied back accordingly. "Wonderful! I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow!" Serena said to the woman as she left in almost a sprint. She kept running, not knowing what to think, and also not knowing what to expect next.
She kept on running until se reached the elevator in her apartment building and pressed the button to her floor not knowing how to explain this to Rini. As she finally got off of the elevator, she opened up her door with her key and awaited a smiling Rini.
"So… how'd it go?" she said not knowing what to expect.
"I got the job…" Serena said almost not even caring what she was saying.
"That's great mom!" Rini said to her, but she could tell that their was something wrong in her expression.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Rini said worriedly.
Serena didn't know how to tell her, how to explain it, so she did what she thought she had to do, she just flat out told her.
"I saw Darien…"
So?!!! I hope you like it!!! Sorry it took sooo long to get up! I was just really busy, but here it is!!! Let me know what you think!
