Chapter 6

A Soldier's Return

"You what?!!" Rini said in a voice of excitement and worry.

"Yea, I know, Darien just so happened to be the Director of the Advertising Department… hooray for me." Serena said to the young girl not knowing what to do.

"Well are you going to tell him?" Rini said to her, "No, not yet…. We'll just wait until the right time, I know this definitely isn't it, we'll know when." Serena explained.

"Well instead of being upset, why don't we go down to the arcade and celebrate by getting my favorite ice cream and by you getting your favorite milkshake!"

"Alright! That sounds good right about now." Serena said as the both headed out the door to the Arcade, Andrew's Arcade.

"Hi, uh… Andrew? Yes, can we please have one, banana split with sprinkles and chocolate syrup please? And also can I have a Strawberry-banana milkshake with chocolate syrup?" Serena said to the young man named Andrew, whom she knew very well, but couldn't tell him who she was.

"Sure miss, coming right up. Are you new to Tokyo?" he asked Serena and Rini as he was making their orders, "Oh no, we used to live here a while ago, but we moved to London and just returned." She said to him answering his question.

"Hey Dare, what's up?" Andrew said to Darien, his best friend since high school.

"I met a woman today." Was all he said to him, "Let me guess, you turned her down too?" Andrew said assuming the usual, "No actually, she was very beautiful, and I wanted to ask her out to eat or something, but I just couldn't." Darien said to him.

Serena heard two men having a conversation and she could've sworn she heard Darien, or Dare for short, but she thought, hey mind as well listen, who could it hurt right?

"I mean Drew, I haven't been with a woman since Serena, and I still love her, I have always loved her. But their was something about this woman; her eyes, she looked so sad, yet so happy at the same time, and I know that doesn't make any sense but that's what I saw." He said to Andrew becoming defensive.

"Whoa Darien, I believe you, did you ever think she might have looked like that because she was happy that she seen you and that she got the job, but sad because you were her boss, because now your relationship could be nothing more than professional." He said trying to have some explanation as to why this woman felt this way.

As Serena heard this, she began to laugh and thought that it would be funny to but in, so she did just that.

"Uhmm, Actually the reason my eyes looked like that was because I was tired since I didn't have my morning coffee and happy that you gave me the job." Serena said to them both as Darien looked over at the woman carrying the voice and was so embarrassed at what he had said.

"How much of that did you hear?" Darien asked the young woman cautiously, "Oh enough," she said laughing. "Yup enough for me to know that you think my sister is pretty." The little girl said who ran up beside Serena, also decided to join in on the conversation.

"Oh, so you must be Sarah's little sister?" he asked her quizzically, "Yup my name is Rebecca, or you can call me Becky for short. Hi!" she said happily to the man in front of her, not only because she was being polite, but because she knew that was her future father and she was so happy to see him again that she almost began to cry.

"Well hello Rebecca, and yes I do think that your sister is pretty, very pretty in fact." He said smiling as his looked changed from Rini's now looking Serena dead in the eyes.

She looked at him almost surprised at his sudden burst of honesty and didn't know what to say. "Um, well thank you Mr. Chiba—I mean Darien" she said blushing at him,

"You're welcome. I was wondering, if you might like to go out to dinner sometime?" he asked her hoping that she would say yes. "Sure, I'd like that." She replied. "Good, how does Friday, after work sound?" he asked her making sure that she didn't have any plans.

"That sounds great, I think I can do that, as long as it's alright with the little one over here, do you approve Becky?" she asked in a joking manner, "Yup! I like Mr. Darien, you said that he was really nice and I think he is, and he also thinks your pretty which is better, just bring me back something okay?" she said to Serena and Darien.

"Alright then I guess I'll see you Friday after work?" he said to her as he saw she was about to leave. "Yup after work Friday, I'll see you then!" she said happily as she waved goodbye and left in a flash.

"I don't know Darien, I have to agree with you on this, theirs something about her, she reminds me of someone, I just can't put my finger on it." Andrew said to Darien as he was trying to figure out what was so familiar about her, "I know and I don't know what to make of it at all, I guess it'll come to me." Darien said wishing he knew who this woman reminded him of so much. He felt as if he was cheating by just going out to dinner with this woman, when he knew he had no intentions on doing anything with her but just going out to dinner and that was it.

"Why did we leave so fast?" Rini said as they were running down the street, "I have to get home fast!" Serena said to her in a pant, "Why? What's the matter?" "I barely have the energy to walk, the Luna pen took it all out of me, we have to get home quick!" Serena was saying as she almost fainted in front of their building. "Okay mom, come on I'll help you upstairs, let's go." She said to her as she drug her onto the elevator and pressed the button for their floor.

As they reached their room, Rini quickly opened the door, and laid Serena on the couch, so that she might get some rest. Serena took the disguise power off and was in her normal form weaker than ever and was ready to go to sleep. "You take it easy mom and get some sleep alright? I'll lock up, you get your rest for work tomorrow, I love you." Rini said to her hoping for an answer back, but her mother was already out like a light.

Darien's Apartment

"Well Serena, I met a woman today, and I will say that she is one beautiful woman, but she compares nothing to you." He said to the picture of him Serena and Rini.

"I wish you would come home I miss you and love you so much, but I can only do this for so long, you've probably moved on by now and found a man who treats you great, why wouldn't you right? I mean you sweet, caring, loving and beautiful, maybe it wasn't meant to be after all." He said to the picture in a sigh and decided to go off to bed.

Sato &Tanako

"Good Morning Mr. Chiba," Melissa said to Darien as she saw him walk in from the hallway, "Well good morning Melissa, I Sarah here yet?" he asked his secretary wondering, more like hoping she was here. "Umm, I don't think so, but I'll let you know when she shows up." "Alright then thanks." Darien said to Melissa in a somewhat disappointed tone.

Damnit i was hoping I would be able to talk to her before she got in to work and apologize about how I acted yesterday he said to himself as he walked into his office and didn't sense another presence in the room since he was still in somewhat of a daze.

"Good Morning Darien, I thought I would bring you some coffee and some pastries." Serena said to him as she was looking out the window.

"Oh, well hello Sarah, thank you very much, and how did you know to go to my favorite coffee shop?" he said inquiring an answer, "Well I just went to pick up some coffee from a coffee shop, I didn't know it was your favorite, but awesome!" she said to him knowing well that the place she went to was his favorite coffee spot, but she wouldn't tell him that.

"Well thanks, I also wanted to talk to you, I wanted to apologize for how I acted yesterday." He aid to her, "For what? You were a gentleman, I was just messing with you about the whole Becky approval thing, I just haven't been on a date for a while." She told him honestly, "Oh, well then we're on the same boat I see, interesting…now I don't feel alone." He said to her laughing. "So what's your reason for not dating?" Serena asked him hoping it wasn't because he ran out of women in the city to be with.

"Well I was in love with this woman, she was caring, loving, sweet, and beautiful, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, I did something wrong one day, and she just got up and left and haven't heard from her since." Darien said looking almost like he was going to cry. "Uhm, and your reason would happen to be?" Darien said a little curious.

"Well me and this guy were together for a while and some stuff happened like I said I left here and I never seen him after that, I miss him still to this day," "I know what you mean." Darien said not knowing that she was talking about him.

"Well I guess I'll see you Friday then?" Serena said to Darien, "Yeah sure… can't wait." He said to her as he saw she was leaving the room for the day, "Me either. Bye!" she said smiling and she left the room. Oh and much Darien hadn't known how long she had waited for this night.

"Well tomorrow will be boring, Darien won't be working, so I won't have anyone to bother, hmm, I wonder if it's even worth it to come to work then tomorrow, I think I deserve a day off anyway. I'll just say Rini got sick, that's all." Serena said aloud as she was walking out the building to head home.

At Home

"God evening Rini!" Serena said with a big smile on her face "Hey mom!!!! I made you some dinner, so if you like, I made curry, I know it's not as good as Lita's but I thought that I would make you dinner since you've been working so hard." Rini said thinking that she would complain about Rini making her dinner when she did the exact opposite.

"Aww, Rini! You did all of this for me?! It's so nice I can't wait to eat!" Serena said as she quickly sat down at the table. "Oh, I almost forgot, I'm taking off tomorrow, so we can go shopping if you like." Serena said to the little one with pink pigtails. "Oh yay! We can go to the mall really mom?" I can't wait! We have to definitely get you some clothes for when you see dad again!" Rini said in excitement. "Alright then, we'll d that, we'll go out to dinner and everything okay?" "Yup!" Rini replied back to her.

"Well I better go to sleep earlier than usual tonight, so that tomorrow will come faster!" She said to Serena as she was sitting there eating her dinner and fast, she just couldn't wait to walk the street of Tokyo again.

"Mmm, Rini… this is delicious. Where did you learn to cook like this?" Serena asked her, "From you, duh mom…" she looked at her surprised to hear her say that, and just smiled. "I see that you have made dessert also? That looks good as well, but any dessert looks good to me and you know that…" "Yes, indeed I do, which I why I made cake and pudding!" Rini said happy to see her mother smiling at what she had done for her.

"Well come on, let's eat!" Serena said happily as she dove right for the vanilla cake that Rini made for her, "It's delicious Rini, after this, I'm going to go to bed alright?" Serena said to her as she was almost finished her dessert, "Okay mom, gotcha. I should be going to bed also." The little one said to Serena as they both finished their desserts and headed off to bed.

Darien's Apartment

"Serena, do you not hear me?! Even if you hate me, I want to see your beautiful face at least one more time" Darien said to himself almost in anger.

She will never come back I know it…

Don't give up so easily my friend

Oh it's you again, what do you know anyway?

Well, I know that I'm you, and also that you love Serena, because I do too, but you can't give up yet.

Why not? I'm sure she's given up on me and is probably happy with another man by now

You know her better than that Darien

Do I? it's been four years, four years! And I haven't thought of anyone else but her!

I know, but please just have patience my friend, she misses you as well and you know that…

Whatever… he said to his conscience in anger and thought that he should go to bed.

Thursday

"Wow! I forgot how cheap stuff was in Japan!" Serena said in surprise.

"It's not that at all mom, it's just that things in London were more expensive is all" Rini said to her.

"That is so true! Oh well that means we can buy more stuff than expected! Get whatever you want okay?" Serena said to her .

They decided to go into a clothing store, they figured that they needed some more clothing since they haven't went shopping in a while, So Rini was the first to try on some new clothes.

"Wow, I really like that outfit!" Serena said while looking at her future daughter in the mirror. She was wearing a pink knee-length dress that had red straps and red embroidery on the trim of it and red heels; she was also wearing red bows in her hair to match the outfit.

"I think you should get it!" Serena said to her. "Really?" "Yes indeed I do." Serena finished. With that outfit and about 5 more Serena took Rini up to the counter to pay for her things.

And now it was Serena's turn.

"Wow mom! I really like that dress, you look so beautiful!" Rini said to Serena as she stepped out of the dressing room. She was wearing a pale blue dress, with blue flower patterns on it, it had a yellow ribbon to tie around the waist as an accent, and she had on a simple pair of white sandals, but she still looked so beautiful, she caught every one's eye.

"Thanks, we should be heading to the restaurant soon. After I pay we'll leave, alright?" Serena said to the young one. "Sure! I want to go to this restaurant, but it's a little far from here," "So then we'll walk! Come on let's go pay for my stuff." Serena said as they headed out the door and to the restaurant that Rini was talking about.

"Mars, Celestial Fire… SURROUND!" was all you heard Sailor Mars screaming as she released her attack, but realized it did no damage at all, after the minion realized that she wasn't that powerful, she knocked Mars unconscious.

"Well maybe she doesn't like water!" Sailor Mercury said as she readied her attack, "Mercury, Ice Storm…. BLAST!!" She screamed into the air to release her attack, but saw that it did no damage as well. As she tried to warn the others to leave she was too late as she was knocked unconscious as well.

"I'll get you for that damnit!" Sailor Jupiter yelled into the night as she did what the others had done, got ready to attack, "Jupiter, Thundercrash… ZAP!!" Sailor Jupiter bellowed as she released her attack, only to have the same results.

"I'll get you for hurting my friends! Now DIE!!!" Sailor Venus threatened the minion as she came charging towards her more than ready to show off her attack, "Venus, Love me chain!" Venus let her attack go, only to see that it also had no effects.

"Hahahaha! You should all know by now, that you are all too weak to take on one of my minions, especially with out your leader! Hahaha!!!" Emerald Bellowed at them in mockery.

"What's the matter mom?" Rini said as she saw that her mother's face became serious.

"Remember when I told you to wait for the right time to reveal our true selves?"

"Yeah…"

"Well now is the time Rini…. Transform, now!" Serena screamed as she sensed the evil aura near by, and knew her friends were in danger, "Hold on a little longer guys, I'll be there…Moon Cosmic, Power!" Serena screamed into the night air while transforming into Sailor Moon.

"Moon Prism, Power!!" Rini did as her mother told her, and inside, she's happy that this happened… but will never admit it, not one bit.

"Hahaha! You can't do anything now that your leader is no longer your leader anymore…" "Shut up! You just shut up! It's our fault she's gone to never return!" Sailor Jupiter screamed at Emerald, "Yea I would do the same… we don't deserve a friend and leader like Sailor Moon…" Sailor Mercury said straining to regain her strength. "Well none of that will matter anymore, because I'm going to kill you all! Hahahaha!" Emerald bellowed as she was ready to finish them all off.

"Stop right there! How dare you ruin my day with my daughter and try to kill my dear friends, when I didn't even get to say hello? You'll pay for that one, I promise." Sailor Moon said to Emerald while making her grand entrance but not without her daughter by her side.

"Sailor Moon!" All the scouts screamed in unison. "Don't worry I got this one guys,"

"I stand for love, and I stand for justice too, I am Sailor Moon! And in the name of the Moon I shall right wrongs and triumph over all evil…. And that means you!" Sailor Moon said to Emerald and one of her minions, then Sailor Mini Moon began to talk.

"And I am Sailor Mini Moon and in the name of the future moon I will punish you!" Sailor Mini Moon said to Emerald.

"Ha, you little brat, you'll pay for all the trouble you've put me through!" Emerald headed towards her getting ready to attack. "Don't you lay a hand on her; your fight is with me!" Serena screamed angrily for even daring to come near her daughter.

Darien's Apartment

"Um, yes… I will be in work tomorrow Melissa… alright, I'll see you then good night."

Darien got off the phone and almost collapsed to the floor. "She's here….Serena's back!" he said in almost disbelief as he ran out the door to help her since he knew she was in danger.

Battle

"Don't you worry; I'll take care of you and your minion Emerald! Me and Sailor Mini Moon will, together! Go Sailor Mini Moon!" Sailor Moon said to her "Got it! Pink, Sugar, Heart…ATTACK!" Sailor Mini Moon released her attack and did some damage, that only got the minion mad so she went after Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon.

"Noo!!!!" Sailor Moon and Mini Moon screamed when they thought that they were going to die, a red rose stopped the minion's attack.

"Tuxedo Mask!" the both screamed and all that Tuxedo Mask could say was Serena's name over and over. "How dare you try to kill a woman who only tries to protect her friends and her daughter? You'll pay for that!" Tuxedo Mask said to the minion as he came down and attacked the minion with his cane. "Now Sailor Moon!" he yelled to her.

"…Right, Moon, Spiral, Heart…ATTACK!" Sailor Moon screamed as she sent out her attack and finished off the minion, "Now it's your turn Emerald!" Sailor Moon said to her as she went to attack her she disappeared, "Haha, maybe another time Sailor Moon, another time…" she disappeared completely.

"Damn her! I'll get her one day!" Sailor Moon said to herself as she was lost in anger and didn't realize everyone was staring at her in amazement not believing what was before them; the first one to speak was Lita.

"Serena… is that really, you?" Lita asked eyes filled with tears.

"Yes… it is Lita." Serena finally let out.

"Oh Serena!" They all said in unison and headed straight to her. They all exchanged hellos and asked each other how they were doing, and said hello to Rini. In the distance, one person didn't say hello, he was still in shock to see it was Serena… actually here!

"…Serena…" was all they heard and everyone got quiet and stepped back to see Darien almost in tears from joy.

"…Darien, been a while?" she said jokingly and all she saw was Darien running up to her and put her in his arms.

"Please don't ever leave again, I missed you so much, and Rini!" he said as he bent down and held her in his arms.

"Haha daddy!" Rini said with joy as Darien was holding onto Rini for dear life.

"I've missed you Serena…" Darien said pulling her into his embrace, "Oh Darien… I have missed you too, but now is not the time for us to be together, we will know when the time is right." Serena said to him, tears coming down her face.

If it's because of what I did I'm sorr—" " No Darien, that snot it at all, I forgive you, and I love you and I will love you—" "Till my last breath…" Darien said reciting what she had written in the letter to him the night she left. "You still remember?" she asked hoping it wasn't a coincidence, "Of course, I've waited for you to come back for so long Serena…" he said as he was about to kiss her, but Serena stopped it.

"Come on Rini we have to go…" "But mom," she said to Serena, "Rini now! Please let's go!" the only reason she agreed to listen to her cause she saw that her mother was in pain and couldn't bare being here any longer. "Alright…" she said sadly as they were leaving, "Goodbye, I'll be here but not yet, I have missed you all… and Darien?" Serena said to him.

"Yes?" he said back wondering what she was going to say,

"I love you…"

She replied back to him as one single tear shed down her face as she left as fast a possible to get home.

We will be together soon my love, I promise, I just want you to know I never stopped loving you, and never will, one day, My Darien…

Serena thought to herself as she was running wit Rini in the night to get to their apartment so that they may get some sleep.

Soo?!!!! I know it took forever long, sorry, but you can see why! I wanted this chapter to be perfect and I hope you like it all!!! With the powers I tried to make it so that it was in the Sailor Moon S Series so I hope it's accurate enough for you!!! Please R&R THANKS!!!!!!!!