shattered pieces

by max333

A story of deceit and drama unfold as Usagi is forced to confront her ex Mamoru as he devises a plan to get even with her. With an ex friend to deal with & a daughter to raise things become even more difficult for Usagi. Will she be able to remain emotional distant from Mamoru or he from her? Or will both find peace and happiness?

9. Rei's last stand

Puffgirl1952 the 2nd:more has! Lol

damonika2009: I was going to have that happen but decided against it as for his mental persona at the time he wanted to but he also wanted to be far away from her to.

phillynz: Rei is having her last 'ho-rah' in this one.

kera69love: trust me there wont be an easy return for the couple. He has atonements to make up for.

TropicalRemix: Rei will do something stupid alright but it will be a shocker for the end result…at least I hope it will.

DesertChik: yeah that was one of my favorite chapters to write out. lol

jessielee14: Rei is about to dive off the deep end into the worst part of the pool.

MarSofTheGalaxies: you know you are the inspiration, along with any others who commented on the 'ill' part when it comes to the next chapter or two.

Mercedes1312: thank you…I actually visualized my own reaction to my own personal issues and used the emotions from that to make the scene work out better.

Guest (1): working on that.

OrientalDanceGirl: her grandfather sensed her negative nature and made her aware of it. she just doesn't want to acknowledge it. as for my ex, its tough still at times, especially the part where he hooked up with a new girl so fast while I'm actually working my way into being me again before I begin to date again. it'll probably be another month before I'm able to send a message to a guy on a dating website. I tried yesterday and I couldn't bring myself to do it just yet. Thank you for your encouragement.

Latebuttruefan: pretty much. Lol as for the photo yeah the funny thing is the inspiration from that was based off of an innocent photo my sister did that to. we made it into a running joke but turn it, twist it and you have a 'stalker Rei'! lol

Witchoftheforest: yup his eyes are opened and now he's prepared to make the right choices now.

Silverfaerie91: yeah he will make things work for all those around.

Minniemousechick: the sex will be later on…they need to reconnect in other areas first.

Partyangel91: not this one but maybe the next one. lol

Pikachugirl1992: read and find out.

Sweet 17 reviews. We are getting to the end here, only a couple more chapters left to go. I am shocked I got through this so quickly but at the same time its run its course and I'm happy to see it come to its conclusion. Plus I will be having a vampire story in the works next. My first venture in the supernatural world without senshi involved.

Shattered pieces ch.9

Rei POV

I had to make this happen before anything else took place. The plan wasn't very well done but it would do in a pinch. "Mamoru will be so devastated that I couldn't handle his harsh words that he'll drop her in a heartbeat to come be with me." I was sure of it. I know it seemed a little drastic but desperate times, desperate measures. Besides he can't resist the call to save his best friend from imminent death.

I had to do something soon anyways. I had a sinking feeling that grandpa would be taking on a new miko for training soon and I needed to show him that Mamoru and me were good. If he saw that then he'll let me stay without question. I knew it. I knew I had a gleam in my eyes that was looking odd but I couldn't help it. I knew that with a little persuasion he would come back to me I just had to be willing to make it happen.

If I just put a little pressure here and there I could ensure that enough blood came out to be believable that I tried to kill myself. I set the blade against my skin and felt the cool surface of it as I watched it slice gently into the layers of skin I had. I couldn't help but wince just a little bit as the pain of harm coming to my body sent the negative receptors to my brain. Telling me to stop that its painful.

I scrunched up my face wishing it wasn't so bad. The blood was minimal, not enough to do any real damage but not enough to convince Mamoru either. I was getting frustrated. I thought if I could just do it gently I could control the outcome better but it seemed that gently cuts weren't going to do it. Another part of my plan that was failing. I knew I had to make this happen in order to gain him back.

I was determined so I cut in deeper and felt even more pain than before. the blood began to trickle out faster than before. The droplets beginning to hit the wood of the room I was in. I looked down and found that it still wasn't deep enough. The blood just barely coming out as my bodies healing attributes were kicking in. I watched as the blood was already starting to clot preventing to much more from flowing out.

I growled in bitter aggravation as this wouldn't be going as easy as I had hoped it would. I was trying to avoid actually making the attempt on my own life but I had a feeling I wasn't going to have a choice. Before I could make another slice I heard someone at the entrance of the temple. I didn't think much of it till grandpa called for me. hope ignited within me. "Could it be…?" had Mamoru come back after all?

Had he regretted his words and decided that I was the better candidate after all? I nearly squealed in excitement. I wrapped up my wrist steadfast to help clot the blood now. I felt elated that he was back. "Finally he got rid of that pesky blonde bitch and is now ready for a real woman." I smirked in a pleasant manner as I called out that I would be there shortly. Images of us happy together, laughing and enjoying time together as we had a family of our own danced in my minds eye. I couldn't help but feel satisfaction coming on.

The idea that he FINALLY wised up was sending me into a giddy mode. So I had to go through some extreme measures to get him to be mine who cares? I didn't. I believe in going after what I want with limited physical interaction. I wanted him to come to me and now he has. I just knew it! I left my room and walked as calmly as possible to the entrance of the temple so as not to appear needy.

I couldn't help but fluff up my hair and make myself look more presentable than before. After all this was my future husband I was talking about. The light of my life, the window to my soul. He held my still beat heart for over a decade and he will always hold it. No one else could compare to how I felt about him. I didn't do everything I had done for nothing now. Besides he was awfully cruel to me that day. I'll have to make him pay for that…later on. For now though I would be ensuring our future together.

I could even have him live here with me at the temple. We could get married here to and he could become grandpa's apprentice when the time came. I could picture it now, me running around after our kids while he and grandpa sipped on some tea on the temple steps before he would join us. Usagi and that brat of hers wouldn't even be a thought process to him. he would leave them and we could have our own happy family.

So when I got to the entrance there was a man there but it wasn't Mamoru. My hopes were dashed about his presence here but he did have some envelope with him, "Are you Miss. Hino, Rei?" he asked. Curious and on the defense now I answered, "Hai, what's this about?" I accepted the envelope and read the from on it. I scrunched my face up, "The court house?" I looked to the man, "What's this for?" I was baffled.

He looked to me nonsensical, "A restraining order." My eyes flew wide open at that. "NANI?" I nearly chocked on my own screech. "If you violate that order you will be subject to the full extent of the law." That bitch! She did this. It had to be her! oh when I get my hands on her she'll rule the day she stole my Mamoru from me! I would have to put a delay on my plan and go track her down.

If she thinks for one second that I'm going to obey this order she has another thing coming. I gripped the letter tightly as I ripped it open. The top letters were big and bold. RESTRAINING ORDER. My fury within was building up. I wanted that bitch to suffer for this. Having this on my file would hurt my image as a good citizen. "Listen the woman that filed this is not in her right mind." I stated.

"She has problems. How can I get this removed?" I asked the man. Trying to appear as nonconfrontational about this as possible. I wanted to appear as if I was being subjected to being screwed over. I needed to maintain that image of myself. He shook his head. "A man by the name of Mr. Chiba, Mamoru filed it against you." now the wheels in my head were squealing as if I had gone sixty miles an hour and stopped short.

"Say what?" I asked, my voice calm, confused and low. "The gentleman ordered it. If you wish to dispute the order you will need to contact the court houses and make arrangements with a lawyer to repeal the action. You can't do it without a lawyer present." He began to explain. My mind went numb to the rest of his directions as I was in denial that my beloved would do such a thing to me.

I held up my hand and the man merely stated, "If you have any further questions Miss. Hino call this number." He handed me his business card as I walked silently back to my room. the rage within me was burning so deeply that all I could see was red. How could he do this to me? we've been friends since forever. I felt so angered that I felt a calm pass over me. But before I could contain it I thought of him with HER.

"You did this Usagi…I know you were behind it. You had to be. There's no way he would do this to me. NOT to ME!" I spat scathingly. Once again that bitch was getting what she wanted and I was left behind. Always left behind…images of her leaving off with Mamoru even as the other girls giggled and swooned at the act left me always feeling bitter inside. Everyone thought they were the perfect couple.

Only I saw the deception that lay within her. The carefully crafted web she weaved around their hearts. I was the only one who noticed. And now she's doing it again. I couldn't let that happen at least not to Mamoru. "I know she convinced to do it somehow. There's no possible way you'd truly hate me enough to do such a thing." I stated to myself with confidence. Burning hatred for her consumed me and left me with only one choice in mind…one plan in mind.

I had to make her suffer for what she had convinced him to do. He could never truly hate me enough at the end of the day to do something so vengeful. It wasn't in him. I knew my Mamoru and he loved me. However, I couldn't get to either of them with this paper in effect. I could seriously get arrested or worse…jailed. No I had to be smart about it. I looked back to the blade I had and wondered if it would still work.

I looked a bit more closely at the paper and found more disturbing news that made me scream out in blinding anger. "HE REQUESTED A PHYSICIAN FOR MENTAL HEALTH IF I VIOLATE THE TERMS?!" I ripped up the order and threw it at the temple fire. The bold black letters burning in the heat of the flame as it was consumed in seconds by the fire licking at the papers. Fire in my own eyes now I wanted to make him suffer to.

I grabbed the blade once again and with anger in my soul filling me with rage I sliced as deeply as I could and dealt with the pain that came. It was almost soothing. A release of anger that came along with it. The pain became a more focal point as I tried to slash at the other wrist. But the pain was to much and weakened my grip on the blade as I was only able to swipe a little bit over the skin.

I cried out in anguish and pain but not from the cut, but from my heart. He chose her. It was always her. The pain of his choice somehow became more clear and strengthened my resolve to continue forward. I had to do this or else he was lost to me forever. "Soon Mamoru you will see what I am willing to do for our love. I know you love me. I know it." I muttered as I felt light headed. I collapsed from the blood loose as it now ran like a small river down my arm and on to the wooden floor.

I hit the door to my room to alert my grandfather. He would call the ambulance yes but he would also call Mamoru, "Then he'll come to me. He'll leave her and we'll be together…forever…" I thought as the blood coated my hand and forearm. Seeping into the small space where the wooden panels met. I watched it flow like a tiny stream down the path towards the door as I felt my head hit the wood with finality.

"Grandpa…" I called out just loud enough to be heard. I was woozy by the time he got to me. I looked up and found his frantic face as he grabbed my cell phone, he had no such thing as it wasn't something he would use regularly, and dialed 119. He was desperately trying to articulate what state he had found me in. I could hear his voice and felt bad for causing this pain but it had to be done.

He came over to me and laid my head in my lap, "Don't worry my dear Rei, the ambulance will be here soon." He cooed. I could only smile at him in happiness. "Don't worry grandpa…I'll be fine." I stated trying to ease his mind, "Besides once Mamoru finds out he'll come to me, we can be together and he can even stay at the temple…on big happy family." I could have sworn I saw his face shifting before I passed out. The loss of blood to much for me to withstand as blackness envelope my being.

Grandpa Hino POV

I hated to say it but my granddaughter was not well. Not in her mind. Her lust for Mamoru and the power to have him all to herself has consumed her heart and soul. I wept for the young child she used to be. The loving granddaughter she could have been if she had just let go of him. He was a good man, is a good man but he is truly in love with Usagi. I saw it as a they were just starting out. But Rei has let such negative emotions cloud her judgement and hurt others and now herself in the blind and foolish thinking that it will win him over.

Right before the paramedics arrived I hummed and cast a prayer over her heart, "Please to the gods above…to kami himself…I beg of you, heal her heart from this poisonous hatred she is infected with. Save her soul to free her of this madness that has claimed her. Bind her from further harm upon others and harm upon herself." I muttered the prayer, my soul hurting for my young granddaughter.

Once the paramedics arrived they immediately placed her on the gurney. I went with them in the ambulance as I secured the temple up. "Sir?" I asked one they had her stabilized. It hurt me to request this but I had no choice. "You must make sure she receives treatment. She's not well." I placed my hand over her head to get them to understand, "She thinks that doing this will get a married man back to her." I confessed. Tears rolling down my eyes as the men understood. The one man even made a call to the hospital.

"One day you'll thank me for this…" I muttered to my lovely granddaughter. "Then your mind will be free of this poison in your soul." I caressed her hair right before she stirred. I did do one thing as asked though…having taken her phone with me I dialed the first speed dial number. I just hoped that she got the help she needed to continue on in this life. She had so much potential I just wanted her happiness. "Moshi moshi Mamoru." I spoke. I just hoped that the gods heard my prayers.

Mamoru POV

I was in shock right now. I had been on the phone with Grandpa Hino for five minutes when I grabbed my keys and headed out. Getting into my car I drove to the hospital where she was being admitted to. Luckily it was the same one I worked at so getting access to her files would be easy. I walked in a saw several people I knew before I ran down to where I saw him. The man looked tired and old.

I had seen this man many times before, looking vibrant and ready to run around and yet now he looked tired. He saw me, "Mamoru – kun." I hugged the man gently as he looked weary. "What happened?" I asked, he was only able to tell me she was in the hospital and where it was nothing more, "Rei she…" he looked to me. His eyes greying out even as his skin complex was becoming more withered. He looked like he'd aged a decade from when I last saw him, "She tried to committee suicide." He uttered.

I closed my eyes. Pain of what I had said to her to cause this came forward. The restraining order must have been the final straw… "I never meant…" I began as he shushed me, "This is NOT your fault my son." His words were strong. Emotional but strong. "Rei's mind and heart were tainted with such malicious hatred for Usagi, that it corrupted her pure soul." I looked to the older man. I felt incredibly bad that he had to even go through with this. Rei shouldn't have done such a thing to him.

"The hatred has been spreading for years unnoticed by us both. We couldn't have seen it coming." He stated, his voice neutral. "Created by the envy that Usagi had you and always did." I looked away not able to grasp how someone could be so selfish still to this day. I knew Rei. I grew up with her. She had been my sister… "I never gave Rei any indication that I cared for her in that manner." I conveyed.

"I know…I explained it to her as well but she was so still so stuck in her mind's eye that she didn't see logic nor reasoning. She's not well in her mind and I fear that her heart will be forever poisoned by the envy and anger that consumed her." while I didn't see it in the manner that he did I did agree that she needed help. "I can recommend a good therapist for her. along with a doctor working in the psych ward. There's a mental hospital about three miles away I can have her sent there." I offered.

"She won't be able to harm anyone or herself ever again." he merely nodded. "Mr. Hino…" he looked at me, "I know this is difficult especially with what happened but as you are her guardian and now thanks to recent actions able to take this to court for mental instability you will now be able to ensure she can get the help she needs." He nodded, "That would be a good course of action to take." He surmised.

"I honestly thought things were going well lately. She had been doing better from years before." I glanced at him, "What do you mean?" I asked. He cast his eyes forward, "When you were married and happily so she would always come back to the temple from an errand in a huff. She would complain nonstop about Usagi. The few times she came home and didn't complain were only because she had a chance to spend time with you." I recalled those times.

Usako would leave out to give us space since she and Rei couldn't stop arguing like cats and dogs. Now I was wise to the deliberate actions she took. "I presumed it was anger over her break up with Jadeite but I should have paid more attention to why she seemed in La La land with you and yet hell with Usagi." he seemed upset that he couldn't have noticed earlier. "Neither of us noticed." I sighed softly.

"When you and Usagi split up I cringed at how happy she seemed. I should have said something but I didn't. I didn't feel that it was my place to make a comment when she was so clearly happy." I was stunned. I wanted to feel upset by his neutral stance from back then but what good would it do me? Would I have listened? Would I have taken Usako back sooner? I'll never know but I have a sad thought that things wouldn't have changed. I was just that under Rei's spell that I didn't even listen to my own wife.

"Let me go talk to the nurses and see what her prognosis is." Before I could move he said, "There's one last thing you need to know…I heard her say that she was doing this to get you back. She's…" he was having trouble getting it out, "Delusional. Help her." he began to sob. I patted his back gently before sitting up, "I'll go make those calls." He nodded as I walked to the nurses station.

They quickly gave me her file. I looked it over and it was a classic case of attempted suicide. I closed the file folder up and walked to the head doctor in charge of her case. "Dr. Wong." I called to him. He stayed outside of her room as I came up to him, "Dr. Chiba I don't normally see you over here." He remarked. "Hai, I have some information regarding Miss. Hino, Rei." I held up her file folder.

"You're not the residing doctor on the case why does it present interest to you?" he asked, "She's a former family friend. It seems that she's not within her right mind. Her grandfather will be making an order to take over what happens for her." I stated to him, "She on any antipsychotics?" he asked as I gave him the file folder, "It's been going un treated for years. We are unsure as to how far the chemical imbalance is. She needs to be treated by a shrink in order to understand how far down the rabbit hole of this she is." I explained.

"Understood." He remarked looked at her form on the bed from the window. She could see us both. "It would be I your best interest to keep her sedated to avoid her from doing it again." I advised. "Dr. Chiba I think I know how to handle a patient." I nodded my head in understanding not wanting to step on the docs's toes. "My mistake I just want to ensure she won't become harmful to herself or to anyone else." I explained. He smiled, "I already have a phycologist coming in today to examine her head." That was good to hear.

"If she is found to be of sound mind she will be released in a few weeks if she's found to have delusions of the mind she will immediately be placed in the ward down the street and her care will be handed over to the next of kin." I felt bad for all of this I did but at the same time at least she couldn't harm anyone or herself ever again. Rei had to learn the hard way that her actions have consequences.

So when a half hour passed and a psychologist came in Grandpa Hino and I both were waiting outside. An hour then two hours passed. I hadn't heard anything from anyone. Usako I knew was at home by now cooking dinner for all of us. I texted her that I'd be there in an hour. So when the doc came out, both at this point Grandpa Hino and I stood up to greet them, "Please come with us to the office." We both followed down the hallway till we got there then sat down as the door to the office was closed.

"Miss. Hino, Rei suffers from Delusional Disorder. It commonly makes people believe in something that is not there." We were both shocked by the psychologist's words. I mean we knew that she was sick but to have a name to it was like having a mere thought process be confirmed as reality. I was stunned, "She also has Grandiose Disorder. She feels that she is more worthy of your affections Dr. Chiba than your wife." I couldn't believe it.

"Her work at the temple must have been a way for her to hide her disorders from those who loved her the most." He explained to Grandpa Hino. "So neither of us could tell…" he nearly asked, seeking to know if he could truly have helped her. "There's nothing that could have been done. She was working and functioning appropriately. It created a reality for her that her mental psychic could work with." I was taking all of this in just as her grandfather was.

"So because I had her over regularly even though I was feeding her delusion unknowingly it also helped her to hide it better?" I asked. the doc leaned forward, "Dr. Chiba, Miss. Hino was maintaining her mental state only because she thought she was becoming closer to you. In her mind's eye you were in love with her and were 'put under a spell' by your wife to compel you to be with her." Rei was more bat shit gone than we realized.

"So when I brought Usako back into my life…" I began, "It triggered Rei's mental state. She felt that Usagi was working her way back into your lives to reclaim you as her own." I was stunned, "So she seriously believed that I loved her like that?" I asked, trying to understand this. "Despite the fact that you were never physical with her aside from a hug or a peck to the cheek she had been in love with you for so long she created an illusion in her mind that when the time was right you'd see her for the woman she was and you'd drop everything to be with her."

I sat back in my seat upon hearing the news, "This is ridiculous. I never thought…" I stood up and paced about the room trying to figure out if I could ever even speak with her again, "Dr. Chiba…" I looked to the psychologist. "I think it would be in the best interests for Miss. Hino, Rei to be admitted to a psych ward by the end of the day. She's been stabilized right now but I do fear that she will make a repeat attempt to secure your visitation."

I looked to him, "Her mind right now is so far under her delusions that I believe she will try to harm herself again if she believed it would bring you closer to her." I still couldn't help but feel for her. She had been my best friend for so long that it hurt to have to go forward with this. "She believes she's okay but it would be best for her to be treated at the hospital where she can receive the proper medical treatment." I nodded ensuring that they would go forward with it. The doc's handed Grandpa Hino the forms to sign off for her transfer.

"Can we see her?" I asked, wanting to in some form say goodbye to my life-long friend. She was a horrible person in the end but the was something I could do for us both. Closure for her to realize this is the end and there's no returning back. She needed to get better and to get the proper help that no one here could give her. Grandpa Hino and I stood outside her room watching as the doc went inside. Being that this wasn't a motion for only doctor patient we were allowed to watch the interaction.

She was currently being held in restraints. The Velcro attachments holding down her wrists and ankles to prevent any further harm from happening. Her one wrist was bandaged up a clear indication of what she tried to do to herself. We watched as she was writhing around on the bed, shouting demands that she be released. Threatening to sue if she wasn't released. I put my hand to my mouth, an act to wish that she could see herself.

She was incredibly belligerent and her demands were met with a nurse coming inside. "Final! Listen there's been a huge mistake." She began as the nurse came up to her bed. She pulled a syringe out and prepped it for the IV bag next to Rei, "I'm not supposed to be in here. There's been a mistake." She tried to convey. "What is that?" she demanded next. Her tones changing from attempt at civil to down-right panicked and angered the next.

"There's no need for what that is." She tried, grounding her teeth together. "Its just a little something to help you relax." The nurse conveyed to her. "No Mamoru is coming to see me. I need to be lucid if we're going to talk." She explained. "Dr. Chiba will not be coming in here." The nurse explained. "So he's here? Where?" Rei demanded as the nurse put the needle in the IV bag's spout from below to ensure the drug traveled throughout Rei's body.

"No I don't need that. Don't – HELP!" Rei was becoming more paranoid now. The nurse sighed, "Listen Miss. Hino its merely a mild sedative. You will be just fine." the nurse left out as the doctor came in. "Miss. Hino it seems that you have had an accident." He stated. "There's no reason for these restraints. I'm perfectly lucid." She stated, gesturing to the Velcro cuffs on her hands and feet.

"Hai, I believe you do believe you are but reality is you're not." Her civil appearance dropped, "Because I was ensuring that my Mamoru would come to get me. I admit it wasn't a fool proof plan but he's going to leave his wife. That bitch Usagi." Rei's anger was still strong within her, even after all of this. "Dr. Chiba has made himself quiet clear with you. As of this moment going forward due to the actions taken to day you'll be transferred to Maizuru Hospital." She looked at the doctor in worry.

"Why am I being transferred there? What's wrong with this hospital?" her panic was starting to set in we could both tell. "This hospital will be able to take care of your psychological needs. I know the doctor's over there. They will be helping to treat you." Rei was not liking this, "I'm not crazy! I demand a second opinion!" she yelped in outrage. "I assure you, you have been checked out by not only myself but a highly-trained doctor in the field. You'll be leaving tomorrow morning." He began to walk out when she spoke up.

"Where's Mamoru? If I can talk to him I can straighten this whole thing out. I know he loves me." she conveyed. "As a sister he did…as a friend he did…" she didn't like the emphasis on 'did'. "But right now you're going to be focusing on your own health." She tried to get up from the bed, "Let me speak with him!" she commanded. The doctor left the room, "Let me talk to him!" she yelped as the door closed.

"I'm fine! I just had to get his attention somehow. I'm fine!" she continued to yell. "I'm fine." I watched as the sedative began to take effect on her. she was now trying to writhe in place of the Velcro bands on her. Trying to get free from her binds. Although it may seemed like prison to her it was ensuring that she wouldn't be able to hurt herself or others at this point. "All Mamoru has to do is come in here and I can talk to him!" she called out.

Her words falling on deaf ears as the doctors along with Grandpa Hino signed away the papers to have her transfer to the psychiatric facility. I felt in a sense bad for her but at the same time I was glad that she this was happening. She was getting the treatment she needed and I would be getting my family back. I looked at her one last time and watched as she was only repeating, "I want to talk to Mamoru." Before she drifted off to sleep. In her sleeping state she looked so peaceful and at rest.

"She looks innocent when asleep doesn't she?" the doc asked me, "Hai…its hard to image she could cause harm to anyone let alone to herself." I admitted. "She'll be receiving the proper medical treatment for her mental disorders." He soothed. "I've known her for forever…how did I not see this?" I asked. I knew part of it was because of my blind faith in our friendship but for all those years?

"You truly believed she was nothing more than a friend. A sister even but the way you perceived things was different from how she did." I looked back at her dozing form. "There wasn't any way you could have known." He conveyed to me. I looked away from her and to him, "All this time though?" I asked. He sighed, "Dr. Chiba her psychosis went unchecked for years even from her own Grandfather." He was right about that.

"Listen Rei was living on a precarious balancing scale when it came to life. On one hand she was obsessed and determined to have you but for you to come to her. She thought if she left you the clues you'd fly to her in a heart-beat." Obviously that didn't happen. "She believed so much in the delusion that when your wife, Usagi, came back it set off the trigger within her to act out even more so than she did before." he explained.

I turned back to see her form, "So if Usagi hadn't come around…" I left it open, "There's no guarantee what would have happened. It could have easily have been her possibly trying to come on to you and you rejecting her. That could have done it. Either way Miss. Hino needs the treatment or else her condition without being on the proper meds could become worse. To the point of someone getting hurt or her succeeding in another attempt at her life." He placed a comforting hand on my shoulder.

"You and her grandfather did the right thing. Now Rei can get treated for her mental illnesses and even at some point in the future become a valuable citizen again. She could return back to life as normally as anyone once having been properly treated and having been analyzed by the right doctors to ensure she's not a risk to herself or the general public." I nodded at his words as he left the area.

I touched the glass where she was as Grandpa Hino came out, "I ah…" he began to say before lowering his head, "I can't help but feel that I should have known something was up but I didn't." he looked to me, his eyes tired and sad, "I failed her as a grandfather." He began to sob, so I walked the few feet and pulled him into my embrace. Not ease considering how short he was compared to me.

"No you didn't…" I began, "She had these illnesses for a while. She hid them so well she even hid them from herself. She didn't even know…so how could anyone else have seen it coming?" I tried as the older man tried to control his tears. "She's my only family left." he looked back at her through the glass window. "My only child Mae gave birth to her only child, Rei." He began, I recalled the story.

"She died during childbirth." I stated, recalling it. "Hai…Rei's father tried to be there for her but he was a rising politician and…" I glanced down at him. "He ended up using his wife's death as a motivational plight to help win the election." I hadn't known about that. "He rode the wave of sympathy to the political position he wanted." I summed up. "Rei was so young at the time she had no idea. I eventually talked her father into letting her stay at the temple." He said, his voice weary and sad.

"He did so only because her nannies were all having problems with her. it was just presumed to be because she wanted her mother and father but neither were around. But having someone consistent in ones life makes a difference." I agreed with that. "Does her father know of what's happened to her?" I asked, almost afraid for Rei…almost. "Hai…he didn't seem so concerned about her well-being compared to how it would look on him." I felt bad on that note. Her own father was to self-absorbed to give a damn.

"Its why I'm signing this paper to." he handed it to me. "Upon the event of my death if Hino, Rei still resides in the treatment facility she is to be placed under the guardianship of…" I shot my eyes to him, "Are you serious?" I asked him. He looked at me, "I am an old man Mamoru. I won't be lasting much longer." he stated seriously. "But…are you sure?" I asked wondering if this was a good idea.

He glanced at me, "I wouldn't trust anyone more. Besides…" he patted my back as he began to walk away, "I've always seen you as a son to me Mamoru. Besides this only happens if I die." He left with that and I wondered how the future would hold up. Even IF Rei ever got well I could never trust her around Usagi or Chibi Usa again. I wasn't sure what to do with this information just yet. So I acknowledged it and walked away from Rei.

I ended up going straight home afterwards. My lovely Usako awaited me and I had the paper proof that she was locked up and safely away from us all. Chibi Usa was working on some drawling that I couldn't get looking at it upside down. I saw Usako sitting down on the couch curled up watching some cooking show. "How did things go?" I had been able to give her a brief run down that something had happened to Rei and that I would see her and take care of it. I sat down next to her.

"Rei will no longer be able to come around us." I told her. she looked away from the t.v. to me, "Oh how is that?" she asked. I put my hand on her curled up feet that lay near me. The comfort of having her there after such an emotionally exhausting day was grateful. "She's being transferred to a psych ward for mental illness." I explained. That got her attention. "Nani?" she asked, curious now.

"Yeah apparently she suffered from a mental instability. She believed that I loved her and that we would be together. She believed her world so much that she tried to kill herself just to get me back. She was admitted to a hospital and is getting transferred tomorrow." I explained. I watched the emotions changing on her face. "I never knew…" she replied stunned. "Yeah none of us did. I don't think even she knew…" I admitted.

"She kept it carefully hidden if she did know and its been going untreated for all these years. So now she'll be getting the help she needs to be herself again." she nodded. Her thoughts were unclear to me at the moment. "So you think that maybe the mental illness is what made her act and manipulate things all these years?" she asked me. "I don't know…possibly. Either way she's getting treatment for her illness and has already been bandaged up from her attempt." She looked at me in wonder.

I looked over and found Chibi Usa to be within hearing range, "This is more of an adult conversation." She nodded, "Chibi Usa. Go ahead and get into a bath. I'll be right up." she called out to our daughter. I watched our little pink haired daughter trot off upstairs. I was still on the unknown when it came to telling her what to do and how to behave. Chibi Usa had to get used to me and ordering her about might not get the results I want to move our father daughter relationship forward positively.

"She tried to slit her wrists. Only got through with one but it was enough to warrant a phycological evaluation." I told her. she seemed genuinely interested. "So she has mental health issues." She surmised. Taking it all in. I knew Usagi held a hatred towards her as well but Usagi's was based more on what Rei did to her and not on some mentally ill bent mission to make me hers.

"Yeah. If she had any idea she had it she wasn't keeping it in check but neither her grandfather nor I knew anything about it therefore either way it went untreated. Now I'm not saying it's an excuse for what she's done no." I wanted to clarify. "Am I saying it could be a very logical reason for why she acted and said that she said yes." I expressed. "The doctors at the asylum will be treating her for her illnesses." I finished.

"Do they have a release date set up for her?" Usako asked. Whether she actually cared for Rei or because she herself was worried or wondering I wasn't sure. "No. It could be months it could be years but they will keep both grandpa and I in the loop." This next part might be a little difficult for her to comprehend but I had to tell her. "Rei's grandfather is getting old and signed a documentation stating upon his death if Rei is still in the institution I would become her technically speaking Guardian." I waited for her reaction.

"So if grandpa Hino passes which lets hope that that isn't for a while, if he passes you will resume the decision-making if she still in the asylum?" She clarified. "Hai…" I acknowledged to her. "I guess we will just have to see what happens…will they give us updates on her condition over time?" She asked me. "I can make the request on a month by month basis to let us know how she's doing." I suggested.

"Good… it's almost like having her on a short-monitored leash." She stated. I didn't think of it in that matter but to an extent she had a point. "Yeah…I guess that I'm still just a little bit stunned by the revelation. Neither of us knew all this time. Not her grandfather not me…" now that I was settled at home the events of today we're finally all hitting me. It still seems so surreal… it's almost like it happened to somebody else and I'm just watching it. Thing is I know what happened to us all and that's a lot to process.

"So about us…" I looked over at her. She was in contemplation over what I might say next, "I want us to be a family again." I told her without hesitation. She appeared as if she wanted the same thing but was weary about something. "Mamo – chan…" she asked. I hoped her answer would be a positive one. "I love you, you know I love you. I never stopped I couldn't. Even when I had a chance several times to let everything go and create a new family with our daughter was somebody else I couldn't."

I was glad she was being honest with me but at the same token to know that I might never gotten this back had my panic up and my anxiety levels rising as well, "You've always been my truest love and that will never change… However…" she began, "I can't just ignore the last several years. I can't ignore everything we went through. The good, the bad or the blurred between. I understand that we both lost time but Rei wasn't the only one to be a factor in what happened between us."

I hated to admit to it but she was right. "So what are you saying?" I asked suddenly a bit fearful of what she was going to say. "I'm saying I need time to mull this over." She pulled her feet from my touch as if to shield herself. "I am sorry but the trust at this point is still very fragile for me." I looked at her oddly for her choice of words. "Yours and Rei's actions back then had me losing near complete faith in us. Your choices even though they were heavily influenced by her we're still your choices." She was right.

"And with that being said if you truly want to make this family work then you need to earn your second chance back." She got up off the couch and all I could think of was what can I do to make her stay. To give me that second chance that way I won't miss out on any more time with my family. "I'll do anything you ask." I said instantly. I didn't want her to think that there was gonna be any hesitation on my part.

"I want you to treat this relationship with me as if it were brand-new. I want to know what it feels like to be treated right like when we were first together and loved again as a woman should be. I want you to prove that you're more loyal to me as your wife with you as my husband and will at least listen and contemplate more than one perspective." I nod in agreement. "So we'll have date nights I would definitely like to do that." I told her.

"Chibi Usa and I will be staying here at the house with you as I don't want to remove her from her father again especially now that Rei is literally locked up. But I will be sleeping in a separate room until I feel that we are at that stage to sleep in the same bed." I wanted to protest to what she wanted but if this is what I had to do to get my family back then I didn't mind spending a few possible months sleeping by myself. "Agreed." I didn't even blink.