I do not own sailor moon or the song dancing queen.
Rei sat back in her chair and tried to relax as the wheels of the plane touched the ground. She sighed heavily as she looked out of the window. "How long has it been since we left?" she asked Lita who was sitting next to her reading a magazine.
"Several months I believe, we hadn't intended to stay this long but you know you mother and your father kept sending Nephrite on errands," she said.
"Only a few months and yet it seems like an eternity since we left," Rei told her.
"Perhaps it's because so much has happened while we have been gone?"
"Maybe but still even though I know a lot has changed it feels like it's been longer then my entire life," Rei said.
"It's because the whole time you were gone you didn't have any spice at all," said Lita. She set down her magazine and took Rei's hand. "You've done very well Rei your body has almost completely recovered and you haven't had a relapse since we left."
"Yeah I know," Rei said quietly. "I can't believe that I allowed myself to become so weak I knew what the spice had done to Kusanagi and yet I still took it and became addicted."
"You made a mistake and you know it the best thing that you could have done is to have changed yourself," Lita told her. She squeezed her hand in comfort and reassurance. "The bigger question now is how your parents are going to react to having two slayers in the mansion."
Rei smiled "I can't wait to see mothers face."
"I don't see why Hermione and I have to be here when they arrive," Serena said to Darien. They were standing in their bedroom facing each other.
"Because Daniel and I want you to both be acknowledge by them," Darien told her. "We want them to be introduced to the idea of you being our mates. It's going to be a shock even with all the rumors."
"Why is going to be a shock" Serena asked.
"Because only a few months ago the two of you were actively participating in the extermination of our family," Darien said calmly.
"I think that that should be put away Darien I mean for the past few months Hermione and I have done nothing except try to help," Serena said her voice rising.
"Yes but for years you hunted us down with murderous intent don't be surprised if my mother and father are slightly suspicious of you."
"Have you told them what happened?"
"They have been informed of what was necessary," he said.
"So you haven't told them that you and I have been banging each other's brains out the last few months and that Hermione and I have been living here?" Serena said. Darien was silent and Serena knew that she had her answer, "You know what Darien I don't really think that it would be such a good idea for me or Hermione to be around when your parents arrive." Serena turned grabbed her coat and walked out of the room. She went down the hall and knocked on Hermione's bedroom door.
Hermione opened it looking slightly confused but when she saw Serena's jacket in her hand she simply sighed and grabbed her own jacket. Without a word Hermione followed Serena down the hall towards the stairs.
They met Daniel on the steps, "Where are you going mother and father will be here in a matter of minutes."
"Well seeing as how you and your brother have been keeping us as the scandalous secret I don't think that it would be such a good idea for the two of us to be here when they arrive," Serena said as she stormed down the steps.
Hermione locked eyes with Daniel and shrugged as she went past following Serena. "Serena this is a delicate situation and I don't think that Darien wants to agitate it anymore than it already has been."
"I understand I'm helping to not agitate it by taking the agitate out of the equation" said Serena. She didn't stop at all as she marched past Ami and Zoicite and into the garage. She grabbed her car keys, which had previously belonged to Blake, and got into the car. She didn't wait to start the engine because she knew that Hermione was right behind her.
After a brief hesitation Hermione got into the car and shut the door. Serena back out of the garage and quickly drove towards downtown. "You know Darien's not going to be happy when we come back."
"Who says we are coming back I'm tired of that possessive attitude of his," Serena said.
Hermione looked at her questioningly, "You're fight was about his parents Serena not about his possessiveness."
"So I need something to blame," Serena said as she turned onto the highway. "Besides I'm right this time he shouldn't be treating us as a scandal."
"You do understand that we are though right?"
"No we are two women who are living with the men that we are currently attached to," Serena told her.
"Yeah the men that we are attached to were previously the men that we were trying to assassinate so I can kind of understand The Vampire King and Queens hesitation to welcome us into the family," said Hermione.
"Previously is the key word in that sentence though Hermione we are no longer trying to kill them."
"Yes but it wasn't all that long ago that we were, you know that if the roles were reversed we would be doing the same thing," Hermione said.
"I know," said Serena "but that doesn't mean that I have to admit that to Darien right away."
"You two are the most dysfunctional couple I know," said Hermione rolling her eyes.
Serena smiled brightly "So where do you want to go for dinner?"
It had been months since Serena and Hermione had been out alone and unsupervised by both of their men. They had decided that instead of going to a quite sit down restaurant, like they had been, they were going to get fast food and enjoy the beach with a bottle of rum.
"You know it's been forever since I've been to the beach," said Serena. Her shoes were sitting next to her and her hair was down. She was currently enjoying a large burger a large order of fries and a large spiked coke.
"I can share in that sentiment," Hermione told her. "I wish that we had known we were going to end up here we could have gone surfing or at least swimming."
"We still can, go swimming I mean," Serena said sitting up with the liquor bottle in her hand.
Hermione took the bottle form her and rose a questioningly eyebrow. She poured some of the drink into her own drink and set the bottle to the side. "Yes I'm sure that Ami would love it when you came walking back into the house your beautiful Chanel outfit ruined," said Hermione.
Serena stuck her tongue out at Hermione and both women began to giggle. From the car radio they could hear and old seventies song playing. "You remember this song Herm?"
"Nope," said Hermione taking a bite out of her sandwich and a sip of her drink.
"You should it was one of the songs that Sarah kept playing that summer when she went all obsessive over the Carpenters," Serena told her.
"I don't remember the song but I remember that summer, it was the summer that she found that old record player in the attic with all those albums," Hermione said.
"Yeah and she kept playing all those sappy love songs because Blake hadn't noticed her yet," Serena began to laugh at the thought. "And remember how after a few weeks we finally got sick of them and me and you hid the records all throughout the house and how Momiji hid the record player in the woods."
"I do remember that," Hermione said laughing. "That was a great summer."
"Yeah," Serena said growing sad after her laughing subsided. Both of them were silent knowing that both were thinking of the same thing, Momiji.
"Serena do you think…." Hermione began.
"No I don't," Serena said.
"But we can't be sure that she's not with them," Hermione said.
"Momiji wouldn't have stayed with them not after everything, I'm positive that she's not with Blake or Sarah," Serena told her as she stared up at the sky. "Momiji wouldn't have gone back to them."
"I overheard Daniel and Malachite the other day there have been assassinations of members of the extended family all over the world. They said that they weren't sure if it was the work of one person or if it was the work of several."
"I heard about it from Ami but I don't think that it's Momiji," Serena said.
"Why not?"
"Because the killer used an ultraviolet bomb that's not Momiji's style she would have done it close and personal," Serena told her. Serena sat back up and took another bite of her burger. "This is depressing."
"Yeah," agreed Hermione. Suddenly the both heard a well known song on the radio. It had been a favorite of Hermione and Serena's, Momiji had said that she had hated it but they knew deep down she had loved it just as much as they had. Serena turned to Hermione with a smile.
"You can dance you can jive having the time of your life see that girl watch that scene Diggin' the dancing queen" sang Serena.
" Friday night and the lights are low looking out for a place to go where they play the right music getting in the swing you come to look for a king," began Hermione as she got to her feet.
"Anybody could be that guy Night is young and the music's high With a bit of rock music Everything is fine You're in the mood for a dance And when you get the chance" Serena continued getting to her feet, she began to dance around.
Together they began the chorus "You are the dancing queen young and sweet only seventeen dancing queen feel the beat from the tambourine you can dance you can jive having the time of your life see that girl watch that scene diggin' the dancing queen." They joined hands and began to swing each other around as they sung along to the song laughing. They finished the song and then both collapsed onto the ground laughing.
Hermione inhaled and exhaled trying to catch her breath, a smile plastered on her face. She hadn't laughed like that in months and it felt good, it made her feel like she was years younger and that nothing that had happened in the last year had affected her or Serena. Slowly her smiled began to fade as she felt the missing presence of Momiji.
"Oh god Herm we need to do this more often, I mean we haven't been able to just be together just me and you in a long time," said Serena laughing still.
"Yeah," Hermione said soberly still thinking about Momiji. They heard another song from the radio and Serena began to badly sing along with it. Hermione couldn't help but laugh.
"I really hope that the two of you are better fighters than singers," said a voice from above them. Serena looked behind her and saw Kusanagi standing there. He was dressed in black pants, a white shirt and a black suit jacket.
"Hey stranger want to join us?" asked Serena with a goofy smile on her face.
"Not really, Daniel said that you stormed out of the house in a fury. He wanted me to make sure that you two weren't getting into any trouble," he said as he walked towards them. "But I can see that the only thing wrong with you two will be the severe headaches that you will have in the morning."
"Hey Hermione is much more sober than I am," Serena said turning back around and lying down to look at the sky.
Hermione sat up and turned to him "She's right I know how to hold my liquor better than she or Momiji ever learned how to," Hermione said, but she instantly regretted mentioning Momiji when she saw Kusanagi shift at her name. "Sorry," Hermione said.
"It's nothing," Kusanagi said. He walked over to Serena and bent down next to her. "Well I don't think that Darien will want you two showing up to meet mother and father in this state."
"I think this would be the best state to meet them in though, I mean right now I really don't care what they think of me," Serena said laughing.
Kusanagi looked up at Hermione, who shrugged and gathered their uneaten food. She stood and threw it in the nearest garbage can. When she turned around Kusanagi had lifted Serena up over his shoulder and was walking towards the car.
In the months that she and Serena had been living at the mansion Hermione had grown close to Kusanagi. Maybe it was because of their shared missing of Momiji that bonded them. But since she had begun to grow closer to him she had begun to feel that he was more of a big brother; she could sense the kindness and wisdom in him as well as his reckless and yet undying love, it was easy for her to understand why he and Momiji had fallen for each other. They were very much alike.
Hermione followed Kusanagi to the car and waited as he put Serena into the backseat and then climbed into the driver's seat. He unlocked the passenger's side door and Hermione silently climbed in. "Where are you going to take us?"
"My place it's not too far from here but it's far enough away that my mother and father won't be dropping in unexpectedly," he told her as he pulled out of the parking lot.
They drove in silence for the majority of the trip but they could both feel that there was something hanging between them. It was Kusanagi who spoke first "Something wrong Hermione?"
"Yes tonight when me and Serena were just having fun, well it felt wrong, because well because Momiji wasn't there. We used to do stuff like this all the time together ya know we would just get a bottle of whatever, some food, and hang out on the beach," she said. "But tonight, as much as I liked it, it still felt like there was a part of me missing."
"Momiji and you were closer than Serena and Momiji weren't you?"
"Yeah Serena was always different because she had a family somewhere waiting for her, but me and Mo were different, my sister was killed a long time ago and her parents had shipped her off. We both didn't really have anyone but each other," Hermione explained. "I remember when Serena would go and visit her family I would go into Momiji's room or she would come into mine and we would just talk for hours until we fell asleep."
"You miss her dearly," he said.
"Yeah and Serena doesn't want to talk about it she just want s to pretend that Momiji never existed tonight was the only time we openly talked about her since she disappeared," Hermione said.
"It's Serena's way of coping she doesn't want to think about Momiji cause every time she does it hurts. Have you ever talked about trying to find her?"
"Kusanagi you know Momiji unless she wants to be found she won't be and she would be even angrier if we found her when she didn't want to be found."
Kusanagi smiled, "Yeah I know."
"I know it's harder for you because you didn't have her very long," Hermione said looking at him sadly.
"True but I had a part of Momiji that you never had," he said. "I had her heart. You did too but in a different way."
"I'm sorry she broke you're heart Kusanagi," Hermione said.
"I know, I'm sorry she broke yours as well," he looked over and gave her a sad smile which she returned.
Sarah punched the dummy in front of her over and over again. Sweat dripped down her face as she let out all her frustration. She heard the gym door open but she didn't look to see who it was, she didn't need to know.
Blake came up behind the dummy and held it steady as Sarah punched the shit out of it. "So I just got an interesting call," he said.
"Yeah from who?"
"Melinda."
"What did that bitch want, the only thing she calls for is money," Sarah stopped hitting the dummy and looked at him. "You had better not of given any to her."
"I didn't. She was actually calling because she had a tip for us," he said.
"Really was she calling us to tell us that we had moved cause I'm sorry but that's old news," Sarah said as she went back to hitting the dummy.
"No," he said with a small laugh. "She actually called to tell us that her sources told her that the Vampire King and Vampire Queen along with all four of their children were arriving in Los Angeles tonight," he said.
Sarah stopped hitting once again and looked at him, "You want to go back to L.A?"
"It's a prime opportunity," he said.
"L.A. really? L.A. where Serena and Hermione are?"
"We can't keep avoiding the area because of those two," he said.
"Hey I have no problem going back but are you ready to?" Sarah asked. Blake didn't answer her, his eyes shifted to the floor. "They aren't coming back Blake I know that you really want them to but they've made their decisions."
"Sarah we grew up with them they're like sisters to me," he said.
"Hey it's the same for me, but we have to look at it like this, our sisters have been turned into vamps."
"But they're not they're still human," he said.
"Yeah and that's what makes it suck even more."
He was silent for a few more seconds as he contemplated what to do. "We can't pass this up."
Sarah nodded knowing that he had made his decision. "Alright I'll make all the plans." Blake nodded and walked back towards the door. Sarah heard the door close. She looked at the dummy once more and then sent a roundhouse kick to its head. The dummy's head flew off and hit the opposite wall. Sarah turned and put her hands behind her head, "Fuck!" she yelled.
Flicked her hand and suddenly several bags full of sand dropped down around her. Sarah proceeded to hit every single one of them allowing her frustration and anger to show in her hits. She spun around and did a backhanded punch to one, then pivoted forward and knocked another out of her way. She kicked another and then threw several punches, she turned around and punched the last one right in the center and knocked it off its string.
"Damn this fucking sucks," she said putting her arms behind her head again.
Ever since leaving Los Angeles nine months ago Blake and Sarah had been traveling around taking each of the students to new schools and new teachers. They had decided that night that it was too risky to keep everyone in the same house and that it was time to disband. Each student had been sent to either a different school or a private master.
Sarah and Blake had finally settled down in a large house outside of Paris. They had been comfortably living there for five months the whole time trying to keep Abby from killing anyone in the vicinity or escaping. In the last few months she had gotten worse and somehow Blake was convinced that part of her knew what was going on because she had begun to mumble words almost every time either of them had come near her.
She had said Serena's name on several occasions and Hermione's as well. She had once called for Sarah and every time she saw Blake she seemed to try to speak with him. Twice she had asked for Alana, and three times she had asked for her dead husband. But it was Momiji she had almost never asked for. Only once had Sarah thought she heard Abby say Momiji but it had been too soft to completely make out.
They hadn't seen or heard from Momiji since the day that she had left and every time that they had attempted to find her a strong spell had blocked them. They knew that it was most likely Momiji's magic and that she was blocking Serena and Hermione as well. Blake had seen Hermione briefly the day before they left Los Angeles, he hadn't spoken to her and she hadn't seen him but the event had shaken him.
It had been hard for Sarah to accept that the two of them had turned and gone to the other side but it had been harder for Blake. He had known the three of them since they were children and had become attached to them. Seeing them with the people that had always haunted his mother was maddening to him and now he wanted to go back? Sarah knew that they couldn't pass up the opportunity but she didn't want her husband to unnecessarily suffer.
Sarah cracked her neck and then thought of Serena and Hermione, "Fucking traitors."
Several thousand miles southwest in a large hotel in Buenos Aires a hotel room stood dark. White curtains blew into the room from the open window, from a small radio on the nightstand a song in the native language played. The room's occupant was currently showering in the bathroom. A single cell phone sat dark and unmoving on a small round table, next to is was ring, a necklace, two passports, a knife, a wad of cash and a laptop.
The silence of the room was broken by the buzzing of the cell phone as a text message was received. After a few moments it went silent and dark. Then once again began to buzz excitedly as it received two texts in a row. When they still went unanswered a message popped on the laptop interrupting the serene screensaver. The message was labeled urgent and kept blinking until a few minutes later the owner clicked the message and read its contents. A smile crossed the owners face then the laptop was turned off and the top was shut.