Chapter 4
Prisma's Story
An unexpected storm made Serena groan and dash for cover. She shielded her head from the cold drops with the magazine she had purchased earlier. She reached the apartment lobby, completely soaked to the bone. The guard eyed her and she saw a faint spark of interest in his eyes. She sent him a glare, knowing that her dress was molded to her body. Stomping to the elevator, she ignored the other ravenous male eyes and punched the button. When she got into the apartment, she noticed that it was empty. Lita had been watching Caleb while she made a little stop at the store.
"Lita?" She called out and wandered into the kitchen. No note or anything. Where could they have gone?
"She went out." Came Luna's voice. Serena peered down at her kitty.
"Where to?" She asked slipping off her wet shoes before her toes turned to raisins.
"She didn't say. But your mom called earlier. She needs you to go pick up Rini from her swimming class." Serena groaned and grabbed her keys from her bedroom.
"What! That little spore better be there." She muttered and left to go to the community center.
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"My mom sure is late." A little girl said sadly, peering out of the window. Rini closed her eyes when a flash of lightning cut across the gray sky. I'm not going to cry, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. She chanted over and over. Where was Ikkuko? She was supposed to be here by now. Another twenty minutes passed and she and a little boy were ushered outside so they could close the building. The little boy's lower lip trembled and soon, he was sobbing outright.
"Hey, you're a boy. Boys aren't supposed to cry." She scoffed. The boy glared at her.
"Says who?" He shot at her and turned away to continue crying. Soon, a van pulled up and the little boy, Josh, looked up. The door swung open and a kind looking man smiled at them.
"Hi Josh. Let's go and get you out of the rain buddy." He called. Josh's face lit up and he scampered away and into the van. Rini watched them drive away with longing in her heart. Now I'm the only one left. She thought a little frightened. Looking up at the sky, she screamed when thunder crashed throughout the night. She fought back tears.
"Mommy can I have my very own umbrella?" She turned to a little girl and her mother walking down the sidewalk.
"Well honey, that sounds like a very good idea." The mother replied back. The little girl grinned lovingly at her mother and again, a pang of longing and loneliness hit her.
"Mommy. Daddy." She whispered sorrowfully to herself thinking back to the time when it rained in Crystal Tokyo and she and her parents were strolling in the park. She loved it when she got to go to the park with them. She remembered them dressed in civilian clothes, watching her with so much love in their eyes that she never wanted the moment to go away. Her tears began falling and she ran away.
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"Please, no more crashing thunder, no more flashing lightning." Serena prayed, gripping the steering wheel tightly as she turned on to another slick road. When she got to the community center, Rini wasn't there. Serena looked around and frowned.
"Did she go home?" She asked herself. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed home. After about a billon rings, Sammy finally answered.
"Oh Serena, you just ruined my game. What do you want?" He snapped at her. Serena held back the insults that were burning her tongue.
"Is Rini there? I went to pick her up at her swimming class, but she's not here. I'm hoping she made it home okay."
"She's not here. Poor Rini, I'll go and keep watch." He said quickly and hung up. Serena sighed and hung up the phone. I guess I should look around this place. She thought and stuffed her phone back into the pocket of her jacket. Oh Rini, where are you? She thought and started off in a direction. She turned a corner and ran into some one hard. Who would want to walk in this kind of weather? She wondered irritated and glanced up to apologize to the person. Darien looked down at her.
"Oh Darien." She said in a surprised tone. He placed a safe distance between them.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" He asked. Serena looked around them.
"Rini is gone. I don't know where to find her." She muttered. Alarm flashed in his eyes.
"Gone?" She nodded and suddenly a loud crack of thunder vibrated through the sky and instinctively, she grabbed him and buried her face in his sweet smelling shirt.
"I hate the thunder." She whispered.
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Darien automatically wrapped his arms around her trembling body. She had always hated thunderstorms. He would hold her tight in his arms and whisper soothingly in her ear until she fell asleep, or relaxed. It was always an important feeling that passed over him, knowing that she depended on him to be her strength. He loved that feeling. He loved her. But images of his haunting dreams reminded him that he also had a duty to keep her safe. He pulled away and avoided her hurtful eyes.
"We can't do this Serena." He said in a hoarse voice. She dropped her arms to her side and smiled weakly.
"Right, we need to find Rini. I'll go this way and you go that way." She said and turned away from him. His body felt the loss of her heat and he watched her run away from him. Absently, his hands went to his neck where a silver chain hung. He fingered the small ring he placed there earlier. Rini, they needed to find Rini. He told himself and went to find her.
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Lita looked outside at the exchange between Serena and Darien. She, Caleb and Ami were at a small restaurant.
"Just look at those two. They're either on or they're off." She said sadly and took the salt shaker away from the curious one year old.
"Whatever they are, they must be crazy to be in this storm." Ami said, looking up from her book and watching Serena and Darien separate into different directions.
"Hey, Ami and Lita are here." The two girls turned from the window and saw Raye and Mina walking to them.
"Hey guys! Are you hiding out from the storm like we are?" Lita asked and relinquished Caleb to Mina.
"Yeah and we ran into each other out front. Isn't that weird?" Raye said and slid next to Ami. Mina took a seat next to Lita.
"The same thing happened to us. I came to study for bio chem, socio economics, English lit and Spanish until it stopped raining." Ami said brightly. The girls all laughed a little, while exchanging looks.
"Er, I just came here for a shake." Lita decided to say.
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Rini huddled in a dark alley and watched the people pass by.
"Mommy, I'm hungry." A little boy said, hopping merrily beside his mother.
"How about some Apple Pie?" She asked him. The little boy's eyes brightened.
"And ice cream too?" He asked hopefully. The mother laughed.
"Sure." She said with a laugh.
Rini looked down at her Luna ball and pressed a small button in its nose. One of the eyes lit up.
"Please Luna ball, can I go home to my mommy yet?" She asked, knowing the answer anyway.
"No, not yet." It answered. She dug under her damp shirt and pulled out the time travel key Puu placed tenderly on her. If only she remembered how to use it.
"But I want to use the key to go see her." She whimpered with tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Rini, you must be very very cautious about using the time travel key. You know that." The person replied to her. She sniffed.
"But why?" She asked in a pleading tone. "Her eyes hardened with determination. "I want to go home!"
"Its too dangerous." The voice softened. Rini could almost see Luna's face relax and her eyes warm up. "I know you're awfully young. But you have to be brave little one. To save your mum's life you have to find that silver crystal. You can't leave there until you have it. Be a good girl Rini, everything will be okay." She promised. Tears mounted again when the eye dimmed. A choked sob escaped her mouth.
"No! No!" She cried and ran from the alley. She grabbed the key around her neck and held it up. "Take me back!" She pleaded mournfully. The little gem at the top of the key began to glow pink and soon a thin strand of time energy shot out. Then another one and another one. She looked frantically around. This was wrong, it wasn't supposed to work like this! She began crying.
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The scouts felt an uncomfortable hum of energy surrounding them. Soon, little pink lines began forming. Mina clutched Caleb close to her. There was a flash of bright white light, and then she found herself and the others floating in the restaurant.
"What's going on?" Lita asked.
"What a totally weird feeling." Raye said. Mina's dress floated around her and Raye's face caught in it. Mina gasped and looked down.
"Raye! Do you mind?" She hissed and lost her hold on Caleb. The little one year old laughed and clapped his hands with glee.
"This is an incomprehensible phenomenon!" Ami gasped. "It's like the Earth suddenly lost its gravitational center." She looked out the window to see passing cars on the street, completely unaffected. "But we're the only ones affected." She finished.
"Ami, this is no time to talk like a textbook." Mina said, folding her arms over her chest.
"I wish I could go right side up." Raye growled. Lita sent Mina a glare and started moving towards Caleb. The one year old, floated out of her grasp, laughing.
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Rini flailed her arms wildly, trying to get down.
"Why can't I go back to Mommy and Daddy?" She wailed. More tears coursed down her cheeks. I want to go home. "Mommy, please, let me come home!" She felt her crescent moon began to flare on her forehead, but she didn't care. She wanted to go home!
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Serena felt the surge of power and looked up at the sky. A golden beam shot through the damp night air. Darien saw it to, because he was beside her in an instant.
"That's Rini's energy." She said and began running to it. Serena ran into the store she saw Rini going into. As soon as she stepped in, her feet left the floor. She stumbled, but soon, she was floating in the air. The youma was another female one that was pounding on some odd looking drums. Rini flew across the room and smacked into the scouts. She saw Lita with Caleb in her arms and bit her lip. She transformed quickly. The youma turned its attention from Rini and the others and started beating on her drums in a menacing manner. Serena moved awkwardly around, but the more she struggled, the more she turned upside down. Not good, not good at all she thought. Thankfully, a red rose whizzed down and destroyed the drums, she took her chance and pulled out her wand.
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It was her! Sailor Moon! Before she would go to bed every night, her Daddy would tell her stories about her. He had so much feeling and warmth in his voice, she fell in love with the old superhero. Puu had told her to get help from Sailor Moon, and now here she was in the flesh!
:What's going on here?: Sailor Moon asked. Rini felt a pang of guilt and looked down, fingering the key.
"It's my fault." Rini admitted and concentrated her energy on the crystal. Soon, she was lowered to the ground. The silly girls behind her all fell with a crash to the floor. Oops.
"Rini, can't you tell us why you're here?" Serena asked gently. Rini looked so sad right now, she forgot how much she didn't like the little spore.
"Sailor Moon?" Rini hesitated then looked down.
"Come on Rini, you can trust us." Lita said and held her little hand. Rini shook her head.
"No, let me go. I didn't mean any harm. I just want to go home to see, my Mommy and Daddy." She said, and pulled her hand away from Lita.
"But if you tell us what's going on, then maybe we can help you." Serena said and kneeled down. There it was, the hesitation. She couldn't help but feel sympathy towards Rini. Rini was so young, and she was here, all by herself.
"That's enough. She probably has good reason not to tell." Darien told them gruffly. Relief was evident in Rini's little face and she ran to him.
"Thank you Tuxedo Mask." She said. Serena looked away, fighting the hurtful twinge in her heart. Her really was a sweet guy. And once, he had been her sweet guy.
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Mina let out a sigh and slumped further in the park bench. Where were they? She had been waiting here for almost twenty minutes.
"Hey, Mina!" She turned to see Lita running to meet her. "Sorry, I'm late, but there was this really cute guy that started flirting with me." She said and pulled out a sheet of paper. "And I got his number!" She said.
"Well, Serena's not here yet so I guess its okay." Mina grumbled.
"She had to drop Caleb off at her mom's. She said she'll be here soon." Lita explained and leaned back in the park bench with a stretch. "I'm so glad that we're going out. We haven't had a major shopping spree in so long!"
With that, Mina brightened. "Yeah, I saw this perfect outfit on sale yesterday. I hope it's still there."
"Hey guys!" Serena's bright voice called out to them. Rini tagged along behind her. "Sorry I'm late. Ready to go?"
"Yeah!"
They walked down the road to a small shop that sat on a cozy little corner.
"Hey, I read about this shop. They sell charms and things that are suppose to bring you good luck." Mina said and they crossed the road.
Charms huh? Of course, she didn't believe in them. But she went in the store anyway. When she got in, she looked around. Well, she didn't believe in certain things. Maybe this little bracelet in the glass counter would work. Maybe a little luck could help her with Darien. She parted from the others and peered down at the bracelet. It was silver with a blue stone in it that sparkled like glitter.
"The Promise of the Heart. A very good choice." A sales lady leaned over and looked with her.
"It's pretty." Serena admitted and looked up. A young woman smiled gently down at her.
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Prisma fought hard to keep her smile in check. This girl looked so much like Neo Queen Serenity. With her innocent blue eyes and warm aura. But just thinking about her made her chest ache.
Caleb.
She thought of him so often although it killed her to do so. She thought back, remembering his face when he caught her kissing Rubeus. She didn't want to, he forced her to. He had been talking about his new boss Diamond and how he needed workers. She knew from her late night trysts with Caleb, that he was going to join them, and she wanted to be with him. Caleb was so funny and sweet, and she loved him. Yes, she fell in love with him the first time she saw him smile and wink at her at his birthday festival.
The King and Queen held a huge bash from him. She and her sisters went, even though her mother didn't want them to go. She was the oldest of them all at seventeen. Yeah, she was a year older than him, and her sisters were just little girls until Wiseman put them in the aging chambers and made them all seventeen.
Catzy, Birdie and Avery were such sweet little girls, full of life. But since the negaverse changed them, they've become strangers to her. Even now with Birdie by her side, she shivered. She knew what went behind closed doors. Her sisters were like Rubeus's little whores, and they didn't know he was sleeping with all of them. She was the only one who was left untouched. Of course he tried. He tried so many times to seduce her, but she always thought of Caleb. She always thought of ways to get him to change his mind about her and what he saw. But that dratted man was thick headed! She unconsciously clenched her hands tightly together. He wouldn't even talk to her!
"So this will bring me luck?" The voice cut into her dark thoughts and she returned her attention to the girl.
"Yes, come on try it on." She coached and took the bracelet out to give her.
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"Oh Darien, look at all the pretty gems!" Serena turned to see Rini clutching Darien's hand tightly in hers.
"Darien." She breathed his name without thinking. He looked up and his beautiful eyes turned to stone.
"Can you take me for ice cream?" Rini pleaded. Serena turned from them.
"Maybe some other time." She heard him mutter. Serena clasped on the bracelet the sales lady handed her and gasped. She felt the dark energy running throughout her blood stream. Forget about him. A voice rasped in her head. He doesn't care, why care about him? He never appreciated you. He's a loser, you don't need him. You don't need anyone. A cold smile played on her lips.
"Well, maybe I need him for one thing." She muttered to herself.
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Mina and Lita watched Serena's expressions change drastically and exchanged worried looks.
"Look what you did. Darien was going to take me for ice cream until he saw you!" Rini complained. Serena's smile slipped from her face and her blue eyes turned dark with fury.
"Shut your mouth you little brat, or you'll regret ever coming here in the first place." She hissed at her. Rini's eyes became round with shock and fright. Serena brushed past them without sparing them a look.
"What was that?" Lita asked Mina absently. Mina shrugged slowly, watching Serena disappear in a crowed of people.
"We should talk with the others." She said and they left the store.
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Darien stepped out of his shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He was so exhausted from everything he swore he could sleep for a week straight. Quickly he dressed in his pajama pants, shivering at the breeze from the window. Huh? He looked up at the curtains blowing in a gentle breeze. How did that happen? He had closed it tightly before he went into the shower. Frowning, he went to the window and shut it again.
"Ten o'clock on the dot. You always take a shower at that time, so predictable." Whirling around, he saw Serena standing in the doorway of the bathroom. What the hell was she dressed in? It was a short pink satin nighty that moved fluidly over her slender body. The straps were tied neatly in bows at her shoulders. Was she trying to kill him?
"What are you doing here?" He demanded, forcing his body to cool down. She smiled and ran a hand up her waist, and breasts, fingering the bows that held up her nighty. She pulled at the strings and the material slipped off her and pooled in a pile of pink satin at her feet.
"Isn't it obvious?" She asked coyly.
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AN: How mean of me to leave you off! Shame on me! *Slaps the back of hands*. I need time to get more ideas as to how I'm going to write the rest, so stay tuned for more and PLEASE *goes on knees*, Please be patient with me. Uncontrolled? Chapter eight will be out next week darlings so watch for that! As always, thanks so much to my editor Ying, so REVIEW! Love you all kisses *muh*
PS: Animefreak242, so nice to hear from you!
An unexpected storm made Serena groan and dash for cover. She shielded her head from the cold drops with the magazine she had purchased earlier. She reached the apartment lobby, completely soaked to the bone. The guard eyed her and she saw a faint spark of interest in his eyes. She sent him a glare, knowing that her dress was molded to her body. Stomping to the elevator, she ignored the other ravenous male eyes and punched the button. When she got into the apartment, she noticed that it was empty. Lita had been watching Caleb while she made a little stop at the store.
"Lita?" She called out and wandered into the kitchen. No note or anything. Where could they have gone?
"She went out." Came Luna's voice. Serena peered down at her kitty.
"Where to?" She asked slipping off her wet shoes before her toes turned to raisins.
"She didn't say. But your mom called earlier. She needs you to go pick up Rini from her swimming class." Serena groaned and grabbed her keys from her bedroom.
"What! That little spore better be there." She muttered and left to go to the community center.
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"My mom sure is late." A little girl said sadly, peering out of the window. Rini closed her eyes when a flash of lightning cut across the gray sky. I'm not going to cry, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. She chanted over and over. Where was Ikkuko? She was supposed to be here by now. Another twenty minutes passed and she and a little boy were ushered outside so they could close the building. The little boy's lower lip trembled and soon, he was sobbing outright.
"Hey, you're a boy. Boys aren't supposed to cry." She scoffed. The boy glared at her.
"Says who?" He shot at her and turned away to continue crying. Soon, a van pulled up and the little boy, Josh, looked up. The door swung open and a kind looking man smiled at them.
"Hi Josh. Let's go and get you out of the rain buddy." He called. Josh's face lit up and he scampered away and into the van. Rini watched them drive away with longing in her heart. Now I'm the only one left. She thought a little frightened. Looking up at the sky, she screamed when thunder crashed throughout the night. She fought back tears.
"Mommy can I have my very own umbrella?" She turned to a little girl and her mother walking down the sidewalk.
"Well honey, that sounds like a very good idea." The mother replied back. The little girl grinned lovingly at her mother and again, a pang of longing and loneliness hit her.
"Mommy. Daddy." She whispered sorrowfully to herself thinking back to the time when it rained in Crystal Tokyo and she and her parents were strolling in the park. She loved it when she got to go to the park with them. She remembered them dressed in civilian clothes, watching her with so much love in their eyes that she never wanted the moment to go away. Her tears began falling and she ran away.
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"Please, no more crashing thunder, no more flashing lightning." Serena prayed, gripping the steering wheel tightly as she turned on to another slick road. When she got to the community center, Rini wasn't there. Serena looked around and frowned.
"Did she go home?" She asked herself. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed home. After about a billon rings, Sammy finally answered.
"Oh Serena, you just ruined my game. What do you want?" He snapped at her. Serena held back the insults that were burning her tongue.
"Is Rini there? I went to pick her up at her swimming class, but she's not here. I'm hoping she made it home okay."
"She's not here. Poor Rini, I'll go and keep watch." He said quickly and hung up. Serena sighed and hung up the phone. I guess I should look around this place. She thought and stuffed her phone back into the pocket of her jacket. Oh Rini, where are you? She thought and started off in a direction. She turned a corner and ran into some one hard. Who would want to walk in this kind of weather? She wondered irritated and glanced up to apologize to the person. Darien looked down at her.
"Oh Darien." She said in a surprised tone. He placed a safe distance between them.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" He asked. Serena looked around them.
"Rini is gone. I don't know where to find her." She muttered. Alarm flashed in his eyes.
"Gone?" She nodded and suddenly a loud crack of thunder vibrated through the sky and instinctively, she grabbed him and buried her face in his sweet smelling shirt.
"I hate the thunder." She whispered.
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Darien automatically wrapped his arms around her trembling body. She had always hated thunderstorms. He would hold her tight in his arms and whisper soothingly in her ear until she fell asleep, or relaxed. It was always an important feeling that passed over him, knowing that she depended on him to be her strength. He loved that feeling. He loved her. But images of his haunting dreams reminded him that he also had a duty to keep her safe. He pulled away and avoided her hurtful eyes.
"We can't do this Serena." He said in a hoarse voice. She dropped her arms to her side and smiled weakly.
"Right, we need to find Rini. I'll go this way and you go that way." She said and turned away from him. His body felt the loss of her heat and he watched her run away from him. Absently, his hands went to his neck where a silver chain hung. He fingered the small ring he placed there earlier. Rini, they needed to find Rini. He told himself and went to find her.
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Lita looked outside at the exchange between Serena and Darien. She, Caleb and Ami were at a small restaurant.
"Just look at those two. They're either on or they're off." She said sadly and took the salt shaker away from the curious one year old.
"Whatever they are, they must be crazy to be in this storm." Ami said, looking up from her book and watching Serena and Darien separate into different directions.
"Hey, Ami and Lita are here." The two girls turned from the window and saw Raye and Mina walking to them.
"Hey guys! Are you hiding out from the storm like we are?" Lita asked and relinquished Caleb to Mina.
"Yeah and we ran into each other out front. Isn't that weird?" Raye said and slid next to Ami. Mina took a seat next to Lita.
"The same thing happened to us. I came to study for bio chem, socio economics, English lit and Spanish until it stopped raining." Ami said brightly. The girls all laughed a little, while exchanging looks.
"Er, I just came here for a shake." Lita decided to say.
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Rini huddled in a dark alley and watched the people pass by.
"Mommy, I'm hungry." A little boy said, hopping merrily beside his mother.
"How about some Apple Pie?" She asked him. The little boy's eyes brightened.
"And ice cream too?" He asked hopefully. The mother laughed.
"Sure." She said with a laugh.
Rini looked down at her Luna ball and pressed a small button in its nose. One of the eyes lit up.
"Please Luna ball, can I go home to my mommy yet?" She asked, knowing the answer anyway.
"No, not yet." It answered. She dug under her damp shirt and pulled out the time travel key Puu placed tenderly on her. If only she remembered how to use it.
"But I want to use the key to go see her." She whimpered with tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Rini, you must be very very cautious about using the time travel key. You know that." The person replied to her. She sniffed.
"But why?" She asked in a pleading tone. "Her eyes hardened with determination. "I want to go home!"
"Its too dangerous." The voice softened. Rini could almost see Luna's face relax and her eyes warm up. "I know you're awfully young. But you have to be brave little one. To save your mum's life you have to find that silver crystal. You can't leave there until you have it. Be a good girl Rini, everything will be okay." She promised. Tears mounted again when the eye dimmed. A choked sob escaped her mouth.
"No! No!" She cried and ran from the alley. She grabbed the key around her neck and held it up. "Take me back!" She pleaded mournfully. The little gem at the top of the key began to glow pink and soon a thin strand of time energy shot out. Then another one and another one. She looked frantically around. This was wrong, it wasn't supposed to work like this! She began crying.
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The scouts felt an uncomfortable hum of energy surrounding them. Soon, little pink lines began forming. Mina clutched Caleb close to her. There was a flash of bright white light, and then she found herself and the others floating in the restaurant.
"What's going on?" Lita asked.
"What a totally weird feeling." Raye said. Mina's dress floated around her and Raye's face caught in it. Mina gasped and looked down.
"Raye! Do you mind?" She hissed and lost her hold on Caleb. The little one year old laughed and clapped his hands with glee.
"This is an incomprehensible phenomenon!" Ami gasped. "It's like the Earth suddenly lost its gravitational center." She looked out the window to see passing cars on the street, completely unaffected. "But we're the only ones affected." She finished.
"Ami, this is no time to talk like a textbook." Mina said, folding her arms over her chest.
"I wish I could go right side up." Raye growled. Lita sent Mina a glare and started moving towards Caleb. The one year old, floated out of her grasp, laughing.
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Rini flailed her arms wildly, trying to get down.
"Why can't I go back to Mommy and Daddy?" She wailed. More tears coursed down her cheeks. I want to go home. "Mommy, please, let me come home!" She felt her crescent moon began to flare on her forehead, but she didn't care. She wanted to go home!
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Serena felt the surge of power and looked up at the sky. A golden beam shot through the damp night air. Darien saw it to, because he was beside her in an instant.
"That's Rini's energy." She said and began running to it. Serena ran into the store she saw Rini going into. As soon as she stepped in, her feet left the floor. She stumbled, but soon, she was floating in the air. The youma was another female one that was pounding on some odd looking drums. Rini flew across the room and smacked into the scouts. She saw Lita with Caleb in her arms and bit her lip. She transformed quickly. The youma turned its attention from Rini and the others and started beating on her drums in a menacing manner. Serena moved awkwardly around, but the more she struggled, the more she turned upside down. Not good, not good at all she thought. Thankfully, a red rose whizzed down and destroyed the drums, she took her chance and pulled out her wand.
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It was her! Sailor Moon! Before she would go to bed every night, her Daddy would tell her stories about her. He had so much feeling and warmth in his voice, she fell in love with the old superhero. Puu had told her to get help from Sailor Moon, and now here she was in the flesh!
:What's going on here?: Sailor Moon asked. Rini felt a pang of guilt and looked down, fingering the key.
"It's my fault." Rini admitted and concentrated her energy on the crystal. Soon, she was lowered to the ground. The silly girls behind her all fell with a crash to the floor. Oops.
"Rini, can't you tell us why you're here?" Serena asked gently. Rini looked so sad right now, she forgot how much she didn't like the little spore.
"Sailor Moon?" Rini hesitated then looked down.
"Come on Rini, you can trust us." Lita said and held her little hand. Rini shook her head.
"No, let me go. I didn't mean any harm. I just want to go home to see, my Mommy and Daddy." She said, and pulled her hand away from Lita.
"But if you tell us what's going on, then maybe we can help you." Serena said and kneeled down. There it was, the hesitation. She couldn't help but feel sympathy towards Rini. Rini was so young, and she was here, all by herself.
"That's enough. She probably has good reason not to tell." Darien told them gruffly. Relief was evident in Rini's little face and she ran to him.
"Thank you Tuxedo Mask." She said. Serena looked away, fighting the hurtful twinge in her heart. Her really was a sweet guy. And once, he had been her sweet guy.
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Mina let out a sigh and slumped further in the park bench. Where were they? She had been waiting here for almost twenty minutes.
"Hey, Mina!" She turned to see Lita running to meet her. "Sorry, I'm late, but there was this really cute guy that started flirting with me." She said and pulled out a sheet of paper. "And I got his number!" She said.
"Well, Serena's not here yet so I guess its okay." Mina grumbled.
"She had to drop Caleb off at her mom's. She said she'll be here soon." Lita explained and leaned back in the park bench with a stretch. "I'm so glad that we're going out. We haven't had a major shopping spree in so long!"
With that, Mina brightened. "Yeah, I saw this perfect outfit on sale yesterday. I hope it's still there."
"Hey guys!" Serena's bright voice called out to them. Rini tagged along behind her. "Sorry I'm late. Ready to go?"
"Yeah!"
They walked down the road to a small shop that sat on a cozy little corner.
"Hey, I read about this shop. They sell charms and things that are suppose to bring you good luck." Mina said and they crossed the road.
Charms huh? Of course, she didn't believe in them. But she went in the store anyway. When she got in, she looked around. Well, she didn't believe in certain things. Maybe this little bracelet in the glass counter would work. Maybe a little luck could help her with Darien. She parted from the others and peered down at the bracelet. It was silver with a blue stone in it that sparkled like glitter.
"The Promise of the Heart. A very good choice." A sales lady leaned over and looked with her.
"It's pretty." Serena admitted and looked up. A young woman smiled gently down at her.
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Prisma fought hard to keep her smile in check. This girl looked so much like Neo Queen Serenity. With her innocent blue eyes and warm aura. But just thinking about her made her chest ache.
Caleb.
She thought of him so often although it killed her to do so. She thought back, remembering his face when he caught her kissing Rubeus. She didn't want to, he forced her to. He had been talking about his new boss Diamond and how he needed workers. She knew from her late night trysts with Caleb, that he was going to join them, and she wanted to be with him. Caleb was so funny and sweet, and she loved him. Yes, she fell in love with him the first time she saw him smile and wink at her at his birthday festival.
The King and Queen held a huge bash from him. She and her sisters went, even though her mother didn't want them to go. She was the oldest of them all at seventeen. Yeah, she was a year older than him, and her sisters were just little girls until Wiseman put them in the aging chambers and made them all seventeen.
Catzy, Birdie and Avery were such sweet little girls, full of life. But since the negaverse changed them, they've become strangers to her. Even now with Birdie by her side, she shivered. She knew what went behind closed doors. Her sisters were like Rubeus's little whores, and they didn't know he was sleeping with all of them. She was the only one who was left untouched. Of course he tried. He tried so many times to seduce her, but she always thought of Caleb. She always thought of ways to get him to change his mind about her and what he saw. But that dratted man was thick headed! She unconsciously clenched her hands tightly together. He wouldn't even talk to her!
"So this will bring me luck?" The voice cut into her dark thoughts and she returned her attention to the girl.
"Yes, come on try it on." She coached and took the bracelet out to give her.
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"Oh Darien, look at all the pretty gems!" Serena turned to see Rini clutching Darien's hand tightly in hers.
"Darien." She breathed his name without thinking. He looked up and his beautiful eyes turned to stone.
"Can you take me for ice cream?" Rini pleaded. Serena turned from them.
"Maybe some other time." She heard him mutter. Serena clasped on the bracelet the sales lady handed her and gasped. She felt the dark energy running throughout her blood stream. Forget about him. A voice rasped in her head. He doesn't care, why care about him? He never appreciated you. He's a loser, you don't need him. You don't need anyone. A cold smile played on her lips.
"Well, maybe I need him for one thing." She muttered to herself.
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Mina and Lita watched Serena's expressions change drastically and exchanged worried looks.
"Look what you did. Darien was going to take me for ice cream until he saw you!" Rini complained. Serena's smile slipped from her face and her blue eyes turned dark with fury.
"Shut your mouth you little brat, or you'll regret ever coming here in the first place." She hissed at her. Rini's eyes became round with shock and fright. Serena brushed past them without sparing them a look.
"What was that?" Lita asked Mina absently. Mina shrugged slowly, watching Serena disappear in a crowed of people.
"We should talk with the others." She said and they left the store.
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Darien stepped out of his shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He was so exhausted from everything he swore he could sleep for a week straight. Quickly he dressed in his pajama pants, shivering at the breeze from the window. Huh? He looked up at the curtains blowing in a gentle breeze. How did that happen? He had closed it tightly before he went into the shower. Frowning, he went to the window and shut it again.
"Ten o'clock on the dot. You always take a shower at that time, so predictable." Whirling around, he saw Serena standing in the doorway of the bathroom. What the hell was she dressed in? It was a short pink satin nighty that moved fluidly over her slender body. The straps were tied neatly in bows at her shoulders. Was she trying to kill him?
"What are you doing here?" He demanded, forcing his body to cool down. She smiled and ran a hand up her waist, and breasts, fingering the bows that held up her nighty. She pulled at the strings and the material slipped off her and pooled in a pile of pink satin at her feet.
"Isn't it obvious?" She asked coyly.
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AN: How mean of me to leave you off! Shame on me! *Slaps the back of hands*. I need time to get more ideas as to how I'm going to write the rest, so stay tuned for more and PLEASE *goes on knees*, Please be patient with me. Uncontrolled? Chapter eight will be out next week darlings so watch for that! As always, thanks so much to my editor Ying, so REVIEW! Love you all kisses *muh*
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