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Chapter 9 – Welcome Home

And, then it happened. Youma attacked in the park, again. Amy detected it first with her computer, alerted the girls and Darien, and then the five of them were all dashing off in hopes they could defeat it without Serena. What Amy didn't know was that Serena did, in fact, know how to turn the location finder on her communicator off while leaving the device on. Just as she sat down to dinner, her communicator went off and she groaned.

Serena looked at all of them and said, "Sorry." She then transformed and disappeared.

Jadeite leapt up, shouting, "Like hell you're going without me!" And he quickly disappeared chasing after her. Zoisite, Nephrite, and Kunzite quietly stood and followed them both. Her uncle then proceeded to eat his dinner at a sedate pace. He figured they could just reheat theirs when they got back.

Serena and the generals all appeared in an alley near the park. She smiled at them when she realized they had followed her there. She asked them to stay out of sight unless they wanted to reveal themselves to Darien. Not one of them wanted him to know they were back yet, so they agreed they would just keep out of sight and keep watch over her.

So, it was in the middle of a tense battle against the newest youma that Sailor Moon showed up and jumped into action. Darien stood frozen for a second, hardly believing she was there. Then he heard one of the girls scream in pain, and he turned his focus back to the fight. He noticed the youma was about to launch an attack. He then looked over at Serena and was just in time to see her quickly launch her tiara, dusting the youma. His heart almost stopped when she smiled after their victory.

"Hello, everyone."

The girls and Darien stared back at her.

Amy spoke first, "Serena, it is so good to see you. How are you even here?"

"Like this." She said and disappeared only to reappear behind them. "Hello." She said, and they all spun around to look at her again as she wiggled her fingers at them.

Lita asked, "How did you learn to do that?! That's amazing!"

All Serena would say was, "I had some help training."

Raye quipped, "Well, you were still late."

Mina jumped in, "Thank you for coming to help us."

Serena said, "I told you I would be back to help you fight any youma. I have also been doing a lot of training. I keep my word."

Amy smiled and said, "I never doubted you. It was fun to all fight together again."

Serena's eyes softened and she said, "Oddly enough, it actually was. I never thought I would miss the fighting. I will be back again next time. Bye." And Serena disappeared again. This time for good.

Darien went home and put a second hole in his wall with his fist. She was stunning and beautiful, and he couldn't say even one word to her. The apartment seemed even more quiet than it had been thirty minutes ago. He didn't know how that was even possible.

Serena and the guys all arrived home and reheated their dinners. They went over her battle afterwards, and then everyone went to be early that night.

Two days later, they were all back in the city since another youma had appeared. The boys were watching the fight from a hidden location, and Serena dusted the youma. This time, she didn't stay and talk. The following day, there was yet another youma attack. Serena knew it was time to move back to the city. Now she just had to break it to her uncle.

Serena unpacked her last box two weeks and five battles after that first night back in the park in over a year. It had surprised her how easy it was to break it to her uncle. He clapped his hands, rubbed them together, and stated that it was time for them all to move. That surprised her, and she was instantly relieved. Her uncle proceeded to show her the housing listing for the house he had purchased near her childhood home. He showed her which room was hers and where the guys would be also. He further shocked her saying he had closed on it two days ago, and they would all be moving together.

She explained to her parents, and they reluctantly agreed she didn't need to move back into their house. Two arguments won out in the end. One, she was old enough that she could make her own decisions and two, she seemed to really thrive under her uncle's supervision. Her brother groaned, wishing she was moving back in. Last week, he was five minutes late for curfew, and he received an hour lecture on being responsible. He missed his sister; she had always made him look like the model for responsibility.

The hardest part turned out to be quitting her job. They hated to see her go and told her that any time she wanted to come back they would be happy to have her. She realized she was really going to miss them all. She had truly loved her job and the people there. She hugged them all as she said goodbye.

Andrew was wiping down the counter when the doors opened, and the girls walked in. He waved hello to them and proceeded to get their milkshakes before they even had to order them. He sent them over and then refilled Darien's coffee cup. He smiled as he filled it with decaf when Darien wasn't looking. He had been doing that since Darien broke up with Serena. His favorite time to slip him decaf was in the mornings before he had a long lecture.

The doors opened again and in came a bubbly Molly. Andrew laughed and shook his head at her behavior then froze when he saw who was with her. There was Serena, chatting with her and smiling. Then, even brotherly Andrew noticed she was gorgeous, and his jaw dropped. Serena looked over at him, and she gave him a brilliant smile.

Andrew was out from behind the counter before Darien could even look up from his books. Darien slowly turned and saw Andrew hugging Serena. He was transfixed, and he couldn't look away from her. He had, of course, quickly noticed what Andrew had already seen. She was gorgeous. He quickly amended that to incredibly sexy. And, there she was undeniably sexy and standing there not even looking at him. He then heard four very high-pitched squeals, and Serena was surrounded by her scouts and wrapped up in an enormous hug.

Andrew asked one of the other employees to take over since he was taking a break. The group of them all filed into a booth and started talking animatedly.

Darien whispered, "Welcome home," and then turned back to his books. He proceeded to pack everything away and paid his bill. Once he was home, he added one more hole to the wall before he continued to study for his test the next day. A test he aced, realizing Serena would have been so proud of him.