Title: Parents (!)
Part: 19
Series: Family Ties
by
Terra DeeEarth
Editor: Tembo Foulds
Typed:November 21, 1999
{well that's when I started it any way}
Rated PG
For Tembo's dirty mouth.

	Disclaimer: {Sailor Moon is Naoko's ... but we helped!}

	The disclaimer offer still stands!

	This part of my fic is for Louis, who passed away last weekend
in a car accident.  [*sniffles* it was so sad.  :(   ]

	Special Thanks:
~Stephanie, she's a real nice author read her stuff.
~Diane, who wrote me!
~Mecury Blue, Sailor Europa, and I Abibde, who say longer is better!
~and ma lunch room pals,g-woman, Virgo Victoria, BoB, Minako, Tembo, and
 	the guys who probly don't want me to mention their names, 'cause I
 	have a tendancy to say embarrassing things.


'......' is thinking
"......" is talking {duh}
{......} these are my comments
[......] are Tembo's comments
*......* this is somthing happening
~......~ this is somthing emphasized (caps will be used for volume)
~*~...~*~ time or scene change
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	Darien then sat on the floor wondering what to do next.  His knees
were bent, one elbow resting on his right knee.  His head rested on his 
hand.  'What could this mean?' he asked himself.

	"Calm down, young one."  An angelic voice periced his mind.  He
 looked up to see a fairy, a fairy almost as tall as he.  

	Her curly hair was short for a woman like her -she seemed almost 
timeless, like Queen Serenity- and flowed as ringlets to her shoulders.  
Her hair when he looked at it closely was pink, but it could have been the 
pink light that surrounded her, that seemed to flow from her being.  He 
looked into her eyes, they were filled with understanding, wisdom and... 
mischeif?

	"Who are you?" he asked the fairy... no angel.

	"Many call me Mother Earth."

	"Why are you here?" he asked defensively.

	"To help you cope mochi. {Mochi is Japanesse for sweetcake, the 
spellin' might not be right.}  Soon your life will be turned upsidedown.  
Not for the first time and not for the last.  I must tell you what will 
help you get through this hellish but wonderful time in your life."

	"I don't understand." His defences had now abandoned him in the 
presence of the one called Mother Earth.  

	"You won't for a long time.  Your friends, your love and your 
family will help you.  But you must beleive in them and yourself."  She 
had just finnished speaking as she began to disapear.

	'Have faith in them,' Darien thought.  'I think I'll wait and 
let things play out farther, before bringing Rhea's brother into this... 
what ever his name is.  But my family?'  He went downstairs to meet 
Katherine for lunch.

	He went through the door nearest the staircase and found himself  
in the dining room.

	"Hi there!" Katherine cried from the far end of the room.

	"Hi, what are we going to be doing after lunch?" he asked sitting 
down to eat.  

	"We have to go into town to pick up Serena and Raye."
	
	"How did Serena and Raye both end up with jobs here?"

	"Serena was upset about all of her friends leaving for the summer, 
so I asked her to come here.  She called a week later asking if her friend 
Raye could come too."

	"Oh."

	Just then Greg entered the room.

	"Your sister Lucie called, she wants you to call her back after 
lunch.  She said it was important," he said, then left.

	"Damn," Katherine said.

	"What is it?" Darien asked.

	"Well if Lucie says it's important IT'S probly a matter of life or 
death.  Look you know both Serena and Raye, could you take one of the trucks 
and go pick them up?"

	"Sure."

	"Thanks!" she cried getting up.  "Gotta book it!"  Katherine then 
went into the stairwell, made sure there was no one around and opened the 
hidden door and climbed the stairs to the sixth floor.

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{hieeeeeeeeee just had to interupt to tell you that you can make old markers
work by riping off the the backends and putting water inside them.... just 
don't put too much 'cause then it'll come out the tip and you'll have blue 
ink all over your white desk... not that I've done that last part I just 
know 'cause I'm all knowing.... You question my sanity 'cause I'm all 
knowing?  Tembo thinks she's allmighty!  Just 'cause we share a brain 
does not mean we're both crazy *points at Tembo* 'sides that is nothin' 
I have a cousin who thinks he's Jesus..... you think that's weird?  I have 
another cusin who thinks she's Satan.... I have such a POWERFUL family.... 
~Jesus's~ father thinks he's Elvis by the way, his mother is my mother's 
sister.  And I won't tell you just how I'm related to ~Satan~ *points at 
Tembo again*  Don't laugh!  In a few years (well depending on Tembo's 
schedule) I'm going to be ruling the world!}[Damn striaght!]
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	"Rhea told me she'd be here to pick us up?" Serena whined.

	"I don't care! I still don't trust her, she gives me weird vibes," 
Raye stared.

	"It must be some kind of EMERGENCY!"

	Darien had arrived on time, and had been waiting for their bus to 
arrive.  He wanted to surprize Serena so he snuck up behind her motioning 
for Raye not to let the cat out of the bag.

	"But Rayeeee, Raye?" Serena questioned.

	Raye was trying to hold in her laughter when suddenly Darien 
tapped  Serena on the shoulder and said, "hey there beutiful.  Need a 
lift."

	"Darien!"  Serena cried, as she threw her arms around him.  "What 
are you doing here?"

	"Well, I work at a ranch just outside of town and I'm here to pick 
up two of the newest employees."

	"Millenium Ranch?" Raye asked.

	Darien nodded.

	"That's us!" Serena cheered.

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	Katherine reached the sixth floor, useing her Earth powers to unlock
all doors barring her passage, as she knew she was alone she let her guises 
fall.  The house key turned into a very ornate key with jewels and such.  
{Think Reenie's key!} The nearly invisible silver rose pin, became visible
for all to see.  Her pigtails fell out into a cut similar to Darien's.  As 
such with being on the royal levels, her uniform grew out into a long, 
flowing sleevless gown and the colours turned so most of the dress was 
pink with greenish accents.  The symbol of Earth shone blue on her 
forehead and a tiny crown appeared just above her bangs.

	"I wish that I had more time to think about how NOT to have that 
happen when I get past the 4th floor!" she cussed.

	She hurried past the Thrownroom, conference chaimbers and the 
schoolroom.  Ignored the hallway to the Queen's and her own offices.  
She went past the King's office and ducked behind a tree, her hand 
subconsiously triggering the catch to reveal the opening into one of 
the many hidden rooms.

	She sat on one of the many chairs, infront of one of the many 
different councels.  She tapped a few buttons on the large keyboard and
the screen became fuzzy, then a picture came in.  A girl with curly, 
shoulder length, pink hair was sitting in a tree.  The girl soon noticed 
the flashing light on a small laptop.  The girl seldomly used it, only 
keeping it around for emergencies.

	The girl's redish-pink eyes focused on one button ~link~.  As 
she pressed it she saw the crown princess of Earth waiting impatiently 
for her to speak.

	"What took you so long, 'Rin?"  the girl asked.

	"Well I was actually trying to run this place.  Or do you want 
the ENTIRE staff to know of our very existance," Katherine said.

	"EXCUSE ME, but this is IMPORTANT!" the pink-haired girl cried.

	"Get on with it Lucie, I really don't want to be caught!"

	"Fine.  I've spoken with Mother,"  Lucie said flatly.

	"WHAT?!" Katherine exclaimed.

	"Mama appeared in fairy form, well I think it was fairy form, it 
could have been angel form."
	
	"Luce, the point," Katherine proded.

	"I'm getting to that!  She told me something important was going 
to happen and that I should keep in touch with you.  And it was probly a 
good idea if I showed up at home sometime this summer."

	"Okay."

	"What's up?"

	"There have been a few Dark Earth family attacks, I've been able 
to handle them with the resources here."

	"Resourses?"

	"More precisely the Sailor Scouts.  They'e all been reborn too, 
along with two Lunar guardians.  The Moon Princess has been fighting as 
Sailor Moon.  There's also a new guy on the scene.  Tuxedo Mask.  I think 
he might be Endymion."

	"As in both Endy and Dari?"

	"Probly, all us girls came back as the same people we were during
 the Silver Millenium.  Although I have a worker here who could be them too."

	"The book, 'Rin?"

	"He can read it, but so could Logan."

	"Yeah, but Logan's blonde." [*sniffles* Just had to make fun of 
blondes again didn't you?]{shit Tem I was just pointing out a difference!}

	"I meant that it does NOT neccasariely mean he's OUR brother!"

	"Kay!"

	"One more thing Luce."

	"Yeah?"

	"Zan called.  She wanted to know where everyone else was.  Could 
Mother have been the reason for that?"

	"With Zan?  Hmmph could be anything, not neccacarily good either."

	"Fine, we'll keep in touch."

	Lucie nods, the screen goes blank.

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{just wanted to say hi}
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	'Oh boy, this is gonna be one hell of a summer,' Katherine thinks 
as she walks down the long stairway.  Just after she passes it the door to 
level two opens.

	Greg shouts, "hey, Rhea, wait up!"

	"Hi, what have you been up to?" she askes him.

	"I've been trying to clean up the girls bunkhouse... with no luck."

	"Why?  The permanent staff messed it and it is their job to clean 
it up."

	"Well, they haven't gotten around to it yet..."

	"And?"

	"And the workers I hired are supposed to show up this afternoon," 
he said sheepishly.

	"And they are all female, as predicted?"

	"Yes, Mina, Lita and Amiee."

	"No, not Mina Aino, Lita Kino and Amiee Mizuno?"

	"Yes."

	"Greg, when I said to hire the Sailor Scouts I wasn't serious."

	"But you were when you said to hire someone I got along with, 
and I just happened to be friends with Amiee.  And well Amiee and Serena 
told me Lita was a great cook.  Besides I don't even know the other girl."

	"Mina Aino, she just happens to be Venus."

	"I moved away long before Venus showed up, I didn't meet her."

	"That's all right, I guess there's no stopping it now."

	"The great battle for the Earth?"

	"Yes," Katherine sighed.  "My mother has been gathering my sisters.
The outers have made reservations at the poit of the garnet rod and the 
inners all work here for the summer.  All we need now is Logan and the 
Generals,  I suspect Endymion's already nearby."

	"Don't worry it could just be a coincidence.  Not all the inner 
scouts work here.  We're missing Moon and Mars, and we don't have the 
princess from a time yet to come, either."

	"When you've lived as long as I have, Greg, you'll learn there is 
no such thing as coincidence.  Pluto, is bringing my niece Reenie from 
Crystal Tokyo soon."

	The two companions were now reaching the first floor.

	"But Rhea, Moon and Mars are still out of the picture."

	"Rhea, I'm here, we FINALLY made it!" a new voice called.

	"Serena, don't scream it!" another voice chided.

	"My sister Serena and her friend Raye..." Katherine said.

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	"Now this is the bus we take to the ranch," Amiee stated.

	"Kay," Mina laughed, not really caring if they took the right bus 
or not.  After all what's one more adventure to Sailor V?

	"We know you wouldn't get us lost, Ames," Lita sighed, she was 
very excited about her new job.

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	"He's down there, Rhea, I'll be tending the horses," Greg said 
before him and Katherine left the stairs.

	"Rhea!" Serena yelled running over to give her a hug.

	"Hi, Serena," Katherine said.  "Raye."

	Raye gave a half-hearted smile.  Darien nodded. [Somebody is not 
pleased...Not pleased at all!] {since when are either of those two pleased?}

	"Greg, is that you?" Serena asked.

	"Mhmm," he replied as he quickly left for the stables.

	"I wonder what's wrong?" Serena said concerned.

	Raye gave Darien an accusing look.

	"Uhh... Greg and I didn't exactly hit it off," Darien understated, 
with a wink at Katherine.

	"Well, I guess I have time to take the two of you up to your rooms.  
Darien do you think you could help Gretta with dinner, her assistant won't 
be getting in 'till late?  Just offer to stir or somethin'."

	"Yeah, sure."  He headed off to the kitchen.  

	Katherine took the girls to the stairs.  She carried Luna's 
basket and one of Raye's suitcases.  "Kay you girls are on the 3rd 
floor.  Greg is the only one on the second floor for now, when we have 
some extra time we have to clean out one for Darien.  He's in my brother's 
room for now, we're on the 4th floor."

	They walked south-east to the room Raye would have.  "Kay, this 
place used to be a castle so everything's a little oldfashioned on some 
levels, this one included."  

	She took them into Raye's room. *points north* "That door leads 
to Serena's room, it locks from both sides.

	They continue down a small hallway Raye was seemingly the only one 
to notice the sigal of Mars etched into her door.  

	*Katherine points north again* "That's the bedroom, we're in the 
sitting room and *points west* that's the bathroom."

	Leaving Raye to unpack, Katherine took her foster sister through 
Raye's room to Serena's.  "This is the bedroom,"  Katherine said as they 
walked through it.  "The sitting room and the bath is through there.  You 
and Raye are to meet me at the stables after breakfast tomorrow."  And with 
that said Katherine left.

	Katherine then decided that she would go for a walk into the woods 
to beign preparing herself for the upcoming battle.

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	Kalindra was not the type to give up easily, she had spent her 
two week ~retreat~ planning and consulting her map of existance.  The map 
of existance was given to a noble family of Earth during the Silver 
Millenium, so they could advise the King and Queen.  It had the power to 
see into the imidiate future of a decision.  

	Kalindra learned of the fact that the present Serenity's future 
daughter would be coming to the site of the old Earth palace for training 
in the arts of the Earth.  She decided to attack Serenity through her.

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	Melenda of course spent her time reasearching, the last thousand 
years, old legends, the Sailor Scouts, Mercury in particular.  Known only 
to Melenda was the fact that Sailor Mercury was a relative of hers.  

	When they were fighting the Sailor Scouts Melenda had noticed 
Mercury's hair.  It was blue like her own.  Now if they had say both 
been... blondes it wouldn't have mattered, but blue hair was a rarity 
indeed.  So of course Melenda used a fight as an excuse to get a tissue 
sample, and well things happened from there.  

	Melenda was no longer indifferent about the fight with those of 
the Moon Kingdom, she was outright against it.  They were fighting kinfolk.
Her only problem now was how to tell Kalindra.  She knew Ariono would back 
her up, he hated this fight period.

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	Ariono spent his ~vacation~ trying to figure out how to obey his 
sister and now leader without hurting anyone... especially Katherine.  He 
remembered how the used to play together as children, how she would back 
him up when Jedite tried to pick on him.  

	He remembered the little things like her smile that was almost 
constantly with her, like her brother and gaurdian.  The way she'd hug 
the people she cared for.  Her eyes, especially her eyes.  

	The midnight blue centres and the outer ring that changed 
with her mood or weather.  Grey for sad, green when she was about to
get into some trouble, brown when everything was just ~ok~, the purple 
they'd go when she was having fun.  The weak pinky-red they'd turn when 
she was hurt, transformed or losing energy.  The cold blue her eyes would 
completely turn when she'd act like the princess she was or when she was 
about to give someone that icy stare.

	The look in them as she was dying, still REFUSING to give up.

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	Katherine found her special tree in the woods, her thinking tree.  
It would open its branches just for her to sit in, safe and aloft.

	She sat down and called to the Earth to make her powerful enough 
to protect it.  She called on Kami, Mother Earth and Father Time to give 
her the strength to see this battle won.  They all heard her prayers... 
but Kami sent her a reply.

	Katherine was still sitting in her tree, trying to make some 
sense out of the recent happenings in her life, when a man appeared.  His 
skin was deep green, with pink patches on his arms.  He had no hair, but 
two anteni, his ears were pointed and he had vampire-like teeth.  He was 
dressed in a fighting uniform of some sort.

	"Katherine Rhea?" the man questioned.

	"Yes," she answered, not at all surprized to see him.

	"I have a message for you from Kami."

	"Go on then."

	"He says, he knows you have the strength to save your princess. And 
you are not to tell her of the importance of the battle to come.  Most of 
all you are not to tell any of them of yourself, they must figure it out 
on their own, without any help from you.  He also says good luck, the future
depends on all of you,"  the man continued floating in the air infront of 
her.

	"Thank you and thank Kami.  We will meet again..." she 
premonitioned.

	This comment startled the green man, who has always been as 
unsurprizable as granite.  It was enough to break his hold on this 
dimension, sending him back to his own, where it was, in his mind, that 
REAL wariors protected the Earth, not little girls in sailor suits.  He 
had no idea how wrong he was.

	If one dimension loses the great battle between good and evil, 
the others are ALL weakened.  One old man, often going by the name of 
Kami watches them all, from his lookout above the tiny island country 
of Japan.  He misses little and what he misses, his minions, the Lunars 
report.

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	{Sorry for all of you who don't get that last part.  The green 
man was Picolo from DBZ, I've been whatching it a lot lately, so I can 
learn how to do a fighting scene ('cause there's probably no way even I
could talk Tembo into writing them for me) they have had one playing out 
on that show for WEEKS, but I still don't think I could write a half decent 
one.  Any how Picolo's my fave character from that show and I thought he'd 
give the DBZ lovers a laugh.(I have a thing for anime guys who go from evil 
to good to evil at the drop of a hat ( ie. DBZ's Picolo, Sailor Moon's 
Darien, Ronin Warriors' Anubis.........)And then there's my obsession 
with capes......}
[And I don't know why you would want me to write the fighting scenes...I 
write worth crap!]{i'm not listening!!!!!!!}
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	Father Time watched the exchange, he presided over this dimension 
of Earth only.  He proudly watched his little girl converse with the 
messanger, and prepare herself for the great battle.  He then decided 
to look to his other children, he missed them, them and his wife.

	His oldest daughter was at a computer, he frowned.  She hated 
nature and almost everything he and his wife had brought her up to love 
and protect.  Having few natural powers she was building an exosuit for 
the battle.  And he was proud.

	His next daughter, the one he'd been watching earlier, was hurring 
home to the castle he'd built for his family when he'd married his true 
luv.  Great battle, maybe even doom pending and she was still going to 
get some work done.  And he was proud.

	His daughter that looked like a small copy of his wife.  Only 15, 
was speaking to the forrest and its inhabitants, learning how they fought 
their battles.  And he was proud.

	His youngest daughters, only 14.  Much too young -he thought- 
for this.  One slightly elder, never acting it, was working on an old 
army jeep that could pass, at times, for a tank, making sure all the 
weaponry was intact.  The other slightly younger, their small teather 
to reality, was sharpening one of her swords, her other as well as her 
twin's sword and daggar were in a pile, awaiting their turns.  And he 
was proud. 

	His only son he looked to next, he smiled sadly.  The boy didn't 
know who he was, had no memories of their family.  Yet he had found his 
way back, he was at their home, asleep in his bed.  The boy stirred, then 
woke as if he knew he were being watched.  Father Time was proud.

	"Darling upon what are you looking, so intently?" a woman asked.

	He turned to see his angel, her curly pink hair and sparkleing 
green eyes.

	"The children, my love, they never cease to amaze me.  The girls 
all prepare for their battle and our son has returned home, he may soon 
discover the truth.  What have you been up to?" he asked, knowing full 
well that his wife was ALWAYS up to something. {like BoB} [Ack!  Evil 
BoB!  Tee hee!]{here comes the bricks again!}

	"I've been gathering our chicks, Chronos darling.  They will 
soon be together, returned to the nest."

	"You are wise, my luv and they are strong, but are they strong 
enough.  We can no longer fight for them," Chronus wondered.

	"They are strong, the children of the Moon, the generals and 
the other Sailor Senshi, got the the nest also, along with the others 
who will help and join them for the battle," the Queen of the Earth 
said surely.

	"Gaia, luv, maybe we should have spoken with Serenity about this."

	"She allready knows she is preparing her side as we prepare ours, 
though in a different manner.  A few more visits to the children and we 
shall be ready to revive the generals."

	"So soon my luv?"

	"No, so late...."

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	{hey all long enough for yas ..... I hope sooo!!!!!  I'm at 
[email protected] and both of us are at [email protected], 
drop us a line!}

QUOTE OF THE FIC

"Absurdidty: a statement of beleif  manifsestly inconsistant with one's 
own opinion"
		AMBROSE BIERCE

[Oh yeah!?  Well "One day I will die.  But I'm gonna have one helluva 
big party of a life before I do!"  Tembo's quote she just made up three
seconds ago.  Byee, Tembo.]

{And your imortality comes in where?}

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